Bank English

Questions 1 to 8: Reading Comprehension
Instruction: Read the following passage. Based on what is stated or implied in the passage, answer questions that follow.
To find the job that is right for you, you must set goals. A goal is a purpose you set for yourself. It is what you hope for in the future. You have to identify the skills that you need to get the job you want. Then you need to design a program to help you reach the level of improvement you set for yourself. To reach your goal, you must have a specific goal. Decide what you are going to do and when you are going to do it. Plan ways to achieve your goal. How will you accomplish it? Next, identify problems that will get in the way of accomplishing your goal. Then think of possible ways to solve the problems. Finally, evaluate your progress. Did you reach your gal? Did you get the job you wanted?
As suggested in the passage what do you need to design to help you improve?

Read the following passage and answer questions (76-80):
On the face of it, telescopes and data bases sound like very different things. Telescopes sit on the top of mountains, and are pointed at the skies; data bases sit on computer hard disks, humming away and going no where. Yet they have something in common; both allow astronomers to explore the universe. Modern telescopes are highly automated pieces of machinery equipped with digital sensors that produce reams of observational data. Such data can be stored, processed and distributed just like other digital information.
This means it is no longer necessary for astronomer actually to visit a telescope to make observation.

I have a boat made of wood. The underlined phrase is -

He is very ______ ; he believes anything.

Which one is not pastime?

Questions 16 to 20: Replace the underlined part of each sentence with the option which is grammatically correct.
16. Arguably one of the worse crises in living memory, the present pandemc has claimed lives across the world.

The act of doing deliberate damage to something is called :

Because he had lost his hearing aide the day before, Kabir could not properly focus on the lecture.

Many companies now have employee assistance programs that enable employees, free of charge, to improve their physical fitness, reduce stress, and learn ways to stop smoking. These programs increase worker productivity, reduce absenteeism and lessen insurance costs for employee health care. Therefore, these programs benefit the company as well as the employee.
Which of the following, if true, most significantly strengthens the conclusion above?

P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven friends. Each of them likes a particular fruit, viz. Apple, Banana, Pear, Guava, Orange, Mango and Watermelon and each of them has a favorite city, viz. Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Cochin. The choices of fruit and favorite city of the seven friends aren’t necessarily in the same order.
Q likes Mango and his favorite city is Chennai. The one whose favorite city is Pune likes Watermelon. T’s favorite city is Kolkata. R likes Guava and his favorite is not Mumbai. W’s favorite city is Cochin and he does not like either Banana or Pear. The favorite city of the one who likes Orange is Hyderabad. T does not like Pear. P’s favorite city is neither Pune nor Hyderabad. S does not like Watermelon.
১) Which of the following combinations of Person-Fruit-City is incorrect?

The author refers to CD's as 'sandwiches' because they_____.

Mehrab is one of the most intelligent boys of the science class.

(a) Some methods (b) to prevent soil erosion (c) are plowing parallel with the slopes of hills, (d) to plant, trees on unproductive land and rotating crops.

S1: It is said that deep down people are alike.
S6: People differ in intelligence , personality, emotional display, values, priorities and the like.
P: However in the broadest sense we can say people are all alike.
Q: This statement is essentially false.
R: But the individual differences are far more illuminating.
S: For instance, it's true that all people have attitudes, likes and dislikes, feelings and similar attributes.
The proper sequence should be-

The custom is in vogue now.

Questions (01-05): Read the following sentences and select the option that corrects the underlined sections.
১) There are not many men who are so famous that they are frequently referred to by their short names only.