​QAPractice Test 2

TIME: 50 Minutes

1. If 9 analyst working 8 hours a day can finish the analysis of a project in 36 days, then how
many days will be taken by 12 project managers working 6 hours a day to finish the analysis
of the project? It is known that 2 project managers analyse as much as 3 analyst in the same
time. [TITA]

2. What is the area of the region (in square units) enclosed within the curve |x+2| + |y-2| = 3?
[TITA]

3. The marked price of an article is Rs. 3,990. The shopkeeper offers some discount on the
marked price and sells the article at a price so as to earn a profit of Rs. 540. If cost price of
the article is Rs. 2,250, calculate the approximate discount offered on the article, as a
percent of the marked price of the article.
A. 30%
B. 36%
C. 25%
D. 23%

4. Saloni and her dog go for a walk around a circular track, Saloni walks at a constant speed
of 4 kmph and her dog playfully runs ahead at 7 kmph. They continue in this manner until
they find themselves meeting at their starting point. At that time, her dog starts running in the
opposite direction, but at the same speed of 7 kmph. They continue until they meet again at
the starting point. By this time, at how many distinct points along the path (excluding the
starting point) have the two of them met each other? [TITA]

5. Suppose ‘xyz’ is a three digit number in base 5 (where x, y and z are its digits). When the
same number is expressed in base 7, the number becomes ‘zxy’. If the same number is
expressed in base 6, the number becomes ___________.
A. 231
B. 145
C. 250
D. 150

6. Sonu, Monu and Jhonu ran on a racetrack, with Sonu finishing 160 m ahead of Monu and
400 m ahead of Jhonu. Monu finished the race 300 m ahead of Jhonu. The three of them ran
the entire distance with their respective constant speeds. What was the length of the
racetrack?
A. 600 m
B. 800 m
C. 1000 m
D. 1200 m
7. Car X consumes 1 litre of fuel travelling continuously for 2 hours at a speed of 50 kmph.
At a 15 kmph speed, Car Y consumes 10 liters of fuel during 3 hours of travel. If Car Y
travels 540 km at 15 kmph (consuming fuel at the same rate it usually does), then what is
the distance that Car X will travel for the same quantity of fuel (i.e. used by car Y for the
distance of 540 km) travelling at 50 kmph (at it's normal rate of consumption of fuel)?
A. 60000 km
B. 12000 km
C. 2000 km
D. 10000 km

8. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 6 and 4 hours respectively. A tap attached to the tank
can be used to take out water from the tank. The open tap was unnoticed when the pipes
were opened simultaneously. This took 36 minutes extra to fill the tank. If the tank is full, how
much time will the open tap take to empty it?
A. 12 hours
B. 8 hours
C. 6 hours
D. 4 hours

9. For how many integer values of x is the product (x^2 – 12x + 32)(x^2 – 20x + 96) < 0?
[TITA]

10. P and Q are two series in arithmetic progression. P(n) and Q(n) are the sums of the firstn
terms of P and Q respectively, while P​n ​and Q​n ​are the n​th ​terms of P and Q respectively. If
P(n) : Q(n) = (2n + 3) : (3n -1), what is the ratio of P​13 ​and Q​13​?
a) 53 : 74
b) 29 : 25
c) 19 : 22
d) Cannot be determined

11. P and Q are two diametrically opposite points on a circular track. A and B start
simultaneously from P at speeds of 20 rounds per hour and 40 rounds per hour respectively.
C starts from Q at the same time, at a speed of 10 rounds per hour. If B and C move in the
clockwise direction and A in the anticlockwise direction, find the time after which all three of
them meet for the third time anywhere on the track.
a) 5 minutes
b) 7 minutes
c) 11 minutes
d) 13 minutes

12. If (3/x)f(x)+ f(1/x) = 2 for all x ≠ 0, then find f (2).

A. 5/2
B. 5/3
C. 5/4
D. 1
13. Ramesh purchased a piece of land for Rs.5,00,000. It appreciated by R% every year, for
3 years. Had he invested in a scheme which gives R% p.a. simple interest, the value of his
investment would have been Rs.64,000 less. Find the value of R.
a) 15
b) 18
c) 21
d) None of these

14. If α, β are the roots of the equation x^2​ ​- ax + b = 0 and α^2*β, α*β^2 are the roots of the
equation x^2​ ​+ cx + d = 0, then which of
the following is definitely true?
a) c(b^2) - (a^2)*d ​= 0
b) c(b^2) + ​ ​(a^2)*d =
​ 0
c) c(b^2) - ad ​= 0
d) c(b^2) + ​ ​ad =
​ 0

15. A milkman has two containers, containing mixtures of milk and water. The first container
has 110 litres of a mixture of milk and water in the ratio of 5 : 6. The second container has a
mixture of milk and water in the ratio of 7 : 3. How much mixture should be taken from the
second container and added to the first so that the ratio of the milk and water in the first
container will become 6 : 5?
a) 65.92 litres
b) 64.71 litres
c) 64.85 litres
d) 59.62 litres

16. P starts from city A towards city B. After some time, Q and R start from cities A and B
respectively at 5 kmph and 12 kmph, towards B and A respectively. The distance between A
and B is 100 km. If P and Q meet at 20 km from A, and P and R meet at 28 km from A, what
is the speed of P (in kmph)? [TITA]

17. The arithmetic mean of a set of numbers was calculated as 24. However, the frequency
of one of the numbers was erroneously taken as 6, instead of 9. As a result, the arithmetic
mean calculated was 5 less than the actual mean. If all the numbers in the set are integers,
then which of the following could be the sum of all frequencies?
a) 40
b) 41
c) 42
d) 43

18. A work can be done by P in 48 days, whereas Q and R together can do the same work
in 20 days. If Q is thrice as efficient as R, then P and R can do the work in ____ days [TITA]
19. If the 2nd term of a Geometric Progression is 3.5 and the 5th term is 2401/16, then ¡nd
the 4th term of the same series.
A. 343/4
B. 343/8
C. 49/8
D. 49/16

20. Garvit was used to sell onions at marked price only. But due to excessive supply of
onions, he was forced to offer 50% discount on it due to which his profit percentage comes
down to 1/3rd of the original profit percentage. What is the ratio of marked price to the cost
price of the onions?
A. 5 : 1
B. 6 : 1
C. 4 : 1
D. 8 : 1

21. R bought a washing machine by paying 5000 as downpayment and total of 28800 in two
equal installments at 20% interest compounded anually at the end of each year. Find the
cost of machine without installments.
A. 27000
B. 30000
C. 25000
D. 35000

22. A person can complete a work in 257 days. First day, that person worked alone. Second
day another person joined him who can complete the whole work alone in 128.5 days. Third
day one more person joined them, whose efficiency is double as compared to the second
person, and so on. Find the number of days required to complete the work.
A. 899/127
B. 1034/128
C. 1795/255
D. 8

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25.
A shopkeeper purchases wheat from a wholesaler at a discount of 10% over the listed price.
Out of which, 12.5% of the wheat was eaten by rats, so he mixed that much impurity in the
remaining wheat. Further, while selling them, he sells at a discount of 11.11% and his scale
reads 900 gram for 1000 grams. Find his profit/loss percentage.
1 12.5% profi
2 11.11% loss
3 20% profit
4 12.5% loss