Quark Previous Years Solved Sample Placement Papers
- 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)
Section B - Question Series
- Look at this series: 22, 21, 23, 22, 24, 23, ... What number should come next?
(a) 22
(b) 24
(c) 25 (Ans)
(d) 26
- Look at this series: 1000, 200, 40, ... What number should come next?
(a) 8 (Ans)
(b) 10
(c) 15
(d) 20
- Look at this series: 5.2, 4.8, 4.4, 4, ... What number should come next?
(a) 3
(b) 3.3
(c) 3.5
(d) 3.6 (Ans)
- Look at this series: 80, 10, 70, 15, 60, ... What number should come next?
(a) 20 (Ans)
(b) 25
(c) 30
(d) 50
- Look at this series: F2, __, D8, C16, B32, ... What number should fill the blank?
(a) A16
(b) G4
(c) E4 (Ans)
(d) E3
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Which of the following integers has the most number of divisors?
1) 176
2) 182
3) 99
4) 101
Answer: 2
Explanation: 176 = 2,4,8,11,16,22,44,88 182 = 2,7,13,14,26,91 99 = 3, 9, 11, 33 101 = 101
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A man goes from city A to city B situated 60 km apart by a boat. His onward journey was with the stream while the return journey was an upstream journey. It took him four and a half hours to complete the round trip. If the speed of the stream is 10 km/hr, how long did it take him to complete the onward journey?
1) 3 hours
2) 3.5 hours
3) 2.25 hours
4) 1.5 hours
Answer: 4
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If the wheel of a bicycle makes 560 revolutions in travelling 1.1 km, what is its radius?
1) 31.25 cm
2) 37.75 cm
3) 35.15 cm
4) 11.25 cm
Answer: 1
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A man driving his bike at 24 kmph reaches his office 5 minutes late. Had he driven 25% faster on an average, he would have reached 4 minutes earlier than the scheduled time. How far is his office?
1) 24 km
2) 72 km
3) 18 km
4) Data Insufficient
Answer: 3
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Train A traveling at 60 km/hr leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 6 P.M. Train B traveling at 90 km/hr also leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 9 P.M. Train C leaves Delhi for Mumbai at 9 P.M. If all three trains meet at the same time between Mumbai and Delhi, what is the speed of Train C if the distance between Delhi and Mumbai is 1260 km?
1) 60 km/hr
2) 90 km/hr
3) 120 km/hr
4) 135 km/hr
Answer: 3
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When an object is dropped, the number of feet N that it falls is given by the formula N = ½gt² where t is the time in seconds from the time it was dropped and g is 32.2. If it takes 5 seconds for the object to reach the ground, how many feet does it fall during the last 2 seconds?
1) 64.4
2) 96.6
3) 161.0
4) 257.6
Answer: 4
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The sum of any seven consecutive numbers is divisible by
1) 2
2) 7
3) 3
4) 11
Answer: 2
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A certain number of bullets were shared by 3 people equally. Each of them fired 4 bullets and the sum of the remaining bullets was equal to the initial share each had got. What was the initial number of bullets?
1) 20
2) 18
3) 16
4) 14
Answer: 2
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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.
(C) She told her friend that she knew where is everyone.
(D) She told her friend that she knows where was everyone.
Answer: B
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Complete the sentence with appropriate words:
"You can have _ the chicken dish __ the fish dish for dinner tonight."
(A) as, as
(B) whether, or
(C) either, or Answer: C
(D) None of these
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Complete the sentence: "___ my aunt ___ my uncle live in India."
(A) Either, nor
(B) Both, and Answer: B
(C) Whether, or
(D) None of these