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Quantitative Aptitude
1. When Ramakant was born, his father was 28years older than his brother and his mother was 22
years older than his sister. If Ramakant's brother is 5 years older than Ramakant and his mother is
4 years younger than his father, how old was Ramakant's sister when Ramakant was born?
A. 7 B. 9 C. 10 D. 12

2. What is the maximum percentage discount that a merchant can offer on her Marked Price so that
she ends up selling at no profit or loss, if she had initially marked her goods up by 50%?
A.50% B.20% C.25% D.33.33%

3. Average age of students of an adult school is 40 years. 120 new students whose average age is
32 years joined the school. As a result, the average age is decreased by 4 years. Find the number of
students of the school after joining of the new students
A. 31 B. 36 C. 35 D. 36

4. Sri Kamala Meenakshi Sundaram Engineering conducted an aptitude test for its students.90% of
the boys and 30% of the girls passed the test. The number of boys was 40% of total number of
students who took the test. What is the percentage of boys who have passed as against total
number of students who have passed the test?
A. 88.88 B. 77.77 C. 66.66 D. 33.33

5. Vijayasooriyan Televisions a serial producing company conducted a contest to decide the best
actor of one of their TV serials. Viewers were permitted to send the answers/responses through
email or SMS. 80% of answers received through email and 75% of answers received through
SMS were correct. Answers received through email constituted 70% of total responses(answers)
received. What is the percentage of correct answers received through email to total number of
answers received through both modes?
A. 71.33 B. 62.43 C. 88.34 D. 23.35

6. A and B collect fruits from some trees such that A picks 4 from each tree while B picks 3 from
each tree. And the number of trees that B used is 4 more than that of A. If A and B have equal
number of fruits then what will be the total number of fruits in their collection?
A.48 B.96 C.72 D. 120

7. The time taken by a hose to fill up a cistern is less than the time taken by another hose used for
the same purpose by 6 minutes. If 1st one is 5/2 times faster than the second, what is the time
taken by 1st hose to fill up?
A.4mins B.10mins C.40mins D.25mins
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8. In a particular day, one of two salesmen get orders for 19 items more than the other where
each item worth Rs.400. The other one gets orders of worth Rs.800 per item. If the collection
amounts of the day are equal then the number of orders of them is:
A. (7,16) B. (13,32) C. (36,17) D. (38,19)

9. If 2/5 th of a number exceeds 3/10 of another number by twice of 17 and 190 is the sum of that
two numbers then the biggest of them is:
A.120 B.130 C.165 D.132

10. 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

11. Three persons A, B and C separately have some amount of money. If 1/3rd of A's money is
equal to 1/4th of B's amount which equals 1/7th of C's money, then at what times of their total
amount is equivalent to C's money?
A. 1/3 B. ½ C. 1/7 D. 1/4

12. There are four integers p, q, r and s. The quotient, which gets when the sum of twice of p and
thrice of q is divided by their difference is equivalent to another quotient, which gets when the sum
of twice of r and thrice of s is divided by their difference. Then which of the following is true?
A. pq = rs B. p/s = r/q C. p/q = r/s D. 2ps = 3qr

13. 6 reduced from 1/5 of a number is 7 reduced from half of the same number
A. 10/3 B. 22/3 C. 7/3 D. none of these

14. Ulaganathan, is doing milk business for nearly two decades in Udumalpet. He wanted to earn
more profit. He has three varieties containing water and milk in the following proportion: 1:3, 3:5,
x:y. Assume equal quantity of all the three varieties are collected and mixed. If the final mixture had
milk and water in the ratio of 109:59, find x and y.
A. x = 1, y = 4 B. x = 3, y = 4 C. x = 2, y = 3 D. x = 5, y = 6

15. Yesappa had three varieties of juice - pulp and water - mixed in the following proportion: 3:1,
4:1, 3:2. Assume 50 litres of each of the three varieties are collected and mixed, what will be the
proportion of pulp and water in the new variety made?
A. 43:17 B. 33:17 C. 23:17 D. 53:27

16. Find the odd man out 3, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17, 19

A. 7 B.12 C. 17 D. 22
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17. Find the Missing Number 6, 24, 60,120, 210,?

A. 331 B.336 C. 333 D. 339

18. One quality of wheat at Rs. 9.30 per kg is mixed with another quality at a certain rate in the ratio
8:7. If the mixture so formed be worth Rs. 10 per kg, what is the rate per kg of the second quality of
wheat?
A. Rs. 10.30 B. Rs. 10.60 C. Rs. 10.80 D. Rs. 11

19. If n is an even-odd number then which of the following must be false?

(A number is called "even-odd" if it is halfway between an even integer and an odd integer.)
A. n/2 is not an integer B. (2n)2 is an integer
C. 4n is an odd integer D.none of these

20. When 8 is subtracted out from two third of X, the result is 25 more than one third of
X. Find the largest prime number which is less than X.
A. 113 B. 97 C.89 D. 131

21. Rashid can run 880 metres race in 2 minutes 24 seconds and Hamid in 2 minutes 40 seconds.
How many metres start can Rashid give Hamid in a 880 metres race to make a dead heat?
A. 88 ms B. 80 ms C. 77 ms D. 98 ms

22. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank from empty to full in 30 minutes, 20 minutes and 10 minutes

respectively. When the tank is empty, all the three pipes are opened. A, B and C discharge chemical
solutions P, Q and R respectively. What is the proportion of solution R in the liquid in the tank after 3
minutes?
A. 5/11 B. 6/11 C. 7/11 D. 8/11

23. A man started 15 minutes late and by traveling at a speed which is 5/4th of his usual speed
reached his office 20 mins early. What is the usual time of the journey?
A. 105 mins B. 135 mins C. 125 mins D. 175 mins

24. There are two boxes, one containing 39 red balls & the other containing 26 green balls. You are
allowed to move the balls b/w the boxes so that when you choose a box random & a ball at random
from the chosen box, the probability of getting a red ball is maximized. This maximum probability is
A. 60 B. 50 C. 80 D. 30

25. There are three similar boxes, containing

I. 6 black and 4 white balls
II. 3 black and 7 white balls
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III. 5 black and 5 white balls, respectively

If you choose one of the three boxes at random and from that particular box picks up a ball at
random, and find that to be black, what is the probability that the ball picked up from the second
box?
A.14/30 B. 3/14 C. 7/30 D. 7/14

Analytical Reasoning
Read the following information carefully and then answer the questions based on them:

In a family of six, there are three men L, M and N and three women R, S and T. The six persons are
Architect, Lawyer, CA, Professor, Doctor and Engineer by profession but not in the same order.

(i) There are two married couples and two unmarried persons

(ii) N is not R’s husband

(iii) The Doctor is married to a Lawyer. R’s grandfather is a Professor

(iv) M is neither L’s son, nor he is an architect or a Professor

(v) The Lawyer is T’s daughter-in-law

(vi) N is T’s son and the Engineer’s father

(vii) L is married to the CA

1. Who is an Architect?
A. R B. M C. N D. L E. T
2. Which among the following is the correct pair of married couples?
A. LS and NT B. LR and NM C. LT and NS D. SM and NR
3. How T is related to M?
A. Mother B. Grandmother C. Wife D. Daughter E. Daughter-in-law
4. Who among the following are two unmarried persons?
A. L, S B. L, M C. L, T D. R, M

Read the following information and then answer the questions based on it
(i) In a family of six person, there are people from three generations. Each person has separate
profession and also, they like different colours. There are two couples in the family.
(ii) Mohan is a CA and his wife is neither a Doctor nor likes Green colour
(iii) Engineer likes Red colour and his wife is a Teacher
(iv) Mohini is mother-in-law of Savita and she likes the Orange colour
(v) Deepak is grandfather of Titu, and Titu, who is a principal, like the Black colour
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(vi) Neeru is the granddaughter of Mohini and she likes blue colour. Nerru’s mother likes the White
Colour
5. Who is an Engineer?
A. Mohini
B. Savita
C. Neeru
D. Cannot be determined
E. None of these

6. How many ladies are there in the family?

A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Cannot be determined
E. None of these

7. Which of the following is the correct pair of two couples?

A. Deepak-Mohini and Mohan-Neeru
B. Mohan-Savita and Titu-Neeru
C. Mohini-Deepak and Mohan-Savita
D. Cannot be determined
E. None of the above

8. Which colour is liked by CA?

A. Green
B. White
C. Either Green or White
D. Cannot be determined
E. None of these

9. What is the profession of Savita?

A. Doctor
B. Teacher
C. Engineer
D. Cannot be determined
E. None of these

Read the following information carefully and answer the questions based on
them. Five Ships J, K, L, M and N are to be unloaded on 5 consecutive days
beginning from Monday to Friday.

(i) Each ship takes exactly one day to unload

(ii) K must be unloaded on the day, preceding the day on which M and N are
unloaded
(iii) L can’t be unloaded on Tuesday
(iv) M is 2nd ship to be unloaded after J is unloaded.

10. N can be unloaded on any day of the week except

A. Monday
B. Tuesday
C. Wednesday
D. Thursday
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E. Friday

11. If L is unloaded immediately after J, which of the following is true?

A. J is unloaded on Wednesday
B. K is unloaded on Monday
C. L is unloaded on Thursday
D. M is unloaded on Friday
E. None of the above

12. On which of the following days, any one of the five ships can be unloaded?

A. Monday
B. Tuesday
C. Wednesday
D. Thursday
E. Friday

13. If K, M and N are to be unloaded one immediately after the other, the two days on which J can be
unloaded are:

A. Monday and Tuesday

B. Monday and Friday
C. Tuesday and Wednesday
D. Wednesday and Friday
E. Thursday and Friday

14. If M is unloaded on Friday, which one of the following is true?

A. J is unloaded on Wednesday
B. K is unloaded on Tuesday
C. L is unloaded on Monday
D. L is unloaded on Thursday
E. N is unloaded on Thursday

Read the information given in the following paragraphs and then answer the
questions based on
them. There are 6 soccer teams A, B, C, D, E and F in the soccer league game. All
the 6 teams play each Saturday during the season. Each team must play against
each of the other teams once and only once during the seasons.

(i) Team A plays against team D 1st and team F 2nd

(ii) Team B plays against team E 1st and team C 3rd
(iii) Team C plays against team F 1st

15. If D wins 5 games, which of the following must be true?

A. A loses 5 games
B. A wins 4 games
C. A wins its first game
D. B loses at least 1 game
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E. None of these

16. The last set of games could be between

A. A and B, C and F, D and E

B. A and C, B and F, D and E
C. A and D, B and C, E and F
D. A and E, B and C, D and F
E. None of the above

17. One 1st Saturday, which of the following pairs of teams play against each other?

A. A and B, C and F, D and E

B. A and B, C and E, D and F
C. A and C, B and E, D and F
D. A and D, B and C, E and F
E. None of the above

18. What is the total number of games that each team must play during the season?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. None of these

19. Which of the following team must B play second with?

A. A
B. C
C. D
D. Either E or A
E. Either A or D

Hari works in a parking lot. On a particular day, he found that there were three types of vehicles
parked in the parking lot – Cars, Bikes and Vans. Further, he also noticed that the colour of each
vehicle was red, black, blue or yellow. The table below provides the number of vehicles by type of
vehicle parked in the parking lot and the pie chart provides the percentage breakup of the number of
vehicles by colour of the vehicle.
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20. If the number of red cars, black bikes, and yellow vans are in the ratio 17:5:4, the number of blue
bikes is at least ___________.

21. If x% of cars and x% of bikes are blue in colour, what is the maximum possible value of x (there
cannot be fraction of a car and bike)?

A. 38.8% B. 37.5% C. 35% D. 25%

22. If half of the bikes are one colour and the other half of them are of another colour, what is the
maximum possible number of blue cars in the parking lot?

A. 2 B. 4 C. 40 D. 45

23. For any type of vehicle, if there are an equal number of black, blue, red and yellow vehicles of
that type, they are said to be equally distributed. Which of the following statements is definitely
false?

A. Only cars are equally distributed

B. Only bikes are equally distributed
C. Both cars and bikes are equally distributed
D. None of the above

Verbal Reasoning
Passage 1

On August 22, 1939, Adolf Hitler summoned his top military generals to Obersalzberg, where he
delivered a speech explaining his plans for war, first with Poland, then with the rest of Europe.
Despite resistance from those both inside and outside Germany, Hitler felt exceedingly confident that
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he could defy the will of the international community and conquer vast amounts of land. In his
speech at Obersalzberg, he laid out numerous factors he believed would contribute to the success of
his war plans.

Chief among Hitler's sources of confidence in Germany's brazen war plans was German military
quickness. Hitler said, "Our strength lies in our quickness." On the advice of Colonel-General von
Brauchitsch, Hitler believed Poland could be captured in a few weeks, an astonishingly short amount
of time given the recent history of trench warfare and the long history of protracted European
military engagements that resulted in minimal land gains and high casualty counts.

Hitler’s confidence in the ability of the German military to inflict considerable brutality further
strengthened his determination to pursue an exceedingly ambitious plan of territorial
aggrandizement. He said, "I shall shoot everyone who utters one word of criticism" and noted that
"the goal to be obtained in the war is not that of reaching certain lines but of physically demolishing
the opponent." In this vein, Hitler ordered his military to be hard, be without mercy, and act more
quickly and brutally than others for it scares the others off." Hitler believed that enemies, not used to
this type of brutality, would surrender quickly.

In addition to speed and brutality, Hitler believed that, in the end, history would overlook his
inhumane conduct. To support this view, which turned out to be anything but prescient, Hitler
invoked a Pollyannaish view of Asian leader Genghis Kahn. In Hitler's eyes, Kahn "sent millions of
women and children into death knowingly and with a light heart," yet "history sees in him only the
great founder of States. “Although Hitler brimmed with confidence and experienced initial yet
widely-expected success in Poland and then in Denmark, he overlooked important considerations. In
many ways, Hitler made the same mistake Napoleon Bonaparte made years earlier. Hitler believed he
could advance further and conquer Britain, yet, like Napoleon, Hitler did not adequately foresee the
insurmountable barrier posed by Britain's island status. Despite the damage inflicted at the hands of
the German Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1940), British forces eventually won this important
battle. Nevertheless, Hitler pressed on and, in an even more fateful decision that carried echoes of a
Napoleonic tactical misstep, invaded the USSR where his forces suffered the decisive defeat of World
War II at Stalingrad in 1943. In the end, Hitler's reputation in history proved to be as brutal and
decisive as the battle plans and philosophy he announced at Obersalzberg.

1. According to the passage, Hitler's confidence in his military strategy stemmed from its:

A. Surprise invasions

B. Emphasis on unconventional warfare

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C. Reliance on air supremacy

D. Swift brutality

E. Napoleonic overtones

2. The author of the passage is primarily concerned with explaining:

A. The logistics of Hitler's war strategy and the mechanics of its failure

B. The philosophy of Hitler's war strategy and the world's reaction

C. Why Hitler believed his war plans would succeed and why they eventually failed

D. Hitler's plans and their failure with an eye to pre-1900 history

E. Explaining the source of Hitler's brutality and the reasons for its failure

3. Which of the following best characterizes the author's view of the relationship between Hitler and
Napoleon?

A. Governed with similar styles

B. Fought military conflicts with similar ideologies

C. In general, shared a legacy as overly ambitious leaders

D. At a high-level, some similarities in military missteps existed

E. Both suffered final defeats by impetuously charging east

4. According to the passage, what best describes the author's understanding of why Hitler's military
campaign eventually failed?

A. Failed to demoralize opponents

B. Overlooked important tactical and geographic considerations

C. Underestimated international resolve

D. Fell behind technological advancements of European enemies

E. Failed to consolidate initial military and land gains

5. According to the passage, Hitler's confidence in the war plans announced at Obersalzberg
stemmed from all of the following EXCEPT:

A. The speed of the German military

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B. The brutality of the German military

C. The plan to stifle dissent

D. The belief that instilling fear weakened enemies

E. The history of overlooking European military brutality

6. According to the passage, why did Hitler believe he could conquer Poland in a few weeks?

A. The inaction of European neighbours

B. The example of Napoleon

C. The philosophy of Genghis Kahn

D. The counsel of a military general

E. The small size of Poland

7. According to the passage, which of the following represents the chronological unfolding of events?

A. Generals summoned to Obersalzberg; Invaded Poland; Invaded Denmark; the Battle of Britain;
Battle at Stalingrad

B. Generals summoned to Obersalzberg; Invaded Denmark; Invaded Poland; the Battle of Britain;
Battle at Stalingrad

C. Generals summoned to Obersalzberg; Invaded Denmark; Invaded Poland; Battle at Stalingrad; the
Battle of Britain

D. Generals summoned to Obersalzberg; Invaded Poland; Invaded Denmark; Battle at Stalingrad; the
Battle of Britain

E. Generals summoned to Obersalzberg; the Battle of Britain; Invaded Poland; Invaded Denmark;
Battle at Stalingrad

Passage 2

Most of us use the products of science - railways, airplanes, electricity, wireless and thousands of
others - without thinking how they came into existence. We take them for granted, as if we were
entitled to them as a matter of right. We are very proud of the fact that we live in an advanced age
and are ourselves very advanced. Now, there is no doubt that our age is a very different one from the
previous age and I think it is perfectly correct to say that it is far more advanced. But that is a
different thing from saying that we as individuals or groups are more advanced. It would be the
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height of absurdity to say that because an engine driver can run an engine and Plato or Socrates
could not, the engine driver is more advanced than, or is superior to, Plato or Socrates. But it would
be perfectly correct to say that the engine itself is a more advanced method of locomotion than
Plato’s chariot was

8. Which one of the following statements is true?

(A) An engine driver is cleverer than Plato or Socrates.

(B) Plato or Socrates is in no way inferior to the engine driver.

(C) Plato and Socrates surpassed the engine driver in every respect

(D) The engine driver cannot be compared to Plato or Aristotle.

9. In this passage, the author mentions Plato and Socrates to emphasize that

(A) They were men of great scholarship

(B) People as individuals in the modern age are not more advanced than their predecessors

(C) The engine is better mode of locomotion than Plato’s chariot

(D) Plato and Aristotle had greater respect for learning

10. According to the author, the present age is far more advanced than

(A) All the previous ages in some respects

(B) The age of Socrates and Aristotle in some respects

(C) Some of the previous ages in all respects

(D) All the previous ages in all respects

11. Many of us make of machines

(A) With very little knowledge of their mechanism

(B) Without any knowledge of their historical significance

(C) With full knowledge of their genesis

(D) Without knowing how they were invented

12. People today are very proud because they live

(A) In a philosophically advanced age

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(B) In a materially advanced age

(C) in a scientifically advanced age

(D) in a spiritually advanced age

Sentence Correction

13. With his sub-four-minute mile Bannister broke a psychological barrier, inspiring thousands of
others to attempt overcoming seemingly insurmountable hurdles.

A. inspiring thousands of others to attempt overcoming

B. inspiring thousands of others to attempt to overcome

C. inspiring thousands of others to overcome

D. and inspired thousands of others to attempt to overcome

E. and inspired thousands of others to attempt overcoming

14. Ricks has written extensively on not only major figures in English poetry like Milton and
Housman, but also on the lyrics of Bob Dylan.

A. on not only major figures in English poetry like Milton, but also on

B. not only on the poetry of such major figures as Milton and Housman, but also on

C. not only on major figures in English poetry like Milton and Housman, but also on

D. on major figures in English poetry like Milton and Housman, as well as

E. on major figures in English poetry such as Milton and Housman, but also on

15. An analysis of sixteenth century probate inventories in the major English towns show that even
some artisans and yeomen owned silver spoons, cups or salt cellars.

A. show that even some artisans and yeomen owned silver spoons, cups or

B. show that some artisans and yeomen even owned silver spoons, cups or

C. show that even some artisans and yeomen owned silver spoons, cups and

D. shows that some artisans and yeomen owned even silver spoons, cups and

E. shows that even some artisans and yeomen owned silver spoons, cups or
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16. Stress-induced amnesia is a rare phenomenon; it strikes the patient apparently without warning
and the memory loss can be as complete as that induced by physical trauma.

A. as complete as that induced by physical trauma

B. as complete as is induced by physical trauma’s

C. as least as complete as physical trauma induces

D. at least as complete as physical trauma

E. just as complete as those induced by physical trauma

17. The publishers, unwilling to shoulder the entire risk, insisted that the author should pay half the
cost of the initial print run of his controversial new book.

A. Unwilling to shoulder the entire risk, insisted that the author should pay half the cost of the initial
print run of his controversial new book.

B. Unwilling to shoulder the entire risk, insisted that the author should be paying half the cost of the
initial print run of the author’s controversial new book.

C. Unwilling to shoulder the entire risk, insisted that the author pay half the cost of the initial print
run of his controversial new book.

D. Unwilling to shoulder the entire risk, the publishers insisted the author should pay half the cost of
the initial print run of his controversial new book.

E. Unwilling to shoulder the entire risk, the author was required by the publisher to pay half the cost
of the initial print run of his controversial new book.

18. The chief guest's lecture at the auditorium was "blasphemous" considering the topic given to
him. What does "blasphemous" in the context of the given sentence.
a) Great b) Fitting c) Irrelevant d) Deviating

19. Pick the odd man out:

a) Affiliation b) partnership c) dissociation d) joint venture

20. Choose the correct antonym for the word "Abstruse" from the given options:
a) Doubtful b) Obvious c) Truthful d) None
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Answer Key for Quantitative Aptitude

Q. No. Answer
1 A
2 D
3 D
4 C
5 A
6 B
7 A
8 D
9 B
10 B
11 B
12 D
13 A
14 B
15 A
16 B
17 B
18 C
19 C
20 B
21 A
22 B
23 D
24 C
25 B
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Answer Key for Analytical Reasoning

Q. No. Answer
1 A
2 C
3 B
4 D
5 E
6 D
7 C
8 D
9 D
10 A
11 B
12 C
13 A
14 A
15 D
16 E
17 E
18 E
19 E
20 87
21 B
22 A
23 C
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Answer Key for Verbal Ability

Q. No. Answer
1 D
2 C
3 D
4 B
5 E
6 D
7 A
8 D
9 B
10 A
11 D
12 C
13 D
14 B
15 E
16 C
17 D
18 C
19 C
20 B