SBI PO 2020: Prelims Question Paper with Solutions - 2 | SBI PO Mock Test Series & Past Year Papers 2024 - Bank Exams PDF Download

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Direction (1-5): In each of the questions given below, 
a set of sentences is given, which when properly 
sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Arrange the 
sentences in the correct sequence and answer the 
questions that follow. 
I. The Congress has set the ball rolling for 
organisational elections in a period of great 
uncertainty in the party. 
II. The post of the president has been vacant after 
Rahul Gandhi resigned in the aftermath of the 
Lok Sabha election debacle in 2019, Sonia 
Gandhi filled in as interim president but the 
leadership vacuum has aggravated the 
morbidities of the party since then. 
III. Its performance in the recent Bihar election was 
abysmal, made stark by the fact that Mr. 
Gandhi chose to go on a vacation in the midst 
of the campaign. 
IV. The Central Election Authority of the party 
hopes to have a session of the All India 
Congress Committee by February 2021 that will 
elect the Congress Working Committee and 
possibly a new president. 
V. In an extremely difficult political environment, 
the party has been drifting, aimless and 
rudderless. 
VI. The edifice that held the party together from 
2004 to 2014 when it was in power at the 
Centre has crumbled. 
1. Which from the following is the first sentence 
after rearrangement?  
A. I. 
B. II 
C. III 
D. IV 
E. None of the above 
2.  Which from the following is the third sentence 
after rearrangement?  
A. I 
B. II 
C. III 
D. IV 
E. V 
 
3. Which from the following is the second 
sentence after rearrangement?  
A. II 
B. IV 
C. V 
D. VI 
E. None of the above 
4.  Which from the following is the fifth sentence 
after rearrangement?  
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Direction (1-5): In each of the questions given below, 
a set of sentences is given, which when properly 
sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Arrange the 
sentences in the correct sequence and answer the 
questions that follow. 
I. The Congress has set the ball rolling for 
organisational elections in a period of great 
uncertainty in the party. 
II. The post of the president has been vacant after 
Rahul Gandhi resigned in the aftermath of the 
Lok Sabha election debacle in 2019, Sonia 
Gandhi filled in as interim president but the 
leadership vacuum has aggravated the 
morbidities of the party since then. 
III. Its performance in the recent Bihar election was 
abysmal, made stark by the fact that Mr. 
Gandhi chose to go on a vacation in the midst 
of the campaign. 
IV. The Central Election Authority of the party 
hopes to have a session of the All India 
Congress Committee by February 2021 that will 
elect the Congress Working Committee and 
possibly a new president. 
V. In an extremely difficult political environment, 
the party has been drifting, aimless and 
rudderless. 
VI. The edifice that held the party together from 
2004 to 2014 when it was in power at the 
Centre has crumbled. 
1. Which from the following is the first sentence 
after rearrangement?  
A. I. 
B. II 
C. III 
D. IV 
E. None of the above 
2.  Which from the following is the third sentence 
after rearrangement?  
A. I 
B. II 
C. III 
D. IV 
E. V 
 
3. Which from the following is the second 
sentence after rearrangement?  
A. II 
B. IV 
C. V 
D. VI 
E. None of the above 
4.  Which from the following is the fifth sentence 
after rearrangement?  
                                      
  
 
                                  
       
A. I 
B. III 
C. IV 
D. V 
E. None of the above 
5. Which from the following is the sixth sentence 
after rearrangement?  
A. II 
B. III 
C. IV 
D. V 
E. VI 
 
Directions (6–8):  In each of the following questions a 
grammatically correct and meaningful sentence is 
given with four words given in bold in each. Which of 
the following words should replace each other to form 
a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. 
The meaning can be different from the one in 
question. 
6) Also, important (A) down notes (B)for your seniors 
on ward rounds (C) is probably not the 
most jotting(D) thing. 
a) A-D 
b) C-D 
c) A-C, B-D 
d) A-B, C-D 
e) B-D 
7) Its chief feature(A) is that the reader(B)is given 
the process(C)to play along and engage in 
the opportunity(D)of deduction. 
a) A-D 
b) C-D 
c) A-C, B-D 
d) A-B, C-D 
e) B-D 
8) Urgent(A) that all these measures(B) are true, the 
fact remains that there is an Assuming(C)need to 
check the accelerated costs and initiate 
suitable reasons.(D) 
a) A-D 
b) C-D 
c) A-C, B-D 
d) A-B, C-D 
e) B-D 
 
Direction (9-12): In each of the questions given below 
a part of the sentence is given in bold. It is then 
followed by three options. Find the alternative that 
can replace the given bold part to make the sentence 
grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the 
alternatives is correct and the sentence is correct as 
it is then select option (E) as your choice. 
9. Most often, reports prepared for the RBI’s internal 
working groups barely draw much attention 
beyond the relevant circles in the banking and 
financial services industries and rarely ever evoke 
protest. 
I. reports prepared by the 
II. reports prepared in the 
III. reports prepared of the 
A. Both I and II 
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Direction (1-5): In each of the questions given below, 
a set of sentences is given, which when properly 
sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Arrange the 
sentences in the correct sequence and answer the 
questions that follow. 
I. The Congress has set the ball rolling for 
organisational elections in a period of great 
uncertainty in the party. 
II. The post of the president has been vacant after 
Rahul Gandhi resigned in the aftermath of the 
Lok Sabha election debacle in 2019, Sonia 
Gandhi filled in as interim president but the 
leadership vacuum has aggravated the 
morbidities of the party since then. 
III. Its performance in the recent Bihar election was 
abysmal, made stark by the fact that Mr. 
Gandhi chose to go on a vacation in the midst 
of the campaign. 
IV. The Central Election Authority of the party 
hopes to have a session of the All India 
Congress Committee by February 2021 that will 
elect the Congress Working Committee and 
possibly a new president. 
V. In an extremely difficult political environment, 
the party has been drifting, aimless and 
rudderless. 
VI. The edifice that held the party together from 
2004 to 2014 when it was in power at the 
Centre has crumbled. 
1. Which from the following is the first sentence 
after rearrangement?  
A. I. 
B. II 
C. III 
D. IV 
E. None of the above 
2.  Which from the following is the third sentence 
after rearrangement?  
A. I 
B. II 
C. III 
D. IV 
E. V 
 
3. Which from the following is the second 
sentence after rearrangement?  
A. II 
B. IV 
C. V 
D. VI 
E. None of the above 
4.  Which from the following is the fifth sentence 
after rearrangement?  
                                      
  
 
                                  
       
A. I 
B. III 
C. IV 
D. V 
E. None of the above 
5. Which from the following is the sixth sentence 
after rearrangement?  
A. II 
B. III 
C. IV 
D. V 
E. VI 
 
Directions (6–8):  In each of the following questions a 
grammatically correct and meaningful sentence is 
given with four words given in bold in each. Which of 
the following words should replace each other to form 
a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. 
The meaning can be different from the one in 
question. 
6) Also, important (A) down notes (B)for your seniors 
on ward rounds (C) is probably not the 
most jotting(D) thing. 
a) A-D 
b) C-D 
c) A-C, B-D 
d) A-B, C-D 
e) B-D 
7) Its chief feature(A) is that the reader(B)is given 
the process(C)to play along and engage in 
the opportunity(D)of deduction. 
a) A-D 
b) C-D 
c) A-C, B-D 
d) A-B, C-D 
e) B-D 
8) Urgent(A) that all these measures(B) are true, the 
fact remains that there is an Assuming(C)need to 
check the accelerated costs and initiate 
suitable reasons.(D) 
a) A-D 
b) C-D 
c) A-C, B-D 
d) A-B, C-D 
e) B-D 
 
Direction (9-12): In each of the questions given below 
a part of the sentence is given in bold. It is then 
followed by three options. Find the alternative that 
can replace the given bold part to make the sentence 
grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the 
alternatives is correct and the sentence is correct as 
it is then select option (E) as your choice. 
9. Most often, reports prepared for the RBI’s internal 
working groups barely draw much attention 
beyond the relevant circles in the banking and 
financial services industries and rarely ever evoke 
protest. 
I. reports prepared by the 
II. reports prepared in the 
III. reports prepared of the 
A. Both I and II 
                                      
  
 
                                  
       
B. Both II and III 
C. Only I 
D. Only III 
E. No correction required 
10. The panel, which was tasked within reviews 
ownership norms and corporate structure for private 
sector banks, has made worthwhile suggestions 
including ways to harmonise licensing norms for all 
banks including older legacy lenders and newer 
entrants. 
I. with reviewing ownership norms 
II. with reviews ownership norms 
III. at reviewing ownership norms  
A. Both I and II 
B. Both II and III 
C. Both I and III 
D. Only I 
E. No correction required 
11. Most arguing is that the panel, which 
consulted with experts ranging from former RBI 
officials to legal and finance professionals, clearly 
acknowledges that all but one of these outside 
experts were unequivocal in their opinion that given 
the prevailing far-from-ideal corporate governance 
culture, corporates ought to be barred from promoting 
banks. 
I. Most intriguing is that 
II. Most intriguing for that 
III. Most arguing at that 
A. Both I and II 
B. Both II and III 
C. Only I 
D. Only II 
E. No correction required 
12. For all its regulatory powers and supervision 
capabilities, the RBI failed to spot the build-up of 
troubled exposures at Yes Bank in time. 
I. powers and supervisory capabilities 
II. authorities  and supervisory capabilities 
III. powers with supervisory capabilities 
A. Both I and II 
B. Both II and III 
C. Both I and III 
D. Only II 
E. No correction required 
 
Direction (13-16): The following question carries a 
statement with two blanks. From the given options, 
choose the word that would fit in both the blanks to 
make the sentence grammatically correct and 
meaningful. 
13) She had to ___________ her neck out of the 
window outside to see the __________ sitting in a 
herd near the pond. 
A) Turn 
B) Crane 
C) Run 
D) Take 
E) Strain 
14) The boy took the girl out for a _________ and 
treated her to her favourite  dessert of ice-cream and 
___________ 
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Direction (1-5): In each of the questions given below, 
a set of sentences is given, which when properly 
sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Arrange the 
sentences in the correct sequence and answer the 
questions that follow. 
I. The Congress has set the ball rolling for 
organisational elections in a period of great 
uncertainty in the party. 
II. The post of the president has been vacant after 
Rahul Gandhi resigned in the aftermath of the 
Lok Sabha election debacle in 2019, Sonia 
Gandhi filled in as interim president but the 
leadership vacuum has aggravated the 
morbidities of the party since then. 
III. Its performance in the recent Bihar election was 
abysmal, made stark by the fact that Mr. 
Gandhi chose to go on a vacation in the midst 
of the campaign. 
IV. The Central Election Authority of the party 
hopes to have a session of the All India 
Congress Committee by February 2021 that will 
elect the Congress Working Committee and 
possibly a new president. 
V. In an extremely difficult political environment, 
the party has been drifting, aimless and 
rudderless. 
VI. The edifice that held the party together from 
2004 to 2014 when it was in power at the 
Centre has crumbled. 
1. Which from the following is the first sentence 
after rearrangement?  
A. I. 
B. II 
C. III 
D. IV 
E. None of the above 
2.  Which from the following is the third sentence 
after rearrangement?  
A. I 
B. II 
C. III 
D. IV 
E. V 
 
3. Which from the following is the second 
sentence after rearrangement?  
A. II 
B. IV 
C. V 
D. VI 
E. None of the above 
4.  Which from the following is the fifth sentence 
after rearrangement?  
                                      
  
 
                                  
       
A. I 
B. III 
C. IV 
D. V 
E. None of the above 
5. Which from the following is the sixth sentence 
after rearrangement?  
A. II 
B. III 
C. IV 
D. V 
E. VI 
 
Directions (6–8):  In each of the following questions a 
grammatically correct and meaningful sentence is 
given with four words given in bold in each. Which of 
the following words should replace each other to form 
a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. 
The meaning can be different from the one in 
question. 
6) Also, important (A) down notes (B)for your seniors 
on ward rounds (C) is probably not the 
most jotting(D) thing. 
a) A-D 
b) C-D 
c) A-C, B-D 
d) A-B, C-D 
e) B-D 
7) Its chief feature(A) is that the reader(B)is given 
the process(C)to play along and engage in 
the opportunity(D)of deduction. 
a) A-D 
b) C-D 
c) A-C, B-D 
d) A-B, C-D 
e) B-D 
8) Urgent(A) that all these measures(B) are true, the 
fact remains that there is an Assuming(C)need to 
check the accelerated costs and initiate 
suitable reasons.(D) 
a) A-D 
b) C-D 
c) A-C, B-D 
d) A-B, C-D 
e) B-D 
 
Direction (9-12): In each of the questions given below 
a part of the sentence is given in bold. It is then 
followed by three options. Find the alternative that 
can replace the given bold part to make the sentence 
grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the 
alternatives is correct and the sentence is correct as 
it is then select option (E) as your choice. 
9. Most often, reports prepared for the RBI’s internal 
working groups barely draw much attention 
beyond the relevant circles in the banking and 
financial services industries and rarely ever evoke 
protest. 
I. reports prepared by the 
II. reports prepared in the 
III. reports prepared of the 
A. Both I and II 
                                      
  
 
                                  
       
B. Both II and III 
C. Only I 
D. Only III 
E. No correction required 
10. The panel, which was tasked within reviews 
ownership norms and corporate structure for private 
sector banks, has made worthwhile suggestions 
including ways to harmonise licensing norms for all 
banks including older legacy lenders and newer 
entrants. 
I. with reviewing ownership norms 
II. with reviews ownership norms 
III. at reviewing ownership norms  
A. Both I and II 
B. Both II and III 
C. Both I and III 
D. Only I 
E. No correction required 
11. Most arguing is that the panel, which 
consulted with experts ranging from former RBI 
officials to legal and finance professionals, clearly 
acknowledges that all but one of these outside 
experts were unequivocal in their opinion that given 
the prevailing far-from-ideal corporate governance 
culture, corporates ought to be barred from promoting 
banks. 
I. Most intriguing is that 
II. Most intriguing for that 
III. Most arguing at that 
A. Both I and II 
B. Both II and III 
C. Only I 
D. Only II 
E. No correction required 
12. For all its regulatory powers and supervision 
capabilities, the RBI failed to spot the build-up of 
troubled exposures at Yes Bank in time. 
I. powers and supervisory capabilities 
II. authorities  and supervisory capabilities 
III. powers with supervisory capabilities 
A. Both I and II 
B. Both II and III 
C. Both I and III 
D. Only II 
E. No correction required 
 
Direction (13-16): The following question carries a 
statement with two blanks. From the given options, 
choose the word that would fit in both the blanks to 
make the sentence grammatically correct and 
meaningful. 
13) She had to ___________ her neck out of the 
window outside to see the __________ sitting in a 
herd near the pond. 
A) Turn 
B) Crane 
C) Run 
D) Take 
E) Strain 
14) The boy took the girl out for a _________ and 
treated her to her favourite  dessert of ice-cream and 
___________ 
                                      
  
 
                                  
       
A) Date 
B) Apple 
C) Associate 
D) Keep 
E) Grow 
15) The pencil has a sharp ___________ but it is 
dangerous to _________ a sharp object at anyone. 
A) Weapon 
B) Edge 
C) Point 
D) Journalist 
E) News 
16) You were absolutely _______________ in making 
a quick ______________ turn at the next crossroad in 
order to avoid the forest area. 
A) Cargo 
B) Mantle 
C) Onus 
D) Right 
E) Liability 
 
Direction (17-23): Read the passage carefully and 
answer the questions given below it. There are some 
blanks given in the  passage based on which some 
questions are framed, and some words are 
highlighted as well to help you answer some of the 
questions. 
It is illegal to hoard, for black marketing, essential 
goods in drought-affected areas. Overcharging of 
commodities and services during any natural disaster 
is always a ………………(A). It is a crime against 
humanity to make a profit during any human tragedy. 
On the contrary, there is (and should be) empathy 
and concern about human suffering. (B) Such 
solidarity(1) is a belongings(2) of the need to: prevent 
further damage and destruction, rescue and 
evacuate(3) affected people to safer zones, and 
salvage recognition(4) and meet their minimal 
survival needs. For this nobody is charged. Instead, it 
is considered as relief work which comes out 
profusely as charity; a humane gesture.  
The COVID-19 pandemic is also a human tragedy 
and needs global solidarity. It is definitely not a time 
to be doing business and making a fast buck. Making 
enormous profit out of a human tragedy is shameful. 
Unfortunately, such a sense of shame is missing in 
the international trade market. (C) When economies 
crumbled in much countries, e-commerce and 
gadget-based gaming business boomed/ and in the 
novel coronavirus pandemic,/ there are numerous 
examples of companies having made enormous 
profits/ in the supply of personal protective equipment 
and kits and ventilators./ 
In a liberalised economy, there is a shocking silence 
in the global market trying to do business out of 
human suffering. Business lies in selling technologies 
around COVID-19, the diagnostics, drugs and 
vaccine candidates. This is where organisations of 
the United Nations and global networks for people 
should come together in one voice. The World Health 
Assembly, in May 2020, in ………………(D) of the 
obstacles to equitable access to COVID-19 
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Direction (1-5): In each of the questions given below, 
a set of sentences is given, which when properly 
sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Arrange the 
sentences in the correct sequence and answer the 
questions that follow. 
I. The Congress has set the ball rolling for 
organisational elections in a period of great 
uncertainty in the party. 
II. The post of the president has been vacant after 
Rahul Gandhi resigned in the aftermath of the 
Lok Sabha election debacle in 2019, Sonia 
Gandhi filled in as interim president but the 
leadership vacuum has aggravated the 
morbidities of the party since then. 
III. Its performance in the recent Bihar election was 
abysmal, made stark by the fact that Mr. 
Gandhi chose to go on a vacation in the midst 
of the campaign. 
IV. The Central Election Authority of the party 
hopes to have a session of the All India 
Congress Committee by February 2021 that will 
elect the Congress Working Committee and 
possibly a new president. 
V. In an extremely difficult political environment, 
the party has been drifting, aimless and 
rudderless. 
VI. The edifice that held the party together from 
2004 to 2014 when it was in power at the 
Centre has crumbled. 
1. Which from the following is the first sentence 
after rearrangement?  
A. I. 
B. II 
C. III 
D. IV 
E. None of the above 
2.  Which from the following is the third sentence 
after rearrangement?  
A. I 
B. II 
C. III 
D. IV 
E. V 
 
3. Which from the following is the second 
sentence after rearrangement?  
A. II 
B. IV 
C. V 
D. VI 
E. None of the above 
4.  Which from the following is the fifth sentence 
after rearrangement?  
                                      
  
 
                                  
       
A. I 
B. III 
C. IV 
D. V 
E. None of the above 
5. Which from the following is the sixth sentence 
after rearrangement?  
A. II 
B. III 
C. IV 
D. V 
E. VI 
 
Directions (6–8):  In each of the following questions a 
grammatically correct and meaningful sentence is 
given with four words given in bold in each. Which of 
the following words should replace each other to form 
a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. 
The meaning can be different from the one in 
question. 
6) Also, important (A) down notes (B)for your seniors 
on ward rounds (C) is probably not the 
most jotting(D) thing. 
a) A-D 
b) C-D 
c) A-C, B-D 
d) A-B, C-D 
e) B-D 
7) Its chief feature(A) is that the reader(B)is given 
the process(C)to play along and engage in 
the opportunity(D)of deduction. 
a) A-D 
b) C-D 
c) A-C, B-D 
d) A-B, C-D 
e) B-D 
8) Urgent(A) that all these measures(B) are true, the 
fact remains that there is an Assuming(C)need to 
check the accelerated costs and initiate 
suitable reasons.(D) 
a) A-D 
b) C-D 
c) A-C, B-D 
d) A-B, C-D 
e) B-D 
 
Direction (9-12): In each of the questions given below 
a part of the sentence is given in bold. It is then 
followed by three options. Find the alternative that 
can replace the given bold part to make the sentence 
grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the 
alternatives is correct and the sentence is correct as 
it is then select option (E) as your choice. 
9. Most often, reports prepared for the RBI’s internal 
working groups barely draw much attention 
beyond the relevant circles in the banking and 
financial services industries and rarely ever evoke 
protest. 
I. reports prepared by the 
II. reports prepared in the 
III. reports prepared of the 
A. Both I and II 
                                      
  
 
                                  
       
B. Both II and III 
C. Only I 
D. Only III 
E. No correction required 
10. The panel, which was tasked within reviews 
ownership norms and corporate structure for private 
sector banks, has made worthwhile suggestions 
including ways to harmonise licensing norms for all 
banks including older legacy lenders and newer 
entrants. 
I. with reviewing ownership norms 
II. with reviews ownership norms 
III. at reviewing ownership norms  
A. Both I and II 
B. Both II and III 
C. Both I and III 
D. Only I 
E. No correction required 
11. Most arguing is that the panel, which 
consulted with experts ranging from former RBI 
officials to legal and finance professionals, clearly 
acknowledges that all but one of these outside 
experts were unequivocal in their opinion that given 
the prevailing far-from-ideal corporate governance 
culture, corporates ought to be barred from promoting 
banks. 
I. Most intriguing is that 
II. Most intriguing for that 
III. Most arguing at that 
A. Both I and II 
B. Both II and III 
C. Only I 
D. Only II 
E. No correction required 
12. For all its regulatory powers and supervision 
capabilities, the RBI failed to spot the build-up of 
troubled exposures at Yes Bank in time. 
I. powers and supervisory capabilities 
II. authorities  and supervisory capabilities 
III. powers with supervisory capabilities 
A. Both I and II 
B. Both II and III 
C. Both I and III 
D. Only II 
E. No correction required 
 
Direction (13-16): The following question carries a 
statement with two blanks. From the given options, 
choose the word that would fit in both the blanks to 
make the sentence grammatically correct and 
meaningful. 
13) She had to ___________ her neck out of the 
window outside to see the __________ sitting in a 
herd near the pond. 
A) Turn 
B) Crane 
C) Run 
D) Take 
E) Strain 
14) The boy took the girl out for a _________ and 
treated her to her favourite  dessert of ice-cream and 
___________ 
                                      
  
 
                                  
       
A) Date 
B) Apple 
C) Associate 
D) Keep 
E) Grow 
15) The pencil has a sharp ___________ but it is 
dangerous to _________ a sharp object at anyone. 
A) Weapon 
B) Edge 
C) Point 
D) Journalist 
E) News 
16) You were absolutely _______________ in making 
a quick ______________ turn at the next crossroad in 
order to avoid the forest area. 
A) Cargo 
B) Mantle 
C) Onus 
D) Right 
E) Liability 
 
Direction (17-23): Read the passage carefully and 
answer the questions given below it. There are some 
blanks given in the  passage based on which some 
questions are framed, and some words are 
highlighted as well to help you answer some of the 
questions. 
It is illegal to hoard, for black marketing, essential 
goods in drought-affected areas. Overcharging of 
commodities and services during any natural disaster 
is always a ………………(A). It is a crime against 
humanity to make a profit during any human tragedy. 
On the contrary, there is (and should be) empathy 
and concern about human suffering. (B) Such 
solidarity(1) is a belongings(2) of the need to: prevent 
further damage and destruction, rescue and 
evacuate(3) affected people to safer zones, and 
salvage recognition(4) and meet their minimal 
survival needs. For this nobody is charged. Instead, it 
is considered as relief work which comes out 
profusely as charity; a humane gesture.  
The COVID-19 pandemic is also a human tragedy 
and needs global solidarity. It is definitely not a time 
to be doing business and making a fast buck. Making 
enormous profit out of a human tragedy is shameful. 
Unfortunately, such a sense of shame is missing in 
the international trade market. (C) When economies 
crumbled in much countries, e-commerce and 
gadget-based gaming business boomed/ and in the 
novel coronavirus pandemic,/ there are numerous 
examples of companies having made enormous 
profits/ in the supply of personal protective equipment 
and kits and ventilators./ 
In a liberalised economy, there is a shocking silence 
in the global market trying to do business out of 
human suffering. Business lies in selling technologies 
around COVID-19, the diagnostics, drugs and 
vaccine candidates. This is where organisations of 
the United Nations and global networks for people 
should come together in one voice. The World Health 
Assembly, in May 2020, in ………………(D) of the 
obstacles to equitable access to COVID-19 
                                      
  
 
                                  
       
technologies such as vaccines, diagnostics, 
medicines, PPE kits and machines, set up 
mechanisms to counter it. (E) When the entire(a) 
global population, estemated(b) to be nearly eight 
billion people, is in need(c) of a vaccine (still being 
tested and yet to be approved(d)) then production at 
full capacity and supply to every country will take 
time. 
We cannot allow the rich and the strong to grab 
everything first. (F) The advance purchase 
agreements that some countries have negotiated with 
____________________________. Such vaccine 
nationalism undermines equitable access to 
vaccines. (G) There has to be prioritisation(1) for 
high-risk groups in all countries, especially in the 
least developed, low- and middle-income nations, 
that framework(2) has to be dispute(3) by the global 
community without accepted(4). In this, the COVAX 
partnership is a mechanism for ensuring that.  
GAVI, or the Global Alliance for Vaccine Initiative, 
was in existence during the pre-COVID-19 period to 
ensure the pooled procurement and equitable supply 
of life-saving vaccines to low- and middle-income 
countries. It has been roped in for the COVID-19 
vaccine too. 
 
17. Which of the following word given in the options 
should come at the place marked as (A) in the above 
passage to make it grammatically correct and 
meaningful? Also, the word should fill in the two 
sentences given below to make them contextually 
correct and meaningful? 
(I) : Government officials were caught in an 
embezzlement ………………. 
(II) : Her behavior caused a ……………… at school. 
A) condemn 
B) scandal 
C) gratify 
D) parleys 
E) None of these 
18. The sentence given in (B) has four words given in 
bold. amongst the given bold words which of the 
following must replace each other to make the 
sentence contextually correct and meaningful?  
A) Both 2-1 and 3-4 
B) Both 1-3  and 2-4 
C) Both 2-3 and 1-4 
D) 1-3 
E) 2-4 
19. In the above passage, sentence (C) may or may 
not have an error in one part of the sentence, select 
the part having error in it as your answer. 
A) When economies crumbled in much countries, e-
commerce and gadget-based gaming business 
boomed 
B) and in the novel coronavirus pandemic, 
C) there are numerous examples of companies 
having made enormous profits 
D) in the supply of personal protective equipment and 
kits and ventilators. 
E) No error