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BIS Mechanical Mock Test Question Papers 2015
PART A
Directions: In questions 1 to 5, groups of four words are given. In each group one word is correctly spelt word.
1. (A) silhouete
(B) muncipality
(C) millennium
(D) inaguration
Answer: C
2. (A) kaledoscope
(B) Appolo
(C) condecent
(D) conscience
Answer: B
3. (A) conveyence
(B) audiance
(C) cucummber
(D) curriculum
Answer: D
4. (A) certainity
(B) haemoglobin
(C) helenism
(D) halucination
Answer: D
5. (A) hierarchy
(B) hemorrage
(C) pediatrician
(D) pulmonary
Answer: A
Directions: In the following passage (6 to 15) some of the words have been left out. First read passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
The martyrs who ..(6).. down their lives for freedom of the country had a ...(7).. vision of the future. They wanted the nation to be free from all the slavery and ..(8)… They wanted an India in which all the communities would live in ..(9).. harmony and in which there would be no high class and no low class of people, the ..(10).. of untouchability having been wiped out completely. Women would enjoy equal rights with men and ..(11).. their fullest to the making of a great nation. Such a vision was in ..(12).. with the ancient glory of the country renowned for its splendid achievements in literature, art and culture . We must now..(13).. this ancient culture of ours with tolerance as its masthead. If we forget or cease to take pride in our noble heritage, we shall have to face severe..(14).. in the court of history which is ruthless judge and seldom ..(15).. the erring people.
6. (A) put
(B) set
(C) laid
(D) paid
Answer: C
7. (A) lofty
(B) bleak
(C) myopic
(D) full
Answer: A
8. (A) bound
(B) bondage
(C) yoke
(D) intolerance
Answer: B
9. (A) decent
(B) quiet
(C) quite
(D) perfect
Answer: D
10. (A) course
(B) dirt
(C) curse
(D) means
Answer: C
11. (A) compromise
(B) contrive
(C) contribute
(D) commit
Answer: C
12. (A) keeping
(B) doing
(C) pursuing
(D) developing
Answer: A
13. (A) rediscover
(B) revitalize
(C) replenish
(D) reinvent
Answer: B
14. (A) punishment
(B) censure
(C) beating
(D) indictment
Answer: D
15. (A) saves
(B) spares
(C) praises
(D) likes
Answer: B
Directions: In question Nos. 16 to 20, some words of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and choose appropriate letter (A), (B) or (C). Choose letter (D) if the sentence is free from errors.
16. I rose the child (A) /, which had fallen, off the ground (B)/ and consoled it (C).
Answer: A
17. Tell me (A)/ when you usually (B)/ go shopping (C).
Answer: C
18. How many (A)/ children do (B)/ Annie have?(C).
Answer: B
19. Please close the door (A)/ as quiet as (B)/ you can (C).
Answer: B
20. Can you recall back the time (A)/ when we stayed (B)/ ath the hostel? (C).
Answer: A
Directions: In question Nos 21 to 25, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word from the suggestions.
21. Ordered over a month ago, the books are …… to arrive any day now.
(A) anticipated
(B) hoped
(C) expected
(D) wished
Answer: C
22. I have told him that he had better ….. his dog always tied to the stake.
(A) keep
(B) kept
(C) keeping
(D) to keep
Answer: A
23. The beach would be an ideal place for visitors if …… not so crowded.
(A) it was
(B) it were
(C) it had
(D) it is
Answer: B
24. Hadn’t the witness turned …….., she would have won the case.
(A) hospitable
(B) host
(C) hostile
(D) hosted
Answer: C
25. He is commited to ……. Us in times of need.
(A) help
(B) have helped
(C) helpful
(D) helping
Answer: D
Directions: In question Nos. 26 to 30, out of four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
26. Fragile
(A) Weak
(B) bright
(C) thin
(D) resistant
Answer: A
27. Dainty
(A) clumpsy
(B) strong
(C) rough
(D) elegant
Answer: D
28. Genial
(A) dismal
(B) pleasant
(C) affluent
(D) genuine
Answer: B
29. Inevitable
(A) probable
(B) liable
(C) unavoidable
(D) formidable
Answer: C
30. Placid
(A) dull
(B) calm
(C) interesting
(D) clear
Answer: B
Directions: In question Nos. 31 to 35, out of four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
31. Fictious
(A) real
(B) imaginative
(C) fancy
(D) foreign
Answer: A
32. Accelerate
(A) check
(B) control
(C) slacken
(D) expedite
Answer: C
33. Authentic
(A) old
(B) fake
(C) new
(D) genuine
Answer: B
34. Feasibility
(A) unsuitability
(B) Impropriety
(C) cheapness
(D) impracticability
Answer: D
35. Delectable
(A) nice
(B) tasty
(C) unsavoury
(D) heavy
Answer: C
Directions: Choose the alternative which best express the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
36. A tall story
(A) an unbelievable story
(B) an indecent story
(C) a fine story
(D) an exhaustive narration
Answer: A
37. A white elephant
(A) a thing of beauty
(B) an expensive, useless object
(C) a decorative piece
(D) a wild animal
Answer: B
38. To cry wolf
(A) to cry in vain
(B) to shout at a high pitch
(C) to waste time
(D) to call for help unnecessarily
Answer: D
39. To kiss the dust
(A) to be humble
(B) to beat aperson
(C) to suffer utter defeat
(D) to pray
Answer: C
40. To burry the hatchet
(A) to end hostilities
(B) to miss one’s tools
(C) to wound a person
(D) to do away with someone
Answer: A
Directions: In Questions Nos 41 to 45, a sentence is given, which/ a part of which may need improvement. Choose the correct improvement from the options.
41. But for you help, I would not finish the work in time.
(A) But for you help, I will not finish the work in time.
(B) But for you help, I would not have finished the work in time.
(C) But for you help, I could not finish the work in time.
(D) No improvement
Answer: B
42. He is a man with whom I find it difficult to associate with.
(A) He is a man with who I find it difficult to associate with.
(B) He is a man with whom I find difficulty in associating with.
(C) He is a man who I find it difficult to associate with.
(D) No improvement
Answer: C
43. He both lost his money and his passport.
(A) He lost both his money and his passport.
(B) He lost his money and his passport both.
(C) He lost his both money and his passport.
(D) No improvement
Answer: A
44. These farms are in danger to be taken over by the railways.
(A) These farms are in danger of taken over by the railways.
(B) These farms are in danger to being taken over by the railways.
(C) These farms are in danger to be taken by the railways.
(D) No improvement
Answer: B
45. Gandhiji insisted on our wearing khadi clothes.
(A) Gandhiji insisted our wearing khadi clothes.
(B) Gandhiji insisted to our wearing khadi clothes.
(C) Gandhiji insisted us to wear khadi clothes.
(D) No improvement
Answer: D
Directions: In question Nos 46 to 50, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given word or sentence.
46. The animals of a certain region
(A) flora
(B) fauna
(C) wild life
(D) forest
Answer: B
47. One who pretends to be what he is not
(A) cynic
(B) snob
(C) hypocrite
(D) dictator
Answer: C
48. One who doubts whether God exists
(A) theist
(B) atheist
(C) apostate
(D) agonistic
Answer:D
49. The science of the study of the old age
(A) geriatrics
(B) gerontology
(C) gastroenteritis
(D) ornithology
Answer:
50. A writer who steals ideas from another writer or work
(A) hack writer
(B) anonymous
(C) plagiarist
(D) copywriter
Answer: C
PART B
51. Three different containers contain 496 litres, 403 litres and 713 litres of mixtures of milk and water respectively. What biggest measure can measure all the different quantities exactly?
(A) 1 litre
(B) 7 litres
(C) 31 litres
(D) 41 litres
Answer: C
52. 4.036 .04 = ?
(A) 1.009 (B) 10.09 (C) 100.9 (D) 1009
(A) 1.009
(B) 10.09
(C) 100.9
(D) 1009
Answer: C
53. If a*b = 2a- 3b + ab, then 3*5 +5*3 is equal to
(A) 22
(B) 24
(C) 26
(D) 28
Answer: A
54. A total of 324 coins of 20 paise and 25 paise make a sum of Rs.71. The number of 25 paise coins is:
(A) 120
(B) 124
(C) 144
(D) 200
Answer: B
55. If x = and y = , then the value of (x2+y2) is :
(A) 10
(B) 13
(C) 14
(D) 15
Answer: C
56. A cricketer has a certain average for 10 innings. In the eleventh inning, he scored 108 runs, thereby increasing his average by 6 runs. His new average is:
(A) 48
(B) 52
(C) 55
(D) 60
Answer: A
57. The sum of two numbers is 25 and their difference is 13. Find their product.
(A) 104
(B) 114
(C) 315
(D) 325
Answer: B
58. A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the totalof the ages of A,B and C be 27, then how old is B?
(A) 7
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 10
Answer: D
59. If 5a = 3125, then the value of 5(a-3) is:
(A) 25
(B) 125
(C) 625
(D) 1625
Answer: A
60. A scored 30% marks and failed by 15 marks. B scored 40% marks and obtain 35 marks more than those required to pass. The pass percentage is:
(A) 33%
(B) 38%
(C) 43%
(D) 46%
Answer: A
61. By selling 12 toffees for a rupee, a man losses 20%. How many for a rupee should he sell to get a gain of 20% ?
(A) 5
(B) 8
(C) 10
(D) 15
Answer: B
62. The ratio of three numbers is 3:4:5 and the sum of their squares is 1250. The sum of the numbers is:
(A) 30
(B) 50
(C) 60
(D) 90
Answer: C
63. A and B started a business with initial investments in the ratio 14 : 15 and their annual profits were in the ratio 7:6. If A invested the money for 10 months, for how many months did B invest his money?
(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9
Answer: C
64. In a camp there is a meal for 120 men or 200 children. If 150 children have taken the meal, how many men eill be catered to with the remaining meal?
(A) 20
(B) 30
(C) 40
(D) 50
Answer: B
65. A and B can do a work in 8 days, B and C can do the same work in 12 days. A, B and C together can finish it in 6 days. A and C together will do it in:
(A) 4 days
(B) 6 days
(C) 8 days
(D) 12 days
Answer: C
66. 12 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each tank is 13.5 litres. How many buckets will be needed to fill the same tank, if the capacity of each bucket is 9 litres ?
(A) 8
(B) 15
(C) 16
(D) 18
Answer: D
67. A is faster than B. A and B each walk 24 km. The sum of their speeds is 7 kmph and the sum of times taken by them is 14 hours. Then A’s speed in kmph is equal to:
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(C) 7
Answer: B
68. A train crosses a platform 100 m long in 60 seconds at a speed of 45 kmph. The time taken by the train to cross an electric pole is :
(A) 8 seconds
(B) 52 seconds
(C) 1 minute
(D) 1.5 minutes
Answer: B
69. 8 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine and is then filled with water. This operation is performed three more times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in cask to that of the water is 16:65. How much wine in litres did the cask hold originally?
(A) 18
(B) 24
(C) 32
(D) 42
Answer: B
70. A motor boat, whose speed is 15 kmph in still water goes 30 km downstream and comes back in a total of 4 hours 30 minutes. The speed of the stream in kmph is
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 10
Answer: B
71. Divide Rs. 2379 into 3 parts so that their amounts after 2,3 and 4 years respectively may be equal, the rate of interest being 5% per annum at simple interest. The first part is:
(A) Rs. 759
(B) Rs. 600
(C) Rs. 818
(D) Rs. 828
Answer: C
72. The effective annual rate of interest corresponding to a nominal rate of 6% per annum payable half yearly is
(A) 6.06%
(B) 6.07%
(C) 6.08%
(D) 6.09%
Answer: D
73. An error of 2% in excess is made while measuring the side of a square. The percentage of error in the calculated area of the square is
(A) 2%
(B) 2.02%
(C) 4%
(D) 4.04%
Answer: D
74. The perimeter of a rhombus is 56 m and its height is 5 m. its area in sq.m is :
(A) 64
(B) 70
(C) 78
(D) 84
Answer: B
75. The volume of largest right circular cone that can be cut out of a cube of edge 7 cm is:
(A) 13.6 cm3
(B) 89.8 cm3
(C) 121 cm3
(D) 147.68 cm3
Answer: B
76. The calendar for the 2007 will be the same for the year:
(A) 2014
(B) 2016
(C) 2017
(D) 2018
Answer: D
77. At 3.40, the hour hand and the minute hand of the clock form an angle of:
(A) 1200
(B) 1250
(C) 1300
(D) 1350
Answer: C
78. A man invested Rs. 1552 in a stock at 97 to obtain an income of Rs. 128. The dividend from the stock is:
(A) 7.5%
(B) 8%
(C) 9.7%
(D) none of these
Answer: B
79. In how many ways can a group of 5 men and 2 women e made out of a total of 7 men and 3 women ?
(A) 63
(B) 90
(C) 126
(D) 45
Answer: A
80. A speaks truth in 75% cases and B in 80% of the cases. In what percentage of cases are they likely contradict each other, narrating the same incident ?
(A) 5%
(B) 15%
(C) 35%
(D) 45%
Answer: C
81. The present worth of Rs. 1404 due in two equal half – yearly instalments at 8 % per annum simple interest is:
(A) Rs. 1325
(B) Rs.1300
(C) Rs. 1350
(D) Rs. 1500
Answer: A
82. The banker’s gain on a sum due 3 years hence at 12% per annum is Rs.270. The banker’s discount is:
(A) Rs. 960
(B) Rs. 840
(C) Rs. 1020
(D) Rs. 760
Answer: C
83. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a certain point is 300. If the observer moves 20 m towards the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower increases by 150. The height of the tower is:
(A) 17.3 m
(B) 21.9 m
(C) 27.3 m
(D) 30 m
Answer: C
84. A dairyman pays Rs. 6.40 per litre of milk. He adds water and sells the mixture at Rs. 8 per litre, thereby making 37.5% profit. The proportion of water to milk received by the customers is :
(A) 1:10
(B) 1:12
(C) 1:15
(D) 1: 20
Answer: A
85. The least number of complete years in which a sum of money put out at 20% compound interest will be more than doubled is:
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
Answer: B
86. If log x 4=0.4, then the value of x is :
(A) 1
(B) 4
(C) 16
(D) 32
Answer: D
87. The cost of carpeting a room 18 m long with a carpet 75 cm wide at Rs. 4.50 per metre is Rs.810. The breadth of the room is:
(A) 7m
(B) 7.5m
(C) 8m
(D) 8.5m
Answer: B
88. If 35% of a number is 12 less than 50% of that number, then the number is:
(A) 40
(B) 50
(C) 60
(D) 80
Answer: D
89. 5 men and 2 boys working together can do four times as much work as a main and a boy. Working capacities of a woman and a boy are in the ratio:
(A) 1:2
(B) 2:1
(C) 1:3
(D) 3:1
Answer: B
90. In an examination, 34% of the students failed in Mathematics and 42% failed in English. If 20% of the students failed in both the subjects, then the percentage of students who passed in both the subjects was:
(A) 44
(B) 50
(C) 54
(D) 56
Answer: A
Directions(Questions 91 to 95): Study the following table and answer the following questions
EXPENDITURES OF A COMPANY (IN LAKH RUPEES)
PER ANNUM OVER THE GIVEN YEARS
| Item of Expenditure
\
Year | Salary | Fuel and Transport | Bonus | Interest on Loans | Taxes |
| 1998 | 288 | 98 | 3.00 | 23.4 | 83 |
| 1999 | 342 | 112 | 2.52 | 32.5 | 108 |
| 2000 | 324 | 101 | 3.84 | 41.6 | 74 |
| 2001 | 336 | 133 | 3.68 | 36.4 | 88 |
| 2002 | 420 | 142 | 3.96 | 49.4 | 98 |
91. The ratio between the total expenditure on Taxes for all the years and the total expenditure on Fuel and Transport for all the years respectively is approximately:
(A) 4:7
(B) 10:13
(C) 15:18
(D) 5:8
Answer: B
92. The total expenditure of the Company over these items during the year 2000 in Rs. is :
(A) 32.43 lakhs
(B) 33.72 lakhs
(C) 34.18 lakhs
(D) 35.69 lakhs
Answer: A
93. What is the average amount of interest per year which the company had to pay in Rs. during this period?
(A) 32.43 lakhs
(B) 33.72 lakhs
(C) 34.18 lakhs
(D) 36.66 lakhs
Answer: D
94. Total expenditure on all these items in 1998 was approximately what percent of the total expenditure in 2002?
(A) 62%
(B) 66%
(C) 69%
(D) 71%
Answer: C
95. The total amount of bonus paid by the company during the given period is approximately what percent of the total amount of salary paid during this period?
(A) 0.1%
(B) 0.5%
(C) 1%
(D) 1.25%
Answer: C
96. Two cones have their heights in the ratio of 1:3 and radii 3:1. The ratio of their volumes is:
(A) 1:1
(B) 1:3
(C) 3:1
(D) 2:3
Answer: C
97. 36 men can complete a piece of work in 18 days, In how many days will 27 men complete the same work?
(A) 12
(B) 18
(C) 22
(D) 24
Answer: D
98. p is six times as large as q. The percent that q is less than p, is:
(A) 16
(B) 60
(C) 83
(D) 90
Answer: C
99. The greatest number which can divide 1356,1868 and 2764 leaving the same remainder 12 in each case is:
(A) 64
(B) 124
(C) 156
(D) 260
Answer: A
100. How many pieces of 85 cm length can be cut from a rod 42.5 metres long?
(A) 30
(B) 40
(C) 60
(D) None of these
Answer: D
PART C
Directions: For question Nos 101 to 105, choose the correct alternative from the given options
101. 28,33,31,36,?,39
(A) 32
(B) 34
(C) 38
(D) 40
Answer: B
102. 2,2,5,13,28,?
(A) 49
(B) 50
(C) 51
(D) 52
Answer: D
103. DHL, PTX, BFJ, ?
(A) CGK
(B) KOS
(C) NRV
(D) RVZ
Answer: C
104. Z,X,S,I,R,R,?,?
(A) G,I
(B) J,I
(C) J,K
(D) K,M
Answer: A
105. 2,9,28,?,126,217,344
(A) 50
(B) 65
(C) 70
(D) 82
Answer: B
Directions: For Question Nos. 106 to 110, select the related numbers/words/groups to complete the anology
106. Googly : Cricket :: Deuce : ?
(A) Polo
(B) Tennis
(C) Football
(D) Rugby
Answer: B
107. 25 : 37 :: 49 : ?
(A) 41
(B) 56
(C) 60
(D) 65
Answer: D
108. GHF : CDB :: EFD : ?
(A) ABJ
(B) CBD
(C) IJH
(D) AJB
Answer: A
109. Knoll : Hill :: Eclogue : ?
(A) Poem
(B) Music
(C) Drama
(D) Ballad
Answer: A
110. 48 : 122 :: 168 : ?
(A) 215 (B) 225 (C) 290 (D) 292
Answer: C
Directions: In each of the following questions, a word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in the two given matrices. The columns and rows of matrix I can be numbered from 0 to 4 and those of matrix II from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and then column number. Identify the correct set for the word given in each questions from 111 to 115.
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 0 | F | A | N | O | I |
| 1 | I | O | F | A | N |
| 2 | A | N | O | I | F |
| 3 | O | F | I | N | A |
| 4 | N | I | A | F | O |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 5 | S | E | H | B | T |
| 6 | H | S | E | T | B |
| 7 | B | T | S | E | H |
| 8 | E | H | T | B | S |
| 9 | T | S | E | H | B |
111. NEST
(A) 02,56,55,59
(B) 14,67,66,67
(C) 21,76,77,76
(D) 33,85,88,86
Answer: A
112. FAITH
(A) 43, 42, 41,78, 89
(B) 31,34,23,76,79
(C) 24.31,10,59,57
(D) 12,20,40,68,65
Answer: B
113. FINE
(A) 31,32,33,82
(B) 24,19,21,78
(C) 12,10,13,67
(D) 00,04,02,56
Answer: D
114. HEAT
(A) 79,53,20,87
(B) 65,56,13,57
(C) 57,56,01,59
(D) 29,85, 34, 93
Answer: C
115. BOTH
(A) 88, 30,85,86
(B)75,22,76,79
(C) 69,67,68,59
(D) 58,02,68,65
Answer: B
Directions (Questions 116 to 120): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.
(i) P,Q,R,S,T and U are six members in a family in which there are two married couples.
(ii) T, a teacher, is married to the doctor who is the mother of R and U.
(iii) Q, the lawyer, is married to P.
(iv) P has one son and one grandson.
(v) Of the two married ladies one is a houswife.
(vi) There is also one student and one male engineer in the family.
Directions (Questions 116 to 120): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.
(i) P,Q,R,S,T and U are six members in a family in which there are two married couples.
(ii) T, a teacher, is married to the doctor who is the mother of R and U.
(iii) Q, the lawyer, is married to P.
(iv) P has one son and one grandson.
(v) Of the two married ladies one is a houswife.
(vi) There is also one student and one male engineer in the family.
116. How is P related to R?
(A) Grandfather
(B) Mother
(C) Grandmother
(D) Aunt
Answer: C
117. Who among the following is the housewife?
(A) P
(B) Q
(C) S
(D) T
Answer: A
118. How is R related to U?
(A) Brother
(B) Sister
(C) A or B
(D) data inadequate
Answer: C
119. Which of the following represents the group of females in the family?
(A) PSR
(B) PSU
(C) QTR
(D) data inadequate
Answer: D
120. Which of the following is true about the granddaughter in the family?
(A) she is a lawyer
(B) she is a student
(C) she is an engineer
(D) data ineadequate
Answer: B
121. If 'train; is called 'bus', 'bus' is called 'tractor', 'tractor' is called 'car', 'car' is called scooter', 'scooter' is called 'bicycle', 'bicycle' is called moped, which is used to plough a field?
(A) Train
(B) Bus
(C) Car
(D) Tractor
Answer: C
Directions (Questions 122 to 126): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions.
(i) Six flats on a floor in two rows facing North and South are allotted to P,Q,R,S,T and U
(ii) Q gets North facing flat and is not next to S.
(iii) S and U get diagonally opposite flats.
(iv) R, next to U, gets a south facing flat and T gets a north facing flat.
122. Which of the following combinations get south facing flats?
(A) QTS
(B) UPT
(C) URP
(D) none of these
Answer: D
123. Whose flat is between Q and S?
(A) T
(B) U
(C) R
(D) P
Answer: A
124. If the flats T and P are interchanged, whose flat will be next to that of U?
(A) P
(B) Q
(C) R
(D) T
Answer: C
125. The flats of which of the other pairs than SU, are diagonally opposite to each other?
(A) QP
(B) QR
(C) PT
(D) TS
Answer: A
126. To arrive at the answers to the above questions, which of the following statements can be dispensed with?
(A) none
(B) i only
(C) ii only
(D) iii only
Answer: A
Directions (Questions 127 to 131): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions.
In a family, there are six members A,B,C,D,E and F. A and B are married couple, A being the male member. D is the only son of C, who is the brother of A. E is the sister of D. B is the daughter in law of F, whose husband has died.
127. How is F related to A?
(A) Mother
(B) Sister in law
(C) Sister
(D) Mother in law
Answer: A
128. How is E related to C?
(A) Sister
(B) Daughter
(C) Cousin
(D) Aunt
Answer: B
129. Who is C to B?
(A) Brother
(B) Brother in law
(C) Nephew
(D) Son in law
Answer: B
130. How many male members are there in the family?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
Answer: C
131. How is F related to C?
(A) Mother in law
(B) Sister in law
(C) Mother
(D) Aunt
Answer: C
Directions (Questions 132 to 135): in these questions, a set of figures carrying certain numbers/alphabets is given. Assuming that the numbers in each set follow a similar pattern find the missing term
132.
| 1 | 4 | ? |
| 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 49 | 64 | 169 |
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
Answer: C
133.
| H | K | Q |
| C | G | O |
| E | J | ? |
(A) T
(B) P
(C) N
(D) L
Answer: A
134.
(A) 11
(B) 12
(C) 22
(D) 33
Answer: C
135.
(A) 45
(B) 50
(C) 60
(D) 63
Answer: D
Directions (Questions 136 to 140): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions
Anitha, Mahima, Rajan, Latha and Deepthi are five cousins. Anitha is twice as old as Mahima. Rajan is half the age of Mahima. Anitha is half the age of Deepthi and Rajan is twice the age of Latha.
136. Who is the youngest?
(A) Deepthi
(B) Rajan
(C) Latha
(D) Anitha
Answer: C
137. Who is the eldest?
(A) Deepthi
(B) Latha
(C) Anitha
(D) None of these
Answer: A
138. Which of the following pairs of prsons are of the same age?
(A) Mahima and Latha
(C) Anitha and Mahima
(C) Mahima and Rajan
(D) None of these
Answer:D
139. Anitha is younger than ?
(A) Rajan
(B) Mahima
(C) Deepthi
(D) None of these
Answer: C
140. If Mahima is 16 years old, then what is the age of Latha?
(A) 4 years
(B) 5 years
(C) 7 years
(D) 14 years
Answer: A
Directions (Questions 141 to 145): Choose the odd man out
141. (A) Baboon
(B) Gibbon
(C) Gorilla
(D) Jaguar
Answer: D
142. (A) Rabbit
(B) Rat
(C) Mangoose
(D) Cat
Answer: D
143. (A) Grass
(B) Fern
(C) Moss
(D) Algae
Answer: A
144. 196, 169, 144, 121,101
(A) 101
(B) 121
(C) 169
(D) 196
Answer: A
145. 1,3,12,25,48
(A) 3
(B) 12
(C) 25
(D) 48
Answer: C
Directions(Questions 146-148): In a certain code, 'it be pee' means 'roses are blue', 'sik hee' means 'red flowers' and 'pee mit hee' means 'flowers are vegetables'.
146. How is 'red' written in that code?
(A) hee
(B) sik
(C) be
(D) none of these
Answer: B
147. How is 'roses' written in that code?
(A) il
(B) pee
(C) be
(D) cannot be determined
Answer: D
148. How is 'vegetables are red flowers' written in this code?
(A) pee sik mit hee
(B) sik pee hee be
(C) il sik mit hee
(D) None of these
Answer: A
149. Pointing towards a person in the photograph, Anjali said, "He is the only son of the father of my sister's brother." How is that person related to Anjali?
(A) Mother
(B) Father
(C) Maternal uncle
(D) None of these
Answer: D
150. In a row of boys, A is fifteenth from the left and B is fourth from the right. There are three boys between A and B. C is just left of A. What is C's position from the right?
(A) 9
(B) 10
(C) 12
(D) 13
Answer: A
PART D
151. The maximum number of faces in a precision polygons can be
(A) 72
(B) 28
(C) 12
(D) 20
Answer: A
152. Shaft revolving in a bearing is the following type of pair
(A) higher pair
(B) lower pair
(C) spherical pair
(D) cylindrical pair
Answer: B
153. A cantilever beam is deflected by d due to load P. if beam width is doubled, then the deflection compared to earlier case will be changed by a factor of
(A) 2
(B) 1/2
(C) 1/8
(D) 8
Answer: C
154. Which of the following is not a vector quantity
(A) accelaration
(B) pressure
(C) moment
(D) force
Answer: B
155. The maximum combustion pressure in gas turbine as compared to I.C. engine is
(A) more
(B) less
(C) same
(D) unpredictable
Answer: B
156. Cetane number of petrol is around
(A) 10
(B)15-20
(C)20-25
(D) 30-35
Answer: A
157. Expansion in a nozzle is a
(A) isothermal process
(B) isochoric process
(C) adiabatic process
(D)isobaric process
Answer: C
158. Maximum cutting angles are used for machining
(A) mild steel
(B) cast iron
(C) nickel alloy
(D) aluminium alloy
Answer: D
159. Following type of cam is used for high speed engines
(A) involute
(B) cycloidal
(C) flat
(D) harmonic
Answer: B
160. Applications in which stresses are encountered in one direction only uses following types of threads
(A) BSW
(B) buttress
(C) ACME
(D)square
Answer: B
161. The crystal structure of brass is
(A) F.C.C
(B) B.C.C
(C) H.C.P
(D) none of above
Answer: A
162. Froude number is the ratio of inertial force to
(A) gravitational force
(B) elasticity
(C) viscous force
(D) surface tension
Answer: A
163. For pumping viscous oil, which pump will be used
(A) centrifugal pump
(B) axial pump
(C) reciprocating pump
(D) Screw pump
Answer: D
164. On psychrometric chart, dry bulb temparature lines are
(A) horizontal
(B) vertical
(C) straight line sloping downward to the right
(D) curved
Answer: B
165. Which of the following is expected to have highest thermal conductivity?
(A) steam
(B) solid ice
(C) melting ice
(D) water
Answer: B
166. If rain is falling in the opposite direction of the movement of a pedestrian, he has to hold his umbrella
(A) more inclined when moving
(B) less inclined when moving
(C) more inclined when standing
(D) less inclined when standing
Answer: D
167. A hollow shaft of same cross-section area as solid shaft transmits
(A) same torque
(B) less torque
(C) more torque
(D) none of the above
Answer: C
168. Maximum percentage of carbon in austenite is
(A) 0.26%
(B) 0.8%
(C) 1.25%
(D) 1.7%
Answer: D
169. Thermit welding is a form of
(A) resistance welding
(B) gas welding
(C) fusion welding
(D) forge welding
Answer: C
170. Gears are best mass produced by
(A) milling
(B) hobbing
(C) shaping
(D) casting
Answer: B
171. When a gas flows through a very long pipe of uniform cross section, the flow is approximately
(A) isentropic
(B) isobaric
(C) isothermal
(D) adiabatic
Answer: C
172. The cam shaft of a four stroke I.C. engine running at 1500 rpm will run at
(A) 1500 rpm
(B) 750 rpm
(C) 3000 rpm
(D) 4500rpm
Answer: B
173. Regenerator in gas turbine results in
(A) improved thermal efficiency
(B) lower work ratio
(C) higher work ratio
(D) lower thermal efficiency
Answer: A
174. Thermal conductivity of air with rise in temperature
(A) increases
(B) decreases
(C) remains constant
(D) unpredictable
Answer: A
175. Highest efficiency is obtained with following channel section
(A) circular
(B) triangular
(C) rectangular
(D) trapezoidal
Answer: D
176. Maximum efficiency of transmission of power through pipe is
(A) 25%
(B) 33.3%
(C) 50%
(D) 66.6%
Answer: D
177. An elevator weighing 1000 kg attains an upward velocity of 4m/s in two seconds with uniform acceleration. The tension in the supporting cables will be
(A) 1000 kg
(B) 500 kg
(C) 1200 kg
(D) 2000 kg
Answer: D
178. Resilience of a material is considered when it is subjected to
(A) heat treatment
(B) fatigue
(C) shock loading
(D) creep
Answer: C
179. A three rotor system has following number of natural frequencies
(A) one
(B) two
(C) three
(D)four
Answer: B
180. Which of the following errors are regularly repetitive in nature?
(A) systematic errors
(B) random errors
(C) calibration errors
(D) controllable errors
Answer: A
181. Critical path moves along the activities having total float of
(A) positive value
(B) negative value
(C) zero value
(D) same value
Answer: C
182. For a floating body to be in stable equilibrium the meta-centre should be
(A) below the centre of gravity
(B) below the centre of buoyancy
(C) above the centre of buoyancy
(D) above the centre of gravity
Answer: D
183. Triple point of a pure substance on p-V diagram is represented by
(A) point
(B) line
(C) curve
(D) triangle
Answer: B
184. Cochran boiler is a
(A) horizontal fire tube boiler
(B) stationary water tube boiler
(C) vertical fire tube boiler
(D) vertical fire tube boiler
Answer: D
185. One ton refrigeration is equal to
(A) 210 kJ/min
(B) 21 kJ/min
(C) 21 kJ/min
(D) 210 J/min
Answer: A
186. The type of motion when the acceleration is proportional to displacement is called
(A) translation
(B) rotational
(C) SHM
(D) gyroscopic
Answer: C
187. In the design of pulley, key and shaft
(A) all three are designed for same strength
(B) key is made weaker
(C) pulley is made weaker
(D) shaft is made weaker
Answer: B
188. The gear box in automobiles is placed between
(A) the clutch and differntial
(B) the steering and engine
(C) the engine and clutch
(D) the differential and hook's joint
Answer: C
189. Shear stress theory is applicable for
(A) ductile material
(B) brittle material
(C) elastic material
(D) all of the above
Answer: A
190. For steel castings , the following type of sand is better
(A) fine-grain
(B) coarse-grain
(C) medium-grain
(D) all of the above
Answer: B
191. Nominal diameter of a bolt is
(A) larger than the actual diameter
(B) smaller than the actual diameter
(C) same as the actual diameter
(D) none of the above
Answer: A
192. For ship vessel industry the following layout is best suited
(A) process layout
(B) product layout
(C) fixed position layout
(D) plant layout
Answer: C
193. The probability distribution of project completion in PERT follows following distribution
(A) normal
(B) Gaussian
(C) beta
(D) exponential
Answer: B
194. According to kinetic theory of gases, the absolute zero temperature is attained when
(A) volume of gas is zero
(B) pressure of gas is zero
(C) kinetic energy of the molecules is zero
(D) specific heat of gas is zero
Answer: C
195. Air cycle efficiency for a petrol engine having compression ratio of 5:1 will be
(A) 80%
(B) 60%
(C) 47.5%
(D) 42.5%
Answer: C
196. In laminar flow through a round tube, the discharge varies
(A) linearly as the viscosity
(B) inversly as the pressure drop
(C) as the cube of the diameter
(D) inversely as the viscosity
Answer: D
197. For a machine to be self locking, its efficiency should be
(A) 100%
(B) less than 67%
(C) less than 50%
(D) more than 50%
Answer: C
198. A cam with a roller follower would constitute following type of pair
(A) lower pair
(B) higher pair
(C) open pair
(D) close pair
Answer: B
199. Emissivity of a white polished body in comparison to a black body is
(A) higher
(B) lower
(C) same
(D) depends upon the shape of body
Answer: B
200. Annealing is done by cooling in
(A) air
(B) furnace
(C) water
(D) brine
Answer: A
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