Model Questions for IBPS PO PRELIM Exam : English Language Set-16

The phenomena of child labour is quite complex. Children work because they belong to poor families who cannot survive without the benefit of the income which accrues to the family on account of child labour. Any attempt to abolish it through legal recourse would, under the circumstances, not be practical. The only alternative is to ban child labour in hazardous areas and to regulate and ameliorate the conditions of work in other areas. Many developing countries including India have accepted this approach.

1. According to the paragraph, abolishing child labour through legal means is most likely to result into ...

(1) dragging/pushing the family of the child in acute economic stress.
(2) shortage of labour in other areas of work
(3) regulation of services of adult workers.
(4) betterment of working conditions of adult labourers.
(5) better understanding of reality.

2.What can be inferred about the policy being followed about child labour in India?

(1) Giving economic benefits to the families of child labourers.
(2) Reducing/controlling child labour in unhealthy areas of work.
(3) Monitoring and improving working conditions for children.
(1) Only A and B (2)Only B and C
(3) Only A and B(4)Only B
(5) None of these

3.Which of the following words is most nearly the SAME in meaning to the word ameliorate as used in the paragraph?

(1) cover
(2) adjust
(3) remove
(4) mitigate
(5) fix

In recent years our society has shown readiness to address the educational and developmental needs of adolescents. Be it the Government or people in the community there is a realisation that something need’s to be done to build on the energy and enthusiasm of this crucial section of the population. Growing social unrest, violence crime and increasing visibility of young has contributed to this readiness.

4.Which of the following words is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word address as used in the paragraph?

(1) discourage
(2) diffuse
(3) locate
(4) disorganise
(5) ignore

5.Which of the following is not a likely cause of readiness shown by people towards adolescents?

(1) Increase in crime
(2) Growing violence
(3) Equality of opportunity
(4) Physical presence of youth
(5) Increased social ‘unrest

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Directions: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate words.

The tea plant, a native of Southern China, was known (6) very early times of Chinese botany and medicine. It is (7) in the classics (8) the various names of Tou, Tseh, Chung, Kha and Ming and was (9) praised for possessing the virtues of (10) fatigue, delighting the soul, strengthening the will and repairing the eyesight. It was not only administered as an internal dose, but often (11) externally in the form of paste to (12) rheumatic pains. The Taoists claimed it (13) an important (14) of the elixir of immortality. The Buddhists used it-extensively to prevent drowsiness during (15) long hours of meditation.

6.(1) to
(2) after
(3) from
(4) beyond
(5) behind

7.(1) taken
(2) resorted
(3) awarded
(4) alluded
(5) introduced

8.(1) under
(2) between
(3) among
(4) besides
(5) like

9.(1) rarely
(2) loosely
(3) under
(4) severely
(5) highly

10.(1) absorbing
(2) relieving
(3) avoiding
(4) resolving
(5) recognising

11.(1) inserted
(2) developed
(3) conceived
(4) controlled
(5) applied

12.(1) recuperate
(2) alleviate
(3) conceal
(4) indicate
(5) slow

13.(1) to
(2) also
(3) although
(4) as
(5) hardly

14.(1) ingredient
(2) aspect
(3) offshoot
(4) outcome
(5) discovery

15.(1) that
(2) these
(3) their
(4) our
(5) remote