Sectional Test for Bank Exams (Set - 3)
ENGLISH
Directions (1 – 5): Which of the words/phrases (a),
(b), (c) and (d) given below should replace the words/phrases given in bold in
the following sentences to make it meaningful and grammatically correct? If the
sentence is correct as it is and ‘No improvement required’, mark (e) as the
answer.
1. The railroad was not the first organization to force regularity on society, or to illustrate attention to the importance of particular timekeeping.
a) Association, strength, show, perfect
b) Society, entail, give, accurate
c) Institution, impose, draw, precise
d) Foundation, bring, provide, correct
e) No correction required
2. Call it the negligence of the government or the rashness of the drivers, the underlying fact is that at the end of the day, the common man is the one
who suffers the most.
a) Carelessness, indiscretion, original, endure
b) Inattention, foolishness, fundamental, tolerate
c) Distraction, imprudence, essential, abide
d) Diversion, recklessness, primary, experiences
e) No correction required
3. The steel pipe plaits through crooked canyons, climbs steep mountains stabs over rocky crags, makes its way through thick forests, and exceeds over or under hundreds of rivers and streams.
a) Merges, sharp, cracks, surpasses
b) Weaves, sheer, plunges, passes
c) Entwines, gentle, sinks, crosses
d) Braids, vertical, falls, traverse
e) No correction required
4. Academic writing is the skilful elucidation and explanation of the dispute, which the writer
has carefully examined and developed over
a protracted period of time.
a) Description, agreement, inspected, expanded
b) Clarification, harmony, observed, extended
c) Illumination, accord, studied, prolonged
d) Exposition, argument, researched, sustained
e) No correction required
5. If one had watched The Pirates of The
Caribbean movies, one would realize that even in the late eighteenth century, executions were public events - a large portion of the populace would gather around the site of the hanging in the city
square in order to see justice being meted out in front of their very own eyes.
a) Recognize, implementations, public, fairness
b) Appreciate, accomplishments, masses, honesty
c) Identify, achievements, population, integrity
d) Classify, exploitations, people, reliability
e) No correction required
Directions (6 – 10): Four statements are given below,
labeled A, B, C and D. Among these, some statements are in logical order and
form coherent paragraph. From the given options a), b), c), d) and e), choose
the option the does not fit into the theme of the paragraph.
6. A. In 400 BC,
Leonidas' 300 Spartans died at Thermopylae in Greece while their countrymen
vied at Olympia.
B. Troops were forbidden to enter the sacred Olympic precinct; but they were
there in 420 B.C. when a Spartan attack was feared. Spartans had been banned
from competing.
C. And yet, Spartan-like, America was represented at the Games while she was
still fighting in Vietnam.
D. Civilization has advanced since then and—commendably — Olympiads of 1916,
1940 and 1944 were cancelled due to worldwide conflagration.
a) D
b) B
c) A
d) C
e) All fits to paragraph
7. A. Rowling’s declarations on Twitter on what she ‘always thought’ of a
particular character are not only newsworthy, but a cause for pride.
B. Rowling seems eager to retain an influence on how we understand her books
by revealing ostensibly new information about her characters.
C. Rowling’s chances for being a diverse author lie in the future, not the
past.
D. Whether these character points were announced to readers via Twitter or
alluded to within the Potter books, however, the meanings that we as a diverse
international community of readers wishes to take from them trump Rowling’s
intentions as an author.
a) B
b) D
c) C
d) A
e) All fits to paragraph
8. A. Since birds are the modern descendants of dinosaurs, they are likely to
have once had teeth instead of beaks.
B. However, 100 million years ago a diverse range of non-avian dinosaurs
spouted all manner of plumage, and like modern birds, doubtless made a great
deal of use of them, even if they could not fly.
C. This fact became known way back in 1861 when paleontologists discovered a
bird fossil, about 150 million years old, now classified as Archaeopteryx,
which had teeth.
D. Researchers have now published details of how avian edentulous occurred in
one common bird ancestor more than 100 million years ago.
a) D
b) A
c) B
d) C
e) None of these
9. A. Muhammad Ali’s rejection of the Vietnam War was thus a rejection of war
itself as a viable means of solving human problems, real or perceived.
B. In refusing the draft, Ali thus also refused to believe that national
boundaries somehow categorically divided human beings into ‘us’ and ‘them’.
C. Violence is the tool of the
hegemon; by eschewing it you are already challenging the means through which hegemony
is legitimized.
D. The best way to stand up to power and injustice is to be steadfast in your
resistance while shunning violence.
a) A
b) C
c) D
d) All fits to paragraph
e) None of these
10. A. If we are not to make grievous mistakes in the name of good things such as
fighting corruption or tackling crime, then we, the people, must reflect.
B. The problem is not of manipulation or political ambition; it is the
willingness with which otherwise sensible citizens allow themselves to follow
the Piper.
C. If we realize that it is our sentiments that are disturbed, not our
security, perhaps we will see the issue with greater equanimity.
D. It is in the nature of democratic politics for ambitious politicians to
use emotions to climb up the ladder of power.
a) D
b) B
c) A
d) C
e) All fits to paragraph
Answers:
1. C) 2. E) 3. B) 4. D)
5. E)
6. B) Option b) is the one which does not fit to the theme of the paragraph,
since it explains about troops which were not allowed in the Olympic precinct
as war with Sparta was thought to be imminent and also provides an example of
an exception made to the Olympic rules at a time war was expected; while others
are explaining about warring countries that still competing at the Olympic
Games and compares America to Sparta and cancellation of Olympiads in 1926,
1940 and 1944 due to world wars and also about Spartans who were at war with
Greece and dying, some of their countrymen were competing at that time at the
Olympia.
7. D) Option d) is the one which does not fit to the theme of the paragraph,
since it is explaining about the Rowling’s declarations on characters as being
newsworthy and a cause for pride; while others refer to the wishes of Rowling
to influence how readers understand her books by revealing new information
about her characters, Rowling’s alluding to the characters in her books and
also states that the international community of readers draws from the books
trump or prevail over Rowling’s intentions as an author.
8. C) Option c) is the one which is not part of the logical paragraph since
others are explaining about the birds in modern descendants of dinosaurs, about
their teeth which became known in 1861 with the discovery of Archaeopteryx, also
about the fact of birds once had teeth and about researchers who have
discovered that avian edentulous, or loss of teeth, occurred in one common bird
ancestor 100 million years ago. But option c) does not fit since it explains
about the non-avian dinosaurs which sprouted feathers 100 million years ago.
9. E) Option e) (i.e. statement B) is not belong to the paragraph since others
are explaining about the rejection of the war Ali showed that he believed that
war could not solve human problems, shunning of violence while standing up to
injustice and also about violence that is used to legitimize hegemony or
dominance. But statement B talks of a completely new idea - of national
boundaries dividing humans into opposing factions which doesn’t fit to the
theme of the paragraph.
10. D) Option d) is the one which does not fit to the theme of the paragraph,
since it is explaining about the specific “issue” that the rest of the
sentences cannot explain i.e, about our sentiments and the issue of greater
equanimity; while others refer to the grievous mistakes in the name of good
things such as fighting corruption or tackling crime, willingness with sensible
citizens in case of manipulation or political ambition and also about nature of
democratic politics.
QUANTITAITVE APTITUDE
Directions (1 – 5): What approximate value should come
in place of question mark (?) in the questions given below:
1. √3598.9 x [(10008.99)2 / 10009.001]
x 0.4987 = ?
a) 400168
b) 200368
c) 300270
d) 300570
e) 310670
2. 39.05 x 14.95 - 27.99 x 10.12 = (36 + ?) × 5
a) 25
b) 31
c) 125
d) 8
e) 45
3. 68.25 x 170 + 28 x 16.5 —125 x 16.5 = ?
a) 9600
b) 9800
c) 10000
d) 11500
e) 11000
4. 487.532 + 2849.029 — 675.48 = 743.095 +?
a) 1620
b) 1920
c) 1820
d) 2020
e) 1720
5. 142% of 3915 +2874 = 12600 —?
a) 4615
b) 4565
c) 4260
d) 4090
e) 4165
6. In a mixture of 70 litres, the ratio of milk to water is
5 : 2. If some quantity of mixture is taken out and 7 litres of milk and 7
litres of water are added to the mixture then the ratio of milk to water
becomes 7 : 4. Find the quantity of mixture which was taken out initially.
a) 47.5 litres
b) 49 litres
c) 50.5 litres
d) 45.5 litres
e) None of these
7. The
average age of board of directors of a company having 15 directors was 48
years. When a director aged 56 resigned from the board of directors another
director died on the same day. A new director joined board of directors aged
36. Next year the average age of all 14 directors was found to be 48 years. The
age of late director at the time of his death was _______
A) 48 years
B) 42 years
C) 45 years
D) 40 years
E) None of these
8. A
and B are two partners and they have invested Rs. 54,000 and Rs. 90,000 in
business. After one year A received Rs 1200 as his share of profit out of total
profit of Rs. 4200 including his certain commission on total profit since he is
a working partner and rest profit is received by B. What is the commission of A
as a percentage of the total profit?
A) 1200
B) 1100
C) 1500
D) 1250
E) None of these
9. Two
candles of same height are lighted at the same time. The first is consumed in 3
hours and second in 2 hours. Assuming that each candles burns at a constant
rate, in how many hours after being lighted, the ratio between the first and
second candles becomes 2:1?
A) 2 hours
B) 2.5 Hours
C) 4 hours
D) 4.5 hours
E) None of these
10. A
Cistern has an inlet pipe and outlet pipe. The inlet pipe fills the cistern
completely in 1 hour 20 minutes when the outlet pipe is plugged. The outlet
pipe empties the tank completely in 6 hours when the inlet pipe is plugged. If
there is a leakage also which is capable of draining out the water from the
tank at half of the rate of the outlet pipe, then what is the time taken to fill
the empty tank when both the pipes are opened?
A) 3 hours
B) 2 hours
C) 5 hours
D) 4 hours
E) 6 hours
Solutions:
1. C) ? = √3598.9 x [(10008.99)2 / (10009.001)] x 0.4987
= √3600 x [(10009)2 / 10009] x 0.4987 = 60 x
10009 x 0.5 = 30 x 10009 = 300270
2. A) 39.05 x 14.95 — 27.99 x 10.12 = (36 + ?)5
or, 39 x 15 — 28 x 10 = 180 + 5 x (?)
or, 5 x ? = 585 — 280 — 180 = 585 — 460 = 125
? = 125/5 = 25
3. C) ? = 68.25 x 170 + 28 x 16.5 — 125 x 16.5 = 11602.5 + 462 — 2062.5
= 12064.5 — 2062.5 = 10002 = 10000
4. B) ? = 487.582 + 2849.029 — 675.48 — 743.095 = 488 + 2849 — 675 — 743 = 1919
1920
5. E) ? = 12600 — (142 / 100) x 3915 - 2874
= 12600 — 5560 — 2874 = 4166 = 4165
6. D) Let 7x litres be taken out.
Then, (50-5x+7) / (20-2x+7) = 7/4
=> 4 x (57 - 5x) = 7 x (27 - 2x) => 228 - 20x = 189 -
14x
=> 6x = 39 => x = 39 / 6 = 6.5 litres
Therefore, Total mixture taken out = 5x + 2x = 7x = 6.5 x 7 =
45.5 litres
7. B) Before Death = 48*15 = 720
The age of late director at the time of his death
720 -(56+x) + 36 + 14 = 672
X = 42
8. A) Ratio of profit of A : B (excluding commission of A) = 54000 : 90000
=>3 : 5
Now the share of profit of B = 4200 – 1200 = Rs. 3000
So the share of profit A (excluding commission) = Rs. 1800
So the commission of A = 3000 – 1800 = 1200
9. D) Height of both candles are same i.e. h
First one takes 6 hours to burn completely, so in one hour =
h/3
Similarly second one will burn in one hour = h/2
Let after t time, ratio between their height is 2:1
so, remaining height of first candle = h – t*(h/3)
similarly for second candle = h – t*(h/2)
ratio given 2:1,
h – t*(h/3) / h – t*(h/2) = 2/1
Solving we get t = 9/2 = 4.5
10. B) Inlet pipe Efficiency = 100/(8/6) = 75%
Outlet pipe Efficiency = 100/(6) = 16.66%
Efficiency of leakage = half of the rate of the outlet pipe =
8.33%
Net Efficiency = 75 – (16.66 + 8.33) = 50%
Required time = 100/50 = 2 hours
REASONING
1. K is sister of S. S is married to M. M is
father of R. Q is son of P. S is mother-in-law of P. M has only one son and no
daughter. K is married to T. N is daughter of K. How is P related to M?
A) Uncle
B) Son
C) Daughter in law
D) Grandson
E) None of these
Directions
(2 – 3): Bala walked 25km towards west, took a left turn and walked 15km. He
again took a left turn and walked 30km. He then took a right turn and stopped.
2. Now
he was facing which direction ?
A) West
B) North
C) South
D) East
E) South – West
3. Instead
of turning right at the end if he took left and walked 20km, what is the
shortest distance to his starting point?
A) 3√7km
B) 2√5km
C) 7√2km
D) 5√2 km
E) None of these
4. In
a row of 40 boys, when Rajesh was shifted to his left by 4 places his number
from the left end of the row becomes 10. What was the number of Suresh from the
right end of the row if Suresh was three places to the right of Rajesh’s
original position?
A) 23
B) 25
C) 26
D) 27
D) 21
E) None of these
5. Which
of the following symbols should be placed in the blank spaces respectively(in
the same order from left to right) in order to complete the given expression in
such a manner that both ‘F>N’ as well as ‘N≤B’ definitely holds true? B _ A
_ N _ E _ F
A) >, ≥, <, =
B) >, >, ≥, <
C) ≥, ≥, ≥,≤
D) ≥, =, ≤,<
E) Other than those given as options
Directions
(6 – 10): Study the following information carefully to answer the given
questions.
Ten friends are sitting in two parallel rows of six seats
each. One seat is vacant in each row. M, N, O, P and Q are sitting in row-1
facing South. D, E, F, G and H are facing North. Each likes a different Colour
i.e. Green, Pink, Black, Red, Yellow, Blue, Brown, Grey, White and Purple. Each
person has different number of their favourite chocolates – 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8,
9, 11, 15 and 16.
The difference between the chocolates hold by N and O is 3. G
sits third to the right of F and likes Red. Only two people sit between E and
the vacant seat. E does not like Yellow or Black. Q is not an immediate
neighbour of O. N likes Purple. The persons who sit at the extreme end of the
line have chocolates in consecutive order. Neither E nor H has 8 chocolate. One
of the neighbors of vacant seat in both rows have chocolates in odd number. The
one who likes Black faces the one who likes Grey. The one who likes Black sits
opposite to the one who sits third right of the person who sits opposite to G.
O is not an immediate neighbour of P. H, who likes neither Yellow nor Blue,
does not face the vacant seat. Neither G nor F sits at any of the extreme ends
of the row. P faces F. Vacant seats are not opposite to each other. Two seats
are there between O and N, who sits third right of the one who likes
Bournville. The one who likes White faces the one who likes Red. The persons
who like the Green and Grey are adjacent to each other. Vacant seat of row – 1
is not an immediate neighbour of P. E sits at one of the extreme ends of the
row. F does not like Green and Grey. Vacant seat of row-1 does not face G who
doesn’t sit at any of the extreme ends of the row. The person who likes Green
has 3 chocolates. The total number of chocolates hold by Q is the half of the
total number of chocolates hold by H. The total numbers of chocolates hold by
M, F and G is the Square of the total number of chocolates hold by P, Q and M
respectively. Neither P nor G has 4 chocolate.
6. In
the given arrangement, if two people come and sit to the immediate left of E,
how many people will sit between D and E?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) More than four
E) One
7. Who
amongst the following sits third to the right of F?
A) The one who likes Red
B) E
C) D
D) The one who likes yellow
E) Other than those given as options
8. Which
of the following faces the vacant seat of Row – 1?
A) The one who likes Red
B) E
C) F
D) The one who has 15 chocolates
E) Other than those given as options
9. Four
of the following five are alike in a certain way based upon their seating
arrangement and so form a group. Which of the following does not belong to the
group?
A) QE
B) ND
C) HO
D) PG
E) FP
10. Who
among the following has 11 chocolate?
A) Q
B) N
C) D
D) E
E) None of these
Solutions:
1. C)
2. C)
3. D) X2 = 52 + 52 => X = √50 =
5√2
4. E) 24th
(9 boys) Rajesh *** (original position) ** (Suresh) (23 boys)
5. D)
(6 – 10):
6. B) 7. A)
8. D) 9. E) 10. B)
