IVEGA Previous Years Solved Sample Placement Papers
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What frightened the thieves?
(A) The sight of what they thought were the spirits of the dead
(B) The realization that the villagers would soon return
(C) Someone had discovered their hiding place
(D) Their loot had been stolen by other thieves
(E) The villagers had lit a funeral pyre for them (Ans: A)
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Which of the following is not true in the context of the passage?
(A) Keshav was persevering by nature
(B) There was no treasure buried in Yash's well
(C) Keshav guarded Yash's body because he knew thieves lived there
(D) Yash's wife supported her husband in his crooked dealings
(E) Neither Keshav nor Yash could be trusted to keep his word (Ans: C)
- Directions—(Q. 11–13) Which of the following is most similar in meaning to the word given in bold as used in the passage?
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Discover
(A) Invent
(B) Explore
(C) Locate
(D) Realize
(E) Research (Ans: D)
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Struck
(A) Reached
(B) Impacted
(C) Slapped
(D) Attacked
(E) Occurred (Ans: A)
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Top
(A) Height
(B) Lid
(C) Finest
(D) Upper
(E) Maximum (Ans: B)
- 45% of 1500 + 35% of 1700 = ?% of 3175
(a) 40
(b) 55
(c) 45
(d) 35
(e) None of these (Ans: A)
- What is the code for 5 2 1 8 6 3?
(a) MDKJPH
(b) ZDKJPX
(c) XDKJPZ
(d) ADKJPB
(e) None of these (Ans: C)
- What is the code for 492310?
(a) RVDHKG
(b) AVDHKB
(c) VRDKHG
(d) BVDHKA
(e) None of these (Ans: A)
- Which of the following numbers is represented by ASGHKB?
(i) 670312
(ii) 470313
(iii) 270318
(a) Only I and III
(b) Only I and II
(c) Only II and III
(d) Only I
(e) Only III (Ans: A)
- What is the code for 3186452?
(a) HKJDMRP
(b) KHPJMRD
(c) DMRPHKJ
(d) HKJPRMD
(e) None of these (Ans: D)
- Which of the following numbers is represented by DPJRSV?
(a) 628794
(b) 268479
(c) 246793
(d) 168359
(e) None of these (Ans: B)
- At a special sale, 5 tickets can be purchased for the price of 3 tickets. If 5 tickets are purchased at the sale, the amount saved will be what percent of the original price of the 5 tickets?
(A) 20%
(B) 33.3%
(C) 40%
(D) 60%
(E) 66.6%
(Ans: C) - An investor purchased shares of stock at a certain price. If the stock increased in price by Rs. 0.25 per share and the total increase for the \( x \) shares was Rs. 12.50, how many shares of stock had been purchased?
(A) 25
(B) 50
(C) 75
(D) 100
(E) 125
(Ans: B) - How many integers \( n \), greater than 9 and less than 100, are there such that, if the digits of \( n \) are reversed, the resulting integer is \( n + 9 \)?
(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8
(E) 9
(Ans: D) - There are 20 balls which are red, blue, or green. If 7 balls are green and the sum of red balls and green balls is less than 13, at most how many red balls are there?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
(Ans: B) - If \( n \) is the sum of two consecutive odd integers and less than 100, what is the greatest possibility of \( n \)?
(A) 98
(B) 94
(C) 96
(D) 99
(Ans: C) - There are 4 boxes colored red, yellow, green, and blue. If 2 boxes are selected, how many combinations are there for at least one green box or one red box to be selected?
(A) 1
(B) 6
(C) 9
(D) 5
(Ans: D) - All faces of a cube with an eight-meter edge are painted red. If the cube is cut into smaller cubes with a two-meter edge, how many of the two-meter cubes have paint on exactly one face?
(A) 24
(B) 36
(C) 60
(D) 48
(Ans: A) - Two cyclists begin training on an oval racecourse at the same time. The professional cyclist completes each lap in 4 minutes; the novice takes 6 minutes to complete each lap. How many minutes after the start will both cyclists pass at exactly the same spot where they began to cycle?
(A) 10
(B) 8
(C) 14
(D) 12
(Ans: D)