UST Global - Sample Questions i, 12 members were present at a board meeting. Each member shook hands with all of the other members before & after the meeting. How many handshakes were there? Answer: 132 Think of it this way: the first person shakes hands with 11 people, the second person also shakes hands with 11 people, but you only count 10, because the hand shake with the first person was already counted. Then add 9 for the third person, 8 for the fourth, & so on. 266 handshakes took place before & 66 after the meeting, for a total of 132 2. Find out the wrong term 56, 72, 90, 110, 132, 150 Answer: 150 3. The letters P, Q, R, S, T, U and V, nat necessarily in that order represents seven consecutive integers fram 22 to 33. - Wis as much less than Q as R is greater than S. = Wis greater than U. - Qis the middle term. - Pis 3 greater than S. Can you find the sequence of letters from the lowest value to the highest value? 4. B, Jand P are related to each other. 1. Among the three are B's legal spouse, J's sibling and P's 2. B's legal spouse and J's sibling are of the same sex. Who is the married man? er-in-law. Answer: J is the married man. 5. A fish had a tail as long as its head plus a quarter the lenath of its body. Its body was three-quarters of its total length. Its head was 9 inches long. What was the length of the fish? 6. There are 16 balls ina bag, 8 red ones, 4 blue ones & 4 green ones. What is the least Humber of balls to be taken if we have at least one ball from each calor? Answer: 13 7. The roads of city r either parallel or perpendicular to one another the roads are all straight, roads A,B,C,D & E are parallel to 1 another, Roads G,H,1,1,K,L & M are parallel to 1 another1. Road Ais 1km east of mad B 2. Road B is half km west of road C 3. Road Dis 1 km west of road E 8. Find the missing letters ab—aa—caab—c—abb—c Ans:cbbac 9. Find out the missing number 1, 6, 15,..., 45,66,91 Ans: 28 10. In 1978, a kg of paper was sold at Rs25/-. If the paper rate increases at 1.5% more than the inflation rate which is 6.5% a year, then what will be the cost of a kg of paper after 2 years? (a) 29.12 (bp 29.72 (©) 30.12 (d) 32.65 (e) none of these 11. A,B, C are having some marbles with each of them. A has given B and C the same number of marbles each of them already have. Then, B gave C and A the same number of marbles they already have. ‘Then C gave A and 8 the Same number of marbles they already have. At the end A, B, and C have equal number of marbles. (If x, y, z are the marbles initially with A,B,C respectively. Then the number of marbles B have at the end (2) 20%-y-2) (b) 40c-y-z) (©) 23y-%-2) (dx + yz Ans, (¢) (ii) If the total number of marbles are 72, then the number of marbles with A at the starting (a) 20 (by 30 (©) 32 (d) 39 Ans. (d)12. Ifa car starts from A towards B with some velocity. Due ta some problem in the engine after traveling 30km, the car goes with 4/5 th of its actual velocity ‘The car reaches 8 45 min later to the actual time. If the car engine fails after traveling 45km, the car reaches the destination B 36min late to the actual time What is the initial velocity of car and what is the distance between A and B in km Ans, 20 & 130, 13. A person has Rs 100/- in his pocket, he can as 25 pencils or 15 books. He kept 15% of the money for traveling expenses and purchased 5 pencils. So how many books he can purchase with the remaining money? 14, Ten questions on analogies. eg: chief : tribe :: governer : state epaulette : shoulder +: tiara : head guttural : throat :: gastric : stomach Inept : clever :: languid : active knife + butcher :: hammer : carpenter = 15. The values of shares (in Rs).of A, B and C from January to June are as follows. Month ABC January 30 60 80 February 35 65 85 March 45 75 65 April 40 75 82 May 5575 85 June 50 75 80 i) During this period which share has undergone maximium fluctuation? ii) In which month it is possible to buy B and C selling A? iii) In which month the share values are very low? iv) By purchasing one share of A and 4 each of B and C in the begin when should these be sold to get maximum profit? 19 of the period, 16. In a computer institute 9 languages can be taught. The module is of 6 months duration and of the six languages only one can be taught each month . In addition to that BASIC is always taught and should be in first month itself WORD PERFECT is to be taught in the preceding week of WORD STAR. FORTRAN can not be taught until COBOL is taught prior to that BING, FIFO can never be taught in single module languages are BASIC, WORD STAR, WORD PERFECT, FORTRAN, COBAL, BINO, FIFO, LoTus, Ci) If word star is in 3rd month , what could be in 6th month? fi) If COBAL is in the 2nd month and BINO in 6th month. FORTRAN will be taught in which month? 17. In a class, except 18 all are above 50 years. 15 are below 50 years of age. How many people are there? (a) 30 (by 33 (co) 36 (a) none of these, Ans. (d) 14. A square plate of some size is cut at four comers. Equal squares of the same size are cut and are formed as open box. If this open box carries 128 ml of oil. What is the size of the side of the plate? (ayi7 (by 14 (13 (d) None of these 15. Ina square, all the mid points are joined. The inner square is shaded. If the area af the square is A, what is the area of the shaded area? 16. Two questions on basic angles i.e given a circle, a few chords or diameter is drawn etc. 17. If the following statements are given @(a,b)= (a+b)/2 #(a,b)= ale *(a,0) If a=1, b=2 then find i) a, (@(a,b),*(a,b))) i) *a@cr(abyy) 18. If the following statements are given i) Find the values of x, ¥ will satisfy this equa ii) Find the values of x, y will satisfy this equatic in (xaby)# (xy) < (xy) (a*b)#(b*c}< (a#b)*(b*c)19. Export PS1 results in(PS1 pwd) a) primary prompt being your current directory b) primary prompt and secondary prompts being the current directory ¢) primary prompt prompt being your home directary d) primary prompt and secondary prompts being the home directory e) None of the above. 20. If you type in the command nohup sort employees > list 2 > error out & and log off ,the next time you log in, the output will be a) in a file called list and the error will de typed in a file error out b) there will be no file called list or error out ¢) error will be logged in a file called list and o/p will be in error out d) you will not be allowed to log in €) none of the above 21. In UNIX a files i-node .. Ans, Is a data structure that defines all specifications of a file like the file size, number of lines to a file, permissions etc. 22, The UNIX shell .... a) does not come with the rest of the system b) forms the interface between the user and the kernal ¢) does not give any scope for programming d) deos not allow calling ane program from with in another e) all of the above Ans. (b) 23, enum number { a= -1, b= 4,¢,d,e} What is the value of e ? (a7 (4 fc) 5 (a) 15 (e)3 24, The very first process created by the kernal that runs till the kernal process is halts is a) init b) getty c) both (a) and (b)d) none of these Ans. (a) 25Qutput of the following program is main() {int i=05 for(i=0;i<20;i¢+) case 5: default it break;} printf("s6d, "5 } } a) 0,5,9,13,17 b) 5,9,13,17 ©) 12,17,22 d) 16,21 e) Syntax error Ans. (d) Question 26 Study the following table and answer the questions based on it. Number of Candidates Appeared, Qualified and Scheduled in a Competitive Examination from Five States Delhi, H.P, U.P, Punjab and Haryana Over the Years 1994 to 1998 Year Delhi HP UP App Qual_«s“ Sel App Qual = Sel = App Qual 1997 8000 85094 8200 68085, 6400 Punjab Qual Sel 7800 700 Haryana Sel App = Qual Sel App B10 82 75007200278 751998 4800, 50048. 7500 800 «65 5600620085 6800 60070. 7100 65075 1999 7500 64082 7400 560 70 4g00 40048 6500 52565. 5200 350 55 2000 «9500 850 90 gs00 920 86 7ooo 650 «70 7e00 720 Bd. 640054060 2001 9000 sao 70 7200 85075 gso0 950 80 5700 485 =a 4500 600 75 For which state the average number of candidates selected over the years is the maximum? A Delhi up. 0 HP. A Punjab D Question 27 ‘The percentage of candidates qualified fram Punjab over those appeared from Punjab is. highestin the year? R 1997 | 1998 B 1999 B 2000 Question 28 In the year 1997, which state had the lowest percentage of candidates selected over the candidates appeared?A Delhi HP A up. Punjab Question 29 ‘The number of candidates selected from Haryana during the period under review is approximately what percent of the number selected from Delhi during this period? A 79.5% A 81% E 84.5% B 88.5% Question 30 ‘The percentage of candidates selected from U.P over those qualified from U.P is highest in the year? A 1997 A 1998 A i999 2000 Question 31 ‘The sum of three prime numbers is 190, If one of them exceeds another by 36, then one of the number iQuestion 32 Pipes A and & can fill a tani If all the three pipes are opened together, then the tank wil A 1 (13/17)hours A 2 (8/11)hours A 3 (9/17) hours A 4 (1/2) hours ry Question 33 A goods train leaves a station at a certain time and at a fixed speed. After 6 hours, an express train leaves the same station and moves in the same direction at a uniform speed of 90kmph. this train catches up the goods train in 4 hours. Find the speed of the goods train. A 30kmph A 32kmph A 36kmph 40kmph Question 34 5 and 6 hours respectively. Pipe C can empty it in 12 hours. be filled inFrom a group of 7 men and 6 women, five persons are ta be selected to form a committee so that at least 3 men are there on the committee. In how many ways can it be done? A 564 A 645 A 735 736 Question 35 ‘The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Q and Ris Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of Pis: A 3500 B 4000 B 4050 A 5000 Question 36 Ina certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit? A 30% A 70% A 100% A 250% DQuestion 37 A fast typist can type Some matter in 2 hours and a slow typist can type the same in 3 hours. If both type jointly, in how much time will they finish ? A 1 hour A 1 hour 12 min A 2 nour 15 min A None of these D Question 38 If one-seventh of a number exceeds its eleventh part by 100 then the number is A 770 4100 E 1825 A 1925 D Question 39 8. The difference of their ages is 35 years. The ratio of Rita's age to her mother's age is ‘The ratio of their ages after 4 years will be: a 712 Question 40If Thursday was the day after the day before yesterday five days ago, what is the least number of days ago when Sunday was three days before the day after tomorrow ? A Two days ago a Three days ago A Four days ago A Five days ago D Question 41 729 ml of a mixture contains milk and water in ratio 7:2. How much of the water is to be added to get a new mixture containing half milk and half water? a 79 ml A simi BE 72 mi | 91 ml Question 42 A vender solds two things at same cost 12 Rs with one item at 25% profit and other at 20% loss, by this transaction he made profit or lass by how much? | Loss, 60%. Profit, 60 9% g Profit, 5 % u none of these D Question 43& Find the number of triangles in the given figure. 22 24 26 Find the number of triangles in the given figure. A cE A 13 i 15 A 17 D Question 45 Find the number of triangles in the given figure. nAa” A” A” ie BaP RBS Count the number of squares in the given figure. it A 1 Question 47 Count the number of squares in the given figure. _* 18Ld Question 48 Question 49 Where the minute hand should be put on the battom clock19 Question 50 If Leader is coded as Actor, Actor as an Administrator, Administrator as a Traitor, Traitor as, a Social-reformer, then who takes part in the Parliamentary elections? Leader Traitor A Social-Reformist A None of these r