English For IBPS Clerk Mains 2018-19:
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Directions (1-5): Answer the following questions after rearranging the following sentences into a coherent paragraph and identify the sentence that doesn’t fit in the context of the paragraph.
(A) In 2010-2013, I was principal designer of three basic income pilots in West Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, in which over 6,000 men, women and children were provided with modest basic incomes, paid in cash, monthly, without conditions.
(B) The outcomes exceeded expectations, partly because everybody in the community, and not just select people, received their own individual transfer.
(C) There are real fears that without genuine attempts to uphold the rule of law, the central African nation could slip into protracted political uncertainty and social unrest.
(D) The money was not much, coming to about a third of subsistence. But it was paid individually, with men and women receiving equal amounts and with children receiving half as much, paid to the mother or surrogate mother.
(E) The pilots involved the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) and financial assistance from UNICEF and the UNDP.
(F) Nutrition improved, sanitation improved, health and health care improved, school attendance and performance improved, women’s status and well-being improved, the position of the disabled and vulnerable groups improved by more than others. And the amount and quality of work improved.
Q1. Considering the statement (B), “The outcomes exceeded expectations, partly because everybody in the community, and not just select people, received their own individual transfer.” as the FOURTH statement of the paragraph after the rearrangement, which one among the following pairs is consecutively related with each other?
A-F
B-D
D-B
E-B
A-B
Solution:
The correct rearrangement is ADEBF and C is incoherent.
Q2. Considering the statement (B), “The outcomes exceeded expectations, partly because everybody in the community, and not just select people, received their own individual transfer.” as the FOURTH statement of the paragraph after the rearrangement, which one among the following statements does not belong to the coherent paragraph?
A
C
D
E
F
Solution:
The correct rearrangement is ADEBF and C is incoherent.
Q3. Considering the statement (B), “The outcomes exceeded expectations, partly because everybody in the community, and not just select people, received their own individual transfer.” as the FOURTH statement of the paragraph after the rearrangement, what should be the logical and meaningful sequence of the rearranged paragraph after eliminating the incoherent statement?
ADEBF
AFDBE
ACDBF
ADCBE
ACEBD
Solution:
The correct rearrangement is ADEBF and C is incoherent.
Q4. Considering the statement (B), “The outcomes exceeded expectations, partly because everybody in the community, and not just select people, received their own individual transfer.” as the FOURTH statement of the paragraph after the rearrangement, which of the following statement should be the LAST sentence after the rearrangement? (Excluding the incoherent sentence)
A
E
D
C
F
Solution:
The correct rearrangement is ADEBF and C is incoherent.
Q5. Considering the statement (B), “The outcomes exceeded expectations, partly because everybody in the community, and not just select people, received their own individual transfer.” as the FOURTH statement of the paragraph after the rearrangement, which of the following statement should be the SECOND sentence after the rearrangement? (Excluding the incoherent sentence)
A
D
C
E
F
Solution:
The correct rearrangement is ADEBF and C is incoherent.
Directions (6-10): Rearrange the following FIVE sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
(A) The friendship went further than college bonds usually go. She ended up as their sister-in- law, my mother.
(B) I grew up in a four-parent family. It sounds strange, but I really had three mothers.
(C) This was remarkable because all three pursued individual careers, with notable success, in different cities.
(D) My father had two sisters who developed a fast friendship in college with a round-faced, soft-spoken woman.
(E) Amazingly, the friendship went further. They remained close friends until the day they died.
Q6. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence after the rearrangement?
A
B
C
D
E
Solution:
The correct rearrangement is BDAEC.
Q7. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence after the rearrangement?
A
B
C
D
E
Solution:
The correct rearrangement is BDAEC.
Q8. Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence after the rearrangement?
A
B
C
D
E
Solution:
The correct rearrangement is BDAEC.
Q9. Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence after the rearrangement?
A
B
C
D
E
Solution:
The correct rearrangement is BDAEC.
Q10. What is the sequence of rearrangement of the sentences?
CDAEB
BAEDC
BDAEC
DCBAE
DAEBC
Solution:
The correct rearrangement is BDAEC.
Directions (11-15): Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow the passage. Some words may be highlighted to help you some of the questions.
Like all others around them, the visually impaired in Odisha will also welcome the New Year with a new calendar for 2019.
In the past, it was being distributed in the month of January, but this time round the much-needed calendar was printed early and its distribution through post started from the first week of December. “Braille calendars have already reached almost everyone in our mailing list,” said Prakash Chandra Rath, the manager of the Braille press here,
The special Odia calendar and almanac in Braille format named ‘Braille Dinapanjhika 2019’ is meant for free distribution. Since 1992 it is being printed by the ‘Red Cross Computerised Braille Press’ at Berhampur, the only Braille press in Odisha. Printing of the Braille calendar is sponsored by the Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department of the Odisha government.
All universities of the State have been sent five copies of the Braille calendar. Five copies each have also been sent to the State Library and the Odisha Legislative Assembly Library.
All government departments, too, have received copies of the calendar.
Q11. What is different in the distribution of calendar in 2018 as compared to the past?
Calendars have been distributed in the month of December of 2018 but were distributed in the past in the month of January.
Calendars will be distributed in the month of January of 2019 but in the past were distributed in the month of December.
This is the first-time braille calendars were distributed in the state of Odisha.
This is the first-time the Odisha government sponsored the printing of the braille calendars.
None of the above
Solution:
The answer to the question can be derived from the second paragraph ‘In the past, it was being distributed in the month of January, but this time round the much-needed calendar was printed early and its distribution through post from the first week of December.’
From above, it could be understood that option (a) is the correct answer.
Q12. How many Braille presses are there in the state of Odisha?
Zero
One
Two
Three
Not given in the passage
Solution:
The answer to the question can be derived from the third paragraph, specifically from the second sentence ‘Since 1992 it is being printed by the ‘Red Cross Computerised Braille Press’ at Berhampur, the only Braille press in Odisha.’
From above, it could be understood that the state of Odisha has only One Braille Press.
Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.
Q13. How many copies of the Braille calendar have been sent to the government departments?
Three
Four
Five
Zero
Not given in the passage
Solution:
The answer to the question can be derived from the last two paragraphs ‘All universities of the State have been sent five copies of the Braille calendar. Five copies each have also been sent to the State Library and the Odisha Legislative Assembly Library.
All government departments, too, have received copies of the calendar.’
Only number for the copies which have been sent to the Universities of the State, State Library and the Odisha Legislative Assembly Library is given, but not for the copies which have been received by the government departments.
From above, it can be deduced that the answer to the question is not given in the passage.
Hence, option (e) is the correct answer.
Q14. How many among those, who were sent braille calendars, have received the braille calendar till now? Assume that the above passage was written on 30 December 2018.
Everyone has received the braille calendar
Almost No one
Almost Everyone
Braille calendars have yet to be sent.
None of the above
Solution:
The answer to the question can be derived from the last sentence of the second paragraph, ‘Braille calendars have already reached almost everyone in our mail list…’
From above, it can be inferred that the braille calendars have been received to almost everyone among those who have been sent the calendars.
Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.
Q15. Which of the following words have a SYNONYM for the word ‘almanac’?
Gall
Glut
Platitude
Yearbook
Aesthete
Solution:
Almanac [noun] means ‘an annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables’; ‘yearbook’;
Gall [noun] means ‘the trait of being rude and impertinent’;
Glut [noun] means ‘an excess supply’;
Platitude [noun] means ‘a trite or obvious remark’;
Aesthete [noun] means ‘one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature’;
From above, it can be deduced that ‘yearbook’ is the SYNONYM for the word ‘almanac’.
Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.
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