English Language Quiz For IBPS Clerk Mains | 06-01-2020

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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): 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. 

The frightening fall of a great nation has (A) . Once a leading light of inclusiveness, democracy, and a major pole of stability in the (B)  of nations, despite occasional failings, India today is (C) at the centre of attention for bad behaviour. While the present government’s decisions on Jammu and Kashmir put the (D) on New Delhi, the recently legislated Citizenship (Amendment) Act, pushed it over the edge. Not only has the Act deeply divided a communally sensitive country, its effect is bound to have long-term implications for India’s foreign policy. India’s global standing is ever more vulnerable today, and the chinks in India’s diplomatic (E) have never been so evident. 

Q1. Choose the correct option for (A). 

a. Begun 

b. Finished 

c. Started 

d. Commence 

e. Ended 

Q2. Choose the correct option for (B). 

a. Antagonism 

b. Strife 

c. Comity 

d. Conflict 

e. Discord 

Q3. Choose the correct option for (C). 

a. Comfortably 

b. Pleasingly 

c. Conveniently 

d. Embarrassingly 

e. Agreeable 

Q4. Choose the correct option for (D). 

a. Obscurity 

b. Spotlight 

c. Flashlight 

d. Interest 

e. Ambiguity 

Q5. Choose the correct option for (E). 

a. Confusion 

b. Difficulty 

c. Intrigue 

d. Entrapment 

e. armour 

Direction (6-10): Read each part of the sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, mark your answer as (5). 

Q6. Privatization of banks will be helpful in (A)/ getting a better customer service, it may be said (B)/ that the privatization of Indian Banks will remove irregular (C)/ and bring punctuality and will led to accountability in the service(D)/. No Error (E). 

a. A 

b. B 

c. C 

d. D 

e. No Error. 

Q7. Writing for me has now became (A)/ a way of life I keep journaling all my feelings and this keeps me sorted(B)/, it has become more of a passion for me (C)/ and I now aspire to turn it into my profession(D)/. No Error (E) 

a. A 

b. B 

c. C 

d. D 

e. No Error 

Q8. India is a major power with great power ambitions (A)/ and may even be an indispensable power in some respects(B)/. However, if India decides to shaped its foreign policy (C)/ based purely on domestic calculations(D)/. No Error (E). 

a. A 

b. B 

c. C 

d. D 

e. No Error 

Q9. The panel should also ensure that the poll process is (A)/ always fair and credible, it would be in the fitness (B)/ of things for the State government to assist the SEC in (C)/ ensuring the early completion of the next round of polls(D)/. No Error (E). 

a. A 

b. B 

c. C 

d. D 

e. No Error 

Q10. Ominous clouds have gathered over India(A)/, casting shadows of divisiveness and hate(B)/, threatening to undermine civil society and halt (C)/ who even reverse economic progress(D)/. No Error (E). 

a. A 

b. B 

c. C 

d. D 

e. E 

Answers: 

Q.1(a) 

Q.2(c) 

Q.3(d) 

Q.4(b) 

Q.5(e) 

Q.6(c) 

Q.7(a) 

Q.8(c) 

Q.9(e) 

Q.10 (d)