English Quiz for IBPS Clerk V Prelims – Set 13

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

Directions (Q. 1-10): 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 are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.
Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Today experts all over the world
are of the opinion that agriculture will affect the future of the world. The
world has a serious food _____(1) and the only way to solve _____(2) is if more
people take up _____(3). Moreover since the 1980s, technology and finance jobs _____(4)
been the basis of America’s economy. _____(5), in recent times, farmers’
incomes have risen _____(6). It has also been a long time _____(7) farming was
a major source of employment, but data _____(8) that unemployment in America is
_____(9) in states where farming is the _____(10) occupation. As the demand for
food is rising – what the world needs today is more farmers.

1. 1) trouble 2) problem 3) doubt 4) discussion 5)
production

2. 1) how 2) usually 3) it 4) these 5) which

3. 1) farming 2) time 3) matter 4) offer 5) job

4. 1) also 2) has 3) not 4) have 5) were

5. 1) However 2) Instead 3) Despite 4) Again 5) Still

6. 1) much 2) up 3) above 4)sharply 5)highly

7. 1) when 2) since 3) while 4) as 5) after

8. 1) collected 2) informs 3) calculate 4) analysed 5) show

9. 1) lowest 2) smaller 3) decreased 4) important 5) not

10.1) mostly 2) best 3) suitable 4) superior 5) main

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