English Language Quiz For SBI PO Prelims 2023-12th October

Directions (1-10): There are two different sentences with a blank space in each question. Choose the word from the given options which fits into both the blanks appropriately adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences.

Q1.
(I) Jenny had a special _______________, Bill Giannini, who visited each week and took her out for lunch as she became more limited at home.
(II) The secret _____________________ of former president had her prison sentence cut by two years in a retrial.

(a) Parlance
(b) Highly
(c) Automated
(d) Confidante
(e) Ineluctably
Q2.
(I) In the last century the same conflicts led to the First World War and continued to be a bone of _________________ throughout the Second.
(II) With his team in _______________________for a Champions League place, he has been one of the best performing English centre-backs anywhere.

(a) Vacillating
(b) Contention
(c) Inchoate
(d) Inarticulate
(e) Growing
Q3.
(I) Business Insider consulted with leading career experts to find the most important __________________ rules for a collaborative workspace.
(II) __________________ is way more than just which fork and knife to pick to pick up.”

(a) Embrace
(b) Occasion
(c) Reluctant
(d) Entrust
(e) Etiquette
Q4.
(I) The Afghan Taliban has spoken of its plans to _______________ “bilateral relations” with countries around the world.
(II) Government has reaffirmed its commitment to ________________ strong ties with the private sector in order to create employment and reduce poverty.
(a) Sodality
(b) Forge
(c) Cabal
(d) Disappointed
(e) Gadfly
Q5.
(I) He managed to ___________________ them both by forming an alliance of parties dominated by the country’s ethnic Malay Muslim majority.
(II) Boda boda motorcyclists are accused of inconveniencing pedestrians by using sidewalks to ____________________ traffic congestion.

(a) Depress
(b) Surprised
(c) Outmanoeuvre
(d) Shocked
(e) Ceased
Q6.
(I) The German health minister has described the coronavirus as a worldwide ________________, putting pressure on the laggard WHO to do the same.
(II) Given the globalized spread of the disease, the term __________________ is beginning to circulate among officials and the news media.

(a) Depletion
(b) Pandemic
(c) Cooperation
(d) Completion
(e) Tolerant
Q7.
(I) Students and their parents should not panic but take ____________________ measures.
(II) While the research is taking place, the Department of Health is reiterating its _____________________ advice on the use of mobile phones.

(a) Wary
(b)Precautionary
(c) Inarticulate
(d) Domineering
(e) Responsive
Q8.
(I) Officials said that the individuals had underlying medical problems that could have made them particularly ________________ to the virus.
(II) Older people are more ___________________ to extremes of heat and cold because of impaired thermoregulation.

(a)Dangerous
(b) Tricky
(c) Procrastinate
(d) Assembled
(e) Susceptible
Q9.
(I) India’s economic slowdown has been ____________________ long and steep.
(II) There’s a ____________________ low percentage of women who think these types of calls constitute harassment.

(a) Assimilated
(b) Poured
(c) Disconcertingly
(d) Joyfully
(e) Civilizing
Q10.
(I) The Army in its 2021 fiscal year budget request has asked for a sharp reduction in funding for its ______________ wheeled vehicles.
(II) The Ottawa Police Service’s ________________ unit made the first ever appearance by a Canadian team at an invitation-only international SWAT competition.

(a) Tactical
(b) Confluence
(c) Bantered
(d) Credible
(e) Malleable

Solutions

S1. Ans. (d)
Sol. “Confidante” fits into both the blanks appropriately adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences. Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
It means -A person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others; Close friend, Best friend, Close associate, Companion.
Parlance- a particular way of speaking or using words, especially a way common to those with a particular job or interest.
Ineluctably- incapable of being evaded; inescapable

S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. “Contention” fits into both the blanks appropriately adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice. It means heated disagreement or an assertion, especially one maintained in argument; Claim.
Vacillating- wavering between different opinions or actions; irresolute.
Inchoate-  Just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary.

S3. Ans. (e)
Sol. “Etiquette” fits into both the blanks appropriately adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
It means the customary code of polite behaviour in society or among members of a particular profession or group.
Reluctant- unwilling and hesitant; disinclined.
Entrust- assign the responsibility for doing something to (someone).

S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. “Forge” fits into both the blanks appropriately adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
It means make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and hammering it or create (something) strong, enduring, or successful.
Sodality- a confraternity or association, especially a Roman Catholic religious guild or brotherhood.
Cabal- a secret political clique or faction.
Gadfly- a fly that bites livestock, especially a horsefly, warble fly, or botfly.

S5. Ans. (c)
Sol. “Outmanoeuvre” fits into both the blanks appropriately adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
It means evade (an opponent) by moving faster or with greater agility or use skill and cunning to gain an advantage over.

S6. Ans. (b)
Sol. “Pandemic” fits into both the blanks appropriately adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
It means (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world.

S7. Ans. (b)
Sol. “Precautionary” fits into both the blanks appropriately adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences. Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
It means carried out as a precaution; preventive.
Wary- feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems.
Domineering- assert one’s will over another in an arrogant way.

S8. Ans. (e)
Sol. “Susceptible” fits into both the blanks appropriately adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences. Hence, option (e) is the right answer choice.
It means likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing or capable or admitting of.

S9. Ans. (c)
Sol. “Disconcertingly” fits into both the blanks appropriately adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences. Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
It means Causing one to feel unsettled; Discomfiting, Disturbing.

S10. Ans. (a)
Sol. “Tactical” fits into both the blanks appropriately adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences. Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
It means: Showing adroit planning; Aiming at an end beyond the immediate action; Calculated, Planned
Bantered- exchange remarks in a good-humoured teasing way.
Malleable- (of a metal or other material) able to be hammered or pressed into shape without breaking or cracking.
Confluence- the junction of two rivers, especially rivers of approximately equal width.