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. Nos. 1 to 5) Each question below has two
blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words / phrases for each
blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
1. ……… is China the world’s most populous
country, with nearly 1.3 billion people, it is also the world’s fastest-growing
economy, ……… more than fourfold every year.
(a) Not only; expanding
(b) Merely; developing
(c) Hardly; growing
(d) Surprisingly; flourishing
(e) An example; evolving
2. Bengaluru has ………. beyond recognition
into an IT-propelled metropolis from a laidback city that it ……… .
(a) changed; was
(b) developed;
should be
(c) constructed;
used to be
(d) progressed;
claims to be
(e) morphed;
once was
3. While the agricultural revolution ………
the earth’s surface, the industrial revolution is changing the earth’s ……….
(a)
changed; as well
(b)
suffered; air
(c)
benefitted; condition
(d)
transformed; atmosphere
(e)
predicted; circumstances
4. The findings of a recent study to ……….
the factors which influence successful primary school completion …….. that
extreme poverty is responsible for ninety per cent of the school dropout cases.
(a) study;
proves
(b) establish;
examine
(c) construct;
show
(d) explore;
reveal
(e) reveal;
object to
5. ……….. the concept of environmentally
sustainable development …….. a quarter-century ago, there is not a single
country today which has a strategy to build and eco-economy.
(a) Eventhough;
built
(b) Although;
evolved
(c) Hardly; growing
(d) Surprisingly; flourishing
(e) An example; evolving
Directions (Q. 6-10) Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3)
and (4) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following
sentence to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and “No
correction is required”, mark (5) as the answer.
6.
Unless the government monitored the loan waiver scheme well, it is likely to be a success.
(a) For
the government to monitor
(b) Unless
the government monitors
(c) Though
the government monitored
(d) If
the government monitors
(e) No
correction required
7. The main objective of
hiring this consultant is in assessing
that this data can be computerised.
(a) assessing
that
(b) as
assessment of
(c) to
assess how
(d) for
assessing that when
(e) No
correction required
8. The designs finally ready and we shall submit them for approval
tomorrow, well before the specified deadline.
(a) designs
finally will be
(b) designs
are finally
(c) final
designs
(d) designing
finally
(e) No
correction required
9. Most irrigation projects have delayed due to lack of adequate
government funding.
(a) have
been delayed from
(b) will
be delayed for
(c) were
delaying due to
(d) are
delayed because of
(e) No
correction required
10. Many Indian companies
import components from China as they are
cheap compared to those manufactured locally.
(a) as
they are cheap as
(b) because
it is cheaper
(c) since
these are cheaper
(d) which
is cheap
(e) No
correction required
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Answers
1(a) 2(a) 3(d)
4(d) 5(b) 6(d)
7(c) 8(b) 9(d)
10(e)