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English Quizzes For IBPS Clerk Prelims 2022 : 22th August – Miscellaneous

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TOPIC Miscellaneous

Directions
(1-5): Rearrange the following seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F)
in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph then answer the questions
given below them.

A. Thus, we can say a good budget is one which
makes a sincere attempt to change the policy environment.

B. Government finances are terminally impaired
with uncontrolled fiscal deficits.

C. This is evident from the big gaps in
perception and capability of managers.

D. Industry too is not ready to deliver growth,
should even the government pursue the right policies.

E. The current reforms pace is too slow.

F. Today, the fiscal deficit has deteriorated.


Q1. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement ?
(a) A
(b) F
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
 

Q2. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement ?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E


Q3. Which of the following should be the FIRST
sentence after rearrangement ?
(a) F
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E


Q4. Which of the following should be the LAST
(SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement
?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) F


Q5. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
sentence after rearrangement ?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E



Directions (6-10): Each sentence below has two
blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Chose the words
for each pair of blanks which best brings about the meaning of the sentence as
a whole.


Q6. The Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP)
is a programme _________ which member governments _________ scholarships to
citizens of other Commonwealth countries.

(a) inside,
manage

(b) of,
sanction

(c) to,
gives

           (d) in, determine

           (e) under, offer

 

Q7. The University of Cambridge was always my first choice
as it is known for a long and distinguished tradition in the ______ of science
and is one of the oldest and most _________ universities in the world.

(a) ground,
renowned

(b) field,
esteemed

(c) enclosure,
extolled

           (d) department, great

            (e) class, enclosed

 

Q8. The new generation of young, extremely skilled and
successful entrepreneurs deserves __________ for daring to break away from the
dull and stifling ________ of working in mega corporate houses to set up their
own businesses.

(a) approval,
coercion

(b) decoration,
duress

(c) praise,
motive

           (d) accolades, constraints

          (e) reward, suppression

 

Q9. If the new Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and
Resettlement Bill does __________ morph into an Act it will doubtless be a
___________ in the cap for the UPA govt.

(a) absolutely,
diamond

(b) naturally,
logo

(c) indeed,
feather

           (d) easily, mark

           (e) really, star

 

Q10. The Rajan committee was set up to ________
a _________ development index of states.

(a) evolve,
composite

(b) expand,
complex

(c) disclose,
blended

          (d) emerge, compound

          (e) get, synthesized

 

Directions (11-15): In the following questions,
a sentence has been given with some of its parts in bold. To make the sentence
grammatically correct, you have to replace the bold part with the correct
alternative given below. If the sentence is correct as it is, give e) as you
answer (i.e. No correction required).

Q11. If he had been working for a private firm
and disowned responsibility for the custody of the papers, not only he have
been fired
but would have also faced a case for criminal breach of trust.

(a) he has
been fired

(b) he had
fired

(c) he
would have been fired

           (d) he had been fired

 N        (e) No correction required

 

Q12. Quite simply, the man is the worst
head of government independent India has seen.

(a) the
person is the bad

(b) the
people is the better

(c) the
citizen is the worst

N         (d) the male is the worst

            (e) No correction required

 

Q13. Food bill or Land bill, nothing is going
to curb the people’s anger in this season.

(a) anger
in this weather

(b) anger
in this environment

(c) anger
in this climate

          (d) anger in this situation

          (e) No correction required

 

Q14. The TRAI has told broadcasters to follow
the rule which said no more than 10 minutes of advertisement per hour programme
content.

(a) advertising
per hour of

(b) advertisement
every hour

(c) advertising
single hour

           (d) advertisement over

           (e) No correction required

 

Q15. In her own political constituency just
about 600 km away from New Delhi-the two newly passed bills seems Latin or
Greek
to the people.

(a) seems
Latin and Greek

(b) seem
Latin

(c) seem
Greek

          (d) seems Greek and Latin

           (e) No correction required

 

SOLUTIONS:

 

S1. Ans.(e)

Sol. The correct sequence is FEDCBA.

 

S2. Ans.(d)

Sol. The correct sequence is FEDCBA.

S3. Ans.(a)

Sol. The correct sequence is FEDCBA.

S4. Ans.(a)

Sol. The correct sequence is FEDCBA.

S5. Ans.(c)

Sol. The correct sequence is FEDCBA.

 

S6. Ans. (e)

Sol. ‘under, offer’ fits the sentence
appropriately.

S7. Ans. (b)

Sol. ‘field, esteemed’ fits the sentence
appropriately where ‘esteemed’ means to respect and admire.

S8. Ans. (d)

Sol. ‘accolades, constraints’ fits the sentence
appropriately where ‘accolades’ means an award or privilege granted as a special honour
or as an acknowledgement of merit and ‘constraints’ means a limitation or
restriction.

S9. Ans. (c)

Sol. ‘indeed, feather’ fits the sentence
appropriately where ‘feather in the cap’ is a phrase which means an achievement that you can be proud of 

S10. Ans. (a)

Sol. ‘evolve, composite’ fits the sentence
appropriately where ‘evolve’ means to develop gradually and ‘composite’ means made up of
several parts or elements.

S11. Ans. (c)

Sol. Correct use is ‘he would have been fired’
as it makes the sentence structure grammatically correct.

S12. Ans. (e)

Sol. No correction required

S13. Ans. (d)

Sol. Correct use is ‘anger in this situation’

S14. Ans. (a)

Sol. Replace ‘advertisement per hour’ with ‘ advertising per hour of’

S15. Ans. (c)

Sol. Correct use is ‘seem Greek’. It is an
idiom in English referring to something is difficult to understand, commonly a
complex or imprecise verbal or written expression or diagram, often containing
excessive use of jargon, dialect, mathematics, science, symbols, or diagrams.

 


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