IBPS: New Pattern Special English Quiz 23.10.2018 for PO, Clerk, SO, Insurance Exams

Question 1

Directions: Three statements with a blank in each, followed by three words, are given below. Which of the following sequence of words given at (A), (B), (C) and (D) would most appropriately fit the blanks? If the correct sequence of words is not given in any of the alternatives, mark ‘None of these’ as the answer.

I. Tom could hardly __________ after the race.
II. The swimmer raised his head and gasped for ________________.
III. On each side of the trench, the earth was cut out to a _______________ of about two and a half feet.
I. Breadth
II. Breath
III. Breathe

Question 2

Directions: Three statements with a blank in each, followed by three words, are given below. Which of the following sequence of words given at (A), (B), (C) and (D) would most appropriately fit the blanks? If the correct sequence of words is not given in any of the alternatives, mark ‘None of these’ as the answer.

I. Football _______________ is sweeping the country.
II. He seemed to have an almost ____________ energy.
III. The occupant of the stolen car was driving like a ____________.
I. Manic
II. Maniac
III. Mania

Question 3

Direction: In the given questions, one statement with a blank is given along with four words. Two of the given words can fit into the given blank. Five options with various combinations of these words are given. Pick up the combination of the words that fits into the blank.

In the third year of the worst economic crisis ever to hit Venezuela, residents have now started ______________ their pets because they cannot afford to feed them anymore.
a) Abdicating
b) Abandoning
c) Relinquishing
d) Deserting

Question 4

Direction: A sentence divided into three parts I, II and III is given. There may be an error in one or more parts. Determine the part(s) which requires correction and mark it as your answer.

Start out with no more than four coffees, all single-origins from different regions and (I)/ avoid blends, and also avoid extremely dark roast coffees, since higher roast levels (II)/ tend to make the origin characteristics hard to discern. (III)

Question 5

Direction: A sentence divided into three parts (I, II and III) is given. There may be an error in one or more parts. Determine the part(s) which requires correction and mark it as your answer.

The most unique characteristic of the troodontids was the size of their brain case: (I)/ it was the largest of all the dinosaurs and this may indicate that (II)/ the troodontids were the most intelligent of all the dinosaurs, although this is only a speculation. (III)

Question 6

Direction: A sentence divided into three parts (I, II and III) is given. There may be an error in one or more parts. Determine the part(s) which requires correction and mark it as your answer.

Krysten Cottrell's extraordinary commitment to becomes a Black Fern involved waking up at 1 am (I)/ working her 8-hour shift at a Napier bakery, heading to the gym, (II)/ take a quick nap and then driving two hours to Palmerston North for rugby training before returning home. (III)

Question 7

Direction: In the given question, three phrases are given below the question statement that carries a blank. Choose the phrase(s) that can be placed in the given blank to make a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.

Exhibits that explore different aspects of Jewishness, by displaying the minutiae of ordinary Jewish life, __________
I. Is traditionally coupled with Judaism.
II. Are usually confined to specialist museums dedicated to Jewish history.
III. Vary in function of family, social status, and terroir.

Question 8

Direction: In the given question, three phrases are given below the question statement. Choose the phrase(s) that can be placed in the given blank so as to make a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.

The main reason for Partition in the narrative was predominantly the Congress, __________.
I. With its determination to dominate a centralized, majoritarian state.
II. With the new state, which was carved out of the sub-continent.
III. When their deployment might have stemmed the tide of violence.

Question 9

Direction: In the given question, a statement with one blank, followed by three alternatives, is given. Out of the given three alternatives, more than one can fill the given blank. Choose the alternatives from the given options which can be used to fill the blank.

No matter what the earth’s population is, enlightenment belongs to a different category of consideration because it gives a path that brings benefits on every step of the way and ______.

I. is concerned not alone with mankind, but also with animals.
II. brings the mind to a state of awareness that is always in the now.
III. are based on physical realism that is a conviction that the physical world we see is real.

Question 10

Direction: In the following question, a sentence is given with a part of it missing and is represented by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the sentence complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).

Snow pertains to frozen crystalline water throughout its life cycle, starting when it precipitates from clouds and accumulates on surfaces, then metamorphoses in place, and ultimately melts, slides or sublimates away. Snowstorms organize and develop by feeding on sources of atmospheric moisture and cold air. Where the climate is cold enough for year-to-year accumulation, a glacier may form. Otherwise, the snow typically melts ___________.