English Questions For IBPS PO Mains 2017

Q1. For many decades, the Indian policy framework facilitated the interaction of (I)/ science and innovation with entrepreneurship, that is leading for competition and (II)/  the subsequent development of an industry structure that delivered sustainable economic(III)/  benefits.
(I)  framework facilitates interaction among
(II)  which led to competition and
(III) who delivered sustainable economic
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (III)
(c) Both (I) and (III)
(d) Only (II)
(e) No correction required

Q2. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have come under a lot of fire in recent(I)/  months for its interest rate decisions. Critics went to town claiming it was seeing imaginary inflation pressures in(II)/ the economy. These attacks turned severe when the consumer price data for June was released. The sharpen acceleration in inflation since than(III)/ shows the critics were wrong.
(I)   has come under a lot of fire in recent
(II)  it is seen imaginary inflation pressures in
(III) The sharp acceleration in inflation since then
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (III)
(c)  Both (I) and (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) No correction required

Q3.  Education systems in many countries are not performing up to expectation and many families has been turning towards (I)/ private schools since they feel that the later deliver better education(II)/, especially when public schooling itself is not fully free. India too fails to provide free secondary public education (III)/
(I) families have been turning to
(II) the latter deliver better education
(III) at provided free secondary public education
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (III)
(c) Only (II)
(d) Both (I) and (II)
(e) No correction required

Q4. India has taken some steps in the direction of developing regulatory(I)/ frameworks for private schools, with several states enacting fee-regulation(II)/ legislation and the courts intervening to challenge private sector failures.(III)/
(I) steps for the direction of developed regulatory
(II) with several states enacted fee-regulation
(III) intervening to challenges encountered in private sector failures
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (III)
(c) Both (I) and (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) No correction required

Q5. Various Indian governments have long argued that international credit ratings agencies discriminate for emerged market in(I)/  general and India in particular. The last Economic Survey of India, the official document released at the time of the Union government’s annual budget early in the year, devoted an entire box to this complaint.(II)/ The government’s arguments were persuasive: “India has a strong growth trajectory, which coupled with its commitment to fiscal discipline exhibits over the last three years of suggestions that its deficit(III)/ and debt ratios are likely to decline significantly over the coming years.”
(I) credit ratings agencies discriminate against emerging markets in
(II) devoted a entire box to this complaint.
(III) exhibited over the last three years suggests that its deficit
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (III)
(c) Both (I) and (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) No correction required

Q6. Asian governments need to do more to encourage homeowners and(I)/  builders to make greener choices. Part of the task involves providing reliable certifications and educating the(II)/ public about the virtues of energy-efficient buildings, so that property buyers choose and will pay a premium for them. At the same time, officials must do a far better job of getting local governments(III)/ to adopt and enforce tougher building codes.
(I) however, much to encourage homeowners and , as well as,
(II) which providing reliable certifications and educate them
(III) officials must be doing  an far better job of getting local governments
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (III)
(c) Both (I) and (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) No correction required

Q7. The economics of pollution control is now a flourishing sub-discipline within the burgeoning field of environment studies. Air quality monitoring has also become quite sophisticated with continuous (I)/ monitoring of a whole vector of pollution indicators and readings available, along with an air quality index (AQI), on a daily basis from multiple city locations. However, the regulatory framework have been remained largely the unchanged(II)/, still dependent on the “command and control” (C&C) approach instead of market-based instruments (MBI). The same fatal flaw that had rendered the pollution control Acts(III)/ ineffective 20 years ago still applies today.
(I) has also been becoming the quit sophisticated with continuous
(II) has remained largely unchanged
(III) shall have rendered the pollution over control Acts
(a) Only (II)
(b) Only (III)
(c) Both (I) and (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) No correction required

Q8. There are forecasts that the pollution crisis may abate. Hopefully the gods will be kind, surface winds will rise and blow the crisis away(I)/ in a day or two. Meanwhile, the Environment Pollution Prevention and Control Authority has lain down a set of emergency measured to help(II)/ mitigate the crisis. But what can be done to avoid such crises in the future? The question is best addressed in four parts: pollution drivers over which government has no control(III)/, pollution sources which require inter-governmental cooperation, pollution sources which the government can regulate through MBIs and sources or actions which it can directly control.
(I) surface winds will risen and blowing the crisis away
(II) has laid down a set of emergency measures to help
(III) pollution drivers onto what  government has  been no control

(b) Only (II)
(c) Both (I) and (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) No correction required

Q9. The slashing of taxes on over 200 items under the goods and services tax (GST) regime has not led to a commensurate decrease in their prices.(I)/ That’s the complaint against businesses that have refused to cut their prices to pass on the benefit of lower taxes to consumers. In fact, many customers have taken to social media to point out that(II)/ food outlets like McDonald’s and Starbucks, which now pay 5% instead of 18% in taxes, have raised their menu prices to make up for lower taxes. The government, for its part, has created the National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA) who (III)/ will supposedly ensure that the tax cuts are passed on to consumers.
(I) regime has not leading to a commensurate decreasing  in their price
(II) many customers has taken to social media to point out that
(III) has created the National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA) that
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (III)
(c) Both (I) and (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) No correction required

Q10. London’s iconic red double-decker buses will soon run on a biofuel partially made from old(I)/ coffee grounds. The fuel will be supplied by a demonstration project(II)/ set up by Bio-bean Ltd, a London-based company that joined with Royal Dutch Shell Plc on the initiative. It will produce 6,000 litres a year of the fuel.(III)/
(I) will soon run around a biofuel partially making  old
(II) will be supplied by an demonstration project
(III) litres in an year of the fuel
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (III)
(c) Both (I) and (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) No correction required