English Language Quiz For Bank Foundation 2023-30th December

Directions (1-5): 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.

As India awaits the arrival of the annual summer monsoon, hopes are particularly high for normal rainfall that is so (1)……………….. for agriculture, the health of forests, rivers and wetlands. The India Meteorological Department has forecast normal rainfall of 96% of the long period average of 89 cm rain, with an (2)………………. date in the first week of June in Kerala. It has also signalled a significant possibility of a deficit. The monsoon bounty is crucial for the 60% of gross cropped area in farming that is rain-fed, and represents, in the assessment of the National Commission on Farmers, 45% of agricultural output. Given the (3)…………………. patterns of rainfall witnessed over the past few decades and their possible connection to atmospheric changes caused by a variety of pollutants, the distribution of monsoon 2019 will add to the insights. The southwest monsoon is a (4)……………………. of India’s overall prosperity, and sustained efforts to make the best use of rainfall are absolutely important for farms, cities and industry. Considering that there has been a 52% decline in groundwater levels based on tests conducted last year over the previous decadal average, State governments should have pursued the setting up of new recharging wells and made improvements to existing ones on a war footing. They also have lagged in building structures to harvest surface water and helping farmers raise the (5)……………………. of irrigation. The approach to the farming sector, however, has been influenced more by the imperatives of an election year, and the Centre’s biggest intervention was to announce a cash handout to specified categories of small farmers.

Q1.

(a) importance
(b) vital
(c) curtail
(d) minor
(e) extra

Q2.

(a) commence
(b) opened
(c) conclude
(d) onset
(e) relieve

Q3.

(a) abnormality
(b) usually
(c) erratic
(d) reasonably
(e) volatility

Q4.

(a) clearly
(b) convince
(c) decided
(d) refutable
(e) determinant

Q5. 

(a) efficiency
(b) skilful
(c) compete
(d) productive
(e) efficient

Solutions:

S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Vital: absolutely necessary; essential.

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol.  Onset: the beginning of something, especially something unpleasant.

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol.  Erratic: (adjective) not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.

S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. Determinant: (noun) a factor which decisively affects the nature or outcome of something.

S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. Efficiency: (noun) the state or quality of being efficient.