Welcome to your Aptitude Social National exam 2013
Directions: Question 4-6 consist of words printed in capital letters followed by four words. Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letter. Then blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided.
Direction: To answer the items 7-13, read each of the following words carefully and choose the word that correctly completes the analogy. Then blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided.
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BRIDGE is to RIVER as TUNNEL is to
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PROSE is to a POETRY as CONVERSATION is to
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READING is to a KNOWLEDGE as WORK is to
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COLLEGE is related to TEACHERS in the same way as HOSPITAL is related to:
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TABLE is related to WOOD in the same way as SHIRT is related to:
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WALK is related RUN in the same as BREEZE is related to:
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a WAX is related to GREASE in the same as MILK is related to:
Directions: In questions 14-17, a set of three words is given. Three of the words are related in some ways. The remaining word is not related to the rest. Choose the word which does not fit the relation and blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided.
direction: Read the passages carefully and answer questions 18-25. Each nucstion will be based on the information stated or implied in the passage. Then blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided. Reading comprehension I Read the following passage and answer questions (18-21)
The coconut is an unusual food for many reasons. It is technically a seed, produced by the coconut palm tree, and as such is one of the largest edible seeds produced by any plant. Its unusual contents also make it unique in the seed world the interior consists of both "meat" and "water." The meat is the white pith with which we are all familiar, as it is used extensively for cooking and flavorings; the coconut water is a white liquid that is very sweet andthirst-quenching. Portuguese explores gave the nut its name in the 15th century, referring to it as coco, meaning "ghost" in their language. The three dimples and the hairy texture reminded them of a ghost's face, and the tree has retained that name ever since. The coconut has many varied uses. It is used to make margarine, as well as various cooking oils, and these cooking oils are used by fast-food restaurants around the world to make such diet staples as French fries. The coconut food is a favorite drink in hot climates, providing a cool and refreshing beverage right off the tree. This water is also used by manufactures of various sports drinks because of its isotonic electrolyte properties. Even the shell itself his many uses, including cattle food and fertilizer.
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The coconut earned the nick name "ghost" because
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What is the main focus of this passage?
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The passage implies that coconut palms are
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Coconut differs from the other seeds because of its
Read the following passage and answer
questions (22-25)
Dogs and cats should never be permitted to eat chocolate because chocolate works like a poison in their bodies. Chocolate contains a chemical called theobromine, which is similar to caffeine. Human bodies are able to process the theobromine without any ill side effects, but dogs and cats cannot. Different types of chocolate contain different amounts of theobromine. It would take 20 ounces of milk chocolate to kill a 20-pound dog, but only two ounces of baker's chocolate or six ounces of semi-sweet chocolate. The amounts, of course, are much smaller for a cat, whose body weight is typically less than that of a dog are. Most cats are not naturally attracted to eating chocolate, but many dogs are. Dogs by nature will sample nearly anything that they see masters eating, so pet owners must take are to keep all chocolate products well out of reach of their dogs and cats.
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According to the passage, why is chocolate poisonous for dogs and cats?
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According to the passage, how much milk chocolate would be poisonous to a cat?
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why might a dog eat chocolate, according to the passage?
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What best summarizes this passage?
Direction: Question 26-35 deal with logical and analytical reasoning. Read the given set of conditions and assumption for each question. Choose the answer that you think is most appropriate among the given alternatives. Then blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided.
XYZ, a specialty restaurant, is open for business every Monday through Saturday but is closed Sundays. Lunch is the only meal served on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Dinner is the only meal served on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The restaurant's floors are polished and its plants are watered only on days that XYZ is open for business, according to the following schedule:
-Plants are watered two days each week, but never on consecutive days and never on the same day are that floors polished.
-Floors are polished on Monday and two other days each week, but never on consecutive days and never on the same day that plants are watered.
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According to the schedule, which of the following could be true?
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According to the schedule, the restaurant's floors are polished on either
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If dinner is served on a day that plants are watered, which of the following must be true?
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Assume that floors are polished on consecutive instead on non-consecutive days but that all other scheduling policies are unchanged a For how many of the six days can it be determined both whether plants watered and whether floors are polished.
Read the following text and answer the
question that follow it.
A College in Addis Ababa has built its reputation for academic excellence largely on significant contributions from wealthy alumni who are fans of the colleges' football team. Although the team has won more national championships over the years than any other team in its division, this year id did not even win the division title, and so the College can expect to see a do cline in alumni contribution next year.
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The above argument relies which of the following assumptions about the college?
Read the following text and answer the question that follow it. It is well known that the world urgently needs the adequate distribution of food so that everyone gets enough. Adequate distribution of medicine is just as urgent as the need for foo*Medical expertise and medical supplies need to be redistributed throughout the world so that in emerging nations will have proper medical care.
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This paragraph best supports the statement that
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five children are sitting in a row. S is sitting next to P but not T. K is
sitting next to R who is sitting on the extreme left and T is not sitting next to K. Who are sitting adjacent to S ?
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In a family, there are husband-wife, two sons and two daughters. All the ladies were invited to a dinner. Both sons went out to play. Husband did not return from office. Who was at home?
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Read the following statement and the conclusions. Then choose the conclusion that can be reached based on the statement. Statement: Parents are prepared to pay any price for an elite education to their children. Conclusions:
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Rearrange the following five sentences in proper sequence to from a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below.
- Kemal received a call to attend the
- He applied for a new
- Kemal was an ambitious boy.
- But, he was not happy
- His father had put him in a clerical
DIRECTIONS: Solve each of the problems given in questions 36-60 below and select the best answer from the alternatives and blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet.
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Which one of the following is equal to the arithmetic sequence
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Which term of the following geometric sequence 2, 8, 32, 128, . is 2048?
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the arithmetic sequence: —1 , n, 13,...., which one of the following is the value of n ?
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Which one of the following is a term in the sequence 6, 14, 22,....?
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Which one of the following is equal to the series Parser Error: Expected '}', got 'EOF' Parser Error: Expected 'EOF', got '}' ?
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Which one of the following is the value of o in the sequence: 1,5 , 14, 30, x, 91,…?
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Which of the following is the sum of the
series: 
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Which of the following is the quadrant that the common solution of the equations 2x+3y =2 and 3x+2y=2 is found?
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Given the inequality y≤2x+2 ,which of the following ordered pairs of numbers is NOT a solution for the given inequality?
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The equation T =25+3c is used to model the number of chirps, C ,made by a certain species of cricket in one minute, and the temperature, T, in degrees Fahrenheit. According to this model, what is the estimated increase in temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit, when the number of chirps in one minute is increased by 1 ?
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At a certain school, if the ratio of teachers to students is 1 to 10 , which one of the following can be a total number of teachers and students in the school?
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If x is 30% of 400, y is 40% of x, and is 25% of y, which of the following is equal x+y+z ?
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A radioactive substance decays at an annual rate of 1 7% . If the initial amount of the substance is 650 grams, which one of the following function h(t) models the remaining amount of the substance, in grams after I years?
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Which of the following is equal to the
expression 
for y≠-3 ? for y ≠-3
DIRECTIONS: Questions 50 and 51 both consist of two quantities, one in Column A and another one in Column *Compare the two quantities and answer the questions by choosing the alternative that best explains the relationship between "Column A" and "Column B' .
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The diameter of a circle O is the same as the length of the side of a square S.
Column A
The area of circle O
Column B
The area of square
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Let y be a real number.
A (y+1)x y(y-1)
B y x y x y
DIRECTIONS: Questions 52-56 are based on a data given in the table below. Answer each of the these questions based On the given date
Table: A data on the number of different categories of vehicles sold by a company over five years (in thousands).
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In which of the following years was the number of light commercial vehicles sold was 25% of the number of two-wheelers sold on the same year?
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If the same percentage increase in the number of Heavy Vehicles as in 2000 over 1999 was expected in 2001 over 2000, approximately how many heavy vehicles were sold in 2001?
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Which one of the following is the percentage of the number of heavy vehicles sold in 1999 to that of the total of all vehicles sold in 1958 ?
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In which of the following years was the percentage of number two -wheelers sold to the total number of vehicles sold during the same year was highest?
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For which of the following category of vehicles that the percentage increase in the sale in 1997 over the previous year was maximum?
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Container has 235 flowers in a variety of colors: red, blue, yellow, and purple. There are 45 blue flowers; one-fifth of the flowers are red; forty percent of them are purple and the rest are yellow. Flower is picked at random from the container. Which one of the following is the probability that the flower picked is yellow?
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You go to a restaurant for lunch and want to order a sandwich. There are twenty-five sandwiches on the menu and six of them are toast
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28 male lions and 172 female lions are living in 500-acre Park. If 35more male lions are introduced into the park, how many more female lions should be introduced so that 6/7 of the total number of lions in the Park is female?
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business is owned by 1 man and 5 women, each of whom, has equal share. If one of the women sells 2/5 of her share to the man, and another woman keeps 1/4 of her share and sells the rest to the man, what fraction of the total share of the business is owned by the man?
