IBPS PO Exam: English Language: Cloze Test-Study Material

Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection is all set to conduct Common Written Examination for Recruitment of Probationary Officers in Public Sector Banks of the country. The examination will be conducted on 19 October 2013, 20 October 2013, 26 October 2013 and 27 October 2013.
A total of 40 questions will come in English Language Section of IBPS PO Exam contains different topics like Reading Comprehension, Close Test, Sentence Skills, Synonyms, antonyms, etc. Jagranjosh.com, renowned educational website offers study material on Sentence Skills to help aspirants in getting ready for the upcoming IBPS PO Exam 2013..
Chapter: Fill in the Paragraph Gaps (Cloze Test)
Chapter Guidelines
The English Language Section of IBPS PO Exam includes the questions from ‘Fill in the Paragraph Gaps’ (Cloze Test). In Cloze Test, generally a passage is provided with 10 or 12 spaces. The candidates have to fill up the spaces with most appropriate words/phrases provided in options. These types of questions are asked to judge the candidates vocabulary power, grammatical knowledge, and common sense.
While answering these questions, the candidate should read the entire passage once to get the theme as sometimes more than one options seems appropriate for blank. Complete passage reading will help the candidate to choose the best option. Good Knowledge of Grammar, command over vocabulary and little bit of common sense will be ideal for attempting these questions.
Introduction:
Cloze test is a type of comprehension exercise in which the reader is required to supply words that have been omitted from the text (passage). Other names of this exercise are:
I. Fill in the Blanks in passages and comprehensions, and
II. Choosing words in a running passage to maintain the sequence of various sentences in the paragraphs.
In the examination you will find a small passage with numbered blanks. Below the passage these numbers are repeated and against each number four or five choices of word are given. You are required to choose an appropriate word from the given choices to fill in the respective blanks in the passage. This test is designed to evaluate your knowledge of words and their correct grammatical usage so as to keep the meaning of the passage intact.
Strategy to Tackle Cloze Tests
To tackle the Cloze test, it is advisable to quickly read through the passage before starting to fill in the blanks. This gives you a fair idea about the content of the passage and with this background choosing appropriate words from the provided answer choices becomes easier.
Example
Tibet                  up images of a mystic land. Snow-capped mountain peaks pierce the blue sky and fierce chilly winds sweep the rolling grasslands. Maroon-robed Buddhist monks pray in remote monasteries and                    horsemen pound the rugged earth. People in this high plateau perform punishing rituals like prostrating hundreds of miles in tattered clothes on pilgrimage. Spirits, spells and flying apparitions are part of the Tibetan world. In short, Tibet remains an exotica. Such images are largely the result of books by Western travellers and explorers in the last century, which helped in keeping the mystique alive. And when the Communist rulers took over Tibet in the 1950s and began                  Chinese language and culture on the people, Tibet's own history started to                     in the background. Thus, the only books available in English to Tsering Wangmo Dhompa as a young girl growing up in India and Nepal as a refugee                  those written by Westerners, and so she came to view the country as a forbidden land, a place where fantasy and fable collaborated against a dramatic backdrop of mountains, black magic and people with strange customs and appearances.
1. (a) makes                      (b) conjures     (c) puts            (d) toil.
2. (a) sturdy                       (b) wobbly       (c) handsome    (d) herculean.
3. (a) implementing            (b) evading      (c) imposing     (d) experimenting.
4. (a) amplify                     (b) stretch        (c) die             (d) recede.
5. (a) are                           (b) have been  (c) was             (d) were.
Answers and Explanations:
1. (b). ‘Makes up’ would mean create by altering or modifying such as ‘making up a story.’ ‘Puts up’ is also an incorrect expression here as it means ‘stays.’ ‘Toil up’ is again incorrect option as it means to put hard work into. Option (b) ‘conjures’ is the right answer which means ‘to recall.’
2. (a). ‘Sturdy’ means ‘with strong built up’, ‘wobbly’ means ‘unsteady’, ‘herculean’ means ‘having great strength.’, ‘handsome’ means ‘good looking.’ Option (a) is the most appropriate here as a horseman is generally visualized as the one having strong built up.
3. (c). Since the sentence talks about communist rulers ‘taking over’, option (c) ‘imposing’ which means ‘to thrust.’
4. (d). ‘Amplify’ and ‘stretch’ both mean an increase. ‘Die’ would be a little extreme word here. ‘Recede’ which means ‘to move back’ matches up with the word background used in the sentence.
5. (e). The correct tense form here would be option (d) i.e.; ‘were.’

IBPS CWE PO (Online) Exam-2013 Analysis

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted online examination, for the recruitment of Probationary Officers/Management Trainee across the country on the 19th of October, 2013.

There were 200 questions in the paper, which had to be answered in 2 hours. There were five sections in all - Reasoning, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness with special reference to Banking Industry, and Computer Knowledge.  All the other sections except English Language section were available bilingually, that is, in both English and Hindi. Each question had 5 options. There was negative marking of one-fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question for all the sections.

The pattern of the test was as follows:

Section	Total Questions	Max. Marks	Level of Difficulty	Possible Attempts	Possible Score
Reasoning	50	50	Moderate to Tough	28-32	26-28
English Language	40	40	Tough	22-25	18-20
Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	Moderate	35-38	30-32
General Awareness	40	40	Easy to Moderate	26-30	25-27
Computer Knowledge	20	20	Easy	15-18	15-18
Total	200	200			114-125

The details of the individual sections are given below:

Reasoning
This section primarily saw moderate level of questions. A student should have attempted at least 30 questions. Some of the questions were time consuming. There were questions on symbols, Linear Arrangement, Seating Arrangement, Syllogism, Word Arrangement, Data Sufficiency and Critical Reasoning.

English Language
There were two Reading Comprehension passages with 10 questions each. The passages were not easy reads and both of them were related to the Indian economy. There were 5 questions on sentence correction, Parajumbles and there was a cloze passage of 10 questions. The questions in this section were tougher as compared to last year.

Quantitative Aptitude
In general, this section was of moderate to tough difficulty level. This section was dominated by questions of Arithmetic, Number Series and Data Interpretation that include Pie Chart, Line Chart, Table etc. Some DI questions were wrong resulted in students wasting their time unnecessarily.

General Awareness  
This section was the easiest. Unlike last year, wherein the maximum number of questions was from Banking and Economy, this year, questions were mostly based on Current Affairs.

Computer Knowledge
This section comprised questions of moderate difficulty level based on basic knowledge of computers. The main areas from which questions were asked are: Windows, Networking, Hardware and Software.

check the comprehension abilty

Passage 1

Bernard Bailyn has recently reinterpreted the early history of the United States by applying new social research findings on the experiences of European migrants. In his reinterpretation, migration becomes the organizing principle for rewriting the history of preindustrial North America. His approach rests on four separate propositions.

The first of these asserts that residents of early modern England moved regularly about their countryside; migrating to the New World was simply a “natural spillover.” Although at first the colonies held little positive attraction for the English—they would rather have stayed home—by the eighteenth century people increasingly migrated to America because they regarded it as the land of opportunity. Secondly, Bailyn holds that, contrary to the notion that used to flourish in America history textbooks, there was never a typical New World community. For example, the economic and demographic character of early New England towns varied considerably.

Bailyn’s third proposition suggests two general patterns prevailing among the many thousands of migrants: one group came as indentured servants, another came to acquire land. Surprisingly, Bailyn suggests that those who recruited indentured servants were the driving forces of transatlantic migration. These colonial entrepreneurs helped determine the social character of people who came to preindustrial North America. At first, thousands of unskilled laborers were recruited; by the 1730’s, however, American employers demanded skilled artisans.

Finally, Bailyn argues that the colonies were a half-civilized hinterland of the European culture system. He is undoubtedly correct to insist that the colonies were part of an Anglo-American empire. But to divide the empire into English core and colonial periphery, as Bailyn does, devalues the achievements of colonial culture. It is true, as Bailyn claims, that high culture in the colonies never matched that in England. But what of seventeenth-century New England, where the settlers created effective laws, built a distinguished university, and published books? Bailyn might respond that New England was exceptional. However, the ideas and institutions developed by New England Puritans had powerful effects on North American culture.

Although Bailyn goes on to apply his approach to some thousands of indentured servants who migrated just prior to the revolution, he fails to link their experience with the political development of the United States. Evidence presented in his work suggests how we might make such a connection. These indentured servants were treated as slaves for the period during which they had sold their time to American employers. It is not surprising that as soon as they served their time they passed up good wages in the cities and headed west to ensure their personal independence by acquiring land. Thus, it is in the west that a peculiarly American political culture began, among colonists who were suspicious of authority and intensely anti-aristocratic.

1.   Which of the following statements about migrants to colonial North America is supported by information in the passage?

(a) A larger percentage of migrants to colonial North America came as indentured servants than as free agents interested in acquiring land.

(b) Migrants who came to the colonies as indentured servants were more successful at making a livelihood than were farmers and artisans.

(c) Migrants to colonial North America were more successful at acquiring their own land during the eighteenth century than during the seven-tenth century.

(d) By the 1730’s, migrants already skilled in a trade were in more demand by American employers than were unskilled laborers.

(e) A significant percentage of migrants who came to the colonies to acquire land were forced to work as field hands for prosperous American farmers.

2.   The author of the passage states that Bailyn failed to

(a) give sufficient emphasis to the cultural and political interdependence of the colonies and England

(b) describe carefully how migrants of different ethnic backgrounds preserved their culture in the united States

(c) take advantage of social research on the experiences of colonists who migrated to colonial North America specifically to acquire land

(d) relate the experience of the migrants to the political values that eventually shaped the character of the United States

(e) investigate the lives of Europeans before they came to colonial North America to determine more adequately their motivations for migrating

3.   Which of the following best summarizes the author’s evaluation of Bailyn’s fourth proposition?

(a) It is totally implausible.

(b) It is partially correct.

(c) It is highly admirable.

(d) It is controversial though persuasive.

(e) It is intriguing though unsubstantiated.

4.   According to the passage, Bailyn and the author agree on which of the following statements about the culture of colonial New England?

(a) High culture in New England never equaled the high culture of England.

(b) The cultural achievements of colonial New England have generally been unrecognized by historians.

(c) The colonists imitated the high culture of England, and did not develop a culture that was uniquely their own.

(d) The southern colonies were greatly influenced by the high culture of New England.

(d) New England communities were able to create laws and build a university, but unable to create anything innovative in the arts.

5.   According to the passage, which of the following is true of English migrants to the colonies during the eighteenth century?

(a) Most of them were farmers rather than trades people or artisans.

(b) Most of them came because they were unable to find work in England.

(c) They differed from other English people in that they were willing to travel.

(d) They expected that the colonies would offer them increased opportunity.

(e) They were generally not as educated as the people who remained in England.

6.   The author of the passage is primarily concerned with

(a) comparing several current interpretations of early American history

(b) suggesting that new social research on migration should lead to revisions in current interpretations of early American history

(c) providing the theoretical framework that is used by most historians in understanding early American history

(d) refuting an argument about early American history that has been proposed by social historians

(e) discussing a reinterpretation of early American history that is based on new social research on migration

7.   It can be inferred from the passage that American history textbooks used to assert that

(a) many migrants to colonial North America were not successful financially

(b) more migrants came to America out of religious or political conviction that came in the hope of acquiring land

(c) New England communities were much alike in terms of their economics and demographics

(d) many migrants to colonial North America failed to maintain ties with their European relations

(e) the level of literacy in New England communities was very high

8.   The author of the passage would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about Bailyn’s work?

(a) Bailyn underestimates the effects of Puritan thought on North American culture.

(b) Bailyn overemphasizes the economic dependence of the colonies on Great Britain.

(c) Bailyn’s description of the colonies as part of an Anglo-American empire is misleading and incorrect.

(d) Bailyn failed to test his propositions on a specific group of migrants to colonial North America.

(e) Bailyn overemphasizes the experiences of migrants to the New England colonies, and neglects the southern and the western parts of the New World.

9.   What according to writer does natural spillover means in this passage?

      (a)  The economic and demographic character of early New England towns varied considerably   

      (b)  Residents of early modern England moved regularly about their countryside; migrating to the New World

      (c)  The colonies were a half-civilized hinterland of the European culture system

      (d)  Those who recruited indentured servants were the driving forces of transatlantic migration

      (e)  None of these

10.  According to the passage the phrase ‘passed up’ implies

      (a)  To pass an examination or inspection

      (b)   To exchange greetings

      (c )   To exchange greetings

      (d)   To let go by

      (e)   To lose consciousness.    

Pick out the most appropriate synonym of the following words as used in the passage   

11.   Periphery

(a)   realm                   (b)   arena       (c)   circumference     (d)   isolation               (d)   disruption                                                         12. Indentured           

(a)   exonerated                      (b)   yielded     (c)   To bind into          (D)   inspected             (d)    supervised                     

Passage 21
1. D 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. D 6. E 7. C 8. A 9.B 10.D 11.D 12.C

ANSWER TO SYNONYM AND ANTONYM EXERCISE

IMPORTANT IDIOMS WITH THEIR MEANING

BREAK DOWN : FAIL,STOP,CEASE TO FUNCTION
BREAKIN/INTO : ENTER BY FORCE
BREAK OUT : BEGINING OF UNPLEASANT EVENTS
BREAK UP : END,DISPERSE
BREAK WITH : END A RELATION WITH
BRING FORTH : PRODUCE SOMETHING
BRING UP : RAISE,REAR,EDUCATE,AWARE
BRING OUT : CAUSE SOMETHING TO APPEAR OR OPEN
BRING DOWN : CAUSE TO FALL,, LOWER.
BRING ABAOUT : CAUSE SOMETHING TO HAPPEN
BRING UNDER : BRING SOMETHING UNDER CONTROL OR SUPERVISION
BRING AROUND : CAUSE SOMEBODY TO REGAIN CONCIOUSNESS

 ENGLISH LANGUAGE

 

            Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain wordsare printed in BOLD to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.

            It is difficult to imagine the extraordinary number of controls on Indian industry before1991

            Entrepreneurs needed permission to invest and could bepenalized for exceeding production

            capacity. Even with the given investment capacity they had, entering certain areas wasprohibited as these were reserved for the public sector. If they had to import anything, theyrequired licenses. To get these licenses was tough, they had to persuade a bureaucrat that the item was required but even so permission was unavailable if somebodywas already producing itin India. The impact of the

            'reforms was not instantaneously and permanentlywonderful. In India'scase it began to show after about a year and-a-half. After 1993, there came three years of rapidindustrial growth of about 8% or so. But, in the second half of the 90s there was a tapering ofindustrial growth and investment. After 1997 and the East Asian crisis there was global slowdownwhich had an impact on the Indian

            industry. But, the last few years there has been a tremendous upturn.With the rise of investment industrial growth has reached double or close.

            However even during the period when industrial growth was not that rapid, there is a lotof

            evidence that positive results of the reforms were seen. There were companies that didn't lookat all internally but instead performed remarkably in the highly competitive global market. Forinstance, the software sector's performance was outstanding in an almost totally global market.Reliance built a world-class refinery. Tatas developed an indigenously designed car. The success of the software sector has created much higher expectations from and much high confidence in what Indian industry can do. On the Government's side it's a vindication that liberalization of both domestic and external policies, including the increased inflow of Foreign DirectInvestment, has created an environment in which industry can do well, has done well and ispreparing to do even better. What they need is not sops, but good quality infrastructure. For the11th Plan an industrial growth rate of around 12%is projected. It will havemethods of developinginfrastructure, which will close the deficit. This can be For more materials visit www.educationobserver.com/forum

            done through increased investment inpublic sector for those infrastructure areas, which cannot attract private investment, and throughefforts to improve private participation in different ways of public- private participation.

            In the early stages of reforms, the liberalization of trade policies and a shift to a market-

            determined exchange rate had the effect of removing constraints on agriculture in terms of

            depressed prices. The removal of protection on industry helped to produce amore level playing field,because the earlier system was extremely unfair to agriculture. The lesson to be learnt from thereforms process is to persevere in reforming the strategic parts of the economy, which will lead toeven higher growth rate.India has to do better than its current average growth rate of 8%and ensurethat benefits from this higher growth go beyond industryand urban areas and extend to

            agriculture.

           

            Q.176. Which of the following was NOT a restriction on Indian industry prior to 1991?

            (A) A private business needed government sanction to invest in any sector

            (B) Industrial growth had to bemaintained at a certain percentage fixed by the government.

            (C) It was difficult to obtain licenses.

            a) All A, B and C

            b) Only B

            c) Only C

            d) Both A and C

            e) None of these

             

            Q.177. How did software companies deal with slow industrial growth in an open Indian economy?

            a) They focused on strengthening their position in the domestic market.

            b) They campaigned for infrastructure development.

            c) They diversified into different sectors.

            d) They entered into partnerships with public sector enterprises in reserved sectors.

            e) They targeted global markets.

           

            Q.178. Which of the following is NOT true in the context of the passage?

            (A) India experienced a slowdown in growth during the late 1990s because initially the economicgrowth rate was too rapid.

            (B) There were a few stringent regulations on Indian industries which kept economic growthbelow 12%

            (C) Companies did not get import licenses for goods if they were being indigenously produced.

            a) Only A

            b) Both B & C

            c) Both A and B

            d) All A,B and C

            e) None of these

           

            Q.179. Why was investment by private businesses disallowed in certain sectors?

            a) To ensure proper development in these sectors

            b) To prevent corruption in key sectors like infrastructure

            c) To ensure steady not inconsistent growth in key sectors

            d) To protect the interests of the public sector in these sectors

            e) None of these

             

            Q.180. What was the impact of the flourishing Indian software sector?

            a) Other companies were unable to be competitive in the global market

            b) It fuelled expectations of a good performance from the Indian economy.

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            c) Growth rate rose to 12%.

            d) It created cut throat competition among software companies which would hinder the sector inthe long run.

            e) None of these

           

            Q.181. Which of the following factors was responsible for the fall In India's growth rate in the late 1990s?

            a) The implementation of economic reforms was too rapid.

            b) It was expected after achieving & high growth rate of 10%.

            c) There was a slowdown in the global economy.

            d) There were sanctions against East Asian countries byWTO.

            e) The software sector grew but the other sectors were neglected.

             

            Q.182. Which of the following can be said about the reforms of 1991?

            a) They benefited Indian industry immediately

            b) All Indian companies began to focus on indigenous development instead of looking

            foropportunities abroad.

            c) They were targeted only at the software sector.

            d) India was among the worst affected countries by the East Asian economic crisis because ithad opened up its economy

            e) They encouraged foreign direct Investment in India.

           

            Q.183. What does the author recommend to ensure that the industrial sector continues to perform better?

            a) Subsidies should be provided in infrastructure development

            b) Government should keep control of and monitor all infrastructure projects.

            c)Wipe out any infrastructure deficit by transferring responsibility of those projects to the privatesector

            d) Ensure a combination of public and private sector involvement in developing infrastructure, e) None of these

             

            Q.184. What is the author's opinion about the government's decision to liberalise the economy in 1991?

            a) It was beneficial because it created confidence in the Indian economy.

            b) The timing was wrong since the economy experienced a slowdown in growth rate,

            c) It led to a focus on software and other sectors were neglected

            d) Foreign companies took advantage of the new policies and exploited certain sectors

            e) None of these

             

            Q.185. How did the economic reforms affect the agriculture sector?

            a) A system of market determined exchange rate was introduced.

            b) Constraints in agriculture increased.

            c) Prices were depressed because there was a removal of protection of the sector.

            d) Agriculture growth rate doubled.

            e) The agriculture sector was not a part of the reforms process.

             

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

 Q.186. extraordinary

 

            a) unusual

            b) wonderful

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            c) rare

            d) beautiful

            e) small

             

 Q.187. rise

 

            a) stand

            b) increase

            c) slope

            d) upward

            e) progress

             

 Q.188. projected

 

            a) discussed

            b) needed

            c) estimated

            d) achieved

            e) thrown

             

            Choose the word which Is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word given in bald as used inthe passage.

 Q.189. attract

 

            a) ugly

            b) offend

            c) push

            d) sick

            e) repel

             

 Q.190. persevere

 

            a) give up

            b) hide

            c) chase

            d) disturb

            e) slope

             

            Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in onepart of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is e).

            (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).

            Q.191. There is a shortage/ for qualified staff / in many software / companies in India.

            a)There is a shortage

            b)for qualified staff

            c)in many software

            d)companies in India

            e)No error

           

            Q.192. Mr. Bajaj has resigned / from the post of the Director /which he holds / for over ten years.

            a)Mr. Bajaj has resigned

            b)from the post of the Director

            c)which he holds

            d)for over ten years

            e)No error

           

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            Q.193. To improve its efficiency / all income tax officers / will be provided with / laptops by next year.

            a)To improve its efficiency

            b)all income tax officers

            c)will be provided with

            d)laptops by next year

            e)No error

            Q.194. He was not a / good manager because / he did not know / what to react in a crisis.

            a)He was not a

            b)good manager because

            c)he did not know

            d)what to react in a crisis

            e)No error

           

            Q.195. The Reserve Bank of India are / responsible for ensuring / that the banking sector/

            functionseffectively.

            a)The Reserve Bank of India are

            b)responsible for ensuring

            c)that the banking sector

            d)functionseffectively

            e)No error

           

            Q.196. Since most of the / employees were in / favour of the merger / it was a success.

            a)Since most of the

            b)employees were in

            c)favour of the merger

            d)it was a success

            e)No error

           

            Q.197. According to the survey /more of forty percent / of Indians do not/ have access to banks.

            a)According to the survey

            b)more of forty percent

            c)of Indians do not

            d)have access to banks

            e)No error

           

            Q.198. Ram will be suspended / because he opened an account / without obtaining none /of thenecessary documents.

            a)Ram will be suspended

            b)because he opened an account

            c)without obtaining none

            d)of thenecessary documents

            e)No error

           

            Q.199. Mr Patil has approached / the bank for / a loan to finance / his son college education.

            a)Mr Patil has approached

            b)the bank for

            c)a loan to finance

            d)his son college education

            e)No error

           

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            Q.200. Inspite of living / in Kerala for two years / he yet does / not speak Malayalam.

            a)Inspite of living

            b)in Kerala for two years

            c)he yet does

            d)not speak Malayalam

            e)No error

             

            In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. Those arenumbered as a)b)c) and d)One of these four words printed in boldmay by either wrongly speltor inappropriate in the context of the sentence Find out the word,which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctlyspell and also appropriate in the context of the sentence,mark e) i.e. 'All Correct' as your answer.

             

            Q.201. In his speech Mr. Leeladhar revealed that banks have to comply with Basel norms last byMarch next year.

            a)revealed

            b)comply

            c)norms

            d) last

            e)All correct

           

            Q.202. The government is commited to providingworld class infrastructure to sustain extensive growthof industries.

            a)commited

            b)sustain

            c)extensive

            d) growth

            e)All correct

           

            Q.203. The entire process of assinging projects has undergone a charge.

            a)entire

            b)process

            c)assinging

            d)undergone

            e) All correct

             

            Q.204. The schemewas launched to allowa customer to knowthe states of his loan application.

            a) scheme

            b)launched

            c)allow

            d)states

            e)AllCorrect

             

            Q.205. The objective of the seminar was to raise awareness about the consequences of corruption.

            a)objective

            b)raise

            c)awareness

            d) consequences

            e)All Correct

           

           

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            Which of the phrases a), b), c) and d) given belowshould replace the phrase given in bold inthe following sentences tomake the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct asit is and there is no correction required mark e) i e. 'No correction required' as the answer.

            Q.206. The appointments to these posts were temporarily so we shall have to apply to other companies.

            a) is temporary

            b) being temporarily

            c) will be temporarily

            d) are temporary

            e) No correction required

             

            Q.207. In our opinion Mr. Dayal's son has carry forward the business well in his absence, a) carried through

            b) been carried out

            c) carried on

            d) seen carrying away

            e) No correction required

             

            Q.208. We have reliably Inform that the new branch will not open till next year.

            a) reliably to inform

            b) reliable information

            c) informed reliability

            d) to be reliably inform

            e) No correction required

             

            Q.209. In anticipation of the transport strike we have decided for delayed our vacation a) to delay

            b) on delay

            c) in delaying

            d) delaying

            e) No correction required

             

            Q.210. You cannot dismiss him unless you had good reason.

            a) until having

            b) without

            c) except you have

            d) if there being

            e) No correction required

             

            Arrange the following sin sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence toform a paragraph; then answer [he questions given below them

            (A) He then hid nearby to watch and see who would remove it.

            (B) He saw a purse full of gold lying in the middle of the road. It was the king's reward for theperson who did something about the problem.

            (C) The king was tired of his subjects only complaining but doing nothing to solve their problems.

            (D) A youth on his way to market saw the stone, put down his produce and rolled the stone to theside of the road.

            (E) Many people passed by but dodged their duty of moving the stone instead blaming the kingfor not keeping the highways clear.

            (F) One day he placed a heavy stone in the middle of the road.

            Q.211. Which of the following is the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?

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            a) A

            b) B

            c) C

            d) D

            e) F

             

            Q.212. Which of the following is the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

            a) B

            b) C

            c) D

            d) E

            e) F

             

            Q.213. Which of the following is the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

            a) A

            b) B

            c) C

            d) D

            e) E

             

            Q.214. Which of the following is the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?

            a) B

            b) C

            c) D

            d) E

            e) F

             

            Q.215. Which of the following is the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?

            a) A

            b) B

            c) C

            d) D

            e) E