IBPS-C English Language Past Paper PDF 20XX

IBPS-C (English Language) Set 17_T1_01 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. When Hurricane Harvey loomed off the coast of my home state Texas, it seemed to fill the entire Gulf of Mexico. When it roared on lan...

IBPS-C (English Language) Set 17_T1_01 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. When Hurricane Harvey loomed off the coast of my home state Texas, it seemed to fill the entire Gulf of Mexico. When it roared on land, it pummeled the towns of Rockport and Port Aransas, whose tawny beaches I’ve walked with my kids, pointing out the indigo sails of Portuguese man o’ war jellyfish. Harvey’s eye took direct aim at the University of Texas’ Marine Science Institute, flattening not just the facility itself, but priceless samples awaiting analysis. After Harvey; left Port Aransas, it spun back into the Gulf of Mexico over record sea temperature as great as 4 degrees Fahrenheit above normal. Thermodynamic laws require that warmer air holds more water vapour. The heat armed the storm with a mighty arsenal of water vapour. Then Harvey returned to land, dumping a catastrophic amount of rain on Houston. My Facebook feed filled with pleas for rescue from rising waters. Friends’ houses flooded - houses that had always been on dry land before. A chemical plant blew up, twice. Toxic chemicals oozed from Superfund sites. Dozens died in the deluge, mostly by drowning. And all the while, alongside the heartbreak and horror, I kept thinking about a strange harbinger: jellyfish. Diaphanous in form yet menacing in the sting, jellyfish have a powerful capacity to capture our imagination. They undulate in a primal rhythm, blinking open and closed like eyes that can peer into the soul of the sea. And what they are seeing are changes produced by us here on land. Because we burn fossil fuels, which release greenhouse gases, not just the atmosphere but ocean waters are warming. At the same time, our ship traffic transports animals to new places, and sometimes these exotics find home- like conditions where in the past those conditions would have unsuitable. That’s what happened in the eastern Mediterranean, where a jellyfish from the tropical Indian Ocean has found warm, homey waters and now forms huge aggregations called blooms that stretch for tens of miles every summer. The fierce stings of these animals chase beach- goers out of the water. Their gooey bodies clog machinery at power plants, halting operations. Rampant coastal development provides new habitat for a jellyfish stage called Polyp that looks like a sea anemone. When it finds a hard surface like a dock or a jetty to grow on, a single polyp can proliferate into dozen or even more medusae. And fields of polyps grow on those hard structures. That’s likely what happened off the coast of Italy, where gas platforms are thought to be home for a new invasion of jellyfish. In the twentieth century in the Adriatic Sea, moon jellies, pinkish with their characteristics four-leafed clover on top, were a rarity. Now they are ubiquitous. And as we wash pollution into our waters, we create low-oxygen environments. Some jellyfish, with their low metabolic rate due to their cellular jelly insides, can survive more easily there than fish, with their oxygen-guzzling muscled tissues. That is part of what happened in the Yellow Sea, where pollution is unchecked. It is the birthplace of a maroon jellyfish that reaches a weight of 500 pounds. Blooms of the creature were a once-a-generation event before 2000 - the kind of thing fishermen mentioned to their sons. But jellyzillas swept from china in the Tsushima Current, have plagued Japan’s coast almost every year of the 21st century. In 2009, a fishing boat caught so many that their weight capsized the vessel. (Fortunately, the crewmembers were rescued.) And our lack of oversight of the fishing industry, which has removed more than 90% of the large fish from the seas, has depleted the predators of jellyfish as well as their competitors. Jellyfish are eaten by some fish, and jellyfish eat the same small Zooplankton that fish do. The ecological vacuum left by unrestrained fishing can allow jellyfish to expand their influence on marine ecosystems. That’s what happened off the coast of Namibia, once one of the world’s most productive fisheries. Question 71 How is jellyfish able to survive in polluted water more than the other fishes? I. Jellyfish has oxygen guzzling muscle tissues. II. Due to low metabolic rate. III. Jellyfish eat small zooplankton to survive. (1) Only I (2) Only II (3) Both I and II (4) Both II and III (5) All are correct Question 72 How Hurricane Harvey can be termed as devastating with reference to the passage? (1) Many people died by drowning. (2) Hurricane blew up the Chemicals plants. (3) Toxic chemicals got exuded from superfund sites. (4) Hurricane flooded many houses. (5) All of the above Question 73 What is the author’s main idea regarding the passage? (1) How to ameliorate ecological imbalance. (2) The author gave his opinion regarding jellyfish that what they know humans don’t. (3) Water pollution creating a low oxygen environment affecting aquatic life. (4) Hurricane Harvey destroyed many lives. (5) Endangered condition of Jellyfish.  Question 74 Which of the following statement(s) is/are true in the context of the given passage? (1) Maroon Jellyfish is found in Yellow sea where pollution is unchecked. (2) Hurricane Harvey with strong winds battered the entire Gulf of Mexico. (3) Jellyzillas sweeping from China have afflicted Japan’s coast. (4) Jellyfish survive more than other fishes in low oxygen environment. (5) All of the above Question 75 Which of the following statement regarding jellyfish is related to the country Namibia? (1) The attenuation in the number of jellyfish is due to the low oxygen environment. (2) The predators of jellyfish are depleting because of uncontrolled fishing. (3) Jellyfish can proliferate their population in the situation of ecological imbalance. (4) Both 2 and 3 (5) All of the above In each of the questions given below, a sentence is given with one blank. Below each sentence four words are given, out of which two can fit the sentence. Five options are given with various combinations of these words. You have to choose the combination with the correct set of words which can fit in the given sentence. Question 76 Would you like to have coffee? A. much B. more C. some D. many (1) A-B (2) A-D (3) B-C (4) C-D (5) A-C Question 77 The Dysart Unified School District says they are investigating threats made the district and Dysart High School. A. Towards B. Against C. For D. After  (1) A-B (2) A-D (3) B-C (4) C-D (5) A-C Question 78 I was going to say hello when I realised that I couldn’t remember his name. A. Beyond B. Over C. Through D. Across (1) A-B (2) A-D (3) B-C (4) C-D (5) B-D Question 79 In 1997 the sales tax was lowered to 4%, then in 2001, it was abolished. A. Together B. Laterally C. Completely D. Altogether (1) A-B (2) A-D (3) B-C (4) C-D (5) B-D Question 80 Children their parents’ authority far more nowadays than they did in the past. A. Dispute B. Question C. Confront D. Challenge (1) A-B (2) A-D  (3) B-C (4) C-D (5) B-D Question 81 The United Nations has its authority to restore peace in the area. A. Used B. Blown C. Exercised D. Refused (1) A-C (2) A-D (3) B-D (4) C-D (5) B-D In each of the question given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which try to decipher its meaning as used in the sentence. Choose the option which gives the meaning of the phrase most appropriately in the context of the given sentence. Question 82 She comes across really well on television. (1) Discover (2) Express (3) Behave (4) Offers (5) Provide Question 83 The deal was completely open and above board. (1) Mislead (2) Profitable (3) Dupe (4) Respect (5) Honest  Question 84 For most businessmen, the central questions will turn on taxation. (1) Matter (2) Consider (3) Attack (4) Concern (5) Unsettle Question 85 They sought a controlling interest rather than a take over. (1) Spend (2) Partnership (3) Endorse (4) Approve (5) Buyout Question 86 I think he was just putting on an act to get sympathy. (1) Tolerate (2) Assume (3) Perform (4) Deceive (5) Effect Question 87 I can put up with the house being messy, but I hate it if it’s not clean. (1) Ignore (2) Forget (3) Delay (4) Remain (5) Bear Question 88 He gave in to my suggestion after I had shown him the plans. (1) Leave (2) Defeated  (3) Defy (4) Agree (5) Resign Question 89 She cut in on a station wagon, forcing the driver to brake. (1) Interrupt (2) Stop (3) Collide (4) Too close (5) Carve Question 90 Most patients find that the numbness from the injection wears off after about an hour. (1) Calm (2) Inflate (3) Deepen (4) Fade (5) Emerge In each of the questions given below a sentence is given which is then divided into five parts out of which last part is correct. There is an error in three parts of the sentence and only one part is correct. You have to choose the part as your answer. Question 91 After he had read (A)/ the two first chapters (B)/ to the novel, (C)/ he had felt like (D)/ reading the book in one sitting. (E) (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) All are incorrect. Question 92 Since most of the urban people (A)/ have been lived (B)/ at polluted areas (C)/ they suffers from severe (D)/ diseases caused by pollution. (E)  (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) All are incorrect. Question 93 Broadly speaking of a (A)/ layman language disability (B)/ could be (C)/ classified in two groups (D)/ namely mental and physical. (E) (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) All are incorrect. Question 94 Although there are some (A)/ similarities at the qualification (B)/ of both the candidate (C)/ the differences among them (D)/ are considerably pronounced. (E) (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) All are incorrect. Question 95 When the group of teenagers (A)/ visits the entertainment centre (B)/ little did they knows (C)/ that its outing (D)/ would lead them to a hospital. (E) (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) All are incorrect. Question 96 If the present guidelines, (A)/ the bank are required (B)/ to obtaining a photograph (C)/ from any persons (D)/ who wishes to open an account. (E)  (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) All are incorrect. Question 97 Although the clock struck twelve, (A)/ we hear the big bang of (B)/ the fire crackers and saw (C)/ all the guests scream, (D)/ shouting and wishing each other with joy. (E) (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) All are incorrect. Question 98 The Rupali (A)/ to gets (B)/ the clear picture about (C)/ the incident so she spoke (D)/ to the victims. (E) (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) All are incorrect. Question 99 The centre has accept (A)/ report of the judicial commission (B)/ that indicting a former chief minister (C)/ and six of his ministerial colleagues for corruption. (D)/ favouritism, nepotism, and administrative impropriety. (E) (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) All are incorrect. Question 100 Before invested, (A)/ you should look up the (B)/ overall business dynamics for the company (C)/ along with its efficient management and (D)/ good corporate governance. (E) (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) All are incorrect.