fill in the blanks single fillers Model Questions & Answers, Practice Test for ibps po mains

Answer: (c)

To 'litter' is to scatter about rubbish or unwanted things in a condition of disorder. 'Cluttered' means 'things heaped in a disorderly manner' but

1. the things need not be necessarily unwanted things, and
2. it gives an impression of things 'crowded' together.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (d)

'Inimical' means 'unfavourable' or 'harmful' or 'adverse in tendency or effect'. Only 'inimical' will fit the blank in the context of the meaning conveyed by the sentence, especially its mention of the word 'self-respect'.

Answer: (a)

A 'caption' is the explanation of a picture, a cartoon, etc. It is different from a headline which is the large title at the top of a page (news item that indicates the subject matter). 'A title' is the descriptive heading, as of a chapter of a book, or the distinguishing name of a work, etc. A 'topic' is the subject or theme of a discourse, news story, cartoon, etc.

Answer: (a)

To 'mitigate' is to 'lessen'. 'Instigate' has an opposite sense—that of provoking or fomenting. 'Masticate' ('to chew') is way off the mark. 'Propitiate' is 'to make favourably inclined'.