Model Questions for IBPS PO PRELIM Exam : English Language Set-28

Directions: Read the following passage carefully to answer these questions. Certain words are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

India’s nuclear ambition had been the bone of contention for a very longtime. It was a settled belief in our country that the US began to stress the issue of signing the CTBT only in more recent round of talks when the two countries had come close to an agreement on the other issues, including the CTBT, because it is part of its somewhat browbeating style of doing business, But a moment’s reflection would show that there could be another explanation. In the aftermath of Pokhran-II when tempers had cooled, the US was predisposed to accept our Prime Minister’s repeated assertions that India intended to arm it with nuclear weapons only as a deterrent to a nuclear attack or blackmail.

1. Which of the following statements is FALSE in the context of the passage?

(A) Only because of Pokhran-Il the US had accepted Indian Prime Minister’s assertion about India’s nuclear policy.
(B) The rounds of talks were being held by at least three countries, the US being the mediator.
(C) Indian Prime Minister has assured the world that it would not initiate nuclear attack on any nation.

(1) Only A and C
(2) Only A and B
(3) Only Band C
(4) All the three
(5) None of these

2. The real intention of the US in bringing the nuclear issue to the fore is most probably

(1) to suppress India’s nuclear ambition
(2) to incur the goodwill of India’s enemy
(3) to deter India from going nuclear in a big way
(4) to use it as a negotiation tactic
(5) to underplay the other more important issues

3. The author of the passage thinks that India’s planning of nuclear rearmament is

(1) going to receive a lot of acclaim
(2) appreciated by other countries with few reservations
(3) a matter that irritated most other countries
(4) not considered a deterrent policy by the enemies
(5) None of these

4. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the contents of the passage?

(A) India’s possessing nuclear arsenals has frightened some countries.
(B) India is not reluctant to sign the CTBT.
(C) The US wants India to sign the CTBT.

(1) Only A and B
(2) Only B and C
(3) Only A and C
(4) All the three
(5) None of these

5. Which of the following inferences can be drawn from the content of the passage?

(1) Most of the issues discussed between India and the US have reached consensus.
(2) India will not use’ nuclear weapons in any situation.
(3) India will use nuclear weapons to blackmail the enemies.
(4) Before Pokhran-II, tempers of the other countries had not cooled down.
(5) None of these

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Directions: Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word given in bold as used in the passage.

6. PREDISPOSED

(1) reluctant
(2) unprepared
(3) ready
(4) hesitant
(5) interested

7. STRESS

(1) enforce
(2) emphasise
(3) pressurize
(4) suppress
(5) implement

8. AFTERMATH

(1) devastation
(2) disharmony
(3) posterity
(4) consequence
(5) contemporary

Directions: Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word given in bold as used in the passage.

9. AGREEMENT

(1) dissension
(2) harmony
(3) refusal
(4) misunderstanding
(5) differential

10. SETTLED

(1) dislocated
(2) unprecedented
(3) irrelevant
(4) stabilised
(5) unfounded