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Paper - II (ii) — Mental Ability MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
Solve 43 Paper - II (ii) — Mental Ability questions for RAS/RPSC preparation.
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Q1The following table gives applications processed by four centres in three shifts. Centre P: Morning 84, Afternoon 96, Evening 72 Centre Q: Morning 78, Afternoon 102, Evening 90 Centre R: Morning 92, Afternoon 88, Evening 100 Centre S: Morning 86, Afternoon 94, Evening 110 If the rejection rate is 5% for Morning, 7.5% for Afternoon, and 10% for Evening applications, which centre has the highest number of accepted applications?
Apply shift-wise acceptance rates: Morning 95%, Afternoon 92.5%, Evening 90%. P = 233.4, Q = 249.45, R = 258.8, and S = 267.65. Therefore Centre S has the highest accepted count even though another centre may look competitive in one shift.
Q2Five trainees A, B, C, D and E are seated in a row facing north. A is immediately to the left of D. C is not at either end. B is to the right of C but not adjacent to E. E is somewhere to the left of A. Which trainee is in the middle seat?
The clues do not force a single middle occupant. E-C-A-D-B is valid and puts A in the middle. E-C-B-A-D is also valid and puts B in the middle. E-A-D-C-B is valid as well and puts D in the middle. Since at least three different trainees can occupy the middle seat under the stated conditions, the middle seat cannot be uniquely determined.
Q3A software migration has the following activity durations in days: A = 4; B = 6 after A; C = 5 after A; D = 7 after B; E = 3 after both B and C; F = 4 after both D and E. What is the minimum project completion time?
Compute the earliest finish along each branch. A-B-D-F takes 4 + 6 + 7 + 4 = 21 days. A-B-E-F takes 17 days, and A-C-E-F cannot control because E must also wait for B. Since F waits for both D and E, the D branch fixes the project duration at 21 days.
Q4For positive integers x and y, is x greater than y? Statement I: x + y = 31. Statement II: x is an even number and y is an odd number.
Statement I alone permits many pairs with different orderings. Statement II alone also leaves the comparison open. Together, the conditions still allow x = 30, y = 1 and x = 2, y = 29, so the question cannot be answered uniquely.
Q5Under CERT-In's Cyber Security Directions dated 28 April 2022, an entity that is required to report a covered cyber security incident should report it within what time frame after noticing it or being brought to notice about it?
CERT-In's 2022 cyber security directions specify a 6-hour reporting requirement for covered cyber security incidents after the incident is noticed or brought to notice. The key exam trap is to confuse this Indian cyber-incident reporting rule with longer time frames used in other legal or organisational contexts.
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6Under CERT-In's 2022 cyber-security directions, a covered organisation detects a specified cyber-security incident at 10:00 a.m. By when should it report the incident to CERT-In, assuming no later discovery-time qualification is involved?
7A school stores student attendance data in a cloud dashboard. The administrator notices unauthorised access to the dashboard at 10:00 a.m., and the access log shows possible extraction of personal data. Which immediate response best aligns with sound information-technology governance in India?
8The table gives the number of candidates who appeared and qualified in a computer-skill test from three centres. Centre X: appeared 480, qualified 312. Centre Y: appeared 360, qualified 234. Centre Z: appeared 300, qualified 195. If 20% of the qualified candidates from X, 25% from Y, and 30% from Z are selected for advanced training, approximately what percentage of all appeared candidates are selected for advanced training?
9In a code, each letter is replaced by the letter two places ahead in the English alphabet, and then the coded letters are written in reverse order. Under this rule, how will the word SERVER be coded?
10A project team must choose one of four vendors. The mandatory conditions are: the vendor must support two-factor login, must provide audit logs for at least 180 days, and must not exceed the budget. Vendor A satisfies the login and budget conditions but stores logs for 90 days. Vendor B satisfies all three conditions. Vendor C satisfies login and log-retention conditions but exceeds budget. Vendor D satisfies budget and log-retention conditions but lacks two-factor login. Which vendor should be selected?
11A number N is a two-digit positive integer. Consider the statements: I. The sum of its digits is 11. II. N is divisible by 7. III. Reversing its digits gives a number smaller than N by 27. Which set of statements is sufficient to determine N uniquely?
12A committee evaluates four vendors for a lab-management application. The weights are: cost 30, technical quality 40, support 20 and implementation speed 10. Scores out of 10 are: V1 = 8, 7, 6, 9; V2 = 7, 8, 8, 6; V3 = 9, 6, 7, 8; V4 = 6, 9, 7, 7. Which vendor has the highest weighted score?
13Four server proposals are scored on Speed, Accuracy, and Reliability. Their scores are: R: 80, 88, 72 S: 84, 82, 78 T: 76, 90, 86 U: 88, 78, 80 If the composite score uses weights 0.40 for Speed, 0.35 for Accuracy, and 0.25 for Reliability, which proposal has the highest composite score?
14A district training centre has one computer lab and four pending activities. Activity P trains 40 teachers and must be done before Activity R. Activity Q trains 25 teachers and can run only after a minor network repair. Activity R trains 70 teachers but needs P's attendance list. Activity S trains 30 teachers and has no dependency. The repair team is available only in the second half of the day, and the centre wants to maximise the number of teachers trained by the end of the day without violating dependencies. Which schedule is the best decision?
15Which statement correctly identifies the IndiaAI Mission approved by the Union Cabinet in March 2024?