UKPSC Lower PCS Pre Exam – 10 Nov 2016 (Official Answer Key)

PART – II (GENERAL APTITUDE TEST)

101. Eight children take part in a tournament. Each one has to play every other one. How many games must they play ?
(a) 56
(b) 28
(c) 80
(d) 112

102. A hall had 500 seats initially. After reconstruction, the total number of seats became 10% less, the number of rows were reduced by 5, but the number of seats in each row was increased by 5. How many rows and how many seats in a row were there initially in the hall ?
(a) 20 rows, 25 seats
(b) 50 rows, 10 seats
(c) 10 rows, 50 seats
(d) None of these

103. The difference of 10²⁵ – 7 and 10²⁴ + x is divisible by 3 for x = ?
(a) 7
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 2

104. The sum of first 23 odd numbers will be
(a) 276
(b) 529
(c) 1081
(d) None of these

105. A group of 1200 persons consisting of captains and soldiers is travelling in a train. For every 15 soldiers there is one captain. The number of captains in the group is
(a) 70
(b) 80
(c) 75
(d) 85

106. Two ladies and two men are playing cards and are seated at North, East, South and West of a table. No lady is facing East, persons sitting opposite to each other are not the same sex. One man is facing South, which directions are the ladies facing ?
(a) East and West
(b) South and East
(c) North and West
(d) North and East

107. A, B, C, D, E & F are six members of a family. One couple has parents and their children in the family. A is the son of C and E is the daughter of A. D is the daughter of F who is mother of E. Who are the male members in the family ?
(a) A and C
(b) A and D
(c) A and B
(d) Cannot be determined

108. Which number will replace (?) in the following sequence ?
4, 23, 60, 121, ?
(a) 212
(b) 242
(c) 221
(d) 241

109. Rahul says “If Vijay gives me ₹ 40, he will have half as much as Atul, but if Atul gives me ₹ 40, then the three of us will have the same amount.” What is the total amount of money that Rahul, Vijay and Atul have ?
(a) ₹ 240
(b) ₹ 280
(c) ₹ 360
(d) ₹ 420

110. A rope by which a cow is tethered is increased from 12 m to 23 m. How much additional ground has it to graze over ?
(a) 363.17 m²
(b) 385 m²
(c) 1210 m²
(d) 1650 m²

111. Mohini went to the movie nine days ago. She goes to the movies only on Wednesday, what day of the week is today ?
(a) Tuesday
(b) Friday
(c) Saturday
(d) Monday

112. How many triangles are there in the following figure ?

(a) 9
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) None of these

113. 10% of 10% of 50% of 1000 is
(a) 5
(b) 10
(c) 50
(d) 100

114. If the integers 1 to 50 are multiplied, then total number of ‘zeroes’ in the product will be
(a) 5
(b) 50
(c) 10
(d) 12

115. The diameter of a cycle wheel is 28 cm. How many revolutions will it make in moving 13.2 km ?
(a) 13000
(b) 15000
(c) 17000
(d) 19000

116. In a group of equal number of cows and herdsman, the number of legs was 28 less than four times the number of heads. The number of herdsman was
(a) 14
(b) 28
(c) 17
(d) 15

117. Two numbers are in the ratio of 3:5. If nine is subtracted from the numbers the ratio becomes 12:23. The numbers are
(a) 30, 50
(b) 42, 70
(c) 36, 60
(d) 33, 55

118. At present Soni is 4 times older than her son and is 3 years older than her husband. After 3 years the age of her son will be 15 years. The age of Soni’s husband after 5 years will be
(a) 48
(b) 45
(c) 50
(d) 42

119. Based on the statements given below, find out who is the uncle of ‘P’.
I. K is the brother of J.
II. M is the sister of K.
III. P is the brother of N.
IV. N is the daughter of J.
(a) K
(b) J
(c) N
(d) Cannot be determined

120. Which number is wrong in the following series ?
42, 110, 132, 210, 440, 506
(a) 42
(b) 132
(c) 440
(d) 506