IBPS General English

Following are practice questions on English useful for IBPS and SBI Clerks Recruitments. The content is related to English – Cloze Test Model.

Practice Test – 1:

…(1)…stringent anti-pollution laws,mass awareness levels in India about the need to… 2)….environment are low. Which is …(3)…many people insist that mere laws won’t do,what we…(4)….need are “environment conscious” citizens. It is in this contest that the university’s …(5)…. to introduce environment studies as a compulsory paper at the undergraduate level…(6)…..significance. There was some…(7)…initially about who would teach because financial…(8)….make it impossible for colleges to….(9)…..approval for new teaching posts.In fact, in August 1999,the UGC imposed a ban on the creation of new teaching posts in colleges. ….(10)….with this problem authorities at the universities have decided that serving teachers belonging to various discipline will teach the paper.

Also Read: IBPS and SBI Clerks – English Practice Questions Set 1

1. 1) old 2) new 3) despite 4) unless 5) until
2. 1) protect 2) pine out 3) pin down 4) press for 5) phase out
3. 1) not 2) as 3) why 4) which 5) what
4. 1) don’t 2) never 3) actually 4) s eldom 5) often
5. 1) decision 2) uncertainty 3) helplessness 4) need 5) hope
6. 1) ends 2) assumes 3) appears 4) thins out 5) fades out
7. 1) certainty 2) confusion 3) correctness 4) compulsion 5) covering
8. 1) needs 2) wants 3) gains 4) losses 5) profits
9. 1) give 2) offer 3) lend 4) accept 5) receive
10. 1) faced 2) lost 3) sank 4) ignoring 5) answering

Practice Test — 2:

The world’s climate has always changed and species have evolved accordingly to survive it. The surprising fact about the…(1)…between evolution and global warming….(2)…that it is not
linear. …(3)….temperatures alone do not….(4)…evolution. Evolution is also the….(5)….of seasonal changes. As the environment….(6)….those species which don’t adapt….(7)….to exist..But the sheer…(8)….of man-made climate change today is….(9)…. Bad things are happening and by one….(10)…..global warming could threaten upto one-third of the world’s species if left unchecked. In fact,a lot of the species which will be able to survive are the ones we consider pests like insects and weeds.

1. 1) relationship 2) similarity 3) difference 4) link 5) connection
2. 1) was 2) is 3) are 4) were 5) being
3. 1) decreasing 2) declining 3) raising 4) falling 5) sliding
4. 1) trigger 2) hanger 3) slip 4) end 5) gun down
5. 1) fall 2) rise 3) result 4) insult 5) assault
6. 1) evolves 2) entraps 3) changes 4) transfers 5) retains
7. 1) cease 2) seize 3) sneeze 4) seal 5) steal
8. 1) race 2) trace 3) pace 4) space 5) lace
9. 1) unprecedented 2) unprepared 3) unprocessed 4) unpredicted 5) unparalleled
10. 1) foresee 2) forecast 3) foreplay 4) forlorn 5) forewarn

Answers:

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

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.