MOCK PLACEMENTS 2010 APTITUDE TEST Max time- 60 mins Instructions to students 1. Tick appropriate answers 2.

It is not mandatory to answer all questions 3. There is no negative marking 4. Use of cell phones and calculators is not permitted.

Section Quantitative 1 Quantitative 2 Logical Reasoning 1 Logical Reasoning 2 Verbal 1 Verbal 2 Total Score

Score

/60

Do not start the test unless instructed

Quantitative Ability Section 1 1. Consider the following series: 3, 4, 6, 9, 13, ____ What comes next? a. 15 b. 16 c. 17 d. 18 d.182

2. Which of the following has the maximum number of divisors? a. 99 b. 101 c. 176

3. Which part represents the fractions in ascending order? a. 11/16, 16/19,19/21 b. 16/19,11/14,19/21 c.16/19,19/21,11/14 d.19/21,11,14,16/19 4. If 10 people, working 8 hours a day, can complete a task in 24 days, how many people working 10 hours a day would be required to complete the same task in 16 days? a.16 b.10 c.12 d. 24 5. A man divides Rs. 8600 among 5 sons, 4 daughters, and 2 nephews. If each daughter receives four times as much as each nephew and each son receives five times as much as each nephew, how much does each daughter receive? a.800 b.350 c.600 d.500 6. There are two examination rooms A and B. If 10 students are sent from A to B then the number of students in each room will be the same. If 20 students are sent from B to A then the number of students in A is double that of those in room B. The number of students in A is a.20 b.100 c.80 d.200 7. A number of two digits has 3 for its units digit and the sum of the digits is one seventh of the number itself. The number is a.43 b.53 c.63 d.73 8. The sum of the squares of three consecutive numbers is 2030. What is the middle number? a.27 b.28 c.25 d.26 9. 60% of 264 is the same as a. 10% of 44 b.15% of 1056 c. 30% of 132 d. None of the above d.0.002

10. Half of one percent written as a decimal is a. 0.005 b. 0.0002 c.0.05

Section 2 1. 1, 2, 0, 3, -1, 4, ? Which number comes next in the series? a. 5 b. -2

c. 2

d.6

2. What, with reference to this question, is the next number in the sequence below? 3,3,5,1,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,? a. 4 b.3 c.2 d.1 3. 7461 : 135, 6893 : ? a.151 b.179 4. 586321 is to 268 as 94783219647 is to? a. 94783 b.46284 c.152 c.74619 d.161 d.47821

5. The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 20 more than the first of these numbers. What is the middle number? a. 7 b. 5 c. 9 d. Data Insufficient 6. The difference between two numbers is 1365. When the larger number is divided by the smaller number the quotient is 6 and the remainder is 15. The smaller number is a. 240 b.270 c.295 d.360 7. The ration of the school ages of Neelam and Shaan is 5:6 respectively. The ratio of one third of Neelams age to half of Shaans age is 5:9. What is Neelams school age? a.15 b.20 c.25 d. Unobtainable 8. Two trains 200m and 150m long respectively are running on parallel rails at speeds of 40kmph and 45kmph respectively. In how much time will they cross each other if they are running in the same direction? a.72 sec b.132 sec c.192 sec d.252 sec 9.A boat running upstream takes 8 hours and 48 minutes to cover a certain distance , while it takes 4 hours to cover the same distance running downstream. What is the ratio between the speed of the boat and the speed of the water current respectively? a.2:1 b.3:2 c.8:3 d. Unobtainable 10. The cost of Type 1 rice is Rs.15 and the cost of Type II of rice is Rs.20. If they are mixed in the ratio 2:3 respectively, then the cost per kg of the mixture is a. Rs.18 b.Rs.16 c.Rs.18.5 d.Rs.19.5

Logical Reasoning Section 1 1. Here are some words translated from an artificial language. granamelke means big tree pinimelke means little tree melkehoon means tree house Which word could mean big house? a. Granahoon b. pinishur c. pinihoon melkegrana

d.

2. If the hour hand on a clock moves 1/60 of a degree every minute how many degrees will the hand move in one hour?
a. 0

b. 1

c. 60

d.360

3. Fact 1: Pictures can tell a story. Fact 2: All storybooks have pictures. Fact 3: Some storybooks have words. If the first three statements are facts, which of the following statements must also be a fact? I. Pictures can tell a story better than words can. II. The stories in storybooks are very simple. III. Some storybooks have both words and pictures. a. I only b. II only c. III only d. None of the statements is a known fact.

4. Fact 1: All dogs like to run. Fact 2: Some dogs like to swim. Fact 3: Some dogs look like their masters. If the first three statements are facts, which of the following statements must also be a fact? I. All dogs who like to swim look like their masters. II. Dogs who like to swim also like to run. III. Dogs who like to run do not look like their masters. a. I only b. II only c. II and III only d. None of the statements is a known fact.

5. A four-person crew from Classic Colors is painting Mr. Fields house. Michael is painting the front of the house. Ross is in the alley behind the house painting the back. Jed is painting the window frames on the north side, Shawn is on the south. If Michael switches places with Jed, and Jed then switches places with Shawn, where is Shawn? a. in the alley behind the house b. on the north side of the house c. in front of the house d. on the south side of the house

6. Tanya is older than Eric. Cliff is older than Tanya. Eric is older than Cliff. If the first two statements are true, the third statement is a. True b. False. C. Uncertain 7. Complete the analogy PULSATE : THROB a. walk : run b. examine : scrutinize c. ballet : dancer d. find : lose

d. Unobtainable

8. Ms. Forest likes to let her students choose who their partners will be; however, no pair of students may work together more than seven class periods in a row. Adam and Baxter have studied together seven class periods in a row. Carter and Dennis have worked together three class periods in a row. Carter does not want to work with Adam. Who should be assigned to work with Baxter? a. Carter b. Adam c. Dennis d. Forest 9. Complete the analogy PULSATE : THROB a. walk : run b. examine : scrutinize c. ballet : dancer d find : lose 10)

a.6

b.11 Section 2

c.12

d.13

Answer questions 1 through 3 on the basis of the information below. The government of an island nation is in the process of deciding how to spend its limited income. It has $7 million left in its budget and eight programs to choose among. There is no provision in the constitution to have a surplus, and each program has requested the minimum amount they need; in other words, no program may be partially funded. The programs and their funding requests are: Hurricane preparedness: $2.5 million Harbor improvements: $1 million School music program: $0.5 million Senate office building remodeling: $1.5 million Agricultural subsidy program: $2 million National radio: $0.5 million Small business loan program: $3 million International airport: $4 million 1. If the legislature decides to fund the agricultural subsidy program, national radio, and the small business loan program, the only other single program that can be funded is a. hurricane preparedness. b. harbor improvements. c. school music program. d. senate office building remodeling. 2. If the legislature decides to fund the agricultural subsidy program, national radio, and the small business loan program, what two other programs could they fund? a. harbor improvements and international airport b. harbor improvements and school music program c. hurricane preparedness and school music program d. hurricane preparedness and international airport 3. Senators from urban areas are very concerned about assuring that there will be funding for a new international airport. Senators from rural areas refuse to fund

anything until money for agricultural subsidies is appropriated. If the legislature funds these two programs, on which of the following could they spend the rest of the money? a. the school music program and national radio b. hurricane preparedness c. harbor improvements and the school music program d. small business loan program Answer questions 4 through 6 on the basis of the information below. At a small company, parking spaces are reserved for the top executives: CEO, president, vice president, secretary, and treasurerwith the spaces lined up in that order. The parking lot guard can tell at a glance if the cars are parked correctly by looking at the color of the cars. The cars are yellow, green, purple, red, and blue, and the executives names are Alice, Bert, Cheryl, David, and Enid. o The car in the first space is red. o A blue car is parked between the red car and the green car. o The car in the last space is purple. o The secretary drives a yellow car. o Alices car is parked next to Davids. o Enid drives a green car. o Berts car is parked between Cheryls and Enids. o Davids car is parked in the last space. 4. What color is the vice presidents car? a. Green b. yellow 5. Who is the CEO? a. Alice b. Bert c. purple c. Cheryl c. Bert d. red d. David d. Alice

6. Who is the secretary? a. Enid b. Cheryl

7. Children are in pursuit of a dog whose leash has broken. James is directly behind the dog. Ruby is behind James. Rachel is behind Ruby. Max is ahead of the dog walking down the street in the opposite direction. As the children and dog pass, Max turns around and joins the pursuit. He runs in behind Ruby. James runs faster and is alongside the dog on the left. Ruby runs faster and is alongside the dog on the right. Which child is directly behind the dog? a. James b. Ruby c. Rachel d. Max 8. Four defensive football players are chasing the opposing wide receiver, who has the ball. Calvin is directly behind the ball carrier. Jenkins and Burton are side by side behind Calvin. Zeller is behind Jenkins and Burton. Calvin tries for the tackle but misses and falls. Burton trips. Which defensive player tackles the receiver? a. Burton b. Zeller c. Jenkins d. Calvin

Instructions for questions 9 and 10: Select the most appropriate statement based on the information provided.

9. Ten new television shows appeared during the month of September. Five of the shows were sitcoms, three were hour-long dramas, and two were news-magazine shows. By January, only seven of these new shows were still on the air. Five of the shows that remained were sitcoms. a. b. c. d. Only one of the news-magazine shows remained on the air. Only one of the hour-long dramas remained on the air. At least one of the shows that was cancelled was an hour-long drama. Television viewers prefer sitcoms over hour-long dramas.

10. Vincent has a paper route. Each morning, he delivers 37 newspapers to customers in his neighborhood. It takes Vincent 50 minutes to deliver all the papers. If Vincent is sick or has other plans, his friend Thomas, who lives on the same street, will sometimes deliver the papers for him.

a. b. c. d.

Vincent and Thomas live in the same neighborhood. It takes Thomas more than 50 minutes to deliver the papers. It is dark outside when Vincent begins his deliveries. Thomas would like to have his own paper route. Verbal Paper 1 Section 1

Instructions for questions 1- 4: Fill in with appropriate prepositions 1) Temperance and employment are conducive ____ Health (A) To (B) in (C) during (D) at

2) The accommodation is adequate ____ our needs. (A) Towards (B) for (C) of (D) to

3) He piques himself ______ his artistic taste (A) In (B) at (C) on (D) of

4) Im sick ____ all these useless ideas (A) of (B) at (C)in (D) on

Instructions for questions 5- 6: Fill in with appropriate articles 5) Copper is __ useful metal (A)an (B) a 6) __ sun shines brightly (A) the (B) an (C)a (D) A or B (C)the (D) A or B

Instructions for questions 7-10: Fill in the blanks with appropriate tenses 7) I _______ hindi yesterday (A) learned (B) learnt (C)learn (D) am learning

8) She has always _______ an umbrella.

(A) was carrying (B) carries (C)carried (D) carry

9) We _________ to the radio all evening (A) was listening (B) were listening (C)listened (D) B & C

10) It __________ darker (A) was getting (B) got (C)is getting Section 2 Instructions for questions 1-4: There was a time, not very long ago, in the desperately poor New York City neighbourhoods of Brownsville and East New York, when the streets would turn into ghost towns at dusk. Ordinary working people wouldnt walk on the sidewalks. Children wouldnt ride their bicycles on the streets. Old folks wouldnt sit on stoops and park benches . The drug trade ran so rampant and gang warfare was so ubiquitous in that part of Brooklyn that most people would take to the safety of their apartments at nightfall. Police officers who served in Brownville in the 1980sand early 1990s say that, in those years as soon as the sun went down, their radios would explode with the chatter between beat officers and their dispatchers over every conceivable kind of violent and dangerous crime. In 1992, there were 2154 murders in New York City and 626182 serious crimes with the weight of those crimes falling hardest in places like Brownsville and East New York. But then something strange happened. At some mysterious and critical point, the crime rate began to turn. It tipped. Within five years, murders had dropped 64.3 percent to 770 and total crimes had fallen by almost half to 35893. In Brownsville and East New York, the sidewalks had filled up again, the bicycles came back and old folks reappeared on the stoops. There was a time when it wasnt (D) All three

uncommon to hear rapid fire like you would hear somewhere in the jungle of Vietnam, says Inspector Edward Messadri, who commands the police precinct in Brownsville. I dont hear the gunfire anymore. 1) What is the gist of the passage? a. Summarizing the hardships faced by Police Officers of Brownville and New York City b. Sympathizing with the hardships faced by the citizens c. An accurate picture of the social hardships in the 1980s. d. The tale of sidewalks filling up as the years go by 2) Identify the word closest in meaning to ubiquitous a. Prevalent b. proud c. unique d. arrogant

3) their radios would explode with the chatter between beat officers and their dispatchers over every conceivable kind of violent and dangerous crime What does this mean?

(A) The police radio team would start gossiping (B) The action on the streets was being reported rapidly (C) There was radio interference by miscreants (D) The police officers had radios that kept exploding 4) Select the correct meaning of the word stoop as indicated in the passage (A) to lean over (B) to crouch (C) a small porch or verandah (D) attain very low levels
Instructions for questions 5-6: Fill in with appropriate words to complete the figures of speech 5) Clean as a ________ (A) Duck (B) mop (C) whistle (D) bean

6) Tattered and _________ (A) Splattered (B) torn (C) dirty (D) shattered

Instructions for questions 7-10: Choose suitable synonyms and antonyms as required

7) Antonym: Misanthropic
(A) Charitable (B) Macroscopic (C) Grasslands (D) Rude

8) Synonym: bashful

(A) Violent

(B) Punched

(C) Shy

(D) Nervous

9) Select the correct collective noun: A ______ of girls.

(A) Group (B) Bunch (C) Giggle (D) Bevy

10) Select the correctly spelt word:

(A) Miscellanous (B) Reffering (C) Grevious (D)Mussel