English Quiz for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2015 – Set 8

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Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. Here is a set of English Quiz for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2015.

Directions (Q. 1-5): 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. We were surprised
to know that our friend was of royal ______.

1) dissent

2) decent

3) descent

4) dissuade

5) dispute

2. ______ of the
highly educated people is a huge ______ on the country’s resources.

1) Fight, draw

2) Position, aspect

3) Plight, drain

4) Struggle, issue

5) Rank, exhaust

3. No ______ reasons
have been given for the sudden flight of refugees ______ this area.

1) proper, for

2) correct, along

3) suitable, among

4) valid, from

5) compelling, counter

4. The modern ______
of communication have ______ distance.

1) ways, deep

2) methods, destroyed

3) paths, shortened

4) means, annihilated

5) gadgets, developed

5. These remarks
about the dominance of casteism in elections are quite ____ to the present
____.

1) apposite, position

2) opposite, fact

3) relevance, media

4) significance, party

5) applaudable, generation

Directions (Q. 6 – 10):
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a
proper sequence to form a meaningful
paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

A) These days technology has revolutionized the very concept
of a wrist watch.

B) Almost a majority of the people wear a watch worn round
the wrist, it measures time in minutes, hours etc.

C) The day is not far when we shall have a little TV fitted
into a wrist watch.

D) A wrist watch may be wound or automatic.

E) Wrist watches have become an integral part of human
beings, due to their utilities.

F) One may have a choice of leather or metal of gold or silver
while choosing a strap for the wrist watch.

6. What is the LAST
sentence after rearrangement?

1) A 2) B 3) C 4) E 5) F

7. What is the THIRD
sentence after rearrangement?

1) A 2) B 3) D 4) F 5) E

8. What is the FIFTH
sentence after rearrangement?

1) A 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F

9. What is the FIRST
sentence after rearrangement?

1) B 2) A 3) C 4) D 5) E

10. What is the
FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?

1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F

Solutions – DBACFE

Regards

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