yoursmahboob.wordpress.com BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com PRACTICE ENGLISH QUESTIONS BASED ON NEW PATTERN – PART- Directions (Q1-10): Four statements are given below, labeled A, B, C and D Among these, some statements are in logical order and form coherent paragraph From the given options a), b), c), d) and e), choose the option the does not fit into the theme of the paragraph 1) A Picking up where The Hands of History left off, Simon Hoggart‘s brilliant new collection of parliamentary sketches takes us from the dying days of Tony Blair‘s leadership, through the shadow-filled days of Gordon Brown and on to the utterly bewildering days of that comedy double-act Cameron and Clegg B Above all, he gives us incisive and witty pen-portraits of those responsible for our plight: the belligerent Brown, the unintelligible Prescott, the slippery Cameron and the bemused Miliband C He is a striking representative of a great British tradition, of something we well, and where he stands with his own heroes, George Cruikshank and Thomas Rowlandson D He charts the events that made the news, the fauxpas that should have, and the myriad mistakes that have landed us all where we are now a) A b) B c) C d) D e) All fits to paragraph 2) A Often, those who settled abroad was classified as selfish and self-serving, betraying the homeland B Even in the West, all that we seem to be aware of, and revel in, are the Indians who have made good, not the many more working at low-end jobs or in the shadowy grey market C Now, not only are they more valued but it is their intellectual labour which defines research fashion and priorities D Be it literature or films, social science theorizing or managerial/entrepreneurial models – experience abroad is valorized and sought to be transplanted back home a) C b) D c) A d) B e) All fits to paragraph 3) A For this was Dickens with the laughter taken out B That Great Expectations achieves its seriousness of purpose by sometimes comic means, that the language bursts with life, that its gusto leaves you breathless and its shame makes the pages curl, that you are implicated in every act of physical and emotional cruelty to the point where you don‘t know who‘s the more guilty, you or Pip, you or Orlick, you or Magwitch, goes without saying if you are a reader of Dickens C But you would never have guessed any of these things from the BBC‘s adaptation D We must guess that the BBC is embarrassed by the eccentricity of the writing, the hyperbole of the characterization, the wild marginalia, and the lunatic flights of fancy? a) C b) B c) A d) All fits to paragraph e) None of the above 4) A Doing research is essentially like solving a puzzle B Puzzles have rules and predetermined solutions C Research involves extrapolating knowledge to newer territories and unforeseen challenges D A striking feature of doing research is that the aim is to discover what is known in advance www.ibpsguide.in | mock.ibpsguide.in | www.sscexamguide.com For More Study Materials - Click Here to Download our “BenchMark” Android App yoursmahboob.wordpress.com BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com a) b) c) d) e) A C B D None of the above 5) A Taking his own ignorance as a given, his style of dogged questioning of every certainty and his huge influence over the youths of Athens led to his trial, his defiant comment that ―the unexamined life is not worth living for a human being‖, and ultimately to his execution by hemlock B Socrates established a method of probing into the eternal questions of existence and morality by relentless inquiry and debate C His demeanour is gentle and slow, but his endless questioning of moral norms puts him in direct conflict with authority D Socrates is never mentioned in this book and it‘s not necessary to know anything about him, but the parallels are obvious a) C b) B c) D d) All fits to paragraph e) None of the above 6) A Our culture is full of assumptions and stereotypes about how the mind works, perhaps none so enduring as the legend of the ―tortured artist‖ B However, while the final verdict is still out on the issue, both the folk and the scientific evidence provide tantalizing clues that this legend may be fact C The image is durable, but science has not yet been able to conclusively verify or disprove it D Science stamps natural phenomena with a systemic form, and its theories with a natural inevitability a) A b) B c) C d) D e) All fits to the paragraph 7) A For me paper wealth and tangible wealth amount to the same thing B If I get more money, I have more wealth because I can spend the money for other things — real things C But if we all get more money overnight, as in a shower of money from helicopters, only our paper wealth increases; our collective tangible wealth doesn‘t change because there aren‘t more things to buy with the additional money D If it did, the government could cure poverty and increase nation‘s wealth simply by printing more money a) C b) B c) D d) All fits to paragraph e) None of the above 8) A At other times it is the repetitiveness more than the variability of the names that makes them seem less than distinctive, an impression sometimes heightened by their transparent meaning B The heroines of two different myths may have the same name, while the heroine in two versions of the same myth will have a different name C This apparent contradiction reflects the two poles of the heroine‘s situation: to be little more than a name in a genealogy, or to be distinct, to suffer, sometimes even to achieve immortality D On the other hand, a few of the most familiar figures have names that are significant and distinctive a) D www.ibpsguide.in | mock.ibpsguide.in | www.sscexamguide.com For More Study Materials - Click Here to Download our “BenchMark” Android App yoursmahboob.wordpress.com BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com b) c) d) e) C B All fits to paragraph None of the above 9) A More specifically, it is human beings alone who operate in their everyday activities with an understanding of Being and are able to reflect upon what it means to be B But to think of Being in this way would be to commit the very mistake that the capitalization is supposed to help us avoid C If we look around at beings in general-from particles to planets, ants to apes-it is human beings alone who are able to encounter the question of what it means to be D This gives us a way of understanding statements such as ―Dasein is ontically distinguished by the fact that, in its very Being, that Being is an issue for it.‖ a) B b) C c) A d) D e) None of the above 10) A a As far as we know, death is a great emptiness for us-a threshold beyond which we can directly perceive nothing B Such a threshold is inseparable from the sacred, which aids us in our struggles to reconcile our inherent limitedness with our convictions C Nevertheless, that which is beyond the threshold of death is unavailable to us in any direct or unmediated fashion D Granted, we readily project our fantasies into, and live out of faiths in relation to this void a) A b) B c) C d) D e) All fits to the paragraph Explanations: 1) Answer: c) Option c) is the one which is not part of the logical paragraph since others are explaining about a review of a book by Simon Hoggart which was about the political culture and politicians and the book talks about the political reasons of our plight and the mistakes of the big politicians But option c) does not fit since it stands out as heroes and tradition represent positive ideas that are contradictory to the rest of the sentences 2) Answer: d) Option d) is the one which is not part of the paragraph since it states that we are only aware of Indians who are doing well in foreign countries and not the ones engaged in low end jobs; While the other three sentences are about the people‘s situation in the past and compares the situation to the present scenario who settled in abroad and also citing examples of various fields which value international concepts and theories 3) Answer: e) Statement D is the one which is not part of the logical paragraph since it talks about guessing with respect to BBC; where others are describing about the BBC‘s adaptation of Great Expectations and elaborates the virtues of Great Expectations, also introduces a contrast by presenting a comparison of the book with its BBC‘s adaptation 4) Answer: b) Option b) is the one which is not part of the logical paragraph as we see that other options are talking about feature and the aim of research and also comparing the aspect of research with solving a puzzle But option b) www.ibpsguide.in | mock.ibpsguide.in | www.sscexamguide.com For More Study Materials - Click Here to Download our “BenchMark” Android App yoursmahboob.wordpress.com BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com talks about research as an extrapolation and is not in sync with the characterization of research as essentially a process of discovering what is known in advance 5) Answer: a) Option a) is the one which is not part of the logical paragraph since others states the method employed by Socrates which summarizes the consequences of the method in terms of his increased influence over the youth as well as his execution because of those methods and also states that the book (in question) never mentions Socrates directly but the parallelism between the protagonist (of the book) and Socrates is obvious But option a) does not match with these lines because of the tense inconsistency between it and the other lines and moreover option a) is a repetition of the idea already mentioned in sentence A 6) Answer: d) Option d) is the one which is not part of the paragraph since it states about the science and its natural phenomena and theories with respect to natural inevitability; While the other three sentences are contribute to the discussion on the ―tortured artist‖ and issues over the culture and stereotypes and also explaining about the scientific evidences 7) Answer: c) Option c) is the one which is not part of the logical paragraph since in others the author is talking about money and its true value He discusses two cases; i.e what happens when he gets more money and the author wants to explain what all is considered as money and also talks about the second scenario when everybody gets money (becomes rich) But option c) is not linked to all these lines because a link is missing The link should be that increase in money does not increase the wealth of the nation i.e money does not represent the wealth of the nation Thus the ‗it‘ in statement D does not have an antecedent 8) Answer: e) Statement A is the one which is not part of the logical paragraph since it talks about variability of the names which have not been talked about in any of the options and make them less distinctive; where others are describing about the different myths, contradiction and significance between heroines and about their uniqueness in name 9) Answer: a) Option a) is the one which is not part of the logical paragraph since others explain the concept of Being and states that it is human beings alone who can associate themselves with the question of what it means to be which further elaborates the same; also refers to the concept of Being But option a) is logically incorrect because it talks about capitalization which has not been introduced in the previous lines Nothing has been mentioned about the theory of capitalization that can help in understanding that why it is incorrect to think of Being in this way 10) Answer: b) Option b) is the one which is not part of the logical paragraph as we see that other options are describing the death as a great void which we cannot directly perceive (though we try to ―live out of faiths in relation to this void‖) But option b) talks vaguely about our inherent limitedness without connecting such ―limitedness‖ with death or mortality Directions (Q 11-20): Which of the words/phrases (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below should replace the words/phrases given in bold in the following sentences to make it meaningful and grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and „No improvement required‟, mark (e) as the answer 11) The actress was regulated to wear an alcohol- checking bracelet and offer to random weekly drug testing after she refused to appear for a court date last week a) Planned, observing, suggest, declined b) Prepared, screening, recommend, snubbed c) Intended, testing, present, excused www.ibpsguide.in | mock.ibpsguide.in | www.sscexamguide.com For More Study Materials - Click Here to Download our “BenchMark” Android App yoursmahboob.wordpress.com BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com d) Ordered, monitoring, submit, failed e) No improvement required 12) As far as the issue of land encroachment in villages is concerned, people will have to make a start from their villages by sensitizing and educating the villagers about this issue a) Problem, worried, create, humanizing b) Concern, afraid, build, enlightening c) Difficulty, frightened, craft, refining d) Trouble, bothered, generate, taming e) No improvement required 13) The power tax had already been raised twice in the last 15 months and the Electricity Board had also charged additional monthly charges under consumers a) Due, hoisted, put, to b) Tariff, increased, levied, on c) Excise, heaved, imposed, for d) Expunge, boosted, forced, from e) No improvement required 14) Till a few years ago, while the technology for mobile phone was expanded and used separately, it was not linked to the growth of PC or the web a) When, as, improved, related b) Once, where, inflated, associated c) Until, though, developed, connected d) But, even as, made bigger, unrelated e) No improvement required 15) In the recent international discussions conducted under the UNFCCC the industrialized countries have labeled upon developing countries to add to the global attempt to address climate change a) Negotiations, called, contribute, effort b) Debate, termed, donate, endeavor c) Conference, described, adjoin, venture d) Consultation, identified, attached, idea e) No improvement required 16) The recent sharp rise in risk premium on long-term bonds issued by several industrial countries suggests that markets no longer consider sovereign debt low risk a) Current, given, proposes, take b) Modern, provided, advises, get c) Present, offered, recommends, obtain d) Contemporary, granted, implies, attain e) No improvement required 17) When she secured our coasts, she battled for her customers, and grouped our ships loaded with wealth, which we had purchased for her by our industry a) Protected, combated, assembled, obtained b) Shielded, struggled, amassed, procured c) Defended, fought, convoyed, acquired d) Fortified, conflicted, gathered, found e) No improvement required 18) Since then, the stock markets have restrained, as it came to be felt that this huge package will only offer a breather and not tackle the basic causes that fetched about the crisis in the first place www.ibpsguide.in | mock.ibpsguide.in | www.sscexamguide.com For More Study Materials - Click Here to Download our “BenchMark” Android App yoursmahboob.wordpress.com BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com a) b) c) d) e) Moderated, provide, address, brought Released, present, deal with, carried Controlled, affords, concentrate on, took Restricted, grant, focus on, conceded No improvement required 19) The Prime Minister is eager to execute the Right to Education Act and the HRD ministry has been granted with adequate budgetary distribution to meet the demand a) Fanatical, carry out, permitted, division b) Intense, accomplish, allowed, circulation c) Dedicated, bring, contributed, transmission d) Keen, implement, provided, allocation e) No improvement required 20) When you are losing and out, that is when you need others to whip up your spirits, you need a few words of support with the help of which you will be in a better position to reclaim your lost self-confidence a) Behind, lash, confidence, retrieve b) Down, lift, encouragement, regain c) Downward, boost, hope, recover d) Sliding, haul, assurance, pick up e) No improvement required Explanations: 11) Answer: d) Ordered – arrange (something) in a methodical or appropriate way Monitoring – observe and check the progress or quality of (something) over a period of time; keep under systematic review Submit – present (a proposal, application, or other document) to a person or body for consideration or judgment Failed – (of a person) unsuccessful in a particular activity 12) Answer: e) Issue – problem for debate or discussion Concerned – worried, troubled, or anxious Make – form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; construct; create Educating – give intellectual, moral, and social instruction to (someone, especially a child), typically at a school or university 13) Answer: b) Tariff – a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports Increased – become or make greater in size, amount, or degree Levied – impose a tax, fee, or fine on On – supported by (a surface) 14) Answer: c) Until – up to (the point in time or the event mentioned) Though – despite the fact that; although Developed – grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate Connected – bring together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established 15) Answer: a) Negotiations – discussion aimed at reaching an agreement Called – (of a person) pay a brief visit Contribute – give (something, especially money) in order to help achieve or provide something www.ibpsguide.in | mock.ibpsguide.in | www.sscexamguide.com For More Study Materials - Click Here to Download our “BenchMark” Android App yoursmahboob.wordpress.com BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com Effort – a vigorous or determined attempt 16) Answer: e) Recent – having happened, begun, or been done not long ago or not long before; belonging to a past period of time comparatively close to the present Issued – supply or distribute (something) Suggests – put forward for consideration Consider – think carefully about (something), typically before making a decision 17) Answer: c) Defended – resist an attack made on (someone or something); protect from harm or danger Fought – take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons Convoyed – (of a warship or armed troops) accompany (a group of ships or vehicles) for protection Acquired – buy or obtain (an object or asset) for oneself 18) Answer: a) Moderated – make or become less extreme, intense, rigorous, or violent Provide – make available for use; supply Address – think about and begin to deal with (an issue or problem) Brought – come to a place with (someone or something) 19) Answer: d) Keen – having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm Implement – put (a decision, plan, agreement, etc.) into effect Provided – make adequate preparation for (a possible event) Allocation – the action or process of allocating or distributing something 20) Answer: b) Down – toward or in a lower place or position, especially to or on the ground or another surface Lift – raise to a higher position or level Encouragement – the action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope Regain – obtain possession or use of (something) again after losing it Directions (Q 21-30): In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces Below each sentence there are four words denoted by numbers a), b), c) and d) Find out ONE word that to be fitted in both the sentences I and II and another word that fit to the sentence III and to make it meaningfully complete In case no word is fit to these sentences, option 'e' is the answer 21) I At one point, it looked as if an area of agreement would _ especially over the issue of productivity linked wages II Studies show that riots _ mainly in those cities where disorderly tactics can work - where riots stand a chance of getting results other than all-out repression III Because the _ public wanted to believe the killer was off the streets, they never questioned the arrest of an innocent man a) Come out, innocent b) Develop, naive c) Emerge, credulous d) Grow, vociferous e) Appear, credible 22) I The political candidate often tries to _ his rival as a wealthy man who is out of touch with the common people II The drawings on the cave walls the lives of the earliest men on the planet www.ibpsguide.in | mock.ibpsguide.in | www.sscexamguide.com For More Study Materials - Click Here to Download our “BenchMark” Android App yoursmahboob.wordpress.com BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com III The communalist represents the of everything noble that we have inherited from our culture and history a) Highlight, antidote b) Follow, immorality c) Offer, antagonism d) Present, depravity e) Depict, antithesis 23) I He hoped to _ a response from his inquiry to the publisher so he could release his new novel II If you want to business from them, you‘ll have to communicate at their level III The computer company has made a pledge to bring technology to people in the underdeveloped regions of Africa a) Seek, modern b) Solicit, primitive c) Implore, new d) Entreat, innovative e) Request, existing 24) I Moreover, a fact finding mission _ by BSN to India in January this year strongly recommended that the French group should go it alone, and not hand over control to an Indian Partner II Bala went into a small reception room, one door of which led into a study, the very one from which the Russian Emperor had him on his mission III The earth is at present in great danger of becoming uninhabitable because of _ environmental pollution which is going on at an incredible rapid pace a) Constituted, gigantic b) Comprised, inhuman c) Represented, stupendous d) Dispatched, colossal e) Characterized, enormous 25) I The plane with a crew of five _ earlier from Cali, 500 kilometers south- east of Bogota II In the marriage ceremony of the ancient Incas, the couple was considered officially wed when they their sandals, and handed them to each other III Now, the management graduate can expect to have a prosperous life on a income without having to depend on finding a place in family business having to tend the paternal estates a) Took off, regular b) Took away, professional c) Take up, meaningful d) Took over, dependable e) Took up, steady 26) I She dropped the bowl and watched as glass shards started to _ on the kitchen floor II Knowing that everyone would _ after graduation, she was worried that she would not see her friends anymore III He tried to his rude behavior by saying that he was drunk and he didn't know what he was doing a) Deviate, apology b) Diverge, excuse c) Wander, regret for d) Amble, explain e) Stroll, explicate 27) I Although the prisoners of war were fed three meals a day, many of them still looked and hungry www.ibpsguide.in | mock.ibpsguide.in | www.sscexamguide.com For More Study Materials - Click Here to Download our “BenchMark” Android App yoursmahboob.wordpress.com BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com II Because the puppy had gone unfed for several days, it was now so _ that its bones were visible through its skin III He knew everything better than anybody else, and it was an affront to his _ vanity that you should disagree with him a) Frivolous, overdrawn b) Disturbed, overwrought c) Flippant, overwhelming d) Agitated, overweening e) Emaciated, over strung 28) I Deva grew up to be an _ man because his parents never told him the difference between right and wrong II During battle, many soldiers become _ and forget the difference between wrong and right while fighting for their lives III Because Sarah is disabled, she tends to _ non-disabled people who use handicapped parking spaces a) Moral, discard b) Immoral, neglect c) Amoral, despise d) Irrelevant, ignore e) Extraneous, deride 29) I The rust is by voltaic action; the iron forms the negative pole, the zinc the positive of a voltaic cell, in which the water is resolved into its constituents, viz II When the undergrowth of a wood is _, as it often is every few years, it is easy to observe a considerable difference in the fungi III State officials refused to _ the official number of residents seriously affected by the contaminated water supply a) Cleared away, disclose b) Cleared out, conceal c) Cleared off, release d) Cleared up, obscure e) Cleared on, hide 30) I Democratic government is based on the of the governed and represents an attempt to make authority accountable to the people II Fraud charges were filed after the woman used a friend‘s credit card without her _ III The astronauts became _ on Mars when their rocket broke down soon after landing on the red planet a) Approval, abandoned b) Authorization, trapped c) Support, ensnared d) Consent, stranded e) Endorsement, fascinated Explanations: 21) Answer: c) Emerge – move out of or away from something and come into view Credulous – having or showing too great a readiness to believe things 22) Answer: e) Depict – show or represent by a drawing, painting, or other art form Antithesis – a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else www.ibpsguide.in | mock.ibpsguide.in | www.sscexamguide.com For More Study Materials - Click Here to Download our “BenchMark” Android App yoursmahboob.wordpress.com BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com 23) Answer: b) Solicit – ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone Primitive – a person belonging to a preliterate, nonindustrial society or culture 24) Answer: d) Dispatched – deal with (a task, problem, or opponent) quickly and efficiently or send off to a destination or for a purpose Colossal – extremely large 25) Answer: a) Took off – an instance of becoming airborne or depart hastily Regular – arranged in or constituting a constant or definite pattern, especially with the same space between individual instances 26) Answer: b) Diverge – develop in a different direction or separate from another route and go in a different direction Excuse – a reason or explanation put forward to defend or justify a fault or offense 27) Answer: e) Emaciated – abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food Over strung – (of a person) extremely nervous or tense 28) Answer: c) Amoral – lacking a moral sense; unconcerned with the rightness or wrongness of something Despise – feel contempt or a deep repugnance for 29) Answer: a) Cleared away – removed Disclose – make (secret or new information) known 30) Answer: d) Consent – permission for something to happen or agreement to something Stranded – (of a boat, sailor, or sea creature) left aground on a shore Direction (Q 31 - 40): In each of the following questions, a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage is missing and represented by a blank Select the best out of the five answer choices given to make the passage complete and coherent 31) The destruction of two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in August 1945, by the use of atomic bombs shocked and horrified mankind beyond measure Man had discovered a new energy of tremendous power but it was extremely tragic to use it for the destruction of human beings _ The World War ended, but experiments with atomic energy continued Most of them were confined to the production of better and more powerful atomic weapons such as hydrogen bombs, cobalt bombs, transcontinental ballistic missiles, etc a) A very large section of the people of the world stood against the mad race for nuclear armament b) They demanded an immediate and complete ban on all kinds of nuclear tests and experiments for the purpose of war c) The soundness of this view point has appealed to reasonable people and all lovers of peace d) He also advocated the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, betterment of the poor, and enhancement of the total wealth of the world e) The conscience of all right thinking persons was awakened and the problem of the proper use of the new energy became a subject for serious consideration www.ibpsguide.in | mock.ibpsguide.in | www.sscexamguide.com For More Study Materials - 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Click Here to Download our “BenchMark” Android App 11 yoursmahboob.wordpress.com BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com a) b) We are told, for example, that the ratio of women to men remains below its natural level and that it is related to other parameters, such as the level of literacy and the availability of primary health care b) Unfortunately, both the reports fail to either convey a fresh understanding of the issues or to suggest innovative and workable approaches for women‘s development c) The failure to suggest a fresh approach is less understandable given that a variety of approaches to women‘s development has been tried out all over the world d) Is the report saying then, that Indians not love their children, as a matter a cultural practice? Both the reports are likely to be highly influential on opinion leaders and policy makers 36) Water conflicts in India now reach every level; divide every segment of our society, political parties, states, regions and sub-regions within states, districts, castes and groups and individual farmers Water conflicts within and between many developing countries are also taking a serious turn Fortunately, the “water wars”, forecast by so many, have not yet materialized War has taken place, but over oil, not water In India, water conflicts are likely to worsen before they being to be resolved Till then they pose a significant threat to economic growth, security and health of the ecosystem and the victims are likely to be the poorest of the poor as well as the very sources of water - rivers, wetlands and aquifers a) Issues related to forests have also generated a body of comprehensive literature on forest resources and rights b) Several political and legal interventions addressing the issue of equity and societal justice have been attempted c) Though conflicts over them have not necessarily been effectively or adequately resolved, they have received much more d) Water is radically altering and affecting political boundaries all over the world, between as well as within countries e) Most countries have gone through land reforms of one type or another 37) Organized retail has fuelled new growth categories-like liquid hand wash, breakfast cereals and pet foods in the consumer goods industry, accounting for almost 50% of their sales, said data from market search firm Nielsen The figures showed some of these new categories got more than 40% of their business from modern retail outlets The data also suggests how products in these categories reach the neighborhood kirana stores after they have established themselves in modern trade a) But a point to note here is that modern retailers themselves push their own private brands in these very categories and can emerge as a big threat for the consumers goods and foods companies b) A new brand can overnight compete with established companies by tying up with few retailers in these categories - President of Future Group added c) What modern retail offers to companies experimenting with new categories is the chance to educate customers which was not the case with a general trade store d) Modern retail is an important part of our business - said managing director, Kellogg India e) While grocers continue to be an important channel, for the new and evolving categories we saw an increased presence of high-end products in modern trade 38) Urbanisation is a positive phenomenon provided the cities are able to the harness its potential A recently public published UN - Habitat global report on human settlements shows that not many cities in developing countries such as India have managed to this Indian cities struggle to manage the swelling numbers The challenge they face is twofold efforts to distribute growth across urban centres have been inadequate and the urban planning practices are outdated a) They tend to have inadequate infrastructure poor mobility and a lack of affordable housing b) Even the formal city is composed of many parts such as the historical core; the colonial enclave and new areas of post-independence growth c) This has fragmented cities further and skewed development in favour of new areas d) Alongside the formal city exists a large and an equally important informal city inhabited by the poor e) Not withstanding these differences, the master plan tends to paint the city with a single brush, favouring the new formal areas and ignoring the informal www.ibpsguide.in | mock.ibpsguide.in | www.sscexamguide.com For More Study Materials - Click Here to Download our “BenchMark” Android App 12 yoursmahboob.wordpress.com BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com 39) Many people love the cute koala bear _ But it is rare to see this creature alive and moving, because it's gradually becoming extinct The koala, like the kangaroo, is actually a marsupial It contains a small pouch for its young, like the kangaroo For this reason, the koala is not related to true bears In appearance, it is a combination of a monkey and a kangaroo Koalas are native to Australia and they are now chiefly found in New South Wales and Queensland They are highly protected animals, because their number has greatly diminished in the last ten years a) The eucalyptus tree is disappearing from their natural habitats, fighting a battle against extinction on their own b) Baby koalas are in danger around certain kinds of lizards and eagles, although they are protected today by natural habitats set up for them c) This animal has been made into stuffed toys all over the world d) They are nocturnal, which means that they move around chiefly at night e) The koala's worst enemy, besides hunters, is fire When a tree is inflamed, often they cannot run fast enough to save themselves 40) Manufacturers of consumer packaged goods (CPG) face two key challenges this year The first is continued slow or negative growth in people‟s disposable incomes The second is changing consumer attitudes toward products and brands, as the great fragmentation of consumer markets takes another turn _ In many markets, consumer wages have been static for five years Even where economies are starting to perform better, the squeeze on after-tax wages, especially for the middle class, younger people, and families, is depressing consumer spending a) Each channel — from the Web, mobile, and social sites to radio, TV, and print — has its own requirements, audience appeal, and economics, needing specialized attention b) In response, companies must dramatically shift the route they take to reach consumers in terms of both product distribution and communications c) Consumers‘ media usage has also fragmented with the rise of digital content and the proliferation of online devices d) Collectively, these shifts challenge the way CPG companies manage their brand and business portfolios, and call for a rethinking of their go-to-market approach, with an emphasis on analytics e) But at the same time, media campaigns need to be closely coordinated for effective consumer messaging Explanations: 31) Answer: e) Option e) is correct answer since in the passage it is explaining about the destruction of two Japanese cities, atom bombs, atom energy and its way of use in the environment So, option e) will give a coherent passage since it explains about proper usage of atomic energy; while others are describing about various factors like nuclear armament, nuclear tests and the use of nuclear energy 32) Answer: b) Option b) is correct answer since the paragraph is describing about the importance of world government when compared to International federation of mankind So, option b) is opt for the blank since it explains how we can solve our problems in political, social and cultural life with help of the world government 33) Answer: d) Option d) is correct answer since the passage is explaining about the GDP growth, trickledown economics and benefits with respect to poor and rich So, option d) is explaining about the states of rich and poor people 34) Answer: a) Option a) is correct answer since the passage is explaining about the born out into globalisation of IT sector and its rapid growth and also about chasing new clients and agents So, option a) is explaining about regain after the recession; while others are explaining about Cultural conflicts, emerging-market companies, future of India's outsourcing sector and establishment of major local operations www.ibpsguide.in | mock.ibpsguide.in | www.sscexamguide.com For More Study Materials - Click Here to Download our “BenchMark” Android App 13 yoursmahboob.wordpress.com BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com 35) Answer: c) Option c) is correct answer since the paragraph is giving details about the problems which are faced by Indian women and reports which express the health of Indian women and state of children in India So, option c) is fit to the blank and makes the paragraph coherent since it describes about the failure of the reports which failed in understanding the issue 36) Answer: d) Option d) is correct answer since the passage is explaining about the water conflict in India and its effect in developing countries and also its significant threat to economic growth, security and health of the ecosystem So, option d) is explaining about the political boundaries which are affected by water within the country 37) Answer: e) Option e) is correct answer since in the passage it is explaining about the growth in the new categories of Organized retail and also increase in the percentage of their business from modern retail outlets So, option e) will give a coherent passage since it explains about modern trade which increases by evolving high-end products; while others are describing about modern retailers 38) Answer: a) Option a) is correct answer since the passage is explaining about the urbanization and global report by UN – Habitat on human settlements and also challenge in its efforts to distribute growth across urban countries So, option a) is explaining about inadequate infrastructure and its poor mobility; while others are explaining about new areas of post-independence growth and master plan tends to paint the city 39) Answer: c) Option c) is correct answer since the paragraph is giving details about the Koala bear and its difference with Kangaroo and also about its native place and its situation of extinct So, option c) is fit to the blank and makes the paragraph coherent since it describes about the koala bear which also made into stuffed toys in the world; while others are explaining about natural habitats, Baby koalas, koala's worst enemy and its move at night 40) Answer: b) Option b) is correct answer since the paragraph is describing about the challenges faced by Manufacturers of consumer packaged goods and also about consumer wages and their economic status So, option b) is opt for the blank since it explains how the company should change in order to reach consumers in terms of both product distribution and communications Directions (Q 41-50): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it The error, if any, will be in one or more sentence Then choose the sentence(s) without error as your answer If there is error in all the sentences, then your answer is e) (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.) 41) A Hindi films are certainly popular in the last decade but in these days our regional films have attained more popularity B The reason for my taking up this profession is that this vast country of our has not a sufficient number of qualified doctors C This was the opportunity the swindler was seeking, and he at once touch the feet of the sage for blessings, "O Guruji, please accept me as your disciple D The Secretary and the Principal of the college are attending the District Development Council Meeting at the Collectorate a) Only C b) Only D c) Both B & D d) Both C & A e) None of the sentence is correct www.ibpsguide.in | mock.ibpsguide.in | www.sscexamguide.com For More Study Materials - Click Here to Download our “BenchMark” Android App 14 yoursmahboob.wordpress.com BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com 42) A The long-awaited moment at last came and we sent out for the station as merry a band of children as I have ever seen before or since B Many times the news has been published in the papers that the end of the world will be certain if a nuclear war breaks out C Congress dissidents and a wide range among the opposition has mounted a campaign to have the president re-nominated D The crisis they are facing is the most critical natural disaster that ever happened in the Thai history a) Only D b) Only A c) Both A & C d) Both D & B e) None of the sentence is correct 43) A That day when they brought her back for the last time, there were many old-timers who were shocked and fearful B It is the families of the victims of the horror and the millions of Afghan refugees whose lives have been turned down upside C Shiksha Sahayog Yojana was launched with the objective to lessen the burden of parents in meeting the educational expenses of the children D The importance of sports in harnessing the power of youth towards nation building and economic development was evident ever since the 1986 Olympic games a) Only A b) Only B c) Both B & D d) Both A & C e) None of the sentence is correct 44) A Since the commencement of the Constitution in 1950, it is for the third time that governors-this time as much as nine-have had to go following a change of guard at the Centre B Women riding pillion on two-wheelers in the capital have to compulsorily wear helmets, according to the final notification issued by Delhi government C Lawmaking is the routine business of government, and reviewing for possible repeal should also happen routinely D The poverty estimates indicate that the highest poverty headcount ratio exist in Bihar at fifty four percent as against the national average of thirty percent a) Only B b) Only A c) Both B & D d) Both C & A e) None of the sentence is correct 45) A An important objective of development planning in India has been to provide for increasing employment opportunities not only to meet the backlog of the unemployed but also the new additions to the labor force B The predominant presence of the textile industry in the Indian economy is manifested in its significant contribution to industrial production, employment generation, and foreign exchange earnings C Arun Jaitley‘s life has been full or dramatic loops, sudden upswings and a few downturns, till finally he‘s arrived at a job that has him at the helm of the nation‘s economic affairs D The declaring of a long-term ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, after 50 days of off-again, on-again fighting, has brought immediate relief to both sides of the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip a) Only A b) Only B c) Both B & C www.ibpsguide.in | mock.ibpsguide.in | www.sscexamguide.com For More Study Materials - Click Here to Download our “BenchMark” Android App 15 yoursmahboob.wordpress.com BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com d) Both A & D e) None of the sentence is correct 46) A The roll of the institute is to provide technical support to other institutions and to constantly monitor their facilities and performance B The significant future is that none of the ancient Indian scientists claimed originality of their theories C The most popular method adopted by an organization to communicate job vacancies to the public is through advertisement D The police could arrest only one thief of the club robbery and many of them are still in large a) Only C b) Only B c) Both B & D d) Both A & C e) None of the sentence is correct 47) A A serial entrepreneur who made his first fortune in the early days of world wide web he has since helped find a solar power company to generate green electricity B The three-day trip that India‘s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, made to china is seen in some quarter as a chance to reset the relationship between Asia‘s two giants C All government officials above the rank of undersecretary have been issued circulars by their respective ministries to ask them to attend yoga classes in the run-up to the event D The char bodies of two women were recovered from a burning pile of dried cow dung at Sultanpur village a) Only A b) Only B c) Both B & C d) Both A & C e) None of the sentence is correct 48) A With so many options lined up in this competitive world, one has to watch out for a proper specialization and a suitable institute before deciding on anything B The holy man took some roasted chickpeas and raisins from his pouch and gave them of the woodcutter C While presenting his maiden speech Shyam seemed very confidently and people responded very well D A total of ten blocks will be on offer in the third round of coal auctions which will take place between August 11 to August 17 a) Only A b) Only B c) Both B & D d) Both A & C e) None of the sentence is correct 49) A The lay-offs come among the continued debate over immigration reform in the US as the temporary work visas are at the centre of a fierce debate in Congress B Economic laws typically aims at balancing competing interests of various stakeholders as well as interests of government departments charged with implementing such laws C Providing two special economic zones exclusively for Indian investors is a clear reflection of Bangladesh‘s positive intent D On a separate occasion, the High Court rapped the Director-General of Police for forwarding a complaint against Raj to the state government instead of ordering an enquiry into it a) Only D b) Only A c) Both C & D d) Both B & A e) None of the sentence is correct www.ibpsguide.in | mock.ibpsguide.in | www.sscexamguide.com For More Study Materials - Click Here to Download our “BenchMark” Android App 16 yoursmahboob.wordpress.com BASE INSTITUTE – NAMAKKAL | www.ibpsguide.com 50) A A letter of credit is a guarantee issued by the importer‘s bank that it will honor payment up to certain amount of export bills to the bank of the exporter B Widows by far outnumber widowers, because studies show that women live longer than men and tend to marry men older than themselves C A private company is one which restricts transfer of shares and does not invite the public to subscribe its shares D We couldn‘t set up the computer network ourselves, so we are banking with an IT engineer from the university to set it up for us a) Only C b) Only B c) Both B & D d) Both C & A e) None of the sentence is correct Explanations: 41) Answer: b) In A, change ‗are certainly‘ into ―had certainly been‖; In B, replace ‗touch‘ by ―touched‖ since it is the past sentence; In C, change ‗our‘ into "ours" 42) Answer: d) In A, ―ever seen since or before‖ should come in place of ‗ever seen before or since‘; In C, replace ‗has‘ by ―have‖ 43) Answer: d) In B, ―turned upside down‖ should come in place of ‗turned down upside‘; In D, Replace ‗was‘ with ―has been‖ 44) Answer: e) In A, replace ‗much‘ with ―many‖; In B, Insert ―the‖ before ‗Delhi‘; In C, replace ‗reviewing‘ with ―review‖; In D, Replace ‗exist‘ with ―exists‖ 45) Answer: c) In A, It should be ―to meet not only‖ instead of ‗not only to meet‘; In D, Replace ‗declaring‘ with ―declaration‖ 46) Answer: a) In A, replace ‗roll‘ by ―role‖; In B, replace ‗future‘ by ―feature‖; In D, replace ‗in‘ by ―at‖ 47) Answer: e) In A, Replace ‗find‘ with ―found‖; In B, Replace ‗quarter‘ with ―quarters‖ ; In C, Replace ―to ask‖ with ―asking‖; In D, Replace ‗Char‘ with ―charred‖ 48) Answer: a) In B, replace ‗of‘ with ―to‖; In C, Replace ‗confidently‘ with ―confident‖; In D, Replace ‗to‘ with ―and‖ 49) Answer: c) In A, Replace ‗among‘ with ―amid‖; In B, Replace ‗aims‘ with ―aim‖; 50) Answer: b) In A, Insert ―a‖ before ‗certain‘; In C, Insert ―to‖ before ‗its‘; In D, Replace ‗with‘ with ―on‖ For More Free Mock Test: Visit- mock.ibpsguide.in For More Study Materials eBook: Visit- www.ibpsguide.in www.ibpsguide.in | mock.ibpsguide.in | www.sscexamguide.com For More Study Materials - Click Here to Download our “BenchMark” Android App 17 ... ―to‖ before ‗its‘; In D, Replace ‗with‘ with ―on‖ For More Free Mock Test: Visit- mock .ibpsguide. in For More Study Materials eBook: Visit- www .ibpsguide. in www .ibpsguide. in | mock .ibpsguide. in... conclusively verify or disprove it D Science stamps natural phenomena with a systemic form, and its theories with a natural inevitability a) A b) B c) C d) D e) All fits to the paragraph 7) A For... try to ―live out of faiths in relation to this void‖) But option b) talks vaguely about our inherent limitedness without connecting such ―limitedness‖ with death or mortality Directions (Q 11-20):