Quant Quiz

Direction (1-7): Study the following charts carefully and answer the questions given below:

Q1. What is the respective ratio of number of Men from city D to number of Women from city E ?
1) 7203 : 1479               2) 27 : 37              3) 8908 : 4131               4) 91 : 79            5) None of these

Q2. Which city has the lowest number of Men ?
1) A              2) E             3) B               4) C           5) None of these

Q3. Total number of people from city C is approximately what percent of the total number of people all cities together ?
1) 19                 2) 23              3) 26               4) 14             5) None of these

Q4. Number of Children from city F is what percent of those from city B ? (Rounded off to two digits after decimal)
1) 109.92               2) 111.47              3) 98.52               4) 132.71                5) 93.47

Q5. What is the average number of Men from all the cities together ?
1) 20357 (1/6)              2) 19617 (2/3)              3) 20317 (1/3)           4) 21445 (2/7)           5) None of these

Q6. Three equal cubes are placed adjacently in a row. Find the ratio of total surface area of the new cuboid to that of the sum of the surface areas of the three cubes ?
1) 1 : 3        2) 7 : 9              3) 3 : 7               4) 2 : 3          5) None of these

Q7. The outer circumference of a circular track is 220 m. The track is 7 m wide everywhere. Calculate the cost of levelling the track at the rate of 50 paisa/square meter ?
1) Rs. 1925           2) Rs. 1293            3) Rs. 673           4) Rs. 793            5) None of these

Q8. Ram’s project report consists of 25 pages each of 60 lines with 75 characters on each line. In case the number of lines is reduced to 55 but the number of character is increased to 90 per lines. What is the percentage change in the number of pages? (Assume the number of pages to be a whole number.)
1) – 12%             2) – 8%         3) + 12%           4) + 8%           5) None of these

Q9. A, B, C enter into a partnership with share in the ratio 7/2: 4/3: 6/5. After 4 months, A increases his share by 50%. If the total profit at the end of one year be Rs. 43200, then C’s share in the profit is
1) Rs. 4200               2) Rs. 3686            3) Rs. 7200          4) Rs. 8640           5) None of these

Q10. A can do a piece of work in 16 days. He works at it for 4 days and then B finishes it in 10 more days. In how many days will A and B together finish the work ?
1) 7 (1/12) days            2) 11 (2/3) days            3) 7 (3/11) days           4) 9 (3/7) days           5) None of these

Reasoning Quiz

Directions (1-5): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
(i) In a family of six persons, there are people from three generations. Each person has separate profession and also they like different colours. There are two couples in a family.
(ii) Mohan is a CA and his wife is neither Doctor nor likes Green Colour.
(iii) Engineer likes Red colour and his wife is a Teacher.
(iv) Mohini is mother-in-law of Savita and she likes the Orange colour
(v) Deepak is a grandfather of Titu, and Titu who is a principal likes the Black Colour
(vi) Neeru is the Granddaughter of Mohini and she likes blue colour. Neeru’s mother likes the white colour

Q1. Which of the following is the correct pair of two couples?
(1) Deepak and Mohini and Mohan – Neeru             (2) Mohan – Savita and Tiru – Nerru
(3) Mohini – Deepak and Mohan – Savita                  (4) Cannot be determined            (5) None of the above

Q2. Who is an Engineer?
(1) Mohini               (2) Savita           (3) Neeru            (4) Cannot be determined           (5) None of these

Q3. How many ladies are there in the family?
(1) Two              (2) Three            (3) Four             (4) Cannot be determined           (5) None of these

Q4. What is the profession of Savita?
(1) Doctor                (2) Teacher              (3) Engineer              (4) Cannot be determined          (5) None of these

Q5. Which colour is liked by CA?
(1) Green               (2) White          (3) Either Green or White               (4) Cannot be determined             (5) None of these

Directions (6-10): In making decisions about important questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between ‘strong’arguments and ‘weak’arguments. ‘Strong’ arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. ‘Weak’ arguments are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial aspect of the question.
Instructions: In each of the following a question is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which argument is strong and which argument is weak. Give answer
(1) if only argument I is strong.
(2) if only argument II is strong.
(3) if either argument I or II is strong. 
(4) if neither argument I nor II is strong. 
(5) if both the arguments I and II are strong.

Q6. Statement: Should Hindi language be made compulsory at school level in all the States in India?
Arguments:
I. No, students should not be forced to learn any language. II. Yes, it is the national language, so everybody must learn it.

Q7. Statement: Should the retirement age of all government employees in India be made 55 years?
Arguments:
I. Yes, this will help government to offer employment to youth at lower cost and with higher productivity.
II. No, the government will be deprived of the expertise of the experienced employees and this will have adverse effect on the productivity.

Q8. Statement: Should India pull out of Commonwealth Confederation?
Arguments:
I. No, India will lose an international forum to express its opinion on world matters.
II. Yes, Commonwealth has lost its relevance in the post- cold war scenario.

Q9. Statement: Should all the profit-making public sector units be sold to private companies?
Arguments:
I. Yes, this will help the government to augment its resources for implementing the development programmes.
II. No, the private companies will not be able to run these units effectively.

Q10. Statement: Should all beggars on the roads in the big cities in India be forcibly sent to villages?
Arguments:
I. No, this is grossly unfair and these people may die of hunger if they are sent to villages.
II. Yes, these people create a bad impression of our country in the eyes of the foreigners who visit our country and hence should be removed.

Directions: (11-15): In each question below a statement is given followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. A course of action is a practicable and feasible step or administrative decision to be taken for follow-up, improvement, or further action with regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, and decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follows(s). 
Give answer—
1) If only I follows.
2) If only II follows.
3) If either I or II follows.
4) If neither I nor II follows.
5) If both I and II follow.

Q11. Statement:
The Indian cricket team reached in final matches of the previous six major tournaments, but failed to win even a single tournament.
Courses of action:
I. The team should change its coach.
II. The Indian cricket board should set up a committee to find out the reasons.

Q12. Statement:
In the road accidents the pillion riders are getting more head injuries than the driver.
Courses of action:
I. Pillion riders should also wear helmet.
II. Government should increase the number of speed breakers for slow speed.

Q13. Statement:
Now-a-days, the number of suicide cases is on the rise.
Courses of action:
I. We should change our education system, where the people can learn the basic values of life.
II. Mostly the suicides are seen in youngsters due to stress. Parents should arrange for multiple hobby classes for their children.

Q14. Statement:
The government is worried by the sudden collapse of an under construction bridge, leading to death of 34 people and injuries to many.
Courses of action:
I. The government should set up an inquiry committee to investigate the reasons for collapse
II. The authorities should shift the injured people to the hospital and clear the debris to see if someone is trapped.

Q15. Statement:
Two third or even more of the world’s polar bears will disappear by 2050 due to shrinking Summer Sea ice, even under moderate projections caused by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Courses of action:
I. We should control environmental pollution by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases and make people aware of effects of greenhouse gases through media.
II. Shift the polar bears to the other parts of the world, like Antarctica, where thick layer of ice is available.

English Quiz

Directions : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is ‘5’ (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).

Q1. Many animals and plants live in water (1) / but not in the same kind of water (2) / because not all water is the same. (3) / Sea water, for instance, contains a lot of salt, fresh water contains very little (4) / No error (5)

Q2. A sparrow has made a nest in Kesho’s house (1) / and had laid eggs. Both Kesho and his sister Shyama (2) / watched the nest for hours every day (3) / even meal times were forgotten. (4) / No error (5)

Q3. A skillful advertiser may be able to create (1) / practically a monopoly for himself (2) / not because his product is superior to (3) / but because he has succeeded in inducing people to believe that it is.(4) / No error (5)

Q4. Whatever may be the origin of speech (1) / we can be certain that man did not began (2) / to feel the need to speak (3) / until he began to live in communities (4) / No error (5)

Q5. Each animal of the same species (1) / looks for the same sort of food (2) / Also, there may be other animals of different species (3) / competing with the same food (4) / No error (5)

Directions: In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five pairs of words denoted by numbers 1), 2), 3), 4) and 5). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.

Q6. Today, globalisation has brought the world closer by ________ distance and minimising other ________.
1) covering, areas            2) scaling, avenues            3) reducing, barriers           4) curbing, routes           5) inching, hassles

Q7. Our traditional art and handicrafts have to be ________ and ________
1) protected, promoted             2) served, respected           3) saved, materialized          4) explored, derived     5) envisioned, evaluated

Q8. Every branch and centre finds ________ ways to ________ the people of their areas.
1) distant, assemble        2) typical, endeavour             3) own, motivating             4) innovative, serve            5) glorious, aware

Q9. Today our artisans are ________ the competition of low-priced imported goods, which are ________ the market.
1) feeling, dictating               2) facing, invading              3) sensing, penetrating              4) witnessing, selling
5) fearing, spreading

Q10. With the overwhelming majority ________ in rural areas and making a living, concern for those at the ________ end should stir us time and again.
1) languishing, far               2) panic-stricken, slender                 3) trapped, other               4) clotted, fag          5) residing, receiving

Computer Quiz

Q1. The part of operating system which manages the essential peripherals, such as the keyboard, screen, disk drives and parallel and serial ports__________.
a) Basic input/output           b) Secondary system            c) Peripheral System           d) Marginal system            e) None of these

Q.2 The bar at the top of a window that bears the name of the window is known as? 
a) Title bar          b) Task bar             c) Menu bar               d) Status bar         e) None of these

Q3. The most frequently used instructions of a computer program are likely to be fetched from:
a) The hard disk         b) Cache memory          c) RAM            d) Registers          e) None of these

Q4. Most of the internet banking sites provide which of the following feature to reduce the risk of keystroke logging for the password entry? 
a) Virtual keyboard            b) Touchscreen            c) Finger Touching              d) Shape writer           e) None of these

Q5. COBOL is widely used in _________ applications.
a) Business        b) Scientific            c) Mathematical            d) All of these           e) None of these

Q6. The ________ tells the computer how to use its components. 
a) Utility         b) Network          c) Operating System         d) Application program          e) None of these

Q7. What is the full form of W3C?
a) World wide web Consortium          b) World wide web Company           c) World Wide Web Centre        d) World wide web command               e) None of these

Q8. ______ is the process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors.
a) Tracking          b) Formatting             c) Crashing           d) Alloting            e) None of these

Q9. If you want to connect to your computer through the internet from another location, you can use _______.
a) E-mail            b) FTP           c) Instant messaging        d) Telnet         e) None of these

Q10. Which words are set aside by a programming language for its own use?
a) Reserved Words         b) Control words           c) Control structures             d) Reserve words                    e) None of these