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English Quiz for Banking entrance exams

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Dear readers,

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

Directions (Q. 1-5) Each question below has
two blanks. Choose the set of words that best fits each blank without changing the
meaning of the whole sentence.

1. A model-based approach has been ______
to identify the factors that are _____ for the problems faced by the rural
areas.

(a) pursued – guilty

(b) placed – accountable

(c) approved – made

(d) identified – liable

(e) adopted – responsible

2. Farm living is dependent on _____
environmental conditions, and in times of drought, flood or pestilence,
survival becomes extremely _______ .

(a) irregular – simple

(b) sedentary – dangerous

(c) erratic – easy

(d) unpredictable – problematic

(e) impulsive – tough

3. It is also a ______ of industrialisation
that farms become more mechanized, putting many labourers out of ______.

(a) result – work

(b) point – city

(c) idea – labour

(d) consequence – bounds

(e) cause – employment

4. Since their inception, Regional Rural
Banks (RRBs) have taken ______ the roots and have become a sort of _____ part
of the rural credit structure in India.

(a) many – frivolous

(b) to – vital

(c) several – small

(d) all – essential

(e) deep – inseparable

5. Any new proposal in the education sector
should _____ the chances for the rural poor to have a _____ education at par
with their urban counter parts in their villages themselves.

(a) increase – well

(b) improve – good

(c) search – standard

(d) glorify – better

(e) lessen – regular

Directions (Q. 6-10) Read each sentence to
find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it.  The error, if any, will be in one part of the
sentence.  The number of that part is the
answer.  If there is no error, the answer
is “5”.  (Ignore errors of punctuation,
if any)

6. Inception of regional rural banks can be (a)/ seen as a unique experiment as well as (b)/ an experience in improvement
the efficacy of (c)/ rural credit delivery mechanism in India. (d)/ No error
(e).

7. In rural areas, often (a)/ on small family
farms, it is (b)/ difficulty to improve one’s standard of (c)/ living beyond
basic sustenance. (d)/ No error (e).

8. People, especially the elderly, (a)/ are
often forced to move to cities (b)/ where there are hospitals that can (c)/ cater
for their health needs (d)/ No error (e).

9. In modern times, industrialisation of
agriculture (a)/ has negative affected the economy (b)/ of small and
middle-sized farms and has strongly (c)/ reduced the size of the rural labour
market. (d)/ No error (e).

10. A national survey of rural health care
providers (a)/ was undertaken to identify (b)/ their perceptions of the (c)/ environmental
health issues faced their constituents. (d)/ No error (e).

           

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