Test of the Day for SBI Clerk 2018

Dear Aspirants,

Q1. Name the state government for which India and the World Bank signed a $200 million Loan Agreement for the state's Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project.

Q2. Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni was recently on the 2-day visit to India. Who was the last Italian Prime Minister to visit India in February 2007?

Q3. The 17th edition of FIFA U-17 World Cup took place for the first time in India. The official ball for Under-17 football World Cup is called _____________.

Q4. Name the country that has recently announced that women in the country will now be able to attend sports events in stadiums starting from 2018.

Q5. Name the Private sector, which has committed Rs 156 crore to fund first Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) to be constructed at Varanasi under Hybrid Annuity-PPP Model recently.

Directions (6-10): In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow-up or further action in regard to the problem, policy etc. on the basis of the information given in the statement. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true. Then decide which of the two given suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing. Give answer 


Q6.Statement: According to a report, energy-guzzling technologies that we use at home, destroy the environment.
Courses of action: 
 I. An effort should be made to discourage use of energy-guzzling technologies.
II. A special tax should be imposed on the use of such technologies.

Q7.Statement: Militants are now attacking the police in several states of India in a bid to demoralise them and to choke the intelligence network.
Courses of action: 
I. Government should formulate a plan to equip its policemen with sophisticated weapons and equipment besides making an effort to end militancy in a peaceful way.
II. The police department should send strict instructions to all the police officers concerned that every policeman on duty should have proper gear like a bullet- proof vest and automatic weapons to counter any sudden attack.

Q8.Statement: With more airlines crossing the Indian skies and air travelling become more affordable, the infrastructure facilities at airports have remained grossly inadequate.
Courses of action: 
I. All airports in India should be privatised.
II.A committee should be made to look into the matter and their recommendation should be sought to deal with the situation.

Q9.Statement: A number of travel agents in cities continue to harass and fleece the hapless travellers and cause damage to tourism industry.
Courses of action: 
I. An effort should be made to punish all such travel agents and an instruction should be given to all travel agents to provide good services and treatment to travellers.
II. An effort should be made to implement the rules and regulations effectively.

Q10.Statement: Large areas in several towns of the state XYZ lay under waist-deep water as heavy rain lashed coastal areas of the XYZ state for the fourth day.
Courses of action: 
I. The government should review the situation and the authorities should be asked to undertake enumeration of losses immediately to enable disbursement of relief.
II. Efforts should be made to ferry people to safer places.

Q11. The ratio of the prices of two flates P and Q was 5 : 7 last year. This year, the price of P is increased by 20 per cent and that of Q by Rs. 45,000. If their prices are now in the ratio 9 : 11, the price of Q last year was:

Solution:

Q12. One fashion designer group has to make 720 dresses and another one 840 dresses during the same period of time. In the first group the order was ready 4 days ahead of time and in the second group, 8 days ahead of time. How many dresses did each fashion designer group make a day if the second fashion designer group made 20 dresses more a day than the first?

Solution:

Q13. There were 52 students in a hostel. Due to the admission of 16 new students, the expenses of the mess increases by Rs. 44 per day while the average expenditure per head diminished by Rs. 4. What was the original expenditure of the mess?

Solution:

Q14. Six years ago, the ages of the members of a joint family of six people added up to 168 years. Four years later, one member died at the age of 54 years and a child was born during the same year. After another four years, one more member died, again at 54 and a child was born during the same year. The current average age of this six-member joint family is nearest to:

Solution:

Q15. A boy was asked of his age by his teacher. The boy said, ‘The number you get when you subtract 28 times my age from thrice the square of my age will be seven times of your age.’ If the teacher’s age is 28, then the age of the boy is:

Solution:

Directions (16-20): Which of the phrases (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentences to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and there is no correction required mark (e) as the answer. 


Q16. My mother brought up that little matter of my prison record again.

Q17. My sister find out that her husband had been planning a surprise party for her.

Q18. I forgot to buy groceries so I had to make do with what was left in the fridge.

Q19. Peter told his boss that he wouldn’t quit. He’s in it for the long haul.

Q20. Jason called the wedding off because he wasn't in love with his fiancé.

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