English Quiz for Banking entrance exams
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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. 1-15): In each of the sentence given below a word is printed in bold. Below it four choices are given. Pick up the one which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word printed in bold and can replace it without altering the meaning of the sentence.
1. The bullet wound proved to be fatal and the soldier died immediately
(a) grievous (b) dangerous (c) serious (d) deadly
2. Whatever opinion he gives is sane.
(a) rational (b) obscure (c) wild (d) arrogant
3. He corroborated the statement of his brother.
(a) confirmed (b) disproved (c) condemned (d) seconded
4. Whatever the verdict of history may be, Chaplin will occupy a unique place in its pages.
(a) judgement (b) voice (c) outcome (d) prediction
5. The attitude of the Western countries towards the Third world countries is rather callous to say the least.
(a) passive (b) unkind (c) cursed (d) unfeeling
6. The story is too fantastic to be credible.
(a) believable (b) false (c) readable (d) praiseworthy
7. Catching snakes can be hazardous for people untrained in the art.
(a) tricky (b) harmful (c) difficult (d) dangerous
8. The small boy was able to give a graphic description of the thief.
(a) picture (b) drawing (c) vivid (d) broad
9. The prisoner has been languishing in the jail for the last many years.
(a) convicted (b) suffering (c) attempting (d) avoiding
10. Some of the Asian countries have been enmeshed in an inescapable debt trap.
(a) entagled (b) hit (c) struck (d) ensured
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