English Quizzes For IBPS PO Prelims 2022 : 11th September – Miscellaneous

TOPIC : Miscellaneous

Directions (1-5): The
sentences given in each of the following questions, when properly sequenced,
form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a letter. From among
the five choices given below each question, choose the most logical order of
sentences that construct a coherent paragraph.

Q1. (A) Whether the
retinal data currently stored, or the entire human genomes that may eventually
be stored there, a breach in the Aadhaar data store will disperse information
crucially identifying each Indian and that cannot be modified in response to
the loss.

(B) The Yahoo! breach
made news around the world primarily because of its scale: it’s really hard to
lose the data on 500 million people.

(D) Biometric data is
essentially unchangeable.

(E) When completed,
Aadhaar’s database will cover the world’s second largest population.

(F) But not for
Aadhaar.

(a) ABDCFE

(b) BFECDA

(d) ADCBFE

(e) BCDAEF

Q2. (A) According to a
study by Christopher Peterson and Martin Seligman, curiosity is one of the
twenty-four significant character strengths and virtues common to humankind.

(B) But curiosity works
in two ways.

(C) It is also
associated with positivity, subjective well-being, better long-term health,
longevity, and positive interpersonal relationships.

(D) Their list defines
curiosity as taking an interest in all of ongoing experience; finding all
subjects and topics fascinating; exploring and discovering.

(E) It is positively
correlated with creativity, intelligence, problem-solving ability, autonomy, a
sense of personal control, and a willingness to challenge the status quo.

(F) Still, according to
social psychologists, the enrichment that curious people experience generally
outweighs the negative effects of the risks they take.

(G) The same adventurous
impulses that drive curious people to pursue multiple interests, to persist at
what they do, to risk failure, may also lead them to disregard danger or get
involved in hazardous activities.

(a) ACDGEBF

(b) AEBCFDG

(d) ACBEFGD

(e) ADECBGF

Q3. (A) This would take
many days.

(B) The whole monastery
was involved.

(C) It is created out
of so much of care and wiping it off within few moments is a practice which
symbolically represents that one should not be attached to anything.

(D) There was a complex
calculation that went in to create this yantra.

(E) In ancient Tibet a
festival was celebrated by creating a Yantra, a mystical symbol in a temple.

(F) Everything
undergoes a change, so have the attitude of letting go.

(G) After creating the
yantra and offering prayers, immediately the yantra would be wiped off.

(a) EBDAGCF

(b) ECDBGAF

(d) EADCGBF

(e) EDBCEGF

Q4. (A) You have to
experience your presence and know that you are the master of your mind, senses
and body.

(B) Once you begin to
separate from your false identities like your body, thoughts, desires and
external happenings, you realise that bliss is the result of the suspension of
mental activities.

(D) The journey begins
from the place where you are to the place where you have always been.

(E) Awareness has to be
created so that the mind does not slip back to its old habits.

(F) In Gurdjieff’s
words, “Life is real, only then, when I am.”

(G) Ultimately, the mind
has to merge into its source, which is pure consciousness.

(a) CBDEFAG

(b) FGBCADE

(d) BFDAECG

(e) EBGDCAF

Q5. (A) But when we
finally reach that platitude or goal, the same factor that was driving us,
motivating us or that which we thought without which we cannot survive, does
not hold any significance for us anymore.

(B) That is why we tend
to constantly feel miserable about events going on in our lives.

(C) The paradox is we
so completely dedicate ourselves with tenacity and determination to reach the
space that we are in at the moment.

(D) We are back at base
camp, the Crib Spot.

(E) As human beings, we
have the tendency to complain about the state of things or about someone –
essentially, we just crib a lot.

(a) EDABC

(b) ECDAB

(d) EABDC

(e) EBCAD

Directions (6-10): Rearrange the following sentences to form a
meaningful paragraph and answer the questions given below.

(A) The initiation of
the NPA resolution process has brought in a certain degree of rigour, but it
still lacks the credibility to be called a bold or successful initiative.

(B) The RBI is doing
its best, and even stepping into executive functions like scrutinizing NPA
accounts and issuing directives to banks.

(C) It should evaluate
the bottlenecks within its domain and bring in the appropriate enablers to help
resolve the NPAs at the earliest.

(D) As they say, you
can lead a horse to water, but cannot force it to drink.

(E) The banks are
taking the required actions to the extent of their respective abilities and
governing atmosphere.

(F) However, the
government has not yet stepped up to the requirements.

Q6. Which of the
following is the THIRD sentence of
the paragraph so formed?

(a) A

(b) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q7. Which of the
following is the FIRST sentence of
the paragraph so formed?

(a) D

(b) F

(d) A

(e) B

Q8. Which of the
following is the SIXTH (LAST)
sentence of the paragraph so formed?

(a) E

(b) C

(d) F

(e) B

Q9. Which of the
following is the SECOND sentence of
the paragraph so formed?

(a) F

(b) D

(d) B

(e) E

Q10. Which of the
following is the FOURTH sentence of
the paragraph so formed?

(a) B

(b) D

(d) A

(e) C

Directions (11-15): Rearrange the following seven sentences
(A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) in the proper sequence to form a
meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) He went
into the shop of the chemist and told him, “Your window pane has been
broken by my mistake.”

(B) The boy
was poor. He said, “I have no money, but I’ll earn some money by working
as a labourer and then I’II get the new window pane fitted.”

(D) Charley
did not run away from there because he was a brave and truthful boy.

(E) The
chemist said, “Get a new window pane fitted.”

(F) Then he
worked as a labourer at the chemist’s shop for several days and earned the
money for buying the window pane and paid it to the chemist.

(G)
The ball struck the window pane of the shop of chemist and the window pane was
broken.

Q11.
Which of the following would be the FIRST
sentence after rearrangement?

(a)
C (b) A (c) G (d)
E (e) F

Q12. Which of the following would be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

(a)
D (b) C (c) A (d)
G (e) B

Q13. Which of the following would be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

(a)
A (b) B (c) C (d)
F (e) D

Q14. Which of the following would be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?

(a)
B (b) A (c) D (d)
C (e) E

Q15.Which of the following would be the LAST (SEVENTH) sentence after
rearrangement?

(a)
E (b) D (c) F (d)
B (e) A

Solutions:

S1. Ans. (b)

Sol. E-C makes a
combination. B should be the first sentence as it mentions the example of Yahoo
which lost the data on 500 million people. F should follow B and A should be
the concluding sentence. Hence the correct sequence to form a meaningful
paragraph is BFECDA.

S2. Ans. (e)

Sol. D-E makes a
combination and E should be followed by C. G-F makes another combination and F
must be the concluding sentence. Hence the correct sequence to form a
meaningful paragraph is ADECBGF.

S3. Ans. (a)

Sol. D-A makes a
combination and G should follow A. C-F makes another combination, giving a
lovely message of “letting go”. Hence the correct sequence to form a meaningful
paragraph is EBDAGCF.

S4. Ans. (c)

Sol. F-G makes a
combination. D must be the first sentence and C-E makes another combination.
Hence the correct sequence to form a meaningful paragraph is DAFGBCE.

S5. Ans. (e)

Sol. B should follow E
and C-A makes a combination. D must be the concluding sentence. Hence the
correct sequence to form a meaningful paragraph is EBCAD.

S6. Ans. (e)