Welcome to your APTITUDE ENTRANCE 2015
APTITUDE 2015
section One: Verbal Reasoning (Questions
1-35)
Direction: This section contains 35 verbal reasoning items. It is subdivided in to analogy, synonyms, antonyms, classifications, reading comprehension, analytical and logical reasoning and sentence comprehension. Each subsection is followed by its specific direction.
Analytical Logical Reasoning
Direction: The following statement are followed by two or more conclusions. numbered I and II. You are supposed to assume everything in the statement to be true. Then, consider the suggested conclusions and decide which of them logically follows from the premise beyond a reasonable doubly.
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- 1) Statement: The vacancy announcement stipulates that all applicants are required to produce a medical certificate.
Conclusion I. Any candidate who tests positive
will be rejected.
II. Medical certificate is not mandatory for application or employment.
III. A candidate who produces a forged
medical certificate would be entertained.
Which conclusion could be reasonably drown from drawn from the premise?
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Statement: In many undemocratic countries, minority groups were marginalized for one reason or another.
Conclusions: I. In such countries, individual rights were more important than group rights.
II. In such countries, group rights were more important than individual rights.
III. In such countries, citizens could be marginalized on racial and religious grounds.
IV. Collective identity was more significant than individual identity. Which one of the conclusion is more logical?
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Statement: Many investment projects contribute to environmental pollution unless they closely monitored by regulatory agencies.
Conclusion I. The development policies of certain countries is exemplary
II. Environmental impact should not be undermined in the implementation of projects.
III. Regulatory agencies are responsible for
monitoring the implementation of modalities.
Which one of the conclusion is implied by the head sentence?
4.
The migration of birds from one part of the world to another is attributed to impulses of weather. They flock polar Region’s to the tropical zone or vice-versa following seasonal changes. The choice of their destination depends on whether or not these migratory birds are cold - blooded. The assumption of the above argument revolves around
5.
The traditional view about the predestination of poverty has challenged on scientific grounds. With the advent of science and technology, the stratification of the human society into the poor and the rich is based on man-made problems rather than Divine intervention. In order to ensure equality and equability of natural resources, modern governments should adopt and enforce the pillars of good governance.
This writer proposes that:
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Statement: All public and private schools were closed down during the outburst of the Covid-19 pandemic, which also led to socioeconomic crisis.
Conclusions: I. The spread or Covid-19 was caused the closure of schools.
II. The spread of Covid-19 had forced the closure of schools apart from impacting the socio-economic sector.
III. The outbreak of this virus had nothing to do with the social service sector.
The writer seems to underline the
consequences of Covid-19 as stated in
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The Ministry of Inland Revenue and Customs praised the loyal payers for discharging their duty.
What can we deduce from this premise?
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Statement: The Outbreak of malaria in the tropical zones has posed a threat to public health and GDP of malarial countries.
Conclusion’s: I. Tropical countries should prioritize the eradication of malaria for humanitarian and economic reasons.
II. The death of people from malaria does not affect the GDP of a country.
III. Malaria should not the thee focal point of research .
Which one of the above conclusions could drawn from the premise?
Reading Comprehension
Instruction: Read the passages carefully and answer questions 9-18. Each question is based in the information stated or implied in the passage, Then blacken letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provide.
Reading Passage I
Instruction: For questions 9— 13, read the following text carefully and answer the question that follow is based on the information t
1. Historically, British adventurism, expansionism, as well as the slave trade and Christian evangelism led to the global spread of the English language and its divers forms. It was commanded to become the medium of international communication as a legacy of the British colonialism and was chauvinistically described as 'a window on the world', if not the chosen tongue.
2. As the influence of the British Empire recedes, however, English speakers around the globe are now left to their discretion. In the past, there was a great fascination among Indians for 'pure language'. Several generations of Head Masters have spent <> lives instilling in the minds of student that speaking the 'Queen's English' was the ultimate in educational attainment. Nowadays, English is becoming more and monolithic. In this scenario international standard variety of English will be the common factor that allows for mutual intelligibility among its Afro-Asian varieties.
9.
The spread of English across the globe attributed to
10.
What was the misconception of Indian Head Masters about the end goal of education?
11.
The word their in paragraph 2 refers to
12.
The word recedes in paragraph 2, could interchangeably be used with
13.
The word monolithic in paragraph 2 is synonymous with
Reading Passage II
Instruction: Questions 14-18 deal with the restoration of contextual vocabulary which have randomly omitted from the text. Choose the most appropriate word from the table below and complete the numbered spaces. Then, blacken the lesser of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided.
anonymous exposes homogenous cosmopolitan specialization
1. One of the major decisions which preparatory school leavers face is the dilemma of joining a large university or a small college. The large university provides a wide range of academic departments as well as numerous courses within such departments. The small college, however, generally offers a limited number of courses and (1. ) opportunities with a better student-faculty ratio, thus permitting individualized attention to students.
2. Because of its large, (2. _ _ ) student
body (often exceeding 20,000 ), the university ( 3
) its students to various cultural, social, and extracurricular activities. On there hand, the (4. student body of the small college affords greater opportunities for direct. involvement and individual participation in such actives and inter cultural clubs. All the more, the university closely approximates the real world since it provides a relaxed, impersonal and sometimes ( 5 . existence.
3. In contrast, the intimate atmosphere of the small college allows the students three-to-four years of structured living in which they contemplate and prepare for the real world. In making their choice among the institutions of higher education, the students must, therefore, consider many subjective and objective factors before joining anyone of these centers of timeless fellowship.
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The first blank space could be completed with one the following words.
15.
The word is more appropriate to complete the second blank space.
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One of the following words could be used in the third blank space.
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The word___________is more appropriate for completing the fourth blank space.
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The word___________could be used in the fifth blank space.
Classification of Items/Phenomena
Direction: For questions 19-23, choose the world which cannot be categorized under the same group or category and blacken the letter of your
Antonyms
Direction: For questions 24-26 choose the letter of the word or phrases that is nearly opposite meaning to the words in bold types.
Synonyms
Direction: for question 27-30, choose the letter of the word or phrase that is nearly similar in meaning to the words in bold type.
26.
The of the virus had reached an epidemic proportion.
27.
The electric poles were with chemical solutions for durability
28.
The sense of between the rival groups resolved peacefully.
Analogy
Direction: for questions 31-35, read the pair of words in block capitalization, which are followed by four alternatives. Choose the letter which best expresses a relationship similar to that of the original
30.
GU N POWE R: EXP I.OSION; Volcano:______________
31.
CARVAN: DESERT ; Perch:____________
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HISTORY: CHRONOLOGICAL , Topography:__________________
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DREAM: SHATTERED , Promises: ____________
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BROADCAST: VERBAL , Para language:__________
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38.
Which one of the following is the first terms of the geometric
39.
Which one of the following is true is for every natural number
Directions:- Questions 41 - 45 are based on the date given in the tables below Answer each of the questions based on the given data.
Student enrollment at in a college
Distribution of enrollment by class and gender
Total enrollment : 4,800
percent of total enrollment majoring in selected academic areas
40.
What is the ratio of the number of male freshman social science student to the number of female sophomore natural science students?
41.
If the total enrollment is 20 percent greater than it was five years ago, what was the total enrollment five years ago?
42.
How many students are either juniors or males or both?
43.
In which enrollment do the female students have the highest percentage?
44.
What is the number of male junior social science students?
45.
If your total income is 12,000 Birr per month and you can't spend more than 60% on housing, what is the maximum amount of your total income than can be spent on housing ?
46.
Suppose that the perimeter of a rectangular farm is 80 mater. If the farm is y meter long and x mater wide then which one of the following functions of will x model the total area of farm in square meter?
47.
Which one of the following is the coefficient of x³y in the expansion of the algebraic expression (
48.
which one of the following is the degree of the polynomial function ƒ(x)= (2x+ 7)5(3x —1)²?
49.
Which one of the following is necessarily true about real any real number x and Y ?
50.
Which one of the following is the solution set of the system of linear equations given by x+y=1 and 3x—y=7?
51.
Which one of the following ordered pair of number is not in the solution of the system of linear inequalities x+y ≥1 and x-2y≤2
53.
A woman spent one fifth of her salary for clothing, two fifth her salary for different bills and 100 Birr for her transport. After covering all there costs she is left with 4,500 Birr. What was the salary she received?
54.
During the sunshine an upright building 16 meters tall is casting a shadow of 12 meters long. At the same time, a nearby upright building is casting a shadow of 18 meters long. If the lengths of the shadows are proportional to the height of the building what is the height, in meter, of the taller building?
55.
Consider the system of linear equations: x-2y=3 and -3x+2y= 1. Then which one of the following is true about the system?
56.
Suppose you want to select a 3-person committee from a group of 7 teachers. How many ways are there to do this?
57.
A box contains 12 pieces of each of has the name of the of the 12 students in a class consisting of 7 male and 5 female students, all with different names. What * the probability of a randomly selected piece of paper has a female student name
58.
According to a surveys in an area, 25% of the trees planted did not grow in the year 2001 E.C and 35% of the trees planted did not grow in the year 2014 E.C. What was the percentage increase in the fraction of trees planted that did not grow from the year 2011 E.C to year 2014 E.C?
59.
A lake was 30 m deep. Two months later, its depth decreased by 20%. If the depth of the lake increased from where it was after two months by 15a three month' time, what was the cumulative percentage change in the depth of the lake during the five months?
