New Pattern English Questions for SBI PO 2017 |

Dear Students, SBI PO exam will be a challenge given the difficulty level of English Section. SBI introduced New Pattern English Question based on the CAT exam last year this year we can expect more new type of questions, So we are providing new pattern quizzes that will help you understand the new pattern.

Directions (1-4): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.

Once surrounded and protected by vast wilderness, many of the national parks are adversely affected by activities outside their boundaries. The National Park Organic Act established the national park system and empowered the Secretary of the Interior to manage activities within the parks. Conditions outside park boundaries are not subject to regulation by the Park Service unless they involve the direct use of park resources. Several approaches to protecting the national parks from external degradation have been proposed, such as one focusing on enacting federal legislation granting the National Park Service broader powers over lands adjacent to the national parks. Legislation addressing external threats to the national parks twice passed the House of Representatives but died without action in the Senate. Also brought to the table as a possible remedy is giving the states bordering the parks a significant and meaningful role in developing federal park management policy.

Because the livelihood of many citizens is linked to the management of national parks, local politicians often encourage state involvement in federal planning. But, state legislatures have not always addressed the fundamental policy issues of whether states should protect park wildlife. Timber harvesting, ranching and energy exploration compete with wildlife within the local ecosystem. Priorities among different land uses are not generally established by current legislation. Additionally, often no mechanism exists to coordinate planning by the state environmental regulatory agencies. These factors limit the impact of legislation aimed at protecting park wildlife and the larger park ecosystem. Even if these deficiencies can be overcome, state participation must be consistent with existing federal legislation. States lack jurisdiction within national parks themselves, and therefore state solutions cannot reach activities inside the parks, thus limiting state action to the land adjacent to the national parks. Under the supremacy clause, federal laws and regulations supersede state action if state law conflicts with federal legislation, if Congress precludes local regulation, or if federal regulation is so pervasive that no room remains for state control. Assuming that federal regulations leave open the possibility of state control, state participation in policy making must be harmonized with existing federal legislation.

The residents of states bordering national parks are affected by park management policies. They, in turn, affect the success of those policies. This interrelationship must be considered in responding to the external threats problem. Local participation is necessary in deciding how to protect park wildlife. Local interests should not, however, dictate national policy, nor should they be used as a pretext to ignore the threats to park regions.

Q1. What is the main purpose of the author in writing the passage?

(a) argue that rampant timber harvesting is degrading national parks

(b) describe a plan of action to resolve an issue

(d) suggest that local participation is necessary to solve the problem described

(e) to assert that national parks are adversely affected by activities outside their boundaries

Q2. The passage provides support for which of the following assertions?

(a) The National Park Organic Act gave the Secretary of the Interior the right to overrule state government policy in lands adjacent to national parks.

(b) The federal government has been selling national park land to state governments in order to raise money for wildlife conservation.

(d) Local politicians want the federal government to turn control of national parks over to state governments.

(e) Timber harvesting and energy exploration have not had any impact on national parks

Q3. In the context of the passage, the phrase external degradation (lines 8-9) refers to

which of the following:

(a) threats to national parks arising from the House of Representative’s willingness to address environmental issues.

(b) threats to national parks arising from state government environmental policies.

(c) threats to national parks arising from local politicians‘ calls for greater state involvement in national park planning.

(d) threats to national parks arising from the National Park Organic Act.

(e) threats to national parks arising from the lack of local support

Q4. According to the passage, which of the following developments is most likely if environmental cooperation between the federal government and state governments does not improve?

(a) A further decline in the land area of national parks

(b) A further increase in federal ownership of land adjacent to national parks

(d) A further loss of species in national parks

(e) A further increase in timber harvesting activities

Directions (5-15): In the following questions, two sentences are given. There may be an error in the sentence(s). Read the given options carefully and mark the correct answer.

Q5. I. He had rather go than stay behind.

II. We have received a message from him only six hours ago.

(a) if there is an error only in the first sentence;