SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008

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As per newspaper reports the inflation in India and China was at a very high level. In such a situation the Central Banks of these countries are required to follows:

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The Govt. of India has fixed some targets for various programmes for the entire plan period/ or part of it. Which of the following is/are TRUE about the Bharat Nirman Programme?
1. The plane envisages irrigation of 10 million hectares additional land:
2. It is planned that about six hundred km. of new roads will be developed every month.
3. About 1000 new telephone connections will be given to rural areas every month so that by the end of the plan all villages in India are brought under telephone services network.

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Many a times we read a term in financial newspapers GDR. What is the full form of the same?

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Who amongst the following has .written the book “Ammi! Letter to a Democratic Mother”?

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As per reports in the newspapers the Indian Rupee is appreciating these day. What does it really mean?
1. The value of the Rupee has gone up. It is now 110 paise and not 100 paise:
2. The Exchange Rate of Rupee has gone up.
3. Now we can purchase more in one rupee which was not possible earlier.

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The U’S Federal Reserve had recently reduced the interest rates by 150 basis points in the last few months. This was done because:

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The Banking System in India has mainly two types of Credit Control systems, Quantitative and Qualitative: Which of the following is/ are NOT Quantitative Credit Control(s)?
1. Bank Rate
2. CRR
3. Margin Requirement

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Which of the following is India’s largest public sector commercial Bank at present?

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Which of the following was the venue of the Fifth National Winter games of India held in February 2008?

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Who amongst the following of Indian origin is nominated as the Governor of Louisiana and American State?

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As we all know Ministry of Finance Very year prepared Union Budget and present it to the parliament. Which of the following is/are the elements of the Union Budget?
1. Estimates of revenue and capital receipts.
2. Ways and Means to raise the revenue:
3. Estimates of expenditure:

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Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission (SLMM) has Nordic Monitors from five nations. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

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Who played the role of the Hockey Coach in the film Chak De India for which he was given the Award for Best Actor?

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Some banks have floated Initial public issues (IPOs) in recent past. What was the purpose of these issues?

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Which of the following is True about the India-Africa Summit held in April 2008?
1. The summit was 10th such Summit held every year.
2. This time the venue of the summit was India as India hosted it for the first time:
3. About 14 African countries participated in the summit.

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India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which of the following countries which says they will create a “Multi Polar World Order” based on the rule of law, sovereign equality and noninterference in internal affairs of States?

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Mira Nair who was awarded the “Person of the year 2007” by India Abroad Newspaper of New York has done exemplary work in the field of :

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 31

As per the Economic Survey 2007-08 the food grain production is expected to:

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Who amongst the following is the author of the book “Straight from the Heart”?

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The tour of 2008 Beijing Olympic Torch was disrupted at many places. What was/were the main reason(s) for the same?
1. It was due to pro Tibetan demorigtration.
2. It was because some 15 African countries are not allowed to participate in the games.
3. It was because Chinese were protesting against such organizations as they were passing through a stroke of a natural disaster.

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As per Union Budget 2008-2009 a new National Fund is to be launched for which of the following purposes?

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 36

Yousuf Raza Gillani who was elected the Prime Minister of Pakistan is from which political parties?

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A top level delegation from the UK visited India in January 2008 to participate in India-UK Annual Summit. The UK delegation was led by:

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 38

The United Nations Climate Change Conference was organized in Bali in December 2007, where many protocol, and agreements were reviewed. Which of the following protocols, agreements is/are not associated with the issue of climate change?
1. Kyoto Protocol
2. Washington Declaration
3. Look East Policy

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Recently one Indian Cricket player has become the sixth batsman to earn 10000 runs in Test Crickets. The name of the player is:

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
They yearly festival was close at hand: The store room was packed with silk fabrics, gold ornaments, clay bowls full of sweet curd and platefuls of sweetmeats. The orders had been placed with shops well in advance: The mother was sending out gifts to everyone. The eldest son, a government servant, lived with his wife and children in far off lands. The second son had left home at an early age: As a merchant he travelled all over the world. The other sons had split up over petty squabbles, and they now lived in homes of their own. The relatives were spread all across the world. They rarely visited. The youngest son, left in the company of a servant, was soon bored left her and stood at the door all day long, waiting and watching. His mother, thrilled and excited, loaded the presents on trays and plates, covered them with colourful kerchiefs, and sent them off with maids and servants. The neighbours looked on.
The day came to an end. All the presents had been sent off.
The child came back into the house and dejectedly said to his mother, “Maa, you gave a present to everyone, but you didn’t give me anything!”
His mother laughed, “I have given all the gifts away to everyone, now see what’s left for
you.” She kissed him on the forehead.
The child said in a tearful voice, “Don’t I get a gift?”
“You’ll get it when you go far away.”
“But when I am close to you, don’t I get something from your own hands?”
His mother reached out her arms and drew him to her, “This is all I have in my own hands. It is the most precious of all.”

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Why did the woman’s second son travel?

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 42

Why did the woman’s eldest son not attend the festival?

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How did the woman prepare for the festival?
1. She bought expensive gifts for her children and neighbours.
2. She ordered her servants to prepare sweets and food well in advance:
3. She made sure that her youngest child was looked after so that he wouldn’t be bored.

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What did the youngest child do while his mother was busy?
1. He waited for a chance to steal some sweetmeats.
2. He pestered his mother to give him a present.
3. He stood at the door with the servants.

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Which of the following can be said about the woman?

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 46

What did the boy receive from his mother?

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Which of the following is TRUE in the context of the passage?

Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage:

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence: The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (ignore errors of punctuation, if any).

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(a) Many multinational companies / (b) have not been as1 (c) successful in India / (d) than we expected. / (e) No error

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(a) He has ruined / (b) his eyesight / (c) by not using / (d) his spectacles regularly. / (e) No error

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(a) Mostly of the / (b) newly recruited officers / (c) have no experience / (d) in the banking sector. / (e) No error

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(a) The resignation of / (b) one of our directors / (c) have caused the price / (d) of shares to fall. / (e) No error

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(a) There are many/ (b) ways of which/ (c) inflation can / (d) be measured. / (e) No error

Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark (E) as the answer.

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The issue was taken before the Municipal Corporation meeting last week.

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 59

Considerate the traffic, it is better to leave for the airport an hour early.

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He is a good leader, knowing that to motivate his employees to achieve:

Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

1. The able bodied men of the tribe gathered to discuss how to climb the mountain.
2. As part of their plundering they kidnapped a baby of one of the families.
3. One day the mountain tribe invaded those living in the, valley.
4. “We couldn’t climb the mountain. How could you?”, they asked: “It wasn’t your baby!” she replied:
5. There were two tribes in the Andes-one lived in the valley and the other high up in the mountains.
6. Two days later they noticed the child’s mother coming down the mountain that they hadn’t yet figured out how to climb.

In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are numbered as (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence: Find out the word, which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of that world is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and- also appropriate in the context of the sentence mark, (E) i.e: ‘All Correct’ as your answer.

In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered: These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words/phrases are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case:

I used to look (1) to the holidays. I was usually (2) to my uncle’s house where I (3) his children. I did not get paid a salary for (4) . What I received in return however, was far more (5) . My uncle was an avid reader. During the time I spent with his family I had an (6) to read the vast amount of books and magazines that he possessed: This improved my English to some (7) . Reading become my new (8) – (9) spending my pocket money on a ticket to the cinema I began to (10) books. This has benefited me greatly.

For the following questions answer them individually
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Market Research is needed:

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Marketing and Selling are:

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 88

4P’s of Marketing means:

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Market Segmentation means:

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 90

Digital Marketing means: ,(find the correct option)

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Marketing Plans are used for:

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Customisation means:

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Product mix means:

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Rural Marketing involves:

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Direct Marketing is necessary of:

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Marketing of Inernet Banking means:

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 101

.is when the more-hungry components, such as the monitor and the hard drive, are put in idle:

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The.. key and the.. key can be used in combination with other keys to perform shortcuts and special tasks.

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Which type of software manages the computer’s processes, functioning as an interface, connecting the user, the application software, and the hardware?

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 107

The portion of the CPU that coordinates the activities of all the other computer components is the:

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A(n). is a combination of hardware and software that facilitates the sharing of information between computing devices.

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Which of the following statements is true concerning?

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 118

Which of the following terms is just the connection of networks that can be joined together? .

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.is a form of permanent memory that holds all the instructions the computer needs to start up and does not get erased when the power is awned off.

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions?

For the following questions answer them individually
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38 per cent of first number is 52 per cent of the second number. What is the respective ratio of the first number to the second number?

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 143

What is the compound interest accrued on an amount of Rs. 12,000/- at the rate of 10 p.c.p.a. at the end of 3 Years?

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 144

The average age of a man and his son is 54 years. The ratio of their ages is 23 : 13 respectively. What will be ratio of their ages after 6 years?

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 145

A single persons takes 3 minutes to write a letter. If from 10 a:m. to 12.00 noon, 1960 letters are to be written, how many persons should be employed on this job?

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The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs. 9,530/- at the end of 6 years is Rs. 2,859/-. What is the rate of interest p.c:p.a:?

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 147

The cost of 10 Chairs and 15 Tables is Rs. 15,525/-. What is the cost of 8 Chairs and 12 Tables?

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 148

The owner of a Gift shop charges his customer 28% more than the cost price: If a customer paid Rs. 1,408/- for some Soft toys, then what was the cost price of those Soft toys?

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109. A plot of 715 sq. ft. is available at the rate of Rs. 3,850/- per sq.ft. If 40% of the total cost of the plot is to be paid for booking the plot, how much is the booking amount?

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A sum of money is divided among A, B, C and D in the ratio of 4 : 5 : 7 : 11 respectively. If the share of C is Rs. 1,351/- then what is the total amount of money of A and D together?

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 153

Mr. Madhur deposits an amount of Rs. 58,750/- to obtain a simple interest at the rate of 12 p.c:p.a:for years. What total amount will Mr. Madhur get at the end of 4 years?

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 154

If an amount of Rs. 96,393/- is distributed equally amongst 33 children. How much amount would each child get?

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 157

In a class of 55 students and 3 teachers, each student got sweets that are 20% of the total number of students and each teacher got sweets that are 60% of the total number of students. How many sweets were there?

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 159

In an examination it is required to get 350 of the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 32% marks and is declared failed by 70 marks. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get?

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 161

In a certain code DATE is written as #%$@ and STYLE is written as *$&↑ @. How is DELAY written in that code?

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If it is possible to make only one meaningful word from the second, the fourth, the sixth and the ninth letters of the word PROACTIVE, using each letter only once, second letter of that word is your answer. If more than one word can be formed your answer is M and if no such word can be formed your answer is N.

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How many such pairs of letters are there in the word FOREHAND each of which have as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet?

These questions are based on the following arrangement. Study it carefully and answer the questions that follow.
T 6 # I J 1 % L E 3 K 9 @ A H 7 B D 2 U $ R 4 * 8

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 166

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way on the basis of their position in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group?

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 168

If all the vowels are removed from the above arrangement which element will be sixth to the right of fourth element from the left?

In each question below are three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Give answer (A) if only conclusion I follows.
Give answer (B) if only conclusion II follows.
Give answer (C) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
Give answer (D) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.
Give answer (E) if both conclusions I and II follow.

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Statements :
All taps are wells.
Some wells are canals.
All canals are rivers.
Conclusions :
I. Some rivers are taps.
II. Some wells are rivers.

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Statements :
Some files are papers.
Some papers are books.
All books are journals.
Conclusions :
I. Some papers are journals.
II. Some files are journals.

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Statements :
Some apples are grapes.
Some grapes are mangoes.
No mango is guava.
Conclusions :
I Some guavas are apples.
II. No guava is apple.

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Statements :
Some computers are screens.
Some screens are movies.
Some movies are scripts.
Conclusions :
I. Some computers are movies.
II. Some screens are scripts.

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Statements :
All pearls are gems.
All gems are diamonds.
All diamonds are corals.
Conclusions :
I. Some diamonds are pearls.
II. Some corals are diamonds.

In the following questions symbols @, #, % , $ and * are used with different meanings as follows.
‘A @ B’ means `A is not smaller than B’.
`A # B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor equal to B’.
`A % B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor greater than B’.
`A $ B’ means ‘A is not greater than B’.
`A * B’ means ‘A is neither greater than nor equal to
B’.In each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find out which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/ are definitely true.
Give answer (A) if only conclusion I is true.
Give answer (B) if only conclusion II is true.
Give answer (C) if either conclusion I or conclusion II is true.
Give answer (D) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true.
Give answer (E) if both conclusions I and II are true.

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Statements :
T @ V, V # M, M % F
Conclusions :
I. T # M
II. T @ F

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 177

Statements :
L $ N, N * F, R % L
Conclusions :
I. F # R
II.R $ N

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 178

Statements :
H # I, I @ J, J $ P
Conclusions :
I. H # J
II. H # P

SBI Clerk 1shift 13 July 2008 - Question 179

Statements :
L * D, D # K, K $ J
Conclusions :
I.L * K
II. D $ J

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Statements :
Q $ W, W % E, E @ K
Conclusions :
I. Q $ K
II. W @ K

In each of these questions a group of letters is given followed by four combinations of digits ad symbols numbered (A), (B), (C) and (D). The letters are to be coded as per the scheme and conditions given below. The serial number of the combination that correctly represents the group of letters is, your answer. If none of the combinations is correct your answer is (E) i.e: None of these:

Conditions:
(i) If the first letter in the, group is a vowel and the last letter is a consonant their codes are to be interchanged:
(ii) If the first letter in the group is a consonant and the last letter is a vowel both are o be coded by the code for vowel.
(iii)If the first as well as the last letter is a vowel both are to be coded by the code for first letter.

Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.
Seven friends K, M, L, H, F, D and C are sitting around a circle facing the centre: L is second to the right of H who is to the immediate right of C. M is third to the left of D and to the immediate right of F.

Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.

Seven friends P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are teaching subjects Maths, Physics, Biology, English, History, Psychology and French not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them has liking for a different colour Pink, Green, Blue, Red, Yellow; White and Orange again not necessarily in the same order. T teaches Biology and likes Green colour. Q teaches History and he does not like Yellow or Orange: The one who likes Red teaches physics. P teaches French and likes Blue: The one who teaches English likes Pink. R teaches Maths and V teaches psychology. U does not like Red: Maths teacher does not like Yellow.

In each of the questions given below which one of the five answer figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence were continued?

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