Night Class: English Quiz for IBPS/RBI Exam |

Directions (1-10): 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/phrases are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case:

In economics, the term recession generally describes the reduction of a country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for at least two quarters. A recession is (1) by rising unemployment, increase in government borrowing, (2) of share and stock prices, and falling investment. All of these characteristics have effects on people. Some recessions have been anticipated by stock market declines. The real-estate market also usually (3) before a recession. However, real-estate declines can last much longer than recessions. During an economic decline, high-(4) stocks such as financial services, pharmaceuticals and tobacco (5) to hold up better. However, when the economy starts to recover growth, stocks tend to recover faster. There is significant disagreement about how health care and utilities tend to (6).

In 2008, an economic recession was suggested by several important indicators of economic downturn. These (7) high oil prices, which led to (8) high food prices due to dependence of food production on petroleum, as well as using food crop products such as ethanol and bio-diesel as an (9) to petroleum; and global inflation; a substantial credit crisis leading to the drastic bankruptcy of large and well (10) investment banks as well as commercial banks in various, diverse nations around the world; increased unemployment; and signs of contemporaneous economic downturns in major economics of the world, a global recession.

Q1.

(a) imagined

(b) depict

(d) visualized

(e) characterized

Q2.

(a) increase

(b) variance

(d) decrease

(e) abundance

Q3.

(a) weakens

(b) initiates

(d) strengthens

(e) volatile

Q4.

(a) maintained

(b) yield

(d) result

(e) payment

Q5.

(a) are

(b) want

(d) yearn

(e) made

Q6.

(a) distribute

(b) recover

(d) increased

(e) fight

Q7.

(a) meant

(b) show

(d) included

(e) encompass

Q8.

(a) fearful

(b) dangerous

(d) healthy

(e) nutritious

Q9.

(a) alternative

(b) variant

(d) element

(e) integral

Q10.

(a) wealthy

(b) costly

(d) created

(e) established

Directions (11-15): Pick out the most effective pair of words from the given pair of words to make the sentence/ sentences meaningfully complete.

Q11. The teacher must _________ the unique style of a learner in order to ______ it to the desired knowledge.

(a) advocate, direct

(b) perpetuate, develop

(d) absorb, maintain

(e)terrific, tempted

Q12. Not all countries benefit ______ from liberalization. The benefits tend to_________ first to the advantaged and to those with the right education to be able to benefit from the opportunities presented.

(a) equally, generate

(b) richly, downgrade

(d) uniformly, percolate

(e)manifestation, deep

Q13. He has _______ sense of words. Therefore, the sentence he constructs are always ________ with rich meaning.

(a) profound, pregnant

(b) distinguished, loaded

(d) meaningful, full

(e)loquacious, light

Q14. He was an _________ Musician, had been awarded the George Medal during the second world war and _____ with the title of Rai Bhadur.

(a) outstanding, popularize

(b) underestimated, declared