Sectional Test 11

1. How many numbers are there between 100 and 500 which either begin with or end
with 4?
a) 130
b) 131
c) 132
d) None of the above
2. In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'READING' be arranged in
such a way that the vowels always come together?
a) 360
b) 480
c) 720
d) 5040
3. How many numbers are there between 199 and 1000 such that the digit 7 occupies
the units place?
a) 80
b) 81
c) 82
d) None of the above

4. In how many ways can the letters of the word 'READER' be arranged?
a) 180
b) 360
c) 720
d) 90
5. In a group of 6 men and 4 women, four persons are to be selected. In how many
different ways can they be selected such that at least one man should be there?
a) 205
b) 209
c) 201
d) 197
6. How many 3-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9, which
are divisible by 5 and none of the digits is repeated?
a) 20
b) 10
c) 15
d) 5
7. What is total number of digits printed if a book containing 180 pages is to be
numbered from 1 to 180?
a) 432
b) 342
c) 464
d) None of the above
8. The number of times the digit 7 will appear while writing the integers from 1 to 1000
is
a) 300
b) 270
c) 330
d) None of the above
9. How many 3-letter words with or without meaning, can be formed out of the letters
of the word, 'LOGARITHMS', if repetition of letters is not allowed?
a) 720
b) 5040
c) 1440
d) 2220
10. In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'OPTICAL' be arranged
so that the vowels always come together?
a) 720
b) 360
c) 2160
d) 3600
11. Tombola numbers 1 to 20 are mixed up in a box and then a tombola number is
drawn at random. What is the probability that the tombola number drawn has a
number which is a multiple of 3 or 5?
2
a)
5
1
b)
2
1
c)
10
9
d)
20
12. In a box, there are 9 Yellow, 7 Blue and 5 Red balls. One ball is picked up
randomly. What is the probability that it is neither Yellow nor Red?
3
a)
4
8
b)
21
1
c)
3
7
d)
19
13. What is the probability of getting a sum 10 from two throws of a dice?
1
a)
9
1
b)
12
 1
c)
8
1
d)
6
14. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability of getting two
numbers whose product is even?
1
a)
2
3
b)
4
4
c)
3
3
d)
8
15. In a society, there are 15 women and 10 men. Three residents are selected at
random. The probability that 1 man and 2 women are selected, is:
25
a)
46
21
b)
46
25
c)
117
3
d)
25
16. Two cards are drawn together from a pack of 52 cards. The probability that
one is a club and another one is a diamond, is:
1
a)
26
1
b)
13
13
c)
102
3
d)
20

17. Consider the following figure and answer the item that follows:

A square is divided into four rectangles as shown above. The lengths of the sides of
rectangles are natural numbers. The areas of two rectangles are indicated in the figure.
What is the length of each side of the square?
a) 10
b) 11
c) 13
d) Cannot be determined as the given data are insufficient
 18. A piece of tin is in the form of rectangle having length 15 cm and width 10 cm.
This is used to construct a closed cube. The side of the cube is:
a) 2 cm
b) 3 cm
c) 4 cm
d) 5 cm
19. Find the probability that a leap year has 52 Sundays.
5
a)
7
2
b)
7
1
c)
7
3
d)
7
20. A bag contains 4 red and 3 black balls. A second bag contains 2 red and 3 black
balls. One bag is selected at random. If from the selected bag one ball is drawn, then
what is the probability that the ball drawn is red?
17
a)
35
35
b)
17
39
c)
70
29
d)
70
21. A bag contains marbles of three colours-red, blue and green. There are 8 blue
marbles in the bag. There are two additional statements of facts available:
I. If we pull out marbles from the bag at random, to guarantee that we have at least 3
green marbles, we need to extract 17 marbles.
II. If we pull out marbles from the bag at random, to guarantee that we have at least 2
red marbles, we need to extract 19 marbles.
Which of the two statements above, alone or in combination shall be sufficient to answer
the question "how many green and red marbles are there in the bag"?

a) Statement 1 alone is sufficient, but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the
question.
b) Statement 2 alone is sufficient, but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the
question.
c) Statements 1 and 2 together are not sufficient, and additional data is needed to
answer the question.
d) Both Statements 1 and 2 are required.
22. How many triplets (x, y, z ) satisfy the equation x+y+z =10 , where x , y and z
are natural numbers having value from 1 to 6?
a) 29
b) 28
c) 27
d) 26
23. Cylindrical cans of Tennis balls are to be packed in a box. Each can have a
radius of 7 cm and height of 30 cm. Dimension of the box is l = 76 cm, b = 46 cm, h =
45 cm. What is the maximum number of cans that can fit in the box?
a) 15
b) 17
c) 18
d) 21
24. ABCD is a square drawn inside a square PQRS of sides 4 cm by joining
midpoints of the sides PQ, QR, RS, SP. Another square is drawn inside ABCD similarly.
This process is repeated infinite number of times. Find the sum of all the squares.
a) 16𝑐𝑚2
b) 32 𝑐𝑚2
c) 8𝑐𝑚2
d) Infinite
25. An agricultural field is in the form of a rectangle having length x1 meters and
breadth x2 meters (x1 and x2 are variable). If x1 + x2 = 60 meters, then the area of the
agricultural field will not exceed which one of the following values?
a) 900 sq. m
b) 800 sq. m
c) 700 sq. m
d) 600 sq. m
26. A hall is 18 m long and 12 m broad. If the sum of the areas of the floor and the
ceiling is equal to the sum of the areas of four walls, the volume of the hall is:
a) 1555.2 𝑚3
b) 1944 𝑚3
c) 1296 𝑚3
d) 1455.5 𝑚3
27. 88 cubic centimetres of silver is drawn into a wire 1 mm in diameter. The
length of the wire in metres will be:
a) 108 m
b) 112 m
c) 224 m
d) 216 m
28. A hollow iron pipe is 21 cm long and its external diameter is 8 cm. If the
thickness of the pipe is 1 cm and iron weighs 8 g/cm3, then the weight of the pipe is:
a) 3.6 kg.
b) 3.696 kg.
c) 36 kg.
d) 36.9 kg.
29. A boat having a length 4 m and breadth 3 m is floating on a lake. The boat sinks
by 1 cm when a man gets on it. The mass of the man is:
a) 60 kg.
b) 120 kg.
c) 90 kg.
d) 75 kg.
30. How many bricks, each measuring 25 cm x 11.25 cm x 6 cm, will be needed to
build a wall of 4 m x 3 m x 45 cm?
a) 3200
b) 6400
c) 4800
d) 1600