English Questions For IBPS PO Mains 2017

Directions (1-10): Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Q1. Many account holders lost their lives while __________  in serpentine queues for hours together to ________  money, and for no fault on their part.
(a) waiting,  see
(b) standing, count
(c) getting, count
(d) standing, withdraw
(e) finding, receive

Q2. The coaching industry is a  __________  competitive market and it often happens that they glorify one service over the other and lure aspirants through their commercial advertisements by  __________  a lavish life.
(a) very,  represent
(b) most, present
(c) highly, portraying
(d)big, showing
(e) largely,  give

Q3. The Indian civil service is known for its ___________  and standard and this kind of a stray incident should not __________  the image of the services. 
(a) bright, forgive
(b) integrity, dent
(c) regard,  bend
(d) credit, modified
(e)  mainstream, dirt

Q4. A bank customer cannot be treated on a par with an _______ creditor of ________  regular business.  
(a) trustworthy, a
(b) unsecured, a
(c) possible, an
(d) trusted, an
(e) quick, the

Q5. The customer would need to _________ the level of toxicity of his bank with respect to its losses and accordingly keep switching bank __________ .
(a) check, data
(b) see, account
(c) monitor , accounts
(d) find, bulb
(e) renovate, lights

Q6. Drawing attention to the pitfalls of __________ solely on Uranium as a fuel for nuclear reactors, Indian scientists warned that Uranium will not last for long and thus research on Thorium as its __________ must be revived.
(a) using, substitute
(b) believing, replacement
(c) depending, reserve
(d) reckoning, option
(e) relying, alternative

Q7. In an effort to provide __________ for high education to all, most of the universities have been providing education without adequate infrastructure, thus churning our __________ graduates every year.
(a) chances, fresh
(b) platform, capable
(c) opportunities, unemployable
(d) prospects, eligible
(e) policy, incompetent

Q8. The move to allow dumping of mercury __________ an outcry from residents of the area who __________ that high levels of mercury will affect their health and destroy will affect their health and destroy ecologically sensitive forest area.
(a) resulted, insist
(b) provoked, fear
(c) incited, determined
(d) activated, accept
(e) angered, belief

Q9. __________ has been taken against some wholesale drug dealers for dealing in surgical items without a valid license and maintaining a stock of __________ drugs.
(a) Note, overwhelming
(b) Step, impressive
(c) Execution, outdated
(d) Action, expired
(e) Lawsuit, invalid

Q10. Even as the __________ elsewhere in the world are struggling to come out of recession, Indian consumers are splurging on consumer goods and to __________ this growth, companies are investing heavily in various sectors.
(a) economies, meet
(b) countries, inhibit
(c) governments, measure
(d) nations, inflict
(e) companies, counter