Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is a set of English Quiz for SBI PO Mains 2017. This can also be used for NICL AO Mains 2017.
Directions for questions 1 to 7: Each of the following questions
has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given
options, choose the sentence that completes the paragraph in the most
appropriate way.
has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given
options, choose the sentence that completes the paragraph in the most
appropriate way.
1. Most people at their first
consultation take a furtive look at the surgeon’s hands in the hope of
reassurance. Prospective patients look for delicacy, sensitivity, steadiness,
perhaps unblemished pallor. On this basis, Henry Perowne loses a number of
cases each year. Generally, he knows it’s about to happen before the patient
does: the downward glance repeated, the prepared questions beginning to falter,
the overemphatic thanks during the retreat to the door.
consultation take a furtive look at the surgeon’s hands in the hope of
reassurance. Prospective patients look for delicacy, sensitivity, steadiness,
perhaps unblemished pallor. On this basis, Henry Perowne loses a number of
cases each year. Generally, he knows it’s about to happen before the patient
does: the downward glance repeated, the prepared questions beginning to falter,
the overemphatic thanks during the retreat to the door.
(1) Other people do not
communicate due to their poor observation.
communicate due to their poor observation.
(2) Other patients don’t like
what they see but are ignorant of their right to go elsewhere.
what they see but are ignorant of their right to go elsewhere.
(3) But Perowne himself is not
concerned.
concerned.
(4) But others will take their
place, he thought.
place, he thought.
(5) These hands are steady
enough, but they are large.
enough, but they are large.
2. Trade protectionism, disguised
as concern for the climate, is raising its head. Citing competitiveness
concerns, powerful industrialized countries are holding out threats of a levy
on imports of energy-intensive products from developing countries that refuse
to accept their demands. The actual source of protectionist sentiment in the
OECD countries is, of course, their current lackluster economic performance,
combined with the challenges posed by he rapid economic rise of China and India
– in that order.
as concern for the climate, is raising its head. Citing competitiveness
concerns, powerful industrialized countries are holding out threats of a levy
on imports of energy-intensive products from developing countries that refuse
to accept their demands. The actual source of protectionist sentiment in the
OECD countries is, of course, their current lackluster economic performance,
combined with the challenges posed by he rapid economic rise of China and India
– in that order.
(1) Climate change is evoked to
bring trade protectionism through the back door.
bring trade protectionism through the back door.
(2) OECD countries are taking
refuge in climate change issues to erect trade barriers against these two
countries.
refuge in climate change issues to erect trade barriers against these two
countries.
(3) Climate change concerns have
come as a convenient stick to beat the rising trade power of China and India.
come as a convenient stick to beat the rising trade power of China and India.
(4) Defenders of the global
economic status quo are posing as climate change champions.
economic status quo are posing as climate change champions.
(5) Today’s climate change
champions are the perpetrators of global economic inequity.
champions are the perpetrators of global economic inequity.
3. Mattancherry is Indian Jewry’s
most famous settlement. Its pretty streets of pastel coloured houses, connected
by first-floor passages and home to the last twelve saree-and-sarongwearing,
white-skinned Indian Jews are visited by thousands of tourists each year. Its
synagogue, built in 1568, with a floor of blue-and-white Chinese tiles, a
carpet given by Haile Selassie and the frosty Yaheh selling tickets at the
door, stands as an image of religious tolerance.
most famous settlement. Its pretty streets of pastel coloured houses, connected
by first-floor passages and home to the last twelve saree-and-sarongwearing,
white-skinned Indian Jews are visited by thousands of tourists each year. Its
synagogue, built in 1568, with a floor of blue-and-white Chinese tiles, a
carpet given by Haile Selassie and the frosty Yaheh selling tickets at the
door, stands as an image of religious tolerance.
(1) Mattancherry represents,
therefore, the perfect picture of peaceful co-existence.
therefore, the perfect picture of peaceful co-existence.
(2) India’s Jews have almost
never suffered discrimination, except for European colonizers and each other.
never suffered discrimination, except for European colonizers and each other.
(3) Jews in India were always
tolerant.
tolerant.
(4) Religious tolerance has
always been only a facade and nothing more.
always been only a facade and nothing more.
(5) The pretty pastel streets
are, thus, very popular with the tourists.
are, thus, very popular with the tourists.
4. Given the cultural and
intellectual interconnections, the question of what is ‘Western’ and what is
‘Eastern’ (or Indian) is often hard to decide, and the issue can be discussed
only in more dialectical terms. The diagnosis of a thought as ‘purely Western’
or ‘purely Indian’ can be very illusory.
intellectual interconnections, the question of what is ‘Western’ and what is
‘Eastern’ (or Indian) is often hard to decide, and the issue can be discussed
only in more dialectical terms. The diagnosis of a thought as ‘purely Western’
or ‘purely Indian’ can be very illusory.
(1) Thoughts are not the kind of
things that can be easily categorized.
things that can be easily categorized.
(2) Though ‘occidentalism’ and
‘orientalism’ as dichotomous concepts have found many adherents. (3) ‘East is
East and West is West’ has been a discredited notion for a long time now.
‘orientalism’ as dichotomous concepts have found many adherents. (3) ‘East is
East and West is West’ has been a discredited notion for a long time now.
(4) Compartmentalizing thoughts
is often desirable.
is often desirable.
(5) The origin of a thought is
not the kind of thing to which ‘purity’ happens easily.
not the kind of thing to which ‘purity’ happens easily.
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5. Characters are also part of
deep structure. Characters tie events in a story together and provide a thread
of continuity and meaning. Stories can be about individuals, groups, projects
or whole organizations, so from an organizational studies perspective, the
focal actor(s) determine the level and unit of analysis used in a study.
Stories of mergers and acquisitions, for example, are common place. In these
stories whole organizations are personified as actors. But these macro-level
stories usually are not told from the perspective of the macro-level
participants, because whole organizations cannot narrate their experiences in
the first person.
deep structure. Characters tie events in a story together and provide a thread
of continuity and meaning. Stories can be about individuals, groups, projects
or whole organizations, so from an organizational studies perspective, the
focal actor(s) determine the level and unit of analysis used in a study.
Stories of mergers and acquisitions, for example, are common place. In these
stories whole organizations are personified as actors. But these macro-level
stories usually are not told from the perspective of the macro-level
participants, because whole organizations cannot narrate their experiences in
the first person.
(1) More generally, data
concerning the identities and relationships of the characters in the story are
required, if one is to understand role structure and social networks in which
that process is embedded.
concerning the identities and relationships of the characters in the story are
required, if one is to understand role structure and social networks in which
that process is embedded.
(2) Personification of a whole
organization abstracts away from the particular actors and from traditional
notions of level of analysis.
organization abstracts away from the particular actors and from traditional
notions of level of analysis.
(3) The personification of a
whole organization is important because stories differ depending on who is
enacting various events.
whole organization is important because stories differ depending on who is
enacting various events.
(4) Every story is told from a
particular point of view, with a particular narrative voice, which is not
regarded as part of the deep structure.
particular point of view, with a particular narrative voice, which is not
regarded as part of the deep structure.
(5) The personification of a
whole organization is a textual device we use to make macro-level theories more
comprehensible.
whole organization is a textual device we use to make macro-level theories more
comprehensible.
6. Nevertheless, photographs still
retain some of the magical allure that the earliest daguerreotypes inspired. As
objects, our photographs have changed; they have become physically flimsier as
they have become more technologically sophisticated. Daguerre produced pictures
on copper plates; today many of our photographs never become tangible thins,
but instead remain filed away on computers and cameras, part of the digital
ether that envelops the modern world. At the same time, our patience for the
creation of images has also eroded. Children today are used to being tracked
from birth by digital cameras and video recorders and they expect to see the
results of their poses and performances instantly. The space between life as it
is being lived and life as it is being displayed shrinks to a mere second.
retain some of the magical allure that the earliest daguerreotypes inspired. As
objects, our photographs have changed; they have become physically flimsier as
they have become more technologically sophisticated. Daguerre produced pictures
on copper plates; today many of our photographs never become tangible thins,
but instead remain filed away on computers and cameras, part of the digital
ether that envelops the modern world. At the same time, our patience for the
creation of images has also eroded. Children today are used to being tracked
from birth by digital cameras and video recorders and they expect to see the
results of their poses and performances instantly. The space between life as it
is being lived and life as it is being displayed shrinks to a mere second.
(1) Yet, despite these technical
developments, photographs still remain powerful because they are reminders of
the people and things we care about.
developments, photographs still remain powerful because they are reminders of
the people and things we care about.
(2) Images, after all, are
surrogates carried into battle by a soldier or by a traveller on holiday.
surrogates carried into battle by a soldier or by a traveller on holiday.
(3) Photographs, be they digital
or traditional, exist to remind us of the absent, the beloved, and the dead.
or traditional, exist to remind us of the absent, the beloved, and the dead.
(4) In the new era of the digital
image, the images also have a greater potential for fostering falsehood and
trickery, perpetuating fictions that seem so real we cannot tell the
difference.
image, the images also have a greater potential for fostering falsehood and
trickery, perpetuating fictions that seem so real we cannot tell the
difference.
(5) Anyway, human nature being
what it is, little time has passed after photography’s inventions became means
of living life through images.
what it is, little time has passed after photography’s inventions became means
of living life through images.
7. Mma Ramotswe had a detective
agency in Africa, at the foot of Kgale Hill. These were its assets; a tiny
white van, two desks, two chairs, a telephone, and an old typewriter. Then
there was a teapot, in which Mma Ramotswe – the only private lady detective in
Botswana – brewed red bush tea. And three mugs – one for herself, one for her
secretary and one for the client. What else does a detective agency really need?
Detective agencies rely on human intuition and intelligence, both of which Mma
Ramotswe had in abundance.
agency in Africa, at the foot of Kgale Hill. These were its assets; a tiny
white van, two desks, two chairs, a telephone, and an old typewriter. Then
there was a teapot, in which Mma Ramotswe – the only private lady detective in
Botswana – brewed red bush tea. And three mugs – one for herself, one for her
secretary and one for the client. What else does a detective agency really need?
Detective agencies rely on human intuition and intelligence, both of which Mma
Ramotswe had in abundance.
(1) But there was also the view,
which again would appear on no inventory.
which again would appear on no inventory.
(2) No inventory would ever
include those, of course.
include those, of course.
(3) She had an intelligent
secretary too.
secretary too.
(4) She was a good detective and
a good woman.
a good woman.
(5) What she lacked in
possessions was more than made up by a natural shrewdness.
possessions was more than made up by a natural shrewdness.
Answers & Explanations:
1. (3). In the paragraph the
author suggests why the doctor loses some of his patients. Option 5 can be
easily eliminated as the pronoun “these” has no antecedent in the para. Option
2 & 4 are farfetched as they are to do with the doctor’s attitude towards the
problem, which the para does not indicate in any way. Option 1 can also be done
away with as it suggests those patients who fail to speak up and not about
those who leave his treatment, as indicated in the para. Option 3 fits in
perfectly.
author suggests why the doctor loses some of his patients. Option 5 can be
easily eliminated as the pronoun “these” has no antecedent in the para. Option
2 & 4 are farfetched as they are to do with the doctor’s attitude towards the
problem, which the para does not indicate in any way. Option 1 can also be done
away with as it suggests those patients who fail to speak up and not about
those who leave his treatment, as indicated in the para. Option 3 fits in
perfectly.
2. (4). Options 1 and 3 are very
generalized statements. Option 2 is a repetition of the idea presented in the
beginning of the paragraph. The para talks about how developed countries
indulge in trade protectionism as a move against China and India’s economic
rise , under the guise of climate concern. Option 4 and 5 talk about the same
thing but 4 goes along with the subtle suggestive tone of the para while 5 is
more curt in its accusation of „perpetrators of inequity‟.
generalized statements. Option 2 is a repetition of the idea presented in the
beginning of the paragraph. The para talks about how developed countries
indulge in trade protectionism as a move against China and India’s economic
rise , under the guise of climate concern. Option 4 and 5 talk about the same
thing but 4 goes along with the subtle suggestive tone of the para while 5 is
more curt in its accusation of „perpetrators of inequity‟.
3. (2) The para is a description
of the Jewry settlement,. (4) can be eliminated as it brings in a hint of scepticism.
(3) is a mere repetition of an idea already discussed in the para (that of Jews
being tolerant). (5) can also be eliminated as it is brings an alien concept –
that of Mattancherry‟s popularity with the tourists . Between (1) and (2), we
will eliminate (1) as it has a more conclusive tone, which is not in sync with
the descriptive nature of the paragraph.
of the Jewry settlement,. (4) can be eliminated as it brings in a hint of scepticism.
(3) is a mere repetition of an idea already discussed in the para (that of Jews
being tolerant). (5) can also be eliminated as it is brings an alien concept –
that of Mattancherry‟s popularity with the tourists . Between (1) and (2), we
will eliminate (1) as it has a more conclusive tone, which is not in sync with
the descriptive nature of the paragraph.
4. (5) Option 1 can be easily
eliminated as it is a mere repetition of the ideas presented in the para.
Option 2 is a little farfetched as it should come one or two more sentences
later in the para . Option 3 does not match with the idea presented in the
passage. Option 4 does not match with the tone of the paragraph. Option 5
completes the idea as the emphasis in the last line of the para is that the
idea of „pure Western and pure Indian thoughts‟ is deceptive.
eliminated as it is a mere repetition of the ideas presented in the para.
Option 2 is a little farfetched as it should come one or two more sentences
later in the para . Option 3 does not match with the idea presented in the
passage. Option 4 does not match with the tone of the paragraph. Option 5
completes the idea as the emphasis in the last line of the para is that the
idea of „pure Western and pure Indian thoughts‟ is deceptive.
5. The paragraph in the last line
is trying to generate an idea of personification. From the last 3 lines of the
paragraph we can understand, that its tough to give macro level stories from
the perspective of the macro level participants. So its textual device we use
to make it more comprehensible. Answer is The personification of a whole
organization is a textual device we use to make macro-level theories more
comprehensible.
is trying to generate an idea of personification. From the last 3 lines of the
paragraph we can understand, that its tough to give macro level stories from
the perspective of the macro level participants. So its textual device we use
to make it more comprehensible. Answer is The personification of a whole
organization is a textual device we use to make macro-level theories more
comprehensible.
6. (1) Answer is Yet, despite
these technical developments, photographs still remain powerful because they
are reminders of the people and things we care about.
these technical developments, photographs still remain powerful because they
are reminders of the people and things we care about.
7. (2) No inventory would ever
include those, of course, as per the source.
include those, of course, as per the source.
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