1.

‘Captain’ is related to a ‘Team’ in the same way as ‘Director’ is related to

(1) Supervisor (2) Employee (3) Organisation (4) Union (5) Customer

2. Find the odd one out of the following options

(1) Aunt (2) Child (3) Father (4) Niece (5) Relation

3. Pointing to a photograph of Mahesh said. “The father of his sister is the husband of my 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

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

Answers
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)

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

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

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

Answers
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)

Test of Reasoning Ability

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.

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

Answers
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)

Directions (Q. 1 to 2) What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions ?

1. 73% of 8523 + 32% of 6245 = ?

(A) 8042·21 (B) 8136·28 (C) 8625·35 (D) 8220·19 (E) None of these
2. 8226 ÷ 15 ÷ 5 = ?
(A) 2156 (B) 109·68 (C) 185·56 (D) 2742 (E) None of these

3. 1 9 48 260 1590 ?
(A) 11130 (B) 11172 (C) 11135 (D) 11137 (E) None of these

4. 4 10 33 136 685 ?
(A) 3430 (B) 4110 (C) 4116 (D) 3435 (E) None of these

5. 25 27 30 34 39 ?
(A) 45 (B) 44 (C) 47 (D) 43 (E) None of these

Directions (Q. 6 to 10) What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following
questions ?

(You are not expected to calculate the exact value.)

6. 182·225 ´ 21·652 ´ 33·584 = ?

(A) 132507 (B) 149428 (C) 120426 (D) 106438 (E) 112642

7. 63·5% of 8924·2 + ?% of 5324·4 = 6827·5862

(A) 36 (B) 22 (C) 17 (D) 31 (E) 9

8. 11/7 + 22/3 + 18/5 = ?

(A) 21 (B) 8 (C) 25 (D) 13 (E) 30

9. (9%of86) X (6.5%of144) =?
A) 340.1664 B) .325.1664 C) 3.333.3333 D) 4.328.0065 E).None of these

10. 9546324 ÷ 4584 = ?

(A) 2149 (B) 1986 (C) 2083 (D) 2247 (E) 1805

Directions (Q. 11 to 15) Study the information carefully and answer the questions that follow—

A school has a total of 1200 students. The ratio of girls to boys in the school is 3 : 2. All the students have
enrolled in hobby classes viz. Singing, Dancing, Martial Arts and Cooking. One-twelfth of the boys have
enrolled in only cooking classes.

25 per cent of the girls have enrolled in Cooking and Singing classes to-gether. Number of boys enrolled in
only Martial Arts classes is 150 per cent of the number of girls enrolled in the same. Number of students enrol-
led in only Dancing is 26 per cent of the total number of students. 5 per cent of the girls have enrolled in only
Martial Arts classes. One-third of the boys enrolled in only Dancing classes. 35 per cent of the girls enrolled in
Singing, Dancing and Martial Arts together and the remaining enrolled in only Cooking. 15 percent of the boys
enrolled in Cooking and Singing classes together and the remaining enrolled in Singing, Dancing and Martial
Arts classes together.

11. Number of boys enrolled in Cooking and Singing classes together is what per cent of the girls enrolled in
the same ?
(A) 48 (B) 36 (C) 20 (D) 25 (E) None of these
12. What is the total number of students learning Martial Arts ?
(A) 90 (B) 496 (C) 342 (D) 128 (E) None of these

13. How many girls are enrolled in only Cooking classes ?

(A) 280 (B) 252 (C) 154 (D) 100 (E) None of these

14. How many boys learn Singing ?

(A) 226 (B) 184 (C) 72 (D) 96 (E) None of these
15. What is the respective ratio of girls to boys enrolled in only Dancing classes ?
(A) 8 : 7 (B) 14 : 17 (C) 19 : 20 (D) 12 : 7 (E) None of these

16. 4 men, 5 women and 3 children together can complete a piece of work in 16 days. In how many days can
10 women alone com-plete the piece of work if 10 men alone complete the work in 24 days ?
(A) 18 (B) 15 (C) 12 (D) Cannot be determined (E) None of these

17. What will be the difference bet-ween the simple interest and compound interest earned on a sum of Rs.
985 @ 14 p.c.p.a. at the end of two years ?
(A) Rs. 16·408 (B) Rs. 14·214 (C) Rs. 19·218 (D) Rs. 17·405 (E) None of these

Directions (Q. 18 and 19) Study the information carefully to answer the questions that follow—
A basket contains 3 blue, 2 green and 5 red balls.

18. If three balls are picked at random, what is the probability that at least one is red ?
(A) 1/2 (B) 7/12 (C) 11/12 (D) 1/5 (E) None of these

19. If four balls are picked at random, what is the probability that two are green and two are blue ?
(A) 1/8 (B) 1/70 (C) 3/5 (D) ½ (E) None of these

20. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘FLEECED’ be arranged ?
(A) 840 (B) 2520 (C) 1680 (D) 49 (E) None of these

ANSWERS : 1. (d 2. (b) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (A) 6. (a) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (B) 10. (c) 11. (e) 12. (a) Total no. of students
learning Martial Arts = 36 + 54 = 90 13. (e) No. of girls enrolled in only Cooking classes = 468 14. (A) 15. (c)
16. (d) 17. (e) 18. (c) 19. (b) 20. (a

1. Two numbers are respectively 25% and 20% less than a third number. What percent is the first number of
the second.
(A) 5.85% (B) 75.85% (C) 80.60% (D) 93.75% Ans (D)
2. A pump can fill a tank with water in two hours. Because of a leak in the tank it was taking two 1/3 hours to fill
the tank. The leak can drain all the water off the tank in.
(A) 8 hours (B) 7 hours (C) 13/3 hours (D) 14 hours Ans (D)

3. A can do a peace of work in 4 hours. B and C can do it in 3 hours. A and C can do it in two hours. How long
will B take to do it?
(A) 10 hours (B) 12 hours (C) 8 hours (D) 24 hours Ans (B)

4. The difference between the simple and compound interest on a certain sum of money at 5% rate of interest
p.a. for two years is Rs.15. Then the sum is _____
(A) Rs.6500 (B) Rs.5500 (C) Rs.6000 (D) Rs.7000 Ans (C)
5. A sum borrowed under compound interest doubles itself in 10 years. When will it become four fold of itself at
the same rate of interest?
(A) 15 years (B) 20 years (C) 24 years (D) 40 years ()Ans (B)

6. The students in three classes are in the ratio of 2:3:5 if 40 students are increased in each class the ratio
changes to 4:5:7 if 40 students are increased in each class the ratio changes to 4:5:7 originally the total
number of students was _______
(A) 100 (B) 180 (C) 200 (D) 400 Ans (C)

7. The ratio of incomes of two persons is 5:3 and that of their expenditure is 9.5. Find the income of each
person if they save Rs.1300 and Rs.900 respectively.
(A) Rs.4000, Rs.2400 (B) Rs.3000, Rs.1800 (C) Rs.5000, Rs.3000 (D) Rs.4500, Rs.2700 Ans (A)

8. A fort has provision for 50 days if after 10 days they are strengthen by 500 men and the remaining food lasts
35 days. How many men were there in the fort initially?
(A) 3500 (B) 3000 (C) 2500 (D) 4000 Ans (A)

9. A number is increased by 20% and then it is decreased by 10%. Find the net increase or decrease in %
(A) 10% increase (B) 10% decrease (C) 8%increase (D) 8% decrease Ans (C)

10. The product of two positive numbers is 2500 if one number is 4 times the other, the sum of the two
numbers is ______
(A) 25 (B) 125 (C) 225 (D) 250 Ans (B)

11. Which of the following is the largest number which is exactly devisable by 7,9 and 15?
(A) 9450 (B) 9765 (C) 9865 (D) 9550 Ans (B)

12. What percent of 5/8 is 8/5?

(A) 100 (B) 64 (C) 256 (D) 1024 Ans (C)

13. 2.3 + 6.5 - 7.1 + 4.9 -1.4 + 8.6 - 5.3?

(A) 8.5 (B) 8.6 (C) 8.7 (D) 8.4 Ans (A)

14. Example of a mathematical statement is ______

(A) (10+8)-9 (B) 2x+3=5 (C) 5<9+3 (D) x+3 Ans (C)

15. If 4x = 10 then X=?

(A) 10-4 (B) 10 X 4 (C) 10 +4 (D) 10/4 Ans (D)

16. a and b are two numbers. The property of a = b then b=a is called _______
(A) Reflexive property (B) Transitive property (C) Symmetric property (D) Associative
property Ans (C)

17. "10 added to 5 times x is equal to 20" in symbolic form is _______

(A) 5(x+10)=20 (B) 5x+10=20 (C) x/5+10=20 (D) 5x-10=20 Ans (B)

18. The point equidistant from the vertices of a triangle is its_____

(A) Orthocentre (B) Centroid (C) circumcentre (D) Incentre Ans (C)
19. The centroid of a triangle is the point of concurrence of its
(A) angle bisectors (B) perpendicular bisector (C) altitudes (D) medians Ans (D)

20. If the angles of a triangle are in the ratio 1:2:7 then the triangle is ______
(A) acute angled (B) obtuse angled (C) right angled (D) isosceles Ans (D)

21. Two sides of a triangle are 8cm and 11cm then the possible third side is____
(A) 1 cm (B) 2 cm (C) 3 cm (D) 4 cm Ans (D)

22. A triangle always has exactly

(A) one acute angle (B) at least two acute angles (C) exactly one right angle (D) exactly two acute angles
Ans (B)

23. Two trains A and B are running at the speeds of 45 KMPH and 25 KMPH respectively in the same
direction. The faster train i.e. train A crosses a Man sitting in the slower train B in 18 secs. Find the length of
the train A?
(A) 100 metres (B) 120 metres (C) 150 meters (D) 180 meters Ans (A)

24. A circular road runs round a circular ground. If the difference between the circumference of the outer circle
and inner circle is 44 meters, find the width of road.
(A) 8 meters (B) 7 meters (C) 17 meters (D) 9 meters Ans (B)

25. A and B started a business in partnership. A invested Rs.2000/- for six months and B invested Rs.1500 for
8 months. What is the share of A in total profit of Rs.510?
(A) Rs.250 (B) Rs.255 (C) Rs.275 (D) Rs.280 Ans (B)

1. Two numbers are respectively 25% and 20% less than a third number. What percent is the first number of
the second.
(A) 5.85% (B) 75.85% (C) 80.60% (D) 93.75% Ans (D)

2. A pump can fill a tank with water in two hours. Because of a leak in the tank it was taking two 1/3 hours to fill
the tank. The leak can drain all the water off the tank in.
(A) 8 hours (B) 7 hours (C) 13/3 hours (D) 14 hours Ans (D)

3. A can do a peace of work in 4 hours. B and C can do it in 3 hours. A and C can do it in two hours. How long
will B take to do it?
(A) 10 hours (B) 12 hours (C) 8 hours (D) 24 hours Ans (B)

4. The difference between the simple and compound interest on a certain sum of money at 5% rate of interest
p.a. for two years is Rs.15. Then the sum is _____
(A) Rs.6500 (B) Rs.5500 (C) Rs.6000 (D) Rs.7000 Ans (C)

5. A sum borrowed under compound interest doubles itself in 10 years. When will it become four fold of itself at
the same rate of interest?
(A) 15 years (B) 20 years (C) 24 years (D) 40 years ()Ans (B)

6. The students in three classes are in the ratio of 2:3:5 if 40 students are increased in each class the ratio
changes to 4:5:7 if 40 students are increased in each class the ratio changes to 4:5:7 originally the total
number of students was _______ (A) 100 (B) 180 (C) 200 (D) 400 Ans (C)
7. The ratio of incomes of two persons is 5:3 and that of their expenditure is 9.5. Find the income of each
person if they save Rs.1300 and Rs.900 respectively.
(A) Rs.4000, Rs.2400 (B) Rs.3000, Rs.1800 (C) Rs.5000, Rs.3000 (D) Rs.4500, Rs.2700 Ans (A)

8. A fort has provision for 50 days if after 10 days they are strengthen by 500 men and the remaining food lasts
35 days. How many men were there in the fort initially?
(A) 3500 (B) 3000 (C) 2500 (D) 4000 Ans (A)

9. A number is increased by 20% and then it is decreased by 10%. Find the net increase or decrease in %
(A) 10% increase (B) 10% decrease (C) 8%increase (D) 8% decrease Ans (C)

10. The product of two positive numbers is 2500 if one number is 4 times the other, the sum of the two
numbers is ______
(A) 25 (B) 125 (C) 225 (D) 250 Ans (B)

11. Which of the following is the largest number which is exactly devisable by 7,9 and 15?
(A) 9450 (B) 9765 (C) 9865 (D) 9550 Ans (B)

12. What percent of 5/8 is 8/5?

(A) 100 (B) 64 (C) 256 (D) 1024 Ans (C)

13. 2.3 + 6.5 - 7.1 + 4.9 -1.4 + 8.6 - 5.3?

(A) 8.5 (B) 8.6 (C) 8.7 (D) 8.4 Ans (A)

14. Example of a mathematical statement is ______

(A) (10+8)-9 (B) 2x+3=5 (C) 5<9+3 (D) x+3 Ans (C)

15. If 4x = 10 then X=?

(A) 10-4 (B) 10 X 4 (C) 10 +4 (D) 10/4 Ans (D)

16. a and b are two numbers. The property of a = b then b=a is called _______
(A) Reflexive property B) Transitive property (C) Symmetric property (D) Associative property Ans (C)
17. "10 added to 5 times x is equal to 20" in symbolic form is _______
(A) 5(x+10)=20 (B) 5x+10=20 (C) x/5+10=20 (D) 5x-10=20 Ans (B)

18. The point equidistant from the vertices of a triangle is its_____

(A) Orthocentre (B) Centroid (C) circumcentre (D) Incentre Ans (C)

19. The centroid of a triangle is the point of concurrence of its

(A) angle bisectors (B) perpendicular bisector (C) altitudes (D) medians Ans (D)

20. If the angles of a triangle are in the ratio 1:2:7 then the triangle is ______
(A) acute angled (B) obtuse angled (C) right angled (D) isosceles Ans (D)

21. Two sides of a triangle are 8cm and 11cm then the possible third side is____
(A) 1 cm (B) 2 cm (C) 3 cm (D) 4 cm Ans (D)

22. A triangle always has exactly

(A) one acute angle (B) at least two acute angles (C) exactly one right angle (D) exactly two acute angles A:(B)
23. Two trains A and B are running at the speeds of 45 KMPH and 25 KMPH respectively in the same
direction. The faster train i.e. train A crosses a Man sitting in the slower train B in 18 secs. Find the length of
the train A?
(A) 100 metres (B) 120 metres (C) 150 meters (D) 180 meters Ans (A)

24. A circular road runs round a circular ground. If the difference between the circumference of the outer circle
and inner circle is 44 meters, find the width of road.
(A) 8 meters (B) 7 meters (C) 17 meters (D) 9 meters Ans (B)

25. A and B started a business in partnership. A invested Rs.2000/- for six months and B invested Rs.1500 for
8 months. What is the share of A in total profit of Rs.510?
(A) Rs.250 (B) Rs.255 (C) Rs.275 (D) Rs.280 Ans (B)

Marketing Aptitude / Computer Knowledge

161. Cross-selling covers—
(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

162. 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

163. 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

164. Innovation means—

(A) Compensation (B) Inspiration (C) Additional perquisites
(D) Implementing new ideas or new methods (E) None of these
165. 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

166. The Traditional Marketing style involves—

(A) Telemarketing (B) Digital Marketing (C) Indirect Marketing (D) Direct Marketing (E) All of these

167. Modern methods of Marketing include—

(A) Publicity on the net (B) Advertisement on the net (C) Soliciting business through e-mails
(D) Telemarketing (E) All of these

168. A true marketing mindset requires—

(A) Command and order mindset (B) Control mindset (C) Active mindset (D) Passive mindset
(E) None of these

169. Which of the following sentences is True ?

(A) Marketing is not required in a Buyers' Market (B) Marketing is not required in a Sellers' Market
(C) Marketing is not required due to globalization (D) Marketing is not required due to competition
(E) Marketing is not required due to liberalization

170. 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

171. 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

172. Market Research is needed for—

(A) Deciding the market area (B) Deciding the right product to be sold
(C) Making proper marketing decisions (D) Deciding right time to sell (E) All of these

173. Which of the following statements 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

174. Marketing Plan helps in—

(A) Better lead generation (B) Better systems (C) Better results
(D) Improved Balance Sheet (E) Better customer service

175. 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

176. Motivation means—

(A) Inspiring employees to perform better (B) Better Communication Skills (C) Sales coaching
(D) Market Research (E) None of these

177. 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

178. 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

179. 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

180. Sales forecasting involves—

(A) Sales Planning (B) Sales pricing (C) Distribution Channels
(D) Consumer tastes (E) All of these
181. How many options does a binary choice offer ?
(A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) It depends on the amount of memory in the computer
(E) It depends on the speed of the computer's processor

182. Data going into the computer is called—

(A) Output (B) Algorithm (C) Input (D) Calculations (E) Flowchart

183. How many values can be represented by a single byte ?

(A) 4 (B) 16 (C) 64 (D) 256 (E) 512

184. Transformation of input into output is performed by—

(A) Peripherals (B) Memory (C) Storage (D) The Input-Output unit (E) The CPU

185. Device drivers are—

(A) Tiny power cords for external storage devices
(B) Experts who know how to maximize the performance of devices
(C) Small, special-purpose programs (D) The innermost part of the operating system
(E) Substitutes for operating system

186. A collection of programs that controls how your computer system runs and processes information is called
—
(A) Operating system (B) Computer (C) Office (D) Compiler (E) Interpreter

187. Which of the following refers to a small, single-site network ?

(A) LAN (B) DSL (C) RAM (D) USB (E) CPU

188. A set of instructions telling the computer what to do is called—

(A) Mentor (B) Instructor (C) Compiler(D) Program (E) Debugger

189. If you receive an e-mail from someone you don't know, what should you do ?
(A) Forward it to the police immediately (B) Delete it without opening it (C) Open it and
respond to them saying you don't know them (D) Reply and ask them for their personal information
(E) Reply and tell them you want to keep in touch with them

190. Which of the following can handle most system functions that aren't handled directly by the operating
system ?
(A) Vertical-market applications (B) Utilities (C) Algorithms (D) Integrated software (E) Compilers

191. Microsoft Office is—

(A) Shareware (B) Public-domain software (C) Open-source software
(D) A vertical-market application (E) An application suite

192. Computers connected to a LAN (Local Area Network) can—

(A) Run faster (B) Go on line (C) Share information and/or share peripheral equipment
(D) E-mail (E) None of these

193. Which of the following refers to the memory in your computer ?

(A) RAM (B) DSL (C) USB (D) LAN (E) CPU
194. Information travels between components on the motherboard through—
(A) Flash memory (B) CMOS (C) Bays (D) Buses (E) Peripherals

195. One megabyte equals approximately—

(A) 1,000 bits (B) 1,000 bytes (C) 1 million bytes (D) 1 million bits (E) 2,000 bytes

196. When you are working on a document on a PC, where is the document temporarily stored ?
(A) RAM (B) ROM (C) The CPU (D) Flash memory (E) The CD-ROM

197. How are data organized in a spreadsheet ?

(A) Lines and spaces (B) Layers and planes (C) Height and width (D) Rows and columns
(E) None of these

198. Magnetic tape is not practical for applications where data must be quickly recalled because tape is—
(A) A random-access medium (B) A sequential-access medium (C) A read-only medium
(D) Fragile and easily damaged (E) An expensive storage medium

199. The blinking symbol on the computer screen is called the—

(A) Mouse (B) Logo (C) Hand (D) Palm (E) Cursor

200. When cutting and pasting, the item cut is temporarily stored in—
(A) ROM (B) Hard drive (C) Diskette (D) Dashboard (E) Clipboard

Answers
161 (B) 162. (C) 163. (A) 164. (D)165.(C) 166. (C) 167. (E) 168. (A) 169.(B) 170. (E) 171. (C) 172. (E)173.(E)
174. (E) 175. (B) 176. (A) 177.(D) 178. (D) 179. (D) 180. (E)181.(C) 182. (C) 183. (E) 184. (E) 185.(D) 186. (B)
187. (A) 188. (D)189.(B) 190. (A) 191. (E) 192. (C)193.(A) 194. (D) 195. (C) 196. (A)197.(D) 198. (E) 199. (E)
200.

Marketing Aptitude / Computer Knowledge

180. Sales forecasting involves—
(A) Sales Planning (B) Sales pricing (C) Distribution Channels (D) Consumer tastes (E) All of these

181. How many options does a binary choice offer ?

(A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) It depends on the amount of memory in the computer
(E) It depends on the speed of the computer's processor

182. Data going into the computer is called—

(A) Output (B) Algorithm (C) Input (D) Calculations (E) Flowchart

183. How many values can be represented by a single byte ?

(A) 4 (B) 16 (C) 64 (D) 256 (E) 512

184. Transformation of input into output is performed by—

(A) Peripherals (B) Memory (C) Storage (D) The Input-Output unit (E) The CPU

185. Device drivers are—

(A) Tiny power cords for external storage devices
(B) Experts who know how to maximize the performance of devices
(C) Small, special-purpose programs (D) The innermost part of the operating system
(E) Substitutes for operating system

186. A collection of programs that controls how your computer system runs and processes information is called
—
(A) Operating system (B) Computer (C) Office (D) Compiler (E) Interpreter

187. Which of the following refers to a small, single-site network ?

(A) LAN (B) DSL (C) RAM (D) USB (E) CPU

188. A set of instructions telling the computer what to do is called—

(A) Mentor (B) Instructor (C) Compiler (D) Program (E) Debugger

189. If you receive an e-mail from someone you don't know, what should you do ?
(A) Forward it to the police immediately (B) Delete it without opening it
(C) Open it and respond to them saying you don't know them
(D) Reply and ask them for their personal information
(E) Reply and tell them you want to keep in touch with them

State Bank of India Clerical Cadre Recruitment Exam 2008 Solved Paper
Marketing Aptitude / Computer Knowledge

190. Which of the following can handle most system functions that aren't handled directly by the operating
system ?
(A) Vertical-market applications (B) Utilities (C) Algorithms (D) Integrated software (E) Compilers

191. Microsoft Office is—

(A) Shareware (B) Public-domain software (C) Open-source software
(D) A vertical-market application (E) An application suite
192. Computers connected to a LAN (Local Area Network) can—
(A) Run faster (B) Go on line (C) Share information and/or share peripheral equipment
(D) E-mail (E) None of these

193. Which of the following refers to the memory in your computer ?

(A) RAM (B) DSL (C) USB (D) LAN (E) CPU

194. Information travels between components on the motherboard through—

(A) Flash memory (B) CMOS (C) Bays (D) Buses (E) Peripherals

195. One megabyte equals approximately—

(A) 1,000 bits (B) 1,000 bytes (C) 1 million bytes (D) 1 million bits (E) 2,000 bytes

196. When you are working on a document on a PC, where is the document temporarily stored ?
(A) RAM (B) ROM (C) The CPU (D) Flash memory (E) The CD-ROM

197. How are data organized in a spreadsheet ?

(A) Lines and spaces (B) Layers and planes (C) Height and width
(D) Rows and columns (E) None of these
198. Magnetic tape is not practical for applications where data must be quickly recalled because tape is—
(A) A random-access medium (B) A sequential-access medium (C) A read-only medium
(D) Fragile and easily damaged (E) An expensive storage medium

199. The blinking symbol on the computer screen is called the—

(A) Mouse (B) Logo (C) Hand (D) Palm (E) Cursor

200. When cutting and pasting, the item cut is temporarily stored in—
(A) ROM (B) Hard drive (C) Diskette (D) Dashboard (E) Clipboard

Answers 161.(B) 162. (C) 163. (A) 164. (D) 165.(C) 166. (C) 167. (E) 168. (A) 169.(B) 170. (E) 171. (C)
172. (E) 173.(E) 174. (E) 175. (B) 176. (A)177.(D) 178. (D) 179. (D) 180. (E) 181.(C) 182. (C) 183. (E) 184. (E)
185.(D) 186. (B) 187. (A) 188. (D) 189.(B) 190. (A) 191. (E) 192. (C) 193.(A) 194. (D) 195. (C) 196. (A)
197.(D) 198. (E) 199. (E) 200. (E)

Directions—(Q. 11–14) In each of the following questions an incomplete series of numbers, with one blank is
given. Identify the missing member from the given alternatives.

11. 1, 27, 125, …?…, 729

(A) 242 (B) 314 (C) 307 (D) 343

12. 2, 5, 10, 50, 500, …?…

(A) 25000 (B) 560 (C) 550 (D) 540

13. 3, 14, 47, …?…, 443, 1334

(A) 61 (B) 89 (C) 146 (D) 445

14. 2, 9, 30, 93, 282, …?…

(A) 849 (B) 846 (C) 649 (D) 746
Directions—(Q. 15–18) In each of the following questions there are five groups of letters. First is the primary
one, followed by four; out of which one is different from the rest. Identify this odd member.

15. IIJL
(A) QQSV (B) EEFH (C) AABD (D) MMNP

16. ABAC
(A) BCBD (B) PRPQ (C) CDCE (D) STSU

17. BXTP
(A) OKGC (B) DZVR (C) XTOK (D) EAWS

18. DINS
(A) HMSX (B) FKPU (C) JOTY (D) NSXC

19. Which pair is different in some way from others in the following pairs ?
(A) Bottle and ink (B) Can and oil (C) Bag and clothes (D) Boat and ship
Directions—(Q. 25–28) In each of the following questions two statements are followed by two conclusions.
Assuming that the two given statements are true (however absurd they may be) decide which of the two
conclusions follows strictly from the given statements. Select the most appropriate alternative.

25. All men are chairs. All animals are chairs

Conclusions :
I. All men are animals. II. No animal is a man.
(A) Only I follows (B) Only II follows (C) Both I and II follow (D) Neither I nor II follows

26. Buckets are means of transport. Stairs are means of transport.

Conclusions :
I. Buckets are stairs. II. Some stairs are buckets.
(A) Only I follows (B) Only II follows (C) Both I and II follow (D) Neither I nor II follows

27. No bird has wings. All birds are rational.

Conclusions :
I. Some rationals have wings.II. Wingless are birds.
(A) Only I follows (B) Only II follows (C) Both I and II follow (D) Neither I nor II follows

28. All philosophers are rational people. Some rational people are happy.
Conclusions :
I. Some happy people are philosophers. II. Some happy people are rational.
(A) Only I follows (B) Only II follows (C) Both I and II follow (D) Neither I nor II follows

29. Which is the fourth letter to the left of the letter that is mid-way between ‘O’ and ‘P’ in ‘CARDIOGRAPH’ ?
(A) D (B) I (C) O (D) R

30. Which is the odd term in the following list ?

(A) January (B) May (C) April (D) August

Answers with Explanation :

11. (D) 12. (A) 13. (C) 14. (A) 15. (A) 16. (B) 17. (C) 18. (A)19. (D) In all the rest the first is used to fill the
second.20. (A) All the rest are consonants alike ‘J’ while ‘A’ is vowel.21. (B) All the rest are perfect squares.
22. (B) In all the rest the lower designs are the mirror image of the upper designs.23. (D) In all the rest, the st.
lines are both sides of the middle design.24. (B) In all the rest both the leaves are not joined at one place.
25. (D) 26. (D) 27. (B) 28. (B) 29. (A) 30. (C) All the rest have thirty days each