single fillers Model Questions & Answers, Practice Test for ibps clerk mains

Answer: (d)

'Dictates' (n.) means 'authoritative commands'. It is different from 'diktats', meaning 'harsh decrees imposed unilaterally especially on a defeated nation'.

Answer: (a)

An 'offshoot' (n.) is anything conceived of as springing or proceeding from a main stock. 'Outshoot' (n.) is an act of shooting out; as a verb, it means 'shooting forth' or 'projecting'. 'Overshoot' (v.) is to shoot beyond or above so as to miss. 'Onshoot', as a single word, however, is never used ('on shoot', as two words, means 'on an assignment or session of film or commercial shooting').

Answer: (a)

'Indolent' means 'showing a disposition to avoid exertion' or 'to be slothful'. We do not refer to 'attitude' as being 'inactive'. 'Slow' and 'benign' can apply to the sentence but the best suited word is 'indolent'.

Answer: (b)

The sentence means that courage 'turns' into desperation which is a regrettable aspect. So 'substitute for' ('in place of'), 'replacement with' and 'standby for' ('use of a substitute for') will not be applicable here.

Answer: (d)

'Integrity' means 'soundness of moral character', 'uncompromising adherence to moral and ethical principles'. 'Individuality' is the particular character or the aggregate of qualities that distinguish one from others.