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2014 TN Postal circle (Postal Assistant) Question Paper with Answers

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Question Booklet Series: D

Paper code: PIVMOU-49

Exam Name: TN postal circle PA/SA exam

PART-A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. What is the "Motto" of Olympics 2020?
a) One world, one Dream
b) Live your passion
c) Inspire a Generation
d) Discover Tomorrow

Answer: D



2. Who among the following is not a Padma Vibhushan awardee in 2013?
A) Raghunath Mahapatra
B) Prof Yash Pal
C) Prof Padam Narasimha
D) Rahul David

Answer: D

3. Find the odd one out?
A) FIFA World cup
B) Ryder Cup
C) Walker Cup
D) Solheim Cup

Answer: A

4. First women who was to be inducted in ICC umpires panel belongs to which country:
A) West Indies
B) England
C) Australia
D) New Zealand

Answer: D

5. Third regional summit of BIMSTEC was recently held in:
A) Dhaka
B) Thailand
C) Myanmar
D) Bhutan

Answer: C

6. Which of the following does not involve a chemical reaction?
A) Digestion of food in our body
B) Process of respiration
C) Burning of candle wick when heated
D) Melting of candle wick on heating

Answer: D

7. Which of the following state does not have Legislative council?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: D

8. The latest addition in fundamentals duties under article-51A of the constitution of India is:
A) Providing opportunities for the education to the child or ward between the age of six and fourteen years
B) Safeguarding public properly
C) Protecting and safeguarding natural environmental
D) Defending the country and rendering national service when called upon

Answer: C

9. As per the constitution of India, the state legislature shall consist of:
A) Governor, Legislative Council, Legislative Assembly
B) Governor, Legislative Assembly where there is no legislative council
C) Cheif Minister, Governor, Legislative Council, Legislative assembly
D) Either (A) or (B)

Answer: D

10. If for a period of ____________ a member of either house of the parliament is without the permission of the house absent from all meetings thereof, the house may declare his/her seat vacant:
A) 30 days
B) 15 days
C) 60 days
D) 7 days

Answer: C

11. Which amidst the following was not a fort of the Maratha Ruler Shivaji?
A) Sindhudurg
B) Raigad
C) Padmadurg
D) None of these

Answer: D

12. Who among the following introduced the Vernacular press Act?
A) Lord Lytton
B) Lord Rippon
C) Lord Curzon
D) Lord Hastings

Answer: A

13. Who was the founder of Vijainagar empire?
A) Krishna Deva Raya
B) Devoraya-I
C) Harihar and Bukka
D) Ram Raya

Answer: C

14. Ten Degree Channel is situated between:
A) North and South Andaman
B) Middle and South Andaman
C) Little Andaman and Nicobar Islands
D) India and Sri Lanka

Answer: C

15. The equaltor does not pass through which of the following countries:
A) Kenya
B) Mexico
C) Indonesia
D) Brazil

Answer: B

16. Earth is made up of more than 100 different elements. Arrange the following four important elements in order of their importance (High to Low) which constitute in the composition of Earth:
A) Oxygen, Aluminium, Silicon, Iron
B) Oxygen, Silicon, Iron, Aluminium
C) Oxygen, Iron, Aluminium, Silicon
D) Oxygen, Silicon, Aluminium, Iron

Answer: D

17. Match the following:
Name of Unit                                                Used to Measure
A. Poise                                                    1. Temperature
B. Farad                                                    2. Quantity of Heat
C. Kelvin                                                   3. Viscosity
D. Calorie                                                  4. Electrical Capacitance

A) A3, B4, C1, D2
B) A4, B3, C2, D1
C) A3, B4, C2, D1
D) A1, B2, C3, D4

Answer: A

18. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
A) North America
B) Argentina
C) Africa
D) Australia

Answer: B

19. Brass contains
A) 70% copper and 30% Zinc
B) 90% copper and 10% tin
C) 85-92% copper and rest tin with little lead and nickel
D) 70-75% copper and rest tin

Answer: A

20. The atomic number of carbon is 12. It means that carbon atom contains:
A) 6 protons and 6 electrons
B) 12 neutrons
C) 12 electrons
D) 12 protons and 12 electrons

Answer: A

21. Freezing point of water is same on these scales:
A) Centigrade and Fahrenheit
B) Centigrade and Reaumur
C) Centigrade and Kelvin
D) Fahrenheit and Kelvin

Answer: B

22. BOD, a measure of organic impurities stands for:
A) Biodegradable oxygen demand
B) Bioresistant oxygen demand
C) Biological oxygen demand
D) Biochemical oxygen demand

Answer: D

23. The waterborne bacterial disease cholera is caused by:
A) Shigella
B) Vibriocomma
C) Falmronellatyphosa
D) Giardia Lamblia

Answer: B

24. Which of the following Act governs the foreign Exchange in India now:
A) FEMA
B) LIBOR
C) FSI
D) FERA

Answer: A

25. BIFR stands for:
A) Board for infrastructural and Financial Restructuring
B) Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
C) Board for Industry and Factory Rehabilitation
D) Building and Infrastructure Financial Restructuring

Answer: B

PART - B (MATHEMATICS)

26. A radio is sold at a gain of 16%. If it had been sold for Rs 20 more, 20% would have been gained. The cost price of the radio is:
A) Rs 350
B) Rs 400
C) Rs 500
D) Rs 600

Answer: C

27. Two cyclists start from the same place in opposite directions. One goes towards north at 18 kmph and the other goes towards south at 20 kmph. What time will they take to be 47.5 km apart:
A) 2 and 1/4 hours
B) 1 and 1/4 hours
C) 23 and 1/4 hours
D) None of these

Answer: B

28. The length and breadth of a square are increased by 40% and 30% respectively. The area of the resulting rectangle exceeds the are of the square by:
A) 42%
B) 62%
C) 82%
D) 92%

Answer: C

29. A car travels a distance of 840 km at a uniform speed. If the speed of the car is 10 kmph more, then it takes 2 hr less to cover the same distance. The original speed of the car (in kmph) was:
A) 45
B) 50
C) 60
D) 75

Answer: C

30. The area of a hexagon whose one side is 2 m is:
A) 3 root 3 m^2
B) 2 root 3 m^2
C) 6 root 3 m^2
D) 4 root 3 m^2

Answer: C

31. In an examination, a student scores 4 marks for every correct answer and loses 1 mark for every wrong answer. If he attempts in all 60 questions and secures 130 marks, the number of questions he attempts correctly is,
A) 35
B) 38
C) 40
D) 42

Answer: B

32. If 12276 / 1.55 = 7920, The value of 122.76 / 15.5 is:
A) 7.092
B) 7.92
C) 79.02
D) 79.2

Answer: B

33. The value of [(1/4)^2 - (1/4)^3] x 2^6 is:
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

Answer: C

34. [(5 5/8)/(6 3/7)] of [(6 7/11)/(9 1/8)] / (8/9) [(2 3/11)/(13/22)] of (0.90/1.50) = ?
A) 0.14
B) 0.12
C) 0.15
D) None of these

Answer: D

35. The average age of man and his son is 28 years. Six years hence the ratio of their age becomes 12:5. What is the present age of his son?
A) 12 years
B) 14 years
C) 15 years
D) None of these

Answer: B

36. The average of the middle two rational numbers if 4/7, 1/3, 2/5, 5/9 are arranged in ascending order is:
A) 86/90
B) 43/45
C) 43/90
D) None of these

Answer: C

37. 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) 10 days
B) 12 days
C) 15 days
D) None of these

Answer: C

38. Rs.782 divided into three parts proportional to the factions 1/2, 2/3 and 3/4. Then the first part is:
A) Rs.204
B) Rs.248
C) Rs. 224
D) Rs. 246

Answer: A

39. Sum of two numbers is equal to sum of square of 11 and cube of 9. Larger number is (5)^2 less than square of 25. What is the value of the sum of twice of 24% of the smaller and half of the large number?
A) 360
B) 540
C) 420
D) None of these

Answer: C

40.  A well has to be dug that is to be 22.5 m deep and diameter 7 m. Find the cost of plastering the inner curved surface at Rs.4 per sq metre:
A) 1690
B) 1875
C) 1980
D) None of these

Answer: C

41. A metal cube of edge 12 cm is melted and formed into three smaller cubes. If the edges of two smaller cubes are 6 cm and 8 cm, find the edge of the third smaller cube?
A) 8 cm
B) 10 cm
C) 12 cm
D) None of these

Answer: B

42. A sum of money at simple interest amounts to Rs. 815 in 3 years and to Rs. 854 in 4 years. The sum is:
A) Rs 650
B) Rs 690
C) Rs 698
D) Rs 700

Answer: C

43. A policeman sees a chain snatcher at a distance of 50 m. He starts chasing the snatcher  who is running wit a speed of 4 m/s while the policeman chasing him with a speed of 6 m/s. find the distance covered by the chain snatcher when he is caught by the policeman
A) 50 m
B) 100 m
C) 75 m
D) None of these

Answer: B

44. A cistern is normally filled in 8 hours; but takes two hours more to fill because of leak in its bottom. If the cistern is full, the leak will make it empty in:
A) 18 hours
B) 28 hours
C) 40 hours
D) None of These

Answer: C

45. The average of four positive integers is 73.5. The highest integer is 108 and the lowest integer is 29. The difference between the remaining two integers is 15. Which of the following is the smaller of the remaining two integers?
A) 71
B) 86
C) 73
D) 85

Answer: A

46. If the difference between Simple interest and compound interest on certain sum of money for 3 years at 10% is Rs 15.50. The sum is:
A) Rs.100
B) Rs.500
C) Rs.1500
D) Rs.2000

Answer: B

47. A publishers sells copies of books to a retail dealer at Rs 5/ per copy but allows 25 copies to be counted as 24. If the retailer sells each of the 25 copies at Rs.6, his profit % is:
A) 20%
B) 24%
C) 25%
D) 40%

Answer: C

48. If the radii of two concentric circles are 15 cm and 13 cm respectively, the area of the circulating ring in sq cm is:
A) 176
B) 178
C) 180
D) 200

Answer: A

49. A farmer traveled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He traveled partly on foot @ 4 km/hr and partly on bicycle @ 9 km/hr. The distance traveled on foot is:
A) 14 km
B) 15 km
C) 16 km
D) 17 km

Answer: C

50. A rectangle is having 15 cm as its length and 150 cm as its area. Its area is increased to 1 (1/3) times the original area by increasing only its length. Its new perimeter is:
A) 60 cm
B) 70 cm
C) 90 cm
D) 80 cm

Answer: A

45.A radio is sold at a gain of 16%. If it had been sold for rs 20 more, 205 would have been gained. The cost price is
Ans: C : Rs 500

46.Two cyclists start from the same place in opposite direction, one goes towards North at 18 km/hr. and the other goes towards South at 20 km/hr. What time will they take to be 47.5 km .
Ans: 1 ¼

47. The length and breadth of square are increased by 40 and 30 respectively. The area of resulting rectangle exceeds the area of square is
Ans: C: 82%

48. A car travels a distance of 840 km at a uniform speed. If the speed of the car is 10 km/hr more, it takes two hours less to cover the same distance. The original speed of the car was
Ans; C: 60

49. The area of hexagon with one side is 2 m is
Ans: C

50. In an examination, a student scores 4 marks for every correct answer and loses 1 mark for every wrong answer. If he attempts all 60 questions and secures 130 marks, the no of questions he attempts correctly is :
Ans:B:  38


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Part - C (English)

51. Identify tense in the following sentence:
Had the Government made a mistake?
A) Past Indefinite Tense
B) Past Perfect Continuous Tense
C) Past Perfect Tense
D) Past Continuous Tense

52. In the following sentence, you have to fill up the blank correctly so as it expresses the existance of something in the past:
There ________________ a garden in this place long ago
A) would be
B) used to be
C) is to be
D) were to be

53. The sentence given here is in active voice. You have to choose from alternatives the correct passive voice:
I spoke to him
A) He was spoken to by me
B) He was spoken by me
C) I was spoken by him
D) He has been spoken by me

54. The sentence given here is in active voice. You have to choose from alternatives the correct passive voice:
Do not pluck flowers
A) Let not pluck flowers
B) Let flowers not to be plucked
C) Let flowers not be plucked
D) Let flowers be not plucked

55. In the question. the sentence has been given in Direct speech. In the options four changed form of reported speech have been given out of which one is correct. Mark the correct one:
The tourist said, "Where is the booking office"
A) The tourist enquired where the booking office was
B) There tourist enquired where was the booking office
C) The tourist asked where was the booking office
D) The tourist said as to where was the booking office

56. In the question. the sentence has been given in indirect speech. In the options four changed form of Direct speech have been given out of which one is correct. Mark the correct one:
He requested her to wait there till he returned.
A) He said to her, "please wait till I return"
B) He said to her "wait here till he returns"
C) He said to her "Please wait there till I return"
D) He asked her "kindly wait here till I return"

DIRECTIONS: In each of the these questions out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word and mark it in the answer sheet.

57. Benevolent:
A) Friendly
B) Lovely
C) Helpful
D) Charitable

Answer: C

58. Clemency
A) Empathy
B) Kindness
C) Sympathy
D) Forgiveness

Answer: D

59. Given below are four sentences: You have to identify the sentence wherein an adverb modifies or describes another adverb:
1. Sita sings well
2. Sita reads quite clearly
3. Sita speaks very softly
4. Sita runs quickly
A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) 2 and 3
D) 1 and 2

Answer: C

60. In the following question, four words have been given in the options. You have to choose correct option for the word which is an adverb:
A) Gloomy
B) Gloomingly
C) Gloomily
D) Gloomiful

Answer: C

61. Find out the kind of adverb in the following sentence:
The sea is very stormy
A) Adverbs of manner
B) Adverb of time
C) Adverbs of degree or quantity
D) Adverbs of frequency

Answer: C

DIRECTIONS: Fill the gaps with suitable prepositions:

62. Given below are three sentences. You have to identify in which of the following sentence the preposition joins a noun to an adjective:
1. There is a cow in the filed
2. He is fond of tea
3. The cat jumped off the chair
A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) 2 and 3 both
D) 1, 2 & 3 all

Answer: D

63. Fill in the gap with suitable preposition in the following question:
"Kate, sit ____________ your granny, will you?"
A) Beside
B) Besides
C) into
D) unto

Answer: A

64. Fill in the gap with suitable preposition in the following question:
I kept ______ gazing at him till I remembered who he was.
A) in
B) at
C) on
D) out

Answer: C

65. Fill in the gap with suitable preposition in the following question:
It is dangerous to intrude ________ the enemy's camp
A) In
B) Into
C) On
D) By

Answer: C

DIRECTIONS: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word and mark it in the answer sheet

66. Crowded
A) Deserted
B) Busy
C) Quiet
D) Congested

Answer: A

67. Revealed
A) Denied
B) Concealed
C) Ignored
D) Overlooked

Answer: B

68. Some nouns have one meaning in singular and two in plural. In the following question, three are alike and having one meaning in singular and two in plural but one is not. Find the odd one:
A) Quarter
B) Manner
C) Premise
D) Deer

Answer: D

69. Find the plural among the followings:
A) News
B) Mathematics
C) Shorts
D) Physics

Answer: C

70. The plural word of "cloth" which means "kinds or pieces of cloth"
A) Cloths
B) Clothes
C) Cloath
D) Custom

Answer: A

71. Some nouns have two meanings in the singular but only one in the plural. Identify among choices the noun which have two meanings in singular but one in plural:
A) Pain
B) People
C) Spectacle
D) Custom

Answer: C

72. Four sentences have been given in the options. You have to find out what kind of coordinating conjunctions have been used in the following sentences:
Either he is mad or he feigns madness.
A) Cumulative or Copulative
B) Adversative
C) Disjunctive or alternative
D) Illative

Answer: C

73. Fill in the gap with suitable conjunction:
We ____ love _________ honour him.
A) Both, and
B) Though, yet
C) Whether, or
D) Feel, or

Answer: A

74. In the following sentence, fill in the gap with suitable conjunction and verb:
R.P Singh _____ Amit Mishra __________ good bowlers.
A) and, is
B) and, are
C) and, was
D) as well as, is

Answer: B

75. Fill in the blank with proper tense:
By the end of this year Ram ________ saved a lot of money
A) will have
B) will have been
C) will be
D) would be

Answer: B

Part - D (Reasoning and Analytical Ability)

76. A train leaves Mumbai with half the number of women as men. At Bhopal ten men get down and five women get in. Now there are equal number of men and women. How many passengers boarded the train initially at Mumbai?
A) 50
B) 56
C) 46
D) None of these

Answer: C

77. If 'INFRASTRUCTURE' is written as '0 9 2 6 4 5 3 6 7 8 3 7 6 1' in a certain code, how would 'SATURN' be written in that code?
A) 5 4 3 6 7 9
B) 5 4 3 7 6 9
C) 5 3 4 2 6 9
D) 5 4 3 8 6 9

Answer: B

78. In a certain code language,
      'cro te na' stands for 'elephants are huge';  'mee cro da' stands for 'animals are dark' and 'mee cro te dana' stands for 'huge animals are lovable'. How is 'elephants are lovable' written in this code of language?
A) mee dana cro
B) na mee dana
C) na dana cro
D) te da mee

Answer: C

79. Arrange the following in a meaningful/logical order:
1. Exhaust
2. Night
3. Sleep
4. Day
5. Work

A) 4, 3, 5, 2, 1
B) 4, 5, 3, 2, 1
C) 4, 5, 2, 1, 3
D) 4, 5, 1, 2, 3

Answer: D

80. Arrange the following words according to dictionary:
1. Invariable
2. Involuntary
3. Invisible
4. Investigate
5. Inventory

A) 1, 5, 2, 3, 4
B) 1, 5, 4, 2, 3
C) 1, 5, 4, 3, 2
D) 1, 4, 5, 3, 2

Answer: C

DIRECTIONS: (Question No. 81 & 82) In these questions select the odd one out

81.
A) X
B) C
C) H
D) Z

Answer: B

82.
A) Bronze
B) Silver
C) Platinum
D) Cadmium

Answer: B

DIRECTIONS: (Question No. 83 to 86) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

R, S, T, U, V, W and X are seven employees of an organization. Three of then are in one Grade and two each in other two grades among A, B and C. Each of them earns different amount as salary. There are three ladies among them one each of each grade. 'T' and her husband only are in Grade B. 'X' earns the maximum and X is a man. He alongwith only 'U' are in grade A. 'U' earns more than only 'R'. 'W' is a lady. She and her friend 'S' are in grade C. 'R' is not in Grade C. 'W' earns less than 'T' but more than 'S'. 'V' earns less than 'S'.

83. Which of the following combinations persons in grade C?
A) WRV
B) WRX
C) WSV
D) Data inadequate

Answer: C

84. Who earns less than only 'X'?
A) U
B) T
C) S
D) None of these

Answer: A

85. How many of the earn more than 'V'?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Three
D) Can't be determined

Answer: A

86. The one who earns the least in which grade ?
A) B
B) A
C) C
D) Can't be determined

Answer: C

87. Kavita is mother-in- law of Beena, who is the sister-in-law of Ashish. Dinesh is the father of Sanjay, the only brother of Ashish. How is Kavita related to Sanjay?
A) Mother-in-law
B) Wife
C) Sister
D) Mother

Answer: D

88. If 1st and 26, 2nd and 25, 3rd and 24th and so on, the letters of English alphabet are paired , then which of the following pair is correct?
A) TH
B) NL
C) JQ
D) HR

Answer: C

89. 'C' is place which is located 2 km  away in the north-west direction from the capital Z. R is another place that is located 2 km away in the south-west direction from 'C'. 'M' is another place and that is located 2 km away in the north-west direction from 'R'. 'T' is yet another place that is located 2 km away in the south-west direction from 'M'. In which direction is 'T' located in relation to 'Z'?
A) South-West
B) West
C) North
D) None of these

Answer: B

90.  Five friends are sitting in a row. 'T' is on the right of 'Z'. 'N' is on the left of 'Z' but is on the right of 'L'. 'T' is on the left of 'K'. Who is sitting first from the left?
A) T
B) L
C) K
D) N

Answer: B

91. A $ B means 'A' is the father of B,
      A # B means 'A' is sister of B,
      A (Saiy symbol) B means 'A' is daughter of B and
      A @ B means 'A' is bother of B.
Then which if the following expressions indicates the relationship 'R' is wife of 'K'
A) K @ P $ T Saiy R
B) K $ P @ T Saiy R
C) K $ P Saiy T @ R
D) K $ P # T @ R

Answer: B

92. Sukanya remembers that her bother's birthday is after fifteenth but before eighteenth of February. Whereas her sister remembers that her brother's birthday is after sixteenth but before nineteenth of Febrruary. On which date in February is Sukanya's brother birthday?
A) 16th
B) 17th
C) 18th
D) 19th

Answer: B

93. In a row of girls Deepthi is 18th from the left and Namita is 12th from right. If Namita shifts five places towards right, then the position of Deepti is immediately right to Namita. How many girls are there in the row?
A) 20 girls
B) 22 girls
C) 23 girls
D) 25 girls

94. If southeast becomes 'North', Northeast becomes 'West', then what will west become?
A) South east
B) North west
C) North east
D) South west

Answer: A

DIRECTIONS: (Question No. 95 to 97) Choose the most appropriate option in the following?

95. Segregate : ? : :  repair : damage
A) First
B) Separate
C) Unify
D) Divide

Answer: C

96. Detective : Information : : Reporter : ?
A) Essay
B) Books
C) News
D) Management

Answer: C

97. Income : Profit : : Expenditure :
A) Surplus
B) Loss
C) Balance
D) Salry

Answer: B

DIRECTIONS: (Question No. 98 & 99) Select the question mark (?) number from the given responses.

98.






A) 21
B) 23
C) 19
D) 28

Answer: B

99.












A) 11
B) 2
C) 3
D) None of these

Answer: B

100. 136 vehicles are parked in a parking lot in a single row. After the first car, there is one scooter. After the second car, there are two scooters. After the third car, there are three scooters and so on. Work out the number of scooters in the second half of the row?
A) 60
B) 63
C) 65
D) 68

Answer: B

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