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The side of the square is O55 e6 ©2 oO. ‘A.sum of RS, 88000 is to be divided among A, 8, and C such that for every rupee, A gets, B ‘gets 75 paise and for every rupee, B gets , C gets 90 palse . How much Is C’s share? © 70345 © 20563 © 29887 © 30500 ‘A family uses a mixture of a blend of 2 coffees costing Rs. 30 and Rs. 60 respectively. the family uses only the expensive variety, it wil have to spend Rs.450 more. The annual Consumption of coffee of the famiy is 20Kgs. In what ratio are the two blends being used? @a1 ozs eas Hessen emery ety terrapin rn eerie pera nconpee maraSECTONALTESTESEC PAPER... 26QUANT TEST PAPER 1 Directions for question 1 to 50. Choose the correct altemative. 10. If an article cost 50% of its seling price there was a profit of R60. What was the selling price? © 125 © 120 © 140 © 200 ‘A.can do @ piece of work in 10 days which can be done by 8 in 12 days. How long would It take to do the work together? e479 8539 Oss Os" The denorrinator of 2 fraction is greater than tts numerator by 5 but if 7 were added to the denorrinator the value of the fraction would then become 1/4" . What is the fraction? eu 2 em em The sum of ell2 digit numbers which can be formed from 4 & 5 7 eu 99 © 100 © 1 Find the number whose double is greater than its half by 30. @ 20 © 2 O22 ‘A divided Rs. 200 amongst 15 children giving some Rs. 20 and rermaining Rs.10.How many children receive Rs. 207 @7 or © 10 os If 3 apples are worth 2 banenas, how many bananas are 15 apples worth? ous oe ow er ‘A buys an Item for Rs. 600 of which 12% Is excise and 4% Is sales tax . How much would A pay ‘exclusive of taxes and excise? @ si9s2 © 52133 © 517.24 © 518.00 X has Rs. 6 with him. If 2/3 of what X has Is 4 of what Y has. How much does ¥ have? es ow en 4 The sum of # number and its reciprocal is Ys. The sum of thelr squares is, em ous Oss om tense eam ay nership ram parte conpee earaSECTIONALTESTESEC PAPER. 16How many diferent numbers can be made from these four pair 20. ry playing ~ AGBH [EXPLANATION = starting with the number 4, you can get 6 numbers (4931, 4913, 4319, 4391, 4139, 4193). This can be done for all 4 numbers (if you start with a different number; ‘you will be able to make 6 different numbers). Therefore 6 igroups of 4 = 24. ‘SAMPLE QUESTION - Which figure comes next in the sequence? Ae wae 8 cTest 1—25 Questions ‘Answer as many questions as you can in 20 minutes. Circle the letter on the right which corresponds ‘to the correct answer. 1) Which figure completes the series? a en A B CD ABCD 2)Which figure completes the series? 3)Which figure completes the serios? 4) Which figure completes the series? TLIC FI ABCD'5) Which figure completes the series? Pee psTe) Pee 4 — Ageo © Which figure completes the statement? ad eI NiS a (8) # () 2 (0) 48 © % 10. If x + y + 32 = 600 and x + y + 2 = 400, what is the value of x + y? (A) 100 (8) 150 (C) 200 (D) 250 (E) 300 14.In the figure below, lines L and K intersect at point Q. if m = 40 and p= 25, what is the value of x? @) 18 L @®) 20 n> and p'—n?= 12, which of the following can be the value of p-n? 4 u 2 M4 (A) lonly (8) lonly {C) Land only (D) land til only (&) |, Wand tit26. If tis a number greater than 1, then is how much greater than t? Ay 4 (B) 2 © (0) tt—4) (E) t-1)tt +1) 27.In AABC below, AB = AC, E is the midpoint of AB, and D is the midpoint of AG. if AE = x, and ED = 4, what is the length of BC? (a) 6 E (8) 8 (C) 2 A (D) 4x, (E) t 28. What is the greatest possible area of a triangle with one side of length 7 and another side of length 10? (A) 17 (8) 34 (C) 35 (0) 70 (©) 140 29. A total of 120,000 votes were cast for 2 opposing candidates, Garcia and Perez. if Garcia won by a ratio of 5:3, what was the number of votes cast for Perez? (A) 15,000 {8) 30,000 (©) 45,000 (0) 75,000 (€) 80,000 30. If j, k, and n are consecutive integers such that 0 omD SCORE 46-50 44-45 36-40 31-35 26-30 25 and below 41.4 20.6 31.C 42.E 22.8 32.0 43.C 23.8 33.6 14.0 24a 34.C 15.C 25. 38.0 18.8 26.D 38. 47.0 27.8 37.8 18.0 28.C 38.C 19.8 29. 39.0 20.6 30.4 40.8 Congratulations! You are an Oblation Scholar candidate... ‘Wow very high score... next time, perfect the exam. A respectable score but you can do better Not impressive but good enough. Retake the test; be more thorough, Pisay ka ba talaga? Sesseatess co>om>0oma0SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS ‘The PSHS National Competitive Examination consists of items designed to measure verbal aptitude, abstract reasoning, quantitative ability, and scientific aptitude. The following are sample items to familiarize the applicant with the types of items found in the test. VERBAL APTITUDE 1. The item below consists of an underlined word, followed by four (4) choices. From the four, select the word that is closest in meaning to the word in the original sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word. Indicate your answer by shading the appropriate cirde on your Answer Sheet. The doctor placed a few drops of medicine in the patient's eyes. The medicine caused the patient's eyes to become dilated. A. reduced C. rounded B. enlarged Dz irritated 2. The item below consists of a related pair of words, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the pair that BEST expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair. Indicate your answer by shading the appropriate circle on your Answer Sheet. MICROSCOPE : SEE ‘A. amplifier : hear calculator : B. song: listen D. camera : smile 3. From the choices below, select the word that BEST completes the meaning of the sentence. Indicate your answer by shading the appropriate cirde on the Answer Sheet. The study of these animals truly fascinating. Many books have been written about them. Aare Bis C. were D. have been 4. Some parts of the sentence below are underlined and marked A, B, C, and D. These parts may or may not have an error. If the sentence has an error, choose the lettered part that makes it wrong. If the sentence has NO ERROR, choose E. Indicate your answer by shading the appropriate circle on the Answer Sheet. This cactus needs much sunlight than the others. NO ERROR. A B C D E5. Read the passage carefully. Then, choose from the statements below, ne that is NOT directly stated but is IMPLIED. Indicate your BEST answer by shading the appropriate circle on your answer sheet. Cholesterol, a fatty substance, is produced by almost every cell in the body, but as much as 70 percent is manufactured in the liver, It is present in many of the foods we eat. While cholesterol is necessary to produce hormones and to make nerve calls, an excessive amount often results in atherosclerosis, a condition characterized by fatty deposits that cling to the walls of blood vessels, narrowing their diameter and greatly increasing the likelihood of heart attack and stroke. |A. High levels of cholesterol is necessarily harmful to the body. B. Controlling the amount of cholesterol in the body will lessen the risk of heart disease. . An excessive amount of cholesterol results in atherosclerosis. 1D. Cholesterol causes the narrowing of the diameter of blood vessels, ANSWERS TO THE VERBAL APTITUDE TEST QUESTIONS: 1. B The word dilate means to make or become larger or wider. When something (like the pupil of the eyes) becomes dilated, it appears soloraed. 2. & Amicroscope magnifies to help a person see it in the same way that ‘an amplifier magnifies sound in order to help a person hear. 3. B The item is one on Subject-Verb Agreement, The subject is study. It is singular. So the verb must be singular and in the ‘simple present tense. 4, B The sentence is an item on degree of comparison of adjectives. When a sentence compares only two persons or things, the comparative degree is used. In the sentence, This cactus is being compared to the others, hence, the term much” should be more. The term than further supports the need for the ‘comparative degree. A Statements C and D are directly stated the paragraph. ‘Statement B may be true but since the effect of cholesterol is not confined to the heart and affects the blood vessels all aver the body, choice A is the BEST answer. ABSTRACT REASONING DIRECTIONS: For Items 1 and 2: Choose the box that is DIFFERENT from the other three in the set. Indicate your answer by shading the appropriate circle on your Answer Sheet. S€éJ&| Bl ee 1 A B € D 2 98000 For Items 3, 4, and 5: The boxes go together in a certain way. Find out what the relationship is from among the lettered boxes then choose the one that has the same relationship and would fit the empty box. Indicate your answer by shading the appropriate circle on your Answer Sheet. Ql|QIO]? OI CY | © ANA\A) AAT Ht] ao porn | 3, 98800 A Boe? e2008 =| ? 5. @@00® ANSWERS TO THE ABSTRACT REASONING QUESTIONS: 1 2 oo For item no. 1, The flags in three of the figures follow a clockwise movement except one. The figure that deviates from the tule Is figure D. Thus, the ‘Three figures in item no. 2 contain 4 triangles each, but figure C has 6. From the choices, box C correctly fits the pattem shown by the first three boxes. In item no. 4, the figures follow a rule. When the first two figures are overlapped, the colors of the outer triangles dominate. The second set of fiengles when overlapped will produce a white triangle ‘since the outer triangles are colored white. Thus, from the choices, the box that correctly fits the empty box is box A. ‘The figure shows a decreasing number of lines from both directions. Figure B. follows the pattem.QUANTITATIVE ABILITY 1. If the sum of four numbers is even, which of these statements CANNOT be true? A. All four numbers are odd. B. 3 numbers are odd and 1 is even. C. 2 numbers are odd and 2 are even. D. All four numbers are even. 2. In the figure below, what is the ratio of the shaded area to the unshaded region? 14 25 13 1:2 om> 9 3. p% of misn. If mis greater than m then A.p100 C p2100 Dd. p mirnplies p > 100. PF eman i009 Orman Hews, mon Hp 8:80 = 30 —& 7:30 Switzertand time is 1:50pm ‘SCIENTIFIC ABILITY 1. A new drug for the treatment of tuberculosis was being tested in a hospital. Patients in Group A actually received doses of the new drug; those in Group B were given sugar pills. Group B represents A. a scientific experiment B. a scientific method . the experimental setup D. the control set-up 2. You want to find out what will happen to the boiling temperature of 10 ml of water if rubbing alcohol is added to it. What would be the best thing to do? ‘A. Check the boiling temperature of rubbing alcohol in a book and draw your conclusions. ‘Assume that there would be no effect. Guess that rubbing alcohol would raise the boiling temperature of water. Set up an experiment to discover the effect of rubbing alcohol on the boiling temperature of water. 9 98 3. Achemist is asked to determine whether exposure to sunlight affects the color of a liquid. Which of the following precautions could he most probably ignore? ‘A. Place one sample in a dark place. B. Keep the samples covered to prevent evaporation. C. Keep the temperature of the samples constant. D. Pour the liquid into bottles of different shapes. 4. An electric bell rings while inside an enclosed glass jar. When the air inside the jar is pumped out, the sound becomes fainter and fainter until itis gone. On the basis of this, one can conclude that: sound travels faster in air than in glass. sound does not travel in a vacuum. ‘sound travels faster in air than in a vacuum. Sound does not travel in glass. gomPFor question 5, refer to the diagram below. ZT A BR «> D Work is done by a force only if there is displacement along the direction of the force. The diagram above shows that the force F, in A presses against the block. In B, the force Fis vertical while the block is displaced horizontally. In C, Fs pushes the block to the right a distance ¢, and in D, Fsis applied against a concrete wall. 5. Work is accomplished in AA cc BB DD ANSWERS TO THE SCIENTIFIC ABILITY QUESTIONS: In an experiment, there must be an experimental set-up and a control setup Group A is the experimental setup and Group Bis the control setup. Doing the experiment is the best way to find the effect of adding rubbing ‘alcohol on the bolling temperature of water. The rest of the choices would not give valid concusions. 4, 8 and Care all important precautions since not doing them may affect the rest of the experiment. Only Dcan be ignored Based on the given observation, sound was not heard when air was pumped out Of the jar; so Sound does not travel in a vacuum. Based on the given definition of work, only Cis the correct answer since force F; displaced the block along its direction. Displacement did not take place in 4, orn D. In 6, F,and the displacement d are not in the same direction.