English Language Quiz For IBPS PO Prelims 2023 -22nd August

Directions (1-5): Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) Initially funded by a $240 million Chinese loan in 2012, the system has a countrywide network of 4,300 surveillance cameras, 16 regional response centres

(B) We are bombarded almost daily with news about how much smarter Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become, and how it is being applied across a variety of potential use cases

(C) ECU 911 has been credited with cutting crime and saving lives after natural disasters in a country long troubled by such issues, and so is portrayed by China as a showcase for its technological prowess and humanitarian impulses

(D) For instance, the South American country of Ecuador has built a camera surveillance system named ECU 911 with Chinese help

(E) And over 3,000 government employees diligently watching video footage and responding to millions of distress calls made to the Ecuador emergency management 911 phone number every year

Q1. Which is the FIRST step after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q2.  Which is the THIRD step after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q3. Which is the LAST step after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q4.  Which is the SECOND step after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q5. Which is the penultimate step after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Directions (6-10): Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) In the same manner, laws of gravity expect us to see stars closer to the centre of galaxies rotating faster than the stars on the edge.

(B) This implied that something invisible and enveloping the galaxies was giving an extra push to the outer stars, speeding them up.

(C) In the solar system, Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, takes just 88 days to make one revolution around the sun, while Neptune, the farthest one, takes 165 years to make one round.

(D) This entity has remained as one of the central unresolved puzzles in cosmology since 1930s. It is, no wonder, named `Dark Matter’.

(E) However, in most galaxies, the stars closer to the centre and the stars at the edge of the galaxies take almost same time to make one revolution.

Q6. Which of the following is the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q7.  Which of the following is the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q8. Which of the following is the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q9.  Which of the following is the LAST sentence after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q10. Which of the following is the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Solutions

S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. The correct rearrangement is BDAEC.
We are bombarded almost daily with news about how much smarter Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become, and how it is being applied across a variety of potential use cases. For instance, the South American country of Ecuador has built a camera surveillance system named ECU 911 with Chinese help. Initially funded by a $240 million Chinese loan in 2012, the system has a countrywide network of 4,300 surveillance cameras, 16 regional response centres and over 3,000 government employees diligently watching video footage and responding to millions of distress calls made to the Ecuador emergency management 911 phone number every year. ECU 911 has been credited with cutting crime and saving lives after natural disasters in a country long troubled by such issues, and so is portrayed by China as a showcase for its technological prowess and humanitarian impulses.

S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. The correct rearrangement is BDAEC.
We are bombarded almost daily with news about how much smarter Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become, and how it is being applied across a variety of potential use cases. For instance, the South American country of Ecuador has built a camera surveillance system named ECU 911 with Chinese help. Initially funded by a $240 million Chinese loan in 2012, the system has a countrywide network of 4,300 surveillance cameras, 16 regional response centres and over 3,000 government employees diligently watching video footage and responding to millions of distress calls made to the Ecuador emergency management 911 phone number every year. ECU 911 has been credited with cutting crime and saving lives after natural disasters in a country long troubled by such issues, and so is portrayed by China as a showcase for its technological prowess and humanitarian impulses.

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. The correct rearrangement is BDAEC.
We are bombarded almost daily with news about how much smarter Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become, and how it is being applied across a variety of potential use cases. For instance, the South American country of Ecuador has built a camera surveillance system named ECU 911 with Chinese help. Initially funded by a $240 million Chinese loan in 2012, the system has a countrywide network of 4,300 surveillance cameras, 16 regional response centres and over 3,000 government employees diligently watching video footage and responding to millions of distress calls made to the Ecuador emergency management 911 phone number every year. ECU 911 has been credited with cutting crime and saving lives after natural disasters in a country long troubled by such issues, and so is portrayed by China as a showcase for its technological prowess and humanitarian impulses.

S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. The correct rearrangement is BDAEC.
We are bombarded almost daily with news about how much smarter Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become, and how it is being applied across a variety of potential use cases. For instance, the South American country of Ecuador has built a camera surveillance system named ECU 911 with Chinese help. Initially funded by a $240 million Chinese loan in 2012, the system has a countrywide network of 4,300 surveillance cameras, 16 regional response centres and over 3,000 government employees diligently watching video footage and responding to millions of distress calls made to the Ecuador emergency management 911 phone number every year. ECU 911 has been credited with cutting crime and saving lives after natural disasters in a country long troubled by such issues, and so is portrayed by China as a showcase for its technological prowess and humanitarian impulses.

S5. Ans.(e)
Sol. The correct rearrangement is BDAEC.
We are bombarded almost daily with news about how much smarter Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become, and how it is being applied across a variety of potential use cases. For instance, the South American country of Ecuador has built a camera surveillance system named ECU 911 with Chinese help. Initially funded by a $240 million Chinese loan in 2012, the system has a countrywide network of 4,300 surveillance cameras, 16 regional response centres and over 3,000 government employees diligently watching video footage and responding to millions of distress calls made to the Ecuador emergency management 911 phone number every year. ECU 911 has been credited with cutting crime and saving lives after natural disasters in a country long troubled by such issues, and so is portrayed by China as a showcase for its technological prowess and humanitarian impulses.

S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. The correct rearrangement is CAEBD.

S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. The correct rearrangement is CAEBD.

S8. Ans.(e)
Sol. The correct rearrangement is CAEBD.

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. The correct rearrangement is CAEBD.

S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. The correct rearrangement is CAEBD.