English Quiz for Uttarakhand District Cooperative Bank: 7th March 2019

Uttarakhand District Cooperative Bank has released the notification for the posts of Clerk and Managers for the Recruitment in 2019-20. This is a great opportunity for all those who aspire to become a Banker this year. Now the next step is to start practicing for the exams from now itself. Thus, the English Language can be an impetus for your success as it helps you save crucial time and score good points in lesser time and effort. So, instead of boiling the ocean, try building up a strong vocabulary, an effective knowledge of grammar, and efficient comprehension skills so as to be on the ball to face this particular section. Here is a quiz on English Language being provided by Adda247 to let you practice the best of latest pattern English Questions for Uttarakhand District Cooperative Bank 2019-20. 

Directions (1-10): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. 

Q1. The recovery from the demonetization shock of November 2016 has clearly been an uneven one. The latest estimates of Indian economic growth released by the government’s statistics office in the last week of February .......1.......... the uncomfortable fact that India now has a two-speed economy. Agriculture is in the slow lane while the rest of the economy is moving ahead at a much quicker ........2.......... The difference is even more ........3............ when prices are considered in tandem with output. The headline news barely needs repetition. The Indian economy lost .......4............ momentum in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. It grew at 6.6% in those three months. The advance estimates for the entire year suggest that the fourth quarter is likely to be worse. A quick calculation shows that the Indian economy will expand at 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Compare this with the 8% growth logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Economic ..........5........... in the fourth quarter is likely to be 1.7 percentage points lower than the expansion rate in the first quarter. The sectoral growth rates tell us how the Indian private sector is .......6........... at two speeds right now—one for agriculture and one for the other parts. In fact, one important reason why the overall economic ........7.......... has slowed is because of an indifferent rabi season this winter in farms across the country. Output growth at constant prices in agriculture, forestry and fishing has nearly halved .......8........... to the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The picture becomes sharper when you add prices. Nominal farm output—production plus inflation—has grown at a mere 2% in the third quarter, as the collapse in farm gate prices has added to the .......9........ of a poor rabi season. Farm incomes are now growing at perhaps the slowest pace in the past 15 years. The industrial economy is doing far better. Manufacturing growth has bounced back this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for February 2019 shows that factories continue to hum thanks to a combination of strong production and new orders, though business optimism has begun to ......10...........

Q2. The recovery from the demonetization shock of November 2016 has clearly been an uneven one. The latest estimates of Indian economic growth released by the government’s statistics office in the last week of February .......1.......... the uncomfortable fact that India now has a two-speed economy. Agriculture is in the slow lane while the rest of the economy is moving ahead at a much quicker ........2.......... The difference is even more ........3............ when prices are considered in tandem with output. The headline news barely needs repetition. The Indian economy lost .......4............ momentum in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. It grew at 6.6% in those three months. The advance estimates for the entire year suggest that the fourth quarter is likely to be worse. A quick calculation shows that the Indian economy will expand at 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Compare this with the 8% growth logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Economic ..........5........... in the fourth quarter is likely to be 1.7 percentage points lower than the expansion rate in the first quarter. The sectoral growth rates tell us how the Indian private sector is .......6........... at two speeds right now—one for agriculture and one for the other parts. In fact, one important reason why the overall economic ........7.......... has slowed is because of an indifferent rabi season this winter in farms across the country. Output growth at constant prices in agriculture, forestry and fishing has nearly halved .......8........... to the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The picture becomes sharper when you add prices. Nominal farm output—production plus inflation—has grown at a mere 2% in the third quarter, as the collapse in farm gate prices has added to the .......9........ of a poor rabi season. Farm incomes are now growing at perhaps the slowest pace in the past 15 years. The industrial economy is doing far better. Manufacturing growth has bounced back this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for February 2019 shows that factories continue to hum thanks to a combination of strong production and new orders, though business optimism has begun to ......10...........

Q3. The recovery from the demonetization shock of November 2016 has clearly been an uneven one. The latest estimates of Indian economic growth released by the government’s statistics office in the last week of February .......1.......... the uncomfortable fact that India now has a two-speed economy. Agriculture is in the slow lane while the rest of the economy is moving ahead at a much quicker ........2.......... The difference is even more ........3............ when prices are considered in tandem with output. The headline news barely needs repetition. The Indian economy lost .......4............ momentum in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. It grew at 6.6% in those three months. The advance estimates for the entire year suggest that the fourth quarter is likely to be worse. A quick calculation shows that the Indian economy will expand at 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Compare this with the 8% growth logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Economic ..........5........... in the fourth quarter is likely to be 1.7 percentage points lower than the expansion rate in the first quarter. The sectoral growth rates tell us how the Indian private sector is .......6........... at two speeds right now—one for agriculture and one for the other parts. In fact, one important reason why the overall economic ........7.......... has slowed is because of an indifferent rabi season this winter in farms across the country. Output growth at constant prices in agriculture, forestry and fishing has nearly halved .......8........... to the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The picture becomes sharper when you add prices. Nominal farm output—production plus inflation—has grown at a mere 2% in the third quarter, as the collapse in farm gate prices has added to the .......9........ of a poor rabi season. Farm incomes are now growing at perhaps the slowest pace in the past 15 years. The industrial economy is doing far better. Manufacturing growth has bounced back this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for February 2019 shows that factories continue to hum thanks to a combination of strong production and new orders, though business optimism has begun to ......10...........

Q4. The recovery from the demonetization shock of November 2016 has clearly been an uneven one. The latest estimates of Indian economic growth released by the government’s statistics office in the last week of February .......1.......... the uncomfortable fact that India now has a two-speed economy. Agriculture is in the slow lane while the rest of the economy is moving ahead at a much quicker ........2.......... The difference is even more ........3............ when prices are considered in tandem with output. The headline news barely needs repetition. The Indian economy lost .......4............ momentum in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. It grew at 6.6% in those three months. The advance estimates for the entire year suggest that the fourth quarter is likely to be worse. A quick calculation shows that the Indian economy will expand at 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Compare this with the 8% growth logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Economic ..........5........... in the fourth quarter is likely to be 1.7 percentage points lower than the expansion rate in the first quarter. The sectoral growth rates tell us how the Indian private sector is .......6........... at two speeds right now—one for agriculture and one for the other parts. In fact, one important reason why the overall economic ........7.......... has slowed is because of an indifferent rabi season this winter in farms across the country. Output growth at constant prices in agriculture, forestry and fishing has nearly halved .......8........... to the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The picture becomes sharper when you add prices. Nominal farm output—production plus inflation—has grown at a mere 2% in the third quarter, as the collapse in farm gate prices has added to the .......9........ of a poor rabi season. Farm incomes are now growing at perhaps the slowest pace in the past 15 years. The industrial economy is doing far better. Manufacturing growth has bounced back this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for February 2019 shows that factories continue to hum thanks to a combination of strong production and new orders, though business optimism has begun to ......10...........

Q5. The recovery from the demonetization shock of November 2016 has clearly been an uneven one. The latest estimates of Indian economic growth released by the government’s statistics office in the last week of February .......1.......... the uncomfortable fact that India now has a two-speed economy. Agriculture is in the slow lane while the rest of the economy is moving ahead at a much quicker ........2.......... The difference is even more ........3............ when prices are considered in tandem with output. The headline news barely needs repetition. The Indian economy lost .......4............ momentum in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. It grew at 6.6% in those three months. The advance estimates for the entire year suggest that the fourth quarter is likely to be worse. A quick calculation shows that the Indian economy will expand at 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Compare this with the 8% growth logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Economic ..........5........... in the fourth quarter is likely to be 1.7 percentage points lower than the expansion rate in the first quarter. The sectoral growth rates tell us how the Indian private sector is .......6........... at two speeds right now—one for agriculture and one for the other parts. In fact, one important reason why the overall economic ........7.......... has slowed is because of an indifferent rabi season this winter in farms across the country. Output growth at constant prices in agriculture, forestry and fishing has nearly halved .......8........... to the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The picture becomes sharper when you add prices. Nominal farm output—production plus inflation—has grown at a mere 2% in the third quarter, as the collapse in farm gate prices has added to the .......9........ of a poor rabi season. Farm incomes are now growing at perhaps the slowest pace in the past 15 years. The industrial economy is doing far better. Manufacturing growth has bounced back this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for February 2019 shows that factories continue to hum thanks to a combination of strong production and new orders, though business optimism has begun to ......10...........

Q6. The recovery from the demonetization shock of November 2016 has clearly been an uneven one. The latest estimates of Indian economic growth released by the government’s statistics office in the last week of February .......1.......... the uncomfortable fact that India now has a two-speed economy. Agriculture is in the slow lane while the rest of the economy is moving ahead at a much quicker ........2.......... The difference is even more ........3............ when prices are considered in tandem with output. The headline news barely needs repetition. The Indian economy lost .......4............ momentum in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. It grew at 6.6% in those three months. The advance estimates for the entire year suggest that the fourth quarter is likely to be worse. A quick calculation shows that the Indian economy will expand at 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Compare this with the 8% growth logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Economic ..........5........... in the fourth quarter is likely to be 1.7 percentage points lower than the expansion rate in the first quarter. The sectoral growth rates tell us how the Indian private sector is .......6........... at two speeds right now—one for agriculture and one for the other parts. In fact, one important reason why the overall economic ........7.......... has slowed is because of an indifferent rabi season this winter in farms across the country. Output growth at constant prices in agriculture, forestry and fishing has nearly halved .......8........... to the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The picture becomes sharper when you add prices. Nominal farm output—production plus inflation—has grown at a mere 2% in the third quarter, as the collapse in farm gate prices has added to the .......9........ of a poor rabi season. Farm incomes are now growing at perhaps the slowest pace in the past 15 years. The industrial economy is doing far better. Manufacturing growth has bounced back this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for February 2019 shows that factories continue to hum thanks to a combination of strong production and new orders, though business optimism has begun to ......10...........

Q7. The recovery from the demonetization shock of November 2016 has clearly been an uneven one. The latest estimates of Indian economic growth released by the government’s statistics office in the last week of February .......1.......... the uncomfortable fact that India now has a two-speed economy. Agriculture is in the slow lane while the rest of the economy is moving ahead at a much quicker ........2.......... The difference is even more ........3............ when prices are considered in tandem with output. The headline news barely needs repetition. The Indian economy lost .......4............ momentum in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. It grew at 6.6% in those three months. The advance estimates for the entire year suggest that the fourth quarter is likely to be worse. A quick calculation shows that the Indian economy will expand at 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Compare this with the 8% growth logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Economic ..........5........... in the fourth quarter is likely to be 1.7 percentage points lower than the expansion rate in the first quarter. The sectoral growth rates tell us how the Indian private sector is .......6........... at two speeds right now—one for agriculture and one for the other parts. In fact, one important reason why the overall economic ........7.......... has slowed is because of an indifferent rabi season this winter in farms across the country. Output growth at constant prices in agriculture, forestry and fishing has nearly halved .......8........... to the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The picture becomes sharper when you add prices. Nominal farm output—production plus inflation—has grown at a mere 2% in the third quarter, as the collapse in farm gate prices has added to the .......9........ of a poor rabi season. Farm incomes are now growing at perhaps the slowest pace in the past 15 years. The industrial economy is doing far better. Manufacturing growth has bounced back this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for February 2019 shows that factories continue to hum thanks to a combination of strong production and new orders, though business optimism has begun to ......10...........

Q8. The recovery from the demonetization shock of November 2016 has clearly been an uneven one. The latest estimates of Indian economic growth released by the government’s statistics office in the last week of February .......1.......... the uncomfortable fact that India now has a two-speed economy. Agriculture is in the slow lane while the rest of the economy is moving ahead at a much quicker ........2.......... The difference is even more ........3............ when prices are considered in tandem with output. The headline news barely needs repetition. The Indian economy lost .......4............ momentum in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. It grew at 6.6% in those three months. The advance estimates for the entire year suggest that the fourth quarter is likely to be worse. A quick calculation shows that the Indian economy will expand at 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Compare this with the 8% growth logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Economic ..........5........... in the fourth quarter is likely to be 1.7 percentage points lower than the expansion rate in the first quarter. The sectoral growth rates tell us how the Indian private sector is .......6........... at two speeds right now—one for agriculture and one for the other parts. In fact, one important reason why the overall economic ........7.......... has slowed is because of an indifferent rabi season this winter in farms across the country. Output growth at constant prices in agriculture, forestry and fishing has nearly halved .......8........... to the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The picture becomes sharper when you add prices. Nominal farm output—production plus inflation—has grown at a mere 2% in the third quarter, as the collapse in farm gate prices has added to the .......9........ of a poor rabi season. Farm incomes are now growing at perhaps the slowest pace in the past 15 years. The industrial economy is doing far better. Manufacturing growth has bounced back this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for February 2019 shows that factories continue to hum thanks to a combination of strong production and new orders, though business optimism has begun to ......10...........

Q9. The recovery from the demonetization shock of November 2016 has clearly been an uneven one. The latest estimates of Indian economic growth released by the government’s statistics office in the last week of February .......1.......... the uncomfortable fact that India now has a two-speed economy. Agriculture is in the slow lane while the rest of the economy is moving ahead at a much quicker ........2.......... The difference is even more ........3............ when prices are considered in tandem with output. The headline news barely needs repetition. The Indian economy lost .......4............ momentum in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. It grew at 6.6% in those three months. The advance estimates for the entire year suggest that the fourth quarter is likely to be worse. A quick calculation shows that the Indian economy will expand at 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Compare this with the 8% growth logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Economic ..........5........... in the fourth quarter is likely to be 1.7 percentage points lower than the expansion rate in the first quarter. The sectoral growth rates tell us how the Indian private sector is .......6........... at two speeds right now—one for agriculture and one for the other parts. In fact, one important reason why the overall economic ........7.......... has slowed is because of an indifferent rabi season this winter in farms across the country. Output growth at constant prices in agriculture, forestry and fishing has nearly halved .......8........... to the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The picture becomes sharper when you add prices. Nominal farm output—production plus inflation—has grown at a mere 2% in the third quarter, as the collapse in farm gate prices has added to the .......9........ of a poor rabi season. Farm incomes are now growing at perhaps the slowest pace in the past 15 years. The industrial economy is doing far better. Manufacturing growth has bounced back this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for February 2019 shows that factories continue to hum thanks to a combination of strong production and new orders, though business optimism has begun to ......10...........

Q10. The recovery from the demonetization shock of November 2016 has clearly been an uneven one. The latest estimates of Indian economic growth released by the government’s statistics office in the last week of February .......1.......... the uncomfortable fact that India now has a two-speed economy. Agriculture is in the slow lane while the rest of the economy is moving ahead at a much quicker ........2.......... The difference is even more ........3............ when prices are considered in tandem with output. The headline news barely needs repetition. The Indian economy lost .......4............ momentum in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. It grew at 6.6% in those three months. The advance estimates for the entire year suggest that the fourth quarter is likely to be worse. A quick calculation shows that the Indian economy will expand at 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Compare this with the 8% growth logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Economic ..........5........... in the fourth quarter is likely to be 1.7 percentage points lower than the expansion rate in the first quarter. The sectoral growth rates tell us how the Indian private sector is .......6........... at two speeds right now—one for agriculture and one for the other parts. In fact, one important reason why the overall economic ........7.......... has slowed is because of an indifferent rabi season this winter in farms across the country. Output growth at constant prices in agriculture, forestry and fishing has nearly halved .......8........... to the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The picture becomes sharper when you add prices. Nominal farm output—production plus inflation—has grown at a mere 2% in the third quarter, as the collapse in farm gate prices has added to the .......9........ of a poor rabi season. Farm incomes are now growing at perhaps the slowest pace in the past 15 years. The industrial economy is doing far better. Manufacturing growth has bounced back this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for February 2019 shows that factories continue to hum thanks to a combination of strong production and new orders, though business optimism has begun to ......10...........

Directions (11-15): Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below. 

(A) It is also altering how organisations look at business sectors, markets, service their customers and ideate new businesses.

Q11. Which is the FIRST step after rearrangement?

Q12. Which is the THIRD step after rearrangement?

Q13. Which is the LAST step after rearrangement?

Q14. Which is the SECOND step after rearrangement?

Q15. Which is the penultimate step after rearrangement?

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