100+ SBI SO Previous Year Question Paper with Answers - 2

Question: 6

Statement :
Women's organisations in India have welcomed the amendment of the Industrial Employment Rules 1946 to curb sexual harassment at the work place.
Conclusions :
I. Sexual harassment of women at work place is more prevalent in India as compared to other developed countries.
II. Many organisations in India will stop recruitment women to avoid such problems.

(A) if only conclusion I follows

(B) if only conclusion II follows

(C) if either I and II follows

(D) if neither I nor II follows and

(E) if both I and II follow

Ans: D

The fact that a certain rule has been more welcomed in a certain country does not imply that the problem is more prevalent there. So, I does not follow. Also, the amendment seeks to discourage only sexual harasasment of women and shall in no way discourage employment of women. So, II also does not follow.

Question: 7

Statement :
We follow some of the best and effective teaching learning practices used by leading institutes all over the world. A statement of a Professor of M.N. Institues.
Conclusions :
I. The M.N. Institutes is one of the leading institutes of the world.
II. Whatever is being followed by world leading institutes will definitely be good and useful.

(A) if only conclusion I follows

(B) if only conclusion II follows

(C) if either I and II follows

(D) if neither I nor II follows and

(E) if both I and II follow

Ans: B

The testament hints at following the practice used by leading institutes as a positive feature of the M.N. Institutes. So, only II follows while I does not.

Question: 8

Statement :
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
Conclusions :
I. Fashion designers do not understand the public mind very well.
II. The public by and large is highly susceptible to novelty.

(A) if only conclusion I follows

(B) if only conclusion II follows

(C) if either I and II follows

(D) if neither I nor II follows and

(E) if both I and II follow

Ans: B

The statement asserts that people cannot stand any particular trend for long and seek change quite often. So, only II follows.

Question: 9

Statement :
Video libraries are flourishing very much these days.
Conclusions :
I. People in general have got a video craze.
II. It is much cheaper to see as many movies as one likes on videos rather than going to the cinema hall.

(A) if only conclusion I follows

(B) if only conclusion II follows

(C) if either I and II follows

(D) if neither I nor II follows and

(E) if both I and II follow

Ans: E

Since both I and II provide suitable explanations to the given statement, so both follow.

Question: 10

Statement :
Application of applicants who do no fulfill eligibility criteria and/or who do not submit applications before last date will be summarily rejected and will not be called for the written test.
Conclusions :
I. Those who are called for the written test are those who fulfill eligibility criteria and have submitted their applications before last date.
II. Written test will be held only after scrutiny of applications.

(A) if only conclusion I follows

(B) if only conclusion II follows

(C) if either I and II follows

(D) if neither I nor II follows and

(E) if both I and II follow

Ans: E

The statement clearly mentions that fulfilling the eligibility criteria and submitting the application before the stipulated date are both essential to avoid rejection. So, I follows. Also, since it is given that the candidates whose applications are rejected shall not be called for written test, so II also follows.

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