Test of the Day for SBI PO Prelims Exam 2018: 4th June 2018

Dear Aspirants,

Directions (1-2): In the given questions, assuming the given statements to be true. Find which of the given four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV is/are definitely true and give your answer accordingly. 

 Q1. Statement: 
 M > U > L ≤ N; L ≥ Y > A
Conclusions: 
 I. M ≥ Y
II. M > N
III. N ≥ Y
IV. M ≥ A

Q2. Statement: 
 J ≥ A > D = E; L < A < M
Conclusions: 
I. M < J
II. J ≥ L
III. M ≥ J
IV. E > M

Directions: (3-5): In the following questions, the symbols @, $, #, © and % are used with the following meaning as illustrated below. 
‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’.
‘P © Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’.
‘P # Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’.
‘P % Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’.
‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’.
Now, in each of the following questions, assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the four conclusions I, II, III and IV given below them is/are definitely true and give your answer accordingly. 

Q3. Statements: 
 R # J, J $ D, D @ K, K % T
Conclusions: 
 I. T # D
 II. T @ D
 III. R # K
IV. J $ T

Solution:
(3-5)

Statement= R > J ≥ D = K ≤ T

Q4. Statements: 
 T % R, R $ M, M @ D, D © H
 Conclusions: 
 I. D % R
II. H # R
III. T © M
IV. T % D

Q5. Statements: 
 M @ B, B # N, N $ R, R © K
Conclusions: 
I. K # B
II. R © B
III. M $ R
IV. N © M

Directions (6-10): Which of the following phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence meaningfully correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. 

Q6. Hence, summarizing all these pundits, every Indian who was looking for a job was disappointed with multiple job offers.

Q7. Perhaps the only thing the government needs to do now is to set up youth counseling centers across the country to help India’s youth decide which of their many job offers they should call, and match their career aspirations.

Q8. The issue of jobs is a global issue that is emerging all major economies today, including the developed ones.

Q9. There will be no wondering if, almost by a magical act, the Academy will present before us a writer who many of us had not known, but will now be the richer for being pushed to difficulties, as it did most recently in 2014 when it awarded French novelist Patrick Modiano.

Q10. He is an improver, and counsels that the mark of a good translator, as it is of an editor, is to be able to determine what needs fixing in order to establish the dignity of task and help it be the best it can be to achieve its purpose.

Q11. Simple interest on a certain sum at 7 p.c.p.a for 4 years is Rs. 3584. What will be the compound interest on the same principal at 4 p.c.p.a. in two years?

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Q12. Average score of a cricketer in 13 matches is 42 runs. If the average score in the first 5 matches be 54 runs, what is the average score in the last eight matches?

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Q13. The average of five positive numbers is 308. The average of first two numbers is 482.5 and the average of last two numbers is 258.5. What is the third number?

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Q14. The ratio of roses and lilies in a garden is 3 : 2 respectively. The average number of roses and lilies is 180. What is the number of lilies in the garden?

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Q15. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘HAPPY’ be arranged?

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