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 -19 exam.
Q1-10. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
A family of crabs lived on the shores of a giant blue sea. They frolicked in the sands and ate mussels, clams and other small sea creatures. One day the mother crab saw a beautiful crane walking about in the sand, as straight graceful walk in its long reed-like legs.
"How graceful that crane looks,” she thought to herself. Then she caught sight of her son waddling towards her and felt very irritated. “And how clumsy my son is. He is like a moving sack.”
"Why do you walk like that?” she snapped, when he came nearer. “Instead of this awkward one-sided gait, use your 1 legs to walk straight. And gracefully,” she added.
"How do I walk straight mother?” asked the bewildered little crab. “I have only known to walk like this. “But his mother insisted he could walk straight, and it would not be too difficult if he tried. So the little crab tried, and failed. “Why don’t you show me how to walk straight, mother?” he told her. “If you show me the straight way, I’m sure I will catch on. “So the mother tried to show her son how to do the straight walk, but no matter how hard she tried, she could not. Her legs did not seem to be suited to walking straight. “I give up,” she said, panting after several unsuccessful attempts. “Forget it child, I don’t think nature intended for us to duplicate the crane’s walk.”
Q1. Why was the mother crab irritated?
1. To see her son’s walk
2. Because she had nothing to eat
3. She had broken her leg
4. Her son was not intelligent
5. None of these
Q2. The crane walked-
1. insultingly
2. mournfully
3. hopefully
4. Gracefully
5. faithfully
Q3. Where did the family of crabs live?
1. in the fields
2. in the river
3. on the mountain
4. under the rocks
5. On the seashore
Q4. What happened when the crane failed to walk properly?
1. He did not wish to learn further
2. He asked his mother to show how to walk properly
3. He received training from a trainer
4. He decided to walk the way he did earlier
5. None of these
Q5. Which of the following is FALSE according to the passage?
1. The crab finally learnt to walk like the crane.
2. The crab earlier moved like a moving sack.
3. The crab had 1 legs.
4. The crabs frolicked in the sands.
5. The walk of crane was better than that of the crab.
Q6. Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
AWKWARD
1. daring
2. troubled
3. clumsy
4. comfort
5. disagree
Q7. Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
BEWILDERED
1. confused
2. understood
3. associated
4. decided
5. combined
Q8. Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
DUPLICATE
1. decipher
2. imitate
3. scatter
4. Unmatched
5. draw
Q9. Choose the word which is most nearly the OPPOSITE in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
PANTING
1. breathing
2. relaxing
3. rounding
4. whipping
5. decorating
Q10. Choose the word which is most nearly the OPPOSITE in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
GIANT
1. big
2. creature
3. small
4. fault
5. unknown
Answers:
Q1. (1)
Q2. (4)
Q3. (5)
Q4. (2)
Q5. (1)
Q6. (3)
Q7. (1)
Q8. (2)
Q9. (2)
Q10. (3)
