New Pattern English Questions for IBPS PO Exams 2017

Direction: (Q.1 - Q.15) For every question there are three sentences. Choose the correct option from each of the question.

QUESTION 1.

1.Hindus is a pragmatic people who wants to get on with the business of life, earning more and ensuring a better future for their children, rather than be mired in unending religious strife.

2.The correct policy would be to respect for all faiths rather than the cynical politics of minority appeasement.

3.One reason is that it has left the female heroes more rather than less embattled.

(A) 1 is correct.

(B) Both 1 and 2 are correct.

(D) 2 and 3 are correct.

(E) All are correct.

QUESTION 2.

1.To defend yourself and your country against aggression is not only ethically sanctioned, then also in many cases an ethical duty which goes by the name of patriotism.

2.In the interplay between morals and ethics there are no right answers, only right questions.

3.Ethics are the codes of conduct and behaviour that we apply to all societies, in general, including those which are totally foreign and unfamiliar to us.

(A) All are correct.

(B) 1 is correct.

(D) Both 1 and 3 are correct.

(E) Only 3 is correct.

QUESTION 3.

1.Much of the confrontation taking place in the world today is caused when individuals and societies seek to project their moral codes and make them the ethical obligations of others.

2.Righteous people have a different attitude to death to the disobedient.

3.those who have consolidated their position on earth seem to be successful, also death will shatter this façade.

(A) 1 and 2 is correct.

(B) All are correct.

(D) Only 2 is correct.

(E) Both 2 and 3 is incorrect.

QUESTION 4.

1.But US seems to have moved from barbarism to decadence without any breaks and so there was no evolution because there is no history or tradition to speak of.

2.The United States did find itself at odds on some major issues confronting the two multilateral lending institutions.

3.A genuine yearning for compassionate policing also coexists along the hysteria.

(A) All are correct.

(B) 2 and 3 is correct.

(D) Only 1 is correct.

(E) Only 2 is correct.

QUESTION 5.

1.Beijing is already a major investor and supplier of military equipment to Bangladesh and Myanmar both.

2.They will set aside their economic disappointments and fall prey to religious mobilisation.

3.Hindus are right in beliefing that the correct policy should be respect for all faiths rather than the cynical politics of minority appeasement.

(A) None are correct.

(B) All are correct.

(D) 1 and 2 are correct.

(E) Only 2 is correct.

QUESTION 6.

1.If we can transform our walking path into a field of meditation, our feets will take every step in full awareness.

2.Unless women speak out and they get support from social activism and mainstream political campaigns.

3.The ruling goes against the right of citizens to organize or protest, which in a democracy is a fundamental right.

(A) None is correct.

(B) All are correct.

(D) 1 and 2 are incorrect.

(E) 2 and 3 are correct.

QUESTION 7.

1.For close to a year campuses in Kerala have been in ferment over the questionable conducture of private college managements.

2.Kerala’s culture is steeped in protests against injustices and the politicization of students is a direct outcome, unless good or not.

3.Even the corruptive influences seen elsewhere like money power have not seeped in though goondaism and undemocratic conduct that denies political space to rivals has been an endemic problem.

(A) 1 is correct.

(B) None are correct.

(D) 3 is correct.

(E) 2 is correct.

QUESTION 8.

1.So far brevity has being the defining attribute for the platform and many people embraced this fervently.

2.Instead of really facilitating an exchange of ideas, the platform had proofs ideal for harassing personalities, brands and organisations.

3.Collectively, these failings aggravate working conditions and has been undermining the ability of police to come to the aid of citizens in distress.

(A) 2 is right.

(B) 3 is wrong.

(D) All are correct.

(E) None are correct.

QUESTION 9.

1.Good leadership must also include delegation of power to able people and building of strong institutions.

2.India is too large a country to govern this way, and the inevitable outcome is lack of internal democracy in political parties and consequently paucity of talent, initiative and good ideas.

3.Good leadership must also include delegation of power to able people and building of strong institutions.

(A) All are correct.

(B) 2 and 3 are correct.

(D) 3 is wrong.

(E) None are correct.

QUESTION 10.

1.Autumn has seen a sharp deterioration in air quality in north India, as farmers set fire to their monsoon crop stubble to ready their fields for winter crop.

2.Farmers can be weaved away from burning crop residue if governments’ alternative offers make economic sense.

3.The benefits in the form of lower healthcare costs and better air quality will more than offset the initial subsidy.

(A) 3 is correct.

(B) 1 and 2 are correct.

(D) 1 is correct.

(E) 2 is correct.

QUESTION 11.

1.Because Germany goes to polls this Sunday, incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel looks set for another four-year term in office.

2.The slowdown in economic momentum has not just on account for extraordinary disruptions over the last year, including the transition to GST.

3.There is danger that a stimulus can undo gains in the battle against inflation and fiscal profligacy.

(A) 3 is correct.

(B) 1 and 2 are incorrect.

(D) 1 is wrong.

(E) 2 is correct.

QUESTION 12.

1.Autumn has seen a sharp deterioration in air quality in north India, as farmers set fire to their monsoon crop stubble to ready their fields for winter crop.

2.Farmers can be weaned away from burning crop residue if governments’ alternative offers make economic sense.

3.Disinvestment hasn’t taken off, while areas such as education and agriculture have barely been touched by the 1991 reforms.

(A) 3 is correct.

(B) 1 and 2 are correct.

(D) 1 is wrong.

(E) 2 is correct.

QUESTION 13.

1.India’s telecom networks are in a stage of transition, gradually migrating to 4G which makes IUC redundant.

2.There is a case for government to help them tide over the current challenges as a competitive telecom market is in consumer interest.

3.The current Rohingya exodus and the turmoil in Rakhine state can only be stopped by Naypyidaw.

(A) 3 is correct.

(B) 1 and 2 are correct.

(D) 1 is wrong.

(E) All are correct.

QUESTION 14.

1.Autumn sees a sharp deterioration in air quality in north India, as farmers set fire to their monsoon crop stubble to ready their fields for winter crop.

2.Inequality gaps among a landlord and his workers may be far narrower than inequality gap between a billionaire and his workers.

3.The only way the state can get back to the path of progress is by ensuring political stability.

(A) 3 is correct.

(B) 1 and 3 are correct.

(D) 1 is wrong.

(E) 2 is correct.

QUESTION 15.

1.This developments have in a way also exposed the limitations of India's campaign to isolate Pakistan internationally

2.There has been nothing permanent in this policy which is flexible and can reverse on the basis of other competing interests

3.The country is becoming self-reliant through indigenization thus, accentuating our national objective of 'Make in India

(A) 3 is correct.

(B) 1 and 2 are correct.

(D) 1 is wrong.

(E) 2 is correct.

EXPLANATION

SOLUTION 1. C. 'Hindus are a pragmatic people who want to get on with the business of life' Here 'is' should not be used.

'The correct policy should be respect ' is the correct phrase. Infinitive shouldn't be used here.

SOLUTION 2. B. Not only...but also is the correct term to use in the sentence.

SOLUTION 3. E. The correct preposition will be 'from the disobedient'. The conjunction to be used here is 'but'.

SOLUTION 4. C.The correct preposition to be used here would be 'with the hysteria'.

SOLUTION 5. D.The placement of the term 'both' is wrong here. Moreover in the third sentence the spelling should be 'believing'.

SOLUTION 6. D.'field for meditation' and the second sentence is incomplete.

SOLUTION 7. D. 'conducture ' is a wrong term and 'whether good or not' would be correct way of writing.

SOLUTION 8. E. The tense is wrong in al; the three sentences.

SOLUTION 9. A. All are correct.

SOLUTION 10. D. 'sees' is the correct term here.

SOLUTION 11. B. As should be used in the first sentence. The second sentence should use correct prepositions.

SOLUTION 12. A. The tense is wrong in the first sentence and the term'weaved' should be used in the second sentence.

SOLUTION 13. E.

SOLUTION 14. B.'between' is the correct term to be used here.

SOLUTION 15. A.The term 'this' is wrong in the first sentence and also the tense of the second sentence is wrong.

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New Pattern English Questions for IBPS PO Exams 2017