English: Sentence Fillers Set 13(IBPS PO 2017 Pattern)

The following sentence fillers/fill in the blanks are based on the pattern that was asked in IBPS PO Prelims on 8th October 2017. 

Directions: In each question a sentence is given followed by a blank. Each blank is followed by three options and you have to determine which option can be used in place of blank to make it a meaningful sentence and mark it as your answer.

1.  The domestic markets will likely _________ by earnings of IT bellwether Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) as well as the key inflation and IIP data.
   i.) To be steered
   ii.) To be controlled
   iii.) To be canalized
   A) Both i and ii
   B) Both ii and iii
   C) Both i and iii
   D) All of these
   E) None of these
   
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      Option D
   Explanation: steered = guide or control the movement of (a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft), for example by turning a wheel or operating a rudder; Synonym: canalize
   
2. According to the RBI survey, respondents’ pessimism on the price level _________ in the recent period.
   i.) Has also more noticeable
   ii.) Has also accentuated
   iii.) Has also played down
   A) Only i
   B) Only ii
   C) Both i and ii
   D) Both ii and iii
   E) Both i and iii
   
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      Option C
   Explanation: accentuated= make more noticeable or prominent.
   
3. Political __________ has erupted after former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha targetted the PM Narendra Modi government over the alleged economic slowdown
   i.) Slugfest
   ii.) Lambasting
   iii.) Disputes
   A) Only i
   B) Both i and ii
   C) All except ii
   D) All of these
   E) None of these
   
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      Option D
   
4. The Indian Constitution is built on the words, ideas and struggles of those who led entire movements for _________ of caste, with the figure of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar calling into memory the countless others who marched with him and before him.
   i.) The destruction
   ii.) The obliteration
   iii.) The annihilation
   A) Both i and iii
   B) Both ii and iii
   C) All except ii
   D) All of these
   E) None of these
   
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      Option D
   Explanation: annihilation= complete destruction or obliteration.
   
5. Prof. Ilaiah has previously written about __________ granted to Brahmins by the Hindu caste order.
   i.) The special right and exemption
   ii.) The privileges and impunities
   iii.)  The prestige and enlightenment
   A) Only i
   B) Only ii
   C) Only iii
   D) Both i and ii
   E) Both ii and iii
   
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      Option E
   
6. There must be a clear debate on what ails our social systems and how we might reckon with our past; how might we rise above __________ that make us complicit in histories of oppression perpetrated by dominant castes and classes before our time.
   i.) parochial assertions
   ii.) Limited edition
   iii.) Narrow-minded proclamations
   A) Both i and ii
   B) Both ii and iii
   C) Both i and iii
   D) Only i
   E) Only ii
   
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      Option C
   Explanation: parochial assertions = narrow-minded declarations; having a limited or narrow outlook or scope.
   
7. The appeal on behalf of a caste association to a constitutional court that Prof. Ilaiah must be arrested or an FIR registered for engaging in social critique cannot stand constitutional _________.
   i.) Observation
   ii.) Scrutiny
   iii.) Foresee
   A) Only i
   B) Only ii
   C) Only iii
   D) Both i and ii
   E) Both i and iii
   
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      Option D
   Explanation: scrutiny= critical observation or examination.
   
8. In 2013, significant amendments were made to the rape law provisions in the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), including the introduction of the definition of consent in rape cases __________ of feminists.
   i) For the desire
   ii) At the command
   iii) at the behest
   A) Both i and ii
   B) Both ii and iii
   C) All of these
   D) Only i
   E) Only iii
   
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      Option B
   Explanation: behest = a person’s orders or command; desire is also a synonym but not appropriate with the context.
   
9. When read with the requirement of “unequivocal voluntary agreement”, it mandates that sexual acts are not performed in __________ of the woman’s desire.
   i.) Sensitive disregard
   ii.) Cruel disregard
   iii.) Callous disregard
   A) Only i
   B) All except ii
   C) All except iii
   D) Only iii
   E) Both ii and iii
   
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      Option E
   Explanation: callous = showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
   
10. A high-level Indian delegation is visiting the US __________ with America’s food processing sector to bring the best practices of the world into India’s food value chain.
    i.) To forge partnership
    ii.) In developing relationship
    iii.) To collaborate
    A) Both i and ii
    B) Both i and iii
    C) Both ii and iii
    D) Only i
    E) Only ii
    
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       Option B
    Explanation: collaborate =  work jointly on an activity or project; synonym: partnership