LIC AAO | IBPS SO | English Quiz - 2

Directions (Q. 1-5): Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete in the context of the sentence.
1 Q. A company can ______ the potential of its employees ________ various training programmers.

1. emphasise-for
2. exploit-from
3. enhance-through
4. appraise-by
5. identify - under

2 Q. The objective of the survey is to _______ the impact of the rising rupee on a_________ engineering sector.

1. attribute - profitable
2. establish - tensed
3. intensify - volatile
4. substantiate - reinforced
5. ascertain - thriving

3 Q. In many rural areas hospitals are_______equipped because of the__________of funds from the government.

1. well-dearth
2. faulty - lacking
3. optimally – disparity
4. inadequately-scarcity
5. ill-surplus

4 Q. Research shows that an organisation’s ____ to cater to the customer’s changing needs will ____ its success.

1. intent, realise
2. ability, determine
3. capacity, lead
4. desire, insure
5. flexibility, acquire

5 Q. The country’s economic growth has been achieved ____ exports and ____ large amounts of foreign direct investments.

1. on, boosting
2. despite, estimating
3. mostly, soliciting
4. via, attracting
5. Substantial, opposing

Directions (Q. 6-10): Rearrange the following seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) Wild apricot fruits are attractive, delicious and highly nutritious.
(B) In the Himalayan region of the country, local communities know it by different vernacular names, viz “Chulli”, “shara” ,“Khurmani”, “Chulloo” etc.
(C ) Wild apricot is an important tree-borne oilseed of the mid hills and dry temperate region of the country.
(D) For most of them, wild apricot fruit has been serving as an important source of edible oil.
(E) It contains vitamin A, carbohydrates, protein, phosphorous and niacin in higher quantity than majority of other common wild and cultivated fruits.
(F ) For some families, the major portion of the crop is utilised for the preparation of the distilled alcoholic liquor.
(G ) The hill farming communities of these regions have been maintaining wild apricot trees on their farmland bunds and adjoining crop land-support land as part of farm forestry/agro forestry practices.

6. Which of the following sentences will come FIRST after rearrangement?
1) A 
2) B 
3) C 
4) D 
5) E

7. Which of the following sentences will come SECOND after rearrangement?
1) A 
2) B 
3) C 
4) D 
5) F

8. Which of the following sentences will come THIRD after rearrangement?
1) A 
2) B 
3) G 
4) F 
5) E

9. Which of the following sentences will come FOURTH after rearrangement?
1) A 
2) B 
3) F 
4) G 
5) E

10. Which of the following sentences will come LAST after rearrangement?
1) G 
2) B 
3) F 
4) D 
5) E

Answers :

1- 3 
enhance means to increase or further improve the good quality, value or status of something. and through means by means of

2- 5 
ascertain means to find out the truth or correct information about something 
eg. I ascertained that the driver was not badly hurt.
Thriving means strong, successful and healthy.
 eg. TSI Telecom has become a thriving company.

3- 4 
inadequately is an adverb that means not enough.
eg. The laboratory is inadequately equipped due to lack of funds.
Scarcity means lack of something
eg. There is a scarcity of water resources in the state.

4- 2 
ability means the fact that somebody or something is able to do something 
eg. He has the ability to govern others well.
Determine means to discover the facts about something.
eg. An inquiry was set up to determine the cause of the accident.

5- 4 
via - by means of a particular person, system etc. 
eg. I heard about the sale via Jane.
attracting means making people have a certain reaction or to bring out something or to achieve. 
eg. Our new scheme will attract large amount of money.

6-10 - CAEBGDF
6- 3 
7- 1 
8- 5 
9- 2 
10- 3