Dear readers,

This quiz consists of questions from
various Banking entrance exams held during the last few years. Leave your
answers/ responses in the comments section below and we’ll soon let you know
the correct answers!

1. Statement:  The govt. has decided to construct an eight-lane super highway across the state to
facilitate fast movement of vehicles.

Which of the following can be an assumption which is implicit
in the above statement?

(1). The
govt. has adequate resources to construct the proposed super highway.

(2). The
people of the state may protest against the govt.’s decision as their farm land
will be taken over by the govt. for constructing the highway.

(3). The govt. may find it difficult to enrol a suitable contractor for constructing the
highway.

(4). There
is no other highway which can be used for transportation of goods across the
state.

(5) None of
the above

2. Statement:  It has
been stated in a recent research report that taller people are found to be
happier than those who are relatively shorter.

Which of the following contradicts the above finding?

(1) People
are generally truthful when they respond to the questions of such research
studies.

(2) Those
people who have a comfortable lifestyle are found to be happier than those who
lead a strenuous lifestyle irrespective of their height.

(3) Shorter
people suffer from inferiority complex throughout their life.

(4) Taller
people are found to be more positive in approach to daily chores of lives.

(5) None of
the above.

3. Statement: There
was a slow decline in the number of patients with flu-like symptoms visiting
various health facilities in the city during the last fortnight.

Which of the following substantiates the facts mentioned in
the above statement?

(1) Majority
of the people suffering from flu visit the health facilities in the city.

(2) There
has been a continuous increase in the sale of medicines for curing flu in the city limits.

(3) People
have started visiting the crowded places like malls and cinema halls during the
last fortnight after a cautioned gap of one month.

(4) There
is a sudden increase in the number of deaths caused by flu-like symptoms followed
by respiratory complications.

(5) None of
the above

4. Cause : A severe cyclonic storm swept away most of the
state during the last two days.

Which of the following cannot be a possible effect of the
above cause ?

(1) Heavy rainfall was reported in most part of the
state during the last two days.

(2) Many people were rendered homeless as their houses
were flown away.

(3) The communication system of the state was severely
affected and continues to be out of gear.

(4) Govt. has ordered that all the offices and schools
should be kept open.

(5) All are possible effects

5. Effect:  The prices of petroleum products have
increased by about twenty percent in the past two months.

Which of
the following can be a probable cause of the of the above effect ?

(1)
The prices of food grains and vegetables have shot up by more than thirty per
cent.

(2) The truck owner’s association has decided to
increase their rent by about 20 per cent with immediate effect.

(3) The prices of crude oil in the international
market have increased considerably during the past few weeks.

(4) People have decided to demonstrate against the
Govt.’s apathy towards rise in prices of essential commodities.

(5) None of the above

6. Among A,
B, C, D and E, each having a different weight, D is not lighter than B and E is
not heavier than A. C is not the heaviest. Who among them is the lightest?

(1) D           (2)
B              (3) E              (4) Date inadequate               (5) None of these

7. Each
consonant in the word BISCUIT is replaced by the next letter in the English alphabet
and each vowel is replaced by the previous letter in the English alphabet and
the letters so obtained are rearranged in alphabetical order, which of the
following will be the third from the left end after the rearrangement?

(1) C             
 (2) D             (3) H            (4) T                 (5) None of these

8.  If ‘+’ means ‘/’,
‘-‘ means ‘*’, ‘/’ means ‘-‘, and ‘*’ means ‘+’

                       
42 / 24 + 6 * 4 – 3 = ?

 (1) 22 (3/4)              (2) 50               (3) 58               (4) 26           (5) None of these

9. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word
DISCREDIT 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

10. In a certain code DONE is written as ‘5139’ and SEAL is
written as ‘8942’. How is LOAD written in that code?

(1) 2415          (2) 2145            (3) 2945           (4) 2182            (5) None of these

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Answers

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