English Language Quiz For IBPS PO Prelims 2023 -22nd September

Directions (1-8): 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 blank to make it a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. If none of the options could fit in the blank, mark your answer as ‘None of these’; (e).

Q1. The report will do much to _______________ parents at the school.

(a) Continuance

(b) Probability

(c) Reassure

(d) Highlighted

(e) None of these

Q2. Media groups invest huge sums on __________________ and in political donations to defend their interests.

(a) Lobbying

(b) Pushed

(c) Throwback

(d) Sustained

(e) None of these

Q3. Many borrowers now find themselves caught in a ________________ financial position.

(a) Defer

(b) Adjourn

(c) Precarious

(d) Continues

(e) None of these

Q4. A period spent working abroad had done nothing to _________________ him.

(a) Learned

(b) Scholarly

(c) Experienced

(d) Mellow

(e) None of these

Q5. There’s a lot of _________________ about that issue – for every person firmly in favour, there’s someone fiercely against it.

(a) Disputable

(b) Contention

(c) Questioned

(d) Conflicted

(e) None of these

Q6. The _______________ coincidence that led to the tragedy was made clear by accident investigators’ measurements.

(a) Dead

(b) Evils

(c) Malign

(d) Conducive

(e) None of these

Q7. The President is attempting to _______________ the notion that he has neglected the economy.

(a) Purged

(b) Elimination

(c) Dispel

(d) Cancelled

(e) None of these

Q8. Some of the new findings, though, support previously ____________________ folk wisdom about alcohol and caffeine.

(a) Requests

(b) Unsubstantiated

(c) Claims

(d) Appealed

(e) None of these

Directions (9-10): 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).

Q9. As long as you’re able to _______________________with each other, then, really, there’s no reason to prevent a person from saying what he wants.

(I) Exorbitant

(II) Allure

(III) Debate

(IV) Discuss

(a) (I) – (II)

(b) (I) – (IV)

(c) (II) – (III)

(d) (III) – (IV)

(e) All of these

Q10. If an actual litigant is not before the court, it becomes hard for a court to commiserate with the plight of the individual in the _______________________of a particular case.

(I) Meet

(II) occurrences

(III) Circumstances

(IV) Practical

(a) (I) – (II)

(b) (I) – (IV)

(c) (II) – (III)

(d) (III) – (IV)

(e) All of these

Solutions

S1. Ans. (c)

Sol. Reassure fits in the blank to make it a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

S2. Ans. (a)

Sol. ‘Lobbying’ fits in the blank to make it a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.

S3. Ans. (c)

Sol. Precarious fits in the blank to make it a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

S4. Ans. (d)

Sol. Mellow fits in the blank to make it a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.

S5. Ans. (b)

Sol. Contention fits in the blank to make it a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

S6. Ans. (c)

Sol. Malign fits in the blank to make it a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

S7. Ans. (c)

Sol. Dispel fits in the blank to make it a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.

S8. Ans. (b)

Sol. Unsubstantiated fits in the blank to make it a grammatically correct and contextually meaningful sentence. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.

S9. Ans. (d)

Sol. Both debate and discuss can coherently fit into the sentence. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.

S10. Ans. (c)

Sol. Both occurrences and circumstances can coherently fit into the sentence. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.