SBI Clerk Reasoning Exam 2009

Reasoning: (Solved Paper)

1. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the Third, Seventh, Eighth and Tenth letters of the word COMPATIBILITY, which of the following would be the last letter of that word? If no such word can be made, give ‘X’ as your answer and if more than one such word can be formed, give your answer as ‘Y’.
(A) I
(B) B
(C) L
(D) X
(E) Y
Answer: (B)

2. 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) Stem
(B) Tree
(C) Root
(D) Branch
(E) Leaf
Answer: (B)

3. How many meaningful three letter English words can be formed with the letters AER, using each letter only once in each word?
(A) None
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) Three
(E) Four
Answer: (D)

4. In a certain code FINE is written HGPC. How is SLIT written in that code?
(A) UTGR
(B) UTKR
(C) TUGR
(D) RUGT
(E) None of these
Answer: (E)

5. If ‘Apple’ is called ‘Orange’, ‘Orange’ is called ‘Peach’, ‘Peach’ is called ‘Potato’, ‘Potato’ is called ‘Banana’, ‘Banana’ is called ‘Papaya’ and ‘Papaya’ is called ‘Guava’, which of the following grows underground?
(A) Potato
(B) Guava
(C) Apple
(D) Banana
(E) None of these
Answer: (D)

6. If the digits in the number 86435192 are arranged in ascending order, what will be the difference between the digits which are second from the right and fourth from the left in the new arrangement?
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
(E) None
Answer: (D)

7. Each vowel of the word ADJECTIVE is substituted with the next letter of the English alphabetical series, and each consonant is substituted with the letter preceding it. How many vowels are present in the new arrangement?
(A) None
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) Three
(E) None of these
Answer: (C)

8. If in a certain language LATE is coded as 8&4$ and HIRE is coded as 7*3$ then how will HAIL be coded in the same language?
(A) 7&8*
(B) &7*8
(C) 7*&8
(D) 7&*8
(E) None of these
Answer: (D)

9. How many such pairs of letters are there in word ENGLISH, each of which has as many letters between its two letters as there are between them in the English alphabets?
(A) None
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) Three
(E) More than three
Answer: (E)

10. In a certain code ‘na pa ka so’ means ‘birds fly very high’, ‘ri so la pa’ means ‘birds are very beautiful’ and ‘ti me ka bo’ means ‘the parrots could fly’. Which of the following is the code for ‘high’ in that language?
(A) na
(B) ka
(C) bo
(D) so
(E) None of these
Answer: (A)

Directions—(Q. 11–15) In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read both the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Read the statements and the conclusions which follow it and
Give answer—
(A) if only conclusion I is true.
(B) if only conclusion II is true.
(C) if either conclusion I or conclusion II is true.
(D) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true
(E) if both conclusions I and II are true.

11. Statements: All stars are suns.
Some suns are planets.
All planets are satellites.
Conclusions:
I. Some satellites are stars.
II. No star is a satellite.
Answer: (C)

12. Statements: All fishes are birds.
All birds are rats.
All rats are cows.
Conclusions:
I. All birds are cows
II. All rats are fishes
Answer: (A)

13. Statements: All curtains are rods.
Some rods are sheets.
Some sheets are pillows.
Conclusions:
I. Some pillows are rods.
II. Some rods are curtains.
Answer: (B)

14. Statements: Some walls are windows.
Some windows are doors.
All doors are roofs.
Conclusions:
I. Some doors are walls.
II. No roof is a window.
Answer: (D)

15. Statements: All switches are plugs.
Some plugs are bulbs.
All bulbs are sockets.
Conclusions:
I. Some sockets are plugs.
II. Some plugs are switches.
Answer: (E)

Directions—(Q. 16–20) Study the sets of numbers given below and answer the questions, which follow: 489 - 541 - 654 - 953 - 983

16. If in each number, the first and the last digits are interchanged, which of the following will be the second highest number?
(A) 489
(B) 541
(C) 654
(D) 953
(E) 783
Answer: (C)

17. If in each number, all the three digits are arranged in ascending order, which of the following will be the lowest number?
(A) 489
(B) 541
(C) 654
(D) 953
(E) 783
Answer: (B)

18. Which of the following numbers will be obtained if the first digit of lowest number is subtracted from the second digit of highest number after adding one to each of the numbers?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5
Answer: (A)

19. If five is subtracted from each of the numbers, which of the following numbers will be the difference between the second digit of second highest number and the second digit of the highest number?
(A) Zero
(B) 3
(C) 1
(D) 4
(E) 2
Answer: (B)

20. If in each number the first and the second digits are interchanged, which will be the third highest number?
(A) 489
(B) 541
(C) 654
(D) 953
(E) 783
Answer: (D)

Directions—(Q. 21–25) Read the following information carefully and answer the questions, which follow
‘A – B’ means ‘A is father of B’
‘A + B’ means ‘A is daughter of B’
‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A is son of B’
‘A × B’ means ‘A is wife of B’

21. Which of the following means P is grandson of S?
(A) P + Q – S
(B) P ÷ Q × S
(C) P ÷ Q + S
(D) P × Q ÷ S
(E) None of these
Answer: (C)

22. How is P related to T in the expression ‘P + S – T’?
(A) Sister
(B) Wife
(C) Son
(D) Daughter
(E) None of these
Answer: (A)

23. In the expression ‘P + Q × T’ how is T related to P?
(A) Mother
(B) Father
(C) Son
(D) Brother
(E) None of these
Answer: (B)

24. Which of the following means T is wife of P?
(A) P × S ÷ T
(B) P ÷ S × T
(C) P – S ÷ T
(D) P + T ÷ S
(E) None of these
Answer: (E)

25. In the expression ‘P × Q – T’ how is T related to P?
(A) Daughter
(B) Sister
(C) Mother
(D) Can’t be determined
(E) None of these
Answer: (D)

Directions—(Q. 26–30) In each of these questions a group of letters is given followed by four combinations of number/symbol lettered (A), (B), (C) & (D). Letters are to be coded as per the scheme and conditions given below. You have to find out the serial letter of the combination, which represents the letter group. Serial letter of that combination is your answer. If none of the combinations is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. None of these:
Letters# Q M S I N G D K A L P R B J E
Number/ Symbol# 7 @ 4 # % $ 6 1 2 ￡ 5 * 9 8 3
Conditions:
(i) If the first letter is a consonant and the last a vowel, both are to be coded as the code of the vowel.
(ii) If the first letter is a vowel and the last a consonant, the codes for the first and the last are to be interchanged.
(iii) If no vowel is present in the group of letters, the second and the fifth letters are to be coded as c.

26. BKGQJN
(A) 9c$7c%
(B) c9$7%c
(C) 91$78%
(D) %1$789
(E) None of these
Answer: (A)

27. IJBRLG
(A) #89*￡$
(B) #89*￡#
(C) $89*￡#
(D) $89*￡$
(E) None of these
Answer: (C)

28. BARNIS
(A) 92*#%4
(B) 924#*%
(C) 92*#%9
(D) 42*#%4
(E) None of these
Answer: (E)

29. EGAKRL
(A) #￡$21*
(B) ￡$21*3
(C) ￡$21*#
(D) #￡$21#
(E) None of these
Answer: (B)

30. DMBNIA
(A) 6@9%#2
(B) 2@9%#6
(C) 2@9%#2
(D) 2c9%#2
(E) None of these
Answer: (C)

Directions—(Q. 31–35) Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H work for three different companies namely X, Y and Z. Not more than three persons work for a company. There are only two ladies in the group who have different specializations and work for different companies. Of the group of friends, two have specialization in each HR, Finance and Marketing. One member is an engineer and one is a doctor. H is an HR specialist and works with a Marketing specialist B who does not work for company Y. C is an engineer and his sister works in company Z. D is a specialist in HR working in company X while her friend G is a finance specialist and works for company Z. No two persons having the same specialization work together. Marketing specialist F works for company Y and his friend A who is a Finance expert works for company X in which only two specialists work. No lady is a marketing specialist or a doctor.

31. For which of the following companies does C work?
(A) Y
(B) X
(C) Z
(D) Data inadequate
(E) None of these
Answer: (A)

32. Which of the following represents the pair working in the same company?
(A) D and C
(B) A and B
(C) A and E
(D) H and F
(E) None of these
Answer: (E)

33. Which of the following combination is correct?
(A) C–Z-Engineer
(B) E–X–Doctor
(C) H–X–HR
(D) C–Y–Engineer
(E) None of these
Answer: (D)

34. Who amongst the friends is a doctor?
(A) H
(B) E
(C) C
(D) Either E or C
(E) None of these
Answer: (B)

35. Which of the following pairs represents the two ladies in the group?
(A) A and D
(B) B and D
(C) D and G
(D) Data inadequate
(E) None of these
Answer: (C)

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Oriental Bank of Commerce Probationary Officers Exam, 2009

Reasoning: (Solved Paper)

1. In a certain code ‘PLANT’ is written as ‘$@2*c’ and ‘YIELD’ is written as ‘β64@%’. How is
‘DELAY’ written in that code?
(A) β4*2%
(B) β4@2%
(C) %42@β
(D) %4@2β
(E) None of these
Answer: (D)

2. How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters ARILT using each letter only once in that word?
(A) None
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) Three
(E) More than three
Answer: (C)

3. D said, “A’s father is the only brother of my sister’s son.” How is A’s father related to D?
(A) Cousin
(B) Nephew
(C) Aunt
(D) Data Inadequate
(E) None of these
Answer: (B)

Directions—(Q. 4–6) The following questions are based on the five three digit numbers given below—
394 632 783 576 895

4. If the positions of the first and the second digit within each number are interchanged, which of the following will be the second highest number?
(A) 632
(B) 783
(C) 576
(D) 895
(E) 394
Answer: (E)

5. If the first and second digits of each of the numbers are added the resulting sum of which of the following numbers will not be exactly divisible by 3?
(A) 895
(B) 394
(C) 576
(D) 632
(E) 783
Answer: (A)

6. If 2 is added to the last digit of each number and then the positions of the first and the third digits are interchanged, which of the following will be the highest number ?
(A) 576
(B) 895
(C) 783
(D) 394
(E) 632
Answer: (A)

7. If ‘A’ is coded as 1, ‘B’ as 3, ‘C’ as 5 and so on, which of the following is the numerical value of the word ‘FAZED’ ?
(A) 81
(B) 79
(C) 77
(D) 80
(E) None of these
Answer: (B)

8. Which of the following pairs of words have the same relationship as FAN: HEAT?
(A) Water: Drink
(B) Light: Night
(C) Teach: Student
(D) Air: Breathe
(E) Food: Hunger
Answer: (B)

9. Q types faster than R but not as fast as V.T types faster than R S types faster than V. Who amongst the five of them types the fastest?
(A) V
(B) T
(C) S
(D) Data Inadequate
(E) None of these
Answer: (D)

10. If ‘B ×C’ means ‘B, is the daughter of C’, ‘B + C’ means ‘B is the husband of C’ and ‘B – C’
means ‘B is the sister of C’, then what does ‘M + N – P ×Q’ mean?
(A) M is the brother-in-law of Q
(B) M is the uncle of Q
(C) M is the son-in-law of Q
(D) M is the mother-in-law of Q
(E) None of these
Answer: (C)

Directions—(Q. 11–17) Read the following passage carefully and answers the questions given below
it—
A group of seven friends, A, B, C, D, E, F and G work as Economist, Agriculture Officer, IT Officer, Terminal Operator, Clerk, Forex Officer and Research Analyst, for Banks L, M, N; P, Q, R and S but not necessarily in the same order. C works for Bank N and is neither a Research Analyst nor a Clerk. E is an IT Officer and works for Bank R. A works as Forex Officer and does not work for Bank L or Q.
The one who is an Agriculture Officer works for Bank M. The one who works for Bank L works as a Terminal Operator. F works for Bank Q. G works for Bank P as a Research Analyst. D is not an Agriculture Officer.

11. Who amongst the following works as an Agriculture Officer?
(A) C
(B) B
(C) F
(D) D
(E) None of these
Answer: (B)

12. What is the profession of C?
(A) Terminal operator
(B) Agriculture Officer
(C) Economist
(D) Cannot be determined
(E) None of these
Answer: (C)

13. For which Bank does B work?
(A) M
(B) S
(C) L
(D) Either M or S
(E) None of these
Answer: (A)

14. What is the profession of the person who works for Bank S?
(A) Clerk
(B) Agriculture Officer
(C) Terminal Operator
(D) Forex Officer
(E) None of these
Answer: (D)

15. For which Bank does D work?
(A) Q
(B) L
(C) N
(D) S
(E) None of these
Answer: (B)

16. Who amongst the following works as a Clerk?
(A) C
(B) B
(C) F
(D) D
(E) None of these
Answer: (C)

17. Which of the following combinations of person, profession and bank is correct?
(A) Forex OfficerM
(B) ClerkL
(C) Agriculture OfficerQ
(D) Agriculture OfficerS
(E) None of these
Answer: (E)

Directions—(Q. 18 –23) In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by four
conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with 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.

18. Statements:
Some stones are rocks. All rocks are boulders.
Some boulders are mountains. All hills are mountains.
Conclusions:
I. Some stones are mountains.
II. Some hills are boulders.
III. Some boulders are stones.
IV. All mountains are hills.
(A) None follows
(B) Only II follows
(C) Only II and III follow
(D) Only III follows
(E) None of these
Answer: (D)

19. Statements:
All arrows are bows. All bows are swords.
Some swords are daggers. All daggers are knives.
Conclusions:
I. All knives are bows.
II. Some swords are knives.
III. All bows are arrows.
IV. All arrows are swords.
(A) Only II follows
(B) Only II and IV follow
(C) Only III and IV follow
(D) Only I and III follow
(E) None of these
Answer: (B)

20. Statements:
Some pianos are violins. Some violins are drums.
All drums are guitars. No guitar is a flute.
Conclusions:
I. Some guitar are pianos.
II. Some drums are flutes.
III. Some pianos are drums.
IV. No flute is a drum.
(A) None follows
(B) Only I follows
(C) Only either II or IV follows
(D) Only IV follows
(E) None of these
Answer: (D)

21. Statements:
Some airplanes are helicopters. All helicopters are gliders.
All gliders are kites. All kites are balloons.
Conclusions:
I. Some helicopters are balloons.
II. All kites are airplanes.
III. All balloons are gliders.
IV. All helicopters are kites.
(A) Only IV follows
(B) Only either II or III follow
(C) Only III follows
(D) Only I follows
(E) None of these
Answer: (A)

22. Statements:
All kings are warriors. All soldiers are warriors.
All sentries are warriors. Some sentries are soldiers.
Conclusions:
I. Some sentries are kings.
II. All warriors are soldiers.
III. Some warriors are sentries.
IV. Some soldiers are kings.
(A) None follows
(B) Only I follows
(C) Only II follows
(D) Only II and III follow
(E) None of these
Answer: (E)

23. Statements:
All plastics are glasses. Some glasses are wood.
Some woods are metals. All metals are cloths.
Conclusions:
I. Some cloths are wood.
II. Some woods are both cloths and glasses.
III. Some glasses are plastics.
IV. Some cloths are metals.
(A) None follows
(B) All follow
(C) Only II and IV follow
(D) Only I and II follow
(E) None of these
Answer: (B)

Directions—(Q. 24–25) Read the information given below carefully and then answer the questions that follow. In a certain code language:
I. ‘she likes apples’ is written as ‘pic sip dip’.
II. ‘parrot likes apples lots’ is written as ‘dip pic tif nit’.
III. ‘she likes parrots’ is written as ‘tif sip dip’.

24. How is ‘parrot’ written in that code language?
(A) pic
(B) dip
(C) tif
(D) Cannot be determined
(E) None of these
Answer: (C)

25. Which of the following statements is not necessary in order to answer the above question?
(A) I
(B) II
(C) III
(D) All are required
(E) Either II or III
Answer: (B)

Directions—(Q. 26 –30) Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below:
S M P 6 3 * $ A 4 L N @ Z 5 # V U 7 E 8 B % T Y X G 2 I & 9 W

26. Which of the following is the third to the left of the fifteenth from the left end?
(A) @
(B) 5
(C) 7
(D) U
(E) None of these
Answer: (A)

27. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately followed by an even number and preceded by a symbol?
(A) None
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) Three
(E) More than three
Answer: (A)

28. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series based on the above arrangement?
P M 3 A $ L Z @ # ?
(A) U V E
(B) V # E
(C) 7 U 8
(D) V 7 #
(E) None of these
Answer: (C)

29. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their position in the above arrangement and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(A) A 4 *
(B) T B Y
(C) 9 I W
Answer: (C)

29. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their position in the above
arrangement and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(A) A 4 *
(B) T B Y
(C) 9 I W
(D) V 5 U
(E) P S 6
Answer: (A)

30. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately followed by a vowel and immediately preceded by a consonant?
(A) None
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) Three
(E) More than three
Answer: (B)

Directions—(Q. 31–35) Below in each question are given two statements I and II. These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or a common cause. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and then decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements. Mark answer—

(A) If statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
(B) If statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.
(C) If both statement I and II are independent causes.
(D) If both statements I and II are effects of independent causes.
(E) If both statement I and II are effects of some common cause.

31. I. The government has amended tax laws to boost exports.
II. The export sector has been passing through difficult times due to heavy tax burdens.
Answer: (B)

32. I. Budgetary allocation for building a better railway network e.g. constructing new railway
lines has increased.
II. There has been a substantial drop in the number of passenger opting for air travel.
Answer: (D)

33. I. The production of pulses has dropped for the third consecutive year.
II. India has decided to import pulses this year.
Answer: (A)

34. I. The Bank has provided a link on its website to obtain feedback
from customers.
II. Customers have been complaining about poor services in the Bank’s branches.
Answer: (B)

35. I. Indian citizens are willing to incur the cost of using environment friendly technology.
II. Many countries are taking steps to cut their carbon emissions.
Answer: (E)

Directions—(Q. 36–40) Below is given a passage followed by several possible inferences which can be drawn from the facts stated in the passage. You have to examine each inference separately in the context of the passage and decide upon the degree of its truth or falsity. Mark answer—

(A) If the inference is ‘definitely true’ i.e. it properly follows from the statements of facts given.
(B) If the inference is ‘probably true’ though not ‘definitely true’ in the light of the facts given.
(C) If the ‘data are inadequate’ i.e. from the facts given you cannot say whether the data is likely to be true or false.
(D) If the inference is ‘probably false’ though not ‘definitely false’ in the light of the facts given.
(E) If the inference is ‘definitely false’ i.e. it cannot be drawn from the given facts or contradicts the given facts.

The pace of recruitment has unmistakably picked up in the last few months. After two abysmal
quarters the business sentiment has turned positive. A flurry of hiring activity has been observed across the manufacturing sector and the IT and ITES sector catering to telecom and legal process outsourcing. The advent of new players and an aggressive expansion of telecom giants has seen a bullish outlook for the industry with a promise of exponential growth. But is the worst over for businesses across the spectrum? Firms are going back to the drawing board and dusting off their plans to see if there is scope for at least incremental hiring in specific domains where they want to build expertise. Besides that there are few signs to show that there is a broad based revival in the market.

36. Companies in various sectors have projected higher business growth in the near future.
Answer: (B)

37. The telecom sector has experienced negative growth in the past few years.
Answer: (D)

38. Many companies in the manufacturing sector have decided to reduce their fresh intake of
employees.
Answer: (C)

39. Persons with legal qualifications and expertise will earn more in the future.
Answer: (D)

38. Many companies in the manufacturing sector have decided to reduce their fresh intake of
employees.
Answer: (C)

39. Persons with legal qualifications and expertise will earn more in the future.
Answer: (C)

40. Most companies across sectors have decided to increase their manpower requirement
manifold.
Answer: (A)

Directions—(Q. 41–45) In each question below is given a group of letters followed by four
combinations of digits/symbols lettered (A), (B), (C) and (D). You have to find out which of the
combinations correctly represents the group of letters based on the coding system and mark the letter of that combination as your answer. If none of the combinations correctly represents the group of letters, mark (E) i.e. ‘None of these’ as your answer.
Letter:
T A G R S D N E V U X P
Digit/Symbol Code:
@ 4 9 # % 3 ©5 1 β7 6

Conditions—
(i) If the first letter is a consonant and the last letter is a vowel only the first letter may be coded and no code may be given to the last letter.
(ii) If both the first and last letters are vowels then both are to be coded as $.
(iii) If the first letter is a vowel and the last letter is a consonant then the codes are to be interchanged.

41. DESGRT
(A) 35%9#
(B) 35%9#@
(C) @5%9#3
(D) 359%#@
(E) None of these
Answer: (B)

42. NERSPU
(A) @5#%6@
(B) @5#56©
(C) ©5#%6
(D) ©5#%6β
(E) None of these
Answer: (C)

43. XNTPGA
(A) 7©@694
(B) 7©@964
(C) 4©@69
(D) 7©@69
(E) None of these
Answer: (D)

44. ESVNTU
(A) $%1©@$
(B) 5%1©@β
(C) $%1©@β
(D) $%1©β 5
(E) None of these
Answer: (A)

45. UXPTGN
(A) ©76@9β
(B) $76@9©
(C) β 76@9©
(D) β 76@9B
(E) None of these
Answer: (A)

Directions—(Q. 46–50) In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow-up or further action in regard to the problem, policy etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true and then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing. Given answer—
(A) If only Course of action I follows.
(B) If only Course of action II follows.
(C) If either Course of action I or Course of action II follows.
(D) If neither Course of action I nor Course of action II follows.
(E) If both courses of action I and II follow.

46. Statement: An increasing number of graduates produced by Indian universities are unemployable.
Courses of action:
I. Colleges and Institutes of higher learning should be given greater autonomy to decide course content.
II. World class foreign universities should be encouraged to set up campuses in India.
Answer: (A)

47. Statement: Heavy rains hit the state during October, just before the State Assembly elections and caused heavy damage to standing crops in most parts of the state.
Courses of action:
I. Elections should be postponed to give candidates the opportunity to campaign.
II. The Government should announce a relief package for those who are affected.
Answer: (B)

48. Statement: Cell phone users have found that tariff plans are not as attractive as promoted by telecom companies and complained to regulatory authority about the same.
Courses of action:
I. The regulatory authority should direct telecom companies to be transparent on the tariff structure of all plans.
II. The government should restrict the number of telecom companies operating in the country.
Answer: (A)

49. Statement: A number of school children in the local schools have fallen ill after the consumption of their subsidised tiffin provided by the school authority.
Courses of action:
I. The tiffin facility of all schools should be discontinued with immediate effect.
II. The government should implement a system to certify the quality of tiffin provided by the school.
Answer: (B)

50. Statement: The dolphin population in India has been decreasing sharply over the past few years.
Courses of action:
I. Dolphins should be declared an endangered species and be bred in aquariums or protected areas.
II. Locals should be enlisted to protect dolphins.
Answer: (E)

Directions—(Q. 51 –60) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow:
A Research Institute is recruiting liberation to digitise its information resources among other duties.
Candidates must possess the following criteria. The candidate must:
I. be not less than 35 years and not exceed 40 years as on 01 112009.
II. have a Bachelor’s Degree in Library and Information Science with 65 per cent marks.
III. have a Ph.D. in Library Science.
IV. have post qualification experience of at least 4 years in a University Library.
However if the candidate fulfils the above mentioned criteria except—

(a) at (II) above but the candidates has a UGC NET certification with all the other above criteria fulfilled he/she may be referred to the Dean.
(b) at (IV) above but all the eligibility criteria are met and the candidate has at least one year’s
experience in a research institute he/ she may be offered contractual appointment for a year.
Based on the above criteria study carefully whether the following candidates are eligible for the recruitment process and mark your answer as follows. You are not to assume anything other than the information provided in each question. All cases are given to you as on 1112009.
Mark answer:
(A) If he/she is to be shortlisted.
(B) If he/she is not to be shortlisted.
(C) If he/she should be referred to the Dean.
(D) If he/she may be offered contractual appointment if required.
(E) If the data provided is inadequate to take a decision.

51. Anil Rath has a doctorate in Library Science from Karnataka University in 2003. Born on
July 21, 1969, he graduated in Library and Information Science from Karnataka University where he was Assistant Librarian for four years since 2005.
Answer: (B)

52. Dr. Samir Bali has a Ph.D. in Library Science and has been with the Institute of Fundamental Research as Assistant Librarian since October 2008. He graduated with a degree in Library and Information Science in 1994 at the age of 22. He obtained 70 per cent in his graduation.
Answer: (D)

53. Vaishali Shetty has a librarian at STS University since 2007 when she qualified in the UGC
NET examination. She has a degree in Library and Information Science with 60 per cent. Her
first job was as junior librarian at TRP Institute of Development Research from October 2000 to December 2001.
Answer: (B)

54. Vivek Jha has a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science. He graduated in Library and
Information Science in 1992 with 65 per cent. He was born on 1 101974. Since July 2005, he has
been working as Deputy Librarian at a deemed University.
Answer: (A)

55. A graduate in Library Science with 69 per cent Dr. M. Puri has been working at Ranchi
University for 4 years as Deputy Librarian. She earned her doctorate while working for the
Labour Research Institute for 5 years as Assistant Librarian. She is 38 years old as on the
required date.
Answer: (A)

56. Megha Vaidya has a graduate degree in Library Science from Punjab University where she
has as Deputy Librarian at a deemed University.
Answer: (A)

57. Anup Gupta is obtaining his Ph.D. from YCM University where he has been Junior Librarian since 2004. He qualified in the UGC NET exam. in June, 2000. He has a degree in Library and Information Science with 62 per cent. His date of birth is 17101973.
Answer: (B)

58. Kirti Shukla obtained her doctorate and Bachelor’s degree from Patna University. She
obtained 63 per cent at graduation. She obtained her UGC NET qualification in 1998 when she
was 26.
Answer: (E)

59. Prakash Sinha has been a librarian for a government institution for three years. Prior to this
he was a University Librarian for 7 years after completing his Ph.D. in Library Science. He
graduated in 1991 with 68 per cent in Library Science. He is exactly 40 years of age on the
specified date.
Answer: (A)

60. Rohan Sachdev obtained his UGC NET qualification after his graduation in 1998 when he
began working. He has been Assistant Librarian for the past two years with a research institute.
He obtained 65 per cent in his graduation in Library Science. He earned his Ph.D. in Library
Science in 2007. His date of birth is 22101974.
Answer: (D)

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Bank PO Recruitment Exam (Model Paper)

REASONING - MENTAL ABILITY - APTITUDE

1. ‘Captain' is related to a ‘Team' in the same way as ‘Director' is related to
a) Supervisor
b) Employee
c) Organisation
d) Union
e) Customer
Answer: (C)

2. Find the odd one out of the following options
a) Aunt
b) Child
c) Father
d) Niece
e) Relation
Answer: (E)

3. Pointing to a photograph of Mahesh, Ram said. "The father of his sister is the husband of my wife's mother". How is Ram related to Mahesh?
a) Brother
b) Brother-in-law
c) Father-in-law
d) Data not sufficient
e) None of these
Answer: (B)

4. If ‘fork' is called ‘plate', ‘plate' is called 'knife', ‘knife' is called ‘jug', ‘jug' is called ‘glass', ‘glass' is called ‘cup' and ‘cup' is called ‘fork', by what do we cut fruit?
a) spoon
b) jug
c) glass
d) saucer
e) none of these
Answer: (B)

5. If ‘a' is substituted by 26,'B' by 25 and so on up to ‘Z' which is substituted by 1, what will be the sum of the numbers substituted for the word ‘XRAY'?
a) 33
b) 40
c) 37
d) 73
e) None of these
Answer: (B)

6. In a certain code COIMBATORE is written as DPJNCBUPSF. How is INDORE written in that code?
a) JOENQF
b) JMCPQD
c) JOEPSF
d) HMCNQD
e) None of these
Answer: (C)

7. Geeta is elder to Seeta but not to Deepa. Gayatri is younger than Deepa. No one is elder to Fatima. Who is youngest of them all?
a) Seeta
b) Geeta
c) Gayatri
d) Data not sufficient
e) None of these
Answer: (D)

8. Raman is sitting to the immediate left of Harry but not next to Kamal. Mahesh is sitting to the right of Kamal. If the four friends are sitting in a circle who is sitting to the immediate right of Harry?
a) Mahesh
b) Kamal
c) Raman
d) Harry
e) Cannot be determined
Answer: (B)

9. How many three letter meaningful English words can be formed from the word NOTE beginning with ‘T' and without repeating any letter?
a) Three
b) One
c) Two
d) None
e) None of these
Answer: (A)

Directions (11-15): Answer question 11 to 15 based on the following sequence:
A $ B # 9 G 3D K « M ? C Q 2 X 7 P 5 U 8 I 4 Y ə J

11. How many elements in the above arrangement are both immediately preceded and immediately followed by a number?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Five
e) None of these
Answer: (D)

12. Which of the following will be the fifteenth element from the left end if all the numbers are arranged in descending order from left to right, keeping the position of the other elements in arrangement un-changed?
a) 5
b) 4
c) 7
d) 8
e) None of these
Answer: (C)

13. How many letters in the above arrangement are immediately followed by a symbol?
a) Two
b) Five
c) Four
d) Three
e) None of these
Answer: (B)

14. Which of the following will be eighth to the left of the twelfth from the left end of the arrangement?
a) #
b) 7
c) U
d) 9
e) None of these
Answer: (A)

15. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their position in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
a) G$M
b) K9Q
c) ?D7
d) 2MU
e) PCI
Answer: (E)

16. In a certain code language' In ba pe' means ‘he has won','le ki ba' means ‘she has lost' and ‘in se pe' means ‘he always won'. Which word in that language means ‘he'?
a) In
b) pe
c) se
d) Data not sufficient
e) None of these
Answer: (D)

17. X is Y's brother. S is T's mother and X's aunt. How is T related to X?
a) Sister
b) Cousin
c) Aunt
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
Answer: (B)

18. If the letters of the word OBSERVANT are interchanged, such that the first becomes ninth, second becomes eighth, and so on, and the position of the fifth letter remains unchanged then what will be the new arrangement of letters?
a) TNAVERSBO
b) TNVARESBO
c) NTAVERSBO
d) VANTRESBO
e) None of these
Answer: (E)

19. If 1 is coded as Ś, 5 is coded as %, 6 is coded as «, 3 is coded as +, 7 is coded as # and 4 is coded as ? What will be the correct form of the number 435671?
a) ? + % « # Ś
b) ? + % Ś # «
c) ? + « % # Ś
d) Ś # « % + ?
e) None of these
Answer: (A)

20. Which of the following have the same relationship as BREAD:DBARE?
a) SWORN: NSOWR
b) FUNDS: FSDUN
c) GLAZE : EGZAL
d) LOWER: RLEWO
e) None of these
Answer: (E)

Directions (21-25): Read the following information and attempt the given questions:

Six executive Aman, Bindu, Deepa, Jitu, Kamal and Priyanka have to advertise four products i.e. soap, watches, computers and chocolates on 3 different channels, i.e. Go, Come and Fun either alone or in pairs. An executive can visit only one channel and advertise only one product. No more than two executives can advertise on a channel.
(i) Bindu and Jitu both visit the same channel but advertise different products.
(ii) Aman who visits ‘Go' advertises neither soap nor computers.
(iii) Kamal does not advertise chocolates.
(iv) No girl advertises soap.
(v) The two executives who advertise chocolates visit Spice

21. Who advertises watches?
a) Deepa
b) Kamal
c) Aman
d) Priyanka
e) None of these
Answer: (C)

22. Which of the following Channel-product pairs in definitely incorrect?
a) Go-watch
b) Come-computer
c) Go-soap
d) Come-soap
e) Come-watch
Answer: (D)

23. Which channel does Kamal visit?
a) Go
b) Fun
c) Come
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
Answer: (A)

24. If Bipasha advertises computers which of the following must be true?
a) Jitu advertises soap
b) Jitu advertises watches
c) Kamal advertises computers
d) Kamal works for Fun
e) None of these
Answer: (B)

25. What will Jitu advertise?
a) Chocolates
b) Watches
c) Computers or watches
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
Answer: (C)

26. Swaroop and Simple want to attend a seminar together between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. Simple cannot leave till after her lunch break which begins at 1.30 p.m. Swaroop is free after her meeting which ends at noon. For how many hours can the two of them attend the seminar?
a) 3 ½ hours
b) 2 ½ hours
c) 4 ½ hours
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
Answer: (A)

27. How many pairs of letters are there in the word ANSWER each of which has as many letters between them in the word as there are in the English language?
a) One
b) Two
c) Four
d) Three
e) None of these
Answer: (B)

28. Find the odd one out
a) 2
b) 7
c) 11
d) 13
e) 9
Answer: (E)

29. If all the letters in the word MERCIFUL are rearranged in alphabetical order and substituted by the alphabet preceding them in the English alphabet what will be the new arrangement of letters?
a) BDHEKLQT
b) BDEHKLQT
c) BDEHLKQT
d) BDEJMLQT
e) None of these
Answer: (B)

30. Out of 38 families in a housing society 5 subscribe to Hindi news-papers alone, 12 subscribe to both Hindi and Marathi newspapers. Find the number of Maranthi news-paper subscribers.
a) 9
b) 21
c) 17
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
Answer: (E)

Directions (31-35): Below are given letters and their numeric codes. Below that are given some conditions to be followed while codifying the given letter groups in each question. Study them and find out the correct numeric coded form of the given letter group in each question. If none of the coded forms is correct, your answer will be (5) i.e. ‘None of these'.
Letters M Q I N E Y U G R
Numeric Codes 2 5 3 7 1 8 4 6 9
Conditions:
(i) If the first and last letters are vowels both are to be coded as Ś.
(ii) If the second letter is a vowel and the third letter is a consonant a single code is to be used and both are to be coded jointly as %.
(iii) If the first letter is a consonant and the last letter is a vowel both are to be coded as?

31. ENIMY
a) 1%28
b) ?732?
c) 17328
d) ?7328
e) None of these
Answer: (C)

32. GENIR
a) ?173?
b) 6%39
c) 6%79
d) 61739
e) None of these
Answer: (B)

33. QUERI
a) 5%93
b) ?413?
c) ?4139
d) ?419?
e) None of these
Answer: (D)

34. EINUM
a) 1%72
b) 0%42
c) 1374?
d) 1%43
e) None of these
Answer: (E)

35. UNGRE
a) Ś769 Ś
b) 4769 Ś
c) 47691
d) Ś7691
e) None of these
Answer: (A)

Directions (36-40): In each question below are two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Give answer (A) if only conclusion I follows.
Give answer (B) if only conclusion II follows.
Give answer (C) if either conclusion I or II follows.
Give answer (D) if neither conclusion I nor II follows.
Give answer (E) if both conclusions I or II follow.


36. Statements: Some pencils are lead. All lead are ink
Conclusions:
I. Some ink are pencils.
II. All ink are lead.
Answer: (A)

37. Statements: Some ovens are refrigerator. Some refrigerators are ACs.
Conclusions:
I. Some ACs are ovens.
II. No. AC is oven.
Answer: (C)

38. Statements: All planes are birds. All birds are clouds.
Conclusions:
I. Some planes are clouds.
II. Some clouds are birds.
Answer: (E)

39. Statements: Some sweets are salt. No salt in spice.
Conclusions:
I. Some sweets are spice.
II. No spice is salt.
Answer: (B)

40. Statements: Some papers are plastics. All papers are clothes.
Conclusions:
I. Some plastics are clothes.
II. Some plastics are papers.
Answer: (E)

Directions (41-45): Each of the following questions below consists a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide if the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both statements and:
Give answer (A) if the data in statements I alone is sufficient to answer the question while the data in statement II is not sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (B) if the data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (C) if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (D) if the data in both the statements I and II are not sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (E) if the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

41. How is ‘cricket' written in a code language?
I. ‘Dinesh play cricket' is written as ‘do si ha'.
II. ‘play cricket now' is written as ‘ha si ma'.
Answer: (D)

42. Who is the oldest among L, M, N, O, P?
I. P is older than M and N but not O.
II. L is older than O.
Answer: (E)

43. When is Rahul's birthday?
I. Rahul and Shivani are twins.
II. Rahul was born on the last day of February in a leap year.
Answer: (B)

44. What is the strength of the class?
I. Shekhar stood 28 ranks below the top ranker and Mahesh who stood 5 ranks below him stood last.
II. Jayesh was 9 ranks below Ramesh who stood 27th from the top.
Answer: (A)

45. How far does Shruti live from the school?
I. Shruti has to cycle 3 kms. To her friend Mina's house which is 4 kms. From the school.
II. Gitanjali lives exactly opposite the school and walks 2 kms. to reach Shruti's house.
Answer: (C)

Directions (46-50): The following questions are based on the five three digit numbers given below:
972 526 487 359 251

46. If the positions of the first and second digits are interchanged which of the following will be third if they are arranged in ascending order?
a) 359
b) 972
c) 526
d) 487
e) 251
Answer: (A)

47. If 2 is added to the sum of the digits of each of the above numbers how many will be multiples of 5?
a) None
b) One
c) Two
d) Three
e) None of these
Answer: (D)

48. If 1 is subtracted from the last digit of each of the above numbers the sum of the digits of how many of them are prime numbers?
a) None
b) Two
c) One
d) Three
e) All five
Answer: (C)

49. If the digits in each of the above numbers are written in reverse order which will be the second highest number?
a) 251
b) 359
c) 487
d) 526
e) 972
Answer: (C)

50. If the positions of the digits of each of the numbers are interchanged such that the first becomes second, second becomes third and third becomes firs, which, of the following will be the highest?
a) 972
b) 526
c) 487
d) 251
e) 359
Answer: (E)

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