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1. |
All the faces of a cube are painted red. It is cut into 64 small cubes of equal size. How many cubes are there whose only one face is painted? |
A. | 4 |
B. | 8 |
C. | 16 |
D. | 24 |
Answer» E. | |
2. |
All the faces of a cube are painted red. It is cut into 64 small cubes of equal size. How many such cubes are there whose two opposite faces are red in colour? |
A. | 0 |
B. | 8 |
C. | 16 |
D. | 24 |
Answer» B. 8 | |
3. |
All the faces of a cube are painted red. It is cut into 64 small cubes of equal size. How many cubes are there whose faces are not painted? |
A. | 24 |
B. | 16 |
C. | 8 |
D. | 0 |
Answer» D. 0 | |
4. |
Abhay applies for a new ration card to the clerk on Monday in the afternoon. The next day was a holiday so the clerk completes the paperwork on the next working day. The senior clerk reconciles it on the same day but forwards it to the head clerk the next day. The head clerk disposes of the case the next day. On which of the following day does the senior clerk send the application to the head clerk? |
A. | Wednesday |
B. | Sunday |
C. | Friday |
D. | Saturday |
Answer» C. Friday | |
5. |
Which day cannot be the last day of a centenary year? |
A. | Monday |
B. | Sunday |
C. | Friday |
D. | Tuesday |
Answer» E. | |
6. |
January 12, 1980 was a Saturday. What day of the week will be on 12th January 1979? |
A. | Saturday |
B. | Friday |
C. | Sunday |
D. | Monday |
Answer» C. Sunday | |
7. |
The calendar of which of the following year after 1991 will be same as the calendar of 1990? |
A. | 1998 |
B. | 2001 |
C. | 2002 |
D. | 2003 |
Answer» D. 2003 | |
8. |
Which of the following year's calendar will be same as the year 2005 calendar? |
A. | 2010 |
B. | 2011 |
C. | 2012 |
D. | 2013 |
Answer» C. 2012 | |
9. |
On which day was 1st January of the year 2010? |
A. | Friday |
B. | Saturday |
C. | Sunday |
D. | Monday |
Answer» B. Saturday | |
10. |
Ketan can take casual leave only on the first working day of a month. Saturdays and Sundays are weekly holidays in the office. If the first day of a month of 30 days is Tuesday, then on which day will its next casual holiday be? |
A. | Wednesday |
B. | Sunday |
C. | Friday |
D. | Monday |
Answer» C. Friday | |
11. |
How many times does the 29th of a month occur in 400 consecutive years? |
A. | 4497 |
B. | 1237 |
C. | 5012 |
D. | 4126 |
Answer» B. 1237 | |
12. |
If 09/12/2001 is Sunday then what was the day on 09/12/1971? |
A. | Wednesday |
B. | Tuesday |
C. | Saturday |
D. | Sunday |
Answer» E. | |
13. |
What day of the week was July 16, 1776? |
A. | Tuesday |
B. | Wednesday |
C. | Monday |
D. | Sunday |
Answer» B. Wednesday | |
14. |
A clock goes backwards by 2 minutes at 12 o'clock on a Monday and 4 minutes 48 seconds ahead at 2 p.m. the next day. At what time was this clock showing the correct time? |
A. | Tuesday 2 pm |
B. | Wednesday at 2 pm |
C. | Sunday at 3 pm |
D. | Friday 1 pm |
Answer» C. Sunday at 3 pm | |
15. |
The two clocks were matched to the correct time at 12 noon on Sunday. In 24 hours a clock goes forward by 2 minutes and the other clock goes backward by 3 minutes. What is the correct time when the first clock is pointing at 3 pm on Wednesday? |
A. | 2ः38 p.m. |
B. | 2ः54 p.m. |
C. | 2ः23 p.m. |
D. | 2ः48 p.m. |
Answer» C. 2ः23 p.m. | |
16. |
In a clock, the minute hand crosses the hour hand for the third time exactly every 3 hours, 18 minutes, 15 seconds according to the time of that clock. How fast or slow will this clock go in a day? |
A. | 14 mins, 10 secs back |
B. | 13 mins, 50 secs behind |
C. | 13 minutes, 20 seconds ahead |
D. | 14 minutes, 40 seconds ahead |
Answer» C. 13 minutes, 20 seconds ahead | |
17. |
A clock moves forward 5 minutes in 24 hours. The exact time of this clock was matched on Monday at 10 am. What will be the actual time on the next Sunday when it is 10:30 am on this clock? |
A. | 10 o'clock in the morning |
B. | 11 am |
C. | 10.25 am in the morning |
D. | 11.5 am in the morning |
Answer» B. 11 am | |
18. |
A clock is matched to the correct time at 1 o'clock. If this clock advances by 1 minute in 1 hour, what will be the actual time indicated by that clock at 6 pm on the same day? |
A. | 5:55 at 5⁄61 minutes |
B. | at 6 o'clock |
C. | 5 minutes left in 6 o'clock |
D. | 5:59 at 1⁄64 min |
Answer» B. at 6 o'clock | |
19. |
The first Republic Day was celebrated on 26 January 1950. That day was: |
A. | Tuesday |
B. | Wednesday |
C. | Thursday |
D. | Friday |
Answer» D. Friday | |
20. |
What day of the week was 15th August 1947? |
A. | Wednesday |
B. | Tuesday |
C. | Friday |
D. | Sunday |
Answer» D. Sunday | |
21. |
A clock advances 15 minutes per day. The exact time tally of this clock is done at 12 o'clock. What will be the time shown by this clock at 4.00 on the next day? |
A. | 4: 10 a.m. |
B. | 4: 45 a.m. |
C. | 4: 20 a.m. |
D. | 5: 00 a.m. |
Answer» B. 4: 45 a.m. | |
22. |
At what time will the two needles come together between 7 and 8 o'clock? |
A. | at 7:35 am |
B. | at 7:36.99 minutes |
C. | at 7:38.18 minutes |
D. | at 7:42.6 minutes |
Answer» D. at 7:42.6 minutes | |
23. |
At what time between 4 and 5 o'clock will the hands of the clock be opposite to each other? |
A. | at 4:45 am |
B. | at 4:40 pm |
C. | at 4 o'clock 50 |
D. | at 4:54 pm |
Answer» E. | |
24. |
At what time between 9 and 10 o'clock will the hands of the clock be in opposite directions? |
A. | 9.16 at 4:11 am |
B. | 8.16 at 4:11 am |
C. | 7:55 at 5:61 minutes |
D. | 55 5⁄61 minutes left in 8 o'clock |
Answer» B. 8.16 at 4:11 am | |
25. |
A clock that advances 5 seconds in 3 minutes is matched with the correct time at 7 am. On the same day when this clock is showing 4:15 in the afternoon, what will be the actual time? |
A. | 4 p.m. |
B. | At 3:59 7⁄12 minutes |
C. | At 3:58 711 minutes |
D. | 4 o'clock at 2.11 am |
Answer» B. At 3:59 7⁄12 minutes | |
26. |
The exact time of a clock is matched at 5 am. The clock goes back 16 minutes in 24 hours. What will be the actual time on the 4th day at 10 pm by this clock? |
A. | 11 p.m. |
B. | 10 p.m. |
C. | 9 p.m. |
D. | 8 p.m. |
Answer» B. 10 p.m. | |
27. |
It is 8 o'clock in the morning on a flawless clock. After rotating the hour hand by how many degrees will it be 2 o'clock in the afternoon? |
A. | 144° |
B. | 180° |
C. | 168° |
D. | 150° |
Answer» C. 168° | |
28. |
If the hands of a clock come together every 64 minutes, how far back will the clock move each day? |
A. | 32 8⁄11 min |
B. | 36 5⁄11 min |
C. | 90 minutes |
D. | 96 minutes |
Answer» B. 36 5⁄11 min | |
29. |
At what time between 3 and 4 o'clock will the hands of the clock be together? |
A. | 3:16 at 4:11 am |
B. | 3:15 at 5:61 minutes |
C. | 15 in 3 o'clock on the remaining 560 minutes |
D. | 4 o'clock 16 4⁄11 minutes left |
Answer» B. 3:15 at 5:61 minutes | |
30. |
At what time between 5.30 and 6.00 will both the hands of the clock make right angles? |
A. | at 5:43 pm |
B. | 5:43 at 711 minutes |
C. | at 5:40 pm |
D. | at 5:45 pm |
Answer» C. at 5:40 pm | |
31. |
At 3.25 hrs, find the angle subtended by the minute hand and the hour hand. |
A. | 45° |
B. | 37 ½° |
C. | 47 ½° |
D. | 46° |
Answer» D. 46° | |
32. |
What will be the acute angle between the two hands of the clock at 2:30? |
A. | 105° |
B. | 115° |
C. | 95° |
D. | 135° |
Answer» B. 115° | |
33. |
At what time between 7 and 8 o'clock will the hands of a clock be in line but not together? |
A. | at 7 o'clock |
B. | 7 o'clock at 5 o'11 |
C. | 7:5 at 3:11 minutes |
D. | 7 o'clock at 5 11 o'clock |
Answer» E. | |
34. |
At what approximate time between 4 and 5 am will both the hands of the clock make right angles? |
A. | 4:40 a.m. |
B. | 4:38 a.m. |
C. | 4:35 a.m. |
D. | 4:39 a.m. |
Answer» C. 4:35 a.m. | |
35. |
What will be the angle between the two hands of the clock at 8:24 pm? |
A. | 100° |
B. | 107° |
C. | 106° |
D. | 108° |
Answer» E. | |
36. |
A clock beats 12 times in 33 seconds, then in how much time will this clock beat 6 times? 33⁄2 |
A. | 15 |
B. | 12 |
C. | 22 |
D. | 33/2 |
Answer» B. 12 | |
37. |
At what angle will both the hands of the clock show 5:15 minutes? |
A. | 72 ½° |
B. | 64° |
C. | 58 ½° |
D. | 67 ½° |
Answer» E. | |
38. |
If two hands of a clock are at an interval of 3 minutes, then the angle between the two will be: |
A. | 3° |
B. | 18° |
C. | 24° |
D. | 60° |
Answer» C. 24° | |
39. |
In 16 minutes, the minute hand will move ahead of the hour hand: |
A. | 16° |
B. | 80° |
C. | 88° |
D. | 96° |
Answer» D. 96° | |
40. |
Among the five friends, Mahesh is taller than Karan but not as tall as Yash. Hrithik is taller than Yash but not as tall as Abhishek. If all are standing in a row in ascending order of height, who will be the first person? |
A. | Abhishek |
B. | Success |
C. | Karan |
D. | data insufficient |
Answer» D. data insufficient | |
41. |
M is older than R. Q is younger than R and N. N is not as big as M. Who is second among M, N, R and Q? |
A. | M |
B. | R |
C. | M or R |
D. | data is insufficient |
Answer» B. R | |
42. |
Among P, Q, R, S and T, S is older than R; But not as big as T, Q is only bigger than P. Who is the youngest among them? |
A. | P |
B. | Q |
C. | R |
D. | cannot be determined |
Answer» B. Q | |
43. |
Among A, B, C, D and E, A is taller than B but shorter than C. B is taller than only E. If C is not the tallest, then who will be in the middle keeping them in order of height? |
A. | A |
B. | C |
C. | B |
D. | can't know |
Answer» B. C | |
44. |
Geeta is senior to Shilpa but not to Deepa. Gayatri is junior to Deepa. No one is senior to Fatima. Who is the youngest among them? |
A. | Shilpa |
B. | Gita |
C. | Gayatri |
D. | data insufficient |
Answer» E. | |
45. |
Five boys participated in a race. Prabir completed his race before Mohit but after Mihir. Suresh completed his race before Sanchit but after Mohit. Who won this race? |
A. | Prabir |
B. | mihir |
C. | Bewitched |
D. | Suresh |
Answer» C. Bewitched | |
46. |
Geeta is taller than Sita but not shorter than Radha. Radha and Rani have the same height. Geeta is younger than Paru. Who is the tallest among all the girls? |
A. | Gita |
B. | Sita |
C. | Radha and Rani |
D. | Paru |
Answer» E. | |
47. |
If in the series 5,9,8,1,3,2,7,4,3,8 the first and second digits are interchanged, the third and fourth digits are interchanged, the fifth and The 6th digit is interchanged with each other and the same process continues, then what will be the 7th digit from the right? |
A. | 1 |
B. | 4 |
C. | 7 |
D. | 8 |
Answer» E. | |
48. |
In a class of 60 students in which the number of girls is twice the number of boys, Kamal's rank is 17th from the top. If there are 9 girls ahead of Kamal then how many boys are behind him? |
A. | 3 |
B. | 7 |
C. | 12 |
D. | 23 |
Answer» D. 23 | |
49. |
40 students are in a row and they are facing north. Kailash is sixth to the left of Sonam. If Sonam is 30th from the left end of the row, then what is the position of Kailash from the right end of the row? |
A. | 17th |
B. | 16th |
C. | 15th |
D. | 26th |
Answer» B. 16th | |
50. |
In a row, A's rank is 18th from the front while B's rank is 16th from the back. If C ranks 24th from the front and is exactly between A and B, then how many persons are there in the row? |
A. | 45 |
B. | 46 |
C. | 47 |
D. | 48 |
Answer» D. 48 | |