English Questions For IBPS RRB PO and Clerk Mains 2017

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Directions (1-5): Rearrange the following six sentence (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph.

A. Economic historians have famously called this divergence in economic fortunes between the West and the East as the “Great Divergence”.

B. Over the years, many of them have also put forward a variety of theories to explain the phenomenon.

C. Until the industrial revolution of the late 18th century, much of the world enjoyed similar standards of living that barely kept people from dying of starvation.

D. In other words, most of the world was equally poor until the industrial revolution pushed some countries on to the path of high economic growth, while others were left behind in abject poverty.

E. In particular, it was countries in Western Europe, like England, that witnessed rapid improvements in the living standards of their people.

Q1. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) B

Q2. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement? 
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A

Q3.  Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) C
(b) B
(c) E
(d) A
(e) D

Q4. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) E
(c) D
(d) B
(e) C

Q5.  Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) E
(b) A
(c) B
(d) C
(e) D

Directions (6-10): Rearrange the following six sentence (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph

A. Combined with a ‘broader unravelling of credit markets, we can expect to see continued spillovers into other areas of the economy, most importantly the labour market’.

B. Without a stimulus of ‘a sufficient magnitude, the Indian economy is likely to see a decline in growth or even a formal recession, leading to higher unemployment, declining or stagnant wages, and a host of other economic problems’.

C. Small businesses are struggling, or even shutting down, after a major overhaul of both the country’s currency and sales tax system.

D. Given the tremendous damage that a recession does to employment, income and the health of millions of Indians, Parliament should act quickly to keep the economy from stalling.

E. India’s economic expansion has slowed to its lowest level in three years.

F. Policymakers need to act now to ‘craft an effective economic stimulus package that spurs growth and job creation’.

Q6. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) F
(c) D
(d) E
(e) B

Q7. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement? 
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A

Q8.  Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) C
(b) B
(c) E
(d) A
(e) D

Q9. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) E
(c) D
(d) B
(e) C

Q10.  Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) E
(b) A
(c) B
(d) C
(e) D

Directions (11-15): For each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word/phrase from the alternatives that is most the appropriate substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.

Q11. Proscribe: The policies of the school district proscribe accessing social media websites on school computers.
(a) prescribe
(b) allow
(c) beginning
(d) permit
(e) forbid

Q12. Execration: The memory will be an execration to the third and fourth generation.
(a) blessing
(b) regard
(c) crime
(d) contempt
(e) action

Q13. Inextricable: My best memories of my parents are inextricably connected to the cabin where we spent most of our summers.
(a) immediate
(b) complex
(c) apparent
(d) dictate
(e) authority

Q14.Stewardship: Under the new president’s stewardship, company profits increased by fifty percent.
(a) stolen
(b) reward
(c) conservancy
(d) require
(e) weapon

Q15.  Coalescence: The cornea is formed by the coalescence of two structures.
(a) integration
(b) enhance
(c) individual
(d) analysis
(e) opening

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