Hello Students, As you all have witnessed a drastic change in the pattern of SBI PO Mains, now It’s high time when you started preparing for the upcoming exams in the same pattern and with much more variation in format.
All of you have been preparing and were expecting the same type of questions as asked in the previous exams, but it was an eye opener and quite shocking for all of us.
Now Onward, we’ll provide you all type of questions and possible patterns that are asked in all competitive exams. This way YOU can prepare yourself for the worst. We’ll include questions from the regular pattern as well as from the changed pattern.
These are the topics that were asked in the SBI PO Pre exam.
1.Reading Comprehension
2.Antonym/Synonym
3.Jumbled paragraph with odd -one out sentence.
4.Paragraph Completion
5.Combining sentences using participial phrases/connecting words. (Compound Sentences)
We suggest you to adapt according to the latest change in pattern, because if you don’t change, then you might end up being obsolete in ever-changing competitive environment.
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Directions (Q.1-10) Each of the reading comprehension questions is based on the content of a passage. After reading the passage, answer all questions pertaining to it on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage. For each question, select the best answer of the choices given.
According to economic signaling theory, consumers may perceive the frequency with which an unfamiliar brand is advertised as a cue that the brand is of high quality. The notion that highly advertised brands are associated with high‑quality products does have some Empirical evidence. Marquardt and McGann found that heavily advertised products did indeed rank high on certain measures of product quality. Because large advertising expenditures represent a significant investment on the part of a manufacturer, only companies that expect to recoup these costs in the long run, through consumers’ repeat purchases of the product, can afford to spend such amounts. However, two studies by Kirmani have found that although consumers initially perceive expensive advertising as a signal of high brand quality, at some level of spending the manufacturer’s advertising effort may be perceived as unreasonably high, implying low manufacturer confidence in product quality. If consumers perceive excessive advertising effort as a sign of a manufacturer’s desperation, the result may be less favorable brand perceptions. In addition, the third study by Kirmani, of print advertisements, found that
the use of color affected consumer perception of brand quality. Because consumers recognize that color advertisements are more expensive than black and white, the point at which repetition of an advertisement is perceived as excessive comes sooner for a color advertisement than for a black-and-white advertisement.
1. Which of the following best describes the purpose of the sentences written in bold and italics?
(A) To show that economic signaling theory fails to explain a finding
(B) To introduce a distinction not accounted for by economic signaling theory
(C) To account for an exception to a generalization suggested by Marquardt and McGann
(D) To explain why Marquardt and McGann’s research was conducted
(E) To offer an explanation for an observation reported by Marquardt and McGann
2. The primary purpose of the passage is to
(A) present findings that contradict one explanation for the effects of a particular advertising practice
(B) argue that theoretical explanations about the effects of a particular advertising practice are of limited value without empirical evidence
(C) discuss how and why particular advertising practices may affect consumers’ perceptions
(D) contrast the research methods used in two different studies of a particular advertising practice
(E) explain why a finding of consumer responses to a particular advertising practice was unexpected
3. Kirmani’s research, as described in the passage, suggests which of the following regarding consumers’ expectations about the quality of advertised products?
(A) Those expectations are likely to be highest if a manufacturer runs both black-and-white and color advertisements for the same product.
(B) Those expectations can be shaped by the presence of color in an advertisement as well as by the frequency with which an advertisement appears.
(C) Those expectations are usually high for frequently advertised new brands but not for
frequently advertised familiar brands.
(D) Those expectations are likely to be higher for products whose black-and-white advertisements are often repeated than for those whose color advertisements are less often repeated.
(E) Those expectations are less definitively shaped by the manufacturer’s advertisements than by information that consumers gather from other sources.
4. Kirmani’s third study, as described in the passage, suggests which of the following conclusions about a black-and-white advertisement?
(A) It can be repeated more frequently than a comparable color advertisement could before consumers begin to suspect low manufacturer confidence in the quality of the advertised product.
(B) It will have the greatest impact on consumers’ perceptions of the quality of the advertised product if it appears during periods when a color version of the same advertisement is also being used.
(C) It will attract more attention from readers of the print publication in which it appears if it is used only a few times.
(D) It may be perceived by some consumers as more expensive than a comparable color advertisement.
(E) It is likely to be perceived by consumers as a sign of higher manufacturer confidence in the quality of the advertised product than a comparable color advertisement would be.
5. The passage suggests that Kirmani would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about consumers’ perceptions of the relationship between the frequency with which a product is advertised and the product’s quality?
(A) Consumers’ perceptions about the frequency with which an advertisement appears are their
primary consideration when evaluating an advertisement’s claims about product quality.
(B) Because most consumers do not notice the frequency of advertisement, it has little impact
on most consumers’ expectations regarding product quality.
(C) Consumers perceive frequency of advertisement as a signal about product quality only when the advertisement is a product that is newly on the market.
(D) The frequency of advertisement is not always perceived by consumers to indicate that manufacturers are highly confident about their products’ quality.
(E) Consumers who try a new product that has been frequently advertised are likely to perceive the advertisement’s frequency as having been an accurate indicator of the product’s quality.
6. What does the phrase mean ‘Empirical Evidence’ as used in the given paragraph?
(A) It means to destroy the evidence
(B) It represents the utopian phenomenon
(C) Empirical evidence is information acquired by observation or experimentation.
(D) Empirical evidence is factual, concrete and data based information.
(E) None of these.
7. what does the word ‘Recoup’ meant in this paragraph?
(A) obsolete information
(B) lost in translation
(C) having acquired a lot of knowledge
(D) regain (money spent) through subsequent profits.
(E) None of these.
Directions (Q.8-10): In each of the following questions, five options are given, of which one word is the most nearly the same or opposite in meaning to the given word in the question. Find the correct option having either same or opposite meaning.
8.PERILOUS
(A) Benign
(B) brazen
(C) bucolic
(D) treacherous
(E) reiterate
9. NASCENT
(A) deplete
(B) cavil
(C) gluttony
(D) initial
(E) whim
10. PROSCRIBE
(A) Allow
(B) prone
(C) intrepid
(D)mural
(E) doleful
Answers:
1.
ANS- E
This statement provides an explanation of why highly advertised products did indeed rank high on certain measures of product quality.
2.
ANS- C
The passage shows how the frequency and the kind of advertising influence consumers’ perceptions about the quality of the products advertised.
3.
ANS- B
It can be inferred that consumers’ perceptions of product quality are influenced by the use of color in an advertisement and by the frequency of the advertisement’s appearance.
4.
ANS- A
Consumers find color advertising excessive more quickly and thus can be expected to find black-and-white advertising excessive less quickly.
5.
ANS- D
Excessive advertising may lead consumers to believe that the manufacturer lacks confidence in the quality of the product.
6. ANS- C
7. ANS- D
8.
Ans- D
The words are Synonym.
PERILOUS -full of danger or risk.
treacherous -guilty of or involving betrayal or deception.
9.
Ans- D
NASCENT -(especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.
Initial- is the Synonym for given word.
10.
Ans- A
PROSCRIBE -forbid, especially by law.
‘Allow’ is the antonym for given word.
