English Language Section has given heebie-jeebies to the aspirants when they appear for a banking examination. As the level of every other section is only getting complex and convoluted, there is no doubt that this section, too, makes your blood run cold. The questions asked in this section are confusing and very time-consuming. But once dealt with proper strategy, speed, and accuracy, this section can get you the maximum marks in the examination.
Directions (1-15): In the passage given below there are blanks which are to be filled with the options given below. Find out the appropriate word in each case which can most suitably complete the sentence without altering the meaning of the statement.
A recent (1)……….. on evolution in Montreal posed to high-school students and university professors the following question: “Do you think that humans are still (2)…………?” Approximately 80% of the audience answered “no.” Indeed, there is an almost (3)………… belief that, with multifaceted cultures and (4)………… technology, humans have freed themselves from the (5)………… of (6)………… selection. Recent (7)……….., however, show otherwise. Far from providing (8)……….. against evolutionary pressures, culture often (9)……….. new ones. For example, the genes (10)……… with digestion of lactose are more (11)………… in populations that have (12)…………. bred cattle and consumed milk. In scientific reviews in Nature Genetics and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, the evolutionary biologist Stephen Stearns and his colleagues set out to (13)…………. that natural selection operates on contemporary humans. Supported by (14)……….. genealogies, including centuries of church and national health registries, their argument is (15)…………
Q1.
(a) summon
(b) symposium
(c) conversation
(d) debate
(e) argument
Sol. symposium– a conference or meeting held for the discussion of a particular topic.
Q2.
(a) developing
(b) processing
(c) evolving
(d) evaluating
(e) growing
Sol. evolving- that which is under transformation or a change
Q3.
(a) spread over
(b) wide
(c) all-over
(d) all-rounder
(e) universal
Sol. universal- common to all society; unlimited; vast; infinite; common to all the members of the group or class
Q4.
(a) latent
(b) intricate
(c) intrinsic
(d) innate
(e) inherent
Sol. intricate– having a great deal of fine detail or complexity
Q5.
(a) pressures
(b) grievance
(c) compulsion
(d) depression
(e) hatred
Sol. pressures– a force above someone/something
Q6.
(a) bogus
(b) forced
(c) natural
(d) hackneyed
(e) spontaneous
Sol. natural– pertaining to the characteristics of nature
Q7.
(a) results
(b) consequences
(c) explorations
(d) findings
(e) examinations
Sol. findings– results of research or an investigation
Q8.
(a) cure
(b) safety
(c) security
(d) resilience
(e) immunity
Sol. immunity– the state of being insusceptible (unlikely to be affected by something/someone); a resistance to a specific thing
Q9.
(a) manufactures
(b) creates
(c) organizes
(d) releases
(e) hatch
Sol. creates– generates
Q10.
(a) followed
(b) combines
(c) associated
(d) preceded
(e) made
Sol. associated– in a close relation with
Q11.
(a) ranking
(b) winning
(c) residing
(d) pre-pondering
(e) prevalent
Sol. prevalent– dominant
Q12.
(a) generally
(b) instantly
(c) practically
(d) traditionally
(e) hardly
Sol. traditionally– pertaining to traditions or conventions
Q13.
(a) shine
(b) demonstrate
(c) visualize
(d) animate
(e) exhibit
Sol. demonstrate– to show or display
Q14.
(a) proved
(b) contracting
(c) intrinsic
(d) intensive
(e) extensive
Sol. extensive– serving to extend or lengthen
Q15.
(a) convincing
(b) forcing
(c) compelling
(d) pressurizing
(e) instigating
Sol. convincing– persuading
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