Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Tamil Nadu Civil Services Exam (TNPSC) - Group I- Free Model Test Series 4- Part 1


Tamil Nadu Civil Services Exam (TNPSC) - Group I- Free Model Test Series 4- Part 1


Directions (175-179): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting around a circle facing at the centre. F is between C & A. B is second to the right of A. G is not an immediate neighbour of B. E is not an immediate neighbour of A.

175. Who is the immediate left to C?
(a) F               
(b) G              
(c) E              
 (d) Data inadequate           
(e) None of these




Answer: B






176. Who is to the immediate right of A?
(a) D              
(b) F   
(c) C              
(d) B   




Answer: A





177. Who is to the immediate right of G?
(a) E             
(b) B               
(c) C            
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these




Answer: C





178. Who is to the immediate left of E?
(a) G       
(b) D    
(c) A        
(d) B       
(e) None of these




Answer: D





179. Who is between F and D?
(a) B        
(b) G     
(c) E         
(d) C      
(e) None of these




Answer: E





180. A man walks at the speed of 4 kms./hr. and runs at the speed of 8 kms. per hr. How much time will the man require to cover a distance of 24 kms, if he completes half of his journey walking (12kms) and half of his journey running?
(a) 3 hours          
(b) 6 hours                 
(c) 12 hours        
(d) 5 hours     
(e) None of these




Answer: E





181.  ¼ th of 3/4th of a number is 363. What is the square root of that number?
(a) 40               
 (b) 88                        
(c) 44                 
(d) 80             
(e) None of these




Answer: C





182. In a temple, the devotees are made to stand in 5 rows before entering the temple and only 265 devotees can stand in each row. On a certain day there were 4 rows of devotees at the beginning of the day, 2 rows of devotees at mid-day and 5 rows of devotees at the end of the day. Each row had the full capacity. How many devotees visited the temple on that day?
(a) 1060   
(b) 2830   
(c) 2925    
(d) 2815        
(e) 1915




Answer: E





183. A company pays a rent of Rs.25,000/- per month for office space to its owner. But if the company pays the annual rent at the beginning of the year the owner gives a discount of 5% on the total annual rent? What is the annual amount the company pays to the owner after the discount?
(a) Rs.2, 85,000/-       
(b) Rs.2, 75,000/-   
 (c) Rs.3, 00,000/-    
(d) Rs.2, 95,000/-   
(e) None of these




Answer: A





Directions (184-188): In each of the questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Give answer (a) if only conclusion I follow.
Give answer (b) if only conclusion II follows.
Give answer (c) if either conclusion I or II follows.
Give answer (d) if neither conclusion I nor II follows.
Give answer (e) if both conclusions I and II follow.

184. Statements   : Some kites are threads.
                              No thread in needle.
      Conclusions: I. some kites are needles.       
                               II. No needle is thread.




Answer: B





185. Statements   : Some books are pens.
     All pens are papers.
      Conclusions: I. Some papers are books.     
                               II. All books are papers.




Answer: A





186. Statements   : All chairs are buildings.
     All tables are buildings.
      Conclusions: I. Some chairs are tables.                  
                               II. Some tables are chairs.




Answer: D





187. Statements: Some trucks are houses.
    Some houses are trains.
      Conclusions: I. Some trains are trucks.                    
                               II. No train is truck.




Answer: C





188. Statements: All flowers are trees. All tree are fruits.
      Conclusions: I. Some fruits are flowers.                                   
                                    II. All flowers are fruits.




Answer: E





189. A student scores 55% marks in 8 papers of 100 marks each. He scores 15% of his total marks in English. How much does he score in English?
(a) 55   
(b) 66        
(c) 77   
(d) 44      
(e) None of these




Answer: B





190. Car ‘X’ covers a distance of 385kms. in 7 hours and car ‘Y’ covers a distance of 715kms. in 13hrs. What is the difference in the speed two cars?
(a) 2kms./hr.       
(b) 1km./hr.                
(c) 3kms./hr.       
(d) 5kms./hr.  
(e) None of these




Answer: E





191. The ratio of the present ages of Sunita and Vinita is 4: 5. Six years hence the ratio of their ages will be 14: 17. What will be the ratio of their ages 12 years hence?
(a) 15 : 19              
(b) 13 : 15     
(c) 16: 19              
(d) 17: 19      
(e) None of these




Answer: C





192. Mr. Sharma takes loan of Rs.25, 000 and repays an amount of Rs.31, 000 at the end of 2 years. What is the rate of simple interest at which he repays the loan?
(a) 8 p.c.p.a.        
(b) 6 p.c.p.a. 
(c) 12 p.c.p.a.      
(d) 9 p.c.p.a. 
(e) None of these




Answer: C





193. If 11 5/12 is subtracted from 15 3/14 and the difference is multiplied by 504, what will be the number?
(a) 2024           
(b) 2104        
(c) 2004          
(d) 2014




Answer: A





194. Find out the greatest possible number for which 30% of that number is less than 100?
(a) 331     
(b) 335           
(c) 325   
(d) 333                  
(e) 328




Answer: D





195. ‘a’ is greater than ‘b’ by 2 and ‘b’ is greater than ‘c’ by 10. If a + b + c =130, then (b + c) - a =?
(a) 38       
(b) 42       
(c) 44   (d) 34      
(e) None of these




Answer: D





196. 20% of the total cost of a plot with an area of 395 sq.ft. is Rs.78,210/-. What is the rate of per sq.ft. of the plot?
(a) Rs.1, 020/-      
(b) Rs.999/-
(c) Rs.1, 000/-      
(d) Rs.995/-   
(e) None of these




Answer: E





197. The owner of a furniture shop charges his customers 15% more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs.9,039/- for a sofa set, then what is the cost price of the sofa set?
(a) Rs.7, 680/-     
(b) Rs.7, 860/-          
(c) Rs.7, 880/-      
(d) Rs.7, 660/-          
(e) None of these




Answer: B





198. Each child from a certain school can make 5 items of handicraft in a day. If 1125 handicraft items are to be displayed in an exhibition then in how many days 25 children make these items?
(a) 6 days            
(b) 9 days                  
(c) 8 days            
(d) 7 days      
(e) None of these




Answer: B





199. The product of two successive positive integers is 462. Which is the smaller integer?
(a) 20       
(b) 22   
(c) 21     
(d) 23     
(e) None of these




Answer: C





200. While withdrawing an amount of Rs.49,350/- a customer by mistake collects Rs.48,150/-. The remaining amount is deposited back to his account by the bank, which shows the balance of Rs.25,376/-. What will be the customer’s balance after depositing the remaining amount?
(a) Rs.26, 576/-    
(b) Rs.26, 676/-        
(c) Rs.26, 586/-    
(d) Rs.26, 686/-        
(e) None of these




Answer: A




Courtesy: P.L.Raj Memorial Study Circle, Chennai 

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