DAILY QUIZ-935 (20.03.

2020)
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IBPS-PO (PRELIM) SPECIAL-2020

TOTAL QUESTIONS-20, TIME - 20 MINUTES, MARKS - 20
HIGH LEVEL ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directions (Q.1-5): Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) to make a
meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions which follow :
A. To elaborate briefly on these characteristics and dimension that the author is talking about
NRMs are general tests intended to be used to classify students by percentile for measuring
either or proficiency for admissions into or placement within a program.
B. Contrastingly, the CRM, such at; a locally produced achievement test, measures absolute
performance that is compared only with the learning objective, hence a perfect score is
theoretically obtainable by all students who have a mastery of the pre-specified material or
conversely all students may fail the test.
C. In most of these books the authors classify a measurement strategy as either norm-referenced
(NRM) or criterion-referenced (CRM)
D. Another author points out how the type of interpretation that an NRM offers is the relative
performance of the students compared with that of all the other resulting in ideally a bell curve
distribution.
E. Numerous books on constructing and using language tests have been written by various
authors.
F. CRMs, on the other hand are more specific achievement or diagnostic tests intended to be used
for motivating students by measuring to what percent they have achieved mastery of the taught
of learned material.
G. One of the authors clearly delineates the differences of these two types by focusing on the
categories of “test characteristics” and “logistical dimensions”.
1. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
a)G b)C c)C d)D e)E
2. Which of the following should be the SEVENTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?
a)A b)B c)C d)D e)E
3. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
a)A b)B c)C d)F e)E
4. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
a)A b)B c)C d)D e)E
5. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
a)A b)B c)G d)D e)E
Directions (Q. 6-10): In each of the following sentences there is one or two blank space. Below each
sentence there are five pairs of words denoted by letter a), b), c), d) and e). Find out which pair of
words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence
grammatically correct and meaningfully complete.
6. The television serials are characterised by an _____________ story line and ___________ plots and
sub-plots.
a)unending, convoluted b)infantile, simple c)uniform, emotional
d)extempore, routine e)erratic, forthcoming
7. __________ the general had been told by the field staff that continuing warfare would be
__________ to his soldiers, he insisted on deploying more battle tanks.
a)Although, detrimental b)Because, instrumental c)Although, formidable
d)Because, immediate e)Because, incremental
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8. if mankind has to survive for long, it must _________ and deliberately renounce the fruits of
_________ and whirling technology.
a)wilfully, wild b)honestly, responsible c)sincerely, labour
d)effectively, sliding e)knowingly, impending
9. Most journalistic writing could do with ___________ of paragraphs to make the prose
more____________.
a)suppression, legible b)removal, argumentative c)simplification, abstruse
d)deletion, succinct e)exemplification, incoherent
10. The __________ and __________happenings in many talk shows annoy many viewers.
a)aggravating, irritating b)trite, predictable c)happy, playful
d)dramatic, eventful e)ranting, jocular

BRAIN TEASER REASONING ABILITY

Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Why is inflation at double digits and growth at stagnation levels of around 4.5 per cent for the
second year running? It has to do with the UPA’s growth and distribution model. This socialist
distribution model has been discussed extensively, and with no apparent effect on the policymakers.
(A) Socialism has had a negative impact on growth and inflation both.
(B) Inflation of 10 per cent or more is hazardous to an economy.
(C) The policymakers have failed to realise that you need to create wealth before you can distribute
it.
(D) India is a dominantly agricultural country, and most of the poor reside in rural agricultural areas.
(E) Most of the socialist countries have witnessed low levels of inflation.
(F) A country’s economy is shaped largely by the model it adopts.
11. Which of the following statements, if true, would strengthen the statement?
a)Only A b)Only B c)Only C d)Both B and E e) Both A and F
12. Which of the following could be an assumption in the above passage?
a)Only B b)Only C c)Only E d)Only A e)Both B and F
13. Which of the statements, if true, would weaken the statement?
a)Only C b)Only E c)Both E and F d)Only D e)None of these
14. Which of the statements is superfluous with regard to the above passage?
a)Only A b)Only B c)Both B and C d)Both D and E e)None of these
15. “Walmart will be a speck in India’s market and its absence won’t make a huge difference.”-A
statement by India’s Finance Minister
Which of the following has been assumed by the finance minister before giving the above
statement?
a)Walmart has not made any substantial investment in India so far and has a negligible presence.
b)Walmart has a bad reputation in multi-brand retail worldwide.
c)Walmart’s demands were not in favour of India’s domestic industries.
d)Only (b) and (c)
e)None of these

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

16. A man’s average expenditure for the first 4 months of the year was Rs 251.25. For the next 5
months the average monthly expenditure was Rs 26.27 more than what it was during the first 4
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months. If the person spent Rs 760 in all during the remaining 3 months of the year, find what
percentage of his annual income of Rs 3000 he saved in the year.
a)14% b) -5.0866% c) 12.5% d) 18.85% e) None of these
17. Ram prepares solutions of alcohol in water according to customers needs. This morning Ram has
prepared 27 litres of a 12% alcohol solution and kept it ready in a 27 litres delivery container to be
shipped to the customer. Just before delivery, he finds out that the customer had asked for 27 litres
of 21% alcohol solution. To prepare what the customer wants, Ram replaces a portion of 12%
solution by 39% solution. How many litres of 12% solution are replaced?
a) 5 b) 9 c) 10 d) 12 e) None of these
18. Arushi’s project report consists of 25 pages each of 60 lines with 75 characters on each line. In case
the number of lines is reduced to 55 but the number of characters is increased to 90 per lines, what
is the percentage change in the number of pages. (Assume the number of pages to be a whole
number.)
a)+10% b) +5% c) -8% d) -10% e) None of these
19. A person purchases 100 pens at a discount of 10%. The net amount of money spent by the person to
purchase the pens is Rs 600. The selling expenses incurred by the person are 15% on the net cost
price. What should be the selling price for 100 pens in order to earn a profit of 25%?
a)Rs 802.50 b)Rs 811.25 c)Rs 862.50 d)Rs 875 e) None of these
20. A sum of Rs 725 is lent in the beginning of a year at a certain rate of interest. After 8 months, a sum
of Rs 362.50 more is lent but at the rate twice the former. At the end of the year, Rs 33.50 is earned
as interest from both the loans. What was the original rate of interest?
a)3.6% b) 4.5% c) 5% d) 3.46% e) None of these

SCORE
15-20 : Outstanding
YOUR SCORE 11-14: Very Good
7-10: Good
1-6: Average

ANSWER KEYS
1-e; 2-b; 3-d ; 4-c ; 5-c ; 6-a ; 7-a ; 8-a ; 9-d ; 10-b ;
11-c; 12-e; 13-b; 14-a; 15-a ; 16-b ; 17-b ; 18-c ; 19-c ; 20-d ;

EXPLANATIONS
11-15
11-c;
12-e;
B & F can be assumed from the given statements.
F can be assumed because it is mention clearly that socialist model is related to UPA’s growth & distribution model.
13-b;
Here statements talks about high inflation.
14-a;

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15-a;

16-b;
251.25*4 + 277.52*5 + 760 = 3152.6
17-b;
Let Ram replaces x litres of 12% sol. with 39% solution.
27  12
Now, quality of 12% sol. In 27 litre =
100
After replacing we have volume of 12% sol.
 27 12 12 x 39 x  324  27 x
=    
 100 100 100  100
This will be equal to 27 litre of 21% sol.
324  27 x 21 27

100 100
567  324 243
x=  9
27 27
18-c;
Total characters in her report = 25  60  75
Let the new no. of pages be n
Then: n  55  90 = 25  60  75
n = 22.72
This means that her report would require 23 pages. A drop of 8% in terms of the pages.
19-c;
Cost price = money spent by the person to purchase + selling expenses
 15  =690
600   600  
 100 
Hence, selling price = 6901  25  = 862.50
 100 
20-d;
Let the original rate be R%. Then, new rate = (2R)%.
 725  R 1   362.50  2 R 1  = 33.50
  
 100   100  3 
(2175 + 725)R = 33.50  100  3 = 10050
10050
R= = 3.46%
2900

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