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| 1. |
The length of a circular track is 800 m. Virat and Amresh started from the same point on the track and ran in opposite directions. Virat took 12 minutes to cover one kilometer while Amresh took only 9 minutes to cover the same distance. They kept running for 90 minutes. How many times did they cross each other? |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 20 |
| C. | 21 |
| D. | 30 |
| E. | 31 |
| Answer» D. 30 | |
| 2. |
A box contains 4 tennis ball, 6 season and 8 dues balls. 3 balls are randomly drawn from the box. What is the probability that the balls are different? |
| A. | 4 17 |
| B. | 3 11 |
| C. | 2 13 |
| D. | 5 17 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. 3 11 | |
| 3. |
The ratio between the length of Cuboid and the length of Rectangle is 3 : 2 and the ratio between the breadth of Cuboid and the breadth of Rectangle is 2 : 1. If the area of the Rectangle is 140 cm2 and the height of the cuboid is 10 cm. find the volume of the cuboid. |
| A. | 3400 cm3 |
| B. | 4200 cm3 |
| C. | 2500 cm3 |
| D. | 2100 cm3 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 2500 cm3 | |
| 4. |
A shopkeeper purchased 15 kg of variety A rice at Rs. X per kg and 10 kg of variety B rice at Rs. (X + 5) per kg. The shopkeeper sold the whole quantity of variety A rice at 10% profit and that of variety B rice at 20% profit. The total selling price of variety A rice was Rs. 30 more than that of variety B rice. Had the two varieties been mixed and sold at an overall profit of 20%, what would have been the selling price (per kg)? |
| A. | Rs. 26.40 |
| B. | Rs. 23.20 |
| C. | Rs. 24.20 |
| D. | Rs. 25.00 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Rs. 23.20 | |
| 5. |
Tony, Monu and James completed a work together in 36 days and received a total payment of Rs. 54000. Tony took half of the total money, Monu took one third and James took remaining. In how many days, Tony and James would have finished the work if Monu was not working? |
| A. | 72 days |
| B. | 54 days |
| C. | 96 days |
| D. | 64 days |
| E. | Can't be determined |
| Answer» C. 96 days | |
| 6. |
Four friends decided to contribute money and build a Temple. Ram contributes 83 1/3 % less than Neha and Vidhi while Shyam contributes 33 1/3 % less than Ram and 11 1/9 % more than Neha. If the annual income of Vidhi is Rs. 23,76,000 and she contributes 9/10 of her monthly income then find the contribution of Shyam. |
| A. | Rs. 220000 |
| B. | Rs. 22000 |
| C. | Rs. 320000 |
| D. | Rs. 32000 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Rs. 320000 | |
| 7. |
Mohit after travelling 60 km meets his school teacher who suggests him to go slower. He then proceeds at 4/5 of his initial speed and arrives his destination 25 minutes late. Had the meeting occured 25 km further Mohit would have reached his destination 13 minutes late. Find the final speed of Mohit ? |
| A. | 30 km/hr |
| B. | 35 km/hr |
| C. | 25 km/hr |
| D. | 22.5 km/hr |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. 22.5 km/hr | |
| 8. |
(175/3)% of the raindrops could have been collected, when 3 cm of rain has fallen on a part of land of area 2 km2, in a tank having a 200 m × 10 m base, then water collected in the tank is 70% of its capacity. Find the capacity of the tank? |
| A. | 70000 m3 |
| B. | 120000 m3 |
| C. | 100000 m3 |
| D. | 95000 m3 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. 95000 m3 | |
| 9. |
The average weight of 20 students in a class increased by 5.75 kg when one of the students left the class but when a new student joined the class then the average weight decreased by 2.75 kg. What is the difference between the age of the new student who joined the class and the student who left the class? |
| A. | 51.5 kg |
| B. | 51.25 kg |
| C. | 51.75 kg |
| D. | 51 kg |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. 51.25 kg | |
| 10. |
Three friends, Anil, Bipin, and Chandu invested some money at the rate of interest 10% per annum, 12.5% per annum, and 20% per annum simple interest respectively. If the total interest accrued at the end of 2 years was Rs. 4200 and the amount invested by Anil was 150% of the amount invested by Bipin and the amount invested by Chandu is 25% more than the amount invested by Bipin. Find the difference between the amount invested by Anil and Chandu? |
| A. | Rs. 1000 |
| B. | Rs. 1500 |
| C. | Rs. 1800 |
| D. | Rs. 1250 |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Rs. 1500 | |
| 11. |
Three partners A, B and C started a business a total investment of Rs. 7200. A’s investment was Rs. 600 more than that of B while B's investment was Rs. 300 less than C. At the end of one year the business generated Rs. 864 profit which was distributed in the ratio of the investment of the partners. A invested 25 % of his profit in saving scheme which assures 15% return as interest in one year. What was the interest earned by A from the saving scheme in one year? |
| A. | Rs. 12.15 |
| B. | Rs. 15.12 |
| C. | Rs. 10.12 |
| D. | Rs. 16.12 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Rs. 15.12 | |
| 12. |
Sumit is appointed on a salary of Rs. 1500/month(fixed which he will get regardless of sales) and the condition that for every sales of a refrigerator of Rs. 10,000, he will get 45% of salary and 10% of the sales as a reward. The incentive scheme is not valid for the first Rs. 10,000 of sales. What should be the value of sales if he wants to earn Rs. 8200 in a particular month? |
| A. | Rs. 60,000 |
| B. | Rs. 50,000 |
| C. | Rs. 35,000 |
| D. | Rs. 40,000 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Rs. 35,000 | |
| 13. |
Ram and Aman work in a printing press where they have to print a minimum of 100 magazines each day to earn a daily wage of Rs. 300. If they print more than 100 magazines they are paid extra money for each extra magazine printed. Ram is paid Rs. 328 and Aman is paid Rs. 336. Find the amount paid per extra magazine if Aman printed 2 more magazines than Ram. |
| A. | Rs. 5 |
| B. | Rs. 7 |
| C. | Rs. 6 |
| D. | Rs. 8 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 14. |
Raj goes out to shop on a rainy day. He travels at a speed of n km/hr when it’s raining and at a speed of (n – 1) km/hr when it stops raining. If his average speed for the journey is 3.2 km/hr. Find the fraction of the distance which he covered while it was raining. Given, that n is an integer. |
| A. | 1 4 |
| B. | 1 6 |
| C. | 1 7 |
| D. | 1 8 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. 1 6 | |
| 15. |
Two containers X and Y contain equal volume of water and alcohol respectively. 5 litres of water is taken out from X and poured into Y. From the resulting solution in Y, 5 litres of mixture is taken out and poured into X. Now if the quantity of water in both the containers is same after the two transfers, find out the volume of alcohol in container Y initially. |
| A. | 18 litres |
| B. | 10 litres |
| C. | 5 litres |
| D. | 15 litres |
| Answer» D. 15 litres | |
| 16. |
A and B started a business with initial investment in the respective ratio of 3 : 1. After four months from the start of the business, A invests Rs. 2000 more and after two more months B invested Rs. 6000 more. If A's profit share is double of B's share after a year, then what was A's initial investment? |
| A. | Rs. 14000 |
| B. | Rs. 15000 |
| C. | Rs. 16500 |
| D. | Rs. 18000 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Rs. 15000 | |
| 17. |
A father stated, “thrice my father’s age is 7 times my age. And my son’s age is cube root of my age. Also, nine years ago, my age was one-third of my father’s age then.” Find the ratio between the age of the father’s father, the father’s son and the father himself is |
| A. | 21 : 2 : 3 |
| B. | 14 : 2 : 9 |
| C. | 7 : 1 : 3 |
| D. | 21 : 1 : 9 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 18. |
Three friends Anjali, Pooja and Kriti decide to pay their travel fare during a trip in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 4. Anjali pays the first day’s fare which amounts to Rs 500, Pooja pays the second day’s fare which amounts to Rs 600 and Kriti pays the third day’s fare which amounts to Rs 700. When they settle their accounts, how much money does Kriti has to pay to Anjali? |
| A. | Rs. 200 |
| B. | Rs. 150 |
| C. | Rs. 0 |
| D. | Rs. 100 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 19. |
The perimeter of a square field is 8cm more than the perimeter of a rectangle. The length of the rectangle is 51 cm which is 300% of its width. If a street of width 10 cm surrounds from outside the square, then find the total cost of constructing the streetat the rate of Rs. 25 per sq. cm? |
| A. | Rs. 45,000 |
| B. | Rs. 45,500 |
| C. | Rs. 46,000 |
| D. | Rs. 46,500 |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Rs. 46,500 | |
| 20. |
Two inlet pipes P and Q can fill an empty tank in 18 hours and 20 hours respectively. Both the two pipes were opened simultaneously but as soon as the tank was half filled a leakwas detectedin the bottom of the tank. After closing that leak, the two inlet pipes took 1 hour less to fill the remaining half of the tank than they had taken to fill the first half of the tank. Find how much time the leak would take to empty the filled tank? |
| A. | 54 126 hrs 361 |
| B. | 51 126 hrs 361 |
| C. | 44 126 hrs 361 |
| D. | 58 126 hrs 361 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. 51 126 hrs 361 | |
| 21. |
Kundan purchased 450 oranges of 3 types such that he earned a profit 9%, 10% and 12% respectively on each type. He earned a profit of 66/7 % on first two types and 10% overall profit on all the types. Find the number of oranges in all the three types. |
| A. | 100,200 and 150 |
| B. | 120 ,90 and 240 |
| C. | 100, 75 and 275 |
| D. | 150,200 and 100 |
| E. | 200,150 and 100 |
| Answer» F. | |
| 22. |
The monthly budget of A and B are in the ratio of 17 : 19. If they get an extra budget of Rs. 3500 each, the ratio of new monthly budget of A and B becomes 12 : 13. What is the new monthly budget of A? |
| A. | Rs. 15000 |
| B. | Rs. 13000 |
| C. | Rs. 10000 |
| D. | Rs. 12000 |
| E. | Rs. 14000 |
| Answer» E. Rs. 14000 | |
| 23. |
Vijay spends 75% of his salary and saves the remaining. After his salary is increased by 25%, he saves 80% of the increased amount besides the amount he used to save earlier. What will be the percentage change in his monthly savings? |
| A. | 90% |
| B. | 80% |
| C. | 40% |
| D. | 70% |
| E. | 60% |
| Answer» C. 40% | |
| 24. |
Kishan borrowed a certain sum from the bank. The bank charges a simple interest of 10 % per annum. Kishan later realized that he no longer needs the entire money. So he lent 60 percent of the borrowed sum to Vikas at the rate of 20% per annum compounded annually. At the end of 3 years, Vikas paid him a sum of Rs. 1555200. How much amount(in Rs.) will Kishan pay to the bank if he repays the entire loan at the end of 4 years? |
| A. | 2400000 |
| B. | 2700000 |
| C. | 2100000 |
| D. | 2500000 |
| E. | 2000000 |
| Answer» D. 2500000 | |
| 25. |
Manu and Rakesh started a business by investing Rs.12000 and Rs.15000 respectively. Ishita joined them with some investment. The time for which they invested their capital is 5 years, 6 years and 8 years respectively. The total profit occurred from the business is Rs.28382 out of which share of Rakesh is Rs.11106. Find the amount invested by Ishita in the business. |
| A. | Rs. 12000 |
| B. | Rs. 15000 |
| C. | Rs, 18000 |
| D. | Rs. 10000 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 26. |
By selling a car for Rs 405000 a man gets 10% loss, and then at what price (in Rs) should he sell to gain 20% ? |
| A. | 525000 |
| B. | 480000 |
| C. | 540000 |
| D. | 490000 |
| E. | 600000 |
| Answer» D. 490000 | |
| 27. |
Find the height of equilateral triangle if its area is 36√3 m2? |
| A. | 8√3 m |
| B. | 5√3 m |
| C. | 4√3 m |
| D. | 6√3 m |
| E. | 7√3 m |
| Answer» E. 7√3 m | |
| 28. |
A man deposited Rs. 40,000 in a bank at 10% per annum, compounded annually for two years. He wanted to keep the amount deposited at the end of the two years, but there was a new law in place that for any amount in the account that date onwards, any annual interest greater than Rs.2,500 would be taxed. Also, the rate of interest was reduced to 8% per annum. What amount should he remove from his account to ensure that he just avoids paying the tax? Assume that his account had zero balance before he deposited Rs. 40,000. |
| A. | Rs. 31,250 |
| B. | Rs. 24,000 |
| C. | Rs. 21,684 |
| D. | Rs. 18,050 |
| E. | Rs. 17,150 |
| Answer» F. | |
| 29. |
Amit, Shubham, Rakesh and Ramesh are 4 brothers. Their father divided his property among his four sons such that Amit share is 40% more than Ramesh’s share. Rakesh got 20% of the total property and his share is 5/8 times the share of Shubham. What percent of total property did Amit get? |
| A. | 24% |
| B. | 28% |
| C. | 21% |
| D. | 32% |
| E. | 18% |
| Answer» C. 21% | |
| 30. |
The average age of a family of 5 members was 32 years. 3 years later, the oldest member of the family died at the age of 60. On the same day, a child was born in the family. What would be the average age of the family 20 years after the death of the oldest member? |
| A. | 52 years |
| B. | 43 years |
| C. | 47 years |
| D. | 50 years |
| E. | 55 years |
| Answer» C. 47 years | |
| 31. |
Two trains A, and B of same length start from Chennai for Bangalore at 10:00 pm. After travelling for 50% of the total distance train A meets with an accident and starta travelling at the rate of 2/3rd of its original speed. In this way, both the traina reach Bangalore at 08:00 am. Find the ratio of their original speed? |
| A. | 3 : 2 |
| B. | 5 : 3 |
| C. | 5 : 2 |
| D. | 5 : 4 |
| E. | Can't be determined |
| Answer» E. Can't be determined | |
| 32. |
Ram borrowed Rs. x from Shyam at the rate of 13% simple interest and Rs. 2x from Mohan at the rate of 26 % simple interest he then added Rs. 82500 with the total amount he borrowed from Shyam and Mohan together and lend it to Sohan at the rate of 10% simple interest. The total profit, he received at the end of one year in this process was Rs. 1725. Find the value of x? |
| A. | 18642.85 |
| B. | 19642.85 |
| C. | 16625.52 |
| D. | 17462.85 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. 19642.85 | |
| 33. |
Some number of solid metallic right circular cones radius of which is equal to the side of the square which area is 9 cm2 and height is 100% more than the inradius of that square are melted to form a solid sphere of radius 6 cm. find the number of right circular cones is required. |
| A. | 64 |
| B. | 36 |
| C. | 27 |
| D. | 32 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 34. |
Two persons P, and Q start running simultaneously in the same direction from the point X and Y respectively. If the distance between X and Y is 10 km. P reaches another point Z which is in the same line and returns immediately after travelling for 10 km more from the point Z, he meets Q at point R which is in between point X and Point Z. If the rate of speed of P, and Q is 10 km and 5 km per hour then find the distance between X and Z. (it is given that XZ > YZ) |
| A. | 50 km |
| B. | 45 km |
| C. | 35 km |
| D. | 40 km |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. 45 km | |
| 35. |
A person buys an article for some rupees. He finds that if he had sold the article at a profit of 13% of the selling price than he sold it at a profit of 13% of the cost price then he would have got Rs. 422.5 more. Find the cost price of the article. |
| A. | Rs. 21650 |
| B. | Rs. 42250 |
| C. | Rs. 52000 |
| D. | Rs. 27300 |
| E. | Rs. 21750 |
| Answer» F. | |
| 36. |
At present, when the age of Chotu was added with that of Motu then the sum of their age is equal to the age of their grandfather’s age. 6 years before, Motu’s age was one – third of his grandfather age and 2 years hence, Chotu’s age become three- fifth of his grandfather’s age. At present, Chotu is how many years younger/elder than Motu? |
| A. | 4 years younger |
| B. | 4 years elder |
| C. | 8 years younger |
| D. | 8 years elder |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 37. |
The length of a rectangular shaped field is 14 m and, its width is 21 m. A 5 meters dip right cylindrical shaped pond was dig in the field. What can be the maximum volume (in m3) of the pond? |
| A. | 660 |
| B. | 770 |
| C. | 880 |
| D. | 710 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 880 | |
| 38. |
Two friends A and B can complete a piece of work in 20 days and 30 days respectively. They started working on alternate days. Once exactly half of the work was completed, they started working together. In this manner, how many days did they take to complete the work? |
| A. | 12 days |
| B. | 18 days |
| C. | 20 days |
| D. | 16 days |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 20 days | |
| 39. |
The ratio of the cost price to the selling priceof an articleis 5 : 7 and the ratio of marked price to the selling priceof the same articleis 4 : 3. A shopkeeper marked 32 units of such articles at the rate of Rs. 140 each. If all the articles were sold out then how much profit (in Rs.) did he earn? |
| A. | Rs. 1120 |
| B. | Rs. 960 |
| C. | Rs. 1024 |
| D. | Rs. 896 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Rs. 1024 | |
| 40. |
In a state examination, 35% of the total numbers of students received first division and the rest of the students received second division, third division and failed in the ratio of 5 : 6 : 2 respectively. The number of students who received the first division was 400 more than the students who failed. How many of the students had received third division? |
| A. | 455 |
| B. | 540 |
| C. | 400 |
| D. | 480 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 41. |
A basket contains 4 roses, 3 lilies and 2 sunflowers. A man picks 2 flowers at random from the basket. What is the probability that both are roses or both are lilies? |
| A. | 1 5 |
| B. | 1 4 |
| C. | 1 3 |
| D. | 1 2 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 1 3 | |
| 42. |
In a race of 1200 meters Mohan beats Munni by 200 meters but in a race of 1500 meters Munni beats Suraj by 300 meters. In a race of 3 km, by how many meters Mohan beats Suraj? |
| A. | 1250 meters |
| B. | 1000 meters |
| C. | 1500 meters |
| D. | 750 meters |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 1500 meters | |
| 43. |
In the same time, a car can travel thrice the distance travelled by a bike. If the speed of the bike is 20 km per hour less than that of the car then what will be the difference between distance between them at the end of 5 hours journey if they start simultaneously from a point? |
| A. | 120 km |
| B. | 150 km |
| C. | 50 km |
| D. | 100 km |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 44. |
A shopkeeper purchased two articles for Rs. 750 each. He marked one 25% above the cost price and sold it at a 12% discount. For the other article, he interchanged the percentages. What is his overall profit/loss percentage? |
| A. | 7.5% Loss |
| B. | 7.5% Loss |
| C. | 3.25% Loss |
| D. | 10% Profit |
| E. | 3% Loss |
| Answer» F. | |
| 45. |
The present age of Riya is 3 times the present age of Ravi and 3/2 times the present age of Navya. If the average of their present ages is 24 years, what is the present age of Navya? |
| A. | 18 years |
| B. | 36 years |
| C. | 12 years |
| D. | 15 years |
| E. | 24 years |
| Answer» F. | |
| 46. |
In an election there were three candidates. Candidate A got 20% of the total votes, candidate B got 40% of the total votes while candidate C got 148 votes. 3% of the total votes were invalid. What was the winning margin? (in terms of number of votes) |
| A. | 0 |
| B. | 12 |
| C. | 36 |
| D. | 80 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 36 | |
| 47. |
A committee of 5 persons is to be formed from 6 men and 4 women. In how many ways can the committee be formed, if atmost two women are included? |
| A. | 172 |
| B. | 186 |
| C. | 160 |
| D. | 240 |
| E. | 228 |
| Answer» C. 160 | |
| 48. |
Which fraction is the smallest out of the given fractions ? |
| A. | 17 21 |
| B. | 35 44 |
| C. | 18 35 |
| D. | 70 91 |
| E. | Two of the given fractions are equal and those are the smallest values. |
| Answer» D. 70 91 | |
| 49. |
Two varieties of tea, one at Rs. 126 per kg and second at Rs. 135 per kg are mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1 : 1 : 2. If the mixture is worth Rs. 153 per kg, what is the price of the third variety per kg? |
| A. | Rs. 157.50 |
| B. | Rs. 175.50 |
| C. | Rs. 175.70 |
| D. | Rs. 157.70 |
| E. | Rs. 155.70 |
| Answer» C. Rs. 175.70 | |
| 50. |
Two trains cross each other in 15 seconds when moving in the opposite direction and 210 seconds when moving in the same direction. By what percent is the speed of the faster train more than that of the slower train? |
| A. | 15% |
| B. | 17% |
| C. | 13% |
| D. | 18% |
| E. | Data inadequate |
| Answer» B. 17% | |