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LD Clerk / Mental Ability / Special Recruitment Palakkad -1998

 

 

Directions 1 – 4 : Complete the following series, adding two more items to each:

 

1. 2      4            8            16 __            ___

 

2. 3      9            27            81 __            ___

 

3. ABAB            BCBC             CDCD ____   ____

 

4. AZ               BY                   CX             DY ____   _____

 

Directions 5 – 6 : Rearrange the following groups of letters to form familiar words:

 

5. EELNARR

 

6. RUNCOOPEN

 

Directions 7 – 11 : Pick out the from each of the following groups the one item that does not belong to the group:

 

7. 1      3            5            6            7         

 

8. Kalidas   -            Kabir      -    Tagore            -                       C.V Raman

 

9. Galileo   -   Newton  -    Einstein     -                Milton

 

10. Deer    -    Elephant    -    Cow    -      Tiger

 

11. Hydrogen   -  Oxygen    -   Iron    -   Nitrogen

 

Directions 12 – 16 : Answer the following:

 

12. Which is more

0.4 or ½

 

13. A factory produces 145 cars a week. How many cars will it produce in an year?

 

14. Our present Speed- post Tariff is :

up to 200 gms                        Rs.20

201 to 500 gms                      Rs. 30 and

for each additional 500 gms. Or part Rs. 10

 

15. The petrol consumption of a motor car is one litre for 11 kilometers. How much petrol will the car require to go from Palghat to Thiruvanathapuram and back? ( Distance between Palghat and Thiruvanathapuram, via Alathur in kms. 365)

 

16. Morarji Desai’s birthday is February 29. When can be celebrate his birthday

next?

 

 

ANSWERS

 

1. 32, 64; Each term is multiplied by 2 to the next term.

 

2. 243, 729; Each term is multiplied get by 3 to get the next term.

 

3. DEDE, EFEF

 

4. EV, FU

 

5. LEARNER

 

6. PRONOUNCE

 

7. Except 6 all other odd numbers.

 

8. C.V Raman is the only scientist among the group.

 

9. Milton

 

10. Except Tiger all others are herbivorous.

 

11. Except Iron all others are gases.

 

12. ½ = 0.5 Therefore ½ is more than 0.4

 

13. There are 52 weeks in a year. The number of cars manufactured in a year.

= 145 * 52 = 7540

 

14. Required answer = 20 + 30 + 10 + 10 = Rs 70

 

15. Required Quantity =  1  *  365 * 2 = 66. 36 litre

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16. After four years.