General English for Bank Exams

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English for Bank PO:

Directions: Which of the following is most opposite in meaning to the word given in bold as used in the passage.

Ques. REHEARSED
(a) repeated
(b) forced
(c) fake
(d) unplanned

Ans. (d)

Ques. WILLING
(a) oblige
(b) reluctant
(c) distracted
(d) determined

Ans. (b)

Ques. BRUTALLY
(a) cruelly
(b) partly
(c) gently
(d) rarely

Ans. (c)

Directions:  Choose the  word/group  of words which  is most similar in meaning to the word/ group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.

Ques. WORTH
(a) costing
(b) importance
(c) significance
(d) appeal

Ans. (a)

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Ques. TOUCHED
(a) patted
(b) tapped
(c) felt
(d) moved

Ans. (d)

Directions: Which of the phrases (A). (B), (C) and (D) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make it meaningful and grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required, mark (E) as the answer.

Ques. Banks Charge differently rate of interest depending on the size of the loan.
(a) difference in rate of interests
(b) differently what rate of interest
(c) different rates of interest
(d) the different rate of interest

Ans. (c)

Ques. It is necessary that we take any steps to reduce pollutions soon.
(a) we should take every
(b) we have taken no
(c) us to take any
(d) we take some

Ans. (d)

Ques. It is too early to say how the impact the new tax will have op Investors.
(a) what impact
(b) that the impact
(c) how much impacts
(d) what are the impacts of

Ans. (a)

Ques. Kindly ask his advice regarding the various health Insurance policies presently available.
(a) him to advise that
(b) regarding his advice
(c) that he should advise
(d) No correction required

Ans. (d)

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Ques. Unfortunately many of our towns and cities do have more good transportation Systems.
(a) have a good
(b) not have good
(c) not have much good
(d) not having better

Ans. (b)

Directions: Choose the word or group of words which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage

Ques. PLANNED
(a) organised
(b) deliberate
(c) cancelled
(d) informal

Ans. (c)

Ques. CELEBRATE
(a) insult
(b) reject
(c) dishonour
(d) moum

Ans. (d)

Ques. BEFRIENDED
(a) recoiled
(b) killed
(c) accepted
(d) mistrusted

Ans. (d)

Ques. PETTY
(a) tremendous
(b) huge
(c) vast
(d) important

Ans. (d)

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Ques. KIND
(a) unique
(b) heartless
(c) careless
(d) common

Ans. (b)

Ques. DISGUST
(a) compensate
(b) discourage
(c) charm
(d) incompetent

Ans. (c)

Ques. DISHONEST
(a) reliable
(b) hideous
(c) disapproval
(d) distribute

Ans. (a)

Directions: In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence, five pairs of words are given. Find out the correct pair of words and fill in the blanks.

Ques. The world is ___ the way it is, because it is what we wanted to experience at some level of ___.
(a) wonderful, brightness
(b) perfect, consciousness
(c) famous, search
(d) okay, intelligence

Ans. (b)

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Ques. The church of England has ___ that it can’t allow a multi-faith ceremony __ for Prince Charles.
(a) decided, functional
(b) projected, wedding
(c) asserted, coronation
(d) ordered, birth

Ans. (c)

Ques. The ___ are the poorest and most ___ people in our cities.
(a) poor, helpless
(b) rural, hardworking
(c) workers, happy
(d) homeless, vulnerable

Ans. (d)

Ques. Reform will not only help the U.N. ____, but also contribute to ___ stability in Asia.
(a) revitalise, geopolitical
(b) regenerate, economic
(c) ascend, social
(d) revolutionise, political

Ans. (a)

Ques. Feeling the ___ of the higher power is an ____.
(a) value, dream
(b) emotions, theme
(c) presence, ecstasy
(d) absence, innocence

Ans. (c)

Ques. One of the ___ secrets Gandhi gave us is that strength does not come from bone and muscle, it comes from an ___ will.
(a) simple, inner
(b) straight, ironical
(c) wonderful, ideal
(d) magnificent, indomitable

Ans. (d)

Ques. Inner-faith requires that there is both ___ and ____ among religions.
(a) value, esteem
(b) establishment, survival
(c) trust, respect
(d) harmony, co-operation

Ans. (c)

Ques. If disasters and ___ are the wake up call for a world that it has gone ___, then we are now in the position to acknowledge it to manifest the world we desire to experience.
(a) peace, mad
(b) wars, insane
(c) famines, out
(d) mishaps, trivial

Ans. (b)

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Ques. Pure vowels are also known as ___
(a) Triphthongs
(b) Diphthongs
(c) Monophthongs
(d) Phonemes

Ans. (c)

Ques. The word ‘inactive’ is a/an ___
(a) Adverb
(b) Noun
(c) Adjective
(d) Preposition

Ans. (c)

Ques. The word ‘irrelevance’ is a ____
(a) Noun
(b) Verb
(c) Preposition
(d) Conjunction

Ans. (a)

Directions: In these questions, A part of the sentence is bold part of which may need improvement. Alternatives are given at (a), (b) and (c) below which may be a better option. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).

Ques. He work hard will succeed.
(a) Who will work hard
(b) Who will be working hard
(c) Who works hard
(d) No improvement

Ans. (c)

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Ques. It is high time you started revising your lessons.
(a) Start
(b) Had started
(c) Will start
(d) No improvement

Ans. (a)

Ques. With these extra people you can work easily with this job.
(a) Deal
(b) Improve
(c) Cope
(d) No improvement

Ans. (c)

Ques. I visited my aunt just before a week.
(a) A week before
(b) A week earlier
(c) A week ago
(d) No improvement

Ans. (c)

Ques. Foreigners often come a cross with serious difficulties in studying English.
(a) Have to come across with
(b) Come cross with
(c) Come across
(d) No improvement

Ans. (c)

Directions: Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4). (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

A. Being generous by nature, the king offered them ä meal and treated them kindly.

B. In appreciation the king ordered a stew to be prepared for the feast in honour of the farmer.

C. The king welcomed them too and placed before each a bowl of water saying, This is the stew of the hare!”

D. A few days later, a few people came to the court claimihg to be neighbours of the farmer.”

E. A poor farmer presented a fine hare to the king.

F. Not long afterwards a large number of people appeared at the palace and introduced themselves as neighbours of the farmer.

Ques. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement ?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Ans. (b)

Ques. Which of the following should be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement ?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E

Ans. (b)

Ques. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement ?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Ans. (a)

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Ques. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) D
(d) E

Ans. (d)

Ques. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E

Ans. (c)

Directions: Which of the phrases given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct?

Ques. Ensure we have the necessary clearance is the responsibility of the legal department.
(a) Ensuring we have
(b) To ensure having
(c) We have been ensured
(d) Ensuring us having

Ans. (b)

Ques. They have decided to go ahead and implement which was discussed at last month’s conference in Chicago.
(a) what we had discussed
(b) whatever discussion
(c) that being discussed
(d) which has been discussed

Ans. (a)

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Ques. To reduce costs, we should replace our current system by much efficient one.
(a) through more efficient
(b) efficiently by
(c) with a more efficient
(d) for better efficiency

Ans. (c)

Ques. Staff in the district offices can easily monitor whether the payments are being made in time.
(a) easily be monitored
(b) monitor easier whether
(c) easy to monitor that
(d) No correction required

Ans. (d)

Ques. Most of the managers whom involved in the deal had previously worked for multinational banks.
(a) whose involved
(b) involving whom
(c) involved in
(d) No correction required

Ans. (c)

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