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Institute of Banking Personnel

Selection (IBPS) - 2016
No. of Questions: 100

Maximum Marks: 100

Time: 1 Hr.

IBPS CLERKS PRELIMS - 2016 MODEL PAPER

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directions (Q.1-5): Read the following passage
carefully and answer the questions given below.
India is a great book producing nation and
has a vibrant world of book publishing spread
throughout the vast country in a number of modern languages most of which have their roots in
Sanskrit, the mother of Indian languages. In
terms of numbers, there are more than 16,000
publishers in India publishing 90,000 titles annually in 24 languages, out of which 18 are highly
developed, to fulfil the needs of this multilingual
nation. These languages have a galaxy of good
authors, their own publishers and readers of
books within their own area as well as spread out
in the entire country. Today Indian publishing is
one of the greatest in the world and can be
counted among the first seven publishing
nations. We are the third largest publishers of
English language Books after the US and UK.
India is the third biggest market for English publications with almost 12,000 publishers that publish around 90,000 titles a year in more than 18
languages. India's main publishing is in the
Indian languages. In India, every year a world
level Book fair is held in New Delhi, which is
India's oldest book fair. Delhi Book Fair is playing
a pivotal role in reiterating the might of the pen
and the printed word and has come to be recognized as the biggest annual cultural event and
book bonanza keenly awaited by students,
teachers, scholars, authors, intellectuals, librarians and book lovers. First New Delhi World Book
Fair was held in around 6790 sq. meter area with
200 participants from March 18 to April 4, 1972.
It was inaugurated by Shri V.V. Giri President of
India. This biennial event takes place in early
February, and is organized by the National Book
Trust, India (NBT). Delhi Book Fair has evolved
over the years as a highly popular conduit to the
world of books and publishers and distributors.
The ever increasing numbers of visitors and
exhibitors speaks volumes of its success. The
fair provides a unique platform for business-tobusiness transactions, establishing new contacts, entering into co-publishing arrangements,
translation and copyright arrangements, reprinting of old and rare books. The visitor profile at the
fair includes national and International publishers, librarians, researchers, academicians, writers, students and book lovers. Publishers also
introduced "e-Books" in this fair. This focus is
being given especially keeping in mind the
increasing number of IT-savvy younger generation with a penchant for internet, mobile phones
and other reader-friendly digital gizmos. Ebooks and e-publishing both has their obvious
advantages though authors in India have only
just begun to realize the immense benefits digital
technology can be of in this field. Also, with the
country being the third biggest publisher - after
the US and UK - the potential in this field is
immense and the response too has been quite
encouraging so far with a lot of publishers
already showing interest in e- publishing. E-publishing is a boon for both established and
wannabe writers as it is cost effective and cuts
down the time it take for a book to reach markets
to about a fourth of what it would have taken had
it been left to publishers to do the job. Other benefits include authors now have a worldwide audience to their book which means better business
while debugging or carrying out revisions too is a
lot less hazardous. Another interesting development to have occurred in recent times is the

launch of Amazon e-book store in the country as

well as the availability of the Kindle range of ebook readers. Needless to say, a direct fallout of
the renewed push that e-book are getting is
increased sale of eBook readers and tablet
devices.
1. Who had inaugurated the first New Delhi
World Book Fair?
1) Finance Minister of India
2) Prime Minister of India
3) Chief of NBT
4) President of India
5) None of these
2. Which is not a feature of Delhi Book fair?
1) B-2 - B
2) Co-publishing arrangements
3) Availability of rare books
4) E - Books
5) None of these
3. Which of the following is false in the context
of given passage?
1) People have only craze of variety of
Books in the fair not for offer and cash
cow.
2) New Delhi book fair has completed more
than 40 years of its success.
3) After US and UK, India has maintained
its place in the list of largest publishers of
English Language Books.
4) All of the above
5) None of these
4. What do you understand by 'E-books'?
1) An electronic version of only online magazines and books of foreign writers.
2) An electronic version of a printed book.
3) A shortened form of a printed book.
4) Both (1) and (2)
5) None of these
5. In which of the following language is India's
main epic are available?
1) Hindi
2) Urdu
3) Sanskrit
4) Bilingual i.e., in Hindi and English
5) None of these
Direction (Q. 6- 10): Read each sentence to
find out whether there is any error will be in one
part of the sentence. The number of that part is
the answer. If there is no error the answer is
(5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
6. In modern times, the concept of (1)/ rule of
law has become the chief characteristic (2)/
of most of the democratic states (3)/ such as
USA and India. (4)/ No error (5).
7. The Idea of superiority (1)/ of Greek states
than all other forms of government (2)/ lost
importance when Alexander conquered (3)/
the East and the West. (4)/ No error (5).
8. The rights which the law of nature gives (1)/
to every individual and which is inalienable
(2)/ are those which could not be (3)/ taken
away by any person. (4)/ No error (5).
9. One should have a sense of gratitude (1)/ so
that the benefactor does (2)/ not has reasonable cause (3)/ to repent him for his good will.
(4)/ No error (5).
10. Seeking pleasure or avoidance of (1)/ pain
would be to low or base (2)/ a goal of life for
(3)/ human beings to fix. (4)/ No error (5).
Direction (Q. 11 - 15): Rearrange the following
six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in
the proper sequence to form a meaningful
paragraph and then answer the questions
given below.
(A) It had no independent existence of its own.
(B) But the condition changed when
Christianity began to strike roots in the
minds of the intelligentsia and especially

when it became the official religion of the

Roman Empire.
(C) Prior to the rise of Christianity, the spiritual power was merged into the temporal.
(D) But the secular rulers were not ready to
be deprived of the power of the control
over the Church.
(E) The king performed the role of the priest.
(F) Hence the controversy raged itself.
11. Which of the following sentences will come
FIRST after rearrangement?
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) E
12. Which of the following sentences will come
SECOND after rearrangement?
1) A 2) B 3) C
4) D
5) E
13. Which of the following sentences will come
FIFTH after rearrangement?
1) C
2) D
3) B
4) F
5) E
14. Which of the following sentences will come
THIRD after rearrangement?
1) D
2) B
3) A
4) E
5) C
15. Which of the following sentences will come
LAST after rearrangement?
1) C
2) B
3) D
4) E
5) F
Directions (Q. 16-20): In each of these questions, two sentences (I) and (II) are given.
Each sentence has a blank in it five words. 1),
2), 3), 4), and 5) are suggested. Out of these,
one fits at both the places in the context of
each sentence. The number of that word is
the answer.
16. I. She has begun to show a great ............in
politics.
II. It might ....... you to know that I didn't
accept the job.
1) choice
2) favour
3) interest
4) deal
5) experience
17. I. The booklets .........you through the
process of starting your own business
II. The ...... scheme will run for six months.
1) teaching
2) pilot
3) test
4) embolden
5) drive
18. I. She pulled to the right with a ........
II. If you are going to sneeze and .... at night,
we'll never get any sleep.
1) steering
2) honk
3) scream
4) strike
5) friend
19. I. ......you work hard, you won't be able to
clear even the preliminary exam.
II. ....... you change and become like little
children, you will never enter the kingdom
of heaven.
1) If
2) Until
3) Unless
4) Lest
5) Whether
20. I. At least 50 people died when a bus ........
into a river.
II. Japan's banks are in trouble because of
bad loans and because the stock market
............
1) dived
2) plunged
3) downed
4) fell
5) submerged
Directions (Q. 21-30): In the following passage
there are blanks, each of which has been
numbered. These blanks are printed below
the passage and against each five words are
suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each
case.
A report by the Comptroller and Auditor
General ..(21).. mining in Goa ..(22).. thanks to
..(23).. between official the Directorate of Mines,
Indian Bureau of Mines and politicians in the

state. The report ..(24).. Nationalist Congress

party leaders Jitender Deshprabhu of doing illegal ..(25).. of ore at Sattari, ..(26).. the deep
..(27).. of politicians in the ..(28).. CAG has
..(29).. ..(30).. the mining activities of Sanguem.
21. 1) deep
2) illegal
3) one
4) revives
5) dangerous
22. 1) thrives
2) survives
3) revives
4) drives
5) highlights
23. 1) relation
2) understanding
3) collusion
4) bitterness
5) controversy
24. 1) praises
2) admires 3) reveals
4) accuses
5) focuses
25. 1) pulling
2) extraction
3) detraction
4) concentration
5) selling
26. 1) forecasting
2) spreading
3) revealing
4) discussing
5) talking
27. 1) engagement
2) threatening
3) compromise
4) connivance
5) involvement
28. 1) incident
2) accident
3) event
4) scam
5) case
29. 1) recommended
2) promulgated
3) forecast
4) aired
5) announced
30. 1) vigilance
2) monitoring
3) surveillance 4) watching
5) survey
REASONING ABILITY
31. How many such pairs of letters are there in
the word DEVELOPMENT each of which
has as many letters between them (in both
forward and backward directions) in the
word in the English alphabetical series?
1) None
2) One
3) Two
4) Three
5) More than three
32. In a certain code, BEAUTY is written as $ #
? % 75 and TRULY is written as 7 @ % #
5. How would ALBERT be written in that
code?
1) ? % @ 7
2) @ % # ?
3) # $ ? 7
4) ? $ # @ 7
5) None of these
33. The position of how many digits in the number 6947385 will remain unchanged after
the digits within the number are rearranged
in ascending order? (from left to right)
1) None
2) One
3) Two
4) Three
5) More than three
34. In the five groups of letters, one is different
from the rest. Find the odd one out.
1) Pa Re
2) Qie T
3) Ra ke
4) Pue S
5) Mst P
35. If it is possible to make a meaningful word
with the third, sixth, eighth and tenth letters
of the word CONSISTENT, the second letter
from the left is your answer. If no such word
can be formed, your answer is X; and if
more than one such word can be formed,
your answer is Y.
1) X
2) Y
3) S
4) T
5) E

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