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A solved Paper of Compitative exam

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1) In the Union Budget 2011-12, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee proposed to increase the Income Tax Exemption Limit for individual tax payers from Rs 1 lakh 60 thousand to _?
a.1 lakh 80 thousand
b.1 lakh 90 thousand
c. 2 lakh
d.2 lakh 20 thousand
2) A team from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, discovered that a green alga invades tiny developing salamander embryos. What is this phenomenon called?
a)Symbiosis
b)Photosynthesis
c) Ecdysis
d) Aestivation
3) Which of the following Bollywood Actress won the Best Actress trophy at the 13th London Asian Film Festival for her performance in Onir’s I AM?
a.Nandita Das
b.Juhi Chawla
c.Tabu
d.Konkona Sen Sharma
4) Noted Social worker Anna Hazare on 5 April 2011 started his hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to protest against the reported delay in bringing in which of the following bills to effectively deal with corruption?
a. Lokpal Bill
b. The Competition (Amendment) Bill
c. The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Bill
d. The Appropriation (No.3 ) Bill
5) Who won the National Jute Board-Kolkata international squash at Calcutta Racket Club on 3 April 2011 after defeating Omar Mosaad?
a.Karim Darwish
b.Khawaja Adil Maqbool
c. Ritwik Bhattacharya
d. Peter Nicol
6) Read the following statements:
1.He won the ATP Miami Masters crown by defeating Nadal and thus remained unbeaten in 2011.
2.He captured all four titles- the Australian Open, Dubai, elite Masters titles at Indian Wells and Miami in 2011.
3.He had won his first Miami Masters title in 2007.
4.He joined Roger Federer, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras as the only players to win the Australian Open, Indian Wells and Miami in the same year.Identify the tennis player being referred to.
a.Novak Djokovic
b.Roger Federer
c. Andy Murray
d.Rafael Nadal

7) At the National Conference on Kharif Strategies, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on 6 April 2011 mentioned that India has achieved an all-time high production of foodgrains. What was the estimation regarding foodgain production in 2010-11?
a.235.88 million tonnes
b.215 million tonnes
c. 261.34 million tonnes
d. 222.66 million tonnes

Which of the following steel plants in India achieved record production of 5.71 million tonnes (mt) of hot metal (a 6.3 per cent growth over 2009-10), 5.33 mt of crude steel (4.3 per cent) and 4.57 mt of saleable steel (4.3 per cent)?
a.Bhillai Steel Plant
b.Rourkela Steel Plant
c. Bokaro Steel Plant
d.Salem Steel Plant
9) The Department of Information Technology (DIT) on 5 April 2011 published a draft policy on which of the following to enable the government departments to provide services, including payment of utility bills and filing of tax with the use of a medium?
a.Mobile governance
b.E-governance
c. Service Delivery Gateway
d.Applications Inter-operability
10) Which of the following was not proposed in the Union Budget 2011-12 presented by pranab Mukherjee?
1.Special vehicles were proposed to be created in the form of Infrastructure Debt Funds to attract foreign funds.
2.Rs. 300 crore expenditure was proposed to promote horticulture centres in rain fed areas for increasing crop productivity.
3.For the manufacturing sector, the budget proposed reduction of basic customs duty on raw silk from 30 to 5 per cent.
4.Concessional 10 per cent Excise Duty was also proposed for fuel cell or Hydrogen cell-technology-based vehicles.
a.1 & 3
b.Only 2
c.Only 4
d.3 & 4
11) Sectors Budgetary Allocations
1.Agriculture & Allied Activities A. Rs 14362 crore
2.Rural Development B. Rs 38852 crore
3.Defence Sector C. Rs 55438 crore
4.Industries & Minerals D. Rs 164415 crore
A B C D
a.1 4 2 3
b.2 1 3 4
c. 3 1 4 2
d.4 2 3 1
12) In the Budget it was proposed to provide sum of money for implementation of vegetable initiative to set in motion a virtuous cycle of higher production and incomes for the farmers. What was the proposed amount?
a.Rs 500 crore
b.Rs 300 crore
c. Rs 10000 crore
d. Rs 650 crore
13) According to an extensive genetic study on modern humans, two conclusions were drawn out.
i) There is an enormous amount of diversity in the African hunter-gatherer populations.
ii) The genetic diversity among 27 present-day African populations originated in southern Africa and progressed to northern Africa.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a) Both i and ii
b) Neither I and ii
c) Only i
d) Only ii
14) A massive Tsunami caused by a devastating earthquake of the 8.9 magnitude hit about 400 km north-east of Tokyo, capital of Japan. Consider the following statements regarding Tsunami.
i) A Tsunami is a series of ocean waves that sends surges of water, reaching heights of over 100 feet onto land.
ii) Most tsunamis, about 80 percent, happen within the Pacific Ocean’s Ring of Fire, a geologically active area where tectonic shifts make earthquakes and volcanoes common.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a) Both i and ii
b) Only i
c) Only ii
d) Neither i nor ii
15) Which one of the following Indian states recently released a Braille version of the RTI (Right to Information) Act and its rules for the benefit of visually challenged?
a) Gujarat
b) Bihar
c) Haryana
d) Madhya Pradesh
16)Engineering and construction major L&T announced that it has achieved financial closure for which of the following with the help of 10-bank consortium led by SBI pitching in with Rs 11478 crore debt?
a.Kolkata Metro Rail Project
b.Pune Metro Project
c.Delhi Metro project
d.Hyderabad Metro Rail project
17) Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was offered and accepted the honour of being chosen to get an honorary commission in which of the following?
a.Indian Navy
b.Territorial Army
c. Indian Air Force
d. Indian Para-military Force
18) Which of the following real estate firms on 5 April 2011 announced a gift in the shape of villas worth Rs. 9 crore to skipper M.S. Dhoni and his teammates following their victory in the World Cup 2011?
a.DLF
b.Amrapali
c. Unitech
d.Tata Construction & Projects Ltd
19) Roger Federer won his fourth Australian Open Tennis Championship and 16th Grand Slam on 31 Jan 2010. Who did he defeat in the final of the Australian Open 2010?
a. Rafael Nadal
b. Andy Murray
c. Fred Perry
d. Rod Laver
20) Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana was proposed to be being extended to the beneficiaries of which of the following Union Government schemes?
a.Mahatma Gandhi NREGA beneficiaries
b.Beneficiaries of Swavlamban pension scheme
c.Indira Gandhi National old Age Pension scheme beneficiaries
d.Beneficiaries of Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana
21) Which of the following companies announced their alliance with Chennai Super Kings as the official team partner for the upcoming IPL Season 4?
a. ONGC
b. Indian Oil Corporation
c. Hindusthan Petroleum
d. Gulf Oil Corporation
22) Scientists have identified five genes which raise the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Consider the following statements regarding Alzheimer’s disease.
i) Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of Dementia.
ii) Problems that happen due to the Alzheimer’s are personality-disorder, decision making, abstract thinking and loss of initiative.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a) Only i
b) Only ii
c) Both i and ii
d) Neither i nor ii
23) A giant predatory theropod dinosaur, similar in stature and size to Tyrannosaurus rex, has been identified by palaeontologists. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
i) The new dinosaur, named Zhuchengtyrannus magnus, probably stood four metres tall, was 11 metres long and weighed around six tonnes.
ii) Like T. rex, it was a carnivore with huge powerful jaws.
iii) It ran on back legs, with small front limbs.
a) Only i and ii
b) Only i and iii
c) Only ii and iii
d) All i, ii and iii are correct

24) Solvay, the Belgian soda ash maker which sold a drugs unit a year ago, agreed to buy which of the following French companies to add specialty chemicals spanning ingredients for moisturisers and car-part polymers?
a.Rhodia
b.Danisco
c.Cognis
d.Le Zèbre
25) Gilead Sciences, a California based bio-pharmaceutical research firm, and its patent partner, Roche Holding AG, have sued which of the following Indian generic drug makers in March 2011 for allegedly infringing a US patent for Tamiflu, a drug used in treatment of bird and swine-flu infections?
a.Dr Reddy’s
b.Natco Pharma
c. Ranbaxy Laboratories
d. GlaxoSmithKline
26) AT&T on Sunday announced that it had agreed to buy T-Mobile USA from which of the following telecom companies for $39 billion?
a.Deutsche Telekom
b.Sprint Nextel
c.Verizon Wireless
d.Comcast

27) What is the prize-money of the golf tournament ‘Avantha Masters’ that began on 11 Feb 2010?
a. €1.5 million
b. €1 million
c. €2.5 million
d. €2 million
28) An international team of scientists, led by the Australian National University recently discovered evidence that the body’s immune cells often share information about foreign substances with each other to ward of invaders. The study can help increase the immunity level in human body against pathogens and cancer. Which of the followings are the symptoms of Cancer?
i) Weight Loss
ii) Excessive Sweating
iii) Lumps and Swelling (tumour)
iv) Enlargement of Spleen
Please choose the correct option:
a) i, ii, iii and iv
b) i and ii only
c) i, ii and iii
d) only i

29) Which of the following companies in April 2011 filed a petition in the Supreme Court to block penal action initiated by the Income Tax authorities on its contested $2.5-billion tax bill?
a. Vodafone International
b. Bharti Airtel
c. Uninor
d. Tata Teleservices
30) Vivendi agreed to buy Vodafone Group’s 44% stake in which of the French mobile-phone operator’s for euro 7.95 billion ($11.3 billion) to win full control of its largest unit and secure more stable earnings?
a.T-Mobile
b.Orange
c. Virgin Mobile
d. SFR
31) A consortium comprising two companies acquired the IPL’s global Internet, mobile and audio rights, along with television rights in specific territories outside India, for the next four years. The consortium bagged the rights with a winning bid of Rs 261.6 crore in Chennai on 20 March 2011. Which are the two companies included in the consortium?
a. TIL & Nimbus Communication
b. Reliance Big Pictures & Zoom
c. TIL & Colors
d. Zoom and UTV Motion Pictures
32) Which chess player won his maiden Grand Master norm in the Chennai Open 2010 International Grand Master chess tournament on 1 Feb 2010?
a. R. Siddharth of Chennai
b. Kravtsiv of Ukraine
c. P. Shyam Nikhil of Tamil Nadu
d. Maxim Turov of Russia
33) Who was appointed member of ICC Cricket Committee as a representative of national coaches on 11 Feb 2010?
a. Gary Kirsten
b. Mark Taylor
c. Kumar Sangakkara
d. Tim May
34) At the European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna, the scientists calculated that the Earth sees about __ thunderstorms every hour.
a) 670
b) 580
c) 760
d) 960
35) HCL Technologies on Thursday announced the expansion of its Smart Grid partner ecosystem by entering into strategic alliances with two data management software firms focused on the smart grid market. Which are the two firms with which HCL has entered into an alliance?
1. Infosys
2. eMeter
3. Cape Gemini
4. Tridium
a. 1 & 2
b. 2 & 3
c. 2 & 4
d. 1 & 4
36) The Gujarat Government banned controversial book, entitled Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle with India. Who is the author of the book?
a) Joseph Lelyveld
b) Joseph Ponting
c) Hugh Grant
d) Vikram Seth
37) Which one of the following states imposed a blanket ban on plastic bags?
a) Delhi
b) Haryana
c) Himachal Pradesh
d)Tamil Nadu
38) Who is the Chairperson of the Central Board Film Certification?
a) Sharmila Tagore
b) Karan Johar
c) Nafisa Ali
d) Om Puri
e) None of these
39) Ali Akbar Salehi is the foreign minister of
a) Israel
b) Iran
c) Afghanistan
d) Indonesia
40) Who is the new chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)?
a) AP Singh
b) Arun Shourie
c) Sanjeev Tripathi
d) BK Gupta
41) When is the National Youth Day observed?
a) January 14
b) February 14
c) August 31
d) January 12
42) What is Tejas?
A) Spacecraft
B) Missile
C) Submarine
D) Light combat aircraft
43) Who became the world number one badminton player?
a) Saina Nehwal
b) Wang Xin
c) Sania Mirza
d) Wang Shixian
44) Name the cricketer who beat Michael Clarke by a comfortable 15-vote margin to bag the Allan Border Medal besides being named Australia’s ODI Player of the Year in Feb 2010?
a. Shane Watson
b. Simon Katich
c. Mitchell Johnson
d. Sachin Tendulkar

45) In India’s first sale of rupee perpetual bonds by a non-finance company Rs 1500 crore ($332 million) was raised. Name the non-finance company.
a.Tata Steel
b.Pantallons Retail
c. RIL
d.Maruti Suzuki
46) With his victory in the men’s large hill ski jump on 20 Feb 2010 at the Vancouver Olympics, he became the first person to win four individual gold ski jumping medals. Name this sportsperson.
a. Simon Ammann (Switzerland)
b. Ahonen Janne (Finland)
c. Alexander Nicholas (USA)
d. Bardal Anders (Norway)

47) The Indian Government in April 2011 issued a notice to which of the following companies to terminate licences for Kerala, West Bengal and Assam for delay in roll- out of services in these three circles?
a.Sistema Shyam Teleservices
b.Tata Teleservices
c. Reliance
d. BSNL
48) Open market operations, one of the measures taken by RBI in order to control credit expansion in the economy means —
(A) Sale or purchase of Govt. securities
(B) Issuance of different types of bonds
(C) Auction of gold
(D) To make available direct finance to borrowers
(E) None of these
49) Capital Market Regulator is—
(A) RBI
(B) IRDA
(C) NSE
(D) BSE
(E) SEBI
50) As we all know Govt. of India collects tax revenue on various activities in the country. Which of the following is a part of the tax revenue of the Govt.?
(i) Tax on Income
(ii) Tax on Expenditure
(iii) Tax on Property or Capital Asset
(iv) Tax on Goods and Services
(A) Both (i) and (iii) only
(B) Both (ii) and (iv) only
(C) All (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(D) Only (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(E) None of these
ANSWERS:
1) A 2) A 3) B 4) A 5) A 6) A 7) A A 9) A 10) B 11) A 12) B 13) A 14) A 15) A 16) D 17) B 18) B 19) B 20) A 21) D 22) C 23) D 24) A 25) B 26) A 27) A 28) A 29) A 30) D 31) A 32) A 33) A34) C 35) C 36) A 37) A 38) A 39) B 40) C 41) D 42) D 43) B 44) A 45) A 46) A 47) A 48) A 49) E 50) C

New Section
1. Which period is called the ‘banking swadeshi’ period when many Indians established many banks?
1)1870-1940
2)1910-1947
3)1906-1911
4)1947-1991
5)1942-1947
2. The banks established in Swadeshi period are …………?
1) Bank of India
2) Corporation bank
3) Indian Bank
4) Bank of Baroda
5) All of the above
3. In which part of India, many banks are established, which is called the ‘Cradle of Indian Banking System’?
1) Northern Assam
2) Southern Tamilnadu
3) Eastern Rajasthan
4) Southern Karnataka
5) Western Maharastra
4. The most banks in India failed between ………… Not less than 100 banks failed due to various reasons?
1) 1923-1928
2) 1953-1958
3) 1923-1948
4) 1903-1928
5) 1913-1918
5. Which party issued a paper by name ‘Stray thoughts on Bank Nationalization’ signaling the nationalization of banks in India?
1) Communist Party of India
2) Janatha Party
3) Congress Party
4) Republican Party
5) National Conference
6. Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertaking) Bill passed in ……………paving way to the nationalization of banks in India?
1) 1974
2) 1969
3) 1975
4) 1981
5) 1961
7. Who said the nationalization of banks is the ‘masterstroke of political sagacity’?
1) Indira Gandhi
2) Raj Narayan
3) Jayaprakash Narayan
4) Jawahar Lal Nehru
5) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
8. How many banks were nationalized in 1969?
1) 18
2) 6
3) 14
4) 20
5) 5
9. Which bank was not nationalized in 1969?
1) Allahabad Bank
2) Bank of Baroda
3) State Bank of India
4) Bank of India
5) Bank of Maharastra
10. How many banks were nationalized as a second dose in 1980?
1) 4
2) 9
3) 6
4) 18
5) 12
11. Bad debts mean …………?
1) amounts owed to a company that are going to be paid
2) amounts owed to a company that are not going to be paid
3) amounts owed to a company that are going to be paid within 2 years
4) amounts owed to a company that are not going to be paid within 8 years
5) None
12. GST council (Goods and Services Taxes Council) in the Constitution 115th Amendment Bill headed by ………… to make recommendations the taxes to be levied, goods to be exempted, GST rate etc?
1) Prime Minister
2) Finance Minister
3) Commerce Minister
4) Revenue Minister
5) Finance Secretary
13. The current limit of External borrowings is $ 20 billion. This Current limit is now raised to $ ………… billion?
1) 21
2) 40
3) 70
4) 60
5) 30
14. …………is not the provision of the National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation & Resettlement Bill?
1) In the given area, least 80% of the population must agree to acquisition of land by the government.
2) Land owners to be compensated with twice the registered or stamp value of the land in urban areas and six times in rural areas.
3) Single law has the provisions of Acquisition of land and rehabilitation
4) The government can appoint middle man to have talks with the local population to decrease the compensation
5) Compensation reflects the market rates
15. Food Security Bill proposed by National Advisory Council (NAC) proposes 90% ration in Rural Areas and …………% ration in Urban Areas. (National Advisory Council headed by Sonia Gandhi)
1) 50
2) 70
3) 100
4) 90
5) 25
16. The Union government decisions are given. Pick the correct one?
1) National Legal Aid and Reforms commiscommission coming soon
2) Supreme Court ordered the return of 156 hectares of land to farmers in Uttar Pradesh, allocated to construct posh buildings.
3) The postal department issues postal stamps on President of India’s house Rastrapathi Bhavan
4) Five PIO ( Person of India Origin) universities will be set up in the future.
5) All of above
17. Project ‘Surakhya’ an Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) introduced by …………?
1) Odisha
2) Chattisgarh
3) Arunachal Pradesh
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Goa
18. ‘Nanhe Haath Kalam Ke Saath’ ( tiny hands with pen) phase II announced against the social evil of Child Labour by …………?
1) Karnataka
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
5) Goa
19. SAARC Interior Ministers conference was recently held in …………?
1) Sri Lanka
2) India
3) Afganistan
4) Bhutan
5) Nepal
20. Mahatma Gandhi led ………….listed in the top ten of the most influential protests in the world as mentioned by ‘Time magazine’?
1) Non-cooperation Movement
2) Swadeshi Movement
3) Salt Satyagraha
4) Quit India Movement
5) Champaran Satyagraha
21. A person who expects share prices in general to decline and who is likely to indulge in SHORT SALES is called …………?
1) Bear
2) Bull
3) Dog
4) Duck
5) Lame Duck
22. ………… was re elected as the UN Secretary General?
1) Irina Bocova
2) Robert Zollick
3) Ban Ki-moon
4) Hillay Clinton
5) Christine Legarde
23. Meghdoot awards conferred by …………?
1) Air India
2) Department of Water Resources
3) Postal Department
4) Department of Communications
5) Supreme Court
24. ‘Areva’ a French company belongs to following sector?
1) Nuclear
2) Toy
3) Auto makers
4) Mobiles
5) Book
25. In the list of nationalized banks, which bank was merged with Punjab National Bank in 1993?
1) Bank of India
2) Bank of Baroda
3) Andhra Bank
4) New Bank of India
5) Central Bank of India
26. …………was the prime minister of India during the nationalization of banks in 1969 and in 1980?
1) Jawahar Lal Nehru
2) Lal Bahadur Sastri
3) Indira Gandhi
4) Morarji Desaii
5) P.V.Narasimha Rao
27. Who among the following is not the present Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India?
1) K.C.Chakravarthy
2) Subhir Gokarn
3) Y.Malegam
4) Anand Sinha
5) H. R.khan
28. On 3 August 2011, ……….. panel submitted its report to Reserve Bank of India on ‘customer service in banks’
1) Rangarajan
2) Malegam
3) Subba Rao
4) H.R.Khan
5) Damodaran
29. …………firmly tell many rules and regulations relating to Non-Performing Assets?
1) Banking Regulation Act 1949
2) Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999
3) SEBI Act 1992
4) Indian Contract Act 1872
5) Negotiable instrument act 1881
30. On 30 June 2011 …………liberalized FDI norms by allowing the Indian companies to pay in the form of Equity in to the foreign suppliers instead of payment in the form of foreign exchange?
1) SEBI
2) Ministry of Finance
3) Ministry of Commerce
4) FDA
5) RBI
31. …………tied up with Met Life to enter in to insurance business recently?
1) Andhra Bank
2) Union Bank of India
3) Corporation bank
4) Allahabad Bank
5) Punjab National Bank
32. …………started, the saga of Liberlization of banks as a prime minister?
1) Indira Gandhi
2) Nehru
3) Lal Bahadur Sastri
4) P.V.Narasimha Rao
5) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
33. Which committee suggested the banking reforms?
1) Kalia
2) Deepak Mohanty
3) Narasimham
4) Syamala Gopinath
5) Goparia
34. The decade 1990-2000 is the era of Techsavvy private banks. Which are established during this period?
1) Global Trust Bank
2) UTI bank
3) ICICI
4) HDFC
5) All of above
35. Global Trust Bank was merged with ……..?
1) HDFC
2) Oriental Bank of Commerce
3) State Bank of India
4) Syndicate Bank
5) IDBI
36. …………was merged with HDFC bank?
1) Bank of Rajasthan
2) Global Trust Bank
3) Centurion Bank
4) Bank of Bombay
5) Imperial Bank of India
37. …………has offered to India a loan of Rs.6,800 crore for building 24,000 km of all weather roads in the rural seven economically poor and hilly areas States
1) IMF
2) IFC
3) World Bank
4) IDA
5) ADB
38. India’s first indigenous payment gateway is …………?
1) India Expenditure
2) India Payment
3) India Challan
4) India Pay
5) India Rupee
39. …………opened a Lockless branch at Shani Shingnapur (Maharastra) respecting the local customs?
1) State Bank of India
2) Bank of Maharastra
3) Union Bank of India 4) ICICI
5) UCO bank
40. …………and Life Insurance Corporation of India( LIC) tie up to launch Credit-Card services to the customers and employees of LIC?
1) Axis Bank
2) ICICI
3) State Bank of India
4) HDFC
5) Kotak Mahendra Bank
41. Tehri Hydro Development Corporation got $ 648 million from …………?
1) IMF
2) IDA
3) ADB
4) AFD
5) IBRD
42. On 10 August 2011, in which state National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) proposed to give huge loans in the endosulfan-hit areas?
1) Odisha
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) West Bengal
5) Kerala
43. The best alternative banking service to branch banking to be the part of Financial Inclusion?
1) Establishment of small branches
2) Setup ATMs
3) Issuing of ATM cards
4) Giving Credit Cards
5) Mobile banking
44. Giving focused attention to integrated development of infrastructure in selected cities is the main theme of …………scheme?
1) PURA
2) JNNURM
3) MGNREGA
4) IAY
5) RAY
45. ………..became first state to sign an agreement on Emission Reduction Purchase with the World Bank to curb the carbon emissions?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Haryana
4) Goa
5) Maharashtra
46. MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region is the familiar for ………… industry?
1) Toy
2) Leather
3) Petroleum
4) Cotton
5) Fruits
47. The Award list given. Pick the correct one?
1) 12th IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) top awards announced in Toranto
2) Life Achievement Award got by Asha Bhonsle
3) Best film award got by Dabangg
4) Best Actor Award got by Shahrukh Khan
5) All of above
48. Guido Mantega used the word ‘Currency War’ referring …………?
1) India
2) China
3) New Zeland
4) Russia
5) USA
ANSWERS
1)3 2)5 3)4 4)5 5)3 6)2 7)3 8)3 9)3 10)3
11)2 12)2 13)5 14)4 15)1 16)5 17)1 18)4
19)4 20)3 21)1 22)3 23)3 24)1 25)4 26)3
27)3 28)5 29)1 30)5 31)5 32)4 33)3 34)5
35)2 36)3 37)3 38)4 39)5 40)1 41)5 42)5
43)5 44)2 45)2 46)3 47)5 48)2.

Reasoning Solved Paper 2009 SBI Clerk Exam

Pratik Chourdia — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:02:03 +0000

1. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the Third,

Seventh, Eighth and Tenth letters of the word COMPATIBILITY, which of the

following would be the last letter of that word ? If no such word can be

made, give ‘X’ as your answer and if more than one such word can be formed,

give your answer as ‘Y’.

(A) I

(B) B

(D) X

(E) Y

Ans : (B)

2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a

group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group ?

(A) Stem

(B) Tree

(D) Branch
(E) Leaf

Ans : (B)

3. How many meaningful three letter English words can be formed with the

letters AER, using each letter only once in each word ?

(A) None

(B) One

(D) Three

(E) Four

Ans : (D)

4. In a certain code FINE is written HGPC.

How is SLIT written in that code ?

(A) UTGR

(B) UTKR

(D) RUGT

(E) None of these
Ans : (E)

5. If ‘Apple’ is called ‘Orange’, ‘Orange’ is called ‘Peach’, ‘Peach’ is

called ‘Potato’, ‘Potato’ is called ‘Banana’, ‘Banana’ is called ‘Papaya’

and ‘Papaya’ is called ‘Guava’, which of the following grows underground ?

(A) Potato

(B) Guava

(D) Banana

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

6. If the digits in the number 86435192 are arranged in ascending order,

what will be the difference between the digits which are second from the

right and fourth from the left in the new arrangement ?

(A) One

(B) Two

(D) Four
(E) None

Ans : (D)

7. Each vowel of the word ADJECTIVE is substituted with the next letter of

the English alphabetical series, and each consonant is substituted with the

letter preceding it. How many vowels are present in the new arrangement ?

(A) None

(B) One

(D) Three

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

8. If in a certain language LATE is coded as 8&4$ and HIRE is coded as 7***3$

then how will HAIL be coded in the same language ?

(A) 7&8***

(B) &7***8
(C) 7***&8

(D) 7&***8

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

9. How many such pairs of letters are there in word ENGLISH, each of which

has as many letters between its two letters as there are between them in the

English alphabets ?

(A) None

(B) One

(D) Three

(E) More than three

Ans : (E)

10. In a certain code ‘na pa ka so’ means ‘birds fly very high’, ‘ri so la

pa’ means ‘birds are very beautiful’ and ‘ti me ka bo’ means ‘the parrots
could fly’. Which of the following is the code for ‘high’ in that language ?

(A) na

(B) ka

(D) so

(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

*Directions*—(Q. 11–15) In each of the questions below are given three

statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take

the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from

commonly known facts. Read both the conclusions and then decide which of the

given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding

commonly known facts.

Read the statements and the conclusions which follow it and

*Give answer—*

(A) if only conclusion I is true.

(B) if only conclusion II is true.
(C) if either conclusion I or conclusion II is true.

(D) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true

(E) if both conclusions I and II are true.

11. *Statements :* All stars are suns.

Some suns are planets.

All planets are satellites.

*Conclusions :*

I. Some satellites are stars.

II. No star is a satellite.

Ans : (C)

12. *Statements :* All fishes are birds.

All birds are rats.

All rats are cows.

*Conclusions :*

I. All birds are cows

II. All rats are fishes

Ans : (A)

13. *Statements :* All curtains are rods.

Some rods are sheets.

Some sheets are pillows.

*Conclusions :

*I. Some pillows are rods.

II. Some rods are curtains.

Ans : (B)

14. *Statements :* Some walls are windows.

Some windows are doors.

All doors are roofs.

*Conclusions :

*I. Some doors are walls.

II. No roof is a window.

Ans : (D)

15. *Statements :* All switches are plugs.

Some plugs are bulbs.

All bulbs are sockets.
*Conclusions :*

I. Some sockets are plugs.

II. Some plugs are switches.

Ans : (E)

*Directions*—(Q. 16–20) Study the sets of numbers given below and answer the

questions, which follow :

489 – 541 – 654 – 953 – 983

16. If in each number, the first and the last digits are interchanged, which

of the following will be the second highest number ?

(A) 489

(B) 541

(D) 953

(E) 783

Ans : (C)

17. If in each number, all the three digits are arranged in ascending order,

which of the following will be the lowest number ?
(A) 489

(B) 541

(D) 953

(E) 783

Ans : (B)

18. Which of the following numbers will be obtained if the first digit of

lowest number is subtracted from the second digit of highest number after

adding one to each of the numbers ?

(A) 1

(B) 2

(D) 4

(E) 5

Ans : (A)

19. If five is subtracted from each of the numbers, which of the following

numbers will be the difference between the second digit of second highest
number and the second digit of the highest number ?

(A) Zero

(B) 3

(D) 4

(E) 2

Ans : (B)

20. If in each number the first and the second digits are interchanged,

which will be the third highest number ?

(A) 489

(B) 541

(D) 953

(E) 783

Ans : (D)

*Directions*—(Q. 21–25) Read the following information carefully and answer

the questions, which follow :
‘A – B’ means ‘A is father of B’

‘A + B’ means ‘A is daughter of B’

‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A is son of B’

‘A × B’ means ‘A is wife of B’

21. Which of the following means P is grandson of S ?

(A) P + Q – S

(B) P ÷ Q × S

(D) P × Q ÷ S

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

22. How is P related to T in the expression ‘P + S – T’ ?

(A) Sister

(B) Wife

(D) Daughter

(E) None of these
Ans : (A)

23. In the expression ‘P + Q × T’ how is T related to P ?

(A) Mother

(B) Father

(D) Brother

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

24. Which of the following means T is wife of P ?

(A) P × S ÷ T

(B) P ÷ S × T

(D) P + T ÷ S

(E) None of these

Ans : (E)

25. In the expression ‘P × Q – T’ how is T related to P ?

(A) Daughter
(B) Sister

(D) Can’t be determined

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

*Directions*—(Q. 26–30) In each of these questions a group of letters is

given followed by four combinations of number/symbol *lettered *(A), (B),

below. You have to find out the serial letter of the combination, which

represents the letter group. Serial letter of that combination is your

answer. If none of the combinations is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. None

of these :

*Letters* *#* Q M S I N G D K A L P R B J E

*Number/ Symbol* *#* 7 @ 4 # % $ 6 1 2 £ 5 * 9 8 3

*Conditions :*
(i) If the first letter is a consonant and the last a vowel, both are to be

coded as the code of the vowel.

(ii) If the first letter is a vowel and the last a consonant, the codes for

the first and the last are to be interchanged.

(iii) If no vowel is present in the group of letters, the second and the

fifth letters are to be coded as ©.

26. BKGQJN

(A) 9©$7©%

(B) ©9$7%©

(D) %1$789

(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

27. IJBRLG

(A) #89*£$

(B) #89*£#

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

28. BARNIS

(A) 92*#%4

(B) 924#*%

(D) 42*#%4

(E) None of these

Ans : (E)

29. EGAKRL

(A) #£$21*

(B) £$21*3

(D) #£$21#

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

30. DMBNIA

(A) 6@9%#2

(B) 2@9%#6

(D) 2©9%#2

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

*Directions*—(Q. 31–35) Study the following information carefully to answer

these questions.

Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H work for three different companies

namely X, Y and Z. Not more than three persons work for a company. There are

only two ladies in the group who have different specializations and work for

different companies. Of the group of friends, two have specialization in

each HR, Finance and Marketing. One member is an engineer and one is a

doctor. H is an HR specialist and works with a Marketing specialist B who

does not work for company Y. C is an engineer and his sister works in

company Z. D is a specialist in HR working in company X while her friend G
is a finance specialist and works for company Z. No two persons having the

same specialization work together. Marketing specialist F works for company

Y and his friend A who is a Finance expert works for company X in which only

two specialists work. No lady is a marketing specialist or a doctor.

31. For which of the following companies does C work ?

(A) Y

(B) X

(D) Data inadequate

(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

32. Which of the following represents the pair working in the same company ?

(A) D and C

(B) A and B

(D) H and F

(E) None of these
Ans : (E)

33. Which of the following combination is correct ?

(A) C–Z-Engineer

(B) E–X–Doctor

(D) C–Y–Engineer

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

34. Who amongst the friends is a doctor ?

(A) H

(B) E

(D) Either E or C

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

35. Which of the following pairs represents the two ladies in the group ?

(A) A and D
(B) B and D

(D) Data inadequate

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

Computer based bank solved papers

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Computer knowledge Expected Solved Paper

1. A Compiler is ____
(A) A combination of computer hardware
(B) A program which translates from one high-level language to another
(C) A program which translates from one high-level to a machine level
(D)None of these
Ans : C

2. When a key is pressed on the keyboard, which standard is used for converting the keystroke into the corresponding bits
(A)ANSI
(B) ASCII
(C) EBCDIC
() ISO
Ans : A

3. A Pixel is -
(A) A computer program that draws picture
(B) A picture stored in secondary memory
(C) The smallest resolvable part of a picture
(D) None of these
Ans : C

4. Which device is used as the standard pointing device in a Graphical User Environment
(A) Keyboard
(B) Mouse
(C) Joystick
(D) Track ball
Ans : B

5. Which number system is usually followed in a typical 32-bit computer?
(A) 2
(B) 10
(C) 16
(D) 32
Ans : A
6. Which of the following is not an output device?
(A)Scanner
(B) Printer
(C) Flat Screen
(D) Touch Screen
Ans : D

7. Which of the following devices have a limitation that we can only information to it but cannot erase or modify it
(A) Floppy Disk
(B) Hard Disk
(C) Tape Drive
(D) CDROM
Ans : D

8. Which technology is used in Compact disks?
(A) Mechanical
(B) Electrical
(C) Electro Magnetic
(D) Laser
Ans : D

9. Which of the following storage
devices can store maximum amount of data?
(A) Floppy Disk
(B) Hard Disk
(C) Compact Disk
(D) Magneto Optic Disk
Ans : B

10. Which of the following is the largest manufacturer of Hard Disk Drives?
(A) IBM
(B) Segate
(C) Microsoft
(D) 3M
Ans : B

11. The memory location address are limited to
(A) 00000 to 9ffff(16)
(B) 00001 to 9ffff(16)
(C) 00010 to 9ffff(16)
(D) 10000 to 9ffff(16)
Ans : A

12. The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known as
(A) Hardware
(B) Software
(C) Firmware
(D) ROMware
Ans : C

13. Memory is made up of
(A) Set of wires
(B) Set of circuits
(C) Large number of cells
(D) All of these
Ans : C

14. Primary memory stores
(A) Data alone
(B) Programs alone
(C) Results alone
(D) All of these
Ans : D

15. EPROM can be used for
(A) Erasing the contents of ROM
(B) Reconstructing the contents of ROM
(C) Erasing and reconstructing the contents of ROM
(DS) Duplicating ROM
Ans : C

16. Which device can understand difference between data & programs?
(A)Input device
(B) Output device
(C) Memory
(D) Microprocessor
Ans : D

17. The contents of information are stored in
(A) Memory data register
(B) Memory address register
(C) Memory access register
(D) Memory arithmetic register
Ans : A

18. Memory unit is one part of
(A) Input device
(B) Control unit
(C) Output device
(D) Central Processing Unit
Ans : D

19. Algorithm and Flow chart help us to
(A) Know the memory capacity
(B) Identify the base of a number system
(C) Direct the output to a printer
(D) Specify the problem completely and clearly
Ans : D

20. Which of the following is not a valid size of a Floppy Disk?
(A) 8″
(B) 5 1/4″
(C) 3 1/2″
(D) 5 1/2″
Computer knowledge Expected Solved Paper

2. When a key is pressed on the keyboard, which standard is used for converting the keystroke into the corresponding bits
(A)ANSI
(B) ASCII
(C) EBCDIC
() ISO
Ans : A

3. A Pixel is -
(A) A computer program that draws picture
(B) A picture stored in secondary memory
(C) The smallest resolvable part of a picture
(D) None of these
Ans : C

4. Which device is used as the standard pointing device in a Graphical User Environment
(A) Keyboard
(B) Mouse
(C) Joystick
(D) Track ball
Ans : B

5. Which number system is usually followed in a typical 32-bit computer?
(A) 2
(B) 10
(C) 16
(D) 32
Ans : A

6. Which of the following is not an output device?
(A)Scanner
(B) Printer
(C) Flat Screen
(D) Touch Screen
Ans : D