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Practice Paper for Central Bank of India Clerk Exam (To be held on 13.2.2011)
Directions (1-8) : Study the following arrangement of letters/symbols and answer the questions given below : D F JT $ # P R Z Q C M A B @ H K L S + ? 1. How many such symbols are there each of which is immediately preceded by a symbol and immediately followed by a letter? a. One b. Two c. Three d. Four e. None of these 2. If the order of first half of the arrangement is reversed which of the following letters/symbols will be the fifth to the letter of the fifteenth letter/symbol from the left? a. b. Q c. T d. J e. None of these 3. If all the symbols of the above sequence are denoted by 7 and each letter is denoted by 5, then what will be the sum of all the elements of the sequence? a. 142 b. 138 c. 122 d. 132 e. None of these 4. If all the symbols from the above sequence are dropped, which letter will be seventh to the right of twelfth letter from the right? a. H b. B c. K d. A e. None of these 5. Which of the following is related to 'FT' in the same way as 'DJ' is related to '?S'? a. L+ b. KS c. HL d. +L e. None of these 6. How many such letters are there in the above sequence each of which occupies the same position from the left in the sequence as in the alphabet from left? a. None b. One c. Two d. Three e. None of these 7. Four of the following five are alike on the basis of their position in the above seaquence and hence form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to that group? a. DJ? b. T#L c. FT+ d. PZ@ e. J#S 8. Which of the following will be exactly midway between fifth element from the left and eighth element from the right? a. C b. c. Q d. M e. None of these 9. A trader in order to code the prices of article used the letters of PSICHOLAZY in the form of 'O' to '9' respectively. Which of the following code stands for Rs.875.50? a. AIL.HP b. AIL.HS c. ZYA.HO d. ZCA.OP e. None of these 10. Find the two letter in the word EXTRA which have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet. If there two letters are arranged in alphabetical order which letter will come second? a. E b. X c. T d. R e. A Directions (11-15) : Study the following information to answer the questions given below : 'AB' means 'multiply A by B' 'A@B' means 'subtract B from A' 'A$B' means 'add B to A' 'A#B' means 'divide A by B' 11. What is the average, if five consecutive odd numbers, if is the lowest number among them? A. (S$20)#5 B. 16#5$S C. (20$S)#5 a. Only A b. Only B c. Only A and C d. Only B and C e. None of these 12. If the cost of 6 pens is Rs.30, how many pens can be bought for Rs.900? A. 630#900 B. 9006#30 C. 900$6#30 a. Only A b. Only B c. Only C d. Only A and B e. None of these 13. Two hundred percent of M=60 percent of P therefore? A. 2m100#60 B. 200m#10060 C. m10#3 a. Only A b. Only B c. A and B both d. A and C both e. None of these 14. Mahesh donates 7% of his monthly salary R to charity and spends Rs.3000 per month on his house rent. What is the balance amount out of his monthly salary? A. R@7R#100$3000 B. R@3000@7100#R C. R@(R7#100$3000) a. Only A b. Only B c. Only C d. All the three e. None of these 15. The area of a circle is computed by multiplying the square of its radius by 22/7, what will be the total area of 14 circles, each with the same radius of 'r' cms? A. 22r7r#14 B. 22#14rr C. 44r2#7 a. Only A b. Only B c. Only C d. A and B both e. None of these Directions (16-20) : In the following questions, the symbols D, S, @, and # are used with the following meaning as illustrated below : 'XDY' means 'X is neither greater than nor equal to Y' 'XSY' means 'X is not smaller than Y' 'X@Y' means 'X is not greater than Y' 'X Y' means 'X is neither greater than nor equal to Y' Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true? Give answer (a) if only conclusions I is true. Give answer (b) if only conclusions II is true. Give answer (c) if either conclusions I or II is true. Give answer (d) if neither conclusion I nor II ture. Give answer (e) if both conclusions I and II are true. 16. Statements : R @ J, F S J, C S F Conclusions : I. R C II. C # R 17. Statements : W @ P, W # E, E D V Conclusions : I. P # E II. V W 18. Statements : J R, P S R, Z # P Conclusions : I. R D Z II. J @ P 19. Statements : G @ O, N O, H # G Conclusions : I. O D H II. G N 20. Statements : Q D B, M B, K S M Conclusions : I. K B II. Q D K 21. In a certain code language RUSTICATE is written as 'QTTUIDBSD'. How would STATISTIC be written in that code? a. RSBUIRSJD b. TUBUITUMB c. RSBUITUHB d. RSBNUJTUHB e. None of these 22. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? a. Watermelon b. Papaya c. Jackfruit d. Pineapple e. Sweetlime 23. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word 'ENIGMATIC' each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet? a. None b. Two c. Three d. One e. More than five 24. How many such 6s are there in the following number series, each of which is immediately preceded by 1 or 5 and immediately by 3 or 9? 26 3 7 5 6 4 2 9 6 13 4 16 3 9 156 9 2 3 1 6 5 4 3 21 9 6 7163 a. None b. One c. Two d. Three e. None of these 25. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? a. 17 b. 13 c. 63 d. 71 e. 23 26. In how many different ways can the letters of the words 'COMET' be arranged? a. 120 b. 40 c. 80 d. 100 e. None of these 27. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series? a. 654 646 630 ? 574 534 a. 606 b. 614 c. 598 d. 622 e. None of these 28. What is 786 times 467? a. 367529 b. 367062 c. 366276 d. 366595 e. None of these 29. A canteen requires 42 kgs of rice for a week. How many kgs of rice will it require for the month of June and July? a. 360 kgs b. 355 kgs c. 350 kgs d. Cannot be determined e. None of these 30. Find the average of the following set of scores. 634 133 36 1204 541 67 238 425 a. 425 b. 409.75 c. 420 d. 408.50 e. None of these Directions (31-35) : What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions? 31. 9432?24=3 a. 133 b. 139 c. 136 d. 131 e. None of these 32. 10836 - (58)2 - 144 - (8)3=? a. 7264 b. 6816 c. 6836 d. 7044 e. None of these 33. 5.4x?x12.6=258.552 a. 3.8 b. 2.4 c. 3 d. 3.5 e. None of these 34. 352525-8640144=? a. 60 b. 91 c. 102 d. 80 e. None of these 35. 2056-37575=? a. 2049 b. 22.41 c. 23.45 d. 2051 e. None of these 36. Of what number the 2/5 of 5/8 of 4/7=22? a. 154 b. 164 c. 198 d. 132 e. None of these 37. Of an amount 40% of 60% of 30% is 432. What is the amount? a. Rs.5000 b. Rs.48000 c. Rs.6400 d. Rs.5600 e. None of these 38. What is the required number in the given series? a. 4, 3, 5, 10.5, ? 67.5 a. 24 b. 26 c. 27 d. 25 e. None of these 39. What will be the area of the circle having circumference equal to 56 cm? a. 156 cm2 b. 196 cm2 c 256 cm2 d. 216 cm2 e. None of these 40. The amount of Rs.5,500 becomes Rs.10,780 after six years at simple interest. What is the rate of interest? a. 14% pa b. 12% pa c. 15% pa d. 16% pa e. None of these Directions (41-50) : What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions? 41. 1850+364-154x4.5=? a. 1521 b. 2907 c. 9270 d. 1863 e. None of these 42. ?% of 240x5=216 a. 16 b. 14 c. 18 d. 20 e. None of these 43. ? 26% of 250=59 a. 4095 b. 3965 c. 3445 d. 3835 e. None of these 44. 8967-2584+6331=? a. 13704 b. 12704 c. 12724 d. 13714 e. None of these 45. 853x?=(498)2+2778 a. 298 b. 294 c. 286 d. 284 e. None of these 46. 24x1512+?=165 a. 135 b. 65 c. 158 d. 85 e. None of these 47. 8+88+888+8888+88888+888888=? a. 987648 b. 986748 c. 897648 d. 897648 e. None of these 48. 830+8102+9045-3012=? a. 13665 b. 14965 c. 124965 d. 13695 e. None of these 49. 840+730+991+83245-32145=? a. 63661 b. 43651 c. 53661 d. 73361 e. None of these 50. 15.40x2.5+453/4=? a. 851/4 b. 841/4 3 c. 85 /4 d. 843/4 e. None of these Directions (51-55) : Which of the phrases (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and 'No correction is required', mark (e) as the answer. 51. Our country is one of the most densely populated in the world and need increased food production. a. needy of increasing b. needed an increase c. need increasingly the d. needs to increase e. No correction required 52. This is an organisation which helps the poor by providing loans at mostly less rates of interest. a. at much smaller b. at very low c. with such lower d. for so little e. No correction required 53. I cannot say if I definitely get into the college of my choice but my teachers are confident that I will a. that I shall definitely b. whether I was definitely c. why I was definite d. unless I definitely was to e. No correction required 54. Since this is a crucial project you should choose those who are experienced for it. a. will be experiencing b. are experienced c. have experience of d. experiences from e. No correction required 55. Learnt that he wanted to be posted in the city, I requested the manager to transfer him. a. once I learn b. I have learnt since c. on learning that d. while learning because e. No correction required Directions (56-60) : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'e' (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any). 56. a. Base on the research b. we have conducted in c. different parts of the country d. this scheme will be successful e. No error 57. a. I want to share b. my experience with you c. though you will e. benefit from e. No error 58. a. He used to advise b. his students to do c. their work serious if they d. wanted to achieve their goals e. No error 59. a. Any of these branches do b. not required more than c. two employees since they d. have recently established e. No error 60. a. He encouraged us to b. think but none of the c. suggestions we made was d. discussed at the meeting e. No error Directions (61-68) : 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 are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. From the beginning ...61... that we would trust our clients and never ...62... the judiciary in seeking repayment of our loans. We feel that our relationship is with people ...63... than with papers. We succeed or fail depending on how ...64... borrowers are. Today, the ...65... in other banks is that every borrower is going to run away with their money so they tie him or her up in legal documents to make ...66... that the borrower cannot escape the reach of the bank In ...67... cases the borrower does end up defaulting but this is less than one percent. To us this represents a ...68... reminder of what we need to improve to succeed. 61. a. clear b. decided c. determine d. firm e. emphatic 62. a. used b. obey c. involve d. brief e. apply 63. a. instead b. preferable c. prior d. rather e. less 64.a. better b. valuable c. endured d. benefited e. strong 65. a. assumption b. guess c. undertaking d. responsibility e. guarantee 66. a. safe b. confirm c. certain d. surely e. believe 67. a. open b. hardly c. often d. seldom e. rare 68. a. past b. eager c. compulsorily d. constant e. persisted Directions (69-75) : In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are numbered as (a), (b), (c) and (d). One of these four words printed in bold may be wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence Find out the word, which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the word printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the sentence, mark (e) i.e. 'All correct' as your answer. 69. a. It is true b. that credit card companies cannot import c. such d. high charges e. on customers. All correct 70. a. In our opinion these norms b. are not applicant c. in this kind d. of situation e. All correct 71. a. The government is trying b. to control c. the price raise d. but this is not the method it should adopt e. All correct 72. a. To ensure b. there has been no fraud c. the accounts of the previous d. year need to be carelessly e. examined all correct 73. a. In this time of recession you should consider b. the possibility c. of reducing d. your expenditure e. All correct 74. a. It was b. natural that c. some difficulties crop up d. in his life e. All correct 75. a. You are b. one of the c. who have often wondered how d. great fortunes are made e. All correct Answers : 1(a), 2(e), 3(c), 4(b), 5(d), 6(b), 7(e), 8(c), 9(e), 10(a), 11(e), 12(b), 13(d), 14(c), 15(e), 16(c), 17(a), 18(e), 19(d), 20(b), 21(c), 22(d), 23(d), 24(d), 25(c), 26(a), 27(a), 28(b), 29(e), 30(b), 31(d), 32(b), 33(a), 34(e), 35(d), 36(a), 37(e), 38(d), 39(e), 40(d), 41(a), 42(c), 43(d), 44(e), 45(b), 46(e), 47(a), 48(b), 49(c), 50(b), 51(d), 52(b), 53(a), 54(e), 55(c), 56(a), 57(c), 58(c), 59(a), 60(e), 61(b), 62(c), 63(d), 64(e), 65(a), 66(c), 67(e), 68(d), 69(b), 70(b), 71(c), 72(d), 73(e), 74(c), 75(b).