This section can be easy as pie if your basics are clear. Sometimes, even those who can communicate very well in English, fail to perform to the best of their ability in the banking exams. So, instead of boiling the ocean, try building up a strong vocabulary, an effective knowledge of grammar, and efficient comprehension skills so as to be on the ball to face this particular section. Here is a quiz being provided by Adda247 to let you practice the best of latest pattern English Questions.
Directions (1-15): For each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word/phrase from the alternatives that is most the appropriate substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
Q1. Batten: As the economy grows worse, investors need to batten down the hatches and prepare for tough times ahead.
(a)bereave
(b)forfeit
(c)oust
(d)fix
(e)drain
Q2. Consecrate: The little company of seven determined to consecrate their union by vows.
(a)enter
(b)smear
(c)desecrate
(d)dedicate
(e)rehearse
Q3. Burly: Several burly guards bowed to Sirian and Rissa and trailed them into the street.
(a)scrawny
(b)sturdy
(c)frail
(d)twiggy
(e)lean
Q4. Inured: Does violence on television inure children to violence in real life?
(a)disdain
(b)familiarize
(c)laxity
(d)scorn
(e)slight
Q5. Chimera: She notes that in Greek mythology, that third was known as a chimera.
(a)delusion
(b)dope
(c)verity
(d)papability
(e)gospel
Q6. Jingoism: When the war began many people were caught up in a wave of el
(a)aloofness
(b)stoicism
(c)apathy
(d)torpor
(e)nationalism
Q7. Covenant: The restrictive covenants of the building development prohibit the construction of buildings over 30 feet tall.
(a)writ
(b)refusal
(c)contract
(d)rebuff
(e)repulse
Q8. Hubris: His failure was brought on by his hubris.
(a)haughtiness
(b)homage
(c)compliance
(d)prizing
(e)liking
Q9. Doughty: But it’s been put back together with doughty resolution, notably up on the volcanic bump of the old town
(a)skittish
(b)prissy
(c)coy
(d)prim
(e)brave
Q10. Fulminate: I couldn’t even think up of a word bad enough to insult her with, I was fulminating with so much rage
(a)rail
(b)berate
(c)bluster
(d)fuming
(e)menace
Q11. Delves-The boy delved in his trouser pockets and his face fell.
(a)eschew
(b)examine
(c)scorn
(d)evade
(e)evade
Q12. Embellished: White walls are embellished with black grass wallpaper and surface details are defined in marble, natural stone and tiles
(a)place
(b)cover
(c)mar
(d)decorate
(e)revealed
Q13. Juggernaut: With the reveal of its best-selling innovation, the software company has become a juggernaut in the tech industry
(a)refers
(b)nomadic
(c)grudge
(d)powerful
(e)grievance
Q14. Irascible: It is a very quick and highly irascible beast and even known to turn on its pursuer.
(a)gelid
(b)frore
(c)algid
(d)hawkish
(e)grouchy
Q15. Imbue: His war experiences imbued him with a strong sense of patriotism.
(a)cloaca
(b)instil
(c)culvert
(d)conduit
(e)aperture
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