SBI Model Question Paper With Answer : Clerk

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1.Suresh is taller than Prabhu but shorter than Ram, Prabhu is as tall as Neeraj but taller than Nilesh. Which of the following statements is definitely true for Neeraj?
(a)Neeraj is shorter than Nilesh (b)Neeraj is the tallest (c)Neeraj is the shortest (d)Neeraj is taller than Nilesh (e)None of these
Ans : ( d )
2.How many such pairs of letters are there in the word STAINLESS each of which has as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet, in the same sequence?
(a)Two (b)Three (c)Four (d)Five (e)None of these
Ans : ( e )
3.What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following sequence?
ARRANGEMENTS, RRANGEMENT, RANGEMEN, ?, NGEM
(a)RANGEME (b)ANGEME (c)ANGEMENT (d)NGEMEN (e)None of these
Ans : ( b )
4.Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(a)Baking(b)Steaming (c)Cooking (d)Frying (e)Boiling
Ans : ( c )
5.Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(a)Radish (b)Orange (c)Pear (d)Mango (e)Apple
Ans : ( a )
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?
(a)Earth (b)Moon (c)Saturn (d)Pluto (e)Venus
Ans : ( b )
7.If water is called food, food is called drink, drink is called blue, blue is called red, red is called white and white is called brown, then what is the colour
of blood?
(a)Blue (b)Red (c)Brown(d)White(e)Drink
Ans : ( d )
8.In a certain code language, the word ENQUIRY is written as YRIUQNE. How will the word REQUIRE be written in the code language ?
(a)QERUERI (b)REQUERI (c)ERIUQER (d)IREUQER (e)None of these
Ans : ( c )
9.In a certain code language DESERT is written RTSEDE. How will the word FAULTS the written in that code language?
(a)TSULFA (b)AFLUST (c)LUAFST (d)UAFSTL (e)None of these
Ans : ( a )
10.How many meaningful English word can be formed by using the second, the fifth, the seventh and the tenth letters of the word APPROPRIATION, each only once, but in different sequence ?
(a)One (b)Two (c)Three (d)None of these (e)More than three
Ans : ( a )
Directions (Qs. 11-15) :What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions?
11.7589- ? = 3434
(a)3721 (b)4155 (c)3246 (d)11023 (e)None of these
Ans : ( b ) 4155
12. 300 + (10)2 x 2 = ?
(a)450 (b)800 (c)500 (d)550 (e)None of these
Ans : ( c ) 500
13. 12.05 x 5.4 Õ 0.6 = ?
(a)105.55 (b)108.45 (c)118.45 (d)118.55 (e)None of these
Ans : ( b ) 108.45
14. 2435 Õ 24 = 24?
(a)2.5 (b)3.5 (c)2 (d)3 (e)None of these
Ans : ( a ) 2.5
15. 78 x 14 + 7645 – ? = 8247
(a)580 (b)590 (c)490 (d)480(e)None of these
Ans : ( c ) 490
Directions (Qs. 16?17) :
I.?P + Q? means P is the brother of Q
II.?P x Q? means P is the mother of Q
III.?P Õ Q? means P is the sister of Q
IV.?P ? Q? means Q is the father of P
16.Which of the following represents ?B is the material uncle of C?
(a)B + A x C (b)B x C + A (c)B Õ C + A (d)B x A + c (e)None of these
Ans : ( a ) B + A x C
17.Which of the following statements is not necessary to answer the above question?
(a)Only I and II (b)Only III (c)Only III and IV (d)Either II or III (e)All are necessary
Ans : ( c ) Only III and IV
18.Pointing towards a woman a boy said, she is the only daughter of my mother’s brother’s only brother-in-law? How the woman is related to the boy?
(a)Mother (b)Aunt (c)Sister-in-law (d)Sister (e)None of these
Ans : ( d ) Sister
19.Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to that group?
(a)63 (b)64 (c)39 (d)48 (e)79
Ans : ( e ) 79
20.Ina certain code language DOWNBEAT is written as TABEWNDO. How will the word PROSPECT be written in that code language?
(a)RPSOEPTC (b)TCPEOSPR (c)ORPSPTCE (d)TCPREPOS (e)None of these
Ans : ( b ) TCPEOSPR
Directions (Qs. 21?26) :What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions?
21. 37.5 Õ (27)1.5 x 92 = 3?
(a)5 (b)4.5 (c)7 (d)6.5 (e)None of these
Ans : ( c ) 7
22. 28% of 450 + 45% of 280 = ?
(a)126 (b)252 (c)324(d)212 (e)None of these
Ans : ( b ) 252
23. 1027.05 ? 314.005 + 112.25 = ?
(a)825.395 (b)825.095 (c)825.305 (d)825.295 (e)None of these
Ans : ( d ) 825.295
24. (103.7 x 101.3)2 = 10?
(a)6 (b)7 (c)10 (d)3(e)None of these
Ans : ( c ) 10
25. 40.83 x 1.02 x 1.2 = ?
(a)49.97592 (b)41.64660 (c)58.7952 (d)42.479532 (e)None of these
Ans : ( a ) 49.97592
26. 3978 + 112 x 2 = ? Õ 2
(a)8180 (b)2101 (c)4090 (d)8404 (e)None of these
Ans : ( d ) 8404
27.Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to that group?
(a)21 (b)35 (c)49 (d)63 (e)56
Ans : ( c ) 49
28.P is heavier than Q but lighter than R. Q is heavier than T. S is heavier than P but lighter than V. Who among them is the lightest?
(a)V (b)S (c)T (d)R
(e)None of these
Ans : ( c ) T
29.In a certain code language TRANSPORT is written as RTASNPORT. How will the word GATEHOUSE be written in that code language ?
(a)ETGAHOESU (b)ETAGHESUO (c)AGTHEOUSE (d)AGETHUOES (e)None of these
Ans : ( c ) AGTHEOUSE
30.In a certain code language siregar means Shyam is smart and pasiga means Animesh is smart?. What is the code for smart in that code language?
(a)si (b)re (c)ga (d)pa (e)None of these
Ans : ( e ) None of these
Directions (Qs. 31?34) :What will come in place of the question-mark (?) in the following questions ?
31. 12.05 x 5.4 Õ 0.3 = ?
(a)108.55 b)216.90 (c)118.45 (d)118.55 (e)None of these
Ans : ( b ) 216.90
32. 99 Õ 11 + 7 x 16 = (?)2
(a)11 (b)121 (c)12 (d)144 (e)None of these
Ans : ( a ) 11
33. 8400 Õ 120 x 15 + 150 = ?
(a)1050 (b)1200 (c)1100 (d)1514 (e)None of these
Ans : ( b ) 1200
34. 45% of 1500 + 35% of 1700 = ?% of 3175
(a)40 (b)55 (c)45 (d)35
(e)None of these
Ans : ( a ) 40
Directions (Qs. 35?39) :Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
The number 0 to 9 are coded in the following manner considering the exception given below:
36970281
54
HPVSGDJK
MR
Exception 1:If a number starts and ends with non-zero odd number then the first and the last digits should be coded as X and Z.
Exception 2:If a number starts and ends with non-zero even number then the first and the last digits should be coded as A and B respectively.
35.What is the code for 5 2 1 8 6 3 ?
(a)MDKJPH (b)ZDKJPX (c)XDKJPZ (d)ADKJPB (e)None of these
Ans : ( c ) XDKJPZ
36.What is the code for 492310 ?
(a)RVDHKG (b)AVDHKB (c)VRDKHG (d)BVDHKA (e)None of these
Ans : ( a ) RVDHKG
37.Which of the following numbers is represented by ASGHKB?
I. 670312II. 470313III. 270318
(a)Only I and III (b)Only I and II (c)Only Ii and III (d)Only I (e)Only III
Ans : ( a ) Only I and III
38.What is the code for 3186452 ?
(a)HKJDMRP (b)KHPJMRD (c)DMRPHKJ (d)HKJPRMD
(e)None of these
Ans : ( d ) HKJPRMD
39.Which of the following numbers is represented by DPJRSV ?
(a)628794 (b)268479 (c)246793 (d)168359 (e)None of these
Ans : ( b ) 268479
40.Animesh and Anand together got a profit of Rs. 9,600 and they distributed between themselves in the ratio of 5 : 7. What is the share of Animesh?
(a)Rs. 4,000 (b)Rs. 5,600 (c)Rs. 4,800 (d)Rs. 5,200 (e)None of these
Ans : ( a ) Rs. 4,000
41.A man bought some fruits at the rate of 16 for Rs. 24 and sold them at the rate of 8 for Rs. 18. What is the profit per cent?
(a)50% (b)60% (c)40% (d)25% (e)None of these
Ans : ( a ) 50%
42.A cow is tethered in the middle of a field with a 14 feet long rope. If the cow grazes 100 sq feet per day approximately. What time will be taken by the cow to graze the grazeable area of the field?
(a)2 days (b)18 days (c)24 days (d)6 days (e)None of these
Ans : ( d ) 6 days
43.7/8 of 3/7 of a number is equal to 25% of 45% of another number. What is the ratio of the first and the second numbers respectively?
(a)3 : 7 (b)9: 10 (c)3 : 10 (d)3 : 2
(e)None of these
Ans : ( c ) 3 : 10
44.Mr. Rahul spends 30% of his monthly salary on domestic expenses. He spends respectively 20% and 10% of the remaining salary on education of children and conveyance. Of the remaining amounts now he spends
respectively 20% and 30% on entertainment and maintenance of house. He saves Rs. 5512.50. what is the monthly salary of Mr. Rahul?
(a)Rs. 22,500 (b)Rs. 20,000 (c)Rs. 25,000 (d)Rs. 24,500(e)None of these
Ans : ( a ) Rs. 22,500
45.The ratio of the present ages of Suman and Renu is 5 : 7 respectively. Four years hence the ratio will become 3 : 4 respectively. What is the present age of Renu in years?
(a)28 (b)24 (c)20(d)21
(e)None of these
Ans : ( a ) 28
46.If instead of multiplying a number by 7 the number was divided by 7. What should be the percentage error?
(a)100% (b)96.8% (c)92.70% (d)97.9% (e)None of these
Ans : ( d ) 97.9%
47.A car covers a certain distance taking 7 hours in forward journey. During the return journey, speed was increased by 12 kmph and it takes 5 hours. What is total distance covered?
(a)210 km (b)70 km (c)440 km (d)220 km (e)None of these
Ans : ( a ) 210 km
48.The LCM of two numbers is 2079 and their HCF is 27. If one of the numbers is 189, find the other number.
(a)248 (b)128 (c)297 (d)336 (e)None of these
Ans : ( c ) 297
49.The average between a two digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the digits is 9. What is the difference between the two digits of the number?
(a)8 (b)2 (c)5 (d)Cannot be determined (e)None of these
Ans : ( d ) Cannot be determined
50.A circle and a rectangle have the same perimeter. The sides of the rectangle are 18 cm and 26 cm. What will be the area of the circle?
(a)88 cm2 (b)1250 cm2 (c)154 cm2 (d)128 cm2 (e)None of these
Ans : ( e ) None of these
51.The difference between a number and its three-fifth is 50. What is the number?
(a)75 (b)100 (c)125 (d)80 (e)None of these
Ans : ( c ) 125
52.Some persons decide to raise Rs. 3 lakhs by equal contribution from each of them. If they contributed Rs. 50 extra each, the contribution increased to Rs. 3.25 lakhs. How many persons were there ?
(a)400 (b)500 (c)600 (d)700 (e)None of these
Ans : ( b ) 500
53.A sample of milk contains 5% water. What quantity of pure milk should be added to 10 liters of milk to reduce the water content to 2%?
(a)5 liters (b)7 liters (c)15 liters(d)12 liters
(e)None of these
Ans : ( c ) 15 liters
54.The difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on a certain sum of money at 5% per annum for 2 years is Rs. 1.50. Find the sum.
(a)Rs. 800 (b)Rs. 1200 (c)Rs. 400 (d)Rs. 600 (e)None of these
Ans : ( d ) Rs. 600
55.A, B and C contract a work for Rs. 550. Together A and B are supposed to do 7/11th of the work. How much does C get?
(a)Rs. 270 (b)Rs. 200 (c)Rs. 310 (d)Rs. 175 (e)None of these
Ans : ( b ) Rs. 200
Directions (Qs. 56?60) :Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
There is a five storey building including the ground floor and each floor has only one flat. All these flats have been occupied by the five Bank Probationary
Officers. Each officer owns a different car. The cars are : Indica, Ikon, Indigo, Elentra and Santro. The five officers?A, B, X, Y and Z ? are employed in the different banks, viz., State Bank of India (SBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB), UCO Bank, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank but not necessarily in the same order. Mr. X works in HDFC Bank and lives on the ground floor. The officer who lives on fourth (top) floor does not own Elentra or Santro. Mr. B works in PNB and owns Elentra car. The officer who works in UCO Bank and lives on second floor owns Indica car. Mr. Y lives on third floor and owns Indigo. Mr. Z works in
ICICI Bank and Mr. Y works in State Bank of India.56.Who among the following does own Santro car ?
(a)A (b)B (c)X (d)Cannot be determined (e)None of these
Ans : ( c ) X
57.Who lives on the second floor ?
(a)X (b)Y (c)Z (d)A (e)None of these
Ans : ( d ) A
58.On which floor does B live ?
(a)First (b)Second (c)Fourth (d)Cannot be determined (e)None of these
Ans : ( a ) First
59.Who among the following owns Indica car ?
(a)X (b)A (c)Y (d)B (e)None of these
Ans : ( b ) A
60.Which of the following combinations of the officer and car is correct ?
(a)Mr. X :Elentra (b)Mr. Y:Ikon (c)Mr. A:Santro (d)Mr. Z:Ikon (e)None of these
Ans : ( d ) Mr. Z:Ikon
61.For which of the following values of x the inequality x (x + 3) < 10 is satisfied ?
(a)X > 2, x < -5 (b)-3 < x < 0 (c)-2 < x < 5 (d)X < -2, x > 5 (e)None of these
Ans : ( b ) -3 < x < 0
62.There is a leak in the bottom of a cistern. When the cistern is thoroughly repaired, it would be filled in 3 ½ hours. It now takes half an hour longer. If the cistern is full, how long will the leak take to empty the cistern?
(a)24 hours (b)28 hours (c)21 hours (d)27 hours (e)None of these
Ans : ( a ) 24 hours
63.If the diagonals of a rhombus are 8 cm and 10 cm respectively what will be the area of the rhombus?
(a)35 sq cm (b)40 sq cm (c)30 sq cm (d)20 sq cm (e)None of these
Ans : ( b ) 40 sq cm
64.Some toys were distributed equally among 18 children in such a way that the number of toys each child gets is equal to the total number of children and after
distribution 6 toys are left out. What was the total number of toys?
(a)324 (b)330 (c)336 (d)320 (e)None of these
Ans : ( b ) 330
65.A shopkeeper allows 10% discount on the price of an article and sells it for Rs. 7,600. What is the market price of the article ?
(a)Rs. 8,250 (b)Rs. 8,500 (c)Rs. 8,540 (d)Rs. 8,415 (e)None of these
Ans : ( e ) None of these
Directions (Qs. 66?70) :Below in each question five words are given. Which of them will come in the middle place if all of them are arranged alphabetically? Serial number of that word is the answer.
66.(a)Encounter (b)Enormous (c)Engineer (d)Enlarge (e)Encroach
Ans : ( c ) Engineer
67.(a)Network (b)Nepotism (c)Neutral (d)Neighbour (e)Nervous
Ans : ( e ) Nervous
68.(a)Granular (b)Gratuity (c)Gravitate (d)Greatness (e)Grateful
Ans : ( b ) Gratuity
69.(a)Residential (b)Reputation (c)Resistant (d)Residence (e)Reschedule
Ans : ( d ) Residence
70.(a)Bracelet (b)Boutique (c)Bourgeois (d)Brackish (e)Bramble
Ans : ( a ) Bracelet
Directions (Qs. 71?75) :the number group in each question is to be codified in the following codes :
Number 3 8 7 0 1 9 6 4 2 5
Code N L D M H B V R G P
You have to find out which of the answers (A), (B), (C) and (D) has the correct coded form of the given number group. If none of the coded form is correct, mark (E) as the answer.
71.6182734
(a)HBGPLDM (b)VBLGRNH (c)VHLGDNR (d)BHNDGHR (e)None of these
Ans : ( c ) VHLGDNR
72.349805
(a)NRBLMP (b)BRNLPM (c)LRDGMP (d)PMLHBR (e)None of these
Ans : ( a ) NRBLMP
73.57920642
(a)DPBGMVRH (b)PDBRLNGH (c)MVRGHLDP (d)PDBGMVRG (e)None of these
Ans : ( d ) PDBGMVRG
74.7561024
(a)DPVGMRH (b)DPVHMGR (c)HMRLDVP (d)VHDPGRL (e)None of these
Ans : ( b ) DPVHMGR
75.48236017
(a)RLGDLMHV (b)BNDPGMRH (c)VHMGDMRL (d)HNPGBMHV (e)None of these
Ans : ( e ) None of these
Directions (Qs. 76?80) :the news item given in each question below is to be classified into one of the following five areas.
(a) Political and Social, (b) sports and Culture, (c) Science and Health (d) Economics and Commerce, and (e) Miscellaneous
76.International Film Festival of India was organized in Chennai recently.
Ans : ( b ) sports and Culture
77.India will host 2010 Commonwealth Games
Ans : ( b ) sports and Culture
78.Sustained efforts are needed to secure the release of hostages.
Ans : ( e ) Miscellaneous
79.India and Japan are considering to have dialogue on defence issue.
Ans : ( a ) Political and Social
80.New vaccine MMR has been developed for children.
Ans : ( c ) Science and Health
TEST III :: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directions (Qs. 81?90) :In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fills the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Directions (Qs. 91?95) :Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence.
The number of that part is the answer. If there is not error, the answer is E. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any)
91. If your don’t
(a) / understand any of these words (b) / you could (c) / always refer a dictionary. (d) / No error (e)
Ans : ( e )
92.Tea is so hot
(a) / that she (b) / can (c) / take it. (d) / No error (e)
Ans : ( a )
93.The teacher said (a) / that the earth (b) / moves round (c) / the sun. (d) / No error (e)
Ans : ( e )
94.He told to me
(a) / that he (b) / was going away (c) / the next day. (d) / No error (e)
Ans : ( b )
95.The lecturer says
(a) / that Solomon won the respect (b) / of all races and (c) / classes by his justice. (d) / No error (e)
Ans : ( e )
Directions (Qs. 96-100) :In each of the following questions, select the most appropriate word from among the five words given below the sentence to fill in the blanks in the sentence so as to complete it meaningfully.
96.Sunil was ____asleep and could not be easily awakened.
(a)high (b)fast (c)severe (d)total (e)has
Ans : ( b ) fast
97.The vehicle did not come to a sudden halt since he braked ____
(a)immediately (b)silently (c)gently (d)completely (e)detected
Ans : ( c ) gently
98.I saw him going escorted ____two policemen.
(a)with (b)against (c)by (d)on (e)for
Ans : ( c ) by
99.Madhav is a sick man and has to be taken to the doctor ______
(a)usually (b)timely (c)seldom (d)frequently (e)avoided
Ans : ( d ) frequently
100.The child was left in the servants __________
(a)care (b)duty (c)work (d)help (e)innocence
Ans : ( a ) care

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