Banking Awareness

Q1. The FATF is an inter-governmental body. FATF stands for-

(a) Financial Action Task Forum

(b) Financial Action Task Fund

(c) Financial Action Time Force

(d) Financial Agency Task Force

(e) Financial Action Task Force

S1. Ans.(e)

Sol. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body.

Q2. ___________ is used to describe small loans granted to low-income individuals that are excluded from the traditional banking system.

(a) Industries credit

(b) Micro credit

(c) Small credit

(d) Farmer credit

(e) None of the given options is true

S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. Microcredit is used to describe small loans granted to low income individuals that are excluded from the traditional banking system. It is part of the larger microfinance industry, which provides not only credit, but also savings, insurance, and other basic financial services to the poor. The term ‘micro’ stems from the relatively small amounts of money that are being borrowed or saved.

Q3. In which among the following year FATF was established?

(a) 1978

(b) 1982

(c) 1995

(d) 1989

(e) 1962

S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body established in 1989 by the Ministers of its Member jurisdictions.

Q4. Which year was declared as the 'International Year of Microcredit' by United Nations?

(a) 2002

(b) 2009

(c) 2005

(d) 2011

(e) 2000

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Year 2005 was declared as the 'International Year of Microcredit' by United Nations.

Q5. The market in which long-term securities such as stocks and bonds are bought and sold is commonly known as-

(a) Bullion Market

(b) Capital Market

(c) Bull Market

(d) Money Market

(e) None of the given options is true

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. A capital market is a financial market in which long-term debt or equity-backed securities are bought and sold.

Q6. An Agreement to exchange one currency with another, at a specific rate of exchange is known as-

(a) Currency Swap

(b) ECB

(c) Base Rate

(d) Bank Rate

(e) Import-Export

S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. An Agreement to exchange one currency with another, at a specific rate of exchange is known as Currency Swap.

Q7. Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL) was established as its wholly owned subsidiary on-

(a) 1988

(b) 1992

(c) 2002

(d) 1995

(e) 1999

S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL) was established by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as its wholly owned subsidiary on 3rd February 1995 with a view to augmenting the production of bank notes in India to enable the RBI to bridge the gap between the supply and demand for bank notes in the country.

Q8. The BRBNMPL has been registered as a _____________ under the Companies Act 1956.

(a) Public Limited Company

(b) Foreign Limited Company

(c) Private Limited Company

(d) All of the above

(e) None of the given options is true

S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. The BRBNMPL has been registered as a Private Limited Company under the Companies Act 1956 with its Registered and Corporate Office situated at Bengaluru. The company manages 2 Presses one at Mysore in Karnataka and the other at Salboni in West Bengal. The present capacity for both the presses is 16 billion note pieces per year on a 2-shift basis.

Q9. Which of the following is an instrument used in India to facilitate the access to foreign money by Indian corporations and PSUs?

(a) Currency Swap

(b) ECB

(c) Base Rate

(d) Bank Rate

(e) NRO 

S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. External Commercial Borrowing(ECB) is an instrument used in India to facilitate the access to foreign money by Indian corporations and PSUs.

Q10. Where is the Corporate Office of Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL)?

(a) Mumbai

(b) Kochin

(c) Chennai

(d) Hyderabad

(e) Bengaluru

S10. Ans.(e)
Sol. The BRBNMPL has been registered as a Private Limited Company under the Companies Act 1956 with its Registered and Corporate Office situated at Bengaluru.

Q11. Which among the following international organisation has announced its approval to a $329 million loan to build access roads across 4,000 villages in Gujarat recently?

(a) OPEC

(b) IMF

(c) AIIB

(d) ADB

(e) World Bank

S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. China based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) announced its approval to a $329 million loan to build access roads across 4,000 villages in Gujarat. The funds have been approved to construct road linkages for last-mile connectivity to schools and tribal areas in 33 districts of the state.

Q12. Takehiko Nakao is present president of-

(a) Asian Development Bank

(b) World Bank

(c) New Development Bank

(d) International Monetary Fund

(e) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. Takehiko Nakao is present president of the Asian Development Bank.

Q13. Siemens AG opened its first digital factory in India, also the third globally after one each in Germany and China, as the industrial conglomerate pitches smart facilities to small and medium scale enterprises in the country. Siemens AG based in-

(a) Canada

(b) France

(c) China

(d) Germany

(e) Japan

S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. Siemens AG opened its first digital factory in India, also the third globally after one each in Germany and China, as the industrial conglomerate pitches smart facilities to small and medium scale enterprises in the country. Siemens AG is a German conglomerate company headquartered in Berlin and Munich and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe with branch offices abroad.

Q14. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) was conceived in the early __________ as a financial institution that would be Asian in character and foster economic growth and cooperation in one of the poorest regions in the world.

(a) 1950s

(b) 1960s

(c) 1940s

(d) 1970s

(e) 1980s

S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Asian Development Bank was conceived in the early 1960s as a financial institution that would be Asian in character and foster economic growth and cooperation in one of the poorest regions in the world.

Q15. Who is the present president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)?

(a) Li Keqiang

(b) Wang Yi

(c) Xie Xuren 

(d) Lou Jiwei 

(e) Jin Liqun

S15. Ans.(e)
Sol. Jin Liqun is present president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).

ENGLISH CLASS

Q1. A city is more than a place to live, it had embodied a dreaming and the possibilities of a dream. Sometimes a city acquires the status of a myth, becomes a character in a novel.

(a) it will embodies a dream and the possibility of dream

(b) it have been embodies a dream and the possibilities of a dream

(c) it embodies a dream and the possibilities of a dream

(d) it embodied a dream and the possibilities of a dream

(e) No correction required

S1. Ans.(c)
Sol.C is the correct choice as the sentence is in the present tense.

Q2. There is a sense of loss, a silence of mourn which no amount of political bluster and brand bravura can conceal.

(a) a silence of mourning that not some amount of political bluster

(b) the silence of mourning in which no amount of politically bluster 

(c) an silence for mourning those no amount of political blusters

(d) a silence of mourning which no amount of political bluster

(e) No correction required

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol.'a silence of mourning which no amount of political bluster', is the coherent statement.The sentence is in present tense, which only sentence D follows. Other sentences have an article and adjective error.

Q3. The State Medical and Health Department has organised a series of outreach camp and nutrition days, especiality for the underprivileged sections in the urban areas.

(a) a series of outreach camp and nutrition day, especially for the underprivileged sections in the urban areas.

(b) a series of outreach camps and nutrition days, especially for the underprivileged sections in the urban areas.

(c) a series of outreach camps and nutrition days, especially for the underprivilege sections in the urban areas.

(d) a series of outreach camps and nutrition days, especially for an underprivileged sections on the urban areas.

(e) No correction required

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. When it has the singular sense of "one set," it takes a singular verb, even when series is followed by of and a plural noun: A series of lectures is scheduled. When it has the plural sense of "two or more sets," it takes a plural verb: Two series of lectures are scheduled: one for experts and one for laypeople.

Q4. The government have been failed to meet their target revenue over recent years and a major reason for it was the trafficking of illegal liquor from neighbouring states.

(a) The government had been failing to meet its target revenue over recent years

(b) The government had  failing to meet its target revenue over recent years

(c) The government has been failing to meet its target revenue over recent years

(d) The government is been failing to meet its target revenue over recent years

(e) No correction required

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Statement C is the correct choice, as it follows the rule pf Parallelism.

Q5. The recent introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), which is the most significant overhaul of the taxation system in India ever, aims to achieved an unified market across the nation for the first time.

(a) aims at achieving  the unified market across the nations for the first time

(b) has been aimed  to achieve a unified market across the nation at the first time

(c) aims to achieve an unified market across the nation for the first time

(d) aims to achieve a unified market across the nation for the first time

(e) No correction required

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. Statement D is the correct choice.
Statement A and c has incorrect article usage. Statement B has incorrect tense usage.

Q6.  It wants to transform India in a manufactured, investment and research and development hub and consequentially, there would also be an increase in revenue generation.

(a) It wants to transform India into a manufacturing, investment and research

(b) It wants to transform India into an manufacturing, investmenting  and research

(c) It want to transform India into a manufacturing, investment and research

(d) It wanted to transform India in an manufacturing, investment and research

(e) No correction required

S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. Statement A is the correct choice. As it is gives grammatically correct and coherent meaning.

Q7. Tax administrators in India have for long implemented enforcement-based strategies and it is only in recent years that there has been a shift in stance to service-based strategies. 

(a) strategies and it was only in recent years that there has been a shift in stance to service-based strategies. 

(b) strategies and it had only in recent years that there has been a shift in stance to service-based strategies. 

(c) strategies and it is only in recent years that there had been a shift in stance to service-based strategies. 

(d) strategies and it was only in recent years that there is been a shift in stance to service-based strategies. 

(e) No correction required

S7. Ans.(e)
Sol. No correction required, as it follows the rule of Parallelism.

Q8. Bitcoin is just one of the applications for the technology, whose use had been testing across industries.

(a) whose use were being tested across industries.

(b) whose use is being tested across industries.

(c) whose use is been tested across industries.

(d) whose use had being tested across industries.

(e) No correction required

S8. Ans.(b)
Sol.'whose use is being tested across industries', is grammatically correct.

Q9. Non-financial players have been looked for ways about leveraging the opportunities that blockchain offers.

(a) Non-financial players has been looking for ways to leverage the opportunities

(b) Non-financial players have being looking for ways to leverage the opportunities

(c) Non-financial players have been looked for ways to leverage the opportunities

(d) Non-financial players have been looking for ways to leverage the opportunities

(e) No correction required

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Statement B and C have tense error.
Statement A requires plural noun. 'has/have+been+ing' is the correct usage. 

Q10. An increase in the price of a stock, for instance, might cause short sellers to rush to buy the stock in order at preventing farther losses on their short position.

(a) sellers to rush to buy the stock in order to prevent further losses on their short position.

(b) sellers to rush to buy the stocks in order at prevent further losses on there short position.

(c) sellers to rush to buy the stock in order to prevent further looses on their short position.

(d) sellers to rush to buy the stock in order to prevent further losses on their short position.

(e) No correction required

S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. farther-over a large expanse of space or time.
further at, to, or by a greater distance (used to indicate the extent to which one thing or person is or becomes distant from another).
sellers to rush to buy the stock in order to prevent further losses on their short position.

Directions (11-15): In the following sentences each contains two blanks, indicating that something has been left out of the sentence. Each answer choice contains one word or a set of words. Select the word or set of words, that, when inserted in the blank(s), best fits the context of the sentence.

Q11. For more than two years now,   _______ had been going on in connection with the ________ World Bank aid.

(a)activation, changes

(b) negotiations, projected

(c)discussions, ruled

(d) references, 

(e) No correction required

S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. negotiations, projected. Choice B is most appropriate

Q12. A high-level committee is currently _______ on the issue whether or not cryptocurrencies should be _________ in India.

 (a)deciding,  uploaded

(b)popup, viewing 

(c) deliberating,  banned

(d)promoted, read

(e) referred, styled

S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. deliberating-engage in long and careful consideration. Choice C is most appropriate

Q13.The usually quiet City streets were alive with singing ____ wending their way towards the Central Station throughout the _______.  

(a) crowds, night

(b)birds,  manner

(c)songs, week

(d)people, losses

(e) No correction required

S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. crowds, night. Choice A is the correct option giving coherent meaning to the sentence.

Q14. The sudden increase in _________ for the stock causes its _______ to shoot up temporarily in the absence of additional supply. 

(a) amount, size

(b)money, aim

(c) demand,  price

(d)supply, style

(e) No correction required

S14. Ans.(c)
Sol.demand,  price
here hint is given i.e; 'shoot up', this phrase is used for price, which is given in C option.

Q15. The happy event was looked anxiously forward to by the ______ of Madras who had three months ago bid them farewell with anger on their brow and tears in their _______.

(a)man, dreams

(b) people, eyes

(c)crowd, pupil

(d) mob, glass

(e) No correction required

S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. people, eyes
tears in eyes gives the coherent meaning to the sentence.

Test of the Day

Q1. The G-20 Summit of 20 powerful nations, focused mainly on combating terrorism was held recently (July 2017) in ______ .

 Brussels, Belgium

 Paris, France

 New York, USA

 Hamburg, Germany

 Geneva, Switzerland

Solution:

The 12th Edition of G-20 Summit was held recently in Hamburg, Germany. The G20, or group of 20, is an international meeting between heads of states, finance ministers and central bank governors from the world’s leading economies.

Q2. 122 countries had recently approved the first-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons at the UN meeting boycotted by all nuclear-armed nations. In which year Japan had suffered the nuclear attack in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

 1944

 1945

 1942

 1914

 1912

Solution:

122 countries approved the first-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons at the UN meeting boycotted by all nuclear-armed nations. One country, the Netherlands voted against while Singapore abstained. Japan had suffered the nuclear attack in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 during Second World War.

Q3. Centre Government has recently launched an app named ___________ to verify the accurate tax rate on commodity and services under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime.

 Know Taxes

 Know GST

 GST Rates Finder

 All About GST

 GST Calculator

Solution:

Centre has launched an app – GST Rates Finder to verify the accurate tax rate on commodity and services under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launched the app in New Delhi.

Q4. Name the globally renowned champion for the cause of autism spectrum disorder who has been recently appointed as the WHO's goodwill ambassador for autism in the world body's Southeast Asia region.

 Saima Wazed Hossain

 Sylvie Vartan

 Jet Li

 Yohei Sasakawa

 Peng Liyuan

Solution:

Saima Wazed Hossain, a globally renowned champion for the cause of autism spectrum disorder has been appointed as the WHO's goodwill ambassador for autism in the world body's Southeast Asia region. Her appointment is for a period of two years.

Q5. What is the meaning of "I" in UPI?

 International

 Interface

 Indian

 Institute

 Initial

Solution:

UPI stands for Unified Payment Interface.

Directions (6-10): Study the information and answer the following questions: 
In a certain code language 
"second day month long" is coded as “15M 15G 1Z 5M ”
"resign after her speech" is coded as “16X 5V 6V 5T ”
"gave berth after the" is coded as “8S 6V 5G 1E ”

 Q6. What is the code for ‘road'?

 15Z

 10Z

 15X

 25Z

 None of these.

Solution:
(6-10)

Q7. What is the code for ‘train'?

 18R

 18S

 8R

 28R

 None of these.

Q8. What is the code for ‘temple'?

 5L

 15O

 5P

 5O

 None of these.

Q9. What is the code for ‘minister'?

 19V

 9C

 10V

 9V

 None of these.

Q10. What is the code for ‘travel'?

 18V

 28V

 18W

 18X

 None of these

Q11. A reduction of 25% in the price of tea enables a person to buy 5 kg more for Rs. 120. Find the original price of sugar. 

 Rs. 4 per kg

 Rs. 2 per kg

 Rs. 9 per kg

 Rs. 8 per kg

 None of these

Solution:

Q12. A shopkeeper labeled the price of his articles so as to earn a profit of 30% on the cost price. He then sold the articles by offering a discount of 10% on the labeled price. What is the actual profit per cent in the deal? 

 18%

 15%

 20%

 16%

 None of these

Solution:

Q13. A metal wire when bent in the form of a square encloses an area 484 cm². If the same wire is bent in the form of a circle, then (taking π=22/7)its area is 

 308 cm²

 506 cm²

 600 cm²

 616 cm²

 None of these

Solution:

Q14. A car owner buys petrol at Rs 7.50, Rs 8.00 and Rs 8.50 per litre for three successive years. What approximately is the average cost per litre of petrol if he spends Rs 4000 cash each year?

 Rs 8

 Rs 9

 Rs 7.98

 Rs 8.50

 None of these

Solution:

Q15. A man bought two packets of toffees having the same number of toffees in each. The first, he bought at 5 paise each, but the second at 3 for 13 paise. He then mixed them all together and sold them at 70 paise a dozen. His gain is: 

 25%

 12%

 24%

 16%

 None of these

Solution:

Directions (16-20): In each question, the word at the top is used in five different ways, numbered to (A) to (E), Choose the option in which the usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE. 

 Q16. Laugh

 The landlord wanted more money, but I laughed him away.

 The other team laughed us away from the field.

 Although his feelings were hurt, he just laughed the incident off as if nothing had happened.

 He laughed off the incident.

 It's not easy to laugh an insult.

Solution:

laugh off-To force someone to leave some area because of laughter or ridicule
To dismiss something or someone as ridiculous or laughable
laugh off something-to act as if something is not important to you-
laugh something off-to treat a serious problem lightly by laughing at it.

Q17. Look 

 If you're planning to invest in your friend's company, I advise you to look before you leap.

 I haven't looked at the newspaper today.

 He looks to his aging parents.

 The kids looked around the shops while we unpacked.

 He is looking around for a new car.

Solution:

look before you leap-to think or learn about the possible bad results of an action before doing it
look at (something)- to have (something bad or unpleasant) as a problem or possibility
look back - to think about something in the past
look at (something)-to have (something bad or unpleasant) as a problem or possibility
look at (someone or something)-to think about or consider (something or someone)
look around/round or look around/round (a place) -to go through a place in order to see what is there : to explore a place

Q18. Keep

 Keep the cat of the couch.

 When I am not using it, I keep my passport in this drawer.

 If I ate that, I down know if I could keep it down.

 Keep back! The burning building is about to collapse.

 Keep the kids away from the cookies.

Solution:

keep -away prevent access to, hold back
keep back- maintain a safe distance, cause
to maintain a safe distance
keep down -not vomit, not throw up,
keep in one's stomach keep in -
keep in a particular place,
have something in a specific location
keep off- prevent from stepping or

Q19. Run

 I ran into my English teacher at the movies last night. She's so nice!

 The new government is trying at run the drug traffickers off.

 Would you mind running off 10 copies of this document for me?

 Why did you run off after the party?

 You shouldn't swim where the sewage runs off into the ocean.

Solution:

run into -meet unexpectedly
run off - make leave
run off- reproduce (photocopies)
run off-leave quickly
run out of - not have any more of something

Q20. Take

 Would you mind taking down my messages while I am on vacation?

 The city government made the shop take down their bright, neon sign.

 Do you take me for an idiot?

 Are you taking in all of these phrasal verbs?

 He was taken by the concert artist.

Solution:

He was taken in by the con artist.
take back-return an item to a store
take down - write down what is said
take down -remove (from a high place)
take for -consider, view as
take in- learning

Current Affairs

Q1. WalMart India has appointed _____________ as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President.
Answer: Devendra Chawla

Q2. Which herbal products manufacturing company has recently collaborated with Google and Facebook, for the first time for Online Advertisement Push?
Answer: Patanjali Ayurved Ltd.

Q3. Name the Private lender which has recently raised interest rates on savings bank account for large balance above Rs 1 crore to 5%?
Answer: Karnataka Bank

Q4. In which state Aadi Perukku Festival was celebrated recently?
Answer: Tamil Nadu

Q5. For which city, Agriculture Ministry signed a Memorandum of Association (MoA) for setting up a regional centre of the global rice research institute IRRI to develop high- yielding rice varieties?
Answer: Varanasi

Q6. Who has been taken over as Air Officer-in-Charge Administration (AOA) of Indian Air Force at Air Headquarters in New Delhi?
Answer: Hemant Narayan Bhagwat

Q7. Mobile wallet major _________ has entered into a strategic partnership with Bajaj Finance to transform itself into a financial services app from a payments app at present.
Answer: MobiKwik

Q8. As a part of Government of India’s initiative to develop green airports, two airports in Tirupati and Vijayawada are going to go completely green. These two cities located in-?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh

Q9. India signed a loan agreement with ___________ for financing of USD 329 million for Gujarat Rural Roads Project.
Answer: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Q10. Name the Veteran actress and national award winner, who has been selected for this year's Prem Nazir Award?
Answer: Sharada

Q11. Indian professional boxer _________ outslugged his Chinese opponent Zulpikar Maimaitiali to retain the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title and win the WBO Oriental Super Middleweight title. 
Answer: Vijender Singh

Q12. National Handloom Day was celebrated on 07th August to give an impetus to the sector and encourage the use of handmade loom. The main event of the National Handloom Day was celebrated in-
Answer: Guwahati

Q13. From 01st September 2017, Punjab National Bank (PNB) customers will have to pay charges for depositing cash above Rs. 5,000 in a non-base branch even if it is located in the same city. Who is the present Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of PNB?
Answer: Sunil Mehta

Q14. Which state Government raise $270 million from the Green Climate Fund, which will be invested in integrated watershed programmes such as Jalyukt Shivar Yojana?
Answer: Maharashtra

Q15. Two Iranian companies have signed the country’s biggest-ever car deal with multinational automobile manufacturer Group Renault to produce 150,000 cars, beginning in 2018. Renault based in-?
Answer: France

Reasoning Ability,

Directions (Q.1-5): In each question below are given three statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Q1.Statements: 

a. Some sheets are rods.

b. No sheet is a foil. 

c. All rods are marbles. 

Conclusions:

I.No foil is a marble.

II.Some sheets are marbles.

III.Some rods are foils.

IV.Some rods are not foils.

(a)Only I follows

(b)only II follows

(c)Either III or IV follows

(d)Only I and either III or IV follow

(e)Only II and IV follow

Q2.Statements: 

a. Some MLAs are not honest.

b. Some MLAs are dishonest. 

c. No honest is a leader. 

Conclusions: 

I.Some MLAs are leaders.

II.All dishonest are honest.

III.Some dishonest are MLAs.

IV.No leader is dishonest. 

(a)Only IV follows

(b)Only III and II follow

(c)Only I follows

(d) Only I and IV follow

(e)None of these

Q3.Statements: 

a. Some stones are not rods.

b.All rods are black. 

c. No black is a crow. 

Conclusions: 

I.Some crows are rods.

II.Some blacks are stones.

III.Some crows are blacks.

IV.Some stones are rods.

(a)Only I follows

(b)Only II follows

(c)Only I and IV follow

(d)Only IV follows

(e)None of these

Q4.Statements: 

a. Some garbages are money. 

b. All papers are garbages. 

c.All money are coins. 

Conclusions: 

I.Some papers are coins.

II.Some garbages are coins.

III.No money is a paper.

IV.All coins are garbages.

(a)Only I follows

(b)Only I and III follow

(c)Only III follows

(d)Only II and III follow

(e)Only II follows

Q5.Statements: 

a. Some pants are shirts. 

b. No face is a pant. 

c. No pant is a flower.

Conclusions: 

I.No flower is a face. 

II.No face is a flower.

III.Some shirts are not faces.

IV.Some shirts are pants. 

(a)Only I and II follow

(b)Only III and IV follow

(c)Either I or II follows

(d)Only IV follows

(e)None of these

Solution(1-5):

S1. Ans.(e)
Sol.

S2. Ans.(e)
Sol.

S3. Ans.(e)
Sol.

S4. Ans.(e)
Sol.

S5.Ans. (b)
Sol.

Directions (Q.6-10): A word arrangement Machine, when given a particular input, rearranges it following a particular rule. The following is the illustration of the input and the steps of rearrangement. 

Input: we again 36 early 17 morning in day 7 11

Step I: again we 36 early 17 morning in day 7 11

Step II:again 36 we early 17 morning in day 7 11

Step III:again 36 early we 17 morning in day 7 11

Step IV:again 36 early 7 we 17 morning in day 11

Step V: again 36 early 7 in we 17 morning day 11

Step VI:again 36 early 7 in 17 we morning day 11

Step VII: again 36 early 7 in 17 day we morning 11

Step VIII: again 36 early 7 in 17 day 11 we morning 

Step IX: again 36 early 7 in 17 day 11 morning we 

And Step IX is the last step. 

6.If the following is the II step of an input what will be Vth step?

Step II: After 89 she 38 wins 11 Olympic 22 the 7

(a)after 89 she 7 the 22 Olympic 11 wins 38

(b)after 89 Olympic she 38 wins 11 22 the 7

(c)after 89 Olympic 7 she 38 the wins 11 22

(d)after 89 Olympic 7 she 38 the 11 wins 22

(e)None of these

7.Which of the following is the last step for the Input ‘eat 9 fast icecream 22 3 umbrella cat 5’?

(a)cat eat 9 fast 5 icecream 22 umberlla 3

(b)eat 22 icecream 3 umbrella 9 cat 5 fast

(c)eat 22 umbrella 3 icecream 9 cat 5 fast 

(d)eat 22 icecream 3 umbrella 5 cat 9 fast 

(e)None of these

8.Which step will be the last step for the Input ‘elephant 17 free open 41 27 danger 15’?

(a)IV

(b)V

(c)VI

(d)VII

e)None of these

9.Which word/number will be at 4th from the left in step V for the given input in above question number (8)?

(a)41

(b)danger

(c)open

(d)15

(e)None of these

10.Which word/number will be 3rd to the right of “41” in step IV for the given input in question number (8)?

(a)open 

(b)danger

(c)15

(d)17

(e)None of these

Solution(6-10):
Word arrangement machine first arranges words having first letter vowel in alphabetical order, after that words having first letter consonant will be arranged in alphabetical order. Alternately the numbers are choosen such that – greatest, lowest, 2nd greatest, 2nd lowest and so on.

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol.

Step II: after 89 she 38 wins 11 olympic 22 the 7
Step III: after 89 olympic she 38 wins 11 22 the 7
Step IV: after 89 olympic 7 she 38 wins 11 22 the
Step V: after 89 olympic 7 she 38 the wins 11 22

S7. Ans.(b)
Sol.

S8. Ans.(c)
Sol.

Input: elephant 17 free open 41 27 danger 15
Step I: elephant 41 17 free open 27 danger 15
Step II: elephant 41 open 17 free 27 danger 15
Step III: elephant 41 open 15 17 free 27 danger
Step IV: elephant 41 open 15 danger 17 free 27
Step V: elephant 41 open 15 danger 27 17 free
Step VI: elephant 41 open 15 danger 27 free 17

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol.

Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: 

Seven people N, K, T, B, M, W and R have their weekly offs on different days of the week i.e. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday not necessarily in that order. Each of them has a liking for different cuisine i.e. Indian, Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Spanish, Continental and Thai, not necessarily in that order. K likes Thai food and gets his weekly off on Thursday. B likes Italian food and does not have off on Sunday. M has weekly off on Saturday and R has his weekly off on Tuesday. W likes continental food whereas the one who has weekly off on Monday likes Mexican cuisine. T does not like Spanish cuisine and has weekly off on Wednesday. The one who likes Indian food does not have a weekly off on Tuesday or Wednesday. 

11.Who has a weekly off on Friday? 

(a) T 

(b) R 

(c) W 

(d) Data inadequate 

(e) None of these 

12.What cuisine does R like?

(a) Continental 

(b) Indian 

(c) Italian 

(d) Spanish 

(e) None of these 

13.On which day does N have weekly off ? 

(a) Tuesday 

(b) Friday 

(c) Monday 

(d) Sunday 

(e) None of these 

14.Who likes Chinese cuisine? 

(a) T 

(b) B 

(c) R 

(d) N 

(e) None of these

15.On which day does W have weekly off? 

(a) Monday 

(b) Sunday 

(c) Wednesday 

(d) Data inadequate 

(e) None of these

Solution(11-15):

S11.Ans(e)
Sol.

S12.Ans(d)
Sol.

S13.Ans(c)
Sol.

S14.Ans(a)
Sol.

S15.Ans(b)
Sol.