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Reasoning : Solved Paper (Held on 7-9-2008) 1. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word GUARD IAN each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet ? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) More than three 2. Four of th e following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the on ethat does not belong to that group ? (A) 19 (B) 17 (C) 23 (D) 29 (E) 27 3. How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters TEBI using each lette r only once in each word ? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) More than thre e 4. In a certain code LONG is written as 5123 and GEAR is written as 3748. How is LANE written in that code ? (A) 5427 (B) 5247 (C) 5847 (D) 5237 (E) None of t hese 5. BD is related to EG and MO is related to PR in the same way as FH is rela JM (B) IL (C) JL (D) IK

Page 2 (E) None of these 6. How many such digits are there in the number 586741 39 each of which is as far away from the beginning of the number as when the dig its within the number are rearranged in descending order ? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) More than three 7. In a certain code BREAKDOWN is written as B FSCJMVNC. How is ORGANISED written in that code ? (A) PSHBMCDRH (B) BHSPMCDRH (C ) BHSPOCDRH (D) BHSPNHRDC (E) None of these 8. In a certain code language pik da pa means where are you; da na ja means you may come and na ka sa means he may go the following means come in that code language ? (A) da (B) ja (C) na (D) Cannot b e determined (E) None of these 9. Four of the following five are alike in a cert ain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group ? (A) Copper (B) Iron (C) Aluminium (D) Zinc (E) Steel 10. What should come nex t in the following number series ? 9898798769876598765498765 (A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 2 ( D) 1 (E) None of these 11. Which of the following is the middle digit of the sec ond highest among the following five numbers ?

Page 3 254 319 963 842 697 (A) 5 (B) 1 (C) 6 (D) 4 (E) 9 12. Meeta correctly re members that her fathers birthday is after 8th July but before 12th July. Her bro ther correctly remembers that their fathers birthday is after 10th July but befor e 15th July. On which day of July was definitely their fathers birthday ? (A) 10t h (B) 11th (C) 10th or 11th (D) Cannot be determined (E) None of these 13. In a class of 50 students M is eighth from top. H is 20th from bottom. How many stude nts are there between M and H ? (A) 22 (B) 23 (C) 24 (D) Cannot be determined (E ) None of these 14. Among A, B, C, D and F each scoring different marks in the a nnual examination, D scored less than only F among them. B scored more than A an d C but less than D. Who among them scored least marks among them ? (A) A (B) C (C) B (D) Data inadequate (E) None of these 15. Four of the following five are a like in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group ? (A) B D F (B) V X Z (C) F I K (D) M O Q (E) L N P Directions(Q. 16-22) In each question below are three statements followed by two conclusions n umbered I and II. You have to take the three 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 three statements disregarding c ommonly known facts. Give answers :

Page 4 (A) If only conclusion I follows. (B) If only conclusion II follows. (C) If either conclusion I or II follows. (D) If neither conclusion I nor II follow s. (E) If both conclusions I and II follow. 16. Statements : Some desks are tent s. Some tents are rivers. All rivers are ponds. Conclusions : I. Some ponds are tents. II. Some ponds are desks. 17. Statements : All chair are pens. Some pens are knives. All knives are rats. Conclusions : I. Some rats are chairs. II. Some rats are pens. 18. Statements : Some forests are huts. Some huts are walls. Som e walls are nets. Conclusions : I. Some nets are forests. II. Some nets are huts . 19. Statements : All tables are windows. All windows are rooms. All rooms are buses. Conclusions : I. Some buses are tables. II. Some rooms are tables. 20. St atements : Some trees are boxes. All boxes are bricks. All bricks are dogs. Conc lusions : I. Some dogs are trees. II. Some bricks are trees.

Page 5 21. Statements : All goats are flowers. No flower is branch. Some branch es are roots. Conclusions : I. Some roots are goats. II. No root is goat. 22. St atements : All pots are rings. All bangles are rings. All rings are paints. Conc lusions : I. Some paints are pots. II. Some bangles are paints. Directions(Q. 2329) Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given bel ow B#AR58E%MF4J1U@H29TI6*W3P#K7$Y 23. Which of the following is the twelfth to the left of the twentieth from the left end of the above arrangement ? (A) % (B) W (C) $ (D) J (E) None of these 24. How many such numbers are there in the above a rrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and also immedia tely followed by a symbol ? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) More than thr ee 25. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a letter and also immediately followed by a number ? (A ) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) More than three 26. How many such consonant s are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and also immediately followed by a number ?

Page 6 (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) More than three 27. If all the nu mbers in the above arrangement are dropped, which of the following will be the e leventh from the right end ? (A) U (B) T (C) F (D) H (E) None of these 28. How m any such vowels are there in the above arrangement each of which is either immed iately preceded by a symbol or immediately followed by a symbol or both ? (A) No ne (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) Four 29. Four of the following are alike in a c ertain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group . Which is the one that does not belong to that group ? (A) 1 @ 4 (B) T H (C) W P 6 (D) # 7 3 (E) 9 2 I Directions (Q. 3036)In each question below is given a grou p of digits/symbols followed by four combinations of letters lettered (A), (B), (C) and (D). You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the group of digits/symbols based on the following letter coding system and mar k the letter of that combination as the answer. If none of the letter combinatio ns correctly represents the group of digits/ symbols, mark (E) i.e. None of these as the answer. Digit/Symbol : 4%39$18@2#56*7d Letter Code : PMITRQJFHAEUNBGL Cond itions : (i) If the first element in the group is a symbol and the last element is a digit, the codes are to be interchanged. (ii) If the first element in the g roup is a digit and the last element is a symbol both are to be coded as the cod e for the digit. (iii) If both the first and the last elements are even digits b oth are to be coded as X.

Page 7 (iv) If both the first and the last elements are odd digits, both are to be coded as Y. 30. 4%@93* (A) PMFTIB (B) PMFTIP (C) BMFTIB (D) XMFTIX (E) None of these 31. $1896 (A) RQJTNH (B) HQJTNR (C) RQJTNR (D) YQJTNY (E) None of these 32 . 2*#836 (A) YBEJIY (B) ABEJIN (C) NBEJIA (D) XBEJIX (E) None of these 33. 8732@ 9 (A) TGIAFJ (B) YGIAFY (C) JGIAFT (D) XGIAFX (E) None of these 34. 7#$%35 (A) G ERMIU (B) UERMIG (C) GERMIG (D) XERMIX (E) None of these 35. 931%d (A) TIQMHL (B) LIQMHT (C) LIQMHL (D) TIQMHT (E) None of these 36. 46*389 (A) PNBIJT

Page 8 (B) XNBIJX (C) TNBIJP (D) PNBIJP (E) None of these Directions(Q. 3743) In the following questions, the symbols @, , %, $ and d are used with the following meanings illustrated. P % Q means P is greater than Q. P d Q means P is neither grea than nor smaller than Q. P @ Q means P is smaller than Q. P Q means P is either than or equal to Q. P $ Q means P is either greater than or equal to Q. In each of t he following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find out which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true. Give an swers : (A) If only conclusion I is true. (B) If only conclusion II is true. (C) If either conclusion I or conclusion II is true. (D) If neither conclusion I no r conclusion II is true. (E) If both conclusions I and II are true. 37. Statemen ts : M @ J, J R, R d K Conclusions : I. K d J II. K % J 38. Statements : N $ T, T d H, N @ W Conclusions : I. W % T II. H N 39. Statements : F @ R, R V, V $ T C onclusions : I. V % F II. F @ T 40. Statements : W D, D $ B, B @ H Conclusions : I. H % D II. W @ B 41. Statements : F d T, T $ M, M R Conclusions : I. R $ F II . M F 42. Statements : H $ N, N % R, R @ J Conclusions : I. R @ H II. J % H

Page 9 43. Statements : V % B, B $ D, D E Conclusions : I. E d B II. D @ V Dire ctions(Q. 4449) Study the following information and answer the questions given bel ow M, N, P, R, T, W, F and H are sitting around a circle facing at the centre. P is third to the left of M and second to the right of T. N is second to the right of P. R is second to the right of W who is second to the right of M. F is not a n immediate neighbour of P. 44. Who is to the immediate right of P ? (A) H (B) F (C) R (D) Data inadequate (E) None of these 45. Who is to the immediate right o f H ? (A) R (B) F (C) M (D) Data inadequate (E) None of these 46. Who is to the immediate left of R? (A) P (B) H (C) W (D) T (E) Data inadequate 47. Who is thir d to the right of H ? (A) T (B) W (C) R (D) F (E) Data inadequate 48. Who is sec ond to the right of F ? (A) M (B) R (C) T (D) Data inadequate (E) None of these 49. In which of the following is the first person sitting in between the second and the

P a g e 10 third person ? (A) NHM (B) PHN (C) TRP (D) TWF (E) None of these Di rections(Q. 5055) In each of the following questions, two rows of numbers are give n. The resultant number in each row is to be worked out separately based on the following rules and the questions below the rows of numbers are to be answered. The operations of numbers progress from the left to the right. Rules : (i) If an odd number is followed by another composite odd number, they are to be added. ( ii) If an even number is followed by an odd number they are to be added. (iii) I f an even number is followed by a number which is the perfect square, the even n umber is to be subtracted from the perfect square. (iv) If an odd number is foll owed by a prime odd number, the first number is to be divided by the second numb er. (v) If an odd number is followed by an even number the second one is to be s ubtracted from the first number. 50. 15 8 21 p 3 27 If p is the resultant of the f irst row, what will be the resultant of the second row ? (A) 58 (B) 76 (C) 27 (D ) 82 (E) None of these 51. 12 64 17 20 m 16 If m is the resultant of the first row , what will be the resultant of the second row ? (A) 69 (B) 85 (C) 101 (D) 121 ( E) None of these 52. 85 17 35 16 19 r If r is the resultant of the first row, what will be the resultant of the second row ? (A) 175 (B) 5 (C) 75 (D) 210

P a g e 11 (E) None of these 53. 24 15 3 d 6 15 If d is the resultant of the fir st row, what will be the resultant of the second row ? (A) 37 (B) 8 (C) 22 (D) 2 9 (E) None of these 54. 28 49 15 h 3 12 If h is the resultant of the first row, wh at will be the resultant of the second row ? (A) 13 (B) 15 (C) 19 (D) 27 (E) Non e of these 55. 36 15 3 12 3 n If n is the resultant of the first row, what will be the resultant of the second row ? (A) 15 / 17 (B) 32 (C) 12 / 17 (D) 36 (E) Non e of these Directions(Q. 5660) Below in each question are given two statements I a nd II. These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of in dependent causes or a common cause. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements. Mark answers : (A) If statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect. ( B) If statement II is the cause and statement I is effect. (C) If both the state ments I and II are independent causes. (D) If both the statements I and II are e ffects of independent causes. (E) If both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause. 56. I. This year, the cut off percentage for admission to ju nior colleges have increased over the last year. II. This year performance of st udents in Xth final exam was considerably higher than the previous year. 57. I. The conditions of most of the national highways are very bad.

P a g e 12 II. Govt. has now sanctioned a huge amount of money to maintain the national highways. 58. I. Many students of the local school have failed in Engl ish Language paper in the annual examination. II. Many students of the local sch ool have failed in Mathematics paper in the annual examination. 59. I. Rain and thunder showers bashed the city during the past three days. II. Many people stay ed indoor during the past three days. 60. I. There has been a considerable incre ase in the sale of fat free food articles. II. Now people have become more consc ious about their health condition and food habits. Directions(Q. 61-75) In each o f the questions given below which one of the five answer figures on the right sh ould come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence were continued ?

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Answers with Hints 1. (D) 2. (E) All the rest are prime numbers. 3. (B) B I T E 4. (A) 5. (D) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (E) All the rest are pure metals. 10. (B) 98 987 9876 98765 987654 98765 4 11. (D) 963, 8 4 2, 697, 319, 254 12. (B) 13. ( A) 14. (D) 15. (C) 16. (A) 17. (B) 18. (D) 19. (E) 20. (E) 21. (C) 22. (A) 23. ( A) 20th from the left end is T and 12th to the left of T is %. 24. (C) H 2 and K 7 $ 25. (A) 26. (B) M F 4 27. (D) After dropping all the numbers. B#ARE%MFJU@HTI *WP#K$Y 11th from the right end is H. 28. (D) # A, E % and U @ 29. (E) 30. (B) 3 1. (A) 32. (D) 33. (C) 34. (E) 35. (D) 36. (A) 37. (C) 38. (E) 39. (A) 40. (D) 4 1. (B) 42. (A) 43. (B) 44. (A) 45. (E) 46. (D) 47. (D) 48. (C) 49. (A) 50. (A) 5 1. (E) 52. (B) 53. (C) 54. (D) 55. (A)

P a g e 14 56. (D) 57. (A) 58. (E) 59. (A) 60. (B) 61. (B) In each subsequent figure one time the three designs remain same and next time after shifting one s ide anticlockwise direction then it remain same position. Inside shaded part of the designs form after rotating 90 anticlockwise in the two designs and forms aft er rotating 90 clockwise in a simple square design with this also. 62. (D) In eac h subsequent figure the outside bigger design < forms after rotating 45 and 90 antic lockwise respectively and the inside smaller design ^ forms after rotating 90 and 1 80 anticlockwise respectively. 63. (E) 64. (A) In each subsequent figure the curv ed lines on upper side straight horizontal line increase in sequence of 2, 3, 1 respectively from left to right and from upper side to lower side and one curved line is missing from back side each time. The curved lines on lower side straig ht horizontal line increase in sequence of 3, 4, 2 respectively from left to rig ht and from upper side to lower side and is also missing 1 and 2 respectively fr om back side. 65. (C) In each subsequent figure the designs shift half side anti clockwise first and then one side anticlockwise respectively and a new design fo rms one by one from back side each time then forward side respectively. 66. (E) In each subsequent figure one design forms on upper left side corner first and t hen this design shifts half side, one side and, one and half side clockwise resp ectively. These designs rotate 90 clockwise each time with this change also. 67. (B) 68. (A) In each subsequent figure the curved lines on the upper and lower si de horizontal lines reverse in sequence one and three in clockwise direction fro m upper left respectively. 69. (B) In each subsequent figure the outside half ci rcle forms inside after reversing and shifting one side anticlockwise and then i t forms outside after reversing on the same side. So these sequences continue re spectively. The second design square forms once on next side anticlockwise after reversing from outside to inside. 70. (E) 71. (A) 72. (C) In each subsequent fi gure increase in the number of triangles from upper left corner beome on the bas is of increasing of lines three, four, five, six and seven lines respectively. 7 3. (B) 74. (E) In each subsequent figure the circles form on the place of two-tw o stars from upper left corner. These small circles form on the place of existin g stars in the next two lines after forming upto lower left as 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 respectively and then two-two stars form on the place of circles from back side. 75. (D) In each subsequent figure the square forms one side clockwise first and t hen half side anticlockwise respectively. Similarly, the circle shifts half side, one side, one and half side, two side and two and half side anticlockwise respec tively in each subsequent figure also. 0 comments Labels: Bank Exam Papers, Reas oning Questions, Solved Papers SBI Clerk Exam, 2008 : General English (Fully Solved)

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State Bank of India Clerk Exam., 2008 General English : Solved Paper (Held on 6-7-2008) Directions(Q. 4150) Read the following passage carefully and an swer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. The yearly festival was c lose at hand. The store room was packed with silk fabrics. gold ornaments, clay bowls full of sweet curd and platefuls of sweetmeats. The orders had been placed with shops well in advance. The mother was sending out gifts to everyone. The e ldest son, a government servant, lived with his wife and children in far off lan ds. The second son had left home at an early age. As a merchant he travelled all over the world. The other sons had split up over petty squabbles, and they now lived in homes of their own. The relatives were spread all across the world. The y rarely visited. The youngest son, left in the company of a servant, was soon b ored and stood at the door all day long, waiting and watching. His mother, thril led and excited, loaded the presents on trays and plates, covered them with colo urful kerchiefs, and sent them off with maids and servants. The neighbours looke d on. The day came to an end. All the presents had been sent off. The child came back into the house and dejectedly said to his mother, Maa, you gave a present t o everyone, but you didnt give me anything ! His mother laughed, I have given all t he gifts away to everyone, now see whats left for you. She kissed him on the foreh ead. The child said in a tearful voice, Dont I get a gift ? Youll get it when you go far away. But when I am close to you, dont I get something from your own hands ? His mother reached out her arms and drew him to her. This is all I have in my own ha nds. It is the most precious of all. 41. Why did the woman s second son travel ? (A) He was restless by nature (B) He did not want to stay at home (C) He was ric h and could afford to travel

P a g e 16 (D) His job was such that he had to travel (E) None of these 42. Wh y did the womans eldest son not attend the festival ? (A) He was not on good term s with his youngest brother who lived at home (B) He had quarrelled with his mot her (C) His wife did not allow him to return home (D) His job prevented him from taking leave (E) None of these 43. How did the woman prepare for the festival ? 1. She bought expensive gifts for her children and neighbours. 2. She ordered h er servants to prepare sweets and food well in advance. 3. She made sure that he r youngest child was looked after so that he wouldnt be bored. (A) None (B) Only 1 (C) Only 2 (D) Both 1 and 2 (E) All 1, 2 and 3 44. What did the youngest child do while his mother was busy ? 1. He waited for a chance to steal some sweetmea ts. 2. He pestered his mother to give him a present. 3. He stood at the door wit h servants. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Both 1 and 3 (D) Only 3 (E) None of these 45. Which of the following can be said about the woman ? (A) She was a widow who had brought up her children single handedly (B) She was not a good mother since her children had left home at an early age (C) She enjoyed sending her family g ifts at festival time (D) She gave expensive presents to show that she was wealt hy (E) She rarely visited her grand-children because they all lived abroad 46. W hat did the boy receive from his mother ? (A) She taught him the value of patien ce (B) She encouraged him to grow up and live independently like his brothers (C ) She showed him the importance of giving expensive gifts (D) She gave him a hug to express her love (E) None of these 47. Which of the following is TRUE in the context of the passage ? (A) The woman usually ignored her youngest son

P a g e 17 (B) The womans eldest son lived abroad (C) The members of the womans family did not care about her (D) The woman made all the preparations herself si nce she did not want to burden the servants (E) The woman sent gifts to her chil dren to ensure that they visited her Directions(Q. 4849) Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passa ge. 48. Left (A) Gone (B) Quit (C) Remaining (D) Disappeared (E) Forgot 49. Pack ed (A) Filled (B) Squeezed (C) Crowd (D) Collected (E) Untidy 50. Choose the wor d which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word dejectedly as used in the passag e. (A) Calmly (B) Happily (C) Willingly (D) Fortunately (E) Softly Directions(Q. 5155) Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the ans wer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any) 51. Many multinational companies (A) / have not been as (B) /successful in India (C) /than we expected. (D) No error (E) 52. He has ruined (A) /his eyesigh t (B) /by not using (C) /his spectacles regularly. (D) No error (E) 53. Mostly o f the (A) /newly recruited officers (B) /have no experience (C) /in the banking sector. (D) No error (E) 54. The resignation of (A) /one of our directors (B) /h ave caused the price (C) / of shares to fall. (D) No error (E)

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55. There are many (A) /ways of which (B) /inflation can (C) /be measured. (D) N o error (E) Directions(Q. 5660) Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given b elow should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make t he sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and No correction is required. mark (E) as the answer. 56. Each of the loan must be approved by the Branch Manager (A) Every loan (B) Each one of the loan (C ) Any of the loan (D) All of the loan (E) No correction required 57. The issue w as taken before the Municipal Corporation meeting last week (A) Taking place at ( B) Taken after (C) Being taken in (D) Taken up at (E) No correction required 58. He has asked for the names of those employees involved in the project. (A) had asked (B) having asked about (C) was asked that (D) is asking (E) no correction required 59. Considerate the traffic, it is better to leave for the airport an h our early (A) While considering (B) Consideration of (C) Considering (D) Being co nsiderate to (E) No correction required 60. He is a good leader, knowing that to motivate his employees to achieve (A) That known when (B) Who knows how (C) Whic h knows how (D) Knowing what (E) No correction required Directions(Q. 6165) Rearra nge the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper se quence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions

P a g e 19 given below them. (1) The able bodied men of the tribe gathered to discuss how to climb the mountain. (2) As part of their plundering they kidnappe d a baby of one of the families. (3) One day the mountain tribe invaded those li ving in the valley. (4) We couldnt climb the mountain. How could you?, they asked, I t wasnt your baby ! she replied. (5) There were two tribes in the Andesone lived in the valley and the other high up in the mountains. (6) Two days later they noti ced the childs mother coming down the mountain that they hadnt yet figured out how to climb. 61. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearra ngement ? (A) (1) (B) (2) (C) (3) (D) (4) (E) (5) 62. Which of the following sho uld be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement ? (A) (6) (B) (5) (C) (4) (D) (3) (E) (2) 63. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangem ent ? (A) (1) (B) (2) (C) (3) (D) (4) (E) (5) 64. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement ? (A) (1) (B) (2) (C) (3) (D) ( 4) (E) (5) 65. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearran gement ? (A) (1) (B) (2) (C) (3) (D) (4) (E) (5)

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Directions(Q. 6670) In each question below a sentence with four words printed in b old type is given. These are lettered (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these four w ords printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word, which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The letter of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold a re correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence mark (E) i.e., all correct as your answer. 66. The income (A) of many people in rural (B) India is not adequate (C) to satisfy (D) their basic needs. All correct (E) 67. He is always (A) prompt (B) in caring (C) out instructions. (D) All correct (E) 68. The revized (A) rates (B) of interest will be effective (C) immediately. (D ) All correct (E) 69. Such transactions (A) are quiet (B) expensive (C) and time consuming (D) for customers. All correct (E) 70. The guidelines (A) of the new scheme (B) are expected (C) to be finally (D) soon. All correct (E) Directions(Q. 7180) In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words/ phrase s are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropri ate word in each case. I used to look (71) to the holidays. I was usually (72) to my uncles house where I (73) his children. I did not get paid a salary for (74) What I received in return however, was far more (75) My uncle was an avid reader. During the time I spent with his family I had an (76) to read the vast amount of books an d magazines that he possessed. This improved my English to some (77) Reading becam e my new (7879) spending my pocket money on a ticket to the cinema I began to (80) bo oks. This has benefited me greatly. 71. (A) forward (B) towards (C) backward (D) up (E) around 72. (A) went (B) sent (C) visited (D) travelled (E) gone

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73. (A) cared (B) occupy (C) guarded (D) taught (E) played 74. (A) them (B) whom (C) this (D) now (E) which 75. (A) expensive (B) deserving (C) helping (D) dema nding (E) valuable 76. (A) opportunity (B) ability (C) use (D) encouragement (E) achievement 77. (A) distance (B) extent (C) time (D) limits (E) degrees 78. (A) activity (B) hope (C) hobby (D) duty (E) worship 79. (A) despite (B) though (C) by (D) instead of (E) while 80. (A) sell (B) read (C) exchange

P a g e 22 (D) invest (E) buy Answers: 41. (D) 42. (E) 43. (A) 44. (D) 45. (C) 46. (D) 47. (B) 48. (C) 49. (A) 50. (C) 51. (D) Replace than with as. 52. (E) 53. ( A) Change Mostly to Most. 54. (C) Change have to has. 55. (B) Replace of with in . (D) 58. (E) 59. (C) 60. (B) 61. (C) 62. (A) 63. (E) 64. (D) 65. (B) 66. (E) 67 . (C) 68. (A) 69. (E) 70. (D) 71. (A) 72. (B) 73. (D) 74. (C) 75. (E) 76. (A) 77 . (B) 78. (C) 79. (D) 80. (E) 0 comments Labels: Bank Exam Papers, English Langu age, Solved Papers Union Bank of India P.O. Exam, 2008 : English Language (Fully Solved) Union Bank of India Probationary Officers Exam., 2008 English Language : Solved Paper (Held on 7-9-2008) Directions(Q. 115) Read the following passage carefully and ans wer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to hel p you locate them while answering some of the questions. Over the past few decad es, many Asian nations transformed from poverty into global competitors. From 20 03 to 2007, Asian economies expanded at an average annual rate of 81%, triple tha t of advanced economies. Over the same period, inflation in Asia averaged only a bout 35%. But Asia could be facing turbulent economic times. In May, the average inflation rate throughout the region reached nearly 7%, led by spikes in oil and food prices. In India, inflation jumped to an 116% annual rate in June, accordin g to the latest government figures, the highest in 13 years. Policymakers and ce ntral bankers are forced to raise interest rates and limit credit to get inflati on under control. But these same measures suppress the investment and consumptio n that generates growth. The combination of slowing growth and soaring inflation makes economic policy-making tricky. Inflation stirs up the middle classes

P a g e 23 because it can quickly erase years of hardwon personal gains. Infla tion is cruel to the poor, because families have to spend a larger share of thei r meagre incomes on necessities. In the Philippines, farmers, unable to afford f uel for tractors, use water buffaloes to plough their fields. But to avoid unres t, leaders cannot blindly adopt rigid anti-inflation measures. Voters wont hesita te to remove from office any politician who doesnt deliver the goods. So they can not overreact to the inflation threat and scale down economic growth in the proc ess. Developing nations need to grow quickly to create jobs and increase incomes for their large populations. With prices soaring, doing nothing is not an optio n. Most central banks in Asia have started raising interest rates. The Reserve B ank of India increased its benchmark rate twice last month to a six year high of 85%. The challenge is especially difficult because currently, inflation is not o f domestic origin. Prices are being driven higher by a global surge in oil and f ood prices, which individual governments can do little to control. Of course, in flation is not just a problem in Asia. World Bank President Robert Zoellick call ed rising food and oil prices a man-made catastrophe that could quickly reverse th e gains made in overcoming poverty over the past seven years. For now, though, t here is more talk than action on the international front, so Asian governments a re on their own. Even though inflation throughout the region is likely to contin ue to rise in coming months, no one is expecting an economic calamity. According to the Asian Development Bank Asian countries have large hard currency reserves and relatively healthy banks, and so are far better prepared to absorb external shocks than they were during the regions last recession ten years ago. Asian pol icymakers have learned their lessons and are more alert. 1. Which of the followi ng can be said about Asian economies during the period from 2003- 2007 ? 1. Thou gh inflation was rising at the time politicians did not pay much attention. 2. M any of the poor countries were able to compete internationally. 3. The growth ra te of Asian countries was facilitated by growth in advanced countries. (A) All 1 , 2, and 3 (B) Only 1 (C) Only 2 (D) Both 1 and 2 (E) None of these 2. Which of the following is not an anti-inflation measure being used by Asian countries ? 1 . Increase in benchmark interest rate by a central bank. 2. Checks on lending. 3 . Subsidising fuel for farmers. (A) Only 3 (B) Both 1 and 2

P a g e 24 (C) Both 2 and 3 (D) Only 2 (E) None of these 3. What makes it diff icult for Asian countries to control inflation ? (A) Restrictions by organizatio ns like the Asian Development Bank (B) Governments are indecisive and adopt coun terproductive measures (C) The problem is global in nature, not restricted to th eir individual countries (D) Countries have never faced a financial crisis (E) E conomic growth rate cannot occur in the absence of inflation 4. Why are experts not very concerned about the impact of inflation on Asian economies ? 1. Asian c ountries have not maintained substantial hard currency reserves. 2. The conditio n of Asian banks is currently both stable and strong. 3. The Asian Development B ank will bail them out of any trouble. (A) Only 1 (B) Both 1 and 3 (C) Both 1 an d 2 (D) Only 2 (E) None of these 5. What is the authors advice to politicians reg arding the handling of inflation ? (A) They should focus on preventing agitation s among their citizens not implementing antiinflation measures (B) They ought to implement anti-inflation measures even at the cost of losing office (C) They mu st focus on maintaining high economic growth rate as inflation will taper off on its own (D) Countries should handle the problem independently and not collectiv ely (E) None of these 6. What could the impact of stringent inflation measures b e ? (A) Increased consumption as families spend a larger part of their income on essential goods (B) Politicians may be voted out of power (C) Economic growth r ate remains constant (D) Oil prices within the country remain stable despite hig h global prices (E) None of these 7. Why is high economic growth necessary for d eveloping countries ? (A) To catch up with the growth rate of the advanced count ries (B) To sustain their economies despite the ill effects of inflation (C) To provide better educational opportunities to their citizens (D) To create employm ent opportunities for citizens (E) None of these

P a g e 25 8. Why has inflation been referred to as a catastrophe ? (A) Prices o f essential commodities are unaffordable for all (B) Our past efforts to reduce poverty will be nullified (C) Governments are unstable and do not take stringent decisions (D) It has divided countries rather than ensuring co-operation among them (E) None of these 9. Which of the following can be inferred from the passag e ? 1. Growth rate in advanced countries was low so the effects of inflation wer e not felt. 2. Closing the economy to global markets will reduce inflation. 3. I ndia has been the most severely affected by inflation. (A) None (B) Only 1 (C) O nly 2 (D) Both 2 and 3 (E) All 1, 2 and 3 10. Which of the following factors was responsible for inflation in India ? (A) Reserve Bank India raising the interes t rates very frequently (B) High population growth (C) Sudden rise in prices of oil worldwide (D) Reckless competition with China (E) None of these Directions(Q. 1113) Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word printed in bo ld as used in the passage. 11. stirs (A) trembles (B) moves (C) mixes (D) inspir es (E) agitates 12. scale (A) descent (B) climb (C) hindrance (D) cut (E) measur e 13. origin (A) ancestry (B) source (C) inauguration (D) down

P a g e 26 (E) heritage Directions(Q. 1415) Choose the word which is most opposi te in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage. 14. turbulent (A) quiet (B) rest (C) soothes (D) stormy (E) lawful 15. gains (A) decreases (B) fails (C) deprives (D) frauds (E) losses Directions(Q. 1620) Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in th e following sentences to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and No correction is required, mark (E) as th e answer. 16. The main objective of the workshop has made children aware of West ern classical music. (A) will make children aware (B) is to make children aware (C) is making aware children (D) awareness of children (E) No correction require d 17. Afraid of missing her train and was late for the meeting, Sunita arrived a n hour early at the station. (A) but later for (B) and been late to (C) after be ing late (D) and being late for (E) No correction required 18. As a famous histo rian he has travelled around the world giving lectures on rare subjects. (A) rar ely to subjects (B) of rare subject (C) with rarest of subject (D) in subjects r arely

P a g e 27 (E) No correction required 19. The stadium wherever the opening cer emony will be held next month, is equipped with the latest facilities. (A) in th e opening ceremony (B) which the ceremony will open (C) where the opening ceremo ny (D) that the opening ceremony (E) No correction required 20. There will be a trend of unseasonal rainfall in April, in recent years. (A) There has been (B) I t has been (C) There is being (D) It may have been (E) No correction required Di rections(Q. 2125) In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. B elow each five pairs of words have been denoted by letters (A), (B), (C), (D) an d (E). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the senten ce in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningfully complete. 21. A commit tee has been..to..the transformation of the city into an international finance cent A) constituted, convert (B) appointed, oversee (C) converged, evaluate (D) induc ted, change (E) inaugurated, determine 22. Keeping in mind the..to develop the secto r the government has.. solicited foreign investment. (A) importance, never (B) propo sal, forcibly (C) objective, wanted (D) view, discretely (E) need, actively 23. In his speech he vowed to..the four billion unbanked individuals across the world in to the..of financial inclusion. (A) represent, sphere (B) target, area (C) bring, re alm (D) engage, achievement (E) convince, era

P a g e 28 24. Although he puts in..of overtime and takes few holidays, he..canno port his family. (A) sufficient, however (B) lot, besides (C) much, thus (D) ple nty, still (E) frequency, yet 25. They have been..on incentives to..these practices implemented at grass root level. (A) relying, ensure (B) improving, secure (C) a dvocating, confirm (D) debating, necessitate (E) focusing, display Directions(Q. 2630) Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in th e proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions give n below them 1. It was a cycling race launched in 1903, by Henri Desgrange, a mag azine editor in Paris. 2. The Tour de France is a test of human endurance. 3. Hi s idea worked and the magazine boomed. 4. His aim was to boost the circulation o f his magazine. 5. He wanted to achieve this by covering every stage of the thre e week long, 3,500 kilometre long cycling race. 6. Till today the race remains m ore popular than he could ever have dreamed. 26. Which of the following should b e the first sentence after rearrangement ? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5 27. Whi ch of the following should be the second sentence after rearrangement ? (A) 1 (B ) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5 28. Which of the following should be the third sentence af ter rearrangement ? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3

P a g e 29 (D) 4 (E) 5 29. Which of the following should be the fifth sentence after rearrangement ? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 6 30. Which of the following should be the sixth (Last) sentence after rearrangement ? (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6 Directions(Q. 3140) Read each sentence to find out whether there is any gr ammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letters of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.) 31. On account of the week (A) / long strike the factory (B) / was forced to close and (C) / next mon ths shipment will delay. (D) No error. (E) 32. Since the US economy experiences ( A) / a recession many Asian countries (B) / are likely to have (C) / reduced gro wth rates this year. (D) No error. (E) 33. Oil is now so expensive that (A) / In dia will have to cut subsidies (B) / instead face running out (C) / of funds to import oil. (D) No error. (E) 34. It is unlikely that you will (A) / find a more qualified and experience (B) / candidate than Mr. Prasad (C) / for the post of President. (D) No error. (E) 35. On account of the rising (A) / costs many peopl e are (B) / finding it difficult (C) / to feed their families. (D) No error. (E) 36. By marketing agriculture (A) / products well, we (B) / can ensure that (C) / farmers make a good profit. (D) No error. (E) 37. The promotion means (A) /tha t you may be (B) / post in Chennai (C) / from next month. (D) No error. (E) 38. This project is (A) / too big to (B) / undertake successfully at (C) / such shor t of notice. (D) No error. (E)

P a g e 30 39. When our company was (A) / faced financial difficulties (B) / t he training budget was (C) / the first to be cut. (D) No error. (E) 40. Conserva tionists believe that (A)/better management of national parks (B)/is the only wa y to save (C)/Indias tiger population from extinction. (D) No error. (E) Directio ns(Q. 4150) In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numb ered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words a re suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriat e word in each case. In July 2008, one of the most inspiring leaders of our time s, will (41) his ninetieth birthday. Nelson Mandela retired from politics in 1999, but he has remained (42), continuing his work through the Nelson Mandela Foundati on. The foundation has launched an Aids awareness campaign, 46664, named (43) Mand elas prison number. He has also set up a scholarship programme whose (44) was to pr omote leadership among young Africans. During the 1990s, (45) I worked with Mr. Ma ndela on his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom, I (46) his leadership first hand. D uring his election campaign we were on board a plane discussing his book. Twenty minutes (47) to landing the engine failed. Many began to panic. The only thing th at (48) them was looking at Mandela, who was reading his paper as if he was a pass enger on a morning train to work. The plane landed safely and when we got into t he car taking us to the hotel he (49) to me, I was terrified on the plane ! As a lea der he realized he was a model for others and this gave him the strength to (50) o ver his own fear. 41. (A) tribute (B) remember (C) honour (D) celebrate (E) rejo ice 42. (A) resigned (B) active (C) influenced (D) participant (E) reserved 43. (A) by (B) with (C) after (D) as (E) thereafter 44. (A) wish

P a g e 31 (B) pursuit (C) result (D) plot (E) aim 45. (A) when (B) that (C) p eriod (D) later (E) alongside 46. (A) felt (B) acquainted (C) experienced (D) un derwent (E) learned 47. (A) before (B) sooner (C) close (D) prior (E) advance 48 . (A) calmed (B) soothing (C) composed (D) restraint (E) discipline 49. (A) spea ks (B) confided (C) confidentially (D) entrusted (E) assured 50. (A) success (B) overcame (C) dominate (D) victory (E) triumph Answers : 1. (E) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (D) 10. (C) 11. (E) 12. (D) 13. (B) 14. (A) 15. (E) 16. (B) 17. (D) 18. (E) 19. (C) 20. (A)

P a g e (C) 30. (B) 40. (B) 50. s

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21. (B) 22. (E) 23. (B) 31. (D) 32. (A) 33. (C) 41. (D) 42. (B) 43. (C) 0 comments Labels: Bank

24. (D) 25. (A) 26. (B) 27. (A) 28. (D) 29. 34. (B) 35. (E) 36. (A) 37. (C) 38. (C) 39. 44. (E) 45. (A) 46. (C) 47. (D) 48. (A) 49. Exam Papers, English Language, Solved Paper

SBI Clerk Exam, 2008 (IInd Shift) : General English (Fully Solved) State Bank of India Clerk Exam., 2008 General English : Solved Paper (Held on 13-7-2008) (IInd Shift) Directions(Q. 110) Read the following passage car efully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bol d to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. There was a girl who sang beautifully at the temple every morning. The music master used to happily recall, One day when I went into the woods to pluck flowers, I found this baby under a pipal tree. He picked her up carefully, raised her lovingly as if s he was his daughter and taught her to sing before she spoke her first word. The music master grew old and didn t see too well. The girl tended to him caringly. Many people including young men travelled from far and wide to hear her sing. Th is made the music master s heart quake with fear. You will choose one of them as your husband. What is to become of me ? The girl replied, I shall not be apart fro m you. But on a full moon night during the harvest festival, the master s chief d isciple touched his feet reverently and said, Master grant me your permission for your daughter has agreed to marry me. The master s tears flowed freely, She has c hosen well. Go and fetch her, let me hear you sing the first of many melodies th at you will sing together. The two began to sing in harmony. But the song was int errupted by the arrival of the royal messenger. Your daughter is very fortunate-t he king has sent for her, the messenger said. At the palace the Queen summoned th e girl to her and said, I place upon you the honour of making sure my daughter is never unhappy at her husband s home. There wasn t a single tear in the girl s ey es but she thought of the master and her heart was heavy. That very night the pr incess began her journey to Kambhoj. The princess s royal chariot led the proces sion and the girl s palanquin followed close behind carrying trunks of silks, je wellry and precious stones. It was covered with a velvet sheet and had soldiers on both

P a g e 33 sides. As the procession passed, the master and his disciple Kumars en stood still by the wayside. A collective sigh escaped the crowd gathered ther e wishing that the princess wouldn t feel homesick in her faraway home. 1. Which of the following can be said about the girl ? (1) She was brought up by her fat her as her mother had died when she was a baby. (2) She was a talented singer wh o had learnt to sing at an early age. (3) She was only allowed to sing with the master s permission. (A) Only (1) (B) Both (1) and (2) (C) Only (2) (D) All (1), (2) and (3) (E) None of these 2. What was the girl s reaction to leaving home ? (A) She was honoured to be serving the princess (B) Sadness at leaving the mast er. (C) She entrusted the task of looking after the music master to Kumarasen (D ) She was thrilled to be living in luxury (E) None of these 3. What task was ent rusted to the girl by the Queen ? (A) Seeing that her daughter reached Kambhoj s afely (B) Entertaining the princess on her journey to Kambhoj (C) Protecting the princess and reporting to the queen if she was unhappy (D) Ensuring the princes s happiness (E) None of these 4. What was the master s reaction to the girl s d ecision to marry his disciple ? (A) He was upset and cried (B) He promised to gi ve his permission if the couple sang well together (C) He was sad because she wo uld be going to Kambhoj which was far away (D) He was pleased with her choice of husband (E) None of these 5. Which of the following is not true in the context of the passage ? (1) The girl was leaving the master and going to Kambhoj once s he was married. (2) The king sent for the girl because she was a good singer. (3 ) The master did not let the girl study any other subject except music. (A) Only (1) (B) Both (1) and (2) (C) All (1), (2) and (3) (D) Both (1) and (3) (E) None of these 6. Why was the princess going on a journey ?

P a g e 34 (1) She was going to her prospective husband s home to get engaged. (2) Her parents wanted her to visit the kingdom of which she would be the futur e queen. (3) To take expensive gifts for the rulers of the Kambhoj who were well known to her parents. (A) None (B) Only (2) (C) Only (1) (D) Both (1) and (2) ( E) Both (2) and (3) 7. Why was the master afraid ? (A) He felt the princess woul d treat the young girl unkindly (B) He would be all alone after the girl s marri age (C) The girl may not be able to adapt to her new home (D) He was slowly goin g blind. (E) None of these Directions(Q. 89) Choose the word which is MOST NEARLY the SAME in MEANING as the word printed in bold as used in the passage. 68. fort unate (A) rich (B) liked (C) happy (D) successful (E) lucky 9. raised (A) nurtur ed (B) lifted (C) grew (D) built (E) high 10. Choose the word which is most OPPO SITE in meaning of the word Collective as used in the passage (A) alone (B) separ ately (C) united (D) partial (E) single Directions(Q. 1115) Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one par t of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

P a g e 35 11. In present the (A)/ prices of food grains (B)/ are high all (C) / over the world. (D) No error (E) 12. Majority of the banks (A)/ today uses tec hnology (B)/ to reach out to those (C)/living in rural areas. (D) No error (E) 1 3. I will give (A)/ you the advance (B)/ if you repay it as (C)/ soon as possibl y. (D) No error (E) 14. Though he is very (A)/ wealthy and powerful (B)/ he has any (C)/ concern for the poor. (D) No error (E) 15. Mala has the (A)/ ability t o handle (B)/ many tasks at (C)/ the same time. (D) No error (E) Directions(Q. 162 0) Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below should replace the phr ases given in bold in the following sentences to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and No correction i s required, mark (E) as the answer. 16. Finding himself in financial difficulty, he came forward me for help and advice (A) came across (B) is come upto (C) came to (D) comes with (E) No correction required 17. Deepak having been over eighte en years of age, is entitled to vote (A) has been of (B) being over (C) who is ha ving over (D) who is been (E) No correction required 18. The magazine that we su bscribe to is published monthly (A) which is subscribed (B) we are subscribed (C) whom we subscribe (D) whichever we subscribe (E) No correction required 19. Amo ng of his many good qualities, that I remember is his honesty (A) All of his (B) Some of the (C) Only of his (D) One of his

P a g e 36 (E) No correction required 20. Many of our clients have deposit of this foreign bank (A) have deposits in (B) had deposited (C) with deposits (D) ha ve deposited (E) No correction required Directions(Q. 2125) Rearrange the followin g six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them. (1) The sailo r was told it was placed there as warning signal to sailors to warn them of the danger. (2) He returned to the spot a few years later as captain of his own ship . (3) The ship was at sea for many days and finally anchored near the coastline. (4) The night was stormy and without a warning signal his ship was wrecked on t hat very rock. (5) One of the sailors on board saw a bell tied to a dangerous su bmerged rock. (6) As a joke the sailor decided to steal the bell and hide it des pite being informed of this. 21. Which of the following should be the FIRST sent ence after rearrangement ? (A) (1) (B) (2) (C) (3) (D) (4) (E) (5) 22. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement ? (A) (1) (B) (2 ) (C) (3) (D) (4) (E) (5) 23. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentenc e after rearrangement ? (A) (1) (B) (2) (C) (3) (D) (4) (E) (5) 24. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement ? (A) (1) (B) (2) (C ) (3)

P a g e 37 (D) (4) (E) (5) 25. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAS T) sentence after rearrangement ? (A) (1) (B) (2) (C) (3) (D) (4) (E) (5) Direct ions(Q. 2630) In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold ty pe is given. These are lettered as (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these four word s printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word, which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if an y. The letter of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (E) i. e. All Correct as your answer. 26. We have incurred (A) an expense (B) of over fif ty thousands (C) this year alone. (D) All correct (E) 27. World Earth Day is cel eberated (A) as a means (B) to make people aware (C) about the environment. (D) All correct (E) 28. The key issue (A) discused (B) at the meeting was how to res olve (C) the food crisis. (D) All correct (E) 29. He deserves (A) some recogniti on (B) for working diligently (C) for the passed (D) five years. All correct (E) 30. There are many employment (A) opportunities (B) for fresh graduates (C) in the market (D) today. All correct (E) Directions(Q. 3140) In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed bel ow the passage and against each five words are suggested one of which fits the b lank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. I had (31) to beco me a multipurpose manager. I took three steps to accomplish this. First, I took very (32) part in professional associations. I (33) the National President of the In dian Society for Training and Developmentone of the (34) organizations for HR profe ssionals. This helped me to grow professionally. My communication skills (35). It also taught me (36) to conduct meetings in an effective manner. My job (37) me to di fferent parts of the country and I (38) believe that (39) provided me with an educat ion. I also wrote a lot. Newspaper editors often approached me with (40) to write articles for their publications.

P a g e 38 31. (A) achieved (B) aim (C) try (D) dreamed (E) wanted 32. (A) sel ected (B) active (C) interesting (D) often (E) joint 33. (A) elected (B) voted ( C) became (D) applied (E) decided 34. (A) respected (B) status (C) impressed (D) aged (E) common 35. (A) lacked (B) grown (C) learnt (D) improved (E) earned 36. (A) that (B) why (C) how (D) never (E) anyhow 37. (A) saw (B) showed (C) posted (D) discovered (E) took 38. (A) quiet (B) firmly (C) strong (D) first

P a g e 39 (E) not 39. (A) travelling (B) journey (C) visit (D) migrating (E) shift 40. (A) wish (B) offer (C) appointments (D) requests (E) commands Answers with Explanations 1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (D) 4. (E) 5. (B) 6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (E) 9. (B) 10. (A) 11. (A) Write At in place of In. 12. (B) Write use. 13. (D) Write possible (C) Write no in place of any. 15. (E) 16. (C) 17. (E) 18. (E) 19. (D) 20. (A) 21. ( C) 22. (E) 23. (A) 24. (D) 25. (B) 26. (C) Write change thousands to thousand. 27. ( A) Write celebrated. 28. (B) Write discussed. 29. (D) Write past. 30. (E) 31. (E) 32. (B) 33. (C) 34. (A) 35. (D) 36. (C) 37. (E) 38. (B) 39. (A) 40. (D) 0 comments L abels: Bank Exam Papers, English Language, Solved Papers Andhra Bank Probationary Officers Exam., 2008 : General Awareness (Solved) Andhra Bank Probationary Officers Exam., 2008 General Awareness :Solved Paper (Held on 14-09-2008) 1. Who amongst the following does not belong to political p arty which is normally referred as left front?

P a g e 40 (A) Prakash Karat (B) A. B. Bardhan (C) D. Raju (D) T. J. Chandrach oodan (E) M. Veerappa Moily Ans (E) Hint : M.Veerappa Moily is a congress leader. 2. Sujat and Balsara villages were in news recently as breach in main Narmada Canal made them flooded. Both these villages are in which of the following States? (A) Maharashtra (B) Madhya Prades h (C) Gujarat (D) Rajasthan (E) None of these Ans : (C) 3. As per the estimates given by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) the Indian Eco nomy will grow at which of the following rates in 2008 ? (A) 7% (B) 7.5% (C) 8% (D) 8.5% (E) None of these Ans : (C) 4. Which of the following is NOT one of the recommendations of the committee set up on Financial Sector Reforms under the Chairmanship of Raghuram G.Rajan ? (1) Give more freedoms to banks to setup branches and ATMS anywhere (2) Setup an off ice of financial ombudsmen (3) All deposits taking institutions should be free f rom the supervision of the RBI (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) All 1, 2 & 3 (E) Only 2 & 3 Ans : (A) 5. The Govt. of which sion and a moratorium red by poor fisherman Orissa (D) Karnataka Ans : (B) of the following States has formed a Fisherman Debt Commis has been placed on proceedings relating to all debts incur from banks and cooperatives? (A) West Bengal (B) Keral (C) (E) None of these

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6. Federal Reserves is the Central Bank of (A) Britain (B) U.S.A. (C) Japan (D) C anada (E) China Ans : (B) 7. Which of the following was the issue over which one section of the UPA withdr ew its support and Union Govt. headed by Dr. Man Mohan Singh was required to pro ve its majority in the Lok Sabha ? (1) Inflation, which was on a rise consistent ly for some time (2) Reservations of Gurjarrs in Govt. jobs (3) Nuclear deal wit h USA (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 & 2 (E) Only 2 & 3 Ans : (C) 8. As a gesture to promote denuclearization and also to end nuclear arms program me the cooling tower of a nuclear complex situated in "Youngbyon" was demolished recently. This nuclear complex is in which of the following countries? (A) Sout h Korea (B) Iran (C) China (D) North Korea (E) None of these Ans : (D) 9. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) keeps on modifying various rates / ratios to keep the flow of liquidity in the market in a balanced situation. Which of the f ollowing rates/ratios/indexes is NOT directly controlled by the RBI? (A) Cash Re serve Ratio (CRR) (B) Bank Rate (C) Repo Rate (D) Reserve Repo Rate (E) Wholesal e Price Index (WPI) Ans : (E) 10. China has signed an agreement with which of the following countries, which w ill help both the parties to make the East China Sea "a sea of peace, co-operati on and friendship? (A) North Korea (B) South Korea

P a g e 42 (C) Japan (D) Russia (E) All of these Ans : (C) 11. The former President of which of the following countries has taken over as t he Prime Minister of the nation in May 2008 ? (A) Venezuela (B) Russia (C) Ugand a (D) Tanzania (E) None of these Ans : (B) 12. Which of the following companies of Indian origin has been placed amongst th e World s seven Best Firms in Financial Sector ? (A) IDBI Bank (B) HDFC Bank (C) Bajaj Capitals (D) ICICI Bank (E) None of these Ans : (B) 13. Michel Sleiman has taken over as the president of (A) Lebanon (B) Cuba (C) Ye men (D) Zambia (E) Turkey Ans : (A) 14. Which of the following is/are true about the "Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yoj ana" to be launched in the near future ? (1) This scheme is to develop those vil lages where SC/ST population is in prominence (2) About 70,000 villages are iden tified for the same (3) A special fund of Rs.7,000 Crore is setup for the scheme (A) Only 1 (B) only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) All 1, 2 & 3 (E) None of these Ans : (A) 15. Which of the following countries had decided to come out of the membership o f OPEC ? (A) Iran (B) Indonesia

P a g e 43 (C) Kuwait (D) Saudi Arabia (E) None of these Ans : (B) 16. Many Banks have adopted / launched "Core Banking Solution (CBS)" .Core Banki ng Solution is (A) a marketing strategy adopted by the Banks (B) a new type of AT M useful for rural population (C) a delivery channel for quick and fast delivery (D) a new product launched to help senior citizens only as they are not able to visit branches / ATMs frequently (E) None of these Ans : (C) 17. As per the figures released recently, the rate of growth of agriculture duri ng 2007-08 has been at the level of approximately (A) 2.5 % (B) 3 % (C) 4.5 % (D) 5 % (E) 6.33 % Ans : (C) 18. The import of which of the following has raised the Current Account Deficit of India by about 77 %? (A) Oil (B) Gas (C) Sugar (D) Foodgrain (E) None of thes e Ans : (A) 19. The National e-Governance plan was launched by the Govt. of India in the yea r 2006 with which of the following intentions/objectives? (1) To provide qualita tive service of Govt. business to the citizens of India (2) To promote IT sector in India so that trained IT personnel do not go out of the country for jobs (3) To keep a vigil on the business transaction of Indian population to avoid illeg al transactions (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) All 1, 2 & 3 (E) None of th ese Ans : (A)

P a g e 44 20. As per the figure released recently what was the per capita inc ome at Current Price in the year 2007-08 in India? About (A) Rs. 20,000/(B) Rs. 2 5,000/(C) Rs. 23,000/(D) Rs. 33,000/(E) Rs. 48,000/Ans : (D) 21. Ana Ivanovic won the "French Open Women s Singles" of Lawn Tennis after defe ating (A) Katrina Srebtnik (B) Dinara Safina (C) Virginia Ruano Pascual (D) Victo ria Azarenka (E) None of these Ans : (B) 22. The World Environment Day is celebrated on which of the following days? (A) 5th October (B) 5th August (C) 5th July (D) 5th June (E) None of these Ans : (D) 23. Who amongst the following is included in the list of "Biggest Brains in Busi ness"? (A) L. N. Mittal (B) Anil Ambani (C) Kumar Mangalam Birla (D) Mukesh Amba ni (E) Ratan Tata Ans : (A) 24. Which of the following cannot be called as a value Added service offered by a Bank? (A) Special accounts for poor sections of the society (B) Accident insur ance cover (C) Instant Credits of Outstation Cheques (D) Free cheque book (E) Al l are value Added services Ans : (D) 25. Which of the following is the total amount Government of India has earmarked for Agriculture Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme 2008? (A) Rs.10,000 Crore (B ) Rs.25,000 Crore (C) Rs.45,000 Crore

P a g e 45 (D) Rs.72,000 Crore (E) Rs.83,000 Crore Ans : (D) 26. Which of the following States of India was recognized as the Best e- Governe d State in 2007 ? (A) Jammu & Kashmir (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Goa (E) Delhi Ans : (E) 27. Daiichi Sanyo which has taken a major stake in India s Pharma company Ranbax y is a firm based in (A) China (B) South Korea (C) North Korea (D) Japan (E) USA Ans : (D) 28. Which of the following airlines became the first Indian Based Airlines to op erate flight to China? (A) Indian (B) Air India (C) Kingfisher (D) Jet Airways ( E) None of these Ans : (D) 29. Which of the following meets / summit was organized in Damascus in March 200 8 ? (A) Arab League Summit (B) G-8 Summit (C) G-15 Summit (D) Meeting of trade M inister of WTO members (E) None of these Ans : (A) 30. India recently signed a Bilateral Investment Promotion Agreement (BIPA) with which of the following countries ? (A) China (B) Bangladesh (C) Nepal (D) Bhuta n (E) Myanmar Ans : (E)

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31. Opening the Saving Bank Account of a minor girl will be called as which of t he following in Banking terminology ? (A) Retail Banking (B) Merchant Banking (C ) Institutional Banking (D) Social Banking (E) Corporate Banking Ans : (A) 32. Which of the following terms NOT used in Banking Sector? (A) SLR (B) NPA (C) Credit Rating (D) Fixed (E) PURA Ans : (E) 33. Banking Sector will fall under which of the following sectors? (A) Agricultu re Sector (B) Service Sector (C) Manufacturing (D) Industrial Sector (E) None of these Ans : (B) 34. An account in which trading of shares in their electronic form is done is kn own as (A) Demat Account (B) NRI Account (C) NRIO Account (D) Current Account (E) None of these Ans : (A) 35. Which of the following is NOT a measure of the Risk Management in Banks ? (A ) CRR (B) RTGS (C) SLR (D) Deposit Insurance (E) All are the measures of risk ma nagement Ans : (B) 36. The foreign Direct Investment this year in India reached to the level of abo ut US $ 3.74 billion. In comparison to last years investment the increase is Abo ut _______ (A) 50 % (B) 100% (C) 125 %

P a g e 47 (D) 200 % (E) 250 % Ans : (C) 37. The duration of which of the following Policies / Schemes is from 20042009 ? (A) Foreign Trade Policy (B) 11th Five Year Plan (C) 10th Five Year Plan (D) Nat ional Rural Guarantee Act (E) None of these Ans : (A) 38. Which of the following test is conducted to know if a sportsman has taken an y performance enhancing drugs ? (A) EEG (B) Narco Test (C) ELISA Test (D) Mind m apping (E) DOPE tEST Ans : (E) 39. Who amongst the following is the recipient of the IIFA Awards 2008 as Best A ctress? (A) Shamita Shetty (B) Rani Mukherjee (C) Priyanka Chopra (D) Konkana Se n (E) Kareena Kapoor Ans : (E) 40. Who amongst the following is the author of the book "Toward a Hunger Free Wo rld" ? (A) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (B) Ashok Lahiri (C) Amartya Sen (D) M. S. Swami nathan (E) None of these Ans : (D) 41. Which of the following awards is given in the field of cinema? (A) Kalidas S amman (B) Dronacharya Award (C) Arjun Award (D) Kalinga Award (E) Dada Sahab Pha lke Award Ans : (E) 42. Sudan recently cut its ralations with which of the following countries follo wing an

P a g e 48 attack on Khartoum by a Darfur Rebel Group ? (A) Chad (B) Uganda (C ) Libya (D) Lebanon (E) None of these Ans : (A) 43. Who amongst the following is the Chairperson of the Children s Film Society? (A) Kareena Kapoor (B) Jaya Bachchan (C) Shabana Azmi (D) Sridevi (E) None of t hese Ans : (E) Hint : Nafisa Ali 44. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of an auton omous organization under Ministry of Rural Development ? (A) NIMI (B) IGNOU (C) CAPART (D) NPCIL (E) ICRP Ans : (C) 45. World s largest oil reserves (about 2/3rd) are located in (A) Russia (B) Midd le East (C) Africa (D) Europe (E) Canada Ans : (B) 46. Who amongst the following is the author of "Animal People" which was adjudge d as the Best Book of the Year? (A) V.S.Naipaul (B) Indra Sinha (C) William Darl ymple (D) Bill Clinton (E) John Banville Ans : (B) 47. What is India s rating in the "Doing Business Report" prepared by the World Bank ? (A) 55th (B) 80th (C) 100th

P a g e 49 (D) 120th (E) None of these Ans : (D) Hint : According to 2008 India s rating in the "Doing Business Report" prepared by the World Bank was 120th but to 2009 India s rating in the "Doing Business Re port" prepared by the World Bank is 122nd position. 48. Which of the following t erm related with the game of Cricket ? (A) Grand Slam (B) Half Nelson (C) Ashes (D) Screen (E) Love Ans : (C) 49. The Russian President visited China in May 2008 and signed a deal for the se curity of which of the following? (A) Global Energy (B) China Sea (C) Intellectu al Property Rights of the Chinese Scientists (D) Nuclear installation in China ( E) None of these Ans : (D) 50. Which of the following Programmes / Schemes of the Govt. of India is NOT dir ectly related with agriculture activities ? (A) Drought Prone Areas Programmes ( DPAP) (B) Promotion of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) (C) Integrated Westlands Development Programme (IWDP) (D) ANNAPURNA (E) Desert Development Programme (DD P) Ans : (D) 0 comments Labels: Bank Exam Papers, General Awareness Questions, Solved Papers Indian Overseas Bank Probationary Officers Exam., 2008 : General Awareness (Solv ed) Indian Overseas Bank Probationary Officers Exam., 2008 General Awareness : Solved Paper (Held on 15-6-2008)

P a g e 50 1. As we all know rise of the BRICs has left a vast impact on almost all aspects of the global economy. However, which of the following cannot be cal led as the direct effect(s) of Rise of the BRICs on global/other powerful economy/ economies ? 1. Countries like China wish to learn more about outsourcing from In dia. 2. It has made countries to suffer from Sub-prime Crisis. 3. EURO has becom e a powerful currency and many non-Euro countries are in Swap Agreement with vario us nations. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) All 1, 2 and 3 (E) None of thes e 2. As per the reports published in the newspapers/journals how much amount the Govt. of India is planning to infuse in Public Sector Banks to make them compet itive and strong globally ? About (A) Rs. 10,000 crore (B) Rs. 15,000 crore (C) R s. 20,000 crore (D) Rs. 25,000 crore (E) Rs. 30,000 crore 3. What is the maximum stake the Govt. of India has in any public sector bank at present ? (A) 40% (B) 49% (C) 50% (D) 64% (E) 74% 4. Which of the following is not a major highlight of the Union Budget 2008-09 ? 1. A target of Rs. 280 lakhs crore is fixed for pro viding credit to agriculture sector. 2. Limit of the Banking Cash Transaction Ta x is raised from present 1% to 15%. 3. PAN requirement is not mandatory for finan cial transactions. Other Ids are also acceptable. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 2 and 3 (E) All 1, 2 and 3 5. As per the news in major financial new spapers a Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana is launched in Delhi and Haryana States f or members of unorganized sectors. Under the scheme each family is likely to get the benefit of Rs. (A) 15,000

P a g e 51 (B) 20,000 (C) 25,000 (D) 30,000 (E) 50,000 6. As proposed in the U nion Budget 2008-09 a Risk Capital Fund is set up by the Govt. of India. Who among st the following will maintain and operate that fund ? (A) NABARD (B) SIDBI (C) ECGC (D) RBI (E) None of these 7. As per the Economic Survey 2007-08 presented i n the Lok Sabha in February 2008, what has been the percentage growth in Bank cr edit ? About (A) 10% (B) 15% (C) 18% (D) 21% (E) 26% 8. As per the budget of the Indian Railways for 2008-09 the operating ratio of the railways has (A) Improved only by 05% (B) Decreased by 05% (C) Remained at the same level on which it was in 2007-08 (D) Reached at the level of 81% (E) Reduced to the level of 63% which w as the level of 2000-01 9. The government of India has launched a new scheme for the Girl Child. What is the name of the scheme ? (A) Raj Lakshmi (B) Rani Bitia ( C) Dhan Lakshmi (D) Aanandita (E) None of these 10. The President of India recen tly signed the much-awaited notification for the implementation of the suggestio ns made by the Delimitation Commission. What will be the effect of this notificati on ? (A) Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies will be redefined (B) Candida tes from SC/ST categories will get all benefits for another 15 years time (C) The boundaries of the National Capital, New Delhi will be extended further (D) Oper ations of the Cooperative Banks and Societies will not be limited to the state o f their origin. They will also be like Public Sector Banks (E) None of these

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11. As per the new policy the number of Judges in the Supreme Court would be now (A) 21 (B) 25 (C) 26 (D) 30 (E) 31 12. As per the reports published in the newsp apers the banks, particularly public sector banks are tying up with various rati ng agencies for providing a qualitative assessment of the credit needs of the bo rrowers. Which amongst the following is/are such credit rating agencies in India ? 1. CARE 2. CRISIL 3. ULIP (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) 1 and 2 only (D) Only 3 ( E) All 1, 2 and 3 13. As per the newspaper reports the RBI is planning to introd uce Plastic Currency Notes. What is/are the benefits of Plastic Notes ? 1. Their She lf life will be longer. 2. It will replace plastic money or credit, debit cards which are giving birth to many fraudulent practices. 3. Printing will be cheaper . (A) Only 3 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 1 (D) All 1, 2 and 3 (E) None of these 14. Sub P rime Lending is a term applied to the loans made to (A) Those borrowers who do not have a good credit history (B) Those who wish to take loan against the mortgage of tangible assets (C) Those who have a good credit history and are known to ba nk since 10 years (D) Those borrowers who are most preferred customers of the Ba nk (E) None of these 15. As per the reports published in various journals and ne wspapers the small borrowers in rural areas still prefer to take informal route fo r their credit needs. Which of the following is the informal route of credit in fi nancial sector ? (A) Credit cards (B) Loan against gold from financial institute (C) Debit cards

P a g e 53 (D) Money lender (E) None of these 16. The Planning Commission of I ndia has set up a 12 member committee on financial sector reforms. Who is the Ch airman of the Committee ? (A) Janki Raman (B) Raghuram Rajan (C) Rakesh Mohan (D ) K. V. Kamath (E) None of these 17. Basel-II norms are associated with which of the following aspects of the banking industry ? (A) Risk management (B) Manpowe r planning (C) Retirement benefits for the employees (D) Corporate Governance (E ) None of these 18. What is meant by Underwriting the term frequently used in fina ncial sector ? (A) Under valuation of the assets (B) The Act of taking on a risk for a fee (C) Giving a Guarantee that a loan will not become a bad loan (D) The act of permission to float an IPO (E) None of these 19. The government of India recently constituted the New Finance Commission (13th). What are its major func tions ? To decide 1. The salary structure of the employees of the Central Governm ent. 2. The distribution of the net proceeds of taxes between states and Central Govt. 3. Rate of Income Tax and other taxes collected by the Union Govt. (A) On ly 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) All 1, 2 and 3 (E) None of these 20. Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian cricket team which registered its vi ctory in tri-series ODI matches against Australia played in March 2008 ? (A) M.S . Dhoni (B) Anil Kumble (C) Rahul Dravid (D) Saurav Ganguly (E) Sachin Tendulkar 21. Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy who was the chief guest during the Republic Day Functio n 2008

P a g e 54 is the (A) President of Brazil (B) Prime Minister of Brazil (C) Pres ident of France (D) Prime Minister of France (E) Foreign Secretary of USA 22. Wh o amongst the following has taken over as the President of Serbia after the Gene ral elections held there in February 2008 ? (A) Boris Tadic (B) Tomislav Nicolic (C) Samak Sundaravej (D) Novak Djokovic (E) None of these 23. Indra K. Nooyi wh o was elected as the Chairperson of the US-India Business Council is the CEO of which of the following Companies ? (A) Pepsi Co. (B) Infosys (C) Tata Consultanc y Services (D) NIIT (E) None of these 24. Maria Sharapova won the Australian Ope n 2008 Womens singles by defeating (A) Shahar Peer (B) Kateryna Bondarenko (C) San ia Mirza (D) Victoria Azarenka (E) Ana Ivanovic 25. Saina Nehwal won the Seniors Championship match of which of the following games held in Goa in January 2008 ? (A) Golf (B) Tennis (C) Table tennis (D) Archery (E) Badminton 26. As per the n ews published in some newspapers magazines two PSUs National Thermal Power Corpo ration and Coal India Ltd. are going to float a joint venture SPV. What is the ful l form of SPV ? (A) Small Power Venture (B) Special Purpose Vehicle (C) Special Po wer Venture (D) Small Purpose Vehicle (E) None of these

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27. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recently agreed to allow fo reign direct investment in the field of mobile television services. Upto what ex tent FDI is allowed in this field ? (A) 50% (B) 60% (C) 64% (D) 70% (E) 74% 28. As per the performance assessment data released by the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) in January 2008. Which of the following sectors registered a growth of 36 per cent ? (A) Agriculture Sector (B) Banking Sector (C) Tourism Sector (D) Avia tion Services Sector (E) None of these 29. Which of the following is the name of very violent and serious types of winds which bring lot of disaster ? (A) Trade winds (B) Hurricane (C) Cirrus (D) Stratus (E) None of these 30. The Global Emp loyment Trends Report 2008 published by the International Labour Organization ha s indicated that there may be increase in global unemployment. What according to them is/are the major reasons of this possibility ? 1. Turmoil in Credit Market s all over the world. 2. Rise in oil prices in international market. 3. Civil un rest in some under and undeveloped nations. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Only 1 and 2 (E) None of these 31. As we have noticed many banks of Indian orig in are opening offices/branches in foreign countries. Why is this trend emerging at a very fast pace ? 1. These Banks wish to provide banking facilities to fore igners as banking facilities are not plenty in many foreign countries. India wan ts to take an advantage of the situation. 2. These banks wish to help Indian fir ms to acquire funds at internationally competitive rates. 3. These banks wish to promote trade and investment between India and other countries.

P a g e 56 (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) All 1, 2 and 3 (E) Only 2 and 3 32. Many economists, bankers and researchers in India often advocate that bank s should equip themselves for new challenges. These challenges are in which of t he following shapes/forms ? 1. As Indian economy is getting increasingly integra ted with the rest of the world the demand of the Corporate banking is likely to change in terms of size, composition of services and also the quality. 2. The gr owing foreign trade in India will have to be financed by the local banks. 3. For eigners are habitual of the comforts provided by the technology. India has to do a lot in this reference. (A) Only 1 is correct (B) Only 2 is correct (C) Only 3 is correct (D) All 1, 2 and 3 are correct (E) None of these 33. As per the repo rts published in the newspapers Indian Rupee is now fully accepted in Asian coun tries like, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia etc. What does it really mean ? 1. An ybody from Asian country can purchase Indian Rupee and keep it in his/her bank a ccount in his/her country without any restrictions. 2. Now people in these natio ns are not required to go for a double conversion first in dollar and then in ru pee. 3. People travelling European/Asian countries can make their payments in ru pee anywhere without any problem. (A) Only 1 is correct (B) Only 2 is correct (C ) Only 3 is correct (D) All 1, 2 and 3 are correct (E) None of these 34. Which o f the following is not a banking/finance related term ? (A) Credit wrap (B) EMI (C) Held to Maturity (D) Exposure limit (E) Diffusion 35. Very often we read abo ut the Doha Ministerial Conference 2001 in reference to WTO negotiations. What w ere the major issues over which nations were of different opinions ? 1. Providin g subsidy to agriculture. 2. Export of patented drugs/medicines by developed nat ions.

P a g e 57 3. Restriction on natural movement of people from one nation to oth er. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 and 3 (E) None of these 36. The Technology Mission on Cotton was launched during Xth plan. The scheme was design ed to get increase in production of cotton by which of the following levels by t he end of the plan ? (A) 100 lakh bales (B) 150 lakh bales (C) 175 lakh bales (D ) 200 lakh bales (E) None of these 37. A National Development Fund was created b y the Government of India a few years ago. What was the purpose of the fund ? 1. Boost investment in social sector projects to promote education, healthcare and employment. 2. Capital investments in selected profitable PSEs to yield adequat e returns. 3. To fund revision in pay structure of Central Government employees. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 and 2 (E) None of these 38. Olympic 2008 are scheduled to be held in (A) Paris (B) Tokyo (C) London (D) Moscow (E) N one of these 39. The general elections took place in which of the following coun tries in March 2008 ? (A) Iran (B) Iraq (C) Afghanistan (D) Myanmar (E) Sri Lank a 40. Who amongst the following is the author of the book Economic Nightmare of I ndia ? (A) Morarji Desai (B) K. Rajeshwar Rao

P a g e 58 (C) Charan Singh (D) Jyoti Basu (E) None of these 41. As per the ta rgets for 11th plan educated unemployment is to be reduced to which of the follo wing levels ? (A) 5% (B) 6% (C) 7% (D) 8% (E) 9% 42. Long Walk to Freedom is a book written by (A) Sonia Gandhi (B) L. K. Advani (C) Nelson Mandela (D) Benazir Bhut to (E) Nawaz Sheriff 43. India recently signed a pact with which of the followin g countries on solving the problems of Indian labour in that country ? (A) Iran (B) UAE (C) Malaysia (D) Kuwait (E) None of these 44. Which of the following cou ntries is trying to launch a Satellite to study the sun ? (A) USA (B) India (C) Russia (D) China (E) None of these 45. Jang Hyun Jong who was adjudged as the Asi an Hockey Player of the year is from (A) China (B) Singapore (C) South Korea (D) I ndia (E) None of these 46. Who amongst the following is the winner of Padma Vibh ushan Awards given away recently ? (A) Rahul Gandhi (B) Priya Dutt

P a g e 59 (C) Vinod Dua (D) Ratan Tata (E) None of these 47. Which of the fol lowing films was adjudged Best Film in 14th Star Screen Awards given away in Janua ry 2008 ? (A) Om Shanti Om (B) Guru (C) Taare Zameen Par (D) Jab We Met (E) Chak De India 48. A meeting of the European Leaders was held in January 2008 at whic h of the following places to discuss Global Economic Turmoil ? (A) London (B) New Delhi (C) New York (D) Tokyo (E) Milan 49. Castro Sibling is the new President o f (A) Romania (B) Cuba (C) Israel (D) Venezuela (E) None of these 50. Kosovo decl ared itself independent from which of the following countries ? (A) Ukraine (B) Croatia (C) Serbia (D) Russia (E) None of these Answers with Hint 1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (E) 4. (A) 5. (D) 6. (B) 7. (D) According to Economic Survey 2007-08, the per centage growth in bank credit is 215%. 8. (D) 9. (C) 10. (A) 11. (E) 12. (A) 13. (C) 14. (A) 15. (D) 16. (B) 17. (A) 18. (A) 19. (B) 20. (A) 21. (C) 22. (A) 23. (A) 24. (E) 25. (E) 26. (B) 27. (E) 28. (A) 29. (B) 30. (D) 31. (E) 32. (A) 33. (D) 34. (E) 35. (A) 36. (D) 37. (A) 38. (E) 39. (A) 40. (C) 41. (A) 42. (C)

P a g e 60 43. (D) 44. (A) 45. (C) 46. (D) 47. (E) 48. (A) 49. (E) 50. (E) 2 c omments Labels: Bank Exam Papers, General Awareness Questions, Solved Papers Allahabad Bank Clerk Exam, 2008 : Computer General Knowledge (Solved) Allahabad Bank Clerk Exam., 2008 Computer General Knowledge : Solved Paper (Held on 30-08-2008) 1. If a word is typed that is not in Words dictionary, a_________ ___wavy underline appears below the word. (A) red (B) green (C) blue (D) black ( E) None of these Ans : (A) 2. The____________button on the quick access Toolbar allows you to cancel your r ecent commands or actions. (A) Search (B) Cut (C) Document (D) Undo (E) None of these Ans : (D) 3. In Excel, any set of characters containing a letter , hyphen, or space is con sidered (A) a formula (B) text (C) a name (D) a title (E) None of these Ans : (B) 4. ____________Software allows users to perform calculations on rows and columns of data. (A) Word processing (B) Presentation graphics (C) Database Management Systems (D) Electronic Spreadsheet

P a g e 61 (E) None of these Ans : (C) 5. A ____________represent approximately one billion memory locations. (A) kilob yte (B) megabyte (C) gigabyte (D) terabyte (E) None of these Ans : (C) 6. ____________cells involves creating a single cell by combining two or more se lected cells. (A) Formatting (B) Merging (C) Embedding (D) Splitting (E) None of these Ans : (B) 7. The operating system is the most common type of____________software. (A) comm unication (B) application (C) system (D) word-processing (E) None of these Ans : (C) 8. When you quickly press and releaes the left mouse button twice , you are (A) P rimary-clicking (B) pointing (C) Double-clicking (D) Secondary-clicking (E) None of these Ans : (C) 9. The horizontal and vertical lines on a worksheet are called (A) cells (B) shee ts (C) block lines (D) gridlines (E) None of these Ans : (D) 10. To delete an incorrect character in a document, ____________ to erase to the right of the insertion point. (A) press the left mouse key

P a g e 62 (B) double-click the right mouse key (C) press the BACKSPACE key (D ) press the delete key (E) None of these Ans : (D) 11. The operating system does all of the following EXCEPT: (A) provide a way for the user to interact with the computer. (B) manage the central processing unit (CPU). (C) manage memory and storage. (D) enable users to perform a specific tas k such as document editing. Ans : (D) 12. During the boot process, the____________looks for the system files. (A) CD B . BIOS C. CPU D. DVD Ans : (B) 13. ____________ are lists of commands that appear on the screen. (A) GUIs (B) I cons (C) Menus (D) Windows Ans : (C) 14. ____________ is the ability of an operating system to control the activities of multiple programs at the same time. (A) Multitasking (B) Streamlining (C) Mu ltiuser (D) Simulcasting Ans : (A) 15. The unique signal, generated by a device, that tells the operating system th at it is in need of immediate attention is called an: (A) action. (B) event. (C) interrupt. (D) activity. Ans : (C) 16. The operating system controls access to the processor by assigning a(n) ____ ________ to each task requiring the processors attention. (A) CPU (B) slice of ti me

P a g e 63 (C) stack (D) event Ans : (B) 17. The blocks of code, included in the operating system, that software applicat ions interact with are known as: (A) application programming interfaces (APIs). (B) complimentary metal-oxide conductors (CMOS). (C) device drivers. (D) bootstr ap loaders. Ans : (A) 18. MS-DOS is a ____________ operating system. (A) point-and-click (B) user-frie ndly (C) command-driven (D) Mac Ans : (C) 19. An interrupt handler is a(n): (A) location in memory that keeps track of rec ently generated interrupts. (B) peripheral device. (C) utility program. (D) spec ial numeric code that indicates the priority of a request. Ans : (D) 20. A spooler is a(n): (A) location in memory that maintains the contents of a d ocument until it prints out. (B) print job. (C) program that coordinates the pri nt jobs that are waiting to print. (D) message sent from the printer to the oper ating system when a print job is completed. Ans : (C) 21. Virtual memory is typically located: (A) on a floppy disk. (B) in the CPU. ( C) in a flash card. (D) on the hard drive. Ans : (D) 22. The purpose of a swap (or page) file is to: (A) maintain pages of documents that are being spooled to the printer. (B) hold a programs data or instructions i n virtual memory when it cant fit in RAM. (C) prevent thrashing in a multitasking environment. (D) allow multiple print jobs to print their pages out simultaneou sly. Ans : (B) 23. The definition of thrashing is:

P a g e 64 (A) swapping data between virtual memory and RAM too frequently. (B ) insufficient hard disk space. (C) too many processors being managed by the ope rating system. (D) inaccurate information stored in the registry. Ans : (A) 24. All of the following are TRUE of Safe Mode EXCEPT: (A) Safe Mode is a specia l diagnostic mode. (B) Safe Mode loads all nonessential icons. (C) Safe Mode all ows users to troubleshoot errors. (D) Safe Mode loads only the most essential de vices. Ans : (B) 25. Verification of a login name and password is known as: (A) configuration. (B ) accessibility. (C) authentication. (D) logging in. Ans : (C) 26. The combination of the operating system and the processor is referred to as the computers: (A) CPU. (B) platform. (C) BIOS. (D) CMOS. Ans : (B) 27. The following message generally means: (A) a nonsystem floppy has been left in the floppy disk drive. (B) the CD drive is not functioning. (C) the BIOS is c orrupted. (D) there is a problem loading a device. Ans : (A) 28. Which of the following is the correct sequence of actions that takes place d uring the boot-up process? (A) Load operating system ? Activate BIOS ? Perform P OST ? Check configuration settings (B) Activate BIOS ? Perform POST ? Load opera ting system ? Check configuration settings (C) Perform POST ? Load operating sys tem ? Activate BIOS ? Check configuration settings (D) Activate BIOS ? Check con figuration settings ? Perform POST ? Load operating system Ans : (B)

P a g e 65 29. All of the following are steps involved in the boot process EXC EPT: (A) load the operating system into RAM. (B) the power-on self-test. (C) act ivate the basic input/output system (BIOS). (D) load application programs. Ans : (D) 30. The ____________, stored on a ROM chip, is responsible for loading the opera ting system from its permanent location on the hard drive into RAM. (A) BIOS (B) API (C) device driver (D) supervisor program Ans : (A) 31. The basic input/output system (BIOS) is stored in: (A) RAM. (B) ROM. (C) the CPU. (D) the hard drive. Ans : (B) 32. Ensuring that the essential peripheral devices are attached and operational is the ____________ process. (A) configuration (B) CMOS (C) POST (D) ROM Ans : (C) 33. The memory resident portion of the operating system is called the (A) registr y. (B) API. (C) CMOS. (D) kernel. Ans : (D) 34. Which of the following does NOT occur during the power-on self-test (POST)? (A) The ScanDisk utility begins to run. (B) The video card and video memory are tested. (C) The BIOS identification process occurs. (D) Memory chips are checked to ensure they are working properly. Ans : (A) 35. All of the following are TRUE regarding virtual memory EXCEPT (A) any amount of RAM can be allocated to virtual memory. (B) the setting for the amount of har d drive space to allocate to virtual memory can be

P a g e 66 manually changed. (C) this temporary storage is called the swap fil e (or page file). (D) virtual memory is physical space on the hard drive. Ans : (A) 36. The operating system allows users to organize the computers contents in a hie rarchical structure of directories that include all of the following EXCEPT: (A) files. (B) folders. (D) drives. (D) systems. Ans : (D) 37. All of the following statements concerning windows are true EXCEPT (A) window s are an example of a command-driven environment. (B) windows can be resized and repositioned on the desktop. (C) more than one window can be open at a time. (D ) toolbars and scrollbars are features of windows. Ans : (A) 38. All of the following statements concerning files are true EXCEPT (A) A file i s a collection of related pieces of information stored together for easy referen ce. (B) Files can be generated from an application. (C) Files are stored in RAM. (D) Files should be organized in folders. Ans : (C) 39. Using Windows Explorer, a plus (+) sign in front of a folder indicates (A) an open folder. (B) the folder contains subfolders. (C) a text file. (D) a graphic s file. Ans : (B) 40. In Windows XP, if you want to see the file size and modified dates of all fi les in a folder, the best viewing option is the __________ view. (A) List (B) Th umbnails (C) Details (D) Icon Ans : (C) 0 comments Labels: Bank Exam Papers, Computer General Awareness Questions, Solve d Papers Bank of Maharashtra Probationary Officers Exam, 2008 : General Awareness (Solved )

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General Awareness : Solved Paper (Held on 25-5-2008) 1. The Govt. of India has taken a decision to open three mor e IITs during the year 200809. These IITs will be in which of the following grou ps of States ? (A) Bihar, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh (B) Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Karnataka (C) Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala (D) Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, B ihar (E) None of these Ans : (A) 2. Which of the following is/are not the highlights of the ? 1. A Risk Capital Fund is to be set up and maintained by institutes. 2. Allocation for Defence is reduced by 10% to ore. 3. Several new schemes to be introduced for providing e people in unorganized sectors. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) 2 (E) All 1, 2 and 3 Ans : (B) Union Budget 2008-09 one of the financial make it Rs. 10,000 cr social security to th Only 3 (D) Both 1 and

3. To help farming community the Govt. of India has decided to raise the Minimum support price of paddy for current Kharif marketing season. What is that price ? (A) Rs. 800 per quintal (B) Rs. 900 per quintal (C) Rs. 950 per quintal (D) Rs . 1200 per quintal (E) None of these Ans : (E) 4. Which of the following is the correct definition of the term commercial paper s ? 1. It is nothing but the popular name of the Judicial stamp papers used to r egister financial transactions. 2. It is one of the instruments through which Co rporates raise debt from the market. 3. It is the name of the Certificate of Depo sits provided by the Banks to its retail

P a g e 68 customers. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 and 2 (E) Al l 1, 2 and 3 Ans : (B) 5. As per the decision taken by the Govt. of India two financial inclusion funds are set up with an overall corpus of Rs. 500 crore each. These funds-Financial Inclusion Fund and Financial Inclusion Technology Fund are to be set up by the i nitial contribution made by the (A) SIDBI, NABARD and UTI (B) NABARD, UTI and RBI (C) Govt. of India, NABARD and RBI (D) SIDBI, Govt. of India and IDBI Bank (E) N one of these Ans : (C) 6. As per the Railway Budget 2008-09 the Operating ratio of Railways is pitched at which of the following levels ? Approximately (A) 70% (B) 75% (C) 98% (D) 90% ( E) 81% Ans : (E) 7. As per the Govt. policy the provision of the subsidy for interest subvention to cooperative Sugar Mills is done by which of the following agencies / organiza tions ? (A) Commission for Agricultural costs and prices (B) National Bank for A griculture and Rural Development (C) Ministry of Agriculture (D) National Commis sion on Farmers (E) None of these Ans : (B) 8. Banks these days have launched a new scheme product known as Reverse Mortgage. The scheme is designed keeping which of the following groups of society in consi deration ? (A) Youngsters who have just started earning (B) Defence personnel wh ose life is always at high risk (C) Senior Citizen (D) Women who do not have ind ependent source of income (E) None of these Ans : (C)

P a g e 69 9. As per the new figures released in recent past what has been the ratio of taxes to Gross Domestic Product (Tax-GDP) in 2007-08 ? Approximately (A) 8% (B) 9% (C) 10% (D) 115% (E) 125% Ans : (E) 10. Many a times we read in the newspapers a term Hot Money. Which of the followin g is the correct definition of Hot Money ? 1. This is the fund which is dumped i nto a country to get the advantage of a favourable interest rate and hence bring s higher returns. 2. This is the fund which is provided by a bank in US $ at ver y short notice and at a very high rate of interest and for a longer period of re payment. 3. This is the fund which is pushed into market through Hawala or some other such illegal methods and sometimes referred also as Black Money. (A) Only 1 is correct (B) Both 1 and 2 are correct (C) Only 3 is correct (D) Both 1 and 3 are true (E) Only 2 is correct Ans : (A) 11. As per the report released in the press the Govt. of India has done a study on Special Economic Zones. Which of the following is/are the highlights of the r eports ? 1. Report says that SEZs should not be given much preference by the pol icy makers. 2. Study says that the end benefit in the next few years may be of t he tune of Rs. 1,50,000 crores which will be much higher than the estimated reve nue losses. 3. Since new SEZs are developed by the Private Sector the investment for infrastructural development is like a net saving for the Govt. (A) Only 1 ( B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 2 and 3 (E) None of these Ans : (C) 12. As per the new figures released by the Govt. agencies the Foreign Direct Inv estment inflow to India is at higher level and has increased substantially in re cent past. Which of the following is/are the contributory factors which has/have helped in this record growth ? 1. Progressive delicensing of various sectors. 2 . Simplification of business procedures in India. 3. Sub Prime crisis in USA. (A ) Only 1 (B) Only 2

P a g e 70 (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Only 3 (E) All 1, 2 and 3 Ans : (C) 13. Which of the following Companies has got Navratna Status recently ? (A) Nation al Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) (B) National Textile Corporation (NTC) (C) Maruti Udyog Ltd. (D) IDBI Bank Ltd. (E) None of these Ans : (A) 14. The real return to the investor sometimes gets reduced due to sudden rise in the prices of the commodities. This phenomenon in financial market is known as ( A) Market risk (B) Inflation risk (C) Credit risk (D) Diversification of funds ( E) None of these Ans : (B) 15. In the recent times the RBI and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI ) have taken various steps to control the flow of capital in Indian economy. Whi ch of the following is/are not included in these step(s) ? 1. Guidelines are iss ued to restrict unregulated overseas investors through p-notes. 2. Rs. 60,000 cror es out of this fund is being provided to waive the loans on farmers. 3. Borrower s raising external commercial borrowings of over $ 20 million would have to park the proceeds overseas for use as foreign currency expenditure. (A) Only 1 (B) O nly 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 and 3 (E) All 1, 2 and 3 Ans : (E) 16. Which of the following countries has recently made an agreement with the Wor ld Trade Organization which will allow it to join the same as a permanent member ? (A) Russia (B) Afghanistan (C) Zambia (D) Uganda (E) Ukraine Ans : (E) 17. Prime Minister of India on his visit to China a few months back signed a det ailed

P a g e 71 agreement with the same. What is/are the major highlights of the ag reement ? 1. Both the countries agreed to continue high level exchange of views. Indian President is invited to China. 2. India to host joint military exercise in 2008. 3. India has decided to raise the issue of Tibet in UNO. China has agre ed for the same. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Only 3 (E) All 1, 2 and 3 Ans : (C) 18. As per the reports in the leading newspapers Securities and Exchange Board o f India (SEBI) has asked the Mutual Fund industry to stop Misselling their schemes to investors. What is Misselling of products ? 1. Misselling takes place when mut ual funds are sold without telling the likely returns. 2. When agents sell the p roducts without telling investors what are the risks involved in investing in mu tual funds. 3. When agents invest somebodys money in mutual funds without their k nowledge, it is called misselling. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) All 1, 2 and 3 (E) None of these Ans : (B) 19. As per the news report SEBI has allowed short selling by FIs/MFs from Februa ry 1, 2008. What is short selling ? 1. Selling of shares that the seller does not own at the time of trading. 2. Selling of shares on the same day or on the day t hey were allotted to the trader. 3. Selling of shares on a much lower price due to turbulent market situations. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) All 1, 2 an d 3 (E) None of these Ans : (A) 20. Which of the following countries is governed by the Norweigianmediated cease fire Agreement to end its dispute with a group of rebellions ? (A) Nepal (B) Mya nmar (C) Afghanistan (D) Sri Lanka (E) None of these Ans : (D)

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21. The USA, as reported in the leading newspapers is proceeding towards recessio n. What happens when an economy goes in the grip of recession ? 1. GDP growth slows down. 2. People lose their jobs. 3. Foreign exchange reserve goes up substantia lly as lot of loans/grants start pouring in. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D ) Only 1 and 2 (E) None of these Ans : (D) 22. The Sensitive Index of the Bombay Stock Exchange keeps on changing positivel y and negatively both. Which of the following is/are the main reasons which cont ribute for this sudden change in the same ? 1. Higher GDP Growth. 2. Continuous Foreign Funds Flow. 3. High Volume of Forex Reserves. 4. Recession in USA. (A) O nly 1 and 2 (B) Only 2 and 3 (C) Only 3 and 4 (D) Only 2 (E) All 1, 2, 3 and 4 Ans : (B) 23. The Jerusalem and Palestine made an agreement on their peace negotiations. W hich of the following is/are the points included in the agreement ? 1. There sho uld be an end to the occupation that began in 1967. 2. The agreement must establ ish Palestine as a homeland for the Palestinian people just as Israel is the hom eland for Jewish people. 3. All the disputes should be solved with the mutual ta lks only and in presence of US Observers. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) B oth 1 and 2 (E) None of these Ans : (D) 24. Who amongst the following agreed to supply aircraft carrier Gorshkov to India for its defence services ? (A) Russia (B) France (C) Germany (D) Italy

P a g e 73 (E) None of these Ans : (A) 25. The Govt. of India has decided to set up a Committee to redraft Right to Edu cation Bill 2005. What was/were the objection(s) owing to which Govt. has to red raft the bill ? 1. State Governments are required to spend more money on educati on. Since education is the responsibility of centre and state both, expenditure should be shared equally by both of them. 2. States were advised to ensure that a school is available at the distance of one km for each child. 3. Children in C entral schools are not allowed to get free education whereas schools run by Stat es were asked to ensure that. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 and 2 (E) All 1, 2 and 3 Ans : (B) 26. As per newspaper reports outsourcing has become a profitable business in Ind ia and countries like China are trying to learn about it from India. What are th e main factors which has/have helped India in attaining this position ? 1. Avail ability of skilled manpower in abundance. 2. Knowledge of English language. 3. A switch over from farming to other sectors which are creating more job opportuni ties. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Only 3 (E) All 1, 2 and 3 Ans : (C) 27. Who amongst the following established the Anandvan a rehabilitation centre for Leprosy patients in Maharashtra ? (A) Baba Amte (B) Pandurang Shashtri Athawle (C) Medha Patkar (D) Asaram Babu (E) None of these Ans : (A) 28. Thaksin Shinawatras name is associated with which of the following countries ? (A) Singapore (B) Thailand (C) North Korea (D) South Korea

P a g e 74 (E) None of these Ans : (B) 29. Bhupen Hazarika is the recipient of the Life Time Achievement Award and is p rovided the status of a Cabinet Minister. Which of the following State Govt. has honoured him in this manner ? (A) Orissa (B) Assam (C) West Bengal (D) Maharash tra (E) None of these Ans : (B) 30. The first ever Youth Olympic Games are scheduled to be held in 2010. These g ames will be organized in (A) Moscow (B) New Delhi (C) Beijing (D) Kuala Lumpur (E ) None of these Ans : (E) 31. Who amongst the following has taken over as the President of Serbia ? (A) Ra ul Castro (B) Steven Spielberg (C) Boris Tadic (D) Joes Manuel Ramos Horta (E) N one of these Ans : (C) 32. International Desert Festival 2008 was organized in February 2008 in (A) Bhuj (B) Ganganagar (C) Bikaner (D) Jaiselmer (E) None of these Ans : (D) 33. Who amongst the following is the recipient of the Kishore Kumar Award given by the Madhya Pradesh Govt. ? (A) Shabana Azmi (B) Amitabh Bachchan (C) Manoj Kuma r (D) Dev Anand (E) None of these Ans : (C)

P a g e 75 34. The Under 19 Cricket World Cup 2008 was won by which of the fol lowing teams ? (A) Malaysia (B) India (C) Pakistan (D) Australia (E) England Ans : (B) 35. Why was the name of Anatolyevich Medvedev in news recently ? (A) He has take n over as the President of Russia (B) He has taken over as the Prime Minister of Russia (C) He is the new President of South Korea (D) He is the new Prime Minis ter of South Korea (E) None of these Ans : (A) 36. Who amongst the following was the Chief Guest in Indias Republic Day function ? (A) Samak Sundaravej (B) Gordon Brown (C) Boris Tadic (D) Nicolas Sarkozy (E) None of these Ans : (D) 37. r a (E) Ans The General Elections in Iran are due in 2008. Iran elects its Parliament fo period of (A) 2 years only (B) 3 years only (C) 4 years only (D) 5 years only 6 years only : (C)

38. Which of the following states tops in primary, upper primary education in In dia ? (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Haryana (C) Gujarat (D) Kerala (E) None of these Ans : (D) 39. Who amongst the following is the recipient of Padma Vibhushan given away rec ently ? (A) Anu Malik (B) Shan (C) Asha Bhosle (D) Sonu Nigam

P a g e 76 (E) None of these Ans : (C) 40. Luciana Aymar who was adjudged the World Hockey Player 2007 is from which of the following countries ? (A) Germany (B) Argentina (C) Italy (D) Russia (E) No ne of these Ans : (B) 41. Which of the following State Governments has decided to provide ownership Ri ghts to Tribals over forest land being cultivated by them since last 10 years. ( A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Uttar Pradesh (C) Maharashtra (D) Andhra Pradesh (E) None of these Ans : (A) 42. Who amongst the following players has completed 16000 runs in One day Intern ational Cricket matches recently ? (A) Anil Kumble (B) Rahul Dravid (C) Sourav G anguly (D) Irfan Pathan (E) Sachin Tendulkar Ans : (E) 43. The 11th Five Year Plan wishes to raise the existing 2% growth in agricultur e and allied activities to which of the followings levels by the year 2012 ? (A) 8% (B) 6% (C) 5% (D) 4% (E) None of these Ans : (D) 44. As a policy the Reserve Bank of India wishes to contain inflation at which o f the following levels ? (A) 5% (B) 4.5% (C) 4% (D) 6% (E) None of these Ans : (A)

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45. The current trend in Agricultural sector in India is a matter of concern for the policy makers these days as it is not showing the expected results. What is /are the major areas of problem(s) being faced by the farmers ? 1. Irrigation fa cilities are not enough. 2. Use of chemical fertilizers has badly affected the f ertility of the land. 3. Govt. has reduced the subsidy in the farming sector. He nce it is no more a profitable activity. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Al l 1, 2 and 3 (E) None of these Ans : (A) 46. Which of the following committees recommended the revival of Cooperative Cre dit institutions in states ? (A) Vaidyanathan Committee (B) Rangarajan Committee (C) Sachchar Committee (D) Rakesh Mohan Committee (E) None of these Ans : (A) 47. World Day for Water is observed on which of the following days ? (A) March 22 (B) February 22 (C) January 22 (D) May 22 (E) None of these Ans : (A) 48. yed its Ans As we all know Chinese economy is a booming economy and its exports have pla a significant role in it. What was the share of Chinas export as compared to GDP in 2007 ? (A) 20% (B) 30% (C) 40% (D) 50% (E) None of these : (C)

49. Delhi won the Ranji Trophy for the seventh time in January 2008 by defeating (A) Railways (B) Haryana (C) Maharashtra (D) Gujarat

P a g e 78 (E) Uttar Pradesh Ans : (E) 50. Gagan Narang, who got a silver medal in an international championship held i n Munich, is a/an (A) 100 metre runner (B) Badminton player (C) Chess player (D) S wimmer (E) Air Rifle shooter Ans : (E) 0 comments Labels: Bank Exam Papers, General Awareness Questions, Solved Papers SBI Clerical Cadre Recruitment Exam, 2008 : General Awareness (Solved) General Awareness : Solved Paper (Held on 06-07-2008 Second Sitting) 1. Who amongst the following is the author o f the book Shame? (A) Chandar S. Sundaram (B) Namita Gokhale (C) Jaswindar Sanghar a (D) Anita Desai (E) None of these 2. As per the reports published by the Organi zation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has generated maximum new jobs in the past few years? (A) China (B) Russia (C) India (D) Brazil (E) None of these 3. Mr. Digambar V. Kamat took over as which of the following in 2007? ( A) Governor of Goa (B) Chief Minister of Goa (C) Governor of Meghalaya (D) Gover nor of Rajasthan (E) None of these

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4. Who amongst the following Indians was awarded King Charles II Medal by the UK in 2007? (A) Dr. Manmohan Singh (B) Smt. Sonia Gandhi (C) Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Ka lam (D) Smt. Vasundhara Raje (E) None of these 5. Miss Riyo Mori who was crowned as Miss Universe 2007 belongs to which of the following countries? (A) Japan (B ) U.S.A (C) China (D) Singapore (E) South Korea 6. Which of the following countr ies has decided to build a road to the base camp of Mt. Everest? (A) India (B) C hina (C) Nepal (D) Myanmar (E) None of these 7. Bharti-Airtel, the largest mobile company of India joined the elite club of companies earning profits of more than US $1 billion. What was the net profit of the Company in the year 2006-07? Abou t (A) Rs. 3500 crores (B) Rs. 4000 crores (C) Rs. 4250 cores (D) Rs. 4450 crores (E) Rs. 4500 crores 8. SEBI bans some companies for their role in F&O Scam, was the news in some major newspapers in 2007. What is the full form of F&O? (A) Fair & O ptimum (B) Free & Operational (C) Future & Operations (D) Future & Options (E) N one of these 9. Which of the following African countries launched its communicat ion satellite in 2007 for the first time? (A) Nigeria

P a g e 80 (B) Kenya (C) Zimbabwe (D) Mauritius (E) None of these 10. The Pres ident of Brazil was on a visit to India in 2007 where he signed several trade ag reements. Which of the following has been the major area of trade relations betw een the two countries? (A) Oil exploration (B) Supply of agro products (C) Produ ction of nuclear fuel (D) Import of electronic goods (E) None of these 11. The W orld Islamic Economic Forum was held in 2007 in (A) Malaysia (B) Kuwait (C) Iran (D) Brazil (E) Indonesia 12. In an important meeting of the National Developmen t Council held in New Delhi the Prime Minister of India made a special mention o f a particular sector of Indian economy which in his opinion was suffering from a Technological Fatigue for lack of break through in production. He was talking of which of the following sectors? (A) Agriculture Sector (B) Oil Sector (C) Servi ce Sector (D) Defence Sector (E) None of these 13. Which of the following was th e major issue of discussion in the G-8 Summit held in Germany in 2007? (A) Subsi dy to agro products (B) Climate protection (C) Financial aid to Iraq (D) Nuclear Technology and possibility of space war (E) None of these 14. As per the Econom ic Survey 2006-07 Indias share in World Export has been (A) 0.5% (B) 0.75% (C) 1% (D) 1.25% (E) 1.5%

P a g e 81 15. How much amount approximately the Govt. of India planned to pro vide for Mid Day Meal Scheme? (As per Budget 2007-08) (A) Rs. 5,000 crores (B) R s. 6,000 crores (C) Rs. 7,300 crores (D) Rs. 8,000 crores (E) Rs. 8,300 crores 1 6. As per the figures given in the newspapers what is the approximate investment in various Special Economic Zones till date in India? (A) Rs. 20,000 crores (B) R s. 25,000 crores (C) Rs. 30,000 crores (D) Rs. 35,000 crores (E) Rs. 40,000 cror es 17. Who amongst the following is the author of the famous classical book A Pas sage to India? (A) Mark Twain (B) Nayantara Sehgal (C) Nirad C. Choudhuri (D) E. M. Foster (E) None of these 18. The Government of India has bought RBIs entire st ake in the State Bank of India in about Rs. 35, 531 crores. What is the share of the RBI in total snake of the State Bank? About (A) 40% (B) 48% (C) 50% (D) 52% (E) 60% 19. Which of the following countries has offered knighthood to Salman R ushdie? (A) France (B) Italy (C) Germany (D) U.K. (E) None of these 20. As per U nion Budget 2007-08 how much amount the Government of India provided for Women S pecific Schemes/Programmes for 2007-08? (A) Rs. 7,700 crores (B) Rs. 8,700 crore s (C) Rs. 9,300 crores (D) Rs. 10,000 crores

P a g e 82 (E) Rs. 10,500 crores Answers : 1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (A) 6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (D) 9. (A) 10. (A) 11. (A) 12. (A) 13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (C) 16. (D) 17. (D) 18. (E) 19. (D) 20. (B) 0 comments Labels: Bank Exam Papers, General Awareness Questions, Solved Papers SBI Clerical Cadre Recruitment Exam, 2008 : General Awareness (Solved) State Bank of India Clerical Cadre Recruitment Exam., 2008 General Awareness : S olved Paper 1. Which of the following Departments of the Govt. of India is helping banks in disbursement of rural credit by the banks ? (A) Railways (B) State Road Transpor ts (C) Post and Telegraph (D) Ministry of Health (E) None of these 2. Which of t he following organization/agencies has established a fund known as Investor prote ction fund ? (A) SEBI (B) NABARD (C) Bombay Stock Exchange (D) AMFI (E) None of t hese 3. Who amongst the following is the Head of the RBI at present ? (A) Mr. K. V. Kamath (B) Dr. Y.V. Reddey (C) Mr. N.R. Narayanamurthy (D) Mr. O.P. Bhatt (E) None of these 4. Majority of Rural people still prefer to go to which of the fo llowing for their credit needs ?

P a g e 83 (A) Money Lenders (B) Foreign Banks (C) NABARD (D) RBI (E) All of t hese 5. India has different categories of Commercial Banks. Which of the followi ng is NOT one such category ? (A) Private Banks (B) Commodity Banks (C) National ized Banks (D) Co-operative Banks (E) Foreign Banks 6. Which of the following ty pes of Banks are allowed to operate foreign currency accounts ? (1) Foreign Bank s (2) Regional Rural Banks (3) Nationalized Banks (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) All 1, 2 and 3 (E) None of these 7. Which of the following countries does not play International cricket ? (A) Russia (B) England (C) South Africa (D) Pa kistan (E) India 8. The money which Govt. of India spends on the development of infrastructure in country comes from which of the following sources ? [Pick up t he correct statement (s)] (1) Loan from World Bank/ADB etc. (2 Taxes collected f rom the people. (3) Loan from the RBI. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 and 2 (E) All 1, 2 and 3 9. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently imposed a restriction on money flow in equity through P-Notes. What is t he full form of P-Notes ? (A) Permanent Notes

P a g e 84 (B) Purchase-Notes (C) Participatory-Notes (D) Private Notes (E) No ne of these 10. Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian Cricket Team who won the Twenty-20 World Cup2007 ? (A) Yuvraj Singh (B) M.S. Dhoni (C) Ra hul Dravid (D) Saurav Ganguly (E) None of these 11. Many times we read in financ ial newspapers about FII. What is the full form of FII ? (A) Final Investment in I ndia (B) Foreign Investment in India (C) Formal Investment in India (D) Fair Ins titutional Investment (E) Foreign Institutional Investment 12. Benazir Bhutto is associated with which of the following political parties ? (A) Muslim League (B ) Pakistan Peoples Party (C) Pakistan National Congress (D) Islamic Movement of Pakistan (E) None of these 13. One of the former Prime Ministers of which of the following countries was detained in house arrest for a short period after his/h er return from a long exile ? (A) Germany (B) France (C) Pakistan (D) Brazil (E) None of these 14. Who amongst the following leaders from USA visited Israel and Palestinian West Bank so that a solution to the Israel and Palestinian problem can be worked out ? (A) George Bush (B) Al Gore (C) Bill Clinton (D) Condeleeza Rice (E) None of these 15. Justine Henin won the Women s singles US Open Tennis championship-2007 after defeat-ing

P a g e 85 (A) Svetlana Kuznetsova (B) Sania Mirza (C) Dinara Safina (D) Matha lie Dechy (E) None of these 16. As reported in papers the UN World Food Programm es stopped distributing food in Mogadishu town after its local head was abducted by the government soldiers of the country. Mogadishu is the capital town of (A) Tanzania (B) Turkey (C) Cuba (D) Libya (E) Somalia 17. The financial markets of which of the follow-ing countries were badly affected by sub-prime crisis ? (A) Russia (B) Brazil (C) UK (D) USA (E) None of these 18. Which of the following co untries in the world is the biggest consumer of gold ? (A) USA (B) Bangladesh (C ) Russia (D) India (E) None of these 19. Which of the following countries is NOT happy with the USA s decision to award a Congressional Medal to Dalai Lama of T ibet ? (A) India (B) Pakistan (C) Nepal (D) Myanmar (E) China 20. Which of the f ollowing countries recently decided to launch a military action in Northern Iraq where many Kurdish PKK fighters are based and they are killing people from that country ? (A) India (B) Afghanistan (C) Pakistan (D) Bangladesh (E) Turkey

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21. Dr. Manmohan Singh called George Bush to explain the difficulties he is havi ng in imple-menting agreements related with which of the following with USA ? (A ) Supply of Sugar (B) Civilian Nuclear Co-operation (C) Purchase of Fighter Plan es (D) Purchase of Gas/petroleum (E) None of these 22. Which of the following co untries is facing a problem of strike by the workers of the transport, electrici ty and gas companies as the present Govt. of the country has decided to end the pension to these workers ? (A) USA (B) France (C) China (D) Nepal (E) None of th ese 23. Who amongst the following is the Secretary general of UNO ? (A) Al Gore (B) Shashi Tharoor (C) Gordon Brown (D) Hugo Chavez (E) None of these 24. The Ora nge Coalition Govt. was formed once again in which of the following countries ? ( A) Russia (B) Ukraine (C) France (D) Germany (E) None of these 25. Which of the following countries is NOT elected by the UN General assembly on the non-permane nt seats of the UN Security Council w.e.f. January 2008 ? (A) Libya (B) Vietnam (C) Croatia (D) Costa Rica (E) Pakistan 26. The Govt. of India put a ban on expo rt of which of the following commodities at the price below the price of the sam e in domestic market ? (A) Steel (B) Chemical Fertilizer (C) Pharma products

P a g e 87 (D) Electronic Goods (E) None of these 27. India launched which of the following Satellites in September 2007 ? (A) EDUSAT (B) MATSAT (C) CROSAT-II B (D) INSAT-4CR (E) None of these 28. As per the recent agreement between India and one other country the Indian Rupee can be easily swapped with (A) Taka (B) Ri el (C) Kyat (D) Yen (E) Rubbel 29. India won the ONGC Nehru Cup Football Tournam ent 2007 by beating (A) Syria (B) Pakistan (C) Britain (D) France (E) None of the se 30. Abdullah Gul s name was in news recently as he has taken over as the Pres ident of (A) Turkey (B) Sudan (C) Afghanistan (D) Pakistan (E) None of these 31. Hem Dutta who was honoured by the presti-gious Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawana Award 2007 is a famous (A) Author (B) Social activist (C) Player (D) Film produce r (E) Scientist 32. Who amongst the following is selected for Basava Award (2006 -07) by the Karnataka Government ? (A) Dr. Manmohan Singh (B) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (C) Sonia Gandhi (D) Pratibha Patil

P a g e 88 (E) None of these 33. Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation Business M eet was organized in September 2007 in (A) New Delhi (B) Beijing (C) Tokyo (D) Lo ndon (E) Sydney 34. The World Athletics Championship 2007 was organized in (A) Be ijing (B) New Delhi (C) Osaka (D) Dhaka (E) London 35. Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian Hockey team who won Asia Cup 2007 held in Chennai ? (A) Baichung Bhutia (B) Dilip Tirkey (C) Pankaj Adwani (D) Manavjit Singh San dhu (E) None of these 36. Which of the following is a public sector unit ? (A) T CS (B) ICICI Bank (C) TESCO (D) BHEL (E) All of these 37. India s Foreign Exchan ge Reserve declined sharply in recent past. What was the main reason for the sam e ? (A) Heavy demand of the same by foreign tourists (B) Import of wheat from Pa kistan and S. Korea (C) Appreciation of Rupee Value (D) Instability in Coalition Govt. in Centre (E) None of these 38. Shinzo Abe who was on a visit to India in recent past is the (A) Prime Minister of South Korea (B) Prime Minister of North Korea (C) Prime Minister of Japan (D) President of South Korea (E) None of thes e

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39. Asafa Powell who created a new World Record in 100 metres race is a citizen of (A) Jamaica (B) South Africa (C) India (D) USA (E) South Korea 40. Who amongst the following got third position in long jump event of the Bayer International Athletics meet held in Germany in 2007 ? (A) Shiny Wilson (B) Anju Bobby George (C) Neha Sanwal (D) Prajakta Sawant (E) None of these Answers with Hints : 1. (E) 2. (C) 3. (B) Yaga Venugopal Reddy is the current Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Reddy is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1964 batch. Prior to joining the IAS, he worked as a Lecturer from 1961. He holds a Ph.D from Osmania University, Hyderabad and was a visiting faculty at t he Osmania University and the London School of Economics. He has held post of Ba nking Secretary. In 1996, he was appointed Deputy Governor of RBI. He has also w orked with the Inter National Monetary Fund, the highest position being Executiv e Director in 2002. 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (A) 8. (E) 9. (C) 10. (B) Mahendra S ingh Dhoni is a Kumaoni Rajput born in (Almora) Uttarakhand. M.S. Dhoni is an In dian Cricketer and the Current Captain of Indian Twenty-20 and ODI team. Under h is captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC world Twenty-20. 11. (E) Foreign Institutio nal InvestorFII. An investor or investment fund that is from or registered in a c ountry outside of the one in which it is currently investing. Institutional inve stors include hedge funds. Insurance companies, pension funds and mutual funds. The term-FII is used most commonly in India to refer to outside companies invest ing in the Financial Markets of India. Inter National institutional investors mu st register with the securities and Exchange Board of India to participate in th e market. One of the Major Market regulations pertaining to FIIs involves placin g limits on FII ownership in Indian Companies. 12. (B) The Pakistan Peoples Part y (PPP) is a centre-left Political Party in Pakistan affiliated to the Socialist Inter National. The leader was, until her death by assassination. Chairwoman Be nazir Bhutto. The party was founded in 1967, on November 30 and Zulfikar Ali Bhu tto its first Chairman. The party creed is Islam is our faith, democracy

P a g e 90 is our Politics, Socialism is our economy, all power to the people. 13. (C) 14. (A) 15. (A) 16. (E) 17. (D) 18. (D) 19. (E) 20. (E) 21. (B) 22. (B) 23. (E) 24. (B) 25. (E) The UN General Assembly elected Burkina Faso, Costa Rica , Croatia, Libya and Vietnam to serve as Non-permanent Members of the security c ouncil for two-years, terms starting 1 January, 2008. 26. (E) 27. (D) India laun ched its largest rocket Geosyn-chronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV-F04, carr ying communication satellite INSA T-4CR. 18th satellite in the INSAT series, fro m the Satish Dahwan space centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on September 2 , 2007. The INSAT-4CR, weighing 2,130 kg, is the heaviest satellite launched by the ISRO. It has 12 high power ku-band Transponders, which would be used for Dir ect-to-home (DTH) Telecast, Video-Picture Transmission, Telecasting News live us ing a satellite and business communications. It has a mission life of 10 years. 28. (E) 29. (A) 30. (A) Abdulla Gul is the 11th President of Republic of Turkey, serving in that office since 28 August, 2007. He previously served for five mon ths as Prime Minister (200203), and as Foreign Minister from 2003 to 2007. 31. ( B) Hem Dutta, the 63year old activist from Assam, was honoured with the prestigio us Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award2006. Committed to the cause of peace an d Non-violence in Assam, Mr. Dutta has been involved with grassroots work in bui lding communal harmony among people living in Assam. 32. (B) 33. (E) 34. (C) 35. (E) 36. (D) BHEL or Bharat Heavy Electricals Limi-ted is a gas and steam turbin e manufacturer in India. It is one of India s largest Public Sector Undertaking or PSUs, known as the Navratnas or The nine Jewels. 37. (C) 38. (C) Shinzo Abe was the 90th Prime Minister of Japan, elected by a special session of the National Diet on 26 September, 2006. He was Japan s youngest Post-World War II Prime Mini ster and the first born after the war. He resigned abruptly on 12 September, 200 7 after months of Mounting political pressure. He was replaced by Yasuo Fukuda, now the 91st Prime Minister of Japan. 39. (A) Asafa Powell is a Jumaican sprinte r who currently holds the 100 M world record with a time of 974 seconds.

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40. (B) Anju Bobby George got third position in long jump event of the Bayer Int ernational Athletics meet at Lever Kusen, Germany. Anju jumped 651 m on her third attempt to take the third place behind Portuguese Naide Gomes (683 m) and German Bianca Kapler (637 m). Anju also had two jumps of 648 and one of 639 apart from tw o fouls. 0 comments Labels: Bank Exam Papers, General Awareness Questions, Solve d Papers SBI Clerical Cadre Recruitment Exam, 2008 : General Awareness (Solved) State Bank of India Clerical Cadre Recruitment Exam., 2008 General Awareness : S olved Paper 1. Which of the following Departments of the Govt. of India is helping banks in disbursement of rural credit by the banks ? (A) Railways (B) State Road Transpor ts (C) Post and Telegraph (D) Ministry of Health (E) None of these 2. Which of t he following organization/agencies has established a fund known as Investor prote ction fund ? (A) SEBI (B) NABARD (C) Bombay Stock Exchange (D) AMFI (E) None of t hese 3. Who amongst the following is the Head of the RBI at present ? (A) Mr. K. V. Kamath (B) Dr. Y.V. Reddey (C) Mr. N.R. Narayanamurthy (D) Mr. O.P. Bhatt (E) None of these 4. Majority of Rural people still prefer to go to which of the fo llowing for their credit needs ? (A) Money Lenders

P a g e 92 (B) Foreign Banks (C) NABARD (D) RBI (E) All of these 5. India has different categories of Commercial Banks. Which of the following is NOT one such category ? (A) Private Banks (B) Commodity Banks (C) Nationalized Banks (D) Cooperative Banks (E) Foreign Banks 6. Which of the following types of Banks are a llowed to operate foreign currency accounts ? (1) Foreign Banks (2) Regional Rur al Banks (3) Nationalized Banks (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) All 1, 2 an d 3 (E) None of these 7. Which of the following countries does not play Internat ional cricket ? (A) Russia (B) England (C) South Africa (D) Pakistan (E) India 8 . The money which Govt. of India spends on the development of infrastructure in country comes from which of the following sources ? [Pick up the correct stateme nt (s)] (1) Loan from World Bank/ADB etc. (2 Taxes collected from the people. (3 ) Loan from the RBI. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 and 2 (E) All 1 , 2 and 3 9. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently imposed a restriction on money flow in equity through P-Notes. What is the full form of P-N otes ? (A) Permanent Notes (B) Purchase-Notes

P a g e 93 (C) Participatory-Notes (D) Private Notes (E) None of these 10. Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian Cricket Team who won the Tw enty-20 World Cup2007 ? (A) Yuvraj Singh (B) M.S. Dhoni (C) Rahul Dravid (D) Saur av Ganguly (E) None of these 11. Many times we read in financial newspapers abou t FII. What is the full form of FII ? (A) Final Investment in India (B) Foreign In vestment in India (C) Formal Investment in India (D) Fair Institutional Investme nt (E) Foreign Institutional Investment 12. Benazir Bhutto is associated with wh ich of the following political parties ? (A) Muslim League (B) Pakistan Peoples Party (C) Pakistan National Congress (D) Islamic Movement of Pakistan (E) None o f these 13. One of the former Prime Ministers of which of the following countrie s was detained in house arrest for a short period after his/her return from a lo ng exile ? (A) Germany (B) France (C) Pakistan (D) Brazil (E) None of these 14. Who amongst the following leaders from USA visited Israel and Palestinian West B ank so that a solution to the Israel and Palestinian problem can be worked out ? (A) George Bush (B) Al Gore (C) Bill Clinton (D) Condeleeza Rice (E) None of th ese 15. Justine Henin won the Women s singles US Open Tennis championship-2007 a fter defeat-ing (A) Svetlana Kuznetsova

P a g e 94 (B) Sania Mirza (C) Dinara Safina (D) Mathalie Dechy (E) None of th ese 16. As reported in papers the UN World Food Programmes stopped distributing food in Mogadishu town after its local head was abducted by the government soldi ers of the country. Mogadishu is the capital town of (A) Tanzania (B) Turkey (C) Cuba (D) Libya (E) Somalia 17. The financial markets of which of the follow-ing countries were badly affected by sub-prime crisis ? (A) Russia (B) Brazil (C) UK (D) USA (E) None of these 18. Which of the following countries in the world is the biggest consumer of gold ? (A) USA (B) Bangladesh (C) Russia (D) India (E) N one of these 19. Which of the following countries is NOT happy with the USA s de cision to award a Congressional Medal to Dalai Lama of Tibet ? (A) India (B) Pak istan (C) Nepal (D) Myanmar (E) China 20. Which of the following countries recen tly decided to launch a military action in Northern Iraq where many Kurdish PKK fighters are based and they are killing people from that country ? (A) India (B) Afghanistan (C) Pakistan (D) Bangladesh (E) Turkey

P a g e 95 21. Dr. Manmohan Singh called George Bush to explain the difficulti es he is having in imple-menting agreements related with which of the following with USA ? (A) Supply of Sugar (B) Civilian Nuclear Co-operation (C) Purchase of Fighter Planes (D) Purchase of Gas/petroleum (E) None of these 22. Which of the following countries is facing a problem of strike by the workers of the transpo rt, electricity and gas companies as the present Govt. of the country has decide d to end the pension to these workers ? (A) USA (B) France (C) China (D) Nepal ( E) None of these 23. Who amongst the following is the Secretary general of UNO ? (A) Al Gore (B) Shashi Tharoor (C) Gordon Brown (D) Hugo Chavez (E) None of the se 24. The Orange Coalition Govt. was formed once again in which of the following countries ? (A) Russia (B) Ukraine (C) France (D) Germany (E) None of these 25. Which of the following countries is NOT elected by the UN General assembly on th e non-permanent seats of the UN Security Council w.e.f. January 2008 ? (A) Libya (B) Vietnam (C) Croatia (D) Costa Rica (E) Pakistan 26. The Govt. of India put a ban on export of which of the following commodities at the price below the pri ce of the same in domestic market ? (A) Steel (B) Chemical Fertilizer (C) Pharma products (D) Electronic Goods

P a g e 96 (E) None of these 27. India launched which of the following Satelli tes in September 2007 ? (A) EDUSAT (B) MATSAT (C) CROSAT-IIB (D) INSAT-4CR (E) N one of these 28. As per the recent agreement between India and one other country the Indian Rupee can be easily swapped with (A) Taka (B) Riel (C) Kyat (D) Yen ( E) Rubbel 29. India won the ONGC Nehru Cup Football Tournament 2007 by beating (A ) Syria (B) Pakistan (C) Britain (D) France (E) None of these 30. Abdullah Gul s name was in news recently as he has taken over as the President of (A) Turkey (B ) Sudan (C) Afghanistan (D) Pakistan (E) None of these 31. Hem Dutta who was hon oured by the presti-gious Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawana Award 2007 is a famou s (A) Author (B) Social activist (C) Player (D) Film producer (E) Scientist 32. W ho amongst the following is selected for Basava Award (2006-07) by the Karnataka Government ? (A) Dr. Manmohan Singh (B) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (C) Sonia Gandhi (D) Pratibha Patil (E) None of these

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33. Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation Business Meet was organized in September 2007 in (A) New Delhi (B) Beijing (C) Tokyo (D) London (E) Sydney 34. The World A thletics Championship 2007 was organized in (A) Beijing (B) New Delhi (C) Osaka ( D) Dhaka (E) London 35. Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian Hockey team who won Asia Cup 2007 held in Chennai ? (A) Baichung Bhutia (B) Dili p Tirkey (C) Pankaj Adwani (D) Manavjit Singh Sandhu (E) None of these 36. Which of the following is a public sector unit ? (A) TCS (B) ICICI Bank (C) TESCO (D) BHEL (E) All of these 37. India s Foreign Exchange Reserve declined sharply in recent past. What was the main reason for the same ? (A) Heavy demand of the sam e by foreign tourists (B) Import of wheat from Pakistan and S. Korea (C) Appreci ation of Rupee Value (D) Instability in Coalition Govt. in Centre (E) None of th ese 38. Shinzo Abe who was on a visit to India in recent past is the (A) Prime Mi nister of South Korea (B) Prime Minister of North Korea (C) Prime Minister of Ja pan (D) President of South Korea (E) None of these

P a g e 98 39. Asafa Powell who created a new World Record in 100 metres race is a citizen of (A) Jamaica (B) South Africa (C) India (D) USA (E) South Korea 40 . Who amongst the following got third position in long jump event of the Bayer I nternational Athletics meet held in Germany in 2007 ? (A) Shiny Wilson (B) Anju Bobby George (C) Neha Sanwal (D) Prajakta Sawant (E) None of these Answers with Hints : 1. (E) 2. (C) 3. (B) Yaga Venugopal Reddy is the current Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Reddy is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1964 batch. Prior to joining the IAS, he worked as a Lecturer from 1961. He holds a Ph.D from Osmania University, Hyderabad and was a visiting faculty at t he Osmania University and the London School of Economics. He has held post of Ba nking Secretary. In 1996, he was appointed Deputy Governor of RBI. He has also w orked with the Inter National Monetary Fund, the highest position being Executiv e Director in 2002. 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (A) 8. (E) 9. (C) 10. (B) Mahendra S ingh Dhoni is a Kumaoni Rajput born in (Almora) Uttarakhand. M.S. Dhoni is an In dian Cricketer and the Current Captain of Indian Twenty-20 and ODI team. Under h is captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC world Twenty-20. 11. (E) Foreign Institutio nal InvestorFII. An investor or investment fund that is from or registered in a c ountry outside of the one in which it is currently investing. Institutional inve stors include hedge funds. Insurance companies, pension funds and mutual funds. The term-FII is used most commonly in India to refer to outside companies invest ing in the Financial Markets of India. Inter National institutional investors mu st register with the securities and Exchange Board of India to participate in th e market. One of the Major Market regulations pertaining to FIIs involves placin g limits on FII ownership in Indian Companies. 12. (B) The Pakistan Peoples Part y (PPP) is a centre-left Political Party in Pakistan affiliated to the Socialist Inter National. The leader was, until her death by assassination. Chairwoman Be nazir Bhutto. The party was founded in 1967, on November 30 and Zulfikar Ali Bhu tto its first Chairman. The party creed is Islam is our faith, democracy is our P olitics, Socialism is our economy, all power to the people.

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13. (C) 14. (A) 15. (A) 16. (E) 17. (D) 18. (D) 19. (E) 20. (E) 21. (B) 22. (B) 23. (E) 24. (B) 25. (E) The UN General Assembly elected Burkina Faso, Costa Rica , Croatia, Libya and Vietnam to serve as Non-permanent Members of the security c ouncil for two-years, terms starting 1 January, 2008. 26. (E) 27. (D) India laun ched its largest rocket Geosyn-chronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV-F04, carr ying communication satellite INSA T-4CR. 18th satellite in the INSAT series, fro m the Satish Dahwan space centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on September 2 , 2007. The INSAT-4CR, weighing 2,130 kg, is the heaviest satellite launched by the ISRO. It has 12 high power ku-band Transponders, which would be used for Dir ect-to-home (DTH) Telecast, Video-Picture Transmission, Telecasting News live us ing a satellite and business communications. It has a mission life of 10 years. 28. (E) 29. (A) 30. (A) Abdulla Gul is the 11th President of Republic of Turkey, serving in that office since 28 August, 2007. He previously served for five mon ths as Prime Minister (200203), and as Foreign Minister from 2003 to 2007. 31. ( B) Hem Dutta, the 63year old activist from Assam, was honoured with the prestigio us Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award2006. Committed to the cause of peace an d Non-violence in Assam, Mr. Dutta has been involved with grassroots work in bui lding communal harmony among people living in Assam. 32. (B) 33. (E) 34. (C) 35. (E) 36. (D) BHEL or Bharat Heavy Electricals Limi-ted is a gas and steam turbin e manufacturer in India. It is one of India s largest Public Sector Undertaking or PSUs, known as the Navratnas or The nine Jewels. 37. (C) 38. (C) Shinzo Abe was the 90th Prime Minister of Japan, elected by a special session of the National Diet on 26 September, 2006. He was Japan s youngest Post-World War II Prime Mini ster and the first born after the war. He resigned abruptly on 12 September, 200 7 after months of Mounting political pressure. He was replaced by Yasuo Fukuda, now the 91st Prime Minister of Japan. 39. (A) Asafa Powell is a Jumaican sprinte r who currently holds the 100 M world record with a time of 974 seconds.

P a g e 100 40. (B) Anju Bobby George got third position in long jump event of the Bayer International Athletics meet at Lever Kusen, Germany. Anju jumped 651 m on her third attempt to take the third place behind Portuguese Naide Gomes (683 m) and German Bianca Kapler (637 m). Anju also had two jumps of 648 and one of 639 apart from two fouls. 0 comments Labels: Bank Exam Papers, General Awareness Qu estions, Solved Papers Allahabank Bank P.O. Exam , 2008 : Computer General Awareness (Solved) Allahabank Bank Probationary Officers Exam , 2008 Computer General Awareness : S olved Paper (Held on 17-08-2008) 1. Programs from the same developer , sold bundled together , that provide better integration and share common features , toolbars and menu s are known as .... (A) software suites (B) integrated software packages (C) sof tware processing packages (D) personal information managers (E) none of these Ans : (A) 2. A data warehouse is which of the following ? (A) Can be updated by the end us ers (B) Contains numerous naming conventions and formats (C) Organized around im portant subject areas (D) Contains only current data (E) None of these Ans : (C) 3. ______________ servers store and manages files for network users. (A) Authent ication (B) Main (C) Web (D) File (E) None of these Ans : (D) 4. All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks Except _ ____ (A) hackers (B) spam (C) viruses

P a g e 101 (D) identify theft (E) None of these Ans : (B) 5. ___________ terminals (formerly known as cash registers) are often connected to complex inventory and sales computer systems . (A) Data (B) Sales (C) Query ( D) (Point-of-sale (POS) (E) None of these Ans : (B) 6. The OSI model is divided into _______ processes called layers. (A) five (B) s ix (C) seven (D) eight (E) None of these Ans : (C) 7. System software is the set of programs that enables your computer s hardware devices and ______ software to work together. (A) management (B) processing (C) utility (D) application (E) None of these Ans : (D) 8. ________ are specially designed computer chips reside inside other devices, s uch as your car or your electronic thermostat. (A) Servers (B) Embedded computer s (C) Robotic computers (D) Mainframes (E) None of these Ans : (B) 9. The following are all computing devices , except......... (A) notebook comput ers (B) cellular telephones (C) digital scanners (D) personal digital assistants (E) None of these Ans : (C)

P a g e 102 10. in a ring topology , the the computer in possession of the ___ ___ can trasmit data (A) packet (B) data (C) access method (D) token (E) None of these Ans : (D) 11. This part of operating system manages the essential peripherals, such as the keyboard, screen , disk drives, and parallel and serial ports ____ (A) basic in put/output system (B) secondary input/output system (C) peripheral input/output system (D) marginal input/output system (E) None of these Ans : (A) 12. ________ Viruses are often transmitted by a floppy disk left in the floppy d rive (A) Trojan horse (B) Boot sector (C) Script (D) Logic bomb (E) None of thes e Ans : (B) 13. ________ controls the way in which the computer system functions and provide s a meAns : by which users can interact with the computer (A) The platform (B) A pplication software (C) Operating system (D) The motherboard (E) None of these Ans : (C) 14. Servers are computers that provide resources to other computers connected to a ___________ (A) mainframe (B) network (C) supercomputer (D) client (E) None o f these Ans : (B) 15. A goal of data mining includes which of the following? (A) To explain some o bserved event or condition (B) To confirm that data exists (C) To analyze data f or expected relationships

P a g e 103 (D) To create a new data warehouse (E) None of these Ans : (A) 16. URL stands for ........ (A) Universal Research List (B) Universal Resource L ist (C) Uniform Resource Locator (D) Uniform Research Locator (E) None of these Ans : (C) 17. A database management system (DBMS) is a ............ (A) hardware system us ed to create , maintain and provide controlled access to a database (B) hardware system used to create, maintain, and provide uncontrolled access to a database. (C) software system used to create, maintain, and provide uncontrolled access t o a database. (D) software system used to create, maintain, and provide controll ed access to a database. (E) None of these Ans : (D) 18. Which of the following is NOT a goal of transaction processing system ? (A) Capture , process and store transactions (B) Produce a variety of documents rela ted to routine business activities (C) Reduce manual effort associated with proc essing business transactions (D) Produce standard reports used for management de cision making (E) None of these Ans : () 19. A Proxy server is used for which of the following? (A) To provide security against unauthorized users (B) To proces s client requests for web pages (C) To process client requests for database acce ss (D) To provide TCP/IP (E) None of these Ans : (B) 20. When data changes in multiple lists and all lists are not updated, this caus es: (A) data redundancy (B) information overload (C) duplicate data (D) data inc onsistency (E) None of these Ans : (D) 21. _____________ are words that a programming language has set aside for its ow n use.

P a g e 104 (A) Control worlds (B) Reserved words (C) Control structures (D) R eserved keys (E) None of these Ans : (B) 22. What is the primary difference between a virus and a worm? (A) A worm has th e ability to self-propagate from an infected user s computer to other computers (B) A worm is usually written by a cracker: Script bunnies do not have the skill s to develop a worm program (C) A virus is very harmful to the computers it infe cts : a worm is not a serious a problem (D) Anti-virus software is effective in fighting viruses but not worms (E) None of these Ans : () 23. ______ describe wh at is database fields. (A) Structures (B) Field markers (C) Field definition (D) Field names (E) None of these Ans : (D) 24. You must install a (n) ____________ on a network if you want to share a broa dband Internet connection. (A) router (B) modem (C) node (D) cable (E) None of t hese Ans : (A) 25. A goal of normalization is to __________ (A) minimize the number of relation ships (B) minimize the number of entities (C) minimize the number of tables (D) minimize the number of redundancy (E) None of these Ans : (D) 26. Granting an outside organization access to internet web pages is often imple mented using a (n) ____ (A) extranet (B) intranet (C) internet

P a g e 105 (D) hacker (E) None of these Ans : (A) 27. Which term identifies a specific computer on the web and the main page of th e entire site (A) URL (B) Web site address (C) Hyperlink (D) Domain name (E) Non e of these Ans : (A) 28. The code that relational database management systems use to perform their da tabase task is referred to as ..... (A) QBE (B) SQL (C) OLAP (D) Sequel Server ( E) None of these Ans : (B) 29. Chip is a common nickname for a (n): (A) transistor (B) resistor (C) integra ted circuit (D) semiconductor (E) None of these Ans : (C) 30. The purpose of the primary key in a database is to: (A) unlock the database (B) provide a map of the data (C) uniquely identify a record (D) establish const raints on database operations. (E) None of these Ans : (B) 31. A _________ contains specific rules and words that express the logical steps of an algorithm. (A) programming language (B) syntax (C) programming structure (D) logic chart (E) None of these Ans : ()

P a g e 106 32. The design of the network is called the network: (A) architect ure (B) server (C) transmission (D) type (E) None of these Ans : (A) 33. The most frequently used instructions of a computer program are likely to be fetched from: (A) the hard disk (B) cache memory (C) RAM (D) registers (E) None of these Ans : (B) 34. The ____________ contains data descriptions and defines the name, data type, and length of each field in the database. (A) data dictionary (B) data table (C ) data record (D) data field (E) None of these Ans : (A) 35. Personal logs or journal entries posted on the Web are known as: (A) listser vs (B) Webcasts (C) blogs (D) subject directories (E) None of these Ans : (C) 36. A(n) _______ uses pictures (called icons) and menus displayed on the screen to send commands to the computer system. (A) command - based user interface (B) GUI (C) system utility (D) API (E) None of these Ans : (B) 37. The _____ manual tells you how to use a software program. (A) documentation (B) programming (C) technical

P a g e 107 (D) user (E) None of these Ans : () 38. Which of the following is NOT a type of broadband Internet connection? (A) Cable (B) DSL (C) Dial-up (D) S atellite (E) None of these Ans : (C) 39. Software, such as viruses, worms and Trojan horses, that has a malicious int ent, is known as: (A) spyware (B) adware (C) spam (D) malware (E) None of these Ans : (D) 40. Making a field ______ meAns : that it cannot be left blank. (A) numeric (B) required (C) calculated (D) validated (E) None of these Ans : (B) 41. _________ is the process of finding errors in software code. (A) Debugging ( B) Compiling (C) Testing (D) Running (E) None pf these Ans : () 42. ____________ are viruses that are triggered by the passage of time or on a certain date. (A) Boot-sector viruses (B) Macro viruses (C) Time bombs (D) Worms (E) None of thes e Ans : (C) 43. Linux is a (n) ____________ operating system.

P a g e 108 (A) open-source (B) Microsoft (C) Windows (D) Mac (E) None of thes e Ans : (A) 44. What is a backup? (A) Restoring the information backup (B) An exact copy of a system s information (C) The ability to get a system up and running in the eve nt of a system crash or failure (D) All of these (E) None of these Ans : (D) 45. Which of the following places the common data elements in order from smalles t to largest (A) character, file, record, field, database (B) character, record, field, database, file (C) character, field, record, file, database (D) Bit, byt e, character, record, field, file, database, (E) None of these Ans : (C) 46. The internet is ...... (A) a large network of networks (B) an internal commu nication system for a business (C) a communication system for the Indian governm ent (D) All of these (E) None of these Ans : (D) 47. ____________ are lists of commands that appear on the screen. (A) GUIs (B) I cons (C) Menus (D) Windows (E) None of these Ans : (C) 48. Which of the following statements is FALSE concerning file names? (A) Files may share the same name or the same extension but not both (B) Every file in the same folder must have a unique name (C) File extension is another name for file type (D) The file extension comes before the dot (.) followed by the file name (E) None of these Ans : (D)

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49. Verification of a login name and password is known as: (A) configuration (B) accessibility (C) authentication (D) logging in (E) None of these Ans : (C) 50. Which of the following would most likely NOT be a symptom of a virus? (A) Ex isting program files and icons disappear. (B) The CD-ROM stops functioning. (C) The Web browser opens to an unusual home page. (D) Odd messages or images are di splayed on the screen. (E) None of these Ans : (B) 0 comments Labels: Bank Exam Papers, Computer General Awareness Questions, Solve d Papers Punjab National Bank P.O. Exam, 2008 : General Awareness (Solved) Professional Knowledge Section of Punjab National Bank P.O. Exam, 2008 General Awareness : Solved Paper (Held on May 4-5-2008) 1. Nav Krishi is a programme by (1) Door Darshan (2) All I ndia Radio (3) NIC (4) ICRISAT (5) MANAGE 2. One Acre is equal to..hectare. (1) 0.05 41 (2) 0.8032 (3) 0.1082 (4) 0.2514 (5) 0.4047 3. SRI technology is practiced fo r the cultivation of

P a g e 110 (1) Fruits (2) Vegetables (3) Flowers (4) Rice (5) Wheat 4. If the soil pH 9.2, then the soil is (1) Acidic (2) Neutral (3) Alkaline (4) Saline (5) Sodic 5. ..is used for the reclamation of acidic soil (1) Lime (2) Gypsum (3) Sulphu r (4) Calcium Chloride (5) Ferrous Sulphate 6. 2008 is declared as International Year of (1) Rice (2) Wheat (3) Sugarcane (4) Potato (5) Apple 7. Golden revoluti on refers to the development of (1) Oilseeds (2) Pulses (3) Horticulture (4) Cere als (5) Fodder 8. The most important rabi pulse crop in India is (1) Chickpea (2) Soyabean (3) Pigeon pea (4) Green gram (5) Black gram 9. RFLP (Restriction Frag ment Length Polymorphism) is (1) Growth promoter (2) Molecular marker (3) Growth retardent (4) Herbicide

P a g e 111 (5) Germicide 10. National Commission on Farmers was chaired by (1) Sri Som Pal (2) Sri Y.C. Nanda (3) Dr C. Rangarajan (4) Dr M.S. Swaminathan (5) Sri Sharad Pawar 11. Global Positioning Systems are useful for (1) Determining p recise location (latitude and longitude) based on radio signal (2) Determining p recise distance based on radio signal (3) Determining general pest system (4) De termining disease forecast (5) Determining area of farm 12. Commission for Agric ultural Costs and Prices (CACP) recommends (1) Comfort Price (2) State Advised Pr ice (3) Minimum Support Price (4) Minimum Export Price (5) Statutory Minimum Pri ce 13. NPV (Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus) is (1) Pest (2) Pathogen (3) Bio pesticid e (4) Bio fungicide (5) Bio control agent 14. National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation is known as (1) NIAM (2) NAFED (3) MARKFED (4) NACMF (5) NAC OM 15. Which insect is known as farmers enemy No.1? (1) Bollworm (2) Desert loc ust (3) Aphids (4) Stem borer (5) Fruit fly 16. Indian Institute of Forest manag ement is located at (1) Chennai

P a g e 112 (2) Bhopal (3) Hissar (4) Dehradun (5) Imphal 17. In India forests account for about ..of land surface. (1) 11% (2) 22% (3) 33% (4) 14% (5) 25% 18. VA M is an alternative to inorganic fertilizer. VAM is (1) Azospirillum (2) Mycorrhi za (3) Phosphate solubilising bacteria (4) Nitrogen fixing bacteria (5) Azotobac ter 19. An example of Single Cell Protein is (1) agar agar (2) spirulina (3) rhiz obium (4) acetobacter (5) salmonella 20. Major producer of mulberry silk in Indi a (1) Karnataka (2) Jammu and Kashmir (3) Jharkhand (4) Assam (5) Himachal Prades h 21. Bird flu affects (1) Cattle (2) Poultry (3) Sheep (4) Prawn (5) Silkworm 22 . Minor irrigation scheme comprises several types of works with capacities to ir rigate upto (1) 2000 acre (2) 2000 ha (3) 1000 ha (4) 1000 acre

P a g e 113 (5) 2500 ha 23. Ideal NPK ratio for Indian soils is (1) 8 : 4 : 2 ( 2) 4 : 2 : 1 (3) 9 : 5 : 3 (4) 2 : 1 : 0.5 (5) 10 : 4 : 2 24. Which of the follo wing is a bio diesel plant? (1) Jatropha (2) Rose (3) Pepper (4) Noni (5) Teak 2 5. National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology is situated at (1) Nagpur (2) New Delhi (3) Mumbai (4) Kolkata (5) Chennai 26. Carbon credit is meant for (1) D eforestation (2) Protection of environment (3) Rural infrastructure (4) Diamond trading (5) Precision farming 27. Acetic acid is present in (1) Vinegar (2) Curd (3) Lime (4) Fish (5) Rancid butter 28. Deep litter and cage systems are associa ted with (1) Dairy development (2) Pig farming (3) Poultry growing (4) Quali farm ing (5) Sheep rearing 29. When milk is churned, the cream is separated due to (1) Gravitational force

P a g e 114 (2) Centrifugal force (3) Frictional force (4) Electro magnetic ef fect (5) None of the above 30. Agricultural scientist who got Nobel prize for pe ace (1) Dr Norman E. Borlaug (2) Dr M.S. Swaminathan (3) Dr Hargovind Khorana (4) Dr Chandrasekhar (5) Dr Watson 31. Free flow of capital, goods and services is envisaged under (1) WTO (2) Food Bill (3) AEZ (4) Essential commodities Act (5) W arehouse Bill 32. Process involved in the conversion of milk to curd is (1) Oxida tion (2) Dehydration (3) Hydrogenation (4) Fermentation (5) Hydration 33. Nation al Policy for Farmers 2007 is formulated based on the recommendations of (1) Comm ittee on Financial Inclusion (2) Vaidyanathan Committee (3) Forward Market Commi ssion (4) Working Group on Agriculture (5) National Commission on Farmers 34. Th e Head Quarters of CFTRIthe leading institute for research on various food produc ts is located at (1) Mysore (2) New Delhi (3) Mumbai (4) Gurgaon (5) Jammu 35. Co mmon refrigerant used in fridges and cold storages (1) Neon (2) Freon (3) Crypton (4) Argon

P a g e 115 (5) Ice ANSWERS : 1. (1) 2. (5) 3. (4) 4. (3) 5. (1) 6. (4) 7. (3) 8. (1) 9. (2) 10. (4) 11. (1) 12. (3) 13. (3) 14. (2) 15. (3) 16. (4) 17. (2) 18 . (2) 19. (2) 20. (1) 21. (2) 22. (3) 23. (2) 24. (1) 25. (2) 26. (2) 27. (1) 28 . (3) 29. (2) 30. (1) 31. (1) 32. (4) 33. (5) 34. (1) 35. (2) 0 comments Labels: Bank Exam Papers, General Awareness Questions, Solved Papers Indian Bank Computer Officers

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P a g e 116 (5) None of these 4. DOS floppy disk does not have (1) A Boot Rec ord (2) A File Allocation Table (3) A Root Directory (4) Virtual Memory (5) BIOS 5. MICR technology used for clearance of cheques by banks refers to (1) Magnet ic Ink Character Recognition (2) Magnetic Intelligence Character Recognition (3) Magnetic Information Cable Recognition (4) Magnetic Insurance Cases Recognition (5) None of these 6. All the information collected during database development is stored in a (1) repository (2) data warehouse (3) RAD (4) CASE (5) None of the se 7. The.component is used by the data analyst to create the queries that access the database. (1) data extraction (2) end-user query tool (3) end-user presentation tool (4) data store (5) None of these 8. A(n).allows network users to share a single copy of software, which resides on the network server. (1) single-user license a greement (2) network site license (3) end-user license agreement (4) business so ftware license (5) None of these 9. A polymorphic virus (1) modifies its program code each time it attaches itself to another program or file (2) is a maliciouslogic program that copies itself repeatedly in memory or on a disk drive until n o memory or disk space remains (3) a malicious-logic program that hides within o r looks like a legitimate program (4) infects a program file, but still reports the size and creation date of the original, uninfected program

P a g e 117 (5) None of these 10. Microwave transmission is used in environmen ts where installing physical transmission media is (1) difficult or impossible an d where line-of-sight transmission is unavailable (2) easy or promising and wher e line-of-sight transmission is unavailable (3) difficult or impossible and wher e line-of-sight transmission is available (4) easy or promising and where line-o f-sight transmission is available (5) None of these 11. Which is NOT a good Web security strategy? (1) Restrict access to the Web server; keep a minimum number of ports open (2) Limit the users who can load software, edit or add files. (3) Add demo programs, so users can test system without accessing production data. ( 4) Remove unnecessary compilers and interpreters. (5) None of these 12. The alte ring of data so that it is not usable unless the changes are undone is (1) Biomet rics (2) Compression (3) Encryption (4) Ergonomics (5) None of these 13. The wor d FIP stands for (1) File Translate Protocol (2) File Transit Protocol (3) File T yping Protocol (4) File Transfer Protocol (5) None of these 14. Voice mail (1) is the exchange of text messages and computer files transmitted via a communicatio ns network such as a local area network or the Internet (2) permits users to con verse in real time with each other via the computer while connected to the Inter net (3) functions much like an answering machine, allowing callers to leave a vo ice message for the called party (4) involves using video and computer technolog y to conduct a meeting between participants at geographically separate locations (5) None of these 15. A communication processor that connects dissimilar networ ks by providing the translation from one set of protocol to another is (1) Bridge (2) Gateway

P a g e 118 (3) Router (4) Modem (5) All of these 16. Which of the following i s a general-purpose programming language, designed by Sun Microsystems, and well suited for use on the Web? (1) VB Script (2) Java Script (3) CSS (4) Java (5) N one of these 17. This.............tier processes HTTP protocol, scripting tasks, performs calculations, and provides access to data. (1) Client (2) Applications /Web server (3) Enterprise server (4) DBA (5) None of these 18. RSA is (1) Symmet ric Cryptosystem (2) Asymmetric Cryptosystem (3) Block Cypher (4) Digital Signat ure (5) None of these 19. A DVD-RAM is similar to aexcept it has storage capacities u to 5.2 GB. (1) CD-R (2) floppy disk (3) CD-RW (4) hard disk (5) None of these 2 0. When you are selecting a mouse for a particular computer system, what is the most important consideration? (1) The type of drivers that come with the mouse ( 2) The length of the mouse cord (3) The type of connector the mouse is equipped with (4) The number of buttons the mouse has (5) None of these 21. How is power supplied to a low-power USB device? (1) Through a power cable (2) From an extern al power supply

P a g e 119 (3) Directly from the computer s power supply (4) Through the USB cable (5) None of these 22. All of the following are basic principles of net wor ks, except (1) each computer must have a network card (2) there must be communica tions media connecting the network hardware devices (3) there must be at least o ne connecting device (4) each computer must have software that supports the move ment of information (5) None of these 23. The.data mining technique derives rules fr om real-world case examples. (1) Rule discover (2) Signal processing (3) Neural nets (4) Case-based reasoning (5) None of these 24. .are used to identify a user who returns to a Website. (1) Cookies (2) Plug-ins (3) Scripts (4) ASPs (5) None of these 25. Which one of the following objects is passed to a JavaBean when one of its properties is set via a JSP action? (1) Servlet Request (2) Http Servlet Re quest (3) Servlet Response (4) Http Servlet Response (5) None of these 26. Progr ams that automatically submit your search request to several search engines simu ltaneously are called (1) Metasearch engines (2) Webcrawlers (3) Spiders (4) Hits (5) None of these 27. Graphical diagrams used to represent different multiple p erspectives of a system include (1) use-case, class, and state diagrams (2) state , interaction, derivative diagrams (3) interaction, relationship, and class diag rams

P a g e 120 (4) deployment, relationship, and use-case diagrams (5) None of th ese 28. Database redesign is not terribly difficult if the (1) database is struct ured (2) database is well-designed (3) database has no data (4) database is rela tively small (5) database is relatively large 29. Which of the following are nor mally used to initialize a computer system s hardware? (1) Bootstrap memory (2) Volatile memory (3) Exteranl mass memory (4) Static memory (5) Random access mem ory 30. If you wanted to locate the hardware address of a local device, which pr otocol would you use? (1) ARP (2) RARP (3) ICMP (4) PING (5) PONG 31. What is In ternet 2? (1) A new type of cabling system for Wide Area Networks (2) A second l ocal area network that can connect with another online LAN to share access (3) A new standard for Internet browsers (4) An association to develop advanced Inter net technology (5) None of these 32. The term, "hypertext", means (1) Non-sequent ial writing (2) Hypermedia (3) Blinking text (4) Text with heavy formatting (5) None of these 33. While searching a website, you have been unable to find inform ation that was on the site several months ago. What might you do to attempt to l ocate that information? (1) Visit Google s cached page to view the older copy. ( 2) Forget about it, as there is no way to find this information. (3) Visit a par tner site of the organization to see if it is there. (4) Use the wayback machine .

P a g e 121 (5) None of these 34. Which kind of lock includes a keypad that ca n be used to control access into areas? (1) Cipher (2) Warded (3) Device (4) Tum bler (5) Typelock 35. A..sometimes called a boot sector virus, executes when a comput er boots up because it resides in the boot sector of a floppy disk or the master boot record of a hard disk. (1) system virus (2) trojan horse virus (3) file vi rus (4) macro virus (5) None of these ANSWERS: 1. (1) 2. (4) 3. (3) 4. (4) 5. (1 ) 6. (2) 7. (2) 8. (2) 9. (1) 10. (4) 11. (4) 12. (3) 13. (1) 14. (3) 15. (2) 16 . (2) 17. (1) 18. (4) 19. (3) 20. (3) 21. (4) 22. (2) 23. (3) 24. (1) 25. (3) 26 . (1) 27. (1) 28. (1) 29. (5) 30. (1) 31. (4) 32. (2) 33. (3) 34. (4) 35. (1) 0 comments Labels: Bank Exam Papers, General Awareness Questions, Solved Papers Nabard Bank Officers Exam. 2008 : General Awareness (Solved) Nabard Bank Officers Exam., 2008 General Awareness : Solved Paper (Held on 30-3-2008) 1. Which of the following was the reason owing to which publ ic unrest broke out in Pakistan and an Emergency was declared a few months back ? 1. Sudden death of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. 2. Announcement of Ge neral Elections.

P a g e 122 3. Appointment of a new Chief of Army in place of Gen. Pervez Mush arraf who was very popular leader there. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Al l 1, 2 and 3 (E) None of these 2. India, Brazil and South Africa made a forum in 2003 which is playing a very significant role in dealing with the issues of com mon interest of all the three in general and their foreign policies in particula r. What is the name of the forum ? (The Second Summit of the forum was organized in October 2007 in Pretoria) (A) SAGU (B) BRIC (C) G-20 (D) IBSA (E) None of th ese 3. Read the following three statements carefully and answer the question ask ed immediately after that 1. Hu Jintao has been reelected the General Secretary o f the ruling CPC for the second term till 2012. 2. Vice President of the country Zeng Quinghing was removed from the powerful Central Committee of the party. 3. Country is now likely to proceed on a new agenda of progress and development as Jintao is a man of modern and scientific outlook. All these three statements ar e about the political development in the country known as (A) South Korea (B) Nor th Korea (C) Singapore (D) China (E) Thailand 4. The mid term review of the Mone tary and Credit Policy of the RBI (for 2007-08) took place in January 2008. Whic h of the following is true about the same ? 1. CRR hiked by 0.5 per cent to make it 7.5% w.e.f. 10th February, 2008. 2. GDP growth outlook at 8.5% for 2007-08. 3. Call and put options are now allowed in imports and exports. (A) Only 1 (B) O nly 2 (C) Only 3

P a g e 123 (D) Both 2 and 3 (E) None of these 5. An International Organizatio n with Robert B. Zoellick as its President sanctioned a loan of US$ 944 million to India so that it can strengthen its rural finance system, vocational training and improve its water management projects. Which of the following is the name o f that organization ? (A) International Monetary Fund (B) Asian Development Bank (C) UNESCO (D) World Bank (E) None of these 6. As per the news which appeared i n some newspapers/magazines the police with the help of some NGOs rescued some c hildren who had been forced in child labour illegally. Such children are protect ed under which of the following acts in India ? 1. Juvenile Justice Act. 2. Chil d Labour Act. 3. Immoral Trafficking Act. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) A ll 1, 2 and 3 (E) None of these 7. As per the news published in the media, India , China and some other countries are trying to grapple with money flooding the e conomy from a record trade surplus, and swelling of foreign exchange reserves of the country. Why do the Central Banks of such countries have to make special ef forts to check the flooding of money and foreign exchange in economy whereas for an ordinary man more money means richness and prosperity ? 1. It generates arti ficial inflation in economy. 2. It makes the Govt. of that country to revaluate its currency. 3. It creates a situation where rate of interest on loans and adva nces starts coming down sharply. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) All 1, 2 and 3 (D) Bo th 1 and 3 (E) None of these 8. The Govt. of India recently established a fund k nown as National Investment Fund (NIF). Which of the following statement(s) is/a re true in this regard ?

P a g e 124 1. This fund is generated through the money received from the sale of equity in State run companies. 2. The fund will help in revival of sick unit s of the public sector companies of the Govt. of India. 3. The money deposited i n the fund will be used for social welfare schemes. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) On ly 3 (D) All 1, 2 and 3 (E) None of these 9. The Govt. of India is making specia l efforts to help the farmer community in the country as they are in distress an d demand special attention from all of us. Which of the following is correct in this regard ? 1. Govt. of India has announced a substantial hike in minimum supp ort price of wheat for Rabi season. 2. A relief package is announced for the Sug ar Industry. 3. All farmers are being given a cash assistance of Rs. 5 lakhs to make them comfortable financially. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) On ly 3 (E) None of these 10. Which of the following taxes is collected by the Govt . on sale of goods and services in the country ? (A) NAT (B) GET (C) SAT (D) VAT (E) None of these 11. The N. D. Kumaraswamy Govt. came into minority in Karnata ka because one segment of the coalition government withdrew its support from it in October 2007. Which of the following was that segment ? (A) SP (B) Congress ( C) BSP (D) Telugu Desam (E) None of these

P a g e 125 12. The newly elected President of which of the following countrie s took over the charge from her husband who was the President of the country imm ediately prior to the general presidential elections there ? (A) Pakistan (B) Sr i Lanka (C) Romania (D) Peru (E) Argentina 13. The latest European Union Summit took place in which of the following cities in October 2007 ? (A) Brussels (B) P aris (C) Luxembourg (D) Lisbon (E) None of these 14. The UN Climate change Confe rence 2007 was organized in which of the following places ? (A) Manila (B) Londo n (C) Brussels (D) Lisbon (E) Bali 15. India ranks 128 in the recently published Human Development Index (HDI). The index measures which of the following to dec ide the rank of a country ? 1. Life expectancy 2. Literacy and Education 3. Fore x reserves as a percentage of total GDP (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Both 1 and 2 ( D) All 1, 2 and 3 (E) None of these 16. Kevin Rudd recently took over as the Pri me Minister of Australia from John Howard. Which of the following policies of Jo hn Howard went wrong and against him who otherwise was holding the post since la st four terms of four years each ? 1. Refusal to ratify Kyoto protocol 2. Policy of hiring and firing workers any time 3. Support to non-democratic govt. in som e countries (A) Only 1 (B) Both 1 and 2 (C) Only 3

P a g e 126 (D) Only 2 (E) All 1, 2 and 3 17. Many a time we read a term PPP in financial newspapers. What is the full form of the same as used in financial wor ld ? (A) Public Per Capita Power (B) Per Capita Potential Purchases (C) Purchasi ng Power Parity (D) Present Purchasing Power (E) None of these 18. Cryogenic Engi nes are being developed indigenously by an Indian organization. These engines are normally used for which of the following purposes ? (A) Used for space programm e (B) Used for generating nuclear power (C) Used by Railways as they are very fa st and fuel efficient (D) Used in fighter planes (E) None of these 19. The UN ha s revealed that the emergency phase is now over in Chernobyl where a disastrous accident had taken place in 1986. The affected people there will now be treated as normal and not as victims. What had happened in Chernobyl in 1986 ? (A) A tra in accident in which about 1000 people had died (B) A bomb blast in which around 500 people died and 5000 were injured (C) A nuclear plant exploded and the enti re city became a radioactive zone (D) A powerful earthquake rocked the entire ci ty leaving thousands dead and several thousands injured (E) None of these 20. Wh o amongst the following is the Chairman of the 13th Finance Commission constitut ed recently ? (A) Vijay Kelkar (B) B. K. Chaturvedi (C) K. V. Kamath (D) A. K. P urwar (E) None of these 21. Many a time we read in newspapers about the Doha Roun d of talks. It was related with the talks of which of the following organizations ? (A) European Union (B) World Trade Organization (WTO) (C) International Atomi c Energy Agencies (IAEA) (D) G-8 talks (E) None of these 22. Dinar is the curren cy of which of the following countries ?

P a g e 127 (A) Sudan (B) Myanmar (C) Afghanistan (D) Pakistan (E) None of the se 23. The former President of Mozambique Joaquim Chissano was honoured by the f irst ever international prize to an African leader, the prestigious Mo Ibrahim Le adership Prize. The Prize was given to him in 2007 October. What was the contribu tion of Chissano owing to which he was selected for the same ? (Pick up the corr ect statement) 1. He was instrumental in bringing peace, reconciliation, stable democracy and economic progress to Mozambique. 2. He played a crucial role in di ffusing tension between Iran and IAEA over the issue of Irans nuclear facilities. 3. He played a crucial role in diffusing conflict between India and some wester n countries over the issue of subsidy to agriculture in WTO conference held in 2 007. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 and 2 (E) All 1, 2 and 3 24. Wh o amongst the following Indian leaders became the second World Leader to receive the British Royal Societys prestigious King Charles II Medal ? (Given in October 2007) (A) Dr. Manmohan Singh (B) Mrs. Sonia Gandhi (C) Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (D) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan (E) None of these 25. The Outstanding Business Leader Award2007 was given to whom amongst the following in October 2007 ? (A) Lakshmi Mi ttal (B) Sunil Bharti Mittal (C) Rahul Bajaj (D) Kumar Mangalam Birla (E) None o f these 26. The Doing Business Report, an international publication, is publishe d every year by which of the following organization(s) ? 1. World Bank

P a g e 128 2. WTO 3. Reserve Bank of India (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 ( D) Both 1 and 2 (E) All 1, 2 and 3 27. The fourth Military World Games2007 were o rganized in which of the following places in India ? (A) New Delhi (B) Hyderabad (C) Jaipur (D) Bangalore (E) Cochin 28. The 47th Open National Athletic Champio nship 2007 was organized in which of the following places ? (A) Jamshedpur (B) N ew Delhi (C) Lucknow (D) Bangalore (E) None of these 29. Who amongst the followi ng is not a famous Lawn tennis player ? (A) Roger Federer (B) Leander Paes (C) S vetlana Kuznetsova (D) Justin Henin (E) Kimi Raikkonen 30. Lot of discussion is going on these days on the issue of Participatory Note (P Notes) used in financial sector/money market. What is Participatory Note ? [Pick up the correct statemen t(s)] 1. It is nothing but another name of the banking operation by which banks exchange Indian Rupees into US Dollars without depositing a single rupee in the account of the party who are NRIs. The entire operation is carried out by the ba nks solely on the basis of the credit and goodwill of the NRI party. 2. It is an offshore derivative instrument used by overseas buyers/investors who buy shares of Indian companies listed in Indian Stock Exchange anonymously. 3. It is nothi ng but a type of undertaking given to the banks that they should continue invest ing money in stock markets on behalf of the NRIs and in case the market crashes NRIs will make the losses good without delay.

P a g e 129 (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 and 2 (E) All 1, 2 and 3 31. As we all see every now and then many countries are in the race of launch ing space shuttles or rockets or satellites. What exactly are the benefits of sp ace programmes which otherwise are very costly affairs for the countries ? 1. It is nothing but a fun to have a visit to space. It has no real benefit as such. 2. Humanity can be served/benefited by getting data on weather, disaster alerts and/or resource centres connected through satellites. 3. Since earth is no longe r a place to live we have to find out a place where in the next few years we can shift and survive. Such programmes help us in all this. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 ( C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 and 2 (E) None of these 32. As we all see oil prices have a special place in economic folklore. Almost all countries keep an eagle eye on t he oil prices in the international market. Why is oil so important for the count ries and their economies to survive ? [Pick up the correct statement(s)] 1. Two nastiest global recessions of the recent decades were preceded by huge and sudde n rises in prices of oil, first in 1973 and then in 1979. Leaders are scared of their repetition. 2. What makes oil so special is that it is a uniquely dense an d portable form of energy. It is not easy to switch to alternatives very quickly , hence any disruptions to supply are damaging for economies. 3. Oil exporting c ountries are most powerful and violent nations. Countries do not want to invite trouble with them. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 and 2 (E) All 1, 2 and 3 33. Which of the following is the name of Tatas small car launched recent ly ? (A) Micro (B) Sapna (C) Nano

P a g e 130 (D) Lakhtakia (E) None of these 34. The House of Representatives o f USA recently approved a US$ 50 billion War Funding Bill. If passed it would re quire President Bush to start withdrawing troops from (A) Iraq (B) Pakistan (C) S udan (D) China (E) South Africa 35. The public protest on which of the following issues recently brought the whole of the France to a near standstill for the se cond time in a month ? 1. Irregularities in Presidential elections held in 2007. 2. President Sarkozys plan to reform public sector pensions. 3. Frances support t o USA on Iraqs rebuilding (A) Only 1 (B) Only 3 (C) Only 2 (D) Both 1 and 3 (E) N one of these 36. Who amongst the following was adjudged as Miss Earth-Air 2007 ? (A) Pooja Chitgopekar (B) Pooja Gupta (C) Amruta Patki (D) Sarah Jane Dias (E) None of these 37. As per the news which appeared in newspapers/magazines thousan ds of civilians have to flee the fighting in North Kivu province as there is a w ar going on between the army of the country and rebels of General Laurent Nkunda . This is the story of which of the following countries ? (A) Congo (B) Sudan (C ) Mozambique (D) Argentina (E) None of these 38. About 20,000 students demonstra ted against plans to President Hugo Chavez to change the constitution of the cou ntry. Chavez is the President of (A) Sudan (B) Congo (C) Venezuela

P a g e 131 (D) Poland (E) None of these 39. Govt. of India recently announced its action plan on Sachchar Committee Report. What actions are being taken on t he report ? 1. Govt. to bear all expenses of poor students who get into top inst itutions on merit basis. 2. Revision of Madarsa Modernization programme. 3. Spec ial Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for minority population. (A) Only 1 is cor rect (B) Only 2 is correct (C) Both 1 and 2 are correct (D) Only 3 is correct (E ) All 1, 2 and 3 are correct 40. As we read in the newspapers the 123 Agreement with USA will have strategic implications on India. Which of the following is/ar e these implications ? 1. India will get recognition as a state with advanced nu clear technology. 2. The deal will not be offered to Pakistan. 3. India will be free to develop nuclear weapon for its military purposes. (A) Only 1 is correct (B) Only 2 is correct (C) Both 1 and 2 are correct (D) Only 3 is correct (E) Non e is correct 41. The Govt. of India recently gave its clearance to the new Agric ulture scheme which will provide additional central assistance to the agri. sect or. What is/are the main points of this scheme ? 1. Public Investment in agricul ture sector will be banned. 2. Govt. will help state govts. to achieve the targe ted growth rates in agri. sector. 3. State Govt. will get Rs. 40,000 crores to p rovide subsidy to agri. sector. (A) Only 1 is correct (B) Only 2 is correct (C) Only 3 is correct (D) Both 1 and 2 are correct (E) None is correct 42. Who among st the following are the members of BRIC the summit of which was organized recen tly ?

P a g e 132 1. India 2. Indonesia 3. Brazil (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 ( D) Both 1 and 2 (E) Both 1 and 3 43. Abuja Declaration was in news a few months back. This is the pact signed between which of the following two nations ? (A) I ndia-Sudan (B) Sudan-China (C) India-China (D) Nigeria-Nepal (E) India-Nigeria 4 4. USA recently decided to slap few sanctions against Iran which include ouster of Iranian military and banking institutions from US financial system. Why did U S resort to such harsh steps against Iran ? 1. Irans alleged support to Pakistans military rule. 2. Irans support to terrorism and nuclear programme. 3. Iran is ag ainst any financial help to Iraq as both are old enemies. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 and 2 (E) All 1, 2 and 3 45. As reported in the newspapers Aung San Suu Kyi has agreed to cooperate with the military ruler of her country . She is a citizen of (A) Nepal (B) Myanmar (C) Brazil (D) Indonesia (E) Hong Kon g 46. India won Future Cup Twenty-20 cricket match held in October 2007 in Mumba i. The match was played against (A) Pakistan (B) England (C) South Africa (D) New Zealand (E) Australia

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47. Who amongst the following is not one of the Nobel Prize Winners of 2007 ? (A ) Ms. Doris Lessing (B) Albert Fert (C) Roger B. Myerson (D) Al Gore (E) Yulia S indzeyeva 48. Who amongst the following won the Man Booker Prize 2007 ? (A) K. N arayana Kurup (B) Eric S. Maskin (C) Mario R. Capecchi (D) Anne Enright (E) None of these 49. Who amongst the following was made the Chairman/Chairperson of the National Land Reforms Commission ? (A) Somnath Chatterjee (B) Manmohan Singh (C ) Smt. Sonia Gandhi (D) Murli Deora (E) None of these 50. The prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2006 was recently confe rred upon (A) Prof. Wangari Maathai (B) Mr. Kevin Rudd (C) Mr. Ratan Tata (D) Mr. Mahmoud Abbas (E) None of these Answers : 1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (A) 5. (D) 6. (B) 7. (A) 8. (D) 9. (C) 10. (D) 2. (E) 13. (D) 14. (E) 15. (C) 16. (E) 17. (C) 18. (A) 19. (C) 20. (A) 2. (E) 23. (A) 24. (C) 25. (B) 26. (A) 27. (B) 28. (A) 29. (E) 30. (B) 2. (B) 33. (C) 34. (A) 35. (C) 36. (A) 37. (A) 38. (C) 39. (B) 40. (D) 2. (E) 43. (E) 44. (B) 45. (B) 46. (E) 47. (E) 48. (D) 49. (B) 50. (A) s Labels: Bank Exam Papers, General Awareness Questions, Solved Papers 11. (E) 1 21. (B) 2 31. (B) 3 41. (D) 4 0 comment

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Reasoning (Held on 3032008) 1. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group ? (A) Clove (B) Cinnamon (C) Pepper (D) Cardamom (E) Apricot 2. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word EXPERIMENT each of which have as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet ? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) More than three 3. How many meaningful English words can be made from the letters EOPR, using each letter only once ? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Th ree (E) More than three 4. Pointing to a photograph Rasika said He is the grandso n of my grandmothers only son. How is the boy in photograph related to Rasika ? (A ) Son (B) Nephew (C) Brother (D) Cannot be determined (E) None of these 5. In a certain code open the door is written as ka te jo door is closed is written as jo pa and this is good is written as la ra pa. What is the code for closed ? (A) ma (B) pa C) jo

P a g e 135 (D) ka (E) None of these Directions(Q. 6 to 10) These questions are based on the following letter / number / symbol arrangement. Study it carefully and answer the questions : 7D5#AB1%K$4EJF3*2HI@L6QU9MT8W 6. How many such symbol s are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a vowel and also immediately followed by a number ? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) T hree (E) Four 7. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way on the ba sis of their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is th e one that does not belong to the group ? (A) K41 (B) *HF (C) #B5 (D) M8 (E) LQI 8. Which of the following pairs of elements does not have the second element, im mediately followed by the first element ? (A) 5# (B) MT (C) $4 (D) 3F (E) @L 9. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immed iately followed by a symbol and also immediately preceded by a consonant ? (A) N one (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) More than three 10. What will come in place of question mark (?) in the following series based on the above arrangement ? A # D $K1 3FE ? (A) @I2 (B) *HI (C) H2@

P a g e 136 (D) HIL (E) None of these Directions(Q. 11 to 15) In each of the qu estions below are given four statements followed by three conclusions numbered I , II and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statement s disregarding commonly known facts. 11. Statements : Some shoes are socks. All socks are towels. All towels are bedsheets. No bedsheet is blanket. Conclusions : I. No towel is blanket. II. Some shoes are towels. III. Some shoes are bedshee ts. (A) Only I and II follow (B) Only II and III follow (C) Only I and III follo w (D) All follow (E) None of these 12. Statements : Some fruits are flowers. Som e flowers are buds. No bud is leaf. All leaves are plants. Conclusions : I. No p lant is bud. II. Some plants are flowers. III. Some buds are fruits. (A) None fo llows (B) Only I follows (C) Only II and III follow (D) Only III follows (E) Non e of these 13. Statements : Some pearls are gems. Some gems are diamonds. All di amonds are rings. All rings are bangles. Conclusions :

P a g e 137 I. Some bangles are rings. II. All rings are diamonds. III. All di amonds are bangles. (A) Only I follows (B) Only I and II follow (C) Only I and I II follow (D) All follow (E) None of these 14. Statements : All chairs are table s. All tables are telephones. All telephones are cell phones. No cell phone is c omputer. Conclusions : I. All cell phones are tables. II. Some chairs are comput ers. III. No chair is computer. (A) Only I follows (B) Only II follows (C) Only III follows (D) Only either II or III follows (E) None of these 15. Statements : Some rocks are hills. All hills are mountains. All mountains are rivers. No riv er is Canal. Conclusions : I. All rocks are rivers. II. Some hills are canals. I II. Some rivers are canals. (A) Only I follows (B) Only II and III follow (C) On ly I and III follow (D) Only II follows (E) None follows Directions(Q. 16 to 20) Study the following information carefully to answer these questions. Eight frien ds Savita, Radhika, Amita, Nisha, Rani, Jyoti, Meeta and Anjali are sitting arou nd a circle facing the centre. Savita is second to the right of Anjali, but is n ot a neighbour of Amita. Nisha is third to the left of Amita but is not next to Savita. Jyoti is second to the right of Rani and third to the left of Meeta.

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16. Who is second to the left of Anjali ? (A) Radhika (B) Rani (C) Amita (D) Mee ta (E) None of these 17. Who is to the immediate right of Nisha ? (A) Jyoti (B) Radhika (C) Meeta (D) Jyoti or Radhika (E) None of these 18. Which of the follow ing is the correct position of Rani ? (A) To the immediate right of Anjali (B) T o the immediate left of Anjali (C) To the immediate right of Savita (D) Next to Jyoti (E) None of these 19. Which of the following pairs represents the immediat e neighbours of Nisha ? (A) Jyoti and Meeta (B) Radhika and Meeta (C) Savita and Jyoti (D) Radhika and Jyoti (E) None of these 20. Who is to the immediate left of Savita ? (A) Jyoti (B) Anjali (C) Rani (D) Meeta (E) None of these Directions( Q. 21 to 25) In each of the following questions two rows of numbers are given. T he resultant number in each row is to be worked out separately based on the foll owing rules and the questions below the rows of numbers is to be answered. The o perations of numbers progress from left to right. Rules : (i) If a two digit eve n number is followed by another even number the first one is to be divided by th e second one. (ii) If an even number is followed by a prime number, the two are to be multiplied. (iii) If an odd number is followed by another odd number the t wo are be added. (iv) If a three digit number is followed by a two digit number which is the perfect square,

P a g e 139 the second number is to be subtracted from the first number. (v) I f a three digit number is followed by a two digit number which is not the perfec t square, the first number is to be divided by the second number. 21. 16 7 25 m 23 22 If m is the resultant of the first row, what the resultant of the second row ? (A) 132 (B) 88 (C) 122 (D) 78 (E) None of these 22. 97 45 71 48 8 11 What is the sum of the resultants of the two rows ? (A) 68 (B) 19 (C) 147 (D) 64 (E) Non e of these 23. 125 64 33 282 x 39 If x is resultant of the first row, what is the resultant of the second row ? (A) 45 (B) 42 (C) 39 (D) 36 (E) None of these 24. 84 14 13 360 24 17 What the difference between the resultant of the first row an d the second row ? (A) 100 (B) 46 (C) 56 (D) 90 (E) None of these 25. 24 7 81 x 27 19 If x is the resultant of the first row, what is the resultant of the second row ? (A) 87 (B) 114 (C) 4 (D) 6

P a g e 140 (E) None of these Directions(Q. 26 to 30) Study the following infor mation carefully to answer the questions given below it Seven professionals A, B, C, D, E, F and G are practicing their professions in different cities Chennai, Banglore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Bhubaneshwar not necessarily in the same order. Each has a different profession Doctor, Engineer, Pharmacist, Lawyer, Counsellor, Professor and Artist not necessarily in the same order. A i s a Pharmacist and practises in Bhubaneshwar. D practises in Banglore but is not a Doctor or an Artist. The one who practises in Hyderabad is a Professor. G is a Counsellor and does not practise in Mumbai or Chennai. E is a Lawyer and pract ises in Ahmedabad. F practises in Chennai but is not an artist. C practises in M umbai. 26. What is Ds profession ? (A) Doctor (B) Professor (C) Engineer (D) Cann ot be determined (E) None of these 27. Who is the professor ? (A) B (B) C (C) D (D) E (E) None of these 28. Which of the following combinations of profession an d place is correct ? (A) PharmacistJaipur (B) EngineerChennai (C) DoctorBangalore ( D) ArtistMumbai (E) None of these 29. Which of the following persons work in Jaip ur ? (A) B (B) G (C) C (D) B or G (E) None of these 30. Who is the Doctor ? (A) D (B) B (C) C

P a g e 141 (D) B or C (E) None of these Directions(Q. 31 to 35) In each questi on below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and I I. A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for impro vement, follow-up or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On th e basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the suggested courses of acti on logically follow(s) for pursuing. Give answer : (A) If only I follows. (B) If only II follows. (C) If either I or II follows. (D) If neither I nor II follows . (E) If both I and II follow. 31. Statement : Cases of road accidents are incre asing constantly, particularly in the urban areas. Courses of action : I. Transp ort Authorities in the urban areas should impose stringent norms for maintenance of vehicles. II. Traffic police should severely punish those found to be violat ing traffic rules. 32. Statement : Despite good economic progress of the country , significant number of undernourished children has been observed in the rural p arts of the country. Courses of action : I. Government should increase Wealth Ta x/Income Tax and use that money for upliftment of the deprived class. II. Govt. should introduce schemes like free meals in primary schools and make primary edu cation compulsory. 33. Statement : Launching of new brands of four wheelers is a dding to the traffic congestion in the metro cities. Courses of action : I. Publ ic should be encouraged to share their private vehicles while travelling to thei r work places. II. Govt. should levy heavy taxes on motor cars in metro cities. 34. Statement : Increasing levels of air-pollution is creating healthhazards for people living in the cities. Courses of action : I. All industries should be sh ifted to the outskirts of the cities. II. Transport Authorities should take step s for converting all public transport vehicles to run on CNG. 35. Statement : La rge number of college students are found to be focusing more on fashion than on studies.

P a g e 142 Courses of action : I. Colleges should impose restrictions on use of fashionable clothes and accessories. II. Colleges should keep the students bu sy enough with studies, so that they dont find time for other things like fashion . Directions(Q. 36 to 40) Below in each question are given two statements (A) and (B). These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of ind ependent causes or a common cause. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements. M ark answer : (A) If statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect. (B) If statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is its effect. (C) If both t he statements (A) and (B) are independent causes. (D) If both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of independent causes. (E) If both the statements (A) and ( B) are effects of some common cause. 36. (A) Parents in the locality decided to stop sending their children to school by privatevehicles. (B) A major accident o f a private van carrying school children lead to deaths of few and injuries for many children. 37. (A) The city observed lowest temperature of the last decade a ccompanied by heavy fog during the week. (B) Most of the flights from the city w ere indefinitely delayed causing panic among the passengers. 38. (A) In the past few years the job market has improved for the professionally qualified youth. ( B) Many youth are not able to get jobs upto their expectations. 39. (A) During p eak hours roads are overcrowded with vehicles causing traffic jams in most parts of the city. (B) Many companies are planning to launch low priced vehicles. 40. (A) During evening hours roads are overcrowded with vehicles causing very slow movement of vehicles. (B) Pollution level in the air has substantially increased in the recent past. Answers 1. (E) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (A) 6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (D) 9. (D) 2. (A) 13. (C) 14. (C) 15. (E) 16. (D) 17. (B) 18. (A) 19. (D) 2. (A) 23. (B) 24. (B) 25. (D) 26. (C) 27. (A) 28. (D) 29. (B) 2. (B) 33. (E) 34. (E) 35. (E) 36. (B) 37. (A) 38. (D) 39. (C) s Labels: Bank Exam Papers, Reasoning Questions, Solved Papers 10. 20. 30. 40. (A) (C) (E) (D) 11. (D) 1 21. (E) 2 31. (B) 3 0 comment

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Bank of India Clerk Exam., 2008 : English Language (Solved) English Language : Solved Paper Bank of India Clerk Exam., 2008 (Held on 22-6-2008) Directions(Q. 115) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions g iven below it. Certain words/phrases are printed in bold to help you to locate t hem while answering some of the questions. The King of Kanchi set off to conquer Karnat. He was victorious in batttle. The elephants were laden with sandalwood, ivory, gold and precious stones taken from the conquered kingdom of Karnat. The y would be a part of the victory parade for his subjects. On his way back home h e stopped at a temple, finished his prayers to the goddess and turned to leave. Around his neck was a garland of scarlet hibiscus and as was the custom for all, his forehead was anointed with red sandal paste. His Minister and the court jes ter were his only companions. At one spot, in a mango grove by the wayside, they spied some children play. The King said, Let me go and see what they are playing . The children had lined up two rows of clay dolls and were playing warriors and battles. The King asked, Who is fighting whom ? They said, Karnat is at battle with Kanchi. The King asked, Who is winning and who is the loser ? The children puffed their chests up and said, Karnat will win and Kanchi will lose. The Minister froze in disbelief, the King was furious and the jester burst into laughter. The King was soon joined by his troops and the children were still immersed in their gam e. The King commanded, Cane them hard. The childrens parents came running from the nearby village and said, They are naive, it was just a game, please grant them pa rdon. The King called his commander and ordered, Teach these children and the vill age a lesson so that they never forget the King of Kanchi. He went back to his ca mp. That evening the Commander stood before the King. He bowed low in shame and said, Your Majesty, with the exception of hyenas and vultures, all lie silent in the village. The Minister said, His Majestys honour has been saved. The priest said, The goddess has blessed our King. The jester said, Your Highness, please grant me leave to go now. The King asked, But why ? The jester said, I cannot kill, I cannot maim, I can only laugh at Gods gift of life. Trembling in the face of the kings ang er he bravely

P a g e 144 continued, If I stay in your Majestys court, I shall become like you and I shall forget how to laugh. 1. Why were the elephants carrying loads of gol d and other valuables ? (A) This was what the king had looted from Karnat to dis tribute among his soldiers as a reward (B) This was the kings offering to the dei ty out of gratitude for making him victorious (C) It was what the king had plund ered from Karnat to display to the people of his kingdom as a sign of victory (D ) So that the people of the kingdom of Karnat acknowledged him as their new rule r (E) None of these 2. Why did the king anoint his head with red sandal paste ? (A) As a mark of celebration to show he had been victorious (B) It was the usual practice for all devotees at the temple (C) To show other devotees that he was king (D) The priest requested him to do so (E) To show his soldiers that he had visited the temple 3. Which of the following cannot be said about the jester ? 1 . He was not a loyal subject of the king. 2. He was afraid of the kings temper. 3 . He did not support the kings war against Karnat. (A) Both 1 and 3 (B) Only 1 (C ) Both 1 and 2 (D) All 1, 2 and 3 (E) None of these 4. What excuse was given for the childrens behaviour ? (A) They were disobedient to their parents wishes (B) T hey were unaware of the true facts of the battle (C) They were upset that their army had lost (D) They were in the habit of lying (E) None of these 5. Why did t he jester laugh at the childrens reply to the king ? 1. They correctly predicted the outcome of the battle. 2. Their reply was cheeky because they knew he was th e king. 3. He wanted to show that their reply was a joke to save them from being punished by the king. (A) Only 1 (B) Both 1 and 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 2 and 3 ( E) None of these

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6. Which of the following is true in the context of the passage ? (A) The king s topped at the temple to see what else could be plundered (B) The people of the v illage to which the children belonged developed great respect for the king (C) T he Commander was ashamed at having obeyed the kings orders to cane the children ( D) The jester was unhappy that the king had defeated the army of Karnat (E) The children had shown disrespect to the goddess by playing so close to the temple 7 . Why did the jester resign from his post ? (A) He felt that the king was too in fluenced by the Minister (B) To show that he disapproved of the kings action of p unishing the children (C) He did not want to accompany the king on his war campa ign (D) He was no longer able to make the king laugh (E) None of these 8. Which of the following describes the Minister ? 1. He was jealous of the jester. 2. He was the kings most valuable advisor. 3. He did not have a good sense of humour. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 3 (C) Both 1 and 3 (D) Both 1 and 2 (E) None of these 9. Whi ch of the following was/were the outcome(s) of the soldiers beating the children ? 1. The animals began to howl and wanted to attack the soldiers. 2. The childr ens parents went to the king to beg for mercy. 3. The priest offered prayers to t he goddess of the temple. (A) Only 1 (B) All 1, 2 and 3 (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Onl y 2 (E) None of these 10. Why was the king angry with the children ? (A) Because the game they were playing was dangerous (B) They had lied to him (C) They did not recognize him as king (D) They had unknowingly insulted him (E) They were ru de to him Directions(Q. 1113) Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in mea ning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage.

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11. froze (A) cold (B) numb (C) shivered (D) stood still (E) chill 12. leave (A) holiday (B) transfer (C) exit (D) permission (E) farewell 13. spied (A) noticed (B) keep watch (C) followed (D) spot (E) caught Directions(Q. 1415) Choose the wo rd which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage. 14. immersed in (A) safe from (B) distracted from (C) boring (D) drowni ng in (E) entertained by 15. pardon (A) punishment (B) excuse (C) convict (D) in tolerance (E) imprison Directions(Q. 1620) Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentenc e to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and No correction is required, mark (E) as the answer. 16. Your b onus will dependent the quality of your work. (A) is dependable

P a g e 147 (B) depends on (C) being dependent (D) going to depend (E) No corr ection required 17. He did not ask for a raise since he had fear to lose his job . (A) was fearful of (B) was feared to (C) was afraid to (D) had been afraid to (E) No correction required 18. The organizers agreed to shift the conference at some place convenience to all participants. (A) any of the place convenient (B) at places convenient (C) from a place of convenience (D) to a place convenient ( E) No correction required 19. As compared to last year there has been a sharp ri se in interest rates. (A) sharper rise of (B) as sharp a rise (C) sharp rises in (D) sharply rising (E) No correction required 20. In the 1970s banks required t o submit their detailed plans of expansion to RBI. (A) were required to submit ( B) required for submission (C) are required to submit (D) requirement of submitt ing (E) No correction required Directions(Q. 2125) Rearrange the following Six sen tences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningf ul paragraph; then answer the questions given below them 1. I had paid a lot of a ttention during training and could easily answer the questions till I came to th e last one. What is the name of the lady who cleans your floor ? 2. Yes, he replie d. In your career you will meet many people all of whom are significant even if a ll you do is greet them. 3. I thought the question was a joke. I had seen her but how would I know her name ?

P a g e 148 4. During my internship we were given a quiz to see how much we ha d learnt. 5. I have never forgotten this lesson. 6. I submitted my paper leaving the last question blank and asked the manager if it would count for assessment. 21. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement ? (A ) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5 22. Which of the following will be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement ? (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) 5 23. Which of the fo llowing will be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement ? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5 24. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement ? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5 25. Which of the following will be the THIRD se ntence after rearrangement ? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5 Directions(Q. 2630) In each sentence below four words have been printed in bold which are lettered (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these words may be wrongly spelt or inappropriate in t he context of the sentence. Find out the wrongly spelt or inappropriate word. Th e letter of that word is the answer. If all the words are correctly spelt and ar e

P a g e 149 appropriate the answer is (E), i.e. All correct. 26. My gole (A) is to acquire (B) a position (C) of authority (D) and respect within the organizati on. All correct (E) 27. The refusal (A) of the Ministry to clear pending (B) due s is a course (C) for concern (D) . All correct (E) 28. He was convinced (A) tha t discipline (B) and hard work would result (C) in dividents (D) in the long run . All correct (E) 29. This is a company which believes (A) in transparency (B) a nd appointment is done strictly (C) on merit (D). All correct (E) 30. There will be a decline (A) in the probability (B) of oil companies because of the hike (C ) in oil prices (D). All correct (E) Directions(Q. 3140) Read each sentence to fin d out whether there is any grammatical error in it.The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E) i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any .) 31. The revised governments (A) /guidelines have reduced (B)/ the number of me rgers (C) / taking place among banks. (D) No error (E) 32. I do not know (A) / w ho of the (B) /new trainees should (C) / be confirmed. (D) No error (E) 33. To p romote India as (A) / a tourist destination (B)/ the government has organized (C ) / many cultural programmes. (D) No error (E) 34. Banks in India (A) / cannot o pen ATMs (B)/ except obtaining (C) / approval from RBI. (D) No error (E) 35. Tod ay the success of (A) / companies depends on the (B)/ quality of their products and(C) /efficient managing staff. (D) No error (E) 36. Ashok has managed to (A) / achieve his sales targets (B)/ for the quarter very easily (C) / than we expec ted. (D) No error (E) 37. He did not grant (A) / their request for a loan (B)/ a lthough it would (C) / displease his boss. (D) No error (E) 38. At present oil c ompanies (A) / are making a loss of (B)/ rupees five on all (C) / litre of petro l that they sell. (D) No error (E)

P a g e 150 39. The managers belief that (A) / Ramesh is (B)/ incompetent is no t (C) / necessary true. (D) No error (E) 40. Since I was doing (A) / my MBA I in itially (B)/ chose to specialize (C) / in marketing management. (D) No error (E) Directions(Q. 4150) In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, fiv e words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the a ppropriate word in each case. He was a charismatic leader, an entrepreneur and a highly effective manager all rolled into one. As a leader, he (41) the companys gr owth plan in a dedicated manner and he never (42) focus. The cement industry in th ose days was doing badly. (43) to everyones expectations he sanctioned an additiona l plant in (44) time. He was (45) that since the cement industry was cyclic in natur e, by the time the plant was (46) the market would have improved. It did happen an d the decision brought rich (47) when the plant was commissioned. Not only was he a great entrepreneur but he also (48) all his senior people to be practising entrep reneurs. I have seen a similar example at the Asian Institute of Management, whic h allows its professors to (49) their own business. This made their lectures more practical and less theoretical. It is the (50) of the Institutes success. 41. (A) a chieved (B) implemented (C) visualised (D) persevered (E) aimed 42. (A) moved (B ) shifts (C) missed (D) changes (E) lost 43. (A) Contrary (B) Opposite (C) Yet ( D) Obedient (E) Different 44. (A) any (B) mean (C) short (D) no (E) less

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45. (A) known (B) calculating (C) certain (D) dreamt (E) surely 46. (A) operatio nal (B) install (C) use (D) produced (E) new 47. (A) supply (B) diversity (C) re wards (D) pay (E) knowledge 48. (A) thought (B) tried (C) wished (D) encourage ( E) wanted 49. (A) expand (B) function (C) chose (D) run (E) risk 50. (A) respons ibility (B) secret (C) guarantee (D) prize (E) value Answers with Hints 1. (C) 2 . (B) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (E) 6. (C) 7. (E) 8. (B) 9. (D) 10. (D) 11. (B) 12. (D) 1 3. (B) 14. (B) 15. (A) 16. (B) 17. (C) 18. (D) 19. (E) 20. (A) 21. (A) 22. (E) 2 3. (B) 24. (D) 25. (C) 26. (A) Correct spelling is goal. 27. (C) Correct spelling is cause.

P a g e 152 28. (D) Correct spelling is dividends. 29. (E) 30. (B) 31. (A) Write the governments revised. 32. (B) Write which of the. 33. (C) Write the government is organizing. 34. (C) Write without obtaining. 35. (D) Write efficient managerial staf f. 36. (C) Change very easily to more easily. 37. (C) Write even though it would. 38 C) Write each in place of all. 39. (D) Write necessarily true. 40. (B) Delete my. 41 B) 42. (C) 43. (A) 44. (D) 45. (B) 46. (A) 47. (C) 48. (E) 49. (D) 50. (B)