RBI (Reserve Bank of India) Grade B Officers Recruitment Exam: July 2004 Question Paper - Part 3

Directions (Qs. 26 to 35) : 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:

Whatever prosperity India enjoyed in the seventeenth century disappeared when the Mughal Empire ---- (26) apart. The most immediate cause of this breakdown was the religious intolerance, which led to the open rebellion. It was to ---- (27) these revolts that the bigot ruler spent ---- (28) years in the field, with immense armies consuming the revenues of the country. There were, however, more deep-seated ---- (29). The corruption of officials and the oppression of the masses steadily ---- (30) away the empire’s life blood. For sometime, there had been a noticeable deterioration in the character of the ruling class. Wars of succession ---- (31) wiped out the leading families, and new blood from central Asia was no ---- (32) recruited for the higher governmental posts. Finally, the Mughal Empire was an alien regime. It continues to be so ---- (33) Akbar’s
policy of conciliation was abandoned, and it wore itself out trying to maintain its power ---- (34) the ceaseless opposition, only now and then overt but always present, of the ---- (35) citizens.

26. Fill the blank with correct word.
Joined  Broke  Dashed  Banged  Became
 

27. Fill the blank with correct word.
Run out  Crash  Crush  Cajole  Motivate
 

28. Fill the blank with correct word.
No  Hardly  Many  Inexpensive  Most
 

29. Fill the blank with correct word.
Variables  Attributes  Characteristics  Causes  Affect
 

30. Fill the blank with correct word.
Drained  Gone  Sucked  Released  Went
 

31. Fill the blank with correct word.
Has  Have  Was  Did  Had
 

32. Fill the blank with correct word.
Longer  Pumped  Far  Candidate  Shorter
 

33. Fill the blank with correct word.
At  Into  Over  After  Before
 

34. Fill the blank with correct word.
Far  At  Against  Favouring  For
 

35. Fill the blank with correct word.
Discontented  Weeping  Ruling  Calm  Contented
 

Directions (Qs. 36 to 40): Pick out the most effective word/phrase from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentences meaningfully complete.

36. Tiwari’s weill-wishers went to the extreme to _____ his business reputation.
Speak  Enhance  Cajole  Provoke  Advocate
 

37. A group of junior college boys _____ the highest peak of the Shivalik range of the Himalayas.
Scaled  Walked  Climb up  Avoided  Won
 

38. A special programme to raise the standard of living of the village folks has been _____ by the Government.
Affixed  Stalled  Glued  Launched  Propose
 

39. A herd of elephants _____ ready to attack the lion.
were  is  was  are  has been
 

40. It is not possible this year to run this company with so many employees, without increasing the _____ of deficit.
Loss  Altitude  Gain  Magnitude  Extend
 

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