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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?

A) It will put the banks in danger. B) It will undermine the banks social commitment.
C) It will reveal the untapped talent. D) It will result in inefficient portfolio management.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) It will put the banks in danger.

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The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

You are ____ common sense

A) lacking of B) devoid in
C) devoid of D) dull on
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) devoid of

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The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

They abandoned their comrades __________ the wolves.

A) by B) between
C) on D) among
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) among

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

 

Get on somebody's nerves

 

A) To calm an anxious person. B) To be an irritant.
C) To crack jokes at somebody's expense. D) Be angry with yourself but take out the anger on somebody else.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) To be an irritant.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

 

Protection or exemption from something, especially an obligation or penalty

 

A) Castigation B) Immunity
C) Penance D) Ostracism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Immunity

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

Once ______________, it is that time of the year when the examination results season may be just ending and the admissions season is in progress, and marked by a _________________ of two contradictory voices — often from the same people — that rose to deafening ____________ from April to May when the results of various school boards _________________. The first voice __________________ those who succeeded and did wondrously well.

 

marked by a _________________ of two contradictory voices

 

A) cacophony B) high decibel
C) whisper D) silence
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) cacophony

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

My mother said to my father, "I am very busy now."

A) My mother told my father that I am very busy now. B) My mother told my father that she is very busy then.
C) My mother told my father that she was very busy then. D) My mother told my father that I was very busy now.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) My mother told my father that she was very busy then.

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Modern man is imprisoned by his time-table and his routine. His life is all care and _____. He does not have _____ for anything but his duties and occupation for _____ money. Men, in all _____ may have been prone to this disease and; indeed, we in India may not have been _____ by it to the extent that people in western countries have been.

we in India may not have been _____ by it to the extent that people in western countries have been.

A) infected B) inflicted
C) accompanied D) associate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) inflicted

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