English Language Quiz For IBPS Clerk Mains 2023-19th September

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) I don’t think he feels I’m …….. of a crime but he knows I’m holding back on him.

(II) We are both …….. for sending the only innocent soul either of us has ever known to Hell.

(a) culprit

(b) culpable

(c) victim

(d) aggrieved

(e) patient

Q2.(I) The machine was set for “…….. selection” so no one was cheated.

(II) Do you think this was a ……… break in?

(a) planned

(b) impromptu

(c) candid

(d) random

(e) expected

Q3. (I) A monument was erected in 1901 to ……… the Russians who fell.

(II) Was residing at Orvieto; and it was to ……… this miracle that the existing cathedral was built.

(a) memorable

(b) commend

(c) appraise

(d) mark

(e) commemorate

Q4.(I) The teacher wanted to  ………. the importance of punctuality.

(II) He seemed to ………. the last word, as if to say–Yes, misfortune!

(a) emphasize

(b) incite

(c) force

(d) support

(e) pressurize

Q5.(I) There is a ………. of students that are willing to be first in line.

(II) The ……….. of tasty aromas made Kate hungrier as she waited for her own food.

(a) abandonment

(b) crowd

(c) bunch

(d) scarcity

(e) plethora

Directions (6-10): In the question given below two sentences which are grammatically correct and meaningful. Connect them by the word given below the statements in the best possible way without changing the intended meaning. Choose the best possible combination as your answer accordingly from the options to form a correct, coherent sentence.

Q6. (I) She had always wanted children,

(II) This wasn’t the way she had intended to start a family.

(a) through

(b) Although

(c) with

(d) And

(e) or

Q7. (I) Of the muscles of the hind-limbs

(II) Only a few can be mentioned.

(a) Nevertheless

(b) Although

(c) However

(d) Likewise

(e) And

Q8. (I) This investigation is not only one that is continuing and worldwide

(II) One that we expect to continue for quite some time.

(a) But

(b) Moreover

(c) So that

(d) Not only…..but also

(e) likewise

Q9. (I) I require of a visitor that he be not actually starving

(II) He may have the very best appetite in the world, however he got it.

(a) As

(b) Although

(c) Though

(d) But

(e) However

Q10. (I) I wanted to go to the beach

(II) it started raining, so I stayed home instead

(a) lest

(b) yet

(c) And

(d) or

(e) But

Solutions

S1. Ans.(b)

Sol. Culpable – Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, esp. as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy

S2. Ans.(d)

Sol. Random – unplanned; unexpected

S3. Ans.(e)

Sol. Commemorate – to serve as a memorial to someone or something

S4. Ans.(a)

Sol. Emphasize – to give stress or emphasis on someone or something

S5. Ans.(e)

Sol. Plethora – an abundance

S6. Ans.(b)

Sol. She had always wanted children, although this wasn’t the way she had intended to start a family.

S7. Ans.(d)

Sol. Of the muscles of the hind-limbs likewise only a few can be mentioned.

S8. Ans.(d)

Sol. This investigation is not only one that is continuing and worldwide but also one that we expect to continue for quite some time.

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol. I require of a visitor that he be not actually starving, though he may have the very best appetite in the world, however he got it.

S10. Ans.(e)

Sol. I wanted to go to the beach, but it started raining, so I stayed home instead.