SBI Clerk 27 July 2014

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

For the following questions answer them individually

The sum of digits of a two-digit number is 12. When the digits are interchanged, the resulting number is 36 more than the original number. What is the original two-digit number ?

A car covers first 39 km of its journey in 45 minutes and remaining 25 km in 35 minutes. What is the average speed of car during the whole journey ?

A, B and C entered into a partnership by investing Rs.64000, Rs. 52000 and Rs. 36000 respectively for a certain period of time. If A receives Rs.35584 as annual profit, what amount will Mr. C receive as his share in the profit ?

If a man runs at 6 kmph from his house, he misses the train at the station by 8 minutes. If he runs at 10 kmph, he reaches the station 7 minutes earlier than the departure of the train. What is the distance of station from his house? (in km)

In the year 2012, the ratio of the number of students in two institutes A and B was 7 : 15 respectively. In 2013, there was an increase of 25% in the number of students in institute A and that in institute B by 26%. What was the respective ratio of students in the institutes A and B in 2013?

An employer gives Rs. 26 per day to an employee on duty and deducts Rs. 7 per day for his absence from the duty. If after 56 days, the employee receives 829, for how many days was the employee absent ?

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

$$32\frac{3}{4}+28\frac{1}{2}\times5\frac{1}{3}-12\frac{1}{6}=?+5\frac{1}{4}$$

$$16\frac{5}{7}\times2\frac{4}{5}+15\frac{3}{10}\times8\frac{2}{9}=?$$

$$3\frac{2}{5}\times12\frac{5}{4}-2\frac{1}{5}\times5\frac{1}{4}=?$$

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Sharad bought 36 kg of sugar at the rate of Rs. 45 per kg and 24 kg more at the rate of Rs. 40 per kg. He mixed these two varieties and sold the mixture at 20% profit. At what rate per kg did he sell the mixture of sugar ?

The difference between the length and breadth of a rectangle is 6 metre. The length of rectangle is equal to the side of the square whose area is 729 sq. metre. What is the perimeter of rectangle ? (in metre)

Raghuvir bought 10 calculators and 16 watches for Rs. 56000 and sold them at an overall profit of 20%. At what price should he sell 15 calculators and 24 wathces so that he receives the same percentage of profit ?

Some chocolates were distributed among four friends A, B, C and D such that the respective ratio between the number of chocolates received by A and C be 7:9. B got 29 chocolates more than that of A and D got 33 chocolates more than that of C. If B got 15 chocolates more than that of C, how many chocolates did D receive?

Abhijit invested a certain sum at simple interest in a company X at the rate of 15% per annum. He invested the total amount received after two years from company X in another company Y at compound interest for two years at the rate of 12% per annum compounded annually. He received Rs. 81536 at the end of two years. What sum did he invest in company X in the beginning ?

The average weight of 40 students in a class is 55 kg. Six students of them whose average weight is 52 kg leave the class and another group of 6 students whose average weight is 42 kg joins the class. What is the new average of the class ? (in kg)

What will be the compound interest accrued on a sum of Rs. 18600 for two years if the rate of interest for the first year is 8% per annum and that for the second year is 15% per annum ?

The respective ratio between the number of rose and lily flowers in a garden is 3 : 2. The average number of rose and lily is 180. What is the number of lily flowers in the garden ?

The average of five numbers is 26. The average of first two numbers is 30 and that of the last two numbers is 7. What is the third number ?

Some capsules were bought for Rs. 176. If the price of each capsule had been Rs. 3 less, 6 more capsules would have been bought for the same amount. What was the number of capsules bought ?

Ram was asked to find 7/8 of a fraction but he mistakenly divided the fraction by 7/8 . As a result the difference between the answers was 75/784 . What should be the Ram’s correct answer ?

A work can be finished In 14 days by 36 workers. If the work were to be finished in 8 days, how many additional workers would be required ?

A boatman can row a boat downstream at 13 kmph and upstream at 9 kmph. What will be the speed of boat in still water ? (in kmph).

A is 60% more efficient than B. In how many days will A and B together complete a piece of work if A alone can complete the work in 15 days?

Study the following table carefully and answer the given questions.


By what percent is the number of books sold by store E in March less than that sold by store A in May ? (rounded off to the nearest integer)

By what percent is the total number of books sold by store B less than that sold by store D in all the months taken together ?

What is the difference between the number of books sold by all the stores in the months of January and April?

What is the respective ratio between the number of books sold by stores A and C together in the month of March and that sold by stores E and F together in the month of May?

For the following questions answer them individually

A (n)……………… device is any hardware component that allows you to enter data
and instructions into a computer.

Which of the following alternatives is done by nonprofit or government organization to further a cause ?

What is the aim of successful marketing ?

What does the acronym BIOS stand for ?

…………….is reducing the number of organizational levels to get closer to the customer.

The process of making changes to an existing document is referred to as ……………….it.

Which of the following refers to containers used to store related documents located on the computer ?

Which of the following refers to the means by which an OS or any other programs interacts with the user ?

SWOT analysis refers to an analysis of a company is

The___format reduces an audio file to about one-tenth of its original size while preserving much of the original quality of the sound.

The…………… which contains billion of documents called web pages is one of the more popular services on the internet.

When customers fall into different user groups with distinct buying performances and practices, a……….. is desirable.

Customization in marketing means

Which of the following terms is associated with Internet/ Email ?

Which of the following is contained at the end of the file name and helps to determine the type of file ?

Increasing the effort to “think global” and “act local” is

Product and brand management is sometimes characterized as a,………………. system.

A company setting is a national market often organizes its sales force along ………………….lines.

Which of the following is a small microprocessor-based computer designed to be used by one person at a time ?

…………………….encourages and empowers personnel to produce more ideas and take more initiative.

The most prevalent storage deivce for personal computer is

Website address is such a unique name which recognises a specific…………….. on web.

A bit refers to ………………..

is the acquiring or merging with firms in the same or complimentary inclusive to give economies of scale or scope.

In……………… back-up of any computer there is a copy of each program, data and system file.

Which concept holds that consumers will favor those products that offer the most quality, performance, innovative features ?

Market Survey means…………………

The primary device which is used by Computer to store information is called

Which of the following markets require developing a superior product and packaging along with continuous advertising ?

Delivery Channel means……………………

the following questions, each sentence has two blanks: each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for the blanks which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

After carefully ………………the situation. the fanner sympathized ……………………… the mule.

Once there lived a cunning fox who always………….. to………………….. others with his awful acts.

I………….. a friend named Raj who…………….. a horse ranch in the city.

As night …………..in the heights of the mountains, Ramesh could not…………………….. anything.

Survival of mankind……………… is in danger due to…………………….. of atomic weapons.

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

Akbar was the son of humble parents. His father was a school master. There was never very much money in the house so he didn’t enjoy any luxuries. All he wanted was to learn more and more. Books were not easily available then as they were handwritten and very expensive. Akbar read all the books he could lay his hands on. In due course, he mastered Arabic, Persian, Philosophy and Astronomy and dreamt of getting a position at court. But for this one had to really excel in some field. Also one needed a patron close enough to the Emperor to recommend a newcomer. It was a few months before he could find a patron and a few more months before he could find a suitable opportunity to recommed him to the Emperor who asked what he had learnt and what work he could do. On hearing the same, he said, “We are pleased to give the young man a chance. Let him take charge of the royal poultry house!” When he heard the news Akbar was heartbroken. He, a scholar, capable of debating with the most learned men was asked to look after chicking hens! All the same he got down to work with great determination . His only concern was hens. He saw to it that they were well fed and had clean water, that their living quarters were clean and if a fowl took ill that it was separated from the others and given proper treatment. Meanwhile, the Emperor had forgotten about the scholar he had packed off to mind the hens. But one day while his Finance Minister was reading out the palace accounts to tell the Emperor how much money had been spent on the raoyal house hold, he mentioned such a low figure that the Emperor sat up. “Have most of the hens died ?” he asked No your Majesty’ was the reply- “The hens are not only alive but are plump and fit.” Send for the scholar!” the Emperor demanded. When Akbar came to the palace, the Emperor demanded “Aren’t you feeding them properly ?” “I am sire, only the food is different-I’m feeding them what cannot be used in the royal kitchen, vegetable peels and dough used to seal the vessels while cooking for your Majesty. The hens not only enjoy it but it is also very good for them. “Good work, we hereby promote you to the rank of royal librarian.” Akbar was bitterly disappointed. He had spent the first thirty years of his life gaining knowledge. How he wished to gain that knowledge and help people. Instead as head of the royal library he would be seeing only books and no people. But he buckled down to organissing the library. A year later the Emperor came to visit the library. He was surprised to find each book coverd with a packet of silk, velvet or brocade. There were hundreds of books and not one without a cover. “you have used expensive material to cover the books but have not charged us. Surely you are not spending your own money ?” Akbar bowed low, “Your Majesty these covers did not cost anything. Everyday dozens of people come to the court with humble grievances on sheets of paper which are folded and placed inside a bag of the most expensive material that they can afford. I have used them. The emperor was very pleased and gave him a bigger responsibility.

Which of the following can be said about Akbar’s family ?
A. They were poor and uneducated.
B. They discouraged him from becoming courtier.
C. He was ashamed of them and did not introduce them at Court.

Which of the following is TRUE in the context of the passage ?
A. Akbar was aged when he was finally made a courtier.
B. Akbar excelled at whatever job the Emperor assigned him.
C. The Emperor did not value a person’s education but his family background.

Choose the word which is OPPOSITE in meaning to the word BITIERLY given in bold as used in the passage

How did Akbar handle his appointment as royal librarian ?

How did Akbar manage the cover for books ?

Why did the Emperor send the Akbar when he was in charge of poultry ?

What lesson can be learnt from the story ?

Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word LOW given in bold as used in the passage.

Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word CLOSE given in bold as used in the passage.

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


A. He did whatever work was assigned to him and soon the lion became so fond of him that he promised to give him a cart full of almonds as pension when he (the squirrel) retired.
B. Once a squirrel joined the service of the king of the forest, the lion.
C. The squirrel had waited so long for this day but when he saw the almonds, he was seized with sadness as he realised that they were of no use to him now when he had lost all his teeth.
D. However, he envied other squirrels in the forest because of their carefree life which he could not enjoy as he had to be by the king’s side all the time.
E. He consoled himself with the thought that at the end of his career, he would receive a cart full of almonds, a food that only a few squirrels got to taste in their lifetime.
F. Finally, the day came when it was time for him to retire and as promised the king gave a grand banquet in his honour and presented him with a cart full of almonds.

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)

The oak tree always (a)/ thought that (b)/he was strong (c)/ than the other trees (d)./ No error (e)

It was strange (a)/when people started (b)/ congratulating me (c)/on completion of my dissertation. (d)/. No error (e).

Though Chandresh is known (a)/of his playful style, we admire him (b)/for his ability to shape a world clearly (c) / from few and carefully chosen words(d)/. No error (e)

A good employee (a)/is one which (b)/is always willing (c)/to go the extra mile. (d)/ No error (e)

Through her efforts (a)/ she manage to (b)/open serveral institutions to (c)/help the downtrodden.(d)/ No error (e)

In following questions, which of the phrases given against the sentence should replace the word/phrase given in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct ? If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, select ‘No correction required’ as the answer.

In a field one summer’s day a grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heartfelt content.

The donkey’s master came up from behind him and gave him a soundly thrashing for the fright he had caused.

You should accustom yourself, for walking straight forward without twisting from side-toside.

When the crow put its beak into the mouth of the pitcher he found that very little water was left in it.

Inspite scoring very high in the exam, Arun failed to secure admission in the college of his choice.

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

A long time (1), in Athens, a middle-aged man had two wives. The first was old and the (2) one was young (3) loved the man very much and desired to see him like himself. Now the man’s hair was (4) grey, which the young wife did not like, as it made him (5) too old to be her husband. So every night she would (6) his hair and pick out the white ones. But the elder wife saw her husband growing grey with great (7), for she did not like to be (8) for his mother, So every morning she would arrange his hair and pick out as many of the black ones as she could . The (9) was that the man soon found himself entirely (10).

Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and select the most appropriate answer.

In which month (of the same year) did Ritesh appear in an examination ?
I. Ritesh’s brother correctly remembers that he appeared in the examination after April but before November and that month was of 30 days.
II. Ritesh’s sister correctly remembers that he appeared in the examination after June but before December and that month did not have 31 days.

Five friends - P, Q, R, S and T are sitting around a circular table facing towards the centre. Who among them is sitting second to the right of S ?
I. Only two persons are sitting between S and T. Only one person is sitting between T and Q. P is an immediate neighbor of T.
II. R is sitting second to the left of S. Only one person is sitting between R and P. Q is not an immediate neighbor of P.

Is M the aunt of T ?
I. K is the son of M. K is the brother of J. J is the daughter of D. N is the sister of D. T is the daughter of N.
II. L is the father of T. N is the mother of T. D is the brother of N. D has two children - J and K. M is married to D.

How far and in which direction is point L from point P ?
I. Point M is 5 metre to the south of point L. Point N is 7 metre to the east of point M. Point O is 5 metre to the north of point N. Point P is 5 metre to the east of point O.
II. Point L is 19 metre to the west of point S. Point S is 5 metre to the north of point R. Point Q is 7 metre to the west of point R. Point P is to the north of point Q such that point Q and point P form a straight line of 5 metres.

Seven persons- P, Q, R, S, T, U and V - are standing in a straight line facing north. What is the position of V from the right end of the line ?
I. Q stands at one of the extreme ends of the line. Only two persons are standing between Q and R. V is an immediate neighbour of R.
II. S stands at one of the extreme ends of the line. Only four persons are standing between S and T. V is an immediate neighbour of T.

In each of the questions given below, relationship between dif erent elements has been shown in the statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Read the statements and conclusions carefully and select the most appropriate answer in each question.

Statement :
C ≥ O = M < U ≤ N < D
Conclusions :
I. 0 < D
II.C > N

Statement :
P > L = A ≥ C = E
Conclusions :
I. E ≤ L
II.P > C

Statement :
N ≤ U < M = B ≥ E > R
Conclusions :
I. N ≤ R
II. E ≤ U

Statements :
S > T ≤ A = I ; L ≥ A
Conclusions :
I. L ≥ T
II. A > S

Statements :
S > T ≤ A = I ; L ≥ A
Conclusions :
I. S > L
II. I ≤ L

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :
G is the mother of R. R is the mother of S. S is the daughter of T. T is the brother of J. J is the mother of L. L is the daughter of Q. Q is the Son of D.

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Six students - P, Q, R, S, T and U - secured different marks in an examination. P secured more marks than only two students. Q secured more marks than S but he did not secure the highest marks. U secured more marks than only R. The one who secured second highest marks got 480 marks while the one who secured the second lowest marks got 350 marks.

Which of the following statements is/are true regarding T as per the given information ?

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :
In a certain code language, ‘prepare for your exam’ is written as xn nt oz wl’.
‘hard work for prepare’ is written as ‘nt ml oz tk’
‘prepare your study well ‘ is written as ‘sd jk nt xn’
‘work well best result’ is written as ‘ds lu jk ml’
(All the codes are two lettered codes only)

In each of the questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be a at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the 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 II follows.
Give answer d: if neither Conclusion I nor II follows.
Give answer e: if both Conclusions I and II follow.

Statements :
No win is loss.
All losses are victories.
Conclusions :
I. No victory is win.
II. Some victories are wins.

Statements :
All sides are lengths.
No length is breadth.
Conclusions :
I. All lengths are sides.
II. No breadth is side.

Statements :
No remark is wish.
Some wishes are hopes.
Conclusions :
I. At least some remarks are hopes.
II. All hopes are wishes.

Statements :
Some sharpeners are erasers.
All pens are sharpeners.
Conclusions :
I. All pens being erasers is a possibility.
II. All erasers are sharpeners.

Statements :
Some names are languages.
All languages are poems. 

Conclusions :
I. At least some poems are names.
II. At least some languages are names.

Seven friends, namely, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S, have one essay competition each on seven different days of the same week from Monday to Sunday, but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them studies in different classes, viz, First, Second, Third, Fourth. Fifth. Sixth and Seventh, but not necessarily in the same order. Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :

1. The one who studies in the First Standard has an essay competition on Saturday. Q does not study in the Fifth Standard.

2. S studies in the Second Standard and has an essay competition on Wednesday. N has the essay competition immediately before Q. 

3. The one who studies in the Sixth standard does not have the essay competition immediately before or after S.

4.  R does not have the essay competition on Sunday and does not study in the Third Standard. P does not have the essay competition on any of the days before that of M.

5. The one who studies in the Third Standard has the essay competition immediately after O. 

6.  The one who studies in the Seventh Standard does not have an essay competition on any of the days on or before Friday. N does not have the essay competition on any day after that of S.

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way on the basis of the information given above and hence form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to that group?

Which of the following statements is/are true on the basis of information given above?

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :

Eight persons – L, M, N, 0, P, Q, R and S – sitting around a circular area at equal distance from one another, but not necessarily in the same order. Some of the them are facing the centre while some others are facing outside (i.e., in a direction just opposite to the centre). S is sitting fourth to the left of P. 0 is sitting second to the right of S. S faces outside. L is sitting third to the right of R R is not an immediate neighbour of P. Both the immediate neighbours of Q face towards the centre. Both the immediate neighbours of M face opposite directions (i.e., if one person faces towards the centre, the other person faces outside). Both the imme diate neighbours of S face the same direction as that of 0 (i.e., if 0 faces towards the centre, then both the immediate neighbours of S also face towards the centre and vice-versa). Both the immediate neighbours of P face the just opposite direction of P (i.e., If P faces towards the centre, both the immediate neighbours of P face outside and vice-versa).

Which of the following statements is/are true regarding N as per the given seating arrangement ?

What is the position of R with respect to O in the given sitting arrangement ?

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way on the basis of given sitting arrangement and hence form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to that group ?

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :

Ten people are sitting in two parallel rows containing five people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent people. In Row – 1, R, S, T, U and V-are seated and all of them are facing north. In Row – 2, F, G, H, I and J are seated and all of them are facing south. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. T is sitting third to the right of the person who faces F. Only two people are sitting between F and I. The person who faces U sits to the immediate left of H. Only one person is sitting between H and J. The one who faces G sits second to the right of R. H does not face V.

Which of the following groups of people represent the persons sitting at the extreme ends of both the rows ?

Which of the following statements is/are true regarding G?

Which of the following statements is/are true on the basis of given information ?

For the following questions answer them individually

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