Odisha Postal PA/SA Question Papers 2014

1. In which year was the Indian space research organization (ISRO) founded?

• 1967
• 1969
• 1970
• 1974

2. Which of the following awards was conferred on Mrs Kiran Bedi?

• Saraswati
• Golden Globe
• Magsaysay
• Rani Lakshmi

3. The United Nations declared 2006 as the international year of __

• Rice
• World Population
• Communication
• Elderly Persons

4. Who written the book “War and Peace”?

• Khushwan Singh
• Mikhali Solokhov
• Count Leo Tolstoy
• Saul Bellow

5. What is the function of I/O unit of a computer system ?

• To initiate the process of recovery of data of the crashed computer
• To exchange the information of windows with CPU
• To reset or restarts the computer when it is booted
• To excahnge the information of computer with the outside world

6. India won its fist Olympic hockey gold in

• 1928
• 1932
• 1936
• 1948

7. Who is the author of “Tarikh-i-Alai” which contains sultan alauddin Khilji?

• Ziauddin Barani
• Shams Shiraj Afif
• Amir Khusrau
• Yahiya-bin-Ahmed

8. Which of the following states has the maximum forest cover in India?

• Arunanchal Pradesh
• Assam
• Madhya Pradesh
• Karnataka

9. The normal temperature of human body ?

• 37 Degee Celcius
• 37 Degee Farenheit
• 104 Degee Farenheit
• 36.4 Degee Celcius

10. Lakshadeep Island is situated in

• Indian Ocean
• Arabian Ocean
• Bay of Bengal
• Non of these

11. Which day is the International Human Rights Day?

• December 10th
• October 24th
• November 25th
• None of these

12. Out put device make it possible to—

• View and print a data
• Scan a data
• Input a data
• Sending a data

13. Who is the author of book “New Dimension of India’s Foreign exchange policy?

• A.B.Vajpayee
• Jaswant Singh
• PC Alexander
• Yashwant Sinha

14. The Olympic game in 2016 will be held in

• London
• America
• Holland
• Brazil

15. Who first translated “Bhagvad- Gita ” in to English ?

• William Jones
• Charles Wilkins
• Alexander Cummingham
• John Marshall

16. The Pollution is most marked on

• Natural balance of nature
• Natural Flora of Place
• Natural geochemical cycles
• All of the above

17. The first satelite launched by India is called

• Aryabhata
• Bhaskara I
• Bhaskara II
• Rohini

18. which of the following awards is associated with agriculture

• Bourlog Award
• Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
• Arjun Award
• Vyas Samman

19. February 14 is Observed as __

• World Vegetarian Day
• United Nations Day for South cooperation
• Valentine Day
• United Nations Day, recognized by UN

20. The book Discovery of India is written by ?

• Mahatma Gandhi
• Subhash Chandra Bose
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Sastri

21. A person who uses his expertise to gain the peoples computer to get information illegally or to damage is called as

• Spammer
• Programmer
• Hacker
• Instant Messenger

22. How many players are there in water polo team?

• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7

23. At the time of Nadir Shah attacked Delhi, the Mughal Emperor was ?

• Ahmad Shah
• Bahadur Shah
• Mohammed Shah
• Shah Alam II

24. Arrange the following statets in the increasing order of population

• 1,2,3,4
• 1,2,4,3
• 2,1,3,4
• 2,1,4,3

25. CMYK related to

• Railway Signaling
• Navigation
• Offset Printing
• Electronic Voting Machine

PART B

(Numerical)

26. In how many years will a sum of Rs 19200 placed at 10% per annum compound interest yield an interest of Rs 4031 ?

• 1 and 1/2 years
• 2 and 1/2 years
• 2 years
• 3 years

27. Find the value of (0.5% of 640)X(1.3% of 350)= ?

• 12.56
• 13.44
• 14.44
• 14.56

28. The average of 6 numbers is 30. If the average of first four is 25 and that of last three is 35, the fourth number is

• 25
• 30
• 35
• 40

29. A store keeper claims to sell his articles at a discount of 5% but marks up his articles by increasing the cost each by 10% . His gain percentage is

• 5%
• 3.5%
• 6%
• 4.5%

30. In the given figure, AOB is a staright line <AOC = 68 amd <BOC = x, The value of X s

• 32 Degree
• 22 Degree
• 112 Degree
• 132 Degree

31. Find the sum of place value of 6 and face value of 9 in 927653 .

• 608
• 508
• 609
• 509

32. 20 men can cut 30 trees in 4h . If 4 men leaves the job, how many trees will be cut in 12h ?

• 72
• 80
• 68
• 79

33. A bus is running with a uniform speed of 37 km.h. What distance will be covered by bus in 8h?

• 246 Km
• 289 Km
• 296 Km
• 276 Km

34. Find the mean proportional between 9 and 64?

• 25
• 24
• 27
• 35

35. Root  over of (324/81) + Root over of (324/81)  = ?

• 4
• 12
• 6
• 18

36. Find the value of

48-12 X 3 + 9

—————- = ?

12-9/3

• 4 and 1/3
• 2 and 1/3
• 1/3
• 21

37. Convert 0.8268 (Bar on the top of 8)

• 3093/4950
• 3043/4850
• 4093/4950
• 3039/4950

38.  A sum becomes its double in 10 years, find the annual rate of simple interest.

• 1%
• 5%
• 10%
• 20%

39. What amount will be received on a sum of Rs 1750 in 2.5 yers , if the interest is compounded at the rate of 8% pa?

• Rs 2125
• Rs 2122.85
• Rs 2100
• Rs 2200

40. 20g is what percentage of 1 Kg ?

• 2%
• 5%
• 7%
• 6%

41. Find out the average of first ten even numbers.

• 11
• 12
• 18
• 9

42. A person buys a watch of for Rs 500 and sells it for Rs. 300. Find the loss percentage

• 30
• 40
• 35
• 45

43. Which one of the following will divide (4^61 + 4^62 + 4^63 + 4^64 )

• 3
• 10
• 11
• 13

44. 20 men complete one third of a work in 20 days. how many more men should be employed fo finish the rest of work in 24 more days?

• 15
• 12
• 18
• 25

45. A car covers a distance of 200 km in 2h 40 min min whereas a jeep covers the same distance in 2hr. What is the ratio of their speeds?

• 3:4
• 4:3
• 4:5
• 5:4

46. The sum of the ages of a father and his son is 100 now, 5 years ago, their ages were in the ratio of 2:1 . Find the ratio of the ages of the father and son after 10years from today.

• 4:3
• 5:3
• 3:5
• 10:7

47. Find the value of √(8 × 7 – 3?+ 208 ÷ 16)= 8

• 4:3
• 5:3
• 3:5
• 10:7

48. A tree increases annually by 1/8th of its height. What will be its height after 2 years, if it stands 64cm high today ?

• 72 cm
• 74 cm
• 81 cm
• 85 cm

49. Find the value of 3 x 0.3 x 0.003x 0.003 x 30 =

• .00243
• .000243
• .00243
• .0243

50. A sum of money at simple interest amount to Rs. 2240 in 2 years and Rs 2600 in 5 years. The sum is

• Rs 1880
• Rs 2000
• Rs 2120
• None of These

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