English Language Quiz For IBPS & SBI Exam | 11-03-2021

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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.

Consecutive prison terms for those (A) of more than one offence in a single trial are infrequent in India. When those who have attracted great public odium by the (B) of their crimes are found guilty, the judges are seen to have the option of awarding sentences that are ‘consecutive’, to be undergone one after another as opposed to concurrently, where the longest jail term (C) the shorter ones. On rare occasions, for example in the case of self-proclaimed godman Premananda in Tamil Nadu, two life sentences have been ordered to run consecutively. The Supreme Court has now provided clarity on the question of whether two or more sentences of life imprisonment can be made to run one after another. It is basically irrational and anomalous, says the Constitution Bench. As life imprisonment is for the remainder of one’s life, (D) ended by remission or commutation, multiple life terms should be counted concurrently. Accordingly, judgments that run contrary to this principle have been overruled. Consecutive sentences are still permissible if one is a fixed term and the other is one of life, provided the term sentence is completed first and the life sentence begins later.

Unbelievably lengthy prison sentences are not common in India, (E) in some jurisdictions in the West. However, most of these countries balance it with a robust system of probation or parole. On the other hand, the idea of releasing a prisoner under supervised probation after a part of the sentence has been served is still (F) in India; both state and (G) expect convicts to be imprisoned for as long as possible. This highlights an issue that occasionally crops up in judicial discourse: the absence of sentencing guidelines in India. In theory, sentences can be deterrent, retributive, reformative or restorative. However, the present sentencing (H) is judge-centric, leaving much to the court’s discretion. Some believe this may be right because no two offences, or even (I), are likely to be the same. Circumstances (aggravating or mitigating), motive and nature of the crime are all taken into account by judges in sentencing. For heinous crimes, the ideas of deterrence and retribution inform judicial discretion, and hence the more popular verdicts are those that award condign punishment. Until sentencing guidelines are framed by the legislature or the superior judiciary, individual judges will have to carry the burden of awarding punishment that befits the crime. By holding that there shall be no consecutive life terms, the court has offered a ray of hope to even those locked away for life, even if it may not guarantee release. For, justice ultimately cannot be merely (J).

1 Choose the correct option for (A)

01. Convicted

02. Accused

03. Absolved

04. Exonerated

05. Arrested

2 Choose the correct option for (B)

01. Enormity

02. Horror

03. Delight

04. Darkness

05. Horridness

3 Choose the correct option for (C)

01. Reduce

02. Minimize

03. Subsumes

04. Resumes

05. Decrease

4 Choose the correct option for (D)

01. If

02. Unless

03. Until

04. Unlike

05. Lest

5 Choose the correct option for (E)

01. Just like

02. Just as

03. Except

04. Unlike

05. Unless

6 Choose the correct option for (F)

01. rare

02. prominent

03. fond

04. less

05. common

7 Choose the correct option for (G)

01. people

02. citizen

03. society

04. centre

05. government

8 Choose the correct option for (H)

01. Paradigm

02. Ideal

03. Criterion

04. Model

05. Pattern

9 Choose the correct option for (I)

01. Juvenile

02. Offender

03. Criminal

04. Commoners

05. Lawyers

10 Choose the correct option for (J)

01. Rebuking

02. Retributive

03. Retrospective

04. Refute

05. Absolute

Answers:-

Q.1 (1)

Q.2 (1)

Q.3 (3)

Q.4 (2)

Q.5 (4)

Q.6 (1)

Q.7 (3)

Q.8 (1)

Q.9 (2)

Q.10 (2)