English Language Quiz For Bank Foundation 2024-05th February

Directions (1-5): In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each such sentence, there are four options with one word each. Fill up the blank with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.

Q1. I did not have enough to drink because Sally left only a ………….. of soda in the bottle.

(a) abundance
(b) plenty
(c) affluence
(d) paucity
(e) absent

Q2. Some small businesses were …………. following the recession; but unfortunately, many were defeated in hard economic times and had to close shop.

(a) weaken
(b) delicate
(c) volatility
(d) elasticity
(e) resilient

Q3. Because the ground is too warm, the snow will ………… as soon as it hits the ground.

(a) deliquesce
(b) dissolved
(c) subsumed
(d) adulteration
(e) moderate

Q4. During the concert, police officers were on hand just in case the crowd became ……………

(a) obedient
(b) complaisant
(c) fractious
(d) captivity
(e) management

Q5. The overpopulation of large snakes in the forest is …………… to the wild rat population.

(a) assistance
(b) stagger
(c) turpitude
(d) deleterious
(e) infliction

Solutions:

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Paucity: the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts.

S2. Ans.(e)
Sol. Resilient: (of a person or animal) able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.

S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. Deliquesce: (of a solid) become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Fractious: irritable and quarrelsome.

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. Deleterious: causing harm or damage.

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