Oriental Bank of Commerce Clerk Exam - English Language - Part 4

Directions-(Q. 41 to 50) In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

One day an expert in time management was …(41)… to a group of business management students and to drive home a point he used and …(42)… they will never forget. As he stood in front of a group of brilliant students he said, “Okay it’s …(43)… for a quiz.” He then pulled out a one gallon jar and set it on the table in front of him. He also …(44)… a dozen fist sized rocks and carefully placed them one at a time into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and …(45)… more rocks would fit inside, he asked, “Is the jar full ?” Everyone in the class …(46)… said ‘Yes!’

The professor said nothing. He then …(47)… under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel into the jar and shook it …(48)… pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He asked the group once more, “Is the jar full ?” ‘Probably not.’ some answered. ‘Good !’ he said and began …(49)… sand to the contents in the jar. The sand fitted into the spaces between the rocks and gravel. He also poured water into the jar. “What was the point of this exercise ?” he asked. “The point is that no matter how busy your schedule is you can always manage to fit something in.” replied one student. ‘No’ said the professor, “The truth is if you don’t fit in the rocks which symbolize the …(50)… things in your life like your family and your dreams first, you’ll never have time for them.”

41. Fill in the blank:
addressing  conveying  speaking  discussing  expressing
 

42. Fill in the blank:
imagination  impression  expression  emblem  illustration
 

43. Fill in the blank:
ready  usual  opportunity  time  scheduled
 

44. Fill in the blank:
made  produced  dug  constructed  ploughed
 

45. Fill in the blank:
any  no  few  some  much
 

46. Fill in the blank:
definite  forcibly  convince  positive  emphatically
 

47. Fill in the blank:
reached  hid  gone  searching  found
 

48. Fill in the blank:
making  until  causing  while  resulting
 

49. Fill in the blank:
filling  pushing  substituting  adding  stuffing
 

50. Fill in the blank:
important  necessarily  vitally  ideal  expensive
 

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