English Verbal (Bank of Baroda-2)

English -Verbal (Bank of Baroda-2)

Directions (1-5) :  In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningfully complete. 

1.  Liberalization has removed all the legal .......... and .............. flood-gates to multinational companies.

(a) hurdles ............. awarded

(b) barrier ............ opened      (ANS)

(c) obstacles ........... guarded

(d) manipulation .......... closed

(e) battles ............. threw

2. The .......... on some of the towns has created ........ among the residents of the other part of the country.

(a) attack .............. ambition

(b) raid .......... awareness

(c) bombardment ......... panic      (ANS)

(d) spell ........... satisfaction

(e) shower ............. dampness

3. ............. to the popular belief that every astrologer nurtures blind faith in fate, our astrologer believes in

(a) Contrary ........ action      (ANS)

(b) According .......... thoughts

(c) Bowing ............... present

(d) Proving ............. forecasting

(e) Pointing .............. devotion

4.  His ........... has yielded him the ............. fruit. 

(a) fate ......... undesirable

(b) efforts ........ unwanted      

(c) action .......... viable

(d) perseverance ............... desired   (ANS)

(e) emphasis ....... expected

5.  His ............ contribution to the Tsunami relief fund was ............. by his staff members.

(a) meagre  ............ admired

(b) spontaneous  ............ nullified

(c) negligible  ............  sanctioned

(d) noteworthy  ............  improved

(e) generous  ............  appreciated       (ANS)

Directions (6-10) :  For each statement there are three different sentences given below it. Pick out the sentence (s) that most appropriately convey (s) the meaning of the statement.  The number of that sentence or combination of sentences is the answer.

6. I could not observe his unwillingness while donating to charity.

(A)  I observed his willingness to donate to charity.

(B)  I failed to detect his reluctance, if there was any, while he was donating to charity.

(C)  I noticed his enthusiasm while donating to charity.

(a) Only A

(b) Only B      (ANS)

(c) Only C

(d) Only A and B

(e) Only B and C

7.  If you hesitate to participate freely and vigorously, your performance will be adversely affected.

(A)  Participate freely and vigorously if you desire to demonstrate your full performance.

(B)  Do not participate with reservations if you want your participation to be affected adversely.

(C)  your free and vigorous participation is most likely to affect your performance adversely.

(a) Only A      (ANS)

(b) Only B

(c) Only C

(d) Only A and B

(e) Only B and C

8.  Who do you think will be able to handle the work effectively?

(A) In your opinion, there is none who can handle the work effectively.

(B) Who, in your opinion, can handle the work effectively?

(C)  Can you name the person who, as per your assessment, can handle the work effectively?

(a) Only A

(b) Only B

(c) Only C

(d) Only A and B

(e) Only B and C       (ANS)

9. How much you speak is less important than how well you speak?

(A)  The quality of your talk is less important than the quantum of your talk.

(B)  How good you speak is as important as how much you speak.

(C) The quality of your talk as also the quantum are equally important.

(a) Only A and B

(b) Only B and C      (ANS)

(c) All the three

(d) None

(e) Only A

10.  All our efforts were wasted due to the negligence of the clients.

(A)  The negligence of the clients was responsible for making our efforts futile. 

(B)  Our efforts would have been fruitful had there been no negligence on the part of the clients.

(C) The negligence of the clients saved all our efforts from being wasted.

(a) Only A

(b) Only B

(c) Only A and B      (ANS)

(d) Only B and C

(e) All the three

Directions (11-20) :   In the following passage, there are blanks, each, of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case,

       

New technology has led directly to (191) standards of living, yet science tends to follow market forces as well to (192) them.  It is not surprising that the rich get richer in a continuing cycle of (193) while the poorest are often left behind.  A special (194) should be made by the powerhouses of world science to address the un-met challenges of the poor. Ending (195) poverty can relieve many of the pressures on the environment. When impoverished households are (196), (197) on their farms, for example, they face less pressure to cut down neighboring forests in (198) of new farmland. Still, even as extreme poverty ends, we must not fuel prosperity with a lack of (199)  for industrial pollution and the (200) burning of fossil fuels.  

11. (a) visible

(b) declining

(c) Improved      (ANS)

(d) amicable

(e) rigorous

12. (a) fail

(b) claim

(c) market

(d) avoid

(e) lead      (ANS)

13. (a) wealth

(b) growth           (ANS)

(c) poverty

(d) improvement     

(e) economy

14.  (a) effort       (ANS)

(b) care     

(c) practice

(d) occasion

(e) sanction

15. (a) marginal

(b) apparent

(c) superficial

(d) extreme      (ANS)

(e) dismal

16. (a) abnormally

(b) less        

(c) more      (ANS)

(d) excessively

(e) unreasonably

17. (a) efficient

(b) meticulous

(c) careful

(d) dependent       (ANS)

(e) productive

18. (a) view

(b) search       (ANS)

(c) expectation

(d) lust

(e) place

19. (a) attitude

(b) mobility

(c) initiative

(d) concern       (ANS)

(e) ease

20. (a) unchecked   (ANS)

(b) repeated      

(c) periodical

(d) occasional

(e) limited