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. 1-5) Each sentence below 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.
1. The two artists …… markedly in their
temperaments, one was reserved and courteous, the other ……… and boastful.
(a) changed, irritable
(b) similar, jovial
(c) differed, rude
(d) appeared, funny
(e) addressed, ill-tempered
2. Many people believed that spices help
………… food; however nutritionists found that most spices were ………. of having any
effect on growth of microbes present in the food.
(a) preserve, incapable
(b) produce, impossible
(c) save, preventive
(d) spoil, probable
(e) protect, deprived
3. Despite a growing ……… that a lot needs
to be done to help those without clean water, a ……. says that more than 34
million people die every year of water borne diseases.
(a) interest, reason
(b) recognition, report
(c) fantasy, review
(d) authority, legend
(e) turbulence, logic
4. Water-borne diseases are the most ………
causes of infant deaths ……… the world.
(a) rare, according
(b) regular, at
(c) related, across
(d) common, throughout
(e) large, around
5. If there is nothing to absorb the energy
of sound waves, they travel on ………, but their intensity ……… as they travel
further from their source.
(a) everlasting, decreases
(b) always, improves
(c) forever, inclines
(d) steadily, deflates
(e) indefinitely, diminishes
Directions (Q. Nos. 6-10) Rearrange the following
sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) to make a meaningful paragraph and
then answer the questions which follow.
(A) A group of media persons have now taken the
responsibility of educating people regarding the reality shows.
(B) This is because these shows are said to be staged,
fabricated and directed to improve TRPs.
(C) The reality shows on TV have been attracting a huge
viewership recently.
(D) Owing to their efforts, the public has now realized
the truth behind reality shows and such shows are fast losing their hold.
(E) Though the name infers “real”, viewers are being
exposed to a lot of “unreal” content.
(F) The public however is drawn to such contents of the
reality shows unaware of this fabrication.
6. Which of the following sentences should
be the Fourth after rearrangement?
(a) C (b)
B (c) E (d) F (e) D
7. Which of the following sentences should
be the Sixth (Last) after rearrangement?
(a) B (b)
D (c) C (d) E (e) A
8. Which of the following sentences should
be the First after rearrangement?
(a) A (b)
C (c) D (d) E (e) F
9. Which of the following sentences should
be the Second after rearrangement?
(a) A (b)
B (c) C (d) D (e) E
10. Which of the following sentences should
be the Third after rearrangement?
(a) B (b)
C (c) F (d) D (e) E
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Answers
1(c) 2(a) 3(b)
4(d) 5(d) 6(d)
7(b) 8(b) 9(e)
10(a)