Dear Readers,
As IBPS has released the much-awaited vacancies for the post of Probationary Officers & Clerk, we have launched 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 IBPS 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 PO/CLERK 2019 exam.
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.
India will be world’s third largest economy by 2030 but its energy demand will slow down to 4.5 percent, according to global energy giant BP plc.
By 2030 China and India will be the world’s largest and third largest economies and energy (1), jointly accounting for about 35 percent of global population, GDP and energy demand, B’Ps Chief Economist Christof Ruhl said releasing BP’s Energy outlook 2030.
There would be no (2) in energy demand as India industrializes. Demand growth slows to 4.5 percent per annum (vs.5.5 percent p.a. in 1999-2010) as improvement in energy efficiency partly offset the energy needs of (3) and infrastructure expansion.
India’s (4) on imports to meet its gas needs will jump to 47 percent by 2030 while the same for oil will grow to 91 percent. The nation will be 40 percent dependent on imports to meet its coal needs.
India (5) on a lower path of energy intensity, by 2030 it consumes only about half the energy that China consumes today, at a similar income per capita level as in China today.
Choose the correct option for (1)
01. economists
02. savers
03. consumers
04. user
05. producers
Choose the correct option for (2)
01. improvement
02. point
03. surge
04. requirement
05. problematic
Choose the correct option for (3)
01. industries
02. factories
03. reproduction
04. modernization
05. industrialisation
Choose the correct option for (4)
01. problems
02. desire
03. failure
04. dependence
05. success
Choose the correct option for (5)
01. remains
02. gets
03. desires
04. remaining
05. spoils
Q6-10. Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.
A. The other: the unpublished variety, those who have accumulated dozens of
B. whose faces are more recognizable than the covers of their books, who are pampered by their publishers,
C. people who routinely get published and yet never achieve celebrity, at the most a small set of dedicated readers
D. we-are-sorry and better-luck-elsewhere notes over the years but still haven’t given up.
E. There is another variety, though: writers to whom both struggle as well as success comes in small measures —
F. There are writers and there are writers. One: the celebrity variety,
G. who earn invitations to all the respectable lit fests across the country.
6. Which of the following would be the LAST statement after rearrangement?
01. C
02. D
03. G
04. F
05. A
7. Which of the following would be the THIRD statement after rearrangement?
01. B
02. E
03. C
04. A
05. G
8. Which of the following would be the SIXTH statement after rearrangement?
01. G
02. F
03. E
04. B
05. C
9. Which of the following would be the FIRST statement after rearrangement?
01. A
02. D
03. B
04. F
05. G
10. Which of the following would be the FOURTH statement after rearrangement?
01. D
02. A
03. E
04. B
05. F
Answers:
Q1. Option (3)
Q2. Option (3)
Q3. Option (5)
Q4. Option (4)
Q5. Option (1)
Q6. Option (1)
Q7. Option (5)
Q8. Option (3)
Q9. Option (4)
Q10. Option (2)
