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.
Directions (1-5): In each of the following question four words are given of which two words are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and indicate the number of the correct word combination and mark.
Q1
A. Moratorium
B. dignity
C. malignant
D. poise
01. A-D
02. B-C
03. A-B
04. B-D
05. A-C
Q2
A. Aware
B. wonderstruck
C. tiresome
D. functional
01. A-D
02. B-C
03. A-B
04. B-D
05. A-C
Q3
A. Gravity
B. vexed
C. annoyed
D. acquisition
01. A-D
02. B-C
03. A-B
04. B-D
05. A-C
Q4
A. Mitigate
B. effrontery
C. assuage
D. thrive
01. A-D
02. B-C
03. A-B
04. B-D
05. A-C
Q5
A. Contentment
B. viable
C. equivalent
D. trepidation
01. A-D
02. B-C
03. A-B
04. B-D
05. A-C
Directions (6-10): In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each five pairs of words have been denoted by numbers (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentences in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
Q6 Education for business must avoid the purely____ for something with a more____ focus.
01. theoritical, empirical
02. commercial, social
03. intellectual, pragmatic
04. profitable, charitable
05. technical, subjective
Q7 Witness the long waiting list for the over worked psychiatrists and psychologists and the twentieth century ____for lying on the couch talking about ourselves and the neuroses that have resulted from a too intense ____ with oneself.
01. wish, inspection
02. process, tirade
03. plan, understanding
04. fad, per occupation
05. witness, evaluation
Q8 The admiration a politician earns, is ____by his ____ instinct for getting on to the front pages.
01. concocted, proverbial
02. involved, haughty
03. belied, aggressive
04. engendered, unerring
05. manifested, inherent
Q9 In mars industry, mobility and workers influence over his work have been____ by the ___ size of the industrial organisations.
01. reduced, increasing
02. increased, reducing
03. checked, growing
04. discouraged, static
05. ridiculed ,gigantic
Q10 In our type of civilization people in general do want to be ____ and to have ____to the ways in which they conceive of and react to reality around them.
01. superstitious, myths
02. subjective ,stereotypes
03. objective, assumptions
04. rational reasons
05. supernatural ,analysis
Answers
Q.1 (5)
Q.2 (2)
Q.3 (3)
Q.4 (5)
Q.5 (1)
Q.6 (3)
Q.7 (4)
Q.8 (4)
Q.9 (1)
Q.10 (4)
