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D. 11.5 kg
Math Suggestions for E. None of the above
Govt. and Private Banks Ans : D
5. If the radius of a circle is increased by
Recruitment Exams 20% then the area is increased by :
1. A rectangle is 14 cm long and 10 cm A. 44%
wide. If the length is reduced by x cms and B. 120%
its width is increased C. 144%
also by x cms so as to make it a square then D. 40%
its area changes by : E. None of the above
A. 4 Ans : A
B. 144 6. Tom, Dick and Harry went for lunch to
C. 12 a restaurant. T om had $100 with him,
D. 2 Dick had $60 and Harry had $409. They
E. None of the above. got a bill for $104 and decided to give
Ans : A a tip of $16. They further decided to
2. A motorcycle stunts man belonging to share the total expenses in the ratio of
a fair , rides over the vertical walls of a the amounts of money each carried. The
circular well at an average speed of 54 amount of money which Tom paid more
kph for 5 minutes. If the radius of the than what Harry paid is
well is 5 meters then the distance A. 120
traveled is: B. 200
A. 2.5 kms C. 60
B. 3.5 kms D. 24
C. 4.5 kms E. 36
D. 5.5 kms Ans : E
E. None of the above 7. If 3/p = 6 and 3/q = 15 then p - q = ?
Ans : C A. 1/3
3. If 1 cm on a map corresponds to an B. 2/5
actual distance of 40 kms. And the C. 3/10
distance on the map between Bombay and D. 5/6
Calcutta is 37.5 cms., the actual distance E. None of the above
between them is : Ans : C
A. 375 kms 8. A father is three times as old as his
B. 3750 kms son. After fifteen years the father will be
C. 1500 kms twice as old as his son's age at that time.
D. 1375 kms Hence thefather's present age is
E. None of the above A. 36
Ans : C B. 42
4. A box contains 90 mts each of 100 C. 45
gms and 100 bolts each of 150 gms. If D. 48
the entire box weighs 35.5 kg., then the E. None of the above
weight of the empty box is : Ans : C
A. 10 kg 9. (1/4)3 + (3/4)3 + 3(1/4)(3/4)(1/4 + 3/4)
B. 10.5 kg =?
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B. 27/64 C. b/ft
C. 49/64 D. tb/f
D. 0 E. t/fb
E. 1 Ans : A
Ans : E 15. If x, y , and z are consecutive
10. If the area of two circles are in the ratio negative integers, and if x > y > z,
169 : 196 then the ratio of their radii is which of the following must be a
A. 10 : 11 positive odd integer?
B. 11 : 12
C. 12 : 13 A. xyz
D. 13 : 14 B. (x - y) (y - z)
E. None of the above C. x - yz
Ans : D D. x(y + z)
11. Which of the following is the greatest ? E. x + y + z
A. 40% of 30 Ans : B
B. 3/5 of 25 16. At a certain ice cream parlor ,
C. 6.5% of 200 customers can choose among five
D. Five more than the square of 3 different ice cream flavors and can
E. 1/2- 4 choose either a sugar cone or a waffle
Ans : E cone. Considering both ice cream flavor
12. T wo identical taps fill 2/5 of a tank and cone type, how many distinct
in 20 minutes. When one of the taps triple-scoop cones with three different ice
goes dry in how many minutes will the cream flavors are available?
remaining one tap fill the rest of the tank ? A. 12
A. 5 minutes B. 16
B. 10 minutes C. 20
C. 15 minutes D. 24
D. 20 minutes E. 30
E. None of the above Ans : C
Ans : C 17. What is the greatest value of a positive
13. If the value of XYZ Company stock integer n such that 3n is a factor of 1815?
drops from $25 per share to $21 per A. 15
share, what is the percent of B. 18
the decrease? C. 30
A. 4 D. 33
B. 8 E. 45
C. 12 Ans : C
D. 16 18. If .2t = 2.2 - .6s and .5s = .2t + 1.1, then
E. 20 s=
Ans : D A. 1
14.If a building b feet high casts a shadow f B. 3
feet long, then, at the same time of day , a C. 10
tree t feet high will cast a shadow how many D. 11
feet long? E. 30
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19. Five years ago, Beth's age was three 23. At 10 a.m. two trains started
times that of Amy . T en years ago, traveling toward each other from stations
Beth's age was one half that of Chelsea. 287 miles apart. They passed each other
If C repre- sents Chelsea's current age, at 1:30 p.m. the same day . If the
which of the following represents Amy's average speed of the faster train
current age? exceeded the average speed of the slower
A. c/6 + 5 train by 6 miles per hour , which of the
B. 2c following represents the speed of the
C. (c-10)/3 faster train, in miles per hour?
D. 3c-5 A. 38
E. 5c/3 - 10 B. 40
Ans : A C. 44
20. A portion of $7200 is invested at a D. 48
4% annual return, while the remainder is E. 50
invested at a 5% annual return. If the Ans : C
annual income from both portions is the 24. On the xy-coordinate plane, points A
same, what is the total income from the and B both lie on the circumference of
two a circle whose center is O, and the
investments? length of AB equals the circle's diameter
A. $160 . If the (x,y) coordinates of O are (2,1)
B. $320 and the (x,y) coordinates of B are (4,6),
C. $400 what are the (x,y) coordinates of A?
D. $720 A. (3, 3/2)
E. $1,600 B. (1, 2/2)
Ans : B C. (0, -4)
21. An empty swimming pool can be D. (2/2, 1)
filled to capacity through an inlet pipe E. (-1, -2/2)
in 3 hours, and it can be completely Ans : C
drained by a drainpipe in 6 hours. If 25. If a rectangle's length and width are
both pipes are fully open at the same both doubled, by what percent is the
time, in how many hours will the empty rectangle's area increased?
pool be filled to capacity? A. 50
A. 4 B. 100
B. 4.5 C. 200
C. 5 D. 300
D. 5.5 E. 400
E. 6 Ans : D
Ans : E 26. A rectangular tank 10" by 8" by 4"
22. If r = (3p + q)/2 and s = p - q, for which is filled with water . If all of the water
of the following values of p would r2 = s2? is to be transferred to cube-shaped tanks,
A. 1q/5 each one 3 inches on a side, how many of
B. 10 - 3q/2 these smaller tanks are needed?
C. q - 1 A. 9
D. 3q B. 12
E. 9q/2 - 9 C. 16
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E. 39 B. 210
Ans : B C. 270
27. Point Q lies at the center of the D. 300
square base (ABCD) of the pyramid Ans : D
pictured above. The pyramid's height 31. The average age of a group of 12
(PQ) measures exactly one half the students is 20years. If 4 more students
length of each edge of its base, and join the group, the average age increases
point E lies exactly halfway between C by 1 year . The average age of the new
and D along one edge of the base. What students is
is the ratio of the surface area of any of A. 24
the pyramid's four triangular faces to the B. 26
surface area of the shaded triangle? C. 23
A. 3 :√2 D. 22
B. √5:1 Ans : A
C. 4√3:3 32. When a student weighing 45 kgs left
D. 2√2:1 a class, the average weight of the
E. 8:√5 remaining 59 students increased by 200g.
Ans : D What is the average weight of the remaining
28. The average wages of a worker 59 students?
during a fortnight comprising 15 A. 57 kgs
consecutive working days was Rs.90 per B. 56.8 kgs
day . During the first 7 days, his average C. 58.2 kgs
wages was Rs.87/day and the average D. 52.2 kgs
wages during the last 7 days was Rs.92 Ans : A
/day . What was his wage on the 8th day? 33. Three math classes: X, Y , and Z, take
A. 83 an algebra test.
B. 92 The average score in class X is 83.
C. 90 The average score in class Y is 76.
D. 97 The average score in class Z is 85.
Ans : D The average score of all students in classes
29. The average of 5 quantities is 6. The X and Y together is 79.
average of 3 of them is 8. What is the The average score of all students in classes
average of the remaining two numbers? Y and Z together is 81.What is the average
A. 6.5 for all the three classes?
B. 4 A. 81
C. 3 B. 81.5
D. 3.5 C. 82
Ans : C D. 84.5
30. The average temperature on W Ans : B
ednesday , Thursday and Friday was 250. 34. The average weight of a class of 24
The average temperature on Thursday , students is 36 years. When the weight of
Friday and Saturday was 240. If the the teacher is also included, the average
temperature on Saturday was 270, what weight increases by 1kg. What is the weight
was the Average temperature on W of the teacher?
ednesday? A. 60 kgs
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C. 37 kgs C. Rs. 15 lakhs
D. None of these D. Rs. 20 lakhs
Ans : B Ans : B
35. The average of 5 quantities is 10 40. What will Rs.1500 amount to in
and the average of 3 of them is 9. three years if it is invested in 20% p.a.
What is the average of the remaining 2? compound interest, interest
A. 11 being compounded annually?
B. 12 A. 2400
C. 11.5 B. 2592
D. 12.5 C. 2678
Ans : C D. 2540
36. The average age of a family of 5 Ans : B
members is 20 years. If the age of the 41. If a sum of money grows to
youngest member be 10 years then what 144/121 times when invested for two
was the average age of the family at the time years in a scheme where interest is
of the birth of the youngest member? compounded annually , how long will the
A. 13.5 same sum of money take to treble if invested
B. 14 at the same rate of interest in a scheme
C. 15 where interest is computed using simple
D. 12.5 interest method?
Ans : D A. 9 years
37. A student finds the average of 10 B. 22 years
positive integers. Each integer contains C. 18 years
two digits. By mistake, the boy D. 33 years
interchanges the digits of one number say ba Ans : B
for ab. Due to this, the average becomes 1.8 42. The population of a town was 3600
less than the previous one. What was the three years back. It is 4800 right now . What
difference of the two digits a and b? will be the population three years down
A. 8 the line, if the rate of growth of
B. 6 population has been constant over the
C. 2 years and has been compounding annually?
D. 4 A. 6000
Ans : C B. 6400
38. A verage cost of 5 apples and 4 C. 7200
mangoes is Rs. 36. The average cost of D. 9600
7 apples and 8 mangoes is Rs.48. Find Ans : B
the total cost of 24 apples and 24 mangoes. 43. A man invests Rs.5000 for 3 years
A. 1044 at 5% p.a. compound interest reckoned
B. 2088 yearly . Income tax at the rate of 20% on
C. 720 the interest earned is deducted at the end of
D. 324 each year . Find the amount at the end of the
Ans : B third year .
39. How much did the elder daughter get at A. 5624.32
the time of the will? B. 5630.50
A. Rs. 17.5 lakhs C. 5788.125
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Ans : A 11 years, compounded annually at the rate of
44. The difference between the compound 5%. Find the share of Shyam.
interest and the simple interest on a A. 2088
certain sum at 12% p.a. for two years is B. 2000
Rs.90. What will be the value of the amount C. 3087
at the end of 3 years? D. None of these
A. 9000 Ans : C
B. 6250 49. Find the coordinates of the point
C. 8530.80 which divides the line joining (5, -2)
D. 8780.80 and (9, 6) internally in the ratio 1 : 3.
Ans : D A. (6, 0)
45. V ijay invested Rs.50,000 partly at B. (6, 3)
10% and partly at 15%. His total C. (0, 6)
income after a year was D. (3, 6)
Rs.7000. How much did he invest at the rate Ans : A
of 10%? 50. Find the number of triangles in an
A. Rs.40,000 octagon.
B. Rs.40,000 A. 326
C. Rs.12,000 B. 120
D. Rs.20,000 C. 56
Ans : B D. Cannot be determined
46. A sum of money invested for a Ans : C
certain number of years at 8% p.a. 51. Find the equation of a line whose
simple interest grows to Rs.180. intercepts are twice of the line 3x - 2y - 12 =
The same sum of money invested for 0
the same number of years at 4% p.a. A. 3x - 2y = 24
simple interest grows to B. 2x - 3y = 12
Rs.120 only . For how many years was the C. 2x - 3y = 24
sum invested? D. None of these
A. 25 years Ans : A
B. 40 years 52. Find the area of the sector covered by
C. 33 years and 4 months the hour hand after it has moved
D. Cannot be determined through 3 hours and the length of the
Ans : A hour hand is 7cm.
47. How long will it take for a sum of A. 77 sq.cm
money to grow from Rs.1250 to Rs.10,000, B. 38.5 sq.cm
if it is invested at 12.5% C. 35 sq.cm
p.a simple interest? D. 70 sq.cm
A. 8 years Ans : B
B. 64 years 53. Find the area of the triangle whose
C. 72 years vertices are (-6, -2), (-4, -6), (-2, 5).
D. 56 years A. 36
Ans : D B. 18
48. Rs. 5887 is divided between Shyam and C. 15
Ram, such that Shyam's share at the end of 9 D. 30
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54. A stairway 10ft high is such that each Ans : B
step accounts for half a foot upward and 59. What is the measure of the circum
one-foot forward. What distance will an ant radius of a triangle whose sides are 9, 40 and
travel if it starts from ground level to reach 41?
the top of the stairway? A. 6
A. 30 ft B. 4
B. 33 ft C. 24.5
C. 10 ft D. 20.5
D. 29 ft Ans : D
Ans : D 60. If the sum of the interior angles of
55. Each interior angle of a regular a regular polygon measures up to 1440
polygon is 120 degrees greater than each degrees, how many sides does the polygon
exterior angle. How many sides are there have?
in the polygon? A. 10 sides
A. 6 B. 8 sides
B. 8 C. 12 sides
C. 12 D. 9 sides
D. 3 Ans : A
Ans : C 61. If ABC is a right angle triangle with
56. What is the area of the largest triangle angle A = 900 and 2s = a + b + c, where a >
that can be fitted into a rectangle of length 'l' b > c where notations
units and width 'w' units? have their usual meanings, then which one
A. lw/3 of the following is Correct?
B. (2lw)/3 A. (s - b) (s - c) > s (s - a)
C. (3lw)/4 B. (s - a) (s - c) > s (s - b)
D. (lw)/2 C. (s - a) (s - b) < s (s - c)
Ans : D D. 4s (s - a) (s - b) (s - c) = bc
57. Which of the following is inCorrect? Ans : C
A. An incentre is a point where the angle 62. What is the measure of in radius of the
bisectors meet. triangle whose sides are 24, 7 and 25?
B. The median of any side of a triangle A. 12.5
bisects the side at right angle. B. 3
C. The point at which the three altitudes of C. 6
a triangle meet is the orthocentre D. None of these
D. The point at which the three Ans : B
perpendicular bisectors meet is the centre of 63. What is the circum radius of a triangle
the circumcircle. whose sides are 7, 24 and 25 respectively?
Ans : B A. 18
58. A and B are two points with the B. 12.5
co-ordinates (-2, 0) and (0, 5). What is C. 12
the length of the diagonal AC if AB form D. 14
one of the sides of the square ABCD? Ans : B
A. units Quantitative Ability : Menstruation
B. units 66. A regular hexagon is inscribed in a
C. units circle of radius r cms. What is the
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A. 3r back wheel is 36 ft long. What is the
B. 6r distance travelled by the cart, when the
C. r front wheel has done five more
D. 9r revolutions than the rear wheel?
Ans : B A. 20 ft
67. A 4 cm cube is cut into 1 cm B. 25 ft
cubes. What is the percentage increase in C. 750 ft
the surface area after such cutting? D. 900 ft
A. 4% Ans : D
B. 300% 73. The area of a square field is 24200 sq
C. 75% m. How long will a lady take to cross
D. 400% the field diagonally at the rate of 6.6
Ans : B km/hr?
68. If the diagonal and the area of a A. 3 minutes
rectangle are 25 m and 168 m2, what is the B. 2 minutes
length of the rectangle? C. 2.4 minutes
A. 17 m D. 2 minutes 40 seconds
B. 31 m Ans : B
C. 12 m Quantitative Ability : T rignometry
D. 24 m 74. a and b are the lengths of the base
Ans : D and height of a right angled triangle
69. The surface area of the three whose hypotenuse is h. If the values of a
coterminous faces of a cuboid are 6, 15, and b are positive integers, which of the
10 sq.cm respectively . Find the volume following cannot be a value of the
of the cuboid. square of the
A. 30 hypotenuse?
B. 20 A. 13
C. 40 B. 23
D. 35 C. 37
Ans : A D. 41
70. If each interior angle of a regular Ans : B
polygon is 150 degrees, then it is 75. The angle of elevation of the top of
A. Octagon a tower 30 m high, from two points on
B. Decagon the level ground on its opposite sides are
C. Dodecagon 45 degrees and 60 degrees. What is the
D. T etrahedron distance between the two points?
Ans : C A. 30
71. If the sides of a triangle measure 72, 75 B. 51.96
and 21, what is the measure of its in radius? C. 47.32
A. 37.5 D. 81.96
B. 24 Ans : C
C. 9 76. What is the value of cot 15 + cot 75+
D. 15 cot 135 - cosec 30?
Ans : C A. 3
72. The circumference of the front wheel B. Infinity
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D. None of these samples is made. The proportion of milk and
Ans : C water in the mixture is
77. Rs.432 is divided amongst three A. 2:1
workers A, B and C such that 8 times B. 5:1
A's share is equal to 12 times B's share C. 99:61
which is equal to 6 times C's share. How D. 227:133
much did A get? Ans : D
A. Rs.192 82. A group of workers can do a piece
B. Rs.133 of work in 24 days. However as 7 of
C. Rs.144 them were absent it took 30 days to
D. Rs.128 complete the work. How many people
Ans : C actually worked on the job to complete it?
78. If 20 men or 24 women or 40 boys A. 35
can do a job in 12 days working for 8 B. 30
hours a day , how many men working C. 28
with 6 women and 2 boys take to do a job D. 42
four times as big working for 5 hours a day Ans : C
for 12 days? 83. A, B and C play cricket. A's runs are to
A. 8 men B's runs and B's runs are to C's as 3:2. They
B. 12 men get altogether 342 runs. How many runs did
C. 2 men A make?
D. 24 men A. 162
Ans : C B. 108
79. T wo cogged wheels of which one C. 72
has 32 cogs and other 54 cogs, work D. None of these
into each other . If the latter turns 80 Ans : A
times in three quarters of a minute, how 84. The monthly salaries of two persons are
often does the other turn in 8 seconds? in the ratio of 4:7. If each receives an
A. 48 increase of Rs.25 in the salary , the ratio is
B. 135 altered to 3: 5. Find their respective salaries.
C. 24 A. 120 and 210
D. None of these B. 80 and 140
Ans : C C. 180 and 300
80. The monthly incomes of A and B are D. 200 and 350
in the ratio 4 : 5, their expenses are in Ans : D
the ratio 5 : 6. If 'A' saves Rs.25 per 85. A fort has provisions for 60 days. If
month and 'B' saves Rs.50 per month, what after 15 days 500 men strengthen them
are their respective incomes? and the food lasts 40 days longer , how
A. Rs.400 and Rs.500 many men are there in the fort?
B. Rs.240 and Rs.300 A. 3500
C. Rs.320 and Rs.400 B. 4000
D. Rs.440 and Rs.550 C. 6000
Ans : A D. None of these
81. The proportion of milk and water in Ans : B
3 samples is 2:1, 3:2 and 5:3. A mixture 86. The ratio of marks obtained by
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average of their percentage is 68.75 and removal and replacement, what is the ratio
their sum of the marks is 275, find the total of milk and water in the resultant mixture?
marks for which exam was conducted. A. 17 : 3
A. 150 B. 9 : 1
B. 200 C. 3 : 17
C. 400 D. 5 : 3
D. None of these. Ans : B
Ans : B 92. In what ratio must a person mix
87. The present ages of A and B are as three kinds of tea costing Rs.60/kg,
6 : 4. Five years ago their ages were in Rs.75/kg and Rs.100 /kg so that the
the ratio 5 : 3. Find their present ages. resultant mixture when sold at Rs.96/kg
A. 42, 28 yields a profit of 20%?
B. 36, 24 A. 1 : 2 : 4
C. 30, 20 B. 3 : 7 : 6
D. 25, 15 C. 1 : 4 : 2
Ans : C D. None of these
88. A, B and C enter into a partnership Ans : C
by investing Rs.3600, Rs.4400 and 93. A merchant mixes three varieties of rice
Rs.2800. A is a working partner and gets costing Rs.20/kg, Rs.24/kg and Rs.30/kg
a fourth of the profit for his services and sells the mixture at a profit of 20% at
and the remaining profit is divided Rs.30 / kg. How many kgs of the second
amongst the three in the rate of their variety will be in the mixture if 2 kgs of
investments. What is the amount of the third variety is there in the mixture?
profit that B gets if A gets a total of A. 1 kg
Rs. 8000? B. 5 kgs
A. 4888.88 C. 3 kgs
B. 9333.33 D. 6 kgs
C. 4000 Ans : B
D. 3666.66 94. How many litres of water should be
Ans : A added to a 30 litre mixture of milk and
89. A, B and C, each of them working water containing milk and water in the
alone can complete a job in 6, 8 and 12 ratio of 7 : 3 such that the resultant mixture
days respectively . If all three of them has 40% water in it?
work together to complete a job and earn A. 7 litres
Rs.2340, what ill be C's share of the B. 10 litres
earnings? C. 5 litres
A. Rs.520 D. None of these
B. Rs.1080 Ans : C
C. Rs.1170 95. How many kgs of Basmati rice costing
D. Rs.630 Rs.42/kg should a shopkeeper mix with 25
Ans : A kgs of ordinary rice
91. A 20 litre mixture of milk and water costing Rs.24 per kg so that he makes a
contains milk and water in the ratio 3 : profit of 25% on selling the mixture at
2. 10 litres of the mixture is removed and Rs.40/kg?
replaced with pure milk and the operation is A. 20 kgs
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C. 16 kgs Ans : D
D. 200 kgs 100. In a km race, A gives B a start of 20
Ans : A seconds and beats him by 40m. However ,
96. How many litres of a 12 litre when he gives B a start of 25 seconds they
mixture containing milk and water in the finish in a dead heat. What is A's speed in
ratio of 2 : 3 be replaced with pure milk m/sec?
so that the resultant mixture contains milk A. 12.5 m/sec
and water in equal proportion? B. 20 m/sec
A. 4 litres C. 8 m/sec
B. 2 litres D. 10 m/sec
C. 1 litre Ans : D
D. 1.5 litres 101. In a kilometre race, A can give B a
Ans : B start of 100 m or 15 seconds. How long
97. A sample of x litres from a does A take to complete the race?
container having a 60 litre mixture of A. 150 seconds
milk and water containing milk and water B. 165 seconds
in the ratio of 2 : 3 is replaced with C. 135 seconds
pure milk so that the container will have D. 66.67 seconds
milk and water in equal proportions. What Ans : C
is the value of x? 102. A gives B a start of 10 metres in a
A. 6 litres 100 metre race and still beats him by
B. 10 litres 1.25 seconds. How long does B take to
C. 30 litres complete the 100 metre race if A runs at the
D. None of these rate of 10 m/sec?
Ans : B A. 8 seconds
98. A zookeeper counted the heads of the B. 10 seconds
animals in a zoo and found it to be 80. When C. 16.67 seconds
he counted the legs of the animals he D. 12.5 seconds
found it to be 260. If the zoo had either Ans : D
pigeons or horses, how many horses 103. A predator is chasing its prey . The
were there in the zoo? predator takes 4 leaps for every 6 leaps of
A. 40 the prey and the predator covers as much
B. 30 distance in 2 leaps as 3 leaps of the prey .
C. 50 Will the predator succeed in getting its
D. 60 food?
Ans : C A. Y es
99. From a cask of milk containing 30 B. In the 6th leap
litres, 6 litres are drawn out and the C. Never
cask is filled up with water . If the same D. Cannot determine
process is repeated a second, then a Ans : D
third time, what will be the number of 104. A skating champion moves along the
litres of milk left in the cask? circumference of a circle of radius 21 meters
A. 0.512 liters in 44 seconds. How many seconds will it
B. 12 liters take her to move along the perimeter of a
C. 14.38 liters hexagon of side 42 meters?
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B. 84 entire distance at a constant speed. What
C. 64 was the length of the race?
D. 48 A. 36 meters
Ans : B B. 48 meters
105. A runs 13/5 times as fast as B. If C. 60 meters
A gives a start of 240m, how far must D. 72 meters
the post be so that A and B might reach Ans : B
at the same time. 110. P can give Q a start of 20 seconds
A. 390 m in a kilometer race. P can give R a start
B. 330 m of 200 meters in the same kilometer
C. 600 m race. And Q can give R a start of 20
D. 720 m seconds in the same kilometer race. How
Ans : A long does P take to run the kilometer?
106. A gives B a start of 30 seconds in a A. 200 seconds
km race and still beats him by 20 m. B. 240 seconds
However , when he gives B a start of 35 C. 160 seconds
seconds, they finish the race in a dead heat. D. 140 seconds
How long does A take to run the km? Ans : C
A. 250 seconds 111. T wo numbers when divided by a
B. 285 seconds certain divisor leave remainders of 431
C. 220 seconds and 379 respectively . When the sum of
D. 215 seconds these two numbers is divided by the
Ans : D same divisor , the remainder is 211.
107. A can give B 20 points, A can What is the divisor?
give C 32 points and B can give C 15 A. 599
points. How many points make B. 1021
the game? C. 263
A. 150 D. Cannot be determined
B. 200 Ans : A
C. 100 112.How many zeros contained in 100!?
D. 170 A. 100
Ans : D B. 24
108. A can give B a start of 50 metres or 10 C. 97
seconds in a kilometer race. How long does D. Cannot be determined
A take to complete the race? Ans : B
A. 200 seconds 113. Which is greater of the two
B. 140 seconds A. 2300
C. 220 seconds B. 3200
D. 190 seconds C. Both are equal
Ans : D D. Cannot be determined
109. Three runners A, B and C run a Ans : B
race, with runner A finishing 12 meters 114. What is the value of M and N
ahead of runner B and 18 meters ahead of respectively? If M39048458N is divisible by
runner C, while runner B finishes 8 meters 8 & 11; Where M & N are
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B. 8, 6 C. Rs. 210 and Rs. 12
C. 6, 4 D. Rs. 210 and Rs. 6
D. 5, 4 Ans :D
Ans : C 120. Find the range of real values of x
115. When 26854 and 27584 are divided by satisfying the inequalities 3x - 2 > 7 and 4x -
a certain two digit prime number , the 13 > 15.
remainder obtained is 47. A. x > 3
Which of the following choices is a possible B. x > 7
value of the divisor? C. x < 7
A. 61 D. x < 3
B. 71 Ans :B
C. 73 121. How many different factors are there
D. 89 for the number 48, excluding 1 and 48?
Ans : C A. 12
116. Find the G.C.D of 12x2y3z2, B. 4
18x3y2z4, and 24xy4z3 C. 8
A. 6xy2z2 D. None of these
B. 6x3y4z3 Ans :C
C. 24xy2z2 122. What is the remainder when 9 + 9
D. 18x2y2z3 2
Ans : A +9
117. Find the G.C.D of 12x2y3z2, 3
18x3y2z4, and 24xy4z3 + .... + 9
A. 6xy2z2 8
B. 6x3y4z3 is divided by 6?
C. 24xy2z2 A. 3
D. 18x2y2z3 B. 2
Ans : A C. 0
118. The 7th digit of (202)3is D. 5
A. 2 Ans :C
B. 4 123. The sum of the first 100 numbers, 1 to
C. 8 100 is divisible by
D. 6 A. 2, 4 and 8
Ans : C B. 2 and 4
119. A railway half ticket costs half the C. 2 only
full fare and the reservation charge is the D. None of these
same on half ticket as on Ans :C
full ticket. One reservedfirst class ticket 124. The sum of the first 100 numbers, 1 to
from Chennai to Trivandrum costs Rs. 100 is divisible by
216 and one full and A. 2, 4 and 8
one half reserved first class tickets cost B. 2 and 4
Rs. 327. What is the basic first class C. 2 only
full fare and what is D. None of these
the reservation charge? Ans :C
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125. For what value of 'n' will the multipliers, she took 53. As a result, the
remainder of 351 n and 352 n be the same product went up by 540. What is the new
when divided by 7? product?
A. 2 A. 1050
B. 3 B. 540
C. 6 C. 1440
D. 4 D. 1590
Ans :B Ans :D
126. A person starts multiplying 131.
consecutive positive integers from 20. A. 144
How many numbers should he multiply B. 168
before the will have result that will end with C. 192
3 zeroes? D. None of these
A. 11 Ans :C
B. 10 132. Find the greatest number of five digits,
C. 6 which is exactly divisible by 7, 10, 15, 21
D. 5 and 28.
Ans :C A. 99840
127. What is the minimum number of B. 99900
square marbles required to tile a floor of C. 99960
length 5 metres 78 cm and width 3 D. 99990
metres 74 cm? Ans :C
A. 176 133. When 242 is divided by a certain
B. 187 divisor the remainder obtained is 8.
C. 54043 When 698 is divided by the same divisor
D. 748 the remainder obtained is 9. However ,
Ans :B when the sum of the two numbers 242
128. What number should be subtracted and 698 is divided by the divisor , the
from x 3 + 4x2 - 7x + 12 if it is to be remainder obtained is 4. What is the value of
perfectly divisible by x + 3? the divisor?
A. 42 A. 11
B. 39 B. 17
C. 13 C. 13
D. None of these D. 23
Ans :A Ans :C
129. Let x, y and z be distinct integers. x 134. A number when divided by a
and y are odd and positive, and z is divisor leaves a remainder of 24. When
even and positive. Which one of the twice the original number is divided by
following statements cannot be true? the same divisor , the remainder is 11. What
A. (x-z)2y is even is the value of the divisor?
B. (x-z)y2 is odd A. 13
C. (x-z)y is odd B. 59
D. (x-y)2z is even C. 35
Ans :A D. 37
130. Anita had to do a multiplication. Ans : D
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135. Given A = 265 and B = D. x > 1/3
(264+263+262+...+20) Ans :C
A. B is 264 larger than A 141. The largest number amongst the
B. A and B are equal following that will perfectly divide 101100 -
C. B is larger than A by 1 1 is
D. A is larger than B by 1 A. 100
Ans :D B. 10000
136. The sum of third and ninth term of an C. 100
A.P is 8. Find the sum of the first 11 terms 100
of the progression. D. 100000
A. 44 Ans : 2
B. 22 142. What is the highest power of 7 in
C. 19 5000!? (5000! means factorial 5000)
D. None of these A. 4998
Ans :A B. 714
137. If (x + 2)2 = 9 and (y + 3)2 = 25, then C. 832
the maximum value of x / y is D. 816
A. 1 / 2 Ans :C
B. 5 / 2 143. What is the total number of
C. 5 / 8 different divisors including 1 and the
D. 1 / 8 number that can divide the number 6400?
Ans :C A. 24
138. If p and q are the roots of the equation B. 27
x2 - bx + c = 0, then what is the equation if C. 54
the roots are (pq + p+ q) and (pq - p - q)? D. 68
A. x2 - 2cx + (c2 - b2) = 0 Ans :B
B. x2 - 2bx + (b2 + c2) = 0 144. How many four digit numbers exist
C. Bcx2 - 2(b+c)x + c2 = 0 which can be formed by using the digits
D. x2 + 2bx - (c2 - b2) = 0 2, 3, 5 and 7 once only such that they are
Correct answer- A divisible by 25?
139. A piece of equipment cost a certain A. 4! - 3!
factory Rs. 600,000. If it depreciates in B. 4
value, 15% the first year ,13.5% the next C. 8
year , 12% the third year , and so on, D. 6
what will be its value at the end of 10 Ans :B
years, all percentages applying to the 145. A certain number when successfully
original cost? divided by 8 and 11 leaves remainders
A. 2,00,000 of 3 and 7 respectively .
B. 1,05,000 A. 3
C. 4,05,000 B. 21
D. 6,50,000 C. 59
Correct answer- B D. 68
140. Solve the inequality 33x-2 > 1 Ans :C
A. x > 1 146. 'a' and 'b' are the lengths of the base
B. x > 3 and height of a right angled triangle whose
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are positive integers, which of the Ans : D
following cannot be a value of the 152. How many words can be formed
square of the hypotenuse? by re-arranging the letters of the word
A. 13 ASCENT such that A and T occupy the
B. 23 first and lastposition respectively?
C. 37 A. 5!
D. 41 B. 4!
Ans :B C. 6! - 2!
147. What is the reminder when 91 + 92 + D. 6! / 2!
93 + ...... + 99 is divided by 6? Ans : B
A. 0 153. There are 12 yes or no questions. How
B. 3 many ways can these be answered?
C. 4 A. 1024
D. None of these B. 2048
Ans :B C. 4096
148. How many times will the digit '0' D. 144
appear between 1 and 10,000? Ans : C
A. 4000 154. How many ways can 4 prizes be given
B. 4003 away to 3 boys, if each boy is eligible for all
C. 2893 the prizes?
D. 3892 A. 256
Ans :C B. 12
149. What is the total number of different C. 81
divisors of the number 7200? D. None of these
A. 20 Ans : C
B. 4 155. A team of 8 students goes on an
C. 54 excursion, in two cars, of which one can
D. 32 seat 5 and the other only 4.In how many
Ans :C ways can they travel?
150. What is the least number that should A. 9
be multiplied to 100! to make it perfectly B. 26
divisible by 350? C. 126
A. 144 D. 3920
B. 72 Ans : C
C. 108 156. How many numbers are there between
D. 216 100 and 1000 such that atleast one of their
Ans :B digits is 6?
151. There are 2 brothers among a A. 648
group of 20 persons. In how many ways B. 258
can the group be arranged C. 654
around a circle so that there is exactly one D. 252
person between the two brothers? Ans : D
A. 2 * 19! 157. How many ways can 10 letters be
B. 18! * 18 posted in 5 post boxes, if each of the post
C. 19! * 18 boxes can take more than 10 letters?
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10 162. In how many ways can 5 letters be
B. 10 posted in 3 post boxes, if any number of
5 letters can be posted in all of the three
C. 10P5 post boxes?
D. 10C5 A. 5C3
Ans : A B. 5P3
158. In how many ways can the letters of C. 53
the word EDUCA TION be rearranged so D. 35
that the relative position of the vowels and Ans : D
consonants remain the same as in the word 163. How many number of times will the
EDUCA TION? digit '7' be written when listing the integers
A. 9!/4 from 1 to 1000?
B. 9!/(4!*5!) A. 271
C. 4!*5! B. 300
D. None of these C. 252
Ans : C D. 304
159. In how many ways can 15 people be Ans : B
seated around two round tables with 164. There are 6 boxes numbered 1,
seating capacities of 7 and 8 people? 2,...6. Each box is to be filled up either
A. 15!/(8!) with a red or a green ball in such a way
B. 7!*8! that at least 1 box contains a green ball
C. (15C8)*6!*7! and the boxes containing green balls are
D. 2*(15C7)*6!*7! consecutively numbered. The total number
Ans : C of ways in which this can be done is
160. If the letters of the word CHASM A. 5
are rearranged to form 5 letter words B. 21
such that none of the word repeat and C. 33
the results arranged in ascending order D. 60
as in a dictionary what is the rank of Ans : B
the word 165. What is the value of 1*1! + 2*2! +
CHASM? 3!*3! + ............ n*n!, where n! means n
A. 24 factorial or n(n-A(n-2)...1
B. 31 A. n(n-A(n-A!))
C. 32 B. (n+A!)/(n(n-A))
D. 30 C. (n+A! - n!)
Ans : C D. (n + A! - 1!)
161. How many words of 4 consonants Ans : D
and 3 vowels can be made from 12 166. There are 5 Rock songs, 6 Carnatic
consonants and 4 vowels, if all the letters songs and 3 Indi pop songs. How many
are different? different albums can be formed using the
A. 16C7 * 7! above repertoire if the albums should
B. 12C4 * 4C3 * 7! contain at least 1 Rock song and 1
C. 12C3 * 4C4 Carnatic
D. 12C4 * 4C3 song?
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C. 6144 D. 150%
D. 240 Ans : C
Ans : A 172. A merchant buys two articles for
167. In how many ways can the letters Rs.600. He sells one of them at a profit of
of the word MANAGEMENT be 22% and the other at a loss of 8% and
rearranged so that the two As do not makes no profit or loss in the end.
appear together? What is the selling price of the article
A. 10! - 2! that he sold at a loss?
B. 9! - 2! A. Rs. 404.80
C. 10! - 9! B. Rs. 440
D. None of these C. Rs. 536.80
Ans : D D. Rs. 160
168. How many five digit numbers can Ans : A
be formed using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 173. A trader professes to sell his goods at a
and 5 which are divisible by 3, without loss of 8% but weights 900 grams in place
repeating the digits? of a kg weight. Find his real loss or gain per
A. 15 cent.
B. 96 A. 2% loss
C. 216 B. 2.22% gain
D. 120 C. 2% gain
Ans : C D. None of these
169. How many words can be formed by Ans : B
re-arranging the letters of the word 174. Rajiv sold an article for Rs.56
PROBLEMS such that P and S occupy the which cost him Rs.x. If he had gained
first and lastposition respectively? x% on his outlay , what was his cost?
A. 8! / 2! A. Rs. 40
B. 8! - 2! B. Rs. 45
C. 6! C. Rs. 36
D. 8! - 2*7! D. Rs. 28
Ans : C Ans : A
170. Four dice are rolled simultaneously . 175. A trader buys goods at a 19%
What is the number of possible Aount on the label price. If he wants to
outcomes in which at least one of the die make a profit of 20% after allowing a
shows 6? Aount of 10%, by what % should his
A. 6! / 4! marked price be greater than the original
B. 625 label price?
C. 671 A. +8%
D. 1296 B. -3.8%
Ans : C C. +33.33%
171. A trader makes a profit equal to D. None of these
the selling price of 75 articles when he Ans : A
sold 100 of the articles. What % profit did 176. If apples are bought at the rate of
he make in the transaction? 30 for a rupee. How many apples must
A. 33.33% be sold for a rupee so as to gain 20%?
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C. 20 as he did in the first part of this journey .
D. 22 His speed during the second part was
Ans : B twice as that of the speed during the
177. One year payment to the servant is first part of the journey . What is his average
Rs. 200 plus one shirt. The servant speed of journey during the entire travel?
leaves after 9 months and recieves Rs. A. His average speed is the harmonic mean
120 and a shirt. Then find the price of the of the individual speeds for the two parts.
shirt. B. His average speed is the arithmetic mean
A. Rs. 80 of the individual speeds for the two parts.
B. Rs. 100 C. His average speed is the geometric mean
C. Rs. 120 of the individual speeds for the two parts.
D. Cannot be determined D. Cannot be determined.
Ans : C Ans : B
178. T wo merchants sell, each an article 182. T wo boys begin together to write
for Rs.1000. If Merchant A computes his out a booklet containing 535 lines. The
profit on cost price, while Merchant B first boy starts with the first line, writing
computes his profit on selling price, they at the rate of 100 lines an hour; and the
end up making profits of 25% second starts with the last line then writes
respectively . By how much is the profit line 534 and so on, backward proceeding at
made by Merchant B greater than that of the rate of 50 lines an hour . At what line
Merchant A? will they meet?
A. Rs.66.67 A. 356
B. Rs. 50 B. 277
C. Rs.125 C. 357
D. Rs.200 D. 267
Ans : B Ans : C
179. A merchant marks his goods in 183. A man and a woman 81 miles
such a way that the profit on sale of 50 apart from each other , start travelling
articles is equal to the selling price of 25 towrds each other at the same time. If the
articles. What is his profit margin? man covers 5 miles per hour to the women's
A. 25% 4 miles per hour , how far will the woman
B. 50% have travelled when they meet?
C. 100% A. 27
D. 66.67% B. 36
Ans : C C. 45
180. A merchant marks his goods up by D. None of these.
75% above his cost price. What is the Ans : B
maximum % Aount that he can offer so 184. The speed of a motor boat itself is 20
that he ends up selling at no profit or loss? km/h and the rate of flow of the river is 4
A. 75% km/h. Moving with the stream the boat went
B. 46.67% 120 km. What distance will the boat cover
C. 300% during the same time going against the
D. 42.85% stream?
Ans : D A. 80 km
181. Rajesh traveled from city A to city B B. 180 km
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D. 100 km 189. Y ana and Gupta leave points x and
Ans : A y towards y and x respectively
185. T wo friends A and B run around a simultaneously and travel in the same
circular track of length 510 metres, route. After meeting each other on the
starting from the same point, way , Y ana takes 4 hours to reach her
simultaneously and in the same direction. A destination, while Gupta takes 9 hours to
who runs faster laps B in the middle of the reach his destination. If the speed of Y
5th round. If A and B were to run a 3 km ana is 48 km/hr , what is the speed of
race long race, how much start, in terms of Gupta?
distance, should A give B so that they finish A. 72 kmph
the race in a dead heat? B. 32 mph
A. 545.45 metres C. 20 mph
B. 666.67 metres D. None of these
C. 857.14 metres Ans : C
D. Cannot be determined 190. Ram covers a part of the journey
Ans : B at 20 kmph and the balance at 70 kmph
186. I travel the first part of my journey taking total of 8 hours to cover the
at 40 kmph and the second part at 60 distance of 400 km. How many hours has
kmph and cover the total distance of 240 been driving at 20 kmph?
km to my destination in 5 hours. How long A. 2 hours
did the first part of my journey last? B. 3 hours 20 minutes
A. 4 hours C. 4 hours 40 minutes
B. 2 hours D. 3 hours 12 minutes
C. 3 hours Ans : D
D. 2 hours 24 minutes 191. Train A traveling at 60 km/hr
Ans : C leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 6 P .M.
187. By walking at 3/4th of his usual Train B traveling at 90 km/hr also leaves
speed, a man reaches office 20 minutes Mumbai for Delhi at 9 P .M. Train C
later than usual. What is his usual time? leaves Delhi for Mumbai at 9 P .M. If
A. 30 min all three trains meet at the same time
B. 60 min between Mumbai and Delhi, what is the
C. 70 min speed of Train C if the distance between
D. 50 min Delhi and Mumbai is 1260 kms?
Ans : B A. 60 km/hr
188. A passenger train covers the B. 90 km/hr
distance between stations X and Y , 50 C. 120 km/hr
minutes faster than a goods train. Find D. 135 km/hr
this distance if the average speed of the Ans : C
passenger train is 60 kmph and that of 192. T wo trains, 200 and 160 meters
goods train is 20 kmph. long take a minute to cross each other
A. 20 kms while traveling in the same direction and
B. 25 kms take only 10 seconds when they cross in
C. 45 kms opposite directions. What are the speeds
D. 40 kms at which the trains are traveling?
Ans : B A. 21 m/s; 15 m/s
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C. 18 m/s; 27 m/s
D. 15 m/s; 24 m/s
Ans : A
193. An express train traveling at 72
km/hr speed crosses a goods train
traveling at 45 km/hr speed in the
opposite direction in half a minute.
Alternatively , if the express train were
to overtake the goods train, how long
will it take to accomplish the task.
Assume that the trains continue to travel
at the same respective speeds as mentioned
in case 1.
A. Cannot be determined
B. 30 seconds
C. 150 seconds
D. 130 seconds
Ans : D
194. A train travels at an average speed
of 90 km/hr without any stoppages.
However , its average speed decrease to
60km/hr on account of stoppages. On an
average, how many minutes per hour
does the train stop?
A. 12 minutes
B. 18 minutes
C. 24 minutes
D. 20 minutes
Ans : D
195. T wo trains A and B start
simultaneously from stations X and Y
towards each other respectively . After
meeting at a point between X and Y , train
A reaches station Y in 9 hours and train B
reaches station X in 4 hours from the
time they have met each other . If the
speed of train A is 36 km/hr , what is
the speed of train B?
A. 24 km/hr
B. 54 km/hr
C. 81 km/hr
D. 16 km/hr
Ans : B
196. A man moves from A to B at the
rate of 4 km/hr . Had he moved at the
rate of 3.67 km/hr , he would have taken
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3 hours more to reach the destination. What
is the distance between A and B?
A. 33 kms
B. 132 kms
C. 36 kms
D. 144 kms
Ans : B
197. A ship develops a leak 12 km
from the shore. Despite the leak, the
ship is able to move towards the shore
at a speed of 8 km/hr . However , the
ship can stay afloat only for 20 minutes.
If a rescue vessel were to leave from the
shore towards the ship, and it takes 4
minutes to evacuate the crew and
passengers of the ship, what should be
the minimum speed of the rescue vessel
in order to be able to successfully rescue
the people aboard the ship?
A. 53 km/hr
B. 37 km/hr
C. 28 km/hr
D. 44 km/hr
Ans : B
198. A man driving his bike at 24 kmph
reaches his office 5 minutes late. Had he
driven 25% faster on an average he would
have reached 4 minutes earlier than the
scheduled time. How far is his office?
A. 24 km
B. 72 km
C. 18 km
D. Data Insufficient
Ans : C
199. When an object is dropped, the number
of feet N that it falls is given by the formula
N = ½gt2 where t is the time in seconds
from the time it was dropped and g is 32.2.
If it takes 5 seconds for the object to reach
the ground, how many feet does it fall
during the last 2 seconds?
A. 64.4
B. 96.6
C. 161.0
D. 257.6
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200. If the wheel of a bicycle makes 560 D. None of these
revolutions in travelling 1.1 km, what is its Ans : B
radius? 205. A, B and C can do a work in 5
A. 31.25 cm days, 10 days and 15 days respectively .
B. 37.75 cm They started together to do the work but
C. 35.15 cm after 2 days A and B left. C did the
D. 11.25 cm remaining work (in days)
Ans : A A. 1
201. complete the job, if he worked alone? B. 3
A. 24 hours C. 5
B. 12 hours D. 4
C. 15 hours Ans : D
D. 30 hours 206. X alone can do a piece of work in 15
Ans : C days and Y alone can do it in 10 days. X and
202. Pipe A can fill a tank in 'a' hours. Y undertook to do it for Rs. 720. With the
On account of a leak at the bottom of help of Z they finished it in 5 days. How
the tank it takes thrice as long to fill the much is paid to Z?
tank. How long will the leak at the bottom of A. Rs. 360
the tank take to empty a full tank, when pipe B. Rs. 120
A is kept closed? C. Rs. 240
A. (3/2)a hours D. Rs. 300
B. (2/3)a Ans : B
C. (4/3)a 207. Ram starts working on a job and
D. (3/4)a works on it for 12 days and completes
Ans : A 40% of the work. T o help him complete
203. A and B working together can the work, he employs Ravi and together
finish a job in T days. If A works alone they work for another 12 days and the
and completes the job, he will take T + 5 work gets completed. How much more
days. If B works alone and completes the efficient is Ram than Ravi?
same job, he will take T + 45 days. What is A. 50%
T? B. 200%
A. 25 C. 60%
B. 60 D. 100%
C. 15 Ans : D
D. None of these 208. A red light flashes 3 times per
Ans : C minute and a green light flashes 5 times
204. A man can do a piece of work in in two minutes at regular intervals. If
60 hours. If he takes his son with him both lights start flashing at the same
and both work together then the work is time, how many times do they flash
finished in 40 hours. How long will the son together in each hour?
take to do the same job, if he worked alone A. 30
on B. 24
the job? C. 20
A. 20 hours D. 60
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209. A and B can do a piece of work Ans : B
in 21 and 24 days respectively . They 214. A man bets on number 16 on a
started the work together and after some roulette wheel 14 times and losses each
days A leaves the work and B completes time. On the 15th span he does a quick
the remaining work in 9 days. After calculation and finds out that the number
how many days did A leave? 12 had appeared twice in the 14 spans
A. 5 and is therefore, unable to decide whether
B. 7 to bet on 16 or 12 in the 15th span.
C. 8 Which will give him the best chance and
D. 6 what are the odds of winning on the bet that
Ans : B he takes? (Roulette has numbers 1 to 36)
210. Ram, who is half as efficient as A. 16; 22 : 14
Krish, will take 24 days to complete a B. 12; 72 : 1
work if he worked alone. If Ram and C. 12; 7 : 1
Krish worked together , how long will they D. Either; 35 : 1
take to complete the work? Ans : D
A. 16 days 215. T wo squares are chosen at random
B. 12 days on a chessboard. What is the probability
C. 8 days that they have a side in common?
D. 18 days A. 1 / 18
Ans : C B. 64 / 4032
211. A number is selected at random C. 63 / 64
from first thirty natural numbers. What D. 1 / 9
is the chance that it is a multiple of Ans : A
either 3 or 13? 216. When two dice are thrown
A. 17/30 simultaneously , what is the probability that
B. 2/5 the sum of the two numbers that turn up is
C. 11/30 less than 11?
D. 4/15 A. 5 / 6
Probability B. 11 / 12
Ans : B C. 1 / 6
212. What is the probability of getting at D. 1 / 12
least one six in a single throw of three Ans : B
unbiased dice? 217. When 4 dice are thrown, what is the
A. 1 / 6 probability that the same number appears on
B. 125 / 216 each of them?
C. 1 / 36 A. 1/36
D. 91 / 216 B. 1/18
Ans : D C. 1/216
213. What is the probability that a two D. 1/5
digit number selected at random will be Ans : C
a multiple of '3' and not a multiple of '5'? 218. An experiment succeeds twice as
A. 2 / 15 often as it fails. What is the probability
B. 4 / 15 that in the next 5 trials there will be four
C. 1 / 15 successes?
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B. (2/3)^4 B. 27 secs
C. 5*((2/3)^4)*(1/3) C. 60 secs
D. ((2/3)^4)*(1/3) D. 55 secs
Ans : C Ans : D
219. An anti aircraft gun can fire four 223. How many squares can be formed
shots at a time. If the probabilities of using the checkered 1 * 1 squares in a
the first, second, third and the last shot normal chessboard?
hitting the enemy aircraft are 0.7, 0.6, A. 64
0.5 and 0.4, what is the probability that B. 204
four shots aimed at an enemy aircraft will C. 1296
bring the aircraft down? D. 65
A. 0.084 Ans : B
B. 0.916 224. Solve for real 'x' if :
C. 0.036 A. x > 9
D. 0.964 B. 0 < x < 9
Ans : A C. x < 0
220. A can complete a project in 20 D. None of these
days and B can complete the same Ans : B
project in 30 days. If A and B start 225. If log 2 = 0. 3010, then find how many
working on the project together and A quits digits are contained in the number 256.
10 days before the project is completed, in A. 15
how many days B. 16
will the project be completed? C. 17
A. 18 days D. Cannot be determined
B. 27 days Ans : C
C. 26.67 days 226. A gentleman buys every year
D. 16 days Bank's cash certificates of value
Ans : A exceeding the last year's purchase by Rs.
221. 300. After 20 years, he finds that the total
a. 7% Rs.100 shares at Rs.120 value of the certificates purchased by him is
b. 8% Rs.10 shares at 13.50 Rs. 83,000.Find the value of the certificates
c. 9% Rs.50 shares at Rs.54 purchased by him in the 13th year .
A. a A. Rs. 4900
B. b B. Rs. 6900
C. c C. Rs. 1300
D. a and c D. None of these.
Ans : A Ans : A
222. The classic problem of a monkey 227. From the following choices what is the
and the greased flag pole . The height equation of a line whose x intercept is half
of a certain flag pole is 30 feet. Grease as that of the line 3x+ 4y = 12 and y
is applied to the pole. A monkey intercept is twice as that of the same line.
attempts to climb the pole. It climbs 3 A. 3x + 8y = 24
feet every second but slips down 2 ft in the B. 8x + 3y = 24
next second. When will the monkey reach C. 16x + 3y = 24
the top of the flag pole? D. 3x + y = 6
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228. Pipe A can fill a tank completely in 5 5 months, he withdraws another Rs.3000.
hours. However , on account of a leak at the If B receives Rs.9600 as his share of the
bottom of the tank, it takes 3 more hours total profit of Rs.19,100 for the year ,
to fillthe tank. How long will the leak how much did B invest in the
take to empty a full tank, when pipe A company?
is shut? A. 12,000
A. 13 hours 20 minutes B. 96,000
B. 7.5 hours C. 8000
C. 14 hours 40 minutes D. 6000
D. None of these Ans : C
Ans : A 234. The sum of the first and the 9th of
229. The sum of the first 50 terms common an arithmetic progression is 24. What is
to the series 15,19,23 ... and 14,19,24 ... is the sum of the first nine terms of the
A. 25450 progression?
B. 24550 A. 216
C. 50900 B. 108
D. Cannot be determined C. 54
Ans : A D. None of these
230. For what values of 'x' will the function Ans : B
be defined in the real domain? 235. What is the equation of the line that is
A. -10 < x < 4 parallel to the line 3x + 7y = 10 and passes
B. 4 < x < 10 through the point (4,8)
C. x does not lie between the closed interval A. 7x - 3y = 46
10 and 4 B. 3x + 7y = 44
D. x does not lie between the open interval C. 9x + 21y - 184 = 0
4 and 10 D. 3x + 7y = 68
Ans : D Ans : D
231. Find the sum of all the integers which 236. Ram and Shyam take a vacation at
are multiples of 7 and lie between 200 and their grandparents' house. During the
400. vacation, they do any activity together .
A. 8729 They either played tennis in the evening or
B. 8700 practiced Y oga in the morning, ensuring
C. 8428 that they do not undertake both the
D. None of these activities on any single day . There were
Ans : A some days when they did nothing. Out of
232. How many digits will the number 3200 the days that they stayed at their
have if the value of log 3 = 0.4771? grandparents' house, they involved in one
A. 95 of the two activities on 22 days. However ,
B. 94 their grandmother while sending an end of
C. 96 vacation report to their parents stated that
D. None of these they did not do anything on 24
Ans : C mornings and they did nothing on 12
233. A and B enter in to a partnership evenings. How long was their vacation?
and A invests Rs. 10,000 in the A. 36 days
partnership. At the end of 4 months he B. 14 days
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D. Cannot be determined. Ans : C
Ans : C 241. A trader makes a profit equal to
237. Ram buys Rs.100 shares at Rs.112. the selling price of 75 articles when he
If he sells the shares after a year at sold 100 of the articles. What % profit did
Rs.132 after receiving a dividend of 8% he make in the transaction?
just before selling, what is the net yield on A. 33.33%
his investment? B. 75%
A. 17.85% C. 300%
B. 6.06% D. 150%
C. 32% Ans : C
D. 25% 242. A merchant buys two articles for
Ans : D Rs.600. He sells one of them at a profit of
238. The sum of 20 terms of the series 12 + 22% and the other at a lossof 8% and
22, 32 + 42, 52 + 62 is: makes no profit or loss in the end.
A. 210 What is the selling price of the article
B. 519 that he sold at a loss?
C. 190 A. Rs. 404.80
D. None of these. B. Rs. 440
Ans : A C. Rs. 536.80
239. A tank is fitted with 8 pipes, some D. Rs. 160
of them that fill the tank and others that Ans : A
are waste pipe meant to empty the tank. 243. A trader professes to sell his goods at
Each of the pipes that fill the tank can fill it a loss of 8% but weights 900 grams in place
in 8 hours, while each of those that empty of a kg weight. Find his real loss or gain per
the tank can empty it in 6 hours. If all the cent.
pipes are kept open when the tank is full, it A. 2% loss
will take exactly 6 hours for the tank to B. 2.22% gain
empty . How many of these are fill pipes? C. 2% gain
A. 2 D. None of these
B. 4 Ans : B
C. 6 244. Rajiv sold an article for Rs.56
D. 5 which cost him Rs.x. If he had gained
Ans : B x% on his outlay , what was his cost?
240. If A and B work together , they A. Rs. 40
will complete a job in 7.5 days. B. Rs. 45
However , if A works alone and C. Rs. 36
completes half the job and then B takes D. Rs. 28
over and completes the remaining half Ans : A
alone, they will be able to complete the 245. A trader buys goods at a 19%
job in 20 days. How long will B alone Aount on the label price. If he wants to
take to do the job if A is more efficient make a profit of 20% after allowing a
than B? Aount of 10%, by what % should his
A. 20 days marked price be greater than the original
B. 40 days label price?
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C. +33.33% maximum % Aount that he can offer so
D. None of these that he ends up selling at no profit or loss?
Ans : A A. 75%
246. If apples are bought at the rate of B. 46.67%
30 for a rupee. How many apples must C. 300%
be sold for a rupee so as to gain 20%? D. 42.85%
A. 28 Ans : D
B. 25
C. 20
D. 22
Ans : B
247. One year payment to the servant is
Rs. 200 plus one shirt. The servant
leaves after 9 months and recieves Rs.
120 and a shirt. Then find the price of the
shirt.
A. Rs. 80
B. Rs. 100
C. Rs. 120
D. Cannot be determined
Ans : C
248. T wo merchants sell, each an article
for Rs.1000. If Merchant A computes his
profit on cost price,while Merchant B
computes his profit on selling price, they
end up making profits of 25%
respectively . By how much is the profit
made by Merchant B greater than that of
Merchant A?
A. Rs.66.67
B. Rs. 50
C. Rs.125
D. Rs.200
Ans : B
249. A merchant marks his goods in
such a way that the profit on sale of 50
articles is equal to the selling price of 25
articles. What is his profit margin?
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 100%
D. 66.67%
Ans : C
250. A merchant marks his goods up by
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