Top Word Replacement Questions Free PDF For SBI Clerk Prelims

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Directions (1-7): In the passage given below tractors. Also, unemployment, which hit a four
some of the sentences are given with blank and month high of 8% in April as per a survey by the
bold words. You have to identify appropriate Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, was at
words from the options which need to be 9.5% on May 18 based on a 30day moving
replaced and give complete meaning to the average. Crucially, rural unemployment captured
sentences and the paragraph as a whole. by the moving average had risen to 8.6% and
The RBI’s latest monthly bulletin has just this at a time when the pandemic’s grip and
rejected what many economists and anecdotal higher spending on health are likely to be
evidence have been pointing to — a sharp pushing up precarity among households in the
backslide in the economic system. In an article hinterland.
on the State of the Economy, RBI officials 1. Which of the following words will replace the
including Deputy Governor Michael Debabrata word rejected?
Patra have flagged the ‘demand shock’ inflicted A. Confirmed
by the ferocious second wave of the COVID19 B. Repudiated
pandemic. Specifically, they have cited the loss C. Prompted
of mobility, impact on discretionary spent and D. Negated
increase in unemployment as clear signs that E. No replacement required
demand is in the doldrums. Several high
frequency indicators for April have captured the 2. Which of the following words will replace the
reversal in momentum. GST e way bills, an word system?
indicator of the health of domestic trade, A. Impediment
lengthened 17.5% month on month, ____ (a) B. Momentum
______ automobile fuel consumption, C. Deterrent
commercial vehicle sales and domestic air D. Activity
passenger traffic all shrank from the preceding E. No replacement required
month. And the previously relatively unscathed
rural economy too saw demand begin to dry up 3. Which of the following words will replace the
as new infections spread wider and deeper into word spent?
the countryside, a trend reflected in a 33.5% A. have spent
contraction in the dispatches of two wheelers B. has spending
and a palpable weakening in demand for C. Spending
D. has spent E. No replacement required
E. No replacement required
4. Which of the following words will replace the Directions (8-14): Read the passage carefully
word lengthened? and answer the questions given below it. Certain
A. Increased words/ phrases have been given in bold to help
B. Shortened you locate them while answering some of the
C. Expanded questions.
D. Contracted Anger, also known as wrath or rage, is an
E. No replacement required intense emotional state involving a strong
uncomfortable and non-cooperative response to
5. Which of the following words will be best a perceived provocation, hurt or threat. A person
suitable for the given blank ______ (a) ____? experiencing anger will often experience
A. while physical effects, such as increased heart rate,
B. when elevated blood pressure, and increased levels
C. which of adrenaline and noradrenaline. Some view
D. that anger as an emotion which triggers part of
E. No replacement required the fight or flight response. Anger becomes the
outside (a) feeling behaviorally, cognitively, and
6. Which of the following words will replace the physiologically when a person makes the
word reflected? threatening(b) choice to take action to
A. Executed immediately stop the conscious (c) behavior of
B. Performed another predominant (d) force. The English term
C. Initiated originally comes from the term anger of Old
D. Distorted Norse language.
E. No replacement required Anger can have many physical and mental
consequences. The external expression of
7. Which of the following words will replace the anger can be found in facial expressions, body
word had risen? language, physiological responses, and at times
A. raised public acts of aggression. Facial expressions
B. has risen can range from inward angling of the eyebrows
C. have risen to a full frown. While most of those who
D. rises experience anger explain its arousal as a result
of "what has happened to them", psychologists Anger can potentially mobilize psychological
point out that an angry person can very well be resources and boost determination toward
mistaken because anger causes a loss in self- correction of wrong behaviors, promotion
monitoring capacity and objective observability. of social justice, communication of negative
Modern psychologists view anger as a normal, sentiment, and redress of grievances. It can also
natural, and mature emotion experienced by facilitate patience. In contrast, anger can be
virtually all humans at times, and as something destructive when it does not find its appropriate
that has functional value for survival. outlet in expression. Anger, in its strong form,
Uncontrolled anger can, however, negatively impairs one's ability to process information and
affect personal or social well-being and impact to exert cognitive control over one's behavior. An
negatively on those around them. While many angry person may lose their objectivity,
philosophers and writers have warned against empathy, prudence or thoughtfulness and may
the spontaneous and uncontrolled fits of anger, cause harm to themselves or others. There is a
there has been disagreement over the sharp distinction between anger
_________value of anger. The issue of dealing and aggression (verbal or physical, direct or
with anger has been written about since the indirect) even though they mutually influence
times of the earliest philosophers, but modern each other. While anger can activate aggression
psychologists, in contrast to earlier writers, have or increase its probability or intensity, it is neither
also pointed out the possible harmful effects of a necessary nor a sufficient condition for
suppressing anger. aggression.
Three types of anger are recognized by People feel really angry when they sense that
psychologists: Hasty and sudden anger is they or someone they care about has been
connected to the impulse for self-preservation. It offended, when they are certain about the nature
is shared by human and other animals, and it and cause of the angering event, when they are
occurs when the animal is tormented or trapped. convinced someone else is responsible, and
This form of anger is episodic. Settled and when they feel they can still influence the
deliberate anger is a reaction to situation or cope with it. For instance, if a
perceived deliberate harm or unfair treatment by person's car is damaged, they will feel angry if
others. This form of anger is episodic. someone else did it (e.g. another driver rear-
Dispositional anger is related more to character ended it), but will feel sadness instead if it was
traits than to instincts or cognitions. Irritability, caused by situational forces (e.g. a hailstorm) or
sullenness, and churlishness are examples of guilt and shame if they were personally
the last form of anger. responsible (e.g. he crashed into a wall out of
momentary carelessness). Psychotherapist 10. Which of the words in the following will fill
Michael C. Graham defines anger in terms of the sentence?
our expectations and assumptions about the While many philosophers and writers have
world. Graham states anger almost always warned against the spontaneous and
results when we are caught up “expecting the uncontrolled fits of anger, there has been
world to be different than it is". disagreement over the _________value of anger.
A. Intrinsic
8. Which of the following word is synonymous B. Volitional
for provocation according to the passage? C. Ancillary
A. Appeasement D. Allegiance
B. Perturbation E. All of the above
C. Palliation
D. Exoneration 11. Which of the following statements are not
E. None of the above true based on the passage given.
I) Anger can potentially mobilize psychological
9. Four words are given in bold. The sentence is resources and boost determination towards
then followed by options with the correct correction of wrong behaviors, promotion
combination of words that should replace each of social justice, communication of negative
other in order to make the sentence sentiment, and redress of grievances
grammatically and contextually correct. II) Anger can be destructive when it finds its
Anger becomes the outside (a) feeling appropriate outlet in expression.
behaviorally, cognitively, and physiologically III) Settled and deliberate anger is connected to
when a person makes the threatening(b) choice the impulse for self-preservation. It is shared by
to take action to immediately stop human and other animals, and it occurs when
the conscious (c) behavior of another the animal is tormented or trapped.
predominant (d) force A. Only III
A. a-b B. Both I & III
B. b-c C. Both II & III
C. a-c, b-d D. Only II
D. a-d, b-c E. All of the above
E. All of the above
12. Which of the following is not an external
expression of anger according to the passage?
A. Facial expressions IV) An angry person may lose their objectivity,
B. Promotion of social justice empathy, prudence or thoughtfulness and may
C. Body language cause harm to themselves or others.
D. Physiological responses A. Both I & III
E. At times public acts of aggression B. Both I & IV
C. Both II & III
13. What is the term recognized by D. Only IV
psychologists for dispositional anger in the E. All of the above
passage?
A. Connected to the impulse for self-
preservation Directions (15-21): Given below is a passage
B. Shared by human and other animals and it followed by some questions. Read the passage
occurs when the animal is tormented or trapped carefully and answer the questions that follow.
C. Reaction to perceived deliberate harm or Changes in the law, more specifically, new
unfair treatment by others digital privacy laws are absolutely necessary
D. Related more to character traits than to moving forward in our technology-driven world.
instincts or cognitions From protecting an individual’s right to privacy
E. None of the above across all digital platforms from misusing
consumer information, to protect (A) an
14. What does Psychotherapist Michael C. individual’s right to privacy from government
Graham define about anger in the passage? intrusion across digital platforms, our current
I) Anger in terms of our expectations and privacy laws and torts have no bearing on this
assumptions about the world new “location” – or lack thereof. (B) As some
II) Anger can potentially mobilize psychological states are beginning to enact digital privacy
resources and boost determination towards movement (1), there fails to be a national laws
correction of wrong behaviors, promotion (2) to provide consistency across (3) the United
of social justice, communication of negative States.
sentiment, and redress of grievances (C) In 2015, California passed a _________
III) Graham states anger almost always results “Electronic Communications Privacy Act” which
when we are caught up “expecting the world to ______ “any state law enforcement agency or
be different than it is. other investigative _________ from compelling a
business to turn over any metadata or digital
communications – including emails, texts,
documents stored in the cloud – without a Digital privacy laws – constitutional amendments
warrant”. The American Civil Liberties Union specifically geared towards digital privacy – must
named California’s Act the “most comprehensive address the right to privacy as it relates to the
in the country,”. (D) State Senator Mark Leno Internet, social media, and other relevant digital
spoke of the ________ of the law as it relates to platforms. The laws must weigh national security
the digital landscape that now exists: “For too concerns with an individual’s right to privacy,
long, California’s digital privacy laws have been and these laws must specifically address the
stuck in the Dark Ages, leaving our personal online environment that the Internet and social
emails, text messages, photos and smartphones media have created.
increasingly _______ to warrantless searches”. 15. Which of the following best replace /
(E)While this law is certainly a step in the right replaces (A) in the given passage to make it
direction for digital privacy, it unfortunately fails grammatically and contextually correct?
to account for the disclosure of other information I. To protecting
beneath social media platforms, like self- II. To protect with
disclosed data. III. To protect from
Law professor and privacy law expert, Daniel J. A) Only III
Solove, confirmed that current privacy laws are B) Only I and II
not sufficient for digital privacy, which he called C) Only II
a “privacy self-management model,” where D) Only I
users are informed of their legal rights and E) No correction required
consent to data collection without knowing what
it really entails. Solove condemned the biggest 16. Which of the following options has the
weakness: “It is impossible at the time of data correct sequence of the three words mentioned
collection for a person to make a sensible in (B)?
judgment about the future privacy implications”. A) 321
Furthermore, he argued it is unfair an B) 213
assumption to conclude that all users read the C) 231
lengthy terms of service or terms of use that are D) 132
agreed upon, or that these particular terms are E) No arrangement required
even enforced.
Digital privacy laws are vital, and must be 17. The sentence (C) is given with three blanks.
consistent throughout the country, as the Identify the correct triplet of words that fit in the
Internet knows no geographic boundaries.
sentence to make it grammatically and under social media platforms, like self-disclosed
contextually correct. data.
A) Derogative, allows, unit A) Only III
B) landmark, prohibits, entity B) Only I
C) Absurd, denies, entity C) Only II and III
D) Pilot, prohibits, agency D) No correction required
E) Nascent, allows, entity E) Only II
18. The sentence (D) is given with two blanks. 20. Which of the following puts more light on,
Identify the correct pair of words that fit in the “Digital privacy laws are vital, and must be
sentence to make it grammatically and consistent throughout the country, as the
contextually correct. Internet knows no geographic boundaries.” as
A) alienation, exposed mentioned in the passage?
B) significance, protected I) Digital privacy laws should be enacted
C) importance, vulnerable according to the geographical location.
D) disadvantage, open II) The Internet doesn’t understand space and
E) fidelity, close therefore privacy laws should not be consistent
throughout the country.
19. Which of the following should replace (E) to III) Privacy laws are not the same everywhere
make it grammatically or contextually correct? and for the merit of those laws, they should be
I. While this law is certainly a step in the right consistent as the internet is not restricted to any
direction for digital privacy, it unfortunately fails particular place.
to account for the disclosure of other information A) Only I
over social media platforms, like self-disclosed B) Only II
data. C) Only III
II. While this law is certainly a step in the right D) Only I and II
direction for digital privacy, it unfortunately fails E) Only II and III
to account for the disclosure of other information
across social media platforms, like self-disclosed 21. What is the author trying to highlight through
data. “The laws must weigh national security concerns
III. While that law is certainly a step in the right with an individual’s right to privacy”?
direction for digital privacy, it unfortunately failed A) The author is not trying to state that an
to account for the disclosure of other information individual’s right to privacy is important and
therefore national security depends on it. ominous development of misuse of social media
B) The author is undermining ‘right to privacy’ has cropped up.
because it is not a matter of national security. A serious problem is that the spread of
C) The author is skeptical about national misinformation can severely impact the decision-
security as well as ;right to privacy’. making process. This is because we are closer
D) The author is trying to highlight the fact that in the virtual world but far away in the physical
‘right to privacy’ is as important as ‘national world. It was way back in 1993, a cartoon
security’. appeared in the New Yorker with the caption,
E) None of these “On the internet, nobody knows you’re dog”.
Digital culture has become so widespread that
whatever appears on the Net is readily
Directions (22 - 29): Read the passage and accepted. Cross-check is almost nil. It is a
answer the questions that follow. Some of the dangerous trend. The children today believe
words highlighted to help you to answer the more in the popular search engine than anything
following questions. else. That is why fake news goes viral almost
When the internet was created, perhaps no one instantly through social media forwards. It has a
was aware of its potential. It was just a cascading effect. Not only is the problem of
convenience for sharing of information across magnitude but also in not being able to find its
some computers. Starting from ARPANET in source also. There have been stray incidents of
1960, passing through TCP/IP technology, today online crimes time to time.
there is a social media system which brings us Presently, the internet and its allied subjects are
close as if time and distance stand reduced affiliated (A) by ICANN. It is an agency within the
almost to zero. Social media brought the world USA. There is a need for placing it in the hands
so close that political and geographical of a broad-based agency like UNO or one of its
boundaries are crumbling. Time may come regulated (B) bodies. A suggestion is in
when netizenship may surpass citizenship. The circulation that the internet should be placed
more people-to-people communication is, the under the apprehension(C) of the IMF but at
more is strengthening of relationships. This is same time, there is an supervision (D) that
the basic principle of the political concept of distributing the status quo may result in
nation building in an information society, bonds fragmentation of the existing system. But
grew stronger. We are now heading up a world- misinformation warfare is more dangerous than
order of Net-state or states. In between, an conventional warfare. It has the potential to
create a slow-paced disaster.
C) Fake News
22) What might happen if the supervision of the D) Both 1 and 3
internet shifts to another agency? E) None of these
A) A breakdown of the existing system
B) Conventional Warfare 26) A cartoon appeared in the New Yorker with
C) Mishandling of information the caption, “On the internet, nobody knows
D) Both 1 and 2 you’re dog”.
E) None of these The sentence above is a _____ statement
A) Figurative
23) What suggestion is being made to regulate B) Collateral
the internet? C) Literal
A) IMF should supervise the internet D) Figurine
B) US, China and EU should split E) None of these
C) ICNN must improve its working
D) Both 2 and 3 27) Why are the geographical boundaries
E) None of these crumbling?
A) People excessively use social media
24) The basic concept of nation-building states- B) People have become so close due to social
A) All the information must be widely available to media
all the people C) People have been misusing social media
B) Relationships are not affected by the people D) All of these
but the political concepts E) Both 1 and 2
C) Relationships grow strong when there is
more communication between people. 28) Which of these words is similar in meaning
D) Both 1 and 3 to ‘surpass’?
E) None of these A) Exceed
B) Possible
25) “Not only is the problem of magnitude but C) False
also is not being able to find its source also.” D) Visible
Whose ‘magnitude’ is being referred to in this E) Excellent
sentence?
A) Social media 29) In the below given paragraph the highlighted
B) Cascading effect words in bold are given which may be correct or
incorrect according to their position, you have to circulation that the internet should be placed
interchange the words to make the paragraph under the apprehension(C) of IMF but at same
contextually and grammatically correct and if time, there is an supervision (D) that distributing
there is no interchange required mark ‘no the status quo may result in fragmentation of the
interchange required’. existing system.
Presently, the internet and its allied subjects are A) A-D & B-C
affiliated (A) by ICANN. It is an agency within the B) A-B & C –D
USA. There is a need for placing it in the hands C) A-C & B-D
of a broad-based agency like UNO or one of its D) B-C
regulated (B) bodies. A suggestion is in E) No interchange required
Answer With Explanation
Directions (1-7): Impediment – something that makes it difficult

1. Answer: A Deterrent - something that should stop you
The word would be replaced by an adjective doing something.
which is confirmed. The sentence implies that
RBI has accepted what other economists say. 3. Answer: C
Hence option A is the answer. The word would be replaced by the noun which
Other word meanings: is spending. The sentence implies that it had a
Repudiated – refuse to accept, reject loss due to discretionary spending and
Prompted – to cause something to happen unemployment increases. Hence option C is
Negated - make ineffective, nullify answer
2. Answer: B 4. Answer: D
The word would be replaced by a noun which is The word would be replaced by a verb which is
momentum. The sentence implies a backslide in contracted. The sentence implies that something
economic momentum. Hence option B is is reduced month by month. Hence option D is
answer. the answer.
Momentum – the ability to keep increasing or
developing
Other word meanings: 5. Answer: A
The blank should be filled by while. Hence The correct form of the answer is
option A is the answer. II) Anger can be destructive when it does not
find its appropriate outlet in expression.
6. Answer: E III) Settled and deliberate anger is a reaction to
Here the given word is correct. Hence no perceived deliberate harm or unfair treatment by
replacement is required. others. This form of anger is episodic
Option E is the answer.
12. Answer: B
7. Answer: B The external expression of anger can be found
Here the word should be replaced by has risen. in facial expressions, body language,
Hence option B is the answer. physiological responses, and at times public
Directions (8-14): acts of aggression.
8. Answer: B
Perturbation – Agitation, provocation, commotion 13. Answer: D
Appeasement, Palliation – abatement, Dispositional anger is related more to character
alleviation, succor traits than to instincts or cognitions. Irritability,
Exoneration – acquittal, dispensation, remission sullenness, and churlishness are examples of
the last form of anger.
9. Answer: D
Anger becomes the predominant (a) feeling 14. Answer: A
behaviorally, cognitively, and physiologically Psychotherapist Michael C. Graham defines
when a person makes the conscious (b) choice anger in terms of our expectations and
to take action to immediately stop assumptions about the world. Graham states
the threatening (c) behavior of another outside anger almost always results when we are caught
(d) force. up “expecting the world to be different than it is".
Directions (15-21):
10. Answer: A 15. Answer: D
Intrinsic – innate, inherent, congenital English section of any competitive exam should
Ancillary - Extra, supplementary, additional not be a selection exercise, rather it should be
Volitional-Relating to the use of one’s will an elimination exercise. We should always try to
Allegiance – devotion, fidelity, dedication eliminate options. That helps a great deal in the
exam.
11. Answer: C Now, we might get confused with (A) being an
infinitive as ‘to’ is already there. But, if we read therefore option (C) is correct. (B) also contains
the sentence from start carefully, we will get to a similar adjective for the first blank but the
know that the ‘to’ is a preposition for ‘from’ like second blank cannot fit with protected because
for example ‘from India to America’. Therefore the second blank is in part where we are talking
“To protecting” is correct and (D) is the correct about what happened before the act.
option.
19. Answer: E
16. Answer: B The correct tense for ‘fail’ and the preposition
The whole passage talks about ‘privacy laws’ after ‘disclosure of other information……’is the
and therefore the best sequence is 213. key to the answer.
17. Answer: B 20. Answer: C

From reading the passage, we know that it is (C) is correct because (I) says privacy laws
talking about ‘Privacy laws’ and if California has should be different for every region which is
passed an act that means it is towards opposite to what the passage says and the
protecting privacy and also the blank needs an same way (II) also gets eliminated.
adjective. Therefore we need to select the option
that has an adjective that appreciates the act 21. Answer: D
and therefore ‘landmark’ is correct. Accordingly, (D) is correct because the author has mentioned
(B) is the correct option because other options in the passage that laws must weight national
have adjectives opposite in meaning. Again, The security with an individual’s right which is
act is passed so that it will protect user’s data explained correctly in (D).
and make it inaccessible to someone who wants
it for misuse. Therefore ‘prohibits’ is correct for Directions (22-29):
the second blank. The third blank contains 22) Answer: A
“entity”. It is mentioned that “A suggestion is in
circulation that the internet should be placed
18. Answer: C under the supervision of the IMF but at the same
The sentence before the sentence in question time, there is an apprehension that distributing
mentions that the union called the act the status quo may result in fragmentation of the
‘comprehensive’ which means we can infer that existing system. The USA, EU and China may
the context is favoring the act. Therefore the split apart.
blank will also contain a positive adjective and Clearly, only option A is correct.
Eg: I have a ton of homework (this doesn’t mean
23) Answer: A that the speaker actually has a ton/907 kg of
It is mentioned that “A suggestion is in homework to do).
circulation that the internet should be placed Other options are rejected because:
under the supervision of the IMF but at the same 1. Collateral: is something pledged as security
time…” for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the
Clearly, only option A is correct. event of a default.
2. Literal: means taking words in their usual or
24) Answer: C most basic sense without metaphor or
It is mentioned that “The more people-to-people exaggeration.
communication is, the more is the strengthening 3. Figurine: is a statuette, especially one of
of relationships. This is the basic principle of the human form.
political concept of nation-building”. The given statement is using figures of speech
The most appropriate answer is option C. to show how people accept everything on the
internet without knowing the reality. Obviously
25) Answer: C the given statement is not to be taken literally.
The following is stated in the passage. “That is Hence, it is figurative.
why fake news goes viral almost instantly
through social media forwards. It has a 27) Answer: B
cascading effect. Not only is the problem of The correct answer is option B. It is mentioned
magnitude but also in not being able to find its that “Social media brought the world so close
source also.” that political and geographical boundaries are
The sentence clearly states that the magnitude crumbling”. No other option gives the reason.
as well as the source cannot be recognized
which is a big problem. It refers to the magnitude 28) Answer: A
of the spread of fake news. No other option is Let’s look at the meanings of the given words-
correct. A) Exceed means be greater in number or size
than (a quantity, number, or other measurable
26) Answer: A thing).
Figurative Statement is a statement which uses B) Possible means able to be done or achieved.
figures of speech to explain your thoughts. C) False means not according with truth or fact,
When speech or writing is not literal, it is incorrect.
figurative. D) Visible means able to be seen.
E) Excellent means extremely good,
outstanding.
Clearly, ‘exceed’ is the correct word.
29) Answer: B
The correct sentence is:
Presently, the internet and its allied subjects are
regulated by ICANN. It is an agency within the
USA. There is a need for placing it in the hands
of a broad-based agency like UNO or one of its
affiliated bodies.
Affiliated bodies: Affiliated Body means "Any
Club, Society, Association or other body officially
recognised by the Association”
So to make the sentence grammatically and
contextually correct we need to interchange the
position of A and B.
Another correct sentence:
A suggestion is in circulation that the internet
should be placed under the supervision of IMF
but at same time, there is an apprehension that
distributing the status quo may result in
fragmentation of the existing system
Here in the second line of another paragraph an
‘supervision’ is incorrect as it requires vowel
sound also.
Apprehension (n): anxiety or fear that something
bad or unpleasant will happen.
So to make sentence contextually correct we
need to interchange the position of C and D. So
option B is the right answer.

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Directions (1-7): Impediment – something that makes it difficult

17. Answer: B 20. Answer: C

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