As IBPS has released the official notification of the Common Recruitment Process for selection of personnel for Clerical cadre Posts and the exam is tentatively scheduled to be held December 2018 & January 2019. Looking at the notification, we have now started subject-wise quizzes for the exam. It will include quizzes of all the subjects- Quantitative Aptitude, English, Reasoning and Computer. All these quizzes will be strictly based on the latest pattern of the IBPS Clerk exam and will be beneficial for your preparations. So, keep following the quizzes which will provide you a set of 10 questions daily.
Here, we are providing you important questions of English Language for IBPS Clerk 2018 exam.
Q1-10. In the following passage there are blanks, each of which have been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage, against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
In recent times, there have been (1) of interesting developments around us that (2) us to change our way of working, the way we live our lives, the way we (3) relationships with other people and so many other things that we do everyday. But (4) all these changes around us, there are certain people who do not want to change, but take keen interest in (5) these changes.
It is (6) that change is difficult and there has been a lot of (7) for change in the workplaces. For those who do not like change and willing to (8) as they were in the past, it is the time for them to look around and must feel the change. Might it be automobile sector, banking sector, retail sector, manufacturing sector, service sector, education sector, FMCG sector, telecom sector or even in the public sector, there has been a tremendous change in the working (9) and the way they (10) their stakeholders.
Q1. (1) mostly (2) lots (3) less (4) many (5) heap
Q2. (1) forced (2) suggest (3) help (4) persuading (5) want
Q3. (1) made (2) live (3) develop (4) enjoy (5) conquer
Q4. (1) in spite (2) due to (3) as (4) despite (5) beside
Q5. (1) developing (2) adapting (3) criticizing (4) understanding (5) learning
Q6. (1) affordable (2) understandable (3) known (4) comprehend (5) desirable
Q7. (1) resistance (2) stand (3) repulse (4) check (5) co-operation
Q8. (1) remained (2) think (3) stop (4) halt (5) continue
Q9. (1) scale (2) patterns (3) skills (4) profession (5) companies
Q10. (1) reject (2) aid (3) serve (4) helped (5) educate
Answers
Q1.(2) lots of that shows more of something and here we are talking of developments so the option lots in appropriate.
For other options:-
- many is not followed by of
- heaps is inappropriate here its used for a group of things placed one on another in informal sense it shows very large amount of something but its inappropriate here.
Q2.(1) forced means persuaded
All other options are in the present tense so they cannot be used here.
Q3.(3) develop means to cause to grow or expand
For other options:-
- made means created 9its in past tense)
- live is inappropriate here as we don’t live our relationships with other people
- enjoy and conquer are also inappropriate here in case of relationships.
Q4.(4) despite means not withstanding
For other options:-
- inspite is used with of so it is inappropriate here.
- due to is followed by a noun.
E.g. He is absent due to illness
- as gives a reason for something
- beside means next to
Q5.(3) Criticizing means censuring or finding fault.
The other options would give an opposite meaning so they are inappropriate here.
Q6.(2) understandable means easy to understand
For other options :-
- affordable means that can be afforded so its not correct here
- known is the past of know that means to be aware of something.
- comprehend means to understand it is a verb so it cannot be used here
- desirable means that is needed or wanted.
Q7.(1) resistance means the act of opposing resisting or withstanding.
For other Options:-
- stand, check, repulse are verbs so they can’t be used here
- co-operation would go in a negative sense
Q8.(5) continue means keep doing something that is being done.
For other options:-
- remained is in the past tense so it can’t be used here.
- halt and stop would give an opposite sense
- thinks is inappropriate here as it is a perception.
Q9.(2) patterns means style (of working) so other options scale, skills, profession and companies are inappropriate here.
Q10.(3) serve means to render active service to some body.
For other options:-
- reject means to disapprove that is inappropriate & in an opposite sense.
- did means help somebody
- helped is in the past tense so it can’t be used here.
- educate is inappropriate here as we don’t educate the stakeholders.
