English Quiz for BOB Manipal and Dena Bank PGDBF 2017 – Set 2

Directions (Q. 1–5): In
each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence
there are five pairs denoted by numbers 1), 2), 3), 4) and 5). Find out which
pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same
sequence to make it meaningfully complete.

1. The country’s Central Bank has ________
that the country’s economy is ___ to grow at a double digit rate during the next
20 – 30 years.

1) measured, inapt

2) presumed, assure

3) planned , impossible

4) predicted, likely

5) figured, hard

2. Poorer and less educated people ________
vote in ________ numbers than their more educated compatriots.

1) often, larger

2) frequently, better

3) generally, sound

4) usually, longer

5) seldom, greater

3. They are providing ________ to a large
number of students at the ________ of the academic system.

1) outlet, ground

2) egress, base

3) access, bottom

4) conclusion, height

5) avenue, perk

4. Heavy rain in the north of India
________ a ________harvest.

1) brought, rotten

2) access, grim

3) course, crumbled

4) deliver, spoiled

5) lead, festering

5. The fashion which now decrease the
worship of ________ is quite as ________ as any other fashion.

1) coziness, fawning

2) comfort, imperious

3) opulence, meek

4) inconvenience, tyrannical

5) distress, servile

Directions (Q. 6–10):
Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper
sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given
below.

(A) We either
have staid messages, lengthy procedure or stern concepts dished out by the
government, or blatant product promotion from producers whose business
objectives have to be met.

(B) Financial
literacy and awareness is on everyone’s lips.

(C) It is
customer empowerment that leads to better financial lives.

(D) The most
important contribution of financial services businesses, banks, broking,
investments and insurance, in the lives of their investors is not return, risk
or funding of financial goals.

(E) Financial
literacy initiatives remain grand in vision but limited in efficacy, simply
because personal finance is an applied science and art.

6. Which of the following would be the ‘FOURTH’ sentence after rearrangement?

1) E 2) C 3) A 4) D 5) B

7. Which of the following would be the ‘SECOND’ sentence after rearrangement?

1) B 2) A 3) D 4) C 5) E

8. Which of the following would be the ‘LAST (FIFTH)’ sentence after rearrangement?

1) C 2) A 3) E 4) B 5) D

9. Which of the following would be the ‘THIRD’ sentence after rearrangement?

1) D 2) B 3) E 4) A 5) C

10. Which of the following would be the ‘FIRST’ sentence after rearrangement?

1) A 2) E 3) D 4) B 5) C

Answers:
1. 4
2. 1
3. 3
4. 1
5. 2
(6–10): B D C E A
6. 1
7. 3
8. 2
9. 5
10.4

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