English Quizzes, for SBI/IBPS PO Mains 2021

Directions (1-5): In each of the questions given below three words are given in bold. These three words may or may not be in their correct position. The sentence is then followed by two columns with combination of words that should be replaced in order to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Select the combination as your answer.

Q1. The GST Council meeting on Friday could see rate reversal(A) for electric vehicles (EVs) and the extension(B) of the term of the National Anti-Profiteering Consortium (C) till November 2020.

Q2. Taking up the matter as one of national consequences(A), the Mumbai bench of the National Company law Tribunal (NCLT) has set(B) in motion the process to expeditiously(C) find a solution for revival of Jet Airways.

Q3. Sundaram Finance and BNP Paribas Personal Finance have enjoyed an excellent relationship(A) over the past 15 years and build(B) up a successful and respected brand in the housing(C) finance sector in India

Q4. We wish to reassure our investors and stakeholders that company is moving (A)forward with normal operations and is (B)confidence of fulfilling its agenda, while making serious efforts to (C)delexical its balance sheet

Q5. IT firm Tech Mahindra has signed a multi-year (A)protocol with Airbus for cabin and cargo design engineering with an aim to capitalise on the (B)specialised skills and (C)competencies in the growing cabin engineering business over the next few years.

Directions (6-10): Select the phrase/connector (STARTERS) from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences.

Q6. (A) The Centre has devoted greater attention to tertiary care and reduction of out-of-pocket expenses through financial risk protection initiatives such as Ayushman Bharat
(B) Several States remain laggards when it comes to creating a primary health care system with well-equipped PHCs as the unit

(i) Inspite of Centre’s greater attention to ………………
(ii) While the Centre has devoted ……………..
(iii) Although the centre has devoted greater attention ……………..

(a) Only (ii)
(b) Only (iii)
(c) Both (ii) & (iii)
(d) Both (i) & (iii)
(e) All (i), (ii), (iii)

Q7. (A) India has a trade deficit with as many as 11 of the RCEP countries.
(B) Indian is only one among the RCEP countries that isn’t negotiating a bilateral or multilateral free trade agreement with China at present.

(i) Since India has trade deficit with ……………..
(ii) India has a trade deficit with as many as……………
(iii) Among the RCEP countries which have ……………….

(a) Only (iii)
(b) Only (ii)
(c) Both (ii) & (iii)
(d) Both (i) & (ii)
(e) All (i), (ii), (iii)

Q8. (A) The shadow of drought from 2018 has stretched into the torrid summer this year, evaporating not just the city’s reservoirs, but the prosperity of its residents.
(B) The residents are forced to hunt for tankers, pay bribes and spend hours even at night waiting for trucks to dispense some water.

(i) Since the residents are forced to hunt for tankers ……………
(ii) Although the shadow of drought …………
(iii) As the city reservoirs is………….

(a) Both (i) & (ii)
(b) Only (i)
(c) Only (iii)
(d) Both (ii) & (iii)
(e) None of these

Q9. (A) Amortisation-based valuation is completely detached from the market price of the securities being valued.
(B) Amortisation-based valuation allows mutual funds to avoid the volatility associated with mark-to-market valuation

(i) Despite of being completely detached from ……………..
(ii) Inspite being completely detached from ……………
(iii) Amortisation-based valuation, which is ……………

(a) Only (ii)
(b) Both (ii) & (iii)
(c) Only (iii)
(d) All (i), (ii), (iii)
(e) None of these

Q10. (A) The crisis in Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) led to various fund managers reporting the value of the same debt instruments issued by the infrastructure lender at vastly different levels.
(B) Considering the situation, SEBI has issued new regulatory norms.

(i) The new regulatory norms issued by SEBI led to …………..
(ii) As a result of the crisis in…………..
(iii) SEBI’s new regulatory norms come in the midst of……….

(a) Only (i)
(b) Only (ii)
(c) Both (i) & (ii)
(d) Both (ii) & (iii)
(e) None of these

Solutions

S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. The use of ‘Reversal’ and ‘Consortium’ here is incorrect because ‘Reversal’ which means a change to an opposite direction, doesn’t make a contextually meaningful sentence and ‘Consortium’ which means an association typically of several companies, is also inappropriate at its place. So replacing them (II) and (I) would make the sentence both grammatically and contextually correct. Hence, the correct answer is option (c).

S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘Consequences’ means a result or effect, so the use of the given word doesn’t make a meaningful sentence. But, replacing it with ‘Priorities’ will make the sentence both meaningful and contextually correct. Hence, the correct answer choice would be option (a)

S3. Ans. (a)
Sol. The use of ‘Build’ here is incorrect because of the rule of parallelism, the verb connected with ‘and’ should be in same format. Also, the verb followed by ‘and’ should be in accordance with the subject before ‘and’. There is no error in the remaining words. Hence, the correct match would be B-III or option (a).

S4. Ans. (d)
Sol. The use of ‘Confidence’ and ‘delexical’ here is incorrect because ‘Confidence’ being a noun is not in accordance with sentence structure, instead it should be replaced by an adjective i.e. ‘Confident’. Also, ‘delexical’ means having little or no meaning in its own right, which doesn’t make any coherent sense as per the context of the given statement, instead it should be ‘deleverage’ which means reduce the level of one’s debt by rapidly selling one’s assets, which makes the given sentence meaningful. Hence, the correct answer choice would be option (d).

S5. Ans. (d)
Sol. The use of ‘Protocol’ here is incorrect because ‘protocol’ means the official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions, instead it should be ‘Covenant’ which means an agreement. Hence, the correct answer choice is option (d)

S6. Ans. (e)
Sol. Among the given starters, all of the options given make a logical and comprehensive sentence connecting both the sentences given as the question. Hence, option (e) is the most suitable answer choice. The correct statements thus formed will be:

“While the Centre has devoted greater attention to tertiary care and reduction of out-of-pocket expenses through financial risk protection initiatives such as Ayushman Bharat, several States remain laggards when it comes to creating a primary health care system with well-equipped PHCs as the unit.”

“Although the Centre has devoted greater attention to tertiary care and reduction of out-of-pocket expenses through financial risk protection initiatives such as Ayushman Bharat, several States remain laggards when it comes to creating a primary health care system with well-equipped PHCs as the unit”.

“Inspite of Centre’s greater attention to tertiary care and reduction of out-of-pocket expenses through financial risk protection initiatives such as Ayushman Bharat, several States remain laggards when it comes to creating a primary health care system with well-equipped PHCs as the unit”.

S7. Ans. (b)
Sol. Only the second starter can be used to frame a logical and comprehensive sentence connecting both the sentences given as the question. The other two starters are incorrect owing to their variable meanings. The correct statement thus formed will be:
“India has a trade deficit with as many as 11 of the RCEP countries, and it is the only one among them that isn’t negotiating a bilateral or multilateral free trade agreement with China at present.”

S8. Ans. (e)
Sol. Here, we will omit starter (iii) as it will form a grammatically incorrect statement. Among the given starters, none of them make a logical and comprehensive sentence connecting both the sentences given as the question. Hence, option (e) is the most suitable answer choice.

S9. Ans. (c)
Sol. Only the third starter can be used to frame a logical and comprehensive sentence connecting both the sentences given as the question. The other two starters are incorrect owing to their variable meanings. The correct statement thus formed will be:
“Amortisation-based valuation, which is completely detached from the market price of the securities being valued, allowed mutual funds to avoid the volatility associated with mark-to-market valuation.”

S10. Ans. (d)
Sol. Both the starters (ii) and (iii) can be used to connect the given set of two sentences to form a meaningful statement. However, starter (i) is incorrect as it would alter the meaning of the actual sentence. The correct statements thus formed will be:
“SEBI’s new regulatory norms come in the midst of the crisis in Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) that led to various fund managers reporting the value of the same debt instruments issued by the infrastructure lender at vastly different levels.”
“As a result of the crisis in Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) that led to various fund managers reporting the value of the same debt instruments issued by the infrastructure lender at vastly different levels, SEBI has issued new regulatory norms”.