Paper : Bank Clerical Exams Test Paper (Reasoning ability and Numerical Aptitude )

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51.The difference between a number and its three-fifth 
is 50.  What is the number?
(a)75
(b)100
(c)125
(d)80
(e)None of these
Ans:( c ) 125

52.Some persons decide to raise Rs. 3 lakhs by equal 
contribution from each of them.  If they contributed Rs. 50 
extra each, the contribution increased to Rs. 3.25 lakhs.  
How many persons were there ?
(a)400
(b)500
(c)600
(d)700
(e)None of these
Ans:( b ) 500

53.A sample of milk contains 5% water.  What quantity 
of pure milk should be added to 10 litres of milk to reduce 
the water content to 2%?
(a)5 litres
(b)7 litres
(c)15 litres
(d)12 litres
(e)None of these
Ans:( c ) 15 litres

54.The difference between the compound interest and 
the simple interest on a certain sum of money at 5% per 
annum for 2 years is Rs. 1.50.   Find the sum.
(a)Rs. 800
(b)Rs. 1200
(c)Rs. 400
(d)Rs. 600
(e)None of these
Ans:( d ) Rs. 600

55.A, B and C contract a work for Rs. 550.  Together A 
and B are supposed to do 7/11th of the work.  How much does 
C get?
(a)Rs. 270
(b)Rs. 200
(c)Rs. 310
(d)Rs. 175
(e)None of these
Ans:( b ) Rs. 200

Directions (Qs. 56?60) :Study the following 
information carefully and answer the questions given below:
There is a five storey building including the 
ground floor and each floor has only one flat.  All these 
flats have been occupied by the five Bank Probationary 
Officers.  Each officer owns a different car.  The cars 
are :  Indica, Ikon, Indigo, Elentra and Santro.  The five 
officers?A, B, X, Y and Z ? are employed in the different 
banks, viz., State Bank of India (SBI), Punjab National 
Bank (PNB), UCO Bank, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank but not 
necessarily in the same order.  Mr. X works in HDFC Bank 
and lives on the ground floor.  The officer who lives on 
fourth (top) floor does not own Elentra or Santro.  Mr. B 
works in PNB and owns Elentra car.  The officer who works 
in UCO Bank and lives on second floor owns Indica car.  Mr. 
Y lives on third floor and owns Indigo.  Mr. Z works in 
ICICI Bank and Mr. Y works in State Bank of India.
56.Who among the following does own Santro car ?
(a)A
(b)B
(c)X
(d)Cannot be determined 
(e)None of these
Ans:( c ) X

57.Who lives on the second floor ?
(a)X
(b)Y
(c)Z
(d)A
(e)None of these
Ans:( d ) A

58.On which floor does B live ?
(a)First 
(b)Second
(c)Fourth
(d)Cannot be determined
(e)None of these
Ans:( a ) First

59.Who among the following owns Indica car ?
(a)X
(b)A
(c)Y
(d)B
(e)None of these
Ans:( b ) A

60.Which of the following combinations of the officer 
and car is correct ?
(a)Mr. X :Elentra
(b)Mr. Y:Ikon
(c)Mr. A:Santro
(d)Mr. Z:Ikon
(e)None of these
Ans:( d ) Mr. Z:Ikon

61.For which of the following values of x the 
inequality x (x + 3) < 10 is satisfied ?
(a)X > 2,  x < -5
(b)-3 < x < 0
(c)-2 < x < 5
(d)X < -2, x > 5
(e)None of these
Ans:( b ) -3 < x < 0

62.There is a leak in the bottom of a cistern.  When 
the cistern is thoroughly repaired, it would be filled in 3 
½ hours.  It now takes half an hour longer.  If the cistern 
is full, how long will the leak take to empty the cistern?
(a)24 hours
(b)28 hours
(c)21 hours
(d)27 hours
(e)None of these
Ans:( a ) 24 hours

63.If the diagonals of a rhombus are 8 cm and 10 cm 
respectively what will be the area of the rhombus?
(a)35 sq cm
(b)40 sq cm
(c)30 sq cm
(d)20 sq cm
(e)None of these
Ans:( b ) 40 sq cm

64.Some toys were distributed equally among 18 
children in such a way that the number of toys each child 
gets is equal to the total number of children and after 
distribution 6 toys are left out.  What was the total 
number of toys?
(a)324
(b)330
(c)336
(d)320
(e)None of these
Ans:( b ) 330

65.A shopkeeper allows 10% discount on the price of an 
article and sells it for Rs. 7,600.  What is the market 
price of the article ?
(a)Rs. 8,250
(b)Rs. 8,500
(c)Rs. 8,540
(d)Rs. 8,415
(e)None of these
Ans:( e ) None of these

Directions (Qs. 66?70) :Below in each question five 
words are given.  Which of them will come in the middle 
place if all of them are arranged alphabetically?  Serial 
number of that word is the answer.

66.(a)Encounter
(b)Enormous
(c)Engineer
(d)Enlarge
(e)Encroach
Ans:( c ) Engineer

67.(a)Network
(b)Nepotism
(c)Neutral
(d)Neighbour
(e)Nervous
Ans:( e ) Nervous

68.(a)Granular
(b)Gratuity
(c)Gravitate
(d)Greatness
(e)Grateful
Ans:( b ) Gratuity

69.(a)Residential
(b)Reputation
(c)Resistant
(d)Residence
(e)Reschedule
Ans:( d ) Residence

70.(a)Bracelet
(b)Boutique
(c)Bourgeois
(d)Brackish
(e)Bramble
Ans:( a ) Bracelet

Directions (Qs. 71?75) :the number group in each 
question is to be codified in the following codes :

Number3870196
425
CodesNLDMHBV
RGP
.
You have to find out which of the answers (A), (B), (C) and 
(D) has the correct coded form of the given number group.  
If none of the coded form is correct, mark (E) as the 
answer. 
71.6182734
(a)HBGPLDM
(b)VBLGRNH
(c)VHLGDNR
(d)BHNDGHR
(e)None of these
Ans:( c ) VHLGDNR

72.349805
(a)NRBLMP
(b)BRNLPM
(c)LRDGMP
(d)PMLHBR
(e)None of these
Ans:( a ) NRBLMP

73.57920642
(a)DPBGMVRH
(b)PDBRLNGH
(c)MVRGHLDP
(d)PDBGMVRG
(e)None of these
Ans:( d ) PDBGMVRG

74.7561024
(a)DPVGMRH
(b)DPVHMGR
(c)HMRLDVP
(d)VHDPGRL
(e)None of these
Ans:( b ) DPVHMGR

75.48236017
(a)RLGDLMHV
(b)BNDPGMRH
(c)VHMGDMRL
(d)HNPGBMHV
(e)None of these
Ans:( e ) None of these

Directions (Qs. 76?80) :the news item given in each 
question below is to be classified into one of the 
following five areas.  
(a) Political and Social,  (b) sports and Culture,   (c) 
Science and Health
(d)  Economics and Commerce,  and  (e)  Miscellaneous 
76.International Film Festival of India was organized 
in Chennai recently.
Ans:( b ) sports and Culture

77.India will host 2010 Commonwealth Games
Ans:( b ) sports and Culture

78.Sustained efforts are needed to secure the release 
of hotages.
Ans:( e ) Miscellaneous

79.India and Japan are considering to have dialogue on 
defence issue.
Ans:( a ) Political and Social

80.New vaccine MMR has been developed for children.
Ans:( c ) Science and Health

TEST ?III :: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directions (Qs. 81?90) :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 fills the 
blank appropriately.  Find out the appropriate word in each 
case.
Fourteen centuries ago when the world was 
much younger, the ruler of all India, Rajah Balhait, was 
??..(151) about his people.  A new game of dice, called 
hard, had  ???(152) the imagination of his subjects, 
teaching them that chance alone-a-roll of the dice guided 
the  ???(153) of men.  All who played this game of fortune 
lost their ???(155) in the virtues of courage, prudence, 
wisdom and hope.  It bred a fatalism that was  ???(155) the 
spirit of the kingdom. 
Raja Balhait commissioned Sissa, an 
intelligent courter at his court to find an answer to this  
???(156)   After much  ???(157) the clever Sissa invented 
another game.  Chaturanga, the exact  ???(158) of hard, in 
which the four elements of the Indian army were the key 
pleces.  In the game these pieces-chariots, horses, 
elephants and foot soldiers-joined with a royal counselor 
to defend their king and defeat the enemy.  Forceful ???
(159) was demanded of the players?not luck.  Chaturanga 
soon became more popular than hard, and the  ???(160) to 
the Kingdom was over. 

81.(a)concerned 
(b)confident
(c)ignorant
(d)indifferent
(e)partisan
Ans:( a ) concerned

82.(a)propelled
(b)enshrined
(c)captured
(d)activated
(e)enhanced
Ans:( c ) captured

83.(a)communities
(b)ways
(c)abnormalities
(d)destiny
(e)groups
Ans:( d ) destiny

84.(a)bravado
(b)interest
(c)peace
(d)wealth 
(e)faith
Ans:( b ) interest

85.(a)appalling
(b)crushing
(c)moistening
(d)promoting
(e)overwhelming
Ans:( e ) overwhelming

86.(a)apprehension
(b)risk
(c)problem
(d)game
(e)destiny 
Ans:( e ) destiny

87.(a)deliberation
(b)absorption
(c)insight
(d)hesitation
(e)reluctance
Ans:( a ) deliberation

88.(a)nature
(b)equivalent
(c)picture
(d)opposite
(e)replica
Ans:( d ) opposite

89.(a)prediction
(b)concentration
(c)manipulation
(d)attack
(e)fortune 
Ans:( b ) concentration

90.(a)devastation
(b)anxiety
(c)impeachment
(d)nuisance
(e)threat 
Ans:( e ) threat

Directions (Qs. 91?95) :Read each sentence 
to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it.  
The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence.  
The number of that part is the answer.  If there is not 
error, the answer is ?E?.  (Ignore errors of punctuation, 
if any)
91.If your don?t (a) / understand any of these words 
(b) / you could (c) / always refer a dictionary. (d) / No 
error (e)
Ans:( e ) 

92.Tea is so hot (a) / that she (b) / can (c) / take 
it. (d) / No error (e)
Ans:( a ) 

93.The teacher said (a) / that the earth (b) / moves 
round (c) / the sun. (d) / No error (e)
Ans:( e ) 

94.He told to me (a) / that he (b) / was going away 
(c) / the next day. (d) / No error (e)
Ans:( b ) 

95.The lecturer says (a) / that Solomon won the 
respect (b) / of all races and (c) / classes by his 
justice. (d) / No error (e)
Ans:( e ) 

Directions (Qs. 96?100) :In each of the 
following questions, select the most appropriate word from 
among the five words given below the sentence to fill in 
the blanks in the sentence so as to complete it 
meaningfully.
96.Sunil was ???asleep and could not be easily 
awakened. 
(a)high
(b)fast
(c)severe
(d)total
(e)has
Ans:( b ) fast

97.The vehicle did not come to a sudden halt since he 
braked  ???
(a)immediately
(b)silently
(c)gently
(d)completely
(e)detected
Ans:( c ) gently

98.I saw him going escorted ??? two policemen.
(a)with
(b)against
(c)by
(d)on
(e)for
Ans:( c ) by

99.Madhav is a sick man and has to be taken to the 
doctor ???
(a)usually
(b)timely
(c)seldom
(d)frequently
(e)avoided
Ans:( d ) frequently

100.The child was left in the servants ???
(a)care
(b)duty
(c)work
(d)help
(e)innocence 
Ans:( a ) care