SBI-PO 2008 (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

Sunday, 5 June 2011

SBI-PO 2008 (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

Directions (151-160) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below & certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate while answering some of the questions.
There is absolutely on point in complaining that over the years, there has been pressure for Increased productivity and higher earning for works in industry. There are several ways for increasing employees' earnings. Employee earnings can be Increased by raising the selling price of the firm's products and services, productivity profits or costs of raw materials, or augmenting labour productivity. However, increasing employee earning by means other than increased labour productivity jeopardizes the firm's competitive strength in the market. Higher price usually mean fewer customers, reduced profit means less capital investment, and low cost materials mean poor product quality. But-, increasing labour productivity by enhancing skills and motivation creates an

SBI-PO 2008 (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

Directions (151-160) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below & certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate while answering some of the questions.
There is absolutely on point in complaining that over the years, there has been pressure for Increased productivity and higher earning for works in industry. There are several ways for increasing employees' earnings. Employee earnings can be Increased by raising the selling price of the firm's products and services, productivity profits or costs of raw materials, or augmenting labour productivity. However, increasing employee earning by means other than increased labour productivity jeopardizes the firm's competitive strength in the market. Higher price usually mean fewer customers, reduced profit means less capital investment, and low cost materials mean poor product quality. But-, increasing labour productivity by enhancing skills and motivation creates an

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SBI-PO 2007 (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

SBI-PO 2007 (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

Directions (126 - 135): Read the following passage to answer the given questions. Some words have been printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. We tend to be harsh on our bureaucracy, but nowhere do citizens enjoy dealing with their government. They do it because they have to. But that doesn't mean that the experience has to be dismal. Now there is a new wind blowing thr- ough government departments around the world, which could take some of this pain away. In the next five years it may well transform not only the way public services are delivered but also the fundamental relationship between government and citizens. Not surprisingly, it is the Internet that is behind it. After e-commerce and e-business, the next revaluation may be e- governance. Examples abound. The municipality of Phoenix, Arizona, allows its citizens to renew their car registrations, pay traffic fines, replace lost identity cards etc. online without having to stand in endless queues in a grubby manipal office. The municipality is happy because it saves $5 a transaction it costs only $1.60 to process an online transaction versus $6.60 to do it across's the counter. In Chile, people routinely submit their income tax returns over the Internet, which has increased transparency, drastically reduced the time taken and the number of errors and litigation with the tax department. Both tax payers and the revenue department are happier.
The furthest ahead. not surprisingly. is the small, rich and entrepreneurial civil service of

SBI-PO 2007 (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

Directions (126 - 135): Read the following passage to answer the given questions. Some words have been printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. We tend to be harsh on our bureaucracy, but nowhere do citizens enjoy dealing with their government. They do it because they have to. But that doesn't mean that the experience has to be dismal. Now there is a new wind blowing thr- ough government departments around the world, which could take some of this pain away. In the next five years it may well transform not only the way public services are delivered but also the fundamental relationship between government and citizens. Not surprisingly, it is the Internet that is behind it. After e-commerce and e-business, the next revaluation may be e- governance. Examples abound. The municipality of Phoenix, Arizona, allows its citizens to renew their car registrations, pay traffic fines, replace lost identity cards etc. online without having to stand in endless queues in a grubby manipal office. The municipality is happy because it saves $5 a transaction it costs only $1.60 to process an online transaction versus $6.60 to do it across's the counter. In Chile, people routinely submit their income tax returns over the Internet, which has increased transparency, drastically reduced the time taken and the number of errors and litigation with the tax department. Both tax payers and the revenue department are happier.
The furthest ahead. not surprisingly. is the small, rich and entrepreneurial civil service of

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STATE BANK OF INDIA PO 2006(ENGLISH  LANGUAGE)

 

Directions (76-90) : Read the .following passage and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
In a disarmingly frank talk at the Indian Merchants Chamber in Mumbai the Japanese Ambassador in India dwelt at length with issues that exercise the mind of Japanese investors when they consider investment proposals in India.Raising the question "What comparative advantages does India offer as an investment market ?" he said though labour in India is inexpensive. wage levels are offset by productivity level to a large extent.Acknowledging that vastness of the Indian market is a great inducement for investment in manufacturing industry he wondered if it was justifiable to provide that overseas remittance of profit in foreign exchange to be fully covered by exchange. earnings as had been done. Significantly, on the eve of the prime Minister exports, meeting this demand. The Ambassador said foreign investors needed to be assured of the continuity and consistency of the liberalization policy and the fact that new measures had been put into force by means of administrative notifications without amending Government laws acted as a damper.The Ambassador pleaded for speedy formulation of the exit policy and pointed to the highly restrictive control by the Government on disinterment by foreign partners in joint ventures in India.While it is ail too easy to dismiss critical comment on conditions in India contemptuously, there can be little about that if foreign investment is to be wooed assiduously, we will have to meet exacting international standard and. cater at partially to what we may consider the -idiosyncrasies of our foreign collaborators. The Japanese too have passed through a stage in the fifties when their

STATE BANK OF INDIA PO 2006(ENGLISH  LANGUAGE)

 

Directions (76-90) : Read the .following passage and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
In a disarmingly frank talk at the Indian Merchants Chamber in Mumbai the Japanese Ambassador in India dwelt at length with issues that exercise the mind of Japanese investors when they consider investment proposals in India.Raising the question "What comparative advantages does India offer as an investment market ?" he said though labour in India is inexpensive. wage levels are offset by productivity level to a large extent.Acknowledging that vastness of the Indian market is a great inducement for investment in manufacturing industry he wondered if it was justifiable to provide that overseas remittance of profit in foreign exchange to be fully covered by exchange. earnings as had been done. Significantly, on the eve of the prime Minister exports, meeting this demand. The Ambassador said foreign investors needed to be assured of the continuity and consistency of the liberalization policy and the fact that new measures had been put into force by means of administrative notifications without amending Government laws acted as a damper.The Ambassador pleaded for speedy formulation of the exit policy and pointed to the highly restrictive control by the Government on disinterment by foreign partners in joint ventures in India.While it is ail too easy to dismiss critical comment on conditions in India contemptuously, there can be little about that if foreign investment is to be wooed assiduously, we will have to meet exacting international standard and. cater at partially to what we may consider the -idiosyncrasies of our foreign collaborators. The Japanese too have passed through a stage in the fifties when their

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SBI-PO 2005 (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

SBI-PO 2005 (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

Directions (176-178) : In each of the following sentences there are blank spaces. Below each sentience there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningfully complete.

176. Public announcements of ............. by the Government is considered as_............ of code of conduct during the pre - election period.

(a) freebies... appeasement

(b) favors... violation

(c) policies .... honors

(d) provisions .... imposition

(e) manifests..... breaches

Ans. (b)

177. Germany had been a nation in one country of numerous states which had a common language an ........

(a) assembled .... dialect

(b) assimilated... script

(c) embedded... civilization

(d) united... traditions

(e) formed.... code

Ans.(d)

SBI-PO 2005 (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

Directions (176-178) : In each of the following sentences there are blank spaces. Below each sentience there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningfully complete.

176. Public announcements of ............. by the Government is considered as_............ of code of conduct during the pre - election period.

(a) freebies... appeasement

(b) favors... violation

(c) policies .... honors

(d) provisions .... imposition

(e) manifests..... breaches

Ans. (b)

177. Germany had been a nation in one country of numerous states which had a common language an ........

(a) assembled .... dialect

(b) assimilated... script

(c) embedded... civilization

(d) united... traditions

(e) formed.... code

Ans.(d)

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