English Language Quiz For Bank Foundation 2024-24th March

Directions (1-5): 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.

Q1. (I) We’re not against that as long as the design freedoms remain open and Formula One remains the __________________ of motor sport.
(II) He was approaching the __________________ of a brilliant career as a spokesman for the cause of Irish Unionism.

(a) Liberate
(b) Bashful
(c) Energize
(d) Pinnacle
(e) Germane

Q2. (I) If driven over hard they ……….. to the towns, where hands were needed as much as in the countryside, or migrated to districts where the statute was laxly administered.
(II) There upon he ……….. by night, and took sanctuary in the abbey of Beaulieu.

(a) eluded
(b) eloped
(c) abstained
(d) absconded
(e) vanished

Q3. (I) Pierre walked along, looking from side to side, counting his steps in threes, and ……….. them off on his fingers.
(II) But what then is to be made of the above ………… when it was taken over by the Apocalyptist who wrote in Domitian’s reign?

(a) reckoning
(b) beckoning
(c) writing
(d) hiding
(e) maintaining

Q4. (I) Among the other invertebrate groups there is also a large proportion of …….. species.
(II) Most notable of all, yellow fever was eradicated where it had been ………. for centuries.

(a) epidemic
(b) endemic
(c) endangered
(d) prevailing
(e) residing

Q5. (I) During the dry season the climate is healthy, but dysentery and ………. fever are not uncommon.
(II) By reason of their ……… action they are only suited for use in driving galleries or in pillar-and-stall workings.

(a) intermittent
(b) internment
(c) scattered
(d) rapidly
(e) drastic

Solutions:

S1. Ans. (d)
Sol. Pinnacle means “The most successful point” The culmination.
The highest level, Peak, Height, High Point/Spot, Summit, Top.
Pinnacle fits into both the blanks appropriately adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. abscond- to flee

S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. reckoning– the action of calculating or estimating

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. endemic- native to particular area or culture

S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. intermittent– stopping and starting at intervals

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