1000+ IBPS Common Written Exam (PO/MT) Main 2016 Solved Paper Multiple Choice Question Answer [Solved]

1. What is the main concern of the author behind saying that the alarm bells should start ringing anytime now?
A. The current economic growth is slowing down due to regular failure of monsoon.
B. Due to power shortage industrial growth could not touch the target.
C. Household savings are sinking and they require to be revamped.
D. Due to a sharp decline in real interest rates people have lost their enthusiasm to invest in govt schemes.
Answer : C

2. Who is Y's husband ?
A. Q
B. P
C. X
D. Can't be determined
Answer : B

3. Which of the following laptops does E own?
A. TOSHIBA
B. Lenovo
C. DELL
D. Samsung
Answer : C

4. Which is a feature included in Microsoft PowerPoint software that allows the user to see all the slides in a presentation at one time?
A. Slide Sorter
B. Slide Master
C. Handout Master
D. Slide Header
Answer : A

5. Who among the following person has seminar at 3 P.M?
A. C
B. G
C. I
D. F
Answer : A

6. However, it is possible that the non -resident entity may have a business connection with the resident Indian entity. In such a case, the resident Indian entity could be treated as Permanent Establishment of the nonresident entity. ……………During the last decade or so, India has seen a steady growth of outsourcing of business processes by non residents or foreign companies to IT -enabled entities in India. Such entities are either branches or associated enterprises of the foreign enterprise or an independent India enterprise. The nonresident entity or foreign company will be liable to tax in India only if the IT -enabled BPO unit in India constitutes its Permanent Establishment.
A. The tax treatment of the Permanent Establishment in such a case is under consideration
B. How would the profit would be shared is not decided yet?
C. A lengthy and cumber some process requiring a lot of application of mind and revenue principles is ahead for the tax department of India
D. A new trend is seen in last decade.
Answer : D

7. To curb black money in the economy, which of the following committees has been formed in 2016?
A. Deepak Mohanty Committee
B. Suresh Prabhu Committee
C. Justice BM Shah committee
D. Nachiket Mor Committee
Answer : C

8. Statement: Unemployment allowance should be given to all unemployed Indian youth above 18 years of age.
Assumptions:
I. There are unemployed youth in India who needs monetary support.
II. The government has sufficient funds to provide allowance to all unemployed youth.
A. If only assumption I is implicit
B. If only assumption II is implicit
C. If either I or II is implicit
D. If neither I nor II is implicit
Answer : A

9. Where is it expected to invest by government to stimulate growth?
A. On infrastructure
B. On governments plans.
C. On fiscal management
D. On manufacturing sector
Answer : A

10. There is a network that can connect networks ranging from small location or area to a bigger range including public packet network and large corporate networks. That network's enterprise allows users to share access to applications, services and other centrally located resources. Its ability for a huge geographical access has transformed networking. Which among the following is that network?
A. SAN
B. CAN
C. LAN
D. WAN
Answer : D

11. India has signed a Grant Agreement for Additional Financing in Financing Energy Efficiency at MSMEs Project- Programmatic Framework for Energy Efficiency with ___________.
A. Asian Development Bank (ADB)
B. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
C. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
D. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
Answer : D

12. From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the passage.
A. India recently ratified the Paris Agreement, assuring it a seat at the 55/55 table
B. ratification by at least 55 countries and accounting for at least 55% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions was required for the agreement to come into force
C. where countries will negotiate the mechanisms and provisions under the agreement.
D. There are certain targets India wants to achieve and to achieve that there is a need to allocate mitigating burden among states and also prioritize adaptation efforts.
Answer : D

13. Statement: You are hereby appointed as a programmer with a probation period of one year and your performance will be reviewed at the end of the period for confirmation. - A line in an appointment letter.
Assumptions:
I. The performance of an individual generally is not known at the time of appointment offer.
II. Generally an individual tries to prove his worth in the probation period.
A. If only assumption I is implicit
B. If only assumption II is implicit
C. If either I or II is implicit
D. If both I and II are implicit.
Answer : D

14. Who is the mother of R?
A. Q
B. Z
C. Y
D. X
Answer : C

15. What was the average no of players who participated in Football over all the years together ?
A. 11417
B. 11490
C. 12476
D. 10976
Answer : A

16. What was/were the reason(s) of drop in savings in financial instruments after 2009?
A. Rise in price level o gold
B. Decrease in real interest rates on savings in financial instruments
C. Investment in physical assets, particularly land
D. Only (a) and (c)
Answer : C

17. Which among the following is the slogan of Allahabad Bank?
A. A tradition of trust
B. World wise
C. Honour your trust
D. Invest with confidence
Answer : A

18. Statement: It is desirable to put the child in school at the age of 5 or so.
Assumptions:
I. At that age the child reaches appropriate level of development and is ready to learn.
II. The schools do not admit children after six years of age.
A. If only assumption I is implicit
B. If only assumption II is implicit
C. If either I or II is implicit
D. If neither I nor II is implicit
Answer : A

19. Please select the most appropriate option
A. The judges finally distributed the awards among the most active children talking at length among themselves.
B. The judges finally distributed the awards talking at length among themselves.
C. The judges, talking at length among themselves finally distributed the awards among the most active children.
D. The judges distributed finally talking at length among themselves the awards among the most active children.
Answer : C

20. Statement : M @ O, O % P, P � N
Conclusion:
I. P � M
II. N @ O
III. N % O
A. Only I is true
B. Ony II is true
C. Both II and III are true
D. Either II or III is true
Answer : D

21. If D and F interchange their places then who among the following is on the immediate left of G?
A. B
B. D
C. H
D. F
Answer : D

22. Who amongst the following lives exactly between H and the one who owns Lenovo Laptop?
A. B, C
B. G, D
C. F, G
D. E, A
Answer : D

23. A five digit number is formed with the digits 0,1,2,3 and 4 without repetition. Find the chance that the number is divisible by 5.
A. 3/5
B. 1/5
C. 2/5
D. 4/5
Answer : B

24. Which one of the following is NOT the suggestion considered by the government?
A. To expand the scope of tax deduction to companies that add at least 10% to their workforce in a year.
B. To upgrade and improve employment exchange.
C. To provide incentive to employees who earn less than Rs.6 lakh a year.
D. Tax penalty for high income people.
Answer : D

25. Which of the following is true regarding Sardana Singh ?
A. MSD and P.V. Sindhu are immediate neighbours of Sardana Singh
B. Only two people sit between Sardana Singh and P.V. Sindhu
C. Sardana Singh is an immediate neighbour of the person who faces Dipa Karmakar
D. Sardana Singh sits second to left of MSD
Answer : D

26. What does the term 'Call Money' refer to?
A. A loan made for a very short period of a few days or a week
B. Student loans to help cover the cost of higher education
C. Loans to allow consumers to buy homes they can't pay for upfront
D. Personal loans for any personal expenses which don't have a designated purpose
Answer : A

27. Four among the following form a group in a certain way. Which of the following does not belong to Group?
A. G - Tuesday
B. I - Wednesday
C. F - Friday
D. G - Wednesday
Answer : D

28. Statements: Some trees are plants. All trees are houses. No plant is pot. All tools are pots.
Conclusions:
I. Some plants are tools is a possibility.
II. All trees are tools is a possibility.
III. No plant is house.
IV. All plants are houses is a possibility.
A. Only I and III follow.
B. Either III or IV follows
C. Only IV follows
D. None follows.
Answer : C

29. NONDESCRIPT
A. Conducive
B. Discern
C. Tantamount
D. Defined
Answer : B

30. Statements: All trees are plants. All houses are trees. Some pots are plants. All tools are plants.
Conclusions:
I. Some plants are not houses
II. Some tools being trees is a possibility
III. All pots are tools is a possibility.
IV. All houses are tools is a possibility.
A. Only III and IV follow
B. Only II, III, and IV follow
C. Only I and IV follow.
D. All follow.
Answer : B

31. Which of the following Statements is true with respect to the given information?
A. G lives immediately above the one who owns Apple
B. E lives immediately above C
C. Only three people live between F and the one who owns TOSHIBA.
D. D owns Samsung.
Answer : A

32. Out of 6 green ball, 4 blue ball, in how many ways we select one or more balls ?
A. 42
B. 34
C. 31
D. 22
Answer : B

33. Ankita borrows ? 7000 at simple Interest from a lender. At the end of 3 years, she again borrows ? 3000 and settled that amount after paying ? 4615 as interest after 8 years from the time she made the first borrowing. What is the rate of interest?
A. 5.5%
B. 9.5%
C. 7.5%
D. 6.5%
Answer : D

34. Find the average of total no of staff in all the dept ?
A. 103.8
B. 108.3
C. 108.2
D. 108
Answer : C

35. 14 8 6 6 7 ?
A. 6.5
B. 7.5
C. 8.5
D. 9.5
Answer : C

36. Why is the government providing tax incentive to companies in manufacturing sector?
A. For better infrastructure.
B. For tax deductions on emoluments paid to new employees,
C. To create new job opportunities and to initiate project Make in India
D. to create new job opportunities and to initiate project Standup India.
Answer : C

37. Total no of female students in CSE is what % more than the male students in the same Dept ?
A. 44.45%
B. 40.76%
C. 40.75%
D. 40.66%
Answer : A

38. RBI is concerned about the risk of investing in mutual funds. RBI is likely to ask banks to reduce their investments in mutual funds.
(A) At the risk of investing
(B) To reduce investments
(C) Concern for the risk
A. Only (A)
B. Only (B)
C. Only (C)
D. Only (A) and (B)
Answer : A

39. What is Cash Reserve Ratio?
A. Deposits of banks in government securities
B. Rate at which banks borrow funds from the RBI
C. Deposits (as cash) which banks have to keep/maintain with the RBI
D. Rate at which RBI borrows money from the banks
Answer : C

40. A works at which of the following?
A. Either Google or Apple
B. Either Intel or IBM
C. Google
D. Intel
Answer : C

41. What is the ratio of total number of staff in ECE,EEE to the total no of students in CSE and IT ?
A. 14:1
B. 1:14
C. 1:12
D. 1:17
Answer : B

42. In which year in India, was the demonetisation announced for the first time?
A. 1978
B. 1999
C. 1946
D. 1962
Answer : C

43. The code for the word ' Table'
A. 26×A
B. 17%O
C. 14$A
D. 22$ E
Answer : C

44. Statement: In order to bring punctuality in our office, we must provide conveyance allowance to our employees. - In charge of a company tells Personnel Manager.
Assumptions:
I. Conveyance allowance will not help in bringing punctuality.
II. Discipline and reward should always go hand in hand.
A. If only assumption I is implicit
B. If only assumption II is implicit
C. If either I or II is implicit
D. If neither I nor II is implicit
Answer : B

45. From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the passage.
A. A look at the historical data on forecasts made by the IMF in its World Economic Outlook (WEO) reports seems to suggest that optimism bias may be the bigger culprit.
B. The large negative forecast errors in the recession years skewed the historical averages.
C. Over the past few years, the growth forecasts made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have displayed one consistent pattern
D. Has predicting the fate of the global economy become more difficult in a volatile post-crisis world, or does the IMF suffer from an inherent optimism bias?
Answer : D

46. 7x + 6y + 4z = 122
4x + 5y + 3z = 88
9x + 2y + z = 78
A. x < y = z
B. x <= y < z
C. x < y > z
D. x = y > z
Answer : A

47. A router is a networking device that forwards data packets and is connected to two or more data lines from different networks. Which among the following was the earliest device which had almost the same functionality as that of a router?
A. Interface Delay Device
B. Interface Traffic Manager
C. Interface Routing Processor
D. Interface Message Processor
Answer : D

48. By using the given code word, find the code word for 'Better Luck Next Arrive' ?
A. 22$E, 21$R, 6×U, 8% E
B. 8×E, 21×R, 22%E, 6%U
C. 22×E, 6%U, 8%E, 21×R
D. 21%R, 22$E, 6×U, 8%E
Answer : C

49. 6 16 45 184 917 ?
A. 5506
B. 4756
C. 5786
D. 5686
Answer : A

50. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in December 2016 imposed a ban on the procurement, sale and use of glass powder coated 'manja' for flying kites. Who is the Chairman of NGT?
A. Lokeshwar Singh Panta
B. Jagdish Singh Khehar
C. Dinesh Saxena
D. Swatanter Kumar
Answer : D