IBPS: Sentence Improvement & Fill in the Blanks for PO, Clerk, SO, Insurance Exams

Question 1

Direction: In each of the following sentence, a word is missing and a phrase is given in bold. From the options given below each question, choose the most appropriate pair, the first of which can fill the blank and the other replace the highlighted word to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct and meaningful.

Buffalo Bills rookie quarterback Josh Allen suffered an elbow _________ in the third quarter of Sunday's 20-13 loss of the Houston Texans and did not return.

Question 2

Direction: In the following sentence, a word is missing and a phrase is given in bold. From the options given below the question, choose the most appropriate pair of words, the first of which can fill the blank and the second can replace the highlighted word to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

White House spokespersons didn’t _______ on this story, and a spokesperson for Emanuel didn’t neither comment either.

Question 3

Direction: In the following sentence, a word is missing and a phrase is given in bold. From the options given below the question, choose the most appropriate pair of words, the first of which can fill the blank and the second can replace the highlighted word to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

The ________ aroma was strangely pleasant, but we could not figure out where it had come from.

Question 4

Direction: In the following sentence, a word is missing and a phrase is given in bold. From the options given below the question, choose the most appropriate pair of words, the first of which can fill the blank and the second can replace the highlighted word to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

The religious __________ provides guidelines for its followers and comes forth a skeleton for moral behavior.

Question 5

Direction: In the following sentence, a word is missing and a phrase is given in bold. From the options given below the question, choose the most appropriate pair of words, the first of which can fill the blank and the second can replace the highlighted word to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

For many years _________ to amalgamate the working of the companies and displace them by a central public authority was put forth from time to time.

Question 6

Direction: A sentence with three blanks is given, followed by five options each containing two words to fill the blanks. While the first word must fill both the first and the second blank, the second word must fill the third blank to make it a meaningful sentence.

Donald Trump has given a ____________ to make cuts in the aids given to developing countries along with the ___________ to stop supporting the United Nations _______________.

Question 7

Direction: A sentence with three blanks is given, followed by five options each containing two words to fill the blanks. While the first word must fill both the first and the second blank, the second word must fill the third blank to make it a meaningful sentence.

You must be ______ enough in your school to be a part of such an/a _______ event and you also need to be _____ in communication skills.

Question 8

Direction: A sentence with three blanks is given, followed by five options each containing two words to fill the blanks. While the first word must fill both the first and the second blank, the second word must fill the third blank to make it a meaningful sentence.

They can then add that we are ______ beings, who usually must select from a _______ set of options, and for all such cases an agent can ______ choose any option as long as there is no available option that is better than it.

Question 9

Direction: A sentence with three blanks, followed by five options each containing two words to fill the blanks, is given. The first word must fill both the first and the second blank while second word must fill the third blank to make it a meaningful sentence. Choose the correct alternative.

So while ______ were trying to adhere to the idea of equal distribution of opportunities, ________ were also competing for a limited number of jobs, _________ to put food on the table.

Question 10

Direction: A sentence with three blanks is given, followed by five options each containing two words to fill the blanks. While the first word must fill both the first and the second blank, the second word must fill the third blank to make it a meaningful sentence.

Great saints have said that renouncing _________ desires is the only way to achieve Nirvana as ____________ things are often __________ and they confine us to this world and its problems.