IBPS PO Examination Paper

Directions : Fill in the blanks with suitable words

What Indian politicians and bureaucrats share with their scientist, engineer & carpenter counterparts is their acceptance of mediocrity & lack of skill. The greatest moral failure of Indian institutions is the tolerance of incompetence, (1) criminality or corruption. The tolerance of incompetence in …(2)… is a result of a low cultural value attached to the creation and …(3)… of institutions.

Institution building is a hard work; it requires a combination of vision, commitment and performance. Any institution involves a contract between those who …(4)… to the institution and those who support it. The support can take the form of money or votes but that support must be …(5)… continuously. In a properly functioning institutional system, the institutional contract …(6)… the institution members and their supporters takes the form : you give me support and I will give you results. Competence is the channel that sustains the flow of trust from supporters to institutions and back. If doctors don’t cure will they not lose our trust ? While blaming individual politicians and babus for their corrupt ways, let us also examine the system that accepts mediocrity and even lets it …(7)….

What we are seeing in India is a case of contract failure. The contractor who bribes an official and then builds a leaky stadium is not just being …(8)…. He is sustaining a collusive system that subverts rules regulating mutual co-operation between government institutions, market players and society as a whole. In the case of endemic contract failure everyone …(9)…, including the contractor, for once the public loses its trust in institution is even businessmen will …(10)… out on opportunities to make money. The moral status of institutions is central to continued development and prosperity.

1. (A) as (B) to (C) never (D) not (E) for

2. (A) turn (B) individual (C) world (D) partly (E) importance

3. (A) destruction (B) justification (C) sustenance (D) excess (E) marginalization

4. (A) belong (B) work (C) help (D) employed (E) trust

5. (A) returned (B) earned (C) needed (D) discouraged (E) asked

6. (A) suggests (B) akin (C) twosome (D) centered (E) between

7. (A) question (B) bolder (C) thrive (D) out (E) kill

8. (A) variant (B) trivial (C) immature (D) corrupt (E) generous

9. (A) succeeds (B) suffers (C) proliferates (D) responsible (E) encompasses

10. (A) storm (B) venture (C) lose (D) get (E) walk

Directions—(Q. 11–15) Rearrange the following five sentences (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

(a) Thus, if we really value it, we will work hard to make it a reality.

(b) Inner peace is the most elusive thing that a human being can seek.

(c) The most important criterion in order to experience it is to value the importance of inner peace.

(d) To experience inner peace one doesn’t have to retreat to a Himalayan cave; rather, one can experience inner peace seated exactly where they are by watching these thoughts.

(e) Nobody can gift the other inner peace at the same time it is only one’s own thoughts that can rob them of their inner peace.

11. Which is the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement ? (A) (a) (B) (b) (C) (c) (D) (d) (E) (e)

12. Which is the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement ? (A) (e) (B) (d) (C) (c) (D) (b) (E) (a)

13. Which is the SECOND sentence after rearrangement ? (A) (e) (B) (d) (C) (c) (D) (b) (E) (a)

14. Which is the FIRST sentence after rearrangement ? (A) (a) (B) (b) (C) (c) (D) (d) (E) (e)

15. Which is the THIRD sentence after rearrangement ? (A) (a) (B) (b) (C) (c) (D) (d) (E) (e)

Directions—(Q. 16–20) Each question below has two blanks. Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits the meaning.

16. After …… payrolls and tightening perks to cope with the economic slowdown last year, software companies are finding that a rising number of engineering and management graduates are transferring their ……… to vocations such as manufacturing and banking.

(A) trimming – loyalties (B) reducing – accounts (C) hiking – services (D) increased – affections (E) dropped – potentials

17. It is very important to ……… that when the swine flu virus enters a human body, it takes a minimum of one day to a maximum of eight days for the disease to develop ……….

(A) gauge – extensively (B) ascertain – further (C) understand – fully, (D) verify – remarkably (E) fathom – clearly

18. Scientists, working to save the earth, have ……… ‘dry water’ that soaks carbon three times better than water, and hence helps ……… global warming.

(A) aided – cut (B) created – combat (C) built – stop (D) produced – increase (E) invented – monitoring

19. The first round of the contest had the students ……… themselves and ……… about their hobbies.

(A) introducing – talking, (B) sensitizing – sketching (C) showcasing – planning, (D) acclimatizing – mentioning, (E) gearing – chalking

20. The varsity’s poll process for ……… of new candidates has ……… poor response with only ten thousand applications being received till date.

(A) entrusting – seen (B) registration – evoked (C) entrance – made, (D) admission – visited (E)experimenting-generated

Directions—(Q. 21–25) Read each sentence,find whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. If any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

21. Initially, shop owners tried to (A) / offer some resistance to the demolition but (B) / seeing the heavy presence of the police force, (C) / their resistance faded off. (D)

22. Cleanliness drives will be (A) / conducted in various localities (B) / to opening the drains blocked (C) / with polythene bags. (D)

23. The results of the study showed that (A) / if the partners were willing to talk to each other (B) / and arrive at a mutually agreeable decision,` (C) / the joint decisions were more better than any one person’s judgment. (D)

24. A year after the global financial crisis saw (A) / students from the best B-schools across the world struggling for a job, (B) / a survey on management education this year thrown (C) / up some rather interesting   findings. (D)

25. The district authorities are making (A) / a last-ditch attempt to provide (B) / alternative solutions to farmers but (C) / the options is clearly inadequate. (D)

Directions—(Q. 26–30) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

At the time when the unfortunate incident of the ‘accidental’ exposure to radiation that affected workers and waste collectors in Delhi as they handled radioactive material, took place, the issue of waste disposal, particularly hazardous waste, made the headlines. The lives of those who live off collecting and sorting waste came into out line of vision. But then the issue disappeared. Long term policies that ensure that the safety and health of those who do such an essential job – “a community of silent environmentalists” someone called them – are not such a high priority any more. One reason is that the people affected are virtually invisible.

Waste collectors around India work silently, often late into the night, sorting out mountains of waste, foraging for anything that can be sold. If you walk down some streets of Central Mumbai after 11 at night, you will see an army of waste collectors. Men, women, children are all hard at work. They work through the night and finally manage to get some sleep on the doorsteps of the shops on those streets. By daylight they become invisible, having stowed their belongings in boxes behind the signs of the shops on whose doorsteps they sleep. These are the people of the night, not noticed by those who inhabit the areas in the day.

What is often not entirely appreciated is that a substantial percentage of waste collectors is women. According to a study, 85 per cent of waste collectors in the city are women, five per cent are children and 10 per cent are men. The majority of them are poor and landless people who came to the city because of drought in their villages. The age group ranges from 7 to 70 years and 98 per cent of them are illiterate. A survey of 60,000 waste collectors found a similar proportion : 60 per cent women, 20 per cent men and 20 per cent children. Studies have revealed that 90 per cent of the women waste pickers are primary bread-winners, often widowed or deserted. It is interesting how the gender division of labour plays out even in the business of waste. While women, and children, do the more hazardous job of sorting and separating the waste, the men deal with the dry garbage, which they transport to wholesalers and factories. As a result, it is the women who are exposed to hazardous waste – none of them wear any kind of protective gear – and also face the physical problems of constantly bending and carrying head loads of the waste. Look at any group of waste collectors and you will spot the bent old women who have been performing this function for decades.

In the slum-city of Mumbai, waste collectors experience the most acute degree of homelessness. While poor people in other kinds of jobs somehow manage to find some shelter in a slum, irrespective of whether it is legal or illegal, waste collectors sleep next to the garbage they have sorted. This is their “wealth”, something they have to protect after they have collected and sorted it until they can monetize it. Hence, near many garbage dumps, even in the better off localities of cities like Mumbai, you see families of waste pickers asleep in the morning. And most often you see only women and children.

Why bring up waste collectors at a time when the main environmental issues being debated are the larger issues of global warming, or environmental disasters such as the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico ? This is because one cannot speak of the environment withoutconsidering its impact on the lives of people. We have hundreds of small-scale and continuing environmental disasters taking place all around us. But we overlook them so long as they do not impact our lives or our lifestyles. Millions of waste pickers in India, who play a crucial role in dealing with the perennial environmental crisis of waste, risk their lives and their health every single day. This is an on-going environmental issue that requires as much attention from ordinary people, the media and policy makers as the larger macro issues.

26. Why are long term policies favouring waste collectors not high priority ?

(A) The Govt is currently contemplating over the effects of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and does not have time for other issues.

(B) The plight of these people is not evident as they work late into the night and are not seen much during the day.

(C) The Government is unable to see these people at all and thus is not aware of their existence.

(D) Waste collectors themselves are not in favour of being brought into organized sector bcoz of the numerous complications involved.

(E) As previous such favourable policies failed to improve conditions of these waste collectors as they were not implemented effectively.

27. Which of the following is true about waste collectors as given in the passage ?

1. Majority of waste collectors are people who have migrated from their village because of some natural calamity.

2. Waste collectors prefer to sleep next to the garbage they have sorted. 3. Most waste collectors are not literate.

(A) Only (2) (B) Only (1) and (2) (C) Only (3) (D) Only (2) and (3) (E) All are true.

28. Why are women waste collectors at a disadvantage as compared to the men waste collectors as mentioned in the passage ?

(A) The men sell waste collected by the women to wholesalers & keep all the money to themselves without sharing it with the women.

(B) The women do the more dangerous and physical work of sorting through the garbage whereas men mostly transport dry garbage.

(C) Men wear protective gear while sorting the garbage thereby shielding themselves from the ill effects of being exposed to the waste.

(D) The men force their wives and children to work for them whereas the women do not have this luxury.

(E) The men are not as affected by the waste as the women waste collectors because of the difference in their physical constitution.

29. Which of the following is possibly the most appropriate title for the passage ?

(A) The General Public’s Apathetic ways (B) The Unorganized Sector (C) The Invisible Waste

(D) Waste Collectors – The World Over (E) Recognizing the ‘Work’ in ‘Dirty Work’

30. Why, according to the author, is the issue of waste collectors as important as the issue of global warming ?

1. As most waste collectors in big cities are children who are ultimately the future of our nation.

2. As without the waste collectors sorting waste the phenomenon of global warming would increase exponentially.

3. As waste collectors deal with wastage which impacts the people’s everyday lives and is also environmentally significant.

(A) Only (2) and (3) (B) Only (1) (C) Only (1) and (2) (D) Only (3) (E) All (1), (2) and (3)

Directions—(Q. 31–33) Choose the word/group which is most similar in meaning to word/group of words printed in bold in the passage.

31. INHABIT (A) Reside in (B) Encompass (C) Infest (D) Submerge (E) Are used to

32. FORAGING (A) Penetrating (B) Incising (C) Probing (D) Begging (E) Searching

33. MONETIZE (A) Currency (B) Buy (C) Encash (D) Regulate (E) Pay

Directions—(Q. 34–35) Choose the word/group which is most opposite in meaning to word/group printed in bold used in passage.

34. CONSIDERING (A) Untying (B) Remembering (C) Understanding (D) Disregarding (E) Condemning

35. HAZARDOUS (A) Pleasant (B) Efficient (C) Important (D) Risky (E) Harmless

Directions: (36-45) Fundamentally, all human ...36... posses combinations of fixed inherited traits. All men posses the ...37... highly developed nervous system, backbone, erect posture, hair, etc. Therefore ...38... among men arise only in ...39... changes of this ...40... pattern. Racial ...41... represent one of the finest distinctions and are based on certain ...42... differences. Two races may be ...43... in hair colour and in eye colour but ...44... in stature while tow others may be ...45... in stature but differ in colour of eyes and hair.

36. a. Animal b. Being c. Mind d. Society
37. a. large b. Different c. Same d. Natural
38. a. sameness b. Naturalness c. Artificial d. Variations
39. a. no b. Large c. Fundamental d. Minor
40. a. fluctuating b. Basic c. Mad d. Picturesque
41. a. differences b. Clashes c. Hatred d. Tolerance
42. a. clearcut b. Minor c. Unnoticeable d. Massive
43. a. alike b. Different c. Mismatched d. Beautiful
44. a. alike b. Tall c. Same d. Different
45. a. similar b. Short c. Uncouth d. Different

Direction (46-50) Synonyms:

46. Eager a. clever b. enthusiastic c. curious d. devoted

47. Commemorate a. boast b. remember c. manipulate d. harmonize

48. Secure a. secret b. comfortable c. safe d. independent

49. Whim a. fancy b. clumsy c. desire d. strange behavior

50. Candid a. rude b. impertinent c. blunt d. frank

English Answers:1 (D), 2 (B), 3 (C), 4 (A), 5 (C), 6 (E), 7 (C), 8 (D), 9 (B), 10 (E), 11(C), 12 (A), 13 (C), 14 (B), 15 (D), 16 (A), 17 (C), 18 (B), 19 (D), 20 (B), 21 (E), 22 (C), 23 (D), 24 (C), 25 (D), 26 (B), 27 (E), 28 (B), 29 (B), 30 (D), 31 (A), 32 (E), 33 (C), 34(D), 35 (E), 36 (B), 37 (C), 38 (D), 39 (D), 40 (B), 41 (A), 42 (B), 43 (A), 44 (D), 45 (A), 46 (c), 47 (b), 48 (c), 49 (d), 50 (d)

Personality Development

Step Up Institute on a regular basis conducts personality development programs for its students to make them knowledgeable about how they need to present themselves when they enter the Corporate Industry.

Step Up Group is also in collaboration with some government and private organizations for conducting personality development and training programs for their employees, which in turn helps in increasing their motivation and efficiency, which is always helpful for the organization.

Various activities are included in our PDPs, such as:

(a)    Public speaking

(b)   Management games

(c)    Group discussions

(d)   Guest lecture from Motivation Gurus.

Various other activities are also included in the programs depending on the time schedule and the number of candidates participating in the programs.

Any organization interested in collaborating with us for conducting the PDPs for their employees, can contact us on stepupgrp@gmail.com

Placements

Step Up group also have a placement cell working in collaboration with the Institute, in order to provide placement assistance to the students who are completing their courses from our head office or our branches.

Those job candidates who have not done any course from our institute but they want a shift from their present job or they are looking for a new job can also email their resumes to stepupgrp@gmail.com.

Career Counselling

What after 12^th?

This one question has been faced by almost all of us at one stage of time and our parents have always played an important role with us while finding an answer to this question. The answer to this question is the base of our career and it paves the path for our successful and happy life. The basic consideration on which the answer depends is the amount of earning that a person can make if he joins a certain course after his 12^th.

But in modern times, it is seen that nowadays students want to earn money but also do something which can excites them and they enjoy it. In simple words, it means that they want to follow their heart and don’t want to join any course just because it pays well.

In this quest of finding the right career path for them, students sometimes get confused and they found it difficult to choose right path.

This is where, we can help the students, as our team comprises of MBAs, CAs, Bankers, IT experts and we also keep ourselves update with the changing job market trends, and this helps us in providing right career advice to the concerned student as per his interests and aim for life.

We have also conducted career counseling sessions in some public and private schools in Dehradun and interested schools who want us to conduct career counseling sessions in their premises, can contact us on stepupgrp@gmail.com and if any student want to discuss or need guidance can either email us or walk into our Head Office –

Step Up Academy,

First floor, St. Judes Chowk,

Above SBI ATM, Shimla Road,

Dehradun (UK)

248171

SBI PO SAMPLE PAPER

 Directions (Q.1-15): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below-it. 

There are various sectors in India that are to be assessed - for their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The total population is over 1 billion, which will increase to 1.46 billion by 2035 to cross China. The huge population will result in higher unemployment and deterioration of quality, Literacy in India is yet another factor to be discussed. According to the 1991 Census, 64.8% of the population was illiterate. The major downtrend of education is due to child labour, which has spread all over India, and this should be totally eradicated by way of surveillance and a good educational system implemented properly by the Government. 

                                                                                                                                             

 Pollution is one more threat to the environment and for the country's prospects. This has been experienced more in urban areas, mainly in metropolitan cities. The water pollution by the sewage seepage into the ground water and improper maintenance will lead to various diseases, which in turn will affect the next generation. In most of the cities there is no proper sewage disposal. The Government has to take effective steps to control population, which, in turn, will minimize the pollution. 

             

Poverty questions the entire strength of India's political view and minimizes the energetic way of approach. The shortfall of rains, enormous floods, unexpected famine, drought, earthquake and the recent tsunami hit the -country in a negative way. The proactive approach through effective research and analytical study helps us to determine the effects in advance. Proper allocation of funds is a prerequisite. In developed countries like the US and Japan, precautionary methods are adopted to overcome this, but it has to be improved a lot in our systems.
            

 Increased population is one of the major reasons for poverty and the Government is unable to allocate funds for basic needs to the society. India has nearly 400 million people living below the poverty line and 90% of active population is in informal economy. The children are forced to work due to their poverty and differential caste system. They work in match industry for daily wages, as servants, mechanics, stone. breakers, agricultural workers, etc. To prevent child   labour existing laws which favour the Anti Child Labour Act should be implemented by the Government vigorously.
                                    

 More population results in cheap cost by virtue of the demand-supply concept. Most of the foreign countries try to utilise this factor by outsourcing their business in India with a very low capital. According to the US, India is a “knowledge pool" with cheap labour. The major advantage is pur communication and technical skill, which is adaptable to any environment. The cutting-edge skill in IT of our professionals helps the outsourcing companies to commensurate with the needs of the consumers in a short span. The major competitors for India are China and Philippines and by the way of an effective communication and expert technical ability, Indians are ahead of the race. The major metropolitan states are targeting the outsourcing field vigorously by giving various amenities to the outsourcing companies like tax concession, allotting land, etc, to start their businesses in their cities without any hurdles. Thereby most of the MNCs prefer India as their destinations and capitalise the resources to maximise their assets. Infrastructure is another key factor for an outsourcing company to start a business in a particular city. It includes road, rail, ports, power and water. The increased input in infrastructure in India is very limited where China's record is excellent.
                                        

 India in earlier days gave more importance to the development of Industry and less importance to other departments. But the scenario has quite changed nowadays by allocating a special budget of funds for security. This is because of the frightening increase in terrorism all around the world, especially emerging after the 9/11 terror attack in the US. In the last ten years, budget towards the development of military forces is higher when compared to others. It shows that the threat from our neighbouring countries is escalating. India has to concentrate more on this security factor to wipe out the problem in the way of cross-border terrorism.
                                                                                                                                                               

 Making India a developed country in 2020 is not an easy task. India has to keep in check a variety of factors in order to progress rapidly. To quote China as all example is that they demolished an old building to construct a very big port to meet future demands, but India is still waiting for things to happen. The profits gained by India through various sectors are to be spent for the development and welfare of the country. India's vision for a brighter path will come true not only by mere words or speech, but extra effort is needed at all levels to overcome the pitfalls.

1. Which of the following is/are the facility (ies) available to MNCs investing in India?
(A) Easy availability of land

(B) Better infrastructure than China

(C) Tax concessions
1) Only (C), 2) All (A) , (B) and (C), 3) Only (A) and (B), 4) Only (A) and (C), 5) None of these

2. Which of the following, according to the author, is a result of poverty in India?
1) Lack of a robust security system

2) Child labour and the resulting dearth of educated youth
3) Floods, famines and other calamities 4) Rapid increase in population 5) None of these

3. How, according to the author, can the effects of floods, famines, droughts etc be minimized?
1) By limiting pollution, thereby reducing the chances of such event taking place

2) By educating the children about the ill – effects of such calamities who in turn will help during the time of need

3) By following the US system of providing relief to its citizens

4) By allotting proper funds for research which can predict the outcome of such calamities and thus design relief measures 5) None of these 

4. Why, according to the author, is India one of the favourite destinations for investment by outsourcing companies?
(A) Shorter response time for clients,

(B) Better technical skills.

(C) Availability of cheap labour.
1) Only (C), 2) All (A), (B) and (C), 3) Only (B) and (C), 4) Only (A) and (B), 5) Only (A)

5. Which of the following is/are true in the context of the passage?
(A) India leads the way in the amount invested in the development of infrastructure. 

(B) Political system in India is not influenced by poverty.
(C) Indian population would increase by approximately 50 per cent in the next twenty five years.
1) Only (A) and (B), 2) Only (B), 3) Only (C), 4) Only (B) and (C), 5) All (A) , (B) and (C)

6. Which of the following, according to the author, is/are a result(s) of increased population in India? 

(A) Pollution,

(B) Poverty,

(C) Unemployment
1) Only (A)        , 2) Only (A) and (B), 3) Only (B)        , 4) Only (A) and (C), 5) All (A) , (B) and (C) 

7. Why, according to the author, has the Indian Government allotted more funds to, strengthen the military forces?
1) To improve security in order to counter increasing terrorism. 

2) As the security in India over the past ten years was grossly inadequate
3) As the US too has strengthened its military forces after the 9/11 attack

4) As the Industry is developed enough and is not in need of any more funds

5) None of these 

8. What is the author’s main objective in writing this passage?
1) To exhort the Government to garner support from its neighbouring countries 

2) To suggest to the Government to follow China’s example blindly, thereby bringing about rapid development

3) To highlight the plight of the poor

4) To discuss the problem of child labour and suggest suitable remedies

5) To bring forth the problems associated with India’s development and to suggest measures to counter them

Directions (Q.9-12): Choose the word/group of words which is most similar in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.

9. SURVEILLANCE:      1) spying   2) cameras  3) security 4) observation    5) alertness
10. PREREQUISITE:     1) result    2) association  3) necessity, 4) factor      5) mystery
11. PROSPECTS:          1) assimilation, 2) demand, 3) future, 4) brochure   5) diagnosis  
12. COMMENSURATE: 1) match   2) extracting , 3) contemplating, 4) request  5) employing

Directions (Q.13-15): Choose the word/group of words which is most opposite in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.

13. LIMITED: 1) abundant        , 2) complete         , 3) flowing, 4) inadequate     , 5) encompassing 
14. DIFFERENTIAL   : 1) solitude    , 2) homogeneous    , 3) synonymous, 4) unique    , 5) different 
15. VIGOROUSLY: 1) simply            , 2) regularly         , 3) roughly, 4) softly           , 5) leniently

Directions (Q.16-20): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below.

(A) With all the bid information being available and tracked online, corruption has considerably reduced.
(B) Today, most, ie over ninety-five per cent, households, in the city enjoy. broadband connection.
(C) All city contracts are now bid for online.
(D) Over twenty years ago the city government, Central Government and the private sector made a concerted effort to shift the economy to include IT.
(E) As our cities do expand and become more complex, such a system will make governance more manageable.
(F) This level of connectedness has changed not only the city's economy but also how it is governed and how business is conducted.

16. Which should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement? l) A    2) B    3) C,4) D    5) E    
17. Which should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement? 1) A    2) B    3) C,4) D    5) F
18. Which should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement? 1) A    , 2) C    , 3) D, 4) E    , 5) F 
19. Which should be the FIITH sentence after rearrangement?  1) A    , 2) B    , 3) C, 4) D    , 5) E 

20. Which should be the LAST sentence after rearrangement? 1) B    , 2) C    , 3) D, 4) E    , 5) F 

Directions (Q.21-25): Which of the phrase 1), 2),3) & 4) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make it meaningful and grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required, mark 5) as the answer.
21. Bank charge differently rate of interest depending on the size of the loan.
1) difference in rate of interests, 2) differently what rate of interest
3) different rates of interest, 4) the different rate of interest
22. It is necessary that we take any steps to reduce pollution soon.
1) we should take every, 2) we have taken no
3) us to take any, 4) we take some 
23. It is too early to say how the impact the new tax will have on investors.
1) what impact, 2) that the impact, 3) how much impacts, 4) what are the impacts of 
24. Kindly ask his advice regarding the various health insurance policies presently available.
1) him to advise that, 2) regarding his advise, 3) that he should advice, 4) about his advice 
25. Unfortunately many of our towns and cities do have more good transportation systems:
1) have a good                 , 2) not have good
3) not have much good    , 4) not having better 

Directions (Q.26-35): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idioma tie error in it. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 5). (Ignore errors of punctuations, if any.)

26. Some genuine issues exist /1 with the newly adopted /2 system and needs/3 to I be examined seriously. /4
27. Whether or not to confront /1 them about their role /2 in the matter is a decision /3which is yet to take. /4 
28. The government is still in the /1 process of finalized new/2 policy / guidelines for the allocation of land /3 to private sector organisations./4
29. According to government estimates /1at least four millions tonnes of sugar /2will have to be imported /3 this year because of a poor monsoon./4

30. In our experience people usually /1 value things that they have to /2 payoff more than those that /3 they receive free of cost. /4

31. At present China is the /1 world's leader manufacture /2 of environment-friendly products /3 such as electric cars and bicycles. /4

32. Over eighty per cent from us /1 feel that if we had taken /2 Some corrective measures earlier /3 the crisis could have been averted. /4

33. The manager of that city branch /1 cannot handle it with the help of /2 only two personnel as /3 business has increased substantially/4

34. With the literacy rates in this /1 region as low as ten per cent /2 we need to encourage /3 local people to build schools. /4 
35. While-providing such facilities/1 online makes it covenient  /2 and easily accessible for customers, /3 we face several challenges. /4

Directions (Q.36-40): In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are numbered as 1),2),3) and 4).•One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or 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 correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark 5), ie' All correct', as your answer.

36. The bank's fluctuating/1 performance over the prior/2 year has been a major/3 cause/4 for concern. All correct 
37. An economy relies/1 on its access to dependable/2 and affordable/3 sources of energy. All correct 
38. Researches have used data prevalent/1 to manufacturing companies to illustrate/2 the harmful/2 impacts/2 of technology on the      environment. All correct 
39. Such a situation/1 is neither feasible/2 nor desirable/3 in a democratic country like ours/4. All correct 
40. The gradual/1 withdrawal/2 of such safety/3 mechanisims/4 will affect small and medium industries the most. 

Directions (Q.41-50): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

The world's climate has always changed and species have evolved accordingly to survive it. The surprising fact about the (41) between evolution and global warming (42) that it is not linear. (43) temperatures alone are not (44) of evolution. Evolution is also the (45) of seasonal changes. As the environment (46) those species which don't adapt (47) to exist . But the sheer (48) of manmade climate change today is (49). 'Bad things are happening' and by one (50) global warming could threaten up to one-third of the world's species if left unchecked. In fact; a lot of the species which will be able to survive are the ones we consider pests like insects and weeds.
41.  1) difference,  2) similarity, 3) argument ,4) relationship, 5) alliance             
42.  1) Being, 2) seems, 3) mainly,4) besides, 5) is 
43.  1) However   2) Mounted, 3) Rising   4) Elevating,  5) Inclining
44.  1) Means   2) triggers  3) responses   4) threats,  5) stimulus 
45.  1) Result,2) precursor,3) resistance ,4) cause,  5) provocation
46.  1) conserves ,2) stifles, 3) predicts , 4) changes, 5) emerges
47.  1) continue, 2) halt, 3) cease , 4) terminate, 5) discontinue
48.  1) luck , 2) value,3) collapse, 4) pace, 5) attention
49.  1) threatened, 2) pursued, 3) unprecedented, 4) record, 5) debated
50.  1) forecast, 2) chance, 3) pattern, 4) occasion, 5) imagination

Answers :  1. ((4) 2. (5) 3. (4) 4. (3) 5. (3) 6. (5) 7. (1) 8. (5) 9. (5) 10. (3)

11. (3) 12. (1) 13. (1) 14. (2) 15. (4) 16. (4) 17. (2) 18. (5) 19. (1) 20. (4)

21. (3) 22. (4) 23. (1) 24. (5) 25. (2) 26. (3) 27. (4) 28. (2) 29. (2) 30. (3)

31. (2) 32. (1) 33. (3) 34. (5) 35. (5) 36. (2) 37. (5) 38. (1) 39. (1) 40. (4)

41. (4) 42. (5) 43. (3) 44. (2) 45. (1) 46. (4) 47. (3) 48. (4) 49. (3) 50. (1)