Dear Aspirants,
As IBPS has released its official calendar of Online CWE for RRBs and PSBs examinations 2019, so its high time to start preparations for the coming year. Looking at the calendar, 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 all the upcoming competitive exams 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 all banking exams.
Q1-10. 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.
In rethinking growth, we need to focus on the current reality of a resource constrained world. During their period of rapid economic growth, the small cluster of western economies had access to the resources of the entire world. Technological progress further (1) such access. Today, with the “rise of the rest,” in particular the (2) development of continental size and highly populous countries like India and China, the demand for (3) of every kind, has been (4) exponentially. We are entering an era of finite resources where the production and consumption patterns typical of the advanced western economies are no longer sustainable. Resource intensive and, in particular energy intensive processes will need to make way for more (5) and resource frugal development strategies if we are to avoid an economic (6) or a world in which only a small elite is able to enjoy affluence in the midst of a sea of (7). Environmental degradation is, in essence, a symptom of wastage of resources and the pursuit of short-term profit over long-term sustainable development. In India, we face a (8) in agriculture because it is land, energy and water intensive and all three resources are becoming increasingly (9). The heavy use of chemical fertilizers and toxic pesticides has ravaged our soil and contaminated our food chain and water supply. The prolonged and unprotected handling of toxic chemicals is also exposing our farmers to multiple (10) problems, whose economic and social costs are rarely considered.
Q1. Choose the correct for (1)
1. abandoned
2. extended
3. nourished
4. stalled
5. deviated
Q2. Choose the correct for (2)
1. eager
2. minor
3. forward
4. rapid
5. spaced
Q3. Choose the correct for (3)
1. resources
2. development
3. ground
4. land
5. economies
Q4. Choose the correct for (4)
1. depressing
2. violating
3. increase
4. formulating
5. rising
Q5. Choose the correct for (5)
1. practically
2. efficient
3. stability
4. temporary
5. basic
Q6. Choose the correct for (6)
1. dead-start
2. nature
3. hustle
4. delay
5. dead-end
Q7. Choose the correct for (7)
1. richness
2. popularity
3. poverty
4. famine
5. floods
Q8. Choose the correct for (8)
1. abundance
2. crisis
3. challenging
4. momentary
5. situation
Q9. Choose the correct for (9)
1. valuable
2. circumstantial
3. furnished
4. scarce
5. available
Q10. Choose the correct for (10)
1. health
2. historic
3. crop
4. field
5. labour
Answers:
Q1. (2)
Q2. (4)
Q3. (1)
Q4. (5)
Q5. (2)
Q6. (5)
Q7. (3)
Q8. (2)
Q9. (4)
Q10. (1)
