English Language Practice Questions for IBPS Clerk – Set 20
Directions
(1 – 5): In each of the questions below, a sentence is given with a blank. Four
words are provided below which may or may not fit in the blank to make the
sentence grammatically and meaningfully correct. From the given options, choose
the one that provides the combination of correct words that fit in the blank.
1. A Nobel
Prize – winning economist says that Bitcoin should be ________, as the currency
holds no real function can can easily be brought don by regulation.
A. outlawed
B. interdicted C. disallowed D. proscribed
a) Both A
and C
b) Both B
and D
c) Both A
and B
d) Both C
and D
e) All fit
2.
Researchers from the University of Utah have developed a mind – contorlled robotic
hand that can _______ 100 unique touch sensations in the user’s brain.
A.
repudiate B. counterfeit C. simulate D. mimic
a) Both A
and B
b) Both B
and C
c) Both B
and D
d) Both C
and D
e) All fits
3.
Traditional buildings are designed to provide protection against a ______
world, with us safe on one side and or waste on the other.
A. savagely
B. predatory C. ferocious D. viciousness
a) Both A
and D
b) Both B
and C
c) Both B
and D
d) Both C
and D
e) All fit
4. Amidst
seemingly endless advances in quamtum physics and the hunt for dark matter by
American and European scientists, China continues to close the gap in
scientific __________.
A. prowess
B. gallantry C. audacity D. adroitness
a) Both A
and B
b) Both B
and C
c) Both A
and D
d) Both C
and D
e) All fit
5.
Scientists and researchers have been making _______ progress in HIV treatments,
with 2017 showing potentially the most promise so far.
A. stealthy
B. steady C. consitent D. complaisant
a) Both A
and C
b) Both B
and C
c) Both A
and D
d) Both C
and D
e) None fit
Directions
(6 – 10): In each of the questions below, a sentence is given, divided in four
parts, with the last part
highlighted in bold. This highlighted part is grammatically correct and error
free. Out of the remaining parts, three contain an error, and one is
grammatically correct. From the given options, choose the part that has no
error. In the case that all the parts are grammatically correct, choose ‘No
error’. Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.
6. More than 70 million people (A)/ have
been diagnose with HIV (B)/ since the earliest 1980’s and the (C)/ virus has
claimed the life of more (D)/ than 35 million people. (E)
7. A study presently at the 2017 meeting
of (A)/ the Radiological Society of North America have (B)/ found that young
people whom are addicated (C)/ to smartphone usage display an imbalance (D)/ in their brain
chemistry. (E)
8. Mind-control prosthetic legs are (A)/
also being developed to allowing (B)/ people who have lost there lower (C)/
limbs to live lives more like they (D)/ did prior to their ordeal (E).
9. Forty percent of Americans (A)/ that
experience hair loss are (B)/ women, and female hair loss (C)/ is considered
less socially acceptable (D)/ than male hair loss (E)
10. When it come to predicting the
future, (A)/ Google’s top engineer Ray Kurzweil is the futurist (B)/ who hold
the high score, as the so-called (C)/ ‘future teller’ has a estimated 86% (D)/ accuracy rate for
his predictions (E)
Directions
(11 – 15): In each of the questions below, a sentence is given with a phrase/
idion highlighted in bold. From the given options, choose the one that provides
a word that best expersses the meaning of the highlighted phrase / idion. In the
case that none of the options provide the correct meaning, choose ‘None’ as the
right answer.
11. Job displacement
due to intelligent automation is an inevitable reality, primarily driven by the
economic benefits that result from labour efficiency when machines take over human jobs.
a) surpass
b)
overwhelm
c) replace
d)
amalgamate
e) None
12. The
issue boils down to whether we can manage to
collect enough funds in time to be able to execute the event successfully or
not.
a)
summarized
b) diverged
c)
perpetrated
d)
obstructed
e) None
13. I
decided to join the French classes to brush up on my French before I left for France later that year.
a)
adjudicate
b)
profilerate
c) enhance
d)
enunciate
e) None
14. The
government is clamping down on teenage drinking
aggressively and punishing all offenders.
a)
resuscitating
b)
suppressing
c)
fascinating
d)
metamorphosing
e) None
15. You’ll
never get away with cheating – one of your
teachers is bound to figure it out.
a) rejoice
b) succeed
c) attempt
d) escape
e) None
Answers with Explanation:
1. E) Outlawed – made illegal.
Interdicted/proscribed – forbidden by law. Disallowed – prohibited by law or
authority. (E) is the right answer, as all four words fit in the sentence
grammatically and contextually.
2. D) Repudiate –
refuse to accept/reject. Counterfeit – made a fraudulent imitaion of something.
Simulate – immitate. Mimic – imitate. Both (C) and (D) fit contextually in the
blank. (A) makes no sense, and (B) carries a negative meaning that does not
agree with the contect.
3. B) Savagely –
in a wild manned. Predatory – fierce or dangerous. Ferocious – dangerous.
Viciousness – wildness. We need an adjective here to modify the moun ‘world’,
so only (B) and (C) will fit. (A) is an adverb, and (D) is a noun.
4. C) Prowess –
skill or mastery. Gallantry – bravery, Audacity – boldness, Adroitness –
sleverness or skill. Since we are talking of scientific knowledge, not human
qualities or physical capabilities, only (A) and (4) will fit contextually.
5. B) Stealthy –
secretive, Steady – constant, Consistent – continuous, Complaisant – eager or
willing to please others. Both (B) and (C) make sense as we need an adjective
to modify the noun ‘progress’. (A) and (D) woud describe humans or human
activities.
6. A) 7. D)
8. D) 9. E) 10. B)
11. C) The phrase ‘take over’ is this
context means to assume control over something or to take its place. Replace –
take the place or position of something.
12. A) In this
context, the phrase ‘boils down to’ means that the central point of the issue,
or what the issue can be condensed to. Summarized – condesed
13. C) The phrase ‘brush up on’ means to
revise to improve one’s exisiting skills or knowledge. Enhance – improve.
14. C) The phrase ‘clamp
down on’ means to suppress or restrict an activity. Fascinate – interest.
15. D) The phrase
‘get away with’ means to escape or avoid punishment or blame for something
worng or bad. Escape – avoid blame, punishment or failure.
