English: Sentence Completion(Based on IBPS PO Mains 2017) Set – 63

Directions(1-10): In each of the following questions a passage is given in which there is a blank. Choose the most logical and appropriate option from the five options given that can be filled in the blank.

  1. The first half of 1947 was a critical period in India’s history. The end of colonial rule was certain and so was India’s partition but what was uncertain was whether there would be more than one division. Prices were rising, food shortages were common but over and above everything else, __________________.
    the interests of the people of India.
    the unity of India was under severe strain.
    the work of nation building.
    who would speak up for them.
    None of these
    Option B

     

  2. The National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) has received much media attention and political heft. It is expected that the scheme __________________. The NHPS is an improvement over the UPA’s Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) in three ways: It does not require the renewal of the ID card every year, the ration or the Aadhaar card being adequate; services can be accessed from any empaneled hospital in the country; and an increase in the sum assured from Rs 30,000 to Rs 5 lakh, per family per year.
    will address a third of the out-of-pocket expenses
    will be addressed under the facility of “portability”.
    will reduce impoverishment caused by unexpected events that require lump sum amounts.
    will incentivise private investment flow in Tier 2 and 3 cities
    None of these
    Option C

     

  3. __________________. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (popularly known as RTE Act) was born out of this mindset. This approach raises a few questions. Why should the executive arm of the government require a law to do something which it is authorised to do, in any case, under the extant legal provisions? Could the purpose have been served without the law? Has it been served after the enactment of the RTE Act? Has the Act made it more complicated to deliver quality education?
    The impact of initiatives in education are visible only in the long run.
    The model of “no detention” was apparently picked up from the West.
    The pass percentage has plummeted at the Class 10-level.
    We have a belief that enacting a legislation is a panacea for all ills.
    None of these
    Option D

     

  4. The things All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) wishes to formally teach engineering students in the name of ancient Indian scientific achievements is a gross insult to ancient India. __________________, and brings ridicule to an otherwise respected discipline.
    Making unsubstantiated claims about the past detracts from the genuine contributions that were actually made
    AICTE, no doubt guided by HRD ministry, has co-opted this programme and decided to offer a credit course based on the Vidya Saar
    Whatever excerpts have been published makes for disturbing reading
    Details should be provided so that readers can decide for themselves how much credence is to be placed on such claims
    None of these
    Option A

     

  5. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has from time to time courted controversies and criticism for its handling of politically sensitive cases. In important cases, __________________. No wonder, it was described by a former Chief Justice of India as a “caged parrot”. However, it is for the first time that the CBI finds itself in a quagmire due to an internecine feud among its top officers.
    give it a measure of autonomy
    the organisation has generally toed the government line
    continues to disappoint the people whenever it deals with cases against the powerful
    running an extortion racket in the garb of investigations
    None of these
    Option B

     

  6. We have a belief that enacting a legislation is a panacea for all ills. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (popularly known as RTE Act) was born out of this mindset. This approach raises a few questions. Why should the executive arm of the government require a law to do something which it is authorised to do, in any case, under the extant legal provisions? Could the purpose have been served without the law? Has it been served after the enactment of the RTE Act? __________________?
    Has the Act focusing primarily on “inputs” (like infrastructure) rather than “outcomes”
    Has the Act provides that “No child admitted in a school shall be held back in any class or expelled from school till completion of elementary education”
    Has the Act made it more complicated to deliver quality education
    Has the Act declined during the years that followed the legislation
    None of these
    Option C

     

  7. From 1979, candidates appearing for examinations for all-India services can answer their question papers in all major Indian languages. The decisions are based on the recommendations of the Kothari Committee, which submitted a report on the subject two years ago. In 1967, Parliament had passed a resolution saying that all languages included in the English Schedule are to be permitted as alternative media to English for all-India and central services. But __________________.
    the second devaluation of a rupee in terms of pound sterling during the last 12 days
    the 28 sugar factories, which were in operation last year, have come within the ambit of the public sector
    vast sections of people who think the existing system favours only those who can use English well, denying equality of opportunity to others
    Indian languages have been allowed as medium for answering papers on general knowledge and essay only
    None of these
    Option D

     

  8. The National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) has received much media attention and political heft. It is expected that the scheme __________________. The NHPS is an improvement over the UPA’s Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) in three ways: It does not require the renewal of the ID card every year, the ration or the Aadhaar card being adequate; services can be accessed from any empaneled hospital in the country; and an increase in the sum assured from Rs 30,000 to Rs 5 lakh, per family per year.
    will reduce impoverishment caused by unexpected events that require lump sum amounts
    will incentivise private investment flow in Tier 2 and 3 cities
    addressed under the facility of “portability”
    has been tepid, ranging from caution to scepticism for the following four reasons
    None of these
    Option A

     

  9. Paan Singh Tomar, at least according to his eponymous biopic, became an athlete while in the army so he could eat his fill of, among other things, bananas — a privilege often denied to ordinary soldiers. On the face of it, the BCCI’s men’s cricket team has little in common with the subaltern athlete-turned-dacoit from the first decades of Independence. But the wealthy members of Team India have the same complaint: During India’s recent tour of England, __________________. At the Committee of Administrators (CoA) review, Virat Kohli complained about his team being denied their choice of fruit by the English Cricket Board.
    the Board want India’s fast-bowlers feeling empty, denied the comfort of their preferred form of fructose, as they charge towards their opponents
    they were denied nature’s pre-packaged potassium-rich bounty
    the players should have asked the team manager to buy bananas at the BCCI’s expense
    it was not so long ago that the young men of the cricket team were budding children, hungry for praise and hungry in general
    None of these
    Option B

     

  10. Last week, the Supreme Court reprimanded the Rajasthan government for its failure to check illegal mining in an over 100-hectare range of the Aravalli mountains. __________________. Even so, the censure should be sobering — India’s oldest mountain range has lost nearly a fourth of its hills. The apex court referred to a report of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) — the body that advises it on forest-related matters — which pointed out that 31 of the 128 hills in the Aravallis “have vanished”.
    While the Aravallis’ role as a green lung for the NCR should, in itself, be compelling reason to halt its degradation
    For more than three billion years, its hills have moderated the velocity of winds that blow towards North India
    This is not the first time the state government has been called out by the judiciary
    The state government would do well to take note of a CAG report of March which admonishes it for violating the SC’s strictures on mining in the range
    None of these
    Option C

     


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