DELSU Aptitude Test 2012/2013 Past Questions

Question 1

Direction for Question 1 and 2: study the following information clearly and answer the questions below: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and K are sitting around a circle facing the centre. F is forth to the right of A who is third to the right of B. K is fourth to the left of B and third to the right of D. C is third to the right of H. E is second to the left of G.

What is E’s position with respect to B?

A.Second to the left
B.Third to the right
C.Fourth to the right
D.Third to the left

Objective

Question 2

Direction for Question 1 and 2: study the following information clearly and answer the questions below: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and K are sitting around a circle facing the centre. F is forth to the right of A who is third to the right of B. K is fourth to the left of B and third to the right of D. C is third to the right of H. E is second to the left of G.

In which of the following combination is the third person sitting between the first and the second persons?

A.GFB
B.BGH
C.ADC
D.EGF

Objective

Question 3

A person bought a certain number of oranges for Rs. 7 if the price of each orange was Rs. 2 less, he would have bought 4 more oranges for the same amount. What is the number of oranges he bought originally?

A.12
B.10
C.18
D.15

Objective

Question 4

Four horses are tethered at four corners of a square plot of side 14 metres (m) so that the adjacent horses can just reach one another. There is a small circular pond of area 20m2 at the center. Find the ungrazed area.

A.22m2
B.42m2
C.84m2
D.168m2

Objective

Question 5

Direction for Question 5 and 6: these questions are based on the following information.```
Eight boys Akash through Ganesh gathered at a picnic. Each of them brought a different dish among Pizza through Bhel-Poori to the picnic. The following information is known about them
(i) Neither Akash or Ram brought the dish Pav-Bhaji. Either Amar or Mohan brought Manchurian
(ii) Either Vishnu or Ram brought the dish
(iii) Either Shankar or Kishan brought Dosa
(iv) Vishnu brought neither Pav-Bhaji or Uttpam
(v) Either Ganesh or Ram brought Bargar : Mohan brought Bhei-Poora
(vi) Either Akash or Kishan brought Dam-Aloo Neither Shankar nro Ganesh brought Poov-Bhaji

Which of the following dishes is brought by Akash?

A.Dam-Aloo
B.Dosa
C.Bhel-Poori
D.Uttparn

Objective

Question 6

Direction for Question 5 and 6: these questions are based on the following information.```
Eight boys Akash through Ganesh gathered at a picnic. Each of them brought a different dish among Pizza through Bhel-Poori to the picnic. The following information is known about them
(i) Neither Akash or Ram brought the dish Pav-Bhaji. Either Amar or Mohan brought Manchurian
(ii) Either Vishnu or Ram brought the dish
(iii) Either Shankar or Kishan brought Dosa
(iv) Vishnu brought neither Pav-Bhaji or Uttpam
(v) Either Ganesh or Ram brought Bargar : Mohan brought Bhei-Poora
(vi) Either Akash or Kishan brought Dam-Aloo Neither Shankar nro Ganesh brought Poov-Bhaji

Who brought the dish Uttpam

A.Akash
B.Amar
C.Shankar
D.cannot be determined

Objective

Question 7

Statements

A.All crows are tablets
B.Some tablets are cats
C.All cats are territories
D.All tourists are travelling

Objective

Question 8

Conclusion- (I) Some travelling are crows (ii) No travelling is crows (iii) Some cats are crows

A.Only I follows
B.Only II follows
C.Only III follows
D.Either I or II follows

Objective

Question 10

Direction for question 34 & 35: each of the following sentences are divided into parts which are marked a, b, and d one of the these parts may contain an error or may not be acceptable in standard written communication. Select the part containing the error and mark it your answer.

A.It is said that I
B.The state of his affairs I
C.Are such as to cause anxiety I
D.To his creditors like me

Objective

Question 11

Direction for question 34 & 35: each of the following sentences are divided into parts which are marked a, b, and d one of the these parts may contain an error or may not be acceptable in standard written communication. Select the part containing the error and mark it your answer.

A.In India I
B.The cause I
C.Malnutrition is I
D.For many diseases

Objective

Question 12

The length, breadth and height of a room in the shape of cuboids are increase by 10%, 20% and 50% respectively. Find the percentage change in the volume of cuboids.

A.77%
B.87%
C.98%
D.55%

Objective

Question 13

Cost price of 15 tables is equal to the selling price of 20 tables and then loss percent would be

A.25%
B.20%
C.30%
D.45%

Objective

Question 14

The average age of 11 players of a cricket team is decreased by 2 month when two of them aged 17 years and 20 years are replaced by two reserve players. The average age of the players is

A.18 years 3 month
B.17 years and 1 month
C.17 years and 7 month
D.17 years and 11 month

Objective

Question 15

Average marks obtained by 120 candidates was 35. If the average marks of passed candidates was 39 and that of failed candidate was 15 the number of candidates who passed the examination is

A.100
B.80
C.95
D.105

Objective

Question 16

Directions for Question 40 and 41: in each of these questions, a capitalized pair of words is given followed by pair of words

Etymology: words

A.Sociology : Woman
B.Philosophy : Religion
C.Botany : Trees
D.Ornithology : Spider

Objective

Question 17

Directions for Question 40 and 41: in each of these questions, a capitalized pair of words is given followed by pair of words

Lying : Perjury

A.Taking : Stealing
B.Snatching : Looting
C.Seeing : Observing
D.Statement : Testimony

Objective

Question 19

Directions for Question 42 and 43: Each of these questions has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

Based on the information we have it is difficult to predict how migration numbers will change with the impact of warming. Given the scale of uncertainties, most reported numbers are good guesses. Perhaps more people will move to other rural and urban areas with an increase in drought, fall in agricultural yield, water shortage and floods. People will be vulnerable to many effects: globalization, water shortage, famine, poverty and so on.

A.Hence it does not detonate
B.in some other supernova the process is somewhat different
C.So it rises rapidly making a plume topped with an accelerating smoke ring
D.the energy produced is much more than generated by a nuclear fission.

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Question 20

Directions for Question 42 and 43: Each of these questions has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

In a certain type of supernova, the detonation starts with a flame ball buried deep inside a white dwarf, the flame ball is much lighter than its surroundings

A.Independence, Abstract
B.Community, extreme
C.Unity, Synthesis
D.Individuality, aggregate

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Question 21

The meaning of this line seems clear: the poet, though not denigrating the concept of ----- nonetheless emphasizes the importance of man’s role in humanity in the ------

A.proponent, friends
B.disciple, rivals
C.advocate, defenders
D.defender, equals

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Question 22

As a staunch ------of our right to leisure time, Krishna had few ----

A.Sonam will be going to the park at lunch time today
B.Sonam will be going to the park today
C.Sonam will be late for her noon meeting
D.Sonam was not late when she left the house

Objective

Question 24

Direction for Question 46 & 47: Read the paragraph carefully and answer the questions that follows each of them.

No one will be admitted into National law school unless he or she studies hard for the law entrance. No one studied hard for the law entrance. Unless he or she was not a graduate from Sambhav university. Which of the following conclusion necessarily follows from the above statement?

A.Some graduates of Sambhav university were admitted to National Law School
B.No graduate of Sambhav University was admitted into National Law School
C.All graduates of the Sambhav University studied hard for the law entrance
D.Only graduate of the Sambhav University did well on the law entrance

Objective

Question 25

Direction for Question 48: in each of these questions an idiomatic expression and its four possible meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiom and choose that as your answer

A wild goose chase

A.fuse over a trifling matter
B.To run for longer distances
C.To be insensitive to someone
D.An absolutely hopeless enterprise

Objective

Question 26

Direction for Question 49 & 50: for each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the options that can be the most appropriate replacement of the given word.

Probity: Her unquestioned probity helped her win the respect of her fellow judges. A. Knowledge B. Integrity C. Behavior D. Societal standing

A.Knowledge
B.Integrity
C.Behavior
D.Societal standing

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Question 27

Direction for Question 49 & 50: for each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the options that can be the most appropriate replacement of the given word.

Vindicated: our faith in democracy gets vindicated by the steady progress of our country vis-a-vis other non-democratic countries. A. justified B. decreased C. simplified D. explained

A.justified
B.decreased
C.simplified
D.explained

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