Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is a set of English Quiz for SBI Clerk 2018 Prelims examination based on new pattern error corrections and cloze test.
Development has become ___(1)___(distorted) in favour of the rich and super-rich resulting in vast inequity, which is reflected in the social ___(2)___(trafficator). WEF’s Inclusive Development Index ranks India at 62 of 77 countries, below even Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This has a spin-off effect on our Human Development record, according to which index we are ranked 130 out of 188 countries. This, in turn, is a reflection of our pathetic performance in areas such as child mortality, child-sex ratio, maternal mortality, mean years of schooling, life expectancy, to mention just a few. Any improvement in ‘Ease of Doing Business’ certainly cannot ___(3)___(satisfy) for this, though it may add another billionaire every two months to the existing list of 101.
The rich are getting richer. One per cent of Indians own 58 per cent of its wealth: they have appropriated one-third of the total revenue gains of the country since the 1980s and 73 per cent of the wealth generated in 2016. Apart from 101 dollar billionaires India also has 2,00,000 millionaires and 1,37,100 UHNIs i.e. those with a net worth of more than Rs 25 crore, growing at 30 per cent per annum. The poor, on the other hand, remain where they are, and the ___(4)___(vaunted) middle class is slowly disappearing: Some may ___(5)__(rave) about the business potential of a middle class it estimates at about 300 million, but according to the noted economist Thomas Picketty and the Paris School of Economics who analysed data generated by our own National Council of Applied Economic Research, the actual number is closer to just 78 million!
1.
(A) Developed
(B)Skewed
(C)Deformed
(D)No change
2. (A) indicators
(B) Activists
(C) No change
(D) Disorder
3. (A) Balance
(B) Correct
(C) Compensate
(D) No change
4. (A) Praised
(B) Possessed
(C) Criticised
(D) No change
5. (A) Agree
(B) No change
(C) Consent
(D) Comport
Following sentences are divided into parts A,B,C & D. One of the part will have error and you have to find the parts of sentences which are correct. If the whole sentence is correct, choose No error.
6. This is among proposals made(A)/ by a committee tasked with(B) / review the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) (C)/and under consideration by the government, said two senior officials aware of the development(D).
(A) ABC
(B) BCD
(C) ABD
(D) No error
7. As if the measure on homebuyers is(A)/ adopted, the biggest advantage for them (B)/will be the right to participate in the insolvency resolution(C)/ process and be part of the committee of creditors(D).
(A) ACD
(B) ABC
(C) BCD
(D) No error
8. With regard to Unitech, about 19,000 homebuyers(A)/ have been left hanging with the corporate affairs(B)/ ministry having moved the National Company Tribunal Law under the Companies Act (C)/to take control of the company of accusations of fund diversion(D).
(A) ACD
(B) ABC
(C) ABD
(D) No error
9. Following this agreement,(A)/ Rustomjee will be responsible as the rest of(B)/ the permissions, construction, and marketing of this project(C)/ with nearly 1.8 million sq ft saleable area(D).
(A) ACD
(B) BCD
(C) ABD
(D) No change
10. In recent times, there has been (A)/ a lot of commercial real estate transactions happening both(B)/ in leasing and for outright purchase of A-category buildings (C)/ and this could be the second largest transaction in BKC area(D) .
(A) ABC
(B) BCD
(C) ABD
(D) No change
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