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Prelims 2000 – 1995 · page 2 of 3Tap an option to check it. For one question at a time, use Start practice above.
In a certain code, MARCH is written as OCTEJ. How is RETURN written in that code?
A, B, C, D, E and F, not necessarily in that order, are sitting in six chairs regularly placed around a round table. It is observed that A is between D and F. C is opposite D. D and E are not on neighbouring chairs.
Which one of the following must be true?
A person starts from a point A and travels 3 km eastwards to B and then turns left and travels thrice that distance to reach C. He again turns left and travels five times the distance he covered between A and B and reaches his destination D. The shortest distance between the starting point and destination is
In the sequence of numbers 5, 8, 13, X, 34, 55, 89, ……… the value of ‘X’ is
On another planet, the local terminology for earth, water, light, air and sky are ‘sky’, ‘light’, ‘air’, ‘water’ and ‘earth’ respectively. If someone is thirsty there, what would he drink?
In a code language, ‘SOLID’ is written as ‘WPSLPIMFHA’. What does the code word ‘ATEXXQIBVO’ refer to?
In a group of five people—K, L and M are ambitious; M, N and R are honest; L, M and N are intelligent and K, N and R are industrious. Among these, neither industrious nor ambitious person(s) would include
In an office, the distribution of work hours is as shown in the following table:
No. of Staff Members No. of hours worked 5 0 – 19 12 20 – 24 25 25 – 29 40 30 – 34 15 35 – 39 8 40 – 45 Consider the following inferences drawn from the table:
I.The average number of hours worked by a staff member is about 30.II.The percentage of those who worked 35 or more hours is less than 25.III.At least 5 staff members worked more than 44 hours.Which of these inferences is/are valid?
Examine the following three statements:
I.Processed meat is a perishable food.II.All perishable foods are packed in sealed tins.III.Sealed tins sometimes do not contain processed meat.Which one of the following inferences can be drawn from the above statements?
Which one of the following satisfies the relationship D d a : a D D :: R r b : ?
A, B, C, D, E and F, not necessarily in that order, are sitting on six chairs regularly placed around a round table. It is observed that A is between D and F, C is opposite D, and D and E are not on neighbouring chairs.
Which one of the following pairs must be sitting on neighbouring chairs?
If in a certain code SAND is VDQG and BIRD is ELUG, then what is the code for LOVE?
The missing fraction in the series given below is:
4/9, 9/20, …, 39/86
Examine the following statements:
I.All members of Mohan’s family are honest.II.Some members of Mohan’s family are not employed.III.Some employed persons are not honest.IV.Some honest persons are not employed.Which of the following inferences can be drawn from the above statements?
A, B, C, D, E, F and G are members of a family consisting of 4 adults and 3 children, two of whom, F and G, are girls. A and D are brothers and A is a doctor. E is an engineer married to one of the brothers and has two children. B is married to D and G is their child. Who is C?
In the series POQ, SRT, VUW, ?, the blank space refers to
The number of students in two sections, A and B, having different heights is shown in the following table:
Height (in metres) Number of students in Section A Number of students in Section B 1.55 3 2 1.60 7 3 1.62 12 14 1.65 15 14 1.68 8 9 1.71 6 5 1.75 3 4 The ratio of the number of students of a particular height in Section A to that in Section B is the maximum for the height of
The following table shows the per cent change in the number of sales (in rupees) at different retail stores in a given neighbourhood market in the period 1993 to 1995:
Retail Store — Percent Change 1993 to 1994 — 1994 to 1995
Anshu: +10, -10 Borna: -20, +9
Calpo: +5, +12 Dilip: -7, -15
Elegant: +17, -8 If the sales at Anshu store amounted to Rs. 8 lakhs in 1993, then the number of sales (in lakhs of rupees) at that store in 1995 was
Seven persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V participate in and finish all the events of a series of swimming races. There are no ties at the finish of any of the events. V always finishes somewhere ahead of P. P always finishes somewhere ahead of Q. Either R finishes first and T finishes last or S finishes first and U or Q finishes last. If in a particular race V finished fifth, then which one of the following would be true?
Consider the following:
I.Saxena, David, Jain and Kumar were District Collectors at places P, Q, R and S respectively in 1970.II.In 1972 they were transferred. Saxena and Jain interchanged places. Kumar and David also interchanged places.III.One year later in 1973 they were again transferred such that David and Jain interchanged places and Saxena and Kumar were also interchanged.What should be the next round of transfers so that all the four persons could have been posted at all the four places?
Examine the following statements regarding a set of balls:
I.All balls are black.II.All balls are white.III.Only some balls are black.IV.No balls are black.Assuming that the balls can only be black or white, which two statements given above can both be true, but cannot both be false?
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
Examine the following statements:
I.George attends Music classes on Monday.II.He attends Mathematics classes on Wednesday.III.His Literature classes are not on Friday.IV.He attends History classes on the day following the day of his Mathematics classes.V.On Tuesday, he attends his Sports classes.If he attends just one subject in a day and his Sunday is free, then he is also free on
Two important characteristics of a hypothesis are that it should be testable and that it should be stated in a manner that it can be refuted.
Which one of the following hypotheses fulfils these characteristics?
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 are floods X, 1 and 2 will be affected. When road 1 is blocked, Z also is blocked. At a time when there are floods and a storm also blows, which road(s) can be used?The next pair of letters in the series AZ, CX, FU, ...... is
Mouse is to cat as fly is to
A man starts walking in the north-easterly direction from a particular point. After walking a distance of 500 metres, he turns southward and walks a distance of 400 metres. At the end of this walk he is situated
Examine the following statements:
I.All children are inquisitive.II.Some children are inquisitive.III.No children are inquisitive.IV.Some children are not inquisitive.Among these statements, the two statements which cannot both be true simultaneously but can both be false would be
Consider the series given below:
4/12/95, 1/1/96, 29/1/96, 26/2/96...
The next term of the series is
Examine the following statements:
I watch TV only if I am bored. I am never bored when I have my brother’s company. Whenever I go to the theatre, I take my brother along.
Which one of the following conclusions is valid in the context of the above statements?