Test of the Day for IBPS RRB Exam 2017

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Q1. A worldwide financial messaging network which exchanges messages between banks and financial institutions is known as _________

Solution:

Society for Worldwide Inter bank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) code . An internationally-recognized identification code for banks around the world. SWIFT codes are most commonly used for international wire transfers and are comprised of 8 or 11 alphanumeric characters.

Q2. Which of the following is not a ‘Money Market Instrument’?

Solution:

There are several money market instruments, including treasury bills, commercial paper, bankers’ acceptances, deposits, certificates of deposit, bills of exchange, repurchase agreements.

Q3. The Indo-Mongolian Joint Military Exercise 2017 has begun recently at Vairengte in Mizoram. What is the name of this joint exercise?

Solution:

The Indo-Mongolian Joint Military Exercise 2017 has begun recently at Vairengte in Mizoram. Exercise Nomadic Elephant-XII is the name of this joint exercise.

Q4. Mercedes' British Formula One racer Lewis Hamilton defeated Ferrari's four-time Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel to lift his _______ title at the Chinese Grand Prix.

Solution:

Mercedes' British Formula One racer Lewis Hamilton defeated Ferrari's four-time Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel to lift his fifth title at the Chinese Grand Prix.

Q5. The government has appointed retired Supreme Court judge Shiva Kirti Singh as the next chairman of TDSAT. What does 'A' stands for in TDSAT?

Solution:

The government has appointed retired Supreme Court judge Shiva Kirti Singh as the next chairman of the Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) after replacing of Justice Aftab Alam who was retired in June 2016.

Directions (6-10): Study the information and answer the following questions: In a certain code language "form panel forge consensus" is coded as "RL8 NK10 RD10 NR18 " "parties have decided their" is coded as "RR14 VD8 CC14 EQ10 " "has asked him stay " is coded as"SR6 KC10 ML6 AX8"
Q6.What is the code for ‘candidate’ in the given code language?

Solution:

These are the latest pattern of coding-decoding questions. In these questions we are applying following concept:-

Q7. What is the code for ‘significant' in the given code language?

Q8. What may be the possible code for ‘especially’ in the given code language?

Q9. What may be the possible code for ‘political’ in the given code language?

Q10. What is the code for ‘factions' in the given code language?

Q11. The cost of etching a glass with design varies directly as the square of its area. It will cost Rs. 8000 to etch a glass plate of 1m × 1m dimension. What would be the loss to the artist if he were to etch 4 pieces of dimension 1/2 m×1/2 m instead of the 1m × 1m piece?

Solution:

Q12. If the cost of using air conditioner is directly proportional to the time for which it is used, inversely proportional to the number of stars given to it and directly proportional to its power in terms of tonns. It cost Rs 150 if a 2 star air conditioner of 2 tonns is used for 10 hrs. Then how much will it cost if a 3 star air conditioner of 1.5 tonns is used for 8 hours.

Solution:

Q13. A contractor employed 25 laborers on a job. He was paid Rs 275 for the work. After retaining 20% of this sum, he distributed the remaining amount amongst the laborers. If the number of male to female laborers was in the ratio 2 : 3 and their wages in the ratio 5 : 4, what wages did a female laborer get?

Solution:

Q14. A and B are two alloys of gold and copper prepared by mixing metals in the ratio 7 : 2 and 7 : 11 respectively. If equal quantities of the alloys are melted to form a third alloy C, the ratio of gold and copper in C will be:

Solution:

Q15. Divide Rs 671 among A, B, C such that if their shares be increased by Rs 3, Rs 7 and Rs 9 respectively, the new shares shall be in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3.

Solution:

Direction (16-18): There are sets of four statements in question given below which when connected using the correct sentence structure forms a complete single sentence without altering the meaning of the sentences given in the question. There are four options given below the question, choose the sentence that forms the correct formation of single sentence which is both grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. If none follows, choose (e) as your answer.
Q16. Farmers are unable to get a gainful return; it is due to price crash, poor marketing facilities, rising credit burden, increasing cost of inputs and frequent occurrence of natural calamities; so they look for support from various quarters in agricultural distress; it is often viewed as a short-term phenomenon.

Solution:

Among the given options, all sentences, except (c) are either contextually different or grammatically incorrect. Only sentence (c) forms the correct sentence which follows the sentences given in the question both grammatically and contextually.

Q17. The RBI has acknowledged that vegetable prices dipped more sharply; because of ‘ire sales’ following demonetisation; vegetable prices were already falling; pulses are cheaper because of high output on top of imports.

Solution:

Among the given options, all sentences, except (d) are either contextually different or grammatically incorrect. Only sentence (d) forms the correct sentence which follows the sentences given in the question both grammatically and contextually.

Q17. The NSSO is a unique agency in the world in so far; it is because the collection and analysis of socioeconomic and demographic data are concerned covering the entire country in a continual and routine manner reaching down to the grass-root level; it was initially established as a division of ISI; NSSO recently became an integral part of the Ministry of Planning.

Solution:

Direction (19-20): The following questions consist of a sentence which is divided into three parts which contain grammatical errors in one or more than one part of the sentence. If there is an error in any part of the sentence, find the correct alternatives to replace those parts from the three options given below each question to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the given sentence is grammatically correct or does not require any correction, choose (e) i.e. No correction required as your answer.
Q19. The non-availability of remunerative prices on (I)/farmers on agricultural produce is a vexed issue and (II)/emerge as the prime issue in various research studies wherein farmers are asked to rank production constraints. (III)
(I) The non-availability of remunerative prices to
(II) farmers on agricultural produce are vexed issue and
(III) emerges as the prime issue in various research studies wherein farmers are asked to rank production constraints.

Solution:

In the first part of the sentence, ‘prices on’ should be replaced by ‘prices to’. In part (III), 'emerges' is to be used to make the sentence grammatically correct.

Q20. Cricket has become a marker of the state of political relations (I)/between the two countries and has been (II)/used as a diplomatic tool by leaders from both the sides. (III)
(I) Cricket has became a marker of the state of political relations
(II) between the two countries and had been
(III) used as a diplomatic tool by leaders for both the sides.

Solution:

All the three parts of the given sentence are correct, hence, no correction is required.

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