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This quiz consists of actual questions from various
Banking entrance exams held during the last few years. Leave your answers/
responses in the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct
answers!

Directions (Q. 1-5): In each of the following sentences
there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5).
Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the
name sequence to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningfully
complete.
  

1. …………. to the popular belief that every astrologer
nurtures blind faith in fate, our astrologer believes in………….. 

(1) Contrary, action                   
(2) According, thoughts                        (3) Bowing, present

(4) Proving, forecasting             
(5) Pointing, devotion  

2. His ……………. has yielded him the ………. fruit.

(1) fate, undesirable                 
(2) efforts, unwanted                    
(3) action, viable

(4) perseverance, desired         
(5) emphasis, expected 

3.  Liberalisation
has removed all the legal ……………. and the ……………….
floodgates to multinational companies.

(1) hurdles, award                   (2) barriers, opened                     (3) obstacles, guarded

(4) manipulation. Closed         (5)
battles, threw

4.  His ………..
contribution to the Tsunami relief fund was ………… by his staff members.

(1) meagre, admired                 
(2) spontaneous, nullified              
(3) negligible, sanctioned

(4) noteworthy, improved         
(5) generous, appreciated

5.  The …………..
on some of the towns has created …………… among the residents of the
other parts of the country.

(1) attack, ambition                       (2) raid, awareness                       (3) bombardment, panic

(4) spelt, satisfaction                     (5) shower, dampness

Directions (Q- 6 to 8): Choose the word which is most similar in
meaning of the word given

6.  desert

(1) betray          (2)
escape            (3) barren          (4) abandon           (5) vacant

7.  isolated

(1) lonely            (2)
separated             (3)
detached          (4) hidden             (5) rare

8.  confined

(1) locked                (2)
restricted               (3)
detained               (4) captured           (5) imprisoned

Directions (Q-9 to 10): Choose the word which is most opposite in
meaning of the word given

9.  deliberate

(1) unsteady            (2)
abrupt           (3) mistake        (4) chosen         (5) accidental

10.  convenient

(1) troublesome          (2)
annoying           (3)
appropriate          (4) easy        

(5) distant

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Answers 

1(1)   
2(4)    3(2)    4(5)   
5(3)      6(4)    
7(1)      8(2)     9(5)     
10(1)    

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