English Quiz for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2015 – Set 5

Directions (Q. 1-20): In the following passage, some of the words have
been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word
from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with
appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

Despite the global showdown, the
online shopping in India has ___(1)____. The ___(2)___ pace of online buying is
___(3)___ of the attractive discounted prices offered and the ___(4)___ of the
customers to research and compare the prices across several outlets.

The average frequency of online
___(5)____ in India grew up to 2.9 in the fourth quarter of 2008 from 2.6
during the same quarter in 2007, as ___(6)___ by the survey of MasterCard
Worldwide.

“The economic meltdown has
not ___(7)____ our business,” said the CEO of an e-commerce portal which
____(8)____ in personalized gifting and merchandise space in India, he said,
“Our business has ____(9)____ up to five times this year despite the
economic recession. Currently, we ___(10)____ a database of 25,000 designs
posted by a thousand designers so that the users can ___(11)___ their own
merchandise by selecting the designs sitting at home.”

The CEO also said that with the
__(12)__ in bandwidth penetration in India and the increasing awareness of
internet ___(13)___ people, the online shoppers sense the convenience to click
on the products they want to ___(14)___.

Holding onto a similar conviction,
the CEO of another Company said, “With the convenience of online buying,
___(15)___ can save their time and money to move ___(16)___ multiple outlets
for a product.” The online shoppers also plan their ___(17)___ in advance
and conduct research on their planned purchases. It becomes ___(18)___ for the
customers to decide the price at which they want the products.

Sharing views on this point, the
Manager of the e-commerce portal says, “Through the online shopping,
customers can ___(19)___ the objective of value of money during these tough
times.”

Today, India is the only country
where the 18 to 29 years age group has the highest average spend on online
shopping. In India, the popular online purchases ___(20)___ the home appliances
and the electronic gadgets like cell phones, camera, laptops and so on.

According to the survey, the e
-purchasing of electronic products has gone up, by 51 percent.

1. 

1) Increased

2) Populated

3) Decreased

4) Calculated

5) Stormed

2.

1) Jumping

2) Vast

3) Growing

4) Online

5) Much

3.

1) Resulting

2) Causing

3) Showing

4) Revolving

5) Because

4.

1) Ability

2) Popularity

3) Comfortability

4) Choosing

5) Buying

5.

1) Views

2) Purchases

3) Customers

4) Companies

5) Websites

6.

1) Declared

2) Reported

3) Recited

4) Confirmed

5) Described

7.

1) Infected

2) Affected

3) Assumed

4) Normalized

5) Legalized

8.

1) Affects

2) Conducts

3) Specializes

4) Scrutinizes

5) Improves

9.

1) Increased

2) Conducted

3) Socialized

4) Saw

5) Crumbled

10.

1) Possess

2) Scrutinize

3) Had

4) Are

5) Developed

11.

1) Convert

2) Document

3) View

4) Create

5) Inspire

12.

1) Agencies

2) Purchase

3) Viewing

4) Rise

5) Portals

13.

1) About

2) Before

3) Between

4) Among

5) Through

14.

1) View

2) Scrutiny

3) Examine

4) Purchase

5) Legalize

15.

1) Families

2) Companies

3) Viewers

4) Managers

5) Customers

16.

1) Across

2) Among

3) All

4) Through

5) Thorough

17.

1) Shops

2) Shopping

3) Viewing

4) Creating

5) Choosing

18.

1) Fun

2) Easy

3) Fantastic

4) Easier

5) Hectic

19.

1) Perform

2) Visualize

3) Attain

4) Differentiate

5) Love

20.

1) Have

2) Among

3) Throughout

4) Include

5) Excluding