IBPS English Language model test paper - 3

IBPS English Language model test paper - 3

1) In the below given question, Find the correctly spelt word from the mentioned alternatives.

a. Toxaemia
B. Toaxemia
C. Toxamia
D. Texamiea

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2) In this question, choose the correct alternative for the below given two sentences, which are to be combined into one sentence which should convey the same meaning as conveyed by the two sentences.

i. I felt belittled. I wanted to be recognized for the work I had done.

A. Because
B. As
C. Although
D. And

a. Only A
b. Only B
c. Only C
d. Only A & B

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3) In the question below, a sentence has been given in direct/ indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/ Direct Speech respectively.

i. I replied, “I study too much for that”.

a. I replied, I have studied too much for that.
b. I replied, I have been studying too much for that
c. I replied, I had been studying too much for that
d. I replied, I am studying too much for that

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4) In the below given question, a sentence has been given in active (or passive voice). Out of the four alternatives suggested select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive (or active) voice.

i. I took a deep breath and stepped on-stage.

a. I had taken a deep breath before stepping on the stage
b. I was taking a deep breath before stepping on – stage
c. Before stepping on – stage I took a deep breath
d. I take a deep breath before I step on stage.

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5) In the following sentence, some alternatives are suggested for the phrase in italics in sentence. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase in italics.

i. He happen to meet me when I was already in the dumps

a. In low spirits
b. High on emotional note
c. Busy with my exams
d. Was going through poverty

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6) Select the combination of numbers so that letters/ words arranged accordingly will form a meaningful word.

i. L O O A C I S U Q U

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

a. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
b. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
c. 1, 2, 9, 8, 4, 5, 6, 3, 10, 7
d. 9, 8, 5, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1, 7, 10

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7) In the below mentioned question, a sentence has been broken into different parts. These parts have been numbered. Choose the correct order of these parts from the given alternatives.



1. The day before,
2. I had dropped my daughter off
3. At pre-school and told her I was
4. Flying to the East coast so
5. I wouldn’t see
6. Her that night

a. 5, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1
b. 4, 6, 3, 2, 1, 5
c. 1, 3, 2, 4, 6, 5
d. 1, 2, 3 , 4, 5, 6

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8) Read the below given statement carefully to decide their sequence to make a meaningful passage and then answer the questions below.

A. These organizations have learned that they might not know what they don't know about their customers.
B. If the inbound marketing is done well, the outbound marketing is particularly easy -- and effective.
C. Experienced organizations have learned that it is not their opinion that matters most regarding whether their product is needed or not.
D. The opinion that matters most is that of the customers
E. That precious knowledge about the customers comes from "inbound" marketing -- through market research to clarify customers' needs and what they are willing to do to get those needs

met.

Questions from 1 to 4:

1. Which of the following should be the first sentence?

a. A b. B c. C d. D e. E

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2. Which of the following should be the second sentence?

a. A b. B c. C d. D e. E

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3. Which of the following should be the third sentence?

a. A b. B c. C d. D e. E

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4. Which of the following should be the fourth sentence?

a. A b. B c. C d. D e. E

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9) Arrange the below given sentences A, B, C, D between sentences 1 and 6, to form a logical sequence of six sentences.

1. If the plan is being rolled out with no input, then it is crucial for the department heads to consider the expected response from their teams, and to ensure the potential issues.

A. If unexpected issues are raised, it is critical to research these issues and respond to them.
B. Information that provides confidence in this result is essential to provide, and an inclusive, enthusiastic, confident tenor of the meeting is important.
C. However, the key is to effectively demonstrate how the plan is in the interest of each department, in particular, the growth of the company
D. However, it is much more than one roll out meeting, or several roll out meetings.

6. Implementation includes the informal discussions in the hall, during chance encounters, in regular meetings.

a. ADCB
b. ABDC
c. ACDB
d. ADBC

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10) Arrange the below given sentences A, B, C, D to form a logical sequence of the paragraph.

A. However, this topic in the Library is for those with an explicit goal to intentionally grow the organization, product or service
B. Whether your organization is a for-profit or nonprofit, you have to address certain considerations and make certain decisions if you set out to intentionally expand -- or grow -- your

organization, products and/or services
C. You can grow your organization, products and/or services just by managing them well
D. For example, by having very good products and services that are sold with strong sales and customer service.

a. ABCD
b. BCDA
c. ADCB
d. CBDA

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11) In the following question, some sentences are given on the same theme. Decide which sentence is the most preferable with respect to grammar, meaning and usage, suitable for a formal

writing in English.

A. Success is making the best choices we can and accepting them.
B. Success was making the best choice we can and accepted them.
C. Success is making the good choice we can and accepted them.
D. Success has made the good choice we can and accepting them.

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12) Read the following passage carefully, there are words/ groups of words printed in italics, each of which has been numbered. Choose the correct alternative which can be substituted for

the italicised word. If the word/ group of words is correct as it is then choose ‘no correction required’ as your answer.

Finally, turning to M&A advisor reputation(1) effects, we find that top target law firms significantly impede litigation settlements, supporting in claim (2) that top law firms would vigorously are pursue (3) efforts in obtain (4) M&A litigation dismissals. However, top bidder law firms are associates(5) with significantly more lawsuit settlements, supports the premise (6) that bidder legal advisers strive to settle M&A lawsuits in order to insure deal completion. Top target and bidder law firms are both positively associated with cash settlements (7) of lawsuits. This is likely to be consistent with client objectives in the sense that top target law firms negotiate settlements in only the strong cases that support increased payment to shareholders, while top bidder law firms are amenable to larger payments to facilitate suit settlement and deal completion.

1.

a. Repudiated
b. Reputations
c. Reputing
d. Reputes
e. No correction required

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2.

a. The claim
b. In claiming
c. The claims
d. Is claiming
e. No correction required

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3.

a. Are pursuing
b. Pursued
c. Pursue
d. To pursue
e. No correction required

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4.

a. To obtaining
b. In obtaining
c. To obtain
d. Is obtaining
e. No correction required

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5.

a. Associating
b. Accompanying
c. Association
d. Associated
e. No correction required

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6.

a. Supporting the premises
b. Supported the premises
c. Supports the premises
d. Supportive of the premises
e. No correction required

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7.

a. Settlement
b. Settled
c. Settling
d. Settles
e. No correction required

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13) In the question below, a part in sentence is mentioned in bold and italics. Choose the correct alternative that can best substitute the bold italicised part. If the sentence is correct, choose “no correction required”.

i. Communication is of effective use of the spoken and written words.

a. In effectively
b. About effectively
c. About the effective
d. No correction required

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14) In the question below, find which part of the sentence contains an error. If there is no mistake, then choose “no error” as your option.

i.

a. Serendipity is another word used
b. In describe accidental findings
c. by a person while working
d. on something completely different
e. No error

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15) In the following question, choose the best alternative to complete the sentence correctly and meaningfully.

i. Easy availability of loans and credit cards have made people

a. Live within their means
b. Live a lavish lifestyle
c. Live marginally
d. Live way beyond their means

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16) Read the following passage carefully, there are blanks which have been numbered. Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blank.

i.

(1) every talent leader would like to have world-class solutions all the elements of talent management, companies (2) really only focus on a few things at a time. Great leaders are like spotlights: they figure out what the “one important thing is” right now. So at one of our clients, a global financial services company with a transformational new CEO, the “big problem” is (3) culture and behaviours to drive innovation and (4). At another company the problem is one of driving accountability into the organization. A third is (5) on building deeper technical skills to (6) for new business opportunities. And another is focused very heavily on globalization, to (7) growth in Asia.
In reality all these companies have all these problems – but we find that highly (8) teams focus on only a few at a time – and then they build their talent management (9) around this focus.

1. a. While b. When c. Which d. Whilst

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2. a. Could b. Can c. Will d. Till

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3. a. Change b. Changes c. Changed d. Changing

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4. a. Risk taker b. Risks c. Risky d. Risk – taking

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5. a. focuses b. Focus c. Focused d. Focusing

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6. a. Complete b. Compete c. Competition d. Competes

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7. a. Support b. Supportive c. Supports d. Supported

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8. a. Success b. Successful c. Successor d. Successive

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9. a. strategize b. Strategy c. Strategies d. Stratagems

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17) Fill in the blank with the appropriate word from the five alternatives provided.

i.

______________________ will help you to search for meaning, answers, possibilities and alternatives and will help you to learn.

a. Snooping
b. Prying
c. Curiosity
d. Apathy
e. Oddity

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18) Select the appropriate word from the below given four alternatives.

i. Through IT you can be in touch globally,__________________ideas, learn, connect, relate, schedule and control.

a. Exchange
b. Altercation
c. Squabble
d. Quarrel

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19) In the question below, there are two blanks provided. Pick out the most appropriate pair to fill in the blanks in the same order to complete the sentence meaningfully.

i. Some plans may give__________________results_____________a few other plans may give exponential results.

a. Incremental, whereas
b. Decrease, while
c. Increased, if
d. Augmented, although

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20) Read the below given passage carefully. Each question from the passage comprises of three statements (A), (B) & (C). In the context of the passage, decide which amongst the three sentences is/ are true or false.

One of the most interesting discussions we’ve had with our advisory board is the need for better skills among HR generalists and business partners. You, as an HR or L&D leader, can design all the programs you want – but ultimately these programs are “owned” and “supported” by business and HR managers at the local level. If these individuals do not understand the concepts of coaching, collaboration, leadership, assessment, feedback, social networking, and the other modern principles we have today, the program falls flat.

Our new HR research shows that a lack of HR skills is the single biggest failure point in HR programs today! What holds back success? Not technology. Not strategy. Not money. It is skills. Our new High-Impact HR research, which is the culmination of two years of study, showed that the single biggest inhibitor to business impact in HR is the skills of the HR team.

A. HR organizations are under skilled
B. There is lack of potential
C. Lack of HR skills is the biggest failure in HR programs
D. HR is the back bone of a company.

a. Only A
b. Only B
c. Only A & C
d. Only B & C
e. Only A & B

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21) Read the below given paragraph carefully and answer the questions appropriately.

While every talent leader would like to have world-class solutions all the elements of talent management, companies can really only focus on a few things at a time. Great leaders are like spotlights: they figure out what the “one important thing is” right now. So at one of our clients, a global financial services company with a transformational new CEO, the “big problem” is changing culture and behaviours to drive innovation and risk-taking. At another company the problem is one of driving accountability into the organization. A third is focused on building deeper technical skills to compete for new business opportunities. And another is focused very heavily on globalization, to support growth in Asia.

In reality all these companies have all these problems – but we find that highly successful teams focus on only a few at a time – and then they build their talent management strategies around this focus.

This passage best supports the statement that:

a. Organizations can only handle a few “critical” talent problems at a time.
b. Organizations can handle all the problems at a time
c. Organizations focus on building deeper technical skills
d. Organizations build their talent management strategies.


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22) Read the below given passage carefully and answer the questions based on the paragraph carefully.

One of the more startling things which we found in this round of meetings is that today, for the first time in years, a majority of talent leaders are now trying to tightly integrate their recruiting (talent acquisition) teams into the talent management process. This means that the strategists and OD experts are now spending more and more time worrying about recruiting.

Let’s face it: in most companies recruiting is very much an “operations” problem. Very mature companies have understood the highly strategic nature of staffing for years – but the people who “run” recruiting are very much operations managers. They worry about time to hire, cost to hire, volume of candidates, the productivity of different sourcing strategies, and the ROI of various employment branding and referral programs. These problems are very operational in nature, so they have been managed by the numbers.

Now that we are entering the global economic recovery, companies have found that the whole problem of talent acquisition has changed. Not only are companies finding tremendous skills gaps in many parts of the world (countries like China and Germany already have huge gaps in engineering skills), but the nature of the employment contract has changed. Companies now attract people in a very dynamic way: through broad employment branding programs, social networking, local job fairs, online videos, and direct sourcing. Our High-Impact Talent Acquisition research found that recruiters today have shifted upwards of 30-40% of their sourcing from contract recruiters to in-house tools like LinkedIn, The Ladders, and other online networks. Employees learn about employers on websites like Twitter and Glassdoor.com, making it important for employers to monitor their employee brand everywhere.

And when a company wants to change its workforce (like the examples above), they must drive this shift into recruiting function immediately. So the head of staffing can’t take orders only from line managers, he or she must be totally aligned with the company’s overall talent management strategy.

A great example of this is Philips. Philips, one of the world’s most successful electronics and lighting manufacturer, is in the middle of a global cultural change to drive innovation and risk-taking into the company. To drive this change, the head of HR has been rolling out a new and focused performance management process. Employees will be held accountable for goals and will be evaluated on a new set of management criteria. This program has been rolling out for two years, and it has had huge impact on business success already.

The head of this program, a leader in the talent management organization, realized after a year of effort that their plan and strategy had not yet reached the world of recruiting. The company redefined its model for management and employee evaluation, but did not take the time to drive these new behaviours into the recruiting process. In year two of the program, once the internal tools were in place, he shifted his efforts toward recruiting – and he found, as most companies do, that recruiters worked all over the world in independent groups and used different tools and approaches driven by local management. There was no “strategic” recruiting process in place yet.

So as phase two of the culture and accountability initiative, the company focused on talent acquisition. The company built new tools for candidate assessment, new tools for job descriptions, and new employment branding for the company’s websites and recruiting tools. They focused the talent management program “outward” – towards the candidate and “intake” part of the company.

A logical idea now that we think about it – but not at all obvious at the beginning of the program.

Nearly every executive we met with these last few months told us they were shifting in this direction. Talent management won’t really work unless you look at the entire pipeline – from candidate through alumni. This is one of the big new focus areas for us in 2011, and it should be for you too.

1. Which amongst the following alternatives supports the passage?

a. Recruitments are gradually becoming a part of the talent management team
b. Very few companies have understood the nature of recruitments
c. Talent management doesn’t really work in actual
d. Importance of alumni in recruiting.

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2. What are the strategists and OD experts spending their maximum time into?

a. Training
b. Economic recovery
c. Risk management
d. Recruitments

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3. Which amongst the following options is a dynamic way of attracting people and is adopted by companies?

a. Social networking
b. Head hunting
c. Internally
d. Through alumni

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23) In the following question, find out which one of the words can appropriately replace the sentence.

i. The ability to stick to a particular task till it is completed.

a. Perseverance
b. Persistence
c. Doggedness
d. Diligence

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24) In the blow given question, there are 2 sentences numbered as I and II. Two homonyms are given in italics which may be either mis-spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentences. Read both the sentences carefully and decide on their correctness.

I. Of course the sad truth about happiness is that it is entrancing, desirable and maddeningly elusive.
II. He elaborated in a very ilusive way

a. If only sentence I is correct
b. If only sentence II is correct.
c. If both I & II sentences are correct
d. If I as well as II are incorrect, but both could be made correct by interchanging the italicised words
e. If neither I nor II is correct and the sentence could not be made correct by interchanging the italicised words.

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25) In the following question, choose from the given words below the two sentences, that word which has the same meaning and can be used in the same context as the part given in Italics in both the sentences.

i. I. The radiation emitted from a cluster comes from a very small fraction of the mass present.
II. Twenty-five years ago, the Hounslow temple was nothing more than a couple of scout huts on a piece of waste ground.

a. Shed
b. Shelter
c. Abide
d. Reside

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26) In the below given sentence, choose the word opposite in meaning to the italicised word and fill in the blank.

i. Lumber is opaque but crystal is

a. Rigid
b. Suave
c. Translucent
d. Transparent

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27) In the below given sentence, choose the correct antonym for the bold and italicised word.

i. It is better to be an honest failure than to be a corrupt success.

a. Unethical
b. Purge
c. Unscrupulous
d. Devious

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28) In the below given sentence, choose the correct synonym for the bold and italicised word.

i. Charisma is an aura.

a. Draw
b. Pull
c. Tweak
d. Magnetism

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29) Choose the correct antonym of the below given word.

i. DEVOUT

a. Irreverent
b. Impudent
c. Derisive
d. Scornful

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30) Choose the correct synonym for the below given word.

i. LUGUBRIOUS

a. Doleful
b. Mournful
c. Desolate
d. Bleak


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