Recruitment in department of Post PA/SA Examination 2014 Question and Aswer

POSTAL ASSISTANT and SORTING ASSISTANT Examination 2014 Question and Answer:
PART- A (General Knowledge)
1. The highest wheat-producing State in India is – B) Punjab/D) Uttar Pradesh
2.  Who among the following was the first Indian to receive the Magsaysay Award?- A) Vinoba Bhave
3. Indian first took part in the Summer Olympic Games in the year:- A) 1920
4. When does World Health Organization organize “World Aids Day”?- A) 1st December
5. Which of the following year is celebrated as International Year of the Shark?- C) 2009
6. Indian National Congress was founded by – C) Allan Octavian Hume
7. An electric switch is always connected to the – C) line wire
8. Army Day is celebrated on --- in India in recognition of Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa’s taking over as the first Commander –in-Chief of the Indian Army from Sir Frncis Butcher in 1948.- C) January 15 th
9.  Ranji Trophy is associated with:- C) Cricket
10. Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration was accorded by which of the political parties?- A) Indian National Congress
11. The East Central Railway Zone headquarters is located at- B) Hajipur
12. The ozone layer in the atmosphere is at  a height of about- B) 50 Km
13. When is world Environment Day, recognized by UN?- D) June  5 th
14.  How may squares are there ina chess Board?- C) 64
15. Whoose death is unknown in 1857 Revolt?- B) Nana Saheb
16. The first lady of the Indian screen to had been nominated to the Rajya Sabha is – A) Nargis
17. The most powerful computer is- A) Super computer
18. An ecosystem is a/an- B) System of organisms and their environment
19. The celebrated novel ‘The Godfather’ was authored by- C) Mario Puzo
20. Which Sikh Guru was given land by Akbar for construction of Harmandir Sahib (Golden temple)?- B) Guru Amardas
21. Which country won the one day cricket world cup in 2011?- D) India
22. One cannot see through fog because- C) light suffers total reflection at the droplets in fog
23. The headquarters of the International Court of Justice is at -  B) The Hague
24. Which of the following disease occurs due to the bacterial infections?- C) Leprosy
25. Which one of the following peripherals cannot serve as both input and output devices?- C) Scanner
PART-B (Numerical)
26. Find the value of : 6/50=v?/200 – B) 576
27. A car covers a distance from town A to town B at the speed of 58 km/h and covers the distance from town B to town A at the speed of 52 km/h. What is the approximate average speed of the car?- A) 55 km/h
28. Find the value of- v1089 + v289= v?- C) 2500
29. Find the value of – 469157 x 9999=?- C) 4691100843
30. If a/3=b/8, then (a+3) : (b+8)=?- A) 3:8
31. If 5 boys take 7 hours to peck 35  toys, how many boys can pack 65 toys in 3 hours?- D) None of these
32. How is ¾ expressed as percentage ?- D) 75%
33. Harsha makes a fixed deposit of Rs. 20000 in Bank of India for a period of 3 years. If the rate o interest be 13% SI per annum charged half yearly, what amount will he get after 42 months?- C) Rs. 29100
34. In a triangle ABC, if 2<A=3<b=6<C then <b=?- C) 60 Degree
35. Find HCF of 5/6,15/8 and 24/32 – D) None of these
36. The difference between the simple interest received from two different sources on Rs. 15000 for 3 years is Rs. 13.50. The difference between their rates of interest is :- C) 0.3%
37. Solve: (238+131)2 + (238-131)2 / 238x238 + 131x131= ?- B) 2
38. A man sells his typewriter at 5% loss. If he sells it for Rs. 80 more, he gain 5%. The cost price of typewriter is- D) Rs. 800
39. Average of 5 numbers is 5. If every number is multiplied by 2, find the new average.- C) 100
40. A man bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many toffees for rupee must he sell to gain 50%?- C) 4
41. The simple interest on a certain sum for 2 years is Rs. 120 and compound interest is Rs. 129. Find the rate of Interest – B) 15%
42. There are 1240 employees in an organization out of which 25% are promoted. How many such employees are there who got promotion?- C) 310
43. What will be the difference between compound and simple interest on Rs. 11,000 for 2 years at 6% p.a?- A) Rs. 39.60
44. Find the value of : 0.87x0.87x0.87+0.13x0.13x0.13/0.87x0.87-0.87x0.13+0.13x0.13 =? -- D) 1
45. If a;b=3:4 and b:c=8:9, then a:c=? – D) 2:3
46. A man covers half of his journey at 6 km/hr and the remaining half at 3 km/hr. His aveage speed is : B) 4 km/hr
47. Find the value of -  {1/2 + 1/6 + 1/12 + 1/20 + 1/30 +….+ 1/n(n+1)} – C) n/n+1
48. Find the average of first ten prime numbers. – D) 13.8
49. Find the value of : 5940 ÷ 30 ÷ 6=? – B) 33
50. A can do a piece of work in 20 days which  B can do in 12 days. B worked at it for 9 days. A can finish the remaining work in – B) 5 days.
PART- C (English)
51.  Fill in the blanks with appropriate conjunction: I go to Maxico every year so I ……. Spanish. – A) used to speak
52. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If there is no mistake, the answer is  (D).
He was honorably (A)/acquitted from (B)(Ans.)/ the charge (C)/ No error (D)
53. On the basis of the given sentence pick out the correct sentence converted in Interrogative from the given options: The moon is shining in the sky – B) Is the moon shining in the sky?
54. Choose the most suitable preposition: We must conform …. the rules of the game. – D) to
55. On the basis of the given sentence pick out the correct sentence converted in Past Tense from the given options: - He has two pens. – D) He had two pens
56. Find the synonym of : AMBITION – B) Desire or D) Goal
57.  Choose the option that describes the meaning  of the following idioms and phrases: To draw the line: C) to set limits
58. Find the synonym of : ADMIT –  D) Commit
59. Fill in the blank with the given option: - Are you going to ….. market? -  C) the
60. Antonym for : IGNORE -  A) acknowledge
61. In the following question indentify the correct sentence/s-
I) Those not under the confluence with the mask are much more concerned with the thing at hand.
II) They see no reason of building castles in the air and certainly no reason to go live in them.
III) They will not dare to dream and will like things to be as they appear or seem to appear.
IV)  They do not question and certainly do not venture to know more than what is let known to them by their predecessors. --- B) I, III and IV
62. In the following question identify the correct sentence/s:
I) The weather can’t be predictable.
II) Poisonous snakes can be easily indentified.
III) He thinks so much about his career that he has no time for their family.
IV) The new windscreen designs are supposed to be in the process of being destructible by vandals.--- C) II only
63. Fill in the blank with appropriate given option: -  The Ganga is …. holy River. – A) a
64.  Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If there is no mistake, the answer is (D).-
None could (A)(Ans). / dare to encroach (B)/on his rights.(C)/ No error(D)
65. Analogies for : FEATHER:BIRD :: - D) Hump : camel.
66. Find the synonym of : CONTROL – C) Regulate
67. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If there is no mistake, the answer is (D).-
The blinds (A) / Deserve (B) / our sympathy. (C) / No error (D)(Ans.)
68. Analogies for : WHEEL : SPOKE :: - C) ladder : rung
69. Choose the most suitable preposition: A father is blind …. the faults of his son. – A) of
70.  Fill in the blanks with appropriate conjunction: Melanie …. at the moment. – B) is eating
71. Find out the error part of the following sentence: The villagers fled away their houses (A)(Ans.)  / when they saw ( B ) /  the flood water rising (C)./ No error (D)
72.  Antonym for : COLOURED – C) ashen
73.  Choose the suitable option that describes the meaning of the words or phrases printed in italics in the following sentences: They sold the following house because it was a real white elephant: - A) an expensive one
74. Antonym for : DARK- A) illuminated
75. Find out the error part of the following sentence: Whatever work (A) / that which you undertake (B) / put your best (C) / efforts in it. (D)(Ans.)
PART-D (Reasoning)
76. Find out the missing number in the following : - 

C) 123  [36/2=18, 112/2=56, 246/2=123]
77.  In the following question, select the correct option of the question asked. Which symbol will appear in place of “?” ? –  

D) Δ
78. Choose the correct mirror image from the alternatives (A), (B), (C) and (D) of the figure given.  –

 (A)
79. Choose the correct mirror image from the alternatives (A), (B), (C) and (D) of the figure given.  –

(C)
80. In the following question, select the correct option of the question asked. Which number will come opposite to number 2 ? –

D) 3
81. How many 0’s are there in the following number series which are not immediately followed by 3 but immediately preceded by 2 ? –72034042042070380203042047 - D) Three
82. Find out the missing number in the following: -  

A) 28
83. In the following question four words are given, out of which three same in one way or the other and the forth one is different from the other three. Select the odd one – D) Reader
84. In the following question one term in the number serie is wrong. Find out the wrong term. – C) 3625
85. In the following question, which one of the alternative figures will complete the given figure pattern?-

 B)
86. A man said to woman ,”Your mother’s husband’s sister is my aunt” How is the woman related to the man? – C) Sister
87. Jayesh is as much younger to Anil as he is older to Prashant. If the sum of the ages of Anil and Prashant be 48 years, what is the age of Jayesh? – B) 24 years
88. Arrange the words I a meaningful logical order and then select the appropriate sequence from the alternatives provided below:- 1. Curd 2. Grass  3. Butter  4. Milk  5. Cow – D) 2,5,4,3,1
89. In a certain code, GIGANTIC is written as GIGTANCI. How is MIRACLES written in that code?- B) MIRACSE
90. If BROWN is coded as ZPMUL, then VIOLET will be coded as – A) TGMJCR
91. In the following question four words are given, out of which three are same in one way or the other and the forth one is different from the other three. Select the odd one .- D) Cake
92. In the following question three out of four alternatives contain letters of the alphabet placed in a particular form. Find the one that does not belong to the group.- B) QPM
93. A watch reads 4.30. if the minutes hand points East, in what direction will the hour hand point?- B) North – East
94.  In the following question, which one of the four Answer Figures on the right should come after the Problem Figure on the left, if the sequence is to continue?-  

D)
95. In the following question one number is missing in the series. You have to understand the pattern of the series and then insert the missing number:- B) 131
96. Arrange the words in a meaningful logical order and then select the appropriate sequence from the alternatives provided below: 1. Poverty 2. Population 3. Death 4. Unemployment 5. Disease.-  B) 2,4,1,5,3
97. In the following question, which one of the four Answer Figures on right should come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence is to continue?-  

A)
98. At the end of a business conference, ten people present shake hands with each other once. How many handshakes will be there all together?- B) 45
99. In the following question, which one of the alternative figures will complete the given figure pattern?-

 B)
100. Rahim started from point X and walked straight 5 km West, Then turned left and walked straight 2 km and again turned left and walked straight 7 km. In which direction is he from the point X?- C) South-East