Model Question

Bank Clerk Exam

English
Directions (Q. 1-15): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words expressions are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, his background or his religion. People must learn a to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished. In life, every man has twin obligationsobligations to his family, to his parents, to his wife and children; and he has obligations to his people, his community, his country. In a civil and human society, each man is able to fulfil those obligations according to his own inclinations and abilities. But in a country like South Africa, it was almost impossible for a man of my birth and colours to fulfil both of tijese obligations. In South Africa a man of colour who tried to fulfil his duty to his people was inevitably ripped from his family and home and was forced to live a life apart. I did not in the beginning choose to place my people above my family, but in attempting to serve my people, I found that I was prevented from fulfilling my obligations as a son, a brother, a father and a husband. I was not born with a hunger to be free. It was only when I began to learn that my boyhood freedom was an illusion, when I discovered as a young man that my freedom had already been taken from me, that I began to hunger for it. At first, as a student I wanted freedom only for myself, the transitory freedoms of being able to stay out at night, read what I pleased and go where I chose to. But then slowly I saw that it was not just my freedom that was curtailed, but the freedom of every one who looked like I did and that is when the hunger for my own freedom became the greater hunger for the freedom of my people. It was this desire for the freedom of my people to live their lives with dignity and self-respect that animated my life, that transformed a frightened young man to a bold one, that drove a law-abiding attorney to become a criminal. I am no more virtuous or self-sacrificing than the next man, but I found that I could not even enjoy the poor and limited freedoms I was allowed when I knew my people were not free. Freedom is indivisible; the chains on anyone of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of them were the chains on me. I knew that the oppressor must be liberated as surely as the oppressed. A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred; he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I at not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppresse and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity. 1. What are the twin obligations of a man, according to tb passage? 1) obligations to his family and parents 2) obligations to his wife and children 3) obligations to his people and community 4) obligations to his family and country 5) None of these 2. Why does the author say, "People must learn to hate"! 1) because there is hatred everywhere 2) because if they can learn to hate, they can be easi taught to love 3) because he himself was being hated 4) because a man can easily learn to hate 5) None of these 3. "In attempting to serve my people, I found that I was prevented from fulfilling my obligations." Who are referred here by the term "my people "? 1) the the family members of the author 2) the friends and colleagues of the author 3) author's community members 4) All the above 5) None of these 4. When did the author feel the hunger for freedom first 1) During his childhood 2) When he saw that all his family members were slave 3) When he learnt that his boyhood freedom was ai illusion 4) When he was stopped from going out at night 5) None of these 5. What does the term transitory freedom mean, accordin to the passage? 1) Freedom of an individual 2) Freedom of speech 3) Freedom that a young man wants as a student 4) Freedom from college-going students 5) All the above 6. "The hunger for my own freedom became the greater hunger for the freedom of my people." Who does the phrase 'my people' refer here to? 1) All the members of the author's family 2) Everybody whose freedom was curtiled in South Africa 3) Everybody who looked like the author did 4) All the slaves of his country 5) None of these 7. What does "freedom" mean according to the passage? 1) To live without problems 2) To move freely from one corner of the country to another
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3) To live with dignity and self-respect 4) To live without fear of law and order 5) All the above 8. How is an oppressor also a prisoner? 1) He is a prisoner of govt. 2) He is a prisoner of his superiors. 3) He is a prisoner of his country. 4) He is a prisoner of orders. 5) None of these 9. How is goodness a flame, as the passage suggests? 1) It can burn the evils. 2) It can enlighten a man. 3) It can be hidden but never extinguished. 4) All the above 5) None of these Directions (Q. 10-12): Choose the word or group of words which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word given in bold and used in the passage. 10. Animated 2) Guided 3) Directed 1) Activated 5) None of these 4) Affected 11. Transformed 3) Converted 2) Changed 1) Replaced 5) None of these 4) Modified 12. Ripped 3) Punished 1) Bifurcated 2) Separated 4) Demoralised 5) None of these Directions (Q. 13-15): Choose the word or group of words which is most opposite in meaning of the word given in bold as used in the passage. 13. Prejudice 3) Indifferent l)Bias 2) Favour 5) None of these 4) Judicial 14. Curtailed 2) Deducted 3) Offered 1) Reduced 5) None of these 4) Allowed 15. Extinguished 3) Vanished 1) Lighted 2) Put off 5) None of these 4) Flamed Directions (Q. 16-20): Each question below contains an idiom on a phrase which is underlined. Chose the nearest meaning from the options given. 16. He is like a fish out of water whenever he goes to a party. 1) Feels uncomfortable 2) Feels dry 3) Feels thirsty 4) Feels silly 5) None of these 17. You must realise the gravity of the situation because you are in deep waters now. 1) An embarrassing situation 2) A stupid situation 3) A strange situation 4) A serious situation 5) None of these 18. They spend very little on advertising and tend to get new work through word of mouth. 1) Recommendation 2) Gossip 3) Hearsay 4) Sayings 5) None of these 19. He worries too much about his appearance and now he says he is going thin on top. 1) Going crazy 2) Going mad 3) Going bald

4) Going deaf 5) None of these 20. They had words last night 1) Fought 2) Shouted 3) Quarrelled 4) Screamed 5) None of these Directions (Q. 21-30): Read the sentence given below and findout whether there is any error in it. If yes, in which p a r t ? 5 will be the answer for no error. 21. I went to / the library to get / as many information / 1) 2) 3) as I could./ No error 4) 5) 22. I don't / have enough / money to / buy big house. / 1) 2) 3) 4) No error 5) 23. The climate / of India / is hotter / than of England. / 1) 2) 3) 4) No error 5) 24. The company having / finished the / construction 1) 2) 3) project / it received its pay./ No error 4) 5) 25. You may / not realise / that how / important time is. / 1) 2) 3) 4) No error 5) 26. The hunter / took aim and / then he shot / the boar. / 1) 2) 3) 4) No error. 5) 27. Don't go / out in the / sun with / your head open./ 1) 2) 3) 4) No error 5) 28. Although he was / ill but he / went to / work as usual. / 0 2) 3) 4) No error 5) 29. I know / that he / has good knowledge / of English 1) 2) 3) 4) grammar./ No error 5) 30. He left / the school / with his / belonging goods. / 1) 2) 3) 4) No error 5) Directions (Q. 31-35): R e a r r a n g e the following six sentences in the p r o p e r sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them. A. I could not make balance. B. He helped me learn it in my street. C. But I found it difficult to learn at first. D. In my childhood bicycle always fascimated me. E Then my father gave me one as a birthday present F. I wanted to ride bicycle when I saw other boys going to school on their bicycles.

31. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement? 1)A 2)B 3)C 4)F 5)D 32. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement? 1)F 2)E 3)D 4)C 5)B 33. Which of the following should be the T H I R D sentence after rearrangement? 1)B 2)C 3)D 4)E 5)F 34. Which of the following should be the F I F T H sentence after rearrangement? 1)A 2)B 3)C 4)D 5)E 35. Which of the following should be the SIXTH sentence after rearrangement? 1)A 2)B 3)C 4)D 5)E Directions (Q. 36-40): Pick out the most effective pair of words from the words (in pairs) given to make the sentence meaningfully complete. 36. I am willing to this opportunity . 1) give, themselves 2) offer, me 3) avail, myself 4) say, them 5) None of these 37. Don't yourself on your . 2) worry, defeat 1) repent, failing 4) pride, victory 3) impress, selection 5) None of these 38. In the winter of 2008 she with an 1) had, accident 2) seen, intimate 3) experienced, adventure 4) met, accident 5) None of these 39. Can co-exist with ? 1) enthusiasm, friends 2) honest, suffers 3) communism, capitalism 4) democracy, kings 5) None of these 40. I know you are good at and . 1) sports, playing 2) enjoying, gaming 3) reading, saying 4) computing, English 5) None of these Directions (Q. 41-50): In the following passage there are blanks each of which are numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five options are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case. 41 in a diary is a 42 strange experience for 43 like me. Not only because I have never written anything 4 4 , but also because it 45 to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be 46 in the musings of a thirteen-year-old school girl. Oh well, it doesn't 47 . I feel like 48 , and I have an 49 greater need to get all the 50 out of my chest. 41. 1) writing 2) reading 3)referring 4) finding 5) everything 42. 1) indeed 2) perfectly 3) solely 4) really 5) sincerely 43. l)all 2) everybody 3) someone 4) friends 5) none 44. l ) a g o 2) early 3) early 4) alike 5) before

45. 1) finds 4) agrees 46. 1) interested 4) depicted 47. 1) matters 4) appear 48. 1) reading 4) sensing 49. l ) t o o 4) otherwise 50. 1) memories 4) images

2) seems 5) foresees 2) deserted 5) liking 2) matter 5) look 2) writing 5) experiencing 2) also 5) urgently 2) literature 5) things

3) feels 3) favourable 3) suggest 3) punning 3)even 3) requirements

Quantitative Aptitude

82. What is the average of the following set of members? 205,336,425,527,445,562,720 1)560 2)460 3)660 4)540 5)520 83. 24 men complete a work in 12 days. In how many days can 18 men complete the same piece of work? 1)16 days 2) 12 days 3) 9 days 4) 15 days 5 ) 8 days 84. The product of two consecutive even numbers is 15624. Which is the larger number? 1)116 2)124 3)126 4)128 5)118 85. Mohan invests an amount of Rs 7690 at the rate of 7% p.a. for 2 years. What approximate amount of compound interest will be obtained after 2 years? l)Rs 1114 2) Rs 1118 3)Rs2114 4) Rs 1211 5) None of these 86. Tripti, Rani and Madhulika begin to jog around a circular stadium. They complete their revolution in 64 sec, 36 sec and 43 sec respectively. After how many seconds will they be together at the starting point? 1)24768 2)25768 3)26768 4)23768 5) None of these 87. What approximate value should come in the place of (?) in the following equation? V936 * 20.6 + 216.24 = ? 1)735 2)935 3)835 4)1015 5) None of these Ravi has some hens and some cows. If the total number of animal heads is 78 and the total numberof feet is 210 is then how many cows does Ravi have? 1)37 2)29 3)32 4 ) 2 7 5) None of these The difference between 2 8 % of a number and 14% of the same number is 120.10. What is 30% of the number? 1)250 2)285 3)320 4)271 5) None of these The cost of 13 kg of rice is Rs 195. The cost of 17 kg of pulses is Rs 544 and the cost of 21 kg of flour is Rs 336. What is the total cost of 21 kg of rice, 26 kg of pulse and 19 kg of flour? l)Rs 1451 2)Rsl461 3)Rs 1541 4)Rs 1361 5) None of these If (39) is added to the square of a number, the answer obtained is 2197. What is the number? 1)36 2)26 3)33 4)29 5)31 Sadhna bought a watch at 24% discount on the selling price. If the watch cost her Rs 779, what is the original selling price of the watch? l)Rs900 2)Rsl050 3)Rsl250 4)Rsl025 5) None of these Tannu invests an amount of Rs 9535 at the rate of 4% p.a. to obtain a total amount of Rs 11442 on simple interest after a certain period. For how many years did she invest
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the amount to obtain the total sum? 1) 4 years 2) 5 years 3 ) 7 years 4) 3 years 5) Data Inadequate 94. A sum of money is to be divided amongst X, Y and Z in the ratio 4 : 6 : 5 and another sum of money is to be divided between P and Q equally. If P got Rs 1225 less then X, how much amount did Y receive? l)Rsl025 2)Rs875 3)Rs795 4) Rs 1040 5) Data Inadequate 95. The total number of boys in a school is 2 5 % more than the total number of girls. What is the ratio of the total number of boys to the total number of girls? 1)5:4 2 ) 4 : 5 3 ) 6 : 5 4 ) 2 5 : 2 4 5) None of these 96. Out of the three given numbers, the first number is twice the second and thrice the third number. If the average of the three numbers is 121, what is the difference between the first and third number? 1)136 2)132 3)138 4)232 5) None of these 97. There are 15 dozen oranges in a box. If there are 32 such boxes, how many oranges are there in all the boxes together? 1)5760 2)4740 3)6780 4)5660 5)7540 98. What is 25% of876 times 589? 1)127681 2)1289913) 124381 4)12249 5) None of these 99. A car travels a distance of 60 km at the speed of 20 kmph. If covers the next 80 km of its journey at the speed of 40 kmph and last 20 km of its journey at the speed of 5 kmph. What is average speed of the car. 1)19 kmph 2) 18 kmph 3) 16 kmph 4) 20 kmph 5) None of these 100. If of 15x+ 15y=390, then what is the average of'x'and'y'? 1)13 2)14 3)15 4)16 5)17

Test of Reasoning
101. Rita introduced Ram to her husband and said, "Ram's brother's father is the only son of my grandfather." How is Rita related to Ram? 1) Mother 2)Aunt 2) Sister 4)Niece 5) None of these 102. X started from his house, waiked 15 metres in front, then 15 metres to right, and then turning to his left each time he walked 10, 20 and 25 metres. How far is X from his house now? l)30m 2) 5m 3) 15m 4) 85m 5) None of these 103. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word WONDERS each of which has as many letters between them in the English alphabet? l)One 2) Two 3) Three 4) Four 5) More than for 104. 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? 1)120 2)168 3)226 4)288 5)360 105. In a certain code WINDOWS is written as ZGQBRUV.

How is HEALTH written in that code? 1)FGCJVJ 2)EGXNQJ 3)KCDMRI 4) FEXNQJ 5) None of these Directions (Q. 106-110): Read the following character sequence carefully and then answer the questions given below it: D 6 F4A#PM9R5UQWH7Z3EBT2N@C%YS 106. Which of the following is the thirteenth to the right of the twentyeighth element from the right? 1)H 2 ) W 3)7 4 ) F 5) None of these 107. If all the digits are dropped from the above arrangement, which of the following will be the seventeenth element from the left? 1)B 2)T 3)E 4)Z 5) None of these 108. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a vowel and immediately followed by a consonant? 1) None 2) Two 3) One 4) Three 5) None of these 109. What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following series based on the above arrangement? FAP 95Q HZ ? 1)BT2 2)TN@ 3)2B@ 4)B2@' 5) None of these 110. Four of the following five are a like in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that doesn't belong to the group? 1#M 2)5HZ 3)2@ 4)MUW 5)BZ 111. I f ' @ ' means ' ' , ' ' means ' + ' , ' % ' means ' + ' and ' $ ' m e a n s ' - ' , then 6%123@8$3-? 1)35 2)33 3)39 4)37 5) None of these 112. How many meaningful English words can be made with the letter ' O E H M ' , using each letter only once in each word? 1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three 113. Aayushi correctly rembers that her father's birthday is before 16th June but after 11 th June whereas her younger sister correctly remembers that their father's birthday is after 13th June but before 18th June and her elder brother correctly remembers that their father's birthday is on an even date. On what date in June is definitely their father's birthday? 1) Sixteenth 2) Twelfth 3) Fourteenth of sixteenth 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these 114. In a column of thirty boys, R is eighth from the end and T is twelfth from the front. If there are six boys between T and Q, how many boys are there between R and Q? 1)10 2)8 3)12 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these 115. How many such pairs of digits are there in the number 59126874 each of which has as many digits between them in the number as when the digits are rearranged in descending order among them within the number? l)None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three

Directions (Q. 116-120): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W and X are nine persons sitting in a circle facing the centre. S is fourth to the right of P and second to the left of V. R is second to the right of V and third to the left of X. U is fourth to the right of W. Q is not an immediate neighbour of P or V. 116. Who is fourth to the right of Q? 1)W 2)V 3)S 4)T 5) None of these 117. Who is third to the left of P? 1)T 2)V 3)S 4)U 5) None of these 118. In which of the following combinations is the first person sitting in between the second and the third persons? 1)UTS 2)RTV 3)PWX 4)WXQ 5)VTU 119. Who are the immediate neighbours of S? l)QandU 2)UandW 3)RandX 4) T and W 5) None of these 120. Who is second to the right of U? 1)V 2)R 3)T 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these Directions (Q. 121-125): In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by three conclusions number I, II and III. 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 them decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. 121. Statements: All shirts are skirts. All skirts are banks. All banks are roads. All roads are brushes. Conclusions: I. All banks are skirts. II. All roads are banks. III. Some brushes are shirts. 1) Only I follows 2) Only III follows 3) Only I and III follow 4) All follow 5) None of these 122. Statements: All coins are glasses. Some glasses are cups. Some cups are boxes. All boxes are pins. Conclusions: I. Some coins are cups. II. Some pins are glasses. III. Some cups are pins. 1) None follows 2) Only III follows 3) Only I follows 4) Only II and III follow 5) None of these 123. Statements: No man is a tiger. No tiger is a cat. Some cats are lions. Some lions are tigers. Conclusions: I. Some tigers are cats. II. Some cats are men. III. Some lions are mens 1) None follows 2) Only III follows 3) Only I and II follow 4) Only I follows 5) Only II and III

124. Statements: Some nails are plates. Some plates are disks. All disks are mirrors. All mirrors are tyres. Conclusions: I. Some tyres are plates. II. Some tyres are nails. III. Some mirrors are plates. 1) Only I and II follow 2) Only I and III follow 3) Only II and III follow 4) All follow 5) None of these 125. Statements: All flowers are houses. All houses are tigers. All tigers are goats. Some goats are bullocks. Conclusions: I. Some goats are flowers. II. Some tigers are flowers. III. Some bullocks are tigers. 1) Only I and II follow 2) Only II and III follow 3) Only I and III follow 4) All follow 5) None of these Directions (Q. 126-130): Following questions are based on the information provided below:

1) Granddaughter 2) Grandson 3) Either 1 or 2 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these Directions (Q. 131-133): These questions are based on the following set of numbers: 486, 874, 798, 569, 631 131. If in each number 1 is added to the first digit and the positions of the second and third digits are interchanged, which number will be the largest? 1)486 2)798 3)874 4)569 5)631 132. If in each number the positions ofthe first and the third digits are interchanged and then the numbers are arranged in descending order, which number will be the second? 1)631 2)874 3)798 4)569 5)486 133. If in each number the positions of the first and the second digits are interchanged and then the numbers are arranged in descending order, which number will be the