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IBPS PO Preliminary Exam Model Paper -1

Instructions

There are three sections in the exam. Namely, Namely English Language, Reasoning ability

and Quantitative Aptitude

This test contains 100 questions

Each question carries 1 mark

There is negative marking of 0.25 for every wrong answer

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Exam pattern

Test Name

Sr No.

Qns.

Marks

Duration

01 hour

1

Reasoning Ability Paper

35

35

2

Quantitative Aptitude Paper

35

35

3

English Language Paper

30

30

Total

100

100

English Language

Directions (Q.1-15) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.

Certain words have been printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the

questions.

Capitalism is a great slave, but a pathetic master. This truth unfortunately gets lost in our

chase for that elusive dream … especially in the West, the land that has been marketed as the land of

the dreams – the great Western dream. It’s the dream of being independent masters of our lives of

making big bucks and being happy – even if that happiness is being bought by money which all of

them chase out there. No doubt, the West, on its part, has been fairly successful in creating material

comforts aplenty. It has improved the living standard of its average citizen. However it has been

achieved as a result of more than 200 years of unbridled growth and exploitation. And that is what has

made the rest of the World mindlessly chase Westernism, not necessarily happiness or an ideal form

of society. All because the shop window looks very impressive and it has been marketed very well.

But a deep look inside the shop tells a different tale. A different World lies behind, a World

that is not quite visible to the starry eyed millions – for whom the Western way of life seems to be the

ultimate dream.

Thus, we have Indians dreaming to become or to get...