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State Bank of India Probationary Officer Examination Exam Held on 18th April, 2010 (Based on Memory) Section 1 Reasoning Ability 1. Each odd digit in the number 5263187 is substituted by 6, Ashok started walking towards South. After walking 50 m the next higher digit and each even digit is substituted by the previous lower digit and the digits so obtained are rearranged in ascending order, which of the following will be the third digit from the left end after the rearrangement? he took a right turn and walked 30 m. He then took a right turn and walked 100 m. He again took a right turn and walked 30 m and stopped. How far and in which direction was he from the starting point? (1) 50 m South (2) 150 m North (3) 180 m East (4) 50 m North (5) None of these 7, How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters DLEr using each letter only once in each word? (1) ."Jane (2) One (3) Two Three (5) More than three 8. In a certain code TEMPORl\L is written as OLDSMBSP. How is CONSIDER vvritten in that code? (1) IDvlNBSFEJ (2) B."JMRSFEJ (3) RM."JBJEFS (4) TOPDQDCH (5) ."Jane of these 9. In a certain code language 'how many goals scored' is written as '5 3 9 7'; 'many more matches' is written as '9 8 2' and 'he scored five' is written as '1 6 3'. How is 'goals' \<\rritten in that code language? (1) 2 5 (2) 4 ~) 6 ~] (5) None of these 2. Town D is towards East of tOVV11 F. Town B is towards North of town D. Town H is towards South of town B. Towards which directions is town H from town F ? (1) East (2) South-East (3) North-East (4) Data inadequate (5] None of these 3. Among A, B, C, D and E each having different weight. D is heavier than only A and C is lighter than Band E. Who among them is the heaviest? (1) B (2) E C (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these 4. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word SEARCHES 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 5. If'"", means '+', '-' means 'x, 'x means '+' and '+' means '-l, then 15-8x6 (1) 20 12+4 8~ 7 (5) None of these ? (2) 28 (4) 2 ~ 3 5 (2) 7 (3) 5 or 7 (4) Data inadequate [5J None of these 10. Pratap correctly remembers that his mother's birthday is before twenty third of April but after Nineteenth of April, whereas his sister correctly remembers that their mother's birthday is not on or after twenty second of April. On which day in April is definitely their mother's birthday? Twentieth Twenty-first (3) Twentieth or hventy-first (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of the above 4 I State Bank of India PO Exam Directions (Q. 11-15) In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at mriance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the statements disregarding commonly known fact'). 11. Statements All cups are bottles. Some bottles are jugs. No jug is plate. Some are tables. Conclusions I. Some tables are bottles. II. Some plates are cups. III. No table is bottle. IV. Some jugs are cups. (1) Only I follows (2) Only II follows (3) Only III follows (4) Only IV follows (5) Only either I or III follows 12. Statement; All birds are horses. All horses are tigers. Some tigers are lions. Some lions are monkeys. Conclusions I. Some tigers are horses II. Some monkeys are birds. III. Some tigers are birds. IV. Some monkeys are horses. (1) Only I arid iII follow (2) Only I, II and III follow (3) Only II, III and IV follow (4) All I, II, III and IV follow (5) None of the above 13. Statements Some chairs are handles. All handles are pots. All pots are mats. Some mats are buses. Conclusions I. Some buses are handles. II. Some mats are chairs. III. No bus is handle. IV. Some mats are handles. (1) Only I, II and IV follow (2) Only II, III and IV follow (3) Only either I or III and II follow (4) Only either I or III and IV follow (5) Only either I or III and II and IV follow 14. Statements Some sticks are lamps. Some flowers are lamps. Some are dresses. All dresses are shirts Conclusions I. Some shirts are sticks. II. Some shirts are flowers. III. Some flowers are sticks. IV. Some dresses are sticks. (1) None follows (2) Only I follows (3) Only II follows (4) Only III follows (5) Only IV follows 15. Statements Some benches are walls. All walls are houses. Some houses are jungles. All jungles are roads. Conclusions I. Some roads are benches. II. Some are walls. III. Some houses are benches. IV. Some roads are houses. (1) Only I and II follow (2) Only I and III follow (3) Only III and IV follow (4) Only II, III and IV follow (5) None of the above Directions (Q. 16-20) Study the following information gi~Ten below: carefully and answer the A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight employees of an organization working in three departments viz. Personnel, Administration and Marketing with not more than three of them in any department. Each of them has a different choice of sports from football. cricket, volleyball, badminton, lawn tennis, basketball, hockey and table tennis not necessarily in the same order. D works in Administration and does not like either football or cricket. F works in Personnel with only A who likes table tennis. E and II do not work in the same department as D. C likes hockey and does not work in Marketing. G does not work in Administration and does not like either cricket or badminton. One of those who work in Administration likes football. The one who likes volleyball works in Personnel. Kone of those who work in Administration likes either badminton or lawn tennis. H does not like cricket. 16. Which of the following groups of employees work in Administration department? (1) EGH (2) AF (3) BCD (4) BGD (5) Data inadequate 17. In which department does E work? (1) Personnel Marketing (3) Administration (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these 18. What is E's favourite (1) Cricket (3) Basketball (5) None of these spo~t ? (2) Badminton (4) Lawn Tennis 19. Which of the following combinations of employee department-favourite sport is correct? (1) E-Administration-Cricket (2) F-Personnel-Lawn Tennis (3) H-Marketing-Lawn Tennis (4) B-Administration-Table Tennis (5) None of the above 20. What is G's favourite sport? (1) Cricket (2) Badminton (3) Basketball (5) None of these (4) Lawn Tennis Directions (Q. 21-25) In the following questions. the # and I) are used with the following symbols @, $, meaning as illustrated below: 'P $ Q' means 'P is not smaller than Q'. 'P Q' means 'P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q'. 'P # Q' means 'P is neither greater than nor equal to Q'. *, 'P 0 Q' means 'P Is neither greater than nor smaller than Q', 'P means 'P is not than Q. of following questions assuming the to be trne, find which of the four HI and IV below them is/are your answer accordingly. * 15 R, B $ VII, W # H. H 21. Statements Conclusions I. M W n. H N *M m. WoN IV. IN #N * IV is true IV and I are true 22. Statements R D, D $ L J # M. M @ K Conclusions 1. K # r D ~I HI. R # IvI IVD(1LK I\one is tF18 true is true 23. Statements H T, T F. F 8 E, E ConclusIons 1. V $ F II. E T III. H \1 *V .'1'# * R, R # IN N (1) Only I and II an~ true (2) years in the Adyances Section (iii) be at least 30 years and 1.4,2010. have secured discussion, (v) have secured at 50 In the case of a candiciate who Except (a) at (i) above but has secured in graduation and at leilsl 60 Del graduation in to the Generall\fanagcL (b) at (E) above but experience of at three years as iV"'",,''''' be referred to ExecutiY8 Di.rect,,~. In each question, below details You have to take one of based on the informaticll sub-conditions giH'D abon: course of action as anything other than question. All these 01.04.2010, Give anS\VeI if the cas(:; (leC1S1CH1" '* I, II and In are true (3) III and IV are true (4) Only II, III and IV are true None of the above I'm (H) have post Give answer (21 if 24, Statements D # R. R K, K @ F, F $ J Conclusions I. J # R II. J # K III.R#F IV. D (1) Only I, II and III are true Only II, m and IV are true and IV are true (4) An T, II, III aad IV are true (5) None of the above IV. M Following are the conditiom; Director. I. II and III are trne Ie n and IV are true II. m and IV are true 1. III anci IV are true III and IV are true 25. Statements M K. K N, N Conclusions 1. IN @ K II. M$R 111. K IN Directions (Q, Give 8.Wflver [he candicinte Give anSVier (5) if tllP candIdate : 26. Prakash Gokhale secured 65 per cent lTHrks cent marks in past ten years in the completing his cent marks in the grm'P in the intervie'.'I', 27. Amit NaraYaIl was working in the Ad,'cH1ce" past eleven year~, after pei:' cent marks. He has group discllssion and :'i0 28. Shobha Gupta has securd . interview and 40 per cent She has been four YBaTS her B,A. degree with 12th September, 1978, 6 State Bank of India PO Exam 29. Rohan Maskare was born on 8th March 1974. He."3s been working in bank fOf the past twelve years aftef completing his B.Com. degree with 70 per cent marks. He has secured 50 per cent marks in both the group discussion and the interview. 30. Sudha Mehrotra has been working in the Advances Department of a bank for the past twelve years after completing her B.Com. degree with 60 per cent marks. She.has secured 50 per cent markS in the group discussion and 40 per cent marks in the interview. She was born on 15th February 1972. Directiom (Q. 31-35) In eacb questions below is git'en a statement followed by tbree courses numbered (8) and (C). A. course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement. follow-up or furtber action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the basis of the information given in tile statement. you have to assume everything in the the suggested statement to be true, then decide which for pursuing. courses of action logically 31. Statement Many political activists have decided to stage demonstrations and block traffic movement in the city during peak hours to protest against the steep rise in prices of essential commodities. Courses of action (A) The government should immediately ban all forms of agitations in the country. (B) The police authority of the city should deploy additional forces all over the to help traffic movement in the city. (Cl The state administration should caITY out preventive arrests of the known criminals staying in the city. (1) Only (A) (2) Only (B) Only (C) (4) Only (A) and (B) (5) None of these 32. Statement The school dropout rate in many districts in the state has increased sharply during the last few years as the parents of these children make them work in the fields owned by others to earn enough for them to get at least one meal a day. Courses of action (A) The government should put up a mechanism to provide foodgrains to the poor people in these districts through public distribution system to encourage the parents to send their wards to school. (8) The government should close down some of these schools in the district and deploy the teachers of these schools to nearby schools and also ask remaining students to join these schools. (el The government should issue aITest warrants for all the parents llJho force their children to work in fields instead of attending classes. (1) Only (AJ (2) Only (Bl (3) Only (C) (4) Only (A) and (B) (5) N"one of these 33. Statement A large private bank has decided to retrench one-third of its employees in view of the losses incurred by it during the past three quarters. Courses of action (A) The government should issue a notification to general public to immediately stop all transactions with the bank. (Bl The government should direct the bank to refrain from retrenching its emplojrees. (C) The government should ask the ceLtral bank of the country to initiate an enquiry into the bank's activities and submit its report. (1) None Only (4) Only Only (B) Only (AJ and (C) 34. Statement One was killed due to stampede while participating in a recruitment drive of police constables. Courses of action (A) The officials incharge of the recruitment process should immediately be suspended. (B) A team of officials should be asked to find out the circumstances which led to the death of the aspirant and submit its report within a week. (C) The government should ask the home department to stagger the number of aspirants over more number of days to avoid such incidents in future. (1) Only (A) (2) Only (B) (3) Only (C) (4) Only (B) and (C) (5) None of these 35. Statement A unseasonal downpour during the last two days has paralysed the normal life in the state in which five persons were killed but this has provided a huge relief to the problem of acute water crisis in the state. Courses of action (A) The state government should set up a committee to review the alarming situation. (B) The state government should immediately remove all the restrictions on use of potable water in all the major cities in the state. (C) The state government should send relief supplies to all the affected areas in the state. (1) None (2) Only (A) (3) Only (B) and (C) (4) Only (C) (5) All (A). (El. (C) 36. Statement The government has decided to instruct the banks to open new branches in such a way that there is one branch of any of the banks in every village of population 1000 and above or a cluster of villages with population less than 1000 to provide banking services to all the citizens. Which of the following will weakenthe step taken by the governill(3nt ? (1) The private sector banks in India have stepped up their branch expansion activities in rural India Solved Paper April 2010 7 (2) Many government owned banks have surplus manpower in its urban branches (3) All the banks including those in private sector will follow the government directive (4) Large number of branches of many government owned banks in the rural areas are making huge losses every year due to lack of adequate business activities (5) None of the above for subsidies means diversion of savi:cgs by the gpvernment from investment to consumption, raising the cost of capital in the process. The government must cut expenditure on subsidies to create more fiscal space for investments in both physical and social infrastructure. It should outline a plan for comprehensive reform in major subsidies including petroleum, food and fertilizers and set goal posts. 37. Cause The government has r()cently increased its taxes on petrol and dIesel by about 10 per cent. "Vhich of the following can be a possible effect of the above cause? (1) The petroleum companies will reduce the prices of petrol and diesel by about 10 per cent (2) The petroleum companies will increase the prices of petrol and diesel by about 10 per cent (3) The petroleum companies will increase the prices of petrol and diesel by about 5 per cent (4) The petrol pumps will stop selling petrol and diesel till the taxes are rolled back by the government (5) None of the above 38. Statement Most of the companies in IT and ITES sectors in India have started hiring from engineering college campuses this year and are likely to recruit much more than yearly recruitment of the earlier years. Which of the following substantiates the facts stated in the above statement :' (1) IT and ITES are the only sectors in India which are hiring from engineering college campuses (2) Government has stepped up recruitment activities after a gap of five years (3) The IT and ITES companies have now decided to visit the engineering college campuses for tier II cities in India as well (4) Availability of qualified engineers will substantially increase in the near future (5) None of the above 39. Effect Majority of the employees of the ailing organization opted for voluntary retirement scheme and left the organization with all their retirement benefits within a fortnight of launching the scheme. Which of the following can be a probable cause of the above effect? (1) The company has been making huge losses for the past five years and is unable to pay salary to its employees in time (2) The man2gement of the company made huge personal gains through unlawful activities (3) One of the competitors of the company went bankrupt last year (4) The company owns large tracts of land in the state which will fetch huge sum to its owners (5) None of the above 40. Which of the following is a conclusion which can be drawn from the facts stated in the given paragraph? (1) Subsidy provided by the government under various heads to the citizen increases the cost of capital (2) Government is unable to 'Nithdraw subsidies provided to various items (3) Government subsidy on kerosene is purely a political decision (4) Government does not have enough resources to continue providing subsidy on petroleum pr,)ducts (5) None of the above 41. Which ofthe following is an assumption which is implicit in the facts stated in the given paragraph ? (1) People in India may not be able to pay more for petroleum products (2) Many people in India are rich enough to buy petrolellm products at market cost (3) Government may not be able to create more infra structural facilities if the present level of subsidy continues for a longer time (4) Government of India has sought assistance fll)m international financial organizations for its infrastructural projects (5) None of the above Directions (Q. 40-42) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: The centre reportedly wants to continue providing subsidy to consumers for cooking gas and kerosene for five more years. This is not good news from the point of view of reining in the fiscal deficit. Mounting subventions 42. Which of the following is an inference which can be made from the facts stated in the given paragraph? (1) India's fiscal deficit is negligible in comparison to other emerging economies in the world (2) Subsidy on food and fertilizers are essentia.! for growth of India economy (3) Reform in financial sector will weaken India's position in the international arena (4) Gradual withdrawal of subsidy is essential for effectively managing fiscal deficit in India (5) None of the above Directions (Q. 43-45) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Poverty measurement is an unsettled issue, both conceptually and methodologically. Since poverty is a process as well as an outcome; many come out of it while others may be falling into it. The net effect of these two parallel processes is a proportion commonly identified as the 'head count ratio', but these ratios hide the fundamental dvnamism that characterizes Dovertv in practice. The m;st recent poverty reestimates by an e;pert group has also missed the crucial dynamism. In a study conducted on 13,000 households which represented the entire country in 1993-94 and again on 2004-05, it was found that in the ten-year period 18.2% rural population moved out of poverty whereas another 22,1% fell into it a State Bank of India PO Exam over this period, This net increase of abo:Jt four percentage points was seen to have a COl'3idenille variation across states and regions. 43. Which of the following is an in the facts stated in the above ') It may not be to havs an accurate measurement in India Level of poverty in India is static over the years (3) Researchers avoid making conclusions on measurement data in India Government of India has a mechanism 10 measure level of poverty and accurately None of the above 44. Which of the is a conclusion which can drawn from the facts stated in the above '? Accurate estimates of number of people beiolA' poverty line in India is possihle 10 be made (2) Many expert groups in India are not interested to measure poverty objectively Process of poverty measurement needs to take into account various factors to tackle its namre People below poverty line remain in that position for a very time Nom; of the above '15. Which of the follOWing is an inference which can made from the facts stated in the above paragraph '? (1) Poverty measurement tools in India are outda:ed Increase in number of persons falling into poverty varies considerably across thEl country over a period of time Government of India has StOPP8Q related studies People living in rural area are more to fall into poverty over the time None of the above 48. Directions (Q. 46-50) In each of the below whidl 011e of the fi~ce answer the if continued 46. Problem Figures Answer Figures (4) 50. Pwbhna Figures i\nsw~;r Figures (5) Solved Paper April 2010 I 9 Section 2 Data Analysis and Interpretation Directions (Q. 51-55) Study the following table carefully to answer the questions that follow. Number (N) of Candidates (in Lakhs) Appearing for an Entrance Examination from Six Different States and the Percentage (P) of Candidates Clearing the Same Over the Years ~I Year I i A i I B I C E D ; F NI---p--- 2004 1.23 42 1.04 51 i N 1 i 1.11 32 1.32 24 1.23 36 1.33 31 2005 1.05 43 1.12 62 1.07 47 1.15 49 1.18 55 1.24 24 N P N P P N P N P 2006 2.04 38 1.48 32 1.08 28 1.96 35 1.42 49 1.58 26 2007 1.98 41 2.07 43 1.19 30 1.88 46 1.36 47 1.79 29 2008 1.66 53 1.81 50 1.56 42 1.83 i 60 1.73 57 1.86 34 2009 1.57 39 1.73 36 ! 1.64 52 i. 2.01 1 56 1.69 55 1.95 37 51. In which year did the highest number of candidates clear the entrance exam from State D ? (1) 2008 (2) 2006 (3) 2009 (4) 2007 (5) None of the above 52. What is the respective ratio of total number of candidates clearing the entrance exam from State B in the year 2004 to those clearing the entrance exam from State C in the same year? (1) 221: 148 (2) 218: 143 (3) 148: 221 (4) 143: 218 (5) None of the above 53. What is the total number of candidates clearing the entrance exam from States E and F together in the year 2006 ? (1) 16160 (2) 110660 (3) 1.1066 (4) 1106600 (5) None of the above 54. What is the average number of candidates appearing for the entrance exam from State D in the years 2007, 2008 and 2009 together? (1) 1.907~ 3 (3) 1.866.!. 3 (2) 18666.!. 3 (4) 190666 ~ 3 (5) None of these 55. What is the number of candidates not clearing the entrance exam from State A in the year 2007 ? (1) 186820 (2) 11682 (3) 1868200 (4) 116820 (5) None of these I Directions (Q. 56-60) Study the given 'information carefully and answer the questions that follow: An urn contains 6 red, 4 blue, 2 green and 3 yellow marbles. 56. If two marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that both are red? 1 (1) ~ (3) ~ 1 (2) ~ (4) ~ 6 3 15 5 (5) None of these 57. If three marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that two are blue and one is yellow? (1) ~ 91 (2) .!. 5 (3) (4) ~ (4) 22 ~ (2) 455 2.. (3) ~ (5) None of these 15 58. If four marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that at least one is 'blue ? (1) .! (2) 69 15 91 15 91 (5) None of these 59. If two marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that either both are green or both are yellow? (1) 91 2.. 35 (3) .!. (4) ...!.. 3 105 (5) None of these 60. If four marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that one is green,two are blue and one is red? (1) ..3.i.. (2) ~ (3) ~ (4) 2.. 455 15 (5) None of these 35 91 10 State Bank of India PO Exam Directions (Q. 61-65) Study the carefully to answer the ('f",.crum gi~'en pie-charts that follow Break-up of Number of Employees Working in Different Departments of an Organisation, the Number of Males and the Number of Employees who Recently got Promoted in each Department Break-up of Employees Working in Different Departments: Total Number of Employees = 3600 Employees Working in Different Departments 63, What is the total number of females ,yorking in the Production and departments together? [1) 468 B12 (3) 582 (5) None 6~. 972 of these If half of the number of employees who got promoted froLl the IT department were what '.\'as the approximate percentage of males who got promoted from the IT department? (1) 61 (3) 54 (5) 38 (2) 29 (4) 42 65. How many females work in the Accounts department (1) 618 (2J 592 (3) 566 624 (5) None of these Directions (Q. 66-70) Study the grapb Break-up of Number of Males in each Department Total Number of Males in the Organisation = 2040 Break-up of Number of Males Working in each Department tc answer tile Per cent Rise in Profit of Two Companies over the Years J\. Company L II Company M 40~~~-------------------------- I Break-up of Number of Employees who Recently got Promoted in each Department Total Number of Employees who got promoted = 1200 Number of Employees who Recently got Promoted from each Department 5+--------------------------- O~--~--_.----,_--_.----_.----r_ 2004 2005 2006 2007 Years 2008 2008 66. If the f 1.84 earned by company L in the year 2005 was what was the profit earned by the company in the year 2006 ? f 2.121akh f 2.3 lakh f 2,041akh Cannot b8 determined None of the above 67. Which of the following statements is TRUE with 61. The number of employees who got promoted from the HR department was what per cent of the total number of employees working in that department? (rounded off to two digits after decimal) (1) 36.18 (4) 28.16 (2) 30.56 (3) 47.22 (.5) None of these 62. The total number of employees who got promoted from all the together was what per cent of the total number of employees working in all the departments together? (Rounded off to the nearest integer) (1) 56 (2) 21 (3) 45 33 (5) 51 to the above (1) M made the highest profit in the year 2009 L made least profit in the year 2005 ratio between the profits earned company L and :vI in the year 2006 was 6 : 5 (4) L made the highest profit in the year 2008 (5) All are true 68. vVhat is the per centage increase in per cent rise in profi~ of company M in the year 2009 from the previous year (2) 15 (3) 50 None of these (4) 75 Solved Paper April 2010 Hthe earned company ?vi in the year 2008 ,\'flS the arnount ::If earned by it in '" year 2006 lakh 'I (1) '( 2,161akh 'f 1.98 lakh 'f 2,42 lakh (4) Cannot be determined None of thf,se The remaining girls are enrolled in all the three classes The number of boys enrolled in Singing and classes together is fifty per cent of the number of girls enrolled in the same. The remaining boys are enrolled in only Painting classes. it 3,63, \\'h8t 70. What is the average pel' cent rise in profit of company L over all the years _1 1::J3 5 18 (5) None 71. Total number of girls enrolled in Singing is approximately what per cent of the total number of students in the school (1) 37 32 26 25 1 2J (i 5 (2) 19 [4) 14 72. What is the respective ratio of the number of girls enrolled 6 in only Painting classes to the number of boys enrolled in the same 'r at these (1) 77: 26 (3) 26: 77 A school consisting of toial of 1560 students has boys and girls in the ratie> of : 5 All the students are enrolled in different types of hobby classes. viz, Singing. Dancing and One-fifth of the boys are enrolled in only are enrolled in classes. Twenty four per cent of the enrolled in both and Dancing classes together. The num.ber of girls enrolled in only classes is two hundred per cent of the boys enrolkd in the same. One-thirteenth of the boys are enrolled in all the three classes together. The respective ratio of boys enrolled in and Painting classes together to the girls enrolled in the same is 2 : 1 respectively. Ten pn cent of the are enrolled in only classes whei'eas eight per cent of the are E;llTolled in b.Jth Dancing and Painting classes together. Directions (Q. 76-80) Stlldy the table Profit (In Month ~ 21 : 73 (4) 73 : 21 None of these 73. Number of girls enrolled in only Dancing classes is what per cent of the boys enrolled in the same? (rounded off IO two digits after decimal) (1) 38.67 (3) 4L83 (2J 35.71 28.62 .l'.:one of these 74. "Vhat is the total number of boys who are enrolled in Dancing? (1) 318 (3) 292 (5) None of these 364 (4) 434 75. What is the total number of students enrolled in all the three classes together? (1) 135 (3) 187 (5) None of these (2) 164 (4) 142 to answer the questions that jollO'w. '000) Made by Six Different Shopkeepers over the Months March 2010 5.95 6.02 5.04 5.12 5.45 5.68 5.36 5.38 December 2009 February 2010 4.88 2009 January 2010 6.10 November 2009 Odoher 11 5.44 5.59 4.93 5.72 S 5.69 T B.07 increasing continuously 76, Which shopkeeper's profit over the given months? (1) R (3) T (2) Q u None of these (4) '{'4950 78. What is the per cent increase in profit of shopkeeper S in the month of December 2009 over the previous month? (rounded off to two digits after decimal) What was the average proHI ElEtl'l1ed R in the months of October- 2009 and :'\lovember - 2009 together? (1) ~ 5405 '{' 4825 (5) None of these f 5040 (1) 3.15 (3) 2.18 None of these 2.67 (4) 3.33 12 I State Bank of India POExam Directions (Q. 86-90) Study the given table carefully to answer the questions that follow. 79. What is the respective ratio between the profit earned by shopkeeper U in the months February-2010 and March - 2009 together to that earned by shopkeeper Q in the same months? (1) 637 : 512 (2) 621 ; 508 (3) 512: 637 (4) 508: 621 (5) None of these Number of People Staying in Five Different Localities and the Percentage Break-up of Men, Women and Children in them 80. What is the difference in profit earned by shopkeeper T in Children January - 2010 from the previous month? (1) ~ 640 (2) ~ 420 (3) ~ 380 (4) ~ 760 (5) None of these Locality F G 10 22 H 13 10 Directions (Q. 81-83) Study the given graph carefully to answer the questions that follow. Number of Days Taken by Three Carpenters to Finish Making One Piece Each of Four Different Items of Furniture Carpenter X Carpenter Y Carpenter Z 164-------------------------- 14~----------------------~-- 12~------------------~-----10~~L-------------~~-- ___~ 8+-------------~~~--~r 6~----------~~~L--------- 4~-----.~----~~---------- 04-----~------r_----,_----_r_ Chair Table Bed Cupboard 81. If Carpenter X and Carpenter Y were to make a chair together how many days would they take? (1) 1 day (2) 4 days (3) 3 days (4) 2 days (5) None of these 82. What is the total number of days that Carpenter Z will take to make one piece each of all the four items together? (1) 32 days (2) 24 days 1 (3) 1 -- days 59 " (5) None ofthese (4) 1 1 32 days 83. If Carpenters X, Y and Z were to make a table together how many days would they take? (1) 4 days (2) 3 days (3) 1 day (4) 2 days (5) None of these 84. In how many different ways, can the letters of the word 'STRESS' be arranged? (1) 360 (2) 240 (3) 720 (4) 120 (5) None of these 85. The radius of a circular field is equal to the side of a square field whose perimeter is 784 feet. What is the area of the circular field? (1) 107914 sq ft (2) 120736 sq ft (3) 107362 sq ft (4) 127306 sq ft (5) None of these 17 86. What is the total number of men and children staying in locality I together? (1) 4115 (2) 4551 (3) 4515 (5) None of these (4) 4155 87. The number of women staying in which locality is the highest? (1) H (3) F (2) J (4) G (5) None of these 88. What is the total number of children staying in localities H and I together? (1) 1287 (3) 1827 (5) None of these (2) 1278 (4) 1728 89. What is the respective ratio of number of men staying in locality F to the number of men s~aying in locality H ? (1) 517: 416 (2) 403: 522 (3) 416: 517 (5) .'Jane of these (4) 522: 403 J forms approximately what per cent of the total number of people staying in locality F ? (1) 81 (2) 72 (3) 78 (4) 93 (5) 87 90. Total number of people staying in locality 91. The respective ratio of the present ages of a mother and daughtdr is 7 : 1. Four years ago the respective ratio of their ages wds 19 : 1. What will be the mother's age four years from nbw? (1) 42 years (2) 38 years (3) 46 years (4) 36 years (5) None of these 92. The compound interest earned by Suresh on a certain amount at the end of two years at the rate of 8 p.c.p.a was ~ 1414.4. What was the total amount that Suresh got back at the end of two years in the form of principal plus interest earned? (1) ~ 9414.4 (2) ~ 9914.4 (3) ~ 9014.4 (4) ~ 8914.4 (5) None of these Solved Paper April 2010 93. Three friends J. K and L jog around a circular stadium and complete one round in 12,18 and 20 seconds respectively. at the In hovv many minutes will all the three meet (1) 1 day 2 days (5) NOlle of these 13 (2) 3 4 OJ H) 95. The (3) 12 8 of a boat when whereas ,vhen traveliing upstream it is 28 km:11. What is the speed of the boat in still water? (1) 27 km/h (2) 29 km/h (3) 31 km/h (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of the above None of these 3 94. 4 men can complete a piece of work in 2 days. 4 women can complete the same piece of work in 4 days whereas 5 children can complete the same piece of work in 4 2 men, 4 women and 10 children ,vork together, days. in how many can the \york be completed? Directions (Q. 96-100) Study the followjng tables carefully and answer the questions given belOJ]! them. Number and Percentage of Candidates Qualified in a Competitive Examination Number of Candidates appeared in a Competitive Examination from Five Centres over the Years Number Centre Mumbai Year Delhi Kolkata Hyderabad Chcnnai 50248 48932 2001 35145 65139 45192 2002 17264 58248 52314 2003 24800 63309 56469 52368 51406 70316 71253 54196 ~231 69294 69632 58360 37346 c1S4D2, 59216 57355 Approximate Percentages of Candidates Qualified to Appeared in the Competitive Examination from Five Centres over tile Years (Percentage) Kolkata Hyderabad Chennai 18 17 9 28 12 21 12 15 21 23 25 JO 11 27 19 24 Mumbai Delhi 12 10 8 1" 13 23 14 20 11 19 14 ~) 96. Approximately what was the difference between the (1) 2004 2005 number of candidates qualified from Hyderabad in 2001 and 2002 ? (2) 2/140 1680 2060 (3) 14~)lJ (3) 2007 ~:002 (5) 1860 97, Approximately what was the total number of candidates qualified from Delhi in 2002 and 2006 together '! (1) 27250 (2) 25230 {3} 30150 (4) 28150 (5) 2(;250 In which of the following years, was the difference in number of candidates appeared from Mumbai over the previous year the minimum '? None of these 99. In which of the candidates qualified from the given years? (2) :WOf\ (1) 2007 (4) 2003 (3) 2005 (5) None of these 100. Approximately how many candidates from Kolkata in 2004 qualified in the competitive examination'~ (5) (1) 13230 (3) 15130 (5) 19240 (2) 13540 15400 14 State Bank of India PO Exam Section 3, General Awareness/MarketingiComputer 101. Many a times, we read about Special Drawing Right (SDR) in newspapers. As per its definition. SDR is a monetary unit of the reserve assets of which of the following organizations/agencies? Vvorld Bank (2) International Monetary Fund (IMF) (3) Asian Development Bank (4) Reserve Bank of India None of the above 102. Which of the following is/are the highlights of the Union Budget 2010-11 ? (AJ ~umber of new steps taken to simplify the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) regime. lB) ~ 16500 crare provided to ensure that the Public Sector Banks are able to attain a minimum 8% capital (Tier I) by March 2011. (C) More than ~ 174000 crore provided for the development of the infrastructure in the country. (1) Only (AJ (2) Only (BJ . (3) Only (C) (4) All (A). (BJ and (C) (5) None of these 103. As per the recent announcement, the Govt. of India will provide an amount of ~ 48000 crore to develop Rural Infrastructure in the conntry. This planned development is being undertaken under which of the following schemes? (1) Bharat Nirman (~) Indira Aawas Yojana Backward Region Grant Fund {4} Drought Mitigation Fund (5) None of the above per the news published in various financial newspapers, the RBI is reworking the roadmap on Capital Account Convertibility. If this is done, who amongst the following would be able to invest in foreign projects or acqnire assets outside India without any restrictions? (AJ Public Sector Banks (El Companies which are registered in India (C) Govt. of India (D) Any individual (1) Only (AJ (2) Only (B) (3) Only (C) (4) All (A), (B), (C) and (D) (5) None of the above 104. i\3 105. What is the full fOrIn of 'NBFC' as used in the Financial Sector? (1) New Banking Finance Company . National Banking & Finance Corporation (3) New Business Finance & Credit (4) Non Business Fund Company (5) None of the above 106. As per the current practice, the maximum part of the Global Foreign Exchange Reserves (more than 60%) Hnd Foreign Exchange Transactions (more than 90'3'6) take place in only one currency all over the world. Whicb is that currency! (2) Pound Sterling (1) Euro (3) US Dollar (4) Yen (5) None of these ,107. As per the news published in major financial newspapers, the Union GovL is planning to disinvest 20% stake in the state owned Hindustan Copper Ltd. What does it mean? (1) The Govt. will bring 20% more capital jnto the company (2) The Govt. will sell 20% of its total share to the public (3) The Govt. is planning to purchase 200/0 shares in state owned company (4) 20% of the total shares in Hindustan Copper Ltd. ,vill be sold to its employees (5) None of the above 108. As per the newspapers reports, the Govt. oflndia made an anction of the Third Generation Spectrum (aG) recently. Which of the following ministries was actively involved in the process? (1) Ministry of Heavy Industries (2) !VIinistry of Science & Technology (3) Ministry of Commerce (4) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (5) None of the above 109. The Finance Minister of India, in one of his speeches said . that "the current high inflation is not because of monetary expansion but due to supply side bottlenecks in certain essential commodities". This means that the Finance Minister is of the view that (A) the liquidity position in market is quite comfortable these days, . (8) inflation being experienced these days is not cost push inflation. (C) markets are flooded with luxury goods bnt essential commodities are definitely in short supply. (1) Only (A) is true (2) Only (B) is true (3) Only (A) & (B) are true (4) All are true (5) None of the above 110. As we know with the launch of Nano by Tata Motors, India has become favourite Small Car Destination of the world. Other than India, which of the following countries is ~iso a popular destination of small cars 'r (1) Britain (2) France (3) Germany (4) Thailand (5) None of these Solved Paper April 2010 economists and financial analysts are of the opinion that India could withstand the recent global econolnic crisis comfortably because of a good fiscal consolidation and Govt.'s adherence to the targets fixed by the (1) Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act Rogulation Act Finance Bill Act (4) Foreign Exchange Management Act At of the above 112, The RBI Governor, in one of his speeches, made a mention of Inflation Index and said "the problem in India is that which Inflation Index to target as there are several such indices". Which of tho following statements is correct in this regard ? (1) There is one WPI index and four CPI indices There are four WPI indices and one CPI index There are two wpr indices and two CPI indices (4) There is one WPI index and one CPI index There aT!" ten different types of WPI and CPI indices 113, Which of the following schemes announced in the Union Budget 2010 11 will have a direct impact on the pricing pattern of fertilizers? (1) Minimum support price for foodgrains (2) Instant credit for purchase of fertilizers and seeds (3) Nutrient based subsidy for fertilizers (4) Special incentives to small and marginal farmers (5) None of the abo~'e 114. As per the decision taken by the competent authorities, the Qualified Institutional Buyers (QrBs) are required to pay 100% application money to make them eligible to bid for public issues. How much amount were the QIBs paying as application or margin money prior to this decision? 11 L (1) 5% (3) 10% (5) None of these (2) 1% (4) 50% 115. Recently. India took part in "Nuclear New Build 2010 Conference" organized in (1) I'..Jevv Delhi (2) London (3) Paris (4) Hong Kong (5) None of these 116. Which of the follo'Ning agencies/organizations has recently decided that all the Stock Exchanges should introduce physical settlement of equity derivatives? (1) Reserve Bank of India Bombay Stock Exchange (3) Registrar of Companies (4) Securities and Exchange Board of India (5) All of the above 117. As per the newspaper reports. China is likely to drop its special 'YUfu'1' policy soon. What is this special Yuan policy being followed by China at present? (A) China hnd initiated the policy of Yuan's exchange rate with dollar to Yuan since 2008 at a specified rate decided by it and not by the market forces. (B) China has initiated a policy which says that all payments in China should be done in Yuan only. No other currency is acceptable" 15 China has a policy of accepting all payments its in dollar "vhile all imports are paid in Ymm " US and some other nations do not agree with this, (2) Only (B) Only Only (C) (4) Only (A) & (B) (5) None of these 11 1, Which of the following groups of cricket teams was declared joint winner of the Col. C K Naidu Trophy for 2,009 Tamil Nadu & Gujarat (2) Maharashtra & Kerala (3) Puniab & Delhi \Ves[ Bengal & Maharashtra None of the above ' 119, What is an "internet' ? Internal internet used to transfer information internally (2J Internal internet used to transfer information to the outside company Internal network designed to serve the internal informational needs of a single organization (4) Internal network designed to transfer the information between two organizations None of the above 120. \'\;'ho amongst the following is the recipient of the "CNN-IBN Indian of the Year"Award for 20m) t (1) RatanTata (2) A.R. Rahman (3) Manmohan Singh (4) Sachin Tendulkar (5) None of these 121. As per the news published in various newspapers, the RBI is considering the grant of licence to some new companies, particularly NBFCs to act as full-fledged banks, Which of the follOWing will be considered NBFC ? (1) NABARD (2) Life Insurance Corporatioilof lndia (3) Reliance Capital (4) SEE! (5) None of the above 122. The deficit reduction plan of which of the following countries was reviewed recently in the meeting of the Finance Ministers of the European Union ~ (1) Germany (2} Romania (3) Brazil (4) Hungary (5) Greece 123. North Korea and USA decided to resume their peace talks after a gap of several months. Both the countries have a dispute over which of the follOWing issues? (1) Bailout package offered by USA . (2) Membership of ASEAN to North.l<:orea (3) Nuclear programme of North Korea (4) Soaring relations of China with North Korea (5) Kone ofth~;~~9.ve. 124. Kaiane Aldorino whO Was croWIiedMis$ World 2009 is from which of the followlrigcclUntries? (1) Germany (2) Russia (4) Belgium Austria (5) Gibraltar '. "~'I . " ' ' , 16 I State Bank of India PO Exam 125. Who amongst the following was the Chairperson of the 13th Finance Commission which submitted its report to the President of India recently? (1) Mr. M. V. Kamath (2) Dr. C. Rangarajan (3) Dr. D. Subbarao (4) Dr. Rakesh Mohan (5) Dr. Vijay Kelkar 126. Which of the following teams won the Davis Cup Tennis Finals 2009 ? (1) Germany (2) Spain (3) Russia . (4) France (5) None of these 127. To send another station a message, the main thing a user has to know is (1) how the network works (2) the other station's address (3) whether the network is packet-switched or circuit-switched (4) whether this is a voice or data network (5) None of the above 128. The database administrator's function in an organization is (1) to be responsible for the more technical aspects of managing the information contained in organizational databases (2) to be responsible for the executive level aspects of decisions regarding the information management (3) to show the relationship among entity classes in a data warehouse '(4) to define which data mining tools must be used to extract data (5) None of the above 129. A ........... is a computer connected to two networks. (1) link (2) server (3) gateway (4) bridge way (5) None of these 130. Each of the following is a true statement except (1) on-line systems continually update the master file (2) in on-line processing, the user enters transactions into a device that is directly connected to the computer system (3) batch processing is still used today in older systems or in some systems with massive volumes of transactions (4) information in batch systems will always be up-to-date (5) None of the above 131. When you save a presentation, ........... . (1) all slides in a presentation are saved in the same file (2) two files are created; one for graphics and one for content (3) a file is created for each slide (4) a file is created for each animation or graphic (5) None of the above 132. In a client/server model, a client program (1) asks for information (2) provides information and files (3) serves software files to other computers (4) distributes data files to other computers (5) None of the above 133. Every device on the internet has a unique ........ address (also called an 'Internet address') that identifies it in the same way that a street address identifies the location of house. (2) DA (1) DH (4) IA (3) IP (5) None of these 134. In a customer database, a customer's surname would be keyed into a (1) row (2) text field (3) rocord (4) computed field (5) None of these 135. A set of interrelated components that collect, process. store and distribute information to support decision making and control in an organization best defines (1) communications technology (2) a network (3) an information system (4) hardware (5) None of the above 136. Control in design of an information system is used to (1) inspect the system and check that it is buill as per specifications (2) ensure that the system processes data as it was designed to and that the results are reliable (3) ensure privacy of data processed by it (4 J protect data from accidental or intentional loss (5) None of the above 137. One of the following is not included in the 7Ps of marketing. Find the same. (2) Price (1) Product (3) Production (4) Promotion (5) None of these 138. Home Loans can be best canvassed among (1) Builders (2) Flat owners (3) Land developers (4) Agriculturists (5) Individuals wantingto buy a flat or house 139. CRM (Customer Relationship Management) is (1) A pre-sales activity (2) A tool for lead generation (3) An ongoing daily activity (4) The task of a DSA (5) All of the above 140. One of the following is not involved in the Growth Strategies of a Company (1) Horizontal integration (2) Vertical integration (3) Diversification (4) Intensification (5) None of the above 141. SME means (1) Selling and Marketing Establishment (2) Selling and Managing Employee (3) Sales and Marketing Entity (4) Small and Medium Enterprises (5) None of the above Solved Paper April 2010 142. A successful 'Blue Ocean Strategy' requires (1) Effective communication (2) Innovative skills (3) J\'lotivation All of the above (5) None of the above 143. Bancassurance can be sold to (11 All banks (2) All insurance companies (3) Insurance All existing and prospective bank customers (5) All of the above 144. Data mining means analyzing the data stored with (1) The DSA (2) The front-office staff (3) The back-office staff (4) The customers (5) None of these 145. Find the correct statement. (1) Marketing is redundant in monopolistic companies Performance of sales person depends on the amount of incentives paid (3) Marketing is influenced by peer performance (4) An increase in market share indicates fall in business volume (5) A ,Mission statement is part of the Company's Prospectus 146, 17 same data in many places is called (1J iteration (2J concllrrency (3) redundancy (4) enumeration (5) None of these 147. Which of the following is the first step in the 'transaction processing cycle', which captures bllsiness data through various modes such as optical scanning or at an electronic commerce website? (1) Document and report generation (2) Database maintenance (3) Transaction processing (4) Data Entry (5) None of the above 148. Cross-selling is the basic function of (1) All employers (3) All sales persons (5) All of these (2) All employees Planning Department 149. Cross-selling is not effective for which one of the following products? (1) Debit cards (2) Savings accounts (3) Internet banking (4) Pension loans Personal loans 150, The target group for SME loans is (1) All Businessmen (2) All Professionals (4) All of these All SSIs (5) None of these Section 4 English Language Directions (Q. 151- 165) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locale them while answering some of the q11estions. Governments have traditionally equated economic progress with steel mills and cement factories. While dwellers get rich, hundreds urban centres thrive and of millions of farmers remain mired in poverty. However, fears of food shortages, a rethinking of antipoverty priorities and the crushing recession in 2008 are causing a dramatic shift in world economic policy in favour of greater support for agriculture, The last time when the world's farmers felt such love was in the 1970s. At that time. as food prices spiked, there was real concern that the world was facing a crisis in which the planet was simply unable to produce enough grain and meat for an expanding population. Governments across the developing world and international aid organizations plowed investment into agriculture in the earlv 19708, while technological breakthroughs, like high-yiel~l strains of important food crops. boosted production. The resnlt was the Green Revolution and food production exploded. But the Green Revolution became a victim of its own success. Food prices plunged by some 60% by the late 19808 from their peak in the mid-1970s. Policymakers and aid workers turned their attention to the poor's other pressing needs, such as health care and education. Farming starved of resources and investment. Bv 2004. aid directed at agriculture $ank to 3.5% and "Agriculture lost its glitter". Also, as consumers in high-gwwth giants such as China and India became wealthier, they began eating more meat, so grain once used for human consumption got diverted to beef up livestock. By early 2008, panicked buying by importing countries and restrictions slapped on grain exports by some big producers helped drive prices upto heights not seen for three decades. Making matters worse, land and resources got reallocated to produce cash crops such as biofuels and the result was that voluminous reserves of grain evaporated. Protests broke out across the emerging world and fierce food riots toppled governments. This spurred global leaders into action. This made them aware that food security is one of the fundamental issues in the 'V\TorId that has to be dealt with in order to maintain administrative and political stability. This also spurred the US which traditionally provisioned food aid from American grain surpluses to help needy nations, to move towards investing in farm sectors around the globe to boost productivity. This move helped countries become more productive for themselves and be in a better position to feed their own people. 8 State Bank of India PO Exam 'which missed out on the first Green Revolution and limited resources, also \.vitnessed a the success of East Asia, the primary U,,,-'HU'i'i method favoured many policymakers was farmers off their farms and into modern jobs in factories and urban centres. But that strategy proved to be highly insufficient. Income levels in the countryside badly trailed those in cities while the FAO estimated that the number of poor going hungry in 2009 reached an all time high at more than one billion. In India on the other hand, with only 40% of its farmland entire economic boom currently underway is the llnpr,~dictable monsoon. With much lireas suffering from drought this year, '\vill have a tough time meeting its targets. In a report, Goldman Sachs if this year too receives weak rains, it could to contract by 2% this fiscal year, 7% GDP growth look "a bit rich". Another Green Revolution is the need of the hour 2md to it a reality, the global community still much badel-neaking farm work to do. Hl, vrhat motiva.ted the US to focus on investing in across the globe? 10 dpveloping countries become more reliant on US uid (2) To erEmre surpluses so that the US had no need to import To make those countries more self-sufficient to ,?hom previously provided food To Bstablish itself in the market before the giants such as India and China could (5) I'Jone cf above 152. What is the author trying to convey through the phrase the government's 7% GDP gro'wth target look "a bit rich" ? (1) India is unlikely to achieve the targeted growth rate Allocation of funds to agriculture has raised India's '~hanC8s of hewing a high GDP (3) growth has artificially inflated India's GDP cmel sllch growth is not real Indi8 is likely to have one of the highest GDP growth of India's GDP is contributed by 153. the author's main objective in writing the passage? countries for not bolstering economic growth in poor nations Analysing the disadvantages of the Green Revolution (3) Persuading experts that a strong economy depends on industrialization and not agriculture (4) Making a case for the international society to engineer a second Green Revolution (5) Rationalising the faulty agriculture policies of emerging countries 154. What prompted leaders throughout the world to take action to boo:,;t the agriculture sector in 2008 ? (1) Coercive tactics by the US which restricted food aid to poor nations (2) The realization of the link between food securitv and political stability that performance in agriculture is necessary in order to achieve the targeted GDP (4) Reports that high-growth countries like China and India were boosting their agriculture sectors to capture the international markets. (5) Their desire to influence developing nations to slow down their industrial development (3) Awareness 155. What impact did the economic recession of 2008 have on agriculture 'r (1) Governments equated economic stability with industrial development and shifted away from agriculture (2) Lack of implementation of several innovative agriculture programmes owing to shortage of funds (3) It prompted increased investment and interest in agriculture (4) The GDP as targeted by India was never achieved because of losses in agriculture None of the above 156. 'Which of the following factors was/were responsible for the neglect of the farming sector after the Green Revolution? (A) Steel and cement sectors generated more revenue for the government as compared to agriculture. (B) Large scale protests against favouring agriculture at the cost of other important sectors such as edw;ation and healthcare. (C) Attention of policy makers and aid organizations was diverted from agriculture to other sectors. (1) None (2) Only (C) (3) Only (B) and (C) (4) Only (A) and (B) (5) All (A), (Bl and (C) 157, Which of the following is an adverse impact of the Green Revolution? Unchecked crop yields resulted in tracts of land becoming barren (2) Withdrawal of fiscal impetus from agriculture to other sectors (3) Farmers began soliciting government subsidies for their produce (4) Farmers rioted as food prices fell so low that they could not make ends meet (51 r\one of the above 158. Which of the following is true about the state of agriculture in India at present? rA) Of all the sectors, agriculture needs the highest allocation of funds. (B) Contribution of agriculture to India's GDP this year would depend greatly upon the monsoon rains. (C) As India is one of the high-growth countries, it has surplus food reserves to export to other nations. (1) Only (Al and (C) (2) Only (Cl (3) Only (B) (4) Only (Bl and (C) (5) None of the above Solved Paper J\pril 2010 159. Which of the following had contributed to exorbitant food . prices in 200B ? (Al Hoarding of food stocks by local wholes.alers which inadvertently created of food shortage. (B) Export of fopdgrains w' !'reduced by large producers. (C) Diverting resources from cultivation of foodgrains to that of more profitable crops. (1) None (2) Only (C) (3) Only (B) (4) All (AJ, (Bl and (C) (5) Only (BJ and (C) 160. What encouraged African policymakers to focus on urban ? (1) rv'1isapprehension that it would alleviate poverty as it did in other countries (2) Rural development outstripped urban development in many parts of Africa (3) Breaking out of protests in the country and the fear that the government would topple (4) Blind imitation of western models of development None of the above Directions (Q. 161-163) Choose the word/group of words which is most similar in meaniIlg to the word printed in bold as used in th~ passage. 161. STARVED (1) Deprived (3) Hungry (5) Emaciated (2) Disadvantaged (4) Fasting 162. PLOWED (1) Cultivated (3) Recovered (2) Bulldozed (4) Expend (5) Withdrew 163. SLAPPED (1) Beaten (3] Withdrawn (5) (2) Imposed (4) Avoided Persuaded Directions (Q. 164-165) Choose the word/phrase Vi/hich is most opposite in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage. 164. EVAPORATED Absorbed Grew (5) ::vnsmanaged (1) (3) (2) Accelerated (4) Plunged 165. PRESSING (1) Unpopular (3) Unobtrusive (2] Undemanding Unsuitable (4) (5) Unimportant Which of the phrases (1), and (4) given below each statement should be placed in the blank space provided so as to make a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence ? If none of the se,1tences is appropriate, mark (5) ie, 'None of the above' as the answer. Directions (Q. 166-170) 19 166. Overlooking the fact that ,vater intensifies during summer, ".".. " ..... , the government issued guidelines to all builders to limit their consumption to acceptable llmits (2) provision for rainwater harvesting has been made to aidirrigation in drought pron(J areas (3] the water table did not improve evcn after normal monsoon in the current year many residential areas continue to use swimming pools, wasting quantities of water (5) None of the above 167. R efuting the rationale behind frequent agitations for formation of separate states, a recent report .............. . (1) proved that such agitations result in 105s of governmental property indicated that the formation of small states does not necessarily improve the economy suggested that only large scale agile' Eons have been effective in bringing out desired in the past (4) recommended dividing large states into smaller ones to improve governance (5) None of the above 168. Achieving equality for women is not D laudable (1) political reforms are also negle:::ted women from entering, am! power (2) the problem is also rooted in the and supported by .it (3) their empowerment is purposefully by people with vested interests in all sections of the society (4) it is also equally difficult to achieve and ma:ntain for a long term (5) None of the above 169. He has lost most of his life's in the stock market but .............. , (1) he still seems to be leading his life luxuriously and extravagantly (2) he could not save enough to repay his ellormous debts to invest money (3) stock market is not a safe unless done with caution (4) experts have been suggesting La avoid imcesiments in stock market because of its unpredictable nature None of the above they would not keep electing him year 170............... or after year. (1) The party leader gave a strong message to the mayor for improving his political style (2) Owing to numerous scandals against the mayor, he was told to resign from the post immediately (3) The qlayor threatened the residents against filing a complaint against him (4) The r~sidellts must really impressed with the political style of their mayor (5) None of the above 20 State Bank of India PO Exam Direr;tions (Q. 171-175) Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something hw.; been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blmlk that best the meaning of the sentence as a whole. 171. In an effort to provide .............. for higher education to all. most of the universities have been providing education without adequate infrastructure. thus churning out .............. graduates every year. (1) chances, fresh (2) platform, capable opportunities, unemployable (4) prospects, eligible (5) policy, incompetent 172. T he move to allow dumping of mercury ............ " an outcry from residents of the area who .............. that high levels of mercury will affect their health and destroy ecologically sensitive forest area. (1) resulted, insist (2) provoked, fear (3) incited, determined (4) activated, accept (5) angered, believe 173. Even as the ........... ,.. elsewhere in the world are struggling lo come out of recession, Indian consumers are splurging on consumer goods and to .............. this growth, companies are investing heavily in various sectors, (2) countries, inhibit economies, meet (3) governments, measure (4) nations, inflict (5) comp~nies; cou'lje.r .;. .' 174. Drawinl:l attention to the pitfalls,of .... ,..: ...... solely. on UraniuTl.1 as 'a fnel for nuclear reactors, Indian scientists warned that Uranium will not last for long and thus research on Thorium as its ....... " ..... must be revived. (1) substitute (2) believing, replacement (3) depending, reserve (4) reckoning, option (5) relying, alternative 175... ,........... has been taken against some wholesale drug dealers for dealing in surgical items without a valid license and lllRintaining a slack of ,............. drugs. (1) Note, oven'Vhelming (2) Step, impressive (3) Execution, ouidated (4) Action, expired (5) Lawsuit, invalid Directions (Q. 176-180) Rearrange the following sentences (Aj, (B), (el, (D), (El and (F) to make a meaningful paragraph (11ld then answer the quesUolls which follow. (A) While these disadvantages of biofuels are serious, they are the only alternate energy source of the future and the sooner we find solutions to these problems the faster '(ve 'will be able to solve the problems we are now facing with gasoline. (Bl This fuel can also help to stimulate jobs locally since they are also much safer to handle than gasoline and can thus have the potential to turnaround a global economy. (C) These include dependence on fossil fuels for the machinery required to produce biofuel which ends up polluting as much as the burning of fossil fuels on roads and exorbitant cost of biofuels which makes it very difficult for the common man to switch to this option. (D) This turnaround can potentially help to bring world peace and end the need to depend on foreign countries for energy requirements. Biofuels are made from plant sources and since these sources are available in abundance and can be reproduced on a massive scale they form an energy sonrce that is unlimited . [F) However, everything is not as green with the biofuels as it seems as there are numerous disadvantages hlVolved whicb at times overshadow their positive impact. 176. Which of the following sentence should be the THIRD after rearrangement? (1) A (3) C (2) B (4) D (5) E 177. Which of the follovving sentence should be the FIFTH after rearrangement? (lJA (2)B (3) C (5) F (4) E 178. Which of the following sentence should be the SIXTH (LAST) after rearrangement? (1) A (~) E (2) r:' (3) D F 179. Which of thefollovving sentence should be after rearrangement? (1) A (4)E (2) B (5)F SECOND D 180. Which of the following senlence should be the FIRST after rearrangement? (1) A D (2) B [5) E (3) C Directions (Q. 181-185) Which of til" phrases (1), (3) and (4) given below each statement should replace phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct If the sentence correct as it is and 'No correction is reqlJired'. 11lark (5) as the answel: 181. In an attempt to boost their profits many edihle oil producing companies have been themselves in propaganda against commonly used oils and promoting exotic and expensive varieties of oils as more healthier options. (1) (2) [3) (4) (5) as most healthiest options as less healthy option as a healthier option as much healthiest option No correction required 182. Thanks to numerous government initiatives, rural masses which was earlier unaware of the luxuries of urban ,yays of living are now connected to the same lifestyle. (1) wbo was earlier unaware (2) which were earlier aware (3) who were earlier conversant (4) who were earlier unaware (5) No correction required Solved Paper April 2010 I 21 183. Soon after the Tsunami had killed thousands of people 189. (1) need along the coasts of southern India. parliament passes a (3) bill that proposed to set up an institutional mechamsm to (2) consider (4) necessary (5) apply rasponli pfPmptly tf) nainfal disastefS~ , (1 } ,passed a bill that proPQsed requires "'.ltMFHlin,~~~~llfJ,i,~:< i:,>:, ' (2) passes a bill with purpose (3) pass a bill proposing (4) passed a bill which propose (5) No correction required 1134. Denial of wages forced scientists and teachers at the agriculture universities throughout the country to go on strike, crippling crucial research that could help the state of agriculture in the country. (1) from going on strike (2) 'which went on strike (3) on going for a strike (4) for going to strike (5) No correction required 185. Over the last few months, while most industries are busy in restructuring operations. cutting costs and firing, the Indian pharmaceutical and healthcare industry was adding manpower and giving salary hikes. (1) as many industries are (2) while most industries were (3) while many industries is (4) where many industries were (5) No correction required Directions (Q. 186-195) 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/phrases are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case. There is a considerable amount of research about the factors that make a company innovate. So is it possible to create an environment (186) to innovation? This is a particularly pertinent (187) for India today. Massive problems in health, education etc. (188) be solved using a conventional approach but (189) creative and innovative solutions that can ensure radical change and (190). There are several factors in India's (191). Few countries have the rich diversity that India or its large, young population (192). While these (193) innovation policy interventions certain additional steps are also required. These include (194) investment in research and development by (195) the government and the private sector, easv transfer of technology from the academic world etc. To fulfill its promise of being prosperous and to be at the forefront, India must be innovative. 186. (1) incentive (2) facilitated (3) impetus (4) stimuli (5) conducive 187. (1) doubt (2) question (3) inference (4) objective (5) controversy 188. (1) should (2) never (3) must (4) cannot (5) possibly , ; ; (3}growth" advantages 191. (1) favour (3) esteem (5) praises (Z) chaos (4) quantity (5) 192. (1) endows (3) (5) occurs enjoys 193. (1) promotes (3) cater (5) jeopardise (2) leverage (4) challenges (2) prevails (4) blessed (2) endure (4) aid 194. (1) restricting (3) increased (5) utilising (2) inspiring (4) acute 195. (1) combining (3) also (2) participating (4) both (5) besides Directions (Q. 196-200) In each of the following questions four words are given to which two words are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most near(ll the same or opposite in meaning and indicate the number of tIle correct letter combination. by darkening the appropriate oval in your answer sheet. 196. (A) abundance (C) projection (1) A - C (3) C - D (5) A- D 197. (A) consent (B) incomparable (D) plethora (2) A - B (4) B - D (B) nascent (C) emerging (D) insecure (1) A C (3) B - C (5) A - B (2) B - D (4) A D 198. (A) elated (C) explicit (l)A-B (3) A-C (5) D C 199. (A) germane (C) reliable (I) B - D (3) A - B (5) A-D 200. (A) purposefully (C) inadvertently (1) A-C (3) B C (5) A-D (B) eccentric (D) abnormal (2) B D (4) A-D (Bl generate (D) irrelevant (2) B C (4) C-D (B) inaccurately (D) unchangeably (2) A B (4) B - D 22 State Bank of India PO Exam AnSltvers and Solutions Section 1 Reas~ning Ability Similarly, CONSIDER- RMNBSFEJ Given number.,... 5 2 6 3 After rearrangement ........ 6 1 5 4 2 + 1 8 7 1. (2) l , 1 1 , , , 7 8 Arranged in ascending order 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 So, the third digit from left end is 4. 2. (4) N B I r" W E 1'"---0 S. 9. (3) How many goals scored -+ 5 3 9 7 Many more matches -+ 9 82 He scored five -7 1 6 3 S From According to question, H is South of B, Therefore the position of H may be between Band D or it may be South afD. So, the position of H cannot determined, D>A (B, E) > C D is heavier than only A So, (B, EJ > C > D > A So, heaviest is either B or E. 4. (4) 10. (3) and (U) , many -~ (9) to Pratap = 20, 21, 22 to his sister not after 21st April So, the birthday will be 20 or 21 April from both statements. L"VV<~kU" 11, II S E ARC H E S 19 5 1 18 3 8 5 19 ~ or I So, there are three 5. [il From (il and scored -+ 3 So, goals's code 5 or 7. AC, AE and CEo 15-8x6+1Z+4? After changing the sign 15x8+6+1Z-4 ? 15 ~ + 8 =? 6 20 -+ 8 ? =;:.? Conclusions 28 I. x II, x III. IV. x 6. (4) 7, (4) t 30m "! t 1100 m Either I or III is true. 12. (1) L. ~ (~~\ JI50m 1, _ _ _ or * From starting point he is 50 is North. far away and direction ill ( ).~~.' ,( \ r;~ ~_\l~:; ) \ ,,~/ -l ,,~/ S. (1) TEMPORAL-- OLDSMBSP ' 11-;-1: l Itt t I t + t+ _1''''''-'--+,---f..,.++---' 1-1 < < "~'< .. +1 'I I Ii 'I ,j ~ Condusions 1..1 II, x IlL ./ IV. x So, I and III follows only, , .' Monkeys

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