English Questions – Fill in the Blanks for RRB PO & IBPS PO – 129

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1. this action would not have been sufficient to____________the odour nuisance.
   energy efficiency may be the quickest way to____________emissions of carbon dioxide.
   the storm suddenly____________.
   1) sluggard
   2) phlegmatic
   3) initiate
   4) embark
   5) cease
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5)
   Explanation: cease – come or bring to an end.
   
   
2. an____________desire to blame others when things go wrong.
   we can’t promise____________solutions.
   the offence justified____________dismissal.
   1) languorous
   2) instant

   3) inaugurate
   4) torpid
   5) decelerate

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2) 

   Explanation: instant – happening or coming immediately.

   
   
3. the event was recorded by a____________historian.
   this series of paintings is____________with other works in an early style.
   ____________writing says that the city’s walls were formidable.
   1) contemporary
   2) diminish
   3) imbecilic
   4) indolent
   5) drippy
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1) 
   Explanation: contemporary – living or occurring at the same time.
   
   
4. an____________housing shortage.
   an____________awareness of changing fashions.
   he has an exceptionally____________mind.
   1) imbecile
   2) cretinous
   3) dragging
   4) acute

   5) imperceptive
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: acute – (of an unpleasant or unwelcome situation or phenomenon) present or experienced to a severe or intense degree.
   
   
5. the riverbanks were____________in beautiful wild plants.
   there was____________evidence to support the theory.
   there is____________rainfall during the summer.
   1) dense
   2) insensitive
   3) abundant
   4) obtuse
   5) dopey
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: abundant – existing or available in large quantities; plentiful.
   
   
6. a tourniquet of rubber tubing or other____________material is placed around the upper arm.
   the definition of nationality is____________in this cosmopolitan country.
   this option is probably the most____________way of working.
   1) pathetic
   2) elastic
   3) comatose
   4) inverse
   5) adamant
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2) 
   Explanation: elastic – (of an object or material) able to resume its normal shape spontaneously after being stretched or compressed.
   
   
7. the ship’s engines____________and cut out altogether.
   it may be a good idea to____________the roles.
   their press ads had a headline____________out of the illustration.
   1) intransigent
   2) reverse
   3) contradiction
   4) stringent
   5) reversion
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: reverse – move backwards.
   
   
8. he had a____________for communicating.
   some people have a____________for making money.
   he has a____________of getting injured at the wrong time.
   1) rigorous
   2) austere
   3) converse
   4) antipode
   5) knack
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5) 
   Explanation: knack – an acquired or natural skill at doing something.
   
   
9. fill the holes slightly____________to allow for sanding smooth.
   bulrushes emerge tall and____________from the middle of the pond.
   she took a final look down the____________granite staircase.
   1) obdurate
   2) retrogression
   3) turnabout
   4) proud
   5) chiseled
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: proud – feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one’s own achievements, qualities, or possessions or those of someone with whom one is closely associated.
   
   
10. his deeply held political and religious____________.
    she takes pride in stating her political____________.
    she will appeal against her____________.
    1) yielding
    2) regression
    3) conviction
    4) contrary
    5) relenting
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 3)
    Explanation: conviction – a formal declaration by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law that someone is guilty of a criminal offence.