IBPS PO Mains 2016 - English Language

1.		Which of the following is/are the reasons of a drag on household savings in India over the last few years?

Increasing consumerism

Entrenchment of urban lifestyle

Easier availability of credit

Improvement in overall macroeconomic conditions

All the above

2.		CORPULENT

Lean

Gaunt

Emaciated

Obese

Nobble

3.

Food inflation is touching twenty per cent. The government will have to tighten monetary policy to prevent further rise.

(A) Although food inflation is ………

(B) With the tightening of monetary ……….

(C) Given that food inflation ……….

Only (A)

Only (B)

Only (C)

Only (A) and (B)

None of these

4.		Five statements are given below, labelled a, b, c, d and e. Among these, four statements are in logical order and form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the passage.

A look at the historical data on forecasts made by the IMF in its World Economic Outlook (WEO) reports seems to suggest that optimism bias may be the bigger culprit.

The large negative forecast errors in the recession years skewed the historical averages.

Over the past few years, the growth forecasts made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have displayed one consistent pattern

the forecasts are rosy at the start of the year, then revised downwards towards the end of the year, and the actual estimates of real growth turn out to be even lower.

Has predicting the fate of the global economy become more difficult in a volatile post-crisis world, or does the IMF suffer from an inherent optimism bias?

5.		Please select the most appropriate option, out of the five options given for each of the following sentences, which, in your view, should be grammatically and structurally correct. Please note that the meaning & context of the sentence must not change.

The judges finally distributed the awards among the most active children talking at length among themselves.

The judges finally distributed the awards talking at length among themselves.

The judges, talking at length among themselves finally distributed the awards among the most active children.

The judges distributed finally talking at length among themselves the awards among the most active children.

None is true.

6.		The village headman was unlettered, but he was no fool, he could see through the mystery of the businessman's proposition and promptly moved him down.

deception, forced

naivete, turned

potential, forced

sophistry, turned

No correction required

7.		What was/were the reason(s) of drop in savings in financial instruments after 2009?

Rise in price level of gold

Decrease in real interest rates on savings in financial instruments

Investment in physical assets, particularly land

Only (A) and (C)

Only (B) and (C)

8.		After two years, high inflation moderated in the later part of 2011-12 in response to past monetary tightening and growth deceleration. High inflation had adverse consequences on welfare and on saving and investment, particularly household saving in financial assets. The most serious consequence of inflation is____ As growth slowed down, in part due to high inflation, it further reduced the welfare of the common man through adverse impact on employment and incomes.

its destructive allocation impact on the industries that were lately coming up.

its negative impact on the rich and high-profile people.

its adverse distributional impact on the poor, people without social security and pensioners.

its wayward consequences on the public distribution system meant for the poor.

its unfavourable bearing on day to day commodities that are used by the common man.

9.		Why is the government providing tax incentive to companies in manufacturing sector?

For better infrastructure.

For tax deductions on emoluments paid to new employees,

To create new job opportunities and to initiate project ‘Make in India’

to create new job opportunities and to initiate project Standup India.

to encourage firms to step up hiring new skilled employees

10.

Twelve million youth enter the Indian work force every year. Eighty per cent of these youth are unskilled.

(A) While eighty per cent ………

(B) Since twelve million ……….

(C) Of the twelve million ……….

Only (A)

Only (C)

Only (A) and (B)

All (A), (B) and (C)

None of these