English Language Quize for Bank Foundation 2023-12th July

Directions (1-5): In each of the questions given below a pharse/idiom is given in BOLD and five options are given below it. You have to choose the option which best describes the meaning of the phrase/idiom.

Q1. A nine days’ wonder

(a) In short periods, not regularly
(b) An event which relates a sensation for a time but is soon forgotten
(c) Free from difficulties and dangers
(d) In a state where one does not know what to do
(e) To tackle a problem in a bold and direct fashion

Q2. Lock, stock and barrel

(a) To make a supreme effort
(b) Life full of quarrels
(c) Be precise, careful
(d) By fair or foul means
(e) The whole of everything

Q3. To set the Thames on fire

(a) To do something sensational or remarkable
(b) Make money unfairly
(c) A man of no substance
(d) Suspect something foul
(e) To live within one’s income

Q4. To commit to memory

(a) To apologize humbly and to yield under humiliating circumstances
(b) To abuse
(c) In a disordered/disorganized manner, chaotic
(d) To learn by heart
(e) To waste lavishly

Q5. To pick and choose

(a) Make imaginary schemes
(b) Avoiding the main topic
(c) To make a careful selection
(d) To join a popular activity or trend
(e) To remain neutral

Directions (6-10): In each of the questions given below, a sentence is given which is divided into FOUR parts such that the parts are jumbled and they do not make a meaningful sentence. Rearrange the following parts to form a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence and choose the correct rearrangement from the options given below each question.

Q6.
(A) tonnes of carbon annually by 2020
(B) GIM aims to increase forest/tree cover area by 5 million hectares (mha),
(C) to enhance the quality of another 5 mha of forest cover
(D) and to thereby achieve annual sequestration of 50-60 million

(a) ABDC
(b) ADBC
(c) BCDA
(d) CDAB
(e) DCBA

Q7.
(A) India under its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) submitted to
(B) the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (The Paris Agreement of 2015),
(C) tonnes of CO2 through additional forest cover by 2030
(D) pledges to create an additional carbon sink of 2.5-3 billion

(a) ABDC
(b) ADBC
(c) BCDA
(d) CDAB
(e) DCBA

Q8.
(A) truth and nonviolence the law of life
(B) we are determined to make the law of
(C) every problem lends itself to a solution if
(D) my daily experience is that

(a) ABDC
(b) ADBC
(c) BCDA
(d) CDAB
(e) DCBA

Q9.
(A) to carry on with his experiments in social
(B) engineering through the non-violent path of satyagraha
(C) the belief that human nature is a developing entity
(D) that is capable of change had energized Mahatma Gandhi

(a) ABDC
(b) ADBC
(c) BCDA
(d) CDAB
(e) DCBA

Q10.
(A) mankind has lived for thousands
(B) still the case for 30 per cent of its villages,
(C) but no substitute has yet been found for water
(D) of years without electricity, as indeed is

(a) ABDC
(b) ADBC
(c) BCDA
(d) CDAB
(e) DCBA

S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. A nine days’ wonder: An event which relates a sensation for a time but is soon forgotten

S2. Ans.(e)
Sol. Lock, stock and barrel: The whole of everything

S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. To set the Thames on fire: To do something sensational or remarkable

S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. To commit to memory: To learn by heart

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. To pick and choose: To make a careful selection

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. The correct rearrangement is BCDA.

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. The correct rearrangement is ABDC.

S8. Ans.(e)
Sol. The correct rearrangement is DCBA.

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. The correct rearrangement is CDAB.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. The correct rearrangement is ADBC.