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English Quiz for IBPS Exam 2016: TWISTED ONE

English Quiz for IBPS Exam 2016: TWISTED ONE |_2.1
Directions (1-15): In each of the following sentences, parts of
the sentence are left blank. Beneath each sentence, five different ways of
completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative from among
the five options.
Q1. As the consequences of climate change become more __________,
increasing numbers of people have come to __________ that the longer we
hesitate, the more expensive the problem becomes.
(a) severe,
reminisce
(b) visible,
evaluate
(c) evident,
reconcile
(d) visible,
recognize
(e) pronounced,
imagine

Q2. In the
past, universities have been created in times of __________, typically to
encourage people to think beyond their immediate need for survival to more
edifying spiritual or national __________.
(a) poverty,
wealth
(b) distress,
well being
(c) plenty,
goals
(d) prosperity,
interests
(e) scarcity,
goals
Q3. In
academic freedom, affordable in a time of economic crisis? There remains a
nagging sense that universities are __________ now that ordinary people are
__________ to make ends meet.
(a) free,
living
(b) luxuries,
struggling
(c) useless,
surviving
(d) unnecessary,
studying
(e) exuberances,
able

Q4. The new knowledge produced by original research is an instance of social
capital formation. Hence, the university’s unique institutional mission is to
manufacture knowledge as a/an __________.
(a) social
institution
(b) intellectual
property
(c) consumable
(d) utility
(e) public good
Q5. Contrary
to the hopes of many, the end of the Second World War and the shock of the Nazi
atrocities did not mean the end of war and genocide; the decades following it
have been __________ with bloody conflicts in which entire population groups
have been __________.
(a) marred,
involved
(b) riddled,
involved
(c) rife,
murdered
(d) rife,
associated
(e) marred,
compromised
Q6. Nazis
did not exterminate the Jews in order to take their __________ as most Jews
were __________, and those who owned anything probably would have given it up
gladly in order to save themselves.
(a) property,
wealthy
(b) property,
poor
(c) territory,
atheists
(d) religion,
atheists
(e) ideology,
hedonists
Q7. There is
a lot of value in forgetting; forgetting permits us to __________ details and
generalize, to see the forest and not just the trees.
(a) transcend
(b) forget
(c) discount
(d) comprehend
(e) apprehend
Q8. __________
memories of past experiences allow new memories to bloom, much as leaves allow
for new growth.
(a) Pleasant,
dying
(b) Renewing,
exfoliating
(c) Fading,
new
(d) Fading,
decaying
(e) Newfangled,
emerging
Q9. For a
lot of women the main benefit of a job is not just __________, but also the
chance to learn and __________ with others.
(a) boredom,
enjoy
(b) economic,
interact
(c) monetary,
gossip
(d) escape,
interact
(e) financial,
converse
Q10. Though
Vitamin C is strongly associated with immunity, a prolonged marginal deficiency
of vitamin C may not lead to clinical symptoms; however, it may __________ one
toward heart disease and __________ immunity.
(a) lead,
lowered
(b) lead,
acquired
(c) predispose,
lowered
(d) influence,
improved
(e) make
liable, wipe out
Q11. Cars
__________ to accommodate wheelchair users are vital to disabled people to get
out and about and enjoy __________ lives.
(a) designed,
their
(b) modified,
healthy
(c) adapted,
active
(d) modified,
itinerant
(e) adopted,
itinerant
Q12. Some __________
defending, especially in the second half of the game allowed the opposition to
__________ and the defending champions lost the game.
(a) slack,
score
(b) superb,
lose
(c) robust,
win
(d) superb,
score
(e) slack,
lose
Q13. Print,
paper and newspapers enabled the rise of new types of __________ based on
expanded popular participation.
(a) class
conflicts
(b) cultural
forms
(c) social
norms
(d) political
systems
(e) ethical
dilemmas
Q14. Businesses
attempt to __________ the conflicts of interest between groups to ensure
__________ operation of the organization.
(a) compromise,
profitable
(b) reconcile,
efficient
(c) reconcile,
commercial
(d) stimulate,
efficient
(e) encourage,
professional
Q15. One in
three people on our planet have no __________ to modern energy to light and
heat the __________ in which they live.
(a) resource,
homes
(b) right,
houses
(c) contact,
nations
(d) access,
dwellings
(e) source,
countries
Solutions
S1. Ans.(d) 
Sol. visible, recognize fits in the
context correctly.

S2. Ans.(c) 
Sol. plenty, goals- fits in the
context correctly.

S3. Ans.(b) 
Sol. luxuries, struggling fits in the
context correctly.

S4. Ans.(e) 
Sol. public good – fits in the
context correctly.

S5. Ans.(c) 
Sol. rife, murdered- fits in the
context correctly.

S6. Ans.(b) 
Sol. property, poor- fits in the
context correctly.


S7. Ans.(a) 
Sol. transcend- be or go beyond the range or limits of (a field of activity or
conceptual sphere).

S8. Ans.(d) 
Sol. Fading, decaying – fits in the
context correctly.

S9. Ans.(b) 
Sol. economic, interact- fits in the
context correctly.

S10. Ans.(c) 
Sol.  predispose,
lowered – fits in the context correctly.

S11. Ans.(c) 
Sol.  adapted,
active- fits in the context correctly.


S12. Ans.(a) 
Sol.  slack, score-
fits in the context correctly.


S13. Ans.(d) 
Sol.  political
systems- fits in the context correctly.


S14. Ans.(b) 
Sol.  reconcile,
efficient- fits in the context correctly.

S15. Ans.(d) 
Sol.  access,
dwellings- fits in the context correctly.

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