DAILY QUIZ-52 (15.04.2017) TEST YOURSELF SBI-PO (PRELIMS) SPECIAL-2017 TOTAL QUESTIONS-20, TIME - 20 MINUTES, MARKS - 20 HIGH LEVEL ENGLISH LANGUAGE Directions (Q 1-10): In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are four words denoted by numbers a), b), c) and d). Find out ONE word that to be fitted in both the sentences I and II and another word that fit to the sentence III and to make it meaningfully complete. In case no word is fit to these sentences, option 'e' is the answer. 1. I. At one point, it looked as if an area of agreement would ______especially over the issue of productivity linked wages. II. Studies show that riots ______mainly in those cities where disorderly tactics can work - where riots stand a chance of getting results other than all-out repression. III. Because the ______public wanted to believe the killer was off the streets, they never questioned the arrest of an innocent man. a) Come out, innocent b) Develop, naive c) Emerge, credulous d) Grow, vociferous e) Appear, credible 2. I. The political candidate often tries to ______his rival as a wealthy man who is out of touch with the common people. II. The drawings on the cave walls ______the lives of the earliest men on the planet. III. The communalist represents the ______of everything noble that we have inherited from our culture and history. a) Highlight, antidote b) Follow, immorality c) Offer, antagonism d) Present, depravity e) Depict, antithesis 3. I. He hoped to ______a response from his inquiry to the publisher so he could release his new novel. II. If you want to ______business from them, you‘ll have to communicate at their level. III. The computer company has made a pledge to bring technology to ______people in the underdeveloped regions of Africa. a) Seek, modern b) Solicit, primitive c) Implore, new d) Entreat, innovative e) Request, existing 4. I. Moreover, a fact finding mission ______by BSN to India in January this year strongly recommended that the French group should go it alone, and not hand over control to an Indian Partner. II. Bala went into a small reception room, one door of which led into a study, the very one from which the Russian Emperor had ______him on his mission. III. The earth is at present in great danger of becoming uninhabitable because of ______environmental pollution which is going on at an incredible rapid pace. a) Constituted, gigantic b) Comprised, inhuman c) Represented, stupendous d) Dispatched, colossal e) Characterized, enormous 5. I. The plane with a crew of five ______earlier from Cali, 500 kilometers south- east of Bogota. II. In the marriage ceremony of the ancient Incas, the couple was considered officially wed when they ______their sandals, and handed them to each other. III. Now, the management graduate can expect to have a prosperous life on a ______income without having to depend on finding a place in family business having to tend the paternal estates. a) Took off, regular b) Took away, professional c) Take up, meaningful d) Took over, dependable e) Took up, steady

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6. I. She dropped the bowl and watched as glass shards started to ______on the kitchen floor. II. Knowing that everyone would ______after graduation, she was worried that she would not see her friends anymore. III. He tried to ______his rude behavior by saying that he was drunk and he didn't know what he was doing. a) Deviate, apology b) Diverge, excuse c) Wander, regret for d) Amble, explain e) Stroll, explicate 7. I. Although the prisoners of war were fed three meals a day, many of them still looked ______and hungry. II. Because the puppy had gone unfed for several days, it was now so ______that its bones were visible through its skin. III. He knew everything better than anybody else, and it was an affront to his ______vanity that you should disagree with him. a) Frivolous, overdrawn b) Disturbed, overwrought c) Flippant, overwhelming d) Agitated, overweening e) Emaciated, over strung 8. I. Deva grew up to be an ______man because his parents never told him the difference between right and wrong. II. During battle, many soldiers become ______and forget the difference between wrong and right while fighting for their lives. III. Because Sarah is disabled, she tends to ______non-disabled people who use handicapped parking spaces. a) Moral, discard b) Immoral, neglect c) Amoral, despise d) Irrelevant, ignore e) Extraneous, deride 9. I. The rust is ______by voltaic action; the iron forms the negative pole, the zinc the positive of a voltaic cell, in which the water is resolved into its constituents, viz. II. When the undergrowth of a wood is ______, as it often is every few years, it is easy to observe a considerable difference in the fungi. III. State officials refused to ______the official number of residents seriously affected by the contaminated water supply. a) Cleared away, disclose b) Cleared out, conceal c) Cleared off, release d) Cleared up, obscure e) Cleared on, hide 10. I. Democratic government is based on the ______of the governed and represents an attempt to make authority accountable to the people. II. Fraud charges were filed after the woman used a friend‘s credit card without her ______. III. The astronauts became ______on Mars when their rocket broke down soon after landing on the red planet. a) Approval, abandoned b) Authorization, trapped c) Support, ensnared d) Consent, stranded e) Endorsement, fascinated BRAIN TEASER REASONING ABILITY Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. There are eight people namely A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H who sit around a circular table some of them facing towards centre and some of them facing away from the centre. They like to buy different mobiles. They are C7 Pro, Prime, , Samsung Galaxy On5, Samsung Galaxy J2 Ace, , and . The following information is known about them. H’s neighbours face in same direction but opposite to that of H. G sits third to the left of E who faces towards the centre. D’s spouse who likes to buy Samsung Galaxy J5 sits third to the left of D. C sits third

Plot-1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRP Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web :www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] 2 DAILY QUIZ-52 (15.04.2017) TEST YOURSELF to the right of a male and they face in the same direction. B’s immediate neighbours face in same direction but opposite to that of B. The female who likes to buy Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime sits opposite to the male who buys Pro. A who wants Samsung Galaxy A7 sits second to the left of D and they face in the same direction. The immediate neighbours of C like to have Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime and Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro. B and F sit together and none of them sits with A and D. G’s spouse who likes to buy Samsung Galaxy On5 sits second to the left of G. The immediate neighbours of H’s only sister who are neither C nor E are A and D. B who buys Samsung Galaxy J1 is the only one whose both the immediate neighbours are of opposite gender to B. 11. Who likes to buy Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime? a) B b) E c) D d) H e) A 12. How many persons facing centre? a) Five b) Six c) Four d) Three e) Two 13. Who is sitting second to the left of person who likes to buy Samsung Galaxy J1? a) The one who uses Samsung Galaxy J2 Ace b) The one who uses Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro c) The one who uses Samsung Galaxy J1 d) The one who uses Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime e) The one who uses Samsung Galaxy J5 14. How many persons sit between who likes to buy Samsung Galaxy J5 and who likes to buy Samsung Galaxy J2 Ace, Count from the right of the person who likes to buy Samsung Galaxy J5? a) 1 b) 5 c) 3 d) 2 e) 4 15. Which of the following is correctly matched? a) G – Male – Samsung Galaxy J2 Ace b) H – Female – Samsung Galaxy A7 c) A – Female – Samsung Galaxy J1 d) C – Male – Samsung Galaxy On 5 e) None of these QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE 16. Mangesh spends 17% of his monthly income in travelling. He spends 25% of his monthly income on household expenses and spends 36% of his monthly income on families medical expenses. He has remaining amount of Rs 10032 as cash with him. What is Managesh’s annual income? a)Rs 550300 b)Rs 536500 c)Rs 547200 d)Cannot be determined e)None of these 17. The average marks of 65 students in a class was calculated as 150. It was later realised that the marks of one of the students was calculated as 142, whereas his actual marks were 152. What is the actual average marks of the group of 65 students? (Rounded off to two digits after decimal) a)151.25 b)150.15 c)151.10 d)150.19 e)None of these 18. What would be the compound interest accrued on a amount of Rs 8000 at the rate of 15% per annum in three years? a)RS 4283 b)Rs 4051 c)Rs 4167 d)Rs 4325 e)None of these 19. What would be the cost of building a fence around a square plot with area equal to 361 sq ft. If the price per foot of building the fence is Rs 62? a)Rs 4056 b)Rs 4712 c)Rs 3948 d)Can’t be determined e)None of these 20. Ratio of earnings of A and B is 4 : 5 respectively. If the earnings of A increase by 20% and the earnings of B decrease by 20%, the new ratio of their earnings became 6 : 5 respectively. What are A’s earnings? a)Rs 22000 b)Rs 27500 c)Rs 26400 d)Cannot be determined e)None of these

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Total Marks : ______SCORE CARD 16-20 : Outstanding A Your Mark : ______11-15: Very Good B Toppers Mark : _____ 6-10: Good C 1-5: Average D

ANSWER KEY 1-c; 2-e; 3-b ; 4-d ; 5-a ; 6-b ; 7-e ; 8-c ; 9-a ; 10-d ; 11-c; 12-a; 13-e; 14-b; 15-d ; 16-c ; 17-b ; 18-c ; 19-b ; 20-d ;

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17 25 36 78 16-c; Total exp. Of Mangesh monthly income =    100 100 100 100 Annual income of Mangesh monthly income =1003212 1003212100   547200  78  22 1   100  65150 152 142 9760 17-b; Actual avg. Marks =   150.15 65 65 3  15   18-c; CI = 8000 1 1 =8000 23 23 23  20 20 20 = 8000      (12167 8000)  4167  100    20 20 20  8000 19-b; Length of a plot = 361 =19 foot Total cost = 4  19  62 = Rs 4712 20-d; Suppose the earning of A and B is Rs 4x and 5x. 4x120 6  5x80 5 Cannot determined the value of x.

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