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. 1-10): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are also printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate words in each case.
Countries which do not have a very well developed machine tool industry can never (1) to be even a first grade (2) and economic power, much less a global industrial power. This is known from the (3) of countries like Germany, USA, Japan, Switzerland and so on. When at the end of the Second World War, Japan wanted to become an industrial power, the (4) step she took was to (5) a machine tool industry. She decided to be (6) and not depend on (7) industrial nations. This was (8) in the long term rather than going in for (9) advantage of import of machine tools. Similarly, India also established a machine tool industry (10) after independence to foster its fledging industries.
1. (a) aspire (b) manifest (c) agree (d) prosper (e) pursue
2. (a) political (b) industrial (c) military (d) progressive (e) rich
3. (a) feelings (b) perceptions (c) plans (d) experience (e) establishment
4. (a) important (b) useful (c) economic (d) wise (e) first
5. (a) develop (b) nurture (c) introduce (d) admit (e) establish
6. (a) revolutionary (b) industrious (c) self-sufficient (d) systematic (e) progressive
7. (a) European (b) developed (c) neighbouring (d) technical (e) foreign
8. (a) planned (b) decided (c) tried (d) beneficial (e) achieved
9. (a) temporary (b) exceptional (c) easy (d) fast (e) financial
10. (a) days (b) months (c) immediately (d) years (e) much
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