Sectional Test for Bank Exams (Set - 24)

Sectional Test for Bank Exams (Set - 24)

ENGLISH

Directions (1 – 10): In the passage given below there are 10 blanks, each followed by a word given in bold. Even blank has four alternative words given in options (A),(B),(C) and (D. You have to tell which word will best suit the respective blank. Mark (E) as your answer if the work given in bold after the blank is your answer i.e “No change required”.

Clear and mounting (1)   (generation) continues to link employee engagement to an organization’s bottom line. An AON Hewitt study linked employee engagement to an organization’s (2)   (rival) growth, finding that organizations that had actively managed employee engagement (3)   (excessive) to their peers during the recent economic downturn were now seeing “dramatic, positive impacts to their revenue growth.” The Gallup study found (4)   different results, noting that organizations with high employee engagement seemed to have recovered from the recession at a faster rate.

A McLean & Company study yielded similar results, (5)   (terminating) that organizations with highly-engaged employees had an average three-year revenue growth of 20.1 percent, versus the average 8.9 percent revenue growth rate, and had employees who were three times more likely to be top performers. Other studies have found that when organizations have engaged workers, they are 18 percent more productive than their competitors, 12 percent more profitable, have 22 percent higher-than-average shareholder returns, and have employees who are 57 percent more effective and 87 percent less likely to (6)    (leave.

During the recent economic downturn, many senior leaders did not consider employee engagement to be a (7)    (damage) , perhaps understandably so—they had other short-term imperatives to focus on, like staying in business. However, a 2012 survey by the employee retention firm Talent Keepers indicates that employee engagement is making its way back onto strategic priority agendas. The survey of U.S. executives representing 430 organizations found that 81 percent of the senior leaders surveyed wanted to improve performance and profitability by making employee engagement a (8)   (strategic) priority. The renewed interest in improving employee engagement in organizations has originated from actions executives took during the recession. Sixty-one percent of the senior executives responding to the Talent Keepers survey said they had taken the opportunity to hire better-skilled employees from the larger talent pool available during the recession and were now worried that these employees may leave when the economy (9)   (deteriorate) . If this is the case, business leaders will expect HR and talent management professionals to not only (10)    (partner) engagement levels, but to take proactive steps to improve employee engagement in their organizations.

1. A) evidence   B) burden   C) damage   D) prediction   E) No Change Required

2. A) sporting   B) depreciated   C) competitive   D) vying   E) No Change Required

3. A) focused   B) relative   C) boycotting   D) damaging   E) No Change Required

4. A) opposite   B) challenging   C) similar   D) dangling   E) No Change Required

5. A) concluding   B) assuming   C) mulling   D) limiting   E) No Change Required

6. A) stay   B) work   C) permit   D) license   E) No Change Required

7. A) moment   B) priority   C) stress   D) start   E) No Change Required

8. A) trivial   B) clever   C) civil   D) bonus   E) No Change Required

9. A) worsens   B) arrives   C) amends   D) recovers   E) No Change Required

10. A) inculcate   B) damage   C) monitor   D) predict   E) No Change Required

Answers:

1. A)   2. C)   3. B)   4. C)   5. A)   6. E)   7. B)   8. E)   9. D)   10. C)  

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

Directions (1 – 5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:

From a school a total of 1320 students chose – Law, B.Com, B.Tech and B.Sc as their streams after class 12. 55% of the total students are boys. The number of boys who chose Law is 12 less than 2/11 of the total boys. The number of boys who chose BTech is 25% more than number of boys who chose Law. The number of boys who chose B.Com is 50 more than the number of girls in B.Tech. Total number of girls who chose B.Com and B.Sc is 284. Total number of students who chose Law is 260. Number of girls in B.Com is 50 less than the number of girls in B.Tech. Number of boys who shoes B.Sc is 16 more than 10/33 of the total number of boys.

1. Number of girls who chose Law is what percent less than the number of boys who chose BCom?

A) 17 6/11%

B) 38 7/8%

C) 34 2/3%

D) 36 4/11 %

E) 29 3/10%

2. What is the ratio between the number of girls who chose Law and BCom together and the number of boys in same stream together?

A) 12 : 15

B) 13 : 17

C) 16 : 13

D) 15 : 19

E) 19 : 15

3. Boys who chose Law and BTech together are what percent of total boys?

A) 34.25%

B) 19.26%

C) 25.66%

D) 37.19%

E) None of these

4. What is the total number of students who chose Btech?

A) 320

B) 330

C) 340

D) 310

E) 350

5. Girls who chose BSc is what percent of number of boys who chose Law and BTech together?

A) 58.99%

B) 61.67%

C) 57.33%

D) 60.74%

E) None of these

Directions (6 – 10): Study the following pie-charts carefully and answer the questions that follow:

The pie charts show the percentage wise distribution of employees in 3 departments – A, B, C of a company in 2 different cities – P, Q. There are 4 departments in each city, but the data given is of 3 departments.

6. In which of the 3 departments given, total number of employees is greater in both cities?

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) Both A and B

E) Both A and C

7. If a 4th department is also included, the percentage of employees in department B in city P will become 50% of the total employees in city P. What is the number of employees in the 4th department in city P?

A) 1200

B) 1300

C) 1500

D) 1400

E) None of these

8. If the number of employees in 4th department is 124 more in city P than number of employees in department C in city Q, then number of employees in 4th department in city P makes what percent of total employees in city P?

A) 25.23%

B) 28.56%

C) 35.38%

D) 30.84%

E) 32.95%

9. Total number of employees in departments B and C together in city P makes what percent of the total employees in departments B and C together in both cities?

A) 41.32%

B) 45.98%

C) 44.69%

D) 46.33%

E) 49.67%

10. Find the ratio between the number of employees in departments A and C together in city P and that in same departments together in city Q.

A) 17 : 28

B) 21 : 29

C) 12 : 37

D) 24 : 35

E) 25 : 36

Solutions:

(1 – 5):

Total students = 1320

Boys = 55% of 1320 = 726

So number of girls = 1320 – 726 = 594

Boys in Law = 2/11 * 726 – 12 = 120

Total in Law = 260, so girls in Law = 260 – 120 = 140

Boys in BSc = 10/33 * 726 + 16 = 236

Boys in BTech = 25% more than in Law = 125/100 * 120 = 150

So boys in Law + BCom + BTech + BSc = 726

So 120 + BCom + 150 + 236 = 726

So boys who chose BCom = 220

Girls in BTech = 220 – 50 = 170

So girls in Bcom = 170 – 50 = 120

Now girls in Law + BCom + BTech + BSc = 594

140 + 120 + 170 + BSc = 594

So girls in BSc = 164

	Law	BCom	BTech	BSc	Total
Boys	120	220	150	236	726
Girls	140	120	170	164	594

1. D) Required percentage = (220 – 140)/220 × 100 = 80/220 × 100 = 400/11 = 36 4/11%

2. B) Required ratio = (140+120) : (120+220) = 26 : 34 = 13 : 17

3. D) Required % = (120+150)/726 * 100 = 270/726 * 100 = 37.19%

4. A) Required total = 150 + 170 = 320

5. D) Required % = 164/(120+150) * 100 = 60.74%

6. A) In A = 36% of 3500 + 34% of 4200 = 2688

In B = 40% of 3500 + 28% of 4200 = 2576

In C = 24% of 3500 + 38% of 4200 = 2436

7. D) Let number of employees in 4th Dept. = x

In dept. B employees are = 40/100 * 3500 = 1400

So

1400/(1400+x) * 100 = 50

Solve, x = 1400

8. E) Number of employees in department C in city Q = 38/100 * 4200 = 1596

So, number of employees in 4th department in city P = 1596 + 124 = 1720

So total employees in city P becomes 1720+3500 = 5220

So required % = 1720/5220 * 100 = 32.95%

9. C) Number of employees in departments B and C together in city P = 64% of 3500 = 2240

Number of employees in departments B and C together in city Q = 66% of 4200 = 2772

Required % = 2240/(2240+2272) * 100 = 44.69%

10. E) Required ratio = 60/100 * 3500 : 72/100 * 4200 = 25 : 36

REASONING

Directions (1 – 5): Study the following arrangement and answer questions given:

A ^ D N 3 & G E 2 9 Q $ * C S 1 ) R I 4 M @ ! Z H 5 © K L U

1. If all the symbols are dropped from the arrangement, then which of the following is the 8th letter to the right of the 18th letter from the right end?

A) 4

B) 1

C) I

D) R

E) S

2. How many consonants are there in the arrangement each of which is immediately followed by a symbol?

A) None

B) One

C) Two

D) Three

E) More than three

3. Complete the series: N&D E9G $CQ ?

A) $1S

B) S)C

C) 1)S

D) 1RS

E) None of these

4. How many such numbers are there each of which is immediately preceded by a symbol?

A) None

B) One

C) Two

D) Three

E) More than three

5. Four of the five are alike in a certain way, which does not belong to the group?

A) S1$

B) Q$E

C) H©@

D) RI1

E) ZHM

Directions (6 – 10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

A₁, A₂, A₃, A₄, A₅, A₆, A₇, and A₈ are seated in a straight line but not necessarily in the same order. Some of them are facing south while some are facing north.

(Note: Same direction means that if one person is facing north then the other also faces north and if one is facing south then the other also faces south. Opposite directions means if one person is facing north than the other person faces south and vice versa.)

 A₆ sits third to the right of A₈. Only two people sit between A₂ and A₅. Only three people sit to the left of A₅, who faces south. A₈ is an immediate neighbour neither of A₅ nor of A₂. A₈ does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. Both the immediate neighbours of A₄ face north. A₄ is not an immediate neighbour of A₈. Only one person sits between A₁ and A₄. A₁ faces the same direction as A₈. The immediate neighbours of A₂ face opposite directions. The persons sitting at extreme ends face opposite directions. A₃  faces a direction opposite that of A₄.

6. Who among the following sit at the extreme ends of the line?

a) A₁,A₃

b) A₇, A₁

c) A₈, A₇

d) A₂, A₄

e) None of these

7. Who among the following sits on the immediate right of A₅?

a) A₃

b) A₈

c) A₆

d) A₄

e) None of these

8. How many persons are there between A₄ and A₃?

a) Two

b) None

c) One

d) Three

e) None of these

9. Who among the following is third to the left of A₁?

a) A₂

b) A₈

c) A₄

d) A₆

e) None of these

10. Who sits exactly between A₁ and A₄?

a) A₅

b) A₃

c) A₆

d) Can't be determined

e) None of these

Solutions:

1. D) The series becomes: A D N 3 G E 2 9 Q C S 1 R I 4 M Z H 5 K L U

2. C)   3. D)   4. B)   5. D)

(6 – 10):

Person	A1	A2	A4	A6	A5	A3	A8	A7
Facing	South	North	North	North	South	South	South	North

6. B)   7. C)   8. A)   9. D)   10. A)