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Sbi / Ibps Clerk Prelims & K DCC Clerk - Model Test-16: English Language
Sbi / Ibps Clerk Prelims & K DCC Clerk - Model Test-16: English Language
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15. If the bee disappeared _________ the face of the Earth, man would not only have
four years left to live.
1) off 2) of 3) from 4) with 5) None
16. Gardening is a creative pastime and a right step towards ____________the
environment.
1) Maintaining 2) protecting 3) conserving 4) harnessing 5) None
17. Wildlife conservationists say that the Himalayan brown bear __________ two major
threats.
1) faces 2) suffers 3) has 4) meets 5) None
18. Although Aurangazeb’s predecessors were ____________ towards the religions, he
enforced strict Islamic law called the Fatwa-e-Alamgiri.
1) silent 2) quiet 3) tolerant 4) ignorant 5) None
Direction (19-25): In this question a sentence divided into four parts denoted by
(1), (2),(3) and (4) has been given. Read the sentence to find out whether there is
any grammatical error in it. The error if any, will be in one part of the sentence.
That part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is “No error”. Ignore the
errors of punctuation if any.
19. Democracy is unlikely to (1)/break out in Beijing, but the coronavirus crisis(3)/
may create an opening for (3)/a softer form of authoritarianism.(4)/No Error.
20. Many in the party elite (1)/ remain deeply skeptical of the Vermont senator,( 2)
but rank-and-file voters (3)/ do not share that hesitate.(4)/ No error.
21. Democratic candidates (1)/ separated (2)/by their attitudes (3)/more than their
policies.(4)/ No error.
22. In his first public appearance (1)/ since the impeachment inquiry, Trump’s (2)/
former national security adviser (3)/ made news by suggesting what his book may
reveal.(4)/No error.
23. As I reached the hospital (1)/1 had found a great rush of visitors (2)/ whose
relatives had been admitted there (3)/ for one or the other ailment. (4)/ No error
(5)
24. One should study the history (1)/ of his country because it alone can satisfy (2)/
one’s natural curiosity to know (3)/ what happened in the past. (4)/No error (5)
25. It is interesting to note (1)/ that the greatest lines in poetry are simple (2)/ and
yet there is with them some quality (3)/ which makes them outstandingly great.
(4)/No error (5)
Directions (26-30) Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and
(F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the
questions given below them.
A. They collected plants, counted birds and photographerd the terrain and the
fauna and made their recommendations.
B. In spring of 1963, an alarmed King Hussain invited a group of British scholars,
scientists and naturalists.
C. He also wanted them to cover the deserts to the East of the mountains.
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2 36
34. 11 ?
9 101
1)16 2)18 3)4 4)7 5) 8
35. 1087.05 + 187.005 + 87.005 = ?
1)1361.066 2)1361.556 3)1361.055 4)1361.06 5) 1331.006
36. 78921 - 12013 - 156 + 9723 = ?
1) 76315 2) 76475 3) 76585 4) 76515 5) 76555
3 5 4
37. of of of 10395 ?
7 11 5
1) 1560 2) 1575 3) 1590 4) 1620 5) 1625
38. 126 7 0.6 = ?
1) 3 2) 30 3) 300 4) 6 5) 18
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44. 3
4663 349 ? 21.003
1)6700 2)8640 3) 7680 4) 9520 5) 9680
45. 5682 63 x 36 = ? x 19
1)170 2)190 3)210 4)240 5) 140
46. Pipe A can fill an empty tank in 36 hours. Pipe B can fill the same empty tank in
28 hours. At first pipe A is opened for 4.5 hours and then it is closed. After that
pipe B was opened, in how much time pipe B can fill the remaining tank ? (in
hours)
1) 20.5 2) 21 3) 22.5 4) 24.5 5) 18
47. Total time taken by a person travelling on a cycle, from A to Z at an average speed
of 16 kmph and from Z to A at an average speed of 20 kmph, is 27 minutes. What
is the distance between A to Z ? (in kms)
1) 4 2) 6 3) 8 4) 2 5) 16
48. A square shaped copper wire each side of which measures 18 cms, can be bent to
form a rectangle. The length and breadth of the rectangle is in the respective
ratio of 7 : 5. How much will the breadth of the rectangle measure ?
1) 18 cms 2) 21 cms 3) 15 cms 4) 25 cms 5) 27 cms
49. Anu is 24 years elder to Monali. The respective ratio between Anu’s age four
years from now and Monali’s age at the same time will be 11 : 3. What was Anu’s
age four years ago ? (in years)
1) 26 2) 22 3) 18 4) 29 5) 25
50. In an interview for a managerial post, 25% of the candidates are ineligible. 40%
of the eligible candidates have done their MBA in Finance and remaining eligible
candidates have done their MBA in Marketing. If 1170 eligible candidates have
done their MBA in Marketing, what is the total number of candidates who have
applied for the given post ?
1) 3250 2) 2600 3) 1950 4) 2400 5) 2800
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51. Average of four numbers is 11.25. The first number is 0.25 of the second number.
Third number is half the second number and the fourth number is double the
second number. Which is the smallest number ?
1) 3 2) 8 3) 18 4) 12 5) 15
52. If A is decreased by 4 and B is decreased by 12 their respective ratio becomes 1 :
5 and if A is increased by 12 and B is increased by 4 their respective ratio
becomes 5: 9. What is the the difference between the value of A and the value of
B?
1) 18 2) 20 3) 22 4) 24 5) 16
53. A jar contains 72 litres mixture of milk and water in the respective ratio of 7 : 2.
How much more milk should be added to the mixture to get a new mixture having
milk and water in the respective ratio of 4 : 1 ?
1) 6 litres 2) 4.5 litres 3) 8 litres 4) 12 litres 5) 10.5 litres
54. A sum of money when invested in scheme A, which offers compound interest
(compounded annually) at a certain rate of interest (p.c.p.a.), amounts to Rs.
4608 in 2 years and Rs. 5529.60 in 3 years. What is the rate of interest (in
p.c.p.a.) ?
1) 25 2) 17.5 3) 22.5 4) 15 5) 20
55. Abhijeet invests 20% of his monthly salary in mutual funds and 25% in fixed
deposits. Out of the remaining salary, he spends 20 % in buying furniture and
10% on buying groceries. If he is left with Rs. 37,730, how much is his monthly
salary ?
1) Rs. 92,000 2) Rs. 94,000 3) Rs. 90,000 4) Rs. 96,000 5) Rs. 98,000
Direction(56-60) : What will come in place of question mark (?) in the given
number series ?
56. 7 24 75 228 687 ?
1) 2112 2) 2152 3) 1988 4) 2064 5) 1964
57. 354 178 90 46 24 ?
1) 18 2) 13 3) 12 4) 16 5) 15
58. 11 20 47 92 ? 236
1) 160 2) 145 3) 150 4) 165 5) 155
59. 16 7 5 4.5 5 ?
1) 7 2) 7.5 3) 6.5 4) 8 5) 8.5
60. 4 12 45 98 166 ?
1) 244 2) 248 3) 232 4) 236 5) 252
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Direction (61-65) : Refer to the pie chart and answer the given question :
Distribution of total number of jackets sold by 6 store in 2006
Total Number : 2500
F
A
10%
23%
E
17%
B
D 18%
20% C
12%
61. What is the central angle corresponding to the number of jackets sold by slore A ?
1) 82.8° 2) 88.6° 3) 76.2° 4) 84.4° 5) 78.4°
62. The average number of jackets sold by store B in 2006 and 2007 is 430. The
average number of jackets sold by store F in 2006 and 2007 is 183. What is the
difference between number of jackets sold by store B and that by store F in 2007
?
1) 294 2) 288 3) 278 4) 526 5) 410
63. What is the total number of jackets sold by stores E and F together ?
1) 575 2) 725 3) 675 4) 650 5) 625
64. Number of jackets sold by store D increased by 30% from 2006 to 2007 and
decreased by 20% from 2007 to 2008. What was the number of jackets sold by
store D in 2008 ?
1) 535 2) 510 3) 520 4) 540 5) 500
65. Store C sold only two types of jackets- leather and woolen. If the number of
leather jackets sold by store C is 132, what is the respective ratio between Ihe
number of leather and woolen jackets sold by store C ?
1) 11 : 14 2) 12 : 13 3) 3 : 4 4) 11 : 16 5) 11 : 12
REASONING
66. How many such pairs of digits are there in the number 4852763 each of which
has as many digits between them in the number (in both forward and backward
direction) as they have between them in arithmetic numerals ?
1) None 2) More than three 3) Three 4) One 5) Two
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KEY
1.4 2.4 3.2 4.2 5.3 6.5 7.1 8.4 9.1 10.1 11.2 12.3 13.1
14.2 15.1 16.2 17.1 18.3 19.5 20.4 21.2 22.5 23.2 24.2 25.5 26.1
27.2 28.5 29.2 30.1 31.2 32.1 33.3 34.3 35.4 36.2 37.4 38.2 39.3
40.2 41.3 42.5 43.2 44.3 45.1 46.4 47.3 48.3 49.4 50.2 51.1 52.4
53.3 54.5 55.5 56.4 57.2 58.5 59.2 60.1 61.1 62.1 63.3 64.3 65.1
66.3 67.1 68.2 69.1 70.5 71.5 72.2 73.2 74.1 75.2 76.5 77.5 78.1
79.2 80.2 81.3 82.3 83.2 84.3 85.5 86.4 87.3 88.5 89.5 90.2 91.2
92.3 93.5 94.5 95.1 96.4 97.1 98.3 99.2 100.4
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