English Quiz for SBI PO | IBPS – Set 163

(A) It was further revived by a Boston publishing firm, and from that time Mother Goose continued and grew in fame and interest till date.
(B) The first collection of verses under her name was published in London in book form by John Newbery.
(C) These were known long before they were designated as Mother Goose rhymes.
(D) Some rhymes can be traced to popular ballads, folk songs and games, political satire, ancient proverbs, cries of street vendors, real or legendary events.
(E) About twenty five years later the book was reprinted in the United States in Worcester, Massachusetts.
(F) In fact, until the eighteenth century Mother Goose did not have a name in print in English literature.

1) Which of the following will be the LAST sentence?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E

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Answer a) A

2) Which of the following will be the FOURTH sentence?
a) F
b) E
c) D
d) C
e) B

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Answer e) B

3) Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence?
a) F
b) E
c) D
d) C
e) B

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Answer b) E

4) Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E

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Answer d) D

5) Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E

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Answer c) C

6) The protests were _______ at ________ awareness among the elite and the educated.
a) Held, generating
b) aimed, creating
c) targeted, awakening
d) focused, building
e) concentrated, producing

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Answer b) aimed, creating

7) While is ________ possible to inflation-index cash entitlements and food stamps, the _______ nature of food prices would than envisaged.
a) Theoretically, volatile
b) absolutely, stable
c) hypothetically, slow
d) not, in predictable
e) notionally, established

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Answer d) not, in predictable

8) The actress is ______ that she has not only acted opposite her childhood hero, but has also_____ out a song and recited a poem onstage with the living legend.
a) Overjoyed, belted
b) morose, sung
c) ecstatic, written
d) tense, prepared
e) elated, made

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Answer e) elated, made

9) ___________ to popular belief that red meat makes humans _______, scientists have found that it actually has a calming effect.
a) Dissimilar, happy
b) Opposite, intelligent
c) Contrary, aggressive
d) Comparable, hostile
e) Sticking, violent

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Answer c) Contrary, aggressive

10) ______ an earlier judgment, the high court has directed the state government to identify natural water resources in the state and __________ all illegal encroachments on them.
a) Remembering, establish
b) Citing, remove
c) Cancelling, build
d) quoting, destroying
e) Furthering, maintain

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Answer b) Citing, remove