LIC AAO/SBI PO Pre Mini Mock-49 for PO, Clerk, SO, Insurance Exams

Question 1

Direction: In the following question, four statements are given. Identify the pair of statements opposite in meaning to each other. If the correct opposite pair is not given in the alternatives, mark ‘None of these’ as the answer.

I. The International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) is an internationally staffed anti – corruption body that helps Guatemalan prosecutors dismantle death squads, drug cartels and money – laundering rings.
II. Rising murder rates persuaded Guatemalan politicians to look for ways to step – up the country’s security arrangements.
III. Guatemala’s 36 – year civil war ended in 1996, but the bands of ex – soldiers and police officers, who participated in war, transmogrified into crime gangs in the years after.
IV. Despite years of violence and sufferings inflicted on civilians by criminal gangs and death squads in Guatemala, there is no institution in the country which is currently working to address this issue.

Question 2

Direction: In the following question, four statements are given. Identify the pair of statements opposite in meaning to each other. If the correct opposite pair is not given in the alternatives, mark ‘None of these’ as the answer.

I. Parts of Murray River disappear altogether at times, a phenomenon which was almost unprecedented before this century.
II. The four states in Australia that depend on the Murray and its tributaries had been fighting bitterly over its contents as the size of the river is continuously shrinking.
III. The Murray – Darling basin, which is larger than Ethiopia and is continuously thriving, gives life to Australia’s arid interior.
IV. Illegal extraction is a serious problem threatening the life and expanse of the Murray River in Australia.

Question 3

Direction: In the following question, four statements are given. Identify the pair of statements opposite in meaning to each other. If the correct opposite pair is not given in the alternatives, mark ‘None of these’ as the answer.

I. Various estimates put the cost of a typical British wedding at anywhere between 18,000 and 25,000, but such high expenditure are justified on the ground that such couples are more likely to stay together.
II. A flashy and high – end wedding generally turns out to be a recipe for flustered couple.
III. The quite expenditure on the wedding will not trouble the happy royal couple but it might discourage others from dreaming about a wedding in a castle.
IV. A study published in 2015 by two economists at Emory University found that among couples of the same income, education and race, those who had married on a higher budget were more likely to get divorced.

Question 4

Direction: In the following question, four statements are given. Identify the pair of statements opposite in meaning to each other. If the correct opposite pair is not given in the alternatives, mark ‘None of these’ as the answer.

I. On one hand, we have people leading lavish lifestyles with all-you-can-eat buffets and on the other hand, we have people who have to toil hard to eat twice a day.
II. There were reports of panicked customers flocking to market as rumours flew thick and fast that salt has gone out of shelves.
III. Food shortage around the world is a problem bigger than what most of us would like to think.
IV. The amount of food wastage all over the world suggests that we already produce more than enough food to feed the planet.

Question 5

Direction: In the following question, four statements are given. Identify the pair of statements opposite in meaning to each other. If the correct opposite pair is not given in the alternatives, mark ‘None of these’ as the answer.

I. We can never get over reminiscing the good old television days of the 90s for their sheer simplicity and intriguing scripts.
II. While the media scene has completely changed from the days Doordarshan first started transmission from a makeshift studio in 1959, the significance and concept of public service broadcasting is even more relevant now.
III. Doordarshan was the only choice that the viewers had in the 90s, but that doesn’t mean that they were disappointed.
IV. With new plots unravelling every day, the television shows from the 90s were full of drama and unthinkable and over the top storylines.

Question 6

Directions: In each on the following question two equations are given. You have to solve the equations.

I.2x + 3y = 14
II.4x + 2y = 16

Question 7

Direction: In the following question two equations are given in variables x and y. You have to solve these equations and determine relation between x and y.

I. x² + 6x – 135 = 0

II. y² + 10y – 144 = 0

Question 8

Direction: In the following question two equations are given in variables X and Y. You have to solve these equations and determine the relation between X and Y.

x²+6x+9=0
y²-4=0

Question 9

Direction: In the following question, there are two equations. Solve the equations and answer accordingly:

20x ²+9x+1=0
y ²=(1-y)÷6

Question 10

Directions: In the following question, two equations (I) and (II) are given. You have to solve both the equations and find out the relationship in between variables:

I.

=

II. 4 y² + 4 + 17y =0

Question 11

Direction: In the question below are given four statements followed by four conclusions numbered 1 and 2. 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.

Statements:
Some soil is pant.
All pant is Bangles.
No Bangle is square.
All Shorts are square.
Conclusions:
Some soil is bangle.
Some soil is not square.

Question 12

Direction: In the question below are given four statements followed by four conclusions numbered 1 and 2. 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.

Statements:
All Jitu is Manu.
Some Jitu is Manik.
All Manik is Akhil.
No Manik is Gunjan.
Conclusions:
Some Jitu is Akhil.
Some Manik is Manu.

Question 13

Direction: In the question below are given four statements followed by four conclusions numbered 1 and 2. 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.

Statements:
Some nike is zoto.
Some zoto is iphone.
Some iphone is nokia.
Some nokia is rod.
Conclusions:
Some zoto is nike.
Some nokia is zoto.

Question 14

Direction: In the question below are given four statements followed by four conclusions numbered 1 and 2. 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.

Statements:
All 1 is 6.
No 6 is 3.
All 3 are 7.
Some 3 is 5.
Conclusions:
No 1 is 3.
Some 7 is 6.

Question 15

Direction: In the question below are given four statements followed by four conclusions numbered 1 and 2. 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.

Statements:
Some made is China.
All china is India.
No lndia is coward.
Some coward is talent.
Conclusions:
Some China is made.
Some made is not China.