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. 1-10):
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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Answers
1(4) 2(5) 3(3) 4(2) 5(4) 6(2) 7(1) 8(2) 9(3) 10(4)