English Test for IBPS PO 2018 Prelim Exam Set – 32

Directions(1-5): In the passage given below there are 5 blanks. Every blank has four alternative words given in options (A),(B),(C), and (D). You have to tell which word is APPROPRIATE according to the context. If all are appropriate then mark your answer as “E”.

Janet Yell, the Fed’s chair, chalks up some of the shortfall to a strong dollar making imports cheap (the greenback is up by 19% since mid-2014). That effect should ___1___ if the dollar’s ascent stops. There is also less scope for the oil price to ___2___, having already fallen by almost two-thirds over the past year. This suggests inflation may pick up in 2016. That, in turn, argues for a rate rise soon, since monetary policy is thought to have only a delayed impact on the economy.
The Fed is in a ___3___, though, because it faces asymmetric risks. If it raises rates too soon, its scope to cut them, should the economy then ___4___, is limited by the fact rates cannot fall far below zero. If it waits until inflation is stronger, it has unlimited capacity to raise rates to ___5___ it.

1. hoard
   dissipate
   appear
   scrimp
   All are Correct
   Option B
   

    

2. aspire
   ascend
   plunge
   ameliorate
   All are Correct
   Option C
   

    

3. consecrate
   boon
   loosen
   jam
   All are Correct
   Option D
   

    

4. sour
   syrupy
   dulcet
   honeyed
   All are Correct
   Option A
   

    

5. savage
   violent
   tame
   feral
   All are Correct
   Option C
   

    

Directions(6-10): Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C), (D) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) ie ‘No correction required’ as the answer.

6. Not many bank on the power of realism and comedy to make an impression and so, when one does, it makes head turns.
   making heads turn
   make head turnings
   making heads turning
   makes heads turn
   No correction required
   Option D
   The use of ‘many’ suggests plurality. Hence ‘head’ should be ‘heads’ and the verb should be ‘turn’. Thus the entire phrase would be ‘makes heads turn’. Hence the correct option is (4).

    

7. He was a men of few words but was very intelligent and respected by one and all.
   man of few words
   man of few wordings
   men of few word
   man to few words
   No correction required
   Option A
   The use of ‘He’ suggests the subject to be in third person singular number. Hence the correct pronoun for ‘he’ will be ‘man’ not ‘men’. Hence the corre ct option is (1). Moreover, the correct phrase is ‘man of words’ not ‘man to words’. Hence we can easily reject option (4).

    

8. She was feeling very asleepy today as she had not slept very well the previous night.
   very asleep
   very sleeping
   very sleepy
   very sleep
   No correction required
   Option C
   The correct word is ‘sleepy’ when one feels like sleep. Hence (3) is the correct option.

    

9. She waited with bated breath as the names of the top rankers were announced.
   as bated breathe
   for beating breath
   with beated breath
   to beat breath
   No correction required
   Option E
   No correction required

    

10. As Veena got ready to leave for the exam her mother kissed her and wished her lucky.
    wish her luckily
    wishes her luck
    wishing her luckily
    wished her luck
    No correction required
    Option D
    Usually, we ‘wish’ a good luck to our near and dear one. Since the given sentence is in past tense, the correct verb should be ‘wished’. Hence, go with option (4)