PPSC Prelims 2021

In a meeting Rajita always begins her sentences with 'I may be wrong, but…', or, 'Excuse my impertinence, but…' What style of communication is Rajita following?

Before any negotiation, Ramesh first met the client informally, chatted with him and listened attentively to all his points. Only when he gathered all the relevant information, did he push for a negotiation. Ramesh was a

Gita listened to the views of others and then analysed them according to their merit. Her listening style was

Suppose you have a 12-hour digital clock where the number representing the hour is always the same as the number representing the minute. That is, the clock can only show times like 8:08, 9:09, 10:10, etc. What is the smallest time difference between two such times?

Read these six conditional claims: 1. If it's an apple, then it's a fruit. 2. If it's a fruit, then it's an apple. 3. It's an apple if it's a fruit. 4. It's a fruit if it's an apple. 5. It's not a fruit if it's not an apple. 6. It's not an apple if it's not a fruit. Out of these six conditional claims which three claims have the answer as Yes?

Hina Yellow, Jhanvi Red and Leena Gray each have a gray handbag, a yellow handbag and a red handbag, but none of them has a handbag colour that matches their name. They met unexpectedly one day. The lady with the red handbag commented, "How odd!" to which Leena Gray replied: "Most odd indeed!" Which option about the lady name and colour of the handbag is correct?

Read the following information carefully and then answer the question given below. 1. AΔB means A is mother of B. 2. A@B means A is sister of B. 3. A*B means A is father of B. 4. A#B means A is brother of B. Which of the following means R is uncle of T ?

Warangal Warriors, Thapar Thunders, Rohtak Rockers and Vellore Vikings are four Kabbadi Teams who compete against each other so that there are six matches in order to decide the champion. 1. “Vellore Vikings” is beaten by “Warangal Warriors”. 2. “Thapar Thunders” beat “Vellore Vikings”. 3. “Warangal Warriors” and “Rohtak Rockers” beat “Thapar Thunders”. 4. “Rohtak Rockers” beats “Warangal Warriors” and “Vellore Vikings”. Who emerges as the champion ?

The afternoon classes in a school begin at 2:00 P.M. and end at 4:52 P.M. There are four afternoon class periods with 4 minutes between periods. The number of minutes in each class period is

At a party there are 3 large pizzas of equal size. Each pizza has been cut into 9 equal pieces. 8/9 of the first pizza has been eaten; 2/3 of the second pizza has been eaten; 7/9 of the third pizza has been eaten. What fraction of the 3 pizzas is left ?

The three volumes of Encyclopedia of Animal Kingdom sit in order on a shelf with no space between the volumes, all upright, so that their spines are visible, left to right : I, II and III. Each is 30 mm thick, comprising 24 mm of total pages and 3 mm for each cover. A bookworm bores from page 1, volume I, to the last page of volume III. How far does it travel ?

According to a survey at a company, 20 percent of the employees owned cell phones in 1994, and 60 percent of the employees owned cell phones in 1998. From 1994 to 1998, what was the percent increase in the fraction of employees who owned cell phones ?

From 2018 to 2019, Mohan’s annual salary increased by 10 percent and Arun’s annual salary decreased by 5 percent. If their annual salaries were equal in 2019, then Arun’s annual salary in 2018 was what percent greater than Mohan’s annual salary in 2018 ?

A candidate scores 20% and fails by 45 marks and another candidate who scores 45% marks gets 30 marks more than the minimum required to pass the examination. Find the maximum marks for the examination.

How far is it from Ranchi to Munnar ?

Taking account of the distances and the winds, if a plane were to fly from New Delhi to Kolkata (to and fro) and another one from New Delhi to Pune (to and fro) at a constant speed, which trip would you expect to be completed quicker? (No stoppage)

Which of the following has the greatest BMI? (Data: Person A – Height 1.45 m, Weight 45 kg; B – 1.50 m, 50 kg; C – 1.55 m, 55 kg; D – 1.70 m, 60 kg; E – 1.80 m, 70 kg)

If an adolescent’s height increases by 10% and his mass by 10%, by how much will his BMI change?

What is the ratio of the “percentage of candidates clearing E2 exam in second stage after clearing E1 exam in first stage” to “percentage of candidates clearing E1 exam in second stage after clearing E2 exam in first stage”?

What is the percentage of candidates who are failing in second stage viva exam after clearing E2 exam in first stage?

What is the ratio of the number of cinema artists who are not proficient in any of these three skills (X0) to those who are proficient in all three (X3)?

If all other data remains same, how many cinema artists who are not proficient in any of these three skills should become proficient in all three, so that the ratio between the number of cine-artists who are not proficient in any of these three skills (X0) and those who are proficient in all three (X3) becomes X0 : X3 = 1 : 4?

How much more is the cost of a morning flight compared with an afternoon flight for a family of four to destination B with travel insurance and a total of three items of hold luggage?

A party of three book to fly on the afternoon flight to destination C and opt for a total of two items of hold luggage and the environment offset. How much is the cost of their trip?

Set M has 42 students and set N has 60 students. At least 12 of the students in set M are not in set N. Which of the following cannot be the possible number of students in set N that are not in set M?

When the following shape is folded to form a cube, which is the only one of the options from A to D that can be produced?

A container of milk was 3/4 full. When 5 bottles of milk were taken out and 3 bottles of milk were poured into it, it was 2/3 full. How many bottles of milk can the container contain?

The cost of mowing a square lawn at the rate of INR 700 per hectare is INR 4,375. The cost of putting a fence around the lawn at the rate of INR 45.45 per meter would be (in INR)

If > = ÷, < = +, × = = and # = −, then which of the following equations is correct?

Directions (Q. 30–33): Read the following information and answer the questions. There are five boys p, q, r, s and t sitting in the first line facing south. Five girls A, B, C, D and E are sitting in a second line parallel to the first line and facing north. The seating arrangement is such that: • A is sitting at one end of the line. • q, who is just to the left of s, is opposite E. • B and r are diagonally opposite to each other. • t is opposite C, who is just next right of A. Which pairs are sitting opposite to each other?

Using the same information as in Question 30, who is sitting third to the right of C?

Using the same information as in Question 30, which of the following pairs is diagonally opposite to each other?

If C and D, p and t, and q and E interchange their positions, then who will be the second person to the right of the person who is opposite to the person second to the right of D?

Directions (Q. 34–35): Read the passage and answer the questions. Amit, Bharat, Chandan, Dinesh, Eeshwar and Ferguson are cousins. None of them are of the same age, but all have birthdays on the same date. The youngest is 17 years old and Eeshwar, the eldest, is 22 years old. Ferguson’s age lies somewhere between Bharat and Dinesh. Amit is older than Bharat and Chandan is older than Dinesh. Which of the following is NOT possible?

If Bharat is 17 years old, then which of the following could be the ages of Dinesh and Chandan respectively?

Read the following statements: A. Many ones are threes. B. All twos are fours. C. A few ones are twos. D. All fours are threes. E. All twos are threes. In the four options given below, three statements are put together in a specific order. Choose the option which indicates a valid argument, i.e., where the third statement is a conclusion drawn from the preceding two statements.

Which of the following statements follows logically from the statement "India will talk, only if the terrorists are handed over"?

At a buffet, six sweets are arranged in a circular order on a table. Burfi is opposite Halwa. There is one sweet between Laddu and Jalebi. Gulab jamun is to the right of Halwa. Rasagulla is one of the sweets. Which sweet is two places away to the left of Gulab jamun?

A team of three is to be selected from six persons — Pavan, Sravan, Raghavan, Aman, Dhawan and Bhavan, such that if one of Pavan and Sravan is selected then the other must not be selected. If one of Raghavan and Dhawan is not selected then the other must not be selected. If Aman is not selected then who must be selected?

Pavan, Sravan, Charan, Tarun and Kiran are the top five rankers in a class, not necessarily in the same order. Each of these five is of a different height. The tallest person is the fourth ranker while Kiran is the second ranker. Tarun is taller than at least two persons and is the third ranker. The shortest person is the first ranker but he is not Charan. Sravan is taller than only one person and Tarun is taller than Kiran. Who is the fourth ranker?

How many persons are taller than Pavan? (Use the same data given in Question 40.)

There are five rooms in my house — a hall, kitchen, study room, bedroom and dining room. There is one light in each room. Whenever the kitchen light is on, the study room light is off. Whenever the dining room light is on, the kitchen light is also on. Whenever the study room light is on, the hall light has to be on. How many lights, at the most, can be on simultaneously?

In a joint family of seven persons A, B, C, D, E, F and G, there are two married couples. G is a housewife. C is the wife of B. A is the granddaughter of G. D is the father-in-law of C and father of E. F is A’s brother and B’s son. How is B related to E?

A bartender stole vodka from bottle A that contained 50% alcohol and he replaced what he had stolen with vodka from bottle B containing 20% alcohol. He used water to replenish bottle B, which is twice as large as bottle A. After the mixing, alcohol content of bottle A reduced to 30%. What is the alcohol content of bottle B now?

Rate of consumption of coal by a locomotive varies as the square of the speed and is 1000 kg/hour when the speed is 60 km/hour. If the coal costs the railway company 15 paise/kg and if the other expenses are 12 rupees/hour, what becomes the total cost with a speed of 30 km/hour?

A completes 2⁄3 of a certain job in 6 days. B can complete 1⁄3 of the same job in 8 days and C can complete 3⁄4 of the job in 12 days. All of them work together for 4 days and then A and C quit. How long will it take for B to complete the remaining work alone?

A book contains 10 chapters. Each chapter has a different number of pages, ranging from 20 to 30. The first chapter starts on page 1 and each chapter starts on a new page. What is the largest possible number of chapters that can begin on odd page numbers?

A ladder reaches a window that is 8 m above the ground on one side of the street. Keeping its foot on the same point, the ladder is twined to the other side of the street to reach a window 12 m high. Find the width of the street if the ladder is 13 m.

Sanjay writes a letter to his friend, Kesari. It is known that one out of 10 letters that are posted does not reach its destination. If Sanjay does not receive a reply to his letter, then what is the probability that Kesari did not receive Sanjay’s letter? It is certain that Kesari will definitely reply to Sanjay’s letter if he receives it.

In a school, a total of 180 students are enrolled in the foreign languages program. The foreign languages offered are: French, German and Chinese and the number of people studying each of these subjects are 80, 90 and 100 respectively. The number of students who study more than one of the three subjects is 50% more than the number of students who study all the three subjects. How many students study all three foreign languages?

Three alarm clocks ring their alarms at regular intervals of 20, 21 and T minutes respectively. If the clocks beep together at 12 noon, for which value of T would they beep together again at the earliest?

A person of 6 ft height wants to pluck a fruit that is hanging at one-fourth (1/4) the distance from the top of a 20 ft high tree. The person, standing 28 ft away from the tree, throws a stone which hits the top of the tree. He then moves towards the tree and, keeping the same angle of projection, throws another stone that now hits the fruit. Assuming the stones travel in a straight line from the hand to the target, what is the present distance of the person from the tree?

The cost of 10 pears, 8 guavas and 6 mangoes is ₹ 44. If the cost of each fruit, in rupees, is a natural number and no two fruits have the same cost, find the cost of 4 mangoes and 3 guavas.

What is the number of apples plucked on day 6?

For how many days is it possible to determine the exact number of apples plucked by Shakuntala?

Who among the following did not get out for the maximum number of times?

If the average is calculated on the basis of the total innings played, whose average will show the minimum change?

How many of the batsmen got out in all the innings played?

If the Dollar/Yen ratio follows the same trend from 24th to 27th as from 21st to 24th, then what will be the value of $ 50 on 27th June?

A jacket costs $ 400. Mohan has ₹ 18,200, 225 Pounds and 35,000 Yen with him. If he can use only one currency to buy the jacket, he would be able to buy the jacket on 20th June using:

Which two regions have the combined highest population density?

If in the next 10 years, the population of wild animals in Antarctica will increase by 2.5% more than that in the rest of the world, what will be the percentage population of wild animals in Antarctica after 10 years?

Congress procession can be allowed

Which of the following is not true?

Which of the following sentences is correct?

When I met her last week, she seemed to be ________ the weather.

Identify the correct meaning of the idiom “ਗੌਲੂਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਮਿੱਟੀ ਭਾਟਨਾ”.

In which of the following situations is the proverb “ਇਰਖਾ ਤੇ ਕੂੜ ਨਾ ਕੋਈ” (No fire is fiercer than jealousy and anger) appropriately used?

Choose the correct plural form for the word “ਰਿਪੋਰਟਰ”.

In which of the following sentences is the exclamation mark used correctly?

According to the given passage, the correct meaning of the word “ਹੋਣ” is:

Which of the following statements given below the passage are correct?

According to the passage, which of the following is the appropriate synonym for “ਸੁੰਦਰਤਾ” (beauty)?

Which of the following are synonyms of the word “ਦੀਵਾ” (lamp)?

According to the writer, supporters of caste would object to liberty in the sense of

What are the three aspects in which men are ‘undoubtedly unequal,’ according to the writer?

If selection is done on the basis of birth, education, family name, business connections and inherited wealth, then it would be

Which of the following is NOT a reason that the writer gives for desiring equality in a democracy?

“It is critical to understand that ‘same’ does not mean ‘equal.’” What does this statement imply?

“Men and women don’t have to be the ‘same’ physically in order to have the right to equality.” Why?