SBI Clerk Exam GK Questions and Answers

Who of the following impeached by the British Parliament?
(A) Charles Clive
(B) Warren Hastings
(C) T.B. Macaulay
(D) Cornwallis

In 1720, the British Government enacted a legislation called the Calico Act to ?
(A) ban the use of printed cotton textiles-Chintz_in England
(B) punish rebels from Calicut
(C) promote Calico industry in England
(D) produce Calico textiles in England

As a consequence of the Revolt of 1857, which of the following was a change initiated by the British Parliament?

(A) Path an and Sikh soldiers were banned from joining the British Indian Army
(B) All ruling chiefs of the country were warned that military action would be taken against them if they support any rebellion
(C) A member of the British Cabinet was appointed Secretary of State for India
(D) The land and property of prominent Hindu and Muslim citizens who supported the revolt were confiscated

Tanti, Mom in and Devangs communities were engaged in ?
(A) Leather works
(B) Weaving
(C) Wood works
(D) Pottery Making

Muhammad-Bin-Tughlaq shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?
(A) to escape from Mongols
(B) to punish Southern rulers
(C) to control his empire effectively as Daulatabad was centrally located
(D) as he was not getting enough revenue from North India

Pietra dura was a?
(A) Style of decoration of buildings
(B) Role of succession
(C) Greek god
(D) Metallurgy technology

Which of the following combinations of kingdoms was engaged in tripartite struggle ?
(A) Chloe, Rashtrakuta, Pala
(B) Pala, Pal lava , Rashtrakuta
(C) Rashtrakuta, Baal, Gurjar-Pratihara
(D) Pala, Chola, Gurjar-Pratihara

Which of the following was a part of temple architecture of the ninth century ?
(A) Yagya Vedi ( Seat to perform sacred incantation )
(B) Havan Kund ( square pyramid shaped pot with open mouth to hold fire )
(C) Decorative gateway (Dwara)
(D) Rangshala ( place to perform dance )

The division of the period of Indian History into ‘Ancient’, ‘Medieval’, and ‘Modern’ also has problems. Which of the following is one of the problems in it ?
(A) The concept has been borrowed from the West where Modern period was associated with science, reason, democracy, liberty and equality
(B) Indian History seems to have clear lines of distinction between ‘Ancient’. and ‘Medieval’, and ‘Medieval’ and ‘Modern’ period
(C) Tripartite division reflects gradual growth of the Indian State
(D) Three periods are insufficient to describe Indian History

The East India Company set up a factory in Bengal on the banks of Hugli in 1651 to?
(A) manufacture cotton textiles for exporting to England
(B) buy spices for sending them to England
(C) buy Indigo (Neel) from local farmers to send it to England
(D) establish a base from which the factors could operate

What is ‘Common Era’?
(A) A new era to study historical events
(B) Christian Era which is now accepted in major parts of the world
(C) Indian Era accepted by the government to issue notices
(D) A new Era developed by amalgamation of Hindu Era and Islamic Era

Which of the following combinations of planets is known as ‘Gaseous planets’?
(A) Venus, Jupiter, Mars , Saturn
(B) Mars, Venus, Saturn ,Uranus
(C) Jupiter, Saturn , Uranus, Neptune
(D) Jupiter, Mars , Earth, Neptune

Plantations, a type of commercial farming, require a large amount of ?

(A)  Land and lab our
(B) lab our and capital
(C) land and capital
(D) only capital

Wind actions create ‘Mushroom rocks’ which are usually found in?
(A) Hills
(B) Plateaus
(C) Deserts
(D) Tropical coastal areas

In nuclear power plants, electricity is generated through the process of ?
(A) Nuclear fusion
(B) nuclear fission
(C) nuclear collision
(D) atomic vibrations

The following diagram shows the position of the Earth on a particular day. A, B, C, D and E are locations on the Earth. Which location will experience longest hour of daylight?

(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D

Which type of rainfall is represented in the diagram given below?
(A) Cyclonic rainfall
(B) Or graphic rainfall
(C) Convectional rainfall
(D) Frontal rainfall

‘Right to Education ‘is a Fundamental Right under Article 21 which deals with ‘Right to Life’ because?
(A) Education is life
(B) not all people had right to education
(C) education helps in leading a dignified life
(D) only an educated person has right to life

‘Blackfoot Indian’ is a?
(A) Disease prevalent in Nicobar Islands
(B) native tribe if North America
(C) Plantation worker in Cuba
(D) Migrant Indian in Canada

Ahmadabad is a hub of cotton textile industry . Which of the following is one of the factors for flourishing textile industries inn Ahmadabad?

(A) It is situated close to cotton growing area
(B) Its easy access to the Tuticorin Port
(C) Industrial Policy of the Indian Government
(D) Availability of cheap lab our- force

SBI Clerk Previous Year Aptitude Questions

SBI Clerk Previous Year Aptitude Questions

SBI Clerk Previous Year Aptitude Questions
Directions (Q 1 t0 15) What Will Come of in-place question mark (?) In the FollowingQuestions?
1. 182 + root (?) = 350
a) 576 b) 676
c) 26 d) 28 e) None of These
2. Divided 153 34 X 24 = 360 Divided?
a) 625 b) 765 c) 575 d) 645 e) None of These
3. 285-1236 4966 +? = 4860
a) 854 b) 848 c) 825 d) 875 e) None of These
4. 17 X 18 X 4 + 3 Divided root (441) + 139 X 5 =?
a) 1/4 b) 1/2 c) 2/3 d) 1/3 e) None of These
5. Divided 12 2820 X 8 =?
a) 1680 b) 1880 c) 1860 d) 1660 e) None of These
6. Divided Divided 1950 26 25 =?
a) 12 b) 8
c) 5 d) 3 e) None of These
7. 75.75-48.32 +146.92 =?
a) 174.35 b) 175.34
c) 173.45 d) 173.35
e) None of These
8.18% of 450-75% of 96 =?
a) 15 b) 22 c) 12 d) 16 e) None of These
9. 8 1/3 X 4 2/5 +? = 44 2/5
a) 7 11/15 b) 7 4/15 c) 7 8/15 d) 8 7/15 e) None of These

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Aptitude Questions For SBI Clerk Exam

Aptitude Questions For SBI Clerk Exam

1. If on an item a company gives 25% discount, they earn 25% profit. If they now give 10% discount then what is the profit percentage.
(a) 40% (b) 55% (c) 35% (d) 30% (Ans. D)
2. A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 10 days. If however there were 10 men less it will take 10 days more for the work to be finished. How many men were there originally?
(a) 110 men (b) 130 men (c) 100 men (d) none of these (Ans. A)
3. In simple interest what sum amounts of Rs.1120/- in 4 years and Rs.1200/- in 5 years ?
(a) Rs. 500 (b) Rs. 600 (c) Rs. 800 (d) Rs. 900 (Ans. C)
4. If a sum of money compound annually amounts of thrice itself in 3 years. In how many years will it become 9 times itself.
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 12 (Ans A)
5. A cylinder is 6 cms in diameter and 6 cms in height. If spheres of the same size are made from the material obtained, what is the diameter of each sphere?
(a) 5 cms (b) 2 cms (c) 3 cms (d) 4 cms (Ans C)
6. A rectangular plank (2)1/2 meters wide can be placed so that it is on either side of the diagonal of a square shown below.(Figure is not available)What is the area of the plank? ( Ans :7*(2)1/2 )
7. What is the smallest number by which 2880 must be divided in order to make it into a perfect square ?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6 (Ans. C)
8. A father is 30 years older than his son however he will be only thrice as old as the son after 5 years what is father’s present age ?
(a) 40 yrs (b) 30 yrs (c) 50 yrs (d) none of these (Ans. A)
10. An article sold at a profit of 20% if both the cost price and selling price would be Rs.20/- the profit would be 10% more. What is the cost price of that article?
11. If an item costs Rs.3 in ‘99 and Rs.203 in ‘00.What is the % increase in price?
(a) 200/3 % (b) 200/6 % (c) 100% (d) none of these (Ans. A)
12. 5 men or 8 women do equal amount of work in a day. a job requires 3 men and 5 women to finish the job in 10 days how many woman are required to finish the job in 14 days.
a) 10 b) 7 c) 6 d) 12 (Ans 7)
13. A simple interest amount of rs 5000 for six month is rs 200. what is the anual rate of interest?
a) 10% b) 6% c) 8% d) 9% (Ans 8%)
14. In objective test a correct ans score 4 marks and on a wrong ans 2 marks are —. a student score 480 marks from 150 question. how many ans were correct?
a) 120 b) 130 c) 110 d) 150 (Ans130)
Ans. (b)
15. What is the angle between the two hands of a clock when time is 8:30
Ans. 75(approx)
16. An artical sold at amount of 50% the net sale price is rs 425 .what is the list price of the artical?
a) 500 b) 488 c) 480 d) 510
(Ans 500)
17. A man leaves office daily at 7pm A driver with car comes from his home to pick him from office and bring back home.One day he gets free at 5:30 and instead of waiting for driver he starts walking towards home. In the way he meets the car and returns home on car He reaches home 20 minutes earlier than usual. In how much time does the man reach home usually?? (Ans. 1hr 20min)
18. A works thrice as much as B. If A takes 60 days less than B to do a work then find the number of days it would take to complete the work if both work together?
Ans. 22½days
19. How many 1’s are there in the binary form of 8*1024 + 3*64 + 3 Ans. 4
5. In a digital circuit which was to implement (A B) + (A)XOR(B), the designer implements (A B) (A)XOR(B) What is the probability of error in it ?
20. A boy has Rs 2. He wins or loses Re 1 at a time If he wins he gets Re 1 and if he loses the game he loses Re 1.He can loose only 5 times. He is out of the game if he earns Rs 5.Find the number of ways in which this is possible? (Ans. 16)
21. If there are 1024*1280 pixels on a screen and each pixel can have around 16 million colors. Find the memory required for this? (Ans. 4MB)
22. On a particular day A and B decide that they would either speak the truth or will lie. C asks A whether he is speaking truth or lying? He answers and B listens to what he said. C then asks B what A has said B says “A says that he is a liar” What is B speaking ?(a) Truth (b) Lie (c) Truth when A lies (d) Cannot be determined
23. If a man buys 1 lt of milk for Rs.12 and mixes it with 20% water and sells it for Rs.15, then what is the percentage of gain?
24. Pipe A can fill a tank in 30 mins and Pipe B can fill it in 28 mins.If 3/4th of the tank is filled by Pipe B alone and both are opened, how much time is required by both the pipes to fill the tank completely ?
25. Two trains move in the same direction at 50 kmph and 32 kmph respectively. A man in the slower train observes the 15 seconds elapse before the faster train completely passes by him. What is the length of faster train ?
(a) 100m (b) 75m (c) 120m (d) 50m (Ans B)
26. How many mashes are there in 1 squrare meter of wire gauge if each mesh
is 8mm long and 5mm wide ?
(a) 2500 (b) 25000 (c) 250 (d) 250000 (Ans B)
27. x% of y is y% of ?
(a) x/y (b) 2y (c) x (d) can’t be determined Ans. C
28. The price of sugar increases by 20%, by what % should a housewife reduce the consumption of sugar so that expenditure on sugar can be same as before ?
(a) 15% (b) 16.66% (c) 12% (d) 9% (Ans B)
29. A man spends half of his salary on household expenses, 1/4th for rent, 1/5th for travel expenses, the man deposits the rest in a bank. If his monthly deposits in the bank amount 50, what is his monthly salary ?
(a) Rs.500 (b) Rs.1500 (c) Rs.1000 (d) Rs. 900 (Ans C)
30. The population of a city increases @ 4% p.a. There is an additional annual increase of 4% of the population due to the influx of job seekers, find the % increase in population after 2 years ?
31. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3:2 Out of these 10% the boys and 25% of girls are scholarship holders. % of students who are not scholarship holders.?
32. 15 men take 21 days of 8 hrs. each to do a piece of work. How many days of 6 hrs. each would it take for 21 women if 3 women do as much work as 2 men?
(a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 19 (d) 29 (Ans. A)
33. A man walks east and turns right and then from there to his left and then 45degrees to his right.In which direction did he go (Ans. North west)
34. A student gets 70% in one subject, 80% in the other. To get an overall of 75% how much should get in third subject.
35. A man shows his friend a woman sitting in a park and says that she the daughter of my grandmother’s only son.What is the relation between the two
Ans. Daughter
36. How many squares with sides 1/2 inch long are needed to cover a rectangle that is 4 ft long and 6 ft wide
(a) 24 (b) 96 (c) 3456 (d) 13824 (e) 14266
37. If a=2/3b , b=2/3c, and c=2/3d what part of d is b/
(a) 8/27 (b) 4/9 (c) 2/3 (d) 75% (e) 4/3 Ans. (b)
38. 2598Successive discounts of 20% and 15% are equal to a single discount of
(a) 30% (b) 32% (c) 34% (d) 35% (e) 36 Ans. (b)
39. The petrol tank of an automobile can hold g liters.If a liters was removed when the tank was full, what part of the full tank was removed?
(a)g-a (b)g/a (c) a/g (d) (g-a)/a (e) (g-a)/g (Ans. (c))
40. If x/y=4 and y is not ‘0′ what % of x is 2x-y
(a)150% (b)175% (c)200% (d)250% (Ans. (b))