English Questions asked in PA/SA Examination 2005

Part I ENGLISH

(For questions 1 to 5 : Select the most appropriate word or phrase to fill in the

blanks)

1………………………………………………………………………in history caused as much shock

worldwide as the 2004 tsunami disaster in Asia.

(a)The natural disaster (b)None natural disaster

9c)No natural disaster (d)Never natural disaster

2.He wasn’t listening……………………………………………………I was saying.

(a)Which (b)that (c)to that (d)that which

3.No sooner did he go in ……………………………………he came out.

(a)and (b)when (c)then (d)than

4.It is high time that you………………………………………

(a)Study English (b)Will study English

(c)Studied English (d)might have studied English

5.The pressure……………………………….was intense after his team lost two

matches in a row.

(a)over the captain (b)under the captain

(c)of the captain (d)on the captain

(For questions 6 to 10: Each question consists of a short written conversation,

part of which has been omitted. Choose the world or phrase that will correctly

complete the conversation)

6.”Why are you driving so fast?””I’m……………………………………………….

(a)hurry (b)must hurry) (c)hurrying (d)in a hurry.

7.”I have to go now. I have ………………………………………………the postmaster”.

(a)appointment with (b)an appointment to (c)appointment to (d)an appointment with

8.”The sky is cloudy. It …………………………………….rain is on its way”.

(a)seems to (b)looks (c)looks like (d)looking

9.”Can I order the goods now?” “Yes, but payment should be made

…………………………….”?

(a)for advance (b)to advance (c)in advance (d)of advance.

10.”Where …………………………..last weekend?” “I went to Kottayam to see my

uncle”.

(a)do you go (b)did you go (c)have you went (d)you went.

Answers

1.(c)

2.(C)

3.(d)

4.(a)

5(d)

6.(d)

7.(d)

8.(b)

9.(c)

10.(b)

Previous Postal Assistant Exam Questions: English Section 2006 Exam

1. Constituting number twelve in a sequence

(a) Twelth

(b) Twelfth

(c) Twelveth

(d) Twelvth

2. The number equivalent to the product of four and ten

(a) Fourty

(b) Forty

(c) Forte

(d) Fourtee

3. A set of rooms for one person’s or family’s use or for a particular purpose

(a) Suite

(b) Suits

(c) Soot

(d) Sweet

4. The negative aspect of something

(a) Downslope

(b) Downshift

(c) Downside

(d) Download

5. Central area or main business area of a city

(a) Upmarket

(b) Downtown

(c) Township

(d) Cityscape

(For questions 6 to 10: each questions consists of a short conversation part of

which has been omitted. Choose the word or phrase that will

correctlycomplete the conversation)

6. Kochi is a large city………………………..?

(a) aren’t it

(b) doesn’t it

(c) won’t it

(d) isn’t it

7. Do you enjoy…………………………………..?

(a) swim

(b) to swim

(c) swimming

(d) to swimming

8. The meeting was held……………………….

(a) at Monday

(b) with Monday

(c) on Monday

(d) in Monday

9. You had better……………………………….smoking.

(a) quit

(b) to quit

(c) quitting

(d) to quitting

10. She was anxiously

(a) waiting you

(b) waited you

(c) waiting for you

(d) wait you

1.(b)

2.(b)

3.(a)

4.(c)

5(b)

6.(d)

7.(c)

8.(c)

9.(a)

10.(c)

Solved Questions of Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam held on 12 May 2013 in Kerala Circle General Awareness Section

 Q1. Which of the following articles of Constitution says that the executive power of every state shall be so exercised as not to impede or prejudice the exercise of the executive power of Union?

(A) Article 258

(B) Article 355

(C) Article 356

(D) Article 257

Ans. (D) Article 257

Q2. The distance between earth and sun is greatest during:

(A) Winter Solstice

(B) Aphelion

(C) Perihelion

(D) Summer Solstice

Ans. (B) Aphelion

Q3. Which company has developed AKASH, the cheapest tablet computer?

(A) IBM  

(B) HCL  

(C) Datawind  

(D) Lenovo

Ans. (C) Datawind  

Q4. Bhopal Gas tragedy is associated with leakage of:

(A)  Carbon dioxide

(B) Methyl ISO cyanate  

(C) Sulphur Dioxide   

(D) Nitrogen dioxide

Ans. (B) Methyl ISO cyanate 

Q5. Who is the General Secretary of CPI(M)?

(A) Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy  

(B) Basudev Acharia            

(C) Prakash Karat              

(D) None of these

Ans. (C) Prakash Karat           

  

Q6. The central Government on 1st Jan, 2013 launched the pilot phase of direct cash benefits transfer scheme. Under this scheme the cash will be directly transferred to the intended beneficiaries through.

(A) Permanent Account Number linked Bank Account 

(B) Voter I D linked Bank Account  

(C) Aadhar-Linked Bank Accounts   

(D) Ration Card linked Bank Accounts

Ans. (C) Aadhar-Linked Bank Accounts   

Q7. Identify three leader states in wind energy among the following:

(A) Maharashtra, Odisha, Bihar             

(B)  Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal

(C) Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh

(D) TamilNadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat

Ans. (D) TamilNadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat

Q8. Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia said recently that the term “Bimaru” states should be done away with. Which states was/were termed as Bimaru states?

(A) Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh

(B) Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh  

(C) Bihar, Uttar Pradesh

(D) Bihar

Ans. (B) Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh  

 Note: The term 'Bimaru' was coined by a demographer Ashish Bose in the early 1980s, whereby he had classified Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh as laggards struggling to keep up in comparison with the growth rates set by other states.

Q9. Who was recently elected as vice President of Indian National Congress?

(A) Kapil Sibal

(B) Manmohan Singh

(C) P.Chidambaram 

(D) Rahul Gandhi

Ans. (D) Rahul Gandhi

Note: Rahul Gandhi on 19 January 2013 was formally elevated and was appointed at the position of party Vice-President of Congress at the Chintan Shivir organised at Jaipur in January 2013.

Q10. Recently consensus on GST have been arrived by center and states. What does GST mean?

(A) Gross Sales Tax

(B) Graded Sales Tax  

(C) Global Sales Tax

(D) Goods and service Tax

Ans. (D) Goods and service Tax

Note: The proposed nationwide GST is intended to usher in a uniform market for goods and services, cut business costs, and boost government revenue. The indirect tax would replace existing levies such as excise duty, service tax and value-added tax (VAT).

Q11. The Reserve Bank of India has asked banks to ensure withdrawal of Non-CTS 2010 standard cheques with CTS standard-2010 cheques by:

(A)  30th April, 2013  

(B) 31st December,  2013  

(C) 31st March, 2013

(D) None of these

Ans. (D) None of these.

Note:- On March 19, 2013 the RBI has once again extended the deadline for issuance of new format cheque till July-end. It has asked the banks to issue new cheque books only under the new format and gave them time till July-end to withdraw the old format cheques . In December, the RBI had extended the deadline to convert to the new standard CTS-2010 by three months to March 31, based on the representations from stakeholders.

Q12. How many gold medals were won by India at Copa-Brasil-2012 Tournament of wrestling?

(A) Eight 

(B) Nine 

(C) Seven

(D) Six

Ans. (B) Nine 

Note: The Indian wrestling contingent finished with a rich-medal haul, including 9 golds and four bronze in the Copa Brasil-2012 tournament held in Rio from November 29 to December 2.

Q13. Who was named AIFF (All India football federation) player of the year 2012?

(A) Gouramangi Singh

(B) Sunil Chhetri 

(C) Syed Rahim Nabi

(D) Subrata Paul

Ans. (C) Syed Rahim Nabi

Q14. India on Oct-4, 2012 successfully test fired nuclear capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile from a test range at Balasore. This was a:

(A) Air to Air Missile     

(B)  Surface to Air Missile

(C) Surface to Surface Missile                          

(D) Air to Surface Missile

Ans. (C) Surface to Surface Missile                           

Q15. The National Development Council has approved recently the 12th five year plan and set an annual average growth target of:

(A) 10%              

(B) 11%             

(C) 8.2%      

(D) 9%

Ans. (C) 8.2%      

Q16. Who was world biggest exporter of rice in 2012 as per the latest report by Food & Agriculture organization?

(A) China             

(B) Pakistan                    

(C) Thailand  

(D) India

Ans. (D) India

Note: India in 2012 surpassed Thailand as the top exporter for the first time in three decades, shipping 10.3 million tons of milled rice compared with Thailand’s 7.0 million. India could export 8.3 million tons of rice in 2013, making it the world’s leading rice exporter for two years in a row, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on May 07, 2013.

Q17. The government of India has given ……………..” languages of the 8th Schedule” the status of official language.

(A) 23   

(B) 26  

(C) 24   

(D) 22

Ans. (D) 22

Q18. Who is credited with the discovery of Electron?

(A)    James Chadwick

(B)     Rutherford

(C)     E. Goldstein

(D)    J.J. Thompson

Ans. (D)    J.J. Thompson

Q19. During the time of which Mughal emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India?

(A)  Shahjahan

(B) Aurangazeb

(C) Akbar

(D) Jahangir

Ans. (D) Jahangir

Q20. The first temporary president of Constituent Assembly was:

(A) Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar

(B) Sardar Vallabhai Patel

(C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(D) Dr. Sachidanand Sinha

Ans. (D) Dr. Sachidanand Sinha

Note: Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha was the first president (temporary chairman) of the Constituent Assembly when it met on December 9, 1946.

Q21. Which among the following was the major demand of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) organized under the leadership of Sardar Vallabhai Patel?

(A) Rollback of newly enhanced revenue rate

(B) Supply of Agricultural Inputs to farmers at subsidized rate

(C) Land to the tiller

(D) Increase of rates of labour wage

Ans. (A) Rollback of newly enhanced revenue rate

Q22. Find the incorrect statement:

(A) Full moon occurs when the moon comes between the Earth and Sun

(B) The difference in minutes between the Greenwhich time and the local time at a place can be derived by multiplying the longitude of place by four

(C) Spring Tide is caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun together in the same direction

(D) A line on a map that joins all places of the same height above sea level is called contour line

Ans. (A) Full moon occurs when the moon comes between the Earth and Sun

Q23. The refractive indices of Kerosine, Turpentine and water are 1.44, 1.47 and 1.33 respectively. Light will have maximum speed in:

 (A) Water

(B) Speed remains same for all

(C) Kerosine

(D) Turpentine

Ans. (A) Water

Note: Refractive Index= Speed of light in air/ speed of light in medium

Speed of light will be maximum in the medium which has lowest refractive index

Q24. Which of the following gases are given out during photosynthesis: 

(A) Nitrogen

(B) Hydrogen

(C) Oxygen

(D) Carbon dioxide

Ans. (C) Oxygen

Q25. What is the script of Ashoka’s inscriptions:

(A) Gurumukhi

(B) Hieroglyphics

(C) Dev Nagri

(D) Brahmi

Ans. (D) Brahmi

Postal Assistant Exam 2013: 21 April 2013 Exam- Part B Mathematics completely solved

Yesterday we have shared Part-A General Awareness Questions and Answers. Here is the Questions and answers of Part B Mathematics

1. Tarun travels a distance of 24km at 6 km/hr another distance of 24km at 8 km/hr and a third distance of 24 km at 12 km/hr. His average speed for the whole journey (in km/hr) is

(A) 8 2/3

(B) 8

(C) 9

(D) 7

Ans. (B) 8

02. Rohan lends 1000 in four parts. If he gets 8% interest on 2000, 7 1/2% on 4000 and 8 1/2% on 1400 what percent of interest must he get for the remainder if his average annual interest is 8.13%?

(A) 10%

(B) 9%

(C) 8%

(D) None of these

Ans. (B) 9%

03. A solid piece of iron is in the form of a cuboid of dimensions (49cmx33cmx24cm) is melted and moulded to form a solid sphere. The radius of the sphere is

(A) 23 cm

(B) 21 cm

(C) 19cm

(D) 25cm

Ans. (B) 21 cm

04. Twelve solid spheres of the same size are made by melting a solid metallic cylinder of base diameter 2 cm and height 16cm. The diameter of each sphere is:

(A) 4cm

(B) 3cm

(C) 2 cm

(D) 6 cm

Ans. (C) 2 cm

05. Perimeter of a circle is equal to the perimeter of a square whose area is 484 cm². What is the radius of the circle?

(A) 14cm

(B) 12 cm

(C) 7 cm

(D) 16 cm

Ans. (A) 14cm

06. Puneeta borrowed from Reena certain sum for two years at simple interest. Puneeta lent this sum to Venu at the same rate for two years compound interest. At the end of two years she received 110 as compound interest but paid 100 as simple interest. Find the sum and rate of interest:

(A) 250, rate 20% per annum

(B) 250, rate 25% per annum

(C) 250, rate 10% per annum

(D) None of these

Ans. (A) 250, rate 20% per annum

07. 13 chairs and 5 tables were brought for 8280. If the average cost of the table will be 1227, what is the average cost of a chair?

(A) 2145

(B) 165

(C) 175

(D) None of these

Ans. (B) 165

08. A man goes uphill with an average speed of 24 kmph and comes down with an average speed of 36 kmph. The distance travelled in both the cases being the same, The average speed (in km/hr) for the entire journey is:

(A) 30.8

(B) 32.8

(C) 28.8

(D) None of these

Ans. (C) 28.8

09. 40% of the employees of a certain company are men, and 75% of the men earn more than 25000 per year. If 45% of the company's employees earn more than 25000 per year, what fraction of the women employed by the company earn 25000 per year or less?

(A) 1/4

(B) 3/4

(C) 1/3

(D) 2/11

Ans. (B) 3/4

10. A sum of money invested at compound interest amounts in 3 years to 800 and in 4 years to 840 what is the percentage rate of interest?

(A) 6%

(B) 5%

(C) 4%

(D) 3%

Ans. (B) 5%

11. If the difference between simple and compound interest on some principal amount at 20% per annum for three years is 48, then the principal amount is:

(A) 390

(B) 375

(C) 450

(D) None of these

Ans. (B) 375

12. A rational number between 1/2 and 3/5 is:

(A) 4/7

(B) 3/5

(C) 2/5

(D) None of these

Ans. (A) 4/7

13. The curved surface of a cylinder is 264m². Its volume is 924m³. The height of the cylinder must be:

(A) 8 m

(B) 6 m

(C) 4 m

(D) None of these

Ans. (B) 6 m

14. If by selling 110 apples, the cost price of 120 apples is realized. The gain % is?

(A) 10 10/11%

(B) 9 1/9%

(C) 11 1/9%

(D) 9  1/11%

Ans. (D) 9  1/11%

15. If 8 men or 12 women can do a piece of work in 25 days, in how many days can the same work be done by 6 men and 11 women?

(A) 15 days

(B) 13 1/2 days

(C) 12 days

(D) 18 days

Ans. (A) 15 days

16. Pujara has a certain average of runs for his 8 matches in Border Gavaskar Trophy. In the ninth match he scores 100 runs and thereby increases his average by 9 runs. His new average of runs is:

(A) 28

(B) 24

(C) 20

(D) 32

Ans. (A) 28

17. It costs 1 to photocopy a sheet of paper. However, 2% discount is allowed on all photocopies done after first 1000 sheets. How much will it cost to photocopy 5000 sheets of paper?

(A) 3920

(B) 4900

(C) 4920

(D) 3980

Ans. (C) 4920

DIRECTIONS (Question No 43 & 44) Answer the following questions on the basis of the information given below.

i. Trains A and B are travelling on the same route heading towards the same destination. Train B has already covered a distance of 220km before the train A started.

ii. The two trains meet each other after 11 hours after start of train A

iii. Had the trains been travelling towards each other (from a distance of 220 km) they would have met after one hour.

18. What is the speed of trains 'B' in kmph:

(A) 116

(B) 180

(C) 100

(D) None of these

Ans. (C) 100

19. What is the speed of trains 'A' in kmph:

(A) 118

(B) 80.5

(C) 102

(D) None of these

Ans. (D)

DIRECTIONS: What approximate (you are not expected to calculate the exact value) value will come in place of the question mark(?) in following equation?

20. 384.996 x 15.001 + 44.99 = ?

(A) 5080

(B) 5820

(C) 5280

(D) 5420

Ans. (B) 5820

21. Three men or eight boys can do a piece of work in 17 days. How many days will two men and six boys together take to finish the same work?

(A) 12 days

(B) 17 days

(C) 11 days

(D) None of these

Ans. (A) 12 days

22. Vaibhav got a monthly increment of 12 percent of Pushpa's monthly salary. Pushpa's monthly salary is 7800. Vaibhav's monthly salary before increment was 6500. What amount will he earn in five months after his increment?

(A) 37.180

(B) 35.180

(C) 36.180

(D) None of these

Ans. (A) 37.180

23. The ratio of two numbers is 4:5. When the first is increased by 20% and the second is decreased by 20% the ratio of the resulting numbers is:

(A) 5:6

(B) 5:4

(C) 6:5

(D) 4:5

Ans. (C) 6:5

24. If the numerator of a fraction be increased by 12% and its denominator decreased by 2% the value of the fraction becomes 6/7. Thus, the original fraction is:

(A) 3/4

(B) 4/3

(C) 2/3

(D) None of these

Ans. (A) 3/4

25. What approximate value will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation?

239.99 / 8.0001 x 9.99 = ?

(A) 350

(B) 260

(C) 400

(D) 300

Ans. (D) 300