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Organization rrb southern railway (sr) - chennai
Position traffic apprentice
Exam Date 2008
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Railway Recruitment Board, Chennai


Traffic Apprentice Examination
Held on: 06 04 2008


Directions (Q. 1 Study the information given below and answer the questions

A B means A is the daughter of B.

B means A is the husband of B.
A × B means A is the brother of B.
If P Q which of the following is true?
a) R is the mother of P R is the sister in law of P
c) R is the aunt of P R is the mother in law of P

that follow.


A


1.
2.
If P × Q which of the following is true?
a) Pis the brother of R Pis the uncle of R
c) Pis the son of R Pis the father of R
3.
Pointing to a lady, a man said, "The son of her only brother is the brother of my
wife". How is the lady related to the man?
a) Mother's sister Grandmother
c) Sister of father in law Mother in law


4.
If Anita is taller than Surjit but shorter than Kusum and Surjit is just as tall as
Kalpana but taller than Vanita, then Kalpana is
a) just as tall as Anita taller than Kusum
c) shorter than Anita shorter than Surjit


5.
Among five friends, Mohan is older than Raju but not as old as Lalit. Lalit is
older than Neelesh and Kabir. Neelesh is younger than Raju but not the youngest.
Who is the fourth in the descending order of age?
b) Raju Kabir Neelesh

a) Mohan

Directions (Q. 6 In the following questions, find the number which can be
put in the blank to complete the series.

6.
3, 18, 72, (......)
a) 144 216 288 360
7. 21, 25, 33, 49, 81, (......)
a) 145 129 113 97

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8. 12, 32, 72, 152, (......)
a) 312 325 515 613
9. 15, 41, 80, (......)
b) 120a) 111 121 132
8, 10, 14, 18, (......), 34, 50, 6610.
a) 24 25 26 27

Directions (Q. 11 In the following questions, find the word which holds the
same relation with the third word as there is between the first two words.

Planet Orbit Projectile
a) Trajectory Milky way Planet Path
Cobbler Leather Carpenter


11.
12.
a) Furniture Wood Hammer Chair

13.
Fire Ashes Explosion
a) Flame Death Sound Debris
14.
Ocean Water Glacier
a) Refrigerator Ice Mountain Cave
15.
Professor Lecture Doctor
a) Hospital Disease Medicine Patient
Directions (Q. 16 In the following questions, find the word which cannot be
formed by the letters of main word using each letter only once.

16. TEMPERAMENT
a) METER PETER TENTER TESTER

17. CONTEMPORARY
b) COMPANY CARPENTER PRAYER

a) PARROT

18. PARAPHERNALIA
a) EAR

19. UNCONSCIOUS
a) SON

b) NALE RAPER HALL


b) COIN SUN NOSE


20. TRANQUILITY
a) QUILT TRINITY TRAIN TRIANGLE

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Directions (Q. 21 Read the following information carefully and answer the


questions given below it. Six persons T and U are standing in two rows facing one another. U is second to the right of R.
(iii) P is at last in row. T is the neighbour of Q. R is in front of Q.
Which of the following are standing in same row?
a) Q and U Q and P R and T None of these
If P and Q interchange their places, who will be to the immediate left of
b) T U
d) None of these

21.
22.
a) S


23.
Which of the following pairs is facing each other?
a) Q T U S
24.
Which of the following statements is definitely true?
a) P is second to the left of R
b) T is to the left of Q
c) R and Q are diagonally opposite to each other
d) None of the above
25.
Who among these is not facing each other?
a) T Q S P
26.
A is facing North West. He turns 90° in the clockwise direction and then 135°
in the anti clockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now?
b) West North South
If Raman is to the South of Shyam and Mohan is to the East of Shyam, in which
direction is Raman with respect to Mohan?

a) East

27.
a) North East
c) South East

b) North West


d) South West


28.
Pointing to a photograph, Vipul said, "She is the daughter of my grandfather's
only son", How is Vipul related to the girl in photograph?
a) Father Brother Cousin None of these


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9 25


29.
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25 16 36
a) 19 23 25 31
93 27 79 38 67 16
63 37 42
3 4
a) 5 6 8 9
Sangeeta remembers that her father's birthday was certainly after eighth but
before thirteenth of December. Her sister Natasha remembers that their father's
30.
31.
birthday was definitely after ninth but before fourteenth of December. On which
date of December was their father's birthday?
a) 10th 11th 12th Data inadequate

32.
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 ninteenth of February. On which day in
February is Satish's brother's birthday?
a) 16th
b) 17th 18th 19th

33.
If the letters of PRABA are coded as 27595, and THILAK as 368451, how will
BHARATHI be coded?
b) 57686535 96575368 96855368
If SHARP is coded as 58034 and PUSH as 4658, then RUSH is coded as
b) 3658 3685 3583

a) 37536689

34.
a) 3568

35.
In a certain code, GARIMA is written as 725432 and TINA as 6482. How is
MARTINA written in that code?
a) 3256482

b) 3265842 3645862 3658426


36. Successive discounts of 10% and 20% are equivalent to a single discount of
a) 30% 15% 28% 72%
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37. The length of a rectangle is decreased by 10% and its breadth is increased by
a)


10%. By what percent is its area changed?
b) 100%
4050

In the equation . 450, the value of x is

.

vx
b) 100 81 9
If a man travels 160 km by car at the speed of 64 km/h and another 160 km at the
speed of 80 the average speed for the whole journey is
b) 81.11 91.11 61.11

At simple interest a sum of Rs.64 becomes Rs.83.20 in 2 yr. What will Rs.86
become in 4 yr at the same rate of interest?
a) Rs.129.40 Rs.137.60 Rs.142.30 Rs.144.80

38.
39.
40.
a) 49


a) 71.11


41.
A plot of 575 sq.ft is available at the rate of Rs.5500 per sq.ft. If 25% of the total
cost of the plot is to be paid for booking the plot. How much is the booking
amount?
a) Rs.825750 Rs.790625 Rs.875250 Rs.735500

42.
If the product of two successive positive integers is 7482. Which is the greater
integer?
a) 87 82 84 89


43.
Ms. Anisha deposits an amount of Rs.35000 to obtain a simple interest at the rate
of 15% per annum for 4 yr. What total amount will Ms. Anisha get at the end of
4 yr?
a) Rs.56000 Rs.60500 Rs.52000 Rs.48500

44.
What is the compound interest accrued on an amount of Rs.12000 at the rate of
9% per annum. At the end of 2 yr?
b) Rs.2257.2 Rs.2986 Rs.2775.4

a) Rs.2545

45.
One seventh of a number is 51. What will be 64% of that number?
a) 248.12
.

5

b) 228.48 238.24 198.36


..

3 2

3v


2v


46.
v

.

..

-. . is equal to
....

5 v2 5 v3

v


3 v2


v


v


..
.

a) 0
b) 2v15 2v10 2v6

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47. The average weight of C is 45 kg if the average weight of A and B be 40
a) 17 kg


48.
49.
50.
kg and that of B and C is 43 kg, then the weight of B is
b) 20 kg 26 kg 31 kg
A man can do a piece of work in 5 days, but with the help of his son, he can do
it in 3 days. In what time can the son do it alone?
11

b) 8 days 7 . days 6 . days

22
A truck covers a distance of 550 m in 1 min whereas a bus covers a distance of
33 km/s in 45 min. The ratio of their speeds is
b) 3 5 3 4 50 3
The percentage increase in the area of a rectangle, if each of its sides is increased
by 20% is

a) 7 days


a) 4 3


a) 40%
b) 42% 44% 46%

51.
Some articles were bought at 6 for Rs.5, and sold at 5 for Rs.6. Gain percentage is
a) 30% 44%
52.
Rs.750 are divided among B and C in such a manner that A B 5 2 and
B C 7 13.
What is share?
a) Rs.350 Rs.260 Rs.140 Rs.250
64 -0.008

53.
The value of .. is
16 0.8 0.04
a) 2 3.8 0.6 4.2

54.
If the students of a class can be grouped exactly into 6 or 8 or 10, then the
minimum number of students in the class must be
b) 120
c) 180 240
1 11 1

When simplified the product


a) 60

55.
a) .1

n

. ........ gives


234
n

2
2(n 2

b) .
c) . .

n
n


n(n


56.
The HCF of two numbers is 15 and their LCM is 300. If one of the numbers is
60, the other is
a) 50 75 65 100


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57. Of the two numbers, 48 percent of first number is 60 percent of the second
a) 4 7


58.
59.
60.
61.
number. What is the respective ratio of the first number to the second number?
b) 3 4
d) Cannot be determined

45% of 1200 54% of
b) 1320 1240 1000
1354 1184 of 5640
b) 42 45 52

5 . of 208 786 2000

b) 148 184 124
A trader marked the price of his commodity so as to include a profit of 25%. He
allowed discount of 16% on the marked price. His actual profit was

c) 5 4


a) 1080


a) 36


1


8


a) 112


a)
b) 16% 25%

62. There is a rectangular tank of length 180 m and breadth 120 m in a circular field.
If the area of the land portion of the
field is 40000 m2, what is the radius of the
22

field? (take . .7)

a) 130 m 135 m 140 m 145 m

63. If the compound interest on a sum for 2 yr at 12 .1% per annum is Rs.510, the
2
simple interest on the same sum at the same rate for the same period of time is
a) Rs.400 Rs.480 Rs.450 Rs.460
9

5 .

14

64.
. is equal to
3

5 .

1

3 .

b) 1.5 2
d) 2.5

3

.

5

a) 1

65.
Which number is 60% less than 80?
a) 24
Directions (Q. 66 Choose the alternative which is most opposite in meaning

b) 28 32
d) 36


of the word given in capitals.

66. HUMBLE
a) Dominant Proud Despotic Pompous

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A) Importable Acceptable Desirable Irritable
68. PIVOTAL
a) Stable Trivial Musical Melodious

b) Foreground Forehead Forward

Directions (Q. 70 Choose the alternative which is most nearly similar in
meaning to the word given in capitals.

b) Traditional Real
d) Eccentric

71. TEDIOUS
69. REAR
a) Front


70. OUTRE
A) Fair


a) Tiresome Painful Troublesome Lengthy

72. ASSIMILATE
a) Absorb Arrange Receive Assemble

73. COTERIE
A) Mob
b) Group Family Institution

Directions (Q. 74 Choose the alternative which can be substituted for the
given words/ sentence.

74.
Belief or opinion contrary to what is generally accepted
a) Unbelief Superstition Non conformity Heresy
75.
A person obsessed with exclusively one idea or subject
a) Crazy Kleptomaniac
c) Monomaniac Nymphomaniac
A child of unusual or remarkable talent
b) Diligent Freak Prodigy

76.
a) Scholar

Directions (Q. Choose the most appropriate alternative to fill in the blank.

77.
The passengers are cautioned ................ pickpockets.
a) to
b) against for
d) about


78. ............. knowledge is a dangerous thing.
a) Less Little A little The little
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79. Do not hanker .......... worldly pleasures.
a) after


80.
a) call up


81.
82.
83.
b) about for
d) towards

She died because they did not immediately ................ a doctor.
b) call from call in call at

Excise duty on a commodity is payable with reference to its

a) Prodution
b) Production and sale

c) Production and transportation Production, Transportation and sale

Green Revolution was most successful in

a) Punjab and Tamilnadu
b) Punjab, Haryana and UP

c) Haryana
d) UP and Maharashtra

Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to

a) Monetary Economics Welfare Economics
c) Econometrics Development Economics

84.
Which of the following is not viewed as national debt?
a) Life Insurance Policies Long term Government Bonds
c) National Savings Certificates Provident Fund
85.
Blue Revolution is related to
a) Fish production Milk production
c) Oil production Food production
86.
In India, the population growth rate is high because
a) birth rate as well as death rate remain high.
b) birth rate has fallen less than the death rate.
c) death rate has fallen but birth rate remains high.
d) death rate has fallen less than the birth rate.
87.
Scheduled Banks have to be registered with......
a) SEBI
88.
Who among the following visited with Gandhiji in South Africa?
b) RBI
c) Finance ministry SBI


a) B.G. Tilak Vallabhbhai Patel
c) G.K. Gokhale J.L. Nehru

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89. Who was the constitutional Advisor to the constituent Assembly of India?
90.
91.
92.
93.
a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
c) Sir B.N. Rao Shri K. M. Munshi
Who was the first speaker of independent India's Lok Sabha?
a) Hukam Singh Bali Ram Baghat
d) Rubi Ray G.V. Mavlankar

In which year Salt Satyagraha took place?
a) 1929 1930 1931 1932
Cabinet mission came to India in the year
a) 1946 1945 1942 1940
Muslim league was founded in the year

a) 1900
b) 1905 1906 1902

94.
Who introduced the famous persian festival of Nauroz?
a) Alauddin Khilji Iltutmish Firoz Tughlaq Balban
95.
The famous forests are located in
a) Mysore Kashmir Gujarat Kerala
96.
The Surface temperature of the sun is estimated as
a) 6000° C 12000° C 18000° C 24000° C
97.
Which one of the following planets has no moon?
a) Mars Neptune Mercury None of these
98.
Who invented optical fibre?
a) Samuel Cohen Narinder Kapany
d) T.H. Maimah
The name of the first cloned sheep was
b) Dolly Jolly Roly

c) Percy L. Spencer

99.
a) Molly

100. Which city is referred to as the 'Silicon valley of India'?
a) Mumbai
b) Chennai Hydrabad Bangalore


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ANSWERS

1-a;
17-c;
31-d;
45-b;
59-c;
73-b;
87-b; 100-d.

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