KTSE (KVO Talent Search Examination) – 2007
Name: _____________________
ID No.: _______ Marks Obtained: ______
Instructions
 The exam duration is 2 hours
 There are 75 questions composed of
o 56 questions with 1 mark each, 16 questions of 2 marks each and 3 questions of
4 marks each.
o The questions with 2 marks or 4 marks have their marks highlighted in bold (2
marks or 4 marks)
o There is NO negative marking
 The rough work should be done on separate paper provided.
 Most questions are multiple choice. With a pen, circle the correct answer on the
question paper itself.
 Example Question: Which one does not belong to the group
A: Fingers
B: Thumb
C: Knee
D: Wrist
E: Palm
 If you want to make a change after you have selected an answer, strike off (with 2
slanting lines) the earlier answer, and circle the right answer
A: Fingers
B: Thumb
C: Knee
D: Wrist
E: Palm
 Since some students might see visual questions for the first time, here is an example of
a visual question
Example of Visual question:Fill in the white square with the figure that most logically fits in
from the four figures (a,b,c,d)
Answer:
The correct answer is (d) since each row has a diamond, plus sign and dark circle on top of
each figure. The blank square should have a plus sign on top of it. Also, each row has two
white and one dark figures. The blank square should have a white figure. Hence the white
square with the plus on top of it is the correct answer
ALL THE BEST !!
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Q1: (1 mark) Maya likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144 but not 145.
Which does she like:
A: 1600
B: 1700
Q2: (1 mark) I am walking towards East. Then I take a right turn, then a left turn and then turn
left and take another left. Which direction am I facing now?
A: North
B: South
C: East
D: West
Q3: (1 mark) David purchased 6 litres of petrol for Rs. 25 per litre. A total tax of Rs. 30 was
added to his bill. How much did he pay for each litre including tax?
A: Rs. 55
B: Rs. 25
C: Rs. 30
D: Rs. 35
Q4: (1 mark) A trader buys many sacks of tea for Rs.1200 and sells it for Rs.1500. Per sack of
tea he makes a profit of Rs. 50. How many sacks of tea did he have?
A: 3
B: 4
C: 6
D: 12
E: 300
Q5: (2 marks) If two typists can type two pages in two minutes, how many typists will it take to
type 18 pages in six minutes?
A: 3
B: 4
C: 6
D: 12
E: 36
Q6: (1 mark) What is the number that is one half of one quarter of one tenth of 400?
A: 2
B: 5
C: 8
D: 10
E: 40
Q7: (1 mark) Which of these images can be put together to form a triangle
A:
B:
C:
2
D: All of the above
Q8: (1 mark) Which rectangle is on top of all the rest?
A: Rectangle “A”
B: Rectangle “B”
C Rectangle “C”
D: Rectangle “D”
Q9: (1 mark) The line is longer in which image?
1: Image A
2: Image B
3: They are the same length
Q10: (1 mark) If you count from 1 to 100, how many 7"s will you pass on the way?
A: 10
B: 11
C: 19
D: 20
E: 21
Q11: (1 mark) What is the relationship between the two words?
driving :: walking
A: Both are transportation
D: Both are outside
B: Both are fast
C: Both are tiring
Q12: (1 mark) What is the relationship between the two words
red :: blue
A: Both are dark
B: Both are strong
C: Both are colors
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D: Both are opposites
Q13: (4 marks) Two men, starting at the same point, walk in opposite directions for 4 meters,
turn left and walk another 3 meters. What is the distance between them?
Answer: __________________
Q14: (1 mark) Assume that these two statements are true: All brown-haired men have bad
tempers. Rohit is a brown-haired man.
The statement Rohit has a bad temper is:
A: True
B: False
C: Unable to determine
Q15: (1 mark) What is the word coiled inside this circle?
N G
O
R
E
R
T S
ANSWER: _____________
Q16: (1 mark) If m is an even integer, then the following is the sum of the next two even
integers?
A: 2m + 4
B: 2m + 6
C: 2m + 8
D: 2m + 10
E: 2m + 12
Q17: (1 mark) If x is an integer, then which of the following is the product of the next two
integers greater than 2(x + 1)?
A: 4x2 + 14x + 12
B: 4x2 + 12
C: x2 + 14x + 12
D: x2 + x+ 12
E: 4x2 + 14x
Q18: (1 mark) If 4 percent of (p + q) is 8 and p is a positive integer, what is the greatest possible
value of q?
A: 196
B: 197
C: 198
D: 199
E: 200
Q19: (2 marks) If n is an odd integer, which one of the following is an even integer?
A: n x n
B: n/4
D: n(n + 3)
E: n/3
C: 2n + 3
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Q20: (1 marks) Select the odd one out
A: State
B: Country
C: Ocean
D: Continent
E: City
Q21: (1 mark) If x is an integer, which of the following CANNOT be an even integer?
A: 2x + 2
B: x - 5
C: 2x
D: 2x + 3
E: 5x + 2
Q22: (1 mark) Suppose you begin reading a book on page h and end on page k . If you read
each page completely and the pages are numbered and read consecutively, then how many
pages have you read? ?
A: (h + k)
B: (k - h)
C: (k - h + 2)
D: (k-h-1)
E: (k-h+1)
Q23: (2 marks) The digits of a three-digit number add up to 18. If the ten’ digit is twice the
hundred’s digit and the hundred’s digit is 1/3 the unit’s digit, what is the number?
A: 246
B: 369
C: 531
D: 855
E: 855
F: 893
Q24: (2 marks) A school has a total enrollment of 84 students. There are 30 students taking
physics, 25 taking English, and 13 taking both. What percentage of the students are taking
either physics or English?
A : 30 percent
B : 36 percent
C : 50 percent D: 51 percent
E: 58 percent
Q25: (1 mark) A town has a population growth rate of 10% per year. The population in 1990
was 2000. What was the population in 1992?
A : 1600
B : 2200
C : 2400
D : 2420
E : 4000
Q26: (2 marks) Seven years ago, Scott was 3 times as old as Kathy was at that time. If Scott is
now 5 years older than Kathy, how old is Scott?
A : 12 1/2
B : 13
C : 13 1/2
D : 14
E : 14 1/2
Q27: (1 mark) One banana costs 55 paisa. How much will two dozen bananas cost?
A : Rs. 11.10
E : Rs. 14.40
B : Rs. 12.10
C : Rs. 13.20
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D : Rs. 14.30
Q28: (1 mark) Which of the figures below the line of drawings best completes the series?
A
B
C
D
Q29: (1 mark) Which of the figures below the line of drawings best completes the series?
A
B
C
D
Q30: (1 mark) Please circle the figure continuing the series:
A
B
C
D
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E
Q31: (1 mark) Please circle the figure continuing the series:
Q32: (1 mark) Please circle the figure continuing the series:
Q33: (1 mark) Please circle the figure continuing the series:
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Q34: (1 mark) Please circle the figure continuing the series:
Q35: (1 mark) Please circle the figure continuing the series:
Q36: (1 mark) Please circle the figure continuing the series:
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Q37: (1 mark) Please find the figure continuing the series:
Q38: (2 marks) Please find the figure continuing the series:
A
B
C
D
E
Q39: (1 mark) Please find the figure continuing the series:
A
B
C
D
E
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Q40: (1 mark) Which figure does not belong to the group
A
B
C
D
Q41: (1 mark) Which figure does not belong to the group
Q42: (1 mark) Which figure does not belong to the group
Q43: (2 marks) Seven disks--G, H, L, O, P, S, U--are being inserted in a CD player. The order
in which the disks are played is subject to the following restrictions - L must be played before
both O and U. Exactly two disks must be played between G and P one of which must be L. H
cannot be played first. - If L and O are played consecutively, which one of the following
CANNOT be true?
A: S is played second
B: G is played second
D: O is played forth
E: H is played sixth
C: L is played third
Q44: (2 marks) There are five people--A, B, C, D, and E--in a police line-up standing in spaces
numbered 1 through 6, from left to right. The following conditions apply;
- There is always one empty space.
- A is not standing in space 1, 3, or 5.
- E is in the third position from the left.
- A is standing to the immediate left of B.
- If D stands in space 6, then C must stand in space ?
A: 3 or 4
B: 5 or 6
C: 1 or 2
D: 2 or 3
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E: 4 or 5
Q45: (1 mark)
Lamp A is less bright than Lamp B
Lamp B is brighter than Lamp C
Lamp C is as bright as Lamp D
Lamp B is brighter than Lamp D
Lamp D is brighter than Lamp A
Which lamp is the brightest?
A: Lamp A
E: no solution
B: Lamp B
C: Lamp C
D: Lamp D
Q46: (1 mark)
Nitin and Rahul are the same height
Ajay is shorter than Sunil
Sunil is taller than Rahul
Nitin is shorter than Ajay
Who is/are the shortest?
A: Nitin
B: Rahul
D: Ajay
E: Sunil
F: Nitin and Rahul
Q47: (2 marks) 87 kg of potatoes are distributed in two boxes. One box weighs 11 kg less than
the other one. How many kilograms of potatoes does the lighter box contain?
A: 50 kg
B: 38 kg
C: 49 kg
D: 47 kg
Q48: (2 marks) The time shown in the clock is 2:30. What is the angle in degrees between the
large and the small hand of the clock
A: 90 degrees
B: 120 degrees
C: 105 degrees
D: 45 degrees
Q49: (1 mark) The time is 2:35. What time will the wall clock show if it is hung upside down?
A: 8:35
B: 7:45
C: 8:05
D: 7:35
Q50: (2 marks) The second day of the month is a Friday. What day is the 24th of the month?
A: Sunday
B: Tuesday
C: Wednesday
D: Saturday
E: Friday
Q51: (2 marks) Five persons get together for a party. If each of the five persons shakes the
hands of all the other members of the group, then what is the total number of handshakes?
A: 25
B:24
C:10
D: 15
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E: 20
Q52: (1 mark) If the day before yesterday is the third day after Tuesday, then what day is it
today?
A: Friday
B: Sunday
C: Saturday
D: Thursday
Q53: (1 mark) Which letter will come next in the series?
B
Q
1) F
C
R
2) G
D
S
3) T
E
?
4) U
Q54: (1 mark) Which number will come next in the series?
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A: 14
3
5
7
B: 15
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C: 16
11
13
D: 17
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E: 18
Q55: (4 marks) Please enter the missing number: 3, 6, 18, 72?
Answer: ___________
Q56: (2 marks) Please enter the missing number: 1 8 27 ? 125 216
A: 36
B: 45
C: 46
D: 64
E: 99
Q57: (2 marks) When a sky diver leaves the aircraft, he falls faster and faster until he reaches
a maximum steady speed known as terminal velocity. He falls at this speed until the parachute
opens. The parachute slows him down until a much smaller steady speed is reached. This
speed remains constant until the diver touches the ground.
Which of these graphs could show this information?
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A:
B:
C:
D:
Q58: (1 mark) Which word does not belong to the group?
A: pencil
B: paper
C: crayon
D: pen
Q59: (1 mark) Which word does not belong to the group?
A: chair
B: table
C: wood
D: cupboard
Q60: (2 marks) A cube is made of a white material, but the surface is painted black. If the cube
is cut by making 3 equal cuts in all 3 axes, how many small cubes will be formed which will have
no surface as black ?
A: 1 cube
B: 9 cubes
C: 4 cubes
D: 8 cubes
Q61: (1 mark) I’m a male. If Albert’s son is my son’s father, what is the relationship between
Albert and myself?
A: he is my brother B: he is my uncle
E: he is not related to me
C: he is my father
Q62: (1 mark) HAND is to GLOVE as HEAD is to
A: HAIR
B: NECK
C: SKULL
D: CAP
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D: he is my sister
Q63: (1 mark) At a store, they cut the price 40% for a particular item. By what percent must the
item be increased if you wanted to sell it again at the original price?
A: 33.7%
B: 40%
C: 66.7%
D: 50%
Q64: (1 mark) Tracey has 6 blue, 4 orange, 8 red, and 2 yellow balls in her sack. She picks a
ball out of the sack without looking. What is the chance that it is red?
A: 25%
B: 40%
C: 60%
D: 50%
Q65: (1 mark) Each of these boxes is filled with tiny marbles of identical size and shape. Which
of them contains the most marbles?
C
A: Box A
B: Box B
C: Box C
D: Box D
Q66: (4 marks) Car X traveled from A to B in 30 minutes. The first half of the trip was covered
at 50 km/hr, and the second half at 60 km/hr. What was the average speed?
A: 200/11
B: 400/11
C: 500/11
D: 600/11
E: 700/11
F: 55
Q67: (1 mark) Organise these words into two logical groups: nail, fish, hammer, pet, tool, cat,
dog.
A: (Nail, hammer, tool, fish) & (Pet, cat, dog)
B: (Nail, tool, hammer) & (Fish, cat, dog, pet)
C: (Nail, fish, cat) & (Pet, dog, tool, hammer)
D: (Hammer, tool, dog) & (Nail, pet, cat, fish)
Q68: (1 mark) Which of these shapes can be fixed to the following shape to make a hexagon ?
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A:
B:
C:
D:
Q69: (1 mark) All booms are moons. If all moons are swoons, then all booms are swoons. This
is
A: True
B: False
C: It's impossible to know
Q70: (1 mark) If all males are green, and all females are red then:
A: All boys are pink
D: All girls are green
B: All girls are orange
C: All boys are green
Q71: (2 marks) Bill and Ben have a combined age of 91 years. Bill is now twice as old as Ben
was when Bill was as old as Ben is now. How old are Bill and Ben?
ANSWER: _____________
Q72: (1 mark) Which is the odd one out in the group?
A: sit
B: jog
C: walk
D: run
Q73: (1 mark) Which is the odd one out in the group?
A: lip
B: chest
C: ear
D: nose
Q74: (1 mark) Which is the odd one out in the group?
A: Touch
B: Taste
C: Hear
D: Smile
E: SEE
Q75: (1 mark) Dilip is taller than Ramesh and Ashish is shorter than Dilip.
Which of the following statements would be most correct?
A: Ashish is taller then Ramesh
C: Ashish is as tall as Ramesh
taller
B: Ashish is shorter than Ramesh
D: It is impossible to tell whether Ashish or Ramesh is
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Rough Work
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