WRITTEN TEST FOR THE POST OF SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICER (BS-16) 2015 IN THE PUNJAB EMPLOYEES SICIAL SECURITY INSTITUTION (In the Labour & Human Resource Department), CASE NO. 15-RE/2014, PAPER HELD ON: 21-01-2015

If  2^x = 32, then what is  x² ?

• (A) 5
• (B) 10
• (C) 25
• (D) 1024

List the fractions 2/3, 5/8, and 13/20 in ascending order:

• (A) 2/3, 5/8, 13/20
• (B) 5/8, 2/3, 13/20
• (C)  13/20, 5/8, 2/3
• (D) 13/20, 2/3, 5/8

If 3/4 of the hospital employees are females, the ratio of males to females employees in the hospital is:

• (A) 1 : 3
• (B) 3 : 7
• (C) 3 : 4
• (D) 4 : 3

If 100kg of rice is divided into packages of 4/7 kg each, the total number of packages will be:

• (A) 125
• (B) 150
• (C) 100
• (D) 175

Basit’s weight increased by 25% from year 2009 to 2014. If his weight was K kilograms in 2014, what was it in 2009?

• (A) 1.75 K
• (B) 1.25 K
• (C) 0.80 K
• (D) 0.75 K

If x + y = 6, y + z = 7 and z + x = 9, the average (arithmetic mean) of x, y and z is:

• (A) 11/3
• (B) 11/2
• (C) 22/3
• (D) 11

The ratio of the circumstance of a circle to its radius is:

• (A) 1
• (B) 2π
• (C) π/2
• (D) √π

If x²  − y²  = 28 and x – y = 8, then the average of x and y is:

• (A) 3.5
• (B) 1.75
• (C) 7
• (D) 8

If 3:00 A.M, the temperature was 13℃ below zero but by noon it had risen to 32℃. Therefore, the average hourly increase in temperature was:

• (A) 5°C
• (B) 7.5°C
• (C) 45°C
• (D) (19/6)°C

In 7 years Wasim will be twice as old as he was 8 years ago. How old he is now?

• (A) 12
• (B) 23
• (C) 32
• (D) 21