Question Paper 2011 1) This agency issued guidelines on distance marketing of products on 6 April 2011 to protect the interest

of people who buy policies over phone or Internet. Identify the agency. a. SEBI b. IRDA c. TRAI d. DoT 2) In Indias first sale of rupee perpetual bonds by a non-finance company Rs 1500 crore ($332 million) was raised. Name the non-finance company. a. Tata Steel b. Pantallons Retail c. RIL d. Maruti Suzuki 3) Which of the following Indian cricket players took the highest number of wickets in the recently concluded ICC World Cup 2011 along with Pakistans Shahid Afridi? a. Yuvraj Singh b. Zaheer Khan c. Munaf Patel d. Harbhajan Singh 4) Union Sports Ministry on 6 April 2011 formed a committee to fine-tune the draft National Sports Development Bill. Who is heading the committee? a. Justice Mukul Mudgal b. Justice Tej Pratap Singh Mann c. Justice Gurdev Singh d. Justice Jaswant Singh Phogat 5) Name the cricketer who beat Michael Clarke by a comfortable 15-vote margin to bag the Allan Border Medal besides being named Australias ODI Player of the Year in Feb 2010? a. Shane Watson b. Simon Katich c. Mitchell Johnson d. Sachin Tendulkar 6) Record food grain production helped to reduce food inflation to a four month low for the week ending 26 March 2011. What was the inflation percentage for the week?

a. 9.18% b. 9.25% c. 9.21% d. 9.36% 7) Praveen Kumar Tripathi took over as the Chief Secretary of which of the following governments on 4 April 2011? a. Delhi Government b. Haryana Government c. Uttar Pradesh Government d. Uttarakhand Government 8) The Union Government gifted a Kendriya Vidyalaya to a nondescript village Indrapura to which of the following Indian states? a. Bihar b. Odisha c. Rajasthan d. Madhya Pradesh 9) The Supreme Court on 5 April 2011 passed an order to lift iron export ban imposed by which of the following Indian states on 26 July 2010 and also ordered it to implement the new rules for regulating iron ore mining and transportation? a. Tamil Nadu b. Andhra Pradesh c. Karnataka d. Odisha 10) To enhance credit worthiness of economically weaker sections and LIG households, a Mortgage Risk Guarantee Fund was announced to be created under which of the following scheme or Yojana? a. Rajiv Awas Yojana b. Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana c. Indira Awas Yojana d. Mahatama Gandhi NREGA 11) Which agency issued guidelines on distance marketing of products on 6 April 2011 to protect the interest of people who buy policies over phone or Internet? a. SEBI b. IRDA c. TRAI d. DoT

12) Buyer's Credit was launched by the Commerce and Industry Minister, Anand Sharma, on 6 April 2011 to boost project exports from India. Under which of the following was Buyers Credit launched? a. National Export Insurance Account b. Export-Import Bank of India c. Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India d. Reserve Bank of India 13) Read the two statements mentioned with regard to the budgetary allocations for addressing environmental concerns. 1. The budget proposed that the solar lantern used in far-flung villages will attract no duty from 10 per cent charged earlier. 2. To provide green and clean transportation for the masses, National Mission for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles will be launched in the year 2011 in collaboration with all stakeholders. Which of them is true? a. Only 1 b. Only 2 c. Both 1 & 2 d. None of the above 14) 21 year old Marjan Kalhor is the first Iranian woman to have entered an Olympic event. She is a participant in the 2010 Winter Olympics that began in Vancouver on 12 Feb 2010. Which sport is she associated with? a. Ski b. Shot put c. Cycling d. Bobsleigh 15) With his victory in the mens large hill ski jump on 20 Feb 2010 at the Vancouver Olympics, he became the first person to win four individual gold ski jumping medals. Name this sportsperson. a. Simon Ammann (Switzerland) b. Ahonen Janne (Finland) c. Alexander Nicholas (USA) d. Bardal Anders (Norway) 16) The Indian Government in April 2011 issued a notice to which of the following companies to terminate licences for Kerala, West Bengal and Assam for delay in roll- out of services in these three circles?

a. Sistema Shyam Teleservices b. Tata Teleservices c. Reliance d. BSNL 17) Which Italian luxury sports car makers on 6 April 2011 announced its entry into the Indian market where it will sell its high-performance cars priced between Rs1.20 crore and Rs1.43 crore? a. Maserati b. Bentley c. Aston Martin d. Maybach 18) Who did HDFC Bank, the country's second-largest private sector lender appoint in March 2011 to head its investment banking division? a. Rakesh Singh b. Charul Madan c. Gaurav Khungar d. Atul Singh 19) Gangaur, a festival which marks the union of Lord Shiva and his consort, Goddess Parvati is celebrated for 18 days from the day after Holi in which of the following Indian states? a. Rajasthan b. Karnataka c. Tamil Nadu d. Uttaranchal 20) Read the following statements with regard to the allocation in the Educational sector as proposed by Union Budget 2011-12. 1. For Sarva Siksha Abhiyan the allocation was increased by 40 percent to 21000 crore rupees. 2. All institutions of higher learning will be connected through optical fibers by March 2012. 3. 500 crore rupees was proposed to be provided for national skill development fund. 4. For the needy scheduled castes ad scheduled tribe candidates studying in class-IX and Xth prematric scholarship scheme was proposed to be introduced. Which of the above mentioned statements is not true? a. 1 b. 2

c. 3 & 4 d. 4 21) Scientists recently developed a computer that could be controlled by the power of thought. It would help people unable to speak or move. What is the name of the technology which they used to develop this kind of computer? a. electrocortiography b. symbian C++ c. java d. flash lite 22) Which of the following companies bought the Pringles brand from Procter & Gamble Co for $1.5 billion? a. Diamond Foods Inc b. PepsiCo's Frito-Lay c. Emerald Nuts d. Kettle Potato Chips 23) Online marketplace eBay India, in association with leading apparel brand Reebok auctioned a bat autographed by Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The proceeds of the auction will go to which of the following NGOs? a. Oxfem b. CRY c. All Bengal Womens Union d. UNEM 24) Which Indian hockey player was in April 2011 named captain of the Indian Hockey team the upcoming Sultan Azlan Shah Cup scheduled to be played in Malaysia from 5-15 May 2011? a. Arjun Halappa b. Rajpal Singh c. Bharat Kumar Chetri d. Mohd. Amir Khan 25) Under the Godfrey Phillips Zonal Bravery Awards given away by the former ruler of Jodhpur, Gaj Singh in Jaipur on 5 April 2011, which of the following NGOs was honoured with the Amodhini Award of Rs.1 lakh? a. Udyogini b. Charities Aid Foundation c. CRY d. Akhil Bharatiya Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram

26) The Basic Customs Duty exemption was proposed to be extended to which of the following sectors? a. art and antiquities for exhibition or display in private art galleries b. Cinematographic film, factory-built ambulances c. syringes and needles d. agricultural machinery 27) A massive Tsunami caused by a devastating earthquake of the 8.9 magnitude hit about 400 km north-east of Tokyo, capital of Japan. Where is the Pacific Tsunami Warning System headquartered? a. Hawai b. Tokyo c. Manila d. Jakarta 28) Which of the following companies announced on 6 April 2011 that it won contract to provide broadband internet connectivity to Indian Railways through state-run RailTel Corp of India Ltd? a. DEL b. IBM c. Infosys d. HCL Infosystems 29) Which super luxury carmaker on 7 April 2011 unveiled Continental GT sedan in India? a. Ferrati b. Bentley c. Maybach d. Maserati 30) What amount of money was allocated for Bharat Nirman? a. 1000 crore b. 58000 crore c. 55438 crore d. 14362 crore 31) Who defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn on 15 Feb 2010 to retain the Pattaya Open title? a. Vera Zvonareva of Russia b. Sabine Lisicki of Germany,

c. Ayumi Morita of Japan d. Kimiko Date Krumm of Japan 32) A massive Tsunami caused by a devastating earthquake of the 8.9 magnitude hit about 400 km north-east of Tokyo, capital of japan. What are the possible factors which can cause Tsunami? i)An Earthquake ii) A landslide iii) A volcanic eruption or explosion iv) Impact by a meteorite Please choose the right option a. i, ii, iii and iv b. i and ii only c. ii and iii only d. i and iv only 33) Which of the following Indian cricket is the most heavily insured player for the forthcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 4 T-20 tournament which begins on 8 April 2011? a. Sachin Tendulkar b. Yuvraj Singh c. M S Dhoni d. Virender Sehwag 34) The Union Budget for 2011-12 proposed lowering of qualifying age for tax relief for senior citizens from 65 years to _? a. 55 b. 58 c. 60 d. 62 35) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee proposed to increase the Income Tax Exemption Limit for individual tax payers from 1 lakh 60 to _? a. 1 lakh 80 thousand b. 1 lakh 90 thousand c. 2 lakh d. 2 lakh 20 thousand

36) Noted Social worker Anna Hazare on 5 April 2011 started his hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to protest against the reported delay in bringing in which of the following bills to effectively deal with corruption? a. Lokpal Bill b. The Competition (Amendment) Bill c. The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Bill d. The Appropriation (No.3 ) Bill 37) Who became the world number one badminton player? a. Saina Nehwal b. Wang Xin c. Sania Mirza d. Wang Shixian 38) When is the National Youth Day observed? a. January 14 b. February 14 c. August 31 d. January 12 39) What is Tejas? a. Spacecraft b. Missile c. Submarine d. Light combat aircraft 40) Who is the Chairperson of the Central Board Film Certification? a. Sharmila Tagore b. Karan Johar c. Nafisa Ali d. Om Puri e. None of these 41) Ali Akbar Salehi is the foreign minister of a. Israel b. Iran c. Afghanistan d. Indonesia 42) Who is the new chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)?

a. AP Singh b. Arun Shourie c. Sanjeev Tripathi d. BK Gupta 43) According to an extensive genetic study on modern humans, two conclusions were drawn out. i) There is an enormous amount of diversity in the African hunter-gatherer populations. ii) The genetic diversity among 27 present-day African populations originated in southern Africa and progressed to northern Africa. Which of the above statements is/are correct? a. Both i and ii b. Neither I and ii c. Only i d. Only ii 44) Which one of the following Indian states recently released a Braille version of the RTI (Right to Information) Act and its rules for the benefit of visually challenged? a. Gujarat b. Bihar c. Haryana d. Madhya Pradesh 45) Roger Federer won his fourth Australian Open Tennis Championship and 16th Grand Slam on 31 Jan 2010. Who did he defeat in the final of the Australian Open 2010? a. Rafael Nadal b. Andy Murray c. Fred Perry d. Rod Laver 46) Which of the following Bollywood Actress won the Best Actress trophy at the 13th London Asian Film Festival for her performance in Onirs I AM? a. Nandita Das b. Juhi Chawla c. Tabu d. Konkona Sen Sharma 47) In tiger census 2010,

i) Pugmarks were used as the only indicator of tiger numbers. ii) An advanced Scientific process was adopted which included video trapping and use of satellite data. Which of the above statements is/are incorrect? Choose the right option: a. Only i is incorrect b. Only ii is incorrect c. Both i and ii are incorrect d. Both i and ii are not incorrect 48) India defeated Pakistan by 29 runs in the semi finals of the ICC World Cup 2011 played at Mohali. Who was declared man of the match of the high powered game? a. Saeed Ajmal b. Sachin Tendulkar c. Munaf Patel d. Wahab Riaz 49) Which of the following bodies put off indefinitely the new rules governing unwanted telemarketing calls which were supposed to be implemented from 21 March 2011? a. Department of Telecommunication (DoT) b. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) c. Indian Ministry of communication & Technology d. HRD Ministry 50) The Indian government in March 2011 conferred the Miniratna status on which of the following PSUs? a. National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) b. Air India Charters Ltd c. Cement Corporation of India d. HMT Machine Tools Ltd Answers: 1) B 2) A 3) B 4) A 5) A 6) A 7) A 8) C 9) C 10) A 11) B 12) A 13) B 14) A 15) A 16) A 17) C 18) A 19) A 20) B 21) A 22) A 23) B 24) A 25) A 26) A 27) A 28) D 29) B 30) B 31) A 32) A 33) C 34) C 35) A 36) A 37) B 38) D 39) D 40) A 41) B 42) C 43) A 44) A 45) B 46) B 47) A 48) B 49) B 50) A 1.As per the reports in the newspapers what has been the average growth of GDP during 10th plan period (2002-2007) ?

(A) 9 % (B) 9.3 % (C) 8 % (D) 8.7 % (E) 7.6 % Ans (E) 2. Which of the following is/are not part(s) of the Union Budget 2008-09 presented in the Lok Sbha in February 2008 ? (1) Defence allocation is increased by 10% to reach more than Rs. 1,00,000 crore. (2) National Rural Guarantee Act is extended to all the rural districts. (3) Debt Waiver Scheme launched to help all farmers irrespective of their land holdings. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Both 1 & 2 (D) Only 3 (E) None of these Ans (D) 3. Which of the following States has been declared 2008 as the Year of Education ? (A) Haryana (B) Bihar (C) Gujarat (D) Uttar Pradesh (E) None of these Ans (A) 4. Who amongst the following is selected as the Banker of the year 2007 by the Business Standard ? (A) M.V.Kamath (B) K.C.Chakrabarty (C) Anil Khandelwal (D) O.P.Bhatt (E) None of these Ans (D) 5. Which of the following is /are not the constituent sector(s) of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of India ? (1) Agriculture & allied activities (2) Foreign Exchange Reserve (3) Industry (A) Only 1 (B) All 1,2 & 3

(C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 & 2 (E) Only 2 Ans (E)

6.What is H5N1 a term , which was very much in news recently ? (A) It is a category of Visa provided by the USA fOR STUDENTS. (B) It is the name of the virus which cause Bird flu (C) It is the code name of Indias space Mission 2010. (D) It was the name of the military operation launched by Sri Lanka against LTTE. (E) None of these

Ans (B) 7. Which of the following State Govts. launched a Rs. 40,000 crore Ganga Expressway Project ? (A) Bihar (B) Gujarat (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) West Bengal (E) Uttar Pradesh Ans (E) 8. Which of the following countries is going to elects its first 47 member parliament for the first time in the history of the country ? (A) Butan (B) Pakistan (C) Myanmar (D) Nepal (E) None of these Ans (A)

9.World Day for Water was observed on which of the following days ? (A) 22nd January (B) 22nd February (C) 22nd March (D) 22nd April (E) None of these Ans (C) 10.sunita Williams is the recipient of which of the following awards given away recently? (A) Woman of the year 2007 (B) Padma Bhushan (C) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award (D) Pravasi India Award 2007 (E) None of these Ans (B) 11.The Fifth National Winter Games were organized in ? ) Jaipur (B) Gulmarg (C) Hyderabad (D) Chennai (E) Delhi Ans (C) 12. Who amongst the following won the Mens single title of Australian Open Tennis 2008? (A) Novak Djokovic (B) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (C) Jonathan Erlich (D) Andy Ram (E) None of these Ans (A) 13. Which of the following films won the best Film Award in 65th Golden Globe Awards ceremony ? (A) Away from her (B) Atonement (C) No Country for Old Men (D) Im Not there (E) None of these Ans (B)

14. Rahul Banerjee won which of the following Natioanl Senior Champioship held in January 2008 ? (A) Badminton (B) Chess (C) Archery (D) Golf (E) None of these Ans (C) 15. Who amongst the following is the author of the novel Without Dreams ? (A) Shahbano Bilgrami (B) Saeed Mirza (C) Javed Akhtar (D) Shabana Azmi (E) None of these Ans (A) 16. The of a system includes the programs or instructions. (A) Hardware (B) Icon (C) Information (D) Software (E) None of these Ans (D) 17.The copy command saves to(A) The Desktop (B) The Clipboard (C) Microsoft Word (D) Paste (E) None of these Ans (B) 1. Which of the following crops cannot be called a Plantation Crop ? (A) Wheat (B) Oil Palm (C) Rubber (D) Coffee (E) Coconut

2. Which of the following is the name of the spacecraft launched by India as a part of Mission to Moon ? (A) Moon-1 (B) Chandrayaan-1 (C) Kalpana (D) RADOM (E) None of these 3. As per the reports published by the World Bank what percentage of Indian population lives below the new International Poverty Line ? (A) 30% (B) 62% (C) 52% (D) 42% (E) 68% 4. Which of the following is not a Social Sector Programme run by the Govt. of India ? (A) National Rural Health Mission (B) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (C) Mid-Day Meal Scheme (D) Integrated Child Development Services (E) Bharat Nirman 5. In order to augment Credit flow to small and poor borrowers, commercial banks are required to provide how much percentage of their priority sector advances to weaker sections of the society ? (A) 15% (B) 20% (C) 30% (D) 25% (E) 35% 6. As reported in some newspapers/magazines a large number of children/infants are falling sick because of the use of melamine contaminated dairy products in the world. Due to this many countries like Africa, Japan, Singapore, etc. have stopped import of these products. Which of the following countries was the main exporter of such products ? (A) China (B) Bangladesh (C) Pakistan (D) Iran (E) None of these 7. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of the programme launched in India for the economic empowerment of persons with severe to profound disabilities ? (A) ARUNIM (B) NREGA

(C) GCMMF (D) UNCTAD (E) SCOPE 8. As per the recommendations of the 12th Finance Commission, what will be the share of the State Govts. in total shareable proceeds of Central taxes ? (A) 15% (B) 205% (C) 22% (D) 305% (E) 355% 9. Which of the following is/are objective(s) of the Rural Drinking water supply Programme launched by the Govt. of India ? 1. Supply safe drinking water to all villages. 2. Assisting local communities to maintain sources of safe drinking water in good condition. 3. Giving special attention for water supply to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) All 1, 2 and 3 (E) None of these 10. Which of the following is not a Source of Tax Revenue collected by the Govt. of India ? (A) Custom Duty (B) Excise Duty (C) Income Tax (D) Service Tax (E) Dividends and Profits 11. Asif Ali Zardari who has taken over as the new President of Pakistan is from which of the following political Parties ? (A) Pakistan Muslim League (B) Awami League (C) Pakistan Peoples Party (D) Pakistan National Congress (E) None of these 12. India is now out of the nuclear sanction imposed on it about 16 years back. This sanction was imposed by which of the following organisations ? (A) Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) (B) Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) (C) INTERPOL (D) UN Security Council (E) None of these

13. Very often we read in newspapers about the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Through Automatic Route. What is meant by Automatic Route ? 1. It is a process which allows foreign investors to trade shares of any Indian Company on dayto-day basis openly in stock markets. 2. It is a process by which Indian Companies are allowed to issue shares to any foreign investor as a part of their paid up Capital in the project in which they have made an investment. 3. It is a process in which all foreign investors are asked to make all their investments in Indian projects in rupee currency only and that too in cash only. Technical knowhow or any other type of participation is not allowed as a part of investment. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 and 3 (E) All 1, 2 and 3 14. The Govt. of India is planning to introduce a National Security Exception Act in the Parliament, which will work on the lines of Exxon-Florio provision prevalent in the USA. What is the purpose of the proposed Act ? 1. The Act is a part of Indo-US Nuclear Pact as this only will allow India to start building nuclear facilities in the country. 2. The Act will empower the Govt. of India to stall any foreign Company from acquiring any local asset (FDI) if it is found to be compromising with national security. 3. The Act will empower the Govt. of India to control terrorism in a better way as all e-services will be under thorough scrutiny by security agencies. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 and 3 (E) All 1, 2 and 3 15. Which of the following is not included in the list of UN Millennium Goals ? (A) Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger (B) Develop a global partnership for development (C) Promote Gender equality (D) Reduce Child Mortality (E) Make World Nuclear free 16. Which of the following agencies/bodies has asked all foreign funds to come forward and register itself as Foreign Institutional Investments (FIIs) prior to any investment in India ?

(A) RBI (B) SEBI (C) IBA (D) Registrar of Companies (E) None of these 17. Who amongst the following Indian players could not win any medal in Beijing Olympic 2008 ? (A) Sushil Kumar (B) Abhinav Bindra (C) Anjali Bhagwat (D) Jitendra Kumar (E) Saina Nehwal 18. India recently signed an agreement in the field of hydrocarbon with which of the following countries for which Hernan Martinez Torres, Minister of Energy of that country was in India ? (A) Zambia (B) Ukraine (C) Colombia (D) Turkey (E) None of these 19. Which of the following countries has asked India to scrap Kosi River Pact, the river which created a havoc in Bihar recently? (A) Bangladesh (B) Pakistan (C) China (D) Nepal (E) Bhutan 20. Which of the following is the amount of the relief package announced by the Prime Minister of India for Flood-hit Bihar ? (A) Rs. 1000 crore (B) Rs. 1010 crore (C) Rs. 1050 crore (D) Rs. 1100 crore (E) Rs. 1120 crore 21. As reported in the newspapers some people are of the opinion that India may not be able to achieve its export targets set for the year 2008-09. Which of the following is/are the reason(s) of their worry ? 1. There was a major flood in some parts of Bihar, Orissa, Gujarat and some other States recently, owing to which fruit/horticultural crop has not reached export markets in sufficient quantity. 2. Rupee is frequently getting depreciated against US dollar.

3. Some major economies of the world are passing through the phase of economic recession. Hence many export orders are cancelled. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 and 3 only (E) None of these 22. While talking to the Press/Media/Group of experts in Singapore the former Governor of RBI, Dr. Y. V. Reddy, said that the impact of global financial turmoil will be less on Asia. What in opinion of the people like Dr. Reddy are the strengths of Asian Financial System which will help it to sustain the turmoil ? (Pickup correct statement(s) as your answer.) 1. Banks in Asia are better capitalized and are not much exposed to sophisticated derivatives. 2. Asian economies were in a high growth mode and hence they have better ability to withstand the crisis. 3. Most of the Asian countries used to enjoy a strong fiscal position and current account surpluses in the past. This has given them an ability to bail out a failing financial institution in case it appeared. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) All 1, 2 and 3 (E) None of these 23. Subsequent to the RBIs move of reducing the CRR, the industry Chambers in India are demanding for softened interest rates. How will this demand of softened interest rates help the industry? 1. It will give a push-up to new investments and augment the demand of new proposals for more credits. 2. The move will help in creation of many new employment opportunities. 3. It will strengthen the position of the Stock Markets in India. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) All 1, 2 and 3 (E) None of these 24. The recent decision of the RBI to cut Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 150 basis points (October 2008) will be able to infuse how much liquidity into the market ? (A) Rs. 10,000 crore (B) Rs. 30,000 crore (C) Rs. 40,000 crore

(D) Rs. 50,000 crore (E) None of these 25. As per the reports published in the newspapers recently Indian Rupee was on depreciation and there was a time when the depreciation was about 17% in six months. Which of the following was/were the main cause(s) of this continuous fall ? 1. Foreign fund flow was very low. 2. There was heavy demand for the US dollar in the local forex market. 3. RBI all of a sudden decided to lower the CRR. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Both 1 and 2 only (D) Only 3 (E) All 1, 2 and 3 26. The issues related to the Land Acquisition for setting-up Special Economic Zones (SEZs) is frequently seen in the newspapers these days. As per existing laws maximum how much area is allowed to be acquired for a SEZ ? (A) 1000 hectares (B) 2000 hectares (C) 3000 hectares (D) 5000 hectares (E) None of these 27. Shibu Soren took over as the new Chief Minister of (A) Bihar (B) Chhattisgarh (C) Jharkhand (D) Uttarakhand (E) None of these 28. Which of the following was one of the major point of disagreement between various countries over which the talks at World Trade Organisation (WTO) got collapsed recently ? (A) Subsidy to farmers (B) Providing special status to India (C) Drafting a new constitution for WTO (D) Drafting a common Trade Policy for next 5 years (E) None of these 29. Who amongst the following is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 54th National Film Award Ceremony ? (A) Dilip Kumar (B) Shashi Kapoor (C) Rekha

(D) Hema Malini (E) Mrinal Sen 30. The support price of which of the following commodities was raised by 33%-40% recently to make it Rs. 2,500 per quintal ? (A) Cotton (B) Sugarcane (C) Wheat (D) Palm Oil (E) None of these 31. Who amongst the following cricketers made a World Record of 12 Sixes in a One Day International Match recently ? (A) Sachin Tendulkar (B) Xavier Marshall (C) Muttiah Muralitharan (D) Mike Hussey (E) None of these 32. Which of the following cities became the first 100% e-literate city of India ? (A) Pune (B) Hyderabad (C) Kozhikode (D) Jaipur (E) Bangalore 33. As we all know India will continue to be a net importer of steel as the demand of the same is likely to increase by about 11% in days to come. What is the percentage growth in inland production of steel ? (A) 3% (B) 5% (C) 7% (D) 8% (E) 10% 34. International Literacy Day is observed on which of the following days ? (A) September 18 (B) September 8 (C) October 18 (D) October 8 (E) None of these 35. Which of the following teams won the Durand Cup Football played in New Delhi in September 2008 ? (A) Tata Motors (B) Indian Railways

(C) Churchill Brothers (D) Mahindra United (E) None of these 36. Which of the following is/are part of New National Biofuel Policy 2008 launched by the Govt. of India ? 1. Minimum Support Price with a provision of periodic revision. 2. No duties or taxes would be levied on Biodiesel. 3. Biodiesel production to be taken up from non-edible oil seeds in waste/marginal lands. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) All 1, 2 and 3 (E) None of these 37. Who amongst the following was given the Mahatma Gandhi Award for Reconciliation and Peace 2008? (A) Akio Ishii (B) Bill Gates (C) Nelson Mandela (D) Prince Charles (E) None of these 38. Which of the following is/are some of the recommendations of the Raghurajan Committee on financial sector reforms ? 1. Target inflation control rather than controlling money supply. 2. Open Corporate and Govt. Bond markets. 3. Provide liberal regulations for mergers and acquisitions. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) All 1, 2 and 3 (E) None of these 39. Which of the following countries is passing through a crisis called as Darfur Humanitarian Crisis ? (A) `Uganda (B) Somalia (C) Sudan (D) Sierra Leone (E) None of these 40. Who amongst the following is the author of the book Inside Third World ? (A) Amit Choudhury (B) William Goldings

(C) V. Harrison (D) Nana Palkiwala (E) None of these 41. The 18th Safety Olympics was organised in (A) Seoul (B) Berlin (C) London (D) Moscow (E) New York 42. Mahendra Kapoor who died recently was a famous (A) Politician (B) Social Worker (C) Journalist (D) Sportsman (E) Playback Singer 43. The Prime Minister of India recently released the Economic Outlook for 2008-09. According to the document Indian economy will grow at what rate during the period of the review ? (A) 77% (B) 8% (C) 833% (D) 97% (E) None of these 44. The 48th National Open Athletics Championship was held at (A) Kochi (B) Delhi (C) Jaipur (D) Lucknow (E) Panaji 45. Which of the following countries refused to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, a very crucial agreement for reforms in the constitution of the European Union ? (A) Russia (B) Poland (C) Germany (D) France (E) Italy 46. Which of the following is not an Employment Generating Programme of the Govt. of India ? (A) NREGA (B) SGRY

(C) SGSY (D) TRYSEM (E) CAMELS 47. Who amongst the following is the author of the book The Other Side of Midnight ? (A) Salman Rushdie (B) Katherine Mayo (C) Ernest Hamingway (D) H. G. Wells (E) Sydney Sheldon 48. China recently resolved its border dispute with which of the following countries ? (As per agreement Yinlong island will be handed over to China.) (A) Mongolia (B) Japan (C) India (D) Taiwan (E) Russia 49. Agha Khan Trophy is associated with the game of (A) Cricket (B) Football (C) Badminton (D) Golf (E) Hockey 50. Two new countries recently signed the protocols to become the member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). These countries are (A) UkraineCroatia (B) CroatiaAlbania (C) GeorgiaRussia (D) GeorgiaCroatia (E) None of these Answers: 1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (D) 4. (A) 5. (D) 6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (D) 9. (D) 10. (E) 11. (C) 12. (A) 13. (A) 14. (C) 15. (E) 16. (B) 17. (C) 18. (C) 19. (D) 20. (B) 21. (C) 22. (D) 23. (C) 24. (E) 25. (C) 26. (D) 27. (C) 28. (A) 29. (A) 30. (A) 31. (B) 32. (C) 33. (C) 34. (B) 35. (D) 36. (D) 37. (C) 38. (D) 39. (C) 40. (E) 41. (A) 42. (E) 43. (A) 44. (A) 45. (E) 46. (E) 47. (E) 48. (E) 49. (E) 50. (E) Andhra Bank Probationary Officers Exam., 2008 General Awareness :Solved Paper (Held on 14-09-2008)

1.Who amongst the following does not belong to political party which is normally referred as left front? (A) Prakash Karat (B) A. B. Bardhan (C) D. Raju (D) T. J. Chandrachoodan (E) M. Veerappa Moily Ans (E) Hint : M.Veerappa Moily is a congress leader. 2.Sujat and Balsara villages were in news recently as breach in main Narmada Canal made them flooded. Both these villages are in which of the following States? (A) Maharashtra (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Gujarat (D) Rajasthan (E) None of these Ans : (C) 3.As per the estimates given by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) the Indian Economy will grow at which of the following rates in 2008? (A) 7% (B) 7.5% (C) 8% (D) 8.5% (E) None of these Ans : (C) 4.Which of the following is NOT one of the recommendations of the committee setup on Financial Sector Reforms under the Chairmanship of Raghuram G.Rajan? (1) Give more freedoms to banks to setup branches and ATMS anywhere (2) Setup an office of financial ombudsmen (3) All deposits taking institutions should be free from the supervision of the RBI (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) All 1, 2 & 3 (E) Only 2 & 3 Ans : (A)

5.The Govt. of which of the following States has formed a Fisherman Debt Commission and a moratorium has been placed on proceedings relating to all debts incurred by poor fisherman from banks and cooperatives?

(A) West Bengal (B) Keral (C) Orissa (D) Karnataka (E) None of these Ans : (B) 6.Federal Reserves is the Central Bank of (A) Britain (B) U.S.A. (C) Japan (D) Canada (E) China Ans : (B) 7.Which of the following was the issue over which one section of the UPA withdrew its support and Union Govt. headed by Dr. Man Mohan Singh was required to prove its majority in the Lok Sabha? (1) Inflation, which was on a rise consistently for some time (2) Reservations of Gurjarrs in Govt. jobs (3) Nuclear deal with USA (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 & 2 (E) Only 2 & 3 Ans : (C)

8.As a gesture to promote denuclearization and also to end nuclear arms programme the cooling tower of a nuclear complex situated in "Youngbyon" was demolished recently. This nuclear complex is in which of the following countries? (A) South Korea (B) Iran (C) China (D) North Korea (E) None of these Ans : (D) 9.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) keeps on modifying various rates / ratios to keep the flow of liquidity in the market in a balanced situation. Which of the following rates/ratios/indexes is NOT directly controlled by the RBI? (A) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) (B) Bank Rate (C) Repo Rate (D) Reserve Repo Rate

(E) Wholesale Price Index (WPI) Ans : (E) 10.China has signed an agreement with which of the following countries, which will help both the parties to make the East China Sea "a sea of peace, co-operation and friendship? (A) North Korea (B) South Korea (C) Japan (D) Russia (E) All of these Ans : (C) 11.The former President of which of the following countries has taken over as the Prime Minister of the nation in May 2008? (A) Venezuela (B) Russia (C) Uganda (D) Tanzania (E) None of these Ans : (B) 12.Which of the following companies of Indian origin has been placed amongst the World's seven Best Firms in Financial Sector? (A) IDBI Bank (B) HDFC Bank (C) Bajaj Capitals (D) ICICI Bank (E) None of these Ans : (B) 13.Michel Sleiman has taken over as the president of (A) Lebanon (B) Cuba (C) Yemen (D) Zambia (E) Turkey Ans : (A) 14.Which of the following is/are true about the "Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana" to be launched in the near future? (1) This scheme is to develop those villages where SC/ST population is in prominence (2) About 70,000 villages are identified for the same (3) A special fund of Rs.7,000 Crore is setup for the scheme (A) Only 1 (B) only 2

(C) Only 3 (D) All 1, 2 & 3 (E) None of these Ans : (A) 15.Which of the following countries had decided to come out of the membership of OPEC? (A) Iran (B) Indonesia (C) Kuwait (D) Saudi Arabia (E) None of these Ans : (B) 16.Many Banks have adopted / launched "Core Banking Solution (CBS)" .Core Banking Solution is (A) a marketing strategy adopted by the Banks (B) a new type of ATM useful for rural population (C) a delivery channel for quick and fast delivery (D) a new product launched to help senior citizens only as they are not able to visit branches / ATMs frequently (E) None of these Ans : (C) 17.As per the figures released recently, the rate of growth of agriculture during 2007-08 has been at the level of approximately (A) 2.5 % (B) 3 % (C) 4.5 % (D) 5 % (E) 6.33 % Ans : (C)

18.The import of which of the following has raised the Current Account Deficit of India by about 77 %? (A) Oil (B) Gas (C) Sugar (D) Foodgrain (E) None of these Ans : (A) 19.The National e-Governance plan was launched by the Govt. of India in the year 2006 with which of the following intentions/objectives?

(1) To provide qualitative service of Govt. business to the citizens of India (2) To promote IT sector in India so that trained IT personnel do not go out of the country for jobs (3) To keep a vigil on the business transaction of Indian population to avoid illegal transactions (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) All 1, 2 & 3 (E) None of these Ans : (A) 20.As per the figure released recently what was the per capita income at Current Price in the year 2007-08 in India? About (A) Rs. 20,000/(B) Rs. 25,000/(C) Rs. 23,000/(D) Rs. 33,000/(E) Rs. 48,000/Ans : (D) 21.Ana Ivanovic won the "French Open Women's Singles" of Lawn Tennis after defeating (A) Katrina Srebtnik (B) Dinara Safina (C) Virginia Ruano Pascual (D) Victoria Azarenka (E) None of these Ans : (B) 22.The World Environment Day is celebrated on which of the following days? (A) 5th October (B) 5th August (C) 5th July (D) 5th June (E) None of these Ans : (D) 23.Who amongst the following is included in the list of "Biggest Brains in Business"? (A) L. N. Mittal (B) Anil Ambani (C) Kumar Mangalam Birla (D) Mukesh Ambani (E) Ratan Tata Ans : (A)

24.Which of the following cannot be called as a value Added service offered by a Bank? (A) Special accounts for poor sections of the society (B) Accident insurance cover (C) Instant Credits of Outstation Cheques (D) Free cheque book (E) All are value Added services Ans : (D) 25.Which of the following is the total amount Government of India has earmarked for Agriculture Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme 2008? (A) Rs.10,000 Crore (B) Rs.25,000 Crore (C) Rs.45,000 Crore (D) Rs.72,000 Crore (E) Rs.83,000 Crore Ans : (D) 26.Which of the following States of India was recognized as the Best e- Governed State in 2007? (A) Jammu & Kashmir (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Goa (E) Delhi Ans : (E) 27.Daiichi Sanyo which has taken a major stake in India's Pharma company Ranbaxy is a firm based in (A) China (B) South Korea (C) North Korea (D) Japan (E) USA Ans : (D) 28.Which of the following airlines became the first Indian Based Airlines to operate flight to China? (A) Indian (B) Air India (C) Kingfisher (D) Jet Airways (E) None of these Ans : (D)

29.Which of the following meets / summit was organized in Damascus in March 2008? (A) Arab League Summit (B) G-8 Summit (C) G-15 Summit (D) Meeting of trade Minister of WTO members (E) None of these Ans : (A) 30.India recently signed a Bilateral Investment Promotion Agreement (BIPA) with which of the following countries? (A) China (B) Bangladesh (C) Nepal (D) Bhutan (E) Myanmar Ans : (E) 31.Opening the Saving Bank Account of a minor girl will be called as which of the following in Banking terminology? (A) Retail Banking (B) Merchant Banking (C) Institutional Banking (D) Social Banking (E) Corporate Banking Ans : (A) 32.Which of the following terms NOT used in Banking Sector? (A) SLR (B) NPA (C) Credit Rating (D) Fixed (E) PURA Ans : (E) 33.Banking Sector will fall under which of the following sectors? (A) Agriculture Sector (B) Service Sector (C) Manufacturing (D) Industrial Sector (E) None of these Ans : (B) 34.An account in which trading of shares in their electronic form is done is known as (A) Demat Account (B) NRI Account

(C) NRIO Account (D) Current Account (E) None of these Ans : (A) 35.Which of the following is NOT a measure of the Risk Management in Banks? (A) CRR (B) RTGS (C) SLR (D) Deposit Insurance (E) All are the measures of risk management Ans : (B) 36.The foreign Direct Investment this year in India reached to the level of about US $ 3.74 billion. In comparison to last years investment the increase is About _______ (A) 50 % (B) 100% (C) 125 % (D) 200 % (E) 250 % Ans : (C) 37.The duration of which of the following Policies / Schemes is from 20042009? (A) Foreign Trade Policy (B) 11th Five Year Plan (C) 10th Five Year Plan (D) National Rural Guarantee Act (E) None of these Ans : (A) 38.Which of the following test is conducted to know if a sportsman has taken any performance enhancing drugs? (A) EEG (B) Narco Test (C) ELISA Test (D) Mind mapping (E) DOPE tEST Ans : (E) 39.Who amongst the following is the recipient of the IIFA Awards 2008 as Best Actress? (A) Shamita Shetty (B) Rani Mukherjee (C) Priyanka Chopra (D) Konkana Sen (E) Kareena Kapoor Ans : (E)

40.Who amongst the following is the author of the book "Toward a Hunger Free World"? (A) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (B) Ashok Lahiri (C) Amartya Sen (D) M. S. Swaminathan (E) None of these Ans : (D) 41.Which of the following awards is given in the field of cinema? (A) Kalidas Samman (B) Dronacharya Award (C) Arjun Award (D) Kalinga Award (E) Dada Sahab Phalke Award Ans : (E) 42. Sudan recently cut its ralations with which of the following countries following an attack on Khartoum by a Darfur Rebel Group? (A) Chad (B) Uganda (C) Libya (D) Lebanon (E) None of these Ans : (A) 43.Who amongst the following is the Chairperson of the Children's Film Society? (A) Kareena Kapoor (B) Jaya Bachchan (C) Shabana Azmi (D) Sridevi (E) None of these Ans : (E) Hint : Nafisa Ali 44.Which of the following is the abbreviated name of an autonomous organization under Ministry of Rural Development? (A) NIMI (B) IGNOU (C) CAPART (D) NPCIL (E) ICRP Ans : (C)

45.World's largest oil reserves (about 2/3rd) are located in (A) Russia (B) Middle East (C) Africa (D) Europe (E) Canada Ans : (B) 46.Who amongst the following is the author of "Animal People" which was adjudged as the Best Book of the Year? (A) V.S.Naipaul (B) Indra Sinha (C) William Darlymple (D) Bill Clinton (E) John Banville Ans : (B) 47.What is India's rating in the "Doing Business Report" prepared by the World Bank? (A) 55th (B) 80th (C) 100th (D) 120th (E) None of these Ans : (D) Hint : According to 2008 India's rating in the "Doing Business Report" prepared by the World Bank was 120th but to 2009 India's rating in the "Doing Business Report" prepared by the World Bank is 122nd position. 48.Which of the following term related with the game of Cricket? (A) Grand Slam (B) Half Nelson (C) Ashes (D) Screen (E) Love Ans : (C) 49.The Russian President visited China in May 2008 and signed a deal for the security of which of the following? (A) Global Energy (B) China Sea (C) Intellectual Property Rights of the Chinese Scientists (D) Nuclear installation in China

(E) None of these Ans : (D) 50.Which of the following Programmes / Schemes of the Govt. of India is NOT directly related with agriculture activities? (A) Drought Prone Areas Programmes (DPAP) (B) Promotion of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) (C) Integrated Westlands Development Programme (IWDP) (D) ANNAPURNA (E) Desert Development Programme (DDP) Ans : (D) Canara Bank PO Sample Paper 2009 1.Captain is related to a Team in the same way as Director is related to:(1) Supervisor (2) Employee (3) Organisation (4) Union (5) Customer 2. Find the odd one out of the following options:(1) Aunt (2) Child (3) Father (4) Niece (5) Relation 3. Pointing to a photograph of Mahesh said.The father of his sister is the husband of my wifes mother.How is Ram related to Mahesh? (1) Brother (2) Brother-in-law (3) Father-in-law (4) Data not sufficient (5) None of these 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? (1) spoon (2) jug (3) glass (4) saucer (5) none of these 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? (1) 33 (2) 40 (3) 37 (4) 73(5) None of these 6. In a certain code COIMBATORE is written as DPJNCBUPSF. How is INDORE written in that code? (1) JOENQF (2) JMCPQD (3) JOEPSF (4) HMCNQD (5) None of these 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? (1) Seeta (2) Geeta (3) Gayatri (4) Data not sufficient (5) None of these 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? (1) Mahesh (2) Kamal (3) Raman (4) Harry (5) Cannot be determined

9. How many three letter meaningful English words can be formed from the word NOTE beginning with T and without repeating any letter? (1) Three (2) One (3) Two (4) None (5) None of these Directions (10-15): Answer question 10 to 15 based on the following sequence: 10. How many elements in the above arrangement are both immediately preceded and immediately followed by a number? (1) One (2) Two (3) Three (4) Five (5) None of these 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? (1) 5 (2) 4 (3) 7 (4) 8 (5) None of these 13. How many letters in the above arrangement are immediately followed by a symbol? (1) Two (2) Five (3) Four (4) Three (5) None of these 14. Which of the following will be eighth to the left of the twelfth from the left end of the arrangement? (1) # (2) 7 (3) U (4) 9 (5) None of these 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? (1) G$M (2) K9Q (3) ?D7 (4) 2MU (5) PCI 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 meanshe? (1) in (2) pe (3) se (4) Data not sufficient(5) None of these 17. X is Ys brother. S is Ts mother and Xs aunt. How is T related to X? (1) Sister (2) Cousin (3) Aunt (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these 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? (1) TNAVERSBO (2) TNVARESBO (3) NTAVERSBO (4) VANTRESBO (5) None of these 19. If 1 is coded as ,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? (1) ? + % # (2) ? +% # (3) ? + % # (4) # % + ? (5) None of these 20. Which of the following have the same relationship as BREAD:DBARE? (1) SWORN: NSOWR (2) FUNDS: FSDUN (3) GLAZE : EGZAL (4) LOWER: RLEWO (5) None of these

21. Who advertises watches? (1) Deepa (2) Kamal (3) Aman (4) Priyanka (5) None of these 22. Which of the following Channel-product pairs in definitely incorrect? (1) Go-watch (2) Come-computer (3) Go-soap (4) Come-soap (5) Come-watch 23. Which channel does Kamal visit? (1) Go (2) Fun (3) Come (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these 24. If Bipasha advertises computers which of the following must be true? (1) Jitu advertises soap (2) Jitu advertises watches (3) Kamal advertises computers (4) Kamal works for Fun (5) None of these 25. What will Jitu advertise? (1) Chocolates (2) Watches (3) Computers or watches (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these 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? (1) 3 hours (2) 2 hours (3) 4 hours (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these Page 2 of 5 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? (1) One (2) Two (3) Four (4) Three (5) None of these 28. Find the odd one out (1) 2 (2) 7 (3) 11 (4) 13 (5) 9 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? (1) BDHEKLQT (2) BDEHKLQT (3) BDEHLKQT (4) BDEJMLQT (5) NONE OF THESE 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 newspaper subscribers. (1) 9 (2) 21 (3) 17 (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these 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.

Conditions: (i) If the first and last letters are vowels both are to be coded as . (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 (1) 1%28 (2) ?732? (3) 17328 (4) ?7328 (5) None of these 32. GENIR (1) ?173? (2) 6%39 (3) 6%79 (4) 61739 (5) None of these 33. QUERI (1) 5%93 (2) ?413? (3) ?4139 (4) ?419? (5) None of these 34. EINUM (1) 1%72 (2) 0%42 (3) 1374? (4) 1%43 (5) None of these 35. UNGRE (1) 769 (2) 4769 (3) 47691 (4) 7691 (5) None of these Directions (36-39): 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 (1) if only conclusion I follows. Give answer (2) if only conclusion II follows. Give answer (3) if either conclusion I or II follows. Give answer (4) if neither conclusion I nor II follows. Give answer (5) if both conclusions I or II follow. 36. Statements: Some ovens are refrigerator. Some refrigerators are ACs. Conclusions:I. Some ACs are ovens.II. No. AC is oven. 37. Statements: All planes are birds.All birds are clouds. Conclusions:I. Some planes are clouds. II. Some clouds are birds.

38. Statements: Some sweets are salt.No salt in spice. Conclusions:I.. Some sweets are spice.II. No spice is salt. 39. Statements: Some papers are plastics.All papers are clothes. Conclusions:I. Some plastics are clothes.II. Some plastics are papers. 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 (1) 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 (2) 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 (3) if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question. Give answer (4) if the data in both the statements I and II are not sufficient to answer the question. Give answer (5) 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. 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. 43. When is Rahuls birthday? I. Rahul and Shivani are twins. II. Rahul was born on the last day of February in a leap year. 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.

45. How far does Shruti live from the school? I. Shruti has to cycle 3 kms. To her friend Minas house which is 4 kms. From thee school. II. Gitanjali lives exactly opposite the school and walks 2 kms. to reach Shrutis house. 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 firs and second digits are interchanged which of the following will be third if they are arranged in ascending order? (1) 359 (2) 972 (3) 526 (4) 487 (5) 251 47. If 2 is added to the sum of the digits of each of the above numbers how many will be multiples of 5? (1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) None of these 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? (1) None (2) Two (3) One (4) Three (5) All five 49. If the digits in each of the above numbers are written in reverse order which will be the second highest number? (1) 251 (2) 359 (3) 487 (4) 526 (5) 972 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? (1) 972 (2) 526 (3) 487 (4) 251 (5) 359 Canara Bank PO Sample Paper 2009 1.Captain is related to a Team in the same way as Director is related to:(1) Supervisor (2) Employee (3) Organisation (4) Union (5) Customer 2. Find the odd one out of the following options:(1) Aunt (2) Child (3) Father (4) Niece (5) Relation 3. Pointing to a photograph of Mahesh said.The father of his sister is the husband of my wifes mother.How is Ram related to Mahesh? (1) Brother (2) Brother-in-law (3) Father-in-law (4) Data not sufficient (5) None of these 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? (1) spoon (2) jug (3) glass (4) saucer (5) none of these

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? (1) 33 (2) 40 (3) 37 (4) 73(5) None of these 6. In a certain code COIMBATORE is written as DPJNCBUPSF. How is INDORE written in that code? (1) JOENQF (2) JMCPQD (3) JOEPSF (4) HMCNQD (5) None of these 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? (1) Seeta (2) Geeta (3) Gayatri (4) Data not sufficient (5) None of these 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? (1) Mahesh (2) Kamal (3) Raman (4) Harry (5) Cannot be determined 9. How many three letter meaningful English words can be formed from the word NOTE beginning with T and without repeating any letter? (1) Three (2) One (3) Two (4) None (5) None of these Directions (10-15): Answer question 10 to 15 based on the following sequence: 10. How many elements in the above arrangement are both immediately preceded and immediately followed by a number? (1) One (2) Two (3) Three (4) Five (5) None of these 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? (1) 5 (2) 4 (3) 7 (4) 8 (5) None of these 13. How many letters in the above arrangement are immediately followed by a symbol? (1) Two (2) Five (3) Four (4) Three (5) None of these 14. Which of the following will be eighth to the left of the twelfth from the left end of the arrangement? (1) # (2) 7 (3) U (4) 9 (5) None of these 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? (1) G$M (2) K9Q (3) ?D7 (4) 2MU (5) PCI 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 meanshe? (1) in (2) pe (3) se (4) Data not sufficient(5) None of these

17. X is Ys brother. S is Ts mother and Xs aunt. How is T related to X? (1) Sister (2) Cousin (3) Aunt (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these 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? (1) TNAVERSBO (2) TNVARESBO (3) NTAVERSBO (4) VANTRESBO (5) None of these 19. If 1 is coded as ,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? (1) ? + % # (2) ? +% # (3) ? + % # (4) # % + ? (5) None of these 20. Which of the following have the same relationship as BREAD:DBARE? (1) SWORN: NSOWR (2) FUNDS: FSDUN (3) GLAZE : EGZAL (4) LOWER: RLEWO (5) None of these 21. Who advertises watches? (1) Deepa (2) Kamal (3) Aman (4) Priyanka (5) None of these 22. Which of the following Channel-product pairs in definitely incorrect? (1) Go-watch (2) Come-computer (3) Go-soap (4) Come-soap (5) Come-watch 23. Which channel does Kamal visit? (1) Go (2) Fun (3) Come (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these 24. If Bipasha advertises computers which of the following must be true? (1) Jitu advertises soap (2) Jitu advertises watches (3) Kamal advertises computers (4) Kamal works for Fun (5) None of these 25. What will Jitu advertise? (1) Chocolates (2) Watches (3) Computers or watches (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these 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? (1) 3 hours (2) 2 hours (3) 4 hours (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these Page 2 of 5 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? (1) One (2) Two (3) Four (4) Three (5) None of these 28. Find the odd one out (1) 2 (2) 7 (3) 11 (4) 13 (5) 9

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? (1) BDHEKLQT (2) BDEHKLQT (3) BDEHLKQT (4) BDEJMLQT (5) NONE OF THESE 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 newspaper subscribers. (1) 9 (2) 21 (3) 17 (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these 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. Conditions: (i) If the first and last letters are vowels both are to be coded as . (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 (1) 1%28 (2) ?732? (3) 17328 (4) ?7328 (5) None of these 32. GENIR (1) ?173? (2) 6%39 (3) 6%79 (4) 61739 (5) None of these 33. QUERI (1) 5%93 (2) ?413? (3) ?4139 (4) ?419? (5) None of these 34. EINUM (1) 1%72 (2) 0%42 (3) 1374? (4) 1%43 (5) None of these 35. UNGRE (1) 769 (2) 4769 (3) 47691 (4) 7691 (5) None of these Directions (36-39): 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 (1) if only conclusion I follows.

Give answer (2) if only conclusion II follows. Give answer (3) if either conclusion I or II follows. Give answer (4) if neither conclusion I nor II follows. Give answer (5) if both conclusions I or II follow. 36. Statements: Some ovens are refrigerator. Some refrigerators are ACs. Conclusions:I. Some ACs are ovens.II. No. AC is oven. 37. Statements: All planes are birds.All birds are clouds. Conclusions:I. Some planes are clouds. II. Some clouds are birds. 38. Statements: Some sweets are salt.No salt in spice. Conclusions:I.. Some sweets are spice.II. No spice is salt. 39. Statements: Some papers are plastics.All papers are clothes. Conclusions:I. Some plastics are clothes.II. Some plastics are papers. 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 (1) 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 (2) 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 (3) if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question. Give answer (4) if the data in both the statements I and II are not sufficient to answer the question. Give answer (5) 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.

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. 43. When is Rahuls birthday? I. Rahul and Shivani are twins. II. Rahul was born on the last day of February in a leap year. 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. 45. How far does Shruti live from the school? I. Shruti has to cycle 3 kms. To her friend Minas house which is 4 kms. From thee school. II. Gitanjali lives exactly opposite the school and walks 2 kms. to reach Shrutis house. 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 firs and second digits are interchanged which of the following will be third if they are arranged in ascending order? (1) 359 (2) 972 (3) 526 (4) 487 (5) 251 47. If 2 is added to the sum of the digits of each of the above numbers how many will be multiples of 5? (1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) None of these 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? (1) None (2) Two (3) One (4) Three (5) All five 49. If the digits in each of the above numbers are written in reverse order which will be the second highest number? (1) 251 (2) 359 (3) 487 (4) 526 (5) 972 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? (1) 972 (2) 526 (3) 487 (4) 251 (5) 359