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Night Class: English Quiz for IBPS/BOB Exam |_2.1
Directions (1-10): Fill in the blanks choosing the word that
is most appropriate in the context of the passage.

The Aryans (1)
about northern Asia and Europe over the wide grasslands. But as their numbers
grew and the climate became drier and the land (2), there was not (3)
food for all of them to eat. (4) they were forced to move to other parts
of the world in search of (5). They spread out all over Europe and (6)
to India, Persia and Mesopotamia. Thus we find that nearly all the people of
Europe and northern India and Persia and Mesopotamia, although they differ so
much (7) each other now, are really descendants from the same (8),
the Aryans. Of course this was very long (9) and since then much has
happened and races have got mixed up to a large extent. The Aryans are (10),
one great ancestral race of the people of the world today.

Q1.
(a) Wandered
(b) Wondered
(c) Worked
(d) Worried
(e)
anachronism
Q2.
(a) Grassful
(b) Green
(c)
Grassless
(d) Dead
(e) dessert
Q3.
(a) Full
(b) Enough
(c) Plenty
(d) Grass
(e) remedy
Q4.
(a) So
(b) As
(c) Because
(d) Yet
(e) but
Q5.
(a) Riches
(b) Money
(c) Shelter
(d) Food
(e) forest
Q6.
(a) Went
(b) Came
(c) Come
(d) Has come
(e) had come
Q7.
(a) To
(b) With
(c) On
(d) From
(e) without
Q8.
(a) Friends
(b) Family
(c)
Ancestors
(d) Aryans
(e)
predecessor
Q9.
(a) Ago
(b) Time
(c) Period
(d) Wait
(e) rapid
Q10.
(a) So
(b) Since
(c)
Therefore
(d) But
(e) soon
Directions
(11-15): Each question gives a sentence with a part of the sentence underlined
that may contain an error. Five alternative substitutes are given for the
underlined portion. Identify the choice that replaces the underlined part to
form a logical and grammatically correct statement and mark its number as your
answer.
Q11. Had he been industrious
he would not have got the seat.
(a) Had he
been industrious
(b) If he
were industrious
(c) But for
his industry
(d) Though
not for his industry
(e) If he
will be industrious
Q12. If he di d not confessed
his guilt
he would have been killed by the mob.
(a) If he
had not confess to his guilt
(b) If he
had not confessed his guilt
(c) If he
did not confess to his guilt
(d) He confessed
to his guilt or
(e) If he
confesses his guilt
Q13. The professor asked her when
will you submit her thesis
.
(a) when
will you submit her thesis
(b) when she
would have submit her thesis
(c) when you
will have submitted your thesis
(d) when she
would submit her thesis
(e) when she
will submit to her thesis
Q14. Even though he is a great
writer not one of his books have ever been prescribed in college.
(a) have
ever been prescribed
(b) has ever
been prescribed
(c) has been
ever prescribed
(d) have
been ever prescribed
(e) would be
prescribed
Q15. He is such meticulous
person
that he takes care of even the minutest of details.
(a) such
meticulous person
(b) too
meticulous person
(c) so
meticulous person
(d) not a
meticulous person
(e) as meticulous
a person


Solutions
S1. Ans.(a) 
Sol. Wandered- fit in the context
correctly.

S2. Ans.(c) 
Sol. Grassless- fit in the context
correctly.

S3. Ans.(b) 
Sol. Enough- fit in the context
correctly.

S4. Ans.(a) 
Sol. ‘so’ fit in the context correctly.

S5. Ans.(d) 
Sol. Food – fit in the context
correctly.

S6. Ans.(b) 
Sol. Came – fit in the context
correctly.

S7. Ans.(d) 
Sol. From- fit in the context
correctly.

S8. Ans.(c) 
Sol. Ancestors – fit in the context
correctly.

S9. Ans.(a) 
Sol. Ago – fit in the context
correctly.

S10. Ans.(c) 
Sol.  Therefore – fit
in the context correctly.

S11. Ans.(c) 
Sol.  ‘But for his
industry’ fit in the context correctly.

S12. Ans.(b) 
Sol.  ‘If he had
not confessed his guilt’ more aptly express the idea.

S13. Ans.(d) 
Sol.  ‘when she
would submit her thesis’ more aptly express the idea.

S14. Ans.(b) 
Sol.  ‘has ever
been prescribed’ singular verb will be used.

S15. Ans.(c) 
Sol. ‘so meticulous person’ more aptly
express the idea.

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