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1.	An old man takes 30 minutes and a young man takes 20 minutes to walk from apartment to office. If one day the old man started at 10.00 AM and the young man at 10:05 AM from the apartment to office, when will they meet?
A.	10:00
B.	10:15
C.	10.30
D.	10:45
Answer» C. 10.30

Discussion

2.	The marked price of a shirt was 40% less than the suggested retail price. Ram purchased the coat for half of the marked price at the 15th-anniversary sale. What per cent less than the suggested retail price did Ram pay?
A.	70%
B.	20%
C.	60%
D.	30%
Answer» B. 20%

Discussion

3.	In how many possible ways you can write 3240 as a product of 3 positive integers?
A.	320
B.	420
C.	350
D.	450
Answer» E.

Discussion

4.	There is a toy gun that made 10 musical sounds. It makes 2 musical sounds after being defective. What is the probability that same musical sound would be produced 5 times consecutively?
A.	1/16
B.	1/32
C.	1/48
D.	1/2
Answer» C. 1/48

Discussion

5.	Find the next number in the series of 3, 12, 7, 26, 15, ?
A.	54
B.	55
C.	64
D.	74
Answer» B. 55

Discussion

6.	The numbers 272738 and 232342, when divided by n, a two digit number, leave a remainder of 13 and 17 respectively. Find the sum of the digits of n?
A.	5
B.	4
C.	7
D.	8
Answer» D. 8

Discussion

7.	There is a rectangular ground 17 × 8 m surrounded by a 1.5 m width path. The depth of the path is 12 cm. Sand is filled and find the quantity of sand required.
A.	5.5
B.	10.08
C.	6.05
D.	7.05
Answer» C. 6.05

Discussion

8.	In a basement, there are some bicycles and cars. On Tuesday there are 182 wheels in the basement. How many bicycles are there?
A.	20
B.	19
C.	18
D.	16
Answer» C. 18

Discussion

9.	There is a hall consisting of 23 people. They are shaking hands together. So how many hands shakes possible if they are in a pair of cyclic sequence?
A.	23
B.	22
C.	253
D.	250
Answer» D. 250

Discussion

10.	A pole of height 36m is on one edge of a road broke at a certain height. It fell in such a way that the top of the pole touches the other edge of the road. If the breadth of the road is 12m, then what is the height at which the pole broke?
A.	12
B.	16
C.	24
D.	18
Answer» C. 24

Discussion

11.	If a number is divided by 357 the remainder is 5, what will be the remainder if the number is divided by 17?
A.	9
B.	3
C.	7
D.	5
Answer» E.

Discussion

12.	In the given series 11, 23, 47, 83, 131, … What is the next number?
A.	145
B.	178
C.	191
D.	176
Answer» D. 176

Discussion

13.	A sum of Rs.3000 is distributed among P, Q, and R. P gets 2/3 of what Q and R got together and R gets 1/3 of what P and Q got together, R’s share is?
A.	750
B.	850
C.	800
D.	700
Answer» B. 850

Discussion

14.	Assume that f(1)=0 and f(m+n)=f(m)+f(n)+4(9mn-1). For all natural numbers (Integers>0)m and n. What is the value of f(17)?
A.	5436
B.	4831
C.	5508
D.	4832
Answer» E.

Discussion

15.	Crusoe hatched from a mysterious egg discovered by Angus was growing at a fast pace that Angus had to move it from home to the lake. Given the weights of Crusoe in its first weeks of birth as 5, 15, 30, 135, 405, 1215, 3645. Find the odd weight out.
A.	3645
B.	135
C.	15
D.	30
Answer» E.

Discussion

16.	A series of story books were published at an interval of seven years. When the seventh book was published the total sum of the publication year was 13524. In which year was the first book published?
A.	1910
B.	1911
C.	2002
D.	1932
Answer» C. 2002

Discussion

17.	In the given series: 70, 54, 45, 41……. What will be the next number?
A.	40
B.	36
C.	35
D.	38
Answer» B. 36

Discussion

18.	The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is equal to a regular hexagon. Find out the ratio of their areas?
A.	3:2
B.	1:6
C.	2:3
D.	6:1
Answer» D. 6:1

Discussion

19.	A boy entered a shop and bought x number of books for y rupees. When he was about to leave the bookkeeper said, “if you buy 10 more books, you can have all the books for 2 rupees and you will also save 80 cents a dozen”. So what are x and y?
A.	(5, 1)
B.	(10, 1)
C.	(15, 1)
D.	Cannot be determined.
Answer» B. (10, 1)

Discussion

20.	How many positive integers less than 500 can be formed using the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 5 for digits, each digit being used only once.
A.	68
B.	34
C.	66
D.	52
Answer» C. 66

Discussion

21.	Ram goes to the market to buy apples. If he can bargain and reduce the price per apple by Rs.2, he can buy 30 apples instead of 20 apples with the money he has. How much money does he have?
A.	Rs.100
B.	Rs.50
C.	Rs.120
D.	Rs.150
Answer» D. Rs.150

Discussion

22.	Four people each roll a four die once. Find the probability that at least two people will roll the same number?
A.	13/18
B.	5/18
C.	None of the above
D.	1295/1296
Answer» B. 5/18

Discussion

23.	Rahaman went to a stationery shop and bought 18 pencils for Rs.100. He paid 1 rupee more for each grey pencil than for each black pencil. What is the price of a grey pencil and how many grey pencils did he buy?
A.	Rs.5, 10
B.	Rs.6, 10
C.	Rs.5, 8
D.	Rs.6, 8
Answer» C. Rs.5, 8

Discussion

24.	Which of the following numbers must be added to 5678 to give a reminder 35 when divided by 460?
A.	980
B.	618
C.	955
D.	797
Answer» E.

Discussion

25.	A white cube(with six faces) is to be painted blue on two different faces. In how many different ways can this be achieved (two paintings are considered same if on a suitable rotation of the cube one painting can be carried to the other)?
A.	30 ways
B.	18 ways
C.	4 ways
D.	2 ways
Answer» E.

Discussion

26.	For f(m, n) =45m + 36n, where m and n are integers (either positive or negative). What is the minimum positive value for f(m, n) for all values of m, n (this may be achieved for various values of m and n)?
A.	18
B.	12
C.	9
D.	16
Answer» D. 16

Discussion

27.	Two vertical walls of the length of 6 meters and 11 meters are at a distance of 12 meters apart. Find the top distance of both walls?
A.	15 meters
B.	13 meters
C.	12 meters
D.	10 meters
Answer» C. 12 meters

Discussion

28.	Ram alone can paint a wall in 7 days and his friend Roy alone paints the same wall in 9 days. In how many days they can paint the wall working together? (Round off your answer)
A.	3
B.	5
C.	4
D.	7
Answer» D. 7

Discussion

29.	Mr Mehta chooses a number and keeps on doubling the number followed by subtracting one from it. If he chooses 3 as the initial number and he repeats the operation 30 times then what is the final result?
A.	(2^30) – 1
B.	(2^30) – 2
C.	(2^31) – 1
D.	None of these
Answer» E.

Discussion

30.	Ram alone can do 1/4th of the work in 2 days. Shyam alone can do 2/3th of the work in 4 days. So what part of the work must be done by Anil in 2 days, for them to complete the work together in 3 days?
A.	1/8
B.	1/20
C.	1/16
D.	1/12
Answer» E.

Discussion

31.	A shopkeeper charges 12 rupees for a bunch of cakes. Anuj bargained to the shopkeeper and got two extra ones, and that made them cost one rupee for dozen less than first asking price. How many cakes did Anuj receive in 12 rupees?
A.	10
B.	14
C.	18
D.	16
Answer» E.

Discussion

32.	If a dice is rolled 2 times, what is the probability of getting a number 3 or 4?
A.	6/36
B.	5/36
C.	1/9
D.	1/12
Answer» C. 1/9

Discussion

33.	There is an office consisting of 38 peoples. 10 of them like to play golf, 15 like to play football and 20 neither play golf nor football. How many like both golf and football?
A.	10
B.	7
C.	15
D.	18
Answer» C. 15

Discussion

34.	A call centre agent has a list of 305 phone numbers of people in alphabetic order of names, but Anuj does not have any of the names. He needs to quickly contact Danish Mank to convey a message to him. If each call takes 2 minutes to complete, and every call is answered, what is the minimum amount of time during which he can guarantee to deliver the message to Danish?
A.	206 minutes
B.	610 minutes
C.	18 minutes
D.	34 minutes
Answer» D. 34 minutes

Discussion

35.	At what rate per cent per annum will the SI on a sum of money be 2/5 of the amount in 10 years?
A.	6%
B.	5 2/3 %
C.	4%
D.	6 2/3 %
Answer» D. 6 2/3 %

Discussion

36.	Ram and Shyam salaries are in the ratio of 2:3. If both of there salaries are increased by Rs 4000 each, the new ratio becomes 40:57. What is Shyam’s present salary?
A.	Rs. 17, 000
B.	Rs. 20, 000
C.	Rs. 25, 500
D.	None of these
Answer» E.

Discussion

37.	A takes 3 days to complete a work while B takes 2 days. Both of them finish a work and earn Rs. 150. What is A’s share of money?
A.	Rs. 70
B.	Rs. 30
C.	Rs. 60
D.	Rs. 75
Answer» D. Rs. 75

Discussion

38.	An athletic run at 9 km/hr along a railway track. The track is 240m long and ahead of a train 120m long running at 45km/hr, in the same direction. how much time will the train take to completely cross the athlete?
A.	3.6 sec
B.	18 sec
C.	72 sec
D.	36 sec
Answer» E.

Discussion

39.	A flight takes off at 2 a.m. from a place at 18N 10E and landed at 36N 70W, 10 hours later. What is the local time of the destination?
A.	6:00 a.m.
B.	6:40 a.m.
C.	7:40 a.m.
D.	7:00 a.m
Answer» C. 7:40 a.m.

Discussion

40.	There are a set of 20 students out of which 18 are boys and 2 are girls. They are to be seated in a circular manner so that the two girls are always separated by a boy. In how many ways can the students be arranged?
A.	12
B.	18!x2
C.	17×2!
D.	17!
Answer» C. 17×2!

Discussion

41.	Given, log(0.318) = 0.3364 and log(0.317) = 0.3332, find log(0.319)?
A.	0.3396
B.	0.3394
C.	0.3393
D.	0..390
Answer» B. 0.3394

Discussion

42.	There is a chocolate factory which distributes chocolates to a class. It supplies chocolates to a class of 50 students for 30 days, keeping in mind that all students get an equal number of chocolates. For the first 10 days, only 20 students were present. How many students be accommodated into the group so that all the chocolates get consumed?
A.	70
B.	55
C.	60
D.	45
Answer» E.

Discussion

43.	If f(x) = ax^4 – bx^2 + x + 5 and given f(-3) = 2, then f(3) = ? (a^b = a raised to power b)
A.	3
B.	8
C.	1
D.	-2
Answer» C. 1

Discussion

44.	30 litres of 78% of a concentrated acid solution is to be prepared. How many litres of 90% concentrated acid needs to be mixed with 75% solution of concentrated acid to get the result?
A.	10
B.	6
C.	3
D.	4
Answer» C. 3

Discussion

45.	In the sequence of problemsolvingproblemsolvingproblemsolving… what is the 2015th alphabet?
A.	p
B.	g
C.	r
D.	n
Answer» E.

Discussion

46.	According to a particular code language, A=0, B=1, C=2, …, Y=24, Z=25 then can will ONE+ONE (in the form of alphabets only) be coded?
A.	DABI
B.	CIDA
C.	BDAI
D.	ABDI
Answer» D. ABDI

Discussion

47.	A sequence of an alpha-numeric is to be formed. The sequence consisting of two alphabets followed by two numbers is to be formed with no repetitions. In how many ways can it be formed?
A.	65000
B.	64320
C.	58500
D.	67600
Answer» D. 67600

Discussion

48.	There is a town called Metron, where wheels of the front and rear of vehicles are of different size. The measurement unit followed in the town is the metre. The circumference of the front wheel of the car is 133 metres and that of rear wheels is 190 metres. So what is the distance travelled by the cart in metres when the front wheel has done nine more revolutions than the rear wheel?
A.	1330
B.	572
C.	399
D.	3990
Answer» E.

Discussion

49.	There is a set of 30 numbers. The average of first 10 numbers is equal to the average of last 20 numbers. What is the sum of last 20 numbers?
A.	Twice the sum of the first ten numbers
B.	Sum of first 10 numbers.
C.	Twice the sum of the last ten numbers
D.	Cannot be determined.
Answer» B. Sum of first 10 numbers.

Discussion

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An old man takes 30 minutes and a young man takes 20 minutes to walk from apartment to office. If one day the old man started at 10.00 AM and the young man at 10:05 AM from the apartment to office, when will they meet?

The marked price of a shirt was 40% less than the suggested retail price. Ram purchased the coat for half of the marked price at the 15th-anniversary sale. What per cent less than the suggested retail price did Ram pay?

In how many possible ways you can write 3240 as a product of 3 positive integers?

There is a toy gun that made 10 musical sounds. It makes 2 musical sounds after being defective. What is the probability that same musical sound would be produced 5 times consecutively?

Find the next number in the series of 3, 12, 7, 26, 15, ?

The numbers 272738 and 232342, when divided by n, a two digit number, leave a remainder of 13 and 17 respectively. Find the sum of the digits of n?

There is a rectangular ground 17 × 8 m surrounded by a 1.5 m width path. The depth of the path is 12 cm. Sand is filled and find the quantity of sand required.

In a basement, there are some bicycles and cars. On Tuesday there are 182 wheels in the basement. How many bicycles are there?

There is a hall consisting of 23 people. They are shaking hands together. So how many hands shakes possible if they are in a pair of cyclic sequence?

A pole of height 36m is on one edge of a road broke at a certain height. It fell in such a way that the top of the pole touches the other edge of the road. If the breadth of the road is 12m, then what is the height at which the pole broke?

If a number is divided by 357 the remainder is 5, what will be the remainder if the number is divided by 17?

In the given series 11, 23, 47, 83, 131, … What is the next number?

A sum of Rs.3000 is distributed among P, Q, and R. P gets 2/3 of what Q and R got together and R gets 1/3 of what P and Q got together, R’s share is?

Assume that f(1)=0 and f(m+n)=f(m)+f(n)+4(9mn-1). For all natural numbers (Integers>0)m and n. What is the value of f(17)?

Crusoe hatched from a mysterious egg discovered by Angus was growing at a fast pace that Angus had to move it from home to the lake. Given the weights of Crusoe in its first weeks of birth as 5, 15, 30, 135, 405, 1215, 3645. Find the odd weight out.

A series of story books were published at an interval of seven years. When the seventh book was published the total sum of the publication year was 13524. In which year was the first book published?

In the given series: 70, 54, 45, 41……. What will be the next number?

The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is equal to a regular hexagon. Find out the ratio of their areas?

A boy entered a shop and bought x number of books for y rupees. When he was about to leave the bookkeeper said, “if you buy 10 more books, you can have all the books for 2 rupees and you will also save 80 cents a dozen”. So what are x and y?

How many positive integers less than 500 can be formed using the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 5 for digits, each digit being used only once.

Ram goes to the market to buy apples. If he can bargain and reduce the price per apple by Rs.2, he can buy 30 apples instead of 20 apples with the money he has. How much money does he have?

Four people each roll a four die once. Find the probability that at least two people will roll the same number?

Rahaman went to a stationery shop and bought 18 pencils for Rs.100. He paid 1 rupee more for each grey pencil than for each black pencil. What is the price of a grey pencil and how many grey pencils did he buy?

Which of the following numbers must be added to 5678 to give a reminder 35 when divided by 460?

A white cube(with six faces) is to be painted blue on two different faces. In how many different ways can this be achieved (two paintings are considered same if on a suitable rotation of the cube one painting can be carried to the other)?

For f(m, n) =45*m + 36*n, where m and n are integers (either positive or negative). What is the minimum positive value for f(m, n) for all values of m, n (this may be achieved for various values of m and n)?

Two vertical walls of the length of 6 meters and 11 meters are at a distance of 12 meters apart. Find the top distance of both walls?

Ram alone can paint a wall in 7 days and his friend Roy alone paints the same wall in 9 days. In how many days they can paint the wall working together? (Round off your answer)

Mr Mehta chooses a number and keeps on doubling the number followed by subtracting one from it. If he chooses 3 as the initial number and he repeats the operation 30 times then what is the final result?

Ram alone can do 1/4th of the work in 2 days. Shyam alone can do 2/3th of the work in 4 days. So what part of the work must be done by Anil in 2 days, for them to complete the work together in 3 days?

A shopkeeper charges 12 rupees for a bunch of cakes. Anuj bargained to the shopkeeper and got two extra ones, and that made them cost one rupee for dozen less than first asking price. How many cakes did Anuj receive in 12 rupees?

If a dice is rolled 2 times, what is the probability of getting a number 3 or 4?

There is an office consisting of 38 peoples. 10 of them like to play golf, 15 like to play football and 20 neither play golf nor football. How many like both golf and football?

At what rate per cent per annum will the SI on a sum of money be 2/5 of the amount in 10 years?

Ram and Shyam salaries are in the ratio of 2:3. If both of there salaries are increased by Rs 4000 each, the new ratio becomes 40:57. What is Shyam’s present salary?

A takes 3 days to complete a work while B takes 2 days. Both of them finish a work and earn Rs. 150. What is A’s share of money?

An athletic run at 9 km/hr along a railway track. The track is 240m long and ahead of a train 120m long running at 45km/hr, in the same direction. how much time will the train take to completely cross the athlete?

A flight takes off at 2 a.m. from a place at 18N 10E and landed at 36N 70W, 10 hours later. What is the local time of the destination?

There are a set of 20 students out of which 18 are boys and 2 are girls. They are to be seated in a circular manner so that the two girls are always separated by a boy. In how many ways can the students be arranged?

Given, log(0.318) = 0.3364 and log(0.317) = 0.3332, find log(0.319)?

If f(x) = ax^4 – bx^2 + x + 5 and given f(-3) = 2, then f(3) = ? (a^b = a raised to power b)

30 litres of 78% of a concentrated acid solution is to be prepared. How many litres of 90% concentrated acid needs to be mixed with 75% solution of concentrated acid to get the result?

In the sequence of problemsolvingproblemsolvingproblemsolving… what is the 2015th alphabet?

According to a particular code language, A=0, B=1, C=2, …, Y=24, Z=25 then can will ONE+ONE (in the form of alphabets only) be coded?

A sequence of an alpha-numeric is to be formed. The sequence consisting of two alphabets followed by two numbers is to be formed with no repetitions. In how many ways can it be formed?

There is a set of 30 numbers. The average of first 10 numbers is equal to the average of last 20 numbers. What is the sum of last 20 numbers?

For f(m, n) =45m + 36n, where m and n are integers (either positive or negative). What is the minimum positive value for f(m, n) for all values of m, n (this may be achieved for various values of m and n)?