Crack IBPS Exam 2017 - English Scoring Part (Day-7)

Crack IBPS Exam 2017 - English Scoring Part (Day-7):

Dear Readers, Nowadays most of the aspirants are facing huge trouble to score good marks in English and so they can't increase the overall marks. To score high you need to practice more and more standard questions daily. “Practice does not make perfect, Only Perfect Practice makes perfect”.

Here in English Scoring Part we are providing 10 Questions in Reading Comprehension, 5 Questions in Cloze Test, 5 Questions in Error Spotting, total 20 questions in 15 Minutes. By practicing these questions regularly you can increase your calculation speed and it will help you to increase your score.

Directions (Q. 1-10): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions. Certain words/ phrases are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
A picture of the globe under the hood of a cobra was a familiar symbol of the precarious state of international security till recently. Accidental or deliberate

pressing of the nuclear button was the nightmare that haunted humanity. At the same time, using the nuclear genie and harnessing it for prosperity was the best dream. Today, both the nightmare and the dream have become jaded. Nuclear weapons have ceased to be viable as instruments of war because of the unpredictability of the consequences of a nuclear war. No one can trust even the use of tactical nuclear weapons without collateral damage for the user. Today, nations can be destroyed with mobile phones and laptops without killing a single human being, making the “humaneness” of cyberwarfare the biggest danger.The theories of deterrence of nuclear stockpiles have also been discredited after 9/11 brought the most formidable nuclear power to its knees. Non-proliferation today, if any, is not on account of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), but on account of the futility of building nuclear arsenals. The threat of terrorism looms larger than the threat of nuclear weapons. After Fukushima, nuclear power too is receding as a sensible component of the energy mix. One clean-up operation after an accident can demolish many years of technological advancement and hopes of having cheap power. The sun shines as a source of energy, not the glittering nuclear reactors which seem to emit mushroom clouds.

1.According to passage, What is true regarding nuclear weapons?
1. Nuclear weapon is used more in disaster than prosperity.
2. Nuclear weapon is no more instruments of war due to unknown consequences.
3. Use of nuclear weapon is not reliable because it also cause damage for the user.

1).EXPALNATION- 1 is not mentioned anywhere in the passage but 2 & 3 can be concluded from passage.
Answer: C

2. According to the author, in modern world what can be the biggest danger?
1. Nuclear weapon.
2. Cyber warfare.
3. Attacks like 9/11.

2). EXPALNATION- Author tells that in modern age cyberwarfare is more dangerous with the use of laptop and mobile.
Answer: B

3). According to the passage, What is concluded after 9/11?
1. No country is safe in world.
2. Countries having nuclear weapon can’t be sure for safety.
3. Theory of deterrence of nuclear stockpiles rejected.

3). EXPALNATION- Countries like USA have much stock of nuclear weapons but still couldn’t stop 9/11.
Answer: E

4). According to the passage, what is the reason that countries are doing Non-Proliferation Treaty?
1. It is mandatory for all the nuclear countries.
2. Countries are develoving cyber power for wars.
3. No relevant use of nuclear weapon in today’s world.

4).EXPALNATION- Countries have understood that there is no use of nuclear arsenal.
Answer: C

5). According to the passage what are the dreams regarding nuclear power?
1. Having cheap power.
2. Use of nuclear power for prosperity.
3. To stop the disastrous use of nuclear weapon.

5). EXPALNATION- In the passage only 2 dreams are mentioned.
Answer: D

Directions (Questions- 06 to 09): Choose the word/group of words which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
6. jaded

6). EXPALNATION- Jaded means bored.
Answer: D

7.Discredited

7). EXPALNATION- Discredited means disapproved or rejected.
Answer: D

8. Futility

8).EXPALNATION- Futility means of no use.
Answer: A

9. Receding

9).EXPALNATION- Receding means decreasing or diminishing.
Answer: D

Directions (Questions- 10): Choose the word/group of words which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage. 10.Deliberate

10). EXPALNATION- Deliberate means with plan or intentional.
Answer: E

Directions (11-15): In the passage given below there are 5 blanks, each followed by a word given in bold. Even blank has four alternative words given in options (A),(B),(C) and (D). You have to tell which word will best suit the respective blank. Mark (E) as your answer if the work given in bold after the blank is your answer i.e “No change required”.
India is 11.(between) the countries most vulnerable to rising protectionism warns the most recent Global Financial Stability Report of the International Monetary Fund. Most of the demand that drives the international trading system remains in the developed countries and as they 12.(arise) the drawbridge against imports, the biggest losers will be emerging economies like China, India and South Africa. The knock on effect on India 13.( were not) be merely in terms of falling exports. It will also be in increased financial pressure on local corporations and non-performing assets in the banking sector. Among six emerging economies that the IMF looked at, India has the most vulnerable banking sector. The report does not 14.(continue) on what can be done to salvage the global trading system. But it is an issue to which the government should give some thought. India is a nation that has long been 15.(taken) by export pessimism, a term applied to countries who believe they cannot compete and opt out of international trade.
11. ?

11). Among is right because it is used when more than two elements are compared.
Answer: B

12. ?

12). Raise in this context means to take stand, which is appropriate.
Answer: D

13. ?

13). Future tense sentence.
Answer: B

14. ?

14). ‘dwell’ refers here to ‘meaning’.
Answer: A

15. ?

15).As per the sentence, ‘gripped’ make the sense in the sentence.
Answer: B

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e):-
16. Once a notification about an election comes (a)/ into force, it is the convention that (b)/ the courts do not interfere at all on (c)/ the decisions relating to the conduct of the election. (d)/No Error(e)/

16). The preposition ‘on’ is wrong in use here, it will be ‘in’, according to the verb.
Answer: C

17. The upholders of the ban are (a)/ questioning the valour involved and(b)/ claim which there is little difference (c)/ between taming and torture. (d)/No Error(e)/

17).EXPLANATION.:- Instead of ‘which’, there will be ‘where’ to be used.
Answer: C

18. There was so fierce a look of(a)/ resistance upon Yumi’s round(b)/ dull face that Hana feeling unreasonably afraid. (d)/No Error(e)/

18).EXPLANATION.:-The verb will be in simple past i.e., Felt.
Answer: D

19. Our mothers had taught us(a)/ that only unskilled warriors, who(b)/ were captured, had their(c)/ hair shingled for the enemy. (d)/No Error(e)/

19). EXPLANATION.:- The preposition used here ‘for’ is incorrect, it will be ‘by’.
Answer: D

20.A large bell rang for breakfast, (a)/ its long metallic voice crashing (b)/ through the belfry overhead(c)/ and into our sensitive ears. (d)/No Error(e)/

20). EXPLANATION.:- In the following sentence, it is in past tense, so verb will also be in second form - V1+ed i.e., crashed.
Answer: B