RBI GRADE ‘B’ OFFICER’S EXAM Held on : 17.11.2002 (Part-II)

1. Handicrafts constitute an important of the decentralised sector of India's economy and _ employment to over six million artisans.

In each of the following questions there is a sentence with a pair of blank spaces, followed by five pair of words. Choose the pair that can fill up the blanks in the same order. The number of that pair is your answer.

Correct Answer: (3) segment — provides

2. Among a number of hobbies that one can , the hobby of reading is the most useful and

In each of the following questions there is a sentence with a pair of blank spaces, followed by five pair of words. Choose the pair that can fill up the blanks in the same order. The number of that pair is your answer.

Correct Answer: (3) nourish — cumulative

3. The quality of between individuals and the organisation for which they work can be ____ to the benefit of both the parties.

In each of the following questions there is a sentence with a pair of blank spaces, followed by five pair of words. Choose the pair that can fill up the blanks in the same order. The number of that pair is your answer.

(1) services ______ evaluated
(2) interaction ______ improved
(3) sophistication ______ devel- oped
(4) work ______ appreciated
(5) life ______ conceptualised

Correct Answer: (2) interaction ______ improved

4. Part of the confusion in our societies from our pursuit of efficiency and economic growth, in the that these are the necessary ingredients of progress.

In each of the following questions there is a sentence with a pair of blank spaces, followed by five pair of words. Choose the pair that can fill up the blanks in the same order. The number of that pair is your answer.

Correct Answer: (3) emerges — consideration

5. The problem of housing shortage with the population explosion has also been by this policy.

In each of the following questions there is a sentence with a pair of blank spaces, followed by five pair of words. Choose the pair that can fill up the blanks in the same order. The number of that pair is your answer.

Correct Answer: (3) compounded — addressed

6. In each of the following questions four words are given of which two words are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and indicate the number of that pair of words as the answer.

(A) Audacious

(B) Venturous

(C) Abstruse

(D) Silent

Correct Answer: (4) A — B

Solution:Something or someone that is audacious takes risks in order to achieve something.
For example : an audacious plan to win the presidency. Venturous or venture- some means ready to take risks, daring: young children becoming more venturous in their use of language.
So, audacious and venturous are synonymous. Hence the answer is (4).
Abstruse means difficult to understand.

7. In each of the following questions four words are given of which two words are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and indicate the number of that pair of words as the answer.

(A) Eudemonia

(B) Extol

(C) Eulogise

(D) Energise

Correct Answer: (2) B — C

Solution:Extol (Verb) means to praise somebody/some- thing highly.

For example,
(1) Government ministers began to extol the virtues
of liberalism.
(2) He was extolled as a hero.
Eulogise (Verb) means to praise somebody/something highly in speech or
writing.
For example,
She always Eulogises her children's achievements.
So, extol and Eulogise are synonymous.

8. In each of the following questions four words are given of which two words are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and indicate the number of that pair of words as the answer.

(A) Recluse

(B) Pandemic

(C) Transparent

(D) Opaque

Correct Answer: (2) C — D

Solution:A recluse is a person who lives alone and deliberately avoids other people.
For example
His widow became a virtual recluse for the remainder of her life.
A pandemic is an occurrence of a disease that effects many people over a
very wide area.
For example,
The AIDS pandemic has highlighted many deficiencies in public health care throughout the world.
If an object or substance is transparent, you can see through it.
If a situation, system, or activity is transparent, it is easily understood or
recognised.

If an object or substance is opaque, you can't see through it.
If you say that something is opaque, you mean that it is difficult to understand.
In comparison, we find the words transparent and opaque antonymous.

9. In each of the following questions four words are given of which two words are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and indicate the number of that pair of words as the answer.

(A) Diminutive

(B) Intelligent

(C) Large

(D) Prolific

Correct Answer: (3) A — C

Solution:A diminutive person or object is very small.
For example,
Her eyes scanned the room until they came to rest on a diminutive figure standing at the entrance.

A diminutive is an informal from of a name.
A diminutive is a suffix which is added to a word to show affection or to indicate that something is small.
Diminutive means very small. So large is the autonym of diminutive.

10. In each of the following questions four words are given of which two words are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and indicate the number of that pair of words as the answer.

(A) Enormous

(B) Malign

(C) Absorb

(D) Slander

Correct Answer: (4) B — D

RBI GRADE ‘B’ OFFICER’S EXAM Held on : 17.11.2002 (Part-II)

1. Handicrafts constitute an important ____ of the decentralised sector of India's economy and _____ employment to over six million artisans.

2. Among a number of hobbies that one can ______, the hobby of reading is the most useful and ______

3. The quality of ____ between individuals ______ and the organisation for which they work can be ______ to the benefit of both the parties.

4. Part of the confusion in our societies ______ from our pursuit of efficiency and economic growth, in the ______ that these are the necessary ingredients of progress.

5. The problem of housing shortage ______ with the population explosion has also been ______ by this policy.

6. In each of the following questions four words are given of which two words are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and indicate the number of that pair of words as the answer.

7. In each of the following questions four words are given of which two words are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and indicate the number of that pair of words as the answer.

8. In each of the following questions four words are given of which two words are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and indicate the number of that pair of words as the answer.

9. In each of the following questions four words are given of which two words are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and indicate the number of that pair of words as the answer.

10. In each of the following questions four words are given of which two words are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and indicate the number of that pair of words as the answer.

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1. Handicrafts constitute an important of the decentralised sector of India's economy and _ employment to over six million artisans.

2. Among a number of hobbies that one can , the hobby of reading is the most useful and

3. The quality of between individuals and the organisation for which they work can be ____ to the benefit of both the parties.

4. Part of the confusion in our societies from our pursuit of efficiency and economic growth, in the that these are the necessary ingredients of progress.

5. The problem of housing shortage with the population explosion has also been by this policy.