PRACTICE TEST PAPER NO.

1
Mathematical Ability

Q. 1-10. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions?

1. (3158 + 4602 + ?) ÷ 39 = 347

(1) 5483 (2) 5883
(3) 5783 (4) 5913
(5) None of these

2. (0.08% of 363 + 0.6% of 241) × 500 = ?

(1) 846.2 (2) 868.2
(3) 84.62 (4) 86.82
(5) None of these

18696 11916
3. × =?
20853 28728
181 164
(1) (2)
331 441
155 161
(3) (4)
246 241
(5) None of these

4. 3 328509 = ?
(1) 63 (2) 59
(3) 73 (4) 69
(5) None of these

5. (47045 ÷ 9.7) + (2035 ÷ 3.7) = ?

(1) 5400 (2) 5445
(3) 54 (4) 54.45
(5) None of these

6. 1965 ÷ 17161 ÷ 3 = ?
(1) 15 (2) 9
(3) 5 (4) 12
(5) None of these

7. 4225 − 1225 + 6 = ?
 (1) 1156 (2) 1600
(3) 1444 (4) 1296
(5) None of these

8. (31% of 260) × ? = 12896

(1) 150 (2) 140
(3) 160 (4) 180
(5) None of these

2 1 4
9. (16 − 12 ) ÷ 3 = ?
5 5 81
9 2
(1) 1 (2) 3
19 19
8 9
(3) 2 (4) 1
13 13
(5) None of these

10. (18)3 ÷ ? = 43.2

(1) 135 (2) 136
(3) 137 (4) 138
(5) None of these

Q. 11-14. In each of the following number series one of the given numbers is wrong.
Find out the wrong number.

11. 439 778 1456 2812 5624 10948

(1) 5624 (2) 1456
(3) 778 (4) 2812
(5) None of these

12. 156 468 780 1094 1404 1716

(1) 468 (2) 1094
(3) 1717 (4) 780
(5) None of these

13. 113 130 164 215 293 368

(1) 215 (2) 130
(3) 164 (4) 293
(5) None of these

14. 36 54 135 472.15 2126.25 11694.375

(1) 135 (2) 54
(3) 472.15 (4) 11694.375
(5) None of these
15. The average of four positive integers is 72.5. The highest integer is 117 and the
lowest integer is 15. The difference between the remaining two integers is 12.
Which is the higher of these two remaining integers?
(1) 73 (2) 84
(3) 70 (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these

16. The population of a town is 8500. it increases by 20% in the first year and increase
by another 25% in the second year. What would be the population of the town after
two years?
(1) 10950 (2) 12750
(3) 11950 (4) 12550
(5) None of these

17. The difference between the simple interest and compound interest obtained on a
principal amount at 5 p.c.p.a. after 2 years is Rs. 35. What is the principal amount?
(1) Rs. 15,000 (2) Rs. 10,000
(3) Rs. 14,000 (4) Rs. 13,000
(5) None of these

18. ‘A’ can complete a piece of work in 12 days. ‘A’ and ‘B’ together can complete the
same piece of work in 4 days. In how many days can ‘B’ alone complete the same
piece of work?
(1) 6 days (2) 8 days
(3) 15 days (4) 18 days
(5) None of these

19. If ab =36, which of the following proportions is correct?

(1) 9 :a= 4 :b (2) a : 18 =b : 3
(3) a : 6=b : 6 (4) a : 9= 4 : b
(5) None of these

Q. 20-24. Study the following table carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Number of students from various schools playing various games

GAMES SCHOOLS
A B C D E
Football 125 250 100 175 250
Basket ball 175 200 195 245 225
Cricket 250 200 225 215 200
Tennis 240 210 200 130 165
Badminton 75 125 55 45 100

20. If 20% of the students playing Football from School ‘A’, also play Badminton, what
would be the total number of students playing Badminton from School ‘A’?
(1) 110 (2) 120
 (3) 95 (4) 100
(5) None of these

21. The number of students playing Basket ball from School ‘C’ is approximately what
per cent of the students playing Basket ball from School ‘E’?
(1) 75 (2) 87
(3) 94 (4) 70
(5) 81

22. What is the difference between the average number of students playing Cricket from
all the schools and the average number of students playing Tennis from all the
schools?
(1) 31 (2) 26
(3) 29 (4) 33
(5) None of these

23. The number of students playing Football from School ‘D’ is what per cent of the total
number of students playing all the given games from that school? (Rounded off to 2
digits after decimal)
(1) 20.61 (2) 21.59
(3) 22.60 (4) 20.59
(5) None of these

24. What is the difference between the average number of students playing all the given
games from School ‘B’ and the number of students playing Badminton from the
school?
(1) 72 (2) 65
(3) 78 (4) 69
(5) None of these

Q. 25-29. Study the following graph carefully and answer the questions given below it.

Figures

25. In which year is the per cent increase in the profit from that of the previous year the
highest?
(1) 1998 (2) 2000
(3) 2002 (4) 2004
(5) None of these
26. If the expenditure in the year 2003 was Rs. 60 crores, how much was the income in
crore Rupees?
(1) 110 (2) 115
(3) 120 (4) 90
(5) None of these

27. If the income in the year 1999 was a Rs. 60 crores and the expenditure of that year
equals the expenditure of the year 2001, what was the income of the company in crore
Rupees in the year 2001?
(1) 75 (2) 60
(3) 55 (4) 65
(5) None of these

28. What is approximate per cent increase in the profit in the year 2005 from that of the
previous year?
(1) 12 (2) 4
(3) 7 (4) 15
(5) 20

29. What is the approximate per cent of the year 2002, if the income of that year was Rs.
120 crores?
(1) 51 (2) 47
(3) 63 (4) 85
(5) 71

Q. 30-34. What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following questions? (You are not expected to calculate the exact value.

30. (9615.36 + 1247.18) ÷ (2435.72 + 1937.92) = ?

(1) 4 (2) 9
(3) 2 (4) 7
(5) 8

31. 5646 + 3982 − 39 = ?

(1) 77 (2) 109
(3) 66 (4) 99
(5) 119

32. (48 × 296) ÷ (19 ×173) = ?

(1) 2 (2) 4
(3) 8 (4) 9
(5) 3

33. 0.5% of 449 × 8.2% of 674 = ?

(1) 124 (2) 139
(3) 146 (4) 115
 (5) 100

34. 3784 ÷ 28 + 538 = ?

(1) 600 (2) 623
(3) 651 (4) 636
(5) 673

Q. 35-39. Study the following tables carefully and answer the questions given below it.

Number of Adults and Children from various age groups living in various colonies

ADULTS
Colonies
Age- Groups A B C D
21-30 20 28 38 30
31-40 60 65 54 50
41-50 50 48 50 41
51-60 40 40 36 35
61-70 12 15 20 20

CHILDREN
Colonies
Age- Groups A B C D
1-5 10 15 12 11
6-10 15 21 10 16
11-15 21 26 20 18
16-20 16 10 15 8

35. What is the approximate difference between the average number of adults from the
age-group of 31-40 from all the given colonies and the average number of children
from the age-group of 6-10 from all the given colonies?
(1) 42 (2) 35
(3) 48 (4) 39
(5) 31

36. What is the respective ratio of the total number of adults from the age-group of 61-70
from colonies B and C to the total number of children from the age-group of 16-20
from the same colonies?
(1) 9 : 4 (2) 5 : 7
(3) 7 : 3 (4) 5 : 3
(5) None of these

37. The total number of children from colony ‘D’ is approximately what per cent of the
total number of adults from the same colony?
(1) 20 (2) 15
(3) 25 (4) 30
 (5) 35

38. What is the respective ratio of the total number of members from colony A (including
children) to the total number of members from colony B (including children)?
(1) 61 : 69 (2) 59 : 57
(3) 61 : 67 (4) 59 : 55
(5) None of these

39. The number of children from the age-group of 1-5 from colony C are what per cent of
the total number of children from the same age group from all the colonies?
(1) 20 (2) 15
(3) 30 (4) 35
(5) None of these

Q. 40-44. Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below
it.
One of the total number of 7800 girls in a college, 15% of the total number off girls
are good at dancing and 20% of the number of girls good at dancing are also good in
studies. 5% of the total number of girls in the college are good at drawing and 10% of
the girls good at drawing are also good in studies. 35% of the total number of girls in the
college are good at cooking and 20% of the girls good at cooking are also good in
studies; also 30% of the girls good at cooking are good at dancing but not good in studies,
10% of the total number of girls in the college are good only at singing. 25% of the total
number of girls in the college are good at sports and 16% of the number of girls good at
sports are also good in studies. Rest of the girls from the college are only good at studies.

40. How many girls from the college are good at dancing?
(1) 1755 (2) 1989
(3) 1170 (4) 1898
(5) None of these

41. How many girls from the college are good only at cooking?
(1) 2730 (2) 2184
(3) 1365 (4) 1545
(5) None of these

42. How many girls from the college are good at drawing?
(1) 351 (2) 380
(3) 400 (4) 341
(5) None of these

43. How many girls from the college are good at studies?
(1) 1851 (2) 780
(3) 990 (4) 1911
(5) None of these
44. How many girls from the college are good only at singing?
(1) 780 (2) 750
(3) 700 (4) 800
(5) None of these

45. What is the least number to be added to 920 to make it a perfect square?
(1) 41 (2) 31
(3) 39 (4) 49
(5) None of these

46. The ratio of the number of students studying in schools A,B and C is 5 : 6 : 8
respectively. If the number of students studying in each of the schools is increased by
30%, 25% and 25% respectively, what will be the new ratio of students in schools
A,B and C respectively?
(1) 14 :15 : 20 (2) 13 :15 : 20
(3) 13 : 14 :15 (4) 15 : 17 :19
(5) None of these

47. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 140% and the denominator is increased
4
by 150%, the resultant fraction is , what is the original fraction?
15
3 5
(1) (2)
5 16
4 3
(3) (4)
18 10
(5) None of these

48. On a test consisting 150 questions carrying 1 mark each. Meenal answered 80% of
the first 75 questions correctly. What per cent of the other 75 questions does she need
to answer correctly to score 60% on the entire exam?
(1) 60 (2) 20
(3) 50 (4) 40
(5) None of these

49. If 16a +16b = 48, what is the average of a and b?

(1) 3 (2) 2.5
(3) 1.5 (4) 5
(5) None of these
 ANSWERS

1. (5) 45. (1)

2. (2) 46. (2)
3. (2) 47. (5)
4. (4) 48. (4)
5. (1) 49. (3)
6. (3)
7. (4)
8. (3)
9. (5)
10. (1)
11. (1)
12. (2)
13. (4)
14. (3)
15. (5)
16. (2)
17. (3)
18. (1)
19. (4)
20. (4)
21. (2)
22. (3)
23. (5)
24. (1)
25. (2)
26. (2)
27. (1)
28. (3)
29. (5)
30. (3)
31.
32.
33.
34. (5)
35. (1)
36. (5)
37. (4)
38. (3)
39. (5)
40. (3)
41. (5)
42. (5)
43. (4)
44. (1)
 PRACTICE TEST PAPER NO. 2
Mathematical Ability

Qs. 1-3. Study the given information carefully to answer the following questions.

A Basket contain 3 blue, 5 black and 3 red balls.

1. If two balls are drawn at random, what is the probability that none of them is blue?
21 3
(1) (2)
25 55
28 9
(3) (4)
55 11
(5) None of these

2. If 2 balls are drawn at random, what is the probability that one is black and one is
red?
2 8
(1) (2)
11 11
9 3
(3) (4)
11 11
(5) None of these

3. If 3 balls are drawn at random what is the probability that all are black?
2 1
(1) (2)
33 11
3 8
(3) (4)
11 33
(5) None of these

4. A 180 metres long train crosses a platform of equal length in 18 seconds. What is the
speed of the train?
(1) 22 metres/ second (2) 10 metres/ second
(3) 15 metres/ second (4) 18 metres/ second
(5) None of these
5. What would be the compound interest drawn on an amount of Rs. 18,400/- @ 12
p.c.p.a at the end of 3 years?
(1) Rs 4680.96 (2) Rs 7450.6752
(3) Rs 6235.2143 (4) Rs 8042.16
(5) None of these

Qs. 6-9. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following
number series?

6. 24 ? 109 134 150 159

(1) 71 (2) 65
(3) 86 (4) 53
(5) None of these

7. 3 20 78 332 1680 ?
(1) 8410 (2) 9836
(3) 10098 (4) 1150
(5) None of these

8. 13 30 66 140 ? 592
(1) 210 (2) 290
(3) 428 (4) 430
(5) None of these

9. 3 5 15 ? 1125 84375
(1) 75 (2) 20
(3) 45 (4) 80
(5) None of these

10. A boat takes 8 hours to cover a distance while traveling upstream, whereas while
traveling downstream it takes 6 hours. If the speed of the current is 4 kmph, what is
the speed of the boat in still water?
(1) 12 kmph (2) 28 kmph
(3) 16 kmph (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these

11. The area of a circle is seven times its circumference. What is the circumference of
the circle?
(1) 616 (2) 132
(3) 88 (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these
12. 8 men alone can complete a piece of work in 12 days. 4 Women alone can complete
the same piece of work in 48 days and 10 children alone can complete the piece of
work in 24 days. In how many days can 10 men, 4 women and 10 children together
completed the piece of work?
(1) 5 (2) 15
(3) 28 (4) 6
(5) None of these

13. Subhash starts a business by investing Rs. 25,000. 6 months later Aditya joins him by
investing Rs. 15,000. After another 6 months Aditya invests an additional amount of
Rs. 15,000. At the end of 3 years they earn a profit of Rs. 2,47,000. What is Aditya’s
share in the profit?
(1) Rs. 1,30,000 (2) Rs. 1,23,000
(3) Rs. 1,05,000 (4) Rs. 1,11,500
(5) None of these

14. If the digits of a two digit number are interchanged, the number so obtained is greater
than the original number by 27. if the sum of the two digits of the number is 11, what
is the original number?
(1) 47 (2) 38
(3) 74 (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these

Qs. 15-19. What approximate value should come in place of the question mark
(?) in the following questions? (You are not expected to calculate the exact value)

15. 59.99% of 255.012 +22.98% of 182.005 = ?

(1) 162 (2) 146
(3) 195 (4) 225
(5) 178

16. 1000 = ?
(1) 10 (2) 24
(3) 45 (4) 18
(5) 32

17. 15.002 × ?× 25.0210 = 7113.918

(1) 19 (2) 26
(3) 11 (4) 31
(5) 35

18. 81.38 × 81.63 = ?

(1) 680 (2) 218
(3) 726 (4) 512
(5) 134
19. 12 × 958 ÷ 17 = ?
(1) 532 (2) 676
(3) 765 (4) 483
(5) 806

Qs. 20-24. Study the table carefully to answer the following questions.
Number of Cars (in thousands) Manufactured and sold by Six Companies over the years

Company A B C D E F
Manu- Sold Manu- Sold Manu- Sold Manu- Sold Manu- Sold Manu- Sold
Year factured factured factured factured factured factured
2000 2.58 1.96 1.98 1.62 1.97 1.53 2.46 2.11 2.35 2.16 1.88 1.50
2001 2.34 1.98 2.15 2.00 2.20 2.03 2.46 2.14 2.45 2.20 1.95 1.62
2002 2.85 2.05 2.35 1.99 2.18 1.87 2.55 2.23 2.60 2.13 2.25 1.93
2003 2.87 2.11 2.62 2.01 2.25 1.95 2.62 2.30 2.79 2.31 2.39 2.08
2004 2.91 2.22 2.71 2.12 2.68 2.32 2.71 2.19 2.88 2.19 2.58 2.10
2005 2.94 2.25 2.84 2.15 2.86 2.36 2.76 2.28 2.90 2.32 2.67 2.30

20. What is the respective ratio of total number of cars manufactured by Companies A,B,
and C together in the year 2001 to those manufactured by Companies D,E and F
together in the year 2003?
(1) 164 : 217 (2) 223 : 260
(3) 260 : 223 (4) 217 : 164
(5) None of these

21. What is the percentage of number of cars sold by Company D in the year 2002 to
those manufactured by it in that year? (rounded off to two digits after decimal).
(1) 87.45 (2) 77.28
(3) 92.54 (4) 79.65
(5) None of these.

22. In which year were the maximum number of cars manufactured by all Companies
together?
(1) 2001 (2) 2002
(3) 2003 (4) 2004
(5) None of these

23. What is the approximate per cent increase in the number of cars sold by Company F
in the year 2004 from the previous year?
(1) 13 (2) 0.9
(3) 2 (4) 8
(5) 23
24. What is the total number of cars sold by Company C in all the year together?
(1) 120600 (2) 14205
(3) 12060 (4) 142050
(5) None of these
Q. 25-29. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following
questions?

25. 8.88 × 88.8 × 88 = ?

(1) 68301.142 (2) 79391.642
(3) 65365.824 (4) 76218.414
(5) None of these

4 3 1
26. 1 + 1 + 1 = ?
7 5 3
47 58
(1) 5 (2) 4
105 105
53 43
(3) 4 (4) 5
105 105
(5) None of these

9 ÷ 2 × 27 ÷ 9
27. =?
18 ÷ 7.5 × 5 ÷ 4
(1) 4.5 (2) 5.7
(3) 2.5 (4) 6.8
(5) None of these

28. ?% of 280+18% of 550 = 143.8

(1) 11 (2) 18
(3) 21 (4) 16
(5) None of these

29. 2500 + 961 = (?) 2

(1) 81 (2) 3
(3) 6561 (4) 9
(5) None of these
Qs. 30-34. Study the following graph carefully to answer the questions that follow:

N o. of st u de nt s st u dy i n g d i f f e r e n t di sc i pl l n e s i n a c ol l e ge ov e r t h e y e a r s

800

700

600

500 Commers
Science
400 Arts

300

200

100

0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Y ear s

30. What is the respective ratio of total number of students studying Commerce in the
year 2000 and 2002 together to those studying Arts in the years 2003 and 2005
together?
(1) 3 :4 (2) 7 : 9
(3) 4 :3 (4) 9 : 7
(5) None of these

31. What is the respective ratio of total number of students studying Arts, Science and
Commerce in all the year together?
(1) 77 : 75 : 76 (2) 76 : 75 : 77
(3) 76 : 77 : 75 (4) 75 : 77 : 76
(5) None of these

32. Number of students studying Commerce in the year 2004 forms approximately what
per cent of the total number of students studying Commerce in all the years together?
(1) 13 (2) 20
(3) 29 (4) 33
(5) 38

33. What is the total number of students studying Arts in all the years together?
(1) 3700 (2) 2750
(3) 3500 (4) 2550
(5) None of these
34. Number of students studying Science in the year 2001 forms what per cent of total
number of students studying all the disciplines together in that year? (rounded off to
two digits after decimal)
(1) 46.24 (2) 23.51
(3) 37.14 (4) 40.15
(5) None of these

Qs. 35-39. In the following questions, who equations I and II are given. You
have to solve both the equations and-
Give Answer if
(1) x>y (2) x ≥ y
(3) x<y (4) x ≤ y
(5) x=y or the relationship cannot be determined

35. 1. 2x- 15y =5

II. 6x – 5y =-1

36. I. x2 = 1521
II. y = 1521

37. I. x2 – 12x +35 =0

II y2– 9y+20 = 0

38. I. 4x + 3y=16
II. 2x +2y = 9

x 2 + 7 x + 12 = 0
39. I.

II. y 2 + 5 y + 6 = 0
Qs. 40-44. Study the following table carefully to answer the questions that follow:
Per cent rise in production of Six companies over the years.

Company P Q R S T U

Year
2000 25 30 20 45 25 45
2001 20 55 45 50 45 40
2002 35 60 35 35 30 20
2003 40 30 25 30 55 55
2004 30 40 30 25 35 15
2005 45 45 40 20 45 25

40. What is the difference in the per cent rise in production of Company U in the year
2003 from the year 2000?
(1) 22 (2) 12
(3) 18 (4) 9
(5) None of these

41. If the production of Company T in the year 2000 was 3,55,000 units, what was its
production in the year 2002?
(1) 6,69,175 units (2) 5,14,251 units
(3) 7,21,345 units (4) 4,22,895 units
(5) None of these

42. What is the per cent increase in per cent rise of production of Company R in the year
2001 from the previous year?
(1) 55 (2) 115
(3) 125 (4) 130
(5) None of these

43. Which company has the highest average per cent rise in production over the years?
(1) U (2) T
(3) S (4) Q
(5) None of these

44. If the production of Company S in the year 2002 was 3,57,750 units, what was its
production in the year 2001?
(1) 3,40,000 units (2) 2,65,000 units
(3) 2,30,000 units (4) 2,55,000 units
(5) None of these
Qs. 45-49. Study the pie- chart carefully to answer the following questions.

Percentage of students enrolled in different activities in a school N=3000

Swimming
, 16% Dancing,
24%

Drawing,
14%

Craft,
Singing, 25%
21%

Percentage break- up of girls enrolled in these activities out of the total students N=1750

Swimming
, 14% Dancing,
20%
Drawing,
16%
Craft, 20
%

Singing,
28%

45. Number of girls enrolled in Dancing form what per cent of total number of students in
the school? (rounded off to two digits after decimal)
(1) 12.35 (2) 14.12
(3) 11.67 (4) 10.08
(5) None of these

46. What is the respective ratio of number of girls enrolled in Swimming to the number
of boys enrolled in Swimming?
 (1) 47 : 49 (2) 23 : 29
(3) 29 :23 (4) 49 : 47
(5) None of these

47. What is the approximate percentage of boys in the school?

(1) 34 (2) 56
(3) 28 (4) 50
(5) 42

48. How many boys are enrolled in Singing and Craft together?
(1) 505 (2) 610
(3) 485 (4) 420
(5) None of these

49. What is the total number of girls enrolled in Swimming and Drawing together?
(1) 480 (2) 525
(3) 505 (4) 495
(5) None of these
Answers

1. (3) 11. (3) 21. (1) 31. (4) 41. (5)

2. (4) 12. (4) 22. (5) 32. (2) 42. (3)
3. (1) 13. (5) 23. (2) 33. (5) 43. (4)
4. (5) 14. (1) 24. (3) 34. (3) 44. (5)
5. (2) 15. (3) 25. (5) 35. (3) 45. (3)
6. (5) 16. (5) 26. (3) 36. (4) 46. (5)
7. (3) 17. (1) 27. (1) 37. (2) 47. (5)
8. (2) 18. (4) 28. (4) 38. (1) 48. (5)
9. (1) 19. (2) 29. (2) 39. (4) 49. (2)
10. (2) 20. (5) 30. (1) 40. (5)
 PRACTICE TEST PAPER - 3
Mathematical Ability

Qs. 1-5. What approximate value should come in place of the question –mark (?) in
the following questions? (You are no0t expected to calculate the exact value).

1. 6, 23,898 × 99 = ?× 60, 000

(1) 1000 (2) 1030
(3) 1050 (4) 1065
(5) 1010

4 3 6 5
2. × ÷ ÷ =?
5 7 7 9
9 20
(1) (2)
17 49
18 1
(3) (4)
25 2
4
(5)
7

3. (399.98) 2 = ?
(1) 160000 (2) 159999
(3) 1600 (4) 1599
(5) 16000

4. 624.9995 + (4.9989) 2 = ?

1
÷
4.990865

(1) 6 (2) 50
(3) 10 (4) 125
(5) 15

5. 989.001 + 1.00982 × 76.792 = ?

(1) 1000 (2) 1100
(3) 1065 (4) 110
(5) 100
Qs.6-13. What will come in place of question mark (?) in the following questions?

6. 3 19683 = ?× 3
(1) 90 (2) 27
(3) 3 (4) 18
(5) None of these

7. (1515) 2 = ?÷ 1515
(1) 3030 (2) 2295225
(3) 4485 (4) 5115
(5) None of these

8. 60 = ?%of 400
(1) 6 (2) 12
(3) 20 (4) 15
(5) None of these

9. 1400 × ? = 1050
1 3
(1) (2)
4 4
3 2
(3) (4)
5 3
(5) None of these

10. 40% of ? = 240

(1) 60 (2) 6000
(3) 960 (4) 600
(5) None of these

11. 35 + 15 × 1.5 = ?
(1) 75 (2) 25.25
(3) 57.5 (4) 51.5
(5) None of these

12. 1984 + 523 − ? = 1899

(1) 718 (2) 608
(3) 708 (4) 618
(5) None of these

13. 3+33+333+3.33 =?
(1) 362.3 (2) 372.33
(3) 702.33 (4) 702
(5) None of these
 Qs. 14-20. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following
number series?

14. 12 14 17 13 8 14 21 13 4 ?
(1) 14 (2) 13
(3) 15 (4) 2
(5) None of these

15. 4 6 12 30 90 315 ?
(1) 945 (2) 1102
(3) 1260 (4) 1417.5
(5) None of these

16. 25 16 ? 4 1
(1) 3 (2) 6
(3) 12 (4) 18
(5) None of these

17. 15 12 17 10 ? 8 21 6
(1) 3 (2) 7
(3) 21 (4) 19
(5) None of these

18. 1 ? 27 64 125
(1) 8 (2) 4
(3) 6 (4) 9
(5) None of these

19. 2 5 7 12 19 31 50 ?
(1) 53 (2) 81
(3) 69 (4) 74
(5) None of these

20. 1 6 36 240 1960 ?

(1) 19660 (2) 3680
(3) 36800 (4) 19600
(5) None of these
 Qs. 21-25. In each of the following questions a question is followed by
information given in three statements. You have to study the question alongwith the
statements and decide, the information given in which of the statement(s) is
necessary to answer the question.

21. What is the speed of the train?

I. Train crosses a pole in 10 seconds
II. Length of the train is 240 metres.
III. Train crosses a platform of equal length in 20 seconds.
(1) Only I and II (2) Only II and III
(3) All I, II and III (4) Any two of the three
(5) II and either I or III

22. What is the two digit number?

I. The number obtained by interchanging the digits of the number is greater than the
original number by 18.
II. Sum of the two digits of the number is 14.
III. Difference between the two digits of the number is 2.
(1) Any two the three (2) Only I and II
(3) II and either I or III (4) All the three
(5) III and either I or II

23. In how many days can 16 men and 8 women together complete the piece of work?
I. 8 men complete the piece of work in 10 days.
II. 16 women complete the piece of work in 10 days.
III. 5 women take 32 days to complete the piece of work.
(1) Only I and II (2) Only I and III
(3) Only II and III (4) Only I and either II or III
(5) Any two of the three

24. What is the area of the square?

I. Measure of diagonal of the square is given.
II. Measure of one side of square is given.
III. Perimeter of the square is given.
(1) Only II (2) Only III
(3) Only I and III (4) Only II and III
(5) All one of the three

25. What is the rate of interest p.c.p.a ?

I. Simple interest earned per annum is Rs. 5,300.
II. The difference between the compound and simple interest on an amount is Rs.
1,060 at the end of 2 years.
III. An amount doubles itself in 5 years with simple interest.
(1) All the three (2) Only III
(3) Either II or III (4) Only III or I and II
(5) Question cannot be answered even with the information in all three statements
Qs. 26-30. Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow:
Sale (in crores) of number of units by Six Different Companies over the years.

Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Company
L 107.0 80.0 28.48 38.0 26.5 36.6
M 175.1 76.0 31.38 43.0 27.5 32.8
N 156.6 66.49 43.7 45.2 19.0 40.12
O 112.4 78.24 56.6 35.1 25.1 25.0
P 95.1 111.8 53.2 48.9 22.5 37.0
Q 192.0 72.18 31.04 42.2 17.0 30.0

26. Number of units sold by Company M in the year 2002 is what per cent of the total
number of units sold by all the Companies together in that year? (rounded off to two
digits after decimal)
(1) 14.16 (2) 21.48
(3) 16.28 (4) 26.26
(5) None of these

27. Which Company has sold the maximum number of units over the years?
(1) Q (2) M
(3) N (4) P
(5) None of these

28. Which year is the percentage increase/ decrease in number of units sold from the
previous year the lowest by Company L?
(1) 2000 (2) 2002
(3) 2001 (4) 1998
(5) None of these

29. What is the approximate average number of units sold in the year 1999?
(1) 407300000 (2) 427400000
(3) 42740000 (4) 4073000000
(5) 40730000

30. What is the different between number of units sold by Company O in the year 1997
and the year 2000?
(1) 7730000000 (2) 703000000
(3) 7030000000 (4) 77300000
(5) None of these
Q. 31-35. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following
questions?

31. 23% of 8040 + 42% of 545 = ? of 3000:

(1) 56.17 (2) 63.54
(3) 71.04 (4) 69.27
(5) None of these

1 5 2 4
32. 12 + 10 − 7 − 1 = ?
3 6 3 7
13 11
(1) 13 (2) 13
14 14
13 11
(3) 11 (4) 14
14 13
(5) None of these

33. 1024 + 7921 × 48.5 = ?

(1) 586.5 (2) 423.5
(3) 348.5 (4) 521.5
(5) None of these

34. 33.5 × 212 × 422.5 ÷ 22.5 × 73.5 = 21?

(1) 8 (2) 10
(3) 12.5 (4) 6.5
(5) None of these

35. (56)2 + (89) 2 = (?) 2 = (94) 2 − 1132

(1) 145 (2) 21025
(3) 135 (4) 24025
(5) None of these

36. In how many different ways can the letters of the word’ PADDLED’ be arranged?
(1) 910 (2) 2520
(3) 5040 (4) 840
(5) None of these

37. What would be the cost of building a 7 metres wide garden around a circular field
with diameter equal to 280 metres, if the cost per sq metre for building the garden is
Rs21?
(1) Rs 1,56,242 (2) Rs 2,48,521
(3) Rs 1,11,624 (4) Rs 2,06,118
(5) None of these
38. Vipul decided to donate 5% of his salary. On the day of donation he changed his
mind and donated Rs. 1687.50 which was 75% of what he had decided earlier. How
much is Vipul’s salary?
(1) Rs 37,500 (2) Rs 45,000
(3) Rs 33,750 (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these

39. 9 children can complete a piece of work in 360 days. 18 men can complete the same
piece of work in 72 days and 12 women can complete the piece of work in 162 days.
In how many days can 4 men, 12 women and 10 children together complete the piece
of work?
(1) 124 (2) 81
(3) 68 (4) 96
(5) None of these

40. The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs. 14,800 at the end of three years is
Rs. 6,216. What would be the compound interest accrued on the same amount at the
same rate in the same period?
(1) Rs 6986.1142 (2) Rs 7042.2014
(3) Rs 7126.8512 (4) Rs 8321.4166
(5) None of these

Qs. 41-45. Study the following table carefully to answer these questions:

Number of Articles (in thousands) Manufactured (M) and Defective (D)

by 5 units of a Company over the Years
Year UNIT
I II III IV V
M D M D M D M D M D
1996 53 21 45 12 76 38 56 21 46 18
1997 49 18 32 10 45 24 63 24 36 14
1998 50 18 48 18 55 16 68 30 34 15
1999 65 20 68 15 57 20 54 19 48 12
2000 70 31 72 13 82 22 48 27 58 10
2001 44 15 56 22 38 32 40 15 60 11

41. What is the average number of defective items from Unit II for the given years?
(1) 21,500 (2) 17,000
(3) 12,500 (4) 15,000
(5) None of these

42. What is the ratio between total number of article manufactured by Unit III to that by
Unit V for all the years together?
(1) 353 : 282 (2) 282 : 353
(3) 457 : 215 (4) 215 : 457
(5) None of these
43. What was the percentage (rounded off to nearest integer) of defective articles over the
number of articles manufactured by all units together in the year 2001?
(1) 42 (2) 40
(3) 37 (4) 33
(5) None of these

44. During which year was the percentage increase/ decrease in manufacture from the
previous year the highest for Unit I?
(1) 1998 (2) 2001
(3) 1999 (4) 1997
(5) None of these

45. During which year the largest percentage of articles were defective out of the articles
manufactured by Unit IV?
(1) 1996 (2) 1997
(3) 1998 (4) 1999
(5) 2000
Answers
1. (2) 43. (2)
2. (3) 44. (2)
3. (2) 45. (5)
4. (3)
5. (3)
6. (5)
7. (5)
8. (4)
9. (2)
10. (4)
11. (3)
12. (2)
13. (2)
14. (1)
15. (3)
16. (5)
17. (4)
18. (1)
19. (2)
20. (1)
21. (5)
22. (4)
23. (4)
24. (5)
25. (2)
26. (3)
27. (2)
28. (4)
29. (5)
30. (5)
31. (4)
32. (1)
33. (5)
34. (1)
35. (1)
36. (4)
37. (5)
38. (2)
39. (2)
40. (3)
41. (4)
42. (1)
 PRACTICE TEST PAPER NO. 4
Mathematical Ability

Directions – (Q.1-25) what will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following
questions?

1. 215.5 x 21? = 2112

(a) 2.18 (b) -17.5
(c) 6.5 (d) 5.5

2. 182x26÷91=?
(a) 52 (b) 25
(c) 65 (d) 39

3. 7100-? +41x25= 7225

(a) 7226 (b) 5000
(c) 7000 (d) 1000

1 1 1 1
4. 1 × 2 ×1 ×1 = ?
4 5 2 2
(a) 4 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 3
(e) None of these

5. 10.0001+9.9999-8.9995 =?
(a) 10.9995 (b) 9.0005
(c) 11.0001 (d) 11.0001
(e) None of these

2 27
6. of of 256 = ?
9 32
(a) 16 (b) 32
(c) 64 (d) 48
(e) None of these

7. 1470÷21÷14=?
(a) 7 (b) 15
(c) 10 (d) 14
(e) None of these
 2 1
8. 152 ×3 × =?
19 59
(a) 19 (b) 7
(c) 18 (d) 8
(e) None of these

9. 64 × ? = 576
(a) 81 (b) 49
(c) 64 (d) 16
(e) None of these

10. 801.75-93.25 ×8 = ?
(a) 5668 (b) 56.75
(c) 566.8 (d) 55.25
(e) None of these

11. 350% of ? = 700

(a) 2 (b) 100
(c) 350 (d) 200
(e) None of these

12. 30.25 × 8.05 = ?

(a) 240.5124 (b) 243.5025
(c) 243.5125 (d) 240.5025
(e) None of these

1 2 1
13. 6 +2 +4 =?
3 3 6
1
(a) 13 (b) 13
6
5 1
(c) 12 (d) 13
6 3
(e) None of these

14. 83293-7946-150 = ?
(a) 3683 (b) 73847
(c) 75197 (d) 75097
(e) None of these

15. 10% of 25% of 800 = ?

(a) 20 (b) 2
(c) 40 (d) 4
(e) None of these
 36 × 3 − 5 × 7
16. =?
−4 × 289
1 1
(a) (b)
2 8
3
(c) (d) 1
4
(e) None of these

17. 57.75 ÷7 = ?% of 20
(a) 35.25 (b) 40.25
(c) 42.25 (d) 41.25
(e) None of these

18. 42 × 18 − 142 = ?
(a) 568 (b) 676
(c) 576 (d) 560
(e) None of these

19. 19.30 x 1.7 +13.46 = ?

(a) 46.72 (b) 46.27
(c) 292.588 (d) 46.77
(e) None of these

20. 5625 ÷ 75 + ? = ?
(a) 441 (b) 400
(c) 361 (d) 484
(e) None of these

21. 25% of 980 + ?% of 355 = 529

(a) 80 (b) 65
(c) 70 (d) 75
(e) None of these

22. 182 ÷ 81× 27 = ?

(a) 81 (b) 54
(c) 108 (d) 162
(e) None of these

2 5
23. 2 × 4 + ? = 14
3 6
1 1
(a) 2 (b) 1
3 6
1 1
(c) 2 (d) 1
9 9
 (e) None of these

1
24. 33 % of 1260 + 80% of 755 = ?
3
(a) 976 (b) 1024
(c) 1048 (d) 952
(e) None of these

25. (0.25)2 + (0.15)2 = ?

(a) 0.0085 (b) 0.8
(c) 0.085 (d) 0.625
(e) None of these

26. The amount of simple interest accrued on a principal amount of Rs. 25,000 in 7
years is Rs. 21,000. What is the rate of interest p.c.p.a.?
(a) 15 (b) 10
(c) 18 (d) 20
(e) None of these

27. Inlet ‘1’ and ‘2’ together can fill a tank in 18 hours. Inlet ‘2’ can fill the tank on
its own in 24 hours. In how many hours can inlet ‘1’ alone fill the tank?
(a) 48 hrs. (b) 72 hrs.
(c) 60 hrs. (d) 84 hrs.
(e) None of these

28. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series?
1 2
1 , 3, 4 ,?, 8
3 3
2 1
(a) 6 (b) 7
3 3
1 2
(c) 6 (d) 5
3 3
(e) None of these

29. If the length of a rectangular field is 48 meters more than its breadth and the
perimeter of the field is 800 meters, what is the area of the field in square meters?
(a) 39424 (b) 40000
(c) 31376 (d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

1
30. If the numerator and denominator of a fraction are increased by 33 % and
3
2 36
66 % respectively, the fraction becomes , what was the original fraction?
3 35
 21 28
(a) (b)
27 27
27 22
(c) (d)
14 7
(e) None of these

31. In a class of 72 children, children are seated in rows and columns in such a way
that the number of children in each row is 12.5% more than the number of children in
each column. How many children are these in each row?
(a) 8 (b) 9
(c) 12 (d) 18
(e) None of these

32. In the following number series, only one number is wrong. Find out that wrong
number.
1, 2, 2, 4, 8, 64, 256
(a) 4 (b) 8
(c) 64 (d) 256
(e) None of these

33. The perimeter of a square and a rectangle is the same. If the rectangle is 12 cms.
by 10 cms., then by what percentage is the area of square more than that of the
rectangle?
1
(a) 1 (b) 1
6
1 2
(c) 1 (d)
3 3
(e) None of these

34. What will be the compound interest earned on an amount of Rs. 8,000 @20% p.a.
in two years?
(a) Rs. 10,520 (b) Rs. 11,240
(c) Rs. 10,360 (d) Rs. 11,080
(e) None of these

35. Mr. Ahuja gave 30% of his money to his wife, half of the remaining to his
daughter and the rest was to distributed among his five sons equally. If each son
received Rs.14,000, what was the total amount he had?
(a) Rs. 2, 00,000 (b) Rs. 10,000
(c) Rs. 1,75,000 (d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

36. If the following fractions are arranged in the ascending order of their values,
which one will be the fourth from the top?
 8 9 7 5 17
, , , ,
9 12 8 6 20
8 17
(a) (b)
9 20
5 7
(c) (d)
6 8
9
(e)
12

37. How much time will a 270 meter long train running at a speed of 360 meters per
second take to cross a platform of equal length?
(a) 1.5 seconds (b) 1.2 seconds
(c) 1.8 seconds (d) 2.1 seconds
(e) None of these

38. First class train fare from Banglore to Hyderabad is Rs. 7,415 and Second class
train fare for the same is Rs. 5,932. What is the ratio of Second class to First class
fare?
(a) 5 : 16 (b) 4 : 33
(c) 4 : 5 (d) 5 : 41
(e) None of these

39. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series?
16, 24, 12, ?, 9, 13.5
(a) 15 (b) 16
(c) 21 (d) 18 (e) None of these

40. If the remainder obtained by subtracting a number from its own square is 4 times
the number, what is the number?
(a) 4 (b) 3
(c) 6 (d) 7 (e) None of these

41. The sum of ages of members (children and their parents) of a family is 360 years.
If the sum of the ages of the children in the family is 240 years, what is the ratio
of the ages of the husband to the wife?
(a) 3 : 2 (b) 2 : 3
(c) 1 : 2 (d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

42. When a person distributed sweets among a gathering of people, each person got 7
sweets and 14 sweets remained undistributed. If two more people had joined the
gathering, no sweet would have remained undistributed. How many people had
gathered?
(a) 70 (b) 56
(c) 63 (d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
43. If 4x + 6y = 32 and 4x – 2y = 4, then what is the value of 8y?
(a) 36 (b) 30
(c) 24 (d) 42 (e) None of these

44. What approximate value will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following equation?
239.99 ÷ 8.0001 x 9.99 = ?
(a) 240 (b) 300
(c) 360 (d) 480 (e) 420

45. In the following number series only one number is wrong. Find out that wrong
number.
8, 13, 21, 32, 47, 63, 83
(a) 21 (b) 63
(c) 32 (d) 83 (e) 47

46. What is the circumference in centimeters of a circle whose are is 49 π square

centimeters?
(a) 28 π (b) 14 π
(c) 7 π (d) 21 π (e) None of these

47. The average of eight numbers taken together is 12. Two of these numbers are 0
and the remaining numbers are equal. What is the value of the non-zero number?
(a) 16 (b) 12
(c) 6 (d) 18 (e) None of these

48. A Compact Disc Player when sold for Rs. 13,600, incurred a loss of 15%. At what
price should it have been be sold to make a profit of 35% on the cost?
(a) Rs. 5,600 (b) Rs. 21,600
(c) Rs. 20,400 (d) Rs. 4,800 (e) None of these

49. What will be the cost of tiling the floor @ Rs. 38 per square meter, if the hall is of
a square shape and has a perimeter of 400 meters?
(a) 19,000 (b) 57,000
(c) 38,000 (d) 9,500 (e) None of these

50. London time is five and a half hours behind Delhi time. What time is it in London
if it is 02:35 in Delhi?
(a) 21:05 (b) 08:05
(c) 21:35 (d) 07:05 (e) None of these
 Answers

1. (c) 11. (d) 21. (a) 31. (b) 41. (d)

2. (a) 12. (c) 22. (c) 32. (c) 42. (d)
3. (b) 13. (b) 23. (d) 33. (e) 43. (e)
4. (e) 14. (c) 24. (b) 34. (e) 44. (b)
5. (c) 15. (a) 25. (c) 35. (a) 45. (e)
6. (d) 16. (e) 26. (e) 36. (c) 46. (b)
7. (b) 17. (d) 27. (b) 37. (a) 47. (a)
8. (d) 18. (d) 28. (c) 38. (c) 48. (b)
9. (a) 19. (b) 29. (a) 39. (d) 49. (e)
10. (e) 20. (a) 30. (e) 40. (e) 50. (b)
 MENTAL ABILITY

Directions (1-3) : What value should come in place of question mark (?) in the following questions?

Q.1) 59% of 3654 ÷ 126 = ?

(1) 171.1 (2) 17.11
(3) 1.711 (4) 0.1711
(5) None of these

23 54 4
Q.2) × −1 = ?
27 21 9
46 16
(1) (2)
63 63
47 40
(3) 1 (4) 3
63 63
(5) None of these

Q.3) 491109 – 62835 = 5014 + ?

(1) 423250 (2) 424250
(3) 423260 (4) 424260
(5) None of these

Q.4) 1934.045 + 21.81 + 536.5 + 856.072 = ?

(1) 3347.427 (2) 3338.427
(3) 348.426 (4) 3347.327
(5) None of these

3 8
Q.5) 22 × × ?× = 1
4 11
1
(1) 12 (2)
12
8 3
(3) (4)
11 11
(5) None of these

1
Q.6) of (39.44 + 24.17 – 19.17) = ?
11
(1) 4.04 (2) 4.40
(3) 44.0 (4) 4.50
(5) None of these

Q.7) 72 × x – 7 = 0
1
(1) 7 (2)
49
1
(3) (4) 49
7
(5) None of these

Q.8) (?)2 – 200 = 584

(1) 26 (2) 20
(3) 24 (4) 28
(5) None of these
Q.9) 404 + 70948 + 3154 + 70 = ?
(1) 74476 (2) 73576
(3) 74566 (4) 74575
(5) None of these

2
⎛ 55 5 ⎞
Q.10) ⎜ + ⎟ =?
⎝ 12 4 ⎠
4 4
(1) 9 (2) 13
9 9
40 1
(3) 1 (4) 20
81 4
(5) None of these

Q.11) 9% of 50 + 8% of 24 – ? = 5.4
(1) 18.3 (2) 1.83
(3) 1.02 (4) 10.2
(5) None of these

Q.12) (1236 ÷ 8) × 7 – ? = 1010

(1) 2779 (2) 2969
(3) 869 (4) 859
(5) None of these

Q.13) (?)3 = 729

(1) 9 (2) 19
(3) 27 (4) 39
(5) None of these

3
Q.14) 4.25 × 15 × =?
4
(1) 4.7812 (2) 46.6875
(3) 4.6687 (4) 47.8125
(5) None of these

2
Q.15) 0.333 ÷ =?
3
(1) 0.6660 (2) 0.4995
(3) 0.4990 (4) 0.1110
(5) None of these

901 1743
Q.16) × =?
21 53
(1) 1462 (2) 1428
(3) 1411 (4) 1394
(5) None of these

7 5 3
Q.17) − + =?
5 9 8
8 7
(1) (2)
9 8
 1 1
(3) (4) 1
18 18
(5) None of these

Q.18) 30 × 40 × ? = 2100
(1) 1.25 (2) 1.50
(3) 2.50 (4) 1.75
(5) None of these

Q.19) 2.25 × 25 = ?
(1) 25.25 (2) 37.5
(3) 56.25 (4) 7.5
(5) None of these

Q.20) 44% of 88 – 8% of 305 = ?

(1) 63.12 (2) 14.00
(3) 34.4 (4) 14.32
(5) None of these

Q.21) (? × 10) – 93 = 927

(1) 101 (2) 100
(3) 103 (4) 99
(5) None of these

Q.22) (1.05)2 × 200 = ?

(1) 2205.0 (2) 225.0
(3) 220.5 (4) 220.1
(5) None of these

Q.23) 144 ÷ 12 × 3 – 2 = ?
(1) 34 (2) 12
4
(3) 4 (4) 11
17
(5) None of these

Q.24) If nine dinner plates cost Rs. 1,174/-, what is the approximate cost of a single plate?
(1) Rs. 125/- (2) Rs. 135/-
(3) Rs. 120/- (4) Rs. 130/-
(5) None of these

Q.25) Ramesh and Neelesh start walking to meet one another from places 25 kms apart. If Ramesh walks at
the rate of 2 kms an hour and Neelesh at 3 kms an hour, how many hours will it be before they meet?
(1) 4 hrs 20 mnts (2) 5 hrs
(3) 10 hrs (4) 12 hrs 30 mnts
(5) None of these

ANSWERS

1. (3) 6. (4) 11. (1) 16. (4) 21. (1)

2. (5) 7. (5) 12. (4) 17. (2) 22. (4)
3. (2) 8. (2) 13. (2) 18. (4) 23. (2)
4. (5) 9. (3) 14. (3) 19. (5) 24. (5)
5. (3) 10. (4) 15. (5) 20. (3) 25. (1)
 PRACTICE TEST PAPER NO. 8
Mathematical Ability

Q. 1-5. What will come in place of the question mark(?) in the following questions?

1. 25+125 × 2 = ?
(1) 375 (2) 30
(3) 6250 (4) 152
(5) None of these

2. 150% of 15 + 75% of 75 = ?
(1) 78.75 (2) 75.75
(3) 281.25 (4) 135
(5) None of these

⎛ 1
⎞
3. ⎜ (( 2 ) ) 2 ⎟ ? = 256
4

⎝ ⎠
(1) 8 (2) 6
(3) 4 (4) 1
(5) None of these

4. 4 10, 000 = (100)?

1
(1) (2) 2
2
1 1
(3) (4)
4 8
(5) None of these

1 30
5. −20 × 40 × ÷ =?
5 25
20 400
(1) − (2)
3 3
400
(3) − (4) -192
9
(5) None of these

Q. 6-10. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series?

6. 12 22 69 272 1365 ?
 (1) 8196 (2) 8184
(3) 8195 (4) 6830
(5) None of these

7. 1 ? 27 64 125
(1) 14 (2) 4
(3) 9 (4) 8
(5) None of these

8. 104 153 189 214 ?

(1) 239 (2) 225
(3) 264 (4) 235
(5) None of these

9. 15 17 32 49 81 130 ?
(1) 179 (2) 211
(3) 194 (4) 226
(5) None of these

10. 15 17 21 29 45 77 ?
(1) 109 (2) 125
(3) 141 (4) 173
(5) None of these

Q.11-15. From the following different committees are to be made as per the
requirement given in each question.
In how many different ways can it be done?
10 men and 8 women out of which 5 men are teachers. 3 men doctors and 2 are
businessmen. Among the women, 3 are teachers, 2 doctors, 2 researchers and 1 social
worker.

11. A Committee of 5 in which 3 men and 2 women are there.

(1) 3360 (2) 8568
(3) 4284 (4) 1680
(5) None of these

12. A Committee of 4 in which at least 2 women are there.

(1) 1260 (2) 1820
(3) 3060 (4) 1890
(5) None of these

13. A Committee of 5 in which 2 men teachers, 2 women teachers and 1 doctor are there.
(1) 75 (2) 150
(3) 214 (4) 20
(5) None of these
14. A Committee of 7.
(1) 31824 (2) 1200
(3) 9600 (4) 15912
(5) None of these
15. A Committee of 3 in which there is no teacher and no doctor.
(1) 100 (2) 120
(3) 10 (4) 12
(5) None of these

16-20. Study the following graph to answer the given questions.

PER CENT RISE IN PRODUCTION OVER THE YEARS

16. For how many years is the per cent rise more than 100?
(1) One (2) Two
(3) Five (4) Three
(5) None of these

17. What is the average of the per cent rise over the given years?
(1) 110 (2) 105
(3) 100.5 (4) 92.5
(5) None of these

18. For how many years is the per cent rise lower than the average of the per cent rise
over the given years?
(1) Two (2) One
(3) Five (4) Three
(5) None of these

19. For which of the given years is the per cent rise (from the previous year) in the per
cent rise the least? (Years 2001 and 2003 not to be considered)
(1) 2000 (2) 2004
(3) 2006 (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these

20. If the production in 1998 was 10,000 units how much is the production in 2002?
(1) 35,280 units (2) 64,680 units
(3) 46,200 units (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these

Q. 21-25. Study the following table to answer the given questions.

NUMBER OF BOOKS OF DIFFERENT PRICES BOUGHT IN DIFFERENT MONTHS

 Month January March May July September November

Price

More than Rs. 5,000/- 50 106 2 30 25 75

Rs. 4,000-Rs. 5,000 105 1000 40 105 400 375
Rs. 3,000-Rs. 3,999 70 100 80 115 200 240
Rs. 2,000-Rs. 2,999 300 500 100 216 135 300
Rs. 1,000-Rs. 1,999 140 370 200 225 175 470
Rs. 500-Rs. 999 200 700 15 400 75 530
Less than Rs 500 65 135 111 188 25 65

21. In which month was maximum number of books bought?

(1) March (2) November
(3) July (4) September
(5) None of these

22. For which price range was maximum number of books bought for the given months
together?
(1) Rs. 500-Rs 999 (2) Rs 2,000- Rs 2,999
(3) Rs 1,000- Rs 1,999 (4) Rs 3,000- Rs 3,999
(5) None of these

23. The books of price range Rs 1,000- Rs 1,999 bought in January is what per cent of
that of May?
(1) 30 (2) 70
(3) 142.86 (4) 60
(5) None of these

24. How much is the difference in the number of books bought in September and
November?
(1) 244 (2) 776
(3) 1020 (4) 1310
(5) None of these

25. What is the respective ratio of books of Rs. 4,000- Rs 5,000 bought in January to that
of March?
(1) 1 :10 (2) 15 : 100
(3) 930 : 2911 (4) 21 : 200
(5) None of these
Answers
1. (5) 6. (2) 11. (1) 16. (5) 21. (1)
2. (1) 7. (4) 12. (4) 17. (4) 22. (5)
3. (3) 8. (5) 13. (2) 18. (4) 23. (2)
4. (1) 9. (2) 14. (1) 19. (3) 24. (3)
5. (5) 10. (3) 15. (3) 20. (2) 25. (4)
 MENTAL ABILITY

Q.1) The angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio of 1 : 4 : 2 : 3. The angles are respectively :
(A) 180; 720; 360; 540 (B) 720; 2280; 1440; 2160
0 0 0 0
(C) 36 ; 114 ; 72 ; 108 (D) None of the above

Q.2) A circle of 1 m radius is drawn inside a square as shown in the above figure. What is the area of the
shaded portion in m2?

1m

⎛ π⎞
(A) ( 4 − π ) (B) ⎜1 − ⎟
⎝ 2⎠
⎛1 π ⎞ ⎛ π⎞
(C) ⎜ − ⎟ (D) ⎜1 − ⎟
⎝4 4⎠ ⎝ 4⎠

Q.3) If 2x + 3y = 10 and y < 4, then

(A) x > -1 (B) x < -1
(C) x > 0 (D) x < 0

Q.4) Ram started his journey at 9.00 a.m. at 8 km/hour. Hamid started from the same spot in the same
direction at 9.30 a.m. at 10 km/hour. Hamid overtakes Ram at :
(A) 11.00 a.m. (B) 12.30 p.m.
(C) 12.00 noon (D) 11.30 a.m.

Q.5) A can do a piece of work in 12 days and B can do it in 10 days and A, B and C together in 5 days. C
alone can do it in:
(A) 17 days (B) 27 days
(C) 60 days (D) 30 days

Q.6) The given diagram shows the population of a town. If the total population of the town is 7,20,000 then
the number of animals in the town is :

Men 70

Boys 70

Women 60

Girls 130

Animals 30

(A) 30,000 (B) 40,000

(C) 50,000 (D) 60,000
Q.7) What least number must be subtracted from each of the numbers 17, 17, 34, 42 so that the ratio of first
two is the same as the ratio of the next two?
(A) 0 (zero) (B) 1
(C) 2 (D) 7

Q.8) A circular road runs around a circular garden. If the sum of the circumferences of the inner and outer
circles is 88 metres and the radius of the inner circle is one-third of the outer circle, then the width of
the road is :
(A) 4 metres (B) 5 metres
(C) 6 metres (D) 7 metres

Q.9) A city has a population of 3,00,000 out of which 1,80,000 are males. 50% of the population is literate.
If 70% of the males are literate, the number of literate females is :
(A) 20,000 (B) 24,000
(C) 30,000 (D) 34,000

Q.10) The cost price of an article is Rs. 100. To gain 50% after allowing a 50% discount, the market price of
the article is :
(A) Rs. 200 (B) Rs. 400
(C) Rs. 350 (D) Rs. 300

Q.11) In three annual examinations, of which the aggregate marks of each was 500, a student secured
average marks 45% and 55% in the first and the second yearly examinations respectively. To secure
60% average total marks, it is necessary for him in third yearly examination to secure marks :
(A) 300 (B) 350
(C) 400 (D) 450

Q.12) If RUNNER is coded by SUMMER, the code for WINTER will be :

(A) XIMSER (B) VINTER
(C) SINVER (D) VIOUER

Q.13) P is 300 kms eastward of O and Q is 400 kms north of O. R is exactly in the middle of Q and P. The
distance between Q and R is :
(A) 300 kms (B) 350 kms
(C) 250 kms (D) 250√2 kms

Q.14) A man borrows Rs. 1200.00 from a bank for a period of 3 months. He finds that he has to repay Rs.
1236.00. The bank rate of interest is:
(A) 3% (B) 6%
(C) 12% (D) 24%

Q.15) In climbing a round pole of 80 metres height, a monkey climbs 5 metres in a minute and slips 2
metres in the alternate minute. To get to the top of the pole, the monkey would take :
(A) 51 minutes (B) 54 minutes
(C) 58 minutes (D) 61 minutes

Q.16) A man travels by a car for 3 days. He traveled 10 hours each day. He drove on the first day at 45
km/hr, second day at 40 km/hr and third day at 20 km/hr. His average speed was :
(A) 30 km/hr (B) 35 km/hr
(C) 38 km/hr (D) 40 km/hr

Q.17) Forty three persons went to a canteen which sold cold drink ‘Maaza’ and ‘Pepsi’. If 18 persons took
Maaza only, 8 took Pepsi only and 5 took nothing, find how many took both the drinks :
(A) 35 (B) 21
(C) 12 (D) 26
Q.18) A man works for 2 days and then rests for one day, then works for 2 days and rests for one day and so
on. For everyday he works, he earns Rs. 100. How much will he earn from Monday to Saturday?
(A) Rs. 200 (B) Rs. 300
(C) Rs. 400 (D) Rs. 500

Q.19) A rectangular plot of lawn of length and width respectively x and y metres is surrounded by a pathway
of 2 metres width. The total area of pathway is :
(A) 2x + 2y + 4 (B) 2x + 2y + 8
(C) 4x + 4y + 8 (D) 4x + 4y + 16

Q.20) How many triangles are there in the given figure?

A B

F
E

D C
G
(A) 10 (B) 16
(C) 12 (D) 8

Q.21) Unscramble the letters of words and find odd one out.
(1) TLAES (2) KOBO
(3) PPREA (4) NCEPLI

Q.22) A square park is surrounded by a path of uniform width 2 metres all round it. The area of the path is
288 sq. metres. The perimeter of the park is
(1) 142 m (2) 128 m
(3) 136 m (4) 118 m

Q.23) What is the sum of 5x3 – 3x2 – 1 and 3x2 + 1?

(1) 5x3 (2) 6x2
(3) 5x (4) 3x2

Q.24) India has won the “World Cup Hockey” title:

(1) Twice (2) Once
(3) Thrice (4) Never

Q.25) The price of T.V. set inclusive of sales tax of 9% is Rs. 13.407. Find its marked price.
(1) Rs. 12,300 (2) Rs. 11,500
(3) Rs. 12,500 (4) Rs. 12,400

ANSWERS

1. (C) 6. (D) 11. (C) 16. (B) 21. (1)

2. (D) 7. (C) 12. (A) 17. (C) 22. (3)
3. (C) 8. (D) 13. (C) 18. (C) 23. (1)
4. (D) 9. (B) 14. (C) 19. (D) 24. (2)
5. (C) 10. (D) 15. (A) 20. (C) 25. (1)
 PAPER B

1. If one root is common in equations x2 + bx + a = 0 and x2 9. If log10 x + log10 y = Log10 (x + y), then what is the value of
+ ax + b = 0 and a ≠ b, then which one of the following is log10 x-log10 y ?
correct ? (a) log10 (x + y) (b) log10 (y - 1)
(a) a + b = - 1 (b) a + b = 1 (c) log10 (1-y) (d) - log10 ( y- 1)
(c) a – b = 1 (d) a – b = - 1 10. If α and β are the roots of the equation x2 + ax + b = 0 ?
2.. What is the nature of the roots of the equation (a) α , - β (b) - α , β
px2-(p - q) x – q = 0 where p, q are integers and p ≠ 0 ?
(c) - α , - β (d) α , β
(a) Both roots are always integers
(b) Both roots are always rationals 11. For what value of p is the coefficient of x2 in the product.
(c) One root is rational and other is irrational (2 x – 1) (x - k) (px+ 1)
(d) Both roots are always of opposite sign. Equal to 0 and the constant term equal to 2?
3. Let 1, m and n be real numbers such that l + n ≠ m. What (a) 2 (b)
2
is the quotient on dividing l3 – m3 + n3 + 3 lmn by (l – m + 5
n)? (c)
5
(d) 5
(a) l3 + m2 + n2 – lm – mn – ln 2
(b) l2 + m2 + n2 + lm + mn – ln 12. If m and n are natural numbers such that 2m – 2m = 960, what
(c) l2 – m2 + n2 + lm + mn – ln is the value of m ?
(d) l2 – m2 + n2 – lm – mn + ln (a) 10 (b) 12
4. Consider the following statements: (c) 16 (d) Cannot be determined
1. an + bn is divisible by a + b if n = 2 k 13. When x3 + 2x2 + 4x + b is divided by x + 1, the quotient is
+ 1, where k is a positive integer. x3 + ax + 3 and remainder is – 3 + 2 b. What are the values
2. an-bn is divisible by a – b if n = 2 k, where k is a positive of a and b respectively ?
integer. (a) 1, 0 (b) –1, 0
Which of the statements given above is/are correct.? (c) 1, 1 (d) –1, –1
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only 1 1
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 14. If y + = and x + = 1 what is the value of xyz ?
z y
5. If the roots of the equation x2 + x + 1 = 0 are α and β ,
(a) 1 (b) -1
α β
and the roots of the equation x2+ ax + b = 0 are and , 1
β α (c) 0 (d)
what is the value of a ? 2
(a) 1 (b) 2 sin θ 1 + cos θ
15. If + =4
(c) –1 (d) –1 1 + cos θ sineθ
6. What is the remainder when x4 + 1 is divided by x – 2 ? π
Then what is the value of θ , where 0 ≤ θ ≤ ?
(a) 17 (b) 15 2
(c) 7 (d) 1 (a) 30° (b) 45°
1 (c) 60° (d) 90°
7. If the value of logy 10 = , then what will be the value of 16. If 2 sin θ = sec θ , what is the value of sin4 θ + cos4 θ ?
x
1
 y (a) 1 (b)
log10   ? 2
10 
x 1 1
(c) (d)
(a) (b) 10x 4 8
10
1 17. If x = a cos2 θ sin θ , y = a sin2 θ cos θ , then which one
(c) x – 1 (d) of the following expression is independent of θ ?
10x
8. If x + y + z = 0 and xyz ≠ 0, then what is the value of 1. (x2+y2) 3 / (x2 y2)
1
+
1
+
1
? 2. (x 2
+ y 2 )/ 3 xy
x + y 2 − z 2 y 2 + z 2 − x2 z 2 + x2 − y 2
2
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 0 (b) 1 Codes :
1 (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) -1 (d)
2 (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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 18. If x = a (1 + cos θ cos φ ) 26. If an angle of a triangle remains unchanged but each of its
y = b (1 + cos θ sin φ ) two including sides is doubled, then by what factor does the
and area get multiplied?
(a) 2 (b) 3
z = c (1 + sin θ )
(c) 4 (d) 6
then which one of the following is correct ?
27. The length of a rectangle R is 10% more than the side of a
 x − a  y − b  z − c
2 2 2
square S. The width of the rectangle R is 10% less than the
(a) 
  +  +  =1
a   b   b  side of the square S. What is the ratio of the area of R to that
of S?
x2 y 2 z 2
(b) 2 + 2 + 2 = 1 (a) 1 : 1 (b) 99 : 100
a b c (c) 199 : 200 (d) 201 : 200
(c) x2+y2+z2 = a2 + b2 + c2 Directions The following Five (5) items consist of two
( x − a ) 2 ( y − b) 2 ( z − c ) 2 statements : one labeled as the ‘Assertion (A)’ and the other as
(d) + + =1 ‘Reason (R)’. You are to examine these statements carefully and
a b c
select the answers to these items using the codes given below :
19. What is the value of expression Codes:
π 4 π 1 π 2 π 1 π (a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct
3 tan2 + cos 2 − cot 3 − sin 2 + sec 4 ?
6 3 6 2 4 3 3 8 3 explanation of A
(a) 3 (b) 2 (b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct
(c) 4 (d) 5 explanation of A
20. What is the value of (c) A is true but R is false
(tan A + cot A + sec. A) (tan A + cot A – sec. A) ? (d) A is false but R is true
(a) sin2 A (b) cosec2 A 13 2 5 7
2
(c) cos A (d) sec2 A 28. Assertion (A): 3x3 + x + x+ is a rational
2 2 5
21. How many solutions does the equation sin θ + cos θ = 2 expression.
have ? Reason (R): Every polynomial is a rational expression.
(a) It has no solution
( )
3
(b) It has only one solution  3 
29. Assertion (A):  3  is irrational number.
(c) It has two solution 

( a)
(d) It has infinite number of solutions.  a 
a

22. What is the value of Reason (R):   is always irrational if a is


sin2° sin 4° sin 6°...... sin 88° irrational.
?
cos 88° cos 86° cos 84°...... cos 20° 30. Assertion (A):
(a) 0 (b) 1
log10 (1 + 2 + 3) = log10 1 + log10 2 + log10 3
(c) 2 (d) 4
23. If cos α + sin α = 2 cosα , then what is the value of cos Reason (R): log10 (a + b + c ) =
α – sin α ? then what is the value of cos α - sin α ? log10 a + log10 b + log10 c
(a) 2 cosα (b) 2 sinα Where a, b, c are positive real numbers.
(c) 2 (d) 1 31. Assertion (A): sin x lies between 0 and + 1 for 0 < x < 90°.
Reason (R): sin x increases as x increases from 0 to 90°.
1 − sin A cos A 32. Assertion (A): The system of the equations
24. What is the value of
cos A(sec A − cos ecA) 2x + 4y + 1 = 0 4x + 8y + 3 = 0
sin 2 A - cos 2 A has no solution.
?
sin 3 A + cos3 A Reason (R): The system of equations
(a) cos A (b) sec A a1 x + b1 y + c1 = 0 a2 x + b2 y + c2 = 0
(c) sin A (d) cosec A
a1 b1
25. Shadow of a person X, when angle of elevation of the sun is has no solution, if = .
α , is equal in length to the shadow of a person Y, when angle a2 b2
α 33. What are the values of A and B respectively, if
of elevation of the sun is  which one of the following is

2 5 −1 5 +1
+ = A+ B 5?
correct? 5 +1 5 −1
(a) Persons X is shorter than persons Y (a) 3, 0 (b) 0, 3
(b) Persons X is twice as tall as Y (c) 0, 0 (d) 3, 3
(c) Persons X is taller than persons Y but is not twice as tall 34. A circle touches all the four sides of a quadrilateral ABCD.
as Y. Which one of the following is always correct?
(d) Both X and Y are of equal height. (a) AB + BC = CD + DA

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 (b) AB + AD = BC + CD List-I List-II
(c) AB + CD = BC + DA (a) ( E − A) ∪ ( E − A′) 1. Φ
(d) AB + BC + CD + DA = 4 times the diameter of the
(b) E − ( A ∪ A′ ) − ( A ∩ A′ ) 2. A
circle
35. ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB = AC. Side BA is (c) ( E ∩ ( A − A′) ) ∪ A 3. A'
produced to D, such that AB = AD.
Consider the following:
(d) (( E − Φ ) ∪ ( Φ − E )) − A 4. E
Here A’ is the complement set of A, E is the universal set and
1. ∆ACD is an isosceles triangle.
Φ is an empty set.
2. ∆BCD is an isosceles triangle. A B C D
3. ∆BCD is an isosceles triangle. (a) 4 1 2 3
Which of the statements given above are correct? (b) 4 3 2 1
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 3 (c) 2 3 4 1
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 2 1 4 3
36. Out of three circles having centres P, Q and R, each circle 42. 1 man or 2 women or 3 boys can do a piece of work in 55
touches remaining two circles externally. If PQ = 4 cm, QR days. In how many days can 1 man, 1 woman and 1 boy do
= 6 cm and PR = 8 cm, what is sum of the radii of circle? the same work?
(a) 18 cm (b) 15 cm (a) 27 days (b) 30 days
(c) 12 cm (d) 9 cm (c) 36 days (d) 42 days
37. A person made 165 telephone calls in the month of May in a 43. A number when divided by 765 leaves a remainder 42. What
year. There was Friday on 1st May of the year. The average will be the remainder if the number is divided by 17?
telephone call on Sundays of the month was 7. What was the (a) 8 (b) 7
average calls per day on the rest days of the month? (c) 6 (d) 5
165 44. Match List-I (Product) with List-II (Digit in the Unit Place)
(a) (b) 5
31 and select the correct answer using the codes given below
137 137 the Lists:
(c) (d) List-I List-II
26 27
(Product) (Digit in the Unit Place)
38. Which one of the following statements is not correct for a
(a) (1827)16 1. 1
bar graph?
(b) (2153) 19 2. 3
(a) All bars have different thickness
(c) (5129) 21 3. 5
(b) Distance between two consecutive bars is the same
4. 7
(c) The bars can touch each other
5. 9
(d) The thickness has no significance
Codes:
39. There are 256 farmers in a village. In a season, out of these,
A B C
130 farmers did not use any pesticide while the remaining
(a) 1 4 3
126 farmers used some pesticides and total expenditure on
(b) 4 2 3
pesticides by these 126 farmers was Rs 8,780. What is the
(c) 4 2 5
median expenditure per farmer in the village?
(d) 1 4 5
8780 8780
(a) (b) 45. Let ( A ∪ B ) ∪ ( A ∩ B ) = A ∪ B
126 256
(c) 0 (d) Median cannot be computed Consider the following:
40. 1. A is a proper subset of B.
B 2. B is a proper subset of A.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
A (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
46. What least number x must be subtracted from 797 so that
C
(797 – x) on being divided by 8, 9 and 11 leaves in each case
the same remainder 4?
Let A, B, C be subsets of the universal set X represented by (a) 0 (b) 1
the circles. Let A’, B’ and C’ denote their complements in X. (c) 2 (d) 3
Then which of below corresponds to the shaded portion in 47. A mixture (40 litres) contains wine and water in the ratio
the figure given above? 3 : 1. To make the ratio 5 : 2, how much additional amount
(a) A '∩ B ∩ C (b) A ∩ B '∩ C of water is required?
(c) A ∩ B '∩ C ' (d) A '∩ B '∩ C (a) 5 litres (b) 4 litres
41. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using (c) 3 litres (d) 2 litres
the codes given below the Lists: 48. A train leaves Amritsar at 6 a.m. and reaches Delhi at 12

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 Noon. Another train leaves Delhi at 8 a.m. and reaches 58. The radius and height of a right solid circular cone are r and
Amritsar at 5 p.m. At what time do the two trains cross one r h
h respectively. A conical cavity of radius and height
another? 2 2
(a) 10:00 a.m. (b) 10:12 a.m. is cut out of the cone. What is the whole surface area of the
(c) 10:20 a.m. (d) 10:24 a.m. rest of the portion?
49. What is the first value of n, for which n2 + n + 41 is not a
prime?
(a) 1 (b) 10
(a)
πr
4
(
5 r 2 + h 2 + 3r ) (b)
5πr 2
4
r + h2

(c) 20 (d) 40
50. A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price
(c)
3πr
4
(
r 2 + h2 + r ) (d)
3πr
7
(r 2 + h2 + r )
1 59.
but uses a false weight and thus gains 11 %. For a kg, what
9
is the weight used by him? 90
0

(a) 960 gm (b) 940 gm

M
(c) 900 gm (d) 990 gm
N
51. If 11,109,999 is divided by 1111, then what is the
remainder?
(a) 1098 (b) 11888 If in the figure given above, MN = x, what is the area of the
(c) 1010 (d) 1110 shaded region?
52. When a certain number is multiplied by 18, the product
π x2 π x2
consists entirely 2’s. What is the minimum number of such (a) (b)
2’s in the product? 2 4
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) πx2 (d) 4πx2
(c) 9 (d) 10 60. The external and internal diameters of a hemisphere bowl
53. Two rectangles A and B are such that the length of A equals are 10 cm and 8 cm respectively. What is the total surface
the sum of the diagonal and the greater side of B, while the area of the bowl?
breadth of A equals the difference of the diagonal and the (a) 257 cm2 (b) 286 cm2
(c) 292 cm 2 (d) 302 cm2
greater side of B. Which one of the following is correct?
(a) Area of A is greater than the area of B 61. A spherical iron ball is dropped into a cylindrical vessel of
(b) Area of A is equal to the area of B base diameter 14 cm, containing water. The water level is
(c) Area of A is equal to the area of a square with its side 1
increased by 9 cm. What is the radius of the ball?
equal to the smaller of B 3
(d) Area of A is equal to the area of a rectangle whose (a) 3.5 cm (b) 7 cm
dimensions are those of the diagonal and the shorter side (c) 9 cm (d) 12 cm
of B 62. Two concentric spheres A and B, have radii r and 2r
54. A right circular cone is cut by two planes parallel to the base respectively. A cone is inscribed in the latter so as to
and trisecting the altitude. What is the ratio of the volumes circumscribe the former. What is the curved surface area of
of the three parts: top, middle and bottom respectively? the cone?
(a) 1 : 7 : 19 (b) 1 : 2 : 3 (a) 2πr2 (b) 4πr2
(c) 1 : 8 : 27 (d) 1 : 7 : 18 (c) 6πr2 (d) 8πr2
55. A square of side α cm is cut from each corner of a rectangular 63. Except for one face of a given cube, identical cubes are glued
sheet of metal of 10 cm by 14 cm. The resulting projections through their faces to all the other faces of the given cube. If
are folded up and the seams welded to construct an open each side of the given cube measures 3 cm, then what is the
box. What is the volume of the box thus obtained? total surface area of the solid body thus formed?
(a) 225 cm2 (b) 234cm2
(a) 140a − 48a 2 + 4a 3 (b) 140a + 48a 2 + 4a 3 (c) 270 cm 2 (d) 279 cm2
(c) 140a + 24a 2 + a 3 (d) 140a − 24a 2 + a 3 64. A circle of 5 cm radius is drawn and another circle of 3 cm
56. A sphere of radius 13 cm is cut by a plane whose distance from radius is cut out of this circle. What is the radius of a circle
the centre of the sphere is 5 cm. What is the circumference of which has the same area as the area of the bigger circle
the plane circular section? excluding the cut one?
(a) 10π cm (b) 12π cm (a) 2 cm (b) 3 cm
(c) 24π cm (d) 26π cm (c) 4 cm (d) 4.5 cm
57. The radius of a cylindrical cistern is 10 metres and its height 65. If total length of diagonals of a cube is 12 cm, what is the
is 15 mitres. Initially the cistern is empty. We start filling the total length of edges of the cube?
cistern with water through a pipe whose diameter is 50 cm. (a) 15 cm (b) 12 cm
Water is coming out of the pipe with a velocity of 5m/s. How (c) 6 3 cm (d) 12 3 cm
many minutes will it take in filling the cistern with water? 66. V1, V2, V3 and V4 are the volumes of four cubes of side
(a) 20 (b) 40 lengths x cm, 2x cm, 3x cm, and 4x cm respectively. Some
(c) 60 (d) 80 statements regarding these volumes are given below:

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 1. V1 + V2 + 2V3 < V4 1 1
2. V1 + 4V2 + 2V3 < V4 (a) 6 km (b) 5 km
2 2
3. 2(V1 + V3) + V2 = V4
1
Which of the above are correct? (c) 4 km (d) 4 km
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 3 2
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3 76. In an election a total of 5,00,000 voter participated. A
67. In a triangle ABC, the angle C is obtuse. Which one of the candidate got 2,55,000 votes which was 60% of the total
following is correct? valid votes. What was the percentage of invalid votes?
(a) AB2 > AC2 + BC2 (b) AB2 < AC2 + BC2 (a) 10% (b) 12%
2 2 2
(c) AC > AB + BC (d) BC2 > AB2 + AC2 (c) 15% (d)
300
%
68. What is the least number by which 3675 be multiplied so 17
that the product is a perfect square? 77. x, y and z are three sums of money such that y is simple
(a) 2 (b) 3 interest on x and z is simple interest on y of the same time
(c) 5 (d) 7 and rate. Which one of the following is correct?
69. A sum of money placed at compound interest trebles itself (a) x2 = yz (b) y2 = zx
2
(c) z = xy (d) xyz = 1
in 5 years. In how many years will it amount to nine times
itself? 78. What is the angle of elevation of sun for length of shadow to
(a) 10 years (b) 12 years be same as height of the person?
(c) 15 years (d) 18 years (a) 0° (b) 30°
70. The area of a circle varies as the square of its radius. If the (c) 45° (d) 60°
area of circle of radius 10 cm is 300 cm2, then what is the 79. What is the value of sin2 x cos2 y + cos2 x sin2 y + sin2 x sin2
area of circle with radius 12 cm? y + cos2 x cos2 y?
(a) 360 cm2 (b) 423 cm2 (a) 0 (b) −1
(c) 432 cm 2 (d) 452.5 cm2 1
(c) 1 (d)
71. A machine is sold at a profit of 10%. Had it been sold for Rs 2
40 less, there would have been a loss of 10%. What is the 80. AB is the hypotenuse of a rightangled triangle ABC. If BC
cost price of the machine? = x and AB + AC = y, then which one of the following is
(a) Rs 175 (b) Rs 200 correct?
(c) Rs 250 (d) Rs 400 (a) sin A = 2xy/(x2 + y2) (b) sin A = 2xy/(x2 − y2)
3 5 7 15 (c) sin A = 2x/(x + y) (d) sin A = 2y/(x + y)
72. What is the LCM of , , and ?
8 36 72 96 2mn
81. If sin A = what is the value of tan A?
105 4 m2 + n2
(a) (b) 2mn 2mn
4 105 (a) (b)
m +n
2 2
m2 + n2
105 105
(c) (d) m2 − n2 m2 + n2
8 288 (c) (d)
73. 12 workers after working for 10 hours a day assemble 2mn m2 − n2
some instruments in 15 days. How much number of days is 82. What is the GCD of (x4 + 4y4) and (x3 – x2y + 2y3)?
required to assemble the same number of instruments if 15 (a) x + 2 y + 2 xy
2 2
(b) x 2 + 2 y 2 − 2 xy
workers are employed working 8 hours a day?
(c) x 2 − 2 y 2 − 2 xy (d) x 2 − 2 y 2 + 2 xy
(a) 10 days (b) 12 days
(c) 15 days (d) 18 days 83. If x4 + y4 = 17 and x + y = 1, what is the value of x2y2−2xy?
74. A train started from a station with certain number of (a) 8 (b) 10
passengers. At the first halt, half the number of passengers (c) 12 (d) 16
got down and 120 passengers got in. At the second halt, 1 1 1 1
84. if + + = where a + b + c ≠ 0, abc ≠ 0,
half the passengers got down, and then the train left for its a b c a+b+c
destination with 360 passengers. How many passengers what is the value of (a + b)(b + c)(c + a)?
were there in the train when it started from the first station? (a) 0 (b) 1
(a) 800 (b) 900 (c) −1 (d) 2
(c) 1000 (d) 1200 85. What is the value of log4 log3 log2 512?
1 (a) 1 (b) 2
75. A man can walk uphill at the rate of 2 km/hr and downhill
2 1 1
1 (c) (d)
at the rate of 3 km/hr. If the total time required to walk 2 4
4 86. If the difference in roots of the equation x2 − px + q = 0 is
a certain distance up the hill and return to the starting point unity, then which one of the following is correct?
was 4 hr 36 min, then what was the distance he walked up (a) p2 + 4 q = 1 (b) p2 – 4q = 1
the hill? (c) p2 + 4q = −1 (d) p2 – 4q = −1

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 87. Which one of the following is divisible by (1 + a + a5) and 94. A semi-circular thin sheet of metal of diameter 28 cm is bent
(1 + a4 + a5) individually? and an open conical cup is made. What is the ratio of radius
(a) (a2 + a + 1)(a3 + a2 + 1)(a3 + a + 1) to slant height of the conical cup?
(b) (a4 − a + 1)(a3 + a2 + 1)(a3 + a − 1) (a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 3
(c) (a4 + a + 1)(a3 − a2 + 1)(a3 + a + 1) (c) 2 : 3 (d) 1 : 4
(d) (a2 + a + 1)(a3 − a2 + 1)(a3 − a + 1) 95. s and t are transversals cutting a set of parallel lines such that
88. ABC is a right-angled triangle, right angled at A and AD is a segment of length 3 in s corresponds to a segment of length
the altitude on BC. If AB : AC = 3 : 4, what is the ratio of BD 5 in t. What is the length of segment in t corresponding to a
to DC? segment of length 12 in s?
(a) 3 : 4 (b) 9 : 16 36
(c) 2 : 3 (d) 1 : 2 (a) 20 (b)
5
89. ABC and PQR are two triangles such that AB = AC = PQ 5
= PR. ∠BAC = α and ∠QPR = θ, and α ≠ θ. What is the (c) 14 (d)
4
relation between α and θ, such that the area of ∆ABC = area 96. Squares ABDE and ACFH are drawn externally on the sides
of ∆PQR? AB and AC respectively, of a scalene triangle ABC. Which
(a) α + θ = 180° (b) α + θ = 90° one of the following is correct?
(c) α + θ = 240° (d) α + θ = 120° (a) BH = CE (b) AD = AF
90. A solid sphere is cut into four equal parts. If the total surface (c) BF = CD (d) DF = EH
area of each part now is x times that of the sphere, then what 97. O and O′ are the centres of the two circles with radii 7 cm
is the value of x? and 9 cm respectively. The distance between the centres is 20
1 1 cm. If PQ be the transverse common tangent to the circles,
(a) (b)
4 2 which cuts OO′ at R, what is the length of OR?
(c)
3
(d)
3 (a) 10 cm (b) 12 cm
4 8 35 45
91. Two spheres of radii 6 cm and 1 cm are inscribed in a right (c) cm (d) cm
4 4
circular cone. The bigger sphere touches the smaller one and 98. In ∆PQR, QR = 10, RP = 11 and PQ = 12 D is the midpoint
also the base of the cone. What is the height of the cone? of PR, DE in drawn parallel to PQ meeting QR in E. EF is
(a) 14 cm (b) 15 cm drawn parallel to RP meeting PQ in F. What is the length of
85 72 DF?
(c) cm (d) cm
6 5 11
92. ABCD is cyclic quadrilateral whose side AB is a diameter (a) (b) 6
2
of the circle through the points A, B, C and D. If ∠ADC =
33
130°, what is the value of ∠BAC? (c) (d) 5
(a) 30° (b) 40° 4
(c) 50° (d) 60° 99. In a locality there are 500 households out of which 260
93. households have no land and total land possessed by the rest
240 households is 500 acres. What is the mean landholding
per household?
(a) 240 acres (b) 1 acre
24
(c) acres
12
(d) Mean cannot be computed with the given data
Triangles ABC and DEF are similar. If the length of the
100. The proportions of male students and female students in a
perpendicular AP from A on the opposite side BC is 2 cm and
class are equal. The average height of male students of the
the length of the perpendicular DQ from D on the opposite
class is 128 cm and average height of all students of the class
side EF is 1 cm, then what is the area of the triangle ABC?
is 127 cm. What is the average height of female students of
(a) On and half times the area of the triangle DEF
the class?
(b) Four times the area of the triangle DEF
(a) 126 cm (b) 125 cm
(c) Twice the area of the triangle DEF
(c) 134 cm
(d) Three times of area of the triangle DEF
(d) Average cannot be computed with the given data

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

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