ENGLISH LANGUAGE - SENTENCE CORRECTION

Directions (1-10): In the following questions, a sentence has been given with some of its parts in bold. To make the sentence grammatically correct, you have to replace the bold parts with the correct alternative given below. If the sentence is correct as it is, give 5) as your answer (ie. No correction required).

1). ASEAN member countries and India share long-standing, close cultural, historical and economic bonds while common interests and similar positions on international issues.

a)   With common interest

b)   as well as common interests

c)   have different interest

d)   where all interest

e)   No correction required

2). The management's philosophy was molded on a firm commitment to Quality, Performance and Service.

a)   will moulded on

b)   were moulded on

c)   was molded at

d)   was moulded on

e)   No correction required

3). This country is bestowed with inland river transportation to make the inland logistics viable and economical.

a)   is bestowed at

b)   was bestwed but

c)   was not only bestowed

d)   will not across

e)   No correction required

4). We attach great importance to promote, upgrading, deepening bilateral relations with neighbouring, regional countries, major powers and traditional friends.

a)   promoting, upgrading, and deepening

b)   promote, upgrade and deepen

c)   promoting, upgrade and deepen

d)   deplomatic activities

e)   No correction required

5). Due to the profound changes in the global and regional situation, we are fully aware that our national security and development are closely bonded with regional and global peace, stability and prosperity.

a)   Bringing changes

b)   Neither, in face of the profound changes

c)   In face of the profound change

d)   It's time to change

e)   No correction required.

6). Natasha has the presence of mind immediately to seek solace and solidarity from five of her friends and too burden herself of what will be happend.

a)   to burden of whatever happened

b)   to unburden her friend

c)   to unburden herself of what happened.

d)   to active

e)   No correction required

7). Yesterday my company posted a comment on facebook but this was not see at all.

a)   It did not show up at all

b)   it was rarely

c)   we were not participated at all.

d)   It does not show up

e)   No correction required

8). The Global warming is caused severe disturbance and harm to commonities.

a)   due to disturbance

b)   in fact disruption

c)   already causing severe disruptions

d)   need to remove disruptions

e)   No correction required

9). Divya was commited to working to me to make our work together a model for the global cooperation we so desperately need.

a)   was comitted to work with me

b)   is committed to working with me

c)   is working with a commitment

d)   was decided to work

e)   No correction required

10). It is also widely believed that Rahul has the backing of the leadership, even if party heavyweights in the college are wary of his rise.

a)   backing of leadership

b)   backed of the leadership

c)   returning from the leadership

d)   the core to leadership

e)   No correction required

SOLUTION

1). b  

2). d  

3). e  

4). a   

5). c  

6). c  

7). a  

8). c  

9). b  

10). E

ENGLISH LANGUAGE - Sentence Rearrangement Based on The Hindu Editorial

Directions (Q.1-5): Rearrange the following seven sentences or part of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the question given below it.

A. The Madhesi parties refusing to budge from maximalist positions in the run-up to the move, it remains to be seen whether these amendments will pass.

B. All these were major demands raised by Madhesi and other groups in agitations that lasted months and disrupted life.

C. The amendments include federal redrawing of boundaries that will allow for at least two Madhesi-dominated Terai provinces, substantial recognition of rights of naturalised citizens, especially women, and some degree of proportional representation in the Upper House.

D. A failure would mean the political battle to honour the commitments made in the interim Constitution in 2007, which followed a series of agitations seeking a federal democratic character to Naya Nepal, is lost to the status quoists.

E. But with the opposition Communist Party of Nepal (Unified-Marxist Leninist) refusing to countenance any change, the Nepali Congress not providing adequate support to the government. 

F. With the CPN(Maoist-Centre)-led government in Nepal approving amendments to the Constitution that will be tabled in Parliament, a first step towards positive change has been made in addressing federal concerns.

 

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

a)   A

b)   D

c)   E

d)   F

e)   B

2). Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?

a)   E

b)   C

c)   D

d)   A

e)   F

3). Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

a)   A

b)   E

c)   F

d)   D

e)   C

4). Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?

a)   A

b)   F

c)   C

d)   D

e)   B

5). Which of the following should be the SIXTH (Last) sentence after rearrangement?

a)   E

b)   D

c)   B

d)   C

e)   A

6). Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

a)   E

b)   D

c)   B

d)   C

e)   F

ANSWERS:

Correct Arrangement: FCBEA D

1).d   

2).a   

3).e   

4).a   

5).b   

6).c

Title: Finally A Step Towards Change

 F. With the CPN(Maoist-Centre)-led government in Nepal approving amendments to the Constitution that will be tabled in Parliament, a first step towards positive change has been made in addressing federal concerns.

C. The amendments include federal redrawing of boundaries that will allow for at least two Madhesi-dominated Terai provinces, substantial recognition of rights of naturalised citizens, especially women, and some degree of proportional representation in the Upper House.

B. All these were major demands raised by Madhesi and other groups in agitations that lasted months and disrupted life.

E. But with the opposition Communist Party of Nepal (Unified-Marxist Leninist) refusing to countenance any change, the Nepali Congress not providing adequate support to the government. 

A. The Madhesi parties refusing to budge from maximalist positions in the run-up to the move, it remains to be seen whether these amendments will pass.

D. A failure would mean the political battle to honour the commitments made in the interim Constitution in 2007, which followed a series of agitations seeking a federal democratic character to Naya Nepal, is lost to the status quoists.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE - Reading Comprehension from "The Hindu" Editorial 

Demonetization of rupee notes: A method in the shock therapy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s move to curb unaccounted cash, or black money, circulating in the Indian economy by withdrawing the highest-value currency notes of Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 as legal tender within three-odd hours of the announcement, is a bold one. He invoked provocative imagery to explain the measure — of corrupt officials stashing kilos of ill-gained cash under their mattresses, and such illicit black money fuelling inflation as well as terrorism. He pointed out how difficult it is for honest taxpayers to buy a house as the real estate sector seldom operates without a cash component, some of which finds its way to political funding. The increase in the circulation of these notes in the past five years has been disproportionate to the economy’s growth. The introduction of new Rs.500 and Rs.2,000 notes, the government argues, would not only check counterfeit currency, a problem that has assumed serious dimensions, but also purge India’s economy of the black wealth amassed in the form of high-value notes. Any decision like this needs to be sudden, and it is not surprising that it has caused hardship as people scramble to get notes of smaller denomination for daily expenditure. The only defence for this is that the larger public purpose outweighs the immediate difficulties.

Having promised during the 2014 election campaign to bring back black money worth lakhs of crores supposedly stashed abroad, the NDA government has been under pressure to do something dramatic. The two amnesty schemes it launched over the past year, including one for foreign assets, didn’t yield anything near the 23.2 per cent of GDP that the World Bank had estimated India’s shadow economy to be in 2007. Today that would be nearly $479 billion in unaccounted wealth, according to rating agency Crisil. While there will be pain and confusion in the short term for common people and the economy, a disruptive measure was perhaps the only way to shake up the system to a new compliance normal. But the Centre must ensure that no poor person is saddled with old, useless notes due to the lack of official identity documents or a bank account, and avoid putting to disadvantage older citizens unable to visit a bank repeatedly to exchange high-value notes. It should find ways to check black money parked in benami properties (possibly through a digital land and realty inventory) and gold. There must also be administrative and electoral reforms to advance digital payments and eliminate the prospect of the new currency regime spawning the ghost economy afresh.

1). The reason behind the withdrawing the currency notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 was

a)   To curb unaccounted cash

b)   To restrain black money

c)   To reprocess the old notes

d)   Both (a) and (b)

e)   Both (a) and (c)

2). Which of the following is true according to the passage?

a)   It is a easy task for honest taxpayers to buy a house as the real estate sector seldom operates without a cash component.

b)   The increase in the circulation of these notes in the past five years has been proportionate to the economy’s growth.

c)   Today that would be nearly $479 billion in accounted wealth, according to rating agency Crisil.

d)   Centre need not ensure that no poor person is saddled with old, useless notes due to the lack of official identity documents or a bank account.

e)   None of the above

3). What is the suitable title for the passage?

a)   PM’s mission for economic growth

b)   Indian economy – The new era

c)   A method in the shock therapy

d)   Black money Eradication

e)   None of the above

4). What are the ways in which the black money parked under benami parties?

a)   digital land

b)   realty inventory

c)   gold

d)   Both a & b

e)   All of the above

5). What is the main objective of the passage?

a)   To curb unaccounted cash, or black money, circulating in the Indian economy

b)   No poor people is saddled with old, useless notes due to the lack of official identity documents or a bank account, and avoid putting to disadvantage older citizens unable to visit a bank repeatedly to exchange high-value notes.

c)   To find the corrupt officials stashing kilos of ill-gained cash under their mattresses.

d)   None of these.

e)   All of the above.

(Q.6-8) : Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage.

6). AMNESTY

a)   Remission

b)   Castigation

c)   Levying

d)   Punishment

e)   Retribution

7). REGIME

a)   Commotion

b)   Unauthorized

c)   Reign

d)   Choas

e)   Bad influence

8). OUTWEIGHS

a)   Lose

b)   Fail

c)   Abate

d)   Surrender

e)   Surpass

(Q. 9-10) : Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage.

a)   Evacuation

b)   Suppression

c)   Sluice

d)   Corrupt

e)   Abolish

10). DISRUPTIVE

a)   Unruly

b)   Disturbing

c)   Settling

d)   Turbulent

e)   Riotous

SOLUTION

1). D 

2). E 

3). C 

4). D 

5). E 

6). A 

7). C 

8). E 

9). D 

10). C 

GK NOTES FOR UPCOMING BANK & OTHER COMPETITIVE EXAMS

National Emblem of Some Important Countries

REASONING - PUZZLE QUIZ FOR UPCOMING BANK AN OTHER COMPETITIVE EXAMS

(Q.1- 5) Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.

Seven peoples M, N, O, P, Q, R and S have their birthday's on seven different months. Starting from February, March, April, June, September, October and November. They like different-different flowers. Rose, Jasmine, Lily, Marigold, Dafodile, Sunflower and Orchid but not necessarily in the same order.

R's birthday is on that month which has more than 30 days in a month. Only one person is between R and the one who like Rose. S and O celebrate their birthday after the one who like rose. S birthday is immediately before the birthday of O. The one who like lily flower celebrates his birthday in the month which has less than 30 days. The one who like lily and the one who like Orchid has only three person between them. Only two person are between S and the one who like Marigold. P's birthday is immediately after the birthday of the one who like Marigold. Only two person celebrate their birthday between P and Q. M's birthday is immediately before the one who like Jasmine flowers. O does not like Sunflower.

Q.1. In which month S birthday is?

1. October

2. March

3. April

4. September

5. Cannot be determined

Q.2. Which flower does O like ?

1. Rose

2. Jasmine

3. Marigold

4. Dafodile

5. Orchid

Q.3. How manu persons birthday is celebrated between Q and M ?

1. One

2. Two

3. Three

4. More than three

5. None

Q.4. Which one of the following shows that the person who celebrated their birthday on April and November ?

1. N,M

2. Q,M

3. Q,O

4. N,O

5. N,S

Q.5. If lily is related to April and Marigold is related to September then to which Orchid is related ?

1. February

2. November

3. June

4. March

5. October