GATE Aptitude Assignments

SIMPLE INTEREST AND COMPOUND INTEREST

1. Jolene entered an 18-month investment contract that guarantees to pay 2 percent interest at
the end of 6 months, another 3 percent interest at the end of 12 months, and 4 percent interest
at the end of the 18 month contract. If each interest payment is reinvested in the contract, and
Jolene invested $10,000 initially, what will be the total amount of interest paid during the 18-
month contract?
$506.00 $726.24 $900.00 $920.24 $926.24

2)An investor purchased a share of non-dividend-paying stock for p dollars on Monday. For a
certain number of days, the value of the share increased by r percent per day. After this period of
constant increase, the value of the share decreased the next day by q dollars and the investor
decided to sell the share at the end of that day for v dollars, which was the value of the share at
that time. How many working days after the investor bought the share was the share sold, if r
𝑣+𝑞
=100(√ ⎯1) ?
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Two working days later.
Three working days later.
Four working days later.
Five working days later.
Six working days later.

3) A certain investment grows at an annual interest rate of 8%, compounded quarterly. Which of
the following equations can be solved to find the number of years, x, that it would take for the
investment to increase by a factor of 16?
16 = (1.02)ˣˡ⁴ 2 = (1.02) ˣ 16 = (1.08)⁴ˣ 2 = (1.02)ˣˡ⁴ 1/16 = (1.02)⁴ˣ

4)Jim needs $1,000 to buy a new flat-screen TV. Since he has only $7, he borrows the
remaining balance from his sister Mary. The loan will be repaid in 3 annual installments at an
interest rate of 10%, compounded annually. The formula for calculating the monthly payment P
is P = (L x C x r) / (C – 1) where L = amount of the loan, r = annual interest rate, and C =
compounding factor = (1 + r) N where N = number of annual payments. How much does Jim
have to pay Mary at the end of each of the next 3 years (rounded to the nearest penny)?

$357.67 $375.85 $387.40 $399.30 $433.

5)Louie takes out a three-month loan of $1000. The lender charges him 10% interest per month
compounded monthly. The terms of the loan state that Louie must repay the loan in three equal
monthly payments. To the nearest dollar, how much does Louie have to pay each month?
333 383 402 433 483

6)Donald plans to invest x dollars in a savings account that pays interest at an annual rate of
8% compounded quarterly. Approximately what amount is the minimum that Donald will need to
invest to earn over $100 in interest within 6 months?
$1500 $1750 $2000 $2500 $3000

7)Grace makes an initial deposit of x dollars into a savings account with a z percent interest
rate, compounded annually. On the same day, Georgia makes an initial deposit of y dollars into
a savings account with a z percent annual interest rate, compounded quarterly. Assuming that
neither Grace nor Georgia makes any other deposits or withdrawals and that x, y, and z are
positive numbers no greater than 50, whose savings account will contain more money at the
end of exactly one year?
(1) z = 4
(2) 100y = zx

8) A certain sum was invested in a high-interest bond for which the interest is compounded
monthly. The bond was sold x number of months later, where x is an integer. If the value of the
original investment doubled during this period, what was the approximate amount of the original
investment in dollars?
(1) The interest rate during the period of investment was greater than 39 percent but less than
45 percent.
(2) If the period of investment had been one month longer, the final sale value of the bond
would have been approximately $2,744.

9)If a certain culture of bacteria increases by a factor of x every y minutes, how long will it take
for the culture to increase to ten-thousand times its original amount?
𝑦
(1) √𝑥 =10
(2) In two minutes, tthe culture will increase to one-hundred times its original amount.

10)If $1,000 is deposited in a certain bank account and remains in the account along with any
accrued interest, the dollar amount of interest, I, earned by deposit in the first n years is given
by I = 1,000 ((1+r/100)n – 1), where r percent is the annual interest rate paid by the bank. Is the
annual interest rate paid by the bank greater than > 8%?
1) the deposit earns a total of $210 in interest in the first 2 years.
2) (1+r/100)2 > 1.15
11)The cost of delivery for an order of desk chairs was $10.00 for the first chair, and additional
$1.00 for each additional chair in order. If an office manager placed an order for n desk, is
n>24?
1) The delivery cost for the order totaled more than $30.00
2) The average (arithmetic mean) delivery cost per chair of the n chairs was $1.36

12)For each order, a mail-order bookseller charges a fixed processing fee and an additional fee
for each book in the order. Rajeev placed five different orders with this bookseller- an order for 1
book in January, an order for 2 books in February, an order for 3 books in March, an order for 4
books in April, an order for 5 books in May. What was the total of Rajeev's processing and
shipping fees for these five orders?
1) Rajeev's processing and shipping fees were $1.00 more for his order in March than for his
order in January.
2) The total of Rajeev's shipping fees for the five orders was $7, 50.

13)In a certain year the United Nations' total expenditures were $1.6 billion. Of this amount,
67.8% was paid by the 6 highest-contributing countries, and the balance was paid by the
remaining 153 countries. Was Country X among the highest-contributing countries?
1) 56% of the total expenditures was paid by the 4 highest-contributing countries, each of which
paid more than Country X.
2) Country X paid 4.8% of the total expenditures.

14)Last year a certain bond with a face value of $5000 yielded 8 percent of its face value in
interest. If that interest was approx. 6.5 percent of the bond's selling price, approx. what was the
bond's selling price?
A. $4,063 B. $5, 325 C. $5, 351 D. $6,000 E. $6,154

15)Before being simplified, the instructions for computing the income tax in Country K were to
add 2% of annual income to average of 100 units of Country K’s currency and 1% of annual
income. Which represents the simplified formula for computing income tax for a person with an
annual income I?
a. 50 + I/200 b. 50 + 3I/100 c. 50 + I/40 d. 50 + I/50 e. 50 + 3I/100

16)Each year Mark works 40 hours per week for 50 weeks. Last year Mark was paid a total of
$20000. If this year his hourly pay rate is raised by $0.50, what is the total amount that Mark will
be paid this year?
A. $30000 B. $25000 C. $22500 D. $21000 E. $20020

17)If $10,000 is invested at x percent simple annual interest for n years, which of the following
represents the total amount of interest, in dollars, that will be earned by this investment in the n
years?
(A) 10,000(xn ) (B) 10,000(x/100)n (C) 10,000n*(x/100) (D) 10,000(1+x/100)n
(E) 10,000n*(1+x/100)
18)A certain library assesses fines for overdue books as follows. On the first day that a book is
overdue, the total fine is $0.10. For each additional day that the book is overdue, the total fine is
increased by $0.30 or doubled, whichever results in a lesser amount. What is the total for a
book on the fourth day it is overdue?
A) $0.60 B) $0.70 C) $0.80 D) $0.90 E) $1.00

19)In 1999 Company X's gross profit is what percent of its revenue?
(1) In 1999 Company X's gross profit was 1/3 of its expenses
(2) In 1999 Company X's expenses were 3/4 of its revenue

20)In a certain state, gasoline stations compute the price per gallon p, in dollars, charged at the
pump by adding a 4 percent sales tax to the dealer’s price per gallon d, in dollars, and then
adding a gasoline tax of $0.18 per gallon. Which of the following gives the dealer’s price per
gallon d in terms of the price per gallon p charged at the pump?
A. d=p-0.22 B. d=p/1.22 C. d=(p/1.04)-0.18 D. d=(p-0.18)/1.04
E. d=(p-0.04)/1.18

ANSWERS- 1)E 2)B 3)B 4)D 5)C 6)D 7) 8) 9) 10)

11) 12) 13) 14) 15)C 16)D 17)C 18)D 19) 20)D
ㄫGEOMETRY
1) What is the value of x?

(1) /1 is parallel to /2
(2) y = 70

2)What is the value of a + b + c + d + e + f?

180 270 300 360 720

3)The figure is comprised of three squares and a triangle. If the areas marked X, Y and Z are
25, 144, and 169, respectively, what is the area of the triangle marked T?

25 30 50 60 97

4)The figure is made up of a series of inscribed equilateral triangles. If the pattern continues
until the length of a side of the largest triangle (i.e. the entire figure) is exactly 128 times that of
the smallest triangle, what fraction of the total figure will be shaded?

5)If triangle ABD is an equilateral triangle and AB = 6 and CE = 18, what fraction of the
trapezoid BACE is shaded?
6)In the picture, quadrilateral ABCD is a parallelogram and quadrilateral DEFG is a rectangle.
What is the area of parallelogram ABCD (figure not drawn to scale)?

(1) The area of rectangle DEFG is 8√5.

(2) Line AH, the altitude of parallelogram ABCD, is 5.

7)The combined area of the two black squares is equal to 1000 square units. A side of the
larger black square is 8 units longer than a side of the smaller black square. What is the
combined area of the two white rectangles in square units?

(A) 928 (B) 936 (C) 948 (D) 968 (E) 972

8)Jeff is painting two murals on the front of an old apartment building that he is renovating. One
mural will XY). Assuming that the thickness of the coats of paint is negligible; will each mural
require the same amount of paint? Note: Figures are not drawn to scale.

(1) AB = BC = CD = DA, and AB = XY√π (2) AC = BD and AC = XY√(2π)

9)If P, Q and R are the centers of circles P, Q, and R and the points P, Q, R and T all lie on the
same line, what portion of circle P is shaded?

10) If 1/a2 + a2 represents the diameter of circle O and 1/a + a = 3, which of the following best
approximates the circumference of circle O?
a)28 b)22 c)20 d)16 e)12

11)A car is being driven on a road. Assuming that the car's wheels turn without slipping, how
many full 360° rotations does each tire on the car make in 10 minutes?
(1) The car is traveling at 50 miles per hour.
(2) Each tire has a radius of 20 inches.

12)The figure represents five concentric quarter-circles. The length of the radius of the largest
quarter-circle is x. The length of the radius of each successively smaller quarter-circle is one
less than that of the next larger quarter-circle. What is the combined area of the shaded regions
(black), in terms of x?

13)A certain game board is in the shape of a non-convex polygon, with spokes that extend from
each vertex to the center of the board. If each spoke is 8 inches long, and spokes are used
nowhere else on the board, what is the sum of the interior angles of the polygon?

(1) The sum of the exterior angles of the polygon is 360º.

(2) The sum of the exterior angles is equal to five times the total length of all of the spokes
used.

14)The measures of the interior angles in a polygon are consecutive integers. The smallest
angle measures 136 degrees. How many sides does this polygon have?
A) 8 B) 9 C) 10 D) 11 E) 13

15)Regular hexagon ABCDEF has a perimeter of 36. O is the center of the hexagon and of
circle O. Circles A, B, C, D, E, and F have centers at A, B, C, D, E, and F, respectively. If each
circle is tangent to the two circles adjacent to it and to circle O, what is the area of the shaded
region (inside the hexagon but outside the circles)?

108 – 18π 54√3 – 9π 54√3 – 18π 108 – 27π 54√3 – 27π

16)Four spheres and three cubes are arranged in a line according to increasing volume, with no
two solids of the same type adjacent to each other. The ratio of the volume of one solid to that
of the next largest is constant. If the radius of the smallest sphere is ¼ that of the largest
sphere, what is the radius of the smallest sphere?
1) The volume of the smallest cube is 72π.
2) The volume of the second largest sphere is 576π.

17)If the box shown is a cube, then the difference in length between line segment BC and line
segment AB is approximately what fraction of the distance from A to C?

10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

18)A cylindrical tank of radius R and height H must be redesigned to hold approximately twice
as much liquid. Which of the following changes would be farthest from the new design
requirements?
a 100% increase in R and a 50% decrease in H
a 30% decrease in R and a 300% increase in H
a 10% decrease in R and a 150% increase in H
a 40% increase in R and no change in H
a 50% increase in R and a 20% decrease in H

19)Cylinder A, which has a radius of x and a height of y, has a greater surface area than does
Cylinder B, which has a radius of y and a height of x. How much greater is the surface area of
Cylinder A than that of Cylinder of B?

20)The figure represents a deflated tire (6 inches wide as shown) with a hub (the center circle).
The area of the hub surface shown in the picture is 1/3 the area of the tire surface shown in the
picture. The thickness of the tire, when fully inflated is 3 inches. (Assume the tire material itself
has negligible thickness.) Air is filled into the deflated tire at a rate of 4π inches3 / second. How
long (in seconds) will it take to inflate the tire?

a) 24 b)27 c)48 d)81 e)108

ANSWERS- 1) 2)E 3)B 4) 5)¼ 6) 7)B 8) 9)3/16 10)B 11) 12) 13)
14)B 15)E 16) 17)C 18)E 19)2ㄫ(𝑥2 − 𝑦2) 20)D

RATIO
1)All the clients that Company X had at the beginning of last year remained with the company
for the whole year. If Company X acquired new clients during the year, what was the ratio of the
number of clients that Company X had at the end of last year to the number of clients that it had
at the beginning of last year?
1. The ratio of the number of clients that Company X had at the beginning of last year to the
number of new clients that it acquired during the year was 12 to 1.
2. Company X had 144 clients at the beginning of last year.

2)The table shows the amount of waste material, in tons, recycled by each of five counties in a
single year and the amount of waste material, also in tons, that was disposed of in landfills by
the five counties in that year. Which county had the lowest ratio of waste material disposed of to
waste material recycled in the year reported in the table?
a) A b) B c) C d) D e) E

3)At a certain college there are twice as many English majors as history majors and three times
as many English majors as mathematics majors. What is the ratio of the number of history
majors to the number of mathematics majors?
6 to 1 3 to 2 2 to 3 1 to 5 1 to 6

4) On a certain tour, ratio of the number of women to number of children was 10 to 4. What was
the no of men on the tour?
(1) ratio of children to men was 10 to 22
(2) no of women on the tour was less than 30

5)The ratio of the amount of Alex's fuel oil bill for the month of February to the amount of his fuel
oil bill for the month of January was 3/2. If the fuel oil bill for February had been $40 more, the
corresponding ratio would have been 5/3. How much was Alex's fuel oil bill for January?

6)At a certain college there are twice as many English majors as history majors and three times
as many English majors as mathematics majors. What is the ratio of the number of history
majors to the number of mathematics majors
6 to 1 3 to 2 2 to 3 1 to 5 1 to 6

7)The ratio, by volume, of acid to base to water in a certain solution is 4:15:20. The solution is
altered so that the ratio of acid to base is 3:5 and the ratio of acid to water remains same. If the
solution initially contained 30mm of base, what is the minimum amount of water that could be
added in the second phase?
A) 18 B) 36 C) 50 D) 60 E) 90

8)Pat, Kate and Mark charged a total of 162 hours to a certain project. If Pat charged twice as
much to the project as Kate and 1/3 as much time as Mark, how many more hours did Mark
charge to the project than Kate?
A. 18 B. 36 C. 72 D. 90 E. 108

9)Alicia's take home pay last year was the same each month, and she saved the same fraction
of her take-home pay each month. The total amount of money that she saved at the end of the
year was 3 times the amount of that portion of her monthly take-home pay that she did not save.
If all the money that she saved was from her take-home pay, what fraction of her take-home pay
did she save each month?
10)On a certain sight-seeing tour, the ratio of the women to the number of children was 5 to 2.
What was the number of men on the sight-seeing tour?
(1) On the sight-seeing tour, the ratio of the number of children to the number of men was 5 to
11
(2) The number of women on the sight-seeing tour was less than 30

11)Each employee of Company Z is an employee of either Division X or Division Y, but not both.
If each division has some part-time employees, is the ratio of the number of full-time employees
to the number of part-time employees greater for Div X than for Company Z?
(1) The ratio of the number of full-time employees to the number of part-time employees is less
for Div Y than for Company Z.
(2) More than half of the full-time employees of Company Z are employees of Div X, and more
than half of the part-time employees of Company Z are employees of Div Y

12)Of the 60 animals on a certain farm, 2/3 are either cows or pigs. How many of the animals
are cows?
(1) The farm has more than twice as many cows as pigs
(2) The farm has more than 12 pigs

13)Which is greater than 2/3?

A) 33/50 B) 8/11 C) 3/5 D) 13/27 E) 5/8

14) What fraction of this year's graduating students at a certain college are males?
(1) Of this year's graduating students, 33 percent of males and 20 percent of females are
transferred from another college.
(2) Of this year's graduating students, 25 percent transferred from another college

15)The number of stamps that Kaye and Alberto had was in the ratio of 5:3 respectively. After
Kaye gave Alberto 10 of her stamps, the ratio of the number Kaye had to the number Alberto
had was 7:5. As a result of this gift, Kaye had how many more stamps than Alberto?
A) 20 b) 30 c) 40 d) 60 e) 90

16)At a certain university, the ratio of the number of teaching assistants to the number of
students in any course must always be greater than 3:80. At this university, what is the
maximum number of students possible in a course that has 5 teaching assistants?
A) 130 B) 131 C) 132 D) 133 E) 134

17). Which of the following fractions is at least twice as great as 11/50?

a)2/5 b)11/34 c) 43/99 d) 8/21 e) 9/20

18). At the beginning of the year, the ratio of juniors to seniors in high school X was 3 to 4.
During the year, 10 juniors and twice as many seniors transferred to another high school, while
no new students joined high school X. If, at the end of the year, the ratio of juniors to seniors
was 4 to 5, how many seniors were there in high school X at the beginning of the year?
a)80 b)90 c)100 d)110 e)120

19). 3/5 of a certain class left on a field trip. 1/3 of the students who stayed behind did not want
to go on the field trip (all the others did want to go). When another vehicle was located, 1/2 of
the students who did want to go on the field trip but had been left behind were able to join. What
fraction of the class ended up going on the field trip?
a) ½ b)2/3 c)11/15 d)23/30 d)4/5

20) The ratio of boys to girls in Class A is 3 to 4. The ratio of boys to girls in Class B is 4 to 5. If
the two classes were combined, the ratio of boys to girls in the combined class would be 17 to
22. If the number of boys in Page 16 Class B is one less than the number of boys in Class A,
and if the number of girls in Class B is two less than the number of girls in Class A, how many
girls are in Class A?
8 9 10 11 12

21) John's front lawn is 1/3 the size of his back lawn. If John mows 1/2 of his front lawn and 2/3
of his back lawn, what fraction of his lawn is left unmowed?
a)1/6 b)1/3 c)3/8 d) ½ e)5/8

22). At Jefferson Elementary School, the number of teachers and students (kindergarten
through sixth grade) totals 510. The ratio of students to teachers is 16 to 1. Kindergarten
students make up 1/5 of the student population and fifth and sixth graders account for 1/3 of the
remainder. Students in first and second grades account for 1/4 of all the students. If there are an
equal number of students in the third and fourth grades, then the number of students in third
grade is how many greater or fewer than the number of students in kindergarten?
a)12 greater b)17 fewer c) 28 fewer d)36 fewer e)44 fewer

23). A certain galaxy is known to comprise approximately 4 x 1011 stars. Of every 50 million of
these stars, one is larger in mass than our sun. Approximately how many stars in this galaxy are
larger than the sun?
a)800 b)1,250 c)8,000 d)12,000 e) 80,000

24) A lemonade stand sold only small and large cups of lemonade on Tuesday. 3/5 of the cups
sold were small and the rest were large. If the large cups were sold for 7/6 as much as the small
cups, what fraction of Tuesday's total revenue was from the sale of large cups?
a)7/16 b)7/15 c)10/21 d) 17/35 e) ½

25)Miguel is mixing up a salad dressing. Regardless of the number of servings, the recipe
requires that 5/8 of the finished dressing mix be olive oil, 1/4 vinegar, and the remainder an
even mixture of salt, pepper and sugar. If Miguel accidentally doubles the vinegar and forgets
the sugar altogether, what proportion of the botched dressing will be olive oil?
a)15/29 b) 5/8 c) 5/16 d) ½ e)13/27

26) Harold and Millicent are getting married and need to combine their already-full libraries. If
Harold, who has 1/2 as many books as Millicent, brings 1/3 of his books to their new home, then
Millicent will have enough room to bring 1/2 of her books to their new home. What fraction of
Millicent's old library capacity is the new home's library capacity?
a)½ b) 2/3 c)¾ d)4/5 e) 5/6

ANSWERS- 1) 2)C 3)B 4) 5)240 6)B 7)C 8)D 9)⅕ 10) 11) 12)13pigs,27cows 13)B
14) 15)C 16)D 17)E 18)E 19)C 20)E 21)C 22)C 23)C 24)A 25)A 26)B

AVERAGE
1)A corporation with 5,000,000 shares of publicly listed stock reported total earnings of $7.20
per share for the first 9 months of operation. During the final quarter the number of publicly
listed shares was increased to 10,000,000 shares and fourth quarter earnings were reported as
$1.25 per share. What are the average annual earnings per share based on the number of
shares at the end of the year?
(A) $1.83 (B) $2.43 (C) $4.85 (D) $8.45 (E) $9.70

2)A certain car averages 25 miles per gallon when driving in the city and 40 miles to the gallon
when driving on the highway. According to these rates, which of the following is closest to the
number of miles per gallon that the car averages when it is driven 10 miles in the city and 50
miles on the highway?
a)28 b)30 c)33 d)36 e)38

3)Did it take Pei more than 2 hours to walk a distance of 10 miles along a certain trail? (1 mile =
1.6 kilometers, rounded the nearest tenth.)
(1) Pei walked this distance at an avg. rate of less than 6.4 kilometers per hour.
(2) On avg., it took Pei more than 9 minutes per kilometer to walk this distance.

4)Francine traveled x percent of the distance of a trip at a constant speed of 40 mph and the
rest of the trip at a constant speed of 60 mph. What is the average speed for the trip in terms of
x?
a) (x+180)/2 b) 2400/(x+100) c) 12000/(x+200) d) 200/(x+180) e) (x+240)/180
5)Susan drove an average speed of 30 mph for the first 30 minutes of a trip. She did drove 60
mph for the next 30 minutes. If she made no stops, what was the average speed, in miles per
hour, for the entire trip?
a. 35 b. 40 c. 45 d. 50 e. 55

6)The time it took car A to travel 400 miles was 2 hours less than the time it took car B to travel
the same distance. If car A’s average speed was 10 miles per hour greater than that of car B,
what was car B’s average speed, in miles per hour?
(A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 40 (D) 50 (E) 80

7)In a class of 30 students, 2 students did not borrow any books from the library, 12 students
each borrowed 1
book, 10 students each borrowed 2 books, and the rest borrowed at least 3 books. If the
average number of
books per student was 2, what is the maximum number of books any single student could have
borrowed?
A. 3 B. 5 C. 8 D. 13 E. 15

8)A Hiker walked for two days. On the second day the hiker walked 2 hours longer and at an
average speed 1mile per hour faster than he walked on the first day. If during the two days he
walked a total of 64 miles and spent a total of 18 hours walking, what was his average speed on
the first day?
(A) 2 mph (B) 3 mph (C) 4 mph (D) 5 mph (E) 6 mph

9)In a certain year, the difference between Mary's and Jim's annual salaries was twice the
difference between Mary's and Kate's annual salaries. If Mary's annual salary was the highest of
the three people, what was the average annual salary of the three people that year??
(1) Jim's annual salary was 30,000 that year
(2) Kate's annual salary was 40,000 that year

10)M travelled X miles/hr the 1st Y miles & 1.25X for the last 40-Y miles. The time M took to
travel 40 miles was what % of the time taken her if travelled at an average of X miles for the
entire trip?
(1) X=48
(2) Y=20

11)The table below provides revenues of a certain company in 2002 and 2003. By what percent
did the average quarterly revenue change from 2002 to 2003?
 1) 30% 2)20%

12). During 2005, a company produced an average of 2,000 products per month. How many
products will the company need to produce from 2006 through 2008 in order to increase its
monthly average for the period from 2005 through 2008 by 200% over its 2005 average?
(A) 148,000 (B) 172,000 (C) 200,000 (D) 264,000 (E) 288,000

13). After his first semester in college, Thomas is applying for a scholarship that has a minimum
Grade Point Average (GPA) requirement of 3.5. The point values of pertinent college grades are
given in the table below. If Thomas took 5 courses, each with an equal weight for GPA
calculations, and received two grades of A-, one grade of B+, and one grade of B, what is the
lowest grade that Thomas could receive for his fifth class to qualify for the scholarship?

(A) A (B) B+ (C) B (D) B- (E) C+

14). A certain portfolio consisted of 5 stocks, priced at $20, $35, $40, $45, and $70,
respectively. On a given day, the price of one stock increased by 15%, while the price of
another stock decreased by 35% and the prices of the remaining three remained constant. If the
average price of a stock in the portfolio rose by approximately 2%, which of the following could
be the prices of the shares that remained constant?
(A) $20, $35, and $70 (B) $20, $45, and $70 (C) $20, $35, and $40
(D) $35, $40, and $70 (E) $35, $40, and $45

15). If John makes a contribution to a charity fund at school, the average contribution size will
increase by 50%, reaching $75 per person. If there were 5 other contributions made before
John’s, what is the size of his donation?
(A) $100 (B) $150 (C) $200 (D) $250 (E) $450

16). What is the minimum percentage increase in the mean of set X {-4, -1, 0, 6, 9} if its two
smallest elements are replaced with two different primes?
(A) 25% (B) 50% (C) 75% (D) 100% (E) 200%

17). If every member of set X {-14, -12, 17, 28, 41, Z} is multiplied by number N, by what
percent will the mean M of the set increase?
(1) Z = 60 (2) N = Z / M
18). Which of the following series of numbers, if added to the set {1, 6, 11, 16, 21}, will not
change the set’s mean? I. 1.5, 7.11 and 16.89 II. 5.36, 10.7 and 13.24 III. -21.52, 23.3, 31.22
(A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) I and III only (E) None

19). If numbers N and K are added to set X {2, 8, 10, 12}, its mean will increase by 25%. What
is the value of N 2 + 2NK + K2 ?
(A) 28 (B) 32 (C) 64 (D) 784 (E) 3600

20). Set X consists of different positive numbers arranged in ascending order: K, L, M, 5, 7. If K,

L and M are consecutive integers, what is the arithmetic mean of set X? Page 19
(1) The product K × L × M is a multiple of 6
(2) There are at least 2 prime numbers among K, L and M

21). A group of men and women gathered to compete in a marathon. Before the competition,
each competitor was weighed and the average weight of the female competitors was found to
be 120 lbs. What percentage of the competitors were women?
(1) The average weight of the men was 150 lb.
(2) The average weight of the entire group was twice as close to the average weight of the men
as it was to the average weight of the women.

22). The mean of (54,820)2 and (54,822)2 =

(A) (54,821)2 (B) (54,821.5)2 (C) (54,820.5)2 (D) (54,821)2 + 1 (E) (54,821)2 – 1

23). Set S consists of integers 7, 8, 10, 12, and 13. If integer n is included in the set, the
average (arithmetic mean) of set S will increase by 20%. What is the value of integer n?
a)10 b)12 c)16 d) 22 e) 24

24). A convenience store currently stocks 48 bottles of mineral water. The bottles have two
sizes of either 20 or 40 ounces each. The average volume per bottle the store currently has in
stock is 35 ounces. How many 40 ounce bottles must be sold for the average volume per bottle
to be reduced to 25 ounces if no 20 ounce bottles are sold?
a)10 b)20 c) 30 d) 32 e)34

25). Last year, the five employees of Company X took an average of 16 vacation days each.
What was the average number of vacation days taken by the same employees this year?
(1) Three employees had a 50% increase in their number of vacation days, and two employees
had a 50% decrease.
(2) Three employees had 10 more vacation days each, and two employees had 5 fewer
vacation days each.
ANSWERS- 1)C 2)D 3) 4)C 5)B 6)C 7)D 8)C 9)80K 10) 11)B 12)D
13)A 14)E 15)C 16)D 17) 18)C 19)D 20) 21) 22)D 23)D
24)D 25)

BLOOD RELATIONS
1). Introducing a girl, Santhosh said, “Her mother is the only daughter of my mother-in-
law”. How is Santhosh related to the girl?
(1) Uncle (2) Husband (3) Brother (4) Father (5) None of these

2). Pointing to a lady a man said, “the son of her only brother is the brother of my wife”.
How is the lady related to the man?
(1) Mother’s sister (2) Grandmother (3) Mother-in-law (4) Sister of the Man’s father-
in-law
(5) None of these

3). Pointing to an old man, Kailas said, “his son is my son’s uncle”. How is the old man
related to Kailas?
(1) Brother (2) Uncle (3) Father (4) Grandfather (5) None of these
4)Pointing to a photograph, Rekha says to Lalli, "The girl in the photo is the second
daughter of the wife of only son of the grandmother of my younger sister." How this girl
of photograph is related to Rekha?

ans

5)Pointing to a photograph of a boy Suresh said, "He is the son of the only son of my
mother." How is Suresh related to that boy?

6)If A + B means A is the mother of B; A - B means A is the brother B; A % B means

A is the father of B and A x B means A is the sister of B, which of the following shows
that P is the maternal uncle of Q?
7) If A is the brother of B, B is the sister of C, C is the father of D, how is D related to
A?

8)If A + B means A is the brother of B; A - B means A is the sister of B and A x B

means A is the father of B. Which of the following means that C is the son of M?
9)Introducing a boy, a girl said, "He is the son of the daughter of the father of my
uncle." How is the boy related to the girl?

10)Pointing to a photograph Lata says, "He is the son of the only son of my
grandfather." How is the man in the photograph related to Lata?

11)If A + B means A is the brother of B; A x B means A is the son of B; and A % B

means B is the daughter of A then which of the following means M is the maternal
uncle of N?
12)If D is the brother of B, how B is related to C? To answer this question which of
the statements is/are necessary?

1. The son of D is the grandson of C.

2. B is the sister of D.

13)If A + B means A is the father of B; A - B means A is the brother B; A % B means

A is the wife of B and A x B means A is the mother of B, which of the following shows
that M is the maternal grandmother of T?
14)Pointing to a photograph. Bajpai said, "He is the son of the only daughter of the
father of my brother." How Bajpai is related to the man in the photograph?

15)If A + B means A is the brother of B; A % B means A is the father of B and A x B

means A is the sister of B. Which of the following means M is the uncle of P?
16)Pointing to Varman, Madhav said, "I am the only son of one of the sons of his
father." How is Varman related to Madhav?

17)If A + B means B is the brother of A; A x B means B is the husband of A; A - B

means A is the mother of B and A % B means A is the father of B, which of the
following relations shows that Q is the grandmother of T?
18)Which of the following means that K is the mother-in-law of M?
19)If P $ Q means P is the father of Q; P # Q means P is the mother of Q and P * Q
means P is the sister of Q, then N # L $ P * Q shows which of the relation of Q to N?

20)A's son B is married with C whose sister D is married to E the brother of B. How D
is related to A?

ANSWERS
CUBES AND DIES

1)Choose the box that is similar to the box formed from the given sheet of paper (X)
2)Choose the box that is similar to the box formed from the given sheet of paper (X).
3)How many dots lie opposite to the face having three dots, when the given figure is
folded to form a cube?

4)Choose the box that is similar to the box formed from the given sheet of paper (X).
5)Choose the box that is similar to the box formed from the given sheet of paper (X).

6)Choose the box that is similar to the box formed from the given sheet of paper (X).
7)Choose the box that is similar to the box formed from the given sheet of paper (X)
8)Choose the box that is similar to the box formed from the given sheet of paper (X).

9)Choose the box that is similar to the box formed from the given sheet of paper (X).
10)Choose the box that is similar to the box formed from the given sheet of paper (X)

11)Observe the dots on a dice (one to six dots) in the following figures. How many dots
are contained on the face opposite to that containing four dots?
12)Three different positions of a dice are shown below. How many dots lie opposite 2
dots?

13)The six faces of a dice have been marked with alphabets A, B, C, D, E and F
respectively. This dice is rolled down three times. The three positions are shown as:
14)Three positions of a dice are given. Based on them find out which number is found
opposite the number 2 in the given cube

15)A dice is thrown four times and its four different positions are shown below. Find the
number on the face opposite the face showing 2
CODING AND DECODING

1. If in a certain language CHAMPION is coded as HCMAIPNO, how can NEGATIVE

be coded in that code?

(1) ENAGITEV (2) NEAGVEIT(3) MGAETVIE (4) EGAITEVN (5) NEGATIEV

2. In a certain language KINDLE is coded as ELDNIK,how can EXOTIC be coded in

that code?

(1) EXOTLC (2) CXOTIE (3) COXITE (4) CITOXE (5) EOXITC

3. If in a certain language GAMBLE is coded as FBLCKF, how can FLOWER be coded

in that lan-gauge?

(1) GKPVFQ (2) EMNXDS (3) GMPVDS (4) HNQYGT (5) EKNVDQ

4. If in a certain language FASHION is coded as FOIHSAN, how can PROBLEM be

coded in that code?

(1) ROBLEMP (2) PLEBRUM (3)PRBOELM (4) RPBOELM (5) PELBORM

5. If FRIEND is coded as HUMJTK, how can CANDLE be written in that code?

(1) EDRIRL (2) DCQHQK (3) ESJFME (4) FYOBOC (5) DEQJQM

6. If in a certain code, TWENTY is written as 863985 and ELEVEN is written as

323039, how can TWELVE be written in that code?

(1) 863203 (2) 863584 (3) 863903 (4) 863063 (5) None of these
7. If PALE is coded as 2134, EARTH is coded as 41590,how can is PEARL be coded
in that language?

(1) 29530 (2) 24153 (3) 25413 (4) 25430 (5) None of these

8. If ROSE is coded as 6821, CHAIR is coded as 73456 and PREACH is coded as

961473, what will be the code for SEARCH?

(1) 246173 (2) 214673 (3) 214763 (4) 216473 (5) None of these

9. In a certain code nee tim see means how are you ;ble nee see means where are
you. What will be the code for where?

(1) nee (2) tim (3) see (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these

10. In a certain code language pit nae tom means apple is green ; nae ho tap means
green and white and ho tom ka means shirt is white. Which of the following represents
apple in that language?

(1) nae (2) tom (3) pit (4) ho (5) ka

11. If nitco sco tingo stands for softer than flower ;tingo rho mst stands for sweet flower
fragrance and mst sco tmp stands for sweet than smile what would fragrance stand
for?

(1) rho (2) mst (3) tmp (4) sco (5) None of these

12. In a certain code language, 743 means Mangoes are good ; 657 means Eat good
food ; and 934 means Mangoes are ripe. Which digit means ripe in that language?

(1) 5 (2) 4 (3) 9 (4) 7 (5) Cannot be determined

13. In a certain code, 247 means spread red carpet ;256 means dust one carpet and
264 means one red carpet which digit in that code means dust?

(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 5 (4) 6 (5) Cannot say

14. In a certain code language, 134 means good and tasty, 478 means see good
pictures ; and 729 means pictures are faint. Which of the following digits stands for
see?

(1) 4 (2) 7 (3) 9 (4) 8 (5) None of these

15. In a certain code 253 means books are old ; 546 means man is old and 378 means
buy good books. What stands for ‘are’ in that code?

(1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) 6 (5) 9

16. In a certain code language TSSNOFFQ is written as STRONGER then GQFDENN

will be written as

(1) DOMEERF (2) FEEDORM (3)FREEDOM (4) FREEDMO (5) None of these

17. If FULFNHW is the code for CRICKET, EULGH will be coded as

(1) PRIDE (2) BRIDE (3) BLADE (4) BLIND (5) None of these

18. If in a certain language REMOTE is coded as ROTEME, which word would be

coded asPNIICC?

(1) NPIICC (2) PICCIN (3) PINCIC (4) PICNIC (5) PICINC

Directions (19-20):
The number in each question below is to be codified in the following code.

Digit: 5 3 7 1 4 9 6 2 8

Letter: C J O X N Q T Z F

19. 163542

(1) XTJCNZ (2) TXJCNZ (3) XTJCZN (4) XTCJNZ (5) None of these

20. 925873

(1) ZQCFOJ (2) QZCFOJ (3) QZCOFJ (4) QZCFJO (5) None of these

ANSWERS
DIRECTION SENSE TEST

1. Deepak starts walking straight towards east. After walking 75 m he turns to the left
and walks 25m straight. Again he turns to the left and walks a distance of 40m straight,
again he turns to the left and walks a distance of 25 m. How far is he from the starting
point?

(1) 140 m (2) 35 m (3) 115 m (4) 25 m (5) None of these

2. Arun started walking towards North. After walking 30 m, he turned left and walked 40
m. He then turned left and walked 30 m. He again turned left and walked 50 m. How far
is he from his original position?

(1) 50 m (2) 40 m (3) 30 m (4) 20 m (5) None of these

3. Ramu went 15 km. to the west from his house, then he turned left and walked 20 km.
He then turned east and walked 25 km. and finally turning left covered 20 km. How far
is he from his house?

(1) 5 km. (2) 10 km. (3) 40 km. (4) 80 km. (5) None of these

4. Rekha who is facing south turns to her left and walks 15 m, then she turns to her left
and walks 7metres, then facing west she walks 15m. How far is she from her original
position?

(1) 22 m (2) 37 m (3) 44 m (4) 7 m (5) None of these

5. Going 50 m to the south of her house, Radhika turns left and goes another 20 m.
Then, turning to the north, she goes 30 m and then starts walking to her house. In
which direction is she walking now?

(1) North-west (2) North (3)South-east (4) East (5) None of these

6. Shailesh and Mohan start from a fixed point. Shailesh moves 3 km. northward, turns
right and then covers 4 km. Mohan moves 5 km westwards,turns right and walks 3 km.
The distance between Shailesh and Mohan now is
(1) 10 km (2) 9 km (3) 8 km (4) 6 km (5) 4 km

7. A man walks 30 metres towards south. Then,turning to his right, he walks 30 metres.
Then turning to his left, he walks 20 metres. Again, he turns to his left and walks 30
metres. How far is he from his initial position?

(1) 30 metres (2) 20 metres (3)80 metres (4) 60 metres (5) None of these

8. Suresh starts from his house towards west. After walking a distance of 30 m, he
turned towards right and walked 20 metres. He then turned left and moving a distance
of 10 metres, turned to his left again and walked 40 metres. He now turns to the left
and walks 5 metres. Finally he turns to his left. In which direction is he walking now?

(1) North (2) South (3) East (4) South-West (5) West

9. Raj travelled from a point X straight to Y at a distance of 80 m. He turned right and

walked 50m, then again turned right and walked 70 metres. Finally he turned right and
walked 50 m. How far is he from the starting point?

(1) 20 metres (2) 50 metres (3)70 metres (4) 10 metres (5) None of these

10. A man walks 10 km towards north. From there he walks 6 km towards south. Then
he walks 3 km towards east. How far and in which direction is he with reference to his
starting point?

(1) 7 km east (2) 5 km west (3)5 km north-east (4) 7 km west (5) None of these

11. One morning after sunrise, Sumesh and Ratheesh were standing on a lawn with
their backs towards each other. Sumesh’s shadow fell exactly towardshis left hand
side. Which direction was Ratheesh facing?
(1) East (2) West (3) North

(4) South (5) North-east

12. A watch reads 4.30 if the minute hand points east,in what direction does the hour
hand point?

(1) North (2) North-west (3)South-east (4) North-east (5) None of these

13. Five students A, B, C, D and E are sitting in a row, D is on the right of E. B is on the
left of E but is on the right of A. D is on the left of C. Who is sitting on the extreme left?

(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) E

14. Five persons were playing card game sitting in a circle all facing the centre. Ashish
was to the left of Milan Nitin was to the right of Anupam and between Anupam and
Mukesh. Who was to the right of Mukesh?

(1) Nitin (2) Milan (3) Mukesh (4) Ashish (5) Cannot be determined

15. Facing the east, Rajesh turned left and walked 10 metres, then he turned to his left
again and walked 10 m. He then turned 45o towards his right and went straight to
cover 25 metres. In which direction from his starting point is he?

(1) South-west (2) South-east (3)North-west (4) North-east (5) East

ANSWERS 1. (2) 2. (5) 3. (2) 4. (4) 5. (1) 6. (2) 7. (5) 8. (1) 9. (4) 10. (3) 11. (4) 12. (4)
13. (1) 14. (4) 15. (3)
TABLES

1)Which of the following states shows a higher percentage increase in female literacy
than the percentage increase in total literacy?

i. Maharashtra ii. Himachal pradesh

iii. Kerala iv.Karnataka

a) i b) i,ii,iv c) i, iii d) all the above

2) For the state showing the minimum percentage increase in the total literacy,,the
numerical ratio of the percentage increase in total literacy to the change in percentage
population growth rate is nearly (take Absolute values only)
 a) 508.5 b)558.5 c)598.5 d) none of these

3) The ratio of the percentage increase in female literacy to the percentage increase in
total literacy is maximum for which state

a) Kerala b) Maharashtra c)Manipur d)Madhya Pradesh

4)The ratio of the overall simple average of the percentage increase in female literacy
to the simple average percentage increase in female literacy of those states where the
percentage increases more than the average is

a) 0.972 b)0.818 c)0.89 d)0.146

5)The ratio of the simple overall average of the percentage increase in female literacy
to the simple overall average of the percentage increase in total literacy is approx
equals to

a)0.894 b)0.968 c)1.033 d)none of these

6) Which state exhibits the total highest literacy

a) Himachal Pradesh b)Kerala c)Manipur d)cannot be determined

7)Among the following ,the charges will be the least for sending a parcel from

a) Allahabad to Lucknow B)Mumbai to Delhi c)Lucknow to Delhi

d)Kolkata to Mumbai

8) For sending parcel from Kolkata the least charges will be for

a) Allahabad b)Mumbai c) Delhi d)Lucknow

9)For which of the following couriers will the charges be different from other three

a)Mumbai to Allahabad b)Allahabad to Lucknow c)Delhi to Lucknow d)Delhi to

Mumbai

10) If the cost per kg is assumed to be directly proportional to the distance between the
cities ,then it can be inferred that Mumbai is farthest from;

a)Allahabad b)Kolkata c)Delhi d)Lucknow

11) The cost of sending a parcel from Mumbai to Allahabad and then from Allahabad to
Lucknow varies from the cost of ddirectly sending the parcel from Mumbai to Lucknow
by

a)Rs10 b)Rs5 c)no variants d)Rs 20

12)Which of the following routes of sending a 1kg parcel will have no extra cost even if
the parcel had been sent directly from the origin city to the destination city?

a)Mumbai-Allahabad-Delhi b) Mumbai-Allahabad-Lucknow

c)Kolkata-Allahabad-Lucknow d)all of these

13)In which year did total number of employees reach (approximately) twice the total
no. of employees that the factory had in the year 1999?
a)2000 b)2001 c)2002 d)2003

14)In which dept did the no. of employess (approx) remain the same during the years
1999 and 2004?

a)Production b)Corporate c)Research d) none of these

15)In how many years was the number of employees working in the production
department more than 50% of the total employees

a)2 b)3 c)4 d)5

16)In which year did each department have larger number of employees than it had in
the immediately preceding year?

a)2002 b)2004 c)2001 d)2003

17)Which department has less than 10% of the employees through all the years shown
in the table

a) Marketing b)Corporate c) Accounts d)none of these

18)In 2011-2012, the ratio of difference between the maximum and the minimum
production of polyethylene to the difference between the maximum and minimum
production of polypropylene is nearly

a)14 b)15 c)16 d)18

19) The ratio of maximum production of polyethylene in 2012 to 2013 to the minimum
production of polyethylene in 2011-2012 is

a)4.8 b)5 c)5.4 d)4.2

20) The maximum no. of times the production in 2011-2012 equals the production in
2012-2013 (for the same month) is for which products?

a)polypropylene b)polyethylene c)nylon filament yarn d)none of these

BAR CHARTS
1)The percentage increase in sales from 2001-2002.?

a)115% b)128% c)122% d)118%

2)The sum of sales of cellular phones in the year 1999 and 2001 is equal to that in

a)1997 b)1998 c)2000 d)2002

3)The two years between which the rate of change of cellular phones is minimum are;

a)1997&1998 b)1999&2000 c) both 1 &2 d) 2001& 2002

4) The difference in sales of cellular phones for the 1997&1999 is

a) 500 units b)1000 units c) 5000units d)18000 units

5)What was India’s total FDI for the period shown in the figure

a) 93.82 b)93.22 c)93.19 d) none of these

6) What was the absolute difference in the FDI to India in between 1996 & 1997?

a)7.29 b)7.13 c)8.13 d)none of these

7) What was the ratio of investment in 1997 over the investment in 1992?

a)5.50 b)5.36 c)5.64 d)5.75

8)Which year exhibited the highest growth in FDI in India over the period shown?
a)1993 b)1994 c)1995 d)1996

9)If the FDI from OPEC countries was proportionately the same in 1992 & 1997 as the
total FDI from all over the world and if the FDI in 1992 from OPEC countries was euro
2million. What was the amount of FDI from the OPEC countries in 1997?

a)11 b)11.72 c)11.28 d)11.5

10)Which of the countries listed below accounts for the highest GDP during the half
decade 2001-2005?
a)Russia b)China c)India d)UAE

11)Which of the countries listed below accounts for the maximum GDP during the half
decade 2006-2010?

a)UAE b)US c)India d)China

12)Out of every 10000rs spent during the decade 2001-2010, approximately how much
was the GDP of Russia during the half decade 2001-2005?

a)Rs700 b)Rs1400 c)Rs2800 d) None of these

13)The GDP of UAE is what fraction of UK for the decade approximately?

a)¼ b)⅕ c)⅙ d) data inadequate

14)What was the percentage of students who cleared CAT exam in 2000?

a)19.56% b)12.6% c)14.28% d)11.76%

15)What was the percentage of students who succeeded in atleast one of the 3 exams
in 2000?

a)82.4% b)82.8% c)82.35% d)82.3%

16)Which year showed the best result in MBA entrance exams for the institute in terms
of (percentage of students who cleared)?

a)2000 b)2001 c)2002 d)cannot be determined

17) What is the percentage increase in the number of students in 2002 over 2000?

a)30% b)17.64% c)117.6% d)85%

18)What is the approximate difference between the average sales turnover of all the
companies put together between the years 2001-2002 & 2002-2003?

a)133.45 b)142.48 c)117.6 d)none of these

19)What should be the sales turn over of GM in 2002-2003 to have shown the excess
of the same quantum over 2001-2002 as shown by the sales turn over of Maruti?

a)953.76 b)963.76 c)952.76 d)962.76

20)Which of the companies shows the maximum percentage difference in sales turn
over between the two years?

a) Honda b)GM c)Hyundai d)Maruti

PIE CHARTS
1)If the investments by the NRIs are rupees 4000 crore, then the investment by
corporate houses and FII together is?

a)24000cr b)24363cr c) 25423.4cr d)25643.3cr

2)What percentage of total investment is coming from either FIIs or NRIs?

a)33% b)11% c)44% d)22%

3)If the total investment other than FII and Corporate houses is 335000cr, then the
investment by the NRIs and Ofshore funds will be approximately?

a)274,100 b)285,600 c)293,000 d)cannot be determined

4)What is the approximate ratio of investment flows into India bonds from NRIs to
Corporate houses?

a)1:4 b)1:3 c)3:1 d)cannot be determined

5)In the corporate sector approximately how many degrees should be there in central
angle?

a)120 b)121 c)122 d)123

6)If the total investment flows from FIIs were to be doubled in the next year and the
investment flows from all other sources had remained constant at their existing levels
for this year , then what would be the proportion of FII investment in the total
investment flows into India bonds in the next year (approx)?

a)40% b)50% c)60% d)70%

7)If the inflow from the FIIs after the doubling(of question 6) were to the tune of US$
500 million,what would be the total investment into India bonds next year (in
US$millions)

a)1000 b)1500 c)800 d) cannot be determined

8)What percentage of Indian tourists went to either USA or UK?

a)40% b)50% c)60% d)70%

9)The ratio of number of tourists that went to USA to the number of Indian tourists who
were below 30years of age is?
a)2:1 b)8:3 c)3:8 d)cannot be determined

10)If amongst other countries, Switzerland accounted for 25% of the Indian tourist
traffic and it is known from official swiss records that a total of 25Lakh Indian tourists
had gone to Switzerland during the year, then find the number of 30-39year old India
tourists who went abroad in that year.?

a)18.75lakh b)25lakh c)50lakh d)75lakh

11)For question 10 , what was the volume of traffic for Indian tourists in the US?

a)150lakh b)125lakh c)200lakh d)none of these

12) For question 10 and 11, what can be inferred about the no. of 50+ year olds who
visited the UK during the year?

a) At Least 25 lakh b) Exactly 25 lakh c) at least 10 lakh

d) Cannot be determined

13) Solve ques. 12 assuming that the age distribution of overseas indian tourists was
uniform for all the countries

a) At Least 25 lakh b) Exactly 25 lakh c) at least 10 lakh

d) Cannot be determined

14) The assumption of ques. 13 and the data from ques. 10 and 11 taken to be true
find the ratio of the no. of 50+ year olds Indian tourists visiting USA in the year to the
no. of below 50 year old indian tourists visiting UK or Switzerland during the year

a)2:1 b)8:3 c)3:8 d)cannot be determined

15)How much of the human body is neither made up of neith bone nor skin?

a)40% b)50% c)60% d)70%

16)What is the ratio of the distribution of the proteins in the muscles to that of the
distribution of proteins in the bones?

a)2:1 b)2:3 c)3:2 d)cannot be determined

17) What % of proteins of the human body is equivalent to the weight of its skin?

a)41.66% b)43.33% c)44.44% d)cannot be determined

The pie chart above[ 5.5 (b)] shows the distribution of New York market share by
volume of different computer companies in 2005.

Number of units sold in 2005 in New York=1500

Value of units sold in 2005 New York= US$ 1,650,000

18)In 2005, the average unit sale price of an IBM PC was approx. (in US$)

a)3180 b)2800 c)393 d)3080

19)For the year 2005, which company has realised the lowest average unit sale price
for a PC?

a)Commodore b)IBM c)Tandy d)cannot be determined

20)Over the period of 2005-06, if sales (value wise) of IBM PCs increased by 50% and
of Apple by 15% assuming that PC sales of all other computer companies remained
the same, by what % (approx.) would the PC sales in New York( value wise) increase
over the same period?

a)16.1% b)18% c)14% d)none of these

 GRAPHS

1)which month showed the highest absolute difference in the Consumer Price Index
(CPI) over the previous month?

a)March b)April c)May d)July

2)Which month showed the highest percentage difference in the CPI over the previous
month?

a)March b)April c)May d)July

3)For how many months the CPI was greater than 350?

a)One b)two c)three d)four

4)In how many months was there a decrease in CPI?

a)One b)two c)three d)four

5)The difference in the no. of months there was increase in the CPI and the no. of
months there was decrease in the CPI is?

a)One b)two c)three d)four

6)For how many months the sales value(by units) at its lowest monthly level?

a)One b)two c)three d)four

7)The ratio of the no.of months in which there was a decrease to the no. of months in
which there was no decrease in the sales value was?

a)2:9 b)2:8 c)2:10 d)none of these

8)The no. of months exhibited a sales volume greater than 12.5% of the overall annual
sales volume was?

a)One b)two c)three d)none of these

9)The highest percentage increase was shown in which month?

a)March b)April c)September d)November

10)Highest absolute increase was shown in which month?

a)March b)April c)September d)all of these

11)The number of years for which the consumption of metal was less than the
consumption of plastic over the given time period was?

a)One b)two c)three d)four

12)The total consumption of plastic (for car manufacturing) divided by total

consumption of metal(for car manufacturing) over the period will give a ratio closest to

a)4:3 b)5:4 c)6:5 d)7:4

13)Which item and for which year shows the highest % change in consumption of the
previous years?

a)Metal 2003 b)Plastic 2003 c)Metal 2002 d)Plastic

14)For the two data series shown how many years have shown a decrease in
consumption (for both the items individually)?

a)One b)two c)three d)four

15)The ratio of the highest total consumption in any single year to the lowest total
consumption of the two items taken together in any year was equal to?
a)5:3 b)7:4 c)11:6 d)11:7

16)Which year showed the highest percentage increase in the total consumption of two
the metals?

a)2001 b)2002 c)2003 d)2004

17)Which year showed the highest % decrease in the total consumption of the two
metals?

a)2001 b)2002 c)2004 d)2005

18) At what ages are the requirements of calories for baby boys and baby girls equal?

a)2months b)4months c)8months d)2 and 8 months

19) the difference between the calorie requirements of calories for baby boys and baby
girls at the age of 6months is approximately equal to?

a)300calories b)250calories c)400calories d)200calories

20)If in a family there are 4 baby boys aged 4,6,8,12 months respectively and 3 baby
girls aged 2,8&16 months respectively, then what is the total calorie requirement per
day for the babies in the family?

a)12,100 b)12,250 c)12,400 d)None of these

ANALYTICAL REASONING

I)Instructions: Five people - Abhi, Bablu, Chintu, Dubey and Eisha - are travelling in five
different trains - Rajdhani Express, AP Express, Shatabdi Express, Duronto Express
and Howrah Express in any order - to five different destinations - Bangalore, Delhi,
Hyderabad, Mumbai and Kolkata in any order. Further:

1) Rajdhani Express does not go to Mumbai. 2) Abhi's train, Howrah Express and the
train to Mumbai start at different timings. 3) Chintu is travelling in neither Rajdhani
Express nor Howrah Express. 4) Bablu, who is travelling in Shatabdi Express, is not
going to Mumbai. 5) Eisha's train starts after the train to Delhi. 6) Abhi's train, Rajdhani
Express and the train to Hyderabad start at different timings. 7) Neither Rajdhani
Express nor Howrah Express goes to Kolkata. 8) AP Express does not go to Delhi. 9)
Dubey is going to Bangalore. 10) Neither AP Express nor Duronto Express is going to
Kolkata.

Question 1: Who is travelling in Duronto Express?

a) Abhi b) Bablu c) Chintu d) None of these

Question 2: Which of the following is true?

a) Abhi is going to Bangalore b) Shatabdi Express goes to Mumbai c) Eisha is

travelling in AP Express d) Bablu is travelling to Kolkata

Question 3: Which of the following train-destination combination is correct?

a) Rajdhani - Delhi b) AP - Mumbai c) Duronto - Bangalore d) Howrah - Delhi

Question 4: Howrah Express is going to which destination?

a) Bangalore b) Delhi c) Hyderabad d) Mumbai

II)Instructions: Six students A,B,C,D,E,F have to choose 2 subjects each out of

Physics, Chemistry, Maths and Economics such that no two students choose the same
pair of subjects. A) C, D and F have one subject in common. Similarly A,E,F have also
one subject in common. In both the cases the subjects are neither Maths nor
Economics. B) The subjects chosen by A were entirely different from D C) One subject
chosen by A matched with one of the subjects of B and this subject was not
Economics. D) One of the subjects of C was Physics.

Question 5: For how many students can the two subjects that they have chosen be
determined?

a) 4 b) 6 c) 5 d) 3

Question 6: Which of the subjects has been choosen by C?

a) Maths, Physics b) Chemistry, Physics c) Economics, Physics d) None of these

Question 7: Which of these subjects is common between B and F?

a) Maths b) Physics c) Chemistry d) None of these

Question 8: Which of these subjects were chosen by D?

a) Chemistry b) Economics c) Maths d) None of these

III)Healthy Bites is a fast food joint serving three items, burgers, fries and ice cream. It
has two employees Anish and Bani who prepare the items ordered by the
clients.Preparation time is 10 minutes for a burger and 2 minutes for an order of Ice
cream. An employee can prepare only one of these items at a time. The fries are
prepared in an automatic fryer which can prepare up to 3 portions of fries at a time, and
takes 5 minutes irrespective of the number of portions. The fryer does not need an
employee to constantly attend to it, and we can ignore the time taken by an employee
to start and stop the fryer; thus, an employee can be engaged in preparing other items
while the frying is on. However, fries cannot be prepared in anticipation of future
orders. Healthy Bites wishes to serve the orders as early as possible. The individual
items in any order are served as and when ready; however, the order is considered to
be completely served only when all the items of that order are served. The table below
gives the orders of three clients and the times at which they placed their orders:

Q. 1: Assume that only one client's order can be processed at any given point of time.
So, Anish or Bani cannot start preparing a new order while a previous order is being
prepared. At what time is the order placed by Client 1 completely served?

1. 10:17 2. 10:10 3. 10:15 4. 10:20

Q. 2: Assume that only one client's order can be processed at any given point of time.
So, Anish or Bani cannot start preparing a new order while a previous order is being
prepared. At what time is the order placed by Client 3 completely served?

1. 10:35 2. 10:22 3. 10:25 4. 10:17

Q. 3: Suppose the employees are allowed to process multiple orders at a time, but the
preference would be to finish orders of clients who placed their orders earlier. At what
time is the order placed by Client 2 completely served?

1. 10:10 2. 10:12 3. 10:15 4. 10:17

Q. 4: Suppose the employees are allowed to process multiple orders at a time, but the
preference would be to finish orders of clients who placed their orders earlier. Also
assume that the fourth client came in only at 10:35. Between 10:00 and 10:30, for how
many minutes is exactly one of the employees idle?

1. 7 2. 10 3. 15 4. 23

IV) A study to look at the early learning of rural kids was carried out in a number of
villages spanning three states, chosen from the North East (NE), the West (W) and the
South (S). 50 four-year old kids each were sampled from each of the 150 villages from
NE, 250 villages from W and 200 villages from S. It was found that of the 30000
surveyed kids 55% studied in primary schools run by government (G), 37% in private
schools (P) while the remaining 8% did not go to school (O). The kids surveyed were
further divided into two groups based on whether their mothers dropped out of school
before completing primary education or not. The table below gives the number of kids
in different types of schools for mothers who dropped out of school before completing
primary education:
1. In S, 60% of the surveyed kids were in G. Moreover, in S, all surveyed kids whose
mothers had completed primary education were in school.

2. In NE, among the O kids, 50% had mothers who had dropped out before completing
primary education.

3. The number of kids in G in NE was the same as the number of kids in G in W.

Q. 5: What percentage of kids from S were studying in P?

1. 37% 2. 6% 3. 79% 4. 56%

Q. 6: Among the kids in W whose mothers had completed primary education, how
many were not in school?

1. 300 2. 1200 3. 1050 4. 1500

Q. 7: In a follow up survey of the same kids two years later, it was found that all the
kids were now in school. Of the kids who were not in school earlier, in one region, 25%
were in G now, whereas the rest were enrolled in P; in the second region, all such kids
were in G now; while in the third region, 50% of such kids had now joined G while the
rest had joined P. As a result, in all three regions put together, 50% of the kids who
were earlier out of school had joined G. It was also seen that no surveyed kid had
changed schools. What number of the surveyed kids now were in G in W?

1. 6000 2. 5250 3. 6750 4. 6300

Q. 8: In a follow up survey of the same kids two years later, it was found that all the
kids were now in school. Of the kids who were not in school earlier, in one region, 25%
were in G now, whereas the rest were enrolled in P; in the second region, all such kids
were in G now; while in the third region, 50% of such kids had now joined G while the
rest had joined P. As a result, in all three regions put together, 50% of the kids who
were earlier out of school had joined G. It was also seen that no surveyed kid had
changed schools. What percentage of the surveyed kids in S, whose mothers had
dropped out before completing primary education, were in G now?

1. 94.7% 2. 89.5% 3. 93.4% 4. Cannot be determined

V)Applicants for the doctoral programmes of Ambi Institute of Engineering (AIE) and

Bambi Institute of Engineering (BIE) have to appear for a Common Entrance Test

(CET). The test has three sections: Physics (P), Chemistry (C), and Maths (M).

Among those appearing for CET, those at or above the 80th percentile in at least two

sections, and at or above the 90th percentile overall, are selected for Advanced

Entrance Test (AET) conducted by AIE. AET is used by AIE for final selection.
For the 200 candidates who are at or above the 90th percentile overall based on CET,

the following are known about their performance in CET:

1. No one is below the 80th percentile in all 3 sections.

2. 150 are at or above the 80th percentile in exactly two sections.

3. The number of candidates at or above the 80th percentile only in P is the same as
the number of candidates at or above the 80th percentile only in C. The same is the
number of candidates at or above the 80th percentile only in M.

4. Number of candidates below 80th percentile in P: Number of candidates below

80thpercentile in C: Number of candidates below 80th percentile in M = 4:2:1.BIE uses
a different process for selection. If any candidate is appearing in the AET by AIE, BIE
considers their AET score for final selection provided the candidate is at or above the
80th percentile in P. Any other candidate at or above the 80th percentile inP in CET,
but who is not eligible for the AET, is required to appear in a separate test to be
conducted by BIE for being considered for final selection. Altogether, there are 400
candidates this year who are at or above the 80th percentile in P.

Q. 9: What best can be concluded about the number of candidates sitting for the
separate test for BIE who were at or above the 90th percentile overall in CET?

1. 3 or 1 2. 10 3. 5 4. 7 or 10

Q. 10: If the number of candidates who are at or above the 90th percentile overall and
also at or above the 80th percentile in all three sections in CET is actually a multiple of
5, what is the number of candidates who are at or above the 90th percentile overall and
at or above the 80th percentile in both P and M in CET?
Ans 60

Q. 11: If the number of candidates who are at or above the 90th percentile overall and
also at or above the 80th percentile in all three sections in CET is actually a multiple of
5, then how many candidates were shortlisted for the AET for AIE?

Ans 170

Q. 12: If the number of candidates who are at or above the 90th percentile overall and
also are at or above the 80th percentile in P in CET, is more than 100, how many
candidates had to sit for the separate test for BIE?

1. 299 2. 310 3. 321 4. 330

VI)Simple Happiness index (SHI) of a country is computed on the basis of three,

parameters: social support (S),freedom to life choices (F) and corruption perception
(C). Each of these three parameters is measured on a scale of 0 to 8 (integers only). A
is then categorised based on the total score obtained by summing the scores of all the
three parameters, as shown in the following table:

Following diagram depicts the frequency distribution of the scores in S, F and C of 10

countries - Amda, Benga, Calla, Delma, Eppa, Varsa, Wanna, Xanda,Yanga and
Zooma:
Further, the following are known. 1. Amda and Calla jointly have the lowest total score,
7, with identical scores in all the three parameters. 2. Zooma has a total score of 17. 3.
All the 3 countries, which are categorised as happy, have the highest score ln exactly
one parameter. All the 3 countries, which are categorised as happy, have the highest
score ln exactly one parameter.

Q. 13: What is Amda's score in F? Ans1

Q. 14: What is Zooma's score in S? Ans6

Q. 15: Benga and Delma, two countries categorized as happy, are tied with the same
total score. What is the maximum score they can have?

1. 14 2. 15 3. 16 4. 17

Q. 16: If Benga scores 16 and Delma scores 15, then what is the maximum number of
countries with a score of 13?

1. 0 2. 1 3. 2 4. 3
VII)There are 21 employees working in a division, out of whom 10 are special-skilled
employees (SE) and the remaining are regular-skilled employees (RE). During the next
five months, the division has to complete five projects every month. Out of the 25
projects, 5 projects are "challenging", while the remaining ones are "standard". Each of
the challenging projects has to be completed in different months. Every month, five
teams — T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5, work on one project each. T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5 are
allotted the challenging project in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth month,
respectively. The team assigned the challenging project has one more employee than
the rest. In the first month, T 1 has one more SE than T2, T2 has one more SE than
T3, T 3 has one more SE than T4, and T4 has one more SE than T5. Between two
successive months, the composition of the teams changes as follows: a. The team
allotted the challenging project, gets two SE from the team which was allotted the
challenging project in the previous month. In exchange, one RE is shifted from the
former team to the latter team.b. After the above exchange, if T 1 has any SE and T5
has any RE, then one SE is shifted from T1 to T5, and one RE is shifted from T5 to T1.
Also, if T2 has any SE and T4 has any RE, then one SE is shifted from T2 to T4, and
one RE is shifted from T 4 to T2. Each standard project has a total of 100 credit points,
while each challenging project has 200 credit points. The credit points are equally
shared between the employees included in that team.

Q. 17: The number of times in which the composition of team T2 and the number of
times in which composition of team T4 remained unchanged in two successive months
are:

1. (2,1) 2. (1,0) 3. (0,0) 4. (1,1)

Q. 18: The number of SE in T1 and T5 for the projects in the third month are,
respectively:
1. (0,2) 2. (0,3) 3. (1,2) 4. (1,3)

Q. 19: Which of the following CANNOT be the total credit points earned by any
employee from the projects?

1. 140 2. 150 3. 170 4. 200

Q. 20: One of the employees named Aneek scored 185 points. Which of the following
CANNOT be true?

1. Aneek worked only in teams T1, T2, T3, and T4.

2. Aneek worked only in teams T1, T2, T4, and T5.

3. Aneek worked only in teams T2, T3, T4, and T5.

4. Aneek worked only in teams T1, T3, T4, and T5.

VIII)In a square layout of site 5rn X 5m, 25 equal-sized square platforms of different
heights are built. The heights (in metre) of individual platforms are as shown below:

Individuals (all of same height) are seated on these platforms. We say an individual A
can reach individual B, if all the three following conditions are met; (i) A and B are in
the same row or column (ii) A is at a lower height than B (iii) If there is/are any
individual(s) between A and B, such Individual(s) must be at a height lower than that of
A. Thus in the table given above, consider the individual seated at height 8 on 3rd row
and 2nd column. He ran be reached by four Individuals. He can be reached by the
individual on his left at height 7, by the two individuals on his right at heights of 4 and 6
and by the individual above at height 5. Rows in the layout are numbered from top to
bottom and columns are numbered from left to right.

Q. 21: How many individuals in this layout can be reached by just one individual?

1. 3 2. 5 3. 7 4. 8

Q. 22: Which of the following is true for any individual at a platform of height 1 m in this
layout?

1. They can be reached by all the individuals in their own row and column.

2. They can be reached by at least 4 individuals.

3. They can be reached by at least one individual.

4. They cannot be reached by anyone.

Q. 23: We can find two individuals who cannot be reached by anyone in

1. the last row. 2. the fourth row. 3. the fourth column. 4. the middle column.

Q. 24: Which of the following statements is true about this layout?

1. Each row has an individual who can be reached by 5 or more individuals.

2. Each row has an individual who cannot be reached by anyone.

3. Each row has at least two individuals who can be reached by an equal number of
individuals.

4. All individuals at the height of 9 m can be reached by at least 5 individuals.

VENN DIAGRAMS
1)Let A = {0, 1, 3, 5}, B = {5, 6, 1, 3, 9} and C = {0, 1, 2, 3, 9, 13}. Then,

:
[1] {0, 1, 2, 3, 9, 13} [2] {0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 13}

[3] {0, 1, 3} [4] {1, 3}

2)How many numbers are there between 1 and 100 that are not divisible by 2, 3
and 5?

[1] 26 [2] 36 [3] 40 [4] 68

A school has 63 students studying Physics, Chemistry and Biology. 33 study

Physics, 25 Chemistry and 26 Biology. 10 study Physics and Chemistry, 9 study
Biology and Chemistry while 8 study both Physics and Biology. Equal numbers
study all three subjects as those who learn none of the three.

3)How many study all the three subjects?

[1] 2 [2] 3 [3] 5 [4] 7

4)How many study only one of the three subjects?

[1] 21 [2] 30 [3] 39 [4] 42

5)Shyam visited Ram during his brief vacation. In the mornings they both would go
for yoga. In the evenings they would play tennis. To have more fun, they indulge
only in one activity per day, i.e. either they went for yoga or played tennis each
day. There were days when they were lazy and stayed home all day long. There
were 24 mornings when they did nothing, 14 evenings when they stayed at home,
and a total of 22 days when they did yoga or played tennis. For how many days
Shyam stayed with Ram?

a) 32 b) 24 c) 30 d) None of these

6)Fifty college teachers are surveyed as to their possession of colour TV, VCR and
tape recorder. Of them, 22 own colour TV, 15 own VCR and 14 own tape
recorders. Nine of these college teachers own exactly two items out of colour TV,
VCR and tape recorder; and, one college teacher owns all three. How many of the
50 teachers own none of the three, colour TV, VCR or tape recorder?

a) 4 b) 9 c) 10 d) 11

Instructions : A survey of 200 people in a community who watched at least one of

the three channels — BBC, CNN and DD — showed that 80% of the people
watched DD, 22% watched BBC, and 15% watched CNN.

7)What is the maximum percentage of people who can watch all the three
channels?

a) 12.5% b) 8.5% c) 15% d) Data insufficient

8) If 5% of people watched DD and CNN, 10% watched DD and BBC, then what
percentage of people watched BBC and CNN only?

a) 2% b) 5% c) 8.5% d) Cannot be determined

9) Referring to the previous question, what percentage of people watched all the
three channels?

a) 3.5% b) 0% c) 8.5% d) Cannot be determined

10)Set Fn gives all factors of n. Set Mn gives all multiples of n less than 1000.
Which of the following statements is/are true?

i. F108 ∩ F84 = F12

ii. M12 ∪ M18 = M36

iii. M12 ∩ M18 = M36

iv. M12 ⊂ (M6 ∩ M4)

A. i, ii and iii only

B. i, iii and iv only
C. i and iii only
D. All statements are true

Each of these questions given below contains three elements. These elements
may or may not have some inter linkage. Each group of elements may fit into one
of these diagrams at (A), (B), (C), (D) and/or (E). You have to indicate the group of
elements which correctly fits into the diagrams

11)Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation between Travelers,
Train and Bus ?
12)Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation between Profit,
Dividend and Bonus ?

13)Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation between Women,
Mothers and Engineers ?

14)In the following diagram the boys who are athletic and are disciplined are
indicated by which number?
15)In an organization of pollution control board, engineers are represented by a
circle, legal experts by a square and environmentalist by a triangle. Who is most
represented in the board as shown in the following figure ?

16)In the following figure triangle represents 'girls', square players and circle-
coach. Which part of the diagram represents the girls who are player but not
coach?
17)How many persons can speak English and Hindi both the languages only ?
18)How many persons can speak Marathi and Telugu both ?

19)How many persons can speak only English ?

20)How many persons who take tea and wine but not coffee ?

21)How many persons are there who take both tea and coffee but not wine ?