Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Kerala PSC LD Clerk (Ernakulam) -1998 Paper



Questions 1 – 5 : In each of the following items the first two words have some relationship. Find out the word from the 4 alternatives given, which has the same relationship with the third word.

1. Fire : Heat : : Flower : ?

A. Plant            B. Petals C. Colour D. Fragrance            E. None of these

Ans : Fragrance  

2. Hut : Mansion : :  ?  :  Elephent

A. Bungalow            B. Small  C. Rabbit   D. Lion     E. None of these

Ans :  Rabbit

3. Eye :  Sight  : : Tongue :  ?
A. Mouth            B. Speech            C. Blind   D. Dumb  E. None of these

Ans : Speech  

4. Bird  :  Feather : : Fish : ?

A. Scale            B. Tail             C. Beak   D. Wing   E. None of these

Ans : Scale

5. Ruling : King : :  Learning  :  ?

A. Book            B. School            C. Scholar            D. Teacher            E. None of these

Ans : Scholar

Questions 6 – 10 : A set of words or letters or numbers is given in each of the questions. One of them in each set does not belong to the set

6. A. May            B. June    C. July             D. August            E. October

Ans : Except June, all others have 31 days.

7. A. Camera            B. Film     C. Shot    D. Painting            E. Photograph

Ans : Painting ; Except painting all others are connected with photography.

8. A. B                        B. C                C. D                D. E                E. F

Ans : E is the only Vowel

9. A. 1             B. 8                 C. 4                 D. 16               E. 10

Ans : Except 1 all others are even numbers.

10. A. Animal B. Tiger            C. Insect  D. Bird     E. Worm

Ans : Tiger  

Questions 11 – 15 : Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
  
11. Which number should come in the blank space to complete the series?
2, 6, 12, 36, 72, ____

A. 216             B. 214             C. 146                        D. 144                        E. None of these

Ans : 216;  the series follows the rule x3, x2, x3, x2,…….

Ans :
12. If 1394 = ACID, then 4516 = ?
A. DEAD            B. DEAL C. DEAN D. DEAF E. None of these

Ans : DEAF 

13. Which letter should come in the blank space to complete series?
ADGJMPS

A. T                 B. U                 C. V                D. W               E. None of these

Ans : V                    

14. If GAMES is spelt as HBNFT, what will be the spelling of SPORTS?

A. RONQSR            B. TQPSUT            C. RQNOSR            D. TOQSUT            E. None
of these

Ans : TQPSUT

15. The salaries of Suma and Rema together amount of Rs 2,000. Suma spends 95% of her salary and Rema 85 % of hers. If now their savings are the same what is Rema’s salary?

A. Rs 500            B. Rs 750     C. Rs 1,250  D. Rs 1,000  E. None of these

Ans : 500;
 Let Suma’s salary be Rx. Then 5% of x = 15 % of(2000 - x)ie,
5x = 15 (2000 - x)___ > x = Rs. 1500.
Rama’s salary= 2000 – 1500 = Rs. 500




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