English Language Quiz For IBPS & SBI Exam | 06-12-2021

 

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1-5. 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.

It may be time to rewrite the history textbooks. A new study by scientists from IIT Kharagpur and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) shows the Indus Valley Civilisation is at least 8,000 years old, and not approximately 5,000 years old as (A) believed. If the new evidence, published in the journal ‘Nature’ and using cutting-edge technologies on ancient pottery shards, is correct it would (B) push back the beginnings of ancient Indian history, to much before the Egyptian (7000-3000 BC) and Mesopotamian (6500-3100 BC) civilisations. Researchers have also found evidence of a pre-Harappan civilisation that existed for at least a millennium before this. A global rethink on generally accepted timelines of so-called ‘cradles of civilisation’ is called for.

Ever since the discovery and dating of the Harappa and Mohenjo Daro civilisations in colonial India, Indian history has been politicised: divided between those who believe in the Aryan invasion theory, those who think it was a clever device to justify colonial rule (C) on racial dominance and those who think Aryans may have spread into India through cultural diffusion. This has long been a crucial political fault line in Indian history between the Left and Right. But this new evidence demands that we step away from ideology and objectively reassess our historical past.

After all, till a century ago, we didn’t even understand what the ruins of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were. We (D) them as part of the Indian past because of new archaeological evidence. This process must continue and we must look with fresh minds at new evidence like the discovery of a Harappa-like ancient site in Tamil Nadu’s Shivganga by ASI. This may lend new archaeological support to (E) in Tamil Sangam literature about ancient Tamils and the Madurai and Pandya kingdoms. Received wisdoms should not inhibit this search.

1 Choose the correct option for (A)

01. evidently

02. previously

03. literally

04. conspicuously

05. antecedent

2 Choose the correct option for (B)

01. slightly

02. barely

03. rather

04. insignificantly

05. substantially

3 Choose the correct option for (C)

01. established

02. forgiven

03. proclaim

04. predicated

05. ostend

4 Choose the correct option for (D)

01. reclaimed

02. redeem

03. domesticated

04. substantiated

05. cajole

5 Choose the correct option for (E)

01. harbinger

02. forsaken

03. enumerate

04. conspicuous

05. narratives

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 in the blanks in order to make a meaningful sentence.

6 Water stored in clay —————is said to be good for —————than the water stored in a refrigerator.

01. pots, cold

02. pots, peace

03. pots, health

04. models, drink

05. models, fitness

7 ————water illegally without water meters —————regular supply.

01. capturing, relates

02. throwing, determines

03. receiving, estimates

04. flowing, shifts

05. drawing, affects

8 When the family members ——— for help, the villagers gathered there and raised a/an ——.

01. gathered, voice

02. shouted, alarm

03. asked, flag

04. called, army

05. phoned, movement

9 The threat letter was prepared —————words cut out of Gujarati —————.

01. quoting, language

02. underlining, movie

03. making, city

04. using, newspapers

05. pointing, community

10 A ———of construction workers have not ————themselves with the district labour office.

01. number, entered

02. majority, registered

03. group, filed

04. minority, scheduled

05. segment, reflected

Answers:-

Q.1 (2)

Q.2 (5)

Q.3 (4)

Q.4 (1)

Q.5 (5)

Q.6 (3)

Q.7 (5)

Q.8 (2)

Q.9 (4)

Q.10 (2)