IBPS Clerk English Questions With Answers PDF

English section will have 30 marks weightage in IBPS Clerk exam. The main topics that are asked are Vocabulary (Synonyms, antonyms, spellings and homonyms ), Grammar (Idioms and phrases, spotting errors, Active and passive voice, direct and indirect speech) and Reading comprehension. In this major weightage goes to the Reading comprehension (RC) passage. So, we provided one RC solved passage that will help you to ace English section of IBPS Clerk. This English questions and answers will be also useful for IBPS PO, RRB, RBI and SSC exams.

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IBPS Clerk English Questions and Answers PDF

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Instructions:

Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) to make a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions which follow

(A) While these disadvantages of bio fuels are serious, they are the only alternate energy source of the future and the sooner we find solutions to these problems the faster we will be able to solve the problems wo are now facing with gasoline.

(B) This fuel can also help to stimulate jobs locally since they are also much safer to handle thaw gasoline and can thus have the potential to turnaround a global economy.

(C) These include dependence on fossil fuels for the machinery required to produce biofuel which ends up polluting as much as the burning of fossil fuels on roads and exorbitant cost of biofuels which makes it very difficult for the common man to switch to this option.

(D) This turnaround can potentially help to bring world peace and end the need to depend on foreign countries for energy requirements.

(E) Biofuels are made from plant sources and since these sources are available in abundance and can be reproduced on a massive scale they form an energy source that is potentially unlimited.

(F) However everything is not as green with the biofuels as it seems as there are numerous disadvantages involved which at times overshadow their positive impact.

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Question 1:

Which of the following sentence should be the FIFTH after rearrangement ?

a) A

b) B

c) C

d) E

e) F

Question 2: 

Which of the following sentence should be the THIRD after rearrangement ?

a) A

b) B

c) C

d) D

e) E

Question 3:

Which of the following sentence should be the FIRST after rearrangement ?

a) A

b) B

c) C

d) D

e) E

Question 4:

Which of the following sentence should be the SIXTH (LAST) after rearrangement ?

a) A

b) C

c) D

d) E

e) F

Question 5: 

Which of the following sentence should be the SECOND after rearrangement ?

a) A

b) B

c) D

d) E

e)F

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IBPS Clerk English Questions – Solutions: (1 to 5)

1) Answer (C)

The correct order of sentences is as follows: EBDFCA. E opens the paragraph with an introduction to biofuels. B talks about the advantages of these fuels. The use of the words “this turnaround” in sentence D is a reference to the turnaround talked about in sentence B. So, D follows B. The next sentence is F, which is followed by C and then A is the concluding statement. So, statement C is the fifth sentence.

2) Answer (D)
The correct order of sentences is as follows: EBDFCA. E opens the paragraph with an introduction to biofuels. B talks about the advantages of these fuels. The use of the words “this turnaround” in sentence D is a reference to the turnaround talked about in sentence B. So, D follows B. The next sentence is F, which is followed by C and then A is the concluding statement. D is the third sentence after rearrangement.

3) Answer (E)
The correct order of sentences is as follows: EBDFCA. E opens the paragraph with an introduction to biofuels. B talks about the advantages of these fuels. The use of the words “this turnaround” in sentence D is a reference to the turnaround talked about in sentence B. So, D follows B. The next sentence is F, which is followed by C and then A is the concluding statement. E is the first statement after rearrangement.

4) Answer (A)
The correct order of sentences is as follows: EBDFCA. E opens the paragraph with an introduction to biofuels. B talks about the advantages of these fuels. The use of the words “this turnaround” in sentence D is a reference to the turnaround talked about in sentence B. So, D follows B. The next sentence is F, which is followed by C and then A is the concluding statement. A is the last sentence after rearrangement.

5) Answer (B)
The correct order of sentences is as follows: EBDFCA. E opens the paragraph with an introduction to biofuels. B talks about the advantages of these fuels. The use of the words “this turnaround” in sentence D is a reference to the turnaround talked about in sentence B. So, D follows B. The next sentence is F, which is followed by C and then A is the concluding statement. B is the second sentence after rearrangement.

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Instructions:

In each of the following questions four words are given of which two words are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and indicate the number of the correct letter combination, by darkening the appropriate oval in your answer sheet.

Question 6:

(A) consent
(B) nascent
(C) emerging
(D) insecure

a) A – C
b) B – D
c) B – C
d) A – D
e) A – B

Question 7:

(A) elated
(B) eccentric
(C) explicit
(D) abnormal

a) A – B
b) B – D
c) A – C
d) A – D
e) D – C

Question 8:

(A) abundance
(B) incomparable
(C) projection
(D) plethora

a) A – C
b) A – B
c) C – D
d) B – D
e) A – D

Question 9:

(A) purposefully
(B) inaccurately
(C) inadvertently
(D) unchangeably

a) A – C
b) A – B
c) B – C
d) B – D
e) A – D

Question 10:

(A) germane
(B) generate
(C) reliable
(D) irrelevant

a) B – D
b) B – C
c) A – B
d) C – D
e) A – D

Solutions: (6 to 10)

6) Answer (C)
The meaning of ’emerge’ is ‘move out and become visible’. The meaning of ‘nascent’ is ‘just come into existence’. From the options, these two are the words that have the closest meaning. So, the correct answer is option c).

7) Answer (B)
The meaning of the word ‘eccentric’ is ‘abnormal’. So, these two are the words that are closest in meaning from among the options. Option b) is the correct answer.

8) Answer (E)
The meaning of the word ‘abundance’ is ‘in plenty’. ‘Plethora’ also means ‘plenty’. So, these two are the words that are closest in meaning from the given options.

9) Answer (A)
‘Purposefully’ means to do something on purpose. ‘Inadvertently’ means to do something without intention. So, these two words are opposite in meaning to each other. So, option a) is the correct answer.

10) Answer (E)
The meaning of the word ‘germane’ is ‘relevant to the subject under consideration’. This is the opposite of irrelevant. So, option e) is the correct answer.

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