PDA APTITUDE TEST

GENERAL AND QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

1. It was calculated that 75 men could complete a piece of work in 20 days. When work was scheduled to commence, it was found necessary to send 25 men to another project. How much longer will it take to complete the work? a.30 b. 20 c. 26 d. 23 2. A man was engaged on a job for 30 days on the condition that he would get a wage of Rs. 10 for the day he works, but he have to pay a fine of Rs. 2 for each day of his absence. If he gets Rs. 216 at the end, he was absent for work for ... days. a. 14 b. 7 c. 12 d. 6 3. What is a percent of b divided by b percent of a? a. a b. b c. 1 d. 10 4. There are 6 boxes numbered 1, 2, 6. Each box is to be filled up either with a red or a green ball in such a way that at least 1 box contains a green ball and the boxes containing green balls are consecutively numbered. The total number of ways in which this can be done is a. 5 b. 21 c. 33 d. 60 5. Five farmers have 7, 9, 11, 13 & 14 apple trees, respectively in their orchards. Last year,each of them discovered that every tree in their own orchard bore exactly the same number of apples. Further, if the third farmer gives one apple to the first, and the fifth gives three to each of the second and the fourth, they would all have exactly the same number of apples. What were the yields per tree in the orchards of the third and fourth farmers? a. 5 b. 12 c. 13 d. 6 6. If a light flashes every 6 seconds, how many times will it flash in of an hour? a. 450 b. 420 c. 451 d. 449 7. Eight friends Harsha, Fakis, Balaji, Eswar, Dhinesh, Chandra, Geetha, and Ahmed are sitting in a circle facing the center. Balaji is sitting between Geetha and Dhinesh. Harsha is third to the left of Balaji and second to the right of Ahmed. Chandra is sitting between Ahmed and Geetha and Balaji and Eshwar are not sitting opposite to each other. Who is third to the left of Dhinesh? a. Harsha b. Fakis c. Balaji d. Chandra 8. If the radius of a circle is diminished by 10%, then its area is diminished by: a. 10% b. 19% c. 20% d. 36% 9. Five racing drivers, Alan, Bob, Chris, Don, and Eugene, enter into a contest that consists of 6 races. The results of all six races are listed below: Bob always finishes ahead of Chris. Alan finishes either first or last. Eugene finishes either first or last. There are no ties in any race. Every driver finishes each race. In each race, two points are awarded for a fifth place finish, four points for fourth, six points for third, eight points for second, and ten points for first. If Frank enters the third race and finishes behind Chris and Don, which of the following must be true of that race?

a. Eugene finishes first. b. Alan finishes sixth. c. Don finishes second. d. Frank finishes fifth. e. Chris finishes third. 10. At what time after 4.00 p.m. is the minutes hand of a clock exactly aligned with the hour hand? a. 4:21:49.5 b. 4:27:49.5 c. 3:21:49.5 d. 4:21:44.5 11. A shop keeper sold a T.V set for Rs.17,940 with a discount of 8% and earned a profit of 19.6%.What would have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount was offered? a. 24.8% b. 25% c. 26.4% d. Cannot be determined e. None of these 12. Dinesh travelled 1200 km by air which formed 2/5 of his trip. One third of the whole trip, he travelled by car and the rest of the journey he performed by train. What was the distance travelled by train? a. 600Km b. 700Km c. 800Km d. 900Km 13. One of Mr. Horton, his wife, their son, and Mr. Hortons mother is a doctor and another is a lawyer. If the doctor is younger than the lawyer, then the doctor and the lawyer are not blood relatives. If the doctor is a woman, then the doctor and the lawyer are blood relatives. If the lawyer is a man, then the doctor is a man. Whose occupation you know? a. Mr. Horton: he is the doctor b. Mr. Hortons son: he is the lawyer c. Mr. Hortons son: he is the doctor d. Mr. Hortons mother: she is the doctor 14. The probability that a man will be alive for 25 years is 3/5 and the probability that his wife will be alive for 25 years is 2/3. Find the probability that only the man will be alive for 25 years. a. 2/5 b. 1/5 c. 3/5 d. 4/5 15. There are 3 triplet brothers. They look identical. The oldest is John, he always tells the truth. The second is Jack, he always tells a lie. The third is Joe, he either tells the truth or a lie. Jimmie Dean went to visit them one day. He was wondering who was who. So he asked each person a question. He

asked the one who was sitting on the left: Who is the guy sitting in the middle?. The answer was He is John. He asked the one who was sitting in the middle: What is your name?. The answer was I am Joe. He asked the one who was sitting on the right: What is the guy sitting in the middle?. The answer was He is Jack. Jimmie Dean got really confused. Basically, he asked 3 same questions, but he got 3 different answers. which is not true? a. left most is joe b. middle is jack c. right is john d. middle is john 16. What is the last digit of the 2013th power of 2? a. 2 b. 4 c. 8 d. 6 17. The 288th term of the series a, b, b, c, c, c, d, d, d, d, e, e, e, e, e, f, f, f, f, f, f. is a. u b. v c. w d. x

DATA ANALYSIS
Questions 18 to 21 The length of an infant is one of the measures of his/her development in the early stages of his/her life. The figure below shows the growth chart of four infants in the first five months of life.

18. After which month did Seetas rate of growth start to decline? a.Second month b.Third month c. Fourth month d.Never 19. Who grew at the fastest rate in the first two months of life? a. Geeta b. Seeta c. Ram d. Shyam 20. The rate of growth during the third month was the lowest for

a. Geeta

b. Seeta

c. Ram d. Shyam

21. Among the four infants, who grew the least in the first five months of life? a. Geeta b. Seeta c. Ram d. Shyam

Questions 22 to 25 The table below provides certain demographic details of 30 respondents who were part of a survey. The demographic characteristics are: gender, number of children, and age of respondents. The first number in each cell is the number of respondents in that group. The minimum and maximum age of respondents in each group is given in brackets. For example, there are five female respondents with no children and among these five, the youngest is 34 years old, while the oldest is 49. No. of children Male Female Total 0 1 (38, 38) 5 (34, 49) 6 1 1 (32, 32) 8 (35, 57) 9 2 8 (21, 65) 3 (37, 63) 11 3 2 (32, 33) 2 (27, 40) 4 Total 12 18 30 22. The percentage of respondents aged less than 40 years is at least a. 10% b. 16.67% c. 20.0% d. 30% 23. Given the information above, the percentage of respondents older than 35 can be at most a. 30% b. 73.33% c. 76.67% d. 90% 24. The percentage of respondents that fall into the 35 to 40 years age group (both inclusive) is at least a. 6.67% b. 10% c.13.33% d. 26.67%

VERBAL ABILITY:
DIRECTIONS for Questions 25,26: In each of the questions, four different ways of presenting an idea are given. Choose the one that conforms most closely to standard English usage. 25. A. If precision of thought had facilitated precision of behaviour, and if reflection had preceded action, it would be ideal for humans. B. It would be ideal for humans if reflection preceded action and precision of thought facilitated precision of behaviour. C. It would be ideal for humans if precedence of reflection was followed by action and precision of thought, by precise behaviour. D. It would have been ideal for humans, if precise action and behaviour preceded precise reflection. 26. A. Creativity in any field is regarded not only as valuable for itself but also as a service to the nation. B. Creativity in any field is not regarded only as valuable on its own, but also as a service to the nation. C. Creativity, in any field, is not only regarded as valuable, but also as a service to the nation. D. Creativity in any field is regarded not only as valuable in itself but also as a service to the

nation. Directions for Questions 27 to 28: In each question, a word is used in four different ways, numbered 1 to 4. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE. 27. Host a. If you host the party, who will foot the bill? b. Keralas forests are host to a range of snakes. c. Ranchi will play the host to the next national film festival. d. A virus has infected the host computer. 28. Implication a. Everyone appreciated the headmasters implication in raising flood relief in the village. b. This letter will lead to the implication of several industrialists in the share market scam. c. Several members of the audience missed the implication of the ministers promise. d. Death, by implication, is the only solution the poem offers the reader. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph. 29. A. Surrendered, or captured, combatants cannot be incarcerated in razor wire cages; this war has a dubious legality. B. How can then one characterize a conflict to be waged against a phenomenon as war? C. The phrase war against terror, which has passed into the common lexicon, is a huge misnomer. D. Besides, war has a juridical meaning in international law, which has confided the laws of war, imbuing them with a humanitarian content. E. Terror is a phenomenon, not an entity either State or non-State. [1] ECDBA [2] BECDA [3] EBCAD [4] CEBDA