English Quiz for RBI Grade B Phase I & BMSB PO 2016 – Set 8


Hello and welcome to exampundit . Here is a set of English Quiz for upcoming RBI Grade B Phase I and BMSB PO 2016 Exams.

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.
The Government seems to be in
right earnest to ensure more _______(1) in governance. The Prime Minister’s
announcement that his Government is _______(2) drafting legislation to _______(3)
the citizen’s right to information is indeed welcome . Though the talk on the
right to information is not new, we may _______(4) the bill to be brought early
this time. The previous Government had set up a high-level committee to _______(5)
a draft bill. But nothing has been heard about the matter since, _______(6) the
committee did quite some work. The issue, however, has come to such a pass that
a solution cannot be _______(7) further. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, a
foreign judge once said, while _______(8) the unwarranted secrecy in an
administrative system. When those in authority know that people have the right
to ask questions and the government is under the _______(9) to provide them
with answers, _______(10) of authority, or of public finances, for personal or
party ends is less likely to happen.
1. 1) strictness 2) rudeness 3) leniency 4) economy 5)
transparency
2. 1) personally 2) busy 3) not 4) reluctantly 5) absolutely
3. 1) presumption 2) absolve 3) curb 4) question 5)
establish
4. 1) expect 2) wait 3) try 4) frustrate 5) appeal
5. 1) level 2) regard 3) prepare 4) enact 5) unearth
6. 1) even 2) as 3) because 4) until 5) though
7. 1) found 2) expected 3) delayed 4) looked 5) longed
8. 1) nurturing 2) criticising 3) demanding 4) appreciating 5)
upholding
9. 1) pretention 2) affect 3) substance 4) obligation 5)
property

10. 1) misuse 2) governance 3) dishonour 4) curbing 5)
breach

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