English Quizzes, Sentence Rearrangement for SBI Clerk Prelims 2021 – 5th July

Directions (1-5): In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

Q1. Equivocate
(a) Prevaricate
(b) intimate
(c) strangulate
(d) implicate
(e) agree

Q2. Nom de plume
(a) Pen-name
(b) dessert
(c) desert
(d) deserting
(e) bellicose

Q3. Platitude
(a) Philanderer
(b) punctilious
(c) pyrotechnic
(d) Truism
(e) adage

Q4. Rendezvous
(a) Merry-making
(b) appointment
(c) incorrigible
(d) emissary
(e)missionary

Q5. Recondite
(a) Erudite
(b) reconstitute
(c) abstruse
(d)epitomize
(e) rat race

Directions (6-10): In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

Q6. Promiscuous
(a) Chaste
(b) dissipated
(c) immoderate
(d) masque
(e) Dissolute

Q7. Juxtaposed
(a) Exposed
(b) revealed
(c) distanced
(d) martyred
(e) appose

Q8. panegyrical
(a) adulatory
(b) eulogistic
(c) paramour
(d) disparaging
(e) tergiversation

Q9. Recapitulate
(a) epitomize
(b) recount
(c) protract
(d) wrap up
(e) finish

Q10. boorish
(a) coarse
(b) sophisticated
(c) churlish
(d) unladylike
(e) boring

Directions (11-15): The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

Q11. She ___ that she had acted irresponsibly.
(a) Refuted
(b) refused
(c) denied
(d) declined
(e) postponed

Q12. He treated me ____
(a) good
(b) nice
(c)well
(d) fine
(e) bad

Q13. The largest teaching union yesterday ____to the Government, threatening strikes if their demands are not met.
(a) threw down the gauntlet
(b) reconciled themselves
(c) subjected
(d) suited
(e) reproached

Q14. The only _______ in an otherwise perfect wedding day was the fact that the bride tripped when walking down the aisle.
(a) fool’s paradise
(b) cut no ice
(c) fly in the ointment
(d) fancy price
(e) blind alley

Q15. She thought he’d ____ of the garden.
(a) Midas touch
(b) make a hash
(c) nig-nag
(d) run amuck
(e) blue book

Solutions

S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. Equivocate means to cause ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself which is also the meaning of prevaricate.
Strangulate: prevent circulation of the blood supply through (a part of the body, especially a hernia) by constriction.

S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. Nom de plume means pen name.
Bellicose: demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.

S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. Platitude: a remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful.

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. rendezvous: a meeting at an agreed time and place.

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Recondite: (of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse.

S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. Promiscuous: having or characterized by many transient sexual relationships.

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. Juxtaposed: place or deal with close together for contrasting effect.

S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. panegyrical: lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy

S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. recapitulate: summarize and state again the main points of.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. boorish: rough and bad-mannered; coarse.

S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. deny means to not admit truth of something.

S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. An adverb is required in the sentence. Well is the only adverb of given options.

S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. throw down the gauntlet. Declare or issue a challenge, as in The senator threw down the gauntlet on the abortion issue. This expression alludes to the medieval practice

S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. fly in ointment means minor irritation that spoils the success or enjoyment of something.

S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. make a hash: to mix or mess up