IBPS PO Mains Speed Test: 09.11.2018 for PO, Clerk, SO, Insurance Exams

Question 1

Direction: In the given question, statement(s) with two blanks are stated. Each blank can be filled with more than one option. Find the combination/s which can most suitably complete the sentence without altering the meaning of the statement.

The dispute resolution mechanism established by the GST Council is bound to become an executive/administrative functionality that is subject to the __________ jurisdiction of the high courts and the Supreme Court. If the states or the centre are _________ by any decision of any mechanism of the GST Council, they can move the Supreme Court or high courts to have it overturned.
I. Warrant
II. Summon
III. Chagrined
IV. Writ
V. Aggrieved

Question 2

Direction: The following question carries a paragraph with two blanks. The paragraph is followed by five words. Each of the blanks can be filled by more than one word. Find the pair of words that can fill in the blanks to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

There is a well-thought-out, fully evolved and hardly concealed plan to deprive India of the heritage that has let it survive often _________ interventions and retain its pluralist fabric. The plan is being loudly proclaimed and implemented by a combination of state power and the laboriously manufactured social base by recreating a/an _________ dichotomy of denominational religions and unrelenting hostility between their followers, a dichotomy that had a more authentic and aesthetic Indian resolution.

I. Tempestuous
II. Consonant
III. Tumultuous
IV. Irreconcilable
V. Apparent

Question 3

Direction: In the given question, statement(s) with two blanks are stated. Each blank can be filled with more than one option. Find the combination/s which can most suitably complete the sentence without altering the meaning of the statement.

India and Pakistan, for the two decades since their nuclear weapons tests in 1998, have continued to build up their __________ of nuclear weapons and ways of delivering these weapons of mass destruction. At the UNGA in December 2016, both the countries abstained on the resolution to begin the talk on the Ban Treaty and ___________ it in the “high rhetoric about the goal of disarmament.”
I. Arsenal
II. Stockpiles
III. Couched
IV. Insinuated
V. Excelled

Question 4

Direction: In the given question, statements with two blanks are stated. Each blank can be filled with more than one option. Find the combination/s which can most suitably complete the sentence without altering the meaning of the statement.

Some believe that the same technology that has ______ our world might also imprison us if we don’t seriously examine its effects on us personally and collectively. The impact of cell phone use is more than a passing phenomenon and something worthy of ______ academic study. The impact of cell phone is still debated and various people put forward various opinions.
I. Impacted
II. Liberated
III. Oppressed
IV. Legitimate
V. Comprehensive

Question 5

Direction: The following statement has two blanks which are to be filled with the options given below. Each blank can be filled with more than one option. Find the combination/s which can most suitably complete the sentence without altering the meaning of the statement.

Nassar, a young mourner who came to Cairo’s Abbaseya cathedral in his Sunday best, stood ______ at the ______ of the kilometre-long queue to pay respects to the departed pope. “This is a very difficult time for Christians,” he said. “The country is changing very fast, people are emigrating, and losing a beloved pope only makes it more difficult and confusing.”
I. Slander
II. Penchant
III. Rear
IV. Lethal
V. Pensive

Question 6

Direction: You are required to calculate approximate value of the sums given below

15.002 *? * 25.0210 + 51% of 62= 7113.918

Question 7

Direction: What approximate value will come in place of question mark (?) in the following question (You do not have to calculate the exact value).

Question 8

Direction: What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation (Note: You are not expected to calculate the exact value)?

(89.97% of 360×19.89)÷(25.01% of 320)=(?)-15.10×4

Question 9

Direction: What approximate value should come in place of the question marks (?) in the following questions? (Note: you are not expected to calculate the exact value.)

40.05% of 894.88 + 89.93 ÷ 8.97 − 19.95% of 395.09 = ?

Question 10

Direction: What approximate value will come in place of question mark (?) in the following question (You do not have to calculate the exact value).

(7.02)²× (360.85)^{1 ÷ 2}× (31.98)²÷ [(7.99)^{3 −} (16.02)²] = ?

Question 11

Direction: Study the information given below and answer the questions based on it.

Eight people P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a circle facing outward. All of them belong to different cities viz—Mumbai, Kota, Jaipur, Indore, Pune, Goa, Raipur and Kolkata. S is sitting third to the right of U. The one who belongs to Kota sits on the immediate left of S, who doesn’t belong to Mumbai. Q sits fourth to the left of V. Neither Q nor V is an immediate neighbour of S. T belongs to Indore and sits third to the left of the one who belongs to Kota. The one who belongs to Goa sits second to the right of the one who belongs to Indore. The one who belongs to Raipur sits second to the right of S. P belongs to Jaipur and sits exactly between T and V. The one who belongs to Pune sits second to the left of the one who belongs to Jaipur. W sits third to the right of T.

Who amongst the following belongs to Mumbai?

Question 12

Direction: Study the information given below and answer the questions based on it.

Eight people P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a circle facing outward. All of them belong to different cities viz—Mumbai, Kota, Jaipur, Indore, Pune, Goa, Raipur and Kolkata. S is sitting third to the right of U. The one who belongs to Kota sits on the immediate left of S, who doesn’t belong to Mumbai. Q sits fourth to the left of V. Neither Q nor V is an immediate neighbour of S. T belongs to Indore and sits third to the left of the one who belongs to Kota. The one who belongs to Goa sits second to the right of the one who belongs to Indore. The one who belongs to Raipur sits second to the right of S. P belongs to Jaipur and sits exactly between T and V. The one who belongs to Pune sits second to the left of the one who belongs to Jaipur. W sits third to the right of T.

What is P’s position with respect to Q?

Question 13

Direction: Study the information given below and answer the questions based on it.

Eight people P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a circle facing outward. All of them belong to different cities viz—Mumbai, Kota, Jaipur, Indore, Pune, Goa, Raipur and Kolkata. S is sitting third to the right of U. The one who belongs to Kota sits on the immediate left of S, who doesn’t belong to Mumbai. Q sits fourth to the left of V. Neither Q nor V is an immediate neighbour of S. T belongs to Indore and sits third to the left of the one who belongs to Kota. The one who belongs to Goa sits second to the right of the one who belongs to Indore. The one who belongs to Raipur sits second to the right of S. P belongs to Jaipur and sits exactly between T and V. The one who belongs to Pune sits second to the left of the one who belongs to Jaipur. W sits third to the right of T.

Four of the following five pairs are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which of the following doesn’t belong to the group?

Question 14

Direction: Study the information given below and answer the questions based on it.

Eight people P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a circle facing outward. All of them belong to different cities viz—Mumbai, Kota, Jaipur, Indore, Pune, Goa, Raipur and Kolkata. S is sitting third to the right of U. The one who belongs to Kota sits on the immediate left of S, who doesn’t belong to Mumbai. Q sits fourth to the left of V. Neither Q nor V is an immediate neighbour of S. T belongs to Indore and sits third to the left of the one who belongs to Kota. The one who belongs to Goa sits second to the right of the one who belongs to Indore. The one who belongs to Raipur sits second to the right of S. P belongs to Jaipur and sits exactly between T and V. The one who belongs to Pune sits second to the left of the one who belongs to Jaipur. W sits third to the right of T.

How many people are sitting between V and W when counted in an anti-clockwise direction from W?

Question 15

Direction: Study the information given below and answer the questions based on it.

Eight people P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a circle facing outward. All of them belong to different cities viz—Mumbai, Kota, Jaipur, Indore, Pune, Goa, Raipur and Kolkata. S is sitting third to the right of U. The one who belongs to Kota sits on the immediate left of S, who doesn’t belong to Mumbai. Q sits fourth to the left of V. Neither Q nor V is an immediate neighbour of S. T belongs to Indore and sits third to the left of the one who belongs to Kota. The one who belongs to Goa sits second to the right of the one who belongs to Indore. The one who belongs to Raipur sits second to the right of S. P belongs to Jaipur and sits exactly between T and V. The one who belongs to Pune sits second to the left of the one who belongs to Jaipur. W sits third to the right of T.

Which of the following statements is false according to the above mentioned arrangement?

Question 16

The International Translation Day (ITD) is observed every year on ____.

Question 17

Which institution's scientists claimed to have developed India’s first indigenous medical kit that may ensure protection from serious injuries and faster healing of wounds resulting from nuclear warfare or radioactive leakage?

Question 18

Which of the following Indian has been awarded the UN Champions of the Earth Award 2018?

Question 19

Which of the following bodies regulates the Regional Rural Banks?

Question 20

Which city hosted the India International Silk Fair (IISF) 2018?