English Language Quiz For IBPS & SBI Exam | 08-01-2021

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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 of the questions.

In the era of the iPad and Kindle, good old-fashioned paper still holds its own. Each year, the world consumes more than 300 million tonnes of it, and consumption has grown by 400 per cent over the past 40 years. But there are issues to address in managing its use — and re-use. Wasteful use of paper by individuals and the corporate world is one concern, although the newspaper industry, for instance, has over the years managed to bring down the wastage rate. A more important issue relates to the optimal recycling of ‘post-consumer,’ or used, paper. The Union government’s Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has taken the right initiative — albeit rather belatedly — by floating a Discussion Paper on the collection and recycling of waste paper as a prelude to formulating a national policy. Such a policy could lay down guidelines and procedures and sensitise citizens and industry-consumers to improve segregation, collection and reuse to evolve a sustainable mechanism to achieve a significant level of recovery.

The use of recycled cellulosic fibre for paper-making has been picking up globally. In India, the share of this raw material has risen from 7 per cent in 1970 to 47 per cent in 2011. This has reduced dependence on wood from 84 per cent in 1970 to 31 per cent in 2011. Waste paper imports for this purpose cost India about a billion dollars in 2011; the figure was $5.1 million in 1980. This is because waste paper recovery here is only 27 per cent currently, as opposed to 73 per cent in Germany, for example. In India, the collection of waste paper and other paper products such as corrugated cartons is today an industry in itself, providing income and employment opportunities to a large workforce of semi-skilled and skilled people in the informal sector. But this operation requires a better business model to facilitate an integrated system of collection, source segregation and scientific handling, and a mandated mechanism. Projects launched by the Bangalore and Hyderabad Municipal Corporations to develop waste collection ventures are steps in the right direction. The stakeholders, especially those in the private sector, should support the government’s initiative and help shape a policy that would help them, the environment, and the workforce involved by means of institutional mechanisms. Industry and chambers of commerce should evolve voluntary guidelines to contribute to an efficient system of waste paper collection. After all, removing as much paper as possible from the garbage cycle and channelling it through organised methods would not only significantly reduce the environmental load on the eco-system but also lower, even eliminate, the import bill.

1 How is ‘obtaining paper’ related to the environment?

01. Good quality paper is obtained from tree leaves

02. Pollution has a detrimental effect on paper industry

03. Paper is made from wood pulp

04. Good environment has an impact on papermaking process.

05. They are not related

2 According to the passage, which of the following has reduced the wastage of paper?

01. Cottage industry

02. Automobile industry

03. Newspaper Industry

04. Schools and colleges

05. Government offices

3 What did the author mean to say by mentioning iPad and Kindle?

01. People use them a lot all through their lives

02. They are considered to have a long durability

03. Indians have shown a disinterest in these two items, according to the recent past.

04. They are the perfect examples of consumer’s choice worldwide.

05. The world has advanced in terms of technology

4 Which of the following is being used worldwide for papermaking?

01. Carbohydrate

02. Cellulosic fibre

03. Tree leaves

04. Garbage

05. None of these

5 Which of the following has been appreciated by the author , according to the passage?

01. The government’s policy regarding collection and recycling of waste paper

02. People’s initiative to save the ozone layer

03. Non-Government Organization’s effort to reduce paper usage

04. Policy adopted by other countries to make paper affordable

05. None of these

6 Which of the following has/have been suggested to reduce the import bill?

A. Recycling paper

B. Using paper uneconomically.

C. Lowering pollution level

01. Only A

02. Only B

03. Only C

04. Only A and B

05. OnlyA and C

7 Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word given in bold as used in the passage.

Bring down

01. Encourage

02. Raise

03. Abrupt

04. Reduce

05. Pull

8 Choose the word which is most nearly the OPPOSITE in meaning as the word given in bold as used in the passage.

Evolve

01. Mature

02. Repress

03. Foster

04. Acquire

05. Transform

9 Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word given in bold as used in the passage.

Prelude

01. Prologue

02. Commence

03. Preliminary

04. Pioneer

05. Conclude

10 Choose the word which is most nearly the OPPOSITE in meaning as the word given in bold as used in the passage.

Integrated

01. Acclimatize

02. Blend

03. Harmonize

04. Combine

05. Scattered

Answers:-

Q.1 (3)

Q.2 (3)

Q.3 (5)

Q.4 (5)

Q.5 (1)

Q.6 (1)

Q.7 (4)

Q.8 (2)

Q.9 (1)

Q.10 (5)