Data Entry Operators & Lower Division Clerks Held on 28th October, 2012

Quantitative Aptitude

1. The largest among the numbers (0·1)², √0·0121, 0·12 and
√0·0004 is
(a) (0·1)²

(b) √0·0121

(c) 0·12

(d) √0·0004

2. IF 1! + 2! + 3! + 4! .... + 100! is divided by 8 then the remainder is

(a) 1

(b) 2

(c) 3

(d) 5

3. The last digit  of 3⁴⁰ is

(a) 1

(b) 3

(c) 7

(d) 9

4. 30 men can repair a road in 18 days. They are joined by 6 more workers.
Now the road can be repaired in

(a) 14 days

(b) 15 days

(c) 16 days

(d) 17 days

5. A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 12, 24 and 36 days
respectively. In how many days will they work together complete the same work ?

(a) 5 ^6/11

(b) 4

(c) 6 ^6/11

(d) 6

6. The selling price of a video game is Rs. 740 and the discount allowed
is 7.5%. The marked price of the video game is:

(a) Rs. 600

(b) Rs. 700

(c) Rs. 800

(d) Rs. 900

7. In selling as article, the single discount equivalent to two successive
discounts of 25% and 5% is

(a) 28.75%

(b) 30%

(c) 27.5%

(d) 26%

8. To gain 8% after allowing a discount of 10%, by what per cent cost
price should be hiked in the list price ?

(a) 9%

(b) 11%

(c) 18%

(d) 20%

9. Two vessels A and B contain milk and water mixed in the ratio 4 : 3 and
2 : 3. The ratio in which these mixture be mixed to form a new mixture
containing half milk and half water is

(a) 7 : 5

(b) 6 : 5

(c) 5 : 6

(d) 4 : 3

10. The ratio between Sumit's and Prakash's age at present is 2 : 3. Sumit
is 6 years younger than Prakash. The ratio of Sumit's age to Prakash's age after
6 years will be

(a) 2 : 3

(b) 1 : 2

(c) 4 : 3

(d) 3 : 4

11. A milkman makes 20% profit bu selling milk mixed with water at Rs. 9
per litre. If the cost price of 1 litre pure milk is Rs. 10, then the ratio of
milk and water in the said mixture is

(a) 3 : 1

(b) 4 : 1

(c) 3 : 2

(d) 4 : 3

12. Average age of 8 men is increased by 3 years when two of them whose
ages are 30 and 34 years are replaced by 2 persons. What is the average age of
the 2 persons?

(a) 24 years

(b) 32 years

(c) 44 years

(d) 48 years

13. The average age of a family of 10 members is 20 years. If the age of
the youngest member of the family is 10 years, then the average age of the
members of the family just before the birth of the youngest members was
approximately.

(a) 27·14 years

(b) 12·5 years

(c) 14·28 years

(d) 14·01 years

14. The average of four consecutive even numbers is 15. The 2nd highest
number is

(a) 12

(b) 18

(c) 14

(d) 16

15. A man sells two chairs at Rs. 120 each and by doing so gains 25% on
one chair and loses 25% on the other. His loss on the whole in Rs. is

(a) 20

(b) 16

(c) 25

(d) 30

16. A book vendor sold a book at a loss of 10%. Had he sold it for Rs. 108
more, he would have earned a profit of 10%. Find the cost of the book.

(a) Rs. 442

(b) Rs. 540

(c) Rs. 648

(d) Rs. 740

17. A sells a cycle to B at a profit of 5% and B sells it to C at a profit
of 10%. IF C pays Rs. 2310 for it, the cost price is A is

(a) Rs. 2000

(b) Rs. 2100

(c) Rs. 1900

(d) Rs. 2010

18. A number is divided into two parts in such a way that 80% of 1st part
is 3 more than 60% of 2nd part and 80% of 2nd part is 6 more than 90$ of the 1st
part. Then the number is

(a) 125

(b) 130

(c) 135

(d) 145

19. A reduction of 10% in the price of wheat enables a man to buy 5 gram
of wheat more for a rupee. How much wheat could originally be had for a rupee ?

(a) 400 grams

(b) 500 grams

(c) 450 grams

(d) 350 grams

20. A train starts from a place A at 6 am and arrives at another place B
at 4:30 pm on the same day. If the speed of the train is 40 km per hour, find
the distance travelled by the train ?

(a) 420 km

(b) 230 km

(c) 320 km

(d) 400 km

21. P travels for 6 hours at the rate of 5km/hour and for 3 hours at the
rate of 6 km/hour. The average speed of the journey in km/hour is

(a) 3 ^1/5

(b) 5 ^1/2

(c) 1 ^2/9

(d) 2 ^2/5

22. A certain sum of money at simple interest amount to Rs. 1012 in 2
^1/2 years and to Rs. 1067.20 in 4 years. The rate of interest per annum is

(a) 2.5%

(b) 3%

(c) 4%

(d) 5%

23. A certain amount of money at r%, compound annually after two and three
years becomes Rs. 1440 and Rs 1728 respectively. r is ?

(a) 5

(b) 10

(c) 15

(d) 20

24. The edges of a rectangular box are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3 and its
surface are is 88 cm². The volume of the box is

(a) 24 cm³

(b) 48 cm³

(c) 64 cm³

(d) 120 cm³

25. For a triangle, base is 6√3 cm and teo base angles are 30^o
and 60^o. Then height of the triangle is

(a) 3√3

(b) 4·5

(c) 4√3

(d) 2√3

26. The radius and height of a cylinder are in the ratio 5 : 7 and its
volume is 550 cm³. Calculate its curved surface area in sq. cm.

(a) 110

(b) 444

(c) 220

(d) 616

27. If the length of each side of an equilateral triangle is increased by
3 unit, the area is found to be increased by 3+√3 square unit. The length of
each side of the triangle is

(a) √3

(b) 3 unit

(c) 3√3 unit

(d) 1+√3 unit

28. The diameter of the moon is assumed to be one fourth of the diameter
of the earth. Then the ratio of the volume of the earth to that of the moon is

(a) 64 : 1

(b) 1 : 64

(c) 60 : 7

(d) 7 : 60

29. If a linear equation is of the form x=k where k is a constant, then 
graph of the equation will be

(a) a line parallel to x-axis

(b) a line butting both the axes

(c) a line marking positive acute angle with x-axis

(d) a line parallel to y-axis

30. If a = 34, b = c = 33. then the value of a³ + b³
+ c³ 3abc is

(a) 0

(b) 111

(c) 50

(d) 100

31. If in a triangle, the circumcentre, incentre, centroid and orthocentr,
then the triangle is

(a) Acute-angled

(b) Isosceles

(c) Right-angled

(d) Equilateral

32. An aeroplane when flying at a height of 3125 m from the ground passes
vertically below another plane at an instant when the angles of elevation of the
two planes from the same point on the ground are 30^o and 60^o
respectively. The distance between the two planes at that instant is

(a) 6520 m

(b) 6000 m

(c) 5000 m

(d) 6250 m

General Intelligence

Direction: In question nos. 1 to 6, select the related
letters/words/number from the given alternatives.
1. Hen : Egg : : Tree : ?

(a) Bark

(b) Seed

(c) Leaves

(d) Fruit

2. Nail Cutter : Nail : : Gillet : ?

(a) Blade

(b) Head

(c) Razor

(d) Knife

3. Window : Tane : : Book : ?

(a) Novel

(b) Glass

(c) Cover

(d) Page

4. DHPV : EGQU : : BJNT : ?

(a) CIOS

(b) CHMR

(c) CGPU

(d) CKPU

5. 49 : 343 : :  64 : ?

(a) 512

(b) 412

(c) 416

(d) 516

6. xxyzyy : ccbabb : : xyyzzy : ?

(a) abbacc

(b) bbacca

(c) abbcca

(d) cbbaab

Direction: In questions nos. 7 to 10, select the
one which is different from the other three responses.

7. (A) Guitar    (B) Violin   
(B) Flute    (c) Veena

8. (A) Tomato    (B) Potato   
(C) Onion    (D) Carrot

9. (A) 125    (B) 343    (C)
516    (D) 729

10. (A) 100    (B) 64    (C)
125    (D) 216

Direction: In questions nos. 11 and 12, which one
of the given responses would be a meaningful order of the following ?

11. 1. members 2. city 3. village 4. family 5. community

(A) 4, 1, 5, 3, 2

(B) 1, 4, 5, 3, 2

(C) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

(D) 5, 4, 1, 3, 2

12. 1. Metal 2. Alloy 3. Ore 4. Purification 5. Spare
parts

(A) 3, 1, 2, 4, 5

(B) 3, 1, 2, 5, 4

(C) 3, 4, 1, 2, 5

(D) 3, 5, 1, 2, 4

Direction: In questions nos. 13 to 17,  series
is given, with one term/number/letter missing. Choose the correct alternative
from the given ones that will complete the series.

13. LXF, MTJ, NPN, OLR, ?

(a) PIU    (b) PPV

(c) PHV    (c) PJW

14. BDF, CFI, GPR, ?

(a) EJO    (b) CJM

(c) EML    (c) EMI

15. ALN, DNP, GPR, ?

(a) KLM    (b) JRT

(c) RNU    (d) RNV

16. 1·5, 2·3,3·1, 3·9, ?
(a) 3·12

(b) 4·7

(c) 4·9

(d) 5·1

17. 14, 28, 20, 40, 32, 64, ?

(a) 52

(b) 56

(c) 128

(d) 48

18. Which will appear 3rd in
the dictionary ?

(a) colloquy

(b) collinear

(c) collegiate

(d) collision

19. Khan travels 8 km from East to West and turns right to travel 2 km. Now he turns right and travels 5 km. In which direction is he now positioned with reference to the starting point ?

(a) South-East

(b) North-West

(c) West

(d) North

20. X is poorer than W, but not as poor as B. C is not as poor as X. Who is the poorest of all ?

(a) B

(b) X

(c) C

(d) W

21. The bus for Chennai leaves every 30 minutes from a bus depot. The enquiry clerk told a passenger that the bus for Chennai left 10 min ago, and the next bus will leave at 10:30 a.m. What was the time when enquiry clerk told this ?

(a) 10:20 a.m.

(b) 10:10 a.m.

(c) 10 a.m.

(d) 9:50 a.m.

Directions: In question nos. 22 and 23, form the given alternatives select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word.

22. Ecofriendly

(a) Lend

(b) Friend

(c) Life

(d) Coffee

23. 'LIBERALISATION'

(a) RATIONAL

(b) BEST

(c) RELATION

(d) RELATE

24. In a certain code, PRIEST is written as OQHDRS. PRISTINE can be written as

(a) OQHRSHMD

(b) OSHRQMDH

(c) QORHHSMD

(d) QOHRSHMD

25. If DEAN is written as NOXX, how NEED be written in that code ?

(a) NOOX

(b) XONO

(c) ONOX

(d) XOON

26. In a certain code OPERATION is written as EPOTARNOI. Which word will be written as ORPSECSES ?

(a) PORCESESS

(b) PROCESSES

(c) POSSESORC

(d) PROSSESC

Directions: In question nos. 27 to 29, select the missing number from the given responses.

27. 
1   3 4
5   2 8
26   13 ?
(A) 12 (B) 39 (C) 3 (D) 80

28. 
10 11 12
105 126 ?
(A) 144 (B) 149 (C) 3 (D) 2

29.
 7 23 21
 1 3 ?
 2 5 7
     
 3 4 3
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 3

30. Srini is taller than Anlu. Ragu is taller than Chandru but shorter than Brinda. Srini is shorter than Chandru. Who is the tallest ?

(a) Srini

(b) Ragu

(c) Chandru

(d) Brinda

31. Five friends are sitting in a row facing south. Here Mohan is between Balu and Raju and Raju is to the immediate right of Praveen and Amith is to the right of Balu. Who is in extreme right end ?

(a) Amith

(b) Balu

(c) Praveen

(d) Mohan

32. Ram starts from his house walks 4 km North, then 3 km West, then 8 km South. How many kilometers away from his home was he ?

(a) 6 kms

(b) 7 kms

(c) 5 kms

(d) 8 kms

Directions: In question nos. 33 to 35, two/three statements are given followed by two/four conclusions I, II, III and IV. You have to consider the statement to be true if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which if the given statements.

33. Statements:

1. In our college, all I year students are cricket fans.

2. Of the I year students some are also tennis fans.

3. Some tennis fans are also football fans.

Conclusion: In out college,

I. All other, except I year students, are not fan of any game.

II. Some I year students play cricket.

III. All I year students are football fans.

IV. Some I year students are not football fans.

(a) Only conclusion I follows

(b) Only conclusion II follows

(c) Only conclusion III follows

(d) Only conclusion IV follows

34. Statements:

1. Some books are mobiles.

2. Some calculators are mobiles.

Conclusions:

I. Some mobiles are calculators.

II. Some mobiles are books.

(a) Only conclusion I follows.

(b) Only conclusion II follows.

(c) Both conclusion I and II follows.

(d) Neither conclusion I nor II follows.

35. Statements:

1. No flower os pot.

2. No pot is garden.

Conclusions:

I. No flower is a garden.

II. All gardens are post.

(a) Only conclusion I follows.

(b) Only conclusion II follows.

(c) Both conclusion I and II follows.

(d) Neither conclusion I nor II follows.