English Questions For IBPS Clerk Exam 2017

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English Questions for RBI Assistant and IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017

English Section is a topic that is feared by most of the candidates appearing in the IBPS SO and Clerk Exam. Though the sheer number of concepts and rules may seem intimidating at first, with discipline and the right approach, it is not difficult to master these concepts and their application to questions. Through such English Quizzes for IBPS Clerk, IBPS SO and other upcoming exams, we will provide you with all types of high-level questions to ace the questions based on new pattern English for IBPS Clerk.

Directions (1-10): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed in the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Noise pollution is the disturbing noise with ____(1)_____ impact on the activity of human or animal life. It may be ___(2)____ by poor urban planning. Side by side industrial and ___(3)___ buildings result in noise pollution in residential areas. Noise from roadways and other urban factors can be _____(4)_____ by urban planning and better design of roads. Noise can also have a ___(5)_____ effect on wild animals. Acoustic overexposure can lead to temporary or permanent loss of hearing. An impact of noise on wild animal life is the reduction of usable habitat that noisy areas may cause, which in the case of ___(6)____ species may be part of the path to extinction.

Noise pollution may have caused the death of certain species of whale that beached themselves after being ___(7)_____ to the loud sound of military sonar. Up until the 1970s, governments viewed noise as a ‘nuisance’ and not as an environmental ____(8)_______ . Noise laws and ordinances do not even exist in some countries. An ordinance may only contain a general prohibition against making noise that is a nuisance, or it may set out specific guidelines for the level of noise ____(9)_____ at certain times of the day and for certain activities. Noise pollution is as harmful as air pollution. The government of our country should look into the matter and draft a _____(10)______ to deal with this form of pollution.

Q1.
(a)fine
(b)many
(c)harmful
(d)much
(e)disturbed

Q2.
(a)drawing
(b)caused
(c)inculcated
(d)encountering
(e)reviewed

Q3.
(a)site
(b)business
(c)home
(d)residential
(e)construction

Q4.
(a) mentioned
(b) reiterated
(c) mitigated
(d) matched
(e) increased

Q5.
(a) big
(b) large
(c) aiding
(d) detrimental
(e) assisting

Q6.
(a) existing
(b) endangered
(c) noticeable
(d) safe
(e) extinct

Q7.
(a) saved by
(b) favored by
(c) caught by
(d) meeting
(e) exposed

Q8.
(a) scenario
(b) factor
(c) relation
(d) problem
(e) view

Q9.
(a) entertaining
(b) allowed
(c) mitigated
(d) restrained
(e) given

Q10.
(a) committee
(b) paper
(c) policy
(d) view
(e) group