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Solved Paper October 2008 . 75 jH3. It should be 'recently held'. IJ1eflnS 'nOl !84.(4) It should be 'can be classified iuto'. iho sentence 185.(1) It should be 'blast site to savo'. Sitc' IllOflllS fl pJ;ll~c) where somethillg has happened. For questions 186 to 190 : Thn proper sequence l,f senlence;: 10 form a meaningful paragraph will be CFF;ABD. 186. (3) 187. (5) 188. (5) 189.(2) 190.(4) 1!B. 'security' fits the blank 192.(4) 'disburse' flts the blank Hpproprinte!v. Hl:i. 'operate' fits the blank RppropriateJ~7. 194. (5J 'hmovflthm' fits !he blilnk nppropriatf'ly. l~ r'rescnl Perfoct Tcn.sn. il UOllE or 11.01111 1 equivalent 'Yet' fits the blank appropria\f,ly. 19~ql) 'view' fits the blank appropriatoly. 197.(2J'obsolete' fits the blank appropriately. 198. !1'l1J:mr'( while imminont fits 1118 biank appropr];lte1y. 199.(1) 'phenomeDal' fits the bbnk 200, (3) 'expansion' fits the blank approprintely State Bank of India Probationary Officer Examination Exam Held on 27th April, 2008 (Based on Memory) Section 1 Reasoning Ability 1. In a certain code BOARD is written as 53169 and NEAR is written as 2416. How is NODE written in that code? (1) 2394 (2) 2894 (3) 2934 (4) 2694 (5) None of these 2. What should come next in the following sequence of letters? BBCBCDBCDEBCDEFBCDEFGBCDEF (1) B (3) 11 (2) G D None of these 3. In a certain code SPORADIC is written as QNORDJEB. How is TROUBLES written in that code? (1) SCFNTFMC (2) TNQSRDKA (3) TNQSTFMC (4) TFQSCNlFT (5) None of theso 4. Four of the following fi ve are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? (1) Mica (3) Iron (5) Aluminium (2) Zinc (4) Chlorine 5. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the first, the third, the fifth and the eighth letters of the word SHAREHOLDING, which of the following \vHl be the second letter of that word If no such word can be made, give 'X' as the answer and if more than aIle such word can be made, give 'Y' as the answer. (1)L (4) X E (5) Y (3)S 6. 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? (2) 24 (3) 36 (1) 18 (5) 26 (4) 34 7. If means 'yellow'; 'yellow' means 'white'; 'white' means 'red'; 'red' means 'violet'; 'violet' means 'black'; then which of the following will be the colour of human blood? (1) Red (2) Black (3) Green (4) White (5) None of these 8. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word GLIMPSE each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet .? (1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) More than three 9. EARN is related to RANE and BOND is related to NODB in the same l. yay as TEAR is related to ...... (1) AERT (2) ATRE (3) ARET (4) REAT None of these 10. I-low many such digits are there in the number 5831649 each of which is as far away from the beginning of the number as when the digits are rearranged in ascending order? (2) One None Two (4) Three (5) More than three 11. If'x' means 'added to'; '+' means 'multiplied by'; '+' means 'subtracted from' and means 'divided by'. then 24 + 36 12 x 8 +4 '? (1) 36 (2) 53 (4) (5) None ofthese 20 (3) 5 12. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the aIle that does not belong to that group'r (1) Coconut (2) Lotus (3) Lilly (4) Rose (5) Marigold Solved Paper April 2008 77 Directions (Q. 13-15) (i) 'P x Q' means 'P is brother of Q'. (ii) 'P - Q' means 'P is sister of Q'. (iii) 'P + Q' means 'P is father of Q'. (iv) 'P Q' means 'P is mother of Q'. 13. Which of the following represents 'M is nephew of N' ? (1) N IC+M (3) N+ICxM (5) None of these (2) I\xIC+M (4) N-K+M T 14. How is T related to D in the expression H + T +R (1) Nephew (2) Niece (3) I\ephewor Niece (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these D? 19. Statements All stations are houses. No house is garden. Some gardens are rivers. All rivers are ponds. Conclusions 1. Some ponds are gardens. II. Some ponds are stations. III. Some ponds are houses. IV. No pond is station. (1) Only I follows (2) Only either II or IV follovvs (3) Only I and II follow (4) Only I and IV follow (5) None of the above 20. Statements Some towers are lanes. Some lanes are Toads. Some roads are rivers. Some rivers are jungles. Conclusions I. Some jungles are roads. II. Some roads are lanes. III. Some jungles are towers. IV. No jungle is road. (1) Only !follows Only II follows (3) Only either I or IV follows Only IV follows (5) Only either I or IV and II follow 15. Which of the following represents 'F is daughter of W' ? (1) W+R+F (3) W+RxF-T (5) None of these (2) WxRxF (4) W+R-F+T Directions (Q.16-20) In each of the questions below are given fow' statements follOlved by fOtll' conclusions numbered \, II. III and IV. YOll have to take the gillen statements to be tnw even if they seem to be at lIariance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of tbe given conclusions logically follows fI'Olll the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. 16. Statements Directions (Q. 21-25) Stl/ely the ,following arrangement carefully cmd answer the questions giFCll below. Some bags are trunks. All trunks are shirts. Some shirts are books. All books are shops. Conclusions l. Some shops are bags. II. Some books are bags. III. Some shops are shirts. IV. Some shirts are bags. (1) Only I and II follow Only I and III follow (3) Only III and IV follow (4) Only II and IV follow (5) None of the above 17. Statements All pens are chairs. All flowers are chairs. All chairs are trucks. All trees are trucks. Conclusions l. Some trucks are pens. II. Some trucks are chairs. Ill. Some trees are pens. IV. Some trees are chairs. (1) Only I and III follow (2) Only I and II follow (3) Only III and IV follow (4) Only II and IV follow (5) None of these 18. Statements All desks are pillars. Some plllars are towns. All towns are benches. Some benches are cars. Conclusions 1. Some cars are towns. II. Some benches are desks. III. Some benches are pillars. IV. Some cars are pillars. (2) Only I follows (1) None follows (4) Only III follows Only II follows (5) Only IV follows Bi AM3 #D2 EK9$F@NIT41lJW H8%V) 5 Y6 *7R 21. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement each of which is either immediately preceded by a letter or immediately followed a letter but not both? (2) One (1) >Jone (4) TIm,e (3) Two (5) More than three 22~ If all the symbols in the above arrangement are which of the following will be the twelfth from the left en d ? (1) 9 (2) U (3) I 1 None of these 23. How manv such numbers are there in the above ilrrangeme;t each of 'which is immediately follm\~ed consonant but not immediately preceded by lettGI; (1) None (2) Or;e (3) Two a (4) Three (5) More than three 24. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement. and so form a group, Vv'hich is the one that does not belong to that group? (1) DK3 BJ * (2) 4NU (4) FKN (5) 5 % 25. Which of the following is the seventh to the right of the eighteenth from the right end of the above arrangement? (1) H (3) % (5) None of these (2) 9 (4) E 78 : StatE" Bank of India PO Exam Directions In each question below is given o group oj' followed by four combination of letters llumbered (1), (2), (3) and [4), You have to find out H,hich of the combinotion correctly represents the group of based on the following coding system and rm,nli'mr" those If none of the combinations group of letters/digits, mpmsents (5) ie. as the onswel; Vigil/Symbol 1#$ 986%(g~ 7 24*35 telter Code IV R GHKT JP FA Conditions (ij the first and the last elements in the group are bolh are to be coded as 'Y'. (ii) first element is a symbol and the last element is an even digit, thH codes for the first and the last dcnwnts are to be interchanged. If lhefirst element is an odd digit and the last element is a both are to be coded as 'Z'. If the first element is an eveu digit and the last is an odd digit, both are to be coded as the 31. How is M related to F '? Statements I. F is sister of N who is mother of R II. M has two brothers of which one is R 32. On which date in March was Pravin's father's birthday'? St.atements L Pravin correctlv rHmembers that his father's birthday is after 14th 111;t before 19th March. II. Pravin's sister correctly remembers that their father's birthday is after 17th but before 21st March, rm"l'P,';!p Z6. 3$95#1 ! I) FENADB ZENi\IJZ (2) BENADF (4) FENADF ;',Jone of thHse 27. (1) YRHFDY A.RHPDA l~one of these ARHFDI YRHFDA 33. Among M. N, T, Rand D each having different age who is the youngest '? Statements L N is younger than 0 among them. II. T is older than R and younger than M. 34. Village D is in which direction of H '? Statements L Village H is to the South of A which is to the South-East of village D, II. Village M is to the East of village 0 and to the North-East of village H. 35. How is 'food' written in a code larlglla~:e Statements I. 'Always eat good food' is written as 'ha na pH ta' in that code language. II. 'Enjoy eating good food' is vrritten as 'ni ha ja pa' in that code language. Directions {Q. 36-40} In each of tbe following questions series begins with unnumbered on the extreme One (lnd onlv one the numbered th.e series. The two figures in series does not fit and the unnumbered figures one each 011 the extreme extreme right fit into tbe serjes. You have to into account as possible find out the one und on{v one figures which does not jnto tbe series. that figure is the answer. Study the following question. (2) VIBJFPY HIB]FPE FRGNDF (4) ZRGNDZ 1\T onp of these In this question, the number of lines in the goes on increasing by one from left to right. If we go this aspect of 'number of lines' only then there is no v\Tong fjgure i.n the series. But, if 'we al~o consider the 'marmer' in which the 'number of lines' in the goes on [rom left to we come to know that the figure Ko. 4 does not fit into the series. Therefore. 4 is the ans,Yel'. Now, solve the following questions. Each 0/ the questions below "nn~rmn and two statements numbered I and rOli JVtl',,,! to decidA v'ihether the data to answer the and ...... in sta~ement I alone is sufficient while the data in statement II alone js n,ol sufficient to an"wer the question. the data in statement II alone is suniciel~l L'lS while the data in statement is Eoi sufficient to answer the question 311S'.ver (3) if the data either in statement I alone or in II alone is sufficient to answer the question in bolh the statements I and II 'lnswer the question both the statements I and II [;)1S' .,'Sf the question 36. 0 1 lola 1 DlQIa ICJI (1) (2) (3) (1) (2) (3) (5) 37. (4) Solved Paper April 2008 79 38~ 39. (1) 45. 40. (2) [Oi!i ,:" Di~ Directiolls (Q. 41-45) In ('w;h of tlw a related pair thoi lws () relationship similiol' Tne be's! CUlSWeI' is to be (3) I i D~ J, II (1) (2) Jl o, '~ I : JI (3) (4) (5) U:: oj~'I'~ ~. I: II I I .: Directions (Q.46-50) In each of the questions below which one of the sh::uld tho 46. Problem Figures Answer Figures 47. Problem Figures c::::u n Answer Figures 48. Problem Figures Answer Figures COlne IVeIe continued? In this element II of unnumbered figure is related to the elernent I of the figure in a cprtain way. Element II has side more than the element L The pair in the :\0. 5 has the Thmefore. 5 is the ans\.ver. ;-,;o\\', S01'\'8 the following qU8slions. 11 (4) 80 i State Bank of India PO Exam 49. Problem Figures . .... {3 . . * 1 {3 {j ~ .... ~ '0 '0 !If. !If. 0 -: !If. 50. Problem Figures * 0 i * ... i 0 i T * 0 * ... 0 ... 0 * ... 0 ... 0 Z 0 0 ... Z * * T ... * * !If. Answer Figures T Answer Figures ~ {: I (::-1 (::-1 I -. (1) i 0 (2) (3) (1) (5) (4) (2) (3) (4) [5] Section 2 Quantitative Aptitude Directions (Q. 51-70) What should come in place of the question mark ill the following questions 1. en 51. [-251x21x 12]+? 158.13 (1) 250 (2) 400 (4) 150 (3) 300 (5) None of these 59. 3.2% of 500 x 2.4% of? 288 (1) 650 (2) 700 (3) 600 (4) 750 (5) None of these 119 61. (36)2 (47)2 +? = 28.04 (2) 3025 (4) 5625 (5) None of these 53. 36865 + 12473 + 21045 (1) 114485 (3J 26281 44102 ? (2) 28081 (4) 114845 (5) None of these ? 8 (1) 12 (2) 6.5 (3) 8.2 (1) 55 (4) 125 62. (5) None of these 3 0.3 (5) None of these 56. 7428 3 2 x? 4 9 (1) 0.5 (3) 0.2 63. 14785 - 358 [1) 755 (3) 721 (2] 1.5 (4) 2.4 ? (2) 825 (4) 785 (5) None of these ? (2) 352.8 (4) 451.2 None of these 65. 1148 +28 x 1408 +32 (1) 1800 (3) 1814 ? (2) 1804 (4) 1822 ? 66. (1) 51 (2) 59 (3] 53 (4) 49 (5) None of these (2) 255 (4) 271.25 67. 1425 + 8560 + 1680 +200 =? (1) 58.325 (2) 9973.4 (3) 56.425 (4) 9939.4 (5) None of these (5) None of these 68. [(12)2 X(14)Zj +[16)2 861696 (5) None of these 9514 4158 (5) None of these (5) None of these 58. 748 x? x 9 (1) 122 (3) 128 (2) 140608 (4) 117649 (5) None of these 619 57. (560 + 32) x (720 + 48) (1) 262.5 (3) 263.5 if? = (28 x24) +14 64. 156 - 328 xO.8 (1) 287.2 (3) 418.4 ? (1) 2 (3) 1.2 (2) 75 (3) 105 (5) None of these (1) 85184 (3) 97336 (4) 16 55. 0.4x1.5 0.2 (2) 36297 (4) 39267 (5) None of these 52. 25.6% of 250 + (1) 4225 (3) 2025 54, (15.20l-103.04 ? 60. 333 x 33 x 3 (1) 32697 (3) 32679 (2) 132 (4) 124 (I] 282.24 (3) 126 (5) None of these ? (2) 1764 (4) 104.25 Solved Paper April 2008 I 81 4 1 69. 2-~+3-~ 25 5 79. The ratio of the length and the breadth of a rectangular plot is 6 : 5 respectively: if the breadth of the plot is :H m less than the length. what is the perimeter of the rectangular plot? ? 6~ (1) 12 15 (2) (3) 5 4 15 (5) None of these (4) 5 9 25 70. 25 (1) 374 m (3) 814 m (5) None of these 80. Ninad, Vikas and Manav enter into a partnership. Ninad 2695 (1) 2401 (3) 2601 (5) (2] 2209 (4) 2304 None of these Directions (Q. 71-75) ~V1Jat should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series? 71. 741374227440? ni03 7548 (1) 7464 (3) 7466 (5) None of these (1) 120 (:3) 136 (5) of these 5 (3) . - 12 (1) 21 ~ . What is the original fraction 11 (2) 33 (4) 8 (5) 28 ? (2) 3 11 6 (4) 11 84. Raman drove from home to a neighbouring town at the speed of 50 krn/h and on his returning journey, he drove at the speed of 45 krrvh and also took an hour longer to reach home. What distance did he cover each way? (1) 450 km (2) 225 km (3) 900 km (4) 500 km (5) None of these 85. .'l.th of ~th 4 9 of~th of a number is 249.6. What is 50% of that 5 number? approximate amount of compound interest will he obtain at the end of 3 yr ? (2) (4) ~ ~ 7425 7879 78. The profit after selling a pail' of trousers for ~ 863 is the same as the loss incurred after selling the same pair of trousers for ~ 631. What is the cost price of the pair of trousers? (5) None of these (2) 18 days (4) 28 days (3) 14 (2) 95 (4) 94 77. Mr. Rao invests a sum on' 41250 @ 6% per annum. What (1) ~ 750 (3) ~ 763 15000 9000 qU8Btion mark (?) in the following question? 6523 + 544 x 1.2 '" ? (5) None of these (1) ~ 8100 (3) ~ 8210 (5) ~ 7295 ~ 83. What approximate value should come in place of the 76. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 200% and the denominator of the fraction is increased by 120%, the 4 (1) 15 ~ None of these work '? (1) 15 days (3) 24 days (5) None of these 74. 70000 14000 2800? 112 22.4 (2) 420 (lJ 640 (3) 560 (4) 540 (5) None of these resu ltant fraction is (2) (4) 82. 'A' can complete a piece of work in 12 days. 'A' and 'B' together can complete the same piece of work in 8 days. In how many days can 'B' alone complete the same piece of (2) 288 (4) 384 75. 102 99 104 97 106 ? (1) 96 (3) 100 (5J None of these (1) ~ 25000 (3) ~12000 81. The cost of 7 tables and 12 chairs is ~ 48250. What is the cost of 21 tables and 36 chairs? (1) ~ 96500 (2) ~ 125500 (3) ~ 144750 (4) Cannot be determined (2) 180 (4) 144 73. 12 33 96 ? 852 2553 (1) 285 (3) 250 (5) None of these invests some amount at the beginning. Vikas invests double the amount after 6 months and Manav invests thrice the amount invested by Ninad after 8 months. They earn a profit of ~ 45000 at the end of the year. What is Manav's share in the profit? (5) None of these (2) 7456 (4) 7477 72. 4 163664 100 ? (5) None (2) 408 m (4) 748 m (2) ~ 800 (4) Cannot be determined (1) 3794 (3) 3734 (5) 1'\one of these (2) 3749 (4) 3739 86. The average weight of a group of 75 girls was calculated as 47 kg. It was later discovered that the weight of one of the girls was read as 45 kg, whereas her actual weight was 25 kg. What is the actual average weight of the group of 75 girls? (Rounded off to two digits after decimal) (1) (2) (3) (4) 46.73 46.64 kg 45.96 kg Cannot be determined (5) None of the above 82 ! State Bank of India PO Exam 87. III how many different ways can the letters of the word 'MIRACLE' be arranged ? 720 (2) 5040 2520 (4) 40320 (5) 1\'one of these to 6659 to make it a perfect square? (1) 230 65 (3) 98 56 (5) None of these 88. The sum of the two digits of a two-digit number is 12 and the difference between the two digits of the two-digit number is 6. What is the two-digit number '? (1) 39 (2) 84 (3) 93 (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these 89. If an amount of ~ 74336 is equally divided amongst 150 how much approximate amount would each person get; ~ 522 ~ 488 (2) ~ (5) ~ 485 510 94. Which of the following smallest number should be added (3) ~ 496 90. What is 170% of 1140 ? (2) 1824 (1) 1938 (4) 1881 (3) 1995 (5) None of these 91. Mr. Sarang invests 6% of his monthly salary ie, ~ 2100 on insurance policies. Also, he invests 8% of his monthly salary on family mediclaim policies and another 9% of his on NSCs. What is the total annual amount invested by Mr. Sarang ? (1) ~ 11400 (2) ~ 96600 (3) ~ 8050 (4) ~ 9500 (5) Non,~ of these 92. A trader sells 145 m of cloth for f12325 at the profit of ~ 10 per metre of cloth. What is the cost price of 1 m of cloth? (1) ~ 65 (2) ~ 75 ~95 (4) ~85 (5) None of these 93. There are 7 dozen candles kept in a box. If there are 14 such boxes, how many candles are there in all the boxes together? (2) 98 (1) 1176 (3) 1216 (4) 168 (5) None of these 95. What is the greater of two whose product is 1092 and the sum of the two numbers exceeds their difference by 42 ? [1) 48 (2) 44 [3) 52 (4) 54 (5) None of these 96. Veena obtained an amount of ~ 8376 as simple interest on a certain amount at 8% per annum after 6 yr. What is the amount invested by Veena ? (1) ~ 17180 (2) ~ 13110 (3) ~ 16660 ~ 17450 (5) None of these 97. Two numbers are such that the sum of twice the first number and thrice the second number is 36 and the sum of thrice the first number and twice the second number is 39. Which is the smaller number? (1) 9 (3) 7 (5) ;";one 5 (4) 3 of these 98. The difference between the present ages of Arun and Deepak is 14 yr. Seven years ago the 'ratio of their ages was 5 : 7 respectively. What is DEJcpak's present age? (1) 49 yr [2) 42 yr (3) 63 yr (4) 35 yr (5) None of these 99. a, b, c. d. and e are 5 consecutive even numbers. If the sum of 'a' and 'd' is 162, what is the sum of all the numbers? (1) 400 (2) 380 (3) 420 (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these 100. What is 348 times 265 ? (1) 88740 (2) 89570 (3) 95700 (4) 92220 (5) ~one of these Section 3 General Awareness/Computer Knowledge 101. India recently signed an agreement with France for seeking cooperation in the field of nuclear energy for civil purposes. Which of the following is/are the part(s) of the deal '? (A) India will get nuclear fuel for all its existing Atomic Power Plants from France. France will help India in building seven new Atomic Power Plants in India from 2008-2012 based on French Technology. (C) India will help France in reclesignJing three major Atomic Power Plants in Francc on Fission Technology in which only India has gained the expertise in the world. (1) Only (A) (3) Only (C) (5) None of these (2) Only (B) (4) All (A), (B) and (C) 102. Which of the following is/are NOT the part of the annual Global Employment Trends report of the International Labour Organization released in January 2008 ? (A) Economic turbulence throughout the world owing to credit market turmoil and rising oil prices could spur an increase in global unemployment in the year 2008. (B) The report mentions that the service sector, which used to provide jobs to about 43% people has lost its craze as its has come down to 36% only. (C) Agriculture has again become the major Solved Paper April 2008 83 employment-generating sector as its share during 2007 was 58% globally. (1) Only (A) (2) Only (B) (3) Only (C) (4) Both (Bl and (C) (5) Both (A) and (Bl 109. Which of the following is the name of India's one of the 103. Which of the following is NOT the recommendations of 110. The Reserve Bank of India has issued certain guidelines the Economic Survey 2007-08 which was presented in the parliament sometime back? (AJ Decontrol sugar, fertilizer and pharmaceutical segmen ts/ sectors. (B) Do not sign 123 nuclear agreement with USA as corporate investment in nuclear sector is very dangerous trend. (C) Introduce multi-application smart cards to empower recipients of the benefits of the wide range of Govt. schemes, so that recipients can receive remittances directly into their bank accounts via smart cards without any leakages or corruption. (1) Only (A) (2) Only (B) (3) Only (C) (4) Both (A] and (B) (5) All (A), (Bl and (C) on Recovery Agents. Which of the following is/are part(s) of these guidelines? (A) Agents cannot resort to intimidation verbal or physical. (B) Banks have to ensure that agents are trained and sensitized. (C) Banks can only rely on legal remedies for recovery of dues. (1) Only (A) (2) Only (B) (3) Only (C) (4) Both (A) and (B) (5) All (AJ, (B) and (C) 111. Which of the following is/are not the constituent sector(s) of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of India? (A) Agriculture and allied activities (B) Foreign Exchange Reserve (C) Industry (1) Only (A) (2) All (A), (B) and (C) (3) Only (C) (4) Both (A) and (C) (5) Only (B) 104. As per the reports in the newspapers what has been the average growth ofGDP during 10th plan period (2002-07)? (1) 9 % (2) 9.33% (3) 8% (4) B.7% (5) 7.6% 105. Which of the following is/are NOT the part(s) of the Union Budget 2008-09 presented in the Lok Sabha in February 200B? (A) Defence allocation is increased by 10% to reach more than f 100000 crore. (B) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is extended to all the rural districts. (C) Debt waiver scheme launched to help all farmers irrespective of their land holdings. (1) Only (A) (2) Only (B) (3) Both (A) and (C) (4) Only (C) (5) None of these 106. Which of the following states has declared 2008 as the "Year of Education" ? (1) Haryana (3) Gujarat (5) None of these 107. The (2) Bihar (4) UUar Pradesh Govt. of India recently provided a special developmental package of f 10000 crore to which of the following states of the ;-'lorth-East India? (1) Asom (2) Sikkim (3) Arunachal Pradesh (4) Meghalaya (5) None of these 108. The provision of credit and other financial services and products of very small amount to the poor in rural and semi-urban and urban areas to enable them to raise their income level and living standard is known as ...... (1) Corporate Banking (2) Personal Banking (3) Micro Credit (4) Non-Banking Finance (5) None of these Major Microfinance Institution? (1) Grameen (2) Compartamos (3) Brae (4) Bantra (5) Spandana 112. Who amongst the following is selected as the "Banker of the year 2007 " by the Business St.andard ? (1) M.V. Kamath (2) K.C. Chakrabarty (3) Anil Khandelwal (4) D.P. Bhatt (5) None of these 113. In the Union Budget 2008-09, the Govt. has provided a huge amount to help agricultural sector. What in fact is/are the problem(s) of the farmers owing to which they are in crisis? (A) Agriculture in most part of the country is based on Rains, which has become highly erratic and irregular since last few years. (Bl Most of the farmers are using genetically modified crops in some regions. These crops are not so productive as they were supposed to be. (C) The input costs are relatively high due to purchase of fertilizer and pesticides. (1) Only (A) (2) Only (B) (3) Only (C) (4) All (A), (B) and (C) (5) None of these 114. Which of the follovving countries has recently joined the World Trade Organization for which a special ceremony was organized? (1) Russia (2) Bhutan (3) Nepal (4) Afghanistan (5) Ukraine 115. Kenya is passing through a state of turmoil these days and at least 1000 people have been killed in recent past. What was/were the main reason(s) for this civil unrest there? (A) The Presidential elections took place in Kenya in December 2007, which were not considered fair by a group of people there. 841 State Bank of India PO Exam (B) Some European countries are trying to develop some secret nuclear facilities there which is not liked by opposition leaders of Their protest has taken a violent turn. (C) Kenya has been asked by the UNO to accommodate around one lakh from various African countries. Locals are dead against this proposal. (1) Only (A) is true (2) Only (B) is true (3) Only (C) is true (4) All (A), (B) and (C) are true (5) None of the above 116. Which of the following is considered an Annual Indicator of the Economy of the country? (A) Actual Rainfall (8) Population (C) Whole sale price index (1) Only (A) (2) Only (8) (3) Only (C) (4) All (A), (8) and (C) (5) None of these 117. India recently an agreement with which of the following countries which is named as "A Shared Vision for the 21st ? (1) Russia (2) Singapore (3) China (4) France (5) None of these 118. Which of the following is the part of Non-Life Insurance which is very much popular these days? (1\) Insurance of Livestock (B) Crop Insurance (C) Insurance natural disasters (1) Only tA) (2) Only rBl (3) Only (C) (4) All (A), (B) and (C) (5) None of these 119. Samak Sundaravej has taken over as the new ...... (1) Prime Minister of Singapore (2) Prime Minister of Thailand (3) President of Singapore (4) President of Thailand (5) None of the above 120. India and Japan signed a Currency Swap deal. How will this deal help each other? (A) Japan would swap upto US S 3 billion for Indian rupee to prevent any currency crisis in India. (B) India would swap upto US $ 3 billion for Yen if Japan were in trouble. (C) This agreement would be valid for of 20 years. (1) Only (A) (2] Only (BJ (3) 80th (A) and (B) (4) Only (C) (5) All (AJ, (B) and (C) 121. Which of the fonowing is the abbreviated name of a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) which provides financial security and independence to rural people? (1) SEWA (2) AMUL (3) CRY (4) IFSM (5) None of these 122. What is "H5Nl" a term, which was very much in ne,vs recently? (1) It is a new category of visa provided by the USA for students. (2) It is the name of the virus which causes Bird Flu. (3) It is the code name of India's Space Mission 2010. (4) It was the code name of the military operation launched by Sri Lanka LTTE. (5) None of the above 123. Which of the following State Govt. launched a ~ 40000 crore "Ganga Expressway Project" ? (1) 8ihar (2) Gujarat (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) West Bengal (5) Uttar Pradesh 124. Which of the following countries is going to elect its first 47 members' parliament for the first time in the history of the country? (1) Bhutan (2) Pakistan (3) Myanmar (4) Nepal (5) None of these 125. India recently prepared a Draft of the Labour Pact with which of the following countries to protect the rights of the large number of Indian labour working there? (1) China (2) USA (3) UK (4) Malaysia (5) None of these 126. The Sensex of the 80mbay Stock Exchange is highly volatile and fluctuates violently. Which of the following was one major reason of crash landing of the market in recent past? (1) Sub prime crisis (2) Economic reforms (3) GDP growth (4) General Budget 2008-09 (5) None of the above 127. Which of the following countries has landed iuto deep turmoil as the Govt. of the country has announced the formal end of the 2002 Norwegian-Mediated ceasefire Agreement with the rebel group of the country? (ll Nepal (2) Pakistan (3) Afghanistan (4) Sri Lanka (5) None of these 128. Which of the following State Govt. has launched a special scheme for girl child named as "Ladki-2008 Scheme'''? (1) Bihar (2) Maharashtra (3) Delhi (4) Goa (5) None of these 129. Rahul Banerjee won which of the following National Senior Championship held in January 2008 ? (1) Badminton (2) Chess (3) (4) Golf [5) None of these 130. Who amongst the following is the author of the novel "Without Dreams" ? (1) Shahbano Bilgrami (2] Saeed Mirza (4) Shabana Azmi (3) Javed Akhtar (5) None of these SOlved Paper April 2008185 131. 'World Day for Water' was observed on which of the following days? (1) 22nd January (2) 22nd February (3) 22nd March (4) 22nd April (5) None of these 132. Sunita Williams is the recipient of which of the following awards given away recently? (1) Woman of the Year 2007 (2) Padma Bhushan (3) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award (4) Pravasi Indian Award 2007 (5) None of the above 133. The 5th National Winter Games were organized in (1) Jaipur (2) Gulmarg (3) Hyderabad (4) Chennai (5) Delhi 134. Which of the following films won the Best Film Award in the 65th Golden Globe Awards ceremony? (1) Away from Her (2) Atonement (3) No Country for Old Man I'm Not There (5) None of the above 135. Who amongst the following won the Men's singles title of Australian Open Tennis 2008 ? (1) Novak Djokovic (2) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (3) Jonathan Erlich (4) Aandy Ram (5) None of these 136. The ...... of a system includes the programs or instructions. (1) Hardware (2) Icon (3) Information (4) Software (5) None of these 137. Which of the following displays programs that are currently running? A single click on one of the program icons will bring the window up. (1) Menu bar (2) Task bar, (3) Title bar (4) Status bar (5) None of these 138. In order to save a Word document as a'web page you need to (1) put the appropriate graphics and links on the document (2) save the document in simple text format (3) use your web browser as an editor and save as URL (4) save as HTML (5) None of the above 139. Which of the following displays to the righ,t of the space where the text will be inserted when you type? (1) Screen tip (2) Insertion point (3) Rulers (4) Office Assistant (5) None of these 140. Something which has easily-understood instructions is said to be (1) User friendly (2) Information (3) Word processing (4) Icon (5) None of these 141. The copy command saves to (1) The desktop (2) The clipboard (3) Microsoft Word (4) Paste (5) None of these 142. An example of non-numeric data is (1) Bank balance (2) Examination marks (3) Real Numbers (4) Employee Address (5) None of these 143. Which of the following displays the buttons for changing text style, alignment and size? (1) Standard toolbar (2) Status bar (3) Drawing toolbar (4) Formatting toolbar (5) None of these 144. Arranging of data in a logical sequence is knowI< as (1) Classifying (2) Searching (3) Sorting (4) Reproducing (5) None of these 145. Which of the following tools is not normally used during system analysis '? (1) Program Flow Chart (2) Grid Chart (3) System Flow Chart (4) Question Check-list (5) None of these 146. A single application that combines the major features of several types of applications is called (1) integrated software (2) a suite (:~) a combo package (4) high-end (5) None of these 147. The word processing task associated with changing the appearance of documents is (1) Writing (2) Formatting (3) Editing (4) Storing (5) None of these 148. In order to save an existing document with a different name you need to (1) retype the.document and give it a different name (2) use the Save As.. command (3) copy and paste the original document to a new document and then save (4) use Windows Explorer to copy the document to a different location and then rename it (5) None of the above 149. It is better to copy a file from a floppy disk to a hard disk, then open the copy on the hard disk because (1) a floppy disk is easily moved from one computer to another (2) you can store more on a hard disk (3) the computer cannot open a file stored on a floppy disk (4) reading a hard disk is much faster and safer (5) None of the above 150. The best reason that a computer needs to have a hard disk is because (1) it can then use the same programs as other computers (2) it would not work without one (3) it can store information, when it is switched off (4) it can store information while it is working (5) None of the above 86 State Bank of India PO Exam Section 4 English Language Directions (Q.151-160) Read the passage lm/oJ\' it. Certain to locate t1Wnl while some There is absolutely no point in ,"V.U'}UCl.tHtH5 years, there has been for and can be increased the firm's products and CC'T'Fj,'r,e or costs of raw materials or augmenting prodnctivitv. Howe,'er, employee cumings means other than lahour productivity jeopardizes the firm's streng! h in the market. Higher fewer cnstomers, reduced profit means less investment and low-cost materials mean poor product quality. But, increasing labour by skills and motivation creates an almost unlimited resource. The developmenT of economic resources, human as well as nonhuman. 1s the product of b Llmal1 effort and the quality of human effort in large part depends on human motivation. Enthusing employees with workaholic spirit through traditioHal authority and financial incentives has become increasingly difficult as employees become economically secure and their dependency on anyone particular decreases. According to expectancy the motivation to work increases when aD feels his is an instrument for dClsirerl mwards. to today rewards Unions. job itself H;;J.<~lll.j" financial may be attracted to join and remain in to receive organizational but being motivated to an is not the same motivated to exert effort in an . UQiJ,"iJli'." to management is to find and forms of incentives which will Such statements is TRUE in the context of economic resources is primadly the of market conditions can be increased by lowering the selling (J) motivated providing financial incentive" All should be entitled to organizational employed 152. Organizatiolls can derive maximum advantages by , ..... (1) providing "i',."i,U""" financial incentives of l1Al+rn'm" to employees enhancing labour productivity by increasing skills and motivation encouraging employees [0 expend energy inducing employees to improve work nGPU,,''''' and control their demands strictly adhering to an, "rm,n 153. Acccl'riing to the passage, all of the contriLute to an increase in EXCEPT .. , .. , (1) increasing the selling price (2) reducing profits in favour of providing incentives and fringe benefits to (4) enhancing labour productivity (5) increased capital im'eslrll':ll1t 154. Employees feel motivated to \.vork wl:en (1) experience good working condiHons in the organization (Z) decide to produce goods and services as a result of leam work (3) think of performance as H tool for (4) relate rewards to material prosperity (5) are members of the union 155. Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in rewards as the \vord 'induce' as used in the passage. (1) appreciate (2) stimulate (3) exhibit (4) innate; (5) threaten 156. Which of the following factors, adverseJy affects the organization's competitive '/ (1) Making rewards coutingent on (2JAnti-productivity and anti-management activities of labour ullions (3) l\loti>ating empluyees vvith traditional (4) Inr.reasing employee earnings their procbcti\!ity U ) 1'\on8 uf the above 157. Which of t11.1 statements is/are not true in the context of the passage? (A) Human effort is the cause of the of ecoilonric resources. Is free to relate financial l'8wards to (C) Emplovees can be moliYated 'Nith traditional aut.horitl (lj Both (A) and (3) Both and None of these 158. Which of the factors determine the human efforts .? (1) Desire; Hnd willingness of an individual to excel in whatever he undertakes [2) Economic resources available with the (3) The individual's innuvativeness (4) Authoritarian and job (5) None of the above Solved Paper April 2008 i 87 159. In the context of the passage, a company's competitive strength in the market is affected mainly because of ..... . (Al a slump in the international market. (Bl poor inter-departmental coordination. decreased labour productivity. (1) Only (Al (2) Only (B) (3) Only (C) (4) Both (B) and (C) (5) None of these 160. Which of the following words is most opposite in meaning of the word 'jeopardizes' as used in the passage? (1) safeguards (2) endangers projects (4) devalues (5) decreases Directions (Q.161-165) One of the four words given in each of these questions may be wrongly spelt. The number of that spelt is the answer. If all the four words are spelt, mark (5) Ie 'All Correct' as the answer. Directions (Q. 71-175) Rearrange the six sentences (A], (B), (Cl, (DJ, (El and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful then answer the questions below them. (A) The insurance policy has to be deposited with NABARD. (B) I intend to purchase a tractor and certain other agricultural equipments. (C] I shall therefore. feel obliged if you send your representative to inspect the equipments. (D) I shall be applying for a loan of ~ 6 lakh from NABARD for that purpoSe. (E) On completion. your representative may kindly inform me of the annual insurance premium. (F) The rules state that the equipments have to be insured against accidents and fire. 171. Which of the following will be the SIXTH (lAST) sentence after rearrangement? (1) A (4) D (2) B 161. (1) defamation (4) exhorbitant (2) arrogant (5) All Correct (3) solitude 162. (1) decompose (4) definition (2) veteran All Correct (3) ventursome rearrangement? (3) expensive (1) A (4) D C 163. (1) wastefull (4) embarrassing 172. Which of the following will be the FOURTH sentence after (2) prejudice 164. (1) significant (4J device (2) possessive (5) All Correct (3) impatient 165. (1) prosperous (2) glumy (3) dormant All Correct Directions (Q. 166-170) Read each sentence to find out if there is any error in it. Tile errOl; if any wj]] be in one part of the sentence. Tile number of that part is the answel: If there is no error, the answer is (5) ie. 'No eITOr' (Ignore the errors ofpunctuation, if any). 166. He gave me all the details of when he/had visited all the (1) (2) temples/while he will be going/on official tour. (3) (4) No error. (5) 167. Let's all work/together as like homogeneo'.ls/group so that/ (1) (2) (3) success would be obvious. No error. (4) (5) 168. The process was so simple/and easy to understand/that it (1) (2) (3) hardly took/five minutes for us to learn it. No error. (4) 169. It is (5) that/even after fifteen years of experience/ he (1) (2) (4) rearrangement? (1) A (4)D (2) B 174. Which of the following will be the SECOND s811tence aftf'f rearrangement? (1) A (4) D (2) B (5) E 175. Which of the following will be the FIRST ;"entence after rearrangement '? (1) A (4)D (2) B (2) (4) (5) C (5)E Directions (Q.176-180) In euell sentence with four ""Drds These are numbered as (1), fOUl' boldly printed wor&; mav be citl1er inappropriate in the conlext sentence, Find word which is wrongly or inappropriate, if number of that word is your answer. If all and printed in bold are correctly appropriate in the context of tlle sentence, correct' as your answer. 176. Some people think that their life is full of The aTe and [1 ) miseries too grievous to be born, (2) (3) All Correct (4) (4) 170. What to make people/tense is actually/a mystery, which / (1) [:3) C [5) with the party concerns All Correct (5) is difficult to unfold. No error (3) C (5)E 177. The opinion expressed is based only on our transadiom. (1) (2) is still not/able to be performed. No error (3) (3) C (2) B (5) E 173. Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence after (5) All Correct ( 1) (5) E (3) (5) 178. I was surprised when I got confirmation of the news that (1) he was the recipient of the prestigious award, All Corr8d (3) (4) 88 State Bfink of India PO Exam 179. The cin::omstances in which the claim was macb are (1) (2) certainly unbelievable. All Correct (3) (5) 180. The authorities always request our assistance whenever (2) they felt (3) require it. All Correct (5) Directions (Q. 131-185) In each question below (J pmt is in bold. It may contain an error. If so, find out whic11 of tile phrases (1), (2), (3) and below should replace tho pari printed in bold in the jhlJowing santenc," 10 make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and 'No correction 18 required', mark (5) as the answer. 181. When they start investigating, several irregularities were detected. (1) started investigate (2) started an investigation start investigation started off investigation (5) No correction required 182. You must be stopped these undesirable activities immediately. (1) must have been stopped may have been stopped (3) have been stopped (4) must stop (5) No correction required 183. Farmers in our country suffer because of an over dependence on rain and the threat to natural calamities like floods. (1) threat of natural calamities threat against natural calamities (3) threatened due to natural calamity (4) natural calamities threatened (5) No correction required 134. Automation in agriculture and farm management is considered a boon but in fact it is not true as they lid to more unemployment. (1) it lids to more employment (2) they lead to more employment (3) they lead to more unemployment (4) it leads to more unemployment (5) No correction required 185. The agricultural sector deserves more attention than the industrial sector in our country. (1) deserves attention more (2) more attention (3) deserve more attention (el) deserve to be attended more No correction required DirectiDns (Q. 186-200) In the following passage tlwre (11'1' blanks, each of which has been numbered. These 1l!lmbel's (Ire printed below the passage and ear:h, H'01'ds nre suggested, one of' which JIts the blank without changing its meaning. Find (Jut t1w np[Jropriate word in each case. Many kinds of insects are C:!86) and larger animals learn to (187) them. It is in the (188) of these insects to show a (189) flag of some kind. The typical wasp for example, (19Q] a conspicuous colour pattern of black and yellow (191) on its body. This is (192) distinctive that it is easy for a (193) animal to remember it. After a few unfortunate it quickly learns to (194) insects bearing this pattern. Other unrelated, poisonous insect species may also carry a similar pattern. They become members of what has been called a 'warning club'. The important point for us, in the present (195) is that some harmless of insects have taken (19!!) of this system by developing colour patterns similar to those of the poisonous members of the 'warning club. Certain innocuous flies, for instance, (197) black and yellow bands on their bodies that mimic the colour patterns of the wasps. By becoming (198) members of the 'warning club' they reap the benefits without having to (199) any real poison. The killers dare not attack them, even though they would, in reality, make a (~Q) meal. 186. (1) flying (2) conspicuous (3) vulnerable (4) big (5) poisonous 187. (1) desist (2) adjust (3) prefer (4) avoid (5) nurture 188. (1) habit (2) interest (3) goodwill (4) welfare help 189. (1) dangerous (4) coloured 190. (1) reveal (4) carried 191. (1) bands . (4) 192. (4) 193. (1) (4) 194. (1) (4) 195. (1) (3) (5) colours so too bold predatory hate abstain text context view 196. (1) profit (4) ride 197. (1) display (3) announce bears unregistered honorary original transport possess load 200. (1) troublesome (3) indigestible (5) cheap 198. (1) (3] (5) 199. (1) (3) (2) ambiguous (5) safety (2) (3) warning paints (3) flashes (5) loaded (2) pieces paint (5) clothes (2) extremely (3) normally (3) chased (5) very (2) prey (5) hunted (2) love (3) approach (5) avoid (2) premise (4) day (2) yield (5) advantage (3) disadvantage (2] indicates (4) wear (2) fake (4) sycophant (2) inject (4) earn (2) delicious (4) hazardous

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