GENERAL APTITUDE

Directions: Each question given below consists of a word, followed by four words or phrases. Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in the question.

ANTONYMS

1. Disregarded
(a) heed (b) hopeful (c) evade (d) dense

2. Obviate
(a) becloud (b) necessitate (c) rationalize (d) execute

3. Superficial
(a) Profound (b) exaggerated (c) subjective (d) spirited

4. Abide
(a) retract an offer (b) refuse to endure (c) shield from harm (d) exonerate

5. Acerbity
(a) noteworthiness (b) hypocrisy (c) mildness of temperament (d) lack of anxiety

Directions: Each question or group of questions is based on a passage or set of conditions. For each question, select the best answer choice given. Quesitions 6-9

In a certain society, there are two marriage groups, Red and Brown. No marriage is permitted within a group. On marriage, males become part of their wife's group: women remain in their own group. Children belong to the same group as their parents. Widowers and divorced males revert to the group of their birth. Marriage to more than one person at the same time and marriage to a direct descendant are forbidden.

6. A Brown female could have had
I. a grandfather born Red
II. a grandmother born Red
III. two grandfathers born Brown
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) I and II only
(d) II and III only
(e) I,II and III

7. A male born into the Brown group may have
(a) an uncle in either group
(b) a Brown daughter
(c) a Brown son
(d) a son-in-law born into the Red group
(e) a daughter-in-law in the Red group

8. Which of the following is not permitted under the rules stated?
(a) A Brown male marrying his father's sister
(b) A Red female marrying her mother's brother
(c) A man born Red, who is now a widower, marrying his brother's widow
(d) A widower marrying his wife's sister
(e) A widow marrying her divorced daughter's ex-husband

9. If widowers and divorced males retained the group they had upon marrying, which of the following would have been permissible?(Assume no previous marriages occurred)
(a) A woman marrying her dead sister's husband
(b) A woman marrying her divorced daughter's ex-husband.
(c) A widower marrying his brother's daughter
(d) A woman marrying her mother's brother, who is a widower
(e) A divorced male marrying his ex-wife's divorced sister

Questions 10-14

(1) Ashland is north of East Liverpool and west of Coshocton
(2) Bowling Green is north of Ashland and west of Fredericktown
(3) Dover is south and east of Ashland
(4) East Liverpool is north of Fredricktown and east of Dover
(5) Fredricktown is north of Dover and west of Ashland
(6) Coshocton is south of Fredricktown and west of Dover

10. Which of the towns mentioned is furthest to the northwest ?
(a) Ashland (b) Bowling Green (c) Coshocton (d) East Liverpool (e) Fredericktown

11. Which of the following must be both north and east of Fredricktown?
(I) Ashland (II) Coshocton (III) East Liverpool
(a) I only (b) II only (c) III only (d) I and II (e) I and III

12. Which of the following towns must be situated both south and west of at least one other town?
(a) Ashland only
(b) Ashland and Fredricktown
(c) Dover and Fredricktown
(d) Dover,Coshocton and Fredricktown
(e) Dover,Coshocton and East Liverpool

13. Which of the following statements, if true, would make the information in the numbered statements more specific?
(a) Coshocton is north of Dover
(b) East Liverpool is north of Dover
(c) Ashland is east of Bowling Green
(d) Coshocton is east of Fredericktown
(e) Bowling Green is north of Fredericktown

14. Which of the numbered statements gives information that can be deduced from one or more of the other statement?
(a) (1) (b) (2) (c) (3) (d) (4) (e) (6)

Questions 15-19 are to be answered on the following data

A causes B or C, but not both
F occurs only if B occurs
D occurs if B or C occurs
E occurs only if C occurs
J occurs only if E or F occurs
D causes G,H or both
H occurs if E occurs
G occurs if F occurs

15. If A occurs which of the following must occurs
I. F and G II. E and H III. D
(a) I only (b) II only (c) III only (d) I,II, & III (e) I & II (or) II & III but not both

16. If B occurs which must occur
(a) D (b) D and G (c) G and H (d) F and G (e) J

17. If J occurs which must have occured
(a) E (b) either B or C (c) both E & F (d) B (e) both B & C

18. Which may occurs as a result of cause not mentioned
I. D II. A III. F
(a) I only (b) II only (c) I & II (d) II & III (e) I,II & III

19. E occurs which one cannot occurs
(a) A (b) F (c) D (d) C (e) J

MATHEMATICAL APTITUDE

20. If x + y = 3 and y/x= 2 then y = ?
(a) 0 (b) ½ (c) 1 (d) 3/2 (e) 2

21. How many squares with sides 1/2 inch long are needed to cover a rectangle that is 4 ft long and 6 ft wide
(a) 24 (b) 96 (c) 3456 (d) 13824 (e) 14266

22. If a=2/3b , b=2/3c, and c=2/3d what part of d is b/
(a) 8/27 (b) 4/9 (c) 2/3 (d) 75% (e) 4/3

23. Successive discounts of 20% and 15% are equal to a single discount of
(a) 30% (b) 32% (c) 34% (d) 35% (e) 36

24. The petrol tank of an automobile can hold g liters.If a liters was removed when the tank was full, what part of the full tank was removed?
(a)g-a (b)g/a (c) a/g (d) (g-a)/a (e) (g-a)/g

25.If x/y=4 and y is not '0' what % of x is 2x-y
(a)150% (b)175% (c)200% (d)250%

26.If 2x-y=4 then 6x-3y=?
(a)15 (b)12 (c)18 (d)10

27.If x=y=2z and xyz=256 then what is the value of x?
(a)12 (b)8 (c)16 (d)6

28. (1/10)18 - (1/10)20 = ?
(a) 99/1020 (b) 99/10 (c) 0.9 (d) none of these

29. Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins and Pipe C can empty the same in 40 mins.If all of them work together, find the time taken to fill the tank
(a) 17 1/7 mins (b) 20 mins (c) 8 mins (d) none of these

30. Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day.How many hour a day should 40 men work to complete the job?
(a) 8 hrs (b) 7 1/2 hrs (c) 7 hrs (d) 9 hrs (e)none

31. Find the smallest number in a GP whose sum is 38 and product 1728
(a) 12 (b) 20 (c) 8 (d) none of these

32. A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms downstream in 4 hrs.Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the water current?
(a) 1/2 kmph (b) 7/12 kmph (c) 5 kmph (d) none of these

33. A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side 12m by a rope 7m long.Find the area it can graze?
(a) 38.5 sq.m (b) 155 sq.m (c) 144 sq.m (d) 19.25 sq.m

34. Total balls are z, the number of red balls is n and the remaining are blak balls,then the % of black balls equal to ?
(a)z+(z-n)/z*100 (b)z/(z-n)*100 (c) (z - n) / z*100 (d)none

35.Which of the following are prime numbers?
(a) 119 (b) 115 (c) 127 (d) none

36. If c = a/b; a-1 = c, what is the relation between a and b?
(a) b=a/a-1 (b)b=a-1/a (c)b=a/a+1 (d)b=a+1/a