English Clinic For Bank & BCS Exams

UCB PO Exam (17/09/2021) English Section Solution

1. After sitting in the sink for several days, the dirty, food-encrusted dishes became----
a. malodorous
b. prevalent
c. imposing
d. perforated

Correct answer: a. Malodorous

2. Giulia soon discovered the source of the ------the smell in the room: a week-old tuna sandwich
that one of the children had hidden in the closet
a. quaint
b. fastidious
c. clandestine
d. fetid

Correct answer: d. Fetid

3. After making----- remarks to the President, the reporter was not invited to return to the White
House pressroom.
a. hospitable
b. itinerant
c. enterprising
d. irreverent

Correct answer: d. Irreverent

4. With her ------eyesight, Krystyna spotted a trio of deer on the hillside and she reduced the speed
of the car.
a. inferior
b. keen
c. impressionable
d. ductile

Correct answer: b. keen

5. Johan argued, “If you know about a crime but don’t report it, you are--------in that crime because
you allowed it to happen.”
a. acquitted
b. steadfast
c. tenuous
d. complicit
Correct answer: d. complicit

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6. Synonym of Jovial is
a.incredulous
b.merry
c.revolting
d.dizzy
Correct answer: b. merry

7. Synonym of educe is
a. demand
b. unlawful
c. ideal
d. elicit
Correct answer: d. elicit

8. Antonym of Luminous is
a. clear
b. dim
c. clever
d. brittle
Correct answer: b. dim

9. Antonym of Irascible is
a. determined
b. placid
c. reasonable
d. pliant
Correct answer: b. placid

10. Select the correct spelling of the word

a. acquianttanc
b. acquaintance
c. acqquantance
d.accquaintance
Correct answer: b. acquaintance

11. Choose the correct pair of words from the following

Symphony: Composer::
a. Leonardo: music
b. Fresco: painter
c. Colours: pallet
d. Art: appreciation
Correct answer: b. Fresco: painter

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Choose the best version of the underlined portion of each sentence (Question 12-16)

12. Precipitation in California is often erratic, and when arriving, tends to fall in the mountainous
northern and eastern parts of the state rather than the populous and fertile southern and
western ones.
a. when arriving, tends to fall
b. when arriving, has a tendency of falling
c. when it arrives, it tends in falling
d. when it arrives, it tends to fall
Correct answer: d. when it arrives, it tends to fall

13. Just who inspired English painter John Constable’s marvelously enigmatic cloud studies, much
prized by collectors, have never been entirely clear.
a. studies, much prized by collectors, have
b. studies, much prized by collectors, has
c. studies, many of them prized by collectors, have
d. studies, many of which are prized by collectors,
Correct answer: b. studies, much prized by collectors, has

14. The Stertling, a bird mentioned in one of Shakespeare’s plays, was first introduced in the
United States in 1890 and has since become a significant pest species.

a. was first introduced in the United States in 1890 and has since become
b. were first introduced in the United States in 1890 and has since become
c. was first introduced to the United States in 1890 and would since become
d. was first introduced to the United States in 1890 and since became
Correct answer: a. was first introduced in the United States in 1890 and has since become

15. Contrasting with the works of the rationalists, Hume held that passion rather than reason
governs human behavior and postulated that humans can have knowledge only of the objects
of experience.
a. Contrasting with the works of the rationalists,
b. In contrast with the rationalists’ work,
c. In contrast to those of the rationalists,
d. Unlike the rationalists
Correct answer: d. Unlike the rationalists

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16. By day, hippos enjoy bathing in water to cool themselves down, which might have contributed
to their reputation for being relatively sluggish and sedentary.
a. which might have contributed to their reputation for being
b. which might contribute to its reputation for being
c. and this might have contributed to their reputation to be
d. a preference that might contribute to their reputation for being
Correct answer: a preference that might contribute to their reputation for being

17. Select the sentence with the appropriate form

a. If Selina had the money, she would buy a fast car.
b. If I know the answer, I would tell you.
c. If I was you, I would put your jacket on.
d. It would be nice if the weather is better.
Correct answer: a. If Selina had the money, she would buy a fast car.

18. Choose the sentence with the appropriate use of ‘some’

a. I want to buy some new shoe.
b. Would you like to buy some apples?
c. Rana has listened to some music.
d.He bought some piece of cheese.
Correct answer: b. Would you like to buy some apples?

19. Which of the following is the correctly spelt word?

a. Parliament
b. Pairlament
c. Parliament
d. Parlaiment
Correct answer: a. or c. Parliament

20. Passive voice of ‘If you’re doing something important, you are working to make change
happen.’

a. If something important is done, work is done to make change happen.

b. Something important is done by you, you are making change happen.

c. If something important is being done, work is being done to make change happen.

d. If important work is being done, change is about to happen.

Correct answer: c. If something important is being done, work is being done to make change
happen.

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Solved by:
Md Manirul Islam
BBA,IBA,DU
Assistant Director, Bangladesh Bank

Solved by:
Md Manirul Islam
BBA,IBA,DU
Assistant Director, Bangladesh Bank

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