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

1. 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

2. 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

3. The house that the actress lives in is beautiful, but the surroundings are ________ unpleasant.
A. quite
B. more and more
C. a little quite
D. very little
Answer : A

4. The Defence Minister said today that the Government was determined to____the accord and tulfil the legitimate aspirations of the people.
A. implement
B. invest
C. practise
D. perform
Answer : A

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

6. 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

7. The audience____ at the end of drama.
A. applauded
B. appraised
C. exploded
D. appreciated
Answer : A

8. His attitude to his boss was so_____ that it caused a good deal of repulsion.
A. refulgent
B. arrogant
C. sycophantic
D. hybrid
Answer : C

9. The Romans were _________ science.
A. bad in
B. bad to
C. bad for
D. bad at
Answer : D

10. If you were found guilty of exceeding the speed limit, you ______ to pay a fine.
A. would have
B. would had
C. will have
D. have
Answer : A

11. Is not learning superior ____ wealth ?
A. than
B. from
C. by
D. to
Answer : D

12. The Director pointed out in favour of the manager that the profitability of the plant had _____ since he had taken over.
A. arisen
B. increased
C. developed
D. declined
Answer : B

13. He has not attained the age of 18. He was, therefore, no____ to vote in this election.
A. power
B. claim
C. right
D. authority
Answer : C

14. The petitioner had ______ an immediate stay form the court on allotment of the Hats ________ of investigation into the alleged irregularities.
A. asked file process
B. sought, completion
C. propagated, finish
D. demanded, course
Answer : B

15. You have no business to _________ pain on a weak and poor person.
A. inflict
B. put
C. direct
D. force
Answer : A

16. He was ______ pertaining his innocence.
A. stridently
B. harshly
C. confidently
D. quickly
Answer : A

17. India has the_______ of high saving and low growth rates.
A. irony
B. similarity
C. difference
D. paradox
Answer : D

18. The teacher _________ the concept by _________ practical examples.
A. showed, telling
B. gave, speaking
C. liked, citing
D. explained - quoting
Answer : D

19. Even as the _________ elsewhere in the world are struggling to come out of recession, Indian consumers are splurging on consumer goods and to _________ this growth, companies are investing heavily in various sectors.
A. economies, meet
B. countries, inhibit
C. governments, measure
D. nations, inflict
Answer : A

20. Traffic problems in Bombay are as serious as in any other city in India and they are complicated by digging of roads by the corporation on this or that ____.
A. aspect
B. pretext
C. intention
D. instance
Answer : B

21. 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

22. Turn the lights ______ before you go to bed.
A. on
B. off
C. out
D. down
Answer : B

23. He has already made up his mind on this issue. Now it is____ to argue with him.
A. sympathetic
B. vague
C. futile
D. contradictory
Answer : C

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

25. I had a vague _________ that the lady originally belonged to Scotland.
A. notion
B. expression
C. imagination
D. theory
Answer : A

26. 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

27. 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

28. _________ of illiteracy from a nation that is set to become the most populated in the world is by no ________easy.
A. Countering, task
B. Driving, measure
C. Curbing, way
D. Eradication, means
Answer : D

29. Since the British were masters of the seas, no ____ power could venture into Indian waters under British rule.
A. territorial
B. continental
C. maritime
D. geo-political
Answer : C

30. Nature is ______ and unchangeable , and it is ______ as to whether its hidden reasons and ______ are ______ to man or not.
The option that best fill the blanks in the above sentence would be:
A. relentless, indifferent, actions, understandable
B. persistent, heartless, actions, comprehensible
C. inexorable, apathetic, activities, explicable
D. ineseapable, unconcerned, activities, intelligible
Answer : D

31. Every human being, after the first few days of his life, is a product of two factors: on the one hand, there is his __________ endowment; and on the other hand, there is the effect of environment, including _________
A. constitutional, weather
B. congenital, education
C. personal, climate
D. economic, learning
Answer : B

32. Most political leaders acquire their position by causing a large number of people to believe that these leaders are ___________ by altruistic desires.
A. actuated
B. convinced
C. categorized
D. led
Answer : A

33. ___________, the more they remain the same.
A. People all over the world change
B. The more people change
C. The more they are different
D. The less people change
Answer : B

34. The prisoner showed no _________ for his crimes.
A. hatred
B. obstinacy
C. remorse
D. anger
Answer : C

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

36. She put____ a brief appearance at the end of the party.
A. on
B. in
C. across
D. up
Answer : B

37. It is a penal_____to bribe a public servant.
A. charge
B. offence
C. code
D. tight
Answer : B

38. Happiness consists in being _________what we have?
A. contented to
B. contented with
C. contented for
D. contented in
Answer : B

39. _____ between labour and management is inevitable in any industrial society.
A. co-ordination
B. competition
C. friction
D. association
Answer : C

40. By the time he was eighteen years old, Peter _______ to make a living and support his family.
A. begins
B. began
C. started beginning
D. would begin
Answer : B

41. The first round of the contest had the students ___________ themselves and ___________ about their hobbies.
A. introducing, talking
B. sensitizing, sketching
C. showcasing, planning
D. acclimatizing, mentioning
Answer : A

42. 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

43. It is a story of two men and a batch of ______________ armoured cars.
A. deceased
B. diseased
C. decrepit
D. defeated
Answer : B

44. My India by Corbett deals ______ the authors familiarity with and love of India.
A. in
B. of
C. at
D. with
Answer : D

45. I. The report ended on a .......... note.
II. They must take .......... steps to deal with the problem.
A. criticising
B. huge
C. positive
D. fancy
Answer : C

46. In an effort to provide _________ for higher education to all, most of the universities have been providing education without adequate infrastructure, thus churning out _________ graduates every yer.
A. chances, fresh
B. platform, capable
C. opportunities, unemployable
D. prospects, eligible
Answer : B

47. When you want to digitalise a city __________ with millions, you dont bet __________ the odds.
A. proceeding, into
B. teeming, against
C. undergoing, adhere
D. dangling, for
Answer : B

48. His answer was such______ I expected him to give.
A. that
B. which
C. as
D. like which
Answer : C

49. Growth under this government has been ________ high and remarkably ________ even during the worst global economic crisis.
A. Impededly, flippant
B. Relatively, intractable
C. Obstructedly, rigid
D. Sustainedly, resilient
Answer : D

50. There is no ______ evidence to support your assertion.
A. facile
B. fictitious
C. facetious
D. factual
Answer : D