SBI Clerk Pre English Quiz | 12th May

Directions (1-10): In the passage given below there are blanks which are numbered from 1 to 10. They are to be filled with the options given below the passage against each of the respective numbers. Find out the appropriate word in each case which can most suitably complete the sentence without altering its meaning. 

Q1. Currently, the participation of women in the workforce in India is one of the lowest globally. The female labour force participation rate (LFPR) in India fell from 31.2% in 2011-2012 to 23.3% in 2017-2018. This (1)……………. has been sharper in rural areas, where the female LFPR fell by more than 11 percentage points in 2017-2018. Social scientists have long (2)…………… to explain this phenomenon, more so in the context of rising levels of education for women. 

The answers can be found in a complex set of (3)…………. including low social acceptability of women working outside the household, lack of access to safe and (4)……………… workspaces, widespread prevalence of poor and unequal wages, and a (5)…………………. of decent and suitable jobs. Most women in India are engaged in subsistence-level work in agriculture in rural areas, and in low-paying jobs such as domestic service and (6)………………. home-based manufacturing in urban areas. But with better education, women are refusing to do casual wage labour or work in family farms and enterprises. 

A recent study observed a strong negative (7)…………………… between a woman’s education level and her participation in agricultural and non-agricultural wage work and in family farms. Essentially, women with moderately high levels of education do not want to do manual labour outside the household which would be (8)…………………. to be below their educational qualifications. The study also showed a preference among women for salaried jobs as their educational attainment increases; but such jobs remain extremely (9)……………… for women. It is estimated that among people (25 to 59 years) working as farmers, farm labourers and service workers, nearly a third are women, (10)……………… the proportion of women among professionals, managers and clerical workers is only about 15% (NSSO, 2011-2012).

Q2. Currently, the participation of women in the workforce in India is one of the lowest globally. The female labour force participation rate (LFPR) in India fell from 31.2% in 2011-2012 to 23.3% in 2017-2018. This (1)……………. has been sharper in rural areas, where the female LFPR fell by more than 11 percentage points in 2017-2018. Social scientists have long (2)…………… to explain this phenomenon, more so in the context of rising levels of education for women. 

The answers can be found in a complex set of (3)…………. including low social acceptability of women working outside the household, lack of access to safe and (4)……………… workspaces, widespread prevalence of poor and unequal wages, and a (5)…………………. of decent and suitable jobs. Most women in India are engaged in subsistence-level work in agriculture in rural areas, and in low-paying jobs such as domestic service and (6)………………. home-based manufacturing in urban areas. But with better education, women are refusing to do casual wage labour or work in family farms and enterprises. 

A recent study observed a strong negative (7)…………………… between a woman’s education level and her participation in agricultural and non-agricultural wage work and in family farms. Essentially, women with moderately high levels of education do not want to do manual labour outside the household which would be (8)…………………. to be below their educational qualifications. The study also showed a preference among women for salaried jobs as their educational attainment increases; but such jobs remain extremely (9)……………… for women. It is estimated that among people (25 to 59 years) working as farmers, farm labourers and service workers, nearly a third are women, (10)……………… the proportion of women among professionals, managers and clerical workers is only about 15% (NSSO, 2011-2012).

Q3. Currently, the participation of women in the workforce in India is one of the lowest globally. The female labour force participation rate (LFPR) in India fell from 31.2% in 2011-2012 to 23.3% in 2017-2018. This (1)……………. has been sharper in rural areas, where the female LFPR fell by more than 11 percentage points in 2017-2018. Social scientists have long (2)…………… to explain this phenomenon, more so in the context of rising levels of education for women. 

The answers can be found in a complex set of (3)…………. including low social acceptability of women working outside the household, lack of access to safe and (4)……………… workspaces, widespread prevalence of poor and unequal wages, and a (5)…………………. of decent and suitable jobs. Most women in India are engaged in subsistence-level work in agriculture in rural areas, and in low-paying jobs such as domestic service and (6)………………. home-based manufacturing in urban areas. But with better education, women are refusing to do casual wage labour or work in family farms and enterprises. 

A recent study observed a strong negative (7)…………………… between a woman’s education level and her participation in agricultural and non-agricultural wage work and in family farms. Essentially, women with moderately high levels of education do not want to do manual labour outside the household which would be (8)…………………. to be below their educational qualifications. The study also showed a preference among women for salaried jobs as their educational attainment increases; but such jobs remain extremely (9)……………… for women. It is estimated that among people (25 to 59 years) working as farmers, farm labourers and service workers, nearly a third are women, (10)……………… the proportion of women among professionals, managers and clerical workers is only about 15% (NSSO, 2011-2012).

Q4. Currently, the participation of women in the workforce in India is one of the lowest globally. The female labour force participation rate (LFPR) in India fell from 31.2% in 2011-2012 to 23.3% in 2017-2018. This (1)……………. has been sharper in rural areas, where the female LFPR fell by more than 11 percentage points in 2017-2018. Social scientists have long (2)…………… to explain this phenomenon, more so in the context of rising levels of education for women. 

The answers can be found in a complex set of (3)…………. including low social acceptability of women working outside the household, lack of access to safe and (4)……………… workspaces, widespread prevalence of poor and unequal wages, and a (5)…………………. of decent and suitable jobs. Most women in India are engaged in subsistence-level work in agriculture in rural areas, and in low-paying jobs such as domestic service and (6)………………. home-based manufacturing in urban areas. But with better education, women are refusing to do casual wage labour or work in family farms and enterprises. 

A recent study observed a strong negative (7)…………………… between a woman’s education level and her participation in agricultural and non-agricultural wage work and in family farms. Essentially, women with moderately high levels of education do not want to do manual labour outside the household which would be (8)…………………. to be below their educational qualifications. The study also showed a preference among women for salaried jobs as their educational attainment increases; but such jobs remain extremely (9)……………… for women. It is estimated that among people (25 to 59 years) working as farmers, farm labourers and service workers, nearly a third are women, (10)……………… the proportion of women among professionals, managers and clerical workers is only about 15% (NSSO, 2011-2012).

Q5. Currently, the participation of women in the workforce in India is one of the lowest globally. The female labour force participation rate (LFPR) in India fell from 31.2% in 2011-2012 to 23.3% in 2017-2018. This (1)……………. has been sharper in rural areas, where the female LFPR fell by more than 11 percentage points in 2017-2018. Social scientists have long (2)…………… to explain this phenomenon, more so in the context of rising levels of education for women. 

The answers can be found in a complex set of (3)…………. including low social acceptability of women working outside the household, lack of access to safe and (4)……………… workspaces, widespread prevalence of poor and unequal wages, and a (5)…………………. of decent and suitable jobs. Most women in India are engaged in subsistence-level work in agriculture in rural areas, and in low-paying jobs such as domestic service and (6)………………. home-based manufacturing in urban areas. But with better education, women are refusing to do casual wage labour or work in family farms and enterprises. 

A recent study observed a strong negative (7)…………………… between a woman’s education level and her participation in agricultural and non-agricultural wage work and in family farms. Essentially, women with moderately high levels of education do not want to do manual labour outside the household which would be (8)…………………. to be below their educational qualifications. The study also showed a preference among women for salaried jobs as their educational attainment increases; but such jobs remain extremely (9)……………… for women. It is estimated that among people (25 to 59 years) working as farmers, farm labourers and service workers, nearly a third are women, (10)……………… the proportion of women among professionals, managers and clerical workers is only about 15% (NSSO, 2011-2012).

Q6. Currently, the participation of women in the workforce in India is one of the lowest globally. The female labour force participation rate (LFPR) in India fell from 31.2% in 2011-2012 to 23.3% in 2017-2018. This (1)……………. has been sharper in rural areas, where the female LFPR fell by more than 11 percentage points in 2017-2018. Social scientists have long (2)…………… to explain this phenomenon, more so in the context of rising levels of education for women. 

The answers can be found in a complex set of (3)…………. including low social acceptability of women working outside the household, lack of access to safe and (4)……………… workspaces, widespread prevalence of poor and unequal wages, and a (5)…………………. of decent and suitable jobs. Most women in India are engaged in subsistence-level work in agriculture in rural areas, and in low-paying jobs such as domestic service and (6)………………. home-based manufacturing in urban areas. But with better education, women are refusing to do casual wage labour or work in family farms and enterprises. 

A recent study observed a strong negative (7)…………………… between a woman’s education level and her participation in agricultural and non-agricultural wage work and in family farms. Essentially, women with moderately high levels of education do not want to do manual labour outside the household which would be (8)…………………. to be below their educational qualifications. The study also showed a preference among women for salaried jobs as their educational attainment increases; but such jobs remain extremely (9)……………… for women. It is estimated that among people (25 to 59 years) working as farmers, farm labourers and service workers, nearly a third are women, (10)……………… the proportion of women among professionals, managers and clerical workers is only about 15% (NSSO, 2011-2012).

Q7. Currently, the participation of women in the workforce in India is one of the lowest globally. The female labour force participation rate (LFPR) in India fell from 31.2% in 2011-2012 to 23.3% in 2017-2018. This (1)……………. has been sharper in rural areas, where the female LFPR fell by more than 11 percentage points in 2017-2018. Social scientists have long (2)…………… to explain this phenomenon, more so in the context of rising levels of education for women. 

The answers can be found in a complex set of (3)…………. including low social acceptability of women working outside the household, lack of access to safe and (4)……………… workspaces, widespread prevalence of poor and unequal wages, and a (5)…………………. of decent and suitable jobs. Most women in India are engaged in subsistence-level work in agriculture in rural areas, and in low-paying jobs such as domestic service and (6)………………. home-based manufacturing in urban areas. But with better education, women are refusing to do casual wage labour or work in family farms and enterprises. 

A recent study observed a strong negative (7)…………………… between a woman’s education level and her participation in agricultural and non-agricultural wage work and in family farms. Essentially, women with moderately high levels of education do not want to do manual labour outside the household which would be (8)…………………. to be below their educational qualifications. The study also showed a preference among women for salaried jobs as their educational attainment increases; but such jobs remain extremely (9)……………… for women. It is estimated that among people (25 to 59 years) working as farmers, farm labourers and service workers, nearly a third are women, (10)……………… the proportion of women among professionals, managers and clerical workers is only about 15% (NSSO, 2011-2012).

Q8. Currently, the participation of women in the workforce in India is one of the lowest globally. The female labour force participation rate (LFPR) in India fell from 31.2% in 2011-2012 to 23.3% in 2017-2018. This (1)……………. has been sharper in rural areas, where the female LFPR fell by more than 11 percentage points in 2017-2018. Social scientists have long (2)…………… to explain this phenomenon, more so in the context of rising levels of education for women. 

The answers can be found in a complex set of (3)…………. including low social acceptability of women working outside the household, lack of access to safe and (4)……………… workspaces, widespread prevalence of poor and unequal wages, and a (5)…………………. of decent and suitable jobs. Most women in India are engaged in subsistence-level work in agriculture in rural areas, and in low-paying jobs such as domestic service and (6)………………. home-based manufacturing in urban areas. But with better education, women are refusing to do casual wage labour or work in family farms and enterprises. 

A recent study observed a strong negative (7)…………………… between a woman’s education level and her participation in agricultural and non-agricultural wage work and in family farms. Essentially, women with moderately high levels of education do not want to do manual labour outside the household which would be (8)…………………. to be below their educational qualifications. The study also showed a preference among women for salaried jobs as their educational attainment increases; but such jobs remain extremely (9)……………… for women. It is estimated that among people (25 to 59 years) working as farmers, farm labourers and service workers, nearly a third are women, (10)……………… the proportion of women among professionals, managers and clerical workers is only about 15% (NSSO, 2011-2012).

Q9. Currently, the participation of women in the workforce in India is one of the lowest globally. The female labour force participation rate (LFPR) in India fell from 31.2% in 2011-2012 to 23.3% in 2017-2018. This (1)……………. has been sharper in rural areas, where the female LFPR fell by more than 11 percentage points in 2017-2018. Social scientists have long (2)…………… to explain this phenomenon, more so in the context of rising levels of education for women. 

The answers can be found in a complex set of (3)…………. including low social acceptability of women working outside the household, lack of access to safe and (4)……………… workspaces, widespread prevalence of poor and unequal wages, and a (5)…………………. of decent and suitable jobs. Most women in India are engaged in subsistence-level work in agriculture in rural areas, and in low-paying jobs such as domestic service and (6)………………. home-based manufacturing in urban areas. But with better education, women are refusing to do casual wage labour or work in family farms and enterprises. 

A recent study observed a strong negative (7)…………………… between a woman’s education level and her participation in agricultural and non-agricultural wage work and in family farms. Essentially, women with moderately high levels of education do not want to do manual labour outside the household which would be (8)…………………. to be below their educational qualifications. The study also showed a preference among women for salaried jobs as their educational attainment increases; but such jobs remain extremely (9)……………… for women. It is estimated that among people (25 to 59 years) working as farmers, farm labourers and service workers, nearly a third are women, (10)……………… the proportion of women among professionals, managers and clerical workers is only about 15% (NSSO, 2011-2012).

Q10. Currently, the participation of women in the workforce in India is one of the lowest globally. The female labour force participation rate (LFPR) in India fell from 31.2% in 2011-2012 to 23.3% in 2017-2018. This (1)……………. has been sharper in rural areas, where the female LFPR fell by more than 11 percentage points in 2017-2018. Social scientists have long (2)…………… to explain this phenomenon, more so in the context of rising levels of education for women. 

The answers can be found in a complex set of (3)…………. including low social acceptability of women working outside the household, lack of access to safe and (4)……………… workspaces, widespread prevalence of poor and unequal wages, and a (5)…………………. of decent and suitable jobs. Most women in India are engaged in subsistence-level work in agriculture in rural areas, and in low-paying jobs such as domestic service and (6)………………. home-based manufacturing in urban areas. But with better education, women are refusing to do casual wage labour or work in family farms and enterprises. 

A recent study observed a strong negative (7)…………………… between a woman’s education level and her participation in agricultural and non-agricultural wage work and in family farms. Essentially, women with moderately high levels of education do not want to do manual labour outside the household which would be (8)…………………. to be below their educational qualifications. The study also showed a preference among women for salaried jobs as their educational attainment increases; but such jobs remain extremely (9)……………… for women. It is estimated that among people (25 to 59 years) working as farmers, farm labourers and service workers, nearly a third are women, (10)……………… the proportion of women among professionals, managers and clerical workers is only about 15% (NSSO, 2011-2012).

Directions (11-15): In each of the questions given below, a sentence is given which is divided into FOUR parts such that the parts are jumbled and they do not make a meaningful sentence. Rearrange the following parts to form a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence and choose the correct rearrangement from the options given below each question. 

Q11.
(A) is that human beings have so rapaciously exploited nature, and that species belonging to 

(B) a quarter of all studied animal and plant groups on earth are gravely threatened 

(C) Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) 

(D) the overwhelming message from the global assessment report of the

Q12.
(A) could go extinct, many in a matter of decades 

(B) in environmental costs, one million species 

(C) if the world continues to pursue the current 

(D) model of economic growth without factoring

Q13.
(A) alien plants and animals in new habitats 

(B) catastrophic erosion of ecosystems is being driven by 

(C) of species, climate change, pollution and release of 

(D) unsustainable use of land and water, direct harvesting

Q14.
(A) there is particular worry over the devastation occurring in tropical areas, which are 

(B) while ecosystem losses have accelerated over the past five decades universally, 

(C) now retains its ecological and evolutionary integrity, largely spared of human impact 

(D) endowed with greater biodiversity than others; only a quarter of the land worldwide

Q15.
(A) when the news broke that PepsiCo was suing 

(B) variety that is used in its Lay’s chips, popular 

(C) sympathies immediately went, of course, to the farmers 

(D) small farmers in India for growing a potato