IBPS Clerk Prelims English Quiz (Reading Comprehension)
The English language perplexes most of the students and makes one nervous during the examination even if the answer to the question is known. But there are no formulas to cramp or the longer the calculation to deal with. The mistakes that occur are because of the lack of confidence. With proper strategy, Study Notes, Quizzes, Vocabulary one can calm his/her nerves and excel in no time. Make the reading newspaper, editorial a habit, and also participate in the daily quiz. The IBPS Clerk 2019 is just one step away from your reach. Here is the quiz under the Study Plan ‘FATEH’, on the IBPS Clerk Prelims English Quiz and we have Reading Comprehension for 6th November 2019. You can also check out the latest books for IBPS Clerk 2019 exam.
Directions (1-15): In each of the
following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below the sentences, there are
five options with a pair of words each. Fill up the sentences with the pair of
words that make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below the sentences, there are
five options with a pair of words each. Fill up the sentences with the pair of
words that make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Q1. State Bank of India chairman Rajnish Kumar on Wednesday
said that housing finance companies should behave like housing finance
companies and should ____________
only on lending to individual retail ______________________.
said that housing finance companies should behave like housing finance
companies and should ____________
only on lending to individual retail ______________________.
(a) started, investors
(b) gave, premise
(c) focus,
borrowers
borrowers
(d) lain, players
(e) None of these.
Q2. A constitutional ____________________
that strips Jammu& Kashmir of statehood and divides it into two territories
administered directly by India’s national government came into __________.
that strips Jammu& Kashmir of statehood and divides it into two territories
administered directly by India’s national government came into __________.
(a) sufficient, increased
(b) alternative, depletion
(c) guaranteed, over
(d) amendment, effect
(e) None of these.
Q3. If Indian soyabean meal can make little _________________ into the Chinese
market, it will be a win-win for Indian producers and Chinese _________________.
market, it will be a win-win for Indian producers and Chinese _________________.
(a) natural, exhausted
(b) conservative, seen
(c) headway,consumers
(d) adaptable, reflection
(e) None of these.
Q4. The Federal Reserve cut its _________________________ interest rate for the third time this
year, ______________________another
quarter of a percentage point to a range of between 1.5% and 1.75%.
year, ______________________another
quarter of a percentage point to a range of between 1.5% and 1.75%.
(a) destroys, stirring
(b) benchmark shaving off
(c) marginal, aimed
(d) virtue, protected
(e) None of these.
Q5. The ________________
of the first modern well in Pennsylvania in 1859 set oil on a path that led to
the heart of economics and ___________________.
of the first modern well in Pennsylvania in 1859 set oil on a path that led to
the heart of economics and ___________________.
(a) danger, looked
(b) substantiate, cited
(c) drilling, geopolitics
(d) surface, resolved
(e) None of these.
Q6. Oil fuelled the rise of
the West’s consumer culture; it helped _________________
who won the Second World War and prompted a global economic _______________ in the 1970s.
the West’s consumer culture; it helped _________________
who won the Second World War and prompted a global economic _______________ in the 1970s.
(a) determine, crisis
(b) aware, infinity
(c) enquired, preparation
(d) prediction, correctness
(e) None of these.
Q7. Under a ______________
sun, the river of humanity crosses the Simón Bolívar bridge without cease, its
flow more ___________________ than
the muddy stream beneath.
sun, the river of humanity crosses the Simón Bolívar bridge without cease, its
flow more ___________________ than
the muddy stream beneath.
(a) react, analysed
(b) pitiless ,powerful
(c) succeed, assimilate
(d) direct, passing
(e) None of these.
Q8 Keeping to its promise
of ___________________, social media
giant Facebook has __________________
a new corporate logo almost 15 years after it launched its eponymous social
media networking website.
of ___________________, social media
giant Facebook has __________________
a new corporate logo almost 15 years after it launched its eponymous social
media networking website.
(a) clarity ,launched
(b) promptness, strictness
(c) transparency,
unveiled
unveiled
(d) predicted, correctness
(e) None of these.
Q9. America accuses China’s government of bloating its
private sector with _______________,
which ____________________ to affect
businesses abroad.
private sector with _______________,
which ____________________ to affect
businesses abroad.
(a) subsidies, spill
over
over
(b) ambit, see
(c) course, observe
(d) purview, lead
(e) None of these.
Q10. The governor __________________ a review meeting on Financial Stability and
Development ______________ held at
the ministry of finance today
Development ______________ held at
the ministry of finance today
(a) thought, fell
(b) expected, ran
(c) presumed, failed
(d) attended, Council
(e) None of these.
Q11. The Bithumb Chain, as it is called, will be ______________ to Indian companies,
startups and even the government for building services and products based on
blockchain _________________.
startups and even the government for building services and products based on
blockchain _________________.
(a) decided negotiate
(b) available, technology
(c) planned, invoke
(d) hesitate, impose
(e) None of these.
Q12. WhatsApp has recently __________________ the fingerprint lock _____________ for Android users. WhatsApp can now be locked or
unlocked using the phone’s built-in fingerprint sensor.
unlocked using the phone’s built-in fingerprint sensor.
(a) absolute, diminishes
(b) dynamic, recedes
(c) rolled out, feature
(d) started, decomposes
(e) None of these.
Q13. Google has now ______________
that it will bring its new AI-powered Recorder application to older Pixel
phones which was _______________ for
the Pixel 4 line up.
that it will bring its new AI-powered Recorder application to older Pixel
phones which was _______________ for
the Pixel 4 line up.
(a) limit, demand
(b) heightened, appreciate
(c) level, advance
(d) confirmed, introduced
(e) None of these.
Q14. WhatsApp on Wednesday announced a ______________ in its _________________
setting which will allow users to choose who from their contact list can add
them to a group chat.
setting which will allow users to choose who from their contact list can add
them to a group chat.
(a) tweak ,privacy
(b) imbibe, counter
(c) consensus, tackled
(d) invent, wisdom
(e) None of these.
Q15. Life in the Kashmir valley has been severely ___________________ since the
government announced the change in August, because of restrictions on
communications and travel, as well as protests and militant __________________.
government announced the change in August, because of restrictions on
communications and travel, as well as protests and militant __________________.
(a) sequel, amply
(b) enviable, grouping
(c) disrupted, violence
(d) progress, revival
(e) None of these.
Solutions
S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct option is option (c).
S2. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct option is option (d).
S3. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct option is option(c)
S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct option is option (b).
Shaving off means ‘to reduce an amount’
S5. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct option is option (c).
S6. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct option is option (a).
S7. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct option is option (b).
S8. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct option is option (c).
S9. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct option is option (a).
S10. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct option is option (d).
S11. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct option is option (b).
S12. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct option is option(c)
S13. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct option is option (d)
S14. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct option is option (a).
S15. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct option is option(c).
- Tips and Tricks To Solve Cloze Test Questions For Bank and Other Competitive Exams
- Conjunctions: English Language Notes for Bank and Other Competitive Exams
IBPS RRB PO Mains Result 2024: IBPS RRB ...
Vocabulary of The Day- 04 नवंब...
Union Bank LBO Recruitment 2024: यू...
