English Language Quiz For Bank Foundation 2023 -19th October

Directions (1-5): In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

Q1. Equivocate
(a) Prevaricate
(b) intimate
(c) strangulate
(d) implicate
(e) agree

Q2. Nom de plume
(a) Pen-name
(b) dessert
(c) desert
(d) deserting
(e) bellicose

Q3. Platitude
(a) Philanderer
(b) punctilious
(c) pyrotechnic
(d) Truism
(e) adage

Q4. Rendezvous
(a) Merry-making
(b) appointment
(c) incorrigible
(d) emissary
(e)missionary

Q5. Recondite
(a) Erudite
(b) reconstitute
(c) abstruse
(d)epitomize
(e) rat race

Solutions

S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. Equivocate means to cause ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself which is also the meaning of prevaricate.
Strangulate: prevent circulation of the blood supply through (a part of the body, especially a hernia) by constriction.

S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. Nom de plume means pen name.
Bellicose: demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.

S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. Platitude: a remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful.

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. rendezvous: a meeting at an agreed time and place.

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Recondite: (of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse.

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