SBI PO Exam 2019 English Language Quiz: 7th April 2019

Directions (1-7)- Read the following passage and answer the questions as directed. 


Increased warming in the Indian Ocean and the resultant weakening of the Indian summer monsoon may come in the way of India’s goal of leading the world's wind power generation. Analysing the available wind and atmospheric data from 1980-2016, researchers from Harvard University, U.S., and National Climate Center in Beijing, China, found the potential electricity production of windmills across India had decreased by about 13%. And this trend might continue. However, researchers in India have raised doubts about the results of the study. “The data used by the team does not correlate with the live data we have. We have started additional studies to validate these results and will publish the findings soon,” says Dr. K. Balaraman, Director General, National Institute of Wind Energy, Chennai, under the Government’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. In the paper published last December in Science Advances, the researchers showed a decline in electricity production in the States of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Karnataka. (A) Not significant decline was seen in Tamil Nadu, which is located on the east coast and, thus, had different wind conditions during summer.
“The government could concentrate on setting up more projects in this region [Tamil Nadu] as the lifetime of wind turbines is 20 to 30 years. We need to look at long-term goals,” says Meng Gao, a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University and the first author of the study. The researchers showed that 63% of the annual production of electricity from wind is (B) ---------------------- by winds in spring (March-May) and summer (June-August). Interestingly, they found a decrease in wind power during these months. This could be due to the weakening of the Indian summer monsoon during this period.
Summer winds in India are driven by the temperature contrast between the Indian subcontinent and the Indian Ocean, and the warming in the Indian Ocean reduced this contrast. Also, warming of the Equatorial Indian Ocean resulted in a decline in the wind speed. The Indian government has set a target of 60 GW of cumulative wind power capacity by 2022. The researchers say that this goal can be (C)------------- only if planners in India take these historical reconstructions into account while setting up wind power installations in the future. “Our findings can provide suggestions on where to build more wind turbines to minimise the influences of climate change,” said Prof. Michael B. McElroy, from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University and senior author of the study in a release. 


Q1. According to the passage given above, what might come in India’s goal of leading the world's wind power generation?

Q2. In the passage given, a sentence (A) is given in ITALICS. There may or may not be an error in one part of the sentence. Choose the part which has an error in it as your answer. If there is no error then choose option (e) as your answer.

Q3. Which of the following words should fill the blank given in (B) to make it contextually correct and meaningful?

Q4. According to the passage given above how are summer winds driven in India?

Q5. Which of the following is SIMILAR in meaning to the word CUMULATIVE given in BOLD in the above passage?

Q6. Which of the following is OPPOSITE in meaning to the word CORRELATE given in BOLD in the above passage?

Q7. Which of the following words should fill the blank given in (C) to make it contextually correct and meaningful?

Directions (8-11): In each of the questions given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold in a sentence which is then followed by four options which then try to decipher its meaning. Choose the option which gives the correct meaning of the phrases. If none of the given options is your answer, choose option (e) as your answer choice. 


Q8. No matter which field you choose, having a great communication skill would always stand you in good stead.

Q9. Raghav was raked over the coals for violating the traffic rules.

Q10. William will keep quiet only when pigs fly.

Q11. It’s fine that your mom has paid your bills, but sooner or later you have to stop kicking the can down the road.

Q12. In the question five words are given in which four of them have a similar meaning and one word is the antonym for the other four words. Choose the word, opposite in meaning to the other four, as your answer.

Q13. In the question five words are given in which four of them have a similar meaning and one word is the antonym for the other four words. Choose the word, opposite in meaning to the other four, as your answer.

Q14. In the question five words are given in which four of them have a similar meaning and one word is the antonym for the other four words. Choose the word, opposite in meaning to the other four, as your answer.

Q15. In the question five words are given in which four of them have a similar meaning and one word is the antonym for the other four words. Choose the word, opposite in meaning to the other four, as your answer.