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English Quiz : Vocabulary

Question 1 Which of the following means ‘’use (something) to maximum advantage.’’?

A Impotence B Leverage C Rollback D Permeate E None of these

Impotence - inability to take effective action; helplessness.

Leverage - use (something) to maximum advantage.

Rollback - restore (a database) to a previously defined state. ,a reduction or decrease.

Permeate - spread throughout (something); pervade.

Question 2 Which of the following is Most Similar to ‘Bleak’ ?

A Dismal B Jolly C Sunny D Mirthful E None of these

Dismal - causing a mood of gloom or depression.

Jolly- happy and cheerful.

Sunny - (of a person or their temperament) cheery and bright.

Mirthful - full of mirth; merry or amusing.

Question 3 Which of the following word is most similar to ‘Disruptive’ ?

A Emollient B Commutation C Rollback D Obstreperous E None of these

Emollient - having the quality of softening or soothing the skin.

Commutation- reduce (a judicial sentence, especially a sentence of death) to another less severe one.

Rollback - restore (a database) to a previously defined state.

Obstreperous -noisy and difficult to control.

Question 4 Which of the following means ‘spread throughout (something’ ?

A Pervade B Permeate C Penetrate D Suffuse E All of these

Pervade - (especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of.

Permeate - spread throughout (something); pervade.

Penetrate - go into or through (something), especially with force or effort.

Suffuse -gradually spread through or over.

Question 5 Which of the following means overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with”

A Indigent B Meager C Drained D Swamped E None of these

Indigent - poor; needy.

Meager - (of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality.

Drained - cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry.

Swamped - overwhelm or flood with water.

Question 6 Which of the following is the most opposite in meaning to the word ‘rumbustious’?

A Rollicking B Phlegmatic C Boisterous D Ebullient E Clamorous

Rumbustious means boisterous or unruly. While rollicking, boisterous, ebullient and clamorous all mean the same as rumbustious, phlegmatic means calm. Hence B is the correct answer.

Question 7 Which of the following is the MOST OPPOSITE in meaning to the word ‘saccharine’?

A Obstinate B Ingratiating C Convalescent D Effusive E Duteous

Saccharine means sweet, respectful, complaisant or sentimental. Ingratiating means the same as saccharine. Obstinate is the opposite of complaisant, hence keep it on hold. Convalescent means improving. Effusive means the same as sentimental. Duteous means courteous, mannerly.

Hence, obstinate is the most suitable response.

Question 8 Which of the following is the MOST OPPOSITE in meaning to the word ‘perfidious’?

A Mendacious B Duplicitous C Treasonous D Treacherous

E Steadfast

Perfidious means untrustworthy. While mendacious, duplicitous, treasonous and treacherous mean the same as perfidious, steadfast means loyal. Hence E is the correct answer.

Question 9 Which of the following is the MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word ‘saturnine’?

A Jaunty B Celestial C Lugubrious D Ethereal E Halo

Saturnine means gloomy. While lugubrious means gloomy, jaunty means cheerful, and celestial and ethereal mean heavenly. Similarly, halo means a circle of light placed above the head of an angel or God. Hence, lugubrious has a similar meaning to saturnine. The correct answer is C.

Question 10 Which of the following represents "a position counting as a draw, in which a player is not in check but cannot move except into check"?

A Selvage B Hinder C Stalemate D Buoy E None of these

Stalemate (noun) (गतिरोध)–a position counting as a draw, in which a player is not in check but cannot move except into check

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High Level Reasoning For IBPS Clerk Pre /PO Mains and others exam

Directions (1-5): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow: A customer has to stay in city “X”, so he/she has to book online a room in a hotel.

Q1.If customer want to book deluxe room but the rent/fee of room is not affordable by customer then which of the following steps taken by customer?

(a) Customer may have to request to manger of that hotel regarding fees.

(b) Customer can pay half fees immediately while rest fees will pay in future. (c) Customer can submit affidavit that he/she can pay the deluxe room fee in future.

(d) If deluxe room fee is not affordable by customer then he/she cannot booked that room. (e) Does not mention in DFD.

Q2. If customer is not satisfied with the service provided by the hotel, then which of the following steps taken by customer?

(a) Customer can drop a letter in complaint box.

(b) Customer can send a mail to the hotel manager directly.

(d) Either (a) or (c)

(e) Does not mention in DFD.

Q3.If customer wants to stay one more day in hotel then which of the following step taken by customer?

(a) Customer has to again book online or ask to receptionist regarding booking once again.

(b) Customer can directly pay fees online and now stay on more days.

(d) None of these.

(e) Does not mention in DFD.

Q4. If customer has not enough identity proof then what will happen?

(a) Customer has to made request to the receptionist.

(b) Customer has to contact hotel manager regarding this and then he/she can book a room in hotel. (c) Customer has to pay additional fee then he/she can book room in a hotel.

(d) Room cannot be booked as he/she has not enough identity proof.

(e) Does not mention in DFD.

Q5. While customer searches online on websites and he/she does not find any hotel in the city in which he/she wants to stay for one day then which of the following step taken by customer?

(a) He/she can directly walk-in to the hotel in that city in which he/she wants to stay.

(b) He/she can request online to travel agent regarding this. And then travel agent arranges the room for the customer in that city.

(d) Does not mention in DFD.

(e) None of these.

IBPS PO/SO/ RRB PO /SO CLERK SBI SSC CGL Machine Input-OutPut difficultt level

Direction (01-05) : Study the following information to answer the given questions.
A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of an input and rearrangement.
Input: mandate awareness 8 4 2 possibility 9 on 6 venn 11 strike 7 European
Step I: awareness 9 mandate 8 4 2 possibility on 6 venn 11 strike 7 European
Step II: awareness 9 European 8 mandate 4 2 possibility on 6 venn 11 strike 7
Step III: awareness 9 European 8 mandate 7 4 2 possibility on 6 venn 11 strike
Step IV: awareness 9 European 8 mandate 7 on 2 4 possibility 6 venn 11 strike
Step V: awareness 9 European 8 mandate 7 on 2 possibility 11 4 6 venn strike
Step VI: awareness 9 European 8 mandate 7 on 2 possibility 11 strike 6 4 venn
Step VII: awareness 9 European 8 mandate 7 on 2 possibility 11 strike 6 venn 4
Step VII is the last step. As per rules followed in above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the input given below.
Input:investment on 7 6 foreign direct 5 8 10 allow projects 2 9 important
1). Which of the following will be the step IV of the rearrangement?
a) allow 5 direct 6 foreign 7 investment on 8 10 projects 2 9 important
b) allow 5 direct 6 foreign 7 important 9 investment on 8 10 projects 2
c) allow 5 direct 6 foreign 7 important 9 investment 10 on 8 projects 2
d) allow 5 direct 6 investment on 7 foreign 8 10 projects 2 9 important
e) None of these

Answer: b)

2). Which of the following will be the last step of the rearrangement?
a) IV
b) VI
c) VII
d) V
e) None of these

Answer: c)

3). In step IV, if, in a certain way, ‘important’ is related to ‘foreign’ and ‘9’ is related to ‘7’, which of the following would ‘8’ be related to, following the same pattern?
a) investment
b) 9
c) on
d) 6
e) None of these

Answer: a)

4). Which of the following is second to the right of the one that is 7th from the right end in step IV?
a) investment
b) 8
c) 9
d) on
e) None of these

Answer: d)

5). What will be the position of ‘foreign’ in step V?
a) Fifth from the right end
b) Ninth from the right end
c) Sixth from the left end
d) Sixth from the right end
e) None of these

IBPS PO/SO/ RRB PO /SO CLERK SBI SSC CGL Machine Input-OutPut difficultt level

Direction(06-10):Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

A word and number arrangement machine, when given an input line of words and numbers, rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of the Input and its rearrangement.

Input: tree 96 23 under 48 busy 37 own 62 axe

Step I: 23 tree 96 under 48 busy 37 own 62 axe

Step II: 23 37 tree 96 under 48 busy own 62 axe

Step III: 23 37 96 tree under 48 busy own 62 axe

Step IV: 23 37 96 62 tree under 48 busy own axe

Step V: 23 37 96 62 48 tree under busy own axe

Step VI: 23 37 96 62 48 under tree busy own axe

Step VII: 23 37 96 62 48 under own tree busy axe

Step VIII: 23 37 96 62 48 under own axe tree busy

Step IX: 23 37 96 62 48 under own axe busy tree

Step IX: is the last step of the rearrangement.

As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the input given below.

Input: bank 24 interest 17 51 42 summer hot 68 33 earn

6). Which of the following would be the last step of the arrangement?

a) VII

b) VIII

c) IX

d) X

e) None of these

Answer: c)

7). In step IV, which of the following numbers/words would be at 7th position from the left?

a) 24

b) bank

c) 42

d) interest

e) None of these

8). Which step number would be the following output?

17 33 51 68 42 24 interest bank summer hot earn

a) VI

b) VII

c) V

d) VIII

e) There will be no such step

9). In step VI of the rearrangement, if ‘68’ is related to ‘summer’ in a certain way, which of the following would ‘42’ be related to, following the same pattern?

a) interest

b) 51

c) summer

d) hot

e) None of these

10). Which of the following would be the second-last step of the rearrangement?

a) 17 33 51 42 68 24 earn interest hot summer bank

b) 17 33 51 24 42 68 interest earn bank hot summer

c) 17 33 51 68 42 24 interest earn bank summer hot

d) 17 33 51 68 42 24 earn interest bank summer hot

e) None of these

Answers:

1). b) 2). c) 3). a) 4). d) 5). e) 6). c) 7). d) 8). b) 9). d) 10). c)

Average Practise set for IBPS PO 2017

The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket keeper is 3 years older. If the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of the remaining players is one year less than the average age of the whole team. What is the average age of the team?

A.	23 years	B.	24 years
C.	25 years	D.	None of these

Let the average age of the whole team by x years.

11x – (26 + 29) = 9(x -1)

11x – 9x = 46

2x = 46

x = 23.

So, average age of the team is 23 years.

The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Q and R is Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of P is:

A.	3500	B.	4000
C.	4050	D.	5000

EXPLANATION

Let P, Q and R represent their respective monthly incomes. Then, we have:

P + Q = (5050 x 2) = 10100 …. (i)

Q + R = (6250 x 2) = 12500 …. (ii)

P + R = (5200 x 2) = 10400 …. (iii)

Adding (i), (ii) and (iii), we get: 2(P + Q + R) = 33000 or P + Q + R = 16500 …. (iv)

Subtracting (ii) from (iv), we get P = 4000.

P’s monthly income = Rs. 4000.

The average age of husband, wife and their child 3 years ago was 27 years and that of wife and the child 5 years ago was 20 years. The present age of the husband is:

A.	35 years	B.	40 years
C.	50 years	D.	None of these

EXPLANATION

Sum of the present ages of husband, wife and child = (27 x 3 + 3 x 3) years = 90 years.

Sum of the present ages of wife and child = (20 x 2 + 5 x 2) years = 50 years.

Husband’s present age = (90 – 50) years = 40 years.

A car owner buys petrol at Rs.7.50, Rs. 8 and Rs. 8.50 per litre for three successive years. What approximately is the average cost per litre of petrol if he spends Rs. 4000 each year?

A.	Rs. 7.98	B.	Rs. 8
C.	Rs. 8.50	D.	Rs. 9

In Arun’s opinion, his weight is greater than 65 kg but less than 72 kg. His brother doest not agree with Arun and he thinks that Arun’s weight is greater than 60 kg but less than 70 kg. His mother’s view is that his weight cannot be greater than 68 kg. If all are them are correct in their estimation, what is the average of different probable weights of Arun?

A.	67 kg.	B.	68 kg.
C.	69 kg.	D.	Data inadequate
E.	None of these

EXPLANATION

Let Arun’s weight by X kg.

According to Arun, 65 < X < 72

According to Arun’s brother, 60 < X < 70.

According to Arun’s mother, X <= 68

The values satisfying all the above conditions are 66, 67 and 68.

In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the run rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs?

A.	6.25	B.	6.5
C.	6.75	D.	7

EXPLANATION

A family consists of two grandparents, two parents and three grandchildren. The average age of the grandparents is 67 years, that of the parents is 35 years and that of the grandchildren is 6 years. What is the average age of the family?

A.		B.
C.		D.	None of these

EXPLANATION

A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230 and Rs. 6562 for 5 consecutive months. How much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of Rs. 6500?

A.	Rs. 4991	B.	Rs. 5991
C.	Rs. 6001

Total sale for 5 months = Rs. (6435 + 6927 + 6855 + 7230 + 6562) = Rs. 34009.

Required sale = Rs. [ (6500 x 6) – 34009 ]

= Rs. (39000 – 34009)

= Rs. 4991.

The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero?

A.	0	B.	1
C.	10	D.	19

The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero?

A.	0	B.	1
C.	10	D.	19

EXPLANATION

Average of 20 numbers = 0.

Sum of 20 numbers (0 x 20) = 0.

It is quite possible that 19 of these numbers may be positive and if their sum is a then 20th number is (-a).

The average weight of 8 person’s increases by 2.5 kg when a new person comes in place of one of them weighing 65 kg. What might be the weight of the new person?

A.	76 kg	B.	76.5 kg
C.	85 kg	D.	Data inadequate
E.	None of these

EXPLANATION

Total weight increased = (8 x 2.5) kg = 20 kg.

Weight of new person = (65 + 20) kg = 85 kg.

The average weight of A, B and C is 45 kg. If the average weight of A and B be 40 kg and that of B and C be 43 kg, then the weight of B is:

A.	17 kg	B.	20 kg
C.	26 kg	D.	31 kg

EXPLANATION

Let A, B, C represent their respective weights. Then, we have:

A + B + C = (45 x 3) = 135 …. (i)

A + B = (40 x 2) = 80 …. (ii)

B + C = (43 x 2) = 86 ….(iii)

Adding (ii) and (iii), we get: A + 2B + C = 166 …. (iv)

Subtracting (i) from (iv), we get : B = 31.

B’s weight = 31 kg.

The average weight of 16 boys in a class is 50.25 kg and that of the remaining 8 boys is 45.15 kg. Find the average weights of all the boys in the class.

A.	47.55 kg	B.	48 kg
C.	48.55 kg	D.	49.25 kg

EXPLANATION

A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sundays and 240 on other days. The average number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday is:

A.	250	B.	276
C.	280	D.	285

EXPLANATION

If the average marks of three batches of 55, 60 and 45 students respectively is 50, 55, 60, then the average marks of all the students is:

A.	53.33	B.	54.68
C.	55

A pupil’s marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to that the average marks for the class got increased by half (1/2). The number of pupils in the class is:

A.	10	B.	20
C.	40