Axes Previous Years Solved Sample Placement Papers
- Pick out the most effective word(s) to fill in the blank:
The grapes are now _______ enough to be picked.
(a) ready
(b) mature
(c) ripe (Ans)
(d) advanced
- Rearrange the following sentences to form a meaningful sentence:
Since the beginning of history:
P: have managed to catch
Q: the Eskimos and Red Indians
R: by a very difficult method
S: a few specimens of this aquatic animal
The proper sequence should be:
(a) QRPS
(b) SQPR
(c) SQRP
(d) QPSR (Ans)
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Alok is attending a workshop titled "How to do more with less." How many 5-digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (with repetition) that are divisible by 4?
(a) 375
(b) 3125
(c) 500
(d) 625 (Ans)
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A circular dartboard of radius 1 foot is at a distance of 20 feet. What is the probability that a dart hits closer to the center than the periphery?
(a) 0.75
(b) 1
(c) 0.25 (Ans)
(d) 0.5
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36 people meet and shake hands in a circular fashion. What is the smallest set of people such that the rest have shaken hands with at least one person in the set?
(a) 13
(b) 18
(c) 11
(d) 12 (Ans)
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If 12 programmers take 12 minutes to write 12 lines of code, how long will 72 programmers take to write 72 lines?
(a) 18
(b) 72
(c) 6
(d) 12 (Ans)
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After 12 letters are inserted randomly into envelopes, what is the probability that exactly 1 letter is in an improper envelope?
(a) 0 (Ans)
(b) 1/12
(c) 11/12
(d) 12/212
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A sheet of 40 statements says, "Exactly n of these are false." Which statements are true?
(a) The 39th is true; rest are false. (Ans)
(b) All are false.
(c) Odds are true; evens are false.
(d) Evens are true; odds are false.
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A sheet of paper has statements saying, "At least n of the statements are true." Which are correct?
(a) Odds are true; evens are false.
(b) First 26 are false; the rest are true.
(c) Evens are true; odds are false.
(d) First 13 are true; the rest are false. (Ans)
- The young boy was not wearing ___________ cloths.
(a) a
(b) any
(c) nothing (Ans)
- In the question below, the sentences have been given in Direct/Indirect speech. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Indirect/Direct speech:
She said to her friend, "I know where is everyone."
(a) She told that she knew where was everyone.
(b) She told her friend that she knew where was everyone. (Ans)
(c) She told her friend that she knew where is everyone.
(d) She told her friend that she knows where was everyone.
- Choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence:
Medical study of skin and its diseases
(a) Dermatology (Ans)
(b) Endocrinology
(c) Gynealogy
(d) Orthopaedics
- Select the most closely related word for the capital word:
FULSOME:
(a) Excessive (Ans)
(b) Trivial
(c) Thorough
(d) Eager