Date of No of Questions 20

Examination No. of Pages 06

GENERAL SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA DEFENCE UNIVERSITY

SELECTION EXAM PAYMENT/ NON PAYMENT BASIS DEGREE PROGRAMME

INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT (IQ)

Call up No: -............................................... NIC No: -....................

General Instructions: Duration: 30 Minutes
Answer all questions in the Answer Sheet Provided
05 mark for each correct answer (No minus marks)

1. Gayani is 18 years old. Her brother is three times younger than she is now. How old
will Gayani’s brother be when Gayani is twice as old as her brother?

a. 8
b. 7
c. 10
d. 12

2. Which is the odd one out?

ROOSTER, BUCK, PEN, RAM

a. RAM
b. ROOSTER
c. BUCK
d. PEN

3. 20% of 80 is

a. 16
b. 4
c. 12
d. 160

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4. How many four-sided figures appear in the diagram below?

a. 10
b. 28
c. 16
d. 25

5. Based on the following statements, which is the correct conclusion drawn?

Only gentlemen can become members of the club. Many of the members of the club
are officers. Some of the officers have been invited for dinner.

a. All the members of the club have been invited for dinner
b. Only gentlemen have been invited for dinner
c. All gentlemen are members of the club
d. Some of the officers are not gentlemen

6. There is 1100 g of water in a glass. You are to drink 200 g of water in one second.
How many seconds are required to drink the whole glass of water?

a. 4
b. 6
c. 5
d. 5.5

7. At a conference, 12 members shook hands with each other before & after the meeting.
How many total number of handshakes occurred?

a. 132
b. 120
c. 144
d. 100

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8. A system uses a secret number algorithm to display certain numbers.

Displayed Number Real Number

3 0 0 1 193
0 3 1 0 52
1 1 1 1 85
1 0 0 1 ?

What is the Real Number which is fit for the displayed number “1001” ?

a. 86
b. 65
c. 72
d. 64

9. What number should replace the “?” symbol?

a. 69237
b. 62937
c. 97362
d. 63927

10. In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but the
selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the
profit?

a. 250%
b. 70%
c. 30%
d. 100%

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11. Which number logically follows this series?
4, 6, 9, 6, 14, 6, ____

a. 19
b. 21
c. 17
d. 6

12. What number should replace the question mark?

4 2 9

29 18 ?
8 1 3 4 1 6

a. 14
b. 31
c. 34
d. 15

13. A professor teaches a class of 70 students. Ten students are business majors, Eleven are
education majors, and the rest are undecided. What percentage of the class is
undecided?

a. 70%
b. 65%
c. 60%
d. 75%

14. How old is Jane if in eight years’ time she will be twice as old as she was twenty years
ago?
a. 32
b. 48
c. 50
d. 46

15. 44, 33, 77, 110, ____, 297, 484. What is the missing number?

a. 197
b. 187
c. 165
d. 122

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16. What is the missing number?
1 3 1

5 5 5 8 7 ? 7
8 5

4 4 5

a. 9
b. 4
c. 8
d. 6

17. Choose the odd one out.

a. B
b. A
c. C
d. D

18. A boy walks 10 meters to the North from point A and turns to the East and walks 20
meters. Then he walks 25 meters to the South and arrives at point B. What is the
distance between points A and B?

a. 20
b. 55
c. 25
d. 50

19. Select the number that is different from the rest 159, 269, 567, 357, 951, 369

a. 567
b. 269
c. 159
d. 357

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20. NASA received three messages in a strange language from a distant planet.
The scientists studied the messages and found that "Necor Buldon Slock" means
"Danger Rocket Explosion" and "Edwan Mynor Necor" means "Danger Spaceship
Fire" and "Buldon Gimilzor Gondor" means "Bad Gas Explosion."
What does "Slock" mean?

a. Danger
b. Explosion
c. Rocket
d. Gas

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