Assistant Employment Officer - 4 December 2025 examination (June 2025 cycle) — question paper

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Assistant Employment Officer - 4 December 2025 examination (June 2025 cycle)

Paper #3027 · 04-12-2025 · General English, General Knowledge & Current Affairs, Aptitude & Reasoning and Elementary Mathematics · 114 reviewed questions · Showing 81–114 of 114

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Original 150-question Series I PDF with its matching official final answer key. Complete study explanation coverage: all 150 original source positions, comprising 113 individually displayed question cards plus numbered study explanations for the remaining 37 source positions. The numbered supplement is not additional automatically scored quiz cards. 150 source positions have reviewed/key-aligned answers under the official-key scoring policy; zero are withheld from scoring for independent editorial reservations. Technical alternatives remain labelled learning notes. Original wording, choices, passages, tables and diagrams remain available in the PDF. Recruitment cycle and examination date remain distinct.

Paper #3027, Series I, Q117: Present ages A:B are4:3. C is8 years younger than B; A and B differ by8 years. What is C's age15 years hence?
1. 29 years
2. 22 years
3. 31 years
4. 20 years
Paper #3027, Series I, Q118: A sells a phone to B at25% gain; B sells to C at10% loss. C pays Rs5,625. What did A pay?
1. Rs5,000
2. Rs4,800
3. Rs4,500
4. Rs5,100
Paper #3027, Series I, Q119: Find the wrong number: 6,13,32,69,130,223,348.
1. 13
2. 6
3. 223
4. 348
Paper #3027, Series I, Q120: Choose the meaningful order: 1 Cutting; 2 Dish; 3 Vegetable; 4 Market; 5 Cooking.
1. 1,2,4,5,3
2. 5,3,2,1,4
3. 3,2,5,1,4
4. 4,3,1,5,2
Paper #3027, Series I, Q121: How many whole numbers between 100 and 800 contain the digit 2?
1. 200
2. 240
3. 220
4. 214
Paper #3027, Series I, Q122: If x=0.5, which expression has the smallest value?
1. 2^(1/x)
2. 2^x
3. 1/x²
4. 1/x
Paper #3027, Series I, Q123: Find the wrong number in the series: 5, 8, 16, 26, 50, 98, 194.
1. 16
2. 194
3. 8
4. 50
Paper #3027, Series I, Q124: A man reads 3/8 of a book on the first day and 4/5 of the remainder on the second. Forty pages remain unread. How many pages are in the book?
1. 300
2. 500
3. 320
4. 350
Paper #3027, Series I, Q125: Find x: x + 1/(1 + 1/(2 + 1/3)) = 2.
1. 7/10
2. 17/10
3. 11/10
4. 13/10
Paper #3027, Series I, Q126: One litre of water is added to five litres of solution containing 40% alcohol. What is the new alcohol percentage?
1. 33 1/3%
2. 30%
3. 33 2/3%
4. 33%
Paper #3027, Series I, Q127: A 1.5-metre line is measured as 1.55 metres by mistake. What is the percentage error?
1. 0.05%
2. 3.67%
3. 3.33%
4. 0.5%
Paper #3027, Series I, Q128: Wire is sold only in whole metres. Several pieces of 85 cm are needed with no waste. What minimum length should be purchased?
1. 8.5 metres
2. 17 metres
3. 1.7 metres
4. 1 metre
Paper #3027, Series I, Q129: How many natural numbers lie strictly between sqrt(841) and sqrt(3249)?
1. 26
2. 29
3. 28
4. 27
Paper #3027, Series I, Q130: Find the average of the first five positive even numbers divisible by 9.
1. 54
2. 50
3. 48
4. 62
Paper #3027, Series I, Q131: A family has six males and some females. Average grain consumption is 14.4 kg per person; males average 20 kg and females 6 kg. How many females are there?
1. 8
2. 4
3. 6
4. 7
Paper #3027, Series I, Q132: Two numbers are in the ratio 2:3. Adding 15 to each changes the ratio to 11:14. Find the greater number.
1. 26
2. 25
3. 27
4. 29
Paper #3027, Series I, Q133: C receives half as much money as A and B together. A receives one-third as much as B and C together. Find A:C.
1. 3:4
2. 1:4
3. 4:1
4. 3:5
Paper #3027, Series I, Q134: The ages of a son, mother, father and grandfather are in the ratio 2:7:8:12. The average age of son and mother is 27 years. Find the mother's age after seven years.
1. 40 years
2. 41 years
3. 48 years
4. 49 years
Paper #3027, Series I, Q135: Kirti buys a watch for Rs 1,110 and sells it at a 5% loss. Find the selling price.
1. Rs 1,800
2. Rs 1,054.50
3. Rs 1,200.50
4. Rs 1,500.65
Paper #3027, Series I, Q136: For an article, a discount of 25% gives a profit of 25%. If the discount is 10%, the profit is
1. 10%
2. 20%
3. 50%
4. 35%
Paper #3027, Series I, Q137: At simple interest: (i) money doubles in 5 years at 16 2/3%; (ii) money doubles in 5 years at 20%; (iii) money becomes four times in 10 years if it doubles in 5 years. Which statements are correct?
1. (ii) alone
2. (iii) alone
3. (i) and (iii)
4. (ii) and (iii)
Paper #3027, Series I, Q138: What is the least number of complete years in which money at 40% annual compound interest will be more than tripled?
1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 6
Paper #3027, Series I, Q139: A man rows 18 km downstream in 4 hours and returns in 10 hours. Statements: (i) upstream speed is 1.8 km/h; (ii) still-water speed is 3.15 km/h; (iii) stream speed is 1.35 km/h. Which are correct?
1. (i) and (ii) only
2. (ii) and (iii) only
3. (i) and (iii) only
4. (i), (ii) and (iii)
Paper #3027, Series I, Q140: A leaves P for Q at 8:30 AM. B leaves P 30 minutes later, catches A at 11 AM and reaches Q at noon. When will A reach Q?
1. 12:30 PM
2. 1:00 PM
3. 12:15 PM
4. 12:20 PM
Paper #3027, Series I, Q141: Bobby and Billy can finish a job in 28 and 20 days. They work together for 5 days, then Billy leaves. In how many further days will Bobby finish?
1. 15 days
2. 16 days
3. 12 days
4. 20 days
Paper #3027, Series I, Q142: Pipes A, B and C fill a cistern in 2, 3 and 6 hours. All start together. After how long should B be closed so that filling finishes in 1 hour 15 minutes?
1. 30 minutes
2. 20 minutes
3. 45 minutes
4. 15 minutes
Paper #3027, Series I, Q143: A vessel full of water weighs 40 kg. When one-third filled, it weighs 20 kg. What is the weight of the empty vessel?
1. 25 kg
2. 15 kg
3. 20 kg
4. 10 kg
Paper #3027, Series I, Q144: In an examination, 70% passed English, 65% passed Mathematics and 27% failed both. If 248 passed both subjects, what is the total number of candidates?
1. 200
2. 300
3. 400
4. 100
Paper #3027, Series I, Q145: Five cards are chosen from a standard deck of 52. What is the probability of choosing 5 aces?
1. 0
2. 1
3. 1/2
4. 1/4
Paper #3027, Series I, Q146: An angle is twice its complementary angle. What is its measure?
1. 30 degrees
2. 60 degrees
3. 90 degrees
4. 120 degrees
Paper #3027, Series I, Q147: In a circle of radius 5 cm, a chord is 3 cm from the centre. What is the chord length?
1. 7 cm
2. 3 cm
3. 8 cm
4. 4 cm
Paper #3027, Series I, Q148: A triangle has sides in the ratio 5:12:13 and perimeter 90 cm. What is its area?
1. 150 cm^2
2. 60 cm^2
3. 30 cm^2
4. 270 cm^2
Paper #3027, Series I, Q149: The total surface area of a closed hemisphere is 16632 cm^2. Using pi = 22/7, find the sum of its radius and diameter.
1. 172 cm
2. 126 cm
3. 168 cm
4. 154 cm
Paper #3027, Series I, Q150: A vertical stick 12 cm long casts an 8 cm shadow. At the same time a tower casts a 40 m shadow. Find the tower height.
1. 60 m
2. 65 m
3. 70 m
4. 72 m

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