SBI Clerk 1st shift 01 March 2009

For the following questions answer them individually

Which of the following is the objective of the project “Bhoomi Keralam” launched by the State Govt.?

Which of the following States introduced a high tech food grain rationing system to ensure timely supply of the foodgrains to people living below poverty line?

Which of the following is/are NOT the feature/s of India’s Foreign Trade policy (2004 to 2009)?
1.To double India’s percentage share of global trade from present 0.7 per cent to 1.5 per cent by 2009.
2.Simplifying the procedures and bringing down the cost.
3.Make SAARC countries India’s most preferred foreign trade partners by 2009.

Which of the following was/ were the objective(s) of the Misson Chandrayaan 1?
1.Preparing dimensional atlas of the lunar surface.
2.Chemical Mapping of the entire lunar surface.
3.Locating minerals in the soil of the moon.

Stephen Harper whose name was in news recently is the

Which of the following awards was given to Pt. Bhimsen Joshi recently (2008)?

Which of the following State Govts. has announced that it will provide a special package of incentives to Employment Intensive industries?

Which of the following programMes is being implemented in all the districts of the country?

The Govt. of India decided to provide a bonus price of Rs. 50 per quintal on which of the following products over and above its minimum support price of Rs. 850 per quintal?

Which of the following is/are the measure(S) taken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to ease the liquidity crunch in the country?
1.Cut in Cash Reserve Ratio and Statutory Liquidity Ratio.
2.Increase the flow of foreign direct investment
3.Supply of additional currency notes in the market

Who amongst the following is the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2008?

A national level commission of , India has asked about twenty States to set up which of the following commissions in their States as early as possible?

Which of the following States has decided to set up Arsenic Removal Plants in all the districts of the State to enable itself to provide arsenic-free drinking water to all the people by 2010-11?

Jelena Jankovic of Serbia won which of the following titles of tennis after defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova?

Who amongst the following is the Minister of Home Affairs in Union Cabinet of India at present?

Besides USA India has signed Nuclear Agreement with which of the following countries and is named as “Cooperation Agreement for Peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy”?

Which of the following is TRUE about “Antyodaya Anna Yoj a na”?
1.Scheme is for Below Poverty Line families.
2.People are provided cooked meals under the scheme.
3.All beneficiaries of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act are covered in this scheme.

Which of the following is NOT a Govt. sponsored organization?

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. Keshava, the washerman had a donkey. They worked together all day, and Keshava would pour out his heart to the donkey. One day, Keshava was walking home with the donkey when he felt tired. He tied the donkey te=a tree and sat down to rest fora while, near a school. A window was open, and through it, a teacher could be heard scolding the students. “Here I am, trying to turn you donkeys into human beings, but you just won’t study!” As soon as Keshava heard these words, his ears pricked up. A man who could actually turn, donkeys into humans! This was the answer to his prayers. Impatiently, he waited for school to be over that day. When everyone had gone home, and only the teacher remained behind to check some papers, Keshava entered the classroom. “How can I help you?” asked the teacher. Keshava scratched his head and said. “I heard what you said to the children. This donkey is my companion. If you made it human, we could have such good times together.” The teacher decided to trick Keshava. He pretended to think for a while and then said, “Give me six months and it will cost you a thousand rupees.” The washerman agreed and rushed home to get the money. He then left the donkey in the teacher’s care. After the six months were up, Keshava went to the teacher. The teacher had been using the donkey for his own work. Not wanting to give it up, he said, “Oh, your doilkey became so clever that it ran away. He is the headman of the next village. “When Keshava reached the next village he found the village elders sitting under a -tree, discussing serious problems: How surprised they were when Keshava marched up to the headman, grabbed his arm and said. “How dare you? You think you are so clever that you ran away? Come home at once!” The headman understood someone had played a trick on Keshava. “I am not your donkey!” he said. “Go find the sage in the forest. “Keshava found the sage sitting under a tree with his eyes closed, deep in meditation: He crept up and grabbed the sage’s beard.”Come back home now!” he shouted. The startled sage somehow calmed Keshava. When he heard what had happened, he had a good laugh. Then he told the washerman kindly, “The teacher made a fool of you. Your donkey must be still with him. Go and take it back from him. Try to make some real friends, who will talk with you and share your troubles. A donkey will never be able to do that!” Keshava returned home later that day with his donkey, sadder and wiser.

Which of the following can be said about the teacher?

Why did Keshava talk to his donkey while working?

Which of the following is Not true in the context of the passage?
1.The donkey was overburdened by the teacher.
2.The teacher was cunning by nature.
3.The sage laughed at Keshava and treated him unkindly.

What made Keshava pull the sage’s beard?

Why did the teacher ask ‘Keshava to leave the donkey with him for six months?
1.He realised that the donkey would require a lot of training.
2.To reduce Keshava’s dependence on the donkey.
3.He wanted to rescue the donkey from,Keshava who did not know how to treat the donkey proper ‘

Why was Keshava keen to meet the teacher one day?

How did Keshava get his donkey back?

Why did Keshava interrupt the discussion among the village elders?

Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.

Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.

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

The company has set up a foundation which helps students who do not have the necessary funds to study ahead.

If this land is used to cultivate crops it will be additionally a source of income for the villagers.

Belonged to this cadre, you are eligible for facilities such as free air travel and accommodation.

The bank has hired a consultant who will look into any issues which arise during the merger.

I had severe doubts about If I successfully run a company, but my father encouraged me.

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 word 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 order to succeed (A)/it is crucial (B)/for an organisation to constantly (C)/improve. (D) /All correct (E).

With some assistance (A)/from her son she was enable(B)/to settle (C)/her debts (D)/ on time. All correct (E).

We have prepared a detailed (A)/report giving various (B)/ solutions (C)/ to resort(D)/ the problem. All correct (E).

RBI has attempted (A)/to spend(B)/financial (C)/ awareness (D)/through this programme. All correct (E).

Though the government Initiated (A)/a large sum (B)/of money in the scheme (C)/it was a failure. (D)/All correct (E)

Rearrange the following six number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
1. I was pleased by their reaction.
2.Writing my speech was easy, but I was unsure if I could motivate the employees to donate to those _affected by the earthquake.
3.Instead of throwing out their unusable articles, they had transferred them to my office in the name of donations.
4.When a reputed company invited me to deliver a lecture on Corporate Social Responsibility, I agreed.
5.It was an affluent company and the well dreNsed employees who met me afterwards promised to send lots of donations to my office.
6.What I saw however when I opened the bags of `donations’ they had sent shocked me.

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic 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.)

It is necessarily to maintain (A)/ a record of all transactions (B)/in case the auditors (C)/ want to see it. (D)/No error (E).

Very few young trainees (A)/ willingly undertake (B)/a posting to a branch (C)/located in a rural area. (D)/No error (E).

He has travelled (A)/all over (B)/ world yet he speaks (C)/ several languages fluently. (D)/ No error (E).

A successful company is (A)/ any that makes a good (B)/ profit and provides (C)/high returns to its shareholders. (D)/ No error (E).

The agrement on (A)/ which all of us have/ (B)/worked so hard will (C)/ be sign tomorrow.(D)/ No error (E).

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 are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. Today, twenty—two years after the bank (1), it has over a thousand branches all over the country and the staff (2) about twenty three lakh borrowers. We decided to operate (3) from conventional banks who would ask their clients to come to their office. Many people in rural areas found this (4). Our bank is therefore based on the (5) that people should not come to the bank but that the bank should go to the people. Our loans are also (6)—we give them for activities from candle making to tyre repair. We also keep (7) checks on the borrower through weekly visits. We do this to make certain that the family of the borrower is (8) from the loan.

For the following questions answer them individually

Which of the following groups consists of only output devices?

Arithmetic operations -

The role of a—generally is to determine a buyer’s needs and match it to the correct hardware and software.

Delivery Channel means—

Promotion in Marketing means.—

Processing involves—

Rural Marketing need not be resorted to because—

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

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

For the following questions answer them individually

The ratio of ducks and frogs in a pond is 37 : 39 respectively. The average number of ducks and frogs in the pond is 152. What is the number of frogs in the pond?

The number of employees in Companies A, B and C are in a ratio of 4 : 5 : 6 respectively. If the number of employees in the three Companies is increased by 25%, 30% and 50% respectively, what will be the new ratio of employees working in Companies A, B and C respectively?

The average of five positive numbers is 213. The average of the first two numbers is 233.5 and the average of last two numbers is 271. What is the third number?

Sonali invests 15% of her monthly salary in insurance policies. She spends 55% of her monthly salary in shopping and on household expenses. She saves the remaining amount of Rs. 12,750/-. What is Sonali’s monthly income?

Study the following table carefully and answer the questions given blow it.
Total residents and percentage of women out of those living in various societies over the years



What is the difference between the total residents living in all the societies together in the year 2006 and the total residents living in all the societies together in the year 2007?

For the following questions answer them individually

What approximate amount of compound interest can be obtained on an amount of Rs. 9,650/- at the rate of 6 p.c.p.a. at the end of 3 years?

A milkman sells 120 litres of milk for Rs. 3,360/- and he sells 240 litres of milk for Rs. 6,120/- How much concession does the trader give per litre of milk, when he, sells 240 litres of milk?

When 3626 is divided by the square of a number and the answer so obtained is multiplied by 32, the final answer obtained is 2368. What is the number?

The sum of the two digits of a two-digit number is 14. The difference between the first digit and the second digit of the two-digit number is 2. What is the product of the two digits of the two-digit number?

A car runs at the speed of 50 kms per hour when not serviced and runs at 60 km./hr. when serviced. After servicing the car covers a certain distance in 6 hours. How much time will the car take to cover the same distance when not serviced?

Study the following graph and answer the questions given below it.
Number of Students from Various Faculties studying in Various Colleges (Number in Thousands)


The students from the faculty of Commerce studying in college B are approximately what per cent of the total number of students studying in the same college?

What is the difference between the total number of students from the faculty of commerce from all the colleges together and the total number of students from the faculty of Science from all the colleges together?

What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions? (You are not expected to calculate the exact value.)

For the following questions answer them individually

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?

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?

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?

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.

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?

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?

In each of the, questions below are given three statements followed by two conclusion’s 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 of the conclusions and then decide which of_the given conclusions logically follo-ws 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.
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.

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.

Statements :
All curtains are rods.
Some rods are sheets.
Some sheets are pillows.
Conclusions :
I Some pillows are rods.
II Some rods are curtains.

Statements :
All switches are plugs.
Some plugs are bulbs.
All bulbs are sockets.
Conclusions :
I Some sockets are plugs.
II Some plugs are switches.

Statements :
All fishes are birds.
All birds are rats.
All rats are cows.
Conclusions :
I All birds are cows.
II All rats are fishes.

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.

Study the sets of numbers given, below and answer the questions, which follow:
489 541 654 953 783

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?

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?

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’.

In each of these questions a group of letters is given followed by four combinations of number/ symbol numbered (A), (B), (C) and (D). Letters are to be coded as per the scheme and conditions given below. You have to find out the serial number of the combination, which represents the - letter group. Serial number of that combination, 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 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 ©:

Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H work for three dif erent 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 dif erent specializations and work for dif erent 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 specialst 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.

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

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