English Quiz for Bank Exams 2015 – Set 37

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Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. Here is a set of English Quiz for Bank Exams 2015.

Directions (Q. 1-5): 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) Tsunamis generally consist of a series of waves with
periods ranging from minutes to hours, arriving in a so-called “wave
train”.

B) Wave heights of tens of meters can be generated by large events.

C) Rather than appearing as a breaking wave, a tsunami may instead
initially resemble a rapidly rising tide, and for this reason they are often
referred to as tidal waves.

D) A Tsunami is a series of waves in a water body caused by the
displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake.

E) Although the impact of tsunamis is limited to coastal
areas, their destructive power can be enormous and they can affect entire ocean
basins.

F) Tsunami waves do not resemble normal sea waves, because their
wavelength is far longer.

1. What is the LAST
sentence after rearrangement?

(a) C (b) B (c) D (d) E (e) F

2. What is the FIFTH
sentence after rearrangement?

(a) A (b) B (c) D (d) F (e) C

3. What is the THIRD
sentence after rearrangement?

(a) A (b) C (c) B (d) E (e) F

4. What is the FIRST
sentence after rearrangement?

(a) B (b) C (c) D (d) E (e) F

5. What is the FOURTH
sentence after rearrangement?

(a) A (b) B (c) D (d) E (e) F

Directions (Q. 6 – 10): Each
question below has a blank/ two blanks, each blank indicating that something
has been omitted. Choose the word/set of words from the five options for each blank
that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

6. Japan’s abundant
rainfall and the ___ mild temperature throughout most of the country have produced a _____vegetation cover.

(a) Typically, lush

(b) Prominence, dry

(d) Average, green

(e) General, prominent

7. Nobody knows ____
how many languages there are in the world, partly because of the difficulty in
distinguishing between a language and
the sub-languages or dialects ____ it.

(a) Exclusively, from

(b) Extend, among

(d) Extensively, Between

(e) Precisely, with

8. The ______ of
natural gas from Norway’s Troil gas ________ is expected to increase annually.

(a) Yield, field

(b) Production, depot

(d) Assemble, bunk

(e) Making, drivel

9. The results of the
company’s cost-cutting ______ are evident in its profits.

(a) Events

(b) Action

(d) Procedure

(e) Measures

10. With cloning
technology, scientists _______ what has long been the ultimate _____ of modern
husbandry.

(a) are approaching, goal

(b) were approaching, aim

(d) is approaching, mark

(e) was approaching, set

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