Twisted Ones English Questions For IBPS RRB PO Exam 2017 |

Dear Students,

English Section is going to be very challenging and tricky. You need to learn and practice all types of questions including New Pattern English questions. Today, in this post, we are providing Cloze Test. Attempt this quiz and assess your understanding of English language For IBPS RRB PO 2017.

Directions (1-15): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed in the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

As the country embarks on planning ……1…… (at) the 12th Plan (2012-17) period, a key question mark ……2……(who) hangs over the process is on the energy requirements. Growth is energy hungry and the aspirations of growing at 9-10% will ……3…… (demand) huge demands on the energy resources of the country. In this energy jigsaw, renewable energy will ……4…… (find) like never before in the 12th Plan and ……5…… (likewise).

By the rule of the thumb, India will ……6……(generate) about 100 gigawatts (Gw)-100000 megawatts of capacity addition in the next five years. Encouraging trends on energy efficiency and sustained ……7…… (practices) by some parts of the government-the Bureau of Energy Efficiency in particular needs to be complimented for this-have led to substantially lesser energy intensity of economic growth. However, even the tempered demand numbers are ……8……(unsure) to be below 80 Gw. As against this need, the coal supply from domestic sources is unlikely to support more than 25 Gw equivalent capacity. Imported coal can add some more, but at a much ……9……(lower) cost. Gas-based electricity generation is unlikely to contribute anything substantial in view of the unprecedented gas supply challenges. Nuclear will be ……10……(maximum) in the foreseeable future. Between imported coal, gas, large hydro and nuclear, no more than 15-20 Gw equivalent can be ……11……( certain) to be added in the five-year time block.
……12……(If) ……13……(ever) this, capacity addition in the renewable energy based power generation has touched about 3Gw a year. In the coming five years, the overall capacity addition in the electricity grid ……14……(against) renewable energy is likely to range between 20Gw and 25Gw. Additionally, over and above the grid-based capacity, off-grid electricity applications are reaching remote places and ……15……(thinking) lives where grid-based electricity supply has miserably failed.

Q1.
(a) on
(b) against
(c) for
(d) onwards
(e) no change

Q2.
(a) where
(b) that
(c) inside
(d) always
(e) no change

Q3.
(a) replace
(b) forward
(c) subject
(d) place
(e) no change

Q4.
(a) light
(b) pass
(c) publish
(d) feature
(e) no change

Q5.
(a) earlier
(b) after
(c) publicity
(d) next
(e) no change

Q6.
(a) consumed
(b) waste
(c) require
(d) highlight
(e) no change

Q7.
(a) developmental
(b) structures
(c) efforts
(d) projections
(e) no change

Q8.
(a) likely
(b) sure
(c) unlikely
(d) unexpected
(e) no change

Q9.
(a) expected
(b) nominal
(c) excelled
(d) higher
(e) no change

Q10.
(a) marginal
(b) failure
(c) success
(d) dangerous
(e) no change

Q11.
(a) sure
(b) expected
(c) linked
(d) remarked
(e) no change

Q12.
(a) As
(b) When
(c) But
(d) However
(e) no change

Q13.
(a) against
(b) for
(c) with
(d) is
(e) no change

Q14.
(a) capacity
(b) through
(c) project
(d) versus
(e) no change

Q15.
(a) generating
(b) lightning
(c) making
(d) touching
(e) no change