Reasoning Ability Sample Questions for SBI Associate Bank Clerical Exam 2012

15 Solved Questions of Reasoning Section

Directions(1-5): In each questions below are three statements followed by two Conclusions numbered I and II.you have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly Known facts

Give answer(1) if only conclusion I follow

Give answer(2) if only conclusion II follow

Give answer(3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follow

Give answer(4) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follow

Give answer(5) if both conclusion I and conclusion II follow

1) Statements:

All Paints are Colour

All Inks are paints

No Colour is a varnish

Conclusions:

I.) No Varnish is paint

II) All inks are colour

Ans 5

2) Statements:

Some Kites are Planes

All Planes are birds

All birds are colours

Conclusions:

I) All birds are Kites

II) All Planes are Colours

Ans 2

3) Statements:

All actors are producers

Some Producers are directors

Some singers are producers

Conclusions

I) Some actors are Singers

II) Some Singers are directors

Ans 4

4) Statements:

All movies are dramas

All plays are dramas

All dramas are films

Conclusions

I) All movies are films

II) Some Plays are not films

Ans 1

5) Statements:

Some Grains are cereals

Some Cereals are rice

Some rice are wheat

Conclusions:

I) Some grains are wheats

II) Some wheat are cereals

Ans 4

Directions(6-10): Following questions are based on the five three digit numbers given below

                                        753    481    647    374    298

6) If all te digits in each of the numbers are arranged in descending  order within the number, which of the following will form the lowest in the new arrangement of numbers?

1) 753

2) 647

3) 481

4) 298

5) 374

Ans 5

7) If all the numbers are arranged in ascending order from left to right, which of the following will be the sum of all the three digits of the number which is exactly in the middle of new arrangement?

1) 17

2) 14

3) 15

4) 13

5) 19

Ans 4

8) What will be the resultant if third digit of the lowest number is multiplied with the second digit of the highest number?

1) 27

2) 40

3) 45

4) 19

5) 20

Ans 2

9) If the Position of the second and the third digits of each of the numbers are interchanged, how many even no will be formed?

1) None 

2) One

3) Two

4) Three

5) Four

Ans 3

10) If two is added to the first of each of the numbers, how many numbers thus formed will be divisible by three?

1) None 

2) One

3) Two

4) Three

5) Four

Ans 3

Directions(11-15): study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

11) which of the following expression will be true if the expression " W <= V <  T > = S" is definitely true?

1) W <= S

2) T < W

3) V > S

4) W < = T

5) None is true

Ans 5

12) which of the following expression will not be true if the expression " A >= B = C > D" is definitely true?

1) A >= D

2) C <= A

3) D < A

4) B > D

5) All are true

Ans 1

13) In which of the following expression will the expression " F <= R" be definitely true ?

1) F < Q <= G < R

2) R >= Q < G >= F

3) R >= G = Q >= F

4) F = Q <= G < R

5) None of these

Ans 3

14) In which of the following expression " L < P " does not hold true?

1) P > N >= M = L

2) L = N <= M < P

3) P < N <= M <= L

4) L < M = N <= P

5) L < M < N < P

Ans 3

15) Which of the following expression will be true if the expression " J >=H = I > K" is definitely True?

1) J = K

2) K < H

3) I >= J

4) K + J

5) None if True

Ans 2

 

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SBI Associate Bank General Knowledge(GK) Practice Model Paper for Clerk Exam 2012

SBI Sample Question Paper

1) Which of the following is NOT a part of India's Money Market?

1) Bill Market

2) Call Money Market

3) Banks

4) Mutual Funds

5) Indian Gold Council

Ans 5

2) FDI refers to

1) Foreign Direct Investment

2) Fixed Deposit Investment

3) Fixed Deposit Interest

4) Future Derivative Investment

5) None of these

Ans 1

3) State Financial Corporations give assistance mainly to develop which of the following

1) Cotton Industry

2) Agriculture Sector

3) Small and Medium Scale Industries

4) Large Scale Industry

5) Coal mines

Ans 3

4) Teaser Rates are related to which of the following types of Loans?

1) Personal Loans

2) Home Loans

3) Auto Loans

4) Crop Loans

5) Reverse Mortgage Loans

Ans 2

5) Th Green revolution in India was the outcome of the efforts of who amongst the following?

1) Dr. C. Rangarajan

2) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan

3) Mr. K.V.Kamath

4) Dr. Rakesh Mohan

5) None of these

Ans 2

6) Which of the following is NOT a Government sponsored organization?

1) NABARD

2) Small Industries development bank of India

3) National Housing Bank

4) ICICI Bank

5) All are Govt. Sponsored

Ans 4

7) Which of the following programmes is being implemented in all the districts of the country?

1) Sarva Shiksha Adhiyan

2) Navodya Vidhyalay

3) Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyuthikaran Yojana

4) Ultra Mega Power Project

5) None of these

Ans 1

8) P.A. Sangma resigned as member of which of the following to contest the upcoming Presidential election in July 2012?

1) Lok Sabha

2) Rajya Sabha

3) Vidhan Parishad

4) Vidhan Sabha

5) None of these

Ans 4

9) Who among the following was appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India in June 2012?

1) H.S.Brahma

2) V.S.Sampath

3) Navin Chawla

4) B.K Chaturvedi

5) S.Gopalaswami

Ans 2

10) Which of the following offences are probed by the National Investigation Agency(NIA)?

1) Communal

2) Terrorist

3) Corruption

4) White-Collar

5) Environmental

Ans 2

11) Who among the following is the Husband of Queen Elizabeth in news for Completing 60 years of her rule in June 2012?

1) Prince Philip

2) Prince Andrew

3) Prince Edward

4) Prince Winston

5) Prince George

Ans 1

12) D.K Mehrotra took Charge of which of the following organization in May 2012?

1) LIC

2) TRAI

3) AAI

4) SEBI

5) Railway Board

Ans 1

13) PYKKA is a central government Scheme for the promotion of 

1) Health

2) Culture

3) Sports

4) Education

5) Entrepreneurship

Ans 3

14) "Mind positive, Life positive" a book authored by Who among the following, was released in June 2012

1) Jaideep Prabhu

2) S.Joginder Singh

3) Tirthankar Roy

4) Aparna Pande

5) Rajnarayan Chandavarka

Ans 2

15) one MP--one Idea" scheme has been launched by which Central Ministry in May 2012?

1) Rural Development Ministry

2) Home Ministry

3) Agriculture Ministry

4) Statistics and programme Implementation Ministry 

5) Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry

Ans 4

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General Awareness(GA) 15 Practice Questions for SBI Associate Clerical Test-GK 2012

General Knowledge Question Set 2012

1) Who has written the book " God of small things "?

1) V.S Naipaul

2) Kiran Desai

3) Anita Desai

4) Amitav Ghosh

5) Arundhati Roy

Ans 5

2) Which of the following country is not a member of shanghai cooperation organization?

1) India

2) China

3) Britain

4) Russia

5) None of these

Ans 1

3) Recently who became the member of the world Trade organisation?

1) Russia

2) Canada

3) Malaysia

4) Singapore

5) Japan

Ans 1

4) For how many years the Banks have been directed by Reserve Bank of India to maintain records relating to suspicious transaction?

1) 5 years

2) 10 years

3) 8 years

4) 12 years

5) 15 years

Ans 2

5) Recently which Pakistani Interior minister was suspended for dual nationality?

1) Imran Khan

2) Iftkaar Alam

3) Sherry Rehman

4) Rehman Malik

5) None of these

Ans 4

6) Which Indian actor is set to make Hollywood debut with the Lord of the Rings producer Barrie Osborne?

1) Hritik Roshan

2) Kamal Hassan

3) Irfaan Khan

4) Superstar Rajnikant

5) Anil Kapoor

Ans 2

7) Where does Inflation stand as on May 2012?

1) 8.55%

2) 9.55%

3) 7.55%

4) 6.55%

5) None of these

Ans 3

8) Which PSU bank has waived off minimum balance criteria for savings bank account?

1) Punjab National bank

2) Bank of Baroda

3) Bank of India

4) State Bank of India

5) None of these

Ans 4

9) In budget 2012-13, where new Scheme has been announced by Pranab Mukherjee?

1) Rajiv Gandhi Equity savings scheme

2) Rajiv Gandhi Pension scheme

3) Gramin Equity scheme

4) Gramin Pension scheme

5) None of these

Ans 1

10) Who amongst the following gave the concept of PURA?

1) Sonia Gandhi

2) Manmohan Singh

3) Rajiv Gandhi

4) APJ Abdul Kalam

5) None of these

Ans 4

11) Gross Non Performing Assets(NPAs) as a percent of total advances at the end of March 2012 were highest in case of 

1) Public Sector banks

2) Scheduled Commercial Banks

3) Old private Banks

4) Nationalized Banks

5) New Private banks

Ans 1

12) What was Insurance company Tata AIG Life renamed as in July 2012?

1) Tata AAA life

2) Tata AIC life

3) Tata AIA life

4) Tata AID life

5) Tata AIB life

Ans 3

13) SBI cards is a joint venture between state Bank of India

1) Citi Bank

2) Barclays Bank

3) GE Capital

4) Templeton

5) Stanchart Bank

Ans 3

14) Krishan-Godavari D-6 gas fields are jointly owned by Reliance Industries Ltd(60%), BP Plc(30%) and ------- (10%)

1) Cairn

2) Chevron

3) Niko

4) ESsar

5) Vedanta

Ans 3

15) Baron Pierre de Coubertin is known for his Contribution to which field?

1) Arts

2) Sports

3) Science

4) Economics

5) Journalism

Ans 2

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Quantitative Aptitude Question Paper with Answers for IBPS Gramin Bank Exam 2012

Sample Paper of Quantitative Aptitude 

1) In the following number of series a wrong number is given.Find out the wrong number.
36   52   84   148   272   532
1) 148
2) 84
3) 52
4) 272
5) None of these


Ans 4


2) If square of 66 is added to the square of a number, the answer so obtained is 4840.What is the number?
1) 32
2) 28
3) 24
4) 18
5) None of these


Ans 5


3) Two numbers are such that the sum of twice the first number and thrice the second number is 126 and the sum of thrice the first number and twice the second number is 144.What is the smallest number?
1) 18
2) 24
3) 32
4) 36
5) None of these


Ans 1


4) 37% of 248 - 27% of 310 = ?
1) 8.60
2) 7.06
3) 9.10
4) 8.06
5) None of these


Ans 4


5) 21 x 24 - cube of 4 + square of 7 - ? = square of 19
1) 134
2) 128
3) 161
4) 149
5) None of these


Ans 2


6) Total price of four tubelights and three tube is Rs. 260/- and the ratio of the price of tubelight and the bulb is 5: 2. Then what is the total price of 6 bulbs and in tubelight?
1) Rs 210 /-
2) Rs 130 /-
3) Rs 180 /-
4) Rs 170 /-
5) None of these


Ans 4


7) Compound interest of the amount of Rs.7500 /- in two years is Rs. 927 /-.What is the percentage rate of interest  per year?
1) 5.4%
2) 8%
3) 6%
4) 8.4%
5) 5%


Ans 3


8) of some amount sohan spends 23% on insurance policy, 33% on food materials, 19% on education of the children and 16% on entertainment . The balance amount of Rs 504/- he deposits in the bank.What amount he spends on food materials and insurance policy combined?
1) Rs 3200/-
2) Rs 3216/-
3) Rs 3136/-
4) Rs 3048/-
5) None of these


Ans 3


9) The difference between circumference of two circles is 132 cm and the radius of the small circle is 14 cm.What is radius of big circle?
1) 14 cm
2) 21 cm
3) 30 cm
4) 42 cm
5) None of these 


Ans 5


10) Minimum passing marks for reserved and unreserved category are respectively 40% and 54% in an examination. A candidate of unreserved category got 300 marks and failed with 24 marks.What is the least marks to be passed in the examination for unreserved category?
1) 280
2) 245
3) 230
4) 240
5) None of these


Ans 4


Direction(26-28): what will come in place of question(?) in the following question?


11) 23, 33, 46, 62, 81, 103, ?
1) 126
2) 130
3) 133
4) 128
5) None of these


Ans 4


12) 7, 14, 25, 38, 55, 74, ?
1) 97
2) 99
3) 107
4) 113
5) None of these


Ans 1


13) 9, 73, 105, 121, 129, ?, 135
1) 13
2) 131
3) 133
4) 134
5) None of these


Ans 3


14) The salary of an employee of a company increses by 4% every month. In August his salary was Rs. 6300/- then what will be his salary in October in the same year?
1) Rs 6552 /-
2) Rs 6967 /-
3) Rs 6814 /-
4) Rs 6627 /-
5) Rs 6933 /-


Ans 3


15) The ratio of the angles of a triangle is 3:5:7. What is the difference the twice of the smallest angle and half of the largest angle?
1) 25
2) 36
3) 38
4) 30
5) None of these


Ans 4

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SBI Model Question Paper with Answer of General Awareness

SBI Practice Sample Paper for General Knowledge

1) Defence Ministry on March 5,2012 blacklisted six vendors for their alleged involvement in the ordnance Factory Board scam in 2009 including Singapore technologies Kinetics Ltd., Israeli Military Industries Rheinmetall Air Defence Zurich and

1) Corporation Defence,Russia

2) TS Kisan,Delhi

3) RK Machine Tool,Punjab

4) All of the above

5) None of these

2) Which of the following statements are correct about the results of Assembly elections announced on March 6,2012 ?

1) Samajwadi party of Mulayam Singh Yadav emerged the single largest party in U.P

2) The shiromani Akali Dal-Led Govt. in Punjab made history ,becoming the first since state was created in 1996 to win two consecutive elections.

3) In the Goa,the BJP won 21 seats on 40member Assembly

4) Allof the above

5) None of these

3) India and china on march 6,2012 put into operation a new mechanism to diffuse any tensions that may arise along the disputed----- Km border.

1) 3,488

2) 3,256

3) 3,466

4) 3,268

5) None of these

4) The Bhoomi Pujan Angkor Wat Ram Mandir in Hajipur was held on March 5,2012.The Proposed temple is a replica of Cambodia's 12th century Angkor Wat-the largest Hindu temple complex in the World built by Cambodian King

1) Suryavarman I

2) Suryarman II

3) Narsimhavarman I

4) Narsimhavarman II

5) None of these

5) The finance Minister of Haryana Harmohinder Singh Chatha Presented the Budget 2012-13 on March 5,2012.What is the budget estimate for a revenue deficit during 2012-13

1) Rs 2,455.55 Crore

2) Rs 2,845.64 Crore

3) Rs 2,372.76 Crore

4) Rs 2,561.58 Crore

5) None of these

6) The Prime minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh inaugurated the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Afro-Asian Rural Development organization on March 5,2012 in New Delhi.How many African Countries are its members?

1) 14

2) 15

3) 16

4) 17

5) None of these

7) Russian Prime minister Vladimir Putin won a third term as president securing 63.6 % votes in the election held on March 3,2012.who among the following came second securing 17.9 % percent votes?

1) Gennady Zyuganow

2) Sergel Mironov

3) Mikhail Prokhorov

4) Vladimir Zhrinovsky

5) None of these

8) The Directorate General of Foreign issued a notification on March 5,2012 prohibiting export of cotton with immediate effect.What is main reason for this ban?

1) Low quality of cotton

2) Low production and high consumption

4) Lower price in foreign markets

5) All of the above

5) None of these 

9) Four private and Public Financial institutions -ICICI Bank,LIC,Citi Financial and Bank of Baroda -on march 5,2012 joined hands to set up India's first $ 2 billion infrastructure Debt. Fund(IDF).Which institution has the largest stake in the joint venture?

1) Life Insurance Company

2) Bank of Baroda

3) Citi Financial

4) ICICI Bank

5) None of these

10) Tata Power in March 2012 joined hands with south Africa based Exxaro to form a joint Venture.What is the generation capacity of TATA Power from all sources of energy?

1) 4678 MW

2) 4798 MW

3) 4772 MW

4) 4776 MW

5) None of these

11) Which of the following automaker companies on March 6,2012 launched small car B-MAX at the Geneva Motor Show ?

1) Volkswagen

2) Hyundai

3) Tata Motors

4) Ford

5) None of these

12) Tha National Association of street Vendors of India(NASVI) and Nidan were honored with the Skoll Award on March 29,2012.In which year this award was instituted?

1) 1997

2) 1998

3) 1999

4) 2000

5) None of these

13) Who among the following became the first person with more than 20 million followers on Twitter in march 2012?

1) Katy Perry

2) Lady Gaga

3) Barack Obama

4) Shakira

5) None of these

14) Who among the following were honored at the 67th National Grassroots Innovations Award on March 9,2012 in New Delhi?

1) Archana Konwar

2) Shalin Kumar

3) Abhishek Bhagat

4) All of the above

5) None of these

15) Who among the following countries won the first women Kabaddi world cup in Patna March 4,2012?

1) Japan

2) India

3) Iran

4) Thailand

5) None of these

16) Who among the following won the ATP Tour Delray Beach International Tennis title?

1) Jarkko Niemi

2) Kevin Peter

3) Stephen kiem

4) Kevin Anderson

5) None of these

17) The AIIMS, Delhi celebrated International childhood cancer day on March 2,2012 on the theme

1) Love Cures Cancer

2) Fight Cancer

3) Beat Cancer with Love

4) Healthy Life, No Cancer

5) None of these

18) Who of  the following may be considered as the objectives of the Union Budget 2012-13 presented in the Parliament on March 16,2012

1) Focus on domestic demand driven growth recovery.

2) Intervene decisively to address the problem of malnutrition

3) Address and improve supply side  of economy

4) creating conditions for rapid revival of high growth in Private investment

5) All of the above

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