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POSTAL ASSISTANTS / SORTING ASSISTANTS 

DIRECT RECRUITMENT EXAMINATION – ANDHRA PRADESH 

APTITUDE TEST 

Marks: 100 Questions: 50 Time: 1Hour Time: 1 hr 
All questions carry 2 marks each. There is no negative marking.

1. The Jataka Tales were composed in the ancient language of ____ [ ] 
 a) Sanskrit b) Brahmi c) Greek d) Pali 

2. Who is the Head of Indian State? [ ] 
 a) Prime Minister b) President c) Speaker d) Vice President 

3. When was constitution of India adopted by Constituent Assembly? [ ] 
 a) 26th November, 1949 b) 26th January, 1950 
 c) 15th August, 1947 d) 30th January, 1948 

4. Which countries participate in Common Wealth Games? [ ] 
 a) All countries of World 
 b) Countries which were colonies of British Empire 
 c) Asia Pacific Region Countries 
 d) Under-developed countries 

5. Vishwanathan Anand is associated with which game? [ ] 
 a) Snooker b) Billiards c) Chess d) Ice Hokey 

6. HTTP stands for : [ ] 
 a) Hypo Test Transfer Protocol b) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol 
 c) Hyper Test Transfer Proxy d) None of these 


7. Polio disease is spread by [ ] 
 a) Parasite b) Bacteria c) Virus d) Protozoa 
8. Phylloquinone is the chemical name of [ ] 
 a) Vitamin A b) Vitamin C c) Vitamin K d) Vitamin D 
9. The Best Parliamentarian Award for 2009 has been conferred on [ ] 
 a) Hema Malini b) Jaipal Reddy c) M.M. Joshi d) Manmohan Singh  


10. Lothal had a structure which, according to some archaeologists, was a [ ] 
 a) Citadel b) Dockyard c) Public Building d) Great Tank

11. Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) consists of [ ] 
 a) Butane and Propane b) Ethane and Hexane 
 c) Ethane and nonane d) Butane and nonane 

12. The Hobby of collecting stamps is called [ ] 
 a) Philanthropy b) Numismatics c) Philately d) Philology 

13. The new rupee symbol is a combination of English and _______ scripts [ ] 
 a) Devanagri b) Tamil c) Telugu d) Gurmukhi 

14. The Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 was awarded to [ ] 
 a) Barack Obama b) Bill Clinton 
 c) Mikhail Gorbachev d) Nicholas Sarkozy 

15. Who among the following was the author of “Rajtarangini”, commonly regarded as 
the first genuine history of India written by an Indian? [ ] 
 a) Banbhatta b) Ravikirti c) Pushpadanta d) Kalhana 

16. Twitter, Facebook and Orkut are examples of __________ websites [ ] 
 a) e-mail b) social networking c) search engines d) internet telephony 

17. H1N1 virus causes which of the following disease [ ] 
 a) Swine Flu b) Chikungunya c) Dengue d) Avian Flu 

18. Biological pigment that determines skin colour in humans is called [ ] 
 a) Protein b) Melanin c) Vitamin d) Toxin 

19. My school is to the East of my house. My father‟s office is to the south-west of my school. A park is to the south of my school. Towards which direction is my house located with respect to the park? [ ] 
 a) East b) North-West c) South-East d) South 

20. Which one is different from others? [ ] 
 a) Calf b) Colt c) Cat d) Puppy 

21. A train 350 meters long is moving at a speed of 32 KMPH. It will cross a man coming from the opposite direction at a speed of 3 KMPH in [ ] 
 a) 28 seconds b) 24 seconds c) 36 seconds d) 32 seconds 

22. 0.45 / 0.005 + 0.2 x 50=? [ ] 
 a) 10 b) 90 c) 100 d) 90.1 

23. The age of the father is 5 times of the son. After 20 years father age is 40. Then hat will be the age of the son [ ] 
 a) 20 b) 22 c) 21 d) 24 

24. A candidate appearing for an examination has to secure 40 % marks to pass paper  

1. But he secured only 40 marks and failed by 20 marks. What is the maximum 
mark for paper 1? [ ] 
 a) 100 b) 200 c) 150 d) 180 

25. Six times of an unknown number is 13 less than 55. The unknown number [ ] 
 a) 10 b) 7 c) 11 d) 5 

26. A sports dealer bought 2000 hockey sticks for Rs. 350 each. 10% of them were found to be defective and unfit to be sold. At what price should he sell the remaining 
sticks to get an overall profit of 8%? [ ] 
 a) 360 b) 400 c) 420 d) 450 

27. The population of a colony of ants increases by 20% everyday. If one Monday the population is 3000. On which day of the week is it 5184? [ ] 
 a) Wednesday b) Tuesday c) Thursday d) Friday 

28. Three runners Ajay, Bharath and Charan run a race with Ajay finishing 20 meters ahead of Bharath and 34 meters ahead of Charan, while Bharath finishes 21 meters ahead of Charan. Each runner travels the entire distance at a constant speed. What was the length of the race? [ ] 
 a) 40 meters b) 50 meters c) 60 meters d) 70 meters 

29. If 20 men assemble 8 machines in a day, how many men are needed to assemble  12 machines in a day? [ ] 
 a) 40 b) 20 c) 30 d) 42 

30. Find the area in square meters if the perimeter of football field which is 120 m long is 400 meters. [ ] 
 a) 6500 Sq.m b) 9600 Sq.m c) 6800 Sq.m d) 4800 Sq.m 

31. At the end of the dinner party all the 8 persons at the dinner party shake hands with each other once. How many handshakes will be there in all? [ ] 
 a) 8 b) 16 c) 28 d) 64

32. Select the correct alternative from the given choices [ ] 
 BDFH, CBID, DZLZ, EXOV, _______ 
 a) FVRS b) FVQR c) FVRR d) FVSR 

33. Fill in the blank [ ] 
 8, 40, 50, 100, 50, ____, 125 
 a) 225 b) 250 c) 200 d) 150 

34. If the digits in the number 86435192 are arranged in ascending order, what will be the difference between the digits which are sound from the right and fourth from the left in the new arrangement? [ ] 
 a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 3 

35. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and so form a group which is the one that does not belong to that group? [ ] 
 a) 145 b) 325 c) 257 d) 399  

36. In a certain code language, if the word „SECTOR‟ is coded as „CESROT‟ then how will you code the word „OPPOSITION‟ [ ] 
 a) SOPPONOITI b) NOITISOPPO c) SOPOPNOITI d) SOPPONOTIT 

37. If 30th June, 1989 was a Friday, then what day of the week was 17th September, 1993? [ ] 
 a) Wednesday b) Thursday c) Friday d) Saturday 

38. Complete the series [ ] 
 18, 27, 6, 9, 2, 3, ? 
 a) 1 b) 2/3 c) 1/3 d) ½ 

39. Which dance form originated from Kerala? [ ] 
 a) Odissi b) Kathak c) Kuchipudi d) Kathakali 

40. Nathu La is located in the Himalayas. La means [ ] 
 a) Glacier b) Pass c) Hillock d) Crevasse 

41. “A speech delivered without any previous preparation” can be expressed in one word only out of the following [ ] 
 a) Extempore b) Maiden c) Spinster d) Empiric 

42. The garden is very dry today. Fetch me a ______ of water [ ] 
 a) Pale b) Pail c) Pile d) Pill 

43. Please, may I have _______oranges? [ ] 
 a) a few b) some c) little d) less 

44. Delhi is ________ than Nagpur. [ ] 
 a) more bigger b) so bigger c) very bigger d) much bigger 

45. Use proper conjunction in the sentence given below: [ ] 
 “Give me _____ poverty _______riches.” 
 a) is / was b) nor/ neither c) neither / nor d) here / there 

46. We need to _________ our appointment [ ] 
 a) reconnect b) reschedule c) reorganize d) regret 

47. Sceptical is exactly opposite to [ ] 
 a) convinced b) doubtful c) questioning d) cynic 

48. Choose the wrongly spelt word [ ] 
 a) Relevent b) Poignant c) Prevalent d) Malignant 

49. A person who hates the institution of marriage [ ] 
 a) Misologist b) Misogamist c) Misogynist d) Philogynist 

50. We have been friends for ages. I _______ her since we were children. [ ] 
 a) am knowing b) are known c) have known d) is known  

KEY 

1) d 2) b 3) a 4) b 5) c 6) b 7) c 8) d 9) c 10) b 11) a 12) c
13) a 14) a 15) d 16) b 17) a 18) b 19) b 20) c 21) c 22) c 23) d 24) c
25) b 26) c 27) c 28) No Answer 29) c 30) b 31) c 32) c 33) b 34) c 35) c
36) a 37) c 38) b 39) d 40) b 41) a 42) b 43) b 44) d 45) c 46) b 47) a
48) a 49) b 50) a

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