SBI PO English Language Quiz: 10th April 2019

Directions (1-15): In each of the questions given below an incomplete sentence which must be filled/completed with one of the sentences/phrases given below i.e. one of the sentences/phrases can be fit into the given blanks. Choose the correct option and complete the given sentences. 



Q1. In 1962, a meteorite ------------------------ 21 kg was found at Efremovka, now in Kazakhstan.

Q2. ------------- the first-formed solids of the solar system were the calcium aluminium-rich inclusions (CAI).

Q3. The CAIs become the refractory components within meteorites with irregular shape and are predominantly ---------------------- of oxides and silicates of calcium and aluminium.

Q4. The first suggestion of irradiation by the Sun as a source of elements found in early solar system solids came from a ------------------- of the beryllium-10 radio nuclide in the Allende meteorite.

Q5. The 0.7 m GROWTH-India telescope at the Indian Astronomical Observatory located in Hanle, Ladakh, has made its first science ------------------------- which is a follow-up study of a nova explosion.

Q6. Buried beneath a kilometre of snow and ice in northern Greenland, scientists have ---------------------- an asteroid impact crater, bigger than the area of Paris.

Q7. The mailman ----------------------- all of the packages, sorting them by location so that they could be easily delivered.

Q8. For the ‘readers’ who had --------------------- at the British Council Library on Sunday, the books they were about to go through were of the human variety.

Q9. As Japan’s Emperor Akihito prepares to -------------------, the country gears up for the Reiwa era.

Q10. Since he smokes regularly, the ---------------------- cigar-smoker has a high risk for lung cancer.

Q11. The basic laws of physics have been established for a long time, so long that they are considered ---------------- by almost all educated people.

Q12. The world famous orchestra will ------------------- on its international tour after tomorrow’s concert.

Q13. A long-lost relative of the ---------------------- king insisted that he was heir to the throne.

Q14. The rebels killed all the members of the -------------------- family in order to stop the dynasty from continuing its reign.

Q15. Even though he is my relative, I ----------------- the way my greedy uncle runs his business.