Some previous Interview Questions -2

51. Tell us about the American action in Panama related to the Production and Trade of Narcotics? (IAS, 1991

52. What is the role of an architect in civil engineering? (IAS, 1991)

53. What are those geological activities that create an earthquake? (IAS, 1991)

54. What are the causes of terrorism ? (IAS, 1991)

55. What is Big-Bang theory ? (IAS, 1991)

56. Name the rivers of Madhya Pradesh that fall in oceans? (MPPSC, 1988)

57. What is depreciation of currency? What are its possible effects? (MPPSC, 1988)

58. What is planning commission? When was it established? (MPPSC, 1988)

59. What do you mean by responsive administration? (MPPSC, 1988)

60. What do you know about the Naxalite problem of Bastar ? What are your suggestions for its solution? (MPPSC, 1988)

61. What do you understand by a deficit economy? When and why is it used? (MPPSC, 1988)

62. What are the major problems of environment? (MPPSC, 1988)

63. How is a budget formed? (IAS, 1988)

64. What is a deficit budget? (IAS, 1989)

65. What is the role of police in India? (IAS, 1989)

66. When was Reserve Bank of India established? What are its functions and how does it control credit policy? (UPPCS, 1988)

67. How can inflation be controlled? (UPPCS, 1998)

68. Why are socialist countries of the world being attracted towards democracy? (UPPCS, 1988)

69. How can the judicial system in India be improved? (UPPCS, 1988)

70. Is the shrine situated at Ajmer secular? (RAS, 1999)

71. Was the merger of Ajmer in Rajasthan correct or not? (RAS, 1999)

72. What changes can be brought about in sales tax ? (RAS, 1999)

73. What are the eight wonders of the world? (RAS, 1999)

74. Which tower in India resembles the leaning tower of Pisa ? (RAS, 1999)

75. At present how much tax evasion is taking place? (RAS, 1999)

76. What are constitutional remedies? (BPCS, 1995)

77. What do you know about the Presidential form of election? (BPCS, 1995)

78. What is the difference between a Punch decision and adjudication? Do both have juridical power? (BPCS, 1995)

79. Why does a person become a criminal? How can crime be stopped? (BPCS, 1995)

80. What are the duties of police? (BPCS, 1995)

81. What is the role of regional parties? Tell us about the positive and negative aspects?

(UPPCS, 1996)

82. In what way does the mafia system of Italy work? (UPPCS, 1996)

83. How can we get rid of corruption? (UPPCS, 1996)

84. In what way is the Public Service Commission constituted? (UPPCS, 1995)

85. How many kinds of Tennis courts are there? (MPPSC, 1999)

86. Tell us about the Nine gems (Navratnas) of Akbar. (MPPSC, 1999)

87. How can corruption be eradicated from public services? (MPPSC, 1999)

88. What are the benefits of census and its dates? (MPPSC, 1999)

89. What do you understand by local self government? (MPPSC, 1999)

90. Tell us about the earthquake resistant civil designs. (MPPSC, 1999)

91. What is International date line? Where is it situated and what are its effects? (RAS, 1999)

92. What is religion? How are religion and philosophy related to each other? (RAS, 1999)

93. What do you mean by unification of taxes? (RAS, 1999)

94. Tell about the income sources of a state govt. ? (RAS, 1999)

95. Enumerate the causes of the decline of Buddhism? (MPPSC, 2000)

96. What is Human-Genome Project? What are its benefits for the future? (MPPSC, 2000)

97. What are the qualities that a leader should possess? (MPPSC, 2000)

98. Why did Baba Sahib Ambedkar change his religion? What was his specific sentence about Hindu religion? (MPPSC, 2000)

99. Which states are known as seven Sisters? What are their problems? (RAS, 1997)

100. Tell us about Kautilya and his economics. (RAS, 1997)

Some previous Interview Questions -1

1. What is the preamble of the constitution ? What are the words that are added to it and when? Why was the necessity to add the word 'Integrity' ? (UPPCS, 1993)

2. What is Nishkama Karma? (UPPCS, 1993)

3. What is earthquake? (UPPCS, 1993)

4. What was the role of the forensic science in the Naina Sahani and Maya Singh murder case? (MPPSC, 1995

5. What is the utility of 'Yoga' in western life style? (MPPSC, 1995)

6. Why are young people attracted towards civil services in present age? (MPPSC, 1995)

7. What is E-commerce ? (MPPSC, 1999)

8. What do you understand by information revolution? (UPPSC, 1999)

9. Enumerate the responsibilities of legislature and executive? (IAS, 1999)

10. What is the use of technology in Administration? (IAS, 1999)

11. What are the procedures to obtain a patent? (IAS, 1999)

12. What are the major problems of postal Deptt. ? (IAS, 1999)

13. What was the difference between the transfers of powers that occurred after the French and Russian revolutions? (BPCS, 1995)

14. What are the functions of Police? (BPCS, 1995)

15. How is the efficiency of a power plant measured? (BPCS, 1995)

16. What are your thoughts about the attitude of Taliban towards women? (BPCS, 1995)

17. For which achievement was Nobel prize awarded to Amartya Sen in the field of economics? (BPCS, 1995)

18. What are the views of India on NPT? (UPPCS, 1993)

19. What are the defence problems of India? (UPPCS, 1993)

20. What are the qualities that an able administrator should possess and can honesty be considered as one of the qualities? (UPPCS, 1993)

21. How are dowry and gifts different from each other? (BPCS, 1995)

22. Tell us about the supporters of the principles of the social pact. (BPCS, 1995)

23. Compare the thoughts of Gandhi and Marx in the context of religion and politics? (BPCS, 1995)

24. What were the circumstances that inspired the queen of Jhansi to jump in the revolution of 1857? (BPCS, 1995)

25. What will you do for the development of tribes, if you are posted in a tribal area of a State as an administrative officer? (BPCS, 1995)

26. What is Chinaman? (IAS, 1999)

27. How can Sino-Indo relations improve? (IAS, 1999)

28. How can improvement be brought about in power sector? (IAS, 1999)

29. What are the demands of NRIs ? (IAS, 1999)

30. What could be probable role of the Governor in the settlement of Jammu-Kashmir conflict? (IAS, 1995)

31. What are the national problems before India at present? (IAS, 1995)

32. What is poverty line? (IAS, 1995)

33. Why is India considered as a welfare state? (IAS, 1995)

34. What are the duties of the Comptroller and Auditor General ? (IAS, 1995)

35. What is Philosophy? (IAS, 1999)

36. How should Human development be brought about? In the context of Human development what is the order of India? (IAS, 1995)

37 Why is the sanskrit language considered as perfect language for computers? (IAS, 1995)

38. To whom does Comptroller and Auditor General of India submit its report? (IAS, 1995)

39. What is Bio-Physics ? Define it. (IAS, 1992)

40. What will you do to strengthen Indo-US relations? (IAS, 1992)

41. Tell us about the problems of Indians in Fiji? (IAS, 1990)

42. Tell about the process of military decisions in Pakistan? (IAS, 1990)

43. What do you know about the industrial policy of India? (IAS, 1990)

44. What is the difference between burglary and dacoity ? (MPPSC, 1988)

45. What is the difference between curfew and section 144 ? (MPPSC, 1988)

46. In the context of Kashmir, is Article 370 of constitution proper or not? (MPPSC, 1988)

47. Tell about the inter-state Hydroelectric projects? (MPPSC, 1988)

48. How are currency notes issued? (MPPSC, 1988)

49. Is the credit policy of banks correct or not? Enumerate. (MPPSC, 1988)

50. What do you understand by the term 'Service-sector' ? (IAS, 1991)

BODMAS Rule for Maths

General Awareness For clerk exam practice - 3

1. Which British writer was awarded the 2011 Man Booker Prize for his book "The Sense of an Ending"? 1) Stephen Kelman 2) A.D.Miller 3) Carol Birch 4) Julian Barnes 5) Howard Jacobson 2. Helle Thorning-Schmidt is the first woman Prime Minister of which of the following European countries? 1) Denmark 2) Finland 3) Iceland 4) Norway 5) Sweden 3. The Rural Infrastructure Develo-pment Fund (RIDF) was set up by the Government in 1995-96 for financing rural infrastructure projects. Which of the following institutions/ agencies operates this fund? 1) RBI 2) NABARD 3) IFCI 4) SBI 5) IDBI Bank 4. What is the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in private sector banks? 1) 26% 2) 49% 3) 51% 4) 74% 5) 100% 5. The 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil in September 2011. Who was crowned the Miss Universe 2011? 1) Leila Lopes (Angola) 2) Olesya Stefanko (Ukraine) 3) Priscila Machado (Brazil) 4) Shamcey Supsup (Philippines) 5) Vasuki Sunkavalli (India) 6. B.C.Khanduri of the Bharatiya Janata Party was sworn in as the Chief Minister of which of the following states in September 2011? 1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Karnataka 3) Haryana 4) Uttarakhand 5) Chhattisgarh 7. Who became the first cricketer to play in 100 Test wins on September 3, 2011? 1) Rahul Dravid 2) Sachin Tendulkar 3) Ricky Ponting 4) Shane Warne 5) Kumar Sangakkara 8. The India International Bank (Malaysia) is a trio joint venture between Bank of Baroda, Indian Overseas Bank and ________. 1) Bank of India 2) Indian Bank 3) Andhra Bank 4) Canara Bank 5) Vijaya Bank 9. Who is the author of the book "Walking with the Comrades"? 1) Jyothi Basu 2) Arundhati Roy 3) Kamala Das 4) Aravind Adiga 5) None of these 10. The board of which of the following banks has approved the merger of the financial services of Enam Securities Private Ltd. with itself in September 2011? 1) Axis Bank 2) ICICI Bank 3) HDFC Bank 4) Yes Bank 5) None of these 11. Who replaced Shashank Mano-har as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in September 2011? 1) K.Srikkanth 2) N.Srinivasan 3) Rajiv Shukla 4) Sharad Pawar 5) Mohinder Amarnath 12. Which country tops the list of nations for having the maximum representation of women in Parliament? 1) India 2) Switzerland 3) Rwanda 4) Denmark 5) New Zealand 13. Which Indian software firm has become the official technology partner of the Amsterdam Marathon for a period of five years, from 2011 to 2015? 1) Infosys 2) Mahindra Satyam 3) Wipro 4) TCS 5) None of these 14. Which football player has won the inaugural UEFA Best Player in Europe award for the 2010-2011 season? 1) Kaka 2) Xavi Hernandez 3) Lionel Messi 4) Cristiano Ronaldo 5) None of these 15. Who topped the list of 100 most powerful women in the world for the year 2011 released by the Forbes magazine recently? 1) Angela Merkel 2) Hillary Clinton 3) Dilma Rousseff 4) Indra Nooyi 5) Sheryl Sandberg 16. Which film has won the Nargis Dutt Award for the Best Feature Film on National Integration in the 58th National Film Awards? 1) Do Dooni Chaar 2) Dabangg 3) Moner Manush 4) Champions 5) Aadukalam 17. A working group constituted by the Reserve Bank of India has submitted its report on non-banking finance companies (NBFCs). Who headed this committee? 1) Y.V.Reddy 2) Bimal Jalan 3) Subir Gokarn 4) Usha Thorat 5) Shyamala Gopinath 18. Burhanuddin Rabbani was assassinated recently. He was the former President of which of the following countries? 1) Pakistan 2) Syria 3) Afghanistan 4) Libya 5) Iraq 19. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has released its "Trade and Development Report 2011". According to this report what is the projected economic growth rate for India in 2011? 1) 9% 2) 8.1% 3) 8.8% 4) 9.2% 5) None of these 20. Who became Japan's sixth Prime Minister in five years in September 2011? 1) Yukia Amano 2) Yukiya Hatoyama 3) Akihito 4) Yoshihiko Noda 5) None of these 21. India won the inaugural Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament held in Ordos, China in September 2011.Which country did India defeat in the final? 1) Pakistan 2) Malaysia 3) Japan 4) South Korea 5) China 22. Novak Djokovic of Serbia won his first US Open tennis championship and third Grand Slam tou-rnament of the year in September 2011. Whom did he defeat in the US Open men's final? 1) Roger Federer 2) Andy Roddick 3) Rafael Nadal 4) Andy Murray 5) Robin Soderling 23. Who has won the women's US Open tennis title in September 2011? 1) Samantha Stosur 2) Serena Williams 3) Kim Clijsters 4) Petra Kvitova 5) Venus Williams 24. Steve Jobs passed away in October 2011. Which of the following statements is/are true with regard to Steve Jobs? 1) Steve Jobs was the co-founder of Apple Inc. 2) iPod, iPhone and iPad are the renowned products of Apple. 3) Tim Cook is the present Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Apple. He replaced Jobs in August 2011. 4) "Steve Jobs" is the authorized biography of the late Apple chief, written by Walter Isaacson. 5) All the above statements are correct. 25. The Chief Minister of which of the following states undertook a three-day 'Sadbhavana mission' fast in September 2011? 1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Karnataka 3) Uttarakhand 4) Madhya Pradesh 5) Gujarat 26. Who was honoured with the first Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award in September 2011 for his/her outstanding contribution to Indian music? 1) Asha Bhonsle 2) Pandit Ravi Shankar 3) Lata Mangeshkar 4) Zakir Hussain 5) None of these 27. Chandrasekhar Kambar won the 46th Jnanpith Award for the year 2010. He is a renowned writer in which of the following languages? 1) Malayalam 2) Kannada 3) Hindi 4) Gujarati 5) Tamil 28. Agni II, a surface-to-surface missile, was successfully launched recently. What is its range? 1) 700 Km 2) 1000 Km 3) 2000 Km 4) 4000 Km 5) 5000 Km 29. The Bushehr plant is the first nuclear plant of which of the following countries? 1) Pakistan 2) Syria 3) Jordan 4) Iran 5) Iraq 30. The Union Cabinet has approved the Approach Paper for the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17). According to this Paper what is the economic growth rate target during the 12th plan period? 1) 9% 2) 9.5% 3) 9.3% 4) 9.4% 5) 9.2% 31. India signed a treaty, which is aimed at solving a long-standing border dispute, with which of the following countries in September 2011? 1) Pakistan 2) Nepal 3) Bangladesh 4) Bhutan 5) China 32. Which country has launched Tiangong-1, its first space lab module? 1) South Korea 2) North Korea 3) China 4) Vietnam 5) Singapore 33. National Science Day is celebrated on which of the following days? 1) February 15 2) February 26 3) February 28 4) March 15 5) Match 26 34. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was re-elected the President of which of the following countries in October 2011? 1) Costa Rica 2) Brazil 3) Ireland 4) Argentina 5) Iceland 35. Which of the following rates has been increased by the Reserve Bank of India 13 times since March 2010? 1) CRR 2) SLR 3) Repo Rate 4) Bank Rate 5) Base Rate Answers 1) 4 2) 1 3) 2 4) 4 5) 1 6) 4 7) 3 8) 3 9) 2 10) 1 11) 2 12) 3 13) 4 14) 3 15) 1 16) 3 17) 4 18) 3 19) 2 20) 4 21) 1 22) 3 23) 1 24) 5 25) 5 26) 3 27) 2 28) 3 29) 4 30) 1 31) 3 32) 3 33) 3 34) 4 35) 3

General Awareness For clerk exam practice - 2

26. On 19 September 2011, the 'Mission Poorna Shakthi' launched. It is ........

1) Woman Health Programme

2) Solar Light System

3) Literacy for all woman programme

4) Full employment for women in Tribal

areas alone

5) Woman Empowerment Programme

27. Mission Poorna Shakti was launched in ?........

1) Sikkim 

2) Uttar Pradesh 

3) Rajasthan

4) Bihar   

5) Madhya Pradesh

28. 'Sayonara Nuclear power' is movement against nuclear power took place in ........on 19^th September 2011?

1) France 2) Japan 3) UK

4) Japan            5) Australia

29. Miss Universe got by Leila Lopes. She is Miss........?

1) Turkey 2) Japan 3) Angola

4) India 5) Zimbwabe

30. Angola capital is Luanda and its currency is

?........

1) Kwanza       2) Dollar 3) Taka

4) Escudo        5) Rupee

31. World police and Fire games held in .........?

1) Paris     2) New Delhi 3) New York

4) Tokyo    5) Mumbai

32. On  9 September 2011, G 7 finance ministers meet held in

?........

1) UK 2) Germany    3) USA

4) Australia   5) France

33. .......Patrick Makau  world men's marathon record (two hours, three

minutes and 38 seconds) in the Berlin Marathon ?

1)  Kenyan 2) Jamican    3) Russian

4) Austrailan 5) Sri Lankan

34. Kenya capital is ........?

1) Nairobi 2) Lusaka 3) Lisbon

4) Cairo             5) Pattai

35. On the eve of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan birth day (September 5)........day celebrated?

1) L awyers          2) Pilots 3) Politics

4) Devotional 5) Teachers 

36. The First World Education Summit ( WES) 2011 recently held in........?

1) Switzerland 2) Japan 3) France

4) Nigeria 5) India

37. The world Cost of Living Report by Economist Intelligence Unit said the costliest city in the world is........?

1) New York      2) Ankara    3) London     

4) New Delhi     5) Tokyo

38. Indian highest lake is Cho-Lhamu Lake located in ........

1) Jammu & Kashmir  2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Sikkim

5) Tamilnadu

39. National Nutrition week celebrates ........?

1) 14-21September    2) October 14-21

3)  January 5-12 4)  September 1-7

5) None of above

40. Hindi Divas celebrates on .........?

1) 8 October 2) 14 October

3) 14 September 4)  25 December

5) None

41. World Heart day 2011 celebrated on ........?

1)12 September 2) 18 September

3) 29 September 4) 1 September

5) None

42. 'God is a River' written by ........?

1) Arundhathi Roy      2) Mona Verma

3) Meghnath Sahay    4) Chetan Bhagat

5) None

43. Durand cup belongs to  ........

1) Cricket      2) Volley Ball 3) Tennis

4) Foot Ball   5) None

44. Denmark first lady Prime Minister is ........?

1) Atifete Jahjaga

2) Yingluck Shinawatra

3) Rosario Fernandez

4) Hellie Thoring Schmidt

5) Micheline Calmy-Rey

45. The former President of Afghanistan killed in suicide bomb recently is........?

1) Benajer Bhutto   2) Gadaffi

3) Abdulla              4) Yousaf Raja Gilani

5) Burhanuddin Rabbani

46. ........has won the ICC spirit of Cricket Award?

1) Sachin           2) Dravid 3) Dhoni

4) Hayden 5) None

47. The first cricketer to play in 100 test wins is ?........

1) Shane Warne 2) Sachin

3) Dravid               4) Mathew Hayden

5) Ricky Ponting

48. Peoples' Friendship Award got by .........at the 68th Venice Film Festival?

1) Preity Zinta 2) Lata Mangeshkar

3) Amitab Bacchan      4) sharuk

5) None

49. A mother of two children.........became the first woman Jawan in the Army( combat Unit)?

1) Shanti Tigga 2) Anjali Javeri

3) Bachendra Pal 4) Sukanya Roy 

5) None

50 .The formidable Samajwad Party Leader and Rajyasabha member inducted in the Vote for Cash scam is .........? 

1) Amitab Bacchan  2) Subhod Kanth Sahay

3) Suresh Kalmadi   4) Sadiq Battchu

5) Amar Singh

 Answers :

26)5 27)3 28)4 29)3 30)1 31)3 32)5 33)1 34)1 35)5 36)5 37)5

38)4 39)4 40)3 41)3 42)2 43)4 44)4 45)5 46)3

47)5 48)1 49)1 50)5.

General Awareness For clerk exam practice - 1

1. The main aim of Commercial bank is ........?

1) to help the people

2) to lend the agriculture sector

3) to provide free drafts to the business man

4) to establish ATMs

5) to earn profit

2. The commercial bank may  be .........?

1) Private Bank   2) Public Sector Bank

3) Foreign Bank   4) Urban Bank

5) Any bank

3. Which among the following is not a commercial bank?

1) SBI 2) ICICI 3) NABARD

4) HDFC       5) Citi Bank

4. In the commercial bank the government share ........?

1) must be 10 %

2) must not be less than 49 %

3) must be nil

4) may be any percent

5) must be least 51 %

5. License for Commercial banks given by ?........

1) SEBI  2) RBI 3) Ministry of Finance

4) Ministry of Trade and Commerce

5) CDSL

6. On 30th June 2011,  RBI in a notification said

the total foreign banks working in India are

?........

1)14 2) 25    3) 33    4) 51  5) 37

7. The highest number of branches hold by a foreign bank in India is ........It is having 96 branches?

1) HSBC 2) Citi Bank  3) RBS

4) Deutsche Bank 

5) Standard Charted bank

8. On 30th August, RBI said the new private banks should not have more than ........percent of foreign holding?

1) 51 2) 50 3) 90      4)15 5) 49

9. On 9th  September 2011,........got Rs. 1400 cr from HDFC to build Data centre?

1) Tata Tele 2) Vodafone

3) Idea Cellular 4) Bharati Airtel

5) Reliance Communications

10. Banking Sector belongs to ........?

1) Agriculture     2) Service 3) Industrial

4) Core             5) Miscellaneous

11. World's largest bank by profit?

1) Citi Bank 2) ANZ bank 3) ICBC

4) RBS 5) SBI

12. On 2nd September 2011, ICICI opened its second branch in ........ after getting Qualifying Full Banking privilege?

1) Malyesia       2) USA 3) Australia

4) Myanmar 5) Singapore

13. Expand NOHC?

1) No Operative Holding Company

2) Nice Operative Holding Company

3) No Operations Holding Company

4) New Operative Holding Company

5) Non-Operative Holding Company

14. Biggest lender in Switzerland, UBS promoted ........ as head of its investment banking unit in India?

1) Deepak Parekh  2) Ashok Mittal

3) Babi Zindal 4) Chanda Kocchar

5) Vikram Pandit

15. Foreign Banks list given in India. Pick the wrong combination (according to their incorporation)?

1) AB Bank Ltd-Pakistan

2) Royal Bank of Scotland-Netherlands

3) Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Ltd-UAE

4) American Express Banking CorporationUSA

5) Antwerp Diamond Bank-Belgium

16. DBS bank limited has a branch in India. Its head office is in ........

1) Hongkong 2) USA 3) Germany

4) Singapore 5) Japan

17. As per World bank report by 2025 6 economies in the world contribute more than half of all global growth. They are China, Brazil, Indonesia, South Korea, Russia and ........?

1) India 2) Pakistan       3) Iran

4) Saudi Arabia 5) Australia

18. ........can not be accepted as the deposit in the bank?

1) Cash             2) Cheque      3) Silver

4) Gold 5) Demand Draft

19. On October 4, 2011 Moody's - one of the big three rating agencies downgraded SBI rating from C minus to ........?

1) D minus       2) E plus 3) D minus

4) FF 5) D Plus

20. The place of trading in money and shortterm financial assets that are 'close substitute to money' is called ........?

1) Call Market 2) Share buying Market

3) Viable Market 4) Fixed Market

5) Money Market

21. New issue of shares are made in ........?

1) Secondary Market

2) On line Secondary market

3) SENSEX market

4) Primary Market

5) None

22. Capital Market divided in to ........?

1) Secondary Market and Bull Market

2) Bull Market and Bell Market

3) Primary Market and Secondary Market

4) Primary Market and Government Bond

Market

5) All of above

23. Secondary Market regulated by ........?

1) RBI 2) TRAI 3) NABARD

4) SEBI            5) All of above

24. Rights issue mean ........?

1) New shares cannot be issued to old

share holders

2) Old shares can be exchanged with new

shares

3) Sale of securities to existing share holders

4) Sale of securities to old share holders

5) None

25. The term not used in Secondary Market?

1) Bull 2) Badla    3) Settlement Day

4) SENSEX    5) IPO       

Key: 1)5 2)5 3)3 4)4 5)2 6)5 7)5 8)5 9)5 10)2

11)3 12)5 13)5 14)2 15)1 16)4 17)1 18) 3 19)5

20)5 21)4 22)3 23)4 24)3 25)5 

REASONING Practice part of Seating Arrangement ,Statement And Assumptions,

Directions (Q.1-5):  In each of the questions below are given two statements followed by

two conclusions numbered I and II.  You have to take the given statements to be true even if

they seem to at variance from commonly known facts.  Read all the conclusions and

then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements

disregarding commonly known facts.

Give answer 1): if only Conclusion I follows.

Give answer 2): if only Conclusion II follows.

Give answer 3): if either conclusion I or II follows.

Give answer 4): if neither conclusion I nor II follows.

Give answer 5):  if both conclusions I and II follow.

1. Statements: Some  kites are threads.

No thread is needle.

Conclusions: I. Some kites are needles     

II. No needle is thread.

2. Statements: Some books are pens.

All pens are papers.

Conclusions: I.Some papers are books.

II. All pens are papers.

3. Statements: All chairs are buildings.

All tables are buildings.

Conclusions: I. Some chairs are tables.

II. Some tables are chairs.

4. Statements: Some trucks are houses.

Some houses are trains.

Conclusions: I. Some trains are trucks.

II. No train is  fruit.

5. Statements: All flowers are trees.

All trees are fruits.

Conclusions: I. Some fruits are flowers.

II. All flowers are fruits.

Directions (Q.6-10): These questions are based on the following letter/ number/ symbol

arrangement.  Study it carefully and answer the questions that follows:

5 D H E   7 9 $ F I 6 R % L I A J 3 B # 4 @

K P 8 U M 2

6. Four of the following five are alikes in a cer tain way on the basis of their positions in the

above arrangement and so form  a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the

group?

1) $9F 2) R6% 3) 8PU

4)  #B4                   5) 3BJ

7.If all the symbols are removed from the above arrangement which element will be

third to the left of thirteenth from the left?

1)   L 2) R  3) 6  4) I  5) None of these

8. What will come in place of the question mark (?)  in the  following series based on the

above arrangement?

EDH   97   I$F   ?

1) 6RI 2) %R6 3) RI6

4) %6R 5) None of these

9. Which element will be fifth to the right of ninth from the right end if all the numbers are

removed from the above arrangement?

1)  K 2) @ 3) P

4) # 5) None of these

10. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement each of which is

immediately followed by a consonant but not  immediately preceded by a vowels?             

1) None     2) One                  3) Two

4) Three     5) More than three

Directions (Q.11-15): These questions are based on the basis of following information.

Study it carefully and answer the questions. Eight executives J,K,L,M,N,O,P and Q are sitting around a circular table for a meeting. J is second to the right  of P who is third to the right of K. M is second to the left of O who sits between P and J.  L is not a neighbour of K or N.

11. Who is to the immediate left of L?

1) Q            2) O            3) K

4) N             5) None of these

12. Who is to the immediate left of K?

1) N          2) J               3) Q 

4) Cannot be determined  5) None of these

13. Which of the following is the correct position of N?

1) Second to the right of K

2) To the immediate left of K

3) To the immediate right of M

4) To the immediate right of K

5) None of these

14. Who is third to the right of P?

1) L 2) J                       3) 9

4) N        5) None of these

15. Which of the following groups of persons have the first person sitting between the

other two?

1) PJO           2) OPJ            3) OP

4) MPO          5) None of these

16. 'Captain' is related to 'Team' in the same way as 'Director' is related to which of  the following?

1) Supervisor     2) Employee

3) Organisation  4) Union        

5) Customer

17. Four of the  following  five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

1) Parent      2) Child       3) Uncle      

4) Cousin     5) Relation

18. Pointing to a photograph of Hari, Vijay said -  'The father of his sister is the husband of my wife's mother.'  How is Vijay related to Hari?

1)  Brother       2) Brother -in-law  3) Uncle

4) Data inadequate     5) None of these

19. If 'spoon' is called 'plate' , 'plate' is called , 'knife', 'knife' is called 'jug', 'jug' is called

'glass', 'glass' is called 'saucer' and 'saucer' is called 'spoon', by what do we cut fruit?

1) spoon     2) jug          3) glass

4) saucer    5) None of these

20. If 'A' is substituted by 26, 'B' by 25 and so on upto 'Z' which is substituted by I, what

will be the sum of the numbers substituted for the word 'WAXY'?

1)  33     2) 35     3) 37    4) 73

5) None of these

21. In a certain code COIMBATORE is written as DPJNCBUPSF.   How is INDORE

written in that code?

1) JOENQF    2) JMCPQD   3) JOEPSF 

4) HMCNQD  5) None of these

22. Geeta is senior to Shilpa but not to Deepa, Gayathi is Junior to  Deepa. No one is

senior to Fatima.  Who is most Junior?

1) Shilpa       2) Geeta   3) Gayatri

4) Data inadequate      5) None of these

23. Sachin is sitting to the immediate left of Meena but not next to Bharathi; Parveen is

sitting to the right of Bharathi.  If the four friends are sitting in a circle who is sitting to the immediate right of Meena?

1) Parveen  2) Bharathi 3) Sachin    

4) Meena    5) Cannot be determined

24. How many three-letter meaningful English words can be formed from the word NOTE

beginning with T and without repeating any letter within that word?

1) Three       2) One         3) Two

4) zero         5) None of these

25. If '×' means '+', '+' means '÷', '÷' means  '-' and '-',means '×', what will be the value of

the following expression?

5 - 7 × 9 +3 ÷ 2

1) 36        2) 315        3) 48

4) 44        5) None of these

Key:  1-2   2-1   3-4   4-3   5-5   6-5  7-2

8-4   9-1   10-2   11-5   12-3   13-4  14-1

15-2   16-3   17-5 18-2 19-2 20-2   21-3

22-4  23-2   24-1  25-1.

Computer Awareness part -1

1. ___Key combination that lets you toggle between open windows a) ALT+SHIFT+TAB b) ALT+CTRL+TAB c) ALT+CTRL d) ALT+TAB 2. When more than one window is open, to switch to the next win-dow___is the key combination a) CTRL+F5 b) CTRL+F6 c) CTRL+F7 d) CTRL+F8 3. To select or unselect one word to the right a) CTRL+SHIFT b) CTRL+SHIFT+Down Arrow c) CTRL+SHIFT+Right Arrow d) None of the above 4. To maximize or restore a selected window a) CTRL+F7 b) CTRL+F10 c) CTRL+F8 d) CTRL+F9 5. To Copy a picture of the selected window to the clipboard a) ALT+TAB b) ALT+Print Screen c) Both (a) and (b) d) None of the above 6. ___Is the key to close a selected drop-down list; cancel a comm-and and close a dialog box a) TAB b) SHIFT c) ESC d) None of the above 7. ___Is the key we use to run the selected command a) SHIFT b) TAB c) ENTER d) CTRL 8. ___Is the functional key to display save as box a) F5 b) F6 c) F9 d) F12 9. ___Is the combination of keys to switch between the last four places that you have edited a) ALT+CTRL+Z b) ALT+CTRL+Y c) ALT+TAB+Z d) ALT+SHIFT+Z 10. To delete one word to the right a) CTRL+SHIFT b) CTRL+TAB c) CTRL+DEL d) CTRL+Z 11. ___Is the combination of keys we use to hide rows a) CTRL+9 b) CTRL+8 c) CTRL+7 d) CTRL+6 12. To hide the columns___is the functional key a) CTRL+3 b) CTRL+2 c) CTRL+1 d) CTRL+0 13. ___Is the shortcut key to delete cells, rows or columns a) CTRL+ Minus Sign b) CTRL+ Plus Sign c) CTRL+ Star Sign d) CTRL+ Greater than Sign 14. To insert cells, rows or columns -___the keyboard shortcut key a) CTRL+ Minus Sign b) CTRL+SHIFT+ Plus Sign c) CTRL+ Star Sign d) CTRL+ Greater than Sign 15. ___Is the keyboard shortcut key to insert auto sum a) ALT b) ALT= c) ALT+ d) ALT- 16. ___Is the shortcut key to move to the next worksheet a) CTRL+Pagedown b) CTRL+Pageup c) CTRL+Right arrow d) CTRL+Left arrow 17. ___Is the shortcut key to move to the previous worksheet a) CTRL+Pagedown b) CTRL+Pageup c) CTRL+Right arrow d) CTRL+Left arrow 18. ___Key we use to select row a) SHIFT+TAB b) SHIFT+ Spacebar c) CTRL+ Spacebar d) SHIFT+ Enter 19. ___Key we use to select column a) SHIFT+TAB b) SHIFT+ Spacebar c) CTRL+ Spacebar d) SHIFT+ Enter 20. ___Is the key to exit from excel a) ALT+F2 b) ALT+F3 c) ALT+F4 d) ALT+F5 21. A device, which is not connected to CPU, is called as --- a) On-line device b) Off-line device c) Device d) None of the above 22. What is the other name for programmed chip? a) RAM b) ROM c) LSIC d) None of the above 23. On-line real time systems become popular in___generation a) First Generation b) Second Generation c) Third Generation d) Fourth Generation 24. EDVAC stands for a) Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer b) Electronic Discrete Value Automatic Computer c) Electronic Device Variable Automatic Computer d) Electronic Discrete Variable Advanced Computer 25. EDSAC stands for a) Electronic Delay Storage Advanced Computer b) Electronic Data Storage Automatic Computer c) Electronic Delay Strong Automatic Computer d) Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer 26. LSIC stands for a) Large Scale Inner Circuits b) Large Scale Integrated Computer c) Large Scale Integrated Circuits d) Large Storage Integrated Circuits 27. The task of performing operations like arithmetic and logical operations is called ___ a) Processing b) Storing c) Editing d) Sorting 28. The ALU and Control Unit jointly known as a) RAM b) ROM c) CPU d) None of the above 29. RAM is an example of a) Secondary memory b) Primary memory c) Both (a) and (b) d) None of the above 30. Magnetic disk is an example of a) Secondary memory b) Primary memory c) Both (a) and (b) d) None of the above 31. A bit is an acronym for a) Digit b) Binary digit c) Number d) None of the above 32. Each memory cell has a unique number, assigned to it is called as the ___ of the cell a) Address b) Register c) Number d) None of the above 33. RAM is also called as a) Read/Write Memory b) Long Memory c) Permanent Memory d) None of the above 34. ___Store data or information temporarily and pass it on as directed by the control unit a) Address b) Register c) Number d) None of the above 35. The secondary storage memory is also called as a) Auxiliary Memory b) Attractive Memory c) Chip Memory d) None of the above Question No 36 to Question No 40 find TRUE or FALSE. If answer is True use letter A, if answer is False use letter B 36. There are two kinds of computer memory - primary and secondary. 37. The computer takes inputs in the form of 0 and 1. 38. The storage of program and data in the RAM is permanent. 39. PROM is a secondary memory. 40. The memories, which do not loose their content on failure of power supply, are known as non-volatile memory. KEY 1) a 2) b 3) c 4) b 5) b 6) c 7) c 8) d 9) a 10) c 11) a 12) d 13) a 14) b 15) b 16) a 17) b 18) b 19) c 20) c 21) b 22) b 23) c 24) a 25) d 26) c 27) a 28) c 29) b 30) a 31) b 32) a 33) a 34) b 35) a 36) a 37) a 38) b 39) b 40) a