Crack IBPS Exam 2017 - English Scoring Part (Day-24)

Crack IBPS Exam 2017 - English Scoring Part (Day-24):

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.

Narendra Modi is not the first Chief Minister to have gone on to become Prime Minister. But given his well-known disdain for the erstwhile Planning Commission’s control-and-command approach towards States and his oft-repeated emphasis on ‘cooperative federalism’, there were great expectations from the successor organisation, the NITI Aayog. The Five Year Plans — the last one ended on March 31 — were relegated to history, to be replaced by a three-year action plan. This was to be part of a seven-year strategy that would in turn help realise a 15-year long-term vision. When the Aayog’s Governing Council that includes the Prime Minister and all Chief Ministers met, it was hoped that the fine print as well as the big picture of the new planning approach had been worked out. However, all that was handed out was a draft action agenda for the three years till 2019-20, with 300 specific action points. This agenda is meant to be the first step towards attaining the envisioned outcomes by 2031-32. This ‘New India’, as NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya put it, will ensure housing for all, with toilets, LPG, power and digital connections; access to a personal vehicle, air conditioner and white goods for ‘nearly all’; and a fully literate population with universal health care. Assuming that the economy grows at 8% annually hereon, the Aayog has presented estimates about the size of the economy and per capita incomes by 2031-32, though juxtaposing these with China’s performance in the last 15 years is a bit odd. India’s GDP will rise by ₹332 lakh crore in the next 15 years, the Aayog reckons. The bare details of the 15-year vision that have been shared seem like motherhood statements with some optimistic numerical guesswork. But even that is more than we know about the seven-year strategy. Without the larger strategy and vision in place, the three-year action plan is likely to be more of an abstract wish list that Chief Ministers will now evaluate and revert on. Effectively, till it is ratified by the Council, there is a vacuum in India’s policy framework — similar to the delayed starts of past Five Year Plans. It is not yet apparent if the 12th Plan’s innovation of painting alternative scenarios (of actions and outcomes) — a more useful tool for longer-term planning — has been adopted. Meanwhile, the PM’s message to States to speed up capital expenditure and infrastructure development is important as pump-priming the economy is not only the Centre’s task. All the same, asking the States to take the initiative on switching India’s financial year to match the calendar year is unusual as it requires the Centre to take the lead by making public the report of the committee that has recommended this. To make cooperative federalism truly effective, the Council, or Team India as Mr. Modi calls it, must meet more often — a nearly two-year gap in doing so is a recipe for communication breakdown.

1). What is true regarding the passage?
1. Narendra Modi don’t like the approach of working of planning commission.
2. Five year plan is replaced by 15 year long term vision.
3. Three years plan is till 2019-20 with 300 points.

1). EXPALNATION:- Five year plan is replaced by 3 years plan.
Answer: E

2). According to Arvind Panagariya what constitutes the New India?
1. Free education.
2. Access to personal vehicle.
3. Universal health care.

2). EXPALNATION:- Free education is not mentioned in passage.
Answer: E

3). What is the main fear of author about the three year plans?
1. Heavily optimistic approach of government.
2. Short term plan can be dangerous.
3. Vacuum in India’s policy framework- similar to the delayed starts of five year plans.

3). EXPALNATION:- Only 3 can be concluded fro mthe passage.
Answer: C

4). What is the recommendation of author for NITI Aayog?
1. Centre must ensure whether states are taking initiatives or not.
2. Meeting must be more often.
3. State’s officials of must do ensure their dedication.

4). EXPALNATION:- Dedication of state’s official is not mentioned.
Answer: D

5). What can be the suitable title for the passage?

5). EXPALNATION:- Most suitable title can be 1 because passage focuses on the growth of India with the help of NITI Aayog.
Answer: A

Directions (Questions- 06 to 08): 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). Juxtaposing

6). EXPALNATION:- Juxtaposing means set beside.
Answer: B

7). Disdain

7). EXPALNATION:- Disdain means disrespect.
Answer: A

8). Reckons

8). EXPALNATION:- Reckons means calculate or compute.
Answer: B

Directions (Questions- 09,10): 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.
9). Relegated

9). EXPALNATION:- Relegated means downgraded.
Answer: A

10). Erstwhile

10). EXPALNATION:- Erstwhile means former.
Answer: A

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”.

It is indeed welcome that the Centre and the states (1)[will be] reached agreement on the vexed issue of dual control of administering the goods and services tax (GST), opening up the possibility of introducing the new, paradigm-shifting tax (2)[dietary] on July 1 this year. A more realistic view would be (3)[into] set the launch date of the new tax three months after the final state and central GST laws are passed and the rules published. Companies need time to prepare their accounting systems in order to draw up an invoice that fully conforms to the requirements of the new tax on launch day. For GST to succeed, compliance must be easy. Taxpayers must not face undue harassment having to deal with two administrative bureaucracies for the same tax. States will oversee administration — or undertake (4)[search] and audit — of 90% of economic entities with a turnover under. 1.5 Crore, with the remaining 10% under the Centre’s purview. For entities with a turnover of over 1.5 Crore, Centre and the states will share control equally. States will also be (5)[invest] to share control equally under the Integrated GST. </span>
11). ?

11). Ans:- D
Explanation:- There are two authorities mentioned in this part, so it is plural, so ‘have’ will come.

12). ?

12). Ans:- B
Explanation:- ‘Regime’ means system, which is perfect here.

13). ?

13). Ans:- C
Explanation:- The correct preposition will be ‘to’.

14). ?

14). Ans:- C
Explanation:- ‘Scrutiny’ here refers to review or analyse.

15). ?

15). Ans:- B
Explanation:- In this part, ‘empower’ means to permit or to allow for sharing control.

Directions (16-20): 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). The turn of events on Monday (a)/ exposed poor leadership of all (b)/ the government and (c)/ the Jallikattu movement safety.(d)/ No Error(e)

16). Ans:- B
Explanation:- There are two aspects given in the sentence, so in the place of ‘all’, ‘both’ will come. And ‘both’ goes with part of conjunction ‘and’.

17). A key reason for safety problems(a)/ is financial mismanagement (b)/ that has led to neglect (c)/ of assets such as tracks.(d)/ No Error(e)

17). Ans:- C
Explanation:- The conjunction ‘that’ is incorrect, so ‘which’ will come.

18). The fundamental difference in the background(a)/ and upbringing of a military person(b)/ comparing to a politician will (c)/ always remain the central issue.(d)/ No Error(e)

18). Ans:- C
Explanation:- The form of verb ‘compare’ used here is incorrect. It will be ‘compared’.

19). A target is something that (a)/ could be diminished, delayed(b)/ or even dismissed(c)/ out in sight and forgotten.(d)/ No Error(e)

19). Ans:- D
Explanation:- The phrase ‘out of sight’ is wrongly used here, so ‘in will be replaced by ‘of’.

20). The very first living beings was (a)/ small and one-celled, evolving over(b)/ millennia to various life forms (c)/ including human beings.(d)/ No Error(e)

20). Ans:- A
Explanation:- The noun is in plural form, so helping verb will be ‘were’ in the place of ‘was'.