English Quiz for Bank Exams 2015 – Set 33



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Directions (Q. No.
1-6): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below
it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while
answering some of the questions.
It is easy for the government to control state owned companies through
nods and winks. So, what really needs to be done as a first step is to put
petrol pricing on a transparent
formula. If the price of crude is x and the exchange rate y, than every month
or fortnight, the government announces a maximum
price of petrol, which anybody can work out from the x and the y. The rule has
to be worked out to make sure that the oil marketing companies can, in general,
cover their costs. This will mean that if one company can innovate and cut
costs, it will make greater profits. Hence, firms will be more prone to
innovate and will be more efficient under this system. Once the rule is
announced there should be no interference
by the government. If, this is done for a while, private companies will reenter
this market. And once a sufficient number of them are in fray, we can remove the rule based pricing and leave it truly to
the market.
1. According to the
passage an oil company can make greater profits, if a transparent pricing for petrol
pricing is announced every fortnight or
month, by
I. Promoting its
sales
II. Undertaking
innovation
III. Cutting
costs
IV. Selling its
equity shares at higher prices
Which of the
statements given above is/are correct?
(a) I only
(b) II & III
(c) III & IV
(d) I, II, & IV
(e) III only
2. According to the
passage, private oil companies reenter the market if
I. A transparent
rule based petrol pricing exists
II. There is no
government interference in the oil producing market
III. Subsidies are
given by the government
IV. Regulations
of anti-trust are removed
Which of the
statements given above are correct?
(a) I & II
(b) II & III
(c) III & IV
(d) II & IV
(e) I & III
3. The synonym of
transparent is
(a) Opaque
(b) Visible
(c) Obscure
(d) Dense
(e) Thick
4. The synonym of
fray is
(a) Scrimmage
(b) Amicable
(c) Harmony
(d) Accord
(e) Concord
5. The synonym of
interference is
(a) Prying
(b) Preying
(c) Praying
(d) Praising
(e) Pricking
6. The antonym of
maximum is
(a) Optimum
(b) Zenith
(c) Pinnacle
(d) Least
(e) Summit
Directions (Q. No.
7-10): Choose the word which is wrongly spelt from the five options given.
7. (a) servitude (b) debenture (c) promiscous (d)
reminiscence (e) juvenile
8. (a) comitment (b) session (c) garage (d) gargle (e)
phlegm
9. (a) rendevous (b) bourgeois (c) repertoire (d) memoir (e)
aficionado
10. (a) avalanche (b) bouqet (c) boutique (d) chameleon (e)
veracity
Directions (Q. 11-15):
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a
proper sequence to form a meaningful
paragraph and then answer the questions given below
A) I was the seventh child in a family of four pairs of
brothers and sisters.
B) Today perhaps your only association with the word ‘polio’
is the Sabin Oral Vaccine that protects children from the disease.
C) I was also considered to be the healthiest of the brood.
D) If somebody had predicted, when I was born that this
would happen to me, no one would have believed it.
E) The dreaded disease, which mainly affects the brain and
the spinal cord, causes stiffening and weakening of the muscles, crippling and
paralysis – which is why I am in a wheelchair today.
F) Fifty five years ago, this was not so.
11. What is the FIRST
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) C
(b) B
(c) D
(d) E
(e) F
12. What is the THIRD
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) D
(d) F
(e) E
13. What is the
FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) F
14. What is the FIFTH
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) A
(c) D
(d) E
(e) F
15. What is the
SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) D
(d) E
(e) F



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