IBPS English Language (Fillers) Quiz : 17th March 2019 |

Dear Aspirants,

English Quiz For IBPS PO & Clerk 2019

IBPS had released the calendar for the Recruitment in 2019-20. Now the next step is to start practicing for the exams from now itself. Thus, the English Language can be an impetus for your success as it helps you save crucial time and score good points in lesser time and effort. 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 on English Language being provided by Adda247 to let you practice the best of latest pattern English Questions for IBPS PO and Clerk Examinations 2019-20.

Directions (1-5): 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.

Q1. the abandoned building in the middle (A)/ visitor in over two decades, because (B)/no one knows it is there (C)/ of the forest has not had a single (D)/

BCDA

ADCB

ADBC

DCBA

CDBA

Solution:

'ADBC' is the correct arrangement here.

Q2. will make your heart stronger (A)/eating healthy foods and doing (B)/ diseases because both of these things (C)/ exercise will help prevent heart (D)/

ACDB

ADCB

CDBA

BDCA

BCDA

Solution:

'BDCA' is the correct arrangement here.

Q3. inapt at his job, the man (A)/decided that his fear of (B)/ from being a good doctor (C)/ blood might stop him (D)/

DCBA

ABDC

CDBA

BDCA

BCDA

Solution:

'ABDC' is the correct arrangement here.

Q4. was ineffective, doctors (A)/although the treatment (B)/ learned a lot from (C)/the medicine’s failure (D)/

DCBA

BDCA

ABDC

CBDA

BACD

Solution:

'BACD' is the correct arrangement here.

Q5. nothing you can say will (A)/ you tried to steal (B)/ extenuate the fact that (C)/something that belongs to me (D)/

ACBD

ADBC

BACD

BDCA

DCBA

Solution:

'ACBD' is the correct arrangement here.

Directions (6-10): In each of the questions given below an incomplete sentence which must be filled/completed with one of the sentences given below .i.e. one of the sentences can be fit into the given blanks. Choose the correct option and complete the given sentences.

Q6. Although the prisoners of war were fed three meals a day, ------------------------------------- emaciated and hungry.

many of them still looks

many of the still looked

many off them still looked

many of them still looked

None of the above

Solution:

Option 'd' is correct here and makes the sentence meaningful. ‘Of’ will be used in this sentence and not ‘off’.

Q7. I was expecting the third movie -------------------------amazing, but it was in fact very underwhelming.

in the trilogy to be

in the trilogy too be

in the trilogy to been

in the trilogy too been

None of the above

Solution:

Option 'a' is correct here and makes the sentence meaningful.

Q8. Watching helplessly, the firefighters couldn’t do anything --------------------------------under control.

more too get the blaze

more to get the blaze

more to got the blaze

more to get them blaze

None of the above

Solution:

Option 'b' is correct here and makes the sentence meaningful.

Q9. With --------------------------scuba equipment, I can enjoy long subterranean explorations in the ocean.

them help of a

the helping of a

the help of a

the help of an

None of the above

Solution:

Option 'c' is correct here and makes the sentence meaningful. The article ‘a’ will be used here, as the word ‘scuba’ doesn’t start with a vowel.

Q10. Because the puppy -----------------------------several days, it was now so emaciated that its bones were visible through its skin.

had gone unfed for

have gone unfed for

had gone unfed of

have gone unfed of

None of the above

Solution:

Option 'a' is correct here and makes the sentence meaningful. Considering the time period mentioned in the sentence i.e. ‘several days’, the preposition ‘for’ will be used in this sentence.

Directions (11-15): In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each such sentence, there are five options with one word each. Fill up the blank with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.

Q11. The rare and ------------------------ soil-dwelling purple frog begins its life as a tadpole in certain fast-flowing streams of the Western Ghats.

foiled

envisaged

endangered

extinction

slave

Solution:

'Endangered' is the correct fit here and it means seriously at risk of extinction.

Q12. The first person to set foot on Mars is -------------------- to be a woman, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has said.

true

false

likely

misguided

claim

Solution:

'Likely' is the correct fit here.

Q13. NASA recently announced that it will have its first all-female spacewalk at the end of the month, when astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch will get to ----------------------- around in space.

float

roaming

moving

energetic

flee

Solution:

'Float' is the correct fit here.

Q14. Galaxies aren’t idle — they are constantly on the move, pulled around by the gravity of other galaxies in an ---------------------- intergalactic dance.

author

analogous

augment

precise

intricate

Solution:

'Intricate' is the correct fit here and it means very complicated or detailed.

Q15. Since we only have a ---------------------- budget for the party, we will not have a live band this year.

fulfil

significantly

generous

paltry