English Language Quiz For Bank Foundation 2024-13th January

Directions (1-5): In each of the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below the sentences, there are five options with a pair of words each. Fill up the sentences with the pair of words that make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the options could fill in the given blanks, mark your answer, “None of these”.

Q1.
(I) In addition to Airtel, the production house has _____________ up with online ticket booking app Bookmyshow and confectionery major Cadbury’s.
(II) For debt fund investors, safety must be __________________, followed by liquidity and then returns.

(a) Hard, Utmost
(b) Tied, Paramount
(c) Tangled, Chief
(d) Matted, Foremost
(e) None of these

Q2.
(I) We should now be focused on engaging with future with modern technology and modern ____________ and AI engagement.
(II) Our aim is to eventually bridge the gap on the learning and earning _________________ by helping learners in skilling and up-skilling for outcome-based career planning.

(a) Outfits, Choice
(b) Tools, Continuum
(c) Methods, Selection
(d) Ways, Medley
(e) None of these

Q3.
(I) the DMK’s ‘massive victory’ over the AIADMK’s showed the ________________ and the trust the people of the state had placed in the party.
(II) The tendency to forecast commodity prices based on events which may have a short shelf-life is dangerous and, therefore, best __________________.

(a) Fearlessness, Barred
(b) Bravery, Closed
(c) Confidence, Shunned
(d) Coolness, Ignored
(e) None of these

Directions (4-5): In each of the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence, there are five options and each blank is to be filled with the same word given below to make the sentence correct. Fill up the sentences with the correct word.

Q4.
(I) Lightening flashed in the east and thunder rumbled a __________ threat.
(II) His name is permanently associated with a __________ publication, written in 1568.

(a) lately
(b) belated
(c) posthumous
(d) antemortem
(e) postmortem

Q5.
(I) Matter was a potentially ____________ element.
(II) Grindal himself was, however, inclined to be ___________ from different motives.

(a) cooperative
(b) amiable
(c) yielding
(d) recalcitrant
(e) polite

Solutions:

S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘Tied, Paramount’ is suitable to fit in the given the blanks consecutively. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘Tools, Continuum’ is suitable to fit in the given the blanks consecutively. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

S3. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘Confidence, Shunned’ is suitable to fit in the given the blanks consecutively. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. posthumous- occurring, awarded, or appearing after the death of the originator.

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. recalcitrant- having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline.