IBPS CLERKS Questions On English Language

1. Workers in earlier days were ____ because of which the industries ____ a lot.  (4)
(1) honest, lost
(2) rich, flourished
(3) automats, developed
(4) inefficient, suffered
(5) idle, prospered

2. It is possible that history may ____ itself.  (2)
(1) recur
(2) repeat
(3) reappear
(4) recount
(5) react

3. The official ____ the chief Minister of the situation in the town.  (1)
(1) apprised
(2) appraised
(3) asked
(4) intimated
(5) heard

4. The last ____ were performed before the body was cremated.  (1)
(1) rites
(2) writes
(3) rights
(4) wrights
(5) riots

5. The speaker’s ____ over his subject was seen through his ____ discourse.  (1)
(1) mastery, fluent
(2) efficiency, thorough
(3) lethargy, dull
(4) grip, boring
(5) skill, pleasant