RBI OFFICER GRADE ‘B’ PHASE-I EXAM Held on : 17.06.2017(Part-IV)

Total Questions: 50

21. Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:

'If we take a close look at the balance sheets of previous five years, it shows that the amount of loans taken by the company against fixed assets has only increased, the result of which is poor financial health of the company this year',- Financial report of Company B. Which of the following can be inferred from the statement of the financial report of the Company B?
(A) Decreasing the amount.of loans against fixed assets will improve the financial health of Company B.
(B) The value of fixed assets of Company B has decreased by taking loans against them.
(C) An analysis of balance sheets of a Company throws light on its financial health.
(D) Company B had not taken any loans in any financial year other than the said five years.

Correct Answer: (3) Both A and C
Solution:Obviously, (A) and (C) can be inferred from the statement of the financial report of the Company B.

22. Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below : School X had been allowing local people to use their bas-ketball court and cricket ground after school hours by charging a fees for the same. This had helped the school generate a significant amount of additional income in the past few years. However, this year the school decided to discontinue the practice.

Which of the following statements does not strengthen the decision of School X of discontinuing the practice?

Correct Answer: (5) The governing board of School X denied the access to school premises in any number by the outsiders (other than parents of students) in this year's board meeting for security reasons.
Solution:Obviously, option (5) does not strengthen the decision of School X of discontinuing the practice by local people. Local people were allowed to use playgrounds after school hours. Therefore, safety and security of the students were not the factors for taking the decision.

23. In these questions, four statements followed by five Conclusions are given, one of which definitely does not logical-ly follow (or is not a possibility) from the given statements. That Conclusion is your answer.

(NOTE: You have to take the four given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given Conclusions logically does not follow from the given statements.)
Statements:
No performance is an experiment.
Some experiments are blueprints.
No blueprint is a table.
All blueprints are chairs.

Correct Answer: ( 3) Conclusion: All chairs being performances is a possibility.
Solution:

Venn diagrams of "All blueprints are chairs":


After combining Venn diagrams II and V, we get:

From the Venn diagram VI, it is clear that Conclusion (3) does not follow.
Venn diagrams of "Some experiments are chairs":


Venn diagrams of "Some chairs are not tables":


After combining Venn diagrams VIII and XI, we get:

24. In these questions, four statements followed by five Conclusions are given, one of which definitely does not logical-ly follow (or is not a possibility) from the given statements. That Conclusion is your answer.

(NOTE: You have to take the four given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given Conclusions logically does not follow from the given statements.)
Statements :
All stations are platforms.
All platforms are dividers.
Some platforms are roads.
No road is a track.

Correct Answer: (4) Conclusion: All dividers being tracks is a possibility
Solution:

This is the Converse of the Conclusion (5).
Venn diagrams of "All stations are platforms":

Venn diagrams of "Some platforms are not tracks":

Venn diagram VI supports the
Conclusion (3).
Venn diagrams of "All platforms are dividers":

After combining the Venn diagrams IV and VIII, we get :

Venn diagram IX does not support the Conclusion (4).

25. Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:

From the questions (25-30)
Twelve Professors - O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z had lectures in different months of the same year viz., January, March, April, May, June and December but not necessarily in the same order. All the lectures are either on 12th or 25th of these months. No two professors had lectures on the same day. Each professor also likes a different colour namely, Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, White, Pink, Silver, Maroon, Violet, Brown and Grey but not necessarily in the same order.
(NOTE: No lecture was conducted in any other month of the same year). V had a lecture on 12th April. Only two people had lectures between V and 9. The one who likes red had a lecture in the same month as 9.9 does not like red. The one who likes White had a lecture on an even numbered date of the month which had exactly 30 days. V does not like white. Only three people had a lecture between the one who likes White and the one who likes Violet. As many people had lectures between the one who likes red and O as between and - the one who likes White. Only two people had lectures between O and s the one who likes Blue. U had a lecture on 12th of a month before the one who likes Violet. U likes neither red nor blue. Only two people had lectures between U and the one who likes Orange. Only two people had lectures between the-one who likes Orange and the one who likes Green. X had a lecture in the same month as the one who likes Green. As many people had a lecture after W as before X. Only one person had a lecture between W and Z. Z had a lecture before W. The one who likes Pink had a lecture on an odd numbered day in the same month as Z. P had a lecture on 12th of the same month as R. Only two people had lectures between P and the one who likes Yellow. The one who likes Maroon had a lecture before P. T likes Brown. S does not like Red. W does not like Grey.
Which of the following combinations indicates those who had a lecture in March?

Correct Answer: (3) P and R
Solution:
MonthDatePersonColour
January12thUGreen
25thXMaroon
March12thPBlue
25thROrange
April12thVViolet
25thOYellow
May12thYRed
25thQGrey
June12thZWhite
25thSPink
December12thWSilver
25thTBrown

P and R had lecturres in the month of March.

26. Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:

Which of the following combinations is correct?

Correct Answer: (4) V-Violet
Solution:
MonthDatePersonColour
January12thUGreen
25thXMaroon
March12thPBlue
25thROrange
April12thVViolet
25thOYellow
May12thYRed
25thQGrey
June12thZWhite
25thSPink
December12thWSilver
25thTBrown

V-Violet combination is correct.

27. Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:

If Y is related to White and P is related to Violet based on the given arrangement, then which of the following is related to O following the same pattern?

Correct Answer: (1) Grey
Solution:
MonthDatePersonColour
January12thUGreen
25thXMaroon
March12thPBlue
25thROrange
April12thVViolet
25thOYellow
May12thYRed
25thQGrey
June12thZWhite
25thSPink
December12thWSilver
25thTBrown

Z likes white. There is a gap of only one lecture between Y and Z.
V likes violet.
There is a gap of only one lecture between P and V.
likes grey.
There is a gap of only one lecture between O and 9.

28. Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:

How many people have lectures between the lectures by X and Y?

Correct Answer: (2) Four
Solution:
MonthDatePersonColour
January12thUGreen
25thXMaroon
March12thPBlue
25thROrange
April12thVViolet
25thOYellow
May12thYRed
25thQGrey
June12thZWhite
25thSPink
December12thWSilver
25thTBrown

Four persons - P, R, V and O- have lectures between the lectures by X and Y.

29. Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and hence they form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to that group?

Correct Answer: (5) 12-Pink
Solution:
MonthDatePersonColour
January12thUGreen
25thXMaroon
March12thPBlue
25thROrange
April12thVViolet
25thOYellow
May12thYRed
25thQGrey
June12thZWhite
25thSPink
December12thWSilver
25thTBrown

Except 12-Pink, all others are correctly matched.

30. Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:

Who amongst the following had lecture in the same month as S?

Correct Answer: (3) The one who likes White
Solution:
MonthDatePersonColour
January12thUGreen
25thXMaroon
March12thPBlue
25thROrange
April12thVViolet
25thOYellow
May12thYRed
25thQGrey
June12thZWhite
25thSPink
December12thWSilver
25thTBrown

Z has the lecture in the same month as that of S. Z likes white.