GENERAL TEST

Directions (Questions) In each of the following questions, find which one word cannot be made from the letters of the given word.

1. CARPENTER
NECTAR     CARPET     PAINTER     REPENT

2.RECREATION
RATION     ACTION     TORN     REFER

3.CONSOLIDATE
LENTIL     SLAIN     CONDOLE     DETAIL

Choose the odd done out:

4. a.tank     b.fighterplane     c.grenade     d.machinegun     e.missilelauncher

5. a.Kollam     b.Thrissur     c. Idukki     d. Alappuzha     e. Ernakulam (not verbal)

6. How many pairs of letter are there in the word "BUCKET" which has as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet.
One     Two     Three     Four

7.In a row of trees, one tree is fifth from either end of the row. How many trees are there in the row?
8     9     10     11

8."My grandson is about as many days as my son is weeks, and my grandson is as many months as I am in years. My grandson, my son and I together are 100 years. Can you tell me my age in years?"

9.Give a number which equals nine times the sum of the digits.

10.My watch is ten minutes slow and i think it's five minutes fast. Your watch is five minutes fast and you think it's ten minutes slow. We plan to catch a train that leaves at four o'clock. Who gets there first?

Fill in the 'O's to get a perfect word:

11.SCILGY

12.FRENN

13.I have two minutes to catch a train and two miles to go.If i go the first mile at the rate of 30miles per hour,at what rate i must go the second mile inorder to catch the train?

14.MODERATOR:DEBATE::
a. Legislator: election     b.chef:banquet     c.auditor:lecture     d.umpire:game

15.Armature:Statue::
a.landscape:paintin     b.framework:building     c.arsenal:weapon     d.composer:symphony

16.Adulation: flattery::
a.Humility:vanity     b.credulity:sincierity     c.emulation:rivalry     d.castigation:admonishment

Choose the word that fits in to make a meaningful sentence:

17.Old as the continents are,they are apparently not _______ features of the earth but rather secondary features and evolved during the earth's lifetime.
a.inherent     b.incongruous     c.primordial     d.isolated

Chose the word with opposite meaning:
18.SPURIOUS:
a.cautious     b.fantastic     c.genuine     d.modest

19.RECTIFY:
a.apologise     b.sactify     c.make worse     d.rule illegal

20.An automobile tire has two punctures.The first puncture by itself would make the tire flat in 9 minutes.the second by itself can make the tire flat in 6 minutes.How long will it take for both the punctures togetherv to make the tire flat?

21.A cab driver's income consists cof his salary and tips.His salary is 50$ a week.During one week his tips were 5/4 of his salary.What fraction of his income for the week came from tips?

22.When those who have injure him accused him of being a ______ ,he retorted curtly that he had never been a quack.
a. Libertine     b.sychophant     c.charlatan     d.plagiarist

23.Which of the follo. Is true for the given triangle ABC?
a.2x>y b.2x<y c.2x=y d.Cannot be found from the given data

Complete the sequence:
24. 0,2,8,14, __, 34
25. 3,3,5,4,4, __
26. 1,2,6,24,120, __

27.The size of the smaller angle between the hands of the clock at 6:30 PM is:
a.7.5 b.15 c.22.5 d.12.5

28.Which of the follo. Is next smaller in value than one-half?
a.1/5 b.1/4 c.2/5 d.16/25 e.3/10

29.There are nine sets of balls, each set contains nine balls each. All the balls are of the
same weight = 1g , except one set. Each of the nine balls of this set weigh 1.1 g. Use an
electronic weighing machine, ONLY ONCE , to find the set which contains the heavier balls.

30.If '+' is equal to '-' and '*' equals '+' in a number system, find the value of
(4*5+3)+2 in that system.