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IBPS PO Mains English Quiz  

The English Language has given heebie-jeebies to many aspirants especially in banking mains examination. To help you ease your preparation, Bankersadda has provided English Language Quiz according to the latest & dynamic pattern of Banking exams in the form of 30 Days study plan for IBPS PO Mains 2019. These types of quizzes are useful for IBPS PO 2019 mains & other upcoming banking & insurance exams. So, keep calm and practice for upcoming exams. Here is the quiz for 15th November.  

Directions
(1-5): In the following questions a sentence is given, some parts of the
sentence are given in bold which may have a grammatical or spelling error or
they may be contextually incorrect. Two columns (A) and (B) are given, column
(A) consists of bold parts of the sentence and column (B) consists of the
appropriate replacement for the bold parts. Match the correct replacements. If
the sentence is correct mark no error as your answer.
Q1. Mr. Gandhi himself will remain active in politics, as he has made clear, but how much
authority he would want to exercise remains an open question. His insistence of stepping down also comes
from a realization that the dynasty tag is
more a drag than a booster for
his politics, and the party, in the current
environment.
                   COLUMN I                                                    COLUMN II
(A) as he has made clear                                    (D) as he has made cleared
(B) insistence of stepping down also             (E) insistence on stepping aside
also
(C) is more a drag than a booster for             (F) is more drag then a booster
for             
(a) A-D
(b) B-E
(c) C-F
(d) A-D & C-F
(e) No error
Q2. The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector in
India is not only a key engine of growth,
contributing more than 28% of the GDP and about 45% to manufacturing output. It
is also a true reflection of economics where people really matter. An expert committee constitute by the
Reserve Bank of India has in this context submitted a substantially germane study on the issues bedewilling MSMEs
and made a fairly exhaustive set of recommendations to redress them.
                  COLUMN I                                                           COLUMN II
(A) not only a key engine of growth                       (D) not only a key
engines of growth
(B) An expert committee constitute by                 (E) An expert committee
constituted by
(C) study on the issues bedewilling MSMEs        (F) study on the issues bedevilling
MSMEs
(a) B-E
(b) A-D & B-E
(c) B-E & C-F
(d) A-D, B-E & C-F
(e) No error
Q3. Today as we speak, the
system liquidity is hugely surplus
and we have also announced a liquidity backstop for banks to implement the
NBFC [Non-Banking Financial Company] package which the Finance Minister
announced in the Budget. When there is adequate liquidity, it always facilitates better transmission. So I would expect in
the coming weeks and months that we would see better transmission taking place
                     COLUMN I                                                                COLUMN II
(A) the system liquidity is hugely surplus           (D) the system liquidity is hugely
profound
(B) backstop for banks to implement                    (E) backstop for banks to
executing
(C) it always facilitates better transmission           (F) it always facilitate better
transmission
(a) A-D & B-E
(b) B-E
(c) C-F
(d) C-F & B-D
(e) No error
Q4. India needs to anticipate the AfCFTA’s likely impacted on its interests and try to influence and
leverage it to enhance India-African economic ties. In principle, African
economies becoming more formalised and
transparent would be in India’s interest. While local manufactured items and
services may ultimately compete with Indian exports,
India firms can co-produce them in Africa.
                         COLUMN I                                                             COLUMN II
(A) AfCFTA’s likely
impacted on its interests         (D)
AfCFTA’s likely impact on its interests
(B)  economies becoming
more formalised           (E) economies
become more formalised
(C)   India firms can
co-produce them in                (F)
Indian firms can co-produce them in
(a) A-D
(b) B-E & C-F
(c) A-D & C-F
(d) C-F
(e) No error
Q5. The Lok Sabha on Wednesday
passed the Special Economic Zones
(Amendment) Bill, 2019, making a trust or
any entity nonchalant by the Central
government
eligible for consideration of grant of permission to set up a unit in special economic
zones. Union Commerce and Indutsry Minister Piyush Goyal said the Bill, which would
replace an ordinance, was aimed at
improving and dispiriting
more investments and introducing features including
single-window clearance and to ease imports and exports.
                      COLUMN I                                                               COLUMN II
(A) Wednesday passed the Special Economic Zones    (D) Wednesday passed the Specially Economic Zones
(B)  nonchalant by the Central government                     (E) notified by the Central government
(C) was aimed at improving and dispiriting               (F) was aimed at improving and encouraging
(a) C-F & A-D
(b) C-F
(c) A-D & B-E
(d) B-E & C-F
(e) No error
(Directions: 6-10): In the
following questions, a word is given in bold with four sentences following it.
Identify and mark the correct sentence highlighting the idiom that reflects the
meaning of the given word. If none of the idiom given in sentences expresses
the meaning of the given word in bold, mark option (e) ‘none of these’ as your
answer choice.
Q6. PERSISTENT
(a) When the team went out for the final race, the coach
shouted out to them “break a leg!”
(b) Their marriage was breaking apart, but they decided to hang in there and give it  another chance.
(c) He wanted to hit
the sack
and did not feel like going out to party with his friends.
(d) The accused man bit
the bullet
as the judge handed down his sentence.
(e) none of these
Q7. RESPONSIVE
(a) I couldn’t sleep well last night, so am not on the ball today.
(b) The buyer missed
the boat
and never got the house when he offered too low a bid.
(c) I know it’s difficult to get over your loss, but try to pull yourself together and get on
with life.
(d) It’s hard to wrap
my head around
the idea of leaving the place where I’ve lived and breathed
for so long.
(e) none of these
Q8.CONTENTION
(a) My position as President of the company gives me a bird’s eye view of how the operations
are going.
(b) He did yeoman
service
in breaking down the high Lutheran confessionalism which had been
the order of the day.
(c) The right to host the next Olympic games has become an apple of discord between the two
countries.
(d) Lack of experience caused the greenhorn to miss several shots during his first game.
(e) none of these
Q9. DITCH
(a) The enemy threw up
the sponge
when our army surrounded them from all sides.
(b) He always had ability
but we had to train his mind as he was like a bull in a china shop.
(c) The network faces the prospect of falling back into the red for the first time in five
years.
(d) Most parents get horrified when they discover that their
children have been playing truant
from school
(e) none of these
Q10. BEGUILE
(a) The water bombers arrived at the eleventh hour — just in time to prevent the forest fire from
engulfing the town.
(b) Trying to please both his boss and his wife puts him between the devil and the deep blue sea.
(c) You may be feeling tired and sleepy now, but with a good
night’s rest, you will feel fit as a
fiddle
in the morning.
(d) You better gird
your loins
in preparation for another holiday with my dysfunctional family!
(e) none of these
Directions (11-15): In the
following paragraphs two words have been omitted from each paragraph. Three
words have been suggested for each blank in two columns. Choose the set of
words that will fill the given blanks to make the paragraph grammatically
correct and contextually coherent.
Q11. India’s financial sector is facing considerable
challenges with high non-performing assets and slow _________[I]________ and
repair of corporate balance sheets testing the ___________[II]__________ of the
banking system and holding back growth, the IMF today said.
COLUMN I                                                      COLUMN
II
(A) indolence                                                (D)
ardour
(B) anomaly                                                   (E)
resilience
(C) deleveraging                                            (F)
mirth
(a) A-D
(b) C-E
(c) B-F
(d) B-D
(e) A-E
Q12. The IFC lays out a comprehensive approach to the
financial sector which replaces __________[I]__________ regulations and drafts
new regulations to cover various aspects of the financial sector including
banking, pensions, insurance and securities. To address the issues of
information ________[II]_________ and unfair contract terms when consumers
choose a financial product, the IFC had recommended that a financial redress
agency be established.
  
COLUMN I                                                      COLUMN
II
(A) contiguous                                                           (D)
asymmetry
(B) archaic                                                     (E)
rosette
(C) despot                                                      (F)
jettison
(a) A-E
(b) C-D
(c) B-F
(d) B-D
(e) A-F
Q13. It is difficult not to _________[I]_________ with
activists who contend that the amendments pose a threat to the freedom and
autonomy of Information Commissions at the Central and State levels. The
Central Information Commissioner, the corresponding authorities in the States
and other Information Commissioners at both levels are
__________[II]____________ functionaries vested with the power to review the
decisions of public information officers in government departments,
institutions and bodies. 
COLUMN I                                                      COLUMN
II
(A) concur                                                      (D) mercurial
(B) debonair                                                  (E)
statutory
(C) craven                                                      (F)
ingratiated
(a) A-F
(b) C-D
(c) A-E
(d) B-E
(e) C-F
Q14. A decade after the first successful mission to the moon
with Chandrayaan-1, the Indian Space Research Organisation successfully
launched its _________[I]________, Chandrayaan-2, to further explore the
earth’s natural satellite. The launch by itself is a huge achievement
considering that it is the first operational flight of the __________[II]__________
developed Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark-III (GSLV Mark-III) to
send up satellites weighing up to four tonnes.
  
COLUMN I                                                      COLUMN
II
(A) clement                                                    (D)
indigenously
(B) sequel                                                      (E)
incipiently
(C) pecuniary                                                 (F)
throngly
(a) C-E
(b) A-F
(c) B-E
(d) B-D
(e) A-D
               
Q15. In the past, a tour of the West Indies was
________[I]_________ the toughest endeavour for any cricketer. Reputations were
either enhanced or lost and fractures seemed imminent in the battles against
the fiery fast bowlers, while the crowds requested the perfume-ball, a
________[II]_________ for a nasty bouncer.
COLUMN I                                                      COLUMN
II
(A) hindered                                                  (D)
ponder
(B) concealed                                                (E)
babble
(C) deemed                                                    (F)
euphemism
(a) A-E
(b) B-F
(c) C-D
(d) B-E
(e) C-F
SOLUTIONS:
S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. Here, phrases (A) and (C) are grammatically correct
whereas improvement is required in (B). Here, there is an error of preposition
where “insistence of” will be replaced by “insistence on”. Hence, option (b) is
the most suitable answer choice.
S2. Ans. (c)
Sol. Here, the error lies in both the (B) and (C) part of the
paragraph and thus requires improvement. Here, “constitute” will be replaced by
“constituted” as the sentence is in past tense. Also, “bedewelling” will be
replaced by “bedevelling”, due to spelling error. Hence, option (c) is the most
suitable answer choice.
S3. Ans. (e)
Sol. All the highlighted phrases are grammatically and
contextually correct and therefore do not require any improvement. Hence,
option (e) is the most suitable answer choice.
S4. Ans. (c)
Sol. The phrases given in (A) and (C) are grammatically
incorrect and therefore require changes. As from the former part of the
statement, we can infer that the paragraph is in present tense, therefore, we
will replace “impacted” with “impact. Hence, A-D will be the correct
replacement. Also, in the concluding lines, “firms” which is a noun will not be
qualified by a noun [India] and will instead be qualified by an adjective
[Indian]. Therefore, C-F is also the correct replacement. Hence, option (c) is
the most suitable answer choice.
S5. Ans. (d)
Sol. In the highlighted phrases, (B) and (C) are incorrect and
therefore need replacements. In the statement (B), “nonchalant” which means
“showing or having a relaxed manner free from concern or excitement” will be
replaced by “notified” which means “give notice of or report (something)
formally or officially.” Also, in statement (C), “dispiriting” will be replaced
by “encouraging” as we can infer that the bill was passed to promote
investments. Hence, option (d) is the most suitable answer choice.
S6. Ans. (b)
Sol. The most suitable idiom that should replace the word
given in bold is “Hang in there” ‘Hang in there’ is used when you want to encourage someone to
continue with something even if it is difficult.
Moreover, ‘persistent’
means continuing firmly or obstinately in
an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.

Therefore, all the other sentences with highlighted idioms fail to provide the
precise meaning of the given word. Since, ‘Hang in there’ can be used
interchangeably with ‘persistent’, option (b) becomes the most
suitable answer choice.
Break a leg means good luck!
Hit the sack means go to bed.
Bite the bullet means decide to do
something difficult or unpleasant that one has been putting off or hesitating
over.
S7. Ans. (a)
Sol. The most suitable idiom that should replace the word
given in bold is “on the ball”. When
someone is ‘on the ball’ means, they
are very alert and aware of what is happening.
Moreover, ‘responsive’ means reacting quickly and positively.
Therefore, all the other sentences with highlighted idioms fail to provide the
precise meaning of the given word. Since, ‘on the ball’ can be used
interchangeably with ‘responsive’, option (a) becomes the most suitable
answer choice.
Miss the boat means to be too slow to
take advantage of an opportunity
To pull yourself together means to
recover control of one’s emotions.
Wrap my head around means to find
a way to understand or accept (something).
S8. Ans. (c)
Sol. The most suitable idiom that should replace the word
given in bold is “an apple of discord”. ‘Apple of discord’ is used to refer something that causes trouble or unhappiness
or conflict and dispute.
Moreover, ‘contention’ means a heated disagreement. Therefore, all
the other sentences with highlighted idioms fail to provide the precise meaning
of the given word. Since, ‘an apple of discord’ can be used interchangeably
with ‘contention’, option (c) becomes the most suitable answer choice.
Bird’s eye view means a general view from
above.
Yeoman’s service means efficient or useful
help in need.
Greenhorn means a person who is new
to or inexperienced at a particular activity.
S9. Ans. (d)
Sol. The most suitable idiom that should replace the word
given in bold is “playing truant”. ‘Playing truant’ is used to refer (of a pupil) stay away from school
without leave or explanation.
Moreover, ‘ditch’ means to get rid of or give up. Therefore, all
the other sentences with highlighted idioms fail to provide the precise meaning
of the given word. Since, ‘playing truant’ can be used interchangeably with
‘ditch’, option (d) becomes the most suitable answer choice.
Throw up sponge means to give up a
contest; to acknowledge defeat
A bull in a china shop means a person
who breaks things or who often makes mistakes or causes damage in situations
that require careful thinking or behavior.
Into the red means a situation in
which you are not making enough money.
S10. Ans. (e)
Sol. ‘Beguile’ means to
charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way
. Since ‘beguile’ can’t
be used synonymously with any of the given idiom in bold, option (e) becomes the
most viable answer choice.
At the eleventh hour means the last
possible moment.
Between the devil and the deep blue sea means in a
difficult situation where there are two equally unpleasant choices.
Fit as a fiddle means in very
good health.
Gird your lions means prepare and
strengthen oneself for future actions, typically ones that may be dangerous or
difficult.
S11. Ans. (b)
Sol.
Indolence: avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness
Anomaly: something that deviates from what is standard, normal,
or expected.
Deleveraging: reduce the level of one’s debt by rapidly
selling one’s assets.
Ardour: great enthusiasm or passion
Resilience: the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties;
toughness
Mirth: amusement, especially as expressed in laughter
In the given blanks, only “deleveraging” and “resilience” fit
perfectly in the respective blanks. Hence, option (b) is the most suitable
answer choice.
S12. Ans. (d)
Sol.
Contiguous: sharing a common border; touching.
Archaic: very old or old-fashioned
Despot: a ruler or other person who holds absolute power,
typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way.
Asymmetry: lack of equality or equivalence between parts or
aspects of something; lack of symmetry.
Rosette: an object or arrangement resembling a rose
Jettison: abandon or discard (someone or something that is no
longer wanted).
In the given blanks, only “archaic” and “asymmetry” fit
perfectly in the respective blanks. Hence, option (d) is the most suitable
answer choice.
S13. Ans. (c)
Sol.
Concur: be of the same opinion; agree.
Debonair: (of a man) confident, stylish, and charming
Craven: contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly.
Mercurial: subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood
or mind
Statutory: required, permitted, or enacted by statute
Ingratiated: bring oneself into favour with someone by
flattering or trying to please them.
In the given blanks, only “concur” and “statutory” fit
perfectly in the respective blanks. Hence, option (c) is the most suitable
answer choice.
S14. Ans. (d)
Sol.
Clement: (of weather) mild
Sequel: something that takes place after or as a result of an
earlier event
Pecuniary: relating to or consisting of money.
Indigenously: originating in and characteristic of a
particular region or country
Incipient: Incipient means something is in an early stage of
existence
In the given blanks, only “sequel” and “indigenously” fit
perfectly in the respective blanks. Hence, option (d) is the most suitable
answer choice.
S15. Ans. (e)
Sol.
Hindered: make it difficult for (someone) to do something or
for (something) to happen
Concealed: kept secret; hidden
Deemed: regard or consider in a specified way
Ponder: think about (something) carefully, especially before
making a decision or reaching a conclusion.
Babble: talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited,
or incomprehensible way
Euphemism: a mild or indirect word or expression substituted
for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something
unpleasant or embarrassing.
In the given blanks, only “deemed” and “euphemism” fit
perfectly in the respective blanks. Hence, option (e) is the most suitable
answer choice.

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