New Pattern Double Fillers for IBPS PO/Clerk/Canara Bank 2018: 20 November

New Pattern Double Fillers for IBPS PO/Clerk/Canara Bank 2018: 20 November

Directions (Q. 1-5): Which of the pairs of phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below should replace the phrases given in bold and underlined in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required, mark (5) as the answer.

1. If the weather department’s forecast can be reliable the agriculture sector is similar to last year’s growth rate.

1. dependable, wearing
2. proved, following
3. honoured, going to achieve
4. trusted, poised to surpass
5. No correction required

2. Despite policy discrepancy between the Left and the Congress government every five years, in almost every social index, Kerala has been back of other Indian states.

1. see-saw, ahead
2. fluctuation, instead
3. difference, despite
4. change, behind
5. No correction required

3. The recent announcement of the GST rate of 18 per cent tax levy for telecommunication services will certainly effect the consumer at all.

1. affect, hardly
2. blow, in general
3. impact, at large
4. shake, completely
5. No correction required

4. The much-awaited talks between Air India and Singapore Airlines for a possible commercial agreementhave let down today.

1. affinity, come down
2. alliance, broken down
3. collusion, put down
4. connection, laid down
5. No correction required

5. Private sector banks have been busy playing catch up, adding bad loans at a much faster pace than their public sector counterparts over the past three quarters.

1. close in, buddy
2. match, friends
3. game, forgery
4. back, partner
5. No correction required

Directions (Q. 6-10): Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Find out which option can be used to fill up the blank in the sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.

6. Royal Bank of Scotland says it is ________ 1400 jobs from its retail banking ________ over the next two years.

        1) cutting, operations          2) sacking, deals

        3) reducing, affairs              4) dismissing, enterprises

        5) lowering, proceedings

7. State-owned Oriental Bank of Commerce ________ fixed deposit rate ________ up to 1 per cent on select maturities.

        1) has, aside                          2) abridged, below

        3) slashed, by                       4) cut, about

        5) hiked, above

8. In an acknowledgement of the ________ dissatisfaction among private developers carrying out infrastructure projects, the government is planning to set up a dedicated institution for dispute ________ in public contracts.

        1) grown, analysis                2) amplified, solving

        3) augmenting, breakdown        4) budding, removal

        5) growing, resolution

9. Notice is ________ given that in ________ of the listing agreement, meeting of the Board of Directors will be held on Tuesday.

        1) thus, pursuit                     2) hereby, persuance

        3) heresy, view                     4) here, proceedings

        5) therefore, contract

10. Like the hen that laid the ________ egg, the T20 league has only made the players more _______.

        1) costly, courageous          2) diamond, corrupt

        3) silver, enthusiastic           4) golden, greedy

         5) platinum, vulnerable

Answers:

1. 4
2. 1
3. 3
4. 2
5. 5
6. 1
7. 3
8. 5
9. 2
10. 4