IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains English Quiz: 23rd August 2019

IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Main English Quiz

With every day passed, competition is increasing in leaps and bounds and it is necessary to work smarter to sail through any exam. Having a proper study plan and the updated questions to brush up your knowledge in addition to well-organized study notes for the same can help you with your preparation. IBPS RRB PO/Clerk is going to be the tough exam so you can not afford to leave any important topics. If you deal with the section with accuracy, it can do wonders and can fetch you good marks. As English is the most dreaded subject among students, we are here to provide you with the new questions with the detailed solution so that you can make it this time in IBPS RRB PO/Clerk mains. Here is the English quiz for 23rd August 2019. This quiz is based on two topics-Cloze Test & Phrasal Verb Filler.

Directions (1-8): Read the following passage and answer the questions as directed. There are some blanks given in the passage based on which some questions are framed, and some words are highlighted as well to help you answer some of the questions. 

The Narendra Modi government’s proposal to ban e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) needs to be welcomed as such a move will ensure that Indians, especially, children, are kept away from these pernicious products. Such a ban has also been ……………….(A)by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), which called for a “complete prohibition on ENDS and e-cigarettes in India in the greater interest of protecting public health, in accordance with the precautionary principle preventing public harm from a noxious agent.”

(B) The Health Ministry last year sold (1) an advisory asking the States to manufactured (2) that products like e-cigarettes and e-nicotine-flavoured hookahs are not ensure (3), distributed advertised or issued (4).

Following this, 15 States, including Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir and Mizoram, banned them. (C)”Several of the bans was under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act or the Poisons Act, under which nicotine was included as a ‘poison’.” Further, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Anti-Smuggling Unit) and the Drug Controller General of India directed all their officials to ensure ………………….(D) with the advisory.

Introduced about 10 years ago in India, e-cigarettes rapidly gained popularity, especially among the youth. A ………………..(E)among students, parents and teachers that these cigarettes are free of nicotine also contributed to their appeal. The reality is that the tobacco industry, hit by the success of the state’s efforts to reduce tobacco use otherwise, ………………..(F)to hold on to customers who would have otherwise quit.

(G)Research after (1) that many youngsters, who would otherwise (2) have never started (3) using nicotine, took up conventional smoking suggests (4) being introduced to e-cigarettes.

(H) While the tobacco companies promotes e-cigarettes as a ‘less risky’ smoking option, some industry documents show that their real goal is to introduce ENDS products as an alternative to quitting. One company started selling its e-cigarette brand in 2014, promising that it will give the consumers the ‘pleasure of smoking any time anywhere’ (suggesting that they could use the product even at public places, where smoking is banned).

Further, even though warnings on many ENDS products clearly indicate that they are not a ‘smoking cessation product’, e-cigarettes are often promoted that way. Dozens of studies show that smokers who use e-cigarettes are less, not more, likely to quit smoking. In fact, most of them become ‘dual users’, continuing to smoke cigarettes while also taking to e-cigarettes. This makes them vulnerable to added health risks.

Q1. Which of the following word given in the options should come at the place marked as (A) in the above passage to make it grammatically correct and meaningful? Also, the word should fill in the two sentences given below to make them contextually correct and meaningful.

(I) Sun protection clothing such as rash guards are highly ………………………..   by dermatologists

(II) One of my professors ……………………. me for an internship and now I have a permanent job at the company.

(a)Recommended

(b)Excessive

(c)Perilous

(d)Prolonged

(e)None of these

S1. Ans. (a)

Sol. “Recommended” means “advised or suggested as good or suitable”. It perfectly fits in the blank (A) and in the given two statements as well. Hence, option (a) is correct answer choice.

(a)Excessive- more than is necessary, normal, or desirable; immoderate.

(b)Perilous- full of danger or risk.

(c)Prolonged- continuing for a long time or longer than usual; lengthy.

Q2. The sentence given in (B) has four words given in bold. Amongst the given bold words which of the followings must replace each other to make the sentence contextually correct and meaningful?

(a) Both 2-1 and 3-4

(b) Both 1-4 and 2-3

(c) Both 2-4 and 1-3

(d) 1-3

(e) 2-4

S2. Ans. (b)

Sol. After making the replacements, the sentence thus formed is “The Health Ministry last year issued an advisory asking the States to ensure that products like e-cigarettes and e-nicotine-flavoured hookahs are not manufactured, distributed advertised or sold.”

Q3. In the above passage, sentence (C) is italicized. There may or may not be an error in one part of the sentence, select the part having error it in.

(a)Several of the bans was under

(b)the Drugs and Cosmetics Act or the Poisons Act,

(c) under which nicotine were

(d)included as a ‘poison’

(e)Both (a) and (c)

Q4.  Which of the following should fill the blank given in (D) to make it contextually correct and meaningful?

(a) Paucity

(b)Estranged

(c)Envisage

(d)Compliance

(e)None of the above

S4. Ans. (d)

Sol. The blank ‘D’ is suitably fit by (d) ‘compliance’ which means “the action or fact of complying with a wish or command”.

(a) paucity- the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts

(b)Estranged –  no longer close or affectionate to someone; alienated.

(c)Envisage – contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event

Q5. Which of the following word given in the options should come at the place marked as (E) in the given passage to make it grammatically correct and meaningful? Also, the word should fill in the two sentences given below to make them contextually correct and meaningful. 

(a)Misgiving

(b)Misinterpret

(c)Mishandling

(d)Misbehaved

(e)Misconception

S5. Ans. (e)

Sol. Here option (e) “misconception” fits the best as per the intended meaning of the sentence. Rest of the options are either grammatically incorrect or are out of context.

Q6.  Which of the following phrases should fill the blank (F) to make it contextually and grammatically meaningful and correct respectively? 

(a) had developed such products

(b)were developed e-cigarettes

(c)denying the demands of tobacco users

(d)having cigarette consumers in mind

(e)keeping health of consumers

S6. Ans. (a)

Sol. Option (a) is suitable to fill in the blank (F) making the sentence both grammatically and contextually correct.

Q7. The sentence given in (G) has four words given in bold. Amongst the given bold words, which of the followings must replace each other to make the sentence contextually correct and meaningful?

(a) 1-3

(b) 1-4

(c) 2-3

(d) 2-4

(e) 3-4

S7. Ans. (b)

Sol. Here, replacing “after” with “suggests”, the sentence thus formed is “Research suggests that many youngsters, who would otherwise have never started using nicotine, took up conventional smoking after being introduced to e-cigarettes.”

Q8. In the given passage, (H) is given in italics. There may or may not be an error in one part of the sentence. Choose the part which has an error in it as your answer. 

(a)While the tobacco companies promotes e-cigarettes

(b) as a ‘less risky’ smoking option, some industry

(c) documents show that their real goal is to introduce

(d)ENDS products as an alternative to quitting

(e)None of these

S8. Ans. (a)

Sol. Instead of “promotes” it will be “promote”.

Directions (9-15): In each of the following questions, a sentence is given with the highlighted phrase. There are five words given below each sentence. Choose the word among the five options illustrating the meaning of the phrase. If no word illustrates the correct meaning then choose option (e), i.e. ‘None of these’ as your option. 

Q9. We will no longer have to worry about forgetting our chargers and having to ask around to find one that is compatible

(a)Ask or talk to

(b)Order to

(c)Rewarding

(d)Relinquishing

(e)None of these

S9. Ans. (a)

Sol. The phrase “Ask around” means “Asking or talking to people to get or learn something”.

Q10. My sister and I had a fall out a few years ago and we haven’t spoken in years. 

(a)Dismantling

(b)Disagreement

(c)Disdain

(d)Conformity

(e) None of these

Q11. The hospital orderlies took Christina and the nurse handed him a stack of papers to fill out.

(a)Putting

(b)Preventing

(c)Writing information

(d)Encouraging

(e) None of these

S11. Ans. (c)

Q12. The band could get away with it 30 years ago, but today’s demanding listener expects a bit more.

(a)Bring something with

(b)Stealing something

(c)Navigating

(d) To do without being noticed

(e) None of these

S12. Ans. (d) 

Sol. Here, the phrasal verb “get away with” means “to do without being noticed or punished”

Q13. Huey, excited by Robert’s ideas on deceit and self-deception, was eager for the three of us to get together.

(a)Gathering

(b)Bringing together something

(c)Collecting Pieces

(d)Complaining about

(e) None of these

S13. Ans. (a)

Sol. “get together” means to “gather or assemble “.

Q14. Republicans are willing to go over the fiscal cliff in a doomed effort to keep tax rates low for the highest income earners.

(a)Going somewhere

(b)Checking or examining

(c)Finding

(d)Intending

(e) None of these

Sol. “Go over” means “ to examine, check or consider something”

Q15. I’ll hand in my membership card and become a monk, take the vow and never return. 

(a)Sustain

(b)Submit

(c)Supply

(d)Soothing

(e) None of these