IBPS RRB Mains Daily English Mock 12th October-Miscellaneous

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
words without changing the meaning of the passage.

Chess
is certainly one of the oldest games in the world, and perhaps also the most
widespread. No matter where you go, it is (1)
that you will be able to find someone living there who plays, or at least knows
(2), chess. But the (3) of chess remain shrouded in
mystery, and various writers have (4) the
invention of the game to virtually every one of the great early civilizations.

A
careful (5) at the competing claims,
however, reveals that India at around 550 A.D. may in fact be the strongest (6). A Persian poem written in 600 A.D.
declares that chess came to Persia from India, and before 550 A.D. there are no
specific references to the (7) in
any literature whatsoever.

In
India, chess was called chaturanga,
meaning “four parts.”The name (8) to
the four army divisions which were standard at the time: foot soldiers,
cavalry, chariots, and elephants. Such terminology confirms (9) all doubt that chess was (10) an abstract representation of war
from the outset. Over the following centuries, like a true conqueror, chess
spread across the globe, becoming ever more popular even as earthly empires
rose and fell.

Q1. (a)Probably

(b) Likely

(d) Undoubtedly

(e)Mostly

Q2. (a)How

(b) Of

(d) About

(e) Off

Q3. (a)Beginners

(b) Births

(d) Origins

(e) Discovery

Q4. (a)Attributed

(b) Explains

(d) Report

(e) study

Q5. (a)Study

(b) view

(d) Consideration

(e) recall

Q6. (a)Applicant

(b) Player

(d) Inventor

(e) Example

Q7. (a)Game

(b) Country

(d) Persians

(e) Invention

Q8. (a)Describe

(b) Responds

(d) Equivalent

(e) References

Q9. (a)Above

(b) Beyond

(d) In

(e) Almost

Q10. (a)Designs

(b)Considered

(d) Knowing

(e)Result off

Directions (11-15): In each
of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence
there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers (a), (b), (c) ,(d) and (e).
Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in
the same sequence to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningfully
complete.

Q11. Leisure
must be spent carefully and __________
only, otherwise the devil will take the ________ of you.

(a) positively,
care

(b)
constructively, better

(d)
objectively, energy

(e)
purposefully, measure

Q12. Nothing is
impossible in the world of politics. States which were _________ foes and had
their deadly missiles pointed at each other find themselves ________ in
military alliances.

(a) implacable,
partners

(b) intense,
joined

(d) known,
solicit

(e) enviable, gathering

Q13.
Inferring attitudes from expressed opinion has many_______. People may______ their attitude and express
socially acceptable opinions.

(a) limitations, conceal

(b) advantages, shows

(d) benefits, avoid

(e) reasons, acknowledge

Q14. We
should move towards a system where the banks can_______ capital in the market
with _______ safeguard so that they
continue to be public sector banks.

(a) improve, properly

(b) strengthen, durable

(d) stir, effective

(e) provide, delicate

Q15.

Governments in India seem to delight in arbitrary censorship under the
________ of _________ the public.

(a)
garb, upholding

(b)
pretext, protecting

(d)
command, authorising

(e)
guise, winning

SOLUTIONS:

S1.Ans.(b)

S2.Ans.(d)

S3.Ans.(d)

S4.Ans.(a)

S5.Ans.(b)

S6.Ans.(c)

S7.Ans.(a)

S8.Ans.(c)

S9.Ans.(b)

S10.Ans.(b)

S11. Ans. (b)

Sol. ‘constructively, better’
fits the sentence most appropriately where ‘constructively’ means promoting further development or advancement.

S12. Ans. (a)

Sol. ‘implacable, partners’ fits the sentence most
appropriately where ‘implacable’ means unable to be appeased.

S13. Ans. (a)

Sol.
‘limitations, conceal’ fits the sentence appropriately where ‘conceal’
means prevent
(something) from being known.

S14.
Ans. (c)

Sol.
‘raise, adequate’ fits
the sentence appropriately where adequate means satisfactory or acceptable in quality or
quantity.

S15.Ans. (b)

Sol. ‘pretext, protecting’ fits the sentence
appropriately as ‘pretext’ means a reason given in
justification of a course of action that is not the real reason.