Algebra

1) 1. A pharmacist has 8 liters of a 15 percent solution of acid. How

much distilled water must she add to reduce the concentration of acid
to 10 percent?
2. By installing a 120 thermostat that reduces the temperature
setting at night! a family hopes to cut its annual "ill for heating
oil "y 8 percent! and there"y reco#er the cost of the thermostat in
fuel sa#ings after 2 years. $hat was the family%s annual fuel "ill
"efore installing the thermostat?
2) &ay tiled a 15 feet "y 21 feet rectangular "allroom with one'foot'
s(uare tiles. $hen he )nished! he drew "oth diagonals
connecting opposite corners of the room. $hat is the total num"er
of tiles that the diagonals passed through?
*) A man is wal+ing across a railroad "ridge that goes from point A
to point B. He starts at point A! and when he is *,8 of the way
across the "ridge! he hears a train approaching. -he train%s speed
is .0 mph /miles per hour).
-he man can run fast enough so that if he turns and runs "ac+
toward point A! he will meet the train at A! and if he runs
forward toward point B! the train will o#erta+e him at B.
How fast can the man run?
0)
1f a2"2c3* and
a/42)2"/42)2c/42)35 and
a/4*)2"/4*)2c/4*)35
what is a/40)2"/40)2c/40) ?
5)
A woman is wal+ing down a downward'mo#ing escalator and steps down 10
steps to reach the "ottom. &ust as she reaches the "ottom of the
escalator! a sale commences on the 6oor a"o#e. 7he runs "ac+ up the
downward mo#ing escalator at a speed )#e times that which she wal+ed
down. 7he co#ers 25 steps in reaching the top. How many steps are
#isi"le on the escalator when it is switched o8?
.) 9n a string of ** pearls! the middle pearl is the largest and most
e:pensi#e of all. 7tarting from one end! each pearl is worth 100 more
than the one "efore! up to the middle. ;rom the other end! each pearl
is worth 150 more than the one "efore! up to the middle. -he string
of pearls is worth .5!000. $hat is the #alue of the middle pearl?
5) smallest num"er with 20 distinct di8erent positi#e factors
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1) A train lea#es =atna at 5 am and reaches >elhi at ? am. Another train
lea#es >elhi at ..*0 am and reaches =atna at 10 am. At what time do the two
trains meet? /Ans. 5.00 am)
2) A man co#ers a certain distance on scooter. Had he mo#ed * +m,hr faster!
he would ha#e ta+en 00 minuters less. 1f he had mo#ed 2 +m,hr slower! he
would ha#e ta+en 00 minutes more. ;ind the distance in +m and original
speed
/Ans 00 +m and 12 +m,hr)
*)At what distance from >elhi will a train! which lea#es >elhi for Amritsar
at 2.05 pm and goes at a rate of 50 +m,hr! meet a train which lea#es
Amritsar for >elhi at 1.*5 pm and goes at the rate of .0 +m,hr! the distance
"etween the towns "eing 510 +m?
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1.$hat is the sum of all the three digit num"ers which lea#e the
remainder 1 when di#ided ""y 0?
/a)12*525 /")122?5. /c)112??. /d)100000
2.@am! not so eAcient technician! ma+es a "acteria culture using 5
<.Boli "acteria.<ach e.coli "acteria di#ides into 2 e#ery 10 mins.
After haf an hr! @am "y mista+e introduces a culture of B.Boli
"acteria which had C "acteria. <ach c.coli "acteria digests 2 e.coli
"acteria within 10 mins and then instantaneously di#ides into 2. 1f
an e.cloli "acteria is "eing digested! it cannot di#ide further.1f at
the end of .0 mins from the "egining! *2 e.coli "acteria were left!
how many c.coli "acteria had @am introduced??
/a). /")0 /c)8 /d)none
*.1f @am can slo#e * out of 10 pr"lems correctly on the a#erage and
Dohan has an a#erage of 5 out of 10! then how many pro"lems out of 10
can "e appro: e:pected to "e sol#ed if "oth try to sol#e them togther?
/a)8 /")? /c)10 /d)cannot " determined
0.-he sum of the mean and the mean of the reciprocals of 2 num"ers is
/050?,200).-he sum of the product of their reciprocals and their
product is /250001,500). $hich of the following can "e the larger
num"er?
/a)00 /")20 /c)25 /d)50
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1. A recurring deposit of @s200 per month for 5 years would "e
e(ui#alent to a singledeposit of @s 18*00 in how many years??
/a) 2 years /") 1year 8 months /c)* years . months /d) 5 years
2.A reduction of 1. 2,*E in the price of lemons ena"les a householder
to get 50 lemons more for @s.81. $hat is the reduced price per lemon?
/a).0paise /")50 paise /c)*0 paise /d)25 paise
*.;i#e persons entered the lift ca"in on the ground 6oor of an eight'
storey "uilding. 7uppose each of them! independently and with e(ual
pro"a"ility! can lea#e the ca"in at any 6oor "eginning withe
)rst.;ind the pro"a"lity of all the )#e persons lea#ing
at di8erent 6oors.
/a)*.0,845 /")*.0,.45 /c)2520,545 /d)none of these
0.A man ta+es a step forward with 0.0 pro"a"ility and "ac+ward with
pro"a"ility 0... ;ind the pro"a"ility that at the end of )#e steps
he is one step away from the starting point.
/a) 0.55 /")0.5. /c)0.55 /d)0..
5.Fet -n denote the num"er of triangles which can "e formed using the
#ertices of a regualr polygon of n sides.1f -n21 ' -n 321! then n
e(uals
/a)5 /")5 /c). /d) 0
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1);ind the num"er of Geros in the product of
141 H 242 H *4*H.........H?84?8H??4??H1004100
2)@emainder o"tained when
0*4101 2 2* 4101 is di#ided "y ..
*)Fast two digit of multiplicationI
122H12*H125H125H12?
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Q.1) 25^24/601, what is the remainder?

Q.2) 32^32^32/17, what is the remainder?
Q.3) hat is the smallest integer whi!h sh"#ld be m#lti$lied t" 0.ababababab.......t"
ma%e it an integer where a & b are an' nat#ral n#mbers?

Q.4) (ind t"tal )a!t"rs )"r 32^3 * 60^3 + 2,^3 ?
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Q1)In a particular country where monogamy was a law ,
3/5 of men were married to 2/3 of women What fraction
of adult population was married ?
ptions! ")#/1$ %) 12/1$ &)#/15 ')(/15
Q2))ow many positi*e integers less than 1++ and
e,cluding 1 are coprimes of -oth . and #?
ptions! ")25 %)2. &)2# /)2( 0 "nswer is option &)
Q3)1hosh -a-u estimated that he needed to plow 5+
acres a day in order to -e ready for 2a-i planting3
"fter plowing e,actly half the land at that a*erage
rate ,he realised that he should ha*e -een plowing at
a rate of .+ acres per day to meet the deadline?)ow
many acres each day will he need to a*erage in order
to meet deadline?
ptions!").5 %)#+ &)#5 /)(+
0"nswer is ption &)
Q')What is the remainder when 33#,5++,+++ is di*ided
-y 12(?
ptions!")+ %)32 &).' /)$. 0"nswer is ption /)
Q5)4he '5digit num-er .".% is di*isi-le -y #2 ?What is
the sum of the possi-le *alues of "?
ptions !")2 %)# &)$ /)6one 0"ns is ption &)
Q.)" positi*e integer of 22 digits ,with the units
digit as # is multiplied -y #?4he resulting num-er
also has 22 digits with shifting of the digit #from
e,treme right to e,treme left and with remaining
digits in same order as -efore ?7ind 8um of digits of
the 6um-er ?
ptions ")3# %)5$ &)(5 /)$.0"nswer is ption /)
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Q.1
("r the same b#dgeted am"#nt, -am# !"#ld b#' )ewer "ranges than be)"re a)ter 20.
hi%e in the $ri!e ") "ranges. hat is the minim#m n#mber ") "ranges that he b"#ght
"riginall', i) a)ter the hi%e he still managed t" b#' an integral n#mber ") "ranges?

Q2.
/here are )"#r n#mbers in a se0#en!e. /he a1erage ") )irst three is 6, the a1erage ") the
last three is 7, and the last n#mber is 3 m"re than the )irst. hat is the a1g. ") 2nd & 3rd
n#mber?
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1)33In a four digit no3 the sum of the first two digits is
same as the ne,t two digits3 8um of the first 9 the last
digit is e:ual to the third digit3 "nd finally sum of the
second 9 the fourth digit is dou-le than that of the first 9
the third digit3 Which wil -e the third digit of the four
digit no?
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2).. 2"metimes a)ter 10.0034 a m#rder t""% $la!e.A witness !laimed that the !l"!% m#st
ha1e st"$$ed at time ") sh""ting .it was later )"#nd that the $"siti"n ") b"th the hands
were same b#t there $"siti"ns had inter!hanged./ell the time ") sh""ting.b"th a!t#al and
!laimed.
3)..a $ers"n b'e s"me !l"th )r"m the wh"lesale at s"me dis!"#nt and thin% when he will
sale it at retail $ri!e he will get 40. $r")it.b#t s"meh"w a)ter selling wh"le !l"thes he
)eels he gets 35. l"ss.a)ter sear!hing the reas"n he !ame t" %n"w that the the weight
meter is n"t $r"$er.!an # tell h"w m#!h meter weight and is it m"re "r less )r"m n"rmal.
4)..6"nt' went )"r a m"1ie with hi"s )amil' b#t at ti!%et !"#nter a l"t ") r#sh was
$resent.s" he was getting #$set,then his )ather t"ld him i m gi1ing # $#77le .
)ather t"ld him thet here in the line ") $e"$le,at e1er' third man there was a %id,b#t the
n#mber ") man and w"man is three times t" the n#mber ") %ids .t"tal $e"$le 1al#e lie b/w
,00 * 1000.tell the n#mber ") %ids and n#mber ") ad#lts.
5)..t"m wants t" !at!h a hare .he is standing 250 'ards s"#th )r"m the hare.the hare starts
m"1ing d#e east./"m instead ") m"1ing in the n"rtheast dire!ti"n m"1es in s#!h a
wa'that at e1er' instant he is g"ing t"wards the hare.i) s$eed ") t"m is 1/3rd that ") the
hare,)ind the distan!e ea!h tra1elled b)"re he !a#ght the hare.

6)..8) a )armer b#'s !hi!%en )eed )"r 91.26 $er t"nne, $ig )eed )"r 92.74 $er t"nne and
!attle )eed )"r 7,$ $er t"nne. :"w m#!h ") ea!h w"#ld he ha1e i) he had 100 t"nnes )"r
9100?

7)..A !#st"mer at a 7*11 st"re sele!ted )"#r items t" b#', and was t"ld that the !"st was
;7.11. :e was !#ri"#s that the !"st was the same as the st"re name, s" he en0#ired as t"
h"w the )ig#re was deri1ed. /he !ler% said that he had sim$l' m#lti$lied the $ri!es ") the
)"#r indi1id#al items. /he !#st"mer $r"tested that the )"#r $ri!es sh"#ld ha1e been
A<<=<, n"t 4>?/83?8=<. /he !ler% said that that was @A with him, b#t, the res#lt
was still the sameB eCa!tl' ;7.11. hat were the )"#r $ri!es?

5)..hat is the largest n#mber whi!h !an be "btained as the $r"d#!t ") $"siti1e integers
whi!h add #$ t" 100?
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J1. $hat is the e(uation of the line parallel to the line :2*y 3 '5
and passing through the centroid of the triangle formed "y the
intersection of the lines *:'0y3'11! *:'y3'5 and *:22y31??.
J2.A B B ha#e certain mangoes with them. B has 10E less
mangoes than A K B 20E less than A. By what E is the no. of
mangoes with B more than those with B?

J*.the price of sugar decreased "y 20E K then increased "y
50E. By what percentage should a housewife now increase or
reduce her consumption so that the e:penditure on sugar
remains the same.

J0.-wo children start a two'length swimming race at the same
moment! "ut from opposite ends of the pool. -hey swim in lane
and at constant speeds! "ut one child is faster than the other.
-hey )rst pass at a point 18.5 m from the deep end and! ha#ing
completed one length! each child is allowed to rest on the edge
of the pool for e:actly 05 seconds. After setting o8 on the return
length! the swimmers pass for the second time Lust 10.5 m from
the shallow end. How long is the pool?

J5. A!B and B enter into a partnership in#est resp. @s. 1100! @s.
1*00 and @s. 1500. After few months an additional capital of @s.
500 in needed which is in#ested "y B. After 12 months they
closed the "usiness with a pro)t of @s. 2525. A%s share of pro)t
was @s. .25. B in#ested the additional capital after!
a.0 months
".5 months
c. . months
d. 8 months
J.. 1n a triangle ABB! the internal "isector of the angle A meets
BB at >. 1f AB30! AB3* and angle A3 .0 degree! then the length
of A> isI
a. 2 root*
". /12 root*),5
c. /15 root*),8
d. /. root*),5

J5.the price of an item went up "y 25E K the family decided to
reduce its consumption so that the total e:penditure would
increase "y only 8E as compared to the pre#ious e:penditure if
25 +g of the item was consumed pre#iously then how many +g of
the item would "e consumed now.

J8. 1f p(r31! the #alue of the e:pression 1,/12p2(4'1) 2 1,/12(2r4
'1) 2 1,/12r2p4'1) is e(ual to
a. p2(2r
". 1,/p2(2r)
c. 1
d. p4'1 2(4'1 2r4'1
J?.the price of an item increased "y "y the same percentage
o#er the last 0 wee+s. 1f at the "eginning it was 512 ,gm K in the
end it "ecame 1250,gm )nd the percentage increase e#ery
wee+.

J10. 7ome "oys and two girls are sitting in a row for a
photograph. -he pro"a"ility that girls are sitting together is 1,5.
;ind the num"er of "oys?
/a) 10 /") 0M /c) 8 /d) 2M
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J1 to 10 are in BA- >ose '1
J11. -he rate of in6ation of a country is .00E what would "e the
cost of an item 0 years from now if its present cost is @s. 125 K
the rate of in6ation remained unchanged throughout.
J12) A Bandle Burns in . Hrs. Another Bandle of the same
height and width "urns in 8 Hrs. After How Dany Hours the
height of the )rst candle will "e half of the second Bandle?
J1*. $hen the price of rice falls "y 25E a person can "uy 10 +g
more for @s. *00. 1f the price had fallen "y 00E! how much more
rice could he ha#e "ought for the same sum?
a. 25 +g
". 20 +g
c. 12 +g
d. 18 +g
e. 15 +g

J10. 10 straight lines! no two are parallel and no three of which
passes through any common point! are drawn on a plane. -he
total num"er of regions /including )nite and in)nite regions) into
which the plane would "e di#ided "y the lines is
a. 5.
". 255
c. 1020
d. not uni(ue
J15. At a "oo+store! N-A@OAC B99P H9Q7<N is 6ashed using
neon lights. -he words are indi#idually 6ashed at inter#al of 2/1,
2)! 0/1,0)! 5/1,8) seconds respecti#ely! and each word is put o8
after a second. -he least time after which the full name of the
"oo+store can "e read again isI
a. 0?.5 seconds
". 5*.5 seconds
c. 1500.5 seconds
d. 855 seconds
J1.. After a di#ision of a num"er successi#ely "y *! 0 and 5! the
reminders o"tained are 2! 1 and 0 respecti#ely. $hat will "e the
reminder if 80 di#ides the same num"er?
a. 80
". 5.
c. 01
d. 5*
J15. 1f :! y and G are real num"ers such thatI :2y2G35 and :y2yG2
G:3*! what is the largest #alue that : can ha#e?
a. 5,*
". root 1?
c. 1*,*
d. none of these
J18. Fet 7 denote the in)nite sum 225:2?:42 210:4*220:402....!
where R:RS1 and the coeAcient of :4/n'1) is 1,2/n/n2*))! /n3
1!2!....). -hen 7 e(uals
a. /2':),/1':)4*
". /2':),/12:)4*
c. /22:),/1':)4*
d. /22:),/12:)4*
J1?. $hen the integer w is di#ided "y 0 ! the remainder is :
.$hen the integer w2m is di#ided "y 0! the remainder is also :.
$hich of the following is a possi"le #alue of m?
a. 10
". 20
c. 25
d. 02
e. 50
J20. ;ind the remainder when /158)42 T /180)40 is di#ided "y
1*.
a. 2 ". 12 c. 11 d. ?
J21. ;ind the remainder when /2*15)455 is di#ided "y ?.
a. 0 ". 5 c. 8 d. 5
J22. $hat will "e the remainder when /58?.505.52*021..)48
is di#ided "y 52??
a. 1 ". 0 c. 2 d. 81
J2*. $hat is the remainder when ?415? is di#ided "y 8?
a. 1 ". 2 c. 0 d. 5
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1)C312*05.58?1011121*10...................??8???1000
UUU;ind the remainder whenthe )rst thousand digits of C/from left)
is di#ided "y 1.?
a.5 ".11 c. 1* d. 15
UU;ind @emainder when C is di#ided "y ??
a.8 ".5 c.1 d.0
2)what is sum of the digits of num"er 000040000?
a.5 ".? c.8 d.5
*)1n how many ways can 2*10 "e e:pressed as a product of * factors?
a. 00 ".01 c.02 d.0*
0)1n how many ways can *0 /identical in all aspects) "alls "e
di#ided into * groups?
a.10. ".55 c.1*0 d.?1
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J20. 1n a 1?858 m race @amu "eats "hanu "y ?5.8m. 1n
?85.5m race "hanu "eats =uru "y 0552m. By how many
meters did @amu "eat =uru in a race of 58?85m?
a. 58?8mm
". 8?0?m
c. 00+m
d. 8?0? +m
e. 1nsuAcient data

J25. Vita 6ips a fair coin 20 times. 7ita 6ips it 21 times. 7ita wins
if she gets more heads that Vita doesW else! Vita wins. Cote that
Vita wins if there is a tie. $hat is the pro"a"ility that 7ita wins?
J2. -he 1ndian cric+et team played 25 9>1 in a particular
season in a year K won 00E of their matches. A new coach was
"rought in who wanted a success rate of 55E of the matches
played "y the end of the year. how many minimum matches
more should "e played so as to achie#e a the target
J25. 1f u! #! w and m are natural num"er such that u4m2#4m3w4
m! then one of the following is true.
a. mU3min/u!#!w)
". mU3ma:/u!#!w)
c. mSmin/u!#!w)
d. none of these.
J28. A #ertically in#erted cone/ i.e. #erte: down)has a radius 5
inches and height 20 inches. $ater is )lled to one third of its
height .;ind the ht of water when cone is turned upside down.
J2?. 1f a1!a2!.....................!a2n21 are in A.=. and an213100! then
a1 2 a2n21 is
a. 200
". 100
c. 50
d. none of these
J *0. 1f An is the siGe of an interior angle of a regular n sided
)gure! what is .A.,5A5?
a. 2,*
". 1
c. 0,*
d. 5,*
J*1. $hat is 142 ' 242 2 *42 ' 042.......................21??42 ' 20042?
J*2. 1n the cric+et Bhampions -rophy! si: teams participated.
-he tournament was placed on a round'ro"in format! with each
team playing each of the others two times. 7urprisingly! no two
teams had won the same num"er of matches. -here were no
ties either. 1f four of the si: teams! respecti#ely! had won .0E!
50E! 00E and *0E of their matches! how many matches did the
winning team win?
1.5
2.8
*. ?
0. 10
J**. -en points are mar+ed on a straight line and ele#en points
are mar+ed on another straight line. How many triangles can "e
constructed with #ertices from among the a"o#e points?
1. 0?5
2. 550
*. 1005
0. 2055
J *0. A train tra#elling at the rate of 00 +m,hr while inside a
tunnel meets another train of half its lenght tra#elling at .0 +m,hr
and crosses it completely in 0 1,2 seconds. )nd the lenght of the
tunnel if the )rst train passes completely through it in 0 minutes
*5 1,2 seconds.
a. 2000m
". *000m
c. 0000m
d. 5000m
J*5. the cost price of four (uantities of tea are @s. 12! @s. 15!
@s. 18 and @s. 21 per +g resp. 1f they are mi:ed in the ratio
0I*I2I1! )nd the selling price of the mi:ture per +g in order to
ma+e a pro)t of 10 p.c.
a. @s. 1..50
". @s. 15.00
c. @s. 15.50
d. @s. 18.00
J*.. A salesman used to get 8Eon the total sales as
commission under a new policy he now gets a ):ed amount
@s.2000 K 5E commission on any amount of salesa"o#e
@s.10000.the salesman thus got @s 500 more this month.what
were his total sales for this month
J*5. A machine depreciates in #alue each year at the rate of
10E of its pre#ious #alue. Howe#er e#ery second year there is
some maintenance wor+ so that in that particular year
depreciation is only 5E of its pre#ious #alue. 1f at the end of
fourth year ! the #alue of the machine stands at 1!0.!205 then
)nd the #alue of machine at the start of the )rst year.

a. @s 1!?0!000 ". @s 2!00!000
c. @s 1!?5!000 d. @s 2!10!000.
J*8. A certain card game has a special pac+. 1f you deal out
e#enly to )#e players there are two cards left undealt. 7ame is
true if you deal to se#en players. 1f the cards are dealt to three
players there is one left undealt. then the num"er of cards that
cannot "e there in the pac+ are
a. *5
". 102
c. 205
d. 105
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2) $hat is the remainder when *4152? is di#ided "y 152?? 152? is the ramanuLam
no. Also 152? 3 124* 2 14* and 152? 3 ?4* 2 104*.

*) 152? is the ramanuLam no. Also 152? 3 124* 2 14* and 152? 3 ?4* 2 104*.
$hat is the remainder when 24152? is di#ided "y
152?.
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