Dena Bank Clerk Question Paper 2011: English Language

Directions-(Q. 1-15) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words I expressions are given in bold in the passage to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

"My God, it speaks" uttered the Emperor of Brazil and the receiver of the Telephone slipped from his hand and banged aground. At the other end Alexander Graham Bell was still on line.

This incident goes back to 1876 when at an exhibition in Philadelphia (USA), Alexander Graham Bell was giving a demonstration of his new invention. This strange instrument known as Telephone was to revolu- tionize life in the years to come.

Bell was born at Edinborough, Scotland. He was a teacher and, was dedicated to the noble cause of tea- ching the deaf and the dumb. Oue to a severe illness, Bell was sent to Canada in 1870, where too he got engaged in helping the dumb-deaf to hear and speak. Thereafter, he shif- ted to the USA but continued with his work by opening a school for deaf and dumb.

Bell was fond of scientific inven- tions and was ever engaged in making some machines in his spare time. While at Boston, he tried to communi- cate through metal wire. His compa- nion in this work was Watson. One day while experimenting with his ins- trument, Bell spoke to Watson stand- ing at a distance. Watson was taken by a pleasant surprise as he had heard Bell clearly through his instru- ment. The instrument was a success and Bell patented it.

Graham Bell had some sterling qualities of head and heart. Apart Bank Clerk 2011/84 from being an artist, he was a kind human being, ready to help the needy. He established an institution for the deaf and dumb children. He died in 1922 in Canada. The entire Northern America paid him a tribute by hang- ing up their telephones for a while during his funeral.

1.Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage as a quality of Graham Bell ?

(A) Lover of art

(B) Kind natured person

(C) Cooperative individual

(0) Curiosity

(E) All these are mentioned

Ans: (D)

2.The words uttered by the Emperor of Brazil suggest that he was extremely-

(A) angry

(B) insulted

(C) surprised

(D) agitated

(E) sad

Ans: (C)

3. Which of the following made Bell to invent telephone?

(A) His activity of teaching

(B) His service to the deaf and dumb

(C) His keen interest in scientific inventions

(d) Encouragement received from Watson

(E) The request from Emperor of Brazil

Ans: (C)

4. What according to the passage was the contribution of invention of telephone?

(A) Interaction between two per- sons at some distance was pos- sible

(B) Rich people were able to communicate with others

(C) Graham Bell could converse with Watson regarding invention through telephone

(O) It revolutionized human life

(E) None of these

Ans: (A)

5. Graham Bell made the telephone call of his invention to the Emperor from the city of-

(A) Edinborough

(B) Philadelphia

(C) Brazil

(O) Boston

(E) None of these

Ans: (B)

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Dena Bank Clerk Exam Question Paper 2011: English Language