Questions

Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

The public sector banks are witnessing in india a period of transition and are at crossroads, where they without giving up social responsibility, should also remain healthy. They need to undertake risky experiments yet perform it innovatively in a way it does not fail. They should make forays into new areas which are rarely tread by them and lose no emerging opportunities. It should be understood that absence of any bad advance is no sign of efficient banking system. It only indicates immense conservatism. However this is no guarantee for profit. There should be a balance between liquidity and risk. Past sins should be forgotten. Novel and pragmatic techniques should be adopted without which banks would be in danger.

What would happen if novel and pragmatic techniques are ignored?

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Dominate

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

To go to somebody's head

Who invented the bifocal glasses?

Bahadur Shah I (1707–1712 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?

Who won the 2016 National Snooker Championship?

In the following question, select the odd letter/ letters from the given alternatives

Election Commission is not concerned with which of the following elections?