Education in India

Dena Bank P.O. Examination (held on April 28, 2006)

1. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1 Fish
2) Horse
3) Dog
4) Lamb
5) Whale
Ans : (4) All the others are regular creatures, this is the young one.

2. What should come next in the following letter series?
B B C B C D B C D E B C D E F B C D E F G B C D E F G
1) H
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) None of these
Ans : (1) In each section starting from ‘B’, B/BC/BCD etc, the next letter is added, hence H after G.

3. If it is possible to make only one meaningful English word with the third, the fourth, the eighth and the twelfth letters of the word BREAKTHROUGH, which of the following will be the second letter of that word? If no such word can be made, give ‘N’ as the answer and if more than one such word can be made, give ‘M’ as the answer.
1) R
2) E
3) A
4) M
5) N
Ans : (4) NEAR, HARE and RHEA.


4. In a certain code, SOLE is written as ‘$54#’ and DIME is written as ‘3%7#’. How is MODES written in that code?
1) 75#3$
2) 753#$
3) 753%$
4) 75%3$
5) None of these
Ans : (2)

5. The positions of the first and the fifth digits in the number 94861723 are interchanged. Similarly the positions of the second and the sixth digits are interchanged and so on. Which of the following will be the third digit from the right end after the rearrangement?
1) 4
2) 8
3) 7
4) 1
5) None of these
Ans : (1)

6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) Leaf
2) Fruit
3) Sand
4) Rock
5) Brass
Ans : (5) Others occur in natural form, brass is an alloy of zinc and copper hence man-made.

7. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) 91
2) 84
3) 114
4) 98
5) 105
Ans : (3) All the others are divisible by ‘7’.

8. Each of the consonants in the word TIED is changed to the next letter of the English alphabet and each of the vowels is changed to the previous letter in the English alphabet. How many meaningful English words can be made with the new set of letters using each letter only once in each word?
1) None
2) One
3) Two
4) Three
5) More than three
Ans : (1) UHDE. No regular word can be made although ‘HUED’ is a derivation.

9. Pointing to a girl, Mohan said “her mother is the only child of my grandfather”. How is Mohan related to that girl?
1) Brother
2) Cousin
3) Uncle
4) Data Inadequate
5) None of these
Ans : (1)

10. In a certain code PRACTISE is written as DRHSQSBD. How is COMPLETE written in that code?
1) DSDKBNLO
2) DSDKDPNQ
3) FUFMBNLO
4) DPNQDSDK
5) None of these
Ans : (2)

11. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word FRIGHTEN, each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
1) None
2) One
3) Two
4) Three
5) More than three
Ans : (4) IN, GH and EI

12. How many such letters are there in the word CREATION each of which is as far away from the beginning in the word as when they are arranged alphabetically?
1) None
2) One
3) Two
4) Three
5) More than three
Ans : (2)

13. The consonants in the word CREATION are first arranged alphabetically followed by the vowels arranged alphabetically. Which of the following will be the third letter to the right of the sixth letter from the right end?
1) T
2) I
3) E
4) O
5) None of these
Ans : (3)

14. ‘Horse’ is related to ‘Stable’ in the same way as ‘Dog’ is related to:
1) Shed
2) Kennel
3) House
4) Pen
5) None of these
Ans : (2)

15. ‘Picture’ is related to ‘See’ in the same way as ‘Food’ is related to:
1) Cook
2) Watch
3) Eat
4) Heat
5) None of these
Ans : (3)

Q. 16-23. Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below:
R P A 5 N % T 7 B 4 # J E $ M 2 1 D * I 8 H 3 U @ 9 F W 6 © K

16. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately followed by a vowel but not immediately preceded by a number?
1) None
2) One
3) Two
4) Three
5) More than three
Ans : (3) P and J

17. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of which is either immediately preceded by a vowel or immediately followed by a symbol but not both?
1) None
2) One
3) Two
4) Three
5) More than three
Ans : (3) N and D

18. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) M 1 $
2) W F ©
3) U 9 3
4) D I 1
5) 5 % A
Ans : (2)

19. Which of the following is exactly between 4 and I in the above arrangement?
1) M
2) $
3) 2
4) 1
5) None of these
Ans : (1)

20. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement, each of which is not immediately followed by a number but immediately preceded by a consonant?
1) None
2) One
3) Two
4) Three
5) More than three
Ans : (3)

21. Which of the following is the fourth to the right of the seventeenth from the right end in the above arrangement?
1) #
2) *
3) D
4) J
5) None of these
Ans : (2)

22. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series based on the above arrangement?
A % 7 4 E M 1 I H
1) UF6
2) U9W
3) UF©
4) 39W
5) None of these
Ans : (1)

23. Which of the following is the seventh to the left of the fifteenth from the left end in the above arrangement?
1) H
2) B
3) I
4) 7
5) None of these
Ans : (4)

Questions on Banking and Marketing

1. A prospect means

a] any customer who walks into the bank
b] an employee of the bank
c] a customer who is likely to be interested in bank’s product or service
d] a depositor of the bank’
e] a borrower of the bank

2. 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
e] None of these

3. Innovation means
a] Compensation
b] inspiration
c] additional perquisites
d] implementing new ideas or new methods
e] None of these

4. A Call means
a] calling on friends
b] calling on bank employees
c] calling on prospective customers
d] to make telephone calls
e] calling on relatives

5. The Traditional Marketing style involves
a] Telemarketing
b] Digital Marketing
c] Indirect Marketing
d] Direct Marketing
e] All of these

6. Modern Method of Marketing include
a] Publicity on the net
b] Advertisement on the net
c] Soliciting business through e-mails
d] Tele marketing
e] All of these

7. A true marketing requires
a] Command and other mindset
b] Control Mindset
c] Passive mindset
d] Active mindset
e] None of these

8. Which of the following sentences is true?
a] Marketing is not required in a Buyers’ Market
b] Marketing is not required in a Sellers’s market
c] Marketing is not required due to competition
d] Marketing is not required due to liberalization
e] Marketing is not required due to globalisation

9. For effective marketing the salesmen should have which of these qualities?
a] Creativity
b] Team spirit
c] Motivation
d] Effective communication skills
e] All of these

10. Market information means
a] Knowledge of shops and bazaars
b] Knowledge of shopping malls
c] Knowledge of customer profile and product mix
d] knowledge of various languages
e] None of these

11. Market Research is needed for
a] checking the market area
b] checking the right product to be sold
c] making proper marketing decisions
d] deciding right time to sell
e] All of these

12. Which of the following statement 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 time bound seasonal function
e] Marketing is a waste of time

13. Marketing plan helps in
a] better lead generation
b] better systems
c] better results
d] improved balance sheet
e] better customer service

14. If Marketing is done effectively which of the following is not required?
a] Advertisement
b] Publicity
c] Market Research
d] Market Segmentation
e] None of these

15. Motivation means
a] Inspiring employees to perform better
b] Better communication skills
c] Sales Coaching
d] Market Research
e] None of these

16. In a Selling Process in today’s world?
a] Only standard products are sold
b] No customization required
c] the seller need not have product knowledge
d] the seller should aim at customer satisfaction
e] only quantum of sales matters

17. 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
e] Marketing is not required today due to IT advancement

18. A Target market is
a] entire country
b] entire city
c] entire globe
d] that which consists of customers who need the identified product
e] all of these

19. Sales forecasting involves
a] Sales Planning
b] Sales Pricing
c] Distribution Channels
d] Consumer tastes
e] All of these

20. Which of the following product is being sold under the brand name ZODIAC
a] Shirts
b] Ties
c] Both A and B
d] Liberty

21. SWIFT – cars are being manufactured by
a] DCM
b] Maruti
c] Premier Automobiles
d] Hyundai

22. With you all the way is the slogan of
a] Vodafone
b] SBI
c] ICICI
d] Raymonds

23. Which company used the slogan “The complete Man”
a] DCM
b] GRASIM
c] RAYMONDS
d] VIMAL

24. Which brand uses the slogan “Made for each other” for its cigarettes?
a] Cavenders
b] Four Square
c] Red & White
d] Wills

25. Cross Selling means
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
e] all of these

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1. What is the duration of Jammu and Kashmir state
assembly?
1)4 years 2) 5 years
4) 7 years 5) None of these

2. Who is Velupillai Prabhakaran?
1) The rebel leader of Myanmar
2) The deputy CM of Tamil Nadu
3) The supremo of LTTE
4) The foreign minister of Sri Lanka 5) None of these

3. What is Hamas?
1) A militant organisation active in Palestine
2) An ultra-nationalist party in Israel
3) A militant organisation active in Lebanon
4) The special anti-terrorists squad of Israeli ¦
5) None of these

4. LTTE stands for
1) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
2) Liberation Team of Tamil Eelam
3) Lord of Tamil Territory of Eelam
4) Lord Tiger of Tamil Eelam 5) None of these

5. Somdev Devvarman’s sensational run at the Chennai
Open ended on Jan 11 as he lost in the final to the world
number 27 and third seed Marin Cilic of
l)Croatia , 2)Serbia 3) Bosnia
4) Macedonia 5) None of these

6. Why did Jharkhand chief minister Shibu Soren resign
recently?
1) He has been arrested in a murder case.
2) He lost the Lok Sabha election.
3) Congress and RJD withdrew support.
4) His exit follows his defeat in the Tamar by-election.
5) None of these

7. Which of the following clauses of SEBI is associated
with corporate governance?
1)41 2)42 3)49 4)52 5) None of these

8. Name the party which has emerged as the single largest
as a result of the just-concluded elections in Jammu and
Kashmir which threw up a hung assembly.
1) Congress 2) National Conference
3) People’s Democratic Party 4) B JP
5) None of these

9. Tuanku Jaafar Tuanku Abdul Rahman, who died re¬
cently, was the former king and longest serving ruler of
1) Indonesia 2) Thailand 3) Malaysia
4) Brunei 5) None of these

10. The government aprroved the maximum number of FDI proposals in 2008for any calendar year. The Cabinet gave the nod to 518 items while the cabinet committee on economic Affairs approved
1)120 1 254 3)362
4)469 5 None of these

11. Name the tainted IAS officer who was once a poster boy of cool efficiency and celebrated by Time magazine as a man of the year and who died of pancreatic cancer recently.
1) Rajiv Goswami 2) Gautam Gosw mi
3) Kunal kishore. 4) Shailesh Kunar
5) None of these

12. What is Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC)?
l)Auditing firm 2) Credit rating agency
3) Law consultancy firm 4) Investment bank
5) None of these

13. Manchester United star Cristiano Ronald was named FIFA World Footballer of the Year for 2008 .He belongs to
l)Brazil 2) Argentina 3)Portugese 4)Britain 5) None of these

14. After Satyam’s fall from grace follow revelations World Bank banning India’s third largest software services firm………. for following corrupt practices tobag deals. It had not disclosed the four-year ban imposed on it in July 2007 to investors.
1)HCL 2)Infosys 3)Wipro
4) HP 5) None of these

15. It was Slumdog shining all the way at Beverly hills the film winning four Golden Globe awards. THE HAUL HAD A particularly sweet note for India: music COMPOSER ………………became the first Indian to win the 66 year old prize
1) Shankar, Ehsaan Loy 2) Anu Malik
3)ARRahman 4) Maya Govind
5) None of these

16. Just nine-and-a-half years old, created a record of sorts when he became one of the youngest players to outclass a Grandmaster. He accounted GM Nurlan Ibrayev of Kazakhstan on the opening day of the 7th Parsvnath International Open Chess tournament. Before him, VK Sindhu, also nine at that time had defeated Macedonian GM Toni Naidoski in 2000
l)HetulShah 2) VK Sindhu
3) Parimarjan Negi 4) Amit Shah
5) None of these

ANSWERS
1) 3 2) 3 3)1 4)1 5)1
6)4 7)3 8)2 9)3 10) 2
11)2 12)1 13)3 14)3 15)3
16)1

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