QUANTITAVE METHODS & LOGICAL REASONING

QUESTION BANK
UNIT-I
NUMBER SYSTEMS
1. Which of the following can be a number divisible by 24?
(A) 43215604 (B)2561284 (C) 1362480 (D) None of these
2. If A381 is divisible by 11, find the value of the smallest natural number A?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 9
3. The product of 3 consecutive natural numbers, the first of which is an even number, is always
divisible by
(A) 12 (B) 24 (C) 8 (D) All of these
4. How many such numbers are there between 1 & 100 such that each of which is not divisible by 4,
and has one digit as 4 in the number?
(A) 5 (B) 12 (C) 6 (D) 15
5. The number, one less than 719 is divisible by
(A) 49 (B) 7 (C) 16 (D) 6
6. A number is greater than 3 but less than 8. Also, the number is greater than 6 but less than 10.
What is the number?
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 9 (D) 7
7. On dividing a number by 5, 6 & 7, if we get 2 as remainder always, find that smallest number.
(A) 210 (B) 212 (C) 420 (D) 422
8. On dividing a number by 4, 5 & 6, we get 3, 4 & 5 as remainder. Find the number.
(A) 59 (B) 60 (C) 61 (D) 81
9. A milkman has 3 different qualities of milk. 403 gallons of 1st quantity, 465 gallons of 2nd
quantity and 496 gallons of 3rd quantity. Find the least possible number of bottles of equal size in
which different milk of different filled without mixing?
(A) 34 (B) 46 (C) 26 (D) 44
10. Find the LCM of, , . 5/2, 8/9, 11/14
(A) 280 (B) 360 (C) 420 (D) None of these

SIMPLE EQUATIONS

1. If one integer is greater than another integer by 3, and the difference of their cubes is 117, what
could be their sum?
(A) 11 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9
2. The sum of the digits of a two-digit numbers is 10, while when the digits are reversed, the
number decrease by 54. The changed number.
(A) 28 (B) 19 (C) 37 (D) 46
3. The sum of two numbers is 15 and their geometrical mean is 20% lower than their arithmetic
mean. Find the numbers.
(A) 11, 4 (B) 12, 3 (C) 13, 2 (D) 10, 5
4. A man wrote all the natural numbers starting from 1 in a series. What will be the 50th digit of the
number?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
5. A man reads 3/ 8 of a book on a day and 4/ 5 of the remainder, on the second day. If the number
of pages still unread are 40, how many pages did the book contain?
(A) 320 (B) 420 (C) 160 (D) 240
6. 4/7 of a pole is in mud. When 1/3 of it is pulled out, 250cm of the pole is still in mud. Find the full
length of the pole.
(A) 1050 cm (B)500 cm (C) 750 cm (D) 1250 cm
7. 35 part of a kerosene tin is filled. If 6 bottles are taken out of it and 3 bottles are filled again then
half the tin is full. What is the capacity of tin?
(A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 45 (D) 50
8. The value of 101 + 102 + 103 + …… + 200 is
(A) 15050 (B) 20200 (C) 10909 (D) 16500
9. Which of the following is not a perfect square?
(A) 100858 (B) 325137 (C) 945723 (D) All the above
10. In a certain base 137 + 254 = 402 then what is the sum of 342 + 562 in that base.
(A) 904 (B) 1014 (C) 1104 (D) 1024

RATIO, PROPORTION & VARIATION

1. If a:b = 3:5, a:c=5:7,what is the value of b:c ?.

(A) 3:7 (B)21:35 (C) 21:25 (D)25:21
2. The certain number of cooks to the number of waiters is 3 to 13. When 12 more waiters arehired,
the ratio of number of cooks to the number of waiters changes 3 : 16. How many cooks are there?
(A) 4 (B) 12 (C) 15 (D) 9
3. A field is 9600 yards. If 1200 pounds of fertilizer are spread evenly across the field, how many
pounds of fertilizer were spread evenly over an area of the field measuring 3600 yards.
(A) 450 (B) 600 (C) 750 (D) 3200
4. For every 7 tons of ore that the mine processes, it recovers 0.48 ounces of gold. How many tons
of ore, must be processed to recover 60 ounces of gold?
(A) 805 (B) 875 (C) 438 (D) 219
5. If income of A, B, C are in the ratio of 2 : 9 :11 and income of B is Rs.280 more than that of A,
what is the income of C?
(A) Rs.480 (B) Rs.440 (C) Rs.540 (D) Rs.450
6. Harini distributed 250 chocolates among 4 kids. The share of the first kid, twice the share of
second kid, thrice the share of third kid and four times the share of fourth kid are all equal. Find the
number of chocolates received by 3rd kid.
(A) 40 (B) 80 (C) 60 (D) 12
7. The ratio of marks obtained by Jane and Sri are 6 : 5. If the combined average of their percentage
is 68.75 and their sum of marks is 275, find the total maximum marks.
(A) 150 (B) 200 (C) 400 (D) 300
8. Three numbers are in the ratio 2 : p : 5. The third number is greater than the first one by 21. Find
the value of p if their sum is70.
(A) 8 (B) 6 (C) 3 (D) 11
9. If 15(2p2 – q2) = 7pq and p, q are positive, find p : q.
(A) 3 : 4 (B) 4 : 5 (C) 5 : 6 (D) 6 : 7
10. A bag contains rupee, fifty paisa and twenty five paisa coins whose values are in the ratio of 4 : 5
: 6. If the total number of coins are 760, find the number of 50 paisa coins.
(A) 80 (B) 200 (C) 480 (D) 280

PERCENTAGES
1. Rahul‘s Salary is decreased from Rs 700 to Rs. 630.Find the percentage decrease ?
(A) 20% (B) 25% (C) 10% (D) 5%
2. At an election where there are 2 candidates only, the candidate who gets 43 percent of the votes
is rejected by a majority of 420 votes. Find the total number of votes recorded.
(A) 3000 (B) 600 (C) 1200 (D) 2400
3. In measuring the sides of a rectangle the length is increased by 30% and breadth is increased by
20%. Find the percentage value by which area changes.
(A) 50% (B) 59% (C) 56% (D) 55%
4. There are 2 equal numbers x and y. x is increased by 16 2 3 % and y is decreased by 16 2 3 %. By
what percentage is the value of x more than the value of y?
(A) 33.13 % (B) 30% (C) 40% (D) 70%
5. 2 numbers are 26% and 5% more than the third. What percentage is the first of the second?
(A) 120% (B) 100% (C) 80% (D)125%
6. In a lottery, 4% of the tickets printed can be redeemed for prizes and 4% of those tickets have
values in excess of $100. If the state prints 400 tickets how many of them can be redeemed for
more than $100?
(A) 64 (B) 82 (C) 16 (D) 120
7. A screwdriver and a hammer currently have the same price. If the price of screwdriver rises by 5%
and that of hammer by 3% how much more will it cost to buy 3 hammers and 3 screwdrivers?
(A) 3% (B) 4% (C) 5% (D) 24%
8. A man spends 70% of his income. His income increases by 24% and his expenditure also increases
by 15%. Find the percentage increase in his savings.
(A) 35% (B) 24% (C) 45% (D) 55%
9. The population of a town is 5000. If the males increases by 6% and females by 14% the
population will be 5500. Find the number of females in the town.
(A) 5000 (B)2000 (C) 3500 (D) 2500
10. A dishonest milkman professes to sell his milk at cost price but he mixes it with water and there
by gains 25%. The percentage of water in the mixture is?
(A) 25% (B)20% (C) 15% (D) 60%

PROFIT & LOSS

1. By Selling an article for Rs. 360 the loss incurred is 10%. At what minimum price should it be sold
to avoid the loss.
(A) 400 (B) 500 (C) 600 (D) 480
2. A house wife saved Rs.2.50 in buying an item at Rs.25, approximately how much percentage did
she save in the transaction?
(A) 8% (B) 9% (C) 10% (D) 11%
3. A fruit seller buys apples at a price of Rs.50 / dozen and sells 3/4 of them at rate of Rs.80 / dozen
during day and sells at the remaining at a lower rate in the evening of Rs.40/dozen. Find the rate of
profit/loss?
(A) 20% profit (B) 40% profit (C) 20% loss (D) 40% loss
4. 60% of goods are sold at 5% loss while rest are sold at 10% profit. If there is a total profit of
Rs.100, then the goods worth is
(A) Rs.6000 (B)Rs.8000 (C) Rs.10000 (D) Rs.120000
5. At a special sale, 5 tickets can be purchased for the price of 3 tickets. If 5 tickets are purchased at
the sale, the amount saved will be what percentage of the original price of 5 tickets?
(A) 20% (B) 33.3% (C) 40% (D) 60%
6. If the cost price of 20 articles is equal to the selling price of 25 articles, what is the percentage
profit or loss made by the merchant?
(A) 20% loss (B) 25% profit (C) 25% loss (D) 5% profit
7. A merchant buys 2 articles for Rs.600. He sells one of them at 22% profit and other at 8% loss and
makes no profit/loss at the end what is the SP of the article that he sold at a loss?
(A) Rs.404.80 (B) Rs.440 (C) Rs.536.80 (D) Rs.160
8. Last year Leo bought 2 paintings. This year he had sold them for ― 2000 each‖. On one, he had a
25% profit and on the other he had a 25% loss. What was his net profit or loss?
(A) He lost more than $ 100 (B) He lost less than $ 100
(C) He earned less than $ 100 (D) He earned more than $ 100.
9. 2 merchants sell, each an article for Rs.1000. If merchant A computes his profit on cost price and
merchant B computes his profit on SP, they end up making profits of 25% respectively. By how much
is the profit made by B greater than A?
(A) Rs.66.67 (B) Rs.50 (C) Rs.125 (D) Rs.200
10. By selling an article at 80% of its marked price, a merchant makes a loss of 12% what will be the
percentage profit made by the merchant if he sells the article at 95% of its marked price?
(A) 5% profit (B) 5.5% profit (C) 4.5% profit (D) 10% profit

SIMPLE & COMPOUND INTEREST

1. A sum of Rs.12000 is deposited for 3 years. If the bank provides 5% rate then calculate the
amount after maturity period.
(A) 13800 (B) 18000 (C) 12800 (D) 16800
2. In how many years an amount becomes double, if rate of interest given is 20%.
(A) 2 years (B) 5 years (C) 7 years (D) 11 years
3. A sum of money becomes 4 times at simple interest in 10 years. What is the rate of interest?
(A) 10% (B) 20% (C) 30% (D) 40%
4. A sum was put at SI at a certain rate for 4 years. Had it been put at 2% higher rate, it would have
fetched Rs.400 more. Find the sum.
(A) Rs.7500 (B) Rs.2500 (C) Rs.5000 (D) Rs.10000
5. Ajay borrows Rs.1500 from 2 money lenders. He pays interest of 12% / annum for one loan and at
14% / annum for the other. The total interest pays for the entire year is Rs.186. How much does he
borrow at 12% rate?
(A) 1200 (B) 1300 (C) 1400 (D) 300
6. Rahim borrowed some money at a rate of 8.5% S.I for 8 years, at the rate of 10% per annum S.I
for next 2 years, and 12% beyond 10 years. If he paid total interest of Rs.5550at the end of 11 years,
how much money did he borrow.
(A) Rs.5000 (B) Rs.5550 (C) Rs.6000 (D) Rs.6550
7. Two equal amounts of money are lent out at 6% and 5% of simple interests respectively at the
same time. The former is recovered 2years early than the latter and the amount so recovered in
each case is 2880. Find the money lent.
(A) 2400 (B) 2200 (C) 2000 (D) 1800
8. A father left a will of Rs.35 lakhs between his two daughters aged 8.5 and 16 such that they may
get equal amounts when they reach 21 years. The original amount was 35 lakhs at 10%. How much
did elder daughter get?
(A) 17.5 (B) 21 (C) 15 (D) 20
9. Rs.2100 is lent at compound interest of 5% per annum for 2 years. Find the amount after 2 years.
(A) Rs.2300 (B) Rs.2315.15 (C) Rs.2310 (D) Rs.2400
10. A sum of money placed at compound interest doubles itself in 3 years. In how many years will it
amount to 8 times itself?
(A) 7 years (B) 27 years (C) 8 years (D) 9 years

UNIT-II
PARTNERSHIP

1. A, B and C invested capitals in the ratio 7 : 6 :5; the timing of their investments being in the ratio 4
: 7 : 9. In what ratio would their profit be distributed?
(A) 9 : 14 : 15 (B) 28 : 42 : 45 (C) 15 : 14 : 9 (D) 28 : 24 : 54
2. A and B enter into a partnership with their capitals in the ratio 5 : 7. At the end of 6 months, A
withdraws his capital. If they receive the profits in the ratio 6 : 7, find how long B‘s capital was used?
(A) 5 months (B) 7 months (C) 3 months (D) 9 months
3. A and B invested in the ratio 4 : 9 in a business. If 8% of the total profit goes to charity and A‘s
share is Rs.460, find the total profit.
(A) Rs.2625 (B)Rs.2526 (C) Rs.1526 (D) Rs.1625
4. A and B enter into a partnership for a year. A contributes Rs.3000 and B Rs.4000. After 8 months
they admit C, who contributes Rs.4500. If B withdraws his contribution after 6 months, how would
they share a profit of Rs.1000 at the end of the year?
(A) Rs.250, Rs.200, Rs.550 (B) Rs.375, Rs.250, Rs.375
(C) Rs.150, Rs.200, Rs.650 (D) None of these
5. Three men A, B and C subscribe Rs.4700 for a business. A subscribes Rs.700 more than B and B
Rs.500 more than C. How much will C receive out of a profit of Rs.423?
(A) Rs.135 (B) Rs.198 (C) Rs.90 (D) Rs.190
6. Anand and Sameer started a business by investing capitals in the ratio 8 : 3. If Anand is the
sleeping partner and Sameer manages business, what percentage of total profits should be given to
Sameer as salary, so that their income at the end of the year is same?

(A) 21 % (B) 3 % (C) 40 % (D) 50%

7. A puts Rs.550 more in a business than B, but B has invested his capital for 4 months while A has
invested his for 3 months. If the share of A is Rs.45 more than that of B out of thetotal profits of
Rs.235, find the capital contributed by A?
(A) Rs.1120 (B) Rs.550 (C) Rs.570 (D) Rs.1210
AVERAGES AND AGES

1. One year ago the ratio of ages of Vimal and Vinoth was 6 : 7 respectively. Four years hence their
ratio would become 7 : 8. How old is Vinoth now?
(A) 24 years (B) 40 years (C) 36 years (D) 50 years
2. The ratio of the age of a man & his wife is 4 : 3. After 4 years this ratio will be : 7. If at the time of
marriage the ratio was 5 : 3, then how many years ago they were married. Represent the answer in
binary format.
(A) 1100 (B) 1110 (C) 1000 (D) 0100
3. Ram‘s age was square of a number last year and it will be cube of a number next year. How long
must he wait before his age is again the cube of a number?
(A) 39 years (B) 10 years (C) 38 years (D) 64 years
4. The average age of 36 students in a group is 14 years. When teacher‘s age is included to it, the
average increases by one. What is the teacher‘s age in years?
(A) 31 (B) 36 (C) 51 (D) None
5. The average age of a n adults in a class is 40 years. Twelve new students with an average age of
32 years join the class, thereby decreasing the average of the class by 4 years. The original strength
of the class was
(A) 9 (B) 16 (C) 15 (D) 12
6. A shopkeeper spends $25 to purchase floppy disks at 50C each. The next day, the disks go on sale
for 30C each and the shopper spends $45 to purchase more disks. What was the average price per
disk purchased.
(A) 25 C (B) 30 C (C) 35 C (D) 40 C (E) 45 C
7. The average wage of a worker during a fortnight comprising of 15 consecutive working days was
Rs.90/- day. During the 1st 7 days, his average wage was Rs.87/day and average wage during last 7
days was 92/day. What was his wage on 8th day?
(A) 83 (B) 92 (C) 90 (D) 97 (E) 96
8. On two of his tests, Kapil scored 30 out of a maximum of 50 and on the third he scored 40 out of
maximum of 100? What is his average percentage score on the 3 tests?
(A) 33.33% (B) 40% (C) 50% (D) 53.3% (E) 66.66%
9. The average test score earned by a group of students is 80. If 40% of the students have an
average score of 70, what is the average score of the remaining 60%?
(A) 70.33 (B) 80 (C) 86.67 (D) 90 (E) 95
10. The average age of a family of 5 members is 20 years. If the age of the youngest person be 10
years then what was the average age of the family at the time of birth of youngest member?
(A) 13.5 (B) 14 (C) 15 (D) 12.5

ALLIGATION & MIXTURES

1.In what ratio should 20% of methyl alcohol be mixed with 50% of methyl alcohol solution so that
the resultant solution has 40% methyl alcohol in it?
(A) 5 : 2 (B) 3 : 1 (C) 1 : 2 (D) 2 : 3
2. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar of which he sells at 8% profit and rest at 18% profit. He gains
14% on whole. The quantity sold at 18% profit is
(A) 400 (B) 560 (C) 600 (D) 640
3. How many litres of solution that is 15% salt must be added to 5 of a solution that is 8% salt so
that the resulting solution is 10% salt?
(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 10
4. How many kgs of rice costing Rs.8/kg must be mixed with 36 kg of rice costing Rs.5.40/kg so that
20% gain may be obtained by selling the mixture at Rs.7.20/kg.
(A) 10.8 kg (B) 12 kg (C) 4 kg (D) 6 kg
5. In what ratio must a person mix 3 kinds of tea costing Rs.60/kg, Rs.75/kg, Rs.100/kg so that the
resultant mixture when sold at Rs.96/kg yields 20% profit?
(A) 1 : 2 :4 (B) 3 : 7 : 6 (C) 1 : 4 : 2 (D) none

TIME & WORK

A can finish a work in 10 days & B can finish the same work in 12 days. In how many days, they will
finish the task working together?

(A) 5 days (B) 4 days (C) 7 days (D) 6 days

2. Ram can finish 1/2 of a task in 9 days while Shyam can finish 1/4 th of the same task in 3 days.
How many days they will take to finish the work together?

(A) 2 days (B) 7 days (C) 6 days (D) None of these

3. Ramu is thrice as efficient as Rahul. If working together they can finish the work in 20 days then,
how many days Rahul will take to finish the work?
(A) 60 days (B) 20 days (C) 80 days (D) 100 days
4. Suresh can finish a task in 24 days. Along with Monika, Suresh completed the task & they were
paid Rs.108 & Rs.162 respectively. How many days they would have taken to finish the work
together?

(A) 72/7days (B) 14 days (C) 14 days (D) None of these

5. If 100 workers can finish the task in 50 days, then how many days are required to finish the task
by 25 workers?
(A) 200 days (B) 150 days (C) 100 days (D) 50 days
6. In a fort there was sufficient food for 200 soldiers for 31 days. After 27 days 120 soldiers left the
fort. For how many extra days will the rest of the food last for the remaining soldiers?
(A) 12 days (B) 10 days (C) 8 days (D) 6 days
7. 4 men and 3 women finish a job in 6 days. And 5 men and 7 women can do the same job in 4
days. How long will 1 man and 1 woman take to do the work?

(A) 22 days (B) 25 days (C) 5 days (D) 12 days

8. Manoj takes twice as much time as Ajay and thrice as much as Vijay to finish a piece of work.
Together they finish the work in 1 day. What is the time taken by Manoj to finish the work?
(A) 6 days (B) 3 days (C) 2 days (D) None of these

TIME & DISTANCE, TRAINS BOATS & STREAMS

1. Find the distance covered by a man walking for 12 minute at a speed of 3.5km/hr.
(A) 700m (B)800m (C) 900m (D)1000
2. A man is walking at a speed of 10km per hour. After every kilometre, he takes rest for 5 minutes.
How much time will he take to cover a distance of 5km.
(A) 20min. (B) 30min. (C) 50min. (D) 60min.
3. If I walk 4km/hr, I miss the bus by 10 minutes. If I walk at 5km/hr, I reach 5 minute before the
arrival of the bus. How far do I walk to reach the bus stand?
(A) 10km (B) 5km (C) 12km (D) 7km
4. A man covers a distance on a toy train. If the train moved 4km/hr faster, it would take 30 minute
less. If it moved 2km/hr slower, it would have taken 20 minutes more. Find the distance.
(A) 100km (B) 60km (C) 150km (D) 200km
5. Two men start at the same time and walk certain distance at 22/5 kmph & 21/4 kmph
respectively. The former arrives 5 minutes before the latter. What is the distance they have walked?
(A) 3km (B) 6km (C) 9km (D) 12km
6. A train travelling with uniform speed crosses a platform of length 800meters in 20 seconds and a
tunnel of length 1.1 kilometre in 25 seconds. What is the length of the train?
(A) 400m (B) 300m (C) 500m (D) 350m
7. A train running at a uniform speed crosses two men coming from the opposite direction at
18kmph & 36km/hr in 16 sec & 12 sec respectively. What is the speed of the train?
(A) 16km/hr (B) 12km/hr (C) 28km/hr (D) 36km/hr
8. Two trains 250m & 150m long respectively are running on parallel lines. If they are moving in the
same direction the faster train crosses the slower train in 40 seconds. If they are moving in opposite
direction they pass each other in eight seconds. What is the speed of the faster train?
(A) 120 kmph (B)108 kmph (C) 130 kmph (D)None of these
9. A person can row 12km downstream in 12 minutes and return in another 18 minutes. What is the
speed of the stream?
(A) 60km/hr (B) 40km/hr (C) 20km/hr (D) 10km/hr
10. The speed of a boat in still water is 15km/hr
and the rate of current is 13km/hr. Find the distance travelled downstream in 15 minutes.
(A) 7km (B) 10km (C) 13km (D) 15km
11. A man can row 6km/hr in still water. If the river is running at 2km/hr, it takes him 3hrs to
row to a place and back. How far is the place?
(A) 8km/hr (B) 10km/hr (C) 12km/hr (D) 20km/hr
12. A person can row at 18km/hr in still water. If the speed of the stream is 6km/hr, then how long
will the man take to row up to a distance of 6km and return to the starting point?
(A) 30 min (B) 45 min (C) 15 min (D) 20 min

UNIT-III
. Progressions
1, Find the 22nd term of the arithmetic progression whose first term is 20 and common difference is
1/3.
a.27 b.27 1/3 c.27 2/3 d.28
2.Which term of the arithmetic progression 2,6,10,……is 106 ?
a.25 b.26 c.27 d.28
3. Find the 12th term in the given series 3,8,13,18,23,………………..

a.58 b.60 c.62 d.68

4. Find the 12th term of the arithmetic progression whose 6th term is 26 and whose 9th term is 38.

a.40 b.50 c.60 d.70

5. Find the 10th term of the arithmetic progression whose 4th term is 7 and whose 17th term is 72.
a.32 b.37 c.42 d.47
6.The sixth term and the eleventh term of a arithmetic progression are 30 and 55 respectively. Find
the twenty-first term of the series.
a.88 1/3 b.105 c.110 d.92 ½
7. Find the number of terms of the arithmetic progressions 10, 13, 16, ……..127
a.30 b.35 c.40 d.45
8. . Find the number of terms of the arithmetic progressions 5,10,15,……..75
a.10 b.15 c.20 d.30
9. Find the number of terms and the sum of the terms of the arithmetic progressions 32,28,….4
a.8:144 b.7:126 c.14:252 d.15:270
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10. What is the 15 term of an arithmetic progression whose first term is equal to its common
difference and whose 3rd term is 9.

QUADRATIC EQUATIONS

1. Find maximum (or) minimum value for the expression 5  4x  4x 2

a) 5 b) 4 c) 6 d) none of these
2. The sum of all the roots of the real roots of the equation | x  2 | 2  | x  2 | 2  0 is
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) None
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3. Find maximum (or) minimum value for the expression -3x +2x+4
a) 13/3 b) 12/5 c) 13/6 d)23/6
4. The value of 6  6  6  .....
a) -2 b) 3 c) 2 d) -3
5. Construct a quadratic equation whose roots are (2,3) , (3,-5),(-2,-5), (2/3,4/5), (1/2, 3/4), (-2/3, 3/5)
ANS: X2-5X+6=0 , X2-2X-15=0, X2+7X+10=0,15 X2-22X+8=0,8 X2-10X+3=0, 15X2+X-6=0

6. Find if the roots of the equation (a + b − 2c) x2 + (a + c − 2b) x + (b + c − 2a) = 0 are real or complex, where
a, b, c ∈ R.
a.1 b.2 c.3 d.4
7. The sum of squares of two consecutive positive integers is 221. Find the integers.
a.8,9 b.9,10 c.8,10 d.10,11
8. One side of a rectangle exceeds its other side by 2 cm. If its area is 195 cm2, determine the sides of the
rectangle.
a.12cm,13cm b.13cm,14cm c.13cm,15cm d.13cm, 16cm
9. The hypotenuse of a right angled triangle is 25 cm. The difference between the lengths of the other two
sides of the triangle is 17 cm. Find the lengths of these sides.
a.6,25 b.7,24 c.8,25 d.9,36
10. Find k for which the equation (k − 12)x2 + 2(k − 12) x + 2 = 0 has equal roots.
a.12 b.13 c.14 d.15

MENSURATION
1. The area of a square park is 25 sq km. The time taken to complete a round the field once, at a speed of 3
km/hr

a.4h 60 min b. 4h 50 min c. 6h 40 min d. 5h 40 min

2. The perimeter of two squares are 24cm and 32cm. The perimeter of a third square equal in area to the
sum of the areas of these squares is
 a.45 b.40 c.32 d.48

3. A hall 25m long and 15m broad is surrounded by a verandah of uniform width of 3.5m. The cost of flooring
the verandah, at Rs.27.50 per m2 is

a.Rs.9149.50 b. Rs. 8146.50 c. Rs.9047.50 d. Rs.4186.50

4. The length of rectangle is increased by 60%. By what per cent would the breadth to be decreased to
maintain the same area?

a.37 1/ 2 b. 60 c.75 d.120

5. The base of a triangle is increased by 10%.To keep the area unchanged the height of the triangle is to be
decreased by

a. 9 1/11 b.111/9 c.11% d.9%

6. The ratio of sides of a triangle is 3:4:5 and area of a triangle is 72sq unit. Then, the area of equilateral
triangle whose perimeter is same as that of the previous triangle is

a.32 sq units b. 48 sq units c. 96sq units d. 60 sq units

7. Two sides of a plot measuring 32m and 24m and the angle between them is a perfect right angle. The
other two sides measure 25m each and the other three angles are not right angles. The area of the plot(in
m2) is

a.768 b.534 c.696.5 d.684

8. The perimeter of a rhombus is 100cm. If one of its diagonals is 14cm, then the area of the rhombus is

a.144cm2 b. 225cm2 c. 336cm2 d. 400cm2

9. The external fencing of a circular path around a circular plot of land 33m more than its interior fencing.
The width of the path around the plot is

a.5.52m b.5.25m c.2.55m d.2.25m

10. A bicycle wheel makes 5000 revolutions in moving 11km. The diameter of the wheel, (in cm) is

a.35 b.55 c.65 d.70

Permutation and Combination:

1. There are 4 white, 5 red and 3 blue marbles in a bag. All the marbles are drawn one by one and
arranged in a row. Find the total number of ways of arrangements?
a. 27720 b. 27740 c. 27760 d. 27780
2. In how many different ways can the letters of the word “PROMISE” be arranged so that no two
vowels should come together?
a. 49 b. 1440 c. 7 d. 1898
3.In how many different ways can the letters of the word “EXAMINATION” be arranged so that
vowels always occupy odd places?
a. 72000 b. 86400 c. 10800 d. 64000
4.The letters of the word “RANDOM” are arranged in all possible ways. The number of
arrangements in which there are 2 letters between R and D is
 a.36 b.48 c. 144 d. 72
5. The letters of the word “ARTICLE” are taken four at a time and arranged in all possible
number of arrangements containing ‘A’ is
a.60 b.120 c.240 d.480
6. What is the number of six-digits telephone numbers in a city if at least one of their digits
is repeated and zero cannot initiate the number?
a. 763920 b. 453621 c. 145698 d. 781243
7. The number of 3-digit numbers exactly divisible by 5 in both the situations?
a. 181, 135 b. 180, 136 c. 179, 134 d. 199, 132
8. What is the sum of all 5 digit numbers that can be formed with the help of digits
1,2,3,4,5?
a. 3999950 b. 3999940 c. 3999970 d. 3999960
9. A dictionary is being made of the total number of words formed from the letters of the
word “FATHER”. At what position the word “FATHER” will come in that?
a.261 b. 250 c.309 d.400
10. All the letters of the word ‘AGAIN’ are permuted in all possible ways and the words so formed
are written as in dictionary then the 50th word in the list is
a. NAAGI b. NAAIG c. IAANG d. INAGA

Probability
1. If 6 coins are tossed. The probability of getting at least one tail?
a. 71/72 b.53/54 c.63/64 d.1/12
2. The probability that a leap year contains 53mondays & 53 Tuesdays is
a.1 / 7 b.2/7 c.3/7 d.5/7
3. Four different objects 1,2,3,4 are distributed at random in 4 places marked 1,2,3,4. The probability
that none of the objects occupy the laces corresponding to its number
a. 17/24 b.3/8 c.1/2 d.5/8
4. Two dice are tossed. The probability that the total score is a prime number?
a. 1/6 b. 5/12 c.1/2 d. 7/9
5. Three students try to solve a problem independently with a probability of solving it as 1/3, 2/5,
5/12 respectively The probability that the problem being solved is?
a. 1/18 b. 12/30 c. 23/ 30 d. 1/2
6. A and B play a game where each is asked to select a number from 1 to 16. If the two numbers
match, both of them win a prize. The probability that they will not win a prize?
a.15 / 16 b.1 2 / 17 c. 1 4/15 d. 12 / 13
7. The probabilities that three men hit a target are 1 / 6, 1 / 4, 1 / 3 respectively. If only one hits the
target, what is the probability that it was the first man?
a.11 / 57 b.21 / 57 c.12 / 67 d. 2 / 9
8. A box contains 5 brown and 4 white socks. A man takes out two socks. The probability that they
are of the same color is
a. 1 / 6 b. 5 / 108 c. 5 / 18 d. 4 / 9
9. A speaks truth in 75 % cases and B in 80% cases. In what % of cases are they likely to contradict
with each other in narrating the same incident?
a. 5 b. 15 c. 35 d.45
10. The probability that A hitting the target is 2 / 3 and the probability of B hitting the target is
1/3. The probability that both hit the target is:
a. 2 / 9 b. 1 / 9 c. 1 / 3 d. 2 /3
Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency:

I. TABLES
Directions (Qs. 1-5) study the following table and answer the questions given below it.

Production of sugar by six major production units of India in Million Tonnes

PRODUCTION UNITS
Month A B C D E F 3. In the case of Unit E, in which of the
April 310 180 169 137 140 120 following pairs of months the production of
May 318 179 177 162 140 122 sugar was equal?
June 320 160 188 173 135 130
July 326 167 187 180 146 130
a. April & June b. June & July
August 327 150 185 178 145 128
c. July & August d. April & May

1. In which month the unit B has a 4. In the month of June, how many units have
contribution of approximately 15% in the total a share of more than 25% of the total
sugar production? production of sugar?

a. August b. June a. one b. Three

c. July d. April c. Two d. Four

2. Which of the following units shows 5. What was approximate percentage decrease
continuous increase in production of sugar in sugar production of unit B in June as
over months? compared to April?

a. 8% b. 1 0 %
c. 15% d. 1 8 %
a. A b. B

c. C d. D

Directions (Qs. 6-10) Study the following table and answer the questions based on it.
Expenditures of a Company (in Lakh Rupees) per Annum Over the given Years
 6. What is the average amount of interest per
year which the company had to pay during this
period?

a. Rs. 32.43 lakhs b. Rs.33.72 lakhs

c. Rs. 34.18 lakhs d. Rs. 36.66 lakhs

7. The total amount of bonus paid by the company during the given period is approximately what
percent of the total amount of salary paid during this period?

a.0.1% b.0.5% c.1.0% d.1.5%

8. Total expenditure on all these items in 1998 was approximately what percent of the total
expenditure in 2002?

a.62% b.66% c.69% d.71%

9. The total expenditure of the company over these items during the year 2000 is?
a.Rs. 544.44 lakhs b.Rs. 501.11 lakhs c.Rs. 446.46 lakhs d.Rs. 478.87 lakhs

10. The ratio between the total expenditure on Taxes for all the years and the total expenditure on
Fuel and Transport for all the years respectively is approximately?
a.4:7 b.10:13 c.15:18 d.5:8

DATA SUFFICIENCY

Directions(1-15): Each of the questions below consists of a statement or a question and two statements
numbered I & II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient
to answer the question. Read both the statements and

Give answer (a) if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in the
statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question;
Give answer (b) if the data in statement I I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in the
statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question;

Give answer (c) if the data in either statement I or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the
question;

Give answer (d) if the data in neither statement I nor in statement II are not sufficient to answer the
question; and

Give answer (e) if the data in both statement s I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

1.What is the two-digit Number?

I. The difference between the two digits is 9.

II. The sum of the digits is equal to the difference between two digits.

2.What is the Number ?

I. The sum of the two digits is 8 . The ratio of the two digits is 1:3.

II. The product of two digits of a number is 12. The quotient of two digits is 3.

3.What is Sonia’ s present age?

I. Sonia’s present age is five times Deepak’s present age.

II. Five years ago her age was twenty-five times Deepak’s age at that time.

4.Average age of employees working in a department is 30 years. In the next year, ten workers will retire.
What will be the average in the next year ?

I. Retirement age is 60 years.

II. There are 50 employees in the department.

5. What was the cost price of the suitcase purchased by Richard ?

I. 20% profit would have been earned if it were sold for Rs.90.

II. The profit was one-third of the purchase price.

6. How much profit did Anand make by seeling a bed ?

I. He bought the bed with 40% discount on labeled price.

II. He sold it with 20% profit on the labeled price.

7. Rahul, Anurag, and Vivek started a business together, In what proportion would the annual profit be
distributed among tehm ?

I. Rahul got one-forth of the profit.

 II. Rahul and Vivek contributed 75% of the total investment.

8. B alone can complete a work in 12 days.How many days will A, B, C together take to complete the work?

I: A & B together can complete the work in 3 days.

II: B & C together can complete the work in 6 days.

9.Two taps A and B, when opened together, can fill a tank in 6 hours. How long will it take for the pipe A
alone to fill the tank ?

I. B alone takes 5 hours more than A to fill the tank.

II. The ratio of the time taken by A to that taken by B to fill the tank is 2:3.

10.Two cars pass each other in opposite direction. How long would they take to be 500 km apart ?
I. The sum of their speeds is 135 km/hr.
II. The difference of their speeds is 25 km/hr.

UNIT-IV

Deductions:

Select the alternative that logically follows the two given statements
1. All books are pages. 2. Some pens are pencils.
All pages are boxes. All pencils are costly
1. All boxes are books 1. No pens are costly
2. All books are boxes 2. Some pens are costly
3. No books are boxes 3. All pens are costly
4. Both (1) and (2) 4. None of the above

3. All pens are elephants. 4. No apple is an orange

Some elephants are cats. All bananas are oranges
1. Some pens are cats 1. All apples are bananas
2. No pens are cats 2. Some apples are bananas
3. All pens are cats 3. No apple is a banana
4. None of the above 4. None of the above

5. No train is a bus. 6. Some books are not forms

No bus is a truck. All books are made of paper
 1. No truck is a train 1. Some forms are made of paper
2. No train is a truck 2. Some forms are not made of paper
3. Both (1) and (2) 3. Both (1) and (2)
4. None of the above. 4. None of the above
7. Many fathers are brothers. 8. All lions are tigers
All brothers are priests. Some lions do not eat flesh
1. No father is a priest 1. Some lions eat flesh
2. Some fathers are not priests 2. Some tigers do not eat flesh
3. Many fathers are priests 3. Both (1) and (2)
4. Both (2) and (3) 4. None of the above
9. All VCR’s are VCP’s 10. No larks are sharks
Many VCR’s are smuggled All sharks are parks
1. Some VCR’s are not smuggled 1. No larks are parks
2. All VCP’s are smuggled 2. All larks are parks
3. Some VCP’s are smuggled 3. Some parks are not larks
4. None of the above 4. None of the above

Logical Connectives
Directions for questions (1 – 10): Each question has a main statement followed by four statements
labeled A,B,C,D. Choose the ordered pair of statements where the first statement implies the second,
and the two statements are logically consistent with the main statement.
1. Either the mouse is of Logitech make or it is of HP make.
(A) The mouse is of Logitech make
(B) The mouse is not of HP make
(C) The mouse is not of Logitech make
(D) The mouse is of HP make.
(1) AB (2)BA (3)DC (4)AD
2. I will buy either a Honda City or a Lancer.
(A) I have bought a Honda City.
(B) I have not bought a Lancer.
(C) I have bought a Lancer.
(D) I have not bought a Honda City.
(1) AB & CD (2) AC Alone (3) DC Alone (4) BA & DC
3. Either the pen is big or the pencil is small.
(A) The pen is big.
 (B) The pen is not big.
(C) The pen is small.
(D) The pencil is not small.
(1) AC (2) DB (3) BC (4) AD
4. If the leviathan is big, then the dinosaur is gentle.
(A) The leviathan is big.
(B) The leviathan is not big.
(C) The dinosaur is gentle.
(D) The dinosaur is not gentle.
(1) CA (2) BD (3) BC (4) DB
5. If the kangaroo walks, then the monkey jumps.
(A) The kangaroo did not walk.
(B) The monkey did not jump.
(C) The kangaroo walked.
(D) The monkey jumped.
(1) CA & DB (2) BC & BA (3) BA & CD (4) AB & DC

6. The island is beautiful, if the water is clear.

(A) The island is not beautiful.
(B) The water is clear.
(C) The island is beautiful.
(D) The water is not clear.
(1) CA (2) AD (3) CB (4) DA
7. Unless you catch the thief, the robberies will not stop.
(A) The thief has been caught.
(B) The robberies have stopped.
(C) The thief has not been caught.
(D) The robberies have not stopped.
(1) CD (2) AB (3) DC (4) DA
8. The minister is not re-elected, if the Chief Minister is not re-elected.
(A) The minister is re-elected.
(B) The minister is not re-elected.
(C) The Chief Minister is not re-elected.
(D) The Chief Minister is re-elected.
(1) CA (2) BD (3) BC (4) AD
 9. Unless the gangster is arrested, the hostages will be killed.
(A) The hostages will be killed.
(B) The gangster is arrested.
(C) The hostages will not be killed.
(D) The gangster is not arrested.
(1) AD (2) CD (3) CB (4) BA
10. If the Zebra is striped, then the tiger is not striped.
(A) The Zebra is not striped.
(B) The tiger is not striped.
(C) The Zebra is striped.
(D) The tiger is striped.
(1) CB & DA (2) BA & CD (3) Only CD (4) Only BA

Series completion:

1. Look carefully for the pattern, and then choose which pair of numbers comes next.
42 40 38 35 33 31 28
a. 25 22 b.26 23 c. 26 24. d. 25 23
2. Look at this series: 664, 332, 340, 170, ____, 89, what number should fill the blank?
a. 85 b. 97 c. 109 d. 178
3. Find the next number in the series 2,5,8,11,….
a.15 b. 12 c. 14 d. none of these
4. Find the next number in the series 29, 31, 37, 49, 69, ?
a.88 b.103 c.94 d.99 e.108
5. Find the next number in the series 26, 12, 11,15.5, 30, ?
a.78 b.72 c.74 d.82 e.68
6. Find the next number in the series 8 ,9.4, 12.2, 17.8, 29, ?
a.52.1 b.49.8 c.53.6 d.48.6 e.51.4
7. Find the next number in the series 13, 13, 20, 46, 109, ?
a.239 b.233 c.234 d.235 e.230
8. Find the next number in the series 4, 5, 14, 51, 220, ?
a.1224 b.1142 c.1033 d.1125 e.1230

9. BD, GI, LN,QS ?

1).WX 2).YW 3).VT 4).VX

10. CE, GI, KM, OQ, ?

1).SU 2).TW 3).TV 4).TR

11. HUA, GTZ, FSY, ERX, ?

1).DWQ 2).DQU 3).WQD 4).QWD

12. OTE, PUF, QVG, RWH, ?

1).SYJ 2).SXI 3).SXJ 4).TXI

13. EJOT, DHLP, CFIL, ?

 1).BDFH 2).DGKL 3).BHLM 4).DEIJ

14. A, CD, GHI, ?, UVWXY

1).LMNO 2).MNOP 3).MNO 4).NOPQ

15. DF, GJ, KM, NQ, RT, ?

1).UX 2).UW 3).XZ 4).YA

16. BS, DT, FU, ?

1).XZ 2).HV 3).YA 4).WC

Coding and Decoding:

1 .In a certain code language OPERATION is written as NODQBUJPO. How is INVISIBLE written in that
code?
a. JOWJTJCMF B.JOWJTHAKD C.HMUHTJCM F D.HMUHTHAKD

2 .In a certain code FAVOUR is written as EBUPTS. How is DANGER written in that co de?
a. CBFFDS b. CBMHDS c .EBFHDS d. EBHHFS

3. If SUMMER is coded as RUNNER the code for WINTER will be

a. SUITER b. VIOUER c. WALKER d. SUFFER

4. If in a certain languageMADRAS is coded as NBESBT, how is BOMBAY coded in that code ?

A. CPNCBX B. CPNCBZ C. CPOCBZ D. CQOCBZ E. None of these

5. In a certain code, TRIPPLE is written as SQHOOKD. How is DISPOSE written in that code ?
A. CHRONRD B. DSOESPI C. ESJTPTF D. ESOPSID E. None of these

6. If in a code language, COULD is written as BNTKC and MARGIN is written as LZQFHM, how will
MOULDING be written in that code ?
A. CHMFINTK B. LNKTCHMF C. LNTKCHMF D. NITKHCMF E. None of these

7 .In a certain code, MONKEY is written as XDJMNL. How is TIGER written in that code ?
A. QDFHS B. SDFHS C. SHFDQ D. UJHFS E. None of these

8.In a certain code, COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC. How is MEDICINE written in the same code ?
A. EOJDJEFM B. EOJDEJFM C. MFEJDJOE D. MFEDJJOE E. None of these

9.In a certain code the word PRODUCTIONS is written as QQPCVEUHPMT> How is ORIENTATION written
in that code?
a. PQJDOVBSJNO B.PQJDOUBUJPO C.PSJFOVBSJNO D. NSHFMVBSJNO E.NONE

10.In a certain code MIND becomes KGLB and ARGUE becomes YPESC then what will DIAGRAM be in that
code?
a. BGYEPYK B. BGYPYEK C.GLPEYKB D.LKBGYPK

Analytical Reasoning Puzzles:

Questions (1-5): These questions are based on the following data.

Nine persons A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H and I are seated in a row. The seats are arranged from 1 to 9 from left to right
as per the following restrictions.
C,F and I sit together.
E is to the immediate right of H.
B sits in the fourth seat from the left end and D sits in the third seat from the right end. E is not between B and
D.
1. If G sits to the immediate left of D, then who will sit in the center seat of the row?
(a)B (b)A (c)D (d)F

2. If F sits between C and I, then in how many ways altogether can all of them be seated in the row?
(a)2 (b)1 (c)3 (d)4
3. Which of the following is at one of the extreme ends of the row?
(a)C (b)F (c)A (d)E

4. If the positions of B and D are changed such that D takes B’s position and B sits at one of the extreme ends
of the row, then which of the following can be in seats 2,3 and 4, though not in the same order?
(a)C,F and I (b)A,G and D (c)B,D and H (d)G,D and H

5. If I sits at one of the extreme ends and F sits to the immediate left of B, then in how many ways can all be
seated, assuming that the other conditions remain the same?
(a)1 (b)2 (c)3 (d)4

Questions (6-10): These questions are based on the following data.

Seven men A, B, C, D, E, F and G have parked their cars in a row. The cars of E and F should be next to each
other. The cars of D and G should be parked next to each other. Whereas A and B cannot park their cars next
to each other. But B and D must park their cars next to each other and C’s car is parked to the immediate right
of G’s car.

6. If A’s car is not next to C’s car, then what is the position of A’s car from the right end of the row?
(a)1st (b)7th (c)5th (d)1st or 7th
7. If F does not park his car next to A’s, which is parked in the left extreme, then which of the following men
can park their cars between the cars of E and G?
(a)G, C and B (b)A, F and C (c)F, G and C (d)F, B and D
8. In how many ways can the seven cars be parked in a row?
(a)2 (b)8 (c)7 (d)5
9. If A parks his car to the immediate right of C’s, then which of the following cars can be parked the left
extreme end?
(a)Only E (b)Only F (c)Only E or F (d)E or F or B
10. If E parks his car to the left of F, then which of the following statements must be false?
(a)There are two cars between B’s and G’s (b)B and C’s cars are not parked together
(c)G’s car is the only car in between D’s and C’s (d)A’s car is at the left extreme end

Blood Relations:
1. Pointing to a photograph of a boy Suresh said, "He is the son of the only son of my mother." How is
Suresh related to that boy?
a. Brother b. uncle c. cousin d. father

2. If A + B means A is the mother of B; A - B means A is the brother B; A % B means A is the father of B and A
x B means A is the sister of B, which of the following shows that P is the maternal uncle of Q?
a. Q - N + M x P b. P + S x N – Q c. P - M + N x Qd. Q - S % P

3. If A is the brother of B; B is the sister of C; and C is the father of D, how D is related to A?

a. Brother b. sister c. nephew d. cannot be determined

4. If A + B means A is the brother of B; A - B means A is the sister of B and A x B means A is the father of B.
Which of the following means that C is the son of M?
a. M - N x C + F b. F - C + N x M c. N + M - F x C d. M x N - C + F

5. Introducing a boy, a girl said, "He is the son of the daughter of the father of my uncle." How is the boy
related to the girl?
a. Brother b. nephew c. uncle d. son-in-law

6. Pointing to a photograph says, "He is the son of the only son of my grandfather." How is the man in the
photograph related to Lata?
a. Brother b. uncle c. cousin d. inadequate data

7. If A + B means A is the brother of B; A x B means A is the son of B; and A % B means B is the daughter of
A then which of the following means M is the maternal uncle of N?
a. M + O x N b. M % O x N + P c. M + O % N d. none of these.
8. If D is the brother of B, how B is related to C? To answer this question which of the statements is/are
necessary?
i. The son of D is the grandson of C.

ii. B is the sister of D.

a.Only 1 b. Only 2 c. Either 1 or 2 d. 1 & 2 both

9. If A + B means A is the father of B; A - B means A is the brother B; A % B means A is the wife of B and A x
B means A is the mother of B, which of the following shows that M is the maternal grandmother of T?
a. M x N % S + T b. M x N - S % T c. M x S - N % T d. M x N x S % T

10. Pointing to a photograph. Bajpai said, "He is the son of the only daughter of the father of my brother." How
Bajpai is related to the man in the photograph?
a. Nephew b. brother c. father d. Maternal Uncle

UNIT-V
Direction sense test:
1. A child went 90 m in the East to look for his father, then he turned right and went 20 m. After this he turned
right and after going 30 m he reached to his uncle's house. His father was not there. From there he went 100
m to his north and met his father. How far did he meet his father from the starting point?
(a)80m (b)100m (c)140m (d)260m

2. Four friends A, B, C and D live in a same locality. The house of B is in the east of A's house but in the north
of C's house. The house of C is in the west of D's house. D's house is in which direction of A's house?
(a)South-East (b)North-East (c)East (d)Data is Inadequate

3. Umesh directly went from P, to Q which is 9 feet distant. Then he turns to the right and walked 4 feet. After
this he turned to the right and walked a distance which is equal from P to Q. Finally he turned to the right and
walked 3 feet. How far is he now from P?
(a)6 feet (b)5 feet (c)1 feet (d)0 feet

4. Shyam walks 5 km towards East and then turns left and walks 6 km. Again he turns right and walks 9 km.
Finally he turns to his right and walks 6 km. How far is he from the starting point?
(a)26 km (b)21 km (c)14 km (d)9 km

5. Amit started walking positioning his back towards the sun. After some time, he turned left, then turned right
and towards the left again. In which direction is he going now?
(a)North or South (b)East or West (c)North or West (d)South or West

6. Rohit walked 25 m towards south. Then he turned to his left and walked 20 m. He then turned to his left and
walked 25 m. He again turned to his right and walked 15 m. At what distance is he from the starting point and
in which direction?
(a) 35 m East (b) 35 m North (c) 30 m West (d) 45 m East

7.Rahul put his timepiece on the table in such a way that at 6 P.M. hour hand points to North. In which
direction the minute hand will point at 9.15 P.M. ?
a.South-east b. South c. North d. West

8. Rasik walked 20 m towards north. Then he turned right and walks 30 m. Then he turns right and walks 35
m. Then he turns left and walks 15 m. Finally he turns left and walks 15 m. In which direction and how many
metres is he from the starting position?
a.15 m west b. 30 m east c. 30 m west d. 45 m east

9. Two cars start from the opposite places of a main road, 150 km apart. First car runs for 25 km and takes a
right turn and then runs 15 km. It then turns left and then runs for another 25 km and then takes the direction
back to reach the main road. In the mean time, due to minor break down the other car has run only 35 km
along the main road. What would be the distance between two cars at this point?
 a.65 km b. 75 km c. 80 km d. 85 km

10. Starting from the point X, Jayant walked 15 m towards west. He turned left and walked 20 m. He then
turned left and walked 15 m. After this he turned to his right and walked 12 m. How far and in which directions
is now Jayant from X?
a.32 m south b. 47 m east c. 42 m north d. 27 m south

Clocks:
1. How many degrees does an hour hand move in 10 minutes?
(1)10 (2) 20 (3) 15 (4) 5

2. How many degrees will the minute hand move in the same time, in which the hour-hand move 10 O?
(1) 40 (2)80 (3) 120 (4) 160

3. If the time in a clock is 7 hours 15 minutes, then what time does it show on the mirror?
(1) 4 hr 50min (2) 4hr 40min (3) 4hr 35 min (4) 4hr 45 min

4. At what angle are the hands of a clock inclined at 4 hours 20 minutes?

(1) 5O (2) 10O (3) 20O (4) 25O

5. At what angle are the hands of a clock inclined at 20 minutes past 7?

(1) 80 (2) 90 (3) 100 (4) 120

6. A clock strikes once at 1 o’clock twice at 2 o’clock thrice at 3 o’clock and so on. If it takes 12 Sec to
strike at 4 o’clock how much time will it take to strike at 8 o’clock
(1) 24 Sec (2) 30Sec (3) 32 Sec (4) 28Sec

7. At what time between 6 and 7 o’clock are the hands of a clock together?
(1) 6hours 32 8/11min (2) 6 hours 33 6/11 (3) 6 hours 34 5/11 (4) 6 hours 29 7/11

8. The angle between the two hands of a clock is 70 O, when the hour hand is between 7 and 8
what time does the watch show?
(1) 7 hours 50 10/11min (2) 7 hours 30 10/11 (3) 7 hours 42 8/11 (4) Both 1 and 2
Calendars:
1. Which among the following years is a leap year?
(1)2600 (2) 2700 (3) 2800 (4) 3000

2. How many odd days are there in 328 days ?

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

3. How many odd days are there in 355 days ?

(1)5 (2)0 (3)6 (4)3

4.If today is Monday ,what day will it be 350th from today?

(1)Sunday (2)Wednesday (3)Tuesday (4)Monday

5.If today is Tuesday, what day will it be after 1 year and 150 days from today?
(1)Monday (2)Wednesday (3)Friday (4)cannot be determined

6. What day of the week was 18th July 1978?

(1)Sunday (2) Monday (3) Tuesday (4) Friday

7. What day of the week would be 26th March 2023?

(1) Sunday (2) Monday (3) Tuesday (4) Friday

8.on what day of the week did India celebrate its first Republic Day, i.e,26 th January,1950?
(1)Sunday (2)Tuesday (3)Thursday (4)None of these

9. If 10th August 1991 was a Saturday,then what day of the week will this day be after 3 years?
(1)Wednesday (2)Thursday (3)Friday (4)None of these
10. If August 15th 2003 is on Friday, then on which day of the week would the independence day
be celebrated in the year 2103?
(1) Tuesday (2)Wednesday (3) Friday (4) Sunday
Cubes and Dices:
1. 125 small but identical cubes have been put together to form a large cube. How many more such
small cubes will be required to cover this large cube completely.
a. 208 b. 212 c. 218 d. 224

2. What is the maximum number of identical pieces a cube can be cut into by 3 cuts.
a. 9 b. 8 c. 7 d. 6

3. What is the maximum number of identical pieces a cube can be cut into by 14 cuts.
a. 10 b. 12 c. 16 d. 5

4. A cube is cut parallel to one face by making 10 cuts such that all the resulting pieces are identical.
What is the maximum number of identical pieces that can be obtained now by making 2 more cuts in
any direction.
a. 33 b. 40 c. 55 d. 44

5. What is the maximum number of identical pieces a cube can be cut into by 13 cuts.
a. 120 b. 140 c. 180 d. 150

Questions (6 – 10)
125 small but identical cubes have been put together to form a large cube. This larger cube is now painted in
all 6 faces.

6. How many of this smaller cubes have no faces painted at all.

a. 27 b. 64 c. 8 d. 36
7. How many of the smaller cubes have exactly one face painted.
a. 49 b. 54 c. 64 d. 72
8. How many of the smaller cubes have exactly two faces painted.
a. 25 b. 16 c. 24 d. 36
9. How many of the smaller cubes have exactly three faces painted.
a. 4 b. 8 c. 9 d. 27
10. What is the least number of cuts required to cut a cube into 24 identical pieces.
a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8
11. Observe the dots on a dice (one to six dots) in the following figures. How many dots are contained on
the face opposite to that containing four dots?

a.2 b.3 c.6 d.Cannot be determined

12. Three different positions of a dice are shown below. How many dots lie opposite 2 dots?

a.1 b.3 c.5 d.6

13. The six faces of a dice have been marked with alphabets A, B, C, D, E and F respectively. This dice is
rolled down three times. The three positions are shown as:
 a.C b.D c.E d.F

14. Three positions of a dice are given. Based on them find out which number is found opposite the
number 2 in the given cube.

a.6 b.5 c.3 d.1

15. A dice is numbered from 1 to 6 in different ways.

If 1 is adjacent to 2, 3 and 5, then which of the following statements is necessarily true?

a.4 is adjacent to 6 b. 2 is adjacent to 5 c. 1 is adjacent to 6 d. 1 is adjacent to 4

16. If the total number of dots on opposite faces of a cubical block is always 7, find the figure which is
correct.

a.Fig(1) b.Fig(2) c.Fig(3) d.Fig(4)

Venn diagrams:
Questions (1 – 3)
In a class of 150 students 55 speak English, 85 speak Telugu and 30 speak neither English nor
Telugu.

1. How many speak both English & Telugu.

a. 10 b. 120 c. 20 d. 45
2. How many speak only Telugu.
a. 85 b. 55 c. 95 d. 65
3. How many speak at least one of the two languages from English & Telugu.
a. 110 b. 120 c. 130 d. 100

Questions (4 – 7)
In a class there are 70 students. For every 3 students playing cricket, there are 4 students playing
hockey. For every 6 students playing cricket, there are 2 students playing both cricket & hockey and 2
students playing none.

4. How many students play only hockey.

a. 38 b. 30 c. 24 d. 12
5. How many students play both.
a. 10 b. 15 c. 18 d. 12
6. If the students who play both cricket & hockey stop playing cricket, then what percentage of the
total number of students play cricket.
a. 50% b. 57 1/7% c. 66 2/3% d.28 4/7 %
7. If 50% of those playing only hockey stop playing hockey and start playing cricket, what is the ratio
of the number of students playing hockey to those playing cricket.
a. 3:4 b. 2:5 c. 5:6 d. 5:9

Questions (8 – 11)
In a survey of 150 readers, it has been found that 75 read newspaper A, 90 read newspaper B and 70
read newspaper C. 40 read A & B, 35 read B & C, 30 read A & C and 10 read all the three.

8. How many respondents read none of the newspapers.

a. 30 b. 20 c. 10 d. 40
9. How many read exactly two newspapers.
a. 75 b. 105 c. 95 d. 85
10. How many read exactly one newspaper.
a. 35 b. 55 c. 235 d. 120
11. How many read neither A nor B.
a. 45 b. 70 c. 110 d. 25
12. Number, Ranking and Time sequence test:
1. In a row of trees, one tree is fifth from either end of the row. How many trees are there in
the row ?
(a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 11
2. In a queue, Amrita is 10th from the front while Mukul is 25th from behind and
Mamta is just in the middle of the two. If there be 50 persons in the queue,
what position does Mamta occupy from the front ?
a) 20th (b) 19th (c) 18th (d) 17th
3. Raman ranks sixteenth from the top and forty ninth from the bottom in a class.
How many students are there in the class ?
a) 64 (b) 65 (c) 66 (d) Cannot be determined (e) None of these
4. Saiyeev ranks seventh from the top and twenty eighth from the bottom in a
class. How many students are there in the class ? (Railways, 1998)
(a) 37 (b) 36 (c) 35 (d) 34
5. If Atul finds that he is twelfth from the right in a line of boys and fourth from
the left, how many boys should be added to the line such that there are 28 boys
in the line ?
(a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 14 d) 20 e) None of these
6. Manisha ranked sixteenth from the top and twenty ninth from the bottom among
those who passed an examination. Six boys did not participate in the competition
and five failed in it. How many boys were there in the class ?
(a) 40 (b) 44 (c) 50 d)-55 (e) 58

7. Some boys are sitting in a row. P is sitting fourteenth from the left and Q is
seventh from the right. If there are four boys between P and Q, how many boys
are there in the row ?
a) 25 (b) 23 (c) 21 d) 19 e) None of these