TNPSC Group I Exam 2013- Model Test 2- Part 8
176. A, B,
C subscribe Rs. 50,000 for a business. A subscribes Rs. 4000 more than B and B
Rs. 5000 more than C. Out of a total profit of Rs. 35,000, A receives:
(1) Rs. 8400
(2) Rs. 11900
(3) Rs. 13600
(4) Rs. 14700
(5) None of these
Answer (4)
177. A tank is 25 m
long, 12 m wide and 6 m deep. The cost of plastering its walls and bottom at 75
paise per sq. m, is:
(1) Rs. 456
(2) Rs. 458
(3) Rs. 558
(4) Rs. 568
(5) None of these
Answer (3)
178. A motor boat
can travel at 10 km/hr in still water.
It travelled 91 km downstream in a river and then returned, taking
altogether 20 hours. Find the rate of
flow of river.
a) 6 km/hr
b) 2 km/hr
c) 3 km/hr
d) 4 km/hr
Answer (c)
Direction
(179-183): Study the following information carefully and answer the given
questions:
B, M, T, R, K, H and D are travelling in a train compartment
with Ill-tier sleeper berth. Each of them has a different profession of
Engineer, Doctor, Architect, Pharmacist, Lawyer, Journalist and Pathologist.
They occupied two lower berths, three middle berths and two upper berths. B, the
Engineer, is not on the upper berth. The Architect is the only other person who
occupies the same type of berth as that of B. M and H are not on the middle
berth and their professions are Pathologist and Lawyer respectively. T is a
Pharmacist. D is neither a Journalist nor an Architect. K occupies the same
type of berth as that of the Doctor.
179. Who is the Architect?
(1) D
(2) H
(3) R
(4) Data inadequate
(5) None of these
Answer (3)
180. What is D’s
profession?
(1) Pharmacist
(2) Lawyer
(3) Doctor
(4) Engineer
(5) Data inadequate
Answer (3)
181. Which of the
following pairs occupy the lower berth?
(1) BT
(2) BD
(3) BK
(4) Data inadequate
(5) None of these
Answer (5)
182. Which of the
following groups occupies the middle berth?
(1) DKT
(2) HKT
(3) DKR
(4) DHT
(5) None of these
Answer (1)
183. Which of the
following combinations of person-berth-Profession is correct?
(1) K - Upper - Lawyer
(2) D - Upper - Doctor
(3) M - Lawyer –Journalist
(4) R - Lower - Architect (5) All correct
Answer (4)
184. If TSEREVE and NOITACUDE stands for EVEREST
and EDUCATION respectively how will you code RED FORT?
(1) ORTFERT
(2) TROFDER
(3) FOREST
(4) None of these
Answer (2)
185. In a certain
code PATHOLOGIST is written as PIUBQKSRHFN. How is CONTROVERSY written in that
code?
(1) SUOPDNXRQDU
(2) SUOPDNZTSFW
(3) QSMNBPXRQDU
(4) QSMNBPZTSFW
(5) None of these.
Answer (1)
186. Drama is
related to Director in the same way as Magazine is related to ….?
1) Story
2) Editor
3) Reader
4) Printer
Answer (2)
187. How many
meaningful words can be made by changing only the consonants in the word MEAN
so that each of the consonants is replaced by the previous letter in the
English alphabet, by using each letter only once in each word?
(1) One
(2) Two
(3) Three
(4) Four
(5) More than four
Answer (3)
188. Seetaa and ram both start from a point towards
north. Seetaa turns to left after walking 10km. Ram turns to right after
walking the same distance. Seetaa waits for some time and then walks another 5
km, where as ram walks only 3 km. They both then return to their respective
south and walk 15km forward. How far is seetaa from ram?
(1) 15km
(2) 10km
(3) 8km
(4) 12km
Answer (3)
Direction
(189-190):
(i) P+Q means P is Brother of Q
(ii) P-Q means Q is
father of P
(iii) P
Q means Q is mother of P
Q means Q is mother of P
(iv) P
Q means P is sister of Q
Q means P is sister of Q
189. Which of the
following means M is maternal uncle of R?
(1)RNM
NM
(2) M+NR
R
(3) MN T+R
N T+R
(4)Cannot be determined
(5)None of these
Answer (4)
190. Which of the
following statement is not required to answer the above equation?
(1)(i) only
(2) (ii) only
(3) Both (i) and (ii)
(4) Either (i) or (ii)
(5) All are required
Answer (2)
191. Rahul told Anand, “Yesterday I defeated the only brother of the daughter of my grandmother? Whom did Rahul defeat?
(1) Son
(2) Father
(3) Brother
4) Father-in-law
(5) Cousin
Answer (3)
192. Ajay ranked
sixteenth from the top and twenty-ninth from the bottom among those who passed
an examination. Six boys did not participate in the competition and five failed
in it. How many boys were there in the class?
(1) 40
(2) 44
(3) 50
(4) 55
(5) 58
Answer (4)
Direction
(193-194): In each of the following questions, two statements numbered I and II
are given. There may be cause and effect relationship between the two
statements. These two statements may be the effect of the same cause or
independent causes. These statements may be independent causes without having
any relationship. Read both the statements in each question and mark your
answer as
Give answer (1) If statement I is the cause
and statement II is its effect;
Give answer (2) If statement II is the
cause and statement I is its effect;
Give answer (3) If both the statements I
and II are independent causes;
Give answer (4) If both the statements I
and II are effects of independent causes; and
Give answer (5) If both the statements I
and II are effects of some common cause.
193. Statements:
1. The prices of petrol and diesel in the domestic market have remained
unchanged for the past few months.
2. The crude oil prices in the international market have gone up
substantially in the last few months.
Answer (d)
194. Statements:
1. The government has recently fixed the fees for professional courses
offered by the unaided institutions which are much lower than the fees charged
last year.
2. The parents of the aspiring students launched a severe agitation last
year protesting against the high fees charged by the unaided institutions.
Answer (b)
Directions
(Questions 195 to199): Read the following information carefully and answer
the questions given below it:
(i) Six flats on a floor in two rows facing
North and South are allotted to P, Q, R, S, T and U.
(ii) Q gets a North facing flat and is not
next to S.
(iii) S and U get diagonally opposite
flats.
(iv) R, next to U, gets a South facing flat
and T gets a North facing flat.
195.
Which of the following combinations get South facing flats?
(1) QTS
(2) UPT
(3) URP
(4) Data inadequate
(5) None of these
Answer (3)
196.
Whose flat is between Q and S?
(1) T
(2) U
(3) R
(4) P
(5) Data inadequate
Answer (1)
197. lf the flats of T and P are interchanged,
whose flat will be next to that of U?
(1) P
(2) Q
(3) R
(4) T
(5) None of these
Answer (3)
198.
The flats of which of the other pairs than SU, are diagonally opposite to each
other?
(1) QP
(2) QR
(3) PT
(4) TS
(5) None of these
Answer (1)
199.
To arrive at the answers to the above questions, which of the following
statements can be dispensed with?
(1) None
(2) (i) only
(3) (ii) only
(4) (iii) only
(5) None of these
Answer (1)
200. Gautam was
facing north. He walked 40m and turned left to cover 20mts. he again turned
left and walked 40mts. how far is he from the original position?
(1)
20mt
(2)
(2) 40mt
(3) 60mt
(4) 80mt
(5) None of these
Answer (1)
Courtesy: P.L.Raj Memorial IAS Study Circle
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