English Quizzes, for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2021

Directions (1-10): In the passage given below there are blanks which are to be filled with the options given below. Find out the appropriate pair of words in each case which can most suitably complete the sentence without altering the meaning of the statement.

Information technology is not just (1)……… markets; it is also making them (2)………., particularly for household consumers. From pretty much anywhere in the world, one can now (3)……… out goods and services, compare prices from multiple sellers, and give (4)………. shipping and delivery instructions, all with a mouse click or a screen tap. No doubt, this is a dream come true for anyone who (5)………. shopping in real, hands-on markets, with sellers (6)………. their wares on store shelves, on public squares, or along dusty roads. In many cases, routine purchases (7)…….. long waits or (8)……… bargaining. But with online markets, savings are (9)……… in many dimensions, and transaction costs are (10)……… reduced at all stages of the process.

Q1.
(a) transmitting
(b) transplanting
(c) transforming
(d) transacting
(e) translucent

Q2.
(a) dominating
(b) unilateral
(c) omniscient
(d) vanished
(e) ubiquitous

Q3.
(a) purchase
(b) search
(c) get
(d) stole
(e) sell

Q4.
(a) detailed
(b) explained
(c) perfect
(d) complete
(e) absolute

Q5.
(a) grew away
(b) grew up
(c) grew out
(d) grew in
(e) grew off

Q6.
(a) spreading
(b) staring
(c) demanding
(d) displaying
(e) decorating

Q7.
(a) required
(b) acquired
(c) retired
(d) consisted
(e) contained in

Q8.
(a) intensive
(b) unhealthy
(c) extensive
(d) healthy
(e) contracted

Q9.
(a) resided
(b) spreading
(c) plotted
(d) generated
(e) manufactured

Q10.
(a) bluntly
(b) sharply
(c) blatantly
(d) rudely
(e) completely

Directions (11-15): In the passage given below there are blanks which are to be filled with the options given below. Find out the appropriate word in each case which can most suitably complete the sentence without altering the meaning of the statement.

Now that the Karnataka election is over, the Centre has finally (11)…………… the courage to submit a draft scheme in the Supreme Court to (12)………….. the final decision on (13)……………… the Cauvery waters among the riparian States. The draft, which gives no name for the authority it (14)……………… to create to monitor implementation of the Cauvery Tribunal’s final award, as (15)………………. by the Supreme Court, has been largely drawn from the Tribunal’s directions
Q11.
(a) contributed
(b) mustered
(c) managed
(d) developed
(e) mastered

Q12.
(a) regulate
(b) execute
(c) implement
(d) start
(e) reject

Q13.
(a) sanitizing
(b) proportionate
(c) distribute
(d) rationalize
(e) apportioning

Q14.
(a) proposes
(b) imposes
(c) offers
(d) provides
(e) tries

Q15.
(a) institutionalized
(b) regulated
(c) sanctioned
(d) created
(e) modified

Solutions

S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. transforming- changing

S2. Ans.(e)
Sol. ubiquitous- present everywhere

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. search- find

S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. detailed- thorough

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. grew up- to start to develop

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. displaying- showing off

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. required- essential; needed