IBPS PO Prelims Mock Test - 10 - Bank Exams MCQ

In the sentences below, a portion (a phrase or a group of words) is marked in underline. Choose the best replacement for the part in underline, as per the options are given below, to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct.

Q. It was past midnight, Raj told his kids to hand a sack.

I. Uprise

II. Doze off

III. Awake

The following passage given below provides information based on which questions have been given. You are required to read the same carefully and choose the best alternative as your answer for each question.

The future of thousands of children studying medicine in Ukraine and China hangs in balance. When Russia attacked Ukraine, these children had no choice but to return home. Though they made it to the home country in the middle of their studies, thanks to operation Ganga; are now in a quandary as they can neither go back to their college to complete their studies nor join Indian universities as they would not allow them admissions. When they were evacuated, they were promised that they would be able to continue their studies in Indian universities but after months of waiting, they are still waiting for admission.

After trying all channels, they have not received any assurance from anybody regarding their future studies. They cannot return for obvious reasons and cannot study at home. Most of them were pursuing medical science which requires a certain amount of practical training. After exhausting all channels these desperate students sat on a 5-day hunger strike in Delhi. They have made a poignant appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider their request for admission to any Indian university. Even last month these students had sat on a dharna in Jantar Mantar but to no avail. More than 40,000 students studying in Ukraine and China had to abandon their medical courses mid-way due to pandemics and war. While China has agreed to take back students on a case-by-case basis the future of students who were in Ukraine is uncertain. The war is still going on in Ukraine and even if it stopped it is very unlikely that the college they were studying in would resume its normal functioning.

In this situation, the government should be considerate enough to give them some ________ by admitting them to the university as a special case. The biggest stumbling block in admitting these students has been the National Medical Commission which has ruled out transfer or accommodation to any foreign medical students in any Indian medical institute or university since there are no such provisions in the Indian Medical Council Act 1956 and the National Medical Commission Act, 2019. These children have already gone through a lot of trauma and if they are denied education in their own country their life would be ruined. Rules must be amended to accommodate these children. Definitely, some special arrangements can be made by which these students could complete this course and pursue their careers.

Q. Which of the given options would explain the phrase ‘hangs in balance’ as used in the passage?

Below a word is given followed by three sentences which consist of that word. Identify the sentence/s which best expresses the meaning of the word. Choose option (E) (None of these) if the word is not suitable in any of the sentences.

(A) The best works of art are the expression of man's struggle to free himself from this condition, but the effect of our art is merely to make this low state comfortable and that higher state to be forgotten.

(B) You can work up an appetite by riding a rented bike, roller-skating and skateboarding, best done around sunrise to get a chance at seeing dolphins inshore.

(C) Through brutal challenges, harsh living conditions, and extreme tactics, the goal was to best every other contestant on the island, a feat that Richard Hatch accomplished to become the first Survivor winner.

The following passage given below provides information based on which questions have been given. You are required to read the same carefully and choose the best alternative as your answer for each question.

The future of thousands of children studying medicine in Ukraine and China hangs in balance. When Russia attacked Ukraine, these children had no choice but to return home. Though they made it to the home country in the middle of their studies, thanks to operation Ganga; are now in a quandary as they can neither go back to their college to complete their studies nor join Indian universities as they would not allow them admissions. When they were evacuated, they were promised that they would be able to continue their studies in Indian universities but after months of waiting, they are still waiting for admission.

After trying all channels, they have not received any assurance from anybody regarding their future studies. They cannot return for obvious reasons and cannot study at home. Most of them were pursuing medical science which requires a certain amount of practical training. After exhausting all channels these desperate students sat on a 5-day hunger strike in Delhi. They have made a poignant appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider their request for admission to any Indian university. Even last month these students had sat on a dharna in Jantar Mantar but to no avail. More than 40,000 students studying in Ukraine and China had to abandon their medical courses mid-way due to pandemics and war. While China has agreed to take back students on a case-by-case basis the future of students who were in Ukraine is uncertain. The war is still going on in Ukraine and even if it stopped it is very unlikely that the college they were studying in would resume its normal functioning.

In this situation, the government should be considerate enough to give them some ________ by admitting them to the university as a special case. The biggest stumbling block in admitting these students has been the National Medical Commission which has ruled out transfer or accommodation to any foreign medical students in any Indian medical institute or university since there are no such provisions in the Indian Medical Council Act 1956 and the National Medical Commission Act, 2019. These children have already gone through a lot of trauma and if they are denied education in their own country their life would be ruined. Rules must be amended to accommodate these children. Definitely, some special arrangements can be made by which these students could complete this course and pursue their careers.

Q. Which of the given statements is true as per the passage?

The following sentences form a paragraph. The sentences are numbered as P, Q, R, S and T. These five parts are not given in proper order. Read the sentences and choose the alternative that arranges them in the correct order

P. The stolen money was in ₹ 500 and ₹ 1,000 denomination notes that were later demonetized

Q. In which ₹5.75 crore cash assigned to the Reserve Bank of India was looted from a moving train couple of years ago

R. The unprecedented train robbery occurred on the Salem-Chennai Express on the night of August 8, 2016,

S. In a major breakthrough, the Crime Branch CID of the Tamil Nadu police has cracked the sensational train heist case

T. After a gang broke into the parcel van containing ₹342 crore of soiled but usable currency and took away ₹5.75 crore

Which of the following is the FIFTH sentence of the paragraph?

The following passage given below provides information based on which questions have been given. You are required to read the same carefully and choose the best alternative as your answer for each question.

The future of thousands of children studying medicine in Ukraine and China hangs in balance. When Russia attacked Ukraine, these children had no choice but to return home. Though they made it to the home country in the middle of their studies, thanks to operation Ganga; are now in a quandary as they can neither go back to their college to complete their studies nor join Indian universities as they would not allow them admissions. When they were evacuated, they were promised that they would be able to continue their studies in Indian universities but after months of waiting, they are still waiting for admission.

After trying all channels, they have not received any assurance from anybody regarding their future studies. They cannot return for obvious reasons and cannot study at home. Most of them were pursuing medical science which requires a certain amount of practical training. After exhausting all channels these desperate students sat on a 5-day hunger strike in Delhi. They have made a poignant appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider their request for admission to any Indian university. Even last month these students had sat on a dharna in Jantar Mantar but to no avail. More than 40,000 students studying in Ukraine and China had to abandon their medical courses mid-way due to pandemics and war. While China has agreed to take back students on a case-by-case basis the future of students who were in Ukraine is uncertain. The war is still going on in Ukraine and even if it stopped it is very unlikely that the college they were studying in would resume its normal functioning.

In this situation, the government should be considerate enough to give them some ________ by admitting them to the university as a special case. The biggest stumbling block in admitting these students has been the National Medical Commission which has ruled out transfer or accommodation to any foreign medical students in any Indian medical institute or university since there are no such provisions in the Indian Medical Council Act 1956 and the National Medical Commission Act, 2019. These children have already gone through a lot of trauma and if they are denied education in their own country their life would be ruined. Rules must be amended to accommodate these children. Definitely, some special arrangements can be made by which these students could complete this course and pursue their careers.

Q. With which of the following would the author most likely agree?

The given question contains 5 sentences which have been jumbled up. Arrange these sentences in logical order and answer the questions that follow.

(A) It is the responsibility of banks to ensure that the cash logistics industry meets the new security and financial requirements.

(B) There can be a case where the industry may need an extension in deadlines but scaremongering is not the best way to go about it.

(C) The enhanced requirement for the cash logistics industry is the outcome of detailed discussions by two committees.

(D) In an age of increasingly sophisticated fraudsters, the cash logistics industry cannot expect their standards to be static.

(E) If anything, the financial inclusion programme makes it necessary to enhance security measures.

Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

The following passage given below provides information based on which questions have been given. You are required to read the same carefully and choose the best alternative as your answer for each question.

The future of thousands of children studying medicine in Ukraine and China hangs in balance. When Russia attacked Ukraine, these children had no choice but to return home. Though they made it to the home country in the middle of their studies, thanks to operation Ganga; are now in a quandary as they can neither go back to their college to complete their studies nor join Indian universities as they would not allow them admissions. When they were evacuated, they were promised that they would be able to continue their studies in Indian universities but after months of waiting, they are still waiting for admission.

After trying all channels, they have not received any assurance from anybody regarding their future studies. They cannot return for obvious reasons and cannot study at home. Most of them were pursuing medical science which requires a certain amount of practical training. After exhausting all channels these desperate students sat on a 5-day hunger strike in Delhi. They have made a poignant appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider their request for admission to any Indian university. Even last month these students had sat on a dharna in Jantar Mantar but to no avail. More than 40,000 students studying in Ukraine and China had to abandon their medical courses mid-way due to pandemics and war. While China has agreed to take back students on a case-by-case basis the future of students who were in Ukraine is uncertain. The war is still going on in Ukraine and even if it stopped it is very unlikely that the college they were studying in would resume its normal functioning.

In this situation, the government should be considerate enough to give them some ________ by admitting them to the university as a special case. The biggest stumbling block in admitting these students has been the National Medical Commission which has ruled out transfer or accommodation to any foreign medical students in any Indian medical institute or university since there are no such provisions in the Indian Medical Council Act 1956 and the National Medical Commission Act, 2019. These children have already gone through a lot of trauma and if they are denied education in their own country their life would be ruined. Rules must be amended to accommodate these children. Definitely, some special arrangements can be made by which these students could complete this course and pursue their careers.

Q. Four words have been highlighted in a sentence above. You must choose the one that is either misspelt or inappropriate in usage.

The following passage given below provides information based on which questions have been given. You are required to read the same carefully and choose the best alternative as your answer for each question.

The future of thousands of children studying medicine in Ukraine and China hangs in balance. When Russia attacked Ukraine, these children had no choice but to return home. Though they made it to the home country in the middle of their studies, thanks to operation Ganga; are now in a quandary as they can neither go back to their college to complete their studies nor join Indian universities as they would not allow them admissions. When they were evacuated, they were promised that they would be able to continue their studies in Indian universities but after months of waiting, they are still waiting for admission.

After trying all channels, they have not received any assurance from anybody regarding their future studies. They cannot return for obvious reasons and cannot study at home. Most of them were pursuing medical science which requires a certain amount of practical training. After exhausting all channels these desperate students sat on a 5-day hunger strike in Delhi. They have made a poignant appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider their request for admission to any Indian university. Even last month these students had sat on a dharna in Jantar Mantar but to no avail. More than 40,000 students studying in Ukraine and China had to abandon their medical courses mid-way due to pandemics and war. While China has agreed to take back students on a case-by-case basis the future of students who were in Ukraine is uncertain. The war is still going on in Ukraine and even if it stopped it is very unlikely that the college they were studying in would resume its normal functioning.

In this situation, the government should be considerate enough to give them some ________ by admitting them to the university as a special case. The biggest stumbling block in admitting these students has been the National Medical Commission which has ruled out transfer or accommodation to any foreign medical students in any Indian medical institute or university since there are no such provisions in the Indian Medical Council Act 1956 and the National Medical Commission Act, 2019. These children have already gone through a lot of trauma and if they are denied education in their own country their life would be ruined. Rules must be amended to accommodate these children. Definitely, some special arrangements can be made by which these students could complete this course and pursue their careers.

Q. Which of the given words would fill the blank given in the sentence given in the passage?

Which of the pairs of words / phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below should replace the words/phrases given in underline in the following sentences to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required, mark (5) as the answer.

Q. It’s estranged that, on any given day, ten thousand species are being given between the world just in the ballast water of our supertankers.

The following sentences form a paragraph. The sentences are numbered as P, Q, R, S and T. These five parts are not given in proper order. Read the sentences and choose the alternative that arranges them in the correct order

P. The stolen money was in ₹ 500 and ₹ 1,000 denomination notes that were later demonetized

Q. In which ₹5.75 crore cash assigned to the Reserve Bank of India was looted from a moving train couple of years ago

R. The unprecedented train robbery occurred on the Salem-Chennai Express on the night of August 8, 2016,

S. In a major breakthrough, the Crime Branch CID of the Tamil Nadu police has cracked the sensational train heist case

T. After a gang broke into the parcel van containing ₹342 crore of soiled but usable currency and took away ₹5.75 crore

Which of the following is the FIRST sentence of the paragraph?

The following paragraph given below has blanks that need to be filled with appropriate words from the options given below each question. You must read the same carefully and choose the most appropriate option as your answer.

There can be three media responses to Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana’s ____(A)____ remarks on the media. The first, and most inappropriate, would be whataboutery: what about the judiciary’s own failings? The huge ____(B)____, the glacial pace of justice dispensation, entertaining frivolous petitions, judicial overreach, malpractices — long is the list of issues that ____(C)____ the system. The second is defensive: okay, the media does things it should not be doing but it is also because of the ____(D)____ raised by journalists that justice was served. There have been innumerable cases which resulted in the guilty getting their comeuppance because of journalists — Jessica Lal, the Ryan International School murder, the fodder scam, the securities scandal of 1992, etc. The third and appropriate media response would be the ____(E)____ of guilt.

Q. Which of the following words would correctly fill the first blank of the paragraph?

In the given question, a statement with a blank has been given, followed by three words out of which more than one can complete the sentence grammatically and contextually. Find the word (s) which can fill the blank and choose the option accordingly.

The company's spending has also ________________ following the launch of a new Sunday magazine.

I. Risen

II. Made

III. Decreased

The following paragraph given below has blanks that need to be filled with appropriate words from the options given below each question. You must read the same carefully and choose the most appropriate option as your answer.

There can be three media responses to Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana’s ____(A)____ remarks on the media. The first, and most inappropriate, would be whataboutery: what about the judiciary’s own failings? The huge ____(B)____, the glacial pace of justice dispensation, entertaining frivolous petitions, judicial overreach, malpractices — long is the list of issues that ____(C)____ the system. The second is defensive: okay, the media does things it should not be doing but it is also because of the ____(D)____ raised by journalists that justice was served. There have been innumerable cases which resulted in the guilty getting their comeuppance because of journalists — Jessica Lal, the Ryan International School murder, the fodder scam, the securities scandal of 1992, etc. The third and appropriate media response would be the ____(E)____ of guilt.

Q. Choose the most appropriate word that can fill the second blank to make the paragraph meaningful.

Read the short story and answer the following questions.

A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating some words.

He could speak a little Spanish, and also a language which nobody understood, unless it was the mocking-bird that hung on the other side of the door, whistling his fluty notes out upon the breeze with maddening persistence.

Mr. Pontellier, unable to read his newspaper with any degree of comfort, arose with an expression and an exclamation of disgust.

He walked down the gallery and across the narrow “bridges” which connected the Lebrun cottages one with the other. He stopped before the door of his own cottage, which was the fourth one from the main building and next to the last. Seating himself in a wicker rocker which was there, he once more applied himself to the task of reading the newspaper. The day was Sunday; the paper was a day old. The Sunday papers had not yet reached Grand Isle. He was already acquainted with the market reports, and he glanced restlessly over the editorials and bits of news which he had not had time to read before quitting New Orleans the day before.

Mr. Pontellier wore eye-glasses. He was a man of forty, of medium height and rather slender build; he stooped a little. His hair was brown and straight, parted on one side. His beard was neatly and closely trimmed.(230 words)

Q. Why was Mr. Pontellier uncomfortable?

The following paragraph given below has blanks that need to be filled with appropriate words from the options given below each question. You must read the same carefully and choose the most appropriate option as your answer.

There can be three media responses to Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana’s ____(A)____ remarks on the media. The first, and most inappropriate, would be whataboutery: what about the judiciary’s own failings? The huge ____(B)____, the glacial pace of justice dispensation, entertaining frivolous petitions, judicial overreach, malpractices — long is the list of issues that ____(C)____ the system. The second is defensive: okay, the media does things it should not be doing but it is also because of the ____(D)____ raised by journalists that justice was served. There have been innumerable cases which resulted in the guilty getting their comeuppance because of journalists — Jessica Lal, the Ryan International School murder, the fodder scam, the securities scandal of 1992, etc. The third and appropriate media response would be the ____(E)____ of guilt.

Q. Which of the given options would fit well in the third blank?