English Language Quiz For SBI / RBI Main Exam | 16-03-2020

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In the following passage, there are few highlighted words which may or may not be appropriate in the context of the passage. If the word highlighted is incorrect and needs improvement then choose any one option from the suggested ones given below. But if the given word is correct and requires no change then mark (5) i.e. no change required as your answer.

Tea that finds its way from the remotest gardens into teapots and kettles around the world takes a humdrum_ (A) route. Drawn as samples, tasted, graded, valued, sent to clients, auctioned in lots, connected_ (B) to respective buyers all over the world, is an exercise based completely on trust and transparency. Known as the gentleman's trade, tea in India comes with the romance of colonial hangover, yet tea companies have been quick to change and meet the demands of the day.

Tea broking comprises both auctioning and tasting of tea and is about getting the best deal for the producer. As a narrow_ (C) in the transaction it is imperative that integrity be the guiding principle of brokers. Hence recruitment to the profession is based on sound background, schooling and sportsman-like qualities. The job is generally learnt hands-on. Today, as the company relives the years, the management takes pride in the fact that it has shouldered_ (D) the very principles on which the trade was based to almost the same degree of precision as its predecessors.

From the noisy auction room of 2 Mission Row to the present scenario where tea auction has gone online tradition and history have been their cup of tea, much like the romantic tradition of scrutinising_(E) the initials of company directors on the board room table which exists till date.

1. Choose the correct option for (A)

(1) Monotonous

(2) Dreary 

(3) Mind-numbing

(4) Mind-boggling 

(5) No correction required 

2. Choose the correct option for (B)

(1) Dispersed 

(2) Created 

(3) Converged 

(4) Popularized 

(5) No correction required 

3. Choose the correct option for (C)

(1) Junction

(2) Conduit 

(3) Confluence 

(4) Abeyance

(5) No correction required 

4. Choose the correct option for (D) 

(1) Deprived

(2) Derived 

(3) Deprecated 

(4) Depreciated 

(5) No correction required

5. Choose the correct option for (E)

(1) Scratching 

(2) Evaluating 

(3) Demanding 

(4) Eradicating 

(5) No correction required 

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

The Supreme Court’s decision to take over the hearing of all pending cases related to web content regulation, including the role of intermediaries and the traceability of encrypted messages, is both a challenge and an opportunity. The Centre has informed the court that it intends to notify by January 2020 new guidelines for intermediaries, a term that covers the Internet and other online service providers and includes social media platforms.

Even while transferring to itself related cases pending in different High Courts, the court has rightly decided to hear them only after the Centre notifies its new guidelines for intermediaries. After all, it is for the executive to frame policy on this sensitive matter, while the question whether social media need weeding out of objectionable content will ultimately require adjudication. 

The challenge before the government and the court is to find a balance between requiring access to the originators of encrypted content and respecting individual privacy. It is also a unique opportunity to test the impact of the verdict (2017) on the proposed legal framework. The judgment had declared privacy as a fundamental right and laid down a proportionality standard to test the validity of restrictions on that right. The government has voiced concern about the threat posed by social media content to the democratic polity through fake news and hate speech, to the country’s security and sovereignty, as well as to society through undesirable online content such as child pornography and communal messaging.

The Centre’s new draft of Intermediary Guidelines, originally issued in 2011, was made public last year, and comments invited from all sections. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has received numerous responses, and inter-ministerial discussions have taken place. It is not yet known whether concerns voiced by Internet freedom activists and social media companies will be factored into the final notification. In particular, the provisions on the mandatory disclosure of “originators” of offending messages are a source of worry to social media platforms that use end-to-end encryption. Whether it is technologically feasible for the platforms to provide back-door access to law enforcement is itself in doubt. While the government’s larger concern about the use of messaging technology and the potential for ‘virality’ of fake news and hate-mongering is quite valid, the threshold for law enforcing agencies to seek a ‘key’ to unlock the encryption ought not to be low. Vague appeals to ‘security’ and ‘sovereignty’, and a blanket claim of crime prevention contingency without narrowly defined circumstances in which intermediaries should be obliged to help the agencies, can have a devastating effect on privacy. Other requirements such as proactive removal of offending content through automated tools may also come close to infringing free speech and expression. The line between public interest and individual rights should be thick and clear.

6. As per you reading, What is found as the daring task before the government and the court?

(1) To make a balance between accessibility and maintaining privacy. 

(2) To test the impact of social media content in today’s scenario. 

(3) To maintain the balance between public interest and individual rights 

(4) To seek a key-role in unlocking the encryption. 

(5) To stop offending messages which are a source of contention.

7. Pick out the points that are presented in the passage -: 

(1) The decision to act upon all pending cases related to web content regulation is a challenge.

(2) The role of intermediaries does not include social media platforms.

(3) The decision over the traceability of encrypted message is seen as an opportunity.

(4) Fake news and hate-mongering is not a worth discussing matter.

(5) Both 1 and 3

8. The major concerns for Government are –

i. The threat spread through social media content in the form of fake news.

ii. The security and sovereignty of country, as well as of society.

iii. The executives who frame policy on this sensitive matter.

(1) Only i

(2) Only ii

(3) Only iii

(4) Both i and ii

(5) Both ii and iii

9. In which paragraph of the passage has ‘The newly drafted guidelines of the Centre’ been mentioned and discussed?

(1) Paragraph 1

(2) Paragraph 2

(3) Paragraph 3

(4) Paragraph 4

(5) Not mentioned in the passage

10. What can be the suitable Title for the passage?

(1) The Govt.’s Need for balance

(2) Web content regulation: matter of concern

(3) Regulations required for web content 

(4) Online intermediaries for social media content

(5) Privacy of users 

Answers:

1. (4) Mindboggling (adj.) – overwhelming 

2. (1) Disperse (v) – distribute or spread over a wide area

3. (2) Conduit (n) – a way of connecting two places 

4. (5)

5. (1) For other options-: eradicate (v) – put an end to 

6. (1) The answer lies in the third paragraph of the passage.

7. (5) The answer can be inferred by going through the passage

8. (4) The answer lies at the last of the third paragraph

9. (4) The answer lies in the fourth paragraph of the passage

10. (2)