Introduction
English Knowledge/English Language is an important section in the employment-related competitive exams in India. In particular, exams like IBPS, SBI and other bank related employment exams have English Language questions along with Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude. The English Language section primarily has questions related to the Paragraph Reading, Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test, Antonyms, Synonyms, Grammar, Sentence Rearrangement etc. This article English Language Prelims Practice Quiz presents the model questions related to some English Language topics.
Quiz
Dircetions Q (1 - 5): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
A. The evidence on the benefits of the interlinking scheme is mixed. On the one hand, the project is built on hopes that it will be boost per capita availability for 220mn water-hungry Indians.
B. The initial plan to interlink India's rivers came in 1858 from a British irrigation engineer, Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton.
C. The scheme also envisions an area more than twice the size of Andhra Pradesh receiving additional water for irrigation and to eventually even out the precarious savings between floods and droughts.
D. And concerns surrounding escalating cost projections, which have reportedly jumped to something closer to Rs.11 lakh crore.
E. Yet even as the project moves forward it must consider the risks at hand, which include the possibility that it could displace nearly 1.5 million people due to the submergence of 27.66 lakh hectares of land;
F. Since late last year, the scheme has been implen1ented by the Central governn1ent in several segn1ents such as the Godavari-Krishna interlink in Andhra Pradesh, and the Ken - Betwa interlink in Madhya Pradesh.
1. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
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A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. F
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A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. F
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A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. F
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A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. E
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A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. E
Directions Q (1 - 5): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it Certain words/ phrases are- given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Today emerging markets account for more than half of world GDP on the basis of purchasing power according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In the 1990s, it was about a third and in the late 1990s 30% of countries in the developing world managed to increase their output per person faster than America did, thus achieving what is called 'Catch-up growth'. That catching up was son1ewhat lackadaisical - The closed at just 1.5% a year.
Some of this “was due to slower growth in America, most were not. The most impressive growth was the biggest emerging economies in Brazil, Russia, India, and China BRICs. These economies have grown in different ways and for different reasons. The remarkable growth of emerging markets in general and the BRICs, in particular, transformed the global economy in many ways. Some commodity prices soared and the cost of manufactures.
A growing more accessible pool of labor in emerging economies played a part in both wage stagnation and rising income inequality in each one. Global poverty rates tumbled. Gaping economic imbalances fuelled an era of financial vulnerability and laid the groundwork for the global crisis. The shift towards the emerging economies will continue. But its most tumultuous phase seems to have more or less reached its end. Growth rates have dropped, the nature of their growth is in the process of changing too and its new mode will have lesser direct effects on the rest of the world. The likelihood of growth h in other en1erging economies having an effect in the near future comparable to that of the BRICs in the recent past is low. The emerging giants will grow larger and their ranks will swell, but their tread will no longer shake the Earth as it once did.
After the 1990s, there followed 'convergence with a vengeance'. China's pivot towards liberalization and global markets came at a propitious time in terms of politics, business, and technology. Rich economies were feeling relatively relaxed about globalization and current account deficits. America's booming and confidence were little troubled by the growth of Chinese industry or by off-shoring jobs to India. And the technology, etc., necessary to assemble and maintain complex supply chains were corning into their own/ allowing firms to spread their operations between countries and across oceans. The tumbling costs of shipping and communication sparked globalization's second unbounding (the first was the simple ability to provide consumers in one place with goods from another). As longer supply chains infiltrated and connected places with large and fast-growing working-age populations, enormous quantities of cheap new labor became accessible. In 2007, China 's economy expanded by an eye-popping 14.2%. India managed 10.1% growth Russia 8.5 % and Brazil 6.1%. The IMF now reckons there will be a slowdown in growth. China will grow by just 7.6% in 2013 India by 5.6% and Russia and Brazil by 2.5%. Other countries have impressive growth potential. ' Next 11 ' (N 11) which includes Bangladesh, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, and Turkey. But there are various reasons to think that this N11 cannot have an impact on the same scale as that of the BRICs. The first is that these economies smaller. The N11 has a population of just over 1.3 billion, less than half that of the BRICs. The second is that the Nll is richer now than the BRICs were back in the day.
The third reason that the performance of the BRICs cannot be repeated is the very success of that performance. The world economy is much larger than it used to be twice as in real terms as it was in 1992 according to IMF figures. But whether the world can build a remarkable era of growth will depend in large part on whether new giants tread a path towards greater global co-operation or stumble in times of tumult and in the worst case fight.
1. According to the passage which of the following is a reason for the author's prediction regarding N11 countries?
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A. N11 countries are poorer, have less resources than BRICs countries and do not have much scope to grow
B. The size of these countries is too great to fuel a high rate of g1rowth as expected by BRICs countries
C. The world economy is so large that the magnitude of growth from these countries will have to be huge to equal the growth of BRICs
D. These economies are agricultural and have not opened up their economies yet. So, scope of growth of BRICs.
E. Other than those given as options
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A. It provides beneficial since it created a large number of jobs and tremendous growth in cross-border trade
B. It disturbed the fragile balance of power among BRICs Nations and caused internal strife
C. It caused untold damage to America's economy since it restricted the spread of American firms off-shore
D. It proved most beneficial for the agricultural sector creating huge employment opportunities
E. Citizens in advanced countries became much better off than those in emerging economies.
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A. It helped stabilize the global economy and insulate it from the fall out of the global financial crisis
B. Labour becan1e more highly skilled and wages rose alarmingly reducing the off-shoring of jobs to developing countries
C. Though worldwide poverty rates tumbled, the gap between the rich and the poor in rich economies increased
D. The cost of living and level of inflation in these countries were maintained at low levels.
E. All the given options are the effects of the rise in BRICs economies
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A. While many countries try and achieve the same rate of growth as BRICs they will not succeed
B. Labour became more highly skilled and wages rose alarmingly reducing the off-shoring of jobs to developing countries
C. Developing countries have strengthened their fiscal systems in such a way that they will not be shaken to such an extent again
D. Poverty may increase as the gap between the rich the poor increase but it will never reach the sa1ne levels as prior to the crisis.
E. Citizens in advanced countries become much better off than those in emerging economies
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A. Only A
B. Only B
C. Only C
D. A and B
E. B and C
Directions Q (1 - 5): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it Certain words/ phrases are- given in bold to help you locate them while answering son1e of the questions.
Today emerging markets account for more than half of world GDP on the basis of purchasing power according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In the 1990s, it was about a third and in the late 1990s 30% of countries in the developing world managed to increase their output per person faster than America did, thus achieving what is called 'Catch-up growth'. That catching up was son1ewhat lackadaisical - The closed at just 1.5% a year.
Some of this “was due to slower growth in America, most were not. The most impressive growth was the biggest emerging economies in Brazil, Russia, India, and China BRICs. These economies have grown in different ways and for different reasons. The remarkable growth of emerging markets in general and the BRICs, in particular, transformed the global economy in many ways. Some commodity prices soared and the cost of manufactures.
A growing more accessible pool of labor in emerging economies played a part in both wage stagnation and rising income inequality in each one. Global poverty rates tumbled. Gaping economic imbalances fuelled an era of financial vulnerability and laid the groundwork for the global crisis. The shift towards the emerging economies will continue. But its most tumultuous phase seems to have more or less reached its end. Growth rates have dropped, the nature of their growth is in the process of changing too and its new mode will have lesser direct effects on the rest of the world. The likelihood of growth h in other en1erging economies having an effect in the near future comparable to that of the BRICs in the recent past is low. The emerging giants will grow larger and their ranks will swell, but their tread will no longer shake the Earth as it once did.
After the 1990s, there followed 'convergence with a vengeance'. China's pivot towards liberalization and global markets came at a propitious time in terms of politics, business, and technology. Rich economies were feeling relatively relaxed about globalization and current account deficits. America's booming and confidence were little troubled by the growth of Chinese industry or by off-shoring jobs to India. And the technology, etc., necessary to assemble and maintain complex supply chains were corning into their own/ allowing firms to spread their operations between countries and across oceans. The tumbling costs of shipping and communication sparked globalization's second unbounding (the first was the simple ability to provide consumers in one place with goods from another). As longer supply chains infiltrated and connected places with large and fast-growing working-age populations, enormous quantities of cheap new labor became accessible. In 2007, China 's economy expanded by an eye-popping 14.2%. India managed 10.1% growth Russia 8.5 % and Brazil 6.1%. The IMF now reckons there will be a slowdown in growth. China will grow by just 7.6% in 2013 India by 5.6% and Russia and Brazil by 2.5%. Other countries have impressive growth potential. ' Next 11 ' (N 11) which includes Bangladesh, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, and Turkey. But there are various reasons to think that this N11 cannot have an impact on the same scale as that of the BRICs. The first is that these economies smaller. The N11 has a population of just over 1.3 billion, less than half that of the BRICs. The second is that the Nll is richer now than the BRICs were back in the day.
The third reason that the performance of the BRICs cannot be repeated is the very success of that performance. The world economy is much larger than it used to be twice as in real terms as it was in 1992 according to IMF figures. But whether the world can build a remarkable era of growth will depend in large part on whether new giants tread a path towards greater global co-operation or stumble in times of tumult and in the worst case fight.
1. What is the author's main objective in writing this passage?
A. To urge emerging economies to deal with growth which can be disruptive maturely and without conflict.
B. To point out that while the period of growth of BRICs was disruptive this disruption has almost come to a close.
C. To criticize advanced economies for their handling of growth and promoting competition and conflict in certain regions.
- A. A and B
B. Only A
C. Only C
D. B and C
E. All of these
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A. Jumbling
B. Confusing
C. Reducing
D. Dilapidated
E. Hurrying
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A. Forlorn
B. Felicitous
C. Baleful
D. Portent
E. Augury
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A. Widened
B. Pressured
C. Delayed
D. Shrunk
E. Frightened
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A. Ferment
B. Tranquility
C. Upheaval
D. Mayhem
E. Turnmoil
Directions Q (1 - 5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is 'No error ', the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
1. What is the author's main objective in writing this passage?
- A. The protesters went on a rampaging
B. and set ablaze three shops
C. resulting in injuries to 30 people
D. including women and children
E. No error
- A. It is evident that
B. the banking sector has underwent
C. tremendous change during
D. the past two decades
E. No error
- A. The reports prompted the chairman of
B. the organizing committee to address a hurried press conference
C. where he reprimanded the media
D. for conducting a prejudiced campaign.
E. No error
- A. The merchant counted
B. the number of pearls
C. to make sure that
D. none of them were rmissing
E. No error
- A. How is it that
B. neither your friend Mahesh
C. nor his brother Ramesh have protested
D. against this injustice?
E. No error
Directions Q (1 - 5): The Following questions have two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
1. As this country has become more ___________ industrial and internationalized, it has, like all Western democracies, experienced a necessary increase in the ________ of the executive.?
- A. urbanized; role
B. objective; wealth
C. synthesized; efficiency
D. civilized; convenience
E. concreted; vision
- A. surface; develops
B. focus; increases
C. establish; efficiency
D. develop; exibits
E. exist; diminishes
- A. share; protecting
B. value; thwarting
C. motivation; involving
D. forward; stimulating
E. input; empowering
- A. rigidity; compatibility
B. dogmatisrn; motivation
C. professionalism; vulnerability
D. positivism; flexibility
E. consideration; acumen
- A. consigned; communicated
B. reduced; required
C. attributed; requested
D. projected; destined
E. subjected; confined
Directions Q (1 - 5): In the following passage, some words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each nun1ber and fix up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
Adult tigers will meet socially only during courtship when a male and female stay together for several days. After successful mating, the tigress will (1) away from the male to (1) the cubs by herself. Cubs are born blind after a gestation period between 96 and 104 days. If their eyes open after two weeks, they do not begin to eat well until the second month. At this stage, they are most(3) to predators like jackals and hyenas as they are left alone for long periods when the tigress is away hunting. Infant mortality is therefore high a tigress (4) raises more than one cub per litter successfully. She will keep her (5) with her for almost two years, teaching them everything necessary to perfect their survival skills. At the end of this time, she will gently push them away so that she is free to search out a new mate and begin the breeding cycle new.
1.
- A. Run
B. Give
C. Throw
D. Drive
E. Make
- A. Rear
B. Grow
C. Lift
D. Develop
E. Produce
- A. Averse
B. Vulnerable
C. Subject
D. Inclined
E. Prone
- A. Seldom
B. Usually
C. That
D. Only
E. Sometimes
- A. Newborn
B. Offspring
C. Descendent
D. Cub
E. Child