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A school bus driver starts from the school, drives 2 km towards North, takes a left turn and drives for 5 km. He then takes a left turn and drives for 8 km before taking a left turn again and driving for further 5 km. The driver finally takes a left turn and drives 1 km before stopping. How far and towards which direction should the driver drive to reach the school again?
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Who among the following live on the floors exactly between D and F?
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On which of the following floors does B live?
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Which of the following is correct with respect to the word thus formed?
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Which of the following words will be formed based on the given conditions?
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Statements:
All gliders are parachutes.
No parachute is an airplane.
All airplanes are helicopters.
Conclusions:
I. No helicopter is a glider.
II. All parachutes being helicopters is a possibility.
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Statements:
All gliders are parachutes.
No parachute is an airplane.
All airplanes are helicopters.
Conclusions:
I. No glider is an airplane.
II. All gliders being helicopters is a possibility.
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Statements:
Some mails are chats.
All updates are chats.
Conclusions:
I All mails being updates is a possibility.
II. No update is a mail.
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Statements:
No stone is metal.
Some metals are papers.
All papers are glass.
Conclusions:
I. No glass is metal.
II. At least some glasses are metals.
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Statements:
No stone is metal.
Some metals are papers.
All papers are glass.
Conclusions:
I. All stones being glass is a possibility.
II. No stone is paper.
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Which word/number would be at 8th position from the right in step IV?
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Which step number would be the following output?
bus all for 52 25 jam road 15 hut stop 38 46 96 73
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Which of the following would be step VII?
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Which word/number would be at 6th position from the left in step V?
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Which of the following would be step III?
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Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
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Which of the following is true with respect to the given seating arrangement?
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Who among the following sit exactly between B and the representative of Bank of India?
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Who among the following is the representative of Oriental Bank of Commerce?
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Who amongst the following sits second to the left of B?
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How many daughters does W have?
I. B and D are the sisters of M.
II. M's father T is the husband of W.
III. Out of the three children which T has, only one is a boy.
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Who among A, B, C, D, E and F, each having a different height, is the tallest?
I. .B is taller than A but shorter than E.
II. Only two of them are shorter than C.
III.. D is taller than only F.
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Towards which direction is Village J from Village W?
I. Village R is to the west of Village W and to the north of Village T.
II. Village Z is to the east of Village J and to the south of Village T.
III. Village M is to the north-east of Village J and to the north of Village Z.
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On which day of the week did Suresh visit Chennai? (Assume that the week starts from Monday.)
I. Suresh took a leave on Wednesday.
II. Suresh visited Chennai the day after his mother's visit to his house.
III. Suresh's mother visited his house on neither Monday nor Thursday.
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How is 'go' written in a code language?
I. 'now or never again' is written as 'torn ka na sa' in that code language.
II.'you come again now' is written as 'ja ka ta sa' in that code language.
III. 'again go now or never' is written as 'na ha ka sa torn' in that code language.
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Members of which of the following cars are going to Chennai?
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In which car are four members travelling?
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Which of the following combinations represents the three female members?
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Who is travelling with W?
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Members of which of the following combinations are travelling in Honda City?
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It has been reported in recent years that a very large number of seats in engineering colleges in the country remain vacant at the end of the admission session. Which of the following may be the probable cause of the above effect?
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The condition of the roads in the city has deteriorated considerably during the first two months of monsoon and most of the roads have developed big potholes. Which of the following can be a possible effect of the above cause?
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Majority of the students who appeared in the final examination of postgraduate course in management in the local college have secured first class, which is comparatively higher than the performance of students of other management colleges in the state. . Which of the following may indicate that the results are not in line with the general trend?
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It has been reported in many leading newspapers that the current year's monsoon may be below the expected level as many parts of the country are still not getting adequate rainfall. Which of the following can be a possible fallout of the above situation?
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There has been a spate of rail accidents in India in the recent months killing large numbers of passengers and injuring many more. This has raised serious doubts on the railway's capability of providing safety to travellers. Which of the following statements substantiates the views expressed in the above statement?
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A few travellers were severely beaten up by villagers recently in a remote rural part of the state as the villagers found the movement of the travellers suspicious. The district authority has sent a police team to nab the culprits. Which of the following inferences can be drawn from the above statement? (An inference is something which is not directly stated but can be inferred from the given facts.)
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There has been a considerable drop in sales of four- wheelers during the past six months when compared to the number of four-wheelers sold during this period last year. Which of the following can the probable cause(s) of the above phenomenon?
(A) The govt. imposed higher excise duty on four- wheelers at the beginning of this year.
(B) The petrol prices have risen considerably during the past eight months.
(C) The rate of interest on home and car loans have been rising for the past seven months.
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There is an alarming trend of skewed sex ratio against women in India during the past decade and the situation may go out of hand if adequate steps are not taken to stop female foeticide. Which of the following can be an effective step to reverse the trend?
(A)The govt. should immediately completely ban the use of scanners/sonography on expecting mothers at all health centres.
(B) The govt. should announce a substantial incentive scheme for couples who have at least one girl child.
(C) The govt.should launches a nationwide campaign to create awareness against female foeticide.
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A very large number of technically qualified young Indians are coming out of colleges every year though there are not enough opportunities for them to get gainful employment. Which of the following contradicts the views expressed in the above statement?
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The govt. appealed to all cititzens to use potable water judiciously as there is an acute shortage in supply. Excessive use may lead to huge scarcity incoming months. Which of the following assumption is implicit in the above statement? (An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted.)
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The first figure in the first unit of the problem figures bears a certain relation ship to the second figure. similarly, one of the figures in the Answer Figures bears the same relationship to the second figure in the second unit of the problem figures, you are, therefore, to locate the figure which would fit in the question mark.
In each of the questions given below, which of the five Answers Figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence were continued ?
3463 × 295 - 18611 = ? + 5883
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(23.1)2 + (48.6)2 - (39.8)2 = ? + 1147.69
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$$\frac{28}{65}$$ x $$\frac{195}{308}$$ ÷ $$\frac{39}{44}$$ + $$\frac{5}{26}$$ = ?
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[(3$$\sqrt{8}$$+ $$\sqrt{8}$$ ) (8$$\sqrt{8}$$ + 7$$\sqrt{8}$$ )] - 98 = ?
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$$\sqrt{11449}$$x$$\sqrt{6241}$$ - (54)2 = $$\sqrt{?}$$ + (74)2
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39.897% of 4331 + 58.779% of 5003 =?
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43931.03 ÷ 2111.02 × 401.04 =?
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$$\sqrt{6354}$$ x 34.999 = ?
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$$\sqrt[3]{4663}$$ + 349 = ? ÷ 21.003
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59.88 ÷ 12.21 × 6.35 =?
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Instructions: In the following number series only one number is wrong. Find out the wrong number.
7, 12, 40, 222, 1742, 17390, 208608
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Instructions: In the following number series only one number is wrong. Find out the wrong number.
6, 91, 584, 2935, 11756, 35277, 70558
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Instructions: In the following number series only one number is wrong. Find out the wrong number.
9050, 5675, 3478, 2147, 1418, 1077, 950
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Instructions: In the following number series only one number is wrong. Find out the wrong number.
1, 4, 25, 256, 3125, 46656, 823543
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Instructions: In the following number series only one number is wrong. Find out the wrong number.
8424, 4212, 2106, 1051, 526.5, 263.25, 131.625
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Rubina could get equal number of Rs. 55, Rs. 85 and Rs. 105 tickets for a movie. She spends Rs. 2940 for all the tickets. How many of each did she buy?
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The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs. 22,500 at the end of four years is Rs.10,800. What would be the compound interest accrued on the same amount at the same rate of interest at the end of two years?
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The ratio of the present age of Manisha and Deepali is 5 : X. Manisha is 9 years younger than Parineeta. Parineeta’s age after 9 years will be 33 years. The difference between Deepali’s and Manisha’s age is the same as the present age of Parineeta. What should come in place of X?
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Ramola’s monthly income is three times Ravina’s monthly income, Ravina’s monthly income is fifteen percent more that Ruchika’s monthly income. Ruchika’s monthly income is Rs. 32,000. What is Ramola’s annual income?
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An HR Company employs 4800 persons, out of which 45 percent are males and 60 percent of the males are either 25 years or older. How many males are employed in that HR Company who are younger than 25 years?
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Seema bought 20 pens, 8 packets of wax colours, 6 calculators and 7 pencil boxes, The price of one pen is Rs. 7, one packet of wax colour is for Rs. 22, one calculator is for Rs.175 and one pencil box costs Rs. 14 more than the combined price of one pen and one packet of wax colours. How much amount did Seema pay to the shopkeeper?
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The average marks in English of a class of 24 students is 56. If the marks of three students were misread as 44, 45 and 61 in lieu of the actual marks 48, 59 and 67 respectively, then what would be the correct average?
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In a test, a candidate secured 468 marks out of maximum marks ‘A”. Had the maximum marks ‘A’ converted to 700, he would have secured 336 marks. What was the maximum marks of the test?
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Six - elevenths of a number is equal to twentytwo percent of the second number. The second number is equal to one-fourth of the third number. The value of the third number is 2400. What is 45% of the first number?
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In an enterance examination, Ritu scored 56 percent marks, Smita scored 92 percent marks and Rina scored 634 marks. The maximum marks of the examination is 875. What is the average marks scored by all the three girls together?
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If two marbles are drawn at random, what is the probability that both are red or at least one is red?
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If three marbles are drawn at random, what is the probability that at least one is yellow?
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If eight marbles are drawn at random, what is the probability that there are equal numbers of marbles of each colour?
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If three marbles are drawn at random, what is the probability that none is green?
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If four marbles are drawn at random, what is the probability that two are blue and two are red?
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The number of men visiting Super market D forms approximately what percent of the total number of person visiting all the Super markets together?
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The number of children visiting Super Market C forms what percent of the number of children visiting Supermarket F? (rounded off to two digits after decimal)
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What is the total number of children visiting Super markets B and D together?
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What is the average of women visiting all the Super markets together?
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What is the ratio of the number of women visiting Supermarket A to that of those visiting Supermarket C?
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What is the difference between the total number of students who prefer beverage A and C together and the total number of students who prefer beverage D and F together?
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What is the ratio of the number of students who prefer beverage F to the number of students who prefer beverage A?
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The number of students who prefer beverage E and F together is what percent of the total number of students?
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The number of students who prefer beverage C is approximately what percent of the number of students who prefer beverage D?
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How many students prefer beverage B and Beverage E together?
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How many marks did Anushka get in all the subjects together?
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The marks obtained by Garvita in Brand Management is what percent of the marks obtained by Archit in the same subject? (rounded off to two digits after decimal)
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What is the average marks obtained by all students together in Compensation Management?
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Who has scored the highest total marks in all the subjects together?
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How many students have scored the highest marks in more than one subject?
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Out of the total number of students who opted for the given three subjects, in the year 2009, 38% were girls. How many boys opted for Mathematics in the same year?
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If the total number of students in the university in the year 2007 was 455030, the total number of students who opted for the given three subjects was approximately what percent of the students?
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What is the total number of students who opted for Hindi and Mathematics in the years 2006, 2007 and 2009 together?
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The total number of students who opted for Mathematics in the years 2005 and 2008 together is approximately what percent of the total number of students who opted for all three subjects in the same year?
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What is the ratio of the number of students who opted for English in the year 2006 and 2008 together to the number of students who opted for Hindi in the year 2005 and 2009 together?
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Which of the following countries recently conferred its Highest State Honour on Late Mrs Indira Gandhi for her contribution in its 'Liberation war' ?
Which of the following statements is true?
Interest payable on savings bank accounts is
Which of the following is a correct statement?
The Home Minister of India was recently on a visit to Bangladesh, where both the countries signed a Coordinated Border Management Plan (CBMP). What are the major points of this agreement? (A) The plan will help in resolving the long-pending border dispute between both the nations. (B) The head count of the people living in enclaves on the border will be completed within next six months' time. (C) India assured that no BSF Jawan will open fire on the people crossing the borders unless there is an attack on them.
The Govt. of India recently decided to raise the price of oil products like; diesel, petrol and cooking gas. However some taxes on these products were reduced or scrapped altogether. What were these taxes which were reduced or scrapped? (A)Customs Duty (B)VAT (C)Excise Duty
The President of India was recently on a visit to South Korea and Mongolia. During her visit some agreements were signed by both the countries. Which of the following was a common area on which India signed agreements with South Korea and Mongolia both?
Iran recently threatened that it would stop supply of oil to India if the payment issue is not sorted out quickly What is the problem in payment to Iran? (A)The oil supplied by Iran is of substandard quality Hence India suspended the supply and stopped the payment. (B) Indian banks have stopped transfer of money to Iran as UN has imposed sanctions on Iran. (C) India is bound to purchase oil only from OPEC members. Iran has abandoned the membership of OPEC, which has created a problem in payments
Accounts are allowed to be operated by cheques in respect of
Yingluck Shinawatra has won the recently held elections to become the first woman Prime Minister of
Which of the following is a correct statement?
The Lokayukta of which of the following States had submitted a report on illegal mining of iron ore in the State?
The usual deposit accounts of banks are
Fixed deposits and recurring deposits are
Almost all the major economies of the world had reacted sharply on the issue of the USA's ceiling limit on its debt. Why was the issue so important for other nations, which otherwise was an internal matter for the USA? (This was during the month of July 2011, till Senate's decision.) (A)The Senate's decision on the issue might have caused the US dollar to weaken further or get strengthened in international markets. (B) Weakening of the dollar might have pushed up Euro and other major currencies up and some European countries which were already in trouble would have faced a new crisis. (C) Debt limit was directly related to liquidity position of banks in USA.
Which of the following is not a Millennium Goal set by the UNO?
Financial inclusion means provision of
Which of the following statements containing results of India's recent Census is not correct?
Which of the following is known as cross-selling by Banks? (A) Sale of a debit card to a credit card holder (B) Sale of Insurance policy to a depositor (C) Issuance of cash against cheque presented by a third party
Angela Merkel was recently in India to receive Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for the year 2009. What has been her contribution to international politics which made her the 'Best Choice' for the award? (A) She played a major role in restarting negotiations between Russia and USA on 'START'. (B) She initiated 'Health Care Reforms' in Germany and solved problems related to 'future energy development.' (C) She played a crucial role in negotiation of the Treaty of Lisbon' and Berlin declaration.
Japan won the women's Football World Cup 2011 by defeating
Which of the following states became the first state in the country to launch RBI's e-payment system for commercial tax payers''
When a bank returns a cheque unpaid, it is called
Mortgage is a
The world’s highest “Rail Bridge” is being constructed in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. This bridge will be on which of the following rivers?
Which of the following films was not directed by Manikaul, who died recently?
The president of which of the following countries was accused of violation of “War Powers Act” of his country when he decide to attack Libya with other NATO countries in June 2011?
Which of the following schemes has been launched by the Govt. of India to provide an identity to its al resident citizens and also to identify people who are poorest, often the last to stand up to ask for their share in govt. schemes or lack identity?
Which of the following types of accounts are known as ‘Demat Accounts’?
Who amongst the following won the Wimbledon Men’s Finals 2011, which was also his first Wimbledon Title?
Who is the chairman of the committee constituted by RBI to study Issues and Concerns in the Micro Finance Institutions (MFI) Sector?
Upper limit prescribed for RTGS transaction is
Distribution of insurance products and insurance policies by banks as corporate agents is known as
In order to attract more foreign exchange the Govt. of India decided to allow foreign investment in LLP firms. What is full form of “LLP” as used in this reference?
NEFT means
Who among the following has been appointed as a director on board of Bank of America-the first non-American on the board of the one of the largest financial institutions in the world?
When the rate of inflation increases
POSCO is in the process of establishing its plants in India. What does the letter ‘P’ denote in the name POSCO?
Who amomg the following has become the chief Minister of a State in India for third consecutive term?
Who among the following is the winner of Man Booker Prize 2011?
Interest on savings bank account is now calculated by banks on
The third International Conference of the Trade Unions was organized in June 2011 in
A centralized database with online connectivity to branches, Internet as well as ATM network which has been adopted by almost all major banks of our country is known as
The Govt. of India recently decided to lift the four-years- old ban on export of wheat. What was the reason for the same? (A) India had a bumper crop of wheat during last two years. Hence it has excess stock of wheat. (B) As per the Food Security Act, India is bound to provide 10 million tones of wheat to World food grain stock every year. India defaulted last year. This year it does not want to be one. (C) As advised by the Supreme Court of India, the money received from export should be used to pay subsidy to the farmers.
Which of the following is not considered a money market instrument?
With a view to facilitating payment of balance in the deposit account to the person named by the depositor without any hassles in the event of death of the account holder, the following facility was introduced for bank accounts in our country:
The Govt. of which of the following states has agreed to give captive mines of iron ores to all the companies who are willing to establish plants there?
'Gorkhaland Council', which was recently in news, is a body set up for administration of which of the following Districts?
Banks in our country normally publicise that additional interest rate is allowed on retail domestic term deposits of
Largest shareholder (in percentage shareholding) of a nationalised bank is
To change selected text to all capital letters, click the change case button, then click
A person who uses his or her expertise to gain access to other people's computers to get information illegally or do damage is a
A device that connects to a network without the use of cables is said to be
Reusable optical storage will typically have the acronym
The most common type of storage devices are
Codes consisting of lines of varying widths or lengths that are computer-readable are known as
A Web site's main page is called its
Part number, part description, and number of parts ordered are examples of
To access properties of an object, the mouse technique to use is
Computers use which number system to store data and perform calculations.
______are attempts by individuals to obtain confidential information from you by falsifying their identity.
Why is it unethical to share copyrighted files with your friends?
Which of the following can be used to select the entire document?
To instruct Word to fit the width of a column to the contents of a table automatically, click the ______ button and then point to AutoFit Contents.
The simultaneous processing of two or more programs by multiple processors is
A disk’s content that is recorded at the time of manufacture and that cannot be changed or erase by the user is
What is the permanent memory built into your computer called?
The default view in Excel is _______view.
What displays the contents of the active cell in Excel?
In word you can force a page break
Grouping and processing all of a firm’s transactions at one time is called
Help menu is available at which, button?
You can keep your personal files/folders in
A central computer that holds collections of data and programs for many PCs, workstations, and other computers is a(n)
When you save to this, your data will remain intact even when the computer is turned off.
The folder retains copies of messages that you have started but are not yet ready to send.
You can a search by providing more information the search engine can use to select a smaller, more useful set of results.
The contents of are lost when the computer turns off.
The enables you to simultaneously keep multiple Web pages open in one browser window.
A DVD is an example of a(n)
The basic unit of a worksheet into which you enter data in Excel is called a
---------is the process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors.
Which ports connect special types of music instruments to sound cards?
The process of transferring files from a computer on the Internet to your computer is called
--------- In Excel allows users to bring together copies of workbooks that other users have worked on independently.
If you want to connect to your own computer through the Internet from another location, you can use
To reload a Web page, press the button.
Mobile Commerce is best described as
Video processors consist of ______and _______, which store and process images.
______are words that a programming language has set aside for its own use.
What is the process of copying software programs from secondary storage media to the hard disk called?
This first step in the transaction processing cycle captures business data through various modes such as optical scanning or at an electronic commerce website.
When the pointer is positioned on a like a hand.
The computer abbreviation KB usually means
Which of the following are advantages of CD-ROM as a storage media?
A (n)____is a special visual and audio effect applied in Powerpoint to text or content.
Which of the following is a storage device that uses rigid, permanently installed magnetic disks to store data/ information?
The piece of hardware that converts your computer's digital signal to an analog signal that can travel over telephone lines is called a
Personal computers can be connected together to form a
A ----- is the term used when a search engine returns a Web page that matches the search criteria.
Poverty is the state of majority of world's people and nations. Why is this? ....... Have they been lazy, made poor decisions, and been solely responsible for their own plight? What about their governments? Have they pursued policies that actually harm successful development? Such causes of poverty and inequality are no doubt real. But deeper and more global causes of poverty are often less discussed. Behind the increasing inter-connectedness promised by globalisation are global decisions, policies and practices. These are typically influenced, driven or formulated by the rich and powerful. These can be leaders of rich countries or other global actors such as multinational corporations, institutions and influential people. In the face of such enormous external influence, the governments of poor nations and their people are often powerless. As a result, in the global context, a few get wealthy while the majority struggles.
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Women's rights around the world are an important indicator to understand global well-being. A major global women's rights treaty was ratified by the majority of the world's nations a few decades ago. These range from the cultural, political to the economic. For example, women often work more than men, yet are paid less; gender discrimination affects girls and women throughout their lifetime; and women and girls are often the ones that suffer the most poverty. Many may think that women's rights are only an issue in countries where religion is law. Or even worse, some may think this is no longer an issue at all. But reading the report about the United Nation's Women's Treaty and how an increasing number of countries are lodging reservations will show otherwise. Gender equality furthers the cause of child survival and development for all of society, so the importance of women's rights and gender equality should not be underestimated.
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Research has shown that air pollutants from fossil fuel use make clouds reflect more of the sun's rays back into space. This leads to an effect known as global dimming whereby less heat and energy reaches the earth. However, it is believed that global dimming caused the droughts in certain parts of the world where millions died, because the northern hemisphere oceans were not warm enough to allow rain formation. Global dimming is also hiding the true power of global warming. By cleaning up global dimming- causing pollutants without tackling greenhouse gas emissions, rapid warming has been observed and various human health and ecological disasters have resulted, as witnessed during the European heat wave in 2003, which saw thousands of people die. ______.
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Next to China, India is the most populated country in the world. ______. Particularly, rush to technical andhigher education has increased as the scope for arts and science has become lesser and lesser due to lack of reforms and upgradation in the course structure and materials according to the developments of the world. Also, qualification in higher education gives added advantage to face competition successfully in the job market.
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Analysts and industry pundits forecast that the notebook market which has been growing faster than the desktop market for the past three years is expected to overtake the desktop market by the year 2011-12. A fall in prices, large deals from governments and institutions and demand from consumers and sectors such as education are expected to help the notebook numbers. According to research agencies, the year 2010 - 11 saw notebook volumes rise and for the first time, a million-plus notebooks were sold in India in a single quarter. The market has grown nearly four times for notebooks. The demand is driven by all sectors and a very buoyant consumer market, which prefers mobile computers. Entry-level notebook prices have dropped below the Rs. 25,000 mark; this has helped break the ice with new customers. This drop in notebook prices has been helped by the drop in the prices of the building blocks that make a notebook. It's simple. With notebook volumes growing, the prices of the components are also bound to come down______ ______ .
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Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
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Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
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Which of the following should be the SEVENTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?
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Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
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Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
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Drugs worth Rs. 3 lakh were ___ from the apartment by the police. (A) manufactured (B) ruptured (C) seized (D) confiscated (E) bought (F) compared
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A man reportedly_____ two passports with the same photograph but under different names was arrested by the commissioner's Task Force. (A) possessing (B) examining (C) surrendering (D) mastering (E) holding (F) fixating
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The Hollywood star and the Bollywood heroine are being ____ as the next big onscreen couple. (A) labelled (B) explained (C) worshiped (D) touted (E) exclaimed (F) shouted
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An organization ______ to the mission of road safety has prepared an action plan for reducing accidents and related injuries and fatalities. (A) specified (B) inaugurated (C) committed (D)kickedoff (E) succumbed (F) dedicated
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The ability of a woman to do well does not_____ on whether it is a man's world or not, because everyone has his/her own opportunities. (A) trust (B) depend (C) reckon (D) live (E) rest (F) believe
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LABOUR (A) expedite (B) to move faster (C) controlled (D)toil
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MEAN (A) imply (B) understand (C) average (D)characterized by malice
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REGULAR (A) present (B) common (C) indiscriminate (D) uniform
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MASK (A) cover (B) hide (C) conceal (D) disguise
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ALONE (A) exclusively (B) morose (C) solitary (D) human being
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Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below it.
Certain words are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
In a reversal of the norm elsewhere, in India policymakers and economists have become optimists while bosses do the worrying. The country's Central Bank has predicted that the country's economy is likely to grow at a double-digit rate during the next 20-30 years. India had the capability with its vast labour and lauded entrepreneurial spirit. But the private sector, which is supposed to do the heavy lifting that turns India from the world's tenth largest economy to its third largest by 2030, has become fed up.
Business people often carp about India's problems but their irritation this time has a nervous edge. In the first quarter of 2011, GDP grew at an annual rate of 7.8 percent; in 2005-07, it managed 9-10 percent. The economy may be slowing naturally as the low-interest rates and public spending that got India through the global crisis are belatedly being withdrawn. At the same time, the surge in inflation caused by exorbitant food prices has spread more widely, casting doubt over whether India can grow at 8-10 percent in the medium term without overheating.
In India, as in many fast-growing nations, the confidence to invest depends on the conviction that the long-term trajectory is intact, and it is that which is in doubt. Big Indian firms too. Sometimes, seem happier to invest abroad than at home, in deals that are often hailed as symbols of the country's growing clout but sometimes speak to its weaknesses—purchases of natural resources that India has in abundance but struggles to get out of the ground. In fact, a further dip in investment could be self- fulfilling: if fewer roads, ports and factories are built, this will hurt both short-term growth figures and reduce the economy's long-term capacity.
There is a view that because a fair amount of growth is assured the government need not try very hard. The liberalisation that began in 1991 freed markets for products and gave rise to vibrant competition. At the same time what economists call factor markets, those for basic inputs like land, power, labour, etc., remains unreformed and largely under state control, which creates difficulties. Clearances today can take three to four years, and many employers are keen to replace workers with machines despite an abundance of a labour force. This can be attributed to labour laws that are inimical to employee creation and an education system that means finding quality manpower a major problem. In fact, the Planning Commission concluded that achieving even nine per cent growth will need marked policy action in unreformed sectors. Twenty years ago it was said that the yardstick against which India should be measured was its potential, and it is clear that there remains much to do.
Why are employers reluctant to hire Indian labour force?
(A) India's labour force is overqualified for the employment opportunities available.
(B) High attrition rate among employees stemming from their entrepreneurial spirit
(C) Labour laws are not conducive to generating employment.
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What is the state of India's basic input sectors at present?
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Which of the following can be said about the Indian economy at present?
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What impact has the GDP growth of 7.8 percent had?
(A) Indian Industry is anxious about India's economic growth.
(B) India has achieved status as the world's third-largest economy at present.
(C) Foreign investment in India has drastically increased.
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Which of the following is most opposite in meaning of the word 'marked' given in bold as used in the passage?
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What is the author's main objective in writing the passage?
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What measures do experts suggest to be taken to ensure targeted economic growth?
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Which of the following is most similar in meaning to the word 'clout' given in bold as used in the passage?
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In many countries, a combustible mixture of authoritarianism, unemployment and youth has given rise to disaffection with strongmen rulers, which has, in turn, spilled over into uprisings. Young people in these countries are far better educated than their parents were. In 1990, the average Egyptian had 4.4 years of schooling; by 2010, the figure had risen to 7.1 years. Could it be that education, by making people less willing to put up with restrictions on freedom and more willing to question authority, promotes democratisation? Ideas about the links between education, income and democracy are at the heart of what social scientists have long studied. Since then plenty of economists and political scientists have looked for statistical evidence of a causal link between education and democratisation. Many have pointed to the strong correlation that exists between levels of education and measures like the pluralism of party politics and the existence of civil liberties. The patterns are similar when income and democracy are considered. There are outliers, of course—until recently, many Arab countries managed to combine energy-based wealth and decent education with undemocratic political systems. But some deduce from the overall picture that as China and other authoritarian states get more educated and richer, their people will agitate for greater political freedom, culminating in a shift to a more democratic form of government.
This apparently reasonable intuition is shakier than it seems. Critics of the hypothesis point out that correlation is hardly causation. The general trend over the past half-century may have been towards rising living standards, a wider spread of basic education and more democracy, but it is entirely possible that this is being driven by another variable. Even if the correlation were not spurious, it would be difficult to know which way causation ran. Does more education lead to greater democracy? Or are more democratic countries better at educating their citizens? A recent NBER paper compared a group of Kenyan girls in 69 primary schools whose students were randomly selected to receive a scholarship with similar students in schools which received no such financial aid. Previous studies had shown that the scholarship programme led to higher test scores and increased the likelihood that girls enrolled in secondary school. Overall, it significantly increased the amount of education obtained. For the new study, the authors tried to see how the extra schooling had affected the political and social attitudes of the women in question. Findings suggested that education may make people more interested in improving their own fives but they may not necessarily see democracy as the way to do it. Even in established democracies, more education does not always mean either more active political participation or greater faith in democracy. Poorer and less educated people often vote in larger numbers than their more educated compatriots, who often express disdain for the messiness of democracy, yearning for the kind of government that would deal strongly with the corrupt and build highways, railway fines and bridges at a dizzying pace of authoritarian China.
Which of the following is most similar in meaning to the word 'promotes' given in bold as used in the passage?
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In the context of the passage, which of the following characterize (s) democracies? (A)Active participation of majority of educated citizens in electoral process (B) Fast, paced economic growth and accountability of those in power (C) Better standards of living and access to higher education
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What, according to the author, has led to uprisings in authoritarian countries?
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What does the phrase "messiness of democracy" convey in the context of the passage?
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Which of the following is/are true about China in the context of the passage?
(A) China's citizens are in favour of a more representative form of government.
(B) China has made huge strides in infrastructure development.
(C) China is in the midst of a political revolution.
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What inference can be drawn from the statistics cited about Egypt's education system?
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Which of the following most aptly describes the central theme of the passage?
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