Dear Readers,
As IBPS has released the official notification of the Common Recruitment Process for RRBs (CRP RRBs VII) for recruitment of Group “A”-Officers (Scale-I, II And III) and Group “B”-Office Assistant (Multipurpose) and the exam is going to be held in the month of August 2018 and September 2018 for both the posts. 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 RRB 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 RRB 2018 exam.
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 have been suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Ever since man (1) the practical utility of money power, he has been (2) like a wealth-hunter, and his rapacious instincts have allowed him no respite from the pursuit of riches. Why does he hunt the (3) metal called gold ? He wants to live in palatial buildings, drink the delights of a life of luxury and (4) wealth that knows no limits. While a jungle beast such as the tiger would stop all murderous attacks on its prey and retire to rest in its lair as soon as it has satisfied its hunger man whose greed knows no limits (5) to feed his lust for money even after he has piled up billions in his coffers. In our country bureaucrats, politicians, business magnates and even professionals like lawyers and doctors whom either luck or their inherent competence has placed on the top rung of the ladder of success are seen to be (6) money day and night. Wealth collecting is the be-all and the end-all of their life.
Twentieth-century man who is proud of his (7) civilization has been fighting wars to enslave his fellowmen in distant countries and continents, to(8) empires and to cart away gold diamonds, oil spices and other (9) commodities of foreign countries to the lands of conquerors. He has been engaged in most reprehensible acts of exploitation, because he worships the goddess of greed for whom he has built a permanent shrine in his heart and as a result today no country is free from the vice of (10)
Q.1. (1) tried (2) discovered (3) thinks (4) known (5) realise
Q.2. (1) behaving (2) acted (3) showing (4) pretending (5) copying
Q.3. (1) worthless (2) precious (3) cheap (4) ordinary (5) beautiful
Q.4. (1) gathered (2) collects (3) accumulate (4) arrange (5) wants
Q.5. (1) continues (2) never ending (3) starts (4) tries (5) expects
Q.6. (1) made (2) minting (3) looking (4) wanting (5) earning
Q.7. (1) scientific (2) latest (3) prolific (4) modernization (5) new
Q.8. (1) ruled (2) build (3) regime (4) make (5) destroy
Q.9. (1) worthy (2) developed (3) constructed (4) valuable (5) costly
Q.10. (1) population (2) exploitation (3) pollution (4) corruption (5) terrorism
ANSWERS
Q.1.(2) discovered
Q.2.(1) behaving
Q.3.(2) precious
Q.4.(3) accumulate – to collect
Q.5.(1) continues
Q.6.(2) minting
Q.7.(1) scientific
Q.8.(2) build
Q.9.(4) valuable
Q.10.(4) corruption
