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page |1 union bank of india probationary officers exam 2008 reasoning solved paper held on 7-9-2008 1 how many such pairs of letters are there in the word guardian each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the english alphabet a none b one c two d three e more than three 2 four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group which is the onethat does not belong to that group a 19 b 17 c 23 d 29 e 27 3 how many meaningful english words can be made with the letters tebi using each letter only once in each word a none b one c two d three e more than three 4 in a certain code long is written as 5123 and gear is written as 3748 how is lane written in that code a 5427 b 5247 c 5847 d 5237 e none of these 5 `bd is related to `eg and `mo is related to `pr in the same way as `fh is related to a jm b il c jl d ik

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page |2 e none of these 6 how many such digits are there in the number 58674139 each of which is as far away from the beginning of the number as when the digits within the number are rearranged in descending order a none b one c two d three e more than three 7 in a certain code breakdown is written as bfscjmvnc how is organised written in that code a pshbmcdrh b bhspmcdrh c bhspocdrh d bhspnhrdc e none of these 8 in a certain code language `pik da pa means `where are you `da na ja means `you may come and `na ka sa means `he may go which of the following means `come in that code language a da b ja c na d cannot be determined e none of these 9 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 a copper b iron c aluminium d zinc e steel 10 what should come next in the following number series 9898798769876598765498765 a 3 b 4 c 2 d 1 e none of these 11 which of the following is the middle digit of the second highest among the following five numbers ?

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page |3 254 319 963 842 697 a 5 b 1 c 6 d 4 e 9 12 meeta correctly remembers that her father s birthday is after 8th july but before 12th july her brother correctly remembers that their father s birthday is after 10th july but before 15th july on which day of july was definitely their father s birthday a 10th b 11th c 10th or 11th d cannot be determined e none of these 13 in a class of 50 students m is eighth from top h is 20th from bottom how many students are there between m and h a 22 b 23 c 24 d cannot be determined e none of these 14 among a b c d and f each scoring different marks in the annual examination d scored less than only f among them b scored more than a and c but less than d who among them scored least marks among them a a b c c b d data inadequate e none of these 15 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 a b d f b v x z c f i k d m o q e l n p directions q 16-22 in each question below are three statements followed by two conclusions numbered i and ii you have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts give answers :

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page |4 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 16 statements some desks are tents some tents are rivers all rivers are ponds conclusions i some ponds are tents ii some ponds are desks 17 statements all chair are pens some pens are knives all knives are rats conclusions i some rats are chairs ii some rats are pens 18 statements some forests are huts some huts are walls some walls are nets conclusions i some nets are forests ii some nets are huts 19 statements all tables are windows all windows are rooms all rooms are buses conclusions i some buses are tables ii some rooms are tables 20 statements some trees are boxes all boxes are bricks all bricks are dogs conclusions i some dogs are trees ii some bricks are trees.

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page |5 21 statements all goats are flowers no flower is branch some branches are roots conclusions i some roots are goats ii no root is goat 22 statements all pots are rings all bangles are rings all rings are paints conclusions i some paints are pots ii some bangles are paints directions q 23-29 study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below b#ar58e%mf4j1u@h2©9ti6w3p#k7$y 23 which of the following is the twelfth to the left of the twentieth from the left end of the above arrangement a b w c d j e none of these 24 how many such numbers are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and also immediately followed by a symbol a none b one c two d three e more than three 25 how many such symbols are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a letter and also immediately followed by a number a none b one c two d three e more than three 26 how many such consonants are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and also immediately followed by a number ?

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page |6 a none b one c two d three e more than three 27 if all the numbers in the above arrangement are dropped which of the following will be the eleventh from the right end a u b t c f d h e none of these 28 how many such vowels are there in the above arrangement each of which is either immediately preceded by a symbol or immediately followed by a symbol or both a none b one c two d three e four 29 four of the following 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 a 1 4 b © t h c w p 6 d 7 3 e 9 2 i directions q 30­36 in each question below is given a group of digits/symbols followed by four combinations of letters lettered a b c and d you have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the group of digits/symbols based on the following letter coding system and mark the letter of that combination as the answer if none of the letter combinations correctly represents the group of digits symbols mark e i.e `none of these as the answer digit/symbol 4%39$18@©2#567d letter code pmitrqjfhaeunbgl conditions i if the first element in the group is a symbol and the last element is a digit the codes are to be interchanged ii if the first element in the group is a digit and the last element is a symbol both are to be coded as the code for the digit iii if both the first and the last elements are even digits both are to be coded as `x

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page |7 iv if both the first and the last elements are odd digits both are to be coded as `y 30 4 93 a pmftib b pmftip c bmftib d xmftix e none of these 31 $1896© a rqjtnh b hqjtnr c rqjtnr d yqjtny e none of these 32 2 836 a ybejiy b abejin c nbejia d xbejix e none of these 33 8732@9 a tgiafj b ygiafy c jgiaft d xgiafx e none of these 34 7 35 a germiu b uermig c germig d xermix e none of these 35 931%©d a tiqmhl b liqmht c liqmhl d tiqmht e none of these 36 46389 a pnbijt

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page |8 b xnbijx c tnbijp d pnbijp e none of these directions q 37­43 in the following questions the symbols © and d are used with the following meanings illustrated `p q means `p is greater than q `p d q means `p is neither greater than nor smaller than q `p q means `p is smaller than q `p © q means `p is either smaller than or equal to q `p q means `p is either greater than or equal to q in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true find out which of the two conclusions i and ii given below them is/are definitely true give answers a if only conclusion i is true b if only conclusion ii is true c if either conclusion i or conclusion ii is true d if neither conclusion i nor conclusion ii is true e if both conclusions i and ii are true 37 statements m j j © r r d k conclusions i k d j ii k j 38 statements n t t d h n w conclusions i w t ii h © n 39 statements f r r © v v t conclusions i v f ii f t 40 statements w © d d b b h conclusions i h d ii w b 41 statements f d t t m m © r conclusions i r f ii m © f 42 statements h n n r r j conclusions i r h ii j h

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page |9 43 statements v b b d d © e conclusions i e d b ii d v directions q 44­49 study the following information and answer the questions given below m n p r t w f and h are sitting around a circle facing at the centre p is third to the left of m and second to the right of t n is second to the right of p r is second to the right of w who is second to the right of m f is not an immediate neighbour of p 44 who is to the immediate right of p a h b f c r d data inadequate e none of these 45 who is to the immediate right of h a r b f c m d data inadequate e none of these 46 who is to the immediate left of r a p b h c w d t e data inadequate 47 who is third to the right of h a t b w c r d f e data inadequate 48 who is second to the right of f a m b r c t d data inadequate e none of these 49 in which of the following is the first person sitting in between the second and the

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p a g e 10 third person a nhm b phn c trp d twf e none of these directions q 50­55 in each of the following questions two rows of numbers are given the resultant number in each row is to be worked out separately based on the following rules and the questions below the rows of numbers are to be answered the operations of numbers progress from the left to the right rules i if an odd number is followed by another composite odd number they are to be added ii if an even number is followed by an odd number they are to be added iii if an even number is followed by a number which is the perfect square the even number is to be subtracted from the perfect square iv if an odd number is followed by a prime odd number the first number is to be divided by the second number v if an odd number is followed by an even number the second one is to be subtracted from the first number 50 15 8 21 p 3 27 if `p is the resultant of the first row what will be the resultant of the second row a 58 b 76 c 27 d 82 e none of these 51 12 64 17 20 m 16 if `m is the resultant of the first row what will be the resultant of the second row a 69 b 85 c 101 d 121 e none of these 52 85 17 35 16 19 r if `r is the resultant of the first row what will be the resultant of the second row a 175 b ­ 5 c 75 d 210

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p a g e 11 e none of these 53 24 15 3 d 6 15 if `d is the resultant of the first row what will be the resultant of the second row a 37 b 8 c 22 d 29 e none of these 54 28 49 15 h 3 12 if `h is the resultant of the first row what will be the resultant of the second row a 13 b 15 c 19 d 27 e none of these 55 36 15 3 12 3 n if `n is the resultant of the first row what will be the resultant of the second row a 15 17 b 32 c 12 17 d 36 e none of these directions q 56­60 below in each question are given two statements i and ii these statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or a common cause one of these statements may be the effect of the other statement read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements mark answers a if statement i is the cause and statement ii is its effect b if statement ii is the cause and statement i is effect c if both the statements i and ii are independent causes d if both the statements i and ii are effects of independent causes e if both the statements i and ii are effects of some common cause 56 i this year the cut off percentage for admission to junior colleges have increased over the last year ii this year performance of students in xth final exam was considerably higher than the previous year 57 i the conditions of most of the national highways are very bad.

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p a g e 12 ii govt has now sanctioned a huge amount of money to maintain the national highways 58 i many students of the local school have failed in english language paper in the annual examination ii many students of the local school have failed in mathematics paper in the annual examination 59 i rain and thunder showers bashed the city during the past three days ii many people stayed indoor during the past three days 60 i there has been a considerable increase in the sale of fat free food articles ii now people have become more conscious about their health condition and food habits directions q 61-75 in each of the questions given below which one of the five answer figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left if the sequence were continued ?

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p a g e 13 answers with hints 1 d 2 e all the rest are prime numbers 3 b bite 4 a 5 d 6 c 7 b 8 b 9 e all the rest are pure metals 10 b 98 987 9876 98765 987654 98765 4 11 d 963 8 4 2 697 319 254 12 b 13 a 14 d 15 c 16 a 17 b 18 d 19 e 20 e 21 c 22 a 23 a 20th from the left end is t and 12th to the left of t is 24 c h 2 © and k 7 25 a 26 b m f 4 27 d after dropping all the numbers b#are%mfju@h©tiwp#k$y 11th from the right end is h 28 d a e and u 29 e 30 b 31 a 32 d 33 c 34 e 35 d 36 a 37 c 38 e 39 a 40 d 41 b 42 a 43 b 44 a 45 e 46 d 47 d 48 c 49 a 50 a 51 e 52 b 53 c 54 d 55 a

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p a g e 14 56 d 57 a 58 e 59 a 60 b 61 b in each subsequent figure one time the three designs remain same and next time after shifting one side anticlockwise direction then it remain same position inside shaded part of the designs form after rotating 90° anticlockwise in the two designs and forms after rotating 90° clockwise in a simple square design with this also 62 d in each subsequent figure the outside bigger design forms after rotating 45° and 90° anticlockwise respectively and the inside smaller design forms after rotating 90° and 180° anticlockwise respectively 63 e 64 a in each subsequent figure the curved lines on upper side straight horizontal line increase in sequence of 2 3 1 respectively from left to right and from upper side to lower side and one curved line is missing from back side each time the curved lines on lower side straight horizontal line increase in sequence of 3 4 2 respectively from left to right and from upper side to lower side and is also missing 1 and 2 respectively from back side 65 c in each subsequent figure the designs shift half side anticlockwise first and then one side anticlockwise respectively and a new design forms one by one from back side each time then forward side respectively 66 e in each subsequent figure one design forms on upper left side corner first and then this design shifts half side one side and one and half side clockwise respectively these designs rotate 90° clockwise each time with this change also 67 b 68 a in each subsequent figure the curved lines on the upper and lower side horizontal lines reverse in sequence one and three in clockwise direction from upper left respectively 69 b in each subsequent figure the outside half circle forms inside after reversing and shifting one side anticlockwise and then it forms outside after reversing on the same side so these sequences continue respectively the second design square forms once on next side anticlockwise after reversing from outside to inside 70 e 71 a 72 c in each subsequent figure increase in the number of triangles from upper left corner beome on the basis of increasing of lines three four five six and seven lines respectively 73 b 74 e in each subsequent figure the circles form on the place of two-two stars from upper left corner these small circles form on the place of existing stars in the next two lines after forming upto lower left as 4 5 6 7 and 8 respectively and then two-two stars form on the place of circles from back side 75 d in each subsequent figure the `square forms one side clockwise first and then half side anticlockwise respectively similarly the `circle shifts half side one side one and half side two side and two and half side anticlockwise respectively in each subsequent figure also 0 comments labels bank exam papers reasoning questions solved papers sbi clerk exam 2008 general english fully solved

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p a g e 15 state bank of india clerk exam 2008 general english solved paper held on 6-7-2008 directions q 41­50 read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions the yearly festival was close at hand the store room was packed with silk fabrics gold ornaments clay bowls full of sweet curd and platefuls of sweetmeats the orders had been placed with shops well in advance the mother was sending out gifts to everyone the eldest son a government servant lived with his wife and children in far off lands the second son had left home at an early age as a merchant he travelled all over the world the other sons had split up over petty squabbles and they now lived in homes of their own the relatives were spread all across the world they rarely visited the youngest son left in the company of a servant was soon bored and stood at the door all day long waiting and watching his mother thrilled and excited loaded the presents on trays and plates covered them with colourful kerchiefs and sent them off with maids and servants the neighbours looked on the day came to an end all the presents had been sent off the child came back into the house and dejectedly said to his mother maa you gave a present to everyone but you didn t give me anything his mother laughed i have given all the gifts away to everyone now see what s left for you she kissed him on the forehead the child said in a tearful voice don t i get a gift you ll get it when you go far away but when i am close to you don t i get something from your own hands his mother reached out her arms and drew him to her this is all i have in my own hands it is the most precious of all 41 why did the woman s second son travel a he was restless by nature b he did not want to stay at home c he was rich and could afford to travel

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