English Language Quiz For Bank Mains Exam 2023-24th October

Directions (1-5) The following sentences contain three blanks each which prevent them from forming a coherent sentence. Choose the combination of words which will be used to complete the sentence and make it meaningful. If none of the combinations fit in the blanks, then choose option (e) ‘none of these’ as your answer.

Q1. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva ________________ India’s help to Sri Lanka in tackling its economic crises while ________________ Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman that the IMF would continue to actively ________________ with the island nation.

(a) spurred, yanking, wrangle
(b) halted, jilting, invoke
(c) appreciated, assuring, engage
(d) deigned, obscured, placate
(e) none of these

Q2. In its recent report on the state of human rights in India, the US state department has ________________ several cases where the freedom of the press was ________________ – noting that there were instances when the government “pressured or harassed media outlets” that were ________________ of it.

(a) identified, violated, critical
(b) jabbed, underscored, insatiable
(c) decried, warranted, scrupulous
(d) postulated, inferred, capricious
(e) none of these

Q3. The use of ________________ by the US and its allies against Russia as a possible ________________ mechanism was expected ever since the country ________________ decided to engage in a large-scale “military operation” in Ukraine.

(a) occults, zenith, punctually
(b) rabbles, scapegoat, suspiciously
(c) impasses, threshold, keenly
(d) sanctions, deterrence, unilaterally
(e) none of these

Q4. Japanese researchers have developed ________________ chopsticks that ________________ salty tastes, ________________ helping those who need to reduce sodium in their diets.

(a) computerised, enhance, potentially
(b) mandatory, capitalize, reluctantly
(c) exotic, obtrude, kind-heartedly
(d) bronchial, lament, loftily
(e) none of these

.Q5. Amidst the ________________ fintech revolution, the biggest risk of cryptocurrency could be money ________________ and its use for financing ________________, said Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday (local time).

(a) agrarian, infuriating, harangue
(b) fearsome, quashing, manacle
(c) pioneering, laundering, terror
(d) marginal, hankering, reliance
(e) none of these

Solutions

S1. Ans (c)
Sol. The correct combination of words that will be make the sentence coherent is appreciated, assuring, engage.
Appreciate- to recognize the quality, significance, or magnitude of.
Assure- tell someone something positively to dispel any doubts.
Engage- participate or become involved in.
S2. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct combination of words that will be make the sentence coherent is identified, violated, critical.
Identify- establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is.
Violate- break or fail to comply with (a rule or formal agreement).
Critical- expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements.

S3. Ans (d)
Sol. The correct combination of words that will be make the sentence coherent is sanctions, deterrence, unilaterally.
Sanctions- Economic sanctions are commercial and financial penalties applied by one or more countries against a targeted self-governing state, group, or individual.
Deterrence- the action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.
Unilaterally- used to indicate that something is done by only one person, group, or country involved in a situation, without the agreement of others.
S4. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct combination of words that will be make the sentence coherent is computerised, enhance, potentially.
Computerised- functioning upon or through the medium of computers; digital.
Enhance- intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of.
Potentially- used to describe the possible results or effects of something
S5. Ans (c)
Sol. The correct combination of words that will be make the sentence coherent is pioneering, laundering, terror.
Pioneering- involving new ideas or methods.
Laundering- conceal the origins of (money obtained illegally), typically by transfers involving foreign banks or legitimate businesses.
Terror- extreme fear.