English Quiz IBPS Clerk Mains: 23rd December

English Language Quiz For IBPS Clerk Mains 

IBPS had conducted the IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam a few weeks ago and the result will be out shortly. Now the next step is to clear the mains exam Thus, the English Language can be an impetus for their success by helping them 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 the latest pattern English Questions for IBPS Clerk Mains Exam.

Directions (1-8): Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which one sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the sentence that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

Q1. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) are interconnected and twin measures. The Home Minister, Amit Shah, had repeatedly made this clear both in Parliament and outside. First, the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill would be adopted by Parliament following which the NRC would be taken up. In the wake of widespread protests against the CAA, the Central Government is trying to obfuscate the issue of implementing the NRC. ______________________________________________available on how the NRC is going to be implemented in the whole country. 
(a) The advantages of CAA will be effective from the selected
(b) In order to provide complete information, the government is
(c) It is taking advantage of the lack of clarity and the inadequate information
(d) There are many possible reasons due to which the country’ government
(e) None of these

Q2. Three years after Tata Sons Limited voted to remove Cyrus P. Mistry from his post as the Executive Chairman of the Tata Group’s main holding company. _____________________________________________________.  The appellate body’s decision to reverse the National Company Law Tribunal’s ruling dismissing Mr. Mistry’s challenge to his ouster, in October 2016, has far-reaching implications. For a start, the NCLAT has in no uncertain terms held that Tata Sons’ “affairs have been or are being conducted in a manner ‘prejudicial’ and ‘oppressive’ to members” including Mr. Mistry as also ‘prejudicial’ to the interests of the company and its group companies. 
(a) NCLAT is trying to fit its own employee in his place.
(b) The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) last week declared his removal “illegal” and ordered his reinstatement.
(c) The removal of Cyrus P. Mistry will be a win-win situation for most people.
(d) NCLAT has brought many proofs in support of his removal.
(e) None of these

Q3. Mark Twain famously quipped that “the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated”. With the retirement of two of the remaining three members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body on December 10, and a veto by the United States on fresh appointments, the “crown jewel” of the WTO been rendered dysfunctional. Although the demise of the Appellate Body has struck a blow to the rule of law, those drawing up the obituary of the WTO in the aftermath of its demise may have greatly exaggerated its consequences. ___________________________________________________. 
(a) The consequences of the Appellate Body’s fall are overstated for a number of reasons.
(b) The fall of the Appellate Body effectively marks a return to the previous system
(c) On the contrary it presents an opportunity to the members to rethink and “iron out some of the creases” with the present system.
(d) The EU has even threatened to launch countermeasures under general international law for countries.
(e) None of these

Q4. The question I ask myself as we witness the assertion of the ideology of Hindutva and its resultant fear among minorities is this: Is it possible to have yet another reading of my religion or the experience of religiosity and take part in a collective movement for creating a society filled with love, empathy and pluralism? This is both a sociopolitical and an ethico-existential question. At a time when the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019 has caused fear and existential insecurity among the minorities, there is a danger of the movement against the discriminatory nature of the CAA degenerating into violent communal politics. ____________________________________________________________. 
(a) When Standard Chartered Bank and State Bank of India filed insolvency proceedings, the company had an outstanding debt of ₹54,550 crore.
(b) The law was clear in what it wanted to achieve—quick resolution and maximum value recovery.
(c) Publishing corrections and clarifications are an effective way to rectify mistakes.
(d) Therefore, it is important to introspect and redefine one’s politics, culture and religiosity for a collective struggle.
(e) None of these

Q5. On November 20, 2019, in a reply to a question by Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta, Home Minister Amit Shah said that the NRC exercise would be carried out across India. He said that the gazette notification of September 7, 2015, which was made in the case of Assam, would be applicable to the rest of India as well. The Prime Minister’s remarks on the “nationwide NRC” therefore contradict what the Home Minister has been saying on the issue. “Nationwide NRC” also finds a mention in the BJP’s 2019 election manifesto. Under the section ‘Combating Infiltration’, the manifesto clearly mentions that NRC will be implemented across the country. The manifesto says, “There has been a huge change in the cultural and linguistic identity of some areas due to illegal immigration, resulting in an adverse impact on local people’s livelihood and employment. ____________________________________________________________. In future we will implement the NRC in a phased manner in other parts of the country”.
(a) His reference was perhaps to the Jammu and Kashmir Permanent Residents (Disqualification) Bill, 2004.
(b) The Peoples Democratic Party, which was in a coalition government with the Congress in 2004, brought the said Bill to overturn the decision.
(c) We will expeditiously complete the National Register of Citizens process in these areas on priority.
(d) It is evident that journalistic values, principles and best practices should guide the information landscape
(e) None of these

Q6. The popularity of the National Pension System (NPS), the market-linked vehicle, has been soaring with investors desperately seeking retirement options. But for a newbie investor, investing in NPS can be very much like visiting a Starbucks outlet for the first time. The scheme offers so many choices that one is unsure where to start. With a little help though, you can use NPS’s large menu to your advantage. One of the first choices you’ll need to make while opening an NPS account is whether you need just a Tier I account or want to add on a Tier II account as well. __________________________________________________________. The Tier II account is a voluntary investment vehicle where you can put in and withdraw money at any time. 
(a) Review the performance of your PFM at least twice a year and exercise the switch option if there’s a big lag.
(b) Two, you cannot park more than 5% in Alternative Investment Funds.
(c) The NPS lets you choose who will manage your money.
(d) If retirement savings is your goal, a Tier I account should suffice.
(e) None of these

Q7. When Sunil Thakur — a 28-year-old Bengaluru-based IT professional — bought a term insurance cover of ₹1 crore in 2016, he was single and had no dependents. Now married and father of a one-year-old girl, Sunil strongly feels that his ₹1-crore term plan may not be sufficient to sustain his family’s needs and cover his life goals 15-20 years down the line. ______________________________________________________________. Both his income and expenses will rise significantly in the next couple of years. And to cover the loss that may include Sunil’s sudden death, perhaps a cover with higher sum assured might be required. 

(a) He believes that his professional and personal lives were only beginning.
(b) The average salary considered here is ₹10 lakh per annum.
(c) Technically, an individual’s life cover should be strictly based on his/her stage of life.
(d) A term insurance plan should always continue till your earning capacity persists.
(e) None of these

Q8. Rachita Taneja sees her popular comic strip, Sanitary Panels, as just “one of the tools in my toolkit to mobilise people.” With over 33,000 followers on Instagram and a column with Forbes magazine, Sanitary Panels — which began during Rachita’s years as a Greenpeace campaigner — has been scathingly vocal about social and environmental causes. Now, as protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) have taken hold of the country, it is more active than ever. The images have been been taken out of phone screens into real life. Rachita’s identifiable stick figures — as well as sketches she made from converting powerful press photographs — are among the most common visuals seen on protests posters in city after city.  ____________________________________________________________________.
(a) These women are not alone… a number of artists and creative minds are using their talent to spread awareness.
(b) She is among a host of cartoonists to have made their work open and available for the cause.
(c) While ‘Azadi’ is the chant of choice for protesters across cities, independent singer-songwriters have also come up with pieces that seem to resonate.
(d) The power of the stage we are given, I don’t think we realise the magnitude of it.
(e) None of these

Directions (9-15): In the following questions, a word is given in bold followed by 
three sentences. Choose the appropriate option mentioning the sentence(s) that uses the highlighted word in a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful manner.

Q9. Conglomerate 
(I) The response I usually get to such assertions is that overall business value is unrelated to cash conglomerate and payrolls.
(II) All of these stories happened in 2019 alone, and this is just the conglomerate of the iceberg.
(III) KT Corporation is the latest South Korean conglomerate to jump into the cryptocurrency space.
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) Both (I) and (III)

Q10. Dispassionate 
(I) Times require a very dispassionate analysis of the value of what the word means as a process.
(II) The senior citizen would not be dispassionate living out a smart phone and a youngster may find the mannerisms of a 70-year-old quite outmoded.
(III) Riding dispassionate as a value is not only unnecessary but can be dangerous.
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) Both (I) and (III)


Q11. Misdemeanours 
(I) The NCLAT’s findings lay misdemeanours on greater transparency and adherence to governance norms especially in the conduct of affairs at the controlling company.
(II) The criminal legislation allows the prosecutor to abstain from prosecution in respect of misdemeanours punishable with up to three years’ imprisonment.
(III) The tribunal’s points to the pressing need for a more dispassionate judiciary while dealing with corporate misdemeanours.
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) Both (I) and (III)

Q12. Ouster 
(I) For more than three weeks, villagers have camped out in their village hall demanding the ouster of the mayor and new elections.
(II) In 1966, Wigan locked television cameras out of their ground in the ouster that they affected attendances.
(III) After the original tape of Sterling was made public, he was one of the first owners to denounce him and demand his ouster.
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) Both (I) and (III)

Q13. Prejudicial 
(I) Public Sovereignty is the prejudicial that ultimate authority is vested in the people themselves, expressed in the idea of the general will.
(II) Guided by this prejudicial, the Benares Sanskrit College was founded in Varanasi in 1791 during the administration of Lord Cornwallis.
(III) The purpose of the Telangana Offenders Act 1986 is to prevent any person from acting in a manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order.
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) Both (I) and (III)

Q14. Quell 
(I) At least five people suffered minor injuries in the unrest as riot police fired tear gas into the quell.
(II) The BJP-led state government is out to quell public unrest, with what comes across as a multi-layered calibrated method.
(III) The Bill will see the same power extended to troops, armed with even more deadly weapons, operating under conditions of serious quell.
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) Both (I) and (III)

Q15. Strident 
(I) Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over her strident opposition to the amended citizenship law and the proposed nationwide NRC.
(II) Planning strident has been applied for and the company wants to start kitting the building out in August.
(III) The Estate Office has a list of about 80 towers which were sanctioned and strident had been taken.
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (II) and (III)
(e) Both (I) and (III)

S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. It is taking advantage of the lack of clarity and the inadequate information, is the sentence which completes the paragraph in most appropriate way. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) last week declared his removal “illegal” and ordered his reinstatement, is the sentence which completes the paragraph in most appropriate way. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

S3. Ans. (a)
Sol. The consequences of the Appellate Body’s fall are overstated for a number of reasons, is the sentence which completes the paragraph in most appropriate way. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.

S4. Ans. (d)
Sol. Therefore, it is important to introspect and redefine one’s politics, culture and religiosity for a collective struggle, is the sentence which completes the paragraph in most appropriate way. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.

S5. Ans. (c)
Sol. We will expeditiously complete the National Register of Citizens process in these areas on priority, is the sentence which completes the paragraph in most appropriate way. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

S6. Ans. (d)
Sol. If retirement savings is your goal, a Tier I account should suffice, is the sentence which completes the paragraph in most appropriate way. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.

S7. Ans. (a)
Sol. He believes that his professional and personal lives were only beginning, is the sentence which completes the paragraph in most appropriate way. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.

S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. She is among a host of cartoonists to have made their work open and available for the cause, is the sentence which completes the paragraph in most appropriate way. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.


S9. Ans. (c)
Sol. Conglomerate means Relating to a conglomerate, especially a large corporation; Aggregate, Agglomerate.
Statement (III) uses Conglomerate in a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful manner.
Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.


S10. Ans. (a)
Sol. Dispassionate means Not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial; Unemotional.
Statement (I) uses Dispassionate in a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful manner.
Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice


S11. Ans. (d)
Sol. Misdemeanours means A minor wrongdoing; Wrongdoing, Evil deed
Both Statement (II) and (III) use Misdemeanours in a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful manner.
Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.


S12. Ans. (e)
Sol. Ouster means Ejection from a property, especially wrongful ejection; deprivation of an inheritance.
Both Statement (I) and (III) use Ouster Misdemeanours in a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful manner.
Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.

S13. Ans. (c)
Sol. Prejudicial means Harmful to someone or something; Detrimental;
Statement (III) uses Prejudicial in a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful manner.
Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

S14. Ans. (b)
Sol. Quell means Subdue or silence someone. 
Statement (II) uses Subdue in a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful manner.
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

S15. Ans. (a)
Sol. Strident means Loud and harsh; Grating. 
Statement (I) uses Strident in a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful manner.
Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.