English Language Quiz For Bank Mains Exam 2024-04th February

Directions (1-5): In the following questions, a word is given in bold followed by three sentences. Choose the appropriate option mentioning the sentence(s) that uses the highlighted word in a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful manner.

Q1.

Extort

(I) The owners, in turn, have called the lawyers shakedown artists bent on ruining their good reputations to extort money.
(II) Other extort or desired results of vaccination usually appeared in the first day or so after vaccination.
(III) When we lose touch with our authentic desire, we become listless and extort.

(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (III)
(d) Both (I) and (II)
(e) Both (II) and (III)

Q2.
Livelihood

(I) With businesses shut, fields untended and fishing abandoned many have lost their livelihoods as well as their homes, our correspondent says.
(II) People who do not travel into cities to work are much less likely to livelihoods restaurants, theatres and shops.
(III) The streets of Saigon livelihoods with people, noises, and smells like no other city in Asia.

(a) Only (I)
(b) Both (I) and (III)
(c)Only (II)
(d)Both (I) and (II)
(e)None of these

Q3.
Capricious

(I) The taiga and tundra of this region capricious with birds and animals, and bloom with wildflowers in early summer.
(II) Her admirers were capricious, returning to her at times, and then holding aloof again; and as for suitors, they entirely disappeared.
(II) Sponsorships like these keep the store’s name firmly in the minds of local bow hunters and motivate them to capricious the store.

(a) Both (I) and (III)
(b) Only (II)
(c) Only (I)
(d) Both (I) and (II)
(e) None of these

Q4.
Innate
(I) The songs are a little rawer this time around, though not drastically enough to innate long-time fans.
(II) It’s obvious that bad character traits such as anger, jealousy, and pride innate a person from others.
(III) In other words, one of our most essential abilities as humans, reading is the product of a combination of innate and learned traits.

(a)Both (I) and (III)
(b)Only (I)
(c)Only (III)
(d)Both (I) and (II)
(e)None of these

Q5.
Decorum
(I)Wishing to observe decorum she invited him to stay for supper, though absolutely nothing had been prepared for a guest.
(II) Although I deal with people at all levels, I maintain a level head and a certain level of decorum even when I am very friendly with colleagues.
(III) Sadie decorum acknowledgement that the woman was her mother.

(a)Both (I) and (III)
(b)Only (I)
(c)Only (II)
(d)Both (I) and (II)
(e)None of these

Solutions:

S1. Ans. (a)
Sol. The term ‘extort’ means ‘obtain by coercion or intimidation’.

S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘Livelihood’ means ‘the financial means whereby one supports oneself’.

S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. ‘Capricious’ means ‘given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour’

S4. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘Innate’ means ‘inborn; natural’.

S5. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘Decorum’ means ‘propriety in manners and conduct’.

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