PO-2020 VACANCY : SC/ST PRE EXAM TRAINING MODEL QUESTIONS ENGLISH LANGUAGE (SET-3)

S.No. Question Choice1 Choice 2 Choice 3 Choice 4 Choice 5 Answer Explanation

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Directions(Q 1 To Q 5): Match the phrases from Column I and Column II that make a complete and meaningful sentence
1 B-D A-C A-B B-C None of 1 Only Option 1 makes a
Column I: these meaningful sentence.The
A. With a confirmed case of novel coronavirus combination of the remaining
(2019-nCoV) reported from does not make a meaningful
B. The US government has warned industrial sentence.
firms of a hacking campaign against the
C. As part of extra vigil, the Uttarakhand, West
Bengal, UP and Bihar governments
Column II:
D. nuclear and energy sectors to highlight the
power industry’s vulnerability to cyberattacks.
E. mandatory body scan as part of the security
check-in procedure
F. and settle political scores, rued Chief
Justice of India (CJI).

2 Column I: A-F C-B C-D B-D None of 1 Only Option 1 makes a

A. The government announced significant these meaningful sentence.The
relaxations in the FDI norms combination of the remaining
B. The Indus valley civilization was basically an does not make a meaningful
urban civilization and the people lived in well- sentence.
planned
C. Ayurveda is a distinct form of medicine
made purely of herbs
Column II:
D. we are making huge loss to the environment
E. about a series of initiatives taken by the
government.
F. in a bid to make India an attractive
destination for foreign investment.
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3 I. A) At Harvard, Sheryl founded a group meant B-E and C-F A-E, B-F and A-F and C-D B-F A-E and C-F 4 Only Option 4 i.e. statement B-F
to encourage women C-D makes a meaningful
B) Sheryl Sandberg is responsible for sentence.The combination of
spearheading several successful Facebook the remaining does not make a
projects meaningful sentence.
C) In the hall of fame of women breaking the
glass ceiling and painting their name on it,
II. D) and ended up becoming the first Indian
woman to obtain a degree in Western
medicine in the late 1800s.
E) to know so much about them as possible.
F) that have made the social networking site
the market giant it is today.

4 I. A) We believe in a circular rather B-E and C-F . A-E, B-F A-F and C-D B-F A-E and C-F 5 Statements A-E and C-F make
B) The Rig Veda was written more than 3800 and C-D meaningful sentences.The
years ago, combination of the remaining
C) The word 'Juggernaut' was originally used does not make a meaningful
to denote the Rath Yatra temple car, sentence.
II. D) Veda is superior to Albert Einstein's
Theory of Relativity equation.
E) than a linear concept of time.
F) which was so massive it would crush
devotees under the wheels.

5 Column (I): A-F C-D C-A B-D None of 1 Only Option 1 makes a
A. While filling returns on time is advisable, these meaningful sentence.The
people should keep in mind the new law in combination of the remaining
B. There is no paucity of environmental does not make a meaningful
protection laws and regulations in the sentence.
C. Nothing will change unless public pressure
forces a revamp of our
ColumnI (II):
D. to attend the summit without deliberating the
pros and cons
E. the commitment under pressure from
another country
F. case they happen to file past the deadline.
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Directions(Q 6 To Q 10): For individual questions Each question has a sentence that uses an idiom or phrase. You need to identify the apt meaning of
the idiom/phrase from the given options
6 Hand in glove In close Non- Critical On bad None of 1 The idiom 'hand in glove '
relationship cooperative terms these means 'in close collusion or
association.'
7 He left the town under a cloud. of his own of his own in disgrace when it was None of 3 The idiom 'to be under a cloud'
accord accord raining these means to not be trusted or
popular because people think
you have done something bad
8 His arguments cut no ice with me. had no did not hurt did not did not None of 1 The idiom ‘cut no ice with
influence on me benefit me make me these someone’ means unable to
me proud impact someone
9 PUNCTILIOUS Prude Wasteful Meticulous Timid None of 3 Punctilious is very attentive in
these behaviour or action same as
Meticulous. Prude is a person
who gets easily shocked by
something. Timid gets fearful
very soon and is not brave.

10 LACHRYMOSE Terse Arrogant Indecent Mournful None of 4 Lachrymose means having a

these tendency to weep
easily/Showing sorrow. Mournful
is ‘Filled with or evoking
sadness’. Arrogant means ‘self-
conceited’. Terse means ‘brief,
straight and harsh in tone’.
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Directions(Q 11 To Q 15)::Given below is a paragraph which has been divided into five segments, each of which is denoted by (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E).
Rearrange all the segments to form a coherent paragraph and answer the following questions

A. But minority lenders can now either sell their assets at a discount to any willing buyer or get loans from other lenders at a premium if they suspect that they are
unfairly treated.
B. A group of the public sector, private sector, and foreign banks have signed an inter-creditor agreement on Monday to hasten the speedy resolution of non-
performing loans on their balance sheets.
C. Most of the Indian banks that are trying to sell their troubled assetscan heave a sigh of relief because they have one less hurdle to cross.
D. Any objection to the resolution process raised by dissenting lenders will be countermanded by a majority representing two-thirds of the loans within a consortium
of lenders, according to the agreement.
E. The plan approved by the government to address the problem of resolving bad loans is a part of “Sashakt”.

11 Which will be the FIRST statement? A B C D E 3 After rearranging the statements

in the order CBDAE the
paragraph has a logical
sequence and meaning

12 Which will be the THIRD statement? A B C D E 4 After rearranging the statements

in the order CBDAE the
paragraph has a logical
sequence and meaning

13 Which will be the FOURTH statement? A B C D E 1 After rearranging the statements

in the order CBDAE the
paragraph has a logical
sequence and meaning

14 Which will be the SECOND statement? A B C D E 2 After rearranging the statements

in the order CBDAE the
paragraph has a logical
sequence and meaning

15 Which will be the FIFTH statement? A B C D E 5 After rearranging the statements

in the order CBDAE the
paragraph has a logical
sequence and meaning
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Directions(Q 16 To Q 22): In each question given below, a sentence is given, and a part of it is underlined. Choose the answer option that corrects any
error/errors observed in the underlined fragment..

16 The cricketer, whose record is exemplary, who’s who’s record whose record who’s No 5 In the sentence given, ‘whose’ is
bagged an eight-year endorsement record is is exemplary, is exemplary, record is correction the correct word to use. Also,
contract with a sportswear giant. exemplary, bagged eight bagged an exemplary, required when compound adjectives
bagged year’s eight-years bagged include a number + a time
eight years’ endorsement endorsement eight years period, the word referring to the
endorsemen contract contract endorseme time period is always in singular
t contract nt contract form and is joined to the number
with a hyphen.
17 The solution that he worked out was not only was not only was correct was correct was not only No 2 "Correct" is a positive
correct but complicated. correct but but only but correct but correction description of the solution, while
also complicated. complicated. complicated required "complicated" is not. So a
complicated . parallel sentence construction
. (in this case, ‘not only…but’) is
inappropriate.
18 As there was no place in the first compartment, As there As there was As there was As there No 1 The first error is the reference to
he shifted to the second. was no no space in no seat in the was no correction “no place". The correct word to
room in the the first first place in the required be used in this context is “room"
first compartment, compartment, first (as the person here looks for a
compartmen he shifted he moved compartme space to occupy).‘Shift’ implies a
t, he moved nt, he small movement or a swap; for a
moved greater change in position,
‘move’ is the word to be used.
19 Whoever is chosen as the new chief, it is likely Whoever is Whomever is Whoever is Whomever No 3 Option (c) does not carry any
to continue many of the policies that the chosen as chosen as the chosen as is chosen correction errors and is the right answer
incumbent holds dear. the new new chief, he the new chief as the new required choice.
chief, they is is chief, they
are are
20 The question is not whether the stock market not whether not whether not whether not whether No 5 The syntax of the sentence is
bubble will burst, but when. the stock or not the the stock that the correction declarative. It does not pose a
market stock market market stock required direct question. So, it is not
bubble will bubble will bubble will market appropriate to use a question
burst or not, burst, but burst, but bubble will mark at the end of this
but when? when? when? burst, but sentence.
when?
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21 The debris was removed from the building site were were was removed removed No 5 dispose of' means 'get rid of'.
and legally disposed of. removed removed from from the from the correction When not followed by 'of',
from the the building building site building site required 'dispose' means to 'arrange' or
building site site and and legally and legally 'lean toward/incline'.
and legally legally disposed. disposed.
disposed. disposed of.

22 Had it not been for the chieftain's tireless Had it not If it had not If it had not Had it not No 1 Had it not been for' and 'if it had
efforts, the dispute will not have resolved. been for the been for the been for the been for the correction not been for' are both correct;
chieftain's chieftain's chieftain's chieftain's required one is the inversion of the
tireless tireless tireless tireless other.But, it is incorrect to omit
efforts, the efforts, the efforts, the efforts, the 'been' and say 'the dispute
dispute dispute will dispute would dispute will would not have resolved'
would not not have not have not have
have been resolved. resolved. resolved.
resolved.
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Directions(Q 23 To Q 30): Read the passage shown below and answer the following questions:

India's first attempt to land on the Moon may have gone off-script but the ambitious Chandrayaan 2 mission has been far from a flop. With a mission life of at least
one year, the Chandrayaan 2 lunar orbiter remains in operation and will continue to study the Moon from afar.
"Only 5 per cent of the mission has been lost - Vikram the lander and Pragyan the rover - while the remaining 95 per cent - that is the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter - is
orbiting the moon successfully," an official of the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO said.
The orbiter can take several pictures of the moon and send it to the ISRO over the next year. The orbiter can take pictures of the lander to find out its status too,
the ISRO official added. The rover inside the lander had a lifespan of only 14 days.
The successful launch of Chandrayaan 2 on board the giant GSLV Mark 3 rocket and its insertion in the lunar orbit will be seen as a testament to India's frugal
space programme. The accomplishment has been likened by experts to firing a bullet from a moving train towards a target on another moving train hundreds of
thousands of kilometres apart.The Chandrayaan 2 mission stood out because of its low cost of about $140 million. The United States spent the equivalent of more
than $100 billion on its Apollo missions. The mission also holds great significance for future space exploration missions, including those to Mars.
Its contact was lost with the Moon lander Vikram just before it was due to touch down near the lunar south pole. A successful landing would have made India the
fourth country -- after the United States, Russia and China -- to successfully land on the Moon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi watched the operation from the ISRO
mission control and later asked the scientists to not "lose hope".
ISRO had acknowledged before the landing that it was a complex manoeuvre, which Dr Sivan called "15 minutes of terror".

23 Which of the following is the most suitable title Significance Landing on Chandrayaan Success of Improvemen 3 As per the passage, Option 3 is
of the passage? of the Moon the Moon 2 Mission the Indian t of the correct.
Space Indian
Technology Efforts
24 Which of the following is MOST SIMILAR in Beginning Movement Hindrance Progress End 2 Manoeuvre means' a movement
meaning to the word ‘manoeuvre’? or series of moves requiring skill
and care.'In the context of
passage also it means the
same.
25 Which of the following is MOST OPPOSITE in Desired Trial Perished Sparing Extravagant 5 Frugal means sparing and its
meaning to the word ‘frugal’? opposite will be extravagant
26 What is meant by the phrase ‘gone off script’ in An Undecided Organised Unplanned Unrestrained 4 To go off script' means to go
the passage? uneconomic and and unplanned
al way haphazard unpopular
27 Which of the following expresses the meaning To be very Be an object Been very A big To be 1 Option 1 is correct
of the phrase ‘stood out’? noticeable of criticism extravagant Modification progressive
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28 Which of the following justifies that the mission It has a lot It would The cost The mission It was a 2 Option 2 is correct as per the
cannot be considered as a flop? of efforts remain in involved in acts as an project passage .
involved in operation for the mission is inspiration related to
the progress a year and a significant and a landing on
of the will continue factor. lesson for the Moon.
project. to study the the other
moon from countries.
afar.
29 Which of the following can be inferred from the The mission Its most The price The target The United 2 As mentioned in the passage,
passage? was a significant involved in was not States had option 2 is correct.
difficult one part was the the project difficult to spent lesser
due to rare cost involved was an be achieved on their
resources in the project indication of but the time space
needed] its the volatility calculation missions in
most of the was comparison
significant mission. erroneous. to the
part was the Chandrayan
cost 2 mission.
involved in
the project.
30 Which of the following is correct according to The A successful The mission Both 1 and Both 2 and 3 4 Both options 1 and 3 are
the passage? Chandrayaa landing would also holds 3 correct, as per the paragraph.
n 2 mission have made great
is a India the fifth significance
milestone country to for future
achieved by successfully space
ISRO. land on the exploration
Moon. missions,
including
those to
Mars.