Double Fillers for IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam: 24th September 2018

In the given sentence, only ‘opened’ & ‘inland’ make it grammatically as well as contextually correct. While option (a) is grammatically wrong, options (c) & (d) are contextually wrong.
Hence, ‘Hong Kong, on Saturday, opened a new high-speed rail link to inland China that will vastly decrease travel times’ is the correct.

Here, option (a) is grammatically wrong and options (b) & (c) are grammatically as well as contextually wrong. Hence (d) is the correct answer.
Although Milkha Singh and P.T. Usha came heartbreakingly close, independent India has never won an athletics medal at the Olympics. But Chopra’s presence and awesome progress give one hope that things could be different at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Here, (a) & (b) are contextually wrong. And, while option (d) is grammatically correct, option (c) fits in more accurately, contextually, because the second line talks about an ‘Act’ and the word ‘Statute’ means an act. Hence -
The statute aims to provide equal rights to persons with HIV and bring them into the mainstream. The Act gains importance as it makes it a legal obligation to protect the privacy of persons with HIV and AIDS.

Here option (a) and (c) clearly grammatically unfit. Hence, ‘The core of the team has remained the same, with John Johnson and Subhasish Bose the only major departures. After defeat in the AFC Cup, BFC has only one competition to focus on’ is our correct sentence.

In the given question, while all the options are grammatically correct, only (a) fits in contextually.
Hence, ‘Nandita Das amplifies the liberal voice of the sub-continental icon by maintaining an artistic distance than being indulgent or passionate’ is the correct answer.

Here only option (d) is grammatically and contextually correct. Hence –
Then there is the virtuous NRI Parvinder. He falls in pyaar at first sight with Rumi; knows that he doesn’t have a chance in hell yet decides to push his luck with her.

The correct statement here is, ‘The requirement for HIV testing as a pre-requisite for obtaining employment or accessing health care or education is also prohibited under the HIV/AIDS Act, 2017’. No other pair of words makes the given sentence grammatically correct as well as meaningful.

For the given sentence both, option (b) & (c) make it grammatically as well as contextually correct.
Hence, ‘The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said talks in the current/ongoing circumstances would be futile and also cited stamps issued by Pakistan in July in memory/remembrance of Kashmiri militant Burhan Wani as a reason for the cancellation’ is the correct statement.

Only option (d) makes contextually correct and meaningful.
Hence - In 1998, after being acquitted of the charges, Mr. Sharma approached the City Civil Court seeking compensation of Rs. 55 lakh for the torture he had to undergo.

The sentence talks about not revealing something to the world and ‘confidentially’ means something secret. Hence –
We have a plan in place, but we are not going to reveal it to the world. We do not want others to know about it. Everything has been given confidentially to the Government, including our target events.

Here, only option (b) makes the sentence grammatically as well as contextually correct. Hence –
As per the provisions of the Act, every person in the care and custody of the state shall have the right to HIV prevention, testing, treatment and counselling services.

Here option (a) is grammatically incorrect because ‘students’ should take helping verb ‘have’ instead of ‘has’. Also, all other options contextually wrong.  The use of 'degree in the second blank would not make sense as the sentence would end abruptly - 'Students who enrol for a PhD degree fellowship of Rs 25,000 per month plus HRA'. It would have been meaningful if something extra had been given in the sentence. For e.g., 'Students who enrol for a PhD degree fellowship of Rs 25,000 per month plus HRA are mostly meritorious students'.
Hence (e) is the correct answer. The correct statement is as follows:
The certificate from CSIR is necessary for candidates to be admitted as a PhD student in any research institution or lab in India. Students who enrol for a PhD get fellowship of Rs.25,000 per month plus HRA.

No other option is grammatically as well as contextually correct.
Hence - The Kerala government sought its rejection but the city civil court turned down their plea.

Here option (c) is the correct answer. The phrase, ‘BFC has signed three new overseas players in...’, means that in the form of Swansea, Albert and Xisco, three players have been signed by BFC.
Hence the correct statement is, ‘BFC has signed three new overseas players in former Swansea centre-half Albert Serran, Spanish midfielder Xisco Hernandez and Bhutanese striker Chencho Gyeltshen’.

Here, only option (b) is grammatically correct which also makes the sentence meaningful. Hence –
The magistrate later remanded her in judicial custody till October 1. Police sources said Ms. Saraswathi would be lodged in the Salem Women’s Prison.