CTS - Verbal & Reasoning (Recent Questions) - 2

 CTS – Verbal & Reasoning (Recent Questions) – 2

In the following questions a ‘word’ is given which may not have any meaning. Find different possible words or palindromes for the word as per the question.

For the following find the number of distinct words that can be formed.

1.  TYGHHTT

a)  420                   b) 1540                 c) 840                    d) None

Ans: (a)

2.   TYGHHTY

Ans: (d)      (Same choices as above)

3.   TYGHASD

Ans: (d)      (Same choices as above)

Find the number of possible palindromes for following

4.  TYGHHTY

Ans: 3! (6 ways)

In the above word we have T, H and Y two times and G alone is single.

Hence in the palindrome G will come in the middle and the other three letters will form the two sides of G. The three letters can be arranged in 3! Ways.

5. TYHHHTYH.

Ans: 12 ways.

In the above word we have T and Y two times while H is occurring four times. Hence the palindrome will consist of TYHH and TYHH arranged in any manner.

Thus the four letters can be arranged in 4! Ways and since H is repeated the answer

Will be ->   4!/2! -> 12 ways.

For the following questions first find out the anagram and then select the corresponding meaning of the same from the choices given. (Anagram means using the letters in the word arriving at another word.)

The choice answers for the questions 6 to 9 are the same and they are

a) resentment                   b) fight                 c) help                  d) monster

6. TABLET

Ans: (b) BATTLE (Anagram)

  
7. RUGGED

Ans: (a) GRUDGE (Anagram)

8. GORE

Ans: (d) OGRE (Anagram)

9. STASSI

Ans: (c) ASSIST (Anagram)

The choice answers for Questions 10 – 13 are:

a) cuddle             b) sleeping          c) proclamation                 d) ointment

10. ENFOLD

Ans: (a) FONDLE (Anagram)

11. LAMB

Ans: (d) BALM (Anagram)

12. RECEDE

Ans: (c) DECREE (Anagram)

13. PLEASE.

Ans: (b) ASLEEP (Anagram)

For Questions 14 and 15 identify the letters that should come in the place of ?

 14.     AD              DP          PL           LV           ?

        a)  VS             b) VK                     c) VI                       d) none

Ans: (d) Right answer VJ

15.     SE                QU         EN          TI            ?

a)      CN          b)  BM                   c) AL or AZ           d) none

Ans: (c)

For Questions 16 – 19. Each question is followed by two statements. Please mark answer (A) if Statement 1 alone is sufficient to answer but statement 2 is not sufficient. Mark answers (B) if statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 is not sufficient. Mark answers (C) if both statements are required to answer the question. Mark your answer (D) if either of the statement alone is sufficient to answer the question. Mark answer (E) if both the statements together is not sufficient to answer the question.

16.     If a real estate agent received a commission of 6 percent of the selling price of a certain house, what was the selling price of the house?

(1) The selling price minus the real estate agent’s commission was $84,600.

(2)  the selling price was 250 percent of the original purchase price of $36,000

Ans: (d)

17.    Carlotta can drive from her home to her office in one of two possible routes. If she must also return by one of these routes, what is distance of the shorter route?

(1)  When she drives from her home to her office by the shorter route and returns and returns by the longer route, she drives a total of 42 kilometers.

(2)     When she drives both ways, from her home to office and back, by the longer route, she drives a total of 46 kilometers.

Ans: (c)

18.   The symbol Δ represents one of the following operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication or division. What is the value of 3 Δ 2?

(1)  0 – 1 = 1

(2)  1 + 0 = 1

Ans: (a)

19.   Is the prime number p equal to 37?

(1)  p = n^2(2+1) where ‘n’ is an integer.

(2) p^2 is greater than 200.

Ans: (e)

20.  Pointing to a man, another man said to a lady, “ His mother is the only daughter of your father”. How is the lady related to the man?

(a)  sister            (b)  mother                              (c)  wife            (d)  daughter.   

Ans: (b)

  

 

Wipro - Verbal & Reasoning

Wipro – Verbal & Reasoning  

1)      Choose the lettered pair that expresses relationship most similar to the relationship expressed in the capitalized pair. LACHRYMOSE::TEARS
a)      Effusive::requests
b)      Ironic::jests
c)      Morose::speeches
d)      Verbose::words

Ans: (d)

2)      Select among the given choices that is most nearly opposite in meaning to word “ AUTONOMY”
a)      submissiveness
b)      dependence
c)      subordination
d)      slavery

Ans: (a)

3)      Select among the given choices that is most nearly similar in meaning to word “OCCULT”
a)      Dreadful
b)      Harmless
c)      Amazing
d)      Mysterious

Ans: (d)

4)      Given below are words three of which belong to same category. Find the word which does not belong to that category
a)      Convulse
b)      Soothe
c)      Compose
d)      Assuage

Ans: (a)

5)      One of the words in the following set of four words is misspelt.  Identify the misspelt word.
a)      Efeminate
b)      Endeavour
c)      Exhilaration
d)      Exhaustion

Ans: (a)

Reasoning   

6)  Ashok bought 16kg of wheat at the rate of Rs 11.50 per kg and 14 kg wheat at rate of Rs 14.50 per kg. He mixed the two and sold the mixture at the rate of 13.50 kg. What is his gain in the transaction?

a) Rs 16                 b) Rs 18                c) Rs 24                 d) Rs 28

Ans: (b)

Cost of 16 kg wheat at Rs 11.50 =  Rs 184.00

Cost of 14 kg wheat at Rs 14.50 =  Rs 203.00

Total cost of 30 kg wheat             =  Rs 387.00

Total sale value of 30 kg at Rs 13.50 = Rs 405.00 Hence the gain is Rs 405 – Rs 387 = Rs 18.00

7) What is the probability of answering a multiple choice question correctly, If you know that one of the answer is definitely wrong but you have to guess between the 3 remaining answers?

a) ¼                        b) ¾                       c) ½                        d) 1/3

Ans: (b)     ( 1 - 1/4 )

8)  What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following number series?

22, 66, 132, 792 , ?
a)      1584             b)      2376            c)      1246             d)      2674

Ans:  (b)

22 * 3 = 66.     66 * 2 = 132.     132 * 6 = 792. The series repeats in this fashion and the next number is

792 * 3 = 2376.

9)  The difference between two numbers is one-seventh of the sum of the two numbers. What is the ratio of the two numbers?

a) 3:4                     b) 4:3                     c) 2:3                     d) 3:2

Ans: (b)

Let the two numbers be ‘x’ and ‘y’ and let us assume (x – y) = 7. Since the difference between the numbers is 1/7 of their total, we have (x + Y) = 49.

Solving the two we get the value of ‘x’ as 28 and ‘y’ as 21. Thus the ratio of the two numbers is 4 : 3

10) On return from a business trip Mr. Chidambaram was to be picked up from the railway station by his coachman. Somehow he managed a train connection earlier and thus arrived two hours early. Immediately on arrival he rang up home for the coach and was told that it had just left in order to be exactly in time for the train by which he was scheduled to come. To save the time he started walking homeward at 3 kmph. On the way he met the coachman who brought him home an hour before schedule. How far is the Mr. Chidambaram’s house from the railway station?

a) 12 Km               b) 15 Km              c) 18 Km               d) 23 Km

Ans: (c)

The train arrived two hours earlier at which time the coachman had started from the house.  Thus the coachman would have taken 2 hours to reach the station and another 2 hours on the return journey totaling in all 4 hours. However he reached home one hour earlier. Hence the coachman had travelled 1.5 hours onward and 1.5 hours return. During this 1.5 hours Mr Chidambaram would have covered 3 * 1.5 -> 4.5 kms.  Let the distance to the station be ‘x’

Then speed of the coachman 2x/4. Thus in 1.5 hours the coach man would have travelled

(2x/4) * 1.5.  This distance equals (x – 4.5) Now equating both we get

(x-4.5) = (2x/4) * 1.5 and we get the value of ‘x’ as 18km.   

11)  A train travelled from Delhi to Patna and back in a certain time at the rate of 60kmph.But if the train had travelled from Delhi to Patna at rate of rate 80Kmph. And back from Patna to Delhi at the rate of 40Kmph. It would take two hours Longer. Find the distance between Delhi and Patna?

a) 480Km             b) 460Km             c) 450Km              d) 465Km

Ans: (a)

Let ‘x’ be the distance between Delhi and Patna. Let ‘t’ be the time it takes to cover both ways going at the speed of 60 kmph.  So we have 2x/60 = t

The total time taken by the train when it travels at 80kmph and 40kmph  is 2 hours more than ‘t’

Thus we have an equation x/80 + x/40 – 2x/60 = 2

Now solving, we get the value of ‘x’ as 480km

12) On a certain pasture the grass grows at an even rate. It knows that 40 cows can graze on it for 40 days before the grass is exhausted, but 30 cows can graze there as long as 60 days. How many would the pasture last if 20 Cows were to graze on it?

a) 140days           b) 100 days         c)110 days           d) 120 days

Ans: (d)

Let I be the initial Grass
      g be the rate of growth of grass per day
      r be the rate of consumption of grass by one cow in one day

For 40 cows
       I+40g=40*40r   -------------------------1
for 30 cows
       I+60g=30*60r   --------------------------2
Then for 20 cows
       I+ng=20*n*r      -------------------------3
                   where n is the no of days

Subtracting the first two equation and dividing it by 20
        g=10r
Subtracting the equations 2 and 3 and  substituting the value of g
we get  value for n=120       

                         

English Verbal - 12

English Verbal - 12

Read the following passage and then, answer the questions that follow:

In Rome, defeated enemies were generally put to death as criminals for having offended the emperor. In the middle Ages, however, the practice of ransoming, or returning prisoners in exchange for money, became common. Though some saw this custom as a step towards a more humane society, the primary reason behind it was economic rather than humanitarian. In those times, rulers had only a limited ability to raise taxes. They could neither force their subjects to fight nor pay them to do so. The promise of material compensation in the form of goods and ransom was

therefore the only way of inducing combatants to participate in a war. In the middle Ages, the predominant incentive for the individual soldier to participate in a war was the expectation of spoils. Although collecting ransom clearly brought financial gain, keeping a prisoner and arranging for his exchange had its costs. Consequently, several procedures were devised to reduce transaction costs.

One such device was a rule asserting that the prisoner had to assess his own value. This compelled the prisoner to establish a value without much distortion; indicating too low a value would increase the captive’s chances of being killed, while indicating too high a value would either ruin him financially or create a prohibitively expensive ransom that would also result in death.

A second means of reducing costs was the practice of releasing a prisoner on his word of honour. This procedure was advantageous to both parties since the captor was relieved of the expense of keeping the prisoner while the captive had freedom of movement. The captor also benefited financially by having his captive raises the ransom himself. This ‘parole’ was a viable practice since the released prisoner risked recapture or retaliation against his family. Moreover, in medieval society, breaking one’s word had serious consequences. When, for example, King Francois I broke his

word to the Emperor Charles V in 1525, his reputation suffered immensely. A third method of reducing costs was the use of specialized institutions to establish contact between the two parties.

Two types of institutions emerged: professional dealers who acted as brokers, and members of religious orders who acted as neutral intermediaries. Dealers advanced money for the ransom and charged interest on the loan. Two of the religious orders that became intermediaries were the Mercedario’s and the Trinitarians who between them arranged the ransom of nearly one million prisoners.

1. The primary purpose of the passage is to

(a) discuss the economic basis of the medieval practice of exchanging prisoners for ransom.

(b) examine the history of the treatment of prisoners of war.

(c) emphasize the importance of a warrior’s ‘word of honour’ during the Middle Ages.

(d) explore three ways of reducing the costs of ransom.

Ans: (b)

2. It can be inferred from the passage that a medieval soldier

(a) was less likely to kill captured members of opposing armies than was a soldier of the Roman

Empire.

(b) was similar to a 20th-century terrorist in that he operated on a basically independent level and was motivated solely by economic incentives.

(c) had few economic  options and choose to fight because it was the only way to earn an adequate

living.

(d) was motivated to spare prisoners’ lives by humanitarian rather than economic ideals.

Ans: (c)

3. Which of the following best describes the change in policy from executing prisoners in Roman times to ransoming prisoners in the Middle Ages?

(a) The emperor of Rome demanded more respect than did medieval rulers, and thus Roman subjects went to greater lengths to defend their incentives.

(b) It was a reflection of the lesser degree of direct control medieval rulers had over their subjects.

(c) It became a show of strength and honour for warriors of the Medieval Ages to be able to capture

and return their enemies.

(d) Medieval soldiers were not as humanitarian as their ransoming practices might have indicated.

Ans: (d)

4. The author uses the phrase ‘without much distortion’ in order

(a) to indicate that prisoners would fairly assess their worth.

(b) to emphasize the important role medieval prisoners played in determining whether they should be ransomed.

(c) to explain how prisoners often paid more than an appropriate ransom to increase their chances

for survival.

(d) suggest that captors and captives often had understanding relationships.

Ans: (a)

5. All of the following are mentioned in the passage as actions that were taken to ensure that ransoming prisoners was a profitable operation EXCEPT

(a) each prisoner was made to designate the amount of ransom to be paid for his return.

(b) prisoners were released on the condition that they guaranteed that their ransoms would be paid.

(c) professional intermediaries were employed to facilitate the smooth exchange of prisoner and

ransom, at a price to the prisoner.

(d) medieval rulers promised to aid soldiers in their efforts to collect ransom.

Ans: (d)

Direction for questions 6 to 9: Select the odd word from the given set of four alternatives.

6. (a) juvenile    (b) immature     (c) old   (d) childish

Ans: (c) (All the others means the same)

7. (a) slack           (b) draconian     (c) rigorous         (d) severe

Ans: (a) (All the others have the same meaning)

8. (a) Achilles     (b) Thetis             (c) Paris                (d) Pandora

Ans: (c) (All the others are Greek Mythological persons)

9. (a) divulge      (b) inform           (c) secret             (d) reveal

Ans: (c) ( All the others means the same )

Direction for questions 10 to 14: Identify the part of the sentence that has an error.

10. The reason (a) he has been (b) such a success is because (c) he never gives up (d)

Ans: (a)  The reason that

11. Consider all the possibilities; (a) I really believe (b) that I would prefer not to (c) make any changes (d).

Ans: (a) Considering all the possibilities

12. The fact that he was (a) disinterested in politics (b) was clear from the way (c) he shunned political news (d)

Ans: (a) The fact that he is

13. After every student (a) had turned in (b) their paper, the teacher (c) dismissed the class (d).

Ans: (a) After the  students

14. Any help (a) that you can (b) give me (c) will be appreciate (d)

Ans: (d) will be appreciated

Direction for questions 15 to 19: Fill in the blanks in the passage below with the appropriate choice.

For a novelist, a ... 15... call from Oprah Winfrey is like a house...16... from the prize patrol: the big ... 17 ... has arrived. The ... 18 ... appears on Oprah’s show, and sales go through the ... 19...

15. (a) phone     (b) clarion            (c) timid               (d) cat

Ans: (a)

16. (a) check       (b) call                   (c) cheque          (d) hold

Ans: (b)

17. (a) dog           (b) fire                  (c) cheque          (d) girl

Ans: (c)

18. (a) police      (b) don                                 (c) manager        (d) author

Ans: (d)

19. (a) door         (b) window         (c) wall                  (d) roof

Ans: (d)