English Language Quiz For IBPS Clerk Prelims 2023 -01st July

Directions (1-5): In each of the following sentence, there is a blank given. Below the sentences, there are five options with a word fitting in each. Fill up the sentence with the word given in the space so as to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.

Q1. Work is more entertaining for your brain–and therefore makes you more alert–when you _______________ as many of your senses as possible.

(a) recommend
(b) minor
(c) engage
(d) sentiment
(e) None of these.

Q2. If you are following ___________________ fasting then I recommend that you eat a lunch that has at least 30 grams of fat in it.

(a) dealing
(b) anger
(c) poured
(d) intermittent
(e) None of these.

Q3. The world’s most innovative companies prosper by _________________ on the divergent associations of their founders, executives, and employees.

(a) achieve
(b) stabilize
(c) capitalizing
(d) aimed
(e) None of these.

Q4. To _____________ your own observational skills, watch how certain customers experience a product or service in their natural environment.

(a) fragile
(b) service
(c) sharpen
(d) script
(e) None of these.

Q5. To improve your networking skills, contact the five most creative people you know and ask them to share what they do to ______________ creative thinking.

(a) stimulate
(b) tout
(c) ponder
(d) novice
(e) None of these.

Directions (6-10): In each of the following questions, a statement is given with a single blank followed by five options. Choose the option that can fit in the combination of words in blank to make it a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. If all of the options can fit in the blank, mark your answer as ‘All of these’; (e).

Q6. The government needs to ensure that all _______________________in clinical practice to facilitate abortions are followed in health care institutions across the country.

(I) Norms
(II) Protocols
(III) Compressions
(IV) Replete

(a) (I) – (II)
(b) (I) – (IV)
(c) (II) – (III)
(d) (III) – (IV)
(e) All of these

Q7. Political discourse in India today seems to invite the full gamut of ____________________on free speech that the Constitution prescribes.

(I) Strict
(II) Regulations
(III) Restrictions
(IV) Boring

(a) (I) – (II)
(b) (I) – (IV)
(c) (II) – (III)
(d) (III) – (IV)
(e) All of these

Q8. Not only is the Ministry’s recommendation highly _______________________, but also runs counter to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s current practice.

(I) Irresponsible
(II) Perfumed
(III) Acquisitive
(IV) Dangerous

(a) (I) – (II)
(b) (I) – (IV)
(c) (II) – (III)
(d) (III) – (IV)
(e) All of these

Q9. Of the 41,130 projects for _______________________, 99% would be finished within two years.

(I) Reconstruction
(II) Rehabilitation
(III) Honest
(IV) Slowness

(a) (I) – (II)
(b) (I) – (IV)
(c) (II) – (III)
(d) (III) – (IV)
(e) All of these

Q10. The framers were worried about communal rioting in a charged environment that was _______________________by the influx of a large number of refugees in India.

(I) Gloomy
(II) Created
(III) Brought
(IV) Calmed

(a) (I) – (II)
(b) (I) – (IV)
(c) (II) – (III)
(d) (III) – (IV)
(e) All of these

Solutions

S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. In the given sentence, the word ‘engage’ makes the sentence grammatically as well as contextually correct. While all other options are grammatically and contextually wrong.

S2. Ans. (d)
Sol. In the given sentence, the word ‘intermittent’ makes the sentence grammatically as well as contextually correct. While all other options are grammatically and contextually wrong.

S3. Ans. (c)
Sol. In the given sentence, the word ‘capitalizing’ makes the sentence grammatically as well as contextually correct. While all other options are grammatically and contextually wrong.

S4. Ans. (c)
Sol. In the given sentence, the word ‘sharpen’ makes the sentence grammatically as well as contextually correct. While all other options are grammatically and contextually wrong.

S5. Ans. (a)
Sol. In the given sentence, the word ‘stimulate’ makes the sentence grammatically as well as contextually correct. While all other options are grammatically and contextually wrong.

S6. Ans. (a)
Sol. Both norms and protocols can coherently fit into the sentence. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.

S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. Both restrictions and regulations can coherently fit into the sentence. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. Both irresponsible and dangerous can coherently fit into the sentence. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

S9. Ans. (a)
Sol. Both reconstruction and rehabilitation can coherently fit into the sentence. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.

S10. Ans. (c)
Sol. Both created and brought can coherently fit into the sentence. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.