IBPS Common Written Exam (PO/MT) Main 2016 Solved Paper MCQ Solved Paper for GATE

1. After a credit card transaction has been authorized by the issuing bank by sending an authorization code to the merchant, the settlement stage of the process begins. Which of the following is a system type used to process such statements?
A. Multitasking
B. Memory Processing
C. Level Processing
D. Batch Processing
Answer : D

2. The ratio of the monthly salaries of A and B is in the ratio 5 : 16 and that of B and C is in the ratio 17 : 18. Find the monthly income of C if the total of their monthly salary is ? 1,87,450.
A. ? 66,240
B. ? 72,100
C. ? 62,200
D. ? 65,800
Answer : A

3. Which of the following awards is given in the field of literature?
A. Arjuna Award
B. Ashok Chakra
C. Vyas Samman
D. Bharat Award
Answer : C

4. 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

5. 6 16 45 184 917 ?
A. 5506
B. 4756
C. 5786
D. 5686
Answer : A

6. Who among the following has been named as the 2016 ITF World Champions by the International Tennis Federation?
A. Rafael Nadal
B. Andy Murray
C. Roger Federer
D. Novak Dokovic
Answer : B

7. Android is a mobile operating system designed primarily for touch screen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Which among the following was the first Android Operating System?
A. Cupcake
B. Alpha
C. Gingerbread
D. Doughnut
Answer : B

8. Pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 15 hours together. But if these pipes operate separately A takes 40 hours less than B to fill the tank. In how many hours the pipe A will fill the cistern working alone?
A. 60
B. 20
C. 40
D. 15
Answer : B

9. Which of the following is true with respect to the given information ?
A. Mary Kom sits exactly between Abhinav Bindra and Dipa Karmakar
B. Sania Mirza faces immediate neighbour of Abhinav Bindra
C. Sathish is an immediate neighbour of Mary Kom
D. P.V.Sindhu faces Vacant seat
Answer : B

10. PRODIGY
A. Pauper
B. Despondent
C. Demure
D. Epitome
Answer : D

11. 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

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

13. 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

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

15. James' present age is 2/7th of his father's present age. James' brother is three year older to James. The respective ratio between present ages of James' father and James' brother is 14:5. What is the present age of James?
A. 12 years
B. 23 years
C. 19 years
D. 27 years
Answer : A

16. Statement : X × W, W @ Z , Z % Y
Conclusion:
I.Y $ W II.Z $ W III.X � Y
A. Only I is true
B. Ony II is true
C. Both I and II are true
D. Both I and III are true
Answer : C

17. 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

18. Which of the following is the group of brothers ?
A. PQZ
B. PRZ
C. XZP
D. QRZ
Answer : A

19. 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

20. 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

21. If the rupee depreciates, how the exporters are affected?
A. They are unaffected
B. They are in loss
C. They are in profit
D. They get credit crunch
Answer : C

22. From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the passage.
A. The reference was to China, a country that has been courting Pakistan for several years through a number of means including assistance in its nuclear programme.
B. After the Uri attacks, Pakistans special Kashmir envoy MushahidHussain Syed declared that the US was a waning power, suggesting that Pakistan was seeking out other allies.
C. The most important concern relates to the possible conflict in Pakistan between votaries of economic development and supporters of militancy.
D. This corridorwhich includes road, rail and port infrastructureis expected to allow China to avoid the vulnerable Indian Ocean route currently used to transport oil from the Gulf.
Answer : C

23. What is the ratio between the Female population of state UP and the male population of M?
A. 60 : 95
B. 80 : 117
C. 85 : 112
D. 45 : 77
Answer : B

24. Statements: All seats are covers. No cover is bun. Some buns are roofs. Some sites are covers.
Conclusions:
I. All sites being buns is a possibility
II. All sites being roof is a possibility
III. Some sites are not buns.
IV. No seat is bun
A. Only II, III and either I or IV follow.
B. Only III follows
C. All follows.
D. Only II, III and IV follow
Answer : D

25. Let us understand the definition of metaphysics, a purely speculative science, which occupies a completely isolated position and is entirely independent of the teachings of experience. It deals with mere conceptionsnot, like mathematics, with conceptions applied to intuitionand in it, reason is the pupil of itself alone. It is the oldest of the sciences. (_________________)
A. And it would struggle to survive without the architecture of mathematical support that it draws its strength from
B. Yet it continued to baffle mankind because of its abstractions
C. But it has never had and never will have the good fortune to attain to the sure scientific method
D. And it would still survive, even if all the rest were swallowed up in the abyss of an all-destroying barbarism
Answer : C

26. Who among the following works at the Apple ?
A. D and F
B. H and F
C. G and C
D. C and H
Answer : D

27. 20 39 74 ? 262 499
A. 146
B. 169
C. 166
D. 139
Answer : D

28. 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

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

30. 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

31. 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

32. Food inflation is touching twenty per cent. The government will have to tighten monetary policy to prevent further rise.
(A) Although food inflation is
(B) With the tightening of monetary
(C) Given that food inflation
A. Only (A)
B. Only (B)
C. Only (C)
D. Only (A) and (B)
Answer : A

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

34. 14 6 4 4 8 ?
A. 26
B. 32
C. 46
D. 27
Answer : B

35. 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

36. What is/are the primary reasons behind the current economic slowdown?
(A) Slow rate of capital expansion
(B) Tardy investment in infrastructure as well as plant and machinery
(C) A rapid increase in the cases of corruption, and decreased FDI
A. Only (A)
B. Both (A) and (B)
C. Either (A) or (C)
D. Both (B) and (C)
Answer : B

37. 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 forthe tax department of India
D. A new trend is seen in last decade.
Answer : D

38. Three pipe P, Q and R can fill a tank in 12 minutes, 18 minutes and 24 minutes respectively. The pipe R is closed 12 minutes before the tank is filled. In what time the tank is full?
A. $\left(8\frac{5}{13}\right) hrs$
B. $\left(8\frac{4}{13}\right) hrs$
C. $\left(7\frac{4}{13}\right) hrs$
D. $\left(8\frac{6}{13}\right) hrs$
Answer : B

39. An inspector is 228 meter behind the thief. The inspector runs 42 meters and the thief runs 30 meters in a minute. In what time will the inspector catch the thief?
A. 19 minutes
B. 20 minutes
C. 18 minutes
D. 21 minutes
Answer : A

40. 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

41. 56% of 4356 = 76% of 564 + ?
A. 1789
B. 2100
C. 2500
D. 2011
Answer : D

42. The total no of male staff in IT and EIE is what % of the total number of staff in these 2 dept ?
A. 44.5%
B. 45.7%
C. 47.5%
D. 45.00%
Answer : C

43. Loan and Advances of a bank come under the category of ______________.
A. Deposits
B. Expenditure
C. Liabilities
D. Assets
Answer : D

44. 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

45. ${(0.0144)}^{1/2} + {(2.5)}^2 = ?$
A. 5
B. 11
C. 6
D. 9
Answer : C

46. The average value of property of Agil, Mugilan and Anitha is ? 130cr. The Property of Agil is 20cr greater than the property value of Mugilan and Anitha property value is 50cr greater than the Agil property value. The value of property of Anitha is
A. 120 cr
B. 170 cr
C. 100 cr
D. 150 cr
Answer : B

47. 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

48. Statement : A � C, C $ B, B % E
Conclusion :
I. E @ C
II. B @ A
III. A � E
A. Only I is true
B. Ony II is true
C. Both I and II are true
D. Both I and III are true
Answer : C

49. Statements : No photo is frame. All frames are sites. Some buckets are photos. Some sites are buckets.
Conclusions:
I. No photo is site.
II. All buckets being frames is a possibility
III. Some sites are photos
IV. Some buckets are frames.
A. All follows
B. Only II and III follow
C. Only II, III and IV follow.
D. Only either I or III follows
Answer : D

50. 4x + 2y =8.5, 2x + 4y = 9.5
A. x > y
B. x < y
C. x >= y
D. x <= y
Answer : B