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 (1 – 5) : Read each sentence to find out whether
there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any,
will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If
there is “No Error” the answer is ‘5’. (Ignore errors of punctuation if any.)

1. The couple’s work in (1)/
upgrading rural technicians (2)/ has set a benchmarking (3)/ for future
generations. (4)/ No Error (5).

2. It has taking almost (1)/ a year
for India (2)/ to let its pessimism (3)/ translate into fewer jobs. (4)/ No
Error (5).

3. The city needs an airport (1)/ that
can efficiently manage (2)/ a constantly flow of (3)/ passengers and flights. (4)/
No Error (5).

4. This group of (1)/ rural achievers
is very (2)/ different than the (3)/ one in the past. (4)/ No Error (5).

5. The government has announced (1)/ plans
to creating (2)/ one million new (3)/ training places. (4)/ No Error (5).

Directions (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. A plethora of cultural talent
__________ the spectators busy at a talent hunt programme where students from
various colleges get together to _______ their mettle in various contests.

(1) tried, show

(2) kept, prove

(3) caught, puzzle       

(4) held, learn

(5) helped, mention

7. The ____________ of Chinese
plastic thread should be banned as it _________ thousands of birds every year
during the kite flying season.

(1) sale, cripples

(2) sell, kills

(3) sale, disturbs

(4) sell, disables

(5) sale, saves

8. Harish ____________ with me some
basic techniques that one can _______ at home without even owning a drumset.

(1) made, shred

(2) imparted, try

(3) learned, balance

(4) fits, rechearses

(5) shared, practise

9. In the present case, the facts
clearly __________that the required reasonable degree of care and caution was
not ___________ by hospital in the treatment of the patient.

(1) reflect, compressed         

(2) fix, advancement

(3) show, proceeded

(4) observe, considered

(5) indicate, taken

10. Students from the Middle East
and the African countries have __________ been _____________ contributors to
the pool of foreign students in the university.

(1) traditionally, major

(2) conservatively,
crucial

(3) surprisingly, most

(4) intutively, salient

(5) annually, lucid

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Answers 

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