{"id":8087,"date":"2017-08-30T10:49:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T05:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/race4job.com\/blog\/?p=8087"},"modified":"2017-08-30T10:49:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T05:19:40","slug":"english-comprehension-passage-for-banking-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/english-comprehension-passage-for-banking-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"English Comprehension Passage for Banking Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Directions (1-5):<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Following questions have two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">1. The equipment that was being used in the survey were \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.., and because of the below-zero temperature, it was feared they would freeze and \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> (c)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(a) icy, capsize <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(b) frosty, shide <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(c) fragile, shatter <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(d) frozen, dehydrate <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(e) useless, capsize<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">2. The young boy\u2019s \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. attempts to explain to his girlfriend why he had failed to show for their movie date did little to ease her \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. feelings.<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (a)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(a) impassioned, disconsolate <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(b) veracious, vacuous <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(c) unbelievable, gluttonous <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(d) chronic, vicarious <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(e) immeasurable, vacuous<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">3. There was a \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 all about the palace, and the \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 concerned the security guards. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> (b)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(a) gift, distribution <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(b) silence, quiet <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(c) tranquil, temper <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(d) feast, circulation <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(e) commotion, quiet<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">4. The conspirators met \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 in order to plot a (n) \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 against the oppressive governance of Julius Caesar. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(a)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(a) clandestine, revolt <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(b) wickedly, invocation <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(c) craftily, referendum <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(d) wittily, ban <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(e) aggressively, crime<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">5. \u00a0Although the food in the hostel mess was bare \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.., after six months, the residents of the hostel had become \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. to it.<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (d)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(a) edible, immune <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(b) edible, injured <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(c) palatable, immune <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(d) palatable, inured <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(e) affordable, attuned<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Directions (1-5): The Following questions have two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. 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