(Sample Papers) LIC Assistant Administrative Officer (AAO)
Exam Test - 4
:: Reasoning ::
Directions (Q. 1–5): In each question given below three statements are
followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.
You have to take all the given statements to be true even if they seem to be
at variance from the commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then
decide which of the given conclusion logically follows from all the given
statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer:
1) If only conclusion I follows.
2) If only conclusion II follows.
3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
5) If both conclusion I and II follow.
(1–2): Statements: No paper is pact. All pacts are press. Some press
is printer.
1. Conclusions:
I. Some printers may be pact.
II. No pact is paper.
2. Conclusions:
I. All press being paper is not a possibility.
II. All press is not printer.
(3–4): Statements: All months are weeks. Some weeks are years. All
years are days.
3. Conclusions:
I. All year being month is a possibility.
II. Some days are not week is a possibility.
4. Conclusions:
I. All months being day is a possibility.
II. Some year is not week.
5. Statements: A few statements are inference. No inference is
conclusion.
Each conclusion is assumption.
Conclusions:
I. Some statements are not conclusion.
II. All statements being assumption is a possibility.
Directions (Q. 6–10): In these questions, a relationship between
different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are followed by
two conclusions. Give answer:
1) If only conclusion I is true
2) If only conclusion II is true
3) If either conclusion I or II is true
4) If neither conclusion I nor II is true
5) If both conclusion I and II are true
Directions (Q. 11– 15) Study the following information carefully and
answer the questions given below.
In a certain code language 'farmers play important role' is written as 'nt lj
pt kn', 'farmer’s role is important' is written as 'kd pt kn lt', 'government
understands farmer’s role' is written as 'nj kn lt vp', and 'farmers must teach
government' is written as 'zee lj vp ki'.
11. Which of the following is the code for 'role'?
1) lj
2) pt
3) kd
4) kn
5) ln
12. Which of the following may be the code for 'farmer’s teaching'?
1) lt ki
2) ln zee
3) lt vp
4) kd lg
5) lt mk
13. What does the code 'zee' stand for?
1) must
2) teach
3) Either 1) or 2)
4) nj
5) vp
14. What is the code for 'play'?
1) nt
2) vp
3) nj
4) kn
5) pt
15. If 'to teach role' is written as 'zi kn ki' in a certain code language
then what is the code for 'to do must'?
1) zee zi nt
2) zi zee pv
3) zee ki nt
4) Cannot be determined
5) ki ni zi
Directions (Q. 16 -20) Study the following information carefully and
answer the questions given below.
There are six footballers namely, Messi, Ronaldo, Beckham, Pele, Kaka and
Revaldo. Among them two are mid fielder, while others are goalkeeper, defence
player, striker and forward player. But not necessarily in the same order, also
each of these footballers belongs to a different country viz; England, America,
Brazil, Argentina, Germany and Portugal, but not necessarily in the same order.
Beckham, is a defence player neither from Argentina nor from Portugal. Messi is
a striker and is from Portugal. The one who is from Germany is a forward player.
Neither Messi nor Pele is from Germany. Beckham is not from Brazil while Revaldo
is not from Argentina. Pele the goalkeeper is from America. Neither Ronaldo nor
Revaldo is from Brazil.
16. Who among the following is from England?
1) Beckham
2) Pele
3) Kaka
4) Messi
5) Revaldo
17. Ronaldo is from which of the following country?
1) Brazil
2) England
3) Argentina
4) America
5) Germany
18. Which of the following pair match correctly?
1) Beckham – Argentina
2) Pele – Brazil
3) Kaka – Brazil
4) Revaldo – America
5) Ronaldo – Portugal
19. Which of the following pair is the pair of Midfielder?
1) Kaka – Pele
2) Messi – Kaka
3) Revaldo – Ronaldo
4) Messi – Beckham
5) Kaka – Ronaldo
20. Who among the following is from Brazil?
1) Messi
2) Ronaldo
3) Pele
4) Kaka
5) Revaldo
Directions (Q. 21–25) Study the following information carefully and
answer the questions given below.
There are nine persons namely, A, B, C, D, E, F, H, J and K are sitting in a
row. Four of them are facing south while rests are facing north. They use four
mobiles of different companies viz. Vodafone, Airtel, BSNL and Reliance, at
least two persons use the mobile of same company, but not necessarily in the
same order. The one who sits exactly in the middle of the row uses Reliance
mobile and their neighbours are Airtel users.
Persons who sit at extreme ends facing in different direction (i.e. if one
person faces north than other faces south and vice versa). B uses Airtel but is
not the neighbour of D, who is facing north and uses Reliance. C sits immediate
right to E and uses Reliance. A, who uses BSNL is immediate left of both H and
C. J is facing north and sits at one of the extreme ends of the row. H is not
facing north. D is fourth to the right of one who uses BSNL at the right end. H
and J don't use BSNL. There is only one person between two BSNL users. A is not
at the extreme end. Only Vodafone user is between two Airtel users. K is
immediate left of F, who is second to the right of J. J doesn't use Airtel. K
and F are facing same direction.
21. How many persons are between K and E?
1) One
2) Three
3) Four
4) Two
5) None
22. Which of the following pair use Vodafone?
1) F K
2) J F
3) J K
4) K H
5) J E
23. H uses mobile of which company?
1) Airtel
2) BSNL
3) Reliance
4) Vodafone
5) Cannot be determined
24. Which of the following does match correctly?
1) D – Airtel
2) B – Airtel
3) K – Vodafone
4) C – BSNL
5) E – Reliance
25. Who among the following is fifth to the left of K?
1) C
2) D
3) H
4) A
5) E
Directions (Q. 26 – 28): In the following questions, the symbols +, ×,
– and ÷ are used with following meaning as illustrated below:
If 'A + B' means 'A is brother of B'
If 'A × B' means 'A is father of B'
If 'A – B' means 'A is sister of B'
If 'A÷ B' means 'A is mother of B'
26. What will come in place of (?) question mark, if P is paternal
grandmother of T?
P ÷ J – K ? N + T
1) ÷
2) ×
3) –
4) +
5) Either 1 or 2
27. How is K related to D in the given expression?
D – N + S ÷ R + K
1) Maternal Aunt
2) Brother
3) Grandson
4) Granddaughter
5) Cannot be determined
28. How is F related to E in the given expression?
F ÷ H ÷ R + K – E
1) Mother
2) Paternal grandmother
3) Maternal grandmother
4) Cannot be determined
5) Other than given options
29. Statements: Central government has scrapped interview for the job
grade B and grade C in central job with effect from January 2016.
Which of the following can be inferred from the above statement?
1) Now standard of exam will go down.
2) It will become difficult to get job by wrong means.
3) This will be helpful for the governing party to woo youth voters.
4) Other than given options
5) Only 2) and 3)
30. Statement: Government of India approves new crop insurance scheme
that would ensure that farmers pay less premium and get early claims for the
full sum insured.
Which of the following has been assumed in the above statement?
1) Earlier insurance scheme was not pro–farmer scheme.
2) Farmers will get all the compensation on the time.
3) Now all the farmers will connect themselves in the Yojana automatically.
4) All of the above
5) Other than given options
:: Quantitative Aptitude ::
Directions (Q. 31– 35): Study the following pie–chart and table
carefully and answer the questions given below:
Distribution of total number of commuters (males and females) who travel on 6
different lines of Delhi Metro in a day.
The table given below represents the respective ratio of male to female
commuters who travels on 6 different metro lines in a day.
| Lines |
M : F |
| Yellow line |
5 : 6 |
| Blue line |
9 : 7 |
| Violet line |
5 : 3 |
| Red line |
5 : 7 |
| Green line |
2 : 1 |
| Airport Express |
3 : 2 |
31. The number of female commuters travelling in Violet line is what
percent of the number of male commuters travelling in Airport Express?
1) Other than given options
2) 128%
3) 132%
4) 120%
5) 125%
32. 25% of male commuters who travels in Yellow line and Airport express
together are less than 30 years of age and 30% of female commuters who travels
on the same lines together are less than 30 years of age. What is the respective
ratio between the two?
1) 185: 228
2) 187 : 228
3) Other than given options
4) 191 : 268
5) 189 : 248
33. What is the difference between the total number of male commuters who
travel on Blue and Violet line together and the total number of female commuters
who travel on Red and Green line together?
1) 2980
2) 2780
3) 2880
4) 2180
5) Other than given options
34. The number of male commuters travelling in Red line and Green line
together is approximately by what percent more or less than the number of female
commuters travelling in Blue line?
1) 42.5% more
2) 47.6% more
3) 42.5% less
4) 34.6% less
5) Other than given options
35. What is the central angle corresponding to the total number of
commuters travelling in Blue line?
1) 86.4°
2) 93.6°
3) Other than given options
4) 88.6°
5) 98.4°
Directions (Q. 36–40): What value should come in the place of question
mark (?) in the following number series?
36. 9360, 1560, 312, 78, 26, ?
1) 12
2) 14
3) 13
4) 11
5) 15
37. 14, 18, ?, 66, 174, 498
1) 32
2) 30
3) 28
4) 40
5) 36
38. ?, 501, 478, 450, 417, 379\
1) 538
2) 539
3) 528
4) 548
5) 519
39. 15, 30, 75, 225, ?, 3150
1) 727
2) 787
3) 747
4) 787.5
5) 757
40. 8, ?, 240, 1200, 7200, 36000
1) 60
2) 80
3) 120
4) 40
5) 16
Directions (Q. 41– 45): What approximate value should come in the
place of question mark (?) in the following questions?
41. 119.97% of 1500.23 + 42.10% of 2849.98 = 23.99% of ? + 2420.15
1) 1206
2) 1208
3) 1404
4) 2908
5) 2404
1) 234. 65
2) Other than given options
3) 132.25
4) 296.45
5) 259.5
43. 25.96 2 ÷ (34.95 + 17.01) + 69.95 + 189.11 = ?
1) 424
2) 124
3) 172
4) 272
5) 382
44. 42.99 2 – 18.85 2 – ? = 11.9 2 +
158.95
1) 1185
2) 1585
3) 858
4) 2058
5) 1985
45. 8.98% of 7835 + 4884 ÷ 120.01 – ? = 189.95
1) 556
2) 856
3) 756
4) 356
5) 236
46. Shakshi invested two–third of the total money she had in scheme A for
6 years and invested the rest of money she had in scheme B for 2 years. Scheme A
and Scheme B offers simple interest at a rate of 10% p.a and compound interest
(compounded annually) at a rate of 10% p.a. respectively. If the total sum
obtained from both the schemes is ` 39690, what was the total amount invested by
Shakshi?
1) ` 21000
2) ` 27000
3) ` 24000
4) ` 33000
5) ` 30000
47. The ratio of the present ages of a son and his mother is 3 : 8. The
ratio of the age of son after 2 years and the age of mother 4 years ago is 1 :
2. Find the age of son after 6 years.
1) 17 years
2) 16 years
3) 12 years
4) 19 years
5) 18 years
48. A cone, a cylinder and a hemisphere stand on the same base. Find the
ratio of their volume if they have equal heights.
1) 1 : 4 : 3
2) 1 : 2 : 3
3) Other than given options
4) 1 : 3 : 2
5) 1 : 3 : 4
49. An item was bought at ` A and sold at ` B, thereby earning a profit of
20%. Had the value of A been 18% less and the value of B been ` 837 less, a
profit of 35% would have been earned. What was the value of A?
1) ` 8500
2) ` 8000
3) ` 8750
4) ` 9000
5) ` 9250
50. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 24 hours and 8 hours
respectively. If both the pipes are opened simultaneously, how much time will be
taken to fill the tank?
1) 6 hr
2) 8 hr
3) Other than given options
4) 13/2 hr
5) 7 hr
Directions (Q. 51– 55): Study the following line graph carefully and
answer the following questions:
Data related to the number of chairs purchased for two libraries (L1 and L2)
during 6 years
51. Number of chairs purchased for library L2 in 2012 is approximately
what percent of the number of chairs purchased for Library L1 in 2013?
1) Other than given options
2) 72%
3) 79%
4) 74%
5) 77%
52. In which of the following years, the percentage increase or decrease
in the number of chairs purchased for Library L1 is maximum?
1) 2013
2) 2014
3) 2012
4) 2011
5) 2015
53. What is the approximate average number of chairs purchased for library
L2 taking all years together?
1) 606
2) 612
3) 614
4) 608
5) Other than given options
54. Out of the total number of chairs purchased for Library L1 and L2
together in 2015; only 40% are not used. What is the total number of chairs
purchased for both the Library are used?
1) 906
2) 916
3) 896
4) 996
5) Other than given options
55. Number of chairs purchased for library L2 in 2015 is approximately by
what percent more than the number of chairs purchased for same library in 2010?
1) 192%
2) 185%
3) 190%
4) Other than given options
5) 188%
Directions (Q. 56 – 60): Each of the questions given below consists of
a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to
decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the
questions. Read both the statements and give answer:
1) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question,
while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
2) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question,
while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
3) If the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are
sufficient to answer the question.
4) If the data in both the statements I and II together are not sufficient to
answer the question.
5) If the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to answer
the question.
56. What is the marked price of the article?
I. The difference between the CP and the SP of the article is `160.
II. The article is marked 25% above the cost price. There is profit of 20% on
selling the article.
57. What is the ratio of the wages of Ansh and Charita?
I. Ansh can alone complete the work in 6 days.
II. Ansh and Charita, working together can complete the work in 4 days.
58. How many marks did Preeti scored in Mathematics?
I. In a question paper of 200 marks, Arunima scored 80% marks in Mathematics
which was double the marks scored by Preeti.
II. In English, Preeti scored 120 marks which is 3/2 times of the marks scored
by Preeti in Mathematics.
59. What is the total number of students in the class?
I. Ratio of the number of girls to that of boys is 2 : 3.
II. Out of the total number of students, there are 60% boys.
60. What will Anamika's age after 6 years from now?
I. Anamika's present age is twice of Tarishi's present age.
II. Tarishi, who is half of Anamika's present age, was 18 years old four years
ago.
:: General Awareness and Current Affairs ::
61. The minimum deposit at any one time shall be _____ grams of raw gold,
under Gold Monetisation Scheme, 2015.
1) 5
2) 10
3) 20
4) 30
5) 50
62. What does 'N' stand for in 'TIN'?
1) Net
2) Note
3) Network
4) National
5) Name
63. 'Irani Trophy' is related to which game?
1) Hockey
2) Football
3) Golf
4) Rowing
5) Cricket
64. Which of the following is/are the public sector Insurance Companies?
1) Life Insurance Corporation of India
2) Oriental Insurance Company Limited
3) United India Insurance Company Limited
4) All of the above
5) Both 2) and 3)
65. Which day is observed as "World Cancer Day"?
1) 30th January
2) 4th February
3) 8th February
4) 8th March
5) 14th February
66. Who among the following is the Current Labour and Employment Minister
of India?
1) DV Sadananda Gowda
2) Bandaru Dattatreya
3) JP Nadda
4) Jual Oram
5) Radha Mohan Singh
67. Recently which of the following Banks launched 'LIME', India's first
Mobile App integrating wallet, shopping, payments and banking?
1) ICICI Bank
2) Bank of India
3) State Bank of India
4) Axis Bank
5) Canara Bank
68. _____ is the amount, the policy holder will get from the insurance
company if he decides to exit the policy before maturity.
1) Paid up value
2) Lapse value
3) Surrender value
4) Maturity claim
5) Terminal bonus
69. A cheque presented for payment after 3 months from the date of the
cheque, is called–
1) Crossed Cheque
2) Ante–Dated Cheque
3) Post–Dated Cheque
4) Order Cheque
5) Stale Cheque
70. Which state Government launched APJ Abdul Kalam Amrut Yojana, for
pregnant and lactating women in the tribal areas of the state?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Rajasthan
3) Maharashtra
4) Gujarat
5) Jharkhand
71. According to 7th Central Pay Commission increase in Pension will be
_____.
1) 16%
2) 63%
3) 28%
4) 24%
5) 18%
72. Where is the Headquarter of "United India Insurance Company Limited"?
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Chennai
4) Kolkata
5) Bangaluru
73. What is the currency of "Laos"?
1) Yen
2) Tenge
3) Som
4) Kip
5) Pound
74. Recently National Tribal Advisory Council was set up for real time
monitoring of various tribal development programmes and schemes in the country,
under chairmanship of _____.\
1) Arun Jaitley
2) Narendra Modi
3) Nitin Gadkari
4) Ram Vilas Paswan
5) Other than given options
75. Who is the Author of the Book "India on My Platter"?
1) Shrabani Basu
2) Jai Arjun Singh
3) Piyush Pandey
4) Saransh Goila
5) Megha Rao
76. _______ is a part of salary that is received by an employee from
his/her employer in gratitude for the services offered by the employee in the
company.
1) Claim
2) Gratuity
3) Bonus
4) Annuity
5) Encumbrance
77. Who among the following was the Former West Bengal assembly speaker,
who died recently?
1) Hashim Abdul Halim
2) Afzal Khan Lala
3) Saeed Jaffrey
4) V. N. Misra
5) Dr. T S Papola
78. What is the Rank of India in Environmental Democracy Index 2015?
1) 71
2) 143
3) 85
4) 24
5) 117
79. Where is the capital of "Latvia"?
1) Zagreb
2) Riga
3) Sofia
4) Helsinki
5) Tirana
80. What is the tagline of "Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Limited"?
1) Sar Utha Ke Jiyo
2) Jiyo Befiqar
3) Muskurate Raho
4) Zimmedari Ka Humsafar
5) Kal Par Control
81. The 7th India–Russia Joint Military Exercise 'Indra–2015' held in
____.
1) Kalyani, West Bengal
2) Mumbai, Maharashtra
3) Dehradun, Uttarakhand
4) Bikaner, Rajasthan
5) Vadodara, Gujarat
82. The winner of 2015 Formula one Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is–
1) Sebestian Vettal
2) Nico Rosberg
3) Lewis Hamilton
4) Jean Behra
5) Marcel Balsa
83. Which state represents the lowest sex ratio according to census 2011?
1) Puducherry
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Haryana
4) Bihar
5) Meghalaya
84. ______ replaced google as the publicly traded company that will house
google's search and web advertising business, maps, Youtube and its "moonshot"
ventures such as driverless cars.
1) Apple
2) Alphabet
3) Yahoo
4) Twitter
5) Facebook
85. A commercial bank needs to maintain ______ in the form of cash, or
gold or government approved securities (Bonds) before providing credit to its
customers.
1) CRR
2) MSF
3) RRR
4) SLR
5) Other than given options
