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QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE PRACTICE QUESTIONS

NUMBER SYSTEM

1. A number is to be multiplied by the fraction 4/5. But Alok, by mistake multiplied it by 5/4 and obtained the
number 81 more than the correct one. What was the original number ?

a) 200 b) 120 c) 180 d) 240

2. One third of a two digit number exceeds its one fourth by 7. What is the sum of digits of the number?

a) 72 b) 84 c) 15 d) 12

3. 3 CDs and 2 Pen drives cost Rs. 790. 2 CDs and 3 Pen drives cost Rs.1110. What is the cost of one
pen Drive?
a) 30 b) 350 c) 25 d) 300
4. Recycling 900 kg of paper saves 17 trees. How many trees are saved when 1200 kg of paper are recycled?
a)19 b)25 c)20 d)22

5. if 8 25 divided by 7, then what is reminder?

a)25 b)1 c)0 d)2

6. The number 642 is added to a 3-digit number 7x2 to give a 4 digit 13y4 which is exactly divisible by 11.
Find the value X × Y.
a)12 b)25 c)20 d)22

7. What is the remainder when 235 is divided by 5?

a) 3 b)1 c)0 d)2

8. If 764xy is divisible by 90 , then what will be the value of x+y ?

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

9. In a company 3/5 of people know shorthand 1/4th know typing and 1/5 know both. What fraction of people
do not know both?
a) 1/2 b) ¾ c) ¼ d) 7/20

10. In a farm 50 hens lays 200 eggs in 2 days, how many days that 20 hens to lay 400 eggs?
a) 20 b) 10 c) 40 d) 30

11. Ram is five year elder to his youngest sibling shreya. Shreya is two years younger than her brother Ritesh.
Ritesh is 13 years old and is Ram’s brother. How old will Ram be in two year from now ?
a) 19 b) 16 c) 18 d) 20
12. A two-digit number is such that the product of the digits is 8. When 18 is added to the number, then the
digits are reversed. The number is:
a) 18 b) 24 c) 42 d) 81

13. A and B are 3 years 2 years old respectively. Their father is 40 years old. After how many years, father age
would be the twice of combined age of A and B?
a) 18 b) 14 c) 10 d) 12

14. A man ate 100 bananas in five days, each day eating 6 more than the previous day. How many bananas did
he eat on the first day?
a) 18 b) 24 c) 42 d) 8

15. If 3/p = 6 and 3/q = 15 then p - q = ?

a) 1/3 b) 2/5 c) 3/10 d) 5/6

16. If x(a) = a2+2a-1, then x(8)-x(5) =

a) 43 b) 45 c) 38 d) 3

17. If one-third of one-fourth of a number is 15, then three-tenth of that number is:
a) 35 b)36 c) 45 d) 54

18. A number of cats got together and decided to kill between them 999919 mice. Every cat killed an equal
number of mice. Each cat killed more mice than there were cats. How many cats do you think there were?
a) 911 b)1001 c) 1009 d) 991

19. Silu and Meenu were walking on the road. Silu said, "I weigh 51 Kgs. How much do you weigh?"Meenu
replied that she wouldn't reveal her weight directly as she is overweight.
But she said, "I weigh 29 Kgs plus half of my weight."How much does Meenu weigh?
a) 58kg b)36kg c) 45kg d) 55kg

20. A number consists of 3 digits whose sum is 10. The middle digit is equal to the sum of the other two and the
number will be increased by 99 if its digits are reversed. The number is:
a) 145 b) 253 c) 370 c) 352
21. A box contains 90 nuts each of 100 gms and 100 bolts each of 150 gms. If the entire box weighs 35.5
kg., then the weight of the empty box is :
a) 10 kg b) 10.5 kg c) 11 kg d) 11.5 kg

22. The sum of 3 single digit numbers is 15 less than their product. If we subtract 2 from first given number then
sum of these numbers will become 7 more than their product. The product of given 3 numbers will be?
a) 24 b) 18 c) 15 d) 18

23. The product of two numbers is 9375 and the quotient, when the larger one is divided by the smaller, is 15.
The sum of the numbers is:
a) 380 b) 395 c) 400 d)425
24. If 2x+y = 11, 2y+z = 12 and z+2x = 8, find the value of 2x + 3y +4z.
a) 29 b) 33 c) 25 d) 39

25. Two girls go for shopping. In the first shop they spend half of what they had in their purse and Rs 2 more. In
the next shop, they spend half of remaining and Rs 5. In the next shop, they spent the remaining Rs 5 on
coffee. How much did they start with?
a) Rs 40 b) Rs 32 c) Rs 44 d) Rs 42

26. If a person having Rs 1000 and he want to distribute this to his five children in the manner that each son
having Rs 20 more than the younger one , what will be the share of youngest child?
a) Rs1 40 b) Rs 180 c) Rs 150 d) Rs 160

27. Find the last digit of the product 758 657 × 9 765.
a) 2 b) 7 c) 3 d) 9
28. Find the last digit of the expression :
127 881 + 33 567 × 34 123.
a) 3 b) 5 c) 2 d) 6
29. How many zeros are there at the end of 120! ?
a) 2 b) 4 c)6 d) 28

30. What is the highest power of 8 that can divide 70! ?

a) 2 b) 22 c)6 d) 28

ANSWER KEY (NUMBER SYSTEM)

1 c 2 d 3 b 4 d 5 b
6 a 7 a 8 a 9 b 10 b
11 c 12 b 13 c 14 d 15 c
16 c 17 d 18 d 19 a 20 b
21 d 22 a 23 c 24 a 25 c
26 d 27 a 28 b 29 d 30 b
 HCF & LCM
1. The product of two numbers is 2028 and their H.C.F. is 13. Find the sum of the digits of LCM of the
numbers.
a)156 b)12 c)165 d)13

2. The greatest number which on dividing 1657 and 2037 leaves remainders 6 and 5 respectively, is:
a) 123 b) 127 c) 235 d)305

3. What is the smallest number, which when divided by 7, 18, 56 and 36 leaves a remainder 0?
a) 390 b) 392 c) 504 d) 1008

4. Find the greatest Number when that divides 37 and 60 leaves same remainder in each case.
a) 23 b) 1 c) 3 d) None

5. Find the greatest number of 3 digits that when divides 2400, 3400 and 6400 will leave same remainder
a) 400 b) 100 c) 500 d) None

6. Six bells commence tolling together and toll at intervals 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 seconds respectively. In 30
minutes, how many times they toll together?
a) 16 b) 30 c) 31 d) 15

7. Find the least number that should be added to 2497 so that the sum is exactly divisible by 3,4, 5 and 6.
a) 3 b) 13 c) 23 d) 33

8. Find the least number that when divided by 12, 15 and 18 leaves remainder 5, 8 and 11 respectively.
a) 187 b) 183 c) 180 d) 173

9. The H.C.F. of two numbers is 12 and their difference is 12. Which of the following can be the numbers?

a) 66, 772 b)70, 843. c) 94, 1084 d) 84, 96

10. 3 different pieces of iron are of varying length are given to a student which are 44cm, 22 cm,55 cm

respectively. He has to form rods of maximum length such that no iron waste is left.Find the maximum length

of such rod.

a) 28 cm b) 11 cm c) 42 cm d) 63 cm

ANSWER KEY (HCF & LCM)

1 b 2 b 3 a 4 a 5 c
6 a 7 c 8 d 9 d 10 b
 PERCENTAGE

1. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 200% and the denominator is increased by 250% the resultant
fraction is 3/14. What is the original fraction?
a) 1/2 b) ¾ c) ¼ d) 1/8

2. Three-fourth of a number is equal to 60% of another number and the difference between the two numbers
is 20. What is the sum of the two numbers?
a) 220 b) 180 c) 170 d) 320

3. In a election between two candidate 10% of votes were invalid winner got 70% of valid votes and was
elected by a majority of 900 votes. Find the total number of votes?
a)2500 b)3000 c)2750 d) 2000

4. The price of petrol is increased by 10%. By how much percent the consumption be reduced so that the
expenditure remains the same?
a)11.11% b) 9.09% c) 10% d) 8.33%

5. Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. There is a proposal to
increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively. What will be the ratio of increased seats?
a) 2 : 3 : 4 b) 6 : 7 : 8 c) 6 : 8 : 9 d)None of these

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6. In a college, 12% of the total students are interested in sports, and of the total students are interested in
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dancing. 10% of the total students are interested in singing and the remaining 15 students are not interested
in any activity. How many students are there in the college?

a)450 b)500 c)600 d)None of these

7. The present population of a town is 10000 and was 8000 two years ago. If it grows at the same rate, what
will be the population 2 years hence?

a)12000 b)12500 c)12750 d)12755

8. 72% of 390 +28% of 165 = ? + 13

a)320 b)327 c)331 d)314

9. The population of a town is 126800. It increases by 15% in the first year and decreases by 20% in the second
year. What is the population of the town at the end of 2 yr?
a)174984 b)135996 c)116656 d)145820

10. The price of rice is reduced by 5%. How many kilograms of rice can now be bought for the money, which was
sufficient to buy 50 kg of rice earlier?
a)52.63 kg b)50.40 kg c)42.30 kg d)60.50 kg
11. The arithmetic mean of the scores of a group of students in a test was 52. The brightest 20% of them
secured a mean score of 80 and the dullest 25%, a mean score of 31. The mean score of remaining 55% is
a)54.6% b)45% c)50% d)51.4%

12. If sales tax is reduced from 5% to 4%, then what difference it will make if you purchase an item of Rs. 1000?
a) 10 b) 20 c) 30 d) 40

13. If 15% of 40 is greater than 25% of a number by 2, the number is

a) 15 b) 16 c) 20 d) 21

14. Three candidates contested an election and received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What
percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate got
a) 60% b) 65% c) 57% d) 58%
15. . A batsman scored 120 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of his total score did he
make by running between the wickets.
a) 10% b) 50% c) 20% d) 10%

16. A reduction of 20% in the price of sugar enable a purchase to obtain 2 kg more for Rs 160. Find the original
price per kg of sugar.
a)Rs 12 b)Rs 15 c)Rs 16 d)Rs 18

ANSWER KEY (PERCENTAGE)

1 c 2 b 3 a 4 b 5 a
6 b 7 b 8 d 9 c 10 a
11 d 12 A 13 B 14 c 15 b
16 c
 PROFIT & LOSS

1. If the marked price of 30 articles is equal to selling price of 40 articles, then find the % discount?
a)25% b)33.33% c)75% d) 20%

2. A person sells one house for Rs 75 lakhs, making profits of 25%. He sells another house at a loss of 20%, and
on the whole he makes neither profit nor loss. What is the cost of the second house?
a) 50 lakhs b) 41 lakhs c) 75 lakhs d) 60 lakhs

3. A man bought a mobile and a laptop for Rs. 78000. He sold the mobile at a gain of 25% and the laptop at
a loss of 15%, thereby gaining 5% on the whole. Find the cost price of mobile.
a) Rs. 39000 b) Rs. 34000 c) Rs. 30000 d) Rs. 38000 e) Rs. 32000
4. One shopkeeper bought 400 meter cloth at Rs 40,000. and sell at 200 Rs per one and half meter cloth.
What is the gain or loss percent?
a)25% b)33.33% c)75% d) 20%

5. A LG shop offers a 10% discount on a microwave, whose marked price is Rs 8000, and also gives a Stand
worth Rs.1200 as a gift with it. Even then, the showroom earns a profit of 20%. The cost price per microwave
is :
a) Rs 7200 b) Rs. 6,000 c) Rs 5,000 d) Rs. 4,000

6. The printed price on a book is Rs 400, a bookseller offers a 10% discount on it. If he still earns a profit of
20%, then the cost price of the book is :
a) Rs 280 b) Rs 352 c) Rs360 d) Rs 300

7. Satish bought 10 cycles for Rs. 1,750 each. He sold 4 cycles for Rs 8,400, 3 for Rs 1900 each . At what price
should he sell the remaining cycles so as to earn an average profit of Rs 320 per cycle?
a) Rs 1,900 b) Rs 2,000 c) Rs. 1,800 d) Rs 2,050 e) Rs 2,200
8. If a man reduces the selling price of a fan from Rs 400 to Rs 380 and his loss increases by 20% .What is the
cost price of the fan?
a) Rs 480 b) Rs 352 c) Rs360 d) Rs 500
9. A man purchased a watch for Rs. 400 and sold it at a gain of 20% of the selling price. The selling price of the
watch is:
a) Rs 450 b) Rs 500 c) Rs. 420 d) Rs 450

10. If the cost price of 20 articles is equal to the selling price of 15 articles, find the profit percent.
a)33 % b)33 % c)33 % d)33 %

ANSWER KEY (PROFIT & LOSS)

1 a 2 b 3 a 4 b 5 c
6 d 7 e 8 d 9 b 10 b
 SIMPLE INTEREST & COMPOUND INTEREST

1. The amount on Rs A for A months at A % p.a.is:

a) A ( ) b) A ( ) c) A ( ) d)A ( )

2. If a sum of money doubles itself in 9 years at simple interest, then it will become 4 times itself in how many
years?
a) 18 yrs b) 27 yrs c) 36 yrs d) 45 yrs

3. A sum of money triples itself at compound interest in 3 years. In 9 years it will be

a)6 times the principal
b)12 times the principal
c)18 times the principal
d)27 times the principal

4. A sum amounts to Rs 2916 in 2 yr and Rs 3149.28 in 3 yr at compound interest. The sum is

a)Rs 1500 b)Rs 2500 c)Rs 2000 d)Rs 3000

5. A sum amounts to Rs 2916 in 2 yr and Rs 3149.28 in 3 yr at compound interest. The sum is

a)Rs 1500 b)Rs 2500 c)Rs 2000 d)Rs 3000

6. The simple interest on a certain sum of money for 2 ½ yr at 12% per annum is Rs 20 less than the simple
interest on the same sum for 3 ½ yr at 10% per annum. Find the sum.
a)Rs 800 b)Rs 750 c)Rs 625 d)Rs 400

7. The simple interest on a certain sum in 2 years is Rs 600 and the compound interest is Rs 630. Find the rate
of interest per annum.
a) 5% b) 10% c) 4% d) 20%
8. In how many years a sum of Rs 6250 will amount to Rs 7290 at 8 % p.a. compound interest?
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 2

9. Find the least number of integral years in which a sum of money invested at 20 % p.a. compound interest
will become more than double itself.
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6
10. The difference between simple interest and compound interest in 2 years at 5% On a certain sum is Re 1.
Find the sum?
a) Rs 250 b) Rs 300 c) Rs 375 d) Rs 400

ANSWER KEY (SI & CI)

1 c 2 b 3 d 4 b 5 b
6 d 7 b 8 d 9 b 10 d
 SURDS & INDICES
1. Find the value of X if (a/b) x-1 = (b/a) x - 3
a) 2 b) 1 c) 4 d) 0
2. What is the value of x, if ( = 36 ?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 0

3. What is the value of x, if

a) 2 b) 3 c) 5 d) 6

4. What is the value of x, if 3 (3x+1) = 81 ?

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

5. If 2 –x = 3 –y = 6 z , then what is the value of (1/x + 1/y + 1/z) ?

a) 1 b) - 1 c) 2 d) 0

6. What is the value of x, if 2 x+4 – 2 x+2 = 3 ?

a) -2 b) 2 c) 4 d) -4

7. If x ½ + x -1/2 = 3, then find the value of x 2 + x -2 .

a) 48 b) 46 c) 47 d) 49

8. If 5a = 3125, then what is the value of 5(a - 3) ?

a)25 b) 125 c)625 d) 1625

9. If 3(x - y) = 27 and 3(x + y) = 243, then what is the value of x?

a) 0 b) 2 c) 4 d) 6

10. (0.04)-1.5 =……?

a) 25 b)125 c)625 d)250

11. What is the value of ( 2

?
a) 4 b) 16 c) 32 d) 64

ANSWER KEY (Surds & Indices)

1 A 2 c 3 d 4 a 5 D
6 a 7 c 8 a 9 c 10 B
11 b
 LOGARITHM
1. The Value of log864 – log644096 is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 0 d) - 1

2. If log 5 6 = a, what is log5 (1/30)?

a) (a+1) b) (a-1) c) -(a+1) d) 1

3. What is the value of log512 8 ?

a) 1/3 b) 3 c) d) -1/3

4. Find x, if log 8 x + log 4 x = 5.

a) 64 b) 125 c) d) -16

5. If log 2 = 0.30103, then what is the number of digits in 250 ?

a) 15 b) 16 c) d) 18

6. What is the value of log16 64 + log8 16?

a) 5/6 b) 10/3 c) 17/6 d) 12

7. If log x + log y = log (x – y), then what is the value of y?

a) b. c.

8. If 5 log 27 y + 2log 9 (81y) = 20 then what is the value of y?

a) 1/7 b) 81 c) 243 d) 729

9. If log 2 = 0.30103, then what is the number of digits in log10 80 ?

a) 1.6020 b) 1.9030 c) 3.9030 d) 4.2210

10. What is the value of x, if log2 { log4 (log3 x)} = 0 ?

a) 81 b) 9 c) 64 d) 16

11. What is the value of x, if log 4 x = 5/2 ?

a) 4 b) 16 c) 64 d) 32

ANSWER KEY (LOGARITHM)

1 c 2 c 3 a 4 a 5 B
6 c 7 c 8 d 9 b 10 A
11 d
 CLOCKS & CALENDAR

1. A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes past 5, the hour hand has turned through:
a) 1450 b) 1500 c) 1550 d)1600

2. If 6th March, 2005 is Monday, what was the day of the week on 6th March, 2004?
a) Sunday b) Saturday c) Tuesday d) Wednesday

3. How many times do the hands of a clock coincide in 12hrs?

a) 3 b)11 c) 12 d) 6

4. The number of degrees that the hour hand of a clock moves through between noon and 2.30 in the
afternoon of the same day is
a) 720 b) 180 c) 75 d) 65 e) 60

5. Find the angle between the Hour hand and minute hand at 3.20.
a) 150 b) 200 c) 250 d)300

6. At what time between 2 and 3 O’ clock do the hand of a clock coincide?

a) 2.10 b) 2. 10 c) 2. 10 d) None of these

7. Which day was 15th August, 1947?

a) Sunday b) Monday c) Saturday d) Friday

ANSWER KEY (CLOCKS & CALENDAR)

1 c 2 a 3 a 4 c 5 B
6 c 7 d
 RATIO & PROPORTION
1.In a group of cows and hens, the numbers of legs are 14 more than twice the number of heads. The number
of cows is :

(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 10 (d) 12

2.A bag contains 1 rupee 2 rupees and 5 rupees coins in the ratio 4:8:5. The Total Amount was Rs.90. The
number of 5 rupee coin was
(a) 8 (b)16 (c)15 (c) 10

3.A truck covers a distance of 550 metres in 1 minute whereas a bus covers a distance of 33 kms in 45
minutes. The ratio of their speed is
(a) 3 : 4 (b) 4 : 3 (c) 3 : 5 (d) 50 : 3

4.A invested Rs. 76,000 in a business. After few months, B joined him Rs. 57,000. At the end of the year, the
total profit was divided between them in ratio 2 : 1. After bow many months did B join?

(a)3months (b)4months (c)5months (d)6months

5.In a certain office, 1 / 3 of the workers are women, 1 / 2 of the women are married and 1 / 3 of the married
women have children. If 3 / 4 of the men are married and 2 / 3 of the married men have children, what part of
workers are without children ?

(a) 5 / 18 (b) 4 / 9 (c) 11 / 18 (d) 17 / 36

6.In two alloys, copper and tin are related in the ratios of 4:1 and 1:3. 10kg of Ist alloy, 16 kg of 2nd alloy and
some pure copper melted together. An alloy obtained in which the ratio of copper and tin was 3:2. Find the
weight of the new alloy.

(a)34kg (b)35kg (c)36kg (d)30kg

7.The boys and girls in a college are in the ratio 3 : 2. If 20% of the boys and 25% of the girls are adults, the
percentage of students who are not adults is :

(a) 58% (b) 67.5% (c) 78% (d) 82.5%

8.The value of a diamond is proportional to the square of its weight. It is broken into three pieces whose
weights are in the ratio 3:2:5. Find the loss incurred due to breakage if the value of the original diamond is
$20,000.
(a) $12,600 (b) $12,200 (c) $12,000 (d) $12,400

9.A sum of money is to be distributed among A, B, C, D in the proportion of 5 : 2 : 4 : 3. If C gets Euro 1000
more than D, what is B's share?
(a)Euro 500 (b)Euro 1500 (c)Euro 2000 (d)None of these

10.The salaries A, B, C are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. If the increments of 15%, 10% and 20% are allowed
respectively in their salaries, then what will be new ratio of their salaries?

()3 : 3 : 10 ()10 : 11 : 20 (c)23 : 33 : 60 (d)Cannot be determined

11.If a 10 lit. mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 2:1 then, how much more mixture should be added to
change the ratio to 1:2 ?
(a)5liters (b)10liters (c)15liters (d)None of these

12.The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to second is 2 :3 and that of the second to the third is
5 : 8, then the second number is:
(a)20 (b)30 (c)48 (d)58

13.Rs. 4536 is divided among 4 men, 5 women and 2 boys. The ratio of share of a man, a woman and a boy is
7: 4: 3. What is the share of a woman?

(a)Rs300 (b)Rs320 (c)Rs336 (d)None of these

14.Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number. The ratio of the two numbers is:

(a) 2 : 5 (b) 3 : 5 (c) 4 : 5 (d) 6 : 7

15.The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 7 : 8. If the percentage increase in the number of
boys and girls be 20% and 10% respectively, what will be the new ratio?
(a)8 : 9 (b)17 : 18 (c)21 : 22 (d)Cannot be determined

16.The ratio between a two - digit number and the sum of the digits of that number is 4 : 1. If the digit in the unit
place is 3 more than the digit in the ten's place, what is that number ?

(a) 24 (b) 63 (c) 36 (d) None of these

17. The ages of Raju and Biju are in the ratio 3:1. Fifteen years hence, the ratio will be 2:1. Their present ages
are:

(a) 30yrs,10yrs(b) 45 yrs,15yrs (c)21 yrs,7 yrs (d) 60yrs, 20yrs

18. The speeds of three motor bikes are in the ratio 6 : 5 : 4. The ratio between the time taken by them to
travel the same distance is :

(a) 10 : 12 : 15 (b) 12 : 10 : 8 (c) 15 : 12: 10 (d) 10 : 15 : 12

19. In a company 10% of male staff are same in number as 1/4th of the female staff. What is the ratio of male
staff to female staff

(a) 3 : 2 (b) 5 : 2 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 4 : 3

20. The telephone bill of a certain establishment is party fixed and partly varies as the number of calls
consumed. When in a certain month 540 calls made the bill is Rs.1800. In another month 620 calls are
consumed then the bill becomes Rs.2040. In another month 500 units are consumed due to more holidays.
The bill for that month would be :

(a) Rs.1560 (b) Rs.1680 (c) 1840 (d) Rs.1950

21. If 0.4 of a number is equal to 0.06 of another number, the ratio of the numbers is :

(a) 2 :3 (b) 3 :4 (c)3:20 (d) 20 : 3

22. The ratio of incomes of two person P1 and P2 is 5 : 4 and the ratio of their expenditures is 3 : 2. If at the
end of the year, each saves Rs.1600, then what is the income of P1?

(a)Rs.800 (b) Rs.2400 (c)Rs.4000 (d)3200

23. The mean proportional between 234 and 104 is :

(a) 12 (b) 39 (c) 54 (d) None of these

24. The seats in an Engineering college for Computer science, electronics and civil are in the ratio of 5 : 7 : 8.
There is a proportion to increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively. What will be the ratio of
increased seats ?

(a) 2 : 3 : 4 (b) 6 : 7 : 8 (c) 6 : 8 : 9 (d) none of these

25. If 96 is divided into four parts proportional to 5, 7, 4, 8 then the smallest part is :

(a) 16 (b)14 (c)20 (d) 18

26. The Price of 357 apples is Rs.2499. What will be the price of 49 dozens of such apples?

(a) Rs.3800 (b) Rs.2816 (c)Rs.4116 (d) Rs.3116

27. Some ladies can do a piece of work in 12 days. Two times the number of such ladies will do half of that
work in :

(a) 6 days (b) 4 days (c)12 days (d) 3 days

28. A piece of work can finish by a certain number of men in 100 days. If however, there were 10 men less,it
would take 10 days more for the work to be finished. How many men were there originally?

(a)75 (b)82 (c)100 (d)110

29. It takes 10 days for digging a trench of 100 m long, 50 m broad and 10 m deep. What length of trench,25
m broad and 15 m deep can be dug in 30 days ?

(a) 400 m (b) 200 m (c) 100 m (d) 89m

30. A wheel rotates 10 times every minute and moves 20 cm during each rotation. How many metres does the
wheel move in one hour?

(a) 6 metre (b)12 metre (c) 120 metre (d) 1200 metre

31. Ram, Sham and Suresh start business investing in the ratio 1/2 : 1/3: 1/6. The time for which each of them
invested their money was in the ratio 8:6:12 respectively. If they get profit of Rs.18000 from the business, then
how much share of profit will Ram get?

(a) Rs.4000 (b) Rs.6000 (c) Rs.8000 (d) Rs. 10000

32. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 7 : 8. If the percentage increase in the number of
boys and girls be 20% and 10% respectively, what will be the new ratio?

(a) 8 : 9 (b) 17 : 18 (c) 21 : 22 (d) Cannot be determined

33. p,q and r are three positive numbers and Q=(p+q+r)/2; If (Q-p):(Q-q):(Q-r) = 2:5:7, then find the ratio of p,q
and r ?

(a) 4:3:7 (b) 12:9:7 (c)9:7:4 (d)4:3:2

34.A and B together have Rs. 1210. If 4/15 of A's amount is equal to 2/5 of B's amount, how much amount
does B have?
(a) Rs. 460 (b) Rs. 484 (c) Rs. 550 (d) Rs. 664

35. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number.The ratio of the two numbers is

(a) 2 : 5 (b) 3 : 5 (c) 4 : 5 (d) 6 : 7

36. The ratio of the cost prices of two articles A and B is 4:5.The articles are sold at a profit with their selling
prices being in the ratio 5:6.If the profit on article A is half of its cost price, find the ratio of the profits on the
articles A and B?

(a) 7:10 (b) 9:11 (c) 5: 9 (d) 10:11

37. A sum of money is to be distributed among A, B, C, D in the proportion of 5 : 2 : 4 : 3. If C gets Rs. 1000
more than D, what is the total amount?

(a) Rs. 14000 (b) Rs. 15000 (c) Rs. 20000 (d) None of these

38. If Rs. 782 be divided into three parts, proportional to ½:2/3:3/4, then the first part is:

(a) Rs. 182 (b) Rs. 190 (c) Rs. 196 (d) Rs. 204

39.A bag contains 50 paisa, 20 paisa and 10 paisa coins in the ratio 5:3:1.If the total amount in the bag is 640
Rs,find the difference in the amounts contributed by 50 paisa and 20 paisa coins.

(a) Rs.300 (b) Rs.400 (c) Rs.380 (d) None of these

40. The speed of an engine is proportional to the square root of the number of wagons attached to it. Without
any wagons attached to it the speed of the engine is 60km/hr. With 16 wagons attached to it the speed of the
engine is 40km/hr; find the maximum number of wagons that can be attached so that the train moves.

(a) 144 (b)145 (c)142 (d) 143

ANSWER KEYS
1(b) 2(c) 3(a) 4(b) 5(a) 6(b) 7(c) 8(d) 9(c) 10(c)

11(b) 12(b) 13(c) 14(c) 15(c) 16(c) 17(b) 18(a) 19(b) 20(b)

21(c) 22(c) 23(d) 24(d) 25(a) 26(c) 27(d) 28(d) 29(a) 30(c)

31(c) 32(c) 33(b) 34(b) 35(c) 36(d) 37(a) 38(d) 39(c) 40(d)
 PROBLEMS ON AGES
1. A and B are 3 years 2 years old respectively. Their father is 40 years old. After how many years,
father age would be the twice of combined age of A and B?

(a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 14

2. Total of the ages of A, B and C at present is 90 years. Ten years ago, the ratio of their ages was 1: 2:
3. What is the age of B at present?

(a) 24 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 36

3. The sum of ages of Sunil and father is 46 years, 3 years back fathers age was 4 times Sunil age.
Find the present age of Sunil.
(a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 18

4. The sum of ages of Suresh and his father is 78 years.6 years hence father's age will be twice of
Suresh’s age. Find present age of father.

(a) 40 (b) 36 (c) 48 (d) 54

5. The sum of ages of Suresh and his father is 46 years.3 years back father's age was 4 times Suresh’s
age. Find present age of Suresh.

(a) 8 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 14

6. The ages of A and B are in the ratio of 8:5.if the sum of their ages is 39 years, what will be the ratio
of their ages after 9 years?

(a) 8:5 (b) 8:7 (c) 11:8 (d) 11:9

7.At the time of marriage, a man was 6 years elder to his wife.12 years after their marriage his age is
6/5 times the age of his wife..What was wife's age at the time of marriage?

(a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 24

8. Q is as much younger than R as he is older than T. If the sum of the ages of R and T is 50 years,
what is definitely the difference between R and Q's age?

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 25 (d) Data inadequate

9. Sonal is one-filth the age her mother was 15 years ago and Sonal’s brother is three-fifth the age his
mother was 10 years ago. If the sum of Sonal and her brother’s ages is 31 then how old is Sonal's
mother?

(a) 50 (b) 40 (c) 35 (d) 60

10. When Raja was born, his father was 32 years older than his brother and his mother was 25 years
older than his sister. If Raja’s brother is 6 years older than Raja and his mother is 3 years younger than
his father, how old was Raja’s sister when Raja was born?
(a) 4 (b) 16 (c) 32 (d) 64

11. A father is three times as old as his son. After fifteen years the father will be twice as old as his
son's age at that time. Hence the father's present age is

(a) 36 (b) 42 (c) 45 (d) 48

12. Raju is 10 years elder to Sita. 10 years from now Raju would be twice as old as Sita was before 10
years. How old would be Sita after 12 years.

(a) 24 (b) 36 (c) 40 (d) 52

13. A person is 80 years old in 490 and only 70 years old in 500 in which year is he born?

(a)400 (b)550 (c)570 (d)440

14. At present Manorama is six times older than her son's age. Seven years hence, the ratio of their
ages will be 11:3. What is Manorama's present age?

(a) 42 years (b) 48 years (c) 54 years (d) 36 years

15. The ages of Anshu, Bharti and Charita together are 57 years. Bharti is thrice as old as Anshu and
Charita is 12 years older than Anshu. Then, the respective age of Anshu, Bharti and Charita is:

(A) 8, 26, 23 (b) 9, 27, 21 (c) 8, 25, 24 (d) 9, 26, 22

16. Six years ago, mother's age was 20 years more than the son's age. If the sum of their present ages
is 34, what was the age of the mothers 6 years ago?

(a) 21 years (b) 28 years (c) 34 years (d) 36 years

17. Six persons standing in queue with different age group, after 2 years their average age will be 43
and 7th person joined with them. Hence the current average age has become 45. Find the age of 7th
person?

(a) 43 (b) 69 (c) 52 (d) 31

18. Ram is five year elder to his youngest sibling Shreya. Shreya is two years younger than her brother
Ritesh. Ritesh is 13 years old and is Ram’s brother. How old will Ram be in two year from now?

(a)13years (b)15years (c)16years (d)18years

19. 21. On a man's tombstone, it is said that one sixth of his life was spent in childhood and one twelfth
as a teenager. One seventh of his life passed between the time he became an adult and the time he
married; five years later, his son was born. Alas, the son died four years before he did. He lived to be
twice as old as his son did. How old did the man live to be?

(a)48years (b)64years (c)84years (d)90years

20.Five years ago the average age of a family of 3 members was 27 years. A child has Been born, due
to which the average age of the family is 25 years today. What is the Present age of the child?

(a)2years (b)3years (c)4years (d)None of these

21.Five years ago, the average age of P and Q was 15 years. Average age of P, Q and R today is 20
years. How old will R be after 10 years ?

(a)35 yrs (b)40 yrs (c)30 yrs (d)50 yrs

22.When I was married 10 years ago my wife is the 6th member of the family. Today my father died
and a baby born to me. The average age of my family during my marriage is same as today. What is
the age of Father when he died?

(a)50years (b)60years (c)70years (d)75years

ANSWER KEY

1(b) 2(c) 3(a) 4(d) 5(b) 6(c) 7(b) 8(d) 9(a) 10(b)
11(c) 12(d) 13(c) 14(b) 15(b) 16(a) 17(b) 18(d) 19(c) 20(c)
21(c) 22(b)
 MIXTURE & ALLIGATION
1. A vessel is filled with liquid, 3 parts of which are water and 5 parts of syrup. How much of the mixture must
be drawn off and replaced with water so that the mixture may be half water and half syrup?

(A) 1/3 (b) 1/4 (c) 1/5 (d) 1/7

2.8 liters are drawn from a cask full of wine and is then filled with water. This operation is performed three more
times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in cask to that of the water is 16: 65. How much wine the cask
hold originally?

(a) 18 liters (b) 24 liters (c) 32 liters (d) 42 liters

3. A container contains 40 liters of milk. From this container 4 liters of milk was taken out and replaced by
water. This process was repeated further two times. How much milk is now contained by the container?

(a) 26.34 liters (b) 27.36 liters (c) 28 liters (d) 29.16 liters

4. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. He gains 14%
on the whole. The Quantity sold at 18% profit is

(a) 400 kg (b) 560 kg (c) 600 kg (d) 640 kg

5. A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in the ratio 7: 5. When 9 liters of mixture are drawn off and
the can is filled with B, the ratio of A and B becomes 7: 9. How many liters of liquid A were contained by the
can initially?

(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 21 (d) 25

6. How many kilograms of sugar costing Rs. 9 per kg must be mixed with 27 kg of sugar costing Rs. 7 per Kg
so that there may be a gain of 10 % by selling the mixture at Rs. 9.24 per Kg?

(a) 36 Kg (b) 42 Kg (c) 54 Kg (d) 63 Kg

7. Tea worth Rs. 126 per kg is mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1: 1: 2. If the mixture is worth Rs. 153 per
kg, the price of the third variety per kg will be

(a) Rs. 169.50 (b) Rs.1700 (c) Rs. 175.50 (d) Rs. 180

8. The ratio of expenditure and savings is 3: 2. If the income increases by 15% and the savings increases by
6%, then by how much percent should his expenditure increases?

(a) 25 (b) 21 (c) 12 (d) 24

9. Find the ratio in which rice at Rs. 7.20 a kg is mixed with rice at Rs. 5.70 a kg to produce a mixture worth Rs.
6.30 a kg.
(a) 1:3 (b) 2:3 (c) 3:4 (d) 4:5

10. The cost of Type 1 rice is Rs. 15 per kg and Type 2 rice is Rs.20 per kg. If both Type 1 and Type 2 are
mixed in the ratio of 2: 3, then the price per kg of the mixed variety of rice is

(a) Rs. 19.50 (b) Rs. 19 (c) Rs. 18 (d) Rs. 18.50

11. The ratio of petrol and kerosene in the container is 3:2 when 10 liters of the mixture is taken out and is
replaced by the kerosene, the ratio become 2:3. Then total quantity of the mixture in the container is:

(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 45 (d) cannot be determined

12. The diluted wine contains only 8 liters of wine and the rest is water. A new mixture, whose concentration is
30%, is to be formed by replacing wine. How many liters of mixture shall be replaced with pure wine if there
was initially 32 liters of water in the mixture?

(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 8 (d) None of these

13. From a container, 6 liters milk was drawn out and was replaced by water. Again 6 liters of mixture was
drawn out and was replaced by the water. Thus the quantity of milk and water in the container after these two
operations is 9:16. The quantity of mixture is:

(a) 15 (b) 16 (c) 25 (d) 31

14. In a mixture of milk and water, there is only 26% water. After replacing the mixture with 7 liters of pure milk,
the percentage of milk in the mixture become 76%. The quantity of mixture is:

(a) 65 liters (b) 91 liters (c) 38 liters (d) None of these

15. From a container of wine, a thief has stolen 15 liters of wine and replaced it with same quantity of water. He
again repeated the same process. Thus in three attempts the ratio of wine and water became 343:169. The
initial amount of wine in the container was:

(a) 75 liters (b) 100 liters (c) 150 liters (d) 120 liters

16. A milk man sells the milk at the cost price but he mixes the water in it and thus he gains 9.09%. The
quantity of water in the mixture of 1 liter is:

(a) 83.33 ml (b) 90.90 ml (c) 99.09 ml (d) can't be determined

17. The ratio of water and alcohol in two different containers is 2:3 and 4:5. In what ratio we are required to mix
the mixtures of two containers in order to get the new mixture in which the ratio of alcohol and water is 7:5?

(a) 7:3 (b) 5:3 (c) 8:5 (d) 2:7

18.4 kg of a metal contains 1/5 copper and rest in Zinc. Another 5 kg of metal contains 1/6 copper and rest in
Zinc. The ratio of Copper and Zinc into the mixture of these two metals:

(a) 49: 221 (b) 39:231 (c) 94:181 (d) None of these

19. A jar was full with honey. A person used to draw out 20% of the honey from the jar and replaced it with
sugar solution. He has repeated the same process 4 times and thus there was only 512 gm of honey left in the
jar, the rest part of the jar was filled with the sugar solution. The initial amount of honey in the jar was filled with
the sugar solution. The initial amount of honey in the jar was:

(a) 1.25 kg (b) 1 kg (c) 1.5 kg (d) None of these

20. In the 75 liters of mixture of milk and water, the ratio of milk and water is 4:1. The quantity of water required
making the ratio of milk and water 3:1 is

(a) 1 liter (b) 3 liters (c) 4 liters (d) 5 liters

21. How much Pepsi at Rs.6 a liter is added to 15 liter of 'dew' at Rs. 10 a liter so that the price of the mixture
is Rs.9 a liter?

(a) 5 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) None of these

22. The average weight of boys in a class is 30 kg and the average weight of girls in the same class is 20kg. If
the average weight of the whole class is 23.25 kg, what could be the possible strength of boys and girls
respectively in the same class?

(a) 14 and 16 (b) 13 and 27 (c) 17 and 27 (d) None of these

23. From the 50 liters of milk, 5 liters of milk is taken out and after it 5 liters of water is added to the rest
amount of milk. Again 5 liters of milk and water is drawn out and it was replaced by 5 liters of water. If this
process is continued similarly for the third time, the amount of milk left after the third replacement:

(a) 45L (b) 36.45L (c) 40.5L (d) 42.5L

24. From a tank of petrol, which contains 200 liters of petrol, the seller replaces each time with kerosene when
he sells 40 liters of petrol (or mixture). Every time he sells out only 40 liters of petrol (pure or impure). After
replacing the petrol with kerosene 4th time, the total amount of kerosene in the mixture is

(a) 81.92L (b) 96L (c) 118.08L (d) None of these

25. From a container of wine, a thief has stolen 15 liters of wine and replaced it with same quantity of water. He
again repeated the same process. Thus, in three attempts the ratio of wine and water became 343: 169. The
initial amount of wine in the container was:

(a) 75 liters (b) 100 liters (c) 150 liters (d) 120 liters

26. How many kilograms of tea powder costing Rs. 31 per kg be mixed with 36 kilograms of tea
powder costing Rs. 43 per kg, such that the mixture when sold at Rs. 44 per kg gives profit of 10%?

(a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) 10

27. A solution of 66 liters contains milk and water in the ratio 7:x. If four liters of water is added to
the solution, the ratio becomes 3:2, find the value of x?

(a) 8 (b) 5 (c) 3 (a) 4

28. A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in the ratio 7:5. When 9 liters of mixture are
drawn off and the can is filled with B, the ratio of A and B becomes 7:9. How many liters of liquid A
were contained by the can initially?

(a) 25 (b) 21 (c) 20 (d) 10

29. A mixture of 20 kg of spirit and water contains 10% water. How much water must be added to this
mixture to raise the percentage of water to 25%

(a) 4 kg (b) 5 kg (c) 8 kg (d) 30 k

ANSWER KEY
1(c) 2(b) 3(d) 4(c) 5(c) 6(d) 7(c) 8(b) 9(b) 10(c)

11(b) 12(b) 13(a) 14(b) 15(d) 16(a) 17(b) 18(a) 19(a) 20(d)

21(a) 22(b) 23(b) 24(c) 25(d) 26(a) 27(a) 28(b) 29(a)

 AVERAGE
1. The average of three numbers is 20. If two numbers are 16 and 22, the third is:

(a) 22 (b) 20 (c) 19 (d) 18

2. The average age of 24 boys and the teacher is 15 years. When the teacher's age is excluded, the average
decreases by 1. What is the age of the teacher?

(a) 38 years (b) 39 years (c) 40 years (d) Data inadequate

3. The average of 50 numbers is 38. If two numbers namely 45 and 55 are discarded, the average of remaining
numbers is?

(a) 36 (b) 37.5 (c) 40 (d) 45

4. The average of four consecutive even numbers is 27. The largest of these numbers is:

(a) 36 (b) 32 (c) 30 (d) 28

5. If a, b, c, d, e are five consecutive odd numbers, their average is :

(a) 5 (a + 4) (b)abcde / 5 (c) 5 (a + b + c + d + e) (d) None of these

6.The average of two numbers is M. If one number is N, then the other number is :

(a) 2N (b)2M (c) M – N (d)2 M-N

7.The average of ten numbers is 7 .If each number is multiplied by 12 , then the average of new set of
numbers is :
(a) 7 (b) 19 (c) 82 (d) 84

8.The average of five results is 46 and that of the first four is 45. The fifth result is :

(a)1 (b)10 (c)12.5 (d) 50

9.The average of first 20 multiples of 7 is:

(a)66.5 (b) 67.5 (c) 73.5 (d) 74.5 (e) 69.5

10.The average of 11 observations is 60. If the average of first five observations is 58 and that of the last five is
56, then the sixth observation is :

(a)90 (b)110 (c)85 (d)100

11.The average age of A and B is 20 years. If C replace A the average would be 19 and if C replaces B the
average would be 21. What are the ages of A, B and C?

(a) 22, 20, 18 (b) 22, 18, 20 (c) 18, 20, 22 (d) 18, 22, 20 (e) 22, 19, 20
12.The average age of a committee of eight members is 40 years. A members aged 55 years retired and his
place was taken by another member aged 39 years. The average age of the present committee is :

(a)39 years (b)38 years (c)36 years (d) 35 years

13.The average of all odd numbers up to 100 is :

(a) 51 (b) 50 (c.)49.5 (d)49

14.The average age of a class of 39 students is 15 years .If the age of the teacher be included, then the
average increases by 3 months .Find the age of the teacher.
(a) 25 years (b) 27 years (c) 35 years (d) 28 years

15.The average of 7 numbers is 50. The average of first three of them is 40, while the average of the last three
is 60. What must be the remaining number?

(a)30 (b)40 (c)50 (d)60

16.In seven given numbers, the average of first four numbers is 4 and that of last four numbers is also 4. if the
average of these seven numbers is 3, the fourth number is?
(a)3 (b)4 (c)7 (d)11

17.A person travels from P to Q at a speed of 40 km/hr and returns by increasing his speed by 50%. What is
his average speed for both the trips?
(a) 36kmph (b) 45kmph (c) 48kmph (d) 50kmph

18.The average of 7 consecutive numbers is 33. The largest of these numbers is :

(a) 36 (b) 33 (c) 30 (d) 28

19.The average age of 30 students is 9 years .If the age of their teacher is included ,it becomes 10 years . The
age of the teacher (in years ) is :
(a) 27 (b) 31 (c) 35 (d) 40

20.The average temperature of all 7 days of the week is 30, that of the first 3 days is 28 and of the next 3 days
is 31. What is the temperature on the last day of the week?
(a) 31 (b) 30 (c) 28 (d) 33

21.The average of 4 consecutive odd numbers is 50. What is the greatest number?
(a)60 (b)53 (c)73 (d)54

22.A person says that their speed while going to a city was 10mph however while
returning as there is no much traffic they came with a speed of 15mph. what is their average speed?

(a)10km/hr (b)12km/hr (c)12.5km/hr (d)20km/hr

23.Average temp. Of Monday, Tuesday, wed and Thursday was 38 degree C. And of Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday was 40 degree C. Temperature on Monday was 30.Then what was temp on Friday?

(a)36 (b)38 (c)40 (d)42

24.The average of the test scores of a class of 'x' students is 80 and that of 'y' student is 94. When the scores
of both the classes are combined, the average becomes 86. What is the ratio of x to y?

(a) 6 : 5 (b) 5 : 4 (c) 4 : 3 (d) 7 : 6

25.The average of three consecutive even numbers is 30. What is the sum of the three numbers?

(a) 90 (b) 180 (c) 75 (d) 45

26.A batsman scores 23 runs and increases his average from 15 to 16. find the runs to be made if he wants to
increase the average to 18 in the same match.

(a)26 (b)33 (c)39 (d)42

27.Rahul played well in this season. His current batting average is 51, If he scores 78 runs in today's match,
his batting average will become 54. How many matches had he played in this season?

(a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 9 (d) 6

28.The average age of a cricket team of eleven is 22 years. The average age gets increased by 1 year, when
the coach age is also included, What is the age of the coach?

(a) 34 (b) 23 (c) 30 (d) 40

29.Gavaskar average in first 50 innings was 50. After the 51st innings his average was 51 how many runs he
made in the 51st innings

(a)100 (b)101 (c)102 (d)104

30. The average weight of A, B and C is 84kg. When D joins with them, the average becomes 80kg. If another
man E, who weighs 3kg more than D, replaces A, the average weight becomes 79kg. Find the weight of A.

(a)71kg (b)75kg (c)80kg (d)85kg

ANSWER KEY
1(a) 2(c) 3(b) 4(c) 5(d) 6(d) 7(d) 8(d) 9(c) 10(a)

11(b) 12(b) 13(b) 14(a) 15(c) 16(d) 17(c) 18(a) 19(d) 20(d)

21(b) 22(b) 23(b) 24(c) 25(a) 26(c) 27(c) 28(a) 29(b) 30(b)
 TIME & WORK
1. A fort has enough food for 45 days for 175 soldiers. If after 15 days 100 soldiers leave the fort, for how many
more days the food will last?

(a)30days (b)45days (c)60days (d)70 days

2. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many days can A do the work
if he is assisted by B and C on every third day?

(a) 12 days (b) 15 days (c) 16 days (d) 18 days

3. One man or two women or three boys can do a work in 44 days then one man, one women and one boy
together can do the work in how many days?

(a)12days (b)18days (c)24days (d)36 days

4.10 men can complete a piece of work in 15 days and 15 women can complete the same work in 12 days. If
all the 10 men and 15 women work together, in how many days will the work get completed?

(a)4days (b)5days (c)6days (d)6 days

5.A can do a piece of work in 36 days, B in 54 days and C in 72 days. All of them began together but A left 8
days and B left 12 days before the completion of the work. How many days in all did C put in till the entire work
was finished?
(a) 48 days (b) 24 days (c) 12 days (d) None

6. A constructor estimates that 3 people can paint Mr. khans house in 4 days. If he uses 4 people instead of 3,
how long will they take to complete the job?

(a) 4days (b) 2 days (c) 3 days (d) 5days

7. A can complete a project in 20 days and B can complete the same project in 30 days. If A and B start
working on the project together and A quits 10 days before the project is completed, in how many days will the
project be completed?
(a) 18 days (b) 27 days (c) 26.67 days (d) 16 days

8. A, B and C can do a work in 5 days, 10 days and 15 days respectively. They started together to do the work
but after 2 days A and B left. C did the remaining work (in days)
(a) 1 days (b) 3 days (c) 5 days (d) 4 days

9. 6 boys and 8 girls can do job in 10 days, 26 boys & 48 girls do work in 2 days find time taken by 15 boys and
20 girls to do same work

(a)2 days (b)3 days (c)4 days (d)5 days

10. Two pipes can fill a tank in 10hours and 12 hours respectively while a third, pipe empties the full tank in 20
hours. If all the three pipes operate simultaneously, in how much time will the tank be filled?

(a)6hrs (b)7.5hrs (c)8hrs (d)9hrs

11. To finish a piece of work, P takes Five times as Q and six times as R. Working together; they can finish the
work in 4 days. Q can do the work alone in how many days?

(a)5days (b)6days (c)7.5days (d)8.8days

12.3 men and 8 women complete a task in same time as 6 men and 2 women do. How much fraction of work
will be finished in same time if 4 men and 5 women will do that task?

(a)6/7 (b)13/14 (c)14/13 (d)None of these

13. Two candles of the same height are lighted at the same time. The first is consumed in 6 hours and the
second in 4 hours. Assuming that each candle burns at a constant rate, in how many hours after being lighted,
was the first candle was twice the height of the second?
(a) 3.5 hrs (b) 2 hrs (c) 4 hrs (d) 3 hrs

14.2 pipes can fill a cistern in 3 minutes. if the larger pipe takes 4 minutes lesser than the smaller pipe to fill the
cistern, how much time does the smaller pipe take to fill the cistern?

(a)4min (b)5min (c)6min (d)7.5min

15. Avinash takes 15 days to complete a work and Bada takes 12 days to complete the same work. If they
work in alternate days and Avinash stars the work, In how many days they finish the work.
(a) 13 days (b) 13 days (c) 6 days (d) None

16. Ram can do work in 15 days and Mohan can do the same work in 20 days. They both work together for 4
days and both leave the work. What fraction of work is left now?

(a)4/5 (b)7/15 (c)8/15 (d)None of these

17. A can do a work in 12 hours; B can do in 14 hours. They work alternatively starting from A. A earns
Rs.15/hr. How much does he earn from the whole job?

(a) Rs.90 (b) Rs.165 (c) Rs.105 (d) Rs.75

18. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 24 minutes and 32 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are
opened simultaneously, after how much time should B be closed so that the tank is full in 18
minutes?

(a)6min (b)8min (c)10min (d)12min

19. it takes 52 days to complete an agreement deal by a certain number of men. after 17 days 300 men are
added and 21 days are reduced. how many men were working initially?

(a)100 (b)200 (c)300 (d)400

20.A is thrice as good a workman as B and takes 10 days less to do a piece of work than B takes. the number
of days taken by B to finish the work is:

(a)10days (b)15days (c)20days (d)25days

21. A worker is to perform work for you for seven straight days. In return for his work, you will pay him 1/7th of
a bar of gold per day. The worker requires a daily payment of 1/7th of the bar of gold. What and where are the
fewest number of cuts to the bar of gold that will allow you to pay him 1/7th each day?
(a)6 (b)5 (c)7 (d)8

22. A, B, C, can do a work in 8, 14, 16 days respectively. A does the work for 2 days. B continues from it and
finishes till 25% of the remaining work. C finishes the remaining work. How many days would have taken to
complete the work?

(a)12days (b)12 days (d)13 days (d)15days

23. A, B and C together can complete a work in 8 days. All the 3 started the work together but C quit after 2
days. If the remaining work is now completed by A and B in 9 days, then how many days will C alone will take
to complete the total work?

(a)12days (b)18days (c)24days (d)30days

24. Two pipes A and B separately fill in 15/2 min and 5 min respectively and third pipe C can empty of 14
liter/min if all the pipes are open when the cistern is full, it is emptied in 1 hr. how many liters does the cistern
hold?

(a)20liters (b) 40liters (c) 30liters (d)50liters

25. There are some chicken in poultry. They are fed with corn. One sack of corn will come for 9 days. The
farmer decides to sell some chicken and wanted to hold 12 chickens with him. He cuts the feed by 10% and
sack of corn comes for 30 days. So initially how many chickens are there?

(a)24 (b)30 (c)36 (d)42

26.12 persons can complete the work in 18 days. After working for 6 days, 4 more persons added to complete
the work fast. in how many more days they will complete the work?

(a)6 (b)9 (c)10 (d)12

27.If A can copy 50 pages in 10 hours and A and B together can copy 70 pages in 10 hours, how much time
does B takes to copy 26 pages?

(a)10hrs (b)12hrs (c)13hrs (d)None of these

28.15 men or 10 women complete work in 55 days. Then 5 men and 4 women complete work in how many
days?

(a)60days (b)75days (c)90days (d)None of these

29. If a tank contains amoeba which gets doubled every minute and the tank fills up in 32 mines. then after
how much time the tank wld be 1/8 full.

(a)28min (b)29min (c)30min (d)31min

30.One man, 3 women and 4 boys can do a piece of work in 96 hours, 2 men and 8 boys can do it in 80 hours,
2 men & 3 women can do it in 120 hours. 5 Men & 12 boys can do it in how many hours?
(A) 39 hrs (B) 42 hrs ( C) 43 days (D) 44hrs

31.A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 6 and 9 days respectively; they work on alternate
days starting with A on the first day. In how many days will the work be done?
(a)6days (b)7days (c)7 days (d)8days

32.Grass in lawn grows equally thick and in a uniform rate. It takes 24 days for 70 cows and 60days for 30
cows . How many cows can eat away the same in 96 days?

a) 18 b) 20 c) 21 d) 19

33.Susan can type 10 pages in 5 minutes. Mary can type 5 pages in 10 minutes. Working together, how many
pages can they type in 30 minutes?
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 75

34.A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 20 and 24 days. They work on alternate days starting
with B on the first day. In how many days will the work be completed?

(a)21days (b)21 days (c)21 days (d)22days

35.P,Q and R are three typists who working simultaneously can type 216 pages in 4 hours In one hour, R can
type as many pages more than Q as Q can type more than P. During a period of five hours, R can type as
many pages as P can during seven hours. How many pages does each of them type per hour?

(a)15,18,21 (b)18,15,21 (c)21,18,15 (d)None of these

36.A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 20 and 24 days. They work on alternate days starting
with B on the first day. In how many days will the work be completed?

(a)21days (b)21 days (c)21 days (d)22days

37.P can complete a piece of work in 20 days and Q in 30 days. P worked alone for 4 days and then Q
completed the remaining work along with R in 18 days. In how many days can R working alone complete the
work?

(a)60days (b)75days (c)90days (d)100days

38.A can finish a work in 24 days, B n 9 days and C in 12 days. B & C start the work but are forced to leave
after 3 days. The remaining work done by A in?

(a)8days (b)10days (C)12days (d)15days

39.Wages for 40 women for 30 days are $21,600. How many men must work for 25 days to earn $14,400 if the
daily wages for a man are double that of a women?

(a)4men (b)5men (c)6men (d)None of these

40.A man, a woman and a boy can complete a job in 3,4 and 12 days respectively. How many boys must
assist 1 man and 1 woman to complete the job in ¼ of a day?
(a). 1 (b). 4 (c). 19 (d). 41

41.A can do a certain work in the same time in which B and C together can do it. If A and B together could do it
in 10 days and C alone in 50 days, then B alone could do it in how many days?

(a)20days (b)25days (c)30days (d)32days

42.Anil and Amit can complete a job in 12 days working together. Amit alone can complete it in 16 days. Both
of them worked together for 4 days and then Amit left. How long will Anil take to complete the remaining work?
(a)30 days (b)47 days (c)32 days (d)24 days

43.if 5 men take an hour to dig a ditch, then how long should 12 men take a dig to ditch of the same type?

(a)25 min (b)30 min (c)28 min (d)20 min

44.A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a piece of work in 18 days. In how many days
will A alone finish the work?

(a)18days (b)27days (c)36days (d)54days

45.A can do a piece of work in 80 days. He works at it for 10 days & then B alone finishes the remaining work
in 42 days. In how much time will A and B, working together, finish the work?

(a)24days (b)30days (c)36days (d)48days

46.A company contracts to paint 3 houses. Mr. Brown can paint a house in 16 days while Mr. Black would take
18 days and Mr. Blue 12 days. After 8 days Mr. Brown goes on vacation and Mr. Black begins to work and he
leaves after working for 6 days. How many days will it take Mr. Blue to complete the remaining part of the
contract?
(a) 27 (b) 22 (c) 24 (d)2 6

47.A can do a work in 12 days.When he had worked for 3 days B joined him. If they complete the work in 3
more days. In how many days can B alone can finish the work?
(a)3days (b)4days (c)5days (d)6days
48.A is thrice as good a workmen as B and so takes 60 days less than B for doing a job. Find the time in which
they can do it together.

(a)22.5 days (b)20 days (c)23.75 days (d)21.5 days

49.An empty tank be filled with an inlet pipe A in 42 minutes. After 12 minutes an outlet pipe B is opened which
can empty the tank in 30 minutes. After 6 minutes another inlet pipe C opened into the same tank, which can
fill the tank in 35 minutes and the tank is filled. Find the time taken to fill the tank?
(a)56min (b)58min (c)58 min (d)60min

50.A man's basic pay for a 40 hour week is Rs. 20. Overtime is paid for at 25% above the basic rate. In a
crertain week, he worked overtime and his total wage Rs. 25. He, therefore, worked for a total of :
(a) 45 hours (b)27 hours (c) 48 hours (d)50 hours

ANSWER KEY
1(c) 2(b) 3(c) 4(d) 5(b) 6(c) 7(a) 8(d) 9(c) 10(b)

11(d) 12(b) 13(d) 14(c) 15(b) 16(c) 17(c) 18(b) 19(b) 20(b)

21(a) 22(d) 23(c) 24(b) 25(c) 26(b) 27(c) 28(b) 29(b) 30(c)

31(b) 32(b) 33(d) 34(b) 35(a) 36(c) 37(c) 38(b) 39(c) 40(d)

41(b) 42(c) 43(a) 44(b) 45(b) 46(d) 47(d) 48(a) 49(c) 50(c)
 TIME & DISTANCE
1. Two trains for Y leave X at 6.30am and 7.40am and travel at 30km/hr and 40 km /hr respectively. How many
kms from A will the trains meet?

(a) 100km (b) 120km (c) 140km (d) 160km

2. A 330 m-long train passes a pole in 6 sec. How long will it take to cross a railway platform 165 meters long?

(a) 9 sec (b) 6 sec (c) 11 sec (d) 12 sec

3. A boy in a car notices that he can count 21 shops which are evenly spaced on a highway in one minute. If
they are known to be 100 meter apart, then at what speed is the train travelling?
(a) 60 kmph (b) 100 kmph (c) 120 kmph (d) 180 kmph

4.A goods carnage of length 2 km. headed to Srinagar from Punjab was running at a speed 0f 30 km/hr It
crosses a tunnel which is 58 km long with that speed Find the time taken by the goods carriage to cross the
tunnel
(a) 4hours (b)3hours (c)2hours (d)1 hour

5. When a train travels at a speed of 60 kmph, it reaches the destination on time. When the same train travels
at speed a of 50 kmph. It reaches its destination 15 minutes late. What is the length of journey?

(a) 75km (b) 50km (c) 60km (d) 85km

6. Two trains at speed 60 km/hr comes in the opposite direction. At a particular time the distance between the
two trains is 18km. A shuttle flies between the trains at the speed of 80 km/hr. At the time the two trains
crashes what is the distance traveled by shuttle?

(a) 10km (b) 12km (c) 15km (d) 18km

7. A man rows to a place 48 km distance and come back in 14 hours. He finds that he can row 4 km with the
stream in the same time as 3 km against the stream. The rate of the stream is:

(a) 1 km/hr (b) 1.5 km/hr (c) 2 km/hr (d) 2.5 km/hr

8. Asha and Nisha are two sisters who intend to meet their aunt who is 25 Km away from them. Asha leaves
home at 9 am and walks at a speed of 4 Km per hour, while Nisha leaves at 11.30 am on a bicycle at a speed
of 9Kmph. When does Nisha meet Asha?

(a) 2hrs (b) 3hrs (c) 4hrs (d) 5hrs

9. A train 120 meter long passes an electric pole in 12 seconds and another train of same length traveling in
opposite direction in 8 seconds. The speed of the second train is:

(a) 36km/hr (b) 48km/hr (c) 72km/hr (d) None of these

10. The time a passenger train takes to cross another freight train is twice when the passenger train crosses
the freight train running in opposite directions. What is the ratio of their speeds?

(a) 2:1 (b) 3:1 (c) 1:2 (d) 1:3

11. A man traveled from the village to the post-office at the rate of 25 kmph and walked back at the rate of 4
kmph. If the whole journey took 5 hours 48 minutes, find the distance of the post-office from the village.
9a) 15km (b) 20km (c) 25km (d) 30km

12. There are three runners Tom, Dick and Harry with their respective speeds of 10kmph, 20kmph and
30kmph they are initially at P and they have to run between the two points P and Q which are 10 km apart from
each other. They start their race at 6 am and end at 6 pm on the same day. If they run between P and Q
without any break, then how many times they will be together either at P or Q during the given time period?
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 4 (d) 12

13. At 10 a.m. two trains started traveling toward each other from stations 287 miles apart. They
passed each other at 1:30 p.m. the same day. If the average speed of the faster train exceeded the average
speed of the slower train by 6 miles per hour, which of the following represents the speed of the faster train, in
miles per hour?
(a) 38 (b) 40 (c) 44 (d) 48

14. A car averages 55 mph for the first 4 hours of a trip and averages 70 mph for each additional hour. The
average speed for the entire trip was 60 mph. How many hours long is the trip?

(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 11 (d) 12

15. Riya and Priya set on a journey. Riya moves eastward at a speed of 20kmph and Priya moves westward at
a speed of 30 kmph. How far will be priya from Riya after 30 minutes
(a) 25kms (b) 10kms (c) 50kms (d) 30kms

16. Two trains A and B start simultaneously from stations X and Y towards each other respectively. After
meeting at a point between X and Y,train A reaches station Y in 9 hours and train B reaches station X in 4
hours from the time they have met each other. If the speed of trainA is 36 km/hr, what is the speed of train B?
(a) 24 km/hr (b) 54 km/hr (c) 81 km/hr (d) 16 km/hr

17. Robert is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 2 P.M. if he travels at 10 kmph, he
will reach there at 12 noon if he travels at 15 kmph. At what speed must he travel to reach A at 1 P.M.?

(a) 8 kmph (b) 11 kmph (c) 12 kmph (d) 14 kmph

18. Two trains, 200 and 160 meters long take a minute to cross each other while traveling in the same direction
and take only 10 seconds when they cross in opposite directions. What are the speeds at which the trains are
traveling?
(a) 21 m/s; 15 m/s (b) 30 m/s; 24 m/s (c) 18 m/s; 27 m/s (d) 15 m/s; 24 m/s

19. Two trains are 2 kms apart. Speed of one train is 20m/s and the other train is running at 30 m/s. Lengths of
the trains are 200 and 300m. In how much time do the trains cross each other?

(a)30sec (b)40sec (c)50sec (d)60sec

20. A boat whose speed is 15 k/hr in still water goes 30 km downwards and come back in total 4 hr 30 min
what is the speed of stream in km/hr

(a) 3km/hr (b) 4km/hr (c) 5km/hr (d) None of these

21. A train runs first half of the distance at 40 km/hr and the remaining half at 60 km/hr. What is the
average speed for the entire journey?

(a) 36km/hr (b) 48km/hr (c) 50km/hr (d) None of these

22. A, B and C start from the same place and travel in the same direction at speeds of 30, 40 and 60 km per
hour respectively. B starts two hours after A. If B and C overtake A at the same instant, how many hours after
A did C start?
(a) 3 (b) 3.5 (c) 4 (d) 4.5

23. A cycled from P to Q at 10 kmph and returned at the rate of 9 kmph. B cycled both ways at 12 kmph. In the
whole journey B took 10 minutes less than A. Find the distance between P and Q.

(a) 3km (b)3 km (c)4km (d)5km

24.A software engineer returns from America. As he is fat he decided to have evening walk.....he started at
3pm. he walks along the road at 4km/hr for some time then he climbs a upward slope area at 3km/hr then
downwards at the rate of 6km/hr. then back to the home through the road at 4km/hr. what is the distance he
covered in one way if he reaches back home at 9pm.

(a)12km (b)18km (c)24km (d)None of these

25.A train overtakes 2 persons walking at 3 km/hr and 5 km/hr respectively in the same direction and
completely passes them in 8 seconds and 10 seconds respectively. Find the speed of the train.

(a)12km/hr (b)13km/hr (c)14km/hr (d)15km/hr

26.A Man is sitting in the last coach of train could not find a seat, so he starts walking to the front coach ,he
walks for 5 min and reaches front coach. Not finding a seat he walks back to last coach and when he reaches
there, train had completed 5 miles. What is the speed of the train?

(a)20m/h (b)25m/h (c)30m/h (d)Can not say

27.A train m leaves Meerut at 5 a.m. and reaches Delhi at 9 a.m. another train leaves Delhi at 7 a.m. and
reaches Meerut at 10.30 a.m. at what time do the two trains cross each other ?

(a)7:30a.m (b)7:56a.m (c)8a.m (d)8:12a.m

28.Two trains starting at same time, one from Bangalore to Mysore and other in opposite direction arrive at
their destination 1 hr and 4 hours respectively after passing each other. How much faster is one train from
other?

(a)1:2 (b)2:1 (c)1:4 (d)4:1

29.A man covered a certain distance at some speed. Had he moved 3 kmph faster, he would have taken 40
minutes less. If he had moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken 40 minutes more. The distance (in km) is:

(a) 35 (b) 36 (c) 37 (d) 40

30.A man has to get air-mail. He starts to go to airport on his motorbike. Plane comes early and the mail is sent
by a horse-cart. The man meets the cart in the middle after half an hour. He takes the mail and returns back,
by doing so, he saves twenty minutes. How early did the plane arrive?

(a)30min (b)40min (c)50min (d)60min

31.A train passes two cars moving in the direction at 45km/hr and 50km/hr in 36 sec and 54 sec respectively.
What is the length of the train?

(a)100m (b)150m (c)200m (d)None of these

32.A boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 minutes to cover a certain distance, while it takes 4 hours to
cover the same distance running downstream. What is the ratio between the speed of the boat and speed of
the water current respectively?
(a)2 : 1 (b)3 : 2 (c)8 : 3 (d)Cannot be determined

33.A, B and C start from the same place and travel in the same direction at speeds of 30, 40 and 60 km per
hour respectively. B starts two hours after A. If B and C overtake A at the same instant, how many hours after
A did C start?

(a) 3 (b) 3.5 (c) 4 (d) 4.5

34. A cycled from P to Q at 10 kmph and returned at the rate of 9 kmph. B cycled both ways at 12 kmph. In the
whole journey B took 10 minutes less than A. Find the distance between P and Q.

(a)3km (b)3 km (c)4km (d)5km

35.A software engineer returns from America. As he is fat he decided to have evening walk.....he started at
3pm. he walks along the road at 4km/hr for some time then he climbs a upward slope area at 3km/hr then
downwards at the rate of 6km/hr. then back to the home through the road at 4km/hr. what is the distance he
covered in one way if he reaches back home at 9pm.

(a)12km (b)18km (c)24km (d)None of these

36.A train overtakes 2 persons walking at 3 km/hr and 5 km/hr respectively in the same direction and
completely passes them in 8 seconds and 10 seconds respectively. Find the speed of the train.

(a)12km/hr (b)13km/hr (c)14km/hr (d)15km/hr

37.A Man is sitting in the last coach of train could not find a seat, so he starts walking to the front coach ,he
walks for 5 min and reaches front coach. Not finding a seat he walks back to last coach and when he reaches
there, train had completed 5 miles. What is the speed of the train?

(a)20m/h (b)25m/h (c)30m/h (d)Can not say

38.A train m leaves Meerut at 5 a.m. and reaches Delhi at 9 a.m. another train leaves Delhi at 7 a.m. and
reaches Meerut at 10.30 a.m. at what time do the two trains cross each other ?

(a)7:30a.m (b)7:56a.m (c)8a.m (d)8:12a.m

39.Two trains starting at same time, one from Bangalore to Mysore and other in opposite direction arrive at
their destination 1 hr and 4 hours respectively after passing each other. How much faster is one train from
other?

(a)1:2 (b)2:1 (c)1:4 (d)4:1

40.A man covered a certain distance at some speed. Had he moved 3 kmph faster, he would have taken 40
minutes less. If he had moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken 40 minutes more. The distance (in km) is:

(a) 35 (b) 36 (c) 37 (d) 40

41.A man has to get air-mail. He starts to go to airport on his motorbike. Plane comes early and the mail is sent
by a horse-cart. The man meets the cart in the middle after half an hour. He takes the mail and returns back,
by doing so, he saves twenty minutes. How early did the plane arrive?

(a)30min (b)40min (c)50min (d)60min

42.A train passes two cars moving in the direction at 45km/hr and 50km/hr in 36 sec and 54 sec respectively.
What is the length of the train?

(a)100m (b)150m (c)200m (d)None of these

43.A boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 minutes to cover a certain distance, while it takes 4 hours to
cover the same distance running downstream. What is the ratio between the speed of the boat and speed of
the water current respectively?

(a)2 : 1 (b)3 : 2 (c)8 : 3 (d)Cannot be determined

44.The speed of a boat in still water in 15 km/hr and the rate of current is 3 km/hr. The distance travelled
downstream in 12 minutes is:
(a)1.2 km (b)1.8 km (c)2.4 km (d)3.6 km

45.Food grains are to be sent to city from go down. Owner wants to reach the food grains at 11 O' Clock in the
city. If a truck travels at a speed of 30km/hr then he will reach the city one hour earlier. If the truck travels at a
speed of 20km/h then he will reach the city one hour late. Find the distance between the go down to city. Also
with which speed the truck should travel in order to reach at exactly 11 'O clock.

(a)120km,24km/h (b)124km,30km/hr (c)180km,24km/hr (d)180km,30km/hr

46.A super fast bus of KSRTC starting from 'Trivandrum' and reaches 'Attingal' in 45 minutes with an average
speed of 40 km/hr. If the speed is increased by 10 km/hr how much time it will take to cover the same
distance?

(a)34 minutes (b)36 minutes (c) 38 minutes (d)40 minutes

47.A car travelling with 5/7 of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. Find the actual speed of the
car.
(a)125/7 km/hr (b)25 km/hr (c)30 km/hr (d)35 km/hr

48.A man completes a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21 km/hr and
second half at the rate of 24 km/hr. Find the total journey in km.
(a)220 km (b)224 km (c)230 km (d)234 km

49.An express A starts at 2.30 pm from Nampali station and travels towards vizag station at speed of 80 kmph.
Another express starts at 4.30 pm from Nampali station to Vizag station at speed of 100 kmph. How far away
from station Nampali will the two trains meet??

(a)600 km (b)700 km (c)750 km (d) 800 km

50. A nonstop bus to Amritsar overtakes an auto also moving towards Amritsar at 10 am. The bus reaches
Amritsar at 12.30 pm and starts on the return journey after 1 hr. On the way back it meets the auto at 2 pm. At
what time the auto will reach Amritsar?

(a)2:30pm (b)2:48pm (c)3pm (d)3:15pm

 ANSWER KEY
1(c) 2(a) 3(c) 4(c) 5(a) 6(b) 7(a) 8(a) 9(d) 10(b)

11(b) 12(d) 13(c) 14(a) 15(a) 16(b) 17(c) 18(a) 19(c) 20(c)

21(b) 22(c) 23(b) 24(a) 25(b) 26(c) 27(b) 28(b) 29(d) 30(b)

31(b) 32(c) 33(c) 34(b) 35(a) 36(b) 37(c) 38(b) 39(b) 40(d)

41(b) 42(b) 43(c) 44(d) 45(a) 46(b) 47(c) 48(b) 49(d) 50(c)
 PERMUTATION & COMBINATION

1. How many words can be formed using the letters of the word “CORRESPONDANCE” if the consonants are always
written together?
a)182 b)184 c)216*9! d)None of thease
2. If six persons are selected out of ten, in how many ways will a particular personbe found among those six?
a)124 b)126 c)144 d)84

3. There are 8 different locks , with exactly one key for each lock. All the keys have been mixed up. What is number
of trails required in order to determine which key belongs to which lock?
a)44 b)28 c)24 d)32

4. The number of all four digit numbers, which are divisible by 4 , that can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
is
a)125 b)100 c)95 d)Non of thease

5. The total number of integral solutions for (x,y,z)such that xyz=24, is

a)36 b)90 c)120 d)None of these

6. In a dinner party , there are 10 indians , 5 americans and 5 english men. In how many ways can they be
arranged in a row so that all persons of the same nationality sit together?
a)10!*5!*5! b)20! c)3!* 10!*5!*5! d)20!3!

7. How many new words can be formed from the letters of the word ‘circle’ taken together?
a)720 b)719 c)360 d)359

8. In how many ways 12 different books can be distributed equally among 4 persons?
a)195 b)154 c)210 d)256

9. Find the number of numbers of 4 digits formed with the digits 1,2,3,4,5 in which 3 occurs in the unit place.
a)4 b)8 c)12 d)6

10. Find the sum of all 4 digit numbers that can be formed with the digits 3,2,3,4.
a)40982 b)39996 c)41682 d)None of these

11. A person has 12 friends of whom 8 are relatives. In how many ways can he invite 7 friends such that at least 5 of
them may be relatives?
a)284 b)384 c)456 d)512

12. Let A={x|x is the prime number and x < 30} the number of different rational numbers whose numerator and
denominator belong to A is
a)90 b)180 c)91 d)Non of these

13. Find the number of non-negative integral solutions to the system of equations x+y+z+u+t=20 and x+y+z=5.
a)228 b)336 c)448 d)528
14. Find the number of integral solution to |x|+|y|+|z| = 15.
a)902 b)728 c)734 d)904

15. The number of parallelograms that can be formed from the set of four parallel lines intersecting another set of
three parallel lines, is
a)6 b)18 c)12 d) 9

16. There are 4 letters and 4 directed envelopes. The number of ways in which all the letters can be put in the
wrong envelop is
a)8 b)9 c)16 d)Non of these

17. How many 10 digits numbers can be written by using the digits 1 and 2
a)10c1+9c2 b)210 c)10c2 d)10!

18. There are regular decagon. Triangles are formed by joining the vertices of the polygon. What is the number of
triangles which have no side common with any of the sides of the polygon?
a)50 b)300 c)44 d)294

19. The number of positive integral solution of abc = 30 is :

a)27 b)81 c)243 d)None of these

20. A train going from Cambridge to London stops at nine intermediate stations. Six persons enter the train during
the journey with six different tickets of the same calss. How many different sets of tickets would they have?
a)11c5 b)35c6 c) 45c6 d)None of these

21. If the number of ways in which n different things can be distributed among n persons so that at least one person
doesn’t get any thing is 232 then what is the value of n?
a)3 b)4 c)5 d)None of these

22. Find the number of non-negative integer solutions to the system of equations a+b+c+d+e=20 and a+b+c=5 is
a)240 b)336 c)672 d)1008

ANSWER KEY (Permutations & Combinations)

1 d 2 b 3 b 4 d 5 d
6 c 7 d 8 a 9 d 10 b
11 c 12 c 13 b 14 a 15 b
16 b 17 b 18 a 19 c 20 c
21 b 22 b
 Probability

1. What is the chance of drawing an ace from a deck of cards?

a)8/52 b)16/52 c)2/52 d)4/52

2. A three digit number is to be formed by using the digits 1,2,3,......,9. What is the probability that the numbers
formed is greater then than 500, if repetition is not allowed?
a)280/504 b)54/280 c)2/12 d)Non of these

3. What is the probability that there are 53 Sundays and 53 Tuesdays in a leap year?
a)0 b)1 c)0.5 d)Non of these

4. What is the probability that there are 53 Sundays and 53 Saturdays in a leap year?
a)1/7 b)2/7 c)0 d)None of these

5. Three dice are thrown simulteneously. The probability of getting a sum of 15 is

a)1/72 b)5/36 c)5/72 d) None of these

6. Three dice are thrown. The probability of getting a sum which is a perfect square is
a)2/5 b)9/20 c)1/4 d)None of these

7. A and B are mutually exclusive events.

a)0.6 b)0.3 c)0.2 d)0.5

8. There are 3 red 3 blue and three green balls. What is the probability that out of three selected balls 2 are red?
a)1/4 b)2/5 c)3/7 d)None of these

9. If a year has 360 days and all the months with 30 days. What is the probability that your birthday falls on
Monday and that is an even day of an even month, given that january 1 is a Monday?
a)1/10 b)13/360 c)1/28 d)11/360

10. If 4 whole numbers are taken at random and multiplied together, then the probability that the last digit in the
product is 1 , 3 , 7 or 9 will be
a)13/976 b)17/529 c)16/625 d)13/625

11. if the probability of A falling in an examination is 1/5 and that of B falling the same examination is 3/10, then
the probability that either A or B fails is
a)1/2 b)11/25 c)19/50 d)None of these

12. Let A and B be two independent events in such a way that their probabilityies are 3/10 and 2/5 respectively. The
probability of exactly one of the events happining is
a)25/30 b)1/2 c)31/50 d)None of these
13. A shooter firing at a target has 10% chance of hitting in one shot. The number of times he must fire at the target
to to have above 50% chance of hitting the target is
a)11 b)9 c)7 d)5
14. The probability that a man will live 10 more years is ¼ and the probability that his wife will live 10 more years is
1/3 . Then the probability that neither will be alive in 10 years is
a)5/12
b)7/12
c)1/2
d)11/12

ANSWER KEY (Probability)

1 d 2 a 3 a 4 a 5 d
6 d 7 b 8 d 9 b 10 c
11 b 12 a 13 c 14 c
 LOGICAL REASONING
Coding & Decoding
1. In a certain code RACKET is written as TDAHGW. How is NUMBER written in that code?
a)P X K Y G U b)D Q L M J P c)E Q M L J N d)Q E L M J M e)P K X X G U

2. In a certain code language, ‘yes more water’ is written as ‘ti ki di’ and ‘more than that’ is written as ‘si pi ki’ .
How is ‘that’ written in that code language?
a)si b)ki c)ti d)Data in adquate d) Non of these

3. In a certain code MORNING is written as NPSOJOH. How is SHOULDER written in that code?
a)OSPNRFMH b)TIPVMEFS c)OSPNSFEM d)OSPNHMFR e)None of these

4. In a certain language:
(1) PIC VIC NIC means ‘winter is cold’
(2) TO NIC RE means ‘summer is hot’
(3) RE THO PA means ‘nights are hot’

Which of followingis code for ‘summer’?

a)TO b)NIC c)PIC d)VIC e) Non of these

5. In a certain code ‘TERMINAL’ is written as ‘NSFUMBOJ’ and ‘TOWERS’ is written as ‘XPUTSF’. How is ‘MATE’
written in that code?
a)FUBN b)UFNB c)BNFU d)BNDS e)None of these

6. If table is called Chair, Chair is called Cot, Cot is called Pot and Pot is called Filter, where does a person sit.
a)Pot b)Cot c)Chair d)Filter e)None of these

7. In a certain code language ‘how any goals scored’ is written as ‘5 3 9 7’ ‘many more matches’ is written ‘9 8 2’
and ‘he scored five’ is written as ‘1 6 3’. How is ‘goals’ written in that code llanguage?
a)5 b)7 c)5 or 7 d)Data inadquate e)None of these
8. In certain code DRAUGHT is written as CQBVHIU and CONCISE is written as BNODJTF. How will PROBLEM be
written in that code?
a)OSNCMFN b)OQPCMFN c)QSNAMFN d)OQPCKDN e)None of these

9. If CHOLINE is written as ‘HLCIOEN’ , then SURGEON will be written as:

a)UGSRENO b)UGSENRO c)UGESRNO d)UGSERNO e)None of these

10. In a certain code CLIMATE is written as BUBLJMD . How is ORDERLY written in that code?
a)NMSDESX b)ZMSDPSE c)ZMSDESP d)ZMSFESP e)None of these

11. In a certain code BEAN is written as ABNE and SALE is written as LSEA.How is NEWS written in that code?
a)WMES b)WNSE c)SNWE d)SNEW e)Non of these
Study the following information to answer the given questions: in a certain code, ‘weapons hidden in town’ is written as
‘white black red’, ‘ready weapons for attack’ is written as ‘grey indigo red green’ , ‘hidden for own safety’ is written as
‘silver gray violet white’ and ‘own town under attack’ is written as ‘violet blue indigo black’

12. What is the code for READY?

a) red b)indigo c)green (d)gray (e) Non of these

13. What does SILVER stand for ?

a)safety b)own c)hidden d)for e) Non of these

14. BLACK PINK YELLOW could be a code forwhich of the following?

a) town under attack
b) hidden for safety
c) attack in town
d)risk in town
e)Non of these

15. What is the code for ATTACK?

a)gray b)indigo c)white d)violet e)Non of these

16. Which of the following may represent ‘all hidden weapons’?

a)white red orange b)brown grey red c)indigo white red d)red violet white

17. What is the code for OWN?

a)Silver b) Blue c)Indigo d)Violet e)None of these

18. In a certain code, TASK is written as BUJR and BIND is written as JCCM. How is SUIT written in that code?
a)VTSH
b)VSTH
c)TRUJ
d)TRJU
e)Non of these

ANSWER KEY (CODING & DECODING)

1 a 2 d 3 b 4 a 5 c
6 d 7 c 8 b 9 d 10
11 b 12 c 13 a 14 d 15 d
16 a 17 d 18 a
 BLOOD RELATIONS

Using the following information and answer the questoin given bolow.

i)in a famiily of 6 (1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 and 6) there are two married couples.

ii)4 is the grand mother of 1 and mother of 2
iii)3 is the wife 2 and moher of 6
iv)6 is granddaughter of 5

1. How many male members are there in the family?

a)2 b)3 c)4 d)1 e)can not be determined

2. hat is 3 to 1?
a)Mother b)Grand mother c)Daughter d)Son e)Non of these

3. Who among the following is one of the couple?

a)3&4 b)5&2 c)4&5 d)1&5 e)None of these

4. Which of the following is true?

a)1 is the sister of 6
b)1 is the brother of 6
c)1 is the daughter of 3
d)1 is the daughter of 2
e)4 has 2 grand children

Study the following information to the ansswer the given question.

P÷Q means P is the mother of Q.

P+Q means p is the father of Q.

P-Q means P is the sister of Q.

P*Q means P is brother of Q.

5. Which of the following should come in the place of question mark in the given expression to establish that A is
the maternal grand father of D?
A+B-C? D
a) ÷
b) *
c) -
d) either ÷ or +
e)either – or +
 6. J is the son of K who is the mother of L, Lis the daughter of M. What is tyhe relationship of M to J.
a)Son
b)Father
c)Mother
d)Brother
e)sister

7. Pointing to a boy Esha says, ‘He is the son of my grandfather’s only child’ .
How is the boy related to Esha?
a)Son
b)Grandfather
c)Grandson
d)Brother
e)cannot be determined

8. Pointing at a photograph sonu topld Swati ‘she the mother –in-law of your father’s wife and is my maternal
grandmother’. How is Swati related to Sonu?
a)Mother-in-law
b) Cousin-sister
c) Maternal grand mother
d) Mother-in-law
e)Data inadequate

Sujeet and Sanjay are children of Mr paul, Sujeet marries Subhashini Gupta and Honey , Sunny and Money are born
to them. Honey is marriedto the eldest daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Kamal. Veena is younger to Geeta and elder than Sita
and all are daughters of Mr. And Mrs. Kamal. Paur is daughter of Hoey.

9. What is Sur name of Sunny?

a)Paur

b)Kamal

c)Gupta

d)Data inadequate

e)Non of these

10. Who is married to Honey?

a)veena
b)Sita
c)Geeta
d)pari
e)Non of these
11. How is Sanjay related to Honey?
a)Brother-in-law
b)Uncle
c)maternal uncle
d)Brother
e)Non of these

12. What is the sur name of Pari?

a)Gupta b)Paur c)Komal d)Data in adequate e)Non of these

13. Pointing out a woman, Mohit said, ‘she is the daughter of the woman who is the mother of the husband of my
mother’ . Who is the woman to Mohit?
a)Daughter
b)Husband
c)Paternal Aunt
d)Mother
e)Cannot be determined

ANSWER KEY (BLOOD RELATIONS)

1 e 2 a 3 c 4 e 5 a
6 b 7 d 8 b 9 a 10 c
11 b 12 B 13 C
 DIRECTIONS

1. If the ‘south-east’ direction is denoted as ‘east’ and the ‘North-West’ is denoted as ‘west’, ‘South-west’ is
called’south’ and so on, then what will north be denoted as?
a)North- east
b)East
c)West
d)North-west

2. If Mohan is to the south of ram and Sohan is to the east of ram, then in what direction is Mohan with respect to
that of Sohan?
a)North-east
b)South-west
c)South-east
d)Both are in same direction

3. A woman start fromthe piont and moves 4 km North then turns to East and goes 6 km and then moves 8 km
towards South. How far is he from starting point?
a)Less than 2 km
b)More than 2 km but less than 5 km
c)More than 7 km but less than 5 km
d)More than 9 km but less than 12km

4. Reeta travel 5 km South, then turn right and walks 3 km. She again turns to right hamd side and moves 5 km.
How many km is Reeta away from the place of her starting the journey.
a)2km b)3km c)4km d)5km e)6km

5. Prakash travelled 8 km to the east, then turned left and travelled 6 km, then turns rightand travelled 7 km, then
turned back and travelled 10, then then turned left and travelled 6 km.How far is he from the starting point?
a)3 b)8 c)2 d)5 e)4

6. Kiran walks 9m to the west, then turning to south walks 14m and then turning to west walks 10 m and then
turning to north walks 14 m. How far is kiran from starting point?
a)15 b)12 c)10 d)19 d)14

7. A tourist drives 8 km travels East and turns to right hand side and takes a drive of another 5 km. He then drives
towards west(turning to his right) another 6km. He then turns to his left and walks another 3 km afterwards, He
turns to his right and travel 6 km. How far is he from his starting point and in which direction
a)sqrt80 North-east b)sqrt80 South-west c)sqrt81 south-west d)sqrt 81 North-west

8. Hemant and Jitender both start from a point towards north. Hemant turns to left after walking 12km.Jitender
turns top right after same distance. Hemant waits for sometime and the walks another 16 km where as jitender
walks only 8 km.Theyboth then returns to their respective south and walks 12 km fopreward. How far is Hemant
from Jitender.
a)25 b)20 c)24 d)29 e)26
9. A woman leaves from her home. She first walks 25m in South-east direction and then25 m in North-east
direction. Next she walks 30 m in North-west direction.Finally she turns towards house.in which direction she is
moving?
a)South-west b)North-east c)North-west d)South-north e)Non of these

10. Suman stands with her face pointing to the north-west direction. She walks 12m and then turns southwardsand
walks another 16 m. How far is she from the starting point?
a)18 b)14 c)22 d)24 e)20

11. Prem was facing south. He walked 40 m and turns right to cover 20 m. He again turns right and walked 40 m.
How far is he from his original point?
a)20 b)32 c)25 d)35 e)30

12. Bhavana travelled 10 km to the east , then turned left and travelled 8 km, then travelled 9 km, the turned left
and traelled 8km. How far is he from the starting point?
a)1 b)5 c)3 d)7 e)4

13. Inspector rahul travelled from his police station for 300 meaters. He then turned right again and travelled for
another 500 m straight. How far is he from the police post?
a)89 b)97 c)96 d)100 e)121

14. A boy was trying to find his mother . He was facing west and walked for 10 m. He turned North thenand walk
another 10 m. Then he started walking east wards walked for 20 m. And turned south. He walked 10 m and
moved east for 2 m. In which direction is he from the original position and how far?
a)9 b)5 c)2 d)11 e)13

15. Surya was facing east. Then he turns 30 ° in the clock wise direction and then 45° in anticlock wise
direction.Which directoin is he facing now?

a)South-west b)North-east c)North-west d)South-east e)Non of these

16. Jaspreet was facing south. Then she turns 90° in the clockwise direction and the 160° in the anti clockwise
direction.Which direction is she facing now?

a)South-east b)North-east c)South-west d)North-west e)Non of these

17. Pooja run 20 m to the west . Then she turned right and walked for 15 m. Then turned left and went 25 m. And
then turned left againand went 15 m. How far was pooja from the starting point?
a)35 b)25 c)45 d)65 e)55

ANSWER KEY (Directions)

1 a 2 b 3 d 4 b 5 d
6 d 7 b 8 c 9 a 10 e
11 a 12 d 13 d 14 c 15 b
16 a 17 c
GEOMETRY & MENSURATION, ALGEBRA, DI, DS
1. A semi circle is drawn with AB as diameter. From a point D on the circumference a perpendicular DC is drawn on
AB. Given that AC is 2 cm, CD is 6 cm. Find the length of the diameter in cm?
(a) 10 ( b) 20 (c) 14 (d) 30
2. Two vertical poles of height 2 mt and 8 mt stand apart on a plane. Find the height in mt of the point of
intersection of the top of each pole to the bottom of other pole.
(a) 1.6 (b) 1.8n (c) 5.6 (d) cant be determined
3. Two circles of radii 8 cm and 2 cm touch each other at A and also touch a line at B and C. Find the length of BC in
cm?
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) 12
4. Given 3 lines in a plane such that the points of intersection form a triangle of side 20, 20 and 30. Find the
number of points equidistance from all the 3 lines?
(a) Infinite (b) 90 (c) 1 (d) 20
5. What is the distance in cm between two parallel chords of 32cm and 24cm in a circle of radius 20cm?
(a) 4 or 28 (b) 3 or 21 (c) 2 or 14 (d) none
6. Find the sum of the interior angles of the points of a 5 point star?
(a) 360 (b) 180 (c) 450 (d) 300
7. At the centre of a square of side 10 cm, another square of side 20 cm is hinged by one of its corners so that it
can rotate freely about the hinge. Initially, the sides of the hinged square are parallel to the other fixed square.
The hinged square is rotated slowly through an angel of 45 degrees. The area common to the squares.
(a) Keep increasing (b) keep decreasing (c) remain same (d) none
8. Given a square of length 2m. Its corners are cut such that to represent a regular octagon. Find the length of side
of octagon?
(a) 2(√2 - 1) (b) 2(√2 + 1) (c) 1 (d) 2
9. A circle circumscribes 3 unit circles that touch each other. What is the radius of the larger circle?
(a) 1 +( 2/√3) (b) 1 +( 1/√3) (c) 2 (d) 1 – 2/√3
10. A rectangle has twice the area of a square. The length of the rectangle is 14 cm longer than the side of the
square, whereas the breadth of the rectangle is equal to the side of the square. Find the perimeter of the
square?
(a) 56 (b) 64 (c) 80 (d) none
11. Two equilateral triangles of side 12 cm each are placed one on top of the other, such that a 6 pointed star is
formed. If this 6 vertices lie on a circle. What is the area of the circle not enclosed by the star (Give answer to
the nearest square cm)?
(a) 126 (b) 67 (c) 240 (d) 96

12. The number of dfferent non congruent triangles with integer sides and perimeter 15 is?
(a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 15
13. An isosceles triangle of sides 13cm, 13cm and 10cm is inscribed in a circle of radius r. Find the value of r?
(a) 169/24 (b) 169/240 (c) 169 (d) none
14. x, y and z are integers, that are sides of an obtuse angled triangle. If xy = 4, find z?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) more than one value of z
15. How many isosceles triangles with integer sides possible such that sum of two of its sides is 12?
(a) 11 (b) 6 (c) 17 (d) 23
16. Perimeter of a triangle with integral sides is 15. How many such triangles are possible?
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
17. If the ratio between one internal angle and one external angle of a regular polygon is 2:1, then the number
of sides of the polygon is?
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
18. There are two regular polygons with number of sides in the ratio of 4:5 and the interior angles in the ratio
25:26. Find the number of sides in the first polygon?
(a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 16 (d) 8
19. The sides of a regular octagon are extended to form a star. Find the measure of the internal angle at each
point of the star?
(a) 600 (b)900 (c) 360 (d) 450
20. If a, b, c are the sides of a triangle, and a2 + b2 + c2 = ab + bc + ca, then the triangle is ?
(a) Isosceles (b) scalene

(c) equilateral (d) none of these

21. The sides of a triangle are 5 cm, 7 cm, 10 cm. Find the length of the median to the longest side in cm?
(a) 4.5 (b) 1.5 (c) 4.2 (d) 3.5
22. A ladder 50 cm long is placed so as to reach a window 48cm high and on turning the ladder over to other
side of the street, it reaches a point on the opposite wall 14 cm high. Find the breadth of the street?
(a) 62cm (b) 60cm (c) 54cm (d) 56cm
23. Mid points of adjacent sides of a square are joined. Again the mid points of adjacent sides of newly formed
figure are connected and this process repeated again and again. Calculate the areas of all such figures in
cm2, given that the diagonal of the outermost square is 6√2 cm.
(a) 144 (b) 36 (c) 72 (d) 44
24. A rectangle has a perimeter of 26 units. How many combinations of integral valued length are possible?
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
25. The volumes of two similar pyramids are in the ratio of 8:27. What is the ratio their surface areas?
(a) 4:9 (b) 2:3 (c) 4:7 (d) none
26. A cube of white chalk is painted red,then cut parallel to the sides to form two rectangular solids of equal
volume. What percentage of the surface area of each of the new solids is not painted red?
(a) 20% (b) 16.67% (c) 15% (d) 25%

ALGEBRA
( EQUATIONS & INEQUATIONS, SERIES)
27. What is the sum of the roots of the cubic equation x3 + 2x2 + x -1 = 0?
(a) -2 (b) 2 (c) -1 (d) 2/3
28. Which of the following Quadratic equations will not have real roots?
(a) 3x2 + 2x -1 = 0 (b) x2 + 2x + 1 = 0 (c) 3x2 + 2x + 5 = 0 (d) 2x2 + 3x + 1 = 0
29. The present age of a father is 8 times the present age of the son. After 3 years , the father’s age will become
5 times his son’s age. What is the present age of the father?
(a) 30 (b) 32 (c) 40 (d) 45
30. Which of the following satisfies the inequation –x2 + 6x -8 > 0?
(a) 3< x <5 (b) 2< x <4 (c) x< 2 and x >4 (d) x <3 and x >5
31. What is remainder when the polynomial x4 – 3x2 + 7x – 10 is divided by x – 2?
(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 12 (d) 8
32. If x + 2 is a factor of x4 – 4x2 + 2ax +8, then what is the value of a?
(a) -2 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) -3
33. If (x + 2)2 = 9 and (y + 3)2 = 25. Then what is the maximum value of x/y?
(a) 5/8 (b) 7/3 (c) -5/8 (d) ½
34. For what value of K, the equation 2x + 3y = 5 and 4x + Ky = 7 will not have any solution?
(a) 2 (b) -2 (c) 6 (d) 8
35. Sum of all the real roots of the equation│x-2│2 + │x-2│ - 2 = 0 is?
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) -4 (d) 0
36. What is the value of p, if x + 3 is a factor of 3x2 + px + 6 = 0?
(a) 9 (b) -9 (c) 11 (d) -11
37. The polynomial ax3 + 3x2 -13 and 2x3 - 5x + a are divided by x + 2. If the remainder in case same, then find the
value of a?
(a) 5/9 (b) -5/9 (c) 2/7 (d) -2/7
38. If x + 1/x = 3, then find the value of x6 + 1/x6?
(a) 364 (b) 322 (c) 432 (d) 729
39. If x – 1/x = 2, then find the value of x4 + 1/x4?
(a) 34 (b) 32 (c) 12 (d) 8
40. Find the sum of the first 15 terms of the series whose nth term is (4n + 1)?
(a) 495 (b) 485 (c) 505 (d) 750
41. If 5th term of an AP series is 15 and the 9th term is 23. Find the 14th term of the same AP series?
(a) 33 (b) 35 (c) 31 (d) 37
42. Find the sum of an AP series of 14 terms. Whose first and last terms are 8 and 99 respectively?
(a) 789 (b) 747 (c) 707 (d) 749
43. If 9 times the 9th term of a AP series is equal to 15 times the 15th term of the AP. Then what is the 24th term?
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) -1 (d) -2
44. If m times the mth term of a AP series is equal to n times the nth term of the AP. Then what is the (m + n)th
term?
(a) 1 (b) a - b (c) a2 - b2 (d) 0
45. If the terms of one GP series are multiplied by the corresponding terms of another GP series. The sequence
obtained will be in?
(a) AP (b) GP (c) HP (d) none
46. In a infinite GP series every term is equal to the sum of all the terms that follow. Find the common ratio?
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/4 (d) 1/5
47. 1 + (2/7) + (2/7)2 + (2/7)3 + ------------+ t∞ =?
(a) 5/7 (b) 7/5 (c) 1 (d) ∞
48. The 288th term of the series a, b, b, c, c, c, d, d, d, d, e, e, e, e, e, f, f, f, f, f, f, .......is?
(a) v (b) w (c) x (d) y
49. Find the 50th term of the series 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, ......................
(a) 1126 (b) 1226 (c) 1225 (d) 1251
50. 2 + 6 + 12 + 20 + 30 +....................+ t20 =?
(a) 7220 (b) 1440 (c) 3600 (d) 3080
51. If A^B means A raised to the power B. Let f(x) = 1+ x + x^2 + x^3 + ...........+ x^6. Find the remainder when
f(x^7) is divided by f(x)?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 6 (d) none
52. 3y + x > 2 and x + 2y <= 3, What can be said about the value of y?
(a) y > -1 (b) y < -1 (c) y = 1 (d) y = -1
53. If f(x) = 7x + 12, what is f-1(x)?
(a) (x - 12) / 7 (b) 12+7x (c) 1/ (7x+12) (d) none

NUMBER SERIES
54. 1, 2, 6, 21, 88, -------?
(a) 445 (b) 440 (c) 356 (d) 554
55. -1, 0, 4, 21, 100, -------?
(a) 416 (b) 500 (c) 450 (d) 525

DATA INTERPRETATION & DATA SUFFICIENCY

Directions for Question no 56 to 60: Below given line chart represents the domestic consumption and export (in
thousand tonnes) of rice from India in seven consecutive years.
40

30

20 Domestic consumption
Export
10

0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

56. In which of the following years was the percentage fluctuation (increase/decrease) in exports maximum
from the previous years?
(a) 1999 (b) 2000 (c) 2002 (d) 2004
57. If there was 20% growth of Export in 1998 from 1997. Find the amount of rice Export in 1997 ?
(a) 16.67 tonnes (b) 18 tonnes (c) 18000 tonnes (d) 16666 tonnes
58. Find the average of Domestic consumption of rice during the given years in tonnes?
(a) 18.57 (b) 22.85 (c) 18571 (d)22857
59. If there was no Import of rice during 2001, then find the amount of rice production in India during 2001 in
tonnes?
(a) 55 (b) 5000 (c) 55000 (d) can’t say
60. Find the percentage decrease of export in 2004 than in 2003?
(a) 57.1 (b) 133.3 (c) 20 (d) none
Directions for Question no 61 to 70: Mark
(1) If only data A is sufficient to get the answer.
(2) If only data B is sufficient to get the answer
(3) If each data is independently sufficient to get the answer
(4) If both data together required to get the answer
 (5) If both data together not sufficient and more data required.

Direction for questions 76 to 80: Go through the charts given below and solves the questions based on it. The
data are in $ millions.
7000

6000

5000

4000 FDI
FII
3000
TOTAL

2000

1000

0
1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

61. FII flows recorded negative growth rates in

(a) One Year (b)Two Year (c)Three Year (d)Four Year
62. FDI flows recorded highest growth between
(a) 1992-93 and 1993-94 (b) 1993-94 and 1994-95 (c) 1994-95 and 1995-96 (d) 1995-96 and 1996-97
63. FDI flows were greater than FII flows in
(a) 1992-93 and 1993-94 (b) 1996-97 and 1997-98 (c) 1993-94 and 1997-98
(d) 1992-93 and 1997-98.

64. Over the years, which of the following flows are highly volatile?

(a) FII flows (b) FDI flows (c) Total flows (d) Both FII and total

65. Difference between FII and FDI flows is maximum in the year

(a) 1992-93 (b) 1993-94 (c) 1994-95 (d) 1995-96

66. If x and y are positive integers, is x + y even?

(A) 5x + 5y is even (B) 2x + 3y is odd and x is odd
67. If x and y are positive integers, then what is the value of x?
(A) 4x - 3y = 6 (B) 3x + 5y = 22
68. Is x < 0?
(A) X3 < 0 (B) x2 > 0
69. If x and y are positive integers, is x even?
(A) 2x + y is odd (B) 3x + 4y is even
70. If x and y are single digit positive integers. What is the HCF of x and y?
 (A) X is even and y is odd (B) x + y = 7(x-y)
71. Does Amit save more money than Bishnu?
(A) Amit’s income is less than Bishnu
(B) Amit’s expenditure is more than Bishnu
72. Is (P + Q) > (R + S)?
(A) P > R and S < Q (B) Q < S and R > P
73. Is X1/3 > X3?
(A) X < -5 (B) 0.1 ≤ X ≤ 0.9
74. Between an orange and an apple, which is costlier?
(A) The cost of 8 oranges and 6 apples is Rs 50.
(B) The cost of 4 oranges is Rs 3 more than the cost of 5 apples.
75. At what price did a trader purchase each mango?
(A) Each mango was sold for Rs 30 more than the profit made on each mango.
(B) Each mango was purchased Rs 30 less than the profit made on each mango.

SYLLOGISM

76. Statement: Some books are pens. No pen is pencil.

Conclusion: I. some pens are books. II. Some pencils are books.
III. Some books are not pencils. IV. All pencils are books.
(a) Only I follow (b) Only II and III follow. (c) Only I and III follow. (d) Only I and II follow.
77. Statement: All shares are debentures. No debenture is an equity.
Conclusion: I. No equity is a share. II. Some debentures are shares.
III. No share is an equity
(a) Only I follow. (b) Only II follow. (c) Only III follow. (d) All follow.
78. Statement: Some bags are pockets. No pocket is a pouch.
Conclusion: I. No bag is a pouch. II. Some bags are not pouches.
III. Some pockets are bags. IV. No pocket is a bag.
(a) None follow. (b) Only II and III follow (c) Only I and III follow. (d) Either I or IV follows.
79. Statement: Some tables are TVs. Some TVs are radios.
Conclusion: I. some tables are radios. II. Some radios are tables. III. All radios are TVs.
IV. All TVs are tables.
(a) None follows (b) Only II and III follow. (c) Only I and III follow. (d) Either I or IV follows.
80. Statement: No box is toy. All toys are blocks.
Conclusion: I. Some blocks are toys. II. Some blocks are boxes.
III. No block is box.
(a) Only I follow (b) either II or III follow. (c) either II or III and I follow. (d) None follow.
ANSWER KEY:
1-b(20cm), 2-a(1.6), 3-a(length of direct common tangent=8), 4-c(one), 5-a(4 or 28), 6-b(180), 7-c, 8-a, 9-a, 10-a, 11-a,
12-c, 13-b, 14-b, 15-d, 16-c, 17-a, 18-c,19-b, 20-c,21-a, 22-b, 23-a, 24-a, 25-a, 26-d, 27-b, 28-d, 29-b, 30-a, 31-b, 32-c,
33-b, 34-d, 35-b, 36-c, 37-b,38-a, 39-a,40-a,

41-b ,42-c ,43-c ,44-b ,45-a ,46-b ,47-c ,48-d ,49-a ,50-c ,51-b ,52-a ,53-d ,54-a ,55-d , 56-b ,57-d ,58-c ,59-c
,60-a ,61-3 ,62-2 ,63-1 ,64-2 ,65-4 ,66-4 ,67-3 ,68- 3 ,69-2 ,70-1 , 71-c ,72- d ,73-b ,74-a ,75-c ,76- b ,77-c ,78-d
,79- d ,80-b ,

BOATS & STREAMS

1) Speed of river is 6 km/hr. Speed of a motorboat in still water is 30km/hr. How much distance can it cover
downstream in 24minutes?

a. 9.8 km

b. 864 m

c. 12.8 km

d. 14.4 km

2) Find the ratio of swimming speed of Raj in still water to speed of river, if ratio of time taken to go 10km
upstream to time taken to go 10km downstream is 11:5?

a. 11:5

b. 4:2

c. 8:3

d. 6:5

3) Guddi’s swimming speed in still water to the speed of river is 7:1. She swims 4.2 km up the river in just 14
min. How much time will Guddi take to swim 18.4 km down the river?

a. 46 minutes

b. 12 minutes

c. 23 minutes
d. 11 minutes

4) Michel can swim in still water at the rate of 6km per hour. After swimming in a stream, she realized that she
takes twice the time to go upstream as she takes to go downstream. What is speed of the current?

a. 2.25 km/hr

b. 2 km/hr

c. 4 km/hr

d. 1.5 km/hr

5) In 10 hours Mayur rows 30 kms upstream and 44 kms downstream. Also he travels 40 kms upstream and
55 kms downstream in 13 hours. What is speed of the boat in still water?

a. 3 km/hr

b. 8 km/hr

c. 11 km/hr

d. 16 km/hr

6) Raj swims 26 km downstream in same time as 14 km upstream. What is his speed in still water if speed of
stream is 3 km/hr?

a. 10 km/hr

b. 12 km/hr

c. 7 km/hr

d. 4 km/hr

7) If upstream speed is 22 km/hr and downstream speed is 34 km/hr, what is speed of boat in still water?

a. 28 km/hr

b. 56 km/hr

c. 17 km/hr

d. 11 km/hr

8) Consider statements A and B given below and decide whether they are enough to find the time needed for
covering same distance downstream as upstream if a boat travels 48 kms upstream in 6 hours.
Statement A – Boat’s speed in still water is 10 km/hr

Statement B – Current speed is 2 km/hr

a. Only statement B is enough

b. Any one statement if given is enough to find the answer

c. Both statements together are needed to find the answer

d. Only statement A is enough

9) 3 towns P, Q and R are located at the bank of a stream. Distance of Q from P and R is same. Jeet rows
from P to Q and Q to P in total 10 hours. Jeet also requires 4 hours to row from P to R. If the stream flows at a
consistent rate what will be the ratio of Jeet’s speed in still water and speed of stream?

a. 6:7

b. 5:3

c. 5:2

d. 7:6

10) What will be the boat's speed in still water and speed of river, if the boat takes 12 hours to row 48 km
upstream and 8 hours to row the same distance downstream?

a. Boat = 6 km/hr; River = 4 km/hr

b. Boat = 12 km/hr; River = 6 km/hr

c. Boat = 5 km/hr; River = 1 km/hr

d. Boat = 4 km/hr; River = 3 km/hr

e. Boat = 4 km/hr; River = 3 km/hr

11) Raj swims for 6 ½ hours while going 24 km downstream and 36 km upstream. But he takes just 6 hours to
swim 36 km downstream and 24 km upstream. At what rate is the river flowing?

a. 6 km/hr

b. 3 km/hr

c. 2 km/hr

d. 4 km/hr
12) Vijay rows a boat 80 km along the stream in 1 hour 20 minutes. Given that his rowing speed in still water
is 45 km/hr, in how much time will he cover the same distance against the stream?

a. 4 hours

b. 3 hours 10 minutes

c. 2 hours 40 minutes

d. 2 hours 30 minutes

13) What will be Raj’s speed in still water as well as speed of the river, if he can go downstream at 18 km/hr
and upstream at 10 km/hr?

a. Raj = 10 km/hr ; River = 5 km/hr

b. Raj = 14 km/hr ; River = 4 km/hr

c. Raj = 28 km/hr ; River = 8 km/hr

d. Raj = 8 km/hr ; River = 28 km/hr

14) What is speed of Ram in still water and speed of river, if Ram covers 20 km in 1 hour swimming
downstream and covers the same distance in 2 h swimming upstream?

a. River = 6 km/hr ; Ram = 14 km/hr

b. River = 8 km/hr ; Ram = 12 km/hr

c. River = 4 km/hr ; Ram = 16 km/hr

d. River = 5 km/hr ; Ram = 15 km/hr

15) Ajay takes 4 hours more while swimming upstream than downstream. His speed in still water is 10 km/hr.
The speed of stream is 2 km/hr. What is the distance?

a. 96 km

b. 20 km

c. 80 km

d. 72 km

16) An ocean current flows at a rate of 1.5 km/hr. A shark can swim in still water at the rate 4.5 km/hr. What is
the average speed for the entire distance travelled, if the shark swims from India to Australia and comes
back?
a. 3.5 km/hr

b. 4 km/hr

c. 3 km/hr

d. 6 km/hr

17) A river flows at speed of 6 km/hr. Surendra swims downstream for some distance in just 12 hours. But he
takes 18 hours to return the same distance upstream. How fast is Surendra in still water?

a. 30 km/hr

b. 24 km/hr

c. 12 km/hr

d. 36 km/hr

18) It takes P 1 hour to row to a place and to come back. If the river is running at 2.4 km/hr and P has a
speed of 12 km/hr in still water, what distance is the place from P’s starting point?

a. 4.8 km

b. 3.6 km

c. 6.25 km

d. 5.76 km

19) Simran takes twice as long to swim up as to swim down the river and has a speed of 12 km/hr in still
water. What is river’s speed?

a. 6 km/hr

b. 3 km/hr

c. 8 km/hr

d. 4 km/hr

20) The speed of boat in still water is 20 km/hr. If it travels 26 km downstream and 14 km upstream in same
time, what is the speed of the stream?

a. 4 km/hr

b. 5 km/hr

c. 6 km/hr
d. 7 km/hr

21) A boat running downstream covers a distance of 20 km in 2 hours while for covering the same distance
upstream, it takes 5 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water?

a. 4 km / hr

b. 7 km / hr

c. 8 km / hr

d. Data Inadequate

22) The speed of a boat in still water is 20 km/hr and the rate of current is 5 km/hr. The distance travelled
downstream in 12 minutes is:

a. 1.8 km

b. 7 km

c. 5 km

d. 3 km

23) A boats man can row in still water at speed of 7 km/hr. It takes 6 hours more to travel the same distance
in upstream than in downstream if the speed of the river is 3 km/hr. what is the distance between the two
destinations?

a. 20 km

b. 40 km

c. 30 km

d. 10 km

24) If a boat is rowed downstream for 50 km in 5 hours and upstream for 24 km in 6 hours, what is the speed
of the boat and the river?

a. (7 , 3) km/hr

b. (6 , 4) km/hr

c. (10 , 4) km/hr

d. None of these
25) A man can row a boat three quarters of a kilometre in 11.25 minutes. What is the speed of the boat in still
water?

a. 2 kmph

b. 5 kmph

c. 4 kmph

d. 3 kmph

26) A boatman rows 96 km downstream in 8 hours with a stream speed of 4kmph. How much time will he
take to cover 8km upstream?

a. 4 hours

b. 6 hour

c. 2 hours

d. 1 hours

27) A boat with speed 15 km/hr in standing water goes 30 km downstream and returns in a total of 4.5 hours.
What is the speed of current?

a. 4 kmph

b. 6 kmph

c. 5 kmph

d. 8 kmph

28) A boat has a speed of 14kmph in standing water. The stream has a speed of 1.2kmph. What time does
the boat take to go to a distance of 4864 km and come back? (hours)

a. 700

b. 350

c. 1000

d. 4200

Answer: Red highlighted options are answers.

 Logical Reasoning
1) Find the missing number

a. 40

b. 38

c. 39

d. 35

e. None of these

2) If “*” is called “+”, “/” is called “*”, “-” is called “/”, “+” is called “-”. 40/20 – 5 * 10 + 5 = ?

a. 170

b. 160

c. 150

d. 175

e. None of these

3) If Reena says, “Anjali's father Raman is the only son of my father-in-law Ramanand”, then how is Piyu, who is the
sister of Anjali, related to Ramanand ?

a. Wife

b. Sister

c. Grand-daughter

d. Daughter

e. None of these
4) How many 8's are present in the following sequence of numbers which are exactly divisible by both its preceding and
following numbers ?

3 8 6 8 8 7 6 8 3 4 8 2 5 6 2 8 2 4 8 6 3 7 4 8 4 5 8 4

a. 5

b. 6

c. 2

d. Less than 4

e. None of these

5) Assume that there are three statements followed by several conclusions. You have to take the given statements to
be true, even if they seem to be at variance from commonly-known facts and then decide which of the given
conclusion/s logically follows.

Statements : I. All Pens are Tables

II. Some tables are rulers.

III. Some rulers are chalk.

Conclusion : I. Some tables are chalk.

II. Some pens are chalk.

III. Some rulers are pens.

IV. Some chalk are rulers

a. Only IV follows

b. Only II and I follows.

c. Only III follows.

d. Only I, II and III follows

e. None of these

6) Choose the number pair/group which is different from others.

1. 40 : 50
2. 30 : 36

3. 8 : 10

4. 28 : 35

5. 16 : 20

a. 8 : 10

b. 40 : 50

c. 30 : 36

d. 28 : 35

e. 16 : 20

7) Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary and choose the correct sequence.

1. Economic

2. Earlier

3. Each

4. Edition

5. Eager

a. 3, 4, 1, 5, 2

b. 2, 1, 3, 5, 4

c. 3, 2, 4, 1, 5

d. 3, 5, 2, 1, 4

e. None of these

8) Find the missing number

a. 50

b. 51

c. 48

d. 53

e. 55

9) Arrange the following in a meaningful sequence :

1. Letter

2. Sentence

3. Word

4. Phrase

a. 1, 2, 4, 3

b. 2, 1, 3, 4

c. 2, 4, 1, 3

d. 1, 3, 4, 2

e. None of these

10) Find the missing number

a. 5

b. 8

c. 4

d. 2

e. None of these

11) How many 7's are present in the following sequence of numbers which are both preceded and followed by perfect
square numbers ?
8 6 3 7 9 7 4 3 6 9 7 2 1 7 4 9 5 2 5 4 7 9 5 2 9 7 1 4 7 1

a. 4

b. 2

c. 5

d. 3

e. None of these

12) If “GREEN” is given number code as 49, what is the difference between the number codes of “VIOLET” and “PINK” ?

a. 55

b. 45

c. 33

d. 60

e. 40

13) In given question, various terms of an alphabet series is given with one term missing as shown by (?). Choose the
missing term out of the given alternatives.

D, G, J, M, ?, S, V

a. N

b. P

c. K

d. O

e. R

14) The labeled price of a table is Rs. 7,500. The shopkeeper sold it by giving 5% discount on the labeled price and
earned a profit of 15%. What approximately is the cost price of the table?

a. Rs. 5758

b. Rs. 6195

c. Rs. 6425
d. Rs. 7200

15) If TIER is written as 7163 and BRAIN is written as 23415, how is RENT coded ?

a. 7536

b. 7653

c. 3657

d. 3765

e. None of these

16) Arrange the following in a logical order:

1. Birth

2. College

3. Marriage

4. School

5. Employment

a. 1, 3, 5, 4, 2

b. 1, 4, 2, 5, 3

c. 2, 5, 3, 1, 4

d. 2, 4, 1, 5, 3

e. None of these

17) If “&” implies “Add”, “@” implies “multiply”, “#” implies “subtract”, “$” implies “division”,

12 & 3 @ 2 # 32 $ 4 = ?

a. 12

b. 10

c. 13

d. 14
e. None of these

18) Pointing to Pooja in the photograph, Gita said, “Her daughter's father is son-in-law of my mother.” How is Gita
related to Pooja ?

a. Mother

b. Aunt

c. Sister

d. Daughter in law

e. None of these

19) Of the six cities,

A. Delhi is bigger than Bangalore

B. Kolkata is bigger than Hyderabad

C. Mumbai is not as big as Kolkata but is bigger than Bangalore

D. Bangalore is smaller than Hyderabad but bigger than Pune.

Which city is the smallest ?

a. Bangalore

b. Hyderabad

c. Pune

d. Mumbai

e. Kolkata

20) If 'Pink' is called 'Orange', 'Orange' is called 'Blue', 'Blue' is called 'Red', 'Red' is called 'Green', 'Green' is called 'Black'
and 'Black' is called 'white', what would be the color of human blood ?

a. Orange

b. Blue

c. Black
d. Red

e. Green

21) In the following sequence of alphabets, which letter would be at the middle of the fourth and sixteenth letters from
the right ?

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

a. T

b. M

c. N

d. Q

e. None of these

22) Which symbol would be exactly at the middle of the fifth symbol from the right and ninth symbol from the left end
of the following sequence of symbols ?

& * ∧ % $ # @ + - ! ∼μ Ω Δ ± ∈ ≈ ∫ → √ ∞ ∧ @ ↓ ≥ ∈ $ + @

a. ±

b. ∫

c. ≈

d. Ω

e. ∞

23) In a certain code language, “ORANGE” is written as “NTETOO”. How would “BLACK” be written in that language ?

a. ANEIS

b. ANEJT

c. AMEIS

d. ANFIS

e. AMEJS
24) In a code language “He gives flower” is written as “nop lui na” , “Bunty gets flower” is written as “dus lap na” and
“He gets nothing” is written as “nop lap ugli”. How would “Bunty gets nothing” be written in that code ?

a. dus lap nop

b. na lap ugli

c. lui lap ugli

d. dus lap ugli

e. nop bas dus

25) Assume the given statements are true, even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts, then
decide which of the given conclusion/s logically follows.

Statements :

I. Some cars can fly

II. Rama is a car.

Conclusion :

I. Rama can fly

II. Rama cannot fly

III. Rama can dance

IV. Rama can swim

a. Only I follows

b. Either I or II follows

c. Only III follows

d. All I, II, III and IV follow

e. All does not follow

26) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to
that group ?

a. Curlew
b. Duck

c. Starling

d. Crane

e. Flamingo

27) Pointing towards Rahul, Meena said, “He is the son of only son of my grandmother”. How is that Rahul related to
Meena ?

a. Cousin

b. Uncle

c. Brother

d. Data insufficient

e. None of these

28) In the following sequence of alphabets, if the second half is reversed, which letter would be the fifth to the right of
the letter which is twelveth from the left ?

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

a. J

b. G

c. V

d. W

e. None of these

29) In the given question, a statement is followed by several conclusions. Choose the conclusions which logically follow
the given statement.

Statement:

Exhausted passengers take chilled soft drinks to feel refreshed instantly.

Conclusion:

I. Exhausted passengers dislike hot beverages

II. Exhausted passengers occasionally need to get instantly refreshed.

III. Soft drinks, when served chilled, make one feel refreshed instantly.

IV. Unchilled soft drinks do not make one feel refreshed instantly.

a. Only I and IV follow

b. Only III and IV follow

c. Only I, II and III follow

d. All I, II, III and IV follow

e. All none follows

30) If “+” implies “subtract”, “*” implies “division”, “-” implies “addition”, “/” implies “multiply”, 5 – 3/6 * 3 + 4 = ?

a. 5

b. 6

c. 7

d. 8

e. 9

31) 'A' is the sister of 'B'. 'C' is the husband of 'B'. 'C' is the brother of 'H'. What is the relation of 'H' and 'A' ?

a. Son

b. No specific relation

c. Sister-in-law

d. Brother-in-law

e. Daughter

32) In a span of 24 hours, how many times would the two hands of a clock point exactly in opposite directions ?

a. 10

b. 11
c. 23

d. 22

e. 24

33) How many consonants are present between the first and fourth vowel in the sequence of English alphabet ?

a. 12

b. 13

c. 11

d. 10

e. None of these

34) In a certain code 'LIGHT' is written as 'KJFIS'. How is 'PLUGH' written in that code ?

a. OMTHG

b. QMTHG

c. OMTFG

d. OMTGH

e. QKTHG

35) If (a) '1 2 3' stands for 'These are girls', (b) '135' stands for 'girls are clever' and (c) '156' stands for 'clever girls sing',
which numerical stands for 'clever'?

a. 1

b. 4

c. 2

d. 3

e. 5

36) How many 9's are present in the following sequence of numbers which are preceded by 5 but not followed by 7?

596828 85975398 59473859489 06593802

a. 5

b. 3

c. 4

d. More than 4

e. None of these

37) In the following sequence of alphabets, which letter would be the eighth to the left of the letter which is sixteenth
from the right?

ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

a. A

b. V

c. C

d. S

e. None of these

Answer: Red highlighted options are answers.

PIPES & CISTERN

1) A cistern has two taps attached to it. Tap B can empty the cistern in 45 minutes. But Tap A can fill the
cistern in just 30 minutes. Rohit started both taps unknowingly but realized his mistake after 30 minutes. He
immediately closed Tap B. Now after this, in how much time will the cistern be filled?

a. 30 minutes

b. 45 minutes

c. 15 minutes

d. 20 minutes

2) Pipe R can empty a full tank in 30 hours. But two pipes P and Q can fill a tank in 15 hours and 10 hours
respectively. Ram unknowingly opened all three taps. After 2 hours Shyam realized it and closed Pipe R. Due
to this mistake how much time more would it take to fill the tank?

a. 18 minutes
b. 24 minutes

c. 1 hour 20 minutes

d. 2 hours 15 minutes

3) A cistern is filled by Pipe A and Pipe B together in 2.4 hours. Pipe A alone can fill the cistern at the rate of
100 litres per hour. Pipe B alone can fill the cistern in 4 hours. What is the capacity of the cistern?

a. 1200 litres

b. 600 litres

c. 1000 litres

d. 500 litres

4) There is a leak at the bottom of a cistern. Due to this it takes 8 hours to fill the cistern. Had there not been
a leak, it would take one hour less to fill the cistern. How much time does it take for the leak to completely
empty the cistern?

a. 48 hours

b. 55(1/3) hours

c. 56 hours

d. 15 hours

5) Tap P alone fills a cistern in 2 hours; while tap Q alone fills the same cistern in 3 hours. A new tap R is
attached to the bottom of the cistern which can empty the completely filled cistern in 6 hours. Sunny started all
three taps together at 9am. When will the tank be full?

a. 10.30 am

b. 11.15 am

c. 12 pm

d. 9.45 am

6) A cistern can be filled in 6 hours by taps P and Q. If tap R also joins them, then cistern is filled in 5 hours.
Tap P can fill the cistern at twice the rate of tap Q. In what time tap Q and R fill the cistern?

a. 9.75 hours

b. 10. 90 hours

c. 11.25 hours
d. 12.90 hours

7) A cistern is normally filled with water in 10 hours but takes 5 hours longer to fill because of a leak in its
bottom. If the cistern is full, the leak will empty the cistern in

a. 20 hours

b. 40 hours

c. 50 hours

d. 30 hours

8) A tank has three taps P, Q and R. Taps P and Q can fill the tank in 1.5 and 2 hours, respectively. Tap R
can empty the completely filled tank in just half hour. Tap P is opened at 8 am, tap Q is opened at 9am and tap
R is opened at 10 am. At what exact time will the tank be empty?

a. 12 pm

b. 1.25 pm

c. 12.12 pm

d. 12.28 pm

9) A pipe can fill a tank in 6 hours. Another pipe can empty the tank in 12 hours. If both pipes are opened
simultaneously, the part of tank filled by both pipes in 1 hour is?

a. 1/9 th part

b. 1/6 th part

c. 1/12 th part

d. 1/3 rd part

10) A tap having diameter 'd' can empty a tank in 84 min. How long another tap having diameter '2d' take to
empty the same tank?

a. 21 minutes

b. 42 minutes

c. 168 minutes

d. 28 minutes
11) Pipe A can fill a tank 5 times faster than Pipe B and takes 32 minutes less than Pipe B to fill the tank. If
both the pipes are opened together, then in how much time the tank would be full?

a. 32/3 minutes

b. 32/5 minutes

c. 20/3 minutes

d. 5/32 minutes

12) Two pipes M and N can fill a tank in 22.5 and 15 minutes, respectively. If both the pipes are opened
simultaneously, after how much time should N be closed so that the tank is full in 18 minutes?

a. 4 minutes

b. 3 minutes

c. 4.5 minutes

d. 2.5 minutes

13) Two pipes M and N are opened together to fill a tank. Both the pipes fill the tank in time X minutes. When
M alone is filling the tank, it takes 9 minutes more time than X to fill the tank. In a similar manner N takes 16
minutes more time than X to fill the tank. What is the value of X?

a. 12 minutes

b. 7 minutes

c. 25 minutes

d. 144 minutes

14) Pipe P can fill a tank in 38 hours. Pipe Q alone can fill it in 19 hours. Pipe R can empty the full tank in 133
hours. If all the pipes are opened together, how much time will be needed to make the tank full?

a. 28 hours

b. 95 hours

c. 19 hours

d. 14 hours

15) Two pipes M and N can fill a pool in 40 minutes and 60 minutes, respectively. The entire pool can
completely be emptied by another pipe P in 30 minutes. M, N and P are opened alternatively and each is kept
open for just 1 minute. In how much time will the pool be filled?
a. 180 minutes

b. 167 minutes

c. 177 minutes

d. 165 minutes

16) A tap can fill a tub in 24 hours. Due to a leak at the bottom of the tub, the tap fills the tub in 36 hours. If
the tub is full, how much time will the leak take to empty it?

a. 72 hours

b. 48 hours

c. 60 hours

d. 96 hours

17) 3 pipes have diameters 2 cms, 3 cms and 4 cms. The ratio of water flowing through them is equal to ratio
of the square of their diameters. The biggest pipe when open alone, can fill the entire pool in just 126 minutes.
When all the pipes are opened together, the pool would be filled in how much time?

a. 2016/29 minutes

b. 2111/126 minutes

c. 215/63 minutes

d. 155 minutes

18) Two pipes M and N can fill a tank in 22 hours and 33 hours respectively. In how much time will the tank
be full, if both the pipes are opened simultaneously?

a. 18 hours

b. 19/22 hours

c. 1(1/11) hours

d. 13(1/5) hours

19) A water tank has two pipes to fill water in it. One of the pipes fills water at the rate of 100 litres per hour.
The tank is filled by the other pipe in 6 hours and by both pipes together in 4.2 hours. What is the capacity of
the tank in litres ?

a. 860 litre

b. 980 litre

c. 1120 litre
d. 1400 litre

e. None of these

20) Pipe P can fill a tank in 4 hours, pipe Q in 8 hours and pipe R in 24 hours. If all the pipes are open, in how
many hours will the tank be filled?

a. 2 hours

b. 2.4 hours

c. 3 hours

d. 3.5 hours

21) Two pipes P and Q can fill a tank in 10 hours and 14 hours respectively. If both pipes are opened
simultaneously, how much time will be taken to fill the tank?

a. 4 hours 20 min

b. 5 hours 49 min

c. 3 hours 50 min

d. 3 hours 22 min

22) A inlet pipe can fill a tank in 12 hours and an outlet pipe can empty the tank in 16 hours. If both the pipes
are opened simultaneously, find the time taken to fill the tank.

a. 36 hours

b. 12 hours

c. 4 hours

d. 48 hours

23) If pipe A can fill the tank in 45 minutes and pipe B in 30 minutes, find the time to fill the tank if both the
pipes are opened together.

a. 12 minutes

b. 20 minutes

c. 18 minutes

d. 15 minutes
24) If a pipe can fill a tank in 6 hours, find the part of tank it fills in one hour.

a. 1/6

b. 2/3

c. 1/2

d. None of these

25) A leak at the bottom of the tank can empty the tank in 5 hours, while an inlet pipe can fill the same tank at
the rate of 6 litres per minute. When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and the tank gets empty in 8 hours due
to the leakage. Find the capacity of the tank.

a. 1800 litres

b. 3600 litres

c. 4800 litres

d. 5760 litres

26) Pipes A and B fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours respectively. Pipe C empties the tank in 12 hours, if you open all
the three pipes together this tank will be filled in?

a. 3 9/17 hours

b. 4.5 hours

c. 1.25 hours

d. 4 7/17 hours

27) Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 12 and 24 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are used together,
how long will it take to fill the tank?

a. 9 min

b. 8 min

c. 4 min

d. 6 min

28) Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 37.5 minutes and 45 minutes respectively. This cistern will be filled
in half an hour if both the pipes are opened together initially and pipe B is then turned off after X minutes. What
is X?
a. 10 minutes

b. 15 minutes

c. 12 minutes

d. 9 minutes

29) Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 24 minutes and 32 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are opened
simultaneously, after how much time should B be closed so that the tank is full in 18 minutes?

a. 5 minutes

b. 6 minutes

c. 8 minutes

d. 9 minutes

30) A pipe is 30 m long and is 45% longer than another pipe. Find the length of the other pipe.

a. 20.68

b. 20

c. 20.12

d. 20.5

Answer: Red highlighted options are answers.

SITTING ARRANGEMENT
Direction: ( Q-1-3)Read the following informations carefully and give the answers:

A, B, C, D, E, F and G are 8 friends sitting in a single row facing North.

1. D is to the immediate right of C.

2. E and A are neighbors of F.

3. B is to the immediate left of C and on second place from left most end.

4. A is at the right most end.

1. Who is in between C and E?

a. B

b. F

c. D

d. None of these

2. Who are the neighbors of G?

a. B and C

b. Only B

c. A and F

d. E and D

3. What is the position of E?

a. 2nd from left

b. 5th from left

c. 5th from right

d. None of the above

Direction: ( Q-4-7)Read the following informations carefully and give the answers:

Five boys Ashwin, Dipesh, Eshan, Chetan and Bipin and five girls Parul, Komal, Radha, Savita and Vimla sit in two rows
facing towards each other. All the boys are in one row and all the girls in the other row.

Eshan who is to the immediate right of Bipin and opposite to Parul is not at any end.

Radha, who is immediate to the right of Komal and opposite to Chetan, is at one of the ends.

Ashwin is opposite to Komal who is the third to the right of Savita.

Dipesh and Vimla are not opposite each other.

4) Who is in the middle of the row of boys?

a) Ashwin

b) Bipin
c) Dipesh

d) None of these

5) Who is immediately to the right of Parul?

a) Radha

b) Savita

c) Vimla

d) Komal

6) Who is opposite of Dipesh?

a) Komal

b) Savita

c) Parul

d) Radha

7) How many boys are there between Ashwin and Bipin?

a) 0

b) 1

c) 2

d) 3

Direction: ( Q-8-12)Read the following informations carefully and give the answers:

Six boys Ramesh, Suresh, Dipesh, Rupesh, Paresh, Kamlesh and six girls Seema, Geeta, Rita, Meena, Komal, Radha are
standing in rows in such a way that each girl faces one boy, not necessarily in the same order. Seema is to the immediate
right of the girl who is facing Paresh the boy at the extreme right. Only Suresh is sitting between Rupesh and Paresh.
Kamlesh is to the immediate left of Ramesh and to the immediate right of Dipesh. Rita is facing Ramesh and is to the
immediate left of Geeta. Radha is third to the left of Meena.

8) Which of the following girls is facing Rupesh?

a) Rita

b) Radha

c) Seema

d) Meena

9) Which of the following pairs of a girl and a boy is at one of the extreme ends?

a) Komal - Dipesh

b) Meena - Kamlesh

c) Seema - Suresh

d) Geeta - Paresh

10) Who is standing to the immediate left of Rupesh?

a) Paresh

b) Suresh

c) Ramesh

d) Kamlesh

11) Three of the following four are alike in certain way. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

a) Ramesh - Radha

b) Suresh - Komal

c) Dipesh - Geeta

d) Rupesh - Radha

12) Which of the following are immediate neighbors of the one who is facing Rita?

a) Kamlesh, Dipesh

b) Suresh, Rupesh

c) Kamlesh, Rupesh

d) Kamlesh, Ramesh
Direction: ( Q-13-15)Read the following informations carefully and give the answers:

Six friends are sitting in a circle facing inwards.

1. Priti and Ashwini are exactly opposite to each other.

2. Sachin is in between Priti and Dipen.

3. Dipen is immediately to the left of Ashwini.

4. Rishi is not exactly opposite to Dipen.

13. Who are the neighbors of Dipen?

a. Rishi and Rupesh

b. Ashwini and Sachin

c. Priti and Sachin

d. None of these

14. Who is sitting opposite to Dipen?

a. Rupesh

b. Ashwini

c. Sachin

d. Rishi

15. Who is just right to Ashwini?

a. Rishi
b. Sachin

c. Ashwini

d. Rupesh

Direction: ( Q-16-18)Read the following informations carefully and give the answers:

Six Friends A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting on a circular table facing outwards.

- E is between B and C.

- B and F are exactly opposite to each other.

- A is exactly to the right of B.

16. Who is in between D and B?

a. E

b. A

c. F

d. C

17. Who is exactly to the right of D?

a. A

b. C

c. F

d. E

18. Who are the neighbors of A?

a. B and D

b. B and E

c. F and E

d. F and C

Direction: ( Q-19-22)Read the following informations carefully and give the answers:

Six Friends A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting on a circular table 2 facing inwards and are exactly opposite to each other and
rest facing outwards.

- B is facing outwards and is left to C.

- F is in between E and D.

- E is facing inwards.

- A is 2nd to the left of C.

- C is not facing inwards.

19. 2 persons exactly opposite to each other and facing center are:

a. B and F

b. B and C

c. A and E

d. E and B

20. If positions of B and D and F and C are interchanged, then who is 2 places left to B

a. C

b. E

c. A

d. D

21. E is in between
a. B and D

b. F and C

c. B and C

d. None of the above

22. Who is to the immediate right of A

a. B

b. C

c. D

d. None of the above

Direction: ( Q-23-24)Read the following informations carefully and give the answers:

In a group discussion A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting around a rectangular table.

- A is sitting on a side alone.

- B, C are sitting on the same side.

- F is facing A.

- D is the immediate left of F.

- C is facing D.

23) Who is immediate right of A?

a) B

b) F

c) E

d) D

24) Who is between B and F?

a) C

b) D

c) A

d) E

Direction: ( Q-25-29)Read the following informations carefully and give the answers:

L, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S are sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them sit at four corners of the square
while four sit in the middle of each of the four sides. The ones who sit at the four corners face the centre while those
who sit in the middle of the sides face outside. Two females sit in the middle of the sides and two at the corners.

- L sits second to the left of R.

- R sits in the middle of one of the sides.

- N sits fourth to the right of his wife and his wife is not an immediate neighbor of L or R.

- M sits third to right of her husband.

- M does not sit at any of the corners.

- Only O sits between M and S.

- S is husband of L.

- P is a male.

25) Which of the following is true with respect to given seating arrangement?

a) No two males are immediate neighbors of each other.

b) R and S face each other in the seating arrangement.

c) L sits in the centre of one of the sides of the square table.

d) Q is a male and sits diagonally opposite to P.

26) Who amongst the following is M’s husband?

a) N

b) R

c) Q

d) P

27) How many people sit between M and N when counted in anti- clock wise direction from M?

a) None

b) One

c) Two

d) Four

28) Who amongst the following is the wife of N?

a) O

b) Q

c) M

d) R

29) What is the position of P with respect to N?

a) Immediately to the right

b) Second to the left

c) Third to the right

d) Second to the right

Answer: Red highlighted options are answers.

 SYLLOGISM

1) The question given below has a set of three or four statements. Each set of statements is further divided into three
segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the
preceding two, but not just from one of them.

Statement- I. No key is door.

II. All doors are pens.

III. Some pens are houses.

Conclusion - I. No key is house.

II. Some pens are doors.

a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows

c. Only III follows

d. Only I and II follows

e. Both II and III follow

2) The question given below has a set of three or four statements. Each set of statements is further divided into three
segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the
preceding two, but not just from one of them.

Statement - I. All fruits are lions

II. All lions are foxes

III. Some foxes are beggars

Conclusion - I. All fruits are foxes.

II. Some fruits are beggars.

a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows
c. Only III follows

d. Only I and II follows

e. Both II and III follow

3) The question given below has a set of three or four statements. Each set of statements is further divided into three
segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the
preceding two, but not just from one of them.

Statement - I. All flowers are toys.

II. Some toys are idiots.

III. Some angels are idiots.

Conclusion - I. Some angels are toys.

II. Some idiots are flowers.

III. Some flowers are angels.

a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows

c. Only III follows

d. Only I and II follows

e. None follows

4) The question given below has a set of three or four statements. Each set of statements is further divided into three
segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the
preceding two, but not just from one of them.

Statement - I. Some pens are books.

II. All temples are books.

III. Some libraries are temples.

Conclusion - I. Some libraries are pens.

II. Some pens are temples.

III. Some libraries are books.

a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows

c. None follows

d. Only I and II follows

e. Both II and III follow

5) The question given below has a set of three or four statements. Each set of statements is further divided into three
segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the
preceding two, but not just from one of them.

Statement - I. All bats are lions.

II. No cow is lion.

III. Some camels are cows.

Conclusion - I. Some lions are camels.

II. No camel is bat.

III. Some bats are cows.

a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows

c. Only III follows

d. Only I and II follows

e. None of these

6) The question given below has a set of three or four statements. Each set of statements is further divided into three
segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the
preceding two, but not just from one of them.

Statement - I. All fruits are textbooks.

II. All pens are textbooks.

III. All textbooks are rains.

Conclusion - I. All fruits are rains.

II. All pens are rains.

III. Some rains are textbooks.

a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows

c. Only III follows

d. Only I and II follows

e. All follow

7) The question given below has a set of three or four statements. Each set of statements is further divided into three
segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the
preceding two, but not just from one of them.

Statement - I. Some buttons are rivers.

II. Some rivers are shirts.

III. All shirts are people.

Conclusion - I. Some people are rivers.

II. Some people are buttons.

III. Some shirts are buttons.

a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows

c. Only III follows

d. Only I and II follows

e. Both II and III follow

8) The question given below has a set of three or four statements. Each set of statements is further divided into three
segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the
preceding two, but not just from one of them.

Statement - I. All snakes are idiots.

II. Some idiots are people.

III. All people are soft.

Conclusion - I. Some idiots are not snakes.

II. Some people are snakes.

III. Some soft are idiots.

a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows

c. Only III follows

d. Only I and II follows

e. Both II and III follow

9) The question given below has a set of three or four statements. Each set of statements is further divided into three
segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the
preceding two, but not just from one of them.

Statement - I. Some guns are hammers.

II. Some hammers are bullets.

III. Some bullets are axes.

Conclusion - I. Some axes are hammers.

II. Some bullets are guns.

III. Some axes are guns.

a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows
c. Only III follows

d. Only I and II follows

e. None follows

10) The question given below has a set of three or four statements. Each set of statements is further divided into three
segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the
preceding two, but not just from one of them.

Statement - I. All papers are books

II. All bags are books

III. Some purses are bags

Conclusion - I. Some papers are bags

II. Some books are papers

III. Some books are purses

a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows

c. Only III follows

d. Only I and II follows

e. Both II and III follow

In this question, three possible diagrams following the given statements are possible. Before jumping to conclusion,
one should verify whether the statements are true in all possible cases.

11) The question given below has a set of three or four statements. Each set of statements is further divided into three
segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the
preceding two, but not just from one of them.
Statement - A. All beggars are poor. All lions are poor. So, all lions are beggars.

B. All people are boxes. All foxes are people. So, all boxes are foxes.

C. All men can run. All women are men. So, all women can run.

a. A

b. B

c. C

d. None

12) In the question given below has a set of three or four statements. Each set of statements is further divided into
three segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both
the preceding two, but not just from one of them.

Statement - A. All cats are mad. All sick persons are mad. So, all sick persons are cats.

B. All oranges are white. All figs are oranges. So, all figs are white.

C. No man can crawl. No kite can crawl. So, all men are kites.

a. A

b. B

c. C

d. None

13) The question given below has a set of three or four statements. Each set of statements is further divided into three
segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the
preceding two, but not just from one of them.

Statement - A. No Z is A. All X is Z. No X is A.

B. No Z is A. All X is Z. All X is A.

C. Some Z is not A. Some X is Z. Some X is not A.

a. A

b. B

c. C
d. D

14) In the question given below has a set of three or four statements. Each set of statements is further divided into
three segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both
the preceding two, but not just from one of them.

Statement - A. Ravens are white. Ravens are good. All good are white.

B. Insects are faster than eagles. All eagle are hawks. Insects are faster than hawks.

C. No boy is a saint. Peter is a boy. Peter is a saint.

a. A

b. B

c. C

d. None

15) In the question below has a set of three or four statements. Each set of statements is further divided into three
segments. Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the
preceding two, but not just from one of them.

Statement - A. All ugly things are happy. She is ugly. She is happy.

B. All nice things are flat. TVs are flat. TVs are nice things.

C. Potatoes are balls. All balls are fruits. Potatoes are fruits.

a. A

b. B

c. A and B

d. A and C

16) In the question given below consists of five or six statements followed by options consisting of three statements
put together in a specific order. Choose the option which indicates a valid argument containing logically related
statements that is, where the third statement is conclusion drawn from preceding two statements.

Statement - A. No apple is a door.

B. All poles are doors.

C. No pole is an apple.

D. Some poles are not apples.

E. Some apples are poles.

F. Some doors are not apples.

a. women

b. ACB

c. BDA

d. DFA

17) In the question given below consists of five or six statements followed by options consisting of three statements
put together in a specific order. Choose the option which indicates a valid argument containing logically related
statements that is, where the third statement is conclusion drawn from preceding two statements.

Statement - A. Cars are birds.

B. Some birds are ants.

C. Cars are ants.

D. Some Cars are ants.

E. Some Cars are not ants.

F. No car is ant.

a. ACE

b. ADB

c. BAC

d. BFD

18) In the question given below consists of five or six statements followed by options consisting of three statements
put together in a specific order. Choose the option which indicates a valid argument containing logically related
statements that is, where the third statement is conclusion drawn from preceding two statements.

A. An eagle lays eggs.

B. All birds lay eggs.

C. Some birds can fly.

D. An eagle cannot fly.

E. An eagle is a bird.

F. An eagle cannot swim.

a. ABE

b. BEA

c. DEC

d. ECB

19) Statement - A. Some drugs are illegal. Marble is illegal. Marble is a drug.

B. All wolves are dogs. Some dogs are birds. Some wolves are dogs.

C. All locks are keys. Some keys do not open. Some locks do not open.

a. A

b. B

c. C

d. None

20) In given below has a set of three or four statements. Each set of statements is further divided into three segments.
Choose the alternative where the third segment in the statement can be logically deduced using both the preceding two,
but not just from one of them.

Statement - A. Many writers are not readers. All plumbers are writers. Some plumbers are not readers.

B. Boys play cricket. Some girls do not play cricket. Some girls are not boys.

C. All Humans live in houses. Some penguins live in houses. Some penguins are Humans.
a. A

b. B

c. C

d. B and C

21) In the question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.

Give answer

(A) If only I follows

(B) If only II follows

(C) If either I or II follows

(D) If neither I nor II follows

(E) If both I and II follow.

Statement - I. All balls are baskets.

II. All baskets are tubs.

Conclusion - I. All balls are tubs.

II. All tubs are balls.

a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows

c. Either I or II follows

d. Neither I nor II follows

e. Both I and II follow

22) In the question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.

Give answer
(A) If only I follows

(B) If only II follows

(C) If either I or II follows

(D) If neither I nor II follows

(E) If both I and II follow.

Statement - I. All eyes are ears.

II. All ears are noses.

Conclusion - I. No eyes are ears.

II. Some noses are eyes.

a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows

c. Either I or II follows

d. Neither I nor II follows

e. Both I and II follow

23) In the question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.

Give answer

(A) If only I follows

(B) If only II follows

(C) If either I or II follows

(D) If neither I nor II follows

(E) If both I and II follow.

Statement - I. Some cables are keyboard.

II. All cables are monitors.

Conclusion - I. Some monitors are keyboard.

II. Some monitors are not keyboard.

a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows

c. Either I or II follows

d. Neither I nor II follows

e. Both I and II follow

24) In the question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.

Give answer

(A) If only I follows

(B) If only II follows

(C) If either I or II follows

(D) If neither I nor II follows

(E) If both I and II follow.

Statement - I. Some red are blue.

II. Some blue are green.

Conclusion - I. No green are blue.

II. Some green are blue.

a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows

c. Either I or II follows
d. Neither I nor II follows

e. Both I and II follow

25) In the question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.

Give answer

(A) If only I follows

(B) If only II follows

(C) If either I or II follows

(D) If neither I nor II follows

(E) If both I and II follow.

Statement - I. Some lions are bats.

II. Some bats are cat.

Conclusion - I. All lions are cat.

II. No cat are bats.

a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows

c. Either I or II follows

d. Neither I nor II follows

e. Both I and II follow

26) In the question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.

Give answer
(A) If only I follows

(B) If only II follows

(C) If either I or II follows

(D) If neither I nor II follows

(E) If both I and II follow.

Statement - I. Some dolls can speak.

II. Some dolls are bad.

Conclusion - I. Bad toys can speak.

II. All bad can speak.

a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows

c. Either I or II follows

d. Neither I nor II follows

e. Both I and II follow

27) In the question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.

Give answer

(A) If only I follows

(B) If only II follows

(C) If either I or II follows

(D) If neither I nor II follows

(E) If both I and II follow.

Statement - I. No woman is stupid

II. Neha is a woman

Conclusion - I. Neha is not stupid

II. All woman are Neha

a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows

c. Either I or II follows

d. Neither I nor II follows

e. Both I and II follow

28) In the question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.

Give answer

(A) If only I follows

(B) If only II follows

(C) If either I or II follows

(D) If neither I nor II follows

(E) If both I and II follow.

Statement - I. All dogs are cats.

II. All rats are cats.

Conclusion - I. No dogs are cat.

II. Some cat are rat.

a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows

c. Either I or II follows

d. Neither I nor II follows

e. Both I and II follow

29) In the question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.

Give answer

(A) If only I follows

(B) If only II follows

(C) If either I or II follows

(D) If neither I nor II follows

(E) If both I and II follow.

Statement I. Every photograph is a portrait.

II. Every portrait is an artwork.

Conclusion I. Every photograph is an artwork.

II. Some artworks are portraits.

a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows

c. Either I or II follows

d. Neither I nor II follows

e. Both I and II follow

30) In question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.

Give answer

(A) If only I follows

(B) If only II follows

(C) If either I or II follows

(D) If neither I nor II follows

(E) If both I and II follow.

Statement I. All musicians are painters.

II. All dancers are painters.

Conclusion I. All dancers are musicians.

II. Some painters are not dancers.

a. Only I follows

b. Only II follows

c. Either I or II follows

d. Neither I nor II follows

e. Both I and II follow

Answer Explanation

Answer: Red highlighted options are answers.

TRAIN
1) Jammu Express is 1.2 km long and is running along the Kerala express at speed of 80km/hr. Kerala express is
2/3rd the length of Jammu express and runs at 60 km/hr. How much time will it take for Jammu express to overtake the
Kerala express?

a. 12 minutes

b. 6 minutes

c. 3 minutes

d. 8 minutes
2) If a train crosses a pole in 12 seconds while travelling at a speed of 45km/hr, then in how much time will the train
cross a bridge of length 600m at same speed?

a. 1 minute 20 seconds

b. 60 seconds

c. 40 seconds

d. 45 seconds

3) A bus is going to Goa from Pune. With 4 stops of 15 minute each, the average speed of the bus comes out to be 45
m/hr. But if the driver takes the bus without any stops, the average peed comes out to be 50 km/hr. How far is Goa
from Pune?

a. 1350 km

b. 450 km

c. 360 km

d. 630 km

4) Consider statements A and B given below and decide whether they are enough to find the time needed for two
trains to cross each other when they are travelling in opposite directions and one train is moving at a speed of 86 km/hr.

Statement A – Trains are of equal length of 350m

Statement B – Other train is moving with speed 83 km/hr

a. Only statement B is enough

b. Any one statement if given is enough to find the answer

c. Both statements together are needed to find the answer

d. Even both statements together are not enough to find the answer

5) A train passes a telegraph post in 8 seconds and a 264 m long bridge in 20 seconds. What is the length of the train

a. 180 m

b. 176 m

c. 164 m

d. 158 m
6) A train 120 m long passes a telegraph post in 6 seconds. Find the speed of the train.

a. 60 km/hr

b. 72.5 km/hr

c. 80 km/hr

d. 72 km/hr

7) A train moves with the speed of 180 km/hr. Its speed (in metres per second) is

a. 5

b. 40

c. 30

d. 50

8) From P and Q, two trains start moving towards each other at the same time. Their speeds are 120 km/hr and 100
km/hr, respectively. When the two trains meet each other, one train has covered 40 km more than other train. Find the
distance between P and Q?

a. 180 kms

b. 260 kms

c. 220 kms

d. 440 kms

9) There are 2 trains P and Q moving in same direction. They are of equal length and cross a stationary pole in 5
seconds and 6 seconds respectively. In how much time would they cross each other?

a. 30 seconds

b. 11 seconds

c. 60 seconds

d. 1 second

10) A train having length 150 m passes a platform of 550 m length. The time taken for it is 56 seconds. In how much
time will this train take to pass the platform of 250 m length?

a. 32 seconds

b. 24 seconds
c. 28 seconds

d. 30 seconds

11) A train travels between P and Q in 3 hours. When the speed of train is increased by 6 km/hr, then it covers the
same distance in 2 hours. What is original speed of train? Also find the distance between P and Q?

a. Distance = 48 km; Speed = 16 km/hr

b. Distance = 36 km; Speed = 12 km/hr

c. Distance = 51 km; Speed = 17 km/hr

d. Distance = 54 km; Speed = 18 km/hr

12) A train passes a stationary pole in 8 seconds. The train also passes a 200 m long bridge in 28 seconds. What is the
length and the speed of the train?

a. Length = 200m; Speed = 36 m/s

b. Length = 160m; Speed = 20 m/s

c. Length = 80m; Speed = 10 m/s

d. Length = 100m; Speed = 20 m/s

13) Stations M and N are 276 km part. At the exact same time, a train starts from M and other from N towards N and M
respectively. These trains meet after 12 hours. The train travelling from M to N is slower by 14 km/hr in comparison to
the other train. What is speed of slower train?

a. 5 km/hr

b. 13 km/hr

c. 7 km/hr

d. 4.5 km/hr

14) Two trains with lengths 126 m and 119 m respectively are moving towards each other. Their speeds are 12 m/s and
23 m/s, respectively. What will be the time needed by the trains to cross each other?

a. 35 seconds

b. 11 seconds

c. 210 seconds
d. 7 seconds

15) Stations A and B are 220 km apart. A train leaves towards station B with speed of 40 km/hr at 10 pm. Another train
leaves towards station A from station B with speed of 50 km/hr at 11 pm. At what time both trains meet?

a. 12 pm

b. 2 am

c. 1 am

d. 1 pm

16) Two trains A and B are moving in the same direction. A has speed of 8 km/h and B has speed of 13 km/h. What is
relative speed of B with respect to A?

a. 2.5 km/hr

b. 5 km/hr

c. 21 km/hr

d. 10.5 km/hr

17) With stoppage, the speed of a train is 36 km/hr. However without stoppage, it is 40 km/hr. Find out for how many
minutes does the train stop per hour?

a. 6 minutes

b. 8 minutes

c. 10 minutes

d. 4 minutes

18) A train is 31m long. It passes a platform which is 175 m long. What is the distance covered by the train in passing
the platform?

a. 206 m

b. 144 m

c. 175/31 m

d. Cannot be determined
19) A train overtakes two boys who are running at the rate of 8 km/hr and 16 km/hr in the same direction as the train.
The train completely passes them in 36 seconds and 40 seconds respectively. What is the length of the train?

a. 50 m

b. 100 m

c. 800 m

d. 200 m

20) Two trains A and B start from Jammu and Chennai towards Chennai and Jammu, respectively. From the moment
they pass each other, they take 24 hrs 30 minutes and 18 hrs to reach Chennai and Jammu, respectively. The train from
Jammu is running at 120 km/hr. What is the speed of the train starting from Chennai?

a. 150 km/hr

b. 140 km/hr

c. 165 km/hr

d. 160 km/hr

21) Two trains A and B leave Kolkata for Sikkim at 8:00 pm and 8:30 pm respectively and run at 90 km/hr and 120
km/hr, respectively. At what distance from Kolkata, will the two trains meet?

a. 450 kms

b. 180 kms

c. 150 kms

d. 360 kms

22) Two trains start at same time from two stations and proceed towards each other at the rate of 20 km/hr and 25
km/hr respectively. When they meet, it is found that one train has traveled 60 km more than the other. What is the
distance between the two stations?

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a. 620 km

b. 540 km

c. 460 km

d. 720 km
23) Two trains of lengths 156.62 and 100 meters are running on parallel lines with respective speeds of 30 km/hr and
36 km/hr. The time of crossing each other, if they run in the opposite direction is __________ .

a. 10 sec

b. 62 sec

c. 14 sec

d. 12 sec

e. None of these

24) Two trains are traveling in the same direction at speeds of 50 kmph and 20 kmph respectively If the faster train
passes the driver in the slower train in 20 seconds, What is the length of the faster train?

a. 150 m

b. 149 m

c. 162 m

d. 166 m

e. None of these

25) A boy sitting in a train counts the electricity poles along the line as he passes them. If they are 40 m apart and the
speed of the train is 48 km/h, how many poles does he pass per minute ?

a. 14

b. 19

c. 21

d. 24

e. None of these

26) How long does a train 90 metres long running at the speed of 71 km/hr take to cross a bridge 132 metres in
length?

a. 9.8 sec

b. 11.26 sec

c. 12.42 sec

d. 14.3 sec
27) A train travels a certain distance by taking 3 stops of 20 minutes each. Considering the period of stoppage, the
overall speed of the train comes to 40 kmph; while without consideration of stoppage, it is 60 kmph. How much distance
must the train have travelled ?

a. 170 kms

b. 120 kms

c. 270 kms

d. None of these

e. Cannot be determined

28) A train takes 20 seconds to pass completely through a station 160 m long and 15 seconds through another station
110 m long. Find the length of the train.

a. 100 m

b. 70 m

c. 60 m

d. 40 m

29) Two trains 140 metres and 120 metres are running in the same direction with speeds 40 kmph and 60 kmph
respectively. In what time will the faster train pass the slower one?

a. 0.60 minutes

b. 0.36 minutes

c. 0.78 minutes

d. 0.42 minutes

30) Two trains each of which is 100 m long moving in opposite direction to one another cross each other taking 8
seconds. If speed of one train is twice the speed of other

train find the speed of the faster train.

a. 48 km/hr

b. 30 km/hr

c. 60 km/hr
d. 40 km/hr

31) A train runs across a post in 15 seconds and across a platform of length 100m in 25 seconds. Determine the length
of this train:

a. 50 m

b. 200m

c. 130m

d. 150 m

32) Two trains for Delhi leave Jaipur at 8:30 am and 9:00 am and travel at 60 km/hr and 75 km/hr respectively. How
many km from Jaipur will the two trains meet?

a. 158 km

b. 150 km

c. 162 km

d. 148 km

33) Two trains are moving in the same direction at 50 km/hr and 30 km/hr. The faster train crosses a man in the slower
train in 18 seconds. Find the length of faster train.

a. 125 meter

b. 100 meter

c. 110 meter

d. None of these

34) Find the ratio of speed of truck to train if truck covers 550m in 1 minute and train covers 33 km in 45 min.

a. 4:3

b. 3:4

c. 2:1

d. 1:2
35) A man walks with 3kmph speed in the direction of a train. How much time will a 500m long train take to overtake
him at a speed of 63kmph?

a. 42 seconds

b. 30 seconds

c. 50 seconds

d. 36 seconds

Answer: Red highlighted options are answers.