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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. 1-10): 
In the following sentences, there are one or two blank spaces. Below
each sentence there are five words /pairs of words denoted by number (A), (B),
(C), (D) and (E). Find out which word/pair of words can be filled up in the
blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningfully
complete.

1.  Being a
cruel task-master, he always _________ too _________ work on his servants.

1.  does, much

2.  entrusts,
difficult

3. performs, little

4.  imposes,
much

5.  assigns,
little

2.  The issues
could be _________ amicably only because of his _________ handling of the
situation.

1. dropped, haphazard

2. raised, careful

3. discussed, enthusiastic

4. suppressed, emphatic

5. resolved, tactful

3.  The recent
___________ in oil-prices has given an unexpected additional _________ to the
cost-spiral.

1. slump, drawback

2. cut, blow

3. rise, twist

4. development, cut

5. deterioration, impetus

4.  The only way
to ensure best output from your vehicle is to provide it a _________ and
_________ maintenance.

1. nurturing, expensive

2. proper, timely

3. careful, costly

4. trouble-free, everlasting

5. precious, healthy

5.  People
________ to work hard if you ________ certain conditions on them.

1.  decide,
negotiate              

2.  try, thrust

3.  plan, invoke

4.  hesitate,
impose

5.  volunteer,
place

6.  If the banks
desire to __________ profit, they should get rid of _________ measures.

1.  loss,
concentrate

2.  increase,
populist

3.  earn,
healthy

4.  maximize,
modern

5.  make, steady

7.  __________
your colleagues for important decision-making activities ensures their
__________ cooperation.

1.  Counselling,
Wholehearted

2.  Helping,
Occasional

3.  Guiding,
Meagre

4.  Neglecting,
Enthusiastic

5.  Dominating,
unstinted

8.  If the
government firms __________ to earn profits, they ought to get rid of _________
measures.

1.  fail,
healthy

2.  decide,
populist

3.  have, proper

4.  plan,
planning

5.  achieve,
far-reaching

9.  The sack was
so ___________ that Sara could _________ carry it.

1.  full, hardly

2.  hardly, full

3.  heavy,
hardly

4.  light, easy

5.  large,
precisely

10.  The demand
to __________ the ancient monument of the town was long _________ with the
state administration.

1.  excavate,
extinct

2.  maintain, maintained

3.  dispose,
clear

4.  preserve,
pending

5.  demolish,
considered

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Answers

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