IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based

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Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

(A) To address these issues Indian corporate are increasingly turning eco-friendly

(B) At present however there are only a dozen green buildings in the private sector.

(C) However though an eco-friendly building may cost more upfront however it is cost effective because of lower operating costs in long run.

(D) Today there is growing concern about global warming, energy and water crises.

(E) The reason is the construction cost of an eco-friendly building is 15% to 20% more than putting up a conventional building.

(F) Planting trees, using energy saving lighting systems and constructing eco-friendly green buildings are some of the measure they are taking.

Choose the part of the sentence that contains a grammatical error. Choose option 5 if the sentence is grammatically correct as it is. Ignore errors in punctuation.

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 6

While designing interfaces (1) / for apps that will be (2) / used in developing countries, (3) / it’s better to use explicit controls. (4) / No Error (5)

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 7

While refereeing the match, (1) / he failed to point out the (2) / other team had (3) / an extra member on the ground. (4) / No Error (5)

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 9

In spite of the warnings (1) / given by parents, (2) / the school did not do enough (3) / to keep their students safe. (4) / No Error (5)

Choose the part of the sentence that contains a grammatical error. Ignore errors in punctuation. Choose option 5 if there is no error.

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 11

He deserves all the (1) / praise he is receiving today (2) / because the company grew ten-fold (3) / between his tenure as the CEO. (4) / No Error (5)

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you answer some of the questions.

At the heart of what makes India a better regime than China is a healthy respect for the civil rights and liberties of its citizens. There are checks and balances in our government. But India’s new surveillance programme, the Central Monitoring system (CMS), resembles a dystopian society akin to George Orwell’s 1984.

According to several news reports, the CMS gives the government, Indian security agencies and income tax (IT) officials the authority to listen to, and tape phone conversions, read emails and text messages, monitor Posts on Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin and track searches on Google of selected targets, without oversight by the courts or parliament. To call it sweeping is an understatement.

Typically, Indian Security agencies need a court order for surveillance, or depend on Internet/telephone service providers for data, provided they supply a warrant. CMS allows the government to bypass the court.  Milind Deora, India’s Minister of State for Information Technology says the new system will actually improve citizens’ privacy because telecommunication agencies would no longer be directly involved in the surveillance; only government officials would have these details – missing the point that in a democracy, there has to be freedom from government surveillance. This is hardly comforting in a nation riddled with governmental corruption.

India does not have a privacy law. CMS will operate under the Indian Telegraph Act (ITA). The ITA is a relic of the British Raj from 1885, and gives the government the freedom to monitor private conversations. News reports quote anonymous telecommunications ministry officials as saying that CMS has been introduced for security purposes, and “this is to protect you and your country”.

That is irrational. For one, there are no ‘security purposes’ that prevent the government from having a rational debate on this programme and getting approval from our elected representatives before authorizing such wide-reaching surveillance. If the government is worried that a public debate in a paralysed parliament would half the programme’s progress, then it can convene a committee of individuals or an individual body such as CAG to oversee the programme. It can seek judicial approval from the Supreme Court, and have a judge sign off on surveillance requests without making these requests public.

As of now, the top bureaucrat in the interior ministry and his/her state level deputies will have the power to approve surveillance requests. Even the recently revealed US surveillance Programme, had ‘behind the doors’ bipartisan surveillance approval. Furthermore, US investigation agencies such as the CIA and NSA are not the ruling party’s marionettes; in India, that the CBI is an arm of the government is a fait accompli. Even the Supreme Court recently lambasted the CBI and asked it to guarantee its independence from government influences after it was proved that it shared unreleased investigation reports with the government.

There is no guarantee that this top bureaucrat will be judicious or not use this as a tool to pursue political and personal vendettas against opposition parties or open critics of the government. Security purposes hardly justify monitoring an individual’s social media usage. No terrorist announces plans to bomb a building on Facebook. Neither do Maoists espouse Twitter as their preferred form of communication.

Presumably, security purposes could be defined as the government’s need to intercept terrorist plans. How does giving the IT department the same sweeping surveillance powers justify security purposes? The IT office already has expansive powers to conduct investigations, summon individuals or company executives, and raid premises to catch tax evaders. In a world where most financial details are discussed and transferred online, allowing the IT departments to snoop on these without any reasonable cause is akin to airport authorities strip searching everyone who boards a flight.

What happened on 26/11 or what happens regularly in Naxal – affected areas is extremely sad and should ideally, never take place again. But targeting terrorists means targeting people who show such inclinations, or those who arouse suspicions, either by their travels or heir associations with militant or extremist groups. And in a country where a teenager has been arrested for posting an innocent comment questioning the need for a bandh on the death of a political leader, gives us reason to believe that this law is most likely to be misused, if not abused. 

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 16

Select the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning to the word printed in bold, as used in the passage.
AKIN

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 17

Select the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning to the word printed in bold, as used in the passage.
UNDERSTATEMENT

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Certain words and phrases are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions:
After a stringent regime of autarky and command and control economy, from 1956 to 1975, India started on a slow path of reintegration into the world economy, albeit in a nascent form. Empirical comparison of the period before and after liberalization demonstrates that, instead of economic stagnation, India achieved a marked acceleration in economic growth after liberalization. Indeed, India broke the barrier of stagnation that had been the lot of the country before globalization. India’s rate of growth from 1975 to 2007 has been over 5.5 percent, compared to the derisively termed “Hindu” rate of growth of 3.4 percent over the period 1956 to 1975, and especially to the pathetic 2.6
Percent over the decade prior to the nascent liberalization in 1975. In the dozen years from 1995 to 2007 the growth rate has been over 6.5 percent; during the last four years India has sustained an unprecedented average growth rate of over 8 percent.
It is difficult to exaggerate this accomplishment in growth acceleration. It has provided additional resources not only for investment in human capital but also for expenditures on the social sectors and poverty alleviation. Besides, the economic dynamism associated with this growth has imparted a self-confidence for successfully building a consolidated nation-state. It has indeed transformed a country that had been mocked as “the sick man of Asia” - an inveterate supplicant for foreign aid – into a credible contender for a major role in the balance of power in Asia. Similarly, far from the specter of deindustrialization held out by critics, foreign imports have not swamped Indian industry after tariffs were lowered as part of India’s reintegration into the world economy. Rather, Indian industry has grown at a higher rate than it had prior to liberalization of the economy. The growth rate of manufacturing has been around 6.5 percent since 1975 and close to 7 percent during the dozen years up to 2006. 

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 19

Select the word that is MOST OPPOSITE to the given word, as used in the passage: Acceleration

Read the following passage and answer the questions below.

Consider your average morning routine. Most of us begin taking in the day's news as soon as the clock radio wakes us up. Then there is the morning news brief from the television while eating breakfast followed by a local radio station during our commute. Throughout the day people continue to glean important events from news sites on the internet. Now consider what your day would look like if all of these resources fell silent.

There are continual reminders that our nation's power grid is much more fragile than we would like to admit. Such threats do exist not only as foreign or domestic, but extra-worldly as well. Modern power grids are managed by computer networks and the potential exists for hacking into those networks to interrupt the power supply. Another less sinister, but just as hazardous threat comes from outside our own planet. The very sun that we rely upon every day occasionally ejects powerful solar flares known as coronal mass ejections or CMEs. These powerful electromagnetic fields can wreak havoc on sensitive electronic components and have already caused major power outages in recent history and scientists continue to predict that the sun is primed for another such event.

The technology for electromagnetic bombs, developed over the past 30 years, is now available to download from on the internet! Googling it demonstrates the ease with which a would-be enemy could devastate society, creating an enormous blackout with mass panic and havoc. Such powerful electronic pulses pose a significant threat to breakdown all traditional communication including satellites that control every aspect of transportation, commerce and ultimately life.

Other potential problems with national and regional grids are not posed by external threats, but by the continued and rapid growth of our own cities. While such power demands are on the rise, the capacity to provide power to them is not keeping pace. The battle between environmental groups and political decision makers only seems to be maintaining the status quo and not improving the reliability of our energy needs.

If any one of these events transpires and our power grid fails, where would we get our news and information? While we could certainly continue to live day-to-day without a sizable amount of the information we take in, there is some information that we simply would find hard to live without. In the case of a regional or national disaster, reliable and accurate information can be the biggest factor in safety and survival.

How fortunate we are that there are trained amateur radio operators scattered across the country who are poised to fill this important gap if ever needed. With an emergency generator and communication tools, these operators have the equipment and coding skills necessary to process and relay important information at a moment’s notice. Many of these operators utilize an assortment of methods, but among them Morse code gets through when other methods fail. As we have seen in so many movies, confirmed by actual real life experiences, the effectual transmission of dahs and dits between trained operators is a very useful method of communicating both securely and accurately. Why not join this family of ham radio operators and enjoy the fun and lifelong friendships that result?

If you prepare by learning Morse code, you will be on the front lines of the vital communication network and could be responsible for bringing peace, comfort and safety information to friends and family. Some things may be better left to others, but wouldn't you feel safer knowing that you have done everything you could do in an emergency? Morse code continues to be a valuable survival skill for you, your family and for the nation.

- By Gerald Wheeler Ed.D.

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 22

What is the main point of the passage?

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 24

Why are the CMEs a probable hazard to the nation's power-grid?

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 25

Why did the author ask to consider a world that has none of the radio resources?

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 26

Why is the technology for electromagnetic bombs a potential hazard for the nation's power-grid?

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 27

What is the advantage of learning Morse code, according to the passage?

Instructions: Study the information and answer the questions given questions:
Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row-1 P, Q, R, S, T and V are seated and all of them are facing South. In Row – 2: A, B, C, D, E and F are seated and all of them are facing North. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row.
S sits third to right of Q. Either S or Q sits at an extreme end of the line. The one who faces Q sits second to right of E. Two people sit between B and F. Neither B nor F sits at an extreme end of the line. The immediate neighbor of B faces the person who sits third to left of P, R and T are immediate neighbours of each other. C sits second to the left of A. T does not face the immediate neighbor of D.

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P is related to A in the same way as S is related to B based on the given arrangement. To which of the following is T related to, following same pattern?

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 35

Which of the following is true regarding T?

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IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 36

Karan starts from point A and travels towards north for 5 km. He then takes a right turn and travels for 7 km. He then takes a left turn and travels another 7 km. Finally he takes another left turn and travels for 2 km arriving at a point B.
What is the distance between point A and B?

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 37

Harsha is standing in a queue, tenth from behind. There are 40 students in the queue including Harsha. What is Harsha’s position from the front?

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 38

Pointing towards a senior citizen, Ravi said, “This is my niece’s paternal grandmother’s sister-in-law.” How is Ravi related to the senior citizen?

Five friends A,B,C,D,E have different heights and different weights. D is taller than only E. Only one person is taller than B and only one person is heavier than E.If five persons are arranged in a row from heaviest to lightest, then C lies in the middle.A is taller than C. D is heavier than A who is not the lightest among five friends.

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IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 44

Gautham starts from point A and rides towards north for 4 kms to reach B, then he takes left turn and travel for 8 kms to reach point C and then he takes another left turn and travel for 12 kms to reach point D. Finally he takes another left turn and travel for another 8kms to reach point E. What is the current position of Gautham with respect to the point A?

For each of the following five questions, the prices of various items are shown by inequalities. The statement in each question is followed by 2 conclusions. Based on the information in the statement, which of the conclusions are implied?

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 46

Statement $$ Ketch up > Iodised salt \geq Tomatoes \geq Eggs $$ and Oranges < Radish < Ketch up
Conclusions 1) Radish < eggs 2) Oranges < Tomatoes

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 47

Cat < Lion < Ostrich = Otter = Dove $$ \geq $$ Salmon > Yak
Conclusions 1) Ostrich > Yak 2) Cat < Dove

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 48

$$ Ketchup \geq Lemons > Mango \geq Neem $$
Conclusions 1) $$ Neem \leq Ketch up $$2) Neem < Ketchup

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 49

$$ zebra \geq yak = whale \leq xray $$
conclusions 1) whale < zebra 2) whale = zebra

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 50

Banana> apple> salmon, carrot > lemon > yak milk
conclusions 1) banana > lemon 2) apple > yak milk

In a certain coded language, “dog” is written as “dg”, “boats” is written as “bost”, “shocked” is written as “dehkos”, “republicans” is written as “abceinprsu”

The following 5 questions are based on the below sequence of alphabets.
P Y C A Q T J O U B G M V H N X E S I W D K R F L Z

For the following questions answer them individually
IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 59

There are 25 students in a queue. Ravi is standing 12th from the back. What is his position from the front?

Observe the following series and answer the questions that follow:

PQORTSSOSTQOQQRORSTOPPS”SQOTRP”RRSOTQ

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 60

In the alphabets given in quotes, how many such pairs can be identified which have the same number of alphabets between them (both in the forward and backward directions) as in the alphabetical series?

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IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 65

Prajwal starts from point P and travels towards the east for 5km and then he turns right to travel for another 5km and then he turns to his left and reaches point B after travelling 7km.
What is the distance between P and B?

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 68

A and B can complete a piece of work in 80 and 120 days respectively. They together start the work but A left after 20 days. After another 12 days C joined B and now they complete the work in 28 more days. In how many days C can complete the work, working alone?

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 70

The area of a square is the same as that of a circle. What is the ratio of the side of the square to the radius of the circle?

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 72

Present age of a father is 3 times the present age of his son. 4 years later father’s age is 13 more than 2 times of his son’s age. What is present age of father?

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 73

A person bought an article on 40% discount and sold it at 50% more than the marked price. What profit did he get?

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 77

In a right angled triangle, two sides are of the same length. Which of the options is one of the angles of that triangle?

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 79

The price of a book is first increased by 10% and then decreased by 5%, then the net change in the price will be

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 82

A boat’s speed with the current is 15 kmph and the boat’s speed against the current is 5 kmph. What is the speed of the current?

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 83

An express train travelled at an average speed of 75 km/h stopping for 5 min every 125 km. How long did it take to reach its destination 375 km from the starting point?

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 85

Ramesh is thrice as old as Kishore and Nirmal is half the age of Ramesh. If the sum of their ages is 99, then what is the age of Nirmal?

Directions for the following five questions: Study the following bar-graph and pie-chart carefully to answer the questions given below.

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 92

What is the ratio of the percentage of females among the persons who participated from B to the percentage from B to the percentage of females who participated from B to the percentage of females among the persons who participated from D?

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IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 93

3 pipes when opened for 3 hours can fill 3 buckets. How many buckets can 2 pipes open for 2 hours approximately fill?

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 95

Gopi started a business and invested Rs. 48000 at the start of it. Raghav joined him after 2 months and invested Rs. 42000. Two years after Gopi started the business, there was a profit of Rs. 41520. What is Raghav's share of the profit?

IBPS Clerk 2015 Pattern Based - Question 100

A person borrowed Rs. 2000 at 5% per annum simple interest and immediately lent it at 6% per annum simple interest. At the end of 2 1/2 yr he collected the amount and settled his loan. What was his profit?

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