Punjab National Bank
Bank Clerical Examination
April 2010
1. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word CONSUMER each of which has as many pairs of letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
a) None
b) One
c) Two
d) Three
e) More than three
2. How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters NNEO using each letter only once in each word?
a) None
b) one
c) two
d) three
e) more than three
3. In a certain code JUMP is written as ‘39%4’ and MEALS is written as %2*7@ How is PULSE written in that code?
a) 493@2
b) 4*7@2
c) 479@2
d) 497@2
4. How many such pairs of digits are there in the number 5134872, each of which has as many digits between them in the number as when the digits are rearranged in ascending order within the number?
a) None
b) one
c) two
d) three
e) More than three
5. In a certain code Journey is written as TNISZFO. How is MEDICAL written in that code?
a) CDLJMBD
b) CDLJDBM
c) LDCJMBD
d) EFNJMBD
e) None of these
6.If ‘K’ denotes ‘x’; ‘B’ denotes ‘divide sign’ ‘I’ denotes ‘—‘ and M denotes ‘+’ then,
40 8T6M3K4 = ?
a) 19
b) 11
c) – 31
d) 23
e) None of these.
7. What should come next in the following letter series?
A B C D P Q R S A B C D E P Q R S T A B C D E F P Q R S T
a) A
b) Q
c) U
d) W e) None of these
8. BF is related to ‘HL’ in the same way as ‘EI’ is related to ——–
a) KO
b) KN
JN
d) JO
e) None of the above
9. Each vowel in the word ‘GAMBLE’ is substituted by the next letter in the English alphabet and each consonant is substituted by the previous letter of the English alphabet. If te new letters are then rearranged in alphabetical order, which of the following will be the fourth letter from the right end after the rearrangement?
a) F
b) B
c) K
d) E
e) None of the above
10. Which of the following has the same relationaship as that of ROCK : CROK?
a) Bale : ELAB
b) COLD : DOLC
c) MEAN : AEMN
d) MINH : DINM
e) none of these.
11. If it is possible to make only one such number with the first, the fourth and the sixth digits of the number 531697 which is the perfect square of a two digit even number, which of the following will be the second digit of the wo digit even number. If no such number can be made, give ‘@’ as the answer and if more than one such number can be made, give ‘ c0 as the answer.
a) 4
b) 2
c) 6
d) @
e) c
Directions (Q. 12 ro 17) in each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II, III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
12. statement :
Some calculators are notes.
Some notes are books.
Some books are pens.
Conclusions :
I Some pens are notes.
II Some books are calculators.
III. Some pens are calculators.
a) None follows
b) Only I follows.
c) Only I and II follows
d) Only III follows
e) only II and III follows.
13. Statements:
All desks are mirrors.
Some mirrors are houses.
All houses are buldings.
Conclusions :
I. Some buildings are mirrors.
II) Some houses are desks.
III) Some buildings are desks.
a) None follows
b) Only I follows
c) Only II follows
d) Only III follows
e) Only I and II follows.
14. Statements
All roads are jugs.
All jugs are pots.
Some pots are cans.
Conclusions :
I Some cans are roads
II. Some cans are jugs
III. Some pots are cans.
a) Only I and II follow.
b) Only I and III follow.
c) Only II and III follow
d) All I, II, and III follow
e) None of these.
15. Statements :
All lanterns are wall.
No wall is brick.
Some bricks are chairs.
Conclusions :
I. Some chairs are lanterns.
II. Some bricks are lanterns.
III. No chair is lantern.
a) Only I follows
b) Only II follows
c) Only either I or III follows
d) Only III follows
e) None of these.
16. Statements :
Some rivers are jungles.
All jungles are ponds.
All ponds are trees.
Conclusions :
I. Some trees are rivers.
II. Some ponds are rivers.
III. All rivers are trees.
a) Only I and III follow
b) Only I and II follow
c) Only II and III follow
d) All I, II and III follow
e) None of these.
17. Statements
Some buses are doors.
Some doors are windows.
All windows are gardens.
Conclusions :
I. Some gardens are buses.
II. Some windows are buses.
III. Some gardens are doors.
a) only I follows
b) Only II follows.
c) Only I and II follow
d) Only I and III follow
e) None of these.
Directions (Q. No. 18 to 23) Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below.
F @ 5 3 R $ J P E 1 H % I 4 Q B 8 A W 2 U G 6 * 9 δ Z N M © V
18. Which of the following is the tenth to the left of the eighteenth from the left end of the above arrangement?
a) P
b) *
c) N
d) 3
e) None of the above
19. What should come in place of the question (?) in the following series based on the above arrangement?
5RJ 1% Q *WU ?
a) δ N ©
b) 6 9 Z
c) * δ M
d) * δ N
5) None of the above
20. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group.
a) 1 H J
b) W A U
c) I Q 1
d) 2 U *
e) Z N *
21. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and not immediately followed by a consonant?
a) None
b) one
c) two
d) three
e) more than three.
22. If all the symbols are dropped from the above arrangement, which of the following will be the eleventh from the right end?
a) 8
b) Q
c) A
d) U
e) None of these.
23. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately folowed by a letter but not immediately preceded by a letter?
a) None
2) one
c) two
d) three
e) more than three
Answers
1. ( c )
2. ( c )
3. ( d )
4. ( e )
5. ( a )
6. ( b )
7. c )
8. (a )
9. ( a )
10. ( e )
11. ( a )
12. ( a )
13. ( b )
14. ( e )
15 ( c )
16. ( b )
17. ( e )
18. (a)
19. ( d )
20. ( d )
21. ( d )
22. ( c )
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