गोवा लोकसेवा आयोगाच्या कनिष्ठ श्रेणी अधिकारी - राज्य नागरी सेवा पदांसाठी पूर्व चाचणी (Pre-Screening test for Junior Scale Officers of Goa civil service) हाेत असते. राज्यभरातून हजारो उमेदवार या पदांसाठी अर्ज करतात. अशा उमेदवारांना या परीक्षेसाठी कशा पद्धतीचे प्रश्न येतात ते कळावे यासाठी गेल्या काही वर्षात झालेल्या परीक्षांमधील प्रश्नावली गोवन वार्ता प्रसिद्ध करत आहे. हा उपक्रम फक्त उमेदवारांना मदत व्हावी या हेतूने आहे.

1 Question Description The following questions are based on five words given below:
MET
ARK
MOB
SKI
URN
(The new words formed after performing the mentioned operations may or may not necessarily be meaningful English word)
If in each of the words, all the alphabets are arranged in English alphabetical order within the word, how many words will be begin
with a vowel?
A None
B One
C Two
D Three
E None of the above
Correct Answer D
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2 Question Description Direction: In each of the following question, there is a certain relationship between two given pair on both side of '::' .
One word is given on another side of '::' while another word is to be found from the given options, having the same
relation with this word as the words of the given pair . Choose the correct word from the following options.
Hair : Bald : : Crop : ?
A Field
B Farmer
C Rain
D Barren
E None of the above
Correct Answer D
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3 Question Description Direction: In each of the following question, there is a certain relationship between two given pair on both side of '::' .
One word is given on another side of '::' while another word is to be found from the given options, having the same
relation with this word as the words of the given pair . Choose the correct word from the following options..
MAD : JXA :: RUN : ?
A OSQ
B PRJ
C UXQ
D ORK
E None of the above
Correct Answer D
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4 Question Description Which is the odd one out?
A optimize
B retrograde
C ameliorate
D regenerate
E None of the above
Correct Answer B
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5 Question Description Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given beside.
Ten guards from A to J are standing on ten gates of a pentagon shaped park. The gates are built such that the gates at
the corners of the park are large and the gates at the edges of the park are small. The guards at the large gate are
facing towards the center while the guards at the small gate are facing outside the center.
B is standing third to the right of E, who is standing at one of the large gates. C is on the immediate left of D. I is an
immediate neighbor of B and stands third to the right of F. C is not adjacent to both F and B. A is facing towards the
center. G faces outside and is not an immediate neighbor of I and C. Only 4 guards stand between A and H.
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which of the following does not belong to the
same group?
A D
B I
C E
D B
E None of the above
Correct Answer D
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6 Question Description Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given beside:
Garv is the son of Sashi. Heer is the father of Manu. Garv is married to Devi. Garv and Manu are siblings. Prem is the
brother of Devi. Sashi has only one son. Riya is the son of Garv. Prem is the father of Kaka. Joshi is the daughter of
Manu. Prem has no daughters.
How is Manu related to prem?
A Daughter
B Sister-in-law
C Wife of brother-in-law
D Sister
E None of the above
Correct Answer B
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7 Question Description How many pairs of letters are there in the word NURSING which have as many letters between them as in the alphabet?
A One
B Three
C Five
D Six
E None of the above
Correct Answer B
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8 Question Description Find missing numbers?
A 43, 32
B 55 , 65
C 43, 48
D 43, 55
E None of the above
Correct Answer D
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9 Question Description
A A
B B
C C
D D
E None of the above
Correct Answer D
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10 Question Description
A A
B B
C C
D D
E None of the above
Correct Answer B
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11 Question Description Study the following questions carefully and choose the right answer:
Statement: The cinema halls are incurring heavy losses these days as people prefer to watch movies in home on TV
than to visit cinema halls.
Courses of action:
I. The cinema halls should be demolished and residential multi-storey buildings should be constructed there.
II. The cinema halls should be converted into shopping malls.
A Only I follows
B Only II follows
C Either I or II follows
D Neither I nor II follows
E None of the above
Correct Answer D
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12 Question Description Directions : Read the given instructions carefully and answer the questions beside-
A + B (5) = A is 10 m to the NORTH of B
A - B (7) = A is 12 m to the SOUTH of B
A * B (12) = A is 17 m to the EAST of B
A / B (11) = A is 16 m to the West of B.
R / P (13), P / Q (19) , S + Q (5), U / S (19), U – T (5)
What is the shortest distance between S and P?
A 26m
B 25m
C 28m
D 23m
E None of the above
Correct Answer A
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13 Question Description 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:
A 4
B 5
C 6
D 10
E None of the above
Correct Answer B
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14 Question Description The correct RT (voice) signal to be used when sending a navigation warning is
A PAN PAN
B NAV DISTRESS
C MAY DAY
D SECURITE
E None of the above
Correct Answer D
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