English Quiz for SBI PO Prelims 2016 – Set 8


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DIRECTIONS (Q. 1-8) : In the following passage there are
blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the
passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank
appropriately. Find out the appropriate words in each case.
When we ______(1) started thirty
years ago in 1977, we did not know anything about how to run a bank for the
poor. We therefore looked at how others ran their operations and ______(2) from
their mistakes. In Bangladesh, conventional banks and credit cooperatives
always ______(3) lump sum repayments. This created ______(4) problems because
repaying in a lump sum was a mental hurdle for borrowers. They tended to delay
repayment and get further into debt in the ______(5). In the end they usually ______(6)
totally on the loan, which was a loss to the bank. In structuring our own
loans, I decided to ask for a daily payment, Monitoring repayment was ______(7)
and it filled people with ______(8) that they could repay their loans.
1. 1) firstly 2) freshly 3) foremost 4) initially 5)
recently
2. 1) copied 2) observed 3) learned 4) understood 5)
improving
3. 1) asked 2) insisted 3) demanded 4) settled 5) lend
4. 1) severe 2) no 3) additionally 4) variety 5) plenty
5. 1) time 2) process 3) return 4) event 5) action
6. 1) neglected 2) abandoned 3) defaulted 4) depended 5)
disappointed
7. 1) benefit 2) easier 3) reckless 4) disorganised 5)
secure

8. 1) sense 2) confidence 3) challenge 4) doubt 5) believe

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