MECHOTSAV MECHIE OF THE YEAR PRELIMS APTITUDE+QUIZ

MECHIE OF THE YEAR
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Prelims-Round 1
General Aptitude and General KnowledgeTest

General Rules
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• Any discrepancy found will lead to rejection of the answer script
• Quizmaster decision will be considered final in case of any dispute
• Academic andTechnical team of MECHOTSAV solely bears the copyright of this
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• Participants must strictly abide by the rules and co operate with the volunteers in
conducting the event.

Quiz Rules
• Consists of two equal parts 15 questions each– Part 1 – Aptitude Part
2- GK
• Normal questions carry 2 marks each
• Every 5th question in each part is star marked and carries 5 marks each
• No negative marking for any questions
• Two star marked questions are super bonus questions in the whole
quiz so you get extra +10 if correct
• Maximum Marks scored in this quiz is 98 marks ((12*2 + 3*15)
*2)+(10*2) = 98)
• In case of tie teams having maximum star questions correct will win
• Write your answers in A4 page provided to you

Q1. Find the odd one out.
26 35 44 80 91

91
as
3+5=8
2+6=8
4+4=8
8+0=8
9+1=10

Q2. Here are some words translated
from an artificial language.
hapllesh means cloudburst
srenchoch means pinball
omjhlesh means balloonburst
resbosrench means ninepin
Which word could mean "cloud nine"?

Hapl means cloud;
lesh means burst;
srench means pin;
och means ball;
and resbo means nine.
When you combine hapl (cloud) with resbo
(nine), you get the correct answer
HAPL RESBO

Q3.
Blueberries cost more than strawberries.
Blueberries cost less than raspberries.
Raspberries cost more than strawberries and
blueberries.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is
a)True b) False c) Uncertain d) None OfThese

Option A
Because the first two statements are true,
raspberries are the most expensive of the three

Q4. Look at this series:
7, 10, 8, 11, 9, 12, ...
What number should
come next?

10
This is a simple alternating addition and
subtraction series. In the first pattern, 3 is
added; in the second, 2 is subtracted

Q5**Mrs. Carson took a taxi to meet her three friends for
lunch.They were waiting for her outside the restaurant when
she pulled up in the car. She was so excited to see her friends
that she left her tote bag in the taxi. As the taxi pulled away,
she and her friends took notice of the license plate number so
they would be able to identify the car when they called the
taxi company.
#1:The four women seem to agree that the plate starts out
with the letter J.
#2:Three of them agree that the plate ends with 12L.
#3:Three of them think that the second letter is X, and a
different three think that the third letter is K.
Identify the six letter car number

JXK 12L
The four women seem to agree that the plate starts
out with the letter J.Three of them agree that the
plate ends with 12L.Three of them think that the
second letter is X, and a different three think that
the third letter is K.The plate description that has all
of these common elements is JXK 12L

Q6. Which has the least value
A) 1/8
B) (1/8)^-1
C) (1/8)^-2
D) (1/8)^2

d) (1/8)^2
LARGERTHE DENOMINATOR SMALLER
THEVALUE

Q7. Complete the series
FAG, GAF, HAI, IAH, ____

JAK
The middle letters are static, so concentrate on the
first and third letters.The series involves an
alphabetical order with a reversal of the letters.The
first letters are in alphabetical order: F, G, H, I , J.The
second and fourth segments are reversals of the
first and third segments.The missing segment
begins with a new letter

Q8. A bag contains 2 red, 3 green and
2 blue balls.Two balls are drawn at
random. What is the probability that
none of the balls drawn is blue?

10/21
Total number of balls = (2 + 3 + 2) = 7.
Let S be the sample space
Then n(S)=Number of ways of drawing 2 balls out of 7
=7C2 =21
Let E = Event of drawing 2 balls, none of which is blue
n(E)=Number of ways of drawing 2 balls out of (2 + 3) balls
=5C2 =10
P(E)= n(E)/ n(S)=10/21

Q9. Statements:
I)The prices of petrol and diesel in the domestic market have
remained unchanged for the past few months.
II)The crude oil prices in the international market have gone
up substantially in the last few months.
A) Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
B) Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C) Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D) Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
E) Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause
The correct option is _____________________?

D
The prices of petrol and diesel being stagnant
in the domestic market and the increase in the
same in the international market must be
backed by independent causes.

Q10** Number of triangles in the given
figure are ________

Q11. Find out the alternative figure which contains
figure (X) as its part.
X A B C D

Q12.The word EMBEZZLE is a synonym of
the word
A) Misappropriate
B) Balance
C) Remunerate
D) Clear

A
Main Entry: embezzle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: steal money, often from employer
Synonyms: abstract, defalcate, filch, forge, loot, misapply,
misappropriate, misuse, peculate, pilfer, purloin, put hand
in cookie jar, put hand in till, skim, thieve
Antonyms: compensate, give, pay, reimburse, return

Q13.They were all shocked at his failure in the
competition.
Correct the sentence grammatically
A) were all shocked by
B) had all shocked by
C) had all shocked at
D) were all shocked at

D
The sentence was already grammatically
correct

Q14.The sentence is best represented by
which single word.
State in which the few govern the many
A) Monarchy
B) Oligarchy
C)Plutocracy
D) Autocracy

B
oligarchy
ˈɒlɪɡɑːki/
noun
noun: oligarchy; plural noun: oligarchies
a small group of people having control of a country or organization.
"the ruling oligarchy of military men around the president"
a country governed by an oligarchy.
"he believed that Britain was an oligarchy"
government by an oligarchy.

Q15** A clock is started at noon. By 10
minutes past 5, the hour hand has turned
through what angle
(in direction) measured in degrees?

155◦
Angle traced by hour hand in 12 hrs = 360º.
Angle traced by hour hand in 5 hrs 10 min=155◦
using simple equations and solving

Q1. How do we better know
South Asian AudioVisual
Network Private Limited??

Q2. Identify the store. It is a first of it’s kind
inaugurated on 3rd November 2015.You might have
visited it’s parent store

Amazon’s first brick and mortar store
AMAZON BOOKS

Q3. Identify theVoice of the Cricketer

Brendon McCullum
announcing his retirement

Q4. Who is the owner of
221B Baker Street, London ?

Martha Louise Hudson
or
Mrs. Hudson
from Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Connan Doyle

Q5
**
Identify
the
person
who
has
written
this
letter?

Q6. Identify the organization from
the logo

Q7. Identify what is depicted through this Google
doodle as it celebrates it’s 115th anniversary of
discovery?

Q8. Identify this web series byTVF

Q9. Which city has been declared the
cleanest city in India in a recently by the
SWACHH SARVEKSHAN SURVEY 2016?

Q10** Identify the bank and theTV Series
where it is seen from the given logo

IRON
BANK OF
BRAAVOS
From
GAME OF
THRONES

Q11. Identify the trophy with which this
iconic player is seen posing with

Q12. Identify the iconic choreographer of this
song who also won the Film fare award this year.

Q13. According to Christianity
how do we better know the
phrase
“ GOD BE WITHYOU”
??

Q14. In India the birth
anniversary of the eighth avatar
ofVishnu is celebrated as?

Q15**
Identify this famous singer from his childhood video

NOW COULDYOU IDENTIFY HISVOICE ?

ARMAAN MALIK
He will be live in our college fest Anakhronos on 6th March(Sunday)

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