Sentence Improvement For SBI Clerk Prelims 2018: 13th March 2018

Q1. (E) The court distinguished passive euthanasia from suicide and active euthanasia. 
(B) It called passive euthanasia as a “mere acceleration of the inevitable conclusion.” Active euthanasia, the court concluded, is unlawful. 
(D) Suicide involves “overt acts” which culminates in an unnatural death. 
(A) A valid ‘Living Will’ facilitates passive euthanasia. A failure to legally recognize an advance medical directive inconveniences the “right to smoothen the dying process”, the court reasoned. 
(C) In cases of terminally ill or permanently vegetative state patients, where there is no hope for revival, priority should be given to the Living Wills and the right of self-determination.
(a) EBDCA
(b) EBDAC
(c) BEDCA
(d) BEDAC
(e) ECBDA

Q2. (C) One day the villagers were very excited, and when they asked what was happening they told them, “Hey, there is an elephant in the village today!”
(A) They had no idea what an elephant was, and so they decided, “Even though we will not be able to see it, we can feel it.  Let’s go.”  
(D) So, they all went to where the elephant was, and each of them touched it: “Hey, the elephant is a pillar,” said the first man, touching its leg.
(E) “Oh, no! it is like a rope,” said the second man, who was touching the tail.
(B) “Oh, no! it is like the branch of a tree,” said the third man, touching the tusk of the elephant.
(a) CDAEB
(b) CBADE
(c) CADBE
(d) EBDCA
(e) EDBAC

Q3. (A) The previous winter having been unusually severe, this spring feeling was like a form of intoxication in May, as if there were an overabundant supply of sap.
(D) One morning on waking I saw from my window the blue sky glowing in the sun above the neighbouring houses. 
(E) The canaries hanging in the windows were singing loudly, and so were the servants on every floor; a cheerful noise rose up from the streets, and I went out, my spirits as bright as the day, to go—I did not exactly know where. 
(B) Everybody I met seemed to be smiling; an air of happiness appeared to pervade everything in the warm light of returning spring. 
(C) One might almost have said that a breeze of love was blowing through the city, and the sight of the young women whom I saw in the streets in their morning toilets, in the depths of whose eyes there lurked a hidden tenderness, and who walked with languid grace, filled my heart with agitation.
(a) ADEBC
(b) AEDBC
(c) AEDCB
(d) ADECB
(e) ABCED

Q4. (B) After settling down in the valley, he had adjusted to his new life by accepting the title of shepherd, something that he had never thought of doing before his forced immigration. 
(D) It was his job to lead the herd to pasture and let them graze randomly on the lush green patches. 
(C) Once the herd was settled, and busy grazing, he would sit down under his favourite tree and rest his head on the tree trunk and watch over the herd.  
(E) He would often daydream of his beautiful village in Afghanistan: he missed the giant, dry mountains that stood erect like soldiers, as if they were guarding the village.  
(A) Sometimes he had flashbacks of sandstorms that used to whirl around the village, leaving behind a thick sandy layer all over the houses and even on his face.
(a) BEDCA
(b) BDEAC
(c) BDCEA
(d) DBCEA
(e) CEBDA

Q5. (D) The Eiffel Tower is a wrought iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. 
(E) It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.
(B) Constructed from 1887–89 as the entrance to the 1889 World’s Fair, it was initially criticized by some of France’s leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but it has become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizsable structures in the world.
(C) The Eiffel Tower is the most-visited paid monument in the world; 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015.
(A) The tower is 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building, and the tallest structure in Paris. Its base is square, measuring 125 metres on each side.
(a) ACDEB
(b) BCDEA
(c) CBEAD
(d) EABCD
(e) DEBCA

Q6. (E) Site surveys are inspections of an area where work is proposed, to gather information for a design or an estimate to complete the initial tasks required for an outdoor activity. 
(C) It can determine a precise location, access, best orientation for the site and the location of obstacles. 
(B) The type of site survey and the best practices required depend on the nature of the project. 
(A) Examples of projects requiring a preliminary site survey include urban construction, specialized construction (such as the location for a telescope) and wireless network design.
(D) In hydrocarbon exploration, for example, site surveys are run over the proposed locations of offshore exploration or appraisal wells.
(a) ABCED
(b) ABCDE
(c) BCDEA
(d) ECBAD
(e) DABCE

Q7. (C) Sridevi acted in her comeback film in Malayalam in 1996 Bharatan’s Devaraagam, a love story in which she starred opposite Aravind Swamy. 
(E) The last major film Sridevi starred in before she took a break from the industry was Judaai, released in 1997. 
(A) Along with Anil Kapoor and Urmila Matondkar, the actress played a greedy housewife going to extreme lengths for money. (B) Talking about her swan song, critic Subhash K. Jha wrote that Sridevi “left us with the most stunning hurrah in Judaai. 
(D) A terrible film that I’ve watched countless times to see her play the money-minded harridan who ‘sells’ her husband to Urmila Matondkar. 
(a) CEABD
(b) CBEAD
(c) ABCED
(d) DBAEC
(e) DECBA

Q8. (D) Karti Chidambaram, being investigated by the CBI for corruption, stressed today that he would not turn over his phone password to the CBI, speaking to NDTV as he waited for a court hearing. 
(B) The son of senior Congress leader and former union minister P Chidambaram also complained about the food he was being served in custody.
(C) The CBI had told the court earlier this week that Karti Chidambaram had flatly refused to share the password to his mobile phone.
(A) Appearing for the CBI, Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had told the court that when asked for his phone password, Karti “virtually says go to hell”.
(E) Karti was arrested on February 28 on charges that he had facilitated, for a bribe, investment approvals for the INX media group in 2007 and 2008 using the influence of his father, who was then Finance Minister.
(a) EACBD
(b) DEABC
(c) ABCDE
(d) EDCBA
(e) DBCAE

Q9. (A) The facility, which is a popular with tourists, also manufactures and sells tea. 
(B) On Thursday night, it is believed that a fire spread from a section of the factory where green tea is processed. 
(D) Blustery winds near Doddabetta led to the fire quickly spreading, leading to more than 75 % of the factory being gutted, official from the Department of Fire and Rescue Services in Udhagamandalam said.
(E) Workers employed at the factory noticed the fire and informed the fire department a few minutes after the fire broke out. 
(C) Fire-fighters rushed to the spot and fought the blaze for over two hours, before it was finally put out.
(a) ABDCE
(b) ABDEC
(c) AECBD
(d) AECDB
(e) ADBEC

Q10. (C) You become a responsible adult by the time you reach the age of 30.
(D) You are healthy, placed with a fantastic career. The pay is decent and financial stability is around the corner.
(B) You have recently started a family or are planning to get married. 
(E) You’ve bought a car or bike, perhaps you’ve invested in buying a house too. You’re travelling places.
(A) But, it’s only human to not bother about the ‘what if’ moment that could otherwise leave one’s family in a state of financial crisis.
(a) CEADB
(b) CBDEA
(c) CDBEA
(d) CEABD
(e) CDEAB

Q11. (A) Google has announced that it is rolling out “Google Lens” — app designed to bringing up relevant information using visual analysis — to all Android phones running “Google Photos”.
(D) “Rolling out today, Android users can try ‘Google Lens’ to do things like create a contact from a business card or get more info about a famous landmark. 
(C) To start, make sure you have the latest version of the “Google Photos” app for Android,” the company wrote on Twitter late on Tuesday.
(E)The company also said that the app would soon come on Apple devices. 
(B) According to The Verge, certain phones, including flagships from Samsung, Huawei, LG, Motorola, Sony and HMD/Nokia would eventually be able to access “Google Lens” through the “Google Assistant”.
(a) ADCEB
(b) EABDC
(c) ACDBE
(d) ABCED
(e) ABCDE

Q12. (C) Madame Bovary is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. 
(B) The character lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life.
(A) When the novel was first serialized in La Revue de Paris between 1 October 1856 and 15 December 1856, public prosecutors attacked the novel for obscenity. 
(D) The resulting trial in January 1857 made the story notorious. 
(E) After Flaubert’s acquittal on 7 February 1857, Madame Bovary became a bestseller in April 1857 when it was published in two volumes. A seminal work of literary realism, the novel is now considered Flaubert’s masterpiece, and one of the most influential literary works in history. 
(a) CEBAD
(b) ABECD
(c) ACEDB
(d) CBADE
(e) CBAED

Q13. (A) As I was leisurely surfing through random channels on TV, my eyes got glued on a show called ‘Stories by Rabindranath Tagore’ on Epic Channel. 
(B) I have earlier heard about in-depth and life-touching stories of Rabindranath Tagore but nothing matches the ‘amazement’ these stories offered me. 
(C) I was hooked. I found all the book written by the legend and spent next few days feasting myself to the literary genius’ work. Such is the power of his work, more than 100 years later.
(D) One of the most famous short stories of Rabindranath Tagore, Kabuliwala beautifully portrays the love a father has for his daughter. 
(E) The protagonist is a pathan dry fruit seller who comes from Kabul to Calcutta to sell dry fruits and be-friend a young girl called Mini. A movie by the same name was made Hemen Gupta in 1961
(a) ACDEB
(b) ABCDE
(c) ACEBD
(d) ABECD
(e) ADCEB

Q14. (E) If you are a morning person, pull yourself out of the confines of your home and go somewhere where there is some green. 
(D) The indoors can get hot. 
(C) Your sofas, curtains, furniture… everything in the house radiates heat and make you feel hotter. 
(B) Outdoors, there is always fresh air and that will cool not just your skin but your mind as well. 
(A) Walk or run or, if that is too much, just find a secluded spot, sit down and hear the birds call and the leaves rustle.
(a) ADEBC
(b) ABEDC
(c) CDEAB
(d) ABCDE
(e) EDCBA

Q15. (E) One of the most important factors for making a good impression on the people around you is to smell good and fresh.  
(D) That’s precisely why you can’t think of life without your deodorants and perfumes. 
(B) Using your favorite deo after shower or spraying on your favorite perfume before you are stepping out is part of your daily routine. 
(C) But, what about those times when you feel sweaty and smelly while on the go, and would do anything to go back home just for a spritz of that fragrance? 
(A)Even though you would love to carry along your deo or perfume everywhere with you, it’s not always possible, specially for guys. But worry not! Pocket perfumes are here to salvage such sweaty situations and help you stay fresh whenever, wherever!!!
(a) BCAED
(b) EDBCA
(c) EBDAC
(d) EBDCA
(e) BCADE