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English Quizzes For Bank Prelims Exam 2021: 26th December – Miscellaneous

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TOPIC: Miscellaneous

Directions (110); 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.

According to the Global
Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) India report, smoking kills over one million people
in the country annually and is the fourth …(1)…
cause of non-communicable diseases (NCD) such as cancer and heart diseases,
which …(2)… for 53 per cent of all
deaths in India. According to the Health Ministry, the economic …(3)… of tobacco consumption is around Rs. 1,04,500 crore per annum. India …(4)… a party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
(FCTC) on February 27, 2005. Since then India has implemented a …(5)… of measures leading to the current
status of …(6)… social awareness.
Soon after …(7)… the WHO FCTC,
smoking was completely …(8)… in many
public places and workplaces in India — with the new law …(9)… establishments to create smoking zones …(10)… restaurants, airports and hotels having 30 or more rooms.

 

Q1. (a) progressing     (b) 
leading   (c) focusing   (d) benefiting    (e) 
emerging

Q2.  
(a) account    (b) report     (c) describe     (d) 
mention   (e) follow

Q3.  
(a) worry   (b) blame    (c) burden  
(d) possess  (e) load

Q4. 
(a) became    (b) emerged    (c) arisen  
(d)  declined  (e) approved

Q5. 
(a)  category   (b) succession   (c) series  
(d) row  (e) campaign

Q6.  
(a) forwarded   (b) decreased    (c) uplifted    (d) ahead  
(e) increased

Q7.  
(a) clearing   (b)  signing  
(c)  mentioning   (d) passing  
(e) rejecting

Q8. 
(a) excluded  (b) moved  (c) elicited  
(d) banned   (e) interacted

Q9. 
(a) granting  (b) allowing  (c) permitting  (d) restricting    (e) licensing

Q10. 
(a)  under  (b) within 
(c) among  (d) between  (e) in

Directions
( 11-15): The Following questions have two blanks, each blank indicating that
something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best
fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

 

Q11. The raging __________ over the issue has __________ the
media as well as the politicians into warring camps.

(a) saga, compelled

(b) debate, divided

(c) concern, ignited

(d) dust, gathered

(e) dilemma, sensitised

Q12. The
flexibility of the distance learning system is __________ in designing courses
which are socially __________ and technically uptodate.

(a) helpful, relevant

(b) basically, viable

(c) providing, feasible

(d) informative, wide

(e) supportive, challenging

Q13. _________after Darwin put forth his theory of evolution, his cousin
Sir Francis Galton began to
________the
implications.

(a)
Soon; bring down                                                                                    

(b) Only; take up

(c) Not; write down

(d) Shortly; draw out

(e) Nearly; think about

 

Q14. __________ means of communication must be used to
__________ the message of gender equality.

(a) Subtle, spread

(b) Sufficient, create

(c) Proper, aware

(d) Distinct, channelise

(e) Efficient, avail

Q15.  Archaeology is a
poor profession; only ____ sums are available for excavating sites and even
more ____ amounts for preserving the excavations.

(a) paltry – meager

(b) miniscule – substantial

(c) average – augmented

(d) judicious – penurious

(e) modest – generous

 

SOLUTIONS:

 

S1. (b)

S2. (a)

S3. (c)

S4. (a)

S5. (c)

S6. (e)

S7. (b)

S8. (d)

S9. (c)

S10. (b)

S11.Ans.(b)

Sol.

Debate means
to argue about (a subject), especially in a formal manner.

S12.Ans.(a)

Sol.

Relevant means
closely connected or appropriate to the matter in hand.

S13.Ans.(d)

Sol.

Shortly; Draw out’ is the correct option.

Shortly: in a short time; soon

‘Draw out ’ means to elicit (information)

S14.Ans.(a)

Sol.

Subtle meaning making use of clever and indirect methods
to achieve something.

S15.Ans.(a)

Sol.

The part after the semicolon expands upon the first part
of the sentence.

So, since the first part tells us that there is no money
in archaeology, then there will only be small (paltry) amounts for excavating.
Also ‘even more’ indicates that another similar word is required. Thus, meager
also means small.