1. The training budget is currently administered centrally. As part of the cost-cutting exercise, the Board of Directors have voted unanimously in favor of the proposal that individual departments will have control over this process. This means that for the next financial year, all managers will have control of, and responsibility for, their department training budget. As a safeguard against possible drops in quality, the following rules must be observed. First, all contracts for training services must go out to competitive bid. A minimum of three bids must be obtained for each individual contract.

These bids must be documented and retained at the respective departments for the duration of the contract. Second, the award of contracts will normally be made solely on price. Procurement will consider written justifications where managers wish to award the contract to a higher quote. Finally, all suppliers must hold quality awards that are appropriate to the relevant industry.

 

• Obtaining two quotes for a contract will not be acceptable.

• Some of the Board of Directors were against the proposal

• Managers are likely to be against the proposal.

2. A UN report has warned of the potential problems of global warming. If the production of greenhouse gases continues at the current rate, this will result in the melting of ice sheets in Greenland and the Antarctic. The consequences of this will be rising sea levels, which will endanger 145 million people. In response to the problem, the report observes the need for an immediate international agreement on reducing emissions.

• 145 million people will be drowned by the rising of sea levels.

• The report attests to the urgency of a global consensus on lowering the rate of emissions.

3. Clara runs faster than Mara.

Lily runs faster than Clara.

Mara runs faster than Lily.

• If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

4. Apartments in the Riverdale Manor cost less than apartments in The Gaslight Commons.

Apartments in the Livingston Gate cost more than apartments in the Gaslight Commons.

Of the three apartment buildings, the Livingston Gate costs the most.

• If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

5. AIRCRAFT is to TRANSPORT as NEWSPAPER is to:

6. All of the words in the box below are alike in some way.



Which of the following options could not go in the box?

7. On another planet martians would say “enb litpa penta” when saying to their animals “good animal behaviour”. When they got home from work they would ask “Ift enb penta?”, which means “was your behaviour good?”. The animals would reply either, “Ift penta enb!” (“I showed good behaviour!”) or,“Ift penta anb!”

      If anb symbolises the opposite of enb, what does “Ift penta anb” mean?

8. Find the greatest number that will divide 43, 91 and 183 so as to leave the same remainder in each case.

9. Which of the following fraction is the largest?

10. A motorboat, whose speed in 15 km/hr in still water goes 30 km downstream and comes back in a total of 4 hours 30 minutes. The speed of the stream (in km/hr) is:

11. Find out the wrong number in the given sequence of numbers.

582, 605, 588, 611, 634, 617, 600

12.

Which figure replaces the question mark ?

13.

Which figure replace the question mark ?

14.