Government exams
- If '×' means '+', '+' means '÷', '−' means '×' and '÷' means '−', what is the value of24 + 6 × 5 − 3 ÷ 4 ? Answer: C. 15 Answer: (C) 15 Replace the signs: 24 ÷ 6 + 5 × 3 - 4 . = 4 + 15 - 4 = 15 . 1
- Select the number that will replace the question mark (?).(5, 4, 21), (6, 3, 19), (7, 5, ?) Answer: D. 36 Answer: (D) 36 Third number = product of the first two + 1: 5 × 4 + 1 = 21 , 6 × 3 + 1 = 19 . So 7 × 5 + 1 = 36 . 1
- In a row of 40 students, Meena is 15th from the left end. What is her position from the right end? Answer: D. 26th Answer: (D) 26th Position from right = total − position from left + 1 = 40 − 15 + 1 = 26th. 1
- Among A, B, C, D and E, A is taller than B but shorter than C. D is the tallest and E is the shortest. Who is the third tallest? Answer: C. A Answer: (C) A C > A > B, D is tallest and E is shortest: D > C > A > B > E. The third tallest is A. 1
- Read the statements and decide which conclusion(s) logically follow.Statements: Some flowers are red. All red things are beautiful.Conclusions: I. Some flowers are beautiful. II. All beautiful things are flowers. Answer: A. Only conclusion I follows Answer: (A) Only conclusion I follows The flowers that are red are also beautiful, so I follows. Nothin... 1
- Read the statements and decide which conclusion(s) logically follow.Statements: All teachers are graduates. All graduates are voters.Conclusions: I. All teachers are voters. II. Some voters are teachers. Answer: C. Both I and II follow Answer: (C) Both I and II follow All teachers → graduates → voters, so I follows. 'All teachers are voters'... 1
- In a class of 50 students, 30 like tea, 25 like coffee and 10 like both. How many students like neither tea nor coffee? Answer: B. 5 Answer: (B) 5 Students who like at least one = 30 + 25 − 10 = 45. Neither = 50 − 45 = 5. 1
- Arrange the following words in a logical and meaningful order.1. Infant 2. Old 3. Adult 4. Child 5. Adolescent Answer: B. 1, 4, 5, 3, 2 Answer: (B) 1, 4, 5, 3, 2 Stages of life in order: Infant → Child → Adolescent → Adult → Old = 1, 4, 5, 3, 2. 1
- Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word.Bird : Nest :: Bee : ? Answer: B. Hive Answer: (B) Hive A bird lives in a nest; a bee lives in a hive. The relation is creature : its home. 1
- Select the number that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number.6 : 222 :: 7 : ? Answer: A. 350 Answer: (A) 350 Rule: n³ + n . 6³ + 6 = 216 + 6 = 222 , so 7³ + 7 = 343 + 7 = 350 . 1
- Select the letter-cluster that is related to the third cluster in the same way as the second is related to the first.DOG : WLT :: CAT : ? Answer: A. XZG Answer: (A) XZG Each letter is replaced by its opposite letter in the alphabet (A↔Z, B↔Y, …): D↔W, O↔L, G↔T. So C↔X, A↔Z, T↔G... 1
- Select the odd one out.121, 144, 169, 180 Answer: A. 180 Answer: (A) 180 121 = 11² , 144 = 12² , 169 = 13² . 180 is not a perfect square. 1
- Select the letter-cluster that does NOT belong to the group.BDF, HJL, MOQ, RTW Answer: A. RTW Answer: (A) RTW In BDF, HJL and MOQ each letter is 2 places after the previous one. In RTW the gaps are +2 and +3. 1
- Select the number that will come in place of the question mark (?).5, 11, 23, 47, 95, ? Answer: D. 191 Answer: (D) 191 Each term = previous × 2 + 1: 5×2+1 = 11, 11×2+1 = 23, … 95×2+1 = 191. 1
- Select the number that will come in place of the question mark (?).1, 8, 27, 64, ?, 216 Answer: D. 125 Answer: (D) 125 The terms are cubes: 1³, 2³, 3³, 4³, 5³, 6³ . Missing term = 125. 1
- Select the letter pair that will come in place of the question mark (?).AZ, BY, CX, DW, ? Answer: C. EV Answer: (C) EV The first letters go A, B, C, D, E (forward); the second letters go Z, Y, X, W, V (backward). Next pair: EV. 1
- Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.The police arrested the thief. Answer: B. The thief was arrested by the police. Answer: (B) The thief was arrested by the police. Simple past active → was/were + past part... 1
- Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.AUSTERE Answer: C. Luxurious Answer: (C) Luxurious Austere means severe and plain, without comfort or luxury; its opposite is luxurious. Strict, sim... 1
- Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.TRANSPARENT Answer: A. Opaque Answer: (A) Opaque Transparent means allowing light to pass through so that things can be seen clearly; opaque means not l... 1
- In the passage, some blanks are numbered. Choose the most appropriate option for the blank asked.Discipline is often (1)______ with punishment, but its real meaning is closer to training. An athlete who wakes before dawn is not being punished; she is… Answer: C. confused Answer: (C) confused The passive 'is often confused with' needs the past participle 'confused'. 1
- Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.He said to me, "I am going to Delhi tomorrow." Answer: A. He told me that he was going to Delhi the next day. Answer: (A) He told me that he was going to Delhi the next day. Reporting ver... 1
- Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.(A) Neither the captain nor the players (B) was ready (C) to accept the umpire's decision. Answer: B. was ready Answer: (B) was ready With 'neither … nor', the verb agrees with the nearer subject. 'Players' is plural, so 'was ready... 1
- Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.(A) He has been living (B) in this city (C) since five years. Answer: C. since five years. Answer: (C) since five years. 'Since' is used with a point of time (since 2021); 'for' is used with a period of... 1
- Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.The committee has decided to ______ the meeting till next Monday. Answer: A. postpone Answer: (A) postpone 'Till next Monday' shows the meeting is being moved to a later date, so 'postpone' (put off to a la... 1