IBPS Clerk Prelims Mock Test - 20 - Bank Exams MCQ

Directions : Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Farmers have progressed the world over yet they are languishing in this country. Despite decades of industrial development, about 600 million Indians, or roughly half the population, depend on growing crops or rearing animals to earn a living. The country still relies on imports of essential items, such as pulses and cooking oil. Almost half of the average Indian household’s expenditure is on food, an important factor behind inflation. Food security at the micro level remains elusive. The global development experience, especially of the BRICS countries, reveals that one percentage point growth in agriculture is at least two to three times more effective in reducing poverty than the same degree of growth emanating from the non-agriculture sector.

Of late, the woes of the farmer have exacerbated. Untimely rain damaged winter crops in northern India. The heat wave killed more than 2000 people - mostly working in the fields. Suicides by farmers, owing to the low price of their produce, are almost a recurrent tragedy. There is general concern over the monsoon; patchy or inadequate rainfall can spell disaster. Low productivity is a chronic problem because of the shrinking size of the cultivated plots. Two-grain harvests a year are fairly routine. But the yields are low by global standards. The policy message for reforming agriculture is very clear. The areas which merit urgent and concerted attention to streamlining agriculture revolve around investment, incentive, and institutions. We need to rationalise and prune input subsidies. The savings, thus generated, should be invested in agriculture - Research & Development at rural roads, rural education, irrigation and water works. Higher levels of investment in agriculture both by the public and private sector can yield much better results. Policy -makers must be bold to bite the bullet and drastically cut subsidies which will open the avenue for increasing the size of the public investment. One way to contain the subsidy bill is to provide subsidies directly to farmers. Private investment is the engine of agricultural growth. Again, it responds to incentives. Much of the adverse impact on incentives comes from strangulating the domestic market under the Essential Commodities Act (ECA) 1955. This law allows the state to restrict movement of agro-products across state boundaries. Furthermore, the law bans the storage of large quantities of any of the 90 commodities, including onions and wheat. The intention is to deter ‘hoarding’, but it has adversely affected investment in cold storages and warehouses. Therefore, a substantial quantity of crops rots before they reach the dining table.

Q. Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in the meaning of the word 'drastically' as used in the passage?

Directions : Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Farmers have progressed the world over yet they are languishing in this country. Despite decades of industrial development, about 600 million Indians, or roughly half the population, depend on growing crops or rearing animals to earn a living. The country still relies on imports of essential items, such as pulses and cooking oil. Almost half of the average Indian household’s expenditure is on food, an important factor behind inflation. Food security at the micro level remains elusive. The global development experience, especially of the BRICS countries, reveals that one percentage point growth in agriculture is at least two to three times more effective in reducing poverty than the same degree of growth emanating from the non-agriculture sector.

Of late, the woes of the farmer have exacerbated. Untimely rain damaged winter crops in northern India. The heat wave killed more than 2000 people - mostly working in the fields. Suicides by farmers, owing to the low price of their produce, are almost a recurrent tragedy. There is general concern over the monsoon; patchy or inadequate rainfall can spell disaster. Low productivity is a chronic problem because of the shrinking size of the cultivated plots. Two-grain harvests a year are fairly routine. But the yields are low by global standards. The policy message for reforming agriculture is very clear. The areas which merit urgent and concerted attention to streamlining agriculture revolve around investment, incentive, and institutions. We need to rationalise and prune input subsidies. The savings, thus generated, should be invested in agriculture - Research & Development at rural roads, rural education, irrigation and water works. Higher levels of investment in agriculture both by the public and private sector can yield much better results. Policy -makers must be bold to bite the bullet and drastically cut subsidies which will open the avenue for increasing the size of the public investment. One way to contain the subsidy bill is to provide subsidies directly to farmers. Private investment is the engine of agricultural growth. Again, it responds to incentives. Much of the adverse impact on incentives comes from strangulating the domestic market under the Essential Commodities Act (ECA) 1955. This law allows the state to restrict movement of agro-products across state boundaries. Furthermore, the law bans the storage of large quantities of any of the 90 commodities, including onions and wheat. The intention is to deter ‘hoarding’, but it has adversely affected investment in cold storages and warehouses. Therefore, a substantial quantity of crops rots before they reach the dining table.

Q. How is Essential Commodities Act (ECA) 1955 counterproductive for the farmers?

(A) This demotivates investments in the cold storages and warehouses.

(B) Free movement of goods in the entire country is regulated.

(C) This encourages hoarding of non-essential commodities.

Directions : Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Farmers have progressed the world over yet they are languishing in this country. Despite decades of industrial development, about 600 million Indians, or roughly half the population, depend on growing crops or rearing animals to earn a living. The country still relies on imports of essential items, such as pulses and cooking oil. Almost half of the average Indian household’s expenditure is on food, an important factor behind inflation. Food security at the micro level remains elusive. The global development experience, especially of the BRICS countries, reveals that one percentage point growth in agriculture is at least two to three times more effective in reducing poverty than the same degree of growth emanating from the non-agriculture sector.

Of late, the woes of the farmer have exacerbated. Untimely rain damaged winter crops in northern India. The heat wave killed more than 2000 people - mostly working in the fields. Suicides by farmers, owing to the low price of their produce, are almost a recurrent tragedy. There is general concern over the monsoon; patchy or inadequate rainfall can spell disaster. Low productivity is a chronic problem because of the shrinking size of the cultivated plots. Two-grain harvests a year are fairly routine. But the yields are low by global standards. The policy message for reforming agriculture is very clear. The areas which merit urgent and concerted attention to streamlining agriculture revolve around investment, incentive, and institutions. We need to rationalise and prune input subsidies. The savings, thus generated, should be invested in agriculture - Research & Development at rural roads, rural education, irrigation and water works. Higher levels of investment in agriculture both by the public and private sector can yield much better results. Policy -makers must be bold to bite the bullet and drastically cut subsidies which will open the avenue for increasing the size of the public investment. One way to contain the subsidy bill is to provide subsidies directly to farmers. Private investment is the engine of agricultural growth. Again, it responds to incentives. Much of the adverse impact on incentives comes from strangulating the domestic market under the Essential Commodities Act (ECA) 1955. This law allows the state to restrict movement of agro-products across state boundaries. Furthermore, the law bans the storage of large quantities of any of the 90 commodities, including onions and wheat. The intention is to deter ‘hoarding’, but it has adversely affected investment in cold storages and warehouses. Therefore, a substantial quantity of crops rots before they reach the dining table.

Q. Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in the meaning of the word 'exacerbated' as used in the passage?

Directions : Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Farmers have progressed the world over yet they are languishing in this country. Despite decades of industrial development, about 600 million Indians, or roughly half the population, depend on growing crops or rearing animals to earn a living. The country still relies on imports of essential items, such as pulses and cooking oil. Almost half of the average Indian household’s expenditure is on food, an important factor behind inflation. Food security at the micro level remains elusive. The global development experience, especially of the BRICS countries, reveals that one percentage point growth in agriculture is at least two to three times more effective in reducing poverty than the same degree of growth emanating from the non-agriculture sector.

Of late, the woes of the farmer have exacerbated. Untimely rain damaged winter crops in northern India. The heat wave killed more than 2000 people - mostly working in the fields. Suicides by farmers, owing to the low price of their produce, are almost a recurrent tragedy. There is general concern over the monsoon; patchy or inadequate rainfall can spell disaster. Low productivity is a chronic problem because of the shrinking size of the cultivated plots. Two-grain harvests a year are fairly routine. But the yields are low by global standards. The policy message for reforming agriculture is very clear. The areas which merit urgent and concerted attention to streamlining agriculture revolve around investment, incentive, and institutions. We need to rationalise and prune input subsidies. The savings, thus generated, should be invested in agriculture - Research & Development at rural roads, rural education, irrigation and water works. Higher levels of investment in agriculture both by the public and private sector can yield much better results. Policy -makers must be bold to bite the bullet and drastically cut subsidies which will open the avenue for increasing the size of the public investment. One way to contain the subsidy bill is to provide subsidies directly to farmers. Private investment is the engine of agricultural growth. Again, it responds to incentives. Much of the adverse impact on incentives comes from strangulating the domestic market under the Essential Commodities Act (ECA) 1955. This law allows the state to restrict movement of agro-products across state boundaries. Furthermore, the law bans the storage of large quantities of any of the 90 commodities, including onions and wheat. The intention is to deter ‘hoarding’, but it has adversely affected investment in cold storages and warehouses. Therefore, a substantial quantity of crops rots before they reach the dining table.

Q. Which of the following is a cause of low production in India?

Directions : Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Farmers have progressed the world over yet they are languishing in this country. Despite decades of industrial development, about 600 million Indians, or roughly half the population, depend on growing crops or rearing animals to earn a living. The country still relies on imports of essential items, such as pulses and cooking oil. Almost half of the average Indian household’s expenditure is on food, an important factor behind inflation. Food security at the micro level remains elusive. The global development experience, especially of the BRICS countries, reveals that one percentage point growth in agriculture is at least two to three times more effective in reducing poverty than the same degree of growth emanating from the non-agriculture sector.

Of late, the woes of the farmer have exacerbated. Untimely rain damaged winter crops in northern India. The heat wave killed more than 2000 people - mostly working in the fields. Suicides by farmers, owing to the low price of their produce, are almost a recurrent tragedy. There is general concern over the monsoon; patchy or inadequate rainfall can spell disaster. Low productivity is a chronic problem because of the shrinking size of the cultivated plots. Two-grain harvests a year are fairly routine. But the yields are low by global standards. The policy message for reforming agriculture is very clear. The areas which merit urgent and concerted attention to streamlining agriculture revolve around investment, incentive, and institutions. We need to rationalise and prune input subsidies. The savings, thus generated, should be invested in agriculture - Research & Development at rural roads, rural education, irrigation and water works. Higher levels of investment in agriculture both by the public and private sector can yield much better results. Policy -makers must be bold to bite the bullet and drastically cut subsidies which will open the avenue for increasing the size of the public investment. One way to contain the subsidy bill is to provide subsidies directly to farmers. Private investment is the engine of agricultural growth. Again, it responds to incentives. Much of the adverse impact on incentives comes from strangulating the domestic market under the Essential Commodities Act (ECA) 1955. This law allows the state to restrict movement of agro-products across state boundaries. Furthermore, the law bans the storage of large quantities of any of the 90 commodities, including onions and wheat. The intention is to deter ‘hoarding’, but it has adversely affected investment in cold storages and warehouses. Therefore, a substantial quantity of crops rots before they reach the dining table.

Q. What has been suggested by the author for reforming agriculture?

Directions : Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Farmers have progressed the world over yet they are languishing in this country. Despite decades of industrial development, about 600 million Indians, or roughly half the population, depend on growing crops or rearing animals to earn a living. The country still relies on imports of essential items, such as pulses and cooking oil. Almost half of the average Indian household’s expenditure is on food, an important factor behind inflation. Food security at the micro level remains elusive. The global development experience, especially of the BRICS countries, reveals that one percentage point growth in agriculture is at least two to three times more effective in reducing poverty than the same degree of growth emanating from the non-agriculture sector.

Of late, the woes of the farmer have exacerbated. Untimely rain damaged winter crops in northern India. The heat wave killed more than 2000 people - mostly working in the fields. Suicides by farmers, owing to the low price of their produce, are almost a recurrent tragedy. There is general concern over the monsoon; patchy or inadequate rainfall can spell disaster. Low productivity is a chronic problem because of the shrinking size of the cultivated plots. Two-grain harvests a year are fairly routine. But the yields are low by global standards. The policy message for reforming agriculture is very clear. The areas which merit urgent and concerted attention to streamlining agriculture revolve around investment, incentive, and institutions. We need to rationalise and prune input subsidies. The savings, thus generated, should be invested in agriculture - Research & Development at rural roads, rural education, irrigation and water works. Higher levels of investment in agriculture both by the public and private sector can yield much better results. Policy -makers must be bold to bite the bullet and drastically cut subsidies which will open the avenue for increasing the size of the public investment. One way to contain the subsidy bill is to provide subsidies directly to farmers. Private investment is the engine of agricultural growth. Again, it responds to incentives. Much of the adverse impact on incentives comes from strangulating the domestic market under the Essential Commodities Act (ECA) 1955. This law allows the state to restrict movement of agro-products across state boundaries. Furthermore, the law bans the storage of large quantities of any of the 90 commodities, including onions and wheat. The intention is to deter ‘hoarding’, but it has adversely affected investment in cold storages and warehouses. Therefore, a substantial quantity of crops rots before they reach the dining table.

Q. Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word 'strangulating' as used in the passage?

Directions : Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Farmers have progressed the world over yet they are languishing in this country. Despite decades of industrial development, about 600 million Indians, or roughly half the population, depend on growing crops or rearing animals to earn a living. The country still relies on imports of essential items, such as pulses and cooking oil. Almost half of the average Indian household’s expenditure is on food, an important factor behind inflation. Food security at the micro level remains elusive. The global development experience, especially of the BRICS countries, reveals that one percentage point growth in agriculture is at least two to three times more effective in reducing poverty than the same degree of growth emanating from the non-agriculture sector.

Of late, the woes of the farmer have exacerbated. Untimely rain damaged winter crops in northern India. The heat wave killed more than 2000 people - mostly working in the fields. Suicides by farmers, owing to the low price of their produce, are almost a recurrent tragedy. There is general concern over the monsoon; patchy or inadequate rainfall can spell disaster. Low productivity is a chronic problem because of the shrinking size of the cultivated plots. Two-grain harvests a year are fairly routine. But the yields are low by global standards. The policy message for reforming agriculture is very clear. The areas which merit urgent and concerted attention to streamlining agriculture revolve around investment, incentive, and institutions. We need to rationalise and prune input subsidies. The savings, thus generated, should be invested in agriculture - Research & Development at rural roads, rural education, irrigation and water works. Higher levels of investment in agriculture both by the public and private sector can yield much better results. Policy -makers must be bold to bite the bullet and drastically cut subsidies which will open the avenue for increasing the size of the public investment. One way to contain the subsidy bill is to provide subsidies directly to farmers. Private investment is the engine of agricultural growth. Again, it responds to incentives. Much of the adverse impact on incentives comes from strangulating the domestic market under the Essential Commodities Act (ECA) 1955. This law allows the state to restrict movement of agro-products across state boundaries. Furthermore, the law bans the storage of large quantities of any of the 90 commodities, including onions and wheat. The intention is to deter ‘hoarding’, but it has adversely affected investment in cold storages and warehouses. Therefore, a substantial quantity of crops rots before they reach the dining table.

Q. Which of the following is a matter of annoyance for farmers in northern India?

Directions : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Hundreds of plants and animals are..(11).. every day due to deforestation and urbanization what might happen if this continues in the future? The last mass extinction of plant and animal species occurred 65 million years ago with the Dinosaurs. In all, five mass extinctions have occurred and scientists..(12).. earth is in sixth mass extinction. The world as it is now is threatened, including people, who are responsible for earth’s …(13)…. Pesticides contaminating water; over harvesting of animals and plants; air pollution; illegal fishing and the Clearing of land are direct results of urbanization and deforestation. People have …(14).. and damaged almost half a earth's land, at a very unsustainable rate. Global warming is having a serious impact as well. A six-degree Celsius increase in global temperature killed 95% of All species on Earth 251 million years ago. An increase of six-degree Celsius is forecast this Century if a change is not made to..(15).. the damage done to earth. Humans will be one of the 95% of species lost. Noticeable, changes of global warming include migration..(16).. the change in season Urnings. Migrating birds are migrating earlier, which in turn is causing them to hatch eggs and..(17)… young earlier than they did at the beginning of this Century. While this is just the tip of the iceberg many other …(18)… regarding the extinction of plant and animal species need addressing. It is more important now than ever before to pull our heads out of the sand arid make changes for the …(19)… of the earth. Future generations are …(20)…, a they are a species as well.

Directions : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Hundreds of plants and animals are..(11).. every day due to deforestation and urbanization what might happen if this continues in the future? The last mass extinction of plant and animal species occurred 65 million years ago with the Dinosaurs. In all, five mass extinctions have occurred and scientists..(12).. earth is in sixth mass extinction. The world as it is now is threatened, including people, who are responsible for earth’s …(13)…. Pesticides contaminating water; over harvesting of animals and plants; air pollution; illegal fishing and the Clearing of land are direct results of urbanization and deforestation. People have …(14).. and damaged almost half a earth's land, at a very unsustainable rate. Global warming is having a serious impact as well. A six-degree Celsius increase in global temperature killed 95% of All species on Earth 251 million years ago. An increase of six-degree Celsius is forecast this Century if a change is not made to..(15).. the damage done to earth. Humans will be one of the 95% of species lost. Noticeable, changes of global warming include migration..(16).. the change in season Urnings. Migrating birds are migrating earlier, which in turn is causing them to hatch eggs and..(17)… young earlier than they did at the beginning of this Century. While this is just the tip of the iceberg many other …(18)… regarding the extinction of plant and animal species need addressing. It is more important now than ever before to pull our heads out of the sand arid make changes for the …(19)… of the earth. Future generations are …(20)…, a they are a species as well.

Directions : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Hundreds of plants and animals are..(11).. every day due to deforestation and urbanization what might happen if this continues in the future? The last mass extinction of plant and animal species occurred 65 million years ago with the Dinosaurs. In all, five mass extinctions have occurred and scientists..(12).. earth is in sixth mass extinction. The world as it is now is threatened, including people, who are responsible for earth’s …(13)…. Pesticides contaminating water; over harvesting of animals and plants; air pollution; illegal fishing and the Clearing of land are direct results of urbanization and deforestation. People have …(14).. and damaged almost half a earth's land, at a very unsustainable rate. Global warming is having a serious impact as well. A six-degree Celsius increase in global temperature killed 95% of All species on Earth 251 million years ago. An increase of six-degree Celsius is forecast this Century if a change is not made to..(15).. the damage done to earth. Humans will be one of the 95% of species lost. Noticeable, changes of global warming include migration..(16).. the change in season Urnings. Migrating birds are migrating earlier, which in turn is causing them to hatch eggs and..(17)… young earlier than they did at the beginning of this Century. While this is just the tip of the iceberg many other …(18)… regarding the extinction of plant and animal species need addressing. It is more important now than ever before to pull our heads out of the sand arid make changes for the …(19)… of the earth. Future generations are …(20)…, a they are a species as well.

Directions : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Hundreds of plants and animals are..(11).. every day due to deforestation and urbanization what might happen if this continues in the future? The last mass extinction of plant and animal species occurred 65 million years ago with the Dinosaurs. In all, five mass extinctions have occurred and scientists..(12).. earth is in sixth mass extinction. The world as it is now is threatened, including people, who are responsible for earth’s …(13)…. Pesticides contaminating water; over harvesting of animals and plants; air pollution; illegal fishing and the Clearing of land are direct results of urbanization and deforestation. People have …(14).. and damaged almost half a earth's land, at a very unsustainable rate. Global warming is having a serious impact as well. A six-degree Celsius increase in global temperature killed 95% of All species on Earth 251 million years ago. An increase of six-degree Celsius is forecast this Century if a change is not made to..(15).. the damage done to earth. Humans will be one of the 95% of species lost. Noticeable, changes of global warming include migration..(16).. the change in season Urnings. Migrating birds are migrating earlier, which in turn is causing them to hatch eggs and..(17)… young earlier than they did at the beginning of this Century. While this is just the tip of the iceberg many other …(18)… regarding the extinction of plant and animal species need addressing. It is more important now than ever before to pull our heads out of the sand arid make changes for the …(19)… of the earth. Future generations are …(20)…, a they are a species as well.

Directions : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Hundreds of plants and animals are..(11).. every day due to deforestation and urbanization what might happen if this continues in the future? The last mass extinction of plant and animal species occurred 65 million years ago with the Dinosaurs. In all, five mass extinctions have occurred and scientists..(12).. earth is in sixth mass extinction. The world as it is now is threatened, including people, who are responsible for earth’s …(13)…. Pesticides contaminating water; over harvesting of animals and plants; air pollution; illegal fishing and the Clearing of land are direct results of urbanization and deforestation. People have …(14).. and damaged almost half a earth's land, at a very unsustainable rate. Global warming is having a serious impact as well. A six-degree Celsius increase in global temperature killed 95% of All species on Earth 251 million years ago. An increase of six-degree Celsius is forecast this Century if a change is not made to..(15).. the damage done to earth. Humans will be one of the 95% of species lost. Noticeable, changes of global warming include migration..(16).. the change in season Urnings. Migrating birds are migrating earlier, which in turn is causing them to hatch eggs and..(17)… young earlier than they did at the beginning of this Century. While this is just the tip of the iceberg many other …(18)… regarding the extinction of plant and animal species need addressing. It is more important now than ever before to pull our heads out of the sand arid make changes for the …(19)… of the earth. Future generations are …(20)…, a they are a species as well.

Directions : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Hundreds of plants and animals are..(11).. every day due to deforestation and urbanization what might happen if this continues in the future? The last mass extinction of plant and animal species occurred 65 million years ago with the Dinosaurs. In all, five mass extinctions have occurred and scientists..(12).. earth is in sixth mass extinction. The world as it is now is threatened, including people, who are responsible for earth’s …(13)…. Pesticides contaminating water; over harvesting of animals and plants; air pollution; illegal fishing and the Clearing of land are direct results of urbanization and deforestation. People have …(14).. and damaged almost half a earth's land, at a very unsustainable rate. Global warming is having a serious impact as well. A six-degree Celsius increase in global temperature killed 95% of All species on Earth 251 million years ago. An increase of six-degree Celsius is forecast this Century if a change is not made to..(15).. the damage done to earth. Humans will be one of the 95% of species lost. Noticeable, changes of global warming include migration..(16).. the change in season Urnings. Migrating birds are migrating earlier, which in turn is causing them to hatch eggs and..(17)… young earlier than they did at the beginning of this Century. While this is just the tip of the iceberg many other …(18)… regarding the extinction of plant and animal species need addressing. It is more important now than ever before to pull our heads out of the sand arid make changes for the …(19)… of the earth. Future generations are …(20)…, a they are a species as well.

Directions : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Hundreds of plants and animals are..(11).. every day due to deforestation and urbanization what might happen if this continues in the future? The last mass extinction of plant and animal species occurred 65 million years ago with the Dinosaurs. In all, five mass extinctions have occurred and scientists..(12).. earth is in sixth mass extinction. The world as it is now is threatened, including people, who are responsible for earth’s …(13)…. Pesticides contaminating water; over harvesting of animals and plants; air pollution; illegal fishing and the Clearing of land are direct results of urbanization and deforestation. People have …(14).. and damaged almost half a earth's land, at a very unsustainable rate. Global warming is having a serious impact as well. A six-degree Celsius increase in global temperature killed 95% of All species on Earth 251 million years ago. An increase of six-degree Celsius is forecast this Century if a change is not made to..(15).. the damage done to earth. Humans will be one of the 95% of species lost. Noticeable, changes of global warming include migration..(16).. the change in season Urnings. Migrating birds are migrating earlier, which in turn is causing them to hatch eggs and..(17)… young earlier than they did at the beginning of this Century. While this is just the tip of the iceberg many other …(18)… regarding the extinction of plant and animal species need addressing. It is more important now than ever before to pull our heads out of the sand arid make changes for the …(19)… of the earth. Future generations are …(20)…, a they are a species as well.

Directions : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Hundreds of plants and animals are..(11).. every day due to deforestation and urbanization what might happen if this continues in the future? The last mass extinction of plant and animal species occurred 65 million years ago with the Dinosaurs. In all, five mass extinctions have occurred and scientists..(12).. earth is in sixth mass extinction. The world as it is now is threatened, including people, who are responsible for earth’s …(13)…. Pesticides contaminating water; over harvesting of animals and plants; air pollution; illegal fishing and the Clearing of land are direct results of urbanization and deforestation. People have …(14).. and damaged almost half a earth's land, at a very unsustainable rate. Global warming is having a serious impact as well. A six-degree Celsius increase in global temperature killed 95% of All species on Earth 251 million years ago. An increase of six-degree Celsius is forecast this Century if a change is not made to..(15).. the damage done to earth. Humans will be one of the 95% of species lost. Noticeable, changes of global warming include migration..(16).. the change in season Urnings. Migrating birds are migrating earlier, which in turn is causing them to hatch eggs and..(17)… young earlier than they did at the beginning of this Century. While this is just the tip of the iceberg many other …(18)… regarding the extinction of plant and animal species need addressing. It is more important now than ever before to pull our heads out of the sand arid make changes for the …(19)… of the earth. Future generations are …(20)…, a they are a species as well.

Directions : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Hundreds of plants and animals are..(11).. every day due to deforestation and urbanization what might happen if this continues in the future? The last mass extinction of plant and animal species occurred 65 million years ago with the Dinosaurs. In all, five mass extinctions have occurred and scientists..(12).. earth is in sixth mass extinction. The world as it is now is threatened, including people, who are responsible for earth’s …(13)…. Pesticides contaminating water; over harvesting of animals and plants; air pollution; illegal fishing and the Clearing of land are direct results of urbanization and deforestation. People have …(14).. and damaged almost half a earth's land, at a very unsustainable rate. Global warming is having a serious impact as well. A six-degree Celsius increase in global temperature killed 95% of All species on Earth 251 million years ago. An increase of six-degree Celsius is forecast this Century if a change is not made to..(15).. the damage done to earth. Humans will be one of the 95% of species lost. Noticeable, changes of global warming include migration..(16).. the change in season Urnings. Migrating birds are migrating earlier, which in turn is causing them to hatch eggs and..(17)… young earlier than they did at the beginning of this Century. While this is just the tip of the iceberg many other …(18)… regarding the extinction of plant and animal species need addressing. It is more important now than ever before to pull our heads out of the sand arid make changes for the …(19)… of the earth. Future generations are …(20)…, a they are a species as well.

Directions : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Hundreds of plants and animals are..(11).. every day due to deforestation and urbanization what might happen if this continues in the future? The last mass extinction of plant and animal species occurred 65 million years ago with the Dinosaurs. In all, five mass extinctions have occurred and scientists..(12).. earth is in sixth mass extinction. The world as it is now is threatened, including people, who are responsible for earth’s …(13)…. Pesticides contaminating water; over harvesting of animals and plants; air pollution; illegal fishing and the Clearing of land are direct results of urbanization and deforestation. People have …(14).. and damaged almost half a earth's land, at a very unsustainable rate. Global warming is having a serious impact as well. A six-degree Celsius increase in global temperature killed 95% of All species on Earth 251 million years ago. An increase of six-degree Celsius is forecast this Century if a change is not made to..(15).. the damage done to earth. Humans will be one of the 95% of species lost. Noticeable, changes of global warming include migration..(16).. the change in season Urnings. Migrating birds are migrating earlier, which in turn is causing them to hatch eggs and..(17)… young earlier than they did at the beginning of this Century. While this is just the tip of the iceberg many other …(18)… regarding the extinction of plant and animal species need addressing. It is more important now than ever before to pull our heads out of the sand arid make changes for the …(19)… of the earth. Future generations are …(20)…, a they are a species as well.

Directions : Given below are six sentences A), B), C), D), E) and F). Arrange them in a proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) Milk, beverages and soup are also high in water content.

(B) Water is the major ingredient of all drinks.

(C) However, they can only be a source of fluid intake and cover only a small part of loss of body fluid.

(D) For instance, diluted squashes have 86 per cent of water content, fruit juices 90 per cent and carbonated drinks 65 per cent.

(E) Low-moisture foods such as grains and meat products do not contribute significantly to water intake.

(F) Many fruits and vegetables are a good source of water—like leafy vegetables, cucumber and watermelon.

Q. Which will be the ‘LAST’ sentence in the paragraph?

Directions : Given below are six sentences A), B), C), D), E) and F). Arrange them in a proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) Milk, beverages and soup are also high in water content.

(B) Water is the major ingredient of all drinks.

(C) However, they can only be a source of fluid intake and cover only a small part of loss of body fluid.

(D) For instance, diluted squashes have 86 per cent of water content, fruit juices 90 per cent and carbonated drinks 65 per cent.

(E) Low-moisture foods such as grains and meat products do not contribute significantly to water intake.

(F) Many fruits and vegetables are a good source of water—like leafy vegetables, cucumber and watermelon.

Q. Which will be the ‘FIRST’ sentence in the paragraph?

Directions : Given below are six sentences A), B), C), D), E) and F). Arrange them in a proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) Milk, beverages and soup are also high in water content.

(B) Water is the major ingredient of all drinks.

(C) However, they can only be a source of fluid intake and cover only a small part of loss of body fluid.

(D) For instance, diluted squashes have 86 per cent of water content, fruit juices 90 per cent and carbonated drinks 65 per cent.

(E) Low-moisture foods such as grains and meat products do not contribute significantly to water intake.

(F) Many fruits and vegetables are a good source of water—like leafy vegetables, cucumber and watermelon.

Q. Which sentence will come at ‘FOURTH’ place in the paragraph?

Directions : Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

A. Similarly, turning to caste, even though being lower caste is undoubtedly a separate cause of disparity, its impact  is all the greater when the lower-caste families also happen to be poor. 

B. Belonging to a privileged class can help a woman to overcome many barriers that obstruct women from less thriving classes.  

C. It is the interactive presence of these two kinds of deprivation  -  being low class and being female  -  that massively impoverishes women from the less privileged classes.  

D. A congruence of class deprivation and gender discrimination can blight the lives of poorer women very severely.  

E. Gender is certainly a contributor to societal inequality, but it does not act independently of class. 

Q. Which sentence will come at ‘SECOND’ place in the paragraph?

Directions : Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

A. Similarly, turning to caste, even though being lower caste is undoubtedly a separate cause of disparity, its impact  is all the greater when the lower-caste families also happen to be poor. 

B. Belonging to a privileged class can help a woman to overcome many barriers that obstruct women from less thriving classes.  

C. It is the interactive presence of these two kinds of deprivation  -  being low class and being female  -  that massively impoverishes women from the less privileged classes.  

D. A congruence of class deprivation and gender discrimination can blight the lives of poorer women very severely.  

E. Gender is certainly a contributor to societal inequality, but it does not act independently of class. 

Q. Which will be the ‘FIFTH’ sentence in the paragraph?

Directions: Each questions has a sentence with 5 parts labeled (a), (b), (c),(d) and (e). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate your answer in the answer sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c) or (d) or (e). 

The National Green Tribunal have (A) /  granted three weeks to the Art of Living Foundation (AOL)  (B) /  to deposit the Rs. 5 crore environmental  (C )/ compensation amount stating that Rs. 25 lakh will need to (D) / be deposited on Friday before the order (E) /.

Directions: Each questions has a sentence with 5 parts labeled (a), (b), (c),(d) and (e). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate your answer in the answer sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c) or (d) or (e). 

Earlier on Friday, the reclusive country's official KCNA news agency reported  (A) /  that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had watched a ballistic missile launch test (B) /  and ordered the country to improve (C) /  its nuclear attack capability by conducting more tests (D)/ No error (E)/.

Directions: Each questions has a sentence with 5 parts labeled (a), (b), (c),(d) and (e). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate your answer in the answer sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c) or (d) or (e). 

India must criminalize marital rape (A) / as a first step towards ending violence for women (B) /, says UNDP administrator Helen Clark, (C) /  in an exclusive interview (D) /  to Diplomatic Editor Suhasini Haidar in New Delhi (E)/.

Directions: Each questions has a sentence with 5 parts labeled (a), (b), (c),(d) and (e). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate your answer in the answer sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c) or (d) or (e). 

The President said that as an upholder (A) /  of the Rule of Law and enforcer of the right of liberty, (B) / the role of the judiciary was sacrosanct (C) / and the faith and confidence people (D) /  had in it must be always maintained (E) /

Directions: Each questions has a sentence with 5 parts labeled (a), (b), (c),(d) and (e). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate your answer in the answer sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c) or (d) or (e). 

Leaders of seven alliance partners (A) / of the AIADMK met party general secretary and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa (B) / at Sunday and pledged their support (C ) /   to the party in the ensuing Assembly elections (D) /  NO error (E) /.