Crack IBPS Exam 2017 - English Scoring Part (Day-31)

Crack IBPS Exam 2017 - English Scoring Part (Day-31):

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.
By launching the GSAT-9 ‘South Asia satellite’, India has reaffirmed the Indian Space Research Organisation’s scientific prowess, but the messaging is perhaps more geopolitical than geospatial. To begin with, the Centre has kept its promise of considering India’s “neighbourhood first”. Within a month of taking over as Prime Minister in 2014, Narendra Modi went to Sriharikota for the launch of PSLV C-23 and “challenged” ISRO scientists to build this satellite for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. The decision was then announced at the SAARC summit in Kathmandu, and the government has kept its commitment of gifting its neighbours at least one transponder each on the GSAT-9, a project that cost about Rs. 450 crore. India has no doubt gained goodwill across the subcontinent through the gesture, and the moment was neatly captured by the videoconference that followed the launch, showing all SAARC leaders (with the exception of Pakistan’s) together on one screen as they spoke of the benefits they would receive in communication, telemedicine, meteorological forecasting and broadcasting. The message is equally strong to South Asia’s other benefactor, China, at a time when it is preparing to demonstrate its global clout at the Belt and Road Forum on May 14-15. The Belt and Road Initiative is an infrastructure network that every SAARC nation other than India has signed on to. China has pledged billions of dollars in projects to each of the countries in the region; that, India is obviously not in a position to match.

Where India does excel is in its space programme, as it is the only country in South Asia that has independently launched satellites on indigenously developed launch vehicles. However, in recent years Pakistan and Sri Lanka have launched satellites with assistance from China, while Afghanistan, the Maldives and Nepal are also understood to have discussed satellite projects with China. Bangladesh, which will launch its first satellite Bangabandhu-1 this year, is working with a European agency. With the GSLV launch India is showing that where it is capable its commitment to the development of its neighbours is strong. Finally, by going ahead with the project despite Pakistan’s decision to pull out, the Modi government is signalling that it will continue with its plans for the neighbourhood — ‘SAARC minus one’ — if necessary. This vision was dealt a minor blow recently when Bhutan pulled out of the ‘mini-SAARC’ alternative plan of a motor vehicles agreement for BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India Nepal), but the government’s persistence indicates it will not be deterred by the obvious domestic constraints of the SAARC grouping. As Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, particularly aggrieved by Pakistan’s refusal to grant transit rights for India-Afghanistan trade, said at the launch of the GSLV-F09: “If cooperation through land is not possible, we can be connected through space.”

1). What is the main aim of GSAT-9 ‘South Asia satellite’?
1. GSAT-9 main aims to gift at least one transponder to India’s neighbor countries.
2. Its main aim to prove the skill of ISRO.
3. To maintain ISRO’s power in space too.

1). EXPALNATION:- Its main to only gift the transponder and help.
Answer: A

2). What is true according to this passage?
1. India gained goodwill by gifting transponder to its neighbor country.
2. All SAARC leaders spoke on the benefits they would receive.
3. India gave a message of good geopolitical relations.

2). EXPALNATION:- All SAARC leader except Pakistan.
Answer: C

3). What is true regarding the Belt and Road Initiative ?
1. All the SAARC nation has signed on this.
2. This is a infrastructure network.
3. It’s a project mainly operated by China.

3). EXPALNATION:- All SAARC nation except India.
Answer: B

4). What is true about space programme according to passage?
1. India is the only country which has independently launched satellites.
2. ISRO is as powerful as NASA.
3. China helped Pakistan and Sri Lanka in launching satellites.

4). EXPALNATION:- NASA is not mentioned anywhere and INDIA is only country in South Asia.
Answer: C

5). What is true about the vision of helping neighbor countries in space? 1. This vision got a little shock when Bhutan pulled out of the ‘mini-SAARC’ alternative plan of a motor vehicles agreement.
2. This vision was little affected by Pakistan’s pull out.
3. Modi government has a strong determination to fulfill this vision.

5). EXPALNATION:- All is correct regarding vision.
Answer: E

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

6). EXPALNATION:- Only this title suits the passage because this is talked everywhere in the passage.
Answer: D

Directions (Questions- 07 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.
7). Clout

7). EXPALNATION:- Clout means influence.
Answer: C

8). Prowess

8). EXPALNATION:- Prowess means skill.
Answer: B

9). Indigenously

9). EXPALNATION:- Indigenously means in country.
Answer: A

Directions (Question- 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). Deterred

10). EXPALNATION:- Deterred means discouraged.
Answer: B

Directions (11-15): While Pravasi Bharatiya Divasacknowledges Non ResidentIndians and People of IndianOrigin, there has not been much inreturn - in the form of these PIOsand NRIs investing in India. Instead of (1)[published] toIndians in the West, thegovernment needs to focus ondiaspora in Fiji, Guyana, Mauritius and the Caribbean region which were populated by the British with (2)[pressed] labour. These countriesalso offer attractive visa policies toIndian citizens which need to be (3)[rendered] so that theconnections are strengthened.A grievance some overseas Indianshave is that they cannot get theirOCI cards due to the lack ofrecords. Some desire tracing their (4)[derivation] and extended families asthey were taken away from Indiaforcibly. But there is no help in Indiafor this here. One way to do this isto hire genealogists who can tracefamily trees. The government mustalso be aware that the diasporakeenly watches domestic policies. Ifthey get a (5)[term] of the idea that theyare unwelcome because of issuessuch as religion, they will only stopwith acquiring an OCI card. Theywill not bother having an emotionaland comprehensive connect andengagement with India.

11). ?

11). Ans:- D
Explanation:- The correct phrase to be used as for the meaning as well as according to tense, will be ‘reaching out’ as it refers to giving or exchanging ideas or reaching to another place.

12). ?

12). Ans:- B
Explanation:- Here, ‘indentured’ is correct as it means to bounded and obligated, which is associated with the following noun ‘labour’.

13). ?

13). Ans:- A
Explanation:- ‘Reciprocated’ will be used here, as it simply means exchanging, which is used in this context.

14). ?

14). Ans:- C
Explanation:- ‘Ancestry’ can be defined as the family history or predecessors, which is right in the context.

15). ?

15). Ans:- D
Explanation:- ‘Whiff’ means hint, and it is used here with ideas, as just hint of ideas, which gives the meaning to the sentence.

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). On the last two or (a)/ three editions, we are trying (b)/ to position it as the(c)/ gateway to the rest of India. (d)/ No error(e)

16). Ans:-A
Explanation:-In this part of this sentence, a continuous tense i.e., a process is shown, so ‘on’ is incorrect, ‘over’ will come.
Right Answer:-Over the last two or three editions, we are trying to position it as the gateway to the rest of India.

17). When we recall an old failure,(a)/ rejection or humiliation,(b)/ our calm and happiness will going(c)/ for a toss in a moment.(d)/ No error(e)

17). Ans:-C
Explanation:-The sentence is in general form , so it will be present simple tense, inthis way the verb ‘going’ will be ‘goes’ and ‘will’ is to be eliminated.
Right Answer:-When we recall an old failure, rejection or humiliation our calm and happiness goes for a toss in a moment.

18). Petrol pumps across the(a)/ country protested, deciding (b)/ not to be accept plastic money from (c)/ customers for fuel purchases.(d)/ No error(e)

18). Ans:-C
Explanation:-Here, the sentence is in past tense, so the use of helping verb ‘be’ is wrong and even irrelevant, so it will be eliminated.
Right Answer:-Petrol pumps across the country protested, deciding not to accept plastic money from customers for fuel purchases.

19). Elections are being treated as events(a)/ to be managed by professional managers (b)/ without any ideology, commitment to(c)/ pro-people politics at the sole aim to win.(d)/ No error(e)

19). Ans:-D
Explanation:-The preposition ‘on’ is incorrect as per the subject-verb agreement. The correct preposition will be ‘with’.
Right Answer:-Elections are being treated as events to be managed by professional managers without any ideology, commitment to pro-people politics with the sole aim to win.

20). Lack of affordable, quality education(a)/ and healthcare has letting down (b)/ the deprived making efforts (c)/ to come out of poverty.(d)/ No error(e)

20). Ans:-B
Explanation:-The phrase ‘let down’ is used incorrectly, as the helping verb ‘has’ is placed just before and it is past tense.
Right Answer:-Lack of affordable, quality education and healthcare has let down the deprived making efforts to climb out of poverty.