PREVIOUS QUESTION PAPERS :Secretariat Assistant -1995
Questions 4-6 : A set of words is given in each of the questions. One word does not belong to the set. Find it.
4. (a) Happiness (b) Quickness (c) Affection (d) Sorrow (e) Hatred
5. (a) Gloves (b) Shoes (c) Stockings (d) Socks (e) Boots
6. (a) Wholesaler (b) Retailer (c) Tailor (d) Trader (e) Vendor
1. Sight : Eyes : : Feel : ?
(a) Skin (b) Finger (c) Touch (d) See (e) None of these
2. Ice : Water : : Water : ?
(a) River (b) Cold (c) Thirst (d) Steam (e) None of these
3. Full : Empty : : Black : ?
(a) Light (b) Dark (c) Night (d) White (e) None of these
Questions 4-6 : A set of words is given in each of the questions. One word does not belong to the set. Find it.
4. (a) Happiness (b) Quickness (c) Affection (d) Sorrow (e) Hatred
5. (a) Gloves (b) Shoes (c) Stockings (d) Socks (e) Boots
6. (a) Wholesaler (b) Retailer (c) Tailor (d) Trader (e) Vendor
Questions 7 and 8 : Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given. 7. In a certain code BEAUTY is written as DHEZZF. How is FLOWER written in the same code?
(a) HSOBYK (B) HBOSKY (c) SBKYOH (d) HOSBKY (e) None of these
8. In a certain code CLAD is written as AOEA. How is DRIP written in the same code?
(a) AOUO (b) AUOO (c) AOOU (d) OAUO (e) None of these
Questions 9 and 10 : What will be the next number in each series? 9. Series 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ——
(a) 33 (b) 36 (c) 30 (d) 56 (e) None of these
10. Series 18, 10, 6, 4, ——
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0 (e) None of these
11. Which of the following pairs is a misfit in the alternatives given?
(a) Diesel and Bus (b) Oil and Lamp (c) Smoke and Fire (d) Petrol and Car (e) None
of these
12. Oranges are called fruit, because:
(a) they grow on trees (b) you can buy them at a fruit seller’s
(c) they contain the seed of the tree on which they grow
(d) they grow in orchards (e) None of these
13. A dog is a domestic animal, because
(a) it wags its tail when it is pleased
(b) it lives in or near its master’s home (c) it frightens burglars away (d) it is a member of the canine species
(e) None of these
Questions 14 and 15 : From among the given alternatives, find which one is exactly the same as the one given first.
14. Philosophy 56831
(a) Pholosophy 56831 (b) Philosophy 56831
(c) Philiosophy 56831 (d) Philosophy 58631 (e) None of these
15. AMERICA
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(a) AMERICA (b) AMERICA (c) AMERICA
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Answers
1. (a) Skin
2. (d) Steam
3. (d) White
4. (b) Quickness
5. (a) Gloves
6. (c) Tailor
7. (d) HOSBKY
8. (b) AUOO. C ⇒ A; L ⇒ O; A ⇒ E; D ⇒ A; In the place of C comes the vowel before
it, in the place of L comes the vowel after it, in the place of vowel A comes the
next vowel and in the case of D comes the vowels before it. If the same sequence continues the answer will be D
⇒ A; R ⇒ U; I ⇒ O; and P ⇒ O;
9. (b) 36. The given series in perfect squares
10. (a) 3. The series is – 8, – 4, – 2, – 1
11. (c) Smoke and Fire
12. (c) they contain the seed of the tree on which they grow
13. (b) it lives in or near its master’s home
14. (b) Philosophy 56831
15. (c) AMERICA
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