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Exam Year: 1996

  • A man starts walking in the north-easterly direction from a particular point. After walking a distance of 500 metres, he turns southward and walks a distance of 400 metres. At the end of this walk he is situated

    (a)

    300 metres north of the starting point

    (b)

    100 metres north-east of the starting point

    (c)

    300 metres east of the starting point

    (d)

    100 metres north of the starting point

    Correct Answer:

  • Two packs of cards are thoroughly mixed and stuffed and two cards are drawn at random, one after the other. What is the probability that both of them are Jacks?

    (a)

    1/13

    (b)

    2/13

    (c)

    7/1339

    (d)

    1/169

    Correct Answer:

  • A rectangle has a perimeter of 50 meters. If its length is 13 metres more than its breadth, then its area is

    (a)

    124 m2

    (b)

    144 m2

    (c)

    114 m2

    (d)

    104 m2

    Correct Answer:

  • The average of X1, X2 and X3 is 14. Twice the sum of X2 and X3 is 30. What is the value of X1 ?

    (a)

    20

    (b)

    27

    (c)

    16

    (d)

    12

    Correct Answer:

  • The following figure contains three squares with areas of 100, 16 and 49 lying side by side as shown. By how much should the area of the middle square be reduced in order that the total length PQ of the resulting three squares is 19?

    (a)

    12

    (b)

    4

    (c)

    2

    (d)

    2

    Correct Answer:

  • Mouse is to cat as fly is to

    (a)

    rat

    (b)

    animal

    (c)

    spider

    (d)

    horse

    Correct Answer:

  • The next pair of letters in the series AZ, CX, FU, …… is

    (a)

    JQ

    (b)

    KP

    (c)

    IR

    (d)

    IV

    Correct Answer:

  • When the frequency distribution is normal

    (a)

    median, mode and mean are all different from one another

    (b)

    mean, mode and median are identical

    (c)

    mean is greater than mode

    (d)

    mean is greater than median

    Correct Answer:

  • In the given figure, the triangle represents girls, the square represents sports persons and the circle represents coaches. The portion in the figure which represents girls who are sports persons but not coaches is the one labelled

    (a)

    A

    (b)

    B

    (c)

    D

    (d)

    E

    Correct Answer:

  • Six roads lead to a country. They may be indicated by letters X, Y, Z and digits 1, 2, 3. When there is storm, Y is blocked. When there are floods X, 1 and 2 will be affected. When road 1 is blocked, Z also is blocked. At a time when there are Hoods and a storm also blows, which road(s) can be used ?

    (a)

    Z and 2

    (b)

    Only Z

    (c)

    Only 3

    (d)

    Only Y

    Correct Answer: