English Quiz for IBPS PO Prelims – Set 5



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Directions (Q. 1- 2):
Each question below has four sets of words in which one pair is synonym pair or

antonym pair, identify the pair which is
thus related and mark your answer.
1. 1) Upbraid –– revile
2) Mortification –– sagacity
3) Aesthetic –– Sonorous
4) Stupor –– vague
2. 1) Indolent –– Machiavellian
2) Paradigm –– fervent
3) Obfuscator –– passionate
4) Niggardly –– generous
Directions (Q. 3-12):
In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These

numbers are printed below the passage
and against each, five words/ phrases are suggested, one of
which fits the blank appropriately. Find
out the appropriate word/ phrase in each case and mark your
answer.

Demography is the statistical study
of populations, ______ (3) of human beings. As a very general science, it can
______ (4) any kind of dynamic living population, i.e., one that changes over
time or space. Demography ______ (5) the study of the size, structure, and
distribution of these populations, and spatial and/or temporal ______ (6) in
them in response to time, birth, migration, ageing, and death. Based on the demographic
research of the earth, earth’s population up to the year 2050 and 2100 can be
estimated by the demographers. Demographic analysis can cover whole societies, or
groups defined by criteria such ______(7) education, nationality, religion and
ethnicity. Educational institutions usually treat demography as a field of
sociology, though there are a number of independent demography ______(8).
Formal demography limits its ______(9) of study to the measurement of population
processes, while the broader field of social demography or population studies
also analyzes the relationships ______(10) economic, social, cultural and biological
processes influencing a population. Direct data ______(11) from vital
statistics registries that track all births and deaths as well as certain
changes in legal status such as marriage, divorce and migration. In developed
countries with good registration systems (such as the United States and much of
Europe), registry statistics are the ______ (12) method for estimating the
number of births and deaths.
3. 1) including 2) include
3) includes 4) inclusive
5) inclusion
4. 1) solve 2) analyze 3) react
4) resolve 5) enact
5. 1) circumvent 2) dodge
3) encompasses 4) evades
5) thwarts
6. 1) ramification 2) corollary
3) upshot 4) changes
5) revolutionize
7. 1) when 2) where 3) soon
4) which 5) as
8. 1) departments 2) session
3) meetings 4) gathering
5) assembly
9. 1) position 2) object
3) entity 4) article
5) pointed
10. 1) among 2) along
3) between 4) with
5) belong
11. 1) reach 2) states
3) meets 4) comes
5) attain
12. 1) suitable 2) agrreable
3) registered 4) recorded
5) best



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