RBI Assistant PRE 2023 English Language Quiz –19

RBI Assistant PRE 2023 English Language Quiz

English Language is a part of almost all major competitive exams in the country and is perhaps the most scoring section also. Aspirants who regularly practice questions have a good chance of scoring well in the English Language Section. So here we are providing you with the RBI Assistant PRE 2023 English Language Quiz to help you prepare better. This RBI Assistant PRE 2023 English Language Quiz includes all of the most recent pattern-based questions, as well as Previous Year Questions. This RBI Assistant PRE 2023 English Language Quiz is available to you at no cost. Candidates will be provided with a detailed explanation of each question in this RBI Assistant PRE 2023 English Language Quiz. Candidates must practice this RBI Assistant PRE 2023 English Language Quiz to achieve a good score in the English Language Section.

RBI Assistant PRE 2023 English Language Quiz – 19

English Language is a part of almost all major competitive exams in the country and is perhaps the most scoring section also. Aspirants who regularly practice questions have a good chance of scoring well in the English Language Section. So here we are providing you with RBI Assistant PRE 2023 English Language Quiz to help you prepare better. This RBI Assistant PRE 2023 English Language Quiz includes all of the most recent pattern-based questions, as well as Previous Year Questions. This RBI Assistant PRE 2023 English Language Quiz is available to you at no cost. Candidates will be provided with a detailed explanation of each question in this RBI Assistant PRE 2023 English Language Quiz. Candidates must practice this RBI Assistant PRE 2023 English Language Quiz to achieve a good score in the English Language Section.

 

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

 

Early in its second term, on July 1, the Narendra Modi government constituted a High-Powered Committee of Chief Ministers for Transformation of Indian Agriculture. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was appointed the committee’s convenor. The Committee is supposed to submit its report within two months. Its terms of reference (ToR) pertain largely to matters related to Agri-markets. This includes reforming the Agricultural Produce and Livestock Contract Farming and Services Act of 2018 and the Essential Commodities Act (ECA) as well as suggesting measures to reinvigorate the e-Nam scheme.

 

The ToR does talk of quality seeds and farm machinery but the emphasis seems to be on getting the markets right. We welcome this approach. In fact, we have, in the past, argued for the necessity of setting up an Agri-Markets Reforms Council on the lines of GST Council. However, transforming agriculture in the medium to long run requires fundamental reforms in land institutions as well. This is what is missing in the new committee’s ToR. It may be worth recalling that in its first term, the Narendra Modi government had set up an expert committee on land reforms, chaired by T Haque, which recommended a Model Land Lease Act (2016). The High Powered Committee of Chief Ministers should give urgency to the implementation of this recommendation.

 

Two fundamental reasons make it imperative that urgency is accorded to the liberalisation of land lease markets. One, the size of the average holding has been declining in India for long

This raises questions about the economic viability of such tracts, especially since they do not provide a respectable income to farmers. Two, restrictive tenancy laws have generated oral (informal) tenancy that is said to be much higher than formal tenancy in magnitude. This is adversely impacting land-use efficiency.

 

As per official records (NSSO, 2012-13), only about 10 per cent of agricultural land is under tenancy, down from 20 per cent in 1953-54. However, experts believe that official estimates hugely under-report actual tenancy. It is generally believed, based on several micro-level surveys that about a third of the agricultural land in India is under tenancy. It is oral tenants who are most insecure. They do not have legal sanction and are not recognised as farmers. This deprives them from availing institutional credit, crop insurance, government-sponsored social benefit schemes and relief support. The fear of eviction from the land also disincentivises them from making long-term investments in land improvement. This results in low capital formation and hurts farm productivity. Even the landowners fear losing their proprietory rights, if they lease out for longer periods. As a result, many of them prefer to keep their lands fallow. Rough estimates suggest that about 17 million hectares of cultivable land in the country is lying fallow.

 

In this context, it may be worth noting that China has lately revised its land lease laws, where farmers can lease out their land, even to corporate entities for cultivation for up to 30 years. Such a move can help attract long-term investments in high-value crops — those grown in orchards.

 

One reason landowners fear leasing out their lands for long is the absence of tamper-proof land records with the revenue departments. So, one of the lowest hanging fruits is to digitise and geo-tag land records and link them with Aadhaar and the bank accounts of farmers. This will create a centralised, transparent and easily assessable land records system. It can then help any class of farmers operating a piece of land to access bank credit and crop insurance. Some efforts are underway in this area, but the results are far from satisfactory. Only three states (not union terrritories) Odisha, Sikkim and Tripura — have completed 100 per cent computerisation of land records. Many others have computerised 80 to 95 per cent of their land records. Liberalising land lease markets, with computerisation of land records and geo-tagging of farms, though challenging, can give a high pay-off with enhanced capital formation. Crop insurance could also be linked to this platform.

 

  1. According to the author, what are the major issues that need to be addressed by The High Powered Committee of Chief Ministers?

(i) Decrease in average holding of land

(ii) Improper irrigation facilities

(iii) Rise in informal tenancy over formal tenancy

(a) Only (i)

(b) Only (iii)

(c) Both (i) and (iii)

(d) Both (ii) and (iii)

(e) All of the above.

Answer & Explanation
Ans. c

Exp. The correct answer to the given question can be inferred from the third paragraph of the given passage. “One, the size of the average holding has been declining in India for long

This raises questions about the economic viability of such tracts, especially since they do not provide a respectable income to farmers. Two, restrictive tenancy laws have generated oral (informal) tenancy that is said to be much higher than formal tenancy in magnitude.”  Hence, the correct answer choice would be option (c)

 

  1. Oral tenants of the country are in troubled state as

(a) they lack eligibility card for authorised tenants.

(b) they lack assured access to agricultural credit

(c) they have no legal sanction and are not recognised as farmers

(d) Both (b) and (c)

(e) None of these.

Answer & Explanation
Ans. c

Exp. The correct answer to the given question can be inferred from the fourth paragraph in which it is stated that, ‘It is oral tenants who are most insecure. They do not have legal sanction and are not recognised as farmers’. Hence, the correct answer choice would be option (c)

 

  1. As per the passage which of the following is/are the reason(s) for not leasing owners’ land?

(a) Fear of losing their land

(b) High cost to benefit ratio

(c) absence of proper land records with concerned authorities

(d) Both (a) and (c)

(e) None of these.

Answer & Explanation
Ans. d

Exp. The correct answer to the given question can be inferred from the fourth and sixth paragraph of the given passage in which it is stated that, ‘Even the landowners fear losing their proprietary rights, if they lease out for longer periods’ and ‘One reason landowners fear leasing out their lands for long is the absence of tamper-proof land records with the revenue departments.’ Hence, the correct answer choice would be option (d)

 

  1. What could be the possible steps government take to help the landless farmer of the country?

(i) Providing them access to formal credit

(ii) Providing insurance to the crop

(iii) Providing them with technological support

(a) Only (i)

(b) Only (ii)

(c) Only (iii)

(d) Both (ii) and (iii)

(e)Both (i) and (ii)

Answer & Explanation
Ans. e

Exp. The correct answer to the given question can be inferred from the sixth paragraph of the given passage in which it is stated that, ‘This will create a centralised, transparent and easily assessable land records system. It can then help any class of farmers operating a piece of land to access bank credit and crop insurance’. However, there is no mention of the technological support to the farmers, in the given passage. Hence, the correct answer choice would be option (e)

 

  1. Which of the following point(s) has/have been left out in the Terms of Reference of the High Powered Committee?

(a) Fundamental reforms in land institutions.

(b) Source of the credit for supporting the marginal farmers

(c) Women’s participation in the transformation

(d) Both (b) and (c)

(e) None of these.

Answer & Explanation
Ans. a

Exp. The correct answer to the given question can be inferred from the second paragraph of the given passage in which it is stated that, ‘transforming agriculture in the medium to long run requires fundamental reforms in land institutions as well. This is what is missing in the new committee’s ToR’. Also, there is no mention of the remaining two options in the given passage. Hence, the correct answer choice would be option (a)

 

Directions (6-10): There are three sentences given in the following question. Find the sentence(s) which is/are grammatically correct and contextually meaningful and then mark your answer choosing the best possible alternative among the five options given below each question. If all sentences are correct, choose option (e) i.e., “All are correct” as your answer.

 

  1. (I)If we had Dhoni in our team, we would have easily won all the matches against Australia.

(II)A place ruled by Nawabs, who were fond of food, ought to have people who love food equally.

(III)Her latest project is a film based on the life of a 19th-century music hall star.

 

(a)Only (I)

(b)Only (II)

(c)Both (II) and (III)

(d)Both (I) and (III)

(e)All are correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans. c

Exp. Both the sentences (II) and (III) are grammatically correct. However, there is an error in the first sentence. The expression “we had Dhoni” should be replaced by “we had had Dhoni” to make the sentence grammatically correct. It is to be noted that to express the unfulfilled wish, condition or desire of the past, Past Perfect Tense is used in the Conditional Clause. Hence option (c) is the correct choice. 

 

  1. (I)It was done in precisely the same way, as before, with the same result.

(II)Rakesh was with me up till now, so you should not rebuke him for getting late.

(III)She uses to work at least till ten O’ clock at night and then she goes to bed.

 

(a)Only (I)

(b)Only (III)

(c)Both (I) and (III)

(d)Both (II) and (III)

(e)All are correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans. a

Exp. Among the given statements, only the first sentence is grammatically correct. There are certain grammatical mistakes in both the second and the third sentences. In the second sentence, the verb “was” should be replaced by “has been” as we use “Present Perfect” with “up till now”.

e.g.  He has been ill up till now.

I have stayed here up till now.

In the case of third sentence, the expression “uses to work” should be replaced by “works” as to describe about the present habit, Simple Present is used. It is to be noted that “used to” is used to describe the past habit, but we cannot refer the same with “uses to” for the present habit. Moreover, “used” always takes the to-infinitive and occurs only in the past tense.

Hence option (a) is the correct choice.

 

  1. (I)Hyundai unveiled the Tucson facelift at the 2018 New York International Auto Show.

(II)This is, indeed, the first time in my life that I lie to my parents.

(III)Shopping online means you avoid the crowded supermarket aisles.

 

(a)Only (I)

(b)Both (I) and (III)

(c)Both (II) and (III)

(d)Both (I) and (II)

(e)All are correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans. b

Exp. Both the statements (I) and (III) are grammatically correct. However, there is an error in the second sentence. In the case of second sentence, replace “I lie” by “I have lied” as the verb following the expressions “this is the first time”, “it is the second time”, etc. should be in Present Perfect Tense.

e.g. It is the second time that you have come here.

Hence option (b) is the correct choice.

 

  1. (I)It was tragic enough for him in all conscience, but he could see no farcical element.

(II)He was prepared to meet dazzling wonders of gems or priceless metal.

(III)It was an interesting book, full of fascinating insights into human relationships.

 

(a)Only (I)

(b)Only (II)

(c)Only (III)

(d)None is correct

(e)All are correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans. e

Exp. All the given statements are grammatically correct. Hence option (e) is the correct choice.

 

  1. (I)She had gone back to bed and fallen promptly into a pleasant sleep.

(II)His affable and wholesome nature makes those around him protective of him.

(III)It is appearing to me that he is conspiring against his friends and their families.

 

(a)Only (I)

(b)Only (III)

(c)Both (I) and (II)

(d)None is correct

(e)All are correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans. c

Exp. Both the statements (I) and (II) are grammatically correct. However, there is a grammatical error in the third sentence; the expression “It is appearing” should be replaced by “It appears” as when the word ‘appear” is used with the sense of “seem”, then the word “appear” is used in Simple Tense instead of Continuous Tense.

e.g. It appears that he will fail in his plan.

She appears to be dull.

Hence option (c) is the correct choice.

 

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