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    ACQUAINT YOURSELF WITH RECRUITMENT TESTS

    FOR GENERAL BANKING OFFICERS (SCALE-I)

    (31.10.2010)

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    I. INTRODUCTION

    We are glad that you have applied in response to ouradvertisement for the recruitment of General BankingOfficers (Scale I ) in our bank.

    1. This booklet contains details pertaining to various

    aspects of the examination you are going to take andimportant instructions about related matters. Theassessment of answersheets will be done by acomputerised machine, hence you shouldcarefully read instructions regarding handling ofthe answersheet and the method of markinganswers. You are advised to study this bookletcarefully as it will help you in preparing for theexamination.

    2. Before appearing for the written examination you shouldstrictly ensure yourself that you fulfil the eligibilitycriteria stipulated by the bank in all respects.

    3. Please note that since this is a competitiveexamination, mere passing is not adequate. You haveto obtain a high rank in the order of merit to secureappointment. You should, therefore, put in your besteffors in the examination.

    II. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

    1. Particulars to be Noted : Please note carefullyyour Roll Number, date of examination, time and venuefor the examination given in the call letter. Pleasealso note that this call letter does not constitute anoffer of employment by the bank.

    2. Punctuality in Attendance : You should be presentat the examination hall at least half an hour before thetime given in the call letter. Candidates arriving latewill not be permitted to enter the Examination Hall.

    3. Call letter to be Surrendered : Affix firmly a copyof your recentpassport size photograph in the spaceprovided for it in the call letter and bring it with youwhen you come to the venue for the examination. Youwill notbe permitted to appear for the examination ifyou do not bring the call letter with the photograph

    affixed on it. You will be required to sign in the spaceprovided for candidates signature on your call letter inthe presence of the invigilator in the examination hall.You should hand over your call letter to the invigilatorin the examination hall, when he collects the call lettersfrom the candidates. Please retain the counterfoil atthe bottom of the call letter with you for your personalrecord.

    4. Compliance with Instructions : You shouldscrupulously follow the instructions given by testadministrators and the invigilators at all the stages ofthe examination for which you have been called. If

    you violate the instructions you will be disqualified andmay also be asked to leave the examination hall.

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    IMPORTANT :

    Candidates resorting to any unfair practices either duringthe written test or during subsequent selection procedurewill be liable for disciplinary action taken against him/her

    by the Bank, as per the disciplinary procedure laid down.

    The Bank would be analysing the responses of a candidatewith other appeared candidates to detect patterns of

    similarity. If as per the laid down procedure it is suspectedthat the responses have been shared and the scoresobtained are not genuine/valid, the Bank reserves the right

    to cancel his/her candidatures.

    The Bank reserves right, if it so desires, to hold a secondstage of written test on the basis of order of merit in thewritten examination of the first stage as referred here. Ifthe second stage of written examination is held thesubsequent process of interview and further process wouldbe on the basis of order of merit of the second stage ofexamination.

    VI. WRITTEN EXAMINATION

    In the written examination there will be two types of testsviz.(a) Objective and (b) Descriptive

    (A) OBJECTIVE TESTS

    Sr. Name of the No. of Max. TimeNo. Test Ques. Marks Allotted

    1. Reasoning Ability 100 150

    2. Quantitative Aptitude 50 75

    3. General Awareness on 50 75Current Developments

    Total 200 300

    All the tests will be printed both in Hindi and English.

    (B) DESCRIPTIVE PAPER

    5 Compulsory questions Marks Time for this Testwith internal options 100 60 Minutes

    A Candidate has to pass in the Descriptive Paper. Theminimum qualifying marks will be 50% (45% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates). Marks obtained in theDescriptive Paper shall be added to the marksobtained in the objective tests for preparing a meritlist. The descriptive papers of only those candidates

    who qualify in all the objective tests and also ranksufficiently high in the merit list will be assessed.

    Pass Marks : Candidates have to secure minimumqualifying marks in each objective test i.e. 40% marks(35% in case of SC/ST/OBC/PWD) and 50% (45% in caseof SC/ST/OBC/PWD) marks in all the objective tests takentogether. Depending upon the number of vacancies, onlythose candidates who have secured the minimumqualifying marks stipulated for written test (Objective plusDescriptive) and rank sufficiently high in the order of meritshall be called for personal interview in the ratio of 1:3.Mere pass in the written tests shall not vest any right in acandidate to be called for the Personal Interview.

    THERE WILL BE PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWER MARKED

    BY YOU IN THE OBJECTIVE TESTS.There are five alternatives

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    in every question of a test. For each question for which awrong answer has been given by you, one-fourth or 0.25of the marks assigned to that question will be deductedas penalty. If for any question you give more than oneanswer, it will be treated as wrong even if one of the givenanswers happens to be right and there will be the samepenalty as above for that question. If a question is left

    blank, i.e. no answer is given by you, there will be nopenalty for that question. If the total of the penalty for atest is in fraction, the marks obtained will be rounded offto the nearest integer. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE BECAREFUL IN MARKING YOUR ANSWERS.

    SAMPLE QUESTIONS

    A) OBJECTIVE TESTS

    Below are given some sample questions for the objectivetype tests. The types of questions are only illustrative andnot exhaustive. In actual examination you may find ques-

    tions on some or all of these types and also questions onthe types not mentioned here.

    TEST I : REASONING ABILITY

    This is a test to see how well you can think. It containsquestions of various kinds. Here are some samplequestions.Directions : In each of the following questions, there is agroup of letters or words given. Four of the five are alike ina certain way, while one is different. Find out the onewhich is different.

    Q.1. (1) black (2) red (3) green (4) yellow (5) paint

    Of the five, black, red, green, and yellow form a groupas they are names of colours. Paint is not the name of acolour. Therefore (5) is the answer.

    Now try to solve the following question.

    Q.2. (1) XZ (2) MN (3) PQ (4) BC (5) ST

    Following are the questions based on analogy.

    Q.3. Foot is related to Man in the same way asHoof is related to (1) Leg (2) Horse (3) Dog (4) Boy (5) Shoe

    In the above example, with which one of the five, Hoofhas the same relationship as Foot has to Man ? The

    answer is Horse, which is answer number (2).Now try the following questions.

    Q.4. Day is related to Night in the same way asKind is related to (1) Cruel (2) Bright (3) Dark(4) Generous (5) Gratitude

    Now try the following questions.

    Q.5. If the letters in the word TOPS can be rearrangedto form a meaningful word beginning with O, thelast letter of that word is your answer. If more thanone such word can be formed, M is the answerand if no such word can be formed, X is the answer.(1) T (2) P (3) M (4) S (5) X

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    Q.6. Some leaders are dishonest. Satyapriya is aleader. Which of the following inferencesdefinitely follows from these two statements ?(1) Satyapriya is honest(2) Satyapriya is dishonest(3) Some leaders are honest(4) Leaders are generally dishonest

    (5) Satyapriya is sometimes dishonest

    There may also be problems in the form of figures,designs and drawings. These may be of three types :

    1. Analogies 2. Classification 3. Series

    1. Analogies :

    In these questions, there are two sets of figures - theProblem Figures and the Answer Figures. The ProblemFigures are presented in two units. The first unit containstwo figures and the second unit contains one figure and aquestion mark in place of the fourth figure. You have tofind out which one of the Answer Figures should be inplace of the question mark.

    Study the following questions based on Analogies.

    Look at the first two Problem Figures. The second figureis related to the first figure in a certain way. The first figureis a square. In the second figure, the square has beenbisected by a vertical line and the right half has beendarkened.

    The third and fourth figures should have the samerelationship as the first and the second have. The thirdfigure is a circle, so in the fourth figure, the circle shouldbe bisected by a vertical line and the right half should bedarkened. Answer Figure 5 is related to the third ProblemFigure in this way. Therefore the answer is 5.

    Study the first and the second figures in the Problem Figures.The first figure is a darkened square and in the secondfigure, there are four squares, not darkened, arranged in aparticular way. That means the elements in the secondfigure are four times the elements in the first figure and arenot darkened. In addition, the four squares are arranged ina specific way and are not touching one another.

    The third figure is a darkened circle. Therefore, the fourthfigure should have four circles which are not darkened,

    arranged in the same way as in the second figure. Nowlook at the Answer Figures. You will find that figure 1consists of four circles which are not darkened arrangedin a similar way. Therefore, the answer is 1.

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    Study the first and the second figures in the first unit of

    the Problem Figures. The first figure is made up of fourlines and the second figure is made up of five lines. Thatmeans the second figure has one line more than the firstfigure. The third figure in the second unit has five lines.Therefore, the fourth figure should have six lines i.e. onemore than the third. Now look at the Answer Figures. Youwill find that figure 3 is made up of six lines. Therefore, theanswer is 3.

    Now, attempt the following questions. (Correct answers toall the unexplained questionsm are given later in thisbooklet).

    2. Classification :

    Study the following questions based on classification.

    In classification, the Problem Figures are also the AnswerFigures. Out of the five figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, four aresimilar in a certain way and so form a group. One figure isnot like the other four. The question is which one of thefigures does not belong to this group.

    For example, look at the example at Q. No. 12. Of the five

    figures, four figures are such that in each of them, thereare two similar figures, one within the other. These fourfigures form a group. Figure 1 is unlike this and so doesnot belong to this group. Therefore the answer is 1.

    Study the five figures of Q.13. The first four figures form agroup as they represent different types of containers while

    the fifth figure, a spoon, does not represent a container.Therefore the answer is 5.

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    Now attempt the following questions.

    3. Series

    Study the following problems based on series.

    Note that the four figures given first at the left are calledProblem Figures. The five figures given next are called Answerfigures. They are indicated by numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

    The four Problem Figures make a series. That means theychange from left to right in a specific order. The questionis if the figures continue to change in the same order,what should the fifth figure be ? In the example above, as

    you go from left to right, you find that the arrow inside thecircle keeps rotating at 900 in the clockwise direction. Thequestion is, if the arrow continues to rotate by the sameamount in the clockwise direction, what will be its next,i.e. fifth position ? The answer is that it should point towardsthe top in the fifth figure. Answer Figure 2 shows this

    position of the arrow. Therefore, the answer is 2.

    Look at Q.17 carefully. You will see two different thingshappening here. When you move from left to right, thenumber of black dots inside the hexagon is increasing byone everytime in the anti-clockwise direction. But notethat the white dot is moving in the clockwise direction. Inthe fifth figure, the white dot should be at the upper leftcorner of the hexagon. Only Answer Figure 3 has both-one black dot getting added at the lower left corner andthe white dot moving to the upper left corner. So, the answeris 3.

    Note that there can be questions with five Problem

    Figures in the series type of questions. For example,study the Problem Figures in Q. No. 18.

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