English Language Quiz For Bank Mains Exam 2024-03rd January

Directions (1-5): In the following questions, there is a statement divided into five parts, when arranged properly forms a coherent sentence both grammatically and contextually. The first part of the statement is given in bold to help you rearrange the other parts accordingly. Choose the best alternative among the five options given below each statement as your answer.

Q1. Forty-five years after / the Central government has allowed (A)/the re-entry of commercial mining (B)/firms into the sector, turning the clock back (C)/ India nationalised its coal-mining industry, (D)
(a)BADC
(b)BCDA
(c)DABC
(d)CDBA
(e)No rearrangement required

Q2. What motivated /three-time chief minister Rio to quit the post (A)/ and contest the 2014 parliamentary poll was his ambition (B)/to become a Central cabinet minister (C)/ after serving for 11 years (D)
(a)ADBC
(b)BCDA
(c)CBDA
(d)DABC
(e)No rearrangement required

Q3. For many years the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) Mutiny, / remained largely marginal in the narratives of modern Indian history (A)/ and lasted a mere five days before the leaders (B)/ which broke out in full swing on February 18, 1946, (C)/ who acted on behalf of the disaffected soldiers surrendered, (D)
(a)DBCA
(b)CBDA
(c)BACD
(d)DABC
(e)No rearrangement required

Q4. Naga politicians claim /they are serious about early peaceful settlement of the Naga problem, (A)/but what they are exhibiting now (B)/is not so much the craving for lasting peace (C)/as leadership for supremacy (D)
(a)DBAC
(b)CBAD
(c)CDAB
(d)ABDC
(e)No rearrangement required

Q5. Arundhati Bhattacharya, /the first woman to head the country’s largest bank, (A)/ seamlessly implemented a number of (B)/ State Bank of India, (C)/path-breaking changes in the banking sector (D)
(a)BDCA
(b)CABD
(c)ACBD
(d)BACD
(e)No rearrangement required

Solutions:

S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence to arrange the sentence properly and meaningfully is DABC.
“Forty-five years after India nationalised its coal-mining industry, the Central government has allowed the re-entry of commercial mining firms into the sector, turning the clock back.”

S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct sequence to arrange the sentence properly and meaningfully is ADBC
“What motivated three-time chief minister Rio to quit the post after serving for 11 years and contest the 2014 parliamentary poll was his ambition to become a Central cabinet minister.”

S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence to arrange the sentence properly and meaningfully is CBDA.
“For many years the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) Mutiny, which broke out in full swing on February 18, 1946, and lasted a mere five days before the leaders who acted on behalf of the disaffected soldiers surrendered, remained largely marginal in the narratives of modern Indian history.”

S4. Ans. (e)
Sol. The given statement doesn’t require any rearrangement as it already gives a contextual meaning to the sentence.

S5. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence to arrange the sentence properly and meaningfully is ACBD.
“Arundhati Bhattacharya, the first woman to head the country’s largest bank, State Bank of India, seamlessly implemented a number of path-breaking changes in the banking sector.”