English Quiz for RBI Grade B Phase I & BMSB PO 2016 – Set 4

Directions (Q. 1-5): In each of
the following questions, a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage
missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer
choice given, to make the passage
complete and coherent.

1. Management courses are much
sought after in a country like India. These courses are designed in such a
manner that they enable the students to step into the professional world with
great confidence. Thus, management is the art of coordinating activities of
various nature and coping with the stress that’s a part and parcel of corporate
life. Most students decide on pursuing BBA, even at the slightest mention of
management. ______ apart from the regular business administration, there are
courses like retail management, hotel management, NGO management health
management and travel and tourism management image management among others.

1) This course is
one-of-its-kind.

2) But, this field is not as
mundane as it sounds and has a plethora of options to choose from.

3) Retail management courses in
India have also gained huge popularity.

4) It requires creativity along
with management skills.

5) This is the one of the best courses
in recent times.

2. The Supreme Court took
exception to government allowing contractors to charge high toll tax every
10-15 km even on under-construction National Highways (NHs). On the heels of a
parliamentary panel’s criticism of motorists having to pay toll taxes on roads
still being constructed or widened, a bench of Justices D. K Jian and A R Dave
questioned the rationale and asked the Union Government to explain the
justification for such a policy decision. ___________ the government says infrastructure
is for common man pays for it. We will examine it, we will examine, the bench
said, while suo motu expanding the scope of a PIL petition that questioned the
toll being charged on the Gurgaon – Delhi expressway.

1) We are expanding the scope of
the petition.

2) Under – construction highways
are money making machines.

3) Under-construction highways
are not money making machines.

4) We are not on expressway toll
plaza.

5) It would be unfair to charge
toll on highways.

3. ______ while pharma companies
have claimed over the last few years that most of their drug trials were taking
place in “cosmopolitan towns” which have a heterogeneous population, comprising
various ethnic groups (a major requirement for the all-important phase-III
clinical trials), submission is incorrect and the basic purpose of phase-III
trials, even when conducted, is not being served.”

1) Smaller cities seem to have
become prime target for drug trials

2) Pharma cos targeting small
cities for drug trials

3) Purpose not being served as
towns aren’t ethnically diverse

4) Other anti-pyretics fail to do
so

5) Big cities have huge business

4. India has seen the writing on
the wall and is doing the ”needful”, to use that inelegant but perfectly
fitting word of Indian officialdom, containing within it the parameters of
karmic but adequate action. India is clearly part of the international effort
to pressure Iran but it won’t be shouting its support from the roof tops._____

1) India’s relations with Iran
are riddled with complexity.

2) It prefers old-fashioned
diplomacy, especially in these times of delicate coalitions and whimsical
regional satraps.

3) It doesn’t give preference.

4) It works on coalition.

5) It could be easily exploited.

5. The Supreme Court’s directive
for the government to taper off-and eventually stop-India’s Haj subsidy within
10 years makes eminent sense. ______ this money, the court points out, would be
best spent improving the education and social services available to Muslim
groups, often found at the bottom of development indices in India. Such actions
would suit a secular state far better, which is supposed to orient its
resources towards citizens public development, not spiritual practices falling
in the private realm. By investing the start realities, the Muslim commonity
deals with daily the state’s exposing itself at best to charges of empty
political correctness, and at worst, to cynical vote-bank politics.

1) It’s about constant
introspection to achieve a closer understanding.

2) The Supreme Court eventually
abolish Haj Subsidy.

3) It was pointed out that Indian
state spent money to support pilgrimages of different religions.

4) Govt. support for the Haj
Pilgrimage has been a historic tradition.

5) At its core, the argument
notes the subsidy involves over Rs. 650 crore annually.

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

(A) There were apprehensions in
the community.

(B) She wants to become a doctor
now and I will do whatever it takes to fulfill her dream.

(C) But I was desperate to
provide good education to my daughter.

(D) There is a lot of talk about
RTE but most of the private schools are taking it as enforcement.

(E) I had to walk down to the
school three years ago to get an application form as I had no money for the
fare.

(F) Even others learn to be
sensitive and that’s the beginning of a better society.

(G) We have been teaching poor
children for many years and they settle really well.

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

1) C 2) D 3) E 4) F 5) G

7. Which of the following should
be the THRID sentence after
rearrangement?

1) A 2) B 3) C 4) G 5) E

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

1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E

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

1) A 2) B 3) C 4) E 5) G

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

1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F