Test: English Language Test - 3 - Bank Exams MCQ

Directions: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that surrogacy needs to be regulated by law. (A) There is no (1) aplenty about whether an (2) issue such as surrogacy (3) fraught with bioethical issues (4) argument requires regulation: it does. The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019, should have come a long time ago. Regulations in the past in the area of child adoption and transplantation of human organs have, historically, borne fruit, effectively putting an end to ________ (B) ________ commercial transactions, and providing a structure by which any excursions outside of the law may be shut down. (C) Flagrant violations of human rights have been witnessed repeatedly in the ‘baby-making factory’ in India, the underprivileged woman often in the cross hairs, and at the bottom of the pile. The (D) plethora of unregulated assisted reproductive techniques (ART) clinics that mushroomed, coinciding with India becoming a global health-care destination, ensured that there was a good volume of traffic toward the country, besides growing domestic demand for surrogacy services. In this context, there is expectation that the Surrogacy Bill will regulate commercial surrogacy, while allowing an (E) altruistic form of it to continue, by putting in place strict supervisory and regulatory frameworks. The question here is whether the Bill, recently passed by the Lok Sabha, will serve the wholesome purpose of regulating the vastly complex area of surrogacy, while sensitively balancing the needs of ‘intending parents’ and surrogates.

The Bill mandates payment to the surrogate mother, who can only be a ‘close relative’, to the extent of covering medical expenses and providing insurance during the term of the pregnancy. It has specified that ‘exploiting the surrogate mother’ would attract punishment of imprisonment of up to 10 years and a fine of up to ₹10 lakh; advertising for surrogacy and selling/importing human embryos or gametes for surrogacy also attract the same punishment. It has mandated registration of surrogacy clinics, and put in place regulatory boards to ensure (F) compliance with the law. But its critics have panned it for the lack of specifics in definitions (the generalised ‘close relative’ criterion for surrogates); the _______ (G) ___________ of various groups of people from access to surrogacy (only married couples of a certain age group are eligible); and primarily, of trying to put the ‘cart before the horse’ by seeking to regulate surrogacy before setting the ART house in order. The capacity of the state to end commercial surrogacy may itself be compromised if it does not first set up a regulatory framework for ART clinics, which provide the basic technology for surrogacy. Else, the government is merely setting itself up to implement a law that may spectacularly fail. _____________ (H) _________________ this is one law that is pregnant with the possibility of truly revolutionizing the surrogacy sector, cleaning it up, and fulfilling the dreams of people who are themselves unable to bear children.

Q. Choose the option which is most opposite to the word marked (F) in the passage.

Directions: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that surrogacy needs to be regulated by law. (A) There is no (1) aplenty about whether an (2) issue such as surrogacy (3) fraught with bioethical issues (4) argument requires regulation: it does. The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019, should have come a long time ago. Regulations in the past in the area of child adoption and transplantation of human organs have, historically, borne fruit, effectively putting an end to ________ (B) ________ commercial transactions, and providing a structure by which any excursions outside of the law may be shut down. (C) Flagrant violations of human rights have been witnessed repeatedly in the ‘baby-making factory’ in India, the underprivileged woman often in the cross hairs, and at the bottom of the pile. The (D) plethora of unregulated assisted reproductive techniques (ART) clinics that mushroomed, coinciding with India becoming a global health-care destination, ensured that there was a good volume of traffic toward the country, besides growing domestic demand for surrogacy services. In this context, there is expectation that the Surrogacy Bill will regulate commercial surrogacy, while allowing an (E) altruistic form of it to continue, by putting in place strict supervisory and regulatory frameworks. The question here is whether the Bill, recently passed by the Lok Sabha, will serve the wholesome purpose of regulating the vastly complex area of surrogacy, while sensitively balancing the needs of ‘intending parents’ and surrogates.

The Bill mandates payment to the surrogate mother, who can only be a ‘close relative’, to the extent of covering medical expenses and providing insurance during the term of the pregnancy. It has specified that ‘exploiting the surrogate mother’ would attract punishment of imprisonment of up to 10 years and a fine of up to ₹10 lakh; advertising for surrogacy and selling/importing human embryos or gametes for surrogacy also attract the same punishment. It has mandated registration of surrogacy clinics, and put in place regulatory boards to ensure (F) compliance with the law. But its critics have panned it for the lack of specifics in definitions (the generalised ‘close relative’ criterion for surrogates); the _______ (G) ___________ of various groups of people from access to surrogacy (only married couples of a certain age group are eligible); and primarily, of trying to put the ‘cart before the horse’ by seeking to regulate surrogacy before setting the ART house in order. The capacity of the state to end commercial surrogacy may itself be compromised if it does not first set up a regulatory framework for ART clinics, which provide the basic technology for surrogacy. Else, the government is merely setting itself up to implement a law that may spectacularly fail. _____________ (H) _________________ this is one law that is pregnant with the possibility of truly revolutionizing the surrogacy sector, cleaning it up, and fulfilling the dreams of people who are themselves unable to bear children.

Q. Which of the following words given in the options should come at the place marked as (G) in the above paragraph to make it grammatically correct and meaningful. Also, the word should fill in the blanks given in the two sentences given below to make them contextually correct and meaningful. 

I. In 1950, she became the minister of finance, after nearly eight years in __________________from office, in the Radical cabinet of Musoli.

II. The final attempts at ________________were frustrating  enough; but they differed from the earlier persecution.

Directions: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that surrogacy needs to be regulated by law. (A) There is no (1) aplenty about whether an (2) issue such as surrogacy (3) fraught with bioethical issues (4) argument requires regulation: it does. The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019, should have come a long time ago. Regulations in the past in the area of child adoption and transplantation of human organs have, historically, borne fruit, effectively putting an end to ________ (B) ________ commercial transactions, and providing a structure by which any excursions outside of the law may be shut down. (C) Flagrant violations of human rights have been witnessed repeatedly in the ‘baby-making factory’ in India, the underprivileged woman often in the cross hairs, and at the bottom of the pile. The (D) plethora of unregulated assisted reproductive techniques (ART) clinics that mushroomed, coinciding with India becoming a global health-care destination, ensured that there was a good volume of traffic toward the country, besides growing domestic demand for surrogacy services. In this context, there is expectation that the Surrogacy Bill will regulate commercial surrogacy, while allowing an (E) altruistic form of it to continue, by putting in place strict supervisory and regulatory frameworks. The question here is whether the Bill, recently passed by the Lok Sabha, will serve the wholesome purpose of regulating the vastly complex area of surrogacy, while sensitively balancing the needs of ‘intending parents’ and surrogates.

The Bill mandates payment to the surrogate mother, who can only be a ‘close relative’, to the extent of covering medical expenses and providing insurance during the term of the pregnancy. It has specified that ‘exploiting the surrogate mother’ would attract punishment of imprisonment of up to 10 years and a fine of up to ₹10 lakh; advertising for surrogacy and selling/importing human embryos or gametes for surrogacy also attract the same punishment. It has mandated registration of surrogacy clinics, and put in place regulatory boards to ensure (F) compliance with the law. But its critics have panned it for the lack of specifics in definitions (the generalised ‘close relative’ criterion for surrogates); the _______ (G) ___________ of various groups of people from access to surrogacy (only married couples of a certain age group are eligible); and primarily, of trying to put the ‘cart before the horse’ by seeking to regulate surrogacy before setting the ART house in order. The capacity of the state to end commercial surrogacy may itself be compromised if it does not first set up a regulatory framework for ART clinics, which provide the basic technology for surrogacy. Else, the government is merely setting itself up to implement a law that may spectacularly fail. _____________ (H) _________________ this is one law that is pregnant with the possibility of truly revolutionizing the surrogacy sector, cleaning it up, and fulfilling the dreams of people who are themselves unable to bear children.

Q. Which of the following phrases should fill the blank in (H) to make it contextually correct and meaningful?

Directions: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that surrogacy needs to be regulated by law. (A) There is no (1) aplenty about whether an (2) issue such as surrogacy (3) fraught with bioethical issues (4) argument requires regulation: it does. The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019, should have come a long time ago. Regulations in the past in the area of child adoption and transplantation of human organs have, historically, borne fruit, effectively putting an end to ________ (B) ________ commercial transactions, and providing a structure by which any excursions outside of the law may be shut down. (C) Flagrant violations of human rights have been witnessed repeatedly in the ‘baby-making factory’ in India, the underprivileged woman often in the cross hairs, and at the bottom of the pile. The (D) plethora of unregulated assisted reproductive techniques (ART) clinics that mushroomed, coinciding with India becoming a global health-care destination, ensured that there was a good volume of traffic toward the country, besides growing domestic demand for surrogacy services. In this context, there is expectation that the Surrogacy Bill will regulate commercial surrogacy, while allowing an (E) altruistic form of it to continue, by putting in place strict supervisory and regulatory frameworks. The question here is whether the Bill, recently passed by the Lok Sabha, will serve the wholesome purpose of regulating the vastly complex area of surrogacy, while sensitively balancing the needs of ‘intending parents’ and surrogates.

The Bill mandates payment to the surrogate mother, who can only be a ‘close relative’, to the extent of covering medical expenses and providing insurance during the term of the pregnancy. It has specified that ‘exploiting the surrogate mother’ would attract punishment of imprisonment of up to 10 years and a fine of up to ₹10 lakh; advertising for surrogacy and selling/importing human embryos or gametes for surrogacy also attract the same punishment. It has mandated registration of surrogacy clinics, and put in place regulatory boards to ensure (F) compliance with the law. But its critics have panned it for the lack of specifics in definitions (the generalised ‘close relative’ criterion for surrogates); the _______ (G) ___________ of various groups of people from access to surrogacy (only married couples of a certain age group are eligible); and primarily, of trying to put the ‘cart before the horse’ by seeking to regulate surrogacy before setting the ART house in order. The capacity of the state to end commercial surrogacy may itself be compromised if it does not first set up a regulatory framework for ART clinics, which provide the basic technology for surrogacy. Else, the government is merely setting itself up to implement a law that may spectacularly fail. _____________ (H) _________________ this is one law that is pregnant with the possibility of truly revolutionizing the surrogacy sector, cleaning it up, and fulfilling the dreams of people who are themselves unable to bear children.

Q. Which of the following word given in the options should come at the place marked (B) in the above article to make it grammatically correct and meaningful?

Directions: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that surrogacy needs to be regulated by law. (A) There is no (1) aplenty about whether an (2) issue such as surrogacy (3) fraught with bioethical issues (4) argument requires regulation: it does. The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019, should have come a long time ago. Regulations in the past in the area of child adoption and transplantation of human organs have, historically, borne fruit, effectively putting an end to ________ (B) ________ commercial transactions, and providing a structure by which any excursions outside of the law may be shut down. (C) Flagrant violations of human rights have been witnessed repeatedly in the ‘baby-making factory’ in India, the underprivileged woman often in the cross hairs, and at the bottom of the pile. The (D) plethora of unregulated assisted reproductive techniques (ART) clinics that mushroomed, coinciding with India becoming a global health-care destination, ensured that there was a good volume of traffic toward the country, besides growing domestic demand for surrogacy services. In this context, there is expectation that the Surrogacy Bill will regulate commercial surrogacy, while allowing an (E) altruistic form of it to continue, by putting in place strict supervisory and regulatory frameworks. The question here is whether the Bill, recently passed by the Lok Sabha, will serve the wholesome purpose of regulating the vastly complex area of surrogacy, while sensitively balancing the needs of ‘intending parents’ and surrogates.

The Bill mandates payment to the surrogate mother, who can only be a ‘close relative’, to the extent of covering medical expenses and providing insurance during the term of the pregnancy. It has specified that ‘exploiting the surrogate mother’ would attract punishment of imprisonment of up to 10 years and a fine of up to ₹10 lakh; advertising for surrogacy and selling/importing human embryos or gametes for surrogacy also attract the same punishment. It has mandated registration of surrogacy clinics, and put in place regulatory boards to ensure (F) compliance with the law. But its critics have panned it for the lack of specifics in definitions (the generalised ‘close relative’ criterion for surrogates); the _______ (G) ___________ of various groups of people from access to surrogacy (only married couples of a certain age group are eligible); and primarily, of trying to put the ‘cart before the horse’ by seeking to regulate surrogacy before setting the ART house in order. The capacity of the state to end commercial surrogacy may itself be compromised if it does not first set up a regulatory framework for ART clinics, which provide the basic technology for surrogacy. Else, the government is merely setting itself up to implement a law that may spectacularly fail. _____________ (H) _________________ this is one law that is pregnant with the possibility of truly revolutionizing the surrogacy sector, cleaning it up, and fulfilling the dreams of people who are themselves unable to bear children.

Q. Choose the option which is most similar to the word marked (E) in the passage.

Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it or not. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.

Q. The cold mist have (1) / engulfed the entire town (2) / as if reclaimed in (3) / its own parallel dimension. (4)/

Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it or not. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.

Q. Try hard as he might, (1) / Alvira knew her brother (2) / could never hoped to (3) / regain his health. (4) /

Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it or not. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.

Q. Prior to the long-delayed 2017 (A)/ census, socio-economic planning (B)/ in Pakistan had used obsolete data, (C)/ widening the gulf between the rich and the poor (D)

Direction: In the question below, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, choose 'No improvement'.​

Q. I thought the noise was made by a thief but it was just the man next door.

Direction: In the question below, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, choose 'No improvement'.​

Q. Let me give you a few advice.

Direction: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the given alternatives.

One of Britain’s __(1)__ centres for research and training in plant and microbial science has launched a new scholarship for post-graduate students. The scholarship will be awarded to students from developing countries in honour of a botanist who was __(2)__ the first women from India to obtain a PhD in botany. The John Innes Centre in Norfolk has chosen to __(3)__ Dr. Janaki Ammal for her work at the John Innes Horticultural Institution. The Janaki Ammal Scholarship Scheme will award a scholarship to post-graduate research applicants from 88 eligible countries who __(4)__ to study plant and microbial sciences at the John Innes Centre.

“We take great __(5)__ in our international alumni and we are delighted to name this new scheme in her honour,” said Professor Dale Sanders, director of the John Innes Centre. The scheme has been set up to reduce the financial __(6)__ of UK tuition fees on international students from less developed and lower-income countries, including India.

“At the John Innes Centre, we strive for a level playing field on which all students compete on scientific merit, __(7)__ of nationality, economic status or gender. For this reason, we’ve __(8)__ this mechanism to support students from low-income countries with their tuition fees,” added Sanders. The award applies to graduate students from least developed, low income or lower-middle-income countries as __(9)__ by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). 

Janaki Ammal’s research led to the publication of the ‘Chromosome Atlas of Cultivated Plants’. She ultimately returned to India to continue a __(10)__ career in science before she passed away in 1984.

Q. Which of the following word fits the blank labelled as (5)?  

Direction: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the given alternatives.

One of Britain’s __(1)__ centres for research and training in plant and microbial science has launched a new scholarship for post-graduate students. The scholarship will be awarded to students from developing countries in honour of a botanist who was __(2)__ the first women from India to obtain a PhD in botany. The John Innes Centre in Norfolk has chosen to __(3)__ Dr. Janaki Ammal for her work at the John Innes Horticultural Institution. The Janaki Ammal Scholarship Scheme will award a scholarship to post-graduate research applicants from 88 eligible countries who __(4)__ to study plant and microbial sciences at the John Innes Centre.

“We take great __(5)__ in our international alumni and we are delighted to name this new scheme in her honour,” said Professor Dale Sanders, director of the John Innes Centre. The scheme has been set up to reduce the financial __(6)__ of UK tuition fees on international students from less developed and lower-income countries, including India.

“At the John Innes Centre, we strive for a level playing field on which all students compete on scientific merit, __(7)__ of nationality, economic status or gender. For this reason, we’ve __(8)__ this mechanism to support students from low-income countries with their tuition fees,” added Sanders. The award applies to graduate students from least developed, low income or lower-middle-income countries as __(9)__ by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). 

Janaki Ammal’s research led to the publication of the ‘Chromosome Atlas of Cultivated Plants’. She ultimately returned to India to continue a __(10)__ career in science before she passed away in 1984.

Q. Which of the following word fits the blank labelled as (3)?

Direction: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the given alternatives.

One of Britain’s __(1)__ centres for research and training in plant and microbial science has launched a new scholarship for post-graduate students. The scholarship will be awarded to students from developing countries in honour of a botanist who was __(2)__ the first women from India to obtain a PhD in botany. The John Innes Centre in Norfolk has chosen to __(3)__ Dr. Janaki Ammal for her work at the John Innes Horticultural Institution. The Janaki Ammal Scholarship Scheme will award a scholarship to post-graduate research applicants from 88 eligible countries who __(4)__ to study plant and microbial sciences at the John Innes Centre.

“We take great __(5)__ in our international alumni and we are delighted to name this new scheme in her honour,” said Professor Dale Sanders, director of the John Innes Centre. The scheme has been set up to reduce the financial __(6)__ of UK tuition fees on international students from less developed and lower-income countries, including India.

“At the John Innes Centre, we strive for a level playing field on which all students compete on scientific merit, __(7)__ of nationality, economic status or gender. For this reason, we’ve __(8)__ this mechanism to support students from low-income countries with their tuition fees,” added Sanders. The award applies to graduate students from least developed, low income or lower-middle-income countries as __(9)__ by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). 

Janaki Ammal’s research led to the publication of the ‘Chromosome Atlas of Cultivated Plants’. She ultimately returned to India to continue a __(10)__ career in science before she passed away in 1984.

Q. Which of the following word fits the blank labelled as (1)?

Direction: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the given alternatives.

One of Britain’s __(1)__ centres for research and training in plant and microbial science has launched a new scholarship for post-graduate students. The scholarship will be awarded to students from developing countries in honour of a botanist who was __(2)__ the first women from India to obtain a PhD in botany. The John Innes Centre in Norfolk has chosen to __(3)__ Dr. Janaki Ammal for her work at the John Innes Horticultural Institution. The Janaki Ammal Scholarship Scheme will award a scholarship to post-graduate research applicants from 88 eligible countries who __(4)__ to study plant and microbial sciences at the John Innes Centre.

“We take great __(5)__ in our international alumni and we are delighted to name this new scheme in her honour,” said Professor Dale Sanders, director of the John Innes Centre. The scheme has been set up to reduce the financial __(6)__ of UK tuition fees on international students from less developed and lower-income countries, including India.

“At the John Innes Centre, we strive for a level playing field on which all students compete on scientific merit, __(7)__ of nationality, economic status or gender. For this reason, we’ve __(8)__ this mechanism to support students from low-income countries with their tuition fees,” added Sanders. The award applies to graduate students from least developed, low income or lower-middle-income countries as __(9)__ by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). 

Janaki Ammal’s research led to the publication of the ‘Chromosome Atlas of Cultivated Plants’. She ultimately returned to India to continue a __(10)__ career in science before she passed away in 1984.

Q. Which of the following word fits the blank labelled as (4)?

Direction: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the given alternatives.

One of Britain’s __(1)__ centres for research and training in plant and microbial science has launched a new scholarship for post-graduate students. The scholarship will be awarded to students from developing countries in honour of a botanist who was __(2)__ the first women from India to obtain a PhD in botany. The John Innes Centre in Norfolk has chosen to __(3)__ Dr. Janaki Ammal for her work at the John Innes Horticultural Institution. The Janaki Ammal Scholarship Scheme will award a scholarship to post-graduate research applicants from 88 eligible countries who __(4)__ to study plant and microbial sciences at the John Innes Centre.

“We take great __(5)__ in our international alumni and we are delighted to name this new scheme in her honour,” said Professor Dale Sanders, director of the John Innes Centre. The scheme has been set up to reduce the financial __(6)__ of UK tuition fees on international students from less developed and lower-income countries, including India.

“At the John Innes Centre, we strive for a level playing field on which all students compete on scientific merit, __(7)__ of nationality, economic status or gender. For this reason, we’ve __(8)__ this mechanism to support students from low-income countries with their tuition fees,” added Sanders. The award applies to graduate students from least developed, low income or lower-middle-income countries as __(9)__ by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). 

Janaki Ammal’s research led to the publication of the ‘Chromosome Atlas of Cultivated Plants’. She ultimately returned to India to continue a __(10)__ career in science before she passed away in 1984.

Q. Which of the following word fits the blank labelled as (2)?

Directions: In the following questions two columns are given containing three Sentences/phrases each. In first column, sentences/phrases are A, B and C and in the second column the sentences/phrases are D, E and F. A sentence/phrase from the first column may or may not connect with another sentence/phrase from the second column to make a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. Each question has five options, four of which display the sequence(s) in which the sentences/phrases can be joined to form a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. If none of the options given forms a correct sentence after combination, mark (e), i.e. “None of these” as your answer.

Directions: In the following questions two columns are given containing three Sentences/phrases each. In first column, sentences/phrases are A, B and C and in the second column the sentences/phrases are D, E and F. A sentence/phrase from the first column may or may not connect with another sentence/phrase from the second column to make a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. Each question has five options, four of which display the sequence(s) in which the sentences/phrases can be joined to form a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. If none of the options given forms a correct sentence after combination, mark (e), i.e. “None of these” as your answer.