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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): For each of the following
questions that comprise a single blank, there are six words denoted by A, B, C,
D, E and F as answer choices. Pick two correct answers, either of which will,
make the sentence meaningfully complete.

1. ________ before the clock struck 8 on
Saturday night, India Gate was swamped with people wearing black T-shirt and
holding candles.

(A) Minutes                (B) Time          (C)
Later          (D) Quickly              (E) Since     (F)
Seconds

Select the correct answer using the codes
given below

(1) (B) and (E)                        

(2) (A) and (C)                                    

(3) (A) and (F)

(4) (B) and (D)                        

(5) (C) and (E)

2. The states should take steps to
______the process of teachers’ appointments as the center has already
sanctioned six lakh posts.

(A) fasten         (B) move        (C)
hasten       (D) speed        (E) early          (F) quicken

Select the correct answer using the codes
given below

(1) (D) and (F)                        

(2) (A) and (C)                                    

(3) (C) and (F)

(4) (D) and (E)                        

(5) (B) and (D)

3. A senior citizen’s son ______threatened
her every day and physically harmed her, forcing her to transfer her property
to him.

(A) superficially          (B) mistakenly       (C)
allegedly         (D) miserably        (E) doubtfully (F) purportedly

Select the correct answer using the codes
given below

(1) (C) and (F)                         

(2) (A) and (E)                        

(3) (C) and (E)

(4) (D) and (F)                        

(5) (A) and (C)

4. Medical teachers said that the
management had continued to remain ______to their cause, which lead them to
extend their strike.

(A) unmoved              (B)
lethargic         (C) unconcerned         (D) apathetic       (E) indifferent (F) bored

Select the correct answer using the codes
given below

(1) (B) and (C)                        

(2) (C) and (F)             

(3) (A) and (E)

(4) (A) and (D)                        

(5) (D) and (E)

5. The parents had approached the High
Court to_______ the government order after their children, Who passed UKG, were
denied admission by school.

(A) void           (B)
quash        (C) annul         (D) stay           (E) lift              (F)
post

Select the correct answer using the codes
given below

(1) (A) and (D)                        

(2) (B) and (C)                        

(3) (C) and (E)

(4) (E) and (F)                         

(5) (C) and (D)

Directions (Q. Nos. 6-10) Read each of the
following sentences to find out whether there is any grammatical 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 punctuations, if any).

6. The government has asked individuals (1)/ with income of over Rs.10 lakh to (2)/ electronic file tax returns for
the year 2011-12, (3)/ something
which was optional till last year. (4)/
No error (5)

7. The power tariff had already (1)/ been increased twice in (2)/ the last 15 months and the electricity
board had also (3)/ levied
additional monthly charges to consumers. (4)/
No error (5)

8. Despite of curfew (1)/ in some areas, minor (2)/
communal incidents were reported (3)/
from different areas of the walled city. (4)/ No error (5)

9. This comes (1)/ at a time (2)/ when
fund allocation (3)/ is been
doubled. (4)/ No error (5)

10. As the prison will get (1)/ an official telephone facility
soon, the prisoners (2)/ won’t have
to make calls in a discreet manner (3)/
through smuggled mobile phones. (4)/ No error (5).

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