Held on: 13-12-2009
IDBI Bank (PO)
(Based on memory)
Test-I; English Language
Direstions (Q. 1-15}: Read the following passage
carefully andanswerthe questions given below it. Certain
words/phrases have been priated io betdto help you loeste
them white ansnecing sorte of the questions.
“As theprice of easoline spikedtoreoord highs in2007 and
2005, intrest inakernativesto foil els, andelesiic ranspoe-
‘wtidnin particular also spiked. lt raised, however, many ques
rionsabout the ire envicanniemtal inipactofeeleetrc cars.
‘The eleciric car is being upheld 5 an ethies!, green,
nifly and cheap alternative t0 the carbon dioxide-cmitting
automobiles clogging sity: roads sround the world tostay:
‘Though electric cars are nota papular eboiee, the industry's
fuvure pons are riding high on the hope thet ox imgeavieg
veriain factors (which are currenily deficient) such as, effec
tive macketing, a growing public awareness efslie need for
‘lean airand the increase in demand, the prices would even
tually be driven down,
However, battery vehicles may sill fila cor
pletely replace liquid fuclefed ones but with mere clocsic wid
hybrid vehicles on the road, there is greeter scope for a
makeover in the way environment is impacted by the avio-
mobiles, Hawever, ifthe power to charge the batlery-oper:
ated vehicle Js to be sourced from grids using conventional
‘oalfined power plants the clectricear woulda’ t really beall
tat green. These would octually cause an increase in d=
tod a th power la’ nergy produto causing en
{0 produes more porver and thus mere pollution, unless
aresner ways of energy production aie used, But as of haw
the bulk: of the electricity used to charge the batteries of
oleewic vehicles is generated by fossil fuel-burning power
stations and only 124 by the-