QA 2: (60 minutes)

1. Two pipes P & Q would fill a cistern in 24 and 32 minutes respectively. When both pipes
are turned on simultaneously, find when the first pipe must be turned off so that the
cistern may be filled in 16 minutes?
1. 10 min 2. 12 min 3. 14 min 4. 16 min

2. If m is any 3 digit number and n is any number obtained by reversing the digits in m,
then the largest number by which m – n is always divisible by is:
1. 2 2. 5 3. 6 4. 9

3. A litre of water weighs 1 kg. and a litre of another liquid weighs 1.350 kgs. A mixture of
the two weighs 1.250 kg per litre. The volume of water and the liquid in a litre of
mixture is
2 5 5 2 3 1 1 3
1. , 2. , 3. , 4. ,
7 7 7 7 4 4 4 4

4. For what value of k, if the equation 2x2 – 7x + k = 0 has one root which is twice the
reciprocal of the other root.

1. –4 2. 4 3. 8 4. 1

5. If – 4 is a root of the x2 + px – 4 = 0 and if x2 + px + q = 0 has real and equal roots, then

what is the value of q?

1. 2 2. 2.5 3. 2.25 4. 9

6. A, B and C start a venture together. B and C invest Rs. 4000 and Rs. 3000 respectively;
while A invests Rs. 1000 initially and after 6 months withdraws his capital and decides
to work as a working partner with 30% stake in profits. If A gets Rs. 1040 at the end of
the year, what was the total profit?
1. 1200 2. 3600 3. 2400 4. 3000.

7. M,N,O are consecutive positive integers. Which of the following is true?

1. M + N + O is always even 2. M + N + O is always odd
3. M + 2N + O is always even 4. M + 2N + O is always odd.

8. In an election, there are only two candidates. The ratio of the number of votes cast in
favor of the candidate A to those cast in favor of candidate B was found to be 7 : 8.
However, on recounting this ratio was found to be 2 : 3. If because of this recounting,
number of votes received by A decreased by 36, find the total number of votes cast. There
are no invalid votes.
1. 550 2. 540 3. 640 4. 1080

9. A student walks from his house at a speed of 2.5 kmph and reaches his school 6
minutes late. The next day he increases his speed by 1 kmph and reaches his school 6
minutes early. How far is the school form his house?
1. 1.5 kms 2. 1.25 kms 3. 2 kms 4. 1.75 kms

10. What is the angle between the minute hand and hour hand of the clock at 8:24 pm?
1. 100 2. 107 3. 106 4. 108
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11. Tap A fills the tank in 20 minutes while C empties it at rd the rate at which A fills it.
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At 12:00 noon, A and C are simultaneously turned on and when the tank is half full, A
is turned off. At what time will the tank be empty?
1. 12:35 pm 2. 12:45 pm 3. 12:30 pm 4. None of these
12. When A walks at 4 kmph from his house to office, he reaches 6 minutes late and if he
walks at 5 kmph, he reaches 3 minutes late. What is the distance between his house
and the office?
1. 1 km 2. 2 km 3. 3 km 4. 0.5 km

13. Some amount of money is distributed equally among 24 men. When the same amount is
distributed among 40 men, what is the new amount that each person gets as a
percentage of the old amount?
1. 50% 2. 60% 3. 75% 4. 64%

14. A quality of rice costing Rs. 5 per kg. is mixed with 90 kg. of another quality of rice
costing Rs. 720. A shopkeeper sells a mixture of these two qualities at Rs. 6.66 per kg.
What is the ratio in which he has mixed the two assuming that the cost price of the
mixture is same as selling price?
1. 4 : 5 2. 1 : 2 3. 3 : 4 4. 5 : 6

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15. How much percent profit can be earned by selling an article at of its Marked Price
2
with the Marked Price being thrice the Cost Price.
1. 33.33% 2. 25% 3. 50% 4. 37.5%

16. 3 men working at 8 hours a day can paint a closed room made up of 4 walls, each of
1
height, width and thickness 12, 24 and feet respectively, in one day. How many days
2
would be required to paint two rooms of the same dimensions if 4 men work 6 hours a
day?
1. 1 day 2. 3 days c 2.5 days 4. 2 days

17. Carl Lewis runs at a speed 25% more than that of Ben Johnson, If, Ben Johnson runs
at 8 kmph, how much head start (approx.) can Carl Lewis give Ben Johnson in a race of
3000m so that he still wins by 4 seconds.
1. 580 m 2. 591 m 3. 600 m 4. 480 m

18. At a candle factory, the workers are paid Rs. 20 per day plus an amount proportional to
the number of candles they make everyday. Sadashiv gets Rs. 5 more than Lakshman
while the number of candles made by them is in the ratio 2 : 1. Then Laxman’s daily pay
is:
1. Rs. 25 2. Rs. 30 3. Rs. 20 4. Rs. 40

19. A and B invest money in a business in the ratio 4 : 3 for 6 months and 8 months
respectively. If the return on investment is 15% and A gets Rs. 2700, what was their
total investment?
1. 24000 2. 12000 3. 36000 4. 48000

20. A person travels 50 km with a speed of 20 km per hour and twice the distance at 25 km
per hour. What was the average speed (approximate) of the journey?
1. 23.5 kmph 2. 24 kmph 3. 23 kmph 4. 27.5 kmph

21. How would Rs. 1950 as wages be divided amongst a man, a woman and a boy, if the
man worked for 16 days, the woman for 14 days and the boy for 10 days, the amount of
1 1 1
their work being : : ?
3 4 5
1. Rs 960, Rs. 630, Rs. 360 2. Rs. 950, Rs 640, Rs. 360
3. Rs. 960, Rs 620, Rs. 370 4. Rs. 960, Rs. 640, Rs. 350
22. Two trains start at the same time one from A and the other from B running in opposite
directions with uniform speed. They can complete their journey in 42 minutes and 56
minutes respectively. They will meet after
1. 21 min 2. 22 min 3. 24 min 4. 28 min

23. Ramesh travels 600 kms to reach home partly by train and the rest by car. He takes 8
hours if he travels 120 kms by train and the rest by car. But he would take 20 min
more, if he were to travel 200 kms by train and the rest by car. The respective speeds of
train and the car (in kmph) are:
1. 60, 80 2. 80, 60 3. 40, 45 4. 45, 40

24. What would be the area of the circle inscribed in a square of side 10 units?
1. 25p 2. 100p 3. 50p 4. None of these

25. The C.I. of a sum of money in 3 years at the rate of 5% per annum is Rs. 1261. What is
the simple interest of the same sum of money in the same number of years but at 4%
per annum of S.I.?
1. 960 2. 900 3. 840 4. 800

26. A rectangle can be divided into two equal squares by a line of length 6 cm partition.
Find the perimeter of the rectangle.
1. 36 cm 2. 18 cm 3. 72 cm 4. 32 cm

27. Find the number of arrangement of 4 mathematics, 3 physics and 2 chemistry books
such that no two Physics books are together.
9!
1. 6! × 7P3 2. 7! × 6C3 3. 7P3 4.
4! 3! 2!

28. Find the circum-radius of the equilateral triangle of side 10 3 units.

1. 10 units 2. 5 3 units 3. 5 units 4. 14 2 units

29. The probability that A wins the race is 1/5 and that of B winning the race is 1/4. Find
the probability that neither will win.
1. 5/3 2. 37/308 3. 3/5 4. 17/154

30. For what values of x is x 2 - 3x - 2 < 10 - 2x ?

1. 3 < x < 4 2. –3 < x < –4 3. x < 2 4. –3 < x < 4

31. Find the 20th term of the series: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, ……..
1. 190 2. 231 3. 210 4. 205

32. In how many ways can 4 B.Tech and 4 M.Tech students be seated at a round table so
that no two B.Tech students are adjacent?
1. 3! × 3! 2. 7! – 4! × 4! 3. 3! × 4! 4. 4! × 4!

33. Find the number of ways in which 10 different beads can be arranged to form a
necklace.
1 9!
1. 10! 2. 10! 3. 2 × 10! 4.
2 2
34. In a 600 m race, A can beat B by 60 m and in a 500 m race, B can beat C by 25 m. By
how many metres will A beat C in a 400 m race?
1. 58 m 2. 59 m 3. 60 m 4. 61 m

35. P can run 440 m in 51 seconds and Q in 55 seconds. By how many seconds will Q win if
he has 40 m start?
1. 1 sec 2. 2 sec 3. 3 sec 4. 4 sec
36. A cistern can be filled separately by two pipes in 12 and 16 minutes respectively. If both
fill pipes are opened together, when will the cistern be filled?
6 6
1. 6 min. 2. 7 min. 3. 6 min. 4. 7 min.
7 7

37. A man can row 4 kmph in still water. If the river is running at 2 kmph, it takes 6 hours
to row to a place and back. How far is the place?
1. 8 km 2. 9 km 3. 10 km 4. 11 km

38. If a, p, b, q, c, r are in proportion such that p + q + r = 4(a + b + c), find the value of
p ´q ´r
a ´b ´c
1 1
1. 4 2. 3. 64 4.
4 64
39. If a and b are distinct natural numbers such that a, 7, b are in continued proportion,
find the sum a + b.
1. 14 2. 50 c. 21 4. Can’t be determined

40. If the ratio of x, 64 and y is 4 : 8 : 7, find the value of ( y – x).

1. 16 2. 24 c. 32 4. 8
ANSWER KEY:
1. 2
2. 4
3. 1
4. 2
5. 3
6. 4
7. 3
8. 2
9. 4
10. 4
11. 2
12. 1
13. 2
14. 1
15. 3
16. 4
17. 2
18. 1
19. 3
20. 3
21. 1
22. 3
23. 1
24. 1
25. 1
26. 1
27. 1
28. 1
29. 3
30. 4
31. 3
32. 3
33. 4
34. 1
35. 1
36. 3
37. 2
38. 3
39. 2
40. 2