Test yourself
1. In the following questions, there is a series with one
term missing as shown by (?) You have to find the missing number out of the
four alternatives given below each question.
30, 155, 624, 1875, ?
(A) 3752 (B)
3800 (C) 4000 (D) 4200
Answer: A
2. Six roads lead to a country. They may be indicated by
letters X, Y, Z and digits 1, 2, 3. When there is storm, Y is blocked. When
there is flood, X, 1 and 2 will be affected. When road 1 is blocked, Z also is
blocked. At a time when there are floods and storm also blows, which road can
be used?
(A) Only 3 (B)
Only 2 (C) Only 1 (D) Only Z
Answer: A
3. Question: Who among P, Q, R, S and T is the lightest?
Statements: (I) R is heavier than Q and T but lighter than
S. (II) S is not the heaviest.
A. I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient
B. II alone is sufficient while I alone is not sufficient
C. Either I or II is sufficient
D. Neither I nor II is sufficient
Answer: D
4. The speed of a motor boat itself is 20 km/h and the rate
of flow of the river is 4 km/h. moving with the stream the boat went 120 km.
What distance will the boat cover during the same time going against the
stream?
(A) 80 (B)
180 (C) 60 (D) 100
Answer: A
5. The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years
old and the wicket keeper is 3 years older. If the ages of these two are
excluded, the average age of the remaining players is one year less than the
average age of the whole team. What is the average age of the team?
(A) 23 years (B) 24
years (C) 25 years (D) None of these
Answer: A
6. From a pack of 52 cards, two cards are drawn together at
random. What is the probability of both the cards being kings?
(A) 1/15 (B) 25/57 (C)
35/256 (D)
1/221
Answer: D
7. In how many ways a committee, consisting of 5 men and 6
women can be formed from 8 men and 10 women?
(A) 266 (B)
5040 (C) 11760 (D) 86400
Answer: C
8. Statements: All Cats are Rats. All Elephants are Rats.
Some Cats are Elephants.
Conclusions :( I) All Rats are Elephants. (II) Some Cats
which is Elephants are Rats.
(A) Only conclusion I follows (B) Only conclusion II follows
(C) Either I or II follows (D)
Neither I nor II follows
Answer: B
9. A, B and C start at the same time in the same direction
to run around a circular stadium. A completes a round in 252 seconds, B in 308
seconds and C in 198 seconds, all starting at the same point. After what time
will they again at the starting point?
(A) 26 minutes and 18 seconds (B) 42 minutes and 36 seconds
(C) 45 minutes (D)
46 minutes and 12 seconds
Answer: D
10. This morning, you found a junior employee of your office
discussing personal matters with his friend on phone for long. She doesn’t
normally behave in this way. What would be the most effective response to this
situation?
A. Return to your work without saying anything to her
B. Report the incident to your boss
C. Admonish her in presence of her colleagues so that others
also learn from the incident
D. Explain to her that it may not be in her interest to use
office time for personal matters
Answer: D
11. You are working on a number of projects the completion
of which can bring a lot of rewards to your organization. You have been given
tight deadlines and have a lot of basic information to gather. You have asked
other colleagues for help but are unsure of their commitment. What would you
do?
A. Effect certain changes in some of the projects so that
you can complete them on time
B. Drop some of the projects so that you can complete the
remaining ones on time
C. Outline the help that you need from others and explain to
them why their individual contributions are important
D. Carry on with the tasks yourself as it may fetch you good
increments
Answer: C
12. You are a police officer and are on mobile patrol when
you receive the report of a robbery at a post office. A handgun has been used
to threaten staff and large quantity of cash stolen. You are in the next street
and respond immediately. As you enter the street you see two masked men leaving
the post office running towards a getaway car. What do you do?
A. Attempt to arrest the robbers. After all, a serious
offence has been committed
B. Put the police car across their path and prevent their
escape. If they get away from the scene they may never be arrested
C. Stop the police car immediately and observe the robbers and
also inform the control room immediately.
D. Fire at the robbers
Answer: C
13. The houses of P and Q face each other on a road going
north-south; P's being on the western side. P comes out of his house, turns
left, travels 5 km, turns right, travels 5 km to the front of D's house. Q does
exactly the opposite and reaches the front of C's house. In this context, which
one of the following statements is incorrect?
(a) C and D are opposite to each other.
(b) C's house faces either East or West.
(c) The distance between C and D is same as the distance
between P and Q.
(d) None of the above
Answer: D
14. Statements: Recent trends also indicate that the number
of child migrants in large cities is increasing. These children leave their
families to join the ranks of urban poor doing odd jobs in markets, workshops,
hotels or in service sectors.
Conclusions: (I) Migration to big cities should be checked.
(II) The plight of poor children should be thoroughly studied.
(A) Only conclusion I follows (B) Only conclusion II follows
(C) Either I or II follows (D) Neither I nor II follows
Answer: D
Direction (Qs. Nos. 15-16) Laws of nature are not commands
but statements of acts. The use of the word "law" in this context is
rather unfortunate. It would be better to speak of uniformities in nature. This
would do away with the elementary fallacy that a law implies a law giver. If a
piece of matter does not obey a law of nature it is punished. On the contrary,
we say that the law has been incorrectly started.
15. If a piece of
matter violates nature's law, it is not punished because
(A) It is not binding to obey it
(B) There is no superior being to enforce the law of nature
(C) It cannot be punished
(D) It simply means that the facts have not been correctly
stated by law
Answer: B
16. The laws of
nature based on observation are
(A) Conclusion about the nature of the universe. (B) True
and not comparable.
(C) Figments of the observer imagination. (D) Subject to
change in the light of new facts.
Answer: D
Direction (Qs. Nos. 17-18) Corduroy is fast establishing
itself at this year's fabric, while the ribbed cotton itself provides
utilitarian tenaciary, texture and warmth. It is the fabric's long held
associations may provide a hint to its current revival as a fabric for all
seasons. It is Corduroy's link with the good breeding and country living that
made it an essential ingredient in the gentleman's wardrobe along with Wellington boots and
decent wooly. I combine the comfortable nonsense appeal of cotton with the
perfectly correct luxury finish of velvet. Corduroy has the ability to appear
either supremely sophisticated or rough and ready.
17. According to the author, the special quality of corduroy
is that
(A) It needs no ironing
(B) It combines the virtues of both cotton and velvet
(C) It contains the correct mixture of cotton and velvet
(D) Both the rich and that not-so rich can afford to buy it
Answer: D
18. When the writer refers to corduroy's 'utilitarian
tenacity' he means that
(A) Though expensive, it is economic in the long run
(B) It is useful because it is durable
(C) It has remained
fashionable over several years
(D) It does not need frequent washing
Answer: B
Direction (Qs. Nos. 19-20) Soft bodied animals like
caterpillars often fall a prey to voracious hunters like birds or reptiles.
Despite having no means to 'actively' defend themselves, with weapons like
claws or jaws, they have nevertheless, evolved other equally effective
deterrents. A particular species of the caterpillar lives at an altitude over
2.500 metres in the Himalayas . It uses
prominent colour to inform would be predators of its in edibility. In the event
that an inexperienced or adventurous bird did eat the caterpillar, it would
probably vomit it soon after and subsequently desist from attacking similar
species in future.
19. The Himalayan caterpillar uses prominent colours to
(A) Warn the predator (B)
Attack the predator
(C) Reveal itself (D) Defend itself
Answer: A
20. The expression "others equally effective
deterrents" mean
(A) Preventive weapons which have equal effect of others
(B) Mechanism which scares everyone equally well
(C) Preventive equipment which it is as effective as
something that has been already mentioned in the passage
(D) Deterrents that are as powerful as those the
caterpillars have
Answer: B
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