RBI GRADE ‘B’ OFFICER’S EXAM Held on: 11.10.2009 (Part-IV)

Total Questions: 60

1. In each question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered I, II and III. A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow-up 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, then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.

 Statement :
The members belonging to two local clubs occasionally fight with each other on the main road and block traffic movement.

Courses of action :
 I. The local police station should immediately deploy police personnel round the clock on the main road.
II. Those involved in fighting should be identified and put behind bars.
III. The local administration should disband the management of the two clubs with immediate effect.

Correct Answer: (1) Only I and II follow
Solution:Only courses of action I and II seem to be appropriate for pusuing. Course of action III is so harsh to be appropriate.

2. Statement : Many students of the local school fell ill for the fourth time in a row in the last six months after consuming food prepared by the school canteen.

Courses of action :
I. The school management should immediately terminate the contract of the canteen and ask for compensation.
II. The school management should advise all the students not to eat food articles from the canteen.
III. The owner of the canteen should immediately be arrested for negligence.

Correct Answer: (4) Only I and II follow
Solution:Only courses of action I and II seem to be appropriate for pursuing. The recurrence of an incident is sufficient to take course of action I.

3. Statement : Many school buses have fitted CNG Kit without observing the safety guidelines properly. This results into some instances of these buses catching fire due to short circuit and endangering the lives of the school children.

Courses of action :
I. The regional transport authority should immediately carry out checks of all the school buses fitted with CNG Kit.
II. The management of all the schools should stop hiring buses fitted with CNG Kit.
III. The Government should issue a notification banning school buses for use of CNG Kit.

Correct Answer: (1) Only I follows
Solution:Only course of action I seems to be appropriate. It is mentioned in the statement that those school buses meet with accidents which have fitted CNG kit without observing the safety guidelines properly.
Therefore, courses of action II and III are not suitable for pursuing.

4.  Statement : A sudden cloud burst over the island city resulted into unpredicted rainfall causing flood like situation in entire area. Large number of people were caught unaware and were stranded on the road.

Courses of action :
I. The local administration should immediately put in place an action plan for avoiding such situation in future.
II. The local administration should immediately deploy personnel to help the stranded people to move to safer places.
III. The local administration should advise all the citizens not to venture out on the road till situation improves.

Correct Answer: (4) Only II and III follow
Solution:Only courses of action II and III seem to be suitable for pursuing.

5. Statement : It is reported that during the last fortnight there has been three cases of near miss situation involving two aircrafts over the busy city airport. In all these cases both the aircrafts came perilously close to each other and could avoid collision as the pilots acted just in time.

Courses of action :
I. The pilots of all the six aircrafts involved in these incidents should immediately be derostered.
II. Some flights should be diverted to other airports for the next few months to decongest the sky over the city airport.
III. Air traffic controllers of the city airport should be sent for refresher courses in batches to prepare themselves to handle such pressure situation.

Correct Answer: (3) Only III follows
Solution:Only course of action III seems to be suitable for pursuing.

6. Which of the following is definitely true ?

A, B, C, D and E are five students in a class. D did not enter along with A or E but entered before C. B did not enter before C but entered along with A. E was not the last to enter.

Correct Answer: (4) A entered the class after D
Solution:
C, may have entered the class after E and D.
The sequence of E is not clear.
It is not clear whether B entered the class before or after
A.
A definitely entered the class after D.

7. D is brother of K. M is sister of K. T is father of R who is brother of M. F is mother of K. At least how many sons does T and F have?

Correct Answer: (4) Data inadequate
Solution:D, K, M and R are children of T and F.
D and R are sons of T and F. M is daughter of T and F.
The sex of K is not given.

8. Which of the following can be definitely concluded from the below statement ?

Statement : In a move that could provide some respite to ailing airline companies, the government is looking at allowing them to import jet fuel on their own.

Correct Answer: (2) The price of imported jet fuel is less than the price of jet fuel available in the local market.
Solution:If the Government allows the airline companies to import jet fuel on their own, they will get some respite.
It implies that they will be able to save some money on fuel.

9. Which of the following substantiates the views expressed in the below statement ?

 Statement : Some of the country's largest food beverage and pharma companies may be forced to import sugar directly as the government plans to improve stock limits on industrial consumers to ease the shortage in grocery shops and cool down prices that are at a 28 month high.

Correct Answer: (4) Import of sugar for commercial use will help lowering down the sugar price in the retail market.
Solution:If sugar is not supplied to largest food beverage and pharma companies the stock of sugar will improve and prices will come down.

10. Which of the following contradicts the views expressed in the below statement ?

Statement : A recent review reported that India's fashion industry has been severely affected due to a slump in demand for luxury apparel, leather goods; besides gems and jewellery in domestic as well international markets.

Correct Answer: (4) Share of fashion goods manufactured by India is negligible in the international market.
Solution:The fourth statement clearly contradicts the views expressed in the question statement.