BFL Placement Paper - Logical Question And Answers

BFL Previous Years Solved Sample Placement Papers

1. 10. Are you shopping for ________ health club to join so you can get in shape? Shop wisely! You could end up choosing ___________wrong club and losing more money than pounds.
   

   (a) The, an

   (b) The, the

   (c) A, the

   (d) An, the (Ans: C)

2. 11. The author implies that the 'professional schoolmaster' has:
   

   (a) No interest in teaching science

   (b) Thwarted attempts to enliven education

   (c) Aided true learning

   (d) Supported the humanists

   (e) Been a pioneer in both science and humanities (Ans: B)

3. 12. The author’s attitude to secondary and public school education in the sciences is:
   

   (a) Ambivalent

   (b) Neutral

   (c) Supportive

   (d) Satirical

   (e) Contemptuous (Ans: E)

4. 13. The word ‘palpably’ most nearly means:
   

   (a) Empirically

   (b) Obviously

   (c) Tentatively

   (d) Markedly

   (e) Ridiculously (Ans: B)

5. 14. The author blames all of the following for the failure to impart scientific method through the education system except:
   

   (a) Poor teaching

   (b) Examination methods

   (c) Lack of direct experience

   (d) The social and education systems

   (e) Lack of interest on the part of students (Ans: E)

6. 15. If the author were to study current education in science to see how things have changed since he wrote the piece, he would probably be most interested in the answer to which of the following questions?
   

   (a) Do students know more about the world about them?

   (b) Do students spend more time in laboratories?

   (c) Can students apply their knowledge logically?

   (d) Have textbooks improved?

   (e) Do they respect their teachers (Ans: C)

7. 16. Astrology (line 31) is mentioned as an example of:
   

   (a) A science that needs to be better understood

   (b) A belief which no educated people hold

   (c) Something unsupportable to those who have absorbed the methods of science

   (d) The gravest danger to society

   (e) An acknowledged failure of science (Ans: C)

8. 18. What is E's position with respect to B?
   

   (1) Second to the left

   (2) Third to the right

   (3) Fourth to the right

   (4) Third to the left

   (5) Fifth to the right (Ans: 4)

9. 19. Who is fourth to the left of G?
   

   (1) C

   (2) A

   (3) D

   (4) K

   (5) Data inadequate (Ans: 1)

10. 20. In which of the following combinations is the third person sitting between the first and the second persons?
    

    (1) GFB

    (2) BGH

    (3) ADC

    (4) KEC

    (5) EGF (Ans: 5)