English Quiz for IBPS Exam

English Quiz for IBPS Exam

Directions: (1-5): Below is given a single word with options to its meaning in different contexts. You have to select all those options which are synonyms of the word when the context is changed. Select the correct alternative from (A), (B), (C) and (D) which represents all those synonyms.

1. ROPE
(A) Cord  
(B) A sticky glutinous formation
(C) To enclose 
(D) To fill


(1) A & C  
(2) B & D 
(3) C & D 
(4) A, B, C  
(5) All of A, B, C & D

2. BLUNT
(A) Insensitive 
(B) Weaken 
(C) Lessen  
(D) Dull

(1) A, B & C  
(2) B, C & D 
(3) A, C & D
(4) A, B & D  
(5) All of A, B, C & D

3. PRIVATE
(A) Secluded 
(B) Exclusive 
(C) Intimate 
(D) Non Governmental

(1) A, B & C  
(2) B & C 
(3) C & D
(4) A, B & D  
(5) All of A, B, C & D

4. BUT
(A) Yet   
(B) Exceptional 
(C) On the contrary  
(D) Unless

(1) A, B & C  
(2) B, C & D  
(3) A, C & D
(4) A, B & D  
(5) All of A, B, C & D

5. JUST
(A) Righteous 
(B) Merely
(C) Exactly  
(D) Legal

(1) A, C & D  
(2) B, C & D 
(3) C & D
(4) A, B & C  
(5) All of A, B, C & D

Directions (6-10): Choose the option which has correct pair to fill the blank space given in question.

6. Kingfisher, once India's second-largest airline, has not flown since the start of October after an employee protest turned violent. On Saturday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) ……………… its licence after Kingfisher failed to address its concerns over safety.
(A) Suspended 
(B) Terminated 
(C) Postponed
(D) Reviewed 
(E) Extended 
(F) Revoked

(1) A & C  
(2) C & F 
(3) D & E
(4) A & F  
(5) A & B

7. Windows 8 attempts to ……………. the gap between personal computers and fast-growing tablets with its touch-enabled interface.
(A) Widen 
(B) Narrow 
(C) Bridge 
(D) Fill  
(E) Make 
(F) Prepare

(1) C & E  
(2) D & F 
(3) A & F
(4)B & C 
(5) A & E

8. The Deccan Chronicle group has been facing a major financial crisis and had ……………. assets of their IPL team to banks to raise funds.
(A) Mortgaged 
(B) Sold 
(C) Siphoned off
(D) Adjusted 
(E) Borrowed 
(F) Credited

(1) A & B  
(2) B & D 
(3) C & F
(4) A & C  
(5) D & F

9. Maradona is ………………..  the sport's most controversial and newsworthy figures.
(A) Rated as 
(B) Considered of 
(C) Registered in
(D) Measured as 
(E) Presented as   
(F) Publicized as

(1) A & D  
(2) C & E 
(3) D & F
(4) A & F  
(5) B & D

10. An anarkali suit can be worn as completely ethnic attire …..……..with heavy jewellery and stilettos or can also be donned with less formality without the stole- an Indianised version of the western gown.
(A) teamed  
(B) paired 
(C) combined
(D) switched 
(E) stitched 
(F) carried

(1) A & C  
(2) C & E 
(3) A & D
(4) B & F  
(5) A & E




ANSWERS
1. 4
2. 5
3. 1
4. 5
5. 5
6. 4
7. 4
8. 1
9. 4

10. 1



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Directions (1-4): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5), i.e. ‘No Error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation. If any)

1. It was clear from the way (1)/ they were behaving (2)/ that they had been (3)/ lost their senses (4) / No error (5).


2. Families are (1) / fortunate enough to own (2) / a house in the city (3)/ are very few(4)/ No error (5)

3. The leader was so shrewd (1)/ that he could not deceive (2)/ by the words of (3)/ the sycophant courtiers (4)/ No error (5)


4. Your television set (1)/ is superior to (2)/our television set (3)/ by all respects (4)/No error (5).

Directions (5-10): Pick out the one which can substitute  bold group of words correctly, without changing the meaning of the sentence.

5. If you have power or money you misuse and if you don’t have it you yearn for it.
(1) you misuse it when you don’t
(2) you misuse it and if you don’t
(3) you misuse so that you don’t
(4) you misuse and if you can’t
(5) None of these

6. With the number of vehicles on the roads going up fast, the traffic in the metros have become heavy and uncontrollable.
(1) has become heavily
(2) had become heavy
(3) have become heavily
(4) has become heavy
(5) None of these

7. The tehelka.com revelations and their aftermath have shaked up entrenched political - bureaucratic networks in New Delhi
(1) its aftermath has shaken up
(2) their aftermaths have shaked up
(3) its aftermath has shook
(4) their aftermath have shaken up
(5) None of these

8. The editor cut up all the long words from his article and mad the text easier.
(1) cut up some of the
(2) cut across all the
(3) cut out all the
(4) cut back all
(5) None of these



ANSWERS
Solutions:
1. (2)Explanation: Misuse is a transitive verb; so it must have an object.

2. (4)Explanation: Since subject-word traffic is singular, auxiliary have should also be replaced by singular has.

3. (4)Explanation: The V3 of shake is shaken.

4. (3)Explanation: If you cut out part of something that someone has written, you do not print it. Now, isn’t that the job of an editor?

5. 2

6. 4

7. 4

8. 3