UCO Bank Clerk Question Paper 2011- First Shift : English Language

1. On what condition did the pundit agree to invitations for lunch or dinner ?

(A) He would only eat from a rich man's plate.

(B) He would only eat in a house where no one had lied.

(C) He would eat in a house that cooked only vegetarian food.

(D) He would only eat from a banana leaf.

(E) None of these

Ans: (B)

2. Which of the following is said to be true of the rich man ?

1. The rich man had three sons.

2. The rich man was fifty years old.

3. The rich man owned vast acres of land.

(A) Only 1    

(B) Only 2

(C) Only 3    

(D) Only 1 and 2

(E) Only 1 and 3

Ans: (E)

3. What was the rich man trying to imply when he said that he was only ten years old ?

(A) He had a near death experience ten years ago.

(B) The rich man was trying to appear younger than his actual age.

(C) He had truly lived only after he devoted himself to spiritual life.

(D) The rich man was trying to convey his innocence to the pundit.

(E) The rich man wanted the pundit to know that he was still a child at heart.

Ans: (C)

4. In the passage, why did the rich man say that he had only six feet of land, when he owned the whole orchard ?

(A) He did not want the pundit to know that the orchard belonged to him.

(B) The orchard was distributed equally among his sons and he had only six feet for himself.

(C) He believed that when he died, he would have only six feet of land that would truly be his.

(D) The land that was productive in the whole orchard was only six feet long.

(E) The orchard belonged to his ancestors and only six feet was rightfully his.

Ans: (C)

5. In the passage, what did the pundit imply by using the phrase trying to hide a pumpkin in a spoonful of rice ?

1. That only pumpkin and rice was served for dinner.

2. That the rich man was a liar.

3. That the rich man grew only pumpkins in his orchard.

(A) Only 1    

(B) Only 2

(C) Only 3    

(D) Only 1 and 2

(E) Only 2 and 3

Ans: (B)

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