SBI Clerk Main 2019 English Language Quiz- 4th July |

SBI Clerk Main English Language Quiz

Is your DREAM to get selected in SBI Clerk 2019 recruitment? Well, then you must speed up your preparation as the Main exam which is the final step towards selection will take place on 10th August. The English Language is one of the subjects you’ll need to deal with and to help you keep your preparation up to the mark, here we provide you with a questionnaire of English Language to crack SBI Clerk Main. For other subjects, you can check the Dream SBI Clerk Selection Study Plan.

Directions (1-5): In the passage given below there are blank spaces which are numbered. For each numbered blank space 5 options are given. Choose the option which can fill this blank space and make it logical and coherent.

Q1. A fine is a tax for doing something wrong. A tax is a fine for doing something right. After five budgets of the Jaitley-Modi economics, (1) _______________________________________________. The hit-and-miss taxation strategies introduced in Budgets presented over the years turned (2) ___________________________________. Even the widening tax base has not resulted in reduced taxation. With a record taxation of over Rs 90,000 crore (Rs 31,000 crore in direct taxes and 60,000 crore in custom duties) in the Budget 2018, subsequent to the increased tax on goods and services under GST, India can now brandish itself (3) _______________________________________________. The last Budget of Modi government is (4) _______________________________________________. While the government has offered three big (failed) amnesties to tax evaders, (5) _______________________________________________. The most cherished indirect tax reform - GST - not only yielded in increased taxation and complications but also forced the government to invent a new generation of opaque cess and surcharge to cover up the revenue losses.

this could be an apt statement for India's taxpayers under the direct and indirect taxation net.

that offered exemptions of Rs. 53,000 crore during the same period at an average of Rs.10,000 crore per year.

middle class taxpayers got a rough deal from Modi government, which pampered tax thieves through repeated amnesties

that buy from large enterprises and want to avail input tax credits

has increased the number of unique indirect taxpayers by more than 50 per cent.

Solution:

Option (a) is the right choice. As it gives a continuity to the statements previously described in the paragraph about the taxation policy in the country. It is to be noted that the tone of the opening statements is ‘sarcastic’ and thus only option (a) is complementing the sentence “After five budgets of the Jaitley-Modi economics, this could be an apt statement for India's taxpayers under the direct and indirect taxation net.” All the other given options are either grammatically incorrect or do not provide a coherent meaning to the paragraph.

Q2. A fine is a tax for doing something wrong. A tax is a fine for doing something right. After five budgets of the Jaitley-Modi economics, (1) _______________________________________________. The hit-and-miss taxation strategies introduced in Budgets presented over the years turned (2) ___________________________________. Even the widening tax base has not resulted in reduced taxation. With a record taxation of over Rs 90,000 crore (Rs 31,000 crore in direct taxes and 60,000 crore in custom duties) in the Budget 2018, subsequent to the increased tax on goods and services under GST, India can now brandish itself (3) _______________________________________________. The last Budget of Modi government is (4) _______________________________________________. While the government has offered three big (failed) amnesties to tax evaders, (5) _______________________________________________. The most cherished indirect tax reform - GST - not only yielded in increased taxation and complications but also forced the government to invent a new generation of opaque cess and surcharge to cover up the revenue losses.

health and education cess has been increased to 4 per cent.

exports are barely growing at 12-odd per cent monthly year-on-year basic and private investment announcements have halved since 2014-15 to around Rs 8 lakh crore

GST tax cuts on over 200 items and anemic collections in the past two months

India into a nation where honesty is now taxed more than ever.

over rising fuel prices, cuts in excise on petrol and diesel had delivered a Rs 13,000-crore blow to the accounts.

Solution:

Option (d) is the correct choice. The paragraph is describing about the erroneous taxation policies that have been formulated from past few years. The sentence will provide a relevant meaning only if the blank is filled with a phrase that provides the outcome of these taxation strategies. From the given options, only option (d) is fulfilling the purpose. “The hit-and-miss taxation strategies introduced in Budgets presented over the years turned India into a nation where honesty is now taxed more than ever.” All the other alternatives are providing additional information on the budget which is irrelevant here as the author is expressing his displeasure about the taxation strategies rather than discussing strategies.

Q3. A fine is a tax for doing something wrong. A tax is a fine for doing something right. After five budgets of the Jaitley-Modi economics, (1) _______________________________________________. The hit-and-miss taxation strategies introduced in Budgets presented over the years turned (2) ___________________________________. Even the widening tax base has not resulted in reduced taxation. With a record taxation of over Rs 90,000 crore (Rs 31,000 crore in direct taxes and 60,000 crore in custom duties) in the Budget 2018, subsequent to the increased tax on goods and services under GST, India can now brandish itself (3) _______________________________________________. The last Budget of Modi government is (4) _______________________________________________. While the government has offered three big (failed) amnesties to tax evaders, (5) _______________________________________________. The most cherished indirect tax reform - GST - not only yielded in increased taxation and complications but also forced the government to invent a new generation of opaque cess and surcharge to cover up the revenue losses.

taxpayers have voluntarily chosen to be a part of the GST

as a tax tormented economy along with a lingering economic slowdown.

the burgeoning middle class of small towns has bolstered the Indian stock markets by investing in mutual funds and thus creating the much-desired small investment revolution.

taxation on financial investing and subsequent fall in markets may force small investors to turn back to gold or real estate investing.

the Budget exercise would have started in the context of this huge setback of Rs 94,800 crore to the fiscal.

Solution:

Option (b) is the correct choice. The author is criticizing the taxation policies introduced in the budget so the latter part of the sentence must consist the probable negative outcome of such strategies. Only option (b) is satisfying this criterion keeping the tone of the sentence ‘analytical’. “India can now brandish itself as a tax tormented economy along with a lingering economic slowdown.” None of the other options is in articulation with the paragraph. However, option (d) is also in analytical tone but it fails to make the sentence meaningfully correct. Therefore, option (b) is the correct answer key.

Q4. A fine is a tax for doing something wrong. A tax is a fine for doing something right. After five budgets of the Jaitley-Modi economics, (1) _______________________________________________. The hit-and-miss taxation strategies introduced in Budgets presented over the years turned (2) ___________________________________. Even the widening tax base has not resulted in reduced taxation. With a record taxation of over Rs 90,000 crore (Rs 31,000 crore in direct taxes and 60,000 crore in custom duties) in the Budget 2018, subsequent to the increased tax on goods and services under GST, India can now brandish itself (3) _______________________________________________. The last Budget of Modi government is (4) _______________________________________________. While the government has offered three big (failed) amnesties to tax evaders, (5) _______________________________________________. The most cherished indirect tax reform - GST - not only yielded in increased taxation and complications but also forced the government to invent a new generation of opaque cess and surcharge to cover up the revenue losses.

the finance minister presents the Union Budget, and also suggests what the government should include in its agenda for the coming year.

presented the Economic Survey on the first day of the Parliament’s Budget Session.

automatic revision of emoluments parliamentarians every five years, pegged to inflation.

No changes in personal income tax slabs.

a bizarre report card of an inconsistent tax economics of last five years.

Solution:

Option (e) is the correct choice. The author is castigating about the previous year budget reports of the Modi government; therefore, the later part of the sentence must consist the characteristic of the failed taxation policies. This is mentioned only in option (e) “The last Budget of Modi government is (04) a bizarre report card of an inconsistent tax economics of last five years”. Option (a) and Option (c) are talking about the current budget policies, however the statement requires information of the previous year budget. Option (b) and option (d) are irrelevant according to the theme of the paragraph. Thus, making option (e) a viable answer.

Q5. A fine is a tax for doing something wrong. A tax is a fine for doing something right. After five budgets of the Jaitley-Modi economics, (1) _______________________________________________. The hit-and-miss taxation strategies introduced in Budgets presented over the years turned (2) ___________________________________. Even the widening tax base has not resulted in reduced taxation. With a record taxation of over Rs 90,000 crore (Rs 31,000 crore in direct taxes and 60,000 crore in custom duties) in the Budget 2018, subsequent to the increased tax on goods and services under GST, India can now brandish itself (3) _______________________________________________. The last Budget of Modi government is (4) _______________________________________________. While the government has offered three big (failed) amnesties to tax evaders, (5) _______________________________________________. The most cherished indirect tax reform - GST - not only yielded in increased taxation and complications but also forced the government to invent a new generation of opaque cess and surcharge to cover up the revenue losses.

the honesty of taxpayers or widening of tax base has not resulted into reduced taxation.

economic Survey serves up formula for government to claim bigger formal sector

claims new findings on the impact of climate change, but doesn’t offer anything more than the government’s existing schemes.

investors have been stymied by the lack of prospective employees.

tax reforms in fact can produce new taxes and more inspectors.

Solution:

Option (a) is the correct choice. As the initial part of the paragraph has described about the tax becoming the burden on the citizens of the country and the taxation strategies formulated by the government that fail to soothe the aggravating feeling among its citizens. This sentence is further describing another failed strategy on the part of the government, so, the latter part of the sentence must express the problem boosted for the taxpayers. The option that can provide this coherent meaning to the paragraph is option (a). “While the government has offered three big (failed) amnesties to tax evaders, the honesty of taxpayers or widening of tax base has not resulted into reduced taxation.” All the other given options are either grammatically incorrect or are unable to connect with the sentence logically and meaningfully.

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

A. As a reporter on a short trip there, the story that I had envisaged was simple: a “soft” feature which, though not new, nonetheless fascinated me.

B. These have inexplicably survived two World Wars, the destruction of the university, and decades of reconstruction.

C. The extraordinary diversity in this camp attracted linguists, musicologists and chroniclers, and till the end of the First World War, over 1,650 voices from Africa, Asia and Europe were recorded.

D. A century ago, thousands of Indian soldiers who were fighting for the British were captured in imperial Germany.

E. They were placed in a camp outside Berlin, where the Germans attempted to make them revolt against their colonial masters.

F. Stacked shellac cylinders and records of delicate wax were neatly organised in a dingy archive in Berlin’s Humboldt University.

Q6. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement ?

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