SSC CGL 2015 and SBI PO 2015 Prelims: English Quiz

Directions: In Question Nos. 1 to 5 sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question.

1. When she parted ____   her parents, her eyes were full of tears.

(A) from

(B) away

(C) off

(D) with 

2. He went ____ to oblige his superior

(A) on his way

(B) out of his way

(C) in his way

(D) with his way

3. During a period of protracted illness, the sick can become infirm, ____   both the strength to work and many of the specific skills that were once possessed.

(A) regaining

(B) denying

(C) pursuing

(D) losing

4. The members of the religious sect ostracized the ____ who had abandoned their faith.

(A) coward

(B) litigant

(C) recreant

(D) suppliant

5. Would you mind ____the suitcase, Sir ?

(A) open

(B) opening

(C) to open

(D) opened

In Question Nos. 6 to 8 out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best  expresses the meaning of the given word

6. Impervious

(A) Audacious

(B) Haphazard

(C) Impenetrable

(D) Illogical

7. Peruse

(A) Overuse

(B) Examine

(C) Abuse

(D) Defuse

8.  Amicable

(A) Friendly

(B) Happy

(C) Perfect

(D) Joyous

Directions: In Question No. 9 and 10, Choose the word opposite meaning to the given word

9. Desecration

(A) Hopelessness

(B) Disbelief

(C) Veneration

(D) Manifestation

10. Yield

(A) Respond

(B) Survive

(C) Attack

(D) Resist

Answers

1) Ans. (D) with

2) Ans. (B) out of his way

3) Ans. (D) losing

4) Ans. (C) recreant

5) Ans. (B) opening

6) Ans. (C) Impenetrable

7) Ans. (B) Examine

8) Ans. (A) Friendly

9) Ans. (C) Veneration

10) Ans. (D) Resist

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Expected Questions for SBI PO 2015: Quantitative Aptitude

1) Sujesh invested Rs.120000 in a shop and Danesh joined him after 4 months by investing Rs.70000. If the net profit after 1 year be Rs.133000, Danesh's share in the profit is?

(A) 28560

(B) 37240

(C) 34500

(D) 56280

(E) None of these

2) In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'RIBBON' be arranged?

(A) 840

(B) 360

(C) 720

(D) 1860

(E) None of these

3) Either 8 men or 17 women can paint a building in 33 days. The number of days required to paint three such houses by 12 men and 24 women working at the same arte.

(A) 66 days

(B) 34 days

(C) 38 days

(D) 56 days

(E) None of these

4) A solution of salt and water contains 15% salt by weight. Of it 30 kg. water evaporates and the solutions now contains 20% of salt. Find the original quantity of solution ?

(A) 72 kg.

(B) 80 kg.

(C) 90 kg.

(D) 120 kg.

(E) None of these

5) Three taps A, B and C can fill a tank in 12 hours, 15 hours and 20 hours respectively. First tap opened at 7 am., 2nd tap opened at 10 am. and 3rd tap opened at 11 am. At what time the tank will fill completely?

(A) 6 pm.

(B) 2 pm.

(C) 3 pm.

(D) 1 pm.

(E) None of these

6) When price of milk increased by 25% by what percentage a household should reduce consumption of the milk, so that total expenditure increased by only 10% ?

(A) 15 %

(B) 16 %

(C) 18 %

(D) 12 %

(E) None of these

7) 25 men can take 30 days to make 200 toys by working 6 hours/day. Find another group of 20 men can take how many days to make 400 toys by working 5 hours/day but efficiency of the first group is 3/2 times of the 2nd group?

(A) 135 days

(B) 90 days

(C) 40 days

(D) 45 days

(E) None of these

8) A group of 4 boys and 2 men can finish a work in 6 days, while another group of 5 boys and 6 men can finish the work in 4 days. In how many days 2 men and 4 boys will finish the work?

(A) 5 days

(B) 12 days

(C) 6 days

(D) 2 days

(E) None of these

9) When a train is running at a speed of 7/11 of its usual speed, it takes 22 hours to cover a certain distance. Find the actual time to cover the certain distance?

(A) 12 hours

(B) 3 hours

(C) 20 hours

(D) 14 hours

(E) None of these

10) Two trains running in opposite directions cross a man standing on platform in 28 sec and 15 sec respectively, and they cross to each other in 22 sec. Find the ratio of their speed ?

(A) 4 : 3

(B) 6 : 7

(C) 5 : 7

(D) 7 : 6

(E) None of these

Answers

1) Ans. (B) 37240

2) Ans. (B) 360

3) Ans. (B) 34 days

4) Ans. (D) 120 kg.

5) Ans. (B) 2 pm.

6) Ans. (D) 12 %

7) Ans. (A) 135 days

8) Ans. (C) 6 days

9) Ans. (D) 14 hours

10) Ans. (D) 7 : 6
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Useful English Questions for SSC CGL 2015 and SBI PO 2015

Items 1-5: Choose the right phrasal verb to fill in the gap in each:

1) Please tell me how the accident ____

(A) came by

(B) came out

(C) came about

(D) came across

2) She could not  _____ with her husband’s people.

(A) get over

(B) get through

(C) get about

(D) get on 

3) No doubt, Ammu ____ het mother.

(A) takes after

(B) takes in

(C) takes to

(D) takes up

4) The meeting has been _____ due to the demise of the Minister.

(A) called out

(B) called off

(C) called for

(D) called on

5) The strike by the workers was ____ with a heavy hand.

(A) set down

(B) got down

(C) put down

(D) taken down

6) The reported speech of: She has said, "I don't want to hear any excuses for your absence from the meeting."

(A) She said that she doesn't want to hear any excuses for my absence from the meeting.

(B) She said that she didn't want to heat any excuses for my absence from the meeting.

(C) She has said that she didn't want to hear any excuses for my absence from the meeting.

(D) She has said that she doesn't want to hear any excuses tor my absence from the meeting.

7) 'Please help me with a small loan' is an

(A) Exclamatory sentence

(B) Interrogative sentence

(C) Imperative sentence

(D) Assertive sentence

8) Having to chase a huge total, our batsmen are in full cry. 'In full cry' means?

(A) in full pursuit

(B) in full control

(C) in a hurry

(D) in an aggressive mood

9) He had a tete a tete with his boss. Tete a tete means?

(A) tea party

(B) private meeting

(C) confrontation

(D) quarrel

10) The reduction in corporate taxes has upped the ante of the stock market. 'Up the ante" means

(A) to reduce transactions

(B) to raise business

(C) to increase the prices

(D) to raise the level of something

Answers

1) Ans. (C) came about

2) Ans. (D) get on

3) Ans. (A) takes after

4) Ans. (B) called off

5) Ans.  (C) put down

6) Ans. (D) She has said that she doesn't want to hear any excuses tor my absence from the meeting.

7) Ans. (C) Imperative sentence

8) Ans. (A) in full pursuit

9) Ans. (B) private meeting

10) Ans. (D) to raise the level of something

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Quantitative Aptitude Quiz for SBI PO 2015

1) If cost price of 30 pens is equal to selling price of 24 pens, profit percentage is?

(A) 10%

(B) 20%

(C) 25%

(D) 16%

(E) None of these 

2)  In an election between two candidates one who got 35% of the votes lost the election by 720 votes. Then total votes polled in the election was?

(A) 1800

(B) 2400

(C) 3200

(D) 3800

(E) None of these

3) A number when divided by 91 gives a reminder 17. When the same number is divided by 13 the reminder will be?

(A)  2

(B) 4

(C) 5

(D) 1

(E) None of these

4) 25 litres of salt solution contains 6% salt. How many litres of water must he added so as to get a resultant solution containing 5% salt?

(A) 5 litres

(B) 4 litres

(C) 8 litres

(D) 6 litres

(E) None of these

5) The difference between simple interest and compound interest on a sum of money at 5% per annum for 2 years is Rs.100. The sum of the money is?

(A) 50000

(B) 42500

(C) 40000

(D) 25000

(E) None of these

6) In how many years a sum of money doubles in simple interest if rate of interest is 12%?

(A) 8 Years

(B) 12 years

(C) 8 & 1/3 years

(D) 14 years

(E) None of these

7) The average of 17 numbers is 45. The average of first 9 of these numbers is 51 and last 9 of these numbers is 36. What is the ninth number?

(A) 16

(B) 18

(C) 15

(D) 17

(D) None of these

8) The price of an article is cut by 10%. To restore it to the former price the new price must be increased by?

(A) 11%

(B) 10%

(C) 11 &1/9%

(D) 10 & 1/9%

(E) None of these

9)  By Selling 66 pens one gain selling price of 22 pens. Gain percentage is

(A) 20%

(B) 40%

(C) 25%

(D) 50%

(E) None of these

10)  If the length of a rectangle is increased by 30%, its breadth is increased by 20%. Its area will be increased by? 

(A) 50%

(B) 53%

(C) 52%

(D) 56%

(E)None of these

Answers

1) Ans. (C) 25%

Solution: If cost price of x articles is equal to selling price of y articles, then

Profit% = ((x-y/y)*100) %

2) Ans. (B) 2400

3) Ans. (B) 4

4) Ans. (A) 5 litres

5) Ans. (C) 40000

Solution: Formulae for difference between simple interest and compound interest = PR^2/10000

6) Ans. (C) 8 & 1/3 years

7) Ans. (B) 18

8) Ans. (C) 11 &1/9%

9) Ans. (D) 50%

10) Ans. (D) 56%

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Essay competition for SBI PO 2015

Friends.. Today we are starting a new segment in our blog. As you know, now essay writing has become an important part of competitive exams having descriptive part, be it SBI PO, IBPS PO, UPSC Exams, IB Exams at all. Essay writing is an art. It is an interesting intellectual exercise where you can express your thoughts within a given particular topic and restrictive word count prescribed. Many candidates still fear writing essays. Confidence level of many candidates drops down reading the pattern of exams seeing "Essay" under descriptive topic. 

Essay is not a topic that is to be feared. Anybody can write write good essays. Of course, a good vocabulary will allow you to express exactly what you mean. But for a starter it is not necessary to have a great vocabulary in mind. Just try to express what is in your mind in simple words. Then one will certainly refer dictionaries for words that we cannot express at all within our confined vocabulary. That adds our vocabulary. The other time we sit down to write we have one more word added. Try to repeat the new words you learn as much as in your writing so that we don't forget it anymore. Try to write as much moke essays as you can.

From today, we are giving a chance to all our followers to write essays on topics that have chances to be asked in SBI PO 2015 mains exam. Topic for today is

"Is our education system needs a change?"

Essay should be below 250 words. We don't encourage plagiarism. So the essays submitted by you must be written by yourself and not copied from other websites. As an encouragement for you, we will be publishing two winners for each essay. You can submit your essays using Google Forms from below link or by e-mail over currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com.

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SBI PO Prelims 2015- Reasoning Ability Questions for Practice

1) A group of 1200 persons consisting of captains and soldiers is travelling in a train. For every 15 soldiers there is one captain. The number of captains in the group is ?

(A) 70

(B) 75

(C) 80

(D) 85

2) Moon : Satellite :: Earth : ?

(A) Sun

(B) Planet

(C) Solar System

(D) Asteroid

3) If TAP is coded as SZO, then how is FREEZE coded?

(A) ATSSTS

(B) EQDDYD

(C) ESDDYD

(D) EQDDZD

4) Complete the series: 1,6,13,22,33,...

(A) 46

(B) 48

(C) 49

(D) 51

5) Choose the word which is least like the other words.

(A) Book

(B) Paper

(C) Pencil

(D) Pen

6) In a certain code, POETRY is written as QONDSQX and OVER is written as PNUDQ. How is MORE written in that code language?

(A) LNNQD                               

(B) NNNQD       

(C) NLNQD                                

(D) NLPQD

7) In a certain code SENSITIVE is written as QHLVGWGYC how is MICROSOFT written in that code?

(A) KGAQMDT

(B) QKETQUQHV

(C) KLAUMVMIR

(D) LKBTNUNHS

Following questions are based on five words given below :

WIT,  BAR,  URN, ELF,  TOP

(The new words formed after performing the mentioned operations may or may not necessarily be meaningful English words)

8) If in each of the words, all the alphabets are arranged in English alphabetical order within the word, how many words will NOT begin with a vowel ?

(A) None

(B) One

(C) Two

(D) Three

9) How many letters are there in the English alphabetical series between second letter of the word which is second from the right and the third letter of the word which is third from the left of the given words ?

(A) One

(B) Two

(C) Five

(D) Four

10) If in each of the given words, each of the consonants is changed to previous letter and each vowel is changed to next letter in the English alphabetical series, in how many words thus formed will no vowels appear ?

(1) None

(2) One

(3) Two

(4) Three

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Answers

1) Ans. (B) 75. In normal mode we divide 1200/15. But read again, for every 15 soldiers there is one captain also. But out of 16 persons there is one captain. So answer is 1200/16= 75.

2) Ans. (B) Planet

3) Ans. (B) EQDDYD

4) Ans. (A) 46

5) Ans. (A) Book. Others are stationary items.

6) Ans. (C) NLNQD  

7) Ans. (C) KLAUMVMIR

8) Ans. (B) One

9) Ans. (A) One

10) Ans. (4) Three

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