ASDC Placement Paper - Technical Assistant

ASDC Previous Years Solved Sample Placement Papers

1. Quantitative Section:

   1. A ladder lies against a wall. The top of the ladder reaches 8 ft above the ground. When the ladder slips 2 metres away from the wall, the top of the ladder touches the foot of the wall. The length of the ladder is:

      (A) 8

      (B) 15

      (C) 17

      (D) 10

      Answer: (C)

   2. A student scored marks in the ratio 6:7:8:9:10 in five subjects with equal maximum marks. Totally, he scored 60% marks. In how many subjects did he score more than 50%?

      (A) 3

      (B) 4

      (C) 5

      (D) None of these

      Answer: (B)

   3. In how many ways can a delegation of 4 professors and 3 students be formed from 8 professors and 5 students if Balamurli, an Arts student, refuses to be in the delegation if Prof. Siddharth, the Science professor, is included?

      (A) 280

      (B) 210

      (C) 490

      (D) 560

      Answer: (C)

   4. Ram has 158 one-rupee coins. He wants to distribute them into different bags such that he can hand over any denomination between Rs. 1 to Rs. 158. What is the least number of bags required?

      (A) 11

      (B) 13

      (C) 15

      (D) None of these

      Answer: (D)

   5. A takes 4 days to complete a task. B takes twice as long as A. C takes twice as long as B, and D takes twice as long as C. They are grouped into two pairs. One pair takes two-thirds of the time taken by the other. What is the combination of the first pair?

      (A) A, C

      (B) A, D

      (C) B, C

      (D) B, D

      Answer: (B)

2. Verbal Ability:

   Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:

   1. A well-__________, physically and mentally active ________ alone can contribute to the speedier economic progress of a nation.

      (A) educated, subjects

      (B) organized, systems

      (C) advanced, brethren

      (D) nourished, populace

      Answer: (D)

   2. Democracy has taken a ______ in a system which promotes sycophancy and ______.

      (A) dive, bureaucracy

      (B) delve, dictatorship

      (C) beating, mediocrity

      (D) privilege, intolerance

      Answer: (C)

   3. Time has now come for all agencies working in the development sector to launch a multi-pronged ______ to ______ malnutrition.

      (A) system, abjure

      (B) weapon, annihilate

      (C) policy, deviate

      (D) strategy, eradicate

      Answer: (D)

   4. The truth is that in a highly capital-intensive business ______ deep pockets, domestic civil aviation is ______ undercapitalized.

      (A) ascertaining, highly

      (B) requiring, woefully

      (C) sustaining, alarmingly

      (D) balancing, astonishingly

      Answer: (B)

   5. We must develop ______ systems from the village upwards and up to the national level to constantly ______ the nutritional status of the people.

      (A) monitoring, review

      (B) machinery, tackle

      (C) efficient, emancipate

      (D) sound, harbor

      Answer: (A)