RBI OFFICER GRADE ‘B’ PHASE-I EXAM Held on : 17.06.2017(Part-III)

 

Total Questions: 50

1. In this question, two sentences (I) and (II) are given. Each sentence (I) and (II) has a blank in it. Below these sentences (I) and (II) four/five options are suggested. Select the option that fits both the blanks to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct. If all the given options fit the blanks, select 'All the given options fit' as your answer.

I. Translation can be lonely work, which may well be why most translators choose the career out of interest, not because they attention.

II. Still feeling the effects of the recession's high unemployment. Millennial's economic stability over prosperity, hoping to avoid future downturns.

Correct Answer: (1) crave
Solution:Crave (Verb) = to have a very strong desire for some-thing; long for; to ask for some-thing seriously.

2. In these questions there are four sentences (A), (B), (C) and (D). You have to determine which of these sentences is/are grammatically corrective/correct based on the question given. Select the appropriate option as your answer.

Which of these sentences is/are correct?
(A) The Government has decided to extend coverage under the newly launch schemes which impart training to unemployed youth.
(B) Being a very diligent and clever lad, he soon distinguished himself.
(C) Grievances need be readdressed as soon as they are known.
(D) It is the grasping of power combined with the thrust for fame which constitutes ambition.

Correct Answer: (1) Only (B) and (D)
Solution:The Government has decided to extend coverage under the newly launched schemes... Grievances need to be read-dressed as soon as they are known.

3. In these questions there are four sentences (A), (B), (C) and (D). You have to determine which of these sentences is/are grammatically corrective/correct based on the question given. Select the appropriate option as your answer.

Which of these sentences is/are correct?
(A) The idea on which she based her philosophy is difficult to understand.
(B) Ramesh was reprieved as the prosecution failed to pin him up for the crime.
(C) The President already with acquaintance with the latest development of the current situation.
(D) Superstitious fears preys on vulnerable mind, and make one behave nonsensical.

Correct Answer: (3) Only (A)
Solution:Pin someone down = to force someone to be specific or make his or her intentions known; to find somebody and make them answer a question. The president is already асquainted with ...
Superstitious fears prey on Ramesh was reprieved as the prosecution failed to pin him down for the crime.

4. In these questions there are four sentences (A), (B), (C) and (D). You have to determine which of these sentences is/are grammatically corrective/correct based on the question given. Select the appropriate option as your answer.

Which of these sentences is/are correct?
(A) Manisha says she has not seen neither Abhay nor Bipasha all day.
(B) The bureaucrats reached and out and established a good base for future relation.
(C) Kaustabh believed that he was in some parts responsible for his own fate.
(D) Roshan, quite pale in night. rushed into the room.

Correct Answer: (5) None
Solution:Manisha says that she has not seen either Abhay or Bipasha all day.
Reach out = to try to communicate with a person or a group of people. The beauracrats reached out to the people and established a good base for future relation. Kaustabh believed that he was to some extent responsible for his own fate.
Roshan in the quite pale of light rushed into the room.
In the quite pale of night = the time when night wasn't quite over.

5. In these questions there are four sentences (A), (B), (C) and (D). You have to determine which of these sentences is/are grammatically corrective/correct based on the question given. Select the appropriate option as your answer.

Which of these sentences is/are correct?
(A) In a communication since January, the two organisations finally decided to merger.
(B) The Parliament and the Supreme Court was within stone throw distance of each other.
(C) His nation can be perfectly well in governance till they are competent to govern itself. (D) She impressed above him that he need to commit perjury in order to be acquitted.

Correct Answer: (2) None
Solution:In a communication of/in January, the two organisations finally decided to merge. The parliament and the Supreme Court are within a stone's throw of each other. A nation can never be perfectly well in governance till it is competent to govern itself. She impressed upon him that he needed to commit perjury in order to be acquitted.
Perjury = the offence of wilfully telling an untruth or making a misrepresentation under oath.
Impress upon = to make someone understand or be familiar with the importance of something.
A stone's throw = a short distance.

6. In these questions, a sentence is given with three words/group of words in bold type. One or more of them may have a certain error. Below the sentence is given three combinations of words/group of words i.e. (A), (B) and (C). You have to find out the correct word/group of words from among (A), (B) and (C) given below each sentence to replace the incorrect words/group of words and make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. One, two, all three or none of them may be correct. Decide upon which is/are correct, if any, and select the option which decides your answer. If the sentence is correct as it is, select 'No correction required' as your answer.

Machine-learning, a subset of artificial intelligence (Al) that excels finds patterns and making predictions, in beginning and shook finance as much as that from 2019, anyone seeking to because a "chartered financial analyst" need to be an Al expert.
(A) in pinpointing- to change- expertise
(B) at finding- to stake up will need Al expertise
(C) at identifying and shaking-attains Al expertise

Correct Answer: (3) Only (C)
Solution:Excel at something = to be very good at doing something. Hence, excels at identifying (Gerund)... should be used here.
Expertise = expert knowledge or skill in a particular subject.

7. In these questions, a sentence is given with three words/group of words in bold type. One or more of them may have a certain error. Below the sentence is given three combinations of words/group of words i.e. (A), (B) and (C). You have to find out the correct word/group of words from among (A), (B) and (C) given below each sentence to replace the incorrect words/group of words and make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. One, two, all three or none of them may be correct. Decide upon which is/are correct, if any, and select the option which decides your answer. If the sentence is correct as it is, select 'No correction required' as your answer.

The employment bill, which past its first test in the Parliament it aims to give most new employees increased, emoluments potentially improving their lot.
(A) has not passed its- and intends to-and so
(B) that has passed its aims atthereby
(C) which is set to pass its will-thus

Correct Answer: (1) Only (A) and (C)
Solution:The employment bill which is set to pass its first test in the parliament, will give most new employees increased emoluments, thus improving their lot.

8. In these questions, a sentence is given with three words/group of words in bold type. One or more of them may have a certain error. Below the sentence is given three combinations of words/group of words i.e. (A), (B) and (C). You have to find out the correct word/group of words from among (A), (B) and (C) given below each sentence to replace the incorrect words/group of words and make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. One, two, all three or none of them may be correct. Decide upon which is/are correct, if any, and select the option which decides your answer. If the sentence is correct as it is, select 'No correction required' as your answer.

Fighting for sensations that sought to claim him, he moved nervous and the note in his hand rattled for a dry and ominous whisper.
(A) against - nervous with
(B) for - nervously - by
(C) against - nervously - with

Correct Answer: (2) Only (C)
Solution:Fight will agree with preposition with. Here Adverb nervously. should be used.

9. In these questions, a sentence is given with three words/group of words in bold type. One or more of them may have a certain error. Below the sentence is given three combinations of words/group of words i.e. (A), (B) and (C). You have to find out the correct word/group of words from among (A), (B) and (C) given below each sentence to replace the incorrect words/group of words and make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful. One, two, all three or none of them may be correct. Decide upon which is/are correct, if any, and select the option which decides your answer. If the sentence is correct as it is, select 'No correction required' as your answer.

By drawing up the past two years by a coalition of central bankers, the global code of conduct for the forex market has been down international standards on a range of practices, from the dealing with confidential information to the pricing and settlement of deals.
(A) Developed over- is expected to lay out management of
(B) Drawn up over- will lay down. processing of
(C) After being worked on for- has laid down handling of

Correct Answer: (3) All (A), (B) and (C)

10. In this question, two sentences (1) and (II) are given. Each sentence (1) and (II) has a blank in it. Below these sentences (1) and (II) four/five options are suggested. Select the option that fits both the blanks to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct. If all the given options fit the blanks, select 'All the given options fit' as your answer.

I. As an officer he was and did never dispute my orders or argue upon them.
II. A small handful of peasants, priest-ridden and over-administered, formed the basis of the colony.

Correct Answer: (3) obedient
Solution:Obedient = complying or willing to comply with an or-der or request; submissive to another's authority.