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Direction (1-5): The passage below has been divided into seven sentences, denoted by A),B),C),D),E),F) and G). Read the sentences and arrange them in a manner that the sentences make a meaningful paragraph.
(A) AIBOC has a membership of over two million officers and affiliates in all major state-run banks and 10 private banks.
(B) The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella body of the top nine bank unions in the country has, also decided to hold a strike on December 26 against the proposed merger of Bank of Baroda, Dena Bank and Vijaya bank.
(C) The government had in September approved the merger of the three public sector lenders to create India’s third-largest bank as part of efforts to clean up the banking system.
(D) Workers at India’s state-owned banks called a nationwide strike on Friday in protest at proposed mergers and demanded immediate wage rises.
(E) The bank unions say they fear the mergers will lead to job cuts and allow private sector banks to dominate the industry.
(F) The strike, by the All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC), impacted trading volumes in foreign exchange and debt markets, said traders and private sector banks were not affected by the strike.
(G) The striking officers were responsible for daily operations, caused a complete shutdown of service to customers.
1) Which sentence should be the FOURTH in the paragraph?
a) E
b) A
c) F
d) G
e) B
2) Which sentence should be the SECOND in the paragraph?
a) C
b) F
c) A
d) B
e) G
3) Which sentence should be the FIRST in the paragraph?
a) C
b) D
c) E
d) B
e) F
4) Which sentence should be the FIFTH in the paragraph?
a) C
b)G
c) E
d) F
e) B
5) Which sentence should be the LAST in the paragraph?
a) E
b) D
c) F
d) C
e) B
Direction (6-10): Five sentences denoted by A, B, C,D and E have been given. Identify the odd sentence and arrange rest of the four sentences in such a way that they make a meaningful paragraph.
6)
(A) He said that now attendance of students would be online and it could be updated within 15 days only and thereafter no change would be possible in it.
(B) Giving details, Director, Higher Education Department, A. Sreenivas said that the launch of this app would bring transparency in the Department and college administration, and enable better connectivity between students, parents, teachers and administration.
(C) The students can also get the details of lecturers of government colleges and officers of the Directorate.Â
(D) To help students, Haryana Government has started mobile app ‘ShikshaSetu’ which would have all information related to attendance, fee, online admission and scholarships in all government colleges of the state.
(E) The students can also pay their fee online through this app and college administration can also check whose fee is pending and how much fee has been collected, he said.
a) BEAC
b) ADEC
c) DBAE
d) CEAD
e) ADBC
7)
(A) It said a study will be conducted of special economic zones and export promotion zones in the country to reassess their role and objectives.
(B) It will also have details on loans and credit offered by various financial institutions.Â
(C) The MSME Ministry has proposed to establish a governing council to ensure efficient delivery of all export-related interventions as part of its action plan to boost shipments from micro, small and medium enterprises.Â
(D) Because these are an essential constituent of Foreign Trade Policy and it is important to harness their potential.Â
(E) The ministry has recommended a detailed analysis of various trade agreements, including FTAs and bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, to identify areas of concern for MSMEs.
a) BEAC
b) ADEC
c) DAEC
d) CEAD
e) ADBC
8)
(A) BVP Rao earlier served as vice president of the archery association of the northeastern state and he was also earlier associated with Sports Authority of India in various capacities.
(B) B V P Rao has been elected as the President of Archery Association of India(AAI).
(C) The Indian Olympic Association asked the National Sports Federations to constitute Athletes’ Commissions within three months.Â
(D) The election was held under the Supervision of former Chief Election Commissioner S. Y. Quraishi.
(E) Maha Singh was elected as secretary of Archery Association of India.
a)BEAC
b) ADEC
c) DAEC
d)BDAE
e)ADBC
9)
(A) The train service is likely to be launched between New Delhi and Varanasi. Â
(B) Indigenously-built India’s first engine-less train breached the 180 kmph speed limit during a test run yesterday.
(C) As per news agency IANS report, Indian railways has planned to launch country’s fastest rail — Train 18 — by the end of this year on December 25.
(D) India’s long wait for world-class fast trains may end this year only.
(E)According to the tentative plan, the train will start from New Delhi station at 6 am, and is expected to reach Varanasi at 2 pm.
a) BEAC
b) DCAB
c) ADEC
d) CEAD
e) ADBC
10)
(A) Minimum number of person required to start a partnership firm is two and maximum limit is 10 in case of banking business and 20 in case of all other types of business.
(B) A partnership firm is an organization which is formed with two or more persons to run a business with a view to earn profit.
(C) These firms are governed by the Indian Partnership Act, 1932.
(D) Business of the firm may be carried on by all the partners or any one of them acting for all.
(E) Each member of such a group is known as partner and collectively known as partnership firm.
a) EBCA
b) ADEC
c) DAEC
d) CEAD
e) BECA
Answers:
Directions (1-5):
Correct order of the sentence is DFAGBCE
(D) Workers at India’s state-owned banks called a nationwide strike on Friday in protest at proposed mergers and demanded immediate wage rises.
(F) The strike, by the All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC), impacted trading volumes in foreign exchange and debt markets, said traders and private sector banks were not affected by the strike.
(A) AIBOC has a membership of over two million officers and affiliates in all major state-run banks and 10 private banks.
(G) The striking officers were responsible for daily operations, caused a complete shutdown of service to customers.
(B) The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella body of the top nine bank unions in the country has, also decided to hold a strike on December 26 against the proposed merger of Bank of Baroda, Dena Bank and Vijaya bank.
(C) The government had in September approved the merger of the three public sector lenders to create India’s third-largest bank as part of efforts to clean up the banking system.
(E) The bank unions say they fear the mergers will lead to job cuts and allow private sector banks to dominate the industry.
This passage is about the protest against merger of the banks. According to the passage, in order to express their objection and disapproval against the merger, the employees of the state –owned banks called a nationwide strike on Friday. The strike by AIBOC, impacted on foreign exchange trading and private sector banks were not involved in strike. AIBOC has members over two million and links all major state-run banks and 10 private sector banks. The officers who were involved in the strike were responsible for daily operations of the banks and triggered a complete shutdown of services to customers. Against the proposed merger of Bank of Baroda, Dena Bank and Vijaya bank, UFBU has also decided to hold a strike on 26 December. In September, government approved merger of these banks so as to create India’s third largest bank. According to the bank unions, mergers will lead to job cuts and will improve the position of private banks in the industry.
1) Answer: d)
2) Answer: b)
3) Answer: b)
4) Answer: e)
5) Answer: a)
Directions (6-10):
6) Answer: c)
(D) To help students, Haryana Government has started mobile app ‘ShikshaSetu’ which would have all information related to attendance, fee, online admission and scholarships in all government colleges of the state.
(B) Giving details, Director, Higher Education Department, A. Sreenivas said that the launch of this app would bring transparency in the Department and college administration, and enable better connectivity between students, parents, teachers and administration.
(A) He said that now attendance of students would be online and it could be updated within 15 days only and thereafter no change would be possible in it.
(E) The students can also pay their fee online through this app and college administration can also check whose fee is pending and how much fee has been collected, he said.
(C) The students can also get the details of lecturers of government colleges and officers of the Directorate.
This passage is about the mobile app ‘ShikshaSetu’. According to the passage, Haryana government has launched the mobile app ‘ShikshaSetu’ to help the students by providing the information related to attendance, fee, online admission etc through this app. The Director of higher education department said that this app will bring transparency in the Departments and college administration and will also improve connectivity between students, parents, teachers and administration. He also mentioned about the online attendance of the students. Through this app, students can pay their fee online and pending fee can be checked by the college administration.
7) Answer:d)
(C) The MSME Ministry has proposed to establish a governing council to ensure efficient delivery of all export-related interventions as part of its action plan to boost shipments from micro, small and medium enterprises.
(E) The ministry has recommended a detailed analysis of various trade agreements, including FTAs and bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, to identify areas of concern for MSMEs.
(A) It said a study will be conducted of special economic zones and export promotion zones in the country to reassess their role and objectives.
(D) Because these are an essential constituent of Foreign Trade Policy and it is important to harness their potential.
(B) It will also have details on loans and credit offered by various financial institutions.
This passage is about the establishment of regulatory council. According to the passage, MSME Ministry has suggested to set up the regulatory council for well-organizing the export related activities as a part of its action plan to increase the shipments from micro, small and medium enterprises. It has also advised to study the various trade agreements to find out the areas of concern for MSME. It also mentioned that the role and objectives of special economic zones and export promotion zones in the country will be re-evaluated as these are important elements of the Foreign Trade Policy.
8) Answer:d)
(B) B V P Rao has been elected as the President of Archery Association of India(AAI).
(D) The election was held under the Supervision of former Chief Election Commissioner S. Y. Quraishi.
(A) BVP Rao earlier served as vice president of the archery association of the northeastern state and he was also earlier associated with Sports Authority of India in various capacities.
(E) Maha Singh was elected as secretary of Archery Association of India.
(C) The Indian Olympic Association asked the National Sports Federations to constitute Athletes’ Commissions within three months.
This passage is about the president of archery association of India. According to the passage, B V P Rao has been selected for the post of president of archery association of India. The election was held under the direction of former Chief Election Commissioner. Earlier BVP Rao worked as the vice president of archery association of northeastern state. For the post of secretary of Archery Association of India, Mahasingh has been selected.
9) Answer:b)
(D) India’s long wait for world-class fast trains may end this year only.
(C) As per news agency IANS report, Indian railways has planned to launch country’s fastest rail — Train 18 — by the end of this year on December 25.
(A) The train service is likely to be launched between New Delhi and Varanasi.
(B) Indigenously-built India’s first engine-less train breached the 180 kmph speed limit during a test run yesterday.
(E) According to the tentative plan, the train will start from New Delhi station at 6 am, and is expected to reach Varanasi at 2 pm.
This passage is about India’s fastest train. According to the passage, India’s wait for the fastest train of the country may end this year. Reports say that as per plan of Indian railway, country’s fastest rail — Train 18 –will be launched at the end of this year. The train in its test run has breached the 180 kmph speed limit.
10) Answer: e)
(B) A partnership firm is an organization which is formed with two or more persons to run a business with a view to earn profit.
(E) Each member of such a group is known as partner and collectively known as partnership firm.
(C) These firms are governed by the Indian Partnership Act, 1932.
(A) Minimum number of person required to start a partnership firm is two and maximum limit is 10 in case of banking business and 20 in case of all other types of business.
(D) Business of the firm may be carried on by all the partners or any one of them acting for all.
This passage is about partnership firm. According to the passage, the organization which is formed with two or more persons with a view to run business and earn profit is known as partnership firm. Individually each member is called partner and collectively the organization is called partnership firm. The partnership firms are regulated by partnership act 1932. There should be at least two persons to start partnership firm and maximum limit of the partners in the partnership firm is 20.
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