Test of the Day for Dena Bank PO 2017

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Q1. Who has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of Nalanda University?

David Beasley

Sima Kamil

Vanaja Sarna

Sunaina Singh

George Yeo

Solution:

Sunaina Singh has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of Nalanda University. She was Vice Chancellor of Hyderabad-based EFL University. The University has been without Chancellor and Vice Chancellor after George Yeo resigned from the post. The University has received a total of 160 applications for the position and six people were called for interviews and three names were then sent to the Visitor. Singh’s name was on top.

Q2. Name the Indian forward player, who has named the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Player of the Year for 2016.

S V Sunil

Arjun Halappa

Sardara Singh

P. R. Shreejesh

Sandeep Singh

Solution:

Indian forward player S V Sunil has named the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Player of the Year for 2016. Drag-flick specialist Harmanpreet Singh was chosen as the Promising Player of the Year in the continental body’s annual awards. S.V. Sunil played a vital role in India's successful outing at the FIH Champions Trophy in London where the team earned a historic silver medal.

Q3. President Pranab Mukherjee has inaugurated the "Namami Brahmaputra" festival on the banks of the river Brahmaputra in 21 districts of-

Jharkhand

Tripura

Assam

West Bengal

Arunachal Pradesh

Solution:

President Pranab Mukherjee has inaugurated the "Namami Brahmaputra" festival on the banks of the river Brahmaputra in 21 districts of Assam. The main purpose of the 5 day festival (31st March to 04th April, 2017) is to give a boost to the investment and tourism prospect in the state. Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering Tobgay and Governor of Assam Banwarilal Purohit has attended the inaugural ceremony.

Q4. Which among the following countries has become the first country in the world to ban metals mining nationwide?

Panama

El Salvador

Guatemala

Belize

None of the given options is true

Solution:

El Salvador, Central America’s smallest nation, has become the first country in the world to ban metals mining nationwide. The new law, supported by 70 lawmakers, bans all exploration, extraction, and processing of metals both in open pits and mines. The level of environmental pollution in El Salvador is one of the highest in the region and the availability of drinking water is the lowest, according to UN data.

Q5. Which of the following bank is not a private sector bank in India?

Federal Bank

Yes Bank

IndusInd Bank

UCO Bank

None of the given options is true

Solution:

Founded in 1943, UCO Bank is a commercial bank and a Government of India Undertaking.

Directions (6-10): Study the following information to answer the given questions. Eight people viz. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a straight line facing north. Each of them has a birthday in different months viz. January, February, March, April, May, June, July and August but not necessarily in the same order. G sits third to the right of the person whose birthday in May month. The person whose birthday in August month sits second to the right of G.A and E are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither A nor E has birthday in either May or August month. Neither A nor E is an immediate neighbour of G.H sits third to the right of the person whose birthday is in January month. Neither A nor E has birthday in January. H’s birthday is not in August month. Only two persons sit between E and the person whose birthday is in July month. The person whose birthday is in February month sits on the immediate left of D. Only one person sits between E and B. C’s birthday is before July month. E’s birthday is after April month. G’s birthday month comes after A’s birthday month. 
Q6. Who among the following sits exactly between E and B?

The person whose birthday is in May

The person whose birthday is in January

D

A

The person whose birthday is in August

Solution:
(6-10)

Q7. ‘H’ is related to ‘July’ in a certain way based on the above arrangement. ‘B’ is related to ‘June’ following the same pattern. ‘_____’ is related to ‘May’ following the same pattern.

F

G

A

D

C

Q8. Which of the following is true regarding D?

Q9. How many people sit between C and the person whose birthday is in April?

Q10. Who among the following are sitting at extreme ends of the line?

Directions (11-15): Read the following passage to answer these questions. In a huge jewellery shop, the electric gadgets being used are 17 tubelights of 40 W each, 14 fans of 80 W each, 16 bulbs of 60 W each, 11 bubs of 100 W each, 11 AC’s of 2100 W each, 9 laptops of 200 W each and 10 TV’s of 120 W each. In a day, tubelights and TV’s are used for 8 h but 60 W bulbs are used for 7 h and 100 W bulbs are used for 9 h whereas laptops and AC’s are used for 5 h and 9 h, respectively. However, fans are used for 11 h. Given that 1000 W = 1 unit Q11. What is the total electric energy consumed (in units) by 60 W bulbs in the whole month ?

Solution:
(11-15):

Total power consumed in a day = 6720 watt
∴ Total power consumed in a month = 6720 × 30 = 201600 watt.
i.e. 201.6 units of electricity is consumed.

Q12. Electricity consumed by all fans is what per cent of energy consumed by all the laptops ?

Solution:

Q13. Out of the following, which type of gadgets consume more electricity in the shop ?

Q14. If one electric unit costs Rs. 2.70 and power (used by AC’s) unit costs Rs. 3.70, then what money (approx) is paid to the electricity department for one month ?

Q15. What is the ratio of consumption of electricity in units by 100 W bulbs and laptops in a month ?

Solution:

Directions (16-20): For each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word/phrase from the alternatives that is most the appropriate substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer. Q16. Voracious: Being a voracious reader, he seldom feels lonely.

Q17. Dilettante: Given the number of dilettante politicians in the Rajya sabha, it is not surprising that M.P’s are seeking alternate careers. A person who

Q18. Connivance: The city’s moral police, in connivance with authorities, have enforced regulations quite unsympathetically.

Q19. Lacuna: There is a critical lacuna in asset classification, which makes money invested in a stalled project to be treated as a standard asset.

Q20. Euphemistically: It is one of the many stalled projects euphemistically referred to as ‘project under the completion’.

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