English Test for IBPS Clerk 2018 Main Exam Set – 13

Direction (1-5): In each question below a sentence is given with three blanks in each. Each question is followed by four options with two words in each. You have to select that option as your answer which can fill the blanks of the sentence.

1. My daughters’ dad’s position is that they’ll be grown up soon enough and __________ for themselves that maybe mummy and daddy had something to do with it all, and let’s carry on letting them believe for now. I wish I could be as __________ as that: every Christmas Eve sees an exhausted, __________ me grumbling as I speed-wrap the presents I forgot about that I bought early, about Father bloody Christmas swanning in at the last minute, taking all the credit for other people’s hard work: both mine and the elves.
   accomplish, pallid, exhausted
   conceive, dubious, enervated
   realise, sanguine, frazzled
   agnise, blanched, pooped
   None of these
   Option C
   

    

2. The debate about Brexit has entered a new and potentially __________ phase. Britain has already suffered an economic and reputational hit from the Brexit saga. Investments are on hold, jobs are being moved, the pound has lost value. Britain has come to be seen as a political risk rather than a force for stability. If our leaders continue to __________ illusions about the real choices, they risk turning damage into __________.
   chaotic, peddle, carnage
   disordered, accept, affection
   riotous, convey, conviviality
   turbulent, debauch, amity
   None of these
   Option A
   

    

3. In 2007, I discovered that you cannot, no matter how hard you try. I was living in New York, studying for a master’s degree. My boyfriend at the time, who lived in London, was flying over, and a Christmas spent in my tiny studio apartment did not appeal. Christmas in New York is __________ for being a sparkling, magical time – but that winter I remember freezing __________ rather than picturesque snowfall; and negotiating my way through slippery streets clutching a bottle of super-strength cockroach killer was the __________ I got to ice skating in Central Park.
   eminent, whip, frigid
   celebrated, scum, detached
   prominent, spume, long
   renowned, slush, closest
   None of these
   Option D
   

    

4. The school Christmas disco was the high point of the winter calendar. The school hall – normally the __________ of the drama teacher Mr Panther (he’d once been on telly, either Play for Today or Coronation Street) and also doubling up as the place where we had our assemblies – was festively __________ and dangerously darkened. A science teacher who was deemed to be most down with the kids would bring his __________ of seven-inch singles and play them through a tinny PA system.
   median, trimmed, accumulation
   domain, bedecked, collection
   dominion, embellished, aggregation
   array, emblazoned, lot
   None of these
   Option B
   

    

5. The feeling that this is a “hidden issue” comes as no surprise given the long history of active __________ of LGBT+ people and their experiences from public life. In 1988, the Thatcher government introduced section 28 which stopped local authorities from “promoting” homosexuality in schools. It took 15 years for this piece of legislation to be __________, but many teachers still don’t know if they are legally able to openly discuss LGBT+ topics, and many feel that they lack the __________ to do so.
   expulsion, assisted, dexterity
   repudiation, validated, proficiency
   exclusion, overturned, expertise
   proscription, submitted, adroitness
   None of these
   Option C
   

    

Directions(6-10): A Passage is given below followed by four options. You have to choose the option as your answer which is most appropriately inferred/concluded from the given passage. If no such inference is drawn then mark your answer as “E”.

6. In ruling that the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi has no independent decision-making power, and has to act mainly on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers, the Supreme Court has restored the primary role played by the “representative government” in the National Capital Territory. Though seen as a Union Territory, Delhi was created as a separate category, with an elected Assembly with powers to enact laws in all matters falling under the State and Concurrent lists, with the exception of public order, police and land. This gave it a status higher than other UTs.
   The SC clarification
   How to rule Delhi
   The AAP regime
   Delhi’s administration
   None of these
   Option B
   

    

7. The omnibus acquittal of all the police personnel accused of eliminating Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a ‘fake encounter’ in Gujarat in 2005 represents a substantial failure of justice. It is true that it is not easy to obtain an order of conviction against police personnel accused of killing suspects in a fake encounter. It becomes that much harder for any agency when influential political leaders and top police officers are cited as accused. It is unsurprising that the case, in which BJP president Amit Shah and a few Indian Police Service officers had been discharged earlier, ended with the acquittal of 22 men, all but one of them policemen.
   The final decision
   Police personnel and the accused
   Political leaders and their influence
   Failure of justice
   None of these
   Option D
   

    

8. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria has predictably upset both the Washington establishment and America’s global allies. Within a day of the announcement, Secretary of Defense James Mattis quit, while allies say the move would affect the battle against the Islamic State in Syria. Mr. Trump, however, appears unfazed. Bringing soldiers back to the U.S. was a campaign promise. Earlier this year he had wanted to exit Syria, but delayed the decision amid resistance within his cabinet. Now he claims that the physical infrastructure of the IS caliphate is destroyed and the U.S. can leave the war against the remnants of the jihadist group to the Syrian government and its main backers, Russia and Iran.
   Controversial exit
   Pulling out of troops
   Boots on the ground
   Both a & b
   None of these
   Option A
   

    

9. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has approved a proposal to allow the Life Insurance Corporation of India to increase its stake in the ailing state-owned IDBI Bank to 51%. The plan envisages the insurer injecting much- needed capital into the financially stressed lender, which was placed under the Reserve Bank of India’s prompt corrective action framework in May 2017 as a consequence of its non-performing assets rising beyond a threshold. While there are no details on how exactly this capital infusion will take place — reports suggesting that the LIC may acquire the additional 40% stake it would need to reach 51% shareholding from the Government of India — market speculation and media reports have estimated figures north of ₹10,000 crore.
   LIC reforms
   Stressed lenders
   Risky recourse
   Capital infusion
   None of these
   Option C
   

    

10. The rupee’s troubles just do not seem to end. On Thursday, the currency weakened past 69 intraday against the U.S. dollar, an all-time low. The rupee, which has lost almost 8% in value since January 1, is the worst-performing currency in Asia this year. It is, however, not the only currency to be in the doldrums. Emerging market currencies as a group have witnessed a sharp correction in their value against the dollar this year. The MSCI Emerging Markets currency index, for instance, is down about 6% since the beginning of April.
    Tightening of monetary policy
    Emerging market currencies
    Troubling rupee
    Sinking rupee
    None of these
    Option D