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SBI PO Memory based Preliminary Exam Paper 2015

Directions (1-5): Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow:
Candidates who appeared and passed in the test from four schools in six different years

1. What was the total number of failed A. 11 : 4 B. 11 : 5

candidates from school-C in the year 2008 C. 5 : 11 D. 9 : 11
and the number of candidates who E. None of these
appeared in the exam from school-D in the 4. Number of candidates who passed in the
year 2006? exam from school B in the year 2005 was
A. 335 B. 325 approximately what percent of number of
C. 322 D. 332 candidates who appeared from school-A in
E. None of these the year 2008?
2. In which year was the difference between A. 76 B. 87
the number of candidates who appeared C. 90 D. 84
and passed in the exam from school-B E. 80
second lowest? 5. What was the approximate percent
A. 2004 B. 2005 increase in the number of candidates who
C. 2006 D. 2007 passed in the exam from school-A in the
E. 2008 year 2009 as compared to the previous
3. What was the respective ratio between the year?
number of candidates who appeared from A. 22 B. 39
school-C in the year 2006 and the number C. 26 D. 30
of candidate who passed in the exam from E. 34
school-D in the year 2009?

Direction (6-10): Study the following graph carefully to answer these questions.
Quantity of Wheat (in thousand tonnes) Exported by three companies over the year

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6. What is the percent increase in export of A. 46 years B. 57years

company C from 2004 to 2008? C. 45 years D. 69 years
A. 50 B. 33.33 E. None of these
C. 150 D. 133.33 15. A, B and C started a business with their
E. 123.33 investment in the ratio 1 : 3 : 5. After 4
7. Total export of company A for all the year is months, A invested the twice the same amount
approximately what percent of the total export as before while B and C withdrew half of their
of company B for all the year? investment. The ratio of their profits at the end
A. 75 B. 128 of the year is?
C. 139 D. 68 A. 4 : 3 : 5 B. 5 : 6 : 10
E. 72 C. 6 : 5 : 10 D. 10 : 5 : 6
8. Percent rise in exports from the previous years E. None of these
was the maximum during which year of the 16. A basket contains 8 red, 4 black, 3 green
company B? flowers. If three flowers are picked at random,
A. 2005 B. 2004 what is the probability that at least one is
C. 2006 D. 2008 green
E. None of these A. 47/91 B. 4/13
C. 13/53 D. 57/91
9. What is the average export of the company B
E. None of these
for all the year?
17. A person deposits an equal amount of Rs. 8000
A. 766.67 B. 667.14
in two different banks on different interest
C. 657.14 D. 756.57
rates. After three years, the difference
E. 576.41
between the interest received from these two
10. What is the ratio between total export of the banks is Rs.576. What is the difference
three companies in 2003 and 2006 between their interest rates?
respectively? A. 2.5% B. 2.4%
A. 41:29 B. 51:29 C. 3.2% D. 4.3%
C. 29:59 D. 29:41 E. 3.4%
E. None of these 18. The area of a square is equal to the area of a
11. In 330 litres of mixtures of milk and water, rectangle. The difference between the length
water is only 24%. The milkman sold 80 litres and the breadth of the rectangle is 48 cm and
of this mixture and then he added 60 litres of the breadth of the rectangle is one-fourth of
pure milk and 26 litres of pure water in the its length. What is the side of the square?
remaining mixture. What is the percentage of A. 32cm
water in the final mixture? B. 16cm
A. 39.70% B. 25. 59% C. 64cm
C. 34. 68% D. 37. 34% D. Cannot be determined
E. 16. 89% E. None of these
12. A boat can travel 15 km downstream in 18 19. A shopkeeper sold an item for 6080 after
min. The ratio of the speed of the boat in still giving 20% discount on the labelled price and
water to the speed of the stream is 4 : 1. How made 18% profit on the cost price. What would
much time will the boat take to cover 10 km have been the percentage profit if he had not
upstream? given the discount?
A. 22 min B. 25 min A. 45.5% B. 47.5%
C. 20 min D. 33 min C. 55% D. 42%
E. 30 min E. 54%
13. A and B together can do a work in 12 days. B
Directions (20-24): In each on the following
and C together do it in 15 days. If A's
question two equations are given. You have to
efficiency is twice that of C, then the days
solve the equations.
required for B alone to finish the work is
A. 60 B. 30 20. I. x2 -14x + 48 = 0
C. 20 D. 15 II. y2 + 6 = 5y
E. None of these A. x>y B. xy
14. The ratio of the present age of Manoj to that C. x<y D. xy
of Waseem is 3:8. Waseem is 12 years E. x=y or relation cant be established.
younger than Rohan. Rohans age after 7 years 21. I. x2 + 9x + 20 = 0
will be 75 years. What is the present age of II. y2 + 7y + 12 = 0
Manojs father, who is 25 years older than A. x>y B. xy
Manoj? C. x<y D. xy
E. x=y or relation cant be established.
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22. I. x2=529 33. What will come in the place of the question
mark in the following series?
II. y 529
949, 189.8, ?, 22.776, 11.388, 6.8328
A. x>y B. xy A. 48.24 B. 53.86
C. x<y D. xy C. 74.26 D. 56.94
E. x=y or relation cant be established. E. None of these
23. I. x2 + 13x = -42
34. 248, 217, 188, 165, ?, 129, 116
II.y2 + 16y + 63 = 0
A. 144 B. 136
A. x>y B. xy
C. 134 D. 146
C. x<y D. xy
E. None of these
E. x=y or relation cant be established.
35. A sum is divided among A, B & C such that if
24. I.2x + 3y = 14
their respective shares are increased by
II.4x + 2y = 16
Rs.120, Rs.150 & Rs.90 respectively, their
A. x>y B. xy
shares are in the ratio 9:8:6 & the total
C. x<y D. xy
amount is Rs. 2300. Their initial shares were
E. x=y or relation cant be established.
in the ratio of?
A. 6:5:4 B. 78:65:51
Directions (25-29): What approximate value
will come in place of the question mark (?) in C. 71:63:57 D. 7:6:5
the following questions? E. 39:32:27

25. (47% of 1442 - 36% of 1412) 63=? Directions (36-40): Study the following
A. 4 B. 5 information and answer the questions.
C. 3 D. 6 Nilesh, Sneha, Mohan, Sushil, Teena, Aman,
E. 1 Varun and Vikas are sitting in a straight line
26. 2418.065 + 88 14.2 6 = ? but not necessarily in the same order. Some of
A. 1059 B. 2419 them are facing south while the remaining are
C. 2496 D. 2455 facing north.
E. 1985
27. 898 (12.005)2 + ? = 5000 (Note: Same Direction means that if one
A. 680 B. 720 person is facing north then the other also faces
C. 750 D. 620 north and if one person is facing south then
E. 630 the other person also faces south. Opposite
28. 47.03 * 26.96 +14.98 *(42870)1/3=? Direction means that if one person is facing
A. 1795 B. 1820 north then the other person faces south and
C. 1750 D. 1940 vice versa).
E. 1860 Sneha and Aman face opposite directions and
29. Simplify: Aman sits fourth to the right of Sneha. Varun
(119 + 49.06 6.998) * 124.9 5.13 sits second to the left of Teena. The immediate
A. 250 B. 350 neighbour of Sushil face same direction as
C. 450 D. 550 Sushil. Nilesh sits second to the left of Aman.
E. 650 The immediate neighbour of Nilesh faces the
30. What should come in the place of the question same direction as Varun. Vikas is not an
mark in the following series? immediate neighbour of Varun. Both the
3, 4, 12, 45, 196, ? immediate neighbours of Sneha face opposite
A. 1000 B. 1005 directions. One of the immediate neighbour of
C. 1025 D. 1015 Vikas faces north. Teena is not third from the
E. None of these right end if we face north. Mohan is at the
31. What should come in place of question mark fourth position with respect to Nilesh. Vikas is
(?) in the following number of series? not facing south. Both the immediate
26, 38, ?, 68, 86 neighbours of Varun face same direction.
A. 42 B. 49 Varun is third to the right of Sneha. Mohan is
C. 52 D. 55 not facing north.
E. None of these 36. What is the position of Mohan with respect to
32. What should come in the place of the question Sushil?
mark in the following series? A. Second to the right
45030, 9000, 1795, 355, 68, ? B. Third to the right
A. 11.6 B. 12.2 C. Third to the left
C. 10.4 D. 9.8 D. Fourth to the left
E. None of these E. None of these

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37. If Teena and Aman interchange their places 44. Point P is 20m to the north of point Q. Point R
and Vikas and Mohan interchange their places is 10m to the west of point P. Point S is 15m
then who among the following will be fourth to to the south of point R. Point T is exactly
the left of Aman? midway between point S and point U in such a
A. Teena B. Nilesh manner that point S,T and U form a horizontal
C. Mohan D. Vikas straight line of 20m. Point U is to the east of
E. None of these point S. Point V is 15m to the north of point U.
38. Who among the following sits at the extreme How far and in which direction is point V from
left end of the line? point P?
A. 15m towards west
A. Sneha
B. 20m towards north
B. Sushil C. 10m towards west
C. Nilesh D. 10m towards east
D. Cant be determined E. 15m towards east
E. None of these 45. Kunal walks 10 kilometres towards North.
39. What is the position of Vikas with respect to From there, he walks 6 kilometres towards
that person who is second to the left of Mohan? South. Then, he walks 3 kilometres towards
A. Immediate Left East. How far and in which direction is he with
reference to his starting point?
B. Immediate right
A. 5 kilometres West
C. Second to the right B. 5 kilometres North-east
D. Third to the left C. 7 kilometres East
E. None of these D. 7 kilometres West
40. Which of the following statements is true? E. None of these
A. Sneha sits second to the left of Mohan
B. Vikas sits on the immediate right of Directions (46-50): In each of the questions
Varun below is given four statements followed by
C. Sushil sits on the immediate left of three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You
Sneha and is facing north have to take the given statements to
D. Only three person are facing north be true even if they seem to be at variance
from commonly known facts. Read all the
E. None of these
conclusions and then decide which of the given
conclusions logically follows from the given
Directions (41-45): Study the following statements disregarding commonly known
information carefully and answer the questions facts.
given below:
46. Statements : All stones are poles. All poles are
G is the father of H and I. H is the sister of J. desks.
J is the daughter of K. K has only three Some desks are nets. All nets are days.
children. L is the daughter-in-law of G. M is the Conclusions :
daughter of L. M is the sister of N. I. Some nets are stones.
41. As per the given information, how is G related II. Some desks are stones.
to M? III. Some days are desks.
A. Brother-in-law B. Father A. Only I and II follow
C. Father-in-law D. Grandfather B. Only I and III follow
E. Cannot be determined C. Only II and III follow
D. All I, II and III follow
42. If N is married to Z, then how is Z related to
E. None of the above
L?
47. Statements : Some stations are rails. All rails
A. Son are rivers. All rivers are papers. Some papers
B. Cant be determined are cards.
C. Daughter Conclusions :
D. Brother-in-law I. Some cards are stations.
E. Niece II. Some rivers are stations.
43. As per the given information, how is I related III. Some cards are rivers
to K? A. None follows
B. Only I follows
A. Niece B. Son
C. Only II follows
C. Daughter D. Son-in-law
D. Only III follows
E. Nephew
E. Only II and III follow

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48. Statements : No table is wood. Some woods A. Only II

are chairs. All chairs are stones. B. I and either II or III only
Conclusions : C. Either II or III only
I. No stone is table. D. Either I or IV only.
II. Some stones are woods E. None of these.
A. Only conclusion I follows. 54. Direction:
B. Only conclusion II follows Statement:
C. Either conclusion I or II follows R< P=Q<G,A>M=B>D, A=G
D. Neither conclusion I nor II follows. Conclusion:
E. Both conclusions I and II follow. I. G>B
49. Statements: All letters are black. All black II. Q>D
are blue. No blue is green. III. A>P
Conclusions A. Only I is true
I. No letter is green. B. Only II is true
II. Most blue are black. C. Only I and III are true ]
A. Only conclusion I follows. D. Only I and II are true
B. Only conclusion II follows E. None of these
C. Either conclusion I or II follows 55. Statement:
D. Neither conclusion I nor II follows. B > G > A > C, D=K<P=V, C>V
E. Both conclusions I and II follow. Conclusion:
50. Statements : Some eyes are ears. Some ears I. G > C
are hands. II. V>K
Conclusions : I. No hand is an eye. III. D< G
II. Some eyes are hands A. Only I is true
A. Only conclusion I follows. B. Only II is true
B. Only conclusion II follows C. Only II and III are true
C. Either conclusion I or II follows D. All are true
D. Neither conclusion I nor II follows. E. None of these
E. Both conclusions I and II follow.
Directions (56-60): Study the following
Directions (51-55): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions
information carefully and answer the questions given below:
given below:
In a certain language, enjoy the places of
51. What will come in place of the question mark India is written as pi da ni ea ba.neat and
(?) to make the expressions B < D s well as clean places is written as ri la ma da, India
A > S definitely true? is clean country is written as ki la sa ea,
S=N<B?A<D enjoy the neat environment is written as ba
A. > B. < ma pi zi.
C. > D. < 56. What is the code for India in the given code
E. None of these language?
52. Which conclusion is definitely true, given that A. da B. ea
A > B > R, S> T >P, S>R. C. ma D. ni
Conclusions: E. None of these
I. T > R 57. What is the code for enjoy clean environment
II. B < P in the given code language?
III. S < P A. ba la zi
A. Only conclusion II is true B. pi la zi
B. Only conclusion I is true C. Either A or B
C. None of the conclusion is true D. Cant be determined
E. None of these
D. All are true
58. What does ma stand for?
E. Only conclusion III is true
A. neat B. clean
53. Which conclusion is definitely true, given that
C. environment D. India
MN=O>P<Q
E. None of these
Conclusions: 59. What is the code for places in the given code
(I) N = Q language?
(II) O < Q A. ea B. ni
(III) O > Q C. ma D. da
(IV) O > M E. None of these

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60. da ma is the code for which of the following?

A. clean places Eight persons A,B,C,D,E,F,G and H live on
B. neat places eight different floors of a building but not
C. neat environment necessarily in the same order. The lower most
D. enjoy clean floor of the building is numbered one, the one
E. None of these above that is numbered two and so on till the
topmost floor is numbered eight. Each of them
belongs to different countries viz, China, India,
Directions (61-65): Read the following
Japan, Russia, France, USA, UK and Canada,
information and then answer the questions
but not necessarily in the same order.
below:
Only two people live between C and D. D does
not live on the lower most floor. Only three
Eight persons-P, S, Q, R, U, B, J and C are
people live between D and the one belongs to
sitting in a field in a circle. Three are facing
France. E lives immediately above A. E lives on
opposite side and other five are facing the
an even numbered floor. A does not belong to
centre. S is sitting to the third right of B. R is
France. A lives neither on the floor numbered
not an immediate neighbour of C. Q is sitting
three or five. Only two people live between A
to the third to the left of R, who is second right
and the one belongs to UK. Only one person
of P, and among these three, one is facing
lives between the one belongs to UK and the
opposite to the centre of circle. Two persons
one belongs to Canada. The one belongs to
are sitting between C and U and two are sitting
Canada lives below the one belongs to UK. B
between B and U. Q is sitting second to the left
lives immediately above G. Only one person
of J, who is facing the centre of the circle. S is
lives between G and the one belongs to Japan.
facing the centre of the circle. U is not an
F does not belong to Russia. A does not belong
immediate neighbour of R. B is facing the
to India. The one belongs to Russia lives on an
center. Q faces the same direction as R.
even numbered floor. Only three people live
61. Who sits to the immediate left of U? between the one belongs to Russia and C. The
A. Q B. S one belongs to USA lives immediately above
C. J D. B the one belongs to China.
E. R 66. Which of the following pairs represent those
62. What is the position of R, with respect to C? who live immediately above and immediately
A. Second to the left below D?
B. Second to the right A. H, B B. B, C
C. Third to the right C. A, G D. H, G
D. Immediate right
E. None of these
E. None of these
67. Four of the following five are alike in a certain
63. Which of the following pairs sits between S and
way as per the given arrangement and so form
B?
a group. Which of the following does not
A. P & R B. C & P belong to that group?
C. R & J D. Q & U
A. A Floor numbered five
E. R & C
B. G Floor numbered six
64. Starting from Bs position, if all the eight
persons are arranged in alphabetical order in C. B Floor numbered two
clockwise direction, the seating position of how D. D Floor numbered seven
many persons (excluding B) would not be E. H Floor numbered eight
change? 68. H belongs to which of the following countries?
A. One B. Two A. India B. USA
C. Three D. More than three C. UK D. Russia
E. None of these E. None of these
65. Who among the following persons sits second
69. F belongs to which of the following countries?
to the left of P?
A. Q B. S A. India B. USA
C. R D. B C. China D. Japan
E. U E. None of these
70. A lives on which of the following floors?
Direction (66-70): Study the following A. Five B. Three
information carefully and answer the questions C. Seven D. One
given below:
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stable and just societies; Achieve

Directions (71-75): Each sentence below
internationally agreed goals for development,
has two blanks, each blank indicating that
sustainability and human rights; Improve
something has been omitted. Choose the set
quality of life for women, men, families and
of words for each blank that best fits the
communities; and Propel businesses
meaning of the sentence as a whole.
operations and goals. Yet, ensuring the
71. Water-borne diseases are the most .......... inclusion of womens talents, skills, experience
causes of infant deaths ......... the world. and energies requires intentional actions and
A. rare, according deliberate policies. The Womens
B. regular, at Empowerment Principles, a partnership
C. related, across initiative of UN Women and UN Global
D. common, throughout Compact (UNGC), provide a set of
E. large, around considerations to help the private sector focus
72. If there is nothing to absorb the energy of on key elements integral to promoting gender
sound waves, they travel on .........., but their equality in the workplace, marketplace and
intensity ........... as they travel further from community. Enhancing openness and inclusion
their source. throughout corporate policies and operations
A. everlasting, decreases requires techniques, tools and practices that
B. always, improves bring results. The Womens Empowerment
C. forever, inclines Principles, forged through an international
D. steadily, deflates multi-stakeholder consultative process,
E. indefinitely, diminishes provide a gender lens through which
73. Despite a growing ......... that a lot needs to business can survey and analyze current
be done to help those without clean water, a practices, benchmarks and reporting
........ says that more than 34 million people practices. Informed by real-life business
die every year of water borne diseases. practices, the Principles help companies tailor
A. interest, reason existing policies Introduction and programmes
B. recognition, report or establish needed new ones to realize
C. fantasy, review womens empowerment. The Principles also
D. authority, legend reflect the interests of governments and civil
E. turbulence, logic society and support interactions among
74. Each occupation has its own....... bankers, stakeholders as achieving gender equality
lawyers and computer professionals, for requires the participation of all actors. As a
example all use among themselves...... that leader in gender equality, UN Women brings
outsiders find difficult to follow. decades of experience to this partnership
A. merits, incidents effort with the UN Global Compact, the worlds
B. disadvantages, methods largest corporate citizenship initiative with
C. rewards, endearment more than 8,000 business participants and
D. jargon, language other stakeholders involved in more than 135
E. problems, fundamentals countries. In an increasingly globalized and
75. Under the strategic concept of marketing, the interconnected world, utilizing all social and
_____________ of marketing shifts from the economic assets is crucial for success. Yet,
customer or the product to the customer in the despite progress, women continue to confront
_________of the broader external discrimination, marginalization and exclusion,
environment. even though equality between men and
A. Efficiency, topic women stands as a universal international
B. Focus, context precepta fundamental and inviolable human
C. Aim, subject right. Nearly all countries have affirmed this
D. Power, discourse value through their recognition of the
E. Objective, issue standards contained in international human
rights treaties, which articulate for states a
Directions (76-85): Read the following broad range of civil, political, economic, social
passage carefully and answer the given and cultural rights. Distinctive documents
questions. Certain words/phrases are given in highlight a spectrum of state responsibilities
bold to help you to locate them while and human rights protections for women,
answering some of the questions. indigenous peoples, children, workers and
people with disabilities. Additionally,
Empowering women to participate fully in
internationally agreed on documents such as
economic life across all sectors and throughout
the Beijing Platform for Action adopted by all
all levels of economic activity is essential
189 countries at the UN Fourth World
to: Build strong economies; Establish more
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Conference on Women in 1995 and the partnership, UN Women and the UN Global
Millennium Declaration adopted by 189 Compact offer the Womens Empowerment
countries in 2000, contribute to the Principles in the hope that using them as a
overarching human rights framework. targeted gender lens inspires
1. These international standards illuminate our and intensifies the efforts to bring women in at
common aspiration for a life where the doors all levels.
of opportunity are open to all. Where people
can live free from violence, exercise legal 76. Which of the following is/ are the reason(s) for
redress and expect states to live up to their Empowering women to participate fully in
obligations to respect and protect the human economic life across all sectors and throughout
rights of women, men and children and all levels of economic activity is essential to?
provide appropriate government services such A. Build strong economies
as education and health. B. Establish more stable and just societies
These conventions inform national law and C. Achieve internationally agreed goals for
help shape common values adopted by development, sustainability and human
institutions throughout the world. Business rights
leaders, working in close association with their D. Improve quality of life for women,
peers, with governments, nongovernmental men, families and communities;
organizations and the United Nations. and Propel businesses operations and
2. seek to apply these international standards goals
that uphold an individuals rights through their E. All of the above
specifically designed policies and programmes. 77. How partnerships play an increasingly vital
Their corporate commitment, reflected role In a globally interdependent political,
through the companys mission statement and social and economic environment?
supported through public reporting on policies A. Create a vibrant business environment
and practices, attests to the growing involving a broad spectrum of actors,
realization of how important these values are collaborators, contributors and innovators
to business and their communities. to open opportunities for women
3. While much has been accomplished through and men
the integration of principles and actions on B. Enable the active and interactive
corporate responsibility, diversity and participation of governments,
inclusion, the full participation of women international financial institutions, the
throughout the private sector from the CEOs private sector, investors,
office to the factory floor to the supply chain nongovernmental organizations,
remains unfulfilled. Current research academia and professional
demonstrating that gender diversity helps organizations to work together
business perform better signals that self C. In an increasingly globalized and
interest and common interest can come interconnected world, utilizing all social
together. UN Women, the UN Global Compact, and economic assets is crucial for
other leading UN agencies, the World Bank and success
the World Economic Forum, reinforce these D. Both A and B
findings. E. All of the above
4. Governments also recognize that womens 78. Which of the following provide a set of
inclusion drives development, and considerations to help the private sector focus
acknowledge that achieving the Millennium on key elements integral to promoting gender
Development Goals and national economic and equality in the workplace, marketplace and
development plans requires rapidly moving community?
towards gender equality. A. a partnership initiative of UN Women
5. In a globally interdependent political, social and UN Global Compact (UNGC)
and economic environment, partnerships play B. UN Fourth World Conference on
an increasingly vital role to Create a vibrant Women
business environment involving a broad C. World labor organization
spectrum of actors, collaborators, contributors D. World economic forum
and innovators to open opportunities for E. All of the above
women and men; and Enable the active and 79. Which among the following is FALSE according
interactive participation of governments, to the passage given above?
international financial institutions, the private A. Distinctive documents highlight a
sector, investors, nongovernmental spectrum of state responsibilities and
organizations, academia and professional human rights protections for women,
organizations to work together. In the spirit of indigenous peoples, children, workers
and people with disabilities
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B. UN Women and the UN Global Compact A. Building of these structures requires a lot
offer the Womens Empowerment of fuel to be burnt which emits a
Principles in the hope that using them as large amount of carbon dioxide in the
a targeted gender lens inspires atmosphere.
and intensifies the efforts to bring B. The major source of carbon dioxide is
women in at all levels power plants.
C. ensuring the inclusion of womens C. Another twenty per cent of carbon
talents, skills, experience and energies dioxide emitted in the atmosphere
requires intentional actions and comes from burning of gasoline in the
deliberate policies engines of vehicles.
D. Enhancing openness and inclusion
D. Buildings, both commercial and
throughout corporate policies and
residential represent a larger source of
operations requires techniques, tools
global warming pollution than the said
and practices that bring results
cars and trucks.
E. None of These
80. What according to the passage Current E. The major cause of global warming is the
research demonstrate? emission of greenhouse gases like
A. Establish benchmarks that quantify carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous
inclusion of women at all levels oxide, etc. into the atmosphere.
B. Support gender-sensitive solutions to F. These power plants emit large amounts
credit and lending barriers of carbon dioxide produced from
C. gender diversity helps business burning of fossil fuels for the purpose of
perform better signals that self interest electricity generation.
and common interest can come
86. Which of the following should be the SECOND
together
sentence after rearrangement?
D. Ensure that workplace policies and
A. E B. B
practices are free from gender-based
C. C D. D
discrimination
E. A
E. All of the above
87. Which of the following should be the THIRD
81. Which among the following is MOST SIMILAR
sentence after rearrangement?
in meaning to the word forged?
A. A B. B
A. recede B. retrogress
C. C D. D
C. prescribe D. adorn
E. E
E. back down
88. Which of the following should be the FIRST
82. Which among the following is MOST OPPOSITE
sentence after rearrangement?
in meaning to the word reinforce?
A. fortify B. harden A. A B. B
C. trigger D. emphasize C. C D. D
E. undermine E. E
83. Which among the following is MOST SIMILAR 89. Which of the following should be the SIXTH
in meaning to the word articulate? sentence after rearrangement?
A. describes B. sophisticated A. A B. B
C. aligned D. unintelligible C. C D. D
E. misrepresented
E. E
84. Which among the following is MOST OPPOSITE
in meaning to the word conventions? 90. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
sentence after rearrangement?
A. rally B. clambake
C. strangeness D. show A. A B. B
E. assemblage C. C D. D
85. Which among the following is MOST SIMILAR E. E
in meaning to the word intensifies?
A. soothe B. flak Directions (91-95): Read each sentence to
C. accent D. freak find out whether there is any grammatical
E. weaken mistake/ error in it. The error, if any, will be in
Directions (86-90): Rearrange the following one part of the sentence. Mark the part with
six sentences A, B, C, D, E and F in the proper the error as your answer. If there is no error,
sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; mark 'No error' as your answer. (Ignore the
then answer the questions given below them. errors of punctuation if any).

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appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in

91. Keeping in mind/that power cuts are on each case.
different days in different areas/the change in The Centres package of incentives to boost
the factory law would enable individual investments and job creation in the export-
factories within an area/to determining their oriented textile and apparel sector is a stitch
own weekly holidays. in time. That one of the economys largest
A. Keeping in mind employment generators outside agriculture
B. That power cuts are on different days in has been (1) ceding ground to smaller but
different areas nimbler competitors such as Bangladesh and
C. The change in the factory law would Vietnam has been a matter of concern for
enable individual factories within an industry and policymakers alike. The
area measures, aimed at (2) labour norms and
D. To determining their own weekly offering tax breaks, will give a big fillip to
holidays domestic garment-makers as they vie with
E. No Error producers in South and Southeast Asia to gain
a larger share of the U.S. and European Union
92. The Board's decision has provided (A) / markets. As the World Bank report, Stitches
employees with the opportunity (B) / to to Riches?, noted in April 2016, the potential
acquire up to 100 (C) / shares by the decrease in Chinese apparel exports as (3)
company. (D) / No error (E) costs in that country rise and manufacturing
A. The Board's decision has provided investments move up the value chain into
B. employees with the opportunity high-technology industries presents a huge
C. to acquire up to 100 opportunity for South Asian countries. The
D. shares by the company governments action will help tap this
E. No error opportunity. Of the Rs.6,000 crore earmarked
93. Attributing rise in inflation partly for for the package, Rs.5,500 crore is set apart for
withholding of food stocks by traders, (A) /the providing an additional 5 per cent duty (4) for
minister said that (B)/he was committed garments. Apparel-makers can now avail
(C)/to easing this supply side bottleneck (D)/ refunds on state levies paid by them as part of
No error (E) this benefit, a long-pending demand. The
A. Attributing rise in inflation partly for other announcement with an (5) fiscal
withholding of food stocks by traders, implication is the Rs.500 crore pencilled
B. The minister said that against additional incentives under the
C. He was committed Amended Technology Upgradation Funds
D. To easing this supply side bottleneck Scheme. Specifically, the subsidy provided to
E. No Error garment units has been increased to a healthy
94. According to the Labour Ministry, (A)/ the 25 per cent from 15 per cent. This should
money earned (B)/ by farmers is usually boost employment generation.
(C)/spent on buying newly equipment. (D)/No 96. Find out the appropriate word in each case
error (E) A. unintentionally B. steadily
A. 1 B. 2 C. unforeseen D. chancily
C. 3 D. 4 E. offhand
E. 5 97. Find out the appropriate word in each case
95. India's largest utility vehicle and tractor A. continuity B. triggering
maker/is again in the race to acquire/for a C. streamlining D. breezing
stake in Swedish company/which is a premium E. continuance
car maker. 98. Find out the appropriate word in each case
A. India's largest utility vehicle and A. depth B. halt
tractor maker C. stop D. wage
B. Is again in the race to acquire E. cease
C. For stake in Swedish company 99. Find out the appropriate word in each case
D. Which a premium car maker A. boon B. extra
E. No Error C. perfection D. benefit
Direction (96-100): In the following passage E. drawback
there are blanks each of which has been 100. Find out the appropriate word in each case
numbered. A. upfront B. untrustworthy
These numbers are printed below the pas-sage C. devious D. treacherous
and against each, five words/phrases are E. deceptive
suggested, one of which fits the blank
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