RBI OFFICER GRADE ‘B’ PHASE-I EXAM Held on : 09.11.2019(Part-I)

Statement: Although there is a ban on stubble burning in State X, it has been observed lately that many farmers in the state are still opting for it over other means of crop residue disposal.
Course of Action I: The government should provide machinery free of cost (at which a subsidy of 80 percent was given earlier) in every village for management of crop residue.
Course of Action II: The government should organize frequent patrolling in the day to identify the defaulters and imprison them.

Every year, the native communities of XYZ city celebrate a festival honouring the history of their tribe. This year, many journalists arrived at the city from around the world to witness the extraordinary rituals of the festival. How-ever, displeased with the amount of publicity, the seniors of the stated community politely asked the journalists to leave.
Based on the given information, which of the following statements can be assumed?

Following is an excerpt of a speech given by Albert, a part of which has been omitted. The speech is followed by three assumptions.
Which of the given assumptions cannot logically fit into the speech given by Albert? 'Since 1955 'GDI' has conducted 5 researches in every 15 years on gender issue which have proven to be authentic and reliable at many international platforms. As per its latest report, the number of female students enrolling for college/higher education had increased by 40% in the past four decades. As per 'GDI' report in 1985, the cases of female foeticide were 76 in every 100 pergnancies which down to 31 in every 100 pregnancies by the time they conducted their next research. Thus, it can be assumed, that the females who were born after the second last experiment of 'GDI'
(A) are likely to have witnessed atleast some gender discrimination against them.
(B) enjoy almost equal opportunities as some of them are at high level management positions.
(C) have more chances to be allowed to education as com-pared to the women born three decades ago.

Statement: Data by the forest department reveals that XYZ forest reserve has lost more than a dozen forest guards due to tiger attacks. Which one of the following courses of action should be taken in order to prevent such situations in future?

Debater 1 : A law should be passed that would severely punish those news channels that present or spread fake news.
Debater 2 : Such law should not be passed.
Which of the following fact can be used by Debater 2 to establish that Debater 1 may not be correct in his/her reasoning?
(A) Such law will take away their freedom of speech completely.
(B) Distinguishing between real and fake news is not always easy.
(C) Authenticity of certain news items also depends on the perspective of the reader

From the questions (26-30)
Each of seven people - J, K, L, M, N, O and P bought a car in seven different months viz. January, March, April, June, August, September and October of the same year. Each person bought a car of a different brand. No person other than the given people bought a car in the given year.
J bought a car in one of the months after August. Only two people bought a car between J and the one who bought a Skoda. K bought a car in a month immediately before the one who bought a Skoda. As many people bought a car after K as before the one who bought a Volkswagen. L bought a car in one of the months after the one who bought a Volkswagen. Only two people bought a car between L and the one who bought a Honda. The one who bought a Hyundai bought a car in a month having 31 days in one of the months after the one who bought a Honda but not in August. As many people bought a car before the one who bought a Hyundai as after M. The one who bought a Suzuki bought a car in a month immediately after M. Only three people bought a car between the one who bought a Suzuki and the one who bought a Mahindra. N bought a car in a month having only 30 days. O bought a car in one of the months before N. P bought a car in one of the months after the one who bought a Toyota.
In which month did P buy a car?

How many people bought a car L and the one who bought a Toyota?

Which of the following statements is true based on the given information?

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way as per the given arrangement and thus they form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to the group?

Who amongst the following bought a Honda?