Cloze Test For IBPS PO Prelims : 29th September |

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Vocabulary for IBPS PO Prelims Exam: 28th September 2018

IBPS PO Prelims is in its way and lot of aspirants are heading towards new hopes with this upcoming opportunity. Thus, English Language can be an impetus for their success by saving time and scoring well. So, instead of boiling the ocean, try building up a strong vocabulary, an effective knowledge of grammar, and efficient comprehension skills so as to be on the ball to face this particular section. Here is a quiz on English Language being provided by Adda247 to let you practice the best of latest pattern English Questions for upcoming IBPS PO exam.

Directions (1-7): 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.

The Aadhaar project has survived a fierce legal challenge. Ever since a nine-judge Bench ruled ……………(1)………… last year that privacy is a fundamental right, opinion began to gain ……(2)……..that the unique identification programme was vulnerable in the face of judicial ……(3)…….. It was projected by sceptics, detractors and activists as an …….(4)……on citizens’ privacy, a byword for a purported surveillance system, a grand project to harvest personal data for commercial exploitation by private parties and profiling by the state. But the government has staved ………(5)……….the challenge by successfully …………(6)……..that it is essentially a transformative scheme primarily aimed at reaching benefits and …….(7)……….to the poor and the marginalised.

Q1.

hurriedly

posthumously

unanimously

individually

Both (b) and (c)

Solution:

Unanimously means without opposition; with the agreement of all people involved. So, option c makes the sentence contextually correct and meaningful.

Q2.

speed

scope

benefit

ground

None of these

Solution:

Here, ground means factors forming a basis for action or the justification for a belief. Hence option 'began to gain ground' is correct here.

Q3.

plethora

ambivalence

power

arena

scrutiny

Solution:

Scrutiny means critical observation or examination.
Hence judicial scrutiny makes correct sense here.

Q4.

intrusion

impediment

hindrance

impeach

uncultured

Solution:

To intrude means put oneself deliberately into a place or situation where one is unwelcome or uninvited. So, aadhar project has been projected to be an intrusion on citizen's privacy.

Q5.

off

under

for

Solution:

Stave off is used and it means to keep an unwanted situation or person away, usually temporarily. Hence staved off the challenge makes correct sense here.

Q6.

causing

handling

studying

arguing

highlight

Solution:

'arguing' makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct here.

Q7.

disadvantages

injury

hindrance

loss

subsidies

Solution:

Subsidy means a grant or contribution of money. Hence benefits and subsidies go in parallelism with each other.

Directions (8-15): 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.

In upholding the constitutional validity of Aadhaar and clarifying areas in which it cannot be made mandatory, the Supreme Court has restored the original ………(8)………..of the programme: to plug …….(9)……… in subsidy schemes and to have better targeting of welfare benefits. Over the years, Aadhaar came to mean much more than this in the lives of ordinary people, ……..(10)………..the shape of a basic identity document that was required to access more and more services, such as birth and death certificates, SIM cards, school admissions, property registrations and vehicle purchases. A unique identity number, that could be ………(11)………on a voluntary basis and was conceived to eliminate the ……..(12)…… fraud in the distribution of benefits, had threatened to morph — with the Centre’s ………(13)…………acceptance — into something that was mandatory for various aspects of life. The judgment ……(14)…………the scope of Aadhaar but provides a framework within which it can work. The majority opinion has sought to limit the import of the scheme to ……….(15)…………directly related to welfare benefits, subsidies and money spent from the Consolidated Fund of India.

Q8.

intent

motivation

reason

impede

issue

Solution:

Intent means intention or purpose so it fits in correctly in the blank.

Q9.

ramifications

leakages

dispute

profit

Both (a) and (b)

Solution:

'leakages' here means losses due to some flaws in the subsidy scheme. Hence, option b becomes correct here. To plug leakages means to correct or improve these.

Q10.

forming

aiming

acquiring

enabling

sustaining

Solution:

'acquiring' makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.

Q11.

implement

calculated

enhanced

availed

captured

Solution:

Avail means use or take advantage of (an opportunity or available resource). Hence, availed fits into the context correctly.

Q12.

gentle

limited

ultimate

moderate

rampant

Solution:

Rampant means (especially of something unwelcome) flourishing or spreading unchecked. Rampant fraud in the distribution of benefits is correct.

Q13.

unassure

tacit

explicit

meagre

skimpy

Solution:

Tacit means understood or implied without being stated. So acceptance needs a positive word and tacit is the correct choice.

Q14.

amplifies

distracts

skips

hides

narrows

Solution:

As but is used in the latter part of sentence that means a negative word should fit in the first part. Narrows fits into the context correctly making it meaningful.

Q15.

agents

minutes

strengths

aspects

Both (b) and (d)

Solution:

'aspects' makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Aspects are the features related to welfare benefits, subsidies and money spent from the Consolidated Fund of India.

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