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This quiz consists of questions from
various Banking entrance exams held during the last few years. Leave your
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the correct answers!

Directions (Q. 1-10) In the following
passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered.  These numbers are printed below the passage
and against each five words are suggested one of which fits the blank
appropriately.  Find out the appropriate
word in each case.

Traditional bank architecture has undergone
a change.  In South Africa, a technology
firm WIZZIT has become a division of the South African Bank of Athens.  WIZZIT (1) the usual banking services-deposit, withdrawal and payment (2) cell phones, ATMs, post offices and bank branches.  So it manages to (3) both branchless and branch-based banking. It has therefore
managed to reach people (4) earlier
could not dream of opening a bank account. 
India can (5) from this
model.  The time is (6) to facilitate cell phone banking in all rural areas.  A problem in the past has been that
electricity in rural areas is very (7)
which makes operating ATMs a problem.  (8) cell phones require very little
electricity, they can be charged at night in every village using batteries (9) on solar energy.  Such solar batteries have been used and are
not a (10).

1.

(a) exhibits

(b) require

(c) offers

(d) spreads

(e) provide

2.

(a) with

(b) from

(c) within

(d) under

(e) via

3.

(a) combine

(b) transfer

(c) discriminate

(d) participate

(e) compete

4.

(a) where

(b) who

(c) perhaps

(d) also

(e) whom

5.

(a) succeed

(b) example

(c) pursue

(d) base

(e) learn

6.

(a) right

(b) presently

(c) ideally

(d) arrive

(e) when

7.

(a) dependent

(b) fluctuate

(c) unreliable

(d) dim

(e) deprived

8.

(a) since

(b) although

(c) despite

(d) however

(e) with

9.

(a) have

(b) power

(c) generated

(d) charge

(e) run

10.

(a) fear

(b) novelty

(c) network

(d) favourite

(e) commodity

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Answers 

1(c)    2(e)    3(a)   
4(b)    5(e)      6(a)    
7(c)      8(a)     9(e)     
10(b)