English Language Special for Bank PO and Clerical Exams

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Directions (Q. No. 1- 20) : Pick out the most effective word /group of words from the given options to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete. 

1. Integrity of character, honesty, dependability and discipline  ___________ with a genuine interest in your work will go a long way for achieving success.
1. coupled
2. adjoined
3. fixed
4. attached
5. entrusted
2. Drinking too much ___________  one's judgment.
   
1. imposes
2. impels
3. impairs
4. impedes
5. effects 
3. For quite a long time he bore the burden but finally he had to  ___________
1. yield
2. reconcile
3. leave
4. succumb
5. refuse 
4. The suspect was taken to the police, but the ___________   revealed nothing.
1. investigation
2. inquiry
3. probe
4. interrogation
5. attempt 
5. The history professor  ___________   a great respect from his students by virtue of his mastery over his subject.
1. commanded
2. acquired
3. attained
4. observed
5. expected 
6. When I first met Sudha ___________  as a lecturer in the college.
1. she was working
2. she working
3. she had been working
4. must have been working
5. she has been working
7.  I felt very proud ___________  myself.
1. for
2. with
3. on
4. of
5. at
8. I have just ___________  reading an interesting novel.
1. been 
2. completely
3. finished 
4. start
5. over 
9. I felt so ___________  that I couldn't sleep.
1. exciting
2. excited
3. exciting as such
4. excited for
5. excited with 
10. The three men ___________  for an hour.
1. are playing
2. had been playing
3. have been playing
4. were played
5. will have been playing 
11. An important  ___________  of Indian business has been its short-term focus.
1. draw
2. venture
3. failing
4. neglect
5. figure
12. The Internet may not  ___________  everything we do, but it has already revolutionized business and will continue to do so.
1. mark
2. prove
3. change
4. help
5. stop
13. These two examples ___________    that Indian companies are capable of acquiring a global mind set.
1. need 
2. write
3. generate 
4. illustrate
5. follow 
14. There is an old idea in economics that if a rich and a poor country are ___________   by trade, their standard of living should converge in the long run.
1. mixed 
2. linked
3. away 
4. similar
5. meeting 
15. All countries have consumer price indices, some more reliable than others, some quite out of date, but all concerned with  ___________   overall price changes.
1. controlling
2. measuring
3. publishing
4. reducing
5. teaching
16. Changes in sales, for example, not be analysed with respect to other ___________   , because the sale of a product may "naturally" have its own patterns - trends, seasoal or cyclical fluctuations.
1. variables 
2. tools
3. statistics 
4. regions
5. countries 
17. In his first public comments, the President said with concern that the leak of classified information from the battle field "could potentially ___________    individuals or operations".
1. strengthen
2. kill
3. jeopardize
4. disturb
5. identify 
18. By the government's ___________   some relief from raging price rise can happen anytime in the next six months.
1. notice 
2. reckoning
3. plan 
4. suggestion
5. posting
19. Anger, the psychologists say, has as much to do with cooperation as with conflicts, and emotions are used to ___________   others into cooperating in the long run.
1. prod 
2. bringing
3. take 
4. invite
5. ask
20. What started as a matter of national pride seems to be coming in for  _____________ from various quarters for a budget that has quadrupled.
1. shame
2. feedback
3. loss
4. flak
5. increase

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