IBPS PO Prelims Mock Test - 5 - Bank Exams MCQ

In the following question, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the five alternatives given in the questions that follow:

Abhinandan Varthaman, Wing Commander of Indian Air Force was _______(P) ______ by Pakistan Army recently. This news sent a turmoil in the nation and immediate provisions were being made for his rescue. Thereafter, Pakistan decided to release the Wing Commander, following which tensions between India and Pakistan may finally ________(Q)______ . This has been called as an offer of peace and goodwill by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. Though this offer is said to be made under pressure from other countries to prevent further _________(R)_________ from India. Pakistan must realise that the time for denial and _________(S)_________ is over. Unless it begins to act on India’s and the world community’s concerns about Pakistan-based terror safe havens in a time-bound manner, the two nations could be back _________(T)_________ of war if there is another trigger.

Which of the following words most appropriately fits the blank labelled (R)?

In the following question, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the five alternatives given in the questions that follow:

Abhinandan Varthaman, Wing Commander of Indian Air Force was _______(P) ______ by Pakistan Army recently. This news sent a turmoil in the nation and immediate provisions were being made for his rescue. Thereafter, Pakistan decided to release the Wing Commander, following which tensions between India and Pakistan may finally ________(Q)______ . This has been called as an offer of peace and goodwill by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. Though this offer is said to be made under pressure from other countries to prevent further _________(R)_________ from India. Pakistan must realise that the time for denial and _________(S)_________ is over. Unless it begins to act on India’s and the world community’s concerns about Pakistan-based terror safe havens in a time-bound manner, the two nations could be back _________(T)_________ of war if there is another trigger.

Which of the following words most appropriately fits the blank labelled (Q)?

In the following question, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the five alternatives given in the questions that follow:

Abhinandan Varthaman, Wing Commander of Indian Air Force was _______(P) ______ by Pakistan Army recently. This news sent a turmoil in the nation and immediate provisions were being made for his rescue. Thereafter, Pakistan decided to release the Wing Commander, following which tensions between India and Pakistan may finally ________(Q)______ . This has been called as an offer of peace and goodwill by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. Though this offer is said to be made under pressure from other countries to prevent further _________(R)_________ from India. Pakistan must realise that the time for denial and _________(S)_________ is over. Unless it begins to act on India’s and the world community’s concerns about Pakistan-based terror safe havens in a time-bound manner, the two nations could be back _________(T)_________ of war if there is another trigger.

Which of the following words most appropriately fits the blank labelled (P)?

In the following question, a sentence has been divided into four fragments. Identify the part containing error and mark the correct option as the answer. If the sentence has no error then mark option E- No error as the correct answer.

Sanjal Gavande, a 30-year-old woman from Maharashtra's Kalyan, (a)/ is between the team of engineers who built Blue Origin's (b)/ suborbital space rocket New Shephard that will take (c)/ billionaire Jeff Bezos and three others to space later this month(d).

In the following question, a sentence has been divided into four fragments. Identify the part containing error and mark the correct option as the answer. If the sentence has no error then mark option E- No error as the correct answer.

Uttarakhand police issued a warning on July 14,(a)/ asking Kanwariyas not to enter Haridwar district saying their vehicles (b)/ will be confiscated and legal action will be initiating (c)/ against them under the Disaster Management Act (d).

In the following question, a sentence has been divided into four fragments. Identify the part containing error and mark the correct option as the answer. If the sentence has no error then mark option E- No error as the correct answer.

MH-60R helicopter is an all-weather helicopter designed to support multiple missions (a)/ with state-of-the-art avionics and sensors. In order to extort these potent helicopters, (b)/ the first batch of Indian crew is presently undergoing training in the USA. (c)/ The induction of these MRH is expected to further enhance the Indian Navy's three-dimensional capabilities (d).

In the following question, a sentence has been divided into four fragments. Identify the part containing error and mark the correct option as the answer. If the sentence has no error then mark option E- No error as the correct answer.

Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto confirmed (a)/ that a visitor from abroad who is involved in organising (b)/ the Games had tested positive. He would not reveal the (c)/ person's nationality, riding privacy concerned(d).

In the following question, a sentence has been divided into four fragments. Identify the part containing error and mark the correct option as the answer. If the sentence has no error then mark option E- No error as the correct answer.

The Taliban has said it does not know how Indian photojournalist (a)/ Danish Siddiqui has killed and expressed regret over (b)/ the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist’s death in Afghanistan's Kandahar (c)/ during clashes between its fighters and Afghan forces (d).

Below are given some sentences out of which the sentence numbered 4 has been correctly placed. The rest of the sentences A, B, C, D, E, F need to be arranged correctly in order to form a logical order.

A. The terms "popular music" and "pop music" are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many diverse styles.

B. "Pop" and "rock" were roughly synonymous terms until the late 1960s when they became increasingly differentiated from each other.

C. Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and the United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

4. Although much of the music that appears on record charts is seen as pop music, the genre is distinct from chart music.

D. These core elements include generally short to medium-length songs written in a basic format, as well as the common use of repeated choruses, melodic tunes, and hooks.

E. Pop music is eclectic, and often borrows elements from other styles such as urban, dance, rock, Latin and country.

F. Nonetheless, there are certain core elements that define pop music.

Which of the following is the THIRD statement?

Below are given some sentences out of which the sentence numbered 4 has been correctly placed. The rest of the sentences A, B, C, D, E, F need to be arranged correctly in order to form a logical order.

A. The terms "popular music" and "pop music" are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many diverse styles.

B. "Pop" and "rock" were roughly synonymous terms until the late 1960s when they became increasingly differentiated from each other.

C. Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and the United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

4. Although much of the music that appears on record charts is seen as pop music, the genre is distinct from chart music.

D. These core elements include generally short to medium-length songs written in a basic format, as well as the common use of repeated choruses, melodic tunes, and hooks.

E. Pop music is eclectic, and often borrows elements from other styles such as urban, dance, rock, Latin and country.

F. Nonetheless, there are certain core elements that define pop music.

Which of the following is the SECOND statement?

In each question given below, a highlighted word has been given. Three sentences are given following the word. Find the sentence with the inappropriate usage of the word.

Elude

I. Because of his high fever, the delusional boy saw eluded images that weren’t based in reality.

II. An active market for bad debt has long eluded us, and we have seen various mechanisms to lighten banks of their burden under perform their promise.

III. The company eluded close to Rs. 2,000 crore as contribution losses during FY19 that got converted to contribution profit of Rs. 363 crore during FY21.

In each question given below, a highlighted word has been given. Three sentences are given following the word. Find the sentence with the inappropriate usage of the word.

Conflict

I. Two events in Central Asia last week, which India attended, saw Afghanistan’s neighbor seeking solutions to the conflict there.

II. The conflict requires him to finish work by the end of the year.

III. The conflict among banks, telecom players, and technology companies may accelerate and boost digital financial inclusion.

In each question given below, a highlighted word has been given. Three sentences are given following the word. Find the sentence with the inappropriate usage of the word.

Crash

I. Billionaire American businessman Jeff Bezos and his three crewmates are engaging in a crash course of training in preparation for his company Blue Origin's inaugural flight to the edge of space planned for July 20.

II. AIR India Express ‘Vande Bharat’ Flight IX 1134 evacuating stranded Indians from Dubai to India, tragically crashed in rainy conditions on August 7, 2020 evening at Calicut International Airport in Karipur near Kozhikode, Kerala.

III. The real crash of the matter was finding out why her daughter felt the need to take drugs.

In each question given below, a highlighted word has been given. Three sentences are given following the word. Find the sentence with the inappropriate usage of the word.

Encrypt

I. In March, the two countries agreed to a 25-year commitment to encrypt comprehensive economic cooperation.

II. Amid tension around the future of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) on messaging apps, Facebook-owned WhatsApp is working to add the feature to encrypt chat backups.

III. The sensors encrypt and compress these probes and forward them to analytics servers in the cloud, the companies said.

Select the phrase/connector from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences.

I didn’t want to take a side in the argument. I put my headphones on and listened to some smooth jazz.

i. Listening to some smooth jazz

ii. A side in the argument

iii. Since I didn't want to take a side

Out of the given options, choose the sentence, which, in your view, is the most grammatically and structurally correct. Please note that the meaning or the context of the sentence must not change.

In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the option corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, then select the 'No error' option.

Trade advisor Peter Navarro said (A) / Chinese telecom giant Huawei (B) / remains blocked from participating on the (C) / development of 5G wireless networks in the United States. (D) / No Error (E)

Direction: Fill in the blanks with an appropriate option.

The single ______ the plan is that while it may intend to encourage people at large, it might also eventually ______ them.

In the sentences given below, some words are given in bold that may or may not be in the correct place. Find the correct pair/pairs of words that need to be exchanged and mark it as your answer.

A UN human rights expert has said that she is defender(a) to hear about the demise (b) of Jesuit priest Stan Swamy in custody, saying there is “no reason” for a human rights devastated (c) to be denied his rights and that his death (d) will forever “remain a stain” on India's human rights record.

In the sentences given below, some words are given in bold that may or may not be in the correct place. Find the correct pair/pairs of words that need to be exchanged and mark it as your answer.

US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has told lawmakers that inflation has been higher and a bit more adjusted (a) than expected. While Mr Powell continues to maintain(b) that higher inflation is transitory (c) and prices will ease in the coming months, the rate setting body of the Fed has in its last meeting persistent (d) its interest rate projection.

In the sentences given below, some words are given in bold that may or may not be in the correct place. Find the correct pair/pairs of words that need to be exchanged and mark it as your answer.

When a French court declared in prelude(a) of Cairn Energy plc earlier this month, allowing property owned by the Indian government in Paris to be ownership(b) — which the company said was a favour(c) to it taking full frozen (d) of those properties — it was a new form of international humiliation for India.

In the sentences given below, some words are given in bold that may or may not be in the correct place. Find the correct pair/pairs of words that need to be exchanged and mark it as your answer.

Population “control” has become a political buzzword (a), cutting across party lines. Following the restrict (b) of the Uttar Pradesh (UP) draft population control bill, which aims to release (c) the number(d) of children per family to two, the health minister of Rajasthan has gone a step further advocating a one-child policy.

Direction: Fill in the blanks with an appropriate option.

The single ______ the plan is that while it may intend to encourage people at large, it might also eventually ______ them.

In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the option corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, then select the 'No error' option.

It is suggesting that (A) / domestic demand remains (B) / resilient despite of growing (C) / pressure on the country’s export sector. (D) / No Error (E).

In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the option corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, then select the 'No error' option.

Morgan Stanley lowered it's (A) / long-term Brent price forecast (B) / on Tuesday and said the oil market is broadly (C) / balanced in the first quarter of 2019. (D) / No Error (E)

Direction: Fill in the blanks with an appropriate option.

My grandmother is a true _____. She has marveled me every time with her entertaining accounts, ______ my senses and imagination beyond bounds.

In the sentence given below, replace the phrase underlined to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) i.e. “No improvement ” as the answer.

Altitudinal and latitudinal variations cause shifts and differences in the climatic patterns.