English Language Quiz For IBPS Clerk Mains | 17-01-2020

Dear Readers,

Mahendras has started special quizzes for IBPS clerk Mains, 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. Here, we are providing you important questions of English Language for IBPS CLERK Mains 2019-20 exam.

Direction(1-5): Read the passage carefully and answer the given questions. 

According to the National Crime Records Bureau of India, every five minutes a crime against a woman is (A) in India, which includes dowry deaths, honor killing, sexual offences, insult to modesty and forced trafficking or prostitution.(B) may not be the driving force behind all of such criminal offences; but is somehow related to a majority of them. An (C) family is more likely to resort to violence if their demand for dowry is not met, and an uneducated woman is also most likely to concede to such illegal demands.

While it can be said that a well-educated person can also resort to (D) against women, but he is more unlikely to do so as compared to an illiterate person. Moreover, an educated woman knows her rights and can very well defend herself as well as her family against any threats as compared to an illiterate woman. Therefore, it is established beyond doubt that India needs to use education as a (E) to fight back crimes against women, if it wants to achieve development in true sense. 

Q1. Choose the correct option for (A) 

a. Confined 

b. Performed 

c. Committed 

d. Applied 

e. Released 

Q2. Choose the correct option for (B) 

a. Illiteracy 

b. Senseless 

c. Foolishness 

d. Knowledge 

e. Training 

Q3. Choose the correct option for (C). 

a. Educated 

b. Joint 

c. Nuclear 

d. Learned 

e. Uneducated 

Q4. Choose the correct option for (D) 

a. Kindness 

b. Weakness 

c. Violence 

d. Gentle 

e. Powerful 

Q5. Choose the correct option for (E) 

a. Wall 

b. Ingredient 

c. Bomb 

d. Weapon 

e. Means 

Q6. Choose the antonym/s of the given word. 

FERMENT 

a. Tranquility 

b. Tumult 

c. Calmness 

d. Both A and B 

e. Both A and C 

Q7. STOKE 

a. Encourage 

b. Calm 

c. Soothe 

d. Both A and C 

e. Both B and C 

Q8. RESOUNDING 

a. Emphatic 

b. Tiny 

c. Tremendous 

d. Terrific 

e. Both A and D 

Q9. Choose the synonym/s of the given word. 

INSTIL 

a. Fix 

b. Inculcate 

c. Imprint 

d. Both A and C 

e. All are correct 

Q10. WARINESS 

a. Recklessness 

b. Heedlessness 

c. Inconsideration 

d. Thoughtlessness 

e. Watchfulness 

Answers: 

Q.1(c) 

Q.2(a) 

Q.3(e) 

Q.4(d) 

Q.5(d) 

Q.6(d) 

Q.7(e) 

Q.8(b) 

Q.9(e) 

Q.10 (e)