Sample Question-Paper for Bank Jobs and Govt Jobs:-

Ques.1) Who is the father of Geometry?

a)    Aristotle

b)    Euclid

c)    Pythagoras

d)    Kepler

Ans:- (b)

Ques.2) What is common between Kutty, Shankar, Laxman and Sudhir Dar?

a)    Film Direction

b)    Drawing Cartoons

c)    Instrumental Music

d)    Classical Dance

Ans:-(b)

Ques.3) The first woman in space was

a)    Valentina Tereshkova

b)    Sally Ride

c)    Naidia Comenci

d)    Tamara Press

Ans:-(a)

Ques.4) Mr. Sham Lal has done commendable work in the field of?

a)    Journalism

b)    Politics

c)    Socail Service

d)    Trade Unionism

Ans:- (a)

Ques.5) Ali Akbar plays which of the following musical instruments?

a)    Flute

b)    Tabla

c)    Sitar

d)    Sarod

Ans:- (d)

Ques.6) Samantha Fox is associated with

a)    Politics

b)    Pop music

c)    Journalism

d)    Sports

Ans:- (b)

Ques.7) The miser gazed …… at the pile of gold coins in front of him.

a)    avidly

b)    admiringly

c)    thoughtfully

d)    earnestly

Ans:- (a)

Ques.8) The southernmost point of peninsular India, that is, Kanyakumari, is

a)    north of Tropic of Cancer

b)    south of the Equator

c)    south of the Capricorn

d)    north of the Equator

Ans:- (d)

Ques.9) The pass located at the southern end of the Nilgiri Hills in south India is called

a)    the Palghat gap

b)    the Bhorghat pass

c)    the Thalgat pass

d)    the Bolan pass

Ans:- (a)

Ques.10) The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by

a)    The people

b)    Lok Sabha

c)    elected members of the legislative assembly

d)    elected members of the legislative council

Ans:- (c)

Ques.11) The members of the panchayat are

a)    nominated by the district officer

b)    the electorates of the respective territorial constituencies

c)    nominated by local self-government minister of the state

d)    nominated by the block development organization

Ans:- (b)

Ques.12) The present Lok Sabha is the

a)    13th Lok Sabha

b)    14th Lok Sabha

c)    15th Lok Sabha

d)    16th Lok Sabha

Ans:- (d)

Ques.13) The office of the president can fall vacant due to

a)    Resignation

b)    death

c)    removal

d)    All of the above

Ans:- (d)

Ques.14) The president can dismiss a member of the council of ministers

a)    on his own

b)    on the recommendation of the prime ministers

c)    only under emergency conditions

d)    with the consent of the speaker

Ans:- (b)

Ques.15) He workers are hell bent at getting what is due to them.

a)    hell bent on getting

b)    hell bent for getting

c)    hell bent upon getting

d)    No improvement

Ans:- (c)

Ques.16) When it was feared that the serfs might go too far and gain their freedom from serfdom, the protestant leaders joined the princes at crushing them.

a)    into crushing

b)    in crushing

c)    without crushing

d)    No improvement

Ans:- (b)

Ques.17) The record for the biggest tiger hunt has not been met since 1911 when Lord Hardinge. then Viceroy of India, shot a tiger than measured 11 feet and 6 inches.

a)    improved

b)    broken

c)    bettered

d)    No improvement

Ans:- (b)

Ques.18) DIVA:OPERA

a)    producer:theatre

b)    director:drama

c)    conductor:bus

d)    thespian:play

Ans:- (d)

Ques.19) THRUST:SPEAR

a)    mangle:iron

b)    scabbard:sword

c)    bow:arrow

d)    fence:epee

Ans:- (d)

Ques.20) LIGHT:BLIND

a)    speech:dumb

b)    language:deaf

c)    tongue:sound

d)    voice:vibration

Ans:- (a)

Ques 21.) The difference between a number and its three-fifth is 50.  What is the number?

a)    75

b)    100

c)    125

d)    80

e)    None of these

Ans:- ( c )

Ques 22.) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to that group?

a)    21

b)    35

c)    49

d)    63

e)    56

Ans:- ( c )

Ques 23.) Some persons decide to raise Rs. 3 lakhs by equal contribution from each of them.  If they contributed Rs. 50 extra each, the contribution increased to Rs. 3.25 lakhs. How many persons were there?

a)    400

b)    500

c)    600

d)    700

e)    None of these

Ans:- ( b )

Ques 24.)  In a certain code language TRANSPORT is written as RTASNPORT.  How will the word GATEHOUSE be written in that code language ?

a)    ETGAHOESU

b)    ETAGHESUO

c)    AGTHEOUSE

d)    AGETHUOES

e)    None of these

Ans:- ( c )

Ques 25.) P is heavier than Q but lighter than R.  Q is heavier than T.  S is heavier than P but lighter than V.  Who among them is the lightest?

a)    V

b)    S

c)    T

d)    R

e)    None of these

Ans:- ( c )

Ques 26.) Animesh and Anand together got a profit of Rs. 9,600 and they distributed between themselves in the ratio of 5 : 7. What is the share of Animesh

a)    Rs. 4,000

b)    Rs. 5,600

c)    Rs. 4,800

d)    Rs. 5,200

e)    None of these

Ans:- ( a )

Ques 27.)  In a certain code language ?si re ga? MEANS ?Shyam is smart? and ?pa si ga? means? Animesh is smart?.  What is the code for ?smart? in that code language?

a)    si

b)    re

c)    ga

d)    pa

e)    (e)None of thes

Ans:- ( e )

Ques 28.) 7/8  of 3/7 of a number is equal to 25% of 45% of another number.  What is the ratio of the first and the second numbers respectively?

a)    3 : 7

b)    9: 10

c)    3 : 10

d)    3 : 2

e)    None of these

Ans:- ( c )

Ques 29.) A man bought some fruits at the rate of 16 for Rs. 24 and sold them at the rate of 8 for Rs. 18.  What is the profit per cent?

a)    50%

b)    60%

c)    40%

d)    25%

(e) None of these

Ans:- ( a )

Ques 30.) A cow is tethered in the middle of a field with a 14 feet long rope.  If the cow grazes 100 sq feet per day approximately.  What time will be taken by the cow to graze the grazeable area of the field?

a)    2 days

b)    18 days

c)    24 days

d)    6 days

e)    None of these

Ans:- ( d )

Ques 31.) 916.258 – 72.4 = 728.2 + ?

a)    115.86

b)    (b) 125.68

c)    (c) 215.68

d)    (d) 216.04

e)    (e) None of these

Ans:- ( e )

Ques 32.) A long distance runner runs 9 laps of a 400 meters track every day. His timings (in minutes) for four consecutive days are 88,96,89 and 87 respectively. On an average how many meters/minutes does the runner cover?

a)    40 m/min

b)    45 m/min

c)    38 m/min

d)    49 m/min

e)    None of these

Ans:- ( a )

Ques 33.) The human-readable version of a program is called __________________

a)    source code

b)    program code

c)    human

d)    system code

e)    None of these

Ans:- ( a )

Ques 34. ) Mohan travels 760 km to his home, partly by train and partly by car. He takes 8 hours if he travels 160 km by train and the rest by car, He takes 12 minutes more if he travels 240 km by train and the rest by car. The speed of the train and the car, Respectively are:

a)    80 km/h, 100 km/h

b)    100 km/h, 80 km/h

c)    120 km/h, 120 km/h

d)    100 km/h, 120 km/h

e)    None of these

Ans:- ( a )

Ques 35.) A telephone number, a birth date, and a customer name are example of __________

(a) a record

(b) data

(c) a file

(d) a database

(e) None of these

Ans:- ( a )

Ques 36.) 36% of 4800 x 0.2% of 1320 = ?

a)    4535.52

b)    4551.36

c)    4561.92

d)    4572.48

e)    None of these

Ans:- ( c )

Ques 37.) 1256÷(32x 0.25) = ?

a)    160

b)    154

c)    165

d)    157

(e) None of these

Ans:- ( d )

Ques 38.)  65% of 599= ?

a)    345.65

b)    389.35

c)    413.75

d)    436.85

e)    None of these

Ans:- ( b )

Ques 39.) 8994 – 4178-2094= ?

a)    2720

b)    2726

c)    2730

d)    2734

e)    None of these

Ans:- ( e )

Ques 40.) If on an item a company gives 25% discount, they earn 25% profit. If they now give 10% discount then what is the profit percentage.

a) 40%b) 55%c) 35%d) 30%

Ans:- (d)

Ques 41.) A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 10 days. If however there were 10 men less it will take 10 days more for the work to be finished. How many men were there originally?

a) 110 menb) 130 menc) 100 mend) none of these

Ans:- (a)

Ques 42.) Which of the following is allowable under the rules as stated:

a) More than half of the staff within a given office belonging to a single partyb) Half of the staff within a given office belonging to a single partyc) Any person having a member of the same party as his or her immediate superiord) Half the total number of staff members in all three offices belonging to a single partye) Half the staff members in a given office belonging to parties different from the party of

the top office holder in that office

Ans:- (a)

Ques 43.) If A is to be moved as one of the bookeepers,which of the following cannot be a possible working unit.

a) ABDEHb) ABDGHc) ABEFHd) ABEGH

Ans:- (b)

Ques 44.) On Aug 15th with the temperature at 97 degrees farenheit it begins to rain at 1 PM. What is the minimum number of lines on which service will be affected?

a) 2b) 3c) 4

d) 5

Ans:- (c)

Ques 45.) In OST, Terminal Emulation is done in

a) Sessions Layerb) Application Layerc) Presentation Layerd) Tr Ans Port Layer

Ans:- (b)

Ques 46.) For 1 MB memory, the number of address lines required,

a) 11b) 16c) 22d) 24

Ans. (b)

Ques 47.) Semaphore is used for

a) synchronizationb) dead-lock avoidancec) boxd) none

Ans:- (a)

Ques 48.) In a class composed of x girls and y boys what part of the class is composed of girls

a) y/(x + y)b) x/xyc) x/(x + y)d) y/xy

Ans. (c)

Ques 49.) What is the maximum number of half-pint bottles of cream that can be filled with a 4-gallon can of cream (2 pt.=1 qt. and 4 qt.=1 gal)

a) A..16b) B.24c) C.30d) 64

Ans. (d)

Ques 50.) In a group of 15,7 have studied Latin, 8 have studied Greek, and 3 have not studied either.How many of these studied both Latin and Greek

a) A.0

b) B.3c) C.4d) D.5

Ans:- (b)

Ques 51.) If 13 = 13w/(1-w) ,then (2w)2 =

a) A.1/4b) B.1/2c) C.1d) D.2

Ans:- (c)

 Ques 52.) If x=y=2z and xyz=256 then what is the value of x?

a) 12b) 8c) 16d) 6

Ans:- (b)

Ques 53.) A male born into the brown group may have

a) An uncle in either groupb) A brown daughterc) A brown sond) A son-in-law born into red group

Ans:- (a)

Ques 54.) How many mashes are there in 1 squrare meter of wire gauge if each mesh is 8mm long and 5mm wide?

a) 2500b) 25000c) 250d) 250000

Ans:- (b)

Ques 55.) The price of sugar increases by 20%, by what % should a housewife reduce the consumption of sugar so that expenditure on sugar can be same as before ?

a) 15%b) 16.66%c) 12%d) 9%

Ans:- (b)

Ques 56.) A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms downstream in 4 hrs. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the water current

a) 1/2 kmphb) 7/12 kmphc) 5 kmphd) none of these

Ans:- (b)

Ques 57.) Frequency at which VOICE is sampled is

a) 4 Khzb) 8 Khzc) 16 Khzd) 64 Khz

Ans. (b)

Ques 58.) Piggy backing is a technique for

a) Flow controlb) Sequencec) Acknowledgementd) retr Ans mition

Ans. (c)

Ques 59.) A 2MB PCM (pulse code modulation) has

a) 32 channelsb) 30 voice channels & 1 signalling channel.c) 31 voice channels & 1 signalling channel.d) 32 channels out of which 30 voice channels, 1 signalling channel, & 1 Synchronizatio

channel.

Ans. (c)

Ques 60.) Every year March 20 is celebrated as what day?

a) World Sparrow Dayb) International Women’s Dayc) World Cuckoo Dayd) International Child Daye) International Mother’s Day

Ans:- (a)

Ques 61.) Invisible Export means export of–

a) Servicesb) Prohibited goods

c) Restricted goodsd) Goods as per OGL liste) Other than those given as options

Ans :- (a)

Ques 62.) One of the famous Indian Sportsperson released his/her autobiography–’Playing to Win’ in November 2012. Name the sports-person correctly–

a) SainaNehwalb) Mary Komc) Yuvraj Singhd) Sachin Tendulkare) Sushil Kumar

Ans :- (a)

Ques 63.) The NRIs while investing in the equity of a company cannot buy more than prescribed percentage of the paid up capital of that company .What is the prescribed percentage ?

a) 2% b) 3% c) 4% d) 5% e) 6%

Ans :- (d)

Ques 64.) Government as part of the recapitalisation plan, infused capital in State Bank of India recently. Indicate the approximate capital infusion–

a) Rs. 500 cr. b) Rs. 1000 cr. c) Rs. 1,500 cr.d) Rs. 2,000 cr. e) Rs. 3,000 cr.

Ans :- (e)

Ques 65.) Prof. Muhammad Yunus, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 2006 is the exponent of which of the following concepts in the field of banking ?

a) Core Banking b) Micro Credit c) Retail Bankingd) Real Time Gross Settlement e) Internet Banking

Ans :- (b)

Ques 66.) Banks in India are required to maintain a portion of their demand and time liabilities with the Reserve Bank of India. This portion is called–

a) Statutory Liquidity Ratio b) Cash Reserve Ratio c) Bank Depositd) Reverse Repo e) Government Securities

Ans :- (b)

Ques 67.) The European Union has adopted which of the following as a common currency?

a) Dollar b) Dinar c) Yend) Euro e) Peso

Ans :- (d)

Ques 68.) Who is the Captain of Australian Cricket Team, which currently (March 2013) visited India?

a) Michael Clarke b) Shane Watson c) Shane Warned) Michael Hussey e) Ricky Ponting

Ans :- (A)

Ques 69.) Who is the author of the book ‘Women of Vision’ ?

a) Ravinder Singh b) PreetiShenoy c) Amish Tripathid) DurjoyDutta e) AlamSrinivas

Ans :- (e)

Ques 70.) Which of the following term is associated with the game of Cricket ?

a) Bouncer b) Love c) Goald) Mid Court

e) Collision

Ans :- (a)

Ques 71.) The Holidays for the Banks are declared as per–

a) Reserve Bank Act b) Banking Regulation Act c) Negotiable Instruments Actd) Securities and Exchange Board of India Act e) Companies Act

Ans :- (c)

Ques 72.) In banking business, when the borrowers avail a Term Loan, initially they are given a repayment holiday and this is referred as–

a) Subsidy b) Interest Water c) Re-phasingd) Interest concession e) Moratorium

Ans :- (e)

Ques 73.) One of IT Company from India has become the first Indian Company to trade on NYSE Euronext London and Paris markets from February 2013 onwards. Which is this company ?

a) Wipro Infotech Ltd.b) L&T Infotechc) HCL Technologies LTD.d) Infosys Technologies Limitede) Polaris Financial Technology Ltd.

Ans :- (d)

Ques 74.) Banking Ombudsman is appointed by–

a) Government of India b) State Governments c) RBId) ECGCe) Exim Bank

Ans :- (c)

Ques 75.) BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange), the oldest stock exchange in Asia has joined hands with one more International index in February 2013. This association has resulted in change of name of BSE index. What is the change of name effected ?

a) Dow Jones BSE Index b) NASDAQ BSE Index c) S&P BSE Indexd) Euronext BSE Index e) Other than those given as options

Ans :- (c)

Ques 76.) Interest on Savings deposit now-a-days is–

a) Fixed by RBI b) Fixed by the respective Banks c) Fixed by the Depositorsd) Fixed as per the contract between Bank and the Consumer Court e) Not pay by the Bank

Ans :- (b)

Ques 77.) The customers’ by opening and investing in the Tax Saver Deposit Account Scheme in a bank would get benefit under–

a) Sales Tax b) Customs Duty c) Excise Dutyd) Professional Tax e) Income Tax

Ans :- (e)

Ques 78.) Pre-shipment finance is provided by the banks only to–

a) Credit Card Holders b) Students aspiring for further studies c) Brokers in equity marketd) Village Artisans e) Exporters

Ans :- (e)

Ques 79.) A non-performing asset is–

a) Money at call and short notice b) An asset that ceases to generate incomec) Cash balance in till d) Cash balance with RBIe) Balance with other banks

Ans :- (b)

Ques 80.) When was the first underground railway (Metro Railway) started?

a)    1982

b)    1989

c)    1984

d)    1992

Ans:- (c)

Ques 81) Shatabdi Express train was started in

a)  1984

b)  1988

c)  1990

d)  1985

Ans:- (b)

Ques 82.) At which of the following places Diesel Component Works is established?

a)  Jamshedpur

b)  Patiala

c)  Perambur

d)  Varanasi

Ans:- (b)

Ques 83.) Which Zone is the largest in Indian Railways?

a)  Central Railway

b)  Northern Railway

c)  Eastern Railway

d)  Western Railway

Ans:- ( c)

Ques 84.) The railway station situated in the extreme south is?

a)  Chennai

b)  Cochin

c)  Kanyakumari

d)  Trivandrum

Ans:- ( c)

Ques 85.) A platform surrounded by rail lines from all the four sides, is called

a)  dock platform

b)  passenger platform

c)  island platform

d)  goods platform

Ans:- ( c)

Ques 86) When was the nationalization of Indian Railways done?

a)  1952

b)  1950

c)  1951

d)  1954

Ans:- (b)

Ques 87.) In which year Research, Design and Standard organization was established?

a)  1954

b)  1957

c)  1959

d)  1967

Ans:- ( b)

Ques 88) Railway Staff College is situated at

a)  Bangalore

b)  Secundrabad

c)  Chennai

d)  Vadodara

Ans:- (d)

Ques 89.) Where is the Research, Design and Standard Organization situated?

a)  Lucknow

b)  Bangalore

c)  Pune

d)  New Delhi

Ans:- (a)

Ques 90.) Which is the following pairs of regional Railways and their headquarters not true?

a)  South-Central Railway – Secunderabad

b)  Central railway – Bhopal

c)  South Railway – Chennai

d)  North Railway – New Delhi

Ans:- (b)

Ques 91.) Between which of the destinations the first Indian train was started?

a)  From Calcutta to Delhi

b)  From Mumbai to Thane

c)  From Mumbai to Surat

d)  From Mumbai to Madras

Ans:- (b)

Ques 92.) Srinagar is situated on the bank of the river

a)  Ravi

b)  Sutlej

c)  Jhelum

d)  Chenab

Ans:- (c)

Ques 93.) The Shompens are the tribal people of

a)  Andaman

b)  Nicobar

c)  Lakshadweep

d)  None of these

Ans:- (b)

Ques 94.) In India, Plan holiday was after

a)  China-India war of 1962

b)  Draught of 1966

c)  Pakistan war of 1971

d)  Pakistan war of 1965

Ans:-  (b)

Ques 95.) The headquarters of Northern Railway is at

a)  New Delhi

b)  Guwahati

c)  Gorakhpur

d)  Mumbai (V.T)

Ans:- (a)

Ques 96.) The headquarters of South Railways is situated at

a)  Calcutta

b)  Chennai

c)  Delhi

d)  Mumbai

Ans:- (b)

Ques 97.) In which institution the training of electric work is being given?

a)  Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

b)  Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering

c)  Railway Staff College

d)  Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering

Ans:- (b)

Ques 98.) Who invented the railway engine?

a)  Charles Babbage

b)  Isaac Newton

c)  James Watt

d)  George Stephenson

Ans:- (d)

Ques 99.)Where is the Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Institute situated?

a)  Nasik

b)  Baroda

c)  Jamalpur

d)  Pune

Ans:- ( c)