No. of Questions: 100 Marks: 100 Time: 2 Hrs.

Postal / Sorting Assistants Exam Model Paper

1. The Five Year Plan that gave priority to heavy
industry was
A) Second B) First C) Seventh D) Fourth
2. Present Chairman of National Human
Rights Commission is .....
A) K.G.Balakrishnan B) P.L.Punia
C) Rameshwar Oran D) Ramadorai. S
3. Who acts as the Chairman of the State
Planning Board?
A) Governor B) Chief Minister
C) Leader of the opposition D) Speaker
4. Air bladder in fish acts as
A) Accessory respiratory organ
B) Hydrostatic organ
C) Both accessory respiratory organ and
hydrostatic organ
D) Primary respiratory organ
5. Which of the following is called 'Blue Planet'?
A) Saturn B) Earth C) Jupiter D) Mars
6. Which one of the following glands is respon-
sible for secretion of sex hormones?
A) Adrenal gland B) Thyroid gland
C) Pituitary gland D) Sebaceous gland
7. In cauliflower plant the useful part is
A) Underground stem B) Root
C) Young inflorescence D) Leaves
8. Aurobindo was arrested in connection with
A) Alipore bomb case
B) Kolhapur bomb case
C) Lahore conspiracy case
D) Kakori case
9. For a ray of light to suffer total internal reflec-
tion it has to pass from
A) glass to water B) water to glass
C) air to water D) air to glass
10. Which of the following is an example of a
database manager?
A) Organizer B) Paradox
C) Quattro Pro D) Corel Draw
11. If lime water is kept in the air, it turns milky
due to presence of
A) Carbondioxide B) Nitrogen
C) Oxygen D) Sulphurdioxide
12. What are the signals that inform the operat-
ing system that some activity has taken
place, called?
A) Informers B) Interrupts
C) Events D) Handlers
13. Name the Prime Minister who brought about
a thaw in India-China relations by signing
the ''Line of Actual Control''.
A) Lal Bahadur Shastri
B) P.V. Narasimha Rao
C) Chandrasekhar
D) V.P. Singh
14. ''Manchester of South India" is
A) Coimbatore B) Madurai
C) Bangalore D) Chennai
15. The acid stored in batteries is
A) Sulphuric acid B) Nitric acid
C) Hydrochloric acid D) Acetic acid
16. Heavy metal pollution of water is caused by
A) Paints B) Wood burning
C) Acid plants D) Domestic sewage
17. A stone is dropped from the roof of a house
towards the ground. The kinetic energy of
the stone will be maximum
A) just after it is dropped
B) when it is just on the halfway
C) just before it touches the ground
D) when it touches the ground
18. Which state's name was changed recently?
A) Jharkhand B) Kerala
C) West Bengal D) Andhra Pradesh
19. Nirbheek is ......
A) Indian Navy ship
B) Missile
C) Government of India new program to
protect women.
D) Lightweight revolver designed by Indian
Ordnance Factory to protect the
women.
20. Income and consumption are
A) inversely related B) directly related
C) partially related D) unrelated
21. Which of the following Public Under takings'
has not been conferred with 'Maharatna'
status?
A) SAIL B) HAL
C) ONGC D) Coal India Limited
22. Who is known as the 'Indian Bismarck'?
A) Vallabhai Patel
B) Subhash Chandra Bose
C) Bhagat Singh D) Bal Gangadhara Tilak
23. Which one of the four regions above the
earth has smallest height (km.)?
A) Stratosphere B) Mesosphere
C) Thermosphere D) Troposphere
24. Which state of India shows the lowest pop-
ulation as per Census 2011?
A) Manipur B) Tripura
C) Puducherry D) Sikkim
25. 'Rail Bandhu' is
A) Web-site of each railway division
B) the onboard medical officer in every train
to attend to medical emergencies.
C) security guard in every A.C. coach of
Rajdhani / Shatabdi and A.C, Duronto
Express.
D) an onboard magazine of Indian Railways
to be available in Rajdhani / Shatabdi /
A.C. Duronto Express.
26. If x, y are acute angles, 0 < x + y < 90 and
sin (2x 20) = cos (2y + 20), then the
value of tan (x + y) is

1 3

A) B) C) 3 D) 1

2
3
27. The ratio of the angles A and B of a non-
square rhombus ABCD is 4 : 5, then the
value of C is
A) 50 B) 45 C) 80 D) 95
28. A straight line parallel to BC of ABC inter-
sects AB and AC at points P and Q respec-
tively. AP = QC, PB = 4 units and AQ = 9
units, then the length of AP is
A) 25 units B) 3 units
C) 6 units D) 6.5 units
29. If x + y = a and xy = b
2
, then the value of
x
3
x
2
y xy
2
+ y
3
in terms of a and b is
A) (a
2
+ 4b
2
) a B) a
3
3b
2
C) a
3
4b
2
a D) a
3
+ 3b
2
30. From a right circular cylinder of radius 10 cm
and height 21 cm, a right circular cone of
same base-radius is removed. If the volume
of the remaining portion is 4400 cm
3
, then
the height of the removed cone
22
(
Taking =
)
is
7
A) 15 cm B) 18 cm C) 21 cm D) 24 cm
31. I is the incentre of ABC, ABC = 60 and
ACB = 50. Then BIC is
A) 55 B) 125 C) 70 D) 65
32. If (3a + l)
2
+ (b l)
2
+ (2c 3)
2
= 0, then the
value of (3a + b + 2c) is equal to
A) 3 B) 1 C) 2 D) 5

33. Among the following numbers

6
12 ,
3
4

4
5, 3 the least one is
6

A) 12 B) 4 C) 5 D) 3
34. A trader marks his
goods 45% above
the cost price and
gives a discount of
20% on the
marked price. The gain % on goods he
makes is
A) 15 B) 14 C) 29 D) 16
35. The simplified value of (sec x sec y +
tan x tan y)
2
(sec x tan y + tan x sec y)
2
is
A) 1 B) 0 C) sec
2
x D) 1
36. Speed of a boat is 5 km per hour in still
water and the speed of the stream is 3 km
per hour. If the boat take 3 hours to go to a
place and come back, the distance of the
place is
A) 3.75 km B) 4 km
C) 4.8 km D) 4.25 km
37. The single discount equivalent to the dis-
count series of 20%, 10% and 5% is
A) 11.66% B) 31.6% C) 31.66% D) 32%
38. If xy [x + y) = 1, then the value of
1
x
3
y
3
is
x
3
y
3
A) 0 B) 1 C) 3 D) 2
39. Two vessels A and B contain acid and water
mixed in the ratio 2 : 3 and 4 : 3. In what
ratio must these mixtures be mixed to form
a new mixture containing half acid and half
water?
A) 5 : 7 B) 1 : 2 C) 2 : 1 D) 7 : 5
40. The base of a right pyramid is a square of
side 40 cm long. If the volume of the pyra-
mid is 8000 cm
3
, then its height is
A) 5 cm B) 10 cm C) 15 cm D) 20 cm
x 1 1
41. If = , value of
(
x +
)
is
2x
2
+ 5x + 2 6
x
1 1
A) 2 B) C) D) 2
2 2
42. Each internal angle of regular polygon is two
times its external angle. Then the number of
sides of the polygon is
A) 8 B) 6 C) 5 D) 7
43. The perimeter of a rhombus is 40 cm and
the measure of an angle is 60, then the
area of it is
A) 100

3 cm
2
B) 50

3 cm
2
C) 160

3 cm
2
D) 100 cm
2
44. The ratio of the areas of the incircle and the
circumcircle of a square is
A) 1 : 2 B) 2 : 3 C) 3 : 4 D) 4 : 5
45. The ratio of the sum to the LCM of two nat-
ural numbers is 7 : 12. If their HCF is 4, then
the smaller number is
A) 20 B) 16 C) 12 D) 8
46. sin
2
5 + sin
2
6 + ... + sin
2
84 +
sin
2
85 = ?
1 1 1
A) 39 B) 40 C) 40 D) 39
2 2

2
47. ABCD is a cyclic trapezium such that
ADBC, if ABC = 70; then the value of
BCD is
A) 60 B) 70 C) 40 D) 80
48. A man sells 320 mangoes at the cost price
of 400 mangoes. His gain percent is
A) 15 B) 20 C) 25 D) 10
49. The value of the expression
(a b)
2
(b c)
2
(c a)
2
+ + is
(bc)(ca) (ab)(c a) (ab)(b c)
1
A) 0 B) 3 C) D) 2
3
50. A can do a certain job in 12 days. B is 60%
more efficient than A. To do the same job B
alone would take
1
A) 7 days B) 8 days C) 10 days D) 7 days
2
Directions (Q.51 - 55): In the following ques-
tions, four alternatives are given for the
idiom/phrase printed in the sentence. Choose
the alternative which best expresses the
meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
51. The officer called for an explanation from
the cashier for the shortage of cash.
A) asked B) begged
C) served a notice D) demanded
52. The actress took cue from her brother and
became successful.
A) some help B) a hint
C) some money D) learnt acting
53. We wanted the gift to be a surprise for my
mother, but/my sister gave the game
away
A) lost the game B) gave out the secret
C) gave away the gift
D) withdrew from the plan
54. Let us have a heart to heart talk to solve
this problem.
A) good talk B) emotional talk
C) frank talk D) loving talk
55. His speech fell short on the audience.
A) had no effect B) moved the audience
C) impressed the audience
D) was quite short
Directions (56 - 60): In the following questions,
sentences are given with blanks to be filled in
with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives
are suggested for each question. Choose the
correct alternative out of the four and indicate
it as your answer.
56. Our tutor ......... several points before the
exams.
A) cleared off B) cleared away
C) cleared up D) cleared out
57. Let me give you ...............
A) an advise B) any advice
C) some advice D) some advises
58. The goods are moved ........... bullocks.
A) with B) off C) to D) by
59. Gopi ............. very polite at the moment,
because he wants to make a good
impression.
A) was being B) has been
C) is behaving D) is being
60. If I don't .............. advantage of this
platform, then how dare I be a dancer?
A) make B) take C) bring D) find
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