Memory Based Paper – SBI PO Prelims 2019 (English Language) Questions

Directions (1-5) Read the given passage carefully subsequent Saudi airstrikes show how the Yemeni

and answer the questions that follow. conflict is entangled with the regional rivalry between
The withdrawal of Houthi rebels from three of Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Yemen’s ports as part of the December 2018 Saudi Arabia started its Yemen military campaign in

ceasefire agreement should have been the basis for March 2015 with the goal of driving Houthis out of
further talks to expand the truce to other parts of the territories they captured. Four years of war have
country. But while the withdrawal was under way last devastated the country. According to the UN, at least

week, Houthis, who are reportedly getting support 7,000 civilians have been killed. Thousands of others
from Iran, carried out a drone attack on a Saudi have died due to disease, poor health care and

pipeline, and in retaliation Riyadh launched airstrikes malnutrition. The blockade Saudi Arabia imposed on

on Sanaa, the capital city controlled by the rebels, Yemen steadily worsened the country’s hunger
killing at least six civilians, including children. Yemen problem and health-care crisis. The country is on the
now risks falling back to the pre-ceasefire days of brink of a famine. It’s a shame that even when the

conflict with fighting having broken out in parts of the ceasefire was holding, the Saudis did not halt
government-controlled south. What makes the bombing Yemen. Saudi Arabia appears to be

resumption of hostilities more dangerous is the frustrated that it is not able to defeat the Houthis even
regional angle. Tensions are on the rise in West Asia after years of heavy bombing. The Houthis, on their
over the U.S.-Iran standoff. The U.S. had earlier part, continue to provoke the Saudis through cross-

warned against possible attacks by either Iran or border rocket and drone attacks. The Yemenis are

Iran-backed militias against American interests or its stuck in between. The way forward is the Hodeida
allies in the region, and has deployed an aircraft model. The December ceasefire took effect in the
carrier and a bomber squad to the Gulf. Immediately Red Sea port city and both the rebels and

after the pipeline was attacked, the Saudis blamed government forces stuck to it till the rebels pulled out
Iran for ordering it, an allegation which both Tehran last week. They should continue talks under
and the Houthis have refuted. Whether Iran was international mediation and replicate the Hodeida
actually behind the attack or not, the incident and the model elsewhere in Yemen. For this to be achieved,

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the Houthis should decouple themselves from the e) None of these

regional politics, and stay focussed on resolving
differences with the government and rebuilding the 3) Which of the following is/are incorrect according to
war-torn country, while Saudi Arabia should get out of the passage?

Yemen. I. Four years of war have devastated the country of

1) Choose the option which is most opposite to the Iran.

word in the question, as mentioned in the passage. II. The U.S. had warned against probable attacks by

“refuted” either Iran or Iran-backed militias against American

a) negated interests or its allies in the region, and has deployed

b) disputed an aircraft carrier and a bomber squad to the Indian

c) confuted ocean.
d) verified III. It was not confirmed if Iran was actually behind
e) None of these the attack or not, but the subsequent Saudi airstrikes
2) Which of the following is/are correct according to show how the Yemeni conflict is entangled with the
the passage? regional rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

I. According to the author, the withdrawal of Houthi a) Only II

rebels from three of Yemen’s ports as part of the b) II and III
December 2018 ceasefire agreement should have c) I and II
been the basis for further talks to expand the truce to d) I only

other parts of the country. e) None of these

II. The December ceasefire took effect in the Red 4) “The country is on the brink of a famine.’’

Sea port city and both the rebels and government Which of the following options explain the above
forces stuck to it till the rebels pulled out previous statement of the author?
week. a) The government has been exploiting the civilians

III. Saudi Arabia started its Persian military campaign and the present state of the country is in shambles.

in March 2018 with the goal of driving Houthis out of b) Thousands of civilians have been killed man
territories they captured. others have died due to disease, poor health care

a) only II and malnutrition.

b) II and III c) Thousands of civilians have left the country and
c) I and II emigrated to Europe via the Red sea.

d) I only

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d) Thousands of children have been rendered advisability of retaining competence and

orphans because their families have been killed in integrity” and that there
the war. is no reason to agree
e) None of these with the government.
5) Why did Riyadh launch airstrikes on Sanaa, the C. The Supreme Court is F. collaborative process
capital of Yemen? involving the executive
a) Riyadh had retaliated to the recent violation of the and the judiciary, and
truce between US and Iran by the rebels in Iran. there cannot be a time
b) Saudi Arabia wanted to capture the oilfields in the frame for it.
oil-rich northern province of Iran.
c) The Houthis, who have been getting support from a) A-D
Iran, carried out a drone attack on a Saudi pipeline, b) B-D
so Riyadh launched airstrikes in retaliation. c) C-E, B-F
d) Saudi Arabia wanted to capture the strait of d) A-E, C-D
Hormuz which is a strategic location with respect to e) None of these
transport of oil to other nations. 7.
e) None of these I II

A. It is true that the filling D. the collegium system of

up of vacancies is a appointments is a major
Directions (6-12): Match the following sentences in continuous and concern
Part I with those given in Part II: B. Were tensions in E. borne by American
6. trade policy to flare up consumers and could
I II again, it could result result in U.S.
A. The collegium has now D. keen to fill up the C. The cost of these F. in large disruptions to
repeated its current vacancies. tariffs will, after all, global supply chains and
recommendations, eventually be pose downside risks to
emphasising that there is global growth, the IMF
nothing adverse against warned.
the two judges in terms of
their a) A-D
B. In systemic terms, the E. “conduct, b) B-D

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c) C-E, B-F
d) A-F, C-D
e) None of these
8.
I II
A. In the face of growing
U.S. aggression on the
issue, the government
that takes office after the
election will have
B. Where a compromise
is not possible, the
government
C. A call by Afghanistan’s
Loya Jirga, a grand
assembly of senior
politicians and tribal and
religious leaders,
a) A-E
b) B-D
c) C-E, B-F
d) A-F, C-D
e) None of these
9.
I II
A. Afghanistan’s leaders,
from its rulers to tribal
chieftains,
B. Over a four-day
D. will have to work
closely with other
countries to build
alternative financial
structures to avoid U.S.
sanctions.
E. to urgently consider
its options ahead.
F. want to resolve the
17-year-long conflict.
D. should be ready to
push back on
unreasonable demands.
E. by the political class
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meeting that ended on
May 2, the Jirga
C. It also backed
women’s rights, a critical
issue being debated
a) A-D
b) B-D
c) C-E, B-F
d) A-F, C-D
e) None of these
10.
I II
A. It is unlikely that the
Trump administration
will temper its “my way
or the highway”
approach to Iranian oil
sales, and New Delhi
B. Perhaps the most
worrying signal from
Mr. Ross’s outburst
C. The U.S. must
understand the cultural
differences over
a) A-D
Twitter , Instagram
amid the Taliban’s rising
clout.
F. asked the government
to set up a negotiating
team with members from
the assembly for talks
with the insurgents.
D. was that Washington
may not be willing to meet
India halfway on trade
issues.
E. the labelling of non-
vegetarian dairy products.
F. for a ceasefire
between government troops
and the Taliban
underscores the mood in
Kabul.
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b) B-D, C-E and Zalmay Khalilzad, disaster.

c) C-E, B-F C. The Taliban will F. has darkened the
d) A-F, C-D change tack only if it is prospects for peace.
e) None of these forced to do so
11.

I II a) A-D
A. The Taliban, for its D. its capacity to strike b) B-D, A-F
part, immediately shot anywhere, including in c) C-E, B-F
down the proposal, the most fortified of d) A-F, C-D
locations. e) None of these
B. Without the Taliban’s E. vowing to continue
reciprocity, attacks through the Direction (13-18): In each of the questions given

Ramzan month below a sentence is given which is divided into five

C. The group controls half F. no ceasefire will hold. parts. Out of which, one is grammatically correct and

of Afghanistan and has the rest are not. It is then followed by options which

shown gives one of the option as a correct one. Choose the

option which is grammatically correct.

a) A-E, B-F, C-D 13) After a US president through a presidential a)/

b) B-D proclamation withdrew duty free benefits to b)/India

c) C-E, B-F exporters worth $6 billion, Indian government

d) A-F, C-D c)/termed the move unfortunate but vowed d)/to

e) None of these protect the country national interest e)/

12. a) a

I II b) b

A. The Taliban’s D. the U.S. special c) c

intransigence representative, are d) d

primarily focussed on e) e

withdrawing foreign troops 14) Several members of the US Congress and a)/US

from Afghanistan. manufacturers have urged Trump not to b)/withdrew

B. The talks between E. Reversing course is a GSP benefits available to India since c)/India is a

Taliban representatives dire necessity to stave off

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strategic ally and the move wouldd)/increase input b) b

cost for American producers e)/ c) c
a) a d) d
b) b e) e

c) c 18) India has time and again denouncea)/Trump

d) d charge of being a tariff b)/king and has maintained

e) e that its c)/tariff levels are on accordance with WTO

15) SpiceJet, which operate narrow a)/body and d)/rules applicable to developed countries e)/
turboprop planes, does b)/not have firmed plans to a) a

become a c)/wide body operator with long-range b) b

d)/flights in the wake of Jet collapse in April e)/ c) c
a) a d) d
b) b e) e
c) c
d) d Directions (19-20): Below is a given passage. Some

e) e sentences begin with a number (corresponding to the

16) The Indian trade ministry in a)/a statement said question number) and some words are highlighted in
India as part off our bilateral b)/discussions have bold. One of the highlighted words is grammatically
offered resolution on c)/significant US requests in the incorrect. Choose the word from the option as your

effort to d)/find a mutual acceptable way forward e)/ answer. If all the highlighted words are correct, mark
a) a ‘All correct’ as your answer

b) b 19.Concern over incidents of attack on cash carrying

c) c vans, the government has proposed that
d) d ATMs should not be replenished with cash after 9 pm

e) e in cities and private cash transportation

17) Budget airline SpiceJet Ltd was examining a)/ the agencies must collect money from the banks in the
prospect of taking off widebody jets b)/previously first half of the day, officials said. 20.The deadline

operated by Jet Airways Ltd, but c)/initial studies for putting money in the ATMs in rural areas would be
show they needed significant d)/ maintenance work, 6 pm, and 4 pm in Naxal-affected districts. Also,
it’s chairman said on Saturday e)/ specially design cash vans, fitted with CCTVs and

a) a GPS, must not carry more than Rs 5 crore per trip.

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19) 22. The decline of the Congress is symptomatic

a) concern of the fading appeal of the old ways of conducting
b) should politics and of the _______ with opaque and

c) must unaccountable power-wielding by political dynasties

d) in a) Orator

e) No correction required b) Entice

c) Paradoxical
20) d) Disenchantment

a) putting e) None of these

b) design
c) carry 23. Pyongyang would cease its _______ for
d) be intercontinental nuclear weapons capability in lieu of
e) No correction required a gradual normalization of ties with the U.S. along
with a lifting of multilateral economic sanctions.

a) Animosity
Direction (21-25): Each question below contains a b) Quest
statement with three blanks followed by four options. c) Delude
Choose the option that can fill the three blanks and d) Imbibe

mark it as your answer. e) None of these

21. Either way, whether Mr. Gandhi finally 24. One option is to encourage schools to identify
_______ on quitting or allows himself to be persuaded students with an aptitude and interest in teaching,
otherwise, the party cannot look away from a and then _______ and fund them through higher

dilemma that has shadowed it for long: the double- education and training, and bring them back as

edged sword of the dynasty. teachers.

a) Culpable a) Nurture

b) Insists b) Stigma
c) Reproach c) Sheer
d) Cossets d) Dismal

e) Alleviate e) None of these

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Times reported that the babies were born premature

25. Her soft touch and _______ skills will be in October.
critical if states are to agree to further reduce the The day Associated Press broke the story, the
number of items in the higher GST brackets; unless Chinese national health commission asked the

this happens, it is difficult to see GST taking off as Guangdong health commission to start an (30) …….
planned. On January 21 this year, Dr. He was fired from the

a) Ritual university where he worked after a probe by the

b) Propound Guangdong health commission found that he had

c) Adamant violated the national regulations against using gene-

d) Persuasive editing for reproductive purposes.

e) None of these
Directions (26-30): In the following passage, some of
the words have been left out, each of which is
indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from
26. Without this gene the defence system would fail.
In the case of people with multiple sclerosis, absence
of this gene (26) …… them twice as likely to die
early.

the options given against each number and fill up the a) Makes
blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph b) Make
meaningfully complete. c) Describe
d) Rivulet

Without this gene the defence system would fail. In e) None of these
the case of people with multiple sclerosis, absence of 27. There are two copies of the gene in every

this gene (26) …… them twice as likely to die early. person. In the case of one baby girl both the copies
There are two copies of the gene in every person. In of the gene were disabled (27) …… in the other baby
the case of one baby girl both the copies of the gene a) Although

were disabled (27) …… in the other baby, only one b) Though

copy was disabled. So the baby with one functional c) As well as

copy of the gene (28) ……still be susceptible to HIV d) But

infection. The decision to (29) ……the embryo with e) None of these

only one disabled copy makes the work all the more 28. Only one copy was disabled. So the baby with
unethical. Though Dr. He claimed the babies were one functional copy of the gene (28) ……still be

born in early November last year, The New York susceptible to HIV infection.

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a) May e) None of these

b) Might 30. The day Associated Press broke the story, the
c) Should Chinese national health commission asked the
d) Shall Guangdong health commission to start an (30) …….

e) None of these a) Investigation

29. The decision to (29) ……the embryo with only b) Investigate

one disabled copy makes the work all the more c) Vengeance

unethical. d) Revenge
a) Meddle e) None of these

b) Invoke
c) Implant
d) Pound

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