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Sunday, January 12, 2014

IBPS: Previous General Awarenes Model Paper

1.Which of the following types of Banks are allowed to operate foreign currency accounts ?
  1. Foreign Banks
  2. Regional Rural Banks
  3. Nationalized Banks
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Only 3
  • All 1,2and 3
  • None of these
2. Which of the following countries does not play International Cricket ?
  • Russia
  • England
  • South Africa
  • Pakistan
  • India
3. The money which Govt. of India spends on the development of infrastructure in country comes from the which of the following sources ?
  1. Loan from World Bank/ADB etc
  2. Taxws collected from the people
  3. Loan from the RBI
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Only 3
  • Both 1 and 2
  • All 1,2 and 3
4. The Securities and Exchange Board Of India (SEBI) recently imposed a restriction on money flow in equity through ‘P Notes'. What is the full form of ‘P Notes' ?
  • Permanent Notes
  • Perchase Notes
  • Participatory-Notes
  • Private Notes
  • None of these
5. Who amongst the following was the captain of the India cricket team who won the Twenty-20 World Cup-2007 ?
  • Yuvraj Singh
  • M.S.Dhoni
  • Rahul Dravid
  • Saurav Ganguly
  • None of these
6. Many times we read in financial news paper about 'FII'.What is the full form of 'FII'?
  • Final Investment in India
  • Foreign Investment in India
  • Formal Investment in India
  • Fair Institutional Investment
  • Foreign Institutional Investment
7. Benazir Bhutto Is associated with which of the following parties
  • Muslim League
  • Pakistan Peoples Party
  • Pakistan National Congress
  • Islamic Movement of Pakistan
  • None of these
8. One of the former prime ministers of which of the following countries was detained in house arrest for a short period after his/her returns from a long exile ?
  • Germany
  • France
  • Pakistan
  • Brazil
  • None of these
9. Who amongst the following leaders from USA visited Isarael and Palestinian West Bank so that a solution to the Isarael and palestinian problem can be worked out ?
  • George Bush
  • Al Gore
  • Bill Clinton
  • Condeleeza Rice
  • None of these
10. Justine Henin Won the women's singles US Open Tennis Championship-2007 After defeating -
  • Swetlana Kuznetsova
  • Sania Mirza
  • Dinara Safina
  • Mathalie Dechy
  • None of these
11. Which of the following Departments of the Govt. of India is helping banks in disbursement of rural credit by the bank ?

  • Railways
  • State Road Transpots
  • Post and Telegraph
  • Ministry of Health
  • None of these
12. Which of the following organization/agencies has established a fund known as " investor production fund" ?
  • SEBI
  • NABARD
  • Bombay stock exchange
  • AMFI
  • (E)None of these
13.Who amongst the following is the Head of the RBI at present ?
  • Mr. M.V.Kamath
  • Mr. Y.V.Reddy
  • Mr. N.R.Narayanmurthy
  • Mr.O.P.Bhatt
  • (E)None of these
14. Majority of rural people still prefer to go to which of the following for their credit needs ?
  • Money lenders
  • Foreign Bankers
  • NABARD
  • RBI
  • None of these
15. India has different categories of commercial banks.Which of the following is NOT one such categories ?
  • Private Banks
  • Commodities Banks
  • Nationalized Banks
  • Cooperative Banks
  • Foreign Banks
 
 16. As reported in papers the UN World Food Programmes stoped distributing food in Mogadishu Town after its local head was abducted by the Govt. soldiers of the country. Mogadishu is the capital town of-

  • Tanzania
  • Turkey
  • Cuba
  • Libya
  • Somalia
17. The financial markets of the which of the following countries were badly affected by sub-prime crisis ?
  • Russia
  • Brazil
  • UK
  • USA
  • None of these
18. which of the following countries in the world is the biggest consumer of gold ?
  • USA
  • Bangladesh
  • Russia
  • India
  • None of these
19. which of the following countries is NOT happy with the USA's decision to award a cogressional Medal to Dalai Lama Oof Tibet ?
  • India
  • Pakistan
  • Nepal
  • Myanmar
  • China
20. which of the following countries recently decided to launch a military action in Northern Iraq where many Kurdish PKK fighters are based and they are killed people from that country ?
  • India
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • Bangladesh
  • Turkey
21. Dr. Manmohan Singh called George Bush to explain the difficulties he is having in implementing agreements related with which of the following with USA ?
  • Suply of sugar
  • Civilian nuclear Co-operation
  • Purchase of fighter planes
  • Purchase of Gas / Petroleum
  • None of these
22. which of the following countries is facing a problem of strike by the workers of the transport ,electricity and gas companies as the present govt. of the country has decided to end the pension to these workers ?
  • USA
  • France
  • China
  • Nepal
  • None of these
23. Who amongst the following is the Secretary General Of UNO ?
  • Al Gore
  • Shashi Tharoor
  • Gordon Drown
  • Hugo Chavez
  • None of these
24. The “Orange Coalition Govt" was formed once again in which of the following countries ?
  • Russia
  • Ukraine
  • France
  • Germany
  • None of these
25. Who amongst the following was the captain of the Indian Hockey Team who won Asia Cup 2007 held in Chennai ?

  • Baichung Bhutia
  • Dilip Tirkey
  • Pnkaj Adwani
  • Manavjeet Singh Sandhu
  • None of these
26. Which of the following is a Public Sector Unit ?
  • TCS
  • ICICI Bank
  • TESCO
  • BHEL
  • All of these
27. India's foreign exchange reserve declined sharply in recent past. What was the main reason for the same ?
  • Heavy demand of the same by foreign tourists
  • Import of Wheat from Pakistan and S.Korea
  • Appreciation of Rupee Value
  • Instability in coalition Govt. in center
  • None of these
28. Sinzo Abe who was on visit to India in recent past is the -
  • Prime Minister of South Korea
  • Prime Minister of North Korea
  • Prime Minister of Japan
  • President of South Korea
  • None of these
29. Asafa Powel who created a new world record in 100 metres race is a citizen of -
  • Jamaica
  • South Africa
  • India
  • USA
  • south Korea
30. Who amongst the following got third position in long Jump event of the Bayer International Athletics held in Germany in 2007 ?
  • Shiny Wilson
  • Anju Bobby George
  • Neha Sanwal
  • Prajakta Sawant
  • None of these


 31. which of the following countries is NOT elected by the the UN general assembly on the non-payment seats of UN security council w.e.f. January 2008 ?

  • Libya
  • Vietnam
  • Croatia
  • Costa Rica
  • Pakistan
32. The Govt. of India put a ban on export of which of the following commodities at the price below the price of the same in domestic market ?
  • Steel
  • Chemical Fertilizer
  • Pharma Products
  • Electronic Goods
  • None of these
33. India Launched which of the following Satellites in September 2007 ?
  • EDUSAT
  • MATSAT
  • CROSAT-IIB
  • INSAT-4CR
  • None of these
34. As per the recent agreement between India and one of other country the iNdia Rupee can be easily swapped with -
  • Tak
  • Rial
  • Kyat
  • Yen 
  • Rubbel
35. India won the ONGC Cup Football Tounament 2007 by beating-
  • Syria
  • Pakistan
  • Britain
  • France
  • None of these
36. Abdullah Gul's name was in news recently as he he has taken over as the president of -
  • Turkey
  • Sudan
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • None of these
37. Hem Dutta who was honoured gy the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawana Award 2007 is famous-
  • Author
  • Social Activist
  • Player
  • Film Producer
  • Scientist
38. Who amongst the following is selected for Basawa Award (2006-07) by the Karnataka Government ?
  • Dr. Manmohan Singh
  • A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
  • Sonia Gandhi
  • Pratibha Patil
  • None of these
39. Asia Pacific Economic Business meet was organized in September 2007 in -
  • New Delhi
  • Beijing
  • Tokyo
  • London
  • Sydney
40. The World Athletics Championship-2007 was organized in -
  • Beijing
  • New Delhi
  • Osaka
  • Dhaka
  • London

IBPS Exams:Current Affairs For Bank 11th January 2014



First Sunil Gangopadhayay Memorial Award Presented by Pranab Mukherjee


Ariel Sharon, Former Israeli Prime Minister, Passes Away


RJD MP, Sitaram Singh, Passes Away


6th Death anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary Observed


14 new Genes identified by the scientists


CPI Sought Reversal of the Environmental Clearance

Saturday, January 11, 2014

IBPS Exams:Current Affairs For Bank 10th January 2014

 

 

Supreme Court directed the Sahara Group to reveal the source of the Rs.22885 Crore refund to the investors

 

Introduction of National Youth Policy 2014 Approved by the cabinet

 

Distance to Galaxies measured by the Scientists

 

Tawang II Hydroelectric project approved by Ministry of Environment and Forest

 

India’s first gun for woman launched


IBPS:Aptitude and Reasoning Questions-



1) In a certain code language ‘pik da pa’ means ‘where are you’; ‘da na ja’ means ‘you may come’ and ‘na ka sa’ means ‘he may go’, which of the following means ‘come’ in that code language ?
 
a) Da
b) Ja
c) Na
d) Cannot be determined

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) BDF
b) VXZ
c) FIK
d) MOQ

3) What should come next in the following number series?
9 8 9 8 7 98 7 6 9 8 7 6 5 9 8 7 6 5 4 9 8 7 6 53
 
 a) 4
b) 5
c) 7
d) 9

4) Which of the following is the middle digit of the second highest among the following five numbers?
254 319 963 842 6975
 
a) 1
b) 6
c) 4
d) 9

5) Meeta correctly remembers that her father’s birthday is after 8th July but before 12th July. Her brother correctly remembers that their father’s birthday is after 10th July but before 15th July. On which day of July was definitely their father’s birthday?
 
 a) 10th
b) 11th
c) 10th or 11th
d) None of these

6) In a class of 50 students M is eighth from top. H is 20th from bottom. How many students are there between M and H?
 
 a) 22
b) 23
c) 24
d) Cannot be determined

7) Among A, B, C, D and F each scoring different marks in the annual examination, D scored less than only F among them. B scored more than A and C but less than D.
Who among them scored least marks among them?
 
a) A
b) C
c) B
d) None of these

8) 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) Iron
b) Aluminium
c) Zinc
d) Steel


9) How many such pairs of letters are there in the word GUARDIAN each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
 
 a) None
b) One
c) Two
d) Three

10) 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) 19
b) 27
c) 17
d) 32

11) How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters TEBI using each letter only once in each word?
 
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) More than three

12) In a certain code LONG is written as 5123 and GEAR is written as 3748. How is LANE written in that code?
 
a) 5427
b) 5847
c) 5237
d) None

13) ‘BD’ is related to ‘EG’ and ‘MO’ is related to ‘PR’ in the same way as ‘FH’ is related to ……….
 
a) Jm
b) Jl
c) Il
d) Ik

14) In a certain code BREAKDOWN is written as BFSCJMVNC. How is ORGANISED written in that code?
 
a) PSHBMCDRH
b) BHSPMCDRH
c) BHSPOCDRH
d) BHSPNHRDC

15) How many such digits are there in the number 58674139 each of which is as far away from the beginning of the number as when the digits within the number are rearranged in descending order?
 
a) None
b) One
c) Two
d) Three



16) Who is second to the right of F?
 
a)      M
b)      R
c)      T
d)      Data inadequate

17)  92.5% of 550 =?
 
a) 506.45
b) 521.65
c) 518.55
d) 508.75 

18)  38% of 4500 – 25% of? = 1640
 
a) 260
b) 270
c) 280
d) 290

19) (?)2 + 152 – 332 = 97
 
a) 32
b) 34
c) 30
d) None of these

20) 3 (7921 + 178) – 5.5 = √?
 
a) 1512
b) 1521
c) 1251
d) 1531

21) Which no replaces the question mark?
 
1    5    13    29    ?    125    253
a) 83
b) 69
c) 61  
d) 65

22) In a row of children facing North, Bharat is eleventh from the right end and is third to the right of Samir who is fifteenth from the left end. Total how many children are there in the row ?
 
a) 29
b) 28
c) 30
d) 27

23) Which number is missing?
45389, ?, 453, 34
 
a) 34780
b) 8354
c) 4892
d) 3478

24) If in the word CALIBRE, the previous letter in the English alphabet replaces each consonant and each vowel is replaced by the next letter and then the order of letters is reversed, which letter will be third from the right end?
 
a) A
b) C
c) B
d) K

25) How many such digits are there in the number 57683421, each of which is as far away from the beginning of the number, as they will be when arranged in descending order within the number?
 
a) One
b) Two
C) Three
d) More than three

26. Praduman is older than Janaki; Shreshtha is older than Chhama; Ravindra is not as old as Shreshtha but is older than Janaki. Chhama is not as old as Janaki. Who is the youngest?
 
a) Praduman
b) Janaki
c) Shreshtha
d) Chhama


Directions (Q27-31): Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below-
B # A R 5 8 E % M F 4 J 1 U @ H 2 © 9 T I 6 * W 3 P # K 7 $ Y

27) Which of the following is the twelfth to the left of the twentieth from the left end of the above arrangement ?
 
a) %
b) W
c) M
d) 4

28) How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and also immediately followed by a symbol?
 
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) None of these

29) How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a letter and also immediately followed by a number?
 
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) More than three

30) How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and also immediately followed by a number?
 
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) None of these

31) If all the numbers in the above arrangement are dropped, which of the following will be the eleventh from the right end?
 
a) U
b) T
c) F
d) H


Directions (Q32-36): In each question below are three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the three 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 three statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answers :
(A) If only conclusion I follows.(B) If only conclusion II follows.(C) If either conclusion I or II follows.(D) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.(E) If both conclusions I and II follow.

 32) Statements: This world is neither good nor evil; each man manufactures a world for himself.
Conclusions: I. some people find this world quite good.
II. Some people find this world quite bad.

33) Statements: The eligibility for admission to the course is minimum second class Master’s degree. However, the candidates who have appeared for the final year examination of Master’s degree can also apply.
 
Conclusions: I. all candidates who have yet to get their Master’s degree will be there in the list of selected candidates.
 
II. All candidates having obtained second class Master’s degree will be there in the list of selected candidates

34) Statements: Any student who does not behave properly while in the school brings bad name to himself and also for the school.
 
Conclusions: I. Such student should be removed from the school.
 
II. Stricter discipline does not improve behavior of the students.

35)Statements: A Corporate General Manager asked four managers to either submit their resignations by 
the next day or face termination orders from service. Three of them had submitted their resignations by that evening.
 
Conclusions: I. the next day, the remaining manager would also resign.
II. The General Manager would terminate his services the next day.

36) Statement: Only good singers are invited in the conference. No one without sweet voice is a good singer.
 
Conclusions: I. All invited singers in the conference have sweet voice.
 
II. Those singers who do not have sweet voice are not invited in the conference.


Directions (37-41): In each question below is given a group of digits/symbols followed by four 
combinations of letters lettered (A), (B), (C) and (D). You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the group of digits/symbols based on the following letter coding system and mark the letter of that combination as the answer. If none of the letter combinations correctly represents the group of digits/ symbols, mark (E) i.e.”˜None of these’ as the answer.

37) Digit/Symbol : 4 % 3 9 $ 1 8 @ © 2 # 5 6 * 7 d
Letter Code : P M I T R Q J F H A E U N B G L 

 
Conditions : (i) If the first element in the group is a symbol and the last element is a digit, the codes are to be interchanged. (ii) If the first element in the group is a digit and the last element is a symbol both are to be coded as the code for the digit.(iii) If both the first and the last elements are even digits both are to be coded as ”˜X’.(iv) If both the first and the last elements are odd digits, both are to be coded as ”˜Y’.  4%@93* PMFTIB
 
a)      PMFTIP
b)      BMFTIB
c)      XMFTIX
d)      None of these

38) $1896©
 
a)      RQJTNH
b)      HQJTNR
c)      RQJTNR
d)      YQJTNY

39) 8732@9
 
a)      TGIAFJ
b)      YGIAFY
c)      JGIAFT
d)      XGIAFX

40) 7#$%35
 
a)      GERMIU
b)      UERMIG
c)      GERMIG
d)      XERMIX

41) 2*#836
 
a)      YBEJIY
b)      ABEJIN
c)      NBEJIA
d)      XBEJIX

Directions (42-46): In the following questions, the symbols @, ©, %, $ and d are used with the following meanings illustrated.
 
‘P % Q’ means ‘P is greater than Q’.’
P d Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’.
‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is smaller than Q’.
‘P © Q’ means ‘P is either smaller than or equal to Q’.
‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is either greater than or equal to Q’.

In each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find out which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true.
Give answers : (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.

42) Statements: M @ J, J © R, R d K
Conclusions: I. K d J II. K % J
 
a)      A
b)      B
c)      C
d)      D
e)      E

43) Statements : N $ T, T d H, N @ W
Conclusions :I. W % TII. H © N
 
a)      A
b)      B
c)      C
d)      D
e)      E

44) Statements : F @ R, R © V, V $ T
Conclusions :I. V % FII. F @ T
 
a)      A
b)      B
c)      C
d)      D
e)      E

45) Statements : W © D, D $ B, B @ H
Conclusions :I. H % DII. W @ B
 
a)      A
b)      B
c)      C
d)      D
e)      E

46) Statements : F d T, T $ M, M © R
Conclusions :I. R $ FII. M © F
 
a)      A
b)      B
c)      C
d)      D
e)      E

Directions (47-50): Study the following information and answer the questions given below-
M, N, P, R, T, W, F and H are sitting around a circle facing at the centre.
P is third to the left of M and second to the right of T. N is second to the right of P.
R is second to the right of W who is second to the right of M. F is not an immediate neighbor of P.
 
47) Who is to the immediate right of P?
 
a)      H
b)      F
c)      R
d)      Data inadequate

48) Who is to the immediate right of H?
 
a)      R
b)      F
c)      M
d)      None

49) Who is to the immediate left of R?
 
a)      P
b)      H
c)      W
d)      T

50) Who is third to the right of H?
 
a)      T
b)      W
c)      R
d)      F

Friday, January 10, 2014

Common Interview for Clerical Cadre (CWE-Clerk-III)

This has reference to the advertisement released by IBPS and published in Employment News dated 
24th August- 30th August 2013,regarding conduct of Common Recruitment Process CWE -Clerk-III for 
recruitment of Clerical Cadre against vacancies for 2014-15 in Participating Organisations. 



Schedule (Tentative)
Event Dates
Download of call letters for Interview After 25.01.2014
Conduct of Interview 10.02.2014 onwards
Provisional Allotment On or after 01.04.2014



Note :  Informations will be sent by email and/ sms to the email ID and mobile number registered in the online application form for CWE Clerk-III.


 

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