Federal Bank Probationary Officers (PO) Sample Questions

Federal Bank Probationary Officers (PO) Sample Questions 

 TEST I
GENERAL & FINANCIAL AWARENESS

This test is intended to give an index of your awareness of people, events and financial happenings past and present.
Q.1. Tarapore atomic power plant is located in ———
(1) Bihar (2) Gujarat (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Rajasthan (5) None of these
Q.2. The total number of banks nationalised so far is ———
(1) 7 (2) 14 (3) 20 (4) 24 (5) None of these
Q.3. Indian Institute of Science is located at ———
(1) Ahmedabad (2) Jaipur (3) Jamshedpur (4) Mumbai (5) Bangalore
Q.4. Lending to agriculture should be at least -
(1) 15% of the adjusted net bank credit or off balance sheet exposure whichever is higher.
(2) 18% of the adjusted net bank credit or off balance sheet exposure whichever is higher.
(3) 20% of the adjusted net bank credit or off balance sheet exposure whichever is higher.
(4) 40% of the adjusted net bank credit or off balance sheet exposure whichever is higher.
(5) None of these
Q.5. The common data communication network for banks and other financial institutions on co-operative basis
launched by RBI is known as ———
(1) SWIFT (2) SBI NET (3) BANK NET (4) COPRA (5) None of these

TEST II
ENGLISH LANGUAGE

This is a test to see how well you know English. Your English language ability would be tested through questions on grammar & vocabulary, synonyms, antonyms, sentence completion, comprehension of a passage etc.
Q.6-7 Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is ‘5’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
Q.6. Most of the third world / country are experiencing / the ethnic or communal problem / in varying degrees. /
(1) (2) (3) (4) No error.
The error is in (2) hence the answer is (2) (5)
Q.7. The regaining of freedom / as we well know has given rise for / many dormant issues /
(1) (2) (3)
and conflicts in our society. No error.
(4) (5)
The error in Q.7 is in (2) hence the answer is (2).
Q.8-9. Pick out from the words given below each sentence the word which would complete the sentence correctly and meaningfully.
Q. 8. Continuous unemployment has induced in the people a kind of _____ which is most depressing.
(1) laziness (2) encouragement (3) satisfaction (4) anger (5) awakening
The correct answer here is ‘laziness’ which is answer no.2.
Q. 9. He wants me to look ____ his garden during his absence.
(1) at (2) over (3) after (4) into (5) from

Q.10-15.

In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
The true (10) of rights is duty. If we all (11) our duties, rights will not be (12) to seek. If leaving duties
unperformed we run (13) rights, they will (14) us like an elusive person. The more we pursue them, the farther (15) they fly.
Q.10. (1) end (2) source (3) joy (4) purpose (5) power
Q.11. (1) deny (2) devote (3) discharge (4) imagine (5) fulfill
Q.12. (1) far (2) close (3) easy (4) against (5) common
Q.13. (1) as (2) after (3) at (4) from (5) for
Q.14. (1) hold (2) grab (3) fight (4) escape (5) chase
Q.15. (1) off (2) can (3) did (4) could (5) towards

TEST III
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

This is a test designed to see how fast and accurately you can deal with numbers viz. computation, quantitative reasoning, interpretation of data etc.
Q.16. If 3 workers can collect 48 kgs cotton in 4 days, how many kgs of cotton can 9 workers collect in 2 days ?
(1) 216 (2) 32 (3) 108 (4) 72 (5) None of these
Q.17. Sohanlal purchased 120 reams of paper at Rs.100 per ream. The expenditure on transport was Rs.480.
He had to pay an octroi duty of 50 paise per ream and the coolie charges were Rs.60. What should be
the selling price of each ream if he wants a profit of 20% ?
(1) Rs.126 (2) Rs.115.50 (3) Rs.105 (4) Rs. 120 (5) None of these
Q.18. The interest on a certain deposit at 9% per annum is Rs.405 in one year. How much will be the additional interest in one year on the same deposit at 10% per annum ?
(1) Rs. 40.50 (2) Rs. 450 (3) Rs. 855 (4) Rs.45 (5) None of these
Q.19. The breadth of a rectangular hall is three-fifth of its length. If the area of the hall is 135 sQ.m. what is the difference between the length and breadth of the hall in metres ?
(1) 3 (2) 6 (3) 9 (4) 15 (5) None of these
Also, there may be some questions based on graphs and tables.

Q.20-22. Directions :

Given below is a table showing percentages out of a total of 700 employees ranking six attributes that help promotion. Rank I is the highest. Study the table carefully and answer questions that

	Percentage of Employees giving Different Ranks
Attribute	I	II	III	IV	V	VI
Seniority	32	17	22	19	5	5
Perseverance	14	19	17	9	27	14
Efficiency	15	19	21	14	14	17
Intelligence	10	14	10	14	17	35
Honesty	24	17	7	9	27	16
Sociability	5	14	23	35	10	13

Q.20. Which attribute for promotion has received the highest rank ?
(1) Perseverance (2) Seniority (3) Honesty (4) Sociability (5) Efficiency
Notice the percentage for rank I given in the table. You observe that seniority is the attribute with the highest percentage. So your answer is “Seniority”, which is answer No.2.
Q.21. How many employees gave rank III to intelligence?
(1) 119 (2) 98 (3) 77 (4) 70 (5) 10
Look at the intersection of the column giving percentage for rank III and the row giving percentage for intelligence. You find that 10 percent of the 700 employees have given rank III to this attribute. 10% of 700 is 70. So your answer should be 4.
Q.22. Which attribute is considered the least important for Promotion ?
(1) Honesty (2) Intelligence (3) Perseverance (4) Efficiency (5) Sociability
Referring to the percentage for VI rank, you find that intelligence is the attribute which receives the highest percentage. In other words, a majority of people consider it as the least important and gives it the last rank. Therefore your answer is 2.

TEST IV
REASONING

This test is designed to see how well you can think and reason
Q.23-27. Below is given a passage followed by several inferences drawn from the facts stated in the passage. Examine each inference separately in the context of the passage and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity. Give answer (1) if you think the inference is definitely true i.e. it properly follows from the statement of facts given; give answer (2) if you think the inference is ‘probably true’ though not definitely true in the light of the facts given; give answer (3) if you think the data are inadequate i.e. from the facts given you cannot say whether the inference is likely to be true or false; give answer (4) if you think the inference is ‘probably false’ though not definitely false in the light of the facts given; give answer (5) if you think the inference is ‘definitely false’ i.e. it cannot possibly be drawn from the facts given or it contradicts the given facts.
Now read the following passage and the inferences given below it and mark your answers on the answersheet. The caffeine in one’s morning coffee or tea may improve the complex reasoning ability of extroverts but has the opposite effect on introverts. More than 700 people were given caffeine equal to no more than three cups of coffee and then tested on word analogies, sentence completion and identification of antonyms. The researchers believe that the caffeine was beneficial to the extroverts in the morning because they take longer to wake up. Introverts are more alert in the morning and become over stimulated by the drug that interferes with their reasoning power.
Q.23. Extroverts do not find caffeine beneficial in the evening.
Q.24. Caffeine affects reasoning ability of people who drink tea or coffee.
Q.25. Caffeine has a greater effect early in the morning
Q.26. The adverse effect on the reasoning power of introverts is not due to caffeine.
Q.27. Complex reasoning ability is made up of word analogies, sentence completion and identification of antonyms.
Q.28-29. In each question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts, consider the two conclusions together and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer (1) if only conclusion I follows; give answer (2) if only conclusion II follows; give answer (3) if either I or II follows, give answer (4) if neither I nor II follows and give answer (5) if both I and II follows.
Q.28. Statements : All machines are windows. All windows are clouds
Conclusions : I All machines are clouds
II All clouds are machines
Q.29. Statements : All athletes are beds. No bed is an arrow
Conclusions : I No athlete is an arrow
II Some beds are athletes

TEST V
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE AND APTITUDE

There test is designed to test your computer knowledge and ability.
Q.30. In Excel a cell in identified by a (n) _______
(1) label (2) number (3) formula (4) address (5) None of these
Q.31. Unsolicited commercial email is commonly known as _______
(1) junk (2) hoax (3) spam (4) virus (5) None of these
Q.32. ___________ is a part of the computer system that one can touch
(1) hardware (2) software (3) data (4) input (5) None of these

TEST VI
MARKETING APTITUDE

In addition there will be questions aimed at studying your marketing aptitude. The questions will test your marketing
ability. You need not make any special preparation for this test.
SOME OTHER TYPES OF QUESTIONS MAY ALSO BE ASKED