IBPS PO English Language for practice

I. The graduates who do not end up getting a job best suited to their knowledge and skill end up earning less than their counterparts who pursue their skills.

 II. A lot of universities have come forward to address the problem of mismatched jobs.  

III. The lack of good pieces of career advice causes graduates to enter into professions that are not in sync with their skill and profession. 

Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Certain words are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of these.   Advice about the art of interview preparation and how to craft the perfect CV isn’t enough to put every student on a path to a career they want. About one in three graduates end up being “mismatched” to the jobs they find after leaving university, research by Universities UK suggests.  These mismatched graduates face poorer prospects and lower earnings than their peers who embark on careers that are a better fit for the knowledge and skills they have acquired through three or four years of study. It suggests that traditional careers advice isn’t working. The problem isn’t necessarily that too many students are taking the wrong course. There is little evidence that graduates are studying the “wrong” subjects, according to the UUK research, since most are on courses that offer subject knowledge and employability skills that are very much in demand. Instead, students need better careers advice that will help them define their skills and attributes – and understand how these match different career options. Students also need help finding out which skills they’ll need to break into certain industries – particularly in sectors that aren’t good at diversifying their recruitment, or when they have no family or social network of contacts to call on for help and advice.  Politicians complain of a skills gap, but graduates face an “experience gap” – with many employers preferring to recruit young people who have spent a couple of years in the workplace rather than raw recruitments from university.  To help graduates find the right jobs for them, lots of universities are experimenting with new ways to make their careers advice more accessible and meaningful.  At the University of Kent, students can use an online Careers Explorer service to match their skills to career options, and a work-study scheme that provides bursaries for work experience. Students at the University of Dundee can take employability modules in parallel with their academic work, including online and personal career planning sessions

Which of the following myths does the author break in the passage? 

With which of the following statements is the author most likely to agree?

 With reference to the context of the passage, what can be inferred from the line, “Politicians complain of a skills gap, but graduates face an “experience gap””?  

With reference to the context of the passage, what can be inferred from the line, “Politicians complain of a skills gap, but graduates face an “experience gap””?  

Which of the following words is MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the "evidence" as given in the passage?

 Which of the following words is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning to "embark" as given in the passage? 

In the following question, a word is given that is followed by three statements. All these three statements carry the given word. Identify the sentence(s) in which the word fits to make them grammatically correct and meaningful.  Hamper

I. The Centre’s move to direct oil marketing companies to lower auto fuel price hampers the confidence of oil companies in investments made in India.  

II. Metro Railway services were hampered for 15 minutes on Monday afternoon.

III. High street retailers, Marks & Spencer and John Lewis & Partners, have also released their own hampers which are far more affordable than the luxury offerings

In the following question, a word is given that is followed by three statements. All these three statements carry the given word. Identify the sentence(s) in which the word fits to make them grammatically correct and meaningful.  

Tact  I. The kind judge was tactful when he informed the dancer of her elimination from the show.  

II. They came up with a tactfully to reach their destination in the fastest time possible.

  III. He had an engaging personality and used tact in dealing with his patients

 In the following question, a word is given that is followed by three statements. All these three statements carry the given word. Identify the sentence(s) in which the word fits to make them grammatically correct and meaningful.  Adage  

I. Despite what that old adage says, I like to have my cake, eat it, and then have another piece.  

II. Among other things, the writer is famous for adaging his philosophical ideals.  

III. Tired of all the same old sayings, he adaged a new thought.  

In the following question, a word is given that is followed by three statements. All these three statements carry the given word. Identify the sentence(s) in which the word fits to make them grammatically correct and meaningful.  Malaise  

I. After his dog died, he remained malaised for several months.

 II. Many citizens who live near the contaminated river are complaining of a malaise that keeps them bedridden.

 III. Weeks before his heart attack, Mr Robbin kept mentioning how he felt malaiseful and not like his normal self. 

In the following questions, two columns I and II, each containing three sentences are given. Column I consists of the first part of three sentences and Column II consists of the remaining part of those three sentences. Match column I with column II, so that the sentences formed are meaningful and grammatically correct.

 I.  A) We believe in a circular rather

 B) The Rig Veda was written more than 3800 years ago,

 C) The word 'Juggernaut' was originally used to denote the Rath Yatra temple car,  II.

 D) Veda is superior to Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity equation.

 E) than a linear concept of time.

 F) which was so massive it would crush devotees under the wheels.  

n the following questions, two columns I and II, each containing three sentences are given. Column I consists of the first part of three sentences and Column II consists of the remaining part of those three sentences. Match column I with column II, so that the sentences formed are meaningful and grammatically correct.  

I. A) A garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean  

B) There's a mass of floating rubbish in the Pacific Ocean weighing around  

C) About 80 percent of the plastic trash that makes up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch  II.

 D) is believed to have originated from land-based activities.  

E) to help farmers who depend on weather.

 F) has stretched to almost twice the size of France.  

 In the following questions, two columns I and II, each containing three sentences are given. Column I consists of the first part of three sentences and Column II consists of the remaining part of those three sentences. Match column I with column II, so that the sentences formed are meaningful and grammatically correct.  I.  

A) Overfishing can wreak havoc to marine ecology and completely  

B) Unsustainable fishing practices over the last few decades have pushed

 C) Oil destroys the insulating and water-repellent properties of II.

 D) eventually accumulating in remote areas of the world’s oceans.  

E) our oceans to a point where they may now be on the verge of collapse.  

F) the marine animals, exposing them to harsh environment. 
 

In the following questions, two columns I and II, each containing three sentences are given. Column I consists of the first part of three sentences and Column II consists of the remaining part of those three sentences. Match column I with column II, so that the sentences formed are meaningful and grammatically correct.  I.

 A) At Harvard, Sheryl founded a group meant to encourage women

 B) Sheryl Sandberg is responsible for spearheading several successful Facebook projects

C) In the hall of fame of women breaking the glass ceiling and painting their name on it, II.  

D) and ended up becoming the first Indian woman to obtain a degree in Western medicine in the late 1800s.

 E) to know so much about them as possible.  

F) that have made the social networking site the market giant it is today.