COMPETITION MITRA

Ques. : 1 Name the women shuttler who clinched her maiden India Open Super Series title recently.

1) Carolina Marin

2) Saina Nehwal

3) Ratchanok Intanon

4) PV Sindhu

5) None of these

Ques. : 2 Who among the following is a deputy governor of the RBI as of now?

1) Pratip Chaudhuri

2) Usha Thorat

3) Subir Gokarn

4) SS Mundra

5) KC Chakrabarty

Ques. : 3 What is India’s ranking on the new index compiled by the UN trade body UNCTAD for assessing the readiness of countries for electronic commerce?

1) 63rd

2) 130th

3) 83rd

4) 75th

5) 92nd

Ques. : 4 The winner of the men’s singles title of the India Open Super Series badminton tournament is

1) Viktor Axelsen

2) Kidambi Srikanth

3) Lin Dan

4) Ajay Jayaram

5) Parupalli Kashyap

Ques. : 5 PM Narendra Modi in his address to a global energy conference, recently, appealed to people not to take subsidy if they can afford to buy LPG at market price. The govt targets that ________ will surrender the LPG subsidy.

1) ten crore

2) five crore

3) two crore

4) one crore

5) None of these

Ques. : 6 Which of the following countries is the world's largest B2C market measured both by the revenue and the number of online buyers as of now?

1) US

2) China

3) India

4) UK

5) Germany

Ques. : 7 The _________Group is the world's largest e-commerce company by gross merchandise value, volume of goods and services being transacted at present?

1) eBay

2) Amazon

3) Alibaba

4) Flipkart

5) None of these

Ques. : 8 Which country has topped the recently released UNCTAD’s new Business-to-Consumer (B2C) e-commerce, businesses selling to the general public, index?

1) Finland

2) Norway

3) Luxembourg

4) UK

5) China

Ques. : 9 The govt gave 'in principle' nod to Sagarmala project recently. This project is aimed at port-led development in

1) coastal states

2) Sri Lanka and Maldives

3) Mauritius and Seychelles

4) Bangladesh and Myanmar

5) None of these

Ques. : 10 A unique integrating and interactive platform named PRAGATI was launched by the PM Narendra Modi recently. Which of the following is correct about the programme?

1) It is aimed at addressing common man’s grievances.

2) It will monitor and review important programmes and projects of the central/state govts.

3) The interactive Pragati sessions will take place every second Saturday of the month.
4) All the above

5) Only 1) and 2)

ANSWERS
1. 2) Saina Nehwal
2. 4) SS Mundra
3. 3) 83rd
4. 2) Kidambi Srikanth
5. 4) one crore
6. 2) China
7. 3) Alibaba
8. 3) Luxembourg
9. 1) coastal states
10. 5) Only 1) and 2)

REASONING PUZZLES

Directions (1-2): These questions are based on the following information.

Six friends A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in a straight line. B sits third to the left of E, who sits at the end of the line. C is not an immediate neighbour of F and E. One person sits between B and D. F is sitting at the left end of the line.

1. What is the A’s position with respect of E?

(1) fourth right

(2) third right

(3) fourth left

(4) fifth left

(5) None of these

2. If all the six friends are made to sit alphabetically from right to left, position of how many of them will remain unchanged?

(1) None

(2) One

(3) Two

(4) Three

(5) None of these

Direction (3-8): Study the given information and answer the following questions:

Eight friends M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are sitting around circular table and belong to eight different states Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Kerala and Maharashtra. They read three Newspapers in Hindi, English and Punjabi. At least two persons read one news paper not necessarily in the same order.

Only P and Q read Hindi Newspaper. P is third to right of Q. M is from Kerala reads English Newspaper and is sitting immediate right of Q. R is from Chandigarh and reads Punjabi Newspaper. T reads the same Newspaper as S reads who is third to left of R and fourth to right of N. O is sitting exact opposite of P who belongs to UP. Persons who belong to Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh read English Newspaper. S is from Haryana while N is from Andhra Pradesh reads English Newspaper. T is from Punjab.

3. Who does not read English Newspaper?

(1) O (2) N

(3) M (4) T

(5) None of these

4. From which state Q belongs?

(1) UP (2) Bihar

(3) Maharashtra (4) Andhra Pradesh

(5) None of these

5. Which of the following is not correct combination?

(1) T-Punjab-Punjabi (2) Q-Kerala-Hindi

(3) O-Maharashtra-English

(4) P-UP-Hindi

(5) All are correct combinations

6. Which two persons are sitting adjacently who read Punjabi Newspapers?

(1) RT (2) RN

(3) RS (4) TS

(5) None of these

For Qs (7-8): on the basis of above arrangement four of the following forms a group which one does not related to the group?

7. (1) OQ (2) RN

(3) PT (4) MS

(5) MO

8. (1) PQ (2) RS

(3)TR (4) OM

(5)SN

Direction (9-10): In these questions, relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. These statements are followed by two conclusions. You have to find out which of the conclusion logically follows from the given statements.

9. Statements: X£ Y, Y ³ W, W < P, P £ M

Conclusions: I. M > W II. P > X III. X £ M

(1) only I follows (2) only II follows

(3) only III follows (4) only I and III follows

(5) None of these

10. Statements: P ³ Q, N £ S, Q > N S < T

Conclusions: I. T > Q, II. P ³ S III. Q > T IV. P > N

(1) only I and II follows (2) only I, II and III follows

(3) only III and IV follow (4) only II, III and IV follows

(5) None of these

Solutions (1-2)

1. 3
2. 3

Solutions (3-8)

3. (4):
4. (2):
5. (2):
6. (1):
7. (5):
8. (3):

Solutions (9-10)

BANKING AWARENESS

1. Which of the following is a third party product often sold by banks?

(a) Gift cheques

(b) Credit cards

(d) Mutual funds

(e) All of the above

2. The co-operative bank is governed by the banking regulation Act 1949 and co-operative societies Act of

(a) 1962

(b) 1963

(d) 1969

(e) 1965

3. A scheduled bank must be

(a) A corporative or company incorporated by any law in force in any place in India

(b) An institution notified by GOI

(d) All of the above

(e) None of these

4. Kapoor committee, 1999 is related to ____.

(a) Micro-finance

(b) Restructuring of RRBs

(d) Co-operative Banking Reforms

(e) None of these

5. Which of the following institution is meant for small and medium enterprises?

(a) RBI

(b) NABARD

(d) SIDBI

(e) None of these

6. Under the second phase of nationalization, 07 banks were nationalized. Their deposits were over ________ crore.

(a) 2

(b) 20

(d) 100

(e) None of these

7. The tag line ‘A friend you can bank on’ is of which bank?

(a) Bank of Baroda

(b) Bank of Maharashtra

(d) UCO Bank

(e) None of these

8. Who is having the major stakes in NABARD?

(a) RBI

(b) Central Government

(d) Ministry of Finance

(e) None of these

9. Expand REDP. It is an initiative by NABARD.

(a) Rural Employment Development Programme

(b) Rural Entrepreneurship Development Programme

(d) Rural entrepreneurship Development Planning

(e) None of these

10. When was SEBI established?

(a) 1990

(b) 1991

(d) 1984

(e) None of these

11. ‘Unilateral transfers such as donations by Government of India come under which part of Balance of Payment (BOP)?

(a) Current account

(b) Capital account

(d) Current and capital account both

(e) None of these

12. Gilt-edged securities market is the market for government and semi-government securities. These securities carry –

(a) Floating interest rate

(b) Fixed interest rate

(d) No interest rate at all

(e) None of these

13. Expand AEPS in terms of banking.

(a) Aadhaar-enabled Payment Service

(b) Aadhaar-enabled Payment system

(d) Aadhaar-enabled promotion scheme

(e) None of these

14. Who provides refinance facilities to RRBs?

(a) SIDBI

(b) RBI

(d) NABARD

(e) None of these

15. Expand DRI related to a scheme meant for weaker section of our country.

(a) Different rate of interest

(b) Differential rate of interest

(d) Different rate of interest-bond

(e) None of these

ANSWERS
1	d	11	a
2	e	12	b
3	d	13	b
4	d	14	d
5	d	15	b
6	c
7	c
8	b
9	b
10	c

COMPETITION MITRA

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Tuesday, 31 March 2015

SSC 2015 EXAMS SCHEDULE

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IBPS HAS ISSUED RESERVE LIST

PUNSUP INSPECTOR GRADE-II EXAM 2011

PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT RECRUITMENT FOR CLERKS

REASONING PUZZLES

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