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.
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 blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Exposure to (1) sunlight and consuming a diet (2) in vitamin B will reduce risk of (3) from depression in later life. Researchers have found that children with low levels of vitamin D are more likely to suffer from (4) health problems such as depression in their teenage years. However, the study says those who get adequate vitamin D have 10 per cent lower (5) of developing depression. For their study, the researchers looked at vitamin D (6) in more than 2,700 children when they were (7) 9 and 13. Those with the lowest levels of vitamin D were more likely to show (8) of depression. Vitamin D is mainly made by the action of (9) on the skin. It’s also (10) in oily fish like tuna.
Q.1. (1) Directs (2) Bright (3) adequate (4) Setting (5) availability
Q.2. (1) fully (2) deficient (3) maximise (4) dipped (5) rich
Q.3. (1) suffering (2) attacked (3) suffrage (4) dead (5) health
Q.4. (1) rural (2) philosophical (3) mental (4) Detrimental (5) legal
Q.5. (1) case (2) dangerous (3) destiny (4) practice (5) risk
Q.6. (1) supply (2) levels (3) presented (4) penetrate (5) marked
Q.7. (1) at (2) old (3) upon (4) aged (5) age
Q.8. (1) signs (2) traced (3) exhibit (4) like (5) visionary
Q.9. (1) patches (2) water (3) sunlight (4) reaction (5) medicinal
Q.10. (1) lack (2) minutely (3) minimise (4) sufficiently (5) abundant
Answers:-
Q.1.(3) Adequate
For other options:
Directs- shows direction
Q.2.(5) Rich
For other options:
fully- completely
deficient- lacking
Eg-The food was deficient in taste
Q.3.(1) Suffering
For other options:
suffrage- right to vote
Eg- A great number of people exercised their suffrage in the recent election.
Q.4.(3) Mental
For other options:
detrimental- deteriorating
legal- within the limits of legal system
Q.5.(5) Risk
Q.6.(2) Levels
For other options:
penetrate- to go deeper into something
Eg- The company is trying to penetrate the rural market with its new products.
marked- noticed
Q.7.(4) Aged
Q.8.(1) Signs
For other options:
traced- found
exhibit- to show
visionary- idealistic
Eg- He has been a visionary economist all through his life.
Q.9.(3) Sunlight
For other options:
patches - small areas of something
Q.10.(5) Abundant
For other options:
minutely-including every little part of
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