IBPS CLERK (PRE) MEMORY BASED PAPER 2

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1 IBPS CLERK (PRE) MEMORY BASED PAPER 2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE TOTAL TIME:-60 MINS Directions (Q. 1-10) : In the given passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. We always thought of marketing as a field (1) with the marketing of products and services. At the Kellogg School, we (2) a (3) called The broadening of the concept of marketing. We said that marketing theory and practice can be (4) in many other areas: to the marketing of cities, social causes, personalities, celebrities and even nations. I had (5) Marketing Places as a book and to (6) not nations, but cities and possibly regions. Every nation has an image. Every nation is a brand and the brand image (7) how well its companies can (8). For example, if you are going to buy a TV set, if it s made in Japan or South Korea, you re going to buy it. If it s made in Nigeria, you will have to be more (9) about the (10). So, there is an image that the nation projects about certain projects, products and the quality that it would [have] and so on. 1. (A) using (B) serving (C) clearing (D) acting (E) dealing 2. (A) started (B) evoked (C) prompted (D) installed (E) activated 3. (A) migration (B) movement (C) gesture (D) Dynamism (E) regression 4. (A) engaged (B) received (C) applied (D) handled (E) provided 5. (A) produced (B) divulged (C) declared (D) published (E) announced 6. (A) undermine (B) emphasize (C) waive (D) highlighted (E) impress 7. (A) perturbs (B) alters (C) affects (D) inspires (E) modifies 8. (A) compete (B) imitate (C) struggle (D) collide (E) attempt 9. (A) prudent (B) rigorous (C) fussy (D) careful (E) sober 10. (A) essence (B) condition (C) property (D) element (E) quality Directions (Q ) : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is No error the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any) 11. Being recently arrived/ (A) in the city/ (B) visited our neighbours to / (C) let them know. (D) No error/ (E) 12. Rivers, mountains and deep forests/ (A) are the places / (B) mostly liked by/ (C) people living in urban areas./ (D) No error/ (E) 13. Progress is impossible/ (A) without change, and those / (B) who cannot change their minds/ (C) cannot change nothing./ (D) No error/ (E) 14. Krishna ran to the / (A) nearing grocery store to/ (B) buy biscuits as his parents/ (C) were expecting guests. / (D) No error/ (E) 15. She failed to remember / (A) that it was Roma's birthday / (B) and did not buy/ (C) a present for her./ (D) No error/ (E) Directions (Q ) : Which of the following phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentences to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and No correction is required, mark (E) as the answer. 16. The crowd loved the performance and gave her a stand ovation as she left the stage. (A) stood ovation (B) stand ovate (C) standing ovation (D) stand the ovation 17. Manoj was many better at sports than Anurag. (A) much better at (B) much better than (C) much good than (D) many good than 18. Many people not like being interrupted when they are busy working. (A) do not like (B) not liking when (C) not like 1

2 (D) do not like being 19. It was very dark and Trisah was too scary to go home alone. (A) to scare too (B) too scared to (C) to scaring (D) to scary top 20. Meena loved to shop and goes out with her friends whenever she got time. (A) went outside along (B) go outing and (C) goes for outing to (D) went out with Directions (Q ) : Read the following passage carefully below it. Certain words/ phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions: Once upon a time there was a tremendous fuss and quarrel among all the animals. They were arguing hotly about who had the finest children! Everyone of them from the frogs and the caterpillars to the rabbits and the rats declared that no families had ever been born like their families and that it was a great pity their children and grandchildren and great grandchildren were not numerous enough to fill the whole world. Anyway, they said, they would go on doing their best. The caterpillars and frogs would lay eggs by the hundred. The rabbits would make new warrens and the rats would take possession of ever so many more drains. Then, surely, it would be agreed that a caterpillar, or a frog, a rat, or a rabbit, had the glory of giving to the world the finest children that had ever been born in it. They all agreed about one thing, in spite of the arguing that they would wait just one year and then they would go to King Jupiter on his mountain and ask him to settle the matter for them. So, for a year, they laid their dispute aside. At the end of it, they sent a message to the king of the mountain saying that they would like to have the privilege of calling upon him and would bring all their families along with them. King Jupiter sat on his shining throne and up the sides of the mountain came the long strings of animals. Mount Olympus had seen some strange sights, but perhaps this procession was the oddest of all. First came Father and Mother Hedgehog. Very squat they were very brown and prickly. They were followed by seven little hedgehogs just as prickly just as brown and just as squat. When they saw King Jupiter, they were all so startled that they rolled themselves up into balls and lay quite still in front of him. But even in this rather ridiculous position. Mother Hedgehog might be heard murmuring from the middle of her stiffened spines, many things about the beauty and number of her children. The hedgehogs had to make way, however, for a much larger party - a whole family of lizards. Together with Father Lizard and Mother Lizard, there were twelve little misses and masters of the same name. They were smooth yellowish little creatures with quick legs and tails that flicked about like whips. They darted all over the top of the mountain, catching flies and no doubt amused King Jupiter very much. But they, too, had to move aside to allow him to give an opinion upon a colony of frogs. If numbers were to win the prize of excellence, surely the frogs had it! The Father and the Mother, solemn, goggle-eyed and fat, were followed by at least a hundred of the sizes of a thumb, just like themselves. They had all come straight out of a shallow pond in a heavy shower that very morning, scrambling through the wet grass and hopping along the turnpike road, such that the country folks thought they had fallen out of the clouds together with the rain. But they hadn t done any such thing! They were only skipping along after their Father and Mother to hear what King Jupiter had to say about them. So it went on all through that strange and wonderful day on Mount Olympus. The caterpillars came, the rats came the rabbits came. And all of them brought a regular tribe of children, none of them a year old. Then up trotted the foxes and the badgers the weasels and the stoats each with four or five youngsters apiece. But at last, up the hill path, came a lioness, beautiful and strong. And she had only one child, a little creature with golden eyes and splendid limbs. She led him up to Jupiter and sitting on her haunches, surveyed her glorious child in silence. Then King Jupiter came down from his bright throne and holding up his mace gave his decision in a clear and ringing voice. "Listen, you Fathers and Mothers of rabbits, hedgehogs and frogs! It is true that you have all produced a great many children in the past year and that the lioness has produced only one. But that one is a Lion! To the lioness, therefore, I give the prize. Her child shall, from now be called Royal. I name him, from today, the king of all the beasts." He touched the little lion s head for a moment with his hand. Then the lioness turned away still in silence and led her son back to her cave at the foot of the mountain. She had taken no part in the boasting of the lesser animals, yet she had always known that her son was the finest creature ever given to the world. She had only one child but as Jupiter had said, that only child was a Lion. 21. Why did the animals lay their dispute aside? (A) Because, they knew, that the king would prefer only the lioness' son. (B) Because, they got upset with the king. (C) Because, they knew very well that there is no point to stretch the disputing point. (D) Because, they thought to wait for a year and then they would go to the king of the mountain to settle the matter for 2

3 them. (E) Because, they wanted a peaceful environment in the jungle and waited for a year. 22. Why did the king name the lioness' son as 'the king of all the beasts'? (A) Because, the lioness impressed the king, being very calm. (B) Because seeing the lioness' son, the king immediately noticed, he could be a great leader in the jungle. (C) Because the lioness requested and convinced him him for this. (D) Because rest of the animals did not seem powerful and splendid. (E) Because he was the lion, son of the lioness who had golden eyes with splendid limbs. 23. Which of the following debates was prevailed among the animals? (A) As to which of them deserved the most credit for producing the greatest number of babies at birth. (B) As to which of them had the finest children. (C) The king gave the prize to the lioness' son. (D) The king declared the lioness son as the finest child among them. (E) All of these 24. Which of the following is the moral of the story? (A) Morality can be best tested while one has power. (B) One should make use of one's hidden talents. (C) It is not the quantity but the quality that matters. (D) Fools are deaf to wise words. 25. Why did the lioness not participate in the boasting of the lesser animals? (A) She was very arrogant and it was against of her prestige. (B) She knew that her son was the best creature given to the world. (C) She knew, the king would choose her son only. (D) She knew that the king could not take any decision against of her. (E) She threatened the king already to make her son Royal, and the king promised her for this. Directions (Q ) : Choose the word/group of words which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage. 26. STARTLED (A) galvanised (B) anxious (C) frightened (D) aghast (E) awestruck 27. PRIVILEGE (A) grant (B) claim (C) detriment (D) right (E) exemption 28. FUSS (A) bustle (B) excitement (C) apathy (D) disturbance (E) confusion Directions (Q ) : Choose the word/group of words which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage. 29. RIDICULOUS (A) sensible (B) atrocious (C) odious (D) grievous (E) abominable 30. DARTED (A) halted (B) finished (C) stopped (D) ceased (E) dawdled QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE Directions (Q ) : What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following number series? , 495,?, 462, 447, 433 (A) 460 (B) 491 (C) 488 (D) , 35, 210,?, 6300, (A) 1040 (B) 1060 (C) 1080 (D) , 10, 25, 70, 205,? (A) 650 (B) 670 (C) 550 (D) , 11, 19,?, 67, 131 (A) 35 (B) 23 (C) 46 (D) ?, 7800, 1560, 390, 130, 65 (A) (B) (C) (D)

4 Directions (Q ) : Study the following pie-chart carefully below : Cost estimated by a family in renovation of their house Approx. estimated cost :- ` The family gets a discount on furniture and pays 12% less than the estimated cost on furniture. What is the amount spent on furniture? (A) ` 13,200 (B) ` 14,526 (C) ` 13,526 (D) ` 13, What is the cost estimated by the family on painting and flooring together? (A) ` 36,500 (B) ` 34,800 (C) ` 36,000 (D) ` 34, Other than getting the discount of 12% on the estimated cost of furniture and the actual miscellaneous expenditure being ` 10,200 instead of the estimated one the family s estimated cost is correct. What is the total amount spent by the family in renovating its house? (A) ` 1,16,728 (B) ` 1,15,926 (C) ` 1,19,500 (D) ` 1,16, During the process of renovation, the family actually incurred miscellaneous expenditure of ` 10,200. The miscellaneous expenditure incurred by the family is what percentage of the total estimated cost? (A) 9.5% (B) 9% (C) 8.5% (D) 10.5% 40. What is the difference in the amount estimated by the family on interior decoration and that on architect s fee? (A) ` 10,000 (B) ` 9,500 (C) ` 7,200 (D) ` 9,000 Directions (Q ): The following table shows the proportion of students passed in different streams in graduation from different cities. It also shows the ratio of males to females among the students. 4

5 41. The number of females who passed in commerce from city F is what percentage more or less than the total number of males who passed in commerce from city F? (A) 45.45% less (B) 45.45% more (C) 31.25% less (D) 31.25% more (E) Can t be determined 42. If the number of females who passed in Arts from city C is 384, the total number of males who passed in commerce from city C is what percentage of the total number of students who passed from city C? (A) 14.76% (B) 18.24% (C) 27.8% (D) 32.5% (E) 36% 43. If the total number of students who passed in commerce from city F is 2700, the total number of students who passed from city F is what percentage of the total number of science students who passed from city F? (A) 44.44% (B) 75% (C) 150% (D) 180% (E) 225% 44. If the total number of males who passed from city A in Arts is 1240, what is the difference between the total number of students who passed in commerce and that in Science from city A? (A) 300 (B) 500 (C) 700 (D) 900 (E) If the total number of males who passed in commerce stream from city G is 1272, what is the total number of students who passed in Arts from city G? (A) 1800 (B) 2100 (C) 2400 (D) 3000 (E) 7200 Directions (Q ) : What value should come in place of question mark (?) in the following questions? ? = 377 (A) 13 (B) 15 (C) 16 (D) ? = 98 (A) 83 (B) 86 (C) 88 (D) =? (A) (B) (C) (D) =? (A) (C) (B) (D) = 128? (A) 3199 (B) 3168 (C) 3189 (D) ( ) 1.2 =? (A) 1015 (B) 1115 (C) 1155 (D) 1555 (E) =? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (4) 5 (64) 1 (256) = (4)? (A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 2 (E) ? 16.5 = (A) 14 (B) 15 (C) 16 (D) 17 (E) =? (A) 44 (B) 48 (C) 52 (D) 56 (E) The difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on a certain sum of money at 6% per annum for 2 years is ` Find the sum of money. (A) ` 4600 (B) ` 4500 (C) ` 4800 (D) ` The area of a square is 441 sq metre. It s side is equal to the radius of a circle. Find the circumference of the circle. (A) 92 metres (B) 152 metres (C) 132 metres (D) 112 metres 58. A tea merchant blends two types of tea costing ` 18 per kg and ` 26 per kg each. In what ratio should these two types of tea be mixed so that the resulting mixture may cost ` 20 kg? (A) 1 : 2 (B) 3 : 1 (C) 3 : 2 (D) 4 : The ratio of the present ages of father and son is 3 : 1. Eight years hence the ratio of their ages will become 19 : 9. Find the son s present age? (A) 10 years (B) 18 years (C) 12 years (D) 16 years 60. Two trains 125 metres and 155 metres long are running towards each other, at a speed of 38 km per hour and 42 km per hour respectively. In what time will they clear each other from the moment they meet? (A) seconds (B) seconds (C) seconds (D) seconds 61. A man takes four times as long to row up as to row down the river. If the rate of river is 6 km/hr, what is the rate of the man in still water? (A) 10 km/hr (B) 9 km/hr (C) 12 km/hr (D) 15 km/hr 62. A vessel of 50 litres is filled with milk and water. 40% of the milk and 15% of the water is taken out of the vessel. It is found that the vessel is emptied by 30%. What was the initial quantity of milk and water? (A) 30 litres, 20 litres (B) 24 litres, 15 litres (C) 20 litres, 16 litres (D) 25 litres, 20 litres 63. An unbiased coin is tossed 5 times. Find the chances that tail will appear exactly twice? (A) (C) (B) (D) (E) 64. Puja s monthly income is twothird Dev s monthly income. Dev s monthly income is ` What is Puja s annual income? (A) ` 2.80 lakhs (B) ` 2.88 lakhs (C) ` 3.60 lakhs (D) ` 3.80 lakhs 5

6 65. Six men can complete a piece of work in 32 hours. In how many hours will 16 men complete the same piece of work? (A) 18 (B) 16 (C) 12 (D) 24 Directions (Q ) : Study the M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are sitting in a straight line but not necessarily in the same order. Some of them are facing north while some are facing south. Note : Facing the same directions means, if one is facing north then the other is also facing north and vice versa. Facing the opposite directions means if one is facing north then the other is facing south and vice versa. T faces south. O sits at one of the extreme ends of the line. M sits third to the right of O. P is not an immediate neighbor of O. S sits third to the left of M. N sits at the immediate left of S. N does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. Only one person sits between R and P. S sits second to the right of R. Q sits second to the left of N. Both the immediate neighbours of S face the same direction. Both the immediate neighbours of M face the opposite directions. Q faces the same direction as N. The immediate neighbours of O face same direction as O. 66. Who among the following sits second to the left of R? (A) T (B) P (C) O (D) S (E) M 67. Which of the following is true with respect to the given information? (A) S sits at one of the extreme ends of the line. (B) N sits exactly between M and R. (C) N sits third to the right of Q. (D) M faces south. (E) M sits second to the right of N. 68. How many persons in the given arrangement are facing north? (A) Four (B) One (C) Three (D) Two REASONING ABILITY 69. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which of the following does not belong to that group? (A) N, M (B) P, O (C) Q, N (D) M, Q (E) S, R 70. How many persons sit between M and S? (A) One (B) None (C) Two (D) Three (E) More than three Directions (Q ) : Study the In a certain code language social media are computer medicated technologies are written as G76 F65 E54 D43 C32 B21, social media is internet based application is written as K38 J29 I98 H87 C32 B21, this media use web based technologies is written as G76 J29 N45 M56 C32 L47, computer use web application is written as E54 K38 M56 N45 and internet use in media is written as I98 C32 P23 M What is the code for are in the given code language? (A) D43 (B) B21 (C) F65 (D) Either (A) or (C) 72. What does G76 stands for? (A) this (B) media (C) technologies (D) based (E) Can t be determined 73. Which of the following is the code for web application? (A) K38 N45 (B) N45 J29 (C) P23 K What may be the possible code for computer software? (A) E54 D43 (B) O39 E54 (C) O39 K38 (D) E54 P What is the code for internet? (A) H87 (B) G76 (C) D43 Directions (Q ) : Study the Kamal, Harish, Nandan, Sonu, Radhe, Chandan, Kunal and Lalit are the Prime Minster and seven ministers of his cabinet viz Home, Rail, External Affiars,, Finance, Defence, H. R. D. and Agriculture. They are sitting around a circular table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Nandan sits third to the right of Chandan. The Finance Minster sits second to the left of Rail Minister. The H. R. D. Minister sits second to the right of Radhe. Kamal who is the Rail Minister, is sitting exactly between Chandan and Lalit. The Defence Minister sits second to the right of External Affairs minister. Chandan is the Extrernal Affairs Minister and sits third to the left of Prime Minister. Radhe sits third to the right of Kunal. The Prime Minister sits on the immediate left of Radhe, who is not the Home Minister. Harish is fourth to the right of Lalit. Neither Harish nor Lalit is an immediate neighbour of Radhe. 76. What is the position of Kamal with respect to Harish? (A) Third to the left (B) Third to the right (C) Second to the right 77. Who among the following is the Home Minister? (A) Nandan (B) Harish (C) Kunal (D) Lalit 78. How many persons sit between Nandan and Lalit (if counted from Lalit in clock wise direction)? 6

7 (A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) None 79. Radhe is the minister of which of the following departments? (A) Finance (B) He is Prime Minister (C) H. R. D. (D) Agriculture 80. Which of the following combinations is true? (A) Kunal Agriculture (B) Sonu Prime Minister (C) Lalit Defence (D) Nandan Prime Minister Directions (Q ) : Study the A person goes to his office six days from Monday to Saturday and wears different colour shirts viz Red, Blue, Green, White, Black and Pink but not necessarily in the same order. He wears Black shirt before when he wears Green shirt but after when he wears Pink shirt. Black coloured shirt and White coloured shirt are weared with two day s gap between them. Green coloured shirt is weared neither on first day nor on the last day but is weared earlier than when Blue coloured shirt weared. Red coloured shirt is weared on the previous day of when Pink coloured shirt is weared. White coloured shirt is weared on the next day of when Blue coloured shirt is weared. 81. On which of the following days, he weared Black coloured shirt? (A) Tuesday (B) Thursday (C) Friday (D) Wednesday 82. There is a gap of how many day(s) between when he weared Red coloured whirt and when he weard Blue coloured shirt? (A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) Four (E) Can t be determined 83. On which of the following days, Pink coloured shirt is weared? (A) Monday (B) Tuesday (C) Friday (D) Thursday 84. White coloured shirt is weared on which of the following days? (A) Saturday (B) Wednesday (C) Monday 85. Which of the following statements is/are true? (A) There are two day s gap between when Blue coloured shirt is weared and when white coloured shirt is weared. (B) Black coloured shirt is weared between when Pink coloured shirt is weared and when Green coloured shirt is weared. (C) Blue coloured shirt is weared on Thursday. (D) All are true Directions (Q ) : Study the Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are different weights. A is heavier than only two persons. B is heavier than D but not the heaviest. F is heavier than only C. The one who is second heaviest is 85 kg. The one who is second lightest is 53 kg. 86. Which of the following is true with respect to E as per the given information? (A) E is lighter than only two persons. (B) E is possibly 95 kg. (C) E is heavier than D but lighter than B. (D) E is definitely 85 kg. (E) All are true. 87. Who among the following is third heaviest persons? (A) D (B) C (C) E (D) F (E) A 88. Who among the following is possibly 67 kg? (A) A (B) Either D or A (C) D (D) E (E) Either C or E Directions (Q ) : Study the C is maternal grand son of A who is mother in law of D. D and E are siblings. H is the mother of G. G is the father of F. There are two married couples in the family. B is the sister in law of E. E have a daughter. 89. How is B related to A? (A) Son (B) Daughter (C) Daughter-in-law 90. How many male members are there in the group? (A) One (B) Two (C) Four (D) Five Directions (Q ) : Study the following arrangement of numbers, letters and symbols carefully and answer the questions given 6 W 3 9 A # H I 8 M Y S K 2 * Q U G % F 5 E R $ 7 P N 91. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement each of which is either immediately preceded by a symbol and/or immediately followed by a number? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three 92. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? (A) 7RF (B) %U2 (C) 2S8 (D) I#3 (E) S2U 93. If the positions of F and Y are interchanged similarly, the position of A and U are interchanged, how many such vowels will be there each of which will be both immediately preceded and immediately followed by a consonant? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three Directions (Q ) : In these questions, a relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are followed by two conclusions. Give answer- (A) if only conclusion I is true. (B) if only conclusion II is true. (C) if either conclusion I or II is true. (D) if neither conclusion I nor II is true. (E) if both conclusion I and II is true. 94. Statement : D < E = G < H < I > M 7

8 Conclusions : I. E < M II. I > D 95. Statements : M = D < E < B, U > Q > B Conclusions : I. Q > D II. U > M Directions (Q ) : In each questions given below three statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly knows facts. Read the conclusions and decide which logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer (A) if only conclusion I follows. (B) if only conclusion II follows. (C) if either conclusion I or II follows. (D) if neither conclusion I nor II follows. (E) if both conclusions I and II follow. 96. Statements : Some banks are schools. No school is a college. All colleges are offices. Conclusions : I. All schools being offices is a possibility. II. Some offices are definitely not schools. 97. Statements : All cups are spoons. Some spoons are bowls. All bowls are plates. Conclusions : I. Some plates are cups. II. Some plates are spoons. (Q ) : Statements : No cup is a glass. Some glasses are bottles.all bottles are water. 98. Conclusions : I. Some glasses are bottles. II. Some bottles are cups. 99. Conclusions : I. Some glasses are water. II. Some water are definitely not cups Statements : All birds are parrots. No parrot is a duck. Some ducks are swans. Conclusions : I. Some swans are parrots. II. No swan is a parrot. 8