PSNA

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY,

HRDC-TRAINING AND PLACEMENT CELL

• Each Question carry one mark

1
 Sally likes 225 but not 224; she
likes 900 but not 800; she likes
144 but not 145. Which does she
like?

1600 1700

2
• If two typists can type two pages in two
minutes, how many typists will it take to
type 18 pages in six minutes?

3 4 6 1 2 3 6

3
• If it were two hours later, it would be half as
long until midnight as it would be if it were an
hour later. What time is it now?

18:30 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:30

4
• One of the following proverbs is closest in meaning to
the saying, "Birds of a feather, flock together." Choose
one:
1)"One swallow doesn"t make a summer.
2) "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.“
3) "A man is known by the company he keeps.“
4) "Fine feathers make fine birds.“
5) "Don"t judge a book by its cover."

5
• What is the number that is one half of
one quarter of one tenth of 400?

4 5 8 10 40

6
• If you count from 1 to 100, how many 7"s
will you pass on the way?

10 11 19 20 21

7
• Each number shown below follows a
certain rule. Figure out the rule and fill in
the missing number
• January 20
• April 10
• May 5
• November 15
• July ?

8 10 15 20 25
8
• Look at the drawing. The numbers
alongside each column and row are the
total of the values of the symbols within
each column and row. What should
replace the question mark?

23 25 28 30 32
9
• Two men, starting at the same point, walk
in opposite directions for 4 meters, turn left
and walk another 3 meters. What is the
distance between them?
• 2 meters
• 6 meters
• 10 meters
• 12.5 meters
• 14 meters
10
• . If a circle is one, how many is an
octagon?

4 46 8 12

11
One of the following sentences given below means
approximately the same as the proverb: "Don't count your
chickens until they are hatched." Choose the one:
• Some eggs have double yolks, so you can"t really count
eggs and chickens.
• You can"t walk around the henhouse to count the eggs
because it will disturb the hens and they won"t lay eggs.
• It is not really sensible to rely on something that has not
yet happened and may not ever happen.
• Since eggs break so easily, you may not be accurate in
your count of future chickens.

12
• There are 1200 elephants in a herd. Some
have pink and green stripes, some are all
pink and some are all blue. One third are
pure pink. Is it true that 400 elephants are
definitely blue?

Yes No

13
• Which word of four letters can be added to
the front of the following words to create
other English words?

CARD BOX CODE BAG HASTE

14
• Following the pattern shown in the
number sequence below, what is the
missing number?
1 8 27 ? 125 216

5 45 46 64 99

15
• What is the following word when it is
unscrambled?

H C P R A A T E U

16
• Which same three-letter word can be
placed in front of the following words to
make a new word?

LIGHT BREAK TIME

17
• The same word can be added to the end
of GRASS and the beginning of SCAPE to
form two other English words?

18
• What is the word
coiled inside this N G
circle?

O E

R R

T S
19
• Only one other word can be made from all the
letters of INSATIABLE. Can you find it?

20
• Which vowel comes midway between J and T?

A E I O U

21
Pear is to apple as potato is to?

• Banana
• Radish
• Strawberry
• Peach
• Lettuce

22
Which of the following is least like the others?

• Poem
• Novel
• Painting
• Statue
• Flower

23
Which of these is the odd one out?

• Cat
• Dog
• Hamster
• Rabbit
• Elk

24
• Which of the designs best completes the
following sequence?

25
• Continue the following number series with the
group of numbers below which best continues
the series?

3 10 3 9 5 8 7 7 9 6 ? ?

6 5 10 5 10 4 11 6

26
• Which of the figures below the line of drawings
best completes the series?

27
• How many four sided figures are in this
diagram?

10 16 25 28
28
• Which number comes next in this series of
numbers?

2 3 5 7 11 13 ?

6 15 16 17 18

29
• Which letter comes next in this series of letters?

B A C B D C E D F ?

C D E F G

30
• Which of the figures below the line of
drawings best completes the series?

31