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English Quiz for Banking entrance exams

Dear readers,

This quiz consists of actual questions from various Banking entrance
exams held during the last few years. Leave your answers/ responses in the
comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers!

In the
following questions, choose the word which means the same as the given word.

1. Draw

(a) entice       
      (b) push               (c) decoy               (d) attract           (e) persuade

2. Clock

(a) watch              (b) achieve          (c) time                 (d) second           (e)
regulate

3. Abate

(a) rise           
      (b) gear               (c)
hurl                  (d)
lessen             (e)
retreat

4. Emerging

(a) raising             (b) developing     (c) noticeable       (d) conspicuous   (e) uproaring

In the
following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

5. Myriad

(a) trivial                (b) difficult         (c) few                  (d) effortless         (e) countless

6. Tepid

(a) moderate         
(b) high              (c)
warm               (d) irregular          (e) little

7. Myth

(a) reality                (b) belief           (c) contrast            (d) idealism           (e) falsehood

The following questions consist of a single sentence
with one blank only. You are given six words denoted by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 as
answer choices and from the six choices you have to pick two correct answers,
either of which will make the sentence meaningfully complete.

8. ________ before the clock struck 8 on Saturday
night, India Gate was swamped with people wearing black T- shirts and holding
candles.

(1) Minutes       
(2) Time      (3) Later    (4) Quickly        (5) Since     

(6) Seconds

(a) 2 and 5             (b) 1
and 3         (c) 1
and 6            (d) 2 and 4           (e) 3
and 5

9. The state should take steps to _________ the process
of teachers’ appointments as the

Centre has already sanctioned six lakh posts.

(1) Fasten        
(2) Move      (3) Speed      (4) Hasten     (5) Early     

(6) Quicken

(a) 4 and 6             (b) 1 and 3         (c) 2 and 6            (d) 4 and 5            (e) 2 and 4

10. A senior citizen’s son ________ threatened her every
day and physically harmed her, forcing her to transfer her property to him.

(1) Superficially     (2)
Mistakenly    (3) Allegedly    (4) Miserably    

(5) Doubtfully       (6) Purportedly

(a) 3 and 6             (b) 1 and 5         (c) 3 and 5            (d) 4 and 6         (e) 1 and 4

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Answers

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