TOPIC: Miscellaneous
Direction
(1-5):Below in each questions some sentences are given, find the sentence which is not really
contributing to the main theme and OUT of the passage or find the odd
sentence and rearrange the remaining
sentences to make a coherent paragraph.
Q1.
A. This has proven a
boon for the aerospace industry. Globally, in the next two decades, more than
41,000 aircraft are expected to be produced, with a value of over $6.1
trillion.
B. Across the globe,
rising wealth and the advent of discount airlines have made air travel more of
a mass proposition than ever before.
C. This bounty will flow
not only to plane manufacturers but also to a range of supporting parts and
service suppliers.
D.A monthly cap of
Rs10,000 for each means users may only use them for such use cases as utilities,
telephone bills and so forth.
E. At the same time, the
boom in electronic and mobile commerce has increased air-freight volumes as
consumers order goods across borders, demanding speedy delivery.
(a) BCEA
(b) DBCA
(c) BEAC
(d) EADC
(e) EABC
Q2.
A. These are the
electrodes that record the impulses of individual cells, ideally simultaneously
with lots of others, in order to try to work out how networks of cells process
information.
B. Until the invention
of the microscope, microbiology did not exist. Neuroscience, too, has advanced
recently on the back of some powerful tools, particularly techniques for
scanning whole brains.
C. But the devices that
look at the nitty-gritty of how nerve cells themselves work are still
Heath-Robinson affairs.
D. For example, since
the 2016 edition, the indicator on ease of getting electricity began to include
indicators on reliability of supply, price of electricity, and transparency of
tariffs.
E. Science is a mixture
of the intellectual and the practical. And the practical requires tools. Until
the invention of the telescope, astronomy had been stuck in a rut for
millennia.
(a) BCDA
(b) CAED
(c) DBCA
(d) BACD
(e) EBCA
Q3.
A. He speculated that
both types of sounds were important for sending signals to others, but was
unsure If this was true. In the years that have passed since his death,
ornithologists have proved time and again that birds’ songs, squawks and
shrieks are used for sending signals to their kin, their rivals and sometimes
even their predators.
B. Such quick fixes may
even be effective, but will only remain under the glare of the media.
C. In “The Descent of
Man and Selection in Relation to Sex” he devoted equal space to both the sorts
of sounds that emerge from birds’ beaks and the more percussive noises that
they make with other parts of their bodies, such as their feet and feathers.
D. In contrast, their
more percussive sounds have received almost no attention at all . A study
published in Current Biology by Trevor Murray at the Australian National
University, in Canberra, however, suggests that is a mistake. At least one bird
creates a specific, audible warning with the flapping of its wings.
E. CHARLES DARWIN was fascinated by bird
communication.
(a) DCAB
(b) CABD
(c) ECAD
(d) ECAB
(e) CAED
Q4.
A. They have also taken
to flirting with deep science to achieve a part of this vision.
B. The common refrain is
that IT services firms are not original enough, and seek to profit only on the
deep technology advancements made by other firms, usually based in Silicon
Valley.
C. However, to be fair,
Infosys Ltd and some of the other firms in this category such as Wipro Ltd and
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) have actually been hard at work to retool
their operations to allow for the creation of new technology “products” such
that these become an increasingly important part of their eventual go-to-market
propositions.
D. Information
technology (IT) services providers are often faulted for not having any
“original” product ideas.
E. Meanwhile, private
industry can’t justify investment in expensive research that doesn’t yet have
clear commercial potential.
(a) DBAC
(b) DBCA
(c) EDCB
(d) BCEA
(e) BDEC
Q5.
A. Another part of the
flawed start can be explained by poor incentive design.
B. The overdue
transition to the new goods and services tax (GST) has started off on the wrong
foot.
C. One part of the
flawed start can be explained by political realities. The complicated federal
bargaining in the GST council led to a system of five tax rates, along with a
special rate for gold, as well as cesses that go against the very basic
principles of value-added taxation.
D. The three main
problems have been the complicated tax structure that can create distortions,
onerous compliance procedures that have created working capital stress in many
smaller companies, and technical glitches in the GST network.
E. This widened the
trade deficit to $14.01 billion, the highest level since $14.08 billion in May
2017.
(a) BCAD
(b) ECBA
(c) DABC
(d) BDCA
(e) EABD
Q6.
If the sentence (E), “However, modern
cold storages, as being set up by Allround India, a subsidiary of Allround
Holland, and other such companies, can bring down wastage within the 10-15 per
cent range.” is the last sentence of the paragraph, then which of the
following sentences does not fit into the paragraph formed after rearranging
other sentences?
(A)One
of the prime reasons behind high volatility in onion prices stems from a lack
of storage facilities that have not kept pace with rising production.
(B)This
needs to go up manifold if we are serious about encouraging food processing and
stabilising prices even of fresh onions.
(C)No
wonder, MP farmers suffered most in a bumper onion crop year.
(D)While
Maharashtra used the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana and National Horticulture
Mission and created 42,282 low-cost onion storage structures with a capacity of
9.65 lakh tonnes, there is hardly any storage facility in MP.
(E)However,
modern cold storages, as being set up by Allround India, a subsidiary of
Allround Holland, and other such companies, can bring down wastage within the
10-15 per cent range.
(F)Also,
the traditional storage practices incur losses as high as 40 per cent.
(a)
F
(b)
A
(c)
D
(d)
B
(e)
C
Q7.
If the sentence (A), “They cannot, we
hope, be arbitrarily replaced by another set, in which, say, murder is okay but
marriage is not.” is the second sentence of the paragraph, then which of
the following sentences does not fit into the paragraph formed after
rearranging other sentences?
(A)They
cannot, we hope, be arbitrarily replaced by another set, in which, say, murder
is okay but marriage is not.
(B)How
we drive is how we are driven.
(C)Traffic
restrictions lie on the surface of human interaction, where men and machines,
and men in and as machines, are regulated and must regulate themselves.
(D)Moral
and juridical rules, however, are constitutive of the way in which we live and
interact with each other.
(E)But
while morality underpins these rules, it also frames them: How we behave on the
road is an image of ourselves.
(F)This has the effect, not legally but
psychologically speaking, of legitimising jumping lights when they do work.
(a)D
(b)C
(c)F
(d)E
(e)B
Direction
(8-15): In question given below there
are two statements, each statement consists of two blanks. You have to choose
the option which provides the correct set of words that fits both the blanks in
both the statements appropriately and in the same order making them meaningful
and grammatically correct.
Q8.
(1)The
______________ of amendments around electoral bonds makes the scheme’s intent
______________ clear.
(2)
The complex, called City Modern, will incorporate four surviving Victorian
mansions within a street-friendly ________________________ of
____________________ sized contemporary houses and apartments.
(a)
cluster, amply
(b)
array, arguably
(c) network
,adequately
(d) congregate
, covetously
(e) aggregate, aptly
Q9
(1)
To many commentators, the Klan costume is now the perfect visual
_______________ with which to decry Trump’s cack-handed false
____________________
(2)Another
_____________________ of hand of the misinformation campaign is to draw
a false ________________ between beef lynchings and the killing of
minorities/Dalits.
(a)
ineptitude, analogy
(b)adroitness,
relation
(c) sleight, equivalence
(d)
clumsiness, parelleism
(e) ineptness, uniformity
Q10.
(1) Allowing such an argument would
reduce much of Part III — the heart and soul of the Constitution — to no more
than an exercise in ________________.
Rather, rights are declared because they protect a value acknowledged as
important and ______________ enough
to merit constitutional force.
(2)
Artificial Intelligence has potential to result in a de-skilling or _______________ of teachers. AI’s
perceived threat is to harness the technologies that will automate some forms
of work, to cultivate those higher-order qualities that make humans _____________ from machines.
(a) arrears, characteristic
(b) redundancy, distinctive
(c) vain, conventional
(d) aphoristic, customary
(e) superfluity, amorphous
Directions (11-15): Read
each of the following four sentences to find out whether there is any
grammatical mistake/error in it. Choose the sentence which is grammatically
incorrect as the correct answer. If all the given sentences are grammatically
correct then choose “All are correct”.
Q11. (a) The Nobel committee noted that the duo’s work
“brought us considerably closer to answering the important question of how we
can achieve sustained and sustainable economic growth”.
(b) In his 2005 bestselling novel “Bounce”, Matthew Syed talks about
the power of practice and sacrifice that yields high performance.
(c) The book offers a compelling narrative of the hard work and sacrifice that
goes on behind the scenes to nurture and create high performers in sport, art
and science.
(d) Since decades, experts have advised us to take 10,000 steps a day for
better health. The number is even coded into fitness trackers as a goal.
(e) All are correct
Q12. (a) Mr. Romer proposed the endogenous growth model
where technological progress is seen as the outgrowth of businesses and other
entities investing in research and development.
(b) I have lost count of the number of people I have met or read about here,
who beaver around behind the scenes doing charity work at their own expense.
(c) While the principle of value investing began to gain traction in the U.S
and created enormous wealth for its early adopters, the Indian example stood in
stark contrast to its U.S counterpart.
(d) Rain Industries began as a cement company owned by a certain Radhakrishna
Reddy and a few partners catering to the burgeoning demand of the Indian Infra
sector.
(e) All are correct
Q13. (a) The writer mentioned in his speech, “If my grandfather
would not have emigrated to the United States, I wouldn’t be living in Seattle.”
(b) Little has been done to fulfil what the Road Transport Ministry promises:
that the Centre and the States will work to improve safety as a joint
responsibility.
(c) The study found that States that were relatively better
developed than the rest of the country were also host to more migrants.
(d) In a bold move, Jagan Mohan Reddy decided to merge his father’s business
with his own and plotted an acquisition that can best be described as pure
insanity.
(e) All are correct
Q14. (a) Apart from steps to arrest the violence against
the migrants and stop the exodus, the Gujarat government must commit itself to
a facilitating role for job-creation.
(b) The State must follow a more holistic policy of creating incentives for
firms leading to greater employment, instead of merely dictating higher
recruitment of locals.
(c) The Tamil Nadu Governor’s office had complained to the police, seeking to
book Mr. Gopal under Section 124 of the IPC, citing some articles published in
the magazine.
(d) By borrowing more than what his entire business was worth and acquiring a
company in the U.S Jagan was venturing into territories seldom explored.
(e) All are correct
Q15. (a) The Centre has watered down the national bus body
standards code in spite of a commitment given to the Supreme Court, by
requiring only self-certification by the builders.
(b) Lee is an epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Massachusetts
who focuses on how physical activity can promote health and prevent chronic
disease.
(c) Yechury objected the issue of central monitoring of the development of
aspirational districts, saying it was leaving the states out of the scheme of
things.
(d) Along with several studies out this year, the results reveal the incredible
power of simply doing what humans have done since we stopped swinging from
trees.
(e) All are correct
SOLUTIONS:
S1.
Ans.(c)
Sol.
Correct Choice is option (c). Statement B is most likely the starting sentence.
Now that we know statement B is the starting statement A and C gets eliminated
as second sentence. Statement E follows B, which is then followed by A and C.
Now we
can see Sentence D has no correlation with aerospace industry, and its
business, We can rule out Sentence D.
S2.
Ans.(e)
Sol.
Correct Choice is option (e). Statement B logically initiate the discussion,
followed by B, which further elaborates Idea introduced in E. Subsequently A
explains C. Hence EBCA is the apt choice.
Hence
we can rule out Option D as it is not contributing to provide coherent meaning.
S3.
Ans.(c)
Sol.
Correct Choice is option (c). Statement E starts the discussion, followed by C
, ‘He’ is the hint . Here ‘He’ refers to
CHARLES DARWIN. Then comes statement A, which elaborates “types of
sounds”, which is referred in statement C. Statement D is the concluding
statement. B is ruled out as it is out of context.
S4.
Ans.(b)
Sol. Correct Choice is option (b).
Statement
D initiates the discussion, followed by B and C . Statement A concludes the
statement.
Statement
E is out of context.
S5.
Ans.(d)
Sol. Correct
Choice is option (d) .Statement E is out of context.
Correct
choice is BDCA.
S6.
Ans. (d)
Sol.
If the sentence (E) is the last sentence of the paragraph, the sentences in the
sequence of AFDCE form a coherent
paragraph which is about the reasons behind high volatility in onion prices.
However, the sentence (B) finds no alternative to be matched with as it talks
about manifold increment in something which has no relevance from any other
sentences among the given options. Hence (d) is the correct option as the
sentence (B) does not belong to the paragraph so formed.
S7.
Ans. (c)
Sol.
If the sentence (A) is the second sentence of the paragraph, the sentences in
the sequence of DACEB form a coherent
paragraph which is about moral and juridical rules related to traffic
restrictions. However, the sentence (F) finds no alternative to be connected
with as it talks about the effect of some problem which finds no relevance from
any other sentences given as options. Hence (c) is the correct choice of
elimination as the sentence (F) is not the part of the paragraph so formed.
S8.
Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘cluster, amply’ fits the two sentences most
appropriately.
Cluster means a group of similar things or people positioned
or occurring closely together.
Amply means enough or more than enough; plentifully.
Covetously means having or showing a great desire
to possess something belonging to someone else.
Congregate means gather into a crowd or mass.
S9.
Ans.(c)
Sol.
‘Sleight, equivalence’ is the correct choice for the given question.
Sleight means the use of dexterity or cunning,
especially so as to deceive.
Ineptitude means lack of skill or ability.
Parellelism means the state of being parallel or of
corresponding in some way.
Ineptness means without skill or aptitude for a
particular task or assignment; maladroit
S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Redundancy means the state of being not or no
longer needed or useful. The first line of Sentence (1) is talking about
reducing the heart and soul which would result in an exercise which is
‘useless’ therefore redundancy which means similar should be used.
Distinctive means
characteristic of one person or thing, and so serving to distinguish it from
others. It is an easy choice as in the second sentence you can easily see the
mentioning of both the humans and machines which are different or distinctive.
S11. Ans. (d)
Sol. Here, the error lies in the statement given in option
(d), where “Since” will be replaced with “For”. Both “for” and “since” show an
event that began in the past and continues into the present but “for” is used
with a period of time and “Since” is used to refer to a specific point in time.
Eg: I have been walking for five hours.
I have been
walking since 10 p.m.
S12. Ans. (b)
Sol. Here, the error lies in the statement given in option
(b), where “beaver around” will be replaced with “beaver away”. The correct
phrasal verb, “beaver away” means “to work hard at something”. Hence, option
(b) is the most suitable answer choice.
S13. Ans. (a)
Sol. Here, the error lies in the statement given in option
(a), where, “would not have” will be replaced by “had not” because in case of
unfulfilled desires, wishes, condition, the correct structure of the statement
would be “If+ Subject+ had+ V3, Sub+ would/could/ might/ should+ have+ been
V3.” Hence, option (a) is the most suitable answer choice.
S14. Ans. (e)
Sol. All the statements given above are correct and do not
require any improvement. Hence, option (e) is the most suitable answer choice.
S15. Ans. (c)
Sol. Here, the error lies in the statement given in option
(c) where, “objected” will be followed by a preposition “to”. Hence, option (c)
is the most suitable answer choice.
English Quizzes For SBI PO Mains 2023 - ...
