KE Graduate Trainee Program: Recruitment Test - Lums

Guide is to direct as reduce is to:

• Decrease

• Maintain

• Increase

• Preserve

• Maintain

Which figure is the odd one out?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

     Quantity A                   Quantity B                     x y

• Quantity A is greater.

• Quantity B is greater.

• The two quantities are equal

• The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Until recently, athletes’ who had received remuneration for any activity that has a link to their athletic prowess is barred from the Olympics.    

• That has a link to their athletic prowess is

• With links to their athletic prowess was

• With a link to their athletic prowess is to be

• Linked to their athletic prowess were

• Linked to their athletic prowess was

There are 250 people lined up outside a mall. Bill is the 25^th person from the front and Jane is the 125^th person from the front.                      Quantity A   Quantity B The number of people between Bill and Jane 100  

• Quantity A is greater

• Quantity B is greater

• The two quantities are equal

• The relationship cannot be determined from the information given

 Wilson contends that human beings inherit a tendency to feel an affinity and awe for other living things, in the same way that we are _            ___ to be inquisitive or to protect our young at all costs.

• Predisposed

• Taught

• Encouraged

• Pressurized

• Trained

Which of the following country has not had a female head of state?

• Britain

• Israel

• Pakistan

• Bangladesh

• United States

The pie charts above show the percentage of students at each faculty at York University and the number of non-US residents in the Arts faculty. These percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number. There are a total of 1049 students in the Arts faculty. Use this information to answer the following questions. How many students are there in the university?

• 4640

• 4560

• 4460

• 4650

• 4450

At the end of a banquet 10 people shake hands with each other. How many handshakes will there be in total?

• 100

• 20

• 45

• 50

• 90

The pond was a place of reek and corruption, of ____ smells and of oxygen-starved fish breathing through laboring gills.

• Fragrant

• Evocative

• Dolorous

• Resonant

• Fetid

The Sportsperson who presented Pakistan at Sochi Winter Olympics is

• Samina Baig

• Muhammad Karim

• Aqeel khan

• Shahid Afridi

• Moin Khan

A train traveling at 60mph enters a terminal that is 5 miles long. The train is one mile long. How many minutes does it take for the train to pass the tunnel?

• 7

• 4

• 10

• 5

• 6

The pie charts above show the percentage of students at each faculty at York University and the number of non-US residents in the Arts faculty. These percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number. There are a total of 1049 students in the Arts faculty. Use this information to answer the following questions. If six percent of science students are Asians, how many Asian students are studying science?

• 48

• 66

• 120

• 57

• 43

Which word does not belong with the others?

• Book

• Index

• Glossary

• Chapter

• Synopsis

• 12x

• 15x

• 20x

• 30x

• 60x

The pie charts above show the percentage of students at each faculty at York University and the number of non-US residents in the Arts faculty. These percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number. There are a total of 1049 students in the Arts faculty. Use this information to answer the following questions. What percentage of students in the Arts faculty, are non-US students?

• 14%

• 9%

• 30%

• 11%

• 15%

Amusingly enough, lawyers sometimes drive their sports cars in the same fashion that they construct their cases: a lawyer noted for the                           of his argument, for example, may also be known for the circuitousness of his routes.

• Brevity

• Pertinacity

• Judiciousness

• Conciseness

• Indirectness

Which figure is the odd one out?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

The pie charts above show the percentage of students at each faculty at York University and the number of non-US residents in the Arts faculty. These percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number. There are a total of 1049 students in the Arts faculty. Use this information to answer the following questions. How many students are here in the engineering faculty?

• 420

• 390

• 440

• 400

• 410

No less remarkable than the invention of nuclear power has been the way the technology has prompted governments to reevaluate the nature of international relations.  

• No less remarkable than the invention of nuclear power

• What was as remarkable as the invention of nuclear power

• Inventing nuclear power has been none the less remarkable than

• The invention of nuclear power has been no less remarkable as

• The thing that was as remarkable as inventing nuclear power

PEDAL : BICYCLE

• Inch : yardstick

• Walk : skip

• Tire : automobile

• Buckle : belt

• Oar : canoe

W is greater than 1          Quantity A                       Quantity B             7w – 4 2w+5

• Quantity A is greater

• Quantity B is greater

• The two quantities are equal

• The information cannot be determined from the information given

Before his marriage the Duke had led an austere existence and now regarded the affectionate, somewhat                                behavior of his young wife as simply puerile. 

• Restrained

• Frivolous

• Ungainly

• Controlled

• Grandiloquent

It is remarkable that a man so in the public eye, so highly praised and imitated, can retain his                                    .

• Magniloquence

• Dogmas

• Bravado

• Idiosyncrasies

• Latitude

There may be a threshold below which blood pressure reductions become ________ given that a long-running study showed no decreased heart risk for drops in blood pressure below a certain point.  

• Worthwhile

• Indiscernible

• Significant

• Superflous

• Arduous

It would have been disingenuous of the candidate to appear ________ when her opponent won the election, but she congratulated the victor nonetheless.

• Gracious

• Indifferent

• Ecstatic

• Crestfallen

• Disgruntled

The product of two positive numbers is p. If each of the numbers is increased by 2, the new product is how much greater than twice the sum of the two original numbers?

• P-2

• P

• P+2

• P+4

• 2p+4

Unlike the recognition of ethical lapses in others, many people are disinclined to perceive the same flaws in themselves.

• Unlike the recognition of ethical lapses in others, many people are disinclined to perceive the same flaws in themselves.

• Unlike the perception of ethical flaws in themselves, many people are willing to recognize these same flaws in others

• Many people, willing to recognize ethical lapses in others, are disinclined to perceive the same flaws in themselves.

• Many people are disinclined to perceive the same flaws in themselves, but are willing to perceive ethical lapses in others.

• Although willing to recognize ethical lapses in others, many people in themselves are disinclined to perceive the same flaws

Which figure is the odd one out?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E