English Language Quiz For IBPS & SBI Exam | 29-01-2022

 

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1-10. 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.

Gone are the days when dressed in khaki uniform, postman enthused children with his bag full of letters. Braving winter chill or rain or the scorching summers on his bicycle, for years postmen trudged door-to-door and street-to-street to deliver the cream-coloured postcards, the white or pale envelopes and the folded blue inland letters filled with news good or bad, happy or sad.

There were people who stood outside their houses, waiting anxiously for postmen. They would either wail or glow reading the content of letter. Many even shared their messages with them. Blaming the advent of courier service and the instant modes of communication like messaging, e-mails and social networking sites, they say, letters have lost their relevance.

But things have changed and so has the attitude of people. Now, when they ring the bell, most people don’t open the door. Others ask them to deliver the mail in the evening and not to disturb their afternoon nap. Earlier, when they delivered mails, people offered tea and snacks. Some even gave a tip on Holi and Diwali. This tradition has almost faded now. In fact, many people misunderstand the postman as security guards or the courier delivery boy. Children always take them for the courier guy. They have no knowledge of who a postman is.

Over the years, there has been a steep fall in the flow of postcards and inland letter cards (ILCs). Professional letters are usually bank drafts, legal documents, application forms for jobs and colleges, and recruitment letters. Besides, there are others addressed to politicians, government and private officials to air grievances or to send good wishes.

Not only in cities, the trend of writing postcards is waning even among the rural population. Cell phones are no more a luxury but a necessity. Now, people wait for a call from their loved ones instead of letters. A few decades back, postal department was the sole authority to transmit letters. It was the only link to connect the people in terms of communication. Gradually, e-mails, SMSes have come in, sidelining postmen almost entirely.

1 Why have people stopped sending letters due to which they have lost significance?

01. People do not have enough time to draft letters

02. Letters never reach on time leading to the failure of the very purpose of sending them

03. People have adopted instant modes of communication and have started sending couriers.

04. Sending letters is expensive and one needs to have good knowledge to write it to make it legible.

05. The reason is not specific in the passage

2 Why, in the past, people waited anxiously for the postmen?

01. To spread the news received from the content of the letter

02. The postmen would read the content of the others’ letter to them

03. The postmen used to give news from around the world.

04. In the hope of receiving letter from the postman.

05. Not mentioned in the passage

3 Which of the following is/are not instant mode of communication?

01. Inland letters

02. Social networking sites

03. Messaging

04. E-mails

05. All of the above

4 How has the attitude of people changed towards postmen?

A. People treat them as guests and wait for their arrival

B. They tell postmen not to disturb them in the afternoon.

C. People do not open the door whenever they ring the door bell

D. People misunderstand them as security guards.

01. Only A

02. Only C

03. All except A

04. All except D

05. All of the above

5 Which of the following kind of letters are still in vogue as before?

01. Recruitment letters

02. Application forms for jobs

03. Bank drafts

04. Legal documents

05. All of the above

6 Which of the following is TRUE in the context of the passage?

01. Postmen used to receive tip every time they brought letters for them

02. Attitude of people for the postmen has changed

03. Postmen wear white uniform and carry a bag full of letters

04. In the past, postal department was one of the authorities to transmit letters

05. All of the above are false

7 Choose the word most SIMILAR in meaning to the word given in bold, as used in the passage.

Trudged

01. Hiked

02. Reached

03. Drifted

04. Procrastinated

05. Stole

8 Choose the word most SIMILAR in meaning to the word given in bold, as used in the passage.

Grievances

01. Complaints

02. Violence

03. Accountability

04. Accusation

05. Representation

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

Advent

01. Entrance

02. Occurrence

03. End

04. Return

05. Landing

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

Luxury

01. Enjoyment

02. Opulence

03. Advantage

04. Facility

05. Necessity

Answers:-

Q.1 (3)

Q.2 (4)

Q.3 (1)

Q.4 (3)

Q.5 (5)

Q.6 (2)

Q.7 (2)

Q.8 (1)

Q.9 (3)

Q.10 (5)