English Language Quiz For IBPS & SBI Exam | 19-02-2021

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In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given 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 hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic has begun to (A), signalling good news for the environment decades after an international accord to phase out certain (B), researchers said. The study found that the ozone hole had shrunk by 1.5 million square miles (four million square kilometers) -- an area about the size of India -- since 2000. "It's a big surprise," said lead author Solomon, an atmospheric chemist. "I didn't think it would be this early."

The study attributed the ozone's recovery to the "continuing decline (C) of atmospheric chlorine originating from chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)," or chemicals that were once (D) by dry cleaning, refrigerators, hairspray and other aerosols. Most of the world signed on to the Montreal Protocol in 1987 which (E) the use of CFCs. "The atmospheric chemists can now be confident that the things they've done have put the planet on a path to heal". The ozone hole was first (F) in the 1950s.

It reached record size in October 2015, but Solomon and colleagues determined that this was due to the eruption (G) of the Chilean volcano Calbuco that same year. The volcano slightly delayed the recovery of the (H), which is sensitive to chlorine, temperature and sunlight. Volcanic injections of particles cause greater than usual ozone (I). "Such eruptions are a sporadic source of tiny airborne particles that provide the necessary chemical conditions for the chlorine from CFCs introduced to the atmosphere to react efficiently with ozone in the atmosphere above Antarctica."

The ozone goes through a regular cycle each year, with depletion of ozone starting in late August at the end of Antarctica's dark winter. The hole typically peaks in size in October. The overall trend toward recovery became apparant when scientists studied measurements from satellites, ground-based instruments and weather balloons in the month of September, not October. "I think people, myself included, had been too focused on October, because that's when the ozone hole is enormous” (J) said an atmospheric chemist.

1 Choose an appropriate option for (A)

01. shrink

02. quiver

03. palpitate

04. accessed

05. learned

2 Choose an appropriate option for (B)

01. toxic

02. dirt

03. corruption

04. irk

05. pollutants

3 Choose an appropriate option for (C)

01. flourish

02. decline

03. upgrade

04. sensible

05. achievement

4 Choose an appropriate option for (D)

01. absorbed

02. emitted

03. absorption

04. creed

05. ambiguous

5 Choose an appropriate option for (E)

01. pescribed

02. official

03. shaggy

04. banned

05. felonious

6 Choose an appropriate option for (F)

01. invented

02. hide

03. camouflage

04. summoned

05. discovered

7 Choose an appropriate option for (G)

01. trickle

02. eruption

03. dribble

04. percolate

05. uttered

8 Choose an appropriate option for (H)

01. carbon

02. oxygen

03. halogen

04. ozone

05. methane

9 Choose an appropriate option for (I)

01. ruin

02. forfeit

03. perdition

04. mislaying

05. depletion

10 Choose an appropriate option for (J)

01. common

02. enormous

03. miniscule

04. tiny

05. wander

Answers:-

Q.1 (1)

Q.2 (5)

Q.3 (2)

Q.4 (2)

Q.5 (4)

Q.6 (5)

Q.7 (5)

Q.8 (4)

Q.9 (5)

Q.10 (2)