RBI OFFICER GRADE ‘B’ PHASE-I EXAM Held on:18.08.2018 (Part-IV)

Total Questions: 50

31. In this question a statement is given followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. A course of action is a practicable and feasible step or administrative decision to be taken for follow-up, improvement, or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, and decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.

Statement : Company M is an IT company which also involves designing customized computer softwares for their clients once in every two to three months. Recently, two of the four software designers of Company M were on leave on the same days when one of the leading clients of the company gave a big scale project at a short notice. Company M suffered a loss as it could not complete the project on time.
Course of Action I : Company M should avoid accepting any project from the mentioned client in future.
Course of Action II : Company M should hire two more software designers every quarter to handle such exigencies.

Correct Answer: (1) Neither I nor II follows
Solution:Neither course of action I nor II follows. Course of action I is not according to business ethics and norms.
Course of action II is based on the premise that the company M would face the given situation every quarter. It may not be true.

32. Study the following information carefully and answer the given question :

In order to protect its employees from Apso disease, the management of company X has instructed the head of its canteen to discontinue selling of items having 'Aabrak' as an ingredient for the next four months. The canteen has planned to make up for the loss atleast to some extent by replacing ‘Aabrak’ with ‘Mugaar’.
Which of the following cannot be inferred from the given information?

Correct Answer: (4) Consumption of Aabrak in any form can cause Apso disease.
Solution:Obviously, option (4) can be inferred from the given information.

33. Which of the following will come in the given series in the place of question mark?

V V U T 8 7 6 5 $ % # @ V U T 7 6 5 % # @ U T 6 5 ?

Correct Answer: (2) #
Solution:

34. In this question is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of those is/are implicit in the statement.

Statement : The advanced research agency of defence ministry of Country X has developed bug sized robots that will be tested for deploying in lo- cations that are dangerous and difficult to locate.

Assumption-I : These robots could be used in search and rescue operations after natural disasters or to inspect hazardous environment in Country X.

Assumption-II : The miniscule size robots may replace the larger robots for all important tasks of Country X.

Correct Answer: (4) Either I or II is implicit
Solution:Obviously, only assumption I is implicit in the statement.
The term 'all' has been used in the assumption II. The small sized rebotss may have some limitations.

35. Study the following information carefully and answer the given question.

Railway Ministry decided to approve a budget of Rs. 50 crore for State X to refurbish all express trains starting from the State.

Which of the following proves that the decision of Railway Ministry for State X was wrong?

Correct Answer: (4) The total budget of Rs. 80 crore was allocated for States X and Y jointly and the budgetary requirement of State Y was substantially higher than that of State X.
Solution:Obviously, option (4) proves the decision of Railway Ministry for State X was wrong. State X has got less than Rs. 40 crore.

36. In this question is given a statement followed by two inferences numbered I and II. (An inference is something by which you can logically deduce something to be true based on known premises.) You have to consider the statement and the following inferences and decide which of those follow(s) from the statement.

Statement : ‘Around 80 per cent of the employees who re- ported late for work in the past month were those who reside within 500 metre radius of the company’ – HR Manager of Company B.
I. Those who reported late in the past month had recently shifted within 500 metre radius of the company.
II. Only 20 per cent of company B reside beyond 500 metre radius of the company.

Correct Answer: (1) Neither I nor II can be inferred
Solution:Neither I nor II can be inferred from the given statement. The statement talks about the employees who come late for work. "Around 80 per cent of the employees who re- ported late for work" does not imply the 80 per cent of the total employees.

37. This question consists of a situation followed by two statements numbered I and II given below it. Which of the given statements can be a possible reason for the given situation?

Situation : The authorities of the electricity board of City A, have decided to replace the transformer of Area B with a high power transformer this month.
Statement I : Area B witness frequent power cuts during peak summer and winter seasons when the load on trans- former increases.
Statement II : From this month onwards the transformer of Area B will also act as a power source for the neighbouring Area C which has similar population.

Correct Answer: (2) Either I or II can be a possible reason.
Solution:Clearly, either I or II can be a possible reason. In both the cases high power transformer is required.

38. Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :

From the questions (38-40)
Tara starts walking from point A towards southeast direction. She walks for a distance of 20 metre to reach point B. From point B she walks towards north direction. She walks for a distance of 8 metre to reach point C and again turns left. From point C she walks for 12 metre to reach Point D. Point E forms the mid-point of the straight lines DC and AB. From point D she turns right and walks for a distance of 5 metre to reach point F. From point F she turns left and walks for 6 metre to reach point G. Point K forms the mid-point of the straight line FG. From point G she again turns left walks for 5 metre and reaches point H. From point H she turns left, walks for a certain distance to reach point I. From point I she turns left and walks for 8 metre to reach point J such that points IKJ lie in a straight vertical line.
In which of the following pairs the distance between two the given points is minimum?

Correct Answer: (3) AJ
Solution:


JI = 8 metre
HE = 12 metre
AJ = 3 metre
KI = 5 metre
EC = 6 metre

39. Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :

In which direction is point G with respect to point B?

Correct Answer: (3) North-West
Solution:Point G is in North-West direction of Point B.

40. Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :

What is the distance between point H and point E?

Correct Answer: (4) 12 metre
Solution:HE = 12 metre