KPSC-1 PAPER -2 Aptitude & Reasoning

1. Fact 1: All dogs like to run. A. I only

Fact 2: Some dogs like to swim. B. II only
Fact 3: Some dogs look like their masters. C. II and III only
If the first three statements are facts, which D. None of the statements is a known fact.
of the following statements must also be a
fact?
I: All dogs who like to swim look like their 3. Fact 1: All drink mixes are beverages.
masters. Fact 2: All beverages are drinkable.
II: Dogs who like to swim also like to run. Fact 3: Some beverages are red.
III: Dogs who like to run do not look like their If the first three statements are facts, which
masters. of the following statements must also be a
fact?

A. I only I: Some drink mixes are red.

B. II only II: All beverages are drink mixes.

C. II and III only III: All red drink mixes are drinkable.

D. None of the statements is a known fact.

A. I and II only

2. Fact 1: Jessica has four children B. II only

Fact 2: Two of the children have blue eyes C. I and III only
and two of the children have brown eyes. D. III only
Fact 3: Half of the children are girls.
If the first three statements are facts, which 4.
of the following statements must also be a
fact? Fact 1: All chickens are birds.

I: At least one girl has blue eyes. Fact 2: Some chickens are hens.

II: Two of the children are boys. Fact 3: Female birds lay eggs.

III: The boys have brown eyes.

If the first three statements are facts, which 6. Study the following information carefully
of the following statements must also be a and answer the given questions:
fact?
Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Y are
I: All birds lay eggs. sitting around a square table in such a way
that four of them sit at four corners of the
II: Some Hens are birds.
square while four sit in the middle of each of
III: Some chickens are not hens. the four sides. The ones who sit at the four
corners face the centre while those who sit
in the middle of the sides face outside. P,
A. I only who faces the centre, sits third to the right
of V. T, who faces the centre, is not an
B. II only
immediate neighbour of V. Only one person
C. II and III only sits between V and W. S sits second to the
right of Q. Q faces the centre. R is not an
D. None of the statements is a known fact.
immediate neighbour of P.
Who sits second to the left of Q?
5. Fact 1: All hats have brims.
A. P
Fact 2: There are black hats and blue hats. B. T
C. V
Fact 3: Baseball caps are hats.
D. Y
If the first three statements are facts, which
of the following statements must also be a
fact? 7. In a family, there are six members A, B, C,
D, E and F.
A and B are a married couple, A being the
I: All caps have brims.
male member. D is the only son of C, who is
II: Some baseball caps are blue. the brother of A. E is the sister of D. B is the
daughter-in-law of F, whose husband has
III: Baseball caps have no brims.
died. How is E related to C ?

A. I only
A) Sister
B. II only
B) Daughter
C. II and III only
C) Cousin
D. None of the statements is a known fact.
D) Mother
A soft drink company prepares drinks of 10. What was the approximate decline in the
three different flavours - X, Y and Z. The production of flavour Z in 2000 as compared
production of three flavours over a period of to the production in 1998?
six years has been expressed in the bar graph
A. 50%
provided below.
B. 42%
Production of Three Different Flavours X, Y C. 33%
and Z by a Company over the years (in lakh D. 25%
bottles)

11. A train has a length of 150 metres. It is

passing a man who is moving at 2 km/hr in
the same direction of the train, in 3 seconds.
Find out the speed of the train.

A) 152 km/hr
B) 169 km/hr
8. The total production of flovour Z in 1997
and 1998 is what percentage of the total C) 182 km/hr
production of flavour X in 1995 and 1996? D) 180 km/hr
A. 96.67%
B. 102.25% 12. What is the greatest number which
C. 115.57% divides 639, 1065 and 1491 exactly?

D. 133.33%
A. 193

9. What is the difference between the B. 183

average production of flavour X in 1995, C. 223
1996 and 1997 and the average production
of flavour Y in 1998, 1999 and 2000? D. 213

A. 50,000 bottles 13. At what time between 7 and 8 o'clock will

B. 80,000 bottles the hands of a clock be in the same straight
C. 2,40,000 bottles line but not together?
D. 5,00,000 bottles
A) 5(1/11) minutes past 7 Q is not between S and W. W is not between
U and S.
B) 5 minutes past 7
C) 5(3/11) minutes past 7
16. Which two of the following are not
D) 5(5/11) minutes past 7
neighbours ?
A. RV
14. A man completes a journey in 10 hours.
B. UV
He travels first half of the journey at the rate
of 21 km/hr and the second half at the rate C. RP
of 24 km/hr. Find the total journey in km.
D. QW

A. 222km
17. Which one is immediate right to the V ?
B. 224km
C. 230km A. P
D. 228km
B. U
C. R
15. The remainder is 3, when a number is
D. T
divided 5. If the square of this number is
divided by 5, then what is the remainder?

18. What is the position of S ?

A. 5 A. Between U and V
B. 4 B. Second to the right of P
C. 7 C. To the immediate right of W
D. 1 D. Data inadequate.

P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting round the 19. In a row all the persons are facing north,
circle and are facing the centre: Rahul is 33rd from the left end and in the
right side of Rahul, there are only 16
P is second to the right of T who is the
persons. Find out total number of person in
neighbour of R and V.
this queue?
S is not the neighbour of P.
V is the neighbour of U.
1) 49
2) 50 A school has four sections A, B, C, D
of Class IX students.
3) 51
4) Can’t be determined

20. Ram and Shyam have been given a task

of painting a house for Rs. 800. With the help
of Rita, they complete the job in just 3 days.
Had Ram alone be doing the task, he would
need 6 days. If Shyam alone would be doing
the task, he would need 8 days. How much
money will Rita get? 22. If the number of students passing
an examination be considered a
criteria for comparision of difficulty
A. Rs. 80 level of two examinations, which of
the following statements is true in
B. Rs. 150
this context?
C. Rs. 100
D. Rs. 125
A. Half yearly examinations were
more difficult.

21. All flowers are toys. Some toys are trees. B. Annual examinations were more
Some angels are trees. difficult.

Conclusions: C. Both the examinations had almost

the same difficulty level.
1. Some angels are toys
D. The two examinations cannot be
2. Some trees are flowers
compared for difficulty level.
3. Some flowers are angels

23. Which section has the maximum

A) None follows pass percentage in at least one of the
two examinations?
B) Only 1 follows
A. A Section
C) Only 2 follows
B. B Section
D) Only 1 and 3 follow
C. C Section
D. D Section
24. Which section has the minimum failure 27. All the opposite faces of a big cube are
rate in half yearly examination? coloured with red, black and green colours.
After that is cut into 64 small equal cubes.
How many small cubes are there whose no
A. A section
faces are coloured?
B. B section
A. 0
C. C section
B. 4
D. D section
C. 8
D. 16
25. Given a Series 2, 5,12.5, ?, 78.125,
195.3125
28. If selling price is doubled then, the profit
Find what number would come in place of
triples. What is profit per cent?
the question mark(?).
A) 31.25
A. 20%
B) 40.25
B. 75%
C) 32.50 C. 100%
D. 50%
D) 21.00

29. . In the post-pandemic economy, in

26. Identify the figure that completes the
general the formal or organised sector will
pattern.
fare better, gaining at the expense of the
informal, and within the formal, the larger
enterprises will fare better than the smaller
ones. Because the informal sector employs
(X) (1) (2) (3) (4) the largest portion of the country's
workforce, particularly in MSMEs, this
increased concentration of economic power
A) 1 will have serious repercussions for
B) 2 employment prospects. The scars created by
the pandemic will take a long time to heal.
C) 3 The labour force participation rate has
D) 4 dropped, implying that many people have
simply given up looking for work.
Unemployment remains high, as seen by the
high unemployment rate.
As a result of the labour market's prolonged a) Domestication of animals started before
turmoil, private consumption is likely to the cultivation of plants, partly due to its
remain modest, creating a vicious circle of better returns on the time spent.
poverty.
b) Early humans were reluctant to invest
Which of the following is the most logical their time in agricultural pursuits.
and rational inference which can be drawn
c) Hunting relied on domesticated animals
from the above passage?
for its success.
a) Pandemic has drastically affected
d) Our ancestors relied on meat for their
employment in the economy.
survival.
b) Informal and formal sectors compete for
the same resources.
c) The pandemic has acted as a boon for
large enterprises.
d) Post-pandemic recovery will depend on
the increase in the informal sector
employers.

30. Domestication of animals began early in

human history and plant domestication,
which led to cultivation and a settled way of
life, occurred relatively late. There was no
guarantee that a given crop would last until
harvest time and produce the requisite
amount of food. Droughts, floods, or pests
could all make cultivating a fruitless
endeavour (Even today there is no assured
return from a crop in all places and in all
contexts). Cultivation was a risky pastime for
early people. Animal food, on the other
hand, was plentiful, and the number of
person-hours spent hunting, as opposed to
cultivating, was insignificant when
compared to the amount of flesh that could
be collected.
Which of the following best reflects the
central idea of the above passage?
 Answer Key

1. B 16. A

2. B 17. D

3. D 18. C

4. C 19. A

5. D 20. C

6. A 21. A

7. B 22. C

8. D 23. D

9. D 24. D

10. C 25. A

11. C 26. A

12. D 27. C

13. D 28. C

14. B 29. A

15. B 30. A