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English Quiz For IBPS SO Prelims: 2018

Directions (1-7) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

A sanctuary may be defined as a place where Man is passive and the rest of Nature active. Till quite recently Nature had her own sanctuaries, where man either did not go at all or only as a tool-using animal in comparatively small numbers. But now, in this machinery age, there is no place left where man cannot go with overwhelming forces at his command. He can strangle to death all the nobler wild life in the world to-day. To-morrow he certainly will have done so, unless he exercises due foresight and self-control in the mean time.

There is not the slightest doubt that birds and mammals are now being killed off much faster than they can breed. And it is always the largest and noblest forms of life that suffer most. The whales and elephants, lions and eagles, go. The rats and flies, and all mean parasites, remain. This is inevitable in certain cases. But it is wanton killing off that I am speaking of to-night. Civilized man begins by destroying the very forms of wild life he learns to appreciate most when he becomes still more civilized. The obvious remedy is to begin conservation at an earlier stage, when it is easier and better in every way, by enforcing laws for close seasons, game preserves, the selective protection of certain species, and sanctuaries.
I have just defined a sanctuary as a place where man is passive and the rest of Nature active. But this general definition is too absolute for any special case. The mere fact that man has to protect a sanctuary does away with his purely passive attitude. Then, he can be beneficially active by destroying pests and parasites, like bot-flies or mosquitoes, and by finding antidotes for diseases like the epidemic which periodically kills off the rabbits and thus starves many of the carnivores to death. But, except in cases where experiment has proved his intervention to be beneficial, the less he upsets the balance of Nature the better, even when he tries to be an earthly Providence.

Q1. The author implies that his first definition of a sanctuary is?

 Too relative
 Unadulterated
 Too submissive
 Partial
 Uncertain

Q2. According to the passage, what can man do in the machinery age?
 There is no place left where man cannot go with overwhelming forces at his command.
 He cannot build sanctuaries for birds and animals.
 He can strangle to death all the nobler wild life in the world to-day.
 Both (b) and (c)
 Both (a) and (c)

Q3. What should be the most appropriate central idea of this passage?
 Author argues that man kills big animals but saves mosquitoes & other parasites.
 In view of the author man should not intervene in natural environments.
 Man is selfish by nature so he is up against the wild life which is harmful for his survival.
 Ecological balance, if not maintained by man will be harmful in long run.
 Author proposes a program for not disturbing the balance of nature as it is beneficial for mankind.

Q4. Tone of the Author as expressed in the passage can be best described as?
 Analytical
 Sarcastically critical
 Suggestive
 Both (b) and (c)
 All (a), (b) and (c)

Q5. Why has man become active in his nature rather than being passive like before in preserving sanctuaries?
 Fact that man has to protect a sanctuary does away with his purely passive attitude.
 Fact that man has to destroy pests does away with his purely passive attitude.
 Fact that man has to find antidotes for diseases makes him active.
 Fact that man has to kill rabbits makes him active.
 None of the above

Q6. Which of the following options is OPPOSITE in meaning to the word ‘overwhelming’ given in BOLD?
 swamp
 submerge
 inspirit
 inundate
 deluge

Q7. Which of the following options is SIMILAR in meaning to the word ‘enforcing’ given in BOLD?
 overlook
 coerce
 repress
 give
 loose

Directions (8-15): In each of the questions given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which then try to decipher its meaning. Choose the option which gives the correct meaning of the phrases.

Q8. Every cloud has a silver lining

 Every cloud is coated with silver metal.
 Bursting clouds
 Think about the present and not about the past.
 Be optimistic, even difficult times will lead to better days.
 To have an impressive personality

Q9. Last straw
 Last hour of the day
 To seize the last opportunity
 The final problem in a series of problems.
 To stand last in the queue
 None of the above

Q10. Method to my madness
 An assertion that, despite one's approach seeming random, there actually is structure to it.
 To get unconscious
 To irritate someone
 Crazy, demented, out of one's mind, in a confused or befuddled state of mind, senile.
 Overwhelmed by what is happening in the moment.

Q11. On the ball
 When someone does not understand the situation well
 When someone seizes the opportunity
 Playing with the ball
 Throwing a ball at someone
 When someone understands the situation well.

Q12. To hear something straight from the horse's mouth
 To speak foul language
 To hear something from the authoritative source.
 To face defeat
 This means not to take what someone says too seriously.
 To have no idea, do not know the answer to a question

Q13. Lose your touch
 To lose the ability to touch and feel
 To not be in conscious state of mind
 To lose an opportunity
 To lose an ability or talent you once had when dealing with things, people or situations.
 None of the above

Q14. Go cold turkey
 To have an unusual behaviour
 To have cold turkey at Thanksgiving Day
 To suddenly quit or stop addictive or dangerous behavior such as smoking or drinking alcohol.
 To quit
 Apprehension or doubt strong enough to prevent a planned course of action

Q15. Cut somebody some slack
 Don't be so critical
 Don’t be so overwhelmed
 Don’t be so kind
 Do the thing you've been wanting to do so you can move on
 None of the above













SOLUTIONS

1.B
2.E
3.D
4.D
5.A
6.C
7.B
8.D
9.C
10.A
11.E
12.B
13.D
14.C
15.A

5 Banking and SSC : English Quiz For IBPS SO Prelims: 2018 Directions (1-7) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. A sanctuary may be defined as a place where M...

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