Weekend Test 3: Based on SSC Pattern

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE & REASONING
1. How many independent meaningful words can 'BEARING' be divided into without changing the order of the letters and using each letter only once?
[A] Two
[B] Three
[C] Four
[D] Five or more


2. In certain code the word PANIC is written as KZMRX, then the word OPERATION will be written as
[A] NKVIZGRNM
[B] LKVIZGRLM
[C] NKWIZGRLM
[D] LKVGZHRLM

3. In the following question letters and numbers are in accordance with a pattern. Discover the pattern and pick the correct answer from the answer choices.
Z _ 25 Y B 23 X C _ W _ 19 _ E 17
[A] X 30 F W
[B] A 21 D V
[C] A 27 C V
[D] V 21 D A

GENERAL AWARENESS
4. Who was the first Woman President of Indian National Congress?
[A] Sarojini Naidu
[B] Sucheta Kripalini
[C] Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
[D] Annie Basant

5. Different computers are connected to a LAN by a cable and a
[A] modem
[B] interface card
[C] special wires
[D] telephone lines

6. The sweetmeat is referred to
[A] Camel meat
[B] Goat meat
[C] Feta Cheese
[D] Petha of Agra

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
7. A fan is listed at Rs 150 with a discount of 20%. What additional discount must be offered to the customer to bring the net price to Rs 108?
[A] 10%
[B] 12%
[C] 8%
[D] 20%

8. Let the sides of a triangle be represented by x + 3, 2x - 3 and 3x + 5. If the perimeter of the triangle is 25, then the length of the shortest side is:
[A] 7
[B] 6
[C] 8
[D] 4

9. A group of students planned to complete a construction work in 60 days. Out of them 5 students could not come and the work was completed in 80 days. The total number of students in the beginning is 
[A] 25
[B] 35
[C] 20
[D] 15

ENGLISH
Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (A), (B), (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (D)
10. Matthew is addicted to gamble
[A] is addicted for gamble
[B] is addicted to gambling
[C] is addicted on gamble
[D] No improvement

11. You should be thanking that you have escaped with minor injuries.
[A] thankful
[B] happy
[C] joyful
[D] No improvement

12. This book have much interesting pictures and stories.
[A] has many interesting
[B] have many interested
[C] has much interesting
[D] No improvement

Answers with explanation:
1. C : Be, Bear, Ear and Ring are the words formed.
2. B : Opposite alphabetic order is followed. e.g A corresponds to Z.
3. B : Nos are decreasing in odd no. pattern, alphabets correspond to the opposite alphabet.
4. D : She presided over 1917 Calcutta Session of INC.
5. B
6. D
7. A : Use formula, SP = (100-D%) of LP; SP = (100-20) of 150 = Rs 120. Now to reduce the price to 108, Rs 12 discount is to be given, which is 12% in terms of percentage.
8. A : Perimeter = Sum of all sides of triangle. Find the value of x.
9. C : Use formula Men(1) X Days(1) = Men(2) X Days(2); x X 60 = (x-5) X 80 
10. B
11. A
12. A

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