English Language Quiz For SBI / RBI Main Exam | 24-04-2020

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In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given 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. 

Can an experiment (1), carried out, and reported in kids-speak with pencil-coloured figures and hand-written tables by school children aged 8 to 10 years get published in a highly rated international journal following a peer-reviewing process? Twenty-seven schoolchildren from the Blackawton Primary School in Devon, U.K., have proved this is possible — if a simple but novel scientific question raised is (2) in a scientific way. The objective was to test if bumblebees, once trained, could remember the visual pattern based on colour and choose the correct holes representing sugar water. The bees were first trained using a grid containing 16 holes in a 4x4 array, with the inner four holes containing sugar water and set to blue and the outer 12 holes containing salt water and set to yellow, and vice versa. They were then tested using the same and also a new pattern of colours, and retested using a new colour. The finding was that bumble-bees can use a “combination of colour and spatial relationships in (3) which colour of flower to forage from.” Considering that our understanding of how bees perceive coloured patterns and scenes is inadequate, this inspiring outcome has shown that schoolchildren guided by gifted teachers can think and carry out experiments like any hard-wired scientist. An accompanying commentary (“Blackawton bees: commentary on Blackawton, P.S. et al.” by Laurence T. Maloney and Natalie Hempel de Ibarra) notes that the experiments were “modest in scope but cleverly and correctly designed.” 

For these kids, doing science changed their (4) of the subject. Science also became “cool and fun.” This refreshing approach turns the spotlight on the best methods of teaching science. The rote learning system adopted by most schools in India, even classroom study combined with some laboratory work with pre-defined outcomes, does very little to stimulate (5) and interest in science. 

Q-1 Choose the correct option for (1) 

01. conceived 

02. perceive 

03. avoided 

04. released 

05. fail 

Q-2 Choose the correct option for (2) 

01. answered 

02. reply 

03. deny 

04. claim 

05. agreed 

Q-3 Choose the correct option for (3) 

01. trivial 

02. chief 

03. crucial 

04. inessential 

05. deciding 

Q-4 Choose the correct option for (4) 

01. ignorance 

02. negligence 

03. perception 

04. investigation 

05. debate 

Q-5 Choose the correct option for (5) 

01. curiosity 

02. disinterest 

03. prying 

04. investigation 

05. mental 

Q6-10 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) and remove threats of repeated waves of infiltration bids at different locations on the LoC,Surgical strikes gain importance 

(B) in India’s case as Pakistan has repeatedly shown its intention to use tactical nuclear weapons on Indian Forces, 

(C) are a powerful weapon for the Indian armed forces to carry out the necessary dirty work while ensuring the status-quo between the opposing armies on the LoC. 

(D) India’s counter infiltration grid which remains on the lookout of operations alerted the Army. 

(E) Indian Special Ops teams work closely with these counter infiltration teams to ensure immediate neutralisation 

(F) even risking the collateral damage to its own troops, to stop Indian military operations. Therefore, the covert surgical strikes 

Q6 Which of the following is the FIFTH sentences after rearrangement? 

01. C 

02. B 

03. A 

04. D 

05. F 

Q7 Which of the following is the LAST sentences after rearrangement? 

01. C 

02. B 

03. A 

04. F 

05. D 

Q8 Which of the following is the FOURTH sentences after rearrangement? 

01. A 

02. B 

03. C 

04. D 

05. F 

Q9 Which of the following is the THIRD sentences after rearrangement? 

01. E 

02. B 

03. A 

04. D 

05. C 

Q10 Which of the following is the FIRST sentences after rearrangement? 

01. A 

02. B 

03. D 

04. E 

05. F 

Answers 

Q.1 (1) 

Q.2 (1) 

Q.3 (5) 

Q.4 (3) 

Q.5 (1) 

Q.6 (5) 

Q.7 (1) 

Q.8 (2) 

Q.9 (3) 

Q.10 (3). The correct sequence of the given passage is DEABFC and the topic of the given passage is Surgical strikes: What is it? Why is it important?