English Language Quiz For Bank Foundation 2024-31st March

Directions (1-5): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

World Trade Center is viewed as a statement of hope, a marvel of persistence and a miracle of logistics. As years passed after the tragedy at the site at which it was constructed and the delays kept mounting, Americans began to (1) – What’s taking so long? Have we lost the capacity to rebuild? The answer in part was the sheer (2) of the project – 10,000 workers attempting one of the most difficult construction projects ever in one of the most densely populated cities on Earth. (3), the funds allotted for the project were estimated at $1.5 billion when the design was unveiled but the price tag just kept going up. Other (4) included the weather- in harsh sun of the summer steel beams could reach temperatures that were hot enough to singe skin, added to which a hurricane (5) the construction site. The Monument may not be all things to all people, but its completion signifies that ambition coupled with the determination of people in the face of odds is intact and will always win the day.

Q1.
(a) understand
(b) anger
(c) wonder
(d) sense
(e) questions

Q2.
(a) complexity
(b) delight
(c) knowing
(d) drop
(e) obsession

Q3.
(a) When
(b) Despite
(c) Instead
(d) Exclusive
(e) Moreover

Q4.
(a) advantages
(b) information
(c) challenges
(d) attempts
(e) crisis

Q5.
(a) formed
(b) affected
(c) predicted
(d) hazard
(e) flooded

Solutions:

S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. wonder is the correct answer

S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. complexity is the correct answer.

S3. Ans. (e)
Sol. Moreover is the correct answer.

S4. Ans. (c)
Sol. challenges is the correct answer.

S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. affected is the correct answer.

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