BANKING FREE COURSE 30.11.2024

Directions (1- 10): Read the following passage to answer the given questions based on it. Some words/phrases are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Once upon a time there was a royal elephant which used to reside in the premises of the king’s palace. Elephant was very dear to the king, so he was well-fed and well-treated. There was also a dog who lived near the elephant’s shed. He was very weak and skinny. He was always fascinated by the smell of rich sweet rice being fed to the royal elephant.

One day, the dog could no longer resist the aroma of the rice and somehow managed to sneak into the elephant’s mouth. He linked the rice so much, that he started going there daily to eat the rice. For days, the huge elephant didn’t notice the small dog as he was busy enjoying the delicious food. Gradually, the dog grew bigger and stronger eating such rich food. Finally the elephant noticed him and allowed him access to the food.

The elephant enjoyed the company of the dog and started sharing his food with him. They also started spending time with each other and soon became good friends. They ate together, slept together and played together. While playing, the elephant would hold the dog in his trunk and swing him back and forth. Soon neither of them was happy without the other. They became great friends and didn’t want to be separated from each other.

Then one day, a man saw the dog and asked the elephant-keeper, “I want to buy this dog. What price do you want for it? “The elephant-keeper didn’t own the dog but sold it and extracted a sum of money from this deal. The man took the dog to his home village, which was far away. The king’s elephant became very sad after this incident. He missed his friend a lot and started neglecting everything. He didn’t want to do anything without his dear friend, so he stopped eating, drinking and even bathing.

Finally, the elephant-keeper reported this to the king; however he didn’t mention anything about the dog. The king had a wise minister, who was known for his keen understanding of animals. The king ordered the minister, “Go to the elephant’s shed and find out the reason for the elephant’s condition”. The intelligent minister went to the elephant’s shed and found the elephant very sad. He examined the elephant and asked the elephant-keeper, “there is nothing wrong with this elephant’s body, then why does he look so sad? I think this elephant is grief stricken, possibly due to the loss of a dear friend. Do you know if this elephant shared a close friendship with anyone?”

The elephant-keeper said, “There was a dog who used to eat, sleep and play with the elephant. He was taken by a stranger three days ago”. The minister went back to the king and said, “Your majesty, in my opinion, the royal elephant is not sick, but he his lonesome without his dear friend, the dog”. The king said, “You’re right, friendship is one of the most wonderful things of life. Do you know where that dog is?” The Minister replied, “elephant-keeper has informed me that a stranger took him away and he doesn’t know his whereabouts”. The king asked, “How can we bring back my elephant’s friend and make him happy again?” The minister suggested, “Your Majesty, make a declaration, that whoever has the dog that used to live at the royal elephant’s shed will be penalized”. The king did the same and the man who had taken the dog, instantly turned him loose when he heard the proclamation.

As soon as he was freed, the dog ran back as fast as he could to the elephant’s shed. The elephant was so delighted to see the dog that he picked his friend up with his trunk and swung him back and forth. The dog wagged his tail, while the elephant’s sparkled with happiness. The king was content to see the elephant happy once again and rewarded the minister for his wise judgment.

1. What was the minister’s diagnosis of the elephant’s condition?

a) The elephant hated his keeper

b) The elephant was lonely

c)  The elephant was starving

d) The elephant had hurt his leg and was is pain

e) None of these

2. What method did the Minister suggest to king to get back the dog?

a) To declare that whoever had that particular dog would be punished
b) To keep a bowl of rice for the dog in the elephant’s shed so that he could be lured back to the place
c) To command the elephant-keeper to look for the dog in the village
d) To persuade the elephant to call out to the dog e. none of these
e) None of these

3. Why had the elephant become very sad?

a) He no longer got his daily bowl of rice
b) He was unhappy with the king for having sold the dog
c) He missed his friend, the dog
d) He was sold to an unknown man by his keeper
e) None of these

4. What of the following can definitely be said about the elephant-keeper?
I. He was greedy.
II. He was insensitive.
III. He was brave.

a) Only I
b) Only I
c) Only I and II
d) Only II and III
e) All of above

5. Which of the following can definitely be said about the king?
I. He was compassionate.
II. He was deceitful.
III. He loved animals.

a) Only I
b) Only I and III
c) Only I and II
d) only B
e) All of above

Directions (11-15): Study the data carefully and answer the questions accordingly.

Input: access 61 few 33 28 case 67 torn dusky 53 yak 98

Step I: case access 61 few 33 28 67 torn dusky yak 98 53

Step II: yak case access few 33 28 67 torn dusky 98 53 61

Step III: torn yak case access few 33 28 dusky 98 53 61 67

Step IV: access torn yak case few 33 dusky 98 53 61 67 28

Step V: few access torn yak case dusky 98 53 61 67 28 33

Step VI: dusky few access torn yak case 53 61 67 28 33 98

And Step VI is the last step of the above arrangement. As per the rules followed in the given steps, find out the steps for the given input.

Input: 55 fastest 75 sail 47 bow 48 oven 32 mayor 53 peace

11. Which of the following element is third from the right end in step III?

a) 48

b) 47

c) Mayor

d) 53

e) None of these

12. Which of the following is step V?

a) Fastest mayor oven sail peace 75 bow 47 53 32 55 48
b) Mayor oven sail peace 55 fastest 75 bow 47 53 32 48
c) Bow fastest mayor oven sail peace 47 53 32 48 55 75
d) Fastest mayor oven sail peace 75 bow 47 53 32 48 55
e) None of these

13. How many steps are required to get the output?

a) Seven
b) Five
c) Four
d) Six
e) None of these

14. What is the position of ‘sail’ in step IV?

a) Fourth from the left
b) Seventh from the right
c) Third from the left
d) Eighth from the right
e) None of these

15. In which of the following steps, ‘sail peace 47’ is found in the same order?

a) Step II
b) Step VI
c) Step V
d) Step III
e) None of these

Directions: (16-18) Answer the questions based on the information given below.
There are nine members F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M and N in a family having three generations and two married couples. There is no single parent in the family. N is the daughter of F who has only two children. F is the sister-in-law of I. N has an only son. J is the son of K and J doesn’t have a sister. M is the only brother-in-law of J’s grandfather. G belongs to the first generation of the family. H is the only brother-in-law of N. L is G’s child.

16. How is L related to maternal uncle of N?

a) son
b) daughter
c) nephew
d) niece
e) CND

17. If G does not have a brother, how is I related to the sister-in-law of H?

a) maternal aunt
b) paternal uncle
c) maternal uncle
d) paternal aunt
e) CND

18. If L is the daughter of G, how many male members are there in the family?

a) 5
b) 7
c) 6
d) CND
e) NOT

Direction(19-20): In the question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered Iand II. 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.

19. Statements:
Maximum Bulb is Tubelight
No Tubelight is a Lamp
Some Lamp is headlight.
Conclusion:
I. Some Headlight is not Tubelight.
II. Some Bulb is not Lamp

a) Only II follows
b) Either I or II follows
c) Neither I nor II follows
d) Only I follows
e) Both I and II follows

20. Statements:
Some Erasers are not pencils.
Only a few Pencil is Cutter.
No Cutter is Sharpner.
Conclusion:
I. Some erasers are sharpeners.
II. No Sharpener is an Eraser.

a) Only II follows
b) Either I or II follows
c) Neither I nor II follows
d) Only I follows
e) Both I and II follows

Direction (21-25): What will come in the place of questions (?) mark in following number series

21. 8, 12, 30, 105, ?, 2598.75

(a) 472.5
(b) 470.5
(c) 476.5
(d) 471.5
(e) 468.5

22. 9, 19, 39, 79, ?, 319

(a) 221
(b) 175
(c) 125
(d) 159
(e) 199

23. 580, 557, 528, 497, ?, 419

(a) 463
(b) 457
(c) 461
(d) 459
(e) 460

24. 81, 72, 136, 111, ?, 278

(a) 325
(b) 347
(c) 323
(d) 327
(e) 321

25. 14, 20, 28, 39, ?, 74

(a) 50
(b) 52
(c) 54
(d) 56
(e) 59

Direction (26-29): What will come in the place of question mark (?) in following series?

26. 33, 36, 44, 59, ?, 118

(a) 85
(b) 83
(c) 81
(d) 87
(e) 91

27. 162, 125, 94, 65, ?, 23

(a) 42
(b) 38
(c) 40
(d) 41
(e) 43

28. 2, 15, 64, 195, ?, 393

(a) 381
(b) 387
(c) 392
(d) 389
(e) 385

29. 322, ?, 82, 42, 22, 12

(a) 172
(b) 165
(c) 164
(d) 158
(e) 162

Direction : A set of 2 number series is given below. Both series follow a similar pattern. Answer the questions based on it using information given below:
I. 5, 6, 13, 40, 161, 806
II. 2, p, q, r, s

30. Find the value of s.

(a) 22
(b) 82
(c) 89
(d) 84
(e) 77