Directions (1-15): In each of the
following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below the sentences, there are
five options and the blanks are is to be filled with the pair of words given
below to make the sentences correct. Fill up the sentences with the correct
word.
Q1. (I) A special Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) court has issued non-bailable warrants against ……………… diamond
merchants Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, accused of defrauding the Punjab
National Bank (PNB), the country’s second largest lender, of over Rs. 13,500
crore.
(II) The issuance of these warrants
will enable the ……………… agencies to request the Interpol to issue Red
Corner Notices against them.
(a) rescinding, verification
(b) absconding, investigating
(c) beckoning, intriguing
(d) eloping, enquiring
(e) evading, trespassing
Q2. (I) Presumably, most of these colleges functioned with less faculty and
far less students than their ……………… intake, while a few colleges just
depended on the fee reimbursement scheme.
(II) College managements were expecting support from the government as
they ……………… whole-hearted support to the Telangana agitation, but the
Government had other ideas.
(a) standardized, contracted
(b) regularized, made
(c) developed, provided
(d) stipulated, extended
(e) statutory, expanded
Q3. (I) While he is believed to have no direct role in the murder, he has
been ……………….. of harbouring Salih bin Jalal, alias Ali Bhai, the prime
suspect in the case, and assisting him in his escape.
(II) The accused was ………………. after being produced at a local court
on Sunday. With this, two arrests have been recorded in the case.
(a) accused, remanded
(b) liberated, demanded
(c) alleged, rebuked
(d) accused, reprieved
(e) alleged, bailed
Q4. (I) The bank has received ……………….. support from the government,
other stakeholders and employees to come out of the situation
(II) It is learnt that security guards to be ………………. by IPL
organisers may prevent ticket holders wearing black clothes for the match as
there are calls by various political leaders and actors to stage a black badge
protest on the Cauvery issue.
(a) gradual, involved
(b) unusual, absorbed
(c) tremendous, engaged
(d) incredible, indulged
(e) tremendous, absorbed
Q5. (I) The police had advised the organisers to install surveillance cameras
in all stands and at ……………… points in and around the stadium.
(II) Further, a presidential ………………. is issued only for four months
after which it lapses.
(a) advantage, degree
(b) merit, legal
(c) demerit, law
(d) vintage, decree
(e) vantage, decree
Q6. (I) The girls recalled their time in jail and ……………… not going to school.
Had they been educated they would have been able to argue their case with the
police.
(II) Three boys ……………… in an abandoned stone quarry that was filled
with water after the recent spell of rain in Mannur village in Belagavi taluk
on Sunday.
(a) rebuked, sank
(b) regretted, drowned
(c) reprieved, wetted
(d) apologized, drowned
(e) rebuked, floated
Q7. (I) Seven railway employees, including two engine drivers and three
carriage repairing staff, have been placed under………………...
(II) Dalit Mahasabha is planning to stage a series of protests and ………………
in the State this month
(a) suspension, agitations
(b) comprehension, proceedings
(c) apprehension, rallies
(d) skepticism, marching
(e) suspension, proceedings
Q8. (I) Certainly, for all the ……………... calculations that guided
Opposition parties and the government at different points to have the Houses
disrupted, eventually neither benefits.
(II) A special session before the monsoon session to finish pending
business has been ………………..
(a) estimated, solved
(b) complicated, unargued
(c) expeditious, debatable
(d) tentative, simple
(e) expedient, mooted
Q9. (I) But his supporters as well as several international observers have
raised questions about the judiciary’s ……………..
(II) The evidence against him is the testimony of an executive of the
company, which ………………… got as part of a plea bargain.
(a) stand, conspirators
(b) instance, officials
(c) stance, prosecutors
(d) instance, workers
(e) stand, generals
Q10. (I) Lazing headlines and accounts that followed told us how many people
had been killed and injured, about ……………….. acts of arson, of the
blocking of trains, closure of shops and the calling in of Central forces in
some States.
(II) Affirmative action policies centering on the politics of presence
have certainly ………………… to the repair of historical wrongs.
(a) uncountable, collected
(b) invulnerable, participated
(c) innumerable, indulged
(d) innumerable, contributed
(e) numerable, involved
Q11. (I) A vibrant literary movement denounces the …………….. of an entire
community from mainstream society, and chronicles the nerve-racking experience
of being treated as an outcaste.
(II) And it disrupts social relationships based on the reciprocal ………………
to see each other as equal and as worthy of dignity.
(a) inevitable, desire
(b) ostracism, obligation
(c) unavoiding, compulsion
(d) fettering, pressurising
(e) liberation, wish
Q12. (I) Indians have failed to secure justice for their own fellow citizens.
It is time to express …………….
(II) A ……………… on what constitutes, or should constitute, the basic
rules of society is central to our collective lives.
(a) union, discord
(b) solitary, concise
(c) solidarity, consensus
(d) solitude, conscience
(e) disunity, agreement
Q13. (I) Anyone who suffers from these multiple disadvantages will find it
impossible to ………………. in social, economic and cultural transactions as
an equal.
(II) But the ideology of discrimination continues to ……………. despite
a multitude of constitutional provisions, laws, affirmative action policies and
political mobilisation.
(a) participate, dominate
(b) involve, condone
(c) indulge, overlook
(d) present, dominate
(e) participate, neglect
Q14. (I) Forests also ……………. stream flows and sediment, benefitting
downstream communities.
(II) Instead what was required was ……………. devolution of control
over forests.
(a) adjust, objective
(b) regulate, substantive
(c) irregulate, substantiate
(d) overcome, subjective
(e) control, dependent
Q15. (I) It will constitute abuse only if it is accompanied by the forcible
removal of the wife from the matrimonial home, or her ………………….
(II) A protection order is meant not only to prohibit the accused from
committing any act of domestic violence, it can also stop him from entering the
place of employment of the ………………… person.
(a) forsake, happy
(b) acceptance, accused
(c) reluctance, culprit
(d) abundance, alleged
(e) abandonment, aggrieved
Solutions
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. (I) abscond(ing) means to act or to flee.
Here, the sentence is about the orders issued by a court for the non-bailable
warrants against the accused who have absconded after defrauding the bank.
(II) investigat(ing)
means to inquire into the facts in order to ascertain information. Thus,
the agencies mentioned in the given statement are the investigating agencies.
rescind(ing)- to declare
null or void
beckon(ing)- to wave
or nod to somebody in order to call closer
intrigue(ing)- to trespass
elop(ing)- to run away
from home
evade(ing)- to escape
S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. (I) stipulated means required for the purpose.
And, the sentence is about the availability of the faculty for the students
i.e. the stipulated intake of faculty for the students.
(II) In the
given statement, managements are expecting a support as they too have extended
their whole- hearted support to the Telangana agitation.
S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. (I) accused means the person who is blamed. Therefore,
the context of the sentence is about a crime, which directly relates to the
accusation or the accused.
(II) remanded means
the act of sending an accused person back into the custody whilst awaiting
trial.
rebuked- a harsh
criticism
reprieved- cancelled
or postponed
S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. (I) tremendous means extremely large. Thus, to come
out of the situation, the bank has received a tremendous support from different
parties.
(II) engaged means employed(here).
And, the context of the sentence straightly reflects that the guards in the
IPL were engaged to prevent ticket holders from wearing black clothes.
gradual–
proceedings by steps or small degrees.
S5. Ans.(e)
Sol. (I) vantage means advantage. Thus, it was ordered
to install at the vantage points in the stadium and all around it.
(II) decree means law. Hence, law/decree is issued which
is presidential.
S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. (I) regretted means to be felt sorry. Thus,
the accused girls regretted for the act done by them.
(II) drowned means to die from suffocation while immersed in
water or other fluid. And,the boys drowned in an abandoned stone quarry.
Sink– to
descend or submerge
S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. (I) suspension means act of suspending. Thus, the
mentioned staff were placed under the suspension.
(II) agitation means commotion.
And, the party here is panning for protest and agitation.
skepticism– doubt
S8. Ans.(e)
Sol. (I) expedient means advisable or desirable. Here,
calculations were too expedient.
(II) mooted means debated.
expeditious– speedy
S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. (I) stance means stand or opinion. Thus, here we
are talking about the judiciary’s stance i.e. opinion.
(II) prosecutors means the
one who do prosecution.
S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. (I) innumerable here refers to the acts of the
arsons which caused lots of destruction in the state.
(II) contributed
here fits best because the affirmative action policies which have been talked
about in the context, have contributed to the repair of the historical wrongs.
S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. (I) ostracism means the process of making
someone/something out of the group. Here, the vibrant literary movement is
denouncing the ostracism(exclusion) of the mentioned society.
(II) obligation here is for
seeing each other equally and with equal dignity.
fetter– to bound
someone (in chain)
S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. (I) solidarity means union. And, the Indians here
have failed to secure justice for their fellow citizens. Thus, they are talking
about the unity or union.
(II) consensus means agreement.
S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. (I) Seeing the context of the statement, participate is
the best suited alternative here.
(II) dominate means to
exert pressure on someone and then rule over him.
S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. (I) regulate means to control or direct, which has
a direct reference to the context of the statement.
(II) substantive means essential.
S15. Ans.(e)
Sol. (I) abandonment means desertion. Here, we are talking about the
abuse and forcible removal of a wife from the matrimonial home making her
abandoned.
(II) aggrieved means the
person who has been suffered.
English Quizzes For SBI PO Mains 2023 - ...
