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Banking Jobs English MCQs with Answers

34 practice MCQs on English for Banking Jobs tests. Think of your answer first, then open "Show answer and explanation". These are practice questions, not official examination papers.

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Q11. What is the past tense of 'teach'?

  1. Teached
  2. Teaches
  3. Taught
  4. Tought
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Correct answer: C. Taught

Teach is irregular.

Q12. Choose the correct passive: 'The teacher praised the student.'

  1. The student has praised the teacher.
  2. The student is praised by the teacher.
  3. The student was praised by the teacher.
  4. The teacher was praised by the student.
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Correct answer: C. The student was praised by the teacher.

Past simple active becomes was/were plus past participle.

Q13. Choose the correct option: He is the ___ boy in the class.

  1. taller
  2. tallest
  3. more tall
  4. tall
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Correct answer: B. tallest

The superlative of tall is tallest.

Q14. Choose the antonym of 'hostile'.

  1. Friendly
  2. Aggressive
  3. Angry
  4. Rude
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Correct answer: A. Friendly

Friendly is the opposite of hostile.

Q15. Choose the correct preposition: She is interested ___ painting.

  1. in
  2. at
  3. for
  4. on
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Correct answer: A. in

'Interested in' is correct.

Q16. Choose the correct option: By the time we arrived, the train ___.

  1. had left
  2. leaves
  3. has left
  4. left
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Correct answer: A. had left

Past perfect is used for the earlier past action.

Q17. Choose the correct preposition: She is afraid ___ snakes.

  1. of
  2. with
  3. from
  4. about
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Correct answer: A. of

'Afraid of' is the standard collocation.

Q18. One word for 'one who knows everything':

  1. Omnipotent
  2. Omnipresent
  3. Omnivorous
  4. Omniscient
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Correct answer: D. Omniscient

Omniscient means all-knowing.

Q19. Change into indirect speech: He said, 'I am happy.'

  1. He said that he was happy.
  2. He says that he was happy.
  3. He said that I was happy.
  4. He said that he is happy.
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Correct answer: A. He said that he was happy.

Present tense shifts to past in reported speech.

Q20. Choose the correct pronoun: ___ book is this? It is mine.

  1. Whose
  2. Whom
  3. Which
  4. Who
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Correct answer: A. Whose

'Whose' asks about possession.

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