KE Graduate Trainee Program: Recruitment Test - Pnec Nust

1. Which of the following can be used to illustrate that not all prime numbers are odd?

1

2

3

4

5

2. Guide is to direct as reduce is to:

Decrease

Maintain

Increase

Preserve

Maintain

3. Which figure is the odd one out?

A

B

C

D

E

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

Britain

Israel

Pakistan

Bangladesh

United States

5. Which word does not belong with the others?

Book

Index

Glossary

Chapter

Synopsis

6. 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

7. The Sportsperson who presented Pakistan at Sochi Winter Olympics is

Samina Baig

Muhammad Karim

Aqeel khan

Shahid Afridi

Moin Khan

8. 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

9.

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.

10.

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

11.

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

12. 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

13. 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

14. Which figure is the odd one out?

A

B

C

D

E

15. Which figure is the odd one out?

A

B

C

D

E

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21.

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%

22. 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

23.

12x

15x

20x

30x

60x

24. PEDAL : BICYCLE

Inch : yardstick

Walk : skip

Tire : automobile

Buckle : belt

Oar : canoe

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

Magniloquence

Dogmas

Bravado

Idiosyncrasies

Latitude

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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