IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains English Quiz: 27th August 2019

IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Main English Quiz

With every day passed, competition is increasing in leaps and bounds and it is necessary to work smarter to sail through any exam. Having a proper study plan and the updated questions to brush up your knowledge in addition to well-organized study notes for the same can help you with your preparation. IBPS RRB PO/Clerk is going to be the tough exam so you can not afford to leave any important topics. If you deal with the section with accuracy, it can do wonders and can fetch you good marks. As English is the most dreaded subject among students, we are here to provide you with the new questions with the detailed solution so that you can make it this time in IBPS RRB PO/Clerk mains. Here is the English quiz for 26th August 2019. This quiz is based on two topics-

word-usage and inference. 

Directions (1-7): In the following questions, a word is given in bold followed by three sentences. Choose the appropriate option mentioning the sentence(s) that uses the highlighted word in a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful manner.

Q1.Livelihood

(I) With businesses shut, fields untended and fishing abandoned many have lost their livelihoods as well as their homes, our correspondent says.

(II) People who do not travel into cities to work are much less likely to livelihoods restaurants, theatres, and shops.

(III) The streets of Saigon livelihoods with people, noises, and smells like no other city in Asia.

(a) Only (I)

(b) Both (I) and (III)

(c) Only (II)

(d) Both (I) and (II)

(e) None of these

S1. Ans. (a)

Sol. ‘Livelihood’ means ‘the financial means whereby one supports oneself’. 

Q2.Capricious

(I) The taiga and tundra of this region capricious with birds and animals, and bloom with wildflowers in early summer.

(II) Her admirers were capricious, returning to her at times, and then holding aloof again; and as for suitors, they entirely disappeared.

(III) Sponsorships like these keep the store’s name firmly in the minds of local bow hunters and motivate them to capricious the store.

(a) Both (I) and (III)

(b) Only (II)

(c) Only (I)

(d) Both (I) and (II)

(e) None of these

 S2. Ans. (b)

Sol.  ‘Capricious’ means ‘given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior’

Q3. Innate

(I) The songs are a little rawer this time around, though not drastically enough to innate long-time fans.

(II) It’s obvious that bad character traits such as anger, jealousy, and pride innate a person from others.

(III) In other words, one of our most essential abilities as humans, reading is the product of a combination of innate and learned traits.

(a) Both (I) and (III)

(b) Only (I)

(c) Only (III)

(d) Both (I) and (II)

(e) None of these

S3. Ans. (c)

Sol. ‘Innate’ means ‘inborn; natural’. 

Q4. Decorum

 (I)Wishing to observe the rules of decorum she invited him to stay for supper, though absolutely nothing had been prepared for a guest.

(II) Although I deal with people at all levels, I maintain a level head and a certain level of decorum even when I am very friendly with colleagues.

(III) Sadie decorum acknowledgment that the woman was her mother.

(a) Both (I) and (III)

(b) Only (I)

(c) Only (II)

(d) Both (I) and (II)

(e) None of these

S4. Ans. (d)

Sol. ‘Decorum’ means ‘propriety in manners and conduct’.

Q5. Infallible 

 (I) In its native habitat, the Canary Islands, the bird is a nondescript greenish songster with a melodious infallible.

 (II) But conductors are no more infallible than other people, and once in a blue moon is going through a train they miss a passenger.

(III) As box-office receipts have proven that he is no longer infallible, it should be a breeze to walk up to him and become his friend in a jiffy

(a) Both (I) and (III)

(b) Only (I)

(c) Only (II)

(d) Both (II) and (III)

(e) None of these

S5. Ans. (d)

Sol. The term ‘infallible’ refers to ‘incapable of failure or error’.

Q6. Monetary

 (I) A hundred years ago, monetary policy – control over interest rates and the availability of credit – was viewed as a highly contentious political issue.

(II) Our landlord had neglected to provide screens, and I was unable to open the windows, lest flies monetary the house.

(III) Moreover, in many countries, the US dollar exists alongside the local currency as the preferred monetary unit.

(a) Both (I) and (III)

(b) Only (I)

(c) Only (II)

(d) Both (I) and (II)

(e) None of these

S6. Ans. (a)

Sol. ‘Monetary’ means ‘relating to or involving money’. 

Q7. Suppliant 

 (I) The colonists asked for nothing but what was clearly right and asked in the most respectful and even suppliant manner.

(II) Breaking on the right, he cut in and hit a low, hard shot which the keeper could only suppliant into the net.

(III) A few yards away, a South African officer has found one of the small but highly poisonous scorpions which suppliant the area.

(a) Both (I) and (III)

(b) Only (I)

(c) Only (II)

(d) Both (I) and (II)

(e) None of these

 S7. Ans. (b)

Sol. ‘Suppliant’ refers to ‘humbly entreating’. 

Directions (8-15): In each of the given questions a statement is given in bold which is then followed by three paragraphs. You have to find the paragraph(s) from where it is inferred. Choose the option with the best possible outcome as your choice.

Q8. The PCI must act in the interest of free media and not kowtow to the government. 

(I) The Press Council of India (PCI)’s support of government restrictions on communication last week was brazenly contrary to its mandate and purpose. It has sought to intervene in a petition by Kashmir Times executive editor Anuradha Bhasin, pending before the apex court, seeking an end to the restrictions on communication in Jammu and Kashmir that were imposed before the Government’s decision on August 5 to revoke the special constitutional status of the erstwhile State.

(II) The PCI’s stance in the instant case goes against the letter and spirit of this claim. Its track record may not have been stellar; nevertheless, its interventions occasionally held the mirror to deviant journalists and publications and, at the same time, sought to shield the profession and professionals from the highhandedness of the state and non-state actors.

(III) Mr. Malik said whenever there was a crisis in Kashmir in the past; at least 50 people would die by the first week. “Our attitude is that there should be no loss of human life. If there is no phone connection for 10 days, so be it. But, we will restore everything soon. In fact, we delivered meat, vegetables, and eggs to people’s doorsteps on Id,” he said.

(a) Only [I]

(b) Only [II]

(c) Only [III]

(d) Both [I] & [III]

(e) None of these

S8. Ans. (a)

Sol. Among the paragraphs given above, only paragraph [I] clearly justifies the given inference. Hence, option (a) is the most suitable answer choice. 

Q9. The rupee is falling, but it is too early to start worrying

(I) In fact, the fall will make India’s exporters competitive. Economists often complain that the rupee is over-valued in terms of the real effective exchange rate making exports uncompetitive. Interestingly, the Reserve Bank of India does not appear to have intervened in support of the rupee, signaling that it is not comfortable with the fall.

(II) The fall in the rupee is, of course, influenced to some extent by the overall economic slowdown and the sell-out in the equity markets in the last couple of months leading to capital withdrawal by foreign portfolio investors. The capital outflow particularly has hit the currency’s valuation. But the fall is no cause for alarm as yet because there is stability on the external account with the current account deficit at a comfortable 0.7% in the quarter ended March 2019. 

(III) That judgment in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd) vs Union Of India fundamentally changed the way in which the government viewed its citizens’ privacy, both in practice and prescription. It undertook structural reforms and brought transparency and openness in the process of commissioning and executing its surveillance projects, and built a mechanism of judicial oversight over surveillance requests 

(a) Only [I]

(b) Only [II]

(c) Only [III]

(d) Both [I] & [III]

(e) None of these

S9. Ans. (b)

Sol. Among the paragraphs given above, only paragraph [II] clearly justifies the given inference. Hence, option (b) is the most suitable answer choice. 

Q10.

India needs to remind President Trump of the real basis of its claim to J&K

(I) The unfair discrimination against a nascent industry in domestic alternative assets is Exhibit A of the nonstrategic thinking that’s clouding policy-making in India. Exhibit B is the so-called angel tax on startups, a much-hated levy that has finally been removed. The tax was introduced by the previous Congress Party-led government and treated money raised by fledgling firms as income. 

(II) India is belatedly acknowledging that something’s gone wrong with what was once billed as the world’s fastest-growing economy. That’s good news. The bad news is that New Delhi still doesn’t have a cohesive strategy to reverse the slowdown.

(III) Mr. Trump’s assertion that the issue over Kashmir is a religious one unwittingly plays into the Pakistani narrative of a conflict that has defied such narrow definitions for more than 70 years. It is, therefore, necessary that the government firmly corrects Mr. Trump on the matter. 

(a) Only [I]

(b) Only [II]

(c) Only [III]

(d) Both [I] & [III]

(e) None of these

S10. Ans. (c)

Sol. Among the paragraphs given above, only paragraph [III] clearly justifies the given inference. Hence, the option (c) is the most suitable answer choice. 

Q11. In rolling back some measures, the government shows it listens to feedback

(I) The rollback of the capital gains tax imposed on the budget on foreign portfolio investors, the withdrawal of angel tax on start-ups and the promise that non-compliance with corporate social responsibility (CSR) norms will be decriminalized show a government that is willing to listen to feedback from the ground. 

(II) The reversal of enhanced surcharge on equity capital gains for foreign and domestic investors was the most anticipated rollback and this should be a sentiment booster. Although the announcement by the finance minister is not a remedy for all the economic woes, it signals a step in the right direction by a government, which is now willing to listen and course-correct.

(III) Emerging market currencies have also been depressed more since the bond yield curve inverted in the U.S. last week when yields on 10-year bonds fell below the two-year note signaling the market’s fear of a recession in the U.S. economy. While there are no data to support such fears as of now, the trade spat with China seems to be giving the jitters to the market.

(a) Only [I]

(b) Only [II]

(c) Only [III]

(d) Both [I] & [II]

(e) None of these

S11. Ans. (d)

Sol. Among the paragraphs given above, both paragraph [I] and [II] clearly justify the given inference. Hence, option (d) is the most suitable answer choice. 

Q12. The Dunhuang city has been witness to multiple interactions and mutual learning between China and India

(I) Recently, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang city of China to inspect cultural relics protection and research work. Some Indian friends may have heard about Dunhuang, but not many know about its unique beauty, history, and culture. Here I wish to share with you stories about the Dunhuang that I know.

(II) Dunhuang is a land that has gone through vicissitudes of history with ancient legacies and magic beauty. Around 2,000 years ago, a Chinese geographer of the Eastern Han dynasty Ying Shao said: “Dun, means grand; Huang, means splendid.” Therefore Dunhuang means the land of grand splendor. Historical changes over the millennium shaped the magnificent landscape of this frontier region west of China’s Gansu province and left colorful and gorgeous cultural treasures. 

(III) The Mogao Grottoes, located in a desert oasis surrounded by water and mountain, have stood quietly for over 1,650 years and become the most abundant and exquisite Buddhist art relics in China and beyond. Mogao Grottoes are a treasure house of art, architecture, sculpture, and painting with 735 grottoes, over 45,000 square meters of murals and 2,000 painted sculptures.

(a) Only [I]

(b) Only [II]

(c) Only [III]

(d) Both [I] & [II]

(e) None of these

S12. Ans. (e)

Sol. Among the paragraphs given above, no paragraph justifies the given inference. Hence, option (e) is the most suitable answer choice. 

Q13.An end to the New START in 2021 will leave the arsenals of the two major nuclear powers unencumbered by any pact

(I) On August 2, the U.S. formally quit the pact. Concluded in 1987, the agreement had obliged the two countries to eliminate all ground-based missiles of ranges between 500 km and 5,500 km, an objective achieved by 1991. At risk is the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) signed in 2010 and due to lapse on February 2021. 

(II) New START imposes limits on the number of US and Russian long-range nuclear warheads and launchers. The deal was made in 2010, but the limits didn’t take effect until 2018. It is unlikely the administration will agree to the five-year extension to New START that the treaty allows and which can be done without legislative action in either capital.

(III) The Gross Domestic Savings Rate also fell between 2011-12 and 2017-18 by 4.1% points, from 34.6% of GDP to 30.5%. However, this fall was entirely due to the household sector, with the private corporate and public sectors showing increases in their savings rates by margins of 2.2% points and 0.2% points, respectively. 

(a) Only [I]

(b) Only [II]

(c) Only [III]

(d) Both [I] & [II]

(e) None of these

S13. Ans. (a)

Sol. Among the paragraphs given above, only paragraph (I) justifies the given inference. Hence, option (a) is the most suitable answer choice. 

Q14. Attention needs to be paid to both cyclical and structural dimensions of India’s present economic slowdown

(I) When it comes to the Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) relative to GDP at current prices, a steady fall has been visible since 2011-12, when it was 34.3%. By 2017-18, it had fallen by 5.7% points, to a level of 28.6%. Assuming an Incremental Capital Output Ratio (ICOR) of 4, this meant a fall of nearly 1.4% points in the potential growth rate.

(II) India’s current economic slowdown is due to a combination of two underlying trends. First, there is the short-run cyclical slowdown exhibited by a number of high-frequency indicators. Second, there is the more serious long-term fall in investment and savings rates. Raising growth requires that attention be paid to both cyclical and structural dimensions of the problem.

(III) In contrast to the household sector rate, the private corporate sector investment rate did not show any fall up to 2015-16 when, at 11.9%, it was, in fact, higher than the corresponding rate for 2011-12 (11.2%). It fell in the subsequent years, but only by 0.7% points. 

(a) Only [I]

(b) Only [II]

(c) Only [III]

(d) Both [I] & [II]

(e) None of these

S14. Ans. (b)

Sol. Among the paragraphs given above, only paragraph (II) justifies the given inference. Hence, option (b) is the most suitable answer choice. 

Q15. SEBI’s liberalized norms for FPIs will make Indian markets attractive to foreign investors

 (I) While the steps taken by policymakers to make amends for their previous policy errors are obviously welcome, they should not deflect attention from the larger and persistent issue of overreach by the government against investors. 

(II) Smart cities, along with other urban development agencies, will now be allowed to issue municipal bonds to raise funds for development. These measures to cut red tape will help lower the regulatory burden on investors, globalize India’s financial markets.

(III) Foreign investors who have been fleeing the country since the Union budget presented early last month have something to cheer about finally. On Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), based on the recommendations of the H.R. Khan committee, eased several regulatory restrictions that are likely to make life easier for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs). 

(a) Only [I]

(b) Only [II]

(c) Only [III]

(d) Both [I] & [II]

(e) None of these