GENERAL REASONING AND INTELLIGIENCE APTITUDE TEST FOR THE POSITION OF
ASSISTANT REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION OFFICER
CANDIDATE NAME
QUALIFICATION
ID NUMBER
DATE
TOTAL
SIGNATURE
MARKS
SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. A man starts from a point, walks 8 kms towards the north, turns right and walks 12kms, turns left
and walks 7kms, turn and walks 24kms towards south, turns right and walks 12kms. In which
direction is he from the starting point?
A.
B.
C.
D.
North
South
West
East
2. The number of road accident in Gaborone is increasing by which number in the month of June?
Month
Jan
No
of 4
accidents
A.
B.
C.
D.
Feb
8
March
16
April
28
May
44
June
?
64
48
52
40
3. Ashok’s mother is three times old as Ashok 5 years ago. After 5 years she will be twice as old as
Ashok. How old is Ashok today?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
10
15
20
25
4. Find the wrong number in the series
7, 28, 63, 24, 215, 342
A.
B.
C.
D.
28
63
124
342
5. M is the son of P. Q is the granddaughter of O who is the husband of P. How is M related to O?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Son
Daughter
Mother
Father
6. In a row of boys, Same is 7th from the left and Boago is 12th from the right. If they interchange their
positions, Same becomes 22nd from the left. How many boys are there in the row?
A.
B.
C.
D.
19
31
33
34
IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS FIND THE ODD WORD/LETTER/NUMBER/FIGURE FROM
THE GIVEN ANSWERS
7.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Room
Chamber
Veranda
Cabin
A.
B.
C.
D.
Mouth Organ
Electric Guitar
Keyboard
Sonata
8.
9.
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A.
B.
C.
D.
A
I
D
E
A.
B.
C.
D.
RNMP
HDCP
RPOQ
HDCF
10.
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOWS AS EITHER TRUE OR FALSE
11. Flattening the curve means slowing the spread of an infectious agents to reduce the peak number
of cases and related demands on hospitals and infrastructure at rural areas only
A – TRUE
B – FALSE
12. Social distance is only space between yourself and other people during weddings and social events
A – TRUE
B – FALSE
13. COVID 19 stands for Corona Vaccination by Artificial Intelligence
A – TRUE
B – FALSE
SECTION B: WRITTEN INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
15. Name three (3) objectives of Botswana Teachers Union(3).
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16. The following are some ACRONYMS for Parastatals under the Ministry of Transport & Communications
in Botswana. What do they stand for? (3)
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BOFINET………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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BOCRA…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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CAAB………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
17. Everyone loves a bit of code, acronyms and abbreviations which are great tools which makes
communication faster and convenient. What does the following English acronyms stand for?
RSVP………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....
CC/BCC………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
TBA/TBC……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
ETA……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
DIY…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
18. Thank you for showing your interest to work for one of the region’s oldest labour movements. What do
you know about the Marikana incident? – (5 marks)
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