IBPS PO Quiz For English Language | 18 - 08 - 17

Cloze Test

Go through the following passage and choose the most suitable word from the given options corresponding to each numbered blank:

The Prime Minister’s Office has reportedly directed the finance ministry to make good (1) ………… losses of the Railways in operating several non-profitable strategic lines in hilly, coastal and backward areas. It points to a welcome change of track in rail finances, but a lot more traction is (2) ………….. for the Railways to gainfully and sustainably meet its social (3) ………. The expenses on strategic lines is but a small (4) ………of the total social service obligations of the Railways, estimated to be over Rs 34,000 crore annually. 

Following the (5) …….. of the rail budget with the Union Budget, the practice of reimbursing the Railways for operating the non-viable strategic lines had been questionably discontinued. However, going forward, the entire social service obligation of the Railways surely need to be (6) ………… by three tiers of government: the Centre, the concerned state and possibly municipal (7) ………….. The way ahead for the Railways is to follow commercial accounting practices to duly keep the tab on social costs. To fast-track the (8) …………of the Railways, the costs of meeting attendant social obligations need to be speedily (9) ……….. It would then make it possible for the Railways to better (10) ………… resources for revamp and express up gradation of facilities, and, in the process, opt for modular investments. 

Q1: (A) Frequent

(B) Recrudesce

(C) Recurring

(D) Chronic

Q2:(A) Warranted

(B) Entitled

(C) Approved

(D) Authorized

Q3:(A) Commitments

(B) Obligations

(C) Duties

(D) Responsibilities

Q4:(A) Part

(B) Fragment

(C) Division

(D) Fraction

Q5:(A) Amalgamation

(B) Unification

(C) Consolidation

(D) Merger

Q6:(A) Subsidized

(B) Fund

(C) Capitalized

(D) Financed

Q7:(A) Association

(B) Corporation

(C) Bodies

(D) Representatives

Q8:(A) Newness

(B) Modernization

(C) Face-lifting

(D) Renewal

Q9:(A) Repaid

(B) Compensated

(C) Reimbursed

(D) Refunded

Q10:(A) Allocate

(B) Assign

(C) Distribute

(D) Dispense

Answers: 

1 (C) Recurring

2 (A) Warranted

3 (B) Obligations

4 (D) Fraction

5 (D) Merger

6 (D) Financed

7 (C) Bodies

8 (B) Modernization

9 (C) Reimbursed

10 (A) Allocate