MISSION BANKING 2023 English Language Quiz – 53

Sol. ‘Spell’ is a short period of time during which something lasts. Trending means something that is currently popular or widely discussed online. It’s an adjective and has no plural form. ‘Happenings’ is not an appropriate word to describe weather patterns. Shortcoming is fault or failure to meet a certain standard. Hence spells is the most appropriate option.

Sol. While all the words are near synonyms of each other only ‘forecasts’ does complete justice to the sentence. Portend refers to a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen. This word especially in its continuous form does not provide complete meaning to the sentence. Prophecy does mean ‘to say that (a specified thing) will happen in the future’ but for this word to be used ‘Met Office’s’ should’ve been given. Speculate means ‘to form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence’. Hence, forecasts is the answer which provides both contextual meaning and grammatical justice to the sentence.

Sol. Grapple, wrestle, spar and fight all mean the same but none provides any meaning to the sentence. In order to convey their dwindling population in the past ‘struggling’ is the best choice.

Sol. Both comparison and relation need to be preceded by ‘in’ in order to be grammatically suitable options. When we say something has changed with respect to the past, we either use ‘compared’ or ‘in relation with’. Related doesn’t help put the two time periods in contrast with each other which the sentence is trying to do. Compared provides both grammatical and contextual meaning to the sentence.

Sol. All tinge, hue, shade and tint mean the same i.e. a trace of a colour, in this case blue colour and are all correct both with respect to meaning and grammatical correctness.

Exp. Going through the given sentence it can be clearly seen that the first sentences in the arrangement would be sentence (B). Next in the arrangement would be sentence (E) as the given sentence is throwing light on the fact that the rate cut was expected but the scale of the rate cut was unanticipated. The next sentence in the arrangement would be sentence (A) which is asking about the credibility of the extent of the rate cut. This will be then followed by sentence (C) and then sentence (D) to make a contextually meaningful paragraph. So the correct sequence of sentences after rearrangement is BEACD. Hence, the correct choice is option (d)

Exp. Going through the given sentence it can be clearly seen that the first sentences in the arrangement would be sentence (B). Next in the arrangement would be sentence (E) as the given sentence is throwing light on the fact that the rate cut was expected but the scale of the rate cut was unanticipated. The next sentence in the arrangement would be sentence (A) which is asking about the credibility of the extent of the rate cut. This will be then followed by sentence (C) and then sentence (D) to make a contextually meaningful paragraph. So the correct sequence of sentences after rearrangement is BEACD. Hence, the correct choice is option (d)

Exp. Going through the given sentence it can be clearly seen that the first sentences in the arrangement would be sentence (B). Next in the arrangement would be sentence (E) as the given sentence is throwing light on the fact that the rate cut was expected but the scale of the rate cut was unanticipated. The next sentence in the arrangement would be sentence (A) which is asking about the credibility of the extent of the rate cut. This will be then followed by sentence (C) and then sentence (D) to make a contextually meaningful paragraph. So the correct sequence of sentences after rearrangement is BEACD. Hence, the correct choice is option (a)

Exp. Going through the given sentence it can be clearly seen that the first sentences in the arrangement would be sentence (B). Next in the arrangement would be sentence (E) as the given sentence is throwing light on the fact that the rate cut was expected but the scale of the rate cut was unanticipated. The next sentence in the arrangement would be sentence (A) which is asking about the credibility of the extent of the rate cut. This will be then followed by sentence (C) and then sentence (D) to make a contextually meaningful paragraph. So the correct sequence of sentences after rearrangement is BEACD. Hence, the correct choice is option (b)

Exp. Going through the given sentence it can be clearly seen that the first sentences in the arrangement would be sentence (B). Next in the arrangement would be sentence (E) as the given sentence is throwing light on the fact that the rate cut was expected but the scale of the rate cut was unanticipated. The next sentence in the arrangement would be sentence (A) which is asking about the credibility of the extent of the rate cut. This will be then followed by sentence (C) and then sentence (D) to make a contextually meaningful paragraph. So the correct sequence of sentences after rearrangement is BEACD. Hence, the correct choice is option (c)