English Language Fillers Quiz for IBPS Clerk Prelims

IBPS Clerk Prelims is on its way and a lot of aspirants are heading towards new hopes with this upcoming opportunity. Thus, English Language can be an impetus for their success by helping them save crucial time and score good points in lesser time and effort. 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 Clerk Exam.

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Directions (1-15): In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each such sentence, there are five options with one word each. Fill up the blanks with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.

Q1. It is welcome that the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) study is being ______ up with a mapping exercise on the flow of faecal waste streams in individual cities.

Take

Shown

Followed

Open

None of these

Solution:

All options except option (c) are grammatically unfit. Also, ‘followed up’ is a phrase meaning ‘a piece of work that builds on or exploits the success of earlier work’.

Hence it fits in contextually as well.

Q2. The water kept rising and reached to the ceiling, so the priest climbed to the ______ of the temple.

Halt

Top

Abyssal

Statue

All of the above

Solution:

Only option (b) is grammatically correct here. ‘Statue’ cannot be used here because preposition ‘to’ is used prior to the blank whereas ‘statue’ would take ‘onto’. Rest of the options are out of context.

Q3. At last, when the temple nearly submerged ______ the water, the priest kept his head up and started complaining to God.

Over

Under

Onto

Solution:

‘Submerge under’ is the correct phrase here. It is the perfect fit and rest all options are grammatical misfits.

Hence option (d) is the correct answer choice here.

Q4. The abrupt ______ of Alok Verma as Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, albeit as an interim measure, is the culmination of a series of murky events that must deeply embarrass the Centre.

Remove

Holiday

Term

Replacement

Ends

Solution:

‘Replacement’ is the correct answer choice here. ‘Remove’ is a verb and hence is grammatically incorrect to be filled in the given blank.

Q5. The Central Vigilance Commission, in its order divesting him of his office, has said that ______ the atmosphere within the agency had become vitiated due to a factional feud, it had to intervene.

Since

Although

However

Though

Solution:

As per the context of the given sentence, ‘since’ is the correct choice. The statement suggests that because the atmosphere had vitiated, the CVC had to intervene.

Q6. The Supreme Court will address the question ______ the ‘interim measure’ amounts to unlawfully curtailing the Director’s tenure or not.

Whether

Although

None of these

Solution:

Since at the end of the sentence ‘or not’ is used, it is very clear that the correct answer choice is ‘whether’.

Hence, option (b) is the correct answer here.

Q7. Today, a girl from a small village has ______ us about the precious gifts that God has given us, which are the real wonders.

Made

Reminded

Realised

Teached

None of these

Solution:

‘Reminded’ is the correct answer choice here.
There is no word called teached. The past form of the verb ‘teach’ is ‘taught’.

Q8. The State government has now declared categorically that its protection is ______ only to genuine devotees and not those trying to make a statement.

Referred

Prime

Offer

Available

None of these

Solution:

‘Available’ is the correct word for the given blank. None of the other words is grammatically correct.

Q9. The Statue of Unity, built as a tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, known as Iron Man of India, would be the ______ in the world and the quickest to be completed in just 33 months.

Huge

Stronger

One

High

Tallest

Solution:

In the given sentence comparative degree should be used.

Hence, option (e) is the correct answer here.

Q10. Ever since they institutionalised annual summit-level meetings in 2006, India and Japan have held a closely ______ world-view.

Watch

Declared

Aligned

Assort

Define

Solution:

‘Aligned’ is the correct answer choice here. ‘Closely aligned’ means having similar views or goals or opinion.

Q11. Akbar once put a question to his court that ______ everyone puzzled.

Left

Right

Centre

Top

Bottom

Solution:

In the given sentence, other than ‘left’ all other are completely out of context. Only it makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.

Q12. The Opposition parties on Sunday termed BJP president Amit Shah’s comments on the Supreme Court judgment ______ entry of women to the Sabarimala shrine as unconstitutional and contempt of court.

Declared

Described

Organised

Allowing

None of these

Solution:

‘Allowing’ is the correct answer choice to fit in the given blank. It fits in perfectly in the context and grammar of the sentence.

Q13. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said Mr. Shah’s comments were another ______ to first weaken and then finish off institutions.

Victory

Comment

Attempt

Association

None of these

Solution:

The correct answer choice here is ‘attempt’. It suggests that according to Congress spokesperson Amit Shah’s comments are another effort (attempt) to weaken and finish off institutions.

Q14. There was a big banyan tree, where two crows - husband and wife, had ______ a nice nest and made it their home.

Develop

Make

Announced

Separated

Prepared

Solution:

Very clearly, out of the given options the only correct and feasible option for the given blank is ‘prepared’.

Hence option (e) is the correct answer choice here.

Q15. Raj was upset because he had done poorly in his English test ______ his grandmother sat with him and gifted him a pencil. This puzzled him.

But

Therefore

Always

Meanwhile

Since

Solution:

‘But’ is the most appropriate choice to fill the given blank as the sentence is divided into two parts - although Raj performed poorly in his English test and was upset, yet his grandmother sat beside him. ‘But’ connects these two parts correctly.

Hence the correct answer choice is option (a).

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