UPSC Administrative Officer Grade II Paper 2016 – Mental Ability

Administrative Officer Grade II Paper 2016
Date of Exam 12th May 2016

If a house is called boat, a boat is called car, a car is called lion, a lion is called deer and a deer is called water, then we drive –
(a) lion
(b) car
(c) Water
(d) boat

Which one of the following is the third word in order of their appearance in an English dictionary?
(a) Dictum
(b) Dictate
(c) Dictionary
(d) Dictation

Which one of the following is the 6th term in the sequence 2,9,28,65,126, ?
(a) 170
(b) 197
(c) 217
(d) 226

There are twenty people working in an office. The first group of five works between 8:00 AM and 2:00PM, the second group of ten works between 10:00AM and 4:00PM and the third group of five works between 12:00 noon and 6:00 PM. There are three computers in the office which all employees frequently use. During which hours the computers are likely to be used most?
(a) 1:00 PM to 3:00PM
(b) 12:00 noon to 2:00 PM
(c) 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
(d) 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

A set X consists of twenty distinc exponents of 3. Suppose Y consists of all positive integers each of which can be expressed as a difference of two integers belonging to X. Then what is the number of integers Y contains?
(a) 190
(b) 210
(c) 380
(d) 400

Consider the following two numbers series
07 35 40 240 246 1722 1729
10 a b c d e f
If the two number series have the same pattern, then which one of the following is the value of ‘d’?
(a) 332
(b) 330
(c) 335
(d) 336

If Pune is bigger than Jhansi, Sitapur is bigger than Chittor, Raigarh is not as big as Jhansi but is bigger than Sitapur, then which one of the following is the smallest?
(a) Pune
(b) Chittor
(c) Jhansi
(d) Sitapur

If Delhi is coded as 73541 and Calcutta is coded as 82589662, how will Calicut be coded?
(a) 8251896
(b) 8251889
(c) 8251869
(d) 8215896

Suppose two numbers are in ratio of 1 : 2. If 9 is added to both the numbers, their ratio changes to 3 : 5. Which one of the following is the greater number?
(a) 9
(b) 18
(c) 27
(d) 36

A person goes 4 km to his south, and then goes 10 km to the east, 15 km to the north, 12 km to the east, 17 km to the south and finally 30 km to the west. What is the shortest distance between his starting position and final position?
(a) 10 km
(b) 20 km
(c) 25 km
(d) 22 km

E is the son of A. D is the son of B. E is married to C. C is B’s daughter. How is D related to E?
(a) Brother
(b) Uncle
(c) Father-in-law
(d) Brother-in-law

What is the number of times we see the hour hand and minute hand of a clock coincident during 12:01 AM to 11:59 PM of the same day?
(a) 21
(b) 22
(c) 23
(d) 24

Consider the following sequence
DGK GKP —- PVC
Which one of the following will come in the blanc space?
(a) GKV
(b) KPV
(c) PVZ
(d) KPU

A boy takes 20 minutes to reach the school at an average speed of 12 km/hr. If he wants to reach the school in 15 minutes, what must be his average speed?
(a) 15 km/hr
(b) 16 km/hr
(c) 17 km/hr
(d) 18 km/hr

If a trian crosses 10th station in 10 hours, how long will it take to cross 82nd station if distance between two consecutive stations is the same ? (Speed of the train is constant and stoppage time of train at station is negligible)
(a) 81 hours
(b) 82 hours
(c) 90 hours
(d) 72.9 hours


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