IBPS – Clerks Exam Questions

The “CLOZE-TEST” often appears both in the Preliminary and Main Exams. It is meant to test your reading skills and to know how well you can find out missing links in a passage. When you fill in all the blanks using suitable words from the options,it becomes a complete and meaningful passage. It is for 5 marks. This test was originally designed by a psychiatrist.

Also Read: Cloze Test Practice Set 2

Directions (Q. 1-10): In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered.
These numbers are printed below the passage andagainst each five wordsare suggested, one of the which fits in the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

In these days of economic liberalisation, globalisation, etc, materialistic values have assumed…(1)… importance. Money, physical comforts, and luxuries are most sought after aspects. There has been…(2)…competition. Such competition…(3)…undue stress. The stress leads to…(4)…of health of the people.

Indian culture…(5)…its striking uniqueness, as against the Western culture, in the fact that there is a…(6)…place for spiritualism in the value system in all walks of life..The spirituality is a very…(7)…force which helps us in maintaining our physical and mental health. It gives us…(8)….to cope with the stress. Westerners have now…(9)…the importance of spirituality and, therefore, they have started….(10)…us in the matter of spirituality.

1. 1) greater 2) smaller 3) little 4) least 5) usual
2. 1) unusual 2) no 3) never 4) new 5) nice
3. 1) made 2) caused 3) generates 4) kills 5) removes
4. 1) illness 2) wellness 3) beauty 4) ugliness 5) wholeness
5. 1) led 2) lent 3) bent 4) marginalised 5) culminated
6. 1) informal 2) formal 3) official 4) unofficial 5) authorised
7. 1) uncommon 2) unnatural 3) strange 4) familiar 5) common
8. 1) clues 2) strength 3) leads 4) length 5) width
9. 1) i gnored 2) known 3) realised 4) eliminated 5) elected
10. 1) accusing 2) finding fault 3) emulating 4) mocking 5) mimicking

Answers: 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-1, 5-4, 6-2, 7-5, 8-2, 9-3, 10-3.

TIPS:

1) First of all, read the passage carefully and closely and understand the theme of it.
2) Then read the options given for each question. It helps you understand your task better.
3) Now read each sentence and here more often the words before the blank and the words after the blank GIVE AWAY a clue about the suitable word to be used.
4) When no clue is available in the sentence, you can try quickly all the options given for each blank.
5) After filling in all the blanks,give a quick final reading of the entire passage and make last minute changes if any.

Following are the model questions for IBPS Clerks examination. The model questions along with key / answers are given here of the practice of the candidates. The questions are from the section Computer Knowledge:

1. C is a / an …………….
1) Operating System 2) Natural Language
3) Programming Language 4) System Software 5) All of the above

2. ………….. enables multiple callers to listen and/ talk on same call.
1) Conference Calls 2) Parallel Calls 3) Voice Calls 4) System Calls
5) None of these

3. Which of the following file names would not be allowed?
1) mysong.mp3 2) jbsImage.jpg
3) balu:song.doc 4) jbs-dynamic.txt
5) JBSquestions.xlsx

4. The person who finally uses software or hardware is ………….
1) First user 2) Last user 3) Programmer 4) End user 5) Administrator
5. Which of the following is not an internal component of a computer?
1) Network Card 2) Graphics Card 3) SMPS 4) UPS 5) All the above

6. Expand VLSI.
1) Vast Large Scale Integration 2) Very Long Scale Integration
3) Very Large Scale Integration 4) Very Large Standard Intel
5) None of these

7. …………. are the programs that are installed on computers to give users, the ability to do specific tasks.

1) MS – Office 2) Applications 3) Accessories 4) Operating System
5) Programming Language

8. Which of the following file extensions Indicate Graphic files Only?
1) bmp and doc 2) xls and doc
3) Jpeg and txt 4) txt and ppt 5) bmp and gif

9. Which of the following is the keyboard shortcut for aligning a line to the right side of the document?
1) Ctrl + R 2) Shift + R 3) Tab + R 4) Alt + R
5) None of these

10. Which of the following is the windows program that is used to manage files and folders?
1) Windows Accessories 2) Windows Explorer
3) Microsoft Office 4) Windows Control Panel 5) Command Prompt

11. Expand VSAT.
1) Very Small Aperture Terminals
2) Virus Smacked Application Terminal
3) Very Strange Aperture Terminal
4) Virus Space Application Terminal
5) None of these

12. IBPS has made quite a few changes in the pattern of Conducting examination, out of which Online exam is one of the features. To attempt the exam online which of the following computer components do you need?
1) Modem 2) High Speed Internet Connection
3) Peripherals like Keyboard and Mouse
4) All the above 5) None of these

13. Expand MIPS.
1) Million Instructions Per Second
2) Minimum Instructions Per second
3) Million Information Per Second
4) Maximum Instructions Per Second
5) None of these

14. …….. is a numerical label assigned to each device (computer, printer etc) participating in a computer network that uses the
Internet Protocol for communication.
1) System Address 2) IP Address
3) Network Address 4) Network ID 5) None of these
15. Which of the following is an OOP principle?
1) Structured Programming 2) Procedural Programming
3) Inheritance 4) Linking 5) None of these

16. A complete electronic circuit with transistors and other electronic components on a small silicon chip is called a / an:
1) CPU 2) Magnetic Disk 3) Integrated Circuit 4) Complex Circuit
5) None of these

17. A ………. is a pre-designed document that already has coordinating fonts, a layout, and a background.
1) Model 2) Form Filling Document
3) Design Filled Document 4) Template 5) None of these

18. Which of the following computers is generally Expensive?
1) Server 2) Notebook Computer
3) Personal Computer 4) Mainframe Computer 5) Laptop Computer

19. …………. is a piece of software designed to fix the
security vulnerabilities, bugs, and to increase the performance, Which is available on the internet for free.
1) Version 2) Add on 3) Online Guidance 4) Patch 5) None of these

20. A ………. list is a collection of name and e – mail addresses used by an individual or organization to send material to multiple
recipients.
1) Address 2) e – mail 3) Junk 4) Website 5) Mailing

21. Which of the following computers is designed as a special purpose
computer?
1) Mainframe Computer 2) Special Purpose Computer
3) Portable Computer 4) Super Computer
5) None of these

22. Which of the following is not true about Control Unit?
1) It coordinates the components of the computer system
2) It fetches the code of all the instructions in the program
3) It manages the computer resources
4) It directs the flow of data between CPU and other devices
5) It processes the information, performs calculations.

23. Which of the following can be considered as a portable computer?
1) Mini Computer 2) Mainframe Computer
3) Desktop 4) Workstation 5) PDA

24. The user can use ………. commands to search for and correct the words in a document.

1) Print and Print Preview 2) Header and Footer
3) Find and Replace 4) Spelling and Grammar
5) Copy and Paste

25. Which of the following is another name for a pre-programmed formula in Excel?
1) Range 2) Graph 3) Function 4) Cell 5) None of these

26. What is the term for calculations used within the spreadsheets?
1) Analyses 2) Ranges 3) Formula 4) Recalculations 5) Values

27. Which of the following softwares can interpret data into words that can be understood by the computer?
1) Speech Input software 2) Talking Software
3) Word Recognition Software 4) Speech Recognition Software
5) None of these

28. Mother Board is also known as:
1) Mouse 2) Computer Board 3) System Device 4) Logic Board
5) None of these

29. Find the odd one out.
1) Opera 2) Safari 3) Chrome 4) Linux 5) Netscape Navigator

30. Who is / are the founder(s) of Apple Inc.
1) Steve Jobs 2) Steve Wozniak 3) Ronald Wayne 4) All the Above
5) None of the above

31. Which of the following is the shortcut to cycle through task bar buttons in windows?
1) Windows Logo + Tab 2) Windows Logo + Esc
3) Shift + Tab 4) Alt + Tab 5) None of these

KEY: 1-3; 2-1; 3-3; 4-4; 5-4; 6-3; 7-2; 8-5; 9-1; 10-2; 11-1; 12-4; 13-1; 14-2; 15-3; 16-3; 17-4; 18-4; 19-4; 20-5; 21-4; 22-5; 23-5; 24-3; 25-3; 26-3; 27-4; 28-4; 29-4; 30-4; 31-1.