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Paper - II (ii) — Mental Ability MCQ — 42 Practice Questions with Answers

Paper - II (ii) — Mental Ability is a Computer Pedagogy & Fundamentals (Senior CI) topic in the RAS/RPSC syllabus. This page gathers exam-style Paper - II (ii) — Mental Ability multiple-choice questions with correct answers and explanations, so aspirants can test recall and revise frequently examined concepts.

Practice 42 Paper - II (ii) — Mental Ability multiple-choice questions with detailed answers and explanations. Ideal for RAS/RPSC exam preparation.

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Practice Questions

Q1. The 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?

A Centre Q
B Centre S Correct
C Centre P
D Centre R

Explanation

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.

Q2. Five 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?

A C
B A
C The middle seat cannot be uniquely determined from the given data. Correct
D B

Explanation

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.

Q3. Which statement about the IndiaAI Mission is correct?

A It was approved in March 2024 only for replacing all school examinations with online tests
B It is an NPCI product for instant mobile money transfer between bank accounts
C It is a CERT-In rule requiring cyber incidents to be reported within six hours
D It is a national-level mission approved in March 2024 with an outlay of about Rs. 10,371.92 crore Correct

Explanation

PIB's Cabinet-approval release states that the IndiaAI Mission was approved in March 2024 with a budget outlay of Rs. 10,371.92 crore. The other choices confuse it with payments, cyber-incident reporting, or an exam-administration change.

Q4. A data centre has three server clusters. Cluster X handles 40% of requests with 99.2% success, Cluster Y handles 35% with 98.8% success, and Cluster Z handles the remaining requests with 97.6% success. If 8,00,000 requests are processed in a day, approximately how many requests fail?

A 7,040
B 18,400
C 10,800 Correct
D 13,200

Explanation

Failure rates are 0.8% for X, 1.2% for Y and 2.4% for Z. The weighted failure rate is 40% x 0.8% + 35% x 1.2% + 25% x 2.4% = 0.32% + 0.42% + 0.60% = 1.34%. On 8,00,000 requests, that is 10,720, so the nearest option is 10,800.

Q5. A 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?

A Vendor A
B Vendor B Correct
C Vendor C
D Vendor D

Explanation

When all listed conditions are mandatory, a candidate that misses even one condition must be rejected. Vendor B alone passes all three filters: two-factor login, 180-day audit logs, and budget compliance.

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