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CLOZE, REARRANGEMENT & RC TESTS

IBPS Clerk (PRE) Exam 2017

Directions: (1 - 10): Read the following passage
carefully and answers the questions given
below it. Certain words are given in bold to
help you locate them while answering some of
the questions.
In the olden days, students used to stay in the
teacher s house and learn. At a young age, boys
were sent to the teacher s house. This system of
education was called Gurukula . Prabhakaran
was a boy of twelve. He was staying in his
teacher s house to learn Sanskrit. Prabhakaran
was a good student and his teacher liked him.
But the teacher didn t show his affection
towards the boy. Rather, he was stricter
towards him. One day Prabhakaran was not
very attentive in the class. This made the
teacher angry. He beat him severely.
Prabhakaran wept for some time. Then he
wanted to wreak his vengeance on the teacher.
In his rage he decided to kill the teacher. He
chalked out a plan for this; Prabhakaran would
climb up to the roof of his teacher s bedroom
with heavy granite stone and drop it on the
teacher s head when he was asleep. So after
taking the dinner, Prabhakaran went out, picked
up a heavy stone and climbed to the roof of the
room. After some time his teacher and his wife
retired to bed. Before sleeping they talked for
some time. During the talk Prabhakaran heard
his name being mentioned. He listened to their
conversation attentively. The teacher s wife was
equally fond of Prabhakaran. She was telling the
teacher, this morning you were very harsh on
Prabhakaran. You beat him umpteen times,
mercilessly. Is he not the best boy in your class?
If you behave in this manner he will run away
from here and you will lose a good student.
The teacher replied, you are right, I should not
have been so cruel to him. But you know he was
not attentive in the class. I was taking an
important lesson and he was talking to another
boy. When I saw it I lost my temper.
Prabhakaran should not miss important lessons.
So I beat him in such a way that the punishment
may deter him from such indifference in future.
On hearing this, Prabhakaran became very sad.
It was with good intention that the teacher
punished him. He was overwhelmed with
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remorse. The whole night he sat on the roof.
The next morning after lessons, he approached
his teacher when he was alone and confessed
to him everything.
1. Why did the student decide to remain on the
roof whole night?
(A) He felt so guilty that he did not have
courage to come down.
(B) He waited for the teacher to sleep
(C) He waited to hear the conversation in the
teacher s room
(D) He did not know the way to come down
(E) None of these
2. What was the plan of the student to take
revenge?
(A) To create a situation so that the teacher
becomes helpless.
(B) To kill the wife of the teacher
(C) To peep into his bedroom from the roof top
(D) To crush the teacher s head with a stone at
night
(E) None of these
3. In which system of education was
Prabhakaran studying?
(A) The system of read and recite
(B) The system of day and night school
(C) Staying in teacher s house and work for him
(D) The Gurukula system of learning Sanskrit
(E) None of these
4. Why did the teacher not show affection to
Prabhakaran?
(A) He developed hatred towards him
(B) He knew that Prabhakaran was a potential
killer
(C) Prabhakaran did not have sympathy towards
teacher s wife
(D) The teacher had seen him talking with other
boys
(E) None of these
5. The purpose of the teacher to punish the boy
was –
(A) to reform him as he was bad in studies
(B) to teach him as he was not paying attention
(C) to send message to the class to improve
their behaviour
(D) to make the boy vindictive
(E) None of these

6. Which behavior irritated the teacher most?
(A) Going to roof top with granite stone
(B) Listening to the bedroom conversation
(C) Indulging into the conversation with other
boys during class
(D) The weeping of Prabhakaran
(E) None of these
7. In the opinion of teacher s wife, Prabhakaran
was …..
(A) most dishonest, insincere boy
(B) the best student in the class
(C) a short tempered sensitive boy
(D) a student who deserved much more
punishment
(E) a sycophant who used to praise the teacher
for no reason
8. What was the Prabhakaran s reaction on
hearing the conversation in his teacher s
bedroom?
(A) should wait for the couple to sleep and kill
them both
(B) how wrong am I to kill such a nice teacher
(C) I should jump onto the bed of the couple
from roof top
(D) Alas! I should not have heard the
conversation
(E) None of these
9. Which of the following is TRUE in the context
of the passage?
(A) The Gurukula system of education was
forced on Prabhakaran
(B) The teacher assaulted the student
mercilessly
(C) The teacher s wife was astonished at the
behavior of Prabhakaran
(D) Prabhakaran did not have guilt feeling even
after hearing the conversation
(E) Prabhakaran had no plan to kill the teacher
10. Which of the following is NOT TRUE in the
context of the passage?
(A) In old days boys at young age were sent to
teacher s house
(B) But for bedroom conversation, Prabhakaran
would not have killed the teacher
(C) Prabhakaran was the best student in the
class
(D) The teacher s wife was of the view that
Prabhakaran might run away
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(E) The teacher was teaching an important
lesson
Directions: (11 - 20): Read the following
passage carefully and answers the questions
given below it. Certain words are given in bold
to help you locate them while answering some
of the questions.
Once upon a time, there lived a robber in a
village. One day, he stole a temple bell and ran
towards the forest. A Tiger heard the jingle of
the bell and became curious to locate the
sound. As soon as he saw the robber, he
jumped upon him and killed him at once. The
bell fell on the ground. After a few days, a group
of monkeys passed through that way. They
spotted the bell and carried it to their home in
the forest.
They found the jingle of the bell very
interesting. Subsequently every one of them
became very fond of the bell and started
playing with it. After every tiring day, the
monkeys would sit on the top of a hill in the
forest in the night and enjoy the melodious
sound of the bell. The people of the village were
afraid of the noise. Soon afterwards, the people
from the village found the body of the robber
and proclaimed, Certainly there is an evil spirit
around here that kills human beings and then
rings the bell to celebrate .
When the people heard this, they thought that
a demon was haunting their village. Without
giving any second thought, people started
leaving the village in terror and settling in a new
place. However, there was an intelligent and
bold woman in that village. She thought to
herself, I don t believe that a demon is
haunting this village. I will find out who is
ringing the bell . Late in the night, she went into
the forest bravely and found that a group of
monkeys was playing about and ringing the bell.
Now as the woman knew the secret of the bell,
she went to the King and said, Your Majesty !
I m sure there is no evil spirit in the village and

the cause of all the trouble lies somewhere else.
If you grant me some money, I will get rid of it
and bring happiness to the village. The King,
who was also terrified of the hoax that
prevailed in the village, granted the request of
the woman.
The woman bought as much peas, groundnuts
and fruits with that money as she could. She
went into the forest, made a circle under a tree
on the ground, placed all the eatables and hid
herself at some distance. She kept a watch on
the monkeys from a distance.
As and when the monkeys saw the eatables,
they dropped the bell just as the old woman
had expected of them. They ran to pick the
eatables. The woman picked up the bell quickly
and rushed towards the village. She gave the
bell in the court of the King. The King was happy
with the brave woman and everyone in the
village admired her bravery. The pleased King
rewarded the woman for her bravery. Since
that day there was no sound of the bell in the
village. People returned to their village and
lived happily ever after.
Which of the following best describes the
woman as mentioned in the passage ?
11.What did the group of monkeys do with the
bell ?
(A) They used it to scare away the villagers
(B) They enjoyed its pleasant sound every night
(C) They returned it to the temple
(D) They gave it to the king as they feared him
(E) None of these
12. Why did the villagers move out of the village
in search of a new place?
(A) They were scared of frequent attacks of the
man eating tiger
(B) They were terrified of the king as he was an
evil person
(C) The village was cursed by Gods as the
villagers could not find the lost bell of the
temple
(D) They were fed up of frequent robberies in
the village
(E) None of these
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13. Why did the woman from the village go to
the forest late in the night?
(A) To find out who was ringing the bell every
night in the forest
(B) To request the demon to leave the village
and live somewhere else
(C) In order to hide from the demon present in
the village
(D) To hunt down the evil monkeys who had
been killing human beings
(E) None of these
14. How did the robber who stole the ball from
the temple die?
(A) As the bell belonged to a temple, he was
cursed by Gods and died
(B) The group of monkeys killed him in order to
take the bell from him.
(C) A tiger in the forest spotted the robber due
to the ringing bell and killed him
(D) The king had ordered the woman to find the
robber and kill him
(E) None of these
15. What did the villagers presume after finding
the dead robber?
(A) That monkeys in the forest had been killing
human beings
(B) That an evil spirit had been killing human
beings and haunting the village
(C) That there was a man-eating tiger in the
forest
(D) That the man had been killed of a curse as
he had stolen a temple s bell.
(E) None of these
16.Why is the woman referred to as intelligent
and bold in the given story?
(A) She was the only one in the entire village
who had dared to confront the evil king
(B) She killed the troublesome group of
monkeys all by herself
(C) She fooled the king and drew out a
substantial amount of money from him
(D) She was not frightened of the hoax and was
brave enough to find out the truth behind it
(E) None of these
17. Why did the woman ask for some money
from the king ?
(A) She needed money for moving away from
the haunted village

(B) In order to buy eatables to attract the
monkeys
(C) To pay the demon in exchange for leaving
the village
(D) In order to buy a new bell for the temple
and end God s curse
(E) None of these
18. Which of the following is true in context of
the passage ?
(A) The king of the village bravely fought
against the robber and killed him
(B) The monkeys informed the tiger that a
robber had entered the forest
(C) Finally, all the villagers returned to their
homes
(D) There was an evil spirit in the village which
killed human beings
(E) None is true
19. Why did the monkeys drop the bell before
the woman picked it up and took it to the
village?
(A) They wanted to collect all the eatables kept
near the tree
(B) The woman threatened them to drop the
bell or face the consequences
(C) They were scared as the king had ordered
them to return the bell to the temple
(D) The tiger threatened to kill them if they
refused to return his bell
(E) None of these
20. Which of the following best describes the
woman as mentioned in the passage?
(A) Evil (B) Cruel
(C) Superstitious (D) Generous
(E) Courageous
Directions (21 - 25): Rearrange the following
six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the
proper sequence to form a meaningful
paragraph; then answer the questions given
below them.
(A) It is therefore a contributing factor to the
growth of landfills and waterway pollution, both
of which are costly and energy-intensive to
solve.
(B) Making an effort to use those resources and
avoid polystyrene ones can help to decrease
your environmental impact.
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(C) Non-biodegradable essentially means that
any polystyrene that makes its way into a
landfill will stay there indefinitely, never
breaking down and returning to the earth.
(D) Polystyrene, as a product, is very convenient
to use, but it has some important effects we
should consider when making choices as
consumers,
(E) While recycling polystyrene material can
cushion the environmental blow of its use,
alternatives are available that are created from
renewable resources and biodegrade more
readily.
(F) For example, while polystyrene has some
excellent uses and is technically recyclable, it is
not a substance that biodegrades.
21. Which of the following should be the LAST
(SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
22. Which of the following should be the
FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(A) E (B) F (C) A (D) D (E) B
23. Which of the following should be the FIRST
sentence after rearrangement?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
24. Which of the following should be the
SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(A) B (B) C (C) D (D) E (E) F
25. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
sentence after rearrangement?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
Directions (26 - 30): Rearrange the following
six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the
proper sequences to form meaningful
paragraph and then answer the questions
given below.
A. Towards this, the IRDA has prescribed
minimum educational qualifications at the point
of entry and practical training followed by an
examination.
B. Agents and corporate agents are key
distribution channels to any insurer.
C. It has also encouraged the Insurance
Institute of India to conduct qualifying
examination for the agents and to bring out
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books and training material in various Ahmedabad and worked for a while in Pune. He
vernacular languages. had been posted to UK, ...(39)... that time so he
D. Development of these agencies must be on did a creative writing course there – something
the best professional lines.
he always wanted to do. He went on to publish
E. IRDA has also lowered the required
minimum educational qualification for rural stories in publications. All his stories start
agents to pass in the tenth standard ...(40)... a picture he create in his mind. This one
examination. had two girls, were sharing secrets with each
F. To aid the growth of insurance selling in other. He was now working on his second novel,
rural and non-urban centres, compulsory based on real life story.
targets which individual insurers are required to 31.
fulfill have been prescribed (A) that (B) to
26. Which of the following should be the FIRST (C) so (D) the
sentence after rearrangement? (E) too
(A) C (B) A (C) F (D) B (E) E 32.
27. Which of the following should be the (A) torn (B) moribund
SECOND sentence after rearrangement? (C) released (D) signed
(A) B (B) D (C) A (D) C (E) E (E) controlled
28. Which of the following should be the THIRD 33.
sentence after rearrangement? (A) has (B) have
(A) C (B) D (C) B (D) F (E) A (C) had (D) is
29. Which of the following should be the (E) suppose
FOURTH sentence after rearrangement? 34.
(A) B (B) A (C) F (D) E (E) A (A) of (B) into
30. Which of the following should be the LAST (C) at (D) in
(SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement? (E) for
(A) C (B) F (C) E (D) B (E) D 35.
Direction (31 - 35): In the following passage, (A) a (B) an
some of the words have been left out, each of (C) all (D) almost
which is indicated by a number. Find the (E) the
suitable word from the options given against 36.
each number and fill up the blanks with (A) ridiculous (B) unearthing
appropriate words to make the paragraph (C) contradict (D) keep
meaningfully: (E) access
Mohit was born in a small coastal village near 37.
Ahmedabad. He always loved reading but the (A) owe (B) agitate
small library in his town was inadequate. There (C) cynical (D) ode
weren't ...(31)... many books and many of those (E) imprisoned
had the pages ...(32)... out. So he ...(33)... to 38.
finish those stories. His debut novel was my (A) growing (B) giving
(C) set (D) cover
sweet memories.
(E) end
It is a story about a Man's journey ...(34)... the 39.
past, a family drama, ...(35)... ...(36)... of (A) offered (B) convention
secrets. It is an ...(37)... to Ahmedabad. And (C) around (D) negotiating
much of this book has been drawn from his own (E) humiliating
...(38)... up years in the city. He grew up in
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40. 42.
(A) get (B) dangle (A) highest (B) largest
(C) secure (D) with (C) biggest (D)fastest
(E) betrayed (E) greatest
Direction (41-50): In the following passage 43.
there are blanks each of which has been (A) best (B) top
numbered. These numbers are printed below (C) finest (D) prime
the passage and against each five words are (E) superior
suggested one of which fits the blank 44.
appropriately. Find out the appropriate word (A) average (B) higher
in each case. (C) regular (D) more
The number of people using Facebook (E) lesser
esse ge appli atio has…. …. illio , 45.
taki g the lead as the….. …. g owi g so ial (A) allowed (B) shared
(C) sent (D) delivered
networking site of 2015, according to a new
(E) chunked
study. Fa e ook was the …. …. s a tpho e 46.
messenger application which had more than (A) over (B)by
illio … …. u i ue use s ea h o th. It (C) with (D) for
was the second most popular iOS app with 10 (E)through
illio photos ei g ….. …. a o g users, 47.
according to a study by global research firm (A) decrease (B) decline
(C) increase (D) rise
Nielsen.
(E) raise
The apps with highest year-…. …..-year 48.
change was Facebook Messenger with a 31 per (A) aim (B) target
e t …. …i use s f o a d Apple (C) objective (D) mission
Music, with a 26 per cent growth, Nielsen (E) ambition
noted. In 2014, the number of users of 49.
Facebook Messenger were over 550 million. (A) communicate (B) link
(C) contact (D) corresponds
The Messenger team s….. …. is to ake
(E) lead
Messe ge the est pla e to….. …. with all 50.
the people a d …. …..i the wo ld, (A) trade (B) businesses
Facebook head of messaging products Dave (C) occupation (D) work
Marcus said in an online post. (E) field
41.
(A) covered (B) moved
(C) composited (D) assisted
(E) crossed
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