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S.S.C. Constable (General Duty) Recruitment, 2013

Held on 12.05.2013

Part-A

General Intelligence and Reasoning

Direction- (Qu. 1-5) Select the related word/number fro the given alternatives.

1. Psychology :  Mind :: Arithmetic : ?

(A) Knowledge

(B) Number

(C) Height

(D) Formulas

2. Ice : Coldness :: Earth : ?

(A) Weight

(B) Jungle

(C) Gravitation

(D) Sea

3. Teacher : School :: Nurse: ?

(A) Doctors

(B) Patients

(C) Medicine

(D) Hospitals

4. 11 : 1331 :: 9 : ?

(A) 979

(B) 991

(C) 729

(D) 829

5. Window : Carpenter :: Statue : ?

(A) Sculptor

(B) Mason

(C) Blacksmith

(D) Goldsmith

Directions- (Qu.- 6 and 7) Find the odd number/letter from the given alternatives.

6. (A) XQVU

(B) SRQP

(C) NMLK

(D) EDCA

7. (A) 24

(B) 56

(C) 84

(D) 94

8. Which of the given responses would be a meaningful order of the following in ascending order?

(1) 0640 hr

(2) 1930 hr

(3) 1335 hr

(4) 2000 hr

(A) 4, 2, 3, 1

(B) 1, 4, 3, 2

(C) 1, 2, 3, 4

(D) 1, 3, 2, 4

9. Which one set of letter when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letters series shall complete it? 

b _ f _ _ _ d f g _

(A) dgggb

(B) dggbg

(C) dgdgg

(D) gdggb

Direction- (Qu 10 and 11) A series is given, with on term mission. Choose the correct alternatives from the given ones that will complete the series. 

10.  
    
     

(A) 7

(B) -12

(C) 12

(D) 9

11. 50, 65, 82, …?..., 122

(A) 101

(B) 97

(C) 105

(D) 100

12. In a group of 20 people, 8 read Hindi, 11 read English while 5 of them read none of these two. How many of them read Hindi and English both?

(A) 8

(B) 6

(C) 4

(D) 2

13. Unscramble the following letters to frame a meaningful word and find out the correct value of the letters. 

E  S  R  T  A  R  U  N  A  T

1  2   3  4   5   6  7   8   9   10

(A) 10 2 3 5 1 6 4 7 8 9

(B) 3 1 2 4 5 7 6 9 8 10

(C) 1 3 5 2 9 4 8 6 7 10

(D) 9 1 3 6 2 7 5 4 8 10

14. If ‘DICTIONARY’ is coded as 5479482361 then ‘YARD’ can be coded as-

(A) 1653

(B) 1635

(C) 1536

(D) 1365

15. In a raw of students Ganesh is 7^th from one extreme and 11^th from the other. Find the total number of students in the raw-

(A) 17

(B) 18

(C) 19

(D) 20

16. Find the correct answer for the unsolved equation: 

5 x 6 x 3 = 356, 1 x 0 x 5 = 510, 5 x 6 x 7 = ?

(A) 567

(B) 657

(C) 210

(D) 756

17. A, B, C and D are playing a game f carom. A, C and B, D are partners. C is to the left of D who is facing South. Then A is facing-

(A) North

(B) South

(C) East

(D) West

18. Select the answer figure in which the question figure are hidden/embedded.

19. Which of the following diagram best depicts the relationship between student, college and school?

20. Statement is given followed by three conclusions, I, II and III. You have to consider the statement to be true even they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if and, follows from the given statement.

Statement: Comic books contain pictures.

Conclusions:

(I) All books contain pictures.

(II) Books may or may not contain pictures.

(III) Books other than the comic books des not contain pictures.

(A) Only Conclusion I follows.

(B) Both Conclusions I and II follows.

(C) Only Conclusion II follows.

(D) Neither Conclusion follows.

21. Which one of the answer figures shall complete the given question figure?

22. From the given answer figures, select the one in which the question figure is hidden/embedded.

23. A piece of paper of fold and cut as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened.

24. Which of the answer figure is the right image of the given figure?

25. A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in two matrices given below. The columns and rows of Matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix II are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, e.g., ‘A’ can be represented by 01, 13 etc., and ‘S’ can be represented by 55, 67 etc. Similarly, you have identify the set for the letters given.

KPRS

(A) 65,23, 14, 55

(B) 86, 34, 42, 69

(C) 78, 41 23, 86

(D) 57, 11, 33, 96

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Part-B

General Knowledge and General Awareness

1. Deflation is a situation in which-

(A) The value of money is falling.

(B) The price of goods is increasing.

(C) The value of money is increasing.

(D) The price level is stagnant.

2. Who presented the Union Budget in 1970 ?

(A) T.T. Krishnamachari

(B) C. Subrananiam

(C) Indira Gandhi

(D) R. Venkatraman

3. Which is the most important system in Democracy?

(A) Social

(B) Political

(C) Economic

(D) Governmental

4. What is the system of Local Self-Government in the Panchyati Raj set-up?

(A) Four tier system at the village, block, district and state level.

(B) Three tier structure at village, block and district level.

(C) Two tier system at village and block level.

(D) Single tier set-up at village level.

5. Gandhiji withdraw the Non-cooperation Movement due to-

(A) Chauri-Chaura Incident

(B) Champaran Movement

(C) Kakori Conspiracy

(D) Bardoli Movemont

6. “The word impossible in found in the dictionary of fools” was the famous quote of –

(A) Hitler

(B) Alexander the Great

(C) Julius Caesar

(D) Napoleon

7. Which one of the following is not include the ‘Eight Fold Path’ of Buddhism?

(A) Right Speech

(B) Right Contemplation

(C) Right Desire

(D) Right Conduct

8. Which of the following dynasty succeeded the Mauryas?

(A) Satavahanas

(B) Sungas

(C) Yavanas

(D) Pandya

9. The important metal used with iron to product stainless steel is-

(A) Aluminum

(B) Chromium

(C) Tin

(D) Carbon

10. The name of uncreative gas is-

(A) Carbon dioxide

(B) Hydrogen

(C) Nitrogen

(D) Oxygen

11. Approximate life span f parrot is-

(A) 20 years

(B) 40 years

(C) 70 years

(D) 140 years

12. Tendons and ligaments are-

(A) Connective tissue

(B) Muscular tissue

(C) Epithelial tissue

(D) Skeletal tissue

13. What is a compound micro-scope?

(A) A microscope that has one lens.

(B) A microscope that has two sets of lenses: and ocular lens and eyepiece.

(C) A microscope whose lenses are concave.

(D) A microscope whose lenses are convex.

14. Heavy water is so called because it contains-

(A) Heavy isotope of hydrogen.

(B) Heavy isotope of oxygen.

(C) Mole number of hydrogen atoms.

(D) Mole number of oxygen atoms.

15. Glass is soluble in-

(A) H2SO4

(B) HCIO4

(C) NHO3

(D) HF

16. Sensitivity of the human eye is maximum in the-
    
    (A) Violet region
    (B) Green region
    (C) Blue region
    (D) Red region
    
    
17. The speed of light in air is-

18. A collection of HTML page makes up the-

(A) Hyperlinks

(B) Hypertext

(C) World Wide Web

(D) Hypermedia

19. Acid rain caused by-

(A) SO2 and particulates

(B) NO2 and particulates

(C) CO2 and CFCs

(D) SO2 and NO2

20. A plant with 30 cm or more circumference from human chest height is identified as-

(A) Herb

(B) Shrub

(C) Medicinal herbs

(D) Tree

21. The skin biting mosquito has legs as locomotors organ which are-

(A) Four pair

(B) Three pair

(C) Two pair

(D) One pair

22. For the first time Commonwealth Games were played during 1930 in-

(A) London

(B) Canada

(C) Brazil

(D) Pakistan

23. Tidal forests comprising mainly the mangrove vegetation are found in-

(A) Nagarjuna Sagar

(B) Narmada Basin

(C) Sundaran Delta

(D) Ranganthitto Bird Sanctuary

24. The river known as Padma in Bangladesh is-

(A) Jamuna

(B) Ganga

(C) Tista

(D) Brahmaputra

25. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

(A) Cipko Movemont- S.L. Bahuguna

(B) Save Narmada Movement- Medha Patkar

(C) Appico Movement- P. Hegde

(D) Silent Movement- Baba Amte

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Part-C

Elementary Mathematics

1.      -

(A) 15

(B) 16

(C) 17

(D) 18

2.      Five bells begin to toll together and toll respectively at intervals of 6, 7, 8, 9, 12 seconds. After how many seconds will they toll together again?

(A) 72

(B) 612

(C) 504

(D) 318

3.      Find the vale of -

(A) 13.4

(B) 15.4

(C) 12.4

(D) 17.4

4.      A can do a ice of work in 20 days and B can do the same piece of work in 30 days. Find how many days both can do the work?

(A) 16 days

(B) 14 days

(C) 10 days

(D) 12 days

5.      A, B, C together earn Rs. 150 per day while A and C together earn Rs. 94 and B and C together earn Rs. 76. The daily earning of C is-

(A) Rs. 56

(B) Rs. 20

(C) Rs. 34

(D) Rs. 75

6.      A solid sphere is melted and recast in to a right circular cone with a base radius equal to the radius of sphere. What is the ratio of the height and radius of the cone so formed?

(A) 4 : 3

(B) 2 : 3

(C) 3 : 4

(D) 4 : 1

7.      If the triangle ABC is right angled at B, find its circumadius if the side AB and BC are 15 cm and 20 cm respectively.

(A) 25 cm

(B) 20 cm

(C) 15 cm

(D) 12.5 cm

8.      A ratio set, marked Rs. 750 is sold at Rs. 570. The rate of discount offered is-

(A) 14%

(B) 34%

(C) 24%

(D) 20%

9.      If a shirt cost Rs. 64, after 20% discount is allowed, what was its original price in Rs?

(A) 76.8

(B) 80

(C) 88

(D) 86.80

10.  A trader allows a discount of 10% on the marked price. He still has a profit of 17% on the cost price. Find the profit % if he sells at the marked price.

(A) 27%

(B) 33%

(C) 30%

(D) 19%

11.  In a factory one out of every 9 s a female worker. If the number of female workers is 125, the total number of workers is-

(A) 1250

(B) 1125

(C) 1025

(D) 1000

12.  If A= 2/3 of B and B= 4/5 of C, then A : B : C is-

(A) 12 : 8 : 10

(B) 15 : 10 : 8

(C) 10 : 15 : 12

(D) 8 : 12 : 15

13.  The average of first ten prime number is-

(A) 10.1

(B) 10

(C) 12.9

(D) 13

14.  Two year ago the average age of a family of 8 members was 18 years, After the addition of baby, the average age of the family remain the same today, What is the age of the baby?

(A) 2 years

(B) 1.5 years

(C) 1 year

(D) 2.5 years

15.  The average of 9 integers is found to be 11. But after the calculation, it was detected that, by mistake, the integer 23 was copied as 32, while calculating the average. After the due correction is made, the new average will be-

(A) 10

(B) 9

(C) 10.1

(D) 9.5

16.  By selling 90 ball pens for Rs. 160 a person loss 20%. The number of ball pers, which should be sold for Rs. 96 so as to have a profit 20% is-

(A) 36

(B) 37

(C) 46

(D) 47

17.  A dealer buys a wrist watch for Rs. 225 and spend Rs. 15 on its repairs. If he sells the same for Rs. 3000, his profit percent is-

(A) 15%

(B) 20%

(C) 25%

(D) 30%

18.  Raman’s salary is increased by 5% this year. If his present salary is Rs. 1806, the last year’s salary was-

(A) Rs. 1720

(B) Rs. 1620

(C) Rs. 1520

(D) Rs. 1801

19.  In and examination 80% of the boys passed in English and 85% passed in Mathematics, while 75% passed in both. If 45 boys failed in both, the number of boys who sat for the examination was-

(A) 400

(B) 450

(C) 200

(D) 150

20.  A speed of 30.6 km/hr is the same as-

(A) 8.5 m/sec

(B) 10 m/sec

(C) 12 m/sec

(D) 15.5 m/sec

21.  A train 200 m long running at 36 kmph takes 55 sec to cross a bridge. The length of the bridge is-

(A) 375 m

(B) 300 m

(C) 350 m

(D) 325 m

22.  Two equal sums were lent out 7% and 5% S.I. respectively. The interest earned on the two loans add up to Rs. 960 for 4 years. The total sum lent out is-

(A) Rs. 3500

(B) Rs. 2500

(C) Rs. 2000

(D) Rs. 3000

23.  Rs. 800 at 5 % per annum compounded annually will amount to Rs. 882 in-

(A) 1 year

(B) 2 years

(C) 3 years

(D) 4 years

Directions- (Qu. 24 and 25) The following is a graphical representation of income and expenditure of 5 persons during the month of Jan. Read the graph and indicate the correct alternative of the questions given below.

24.  What is the average income of five persons per months?

(A) Rs. 5775

(B) Rs. 6000

(C) Rs. 6150

(D) Rs. 6250

25.  What is the income range of the persons?

(A) Rs. 3000

(B) Rs. 3250

(C) Rs. 3750

(D) Rs. 4500

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Part-D

English

Direction- (Qu 1-3) In the following questions, some part of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and indicate the alternative corresponding to appropriate letter (A), (B), (C). If a sentence is free from errors, indicate the alternative corresponding to letter (D).

1.      (A) The director along with his assistant / (B) have thoroughly examined/ (C)the new proposals.            (D) No error.

2.      (A) I bought/ (B) tow/ (C) slippers. (D) No error

3.      (A) Your are very lovable person/ (B) but I/ (C) am not loving you (D) No error

Direction- (Qu 4-7 In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled with and appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by choosing the appropriate alternative.

4.      Arun has ……………his work.

(A) completely

(B) completing

(C) complete

(D) completed

5.      Rather than………….other, why don’t you look for your own mistakes?

(A) helping

(B) pointing

(C) blaming

(D) watching

6.      We have been living in this house…………….1965.

(A) when

(B) for

(C) before

(D) since

7.      Since Amit was an …………………photo-grapher, he did not charge any money for taking our picture.

(A) amateur

(B) professional

(C) useless

(D) unknown

Directions- (Qu. 8-10) In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given bold word and indicate the correct alternative.

8.      Food

(A) Drought

(B) Dry

(C) Cyclone

(D) Desert

9.      Liberal

(A) Irrelevant

(B) Free

(C) Sensitive

(D) Intolerant

10.  Bane

(A) curse

(B) boon

(C) base

(D) violent

Directions- (Qu 11-13) In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and indicate the correct alternative.

11.  It poured cats and dogs

(A) rained heavily

(B) rained lightly

(C) dazzled

(D) hail storm

12.  The manager was above board in all his dealings with his employees.

(A) dishonest

(B) rude

(C) honest

(D) charitable

13.  Whenever I feel blue I like to listen to slow music.

(A) happy

(B) gleeful

(C) troubled

(D) gloomy

Directions- (Qu 14-16) In the following questions a sentence/part of sentence is bold. Below are given alternatives bold sentence/part of the sentence at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is letter needed, your answer is (D).

14.  He had hardly gone when his friend came.

(A) Hardly he had gone

(B) He had gone hardly

(C) hardly had he gone

(D) No Improvement

15.  Nither Ted nor Johan are going.

(A) have been going

(B) were going

(C) is going

(D) No improvement

16.  You are played instead of worked.

(A) working

(B) having worked

(C) being worked

(D) No improvement

Directions- (Qu 17-19) In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and indicate it by choosing the appropriate alternative.

17.  A from of government in which the a supreme power rests with people is-

(A) Monarchy

(B) Oligarchy

(C) Democracy

(D) Bureaucracy

18.  Animals that live in a particular region-

(A) fauna

(B) wildlife

(C) native

(D) beast

19.  Send of bring somebody back to his own country-

(A) asylum

(B) refuge

(C) repatriate

(D) emigrate

Directions- (Qu 20-21) In the following questions, four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark your correct answer.

20.  -

(A) omission

(B) ocassion

(C) commission

(D) posesion

21.  -

(A) comemmorate

(B) commemorate

(C) comemorate

(D) commemorate

22.  –

(A) Indigenious

(B) Indigenous

(C) Indiginous

(D) Indeginous

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General Awareness Questions, asked in the IBPS RRB Assistants Exam 

held on 5th Oct, 2013 (Evening-Shift)
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1. Capital of Greece?- Athens
2. Where Olympics 2016 is held?- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3. Capital of Odisha?- Bhubaneswar
4. 1 RRB committee?
5. IBA head? - K R Kamath
6. Cricket player who has been selected for Rajyasabha?- Sachin Tendulkar
7. U.S open Indian player?
8. Director of Barfi?- Anurag Basu
9. Chairman of Indian Banking Association?- K R Kamath
10. World literacy day?- 8 September
11. According to 2011,in India % of literacy?- 74%
12. Priority sector is applicable on which banks?
13. Govt. given subsidy on small business
14. In which states there is no RRB?- Goa & Sikkim
15. Which organization regulate our insurance sector?- SEBI
16. 15% stake of RRB held by?
17. RRB is regulated by ?- Nabard
18. Mutual fund is regulated by?- SEBI
19. Capital of Greece?- Athens
20. 2013 US champion in boxing/ wrestling
21. Writer of twilight series?- Stephanie Meyer
22. Coach of Indian football team? -Wim Koevermans
23. Director of the movie Barfi- Anurag basu
24. Financial inclusion depends on?
25. Fiscal deficit depends on?
26. Which date BSNL telegram services are closed-15 July
27. Capital of Odisha- Bhuvneshwar
28. Saving a/c mini. Balance- zero
29. World environment day- 5 June
30. Ratio in rrb capital center govt. 50%, 15% pro. Bank and 35%
31. Brisbane open which Indian player has won with US Partner- Sania Mirza
32. Manchester of south India- Coimbatore
33. Which bank of largest profit of this year- PNB
34. 2013 US Open grand slam in doubles won by which Indian player?
35. Who regulates health insurance?
36. Scheme in which poor families deposits Rs1000 for 12 months then how much amount govt give?

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IBPS RRB Clerk Exam - 6th October 2013 

(Morning Shift) Questions

1. My experiments with truth is written by -- Mohandas K Gandhi
2. Yama book was written by -- Mahadevi Verma
3. Best bank in public sector banks (large) by the sunday standard -- IOB
4. Next ICC world cup will be held in ______ year -- 2015
5. World water day -- March 22
6. 2020 Olympics will held in which city -- Tokyo, Japan
7. Aizwal is capital of -- Mizoram
8. Shabbir Ali related to which sport --Football
9. Kavita Chahal who got Arjuna Award 2013 is related to which sport -- Boxing
10. Headquarters of UNICEF --New York
11. Headquarters of UNESCO -- Paris
12. Capital of Zimbabwe -- Harare
13. Currency of Tunisia -- Tunisian dinar
14. NRHM full form -- National Rural Health Mission
15. Second highest scorer in list A cricket matches

16. IWMP abbreviated as -- Integrated Watershed Management Protocol
17. Australia and New Zealand will host next WC in which year -- 2015
18. National advisory council chairman -- Sonia Gandhi
19. National award for best actress 2013 -- Usha Jadhav for Marathi Film ‘Dhag’
20. Kota power plant near Chambal river
21. In Food Security Bill 2013 gives rice at how much cost -- Rs. 3 per Kg
22. RBI Governor Tenure -- 03 Years
23. One Question on Edward Snowden
24. Flow of ganga and Brahmaputra in Bangladesh named -- Meghna River
25. Reservoir near Sutlej River -– Govind Sagar
26. Rafael Nadal total grand slam titles -- 13
27. National Spot exchange was in latest news for?
28. Headquarters of International Development Agency --Washington DC
29. Name of US parliament -- Congress
30. Order of energy consuming countries
31. Dyanchand Awardee Giriraj Singh was related to which Sport -- Para Sports
32. Second Highest Run Scorer in List A cricket -- Shikhar Dhawan
33. Who won 100m race in World Athletics Championship -- Ussain Bolt
34. President of Colombia -- Juan manual Santo
35. Political guru of Gandhiji?
36. Malacca strait divides which 2 oceans -- Indian and pacific ocean.
37. Which bank is related to agriculture -- NABARD
38. Chabbra Dam is in -- Rajasthan
39. According to Pradan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana No of people from rural area

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