ASSAM CIRCLE PA/SA EXAM COMPLETE KEY HELD ON 27/04/2014

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ASSAM CIRCLE PA/SA EXAM KEY

PART-A (G.K)

1. In which discipline United States holds maximum number of Nobel Prize awards?

Ans: D: Medicine-Physiology

2. September 28 is observed as

Ans: C : World Rabies Day

3. Who said these words?

When I wash a leper's wounds, I feel I am nursing the Lord himself. Touch a leaper, touch him with love

Ans: A: Mother Teresa

4. Junk e-mail is also called

Ans: D: Spam

5. Which one of the following cups/trophies is associated with football?

Ans: D: Santhosh Trophy

6. With whose permission did the English set up their first factory at Surat?

Ans:B: Jahangir

7. Which one of the following is the longest National Highway in India?

Ans: B: NH 7

8. Blue colour of the sky is consequence of

Ans: C: scattering

9. Which is the best-known bird sanctuary in Haryana?

Ans: A: Sultanpur

10. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has declared decade 2010-2020 as

 Ans. A: Decade of innovation

11. What is a function of a keyboard in a computer?

Ans: B:  Input

12. Which Indian film was nominated for an Oscar?

Ans: D: Lagaan

13. NavyDay is observed on

Ans: A: Dec 4

14. Who is the author of the book "Naked Triangle"?

Ans: C : Balwant Gargi

15. Which one of the following connects the different parts of a computer which is usually made up of wires?

Ans: C: Buses

16. With which game does Santhosh Trophy associated?

Ans: C: National Football

17. The introduction of token currency by Mohammed-bin-Tughlaq did not succeed because

Ans: C: Extensive counterfeiting of token currency

18. Which one of the following is the first National Park established in India?

Ans:  B: Corbett

19. One light year is approximately equal to:

Ans: A: 10^11 km

20. Fatehpur Sikri was once the capital of the Mughal Empire. This city was built by

Ans: A: Akbar

21. Which state gives Nandi Award?

Ans: D: Andhra Pradesh

22. Who is the author of the book "The Rights of Man"?

Ans: D: Thomas Paine

23. Which of the following term is used in game of Cricket?

Ans: C: LBW

24. Which one of the following was the first English newspaper in India in the 1780?

Ans: B: The Bengal Gazette

25. Rain water collected after 30 to 40 minutes of raining is not suitable for drinking because it

Ans:D: is acidic

PART-B (MATHEMATICS)

26. Calculate the third proportional to 15 and 30

Ans:  D: 60

27. Find the square root of 0.204*42/0.07*3.7

Ans: B: 6

28. Find the value of : 35/6 * 45/7 + 11/2 = ?

Ans: D: 43

29. Convert 9.467777... into a vulgar fraction /

Ans: A: 9 421/900

30. At what rate of annual simple interest, a certain sum will amount to four times in 15 year ?

Ans; C: 20%

31. What will be the present worth of rs. 169 due in two year at 4% pa compound interest ?

Ans: C :150.50

32. 50kg is what percent of 250 kg ?

Ans: C : 20%

33. Find the average of first 91 natural numbers

Ans: C: 46

34. A person buys a book for rs. 200 and sells it for rs. 225. What will be his gain percent ?

Ans: D: 12.5%

35. The present population of a city is 80,000. If the rate of growth is 5% per year, find the population after 3 years.

Ans: C : 92,610

36. Find the value of: 12% of 980- ? % 0f 450 = 30% of 227

Ans: C :11

37. The average weight of  A,B,C is 45kg. If the average weight of A and B is 40kg and that of B and C is 43kg, then the weight of B is ?

Ans; D: 31kg

38. A shopkeeper claims to sell his articles at a discount of 10% but marks his articles by increasing the cost of each by 40%. His gain percent is

Ans: A : 26%

39. An angle is 32 degree less than its supplement. The measure of the angle is

Ans:  B : 74

40. Find the difference of place and face value of 4 in 324372

Ans: A: 3996

41. 12 men can do a piece of work in 24 days. How many days are needed to complete the work if 8 men do this work.

Ans:  B: 36

42. A car covers  a distance of 690 km in 30 h. What is the avarage speed of the car ?

Ans: B: 23km/h

43. The unit digit in 7¹⁰⁵ is ?

Ans: B: 7

44. Find the value of : 416.08-107.19-9.9=?

Ans: C: 298.99

45. If 12 men or 18 women can do a piece of work in 14 days. How long will 8 men and 16 women take to finish the work ?

Ans: A: 9 days

46. If sohail walks for his home to office at 16km/h,he is late by 5 min. If he walks at 20km/h, he reaches 10 min before the office time. Find the distance of his office from his house.

Ans: B: 20km

47. In a class, the number of boys and girls is in the ratio of 4:5. If 10 more boys join the class, the ratio of numbers of boys and girls becomes 6:5. How many girls are there in the class?

Ans: C: 25

48. Find the value of : 1 + (1331/1000)^1/3=?

Ans: (A) 2 1/10

49. The highest score in an innings was 3/11 of the total and the next highest was 3/11 of the remainder. If the scores differed by 9,then the total score is:

Ans: C : 121

50. How much simple interest will rs.2000  earn in 18 month at 6% per annum?

Ans:  B : Rs.180

PART-C ( ENGLISH)

51. A few scholars left Karachi for abroad future tense

Ans: C:  A few scholars will leave Karachi for abroad

52. She wears simple clothes

Ans; C: She does not wear simple clothes

53. Antonym for PROFESSIONAL

Ans: C : Amateur

54. Antonym for DARKEN

Ans: A : Rejoice

55. Synonym for TERRIFIC

Ans: D : Terrible

56.Synonym for  EXOTIC

Ans: D : Unusual

57.Find the part of the sentence has an error

Ans: B : Within  hundred yards ( within a hundred yards)

58. Find the part of the sentence has an error

Ans: C:  to be in its seats ( its should be replaced with their)

59. Analogies for KANGAROO: JOEY ::

Ans: B: goose: gosling

60. Football : Sport::

Ans: B : Verse : literature

61. In the blues

Ans: C : melancholic and low spirited

62. The pros and cons

Ans: A: Good and evil

63. She is___ white woman

Ans:A: a

64. I have ___ headache

Ans: A: a

65. A hawker moves___ house to house to sell his goods

Ans: A: from

66. Error part

Ans: B : but never he asked ( but he never asked)

67.__ how much money the gangsters offered him, the judge refused to take a bribe

Ans: No matter

68. He is jealous ___ me

Ans: C : of

69. The publisher introduced me___ rajeevjee

Ans: B : to

70. Error part

Ans: A : She does not hardly

71. Error part

Ans:A:  He ran so fastly

72. Do you play cricket? Yes I__

Ans: B : do

73. When she was at School, she___up early

Ans: B : used to get

74. Identify the correct sentence

Ans: D

PART-D-(REASONING)

76.  Find the number of triangles in the given figure

Ans: D : 27

77. Which number is opposite to number 1?

Ans: A: 4

78. When 1 is at the top, which number will be at the bottom

Ans: D : 6

79. choose the correct mirror image

Ans: A

80. Alternative figure will complete will complete the given figure pattern

Ans:A

81. Alternative figure will complete will complete the given figure pattern

Ans: C

82. Showing the lady in the park, Vineet said___________

Ans: A : Brother

83. A woman introduces a man as the son of the brother of her mother____

Ans: C: cousin

84.Find out of the next two letters of the given series

Ans: A : RP

85. Which one of the answer figure shall complete the given problem figure

Ans: C:

86. Which one of the four answer figures___

Ans: A

87. Shan is 55 years old, Sathain is 5 years junior to Shan

Ans: A: 18 years

88. In the following question select the missing number

Ans: B : 512

89.3,975,864,753,642?

Ans: C: 531

90. ADE:CFG:: GJK:

Ans: A : ILM

91. How may 13 are there in the series which is ____

Ans:D

92. Arun walks northeast and after some distance___

Ans: A: South west

93. Rajiv is the brother of Atul.  Sonia___

Ans:B : Son

94. In a row of students Sohan is 9^th from___

Ans: C : 17

95.Choose the correct mirror image

Ans: B:

96.  Which one of the four answer figures on the right ___

Ans: B

97.CMM,EOO, Gqq,__,KUU

Ans: C : ISS

99. Which of the following word ___

Ans: D: Globe

100. If S is the brother of N___

Ans: B : S

-Akula. Praveen Kumar, Sub Postmaster, Papannapet SO-502303 

(Medak Division Mob no. 9849636361), Telangana State