English Language Quiz For IBPS Clerk Mains | 12-01-2020

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.

Read the following passage carefully and answer the given questions. 

Oil shaped the 20th century. In war, the French leader said, petroleum was “as vital as blood”. In peace the oil business ____ (A) stock markets, bankrolled despots and propped up the economies of entire countries. But the 21st century will see oil’s influence ____ (B). Cheap natural gas, renewable energy, electric vehicles and coordinated efforts to tackle global warming together mean that the power source of choice will be electricity. 

That is welcome. The electricity era will diminish the ____ (C) of the $2trn oil trade, reduce the choke points that have made oil a source of global tension, put energy production into local hands and make power more ____ (D) to the poor. It will also make the world cleaner and safer—reassuringly dull, even. The trouble is getting from here to there. Not just oil producers, but everyone else, too, may find the transition perilous. 

Oil and electricity are a study in contrasts (see our special report). Oil is a wonder fuel, packed with more energy by weight than coal and by volume than natural gas (both still the main sources of electricity). It is easy to ship, store and turn into myriad refined products, from petrol to plastics to pharmaceuticals. But it is found only in specific places favoured by geology. Its production is concentrated in a few hands, and its oligopolistic suppliers—from the Seven Sisters to OPEC and Russia—have consistently attempted to drip-feed it on to the market to ____ (E) prices high. Concentration and cartelisation make oil prone to crises and the governments of oil-rich states prone to corruption and abuse. 

Q1. Choose the correct option for (A) 

A. misfits 

B. dominated 

C. hamper 

D. troll 

E. None of the above. 

Q2. Choose the correct option for (B) 

A. wane 

B. put 

C. seek 

D. cover 

E. None of the above 

Q3. Choose the correct option for (C) 

A. clout 

B. pattern 

C. focus 

D. track 

E. None of the above 

Q4. Choose the correct option for (D) 

A. palpable 

B. amenable 

C. accessible 

D. rustic 

E. None of the above 

Q5. Choose the correct option for (E). 

A. made 

B. urge 

C. keep 

D. renew 

E. None of the above 

 Choose the antonym/s of the given word. 

Q6. UNDERTAKE 

a. Takeon 

b. Abandon 

c. Abstain 

d. Both A and B 

e. Both B and C 

Q7. FERBILE 

a. Tense 

b. Edgy 

c. Equable 

d. Both A and B 

e. Both A and C 

Q8. BREW 

a. Develop 

b. Impend 

c. Wane 

d. Halt 

e. Both C and D 

Q9. DOUSE 

a. Ignite 

b. Kindle 

c. Spark 

d. Both A and C 

e. All A, B, C 

Q10. BANISH 

a. Expel 

b. deport 

c. Exile 

d. Enroll 

e. None of these 

Answers: 

Q.1(b) 

Q.2(a) 

Q.3(a) 

Q.4(c) 

Q.5(c) 

Q.6(e) 

Q.7(c) 

Q.8(e) 

Q.9(e) 

Q.10 (d)