Sample Paper
State Bank of Pakistan
Banking Services Corporation
YPIP 4th Batch
VERBAL
Question (1) following the passage refers to the numbered
sentences in the passage. Answer the question by choosing the
best alternative using logic and organization.
1
Left as it
Changed
Changed
Changed
Changed
is
to
to
to
to
worse
the best
anterior
better
is a short amount of
is a small amount of
are very few
is very few
were very few
5. What helped money move more quickly through the economy in the
1920s?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The
The
The
The
growth of railroads
growth of banks and financial institutions
rate at which people paid back their loans
increase in installment purchases
A consumer good
A household appliance
An extravagant purchase
A new invention
7. According to the passage, how did the rise of consumer credit change
people's attitudes toward debt and spending?
A.
B.
C.
D.
QUANTITATIVE
8. During a certain week, a post office sold Rs.280 worth of 14-paisas
stamps. How many of these stamps did they sell?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
20
2,000
3,900
20,000
39,200
9. What is the percent profit made on the sale of 1,000 shares of stock
bought at Rs.10 per share and sold at Rs.12 per share?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
0.2%
2%
2
16 %
3
20%
25%
10.A discount of 15 percent from a marked price produces a net price which
is what percent of the marked price.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
0.15%
0.85%
15%
85%
115%
1
3
33
5
7
n +1
n(n + 2)
n(n + 1)
n(n +4)
(n + 1)(n + 3)
13.What is the effect on area of circle if its radius is cut down to half?
A.
B.
C.
D.
remains same
becomes half
becomes quarter
may or may not change
30
10
15
20
D
E
F
G
16.A banana is to the peeling and an ear of corn is to the husk as an egg is
to:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Omelet
Shell
Cob
Hen
Food
/, x, +
-, +,+
18.If 5th of the month falls two days after Monday, what day of the week
will fall on 19th of the month?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
19.Give one letter which can be taken out of all the following words to make
new words:
OUNCE, BOUND, HOUSE, POUND
A.
B.
C.
D.
O
E
A
U
10
27
18
41
Anwar Ibrahim
Abdullah Badavi
Mahatir Muhammad
None of the above
Hashmi Rafsanjani
Sayyed Muhammad Khatami
Ayyatullah Khamenai
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
March
March
March
March
March
11,
12,
13,
14,
25,
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
24.The United States has granted the status of major non-NATO ally to
which one of the following countries recently?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Pakistan
India
Afghanistan
Myanmar
25.The distance of the planets from the sun in the increasing order is
A.
B.
C.
D.
Myanmar
Ivory Coast
Namibia
Djibouti
Bhul-e-Shah
Sultan Bahu
Waris Shah
Ustaad Daman
Allama Iqbal
ANSWER KEY
Q #.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Right Choice
E
C
B
C
B
A
D
B
D
D
A
C
C
B
B
B
A
A
D
B
C
D
B
A
A
A
C