Test No – 48 (Mental Ability)

1. Each odd digit in the number 5263187 is substituted by the next higher digit and each even digit is substituted by the previous lower
digit and the digits so obtained are rearranged in ascending order, which of the following will be the third digit from the left end after the
rearrangement?
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
Directions: Questions 2 to 3: Read the following information and answer the questions given below
(i) A, B, C, D and E reside in a five storey building. (ii) B and E do not reside on the ground floor.
(iii) D resides one storey above A and one storey below C. (iv) E does not reside on the top floor.
2. On which floor does D reside?
(a) 1st (b) 2nd (c) 4th (d) 5th
3. How many of them reside above C?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
4. Pigeon : Peace : : White Flag :?
(a) Friendship (b) Victory (c) Surrender (d) War
5. Quail : Partridges : : Yak :?
(a) Cows (b) Deer (c) Oxen (d) Antelopes
6. What should come next in the following letter series? ABCDPQRSABCDEPQRSTABCDEFPQRST
(a) A (b) V (c) U (d) W
7. Find the odd one out :
(a) Platform (b) Park (c) Dock (d) Hanger
8. Choose the stranger one :
(a) 6, 37 (b) 5, 26 (c) 11, 122 (d) 12, 142
9. Select the alternative which can complete the series Q1F, S2E, U6D, W21C, ?
(a) Y66B (b) Y88B (c) Z88B (d) Y44B
10. Find out the correct order of the letters missing. a a _ a a b b _ b _ a a _ a a b b _ b b.
(a) abbab (b) bbbaa (c) babba (d) abbbb
11. Food : Menu :: Library : ?
(a) Book (b) Librarian (c) Catalogue (d) Shelf
12. If the animals, who can walk are called ‘swimmers’, who can crawl are called ‘flying’, those who live in water are called ‘snakes’;
those who fly in the sky are called ‘hunters’; what will a ‘lizard’ be called?
(a) Swimmer (b) Snake (c) Hunter (d) Flying
13. If SLEEP : WEARINESS as FOOD is to?
(a) Restaurant (b) Stomach (c) Cook (d) Hunger
14. Find the odd one out :
(a) Cheese (b) Butter (c) Ghee (d) Milk
15. Which of the given responses would be a meaningful order of the following?
(1) Book, (2) Pulp, (3) Timber, (4) Jungle, (5) Paper.
(a) 3, 2, 5, 1, 4 (b) 2, 5, 1, 4, 3 (c) 4, 3, 2, 5, 1 (d) 5, 4, 3, 1, 2
16. Find out the missing number in the following number series. 2, 12, 30, 56, 90, 132, ?
(a) 121 (b) 144 (c) 156 (d) 182
17. In a certain language TELEPHONE is written as ENOHPELET. How is ALIGATOR written in that code?
(a) ROTAGILE (b) ROTAGIAL (c) ROTAGILA (d) ROTEGILA
18. If ‘+’ means ‘−’, ‘−’ means ‘+’, ‘÷’ means ‘×’ and ‘×’ means ‘÷’, then 14+2−3 ÷ 10 × 5 = ?
(a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 18 (d) 30
19. Statement: Sonali made an application to the bank for a loan of Rs. 1,80,000 by mortgaging her house to the bank and promised to
repay it within five years.
Assumptions: 1. The bank has a practice of granting loans for Rs. 1,00,000 and above.
2. The bank accepts house as collateral security against such loans.
(a) Only assumption I is implicit (b) Either I or II is implicit (c) Neither I nor II is implicit (d) Both I and II are implicit
20. From the given alternatives, find the word which can not be formed from the letters used in the word INSTITUTIONALISE
(a) NUTRITION (b) INSTITUTION (c) INSULATION (d) TUITION
Directions to Solve (Ques. No. 21 - 23): Each of the following questions is based on the following information:
1. A # B means B is at 1 metre to the right of A. 2. A $ B means B is at 1 metre to the North of A.
3. A * B means B is at 1 metre to the left of A. 4. A @ B means B is at 1 metre to the South of A.
5. In each question first person from the left is facing North.
21. According to X @ B * P, P is in which direction with respect to X?
(a) North (b) South (c) North-East (d) South-West
22. According to M # N $ T, T is in which direction with respect to M?
(a) North-West (b) North-East (c) South-West (d) South-East
23. According to P # R $ A * U, in which direction is U with respect to P?
(a) East (b) West (c) North (d) South
24. In a certain code language ‘how many goals scored’ is written as ‘5 3 9 7’; ‘many more matches’ is written as ‘9 8 2’ and ‘he scored
five’ is written as ‘1 6 3’. How is ‘goals’ written in that code language?
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 5 or 7 (d) Data inadequate
25. In a row of girls Rupa is 7th from the start and 11th from the end. In another row of girls Dwipanita is 10th from the start and 12th from
the end. How many girls are there in both the rows together?
(a) Can’t be determined (b) 37 (c) 38 (d) 39
 Test Number – 876 (Arithmetic)

1. A sum of money at simple interest amounts to Rs. 815 in 3 years and to Rs. 854 in 4 years. The sum is:
A. Rs. 650 B. Rs. 690 C. Rs. 698 D. Rs. 700
2. Arya invested an amount of Rs. 13,900 divided in two different schemes A and B at the simple interest rate of 14% p.a. and 11% p.a.
respectively. If the total amount of simple interest earned in 2 years be Rs. 3508, what was the amount invested in Scheme B?
A. Rs. 6400 B. Rs. 6500 C. Rs. 7200 D. Rs. 7500
3. A sum fetched a total simple interest of Rs. 4016.25 at the rate of 9 p.c.p.a. in 5 years. What is the sum?
A. Rs. 4462.50 B. Rs. 8032.50 C. Rs. 8900 D. Rs. 8925
4. How much time will it take for an amount of Rs. 450 to yield Rs. 81 as interest at 4.5% per annum of simple interest?
A. 3.5 years B. 4 years C. 4.5 years D. 5 years
5. Reena took a loan of Rs. 1200 with simple interest for as many years as the rate of interest. If she paid Rs. 432 as interest at the end of
the loan period, what was the rate of interest?
A. 3.6 B. 6 C. 18 D. Cannot be determined
6. A sum of Rs. 12,500 amounts to Rs. 15,500 in 4 years at the rate of simple interest. What is the rate of interest?
A. 3% B. 4% C. 5% D. 6%
7. An automobile financier claims to be lending money at simple interest, but he includes the interest every six months for calculating the
principal. If he is charging an interest of 10%, the effective rate of interest becomes:
A. 10% B. 10.25% C. 10.5% D. None of these
8. A lent Rs. 5000 to B for 2 years and Rs. 3000 to C for 4 years on simple interest at the same rate of interest and received Rs. 2200 in
all from both of them as interest. The rate of interest per annum is:
A. 5% B. 7% C. 8% D. 10%
9. A sum of Rs. 725 is lent in the beginning of a year at a certain rate of interest. After 8 months, a sum of Rs. 362.50 more is lent but at
the rate twice the former. At the end of year, Rs. 33.50 is earned as interest from both the loans. What was the original rate of interest?
A. 3.6% B. 4.5% C. 5% D. 6%
10. A man took loan from a bank at the rate of 12% p.a. simple interest. After 3 years he had to pay Rs. 5400 interest only for the period.
The principal amount borrowed by him was:
A. Rs. 2000 B. Rs. 10,000 C. Rs. 15,000 D. Rs. 20,000
11. A sum of money amounts to Rs. 9800 after 5 years and Rs. 12005 after 8 years at the same rate of simple interest. The rate of interest
per annum is:
A. 5% B. 8% C. 12% D. 15%
12. What will be the ratio of simple interest earned by certain amount at the same rate of interest for 6 years and that for 9 years?
A. 1 : 3 B. 1 : 4 C. 2 : 3 D. Data inadequate
13. A certain amount earns simple interest of Rs. 1750 after 7 years. Had the interest been 2% more, how much more interest would it
have earned?
A. Rs. 35 B. Rs. 245 C. Rs. 350 D. Cannot be determined
14. A person borrows Rs. 5000 for 2 years at 4% p.a. simple interest. He immediately lends it to another person at 61/4 p.a for 2 years.
Find his gain in the transaction per year.
A. Rs. 112.50 B. Rs. 125 C. Rs. 150 D. Rs. 167.50
15. A bank offers 5% compound interest calculated on half-yearly basis. A customer deposits Rs. 1600 each on 1st January and 1st July
of a year. At the end of the year, the amount he would have gained by way of interest is:
A. Rs. 120 B. Rs. 121 C. Rs. 122 D. Rs. 123
16. The difference between simple and compound interests compounded annually on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 4% per annum
is Re. 1. The sum (in Rs.) is:
A. 625 B. 630 C. 640 D. 650
17. There is 60% increase in an amount in 6 years at simple interest. What will be the compound interest of Rs. 12,000 after 3 years at the
same rate?
A. Rs. 2160 B. Rs. 3120 C. Rs. 3972 D. Rs. 6240
18. What is the difference between the compound interests on Rs. 5000 for 11/2 years at 4% per annum compounded yearly and half-
yearly?
A. Rs. 2.04 B. Rs. 3.06 C. Rs. 4.80 D. Rs. 8.30
19. The compound interest on Rs. 30,000 at 7% per annum is Rs. 4347. The period (in years) is:
A. 2 B. 2.5 C. 3 D. 4
20. What will be the compound interest on a sum of Rs. 25,000 after 3 years at the rate of 12 p.c.p.a.?
A. Rs. 9000.30 B. Rs. 9720 C. Rs. 10123.20 D. Rs. 10483.20
21. At what rate of compound interest per annum will a sum of Rs. 1200 become Rs. 1348.32 in 2 years?
A. 6% B. 6.5% C. 7% D. 7.5%
22. The least number of complete years in which a sum of money put out at 20% compound interest will be more than doubled is:
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
23. Albert invested an amount of Rs. 8000 in a fixed deposit scheme for 2 years at compound interest rate 5 p.c.p.a. How much amount
will Albert get on maturity of the fixed deposit?
A. Rs. 8600 B. Rs. 8620 C. Rs. 8820 D. None of these
24. The effective annual rate of interest corresponding to a nominal rate of 6% per annum payable half-yearly is:
A. 6.06% B. 6.07% C. 6.08% D. 6.09%
25. Simple interest on a certain sum of money for 3 years at 8% per annum is half the compound interest on Rs. 4000 for 2 years at 10%
per annum. The sum placed on simple interest is:
A. Rs. 1550 B. Rs. 1650 C. Rs. 1750 D. Rs. 2000

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