Grammatical and Preparatory Questions for Bank Exams in English

Sakshi Education

Directions (Q.No.1-5): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
A)   As an architect of his own reputation, Ravi Varma worked more like a professional seeking to meet the expectations of his clients than as a modern artist committed to self-expression at all costs
B)   By oleographing his paintings for wider circulation, he ensured his hegemony over Indian middle class taste
C)   Ravi Varma's professional success came not merely through responding to the growing taste for western naturalism among Indian elites but also through the creation of his own opportunities and a careful cultivation of his persona
D)   One of the consequences of this was the absence of stylistic coherence in his work
E)   Even more shrewdly, by taking the initiative for creating a public collection of his works at a time when the idea of individual museums was unknown, he also invested in the perpetuation of his fame
F)   Thus after successfully garnering pan-Indian elite patronage - of the native rulers and merchants, the colonial administrators and the early nationalists - in good measure
1.   What is the LAST sentence after rearrangement?
   1) A   2) B   3) C   4) D   5) E
2.   What is the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
   1) A   2) B   3) C   4) D   5) F
3.   What is the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
   1) A   2) B   3) D   4) E   5) F
4.   What is the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
   1) B   2) A   3) C   4) D   5) E
5.   What is the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
   1) A   2) B   3) C   4) D   5) F
Directions (Q.No. 6 - 10): Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3), and (4) given below each sentence should replace the phrase underlined in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If there is no error mark (5) No correction required as your answer.
6.   Female cardinals are quite nondescript compared to the male distinctive and conspicuous markings: brilliant red with a black mask and throat, large long-tailed song bird with a short, very thick bill and a prominent crest.
   1) those of adult males, their
   2) the male, which has
   3) adult male cardinals'
   4) adult males, whose
   5) No correction required
7.   Memorial at the point of farthest advance of the tidal wave, near the town of Avanigadda, was built in memory of the people who died in the Diviseema storm - a devastating tropical cyclone that hit Andhra Pradesh in November 1977, killing at least 14, 204 people.
   1) A memorial, at the point of furthest advancing of the tidal wave
   2) A memorial, at the point of furthest advancement of the tidal wave,
   3) A memorial, in the point of further advances of the tidal wave
   4) A memorial, at the point of furthest advance of the tidal wave,
   5) No correction required
8.   They have been living in the most appalling conditions from two months
   1) They have been living under the most appalling conditions for two months.
   2) They are living below the most appalling conditions from two months.
   3) They have been living in the most appalling conditions since two months.
   4) They have been living under the most appalling conditions since two months.
   5) No correction required
9.   During the financial meeting, the company president reminds each ones that no department was too sacrosanct to avoid a cut in its yearly budget.
   1) Reminded every one that all department
   2) reminds all that no department
   3) reminded everyone that no department
   4) reminded everyone that all departments
   5) No correction required
10. During boot camp,we are often awakened by the stentorian voice of our drill sergeant.
   1) we are constantly awaken
   2) we were often awakened
   3) we were rarely awakened
   4) we are hardly awakened
   5) No correction required
Directions (Q.No. 11 - 15) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
California is known all over the world for its size, its sun, and its surf, its glamour and its optimism. But it is known too as "Earthquake Country" - a truly vulnerable region where big deva-stating quakes have occurred in the past and could happen again. It is unlikely that a disaster on the scale of recent disasters in Italy or Japan could occur in California; California has learnt from its past disasters, and most buildings are designed to withstand major quakes. Nevertheless,Californians are worried. When will the next big quake strike the state, and where will all the shaking and crumbling and rocking begin?
Nobody knows for sure, but at all times California is on the alert. The earth is permanently monitored with high-tech seismographs situated in universities and government research stations; they are constantly watched by highly-trained employees and volunteers from the California Office of Emergency Services; and students in every school receive training in what to do in the event of an earthquake.
Responsibility for California's earthquakes lies in the fact that the state sits atop the famous and terrifying San Andreas Fault. This fault rocks and quakes often and unexpectedly as the earth's tectonic plates shift along fault lines that run 700 miles from the Mexican border to the north California coast. It is almost unbelievable that more than 20 million people should choose to live along this fault; but because their state has prosperity, an ideal climate, and a wonderful ambiance, Californians take a laissez-faire attitude to the potential danger.
Living in the hills above the Hayward Fault, I know all about the danger. Like many Californians, I buy costly earthquake insurance for my home. If I walk along certain streets in the town of Hayward, I can see how the earth creeps and shifts. In some places, the town looks as if the architects and builders made big mistakes in construction, because the buildings are out of kilter.
Actually, what has happened is that the streets have cracked and shifted, so that curbs no longer meet. Houses have shifted, so that walls are uneven. Buildings have interior and exterior cracks that can't be prevented, because the slowly shifting earth causes an inexorable movement in foundations, walls and streets! Geologists believe that displacements along this fault have been occurring for 15-20 million years. The drift can be measured-in the present decades-as a displacement of two inches per year, on average. It doesn't take an expert to figure out what moving part of a building two inches a year will do to that structure. During the destruc-tive 1906 earthquake, in some places the earth moved as much as 21 feet!
Scientists now know that major earthquakes occur at about 150-year intervals along the San Andreas fault; but in the future, they will probably not happen unannounced. Scientists can now better predict when a quake is coming, by foreshocks and other techniques discovered in the studies they are constantly undertaking, so Californians can normally go to bed at night without worrying whether the house will fall down around them while they are sleeping.
Still, with or without a warning, the next Big One, when it comes, will still do enormous damage. It's something that we Californians just live with.
11. A suitable title for the passage is:
   1) California awaits the big one
   2) Displacements
   3) Scientists & predictions
   4) architects and builders
   5) recent disasters
12. Which of the following statements is true as per the passage?
   a) The possibility of a disaster on the scale of recent disasters in Italy or Japan is not ruled out in California.
   b) The vulnerability to disasters is a fact with which the Californians live.
   1) Only a   2) Only b
   3) Both a & b   4) Neither a nor b
   5) Either a or b
13. Laissez-faire attitude means:
   1) Unautocratic attitude
   2) Dictatorial attitude
   3) Intolerant attitude
   4) Indecent attitude
   5) Uncouth attitude
14. The synonym of predict is:
   1) Espionage   2) Envisage
   3) Surveillance   4) Tentative   5) Provisional
15. The antonym of optimism is:
   1) Disparagement
   2) Confidence   3) Buoyancy
   4) Sanguinity   5) Poise
Directions (Q.No. 16-17) In the given questions, a theme followed by three passages is given. Determine which passage is based on the given theme and mark it as your option. More than one passage can be based on the given theme.
16. Environment
A) Some people call themselves environmentalists. They think we must protect the natural environment, to keep it safe. Things in the natural environment that we value are called natural resources. For example; fish, sunlight, and forests. These are renewable resources because they come back naturally when we use them. Non-renewable resources are important things in the environment that are limited for example, ores and fossil fuels. Some things in the natural environment can kill people, such as lightning.
B) Rocks are composed of grains of minerals, which are homogeneous solids formed from a chemical compound arranged in an orderly manner. The aggregate minerals forming the rock are held together by chemical bonds. The types and abundance of minerals in a rock are determined by the manner in which it was formed.
C) People seldom find absolutely natural environments on Earth, and naturalness usually varies in a continuum, from 100% natural in one extreme to 0% natural in the other. More precisely, we can consider the different aspects or components of an environment, and see that their degree of naturalness is not uniform. If, for instance, in an agricultural field, the mineralogical composition and the structure of its soil are similar to those of an undisturbed forest soil, but the structure is quite different.
   1) only B   2) Both B & C
   3) Only C   4) Both A & C
   5) All A, B & C
17. Euthanasia
A)   Euthanasia is categorized in different ways, which include voluntary, non-voluntary, or involuntary. Voluntary euthanasia is legal in some countries. Non-voluntary euthanasia is illegal in all countries. Involuntary euthanasia is also illegal in all countries and is usually considered murder.
B)   A doctor is allowed by law to end a person's life by a painless means, as long as the patient and their family agree. A doctor assists a patient to commit suicide if they request it.
C)   It was a massive forced displacement of people. The punishment for ignoring the order was execution and the destruction of the defector's properties.
   1) only A   2) Both B & C
   3) Only C   4) Both A & B
   5) All A, B & C
Directions (Q.No. 18-19) In the given questions a pair of words are related, mark that pair which is related as your answer. If no option is related mark 5 'None' as your answer.
18. 1) fraud - impostor
   2) pensive - kin
   3) charisma - neutral
   4) generic - merry 5) None
19. 1) rotund - bashful
   2) malodorous - fragrance
   3) expound - disdain
   4) irascible - approbate 5) None
20. 1) supercilious - germane
   2) quiescent - fatuous
   3) matutinal - sartorial
   4) impecunious - wealthy
   5) None

KEY
   1) 4   2) 2   3) 5   4) 5   5) 1
   6) 2   7) 4   8) 1   9) 3   10) 2
   11) 1   12) 2   13) 1   14) 2   15) 1
   16) 4   17) 4   18) 1   19) 2   20) 4

Published date : 13 Sep 2024 11:27AM