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 sentences, there are one or two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five words /pairs of words denoted by number (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). Find out which word/pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
1. Being a cruel task-master, he always _________ too _________ work on his servants.
1. does, much
2. entrusts, difficult
3. performs, little
4. imposes, much
5. assigns, little
2. The issues could be _________ amicably only because of his _________ handling of the situation.
1. dropped, haphazard
2. raised, careful
3. discussed, enthusiastic
4. suppressed, emphatic
5. resolved, tactful
3. The recent ___________ in oil-prices has given an unexpected additional _________ to the cost-spiral.
1. slump, drawback
2. cut, blow
3. rise, twist
4. development, cut
5. deterioration, impetus
4. The only way to ensure best output from your vehicle is to provide it a _________ and _________ maintenance.
1. nurturing, expensive
2. proper, timely
3. careful, costly
4. trouble-free, everlasting
5. precious, healthy
5. People ________ to work hard if you ________ certain conditions on them.
1. decide, negotiate
2. try, thrust
3. plan, invoke
4. hesitate, impose
5. volunteer, place
6. If the banks desire to __________ profit, they should get rid of _________ measures.
1. loss, concentrate
2. increase, populist
3. earn, healthy
4. maximize, modern
5. make, steady
7. __________ your colleagues for important decision making activities ensures their __________ cooperation.
1. Counselling, Wholehearted
2. Helping, Occasional
3. Guiding, Meagre
4. Neglecting, Enthusiastic
5. Dominating, unstinted
8. If the government firms __________ to earn profits, they ought to get rid of _________ measures.
1. fail, healthy
2. decide, populist
3. have, proper
4. plan, planning
5. achieve, far-reaching
9. The sack was so ___________ that Sara could _________ carry it.
1. full, hardly
2. hardly, full
3. heavy, hardly
4. light, easy
5. large, precisely
10. The demand to __________ the ancient monument of the town was long _________ with the state administration.
1. excavate, extinct
2. maintain, maintained
3. dispose, clear
4. preserve, pending
5. demolish, considered
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