Union Bank of India English Language Paper - Part 2

Directions—(Q. 11–13) Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.

11. stirs
trembles  moves  mixes  inspires  agitates
 

12. scale
descent  climb  hindrance  cut  measure
 

13. origin
ancestry  source  inauguration  down  heritage
 

Directions—(Q. 14–15) Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.

14. turbulent
quiet  rest  soothes  stormy  lawful
 

15. gains
decreases  fails  deprives  frauds  losses
 

Directions—(Q. 16–20) Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentences to make the sentence grammatically meaningful andcorrect. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark (E) as the answer.

16. The main objective of the workshop has made children aware of Western classical music.
will make children aware  is to make children aware  awareness of children  is making aware children  No correction required
 

17. Afraid of missing her train and was late for the meeting, Sunita arrived an hour early at the station.
but later for  and been late to  after being late  and being late for  No correction required
 

18. As a famous historian he has travelled around the world giving lectures on rare subjects.
rarely to subjects  of rare subject  with rarest of subject  in subjects rarely  No correction required
 

19. The stadium wherever the opening ceremony will be held next month, is equipped with the latest facilities.
in the opening ceremony  which the ceremony will open  where the opening ceremony  that the opening ceremony  No correction required
 

20. There will be a trend of unseasonal rainfall in April, in recent years.
There has been  It has been  There is being  It may have been  No correction required
 

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