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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Bank of Baroda GK Paper - 2010


1.      SLR – Statutory Liquid Ratio.
2.      Project Tiger is launched by – GOI.
3.      Pronab Sen – Chief Statistician of India.
4.      Term not associated with Football – Love.
5.      Movie not related to A R Rehman – Fashion.
6.      Name of the third base at Antarctica – Bharti.
7.      Dada Saheb Phalke Award Winner – V K Murthy.
8.      V K Singh is appointed as – Chief of Indian Army.
9.      Lin Dan is related to which sport – Badminton.
10. World Water Day is observed on - March 22nd.
11. European Footballer of the Year 2009 - Lione Messi.
12.  Kawasaki is related to the products of – Motor cycles.
13. Which organization put global taxes on all banks – IMF.
14. Which of the following is a health care scheme – ASHA.
15. Benchmark prime lending rate is changed as - Base Rate.
16. How many crores are allocated for PSB’s – 16,500 crores.
17. Who is not a winner of Padma Shri – Abhishek Bachchan.
18. Who won the Nobel Prize 2010 in Literature – Herta Muller.
19. P M Manmohan Singh left Bhutan to attend – SAARC Summit.
20. GOI has started 2nd Green revolution in – North Eastern States.
21. Which Indian Bank has highest number of foreign branches – SBI.
22. Scheme under Ministry of Food and Civil Suppliers – Mid Day Meal.
23. What is Per capita income on the current prices in India – Rs 33000.
24. Winner of 58th Mens National Volleyball Championship – Tamilnadu.
25. Which country won the Under-19 Cricket World Cup – Australia.
26. Which of the following is not a chemical fertilizer – Sodium Sulphate.
27. Who is the author of the book Many Lives Many Masters - Brian Weiss.
28. Private Banks won higher profits in 4th quarter bcoz – banks have No NPA’s.
29. Tata Power to produce heat of energy of the earth – Geo Thermal Energy.
30. Which of the following is not abbreviated in Water Shed Programmes – VHND.
31. Which of the following reasons Uranium is not exported to India from Australia – Bcoz did not signed the NPT and CTBT signatories.
32. Type of inflation if middle class persons earn more money in India – Demand Pull Inflation.
33. To which of the following programmes 100 crores are granted to meet the specific needs of women farmers - Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana.
34. RBI hiked 0.25% of CRR, what is the next step taken by banks – To keep a portion of amount with RBI which does not gain any interest.
35. Rs 1,200 crore are allocated for drought mitigation in which of the following – Bundelkhand Region.
36. Which of the following is a fundamental right to every child in India – Right toEducation.
37. Which of the following award is given by Government - Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.
38. Banks charge taxes form the services of – Issuing DD’s, Pay order’s and E-transfer of Money.
39. Some banks have reported slightly higher NPA’s than in normal, what will reason for this – Loans given by banks had become bad loans.
40. Strategy that will focus on involving the civil society in responsible parenthood strategy under Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh – Prerna.
41. SEBI has asked all FIIs to divulge the structure of their offshore entities, why did SEBI did that – to restrict overseas fund-flows into equity markets.
42. RBI says Rupee Over valued, what it means? - The rupee has lost only against the dollar but appreciated against other currencies.
43. Agriculture and its related activities contributes how much percentage to GDP – 17%.
44. In normal circumstances the demand for credit for banks comes from - ?
45. Scheme to eradicate poverty in Rural Areas - ?
46. What are the benefits if a bank has foreign branches - ?
47. How many paise does GOI earn in one rupee by taxes - ?
48. Banks and Financial institution open subsidiaries due to which purpose - ?

Sunday, May 23, 2010

GK Questions for XAT, SNAP & IIFT

1. World's richest Indian = Laxmi Niwas Mittal

2. World's Largest Steel Organisation = Laxmi Niwas Mittal Group, coz this year it has acuired America's International Group.

3. Govt. hiked the FDI CAP in Domestic Airlines 4rm current 40% to 49%

4. Telecom and IT Minsiter = Dayanidhi Maran

5. Ernst & Young Enterpreneur of the year = Sunil Mittal ( Bharti Enterprises)

6. VSNL Chairman = Ratan Tata , VSNL Acquired Tyco Global Network

7. Star TV CEO = Peter Mukerjea

8. Deutsche Bank CEO & MD = Gunit Chadha

9. CII President = Sunil Kant Munjal

10. HDFC Chairman = Deepak Parekh

11. ICICI Bank CEO = K. V. Kamath

12. SBI Chairman & MD = A.K. Purwar

13. Kotak Mahindra MD = Uday Kotak

14. Sebi Chairman = G . N. Bajpai

15. IRDA Chairman = C. S. Rao

16. TV Today Network CEO = G Krishnan

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Current Affairs : June 2010

1. Haiti faced unprecedented earthquake recently which seems to be the second worst earthquake in history. What is the official language of the island nation?
a. English
b. French
c. Spanish
d. Louisiana Creole
2. How much have the game administers agreed to pay to the Indian male hockey team to bring the players back to practice for the upcoming World Cup?
a. 50 lakhs to be disbursed among players
b. 2 crore to be disbursed among the players
c. 2 lakhs per player
d. None of the above
3. Sri Lanka defeated India in the Idea Cup final at Mirpur. Who was the skipper of the winning side?
a. Chanaka Welegedara
b. Nuwan Kulasekara
c. Kumar Sangakkara
d. Tillakaratne Dilshan
4. The internet search-engine giant Google has indicated that it will shut down its operations in … following a string of reported cyber attacks on its services.
a. Thailand
b. China
c. Bangladesh
d. India
5. Who is the sponsor of Hockey India?
a. Pepsi
b. Coca Cola
c. Sahara
d. Nike
6. Which judicial post in India came under purview of the Right to Information (RTI)
Act with a judgment by the Delhi High Court?

a. Chief Justice of India
b. Supreme Court judges
c. Chief Justices of States
d. Bar Association members
7. Who did Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa accused for instigating farmers to take to the streets with regard to acquisition of land for the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project?
a. Rahul Gandhi
b. Medha Patekar
c. HD Deve Gowda
d. SM Krishna
8. For which crime were 21 Indians detained in China’s Shenzhen region recently?
a. Poaching
b. Diamond smuggling
c. Ethnic violence
d. Stealing cars
9. In accordance with a Supreme Court judgment, which authority will probe the fake encounter killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh by the Gujarat police in 2005?
a. Special Investigation Team
b. A retired judge of Gujarat High Court
c. A sitting judge of Supreme Court
d. Central Bureau of Investigation
10. Which country is putting efforts to be the world’s first nation to build a nuclear-powered spacecraft for interplanetary flights?
a. Russia
b. The USA
c. China
d. France
11. Name this former Indian prime minister who is currently embroiled in a controversy because of his public abuses to Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa. 
a. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
b. HD Deve Gowda
c. Inder Kumar Gujral
d. Chandra Shekhar
12. The premier of which neighbouring country made a visit to India recently?
a. Nepal
b. Bhutan
c. Pakistan
d. Bangladesh
13. Which of these ministers, whose middle name can be called “tweet”, has denied the fact that he criticised Jawaharlal Nehru’s foreign policy at a seminar?
a. Naveen Jindal
b. Rahul Gandhi
c. Shashi Tharoor
d. None of the above
14. Name this player of the Indian cricket team who is the top tax payer at Rs 1.5 crore for the last quarter of 2009.
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Virendra Sehwag
c. MS Dhoni
d. Rahul Dravid
15. Which Indian city became the first destination outside US and Europe to host the ‘Marathon Flame’ as part of 7th Standard Chartered … Marathon?
a. Delhi
b. Mumbai
c. Kolkata
d. Chennai

Friday, April 23, 2010

Karur Vysya Bank PO Exam Aptitude Solved Paper

Directions (1- 45) : In each of these questions a number series is given. Below the series one number is given followed by (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). You have to complete this series following the same logic as in the origi­nal series and answer the question that follows.

Q. 1. 5 9 25 91 414 2282.5
3 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
What will come in place of (c)
(1) 63.25 (2) 63.75 (3) 64.25 (4) 64.75 (5) None of these
(Ans: 4)

Q. 2. 9 8 12 36 170
19 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e).
What will come in place of (b) ?
(1) 18 (2) 16 (3) 22 . (4) 24 (5) None of these
(Ans: 2)
Q.3. 7 6 10 27 104 515
9 (a) (b) (e) (d) (e)
What will comem place of (d)
(1) 152 (2) 156 (3) 108 4) 112 (5) None of these
(Ans: 1)

Q.4. 6 16 57 244 1245 7506
4 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) What will come hi place of (d) ?
(1) 985 (2) 980 (3) 1004. (4) 1015 (5) Noqe of these
(Ans: 5)

Q.5. 8 9 20 63 2136 1285
5 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
What Mil come in place of (e) ?
(1) 945 (2) 895 (3) 925 (4) 845 (5) None of these
(Ans: 3)

Karur Vysya Bank PO Exam Aptitude Solved Paper question no. 6 to 10

Directions (6 – 10) : What ap­proximate value will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions 7 (You are not expected to calculate exact value.)

Q. 6. (32.51) ratio to the power 2 – (17.45)ratio to the power 2 = 7
(1) 780 (2) 850 (3) 680 (4) 820 (5) 750
(Ans: 5)

Q. 7. 88.25% of 450 = ?% of 530
1. 70 (2) 68 (3) 75 4. 80 (5) 65
(Ans: 3)

Q. 8. Under root 898 x (12.005) ratio to the power 2 + ? = 5000
(1) 680 (2) 720 (3) 750 (4) 620 (5) 630
(Ans: 1)

Q. 9. 3745/24.05 x 17.98 =?
(1) 2860 (2) 2800 (3) 2760 (4) 2720 . (5) 2840
(Ans: 2)

Q. 10. 117.95 x 8.017 x 4.98= ?
(1) 4670 (2) 4780 (3) 4840 (4)4720 (5) 4800
(Ans: 4)

Saturday, April 17, 2010

SAMPLE PAPER – Bank Probationary Officer Recruitment Exam

(Practice Questions for SBI, Corporation Bank, Allahabad Bank, Bank of Baroda Exam)

REASONING - MENTAL ABILITY - APTITUDE

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, Ram said. "The father of his sister is the husband of my wife's 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

SAMPLE PAPER – Bank Probationary Officer Recruitment Exam

Directions (11-15): Answer question 11 to 15 based on the following sequence:

A $ B # 9 G 3D K « M ? C Q 2 X 7 P 5 U 8 I 4 Y ə J

11. 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 means ‘he'?

(1) in (2) pe

(3) se (4) Data not sufficient

(5) None of these

17. X is Y's brother. S is T's mother and X's 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 Ś, 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) ? + % « # Ś (2) ? + % Ś # «

(3) ? + « % # Ś (4) Ś # « % + ?

(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

SAMPLE PAPER – Bank Probationary Officer Recruitment Exam

Directions (21-25): Read the following information and attempt the given questions:

Six executive Aman, Bindu, Deepa, Jitu, Kamal and Priyanka have to advertise four products i.e. soap, watches, computers and chocolates on 3 different channels, i.e. Go, Come and Fun either alone or in pairs. An executive can visit only one channel and advertise only one product. No more than two executives can advertise on a channel.

(i) Bindu and Jitu both visit the same channel but advertise different products.

(ii) Aman who visits ‘Go' advertises neither soap nor computers.

(iii) Kamal does not advertise chocolates.

(iv) No girl advertises soap.

(v) The two executives who advertise chocolates visit Spice

(vi)

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 ½ hours (2) 2 ½ hours

(3) 4 ½ hours (4) Cannot be determined

(5) None of these

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

SAMPLE PAPER – Bank Probationary Officer Recruitment Exam

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'.
Letters M Q I N E Y U G R
Numeric Codes 2 5 3 7 1 8 4 6 9

Conditions:

(i) If the first and last letters are vowels both are to be coded as Ś.

(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) Ś769 Ś (2) 4769 Ś

(3) 47691 (4) Ś7691

(5) None of these

Directions (36-40): 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 pencils are lead. All lead are ink

Conclusions:

I. Some ink are pencils.

II. All ink are lead.

37. Statements: Some ovens are refrigerator. Some refrigerators are ACs.

Conclusions:

I. Some ACs are ovens.

II. No. AC is oven.

38. Statements: All planes are birds. All birds are clouds.

Conclusions:

I. Some planes are clouds.

II. Some clouds are birds.

39. Statements: Some sweets are salt. No salt in spice.

Conclusions:

I.. Some sweets are spice.

II. No spice is salt.

40. Statements: Some papers are plastics. All papers are clothes.

Conclusions:

I. Some plastics are clothes.

II. Some plastics are papers.

SAMPLE PAPER – Bank Probationary Officer Recruitment Exam

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 Rahul's 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 Mina's house which is 4 kms. From thee school.

II. Gitanjali lives exactly opposite the school and walks 2 kms. to reach Shruti's 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

Answer Key for Mental Aptitude Reasoning

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

Monday, April 5, 2010

Bank of Baroda – Sample question paper

1. A prospect means

a) any customer who walks into the bank

b) an employee of the bank

c) a customer who is likely to be interested in bank’s product or service

d) a depositor of the bank’

e) a borrower of the bank

2. A lead means

a) a prospect who is more likely to avail of the Bank’s product

b) a political leader

c) a religious leader

d) a bank chairman

e) None of these

3. Innovation means

a) Compensation

b) inspiration

c) additional perquisites

d) implementing new ideas or new methods

e) None of these

4. A Call means

a) calling on friends

b) calling on bank employees

c) calling on prospective customers

d) to make telephone calls

e) calling on relatives

5. The Traditional Marketing style involves

a) Telemarketing

b) Digital Marketing

c) Indirect Marketing

d) Direct Marketing

e) All of these

6. Modern Method of Marketing include

a) Publicity on the net

b) Advertisement on the net

c) Soliciting business through e-mails

d) Tele marketing

e) All of these

7. A true marketing requires

a) Command and other mindset

b) Control Mindset

c) Passive mindset

d) Active mindset

e) None of these

8. Which of the following sentences is true?

a) Marketing is not required in a Buyers’ Market

b) Marketing is not required in a Sellers’s market

c) Marketing is not required due to competition

d) Marketing is not required due to liberalization

e) Marketing is not required due to globalisation

9. For effective marketing the salesmen should have which of these qualities?

a) Creativity

b) Team spirit

c) Motivation

d) Effective communication skills

e) All of these

10. Market information means

a) Knowledge of shops and bazaars

b) Knowledge of shopping malls

c) Knowledge of customer profile and product mix

d) knowledge of various languages

e) None of these

11. Market Research is needed for

a) checking the market area

b) checking the right product to be sold

c) making proper marketing decisions

d) deciding right time to sell

e) All of these

12. Which of the following statement is true

a) Marketing makes the company to go into loss due to higher expenses

b) Marketing is not required in profit making companies

c) Marketing sharpens the minds of the employees

d) Marketing is a time bound seasonal function

e) Marketing is a waste of time

13. Marketing plan helps in

a) better lead generation

b) better systems

c) better results

d) improved balance sheet

e) better customer service

14. If Marketing is done effectively which of the following is not required?

a) Advertisement

b) Publicity

c) Market Research

d) Market Segmentation

e) None of these

Bank of Baroda – Sample question paper

15. Motivation means

a) Inspiring employees to perform better

b) Better communication skills

c) Sales Coaching

d) Market Research

e) None of these

16. In a Selling Process in today’s world?

a) Only standard products are sold

b) No customization required

c) the seller need not have product knowledge

d) the seller should aim at customer satisfaction

e) only quantum of sales matters

17. Find the true statement

a) Marketing is a waste of the employees’ time

b) Marketing is not required in India due to its vast population

c) Marketing involves additional work

d) Marketing involves team work

e) Marketing is not required today due to IT advancement

18. A Target market is

a) entire country

b) entire city

c) entire globe

d) that which consists of customers who need the identified product

e) all of these

19. Sales forecasting involves

a) Sales Planning

b) Sales Pricing

c) Distribution Channels

d) Consumer tastes

e) All of these

20. Which of the following product is being sold under the brand name ZODIAC

a) Shirts

b) Ties

c) Both A and B

d) Liberty

21. SWIFT – cars are being manufactured by

a) DCM

b) Maruti

c) Premier Automobiles

d) Hyundai

22. With you all the way is the slogan of

a) Vodafone

b) SBI

c) ICICI

d) Raymonds

23. Which company used the slogan “The complete Man”

a) DCM

b) GRASIM

c) RAYMONDS

d) VIMAL

24. Which brand uses the slogan “Made for each other” for its cigarettes?

a) Cavenders

b) Four Square

c) Red & White

d) Wills

25. Cross Selling means

a) Identifying customer needs

b) matching the products to customer needs

c) convincing the customers of product benefits

d) responding to questions and objections of customers

e) all of these

ANSWERS

1 (c)2 (a)3 (d)4 ( c)5 (d)

6 (e)7 (d)8 (b)9 (e)10 (c )

11 (e)12 (c)13 ( c)14 (b)15 (a)

16 (d)17 (d)18 (d)19 (e)20 (c)

21 (b)22 (b)23 (c)24 (d)25 (e)

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

SBI BANK CLERK REASONING MODEL QUESTIONS

 SBI BANK CLERK REASONING

1.Accident is related to Carefulness in the same way as Disease is related to(a) Sanitation
(b) Treatment
(c) Medicine
(d) Doctor
Ans (a) Lack of second results in the first
2. Aflatoxin is related to Food poisoning in the same way as Histamine is related to
(a) Allergy
(b) Headache
(c) Anthrax
(d) Inhabited Ans (a) First causes the second
3. Ostrich is related to Antelope in the same way as Egret is related to
(a) Cow
(b) Buffalo
(c) Camel
(d) Zebra
Ans (b) Both live together to derive benefits from each other
4. Hong Kong is related to China in the same way as Vatican is related to..?...
(a) Canada
(b) Mexico
(c) North America
(d) Rome
Ans (d) Hong Kong is a city in china. Similarly, Vatican is a city in Rome
5. Forfeit related to Surrender in the same way as Remit is related to
(a) Perceive
(b) Confiscate
(c) Exempt
(d) Refrain
Ans (d) The words in each pair are synonyms
Directions (questins 6 to 10): Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements marked I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give answer
(a) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
(b) If the data in statements I alone are not sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
(c) If the data either in statement I or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
(d) If the data even in both the statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
(e) If the data in both statements I and II together are needed to answer the question.
6. What does 'Ne' stands for in the code language?
I. 'Na Ni Nok Ne' means 'I will tell you' and 'Ni Nok Ne Nam' means 'he will tell you' in that code language.
II. 'Ni Ne Mo Nam' means 'will he call you' and 'Ne Mok Sac Ni' means 'how will you go' in that code language.
Ans (d)
7. Who amongst P, Q, R, S, T and U is the tallest?
I. P is taller that R and T but not as tall as U, who is taller than Q and S.
II. R is the third in height in the ascending order and not as tall as U, P and Q, Q being taller than P but not the tallest.
Ans (c)
8. Who among A, B, C, D, E & F read the book last?
I. F, who gave the book to B after reading, was third to read the same.
II. C, who read the book after A, was the third person to read the book before it reached E.
Ans (d)
9. Who is paternal uncle of Pavan?
I. Pavan is brother of Poornima, who is daughter of Meena, who is sister of Kumar, who is brother Smrithi.
II. Prithvi is brother of Indrajith, who is husband of Poornima, who is mother of Ganga, who is sister of Pavan.
Ans (b) 1
10. What is Milan's rank in the class of 44 students?
I. Ramesh, whose rank is 17th in the class, is ahead of Shyam by 6 ranks, Shyam being 7 ranks ahead of Milan.
II. Suketu is 26 ranks ahead of Milan and Shyamala is 6 ranks behind Milan while Savita stands exactly in the middle of Shyamala and Suketu in ranks, her rank being 17. Ans (c) Directions (questions 11 to 15): Read the following information and answer the questions given below.
(i) A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven members standing in a row (not necessarily in the same order) facing north.
(ii) C and B have as many members between them as G and C have between them.
(iii) D, who is 3rd from the extreme left, is 3rd to the left of E.
(iv) A and D are neighbors and F and C are neighbors.
11. Which of the following statements may be false?
(a) A is the 3rd to the left of F
(b) D is 3rd to the left of E
(c) F is 3rd the right of A
(d) B is 3rd to the left of C
(e) None of these
Ans (d)
12. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) C and E are neighbors
(b) E is to the immediate left of F
(c) C is to the immediate left of D
(d) A is to the immediate left of D
(e) None of these
Ans (d)
13. Who is at the extreme right?
(a) Data inadequate
(b) G
(c) B
(d) E
(e) None of these
Ans (a)
14. Which of the following given two pairs of neighbors?
(a) A, C and D, C
(b) A, B and E, G
(c) D, C and E, F
(d) C, F and C, E
(e) None of these
Ans (c)
15. What is the position of F?
(a) Immediate to the right of E.
(b) Third to the left of G
(c) Immediate to the left of C
(d) 5th to the right of B
(e) None of these Ans (e)
16. Four of the following five groups of letters are alike in some way while one is different. Find out which one is different.
(a) ISLOJ
(b) LUOQM
(c) AKDGB
(d) FPILG
(e) NXQTO
Ans (b)
17. In the sequence given below the sum of the two digits which immediately precede the digit '4' exceeds the sum of the two digits which immediately follow the digit 4 and sum of the two digits which immediately follow the digit 6 exceeds the sum of the two digits which immediately precede the digit 6. How many such 4's and 6's together are there?
5 4 4 6 2 6 3 5 6 4 2 8 4 3 7 6 6 4 8 3
(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 3
(d) 5
(e) None of these
Ans (a)
18. Below are given six three-digit numbers. The digits comprise of numeric and letters. The letter indicates its serial order in the English alphabet. What will be the middle digit of the 4th number when the numbers are arranged in the descending order after interchanging numeric in each number without altering the place of letter in the number?
19F, 2H9, 98B, D76, 7A6, 61E
(a) 8
(b) 9
(c) 6
(d) 7
(e) None of these
Ans (e)
Directions (questions19 to 20): In a code language any letter which is immediately after or before a vowel in the English alphabet is substituted by that vowel and any vowel i.e. A, E, I, O and U is substituted by the letter immediately following that vowel in the English alphabet.
19. How can the word FEVERISH be written in that code language?
(a) EDVDRJSI
(b) EFUFRHSI
(c) EFUFRJSI
(d) EDUFRJSI
(e) None of these
Ans (c)
20. How can the word CONFEDERATION be written in that code language?
(a) CPOGFEDRBUTPO
(b) CPOEFEFRBUJPO
(c) CNOEFEFRBUHNO
(d) CONFFDERATION
(e) None of these
Ans (b)
21. If each of the vowels i.e. A, E, I, O, & U along with the 3rd letter to its right in the alphabet are taken out and arranged one after the other in the same order followed by the remaining letters of the alphabet, which of the following will be 5th to the left of the 19th letter from the left in the new arrangement?
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
(a) G
(b) H
(c) J
(d) W
(e) none of these
Ans (a)
22. How many pairs of letters are there in the word SPONTANEOUS which have number of letters between them in the word one less than the number of letters between them in English alphabet?
(a) five
(b) one
(c) four
(d) Two
(e) Three
Ans (a)
23. Four of the following five have similar relationship and hence form a group. Which one does not belong to the group?
(a) BROTHER : DORVEHT
(b) ENGLISH : GGNNSIJ
(c) ANOTHER : CONVEHT
(d) BETWEEN : DTEZEEP
(e) HUSBAND : JSUDNAF
Ans (d)
24. Which pair of the letters in the word BEAUTIFUL has the same relationship between its letters with respect to their position in the English alphabet as the pair EA in that word has between its letters?
(a) IB
(b) LF
(c) IE
(d) FL
(e) TL
Ans (c)


25. Which of the following relates to FLOWER in the same way as RTERBN relates to SECTOR?
(a) RWLGPF
(b) EOFKUQ
(c) EOFMXS
(d) RWLEPD
(e) RWLEND
Ans (e)