DSSSB Personal Assistant 27 November 2021 Shift 1 (Previous Year Paper)

A series is given with one term wrong. Select that wrong term from the given alternatives.

PLJ, MOG, JRD, GUA, CXX

A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

PMR, LJM, HGH, DDC, ?

In the following question, select the related letters from the given alternatives.

HIM ∶ SFK ∶∶ PAN ∶ ?

In a certain code language, ‘PHONE × MEAN’ is written as ‘20’, ‘FACT × HARDEST’ is written as ‘28’. What is the code for ‘ANY × TIME’ in that code language?

In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows the given statements.

Statements:

I. Some men are human.

II. No animal is human.

Conclusions:

I. Some men are not animal.

II. No human is animal.

J is the mother of R. K is the only child of F and L. M is the brother of R and L.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

I. L is the father of K

II. J is the mother of L

III. L can be the daughter of J

In the following question, select the related letter pair from the given alternatives.

POEM ∶ RIRR ∶∶ ?

In the following question, select the related words from the given alternatives.

Cup ∶ Crockery ∶∶ Sharpener ∶ ?

In a row at a bus stop, ‘A’ is 7^th from the left and ‘B’ is 9^th from the right. They both interchange their positions. Now A becomes 11^th from the left. How many people are there in the row?

A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

AO19, HV33, OC21, VJ35, ?

A team of 5 or 6 members is to be formed from 6 boys ∶ B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 and B6 and 5 girls ∶ G1, G2, G3, G4 and G5. Minimum two boys should be in the team. G1 and G4 should not be in the same team. Only one among G2, B3 and B6 should be selected. B2 and G5 should be in the same team. G4 can be selected with either B1 or B5. Either G1 or G2 should be in the team.

Which of the following can represent the members of the team?

I. G4 B1 B2 G5 B6 B5

II. B1 G1 B6 B4 G4

III. G3 G2 G5 B2 B5 G4

IV. B4 B3 G1 G3 B2 G5

A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

PNTU, NLRS, LJPQ, JHNO, ?

In a certain code language, ‘FRAME’ is written as ‘7’, ‘JUDGE’ is written as ‘11’. What is the code for ‘MAJOR’ in that code language?

Complete the following number series logically:

30, 42, 56, 72, 90, ?

In the following question, select the related letters from the given alternatives.

PONG ∶ NPLH ∶∶ HATE ∶ ?

In a certain code language, ‘OKEY’ is written as ‘780’, ‘WISE’ is written as ‘768’. What is the code for ‘COKE’ in that code language?

8 boys A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a row facing towards north (not necessarily in the same order). E is the immediate neighbour of B and F. Only 4 boys are sitting between C and E. A is second to the left of D. C is towards the right of E.

If H is not towards the right of E, then which of the following statement(s) is/are not correct?

I. 3 boys can sit between B and G

II. H is fourth to the left of A

III. 2 boys can sit between C and A

IV. G is to the immediate left of A

In a certain code language, ‘FOUGHT’ is written as ‘GSTFLU’, ‘JACKET’ is written as ‘GVPXZQ’. What is the code for ‘NICELY’ in that code language?

In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows the given statements.

Statements:

I. No Q is R.

II. No F is Q.

Conclusions:

I. Some F are not R.

II. Some Q are not F.

III. No R is Q.

In a certain code language, ‘BUNCH’ is written as ‘87’, ‘CROWN’ is written as ‘62’. What is the code for ‘DRAWN’ in that code language?

Based on the given venn diagram, which of the following statement is correct?

Two figures given on the left side of (∶∶) are related with some logic/rule/relation. Select the missing figure on the right of (∶∶) from the given alternatives based on the same logic/rule/relation.

Which figure is similar to the given figures?

Which answer figure will complete the pattern in the question figure?

In the following question, select the number which can be placed at the sign of question mark (?) from the given alternatives.

If 8 equal cuts are made on each axis of a big cube, then how many small cubes will be obtained?

By interchanging the given two numbers which of the following equation will be correct?

1 and 4

In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows the given statements.

Statements:

I. Some G are D.

II. No K is M.

III. No M is G.

Conclusions:

I. Some M are not K.

II. Some G are not M.

III. Some D are not M.

In the following question, select the figure which can be placed at the sign of question mark (?) from the given alternatives

Based on the given venn diagram, which of the following statement is incorrect?

In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows the given statements.

Statements:

I. Some red are yellow.

II. Some pink are orange.

III. All red are orange.

Conclusions:

I. Some red are pink.

II. Some orange are pink.

III. Some yellow are red.

A series is given with one term wrong. Select that wrong term from the given alternatives.

570, 547, 576, 545, 584

In the following question, select the odd figure from the given alternatives.

In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows the given statements.

Statements:

I. No T is K.

II. No F is N.

III. No N is T.

Conclusions:

I. No K is F.

II. All T are F.

III. No N is F.

Based on the given venn diagram, which of the following statement(s) is/are incorrect?

I. Number of bike which are not green are 14.

II. Number of yellow which are green are 15.

Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among the given classes.

Red, Colour, Lion

If a mirror is placed on the line AB, then which of the answer figures is the right image of the given figure?

How many brown are not white?

In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.

–49, –43, –37, ?, –25

After folding the given paper, which of the following cube can be formed?

Which of the following relation is correct?

I. Atomic number = Number of protons + Number of electrons

II. Mass number = Number of protons + Number of neutrons

What is the difference between the borrowing rate and the lending rate in commercial banks is called?

What was the capital of Pandyas?

Kashi Vishwanath temple is located in _________.

Which of the following statement is NOT correct regarding the Minimum Support Price?

I. It is declared by the government every year after the harvesting season.

II. Minimum Support Price is the price at which the government purchases crops from the farmers, to safeguard the interests of the farmers.

Which of the following trees are found in Tropical rain forests?

I. Mahogany

II. Ebony

III. Rosewood

Which of the following statements is correct regarding Monopoly in the market?

I. Monopoly firm is a price maker

II. There is a single buyer in a monopoly

What is the size of the 20 rupees note of the Mahatma Gandhi (new) series?

‘Swang’ dance belongs to which state?

Adiperukku festival is associated with which state?

Which of the following is/are type of epithelial tissue?

I. Squamous

II. Cuboidal

III. Columnar

IV. Glandular

Which of the following is a vegetative part of a plant?

I. Roots

II. Stems

III. Leaves

IV. Flowers

Which of the following dance belongs to Goa?

The musical instrument ‘Raunza’ belongs to _________.

Which of the following are the components of maps?

I. Distance

II. Direction

III. Symbol

National Income can also be called _________.

In which year Gandhiji began Civil Disobedience movement by breaking salt law at Dandi?

Which of the following statement regarding Exosphere is correct?

I. This is the upper most layer of the atmosphere.

II. This layer has very thin air.

III. Light gases like Helium and Hydrogen float into the space from here.

The Northern plains of India are made up of which soil?

Which of the following is NOT an organic impurity?

Which of the following pair of sports tournament – sport is correct?

I. Concacaf Gold Cup – Shooting

II. Cooch Bihar Trophy – Hockey

Which article of the Indian constitution deals with the Attorney General of India?

Ananga Pala ruled in Delhi during ________.

Which of the following has achieved the recognition of the highest literary award of India?

Vikas Gowda is associated with which sport?

Who has written the book ‘Early Indians’?

Which of the following is NOT a sport of Summer Olympics?

Which country has joined the Net Zero Producers Forum on climate change in April, 2021?

Through which constitutional amendment words Socialist, Secular, and integrity were added in the Preamble of the Indian constitution?

Which of the following languages are mentioned in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian constitution?

I. Bengali

II. Assamese

II. Nepali

To battle rising air pollution in cities, an ‘Oxygen Parlour’ has been opened at which railway station?

_________ shall be ex officio chairman of the council of states and shall not hold any other office of profit.

Who is the author of the book ‘Politics of Jugaad: The Coalition Handbook’?

Which of the following country is not part of the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative launched in April 2021?

Which part of the Indian constitution deals with citizenship?

Vardhamana Mahavira was Kshatriya Prince of which place?

Which of the following reports is not published by World Bank?

Who has been appointed as a new interim CBI director in February 2021?

The battle of Plassey was fought in which year?

Who is known as the ‘Father of the Indian Nuclear Programme’?

A invested Rs. 6000 for one year. B joined him with an investment of Rs. 18000 after few months. If the ratio of profits of A and B is 2 ∶ 3, then B joined after how many months?

There are two numbers such that the first number is half of the second number. If their average is 126, then what is the first number?

If K = \(\frac{\sqrt{6}+\sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{6}−\sqrt{5}}\) and P = \(\frac{\sqrt{6}−\sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{6}+\sqrt{5}}\), then what is the value of (K² + P² + KP)?

What is the value of \(\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}+1}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}+\sqrt{2}}+\ldots+\frac{1}{\sqrt{100}+\sqrt{99}}\right)^{2}\)?

If the ratio of cost price of an article to the selling price of the same article is 5 ∶ 8, then what is the profit percentage?

What is the value of \(\frac{(0.88)^{3}+(0.12)^{3}}{(0.88)^{2}−0.1056+(0.12)^{2}}\)?

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

I. \(\sqrt{7}\) + \(\sqrt{3}\) > \(\sqrt{6}\) + 2.

II. The value of 1035 ÷\(\left[\frac{3}{4} \times(65+59)−90\right]\) is 345.

Price of an article is Rs. 20000. If it is first increased by 20 percent and then decreased by x percent and then increased by 50 percent. If the final price becomes Rs. 27000, then what is the value of x?

In a mixture alcohol and water are in the ratio of 3 ∶ 7. If it contains 4 litres more water than alcohol, then what will be the quantity of water in mixture?

When a number is successively decreased by 35 percent, 60 percent and 10 percent, then it becomes 37440. What is that number?

Which of the following statement is correct?

I. Average of 10 numbers is 13. If 2 is added to each number, the new average is 15.

II. Average of first 8 prime numbers is 8.75.

III. Average of 15 numbers is 12. The average of first 7 numbers is 10 and average of last 7 numbers is 13. The 8^th number is 19.

After giving a discount of 12.5 percent, Raman sold an article for Rs. 4000 and he still earned a profit of 37.5 percent. If raman gives no discount, then what will be his approximate profit percent?

A man sold a car at 12 percent profit and a bike at 12 percent profit. If he had sold the car at 21 percent profit and the bike at 12 percent profit, then he would have gained Rs. 4500 more. If the total cost price of car and bike is Rs. 75000, then what is the respective cost price of bike and car?

A is 20 percent more than B. B is 20 percent more than C. C is 40 percent less than D. D is 40 percent less than E. (A + B) is what percent of E?

If K = 9 − 4\(\sqrt{5}\), then what is the value of \(\left( K +\frac{1}{ K }\right)^{2}\)?

If price of apples is increased by 20 percent, then a person can buy 4 apples less for Rs. 312. What is the original price of an apple?

A student obtained equal marks in english and history. The ratio of marks in history and maths is 3 ∶ 4. He scored an aggregate of 60 percent in the three subjects. Maximum marks for each subject is 100. How much did he score in history?

The average of marks obtained by X and Y is 26 less than that of average marks obtained by Y and Z. If the marks obtained by Z is 70, what is the marks obtained by X?

Which of the following is correct?

I. Two jars are of equal capacity. They contain milk and water in ratio 2 ∶ 3 and 4 ∶ 5 respectively. The jars are emptied into one big jar. The ratio of milk and water in big jar is 17 ∶ 28.

II. A jar contain milk and water in ratio 1 ∶ 4. 10 litre of mixture is withdrawn and replaced with 10 litre milk. The new ratio of milk and water is 1 ∶ 2. The capacity of jar is 60 litres.

One year ago, the average age of L and M was 23 years. The present average age of M and N is 29 years. Two years hence, the average age of L and N will be 28 years. What is the present age of M?

The bar graph given below shows the number of chairs in 5 halls.

Which of the following relation is correct about the number of chairs in the given hall?

I. H3 > H4 > H5

II. H2 > H5 > H1

20 men can do a work in 40 days. They started the work but after 15 days 10 men left the work. In how many days the remaining work will be completed?

The pie chart given below shows the number of shirts bought by Pankaj in 6 consecutive months. Number of shirts in a month are shown as a percentage of total number of shirts bought by Pankaj in these 6 months.

Which of the following statement is correct?

I. Number of shirts bought in M1 are 50 percent more than the number of shirts bought in M2

II. Total central angle formed by M3, M4 and M6 is 189.2 degrees

III. Ratio of number of shirts bought in M4 to the number of shirts bought in M2 is 2 ∶ 1

Which of the following is correct?

I. A man travels 4 equal distances of 5 km with speeds of 3 km/hr, 6 km/hr, 9 km/hr and 12 km/hr. His average speed is 144/29 km/hr.

II. A train can cross a stationary pole in 30 seconds. If it can cross a 800 metre long platform in 60 seconds, then the train can cross a bridge, 1600 metre long in 90 seconds.

A principal of Rs. 50000 is lent for 3 years on compound interest (compounding annually). If the rate of interest is 3 percent per annum for the first year, 5 percent per annum for the second year and 8 percent per annum for the third year, then how much interest will be received after 3 years?

The table given below shows the number of pens and pencils sold by the 6 shops.

Total number of pencils sold by S3, S4 and S6 are how much more than the total number of pens sold by S1, S2 and S3?

Which of the following statement is correct?

I. If the length of longest rod that can be placed incubies 30\(\sqrt{3}\) cm, then area of each face of cube is 900 cm².

II. Radius of a right circular cone is 7 cm and its height is 24 cm. Curved surface area of this cone will be 550 cm².

The ratio of volume of two cylinders H₁ and H₂ is \(\sqrt{2}\) ∶ \(\sqrt{3}\) respectively. If the ratio of height of the two cylinders H₁ and H₂ is 4 ∶ 9, then what is the ratio of the curved surface area of H₁ and H₂ respectively?

The table given below shows the number of runs scored and number of matches played by 8 batsmen.

Batting average = Number of runs scored by a batsman/Number of matches played by a batsman

F = Sum of batting average of B8, B3, B6 and B1

G = Sum of batting average of B2, B4 and B7

What is the value of F – G?

Which of the following statement is correct?

I. If length, breadth and height of a cuboid are 60 cm, 40 cm and 20 cm respectively, then the length of longest rod that can be placed in cuboid is 20\(\sqrt{14}\) cm.

II. Perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 120 cm and it is equal to the perimeter of a square. Ratio of the area of equilateral triangle and square is 4\(\sqrt{3}\) ∶ 9.

Rs. 30000 is borrowed at compound interest at the rate of 8 percent per annum. If the interest is compounded quarterly, then how much amount will have to be paid after 6 months?

The table given below shows the number of votes received by 7 candidates in a election.

What is the ratio of number of votes received by E to the number of votes received by B?

Speeds of a boat in upstream and downstream are 7 km/hr and 17 km/hr respectively. What is the speed of stream?

The bar graph given below shows the number of cars of two types in 6 cities.

Which of the following statement is incorrect?

I. Ratio of number of cars of type 1 to the number of cars of type 2 is same for both M and N.

II. Total number of cars of type 2 are 125 more than the total number of cars of type 1

J, K and L can complete a work alone in 20 days, 30 days and 50 days respectively. They started the work together but after 4 days J left the work and 8 days before the completion of work L left the work. In how many days the work was completed?

Which of the following statement is correct?

I. A, B and C took a work for Rs. 840. A and B together were told to complete 5/12 part of the total work and the remaining work is to be completed by C alone. C got Rs. 490 as his share.

II. P, Q and R alone can do a work in 8 days, 12 days and 16 days respectively. If they will receive a total amount of Rs. 7800 for this work, then the share of R will be Rs. 2400.

Five times the area of a circle is same as the area of a square. What is the ratio of the diameter of the circle and diagonal of the square?

A sum of Rs. 2700 amounts to Rs. 8100 in 4 years at a certain rate of compound interest (compounding annually). How much this sum will amounts to after 16 years?

Mohan goes from A to B at the speed of 30 km/hr and return from B to A at the speed of x km/hr. If the average speed for the whole journey is 45 km/hr, then what is the value of x?

A can build a wall in 12 days. How many days will he take to build 7 walls of the same type?

A sentence has been given with a blank to be filled with an appropriate word. Choose the correct alternative.

He filled three pots ________ water and placed them on a high fire.

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in the correct order.

He was shot

P. dead by an

Q. to attend a prayer

R. Indian on his way

S. on 30 January, 1948

A sentence has been given with a blank to be filled with an appropriate word. Choose the correct alternative.

Many people ________ the sweeper for not keeping the roads clear.

Select the option that is the improvement needed in the bracketed part of the sentence. If no improvement is needed then select No improvement.

I think I (have enough heard) of your lies.

Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error then choose 'no error' (choose 4).

If I had known (1)/that she was in New York (2)/I will have met her (3)/.No error (4)

Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error then choose 'no error' (choose 4).

The five first (1)/boys will get a (2)/chance to play this game(3)/No error (4)

What is the synonym of the word:

Yearly

A sentence has been given with a blank to be filled with an appropriate word. Choose the correct alternative.

The butterfly spent the rest of ________ life unable to fly.