Model Question Paper - STS 1002

Winter Semester 2017-18

(50 questions)

1) Identify the odd term in the following set of numbers: 56, 72, 90, 110, 132, 150.

a) 90 b) 132 c) 150 d) 56

2) Find the missing term in the given series: A, CD, GHI, ?, UVWXY.

a) LMNO b) MNOQ c) NOPQ d) MNOP

3) In a certain code STUDENT is written as TUTDNES. How will SOURCES be written in that
code?

a) SOURCES b) SUORECS c) SRUOCES d) SOURSEC

4) Find the next number in the series: 98, 72, 14, ?.

a) 4 b) 21 c) 5 d) 3

5) Find the tense of the sentence:

Shakespeare has written dramas appealing to all people of all ages.

a) Past perfect b) Present perfect c) Simple present d) Present continuous

6) Fill in the blanks with appropriate verb tenses.

I like _________ the piano. (play)

a) plays b) playing c) played d) had played

7) Fill in the blanks with appropriate verb tenses.

If you keep on talking, Miss Chan _____________ you. (punish)

a) Will have been punishing b) had been punishing

c) Will punish d) has punished

8) Six bells commence tolling together and toll at intervals of 2, 4, 6, 8 10 and 12 seconds
respectively. In 30 minutes, how many times do they toll together?
a) 4 b) 10 c) 15 d) 16
9) Find the greatest number that will divide 43, 91 and 183 so as to leave the same
remainder in each case.

a) 4 b) 7 c) 9 d) 13

10) A number when divided successively by 4 and 5 leaves remainders 1 and 4 respectively.
When it is successively divided by 5 and 4, then the respective remainders will be

a) 1, 2 b) 2, 3 c) 3, 3 d) 4, 1

11) The LCM and HCF of 3/5, 4/7, 2/9 are

a) 12/315, 1/35 b) 12, 1 c) 12, 1/315 d) 12, 315

12) Which one of the following number is divisible by 11?

a) 4823718 b) 8423718 c) 8432718 d) 4832718

13) Apply divisibility tests to find the missing digit such that, 36412_ is divisible by 33.

a) 2 b) 3 c) 5 d) 9

14) The smallest 6 digit number exactly divisible by 111 is:

a) 111111 b) 110011 c) 100011 d) 110101

15) Last year, a chewing gum company produces 87,195 packs of gum. The company
produced the same number of packs of each flavor of gum. How many different flavors of
gum could the company have produced?

a) 9 b) 10 c) 5 d) 2

16) Identify the odd term in the following series: RAT, OUT, BED, LOT, TIN.

a) LOT b) TIN c) RAT d) OUT

17) Find the missing term in the given series: 121, 225, 361, ? .

a) 441 b) 484 c) 529 d) 729

18) In a certain code COURSE is written as FRXUVH. How will RACE be written in that code?

a) HFDU b) UCFH c) UDFH d) UDFG

19) Find the missing term in the series: 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, ?, 5040, 4020.

a) 450 b) 540 c) 270 d) 720

20) Find the tense of the sentence:

I shall visit the book fair tomorrow.

a) Simple past b) Simple present c) Simple future d) Future continuous

21) Fill in the blanks with appropriate verb tenses.

Jack _______ table tennis every day. (play)

a) Plays b) played c) had played d) has played

22) Fill in the blanks with appropriate verb tenses.

My father ______ to Wan Chai this morning. (go)

a) Goes b) go c) had gone d) went

23) Four bells are heard at intervals of 2, 3, 5 and 7 minutes respectively. If all bells toll
together exactly at 9 a.m., they will again be heard together at

a) 12.30 a.m. b) 9.30 a.m. c) 11.45 a.m. d) 12.30 p.m.

24) What is the least number which when divided by 7, 8 and 11 always gives 6 as
remainder?

a) 624 b) 622 c) 616 d) 654

25) On dividing a number by 9, the remainder is 8. The quotient so obtained when divided
by 11, leaves the remainder 9. The new quotient obtained when divided by 13, leaves
remainder 8. Find the remainder then the number is divided by1287.

a) 879 b) 881 c) 883 d) 885

26) The H.C.F. of 9/10, 12/25, 18/35 and 21/40 is:

a) 3 b) 4/5 c) 3/1400 d) 3/400

27) Which one of the following number is divisible by 11?

a) 12445442 b) 8423718 c) 8432718 d) 1245442

28) Apply divisibility tests to find the missing digit such that, 35724_5 is divisible by 99.

a) 1 b) 3 c) 5 d) 9

29) The largest 6 digit number exactly divisible by 111 is:

a) 111111 b) 110011 c) 100011 d) 110101

30) Last year, a chewing gum company produces 8,595,460 packs of gum. The company
produced the same number of packs of each flavour of gum. How many different flavours of
gum could the company have produced?

a) 9 b) 11 c) 5 d) 7

31) Once you are done eating, where do you place the napkin?

a) Centre of your plate b) Place it on the chair

b) Take it along with you d) Throw it to the dustbin

32) What does the position indicate?

33) It is okay to season the food before tasting it.

a) True b) False

34) You are running in a street marathon and you overtake the person in last place. What
position are you in now?

35) There is a seven digit number such that its first digit is the number of 0’s in the number;
its second digit is the number of 1’s, its third digit is number of 2’s and so on. Find the
number?

36) You are blindfolded and 10 coins are place in front of you on table. You are allowed to
touch the coins, but can’t tell which way up they are by feel. You are told that there are 5
coins head up, and 5 coins tails up but not which ones are which. How do you make two
piles of coins each with the same number of heads up? You can flip the coins any number of
times.

37) One person has some money in his pocket; He visits four temples on the way. As soon as
he enters a temple, his money gets double and he offers Rs. 100 in each temple thus his
pocket gets empty after he returns from the fourth temple. Now the question is how much
money he had initially?

38) You have nine pearls, eight are real and one is fake. All the real ones weigh the same
and the fake weighs less than the real ones. Using a balance scale twice how can you weed
out the fake one?

39) Calculate the value for following question (Use the math trick)

75*58*44*10001

40) Calculate the value for following question (Use the math trick)

22*6*50.5*75

41) Calculate the value for following question (Use the math trick)

(1094)2

42) Calculate the value for following question (Use the math trick)

(998)2
43) Calculate the value for following question (Use the math trick)

(24649)1/2

44) Calculate the value for following question (Use the math trick)

(207936)1/2

45) Calculate the value for following question (Use the math trick)

(7189057)1/3

46) Calculate the value for following question (Use the math trick)

(2571353)1/3

47) Calculate the value for following question (Use the math trick)

230*10001*25*49

48) Calculate the value for following question (Use the math trick)

97*98*25*500050

49) If in a certain language, MADRAS is coded as NBESBT, how is BOMBAY coded in that
code ?

a)CPNCBX. b)CPNCBZ. c)CPOCBZ. d)CQOCBZ

50) In a certain code, TRIPPLE is written as SQHOOKD. How is DISPOSE written in that code ?

a)CHRONRD. b)DSOESPI. c)ESJTPTF. d)ESOPSID