English Language Quiz For SBI / RBI Main Exam | 06-05-2020

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Q1-5 Read each part of the sentence to find out if there is an error. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, your answer is (5).

Q-1 Chinese officials have refuted the (1)/ speculation that the govt was planning (2)/ to raise personal income tax on earnings (3)/ of more than USD 18,400 a year. (4)/ No error (5)

01. Chinese officials have refuted the

02. speculation that the govt was planning

03. to raise personal income tax on earnings

04. of more than USD 18,400 a year.

05. No Error

Q-2 Underlining the need for preserving spiritual heritage (1)/ of the country, BJP President said India cannot become (2)/ a super power if it makes even little (3)/ compromise with its ancient traditions. (4)/ No error(5)

01. Underlining the need for preserving spiritual heritage

02. of the country, BJP President said India cannot become 

03. a super power if it makes even little 

04. compromise with its ancient traditions.

05. No Error

Q-3 The debate over align with Congress featured majorly (1)/ at the ongoing CPI(M) state plenum and party general secretary said (2)/ there is a need to put up an united fight with all the (3)/ "secular and democratic forces" to resist the "terror" of ruling party.(4)/ No Error (5)

01. The debate over align with Congress featured majorly

02. at the ongoing CPI(M) state plenum and party general secretary said

03. there is a need to put up an united fight with all the

04. "secular and democratic forces" to resist the "terror" of ruling party

05. No Error

Q-4 The President greeted the nation (1)/ on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti saying his (2)/ views on truth, morality and ethics remain integral (3)/ to India's national consciousness.(4)/ No Error (5)

01. The President greeted the nation

02. on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti saying his

03. views on truth, morality and ethics remain integral

04. to India's national consciousness

05. No Error

Q-5 Prime Minister understands the pain (1)/ of the people of Balochistan, the leadership of which has sought India's (2)/ help for a first time in 70 years,(3)/ a prominent Baloch leader said.(4)/ No Error (5)

01. Prime Minister understands the pain

02. of the people of Balochistan, the leadership of which has sought India's

03. help for a first time in 70 years

04. a prominent Baloch leader said

05. No Error

Q6-10 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.

The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), chaired by new RBI governor took its first monetary policy decision by (6). Key policy rates, the repo and reverse repo, have been cut by 25 basis points, or 0.25 per cent. This follows a pattern 2015, of falling policy rates: since then, the repo rate has fallen by 175 basis points, or 1.75 per cent. The cut was expected after consumer inflation cooled to 5.05 per cent, down from the previous month’s 6.07 per cent. Much of the rise in consumer prices, as the RBI itself notes, was due to food price inflation: with that cooling (7), rates have been cut. But monetary policy can do little about food inflation, which depends crucially on monsoons, poor storage and transport infrastructure and imperfect markets. Theoretically, lower interest rates can encourage borrowing, investment and growth. But is it doing the job? After nine months of softening rates, there is no significant uptick in these indicators. Metropolitan borrowing is the weakest, with semi-urban borrowers taking up much of the (8). Unsurprisingly, gross fixed capital formation is sluggish. The second quarter saw investment actually shrink 3.1 per cent year-on-year.

The government has heroically kept public investment going, despite its strained finances. However, private investors are yet to feel the love, and have kept investment on hold, leaving overall investment levels, as a (9) of GDP, 10 percentage points below the peak rate of 38 per cent achieved in 2007-08. Nevertheless, the RBI has done its bit. Now, it is time for the government to work on boosting infrastructure investment, (10) the bond market and ridding the banks of their bad loan problem, so that they can start lending again. Monetary policy can do only so much, with an MPC or otherwise.

Q-6 Choose the correct option for (6)

01. demure

02. credibility

03. integrity

04. consensus

05. halt

Q-7 Choose the correct option for (7)

01. of

02. by

03. off

04. to

05. in

Q-8 Choose the correct option for (8)

01. logical

02. slack

03. practical

04. pragmatic

05. clear

Q-9 Choose the correct option for (9)

01. proportion

02. parts

03. divide

04. amplify

05. expand

Q10 Choose the correct option for (10)

01. encourage

02. energize

03. reviving

04. revitalize

05. hampered

Answers

Q.1 (5)

Q.2 (3)

Q.3 (1)

Q.4 (5)

Q.5 (3)

Q.6 (4)

Q.7 (3)

Q.8 (2)

Q.9 (1)

Q.10 (3)