Canara Bank Probationary Officers Examination-2018
Held on 23-2-2018
English Language
Directions- (Q. 1-5) In this question, consider (D) as the fourth sentence. Out of the remaining five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) (E) and (F) one sentence will fit the blank in (D). You have to rearrange the remaining four sentences in the order of 1, 2, 3 and 5 so that they form a meaningful paragraph and answer the given questions:
(A) This can be said because global emissions have shown no signs of slowing down, therefore nations will need to take ‘unprecedented’ actions to cut their carbon emissions over the next decade to meet these goals.
(B) If emissions stopped today our planet would be able to cope with climate change.
(C) This seems logical because ceasing emissions can give us time to accomplish climate change targets by focusing on reducing global temperature 1.5 degree Celsius rather than the original target of 2 degrees because it is much more achievable.
(D) However, the report maintains that despite this widespread perception to the contrary there is hope because it affirms that reducing the global temperature is still possible and states that ______.
(E) According to a recent report, the world stands on the brink of failure when it comes to meeting the most ambitious goals of the 2015 Paris agreement which includes reducing carbon emissions and global temperatures.
(F) In addition to those actions, next few years would also require a transformation of human civilization at a magnitude that has never happened before and most view this as virtually impossible.
1. Which of the following is the FIRST sentence after the rearrangement?
(A) E
(B) B
(C) A
(D) F
(E) C
2. Which of the following is the SECOND sentence after the rearrangement?
(A) C
(B) D
(C) B
(D) A
(E) E
3. Which of the following fits the blank ‘…….’ in (D)?
(A) E
(B) F
(C) A
(D) B
(E) C
4. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after the rearrangement?
(A) E
(B) C
(C) B
(D) A
(E) F
5. Which of the following is the LAST (FIFTH) sentence after the rearrangement?
(A) F
(B) E
(C) B
(D) C
(E) A
Directions-(Q 6-15) In the given passage, there are blanks, each of which has been denoted by A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H K and M. Against each five words have been given. Read the passage carefully and decide which of the given words will come in place of the blank in each case.
Hospitals are (A) places of cheer and creativity, but the former hospital in Paris’s 14th district is one of the most exciting places on the left blank. Former ambulance bays and car parks now house allotments, a makeshift football pitch and an urban campsite, and has (B) of up to 1,000 visitors a day. Closed since 2011, the hospital is slated for redevelopment in a new neighbourhood with eco credentials, private and social housing, shops, commercial and public facilities and green space. Planning, clearance and construction of such a large scale takes time and rather than leaving the 3.4-hectare site (C) for years, the developer, opened it to local organizations rent-free.
This is an example of a ‘mean-while space’; a disused site (D) leased or loaned by developers or the public sector to local community groups, arts organizations, start-ups an charities. Calls for making use of such spaces are getting (E) and the idea of loaning empty urban spaces to worthwhile causes s gaining ground. A recent study highlighted the positive possibilities of utilizing empty urban sites and stated this idea could (F) the landscape of cities around the globe. However, in space-squeezed metros, such ties can remain empty for years, mainly because they have no obvious commercial potential or are waiting for (G) to be developed. The Centre for London found that an (H) 24,400 commercial properties in London are currently empty, with around half having been unused for more than two years. The (K) of such places are owned by local authorities and developers. Although property owners could match available sites with needy groups but local authorities are (M) of allowing in destructive elements.
6. Which of the following will replace (A) in the context of the passage?
(A) definite
(B) joy
(C) reality
(D) rarely
(E) scarce
7. Which of the following will replace (B) in the context of the passage?
(A) coming
(B) expected
(C) football
(D) tourist
(E) pace
8. Which of the following will replace (C) in the context of the passage?
(A) blanks
(B) vacancy
(C) seated
(D) empty
(E) loss
9. Which of the following will replace (D) in the context of the passage?
(A) brief
(B) fixed
(C) temporarily
(D) actual
(E) prevent
10. Which of the following will replace (E) in the context of the passage?
(A) publicizing
(B) ground
(C) louder
(D) quick
(E) time
11. Which of the following will replace (F) in the context of the passage?
(A) renovates
(B) changing
(C) destroyed
(D) transform
(E) deplete
12. Which of the following will replace (G) in the context of the passage?
(A) thought
(B) planning
(C) idea
(D) refusal
(E) permission
13. Which of the following will replace (H) in the context of the passage?
(A) assess
(B) evaluating
(C) estimated
(D) such
(E) confine
14. Which of the following will replace (K) in the context of the passage?
(A) Fewer
(B) common
(C) majority
(D) look
(E) less
15. Which of the following will replace (M) in the context of the passage?
(A) afraid
(B) scare
(C) terrify
(D) fearing
(E) sure
Directions-(Q. 16-20) In this question four sentence are given. Decide which sentence(s) is/are correct with regard to grammar, meaning and usage and mark your answer accordingly.
16.
(A) None is correct
(B) With the rising ageing population and limited resources, the stress on world’s medical system remains critical.
(C) Rise in aging population and limited resources, the stress on worlds medical system is critical.
(D) Aging population and limited resources has given the rise in world’s medical critical medical system.
(E) The critically of world’s medical system is because in rise of population age and limit of resources.
17.
(A) An IT firm has stated that it plans to launch a software next year which could make self-driving cars a real in 2021.
(B) Plans to launch a software which make self-driving cars reality next year will be launch in 2021 by an IT firms.
(C) None is correct.
(D) A self-driving car firm is waiting for the reality of 2021 in launching a software release next year.
(E) Self-driving cars can became reality in 2021 if a IT firm can launch its software in next year.
18.
(A) The growing success of Yoga is contributed not only by increasing awareness of well-being but also the increase stress levels.
(B) Growing awareness of well-being is contributed to the increase in stress level and yoga in success.
(C) All are correct.
(D) Yoga is successful because of increasing stress levels and increase in awareness of well to be.
(E) Increasing stress levels and growing awareness of wellbeing have contributed to the success of yoga.
19.
(A) All are correct.
(B) Overwork and ‘staying beyond working hour’s culture are being revolted against to because of the increase in exhausted young lawyers.
(C) Young lawyers are revolting against the culture of overwork and ‘staying beyond working hours’ as it increase exhaustion.
(D) Revolt against the overwork and ‘staying beyond working hours’ culture is done by young lawyers because it increase as exhaustion.
(E) Young lawyers are revolting against ‘stress beyond working hours’ culture and overworking as it increases the exhaustion between them.
20.
(A) None is correct.
(B) One institution in the US has paid to insure itself against a major drop in tuition revenue from international students.
(C) An institution in US has itself paid insurance against the drop in international student revenue of tuition.
(D) Major drop in insurance of international tuition for one institute in US has pay for the revenue itself,
(E) Insuring of one institution paid against itself for drop in international student’s tuition revenue.
Directions-(Q. 21-30) Read the following passage and answer the given question. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you while answering some of the questions.
Paragraph I : At the part-time MBA program I attended through the University, the conversation often drifted towards new business ideas. A mobile app to schedule text messages in the future. (Compose your best friend’s happy birthday text the day before.) A social network that doesn’t sell y our personal information or display any ads. (Business model innovation : monthly subscription fee.) Similar conversations played out at lots of business school. With all the discussion of start-ups and new businesses, it would seem that millennials are living the dream of entrepreneurship.
Paragraph II : But it seems more often than not these days, the start-up ideas fail to take off. When I check on my peers’ start-up proposals after a week, I often find that their ideas have been abandoned, and that my classmates are focused on their steady corporate jobs. Research suggests entrepreneurial activity has declined among Millennials. The share of people under 30 who own a business has fallen to almost a quarter-century low, according to a 2015 Wall Street journal analysis of Federal Reserve data. A survey of 1,200 Millennials conducted in 2016 by the Economic Innovation. Group found that more Millennials believed they could have a successful career by staying at one company and attempting to climb the ladder than by founding a new one. Millennials are on track to be the least entrepreneurial generation in recent history.
Paragraph III : Some of the reasons have been well-documented. The Romantic view of entrepreneurship involves angel investors and venture capital funds but in fact, the ordinary entrepreneurship is more likely to fund a start-up using personal saving-something under-employed Millennials simply could not build as they entered the workforce during or in the immediate wake of the great recession. Funding from friends and family is the next most common source but his personal network could not help during the most recent economic downturn when so much home equity was underwater. Student debt worsened the underlying economic problems. Lately, though, it seems that even those who might typically have access to other forms of funding, like venture capital, are having a hard time getting investors’ attention. There’s more competition from abroad too.
Paragraph IV : When my classmates tell me about their start-up ideas, we sometimes also talk about what’s holding them back Whether it’s student-loan payments, or the feeling of playing an impossible game of catch-up since the Great Recession, we often understand each other’s problems. Some entrepreneurs might argue that these shared generational experiences and the accompanying sense of solidarity will inspire Millennials to support one another’s business ventures. It’s nice idea, but it’s not necessarily certain.
21. Which of the following has/have contributed to the decline in startup activity as discussed in the passage?
(1) Regulators favour big firms over startups.
(2) Falling interest in startups.
(3) Lack of funds.
(A) Only 2
(B) All, 1, 2 and 3
(C) Only 1 and 2
(D) Only 3
(E) Only 2 and 3
22. Which of the following words can replace the word ‘sense’ as used in the passage?
(A) Intelligence
(B) Feeling
(C) Meaning
(D) Reason
(E) Wisdom
23. Which of the following can be said based on Paragraph I?
(1) Millennials students are keen on entrepreneurship.
(2) Mos tMillennials opt for an MBA degree.
(3) Social Media is the most popular means of communications among millennials.
(A) Only (2)
(B) Only (2) and (3)
(C) All (2), (2) and (3)
(D) Only (1) and (2)
(E) Only (1)
24. Which of the following words is the opposite of the word ‘declined’ as used in the passage?
(A) Refused
(B) Accepted
(C) Praised
(D) Grown
(E) Regretted
25. Which of the following can be said about the entrepreneurship in the context of the passage?
(1) Millennails are not keen to become entrepreneurs.
(2) There are risks to setting up a startup
(3) Startups in India are flourishing
(A) Only 3
(B) None of 1, 2 and 3
(C) Only 2
(D) Only 1 and 2
(E) None of the above
26. Which of the following is the author trying to convey through the phrase ‘It’s a nice idea, but it’s not necessarily certain’ in the passage?
(A) Most startup ideas is not practical at all.
(B) Having friends as partners in a startup is a recipe for disaster.
(C) Millennials supporting each other’s startups will not necessarily make these a success.
(D) Most millennials do not complete their MBA’s.
(E) Obtaining student loans and paying these off is a tricky business.
27. Which of the following is the main objective in writing the passage?
(A) The criticize the quality of higher education which doesn’t prepare students to succeed in business
(B) To discuss the future of entrepreneurship with respect to millennials and the factors impacting it
(C) To exhort millennials to set up startups as funds are in abundance
(D) To urge the government to regulate startups more strongly. The OPPOSITE of the word.
(E) To criticize millennials for taking too many risks
28. Which of the following words is the OPPOSITE of the word ‘common’ as used in the passage?
(A) Valuable
(B) Rare
(C) Original
(D) Normal
(E) Frequent
29. Which of the following describe(s) the style of the passage?
(A) Humorous
(B) Mocking
(C) Sarcastic
(D) Laudatory
(E) Narrative
30. Which of the following words can replace the word ‘staying’ as used in the passage?
(A) Boarding on
(B) Living t
(C) Establishing oneself
(D) Deferring
(E) Inhabiting
Directions-(Q. 31-34) In this question two columns I and II and three sentences are given which are divided in two parts. Column I (1), (2) and (3) consists of first half of each sentence and Column II (4, 5 and 6) consists of the second half of each sentence. Match Column I and Column II so that the sentences formed are both meaningful and grammatically correct. In the options various combinations are given. Choose the option that consists of the combination(s) of Column I and II that forms both meaningful and grammatically correct sentence(s).
31. (1) In coastal areas when overfishing threaten.
(2) The government is helping cities adapt.
(3) Most government workers have not.
(4) to the effects of global warming.
(5) been paid in more than two years.
(6) livelihood, beekeeping offer an option.
(A) 3-5
(B) 2-4
(C) 2-4, 3-5
(D) 1-6
(E) 1-5, 3-6
32. (1) Under the new government proposals, developers
(2) A record surge in reaction of marine protected.
(3) The High Court has ordered the government to get
(4) areas has shaken the international community.
(5) community consent before the mining starts.
(6) will be obliged to enhance natural habitats when building commercial properties.
(A) 1-6, 3-5 and 2-4
(B) 1-6
(C) 2-4, 1-6
(D) 3-5, 2-4
(E) 2-5, 3-4
33. (1) The company gave security holders
(2) The company had hired the
(3) A global study finds one-third
(4) children do not eat fruits daily and consume sugary drinks
(5) an additional opportunity to tender in offer
(6) drivers into working with big promises
(A) 1-5
(B) 3-4, 2-6, 1-5
(C) 1-5, 3-4
(D) 2-6, 3-4
(E) None of the above
34. (1) According to the recent study the money.
(2) Even after two years, the action against the.
(3) Our greatest threat in the coming years is.
(4) complaints has been taken by the management.
(5) available is not enough to provide medical assistance to all the needy
(6) a manmade disaster taking place on a global scale.
(A) 2-6, 3-4
(B) 3-5
(C) 1-5, 3-6
(D) 3-6, 2-4
(E) 2-4, 1-6
Directions-(Q. 35-40) In this question, a sentence has been divided into four parts denoted by (1), (2), (3) and (4). Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be only in Two Parts of the sentence. Mark the option indicating the part with the error as the answer.
Please note : Both the parts in the answer combination must necessarily have an error.
35. A recent research revealed that (1) / graduates are being trapped in (2) / unpaid internships that offer none significant / (3) benefit to their career (4).
(A) 2 and 3
(B) 3 and 4
(C) 1 and 4
(D) 1 and 2
(E) None of the above
36. Organize of the marathon has (1) / said that the participants caught (2) / cheating will be banned from (3) / the event into the next two years (4).
(A) 1 and 3
(B) 3 and 4
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1 and 3
(E) 2 and 4
37. There is a huge online (1) / movement dedication to (2) / working out how to (3) / quit yours job really early (4).
(A) 1 and 4
(B) 3 and 4
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1 and 2
(E) 3 and 4
38. When the manager were (1) / informed of the problems we faced/ (2), he immediately take (3) Steps to help us (4).
(A) 3 and 4
(B) 1 and 3
(C) 1 and 2
(D) 1 and 4
(E) 2 and 3
39. If we outsource monotonous (1) / tasks to artificial intelligence, (2) / employees can focuses their time (3) / on the thing that matter most (4).
(A) 1 and 3
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 2
(D) 3 and 4
(E) 2 and 4
40. Some of the higher education (1) / colleges is giving false hope (2) / to students when they offer (3) / courses within unrealistically job prospects (4).
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 3 and 4
(D) 1 and 3
(E) 2 and 4
Directions-(Q. 41-44) Read the following passage and answer the given question. Certain words / phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
The truth was written all over her face. The eyes are the window to the soul. From our clichés, you would think that we could read faces like they were-well, open books. In fact, people tend to overestimate their ability to do it.
Most of us …………. distinguish between certain expressions without contextual clues. In one study, when people watched silent videos of the same person experiencing pain and faking pain, they couldn’t tell which was which. A computer was correct 85 per cent of the time. Computers were also better at telling that a person was smiling out of mild frustration rather than genuine delight.
And yet, as bad as we ware at reading expressions, we jump to (1) of all kinds based on people’s faces. We might scoff at the ancient Greek belief in physiognomy-assessing character on the basis of facial features-but we unwittingly practice it daily. Recent research shows that while there’s practically no evidence that faces reveal character, we nonetheless behave as if certain features signal certain traits. In another study, people were ready to decide whether an unfamiliar face should be trusted after looking at it for just 200 milliseconds. Even when given a chance to look longer, they rarely changed their mind.
Such judgements can defy logic. Subjects playing a trust game invested more money with a player who had a trustworthy face than with one who didn’t-even when the two players had the same reputation. Which brings us to contradiction A person’s face may not reflect her nature, and yet research finds that specific facial features do seem to influence futures. U.S. Army War College graduates with dominant-looking faces are more likely than their peers to become generals; people whose faces appear competent are more likely to become CEOs of successful companies. This makes a certain sense. By treating others as though their face reveals their character, we prompt them to become the people we assumed them to be.
41. Which of the following has been discussed in the passage?
(1) The assumptions we make about people based on their facial features.
(2) We are born with the art of reading faces and lose it over time.
(3) One’s feature can influence one’s future.
(A) None of 1, 2 and 3
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Only 1 and 3
(E) Only 1
42. Which of the following can fill in the ‘………..’ in the passage to make the sentence meaningful as well as both grammatically correct and contextually appropriate?
(A) easily
(B) unable
(C) clearly
(D) fail
(E) cannot
43. Which of the following is/are true with regard to the research discussed in the passage?
(1) Computers are unable to read or understand emotion.
(2) Phsiognomy is practiced by many.
(3) All those in the army have dominant looking facs
(A) Only 1 and 2
(B) Only 1
(C) Only 2
(D) None of 1, 2 and 3
(E) Only 3
44. Which of the following can replace (1) in the passage to make the sentence meaningful as well as both grammatically correct and contextually appropriate?
(A) conclusions
(B) one’s throut
(C) ship
(D) hoops
(E) the gun
45. What do you mean by phsiognomy?
(A) Character
(B) reading facial features
(C) emotions
(D) sentiments
(E) None of these
Directions-(Q. 46-50) The sentence has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for the blank which fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
46. Over the past 20 years, waste management in this country has ……..a quiet ……. with amounts of waste being recycled.
(A) left, uprisings
(B) going, emerging
(C) given, transforming
(D) undergone, revolution
(E) provide, rebellion
47. Young people are …….. a wave of anxiety and mental health problems and need as much ……. as possible.
(A) painting, life
(B) defining, vitamin
(C) experiencing, support
(D) mention, health
(E) suffering, cares
48. The governments wants to ………. underemployed workers from agriculture to more …….. sectors.
(A) charge, recent
(B) employs, discounted
(C) transferred, useful
(D) shift, productive
(E) placed, likely
49. A large majority of the population is demanding …….. of the ………. governor.
(A) renewal, new
(B) replacement, previously
(C) restoration, final
(D) reinstatement, former
(E) reincarnate, lastly
50. Comparative advertising is where one manufacturer advertises his products by ……… it to ….. manufacturer’s products.
(A) reference, like
(B) association, variant
(C) match, added
(D) relation, difference
(E) comparing, another
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