Placements Material

WRITTEN TEST

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 WRITTEN TEST- SYLLABUS
No. Questions: 130 Time : 80 Minutes

SECTION-A: GENERAL ENGLISH 1- (25 QUESTIONS)

SECTION-B: GENERAL ENGLISH2 – (35 QUESTIONS)

SECTION-C: COMPRAHENSIVE PASSAGES (10 MARKS))

SECTION-D: QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE (ARITHEMATIC ABILITY)(15 QUESTIONS)

Topics: 1) Average*
2) Problems on Ages*
3) Partnership*
4) Simple and Compound Interest*
5) Clocks*
6) Calendar
7) Number, Ranking and Time Sequence Test
8) Time and Distance
9) Allegations
10) Races and Games of Skills*
11) Time and Work
12) Profit and Loss*
13) Ratio and proportion*
SECTION-E: VERBAL REASONING (35 QUESTIONS)

Topics: 1) Coding and Decoding

2) Letter series, Classification and Analogy

3) Number series, Classification and Analogy

4) Direction Test

5) Word classification

6) Word Analogy

7) Seating Arrangement, Comparison Test

8) Blood Relations

SECTION-F: VERBAL REASONING PARAGRAPH (PUZZLE TEST) ( 5 MARKS)

SECTION –G : NON VERBAL REASONING-FIGURES ( 5 MARKS)

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 APTITUDE PAPER -1
Questions: 70 Time: 40 minutes

All Questions carry one Mark Each

SECTION-A: LOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL ABILITY- NON VERBAL REASONING (35 QUESTIONS)

Instructions for Q.Nos 1 to 2:

In each of the following series determine the order of the letters. Then from the given options select the
one which will complete the given series

1. BXJ, ETL, HPN, KLP, ?

a) PHR b) NIR c) NHR d) MHR
2. DQCP, EPEN, FOGL, GNIJ, ?
a) HNLG b) HLJG c) HOMI d) HMKH

Instructions for Q.Nos 3 to 4:

In the following questions select the number(s) from the given options for completing the given series.

3. 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, ?

a) 172 b) 176 c) 216 d) 189
4. 2, 8, 32, 50, 72, ?
a) 132 b) 102 c) 89 d) 98

Instructions for Q.No 5:

In the given series find the number which is wrong.

5. 10, 100, 1100, 111000, 1210000

a) 1210000 b) 1100 c) 100 d) 111000

Instructions for Q.Nos 6 to 9:

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In the questions given below one term is missing. Based on the relationship of the two given words find
the missing term from the given questions.

6. TSR : FED :: WVU : ?

a) CAB b) MLK c) PQS d) GFH
7. CART : ART :: FOUR : ?
a) RUN b) TWO c) QUE d) OUR
8. ODRS : OSRD :: PAGJ : ?
a) PJGA b) PJAG c) PGJA d) PGAJ
9. FJNR : PTXB :: MQUY : ?
a) CGKO b) SWZD c) LQTX d) RVZC

Instructions for Q.No 10:

In the following questions, select the number from the given option which follows the same relationship
as shared between the first two numbers

10. 162 : 9 :: 310 : ?

a) 33 b) 27 c) 16 d) 4

Instructions for Q.Nos 11 to 12:

Three of the following four in each question are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Select group
of letters that does not belong to that group.

11. a) JOPK b) BOPC c) QOPR d) TOPS

12. a) JM – KL b) QP – RS c) EH – FG d) MP – NO

Instructions for Q.Nos 14 to 15:

Three of the following four in each question are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Select group
of letters that does not belong to that group.

13. a) 6450 b) 1776 c) 2392 d) 3815

14. a) 95 b) 57 c) 84 d) 38
15. a) 15 b) 17 c) 23 d) 29

Instructions for Q.Nos 16 to 18:

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 In the following questions select the right option which indicates the correct code for the word or
letter given in the questions.

16. In a certain code PROFESSION is written as EFORPNOISS. In the same code DICTIONARY will be
written as:
a) YRANOITCID b) ITCIDYRANO c) ITCIDYRNAO d) ITCDIYARNO
17. If FADE is coded as UZWV, then what does IFGH stand for in the same code?
a) RUST b) PORT c) QUIT d) ROSE
18. If DRINK is coded as IMNIP. Then COKE will be coded as :
a) GIOA b) HJPA c) HIOA d) GJPZ

Instructions for Q.Nos 19 to 20:

Read the given information and choose the correct answer from the given options

19. If ‘land’ is called ‘ sky’ , ‘sky’ is called ‘air’, ‘air’ is called ‘ water’ , ‘water is called ‘sand’ and ‘sand’
is called ‘solid’. Where do fishes swim?
a) Air b) sky c) water d) Sand
20. If ‘light’ is called ‘ morning’ , ‘morning’ is called ‘dark’, ‘dark’ is called ‘night’, ‘night’ is called
‘sunshine’ and ‘sunshine’ is called is ‘dusk’, when do we sleep?
a) Morning b) night c) Sunshine d) dusk

Instructions for Q.No 21:

In the following questions, select the right answer from the given options depict the correct
direction/distance.

21. Sony and Mony start walking from a point. Sony walks in west direction and Mony in south
direction. After covering 20 km, Sony turns left and walks 15 km. Mony walks 10 km, turns left
again and walks 25 km, where as Mony turns right and walks 5km. How far Sony and Mony are
from each other.
a) 5 km b) They are back at the same point

c) They are at same place at the finishing point d) Data insufficient

Instructions for Q.No 22:

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Choose the correct option.

22. What will be the natural order of the following words according to size?
1. Dog2. Horse 3. Ant 4. Giraffe 5. Mouse
a) 35124 b)31524 c) 35142 d)35214
23. Ram is the brother of Shyam and Mahesh is the father of Ram. Jagat is the brother of Priya and
Priya is the daughter of Shyam. Who is the uncle of jagat?
a) Shyam b) Mahesh c) Ram d) data insufficient d) None of these

Instructions for Q.No 24:

Find out the one word among the options which cannot be formed by using the letters of the word as
given in each question.

24. PHARMACEUTICAL
a) RHEUMATIC b) CRITICAL c) PRACTISE d) METRIC

Instructions for Q.No25:

Find out the one word among the options which can be formed by using the letters of the word as given
in each question.

25. DEVELOPING
a) PLAIN b) GREED c) DEVIL d) VOICE

Instructions for Q.Nos 26 to 30:

Read the paragraph carefully and answer the questions below it.

i) P, Q, R, S, T and U are six members in family in which there are two married couples.
ii) T, a teacher, is married to the doctor who is the mother of Rand U.
iii)Q, the lawyer, is married to P.
iv) P has one son and one grandson.
v) Of the two married ladies one is a housewife.
vi) There is also one student and one male Engineer in the family.

26. How is P related to R?

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 a)Grandfather b) Mother c) Sister d) Grandmother e) None of these
27. Who among the following is the housewife?
a)P b) Q c) S d) T e) None of these
28. How is R related to U?
a)Brother b) Sister c) Brother or Sister d) None of these
29. Which of the following represents the group of females in the family?
a)PSR b) PSU c) QTR d) Data inadequate
30. Which of the is true about the granddaughter in the family?
a)She is lawyer b) She is student c) She is an engineer d) None of these
Instructions for Q.Nos 31 to 35:
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SECTION-B: LOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL REASONING - VERBAL (20 QUESTIONS)

Instructions for Q.Nos. 1 t0 10:

In the questions given below establish the relationship between two words. Then from the given options
select the one which has the same relationship as of the given two words.

1. As paw is to cat so also Hoof is to…..

a) Horse b) Lamb c) Elephant d) LION e) Hen
2. House is related to Shelted in the same way as Building is related to…..
a) Washer man b) bathroom c) Water d)Fragrance e)Cleanliness
3. Hot is related to Oven in the same way as Cold is related to…..

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 a) Air-Conditioner b) refrigerator c) Ice-Cream d) Snow e) Ice- Cube
4. COURT : JUSTICE
a) Product : Consumer c) Hospital : Treatment
b) Government : Policemen d) Chief : boss e) Station : Master
5. JUDGE : JUDGEMENT
a) Author : Professor b) Action : Reaction c) Worker : Workmanship

d) Rotary: Order e) Doctor : Diagnosis

6. PETAL: FLOWER

a) Leaf : Fruit b) Pupil: Eye c) Brick : Garden

d) Ink: Pencil e) Elbow : leg

7. WOOD: TREE

a)stool: seat b) Newspaper : Journalist c) grass : Country

d) intimate : Intimacy e) Ball : Bullet

8. SENSITIVE : OBSTINATE

a) Emotional : Delicate b) Weak: fragile c) Sentimental : Insensitive

d) Arrogance : Rigid e) Harsh : Tough

9. GRAIN : SALT

a) Shred : Wool b) Cave : Stone c) Chip : Glass

d) blades : Grass e) Shard : Pottery

10. FISH : BIRD

a) Submarine : Aero plane b) Rifle : Tank c) master : Eagle

d) Hydra : Ocean e) Aquarium : Tree

Instruction for Q.nos 11 to 20:

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In each of the following questions four words are alike in some manner. Spot the odd one out.

11. a) rabbit b) Crocodile c) Earthworm d) Snail e) Lizard

12. a) Ornate b) Pleasant c) Decorate d) Beauty e) Adorn

13. a) Mumbai b) Chandigarh c) Hyderabad d) Chennai e)Lucknow

14. a) December b) June c) January d) March e) July

15. a) Cannon b) Gun c) Sword d) Pistol e) Rifle

16. a) Zeal b) Seal c) kneal d)Meal e) Deal

17. a) Hind b) Chamois c) Lamb d) Turtle e) Hyena

18. a) Snail b) scorpion c) Tadpole d) fish e) Crocodile

19. a) Cauldron b) spoon c) sieve d) Ladle e) Wrist

20. a) Branch-Tree b) Minute – Hour c) Sentence – paragraph d) Student – Teacher

SECTION-C: NUMERICAL AND MATHEMATICAL ABILITIES (15 QUESTIONS)

1. Mamuni went to movies nine days ago. She goes to the movies only on Thursday. What day of
the week is today?
a) Sunday b) Tuesday c) Thursday d) Saturday
2. Two brothers were expected to return here on the same day. Rajat returned 3 days earlier but
Rohit returned 4 days later. If Rajat returned on Thursday, what was the day when both the
brothers were return home and when did Rohit return?
a) Wednesday, Sunday b)Thursday, Sunday c) Sunday, Thursday d)Monday, Friday
3. What is the birthdate of Nutan’s mother? To answer this question, which of the following
information given in the statements A and B is/are sufficient?
A) Nutan’s father remembers that his wife’s birthday is after 20th and before 23rd February.
B) Nutan’s brother remembers that her mother’s birth day was after 21st but before 25th
February.
a) Only B b) Only A c) Both A and B d) Neither A nor B

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4. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock the hands are in opposite direction?
a) 12 2/11 minutes past 4 b) 3 1/11 minutes past 4
C) 15 minutes past 4 d) 54 6/11 minutes past 4
5. If Rahul finds that he is 12th from the right in a line of boys and 4th from left, how many boys
should be added to the line such that there are 28 boys in the line?
a) 12 b) 14 c) 20 d) 13
6. Madhav ranks seventeenth in a class of thirty one. What is his rank from the last?
a) 13 b) 14 c) 15 d) 16
7. How many even numbers are there in the following series of numbers, each of which is
immediately preceded by an odd number, but not immediately followed by an even number/
5348971653298435
a) Nil b) 1 c)2 d) 3
8. How many 7 s are there in the following series which are not immediately by 3 but immediately
preceded by 8?
89876226 3269732872778737794
a) Nil b) One c) Two d) Three
9. The sum of two consecutive numbers is 87. Which is the large number?
a) 42 b) 43 c) 44 d) 45
10. A student got twice as many sums wrong as he got right. If he attempted 48 sums in all, how
many did he solve correctly?
a) 9 b) 12 c) 24 d) 16
11. Three partners A,B and C invested total Rs.1,15,000. After one year one of them gets a profit of
Rs.6000, second gets Rs.10,000 and third gets Rs.14000 then how much amount did B invested?
a) Rs. 10,000 b) Rs. 40,000 c) Rs. 20,000 d) Rs. 50,000
12. A started a business with Rs.25000 and joined afterwards by B with Rs.30, 000. After how many
months did B join, if profit per annum is divided equally?
a) 2 months b) 4 months c) 5 months d) 7 months
13. The amount of principal Rs.4000 at compound interest at the rate of 10% p.a for 3 years.
a) Rs.4325 b) Rs.5324 d) Rs.3425 d) Rs.5342
14. A can run 2km In 4 min 20 seconds, while B can run this distance in 4 min 34 seconds. By how
much distance can A beat B?
a) 100m b) 150m c) 120m d) 180m

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15. What was the day of the week on 7th January 1980?
a) Sunday b) Monday c) Tuesday d) Wednesday

STUDY MATERIAL
(REASONING AND ARITHEMATIC)

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 CODING AND DECODING

1. In a certain code ABCD IS written as 2468 and EFGH as 1357.How will CAGE be written in
that code?
a)6453 b)6251 c)6521 d)6215
2. In a certain code LOCATE is written as 981265 and SPARK as 47230, CASKET will be coded in
the same manner as :
a)124056 b)210465 c)164025 d)124506
3. SCIENTIST is coded in a certain language as ICSTNETSI.AMBULANCE will be coded in the
same language as :
a) MBUALNCEA b) BMAALUECN c) MAUBALCNE d) UBMLAECNA
4. EXCURTION is coded as CXEURTNOI,OUTBURSTS will be coded in the same manner as :
a) UTBTRUTSS b) OUTRUBSTS c) TUOBURSTS d) TUOBRSUTS
5. If the word TRADE is coded as XVEHI, then how should the word PUBLIC be coded?
a) TYFMPG b) SXEOLF c) TYFPMG d) SXLLOP
6. If 341782 denote MONKEY and 0596 denotes RAGS, then 75195044 will denote.
a) KANGAROO b) PALMANTT c) HANGAMEE d) KARNAGOO
7. If 'nso ptr kli chn' stands for 'Sharma gets marriage gift'; 'ptr lnm wop chn 'stands for 'wife
gives marriage gift':' tti wop nhi' stands for 'he gives nothing'; what would 'gives' stand for?
a) wop b) ptr c) nhi d) chn
8. If 'light' is called 'colour', 'colour is called 'red', 'power' is called 'light', 'red' is called 'dust'
and 'dust' is called 'waste', what do we get from sun?
a) colour b) light c) red d) power
9. If 'mud' is called 'water', 'water' is called 'heat', 'heat' is called 'gas', 'gas' is called 'air', 'air' is
called 'fire', where do fishes swim?
a) water b) air c) heat d) fire
10. In a certain code language HJIZT code is deciphered as MONEY, in the same way NOVGZ will
be deciphered as
a) STUMP b) STALE c) STICK d) SPIRE
11. If OPFGBCST stands for NEAR , in the same manner IJVWHI will stand for :
a) HAG b) HUG c) HUT d) KEG
12. If OUT is coded as 152120, IN will be coded as :

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 a)1015 b)819 c)1813 d)914
13. In a certain code LONDON is written as MPOEPO. What will IVOHSZ mean in the same code?
a) HUNGRY b) HUNDRY c) GRUNHY d) HONDUS
14. If CORRESPONDENCE is coded as NUTTRAXUPQRPNR in a certain code, how will SCOPE be
coded?
a) AUXNR b) ANUXR c) RNUXA d) XUPAR
15. If ADMIRE is coded as AIDRME ,then ADORES will be coded as :
a) AODRSE b) ARDESO c) ARDEOS d) AREDOS
16. If PURCHASE is coded as UPCRAHES, then HIRE will be coded in the same manner as :
a) RHIE b) HIER c) HERI d) IHER
17. If STABILITY is coded as 321956527 and RESTICATE as 403258120, what is 'I' coded as?
a)6 b)2 c)5 d)9
18. In a certain code language, (1)'lo ni hie pun ' stands for 'he is drinking coke';
(2)'hol ful gui pun' stands for 'she is eating food'; and(3) 'ne ful ni lo' stands for 'drinking
coke and food'. Which of the following words is the code for 'he'?
a) hie b) lo c) pun d) ni
19. If ADD is coded as WOO,SUM as QJM and TOTAL as KPKWX, then TOADS will be coded as :
a) KPOWQ b) KPWQO c) KPWOQ d) KPWOJ
20. FRANK is coded as 93210, AFTER as 49316, MUFFET as 97964,FERRY as 16915 and REEF as
6961.What is the code for 'F'?
a)9 b)3 c)6 d)1
21. If' land' is called 'sky' ,'sky 'is called 'air ','air ' is called 'water', 'water 'is called' sand' and
'sand' is called' solid', where do fishes swim?
a)air b)sky c)water d)sand
22. If 'violet' is called 'yellow', 'yellow' is called 'blue' ,'blue' is called 'red' ,'red' is called 'fawn',
'fawn' is called 'green' what is the colour of brick:
a)blue b)green c)yellow d)fawn
23. In a certain code PROFESSION is written as EFORPNOISS. In the same code DICTIONARY will
be written as :
24. If FADE is coded as UZWV, then what does IFHG stand for in the same code?
a) RUST b) PORT c) QUIT d) ROSE
25. If DRINK is coded as IMNIP, then COKE will be coded as :

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 a) GIOA b) HJPZ c) HIOA d) GJPZ
26. If 'light' is called 'morning', 'morning' is called 'dark', 'dark' is called 'night', 'night' is called
'sunshine' and 'sunshine' is called 'dusk', when do we sleep?
a)night b)dusk c)dark d)sunshine
27. If MOTHERLAND is coded as 9501623748, how will DREAM be coded?
a) 86297 b) 82679 c) 82769 d) 82697
28. In a certain code APPROACH is coded as CHOAPRAP. How will RESTRICT be coded?
a) CTRISTRE b) ERTSIRTC c) TCIRSTRE d) CTRISTER
29. If 'light' is called 'dark' ,'dark' is called 'green' ,'green' is called 'blue' ,'blue' is called 'red'
,'red' is called 'white' ,and 'white' is called 'yellow' ,what is the colour of blood?
a)red b)white c)dark d)yellow
30. If CONDEMN is coded as CNODMEN, then TEACHER is coded as :
a) TAECEHR b) TAEECHR c) TCAEEHR d) TEACHER
31. If GOOD is coded as 5,BEST as 1, FAIR will be coded as :
a)7 b)34 c)23 d)5
32. In a certain code DELHI is written as EFMIJ. What will LJSBO mean in the same code?
a) KIRAN b) KUMAR c) SUJAY d) STUDY
33. If the word TRADE is coded as XVEHI, then how the word PUBLIC should be coded?
a) TYFMPG b) TYFPMG c) SXLLOP d) SXEOLF
34. In a certain code language, “col tip mot’ means singing is appreciable, ‘mot baj min’s means’
dancing is good and ‘tip nop baj’ means ‘singing and dancing’. Which of the following means
‘Good’ in that code language?
a)None b)min c)mot d)baj
35. If BAD is coded as 7, HIS as 9, LOW will be coded as
a)5 b)8 c)50 d)23
36. If BOMBAY is MYMYMY then TAMILNADU is _____
a)TAM TAM TAM b) MNU MNU c) NONE d)MNUMNU MNU
37. In a code language 'Mu Kay Cid' means 'very lucky person' and ' dis hu hu' means
'forktunate and lucky' which is the word in that language for lucky?
a)dis b)cit c)kay d)mu
38. If "copper" is called 'gold', 'lead' is called 'silver', 'iron' is called 'lead', 'gold' is called tin and
silver is called 'steel' what is in a pencil?

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 a)gold b)silver c)lead d)tin
39. In a certain code SKEW is coded as PNCY, then what will JXQV will stand for?
a) MUTS b) MUST c) MTSU d) STUM
40. If CHAIR stands for EJCKT, then TABLE would stand for :
a) NGDC b) VCDNG c) DCGNV d) GNVCD
41. AUSTRALIA is written in a certain code language as 973609429 and CANADA as 591989.How
should CRUST be written in the same code?
a) 50763 b) 53076 c) 50376 d) 50736
42. In a certain language,(a)'sun shines brightly' is written as 'ba lo sul'; (b)'houses are brightly
lit' as 'kado udo ari ba'; and (c)'light comes from sun'as'dapi kup lo nro'. What words will be
written for 'sun'and'brightly'?
a) . lo,ba b) ba,lo c) snl,lo d) ba,sul
43. In a certain code language: (A)'1 3 4'means 'you are well' (B)'7 5 8'means 'they go home'
(C)'8 3 9'means 'we are home'. Which of the following represents 'are ' in these code
languages?
a)1 b)3 c)7 d)4
44. In a certain code PORTUGESE is written as ESEGUTROP, MALAYALAM will be written in the
same code as :
a) MALAYALAM b) MALYALAM c) MALAYALM d) MALAYLAM
45. In a certain code LIBERATE is written as 56403170, TRIBAL will be written in the same code
as :
a) 734615 b) 736415 c) 136475 d) 34615
46. In a certain code FINGER is written as DGLECP. What will be the code for KIDNEY?
a) IGBLCW b) IGCLBW c) IBCGLE d) IGBKCV
47. In a certain code 'gri chri' means 'brand new', 'gyp twoh'means'very old', 'gri bur twoh'
means 'old and new' and 'chri deh gyp' means 'old brand car' . Which of the following codes
means 'new car'?
a) chri gri b) gri deh c) deh gyp d) twoh deh
48. If SABOTAGE IS coded as UADOVAIE, how will EMERGENCY be coded in the same manner?
a) GMGRIEPCA b) GMGRGEPCA c) BNBQFDOBZ d) EOETGGNEY
49. In a certain code FLOWER is coded as EIJPVG. How will ROSE be coded?
a) QMOW b) QLOX c) QKNX d) QLNX

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50. If EDUCATION is written as DECUTAOIN, then COLLEGE will be written as :
a) OCLLGEE b) OCLGEEL c) COELLEG d) EOLCGLE
51. In a certain code PUNCTUAL is written as 16598623 , in the same code ACTUPULN will be
written as
a) 29861653 b) 29861635 c) 28916135 d) 29851536
52. In a certain code BEAUTY is coded as 835247, DEVIL as 03916 and ABIDE as 58103. What
does '3' stand for?
a)E b)D c)B d)A
53. If 'luma papa jano ' stands for 'he speaks softly', 'papa lo hedi lami' for 'wind blows softly
downhill'; and 'lo puki luma jano lami sod' for 'he sings like wind blows whisper; then what
word will be written for 'downhill'?
a) Papa b) Lami c) Hedi d) Lo
54. In a certain code '7 8 6' means 'study very hard','9 5 8'means'hard work pays'and'6 4
5'means 'study and work', which of the following is the code for 'very'?
a)8 b)6 c)7 d)None
55. If 'cages' are called 'rockets', 'rockets' are called 'traps', 'traps' are called 'planets', 'planets'
are called 'aero planes’, ' aero planes’ are called 'cycles' and 'cycles' are called 'cars', What is
Earth?
a) Cycles b) Rockets c) Planet d) Aero planes
56. If PHILOSOPHY is coded as HPLISOPOYH, ORNAMENTAL will be coded as:
a) OANEMNTLA b) ONRAMNEALT c) ROANEMTNLA d) ROANEMNAT
57. If m is coded as g, g as o, a as i and i as y, then 'imagination' will be written as
a) ygagynatyin b) ygioynityog c) ygioynityon d) ygioyintyon
58. In a certain code QUESTION is written as NXBVQLLQ. How will REPLY be coded?
a) YHMOV b) OBMVI c) VHSOB d) OHMOV
59. If ACTION is coded as ZXGRLM then HEALTH will be coded in the same way as :
a) SVZOGS b) TVZOGT c) RUZPGR d)None
60. If in a certain code JOSEPH is coded as FKOALD, then GEORGE will be coded in the same way
as :
a) CBJNCA b) CANKCA c) CAKNCA d) CAKCNA
61. If HARD is coded as 1357 and SOFT as 2468, what will 21448 stand for?
a) SHAFT b) SHORT c) SHOOT d) SHART

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62. If MOTHERLAND is coded as 9206314758, then NORTH will be coded as :
a) 72406 b) 52406 c) 52360 d) 52106
63. In a certain code language, 'col tip mot' means 'singing is appreciable' ,'mot baj min' means
'dancing is good 'and 'tip nop baj' means 'singing and dancing'. Which of the following
means 'Good' in that code language?
a)mot b)min c)baj d)None of these
64. Certain words are coded as follows : BEAR-9281, DRUM-0683,PRY-485 AND DOOR-
7899.What is the code for 'R'?
a)9 b)3 c)8 d)4
65. If 'red' is called 'air', 'air' is called 'black' , 'black' is called 'sky', 'sky' is called 'blue', blue 'is
called 'wind' and 'wind' is called 'white', where to birds fly?
a)air b)sky c)blue d)wind
66. If FACE is coded as 6135, BIG as 297,HAD as 814 and BAGDE as 21475,then what is the code
for 'A'?
a)3 b)1 c)2 d)4
67. If 'sky' is called 'sea', 'sea' is called 'water', 'water' is called' air', 'air' is called 'cloud' and
'cloud 'is called 'river', then what do we drink when thirsty?
a)sky b)air c)water d)sea

68. FAILURE is coded as OHRSDYN,SUCCESS will be coded in the same manner as:

a) BBNNZBB b) BBLJNZB c) BLNNZZB d) BLNNZBB

69. If EXAMINATION is coded as 83690567045,the codes for 'N' and 'A' are :

a)7,5 b)5,6 c)6,5 d)5,7

70. In a certain code language :

(A)'tom na rod' means 'give me sweet'. (B)'jo ta rod' means 'you and me'.
(c)'pot ta noc' means 'you are good'. (d)'jo mit noc' means 'good and bad'.
Which of the following represents 'bad' in these languages?
a)mit b)noc c)jo d)None of these

71. In a certain code language: (A)'1 3 4'means 'you are well' (B)'7 5 8'means 'they go home'
(C)'8 3 9'means 'we are home'. Which of the following represents 'they' in these code

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 language?
a)5 b)7 c)3 d)None of these

72. If 'yellow' means 'red', 'white' means 'green', 'red' means 'orange' ,'blue' means 'white' and
'green' means 'blue', then the colour of sky is:
a)white b)green c)blue d)yellow

73. EXCURTION is coded as CXEURTNOI, Then OUTBURSTS will be coded in the same manner as
:
a) UTBTRUTSS b) OUTRUBSTS c) TUOBURSTS d) TUOBRSUTS

LETTER SERIES

1. ALWBMXCN?
a)V b)W c)Y d)X
2. ZAAYBBXC?
a)W b)C c)V d)D
3. DEF,HIJ, MNO,?
a)RTV b)STU c)PTU d)SRU
4. Which letter(s) in each of the following series is wrong or is misfit in the series
ZAWBXC
a)D b)C c)X d)W
5. CHMSWB
a)C b)S c)B d)W
6. RKF?B
a)D b)C c)E d)B
7. AEI, BFJ, CGK,?
a)DLH b)EGF c)EFL d)DHL
8. BXJ, ETL, HPN, KLP,?
a)PHR b)NIR c)NHR d)MHR
9. DHMS?

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 a)Z b)Y c)X d)W
10. DQCP, EPEN, FOGL, GNIJ,?
a)HNLG b)HLJG c)HOMI d)HMKH
11. KNQ, WZ, CFI,?
a)KOR b)LOR c)LPR d)MNQ
12. BF ?QX
a)I b)O c)G d)K
13. IKMN , KMNI , MNIK ,?
a)IKNM b)KNMI c)MIKN d)NIKM
14. ECDHFGKIJ
a)ZXY b)CAB c)RPQ d)NLM
15. BADC??HGJI
a)FE b)FG c)DF d)EF
16. JOBS, KMEO, LKHK,?, NGNC
a)MJLH b)LIKG c)MIKG d)MNGM
17. BMK, DLM, FKO, HJQ,?
a)JIR b)JIT c)JHS d)JIS
18. ABC,EFG,HIJ,?
a)IJK b)KLM c)LMN d)JKL
19. KNQ, TWZ, CFI,?
a)MNQ b)LOR c)LPR d)KOR
20. IOU, JKL, PQR,?
a)UVW b)XYZ c)TUV d)VWX
21. C E F I J L M P Q S?
a)TW b)TV c)WY d)VY
22. EJOT, DHLP, CFIL,?
a)BDFH b)DGKL c)DEIJ d)BLHM
23. RYL,VBN,ZEP,DHR,?
a)HLK b)HKT c)HJT d)HKS
24. ADCGE?
a)G b)J c)I d)K
25. CABFDEIGH?

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 a)JLK b)JKL c)LKJ d)LJK
26. LNPRT?
a)U b)V c)W d)Y
27. BFKQ?
a)U b)T c)X d)Y
28. DKP?B
a)R b)T c)W d)Z
29. XOIF?
a)D b)F c)B d)E
30. FJKP,ILMQ, LNOR, OPQS,?
a)RQTV b)RQSS c)RRST d)RTTU
31. DQGOJM?
a)K b)P c)M d)L
32. DMP, FLN, HKL,JJJ,?
a)MIH b)III c)LIH d)MII
33. AFKP?
a)T b)U c)W d)X
34. ABP, CDQ, EFR,?
a)GHS b)HGS c)GHR d)GHT

LETTER CLASSIFICATION

1 a) DFHEG b) TWXUV c) OQSPR d) KLNKM

2 a) SPQR b) MKLN c) WUVX d) FDEG

3 a) LT – HF b) IN - VA c) ZE - XM d) RB - SC
4 a) VWX – OCU b) IFH - SGQ c) LAN - BDR d) EJP - ZTY
5 a) DfH b) MoQ c) UwY d) Ino
6 a) CDFIM b) ABDGK c) EFGIK d) BCEHL
7 a) BAD b) OFF c) INN d) SIS

8 a) PQNO b) GHXY c) SUCE d) UVJK

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9 a) ACE b) LOR c) GIK d) VXZ
10 a) RTWZ b) GJMP c) CEHQ d) TWYZ
11 a) JKkL b) OPpQ c) DEEF d) VWwx
12 a) NCDT b) BRSF c) ZGHV d) AQDM
13 a) PQR – HGF b) RST - ONM c) IJK - CBE d) WXY - FED
14 a) DCBA b) SRQP c) IHGF d) NOPQ
15 a) JOPK b) BOPC c) QOPR d) TOPS
16 a) JM – KL b) QP – RS c) EH – FG d) MP – NO
17 a) KI b) VX c) SQ d) CA
18 a) RWO – QVN b) FNG – EMF c) HJD – GIC d) AYT – BZU
19 a) PQO b) HGF c) LKJ d) TSR
20 a) QRM b) OWL c) ENO d) PUT
21 a) Z(40 b) R(66) c) N(17) d) P(37)
22 a) DF b) PR c) FG d) MQ
23 a) MLKI b) PMOL c) ZWYV d) TQSP
24 a) FARM b) TRAY c) CARD d) WARN
25 a)meal-lame b) bark - kerb c) spot - tops d) ruby - bury
26 a) SYZ b) MRS c) DJK d) QWS
27 a) TVL b) FEH c) KCW d) ZNI
28 a) BdfH b) FHJL c) RTvX d) uVwX
29 a) USAGE b) UKASE c) URINE d) USUAL
30 a) AYT – BZU b) FNG - EMF c) RWO - QVN d) HJD - GIC
31 a) URS - UrS b) JPL - JpL c) PQM - PqM d) MoN - MON
32 a) MQU – CGK b) BGL - TYD c) RWB - FKP d) JOT - DIN
33 a) HK b) DG c) NK d) UX
34 a) MLKA b) HGFA c) RQPA d) STUA
35 a) PQRN b) GHIS c) XYZQ d) STVW
36 a) MKGA b) PNID c) RPLF d) VTPJ
37 a) SU b) BD c) PN d) WY
38 a) AE – OL b) UI - OE c) IO - UE d) EA - OU
39 a) CS b) OU c) EV d) QO

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 LETTER ANALOGY

1. AXTC : TXAC :: GUMY :?

a)GMUY b)MUGY c)MGUY d)YUGM

2. FHJL : VTRP :: MOQS :?

a)JHFD b)IGFD c)IGED d)JHED

3. ICHQ : HCIT :: PMBK :?

a)BMYR b)BMPN c)MBPY d)MPBS

4. ABC : ZYX :: IJK :?

a)RST b)RQP c)RTS d)RPQ

5. MEQI : JUOD :: ANIW :?

a)RUKE b)URIA c)EUIO d)PTRE

6. ADLC : CLAD :: RGUB :?

a)RUGB b)GRUB c)UBRG d)BURG

7. TSR : FED :: WVU :?

a)CAB b)MLK c)PQS d)GFH

8. CART : ART :: FOUR :?

a)RUN b)TWO c)QUE d)OUR

9. ODRS : OSRD :: PAGJ :?

a)PJGA b)PJAG c)PGJA d)PGAJ

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10. FJNR : PTXB :: MQUY :?

a)CGKO b)SWZD c)LQTX d)RVZC

11. DMT : FNS :: HRJ :?

a)ISK b)JKT c)JSI d)JTI

12. ABDH : ZYWS :: EFHL :?

a)TSUV b)USOV c)VUSO d)VOSU

13. LKH : KHL :: WVS ?

a)WSV b)SWV c)SVW d)VSW

14. ACE : FGH :: LNP : ?

a)QRS b)MOQ c)PQR d)QST

15. FGHE : RSTQ :: MNOL : ?

a)VWXU b)QSRP c)SRTU d)EFGH

16. BEH : TRP :: RUX : ?

a)SQN b)QON c)QNL d)QOM

17. LOVE :O LEV : : GATE : _______________

a)TGZO b)TZGV c)ZGTA d)ETAG

18. GaMX : BViH :: FDJo :?

a)ReJW b)XMVU c)orDN d)QSMP

19. WBCU : XCBV :: GCBL :?

a)HCBL b)HBCM c)FBCL d)FCBL

20. MAR : RAMP :: INS :?

a)NEST b)SNIP c)TINS d)SNAP

21. EGI : NPR :: HJL :?

a)RTW b)FGI c)NQT d)TVX

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22. JMP : GOQ :: DBL :?

a)BCN b)AEN c)BDN d)ADM

23. QRST : RSQT :: HUZC :?

a)HZUC b)UZHC c)UCZH d)UHZC

24. SUW : RST :: DFH :?

a)DEF b)FGH c)CDE d)GHI

25. DMT : FNS :: HRJ :?

a)ISK b)JSI c)JTK d)JTI

26. BaBy : TaTa :: LiLy :?

a)PooL b)ROse c)HaNd d)DoWN

27. BCDE : WVUT :: QRST :?

a)EFGH b)JIHG c)POML d)GEDC

28. GNTB : GTNB :: WROX :?

a)WORX b)RONX c)WYOX d)RWOX

29. RRS : XMW :: ITB :?

a)PNE b)NOG c)RSW d)OOF

30. RCUF : CRFU :: MXBN :?

a)XMBN b)XMNB c)MBXN d)NBXM

31. TSR : FED :: WVU :?

a)CAB b)MLK c)PQS d)GFH

32. AKU:AJS::CRD:?

a)BQE b)CQB c)DSB d)APC

33. SWZ : XTA :: DGM :?

a)JEO b)IDN c)HCM d)NDI

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34. LJH : KKI :: CIA :?

a)BJB b)DHB c)BJC d)BBJ

35. LOM : NMK :: PKI :?

a)RNK b)RSM c)RMP d)RIG

36. BdNf : JnLo :: OrGh :?

a)GhnM b)WbDq c)NMoh d)FwbF

37. UCFH : VEIL :: RXDJ :?

a)RYFM b)TAHO c)SZNG d)SZGN

38. DBRG : ECSH :: NTUJ :?

a)OVWL b)OWVM c)OUWN d)OUVK

39. NNF : PLH :: PTX :?

a)QQZ b)RRZ c)ORZ d)ROZ

40. AKU : AJS :: CRD :?

a)BQE b)CQB c)DSB d)APC

41. DUST : BUSY :: JOIN :?

a)ROIT b)SOON c)RIOT d)COST

42. CUZA : HYCC :: NNJO :?

a)TURS b)SRMO c)TRMP d)SSNR

43. PSQR: CFED :: JMKL :?

a)UXVW b)WZYX c)YVXZ d)YZWX

44. TPNX : XNP :: BUCW :?

a)WUC b)CUW c)WCU d)COW

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 NUMBER SERIES

1. 1, 3, 7, 15, 31,?
a)62 b)46 c)63 d)57
2. 243, 5, 81, 15, 27, 45, 9,?
a)5 b)15 c)135 d)27
3. 3, 12, 24, 96, 192,?
a)768 b)384 c)702 d)298
4. 2,11,7,16,12,?,17,26
a)21 b)8 c)11 d)76
5. 1,2,2,4,16,?,65536
a)276 b)64 c)256 d)198
6. 4,32,288,?,31680
a)2880 b)25600 c)7420 d)10000
7. 2, 3, 6, 18, 108,?
a)1944 b)1658 c)648 d)1008
8. 128,64,32,16,?,4
a)10 b)8 c)6 d)12
9. 36,24,15,9,6?
a)3 b)6 c)0 d)2
10. 1,4,5,11,9,18,?,25
a)12 b)13 c)19 d)23
11. 80, 64, 48, 32, 16,?
a)4 b)0 c)8 d)1
12. 4, 2, 8, 16 , 128,?
a)562 b)1018 c)2024 d)2048
13. In the given series find the number which is wrong.
24576,6144,1536,386,96,24
a)386 b)6144 c)96 d)1536
14. In the given series find the number which is wrong.
2,3,4,5,6,8,10,13,16,22
a)22 b)8 c)13 d)4

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15. 36,24,15,9,6?
a)3 b)6 c)0 d)2

16. 98, 72, 14,?

a)8 b)6 c)4 d)2
17. 69, 55, 26, 13,?
a)3 b)6.5 c)13 d)4
18. 1, 8, 27, 64, 125,?
a)172 b)176 c)216 d)189
19. 2, 8, 18, 32, 50, 72,?
a)132 b)102 c)89 d)98
20. In the given series find the number which is wrong.
10,100,1100,11000,111000,1210000
a)121000 b)11000 c)100 d)111000
21. 37,47,58,?,79,95
a)69 b)68 c)67 d)71
22. 5,7,11,?,35,67
a)19 b)32 c)28 d)24
23. 111, 92, 73, 54,?
a)35 b)33 c)36 d)34
24. 19, 37, 75, 149, 299,?
a)599 b)499 c)597 d)598
25. 36, 34, 30, 28, 24,.....
a)22 b)20 c)26 d)23
26. In the Given series find the number which is wrong.
4, 8, 11,22,18,36,24,50
a)36 b)8 c)24 d)22
27. 22,21,23,22,24,23
a)25 b)24 c)26 d)22
28. In the Given series find the number which is wrong
99,.79,88,70,77,59,66,48
a)54 b)88 c)79 d)80
29. (21, 51, 15)

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 a)21,91,35 b)15,51,21 c)35,21,91 d)None
30. 27,45,9,15,3,5,?
a)1 b)5 c)10 d)0
31. 80, 63, 72, 72, 64, 81, 56,?
a)96 b)98 c)89 d)90
32. In the given series find the number which is wrong.
17, 25, 37,50,65,82,101
a)25 b)17 c)101 d)65
33. 3, 1/3, 14, 1/14, 25, 1/25,?
a)1/36 b)34 c)35 d)36
34. 1/2,3/4,5/8,7/16,?
a)1/2 b)3/4 c)5/8 d)7/16
35. 1,1,3,9,6,36,10,100,?,225
a)15 b)16 c)20 d)22
36. In the given series find the number which is wrong.
215, 28,63,126,7,343
a)215 b)28 c)126 d)343
37. 17, 27, 37, 56, 66,?
a)67 b)76 c)82 d)97
38. 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42,?
a)50 b)52 c)54 d)56
39. 37, 47, 58 ? 79, 95
a)71 b)69 c)68 d)67
40. 9, 16, 30, 58,?
a)104 b)114 c)116 d)118
41. In the given series find the number which is wrong.
625, 125, 25, 5, 0
a)0 b)125 c)5 d)625
42. 7776, 1296, 216, 36, 6,?
a)6 b)0 c)3 d)1
43. 4,8,7,14,12,22,19,?,28
a)12 b)24 c)28 d)32

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44. 215,28,63,126,7,343
a)215 b)28 c)126 d)343
45. 27, 45, 9, 15, 3, 5,?
a)1 b)1/3 c)1/5 d)1/9
46. 0,4,6,3,7,9,6,?,12
a)3 b)10 c)11 d)14
47. In the given series find the number which is wrong.
3,32,363,3993,43923
a)363 b)32 c)3 d)43923
48. In the given series find the number which is wrong.
2,3,4,5,6,8,10,13,16,22
a)22 b)8 c)13 d)4
49. 2, 6, 12, 20, 30,?
a)42 b)36 c)41 d)40
50. In the given series find the number which is wrong.
3,10,41,206,1236,8660
a)10 b)41 c)206 d)1236
51. 2, 3, 6, 18, 108,?
a)1944 b)1658 c)648 d)1008
52. 8,9,8,7,10,9,6,11,10,?,12
a)4 b)6 c)5 d)8
53. 2,7,4,9,6,11,8,13,10,15,12,?
a)16 b)17 c)19 d)21
54. 2, 3, 5, 10 , 20,40,?
a)65 b)75 c)60 d)80
55. 9, 54, 44, 264, 254, 1524,?
a)1514 b)508 c)3048 d)1330
56. 5,50,45,450,445,?,4445 508
a)4450 b)4600 c)4550 d)4500
57. 19, 4, 14, 7, 10, 11, 7,?
a)6 b)15 c)17 d)23
58. 64, 16, 32, 8,?

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 a)24 b)32 c)4 d)16
59. 243, 5, 81, 15, 27, 45, 9,?
a)5 b)15 c)135 d)27
60. 5,7,11,?,35,67
a)19 b)24 c)28 d)32
61. 6, 3, 11, 8, 18, 15, 27, 24,?,?
a)36,33 b)36,35 c)38,35 d)38,34

NUMBER ANALOGY

1. 63 : 9 :: 49 :?
a)3 b)36 c)12 d)7
2. 731 : 902 :: 655 :?
a)800 b)793 c)556 d)646
3. 5 : 45 :: 2 :?
a)40 b)36 c)20 d)18
4. 1 : 11 :: 2 :?
a)20 b)22 c)24 d)44
5. 16 : 0.16 ::?
a) 2 : 0.02 c)1.3:0.13
b)7:0.007 d)0.01:001
6. 42 : 63 :: 84 :?
a)185 b)95 c)142 d)125
7. 8 : 27 :: 64 :?
a)277 b)125 c)250 d)99
8. 125 : 27 :: 343 :?
a)729 b)64 c)216 d)512

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9. 92 : 69 :: 46 :?
a)57 b)23 c)31 d)19
10. 99 :79 :: 24 :?
a)1 b)13 c)9 d)7
11. 6 : 12 :: 20 :?
a)50 b)30 c)42 d)38
12. 411 : 441 :: 755 :?
a)705 b)775 c)635 d)665
13. 162 : 9 :: 310 :?
a)33 b)27 c)16 d)4
14. 3 :1/3 ::?
a)9:27 b)5:2/15 c)8:1/8 d)6:12
15. 190 : 10 :: 102 :?
a)3 b)4 c)5 d)7
16. 95 : 38 :: 167 :?
a)110 b)120 c)113 d)134
17. 14 : 20 :: 16 :?
a)23 b)10 c)48 d)32
18. 5 : 24 :: 8 :?
a)65 b)62 c)64 d)63
19. 663 : 884 :: 221 :?
a)332 b)554 c)773 d)442
20. 31 : 124 :: 103 :?
a)98 b)215 c)412 d)517

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 PUZZLE TEST

I.
Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
i)Five friends P,Q,R,S and T travelled to five different cities of Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore and
Hyderabad by different modes of transport of Bus, Train,Aeroplane, Car and Boat from Mumbai.
ii) The person who travelled to Delhi did not travel by boat.
iii) R went to Bangalore by car and Q went to Kolkata by aeroplane.
iv) S travelled by boat where as T travelled by train.
v) Mumbai is not connected by bus too Delhi and Chennai.

1. Which of the following combinations of person and mode is not correct?

a) P – Bus b) Q-Aero plane c) R- Car d) S-Boat e) T-Aero plane
2. Which of the following combination is true for S?
a) Delhi-Bus b) Chennai-Bus c) Chennai-Boat d) Data inadequate
3. Which of the following combinations of place and mode is not correct?
a) Delhi-Bus b) Kolkata-Aero plane c) Bangalore-Car d)Chennai-Boat
4. The person travelling to Delhi went by which of the following modes?
a) Bus b) Train c) Aero plane d) Car e) Boat
5. Who among the following travelled to Delhi?
a) R b) S c) T d) Data inadequate
II.
Raghu and Gyan are good at cricket and hockey. Sohan and Gyan are good at hockey and chess. Raghu
and Govind are good at swimming and cricket.

1. Who is good at cricket, hockey and chess?

a)Raghu b) Gyan c) Sohan d) Govind e) None of these
2. Who is good at cricket and swimming?
a)Gyan b) Govind c) Sohan d) All of them e)can’t be Determined
3. Who is good at hockey, chess and swimming?

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 a)Raghu b) Govind c) sohan d) All of the three e) None of the above
4. Who is good at swimming, hockey and cricket?
a)Raghu b) Sohan c) Govind d) Gyan e) None of the above
5. Who is good at hockey but not so in swimming?
a)Govind b) Raghu c) Sohan d)no one e) All the three

III.
Five shirts are placed on a shelf in a heap. Red shirt is above the blue shirt and green shirt is
below the orange shirt. Blue shirt is above the orange shirt and white is below the green shirt.

1. The colour of the shirt between Red and Orange shirt is:
a)White b) Green c) Blue d) Data insufficient e) None of these
2. Which colour shirt is at the bottom?
a)Red b) White c) Orange d) Cannot be said e) None of these

IV.
Rajat, Sushil and Nagesh play football, hockey and cricket. Rajat, Ramu and Nagesh play hockey,
cricket and basketball. Rajat, sushil, Mayank and Nagesh play football and cricket.
1. Which game is played by all the boys?
a)Hockey b) Basketball c) Football d) cricket e) None of these
2. Who does not play football?
a)Rajat b) Nagesh c) Sushil d) Ramu e) None of these
3. Which of the following two boys play all the games?
a)Nagesh, Rajat b) Mayank, Ramu c) Ramu, Nagesh d) Sushil, Mayank

V.
There are seven books one each on Psychology, Hindi, English, Sociology, Economics, Education
and Acoountancy, Lying on a table one above the other.
ii) Sociology is on the top of all the books.
iii) Accountancy is immediately below Education which is immediately below sociology.
iv) Economics is immediately above psychology but not in the middle.
v) Hindi is immediately below psychology.

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1. Which three books are between Accountancy and Hindi?
a) Economics, Psychology and Hindi
b) Economics, Psychology and Education
c) English, Economics and Psychology
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
2. Economics is between which of the following books?
a) Accountancy and Education
b) Psychology and Hindi
c) English and Psychology
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
3. If Sociology and English, Accountancy and Hindi & Education and Psychology interchange their
positions, Which book will be between psychology and Sociology?
a) Hindi
b) Accountancy
c) Psychology
d) Economics
e) None of these

VI
i) P, Q, R, S, T and U are six members of a group of which are three are males and three are
females.
ii) There are two engineers, two lawyers, one teacher and one doctor in the group.
ii) Q,T,P and R are two married couples and no person in this group has the same
profession.
iv) T, a teacher with blue dress married a male lawyer with brown dress.
v) Colour of the dresses of both the husbands and that of both wives is same.
vi) Two persons have blue dress, two have brown and the remaining one each has black
green.
vii) P is a male engineer and whose sister S is also an engineer.

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 viii) Q is a doctor.

1. Which of the following is a group of female members?

a)QSU b) QSR c) QST d) QTU e) None of these
2. Who is the wife of P?
a)R b) T c) S d) Q e) None of these
3. What is the color of U’s dress?
a)Black b) Green c) Black or Green d) data inadequate e) None
4. Which of the following is a pair of married ladies?
a)QT b) PR c) TS d) Data inadequate e) None of these
5. What is profession of R?
a)Teacher b) Lawyer c) Engineer d) Doctor e) cannot be determined

VII:
i) P,Q,R,S,T and U are six members in family in which there are two married couples.
ii) T, a teacher, is married to the doctor who is the mother of Rand U.
iii) Q, the lawyer, is married to P.
iv) P has one son and one grandson.
v) Of the two married ladies one is a housewife.
vi) There is also one student and one male Engineer in the family.
1) How is P related to R?
a)Grandfather b) Mother c) Sister d) Grandmother e) None of these
2) Who among the following is the housewife?
a)P b) Q c) S d) T e) None of these
3) How is R related to U?
a)Brother b) Sister c) Brother or Sister d) None of these
4) Which of the following represents the group of females in the family?
a)PSR b) PSU c) QTR d) Data inadequate
5) Which of the is true about the granddaughter in the family?
a)She is lawyer b) She is student c) She is an engineer d) None of these

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 I) A,B,C,D,E and F are six members of a family.
ii) There are two married couples among them.
iii) C is the mother of A and F.
iv) E is the father D.
v) A is the grandson of B.
vi) The total number of female members in the family is three.

1. Who is the wife of E?

a)B b) C c) F d) Data inadequate e) None of these
2. Which of the following pairs is one of the married couples?
a)EF b) BD c) EB d) AF e) None of these
3. Which of the following is a group of female members?
a)BDE b) AFB c) DCF d) BCF e) None of these
4. How is F related to A?
a)Brother b) Daughter c) Son d) Mother e) None of these
5. How is B related to F?
a)Sister b) Grandmother c) wife d) Data inadequate

IX:
i) A,B,C,D,E,F and G are sitting on a wall and all of them are facing east.
ii) C is on the immediate right of D.
iii) B is at an extreme end has E as his neighbor.
iv) G is between E and F.
v) D is sitting third from the south end.

1) Who is sitting to the right of E?

a) A b) C c) D d) F e) None of these
2) Which of the following pairs of people are sitting at the extreme ends?
a) AB b) AE c) CB d) FB e) cannot be determined
3) Name the person who should who should change place with C such that he gets the third place
from the north end.
a) E b) F c) G d) D e) None of these

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4) Immediately between which of the following pairs of people is D sitting?
a) AC b) AF c) CE d) CF e) None of these
5) Which of the conditions(i) to (v) given above is not required to find out the place in which A
sitting?
a) (i) b) (ii) c) (iii) d) All are required e) None of these
IX:
i) Six flats on a floor in two rows facing North and South are allotted to P,Q,R,S,T and U.
ii) Q gets a north facing flat and is not next to S.
iii) S and U get diagonally opposite flats.
iv) R, next to U, gets a South facing flat and T gets a North facing flat.

1) The flats of which of the other pairs than SU, are diagonally opposite to each other?
a) QP b) PT c) QR d) Ts
2) Which of the following combinations gets South facing flats?
a) UPT b) URP c) QTS d) Data inadequate

X:
i) A,B,C,D and E are five friends
ii) B is elder to E, but not as tall as C.
iii) C is younger to A, and is taller to D and E.
iv) A is taller to D, but younger to E.
v) D is elder to A but is shortest in the group..

1) If the F, another friend is taller than C, How many of them will be between F and E according to
their height?
a) 4 b) 1 c) Two d) Three e) None of these
2) If selection is to be made among them who would be relatively older and also taller, who among
them should be chosen?
a) A b) E c) D d) C e) None of these
3) Who among the following is the eldest?
a) C b) B c) D d) A e) None of these
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 a) BA b) BC d) EA d) BE e) None of these
5) Which of the following statements is correct about B?
i) B is not the tallest
ii) B is shorter to E.
iii) When they are asked to stand in ascending order with respect their heights, B is in the
middle.
a) Only (i) is correct
b) Only(i) and (ii) is correct
c) All are correct
d) All are incorrect
e) None of these

XI:
Six lectures A,B,C,D,E and F are to be organized in a span of seven days- from Sunday to
Saturday, only one lecture on each day in accordance with the following:
i) A should not be organized on Thursday.
ii) C should be organized immediately after F.
iii) There should be a gap of two days between E and D.
iv) One day there will be no lecture( Friday is not that day) , just before that D will be
organized.
v) B should be organized on Tuesday and should not be followed by D.
1) On which day there is no lecture?
a) Monday b) Friday c) Sunday d) None of these
2) How many lectures are organized between C and D ?
a) None b) one c) Two d) Three
3) Which day will the lecture F be organized?
a) Thursday b) Friday c) Saturday d) Sunday
4) Which of the following is the last lecture in the series?
a) A b) B c) C d) None of these
5) Which of the following information is not required in finding the complete sequence of
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a) (i) only b) (ii) only c) (i) and (ii) only d) (v) only e) All are
required.

XII:
Ramesh, Kamal, Ahmed and Johan are students of a school. Three of them stay far from the
school and one near it. Two study in IV, one in class Vi. They study Hindi, Mathematics, Social
science and Science. One is good at all the four subjects while another is weak in all of these.
Ramesh stays far from the school and is good at Mathematics only while Kamal is weak in
Mathematics only and stays close to the school. Neither of these two nor Ahmed studies in class
VI. One who is good at all the subjects studies in class V.

1. Name the boy who is good at all the subjects?

a) Ramesh b) Kamal c) Ahmed d) John e) None of these
2. Other than Ramesh and the boy good at all the subjects, who else stays far from the
school?
a) Ramesh b) Kamal c) Ahmed d) can’t be determined e) None of these
3. Which two boys are good at Mathematics?
a) Ramesh and Ahmed b) Kamal and Ahmed c) John and Ahmed d) Ramesh and John
4. Name the boy who is weak in all the subjects?
a) Ramesh b) Kamal c) John d) All the above
5. Which two boys are good at Hindi?
a) Ramesh and kamal b) Kamal and Ahmed c) Ahmed and john d) John and Ramesh

XIII:
i) P,Q,R,S,T and U are travelling in a bus.
ii) There are two reporters, two technicians, one photographer and one writer in the group.
iii) The photographer P is married to S who is a reporter.
iv) The writer is married to Q who is of the same profession as that of U.
v) P,R,Q,S are two married couples and nobody in the group has same profession.
vi) U is brother of R

1. How is R related to U?

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 a) Brother b) Sister c) Mother d) Uncle e) Can't be definitely said
2. Which of the following is a pair of reporters?
a) ST b) PQ c) RT d) SU e) Can't be definitely said

XIV:
i) Six friends are playing a card game facing at the centre.
ii) Subodh is to the right of Prabodh.
iii) There is one person between Uma and Sudha.
iv) Prabir is between Subodh and Uma and second to the left of Aloke.

1. Who is to the right of Sudha?

a) Prabodh b) Uma c) Aloke d) Prabir e) Data inadequate
2. If Aloke and Subodh interchange their positions, who will be second to the right of Prabir?
a) Prabodh b) Subodh c) Uma d) Sudha e) None of these
3. To answer the above two questions, which of the following statements can be dispensed
with?
a) C only b) D only c) C or D only d) None e) B only

XV:
i) Eleven students A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J and K are sitting in the first row of the class facing the
teacher.
ii) D who is to the immediate left of F is second to the right of C,
iii) A is second to the right of E, who is at one of the ends.
iv) J is the immediate neighbor of A and B and third to the left of G
iv) H is to the immediate left of D and third to the right of I.

1. In the above sitting arrangement which of the following statements is superfluous?

a) (i) b) (ii) c) (iii) d) (iv) e)None is superfluous
2. Which of the following groups of friends is sitting to the right of G?
a) IBJA b) ICHDF c) CHDF d) CHDE e) None of these
3. Who is sitting in the middle of the row?
a) C b) I c) B d)G e) None of these

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4. Which of the following statements is TRUE in the context of the above sitting arrangements?
a) There are three students sitting between D and G
b) G and C are neighbors sitting to the immediate right of H
c) B is sitting between J and I
d) K is between A and J
e) None of these
5. If E and D,C and B,A and H and k and F interchange their positions, which of the following pairs
of students is sitting at the ends?
a) D and E b) E and F c) D and K d) K and F e) None of these

XVI:
i) A,B,C,D and E reside in a five-storey building.
ii) B and E do not reside on the ground floor.
iii) D resides one storey above A and one storey below C.
iv) E does not reside on the top floor.

1. On which floor does D reside?

a. Fourth b. Second c. Data inadequate d. Fifth e. First
2. How many of them do reside above C?
a. 1 b. 3 c. 2 d. Data inadequate e. 4

XVII:
i) A, B, C, D, E, F, AND G are fitting around a circle and are facing the centre
ii) G is second to the left of C, who is to the immediate left of F
iii) A is third to the left of E
iv) B is between D and E
1. Which of the following is false?
a) A is fourth to the eight of E b) G is to the immediate right of D
c) none of these d) B is to the immediate left of D
e) F is third to the right of D
2. Which of the following is true?
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 c) A is to the immediate right of G d) D is second of the left of E
3. Which of the following has the middle person sitting between the remaining two?
a) DEB b) GDA c) FCE d) EFB e) None of these
4. Which of the following is the position of F?
a) To the immediate right of A b) None of these
c) To the immediate left of C d) Between A and E
e) Fourth to the right of D
5. Who is sitting to the right of E ?
a) None of these b) C c) F d) D e) A

XVIII:
i) A,B,C,D,E and F are six members in a family in which there are two married couples.
ii) D is brother of F. Both D and F are lighter than B.
iii) B is mother of D and lighter than E.
iv) C, a lady, is neither heaviest nor the lightest in the family.
v) E is lighter than C.
vi) The grandfather in the family is the heaviest.

1. How is E related to F?
a) Grandmother b) Brother c) Father d) Data inadequate e)None of these
2. How is C related to D?
a) Sister b) Grandmother c) Mother d) Cousin e)None of these
3. How many male members are there in the family?
a) Data inadequate b) 2 c) 4 d) 3 e) None of these

4. Which of the following is a pair of married couples?

a) AD b) BC c) AB d) BE e) None of these
5. Who among the following will be in the second place if all the members in the family are
arranged in the descending order of their weight?
a) D b) A c) C d. Data inadequate e. None of these
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i) Five friends A,B,C,D and E wore shirts of green, yellow, pink, red and blue colours and
shorts of black, white, grey, blue and green colours.
ii) Nobody wore shirt and short of same colour.
iii) D wore blue shirt and C wore green short.
iv) The one, who wore green shirt, wore black short and the one who wore blue short, wore
red shirt.
v) A wore white short and pink shirt.
vi) E did not wear red shirt.

1. What was the colour combination of D's shirt and short?

a) Green and black b) Red and Blue c) Blue and grey
d) Blue and white e) Green and black
2. Who wore black short?
a) C b) E c) B d) D e) A
3. Who wore white short?
a) E b) Data inadequate c) B d) A e) None of these
4. Which colour shirt did C wear?
a) Yellow b) Blue c) Green d) Pink e) Data inadequate
5. Which colour short did B wear?
a) Grey b) Blue c) white d) Black e) Green

XX:
i) P,Q,R,S,T and U are travelling in a bus.
ii) There are two reporters, two technicians ,one photographer and one writer in the group.
iii) The photographer P is married to S who is a reporter.
iv) The writer is married to Q who is of the same profession as that of U.
v) P,R,Q,S are two married couples and nobody in the group has same profession.
vi) U is brother of R
1. How is R related to U?
a) Brother b)Sister c) Mother d)Uncle e) Brother
2. Which of the following is a pair of reporters?
a) ST b) PQ c) RT d) SU e) Can't be definitely said

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3. Which of the following is a pair of husband?
a) PR b) QS c) PQ d) QR e) PR
4. Which of the following is a pair of technicians?
a) PT b) QU c) SU d) RS e) PR
5. Which of the following pairs is a couple?
a) QS b) PT c) QR d) PQ e) ST

XXI:
Raju has two sons 'X' and 'Y' and a daughter 'Z'. Biju has two sons 'A' and 'B' and daughter 'C'. 'A'
and 'Z' are married and have two sons 'J' and 'K'. Laloo has a son 'P' and a daughter 'Q'. 'Q' is
married to 'Y' and they have two daughters 'F' and 'G' and a son 'H'.

1. How is Raju related to 'Q'?

a) Uncle b) Father-in-law c) Brother d) Son e) None of these
2. How is 'Z' related to Biju?
a) Daughter b) Sister c) Sister-in-law d) Daughter-in-law e) None
3. How is 'Y' related to 'P'?
a) Son b) Aunt c) Brother-in-law d) Sister e)None of these
4. How is 'G' related to Laloo?
a) Granddaughter b) Father c) Son d) Mother e) None of these
5. How is 'J' related to 'C'?
a) Nephew b) Brother c) Uncle d) Grandfather e) None of these

XXII:
There are four girls-Eena, Mira, Meena and Moe. One of them lives at Chennai and her hobbies
are clay modeling and reading. Mira lives at Mumbai. Eena also lives at Mumbai and her hobby
is dancing. Both girls staying at Mumbai are fond of gardening. Moe lives at Delhi and her
hobbies are painting and photography. One girl staying at Mumbai enjoys travelling. If all the girl
have two hobbies.
1. Who enjoys travelling?
a) Eena b) Mira c)Meena d) Moe e) None of the above
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 a) Eena b) Moe c) Mira d) Meena e) None
3. Who is staying at Chennai?
a) Meena b) Eena c) Both d) None of the above e)can’t be determined
4. Who among the following is fond of gardening?
a) Meena b) Mira c) Both d) None e) Cannot be determined
5. What are Meena's hobbies?
a) Reading, dancing b) Gardening, painting c)Travelling, dancing
d) Clay modeling, reading e) None of the above

XXIII:

I) There are eight faculty members A,B,C,D,E,F,G and H in the institute, each teaching different
subject.
Ii) There are three lady members and of the eight, four are holding Ph.D.Degree.
III) E teaches Psychology and is Ph.D. A teaches Chemistry.
iv) The one who teaches Economics is not Ph.D. No lady member teaches either Commerce or Law.
Law faculty does not award Ph.D.
V) D and G do not teach either Commerce or Physics.
vi) H and C are lady members and are not Ph.D. F who is Ph.D. teaches Zoology.
vii) B and G are Ph.Ds and G is a lady member.

1. Which of the following lady members is/are Ph.D?

a)G b) C and D c)G and H d)Can't be determined e)None of these
2. Which of the following combinations is NOT correct?
a) Chemistry - Male - Not Ph.D b) Zoology - Male - Ph.D
c)Physics - Lady - Ph.D d)Economics - Lady - Not-Ph.D
e)Commerce - Male - Ph.D
3. Who teaches Physics?
a)C b) H c) Either H or C d)Either C or G e)None of these
4. Which of the following statements is true?
a) Three male members are Ph.D b)Two lady members are Ph.D
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5. What is the subject taught by G?
a) Zoology b) Either Physics or Economics c) Either Physics or Zoology
d) Cannot be determined e) None of these

XXIV:
A is the father of C. But C is not his son.
E is the daughter of C.F is the spouse of A.
B is the brother of C.D is the son of B.
G is the spouse of B.H is the father of G.
1. Who is the son-in-law of H?
a)C b)A c)D d) B e) None of these
2. Who is the grand-daughter of A?
a) H b) D c) B d)E e)None of these
3. Who is the common grandchild of both F and H?
a)D b)E c)C d)B e)None of these

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 DIRECTION –TEST

1. Starting from a point, Raju walked 12 meters towards North, he turned right and walked
10 meters, he again turned right and walked 12 meters, then he turned left and walked 5
meters. How far is he now and in which direction from the starting point?
a) 27 m East b)5 m East c)10 m west d)15 m East
2. A train runs 120 km in West direction, 30 km in South direction and then 80 km in east
direction before reaching the station. In which direction is the station from the train's
starting point?
a)South-west b)North-West c)South-East d)South
3. I was walking in South-East direction. After a while I turned 90 degree to the right and
walked ahead. Later I turned 45 degree to the right. In which direction am I walking now?
a)North b)North-East c)South-West d)West
4. A man travels 100 km towards South. From there he turns right and travels 100 km and
again turns right to travel 50 km. Which direction is he in from his starting point?
a)North b)North-East c)East d)South-West
5. Sony and Moni start walking from a point. Sony walks in West direction and Moni in
South direction. After covering 20 km, Sony turns left and walks 15 km. Moni walks 10
km, turns left and walks 5 km. Sony, then turns left again and walks 25 km, where as
Moni turns right and walks 5 km. How far are Sony and Moni from each other?
a)5 km c) They are at same place at the finishing
b) They are back at the starting point d) Data is insufficient
6. A man is facing west. He turns 450 in the clockwise direction and then another 180 0 in
the same direction and then 2700 in the anti-clockwise direction. Which direction is he
facing now?
a)South b)West c)South-west d)North-west
7. Kernal walks 10km towards North. From there he walks 6 km towards South. Then, he
walks 3 km towards East. How far and in which direction is he with reference to this
starting point?
a)7 km west b)5 km west c) 5km North-East d)7 km west
8. You to North turn right, then right again and then go to the left. In which direction are
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 a)North b)East c)west d)South
9. I walked 18 km towards North, then turned left and having walked another 4 km, I turned
right and walked for 12 km more. How far have I walked from the starting point and in
which direction?
a) 8 km North b)10 km west c)16 km south d)34 km North
10. Maria crawls 10 ft, turns right and crawls another 10 ft, then turns left two times and
crawls 15 ft each time. If she shared crawling in the western direction, towards which
direction is she crawling now?
a)East b)South c)North d)west
11. Manu goes 40 km North, turns right and goes 80 km, turns right again and goes 30 km. In
the end he turns right again and goes 80 km. How far is he from his starting point if he
goes straight ahead another 50 km and turns left to go his last 10 km?
a)10 km b)30 km c)40 km d)50 km
12. Sita's house faces south direction. She runs ahead 10 m, turns left and runs 5 m. Then she
turns left again and runs 15 m and then again turns left and runs 10 m. Finally she turns
right and runs 5 m to reach her friend's house. What direction is Sita's friend's house
facing?
a)North b)South c)West d)East
13. A child crawls 20 ft towards North, turns right and crawls 30 feet, turns right again and
crawls 35 feet. He turns left now and crawls 15 feet. He turns left again and crawls 15
feet. Finally he turns to his left to crawl another 15 feet. How far is he from his starting
point and in which direction?
a)45ftNorth-East b)30 ft East c)30 ft west d)15 ft west

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 PARTNERSHIP

1. Anil started a business with Rs.5000 and Rajesh joined afterwards with Rs.10, 000. If profit
at the end of the year is divided equally, then when did Rajesh join him?
a) 5 months afterwards
b) 6 months afterwards
c) 9 months afterwards
d) 8 months afterwards
2. How a profit of Rs.500 should is divided into two partners, if one of them invested Rs.6000
for 5 months and other invested Rs.5000 for 4 months? (In Rs.)
a) 3000, 2000 b) 300,200 c) 2000,3000 d) 1000,5000
3. Anil and Suresh started a business with Rs.50, 000 and 40,000 respectively. After 6 months
Rajesh joined them with capital of Rs.60, 000. They got a profit of Rs.6000, and then profit
of Rajesh is……
a) Rs.1500 b) Rs.3000 c) Rs.2000 d) Rs.1000
4. If A and B get profits of Rs.6, 000 and Rs.4, 000 respectively at the end of year then ratio of
their investments are
a) 4:1 b) ) 1:4 c) ) 3:2 d) 2:3
5. Three partners A, B and C invests Rs.18000, Rs.22500 and Rs.27000 respectively in a
business. If total profit is Rs.18750 then C's share is (in Rs.)
a) 7500 b) 5000 c) 10000 d) 6500
6. How a profit of Rs.500 should be divided into two partners, if one of them invested Rs.6000
for 5 months and other invested Rs.5000 for 4 months? (In Rs.)
a) . 2000, 3000 b) . 300,200 c) 500,400 d) 1000, 5000
7. A and B invested money together in a business and share of capital of A is 1/4th that of B. If
they incur a loss of Rs.500 then loss for B is
a) 400 b)300 c)200 d)100
8. A and B joined a partnership business. In which A invested Rs. 10,000 for 6 months and B
invested Rs. 6000 for 8 months. If they earn a profit of Rs. 3000. Find A's share in the profit.
a) Rs 2500 b) Rs 1500 c) Rs 1000 d) Rs1667
9. A and B invested Rs.4000 and Rs.5000 and they get 20% profit at the end of year. Then share
of B is
a) Rs.1200 b) Rs.1000 c) Rs.1300 d) Rs.1500

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10. Amit and Ravi invested capitals in the ratio 5:4. At the end of 8 months Amit withdrew and
they got equal profits. Find for how long Ravi invested his money?
a) 11 months b) 6 months c) 10 months d) 12 months
11. Anil invested a capital of Rs.5000 and Sunil invested Rs.10000. Anil invested for a time
period which is double than the time period for which Sushil invested. How will a profit of
Rs.4000 be divided between them?
a) 1000,3000 b) 3000,1000 c) 2500,1500 d) 2000,2000
12. Sudhir started a business with Rs.30, 000 and after 8 months Ravi joined him with Rs.60,
000. If they get a profit of Rs.28000 then ratio of their shares will be
a) 3:2 b) 2:3 c) 4:3 d) 3:4
13. A, B, C invested the capitals in a business. If A invested Rs. 10,000 more than B and C
invested Rs.20,000 more than A, then how should a profit of Rs.14,000 be divided among
A,B and C? Given : Capital of B is Rs.10,000
a) 2000,1000,3000
b) 1000,3000,4000
c) 3000,1000,2000
d) 4000,2000,8000
14. A and B Started a business with Rs.15000 and 12000 respectively. After 6 months B puts
Rs.1000 more in his capital while after 8 months A puts Rs.5000 more in his capital. If there
is a profit of Rs.35,000 after one year then B will get
a) Rs.15,000 b) Rs.18,000 c) Rs.16,000 d) Rs.20,000
15. A and B enter into a partnership and invest Rs. 12,000 and Rs. 16,000 respectively. After 8
months, C also joins the business with a capital of Rs. 15,000. The share of C in a profit of
Rs. 45,600 after two years is
a)Rs. 12,000 b) Rs. 14,400 c) Rs. 19,200 d)Rs. 21,200
16. If a profit of Rs.1200 is to be divided among three partners A, B and C in the ratio 5:3:4 then
share of B is….
a)RS.2000 b)Rs.4000 c)Rs. 3000 d)Rs. 5000
17. A and B invested Rs.15000 and Rs.20, 000 respectively in a business. How should a loss of
Rs.2800 be divided between them at the end of year? (in rupees)
a)1500, 1300 b)1200,1600 c)1300, 1500 d)1600,1200
18. Three partners A, B & C invested total Rs.1, 15,000. After one year one of them gets a profit
of Rs.6000, second gets Rs.10, 000 and third gets Rs.14000 then how much amount did B

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a)Rs.10,000 b)Rs. 40,000 c)Rs. 20,000 d)Rs.50,000
19. A started a business with Rs.25000 and is joined afterwards by B with Rs.30,000. After how
many months did B join, if profit per annum is divided equally?
a)2 months b)4 months c)5 months d)7months
20. Anil and Ravi invest Rs.60, 000 and Rs.40, 000 and they got loss of Rs.5, 000 at the end of
year. Then what was the loss for Ravi in Percentage?
a)2% b)3% c)5% d)8%
21. A and B invest money in the ratio 3:4 and they has loss of Rs.7000 at the end of year. What is
the share of loss of B?
a)Rs.4000 b)Rs.7000 c)Rs.3000 d)Rs.2000
22. Ashok opened a shop investing Rs.60, 000 and Madhuri joined him after 2 months investing
Rs.90, 000. They get a profit of Rs. 1, 08,000 after one year. The share of Madhuri is
a)Rs.35,000 b)Rs.30,000 c)Rs.60,000 d)Rs.45,000
23. A and B invested Rs.6000 and Rs. X respectively. They get a profit of Rs.5000 at the end of
year in which share of b is 2000. What is the value of X?
a)Rs.4000 b)Rs.3000 c)Rs.2000 d)Rs.2500
24. A and B invested some money such that capital of A is 20% more than that of B. If after one
year they get profit of Rs.22000 then profit share of B is…
a)Rs.7500 b)Rs.8000 c)Rs.9000 d)Rs.10,000
25. Rajesh, Sunil and Tarun enter into a partnership. Rajesh invested Rs.25000 and after one year
he adds Rs.10, 000 more. Sunil initially invests Rs.35, 000 and after 2 years he withdraws
Rs.10, 000 and Tarun invests Rs.19, 000 in the beginning only. Then ratio of their profits
after 3 years will be……
a)5:5:3 b)6:4:3 c)3:5:5 d)2:5:4
26. A, B and C invest money in business in the ratio 4:5:6 respectively. If the share of C is Rs.33,
000 then what is total profit?
a)Rs.49,000 b)Rs.69,000 c)Rs.99,000 d)60,000
27. A and B together invested Rs. 15,000 in a business. At the end of the year, out of total profit
is Rs. 2,000 B's share was Rs. 600. A's investment was
a)Rs. 4500 b)Rs. 8250 c)Rs.10,500 d)Rs.11,250

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 SIMPLE INTEREST AND COMPOUND INTEREST

1. If the compound interest on a sum of Rs.5000 at the rate of 10% per annum is Rs.1050,
then time period is (Interest compounded yearly)
a)1year b)2 ½ years c)3 years d)2 years
2. The difference between simple and compound interests on a certain sum for 2 years at
4% per annum is Rs.50. The sum is ….
a)Rs.31,250 b)Rs.38,000 c)Rs.25,000 d)Rs.20,400
3. A t what rate of interest (compounded yearly) will Rs.10, 000 amounts to Rs.12100 in 2
years?
a)9% b)11% c)8% d)10%
4. If the compound interest (compounded Yearly) on a certain sum for 2 years at 3% is
Rs.101.50 then what will be the corresponding simple interest?
a)Rs.98.25 b)Rs.100 c)Rs.90.00 d)Rs.95.50
5. A sum amounts to Rs.4410 in 2 years at the rate of 5% p.a. If interest was compounded
yearly then what was the principal?
a)Rs.4000 b)Rs.4800 c)Rs.4500 d)Rs.5000
6. What is the difference between compound interest on Rs.3000 for 2 years at 5% P.a.?
When interest is compounded yearly and compound interest on the same sum and same
terms except that it is compounded half yearly?
a)Rs.3.93 b)Rs.30 c)Rs.15.3 d)Rs.41.28
7. The amount of principal Rs.4000 at compound interest at the ratio of 10% p.a. for 3 years
is
a)Rs.4325 b)Rs.5324 c)Rs.3425 d)Rs.5342
8. Compound interest of Rs.3000 at 10% per annum for 1 l/2years will be (interest
compounded half yearly).
a)Rs.473 b)Rs.374 c)Rs.347 d)Rs.435
9. If the difference between compound interest (interest compounded yearly) and simple
interest on a certain sum at the rate 20% p.a. after 3 years is Rs.1280 then what is the
principal?
a)Rs.8000 b)Rs.10,000 c)Rs.7900 d)Rs.8300
10. If the compound interest on a sum of Rs.7000 for 2 years is Rs.1470 then the rate of

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 interest is (interest compounded yearly)
a)10% p.a b)12%p.a c)11%p.a d)9%p.a
11. If the difference between compound interest(interest compounded yearly) and simple
interest on a sum for 3 years at 20% p.a. is Rs.132, then the sum …….

a)Rs.3500 b)RS.1500 c)Rs.2500 d)None of these

12. The amount of principal Rs.8000 at compound interest at the ratio of 5% p.a. for 3 years
is ..
a)Rs.9621 b)Rs.6921 c)Rs.9261 d)Rs.6261
13. If the difference between compound interest (interest compounded yearly) and simple
interest on a sum for 2 years at 10% p.a. is Rs.150 then sum is...
a)Rs.12,000 b)Rs.15,000 c)Rs.13,000 d)Rs.10,000
14. The difference between compound interest and simple interest on a sum for 3 years at
10% p.a. is Rs.124 Find the sum…
a)Rs.4000 b)Rs.6000 c)Rs.8000 d)Rs.5500
15. What is compound interest on Rs.60, 000 for 4 months at the rate of 5% per annum?
a)Rs.27258.24 b)Rs.2872.24 c)Rs.7282.13 d)Rs.2278.24
16. The amount of principal Rs.4000 at compound interest at the ratio of 10% p.a. for 3 years
is
a)Rs.5342 b)Rs.4325 c)Rs.5324 d)Rs.3425
17. A sum amounts to Rs.4410 in 2 years at the rate of 5% p.a. If interest was compounded
yearly then what was the principal?
a)Rs.5000 b)Rs.4800 c)Rs.4500 d)Rs.4000
18. Rs.400 at 5% p. a compound interest will amount to Rs.441 in ________ years (interest
compounded yearly).
a)1 year b)2 years c)2 ½ years d)5 years
19. The difference between the simple interest and the compound interest (compounded
yearly) earned on a sum of money at the end of four years at the rate of 10 percent per
annum is Rs.256.40. Find the sum.
a)Rs.6000 b)Rs.4000 c)Rs. 50000 d)Rs.4500
20. A Sum at compound interest amounts to Rs.7500 in 2 years and to Rs.9000 in 3 years
then rate per annum is ..

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 a)11% b)12% c)15% d)20%
21. If difference between compound interest and simple interest on a sum at 5% P.a. for 2
years is Rs.60, then what is the sum?
a)Rs.8000 b)Rs.2400 c)Rs.5000 d)Rs.6000
22. If difference between compound interest and simple interest on a sum at 10% P.a. for 2
years is Rs.51 then sum is
a)Rs.5000 b)Rs.5100 c)Rs5800 d)Rs.6000
23. What is the compound interest (compounded yearly) of Rs.5000 at 5% p.a. for 2 years
and simple interest at 4% p. a for 2 years?
a)Rs.512.50, b)Rs.412.50,Rs.400 c)Rs.512.50,Rs.500 d)Rs.400,Rs.500
Rs400
24. If the difference between compound interest (interest compounded yearly) and simple
interest on a sum for 2 years at 10% p.a. is Rs.150 then sum is ….
a)Rs.12,000 b)Rs.15,000 c)Rs.13,000 d)Rs.10,000
25. The compound interest on Rs.2,000 at 10% per annum for 3 years payable half yearly is
a)Rs.600 b)Rs.630 c)Rs.660 d)Rs.680
26. The compound interest (compounded yearly) on Rs. 2000 at 7% per annum for 2 years is..
a)Rs.289.50 b)Rs.295.50 c)Rs.503.00 d)Rs.270.75
27. The compound interest (compounded yearly) on Rs.1500 in 2 years at the rate of 6 1/4 %
per annum is..
a)Rs.195 b)Rs.193.35 c)Rs.198.20 d)Rs.208.20
28. Ashok has Rs.1000, He invests a part of it at 3% per annum and remainder at 8% per
annum, He earns Rs.100 in 2 years. Find the sum invested at different rates of interest?
a)Rs.500,Rs.500 b)Rs.600,Rs.400 c)Rs.700,Rs300 d)Rs.300,Rs.700
29. Anil invests an amount for 2 years at the rate of 15% per annum at simple interest. Had
he invested in a scheme in which interest was compounded yearly he would have got
Rs.450 more. Find the principal
a) Rs.8,000 b)Rs.15,000 c) ) Rs.20, 000 d) Rs.10, 000

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 RACES AND GAMES OF SKILLS

1. In a race of 2kms A beats B by 60 meters or 15 seconds, then time taken by A is

a) 8 min 5 sec b)8 min 17 sec c)7 min 3 sec d)3 min 8 sec
2. A gives a start of 40 meters to B and a start of 60 meters to C in a 200 m. race. B gives a
start of 2 seconds to C. How long does C take to run 200 m?
a)6 sec b)8 sec c)9 sec d)7 sec
3. A can run 4 times as fast as B and gives B a start of 60 m. How long should the race
course be so that A and B might reach in the same time?
a)70 m b)60 m c)80 m d)65 m
4. In a race of 4Kms A beats B by 100m or 25 seconds, then time taken by A is
a)15 min 8 sec b)16 min15 sec c)8 min 15 sec d)10 min 17 sec
5. In a race of 300 m A beats B by 15 m and C by 9 m. In a race of 450 m C will beat B by
a)381 m b)429 m c)441 m d)439 m
6. In a race of 2.4 Km. A beats B by 400 m or 20 sec. What is A’s time over the course?
a)1 min 30 sec b)1 min c)1min 10 sec d)1 min 40 sec
7. A runs 5/2 time as fast as B, and gives B and a start of 40m. How long should the
racecourse be so that A and B might reach in the same time?
a)150 m b)100 m c)75 m d)80 m
8. A can run 2 km in 4 min 20 seconds, while B can run this distance in 4 min 34 sec. By
how much distance can A beat B?
a)100 m b)150 m c)120 m d)180 m
9. A runs twice as fast as B and gives B a start of 50m.How long should the racecourse be
so that A and B might reach in the same time?
a)75 m b)80 m c)150m d)100m
10. In a race of 4Kms A beats B by 100m or 25 seconds, then time taken by A is
a)15 min 8 sec b) 16 min 15 sec c)8 min 15 sec d)10 min17 sec
11. In a 200 m race, A beats B by 20 m and c by 38m. In a race of 600 m B will beat C by
a)20m b)60 m c)25m d)15 m
12. A can run 1.5 km distance in 2 min 20 seconds, while B can run this distance in 2 min 30
sec. By how much distance can A beat B?
a)90m b)100m c)120m d)180m

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13. In a 200m race A beats B by 35 m or 7 seconds. A's time over the course is ______
a)None of these b)47sec c)40 sec d)33sec
14. In a race of 4Kms A beats B by 100m or 25 seconds, then time taken by A is
a)8 min 15 sec b)10min17sec c)15 min8sec d)16min30sec
15. A can run 3 Km in 3 min 18 sec and B can run same distance in 3 min 40 sec, then by
how much distance A can beat B?
a)300m b)220m c)280m d)195m
16. In a game of 80 points. A can give B 5 points and C 15 points. Then how many points B
can give C in a game of 60?
a)9 points b)6 points c)8 points d)10 points
17. In a game of 100 points there are three participants A, B, and C. A gives to B 10 points
and to C 19 points, then how many points can B give to C.
a)11 points b)9 points c)10 points d)8 points
18. In game of 500 points there are three participants A, B, and C. A game takes place. A
gives to B 80 points and to C 101 points. Then how many points can B give to C
a)475 b)425 c)375 d)500

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 ALLIGATIONS

1. In what proportion should two quantities of gold one of 16 carats and another of 20
carats be mixed so that mixture in the form of jewellery may be 17 carats pure?
a)3:1 b)1:3 c)2:3 d)3:2
2. A shopkeeper mixed 10 kg wheat of Rs.5 per kg with 15 kg wheat of Rs.8 per kg.
Then the cost price of mixture per kg is
a)Rs.8.23 b)Rs.7.16 c)Rs.7 d)Rs.6.84
3. In what ratio must tea of Rs.42 per kg be mixed with tea of Rs.50 per kg so that cost
of mixture is Rs.45 per kg?
a)5:3 b)3:5 c)2:3 d)3:4
4. In what ratio must rice of Rs.16 per kg be mixed with rice of Rs.24 per kg so that cost
of mixture is Rs.18 per kg?
a)4:1 b)2:1 c)3:1 d)4:3
5. In what ratio mental A at Rs.68 per kg be mixed with another metal at Rs.96 per kg
so that cost of alloy (mixture) is Rs.78 per kg?
a)5:8 b)4:7 c)3:7 d)9:5
6. 20 liters of mixture of acid and water contain 10% water. How much water should
be added so that percentage of water becomes 20% in this mixture?
a)2L b)3L c)2.5L d)4L
7. An oil of Rs.42 per kg is mixed with 10 kg oil of Rs.69 per kg. If price of mixture oil is
Rs.60 per kg then what is the quantity of first type of oil in the mixture?
a)6kg b)5kg c)8kg d)4kg
8. If 10 liters of an oil of Rs.50 per liters be mixed with 5 liters of another oil of Rs.66
per liter then what is the rate of mixed oil per liter?
a)Rs.49.17 b)Rs.51.03 c)Rs.54.17 d)Rs.55.33
9. In what proportion should two quantities of gold one of 16 carats and another of 20
carats be mixed so that mixture in the form of jewellery may be 17 carats pure?
a)3:1 b)1:3 c)2:3 d)3:2
10. In what ratio tea of Rs.80 per kg be mixed with 12kg tea of Rs.64 per kg, so that cost

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 price of mixture is Rs.74 per kg?
a)3:5 b)5:3 c)2:5 d)2:3
11. A milkman mixed 10 liters of water to 50 liters of milk of Rs.16 per liter, then cost
price of mixture per liter is …
a)Rs.15.16 b)Rs.13.33 c)Rs.15 d)Rs.14.23
12. Find the quantities of two types of rice to be mixed, first variety is of Rs.12 per kg
and second variety is of Rs.20 per kg to get 12kg of rice mixture worth Rs.15 per kg?
(in kg)
a)3.5, 8.5 b)7, 5 c)7.5, 4.5 d)8, 4
13. In what ratio must water be added to 10 liters of milk at Rs.20 per liter so that cost
of mixture is Rs.16 per liter?
a)3:2 b)1:4 c)2:3 d)4:1
14. Two containers of milk contain mixtures of water and milk in ratio 5:4 and 7:9. In
what ratio they should be mixed so that mixture is of 6:6 ratio?
a)6:5 b)7:5 c)8:9 d)9:8

15. In a certain company, 20% of the men and 40% of the women attended the annual
company picnic. If 35% of all the employees are man, what percent of all the
employees went to the picnic?
a)33% b)40% c)35% d)31%

16. Anil purchases two books for Rs.100. He sells first at loss of 5% and second al 20%
profit. If he gets Overall profit of 5% then what is cost of first book?
a)Rs.45 b)Rs.60 c)Rs.55 d)Rs.58

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 PROBLEMS ON AGES

1. Father’s age is 5 times his son's age. 4 years back the father was 9 times older than
son. Find the fathers' present age.
a)41 b)40 c)39 d)45
2. A boy is born when his father is 27 years old. How old will he be when he is exactly
half his fathers' age?
a)23 b)24 c)39 d)27
3. When I was born, my mother was 23 years of age. After 6 years, when my sister was
born, my father was 34 years of age. What is the difference between the ages of my
parents?
a)17 years b)11years c)6 years d)5 years
a)20 years b)25 years c)15 years d)10 years
4. The age of Ritu’s mother is 6 times that of Ritu’s age. After 6 years it will be 3 times
that of Ritu’s age. What is Ritu’s present age?
a)4 years b)8 years c)6 years d)10 years
5. 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)36 years b)30 years c)18 years d)24 years
6. If the ratio of ages of two friends is 4:3 and sum of their ages is 70 years then what is
the age of older friend?
a)30 years b)35 years C40 years d)25 years
7. Sum of ages of father and his son is 60 years while difference is 30 years. what is
father's age?
a)60 years b)45 years c)50 years d)40 years
8. The ratio of ages of two friends is 3:5 and sum of their ages is 80 years. What are
their present ages in years?
a)10,60 b)20,60 c)40,30 d)30,50
9. Sum of ages of two friends is 32 while difference is 2 then their ages are
a)15,17 b)17,15 c)16,18 d)18,16
10. Total of ages of A, B and C at present is 90 years. If ratio of this ages is 2 : 3 : 4 what

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a)45 years b)42 years c)40 years d)37 years
11. A father told his son "I was as old as you are at present, at the time of your birth". If
the father is 38 years old now, then what was the son's age five years ago in years?
a)14 b)19 c)38 d)33
12. The ratio of ages of A and B at present is 2:3. After five years the ratio of their ages
will be 3:4 What is the present age of A in years?
a)10 b)15 c)30 d)25
a)15 years b)13 years c)17 years d)20 years
13. A man is three (3) years older than his wife and four (4) times as old as his son. If the
son attains an age of fifteen (15) years after three (3) years, what is the present age
of the mother?
a)60 years b)51 years c)48 years d)45 years
14. Ratio of Ravi's and Ashok's present ages is 4:5 After 6 years it will be 5:6. What is
Ravi's present age?
a)16 years b)15 years c)20 years d)24 years
15. My age is two year more than twice that of Ram. If I am 34 years old, how old is
Ram?
a)18 b)14 c)16 d)20

16. Sum of ages of father and his son is 60 years while difference is 30 years. what is
father's age?
a)60 b)45 c)50 d)40
17. A couple married in 1980 had two children, one in 1982 and the other in 1984. Their
combined ages will equal the years of the marriage in
a)1986 b)1985 c)1987 d)1988
18. 5 years ago Ashu's mother was three times as old as Ashu. After 5 years, she will be
twice as old as Ashu. How old is Ashu today?
a)35 years b)10 years c) 20 years d) 15 years
19. If 6 years are subtracted from the present ago of Gulzar and the remainder is divided
by 18, then we got present age his grandson Anup. If Anup is two years younger to
Mahesh whose age is 5 years, then what is the present age of Gulzar?
a) 96 years b) 59 years c) 84 years d) 60 years

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 CALENDAR

1. What was the day of week on October 24, 1992?

a)Sunday b)Thursday c)Monday d)Saturday
2. What was the day of the week on January 1, 1998?
a)Monday b)Friday c)Wednesday d)Thursday
3. In day before Yesterday it was Monday, What day will fall on day after tomorrow?
a)Sunday b)Tuesday c)Friday d)Saturday
4. Radha remembers that her father's birthday is after 16th but before 21st of March,
While her brother Mangesh remembers that his father’s birthday is before 22nd but
after 19th of March. On which date is the birthday of their father?
a)19th b)20th c)21st d)can’t be determined
5. The calendar for 1992 is the same as for
a)1997 b)1996 c)1995 d)1994
6. Mamuni went to the movies nine days ago. She goes to the movies only on Thursday.
What day of the week is today?
a)Sunday b)Tuesday c)Thursday d)Saturday
7. What was the day of week on 7th January 1980?
a)Sunday b)Monday c)Tuesday d)Wednesday
8. Two brothers were expected to return here on the same day. Rajat returned 3 days
earlier but Rohit returned 4 days later. If Rajat returned on Thursday, what was the
expected day when both the brothers were to return home and when did Rohit Return?
a)Wednesday,Sunda b)Thursday,Monday c)Sunday,Thursday d)Monday,Friday
y
9. What is the birthdate of Nutan's mother? To answer this question, which of the
following information given in the statements A and B is/are sufficient?
(A) Nutan's father remembers that his wife's birthday is after 20th and before 23rd
February.
(B) Nutan's brother remembers that their mother's birthday was after 21st but before
25th February.
a)Only B sufficient b)Only A sufficient c)Both A and B d)Either A or B

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10. What was the day of week on January 1, 1989?
a)Thursday b)Monday c)Sunday d)Tuesday
11. Bunny,s brother Sunny is 562 days older to him while his sister Jenny is 75 weeks older
to Sunny. If Jenny was born on Tuesday, on which day was Bunny born?
a)Monday b)Friday c)Sunday d)Thursday
12. The day of week on July 1,2000 was
a)Monday b)Saturday c)Tuesday d)Friday
13. If Thursday was the day after the day before yesterday five days ago, what is the least
number of days ago when Sunday was three days before the day after tomorrow?
a)5 days ago b)2 days ago c)4 days ago d)3 days ago
14. If the third day of the month is Monday, Which of the following will be the fifth day
from 21st of that month?
a)Tuesday Monday c)Wednesday d)Thursday
15. If the day before yesterday was Thursday, When will Sunday be?
a)Tomorrow b)Day after tomorrow c)Today d)Two after today
16. If 3rd December 1999 is Sunday, what day is 3rd January 2000?
a)Tuesday b)Wednesday c)Sunday d)Friday
17. On which day in April was Gopal's birthday? To find out the answer which of the
following information given in the statements A and B is/are Sufficient?
(A) Gopal was born exactly 28 years after his mother was born.
(B) His mother will be 55 years 4 months and 5 days on August 18 this year.
a)Both A and B b)Either A or B c)Neither A or B d)Only A
18. Day after tomorrow is my birthday. On the same day next week falls 'Holi'. Today is
Monday. What will be the day after 'Holi'?
a)Thursday b)Wednesday c)Thursday d)Saturday
19. What was the day of week on 7th January 1980?
a)Monday b)Sunday c)Tuesday d)Wednesday

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 CLOCKS

1. How many minutes does the minute hand gain in every one hour?
a)55 b)60 c)65 d)No gain
2. A Clock is so placed that at 12 noon its minute hand points towards north-east. In
which direction does its hour hand point at 1.30 P.M.?
a)East b)West c)North d)South
3. What is the angle between the two hands at 3 o'clock?
a) 122 degree b)70 degree c)48 degree d)90
4. A clock shows the time as 3:30 P.m. If the minute hand gains 2 minutes every
hour, how many minutes will the clock gain by 4 a.m.?
a)23 minutes b)25 minutes c)24 minutes d)26 minutes
5. The time between 5 and 6 o'clock when two hands of a clock are in same line
making angle of 180 degree.
a) 3 minutes past 5 o'clock c) 3 2/11 minutes past 5 o'clock
b) 4 2/11 minutes past 5 o'clock d) 6 o'clock
6. A college starts from 10 AM continues till 1:30 PM. In this duration there are five
periods. If 5 minutes are provided before each period to leave the room and enter
the other, then what is the duration of each period?
a)38 minutes b)41 minutes c)40 minutes d)42 minutes
7. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock the hands are in opposite direction?
a) 3 5/11 minutes past 4 o’clock c) 10 2/11 minutes past 4 o’clock
b) 10 10/11 minutes past 4 o’clock d) 54 6/11 mintues past 4'0 clock
8. Find the time between 5 and 6 o'clock when the two hands of clock are 6 minutes
spaces apart.
a) 3 2/11 minutes past 5 o'clock c) 20 8/11 minutes past 5 o'clock
b) 6 6/11 minutes past 5 o'clock d) 4 2/11 minutes past 5 o'clock

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 NUMBER AND RANKING TEST

1. Jaya ranks 5th in a class of 53. What is her rank from the bottom in the class?
a)49th b)48th c)47th d)50th
2. Veena ranks 73rd from the top in a class of 182. What is her rank from the bottom if 22
students have failed the examination?
a)88 b)108 c)110 d)90
3. Mahesh and suresh are ranked 31th and 32th respectively form the top in a class of 41
Students. What will be their respective ranks from the bottom?
a)9th and 10th b)11th and 12th c)12th and 13th d)11th and 10th
4. Rohan ranked eleventh from the top and twenty-seventh from the bottom among the
students who passed the annual examination in a class. If the number of students who
failed in the examination was 12, how many students appeared for the examination?
a)48 b)49 c)50 d)None of these
5. If Rahul finds that he is 12th from the right in a line of boys and 4th from the left, how
many boys should be added to the line such that there are 28 boys in the line?
a)12 b)14 c)20 d)13
6. Madhav ranks seventeenth in a class of thirty one. What is his rank from the last?
a)13 b)15 c)14 d)16
7. In a row of trees, One tree is fifth from either end of the row. How many lives are in the
row?
a)11 b)8 c)10 d)9
8. John ranks 19th in class and is 36th from the last. How many students are there in the
Class?
a)53 b)54 c)51 d)50
9. Mohan ranks twenty-first in a class of sixty-five students. What will be his (Mohan's)rank if
the lowest candidate is assigned rank 1?
a)44th b)45th c)46th d)None of these
10. How many 7s are there in the following series which are not immediately following by 3
but immediately preceded by 8?
a) Nil b)one c)Two d)Three
11. In the following series how many times the sum of two consecutive digits is even?

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 12346342593674123676543
a)5 b)2 c)3 d)4
12. How many such 6's are there in the following number series which are followed by an
even number and preceded by any odd number?
364576354364564163963456
a)3 b)1 c)2 d)None of these
13. Which pair of numbers has least and maximum frequency in the given sequence?
87564583867235835764765
a)3 and 8 b)4 and5 c)2 and 6 d)2 and5
14. How many 8 ′ s are there in the given sequence which are not immediately preceded by 09
and not immediately followed by 90?9 0 8 0 9 0 9 8 9 0 8 9 0 8 0 9 8 9 0 9 8 0 9 8 9 0 8 9 0
a)3 b)1 c)More than 3 d)2
15. How many repeat sequences of three consecutive numbers are there in the given
sequence?
696242962926949626924
a)3 b)2 c)1 d)4
16. How many numbers amongst the numbers 7 to 41 are there which are exactly divisible by
9 but not by 3?
a)Nil b)1 c)2 d)3
17. How many even numbers are there in the following series of numbers, each of which is
immediately preceded by an odd number, but not immediately followed by an even
number?
534897165329843
a)Nil b)1 c)2 d)3
18. If in a given number 5 8 9 4 3 2 7 6 1 4, we interchange the first and the second digits, the
third and the fourth, the fifth and the sixth and so on, then counting from the right end,
which digit will be sixth?
a)3 b)2 c)4 d)5
19. In the following number sequence how many such even numbers are there which are
exactly divisible by its immediate preceding number but not exactly divisible by its
immediate following number?
38415728348939421582

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 a)2 b)3 c)4 d)More than 4
20. How many 6's are there in the following series of numbers which are preceded by 7 but
not immediately followed by 9? 6795697687678694677695763
a)1 b)2 c)3 d)4
21. In the following list of numerals, how many 3s are followed by 3, but NOT preceded by 3?
2463315 7833346233339723
a)1 b)2 c)3 d)4
22. How many 3's are there in the following sequence which are neither preceded b1y 6 nor
immediately followed by 9? 9 3 6 6 3 9 5 9 3 7 8 9 7 6 3 9 6 3 9
a)1 b)2 c)3 d)4
23. How many such 3's are there in the following number sequence which are immediately
Preceded by an odd number and immediately followed by an even number?
53894372381384235734236
a)1 b)2 c)3 d)4
24. How many number from 11 to 50 are there which are exactly divisible by 7 but not by 3?
a)2 b)4 c)5 d)6
25. How many numbers are immediately preceded and immediately followed by different
numbers?
7775757577775757577777575
a)2 b)3 c)4 d)5
26. Count each 7 which is not immediately preceded by 5 but is immediately followed by
either 2 or 3. How many such 7's are there?
5726573873257273482678
a)2 b)3 c)4 d)5
27. How many 8's are there in the following number series which are exactly divisible by its
immediately preceding and also exactly divisible by immediately succeeding numbers?
824517284842282698454832843183
a)1 b)2 c)3 d)4
28. In the following list of numerals, how many 3s are followed by 3, but NOT preceded by 3?
24633157833346233339723
a)1 b)2 c)3 d)4

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1. The cost of one pencil, two Pens and four erasers is Rs.22 while the cost of five pencils,
four pens and two erasers is Rs.32.How much will three pencils, three pens and three
erasers cost?
a)26 b)27 c)25 d)30
2. If the product of 3 consecutive integers is 210 then the sum of the two smaller integers
is:
a)17 b)13 c)11 d)10
3. A clerk multiplied a number by ten when ten should have divided it. The answer he got
was 100.what should the answer have been?
a)3 b)1 c)2 d)4
4. In a certain company, 20% of the men and 40% of the women attended the annual
company picnic. If 35% of all the employees are man, what percent of all the employees
went to the picnic?
a)33% b)40% c)35% d)31%
5. 2 oranges, 3 bananas and 4 apples cost Rs.15. 3 oranges 2 bananas 1 apple costs Rs.10.
what is the cost of 3 oranges, 3 bananas and 3 apples?
a)30 b)15 c)10 d)20
6. A man, a woman, and a child can do a piece of work in 6 days. Man only can do it in 24
days. Woman can do it in 16 days and in how many days child can do the same work?
a)14 b)16 c)10 d)15
7. A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then
the fraction of the work that is left is :
a)1/10 b)1/4 c)8/15 d)7/15
8. 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
9. A train started from station 'A' and proceeded towards station 'B' at a speed of 48
Km/hr. Forty-five minutes later another train started from station 'B' and proceeded
towards station 'A' at 50 Km/hr. If the distance between the two stations is 232 Km, at
what distance from station 'A' will the trains meet?

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10. The sum of odd number between 20 and 30 is:
a)125 b)140 c)120 d)105
11. How many members are there between 1 to 100 which are divisible by 9 and the sum of
two digits is 9?
a)13 b)7 c)11 d)10
12. A man walking at 3/4th of the speed reaches his office late by 2 hours. What is the usual
time?
a) 5hrs b)3 hrs c)6 hrs d)12 hrs
13. Aparna cuts a cake into two halves and cuts one-half into smaller pieces of equal size.
Each of the small pieces is twenty grams in weight. If she has seven pieces of the cake in
all with her, how heavy was the original cake?
a)120 grams b)240 grams c)140 grams d)180 grams
14. The sum of odd numbers between 0 and 10 is:
a)15 b)20 c)25 d)35
15. . A sum of Rs.5000 was divided into 30 persons such that each man gets Rs.200 and each
woman get Rs.150. Find the number of women.
a)20 b)15 c)18 d)24
16. The sum of two consecutive numbers is 87. Which is the larger number?
a)42 b)44 c)45 d)46
17. A student got twice as many sums wrong as he got right. If he attempted 48 sums in all,
how many did he solve correctly?
a)9 b)12 c)18 d)24
18. The sum of two consecutive numbers is 87. Which is the larger number?
a)42 b)43 c)44 d)45
19. A sum of Rs.150 Has two types of coins Rs.1 and Rs.2. If total number of coins is 100
then number of Rs.2 coins is:
a)50 b)45 c)65 d)40
20. A student got twice as many sums wrong as he got right. If he attempted 48 sums in all,
how many did he solve correctly?
a)9 b)32 c)18 d)24
21. Anil purchases two books for Rs.100. He sells first at loss of 5% and second al 20% profit.

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a)Rs.45 b)Rs.60 c)Rs.55 d)Rs.58
22. Number of prime numbers between 30 and 50 is:
a)4 b)5 c)6 d)7
23. A number is four less than six times the other number. If the sum of both the number is
38, what are the numbers?
a)6,32 b)21,17 c)5,33 d)4,34
24. A sum of Rs.150 Has two types of coins Rs.1 and Rs.2. If total number of coins is 100
then number of Rs.2 coins is:
a)50 b)45 c)65 d)40
25. An amount of Rs.1000 is divided between 5 persons. Each man gets Rs.250 while each
woman gets Rs.125. Find the number of men and women.
a)2m,3w b)4 m, 1 w c)1m,4w d)3m,2w
26. A number is four less than two times the other number. If their difference is 21, what is
the greater number?
a) 50 b) 46 c) 31 d) 21 e) 15
a)50 b)46 c)31 d)21
27. How many members are there between 1 to 100 which are divisible by 9 and the sum of
two digits is 9?
a)13 b)11 c)7 d)10
28. A man has to cover total distance of 24 kms in 3 hours. He has to use two modes of
transportation Bus & Bullock-cart. The Bus & Bullock-cart can cover 20 kms & 2 kms
respectively in 1 hour. In what proportion man should use these transportation modes
so as to reach on time? (Assume that Bus in costlier than bullock-cart so man wants to
use minimum Bus journey).
a) b) c) d)
29. If the odd numbers between 20 to 40 are arranged in a row, what will be the 6th
number from the right?
a)27 b)31 c)33 d)25
30. A 260 metres long train runs at a speed of 55 Kmph. How much time will it take to cross
a Platform 290 meters long?
a)36 s b)18 s c)60s d)20s

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31. Sony and Johnny caught 60 fishes. Sony caught four times as many as Johnny. How
many fishes did Johnny catch?
a)1 b)16 c)34 d)38
32. If 15 Horses eat 15 bags of gram in 15 days, in how many days will one horse eat one
bag of Grain?
a)15days b)1/15days c)1day d)30 days
33. sum of odd numbers between 0 and 10 is:
a)15 b)20 c)25 d)30
34. Which is the middle even number between 9 and 23?
a)14 b)16 c)18 d)20
35. Jagan Was to either get one-seventh of a milk chocolate or one-fourteenth of a bigger
fruit chocolate. Which chocolate would give him the large piece if the fruit chocolate is
three times as large as the milk chocolate?
a)Milk Chocolate b)Fruit chocolate c)same size d)None of these
36. A sum of Rs.5000 was divided into 30 persons such that each man gets Rs.200 and each
woman get Rs.150. Find the number of women.
a)20 b)15 c)18 d)24
37. Keshav runs a factory in three shifts of eight hours each with 210 employees. In each
shift minimum of 80 employees are required to run the factory effectively. No
employees can be allowed to work for more than 16 hours a day. At least how many
employees will be required to work for 16 hours every day?
a)30 b)60 c)20 d)None of these
38. Number of prime numbers between 30 and 50 is:
a)4 b)5 c)6 d)7
39. A sum of Rs.1460 is divided into 13 students so that each boy gets Rs.120 while each girl
gets Rs.100. Find the number of boys and number of girls:

a)8g, 5g b)5b, 8g c)4b, 9g d)9b, 4g

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