{"id":2790,"date":"2024-01-08T17:01:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T11:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ixambee.com\/blog\/?p=2790"},"modified":"2024-02-20T17:31:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T12:01:16","slug":"english-quiz-new-pattern-for-sbi-clerk-and-rbi-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ixambee.com\/english-quiz-new-pattern-for-sbi-clerk-and-rbi-assistant","title":{"rendered":"English Quiz (New Pattern) for RBI Assistant and SBI Clerk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In recent years, government bank exams such as the RBI Assistant<\/strong> and SBI Clerk have been shifting towards a new pattern in the English Language section. Candidates appearing for these exams need to be well-prepared for this new pattern, which emphasizes on concepts rather than mere grammar rules. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

English is one of the sections that is asked in banking exams (Prelims and Mains). With increasing competition, the level of the questions asked in the exams is also soaring high. Given below are the questions based on the new pattern for English section, these will surely help candidates in boosting their score. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this blog, we will discuss the new pattern of English quizzes for the RBI Assistant exam<\/a><\/strong> and SBI Clerk exam<\/a><\/strong>, along with a step-by-step guide on how to tackle them effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Directions (1-10): In the questions below a statement is given with two blanks in it. For each blank three alternatives are provided in the columns. Choose the alternative from the corresponding column that would fit the give blanks to make the given sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.  Dozens of angry Iraqi Shiite militia\nsupporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday after\n__________I___________  the main door and\nsetting fire to a reception area, __________II___________  tear gas and sounds of gunfire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n I<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n II<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (A) assessment<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (D) evacuated <\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (B) smashing<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (E) retaliation<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (C) urged<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (F) prompting <\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1) A-D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) C-E<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) C-D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) B-F<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) B-D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. China apart, all major\ncountries have at least __________I__________ considered the step of converting\nthe state into two Union territories and how this was done within the domestic\n___________II__________ of India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n I<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n II<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (A) implicitly<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (D) haunting<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (B) protesting<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (E) sphere<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (C) deployed<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (F) firmament<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1) A-E<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) C-F<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) B-E<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) A-D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) C-D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Poor economic policy making\ncoupled with __________I________ decision making at the level of the executive\nhas often been identified as a _________II________ on India\u2019s economic\nperformance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n I<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n II<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (A) turmoil<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (D) muster<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (B) arbitrary<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (E) drag<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (C) explicit<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (F) rhetoric<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1) A-D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) C-E<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) A-F<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) B-E<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) B-D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. While Tata Sons has some\n___________I__________ because it has been given four weeks to appeal to the\nSupreme Court, the decision is a big _________II________ when the group is in\nthe midst of massive restructuring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n I<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n II<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (A) leeway<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (D) enticing<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (B) forge<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (E) inspecting<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (C) triturate<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (F)<\/strong> distraction<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1) C-E<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) B-D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) A-E<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) C-F<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) A-F<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. After six consecutive\nquarters of a slowdown in economic growth, it is time to replace an ad hoc\npolicy ____________I__________ with one where clarity on how to enhance\n___________II_________ is evident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n I<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n II<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (A) inscrutable<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (D)<\/strong> competitiveness<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (B) perplexity<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (E) contentious<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (C)<\/strong> regime<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (F) salvage<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1) C-E<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) A-F<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) B-E<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) C-D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) B-F<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.  Tech giants like Amazon, Apple and Alphabet\u2019s\nGoogle might be _________I_________ in cash from their\n_____________II___________ businesses, but they aren\u2019t always successful in\neverything they try to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n I<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n II<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (A) raking in<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (D) forging<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (B) raking up  <\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (E)<\/strong> core<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (C) raking out<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (F) shuttered<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1) B-F<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) C-D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) A-E<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) A-D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) C-E<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. There have been several\ninstances in the past few days where trains were ___________I__________ and\ntracks blocked, thus __________II__________ the train services by angry\ndemonstrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n I<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n II<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (A) vitreous<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (D) exhilarating<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (B)<\/strong> vandalized<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (E) quashed<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (C) fragile<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (F)<\/strong> disrupting<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1) A-D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) B-F<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) C-E<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) B-E<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) A-F<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. President Donald Trump on\nSaturday __________I_________ the House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi\nfor ___________II________ on sending the articles of impeachment against him to\nthe Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n I<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n II<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (A) criticised<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (D) holding with<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (B) vile<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (E)<\/strong> holding off<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (C) wretched<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (F) holding to<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1) C-D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) A-F<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) B-D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) C-F<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) A-E<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. While Libra’s launch has\nbeen met with political _________I_________ in the Europe, in the US Senate,\nlawmakers have ___________II________ a hearing next month to question Facebook\nover Libra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n I<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n II<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (A) scepticism<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (D)<\/strong> scheduled<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (B) nasty<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (E) stumped<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (C) odious<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (F) pulverized<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1) B-F<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) A-D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) B-F<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) A-E<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) C-E<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. While farmers\n__________I_________ massive losses, the news did not trigger much\n___________II__________ among the middle class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n I<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n II<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (A) <\/strong>orchestrating <\/strong><\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (D) stemming<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (B) incurred<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (E) outrage<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n (C) assail<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n (F) profanation<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1) A-E<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) C-D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) B-E<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) A-F<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) B-D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solutions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ans1:-4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assessment- evaluation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smashing- breaking into pieces<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Urged-supported<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evacuated- clear an area<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Retaliation-revenge<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prompting- to move or induce\nto action<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct word that can fill first blank meaningfully and contextually is definitely B. The alternatives that come with B are F & D among which F fills the second blank correctly.  Hence, option 4 can fill the blanks both grammatically and contextually correct making option 4 the correct answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ans 2:-1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Implicitly-essentially<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Protesting- to give manifest\nexpression to objection or disapproval<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deployed- redistribute,\nstation troops or weapons<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haunted- preoccupied, as with\nan emotion, memory, or idea; obsessed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sphere-domain of influence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firmament-the vault of heaven  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct word that can fill first blank meaningfully and contextually is  A. The alternatives that come with A are E & D among which E fills the second blank correctly.  Hence, option 1 can fill the blanks both grammatically and contextually correct making option 1 the correct answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ans 3 :-4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turmoil- a state of great\ncommotion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arbitrary- subject to\nindividual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one’s discretion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explicit- specific or accurate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muster-gathering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drag- something that retards\nprogress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rhetoric- the undue use of\nexaggeration or display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct word that can fill first blank meaningfully and contextually is B. The alternatives that come with B are E & D among which E fills the second blank correctly.  Hence, option 4 can fill the blanks both grammatically and contextually correct making option 4 the correct answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ans 4 :-5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leeway-extra time, space,\nmaterials, or the like, within which to operate;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forge- make something from\nscratch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Triturate-crush<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enticing-attractive<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspecting-examining or\nchecking<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distraction- having one’s\nattention drawn away<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct word that can fill first blank meaningfully and contextually is A. The alternatives that come with A are E & F among which F fills the second blank correctly.  Hence, option 5 can fill the blanks both grammatically and contextually correct making option 5 the correct answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ans 5 :-4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

inscrutable-not easily\nunderstood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perplexity-mystery<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regime-system<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Competitiveness- an aggressive\nwillingness to compete<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contentious- quarrelsome<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salvage-save or rescue<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct word that can fill first blank meaningfully and contextually is definitely C. The alternatives that come with C are E & D among which D fills the second blank correctly.  Hence, option 4 can fill the blanks both grammatically and contextually correct making option 4 the correct answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ans 6 :-3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raking in- earning a lot of\nmoney or earning money easily:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raking up- To revive or bring\nto light  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

raking out- nagging,\ncriticizing, or berating one, especially at length.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forging-producing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Core-basic or fundamental<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shuttered-closed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct word that can fill first blank meaningfully and contextually is definitely A. The alternatives that come with A are E & D among which E fills the second blank correctly.  Hence, option 3 can fill the blanks both grammatically and contextually correct making option 3 the correct answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ans 7:- 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vandalized-destroyed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fragile-delicate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vitreous-glasslike or clear<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exhilarating-making very happy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quashed-defeat<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disrupting-interrupting the\nprogress of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct word that can fill first blank meaningfully and contextually is definitely B. The alternatives that come with B are F & E among which F fills the second blank correctly.  Hence, option 2 can fill the blanks both grammatically and contextually correct making option 2 the correct answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ans 8 :-5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Criticised-disapproved or\nblamed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vile-offensive<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wretched-terrible<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holding with-supporting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holding off-delaying doing\nsomething<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holding to-to remain loyal or\nfaithful to<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct word that can fill first blank meaningfully and contextually is definitely A. The alternatives that come with A are F & E among which E fills the second blank correctly.  Hence, option 5 can fill the blanks both grammatically and contextually correct making option 5 the correct answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ans 9 :- 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scepticism- doubt or distrust<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nasty-offensive<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Odious-hateful<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scheduled- planned for a\ncertain date<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stumped-puzzled<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pulverized-crumbled<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct word that can fill first blank meaningfully and contextually is definitely A. The alternatives that come with A are D & E among which D fills the second blank correctly.  Hence, option 2 can fill the blanks both grammatically and contextually correct making option 2 the correct answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ans 10 :- 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orchestrating-organize<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Incurred- acquired or come\ninto (something usually undesirable) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assail-to attack violently<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stemming-preventing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outrage-anger<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profanation-mockery<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct word that can fill first blank meaningfully and contextually is B. The alternatives that come with B are E & D among which E fills the second blank correctly.  Hence, option 3 can fill the blanks both grammatically and contextually correct making option 3 the correct answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How To Prepare for English Quiz (New Pattern)? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Understanding the New Pattern<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The new pattern focuses on assessing a candidate’s grasp of the language in real-life situations. It tests the ability to comprehend and use English in day-to-day scenarios, instead of relying solely on grammar rules. The questions in English quizzes now require critical thinking and a thorough understanding of the passage or sentence to answer correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tips to Prepare for the English Quiz<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To excel in the English quiz section of the RBI Assistant and SBI Clerk exams, follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Enhance Reading Skills<\/strong>\n