IBPS PO 2018 Prelims: English Test Day 8

Institutional education is the focal agency which ‘socializes’ the individual after his primary _______ within the family. Education does not mean attaining literacy, nor does it mean pursuing knowledge, nor does it mean pursuing knowledge merely for the ______ of knowledge.

Populism breeds the politics of ______ often exploiting insecurities by distorting facts. In today’s age of information ______, this has taken the form of making everything into a half-truth.

With the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee, an Environment Ministry body that evaluates genetically ________ crops, approving transgenic mustard for environmental release, a key ­­­­­­­­­­_____ remains before farmers can cultivate it:

The Vietnam War is likely the most __________ of all the wars in American history. It was a morally ambiguous conflict from the start, ________ a war against Communism yet also a war to suppress nationalist self-determination.

The growth of the modern art movement __________ and reflected upon the industrial expansion taking place across America. Born into the swiftly industrializing world of the late nineteenth century, O’Keeffe witnessed how technological progress gave birth to new industries, forever changing America’s social and physical ________.

Directions – (Q6-10) In the given questions , two statements are given which are grammatically correct. Choose the correct connecting word given below without changing the meaning.

(I) The ability of the private sector to handle the vast magnitude of demand is also suspect
(II) no single publisher can possibly have the requisite infrastructure in professional staff, warehousing spaces, sales outlets etc.

Directions – (Q6-10) In the given questions , two statements are given which are grammatically correct. Choose the correct connecting word given below without changing the meaning.

(I) The escalation period of the Vietnam War, from 1955 to 1965, mirrored the Cold War in that the United States and USSR avoided direct conflict and
(II) the possibility of nuclear war by operating through proxy governments and forces.

Directions – (Q6-10) In the given questions , two statements are given which are grammatically correct. Choose the correct connecting word given below without changing the meaning.

(I) While O’Keeffe was a young adult studying art in the early twentieth century, the woman’s suffrage movement was at its peak, and many of her friends were activists in the movement.
(II) much of the success of O’Keeffe’s art came as a result of her position as not just an important painter, but an important woman painter, in the art world.

Directions – (Q6-10) In the given questions , two statements are given which are grammatically correct. Choose the correct connecting word given below without changing the meaning.

(I) From Mahatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday warned cow vigilantes not to indulge in violence in the name of cow protection,
(II) stressed that no one in the country has the right to take the law into his or her own hands.

Directions – (Q6-10) In the given questions , two statements are given which are grammatically correct. Choose the correct connecting word given below without changing the meaning.

(I) Sri Lanka’s legislative amendment to prohibit bottom trawling, a destructive fishing practice, is a welcome move
(II) its likely near-term consequence of deepening the fisheries conflict in the Palk Bay region.