Saturday, August 10, 2013

PREVIOUS YEAR POSTAL ASSISTANT / SORTING ASSISTANT QUESTION WITH SOME MODEL QUESTIONS

(Exam Held On 25-7-2010)

1. Jatak stories are written in ancient …… language.
(A) Sanskrit
(B) Brahmi
(C) Greek
(D) Pali
Ans : (D)

2. Who among the following is the Head of Indian Republic ?
(A) Prime Minister
(B) President
(C) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(D) Vice-President
Ans : (B)

3. On which of the following dates was the Indian Constitution approved by the Constituent Assembly ?
(A) November 26, 1949
(B) January 26, 1950
(C) August 15, 1947
(D) January 30, 1948
Ans : (A)

4. Which countries take part in Commonwealth games ?
(A) All the countries of the world
(B) The countries which had been under British rule
(C) Countries of Asian-Pacific region
(D) Developing nations
Ans : (B)

5. Vishwanathan Anand is associated with which of the following games ?
(A) Snooker
(B) Billiards
(C) Chess
(D) Ice-Hockey
Ans : (C)


6. What is the full form of ‘http’ ?
(A) Hypo Test Transfer Protocol
(B) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
(C) Hyper Test Transfer Proxy
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)

7. The following generates and spreads polio—
(A) Parasite
(B) Bacteria
(C) Virus
(D) Protozoa
Ans : (C)

8. Naphthoquinone is the chemical name of which of the following ?
(A) Vitamin A
(B) Vitamin C
(C) Vitamin K
(D) Vitamin D
Ans : (C)

9. Who is honoured as the best Member of Parliament of 2009 ?
(A) Hema Malini
(B) Jaipal Reddy
(C) M. M. Joshi
(D) Manmohan Singh
Ans : (C)

10. According to some archaeologists, the structure of Lothal indicates to be which of the following ?
(A) Fort
(B) Dockyard
(C) Public building
(D) Great tank
Ans : (B)

11. Consultants of liquefied petroleum gas are—
(A) Butane and Propane
(B) Ethane and Hexane
(C) Ethane and Nonane
(D) Butane and Nonane
Ans : (A)

12. What is the name of the hobby of collecting postal stamps ?
(A) Philanthrophy
(B) Numismatics
(C) Philately
(D) Philology
Ans : (C)

13. Symbolic sign of rupees is the combination of Roman and …… scripts.
(A) Devnagari
(B) Tamil
(C) Telugu
(D) Gurumukhi
Ans : (A)

14. Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 2009 ?
(A) Barack Obama
(B) Bil Clinton
(C) Mekhyl Gorbachev
(D) Nicolus Sarkozy
Ans : (A)

15. ‘Rajtarangini’ is considered as an authentic book on history of India. The author of this book was—
(A) Banbhatta
(B) Ravikirti
(C) Pushpadanta
(D) Kalhan
Ans : (D)

16. Twitter, facebook and orkut are the examples of …… websites.
(A) E-mail
(B) Social networking
(C) Search engine
(D) Internet telephony
Ans : (B)

17. H1N1 virus causes which of the following diseases ?
(A) Swine flue
(B) Chikungunia
(C) Dengue
(D) Avian flue
Ans : (A)

18. Biological pigment, that gives colour to human skin, is called—
(A) Protein
(B) Melanin
(C) Vitamin
(D) Toxin
Ans : (B)

19. Which of the following dances belongs originally to Kerala ?
(A) Odissi
(B) Kathak
(C) Kuchipudi
(D) Kathkali
Ans : (D)

20. Nathu-La is located in Himalayas. What does ‘La’ mean ?
(A) Glacier
(B) Pass
(C) Hillock
(D) Crevasse
Ans : (B)

21. My school is situated in east side of my home. My father’s office is located in south-west side of my school. There is a park in south side of my school. My house is located in which side of the park ?
(A) East
(B) North-west
(C) South-east
(D) South
Ans : (B)

22. Which of the following is an odd one ?
(A) Calf
(B) Colt
(C) Cat
(D) Puppy
Ans : (C)

23. Father’s age is five times to that of the son. After 20 years, the father is of 40 years. Then what would be the age of the son ?
(A) 20
(B) 22
(C) 21
(D) 24
Ans : (D)

24. An examine had to score 40% to pass in question paper-I, but he scored only 40 marks and failed by 20 marks. What had been the maximum marks for question paper-I ?
(A) 100
(B) 200
(C) 150
(D) 180
Ans : (C)

25. Six times of an unknown number is 13 less than 55. That unknown number would be—
(A) 10
(B) 7
(C) 11
(D) 5
Ans : (B)

26. A shopkeeper of sports goods bought 2000 hockey sticks. The cost price of each stick is Rs. 350. 10% of the sticks were faulty and not worth-selling. To gain 8% profit, at what price should, each of the rest sticks, be sold ?
(A) 360
(B) 400
(C) 420
(D) 450
Ans : (C)

27. Population of a colony of ants is increasing by 20% per day. If the population on Monday was 3000, on which day of that week the population would be 5184 ?
(A) Wednesday
(B) Tuesday
(C) Thursday
(D) Friday
Ans : (C)

28. Three racers, Ajay, Bharat and Charan, took part in a race, Ajay completed his race, 20 metres ahead of Bharat and 34 metres ahead of Charan, while Bharat completed his race 21 metres ahead of Charan. While running, no racer could change his speed. What was the distance of race ?
(A) 40 metre
(B) 50 metre
(C) 60 metre
(D) 70 metre
Ans : (C)

29. 20 persons assemble 8 machines in a day. How many persons will be required to assemble 12 machines in a day ?
(A) 40
(B) 20
(C) 30
(D) 42
Ans : (C)

30. Length and circumference o f a football ground are 120 metres and 400 metres, respectively. What will be its area ?
(A) 6500 sq metre
(B) 9600 sq metre
(C) 6800 sq metre
(D) 4800 sq metre
Ans : (B)

31. At the close of a night feast, all the 8 participants shook hands with each other. How many times did the shake hand took place ?
(A) 8
(B) 16
(C) 28
(D) 64
Ans : (C)

32. Out of given options, choose the correct one—
BDFH, CBID, DZLZ, EXOV, ……
(A) FVRS
(B) FVQR
(C) FVRR
(D) FVSR
Ans : (C)

33. Fill up the blank—
8, 40, 20, 100, 50, ……, 125
(A) 225
(B) 250
(C) 200
(D) 150
Ans : (B)

34. If the digits of the number 86435192 are written in ascending order, what would be the difference between the second digit from right and fourth digit from left of the new number ?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 4
(D) 3
Ans : (C)

35. Out of these four numbers, three have similar characteristic and fall under a group. Choose this fourth odd number which is not a member of this group—
(A) 145
(B) 325
(C) 257
(D) 399
Ans : (D)

36. In a code language SECTOR is written as CESROT. How will OPPOSITION be written in the same code language ?
(A) SOPPONOITI
(B) NOITISOPPO
(C) SOPOPNOITI
(D) SOPPONOTIT
Ans : (A)

37. If it was Friday on June 30, 1989, what was the day on September 17, 1993 ?
(A) Wednesday
(B) Thursday
(C) Friday
(D) Saturday
Ans : (B)

38. Complete the series—
18, 27, 6, 9, 2, 3, ?
(A) 1
(B) 2/3
(C) 1/3
(D) 1/2
Ans : (B)

39. A train of 350 metres long is running at a speed of 32 km/hr. A man from the opposite direction is coming at a speed of 3 km/hr. How long will the train take to cross this man ?
(A) 28 sec
(B) 24 sec
(C) 36 sec
(D) 32 sec
Ans : (C)

40. 0•45 / 0•005 + 0•2 × 50 = ?
(A) 10
(B) 90
(C) 100
(D) 90•1
Ans : (C)

41. “A speech delivered without any previous preparation” can be expressed in one word only out of the following—
(A) Extempore
(B) Maiden
(C) Spinster
(D) Empiric
Ans : (A)

42. The garden is very dry today. Fetch me a …… of water.
(A) pale
(B) pail
(C) pile
(D) pill
Ans : (B)

43. Please, may I have……oranges ?
(A) a few
(B) some
(C) little
(D) less
Ans : (B)

44. Delhi is …… than Nagpur.
(A) more bigger
(B) so bigger
(C) very bigger
(D) much bigger
Ans : (D)

45. Use proper conjunction in the sentence given below—
“Give me……poverty……riches.”
(A) is/was
(B) nor/neither
(C) neither/nor
(D) here/there
Ans : (C)

46. We need to……our appointment.
(A) reconnect
(B) reschedule
(C) reorganize
(D) regret
Ans : (B)

47. SCEPTICAL is exactly opposite to—
(A) Convinced
(B) Doubtful
(C) Questioning
(D) Cynic
Ans : (A)

48. Choose the wrongly spelt word—
(A) Relevent
(B) Poignant
(C) Prevalent
(D) Malignant
Ans : (A)

49. A person who hates the institution of marriage—
(A) Misologist
(B) Misogamist
(C) Misogynist
(D) Philogynist
Ans : (C)

50. We have been friends for ages. I …… her since we were children.
(A) am knowing
(B) are known
(C) have known
(D) is known
Ans : (C)

MODEL QUESTION

Q1   The  First Indian  to receive  Magsayasay  Award
Vinoba Bhave
Q2  Where was India’s  first steel plant set up?
Jamshedpur 
Q3 Second Largest Human Organ
Liver
Q4 A  Person one hundred years old or older
Centenarian
Q5  The lady  who quit  IAS and later won the Magsayasay Award
Aruna Roy 
Q6  The 13th century Italian explorer who came to India
Marco Polo
Q7   “ Speed Post   “ by Shobha De discusses (Philately/P&T Department/Speed Post /None  of  these)
None of these
Q8  The number of articles in Indian  Constitution
395
Q9 The first Asian woman to swim the English Channel
Arati  Saha
Q10  Human face  has ----------- bones
14
Q11 The first Indian  state  to come  under President’s Rule
Punjab
Q12  India  has issued  a postage stamp of Rs 45 in honour of  ------------------
Mother Terasa
Q13   Gandhiji  was born in 1869 at Porbandar
In 1869 at Porbandar
Q14  The oldest football  club in India 
Mohan  Began
Q15 Which country  built the first nuclear power station
Russia
Q16   The first woman Chief  Election  Commissioner  of India
V S Ramadevi
Q17  TTOEFL,TWE and TSEL are examinations  to  test  proficiency  in 
English
Q18  An Indian won  the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998  Name him
Amartya sen
Q19  The highest denomination of the Indian Postage stamp
Rs 50
Q20   India’s first deputy  Prime  Minister
Vallabhabhai  Patel
Q21   What does millennium mean
A Thousand years
Q22  Who painted  “ The last supper “
 Leonardo da  Vinci
Q23  Name the National Flower of India
Lotus 
Q24 What is  the average heart beat in  a human body  per minute
72
Q25 What is  the  study  of  drugs  called
Pharmacology
Q26  What is a calorie
 A calorie is  the amount of  energy  needed to  raise the  temperature of one gram ofg water  by  one degree  Celsius
Q27   What is ECG ?
Electro Cardio Graph
Q28  Which  atom has  only  one electron 
Hydrogen
Q29  ISDN stands for 
Integrated  Services Digital Networks
Q30   ASCII  stands for
American standard Code for information   Interchange
Q31  what do  “a.m” and  p.m stand for 
a.m   means ante meridiem  or before noon
p.m means Post  meridiem  or afternoon
1.First empire to define and demarcate civil and criminal law
 Gupta Empire
2. First Court ( of judicature) was established in Calcutta on
August , 1672
3. The First Law Commission was constituted in ----------------  under ------------------
1834 under the Charter Act
4. First I.P.C  and CRPC was introduced in Bengal
 In 1862 by John Beames.
5. The First Federal Court established in
 1937
6. Supreme Court was established on March 26, 1774 in Calcutta as a
Result of Regulating Act of 1773.
7. Oldest High Court
Calcutta High Court (1862)
8. First Indian High Court Judge –
Shambhunath Pandit.
.9  Youngest Judge –
 Prasanta Behari Mukherjee at the age of 38.
10. High Court with most judges –
 Allahabad High Court (60 Judges)
11. First Woman Chief Justice (High Court) –
Justice Leila Seth (Delhi)
12. First Indian President of International Court of Justice-
 Dr. NagendraSingh (First Indian recipient of World Justice Award)
13. First Chief Justice of Independent India –
Justice Harilal J. Kania.
14. First Woman judge of Supreme Court-
Meera Sahib Fatima Beevi.
15. First woman judicial officer
 -Anna Chandy
16  first Federal Court chief justice.
Sir. Maurice Gwyer
17. First woman advocate –
Cornelia Sorabji
.
18. “Green Bench” decides on environmental issues.
(set up by the Calcutta Court)
19. Largest prison
 Tihar Jail

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