English Quiz for SBI Clerk Prelims 2016 – Set 6


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Directions
(Q.Nos. 1-15):- Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions
given below it. Certain words are given in bold in the passage to help you to
locate them while answering some of the questions.
Though the Cold War has ended,
selective tactics are still continuing for ensuring the military and economic
dominance of developed countries. Various types of technology denial regimes
are still being enforced which are now being mainly targeted against developing
countries like India. Today, we in India encounter twin problems. On one side
there is a large scale strengthening of our neighbours through supply of arms
and clandestine support to their nuclear and missile programmes and on the
other side all efforts are being made to weaken our indigenous technology
growth through control regimes and dumping of low-tech systems, accompanied
with high commercial pitch in critical areas. Growth of indigenous technology
and self-reliance are the only answer to the problem.
Thus in the environment around
India, the number of missiles and nuclear powers are continuously increasing and destructive weapons continue to pile up
around us, in spite of arms reduction treaties. To understand the implications
of various types of warfare that may affect us, we need to take a quick look at
the evolution of war weaponry and the types of warfare. I am highlighting this
point for the reason that in less than a century we could see change in the
nature of warfare and its effects on society. In early years of human history
it was mostly direct human warfare. During the twentieth century upto about
1990, the warfare was weapon driven. The weapons used were guns, tanks,
aircraft, ships, submarines and the nuclear weapons deployed on land/sea/air
and also reconnaissance spacecraft. Proliferation of conventional nuclear
and biological weapons was at a peak owing to the competition between the
superpowers. The next phase, in a new form, has just started from 1990 onwards.
The world has graduated into economic warfare.
The means used is control of
market forces through high technology. The participating nations, apart from
the USA, are Japan, the UK, France, Germany, certain South-East Asian countries
and a few others. The driving force is the generation of wealth with certain
types of economic doctrine. The urgent issue we need to address collectively as
a nation is, how do we handle the tactics of economic and military dominance in this new form coming from
the backdoor? Today technology is the main driver of economic development at
the national level. Therefore, we have to develop indigenous technologies to enhance our competitive edge and to
generate national wealth in all segments of economy. Therefore, the need of the
hour is arm India with technology.
1. Why do certain countries
use selective tactics against developing countries?
(A) To help developing countries gain military and economic
independence
(B) To help developing countries govern themselves and be
economically independent
(C) To ally with developing countries to dominate over other
developed countries
(D) To curtail their domination over developing countries
(E) None of the above
2. Which are the
issues of great concern that India is facing at present, according to the author
of the
passage?
(1) The supply of high-tech weaponry by other countries to India’s
neighbours who are likely to use the same against India.
(2) Other countries secretly helping India’s neighbours to
strengthen their nuclear might.
(3) Obstruction of India’s genuine efforts to develop its
own nuclear technology.
(A) (1)and(2)
(B) (2) and (3)
(C) (1) and (3)
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
3. Enforcement of
technology denial regimes by developed countries implies which of the
following?
(A) Dominance of developing countries over developed ones
(B) Exploitation of developing nations by the mightier ones
(C) Targeting of developed countries by developing countries
(D) Sympathizing with underprivileged countries
(E) None of the above
4. The striking
difference in warfare before and after 1990 was the shift from
(A) guns, tanks, etc to nuclear weapons
(B) ships and submarines to spacecrafts
(C) weaponry to economic warfare
(D) economic forces to high technology driven warfare
(E) None of the above
5. Why according to
the author, is it necessary to examine how weaponry and warfare have evolved?
(1) To understand their implications for us.
(2) To learn the rapid changes that have taken place in
weaponry and warfare.
(3) To master them and enable us to attack – our enemies.
(A) (1) and (2)
(B) (1) and (3)
(C) (2) and (3)
(D) All of the above
(E) None of the above
6. According to the
author, the most effective way to counter our major problems is to
(1) develop indigenous technologies.
(2) compete with other countries in their warring tactics.
(3) generate national wealth in all segments of economy.
(A) (1)and(2)
(B) (2) and (3)
(C) (1) and (3)
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
7. What, according to
the author, is the solution to our problems in the international field?
(1) Importing up-to-date technology and nuclear equipments
from developed countries.
(2) Developing our own in-house technology.
(3) Eliminating dependence on developed countries.
(A) (1) and (2)
(B) (1) and (3)
(C) (2) and (3)
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
8. What is the
general outcome of arms reduction treaties as a whole according to the author
of the
passage?
(A) They seem to have become totally defunct
(B) They have achieved the desired outcome in most cases
(C) They have resulted in curbing the trade of destructive
weapons
(D) Piling up of weapons has significantly reduced due to
such treaties
(E) None of the above
9. What, according to
the author, is the immediate problem to be collectively resolved by our country?
(A) To counter the dominance of developed countries through
money and muscle power
(B) To eradicate poverty and become economically self
reliant
(C) To control the exorbitant rate of population growth
(D) To develop indigenous technology to manufacture mightier
weapons
(E) None of the above
Directions (Q.Nos.
10-12):- Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word

printed in bold as used in the passage.
10. Reconnaissance
(A) Investigation (B) Reserved
(C) Recognizable (D) Remedy
(E) Attack
11. Proliferation
(A) Explosion (B) Devastation
(C) Discomfiture (D) Abundance
(E) Extraction
12. Evolution
(A) Magnification
(B) Expansion
(C) Progression
(D) Modification
(E) Changing
Directions (Q.Nos.
13-15):- Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning of the word printed
in
bold as used in the passage.
13. Indigenous
(A) Local (B) Domestic
(C) Abroad (D) Foreign
(E) Exported
14. Dominance
(A) Aggression (B) Submission
(C) Assertion (D) Ignorance
(E) Lethargy
15. Continuously
(A) Illegitimately (B) Unconditionally
(C) Insensitively (D) Uninterrupted
(E) Intermittently
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