English Quiz for IBPS Clerk Mains 03rd January 2020
IBPS had conducted the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam a few weeks ago and the result will be out shortly. Now the next step is to clear the mains exam Thus, the English Language can be an impetus for their success by helping them save crucial time and score good points in lesser time and effort. So, instead of boiling the ocean, try building up a strong vocabulary, an effective knowledge of grammar, and efficient comprehension skills so as to be on the ball to face this particular section. Here is a quiz on English Language being provided by Adda247 to let you practice the best of the latest pattern English Questions for IBPS Clerk Mains Exam.
Directions: (1-7): In the following questions, few sentences are provided. Identify and mark the sentence which may fail to become the part of the paragraph coherently. If none of the sentences is incoherent to the paragraph, mark option (e) i.e., “none of these” as your answer choice.
Q1.
(a) Her triumph at the women’s World rapid championship is the biggest achievement by an Indian after Viswanathan Anand’s many World titles.
(b) Koneru Humpy finally won a World title in senior chess.
(c) The responsibility to fly safe enhances manifold, especially when the flying machine is no longer in production.
(d) She was expected to win one long ago, given her talent, single-mindedness and the ability to work hard.
(e) It makes India as one among the few countries to have produced both male and female World rapid champions.
Q2.
(a) It has decided to allow all telecom operators and equipment makers.
(b) Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology, said, “We have taken a decision to give 5G spectrum for trial to all players… all companies will be allowed for the trials.”
(c) In fact, another Chinese vendor ZTE can also participate in the trials thanks to this announcement.
(d) Canada, the UK, Germany, Italy and Indonesia are among those currently on the fence.
(e)Chinese telecom vendor Huawei heaved a sigh of relief as the New Delhi has decided to provide spectrum for 5G trials.
Q3.
(a) The Hinduja Group is preparing a bid to buy grounded carrier Jet Airways India Ltd.
(b) The Hinduja Group didn’t respond to questions sent by email.
(c) It is signalling its intent to make a formal offer, the people said, asking not to be identified as the discussions are private.
(d) Creditors are seeking fresh bids for Jet Airways after earlier getting interest from only a single company, Synergy Group Corp.
(e) The UK-based group, run by brothers Gopichand Hinduja and Ashok Hinduja, plans to submit an expression of interest by the January 15 deadline.
Q4.
(a) Also it is the largest in terms of size outside the NCLT framework without any change in the existing management.
(b) In one of the biggest debt resolution deals outside the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, RattanIndia Power Ltd has done an agreement with its consortium of lenders.
(c) This is the first successful scheme to have been closed under the RBI’s Prudential Framework for resolution of stressed assets issue in June this year.
(d) A consortium led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Varde Partners LP will buy 65.75 billion rupees ($922 million) of debt from an Indian power company.
(e) It is led by PFC and SBI under which the existing principal debt of ₹6,574 crore will be taken over by new investors.
Q5.
(a) Specified businesses will have to pay fine of ₹5,000/day if they do not operationalize digital payment options by January 3.
(b) In her budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Banks will absorb these costs from the savings.
(c) The costs will accrue to them on the account of handling less cash, as people move to digital modes of payment.
(d) MDR refers to the cost paid by merchant to a bank for accepting payment through electronic means such as credit card, debit card etc.
(e) Still, experts feel that there will be some problems for non-bank payment facility providers.
Q6.
(a) While senior officials were strategizing a strong combat, the ground-staff used their handheld weapon – a WhatsApp Group to keep them informed.
(b) “We had formed a WhatsApp Group, which came very handy to our staff on the ground who kept us updated about the movement and presence of the locust.
(c) We could strategise and mobilise our action accordingly.
(d) This worked wonders as we could get live location of the locusts,” said the collector.
(e) The Road and Building (R&B) Department was pressed into action for road clearance. L1Difficulty 2
Q7.
(a) Unfortunately, this extraordinary call for price regulation in an intensively competitive market which has grown explosively precisely because of such competition, is also somewhat poorly timed.
(b) The policy of forbearance in telecom tariffs was again reviewed by Trai in 2017.
(c) The COAI has argued that the industry is going through a financial crisis and operators can recover the massive losses only if there is an assurance that the tariffs won’t fall below cost again.
(d) There are only three operators in the market and they have already announced up to 50 per cent increase in tariffs over the last month.
(e) The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), has called on the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to fix a “floor” rate for mobile data services.
Directions (8-15): Given below the sentences each of which has been divided into four parts. Each of the questions is then followed by the five options which give the sequence of the rearranged parts. You must choose the option which gives the correct sequence of the parts. If the sentence is already arranged in the correct sequence or the correct sequence doesn’t match with any of the given sequence, mark option (e) .i.e. ‘None of the above’ as your answer.
Q8. the inverted duty structure has encouraged (A)/ threatening large investments made by the (B)/domestic personal care industry and splitting industry (C) /import of finished products, while at the same time (D)
(a) BADC
(b) ADBC
(c) ABDC
(d) ACBD
(e) None of the above
Q9. buffer stock of onion which (A)/ the government has exhausted its (B)/rate in the local market (C)/was disposed at a subsidised (D)
(a) BADC
(b) ADBC
(c) ABDC
(d) ACBD
(e) None of the above
Q10. frequent changes in customs (A)/ imports for the manufacturing (B)/ duty on critical raw material (C)/industry are best avoided (D)
(a) BADC
(b) ADBC
(c) ABDC
(d) ACBD
(e) None of the above
Q11. ATMA scheme promotes decentralised (A)/ extension system with the objective (B)/ to revitalise the extension system(C)/ of supporting State governments’ efforts (D)
(a) BADC
(b) ADBC
(c) ABDC
(d) ACBD
(e) None of the above
Q12. India is working on developing a smart (A)/ to showcase it to the world at the World Dairy (B)/Summit, which the country will host in 2022(C)/ backyard dairying model near Delhi (D)/
(a) BADC
(b) ADBC
(c) ABDC
(d) ACBD
(e) None of the above
Q13. and sale of genetically modified (A)/the process of illegal distribution (B)/ for the last three years (C)/ cotton seeds has been happening (D)
(a) BADC
(b) ADBC
(c) ABDC
(d) ACBD
(e) None of the above
Q14. Weed is a major problem in (A)/cotton fields and there is a shortage (B) / the weeds in Maharashtra(C)/of labour for manually removing (D)
(a) BADC
(b) ADBC
(c) ABDC
(d) ACBD
(e) None of the above
Q15. Good rains that the country (A)/received this year after many (B)/years of below-par monsoon haven’t (C)/helped farmers reap a rich harvest(D)
(a) BADC
(b) ADBC
(c) ABDC
(d) ACBD
(e) None of the above
Solutions
S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence of the paragraph is bdae whereas; (c) fails to become a part of the paragraph coherently. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S2. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct sequence of the paragraph is eacb whereas; (d) fails to become a part of the paragraph coherently. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence of the paragraph is aecd whereas; (b) fails to become a part of the paragraph coherently. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S4. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct sequence of the paragraph is beca whereas; (d) fails to become a part of the paragraph coherently. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S5. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct sequence of the paragraph is dbce whereas; (a) fails to become a part of the paragraph coherently. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S6. Ans. (e)
Sol. The correct sequence of the paragraph is abcd whereas; (e) fails to become a part of the paragraph coherently. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
S7. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence of the paragraph is ecad whereas; (b) fails to become a part of the paragraph coherently. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence of the given sentence is ADBC. The rearranged sentence is, ‘The inverted duty structure has encouraged import of finished products, while at the same time threatening large investments made by the domestic personal care industry and splitting industry.’
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S9. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct sequence of the given sentence is BADC. The rearranged sentence is, ‘The government has exhausted its buffer stock of onion which was disposed at a subsidised rate in the local market.’
Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S10. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct sequence of the given sentence is ACBD. The rearranged sentence is, ‘Frequent changes in customs duty on critical raw material imports for the manufacturing industry are best avoided.’
Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S11. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence of the given sentence is ABDC. The rearranged sentence is, ‘ATMA scheme promotes decentralised extension system with the objective of supporting State governments’ efforts to revitalise the extension system.’
Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S12. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence of the given sentence is ADBC. The rearranged sentence is, ‘India is working on developing a smart backyard dairying model near Delhi to showcase it to the world at the World Dairy Summit, which the country will host in 2022.’
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S13. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct sequence of the given sentence is BADC. The rearranged sentence is, ‘The process of illegal distribution and sale of genetically modified cotton seeds has been happening for the last three years.’
Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S14. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence of the given sentence is ABDC. The rearranged sentence is, ‘Weed is a major problem in cotton fields and there is a shortage of labour for manually removing the weeds in Maharashtra. ’
Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S15. Ans. (e)
Sol. The given sentence is arranged and there is no rearrangement required. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
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