Syndicate Bank PO Held on: 23.5.2010 (English Language) Directions (Q.

1-7): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases are given in bold in the passage to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.In the past, the richest states often grew the fastest and the poor ones the slowest. But India's record GDP growth of 8.49% per year in the five-year period 2004-09 is a case of improved productivity and growth in customarily poor states trickling up and aggregating into rapid growth at the national level. Nobody should call this a success of trickle-down economics. Trickle-down. assumes that fast growth can be had simply by changing a few policies that benefit the rich, after which some benefits trickle down to the poor. In fact, miracle growth is globally rare, precisely because it is so difficult for countries to improve the productivity of a substantial proportion of the population. Only when productivity improvement is widespread is there enough productivity improvement from all regions and people to add up to fast growth. In other words, fast growth does not trickle down; it trickles up. Once a country grows fast, government revenues will boom, and can be used to accelerate spending in social sectors and welfare. Miracle growth and record revenues enabled the Central government to finance social welfare schemes, farm loan waivers and enormous oil subsidies. This can be called the trickling down of part of the revenue bonanza into welfare and workfare. But neither welfare nor workfare could have caused the sharp acceleration of economic growth. The growth bonanza itself was sparked by state-level political and policy changes that accelerated local growth, which then trickled up to the national level, 1. Which of the following is TRUE in the context of the Passage? 1) India's growth was more inclusive in nature during 2004-2009 than it had been in the past. 2) Developed countries use the same model of development as India. 3) Widespread growth is best achieved through Central Government-monitored schemes. 4) At present India's traditionally poor states are more prosperous than her socially developed ones. 5) There should be no government expenditure in social sectors if the current high growth .rate is not maintained. Ans: (1) 2. Why have countries found it difficult to achieve high growth? (A) Ensuring an increase in the output among a large number of citizens is difficult. (B) Corruption of politicians at the grassroots level results in the benefits of growth not reaching the poor. (C) The government's failure to allocate sufficient income to inclusive social welfare schemes

1) Only (A) 2) Only (A) & (B) 3) Only (B) & (C) 4) All (A), (B) & (C) 5) None of these. Ans: (1) 3. To which of the following factors does the author attribute India's high growth rate during 2004-09? 1) Tremendous growth of the vast majority of richer states 2) Change in national-level policies to benefit only large well-off states 3) Gains of richer states have been used to fund social welfare schemes in the larger states. 4) Improved productivity of traditionally low-performing states. 5) None of these Ans: (4) 4. Which of the following best describes the author's view of trickle-down theory? 1) It ensures accountability of the government even at the grassroots level. 2) It has been effective in helping poor states catch up with richer ones. 3) It promotes inclusive growth over quick growth. 4) It targets social welfare at the cost of economic growth. 5) It has largely failed to drive sustained growth. Ans: (5) 5. What is the author's objective in writing this passage? 1) Advocating greater autonomy for the richest states in India 2) Urging the government to invest in social development to facilitate economic growth 3) Criticising traditional economic principles on which the Indian economy is based 4) Encouraging larger states to disburse more wealth at the grassroots level

5) None of these Ans: (3) 6. Which of the following is similar in meaning to the word 'ADD' as used in the context of the passage? 1) Aggravate 2) Result 3) Include 4) Compute 5) Intensify Ans: (2) 7. Which of the following is opposite in meaning of the word 'SHARP' as used in the context of the passage? 1) Blunt 2) Expected 3) Late 4) Gradual 5) Indistinct Ans: (4) Directions (Q.8-17): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the number of that part with error as your answer. H there is no error, mark 5). 8. While most major economies set aside / about 3 per cent 1) 2) of their GD P I in research and development, India I spends 3) less than 1 per cent on this. / No error 4) 5) Ans: (3) 9. Owing to the poor quality of / the equipment producing 1) 2)

by Chinese firms / many foreign companies have placed 3) /orders with Indian firms / No error 4) Ans: (2) 10. We expect a hike / in the cash reserve ratio / which is the 1) 2) 3) portion of deposits / that banks keep with RBI./ 4) No error 5) Ans: (5) 11. Unless these differences / will be resolved soon / there 1) 2) will be an adverse I effect on foreign investment / No error 3) 4) 5) Ans: (2) 12. We are confident that the steps / we have taken to attract 1) 2) talented people / and build a solid organisation / will 3) ensure we remain profitably. / No error 4) 5) Ans: (4) 13. At a time which most firms /were finding it difficult / to 1) 2) raise money, we succeeded / in raising the necessary 3) 4) funds / No error 5) Ans: (1) 14. Everyone is keen in knowing / the forecast for the 5)

1) 2) monsoon / this year as it has been the / major cause of 3) 4) inflation in Asia. No error 5) Ans: (1) 15. Building biogas plants will help to reduce / greenhouse 1) gas emissions by reducing / the consuming of conven2) 3) tional fuels / such as firewood and kerosene. No error 4) 5) Ans: (3) 16. Since some banks may take longer / to achieve these 1) 2) targets, RBI/has considered to revise these guidelines 3) / on a case to case basis. 4) No error 5) Ans: (3) 17. After joining the Hong Kong based / bank in 1990, he 1) 2) has / head various departments/ including corporate and 3) investment banking. No error 4) 5) Ans: (3) Directions (Q.18-25): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases are given in bold in the passage to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. Born out of the forces of globalisation, India's IT sector is undertaking some globalisation of its own. In search of new sources of rapid growth, the country's outsourcing giants are aggressively expanding beyond their usual stomping grounds into the developing world; setting up programming centres, chasing new clients and hiring local talent. Through geographic diversification, Indian companies

hope to regain some momentum after the recession. This shift is being driven by a global economy in which the US is no longer the undisputed engine of growth. India's IT powers rose to prominence largely on the decisions made by American executives, who were quick to capitalize on the cost savings to be gained by outsourcing noncore operations, such as systems programming and call centres, to specialists overseas. Revenues in India's IT sector surged from $4 billion in 1998 to $59 billion last fiscal, But with the recession NASSCOM forecasts that the growth rate of India's exports of IT and other business services to the US and Europe will drop to at most 7% in the current fiscal year, down from 16% last year and 29% in 2007-08. Factors other than the crisis are driving India's IT firms into the emerging world. Although the US still accounts for 60% of the export revenue of India's IT sector, emerging markets are growing faster. Tapping these more dynamic economies won't be easy, however. The goal of Indian IT firms for the past 30 years has been to woo clients outside India and transfer as much of the actual work as possible back home, where lower wages for highly skilled programmers allowed them to offer significant cost savings. With costs in other emerging economies equally low, Indian firms can't compete on price alone. To adapt, Indian companies which are relatively unknown in these emerging nations are establishing major local operations around the world, in the process hiring thousands of locals. Cultural conflicts arise at times while training new recruits. In addition, IT firms also have to work extra hard to woo business from emerging-market companies still unaccustomed to the concept of outsourcing. If successful, the future of India's outsourcing sector could prove as bright as its past. 18. What is the author trying to convey through the phrase "India's IT sector is undertaking some globalization of its own"? 1) India has usurped America's position as the leader in IT. 2) The Indian IT sector is competing with other emerging nations for American business. 3) The Indian IT sector is considering outsourcing to developing economies. 4) Indian IT companies are no longer able to offer comprehensive cost-effective solutions to the US. 5) Indian IT firms are engaging in expanding their presence internationally. Ans: (5) 19. 'Which of the following factors made the services offered by the Indian IT attractive to the US? (A) Indian IT companies had expertise in rare core operations. (B) US lacked the necessary infrastructure and personnel to handle mass call centre operations. (C) Inability of other equally cost-efficient developing countries to comply with their strict policies. 1) None

2) Only (A) 3) Only (A) & (B) 4) Only (B) 5) Only (B) & (C) Ans: (1) 20. What has caused Indian IT firms to change the way they conduct business in developing countries? 1) The volume of work being awarded cannot be handled by Indian firms. 2) The demands of these markets are different from those of India's traditional customers. 3) Wages demanded by local workers are far higher than what they pay their Indian employees. 4) Stringent laws which are not conducive to outsourcing 5) The locals are well-versed in the latest technology and have no need for training. Ans: (2) 21. What do the NASSCOM statistics about Indian IT exports indicate? 1) Drop in demand for IT services by Europe and the US 2) Indian IT firms charge exorbitantly for their services. 3) India has lost out to other emerging IT hubs. 4) The Indian IT sector should undergo restructuring. 5) None of these Ans: (1)

22. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a difficulty that Indian IT firms will face in emerging markets? 1) Mindset resistant to outsourcing 2) Local IT services are equally cost-effective 3) The US is their preferred outsourcing destination. 4) Conflicts arising during the training of local talent

5) Unfamiliarity of these markets with India's capability in IT Ans: (3) 23. Which of the following is NOT true in the context of the Passage? (A) The recession severely impacted the US but not India. (B) India is trying to depend less on the US as a source of growth. (C) The future success of Indian IT firms depends on emerging markets. 1) Only (B) & (C) 2) Only (A) 3) Only (C) 4) All (A), (B) & (C) 5) None of these Ans: (2) 24. Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to the word 'CHASING' as used in the passage? 1) running 2) harassing 3) pestering 4) pursuing 5) poaching Ans: (4) 25. Which of the following words is most opposite in meaning to the word 'UNDISPUTED' as used in the passage? 1) challenging 2) doubtful 3) deprived 4) emphasized

5) comprehend Ans: (2) Directions (Q 26-30): Which of the phrases 1), 2), 3) and 4) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required mark 5) as the answer. 26. If the complaint is not addressed within thirty days bring the matter to notice the RBI customer services department. 1) before noticing 2) will be noticed by 3) through its notice of 4) to the notice of 5) No correction required Ans: (4) 27. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement? 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E Ans: (4) 28. Which of the following should be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement? 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F

Ans: (1) 29. Increasing investing in technology will certainly help to reduce costs in the long run. 1) Increased investment in 2) An increase investment of 3) With increase invested in 4) By increasing investment of 5) no correction required Ans: (1) 30. The prices of pulses have risen because production were low compared demand. 1) lower compared to 2) is lower comparable 3) will be lower for 4) is lower than 5) no correction required Ans: (4) Directions (Q.31-35): In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are numbered as 1), 2),3) and 4). One of these four boldly printed words 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 boldly printed words are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark 5), ie 'All Correct', as your answer. 31. In order to curtale the substantial export of iron ore 1) 2) recently the government has imposed an export tax. / 3) 4) All correct 5) Ans: (1)

32. Several mediam and small sized companies successfully 1) 2) 3) survived the global financial crisis of 2008. / All correct 4) Ans: (2) 33. One of the tangible benefits of appearing for a loan under 1) 2) 3) this scheme is the interest rate concessions. / All correct 4) Ans: (3) 34. With effect from April, non-banking finance companies 1) with good performances may be granted licences to 2) 3) convert into banks. / All correct 4) 5) Ans: (2) 35. In 2009, the largest remittances sent to India were from. 1) 2) oversees Indians living in North America. / All correct 3) Ans: (3) Directions (Q.36-40): Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) & (F) to make a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions which follow: (A) If tomorrow's children meet these two crucial criteria they are likely to have the opportunity both to pursue work to fulfil their dreams and make an impact on the world around. (B) In the 21 st century, however, this no longer holds true as the expectations of organisations have changed. (C) The concept of job in the 20th century was often equated with toil. (D) In order to meet these changed expectations, employees need commitment and access to continuous learning. (E) Jobs were acquired, learned and performed until retirement and did not have to be rewarding. . 4) 5) 5) 5)

(F) They demand more creativity and expertise and want employees to be responsible for both outputs and outcomes. 36. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement? 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E Ans: (3) 37. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement? 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E Ans: (5) 38. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement? 1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F Ans: (1) 39. Although micro finance initiatives are a very recent phenomenon in India, these have significantly impact on millions of households across the country. 1) are significant in impact

2) have had a significant impact 3) had significantly impacted 4) were a significant impact 5) no correction required Ans: (2) 40. Of the 21 crore households in need of financial inclusion, bunks reach out to around 5 crore households through self-help groups. 1) households needy of 2) households needed 3) household that needs 4) households with needs 5) no correction required Ans: (5) Directions (Q.41-50): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which is numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words/ phrases are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case. The large number of natural disasters within a few days in late September has led to two assumptions. First, we are experiencing more natural calamities today (41) ever before, and second, the distribution of disasters (42) unequal. A UN report studied natural disasters (43) 1975 and 2007 found that not only is the (44) of catastrophes increasing because of climate change and environmental (45) but also that the brunt of tragedies is borne (46) poor countries least equipped to deal with such (47) It is true that some countries are disaster-prone but some (48) Japan for example have managed to overcome their geographical disadvantages. (49) to UN estimates, equivalent populations in the Philippines and Japan (50) the same number of cyclones each year but 17 times more people perish in the Philippines than in Japan. In same ways natural disasters give developed economies an excuse for technological improvement while in poorer ones it feeds a vicious cycle -since they are constantly struggling to recover from natural calamities they cannot afford the disaster prevention measures needed. 41. 1) as Ans: (2) 42. 1) being 2) are 3) often 4) is 5) seem 2) than 3) not 4) of 5) since

Ans: (4) 43. 1) after 2) prior 3) between 4) separating 5) affecting Ans: (3) 44. 1) response 2) dances 3) occurring 4) damage 5) frequency Ans: (5) 45. 1) degradation 2) protection 3) detriment 4) audit 5) summit Ans: (1) 46. 1) of 2) by 3) with 4) for 5) on Ans: (2) 47. 1) calm 2) misbelieve 3) misfortunes 4) faith 5) mistake Ans: (3) 48. 1) inspite 2) even 3) since 4) how 5) like Ans: (5) 49. 1) Thanks 2) comparing 3) similar 4) According 5) Linked Ans: (4) 50. 1) endure 2) incite 3) enjoys 4) trigger 5) encounters Ans: (1)

Syndicate Bank PO Held on: 23.5.2010 (General Awareness) 1. What is the full form of' ULIP', the term which was in the news recently? 1) Universal Life & Investment Plan 2) Unit Loan & Insurance Plan 3) Universal Loan & Investment Plan 4) Uniformly Loaded Investment Plan 5) Unit Linked Insurance Plan Ans: 1 (5) 2. In one of his speeches Pranab Mukherjee said that the Govt had no plans to dilute the roles of market regulators. This means the role of which of the following will not be diluted? 1) Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) 2) Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) 3) Federation of Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) 4) Bureau of Indian Standards 5) Securities & Exchange Board of' India (SEBI) Ans: 2 (5) 3. As per the news published in some major financial news papers, the Maharashtra Govt is planning to introduce "Green Tax" on vehicles. What is the purpose of Green Tax? 1) It has been introduced with the aim of discouraging high consumption of petroleum products. 2) It is a tax levied by the Govt in place of VAT as VAT is not very profitable for State Govts. 3) It is just like a toll tax which will be charged from all the vehicles whenever they enter green areas of a city like hospitals, schools, and old-age homes. 4) This is a tax levied on big commercial vehicles only with the aim of prohibiting them from entering residential areas and non-commercial areas. 5) None of these Ans: 3 (5) 4. Very often we read in newspapers about 3G or Third Generation Technology. This is a set of standards used by which of the following?' 1) To combat climatic changes 2) Production of nuclear energy 3) Film production 4) Mobile telecommunications 5) All of these Ans: 4 (4) 5. Which of the following companies is NOT in the field of insurance business? 1) ICICI Prudential

2) 3) 4) 5)

Bajaj Allianz Tata AIG Aegon Religare Royal Orchid

Ans: 5 (5) 6. Many times we read that a corporate entity is hi the process of raising its capital base. Why is a company required to raise money to strengthen its capital base? (A) To finance its expansion plans (B) To finance its diversification plans (C) To repay its loans and borrowings 1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only C 4) Only A & B 5) All A, B & C Ans: 6 (1) 7. Many times we read in newspapers that a company is planning to bring a public issue. What does it mean? (A) Shares of the company will be issued only through, public sector organisations like banks/Central financial institutions etc. (B) Shares of the company will be issued to general public only through primary market. (C) This means some stakeholders/promoters are willing to leave the company. Hence they wish to sell their stock to the general public. 1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only C 4) AII A, B & C 5) None of these Ans: 7 (2) 8. Whenever some people wish to enter into the business world, it is a must for them to approach a bank. What services do banks provide them in this regard? (A) Banks act as payment agents by operating current accounts, paying cheques and receiving payments for them. (B) Maintaining account books for them for their day-to-day activities so that they are not required to appoint account/finance personnel on a regular basis. (C) Lending money by way of overdraft, instalment loan, credit or advance for business activities 1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only C 4) Only A & C

5) All of these Ans: 8 (4) 9. As we all have noticed, banks these days are giving more emphasis on "Branchless Banking". What does this really mean? (A) Banks will not have many branches as used to be in the good old days. Instead, the number of branches will be restricted and will conduct only a specified core business. (B) Banks will launch/operate many delivery channels like ATMs, Mobile Banking/Internet Banking etc. so that people are not required to visit a branch for their usual banking needs. (C) This means banks will issue only debit or credit cards for all types of day-to-day financial transactions. Cheques/cash payments will not be allowed. Ans: 9 (5) 10. As per the news published in various financial newspapers, Maruti Suzuki has no immediate plans to enter into "low-cost segment". This means (A) Maruti-Suzuki will not reduce the price of its various products, as is being done by some other manufacturers. (B) Maruti-Suzuki does not want to produce a 'Nano"- like low-cost car in the near future. (C) Maruti-Suzuki wants to retain its existing position Of luxury car makers and will not enter into the area of makers of cars for the general public. 1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only C 4) AII A, B & C 5) None of these Ans: 10 (2) 11. Which of the following is NOT a function of a bank? 1) Providing project finance 2) Selling Mutual Funds 3) Deciding policy rates like CRR, Repo Rate/SLR etc 4) Settlement of payments on behalf of the customers 5) All of these are functions of a bank Ans: 11 (3) 12. Which of the following is a form of "Small Savings Bank" popular among the poor or children? 1) Core Banking 2) Credit Banking 3) Debit Card 4) Merchant Banking 5) Piggy Banking

Ans: 12 (5) 13. As published in various newspapers, India and European Union are trying to finalize a free trade pact. How will this help India and EU? (A) Both the parties will be able to export-import goods without tariffs, quotas and preferences on most of the goods and services traded between them. (B) The European Union will have to accept all payments in rupees only whereas India will accept all payments for its exports in euros only, The dollar will have no role in this business. (C) Both parties will have to decide the total value of trade between them in advance and will be bound to obey the commitment made thus. 1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only C 4) Ail A, B & C 5) None of these Ans: 13 (1) 14. The G-20 Summit in June 2010 is scheduled to be held at which of the following places? 1) London 2) Washington 3) Tokyo 4) Paris 5) Toronto Ans: 14 (5) 15. As we all know, the Govt of India has initiated several projects/schemes for revival and recharging of water bodies/lakes etc. What is meant by recharging of water bodies? (A) Recharge in fact is deep drainage of water bodies so that water starts moving downwards from the surface. (B) Recharge is nothing but digging new wells and lakes so that more water is available for use. (C) Recharging means levy of a tax on use of ground water for private purposes. This is done in addition to the usual tax that civic bodies collect on the usual water supply. 1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only C 4) AIIA, B & C 5) None of these Ans: 15 (2) 16. As per the news published in various newspapers, China had to face its first "Trade Deficit" in six years. This means China 1) did not earn as much from its exports as it had to pay for its imports.

2) earned much more than its expectations on its exports and, paid very less on imports. 3) has decided to stop imports and exports for the time being as it is producing just enough for-its consumption. 4) has failed to keep its commitment to supply (export) goods as promised to various countries. The result is it may have to devalue its currency (Yuan) as it has lost its credibility in the market. 5) None of these Ans: 16 (1) 17. Several public sector organizations like ONGC, SAIL and NTPC received 'Scope Award.' The award is given for which of the following? 1) Earning the highest profit amongst all PSUs 2) Creating the maximum number of jobs in a year 3) Donating the maximum amount in Pradhan Mantri Rahat Kosh in a year 4) Cutting down expenditure by 50% or more in a year to wipe out losses made in the previous year 5) Best Corporate Governance Ans: 17 (5) 18. Iron-ore is found in which of the following states in India? 1) Punjab 2) Rajasthan 3) Orissa 4) Jammu & Kashmir 5) Uttar Pradesh Ans: 18 (3) 19. Which of the following countries is in a deep crisis these days and is struggling to finance its budget deficit and govt debt? 1) Russia 2) Greece 3) Britain 4) USA 5) None of these Ans: 19 (2) 20. As per the budget documents placed in the Parliament in February 2010, what are the challenges India is facing on its economic front? (A) To quickly revert to the high GDP growth path of 9% (B) Making development more inclusive (C) To strengthen the governmental system and the process of governance at different levels 1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only C

4) All A, B & C 5) None of these Ans: 20 (4) 21. Prabha Rao was the. Governor of which of the following states immediately prior to her death? 1) Rajasthan 2) Himachal Pradesh 3) Maharashtra 4) Goa 5) None of these Ans: 21 (1) 22. Who amongst the following is NOT a famous Lawn Tennis player? 1) Cara Black 2) Mike Bryan 3) Denis Ndiso 4) Serena Williams 5) Leander Paes Ans: 22 (3) 23. Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, whose name was in the news recently, is the Chairman of 1) Indian Space Research Organisation 2) Atomic Energy Commission 3) Department of lnformation Technology 4) Unique Identification Authority of India 5) None of these Ans: 23 (1) 24. Which of the following awards is given by the Govt of Madhya Pradesh? 1) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2) Jawaharlal Nehru Award 3) Shikhar Sarnman 4) Pravasi Bhartiya Samman 5) None of these Ans: 24 (3) 25. Which of the following terms is NOT used in Cricket? 1) Ashes 2) Backfoot shot 3) Smash 4) Crease

5) All are used in cricket Ans: 25 (3) 26. Which of the following cups /trophies is NOT given for excellence in the game of Badminton? 1) Uber Cup 2) Thomas Cup 3) Syed Modi Memorial Trophy 4) Aros Junior Cup 5) Merdeka Cup Ans: 26 (5) 27. The Ministerial level meeting of the BASIC Group of countries was held in New Delhi in January 2010. Which of the following is NOT a member of the BASIC Group? 1) Brazil 2) South Africa 3) Russia 4) China 5) India Ans: 27 (3) 28. Which of the following Bills recently approved in the Union Cabinet will help in better health services in the country? 1) Right to Better Health Services Bill 2) National Health Care Bill 3) Clinical Establishments (Registration & Regulation) Bill 4) Essential Services Bill 5) None of these Ans: 28 (3) 29. Who amongst the following is a Padmashri Award winner recently? 1) Chanda Kochhar 2) Kumar Mangalam Birla 3) Saif Ali Khan 4) Harsh Pati Singhania 5) None of these Ans: 29 (3) 30. Who amongst the following is NOT a famous author? 1) VS Naipaul 2) Leander Paes 3) Anita Desai

4) Kiran Desai 5) Chetan Bhagat Ans: 30 (2) 31. Ivo Josipovic, whose name was in the news recently, is the 1) Prime Minister of Croatia 2) President of Croatia 3) President of Barbados 4) Prime Minister of Bolivia 5) None of these Ans: 31 (2) 32. Priyanka Chopra was given a National Award at the 56th National Awards for her acting for which of the following films? 1) Love Story 2050 2) What's your Rashee 3) Kaminey 4) Fashion 5) None of these Ans: 32 (4) 33. Roger Federer is a famous 1) Film actor 2) Author 3) Lawn Tennis Player 4) Cricketer 5) None of these Ans: 33 (3) 34. Who amongst the following was awarded the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award recently? 1) VK Moorthy 2) Madhur Bhandarkar 3) Mahesh Bhatt 4) Rekha 5) Hema Malini Ans: 34 (1) 35. Lee Myung-bak, who was the Chief Guest at the 61st Republic Day Function of India, is the 1) President of South Korea 2) Prime Minister of South Korea 3) President of Vietnam

4) Prime Minister of Vietnam 5) None of these Ans: 35 (1) 36. The late Jyoti Basu was associated with which of the following political parties? 1) BJP 2) CPI (M) 3) Congress 4) Samajwadi Party 5) None of these Ans: 36 (2) 37. Which of the following schemes launched by the Govt. of India is a scheme to improve the performance of the agricultural sector? 1) National Horticulture Mission 2) Pulse Polio Abhiyan 3) Old Age Pension Scheme 4) Bharat Nirman Yojana 5) None of these Ans: 37 (1) 38. 'LBW' is a term related to the game of. 1) Badminton 2) Cricket 3) Hockey 4) Football 5) None of these Ans: 38 (2) 39. "Saraswati Samman" is an award given for excellence in the field of 1) Sports 2) Social Service 3) Literature 4) Science & Technology 5) None of these Ans: 39 (3) 40. 'Heavy Water' is used in which of the following fields? 1) Thermal Power 2) Cement 3) Iron & Steel

4) Nuclear Power 5) None of these Ans: 40 (4) 41. Which of the following is a Horticulture Crop? 1) Paddy 2) Wheat 3) Mango 4) Bajra 5) None of these Ans: 41 (3) 42. Dr Amartya Sen is a famous 1) Physicist 2) Chemical Engineer 3) Psychologist 4) Economist 5) None of these Ans: 42 (4) 43. Which of the following nations is considered the originator of the concept of Micro Finance? 1) India 2) Bangladesh 3) South Africa 4) USA 5) None of these Ans: 43 (2) 44. India's first transgenic crop was 1) Potato 2) Brinjal 3) Sugarcane 4) Bt. cotton 5) None of these Ans: 44 (4) 45. White Tiger is a book written by 1) RK Narayan 2) Shobhaa De 3) Khushwant Singh 4) Arundhati Roy

5) Aravind Adiga Ans: 45 (5) 46. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award is given for excellence in the field of 1) Literature 2) Music 3) Sports 4) Science & Technology 5) None of these Ans: 46 (4) 47. At present Dr. D Subbarao is the 1) Governor of Orissa 2) Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission 3) Chairman of the FICCI 4) India's Representative in lMF 5) None of these Ans: 47 (5) 48. Banks borrow money from the RBI on which of the following rates? 1) Bank rate 2) CRR 3) SLR 4) Reverse Repo Rate 5) Repo Rate Ans: 48 (5) 49. Usain Bolt is a famous 1) Cricket player 2) Athlete 3) Badminton Player 4) Footballer 5) None of these Ans: 49 (2) 50. Govt normally does not announce the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of 1) Wheat 2) Paddy 3) Sugarcane 4) Jure 5) All of these Ans: 50 (4)

Syndicate Bank PO Held on: 23.5.2010 (Quantitative Aptitude) Directions (Q. 1-5): What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions? 1. 12 12 18 1) 945 2) 810 3) 1080 4) 1215 5) None of these Answer: 1 (1) 2. Seema, Meena and Reema begin to jog around a circular stadium and they complete their revolutions in 54 seconds, 42 seconds and 63 seconds respectively. After approximately how many minutes will they come together at the starting point? 1) 8 minutes 2) 10 minutes 3) 3 minutes 4) 6 minutes 5) 12 minutes Answer: 2 (4) 3. 7365+(5.4)2+.J? =7437.16 1) 1894 2) 1681 3) 1764 4) 2025 5) None of these Answer: 3 (5) 36 90 270 ?

4. 10 x 40% of? = 78 1) 650 2) 720 3) 680 5) None of these Answer: 4 (1)

5. 125% of3060 - 85% of? = 408 1) 3890 2) 3940 3) 4020 4) 4015 5) None of these Answer: 5 (3) Directions (Q. 6-10): What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series? 6. 9 1) 162 2) 3) 4) 5) 19 40 83 ? 345 696

170 175 166 None of these

Answer: 6 (2) 7. 980 484 236 112 50? 1) 25 2) 17 3) 21 4) 29 5) None of these Answer: 7 (5) 8. 8 1) 2) 3) 4) 6430 7450 7716 7746 9 20 63 256 1285 ?

5) None of these Answer: 8 (3) 9. 1015 508 255 129 66.5 ? 20.875 1) 34.50 2) 35 3) 35.30

4) 35.75 5) None of these Answer: 9 (4) 10. (8792-4136)+?= 145.5 1) 38 2) 32 3) 42 4) 36 5) None of these Answer: 10 (2) 11. 6561+ (l0.8x2.5) + 3=? 1) 27 2) 54 3) 72 4) 81 5) None of these Answer: 11(4) 12. Deepa rides her bike at an average speed of30 km/hr and reaches her destination in 6 hours. Hema covers the same distance in 4 hours. If Deepa increases her average speed by 10 km/hr and Hema increases her average speed by 5 km/hr, what would be the difference in their time taken to reach the destination? 1) 54 minutes 2) 1 hour 3) 40 minutes 4) 45 minutes 5) None of these Answer: 12 (1) 13. In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'ARMOUR' be arranged? 1) 720 2) 300 3) 640 4) 350 5) None of these Answer: 13 (5)

14. The sum of twice a number and three times of 42 is 238. What is the sum of thrice the number and two times of 42? 1) 2) 3) 5) 245 250 264 None of these

Answer: 14 (4) 15. Out of the total number of students in a college 12% are interested in sports.3/4 of the total number of students are interested in dancing. 10% of the total number of students are interested in singing and the remaining 15 students are not interested in any of the activities. What is the total number of students in the college? 1) 2) 3) 4) 450 500 600 Cannot be determined

5) None of these Answer: 15 (2) Directions (Q. 16-20): Study the following table and answer the questions given below it: Number of students appeared (A) for an examination and percentage of students qualified (Q) in the examination from four different states over the years

States Years 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 A

P Q A

Q Q A

R Q A

S Q

2500 15% 8000 20% 4400 25% 3200 18% 5600 16% 6250 18% 5000 30% 4850 22% 3400 25% 5900 19% 6720 15% 4800 14% 8120 20% 6450 26% 7200 23% 6000 28% 7100 13% 6000 30% 7500 16% 7000 29"10

16. What is the total number of students who qualified in the examination in the year 2006 from all the states together? 1) 3692 2) 4050 3) 4588

4) 3898 5) None of these Answer: 16 (3) 17. What is the difference between the number of students who qualified in the examination in the year 2009 from State P and those who qualified in the examination in the same year from State R? 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 254 268 277 289 None of these

Answer: 17 (3) 18. What is the ratio of the number of students who did not qualify in the examination from State Q in the year 2007 to the number of students who qualified in the examination in the same year from the same State? 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 19:81 17:77 81:17 77: 19 None of these

Answer: 18 (5) 19. What is the average number of students who appeared for the examination from State S over the years? 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 4850 5090 5170 4900 None of these

Answer: 19 (3) 20. The number of students who qualified in the examination from State S in the year 2006 is approximately what per cent of the number of students who qualified in the examination from State P in the year 2008? 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 66 70 59 63 74

Answer: 20 (1) Directions (Q. 21-25): Study the following graph carefully and answer the questions given below it: Number of employees working in various departments of two different companies (number in hundreds)

 Company A

Company B

21. The number of employees working in the Marketing department of Company B are what per cent of the total number of employees working in the company? 1) 30 2) 28 3) 23 4) 32 5) None of these Answer: 21 (2) 22. What is the ratio of the total number of employees working in the Admin department of both the companies together and the total number of employees working in the Finance department of both the companies together? 1) 2:3 2) 4:3 3) 3:2 4) 3:4 5) None of these Answer: 22 (4) 23. The number of employees working in the HR department of Company A is approximately what per cent of the number of employees working in the Finance department of Company B? 1) 44 2) 207 3) 53 4) 229 5) 198 Answer: 23 (4) 24. If the number of employees working in the IT department of Company B is increased by 20%, what would be the difference between the number of employees working in the IT department of Company B and the Admin department of Company A? 1) 500 2) 350 3) 700 4) 400 5) None of these

Answer: 24 (1) 25. What is the average number 0f employees working in all the departments together in company A? 1) 600 2) 585 3) 620 4) 615 5) None of these Answer: 25 (5) Directions (Q.26-30): study the following table carefully and answers the questions given below it .Quantity of food grains produced by various farmers in a year (Quantity in kilograms)

Food grains Farmers P Q R S T U

Corn Rice Jowar Wheat Bajra 450 140 300 150 190 280 200 180 540 460 285 190 150 220 320 480 315 130 275 225 100 350 240 115 145 120 50 200 265 140

26. The quantity of rice produced by farmer T is approximately what per cent of the quantity of rice produced by farmer R? 1) 53 2) 48 3) 56 4) 45 5) 59 Answer: 26 (1) 27. What is the average quantity of total food grains produced by farmer T? 1) 265kg

2) 240kgs 3) 259kg 4) 245kg 5) None of these Answer: 27 (3) 28. Which farmer produced the highest total quantity of food grains in the year? 1) P 2) R 3) T 4) U 5) None of these Answer: 28 (5) 29. What is the ratio of the total quantity of corn ,rice and jowar together produced by farmer U to the total quantity of wheat and bajra together produced by the same farmer? 1) 8:3 2) 40:17 3) 3:8 4) 17:40 5) None of these Answer: 29 (2) 30. What is the difference between the quantity of wheat produced by farmer S and the quantity of corn produced by farmer Q? 1) 200kg 2) 240kg 3) 220kg 4) 210kg 5) None of these Answer: 30 (4) Directions (Q.31-35): study the following graph carefully and answer the questions given below it. % profit earned by a company over the years

31. What is the average per cent profit earned by the company over the years?

1) 55 2) 51 3) 62 4) 59 5) None of these Answer: 31 (2) 32. If the expenditure of the company in the year 2006 was Rs 75,000, what was the ratio of income to expenditure of the company in that year? 1) 3: 2 2) 5: 4 3) 4: 3 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these Answer: 32 (1) 33. The per cent profit earned by the company in the year 2009 was what per cent of the per cent profit earned by the company in the year 2005? 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 200 240 260 255 None of these

Answer: 33 (3) 34. If the income of the company in the year 2005 and the year 2007 was Rs 6,80,000 each, then what was the difference in expenditures of the company in the year 2005 and 2007? 1) 2) 3) 4) Rs 1,24,000 Rs 1,40,000 Rs 1,50,000 Cannot be determined

5) None of these Answer: 34 (5) 35. If the profit earned by the company in the year 2008 was Rs 90,000, what was the income of the company in that year? 1) Rs 2,90,000 2) Rs 2,00,000

3) Rs 2,50,000 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these Answer: 35 (1) 36. The ratio of the present ages of Anubha and her mother is 1:2. The ratio of their ages 6 years hence would be 11:20.What was the ratio of their ages 9 years ago? 1) 3:5 2) 2:7 3) 1:4 4) 2: 5 5) None of these Answer: 36 (4) 37. The number of residents who speak Hindi as one of the languages is approximately what per cent of the number of residents who speak only the local language? 1) 67 2) 70 3) 61 4) 59 5) 63 Answer: 37 (1) 38. Car' A' travels at the speed of 65 km/hr and reaches its destination in 8 hours. Car 'B' travels at the speed of 70 km/hr and reaches its destination in 4 hours. What is the ratio of the distance covered by car A and car B respectively? 1)11:7 2)7:13 3)13:7 4) 7:11 5) None of these Answer: 38 (3) 39. The ratio of the students in schools A,B and C is 5:4:7. If the number of students in the school are increased by 0%, 25% and 20% respectively, what would be the new ratio of the students in schools A,B and C? 1) 5:5:7 2) 30:25:42 3) 30:20:49

4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these Answer: 39 (2) 40. The average height of 35 girls in a class was calculated as 160 cm. It was later found that the height of one of the girls in the class was wrongly written as 144 cm, whereas her actual height was 104 cm, What is the actual average height of the girls in the class? (Rounded off to two digits after decimal) 1) 159.86 cm 2) 158.54 3) 159.56 4) 158.74 cm 5) None of these Answer: 40 (5) Directions (Q.41-45): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it. There are 2500 residents in a village. 1,375 residents from this village speak only their local language. 200 residents of the village speak the local language as well as English. The number of residents in the village who speak the local language as well as Hindi is 625. 300 residents of the village speak all the three languages ie. English, Hindi and the local language. 41. The number of residents who speak English as one of the languages forms what per cent of the total residents in the village? 1) 12 2) 3) 4) 5) 8 20 18 None of these

Answer: 41 (3) 42. The number of residents who speak only the local language forms what per cent elf the total number of residents in the village? 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 45 55 58 40 None of these

Answer: 42 (2)

43. Rohit invested a certain amount at the rate of 6 p.c.p.a. and obtained a simple interest of Rs 8,730 at the end of 3 years. What amount of compound interest would he obtain on the same amount at the same rate of interest at the end of 2 years? 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Rs 5,820 Rs 5,949.60 Rs 5,900 Rs 5,994.60 None of these

Answer: 43 (4) 44. 4563 63 x 2.5 =? 1) 165 2) 180 3)185 4) 200 5) 150 Answer: 44 (2) 45. If 25 more people who can speak all the three languages come to reside in the village and 45 more people who can speak the language and Hindi come to reside in the village, what would be the difference between the number of residents who can speak all the three languages and the number of residents who can speak the local language and Hindi? 1) 325 2) 330 3) 340 4) 355 5) None of these Answer: 45 (5) Directions (Q.46-50): What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions? (You are not expected to calculate the exact value.) 46. 4096 2/73/4=?

Answer: 46 (5) 47. 389 (2.6 x 6.9) =?

1) 22 2) 17 3) 28 4) 12 5) 33 Answer: 47 (1) 48. 74% of 366 + 12.6% of317 =? 1) 320 2) 280 3) 350 4) 310 5) 330 Answer: 48 (4) 49.

Answer: 49 (3) 50. What is the ratio of the number of residents who speak all the three languages to the number of residents who speak the local language as well as Hindi? 1) 2) 3) 4) 12:55 10:25 14:55 12: 25

5) None of these Answers: 50 (4)

1. BE' is related to 'GJ' in the same way as 'PS' is related to 1) UY 2) UX 3) UZ 4) VY 5) None of these Ans. 1 (2) 2. Among P, Q, R, S and T, each having scored different marks, R scored more marks than P and T. Q scored less marks than T. S did not score the highest marks. Who among them scored the highest? 1) P 2) T 3) R 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these Ans. 2 (3) 3. Pointing to a girl, Nidhi said, 'She is the daughter of my grandmother's only child.' How is the girl related to Nidhi? 1) Sister 2) Self 3) Cousin sister 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these Ans.3 (4) 4. In a certain code MOAN is written as 5%3$ and NEWS is written as $1@8. How is SOME written in that code? 1) 2) 3) 4) 8%o51 85%8 8@51 8%31

5) None of these Ans.4 (1) 5. In a certain code language 'how many books' is written as 'sa da na' and 'many more days' is written as 'ka pa da'. How is 'books' written in that code language? 1) sa 2) na

3) sa or na 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these Ans.5 (3) 6. In a certain code MAJORITY is written as 'PKBNXSHQ'. How is SANCTION written in that code? 1) TBODMNHS 2) DOBTMNHS 3) TBODSHNM 4) DOBTOPJU 5) None of these Ans.6 (2) 7. The position of the first and the sixth digits in the number 5120397468 are interchanged, similarly the positions of the second and the seventh digits are interchanged and so on. Which of the following will be the fourth digit from the right end after the rearrangement? 1) 1 2) 5 3) 7 4) 9 5) None of these Ans.7 (1) 8. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word OROANISED each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet? 1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three Ans. 8 (3) 9. How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters ITRM using each letter only once in each word? 1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three

Ans. 9 (2) 10. The position of how many digits in the number 8247531 will remain unchanged after the digits are rearranged in ascending order within the number? 1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three Ans.10 (3) 11. In a row of twenty-five children facing North, W is fifth to the right of R, who is sixteenth from the right end of the row. What is W's position from the right end of the row? 1) Eleventh 2) Tenth 3) Twelfth 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these Ans.11 (1) Directions (Q. 12-14): Study the following, information carefully and answer the questions, which follow: Five plays A, B, C, D and E were organised in a week from Monday to Saturday with one play each day and no play was organised on one of these days. Play D was organised before Thursday but after Monday. Play E was organised on Saturday. Play C was not organised on the first day. Play B was organised on the next day on which play C was organised. Play A was organised on Tuesday. 12. On which day was play B organised? 1) 2) 3) 4) Thursday Friday Wednesday Data inadequate

5) None of these Ans.12 (2) 13. On which day was no play organised? 1) Monday 2) Wednesday 3) Thursday

4) Data inadequate 5) None of these Ans.13 (1) 14. Which play was organised on Wednesday? 1) A 2) C 3) D 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these Ans.14 (3) 15. If means '+'; 'x' means '-',; '+' means 'x and '-' means '', then 24 -46 x3+4 =? 1) 36 2) 24 3) 8 4) 4 5) None of these Ans.15 (5) 16. What should come next in the following number series? 98761234598712345987123498 1) 7 2) 3) 4) 5) 1 2 5 None of these

Ans.16 (2) 17. Each consonant in the word CORDIAL is changed to the previous letter in the English alphabet and each vowel is changed to the next letter in the English alphabet and the letters so obtained are rearranged in alphabetical order. Which of the following will be the second from the right end after the rearrangement? 1) Q 2) K 3) P 4) B 5) None of these Ans.17 (3)

18. Meena correctly remembers that her father's birthday is after eighteenth May but before twentysecond May. Her brother correctly remembers that their father's Birthday is before twenty-fourth May but after Twentieth May. On which date in May was definitely their father's birthday? 1) Twentieth 2) Nineteenth 3) Eighteenth 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these Ans.18 (5) Directions (Q. 19-20): Study the following information and answer the questions given below: (i) 'P Q' means 'P is sister of Q'. (ii) 'P x Q' means 'P is brother of Q'. (iii) 'P - Q' means 'P is mother of Q'. (iv) 'P + Q' means 'P is father of Q'. 19. Which of the following means 'M is maternal uncle of T? 1) MK+T 2) M x K+T 3) M x K-T 4) M K - T 5) None of these Ans.19 (4) 20. Which of the following means 'H is paternal grandfather of T? 1) H +J+T 2) 3) 4) 5) TxK+H H +J x T H-J+T None of these

Ans.20 (1) Directions (Q. 21-25): Following questions are based on the five three-digit numbers given below: 832 965 748 259 614 21. Which of the following is the third digit of the second lowest number? 1) 2

2) 5 3) 8 4) 9 5) 4 Ans. 21 (5) 22. Which .of the following is the sum of the first' and the second digits of the highest number? 1) 11 2) 15 3) 10 4) 7 5) None of these Ans.22 (2) 23. If the positions of the second and the third digits of each of the numbers are interchanged, which of the following will be the last digit of the lowest number? 1) 5 2) 1 3) 6 4) 4 5) 3 Ans.23 (1) 24. If the positions of the first and the second digits of each of the numbers are interchanged, which of the following will be the second digit of the second highest number? 1) 8 2) 6 3) 7 4) 5 5) None of these Ans.24 (5) 25. Which of the following is the difference between the first and the third digits of the third highest number? 1) 6 2) 4 3) 1 4) 7 5) None of these

Ans.25 (3) Directions (Q. 26-31): In each of the questions below is given four statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and m. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. 26. Statements:All stones are poles. All poles are desks. Some desks are nets. All nets are days. Conclusions: I. Some nets are stones. II.Some desks are stones. III.Some days are desks. 1) Only I and II follow 2) Only I and III follow 3) Only II and III follow 4) All I, II and III follow 5) None of these Ans.26 (3) 27. Statements: Some months are weeks. Some weeks are years. All years are buses. All buses are trains. Conclusions: I. Some trains are weeks. II. Some buses are weeks. III.Some trains are months. 1) 2) 3) 4) Only I and II follow Only II and III follow Only I and III follow All, I, II and III follow

5) None of these Ans.27 (1) 28. Statements: Some stations are rails. All rails are rivers. All rivers are papers. Some papers are cards.

Conclusions: I. Some cards are stations. II.Some rivers are stations. III. Some cards are rivers. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Norte follows Only I follows Only II follows Only III follows Only II and III follow

Ans.28 (3) 29. Statements: All windows are roofs. All roofs are glasses. Some glasses are plates. Conclusions: Some plates are carpets. I. Some plates are windows. II. Some glasses are windows. III. Some carpets are roofs.

1) None follows 2) Only I follows 3) Only II follows 4) Only III follows 5) Only I and II follow Ans.29 (3) 30. Statements: All trees are jungles. All jungles are houses. All houses are buildings. All buildings are villages. Conclusions: I. Some villages are houses. II. Some buildings are jungles. III. Some houses are trees. 1) Only I and II follow 2) Only II and III follow 3) Only I and III follow 4) All I, II and III follow 5) None of these Ans.30 (4) 31. Statements: Some books are calendars. No calendar is a paper.

All papers are pencils. Some pencils are chairs. Conclusions: I. Some chairs are books. II. No chair is a book. III. Some pencils are calendars. None follows Only either I or II follows Only either I or II and III follow Only III follows Only n follows

1) 2) 3) 4) 5)

Ans.31 (2) Directions (Q. 32-37): Study the following arrangement and answer the questions given below: M5%PU2A$43ZEK 19QRI@D7F88WN6#VJ*Y 32. Which of the following is the ninth to the right of the seventeenth from the right end of the above arrangement? 1) N 2) $ 3)4 4) W 5) None of these Ans.32 (1) 33. Which of the following is the fourth to the left of the sixth to the left of W in the above arrangement? 1) U 2) D 3) E 4) 5) None of these Ans.33 (5) 34. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a letter and immediately followed by a number? 1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three

Ans.34 (3) 35. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately followed by a symbol but not immediately preceded by a number? 1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three Ans.35 (3) 36. 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? 1) P5A 2) 4AE 3) QIK 4) F8@ 5) VN* Ans.36 (5) 37. If all the symbols and the numbers in the above arrangement are dropped, which of the following will be the twelfth from the left end? 1) 2) 3) 4) E K Z D

5) None of these Ans.37 (5) Directions (Q. 38-43): In each question below is given a group of digits/symbols followed by four combinations of letters numbered (1), (2), (3) and (4). You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the group of digits/symbols based on the following coding system and the conditions that follow and mark the number of that combination as your answer. If none of the combinations correctly represents the group of digits/symbols, mark (5), ie 'None of these' , as your answer. Digit/Symbol : 5 @ 3 9 8 % 8 1 4 2 $ # 7 6 * Letter Code : P I MAE G F J H B D. N R Q T U . Conditions: (i) If the first unit is a symbol and the last unit is an even digit both are to be coded as the code for the even digit. (ii) If the first unit is all even digit and the last unit is an odd digit their codes are to be interchanged. (iii) If the first unit is an odd digit and the last unit is a symbol both at e 1:0 be coded as the code for

the symbol. (iv) If both the first and the last units are symbols both are to be coded as Z. 38. 9@374% 1) EIMQBF 2) FBQMIE 3) ZIMQBZ 4) FIMQBF 5) None of these Ans.38 (4) 39. 29$#1 1) HEANRD 2) 3) 4) 5) DEANRH DEANRD HEANRH None of these

Ans.39 (1) 40. *479@ 1) UBQEIA 2) ZBQEIA 3) ZBQEIZ 4) ABQEIU 5) None of these Ans.40 (3) 41. % 286$3 1) 2) 3) 4) FDGTNF FDGTNM FGDTNM WGTNZ

5) None of these Ans.41 (2) 42. 54#*@6 1) PBURIT 2) PBRUIP 3) TBRUIP

4) TBRUIT 5) None of these Ans.42 (5) 43. $6394 1) NTMAEN 2) BTMAEB 3) ZTMAEB 4) NTMAEB 5) None of these Ans.43 (2) Directions (Q. 44-48): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circle facing the centre. F is second to the right of A and third to the left of C. B is second to the left of C and fourth to the right of H. D is second to the right of G 44. Who is to the immediate left of D? 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) H C G Data inadequate None of these

Ans.44 (2) 45. Who is second to the right of E? 1) B 2) G 3) H 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these Ans.45 (1) 46. Who is third to the left of B? 1) E 2) H 3) F 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these

Ans.46 (5) 47. What is the position of G with respect to A? 1) Third to the left 2) Third to the right 3) Fifth to the left 4) Fourth to the right 5) Fifth to the right Ans.47 (4) 48. In which of the following combinations is the third person sitting in between the first and the second persons? 1) 2) 3) 4) BGC EFB DAH AEF

5) GCD Ans.48 (3) Directions (Q. 49-54): In the following questions, the symbols @, , $, % and # are used with the following meaning as illustrated below: 'P $ Q' means 'P is not greater than Q'. 'P@Q' means 'P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q'. 'P # Q' means' P is not smaller than Q'. 'P Q' means 'P is neither greater than nor equal to Q'. 'P % Q' means 'P is neither smaller than nor greeter than Q'. Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the three conclusions I, II and III given below them is/are definitely true and give your answer accordingly. 49. Statements: D # K K @ T, T $ M,. M '% .T Conclusions: I. J @ T II. J%T III. D@T 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Only I is true Only II is true Only either I or II is true Only IV is true Only either I or II and III are true

Ans.49 (5)

50. Statements: R@N,ND, O$J, Conclusions: I. R @ J II. J@N III. B@D 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) None is true Only I is true Only II is true Only III is true Only I and III are true

J#B

Ans.50 (3) 51. Statements: W B, B % V, V $ R, R@K Conclusions: I. K B II. R#B III.V@W Only I and II are true Only I and III are true Only II and III are true AII I, II and III are true None of these

1) 2) 3) 4) 5)

Ans.51 (3) 52. Statements: H $ M, M # T, T @ D, D R Conclusions: I. D M II. R@M III. H$T 1) None is true 2) Only I is true 3) Only II is true 4) Only III is true 5) Only I and II are true Ans.52 (2) 53. Statements: B % J, J @ K, K T, T $ F Conclusions: I. F @ K II. B@K III.B@F 1) Only I and II are true 2) Only I and III are true

3) Only II and III are true 4) All I, II and III are true 5) None of these Ans.53 (1) 54. Statements: F # B, B $ M, M @ K, J< e N Conclusions: I. N @ M II. F$M III. KB 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Only I is true Only II is true Only III is true Only II and III are true None is true

Ans.54 (5) Directions (55-60): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions: A word and number arrangement machine when given an. input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. Input : sale data 1823 for 95 then 38 Step I : data sale 1823 for 95 then 38 Step II : data 95 sale 18 23 for then 38 Step III : data 95 for sale 18 23 then 38 Step IV Step V : data 95 for 38 sale 18 23 then : data 95 for 38 sale 23 18 then

Step VI : data 95 for 38 sale 23 then 18 and step VI is the last step of the rearrangement of the above input. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input. 55. Input: year 39 stake47 house full 94 55 How many steps will be required to complete the rearrangement? 1) Five 2) Six 3) Four 4) Seven 5) None of these Ans.55 (2)

56. Step II of an input is: car 83 lost ever 324674 now How many more steps will be required to complete the rearrangement? 1) Three 2) 3) 4) 5) Four Five Six None of these

Ans.56 (2) 57. Step III of an input is : and 79 code 27 18 new goal 34 Which of the following will definitely be the input? 1) code and 79 27 18 new goal 34 2) code 27 18 new goal 34 and 79 3) code 27 and 1879 new goal 34 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these Ans.57 (4) 58. Input: water full never 35 78 16 height 28 Which of the following steps will be the last? 1) VI 2) VII 3) VIII 4) IX 5) None of these Ans.58 (1) 59. Step II of an input is: high 69 store pay 36 43 15 there Which of the following will be step VI? 1) high 69 pay 43 store 36 there 15 2) 3) 4) 5) high 69 pay 43 store 36 15 there high 69 pay 36 43 store 15 there There will be no such step None of these

Ans.59 (4) 60. Input: train more 2953 fast gear 3784 Which of the following steps will be the last but one? 1) IX 2) VIII 3) VII 4) VI

5) None of these Ans.60 (5) Directions (Q. 61-70): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Following are the conditions for selecting Assistant General Manager-HR in an organisation. The candidate must (i) be at least 40 years and not more than 50 years old as on 01-05-2010. (ii) be postgraduate in Personnel Management /HR with at least 60 per cent marks. (iii) have post-qualification work experience of at least fifteen years out of which at least five years as Senior Manager-HR in an organisation. (iv) have successfully implemented HR-System in his/ her organisation sometime during the past three years. (v) have secured at least 45 per cent marks in the selection process. In the case of a candidate who satisfies all the conditions EXCEPT at (A) (ii) above but has secured at least 50 per cent marks in postgraduation and at least 65 per cent marks in the selection process, the case is to be referred to Executive Director. (B) (iii) above but has at least twelve years' post qualification work experience out of which at least eight years as Senior Manager-HR in an organisation, the case is to be referred to Chairman. In each question below details of one candidate are given. You have to take one of the courses of action based on the information provided and the conditions and sub-conditions given above and mark the number of that course of action as your answer. You are not to assume anything other than the information provided in each question. All these cases are given to you as on 01-0572010. Mark answer 1) if the candidate is to be selected. Mark Mark Mark Mark answer answer answer answer 2) 3) 4) 5) if the if the if the if the candidate is not to be selected. data provided are not adequate to take a decision. case is to be referred to Executive Director. case is to be referred to Chairman.

61. Pranab Ghosh was born on 8th March 1968. He has been working for the past eighteen years in an organisation out of which last seven years as Senior Manager-HR after completing his postgraduation in HR with 68 per cent marks. He had successfully implemented HR-System last year in his organisation. He has secured 50 per cent marks in the selection process. 62. Sheetal Jha has been working in an organisation for the past twenty years out of which ten years as Senior Manager-HR after completing her postgraduation in Personnel Management with 70 per cent marks. She was born on 2nd December 1965. She has secured 45 percent marks in the selection process. 63. Prabir Sengupta was born on 8th May 1963. He has secured 65 percent marks in the selection process. He has been working for the past fifteen years in an organisation, out of which twelve years as Senior Manager HR, after completing his post graduation in HR with 55 per cent marks. He has

successfully implemented HR-System in his organisation during the last two years. 64. Shailesh Kumar has been working in an organisation for the past thirteen years, out of which nine years as Senior Manager-HR after completing his postgraduation in HR with 68 per cent marks. He was born on 15th September 1968. He has secured 48 per cent marks in the selection process. He has successfully implemented HR-System in his organization two years back. 65. Navin Chopra was born on 12th June 1967. He has been working for the past sixteen years, out of which seven years as Senior Manager-HR after completing his post-graduation in Personnel Management with 75 per cent marks. He has secured 44 per cent marks in the selection process. He has successfully implemented HR-System in his organisation last year. 66. Meera Kulkarni has been working for the past seventeen years, out of which eight years as Senior Manager-HR, after completing her postgraduation in Personnel Management with 66 per cent marks. She has successfully implemented HR-System in her organisation during the last two years. She has secured 49 per cent marks in the selection process. She was born on 14th December 1971. 67. Akash Shastri was born on 12th April 1967. He has been. working for the past sixteen years, out of which six years as Senior Manager-HR, in an organisation after completing his postgraduation in HR with 58 per cent marks. He has successfully implemented HR-System in his organization last year. He has secured 65 per cent marks in the selection process. 68. Shekhar Jena has been working for the past fifteen years, out of which last seven years as Senior Manager-HR, in an organisation after completing his postgraduation in HR with 68 per cent marks. He has secured 60 per cent marks in the selection process. He was born on 16th. 69. Sunetra Govil was born on 5th April 1964. She has been working for the past seventeen years, out of which nine years as Senior Manager-HR, in an organisation. She has secured 48 per cent marks in the selection process. She has also secured 69 per cent marks in her post- graduation in Personnel Management. She successfully implemented HR-System in her organisation last year. 70. Mohit Saxena was born on 27th July 1963. He has been working for the past thirteen years, out of which nine years as Senior Manager-HR, after completing his post- graduation in HR with 67 per cent marks. He has secured 49 per cent marks in the Selection process. He has successfully implemented HRSystem in his organisation during the past three years. Answers :(Q.61-70)

Q.No. Person (i) (ii)/(A) (iii)/(B) (iv) (V) Ans 61. 62. Pranab Sheetal 1 3

63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.

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Directions (Q. 71-75): Below in each question are given two statements (A) and (B). These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or a common cause. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choices correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements. Mark answer 1) if statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect. Mark answer 2) if statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is its effect. Mark answer 3) if both the statements (A) and (B) are independent causes. Mark answer 4) if both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of independent causes. Mark answer 5) if both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of some common cause. 71. (A) The Govt has marginally increased the procurement price of wheat for the current crop. (B) The current wheat crop is expected to be twenty per cent more than the previous wheat crop. Ans.71 (1) 72. (A) The municipal authority demolished the tea stall located on the footpath on the busy road. (B) A large number of people have been taking their evening tea at the tea stall located on the footpath on the main road, blocking pedestrian movement. Ans.72 (2) 73. (A) Majority of the students left the local school as the school building was in a dilapidated condition. (B) The school authority decided to close down the school immediately and shift the remaining students to a make-shift school. Ans.73 (1) 74. (A) The braking system of the tourist bus carrying 40 passengers failed while negotiating a stiff climb on a hilly road. (B) The tourist bus fell into the gorge killing at least ten passengers and seriously injuring all the

remaining. Ans.74 (1) 75. (A) The state govt has decided to boost English language education in all the schools from the next academic year. (B) The level of English language of the school students of the State is comparatively lower than that of the neighbouring states. Ans.75 (2)

Q.1. Animal assisted therapy is employed in(1) operations (2) ICU (3) old age homes (4) training animals (5) natural healing Q. 2. In broad gauge, the distance between the rail is(1) 1.00 meter (2) 3 meters (3) 1.67 meters (4) 2.67 meters (5) 0.76 meter Q.3. Who is lndra Nooyi? (1) CEO Coca Cola (2) CFO Pepsi Co. (3) Managing Director Nano Division (4) India's permanent representative to UNO (5) None of these Q.4. ET Now and CNBC TVI8, TV Channels essentially broadcast(1) English news (2) classic English movies (3) political events and news (4) business and economic news (5) all important national and international news in English Q.5. Amongst the following sportsmen/women, who has won the first gold medal at Guangzhou Asian Games? (1) Yuan Xiachao (2) Wang Mingluen (3) Zhu Oianward (4) Takeshi Matsuda (5) Wu Jingbiao Q.6. The synagogue is generally (1) an epic (2) a religion (3) Jewish House of Prayer (4) the Parsi temple (5) a palace Q.7. Deuce is a term used in(a) Polo (b) lawn tennis (c) badminton (d) boxing (e) Volley ball (1) a, b, c (2) b, c, d (3) c, d, a (4) a, b, e (5) b, c, e

Q. 8. ISl is the intelligence agency of(1) United Kingdom (2) United States of America (3) Israel (4) Pakistan (5) India Q.9. Air Traffic Controller's job involves(a) control of air traffic in and within vicinity of airport (b) control of movement of air traffic between altitude, sectors and control centres (c) following established procedures and policies for air traffic control (d) control of commercial airline flights according to government regulations (e) to authorize and regulate commercial airline flights (1) (a), (b) (2) (b), (c) (3) (a), (b), (c), (d) (4) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) (5) (c), (d), (e) Q.10 The eleventh 'five year plan' of India is for the five years ranging from(1) 2009-2014 (2) 2008-2013 (3) 2007 - 2012 (4) 2006 -2011 (5) none of these Q.11 DSCR indicates the ability of a company to(1) meet its current liabilities (3) meet its long term debt obligations (4) raise further capital (5) none of these Q.12. An IPO is (1). initial price offered by a private limited company to its shareholders (2) an offer by an unlisted company for sale of its shares for the first time to the public (3) used to increase the share capital of an unlisted company (4) a book building process (5) none of these Q.13 A decreasing current ratio indicates(1) a stable liquidity (2) an increasing liquidity (3) a strained liquidity (4) satisfactory current solvency (5) none of these

Q.14. Private equity investors, invest in a company based mainly on(1) the age of the company (2) the location of the company (3) the activity undertaken-by the company (4) the credibility and the valuation of the company (5) the existing profitability of the company Q.15. With which one of the following fields was Satyajit Ray associated? (1) Films (2) Sports (3) Social work (4) Drama (5) Short Stories Q.16. "Daniel Vettroi' is captain of which one of the following teams? (1) New Zealand Cricket Team (2) South Africa Cricket Team (3) New Zealand Basket Ball Team (4) West Indies Cricket Team (5) Australia Cricket Team Q.17. Who amongst the following carried Indian Tricolour at Guangzhou Asian Games? (1) Sania Mirza (2) Saina Nehwal (3) Gagart Narang (4) Suranjay Singh (5) Randhir Singh Q.18. Financial ratio analysis of a company helps in understanding(a) the long term debt raissig capacity (b) the short term solvency (c) the reasons for fluctuafions in its stock prices (d) the net worth of the company (e) the profitability (1)a, b, c,d (2) b, c, d (3) c, d,e, (4) c,a,b,d (5)a,b,d,e Q.19. Human breath is visible in winter but not in summer because(1) the difference in outside pressure gives visibility to breath (2) breath contains certain impurities and visible matters (3) water vapour in breath condenses in cold air, making it visible (4) breath has heat in it which evaporates in cold air giving visibility (5) none of these Q.20. Which of the following is/are not the names of Seven North-Eastern States? (a) Jorhat (b) Manipur (c) Meghalaya (d) Agartala (e) Dimapur (1) a, b, c (2) b, c, d (3) c, d, a (4) a, d, b (5) a, d, e

Q.21. According to a recent newspaper survey, which one of the following is the most preferred language for leisure reading among the Indian Youth? (1) Hindi (2) Marathi (3) Bengali (4) Telugu (5) English Q.22. Who is Dr. C. Rangarajan? (1) Chairman, PMEAC (2) Member, Planning Commission (3) Chief Economist, IBA (4) RBI Governor (5) Member, Minority Commission Q.23. Which of the following is an oilseed? (1) Garlic (2) Clove (3) Cardamom (4) Cumin Seed (5) Mustard Q. 24. The RBI reviews its credit and monetary policy at regular intervals and also in between What is the purpose of the same? (A) To ensure that inflation does not cross the limit. (B) To ensure that banks have enough liquidity. (C) To ensure that cost of the fund does not reach a very high level. (1) Only (A) (2) Only (B) (3) All (A), (B), (C) (4) Only (B) & (C) (5) None of these Q. 25. The name of the white revolution is associated with --(1) J. V. Narlikar (2) J. C. Bose (3) Kurien Verghese (4) M. S. Swaminathan (5) C. Rangarajan Q.26. The cabinet committee recently approved the 'IGMSY' a scheme for the welfare of the people of India. Who amongst the following will get the benefit of the schame? (1) Mothers and pregnant women (2) Children upto 12 years of age (3) Youth (4) Old and Senior Citizens (5) All the above Q.27. The Govt. of India provides direct financial support to which of the following

schemes? (1) Jeevan Bharati Scheme (2) ULIP (3) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (4) Packing Credit Guarantee Scheme (5) All of the above Q.28. Who amongst the following is a famous Urdu author / poet who received Jnanpith Award recently? (1) Akhlaq Khan Shahryar (2) ONV Kurup (3) Khushwant Singh (4) Krishna Sobti (5) None of these Q.29. Who amongst the following is the author of the Book "A Bend in the River" ? (1) V.S. Naipaul (2) Arun Shourie (3) Octavia Paz (4) Daniel Defoe (5) Walter Scott Q.30. Which of the following is called the pink city of India? (1) Kolkata (2) Lucknow (3) Kota (4) Hyderabad (5) Jaipur Q.31. Which of the following states got a new Chief Minister without new assembly elections? (1) Goa (2) Madhya Pradesh (3) Jharkahnad (4) Gujarat (5) Delhi Q.32. A two days National level conference/event was organized in Chandigarh in September 2010. Which was the conference/event? (1) Miss India 2010' (2) Asian Women Hockey Finals 2010 (3) 'Conference of the Finance Ministers of SAARC (4) National Rabi Conference (5) None of these Q.33. Which of the following Summits took place h Hanoi in October 2010?

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

ASEAN Summit SAARC Summit G 20 summit G-8 Summit None of these

Q.34. The Reserve Bank does not have an office in (1) Kanpur (2) Jaipur (3) Lucknow (4) Bhopal (5) Gulbarga Q.35. A Badminton player is supposed to know the meaning of the term(1) Bouncer (2) Love (3) LBW (4) Punch (5) Booster Q.36. Who amongst the following is the receipientof the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awart 2010? (1) Ishant Sharma (2) Hariom Singh (3) M.S. Dhoni (4) Sushil Kumar (5) Saina Nehwal Q.37. India extended a credit of US$250 million to which of the following countries, which will be used for infrastruclural development there? . (1) China (2) Pakistan (3) Myanmar (4) Nepal (5) Sudan Q.38. Which one of the following makes a case for intensive, modem farming? (1) Higher output using organic method (2) Remunerative price (3) Cropping pattern (4) Land acquisition for non-agricultural needs (5) None of these Q.39. In which one of the following States multi-thousand-foodgrain scam has recently been noticed by the High Court? (1) M.P.

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Orissa Bihar Jharkhand U.P.

Q.40. Which one of the following is the objective of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issued by the Government? (1) To ensure that Companies take steps for rehabilitation of project affected people (2) To ensure that Companies use some of their profits for educating the project affected people (3) To ensure that Companies provide health care to project affected people (4) To ensure that Companies take preventive measures to avoid environmental damage (5) None of these Q.41. A hockey player is supposed to know the. meaning of the term(1) Deaa Ball (2) Bouncer (3) LBW (4) Penalty Corner (5) Frozen Ball Q.42. Which one of the following have provided bailout package to Ireland to deal with its debt crisis? (1) EU only (2) IMF only (3) World Bank only (4) Only (1) and (2) above (5) All (1), (2) and (3) above Q.43. Which one of the following Indian Company is the only company from India to be included in the Top Ten 2010 Value creators Global Ranking released by global management consulting firm BCG? (1) RIL (2) Tata Steel (3) Bharti Airtel (4) JSPL (5) Bajaj Auto Q.44 Which one of the following has launched guidebook on standards for exporters? . (1) RBI (2) SEBI (3) IBA (4) UNIDO (5) UNESCO Q.45. BIPA with Sudan comes into effect was the news in various newspapers recently. It is an agreement for-

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

Investmept in a country Peaceful use of atomic power Allowing students to visit each other's nation Allowing people to come for medical treatment To form an alliance with each other in case of a war

Q.46. In which one of the following sports Sandhya Rani Devi bagged Silver in Asiad 2010 Games (1) Shooting (2) Squash (3) Taekwondo (4) Ten-pin bowling (5) Wushu Q.47. Which of the following terms is normally NOT seen in the field of International Relations? (1) Exchange Rate (2) Free Trade (3) MFN (4) Alluvial Soil (5) OECD Q.48. According to mid term review of Indian economy, which one of the following segments will be the major contributor to GDP growth? (1) Agriculture (2) Industry (3) Services (4) Mining (5) None of these Q.49. Which of the following films directed by Aamir Khan was sent for OSCARs Award nominations from India? . (1) Rang De Basanti (2) Peepli Live (3) Tare Zamin Par (4) Lagan (5) None of these Q.50. In which one of the following states, population growth rate is lower than national average? (1) Delhi (2) Gujarat (3) Chhattisgarh (4) Himachal Pradesh (5) Orissa

Answer: (1) 3 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 5 (5) 1 (6) 3 (7) 5( 8) 4 (9) 2 (10) 3 (11) 3 (12) 1 (13)3 (14) 4 (15) 1 (16) 1 (17) 3 (18) 3 (19) 3 (20) 5 (21) 5 (22) 1 (23) 5 (24) 3 (25) 3 (26)1 (27)3 (28)1 (29)1 (30) 5 (31) 3 (32) 5 (33) 1 (34) 5 (35) 2 (36) 5 (37) 4 (38) 4 (39) 5 (40) 1 (41) 4 (42) 1 (43) 1 (44) 4 (45) 1 (46)5 (47) 4 (48)1 (49) 2 (50) 3

Marketing Aptitude and Computer Knowledge Question Paper 2011 Q. 1. An email account includes a storage area, often called a(n) __ (1) attachment (2) (3) (4) (5) hyperlink mailbox IP address None of these

Q. 2. Data becomes __ when it is presented in a format that people can understand and use. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) processed graphs information presentation None of these

Q.3. A set of computer programs that helps a computer monitor itself and function more efficiently isajan __ (1) Windows (2) System Software (3) DBMS (4) Application Software (5) None of these Q. 4. An area of a computer that temporarily holds data waiting to be processed is __ (1) CPU (2) Memory (3) Storage (4) File (5) None of these Q.5. A __ is a microprocessor-based computing device. (1) personal computer (2) mainframe (3) workstation (4) server (5) None of these Q. 6. You use a(n) __ , such as a keyboard or mouse, to input information. (1) output device (2) input device (3) storage device (4) processing device

(5) None of these Q.7. The term __ designates equipment that might be added to a computer system to enhance its functionality. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) digital device system add-on disk pack peripheral device None of these

Q. 8. The instructions that tell a computer how to carry out the processing tasks are referred to as computer __ (1) programs (2) (3) (4) (5) processors input devices memory modules None of these

Q. 9. RAM can be thought of as the __ for the computer's processor. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) factory operating room waiting room planning room None of these

Q. 10. C, BASIC, COBOL, and Java are examples of __ languages. (1) low-level (2) computer (3) system programming (4) high-level (5) None of these Q.11. __ is the ability of a device to "jump" directly to the requested data. (1) Sequential access (2) (3) (4) (5) Random access Quick access All of the above None of these

Q.12. The __ is the amount of data that a storage device can move from the storage medium to the Computer per second. (1) data migration rate

(2) data digitizing rate (3) data transfer rate (4) data access rate (5) None of these Q.13. A __ converts all the statements in a program in a single batch and the resulting collection of instructions is placed in a new file. (1) converter (2) compiler (3) interpreter (4) instruction (5) None of these Q.14. One thousand bytes is a __ (1) (2) (3) (4) kilobyte megabyte gigabyte terabyte

(5) None of these Q.15. 'Benchmark' means __ (1) Benches for customers to sit (2) Benches for salesmen to sit (3) Products displayed on a bench (4) Set standards (5) All of the above Q. 16 A Call Centre is __ (1) a meeting place for DSAs (2) a Training Centre for DSAs (3) a meeting place for customers (4) Data Centre (5) a back office set up where customer queries are answered Q .17. The sequence of a sales process is __ (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Lead generation, Call, Presentation & Sale Sale, Presentation, Lead generation & Call Presentation, Lead generation, Sale & Call Lead Generation, Call, Sale & Presentation There is no sequence required

Q.18. Home loans are granted to (1) Individuals

(2) Institutions (3) Builders (4) All of these (5) None of these

Q.19. To 'Close a Call' means __ (1) 'fo end the conversation (2) To put the phone down (3) To close the doors (4) To clinch the sale (5) To close the business Q.20. A __ is an additional set of commands that the computer displays after you make a selection from the main menu. (1) dialog box (2) submenu (3) menu selection (4) All of the above (5) None of these Q.21. Information kept about a file includes ---(1) print settings (2) deletion date (3) (1) & (2) only (4) size (5) None of these Q.22. __ provides process and memory management services that allow two or more tasks, jobs, or programs to run simultaneously. (1) Multitasking (2) (3) (4) (5) Multithreading Multiprocessing Multicomputing None of these

Q.23. The ALU performs __ operations. (1) arithmetic (2) ASCII (3) algorithm-based (4) logarithm-based (5) None of these

Q. 24. A (n) __ is software that helps a computer control itself to operate efficiently and keep track of data. (1) application system (2) (3) (4) (5) hardware system software system oprating system None of these

Q.25. 'Customisation' means __ (1) Tailor-made products for each customer (2) Customers selling goods (3) Tailor-made products for each staff 4) A selling process (5) None of these Q.26. A 'Call' in Marketing language means __ (1) Calling On a salesperson (2) Calling on a customer (3) Making a phone-call (4) Telemarketing (5) None of these Q.27. Computers manipulate data in many ways, and this manipulation is called __ (1) upgrading (2) processing (3) batching (4) utilizing (5) None of these Q.28. A Marketing Survey is required for __ (1) deciding marketing strategies (2) (3) (4) (5) deciding Product strategies deciding pricing strategies All of these None of these

Q.29. The Target Group for Education Loans is ---(1) all colleges (2) all parents (3) research scholars (4) meritorious students seeking higher education (5) all of these

Q.30. Cross-selling means __ (1) Selling with a cross face (2) Cross country marketing (3) Selling other products to existing customers (4) Selling to friends (5) Selling to employees Q.31. Market Segmentation is useful for--(1) Preferential marketing (2) Targeting existing clients (3) Identifying prospects (4) Knowing customers' tastes (5) All of the above Q.32. The Target Group for Savings Deposit Accounts is __ (1) Newborn babies (2) students (3) parents (4) businessman (5) all of the above Q. 33. Market Segmentation can be resorted to by means of __ (1) segmenting by age (2) segmenting by income (3) segmenting geographically (4) all of these (5) none of these Q.34. The Target Group for a Car Loan is --(1) all auto drivers (2) all auto dealers (3) all car owners (4) any individual needing a car (5) all of these Q.35. Market information means --(1) knowledge of industries (2) knowledge of households (3) knowledge of peers (4) knowledge of customers' tastes (5) All of these Q.36. Credit cards are used for -

(1) Cash withdrawals (2) Purchase of air tickets (3) Purchase of consumable items from retail outlets (4) All of these (5) None of these Q.37. TheTarget Group for Agricultural Loans is __ (1) any farmer (2) farm labourers (3) any individual dealing in agricultural or related activity (4) farmers'societies (5) all of these Q.38. The Target Group for Credit Cards is ---(1) (2) (3) (4) existing cardholders all graduates all minors individuals with taxable income

(5) all of these Q.39. Market Segmentation means __ (1) segmenting the salesmen (2) segmenting the employees (3) segmenting the customers as per their Heeds (4) segmenting the products (5) All of these Q. 40. A 'Target Group' means--(1) a group of sellers (2) a group of buyers (3) a group of products (4) a group of persons to whom sales should be focused (5) all of these

Answer : (1) 3 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 2 (5) 1 (6) 2 (7) 4 (8) 1 (9) 3 (10) 4 (11) 2 (12) 3 (13) 2 (14) 1 (15) 4 (16) 5 (17) 1 (18) 1 (19) 4 (20) 1 (21) 3 (22) 1 (23) 1 (24) 4 (25) 1 (26) 2 (27) 2 (28) 4 (29) 4 (30) 3 (31) 5 (32) 5 (33) 4 (34) 4 (35) 5 (36) 4 (37) 3 (38) 4 (39) 3 (40) 5

Q.1 Which of the following carries out 'Open Market Operations? (1) Finance Ministry (2) External Affairs Ministry (4) Planning Commission (5) Ministry of Commerce Q. 2 Who among the folfowing Ministers will hold telecom portfolio in addition to his own portfolio till next reallotment? (1) Kamal Nath (2) Kapil Sibal (4) Mamta Banerjee (5) None of these Q. 3 Under provisions of which one of the following Acts, the RBI issues directives to the Banks in India? (1) RBI Act (2) Banking Regulation Act (3) Essential Commodities Act (4) RBI and Banking Regulation Act (5) None of these Q.4 On which one of the following 'Head of Expenses', the expenses of the Government of India are highest? (1) Food subsidy (2) Fertilizer subsidy (4) Maintenance of national highways (3) Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (5) Oil subsidy

Q.5 Which one of the following foreign agencies will assist the municipal agencies to improve quality of municipal schools through its School Excellence Programmes (SEP) ? (1) IMF (2) UNDP (3) UNICEF (4) ADB (5) None of these

Q. 6 Which one of the following tools is used by RBI for selective credit control? (1) It advises banks to lend against certain commodities (2) It advises banks to recall the loans for advances against certain commodities (3) It advises banks to charge higher rate of interest for advance against certain commodities (4) It discourages certain kinds of lending by assigning higher risk weights to loans it deems undesirable (5) None of these Q.7 For which one of the following Loan Products 'teaser loans' are offered by Banks? (1) Education Loans (4) Retail Trade Loans (2) Commercial Loans (3) Loans against security of gold (5) Home Loans ,

Q. 8 The Commonwealth Games 2010 were held in Delhi from October 3 to 14, 2010. Who amongst the following picked up the Game's first gold medal? (1) Augustina Nwaokolo (2) Ravinder Singh ' (3) Azhar Hussain (4) Carol Huynh (5) None of these

Q.9 In which one of ihe following cities was the recent meet of G-20 Countries organised ? (1) Tokyo (2) Seoul (3) London (4) Beijing (5) Singapore

Q.10 As per recent newspaper reports, which one of the following countries (among the given) has highest literacy rate? (1) India (2) Sri Lanka (3) China (4) Vietnam (5) Bangladesh

Q.11 Which one of the following has decided to give guarantee for infra loans? . (1) IDBI (2) SBI (3) IIFCL (4) SIDBI (5) None of these

Q.12 In which one of the following States is the uranium project proposed to be set up ? (1) Manipur (2) Meghalaya (3) Orissa (4) Assam (5) Nagaland

Q.13 Amongst 169 countries on Human Development Index, which one of the following is India's rank? (1) 89 (2) 91 (3) 119 (4) 129 (5) 138 Q.14 What is 'Kaveri' ? (1) India's indigeneous aircraft engine (2) India's Low Cost laptop (3) India's Air to Air Missile (5) Unmanned Aircraft acquired from Israel Q.15 An increasing finished good stock as % to sales of a manufacturing Company indicates that(A) the market is getting competitive. (B) the quality of the goods is not upto the mark. (C) the production cost has increased. (D) the production has decreased. (1) Only (A) and (B) (2) Only (B) and (C) (4) Only (C) (5) Only (D) and (A)

(3) Only (C) and (D)

Q. 16 Which one of the following has got RBI nod to issue pre-paid cards to its clients? (1) LIC (2) GIC (3) SIDBI (4) NABARD (5) None of these

Q.17 For which one of the following reasons is an amendment in Companies Bill 2009 proposed?

(1) To provide more powers to Department of Company Affairs (2) To provide regulatory powers to Department of Company Affairs (3) To make Indian Accounting Standards applicable with effect from 1.4.2011 (4) To ensure smooth convergence of the Indian Accounting Standards with IFRS (5) None of these Q.18 As per recent newspaper reports, India's public debt rises 2.8 percent to Rs. 28 lakh crores. Which one of the following is the reason that has forced commercial banks 10 buy Government securities? (1) Lack of credit growth (2) Increase in credit growth (3) Raising of repo rate (4) Raising of reverse repo rate (5) None of these Q.19 In which one of the following States Sariska Tiger Reserve is located? (1) M. P. (2) U. P. (3) Orissa (4) Gujarat (5) Rajasthan

Q.20 On which one of the following characters, Biometric security is based? (1) Finger prints and palm recognition only (2) Face recognition and voice recognition only (3) Hand writing and manual recognition only (4) Only(l) and (2) (5) All (1),(2) &(3) Q.21 Which one of the following may be the consequence of buying forex in the market by the RBI ? (1) It leads to inflation (2) It leads to control over inflation (3) It does not affect inflation (4) It results into deflation (5) None of these Q.22 Under provisions of which one of the following Acts, the Reserve Bank of india has the power to regulate, supervise and control the banking sector? (1) RBI Act (2) Banking Regulation Act (3) Negotiable Instrument Act (4) RBI and Banking Regulation Act (5) None of these

Q.23 Who amongst the following is the author of the book "The God of Small Things" ? (1) Chetan Bhagat (4) Kiran Desai (2) V.S. Naipul (3) Namita Gokhale (5) Arundhati Roy

Q. 24 Which one of the following has proposed $ 11 billion infrastructure debt fund? (1) NABARD (2) SBI (3) RBI (4) Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India (5) Planning Commission Q. 25 Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi is a _ (1) 42 years old politician (2) Bharat Ratna (3) Military General (4) Nobel Prize winner (5) None of these Q.26 Which one of the following factors influence working capital of a unit?

(1) Seasonally of operations only (2) Production Policy only (3) Suppliers Term only (4) Only (1) and (2) (5) All (1), (2) & (3) Q.27 The G-20 Summit was held in which of the following places in October 2009 ? (1) Paris (2) Vienna (3) Tokyo (4) Pittsburgh (5) London Q.28 As per a newspaper report, only few countries are left to make Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), a universal treaty. Which of the following is one of them? (1) Japan (2) Indian (3) Italy (4) France (5) Russia Q. 29 Which TV channel has been in the news for its coverage of the Bin Laden crisis, especially for having carried all broadcasts of Osama Bin Laden to. audiences in West Asia? (1) Star Asia (2) BBC Asia (3) Al Jazeera (4) Khaleed Times (5) None of these Q.30 India will host the world Tiger Summit for the first time in 2010. The Summit will be organized in __ (1) Kolkata (2) Bharatpur (3) .Junagarh (4) Ranthambore (5) None of these Q.31 Under what name is MTNL marketing its GSM based mobile telephony? (1) Swarna (2) Dolphin (3) Speed (4) Vayu (5) None 0 f these Q.32 Which of the following countries has been fully suspended from the Common wealth of Nations after its refusal to announce General Elections which have been due since long? (1) Pakistan (2) Nepal (3) Fiji (4) Sri Lanka (5) None of these Q.33 What is the name of the branded petrol with cleansing additives that is being marketed by HPCL? (1) Power (2) Premium (3) Speed (4) Clean X (5) None of these Q. 34 Under what name is MTNL marketing its CDMA based WiLL service in Mumbai and Delhi? (1) Dolphin (2) Swarna (3) Garuda (4) Seema (5) None of these

Q.35 Which of the following countries agreed recently to discontinuar efuelling ships in the Indian Ocean for the NATO led coalition in Afghanistan? (1) Japan (2) Indonesia (3) Bangladesh (4) Pakistan (5) None of these Q.36 To which business group did the Ambanis of Reliance Group sell their holding in Larsen and Toubro? (1) RP Goenkas (2) A V Birla (3) Kanorias (4) Mittals (5) None of these Q.37 Name the brand that was launched and promoted by a famous father-son duo. (1) ICICI Credit cards (2) Parket Beta (3) Maruti Versa (4) All of these. (5) None of these Q.38 What is the sub brand of the new car that Toyota is launching in India?

(1) Accord

(2) Jupiter

(3) C Planet

(4) Camry

(5) None of these

Q.39 Who amongst the following is the winner of the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconc iliation 2009 ? (1) Yukiya Amano (2) Aung San Suu Kyi (4) Hillary Clinton (5) None of these (3) Bill Gates

Q.40 With which brand would you identify the famous advertising slogan 'Think Different'? (1) Apple (2) IBM (3) Wipro (4) HCL (5) None of these Q.41 Credit Rating .

(1) is used to rate the borrowers while giving advances. (2) is used to work out performance of the employees. (3) is used to calculate the number of excellent audit rated branches. (4) is NOT used in any Bank. (5) is necessary before giving promotion to employees Q.42 Who amongst the following is the recipient of the 'Dadasaheb Phalke Award - 2010'? (1) Javed Akhtar (2) Amitabh Bachchan (3) Guizar (4) Hema Malini (5) None of above

Q.43 In Corporate Hedging, which one of the following types of risks can be covered? (1) Liquidity risk (2) Currency risk (3) Credit risk (4) Transaction risk (5) None of these Q.44 Bank of Rajasthan is now merged with which of the following banks? (1) AXIS Bank (2) IDBI Bank (3) ICICI Bank (4) HDFC Bank (5) None of these Q.45 As per GDP figures on calendar year basis, according to World Bank, which one of the following economies will have highest GDP growth in the year 2011 ? (1) US (2) China (3) Japan (4) India (5) Brazil

Q.46 In respect of infrastructure bonds is sued under provisions of Section 80 CCF of the Income Tax Act, what is the maximum amount (Rs. in thousands), upto which these bonds can be covered? (1) 30 (2) 20 (3) 40 (4) 5.0 (5) None of these

Q.47 Which of the following is the full form of the abbreviation 'IFRS' as used in corporate / finance Sector ? (1) Indian Financial Reconciliation Standards (2) Interpretation and Formal Reporting System (3) International Financial Reporting Standards

(4) International Financial Reporting System (5) None of these Q.48 As per the new guidelines issued by SEBI, companies are required to list shares within how many days of the closure of the Initial Public Offers (IPOs) ? (1) 60 days (2) 12 days (3) 30 days (4) 45 days (5) None of these Q.49 RTGS stands for ----(1) Real Time Gross Settlements (2) Reduced Time Gross Settlements (3) Relative Time Gross Settlements (4) Real Total Gross Securities (5) None of these

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Canara Bank PO Sample Paper 2009 1.Captain is related to a Team in the same way as Director is related to:(1) Supervisor (2) Employee (3) Organisation (4) Union (5) Customer 2. Find the odd one out of the following options:(1) Aunt (2) Child (3) Father (4) Niece (5) Relation 3. Pointing to a photograph of Mahesh said.The father of his sister is the husband of my wifes mother.How is Ram related to Mahesh? (1) Brother (2) Brother-in-law (3) Father-in-law (4) Data not sufficient (5) None of these 4. If fork is called plate, plate is called knife, knife is called jug, jug is called glass, glass is called cup and cup is called fork, by what do we cut fruit? (1) spoon (2) jug (3) glass (4) saucer (5) none of these 5. If a is substituted by 26,B by 25 and so on up to Z which is substituted by 1, what will be the sum of the numbers substituted for the word XRAY? (1) 33 (2) 40 (3) 37 (4) 73(5) None of these 6. In a certain code COIMBATORE is written as DPJNCBUPSF. How is INDORE written in that code? (1) JOENQF (2) JMCPQD (3) JOEPSF (4) HMCNQD (5) None of these 7. Geeta is elder to Seeta but not to Deepa.Gayatri is younger than Deepa.No one is elder to Fatima.Who is youngest of them all? (1) Seeta (2) Geeta (3) Gayatri (4) Data not sufficient (5) None of these 8. Raman is sitting to the immediate left of Harry but not next to Kamal.Mahesh is sitting to the right of Kamal.If the four friends are sitting in a circle who is sitting to the immediate right of Harry? (1) Mahesh (2) Kamal (3) Raman (4) Harry (5) Cannot be determined 9. How many three letter meaningful English words can be formed from the word NOTE beginning with T and without repeating any letter? (1) Three (2) One (3) Two (4) None (5) None of these Directions (10-15): Answer question 10 to 15 based on the following sequence: 10. How many elements in the above arrangement are both immediately preceded and immediately followed by a number? (1) One (2) Two (3) Three (4) Five (5) None of these 12. Which of the following will be the fifteenth element from the left end if all the numbers are arranged in descending order from left to right, keeping the position of the other elements in arrangement un-changed? (1) 5 (2) 4 (3) 7 (4) 8 (5) None of these

13. How many letters in the above arrangement are immediately followed by a symbol? (1) Two (2) Five (3) Four (4) Three (5) None of these 14. Which of the following will be eighth to the left of the twelfth from the left end of the arrangement? (1) # (2) 7 (3) U (4) 9 (5) None of these 15. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their position in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? (1) G$M (2) K9Q (3) ?D7 (4) 2MU (5) PCI 16. In a certain code language In ba pe means he has won,'le ki ba means she has lost and in se pe means he always won. Which word in that language meanshe? (1) in (2) pe (3) se (4) Data not sufficient(5) None of these 17. X is Ys brother. S is Ts mother and Xs aunt. How is T related to X? (1) Sister (2) Cousin (3) Aunt (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these 18. If the letters of the word OBSERVANT are interchanged, such that the first becomes ninth, second becomes eighth,and so on,and the position of the fifth letter remains unchanged then what will be the new arrangement of letters? (1) TNAVERSBO (2) TNVARESBO (3) NTAVERSBO (4) VANTRESBO (5) None of these 19. If 1 is coded as ,5 is coded as %,6 is coded as ,3 is coded as +,7 is coded as # and 4 is coded as?What will be the correct form of the number 435671? (1) ? + % # (2) ? +% # (3) ? + % # (4) # % + ? (5) None of these 20. Which of the following have the same relationship as BREAD:DBARE? (1) SWORN: NSOWR (2) FUNDS: FSDUN (3) GLAZE : EGZAL (4) LOWER: RLEWO (5) None of these 21. Who advertises watches? (1) Deepa (2) Kamal (3) Aman (4) Priyanka (5) None of these 22. Which of the following Channel-product pairs in definitely incorrect? (1) Go-watch (2) Come-computer (3) Go-soap (4) Come-soap (5) Come-watch 23. Which channel does Kamal visit? (1) Go (2) Fun (3) Come (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these 24. If Bipasha advertises computers which of the following must be true? (1) Jitu advertises soap (2) Jitu advertises watches (3) Kamal advertises computers (4) Kamal works for Fun (5) None of these 25. What will Jitu advertise? (1) Chocolates (2) Watches (3) Computers or watches (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these 26. Swaroop and Simple want to attend a seminar together between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. Simple cannot leave till after her lunch break which begins at 1.30 p.m. Swaroop is

free after her meeting which ends at noon. For how many hours can the two of them attend the seminar? (1) 3 hours (2) 2 hours (3) 4 hours (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these Page 2 of 5 27. How many pairs of letters are there in the word ANSWER each of which has as many letters between them in the word as there are in the English language? (1) One (2) Two (3) Four (4) Three (5) None of these 28. Find the odd one out (1) 2 (2) 7 (3) 11 (4) 13 (5) 9 29. If all the letters in the word MERCIFUL are rearranged in alphabetical order and substituted by the alphabet preceding them in the English alphabet what will be the new arrangement of letters? (1) BDHEKLQT (2) BDEHKLQT (3) BDEHLKQT (4) BDEJMLQT (5) NONE OF THESE 30. Out of 38 families in a housing society 5 subscribe to Hindi news-papers alone,12 subscribe to both Hindi and Marathi newspapers.Find the number of Maranthi news-paper subscribers. (1) 9 (2) 21 (3) 17 (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these Directions (31-35): Below are given letters and their numeric codes. Below that are given some conditions to be followed while codifying the given letter groups in each question. Study them and find out the correct numeric coded form of the given letter group in each question. If none of the coded forms is correct, your answer will be(5) i.e. None of these. Conditions: (i) If the first and last letters are vowels both are to be coded as . (ii) If the second letter is a vowel and the third letter is a consonant a single code is to be used and both are to be coded jointly as %. (iii) If the first letter is a consonant and the last letter is a vowel both are to be coded as? 31. ENIMY (1) 1%28 (2) ?732? (3) 17328 (4) ?7328 (5) None of these 32. GENIR (1) ?173? (2) 6%39 (3) 6%79 (4) 61739 (5) None of these 33. QUERI (1) 5%93 (2) ?413? (3) ?4139 (4) ?419? (5) None of these 34. EINUM (1) 1%72 (2) 0%42 (3) 1374? (4) 1%43 (5) None of these

35. UNGRE (1) 769 (2) 4769 (3) 47691 (4) 7691 (5) None of these Directions (36-39): In each question below are 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 at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer (1) if only conclusion I follows. Give answer (2) if only conclusion II follows. Give answer (3) if either conclusion I or II follows. Give answer (4) if neither conclusion I nor II follows. Give answer (5) if both conclusions I or II follow. 36. Statements: Some ovens are refrigerator. Some refrigerators are ACs. Conclusions:I. Some ACs are ovens.II. No. AC is oven. 37. Statements: All planes are birds.All birds are clouds. Conclusions:I. Some planes are clouds. II. Some clouds are birds. 38. Statements: Some sweets are salt.No salt in spice. Conclusions:I.. Some sweets are spice.II. No spice is salt. 39. Statements: Some papers are plastics.All papers are clothes. Conclusions:I. Some plastics are clothes.II. Some plastics are papers. Directions (41-45): Each of the following questions below consists a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide if the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both statements and: Give answer (1) if the data in statements I alone is sufficient to answer the question while the data in statement II is not sufficient to answer the question. Give answer (2) if the data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the question. Give answer (3) if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question. Give answer (4) if the data in both the statements I and II are not sufficient to answer the question. Give answer (5) if the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

41. How is cricket written in a code language? I. Dinesh play cricket is written as do si ha. II. play cricket now is written as ha si ma. 42. Who is the oldest among L,M,N,O,P? I. P is older than M and N but not O. II. L is older than O. 43. When is Rahuls birthday? I. Rahul and Shivani are twins. II. Rahul was born on the last day of February in a leap year. 44. What is the strength of the class? I. Shekhar stood 28 ranks below the top ranker and Mahesh who stood 5 ranks below him stood last. II. Jayesh was 9 ranks below Ramesh who stood 27th from the top. 45. How far does Shruti live from the school? I. Shruti has to cycle 3 kms. To her friend Minas house which is 4 kms. From thee school. II. Gitanjali lives exactly opposite the school and walks 2 kms. to reach Shrutis house. Directions (46-50): The following questions are based on the five three digit numbers given below: 972 526 487 359 251 46. If the positions of the firs and second digits are interchanged which of the following will be third if they are arranged in ascending order? (1) 359 (2) 972 (3) 526 (4) 487 (5) 251 47. If 2 is added to the sum of the digits of each of the above numbers how many will be multiples of 5? (1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) None of these 48. If 1 is subtracted from the last digit of each of the above numbers the sum of the digits of how many of them are prime numbers? (1) None (2) Two (3) One (4) Three (5) All five 49. If the digits in each of the above numbers are written in reverse order which will be the second highest number? (1) 251 (2) 359 (3) 487 (4) 526 (5) 972 50. If the positions of the digits of each of the numbers are interchanged such that the first becomes second,second becomes third and third becomes firs, which, of the following will be the highest? (1) 972 (2) 526 (3) 487 (4) 251 (5) 359

GENERAL AWARENESS Q:1 What is financial inclusion ? (1) To provide a permanent employment to the unemployed (2) To provide a 100 days job to all those who are in need of a job (3) To provide banking services to all those living in remote areas (4) To ensure that all financial transactions amounting Rs. 5,000/- and above are done through banks. (5) To provide finances for all. Q: 2 Recently the term 3G was very much in news and even a conference on it was organized in India. What is the letter 'G' denotes in 3G ? (1) Grade (2) Group (3) Global (4) Guild (5) Generation Q: 3 Some major banks and financial institutions in various Western countries were to wind up their business and/ or declare themselves in financial problems during last few years. This trend is technically known as _ (1) Devaluation (2) Deformation (4) Political backdrop (5) Globalisation Q: 4 Which of the following International sports events was organized in Delhi in October 2010 in which several countries participated ? (1) Asian Games

(2) World Cup Cricket Tournament (3) Asian Hockey Tournament (4) Commonwealth Games (5) None of these Q: 5 Exporters in India get insurance cover and risk cover from which of the following organizations? (1) SIOBI (2) NABARD (3) ECGC (4) RBI (5) None of these Q: 6 Which of the following places in India does not have a Stock Exchange ? (1) Kolkata (2) Ahmedabad (3) Mumbai (4) Delhi (5) Udaipur Q.7 Hillary Clinton who was in India recently is the U.S. Secretary of-(1) Commerce (2) State (3) Treasury (4) Defence (5) None of these Q.8 If Indian Banking industry had demonstrated its resilience to external shocks in 2008-09, the credit goes to -(A) Policies of the RBI & the Govt. of India

(C) Foreign aid/investments to Indian companies (1) Only (A) (2j Only (B) (3) Only (C) Q: 9 Tembhli village which was in news is in --(1) Bihar (2) Rajasthan (3) Orissa (4) West Bengal (5) Maharashtra Q:10 Rohan Bopanna who represented Indian in an international event is a---(1) Billiards Player (2) Golf Player (3) Chess Player (4) Table Tennis Player (5) Lawn Tennis Player Q:11 AlBA Women's World Boxing Championship was organized in September 2010 in --(I) Rome (2) New Delhi (3) London (4) Vienna (5) Barbados Q: 12 Mr. A. K. Antony a Union Minister in the Indian Cabinet recently signed an agreement with South Korea. This means the agreement is for the Cooperation in the field of-(1) Agriculture (2) Rural Development

(3) Defence (4) Steel & Iron (5) None of these Q: 13 Sir Mota Singh who was Knighte by the Queen Elizabeth II earlier this year is--(1) First Sikh Judge in UK (2) first Sikh Minister in UK (3) First Indian to become Vice Chancellor in Cambridge (4) First Indian to become Governor of a State in USA (5) None of these Q.14 'Ayodhya' which was in news recently is a place in--(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Bihar (3) Rajasthan (4) Jharkhand (5) Uttar Pradesh Q.15 Which of the following is the name of a private sector Bank in India? (1) IDBI Bank (2) Axis Bank (3) Corporation Bank (4) UCO Bank (5) All are Private Banks Q.16. The Govt. of India does no! provide any direct financial assistance to which of the following schemes? (1) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme

(2) Rural Health Mission (3) Indira Aawas Yojana (4) Jeevan Sathi Yojana (5) Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana Q.17. What does the letter'S' denotes in 'AFSPA' ar abbreviation we very often see in newspapers? (1) Slow (2) Special (3) State (4) Solid (5) Sovereign Q.18. Which of the following terms is used in banking and finance? (1) Abiotic (2) Demand Deposit (3) Fat scales (4) A diabetic (5) Cathode Q.19. Which of the following is a food crop? (1) Maize (2) Cotton (3) Palm (4) Jute (5) Jatropha Q.20. Vedanta Alumina is a company operating in the area of ---(1) Shipping (2) Mining

(3) Cement (4) Textiles (5) Banking Q.21. Names of which of the following rates/ratios cannot be seen in financial newspapers? (1) Bank Rate (2) Repo Rate (3) Cash Reserve Ratio (4) Pulse Rate (5) Statutory Liquidity Ratio Q.22. An individual visiting UAE will have to make his/her payments in which of the following currencies? (1) Dirham (2) Taka (3) Baht (4) Peso (5) Dinar Q.23. Who, amongst the following is NOT a famous writer? (1) Sania Mirza (2) V. S. Naipaul (3) Chetan Bhagat (4) Khushwant Singh (5) Namita Gokhale Q.24. 'Peepli Live' is a film directed by --(I) Anusha Rizvi (2) Aamir Khan

(3) Kiran Rao (4) David Dhawan (5) None of these Q.25. Which of the following is the Chemical name of the salt we use in our kitchen? (1) Calcium Carbonate (2) Calcium Chloride (3) Sodium Carbonate (4) Sodium Chloride (5) Ammonium Sulphate Q.26. The judges of the Supreme Court of India now retire at the age of--(1) 58 years (2) 60 years (3) 62 years (4) 65 years (5) 68 years Q.27. Operation New Dawn is the beginning of stability in--(1) Afghanistan (2) Iran (3) Sudan (4) Sri Lanka (5) Iraq Q.28. Which of the following books' is written by Kiran Desai ? (1) A house for Mr. Biswas (2) 3 Mistakes of My Life

(3) A Tale of Two Sisters (4) The Inheritance of Loss (5) Tale of Two Cities Q.29. Jimena Na";'arrete who was crowned Miss Universe 2010 is from --(I) Mexico (2) Venezuela (3) Brazil (4) New Zealand (5) Italy Q.30. India has an agreement with USA for producing energy in the form of--(1) Hydraulic (2) Thermal (3) Nuclear (4) Solar (5) All of these forms Q. 31 Which of the following is an economic term? (1) Plaintiff (2) Bunker Blaster (3) Deflation (4) Lampoon (5) Zero Hour Q.32. Which of the following awards is given to sports persons in India? (1) Shantiswarup Bhatnagar Awards

(2) Arjuna Award (3) Kalidas Samman (4) Saraswati Samman (5) None of these Q.33. Which of the following is the trophy/cup associated with the game of cricket? (1) Derby (2) Merdeka Cup (3) Santosh Trophy (4) Duleep Trophy (5) Durand Cup Q.34. Who amongst the following can take benefit of the Social Security Fund established by the Govt. ofIndia for unorganized workers? . (1) Primary school teacher (2) Employee of Sugar Factory (3) Textile Mazdoor (4) Rickshaw Puller (5) Clerk in a factory Q.35. Shushil Kumar who won a Gold Medal at an international event is a famous--(1) Wrestling champion (2) Golf player (3) Table Tennis Player (4) Weight lifter (5) None of these Q.36. In case a major war breaks out between two nations, which of the following organizations/agencies will be seen in the battle field, in addition to the armies of the fighting parties?

(1) WTO (2) Red Cross (3) CARE (4) OPEC (5) All of these Q.37. Which of the following is the abbreviated name associated with food security? (1) ASHA (2) PDS (3) WTO (4) OPEC (5) NPA Q.38. Which of the following is a good and rich source of vitamin 'C' ? (1) Milk (2) Radish (3) Mango (4) Lemon Juice (5) Banana Q.39. Who amongst the following Indian Prime Ministers was honoured Posthumously by the Govt. of Bangladesh for his/her contributions to the independence of the nation? (1) Rajiv Gandhi (2) Jawaharlal Nehru (3) Indira Gandhi (4) Lai Bahadur Shastri (5) None of these Q.40. Who amongst the following was never a Governor of the RBI?

(1) Bimal Jalan (2) Y. V. Reddy (3) Arup Roy Choudhury (4) C. Rangarajan (5) D. Subbarao

Answer: (1) 3 (2) 5 (3) 3 (4) 10 (5) 5 (6) 5 (7) 4 (8) 1 (9) 5 (10) 5 (11) 5 (12) 3 (13) 1 (14) 5 (15) 2 (16) 1 (17) 2 (18) 2 (19) 4 (20) 2 (21) 4 (22) 1 (23) 1 (24) 1 (25) 4 (26) 4 (27) 1 (28) 4 (29) 1 (30) (31) 3 (32) 2 (33) 4 (34) 4 (35) 5 (36) 2 (37) 2 (38) 4 (39) 3 (40) 3

Update your general knowledge & knowledge in the current affairs segment with the crisp one-liner question-answer for May 2011 designed to further your preparation process for competitive examination. Aspirants for Bank Po, Civil Services and other other candidates preparing for UPSC exams can refer to the questions-answers for thorough and detailed study. Indian government appointed this person as petroleum secretary and shifted incumbent S Sundareshan to the ministry of heavy industries-Girish Chandra Chaturvedi

ISRO unveiled Indias fastest supercomputer-SAGA-220

The Postal Department launched this schemefor Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) to provide post-retirement financial security-Service Discharge Benefit Scheme

Leaders of these two main Palestinian-factions signed a reconciliation agreement for the formation of transitional national unity government followed by elections-Fatah and Hamas

This Human rights activist was appointed member of the Planning Commission's 40 member Steering Committee on Health-Binayak Sen

The AHF-MHC Hockey Academy was inaugurated by President, Asian Hockey Federation-Sultan Azlan Shah

This Indian state became the first Indian state to launch an e-payment system for commercial tax

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This party won an overwhelming victory (225 seats) in West Bengal against the Left that has been ruling in Bengal for the last 34 years-Trinamool Congress

State-owned oil companies increased petrol prices by Rs _ per litre-the steepest so far Rs 5

This South Pacific island nation, currently positioned to the east of the International Date Line decided to forego a day (28 December 2011) and shift to the time zone on its westSamoa

This person was awarded the Sydney Peace Prizes Gold Medal for exceptional courage in pursuit of human rights-WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

 This country won the Sulan Azlan Cup Hockey tournament for the sixth time by defeating Pakistan Australia

IMF chief widely expected to run for the French Presidency in 2012 arrested here over an alleged sex attack on a hotel maid-Dominique Strauss-Kahn

She was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on 16 May 2011 by Governor SS Barnala along with 33 cabinet ministers at the Madras University-J Jayalalithaa

This Public Sector Bank posted a 99 per cent drop in net profit at Rs 21 crore for the fourth quarter

ended 31 March 2011 against Rs 1867 crore during the corresponding period in 2010State bank of India

This Congress Legislature Party leader was sworn in as Kerala's 21st Chief Minister-Oommen

Chandy

This Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader was sworn in Assam Chief Minister for the third consecutive term-Tarun Gogoi

This Public Sector Undertaking successfully tested India's first turbo generator of 600 MW rating-

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL)

Queen Elizabeth II began the first visit by a British monarch to this country -Republic of Ireland

International Museum Day (IMD) was observed with the theme _-Museum and Memory

British-born Sierra Leonean novelist Aminatta Forna on 21 May 2011 won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for this novel-The Memory of Love

This IPL franchisee defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore to win Indian Premier League (IPL) season

4 title - Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Indias advanced communication satellite GSAT-8 was launched from-Kourou, French Guiana

The party to win the state assembly elections in Tamil Nadu-AIADMK

The party to win the state assembly elections in West Bengal-Trinamool Congress

India on 13 May 2011 signed a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with the countryColumbia

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) launched space shuttle Endeavour from the place-Kennedy Space Centre, Florida

Annual State plan for Maharashtra was finalised at-42000 crore rupees

SAGA-220 was inaugurated by-K Radhakrishnan

Andhra Pradeshs Annual Plan for the year 2011-12 fixed at-43000 crore rupees

The new Prime Minister of exiled Tibetan government-Lobsang Sangay

The Indian state introduced a single-window system to allow shooting for film-Himachal Pradesh

The digital radiotherapy simulator, a device to locate tumours was developed by the scientists ofBhabha Atomic Research Centre

The Maheshwar Hydroelectric power project is on the River-Narmada

Social Security Scheme for Gramin Dak Sevaks was launched by-Ministry for Communications

and IT The first Indian state to launch e-payment system for commercial tax payers-Karnataka India and Uzbekistan signed an action plan in New Delhi on-Tourism Cooperation

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) launched Space Shuttle, Endeavour fromKennedy Space Centre, Florida

India would be among six nations to dominate global economic growth by 2025 according to a report by- World Bank

Nagaland State Annual Plan 2010-11 was finalised at-1810 crore

Second Africa-India Forum Summit was held at-Addis Ababa

India and World Bank signed an agreement for Rajasthan Livelihoods project of-162.7 million dollars

The theme of Second Africa-India Forum Summit held at Addis Ababa was- Enhancing Partnership-

Shared Vision

Addis Ababa is the capital of-Ethiopia

Tamil Nadu overtook Karnataka in-Bio-fertilizer use

India and Afghanistan signed MoU for-Training and skilled development of Media personnel

The Indian state to record the countrys highest number of infanticide cases-Madhya Pradesh

Update your general knowledge & knowledge in the current affairs segment with the crisp one-liner question-answer for April 2011 designed to further your preparation process for competitive examination. Aspirants for Bank Po, Civil Services and other other candidates preparing for UPSC exams can refer to the questions-answers for thorough and detailed study. The person who was selected for the 20th Saraswati Samman for his novel Mandra- S. L. Bhyrappa The tennis player who won The ATP Miami Masters in April 2011- Novak Djokovic

Indian government issued a gazette notification on formation of a joint committee headed by this personality to draft an effective Lokpal Bill- Pranab Mukherjee. Tata Steel vice-chairman who was appointed the new president of industry association Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) B Muthuraman This cricketer who was named Wisdens Leading Cricketer in the World for the year 2010 Sachin Tendulkar

 The sports body that approved new rules on the eligibility of female athletes with hyperandrogenism International Association for Athletics Federation (IAAF) This Moroccan journalist who was presented the 2010 Gebran Tueni Award-Aboubakr Jama

India-born Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee won this prestigious literary award for his non-fiction book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer Pulitzer Prize India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) launched this remote sensing satellite from the spaceport of Sriharikota Resourcesat-2 This person was named first secretary of Cuba's Communist Party - President Raul Castro

DRDO on 26 April 2011 signed agreement with this country for the use of an explosive detection technology- USA The first Indian state to set up an agriculture cabinet to address the problem of farmers- Bihar Bapineuzumab jab was developed by the scientists to cure the disease- Alzheimer Iran and Iraq signed agreements on the extradition of Each Others Detainees in the City- Tehran US approved the use of Drone on the forces of the dictator- Muammar Gaddafi The country which proposed a plan to strengthen global nuclear safety- Russia President of the Country called for a mass protest against the UN reports- Sri Lanka The Union Cabinet of India Approved the Nagoya Protocol. Nagoya is a city in-Japan The country passed a draft law to end 48 years of emergency rule- Syria

India on 16 April 2011 Signed with this country Seven Agreements Including a Civil Nuclear DealKazakhstan