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    SBI PROBATIONARY OFFICERS RECRUITMENT EXAM

    Phase I

    Candidate will be called for an objective and descriptive type written Examination. Question

    paper will be in bilingual form. i.e. in Hindi and English except the test of English language.

    The Objective type examination will consist of Test of Reasoning ( 75 Questions and timesuggested is 50 minutes), Quantitative Aptitude (50 Questions and t ime suggested is 30

    minutes), General Awareness (50 Questions and time suggested is 25 minutes), Test of

    computer literacyand English language (50 Questions and time suggested is 30 minutes). It is

    important for all candidates to note that there will be negative marks for wrong answers. So total

    Number of questions asked is 225 and 135 minutes allotted for Objective Test. There will be

    negative marks for the wrong answers.

    The descriptive type of test will consist of test of English language. Time allotted is 45 minutes.

    It serves to measure the candidate's higher order cognitive abilities such as comprehension and

    analysis of situations, generation of unique ideas or situations as well as language ability. Threeout of four questions have to be answered on a given situation with answers to be restricted to the

    space provided in the question-cum-answer sheet. There will no negative marks for questions

    pertaining psychometric tests and in descriptive type examination.

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    PAPER : SBI CURRENT AFFAIRS 2008 QUESTIONS ANSWERS

    1. WHO IS THE PRESENT CHAIRMAN OF CII?

    ANS- K.V.KAMATH1

    2. WHAT IS THE FULLFORM OF "BRIC" ?

    ANS- BRAZIL,RUSSIA ,INDIA,CHINA

    3. WHICH FILM HAS BAGGED THE BEST MOVIE AWARDS IN IIFA AWARDS WHICHWAS HELD IN BANGKOK ?

    ANS- CHAK DE INDIA (YASH CHOPRA)

    4. WHO IS THE WINNER OF FRENCH OPEN 2008 MEN'S TITLE ?ANS- RAFAEL NADAL

    5. WHO IS THE WINNER OF DLF IPL CRICKET TOUNAMENT 2008 ?

    ANS- RAJASTHAN ROYALS

    6. NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN?ANS- JUSTICE RAJENDRA BABU

    7. WHO IS THE INDIAN HOCKEY COACH?ANS- JOKIM KARVALO

    8. WHICH FILM HAS BAGGED THE BEST FILM OF GOLDEN PALM AWARD IN

    CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2008 ?ANS- ENTRE LES MURS (THE CLASS)

    9. WHO IS THE winner of IIFA Best Actor award 2008 ?

    ANS- SHAHRUKH KHAN (CHAK DE INDIA)

    10.WHO IS THE CHIEF OF INDIAN AIR FORCE ?ANS- FALI HOMI MAJOR

    11.WHO IS THE MISS UNIVERSE INDIA 2008 ?

    ANS- SIMARAN KAUR MUNDI

    12.WHO IS THE Miss INDIA WORLD 2008ANS- PARVATHY OMNAKUTTAN

    13.VENUE OF 15TH SAARC SUMMIT 2008?

    ANS- COLOMBO (SRI LANKA)

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    14.WHO GOT DADA SAHEB PHALKE RATNA AWARD 2008?ANS- B.R.CHOPRA

    15.WHO IS THE WINNER OF WORLD CUP CRICKET 2007 ?

    ANS- AUSTRALIA

    16.WHO IS THE WORLD CUP CRICKET 2007 RUNNER UP ?ANS- SRI LANKA

    17.WHO IS THE WINNER OF FRENCH OPEN 2008 WOMENS TITLE ?

    ANS- Ana Ivanovic

    18.WHO COMPLETED 16000 RUNS IN ODI RECENTLY ?ANS- SACHIN TENDULKAR

    19.WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA ?

    ANS-DMITRI MEDWEDEV

    20.WHO IS THE PRIME MINISTER OF RUSSIA ?ANS- VLADIMIR PUTIN

    21.WHO IS THE WORLD BANK PRESIDENT ?

    ANS- ROBERT ZOELLICK

    22.INDIA HAS SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRED AGNI III IN THE MONTH OF MAY 2008.WHICH TYPE OF MISSILE BELONGS TO AGNI III -

    ANS - SURFACE TO SURFACE INTERMEDIATE RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE

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    PAPER : SBI COMPUTER GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ SBI BANK CLERKCOMPUTER QUIZ

    Objective 10 questions

    1. Why the document you created at home displays with a different font at school?

    Because you have a different printer at school than at home because you have a different monitorat school than at home font you used at home is not installed on your school computer Becausethe version of Windows is different

    2. Which keyboard shortcut centers selected text?

    Ctrl+C Alt+C There is no keyboard shortcut for this operation Ctrl+E

    3. What is the default file extension for all Word documents?

    TXT WRD FIL DOC

    4. Which key moves your cursor from one cell to the next in a table?

    Tab Shift Enter Ctrl+Enter

    5. How many different documents can you have open at one time?

    No more that three Only one As many as your computer memory will hold No more than yourTaskbar can display

    6. In order to email a Word document from within Word:

    Go to File/Send To/Mail Recipient Save the file as an email attachment Start Outlook and attach

    the file while open in Word. This is an impossible operation

    7. Which keystroke will take you at the beginning or the end of a long document?

    Ctrl+PageUp and Ctrl+PageDown Shift+Home and Shift+End Ctrl+Home and Ctrl+End Theonly way is by using the right scroll bar

    8. How many margins are on a page?

    Two (header and footer) Four (top, bottom, right, left) Two (landscape and Portrait) Two (top

    and bottom)

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    9.In order to save a Word document as a web page you need to:

    Put the appropriate graphics and links on the document Save the document in simple text formatUse your web browser as an editor and save as URL Save as HTML

    10. A document in portrait prints:

    The same characters per line with the same document in landscape More characters per line thanthe same document in landscape Less characters per line than the same document in landscapeSmaller fonts in order to fit the same amount of characters per line with landscape

    PAPER : SBI GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (BOOKS & AUTHOR)

    1. Who is the author of "The Kalam effect: My years with the president"?

    (a) P.M.Nayar (b) Sonia Gandhi

    (c) L.K.Adwani (d) Arun Shaurie

    ANS (a)

    2. Who is the author of the book "Superstar India : From Incredible to Unstopable"?

    (a) L.K.Adwani (b) Arundhati Roy

    (c) Shobha De (d) Vikram Seth

    ANS (c)

    3. The Sanskrit poet called as the Indian Shakespeare?

    (a) Kalidasa (b) Thulasidas (c) Sudraka (d) Kautilya

    ANS (a)

    4. Mulk Raj Anand is the author of

    (a) The Post Office (b) Gora

    (c) India Wins Freedom (d) Coolie

    ANS (Try Yourself)

    5. Who is the author of the book 'My other two daughters'?

    (a) Lalu Prasad Yadav (b) Surjit Singh Barnala

    (c) E.M. Forster (d) Paul Kennedy

    ANS (b)

    6. Who is known as the Father of Detective Story

    (a) Arthur Conan Doyle (b) Bram Stoker

    (c) Edgar Allen Poe (d) None of the above

    ANS (c)

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    7. Man-The Maker of His Own Destiny'book was written by

    (a) V.S. Naipaul (b) Mahatma Gandhi

    (c) Guenter Grass (d) Swami Vivekananda

    ANS (d)

    8. Find out the odd one

    (a) Louis Fischer (b) Ibsen(c) William Shakespeare (d) Sherlock HolmesANS (d) Others are

    writers. Sherlock Holmes is a character 9.One among the following is not written by Kalidasa

    (a) Saakunthalam (b) Raghu Vamsam

    (c) Rith Samharam (d) Kaavyadooth

    ANS (d)

    10. 'Sonia, a Biography' was written by

    (a) Sonia Gandhi (b) Arundhathi Roy

    (c) Rasheed Kidvai (d) V.K. Madhavan Kutty

    ANS (c)

    11. One among the following is not a Harry Potter story

    (a) Chamber of secrets

    (b) The philosopher's stone

    (c) Half blood prince (d) Naked Truth

    ANS (d)

    12. Jules Verne, a French science fiction writer wrote a book, which carried a more or less

    accurate prediction of the launching of Apollo-8. Which is the book

    (a) From the Earth to the moon

    (b) All under Heaven

    (c) A Midsummer Night's Dream

    (d) Past and Present

    ANS (a)

    13. Who is the author of "A Passage to England"?

    (a) E.M. Forster (b) Nirad C. Chaudhari

    (c) G.B. Shaw (d) Winston Churchill

    ANS (b)

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    14. "Does IT matter" is a book written by

    (a) Bill Gates (b) N. R. Narayanan (c) Nicholas Carr

    (d) Thomas D. Harris (e) None of these

    ANS (c)

    15. 'Beyond time' is the book written by

    (a) Namita Gokhale (b) Ruskin Bond

    (c) William Balrymple (d) Josef Korbel

    (e) None of these

    ANS (e)

    16. The famous book 'Anandmath' has been authorised by

    (a) Rabindranath Tagore

    (b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya

    (c) Sarojini Naidu

    (d) Sri Aurobindo

    ANS (b)

    17.Who wrote a book describing the theory of economic drain of India during British rule?

    (a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Lala Lajpat Rai

    (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Jawaharlal Nehru

    ANS (a)

    18. The author of the book 'Waiting for Godot' is:

    (a) Ruth Harring (b) Susan Sontag

    (c) Samuel Beckett (d) Ben Jonson

    ANS (c) Waiting for the Mahatma - R. K. Narayanan

    Waiting to Exhale - Terry Mc Millan

    19. "The Vedas contain all the truth", was interpreted by:

    (a) Swami Vivekananda (b) Swami Dayanand

    (c) Swami Shraddhanand (d) S. Radhakrishnan

    ANS (b)

    20. Sirr-i-Akbar was the Persian translation of fifty-two Upanishads by which son of shah

    Jahan?

    ANS - Dara Shikoh

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    21.In "The Travels of Gulliver", what is the first things two Lilliputians discuss when they

    meet in the morning?

    ANS - The health of the sun

    22."The man who knew infinity" is the biography of

    (a) Rene Descartes (b) Stephen Hawking

    (c) Albert Einstein (d) S. Ramanujan

    ANS (d)

    23.What was the original name of 'Alice in Wonderland' when Lewis Carroll first showed

    it to novelist Henry Kingsley in 1863?

    ANS - Alice's Adventures Underground

    24. The author of the book "Waiting for the Mahatma" is

    (a) R.K Narayan (b) N.A Palkhiwala

    (c) Amrita Pritam (d) M. Malgonkar

    ANS (a)

    25. Under the patronage of which ruler of the Javanese house of Mataram, was the epic

    poem 'Arjuna vivaha' written?

    ANS - King Airlangga

    26. To whom, in his own words, did Rudyard Kipling dedicate his collection, 'Plain Tales

    From the Hills'?

    ANS - To the wittiest woman in India

    27. 'Beyond the Last Blue Mountain' is R.M Lala's biography of which Indian?

    ANS - J. R. D. Tata

    28. Which of Agatha Christie's books was the first to be serialised in the Evening News

    under the title 'Anna the Adventure'?

    ANS - The Man In The Brown Suit

    29. Who has authored the book A Brief History of Time?

    (a) Carl Sagan (b) Issac Asimov

    (c) John Gribbin (d) Stephen Hawking

    ANS (d)

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    30. The book 'Living with Honour' is written by

    (a) Arundhati Roy (b) Shiv Khera

    (c) Pramod Batra (d) Vikram Seth

    ANS (b)

    31. The book 'Cricket My Style' is written by

    (a) Sunil Gavaskar (b) Sachin Tendulkar

    (c) Kapil Dev (d) Mohinder Amarnath

    ANS (c)

    32. Who wrote the book 'The Book of Indian Birds'

    ANS - Dr. Salim Ali

    33. 'Economic History of India' was written byANS - R. C. Dutt

    34.The oldest of the vedic literature is

    (a) Sama Veda (b) Yajur Veda

    (c) Rig Veda (d) Atharva Veda

    ANS (c)

    35. 'Leelavathi' the famous sanskrit grantha is a book on

    ANS - Mathematics

    36. Who is the author of An Equal Music (1999)

    ANS - Vikram Seth

    37. Who wrote the poem Passage to India in 1871

    ANS - Walt Whitman (American Poet)

    38. Who is the author of the book The Canterbury Tales

    ANS - Geoffrey Chaucer

    39. Who is the author of the book Anna Karenina

    ANS - Leo Tolstoy

    40.Who is the author of the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    ANS - Mark Twain

    41. Who is the author of the book The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes?

    ANS - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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    42.Who is the author of the book The Comedy of Errors?

    ANS - William Shakespeare

    43. Who is the author of the book Animal Farm

    ANS - George Orwell

    44. Who is the author of the book The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?

    ANS - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

    45. Who is the author of the book, Through the Looking-Glass?

    ANS - Lewis Carroll

    46. Who is the author of the book, Alls Well That Ends Well?

    ANS - William Shakespeare

    47. Who is the author of the book Akbar-nama

    ANS - Abul Fazl

    48. Who is the author of the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?

    ANS - Mark Twain

    49. Who is the author of the book Antony and Cleopatra?

    ANS - William Shakespeare

    50. Who is the author of the book , Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica

    (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, 1687)

    ANS - Sir Isaac

    51. Who is the author of the book "Jyoti Punj"?

    (a) L.K.Adwani (b) Atal Bihari Vajpeyi

    (c) Narendra Modi (d) Vikram Seth

    ANS (c)

    52. Who is the author of the book "Jyoti Punj"?

    (a) L.K.Adwani (b) Sushma Swaraj

    (c) Narendra Modi (d) Jaswant Singh

    ANS (a)

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    CURRRENT GK QUIZ

    FREE SBI BANK CLERK GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

    OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS 10

    1. The Sir C.V .Raman award for 2008 has been awarded to

    M.Natarajan

    Sanjeev Ramchandra Inamdar

    Prof. G.Venkatraman

    Dr. Naresh Trehan

    2. The 2007 FIFA Woman player of the year is

    Birgit Prinz

    Christiane

    Marta

    Sania Mirza

    3. The Mascot of the 2008 Olympic Games is-

    Fuwa

    Izz

    Izz

    Cobi

    4. Which among the following States would observe 2008 as theYear of Education ?

    Uttar Pradesh

    Haryana

    Bihar

    Karnataka

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    5. Who has written Superstar India : From Incredible to unstopable ?

    Shobha De

    Kiran Desai

    Arundhati Roy

    Khushwant Singh

    6. Which of the following has been selected for best parliamentarian of the year award 2007

    Priya Ranjan Das Munshi

    Mani Shankar Aiyyar

    P.Chidambaram

    Sushama Swaraj

    7. Fernando Lugo's name was in news recently as he has taken over as the president of

    Paraguay

    Sudan

    Afghanistan

    Pakistan

    8. ISRO has launched successfully ten satellites through PSLV-C9 on -

    15th March,2008

    30th March,2008

    28th April,2008

    4th May,2008

    9. Which country will be host 15th SAARC Summit in 2008 ?

    Maldives

    Sri Lanka

    India

    Pakistan

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    10. Who among the following has been chosen the Miss India Universe for the year 2008 ?

    Parvathy Omanakuttan

    Simaran Kaur Mundi

    Amrita Thapar

    Tanvi Vyas

    SBI COMPUTER GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

    1) What does that acronym VGA stand for?a) Extended Graphics Adapterb) Enhanced Graphics Array

    c) Video Graphics Arrayd) Color Graphics Array

    2) ISP stands for

    a) Internet Service Provider;b) Information Services Provider;c) International Services Program;

    d) Industrial Services program

    3) One KB equals

    a) 1000 Bytes;b) 1000MB;

    c) 1024 bytes;d) 1024 MB

    4) LAN means

    a) Land Acquisition Notification;b) Local Area Network;

    c) Large Area Network;d) Low Area Network

    5) One MB equals

    a) 1000 bytes;b) 1000GB;

    c) 1024 KB;d) 1024 GB

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    6) MICR stands fora) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition;

    b) Magnetic Ink Charter Recognitionc) Magnetic Ink Charter Release;

    d) Magnetic Ink Character Release

    7) The communication equipment used in the computer isa) CPU

    b) MODEM;c) Monitor

    d) Mouse

    8) Which of the following is a national net work ?

    a) WAN

    b) NICNETc) WWW

    d) HTTP

    9) Which of the following can be used for Monitors ?

    a) LCDb) LANc) PIN

    d) SQL

    10) BIOS stands for

    a) Basic Input Output Systemb) Base Input Output Systemc) Broad Information Output System

    d) Basic Information Operating System

    11) Which of the following is used for International Inter Bank Financial Communications?

    a) SWIFTb) CBSc) WWW

    d) SPNS

    12) Which of the following not used in the Computers?

    a) Key Boardb) Monitor

    c) Power (AC/DC)

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    d) Handle

    13) What does CBS mean?

    a) Cost Benefit Services;

    b) Current Business Servicesc) Core Banking Services;d) Cost of Banking Services

    14) Marketing in Banks is the job ofa) Specialized marketing personnel;b) every employee in the bank;

    c) Manager of the bank;d) Sales associates

    15) The rate of interest on Savings Bank Account is stipulated bya) The concerned bank;b) RBI;

    c) Indian Banks Association;d) Government of India

    16) The rate of interest on Fixed and Investment Deposits is stipulated bya) The concerned bank;b) RBI;

    c) Indian Banks Association;d) Government of India

    17) The rate of interest on Savings Bank accounts isa) 3.5 % p.a.;b) 4%p.a;

    c) 4.5% p.ad) 5%p.a

    18) Loan against the security of immovable property is by executing an agreement ofa) Assignment

    b) Pledge;c) Transfer;d) Mortgage;

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    19) The regulator of the banking system in India isa) RBI;

    b) Finance Minister;c) SEBI;

    d) IBA

    20) Which of the following is a financial asset?a) Gold;

    b) silver;c) Shares in a demat account;

    d) Land & buildings

    21) NAV is normally used in respect of schemes floated by

    a) Banks;

    b) Mutual funds;c) Insurance Companies;

    d) Merchant banker

    22) EMI is normally used in respect of which of the following loans?

    a) Personal Loans;b) Home Loans;c) Consumer Loans;

    d) All the above

    23) The maximum period for which fixed deposit accounts allowed to be opened in a bank for an

    individual customera) 3 years;b) 5 years;

    c) 10 years;d) 20 years

    24) Zero balance account is generally allowed to be opened fora) Salaried class;b) businessmen;

    c) foreign customers;d) children

    25) Four Ps of Marketing is also known asa) Marketing Mix

    b) Marketing Concept

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    c) Marketing environmentd) Marketing strategies

    Answers

    Q No Ans Q No Ans Q No Ans

    1 d, 11 a, 21 b, 2 a, 12 d, 22 d,3 c, 13 c, 23 c,4 b, 14 b, 24 a, 5 c, 15 b, 25 a, 6 a, 16 a, 7 b, 17 a,8 b, 18 d, 9 a, 19 a, 10 a, 20 c.

    SBI BANK 2008 SOLVED PAPER

    Reasoning Ability

    121. Among M, T, R and P, M is older than only P. T is older than R. Who among them is theoldest ?

    (A) T (B) R(C) T or R (D) Data inadequate

    (E) None of these

    122. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one

    that does not belong to that group ?(A) Hill (B) Valley(C) Dam (D) River

    (E) Mountain

    123. How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters ESRO using each letter

    only once in each word ?(A) None (B) One(C) Two (D) Three

    (E) More than three

    124. If P denotes +; R denotes , T denotes and W denotes X, then

    40 R 8 W 10 T 12 P 16 = ?(A) 50 (B) 46(C) 30 (D) 70

    (E) None of these

    125. What should come next in the following number sequence ?

    2 2 3 2 3 4 2 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 6 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 3 4

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    (A) 8 (B) 5(C) 6 (D) 2

    (E) None of these

    126. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word CONSTABLE each of which has asmany letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet ?(A) None (B) One(C) Two (D) Three

    (E) More than three

    127. In a certain code BOARD is written as 54#12 and MORE is written as 941$. How is

    DREAM written in that code ?(A) 21$#9 (B) 2$1#9

    (C) 51$#9 (D) 25$#9

    (E) None of these

    128. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one

    that does not belong to that group ?(A) 50 (B) 65

    (C) 170 (D) 255(E) 290

    129. How many such digits are there in the number 5231698 each of which is as far away from

    the beginning of the number as when the digits are rearranged in ascending order ?(A) None (B) One

    (C) Two (D) Three(E) More than three

    130. In a certain code CREAM is written as NBDBQ. How is BREAD written in that code?

    (A) EBFAQ (B) EBDAQ(C) BEDQA (D) BEFQA

    (E) None of theseDirections(Q. 131135) In each of the questions below are given three statements followed bythree Conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if

    they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and thendecide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding

    commonly known facts.

    131. Statements # Some flowers are bins. Some bins are handles. All handles are sticks.

    Conclusions # I. Some sticks are bins.

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    II. Some handles are flowers.III. Some sticks are flowers.

    (A) Only II follows(B) Only III follows

    (C) Only I and II follows

    (D) Only I and III follows(E) None of these

    132. Statements # Some towers are windows. All windows are houses. Some houses are temples.Conclusions # I. Some towers are temples.

    II. Some houses are towers.III. Some temples are windows.(A) Only I follows

    (B) Only II follows(C) Only III follows

    (D) Only I and II follows(E) None of these

    133. Statements # Some walls are doors. Some doors are cots. Some cots are chairs.Conclusions # I. Some chairs are doors.II. Some cots are walls.

    III. No chair is door.(A) Only II follows(B) Only III follows

    (C) Only either I or III follows(D) Only I follows

    (E) None of these

    134. Statements # All trees are gardens. All gardens are stones. All stones are fences.

    Conclusions # I. Some fences are gardens.II. All gardens are fences.III. Some stones are trees.

    (A) Only I and II follow(B) Only I and III follow

    (C) Only II and III follow(D) All follow(E) None of these

    135. Statements # All books are leaves. Some leaves are jungles. No jungle is box.Conclusions # I. Some jungles are books.

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    II. No book is box.III. Some leaves are boxes.

    (A) None follows(B) Only I follows

    (C) Only II follows

    (D) Only III follows(E) Only I and III follow

    Directions(Q. 136140) Study the follo-wing arrangement carefully and answer the questionsgiven below

    7 R E T 4 A 9 % D F 1 U # B @ 8 H I W M H 3 2 V $ 5 N P 6 Q

    136. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of which isimmediately preceded by a consonant and immediately followed by a number ?

    (A) None (B) One(C) Two (D) Three

    (E) More than three

    137. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is imme-d iately

    preceded by a letter but not imme-diately followed by a symbol ?(A) None (B) One(C) Two (D) Three

    (E) More than three

    138. How many such vowels are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately

    followed by a symbol ?(A) None (B) One(C) Two (D) Three

    (E) More than three

    139. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above

    arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group ?(A) RTA (B) 9DF(C)#@H(D) 3V5

    (E) IWH

    140. Which of the following is the fourth to the left of the twelfth from the left end ?

    (A) % (B) 8(C) 2 (D) H(E) None of these

    Directions(Q. 141145) In each question below is given a group of digits followed by fourcombinations of letters/symbols lettered (A), (B), (C), and (D). You have to find out which of the

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    combinations correctly represents the group of digits based on the coding system and the condi-tions given below and mark the number of that combination as your answer. If none of the

    combinations correctly represents the group of digits, mark (E), i.e. None of these as youranswer.

    Digit # 5 1 3 4 9 6 8 2 7

    Letter/symbol # P A K % R @ D MConditions #

    (i) If the first digit is odd and the last digit is even, the codes for the first and last digits are to bereversed.

    (ii) If both the first and the last digits are even, both are to be coded as *.(iii) If both the first and the last digits are odd, both are to be coded as $.

    141. 215349

    (A) RAPK% (B) *APK%*(C) $APK%$ (D) PAK%R

    (E) None of these

    142. 671254

    (A) @MAP% (B) $MAP$(C) *MAP* (D) %MAP(E) None of these

    143. 813469(A)RAK%@D(B)DAK%@R

    (C)DAP%@R(D) *AK%@*(E) None of these

    144. 794821

    (A) MR%DA (B) AR%DM(C) M%RDA (D) $R%D$

    (E) None of these

    145. 591426(A) @RA%P (B) PRA%@

    (C) @AR%P (D) $RA%*(E) None of these

    Directions(Q. 146150) Study the follo-wing information carefully and answer the questionsgiven below.

    A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circle facing at the centre. D is second to the left of

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    F and third to the right of H. A is second to the right of F and an immediate neighbour of H. C issecond to the right of B and F is third to the right of B. G is not an immediate neighbour of F.

    146. How many of them are between H and C ?

    (A) Two (B) Three(C) Two or three (D) Data inadequate(E) None of these

    147. Who is the immediate left of A ?(A) H (B) E(C) G (D) Data inadequate

    (E) None of these

    148. In which of the following pairs is the first person sitting to the immediate left of the seco ndperson ?(A) CD (B) BG(C) HA (D) FC

    (E) None of these

    149. Who is fourth to the right of B ?

    (A) E (B) C(C) A (D) Data inadequate(E) None of these

    150. What is Es position with respect to G ? (A) Second to the right

    (B) Third of the left(C) Third to the right(D) Second to the left

    (E) None of these

    Directions(Q. 151155) In the following questions, the symbols @, , #, $ and % are used

    with the following meaning as illustrated belowP Q means P is either greater than or equal to Q.

    P % Qmeans P is either smaller than or equal to Q. P @ Q means P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q. P # Q means P is smaller than Q.

    P $ Q means P is greater than Q. Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of

    the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true ?

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    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 II is true.Give answer (D), if neither Conclusion I nor II is true.

    Give answer (E), if both Conclusions I and II are true.

    151. Statements : D $ N, N # F, F TConclusions : I. T # N

    II. D $ F

    152. Statements : K R, R $ F, F # B

    Conclusions : I. B $ RII. F # K

    153. Statements : J $ M, M K, K # NConclusions : I. J $ KII. N $ M

    154. Statements : F # T, T @ W, W $ HConclusions : I. F # H

    II. F H

    155. Statements : M % T, T # R, R @ DConclusions : I. D $ T

    II. R $ T

    ANSWERS WITH EXPLANATION :-

    121. (A) T, R > M > P and T > R

    T is the oldest.122. (C) All the rest are natural while Dam is man made.

    123. (E) The meaningful words formed with the letters ESRO are : ROSE, SORE, EROS andSERO.124. (E) ? = 40 R 8 W 10 T 12 P 16

    = 40 8 1012 + 16= 408 1012 + 16

    = 5012 + 16= 54125. (B) 2, 23, 234, 2345, 23456, 234567, 234 5

    126. (D)ON, ST and AB.

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    127. (A) B 5 and M 9O 4 O 4

    A # R 1R 1 E $

    D 2

    HenceD 2

    R 1E $

    A #M 9128. (D) 50 = (7)2 + 1

    65 = (8)2 + 1170 = (13)2 + 1

    290 = (17)2 + 1But 255 is not like this.

    129. (D) 51 22 33 15 66 98 89130. (B) As, Similarly,131. (E)

    OrOnly I follows.132. (B)

    Or

    Only II follows.133. (C)

    Or

    Only either I or III follows.134. (B)

    Only I and III follow.

    135. (A)Or

    None follows.

    136. (C) D F 1 and N P 6

    137. (D) T 4 A , F 1 U and P 6 Q

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    138. (C) U # and I

    139. (B)

    140. (A) 12th element from the left is U and fourth to the left of U is %.

    141. (E) 215349 APK%R

    142. (C) 671254 *MAP*

    143. (B) 813469DAK%@R

    144. (D) 794821 $ R%D$

    145. (A) 591426 @RA%PFor Qs. 146 to 150Seating Plan is as shown below

    146. (B) 147. (B) 148. (E) 149. (A) 150. (B)

    151. (D) D $ N D > N, N # F N N F (False)

    152. (B) K R K R, R $ F R > F and F # B F F R (False)

    II. F # K F M, M K M Kand K # N K M K K (True)

    II. N $ M N > M (False)

    154. (D) F # T F < t =" W"> HF < t =" W"> H

    I. F # H F < r =" D" r =" D"> T (True)

    II. R $ T R > T (True)

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