English Quiz for IBPS Clerk 2015 – Set 1

Directions (Q. 1-10): Each question below has a blank/ two
blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word/
set of words from the five options for each blank that best fits the meaning of
the sentence as a whole.

1. His career was cut
short when he _______ to cancer.

1) Affect

2) effect

3) diagnosed

4) succumbed

5) suffered

2. The party suffered
a _______ defeat in the general election.

1) vast

2) majority

3) devastate

4) possible

5) humiliating

3. Keep your answers
as _______ as possible.

1) success

2) verbatim

3) succinct

4) modulate

5) length

4. I agreed _______
what she said in substance, though not _____ every detail.

1) In, with

2) to, in

3) with, with

4) for, at

5) from, for

5. Climate change is
still ____ much a subject ____ debate.

1) Mostly, to

2) many, from

3) much, form

4) very, for

5) pretty, from

6. Elections are
essential for the ____ of parliamentary decisions.

1) Continuous

2) monitoring

3) vital

4) approval

5) surveillance

7. Barons had to
swear an oath of ____ to the king.

1) Allegiance

2) administration

3) silence

4) request

5) promiscuous

8. Always chew food
well before ____ it.

1) Thrusting

2) putting

3) eating

4) swallowing

5) digesting

9. The ____ was
released to await trial but had to _________ her passport.

1) defendant, surrender

2) plaintiff, give in

3) dependent, submit

4) accused, give of

5) convict, abide

10. When you first
meet her, she gives a _______ impression of warmth and friendship.

1) Supper

2) superfluous

3) superficial

4) superlative

5) superiority