Answer key for SBI Clerical Cadre Exam Previous Year Question Paper – 6th January 2008:

 

1. E
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. A
8. E
9. C
10. B
11. E
12. B
13. C
14. A
15. A
16. E
17. D
18. D
19. E
20. E
21. B
22. B
23. E
24. B
25. E
26. E
27. D
28. E
29. A
30. A
31. B
32. B
33. E
34. C
35. E
36. D
37. C
38. C
39. A
40. B
41. D
42. C
43. D
44. A
45. B
46. D
47. A
48. C
49. B
50. E
51. C
52. E
53. B
54. D
55. B
56. (C) In C part not is redundant.
57. E
58. (A) Change ‘so’ to ‘as’.
59. (A) Change ‘is’ to ‘are’ because the subject is plural ‘lots of support’.
60. (B) Change ‘reconsidered’ to ‘reconsider or should reconsider’ because of parallelism of the twosentences.
61. (D) Change the position of adverb ‘well’, it should be used in the end of the sentence.
62. (E)
63. (C) Change ‘needy’ to ‘needed’ here we require a verb.
64. (D) Change ‘their’ to ‘its’ because its subject is singular.
65. (A) Change ‘truth’ to ‘true’ or ‘a truth’.
66. D
67. C
68. C
69. B
70. A
71. (B) Change ‘locale’ to ‘local’ here we want an adjective.
72. (A) Change ‘exicting’ to ‘existing’. Exciting is not appropriate.
73. (A) Change ‘responds’ to ‘response’.
74. (E) Change ‘adopted’ to ‘adapted’.75. (d) Change ‘currant’ to ‘current’.
75. A
76. C
77. B
78. E
79. E
80. (B) ? = (8·2% of 365) – (1·75% of 108)= 365 ´ – 108 ´= 29·93 – 1·89 = 28.04 Ans
82. (C) ? = [(135)2 ÷ 15 ´ 32] ÷ (24 ´ 45)= ÷ (1080)= = 36 Ans.

83. (D) ? 2 = (96)2 + (63)2 + (111)2 + 8350= 9216 + 3969 + 12321 + 8350= 33856 = (184)2? = 184 Ans.
84. (C) ? = 4368 + 2158 – 596 – 3421 – 1262= 6526 – 5279 = 1247 Ans.
85. (A) 2172 ÷ ? = 1832 – 956 – 514\ ? = == 6 Ans.
86. (B) ? = 666·06 + 66·60 + 0·66 + 6·06+ 6 + 60= 805·56 Ans.
87. (E) ? = 15·594 – 4·312 – 3·517 – 1·689= 15·594 – 9·518 = 6·076 Ans.
88. (A) ? = == 22 Ans.
89. (E) ? = 69 ÷ 3 ´ 0·85 + 14·5 – 3= 23 ´ 0·85 + 14·5 – 3= 19·55 + 14·50 – 3 = 34·05 – 3= 31·05 Ans.
90. (D) ? = (10)24 ´ (10)– 21= (10)24 – 21 = (10)3= 1000 Ans.
91. B
92. A
93. E
94. C
95. D
96. (B) Total no. of boys for all streams in 2004= 672 + 540 + 859 + 778 + 781= 3630 Ans.
97. (E) Reqd. Percentage= %= % = 15·84%16% (Approximate) Ans.
98. (D) Reqd. Ratio = (698 + 765 + 571 + 1288 + 1151) : (413 + 616 + 515 + 1016 + 1010)= (4473) : (3570)== 213 : 170 Ans.
99. (C) Reqd. Ratio = (770 + 667 + 778 + 849 + 562 + 1288) : (633 + 439 + 727 + 729 + 938 + 1016)= (4914) : (4482)= (91 ´ 54) : (83 ´ 54)= 91 : 83 Ans.1
100. (A) Average number of girls from Commerce Stream for the given years== = 681 Ans.
101. (D) ? = (935·82)2 = 875759·0724875800 (Approximate) Ans.
102. (E) ? = 628·306 + 6·1325 ´ 44·0268628 + 6 ´ 44 628 + 264900 (Approximate) Ans.
103. (B) ? = (739% of 383) ÷ 628= 2830·37 ÷ 628 4·50 (Approximate)Ans.
104. (A) ? = (9795 + 7621 + 938)÷ (541 + 831 + 496)= (18354) ÷ (1868) = 9·8259 (Approximate) Ans.
105. (C) ? = = 304·33304 (Approximate) Ans.

 

For questions 106 to 110, The data in the following table are based on the given information for these questions— Department Male Female Total H.R. 400 = 128350 ´= 77205 Management 56 ´= 84350 ´= 56140 P.R. 400 – (128 + 84 + 32 + 140) = 400 – 384= 16150 – 16= 134750 ´ = 150 I.T. 400 ´= 32350 – (77 + 56 + 134 + 70) = 350 – 337 = 1345 Recruitment 2 ´ 70= 140350 ´= 70210 Total 400350750

106. (B) Total No. of Females in I.T. and Recruit-ment Deptt. = 13 + 70 = 83 Ans.

 

107. (A) Number of females in H.R. Department= 22% of 350 = ´ 350 = 77 Ans.
108. (E) Required Percentage = ´ 100%= 17·06%= 17% (Approximate) Ans.
109. (C) Reqd. Percentage = ´ 100%= 11·94 Ans.
110. (D) Total number of employees in the Mana-gement = 84 + 56= 140 Ans.
111. (B) Let the annual rate of interest = R%, Then as per question— ˙.˙ 7128 =Þ R = = 12%Reqd. Compound Interest= 19800= 19800= 19800== Rs. 8017·5744 Ans.
112. (D) Let the original fraction be . Then=Þ == = Ans.
113. (E) Given Exp. = 26% of 55% of thof 6100= ´ ´ ´ 6100= 2 ´ ´ 10 ´ 61= 11 ´ 61 = 671 Ans.
114. (C) Let the ages of Aarzoo and Arnav are 11x and 13x yearsThen, as per question— ˙.˙ =Þ 260x + 140 = 253x + 161Þ (260 – 253)x = 161 – 140Þ 7x = 21x = 3Reqd. difference in years between their ages= 13x – 11x= 2 ´ 3 = 6 years Ans.
115. (A) Let the required number be x.˙.˙ ´ x = 17·25Þ x = 17·25 ´ 8 = 13873% of the number = ´ 138= 100·74 Ans.
116. (C) Reqd. Ratio=== = 16 : 23 Ans.

 

117. (B) Reqd. Percentage= %= % = 20·83% 21% (app.) Ans

.118. (A) Reqd. Ratio= (Girls Enrolled in Painting) :(Stitching) : (Pancing)= (250 + 225 + 150 + 175 + 300) : (325 + 250 + 50 + 250 + 325) : (150 + 200 + 75 + 400 + 350)= (1100) : (1200) : (1175)= 44 : 48 : 47 Ans.

119. (E) Reqd. Percentage = %= % = 20·689%20·69% Ans.
120. (D) Total number of girls enrolled in Painting from all the institutes= 250 + 225 + 150 + 175 + 300= 1100 Ans.

121. (A) T, R > M > P and T > R T is the oldest.
122. (C) All the rest are natural while ‘Dam’ is man made.
123. (E) The meaningful words formed with the letters ESRO are : ROSE, SORE, EROS and SERO.
124. (E) ? = 40 R 8 W 10 T 12 P 16= 40 ¸ 8 ´ 10 – 12 + 16= 408 ´ 10 – 12 + 16= 50 – 12 + 16= 54
125. (B) 2, 23, 234, 2345, 23456, 234567, 234 5
126. (D)ON, ST and AB.
127. (A) B ¾® 5 and M ¾® 9O ¾® 4 O ¾® 4A ¾® # R ¾® 1R ¾® 1 E ¾® $D ¾® 2HenceD ¾® 2R ¾® 1E ¾® $A ¾® #M ¾® 9
128. (D) 50 = (7)2 + 165 = (8)2 + 1170 = (13)2 + 1290 = (17)2 + 1But 255 is not like this.
129. (D) 51 22 33 15 66 98 89
130. (B) As, Similarly,
131. (E)Or Only I follows.
132. (B)Or Only II follows.
133. (C)Or Only either I or III follows.
134. (B)Only I and III follow.
135. (A)Or None follows.
136. (C) D F 1 and N P 6
137. (D) T 4 A , F 1 U and P 6 Q
138. (C) U # and I ©
139. (B)
140. (A) 12th element from the left is U and fourth to the left of U is %.
141. (E) 215349 ©APK%R
142. (C) 671254 *MA©P*
143. (B) 813469DAK%@R
144. (D) 794821 $ R%D©$
145. (A) 591426 @RA%©PFor Qs.

146 to 150Seating Plan is as shown below—

146. B
147. B
148. E
149. A
150. B
151. D => D $ N ® D > N, N # F ® N <> N <> F (False)
152. B => K © R ® K ≥ R, R $ F ® R > Fand F # B ® F <> F <> R (False)II. F # K ® F <> M, M © K ® M ≥ K and K # N ® K <> M ≥ K <> K (True)II. N $ M ® N > M (False)
153. D => F # T ® F < t =” W”> HF < t =” W”> HI. F # H ® F < r =” D” r =” D”> T (True)II. R $ T ® R > T (True)

 

161.B

162. C
163. A
164. D

165.C

166. C
167. E
168. A

169.B

170. E
171. C
172. E

173.E

174. E
175. B
176. A

177.D

178. D
179. D
180. E
181. C

182. C
183. E
184. E
185. D

186. B
187. A
188. D
189. B
190. A
191. E
192. C
193. A
194. D
195. C
196. A
197. D
198. E
199. E
200. E

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