English Language Quiz For IBPS Clerk Mains | 07-01-2020

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Mahendras has started special quizzes for IBPS clerk Mains, 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 IBPS exam and will be beneficial for your preparations. Here, we are providing you important questions of English Language for IBPS CLERK Mains 2019-20 exam.

Direction (1-5): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. 

The Indian Science Congress its 107th edition is under way in Bengaluru has (1)/__ as a reminder of the status accorded to science and technology in the early years of the Indian republic. Though the formation of the congress pre-dates the Indian republic, it was the  (2)/ nursery of modern science in the country. Early ideas of how science and technology could aid the development of the new nation were (3)/ at this coming together of scientists. It is for this reason that the congress, normally held in the first week of January, is inaugurated by the Prime Minister. The years since have seen the nature of the congress change: from one where scientists, in the era of postal communication, (4)/ to exchange scientific ideas to one today where it has become a ‘science mela’. The prime purpose of the ISC now is to draw school and science college students to hear Nobel Laureates and Indian-origin scientists from (5)/ to lecture about their work and the future prospects of science. The other draws are science projects and innovations by schoolchildren and stalls (6)/ scientific work being done in key national laboratories and institutions. 

But there is an unmistakable (7)/, a choreographed ennui, that has set in. In recent years, the congress often makes news for becoming a forum for pseudoscience and less for interesting scientific ideas or (8)/. Speakers — some holding distinguished positions in leading universities — have tended to mix mythology and science and publicize far-fetched assertions: that the Kauravas were born from stem-cell technology and the Vedas discussed avionics. While this has (9)/ the congress’s public image, the government itself does not seem too keen to vitalize it. The exhibits at several scientific laboratories are re-runs from old congresses, or from similar and past science fairs. Many laboratories showcase (10)/ work as ‘posters’ rather than actually showing demonstrations or working inventions. 

Q1. Choose the correct option for (1). 

A. Hold 

B. Refrain 

C. Served 

D. Keep 

E. Taken 

Q2. Choose the correct option for (2). 

A. Physical 

B. Ignorant 

C. Intellectual 

D. Subjective 

E. Simple 

Q3. Choose the correct option for (3). 

A. Incubated 

B. Deposition 

C. Ousting 

D. Overthrow 

E. Enact 

Q4. Choose the correct option for (4). 

A. Dispersed 

B. Divided 

C. Separated 

D. Spread 

E. Congregated 

Q5. Choose the correct option for (5). 

A. Close 

B. Residual 

C. Abroad 

D. Surplus 

E. Peculiar 

Q6. Choose the correct option for (6). 

A. Camouflage 

B. Mask 

C. Conceal 

D. Obscure 

E. showcasing 

Q7. Choose the correct option for (7). 

A. Improvement 

B. Ascent 

C. Flourish 

D. Decay 

E. Ripening 

Q8. Choose the correct option for (8). 

A. Demonstrations 

B. Concealment 

C. Contradiction 

D. Denial 

E. Veto 

Q9. Choose the correct option for (9). 

A. Rebuild 

B. Build 

C. Neglect 

D. Eroded 

E. Constructed 

Q10. Choose the correct option for (10). 

A. Its 

B. Their 

C. There 

D. Who 

E. Which 

Answers: 

Q.1(c) 

Q.2(c) 

Q.3(a) 

Q.4(e) 

Q.5(c) 

Q.6(e) 

Q.7(d) 

Q.8(a) 

Q.9(d) 

Q.10 (b)