SBI PO 2019 Mains: English Test Day 15

Directions (1-5): Choose the appropriate phrase/connector from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences.

What was earlier a short and specific period of quarantine to protect the secrecy of the budget, has now been extended and enlarged into a blanket and arbitrary curbs on the press’s access to the Ministry and its officials. The finance ministry joins a club of government addresses that are off limits for all journalists without prior appointment.
I. As a result
II. Meanwhile
III. Though

Directions (1-5): Choose the appropriate phrase/connector from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences.

It is the acknowledgement in a constitutional democracy of the imperative to make space for, and give room to, the check and balance on the elected and the powerful. Keep the journalist out, by making her hostage to the vagaries of executive discretion and the bureaucracy of permissions, the finance ministry risks undermining the unstated but essential compact of reciprocity and respect between institutions.
I. But
II. By trying to
III. However

Directions (1-5): Choose the appropriate phrase/connector from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences.

The editorial of the magazine connects the vandalism of a “Durga Temple” in the area to Rahul Gandhi’s recent resignation from the post of Congress president. It “may look like” the two events have “no correlation”, the magazine says, “if we go into the nuances of the mindset behind the incidents and the reasons for the downfall of the Congress, there is a direct correlation which Rahul Gandhi failed to understand”.
I. Though
II. And
III. Between

Directions (1-5): Choose the appropriate phrase/connector from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences.

Five years ago, Syriza promised that “hope is coming”. Like other radical movements without an ideology of state and roadmap for government, it was unable to govern according to the principles it campaigned on.
I. As long as
II. Even
III. But

Directions (1-5): Choose the appropriate phrase/connector from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences.

Closer home, the Aam Aadmi Party, which began as a protest against corruption and traditional ways of doing politics, has struggled with the art of political compromise, of working not on the street but quietly behind the scenes. In Greece, the burden of “hope” is now back on the centre.
I. Meanwhile
II. Because
III. Even if

Directions (6-10): In each of the questions below, four sentences are given which are denoted by A,B,C,D. By using all the four sentences you have to frame a meaningful paragraph. The correct order of the sentences is your answer. Choose from the five alternatives the one having the correct order of sentences and mark it as your answer.

A. And at a time when the Centre is struggling to meet its revenue targets, higher proceeds from spectrum auctions could provide the much-needed boost to government coffers.
B. But the temptation of revenue maximisation should be resisted when there are legitimate concerns over the financial health of the sector.
C. Aggressive bidding by telcos in the 3G auctions in 2010 marked a turning point in the industry’s fortunes.
D. Over the years, the telecom sector has been a major source of revenue for the government.

Directions (6-10): In each of the questions below, four sentences are given which are denoted by A,B,C,D. By using all the four sentences you have to frame a meaningful paragraph. The correct order of the sentences is your answer. Choose from the five alternatives the one having the correct order of sentences and mark it as your answer.

A. The price war, which began in September 2016, only exacerbated the already precarious financial position of incumbents.
B. Their deteriorating finances have also taken a toll on the government’s revenue. In 2018-19, the Centre was able to collect only Rs 39,245 crore through licence fees and spectrum usage charges, as against the initial target of Rs 48,661 crore.
C. In comparison, it had collected Rs 70,241 crore in 2016-17.
D. While average revenue per user (ARPUs) have risen of late, a turnaround is still some time away.

Directions (6-10): In each of the questions below, four sentences are given which are denoted by A,B,C,D. By using all the four sentences you have to frame a meaningful paragraph. The correct order of the sentences is your answer. Choose from the five alternatives the one having the correct order of sentences and mark it as your answer.

A. There is mindless parroting of scripts handed down, with little thought given to independent opinions.
B. In India, never is co-option as evident as in the lead-up to national sports awards, when athletes are forced to angle for the Arjuna through political lobbying, and ahead of Republic Day, for the Padma awards.
C. Playing safe equals playing to win here, there’s no Megan Rapinoe in sight.
D. Not the most politically attuned nor astute, most Indian athletes have never spoken their mind unless it aligns with predictable jingoism.

Directions (6-10): In each of the questions below, four sentences are given which are denoted by A,B,C,D. By using all the four sentences you have to frame a meaningful paragraph. The correct order of the sentences is your answer. Choose from the five alternatives the one having the correct order of sentences and mark it as your answer.

A. It lists the hierarchy in which various claims against the firm would be settled.
B. Under this waterfall mechanism, after the costs associated with the insolvency resolution process and liquidation are settled, dues owed to secured creditors and workmen have to be settled first.
C. Under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), Section 53 deals with the distribution of proceeds from the liquidation of assets.
D. This is followed by discharging dues of employees, unsecured creditors and governments, in this particular order.

Directions (6-10): In each of the questions below, four sentences are given which are denoted by A,B,C,D. By using all the four sentences you have to frame a meaningful paragraph. The correct order of the sentences is your answer. Choose from the five alternatives the one having the correct order of sentences and mark it as your answer.

A. People are not educated in order to become well-programmed automata, fungible drones who can be plugged and played anywhere with equal facility.
B. That was true only of the colonial era, when the three Rs were taught to children destined to become administrators and clerks, who could be sent anywhere in the world, from Bombay to Boston, and function equally well.
C. Apart from this colonial interregnum, the objective of education has always been to nurture creative, sceptical minds which add to the sum of human knowledge by questioning received wisdom.
D. It is a matter of concern that a chief minister heading a “progressive” government seems to have so little idea of the value of privacy and the objectives of education