DTP Maharashtra Question Paper Set 3

 

1. A person living permanently in a certain place

(a) Native

(b) Resident

(c)Domicile

(d) Subject

Ans:- (c)Domicile

2. Murder of a brother

(a) Patricide

(b) Regicide

(c)Homicide

(d) Fratricide

Ans:- (c)Fratricide

3. An office or post with no work but high pay

(a) Honorary

(b) Sinecure

(c)Gratis

(d) Ex-officio

Ans:- (b) Sinecure

4. Nebulous

(a) Concrete

(b) Unkind

(c)Unromantic

(d) Uninteresting

Ans:- (a) Concrete

5. Irascible

(a) Kind

(b) Friendly

(c)Roguish

(d) Clever

Ans:- (b) Friendly

6. Elan

(a) brashness

(b) Dignity

(c)Composure

(d) Nervousness

Ans:- (c)Nervousness

7. Procrastinate

(a) Multiply

(b) Irregular

(c)Postpone

(d) Predict

Ans:- (c)Postpone

8. Ominous

(a) Threatening

(b) Powerful

(c)Ubiquitous

(d) Burdensome

Ans:- (a) Threatening

9. Relish

(a) Desire

(b) Nibble

(c)Savor

(d) Avail

Ans:- (c)Savor

10. It is newspaper that….. Us news.

(a) Give

(b) Is giving

(c)Gives

(d) Has given

Ans:- (a) Give

11. One of the developing or under-developed countries ……. not in favour of launching chemical warfare.

(a) Are

(b) Do

(c)Is

(d) Were

Ans:- (c)Is

12. The news….. by him.

(a) Are brought

(b) Was brought

(c)Have brought

(d) Has brought

Ans:- (b) Was brought

13. A, B, C, D, and E are five rivers. A is shorter than B but longer than e. C is one longest and D is little shorter than B and little longer than A. Which is the shortest river?

(a) B

(b) C

(c)D

(d) E

Ans:- (c) E

14. If Atul finds that he is twelfth from the right in a queue of boys and fourth from the left, how many boys should be added to the queue so that there are 28 boys in the queue?

(a) 12

(b) 13

(c)14

(d) 20

Ans:- (b) 13

15. Five boys are sitting in a circle. Ajay is between Ramesh and Damnik. Suleman is left to Babu. Ramesh is to the immediate left of Suleman. Who is to the immediate right of Ajay?

(a) Suleman

(b) Damnik

(c)Babu

(d) Ramesh

Ans:- (c)Ramesh

16. 6, 11, 21, 36, 56, (…..)

(a) 42

(b) 51

(c)81

(d) 91

Ans:- (c)81

17. 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, (….), 17

(a) 12

(b) 13

(c)14

(d) 15

Ans:- (b) 13

18. 20, 19, 17, (…..), 10, 5

(a) 12

(b) 13

(c)14

(d) 15

Ans:- (c)14

19. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, (……)

(a) 35

(b) 36

(c)48

(d) 49

Ans:- (b) 36

20. Ab__aa__bbb__aaa__bbba

(a) abba

(b) baab

(c)aaab

(d) abab

Ans:- (b) baab

21. a ___ bbc ___ aab ___ cca ___ bbcc

(a) bacb

(b) acba

(c)abba

(d) caba

Ans:- (b) acba

22. Bank : River : : Coast : ?

(a) Flood

(b) Waves

(c)Sea

(d) Beach

Ans:- (c)Beach

23. Drama : Stage : : Tennis : ?

(a) Tournament

(b) Net

(c)Court

(d) Racket

Ans:- (c)Court

24. In a certain code language ‘POND’ is written as ‘RSTL’. How will ‘HEAR’ be written in that code?

(a) GHIZ

(b) GHIJ

(c)JCLZ

(d) JIGZ

Ans:- (c)JIGZ

25. Satish remembers that his brother’s birthday is after fifteenth but before eighteenth of February where as his sister kajal remembers that her brother’s birthday is after sixteenth but before nineteenth of February. On which day in February is Satish’s brother’s birthday?

(a) 16^th

(b) 17^th

(c)18^th

(d) 19^th

Ans:- (b) 17^th

26. Pointing to a man in photograph, a woman said, “His Brother’s father is the only son of my grandfather”. How is the woman related to the man in the photograph?

(a) Mother

(b) Aunt

(c)Sister

(d) Daughter

Ans:- (c)Sister

27. If x : y = 3 : 2, then the ratio 2x² + 3y² : 3x² − 2y² is equal to

(a) 12 : 15

(b) 6 : 5

(c)30 : 19

(d) 5 : 3

Ans:- (c)30 : 19

28. How much quantity of water must be added to 48 ml of alcohol to make a solution that contain 25% alcohol?

(a) 48

(b) 64

(c)144

(d) 192

Ans:- (c)144

29. The volume of right circular cylinder whose height is 40 cm and circumference of its base is 66 cm, is

(a) 55,440 cm³

(b) 3,465 cm³

(c)7,720 cm³

(d) 13,860 cm³

Ans:- (c)13,860 cm³

30. The curved surface of a cylindrical pillar is 264m² and its volume is 924 m³. Taking π = 22−7, the ratio of its diameter to its height is

(a) 7 : 6

(b) 6 : 7

(c)3 : 7

(d) 7 :3

Ans:- (c)7 :3

31. To send an unwanted person out of the country.

(a) Exclude

(b) Ostracise

(c)Deport

(d) Expatriate

Ans:- (c)Deport

32. A government run by a dictator

(a) Democracy

(b) Autocracy

(c)Oligarchy

(d) Theocracy

Ans:- (b) Autocracy

33 Tangible (definite and can be touched or felt).

(a) Gentle

(b) Elusive

(c)Refined

(d) Palpable

Ans:- (b) Elusive

34. Predilection (special liking)

(a) Antipathy

(b) Ignorance

(c)Dissonance

(d) Disharmony

Ans:- (a) Antipathy

35. Hiatus

(a) Atrocious

(b) Gap

(c)Dominance

(d) Obscure

Ans:- (b) Gap

36. Foment

(a) Vex

(b) Waste

(c)Renounce

(d) Instigate

Ans:- (c)Instigate

37. P, Q and R enter into a partnership with investments of Rs.3500, Rs.4500 and Rs.5500. In the first six months, profit is Rs.405. What is P’s share in the profit?

(a) Rs.200

(b) Rs.105

(c)Rs.250

(d) Rs.151

Ans:- (b) Rs.105

38 A coconut merchant find that the cost price of 2750 coconut is the same as the selling price of 2500 coconuts. The percentage loss or gain is

(a) 5% loss

(b) 10% gain

(c)15% loss

(d) 20% gain

Ans:- (b) 10% gain

39. In an alloy, the ratio of Copper and Zinc is 5 : 2. If 1.250 Kg of Zinc is mixed in 17 Kg 500 g of alloy, then the ratio of Copper and Zinc will be

(a) 2 : 1

(b) 2 : 3

(c)3 : 2

(d) 1:2

Ans:- (a) 2 : 1

40. If the volume of two cubes are in the ratio of 27 : 64, then the ratio of their total surface area is

(a) 27 : 64

(b) 3 : 4

(c)9 : 16

(d) 3 : 8

Ans:- (c)9 : 16

41. The value of (256)^0.16 × (16)^0.18 is

(a) 4

(b) −4

(c)16

(d) 256

Ans:- (a) 4

42. How many even numbers are there in the following sequence of numbers which are immediately followed by an odd number as well as immediately preceded by an even number?

8 6 7 6 8 9 3 2 7 5 3 4 2 2 3 5 5 2 2 8 11 9

(a) Three

1. b) Five

(c) Six

9d) None of these

Ans:- (a) Three

43. If × means +, – means × , ÷ means +, and + means -, then

(3 – 15 ÷ 19) × 8 + 6 = ?

(a) 8

(b) 4

(c) 2

(d) – 1

Ans:- (c) 2