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English Quiz for Uttarakhand District Cooperative Bank: 7th March 2019

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English Quiz For Uttarakhand DCB 2019

Uttarakhand District Cooperative Bank has released the notification for the posts of Clerk and Managers for the Recruitment in 2019-20. This is a great opportunity for all those who aspire to become a Banker this year. Now the next step is to start practicing for the exams from now itself. Thus, the English Language can be an impetus for your success as it helps you save crucial time and score good points in lesser time and effort. So, instead of boiling the ocean, try building up a strong vocabulary, an effective knowledge of grammar, and efficient comprehension skills so as to be on the ball to face this particular section. Here is a quiz on English Language being provided by Adda247 to let you practice the best of latest pattern English Questions for Uttarakhand District Cooperative Bank 2019-20. 

Directions (1-10): 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 are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. 


Q1. The recovery from the demonetization shock of November 2016 has clearly been an uneven one. The latest estimates of Indian economic growth released by the government’s statistics office in the last week of February .......1.......... the uncomfortable fact that India now has a two-speed economy. Agriculture is in the slow lane while the rest of the economy is moving ahead at a much quicker ........2.......... The difference is even more ........3............ when prices are considered in tandem with output. The headline news barely needs repetition. The Indian economy lost .......4............ momentum in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. It grew at 6.6% in those three months. The advance estimates for the entire year suggest that the fourth quarter is likely to be worse. A quick calculation shows that the Indian economy will expand at 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Compare this with the 8% growth logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Economic ..........5........... in the fourth quarter is likely to be 1.7 percentage points lower than the expansion rate in the first quarter. The sectoral growth rates tell us how the Indian private sector is .......6........... at two speeds right now—one for agriculture and one for the other parts. In fact, one important reason why the overall economic ........7.......... has slowed is because of an indifferent rabi season this winter in farms across the country. Output growth at constant prices in agriculture, forestry and fishing has nearly halved .......8........... to the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The picture becomes sharper when you add prices. Nominal farm output—production plus inflation—has grown at a mere 2% in the third quarter, as the collapse in farm gate prices has added to the .......9........ of a poor rabi season. Farm incomes are now growing at perhaps the slowest pace in the past 15 years. The industrial economy is doing far better. Manufacturing growth has bounced back this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for February 2019 shows that factories continue to hum thanks to a combination of strong production and new orders, though business optimism has begun to ......10...........

highlight
appreciation
console
presenting
avails
Solution:
'Highlight' is grammatically and contextually correct.
Q2. The recovery from the demonetization shock of November 2016 has clearly been an uneven one. The latest estimates of Indian economic growth released by the government’s statistics office in the last week of February .......1.......... the uncomfortable fact that India now has a two-speed economy. Agriculture is in the slow lane while the rest of the economy is moving ahead at a much quicker ........2.......... The difference is even more ........3............ when prices are considered in tandem with output. The headline news barely needs repetition. The Indian economy lost .......4............ momentum in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. It grew at 6.6% in those three months. The advance estimates for the entire year suggest that the fourth quarter is likely to be worse. A quick calculation shows that the Indian economy will expand at 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Compare this with the 8% growth logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Economic ..........5........... in the fourth quarter is likely to be 1.7 percentage points lower than the expansion rate in the first quarter. The sectoral growth rates tell us how the Indian private sector is .......6........... at two speeds right now—one for agriculture and one for the other parts. In fact, one important reason why the overall economic ........7.......... has slowed is because of an indifferent rabi season this winter in farms across the country. Output growth at constant prices in agriculture, forestry and fishing has nearly halved .......8........... to the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The picture becomes sharper when you add prices. Nominal farm output—production plus inflation—has grown at a mere 2% in the third quarter, as the collapse in farm gate prices has added to the .......9........ of a poor rabi season. Farm incomes are now growing at perhaps the slowest pace in the past 15 years. The industrial economy is doing far better. Manufacturing growth has bounced back this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for February 2019 shows that factories continue to hum thanks to a combination of strong production and new orders, though business optimism has begun to ......10...........
pacing
pace
speedily
rapidly
continuation
Solution:
Pace: speed in walking, running, or moving.
Q3. The recovery from the demonetization shock of November 2016 has clearly been an uneven one. The latest estimates of Indian economic growth released by the government’s statistics office in the last week of February .......1.......... the uncomfortable fact that India now has a two-speed economy. Agriculture is in the slow lane while the rest of the economy is moving ahead at a much quicker ........2.......... The difference is even more ........3............ when prices are considered in tandem with output. The headline news barely needs repetition. The Indian economy lost .......4............ momentum in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. It grew at 6.6% in those three months. The advance estimates for the entire year suggest that the fourth quarter is likely to be worse. A quick calculation shows that the Indian economy will expand at 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Compare this with the 8% growth logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Economic ..........5........... in the fourth quarter is likely to be 1.7 percentage points lower than the expansion rate in the first quarter. The sectoral growth rates tell us how the Indian private sector is .......6........... at two speeds right now—one for agriculture and one for the other parts. In fact, one important reason why the overall economic ........7.......... has slowed is because of an indifferent rabi season this winter in farms across the country. Output growth at constant prices in agriculture, forestry and fishing has nearly halved .......8........... to the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The picture becomes sharper when you add prices. Nominal farm output—production plus inflation—has grown at a mere 2% in the third quarter, as the collapse in farm gate prices has added to the .......9........ of a poor rabi season. Farm incomes are now growing at perhaps the slowest pace in the past 15 years. The industrial economy is doing far better. Manufacturing growth has bounced back this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for February 2019 shows that factories continue to hum thanks to a combination of strong production and new orders, though business optimism has begun to ......10...........
pleasant
reason
stark
blatantly
simply
Solution:
Stark: unpleasantly or sharply clear.
Q4. The recovery from the demonetization shock of November 2016 has clearly been an uneven one. The latest estimates of Indian economic growth released by the government’s statistics office in the last week of February .......1.......... the uncomfortable fact that India now has a two-speed economy. Agriculture is in the slow lane while the rest of the economy is moving ahead at a much quicker ........2.......... The difference is even more ........3............ when prices are considered in tandem with output. The headline news barely needs repetition. The Indian economy lost .......4............ momentum in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. It grew at 6.6% in those three months. The advance estimates for the entire year suggest that the fourth quarter is likely to be worse. A quick calculation shows that the Indian economy will expand at 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Compare this with the 8% growth logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Economic ..........5........... in the fourth quarter is likely to be 1.7 percentage points lower than the expansion rate in the first quarter. The sectoral growth rates tell us how the Indian private sector is .......6........... at two speeds right now—one for agriculture and one for the other parts. In fact, one important reason why the overall economic ........7.......... has slowed is because of an indifferent rabi season this winter in farms across the country. Output growth at constant prices in agriculture, forestry and fishing has nearly halved .......8........... to the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The picture becomes sharper when you add prices. Nominal farm output—production plus inflation—has grown at a mere 2% in the third quarter, as the collapse in farm gate prices has added to the .......9........ of a poor rabi season. Farm incomes are now growing at perhaps the slowest pace in the past 15 years. The industrial economy is doing far better. Manufacturing growth has bounced back this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for February 2019 shows that factories continue to hum thanks to a combination of strong production and new orders, though business optimism has begun to ......10...........
worth
durability
basically
substantial
Both (a) and (b)
Solution:
Substantial: of considerable importance, size, or worth.
Q5. The recovery from the demonetization shock of November 2016 has clearly been an uneven one. The latest estimates of Indian economic growth released by the government’s statistics office in the last week of February .......1.......... the uncomfortable fact that India now has a two-speed economy. Agriculture is in the slow lane while the rest of the economy is moving ahead at a much quicker ........2.......... The difference is even more ........3............ when prices are considered in tandem with output. The headline news barely needs repetition. The Indian economy lost .......4............ momentum in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. It grew at 6.6% in those three months. The advance estimates for the entire year suggest that the fourth quarter is likely to be worse. A quick calculation shows that the Indian economy will expand at 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Compare this with the 8% growth logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Economic ..........5........... in the fourth quarter is likely to be 1.7 percentage points lower than the expansion rate in the first quarter. The sectoral growth rates tell us how the Indian private sector is .......6........... at two speeds right now—one for agriculture and one for the other parts. In fact, one important reason why the overall economic ........7.......... has slowed is because of an indifferent rabi season this winter in farms across the country. Output growth at constant prices in agriculture, forestry and fishing has nearly halved .......8........... to the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The picture becomes sharper when you add prices. Nominal farm output—production plus inflation—has grown at a mere 2% in the third quarter, as the collapse in farm gate prices has added to the .......9........ of a poor rabi season. Farm incomes are now growing at perhaps the slowest pace in the past 15 years. The industrial economy is doing far better. Manufacturing growth has bounced back this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for February 2019 shows that factories continue to hum thanks to a combination of strong production and new orders, though business optimism has begun to ......10...........
growing
grow
risen
booming
growth
Solution:
'growth' is grammatically and contextually correct.
Q6. The recovery from the demonetization shock of November 2016 has clearly been an uneven one. The latest estimates of Indian economic growth released by the government’s statistics office in the last week of February .......1.......... the uncomfortable fact that India now has a two-speed economy. Agriculture is in the slow lane while the rest of the economy is moving ahead at a much quicker ........2.......... The difference is even more ........3............ when prices are considered in tandem with output. The headline news barely needs repetition. The Indian economy lost .......4............ momentum in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. It grew at 6.6% in those three months. The advance estimates for the entire year suggest that the fourth quarter is likely to be worse. A quick calculation shows that the Indian economy will expand at 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Compare this with the 8% growth logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Economic ..........5........... in the fourth quarter is likely to be 1.7 percentage points lower than the expansion rate in the first quarter. The sectoral growth rates tell us how the Indian private sector is .......6........... at two speeds right now—one for agriculture and one for the other parts. In fact, one important reason why the overall economic ........7.......... has slowed is because of an indifferent rabi season this winter in farms across the country. Output growth at constant prices in agriculture, forestry and fishing has nearly halved .......8........... to the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The picture becomes sharper when you add prices. Nominal farm output—production plus inflation—has grown at a mere 2% in the third quarter, as the collapse in farm gate prices has added to the .......9........ of a poor rabi season. Farm incomes are now growing at perhaps the slowest pace in the past 15 years. The industrial economy is doing far better. Manufacturing growth has bounced back this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for February 2019 shows that factories continue to hum thanks to a combination of strong production and new orders, though business optimism has begun to ......10...........
growing
escalate
improperly
imbibe
rise
Solution:
'growing' is grammatically and contextually correct.
Q7. The recovery from the demonetization shock of November 2016 has clearly been an uneven one. The latest estimates of Indian economic growth released by the government’s statistics office in the last week of February .......1.......... the uncomfortable fact that India now has a two-speed economy. Agriculture is in the slow lane while the rest of the economy is moving ahead at a much quicker ........2.......... The difference is even more ........3............ when prices are considered in tandem with output. The headline news barely needs repetition. The Indian economy lost .......4............ momentum in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. It grew at 6.6% in those three months. The advance estimates for the entire year suggest that the fourth quarter is likely to be worse. A quick calculation shows that the Indian economy will expand at 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Compare this with the 8% growth logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Economic ..........5........... in the fourth quarter is likely to be 1.7 percentage points lower than the expansion rate in the first quarter. The sectoral growth rates tell us how the Indian private sector is .......6........... at two speeds right now—one for agriculture and one for the other parts. In fact, one important reason why the overall economic ........7.......... has slowed is because of an indifferent rabi season this winter in farms across the country. Output growth at constant prices in agriculture, forestry and fishing has nearly halved .......8........... to the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The picture becomes sharper when you add prices. Nominal farm output—production plus inflation—has grown at a mere 2% in the third quarter, as the collapse in farm gate prices has added to the .......9........ of a poor rabi season. Farm incomes are now growing at perhaps the slowest pace in the past 15 years. The industrial economy is doing far better. Manufacturing growth has bounced back this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for February 2019 shows that factories continue to hum thanks to a combination of strong production and new orders, though business optimism has begun to ......10...........
pushing
momentum
steady
generate
Both (a) and (b)
Solution:
Momentum: the impetus gained by a moving object.
Q8. The recovery from the demonetization shock of November 2016 has clearly been an uneven one. The latest estimates of Indian economic growth released by the government’s statistics office in the last week of February .......1.......... the uncomfortable fact that India now has a two-speed economy. Agriculture is in the slow lane while the rest of the economy is moving ahead at a much quicker ........2.......... The difference is even more ........3............ when prices are considered in tandem with output. The headline news barely needs repetition. The Indian economy lost .......4............ momentum in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. It grew at 6.6% in those three months. The advance estimates for the entire year suggest that the fourth quarter is likely to be worse. A quick calculation shows that the Indian economy will expand at 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Compare this with the 8% growth logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Economic ..........5........... in the fourth quarter is likely to be 1.7 percentage points lower than the expansion rate in the first quarter. The sectoral growth rates tell us how the Indian private sector is .......6........... at two speeds right now—one for agriculture and one for the other parts. In fact, one important reason why the overall economic ........7.......... has slowed is because of an indifferent rabi season this winter in farms across the country. Output growth at constant prices in agriculture, forestry and fishing has nearly halved .......8........... to the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The picture becomes sharper when you add prices. Nominal farm output—production plus inflation—has grown at a mere 2% in the third quarter, as the collapse in farm gate prices has added to the .......9........ of a poor rabi season. Farm incomes are now growing at perhaps the slowest pace in the past 15 years. The industrial economy is doing far better. Manufacturing growth has bounced back this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for February 2019 shows that factories continue to hum thanks to a combination of strong production and new orders, though business optimism has begun to ......10...........
comparison
equating
compared
balancing
Both (a) and (b)
Solution:
'compared' is grammatically and contextually correct.
Q9. The recovery from the demonetization shock of November 2016 has clearly been an uneven one. The latest estimates of Indian economic growth released by the government’s statistics office in the last week of February .......1.......... the uncomfortable fact that India now has a two-speed economy. Agriculture is in the slow lane while the rest of the economy is moving ahead at a much quicker ........2.......... The difference is even more ........3............ when prices are considered in tandem with output. The headline news barely needs repetition. The Indian economy lost .......4............ momentum in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. It grew at 6.6% in those three months. The advance estimates for the entire year suggest that the fourth quarter is likely to be worse. A quick calculation shows that the Indian economy will expand at 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Compare this with the 8% growth logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Economic ..........5........... in the fourth quarter is likely to be 1.7 percentage points lower than the expansion rate in the first quarter. The sectoral growth rates tell us how the Indian private sector is .......6........... at two speeds right now—one for agriculture and one for the other parts. In fact, one important reason why the overall economic ........7.......... has slowed is because of an indifferent rabi season this winter in farms across the country. Output growth at constant prices in agriculture, forestry and fishing has nearly halved .......8........... to the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The picture becomes sharper when you add prices. Nominal farm output—production plus inflation—has grown at a mere 2% in the third quarter, as the collapse in farm gate prices has added to the .......9........ of a poor rabi season. Farm incomes are now growing at perhaps the slowest pace in the past 15 years. The industrial economy is doing far better. Manufacturing growth has bounced back this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for February 2019 shows that factories continue to hum thanks to a combination of strong production and new orders, though business optimism has begun to ......10...........
paining
problematic
gain
pain
Both (a) and (b)
Solution:
'pain' is grammatically and contextually correct.
Q10. The recovery from the demonetization shock of November 2016 has clearly been an uneven one. The latest estimates of Indian economic growth released by the government’s statistics office in the last week of February .......1.......... the uncomfortable fact that India now has a two-speed economy. Agriculture is in the slow lane while the rest of the economy is moving ahead at a much quicker ........2.......... The difference is even more ........3............ when prices are considered in tandem with output. The headline news barely needs repetition. The Indian economy lost .......4............ momentum in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. It grew at 6.6% in those three months. The advance estimates for the entire year suggest that the fourth quarter is likely to be worse. A quick calculation shows that the Indian economy will expand at 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Compare this with the 8% growth logged in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Economic ..........5........... in the fourth quarter is likely to be 1.7 percentage points lower than the expansion rate in the first quarter. The sectoral growth rates tell us how the Indian private sector is .......6........... at two speeds right now—one for agriculture and one for the other parts. In fact, one important reason why the overall economic ........7.......... has slowed is because of an indifferent rabi season this winter in farms across the country. Output growth at constant prices in agriculture, forestry and fishing has nearly halved .......8........... to the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The picture becomes sharper when you add prices. Nominal farm output—production plus inflation—has grown at a mere 2% in the third quarter, as the collapse in farm gate prices has added to the .......9........ of a poor rabi season. Farm incomes are now growing at perhaps the slowest pace in the past 15 years. The industrial economy is doing far better. Manufacturing growth has bounced back this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for February 2019 shows that factories continue to hum thanks to a combination of strong production and new orders, though business optimism has begun to ......10...........
contraction
weak
dissolvable
Both (a) and (b)
wane
Solution:
Wane: (of a state or feeling) decrease in vigour or extent; become weaker.
Directions (11-15): Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below. 

(A) It is also altering how organisations look at business sectors, markets, service their customers and ideate new businesses.




(B) The number of technologies coming into the fore, be it Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics and so on, are touching every sector, reimagining how goods and services are delivered, impacting lives they reach and heralding what is now being termed as Industry 4.0.



(C) Traditionally, governments have been slow to modernise, but today they view digitisation as a panacea that can save time and expenses, while enhancing their extent and effectiveness.



(D) Digitisation has touched every aspect of human life.



(E) The three-fold transformation of consumers, government and industry are far reaching economic consequences.



Q11. Which is the FIRST step after rearrangement?



A
B
C
D
E
Solution:
The correct rearrangement is DACEB.
Q12. Which is the THIRD step after rearrangement?
A
B
C
D
E
Solution:
The correct rearrangement is DACEB.
Q13. Which is the LAST step after rearrangement?
A
B
C
D
E
Solution:
The correct rearrangement is DACEB.
Q14. Which is the SECOND step after rearrangement?
A
B
C
D
E
Solution:
The correct rearrangement is DACEB.
Q15. Which is the penultimate step after rearrangement?
A
B
C
D
E
Solution:
The correct rearrangement is DACEB.

               






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