Bank Exams Questions

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

Implanting standards, right values, the science of good and evil are an essential part of education. Many forces thwart this to work, but two of the most serious hindrances to it are examinations and specialization. The examination system is both an opiate and a poison. It is an opiate because it lulls Man into believing that all is well when most is ill. It is a poison because it paralyses or at least slows down the natural activities of the healthy mind. Man finds himself a creature of unknown capacities in an unknown world, wants to learn what the world is like, what he should be and do in it. To help him in answering these questions is the one and only purpose of education. However, tests of progress are useful and necessary. Examinations are harmless when the examinee is indifferent to their result, but as soon as they matter, they begin to distort his attitude to education and to conceal its purpose. For disinterestedness is the essence of all good education and liberal education is impossible without it.

The author considers specialization as :

α and β are the roots of the quadratic equation x2 – x – 1 = 0. What is the value of α8 + β8?

Select the odd word from the given alternatives.

If (x – 2)2 + (y + 3)2 + (z – 15)2 = 0, then what is the value of x + y + z – 5?

Find the odd words/letter/number from the given alternatives:

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

The payment of dues have been _________ delayed , informed the executive to the client.

What is the unit of the physical quantity, Electrical conductance?

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

They cooked the food and sent it to the orphanage.