1000+ Fill in the blanks MCQ for IBPS PO [Solved]

1. Women should be paid the same as men-when they do the same job, for surely, what is sauce for the______ is sauce for the ___
A. goose, gander
B. cock, hen
C. fox, vixen
D. buck, doe
Answer : A

2. Nowadays there exists a spirit of___ among the various departments of the University. This has led to a number of interdisciplinary research publications due to interaction of various research groups.
A. co-operation
B. education
C. casteism
D. favouritism
Answer : A

3. Your present statement does not _________ what you said last week.
A. accord to
B. accord in
C. accord with
D. accord for
Answer : C

4. Lack of financing options, __________ with HR and technological __________ , make small and medium enterprises sector the most vulnerable component of our economy.
A. except, loophole
B. coupled, challenges
C. armed, benefits
D. registered, strategies
Answer : B

5. The teacher_____the boys comic which he was reading during the Mathematics period.
A. possessed
B. procured
C. abandoned
D. seized
Answer : D

6. The numbers __________ by the legitimate online music service providers indicate that a growing number of users are __________ to buy music.
A. morphed, ignoring
B. labelled, thriving
C. figured, fanatic
D. touted, willing
Answer : D

7. Football evokes a ___________ response in India compared to cricket, that almost ___________ the nation.
A. tepid, boiling
B. lukewarm, electrifies
C. turbid, fascinating
D. apocryphal, genuinely fascinates
Answer : B

8. The statue _________ a global symbol of freedom
A. stands against
B. stands to
C. stands for
D. stands as
Answer : D

9. The ability of a woman to do well does not ______ on whether it is a mans world or not, because everyone has
his/her own opportunities. (1) trust (2) depend (3) reckon (4) live (5) rest (6) believe
A. (4) and (5)
B. (2) and (3)
C. (1) and (6)
D. (2) and (5)
Answer : D

10. He has a____tongue; his pinching sarcasm has______ everyone who has come into contact with him.
A. wanton, immunised
B. vitriolic, alienated
C. pungent, animated
D. recalcitaant, humanised
Answer : B

11. She did not tell _________ that she _________ attended the party.
A. someone, have
B. no one, has
C. him, not
D. anyone, had
Answer : D

12. Serious threat to our ecology and environment can be ______ with organic cultivation.
A. hastened
B. impeded
C. aggravated
D. combated
Answer : C

13. It is inconceivable that in many schools children are subjected to physical _________ in the name of discipline.
A. violation
B. exercise
C. violence
D. security
Answer : C

14. ______________ his being innocent of the crime, the judge sentenced him to one year imprisonment.
A. Inspite of
B. In case of
C. On account of
D. In the event of
Answer : C

15. Although he is ___________ person, he occasionally loses his ___________
A. quiet, power
B. cheerful, grief
C. balanced, temper
D. thoughtful, Anxiety
Answer : C

16. Once he has signed the agreement, he wont be able to back______.
A. up
B. in
C. at
D. out
Answer : D

17. It will take some time for many South koreans to ___________ the conflicting images of North Korea, let alone to___________ what to make of their northern cousins
A. reconcile, decide
B. understand, clarify
C. make out, decide
D. reconcile, understand
Answer : A

18. Although it has been more than 50 years since Satyajit Ray made Pather Panchali, ___________ refuse to go away from the mind.
A. the haunting images
B. its haunting images
C. its haunted images
D. the haunt of its images
Answer : B

19. The high cutoff marks this year have ___ college admission-seekers to either ___ for lesser known colleges or change their subject preferences.
A. cajoled, ask
B. pressured, sit
C. forced, settle
D. strained, compromise
Answer : C

20. When people around you are losing their heads, it is very difficult to remain serene. It needs a lot of____.
A. patience
B. strength
C. courage
D. goodness
Answer : A

21. The speaker did not properly use the time as he went on_______ on one point alone.
A. devoting
B. deliberating
C. diluting
D. distributing
Answer : B

22. He is a popular teacher. He seems to be ______ for that profession.
A. cut down B. cut off
C. cut in
D. cut out
Answer : D

23. The head ____ was annoyed to see a ____ in the soup.
The option that would best fill the blanks in the above sentence would be:
A. chief, house fly
B. chef, housefly
C. chief, house-fly
D. chef, house fly
Answer : B

24. What are you _________ in the kitchen cupboard?
A. looking in
B. looking on
C. looking to
D. looking for
Answer : D

25. The ___________ of the chronic balance of payments deficit which has ___________ the Finance Ministry under three Prime Ministers is very real.
A. temptation, reviled
B. understanding, menaced
C. impact, underestimated
D. dilemma, plagued
Answer : D

26. Man is still a____in the labour market.
A. guilt
B. possibility
C. endemic
D. commodity
Answer : D

27. It will take some time for many South Koreans to ___________ the conflicting images of North Korea, let alone to___________ what to make of their northern cousins.
A. reconcile, decide
B. understand, clarify
C. make out, decide
D. reconcile, understand
Answer : A

28. Education is an essential means of_________women with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence necessary to fully_________ in the development process.
A. empower- include
B. empowering - participate
C. empowered - participating
D. empowerment - participate
Answer : D

29. Economic growth is on auto-pilot, unlikely to be derailed by any lapse into ________ and controls or to be ________ by serious policy reforms.
A. Growth, blowed
B. Boom, berated
C. Recession, reduced
D. Dirigisme, boosted
Answer : C

30. It is time to ________ ongoing programmes and ______ new horizons.
A. value, choose
B. speculate, experiment
C. reject, consider
D. assess, seek
Answer : D

31. Satyajitrays films ________ all barriers of caste, creed and religion. They are universal.
A. transcend
B. transcends
C. trancend
D. transend
Answer : C

32. I am fully _________ the problems facing the industry.
A. alive with
B. alive to
C. alive for
D. alive on
Answer : B

33. The last____ were performed before the body was cremated.
A. rites
B. writes
C. rights
D. withers
Answer : A

34. If strict security measures were taken, the tragedy might have been ________
A. restrained
B. averted
C. removed
D. controlled
Answer : B

35. These issues are extremely ________ and any knee jerk reaction will ultimately result in a loss of ________ for all shareholders
A. Unassociated, curare
B. Ambiguous, plutocracy
C. Nuanced, opportunity
D. Contexed, serendipity
Answer : C

36. Among the factors_____ to the low productivity in agriculture, the first place is occupied by irregular water supply.
A. producing
B. showing
C. resulting
D. contributing
Answer : D

37. Precautions are to be taken with any one who seems ______.
A. contagious
B. infectious
C. diseased
D. defiled
Answer : B

38. The varsitys poll process for ___________ of new candidates has ___________ poor response with only ten thousand applications being received till date.
A. entrusting, seen
B. registration, evoked
C. entrance, made
D. admission, made
Answer : B

39. This approach would ________ the enormous illiteracy problem to be ________ in a holistic manner.
A. enable, tackled
B. focus, viewed
C. envision, dealt
D. combine, judged
Answer : A

40. No child is _________ understanding. One has to wait and provide proper guidance.
A. dull to
B. dull in
C. dull of
D. dull for
Answer : B

41. He lost confidence and _________ of the deal at the last minute.
A. backed out
B. backed on
C. backed down
D. backed onto Practice Exercise
Answer : A

42. I have given her ______ .
A. a work
B. some works
C. a piece of work
D. many works
Answer : C

43. The organisation ___________ to popularise Indian classical music among the youth which has lost ___________ with its cultural roots.
A. endeavours, touch
B. wishes, interest
C. efforts, experience
D. exerts, intrigue
Answer : B

44. Though one eye is kept firmly on the___________, the company now also promotes ___________ contemporary art.
A. present, experimental
B. future, popular
C. present, popular
D. market, popular
Answer : B

45. The carriage foundered in a snowdrift and it took two hurs to_____ it.
A. exert
B. pillage
C. exacerbate
D. extricate
Answer : D

46. As navigators, calendar makers, and other _________ of the night sky accumulated evidence to the contrary, ancient astronomers were forced to __________ that certain bodies might move in circles about points, which in turn moved in circles about the earth.
A. scrutinizers, believe
B. observers, agree
C. scrutinizers, suggest
D. observers, concede
Answer : D

47. The flood of brilliant ideas has not only ___ us, but has also encouraged us to ___ the last date for submission of entries.
A. overwhelmed, extend
B. enjoyed, stretch
C. dismayed, decide
D. scared, scrap
Answer : A

48. China is a big country, in area it is bigger than any other country __________ Russia.
A. accept
B. except
C. expect
D. access
Answer : B

49. Real friends, genuinely wanting the best for the organisation, ___________ different garbs.
A. come in
B. clad in
C. dressed in
D. clothed in
Answer : A

50. As the weekend finally rolled around. the city folk were only ___ happy to settle down and laugh their cares _____.
A. just, afar
B. too, away
C. extremely, off
D. very, up
Answer : A