Fill in the Blanks Questions For Bank
- One of the major critiques of the examination system is that it ___________ to a spirit of ___________ competition among the students.
(a) results, defective (b) accompanies, adequate
(c) develops, intense (d) takes, severe
Answer: (d) takes, severe
- The ___________ of the chronic balance of payments deficit which has ___________ the Finance Ministry under three Prime Ministers is very real.
(a) temptation, reviled
(b) understanding, menaced
(c) impact, underestimated
(d) dilemma, plagued
Answer: (d) dilemma, plagued
- Our Constitution was based on the belief that the free ___________ of ideas, people and cultures is essential to the ___________ of a democratic society.
(a) selection, concurrence
(b) interchange, preservation
(c) reversal, upholding
(d) dissemination, congruence
Answer: (b) interchange, preservation
- As this country has become more ___________ industrial and internationalised, it has like all Western democracies in the ___________ of the executive.
(a) urbanised, role (b) objective, wealth
(c) synthesised, efficiency (d) civilized, convenience
Answer: (a) urbanised, role
- More is ___________ of conditions of the tribals in Maharashtra than ___________ conditions of those in the other parts of the country.
(a) certain, the (b) known, of
(c) aware, of (d) aware, of
Answer: (b) known, of
- Although ___________ is not a very desirable feeling we need a certain amount of it to ___________ well.
(a) anxiety, exist (b) grief, enjoy
(c) pain, bestow (d) impatience, preach
Answer: (b) grief, enjoy
- Although he is ___________ person, he occasionally loses his ___________
(a) quiet, power (b) cheerful, grief
(c) balanced, temper (d) thoughtful, Anxiety
Answer: (c) balanced, temper
- In a ___________ tone, the leader made a powerful ___________ to the mob.
(a) realistic, zeal (b) lower, conviction
(c) loud, argument (d) soft, appeal
Answer: (d) soft, appeal
- The tunnel was so ___________ and congested, that we became ___________.
(a) long, enthusiastic (b) deep, Cautious
(c) dark, frightened (d) crowded, isolated
Answer: (c) dark, frightened
- Football evokes a ___________ response in India compared to cricket, that almost ___________ the nation.
(a) tepid, boiling
(b) lukewarm, electrifies
(c) turbid, fascinating
(d) apocryphal, genuinely fascinates
Answer: (b) We know that in India, cricket is much more popular than football, so how football affects or provokes a reaction amongst Indians should be nothing or very less when compared with cricket’s popularity.
Option (b) is right, because ‘lukewarm’ means mild or ‘the state of showing less enthusiasm or interest’, and electrifies is what ‘excites intensely’. These words fit perfectly in the given context.
- Though one eye is kept firmly on the___________, the company now also promotes ___________ contemporary art.
(a) present, experimental
(b) future, popular
(c) present, popular
(d) market, popular
Answer: (b) ‘One eye is kept’ means that some (not full) attention or concern is shown. So, logically, option (b) is correct, because the company has kept an eye on the future. Though they are concerned about the future, yet the company does promote what is popular and liked at the present time. We can easily make out why the other options are wrong.
- The law prohibits a person from felling a sandalwood tree, even if it grows on one’s own land, without prior permission from the government. As poor people cannot deal with
the government, this legal provision leads to a rip-roaring business for ___________, who care neither for the ___________ , nor for the trees.
(a) middlemen, rich (b) the government, poor
(c) touts, rich (d) touts, poor
Answer: (d) The given statement says that it is illegal to fell or cut down a sandalwood tree without taking permission from the government; then this statement goes onto say that ‘as’ poor people cannot really comprehend these laws or know about them well, some people take advantage of this. (this can be logically inferred from the statement)
Option (d) is correct because ‘touts’ are those people who persuade others, generally in order to do some business; this fits perfectly into the sentence as the ‘touts’ persuade the innocent poor people, and in this context, these touts do not care about trees or the poor (because if these poor people are caught, they will be in trouble). It is now easily evident why rest of the options are incorrect.
- It will take some time for many South Koreans to ___________ the conflicting images of North Korea, let alone to___________ what to make of their northern cousins.
(a) reconcile, decide (b) understand, clarify
(c) make out, decide (d) reconcile, understand
Answer: (a) The key word in the given statement is ‘let alone’. It is synonymous with ‘never mind’, which is used to indicate that something is far less likely than the one already mentioned. For example, “He cannot even run a kilometre, let alone participate in a marathon.” So, the thing which is mentioned before this ‘let alone’ phrase has to be of a lesser degree or extent.
Option (a) is correct, because reconcile means ‘solving a matter, or restoring friendly relations’ (North and South Korea separated after World War II), so it will take them time to conclude what really went wrong with North Korea.
Option (b) is wrong, because ‘understanding’ just means ‘to comprehend’ or ‘get it’ and clarify means ‘to make things clear’ but does not refer to coming to a conclusion.
Option (c) is wrong because ‘make out’ can mean ‘detect with senses’.
Option (d) is wrong because, understand is different from deciding.
- The manners and ___________ of the nouveau riche is a recurrent ___________ in the literature.
(a) style, motif (b) morals, story
(c) wealth, theme (d) morals, theme
Answer: (d) Nouveau riche refers to people who have recently gained wealth. The speaker is describing how these people are a constant theme for literature.
Option (d) is right, because ‘morals’ refers to the principles of what is wrong and right behaviour. This fits well in the sentence, because then the speaker would mean: the manner (way or method in which something is done) and morals (principles of right and wrong behaviour) of the newly rich. Also, ‘theme’ is a good fit for the second blank.
- These issues are extremely ________ and any knee jerk reaction will ultimately result in a loss of ________ for all shareholders
(a) Unassociated, curare (b) Ambiguous, plutocracy
(c) Nuanced, opportunity (d) Contexed, serendipity
Answer: (c) Nuance means a subtle difference in colour, meaning, tone, etc; a shade or graduation knee jerk reaction– impulsive reaction which might not be always appropriate because here decesion/reactions are taken without much thinking .
Since the issue is nuanced so it has to be studied carefully and given proper time to be analysed otherwise it would result in a loss of opportunity. All other choices are irrevelent.
- Growth under this government has been ________ high and remarkably ________ even during the worst global economic crisis.
(a) Impededly, flippant (b) Relatively, intractable
(c) Obstructedly, rigid (d) Sustainedly, resilient
Answer: (d) Since the given sentence speaks about positive aspects of growth therefore. Sustainedly (uniformly) is best suited, relatively is irrelevant because there is no comparison made in the sentence. The first word of all other choices are absurd.
- There are different and ________ versions about what happened in the city, but one thing is certain. It is a dastardly act that must be condemned ________
(a) Dissimilar, concertedly
(b) Contrary, obviously
(c) Conflicting, unequivocally
(d) Unique, without conflict
Answer: (c) The sentence to speaks about a bad event that has happened in the city and that it should be strictly condemned without any doubt therefore unequivocally.
- They ________ their seats away from the curved wall panels to give themselves more space as the flight attendant brought drinks from the gallery, which was ________ with family’s
favorite snacks and beverages.
(a) Swiveled, stocked (b) Hinged, lacquered
(c) Pended, embellished (d) Retracted, thronged
Answer: (a) Food items cannot be lacquerred, embellished decorated or thronged they can only be stocked (arranged in an orderly manner) therefore choice (a) is correct.
- Cairn cannot ________ bring into picture some ________ outsider which has little experience and necessary consents to deal in the oil field.
(a) Peremptorily, ascribed
(b) Complaisantly, endorsed
(c) Democratically, aberrant
(d) Arbitrarily, unrelated
Answer: (d) According of the sentence an experienced and known person would be right to deal in the oil field.
- Economic growth is on auto-pilot, unlikely to be derailed by any lapse into ________ and controls or to be ________ by serious policy reforms.
(a) Growth, blowed (b) Boom, berated
(c) Recession, reduced (d) Dirigisme, boosted
Answer: (c) Here unlikely to be derailed means unlikely to be slowed down or unlikely to become off track. Option (c) is most suited.