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UST Global - Sample Questions

1. 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, not necessarily in that order represents seven

consecutive integers from 22 to 33.

- U is as much less than Q as R is greater than S.

- V is greater than U.

- Q is the middle term.

- P is 3 greater than S.

Can you find the sequence of letters from the lowest value to the highest value?

4. B, J and P are related to each other.

1. Among the three are B's legal spouse, J's sibling and P's sister-in-law.

2. B's legal spouse and J's sibling are of the same sex.

Who is the married man?

Answer: J is the married man.

5. A fish had a tail as long as its head plus a quarter the length 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 in a bag, 8 red ones, 4 blue ones & 4 green ones. What is the least

number of balls to be taken if we have at least one ball from each color?

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,I,J,K,L & M are parallel to 1

another


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1. Road A is 1km east of road B

2. Road B is half km west of road C

3. Road D is 1 km west of road E

8. Find the missing letters abaacaabcabbc

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

(b) 29.72

(c) 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 B the same number of marbles they already have.At the end A, B, and C have equal number of marbles.

(i) If x, y, z are the marbles initially with A,B,C respectively.

Then the number of marbles B have at the end

(a) 2(x-y-z)

(b) 4(x-y-z)

(c) 2(3y-x-z)

(d) x + y-z

Ans. (c)

(ii) If the total number of marbles are 72, then the number of marbles with A at the starting

(a) 20

(b) 30

(c) 32

(d) 39

Ans. (d)


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12. If a car starts from A towards B with some velocity. Due to some problem in the engine

after traveling 30km, the car goes with 4/5 th of its actual velocity

The car reaches B 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 initialvelocity 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 : headguttural : 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 A B C

January 30 60 80

February 35 65 85

March 45 75 65

April 40 75 82May 55 75 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 beginning of the period,

when should these be sold to get maximum profit?

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 isalways 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 BINO, FIFO can never be taught in single module

languages are BASIC, WORD STAR, WORD PERFECT, FORTRAN, COBAL, BINO, FIFO,

LOTUS, C


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i) If word star is in 3rd month , what could be in 6th month?

ii) 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

(b) 33

(c) 36

(d) none of these.

Ans. (d)

14. A square plate of some size is cut at four corners. 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?

(a) 17

(b) 14

(c) 13

(d) None of these

15. In a square, all the mid points are joined. The inner square is shaded. If the area of 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)= a/b

*(a,b)= ab

If a=1, b=2 then find

i) /(a,(@(a,b),*(a,b)))

ii) */(a,@(*(a,b)))

18. If the following statements are given

(x#y) = x + y- xy

(x*y) = (x + y)/2

i) Find the values of x, y will satisfy this equation (x#y)#(x*y) < (x#y)

ii) Find the values of x, y will satisfy this equation (a*b)#(b*c)< (a#b)*(b*c)


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19. Export PS1 results in(PS1 pwd)

a) primary prompt being your current directory

b) primary prompt and secondary prompts being the current directory

c) primary prompt prompt being your home directoryd) 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

c) 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

e) 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

c) does not give any scope for programmingd) deos not allow calling one program from with in another

e) all of the above

Ans. (b)

23. enum number { a= -1, b= 4,c,d,e}

What is the value of e ?

(a) 7

(b) 4

(c) 5

(d) 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)


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d) none of these

Ans. (a)

25Output of the following program is

main(){int i=0;

for(i=0;i


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1998 4800 500 48 7500 800 65 5600 620 85

6800 600 70 7100 650 75

1999 7500 640 82 7400 560 70 4800 400 48

6500 525 65 5200 350 55

2000 9500 850 90 8800 920 86 7000 650 70

7800 720 84 6400 540 60

2001 9000 800 70 7200 850 75 8500 950 80

5700 485 60 4500 600 75

For which state the average number of candidates selected over the years is the maximum?

A

Delhi

B

U.P.

C

H.P.

D

Punjab

Question 27

The percentage of candidates qualified from Punjab over those appeared from Punjab is

highestin the year?

A

1997

B

1998

C

1999

D

2000

Question 28

In the year 1997, which state had the lowest percentage of candidates selected over the

candidates appeared?


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A

Delhi

B

H.P

C

U.P.

D

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%

B

81%

C

84.5%

D

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

B

1998

C

1999

D

2000

Question 31

The sum of three prime numbers is 100. If one of them exceeds another by 36, then one of

the number is :


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A

7

B

29

C

41

D

67

Question 32

Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours respectively. Pipe C can empty it in 12 hours.

If all the three pipes are opened together, then the tank will be filled in:

A

1 (13/17)hours

B

2 (8/11)hours

C

3 (9/17) hours

D

4 (1/2) hours

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

B

32kmph

C

36kmph

D

40kmph

Question 34


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From a group of 7 men and 6 women, five persons are to 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

B

645

C

735

D

756

Question 35

The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Q and

R is Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income

of P is:

A

3500

B

4000

C

4050

D

5000

Question 36

In a 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%

B70%

C

100%

D

250%


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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

B

1 hour 12 min

C

1 hour 15 min

D

None of these

Question 38

If one-seventh of a number exceeds its eleventh part by 100 then the number is

A

770

B

1100

C

1825

D

1925

Question 39

The ratio of Rita's age to her mother's age is 3:8. The difference of their ages is 35 years.

The ratio of their ages after 4 years will be:

A

7:12

B

5:12

C

38:43

D

42:47

Question 40


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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

B

Three days ago

C

Four days ago

D

Five days ago

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

B

81 ml

C

72 ml

D

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 loss by how much?

A

Loss, 60%.

B

Profit, 60 %

C

Profit, 5 %

D

none of these

Question 43


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Find the number of triangles in the given figure.

A

22

B

24

C

26

D

28

Question 44


A

11

B

13

C

15

D

17

Question 45


A

8
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B

10

C

11

D

12

Question 46

Count the number of squares in the given figure.

A11

B

21

C

24

D

26

Question 47

Count the number of squares in the given figure.

A

22

B

20

C

18
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D

14

Question 48

Which letter replaces the question mark?

A

P

B

O

C

S

D

T

Question 49

Where the minute hand should be put on the bottom clock
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A

5

B

7

C

9

D

10

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?

A

Leader

B

Traitor

C

Social-Reformist

D

None of these

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