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This quiz consists of original questions from various
Banking entrance exams held during the last few years. Leave your answers/
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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/phrases are suggested, one of which fits
the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.
The growth story in any developing country cannot be (1)
without (2) its impact on the poverty and employment situation. The Planning
Commission has (3) that India should strive for ‘more inclusive growth’.
The number of people living below the poverty line has (4) from 36
percent in 1933-94 to 22.0 percent in 2004-05. Again, the issue is to bring
more and more people out of poverty by (5) them productive employment
opportunities. The approach paper to 11th Five Year plan suggests
that doubling the growth of agricultural GDP to 4 percent per annum will (6)
rural employment conditions, by raising real wages and reducing under-employment.
However, even if this is attained, an overall growth of 9 percent will further
increase income (7) between agricultural and non-agricultural
households, (8) around 10 million workers currently in agriculture find
remunerative non-agricultural employment. This (9) a major challenge not
only in terms of generating non-agricultural employment but also in (10)
its required location and type
1. (1)
completed (2) retold (3) achieved (4) constructed (5)
narrated
2. (1)
generating (2) assessing
(3) realizing (4)
counting (5) finding
3. (1)
desired (2) estimated (3) focused (4) verifie (5)
stressed
4. (1) uplifted (2) degraded (3) vanished (4)
decreased (5)
enhanced
5. (1)
absolving (2) providing (3) nurturing (4)
ignoring (5)
refusing
6. (1) impact (2)
diversify (3) lay (4) aggravate (5) improve
7. (1)
opportunity (2) assessment (3) disparity (4) parity (5) tax
8. (1) unless (2) for (3) inspite of (4) despite (5) by
9. (1)
addresses (2) meets (3)
poses (4)
recognises (5) solves
10. (1)
exploring (2) acquitting (3) reciprocating (4) matching
(5) solving
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Answers
1(1)
2(2) 3(5) 4(4)
5(2) 6(5) 7(3)
8(1) 9(3) 10(1)