RBI Assistant PRE 2023 English Language Quiz – 3

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.

 

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

The suicide attacks by militant Palestinian groups killing large numbers of Israeli civilians and the harsh Israeli response, have raised the renewed hopes of peace in the region.  It is Arafat’s leadership and authority that are being severely tested in the latest phase of the west Asian crisis. By accusing the Palestinian Authority (PA) of supporting terrorism by groups, Israel hopes to put pressure on Arafat to act. Arafat, on the other hand, has never looked a less powerful force than he does today. If he acts against the militants and elements in his own Fatah movement sympathetic to them, he risks a Palestinian civil conflict.  But if he chooses to do nothing, he faces erosion of his authority and all claim to a central role in the peace process. Whatever he does, sections of the Palestinians will hold that he has gone too far and Israel that he has not gone for enough. This is, of course, why Arafat has invariably shrunk from hard decision.  He has refrained from curbing the militant groups, explaining his inaction as necessary to maintain Palestinian unity.

The Palestinian leaderships inability to improve economic conditions for its people has been a decisive factor in the erosion of its ability to act. Palestinians in Gaza have targeted the PA as being responsible for their condition. The Militant organizations have capitalized on the PA’s failure to establish a functioning administrative infrastructure by setting up a parallel welfare system with the help of the millions of dollars. Though the Palestinian security forces claim to have arrested more than 100 militants after the suicide bomb attacks in Israel, the other similar militant groups remain defiant, confident of their popular support and of the certainty that in the ultimate analysis the PA leadership will stop short of decisive action against them.

That the militant groups enjoy popular support in Gaza is hardly surprising.  The Gaza Strip today resembles a vast prison camp in which some 1.2 million Palestinians are crammed.  Despite the Oslo Accord, 7000 Israeli settlers still remain in 20 percent of the Gaza’s area and are protected by heavily armed Israeli forces.  With its recent blockade of and extensive incursion into PA controlled territories, the Israeli government has placed the whole civil society in Palestine under siege.  Over 450 NGOs, eight universities and numerous other educational, civic, social, and developmental and health institutions have had their work impeded and their vital services to the population blocked.  An international conference on Israel’s treatment of human rights in West Bank and Gaza, attended by signatories to the 1949 Geneva Conventions, that has opened in Switzerland overriding Israeli and American protests, is expected to censor Israel for its treatment of civilians in the Palestinian territories.

Arafat’s standing among Palestinians rests on the authority conferred on the PA by the international community to represent and speak for the Palestinians.  Even the major militant group has so far never openly challenged Arafat’s leadership. Israel’s latest vicious attacks directed against the PA and Arafat present the international community with the danger that this precarious balance of power in the Palestinian community may be destroyed. Continuance of the Israeli attacks can only further radicalize and harden the attitudes of ordinary Palestinians.  On the other hand, Israeli moves to freeze further expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza and, as soon as security conditions permit it, ease the economic blockade of Palestinian towns, however remote such measures appear just now, alone can restore the authority of the PA and give it a chance to get a grip on Palestinian militancy.

 

  1. What dangers are being perceived by the international community due to Israel’s vicious attack?

(a) Both the nations may get destroyed if War erupts.

(b) It may lead to the economic instability of the Palestinians.

(c)  Militancy will be much difficult to curb.

(d) Palestinian leader faces the erosion of his authority.

(e) None of these.

Answer & Explanation
Ans.(d)

Sol. Refer to the first few lines of the fourth paragraph of the passage, “Arafat’s standing among Palestinians rests on the authority …………………….to represent and speak for the Palestinians. “

 

  1. Why the Palestinian leader is refraining from curbing the militant groups according to the author?

(a) He is fearful of the army action against him

(b) This according to him will fasten peace process

(c) He feels that this step will keep Palestinians united

(d) Due to the danger of civil strife it may engender

(e) None of these

Answer & Explanation
Ans.(d)

Sol. Option (d) is the correct choice. Refer to the seventh line of the passage, “But if he chooses to do nothing, he faces erosion of his authority and all claim to a central role in the peace process.”

 

  1. What is ultimate analysis of other similar militant groups?

(a)The PA leadership will only act if a definite forceful action is taken on the PA

(b)The suicidal attacks will only aggravate the situation

(c)The PA leadership should be changed

(d)The action on the Palestinians was justified

(e)None of these

Answer & Explanation
Ans.(e)

Sol. Option (e) is the correct choice as the militant groups are confident that PA leadership will fall short of the decisive action against them . Refer to the last few lines of the third paragraph of the passage.

 

  1. Which of the following can restore the degenerating authority of PA?

(i) Arresting the expansion of Jewish settlements.

(ii) Easing the economic blockade of Palestinian towns.

(iii) Action against the militant groups.

 

(a) Both (i) and (ii)

(b) Only (i)

(c) Only (ii)

(d) Both (iii) and (ii)

(e) All are correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans.(a)

Sol. Both (i) and (ii) are correct. Refer the last few lines of the passage, “Israeli moves……………………………………..to get a grip on Palestinian militancy”.

Option (iii) is incorrect as action against their own Fateh movement can cause a civil conflict and they may further lose their authority.

 

  1. Which of the following word is nearest in meaning to ‘curbing’ as used in the passage?

 

(a) discretion
(b) curious
(c) innovate
(d) bridle
(e) hinder

Answer & Explanation
Ans. (d)
Sol. Curbing means restrain or keep in check, which is nearest in meaning to ‘bridle’ which means bring (something) under control; curb.

 

Directions (6-10): In each of the questions given below three sentences are given which may or may not be grammatically or contextually correct. Find the sentences which are both grammatically correct and contextually correct and choose the options according to it. If all the given sentences are grammatically and contextually correct then choose option (e) as your choice.

 

  1. (I) Priyamvada was unhappy to hear the news of her son’s failing in the final examination.
    (II) Tax evaders should be heavily fined as they are doing it intentionally.
    (III) The information supplied to us were not as useful as we first thought it would be.

(a) Only (I) is correct
(b) Only (II) is correct
(c) Both (I) and (II) are correct
(d) Both (II) and (III) are correct
(e) All are correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans. (c)

Sol. Sentence (III) is incorrect as the subject of the sentence ‘information’ is uncountable noun and is singular. Hence ‘was’ will be used in place of ‘were’.

 

  1. (I) He asked what the weather had been like during my holidays and I said that it had been awful.
    (II) Shruti has such a fine memory that she can recollect anything what happened many years ago.
    (III) The last of the Mughal emperors of India was imprisoned and was later sent into exile by the British.

 

(a) Only (I) is correct
(b) Only (II) is correct
(c) Both (I) and (II) are correct
(d) Both (II) and (III) are correct
(e) All are correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans. (a)

Sol. Sentence (II) is incorrect. ‘that’ is the correct use instead of ‘what’ as ‘that’ is used in the form of relative pronoun after ‘nothing, anything’.

Sentence (III) is incorrect. ‘on’ will be used after ‘later’ as ‘later’ means ‘afterwards’ whereas ‘later on’ means ‘in the future, or after the time already mentioned’.

 

  1. (I) He is not only sincere in his responsibilities but also very competent to handle the job.
    (II) One of my brothers told me about the sad demise of your uncle.
    (III) As a practice the last batch of the tins undergoes through checkup.

 

(a) Only (I) is correct
(b) Only (II) is correct
(c) Both (I) and (II) are correct
(d) Both (II) and (III) are correct
(e) All are correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans. (e)

Sol. All the given sentences are grammatically correct.

 

  1. (I) The boy who you see there made the top score in the last match.
    (II) Only by working hard did he prosper as a business consultant since he arrived in America 20 years ago.

(III) In a fit of temper, he tore up the sweet letter which his wife had written to him.

 

(a) Only (I) is correct
(b) Only (III) is correct
(c) Both (I) and (II) are correct
(d) Both (I) and (III) are correct
(e) All are correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans. (b)

Sol. Sentence (I) is incorrect. ‘whom’ will be used in place of ‘who’ as ‘who’ is a nominative case after which a verb is necessary while ‘whom’ is an objective case.

Sentence (II) is incorrect as ‘has he prospered’ is the correct use. If ‘since’ is used in the form of conjunction then main clause is used in the present perfect tense while clause having ‘since’ is used in simple past tense.

 

  1. (I) The teacher drew the attention of the boys to the importance of regular practice.
    (II) The teacher said that Ajay was capable of doing more better work.
    (III) Did you see any of the child when you were in the garden?

 

(a) Only (I) is correct
(b) Only (III) is correct
(c) Both (I) and (II) are correct
(d) Both (I) and (III) are correct
(e) All are correct

Answer & Explanation
Ans. (a)

Sol. Sentence (II) is incorrect as ‘more better’ is a double comparative which is not used in the sentence. ‘much, very much, far’ is used before comparative degree. Hence ‘much’ or ‘very much’ will be used in place of ‘more’.

Sentence (III) is wrong as ‘children’ is the correct use in place of ‘child’. If countable noun is used after ‘any of, some of, all of’, then it should be plural.

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