Probationary Officer / Management Trainee - 2007

Q.1. Which of the following days is observed as 'National Consumers Right Day'?

a) 25 December b) 24 December

c) 26 December

d) 28 December

e) None of these

Q.2. Foreign Minister 'Maxim Bernier' has recently visited India. He belongs to which of the following country?

a) France

b) Australia

c) Canada

d) China

e) None of these

Q.3. Who among the followings is the Chairman of the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority?

a) M.Damodaran

b) G.M.Rao

c) P.K.Sethi

d) C.S.Rao

e) None of these

Q.4. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE about FIFA Awards?

(A) FIFA award ceremony is held in Zurich.

(B) Brazilian Footballer Kaka is awarded as best man world player of the year 2007.

(C) Marta of Brazil is awarded as best women world player of the year.

a) A,B and C

b) A,B and D

c) A,B,C and D

d) A,B and D

e) None of these

Q.5. Who among the followings has written the book,' The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cell phone'?

a) Zenet Lov

b) Maxwell Parera

c) John Didion

d) Dominique Lapiere

e) None of these

Q.6. The Securities and Exchange Board of India has announced that institutional investors would be permitted to commence short selling on bourses from which of the following dates?

a) February 1,2008

b) January 1,2008

c) January 8,2008

d) February 8,2008

e) None of these

Q.7. Who among the followings has been re-elected as the President of Uzbekistan for third term?

a) Jacob Zuma

b) Lee Myoong Back

c) Michael Sakashvili

d) Islam Karimov

e) None of these

Q.8. Which of the following statement is/are TRUE about 11th Five Year Plan?

(A) The Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) has been fixed nearly 11.5 percent higher atRs.20 lakh cr.

(B) The eleventh plan envisages an average nine percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the first 4 years.

(C) The overall investment is of Rs. 3600000 cr.

(D) 7 crore new jobs that will be created to reduce the incidence of poverty by 10 percentage points.

a) A,B and C

b) A,B and D

c) A,B,C and D

d) B,C and D

e) None of these

Q.9. Recently Mr. Palagummi Sainath of India has been honoured with the prestigious Raman Magsaysay Award for 2007 in which of the following fields?

a) Public Service

b) Government Service

c) Community Leadership

d) Peace & International Understanding

e) None of these

Q.10. At which place will 34th National Games be held?

a) Chhattisgarh

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Jharkhand

e) None of these

Q.11. Which state government has recently announced to celebrate 2008 as the year of Education?

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Haryana

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Maharashtra

e) None of these

Q.12. Recently Asia's biggest 'Auto Expo-2008' was held in New Delhi. What was the theme of the Expo?

a) Platform of Unity

b) Unity in Diversity

c) Mobility for all

d) Mobility in your life

e) None of these

Q.13. Which of the following Aviation Companies of India has recently got the membership of the biggest World's Aviation Companies-Star Alliance?

a) Indian Airlines

b) Air India

c) Jet Airways

d) Deccan Airways

e) None of these

Q.14. Which of the following states is/are under President rule?

a) Nagaland

b) Assam

c) Karnataka

d) 1 and 3 both

e) None of these

Q.15. What is the full form of GACOPIO?

a) Global Academic Council of People of Indian Origin.

b) Global Advisory Council of People of Indian Origin.

c) Global Advisory Centre of People of Indian Origin.

d) Global Advisory Committee of People of Indian Origin.

e) None of these

Q.51. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word CONFUSED each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?

a) None

b) One

c) Two

d) Three

e) More than three

Q.52. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

a) Tennis

b) Hockey

c) Volleyball

d) Badminton

e) Cricket

Q.53. In a certain code OBSERVANT is written as DRANPUOBW. How is RECRUITED written in that code?

a) EFUJSQBDQ

b) QBDQSEFUJ

c) QDBQSEFUJ

d) QBDQSCDSH

e) None of these

Q.54. How many such pairs of digits are there in the number 395146728 each of which has as many digits between the min the number as when the digits within the number are rearranged in ascending order from left to right?

a) None

b) One

c) Two

d) Three

e) More than three

Q.55. In a certain code BEND is written as #5%3 and SOLD is written as 62@3. How is NOSE written in that code?

a) %265

b) 52%6

c) @265

d) %2#5

e) None of these

In each question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered A, B and C. A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow- up or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, and then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.

Q.56. Statement : Every year during monsoon condition of most of the roads in the city deteriorates causing immense problem to the commuters.

Courses of action :

• (A) The civic body should include a heavy Penalty clause while awarding future contracts for road repairs.
• (B) The civic officials in charge of maintenance of city roads should be asked to explain why the condition of the roads worsens every year.
• (C) General public should avoid taking their vehicles out during monsoon.

a) Only (A) follows

b) Only B follows

c) Only (A) and (B) follow

d) Only (B) and (C) follow

e) All (A), (B) and (C) follow

Q.57. Statement : There has been a continuous increase in the number of dropout of students of Govt. run primary schools in the state.

Courses of action :

• (A) Govt. should immediately set up a committee to review the situation and suggest measures to reverse the trend.
• (B) Govt. should conduct orientation programs for parents of the students emphasizing on the need for educating their children.
• (C) Govt. should close down such state run primary schools where dropout rates are more than fifty percent.

a) Only (A) follows

b) Only (B) follows

c) Only (C) follows

d) Only (A) and (B) follow

e) None of these

Q.58. Statement : Many public sector undertakings have been making losses for the past few years and the situation is equally bad in the current year.

Courses of action :

• (A) These loss making public sector companies should immediately be closed down.
• (B) The Govt. should scout for potential buyers in the private sector to sell these companies to get back part of the investments made by the Govt.
• (C) All the employees of these companies should be retrenched with adequate compensation and the fixed assets may be put up for sale.

a) Only (B) and (C) follow

b) Only (B) follows

c) Only (C) follows

d) All (A), (B) and (C) follow

e) None of these

Q.59. Statement : Many shops in the local market have extended their shops and occupied most part of the footpath in front of their shops.

Courses of action :

• (A) The civic authority should immediately activate a task force to clear all the footpath encroached by the shop owners.
• (B) The civic authority should charge hefty penalty to the shop owners for occupying footpath.
• (C) The civic authority should set up a monitoring system so that such encroachments do not recur in future.

a) None follows

b) Only A and B follow

c) Only (B) and (C) follow

d) Only (A) and (C) follow

e) All (A), (B) and (C) follow

Q.60. Statement : During the past few days more and more number of indoor patients of the local Govt. hospital are diagnosed to be suffering from malaria.

Courses of action :

• (A) All such patients who are suffering from malaria should immediately be discharged from the hospital.
• (B) The hospital authority should immediately put a ban on admitting new patients into the hospital.
• (C) All such patients who are suffering from malaria should be kept in an isolated ward.

a) Only (A) follows

b) Only (B) follows

c) Only (C) follows

d) Only (B) and (C) follow

e) None follows

Q.102. The price of two dozens of oranges is Rs.120/-more than the price of one kg. of mango. The price of one dozen of apple is Rs.80/- more than the price of one kg. of mango. Which of the following represents the ratios of the price of one orange and one apple respectively?

a) 1 : 2

b) 2 : 1

c) 3 : 4

d) Data inadequate

e) None of these

Q.103. A two digit number exceeds forty percent of another two digit number by 16. If the sum of these two digit numbers is 72, which of the following is the difference between these two digit numbers?

a) 16

b) 4

c) 8

d) 12

e) None of these

Q.104. The average age of the students in a class is 14. The average age of half of the students in that class and the class teacher is 16. The average age of the remaining half of the students is 15. What is the number of students in that class?

a) 30

b) 40

c) 50

d) Data inadequate

e) None of these

Q.111. A shopkeeper purchased 415 kg. of price at Rs. 25 per kg. He sold 225 kg. of rice at Rs. 28 per kg. At what approximately price per kg. should he sell the remaining rice in order to gain 20%?

a) Rs. 35

b) Rs. 38

c) Rs. 32

d) Rs. 40

e) Rs. 42

Q.112. The area of a rectangle is 40%of the area of circle. If length of the rectangle is 5 times the radius of the circle and difference between length and breadth of the rectangle is 24 cm. What is half of diameter of the circle?

a) 7 cm.

b) 14 cm.

c) 21 cm.

d) Data inadequate

e) None of these

Q.113. The average of three consecutive even numbers is more than the average of three consecutive odd numbers by 5. If sum of the first number of three even numbers and first number of three odd numbers is 31, what is second odd number?

a) 17

b) 21

c) 19

d) 15

e) None of these

Q.114. The price of three chairs and four tables is Rs.20500 and price of four chairs and three tables is Rs.18000.What is the difference between price of table and chair?

a) Rs. 4000

b) Rs. 2500

c) Rs. 1500

d) Data Inadequate

e) None of these

Q.115. The difference between simple and compound interest on a certain sum at 10%per annum after 2 years is Rs. 100. What will be total simple interest on same sum after 3 years?

a) Rs. 3000

b) Rs. 1500

c) Rs. 2000

d) Data Inadequate

e) None of these

These questions are based on following information. Read it carefully and give answer-

In a group of 60 boys, all boys play at least one of three games. These games are Hockey,Football and Volleyball. One-third of boys play only Hockey. 25% play only Football and 20% play only Volleyball. 5 boys play both Hockey and Volleyball, 4 boys both Hockey and Football, 2 boys play both Football and Volleyball, 2 boys all the three games.

Q.116. How many boys play Volleyball?

a) 17

b) 16

c) 21

d) 23

e) None of these

Q.117. How many boys play Football or Hockey or both?

a) 48

b) 42

c) 27

d) 31

e) None of these

Q.118. How many boys play Hockey but not Football?

a) 31

b) 20

c) 25

d) 33

e) None of these

Q.119. How many boys do not play Volleyball?

a) 20

b) 39

c) 35

d) 43

e) None of these

Q.120. How many boys play only one game?

a) 35

b) 48

c) 32

d) 47

e) None of these

Read the following passage carefully. Certain words in the passage are printed in bold letters to help you locate them easily while answering some of these questions.

Definitions of fasting vary. A day without meal is a day of fasting. Some think fasting means skipping one meal, others think it's eating just one. It could be partaking of water and bread stuffs only; clear liquids only; or 'liquid diet foods' only. For a time in the sixties, you could call it fasting if you ingest anything liquid. According to nutritionists, a fast means no food whatsoever and no liquid except water. And if it is for less than 24 hours it isn't a fast, it's skipped meals. Fasting allows the digestive system to rest and heal itself. The body eliminates toxins. It gives body a rest; it does not have to process the food it would otherwise be exposed to. There is a lot of scientific data showing that the most likely way to extend life is to restrict calories. Food is an ongoing requirement; the human body is designed to process it. Expecting your body to function in full gear without refueling is like assuming your car will run on an empty tank. If you eat right, your system isn't going to be overworked in the first place. Eating right means 'variety and moderation' all the time. But 'variety' doesn't mean variety of your pattern of eating; it doesn't mean food today, no food tomorrow. A lot of people regard fasting as good for the soul, but it certainly isn't good for the body. Going from food to fast shocks the system. Fasting lowers glucose by 50 percent after 24 hours, and that's a lot of stress on the system. Twenty - four hours without solids is okay now and then -provided that you take adequate water in those twenty four hours and eat a well-balanced, notorious variety of foods throughout the week. Fasting one day a week, or a month clears the digestive system. But a better choice, is to cut calories by 50 percent by eating nutrient dense, plant-source foods regularly, as an ongoing lifestyle.

Q.126. What is real conception behind fasting?

a) It is to show our devotion towards God.

b) To reduce the calories.

c) To give rest to our body

d) To make body fit and healthy.

e) None of these

Q.127. What is the author not in favour of?

a) to keep on eating

b) to take variety of food

c) to take only liquids

d) to observe fast

e) None of these

Q.128. What has the author compared fasting to?

a) To an empty tank

b) Working in full gear

c) Running a car without fuel

d) Skipping meals

e) None of these

Q.129. What is the cause of stress on the system?

a) Taking a good diet

b) Taking of insufficient fluids

c) observing fast

d) lowering of the glucose by 50 percent

e) None of these

Q.130. What is the author in favour of?

a) Skipping meals but only once in a while

b) Eating all the time but moderately

c) Fasting to rest the body

d) Taking adequate liquids

e) None of these

Q.131. When is a fast no fast?

a) If observed too frequently

b) If done without water

c) If done for 24 hours

d) If calories are not restricted

e) If done for less than 24 hours

Q.132. What is a healthy way to life?

a) Skipping meals or fasting

b) Fasting for not more than 24 hours

c) Fasting and taking lots of water

d) Eat a well-balanced diet

e) Letting the body process the food

Q.133. What is NOT TRUE in context of the passage?

a) Plant sources foods cut calories by 50%

b) Fasting is regarded as good for the soul

c) Fasting is not actually good for the body

d) Fasting also means liquid diets only

e) None of these

Q.134. Which of the following statement is/are definitely TRUE?

(A) Fasting in the 50's and 60's meant only liquids

(B) Fasting is best for a period of 12 hours

(C) Lowering of glucose adversely affects the body

a) Only A

b) Only B

c) Only C

d) Only A & B

e) Only A, and C

Which of the following is most nearly the SAME in meaning as word printed in bold letters as used in context of the passage?

Q.135. full gear

a) Limited

b) Properly

c) Tear

d) Increase

e) Count

Q.136. Calorie

a) Eat

b) Diet

c) Fat

d) Energy

e) Amount

Q.137. source

a) Main

b) Origin

c) Point

d) Outcome

e) None of these

Which of the following is most nearly the OPPOSITE in meaning as word printed in bold letters as used in the passage?

Q.138. Variety

a) Amalgamation

b) Unity

c) Onerous

d) Different

e) None of these

Q.139. Restrict

a) Excess

b) Allow

c) Less

d) Exclusive

e) None of these

Q.140. Dense

a) Light

b) Thick

c) Meager

d) Thin

e) Scarce

Courtesy : Bank Exam Guide