Fill in the Blanks Questions For Bank
DIRECTIONS: Select the most appropriate set of words from the given choices to fill in the blanks.
- The organization takes its cue from the person on the top. I always told our business leaders their personal ___________ determined their organization’s ___________.
(a) serendipity, faux pas
(b) predilection, despair
(c) intensity, success
(d) oddity, conformity
Answer: (c)
(a) Serendipity (chance), faux pas (mistake) : inappropriate pair.
(b) predilection (liking), despair (loss of hope) : inappropriate pair.
(c) intensity (strength of feeling or effort), success : appropriate.
(d) oddity (strangeness), conformity (following guidelines) : inappropriate.
- The Himalayas ran from east to west and cut off the cold winds from the north. This allowed agriculture to prosper and _____________ wealth, but it also ____________ barbarian invaders from the north.
(a) attracted, dissipated (b) created, attracted
(c) created, restricted (d) attracted, evicted
Answer: (b)
(a) Dissipated (weakened) : inappropriate.
(b) created, attracted : appropriate (especially since the conjunction is ‘but’ indicating a disadvantage following an advantage.
(c) inappropriate since ‘restricted’ or ‘limited’ would need ‘and’ in the sentence, not ‘but’, since both features would be positive.
(d) evicted (thrown out) : inappropriate.
- Our _______________ diversity may also be of some value. Because we have always learned to live with pluralism, it is possible that we may be better prepared to _____________ the diversity of global economy.
(a) stupefying, negotiate
(b) plural, alleviate
(c) variegated, annihilate
(d) dreary, exasperate
Answer: (a)
(a) Stupefying (amazing), negotiate (cope with) : appropriate.
(b) plural (many), alleviate (reduce something negative) : inappropriate.
(c) annihilate (eliminate, wipe out) : inappropriate.
(d) dreary (boring), exasperate (annoy) : inappropriate.
- My inward petition was instantly _______________. First, a delightful cold wave descended over my back and under my feet, ________________ all discomfort.
(a) acknowledged, banishing
(b) repudiated, infuriating
(c) acceded, exacerbating
(d) decimated, assuaging
Answer: (a)
(a) Acknowledged (accepted), banishing (removing) : appropriate.
(b) infuriating (angering) : inappropriate.
(c) exacerbating (making worse) : inappropriate.
(d) decimated (annihilated) : inappropriate.
- Nature is ______ and unchangeable , and it is ______ as to whether its hidden reasons and ______ are ______ to man or not.
(a) relentless, indifferent, actions, understandable
(b) persistent, heartless, actions, comprehensible
(c) inexorable, apathetic, activities, explicable
(d) ineseapable, unconcerned, activities, intelligible
Answer: (d)
(c) is ruled out as apathetic and indifferent are followed by the preposition ‘to’ using heartless for nature is erroneous (d) is correct, also intelligible is comprehensible.
- Nabeesa was not_____ by the criticism and paid no_____ even when her best friend talked against her.
(a) threatened, warning (b) troubled, mind
(c) deterred, heed (d) bothered, attention
Answer: (c)
(c) and (d) are close choices. Both heed and attention are acceptable for the second blank. Now, on to the first blank. You are bothered with or about something, but you are deterred by it.
- He has a____tongue; his pinching sarcasm has______ everyone who has come into contact with him.
(a) wanton, immunised
(b) vitriolic, alienated
(c) pungent, animated
(d) recalcitaant, humanized
Answer: (b) Go for the second blank first. What is sarcasm? It is saying the opposite of what you mean. One gets sarcastic in order to mock or insult others. Take an example of sarcasm: You meet an ugly girl. She asks you to accompany her. Repelled by her ugliness, you tell her sarcastically, “I don’t go around with beautiful (obviously, you mean ugly!) girls.” Such a statement pinches the girl.
A girl whom you have treated with such “pinching sarcasm” will never be friendly or sympathetic to you in future. You have thus alienated her. Those who are thus “pinchingly sarcastic” have a vitriolic tongue. That is, their words are full of bitterness and hate, and so cause a lot of distress and pain.
- Scientists, working to save the earth, have ___________ dry water that soaks carbon three times better than water, and hence helps ___________ global warming.
(a) aided, cut (b) created, combat
(c) built, stop (d) produced, increase
Answer: (b) created, combat
- The first round of the contest had the students ___________ themselves and ___________ about their hobbies.
(a) introducing, talking
(b) sensitizing, sketching
(c) showcasing, planning
(d) acclimatizing, mentioning
Answer: (a) introducing, talking
- The varsity’s poll process for ___________ of new candidates has ___________ poor response with only ten thousand applications being received till date.
(a) entrusting, seen (b) registration, evoked
(c) entrance, made (d) admission, made
Answer: (b) registration, evoked
- It is time to ________ ongoing programmes and ______ new horizons.
(a) value, choose (b) speculate, experiment
(c) reject, consider (d) assess, seek
Answer: (d) assess, seek
- This approach would ________ the enormous illiteracy problem to be ________ in a holistic manner.
(a) enable, tackled (b) focus, viewed
(c) envision, dealt (d) combine, judged
Answer: (a) enable, tackled
- The _______ of criminalisation of politics needs to be _________ far more seriously.
(a) lacuna, dealt (b) issue, addressed
(c) system, broken (d) continuation, suppressed
Answer: (b) issue, addressed
- He ___________ a wrong act because it was ___________ for him to do so due to circumstantial forces.
(a) compelled, necessary
(b) refused, dangerous
(c) did, avoidable
(d) committed, inevitable
Answer: (d) committed, inevitable
- Many teachers ___________ the lack of ___________ for leaving the job.
(a) cited, reason (b) explained, force
(c) claimed, understanding (d) argued, culprit
Answer: (c) claimed, understanding
- Skeptics would not ___________ that the earth actually moves, let alone that it ___________ around the sun.
(a) permit, orbits (b) accept, revolves
(c) experience, circles (d) assume, went
Answer: (b) accept, revolves
- Unpredictable __________ of the child could not lead the consultants to any ___________.
(a) performance, setting (b) belief, judgment
(c) operation, purpose (d) behaviour, conclusion
Answer: (d) behaviour, conclusion
- A public, servant who is guilty will not ___________ punishment and no ___________ person will be punished.
(a) be, sincere (b) flee, guilty
(c) defend, common (d) avoid, uninformed
Answer: (b) flee, guilty
- Few professions can ___________ the sheer variety and constant ___________ of being a doctor.
(a) like, struggle (b) share, enthusiast
(c) match, challenge (d) draw, work-load
Answer: (c) match, challenge
- The organisation ___________ to popularise Indian classical music among the youth which has lost ___________ with its cultural roots.
(a) endeavours, touch (b) wishes, interest
(c) efforts, experience (d) exerts, intrigue
Answer: (b) wishes, interest