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

Current Affairs : June 2010

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
16. The solar eclipse on January 15, which provided people to watch sun in the form of a ring, has been given the name … by scientists.
a. Mauni’s ring
b. Mauni’s beads
c. Bailey’s ring
d. Bailey’s beads
17. Filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan has been conferred a DLitt by ….
a. Mumbai University
b. Kerala University
c. University of Delhi
d. Jawaharlal Nehru University
18. Despite the failure of Copenhagen, green activists are already mobilising support for the Earth Day on April 22. In which year was the Earth Day observed for the first time?
a. 1970
b. 1975
c. 1980
d. 1985
19. India is ready to review a 1950 treaty with a neighbouring country, which is ….
a. Pakistan
b. Nepal
c. Myanmar
d. Sri Lanka
20. The Haiti earthquake has killed at least five lakh people, making it the second-worst in history. Which earthquake, taking 8.6 lakh lives, is recorded as the deadliest one? 
a. Ardabil, Iran, 893
b. Aleppo,Syria, 1138
c. Shanxi, China, 1556
d. Off Sumatra, 2004
21. This exam might become a year-round exam, enabling candidates to attempt it at their will.
a. CAT
b. AIEEE
c. IIT-JEE
d. CBSE PMT
22. The Centre is ready to bear 90 per cent of cost of rejuvenation of water bodies in this region, which is crying for separate statehood.
a. Harit Pradesh, Western UP
b. Gorkhaland
c. Bundelkhand
d. Telangana
23. A film on LK Advani has completely blacked out his RSS connections. Who has made the film?
a. Filmmaker Prakash Jha
b. Actor-politician Shatrughn Sinha
c. Actor-politician Hema Malini
d. Daughter Pratibha Advani
24. This actor is set to replace Tobey Maguire as Spiderman, according to media reports. Name him.
a. Daniel Radcliffe
b. Robert Pattinson
c. Matt Damon
d. None of the above
25. National Security Advisor MK Narayanan has been named as the new Governor of…
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. West Bengal
c. Orissa
d. Bihar

Answers 1. b. French 2. d. None of the above (Correct answer: 1 crore to be disbursed among the players) 3. c. Kumar Sangakkara 4. b. China 5. c. Sahara 6. a. Chief Justice of India 7. c. HD Deve Gowda 8. b. Diamond smuggling 9. d. Central Bureau of Investigation 10. a. Russia 11. b. HD Deve Gowda 12. d. Bangladesh 13. c. Shashi Tharoor 14. a. Sachin Tendulkar 15. b. Mumbai 16. d. Bailey’s beads 17. b. Kerala University 18. a. 1970 19. b. Nepal 20. c. Shanxi, China, 1556 21. a. CAT 22. c. Bundelkhand 23. d. Daughter Pratibha Advani 24. c. Robert Pattinson 25. b. West Bengal

Marketing Aptitude Quiz 2010 - III

1.      Marketing is not required for one of the following products ________?

a)Corporate Loans    b)Export Business     c)Import Business    d)Credit Card Business  e)none

2.      A ‘Buyers’ Market’ means _______?

a)buyers are also sellers

b)sellers are also buyers

c)there are no sellers

d)demand exceeds supply

e)supply exceeds demand

3.      Market share analysis helps the track _________?

a)Share price movements     b)percentage share of business    c)pricing strategy for share values    d)All of these   e)none 

4.      Diversification means __________?

a)marketing in different countries    

b)marketing diverse companies   

c)making new, diverse products  

d)marketing by diverse sales team   

e)none

5.      Study of marketing environment means ______________?

a)study of company’s markets, customers and competitors

b)study of economic environment

c)study of current trends

d)All of these

e)none

6.      A Market plan includes __________?

a)market objectives     b)market research     c)pricing strategy     d)situation analysis    e)All of these

7.      Customization is useful for ______?

a)motivating the sales force     b)to add variety in marketing    c)value added service    d)pleasing target customers    e)none

8.      Telemarketing campaigns are resorted to ________?

a)avoid cold calls     b)avoid buyer resistance    c)avoid seller inhibitions    d)reaching a wider audience    e)All the above

9.      Customer Retention means ___________?

a) retaining the customers at the Bank for the full day

b)quick disposal

c)customers dealing with the same bank for long time

d)better standards

e)All the above

10. The Traditional Marketing style involves __________?

a)Telemarketing     b)Direct Marketing    c)Indirect Marketing    d)Digital Marketing    e)All the above

11.  Which is the technique used for effective marketing planning?

a)psychological tools for marketing

b)goal oriented

c)marketing research

d)physical distribution

e)All the above

12.  ‘Niche’ Market means __________?

a) a free market    b)a social market     c)equity market     d)capital market    e)a specified market for the target group

13. Internal Marketing means _________?

a) Selling to oneself    b) Selling to the employees    c) Selling of samples    d) Selling to foreign markets    e)none

14. Marketing in Banks is required for _________?

a)Getting new customers

b)Retaining existing customers

c)Lending

d)Accepting of deposits

e)All of these

15. Advertisements are required for __________?

a)Boosting the production levels

b)Motivating the employees

c)Boosting the sales

d)All of these

e)none

16. A Call means ___________?

a)calling on friends     b)calling on bank employees     c)calling on prospective customers     d)calling on insurance employees    e)none

17. For effective selling, salesman should be which of the following ______?

a)pushy     b)aggressive     c)timid     d)calmness     e)talkative

18. Customer Loyalty means _________?

a)shifting of customers from one bank to another

b)customers banking with one bank exclusively

c)customers returning lost items

d)customers giving gifts to banks

e)none of these

19. Rural Marketing involves ________?

a)selling to farmers and agriculturalists

b)selling to rural households

c)selling to rural industries

d)All the above

e)none

20. Which is the Four C’s of marketing?

a)customer, cost, communication, convenience

b)corporate, cost, communication, convenience

c)consumer, cost, communication, convenience

d)competition, cost, communication, convenience

e)none

Note:

4 P’s vs 4 C’s vs 4V’s:

i)Product                  vs.       Consumer                 vs.       Validity

ii)Price                     vs.       Cost                          vs.       Value

iii)Promotion           vs.       Communication       vs.       Vogue

iv)Place                     vs.       Convenience            vs.       Venue

4 A’s of marketing:

i)Availability

ii)Affordability

iii)Acceptability

iv)Awareness

4 E’s of Marketing:

i)Experience(Product incase of 4 P’s)

ii)Everyplace(Place)

iii)Exchange(Price)

iv)Evangelism(Promotion)

4 R’s of Marketing:

i)Relationships

ii)Retention

iii)Results

iv)Rewards

4 M’s of marketing:

i)Measurement

ii)Media

iii)Market

iv)Message

Vijaya Bank PO Exam- GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTION PAPER.

1. The Foreign Exchange Reserve of India are kept in the custody of……
(A) World Bank
(B) International Monetary Fund
(C) Prime Minister Rahat Kosh
(D) Reserve Bank of India
(E) None of these

2. The Reserve Bank of India issues coins and notes of various denominations. At present RBI does not issue coins of which of the following denominations ?
(A) 10 paise
(B) 20 paise
(C) 25 paise
(D) 50 paise
(E) 1•00 Rupee

3. The European Union has adopted which of the following as a common currency ?
(A) Dollar
(B) Dinar
(C) Yen
(D) Peso
(E) Euro

4. Various Banks in the country have installed machines which disburse money to general public. These machines are called……
(A) Coin dispensing machines
(B) ATMs
(C) Debit Card Machines
(D) Ledger Machines
(E) None of these

5. Which of the following names is not associated with the insurance business in India ?
(A) Bajaj Allianz
(B) LIC
(C) GIC
(D) Tata AIG
(E) GE Money

6. Commodity Exchanges at various places in India are trading in many metals like gold, silver, etc. Many times we read in newspapers that gold no more has emained the highest trading option and has been replaced by a non-traditional metal known as……
(A) copper
(B) steel
(C) zinc
(D) white gold
(E) None of these

7. Which of the following is known as Plastic money ?
1. Demand Draft
2. Credit Card
3. Debit Card
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 2 and 3
(E) All 1, 2 and 3

8. Many a time we see a term in newspapers ‘IPO’. What is the full form of the same ?
(A) Indian Public Offer
(B) Institutional Purchase
(C) Industrial Purchase Order
(D) Indian Purchase Offer
(E) Initial Public Offer

9. Many a times we read in financial newspapers a term/name NMCEX. What is the full form of the same ?
(A) New Multi Capital Exchange
(B) National Medium Commodity Exchange
(C) National Multi Commodity Exchange
(D) Net Marketable Commodity Exchange
(E) None of these

10. Many Banks these days are entering into business of offering loans against property. This business of the banks can be categorized under which of the following heads of banking ?
(A) Corporate Banking
(B) Personal Banking
(C) Merchant Banking
(D) Portfolio Management Service
(E) None of these

11. Which of the following organizations/banks has done a commendable work in the field of micro finance and was awarded Nobel Prize also in the past ?
(A) Gramin Bank of Bangladesh
(B) CRY
(C) ASHA
(D) NABARD
(E) None of these

12. Nobel Prizes are not given for the performance in the area of…
(A) Literature
(B) Physics
(C) Chemistry
(D) Music
(E) Medical Science

13. In which of the following Hindi films has actor Shahrukh Khan played the role of a Hockey Coach ?
(A) Guru
(B) Chak De India
(C) Om Shanti Om
(D) Jab We Met
(E) None of these

14. Which of the following countries has not made any significant investment in India ?
(A) Japan
(B) USA
(C) Nepal
(D) Britain
(E) France

15. Which of the following is considered an informal method of getting credit/finance ?
(A) Internet Banking
(B) Branch visits
(C) Going to money lenders
(D) Tele Banking
(E) All of these

16. Which amongst the following nations is not a member of the SAARC ?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Bhutan
(C) Nepal
(D) Maldives
(E) South Africa

17. Which of the following indexes is developed to measure life expectancy, level of literacy, education and standard of living of people in a country ?
(A) Inflation
(B) Sensex
(C) Human Development Index
(D) SLR
(E) None of these

18. Which of the following is not a Public Sector Unit/Undertaking/Agency ?
(A) ECGC
(B) SEBI
(C) SIDBI
(D) Axis Bank
(E) BHEL

19. Which of the countries represent letter ‘C’ in the category known as BRIC countries ?
(A) Canada
(B) Chile
(C) Cuba
(D) Croatia
(E) China

20. Who amongst the following addresses the nation on the Independence Day from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Delhi ?
(A) President of India
(B) UPA Chairperson
(C) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(D) Prime Minister of India
(E) None of these

21. Which of the following awards is given for excellence in the field of sports ?
(A) Kalidas Samman
(B) Dhyanchand Award
(C) Shram Vir Award
(D) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
(E) None of these

22. Which of the following does not represent the name of a bank working in India ?
(A) YES
(B) HDFC
(C) TATA
(D) Kotak Mahindra
(E) ICICI

23. Twenty-20 matches are played in which of the following
(A) Hockey
(B) Football
(C) Badminton
(D) Tennis
(E) Cricket

24. Which of the following deals between India and one major country was put on a hold for some time as India is finding difficult to implement it ?
(A) 123 Pact with USA
(B) Fifth generation fighter plane deal with Russia
(C) Heavy Water deal with Iran
(D) Border talks with China
(E) None of these

25. Which of the following is a type of tax levied by the Govt. on goods and services ?
(A) SAT
(B) NET
(C) PAN
(D) VAT
(E) None of these

26. As per the news appeared in some major newspapers India is number two in getting ‘PE’. What is the full form of ‘PE’ as used in the financial world ?
(A) Professional and Ecofriendly
(B) Profitable Equity
(C) Profitable and Economical
(D) Private and Economical
(E) Private Equity

27. Many a times we read in newspapers about ‘Financial Inclusion’. What does it really mean ? [Pick up correct statement(s)]
1. Allow the merger and acquisition of banks so that only few big banks exist and continue to cater to the need of corporate sector.
2. Expending the network of banks in such a way that people from lower strata of society also get the benefit of services provided by banks.
3. Providing Insurance cover to each and every citizen so that he/she can live a healthy and long life.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 and 2
(E) All 1, 2 and 3

28. Which of the following organizations recently issued some guidelines related to ‘Participatory Notes’ as used in financial world ?
(A) RBI
(B) IRDA
(C) SEBI
(D) AMFI
(E) None of these

29. Heavy Water is normally used by which of the following industries ?
(A) Nuclear Power generation plants
(B) Pharma Industry
(C) Paper Industry
(D) Sugar plants
(E) Tea plantations

30. As per news items published in various newspapers, Italy has offered its help in developing ‘SMEs’ in India. What is the full form of ‘SME’ ?
(A) Small and Monopolistic Economy
(B) Speedy and Mechanical
(C) Small and medium enterprises
(D) Small and Medium Level Economy
(E) None of these

Answers
1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (E) 4. (B) 5. (E) 6. (D) 7. (D) 8. (E) 9. (C) 10. (B)
11. (A) 12. (D) 13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (C) 16. (E) 17. (C) 18. (B) 19. (E) 20. (D)
21. (B) 22. (C) 23. (E) 24. (A) 25. (D) 26. (E) 27. (B) 28. (C) 29. (A) 30. (C)

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 22^nd.

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 58^th 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 4^th 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 - ?

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

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

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)

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(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

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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

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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

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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.