Monday, December 13, 2010

SBI Bank Clerk Solved 2008 Paper

1. How are data organized in a spreadsheet ?
(A) Lines and spaces
(B) Layers and planes
(C) Height and width
(D) Rows and columns
Ans: D

2. Which of the following refers to the memory in your computer ?
(A) RAM
(B) DSL
(C) USB
(D) LAN
Ans: A

3. Microsoft Office is—
(A) Shareware
(B) Public-domain software
(C) Open-source software
(D) An application suite r
Ans: D

4. If you receive an e-mail from someone you don't know, what should you do ?
(A) Forward it to the police immediately
(B) Delete it without opening it
(C) Open it and respond to them saying you don't know them
(D) Reply and ask them for their personal information
Ans: B

5. Which of the following refers to a small, single-site network ?
(A) LAN
(B) DSL
(C) RAM
(D) USB
Ans: A

6. Device drivers are—
(A) Tiny power cords for external storage devices
(B) Experts who know how to maximize the performance of devices
(C) Small, special-purpose programs
(D) The innermost part of the operating system
Ans: D

7. How many options does a binary choice offer ?
(A) None
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) It depends on the amount of memory in the computer
Ans: C

8. How many values can be represented by a single byte ?
(A) 4
(B) 16
(C) 64
(D) 512
Ans: D

9. In a Selling Process in today's world—
(A) Only standard products are sold
(B) No customization required
(C) The Seller should aim at customer satisfaction
(D) Only quantum of sales matters
Ans: C

10. A Target Market is—
(A) Entire country
(B) Entire city
(C) Entire globe
(D) That which consists of customers who need the identified product
Ans: D

11. If Marketing is done effectively, which of the following is not required—
(A) Advertisement
(B) Publicity
(C) Market Research
(D) Market Segmentation
Ans: B

12. Which of the following statements is True ?
(A) Marketing makes the Company to go into loss due to higher expenses
(B) Marketing is not required in profit-making companies
(C) Marketing sharpens the minds of the employees
(D) Marketing is a waste of time
Ans: D

13. A true marketing mindset requires—
(A) Command and order mindset
(B) Control mindset
(C) Active mindset
(D) Passive mindset
Ans: A

14. For effective marketing, the salesmen should have which of these qualities—
(A) Creativity
(B) Team spirit
(C) Motivation
(D) All of these
Ans: D

15. The Traditional Marketing style involves—
(A) Telemarketing
(B) Digital Marketing
(C) Indirect Marketing
(D) Direct Marketing
Ans: C

Railway Recruitment Board Kolkata Solved 2009 Paper

1. Nathu La was reopened in 2006 for trans border trade between India and—
(A) Bangladesh
(B) China
(C)Bhutan
(D) Nepal
Ans: B

2. Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, as approved by the Union Cabinet, will be set up at?
(A) Amethi
(B) Jais
(C) Jagdishpur
(D) Rae Bareli
Ans: D

3. ‘Go back to the Vedas’ was the motto of?
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Raja Rammohan Roy
(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(D) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Ans: C

4. India’s first mobile court was inaugurated in—
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Haryana
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Rajasthan
Ans: D

5. Which of the following states has the highest female literacy rate according to 2001 census?
(A) Mizoram
(B) Kerala
(C) Tamilnadu
(D) Meghalaya
Ans: B

6. The back surface of mirrors are coated with a thin layer of?
(A) Mercury
(B) Silver
(C) Red oxide
(D) Silver nitrate
Ans: D

7. Who among the following was chosen ‘Business Leader of the Year’ in ‘The Economic Times Award, 2007’?
(A) K. V. Kamath
(B) Sunil Bharti Mittal
(C) Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani
(D) Anil Dhirubhai Ambani
Ans: C

8. In the General Election, 2009 the Lok Sabha seats won by the Congress are?
(A) 204 seats
(8) 206 seats
(C) 203 seats
(D) None of these
Ans: D

9. From 2009 the two new members of NATO are?
(A) Austria and Greece
(B) Bulgaria and Turkey
(C) Crotia and Albania
(D) Romania and Poland
Ans: C

10. Which is the rate of Heart beats of a child during birth?
(A) 120 times
(B) 140 times
(C) 90 times
(D) 130 times
Ans: D

11. What is the main basis of the dividing the atmospheric layers?
(A) Air pressure
(B) Composition
(C) Temperature
(D) Density
Ans: C

12. Histology is a study of ?
(A)Blood
(B) Tissues
(C)Cells
(D) Protein
Ans: B

13. How many members can the President of India nominate to Rajya Sabha?
(A) 15
(B) 14
(C) 12
(D) 21
Ans: C

14. ELISA is—
(A) Fat Precipitation Test
(B) Immunological Test
(C) Osteomalacia Test
(D) None of these
Ans: B

15. In India Panchayati Raj System was introduced in the year—
(A)1959AD
(B) 1960AD
(C)1956AD
(D) 1952 AD
Ans: D

Railway Recruitment Board Solved 2008 Paper

1. Mettur Dam is built on the river
(a) Krishna
(b) Cauvery
(c) Narmada
(d) Mahanadi
Ans: b

2. Earthquake
(a) Folding
(b) Faulting
(c) All of these
Ans: b

3. At which temperature Fahrenheit and Celsius show same reading?
(a) -400
(b) 00
(c) -574.250
(d) 2730
Ans: a

4. What is Hubble?
(a) Warship
(b) Star
(c) Telescope
(d) Missile
Ans: c

5. Which of the following is a complementary colour?
(a) Blue
(b) Yellow
(c) Magenta
(d) Yellow and Magenta
Ans: d

6. Henry is a unit of
(a) Capacity
(b) Magnetic field
(c) Inductance
(d) Frequency
Ans: c

7. Which one of the following is not included in the UNESCO’s list of world heritage site :
(a) Kaziranga National Park
(b) Qutab Minar
(c) Champaner Pavagarh
(d) None of these
Ans: d

8. Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna Award carries a sum of :
(a) Rs. 3 lakns
(b) Rs. 5 lakhs
(c) Rs. 1 lakh
(d) Rs. 7 lakhs
Ans: b

9. Pankaj Advani is associated with :
(a) Snooker
(b) Golf
(c) Shooting
(d) Archery
Ans: a

10. Exchange of gases in plants takes place through :
(a) Stomata
(b) Lenticels
(c) Cuticle
(d) All of these
Ans: d

11. The part of the plant which is responsible for carrying water and solutes from roots to various parts of plants is :
(a) Phloem
(b) Xylem
(c) Duodenum
(d) Sclercids
Ans: b

12. The structural and functional unit of kidneys are :
(a) Neurons
(b) Nephrons
(c) Medula
(d) None of these
Ans: a

13. Cell activities are controlled by :
(a) Chloroplast
(b) Nitochondria
(c) Cytoplasm
(d) Nucleus
Ans: d

14. When pollen of a flower is transferred to the stigma of the same plant, pollination type is referred to as :
(a) Autogamy
(b) Allogamy
(c) Xenogamy
(d) Geitonogamy
Ans: a

15. Powdery mildew of wheat is caused by:
(a) Bacteria
(b) Virus
(c) Fungi
(d) Protozoans
Ans: c

SBI Bank Clerk Solved 2008 Paper

1. Which of the following sentences is True ?
(A) Marketing is not required in a Buyers' Market
(B) Marketing is not required in a Sellers' Market
(C) Marketing is not required due to globalization
(D) Marketing is not required due to competition
Ans: (B)

2. Modern methods of Marketing include—
(A) Publicity on the net
(B) Advertisement on the net
(C) Soliciting business through e-mails
(D) All of these
Ans: (D)

3. A Call means—
(A) Calling on friends
(B) Calling on Bank employees
(C) Calling on Prospective customers
(D) To make telephone calls
Ans: (C)

4. A Lead means—
(A) A Prospect who is more likely to avail of the Bank's Product
(B) A Political Leader
(C) A Religious Leader
(D) A Bank Chairman
Ans: (A)

5. Cross-selling covers—
(A) Identifying customer needs
(B) Matching the Products to customer needs
(C) Convincing the customers of Product benefits
(D) Responding to questions and objections of customers
Ans: (B)

6. Sinzo Abe who was on visit to India in recent past is the -
(A) Prime Minister of South Korea
(B) Prime Minister of North Korea
(C) Prime Minister of Japan
(D) President of South Korea
Ans: (C)

7. Who amongst the following was the captain of the Indian Hockey Team who won Asia Cup 2007
held in Chennai ?

(A) Baichung Bhutia
(B) Dilip Tirkey
(C) Pnkaj Adwani
(D) None of these
Ans: (D)

8. Who amongst the following is selected for Basawa Award (2006-07) by the Karnataka Governtment ?
(A) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(B) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
(C) Sonia Gandhi
(D) Pratibha Patil
Ans: (B)

9. Abdullah Gul's name was in news recently as he he has taken over as the president of -
(A) Turkey
(B) Sudan
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Pakistan
Ans: (A)

10. The Govt. of India put a ban on export of which of the following commodities at the price below
the price of the same in domestic market ?
(A) Steel
(B) Chemical Fertilizer
(C) Pharma Products
(D) None of these
Ans: (D)

11. Dr. Mnamohan SAingh called George Bush to explain the difficulties he is having in implementing agreements related with which of the following with USA ?
(A) Suply of sugar
(B) Civilian nuclear Co-operation
(C) Purchase of fighter planes
(D) Purchase of Gas / Petroleum
Ans: (B)

12. As reported in papers the UN World Food Programmes stopped distributing food in Mogadishu Town after its local head was abducted by the Govt. soldiers of the country. Mogadishu is the capital
town of-
(A) Somalia
(B) Turkey
(C) Cuba
(D) Libya
Ans: (A)

13. Who amongst the following leaders from USA visited Isarael and Palestinian West Bank so that a solution to the Isarael and palestinian problem can be worked out ?
(A) Bill Clinton
(B) Al Gore
(C) George Bush
(D) Condeleeza Rice
Ans: (C)

14. The blinking symbol on the computer screen is called the—
(A) Mouse
(B) Logo
(C) Hand
(D) Cursor
Ans: (D)

15. One megabyte equals approximately—
(A) 1,000 bits
(B) 1,000 bytes
(C) 1 million bytes
(D) 1 million bits
Ans: (C)

Railway Recruitment Board Kolkata Solved 2009 Paper

1. The term ‘Plastic Money’ applies to—
(A) Bank draft made of plastic coated paper
(B) Currency notes printed on plastic coated paper
(C) Currency notes impregnated with plastic thread
(D) Credit Cards mainly issued by the banks
Ans: (D)

2. In Uttar Pradesh, the artificial rubber factory is situated at—
(A)Bareilly
(B) Ghaziabad
(C) Modinagar
(D) Gorakhpur
Ans: (C)

3. Venus Williams won Wimbledon,2008 women’s singles title by defeating?
(A) Ana Ivanovic
(B)Elena Dementieva
(C) Justice Henin
(D)Serena Williams
Ans: (D)

4. ‘Gidda’ is a folk dance from which state of India?
(A) Punjab
(B) Haryana
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Uttarakhand
Ans: (A)

5. The Sun Feast Open, 2007 was won by?
(A) Vania King
(B)Mariya Koryttseva
(C) Sania Mirza
(D)Maria Kirilenko
Ans: (D)

6. The capital of the Pallavas was?
(A)Arcot
(B) Kanchi
(C)Malkhed
(D) Banavasi
Ans: (B)

7. Which of the following cricketers has experience of hitting 8 sixes in an over in an international cricket match?
(A) Rohit Sharma
(B) M. S. Dhoni
(C) Yuvaraj Singh
(D) Gautam Gambhir
Ans: (C)

8. Which one of the following Slates of India has been recently awarded UN OSCAR by the United Nations Secretary General for the best Human Development report?
(A) Chattisgarh
(B) Gujarat
(C)Kerala
(D) Sikkim
Ans: (A)

9. Which of the following is the hottest planet?
(A) Mars
(B) Mercury
(C) Earth
(D) Venus
Ans: D)

10. In Beijing Olympics, the winner of gold medal in football (for men)was—
(A) Argentina
(B) Belgium
(C)Brazil
(D) Nigeria
Ans: (A)

11. Plague is a disease caused by?
(A) Cattle flea
(B) Dog flea
(C) Rat flea
(D) None of these
Ans: (C)

12. The speed at which the monitor accepts data is called ?
(A) Bandwidth
(B) Interlacing
(C) Response time
(D) Scanning
Ans: (A)

13. The main source of Direct Foreign Investment in India is—
(A)USA
(B) China
(C) South Korea
(D) Mauritius
Ans: (D)

14. Which of the following plan resulted in India’s independence?
(A) Cripps Mission
(B) Wavell Plan
(C) MountbattenPlan
(D) None of these
Ans: (C)

15. Which of the following is not an immediate neighbour of India?
(A) Myanmar
(B) China
(C)Bhutan
(D) Iran
Ans: (D)

United Bank of India Solved 2009 Paper

1. As per the reports published in various newspapers/journals etc. the economic map of the world is being redesigned. What is/are the new emerging trends of this new economic map of the world ?
1. With India and Asia at the forefront the centre of economic gravity has shifted to East.
2. Emerging markets, with India among the leaders, are growing faster than old established markets.
3. Central banks of the countries have recognized that case-by-case liquidity solutions are not the answers and a market wide and globally synchronized approach is needed to solve the present crisis.
(A) Only 1 r
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (A)

2. As per the Industrial Development Report 2009 India’s rank in Industrial Development was 54 on the Development Index. Which of the following organizations/agencies compiles Industrial Development Index of the world ?
(A) International Labour Organisation
(B) United Nations’ Industrial Development Organisation
(C) World Bank
(D) World Trade Organisation
(E) The Economic and Social Council of UNO
Ans: (B)


3.As per the newly launched ‘Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme’ a monthly pension will be given to the widows. What will be the amount of the pension ?
(A) Rs. 200
(B) Rs. 400
(C) Rs. 600
(D) Rs. 800
Ans: (A)

4. The merger of which of the following two Indian companies took place in recent past which is termed as “Largest ever merger in India’s Corporate History” ?
(A) Nuclear Power Corporation and National Thermal Power Corporation
(B) State Bank of India and its seven associate banks
(C) Hind Aluminium Company and Century Mills
(D) Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland
(E) Reliance Industries and Reliance Petroleum Ltd. r
Ans: (D)

5. The Prime Minister of India while addressing a meeting of top industrialists of India in March 2009 advised the RBI to further cut interest rates. Which of the following is/are the reasons owing to which the Prime Minister who himself is an economist gave this advise to RBI ?
1. All major economies of the world are passing through a crisis situation. Prime Minister wants RBI to take preventive measures to save Indian economy.
2. In India ample liquidity is available in the market but there are no takers.
3. Inflation is at a comparatively low level at present in the country
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 2 and 3 only
(D) None of these
Ans: (A)

6. As per the recent reports, the per capita Income of the country has gone up during 2008-09. What is the per capita income at present ?
About ……….
(A) Rs. 15,000
(B) Rs. 33,000
(C) Rs. 40,000
(D) Rs. 23,000
Ans: (C)

7. Which of the following countries launched its indigenous Satellite ‘Omid’ in February 2009 ?
(A) Spain
(B) Australia
(C) Turkey
(D) Iran r
Ans: (D)

8. While addressing a conference of Bankers and top Industrialists, the Prime Minister made a statement that “Domestic Credit Flow for Productive Needs had to be maintained at a reasonable Cost”. What does it really mean ?
(Pick up the most appropriate statements).
1. Banks should further raise their deposit base and provide very low cost credit to Industry which is badly in need of the same.
2. Banks should neither reduce their lending rates further nor increase the rates on deposits as this may create a critical imbalance in the financial/money market of the country.
3. Banks should see that ample credit is provided to the industries at an affordable cost without diluting the credit norms.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 and 2 only
Ans: (C)

9. The annual meeting of the world Economic Forum was organized in January–February 2009 in ……
(A) Davos
(B) Brasilia
(C) Washington DC
(D) London
Ans: (A)

10. Which of the following has now became the Third Largest Economy of the World ?
(A) Brazil
(B) India
(C) China
(D) Japan
Ans: (C)

11. Govt. of India has decided to set up two more All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) like institutes in near future. These new institutions would be established in ……….
(A) West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh
(B) Haryana & Punjab
(C) Punjab & Tamil Nadu
(D) Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
Ans: (A)

12. Who amontst the following is the author of the book “Termites in the Trading system” ?
(A) M. S. Swaminathan
(B) Jagdish Bhagwati
(C) Jaswant Singh
(D) M. Chelapati Rao
Ans: (B)

13. Who amongst the following is the highest Wicket taker in the history of cricket ?(Both ODI and Test Cricket)
(A) Wasim Akram
(B) Anil Kumble
(C) Stephan Fleming
(D) Muttiah Muralidharan
Ans: (D)

14. Sania Mirza won the Mixed Doubles of which of the following tennis matches alongwith Mahesh Bhupati ?
(A) US Open 2009
(B) Australian Open 2009
(C) South Africa Tennis Open 2009
(D) ATP Challenger Tennis Championship 2009
Ans: (B)

15. Which of the following are the instruments of Credit Control in the hands of the RBI ?
1. Lowering or raising the discount and interest rates.
2. Raising the minimum support price of the major agro products.
3. Lowering or raising the minimum cash reserves maintained by the commercial banks.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 and 3 only
Ans: (C)

Railway Recruitment Board Solved 2008 Paper

1. body is thrown vertically upward and it reaches 10m high. Find the velocity with which the body was thrown? (g = 9.8 m/s)
(a) 10 m/sec.
(b) 18 m/sec.
(c) 14 m/sec.
(d) 7 m/sec.
ANS - (c)

2. How will the image formed by a convex lens be affected if the central part of the lens is covered by black paper?
(a) Remaining part of the lens will form no image
(b) The central position of the image is absent
(c) There will be no effect
(d) The full image will be formed with lessened brightness
Ans-(D)

3. Which of the following had strong navy?
(a) Bahmani
(b) Chalukya
(c) Chola
(d) Rashtrakuta
Ans-(C)

4. The main factor of air pollution is
(a) Lead
(b) Copper
(c) Zinc
(d) Gold
Ans: (A)

5. The first Asian Games were held in
(a) Manila
(b) Tokyo
(c) Jakarta
(d) New Delhi
Ans: (D)

6. Who discovered the solar system?
(a) Copernicus
(b) Kepler
(c) Aryabhatta
(d) Newton
Ans: (A)

7. The electric supply in India was first started in
(a) Kolkata
(b) Chennai
(c) Mumbai
(d) Darjeeling
Ans: (D)

8. Who was the founder of Brahmo Samaj?
(a) Raja Rammohan Roy
(b) Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) Vivekanand
(d) Dyanand Saraswati
Ans: (A)

9. Who was the first winner of Dada Saheb Phalke Award?
(a) B.N.Sarkar
(b) Prithvi Raj Kapoor
(c) Devika Rani
(d) Kanan Devi
Ans: (C)

10. The ratio of the redius and height of a cone is 5 : 12, respectively. Its volume is 23147cc. Find its slant height.
(a) 13cm
(b) 14cm
(c) 17cm
(d) 26cm
Ans: (A)

11. Which force is required to increase the momentum of an object to 40 kg m/s in 5 seconds?
(a) 2N
(b) 4N
(c) 8N
(d) 10N
Ans: (C)

12. Atoms are electrically charged as
(a) Positive
(b) Negative
(c) Bi-positive
(d) Neutral
Ans: (D)

13. A 130m long train crosses a bridge in 30 seconds at 45 kmph. The length of the bridge is
(a) 200m
(b) 245m
(c) 225m
(d) 250m
Ans:(B)

14. Pneumonia affects
(a) Lungs
(b) Tongue
(c) Liver
(d) Kidney
Ans: (A)

15. In what time a sum will double itself at 20% per annum rate of interest?
(a) 2 years
(b) 3 years
(c) 4 years
(d) 5 years
Ans: (D)

SBI Bank Clerk Solved 2008 Paper

1. When cutting and pasting, the item cut is temporarily stored in—
(A) ROM
(B) Hard drive
(C) Diskette
(D) Clipboard
Ans: (D)

2. Magnetic tape is not practical for applications where data must be quickly recalled because tape is—
(A) A random-access medium
(B) An expensive storage medium
(C) A read-only medium
(D) Fragile and easily damaged
Ans: (B)

3. When you are working on a document on a PC, where is the document temporarily stored ?
(A) RAM
(B) ROM
(C) The CPU
(D) Flash memory
Ans: (A)

4. Information travels between components on the motherboard through—
(A) Flash memory
(B) CMOS
(C) Bays
(D) Buses
Ans: (D)

5. Computers connected to a LAN (Local Area Network) can—
(A) Run faster
(B) Go on line
(C) Share information and/or share peripheral equipment
(D) E-mail
Ans: (C)

6. Which of the following can handle most system functions that aren't handled directly by the
operating system ?

(A) Vertical-market applications
(B) Utilities
(C) Algorithms
(D) Integrated software
Ans: (A)

7. A set of instructions telling the computer what to do is called—
(A) Mentor
(B) Instructor
(C) Compiler
D) Program
Ans: (D)

8. A collection of programs that controls how your computer system runs and processes information is called—
(A) Operating system
(B) Computer
(C) Office
(D) Compiler
Ans: (B)

9. Transformation of input into output is performed by—
(A) The CPU
(B) Memory
(C) Storage
(D) The Input-Output unit
Ans: (A)

10. Data going into the computer is called—
(A) Output
(B) Algorithm
(C) Input
(D) Calculations
Ans: (C)

11. Sales forecasting involves—
(A) Sales Planning
(B) Consumer tastes
(C) Distribution Channels
(D) All of these
Ans: (D)

12. Motivation means—
(A) Inspiring employees to perform better r
(B) Better Communication Skills
(C) Sales coaching
(D) Market Research
Ans: (A)

13. Find the True statement—
(A) Marketing is a waste of the employees' time
(B) Marketing is not required in India due to its vast population
(C) Marketing involves additional work
(D) Marketing involves team work r
Ans: (D)

14. Market information means—
(A) Knowledge of shops and bazaars
(B) Knowledge of shopping malls
(C) Knowledge of customer profile and product mix r
(D) Knowledge of various languages
Ans: (C)


15. Marketing Plan helps in—
(A) Better lead generation
(B) Better systems
(C) Better results
(D) Better customer service r
Ans: (D)