Probationary Officer / Management Trainee - 2009

Q.1. In a certain code GLAMOUR is written as BMHLQTN. How is SERVING written in that code?

a) TFSUFMH

b) QDRTFMH

c) QDRTHOJ

d) SFTUFMH

e) None of these

Q.2. In a certain code GEAR is written as ‘5%9$’ and FIRM is written as ‘3@$7’. How is FAME written in that code?

a) 397%

b) 3%97

c) 597%

d) 5397

e) None of these

Q.3. 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) 35

b) 80

c) 45

d) 60

e) 75

Q.4. M is sister of D. D is brother of K. F is mother of M. How is K related to F?

a) Son

b) Daughter

c) Son or Daughter

d) Data inadequate

e) None of these

Q.5. How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters ONDE using each letter only once in each word?

a) None

b) One

c) Two

d) Three

e) More than three

Q.6. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word JUMPING 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.7. How many such digits are there in the number 6837941 each of which is as far away from the beginning in the number as when the digits are arranged in descending order within the number?

a) None

b) One

c) Two

d) Three

e) More than three

Q.8. What should come next in the following letter series?

P P O P O N P O N M P O N M L P O N M L

a) P

b) K

c) J

d) I

e) None of these

Q.9. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a symbol and immediately followed by a letter?

a) None

b) One

c) Two

d) Three

e) More than three

Q.10. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and immediately followed by a vowel?

a) None

b) One

c) Two

d) Three

e) Four

Q.11. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately followed by a number and immediately preceded by a letter?

a) None

b) One

c) Two

d) Three

e) More than three

Q.12. Which of the following is the eighth to the left of the seventeenth from the left end of the above arrangement?

a) @

b) U

c) 8

d) T

e) None of these

Q.13. If all the numbers in the above arrangement are dropped, which of the following will be the eleventh from the right end?

a) I

b) F

c) W

d) D

e) None of these

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

Q.76. 185% of 400 + 35% of 240 =?% of 1648

a) 85

b) 75

c) 125

d) 50

e) None of these

Q.78. 12.28× 1.5 -36÷ 2.4 =?

a) 3.24

b) 7.325

c) 6.42

d) 4.32

e) None of these

Q.80. 66²-34² =?

a) 3600

b) 3200

c) 2146

d) 2466

e) None of these

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

Q.81. 175 × 28 + 275 × 27.98 =?

a) 11800

b) 12600

c) 12800

d) 11600

e) 12200

Q.82. 324.995 × 1 5.98 ÷ 4.002 + 36.88 =?

a) 1300

b) 1230

c) 1440

d) 1380

e) 1340

Q.83. 1164 × 128 ÷ 8.008 + 969.007 =?

a) 18800

b) 19000

c) 19600

d) 19200

e) 18600

Q.85. 69.008% of 699.998 + 32.99% of 399.999 =?

a) 615

b) 645

c) 675

d) 715

e) 725

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

Q.86. 17 52 158 477 ? 4310

a) 1433

b) 1432

c) 1435

d) 1434

e) None of these

Q.87. 3 22 ? 673 2696 8093

a) 133

b) 155

c) 156

d) 134

e) None of these

Q.88. 6 13 38 ? 532 2675

a) 129

b) 123

c) 172

d) 164

e) None of these

Q.89. 286 142 ? 34 16 7

a) 66

b) 72

c) 64

d) 74

e) None of these

Q.90. 17 9 ? 16.5 35 90

a) 5

b) 15

c) 10

d) 20

e) None of these

Q.91. Prakash, Sunil and Anil started a business jointly investing Rs.11 lakhs, Rs.16.5 lakhs and Rs.8.25 lakhs respectively.

The profit earned by them in the business at the end of 3 years was Rs.19.5 lakhs. What will be the 50% of Anil’s share in the profit?

a) Rs.4.5 lakhs

b) Rs.2.25 lakhs

c) Rs.2.5 lakhs

d) Rs.3.75 lakhs

e) None of these

Q.92. Mr. Giridhar spends 50% of his monthly income on household items and out of the remaining he spends 50% on transport, 25% on entertainment, 10% on sports and remaining amount of Rs.900 is saved. What is Mr. Giridhar’s monthly income?

a) Rs.6,000/-

b) Rs.12000/-

c) Rs.9,000/-

d) Cannot be determined

e) None of these

Q.93. Out of 5 men and 3 women, a committee of 3 members is to be formed so that it has 1 woman and 2 men. In how many different ways can it be done?

a) 20

b) 10

c) 23

d) 30

e) None of these

Q.94. Cost of fencing a circular plot at the rate of Rs.15/- per metre is Rs.3,300/-. What will be the cost of flooring the plot at the rate of Rs.100/- per square metre?

a) Rs.3,85,000/-

b)Rs.2,20,000/-

c) Rs.3,50,000/-

d) Cannot be determined

e) None of these

Q.95. 8 men and 4 women-together can complete a piece of work in 6 days. Work done by a man in one day is double the work done by a woman in one day. If 8 men and 4 women started working and after 2 days, 4 men left and 4 new women joined. In how many more days will the work be completed?

a) 5 days

b) 8 days

c) 6 days

d) 4 days

e) 9 days

Q.96. Naresh purchased a TV set for Rs.11,250/- after getting discount of 10% on the labeled price. He spent Rs.150/- on transport and Rs.800/- on installation. At what price should it be sold so that the profit earned would have been 15% if no discount was offered?

a) Rs.12937.50

b) Rs.14,030/-

c) Rs.13,450/-

d) Rs.15467.50

e) None of these

Q.97. Mr. Duggal invested Rs.20,000/- with rate of interest@20 p.c.p.a. The interest was compounded half yearly for first one year and in the next year it was compounded yearly. What will be the total interest earned at the end of two years?

a) Rs.8,800/-

b) Rs.9,040/-

c) Rs.8,040/-

d) Rs.9,800/-

e) None of these

Q.98. If the positions of the digits of a two digit number are interchanged, the number obtained is smaller than the original number by 27. If the digits of the number are in the ratio of 1 : 2, what is the original number?

a) 36

b) 63

c) 48

d) Can't be determined

e) None of these

Q.99. In how many different ways can the letters of the word DESIGN be arranged so that the vowels are at the two ends?

a) 48

b) 72

c) 36

d) 24

e) None of these

In each of these questions, a question is given followed by information in three statements.You have to find out the data in which statement (s) is sufficient to answer the question and mark your answer accordingly.

Q.101. What is the average age of the six members A, B, C, D, E& F in the family?

• I. Total age of D &E is 14 years. ; .
• II. Average age of A, B, C and F is 50 years.
• III. Average age of A, B, D and E is 40 years.

a) Only I & II

b) Only I & III

c) Only II & III

d) All I, II & III e) None of these

Q.102. What is the area of the right angled triangle?

• I. Base of the triangle is X cms.
• II. Height of the triangle is Y cms.
• III. Hypotenuse of the triangle is Z cms.

a) Only I & II

b) Only II

c) Only II & III

d) Any two of three e) None of these

Q.103. In how many days will B alone complete the work?

• I. A & B together can complete the work in 8 days.
• II. B & C together can complete the work in 10 days.
• III. A&C together can complete the work in 12 days .

a) Only l &ll

b) Only II & III

c) All I, II & III

d) Question cannot be answered even with the information in all the three statements

e) None of these

Q.104. What is the rate of interest p.c.p.a.?

• I. An amount doubles itself at simple interest in 10 years.
• II. Difference between the compound interest and simple interest on an amount of Rs15,000/-in two years is Rs.150/-.
• III. The compound interest accrued in 8 years is more than the amount (principal).

a) Only I

b) Only II

c) Only II & III

d) Only I & III

e) Only either I or II

Q.105. What are the marks scored by Abhijit in English?

• I. Marks scored by Abhijit in Maths are more than his marks in Science by 20.
• II. Total marks scored by Abhijit in Maths, Science and English are 198.
• III. Marks scored by Abhijit in Science are more than his marks in English by 12.

a) Any two of the three

b) Only II & III

c) All I, II & III

d) Question cannot be answered even with the information in all the three statements

e) None of these

Q.126. The FDIC a USA based financial sector organization's name was in news recently. What is the full form of FDIC?

a) Federal Insurance Deposit Corporation

b) Financial Insurance and Deposits Company

c) Federal Income and Deposits Corporation

d) Financial Instruments and Development Company

e) None of these

Q.127. Asom Governor and Former Rajasthan Chief Minister----recently passed away.

a) Ajay Singh

b)Arvind Dave

c) D.D.Thakur

d) Shiv CharanMathur

e) None of these

Q.128. A State Mission on Urban Poverty is formed by which of the following States in India?

a) Gujarat

b) Maharashtra

c) Rajasthan

d) Kerala

e) None of these

Q.129. Who has become the first Indian to be appointed a Privy Councilor?

a) Indira Nooyi

b) Lord Swaraj Paul

c) Lakshmi Mittal

d) Anil Ambani

e) None of these

Q.130. Who is the Chairman of Planning Commission?

a) Prime Minister

b) President

c) Vice President

d) Speaker of Lok Sabha

e) None of these

Q.131. India has recently signed an agreement with which of the following to form a Free Trade Area from January, 2009?

a) ASEAN

b) SAARC

c) EU

d) Latin America

e) None of these

Q.132. Which of the following is not a Department of the Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India?

a) Department of Economic Affairs

b) Department of Expenditure

c) Department of Revenue

d) Department of Foreign Investments

e) Department of Disinvestments

Q.133. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority?

a) Y.S.Bhave

b) Madhavan Nambiar

c) Naresh Chandra

d) Anil Razdan

e) None of these

Q.134. Gale Storm who passed away recently, was a famous------.

(A) Actress

(B) Poet

(C) Politician

(D) Singer

a) Only A

b) B and C

c) All

d) A and D

e) None of these

Q.135. Which of the following is not a social sector program being run by the Govt. of India?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission

b) National Rural Health Mission

c) National Agricultural Insurance Scheme

d) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

e) Mid-Day Meal Scheme

Q.136. Montek Singh Ahluwalia is the chairman of -------.

a) Planning Commission

b) National Development Council

c) National Planning Council

d) Finance Commission

e) None of these

Q.137. Reserve Bank of India was established on-------.

a) April 1, 1934

b) April 1, 1935

c) April 1, 1949

d) April 1, 1950

e) None of these

Q.138. The largest source of National Income in India is

a) Service Sector

b) Agriculture

c) Industrial Sector

d) Trade Sector

e) None of these

Q.139. The Government of ------to get a loan of Rs. 1875 cr. from the World Bank for repairing and improving roads?

a) Punjab

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Haryana

d) Bihar

e) None of these

Q.140. IBM has signed an IT services agreement with the Delhi Stock Exchange for------.

a) 5 yrs.

b) 7 yrs.

c) 10 yrs.

d) 15 yrs.

e) None of these

Q.141. The Government has set up a new Cabinet Committee on--------sector.

a) Education

b) Power

c) Infrastructure

d) Rural

e) None of these

Q.142. The National Illness Assistance Fund (NIAF) which was set up in 1997 is now known with a new name as—

a) Rastriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN)

b) National Health Mission (NHM)

c) Pulse Polio Abhiyan (PPA)

d) Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP)

e) None of these

Q.143. Who has been appointed as the new US Ambassador to India?

a) Steve Williams

b) Chris Nelson

c) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

d) Timothy Roemer

e) None of these

Q.144. The World Investment Report was released every year by–

a) Govt. of India

b) World Trade Organization (WTO)

c) Asian Development Bank (ADB)

d) World Bank

e) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Q.145. In which of the following cities Indian government launches the first National Security Guard hub?

a) Chennai

b) Agartala

c) Mumbai

d) Lucknow

e) None of these

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 5.

Q.176. Mr. Verma is / one of our officers / who is / accompanying me / No error.

	    a) 			b) 	     c) 	 d) 		e)

Q.177. His statements / are based / on the / scientific data / No error.

	    a) 	            b) 	      c) 	d) 		e)

Q.178. Avinash is not so good / a batsman / be selected for / the national cricket team./ No error

		a) 		   b) 		  c) 			d) 			e)

Q.179. If you will let me try / I will make this engine work / but you better / get out of the way first / No error.

		a) 			b) 			    c) 			d) 			e)

Q.180. No sooner he left the office / than it started / raining heavily enough / to make him completely wet / No error.

			a) 		    b) 			c)  				d) 		e)

Q.181. The reason / he was late / was because he had been / caught in rain / No error.

	   a) 		b) 		c) 			d) 		e)

Q.182. Except he and / possibly our mother / all others have agreed / to come back soon / No error

	   a) 			b) 			c) 			d) 		e)

Q.183. He may be / poor now / but he pretends to / be rich in his youth / No error.

	a) 	      b)	   c) 			   d) 			e)

Q.184. An one eyed person / was seen / roaming about / the streets./ No error.

		a) 		b) 	    c) 		   d) 		e)

Q.185. Men are rather / impressed by / beauty than /by character / No error.

	    a) 		     b) 	   c) 		 d) 		e)

Which of the phrase a), b), c) and d) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentences to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and there is no correction required, mark e) i.e. ‘No correction required’ as the answer.

Q.186. Even the people in authority agree that corruption has become today's order.

a) the order of the day

b) the order of today

c) the day's order

d) the order is today

e) No correction required

Q.187. He has said so out of affection, do not take it to heart.

a) in heart

b) it in the heart

c) by the heart

d) with the heart

e) No correction required

Q.188. His powerful desire brought about his downfall.

a) His intense desire

b) His desire for power

c) his fatal desire

d) His immense desire

e) No correction required

Q.189. There is a dearth of woman doctors in our own state.

a) woman’s doctors

b) woman doctor

c) women doctors

d) women doctors

e) No correction required

Q.190. I would gladly accompany your sister if you had asked me.

a) would have gladly accompanied

b) was to have gladly accompanied

c) will gladly accompany

d) had gladly accompanied

e) No correction required

(A) For the economy as the whole, profit may be expressed as a proportion of national income.

(B) It is sometimes given as a percentage of capital or as a fraction of sales.

(C) In the latter two cases the profit rate is ordinarily much smaller.

(D) It is ordinarily most meaningful to present profit as a fraction of the equity of the firm.

(E) The rate of profit may be expressed in a number of ways.

Q.191. Which should be the THIRD sentence?

a) C

b) D

c) A

d) E

e) B

Q.192. Which should be the LAST sentence?

a) C

b) E

c) A

d) B

e) D

Q.193. Which should be the FOURTH sentence?

a) A

b) D

c) B

d) C

e) E

Q.194. Which should be the SECOND sentence?

a) B

b) E

c) C

d) A

e) D

Q.195. Which should be the FIRST sentence?

a) E

b) A

c) D

d) C

e) B

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