MISSION BANKING 2023 English Language Quiz – 13

MISSION BANKING 2023 English Language Quiz

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Directions (1-5) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them, while answering some of the questions.

Among those suffering from the global recession are millions of workers who are not even included in the official statistics: urban recyclers – the trash pickers, sorters, traders and reprocessors who extricate paper, cardboard and plastics from garbage heaps and prepare them for reuse. Their work is both unrecorded and largely unrecognized, even though in some parts of the World they handle as much as 20% of all waste. The World’s 15 million informal recyclers clean up cities prevent some trash from ending in landfills and thus, reduce climate change by saving energy on waste disposal techniques like incineration. In the developed countries they are the preferred ones since they recycle waste much more cheaply and efficiently than governments or private corporations can. In the developing World, on the other hand, they provide the only recycling services except for a few big cities.But as recession hits the markets Worldwide, the price of scrap metal, paper and plastic has also fallen.Recyclers throughout the World are experiencing a sharp drop in income. Trash pickers and scrapdealers saw a decline of as much as 80% in the price of scrap from October 2007 to October 2009. Insome countries scrap dealers have shuttered so quickly that researchers at the Solid WasteManagement Association didn’t have a chance to record their losses.

 

In Delhi, some 80% of families in the informal recycling business surveyed by an organization said they had cut back on “luxury foods,” which they defined as fruit, milk and meat. About 41% had stopped buying milk for their children. By this summer, most of those children, already malnourished, hadn’t had a glass of milk in nine months. Many of these children have also cut down on hours spent in school to work alongside their parents. Families have liquidated their most valuable assets – primarily copper from electrical wires – and have stopped sending remittances back to their rural villages. Many have also sold their emergency stores of grain. Their misery is not as familiar as that of the laid-off workers of big name but imploding, service sector corporation, but it is often more tragic.

 

Few countries have adopted emergency measures to help trash pickers. Brazil, for one, isproviding recyclers, or “catadores,” with cheaper food, both through arrangements with local farmersand by offering food subsidies. Other countries, with the support of non-governmental organizationsand donor agencies are following Brazil’s example. Unfortunately, most trash pickers operate outsideofficial notice and end up falling through the cracks of programmes like these. In the long run,though, these invisible workers will remain especially vulnerable to economic slowdowns unless theyare integrated into the formal business sector, where they can have insurance and reliable wages. This is not hard to accomplish. Informal junk shops should have to apply for licences, and governmentsshould create or expand doorstep waste collection programmes to employ trash pickers. Instead ofsorting through haphazard trash heaps and landfills, the pickers would have access to the cleaner scrapthat comes from households.

 

The need of the hour, however, is a more immediate solution. An efficient but temporary

solution would be for governments where they’d have to pay a small subsidy to waste dealers so they

could purchase scrap from trash pickers at about 20% above the current price. This increase, if well

advertised and broadly utilized, would bring recyclers a higher price and eventually bring them back

from the brink. Trash pickers make our cities healthier and more liveable. We all stand to gain by

making sure that the work of recycling remains sustainable for years to come.

 

  1. Which of the following is not true in the context of the passage?

(a) Purchase of trash at a higher price by the government is only a temporary solution to the larger problem

(b) The welfare programs started by the government for the recyclers largely fail to help them

(c) In the last couple of years the price of scrap has come down to 20% of its original price

(d) Few countries have started to take steps against the plight of the recyclers

(e) All the true

Answer & Explanation
Ans. c

Exp.  Refer to the first paragraph, “Recyclers throughout the World are experiencing a sharp drop in income. Trash pickers and scrap dealers saw a decline of as much as 80% in the price of scrap from October 2007 to October 2009.”

 

  1. According to the passage, which of the following measures have been taken to help the distressed recyclers?

(A) Helping them with the aid of NGOs.

(B) Taking steps to make the scrap pickers have access to cleaner scrap.

(C) Providing food subsidies to the recyclers.

(a) Only A

(b) Only B

(c) Only C

(d) Only B and C

(e) None of these

Answer & Explanation
Ans. c

Exp. Refer to the fourth paragraph, “An efficient but temporary solution would be for governments where they’d have to pay a small subsidy to waste dealers so they could purchase scrap from trash pickers at about 20% above the current price. This increase, if well-advertised and broadly utilized, would bring recyclers a higher price and eventually bring them back from the brink.” 

 

  1. How, according to the author, have the recyclers contributed towards saving the environment?

(A) By preventing the trash being dumped into the landfills.

(B) By using renewable sources of energy to recycle the scrap.

(C) By helping to avoid the energy consuming waste disposal techniques.

(a) Only A

(b) Only B

(c) Only A and B

(d) Only A and C

(e) None of these

Answer & Explanation
Ans. d

Exp. Refer to the first paragraph, “The World’s 15 million informal recyclers clean up cities prevent some trash from ending in landfills and thus, reduce climate change by saving energy on waste disposal techniques like incineration. In the developed countries they are the preferred ones since they recycle waste much more cheaply and efficiently than governments or private corporations can.”

 

  1. Which of the following has not been an effect of the losses observed in the informal waste recycling?

(a) To help their families, the children of the recyclers have started working thus compromising on their education

(b) Many scrap dealers have discontinued their businesses

(c) The government in many countries has derecognized scrap dealers in view of their unprofitable business

(d) Governments in many countries had to take emergency steps to help the recyclers deal with the crisis

(e) None of these

Answer & Explanation
Ans. c

Exp. According to the passage, option (3) has not been an effect of the losses observed in the informal waste recycling

 

  1. What does the author mean by “Their misery is not as familiar as that of the laid-off workers of big-name but imploding, service sector corporation” as given in the passage?

(a) The effect of recession on the famous organizations is clearly noticed, whereas the plight of informal recyclers is neglected.

(b) Big name corporations are often hesitant to help the relatively smaller set-ups such as that of the informal recyclers.

(c) The big name private recyclers have been getting the government help, whereas the smallerones are not

(d) The misery of the informal recyclers has been kept a secret by the government

(e) None of these

Answer & Explanation
Ans. c

Exp. The answer can be easily inferred that the big name private recyclers have been getting the government help whereas the smaller ones are not.

 

Direction (6-10): Given below is a paragraph consisting of pairs of words given in bold.

Identify the correct option among the five alternative pairs that perfectly fits the given blank against the respective number to make the paragraph contextually meaningful and grammatically correct.

 

Retired people suddenly have so much time during the day that they may stop bothering about their routine. Their time of waking up, shower, breakfast and overall schedule become ___(6)___. They may feel time is moving at a slower pace and they do not know what to look forward to. This may ___(7)__ to a hitherto-unseen focus on their interpersonal relationships, ____(8)___ about what their children or relatives are up to, etc, which may lead to interference in their near and dear ones’ lives. This can turn into a troublesome ___(9)____ for those around them. Shortcomings in their families appear magnified and become the most important thing that they believe have to be ____(10)___ as top priority.

 

  1. (a) rational/ logical

(b) random/ astute
(c) erratic/ bizarre
(d) fanciful/ mutilate
(e) botch/ failure

Answer & Explanation
Ans. c

Exp. ‘erratic/ bizarre’ is the correct set of words making the sentence meaningful.

The sentence is indicating some negative effect on retired people’s schedule due to plenty of time during the day.

Hence a negative word must fill the blank.

Erratic means not even or regular in pattern or movement, which is similar in meaning with irregular can be used with it interchangeably.

Botch means carry out (a task) badly or carelessly.

Mutilate means inflict serious damage on.

Astute means having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage.

 

  1. (a) cast/ mold
    (b) accelerate/ hasten
    (c) lead/ result
    (d) step/ stride
    (e) conduct/ bear
Answer & Explanation
Ans. c

Exp. ‘lead/ result’ is the correct set of words making the sentence correct and meaningful.

The sentence points to the outcome of being retired and feeling like time is moving at slower pace.

Hence option (c) is correct.

Hasten means move or travel hurriedly.

Stride means a long, decisive step.

 

  1. (a) uncertain/ shocked
    (b) weird/ unusual
    (c) deviation/ aberrant
    (d) strange/ awkward
    (e) curiosity / interest
Answer & Explanation
Ans. e

Exp. ‘curiosity / interest’ is the right choice.

Noun or pronoun should come before the new clause.

Curiosity is a noun having similar meaning as ‘interest’ that can be used interchangeably.

Aberrant means departing from an accepted standard.

Awkward means causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with.

 

  1. (a) ravel/ untangle
    (b) tackle/ handle
    (c) experience/ happening
    (d) valiant/ audacious
    (e) resolute/ intent
Answer & Explanation
Ans. c

Exp. ‘experience/ happening’ is the correct set of words.

‘troublesome’ is an adjective which must be followed by a noun.

All the other words are adjective and adjective is not followed by adjective.

Ravel means to untangle something

Valiant means possessing or showing courage or determination.

Audacious means showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks.

Resolute means admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering.

Intent means intention or purpose.

 

  1. (a) resolved/ settled
    (b) dissolved/ waned
    (c) examined/ appraised
    (d) proposed/ undaunted
    (e) confirmed/ convinced
Answer & Explanation
Ans. a

Exp. ‘resolved/ settled’ is the correct set of words making the sentence meaningful and correct. Resolved which means settle or find a solution to, can also be used as ‘settled’ interchangeably.

Waned means have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.

Appraised means assess the value or quality of.

Undaunted means not intimidated or discouraged by difficulty, danger, or disappointment.

 

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