As IBPS has released the official notification of the Common Recruitment Process for selection of personnel for Clerical cadre Posts and the exam is tentatively scheduled to be held December 2018 & January 2019. Looking at the notification, we have now started subject-wise quizzes for the exam. It will include quizzes of all the subjects- Quantitative Aptitude, English, Reasoning and Computer. All these quizzes will be strictly based on the latest pattern of the IBPS Clerk exam and will be beneficial for your preparations. So, keep following the quizzes which will provide you a set of 10 questions daily.
Here, we are providing you important questions of English Language for IBPS Clerk 2018 -19 exam.
Q1-5. Rearrange the following sentences (A),(B),(C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.
A. The two ethnic groups are protesting lack of representation proportional to their population,
B. In the week since Nepal’s new constitution was promulgated,
C. The drawing up of provinces in a manner that makes them a minority, and arduous citizenship rules.
D. All of which reduces their political representation.
E. The Madhesi and Tharu indigenous groups, comprising about a quarter of the population in the Terai region bordering India, have been the most vocal opponents of the constitution.
F. The Terai region in southern Nepal, which accounts for a little more than half the country’s total population, has been engulfed in violence, instead of celebrations.
Q1. Which of the following would be the FOURTH statement after rearrangement?
1. D
2. E
3. B
4. C
5. A
Q2. Which of the following would be the THIRD statement after rearrangement?
1. C
2. F
3. E
4. B
5. D
Q3. Which of the following would be the SECOND statement after rearrangement?
1. E
2. B
3. F
4. D
5. C
Q4. Which of the following would be the SIXTH statement after rearrangement?
1. B
2. A
3. F
4. C
5. D
Q5. Which of the following would be the FIFTH statement after rearrangement?
1. C
2. B
3. F
4. D
5. E
Q6-10. 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 have been suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
The mapping of forest areas that must be kept out of bounds for mining and industrial activities has been in the making for nearly five years now. The environment ministry needs to complete this exercise soon and make public the demarcations, including the rationale and methodology used. This will pave the way for a transparent and properly debated system of natural resource management.
Forests are important on multiple counts: they are repositories of biodiversity, (6) livelihood for tribal groups, serve as carbon sinks and protect water sources, particularly first order perennial streams. In devising a system for (7) inviolate forest areas, the government must not lose sight of the crucial ecosystem services that forests provide. It will have to balance the ecological concerns with the need to exploit the mineral resources, which are largely concentrated in forested areas. At the same time, the ministries of coal and mines need to understand that large-scale clearing of forests is neither desirable nor (8). These ministries need to understand that mining certain forests with the present level of technology will cause irreparable harm to the (9).
Instead of seeking larger swathes of the forest for mining, the companies should adopt better production practices that would ensure that areas already available for mining are fully exploited. Coal India has 2,, ha of land (including 55, ha of forest area) in its possession, but only 25% of the area had been worked upon. There is a need to balance ecological security and economic development. Pursuing one at the cost of the other is not an option. To (10) the ecological benefits of forests in the pursuit of economic growth will be short-sighted and counterproductive.
Q6. Choose the correct option for (6).
1. keep
2. grant
3. produce
4. provide
5. proffer
Q7. Choose the correct option for (7).
1. demarcating
2. annihilate
3. regarding
4. joining
5. paving
Q8. Choose the correct option for (8).
1. possible
2. applicable
3. viable
4. unpractical
5. unachievable
Q9. Choose the correct option for (9).
1. organization
2. human
3. structure
4. surrounding
5. ecosystem
Q10. Choose the correct option for (10).
1. impulse
2. disregard
3. condemn
4. acquiesce
5. accept
Answers:
Q1. (5)
Q2. (3)
Q3. (3)
Q4. (5)
Q5. (1)
Q6. (4)
Q7. (1)
Q8. (3)
Q9. (5)
Q10. (2)
