OPSC ASO SECRETARIAT TEST 96

Directions (Q.1-2) : A good way to figure out the relationship in a given question is to make up a
sentence that describes the relationship between the first two words. Then, try to use the same
sentence to find out which of the answer choices completes the same relationship with the third
word.
1. Sponge is to porous as rubber is to
A.massive B.solid
C.elastic D.Inflexible
2. Play is to actor as concert is to
A.symphony B.musician
C.piano D.percussion
3. If the 27th day of a month is Sunday, which of the following will be the 5 th day of that
month?
(a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Wednesday (d) Friday
4. Nilesh and Priyanka celebrated their anniversary on Monday 14th February 2022. When
would they celebrate their next anniversary on the same day?
(a) 2027 (b) 2028 (c) 2030 (d)2033

Directions (Q.5-6): Three of the words will be in the same classification, the remaining one will not
be. Your answer will be the one word that does NOT belong in the same classification as the others.
5. (a) cornea (b) retina (c) pupil (d) vision
6.(a) triangle (b) circle (c) oval (d) sphere
7. At what time between 3 to 4 the minute hand ahead by hour hand by 8 minutes ?
5 1
(a) 50 min. Past34 (b) 23 min past 3 (c) 25 min past 3 (d) 23 min past 3
11 11
8. The time shows through a mirror is 8.20. What is the actual time?
(a) 3.40 (b) 7.35 (c) 4.30 (d) 2.50
9. A solid cube of 4 inches has been painted red, green and black on pair of opposite faces. It has
been cut into one inch cubes. How many cubes have only one face painted?
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 24
10.In a solid cube which is made up of 27 small cubes. Two opposite sides are painted red, two
painted yellow and the other two with white. How many cubes have at least one side colours?
(a) 20 (b) 12 (c) 26 (d) 24
11.If ‘A’ is coded as 1, ‘B’ as 3, ‘C’ as 5 and so on, which of the following is the numerical value of the
word ‘VANIK’?
a) 109 b) 119 c) 117 d) 120
12. In a certain code RONALDO is written as 'JJPVTQS’. How is MESSI written in that code?
a) OTKDW b) DTYRE c) IVHSN
d) ZBTYK
13. In a certain code BAGS is written as 92. How is FISH written in that code?
a) 24 b) 35 c) 48 d) 50
14. In a certain code AEROPLANE is written as 113555679. How is CHICKEN written in that code?
a) 4556789 b)5432678 c)2335589
d) 1033679
15. In a certain code MANGO is written as 10. How is READ written in that code?
a) 4 b) 5 c) 7 d) 10
16.How many pairs of letters are there in the word 'SEQUENTIAL' which have as many letters
between them as are in the alphabet?
1) Nil 2) One 3) Two 4) Four
17.How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters ‘OWH’ using each letter only
once in each word?
1) One 2) Two 3) Three 4) More than three
Directions(Q.18-20):
Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below:
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18. Which of the following is sixth to the right of fifteen from the right end?
1) A 2) F 3) S 4) P
19. If all the symbols in the above arrangement, are dropped which of the following will be the
twelfth from the left end?
1) D 2) 5 3) A 4) I
20. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately
preceded by a number and immediately followed by a letter?
1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three
Directions (Q. 21-22) In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions
numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider
the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the
statement.
Give answer:
(a) if only assumption I is implicit;
(b) if only assumption II is implicit;
(c) if neither I nor II is implicit
(d) if both I and II are implicit.
21.Statement : The chairman and secretary of the housing society have requested society members
to use water economically to help society to save on
water-tax.
Assumptions :
I. Majority of members of the society are likely to follow the request.
II. It is desirable to reduce expenditure whenever possible.
22.Statement : The economic prosperity of any nation is dependent on the quality of its human
resources.
Assumption :
I. It is possible to measure the quality of human resources of a nation cherished.
II. Achieving economic prosperity is a goal of every nation.

23.Sundar runs 20 m towards East and turns to right and runs 10 m. Then he turns to the right and
runs 9 m. Again he turns to right and runs 5 m. After this he turns to left and runs 12 m and finally he
turns to right and 6 m. Now to which direction is Sundar facing?
(a) East (b) West (c)North (d) South
24. If South-East becomes East, North-East becomes North- West and South-West became South and
so on. What will West become?
(a) North-East (b) West (c) South-East (d)South
25. N is 6th from top and 19th from bottom. Total number of students are there?
(a) 21 (b) 23 (c) 24 (d) 25
26.In a row of girls, R is 5th from the left and P is s 6th from the right. When they exchange their
positions, then R becomes 13th from the left. What will be P’s position from the right?
(a) 17th (b) 18th (c) 19th (d) 14th
Directions (Q.27-28) : In each questions below are given two/three statements followed by two
conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to
be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically
follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Give answer :(a) If only conclusion I follows. (b) If only conclusion II follows.
(c) If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows. (d) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.

27. Statements : All mobile are Nokia. Some Nokia are Smart. No Nokia are Android.
Conclusion: I. Some Mobile are Smart.
II. No Android are Mobile.
28.Statements : All hills are mountains. All rivers are mountain.
Conclusion:- I. Some mountains are river.
II. All hills are rivers.
29.Introducing a man, a woman said, “He is the only brother of the daughter of the father of my
mother.” How is the woman related to the man?
(a) Sister (b) Niece (c) Mother (d) Cant’ be determind
30.If A + B means A is the mother of B; A - B means A is the brother B; A % B means A is the
father of B and A x B means A is the sister of B, which of the following shows that P is the
maternal uncle of Q?
(a) Q - N + M x P (b) P + S x N – Q
(c) P - M + N x Q (d) Q - S % P
31. M is the son of R but R is not the father of M. G is sister of M. P is the father of G. Q is the sister
of P. H is the daughter of Q. Then how is H related to M?
(a) Aunt (b) Sister (c) Mother (d) Cousin

32. There are 10 person in a room sharing gifts with each other. Total numbers of gifts will be?
(a) 90 (b) 102 (c) 100 (d)106

Directions(34-35):Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by three or four

arguments numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to decide which of the arguments is/are 'strong'
arguments) and which is/are 'weak' arguments) and accordingly choose your answer from the
alternatives given below each question.
34.Statement: Should India go in for computerization in all possible sectors?
Arguments:
I. Yes. It will bring efficiency and accuracy in the work.
II. No. It will be an injustice to the monumental human resources which are at present
underutilized.
III. No. Computerization demands a lot of money. We should not waste money on it.
IV. Yes. When advanced countries are introducing computers in every field, how can India
afford to lag behind?
a)Only I is strong b)Only I and II are strong
c)Only I and III are strong d)Only II and III are strong

35. Statement: Should all the school teachers be debarred from giving private tuitions?
Arguments:
I. No. The needy students will be deprived of the expertise of these teachers.
II. Yes. This is an injustice to the unemployed educated people who can earn their living by
giving tuitions.
III. Yes. Only then the quality of teaching in schools will improve.
IV. Yes. Now salary of these teachers is reasonable.
a)Only I and II are strong b)Only I, II and III are strong
 c)Only III and IV are strong d)Only II, III and IV are strong

36. What will be the number at the bottom, if 5 is at the top; the two positions of the dice being
as given below;

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 6

Directions (37): In the following question, find the answer figure in which question figure is
embedded.

38. How many triangles are there in the given figure ?

a) 16 b) 20 c) 22 d) 24

39. Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence.

1. Police 2. Punishment 3. Crime 4. Judge 5. Judgement
A) 3, 1, 2, 4, 5 B) 1, 2, 4, 3, 5 C) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 D) 3, 1, 4, 5, 2
40. Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation between Author, Lawyer and Singer?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

41. In the following figure triangle represents ‘girls’, square players and circle-coach. Which part of
the diagram represents the girls who are player?

(a)Both P& Q (b) Only Q (c) Only R (d) Both Q & R

Direction (Q.42): In the following question, you have to identify the correct response from the
given premises stated according to following symbols.
If > = ¿ , < = +, ^ = − , ¿ = <, − = >, + = = and ¿ = ¿ .
a) 6 > 3 < 2 ^ 4¿ 8 – 13 b) 6 ^ 3 < 2 > 4¿ 8 + 13
¿
c) 6 3 ^ 2 > 4 < 8 13¿ d) 6¿ 3 > 2 < 4 ^ 8¿ 13

Direction: (Q.43): A word is mentioned only by a group of numbers, as shown in one of the
options. The number groups in the options are mentioned by two classes of letters as shown in
Matrices given below. The no. of rows & columns in Matrix I are from 0- 4 & that of in Matrix II
are 5-9. A letter can be defined using the no. of row & then the no. column. e.g. ‘A’ can be
defined by 00, 12, 23 etc. & ‘P’ by 58, 69, 75 etc. Find the code/group of numbers for the given
word.

43. PEST
a) 97, 89, 34, 59 b) 58, 67, 43, 98 c) 57, 59, 31, 98 d) 68, 95, 31, 76
44. In the following questions, you are given a combination of letters of or number followed by
four alternatives (a), (b), (c) & (d). Choose the alternative which most closely resembles the
mirror image of the given combinations.

45. If all Sundays and the second and the fourth Saturday of a particular month are holidays then
how many minimum working days in that particular month?

A)22 (B) 24 (C) 25 (D) 26

46.
Directions (46): In the following questions consists of five figures marked A, B, C, D and E called the
problem Figures followed by five other figures marked 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 called the Answer Figures.
Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will continue the same series as
established by the five Problem Figures.

a)2 b)5 c)4 d)3

47. 1, 2, 2, 4, 8, ?
(a)8 (b) 9 (c) 16 (d) 32
48. 40, 60, 79, 97, 114,?
(a) 129 (b) 98 (b) 126 (c) 130
49. Find the correct water image from the following alternatives.

50. What is the product of all the numbers in the dial-pad of a telephone?
A)87564123 (B) 12547830 (C) 0 (D) 17236895