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Practice Paper for Central Bank of India Clerk Exam (To be held on 13.2.2011)Directions (1-8) : Study the following arrangement ofletters/symbols and answer the questions given below :D F J T $ # P R Z Q C M A B @ H K L S + ?1. How many such symbols are there each of which isimmediately preceded by a symbol and immediatelyfollowed by a letter?a. One b. Twoc. Three d. Foure. None of these2. If the order of first half of the arrangement is reversedwhich of the following letters/symbols will be the fifth tothe letter of the fifteenth letter/symbol from the left?a. b. Q

c. T d. Je. None of these3. If all the symbols of the above sequence are denotedby 7 and each letter is denoted by 5, then what will bethe sum of all the elements of the sequence?a. 142 b. 138c. 122 d. 132e. None of these4. If all the symbols from the above sequence aredropped, which letter will be seventh to the right oftwelfth letter from the right?a. H b. Bc. K d. Ae. None of these5. Which of the following is related to 'FT' in the sameway as 'DJ' is related to '?S'?a. L+ b. KSc. HL d. +Le. None of these6. How many such letters are there in the abovesequence each of which occupies the same positionfrom the left in the sequence as in the alphabet from left?a. None b. Onec. Two d. Threee. None of these7. Four of the following five are alike on the basis of theirposition in the above seaquence and hence form agroup. Which one of the following does not belong to

that group?a. DJ? b. T#Lc. FT+ d. PZ@e. J#S8. Which of the following will be exactly midway betweenfifth element from the left and eighth element from theright?a. C b. c. Q d. Me. None of these9. A trader in order to code the prices of article used theletters of PSICHOLAZY in the form of 'O' to '9'respectively. Which of the following code stands forRs.875.50?a. AIL.HP b. AIL.HSc. ZYA.HO d. ZCA.OPe. None of these10. Find the two letter in the word EXTRA which have asmany letters between them in the word as in thealphabet. If there two letters are arranged in alphabeticalorder which letter will come second?a. E b. Xc. T d. Re. ADirections (11-15) : Study the following information toanswer the questions given below :'AB' means 'multiply A by B'

'A@B' means 'subtract B from A''A$B' means 'add B to A''A#B' means 'divide A by B'11. What is the average, if five consecutive oddnumbers, if is the lowest number among them?A. (S$20)#5B. 16#5$SC. (20$S)#5a. Only A b. Only Bc. Only A and C d. Only B and Ce. None of these12. If the cost of 6 pens is Rs.30, how many pens canbe bought for Rs.900?A. 630#900B. 9006#30C. 900$6#30a. Only A b. Only Bc. Only C d. Only A and Be. None of these13. Two hundred percent of M=60 percent of Ptherefore?A. 2m100#60B. 200m#10060C. m10#3a. Only A b. Only Bc. A and B bothd. A and C bothe. None of these

14. Mahesh donates 7% of his monthly salary R tocharity and spends Rs.3000 per month on his houserent. What is the balance amount out of his monthlysalary?A. R@7R#100$3000B. R@3000@7100#RC. R@(R7#100$3000)a. Only Ab. Only Bc. Only Cd. All the threee. None of these15. The area of a circle is computed by multiplying thesquare of its radius by 22/7, what will be the total areaof 14 circles, each with the same radius of 'r' cms?A. 22r7r#14B. 22#14rrC. 44r2#7a. Only Ab. Only Bc. Only Cd. A and B bothe. None of theseDirections (16-20) : In the following questions, thesymbols D, S,@, and # are used with the followingmeaning as illustrated below :'XDY' means 'X is neither greater than nor equal to Y'

'XSY' means 'X is not smaller than Y''X@Y' means 'X is not greater than Y''XY' means 'X is neither greater than nor equal to Y'

Now in each of the following questions assuming thegiven statements to be true, find which of the twoconclusions I and II given below them is/are definitelytrue?Give answer (a) if only conclusions I is true.Give answer (b) if only conclusions II is true.Give answer (c) if either conclusions I or II is true.Give answer (d) if neither conclusion I nor II ture.Give answer (e) if both conclusions I and II are true.16. Statements :R @ J, F S J, C S FConclusions :I. R C

II. C # R17. Statements :W @ P, W # E, E D VConclusions :I. P # EII. V W18. Statements :J R, P S R, Z # PConclusions :I. R D ZII. J @ P19. Statements :G @ O, N O, H # GConclusions :I. O D HII. G N20. Statements :Q D B, M B, K S MConclusions :I. K BII. Q D K21. In a certain code language RUSTICATE is written as'QTTUIDBSD'. How would STATISTIC be written in thatcode?a. RSBUIRSJD b. TUBUITUMBc. RSBUITUHB d. RSBNUJTUHBe. None of these22. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way

and so form a group. Which is the one that does notbelong to that group?a. Watermelon b. Papayac . J ac kfrui t d . Pin ea pp lee. Sweetlime23. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word'ENIGMATIC' each of which has as many lettersbetween them in the word as in the English alphabet?a. None b. Twoc. Three d. Onee. More than five24. How many such 6s are there in the following numberseries, each of which is immediately preceded by 1 or5 and immediately by 3 or 9?

2 6 3 7 5 6 4 2 9 6 1 3 4 1 6 39 1 5 6 9 2 3 1 6 5 4 3 2 1 9 67 1 6 3a. None b. Onec. Two d. Threee. None of these25. Four of the following five are alike in a certain wayand so form a group. Which is the one that does notbelong to that group?a. 17 b. 13c. 63 d. 71e. 2326. In how many different ways can the letters of the

words 'COMET' be arranged?a. 120 b. 40c. 80 d. 100e. None of these27. What should come in place of the question mark (?)in the following number series?a. 654 646 630 ? 574 534a. 606 b. 614c. 598 d. 622e. None of these28. What is 786 times 467?a. 367529b. 367062c. 366276d. 366595e. None of these29. A canteen requires 42 kgs of rice for a week. Howmany kgs of rice will it require for the month of June andJuly?a. 360 kgsb. 355 kgsc. 350 kgsd. Cannot be determinede. None of these30. Find the average of the following set of scores.634 133 36 1204 541 67 238 425a. 425b. 409.75

c. 420d. 408.50e. None of theseDirections (31-35) : What should come in place of thequestion mark (?) in the following questions?31. 9432?24=3a. 133 b. 139c. 136 d. 131e. None of these32. 10836 - (58)2 - 144 - (8)3=?a. 7264 b. 6816c. 6836 d. 7044e. None of these33. 5.4x?x12.6=258.552a. 3.8 b. 2.4c. 3 d. 3.5e. None of these34. 352525-8640144=?a. 60 b. 91c. 102 d. 80e. None of these35. 2056-37575=?a. 2049 b. 22.41c. 23.45 d. 2051e. None of these36. Of what number the 2/5 of 5/8 of4/7=22?

a. 154 b. 164c. 198 d. 132e. None of these

37. Of an amount 40% of 60% of 30% is 432. What isthe amount?a. Rs.5000 b. Rs.48000c. Rs.6400 d. Rs.5600e. None of these38. What is the required number in the given series?a. 4, 3, 5, 10.5, ? 67.5a. 24 b. 26c. 27 d. 25e. None of these39. What will be the area of the circle havingcircumference equal to 56 cm?a. 156 cm2 b. 196 cm2

c 256 cm2 d. 216 cm2e. None of these40. The amount of Rs.5,500 becomes Rs.10,780 aftersix years at simple interest. What is the rate of interest?a. 14% pa b. 12% pac. 15% pa d. 16% pae. None of theseDirections (41-50) : What should come in place of thequestion mark (?) in the following questions?41. 1850+364-154x4.5=?a. 1521 b. 2907c. 9270 d. 1863e. None of these42. ?% of 240x5=216a. 16 b. 14c. 18 d. 20e. None of these43. ? 26% of 250=59a. 4095 b. 3965c. 3445 d. 3835e. None of these44. 8967-2584+6331=?a. 13704 b. 12704c. 12724 d. 13714e. None of these45. 853x?=(498)2+2778a. 298 b. 294c. 286 d. 284

e. None of these46. 24x1512+?=165a. 135 b. 65c. 158 d. 85e. None of these47. 8+88+888+8888+88888+888888=?a. 987648 b. 986748c. 897648 d. 897648e. None of these48. 830+8102+9045-3012=?a. 13665 b. 14965c. 124965 d. 13695e. None of these49. 840+730+991+83245-32145=?a. 63661 b. 43651c. 53661 d. 73361e. None of these50. 15.40x2.5+453/4=?a. 851/4 b. 841/4c. 853/4 d. 843/4e. None of theseDirections (51-55) : Which of the phrases (a), (b), (c)and (d) given below each sentence should replace thephrase printed in bold in the sentence to make itgrammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it isgiven and 'No correction is required', mark (e) as theanswer.

51. Our country is one of the most densely populated inthe world and need increased food production.a. needy of increasingb. needed an increasec. need increasingly thed. needs to increasee. No correction required52. This is an organisation which helps the poor byproviding loans at mostly less rates of interest.a. at much smallerb. at very lowc. with such lowerd. for so littlee. No correction required53. I cannot say if I definitely get into the college of mychoice but my teachers are confident that I willa. that I shall definitelyb. whether I was definitelyc. why I was definited. unless I definitely was toe. No correction required54. Since this is a crucial project you should choosethose who are experienced for it.a. will be experiencingb. are experiencedc. have experience ofd. experiences frome. No correction required

55. Learnt that he wanted to be posted in the city, Irequested the manager to transfer him.a. once I learnb. I have learnt sincec. on learning thatd. while learning becausee. No correction requiredDirections (56-60) : Read each sentence to find outwhether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic errorin it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence.The number of that is the answer. If there is no error, theanswer is 'e' (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).56. a. Base on the researchb. we have conducted inc. different parts of the countryd. this scheme will be successfule. No error57. a. I want to shareb. my experience with youc. though you wille. benefit frome. No error58. a. He used to adviseb. his students to doc. their work serious if theyd. wanted to achieve their goalse. No error59. a. Any of these branches do

b. not required more thanc. two employees since theyd. have recently established

e. No error60. a. He encouraged us tob. think but none of the

c. suggestions we made was

d. discussed at the meeting

e. No error

Directions (61-68) : 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 fits the

blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in

each case.

From the beginning ...61... that we would trust our clients

and never ...62... the judiciary in seeking repayment of

our loans. We feel that our relationship is with people

...63... than with papers. We succeed or fail depending

on how ...64... borrowers are. Today, the ...65... in other

banks is that every borrower is going to run away with

their money so they tie him or her up in legal documents

to make ...66... that the borrower cannot escape the

reach of the bank In ...67... cases the borrower does end

up defaulting but this is less than one percent. To us this

represents a ...68... reminder of what we need to improve

to succeed.

61. a. clear

b. decided

c. determine

d. firm

e. emphatic

62. a. used

b. obey

c. involve

d. brief

e. apply

63. a. instead

b. preferable

c. prior

d. rather

e. less64.a. better

b. valuable

c. endured

d. benefited

e. strong

65. a. assumption

b. guess

c. undertaking

d. responsibility

e. guarantee

66. a. safe

b. confirm

c. certain

d. surely

e. believe

67. a. open

b. hardly

c. often

d. seldom

e. rare

68. a. past

b. eager

c. compulsorily

d. constant

e. persistedDirections (69-75) : In each question below a sentence

with four words printed in bold type is given. These are

numbered as (a), (b), (c) and (d). One of these four

words printed in bold may be wrongly spelt or

inappropriate in the context of the sentence Find out the

word, which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any.

The number of that word is your answer. If all the word

printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate

in the sentence, mark (e) i.e. 'All correct' as your answer.

69. a. It is true

b. that credit card companies cannot import

c. such

d. high charges

e. on customers. All correct

70. a. In our opinion these norms

b. are not applicant

c. in this kind

d. of situation

e. All correct

71. a. The government is trying

b. to control

c. the price raise

d. but this is not the method it should adopt

e. All correct

72. a. To ensure

b. there has been no fraudc. the accounts of the previous

d. year need to be carelessly

e. examined all correct

73. a. In this time of recession you should consider

b. the possibility

c. of reducingd. your expenditure

e. All correct

74. a. It was

b. natural thatc. some difficulties crop up

d. in his life

e. All correct

75. a. You are

b. one of the

c. who have often wondered howd. great fortunes are made

e. All correct

Answers : 1(a), 2(e), 3(c), 4(b), 5(d), 6(b), 7(e), 8(c),

9(e), 10(a), 11(e), 12(b), 13(d), 14(c), 15(e), 16(c), 17(a),

18(e), 19(d), 20(b), 21(c), 22(d), 23(d), 24(d), 25(c),

26(a), 27(a), 28(b), 29(e), 30(b), 31(d), 32(b), 33(a),34(e), 35(d), 36(a), 37(e), 38(d), 39(e), 40(d), 41(a),

42(c), 43(d), 44(e), 45(b), 46(e), 47(a), 48(b), 49(c),

50(b), 51(d), 52(b), 53(a), 54(e), 55(c), 56(a), 57(c),

58(c), 59(a), 60(e), 61(b), 62(c), 63(d), 64(e), 65(a),66(c), 67(e), 68(d), 69(b), 70(b), 71(c), 72(d), 73(e),74(c), 75(b).