Bank Probationary Officers Solved Paper
1. Which of the following agencies plans to build a nationwide grid of supercomputers called I-Grid?
(a) Simputer computers (b) C-DAC (c) NIIT(d) Infosys
2. Name the satellites launched by NASA to investigate the earth’s gravity?
(a) Dennis (b) Garfield (c) Tom and Jerry (d) Peanuts
3. The South Asian Travel and Tourism Exchange Conference was held at which of the following places?
(a) Chennai (b) Tokyo (c) Bangalore (d) Delhi
4. Name the newly launched entertainment robot of Sony:
(a) Alfa Roman (b) Multipla (c) Robio (d) Flatirm
5. Name the company planning to introduce Genetically Modified Mustard seeds in India?
(a) Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Corporation (b) Proagro (c) Bt. Must (d) None of these
6. The biggest textile fair of Asia known as Hemi textile was held in:
(a) Japan (b) India (c) Sri Lanka (d) Indonesia
7. Name the first Internet company to figure in annual fortune 500:
(a) Satyam (b) Arzoo (c) AOL (d) Infi
8. Name the first American President who modelled for Van Huesan Shirts:
(a) Jimmy Carter (b) Ronald Reagan (c) George Bush (d) William J. Clinton
9. Name the first bank to launch a card especially for doctors in India:
(a) Punjab National Bank (b) Dena Bank (c) State Bank of India(d) IOB
10. “Smooth as Silk” is a punchline used by _____ airline:
(a) Singapore (b) Thai (c) Quantas (d) Cathay Pacific
11. Who has authored the book ‘Beyond the Last Blue Mountain’?
(a) Swaraj Paul (b) Ajit Haksar (c) Anil Ambani (d) JRD Tata
12. Who among the following has founded the organization ‘World Economic Forum’?
(a) Klaus Schwab (b) William J. Clinton (c) Amartya Sen and Mehboob Haq (d) All of these
13. The new name of Jardine Matheson and Waffoong is:
(a) ANZ Grindley (b) Standard Chartered (c) Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (d) Vyasa Bank
14. Which home appliance company has introduced the concept of hire and purchase?
(a) Singer Sewing Machine (b) Usha home appliances (c) Inalsa (d) Bajaj home appliances
15. Name the Parle Brand that takes Britannia’s 50-50 biscuits:
(a) Monaco (b) Krack Jack (c) Parle-G (d) None of these
16. Name the trade organization founded by G.D. Birla and Purshottam Thakur in 1927:
(a) CII (b) PhdCC (c) Assoc ham (d) FICCI
17. Name the car brand of GM named after the founder of Detroit:
(a) Rolls Royce (b) Hamriza (c) Cadillac (d) None of the above
18. FiFi awards are given in_____industry:
(a) Film (b) Home Appliances (c) Automobiles (d) Perfumes
19. In which year the first insurance company ‘The Calcutta Insurance’ was established in India?
(a) 1758 (b) 1798 (c) 1768 (d) 1788
20. Name the Indo-US joint venture life insurance company which launched its operation in India in April 2001:
(a) ICICI Prudential (b) Bajaj Alliance (c) Max Life New York (d) All of the above
21. Through school quiz, Nestle company is promoting a brand known as:
(a) Bournvita (b) Maggie (c) Soyabisc (d) All of these
22. Which corporation now owns the brand Rolls Royce?
(a) GM (b) BMW (c) Daewoo(d) None of the above
23. ‘Transporting Goods, transforming lives’ is the adline of:
(a) Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (b) Stock Holding Corporation of India (c) State Bank of India (d) Container Corporation of India
24. Which international company’s logo is made up of exactly 42 dots?
(a) Max (b) Sony (c) Videocon (d) Whirlpool
25. International Advertising film festival is organized annually at:
(a)Shanghai (b) Washington (c)Cannes(d) Paris
26. Name the official sponsor of French open tennis championship:
(a) Nike de Paris (b) Banque National de Paris (c) Adidas Paris (d) Richie inte d’ Paris
27. Which Indian city is known as the Manchester of South?
(a) Kochi (b) Coimbatore (c) Lonavala (d) Chennai
28. The Tatas take over charge of the Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. after acquiring______per cent stake in the telecom major for Rs 1439 crore:
(a) 46(b) 75(c) 25(d) 26
29. Which of the following State do not fall among the Cauvery Basin State?
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka (c) Kerala (d) Maharashtra
30. The management control of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd will be given to which of the following company?
(a) The Tatas (b) The Reliance Petroleum Ltd (c) The IOC (d) The Chatterjee Soros Group
31. India’s first ethanol blended fuel project was launched in:
(a) Pune (b) Miraj (c) Nasik (d) Bareilly
32. Which country is the largest importer of Indian marine products?
(a) Thailand (b) Indonesia (c) Russia (d) Japan
33. “Started a family, son attends University, loved ones falls ill, birth of a grand daughter” is the baseline used by____company:
(a) Life Insurance Corporation (b) General Insurance Corporation (c) Allianz Bajaj Life Insurance Corporation (d) Standard Chart Life Insurance Corporation
34. Name the first Indian woman to graduate from Harvard University:
(a) Dr Indira Nath (b) Naina Lal Kidwai (c) Parmeshwar Godrej (d) Sarojini Naidu
35. Asia week, the Hong Kong-based weekly which closed down was owned by:
(a) AOL Time Warner (b) Indiatimes.com (c) Express Group(d) None of the above
36. In which advertisement do you find ’software that powers the Internet’:
(a) Wipro (b) Oracle (c) Infosys (d) Sun Microsystems
37. Name the biggest tenant of New York World Trade Centre at the time of the 2001, September 11th attack:
(a) IMF (b) Morgan Stanley (c) IBRD (d) NASDAQ
38. Name the first country to ban the import, sale and manufacture of chewing gum:
(a) Hong Kong (b) Singapore (c) Netherlands(d) Thailand
39. Who among the following has founded the Heal the World foundation?
(a) Pt Ravi Shankar (b) Bhimsen Joshi (c) Madonna (d) Michael Jackson
40. Name the company which has the world’s largest retail outlet:
(a) Walmart (b) Harrods (c) Woolworth Corp (d) Louis Phillipe
41. Name the first country to have an electronic Parliament:
(a) Singapore (b) Thailand (c) Japan (d) Hong Kong
42. Name the first Indian singer to earn royalty for records:
(a) Asha Bhonsle (b) Lata Mangeshkar (c) R.D. Burman (d) Nadeem Shravan
43. In 1952 Morris Motors and Austin Motors merged and were renamed as:
(a) British Motor Corporation (b) General Motors (c) Austin Morris Motors (d) British Morris Motors
44. Ashok Leyland is owned by_____group:
(a) Hinduja (b) Ambani (c) Godrej (d) Tata
45. Name India’s first Euro 11 complete car:
(a) Matiz (b) Santro (c) Ambassador (d) Indica
46. ‘The man of substance’ is the promotional logo of which suiting shirting?
(a) Raymond (b) Graviera (c) Van Huesan (d) Louise Phillipe
47. Mohan Bagan football tournament is promoted by:
(a) Shaw Wallace (b) Mohan Meakens (c) McDowell (d) Seamars
48. ‘Bite the Bullet’ is a book written by:
(a) Ajit Haksar (b) K.R. Narayanan (c) Mukesh Ambani (d) both (a) and (c)
49. ‘Give Earth a Chance’ is the caption launched for:
(a) World Population Day 2002 (b) World Environment Day 2002 (c) World Environment Day 2001 (d) World Habitat Day 2002
50. ‘Ethics for the New Millennium’ is a book written by:
(a) Dalai Lama (b) Tiger Woods (c) Hillary Clinton (d) Andrew Miller
Answers
1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (b)
6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (a)
11.(d) 12. (a) 13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (b)
16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (d) 19. (b) 20. (c)
21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (b) 25. (c)
26. (b) 27. (b) 28. (c) 29. (d) 30. (d)
31. (b) 32. (d) 33. (c) 34. (b) 35. (a)
36. (b) 37. (b) 38. (b) 39. (d) 40. (a)
41. (a) 42. (b) 43. (a) 44. (a) 45. (d)
46. (b) 47. (c) 48. (a) 49. (b) 50. (a)
Numerical Ability
1. A shopkeeper purchases a packet of 50 pens for Rs. 500. He sells a part of the packet at a profit of 30%. On the remaining part, he incurs a loss of 10%. If his overall profit on the entire packet is 10%, what is the number of pens sold at profit?
a. 25
b. 30
c. 20
d. 15
e.None of these
2. For a loan of Rs.32,400 that I gave to my friend Anil, he promised to pay me the amount in monthly instalments starting with a certain amount & increasing the instalments every month a fixed amount of Rs.100. In this way he could clear off the loan in 24 months. How much was the first instalment?
a. 100
b. 200
c. 400
d. 500
e.None of these
Directions (Qs 3 to 5): Study the following information carefully & answer accordingly:
(i) In a school a total of 220 students are studying together in two sections A & B in the ratio of 5:6. Students are studying only English or only Sanskrit or both English & Sanskrit.
(ii) The number of students studying only English from section A & of those studying both English & Sanskrit from section B are equal & each of them is 40% of the students who are studying only English from section B.
(iii) The number of students studying only Sanskrit from section A is 30% of the number of students studying in section B & 60% of the students who are studying only English from section B.
3. How many students are studying both English & Sanskrit from section A?
a. 48
b. 16
c. 40
d. 36
e.None of these
4. How many students are studying only Sanskrit from section B?
a. 36
b. 10
c. 12
d. 24
e.None of these
5. Number of students studying only English from section B is what percent more than that of the students studying only English from section A?
a. 150%
b. 100%
c. 75%
d. 20%
e.None of these
Directions (Qs 6 & 7): Study the following information carefully & answer accordingly:
A survey was conducted by an agency in 25000 houses. It was found that 48% used ‘Head & Shoulder’, 48% used ‘Clinic Plus’ & 53% used ‘Pentene Shampoo’. 12% used both ‘Head & Shoulder’ & ‘Clinic Plus’ only & 10% used both ‘Clinic Plus’ & ‘Pentene’ only.
6. How many people used both Head & Shoulders & Pentene only if 8% used all the three?
a. 2750
b. 2500
c. 2000
d. Data inadequate
e.None of these
7. How many people used only Pentene if 8% used all the three shampoos?
a. 5000
b. 6000
c. 8000
d. 8500
Directions (Qs 8 to 25): Following Questions are accompanied by three statements. You have to determine which statement is/are necessary/sufficient to answer the question,
8. What is Sangita’s present age?
(1) Five years ago, Sangita’s age was double that of her son’s age that time.
(2) Present age of Sangita & her son are in the ratio 11:6 respectively.
(3) Five years hence, the respective ratio of Sangita’s age & her son’s age will become 12:7
a. Only 1 & 3
b. Only 2 & 3
c. Only 1 & 2
d. 1 , 2 & 3 All
e.None of these
9. Find out Rahul’s percentage of marks in the examination:
(1) He appeared in all the five papers of the exam carrying full marks of 100 for each paper.
(2) He gained 6% marks more than the marks needed for the first division.
(3) He got 30 marks more than the marks needed for first division.
a. 1 & 3 are sufficient
b. 2 alone is sufficient
c. Either only 2 or 1 & 3 together are sufficient
d. All together are necessary
e.None of these
10. What is the price of a chair?
(1) The price of three tables is equal to the price of seven chairs.
(2) The difference between the price of a table & that of a chair is Rs.900.
(3) The price of one table is 400/3% more than the price of one chair.
a. Only 1 & 2 together are sufficient
b. Only 1 & 3 together are sufficient
c. all together are necessary
d. 2 & either 1 or 3 together are sufficient.
e.None of these
11. What is the total number of boys in the college?
(1) The number of boys in the college is 30% more than that of girls.
(2) The ratio between them is 13:10
(3) Total number of students in the college is 3910.
a. Any two of them are sufficient
b. 1 & 2 together are sufficient
c. 1 & 3 together are sufficient
d. Either 1 & 3 together or 2 & 3 together are sufficient.
12. What is the staff strength of Company ‘X’?
(1) Male & female employees are in the ratio of 2:3 respectively
(2) Of the officer employees 80% are males
(3) Total number of officers is 132
a. 1 & 3 only
b. 2 & either 3 or 1 only
c. All 1, 2 & 3
d. Question cannot be answered
e.None of these
13. Two persons X & Y entered into a partnership. Find the share of X’s profit if,
(1) The ratio of the capitals of X & Y is 3:5
(2) X invested his money for two months more than Y
(3) Y’s share in the profit is Rs. 1000 less than the share of X
a. 1 & 2 are sufficient
b. All together are necessary
c. All together are not necessary
d. Even all taken together are not sufficient
e.None of these
14. Two persons L & M entered into a partnership. Find the share of L in the total profit
(1) The ratio of the capitals of L & M is 4:5
(2)L invested his money two months more than M
(3) M’s share in total profit is Rs.800 more than the share of L
a. Questions cannot be answered even after using all the information
b. All statements are required to answer the question
c. 1 & 3 together
d. 1 & 2 together
e.None of these
15. Find the % discount on the market price offered by a shopkeeper
(1) If the shopkeeper does not give the discount, he will gain a profit of 50%
(2) If the shopkeeper gives the discount, the profit will be 38%
(3) The cost price of the article is Rs.400
a. Any two of them
b. All statements are required
c. 3 & either 1 or 2
d. Only 1 & 2 together
e.None of these
16. A shopkeeper sold an article & got Rs108 as profit. Find the profit percentage
(1) Selling price of the article is Rs.828.
(2) He gave 10% discount on the marked price, which is Rs.920.
(3) Cost price of the article is Rs.720.
a. Any two of them
b. Either 1 or 3
c. Any of them
d. Only 2
e.None of these
17. What is the cost price of an article?
(1) After allowing a discount of 10% on marked price, the shopkeeper charges Rs.810.
(2) If the shopkeeper does not give the discount, the shopkeeper gets a profit of 50%.
(3) If the shopkeeper gives only 5% discount on marked price, he will have 42.50% profit.
a. Any two of them.
b. 1 & 2 together.
c. 1 & either 2 or 3
d. Only 2 & 3
e.None of these
18. How much did an article originally cost?
(1) It changed hands three times & each seller gained 25%
(2) The third person sells it for Rs.250 more than the second.
(3) The second person sells it for Rs.200 more than the first.
a. 1 & either 2 or 3
b. Any two of them
c. Any of them
d. All statements are required
e.None of these
19. What was the profit earned on the cost price by Mahesh by selling an article?
(1) He got 15% concession on buying that article.
(2) He sold it for Rs.3060/-
(3) He earned a profit of 2% on the labeled price.
a. Only 1 & 2 together are required.
b. Only either 1 or 3 & 2 together are required
c. Even with all 1, 2 & 3 the answer cannot be arrived at
d. All 1, 2 & 3 together are required
e.None of these
20. How many articles were sold?
(1) Total profit earned was Rs.1596/-
(2) Cost price per article was Rs.632/-
(3) Selling price per article was Rs.765/-
a. 1 & 2 only
b. All 1, 2 & 3
c. Any two of the three
d. Question cannot be answered even after the information in all the three statements.
e.None of these
21. Rinku borrowed an amount of Rs.5000 from Milan & Rahul. What is the rate of interest?
(1) Rinku returned the amount of Rs.5400 after due date to Milan.
(2) Rinku returned the amount of Rs.5900 after due date to Rahul.
(3) Rinku returned the money to Milan by simple interest whereas to Rahul by compound interest.
a. Only 1 & 2 together are sufficient
b. Only 2 & 3 together are sufficient
c. Either 1 & 2 together or 2 & 3 together are sufficient
d. 1, 2 & 3 given together are not sufficient
e.None of these
22. The compound interest on a sum is Rs.573. Find the rate of interest
(1) The simple interest on the same amount at the same rate is Rs.540
(2) The sum is Rs.3000
(3) The compound interest is compounded half yearly
a. 1 & 2 are sufficient
b. 2 & 3 are sufficient
c. Any two statements are sufficient
d. All given together are not sufficient
e.None of these
23. Between P & Q who will get the maximum interest?
(1) P deposits a certain sum at 15% p.a. for one & half years, when the interest is compounded half yearly.
(2) Q deposits a certain sum of money at 15/2% per annum for 4 years, when the interest is compounded yearly.
(3) The ratio of sums of money of P & Q is 2:3
a. Only 1 & 2 together are sufficient.
b. Any two of the three statements are sufficient.
c. Either 1 & 2 together or 2 & 3 together are sufficient.
d. All 1, 2 & 3 together are necessary
e.None of these
24. The compound interest on a sum is Rs.625. Find the rate of interest.
(1) The sum is Rs.3500
(2) The simple interest on the same amount at the same rate is Rs.575
(3) The interest is compounded half yearly
a. Only 2 & 3 together are sufficient
b. Any two of the three statements are sufficient
c. All 1, 2 & 3 together are necessary
d. Even all together are not sufficient
e.None of these
25. What is the rate of interest?
(1) An mount becomes double in 5 years at simple interest
(2) The difference between compound interest & simple interest at the end of 2 years is Rs.200
(3) The sum is Rs.5000
a. Only 1
b. 1 & 2 together
c. Either 1 alone or 2 & 3 together
d. 3 & either 1 or 2
e.None of these
ANSWERS with Hints
1. a
2. b
For Q. 3 to 5
From (1) Students in section A
=5 x 220=100
11
Students in section B = 120
From (3) Students studying only Sanskrit from section A
=30% of 120=36
»60% of students studying only English in section B=36
»Students studying only English in section B
= 36×100 =60
60
From (2) Number of students studying only English from section A = Number of students studying both Sanskrit & English from section B
= 40% of 60=24
Hence
Subject Section A Section B
Only English 24 60
Only Sanskrit 36 36
Both subjects 40 24
100 120
3. c
4. a
5. a
6. a
7. b
8. a, b & c all are correct.
(Let M be the age of Sangita & N be her son’s present age.
a. (M – 5) = 2(N – 5)
»M = 2N – 10 + 5 = 2N – 5
M+5 = 12
N+5 7
Solving we get M = 55, N = 30
b.M = 11 or 6M = 11M
N 6
M+5 = 12
N+5 7
Solving we get M = 55, N = 30
c. (M – 5) = 2(N – 5)
M = 11
N 6
Solving we get M = 55, N = 30)
9. c
10. d
11. d
12. d (No data is available regarding the non officer employees)
13. c
14. b
15. d
16. c
((1)» Selling price = Rs.828
Cost price = Rs. (828-108) = Rs.720
Profit percentage = 108 x 100 = 15%
720
(3)» Profit percentage = 108 x 100 = 15%
720
(2)» Selling price = 90 x 920 = Rs.828
100
Profit = Rs.108
Cost price = Rs. (828-108)
= Rs.720
Profit percentage = 108 x 100 = 15%)
720
17. c
18. a
19. d
20. b
21. d(No data is given for the time for which the amount was borrowed)
22. d
23. d
24. d
25. c
