FIITJEE COMMON TEST

BATCH – CTH2326
PHASE – I / V

Mental Ability Test (MAT)

QP CODE:
Time: 2 Hrs. Maximum Marks: 100

Please read the instructions carefully.

INSTRUCTIONS

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pen.
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Sheet. Use of pencil is strictly prohibited.
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1. The question paper consists of 100 questions.
2. For each question you will be awarded 1 marks if you darken the bubble corresponding to the
correct answer and zero mark if no bubbles is darkened. No Negative Mark will be awarded.

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1. David obtained 76, 65, 82, 67 and 85 marks (out of 100) in English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
What are his average marks?
(A) 65 (B) 69 (C) 72 (D) None of these

2. In Arun’s opinion, his weight is greater than 65 kg but less than 72 kg. His brother does not agree with Arun and he
thinks that Arun’s weight is greater than 60 kg but less than 70 kg. His mother’s view is that his weight cannot be
greater than 68 kg. If all of them are correct in their estimation, what is the average of different probable weight of
Arun?
(A) 67kg (B) 68 kg (C) 69 kg (D) None of these

3. The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 10 (D) 19

4. Find the average of all the numbers between 6 and 34 which are divisible by 5
(A) 18 (B) 20 (C) 24 (D) 30

5. The average of first five multiples of 3 is:

(A) 3 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 15

6. The average of the two digit numbers, which remain the same when the digits interchange their positions, is:
(A) 33 (B) 44 (C) 55 (D) 66

7. The average of first 50 natural numbers is:

(A) 12.25 (B) 21.25 (C) 25 (D) 25.5

8. The mean of 12, 22, 32, 42, 52, 62, 72, is :

(A) 10 (B) 20 (C) 30 (D) 40

9. The average of all odd numbers upto 100 is:

(A) 49 (B) 49.5 (C) 50 (D) 51

10. If a, b, c, d, e are five consecutive odd numbers, their average is:

(A) 5(a + 4) (B) abcde (C) 5 (a+b+c+d+e) (D) None of these
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11. A boat moves from a jetty towards East. After sailing for 9 nautical miles, she turns towards right and covers another
12 nautical miles. If she wants to go back to the jetty, what is the shortest distance now from her present
position?
(A) 21 nautical miles (B) 20 nautical miles
(C) 18 nautical miles (D) 15 nautical miles

12. A family consists of grandparents, parents and three grandchildren. The average age of the grandparent is 67 years,
that of the parents is 35 years and that of the grandchildren is 6 years. What is the average age of the family?
(A) 32.62 years (B) 31.71 years (C) 35.56 years (D) None of these
13. A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sunday and 240 on other days. The average numbers of visitors per day in
a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday is:
(A) 250 (B) 276 (C) 280 (D) 285
14. If the average marks of three batches of 55, 60 and 45 students respectively is 50, 55 and 60, then the average marks
of all the students is:
(A) 55.33 (B) 54.68 (C) 55 (D) None of these

15. The average weight of 16 boys in a class is 50.25 kgs and that of the remaining 8 boys is 45.15 kgs . Find the average
weight of all the boys in the class.
(A) 47.55 kgs (B) 48 kgs (C) 48.55 kgs (D) 49.25 kgs

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16. The average age of 35 students in a class is 16 years. The average age of 21 students is 14. What is the average of
remaining 14 students?
(A) 15 years (B) 17 years (C) 18 years (D) 19 years
17. 16 children are to be divided in to two groups A and B of 10 and 6 children. The average percent marks obtained by
the children of group A is 75 and the average percent marks of all the 16 children is 76. What is the average percent
marks of children of group B ?
2 1 2
(A) 78 (B) 77 (C) 77 (D) 76
3 3 3

18. The average score of a cricketer for ten matches is 38.9 runs. If the average for the first six matches is 42, then find
the average for the last four matches.
(A) 33.25 (B) 33.5 (C) 34.25 (D) 35

19. The average of six numbers is 3.95. The average of two of them is 3.4, while the average of the other two is 3.85.
What is the average of the remaining two numbers?
(A) 4.5 (B) 4.6 (C) 4.7 (D) 4.8

20. The batting average for 40 innings of a cricket player is 50 runs. His highest score exceeds his lowest score by 172
runs. If these two innings are excluded, the average of the remaining 38 innings is 48 runs. The highest score of the
player is:
(A) 165 runs (B) 170 runs (C) 172 runs (D) 174 runs

21. Find the day of the week on 26 January, 1950.

(A) Tuesday (B) Friday (C) Wednesday (D) Thursday

22. Which two months in a year have the same calendar?

(A) June, October (B) April, November (C) April, July (D) October, December

23. Are the years 900 and 1000 leap years?

(A) Yes (B) No (C) Can’t say (D)None of these

24. If it was Saturday on 17th November, 1962 what will be the day on 22nd November, 1964?
(A) Monday (B) Tuesday (C) Wednesday (D) Sunday

25. Sangeeta remembers that her father’s birthday was certainly after eighth but before thirteenth of December. Her sister
Natasha remembers that their father’s birthday was definitely after ninth but before fourteenth of December. On
which date of December was their father’s birthday?
(A) 10th (B) 11th (C) 12th (D) Data inadequate

26. What was the day on 20th December, 1985 ?

(A) Monday (B) Tuesday (C) Thursday (D) Friday

27. If 27th January. 1996 was Sunday then what day would be on 26th March, 1997 ?
(A) Monday (B) Tuesday (C) Thursday (D) Sunday

28. On what dates of August 1980, did Sunday fall ?

(A) 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 31th (B) 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th
(C) 8th, 13th, 20th, 27th (D) 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th

29. Which of the following year is a leap year?

(A) 1882 (B) 1800 (C) 1296 (D) 1962

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30. Sonika is 10 weeks elder than Mala and Mala is 91 days younger than Jyoti. If jyoti was born on Monday then on
what day of a week Sonika was born?
(A) Saturday (B) Sunday (C) Thrusday (D) None

31. How many leap year and ordinary year are there in the first 100 years AD ?
(A) 25, 75 (B) 23, 77 (C) 24, 76 (D) 26, 74

32. The year that will have the same calender as that of the year 1995 is -
(A) 2002 (B) 2005 (C) 2006 (D) 2001

33. If the seventh day of a month is three days earlier than Friday, what day will it be on the nineteenth day of the month
?
(A) Sunday (B) Monday (C) Wednesday (D) Friday

34. If it was Saturday on 17th December, 1982 what will be the day of 22nd December 1984 ?
(A) Monday (B) Tuesday (C) Wednesday (D) Sunday

35. If the day before yesterday was Saturday, what day will fall on the day after tomorrow?
(A) Friday (B) Thursday (C) Wednesday (D) Tuesday

36. If 1st October is Sunday, then 1st November of the same year will be :
(A) Monday (B) Tuesday (C) Wednesday (D) Thursday

37. What will be the day of the week on 15th August, 2010?
(A) Sunday (B) Tuesday (C) Monday (D) Friday

38. Which day can be first and last day of a century?

(A) Tuesday (B) Friday (C) Wednesday (D) Monday

39. On what dates of April, 2001 did Wednesday fall?

(A) 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th (B) 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th
(C) 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th (D) 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th

40. The calendar for the year 2007 will be the same for the year:
(A) 2014 (B) 2015 (C) 2017 (D) 2018

41. If P $ Q means P is the father of Q, P # Q means P is mother of Q, & P * Q means P is the sister of Q. Then how is Q
related to N if N # L $ P * Q.
(A) Grandson (B) Grand daughter (C) Nephew (D) Data inadequate

42. A is the brother of B, C is the brother of A. To establish a relationship between B & C, which of the following
information is required.
I. A sex of C II. Sex of B
(A) Only I is required (B) Only II is required
(C) Both I and II are required (D) Neither required

43. Pointing towards a man in the photograph, lady said “the father of his brother is the only son of my mother”. How is
the man related to lady ?
(A) Brother (B) Son (C) Cousin (D) Nephew

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Direction : (44 to 47)
A + B means 'A is father of B'
A – B means 'A is wife of B
A × B means 'A is brother of B'
A ¸ B means 'A is daughter of B'

44. P ¸ R + S + Q, which of the following is true ?

(A) P is daughter of Q (B) Q is aunt of P (C) P is aunt of Q (D) P is mother of Q

45. If P – R + Q, which of the following is true

(A) P is mother of Q (B) Q is daughter of P (C) P is aunt of Q (D) P is sister of Q

46. P × R ¸ Q, which of the following is true ?

(A) P is uncle of Q (B) P is father of Q (C) P is brother of Q (D) P is son of Q

47. If P × R – Q which of the following is true.

(A) P is brother in law of Q (B) P is brother of Q
(C) P is uncle of Q (D) P is father of Q

48. Soni, who is Dubey’s daughter, says to Preeti, “Your mother Shyama is the youngest sister of my father, Dubey’s
Father’s third child is Prabhat”. How is Prabhat related to Preeti ?
(A) Uncle (B) Father (C) Grandmother (D) Father in law

49. Pointing towards a man in the photograph, Archana said, “He is the son of the only son of my grandmother”. How is
man related to Archana ?
(A) Cousin (B) Nephew (C) Brother (D) Son

50. Pointing towards a woman in the photograph, Rajesh said “the only daughter of her grandfather (Paternal) is my
wife”. How is Rajesh related to that woman.
(A) Uncle (Fufa) (B) Father (C) Maternal uncle (D) Brother

Directions (51 to 54) :

Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below : There are six children playing
football namely A, B, C, D, E & F. A and F are brothers. E is the sister of F. C is the only son of A’s uncle. B and D
are the daughters of the brother of C’s father.

51. How is C related to F ?

(A) Cousin (B) Brother (C) Son (D) Uncle

52. How many male players are there ?

(A) One (B) Three (C) Five (D) Six

53. How many female players are there ?

(A) Two (B) Three (C) Five (D) One

54. How is D related to A ?

(A) Uncle (B) Sister (C) Niece (D) Cousin

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Directions (55 to 60) :

Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below : A family consits of six members P,
Q, R, X, Y and Z. Q is the son of R but R is not mother of Q. P and R are married couple. Y is the brother of R. X is
the daughter of P. Z is the brother of P.

55. Who is the brother-in-law of R ?

(A) P (B) Z (C) Y (D) X

56. Who is the father of Q ?

(A) R (B) P (C) Z (D) None

57. How many children does P have ? (A) One (B) Two
(C) There (D) Four

58. How many female members are there in the family ?

(A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) Four

59. How is Q related to X ?

(A) Husband (B) Father (C) Brother (D) Uncle

60. Which is a pair of brothers ?

(A) P and X (B) P and Z (C) Q and X (D) R and Y

Direction (61 to 66): Shown below is the multiple bar diagram depecting the changes in the student’s strength of a college in
four faculties from 1990-91 to 1992-93.

Arts Science Commerce Law

700
600
500
400
300
200
100

0 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93

61. The percentage of students in science faculty in 1990-91 was

(A) 26.9% (B) 27.8% (C) 29.6% (D) 30.2%

62. The percentage of students in Law faculty in 1992 was

(A) 18.5% (B) 15.6% (C) 16.7% (D) 14.8%

63. How many times the total strength was of the strength of commerce students in 1991-92?
(A) 3 times (B) 4 times (C) 5 times (D) 6 times

64. During which year the strength of Arts faculty was minimum?
(A) 1990-91 (B) 1991-92 (C) 1992-93 (D) can’t be determined

65. How much percent was the increase in science students in 1992-93 over 1990-91?
2
(A) 50% (B) 150% (C) 66 % (D) 75%
3

66. A regular decrease in students, strength was in the faculty of?

(A) Arts (B) Science (C) Commerce (D) Law

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Direction (67 to 71): The pie chart drawn here, shows the spending of a country on various sports during a particular year.
Study the graph carefully and answer the questions that follow?
Golf
Tennis 1
12 %
10% 2
Basketball
others 1
12 %
10% 2

Football
15%
Cricket
25% Hockey
15%

67. Graph shows that the most popular game of the country is:
(A) Football (B) Hockey (C) Cricket (D) Tennis

68. Out of the following the country spent the same amount on:
(A) Hockey and Cricket (B) Hockey and Football
(C) Hockey and Golf (D) Tennis and Golf

69. The ratio of the total amount spent on football to that spent on hockey is:
(A) 2 : 1 (B) 1 : 1 (C) 1 : 2 (D) 3 : 2

70. If the total amount spent on sports during the year was Rs 1,20,00,000, how much was spent on basketball?
(A) 16,00,000 (B) 18,00,000 (C) 3,00,000 (D) 15,00,000

71. If the total amount spent on sports during the year was Rs 30,00,000. The amount spent on Cricket and Hockey
together was:
(A) 1800000 (B) 1200000 (C) 1500000 (D) 2000000

Directions (72-76) : Study the following graph carefully to answer the questions given below.

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72. What is the average number of selected employees by company A in all grades taken together ?
(A) 450 (B) 460 (C) 475 (D) 375

73. What is the respective ratio of selected employees for the post of assistant IT managers by all the companies A, B and
C together ?
(A) 8 : 10 : 11 (B) 10 : 8 : 11 (C) 11 : 10 : 8 (D) 10 : 11 : 8

74. By what percent is the number of selected employees for finance managers by company C more than that of selected
employees by company B for the same post ?
(A) 35% (B) 30% (C) 25% (D) 40%

75. What is the average number of selected employees for the post of assistant marketing managers by all companies
taken together ?
(A) 570 (B) 520 (C) 620 (D) 720

76. What is the respective ratio of selected employees for IT managers by all companies A, B and C ?
(A) 6 : 4 : 7 (B) 5 : 3 : 7 (C) 4 : 7 : 9 (D) 8 : 7 : 6

Directions (77-81) The following questions are based on the pie-charts given below.

Percentagewise Distribution of students studying in Arts and commerce in seven different institutions
Different institutions — A, B, C,D, E, F and G Total number of students studying Arts = 3800

Total number of students studying Commerce = 4200

77. What is the total number of students studying Arts in institutes A and G together ?
(A) 1026 (B) 1126 (C) 1226 (D) 1206

78. How many students from institute B study Arts and Commerce ?
(A) 1180 (B) 1108 (C) 1018 (D) 1208

79. The respective ratio between the number of students studying Arts and commerce from institute E is
(A) 27 : 14 (B) 19 : 27 (C) 19 : 16 (D) 19 : 28

80. The ratio between the number of students studying Arts from institute E and that of students studying Commerce
from institute D is
(A) 12 : 17 (B) 12 : 7 (C) 19 : 21 (D) 17 : 19

81. How many students from institutes B and D together study commerce ?
(A) 1320 (B) 1302 (C) 1202 (D) 1220

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82. At a dinner party every two guests used a bowl of rice between them, every three guests used a bowl of daal between
them and every four used a bowl of meat between them. There were altogether 65 dishes. How many guests were
present at the party?
(A) 60 (B) 65 (C) 90 (D) None of these

83. In a family each daughter has the same number of brothers as she has sisters and each son has twice as many sisters
as he has brothers. How many sons are there in the family?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5

84. In a garden, there are 10 rows and 12 columns of mango trees. The distance between the two trees is 2 metres and a
distance of one metre is left from all sides of the boundary of the garden. The length of the garden is
(A) 20m (B) 22m (C) 24m (D) 26m

85. In a family, the father took 1 /4 of the cake and he had 3 times as much as each of the other members had. The total
number of family members is
(A) 3 (B) 7 (C) 10 (D) 12

86. In three coloured boxes - Red, Green and Blue, 108 balls are placed. There are twice as many balls in the green and
red boxes combined as there are in the blue box and twice as many in the blue box as there are in the red box. How
many balls are there in the green box?
(A) 18 (B) 36 (C) 45 (D) None of these

87. A, B C, D and E play a game of cards. A says to B, "If you give me 3 cards, you will have as many as 1 have at this
moment while if D takes 5 cards from you, he will have as many as E has." A and C together have twice as
many cards as E has B and D together also have the same number of cards as A and C taken together. If together they
have 150 cards, how many cards has C got ?
(A) 28 (B) 29 (C) 31 (D) 35

88. A man wears socks of two colours - Black and brown. He has altogether 20 black socks and 20 brown socks in a
drawer. Supposing he has to take out the socks in the dark, how many must he take out to be sure that he has a
matching pair?
(A) 3 (B) 20 (C) 30 (D) None of these

89. Nithya is Sam's Sister. Mogan is Sam’s Father. Selvan is Rajan’s Son. Rajan is Mogan s Brother. How is Nithya
related to Selvan?
(A) Daughter (B) Sister (C) Cousin (D) Wife

90. I have a few sweets to be distributed. If I keep 2,3 of 4 in a pack, I am left with one sweet. If I keep 5 in a pack, I am
left with none. What is the minimum number of sweets I have to pack and distribute?
(A) 25 (B) 37 (C) 54 (D) 65

91. Mr. X, a mathematician, defines a number as ‘connected with 6 if it is divisible by 6 or if the sum of its digits is 6, or
if 6 is one of the digits of the number. Other numbers are all ‘not connected with 6’. As per this definition, the
number of integers from 1 to 60 (both inclusive) which are not connected with 6 is
(A) 18 (B) 22 (C) 42 (D) 43

92. A player holds 13 cards of four suits, of which seven are black and six are red. There are twice as many diamonds as
spades and twice as many hearts as diamonds. How many clubs does he hold?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7

93. Nitin's age was equal to square of some number last year, .and the following year it would be cube of a number. If
again Nitin’s age has to be equal to the cube of some number, then for how long he will have to wait?
(A) 10 years (B) 38 years (C) 39 years (D) 64 years

94. At the end of a business conference the ten people present all shake hands with each other once. How many
handshakes will there be altogether?
(A) 20 (B) 45 (C) 55 (D) 90

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95. Anand, David, Karim and Mano are fans of games. Each has a different favourite game among hockey, chess, cricket
and football. David doesn't watch cricket and hockey matches. Anand doesn't like hockey, chess and
cricket. Mano doesn't watch cricket. Which is favourite game of Karim?
(A) chess (B) cricket (C) football (D) hockey

96. David gets on the elevator at the 11th floor of a building and rides up at the rate of 57 floors per minute. At the same
time. Albert gets on an elevator at the 51st floor of the same building and rides down at the rate of 63 floors per
minute. If they continue travelling at these rates, then at which floor will their paths cross?
(A) 19 (B) 28 (C) 30 (D) 37

97. A fire 5 shots to B’s 3 but A kills only once in 3 shots while B kills once in 2 shots. When B has missed 27 times, A
has killed
(A) 30 birds (B) 60 birds (C) 72 birds (D) 90 birds

98. First bunch of bananas has (1/4) again as many bananas as a second bunch. If the second bunch has 3 bananas less
than the first bunch, then the number of bananas in the first bunch is
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 15

99. A boy’s age is one fourth of his father’s age. The sum of the boy’s age and his father’s age is 35. What will be father's
age after 8 years?
(A) 15 (B) 28 (C) 35 (D) 36

100. If I candle in box number 1 is placed in box number, box-2 has twice the number of candles that box 1has. If 1 candle
from box-2 is placed in box-1, the box-2 and I have the same number of candles. How many candles
were there in box 1 and box-2?
Box-1 Box-2 Box-1 Box-2
(A) 5: 3 (B) 7 : 5
(C) 6 : 4 (D) 5: 7

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ANSWERS KEY
1. D 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. D
8. B 9. C 10. D 11. D 12. B 13. D 14. B
15. C 16. D 17. B 18. C 19. B 20. D 21. D
22. C 23. B 24. D 25. D 26. D 27. C 28. A
29. C 30. D 31. C 32. C 33. A 34. D 35. C
36. C 37. A 38. D 39. D 40. D 41. D 42. B
43. D 44. C 45. A 46. D 47. A 48. A 49. C
50. A 51. A 52. B 53. B 54. D 55. B 56. A
57. B 58. B 59. C 60. D 61. C 62. B 63. D
64. C 65. A 66. A 67. C 68. B 69. B 70. D
71. B 72. A 73. B 74. C 75. D 76. A 77. A
78. C 79. B 80. C 81. B 82. A 83. B 84. C
85. C 86. D 87. A 88. A 89. C 90. A 91. D
92. C 93. B 94. B 95. B 96. C 97. A 98. D
99. D 100. D

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