Test of the Day for SBI Clerk Exam 2018: 9th March 2018

Dear Aspirants,

Q1. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. Where is the headquarter of ICAR?

Q2. 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.

Q3. 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?

Q4. 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 _____________.

Q5. Name the Iran's key strategic port that has became operational with the maiden shipment of wheat from India to Afghanistan.

Directions (6-10): In each question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer 

Q6. Statements: 
No stone is metal.
Some metals are papers.
All papers are glass. 
Conclusions: 
I. No glass is metal.
II. At least some glasses are metals.

Solution:

Q7. Statements: 
No stone is metal.
Some metals are papers.
All papers are glass.
Conclusions:
I. All stones being glass is a possibility.
II. No stone is paper.

Solution:

Q8. Statements: 
All rings are circles.
All squares are rings.
No ellipse is a circle.
Conclusions:
I. Some rings being ellipses is a possibility.
II. At least some circles are squares.

Solution:

Q9. Statements: 
No house is an apartments.
Some bungalows are apartments.
Conclusions: 
I. No house is a bungalow.
II. All bungalows are houses.

Solution:

Q10. Statements: 
Some gases are liquids.
All liquids are water.
Conclusions: 
I. All gases being water is a possibility.
II. All such gases which are not water can never be liquids.

Solution:

Q11. If train runs at 40 Km/h, it reaches its destination late by 11 minutes but if it runs at 50 Km/h it is late by 5 minutes only. The correct time for the train to complete its journey is

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Q12. Three vessels contain equal mixtures of milk and water in the ratio 6 : 1, 5 : 2 and 3 : 1 respectively. If all the solutions are mixed together, the ratio of milk to water in the final mixture will be:

Solution:

Q13. 1 year ago, a mother was 4 times older to her son. After 6 years, her age becomes more than double her son’s age by 5 years. The present ratio of mother and son age will be:

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Q14. A man divided his share to his sons A and B in such a way that the interest received by A at 15% per annum for 3 years is double the interest received by B at 12% per annum for 5 years. At what ratio was his share divided?

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Q15. A committee of 5 is to be formed from a group of 12 students consisting of 8 boys and 4 girls. In how many ways can the committee be formed if it consists of exactly 3 boys and 2 girls?

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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. Pique- A talented youngster who smashes his guitar in a fit of pique finds it magically reassembled just in time for a crucial concert.

Q17. Limpid: Her limpid prose made even the most recondite subjects accessible to all.

Q18. Stride: He was standing only a few strides away from me.

Q19. Expletive: Expletives were deleted from the transcript of their conversation.

Q20. Hiatus: The band is making an album again after a five-year hiatus.

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