Andara Bank Recruitment PO English Grammar Objective Test

Andara Bank Recruitment PO English Grammar Objective Test
English Paper for Bank PO & specialist officerS
Directions: Each of the following sentence has a blank space and four words given after the sentence. Select
whichever word you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your choice.
1.The brilliant students will be….. scholarships.
(a)Honoured
(b)Awarded
(c)Rewarded
(d)Forwarded
Answer. (b)

2. “Mind your own business”, he said …..
(a)Meekly
(b)Heavily
(c)Sharply
(d)Clumsily
Answer. (c)

3.One of the most ….. events in the history of India was the attainment of its freedom.
(a)Effeminate
(b)Epochal
(c)Enterprising
(d)Greatest
Answer. (b)

4.A stone that goes on rolling ….. no moss.
(a)Gets
(b)Accumulates
(c)Collects
(d)Gathers
Answer. (d)

5.The British are generally ….. as a far more inventive collection of individuals.
(a)Consigned
(b)Characterized
(c)Expected
(d)Recognized
Answer. (d)

6.He was extremely ….. he would believe anything you told him.
(a)Believable
(b)Gullible
(c)Affable
(d)Reliable
Answer. (b)

7. The naked human eye cannot ….. minute flaws in complicated mechanisms.
(a) Understand
(b) Detect
(c) Comprehend
(d) Visualize
Answer. (b)

8.My friend says that he drinks tea because it is the best ….. in the world.
(a)Fluid
(b)Drink
(c)Beverage
(d)Liquid
Answer. (c)

9.By sheer hard work, Sushil has ….. out a niche for himself in the field of journalism.
(a)Carved
(b)Worked
(c)Derived
(d)Accomplished
Answer. (a)

10.We should not mix with those men who have an ….. reputation.
(a)Unsafe
(b)Unsavory
(c)Unsteady
(d)Unsanctified
Answer. (b)

11.The teacher promised to …..a prize to the boy who stood first in the class.
(a)Reward
(b)Award
(c)Promote
(d)Secure
Answer. (b)

12.Please do not ….. the offer made by the chairman.
(a)Refrain
(b)Refute
(c)Refuse
(d)Refuge
Answer. (c)

13.My mother upset the kettle of boiling water and ….. her right hand badly.
(a)Wounded
(b)Sizzled
(c)Scorched
(d)Scalded
Answer. (d)

14.The figures were barely ….. in the dim light.
(a)Obvious
(b)Perceived
(c)Perceptive
(d)Susceptible
Answer. (c)

15.….. learning does not help the mental growth of a student.
(a)Guided
(b)Rote
(c)Assisted
(d)Fast
Answer. (b)

16.The accused denied having committed the crime but could advance no sound arguments to ….. the charges.
(a)Refuse
(b)Repress
(c)Refute
(d)Reproof
Answer. (c)

17.The outlines of the figure were barely ….. in the darkness.
(a)Susceptible
(b)Obvious
(c)Perceptive
(d)Perceived
Answer. (c)
18.We did not have the ….. idea of the problems involved in the work.
(a)Closet
(b)Feeblest
(c)Weakest
(d)Faintest
Answer. (d)

19.Life is to death as pleasure is to …..
(a)Suffering
(b)Pain
(c)Poverty
(d)Anguish
Answer. (b)

20.Orchestral players are ….. behind screens, and at no time do the judges bear their names.
(a)Confined
(b)Conditioned
(c)Visualized
(d)Auditioned
Answer. (d)

21.At one point, it looked as if an area of agreement would ….. specially over the issue of productivity
linked Wages.
(a)Emerge
(b)Grow
(c)Develop
(d)Come out
Answer. (a)

22.A speedy response is one that is made with…..
(a)Surprise
(b)Alacrity
(c)Grimaces
(d)Fear
Answer. (b)

23.The principal was…..through some papers when I went there to meet him.
(a)Shearing
(b)Sheafing
(c)Shuffling
(d)Shelving
Answer. (c)

24.The annual…..of industrial products has risen enormously in recent years.
(a)Outbreak
(b)Output
(c)Outcome
(d)Outlay
Answer. (b)

25.The bank clerk tried to…..money from his friend’s account.
(a)Empower
(b)Embellish
(c)Embroil
(d)Embezzle
Answer. (d)