POSTAL / SORTING ASSISTANTS EXAM
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(a) All questions carry 2 marks each.
There is no negative marking.
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(b) All questions have 4 options, out of which only
one is correct. You have to choose the correct
option.
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(c) Your answers have to be marked on the answer
sheets provided, as instructed.
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1. The thief made a clean breast of his crime. The
phrase made a clean breast of means ---
a) cleaned his chest
b) fought for
c) faced bravely
d) confessed without hiding anything
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2. The mother of the victim left.... in her efforts to
get the culprit convicted. The blank can be filled
by.
a) resigned to her fate b) home
c) no stone unturned d) right
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3. Complete the following proverb "Rome was not
b) week
d) year
a) hobby b) study of something
c) fear of something d) craze
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4. 'Phobia' means --
a) hobby b) study of something
c) fear of something d) craze
5. Post-Paid means --
a) a post office term
b) payment made before using a service
c) payment made after using service
d) payment made at the time of using the service
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6. Complete the phrase : "As faithful as a ............"
b) donkey
d) fox
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7. A doctor who specializes in the treatment of
a) pedestrian b) pediatrician
c) pedologist d) pedigree
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8. The police are.... the theft in the office. The blank
b) interrogating
d) introspecting
can be filled by.
a) instigating
c) investigating
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9. The Supervisor needs a........ of scissors for
opening the envelope.
a) pair
c) pare
d) twin
b) pear
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10. The collective noun for a group of elephants is –
a) group
c) heard
b) gang
d) herd
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11. How many minutes before 12 Noon is it when it
b) 87
d) 84
is 10.35 a.m.?
a) 86
c) 85
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12. Statements:
All scientists are fools.
All fools are intelligent
Conclusions:
I. All scientists are intelligent.
II. All intelligent people are scientits
III. All intelligent people are fools.
IV. Some intelligent people would be scientists.
a) Only I is correct
b) Only IV is correct
c) Only I and IV are correct
d) Only II and IV are correct
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13. Ramesh walked 100 metres towards north, took
a left turn and walked 75 metres, again took a
left turn and walked 100 metres and stopped
walking. Towards what direction was he facing
when he stopped walking?
a) north b) south
c) north - west d) south - east
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14. Pick the odd one out ---
a) fruit
c) leaft
b) flower
d) petal
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15. Pick the odd one out --
a) cuckoo
c) bat
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16. Pick the odd one out ---
a) gold
a) Patna
c) Raipur
a) 9
c) 13
a) 90
c) 60
a) Rs.15
c) Rs.20
b) crow
d) parrot
b) copper
d) brass c) silver
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17. Identify the city, which is the odd one out---
b) Ranchi
d) Jamshedpur
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19. Which is the odd one out in the following ---
a) Triangle
c) Circle
20. If we are viewing an angle of 30 through a magnifying
glass capable of magnifying 3 times, how
big would the angle look?
b) 30
d) 120
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21. 300 bananas were purchased at Rs.128 a hundred.
What should be the selling price per
dozen, if a profit of Rs.66 is to be made?
b) Rs.18
d) Rs.21
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22. Choose the correct algebraic statement for the
following "A number is equal to 3 less than three
times another number"
a) y=3x - 3
c) y=3x+5
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23. Which of the following numbers is divisible by
18 (remainder 0)?
a) 245678
c) 2445678
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24. A 4 cm x 4 cm x 4 cm brick weights 64 kg.
What would be the weight of a brick of size
1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm?
a) 32 kg
c) 16 kg
b) 8 kg
d) 1 kg
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25. What is the angle between the hour hand and
the minute hand at 6.30 p.m.?
a) 00 b) 150
c) 300 d) 1950
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26. Mr. Dhoni has 5 pairs of white gloves and 5
pairs of black gloves, which he keeps in a box.
If he picks 3 gloves at random, what is the probability
that he will get a matching pair?
a) 0.5 b) 0.75
c) 0.9 d) 1
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27. If the length and breadth of a room are 48 feet
and 24 feet respectively, and the space diagonal
(one corner on ceiling to opposite corner on
floor) is 56 feet, what is the height of the room?
a) 14 feet b) 15 feet
c) 16 feet d) 17 feet
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28. What is the next number in the following sequence?
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ......
a) 50 b) 55
c) 53 d) 51
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29. '34' is related to '12' in the same way as '59' is
b) 54
d) 17
related to -
a) 95
c) 45
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30. If 20 x X = 20 + X, what is the value of X?
a) 19/20
c) 18/19
b) 18/20
d) 20/19
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31. Which neighbouring country of India embraced
democracy recently to become the world's
youngest democracy?
a) Nepal b) Bhutan
c) Pakistan d) Srilanka
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32. Which of the following took over the Anglo Dutch
Steel Company Corus?
a) Arcelor Mittal
b) Steel Authority of India Ltd.
c) Tata Steel
d) Jindal Steel
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33. For International Payments the Indian currency
is linked to -
a) Gold Standard b) International Oil Price
c) American Dollars d) Pound Sterling
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34. Which organization, headed by Indian environmentalist
Dr. R.K.Pachauri has been awarded
Nobel Peace Prize in 2007?
a) International Panel on Global Warming
b) International Environmental Panel
c) International Panel on Pollution Control
d) International Panel on Climate change
35. Which day is observed as the World Habitat
b) September, 30
d) October 2
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36. Which game will be played for the first time in
d) Gilli Danda
2010 Asian Games?
a) Twenty-20 Cricket b) Kabaddi
c) Kho-Kho
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37. Reserve Bank of India is a --
a) Private Bank
c) Foreign Bank
b) Commercial Bank
d) Central Bank
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38. Which of the following rivers have almost the
same point of origin?
a) Brahmaputra and Indus
b) Brahmaputra and Ganga
c) Godavari and Krishna
d) Indus and Ganga
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39. What is the main advantage of transplantation
method of sowing rice?
a) It helps in early harvesting
b) The draininig of water from the field before
harvesting is made easy
c) It is helpful in achieving an economical use
of water and a higher yield of grain
d) It ensures maximum utilization of land
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40. All of the following rivers flow into or join the
a) Gomti b) Gandak
c) Son d) Kosi
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41. As the height above sea level increases, the
temperature -
a) Decreases
b) Increases
c) First decreases and then increases
d) Change of height has no effect on temperature
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42. Which of the two planets listed below are closer
to the sun than the earth? SREE MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS
4. c
14. a
24. d
34. d
44. d
3. a
13. b
23. c
33. c
43. b
a) Mercury and Mars b) Mercury and Venus
c) Venus and Mars d) Jupiter and Saturn
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43. Which of the following countries is not in the
b) Libya
d) Singapore
continent of Asia ?
a) Lebanon
c) Japan
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44. The land masses of India and Srilanka are cond)
nected by which of the following straits?
a) Bass Strait b) Bering Strait
c) Malacca Strait
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45. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Manipur ` Imphal b) Meghalaya-Shillong
c) Mizoram - Agartala d) Nagaland - Kohima
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46. From North to South, the correct sequence of
the following sea ports is ---
a) Chennai, Tuticorin, Vishakapatnam, Paradip
b) Paradip, Chennai, Vishakapatnam, Tuticorin
c) Paradip, Vishakapatnam, Tuticorin, Chennai
d) Paradip, Vishakapatnam, Chennai, Tuticorin
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47. The International Date Line is Located in the --
a) Pacific Ocean
c) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
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48. Which Bank has recentlychanged its name to
Axis Bank?
a) HDFC Bank
c) ICICI Bank
b) Citi Bank
d) UTI Bank
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49. What is the expanded form of MICR -
a) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
b) Magnetic Ink Code Reader
c) Magnetic Inline Character Reader
d) Magnetic Inline Code Reader
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50. Which sector contributes most to the GDP of
a) Iron and Steel Industry
b) Railway
c) Cotton Textile Industry
d) Service Sector
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ANSWERS
1. d 2. c 3. a 4. c 5. c 6. c 7. b 8. c 9. a 10. d
11. c 12. c 13. b 14. a 15. c 16. d 17. d 18. c 19. d 20. b
21. b 22. a 23. c 24. d 25. b 26. d 27. c 28. b 29. c 30. d
31. a 32. c 33. c 34. d 35. c 36. c 37. d 38. a 39. c 40. c
41. a 42. b 43. b 44. d 45. c 46. d 47. a 48. d 49. a 50. d
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