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Q:

Re-arrange the following sentences into a meaningful paragraph.

(A) comes into effect from today. The bank's savings account rate was 3.5 per cent during March 2003 to May 2011 for all savings bank account customers

(B) The bank's decision comes two days ahead of RBI's monetary policy meet and is likely to trigger

(C) with deposits of above Rs 1 crore, it said in a statement. The two-tier savings bank account interest rate

(D) to 3.5 per cent, lowest in six years, a decision that will impact 90 per cent of its customers

(E) The country's largest lender however will continue to pay 4 per cent interest on savings bank accounts

(F) SBI today cut interest rate on savings bank account deposits up to Rs 1 crore by 0.5 per cent

(G) rate war among peers. SBI's savings bank account base is of around Rs 9 lakh crore.

A) BDFACEG	B) BFDCAGE
C) EGACDFB	D) FDBGECA

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) FDBGECA

Explanation:

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Q:

Choose the Antonym of the given word from the following options

'Jettison'

A) Salvage	B) Submerge
C) Repent	D) Descend

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Salvage

Explanation:

'Jettison' means to discard and 'salvage' means to rescue something discarded. Hence, 'salvage' is the word which is farthest in meaning to the given word 'Jettison'.

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Q:

45% of 750 - 25% of 480 = ?

A) 337.50	B) 217.50
C) 376.21	D) 120

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 217.50

Explanation:

Given expression = (45 x 750/100) - (25 x 480/100) = (337.50 - 120) = 217.50

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Q:

What is the next number of the following sequence ?

21, 77, 165, 285, ......

A) 404	B) 415
C) 426	D) 437

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 437

Explanation:

The series follow the rule,

21 = $5^{2}-4$
77 = $9^{2} - 4$
165 = $13^{2} - 4$
285 = $17^{2} - 4$

5,9,13,17,21,(+4)...
In the same way next no. will be
$21^{2} - 4$ = 441 - 4 = 437

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Q:

One word substitution:

Commencement of words with the same letter.

A) Alliteration	B) Oxymoron
C) Pun	D) Transferred epithet

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Alliteration

Explanation:

Alliteration is the one-word substitute for Commencement of words with the same letter.

Alliteration is a figure of speech which is identified as the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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Q:

Storage capacity of magnetic disk depends on

A) disk pack in disk surface	B) tracks per inch of surface
C) bits per inch of tracks	D) All of the above

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

Magnetic disk is a kind of data storage device. Storage capacity of magnetic disk depends on

1. tracks per inch of surface

2. bits per inch of tracks

3. disk pack in disk surface

It can be shown as ::

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Q:

Yard is to Fence as Cell is to

A) Mitochondria	B) Cytoplasm
C) Membrane	D) Nucleus

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Membrane

Explanation:

Fence protects the Yard & Membrane protects the Cell.

Fence surrounds the Yard and allows the certain objects in & out of it whereas a Membrane surrounds the Cell & only allows specific nutrients inside of it.

Hence, Yard is to Fence as Cell is to Membrane.

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Q:

Crack the logical puzzle?

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A) 6713	B) 9415
C) 9515	D) 842

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 6713

Explanation:

In the given puzzle, the logic followed is

First digits comes from the number of letters in the word

Second digit is its serial number

Third digit is the addition of first and second digits

=> SUNDAY = 6713

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