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ANSWER KEY
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RAMAMURTHY STUDY CENTRE
KANNUR
ANSWER KEY FOR
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[in Post Office/GPO/HO] (PAPO)
Sorting Assistants [in
Railway Mail Service] (SARMS)
Postal Assistants
(Savings Bank Control Organization) (PASBCO)
Postal Assistants
(Foreign Post Organization) (POFPO)
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(Returned Letter Offices) (PARLO)
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Motor Services) (POMMS)
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And Regional Offices) (PACO -RO)
RECRUITMENT
EXAMINATION 2014 HELD ON 27-04-2014
PART
– A (GENERAL KNOWLEDGE)
1. Who
was awarded Gandhi Peace Prize 2013 by Government of India:
Chandi Prasad Bhatt (A)
2. Who
become the 2014 Hockey India League Champion?
Delhi Wave Riders (C)
3. Identify
the state with unicameral legislature:
Rajasthan(C)
4. The
present Governer of the state of Kerala is?
Mrs. Shiela Dixit (A)
5. Highly
polluted water could have BOD value of:
17ppm
or more (A)
6. Uber
cup and Thomas cup are associated with :
Badminton(C)
7. The
headquater of International Olympic Committee is situated at:
Lausanne, Switzerland (A)
8. “Lona”
word is related to:
Wrestling
(C)
9. Nitrogen
is available for plants in the form of:
Nitrate
(C)
10. One
star is going away from Earth. Then the observer on the Earth will experience:
Increase
in wave length (B)
11. Natural
rubber is a polymer of the following unsaturated hydrocarbon:
Isoprence (C)
12. Acid
Rain destroys vegetation because it contains:
Sulphuric
Acid (B)
13. To
provide opportunities for education to the child or as the case may be, ward between
the age of six andfourteen years is a:
Fundamental Right under Indian Constitution (A)
14. Find
the incorrect statement with respect to duration of house of Parliament:
While
the proclamation of emergency is in operation for maximum period allowed under
the constitution of India and has ceased to operate, the period of House of the
people may be extended for a period of
one year and not beyond.(C)
15.
Who shall be the ex-officio Chairman of
Council of States:
The Vice President of of india (B)
16.
Dilwara temple is at:
Mount Abu (B)
17.
In the third battle of Panipat Marathas
were defeated by:
Afghans (B)
18.
Output at Break Even point is that
output at which producer is able to:
Recover
only operating cost (A)
19.
Which of the following is the highest
mountain peak in South India:
Anai Mudi (A)
20.
Which one of the following is most
likely to occur if the Reserve bank of India lowers the Cash Reserve Ratio?
An Increase in aggregate savings
(A)
21.
Which soil is more suitable for crops
like cashew nut?
Red laterite soil (A)
22.
Which one of the following is a Rabi
crop?
Mustard (C)
23.
Which of the following state is termed
as “God’s own country”
Kerala (A)
24.
Who among the following is the chief
Election Commissioner?
V.S. Sampath (A)
25.
The bill
to carve out Telangana received the assent of the President of India on:
March 1, 2014 (A)
PART
– B (MATHEMATICS)
26.
The difference between a number and its
three fifth is What is the number?
125 (B)
27.
A piece of string is in the form of a
rectangle 8.9 cm long and 5.4 cm broad is reshaped and bent into the form of a
circle. Find the radius of the circle:
4.55 cm (C)
28.
The base of a triangular field is 3
times more than its altitude. If the cost of cultivating the field at Rs 280
per hectare is Rs 3780, find its base and altitude:
Base 300 m, Altitude 900 m (C)
29.
Find the percentage of pure gold in 17
carat gold, If 24 carat gold is 100% pure gold:
70
5/6% (B)
30.
Ritu had 400 mangoes. She sold 60
mangoes at 25% gain and 80 mangoes 20% gain, 120 mangoes at 10% gain and 140
mangoes at 20% loss%. Her net gain/loss percent is:
33% gain (C)
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31.
Rice is now being sold at Rs 30per kg.
During last month its cost was Rs 24. Find by how much percent a family reduces
its consumption so as to keep the expenditure fixed:
20% (A)
32.
A mixture contains alcohol and water in
the ratio of 5:4. If 18 L of water is added to the mixture, the ratio of
alcohol in the mixture initially
40 L (C)
33.
One-half of a certain number is equal to
65% of the 2nd number. Find the ratio of 1st to 2nd
number:
10:13 (A)
34. The
Marked price of a radio is Rs.3840. The Shopkeeper allow a discount of 10Ú and
gains 8% in the whole transaction. If no discount is given his gain percent
would be:
20% (A)
35. At
what rate of annual simple interest. A sum will amount to five times in 16 years ?
25% (C)
36. 36
workmen are employed to finish a certain
work in 48 days. But it is found
that in 24 days, only 2/5 work is done. How many more men must be taken to
finish the work in time.
18 (C)
37. The
average age of 33 students and the class
teacher in a class is 15 years. If the
class teacher’s age is 48 years. What would be the average age of only the students?
14 Years (C)
38. A
bike runs at the speed of 50 km/hr when not serviced and runs at 60 km/hr when
serviced. After servicing the bike covers a certain distance in 6 hours. How much time will the bike take
to cover the same distance when not
serviced?
7.2 hours (C)
DIRECTIONS : (Que.No.39 to 42) what should come in
place of the question mark(?)
39. 152x3
2 x 1= ?
19
59
8 (C)
40. 2
x 8 x 5 x 10395 = 150 x?
7 9
11
8 (B)
41. 19.30x1.7 ¸ 13.46 = ?
46.27 (C)
42. 0.06x0.06x0.06+0.04x0.04x0.04
=?
0.06x0.06-0.0024+0.04x0.04
0.10 (A)
43. The
ratio of father’s age to that of the daughter’s
age is 4:1. The product of their
present ages is 196, the ration of their
ages 5 years hence would be:
11:4 (A)
44. Three
natural numbers are in the ratio 2:3:4. If the
sum of squares of these numbers is 261 then determine the numbers.
6,9,12 (B)
45. Rs.33,630
is divided amongst Ravi, Ashok and Prakash such that
The
amount of Ravi: amount of Ashok = 3:7 and the amount of Ashok : amount of
Prakash = 6:5 the money received by
Ashok is :
Rs.16,382 (D)
46. A
Certain number of men can do a piece of work in 40 days. If there had been 6
men more it could have been finished in 8 days less. Find the number of men?
24 men (A)
47. The permeters of a square and a regular
hexagon are equal. The ration of the area of the hexagon to the area of the square is:
2 3:3
(B)
48. The
sum of two numbers is 22. Five times one
number is equal to 6 times the other. The smaller of the two number is
10 (A)
49. A
hall 50 m along and 45 m broad is to be paved with square tiles. Find
the largest tile as well as its number in the given option so that the tiles exactly fit in the
hall ?
25sqm and 90 tiles (C)
50. The
difference between the compound interest
and the simple interest on a certain sum of money at 12% per annum for 2 years is Rs 1800. Find the
principal sum when the interest is compounded annually
Rs. 1,25,000 (B)
PART C-
(ENGLISH )
DIRECTIONS: The
following sentence has been given in present perfect tence in pasive voice.
Transform the sentence in present indefenit tence in active voice and mark your
answer accordingly.
51. Crops
have been destroyed by floods :
C) floods
destroye crops
Directions:
Change the following singuler nouns in to correct plural form
52. Sheaf
A) Sheaves
Change the following sentence given in Direct Speech
into indirect Speech and mark correct answer choosing form opposition given :
53. Ram
said “ the horse died in the night”
B) Ram said that the horse had died in the
night
54. The
prince said “ it gives me grate pleasure
to be there this evening
D) The prince said that it gave him great pleasure to be there that
evening
Directions:
Change the following sentence given in
Indirect Speech and mark correct answer choosing form options given :
55. He
said that the had to go home at once
A) He said “I must go home at once.”
56. “Would you
mind passing the salt I Said to him”
D)
I asked him if he would mind passing the salt.
Directions:
Idently the tense in the following sentence:
57. I
had never been visited by him before :
C) Past indefinite Tense
Directions:
(Question No 58& 59) Pick the choice closest to the meaning of the word
given in capital
58. FULGENT
D) Diverse
59. GREGATIOUS
:
A) Sociable
Directions:
(Question No 60&61) Against each key word are given four suggested meaning . Choose the word or phrase which is opposite in meaning in key word.
60. Fable
B) Truth
61. EUPHONIOUS
A)
Strident
Directions:
In the following question four
sentence have been given. Out of the
four option given one is grammatically
incorrect : identity the one and mark your answer.
62. C) These graphs are tasting sour.
Directions:
Use correct tense and fill in the blank to make the correct sentence.
63. He……
to Kolkata yesterday
A) went
Directions:
Given are the four sentence. Choose the
sentence which belongs to the class” adverb of manner”
64. A) She sings delightfully
65. Identify the sentence with no adverb :
A) He behaves best
66. In
the following sentence use appropriate
adverb which modifies the whole sentence :
………………………….Ram
escaped unhurt.
B) Luckily
Directions:
Choose the appropriate preposition to fill in the blank .
67. Do
not loiter……. The street.
C) on
68. The
book lies……. The table.
A) on
69. The
driver jumped…..the car
D) from
70. Our
plane stopped….Mumbai airport on the way to Italy
D)
at
Directions:
Use appropriate subordinating conjunction
expressing a negative purpose to complete the sentence
71. He
fled…….he should be killed.
B) Lest
Directions:
Use appropriate compound conjunction to fill up the blank to the make the
sentence complete
72. You
can borrow the book…..you return it soon
D) Provided
that
73. I
must refuse your request……..i believe
it unreasonable
D) In
as much as
Directions: Identity
the incorrect singular forms among the following
74. Identity incorrect plural forms among
the followings:
A)
Steps-
daughter
75. If”
lives” is plural form of noun , then
what is its singular form
B) life
PART
– D (REASONING AND ANALYTICAL ABILITY)
76. Harshit
said, “My mother is the daughter of 76 Sohan’sbrother”. What us Sohan’s
relation with Harshit?
D) None of these
77. Calf is related cow in the same way as cat is
related to
B) Kitten
78. If
winter is called spring, spring is called rains, rains is called swimming,
swimming is called cloudy and
cloudy is called kala pani then when
does it rain?
C)
none of these – correct answer is Kalapani
79. Seema is
taller than Rekha. Anjana is taller than
Seema. Sejal is taller than Anjana.Shefali is the tallest. If they are arranged according to
their heights who will be in the middle.
A) Anjana
80. How
manytimes from 4 am to 4 Pm the hands of clock are at right angles.?
A) 24
81. Akash
walks 5km. towards East and then turns
left and walks 6km. Again he turns right and walks 7km.
finally he turns to his right and walks 6km. How far is he from the starting
point?
C) 12
km
82. If in a certain code language
BALE is written as + ¸&
x and SKIP is written as -@
% how is LIFE written in that code?
D) None of these
DIRECTION: (Que No. 83 to 84) Six
friends are sitting in a circle and are facing the centre ofthe circle. Bela is
between Champa and Chameli. Juhi is between Merry and Rosy. Champa and Merry
are oppositeto each other.
83. Who
is opposite to juhi?
A) Bela
84. Who
is opposite of Chamell?
A) Rosy
DIRECTION: (Que. No. 85 & 86) in each of the
following questions which alternative will replace the questionmark (?)
85. 4:20:
:6:?
A) 42
86. Cow:
Milk : : ? : Wood
A) Tree
DIRECTION : (Que. No 87 & 88)
Read the following information to answer these questions.
Six members of a family A,B,C,D,E
and F are Architect, Chemist, Librarian, Teacher, Direction and Manager but not
in the same order.
I.
Direction is the grandfather of F who is
an Architect.\
II.
Chemist D is married to A.
III.
C who is a teacher is married to the
Librarian.
IV.
B is the mother of and F
V.
There are two married couple in the
family
87. What
is the profession of E?
C) Manager
88. How
many male members are there ijn the family?
.
D) Cannot
be determined
89. AZB/Z_ABA_A_B_BA
D) ZAZZ
90. 2398,
23_9,-983,28_3,_
A) 2893
91. 3,_,17,24,31,_,45,_
C) 10,
38, 52
92. 1331,_,3375,
4913,_,9261
A) 2197,
6859
93. If
‘OPTIONAL’ is written as ‘ITPOLANO’ how is ‘PRACTICE’ written is that code?
B) CARPECIT
94. Three
of the following four are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is
the one that does not belong to that group?
C) Femur
95. In a
certain code ‘Ki pit lit means ‘some small houses’. ‘les ki tim means ‘some
good buildings’ and ‘tim nis lit’ means ‘many small buldings’. What is the code
for ‘houses’?
C) Pit
96. Which
of the following diagrams indicates the best relation between bakery, cake and
biscuit?
B
97. Find
the missing number in the following figure:
C) 216
98. In
the following figure the rectangle represents Tennis players, the square
represents Badminton players and the circle represents Football players. Find
out the player who is a Tennis player and Badminton player but not Football
player:
B) 5
99. If
with the first, fourth, sixth and seventh letters of the word ‘HOSPITALITY’, a
meaningful word isformed then what is the last letter of that word?
A) H
100. Rashmi
ranks seventeenth from the top and forty ninth from bottom in a class. How many
students are there in the class?
B) 65
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