Bank PO English test Objective Paper

Bank PO English test Objective Paper
English Solved Sample Test

Directions: In each of the following questions, choose the alternative which best

Expresses the meaning of the word printed in italic bold in the sentence.

1. Vanity is often noticeable in a great leader.

(a) Desirable

(b) Admirable

(c) Remarkable

(d) Visible

ANSWER:(d)

2. It was pure fabrication with an eye for a sensation.

(a) Observation

(b) Wish

(c) Desire

(d) Aim

ANSWER:(d)

3. Public opinion will pillory these agents of crime.

(a) Scorn

(b) Sub serves

(c) Recall

(d) Declare

ANSWER:(a)

4. His adulatory remarks surprised us.

(a) Discreet

(b) Insulting

(c) Appreciate

(d) Funny

ANSWER:(c)

5. The rapacious plunderers did not spare even the people living in the slums.

(a) Warlike

(b) Barbarous

(c) Avaricious

(d) Nomadic

ANSWER:(c)

6. Indian economy has always shown enough resilience in crisis

(a) Diversity

(b) Strength

(c) Elasticity

(d) Adjustment

ANSWER:(c)

7. Long illness has macerated his body. So much so that he is reduced to flesh and bones.

(a) Affected

(b) Eaten into

(c) Devastated 

(d) Wasted away

ANSWER:(b)

8. We walked down a precipitous slope.

(a) Precarious

(b) Steep

(c) Precise

(d) Gradual

ANSWER:(b)

9. Some of the members of the Board indulged in highly scurrilous talk at the meeting.

(a) Irrelevant

(b) Superfluous

(c) Abusive

(d) Objectionable

ANSWER:(c)

10. Decay is an immutable factor of human life.

(a) Important

(b) Unique

(c) Unchangeable

(d) Awful

ANSWER:(c)

11. The cordial talks between the two foreign ministers cover the entire

gamut of their relations.

(a) Territory 

(b) Range

(c) Sphere

(d) Scope

ANSWER:(b)

12. We heard him asseverate his good intentions but his actions belied his words.

(a) Affirm

(b) Incite

(c) Defy  

(d) Cancel

ANSWER:(a)

13. The medicine was aperients.

(a) Bitter

(b) Sweet

(c) Giddy 

(d) Laxative

ANSWER:(d)

14. There must be lively discussion of Indian authors if we are to foster our national literature.

(a) Promote

(b) Cherish

(c) Nourish

(d) Nurture

ANSWER:(a)

15. The problem of unemployment is emasculating our youth from making concrete innovations.

(a) Hindering

(b) Pressurizing

(c) Encouraging

(d) Making weak

ANSWER:(d)

16. The speech was filled with rigmarole.

(a) Nonsense 

(b) Details

(c) Quotes

(d) Examples

ANSWER:(a)

17. The boy gave a vivid description of gall that happened.

(a) Brilliant

(b) Fresh

(c) Explanatory

(d) Picturesque

ANSWER:(d)

18. He was the most disputatious student I ever had.

(a) Scandalous

(b) Argumentative

(c) Uncertain

(d) Opinionated

ANSWER:(b)

19. Most of the staff is restive under the new managers rule.

(a) Relaxed

(b) Friendly

(c) Uneasy

(d) Obstinate  

(e) Discontented

ANSWER:(d)

20. They knew by his sophomoric remarks that he was still knave in the field.

(a) Casual

(b) Unpalatable

(c) Immature

(d) Ignorant

ANSWER:(c)

21. His impertinence and his salacious remarks spoke voliably of his degradation

(a) Rude

(b) Indecent

(c) Distraught

(d) Poor

ANSWER:(b)

22. They all shunned him because he was a lecherous man always looking for an

Opportunity to cheat others.

(a) Cunning

(b) Deceptive

(c) Lustful

(d) Dishonest

ANSWER:(c)

23. After the severe riots, the police continued the curfew lest there was

no recrudescence of disorder.

(a) New outburst

(b) Spread

(c) Exaggeration

(d) Aggravation

ANSWER:(a)

24. The army has laid out an entire web of secret agents to detect the surreptitious

activities of the enemy.

(a) Hostile

(b) Secret

(c) Intriguing

(d) Foppish

ANSWER:(b)