English Quiz for SBI | IBPS – Set 266

1.The police are hunting for the _______ of Thailand’s deadliest bombing .
a) Perpetrators
b) Invaders
c) Intruders
d) Terrorists

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Answer a) Perpetrators

2.Much of the allure that cricket has is due to the fact that it is a _________ sport .
a) Lucrative
b) Controversial
c) Celebrity
d) Useful

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Answer a) Lucrative

3.Hindus believe that ______ from the cycle of birth and rebirth can be attained only by good deeds.
a) Bondage
b) deliverance
c) delivery
d) retirement

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Answer b) deliverance

4.__________ eye-witness,the news reporter gave a graphic description of how fire broke out.
a) observing
b) reporting
c) seeing
d) Quoting

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Answer d) Quoting

5.The miser gazed _______at the pile of gold coins in front of him.
a) avidly
b) admiring
c) thoughtfully
d) earnestly

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Answer c) thoughtfully

6.Her _____ remark proved that she was really naive and unsophisticated.
a) unparliamentary
b) uninhibited
c) ingenuous
d) indifferent

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Answer c) ingenuous

7.He __________ devoted himself to the task of completing his book in time.
a) ingeniously
b) assiduously
c) deliberately
d) exceptionally

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Answer b) assiduously

8.The Govt. has in principle ________the privatization of power generation and its distribution in the country .
a) asserted
b) accepted
c) affirmed
d) confirmed

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Answer d) confirmed

9.Candidates securing marks above seventy five percent are ________for this scholarship.
a) worthy
b) competent
c) eligible
d) permissible

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Answer c) eligible

10.The astronaut made the descent with unusual caution ,placing each foot first _________ then firmly.
a) heavily
b) clumsily
c) tentatively
d) confidently

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Answer c) tentatively