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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 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Find out which word/pair of words can fill
up the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully
complete.
1. His death
________ many tributes than have been paid at the ________ of any other human
being in history.
1. brought, passing
2. directed, helm
3. delivered, description
4. invited, living
5. acknowledged, perpetuation
2. All the
performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are ________
of the restless __________ of perseverance.
1. manifestations, pronouncement
2. projections, component
3. instances, force
4. proofs, humanity
5. visions, future
3. 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
4. The only way
to ensure best output from your vehicle is to provide it _______ and _________
maintenance.
1. nurturing,
expensive
2. proper,
timely
3. careful,
costly
4.
trouble-free, everlasting
5. resolved,
tactful
5. 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
6. 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
7. Our latest battle plan ________ some projects
_________ at saving the earth’s biological diversity.
1. destroys,
stirring
2. covers,
aimed
3. finances,
looking
4. encompasses,
looked
5. excludes,
arriving
8. Unless the
authorities adopt the principle _________, the strategies cannot become
__________.
1.
wholeheartedly, successful
2. fully,
defunct
3.
mechanically, obsolete
4. legitimate,
noteworthy
5. forcefully,
trivial
9. Trying to
__________ a team without a good and simple _________ system is like trying to
drive a car without a steering wheel.
1. form,
working
2. lead,
exploratory
3. organize,
empowering
4. run,
guidance
5. achieve, developmental
10. __________
members of a group often __________ influence the outcome of a consensus
forecast.
1. Permanent,
exert
2. Majority,
rightly
3. Vocal,
legitimately
4. Minority,
inadvertently
5. Dominant,
unduly
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Answers
1(1)
2(3) 3(5) 4(2)
5(3) 6(4) 7(2)
8(1) 9(1) 10(5)