SEBI Grade A (IT) Mock Test - 5 - Bank Exams MCQ

The correct answer is 6.1%.

In News

• Moody's Analytics forecasts India's economy to grow by 6.1% in 2024.

Key Points

• Moody's Analytics has projected India's economy to expand by 6.1 percent in 2024, a decrease from the 7.7 percent growth recorded in 2023.
• Economies in South and Southeast Asia will see some of the strongest output gains this year, but their performance is flattered by a delayed post-pandemic rebound.
• The report highlighted that India's output remains 4 percent lower than it would have been without the COVID-19 pandemic and its various aftermaths, including supply disruptions and military conflicts abroad.
• The report forecasts 3.8 percent growth for the APAC economy in 2024, in contrast to the global economy's 2.5 percent growth.

Additional Information

• Moody's Ratings
  • ​It provides international financial research on bonds issued by commercial and government entities.
  • It is considered one of the Big Three credit rating agencies.
  • It is also included in the Fortune 500 list of 2021.

The Correct Answer is ​Novak Djokovic.

In News

• Laureus Awards: Novak Djokovic named Sportsman of the Year.

Key Points

• Novak Djokovic bagged World Sportsman of the Year for a record-equalling 5th time at the Laureus Awards ceremony.
• Bonmati won Sportswoman of the Year award, becoming the first footballer to do so.
• La Roja won World Team of the Year award.
• Gymnast Simone Biles won World Comeback of the Year award.
• Arisa Trew, the Australian skateboarder, won the World Action Sportsperson of the Year award.

The correct answer is ‘beyond’.

Key Points

• The context indicates the surge and deficit tally surpassed what was expected, thus surprising economists.
• The term 'rude shock' suggests something surprising or unexpected, hence 'beyond' fits perfectly, capturing the idea that the surge and deficit tally exceeded expectations.
• Options such as 'below', 'meeting', 'in line with', or 'undermining' do not correctly represent the unexpected and high nature of the surge and deficit tally mentioned in the passage.
• Complete Sentence: But this surge, and the deficit tally, was beyond expectations, with economists describing it as ‘a rude shock’ thanks to ‘idiosyncratic’ effects.

Therefore, the correct answer is ‘Option 3’.

Additional Information

• Option 1, "below", implies that the surge and deficit tally were less than expectations, which contradicts the passage.
• Option 2, "meeting", and option 4, "in line with", suggest that the surge and tally matched expectations rather than exceeding them.
• Option 5, "undermining", doesn't fit well in the context as it's typically used to suggest diminishing or devaluing something. It does not convey the surprising high level of the surge and deficit tally.

Calculation:

Let the number of females visiting both cities be 2x

So, Number of males visiting both cities = 2x × 150% = 3x

Females visiting B only = 2x × 4 = 8x

Males visiting A only = 4 × 3x = 12x

Females visiting A only = 36

Males visiting B only = 16

Now, According to the question

12x + 16 + 3x = 36 + 8x + 2x

⇒ 15x + 16 = 36 + 10x

⇒ 5x = 20

⇒ x = 4

Now, Putting the values in table

Total number of Males and Females visiting A = 48 + 12 + 36 + 8

⇒ 104

∴ Total number of Males and Females visiting A is 104

No. of appeared candidate in 2021
No. of appeared candidate who qualified in 2021
= 576 – 376 = 200
No. of unqualified woman in 2021

Given: Eight persons join a company on two particular dates of four different months in the same year.

Combining the given conditions, we get the following possibilities as follows-

1. Only two persons joined the company before Jos. Jonny joined the company on the 21st of the month which has 31 days. This gives rise to the following cases-

2. Charles didn’t join the company in the month of April or July. No one joined the company after Marcus. Adding these two conditions to the above two cases we get-

3. Jonny didn’t join the company in the months of July and November. Only two persons join the company in between Jos and Carlos. Charles and Marcus, who are twin brothers, joined the company in the same month. Combining these conditions, we see that Case 2 and Case 3 from the above are eliminated. Hence, we get-

4. Xander and Carlos joined the company in the same month. Patrick joined the company immediately before Xander. Combining these two conditions, we get the final table as follows-

From the above final table we see that Jos and Patrick join the company in the month of April.

Hence, Patrick joined the company in the same month as Jos.

Given: Eight persons join a company on two particular dates of four different months in the same year.

Combining the given conditions, we get the following possibilities as follows-

1. Only two persons joined the company before Jos. Jonny joined the company on the 21st of the month which has 31 days. This gives rise to the following cases-

2. Charles didn’t join the company in the month of April or July. No one joined the company after Marcus. Adding these two conditions to the above two cases we get-

3. Jonny didn’t join the company in the months of July and November. Only two persons join the company in between Jos and Carlos. Charles and Marcus, who are twin brothers, joined the company in the same month. Combining these conditions, we see that Case 2 and Case 3 from the above are eliminated. Hence, we get-

4. Xander and Carlos joined the company in the same month. Patrick joined the company immediately before Xander. Combining these two conditions, we get the final table as follows-

From the above final table, we see that Charles joined the company on the 12th of November.

Hence, Charles joined on the 12th of November.

Given: Eight persons join a company on two particular dates of four different months in the same year.

Combining the given conditions, we get the following possibilities as follows-

1. Only two persons joined the company before Jos. Jonny joined the company on the 21st of the month which has 31 days. This gives rise to the following cases-

2. Charles didn’t join the company in the month of April or July. No one joined the company after Marcus. Adding these two conditions to the above two cases we get-

3. Jonny didn’t join the company in the months of July and November. Only two persons join the company in between Jos and Carlos. Charles and Marcus, who are twin brothers, joined the company in the same month. Combining these conditions, we see that Case 2 and Case 3 from the above are eliminated. Hence, we get-

4. Xander and Carlos joined the company in the same month. Patrick joined the company immediately before Xander. Combining these two conditions, we get the final table as follows-

From the above final table, we see that Patrick joined on the 21st of April and Xander joined on the 12th of Juy.

Hence, CARLOS is the correct answer.

Given:-

Nine items - Perfume, Watch, Raincoat, Coffee, Charger, Purse, Notebook, Racquet, and Knife

Let the first item purchased be numbered 1 and the last item purchased be numbered 9.

Now,

1) The number of items purchased before the Purse is less than the number of items purchased after the Purse. It means at least 5 items were purchased after Purse. So Purse can be numbered 1, 2, 3, or 4.

2) More than three items were purchased after Raincoat. It means Raincoat cannot be numbered 6, 7, 8, and 9.

3) Only two items were purchased between Raincoat and Purse.

So the possibilities are -

4) The Perfume was purchased before Raincoat. So, Raincoat was not the first item to be purchased. We cannot place Perfume yet.

The possible cases are -

5) More than one item was purchased between the Purse and Charger. It means Charger was purchased after Rainbow in both cases.

6) The Perfume was purchased before Charger but not immediately before. So, Perfume was purchased before Raincoat and Charger.

We can place Perfume as follows:

7) Charger was purchased before Racquet.

8) The Knife was purchased before Notebook but after Racquet.

So, the sequence will be Raincoat > Charger > Racquet > Knife > Notebook.

8) Coffee was purchased immediately before Watch. This is possible only in Case II (a).

So, the final arrangement is:

Two items were purchased between Watch and Racquet.

Hence, the correct answer is Two.

We need to join the sentence segments in column 1 with those in column 2 to create sentences that are conceptually and grammatically correct. Let us see how the sentence parts can join.

• Part A talks about how reading certain books have an ennobling influence. 'Ennobling' means 'acquiring greater dignity or nobility of character'. So contextually, it should be joined with part E as it points out what all are influenced by the reading of such books. So, A-E.
• Part B talks about trash. So, contextually, it should be joined with part F which talks about recycle and reuse. So, B-F.
• Part C talks about the personalities of detection dogs and so should be joined with part D that talks about how this personality trait can affect their suitability as pets. So, C-D.

In the given options, the correct answers A-E, B-F and C-D are reflected in option 4, making it the correct answer.

The correct answer is 'Only C'.

Key Points

• Parody means- a piece of writing, speech, or music that copies the style of somebody/something in a funny way.
• In Sentence A, the meaning of parody is understandable. "It includes some brilliant parodies."
• In Sentence B, the meaning of parody is understandable here too. "He had become a grotesque parody of himself and the gallery, at last, began to avert its eyes"
• In Sentence C, the meaning of parody is not being portrayed properly. Here, it is giving another meaning to the sentence.
• Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

Calculation:

x² – 29x + 204 = 0

⇒ x² – 17x – 12x + 204 = 0

⇒ x (x - 17) – 12(x - 17) = 0

⇒ (x - 17) (x - 12) = 0

⇒ x = 17, 12

2y² – 43y + 176 = 0

⇒ 2y² – 32y – 11y + 176 = 0

⇒ 2y ( y - 16) – 11 ( y - 16) = 0

⇒ (2y - 11) (y - 16) = 0

⇒ y = 11/2, 16

Comparison between x and y (via Tabulation):

∴ The relation between x and y cannot determined.

Given:

I. x² - 11x + 28 = 0

II. y² + 9y – 52 = 0

Calculation:

I. x² - 11x + 28 = 0

⇒ x² – 7x – 4x + 28 = 0

⇒ x(x – 7) – 4(x – 7)= 0

⇒ (x – 7)(x – 4) = 0

⇒ x = 7, 4

II. y² + 9y – 52 = 0

⇒ y² + 13y – 4y – 52 = 0

⇒ y(y + 13) – 4(y + 13) =0

⇒ (y + 13)(y – 4) = 0

⇒ y = (–13), 4

∴ x ≥ y.

Given statements: X ≥ Q < Y ≥ R; Z = S ≤ T ≤ Q

Conclusions:

I. Y > Z → True (Given X ≥ Q < Y ≥ R and Z = S ≤ T ≤ Q so by combining Z = S ≤ T ≤ Q < Y ≥ R thus Y > Z is true)

II. X ≥ S → True (Given X ≥ Q < Y ≥ R and Z = S ≤ T ≤ Q so by combining Z = S ≤ T ≤ Q ≤ X thus X ≥ S is true)

Hence, Both conclusion I and II are true.

Given word: JUVENILE

There are three such words, Forward: JN and UV, Backward: LN.

Hence, three is the correct answer.

A packet-filter firewall filters at the network or transport layer. The firewall is configured with rules that prevent certain kinds of connections.

Concept:

The closure of F, denoted as F+, is the set of all regular FD, that can be derived from.

For trivial functional dependency,

Let A and be two sets consists of attributes of a relation

A → B

A B

Explanation:

Option 1:

{X, Z} → {Z, W}

{X, Z} {Z, W}

Not a trivial functional dependency

Option 2:

{X, V} → {V}

{X, V} {V}

It is a trivial functional dependency

Option 3:

{X, W, V} → {Y}

{X, W, V} {Y}

Not a trivial functional dependency

Option 4:

{Y, W } → {Y, X}

{Y, W } {Y, X}

Not a trivial functional dependency

NOTE:

→ superset

→ not superset

Key Points

Pre-order of above tree = 12453

In order of above tree = 42513

Postorder of above tree = 45231

And the given Post order is BCEAD

Hence B=4, C=5, E=2, A=3, D=1

The labels of nodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 = {D, E, A, B, C}

Hence the correct answer is DEABC.

The correct answer is option 2.

Concept:

The given declaration is,

Int (*ptr)[10]

Here () and [ ] has the same priority then the compiler takes associativity. And associativity has left to right So Ptr is a pointer to an array of 10 integers

Note:

The pointer pointing to the 0th element of an array and the pointer pointing to the entire array is completely different.

Hence the correct answer is ptr is a pointer to an array of 10 integers.

Additional Information int (*ptr)[10] - pointer to an array of integers
int* ptr[10] - an array of int pointers
The array of pointers:
the pointer may be arrayed like any data type. To assign the address of an integer variable called var to the third element of the pointer array, write
ptr[2] = &var
to find the value of var, write
*ptr[2].
Pointer to array:
pointer to an array is a single pointer, that holds the address of an array of variables. in the above case, it is an integer array.

Assignment operator:

It is used to assign value to a variable.

int a = 10;

It is not a logical or a relational operator in C

Relational Operator

Relational operators are used for the comparison of two values.

Ternary operator

• ?: is a ternary operator that is part of the syntax for basic conditional expressions in several programming languages.
• It is commonly referred to as the conditional operator, inline if (iif), or ternary if.
• An expression a ? b : c evaluates to b if the value of a is true, and otherwise to c.
• One can read it aloud as "if a then b otherwise c". Hence this can be treated as relational

Logical Operators

Boolean Algebra is a way of formally specifying, or describing, a particular situation or procedure. We use variables to represent elements of our situation or procedure.The basic Logical operators are:-

• AND (&&)
• OR ( || )
• NOT ( !)

Therefore Option 3 is the correct answer

The correct answer is option 1 and option 3.

Concept:

A minimum spanning tree (MST) or minimum weight spanning tree is a subset of the edges(V – 1 ) of a connected, edge-weighted undirected graph G(V, E) that connects all the vertices together, without any cycles and with the minimum possible total edge weight.

Key Points

The final sequence will be (a, b), (b, c), (c, i), (c, f), (f, g), (g, h), (c, d), (d, e) with a cost 37.

Another final sequence is (a, b), (a, h), (g, h), (f, g), (c, f), (c, i), (c, d), (d, e) with a cost is 37(Two sequences possible).

Concept:

Polymorphism is a feature of OOPs that allows the object to behave differently in different conditions.

Explanation:

In C++ we have two types of polymorphism:
1. Compile-time Polymorphism – This is also known as static (or early) binding.
2. Runtime Polymorphism – This is also known as dynamic (or late) binding.

Compile-time Polymorphism
Function overloading and Operator overloading are examples of Compile time polymorphism.

The correct option is (1)

Manual input

Concept:-

Manual Input Symbol indicates a process step where a user /operator is prompted to enter information manually.

Manual Input Symbol:

Key Points

• A flowchart employs input and output symbols to represent the start and finish of each process in the proper sequential order.
• A flowchart can depict a manual or automated process and can have sub-processes. It may even involve the phrase "sub-process."
• The input/output sign denotes whether data is entering the operation from the outside or exiting it.
• Document symbol represents the data that can be read by people, such as a printed document or report.
• The manual operation symbol represents a process step that should be performed manually, not automatically.
• An algorithm, workflow, or specific process is represented by a flowchart, a sort of graphical diagram. It employs a variety of symbols, including diamond, square, oval, and rectangle.

Additional Information

The correct answer is option 1.

Concept:

Queue:

• The queue is an abstract data structure, somewhat similar to Stacks.
• Insertion in a queue happens at the rear end and deletion happens at the front end.
• Unlike stacks, a queue is open at both ends. One end is always used to insert data (en queue) and the other is used to remove data (dequeue). Queue follows the First-In-First-Out methodology, i.e., the data item stored first will be accessed first.
• Queue follows the principle of First In First Out (FIFO) and Last In Last Out (LILO)

Hence the correct answer is Rear.

Key Points

str1 = ‘All the Best’

Here str1 is an array of continuous elements,

str1[0]=A=str1[-0]

str1[1]=l=str1[-11]

str1[2]=l=str1[-10]

str1[3]=' '=str1[-9]

str1[4]=t=str1[-8]

str1[5]=h=str1[-7]

str1[6]=e=str1[-6]

str1[7]=' '=str1[-5]

str1[8]=B=str1[-4]

str1[9]=e=str1[-3]

str1[10]=s=str1[-2]

str1[11]=t=str1[-1]

Hence the correct answer is 'e'.

Given f(0) = 2 ; f(1) = m ;f(4) = 88

f(2) = 2*f(1) + 4*f(0) ≡ 2*m+8

f(2) = 2m + 8

f(3) = 2*f(2) + 4*f(1) ≡ 2(2m+8) + 4m

f(3) = 8m + 16

f(4) = 2*f(3) + 4*f(2) ≡ 2(8m + 16) + 4*(2m+8)

88 = 16m+32+8m+32

88 = 24m+64

88-64 = 24m

1 = m

m = 1

The correct answer is option 3.

Concept:

Conditional Operator in C:

The ternary operator is another name for the conditional operator. Conditional statements are decision-making statements that are based on the expression's outcome. The symbols '?' and ':' are used to represent it. As a conditional operator works on three operands, it is also known as the ternary operator. The behavior of the conditional operator is similar to the 'if-else' statement as the 'if-else' statement is also a decision-making statement.

Syntax:

Expression1? expression2: expression3;

The given expression is,

(2 ? 3 : 4) + 8/4/2;

Here 2 is true So it will give the expression1.

(True? 3: 4) +8/4/2;

3+8/4/2; (/ is left to right associativity so (8/4) / 2 =1)

3+1;

So it gives the 4 as the result.

Hence the correct answer is 4.

• The value of total produced goods and services i.e. national income of any economy is calculated on either of the two parameters - ‘factor cost’ or the ‘market cost’.
• Factor cost is basically the input costs (like raw material, interest on loans if taken, labourer wages, etc)  the producer or the manufacturer has to bear during the process of producing goods. Factor cost is also termed as ‘factory price’. So in a way, it can also be termed as the ‘price’ of the commodity from the producer’s side. 
• Now when we add the taxes (indirect) to the factory cost we get ‘market cost’.
• So it means the cost at which the goods reach the market, i.e., showrooms (the tax paid by the producers to the union government in India). After adding the state government taxes (SGST)  to it we get 'market price’ or factor price. 
• Before 2015 officially India calculated the national income at factor cost ( however the data regarding market cost was also released) but after 2015, CSO has switched over to calculating it at market price (i.e., market cost). 
• The market price is calculated by adding the product taxes (both the state and central taxes) to the factor cost.