Sreedhar's CCE IBPS-RRB Clerks-Prelims -XIII-MT-4

IBPS REGIONAL RURAL BANKS (RRBs)

CLERKS-XIII-Prelims - MODEL TEST-4
REASONING

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Direction (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions
given below.
Eight people are sitting in two parallel rows containing four persons are
sitting in each row with an equal distance between adjacent persons. Thus in the
given arrangement each member seated in one row faces another member of
other row. In row 1 - A, B, C, and D are seated and all of them are facing North. In
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row 2 - P, Q, R, and S are seated and all of them are facing South. Each one uses
different brand soaps viz. Dove, Pears, LUX, Dettol, Hamam, Santoor, Cinthol,
and Himalaya but not necessarily in the same order.
D sits second to the right of the one who uses Santoor. Q sits immediate

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right of the one who faces D. B does not use Santoor and Pears. Only one person
sits between Q and the one who uses Dettol. Either R or C uses Hamam. The one
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who uses Himalaya sits second to the right of the one who faces R. R does not use
Dettol. S uses Dove. The one who uses Pears sits immediate neighbour of the one
who faces S. Only two people sit between C and B. Q does not use LUX.
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1. Who amongst the following person faces B?

1) S 2) The one who uses LUX
3) The one who uses Hamam 4) The one who uses Himalaya 5) P
2. Who amongst the following sit at an extreme ends of the row?
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1) P, The one who uses Pears 2) R, The one who uses LUX
3) C, The one who uses Dove 4) Q, The one who uses Santoor
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5) B, The one who uses Cinthol

3. Which of the following soap does Q uses, as per the given arrangement?
1) Pears 2) Santoor 3) Cinthol 4) Dettol 5) Himalaya
4. Which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE as per the given arrangement?
1) B uses LUX.
2) Only one person sits between R and P.
3) The one who uses Dove sits second to the right of R.
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4) Both 1 and 3 5) All are true
5. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions as per
the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following does
not belong to that group?
1) A – Pears 2) P – Dettol 3) D – Himalaya
4) B – LUX 5) R – Santoor
Direction (6-8): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions
given below.
Each of seven friends viz. – R, S, T, U, V, W, and X got different marks in an
examination but not necessarily in the same order. Only two people got less
marks than R. S got more marks than U but less marks than V. W got less marks
than U but not got the least marks. X got more marks than U but less marks than S.
6. Who among the following person got the least marks?
1) U 2) V 3) T 4) S 5) X
7. How many people got more marks than U?
1) Three 2) Two 3) Four 4) One 5) More than four
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8. If X got 58 marks, then what will be the possible marks of S?
1) 48 2) 56 3) 52 4) 63 5) 49
9. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘MAGNETIC’, each of which
has as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward
directions) as they have between them in the English alphabetical series?
1) Two 2) One 3) None 4) Three 5) More than three
Direction: (10-12) In these questions three statements followed by two conclusions
numbered I and II have been given. You have to take the three given statements
to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and
then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given
statements disregarding commonly known facts.

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10. Statements: Only a few Doctors are Teachers
All Teachers are Students
No Engineer is Teacher
Conclusions: I. No Engineer is Doctor. II. All Students can be Doctors.
1) Both conclusions I and II follow 2) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
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3) Only conclusion II follows
5) Only conclusion I follows
4) Either conclusion I or II follows

11. Statements: No Chair is Table Some Tables are Benches

All Stools are Benches

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Conclusions: I. All Benches can never be Chairs.
II. Some Tables are Stools.
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1) Either conclusion I or II follows 2) Only conclusion II follows
3) Both conclusions I and II follow 4) Only conclusion I follows
5) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
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12. Statements: No Eraser is Pencil

Only a few Pencils are Sharpeners
Some Pens are Erasers
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Conclusions: I. All Pencils are Pens. II. Some Sharpeners are Erasers.
1) Neither conclusion I nor II follows 2) Both conclusions I and II follow
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3) Only conclusion I follows 4) Either conclusion I or II follows

5) Only conclusion II follows
Direction (13-17): Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
Six people viz. P, Q, R, S, T, and U were born on different dates of either the
10th or 25th of three different months viz. July, August, and November in the
same year. No person other than those was born in the given months. Only one
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person was born on each date.
P was born in the month having 31 days but not on an odd-numbered date.
Only two people were born between P and Q. T was born before R. U was born
immediately before Q. As many people were born after U as before R.
13. Who amongst the following person was born in August 25th?
1) R 2) U 3) T 4) S 5) Q
14. How many people were born between Q and R as per the given arrangement?
1) Three 2) None 3) Two 4) One 5) More than three
15. Which of the following statement is/are TRUE as per the given arrangement?
1) Only one person was born between S and R.
2) U was born in November. 3) R was born just after P.
4) Both 1 and 2 5) All are true
16. T was born in which of the following month and date as per the given arrangement?
1) August – 10th 2) July – 10th 3) November – 10th
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4) July – 25 5) November - 25th
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17. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions as per
the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following doesn’t
belong to that group?
1) R – July 25th 2) Q – November 3) P – August
4) U – November 10th 5) Q – July
Direction (18-22): These questions are based upon the following five three letter
words.
HAS KUD TOP CAM REG
18. If all the consonants are changed to previous letter and vowels are changed to
next letter in all the words as per the English alphabetical order, then how many
words thus formed will have an alphabet appear twice?
1) Two 2) None 3) Three 4) One 5) More than three

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19. If all the given words are arranged in an alphabetical order from left to right, then
how many letters (in the English alphabetical order) are there between the third
letter of the second word from the right end and the second letter of the second
word from the left end as per the English alphabetical order?
1) Six 2) Four 3) Five 4) Seven 5) Three
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If the first and the third letters of all the words are interchanged then how many
meaningful words will be formed ?
1) CAM 2) REG 3) HAS 4) TOP 5) Both 1 and 4
21. If the first letter of all the words is changed to the next letter according to the

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English alphabetical series, then how many words will have more than one vowel
(same or different vowel)?
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1) Three 2) One 3) Two 4) None 5) More than three
22. If all the words are arranged in an alphabetical order from right to left, then what
will be the second from right end?
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1) REG 2) CAM 3) TOP 4) HAS 5) KUD

Direction (23-27): In these questions, relationship between different elements is
shown in the statements. The statements are followed by two conclusions. Study
the conclusions based on the given statement and select the appropriate answer.
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23. Statements: W < T  H = V  D; E  T > G = Q  B
Conclusions: I. Q < V II. H  E
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1) Neither conclusion I nor II is true 2) Only conclusion I is true

3) Either conclusion I or II is true 4) Only conclusion II is true
5) Both conclusions I and II are true
24. Statement: R<K  G=D  X<W=S  V
Conclusions: I. S > G II. K  X
1) Only conclusion II is true 2) Both conclusions I and II are true
3) Neither conclusion I nor II is true 4) Either conclusion I or II is true
5) Only conclusion I is true
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25. Statements: N  T < O  C = E; U  Z < O = F  R
Conclusions: I. T < U II. R < E
1) Either conclusion I or II is true 2) Only conclusion I is true
3) Only conclusion II is true 4) Both conclusions I and II are true
5) Neither conclusion I nor II is true
26. Statement: L>D=M  R<S  C=W>Z  A
Conclusions: I. D  C II. M < W
1) Both conclusions I and II are true 2) Either conclusion I or II is true
3) Only conclusion I is true 4) Neither conclusion I nor II is true
5) Only conclusion II is true
27. Statement: Q<Y  V>K=D  X>L=B  T
Conclusions: I. V > B II. T > D
1) Neither conclusion I nor II is true 2) Only conclusion I is true
3) Either conclusion I or II is true 4) Only conclusion II is true
5) Both conclusions I and II are true

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Direction (28-32): Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
Certain number of people are sitting around a circular table facing the centre.
M sits third to the right of G. Only five people sit between G and V (either from
left or right). R sits second to the right of V. Five people sit between R and H. H
doesn’t sit immediate to M. As many people sit between M and R (from right of M)
as between T and H. T is not an immediate neighbour to R. Only four people sit
between G and H. P sits immediate left of H. U sits exactly between G and P.
28. How many people sit in a circle as per the given arrangement?
1) 16 2) 17 3) 15 4) 13 5) 14
29. How many persons sit between P and T (from the left of P) as per the given
arrangement?

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1) Eight 2) Four 3) Seven 4) Six 5) Five
30. What is the position of U with respect to R?
1) Sixth to the left 2) Sixth to the right 3) Ninth to the right
4) Eight to the left 5) Fifth to the left
31. Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE as per the given arrangement?
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1) M and U sit immediate to each other.
2) Only two people sit between R and T.
3) H sits second to the right of M.
4) P and M are immediate to each other

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5) Five persons sit between P and T(from left of P)
Who sits third to the left of H?
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1) M 2) V 3) U 4) G 5) R
Direction (33-35): Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
Point A is 15m West of point S. Point P is 5m South of point A. Point B is 8m
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East of point P. Point M is 14m North of point B. Point M is 12m East of point R.
Point T is 9m South of point R. Point V is 4m West of point T.
33. In which direction is point R with respect to point B?
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1) South-East 2) North 3) North-West 4) North-East 5) South-West
34. What is the distance between point S and point V?
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1) 24m 2) 22m 3) 25m 4) 21m 5) 23m

35. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way as per the given arrangement,
then which one of the following doesn’t belong to the group?
1) M – S 2) R – A 3) T – M 4) T – P 5) V – B
Direction (36-40): These questions are based upon the following five three digit
numbers.
374 128 637 596 741
36. If the first and third digits of each number are interchanged, then what will be
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the sum of the second lowest number?
1) 12 2) 11 3) 14 4) 20 5) 16
37. If the positions of the first and the second digits of each numbers are interchanged,
then what will be the resultant of the second digit of the highest number is
divided by the first digit of the lowest number thus formed?
1) 2 2) 3.5 3) 1.5 4) 3 5) 2.5
38. If all the digits are arranged in descending order within the number, then which
of the following will form the highest number?
1) 128 2) 596 3) 374 4) 741 5) 637
39. If ‘1’ is subtracted from the third digit of every odd number and ‘1’ is added to the
third digit of every even number, then how many numbers thus formed will be
divisible by three?
1) Three 2) None 3) Two 4) One 5) More than three
40. If all the numbers are arranged in descending order from left to right then which
of the following number will be the second from the right end?
1) 637 2) 128 3) 374 4) 741 5) 596
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NUMERICAL ABILITY
41. Jar A contains 84 litre mixture of milk and water, out of which one-seventh is
water. 14 litre mixture is taken out and 2 litre water is added to it. The quantity
of milk is what percent more than that of water in the final mixture ?
1) 500 2) 400 3) 300 4) 600 5) 100
42. The distance covered by a boat upstream in 2 hours 24 mins is 36 km. If the speed
of the boat in still water is 18km/h, how much distance downstream will it cover
in 4 hours ? (in km)
1) 88 2) 84 3) 96 4) 168 5)120

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43. Train A takes 20 seconds to cross an electric pole at 90km/h. The length of Train
B is 20m less than that of Train A. If Train B took 24seconds to cross an electric
pole, what is the speed of Train B ? (in km/h)
1) 72 2) 60 3) 54 4) 45 5) 90
44. A invested Rs. 4000 in a business. At the end of 4 months from the start of the
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business, B joined with an investment of Rs. 8400 and A left. If the total annual
profit was Rs. 13,000, what was A’s share in profit ?
1) Rs. 2250 2) Rs. 3000 3) Rs. 3500 4) Rs. 2500 5) Rs. 2000
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The sum of A’s and B’s present age is 42 years and that of B’s and C’s present age
is 54 years. If C’s present age is twice of A’s present age, what is B’s present age
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? (in years)
1) 28 2) 24 3) 30 4) 32 5) 12
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46. Ravish spends 20% of his monthly salary as rent. Out of the remaining he invests
20% in mutual funds and 12% as fixed deposits. If he is left with Rs. 24,480, what
is his monthly salary ?
1) Rs. 40000 2) Rs. 30000 3) Rs. 50000 4) RS. 35000 5) Rs. 45000
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47. An article is marked at a price which was 200% more than its cost price. The
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difference between the selling price when the article is sold at 20% discount and
the selling price when the article is sold at 10% discount is Rs. 36, what is the
cost price of the article ? (in Rs.)
1) 200 2) 160 3) 120 4) 180 5) 150
48. In 2018, the population of Village A is 4080. In 2018, the population of Village A
increased by 20% as compared to the previous year. If in 2017, the respective
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ratio between the population of males and that of females 12 : 5, what was the
number of males in the Village in 2017 ?
1) 2040 2) 2160 3) 2400 4) 1920 5) 2280
49. Inlet A can fill an empty tank in 48hrs and outlet B can empty a full tank in
72hrs. Inlet A was opened for 12hrs and then closed. Outlet B was then opened
for 3hrs and then closed. What proportion of the tank was filled with water after
15hrs ?
5 1 7 21 1
1) 24 2) 3) 4) 5)
6 24 24 4
50. The perimeter of a square is 64cm, the length of a rectangle is 4 less than the
side of the square. If the area of the rectangle is 108cm2, what is the breadth of
the rectangle ? (in cm)
1) 9 2) 4 3) 12 4) 6 5) 8

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Direction(51-63):What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the given
question ?
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51. 18  8  of 2?
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1) 5 2) 6 3) 4 4) 2 5) 3
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52. x 252  7 = ?  25
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1) 100 2) 200 3) 50 4) 40 5) 80
53. ? X 3  (36 x 4) = 72 - 1
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1) 4 2) 5 3) 2 4) 1 5) 3
54. (33 - 0.25)  ? = 6.55
1) 0.5 2) 4.5 3) 2.5 4) 5 5) 1.5
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55. 1152  ? + 1024 = 34
1) 44 2) 34 3) 26 4) 24 5) 36
56. 3 x 16 - 7 + 112 = ?
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1) 96 2) 118 3) 114 4)120 5) 106
57. ? % of (153  3 + 9) = 36
1) 20
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2) 60
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58.  4  3 125  9
18 2 9
1) 7 2) 5 3) 13 4) 11 5) 6
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59. 38 + ? = 26 x 2.5 - 13
1) 14 2) l9 3) 16 4) l5 5) l3
60. 60% of 85 - ? = 32
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1) 256 2) 361 3) 324 4)225 5) 289
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61. x ?2 + 18  0.2 = 110
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1) 9 2) 3 3) 12 4) 6 5) 15
62. ?  1.5 x 6 + 22 = 202
1) 6 2) 45 3) 60 4) 30 5) 4.5
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63. (?  25)  0.5 = 3 x 12
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1) 300 2) l50 3) 500 4) 100 5) 250
Direction(64-66):In this question two equations numbered I & II are given. You
have to solve both the equations and mark the appropriate option:
64. I. x2 + 14x + 48 = 0
II.y2 + 16y + 63 = 0
1) x  y 2) x < y
3) Relationship between x and y cannot be established
4) x > y 5) x  y
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65. I. 2x - 7x + 3 = 0
II. y2 - 7y + 12 = 0
1) x > y 2) x  y 3) x < y
4) Relationship between x and y cannot be established
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66. I. x2 - 9x + 20 = 0
II. y2 - 15y + 54 = 0
1) x > y 2) Relationship between x and y cannot be established
3) x < y 4) x  y 5) x  y
Direction(67-70):In this question a number series is given. Only one number is
wrong which doesn’t fit in the series. Find out the wrong number?
67. 2 4 11 38 102 227 443
1) 38 2) 227 3) 102 4) 11 5) 4
68. 2.1 1.5 2.7 0.9 3.5 0.3 3.9
1) 0.9 2) 0.3 3) 3.5 4)2.7 5) 1.5
69. 4 7 11 17 26 41 57

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1) 41 2) 26 3) 11 4) 7 5) 17
70. 5 4 7 20 79 396 2363
1) 7 2) 79 3) 4 4) 396 5) 20
Direction (71-75):Refer to the graph and answer the given question :
The graph depicts the number of students learning two languages (German &
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Spanish) in Institutes A, B and C:

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Number of students

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30
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A B C
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71. What is the difference between the total number of students learning both the
languages together in institute A and that in Institute B ?
1) 8 2) 18 3) 24 4) 14 5) 4
72. The total number of students learning German is approximately what percent
more/less than that of Spanish?
1) 25% 2) 15% 3) 11% 4) 21% 5) 8%
73. Another institute D, number of students learning German is 20% more than that
of B and the ratio of the number of students learning Spanish in A and D is 7:9.
Then find the total number of students in institute D?
1) 80 2) 65 3) 92 4) 75 5) 85

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74. What is the ratio of the number of students learning German in A and C together
to the number of students learning Spanish in A and B together?
1) 2:3 2) 3:2 3) 1:1 4) 4:5 5) 5:4
75. If two more students joined in institute A for learning German, then find the new
average of students learning German?
1) 25 2) 36 3) 21 4) 23 5) 18
Direction(76-80):Study the table and answer the given question :
The table depicts the number of meals served by three different Restaurants
in five days:

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Restaurants A B C D
Days
Friday 54 72 108 63
Saturday 59 63 96 59
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Sunday 61 84 75 82
Monday 56 81 50 75
Tuesday

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76. If the number of meals served by restaurant C to female customers on Monday
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and Tuesday was 32 and 24 respectively, the number of meals served by restaurant
C to male customers on Monday was what percent of that served on Tuesday ?
1) 60 2) 50 3) 40 4) 30 5) 45
77. What is the respective ratio between the total number of meals served by
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restaurants A and B together on Friday and the number of meals served by
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restaurant C on the same day ?

1) 6 : 5 2) 14 : 9 3) 7:5 4) 7 : 6 5) 14 : 5
78. What is the average number of meals served by restaurant B on Saturday, Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday ?
1) 85 2) 72 3) 65 4) 68 5) 75
79. What is the difference between the number of meals served by restaurant D on
Saturday and that on Sunday ?
1) 24 2) 23 3) 19 4) 25 5) 18
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80. What approximate percent of the number of meals served by restaurant D on
Sunday?
1) 28% 2) 35% 3) 22% 4) 18% 5) 12%

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