English Quiz For Bank and SSC CGL 10/4/2016

Direction (Q. 1-6): Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word which given in bold below.
1). Evasion
a)    openness
b)    excavation
c)    dodging
d)    exchange
e)    attacking

c



2).Offshore
a)    relentlessly
b)    unaccounted
c)    middle east
d)    outward
e)    overseas
E

3).Facilitated
a)    expedited
b)    blocked
c)    impeded
d)    obstructed
e)    poised
A


4 . Daunting
a)    inciting
b)    encouraging
c)    pleasing
d)    heartening
e)    appalling
E


5).Vulnerable
a)    susceptible
b)    careful
c)    watchful
d)    beautiful
e)    irresponsible
A

6).Nuances
a)    upshot
b)    distinction
c)    effects
d)    problems
e)    consequences
B
nuance
A subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound.




Directions (Q. 7-10): Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning when compared to word which is given below in bold.

7).Commissioned
a)    nominated
b)    cancelled
c)    entrusted
d)    empowered
e)    enabled
B


8).Complexity
a)    perplexity
b)    multiplicity
c)    ramification
d)    simplicity
e)    intricacy
D

9).Confined
a)    open
b)    restrained
c)    restricted
d)    held back
e)    hindered
A

10).Miniscule
a)    microscopic
b)    diminutive
c)    minute
d)    enormous
e)    small
D



Directions (Questions.1-3): Choose the word/group of words which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.

1). Clamored
a)    Acclaimed
b)    Applauded
c)    Cried
d)    Refused
e)    Decided
C

2).Stimulate
a)    Increase
b)    Goad
c)    Project
d)    Exhilarate
e)    WEAK
B
goad
Provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction.

3).Spur
a)    Hindrance
b)    Trigger
c)    Curb
d)    Impede
B


Directions (Question. 4 to 5): Choose the word/group of words which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.

4).Viable
a)    Practicable
b)    Reasonable
c)    Feasible
d)    Impossible
e)    Workable
D

5).Sluggish
a)    Indolent
b)    Alert
c)    Lifeless
d)    Slack
e)   SLOW
B


Directions (Questions.6-10): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. If any error is present choose that particular option as answer. If there is ‘NO error’, the answer is 'e'. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

6).
a)    The CBI has filed a petition in NIA court
b)    Here seeking its permission to interrogate
c)    A Sri Lankan national held for
d)    Allegedly spying for Pakistan
e)    No error
A
File a petition is correct



7).
a)    The government apprised the court
b)    About  instituting another committee
c)    That would review and draft amendments
d)    To the five key laws over environment, forest, wildlife, air and water
e)    No error
BB RYT ,, Apprised of



8).
a)    In the absence of a legal guarantee of safety and privacy
b)    The court should not ask for sources
c)    To be revealed, especially when the cases at stake
d)    Involve powerful people in politics and business
e)    No error
E


9).
a)    Government plan to link the universal health assurance scheme
b)    For providing medical treatment
c)    To all citizens with Aadhar number
d)    To check ghost beneficiaries
e)    No error
A PLANS



10).
a)    The supreme Court has ruled that
b)    Citizens have no fundamental right
c)     To carry out business in potable liquor and the state
d)    Has the power to prohibit such trade
e)    No error
C BUSINESS OF



Directions (Questions: 1 to 5 ): Each question given below has two blanks, choose the correct word given below which suites exactly in the place of blank.

1).Current deposit accounts are opened to ______ transactions of business and trade and hence not ______ to any interest from the bank.
a)    accept, obliged
b)    do, liable
c)    seek, authorized
d)    meet, entitled
e)    find, ready
D


2).The opening up of insurance sector has resulted in ______ of new products, particularly the unit-linked products which offer both capital______ and insurance cover and have attracted the attention of the insured.
a)    appropriation, formation
b)    introduction, appreciation
c)    opening, collection
d)    distinction, depreciation
e)    separation, investment
B


3).The Reserve Bank exercises its supervisory role_____ the financial system_____ commercial and urban cooperative banks, financial institutions and NBFCs, through the Board of Financial Supervision.
a)    in, around
b)    about, within
c)    for, covering
d)    of, for
e)    over, encompassing
E


4).It is _____that congress leader Shashi Tharoor had to lose his job as the party’s spokesperson______ for praising a man who had called Tharoor’s wife a Rs. 50 crore girl friend.
a)    ironical, allegedly
b)    useless, certainly
c)    worthless, illegally
d)    critical, particularly
e)    proper, formally
A


5).More than two lakh students________ up to two years preparing for the Common Admission Test (CAT) all in the attempt to ______ a seat at one of the top business school in the century?
a)    read, fetch
b)    wait, go
c)    spend, secure
d)    go, here
e)    study, take
C


Directions (Questions. 6 to 10): In the following questions, a sentence has been given with some of its parts in bold, to make the sentence grammatically correct replace the bold part with correct alternative options given below. If the sentence correct as it is given option ‘D’ (No correction required).

6).In the past two years, Goa witnessed high growth in household "saving and was one of the few state" where inflation declined.
a)    saving and was the few states
b)    saving and were one of the few states
c)    savings and was one of the few states
d)    savings and has one of the few states
e)    No correction required
C


7).India should not tolerate Chinese "incursion of its territory" and realize that appeasement of an assertive China is a recipe for global marginalization.
a)    incursion of their territory
b)    incursion of his territories
c)    incursion besides its territory
d)    incursions into its territory
e)    No correction required
D


8)."By deciding" to allow the Indian private sector to bid for the entire lot of six submarines, the government has ended a debate.
a)    Deciding to
b)    Decision to
c)    Through deciding
d)    To decide to
e)    No correction required
E



9).To illustrate my point, "I have been taking" the example of three cars from three different segments.
a)    I have taken
b)    I might take
c)    I ever take
d)    I could be taking
e)    No correction required
A



10).The congress working committee "will be restructure" and young faces will be inducted.
a)    will restructure
b)    will be restructured
c)    will have restructured
d)    can restructure
e)    No correction required
B


Directions Questions (1-5): In each of the following sentences, on idiomatic expression or a proverb is highlighted. Select the alternative which best describes it use in the sentence.

1).The course of events made it necessary for Joseph to start working
a)    Events that were planned
b)    Long list of future events
c)    A succession of unexpected events
d)    Nature of events that followed after Joseph joined work
e)    None of these
C


2).The team put their plant into execution the very next day
a)    Proposed a plan
b)    Discussed their plan
c)    Started thinking about a plan
d)    Started carrying out their plan
e)    None of these
D


3).Mrs Nayak opened the discussion on the “alarming rate of poverty in India”
a)    Sated the discussion
b)    Gave her opinion in the discussion
c)    Did not agree on the discussion
d)    Welcomed the people to the discussion
e)    None of these
A
sate
Satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full.


4).The new law on “Right to food Safety” will come into force next month
a)    Be forced upon the people
b)    Be associated from next month onwards
c)    Be  implemented next month
d)     Be withdrawn next month
e)    Be widely rejected next month
C


5).When the girl wanted to stay out past midnight, her father put his foot down
a)    Gave in to request
b)    Walked away disapprovingly
c)    Obstructed her from leaving the house
d)    Requested her to her home on time
e)    None of these
C


Directions Questions (6-10) : Each sentence below has a blank/s, each blank indicates that something has been omitted. Choose the word/s that best fit/s the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

6).The sate-of–the-art school is______ with a medical clinic and fitness center
a)    Establish
b)    Illustrative
c)    Having
d)    Equipped
e)    Compromising
D


7).Many leading members of the opposition party ______to justify the party’s decision
a)    Having tried
b)    Has tried
c)    Have been trying
d)    Tries
e)    Is trying
C



8).The charity _______ most of its money through private donations
a)    Receives
b)    Borrows
c)    Uses
d)    Proposes
e)    Invests
A


9).The Bhagavad Gita is a part of the Mahabharata, but it stands ______ and is ___ in itself
a)    Dependent, incomplete
b)    Together, justified
c)    Separate, dignified
d)    Apart, complete
e)    United, connected
D

10).The artist’s work of art is worthy _________ praise
a)    For
b)    Of
c)    To
d)    About
e)    To be
B



Directions (Questions 1 - 5): Choose the same meaning of, the word given in bold as used in the passage.

1). Disinvestment
a)    Weaken
b)    To remove money
c)    To free
d)    To separate
e)    All of these
B


2).Ingredients
a)    Component
b)    To become heavier
c)    To command
d)    Deeply fixed
e)    None of these
A


3).Paucity
a)    Fewness
b)    Lack
c)    Deficiency
d)    Scarcity
e)    All of these
E


4).Roundabout
a)    Complete
b)    Indirect
c)    Rounding down
d)    Approaching a circular
e)    None of these
B


5).Proceeds
a)    To continue
b)    Outcome
c)    Advantage
d)    To prosper
e)    None of these
B
proceeds
Money obtained from an event or activity.




Directions (Questions 6-10): Find out the most opposite meaning of the word given in bold as used in the passage.

6).Starved
a)    To be in want
b)    Cure
c)    Prosper
d)    Weak
e)    None of these
C


7).Restructuring
a)    Disintegrate
b)    Construction
c)    Devolution
d)    Formation
e)    All of these
A


8).Ensuring
a)    Imperil
b)    Assure
c)    Seal
d)    Insure
e)    All of these
A
imperil
Put at risk of being harmed, injured, or destroyed.




9).Set up
a)    Set out
b)    Set off
c)    Set down
d)    Set free
e)    Set about
D


10).Stipulate
a)    Condition
b)    Engage
c)    Deprecate
d)    Move
e)    None of these
E
deprecate
Express disapproval of.

IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DEPRECIATE THEN IT WOULD BE ANSWER





1).Top managers are often stymied by the" difficult of managing" conflict.
a)    Difficulties of managing
b)    Difficulty for managing
c)    Difficulty for management
d)    Difficult of management
e)    No correction required
A



2).Reaching collective decisions "based on" individual preferences is an imperfect science.
a)    Based for
b)    based
c)    in
d)    based in
e)    No correction required
E


3).Hollywood "bare escaped" being totally sidelined by the rise of television?
a)    Bare escapism
b)    Barely escapism
c)    Bare escapes
d)    Barely escaped
e)    No corrections required

C


4).Taking good decisions and "implement those quickly" are the hallmarks of high – performing organizations
a)    Implementation quickly
b)    Implementing quick
c)    Implementing these quickly
d)    Quick implementing those
e)    No correction required
D

5).Innovation "have always been" the top corporate agenda?
a)    Has always
b)    Had being
c)    Has always been
d)    Always been
e)    No correction required
C


   Directions (Questions. 01 – 10): Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically correct.  If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark (5) as the answer.

1).Radha’s three children, Shantana, Manu and Meera are talented, but "the latter excels" the other two.
a)    The last excels
b)    Latter excel
c)    The latter excelling
d)    The last excelling
e)    No corrections required

A





2).Students are not abandoning helmets, but "some avoiding use" of helmets while riding motorbikes.
a)    Some avoid the used
b)    Some avoid of then use
c)    Some are avoiding of use
d)    Some are avoiding use
e)    No corrections required
D



3).We must treat any statements as a rumor "until they are" confirmed with proof.
a)    till they are confirmed
b)    until they are confirming
c)    until it is confirmed
d)    until it is confirming
e)    No corrections required
C



4).The officer appreciated his subordinate’s "many attempt to" bravely confront the miscreants.
a)    Many attempting brave confronts
b)    Many brave attempts to confront
c)    Repeated attempts to brave confront
d)    Many attempts of brave confront
e)    No corrections required

B


5).We admire "him attempting to climb" the summit in such a bad weather.
a)    his attempting to climb
b)    his attempt of climb
c)    him for attempt of climb
d)    his for attempt to climbing
e)    No corrections required
A



6). "Being a successful businessman demands" hard work, honesty, persuasive skill and sound market knowledge.
a)    To be a successful business who demands
b)    Being a successfully demanding businessman
c)    To be a successful businessman demanding
d)    For being a successful demanding businessman
e)    No corrections required
E


7)."Was it they who were" accused of stealing the neighbor’s car?
a)    were it they who were
b)    was it they who had
c)    were they who
d)    were it they who
e)    No corrections required
E


8).The doctor has advised him "to lay in bed" at least for two weeks.
a)    they he lay in bed
b)    that he lays in bed
c)    to lie in bed
d)    to be laid in bed
e)    No corrections required

C


9).He is the only one of the "members who have paid" all the dues.
a)    Members who has paid
b)    Members who have been paying
c)    Members who has been paid
d)    Members who has paid
e)    No corrections required
E

10).Neither any of the members of the society nor the Chairman "were present for" the annual meeting.
a)    were present at
b)    was present for
c)    have been present
d)    has been present for
e)    No corrections required

B




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