Deloitte Placement Paper

Verbal Section

Hyderabad, 2008

Directions—(Q. 1–8) In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Today, twenty-two years after the bank …(21)…, it has over a thousand branches all over the country and the staff …(22)… about twenty three lakh borrowers. We decided to operate …(23)… from conventional banks who would ask their clients to come to their office. Many people in rural areas found this …(24)…. Our bank is therefore based on the …(25)… that people should not come to the bank but that the bank should go to the people. Our loans are also …(26)… we give them for activities from candle making to tyre repair. We also keep …(27)… checks on the borrower through weekly visits. We do this to make certain that the family of the borrower is …(28)… from the loan.

1. (A) origin

(B) commence

(C) existed

(D) began

(E) inaugurated

Ans : (E)

2. (A) assemble

(B) cope

(C) interact

(D) deal

(E) handle

Ans : (E)

3. (A) differently

(B) similar

(C) reverse

(D) opposite

(E) identically

Ans : (A)

4. (A) worried

(B) upset

(C) panicking

(D) anxious

(E) threatening

Ans : (D)

5. (A) principle

(B) discipline

(C) opportunity

(D) chance

(E) advantage

Ans : (A)

6. (A) worth

(B) vary

(C) disburse

(D) contrast

(E) diver

Ans : (B)

7. (A) consistently

(B) regular

(C) often

(D) frequently

(E) daily

Ans : (B)

8. (A) benefiting

(B) serving

(C) welfare

(D) obliged

(E) progress

Ans : (A)

9. A bullet …….. his cheek.

a. Grazed

b. Glazed

c. Grasped

d. Screamed

Answer – a

10.The injured man was still groggy and could only give a ….. account of the accident.

a. Garish

b. Gangling

c. Garbled

d. Garrulous

Answer – c

11.The teacher’s counsel had a …….. effect on the mischievous student’s conduct.

a. Memorable

b. Salutary

c. Sudden

d. Forceful

Answer – b

12. The majority of village folk in India are illiterate and …. superstitious.

(a) Overtly

(b) Delicately

(c) Stubbornly

(d) Covertly

(e) Critically

Answer – c

13. I must admit, my parents stood by me in my times of …… .

(a) Passion

(b) Duress

(c) Involvement

(d) Development

(e) Criticism

Answer – b

Directions—(Q. 14–18) Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).(Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

14. He has travelled (A) / all over the world (B) / yet he speaks (C) / several languages fluently. (D) No error (E)

Ans : (C)

15. A successful company is (A) / any that makes a good (B) / profit and provides (C) / high returns to its shareholders. (D) No error (E)

Ans : (B)

16. The agreement on (A) / which all of us have (B) / worked so hard will (C) / be sign tomorrow. (D) No error (E)

Ans : (D)

17. It is necessarily to maintain (A) / a record of all transactions (B) / in case the auditors (C) / want to see it. (D) No error (E)

Ans : (A)

18. Very few young trainees (A) / willingly undertake (B) / a posting to a branch (C) / located in a rural area. (D) No error (E)

Ans : (E)