SBI Clerk May 27, 2012

For the following questions answer them individually

Which of the following countries has decided to purchase 126 Rafale fighter aircrafts
from France ?

Which of the following disease is considered as completely eradicated from India, as no case of the same has been reported in last one year ?

Which of the following countries in India’s neighbourhood is facing charges of violation of human rights of Tamilians living there ?

Which of the following is NOT an important function of Reserve Bank of India ?

Ms Kamla Persad Bissessar who was on a visit to India recently is the

Which of the following statements pertaining to present economic situation of the world is/are true ?

India recently signed a Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters.
This will help India in having a strict check on which of the following issues

Which of the following organisations of countries, at one of its crucial meetings in Belgium, in December 2011, had agreed to sign an Inter-Governmental Fiscal Treaty ?

Business Correspondent Framework launched by the Reserve Bank of India is a step in achieving which of the following ?

Immediately prior to Sri Mukul Roy who among the following was the Railway Minister of India ?

Nuclear Threat Initiative, the organisation which has compiled first ever index of security materials globally, is an agency based on

Who among the following was the Chief Guest at India’s 63rd Republic Day (2012) function ?

The 169th meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was organised in December 2011 in

India played Border-Gavaskar Test series cricket matches in January 2012 with

Which of the following organisations has recommended that financial literacy should be made part of syllabus from high schools itself ?

Ranbir Kapoor won Best Actor Award in 57th Filmfare Award functions for his film

Prime Minister of India was in Russia on a three day visit in December 2011 to attend

Which of the following days is observed as AIDS Day every year ?

Who among the following won 12th Asian Shooting (Rifle) Championship organised in Dohan in January 2012 ?

Which of the following term is used in the field of Economics ?

Wasim Jaffer’s name was in news recently. He is a well known

Who among the following is the Chief Justice of India at present ?

During 20th - 22nd June 2012, the ‘Earth Summit’ will take place in

Who among the following is one of the winners of Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 ?

Which of the following schemes is launched by the Govt of India to provide banking services in 73000 villages in India ?

What does the letter ‘’D’’ denote in the term ‘SDR’ ? (as used in finance)

Which of the following awards is given to sportspersons ?

Who among the following is the President of France at present ?

Which of the following book is written by Kiran Desai ?

Which of the following cups/trophies is associated with the game of cricket ?

Russia is now a member of which of the following organisations and will be inducted formally from 15th July 2012 ?

Total Gross National Product Divided by the total population is known as which of the following in economics ?

Which of the following is a highlight of the Union Budget 2012-13 ?

Which of the following combinations of the name of countries and their capitals is NOT correct ?

Which of the following instruments is used to measure intensity of earthquakes ?

Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below it. Certain words / phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

The kingdom of vijaynagar had not been enjoying good relations with its neighbouring state, Mahanagar, for a very long time. Jealous opponents of Rama, the king’s favourite minister, found the perfect opportunity to damage his reputation. So they went about poisoning the king’s mind against him. One day, when the king was in his chamber pondering over the affairs of the state, one of his courtiers came in and said, ‘’Your Majesty, have you heard the latest?’’ The king was surprised and exclaimed, ‘’No, I have not! What’s going on?’’ In his gravest voice, the courtier answered, ‘’Your Majesty, I will tell you only after you promise not to harm me.’’ ‘’Don’t be silly,’’ laughed the king, ‘’Say whatever you want to; you need not be afraid of me. ‘’Your Majesty, Rama is on the payroll of the king of Mahanagar. He has been spying on us for them.’’ ‘’What are you talking about ?’’ asked the king angrily.’’ This has been going on for a long time. But you would not believe a word against Rama. He has cast such a spell on you that you refuse to even think that he might betray you.’’ ‘’Rama is faithful to the kingdom. He cannot do this. You have been misinformed, ‘’ the king replied with confidence. But the courtier convinced the king to regard the statement with some gravity and do not dismiss it outright. ‘’Your majesty, I am fully confident about the truth of my information. Do you think I would have spoken to you without verifying the information?’’ said the courtier. The king promised to get the matter investigated and said that if Rama was found guilty, he would be punished. The king sent for Rama the following day and without wasting time on preliminaries, he asked him whether he was in league with Mahanagar. The question shocked Rama so much that he could not say anything. ‘’Your silence says that you accept the charge!’’ Deeply hurt that the king could doubt his loyalty, Rama refused to answer such a preposterous charge. This angered the king even more. He ordered Rama to leave his kingdom.
Rama did not say a single word in his defence and went away with his head bowed. When his enemies heard that Rama had been expelled from the kingdom their joy knew no bounds. Meanwhile, Rama went to Mahanagar and met the king there. He pleased the king with his wit. The king asked Rama who he was and when he revealed his name, the king welcomed him warmly. He had heard much about Rama’s sagacity. But the king was surprised to see Rama in his court. ‘’Your king consider me his enemy. So what are you doing here?’’ Rama replied, ‘’ Your Majesty, you are a learned man. You have great strength. You are a good administrator and wish your people well. Our king also possess all these virtues. He regards you as a friend and he has sent me to resolve the existing misunderstanding between us. ‘’The king was surprised, ‘’Your king considers me a friend? But our spies warned us that your king was thinking of attacking us,’’ said the king. Rama said, ‘’Our spies have fed our king the same pack of lies. That is why he has sent me to you. Has war ever benefitted anybody?’’ The king was impressed by this statement. He said, ‘’I do not want war, either. But how can I believe that your king really wants peace?’’ Rama suggested that the king send a messenger with gifts and a message of peace to Vijaynagar. And if the king accepts the gifts, it would mean that he, too, wants to be friends. But if he returns the gifts, then obviously, he wants war. The king had one doubt. ‘’Won’t it be an insult to me if I send the message first?’’ Rama had a ready answer. ‘’I have come with the message of peace and so it is us who have made the first move. ‘’The king liked the sound of that and sent his special messenger to Vijaynagar the next day. Meanwhile, the king of Vijaynagar had come to know that Rama was innocent and that the courtiers had conspired against him. As soon as the messenger from Mahanagar reached him with the gifts, he was delighted. He was full of praise for Rama’s wisdom and sent his own minister with gifts to Mahanagar, with a request that the king send Rama back. When Rama returned to Vijaynagar, the King warmly welcomed him. He also promised to punish the clique of courtiers who had poisoned his mind against his favourite minister.

The opponents of Rama used which of the following as an opportunity to poison the king’s mind against him ?

Why were Rama’s opponents happy ?

What did the king do when he heard that his favourite minister, Rama was a spy ?

How did the king of Vijaynagar find out Rama was innocent ?

What was the Rama’s reaction when he was accused of spying ?

Arrange the following incidents in a chronological order as they occurred in the passage.
(A) The king of Vijaynagar welcomed Rama
(B) The king was pondering over the affairs of his state
(C) The king of Vijaynagar shouted at Rama
(D) The king of Mahanagar was doubtful about sending his messenger to Vijaynagar

Which of the following qualities can be attributed to Rama as inferred from the passage ?

Why was the king of Mahanagar skeptical about Rama’s presence in his court ?

Why did Rama ask the king of Mahanagar to send a messenger with gifts to Vijaynagar ?

Which of the following is true according to the passage ?

Choose the word/group of words which is most similar in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage: Preposterous

Choose the word/group of words which is most similar in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage: Fed

Choose the word/group of words which is most similar in meaning to the phrase printed in bold as used in the passage: Cast a spell on

Choose the word which is most opposite in the meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage: Innocent

Choose the word which is most opposite in the meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage: Dismiss

Each sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits remaining for the sentence as a whole.

The artist had to ________ a lot before _________ recognised for his talent.

Most of the committee members ________ in favour of the __________ of a new dam in that village.

She _______ to learn basic German as she will be _________ for Germany next month.

They _____ a sound infrastructure in order to _________ with the new challenges.

As soon as they _________ the branch office, she was asked to __________ to the head-office immediately.

Read the 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(5). (Ignore errors of punctuation if any.)

The temple is located(A) / such a high altitude that it is(B) /
impossible to go there(C) / during the winter season.(D) /
No Error(E)

On reaching the (A) / lake, the leader realised (B) / that two elephant from (C) / his herd were missing.(D) / No Error (E)

The builders have (A) / promised a customers (B) / that the construction will be (C)/ completed as soon as possible.(D) / No Error (E)

Pratik was extremely (A) / happy when he (B) / saw his favourite (C)/ actor at near the mall.(D) / No Error (E)

Vanita managed to (A) / answer all the questions (B) / whereas her friend could not (C)/ answer all the questions (D) / No Error (E)

Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C), and (D) given below should replace the phrases 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.

My friend tried to ‘’play a tricks’’ on me on April Fool’s Day.

His business has been ‘’gone downhill’’ ever since he brother left.

The thief finally ‘’decided to confess’’ his crime just before the trial started.

They had registered a complaint against her as she ‘’have violated’’ the contract.

Last evening the actor ‘’throw a party’’ at his residence.

In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been the passage, against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Once there was a lake which was (71) to many golden swans. Every six months, the swans would leave a golden feather as a (72) for using the lake. The soldiers of the kingdom in which the lake was, would collect the feathers and deposit them in the royal treasury.
One day, a homeless bird saw the lake. ‘’The water in this lake (73) so cool and soothing. I will (74) my nest here,’’ thought the bird. As soon as the bird settled down near the lake, the golden swans noticed her. They shouted, ‘This lake belongs to us! We pay a golden feather to the King for using it. You cannot live here.
‘’I am homeless, brothers. I too will pay the rent. Please give me (75).’’ the bird pleaded.’’How will you pay the rent? You do not have golden feathers,’’ said the swans, laughing. They further added, ‘’Stop dreaming and leave at once.’’ The humbled bird pleaded many times. But the arrogant swans (76) her away. ‘’I will teach them a lesson!’’ decided the humiliated bird. She went to the King and said, ‘’O King! The swans in your lake are impolite and unkind. I begged for shelter but they said that they had rented the lake.’’
The King was angry with the arrogant swans for (77) insulted the homeless bird. He ordered his soldiers to bring the arrogant swans to his court. In no time, all the golden swans were brought to the King’s court. ‘’Do you think the royal treasury depends upon your golden feathers? You cannot decide who lives by the lake. Leave the lake at once or you all will be beheaded!’’ shouted the King. The swans shivered with (78) on hearing the King. They flew away and never (79). The bird built her home near the lake and lived there happily forever. The bird gave shelter to all other birds who (80) to stay near the lake.

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

For the following questions answer them individually

How much will a sum of Rs.6,300 to in a span of 2 years, at 5 pcpa rate of compound interest (rounded of to the nearest integer)?

What will be the average of the following set of scores (rounded of to the nearest integer)?
62, 76, 42, 84, 21, 47, 28

The area of a circle is 2464 square metres. What will its circumference be ?

The cost of 24 pens and 13 pencils is Rs.175. What is the cost of 48 pens and 26 pencils?

Study the following information and answer the question that follows:
A sum of Rs. 10,980 is to be divided amongst A, B and C in the ratio 7: 3: 5

For the following questions answer them individually

If the perimeter of a rectangle is 138 metres and the difference between the length and breadth is 7 metres, what is the area of the rectangle ?

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

For the following questions answer them individually

10 years ago, the ages of A and B were in the ratio of 13: 17. 17 years from now the ratio of their ages will be 10: 11. What is the age of B at present ?

Study the following table and answer the questions that follow:
The table represents the total sales value (in lakh) of five books P, Q, R, S and T across eight bookstores A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.

What is the ratio the total sales values of Book P across all the bookstores and Book S across all the bookstores ?

The sale of the book R from Bookstore H is what per cent of the total sale of Book R across all the book stores (rounded off to two places after the decimal)?

For the following questions answer them individually

The cost price of an article is Rs. 480. If it is to be sold at a profit of 6.25 per cent, what would its selling price be ?

13 articles were bought for Rs.5,890 and sold for Rs. 6,656. What was the ‘’approximate’’ profit percentage per article ?

A and B together can complete a particular task in 4 days.If A alone can complete the same task in 6 days, how many days will B take to complete the task if he works alone ?

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

Statements:No corner is a side.
All sides are ends.
Conclusions: I. No end is a corner
II. All ends are sides.

Statements: All questions are answers
All answers are replies.
All replies are inquiries.
Conclusions: I. All answers are inquiries
II. All replies are questions.

Statements: All planets are stars.
No star is a moon.
Conclusions: I. Some moons are planets
II. No planet is a moon

Statements: Some laws are rules.
All rules are sentences.
Conclusions: I. At least some sentences are laws.
II. At least some rules are laws.

Statements: Some kites are birds.
Some birds are animals.
Conclusions: I. No animal is a kite.
II. Some animals are definitely not birds.

Study the following information to answer the given questions:
In a certain code ‘answer it right’ is written as ‘ ba ja nu’; ‘where it is’ is written as ‘fi ba to’; ‘right from here’ is written as ‘sa vi ja’; and ‘here she is’ is written as ‘fi sa ho’.

Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order.
● C is an immediate neighbour of both G and A. E sits second to the left of C.
● Two people sit between E and H.
● B is an immediate neighbour of G. Only one person sits between B and F.

What is the position of D with respect to H in the above arrangement ?

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which is the one that ‘’does not’’ belong to that group?

B is related to E in a certain way based on the given seating arrangement. In the same way A is related to H. To whom among the following is D related to, following the same pattern ?

In these questions, the relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are followed by two conclusions. Give answer

Statements: $$F < R\geq O=M\leq T=K$$

Conclusions: I. $$K\geq O$$
II.F < M

Statements: $$G=N\leq O\geq P>Q=R$$
Conclusions: I. O >R
II. $$P\leq G$$

Statements: $$F<O=L\geq W=S$$

Conclusions: I. $$W\leq F$$
II. $$O\geq S$$

Statements: $$B=R\geq T<O=P\geq S$$

Conclusions: I. B < O
II. T < S

Statements: $$P>Q\geq A<R=I$$

Conclusions:
I. A < P
II. I > A

Study the following information answer the given questions:
P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are sitting in a straight line facing north but not necessarily in the same order. R sits third to the left of W. Neither R nor W sits at extreme ends of the line. Only one person sits between R and T. S is not an immediate neighbour of either R or W.Two people sit between T and P. Q is an immediate neighbour of S.

What is the position of T with respect to Q ?

Which of the following is true with respect to the given arrangement ?

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the English alphabetical series and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group ?

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

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

For the following questions answer them individually

The task of marketing involves

Service Marketing is the same as

‘Conversion’ means

The type of marketing involved in banks is

ADSA’s (Direct Selling Agent’s) main job is

Marketing techniques include

Marketing channels means

Market share means

The target group for tractor loan is

‘’Cross- Selling’’ means

The target group for an ATM-cum-Debit Card is

A Savings Account with insurance benefit is

What is the name of the program that controls the computer ?

The term used to describe the intangible instructions that tell the computer what to do is

Why has Ram been named like this ?

What is the full form of URL.

Easily relocatable language is

Which of the following describes the characteristic features of SRAM ?

Which of the following is not a computer language ?

Normally which of the following is costlier ?

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