SBI PO Prelims English Language Quiz -61

SBI PO Prelims English Language Quiz

Aspirants have a strong possibility of scoring well in the English Language section if they practice quality questions on a regular basis. This section takes the least amount of time if the practice is done every day in a dedicated manner. In this article, we have come up with the SBI PO Prelims English Language Quiz to help you prepare better. Candidates will be provided with a detailed explanation for each question in this SBI PO Prelims English Language Quiz. This SBI PO Prelims English Language Quiz includes a variety of questions ranging in difficulty from easy to tough. This SBI PO Prelims English Language Quiz is totally FREE. This SBI PO Prelims English Language Quiz has important English Language Questions and Answers that will help you improve your exam score. Aspirants must practice this SBI PO Prelims English Language Quiz in order to be able to answer questions quickly and efficiently in upcoming exams.

Directions (1-5): Read the following passage divided into number of paragraphs carefully and answer the questions that follow it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Sugarcane leaves, millions of tonnes of which go waste in India every year, can be used to generate power, save diesel   and produce enough heat to run jaggery units and even burn small animals in a crematorium.

“Production of power via loose leafy biomass is a unique technology and it is believed that in gasification of sugarcane leaves we are the first in the world”, report scientists from the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute, at Phaltan in Maharasthra.

They presented their findings at an International conference in Switzerland in May 1999 and have also submitted them to the Department of Non-Conventional Energy Sources. In view of the pressing need in India to identify indigenous and renewable sources of energy, NARI initiated the project to gasify loose sugarcane leaves to generate electricity in the ten-fifteen kilowatts range. Besides, producing power, the scientists have successfully used the sugarcane leaves to generate heat for jaggery-making units and specially-designed furnaces to incinerate small dead animal like sheep. Test on a 15 kilovolt ampere diesel genset powered by sugarcane leaves gasifier showed that 70-90 percent diesel substitution could be achieved with a five KW load.  The NARI gasifier, which is non-polluting and safe, also produces char which is 15-28 percent of the fuel.

The char boosts the overall efficiency of the system to 80-85 percent and when mixed with a suitable binder it forms an excellent briquetting fuel for cooking purposes. In India alone, about 430s million tonnes of crop residues are produced every year, out of which 330 million tonnes are used as feed or fodder and the remaining 1oo million tonnes simply disposed off by burning in open fields.

“This is a colossal waste of potentially useful source of energy”, says the report by the NARI director, Anil K Rajvanshi, and his colleague Rajiv Jorapur. Most of the residues are in a loose leafy form such as sugarcane leaves, wheat husk, rise husk and safflower straw. The residues usually have high amounts of ash and are, therefore, difficult to gasify.  In their studies, the NARI scientists used sugarcane leaves that have been chopped into one-to-five cm long pieces and sun dried.

  1. As opposed to use of wood or charcoal in biomass gasification in the west, developing countries should use

(a) only coal

(b) char

(c) agriculture residues

(d) only sugarcane leaves

(e) None of these.

Answer & Explanation
Ans. c

Exp. Though the passage concentrates on sugarcane leaves, towards the end it covers all sorts of agricultural residues.

  1. Power from the sugarcane leaves can be used for

(i) incinerating small dead animals

(ii) generating electricity up to to-is kilowatts per hour

(iii) generating heat for jaggery – making units

 

(a) (i) and (ii)

(b) (ii) and (iii)

(c) (i), (ii) and (iii)

(d) None of these

(e) Only (i) and (iii)

Answer & Explanation
Ans. c

Exp. Refer to the first sentence of the first paragraph “Sugarcane leaves, millions of tonnes of which go waste in India every year, can be used to generate power, save diesel   and produce enough heat to run jaggery units and even burn small animals in a crematorium.” For statement (ii) refer second sentence of the second paragraph, “. In view of the pressing need in India to identify indigenous and renewable sources of energy, NARI initiated the project to gasify loose sugarcane leaves to generate electricity in the ten-fifteen kilowatts range.” Therefore, option (c) is the correct choice.

  1. Producing power from burning sugarcane leaves can be listed under which of the sources of energy

(a) Oil

(b) Coal

(c) Water

(d) Non-Conventional Energy Sources

(e) All of these

Answer & Explanation
Ans. d

Exp. Refer to the first few lines of the second paragraph, “they presented their findings…kilowatt range.” The findings have been submitted to the department of the non-conventional energy sources hence, option (s) is the correct choice.

Direction (4-5): Choose the word/group of words which is most opposite in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in passage.

  1. Incinerate

(a) Destroy

(b) Cremate

(c) Burn

(d)Rehabilitate

(e) Carbonize

Answer & Explanation
 Ans. d

Exp. Incinerate means to destroy (something, especially waste material) by burning hence rehabilitate is the word which is most opposite in meaning.

  1. Dispose

(a) Abandon

(b) Reject

(c) Unload

(d)Dump

(e) Retain

Answer & Explanation
Ans. e

Exp. Dispose means get rid of by throwing away or giving or selling to someone else.

Retain means continue to have (something); keep possession of. Hence both are opposite in meanings.

Directions (6-10): In each of the questions given below a sentence is given in which an idiom (or some part) is given in bold. This sentence is then followed by five idioms. Choose the idiom which can fit here and make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If the given idiom is correct as it is and requires no correction then choose option (e) as your correct choice.

  1. You don’t want to go into the NFL with some dime dozen that you’re somehow a victim of a system that can’t stand you.

(a) chip on your shoulder

(b) piece of cake

(c) an arm and a leg

(d) bread and butter

(e) No improvement required

Answer & Explanation
Ans. a

Exp. Option (a) is the correct choice. “dime dozen” means something is extremely common, inexpensive or available anywhere. Therefore, the correct idiom required here is ‘chip on your shoulder’ which means an ingrained feeling of resentment deriving from a sense of inferiority and sometimes marked by aggressive behaviour.

piece of cake is often used to describe a situation that was easy, or required little effort.

An arm and a leg phrase is used to refer something that is very expensive.

Bread and butter means used in reference to something every day or ordinary.

  1. A pilot performing this manoeuvre would be on cloud nine for a second enemy aircraft.

(a) off-base

(b) a sitting duck

(c) spilling the beans

(d) scot-free

(e) No improvement required

Answer & Explanation
Ans. b

Exp. Option (b) is the correct choice. ‘On cloud nine’ means being extremely happy making the sentence contextually incorrect. ‘A sitting duck’ means a person or thing with no protection against an attack or other source of danger. Thus, it makes the sentence logical.

Off base means mistaken; or relying on a mistaken premise.

Spilling the beans means to reveal secret information unintentionally or indiscreetly.

Scot-free means without suffering any punishment or injury.

  1. Dark clouds are in the sky and it is usually at eleventh hour for rain to follow, so I need to hurry up and get my car inside the garage since it has a broken windshield.

(a) Draconian law

(b) par for the course

(c) Sword of Damocles

(d) once in a blue moon

(e) No improvement required

Answer & Explanation
Ans. b

Exp. Option (b) is the correct choice. ‘at eleventh hour’ means the last moment or almost too late. Thus, the idiom given fails to make the sentence meaningful and logical. It should be replaced with the idiom ‘par for the course’ which means what is normal or expected in any given circumstances.

Draconian law means measures which are extremely harsh or severe.

Sword of Damocles means situation threatening imminent harm or disaster.

Once in a blue moon means very rarely.

  1. One of my roommates had an essay due in a couple days, and you could tell because his fingers were moving across the keyboard as fast as head over heels!

(a) hands down

(b) goody-two-shoes

(c) a man’s straw

(d) greased lightning

(e) No improvement required.

Answer & Explanation
Ans. d

Exp. Option (d) is the correct choice. The idiom “head over heels” means falling deeply in love with another person. Thus, it doesn’t make the sentence comprehensible. However, “greased lightening” is an expression that’s used to describe someone or something that is very fast. Therefore, the idiom “greased lightening” provides the correct context to the sentence.

Hands down means anything that’s easy or has no difficulty; something that is a certainty.

Goody-two-shoes means a virtuous person.

A man’s straw means an intentionally misrepresented proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent’s real argument.

  1. They acknowledged that their campaign was on the ropes, and they could not possibly win the election.

(a) on the same page

(b) out of left field

(c) in the red

(d) in a pickle

(e)  no improvement required

Answer & Explanation
Ans. e

Exp. Option (e) is the correct choice, as the given idiom is contextually and grammatically correct. “on the ropes” means being in a rough situation that looks difficult to recover from.

On the same page means thinking alike or understanding something in a similar way with others.

Out of left field means something that’s surprising or unexpected

In the red means losing money or Being in debt.

In a pickle means being in a difficult predicament; a mess; an undesirable situation.

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