KERALA POSTAL CIRCLE
RECRUITMENT TO THE CADRE OF POSTAL ASSISTANT/SORTING ASSISTANT
APTITUDE TEST : MAY 2006
Marks : 100 Time : 1 hour
(Attempt all the questions : Questions carry two marks each; Select one of the given options as answer to each question, Should you do any rough work, do it on the last page of the answer book and score it off before handing over the answer book)
PART I ENGLISH
(For Questions 1 to 5: Select the correct word)1. Constituting number twelve in a sequence
(a) Twelth
(b) Twelfth
(c) Twelveth
(d) Twelvth
2. The number equivalent to the product of four and ten
(a) Fourty
(b) Forty
(c) Forte
(d) Fourtee
3. A set of rooms for one person’s or family’s use or for a particular purpose
(a) Suite
(b) Suits
(c) Soot
(d) Sweet
(a) Suite
(b) Suits
(c) Soot
(d) Sweet
4. The negative aspect of something
(a) Downslope
(b) Downshift
(c) Downside
(d) Download
5. Central area or main business area of a city
(a) Upmarket
(b) Downtown
(c) Township
(d) Cityscape
(For questions 6 to 10: each questions consists of a short conversation part of
which has been omitted. Choose the word or phrase that will
correctlycomplete the conversation)
6. Kochi is a large city………………………..?
(a) aren’t it
(b) doesn’t it
(c) won’t it
(d) isn’t it
7. Do you enjoy…………………………………..?
(a) swim
(b) to swim
(c) swimming
(d) to swimming
8. The meeting was held……………………….
(a) at Monday
(b) with Monday
(c) on Monday
(d) in Monday
9. You had better……………………………….smoking.
(a) quit
(b) to quit
(c) quitting
(d) to quitting
10. She was anxiously
(a) waiting you
(b) waited you
(c) waiting for you
(d) wait you
Part II : MATHEMATICS
(QUESTIONS 11 TO 15 are about the data given in the following table. The table shows percentage of marks obtained by sid students in different subjects. The figure in bracket indicates the maximum mark assigned for the subject.)
(a) 422
(b) 380
(c) 400
(d) None of these
12. What are the average marks obtained by the six students in History?
(a) 70
(b) 84
(c) 60
(d) None of these
13. Performance of whom in the three languages together is the best?
(a) Peter
(b) Tom
(c) Rajan
(d) None of these
14. How many students scored 120 marks in Maths?
(a) None
(b) Two
(c) One
(d) Three
15. How many students scored 60 marks or less in Science?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) None
(For questions 16 to 20 use the data in the table given below)
16. Which of the following diets would supply he most grams of protein?
(a) 100 grams of Y
(b) 400 grams of X
(C) 300 grams of Z
(d) 100 grams of Y and 200 grams of Z
17. Which of the following diets costs the least?
(a) 400 grams of Z
(b) 500 grams of Y
(c) 600 grams of X
(d) 200 grams of Z and 200 grams of Y
18. How many grams of proteins are there in 500 grams Y?
(a) 100 gram
(b) 150 gram
(c) 50 gram
(d) None of these
19. For a diet of 50 grams of protein and least grams of fat which of the following combination is the most suitable?
(a) 100 grams of Y and 200 grams of X
(b) 100 grams of Y and 100 grams of Z
(c) 100 grams of X and 200 grams of Z
(d) 300 grams of X and 100 grams of Z
20. Which of the following diets is the richest in carbohydrates?
(a) 200 grams of X
(b) 300 grams of Z
(c) 200 grams of Y
(d) 400 grams of Z
PART III : GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
21. Who is the head of a postal region in India?(a) Director General Posts
(b) Chief of Postmaster General
(c) Postmaster General
(d) Superintendent of Post Offices
22. Which of the following is not true of postal services in India?
(a) At the time of independence the number of Post Offices were less than 24000
(b) PIN Code was introduced in 1948
(c) India Post has a tie-up which the Western Union
(d) India Post uses VSAT netwok for money order transmission.
23. Which player won the newcomer of the year award in 2005 on the WTA tour?
(a) Tatina Golovir
(b) Sania Misza
(c) Nicole Vaidisova
(d) Maria Sharapova
24. Which film won the best film award in the Kerala State film awards declared on February 7th
2006?
(a) Tanmathra
(b) Achanurangatha Veedu
(c) Anantabhadram
(d) Adbuthadweep
25. Which of the following is not true of Kerala?
(a) Area is more than 38,000 sq.k.m.
(b) Population is more than three crores.
(c) Coastal line is about 400 k.m.
(d) Numbers of districts is 14.
26. Four crops are arranged below in descending order on the criterion ‘area under cultivation of Kerala’ Which of the following is the correct order?
(a) Rice, Tapioca, Cardamom, Ginger
(b) Rice, Cardamom, Tapioca, Ginger
(c) Tapioca, Rice, Cardamom, Ginger
(d) Tapioca, Rice, Ginger, Cardamom
27. Which of the following codes stands for Kochi International Airport?
(a) KOC
(b) COK
(c) ERN
(d) NED
28. Consumers increasingly by PET bottled, water. What does PET stand for in this sentence?
(a) Positron Emission Tomography
(b) Polyethylene terephathalate
(c) Plastic Ethmoid Tissue
(d) Convenient and favourite
29. Which of the following abbreviations is used to mean ‘please reply’
(a) PPS
(b) PTO
(c) RSVP
(d) PNR
30. Which of the following can be considered as a technological breakthrough, which led to the establishment of the Internet?
(a) MP3
(b) ARPANET
(C) CD-ROM
(d) COBOL
31. Which of the following denotes on-coming generation of computers with
Artificial Intelligence?
(a) Pentium II
(b) Linux
(c) iPod
(d) Fifth Generation Computers
32. What is the cause of Goitre?
(a) Vitamin deficiency
(b) Iron deficiency
(c) Iodine deficiency
(d) Bacterial infection
33. Which of the following is not a disease of the eye?
(a) Cataract
(b) Glaucoma
(c) Trachorma
(d) Arthiritis
34. Which of the following is true of Alzheimer’s disease?
(a) it results in impaired memory, thinking and behaviour
(b) Any malignant growth or tumour.
(c) An eye disease characterized by poor vision of nearby objects.
(d) A disease in infants causing speech deficiency.
35. Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
(a) Numismatics :: Coin
(b) Philately :: Stamp
(c) Deltiology :: Postcard
(d) Potamology :: Pottery
36. Which side of a coin bears the head or principal design?
(a) Obvert
(b) Reverse
(c) Planchet
(d) Obverse
37. In the following pairs of literary characters and authors one is wrongly
matched. Which is it?
(a) Harry Potter :: J.K.Rowling
(b) James Bond :: R.L.Stevenson
(c) Shylock :: Shakespear
(d) Dracula :: Bram Stoker
38. Who won the Gyanpith award for the first time and when was it?
(a) G Sankara Kurup in 1965
(b) G Sankara Kurup in 1971
(c) Tara Shankar Banerjee in 1965
(d) Tara Shankar Banerjee in 1971
39. Aardwark is one of the first words in English dictionary. What does it mean or what is it?
(a) a nocturnal mammal of South Africa
(b) a vulture of South America
(c) Name of an ancient civilization
(d) A devil in the mythology
40. What is silverfish?
(a) A silvery freshwater fish
(b) Leaf of silver oak
(c) A small silvery wingles insect
(d) An American fox with a silvery fur
PART IV : REASONING AND CLERICAL ABILITY
(For questions 41 to 45 : In each of these questions, four pairs of words are given. The two words in one of he pairs are related in some way, which is different from the relationship between the two words in each of the other three pairs. Your answer is the pair with a different relationship)41. (a)soldier-platoon
(b)employee-staff
(c)tree-stand
(d)car-tyres
42. (a)chair-furniture
(b)street-house
(c)cat-mammal
(d)pigeon-bird
43. (a)alar-wing
(b)otic-ear
(c)piscine-fish
(d)routine-road
44. (a)eye-light
(b)ear-sound
(c)mouth-food
(d)nose-smell
45. (a)doctor-patient
(b)postman-letter
(c)teacher-student
(d)trainer-trainee
(For Questions 46 to 50 : Select the related word to replace the question mark)
46. bananas : bunch :: cars: ?
(a) group
(b) fleet
(c) plenty
(d) wheels
47. kidney:nephrology :: ?:theology
(a) society
(b) theory
(c) religion
(d) horology
48. ? : egg :: stellate : star
(a) hen
(b) ovary
(c) oviform
(d) eggshell
49. wolf : mammal :: beetle : ?
(a) animal
(b) creature
(c) insect
(d) bird
50. grass : graminivorous : : ? : carnivorous
(a) firsh
(b) flesh
(c) insect
(d) food
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