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. 1-5) Rearrange the following
sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) to make a meaningful paragraph and
then answer the questions which follow.

(A) However, while reading they would not
know when to pause and what to emphasise.

(B) Since then their use has been
regularized and the punctuation rules have been followed by all.

(C) In earlier days, people learnt by
reading out loud.

(D) But not everybody used the same
punctuations for the same thing.

(E) To address this problem, various signs
depicting various punctuations were introduced.

(F) Thus, firmer guidelines regarding
punctuations were framed so that everyone used them in similar way.

1. Which of the following sentence should
be the SECOND after rearrangement?

(1) A                (2)
B                (3) D                (4) E                 (5) F

2. Which of the following sentence should
be the THIRD after rearrangement?

(1) A                (2)
E                 (3) D                (4) F                 (5) C

3. Which of the following sentence should
be the FIFTH after rearrangement?

(1) B                (2)
C                (3) A                (4) E                 (5) F

4. Which of the following sentence should
be the SIXTH (LAST) after rearrangement?

(1) C                (2)
E                 (3) D                (4) B                (5) F

5. Which of the following sentence should
be the FIRST after rearrangement?

(1) A                (2)
B                (3) C                (4) D                (5) E

Directions (Q. 6-10) Each question 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.

6. Many teachers ……….. the lack of
professional freedom as the ………….. for leaving the job.

(1) cited, reason

(2) explained, force

(3) claimed, understanding

(4) argued, culprit

(5) believe, ground

7. Skeptics would not ………….. that the earth
actually moves, let alone that it …………. around the sun.

(1) permit, orbits

(2) accept, revolves

(3) experience, circles

(4) assume, went

(5) challenge, spins

8. Unpredictable ……………. of the child could
not lead the consultants to any ……………. .

(1) performance, setting

(2) belief, judgement

(3) operation, purpose

(4) behaviour, conclusion

(5) react, decision

9. A public servant who is guilty will not
…………. punishment and no ……….. person will be punished.

(1) be, sincere

(2) flee, guilty

(3) defend, common

(4) avoid, uninformed

(5) escape, innocent

10. Few professions can ………… the sheer
variety and constant …………… of being a doctor.

(1) like, struggle

(2) share, enthusiast

(3) match, challenge

(4) draw, work-load

(5) justify, exception

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Answers 

1(1)    2(2)    3(5)   
4(4)    5(3)      6(1)    
7(2)      8(4)     9(5)     
10(3)