Hello, here I am providing you the previous year exam of the Karnataka Bank as under;

1. Complete the series :
11, 12, 17, 18, 23, 24 ...

(1) 30

(2) 35

(3) 12

(4) 14

(5) None of these

Ans : (5)

Explanation : Alternate numbers increase by 6.

2. Complete the series :
1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216 .....

(1) 343

(2) 512

(3) 729

(4) 1000

(5) None of these

Ans : (1)

Explanation : The series is

13, 23, 33, 43 .......

Hence missing figure : 73 = 343

3. Suppose you are in charge of a Military Command guarding a bridge and you receive a message from the bridge that the enemy forces have almost reached the other side of the bridge. What telephone message would you send ?

(1) Order air-shelling

(2) Break the bridge

(3) Send more troops

(4) Surrender to them

(5) None of these

Ans : (2)

4. Supply the missing figure :

3, 11, 8, 16, 13 .... 18

(1) 15

(2) 17

(3) 14

(4) 21

(5) None of these

Ans : (4)

Explanation : In the series take alternate terms and see, it is increasing by 5.

Thus missing figure is 16 + 5 = 21

11, 16, (16 + 5), .....

5. Usha is twice as old as Rita. Three years ago she was three times as old as Rita. How old is Usha now ?

(1) 7 years

(2) 9 years

(3) 6 years

(4) 12 years

(5) None of these

Ans : (4)

6. A major contribution of Mathura Sculptors (a)/ of that period were the creation and popularisation (b)/ of the Buddha’s image in human form (c)/ No error (d).

Ans.b: ‘was’ in place of ‘were’.

7. Amit has been deceiving Mona (a)/ for many years but she (b)/ has not still tumbled to it (c)/ No error (d).

Ans.c: ‘yet’ in place of ‘still’.

8. Mahavira was an advocate of non – violence and vegetarianism (a)/ who revived and reorganized the jain doctrine (b)/ and established rules for their monastic order (c)/ No error (d).

Ans.c: ‘its’ in place of ‘their’.

9. Microwaves are the principle carriers (a)/ of television, telephone and data transmissions (b)/ between stations on earth and between the earth and satellites (c)/ No error (d).

Ans.a: ‘principal’ in place of ‘principle’.

10. An unit is an abstract idea (a)/ defined either by reference to (b)/ a randomly chosen material standard or to a natural phenomenon (c)/ No error (d).

11. How many meaningful English Words can be formed with the letters ARILT using each letter only once in that word ?

(1) None

(2) One

(3) Two

(4) Three

(5) More than three

Ans : (2)

Solutions : Meaningful word ? TRAIL.

12. D said, "A's father is the only brother of my sister's son. "How is A's father related to D ?

(1) Cousin

(2) Nephew

(3) Aunt

(4) Data inadequate

(5) None of these

Ans : (2)

Directions (Q.4-6) The following questions are based on the five three digit numbers given below.

394 632 783 576 895

13. If the positions of the first and the second digit within each number are interchanged, which of the following will be the second highest number ?

(1) 632

(2) 783

(3) 576

(4) 895

(5) 394

Ans : (5)

Solutions : Interchanging the first and second digits of each number,

934 362 873 756 985

Hence, the second highest number is 394.

14. If the first and second digits of each of the numbers are added the resulting sum of which of the following numbers will not be exactly divisible by 3 ?

(1) 895

(2) 394

(3) 576

(4) 632

(5) 783

Ans : (1)

Solutions : First and second digits of each of the numbers are added,

12 9 15 12 17

17 cannot divisible by 3. Hence, the number is 895.

15. If 2 is added to the last digit of each number and then the positions of first and the third digits are interchanged, which of the following will be the highest number ?

(1) 576

(2) 895

(3) 783

(4) 394

(5) 632

Ans : (1)

Solutions : If 2 is added to the last digit of each number then,

394 + 2 = 396,632 + 2 = 634,

783 + 2 = 785,576 + 2 = 578,895 + 2 = 897

Now interchange the position of first and third digit.

693, 436, 587, 875, 798

Hence, the highest number ? 576.