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
(1 – 5) : In the following questions, a sentence/part of the sentence is
printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/part of the
sentence at (1), (2), (3) and (4) which may improve the sentence. Choose the
correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, year answer is (5).
1. In
a bid to stimulate demand during the lean travel season that has now set
in, most Indian airlines have slashed fares by up to half.
(a) In bidding
(b) For a bid
(c) At bidding
(d) Bidding
(e) No correction required
2. The unhurried tone of his voice is reflecting the philosophical nature
of the dialogues he wrote for the four films he had made.
(a) reflecting
(b) reflect
(c) reflected
(d) was reflected
(e) No correction required
3. How can one beginning towards addressing these challenging facts?
(a) addressing
(b) begin to address
(c) beginning addressing
(d) begin at address
(e) No correction required
4. In a candid conversation he talks about
his journey as a writer and why he prefers
for a while for characters and not for himself.
(a) prefers
(b) prefers to
(c) is preferring at
(d) preferred
(e) No correction required
5. Whether it’s familial and societal
expectations, inflexible organisations or the sheering lack of suitable employment, it has become extremely
challenging for women to remain in the workforce.
(a) sheered lack for
(b) sheer lack of
(c) sheer lacking in
(d) sheer lack in
(e) No correction required
Directions
(6 – 10) : Each question has two blanks, each blank indicating that something
has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the
meaning of the sentence as a whole.
6. While their products, which _________
from ethical to humorous, may vary, they’re all giving the discerning Indian
shopper a great __________ to foreign footwear.
(a)
start, option
(b)
vary, start
(c)
differentiate, access
(d)
range, alternative
(e)
collection, choice
7. Though the city routinely receives
__________ for its traffic issues, ranging from the never ending queues at the
toll booth to the rush hour jams, it seems to be serious about doing its
_________ to solve this problem.
(a)
flak, bit
(b)
criticism, spot
(c)
compliments, part
(d)
disapproval, tad
(e)
adulation, share
8. The actress is __________ at the manner
in which such despicable social customs _______ to thrive in the society.
(a)
happy, remain
(b)
shocked, allowed
(c)
appalled, continue
(d)
embarrassed, persist
(e)
touched, prolong
9. Corporate mentorship programmes and
earn-and-learn vocational schemes can ________ more Indian women to __________
the workforce.
(a)
encourage, enter
(b)
made, join
(c)
allow, leave
(d)
succumb, become
(e)
get, make
10. __________ a dialogue writer to the
most sought-after screenplay and script writer, he has come a long __________ .
(a)
Being, distance
(b)
Starting, time
(c)
To, road
(d)
From, way
(e)
Alone, approach
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Answers
1(e) 2(c) 3(b)
4(e) 5(b) 6(d)
7(a) 8(c) 9(a)
10(d)