Cloze Test 50 Welcome to your Cloze Test 50 Name Email DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1-10) : 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 have been suggested, one of which fills the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. Traditional bank architecture is based on bank branches. These branches ensure the physical (1) of a customer's savings. A customer may go there to deposit and withdraw money, (2) loans and (3) in other financial transactions. In the past two decades, banking architecture has changed the Automated Teller Machine (ATM). There has been a big (4) and credit and debit cards have created new financial spaces. (5) the bank branch has remained the bedrock of the banking system after all a person needs a bank account in a branch before he can operate a debit or ATM card. This may be about to change as technocrats now (6) cell phones as the new architecture of virtual banks. This has the potential to make branches (7). Cell phone banking looks especially relevant for India, since it can penetrate the countryside cheaply and (8). The world over cell phones are spreding at a (9) rate and in India alone new cell phone connection are growing at the rate of six million a month a rate of customer (10) that no bank can dream of. (a) Knowledge (b) security (c) presence (d) confidentiality (e) guarantee None 2. Traditional bank architecture is based on bank branches. These branches ensure the physical (1) of a customer's savings. A customer may go there to deposit and withdraw money, (2) loans and (3) in other financial transactions. In the past two decades, banking architecture has changed the Automated Teller Machine (ATM). There has been a big (4) and credit and debit cards have created new financial spaces. (5) the bank branch has remained the bedrock of the banking system after all a person needs a bank account in a branch before he can operate a debit or ATM card. This may be about to change as technocrats now (6) cell phones as the new architecture of virtual banks. This has the potential to make branches (7). Cell phone banking looks especially relevant for India, since it can penetrate the countryside cheaply and (8). The world over cell phones are spreding at a (9) rate and in India alone new cell phone connection are growing at the rate of six million a month a rate of customer (10) that no bank can dream of. (a) negotiate (b) advance (c) credit (d) disburse (e) sanction None 3. Traditional bank architecture is based on bank branches. These branches ensure the physical (1) of a customer's savings. A customer may go there to deposit and withdraw money, (2) loans and (3) in other financial transactions. In the past two decades, banking architecture has changed the Automated Teller Machine (ATM). There has been a big (4) and credit and debit cards have created new financial spaces. (5) the bank branch has remained the bedrock of the banking system after all a person needs a bank account in a branch before he can operate a debit or ATM card. This may be about to change as technocrats now (6) cell phones as the new architecture of virtual banks. This has the potential to make branches (7). Cell phone banking looks especially relevant for India, since it can penetrate the countryside cheaply and (8). The world over cell phones are spreding at a (9) rate and in India alone new cell phone connection are growing at the rate of six million a month a rate of customer (10) that no bank can dream of. (a) pursue (b) interact (c) operate (d) enable (e) engage None 4. Traditional bank architecture is based on bank branches. These branches ensure the physical (1) of a customer's savings. A customer may go there to deposit and withdraw money, (2) loans and (3) in other financial transactions. In the past two decades, banking architecture has changed the Automated Teller Machine (ATM). There has been a big (4) and credit and debit cards have created new financial spaces. (5) the bank branch has remained the bedrock of the banking system after all a person needs a bank account in a branch before he can operate a debit or ATM card. This may be about to change as technocrats now (6) cell phones as the new architecture of virtual banks. This has the potential to make branches (7). Cell phone banking looks especially relevant for India, since it can penetrate the countryside cheaply and (8). The world over cell phones are spreding at a (9) rate and in India alone new cell phone connection are growing at the rate of six million a month a rate of customer (10) that no bank can dream of. (a) drawback (b) hurdle (c) consequence (d) luxury (e) innovation None 5. Traditional bank architecture is based on bank branches. These branches ensure the physical (1) of a customer's savings. A customer may go there to deposit and withdraw money, (2) loans and (3) in other financial transactions. In the past two decades, banking architecture has changed the Automated Teller Machine (ATM). There has been a big (4) and credit and debit cards have created new financial spaces. (5) the bank branch has remained the bedrock of the banking system after all a person needs a bank account in a branch before he can operate a debit or ATM card. This may be about to change as technocrats now (6) cell phones as the new architecture of virtual banks. This has the potential to make branches (7). Cell phone banking looks especially relevant for India, since it can penetrate the countryside cheaply and (8). The world over cell phones are spreding at a (9) rate and in India alone new cell phone connection are growing at the rate of six million a month a rate of customer (10) that no bank can dream of. (a) Despite (b) Although (c) Even (d) Yet (e) Until None 6. Traditional bank architecture is based on bank branches. These branches ensure the physical (1) of a customer's savings. A customer may go there to deposit and withdraw money, (2) loans and (3) in other financial transactions. In the past two decades, banking architecture has changed the Automated Teller Machine (ATM). There has been a big (4) and credit and debit cards have created new financial spaces. (5) the bank branch has remained the bedrock of the banking system after all a person needs a bank account in a branch before he can operate a debit or ATM card. This may be about to change as technocrats now (6) cell phones as the new architecture of virtual banks. This has the potential to make branches (7). Cell phone banking looks especially relevant for India, since it can penetrate the countryside cheaply and (8). The world over cell phones are spreding at a (9) rate and in India alone new cell phone connection are growing at the rate of six million a month a rate of customer (10) that no bank can dream of. (a) View (b) realize (c) Display (d) engineer (e) assess None 7. Traditional bank architecture is based on bank branches. These branches ensure the physical (1) of a customer's savings. A customer may go there to deposit and withdraw money, (2) loans and (3) in other financial transactions. In the past two decades, banking architecture has changed the Automated Teller Machine (ATM). There has been a big (4) and credit and debit cards have created new financial spaces. (5) the bank branch has remained the bedrock of the banking system after all a person needs a bank account in a branch before he can operate a debit or ATM card. This may be about to change as technocrats now (6) cell phones as the new architecture of virtual banks. This has the potential to make branches (7). Cell phone banking looks especially relevant for India, since it can penetrate the countryside cheaply and (8). The world over cell phones are spreding at a (9) rate and in India alone new cell phone connection are growing at the rate of six million a month a rate of customer (10) that no bank can dream of. (a) essential (b) obsolete (c) extant (d) retreat (e) expired None 8. Traditional bank architecture is based on bank branches. These branches ensure the physical (1) of a customer's savings. A customer may go there to deposit and withdraw money, (2) loans and (3) in other financial transactions. In the past two decades, banking architecture has changed the Automated Teller Machine (ATM). There has been a big (4) and credit and debit cards have created new financial spaces. (5) the bank branch has remained the bedrock of the banking system after all a person needs a bank account in a branch before he can operate a debit or ATM card. This may be about to change as technocrats now (6) cell phones as the new architecture of virtual banks. This has the potential to make branches (7). Cell phone banking looks especially relevant for India, since it can penetrate the countryside cheaply and (8). The world over cell phones are spreding at a (9) rate and in India alone new cell phone connection are growing at the rate of six million a month a rate of customer (10) that no bank can dream of. (a) moderately (b) occasionally (c) compulsorily (d) indiscriminately (e) effectively None 9. Traditional bank architecture is based on bank branches. These branches ensure the physical (1) of a customer's savings. A customer may go there to deposit and withdraw money, (2) loans and (3) in other financial transactions. In the past two decades, banking architecture has changed the Automated Teller Machine (ATM). There has been a big (4) and credit and debit cards have created new financial spaces. (5) the bank branch has remained the bedrock of the banking system after all a person needs a bank account in a branch before he can operate a debit or ATM card. This may be about to change as technocrats now (6) cell phones as the new architecture of virtual banks. This has the potential to make branches (7). Cell phone banking looks especially relevant for India, since it can penetrate the countryside cheaply and (8). The world over cell phones are spreding at a (9) rate and in India alone new cell phone connection are growing at the rate of six million a month a rate of customer (10) that no bank can dream of. (a) phenomenal (b) gradual (c) proportionate (d) competitive (e) projected None 10. Traditional bank architecture is based on bank branches. These branches ensure the physical (1) of a customer's savings. A customer may go there to deposit and withdraw money, (2) loans and (3) in other financial transactions. In the past two decades, banking architecture has changed the Automated Teller Machine (ATM). There has been a big (4) and credit and debit cards have created new financial spaces. (5) the bank branch has remained the bedrock of the banking system after all a person needs a bank account in a branch before he can operate a debit or ATM card. This may be about to change as technocrats now (6) cell phones as the new architecture of virtual banks. This has the potential to make branches (7). Cell phone banking looks especially relevant for India, since it can penetrate the countryside cheaply and (8). The world over cell phones are spreding at a (9) rate and in India alone new cell phone connection are growing at the rate of six million a month a rate of customer (10) that no bank can dream of. (a) discount (b) base (c) expansion (d) satisfaction (e) relationship None Time's up