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1. In a class composed of x girls and y boys what part of the class is composed of girls A.y/(x + y) B.x/xy C.x/(x + y) D.y/xy

2. What is the maximum number of half-pint bottles of cream that can be filled with a 4-gallon can of cream(2 pt.=1 qt. and 4 qt.=1 gal) A.16 B.24 C.30 D.64

3. .If the operation,^ is defined by the equation x ^ y = 2x + y,what is the value of a in 2 ^ a = a ^ 3 A.0 B.1 C.-1 D.4

4.

A coffee shop blends 2 kinds of coffee,putting in 2 parts of a 33p. a gm. grade to 1 part of a 24p. a gm.If the mixture is changed to 1 part of the 33p. a gm. to 2 parts of the less expensive grade,how much will the shop save in blending 100 gms. A.Rs.90 B.Rs.1.00 C.Rs.3.00 D.Rs.8.00

5. There are 200 questions on a 3 hr examination.Among these questions are 50 mathematics problems.It is suggested that twice as much time be spent on each maths problem as for each other question.How many minutes should be spent on mathematics problems A.36 B.72 C.60 D.100

6. In a group of 15,7 have studied Latin, 8 have studied Greek, and 3 have not studied either.How many of these studied both Latin and Greek A.0 B.3 C.4 D.5

7.

If 13 = 13w/(1-w) ,then (2w)2 = D.2

A.1/4 B.1/2 C.1 8.

If a and b are positive integers and (a-b)/3.5 = 4/7, then

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(A) b < a (B) b > a (C) b = a (D) b >= a

9. In june a baseball team that played 60 games had won 30% of its game played. After a phenomenal winning streak this team raised its average to 50% .How many games must the team have won in a row to attain this average?

A. 12 B. 20 C. 24 D. 30

10.

M men agree to purchase a gift for Rs. D. If three men drop out how much more will each have to contribute towards the purchase of the gift/ A. D/(M-3) B. MD/3 C. M/(D-3) D. 3D/(M2-3M)

11.

. A company contracts to paint 3 houses. Mr.Brown can paint a house in 6 days while Mr.Black would take 8 days and Mr.Blue 12 days. After 8 days Mr.Brown goes on vacation and Mr. Black begins to work for a period of 6 days. How many days will it take Mr.Blue to complete the contract? A. 7 B. 8 C. 11 D. 12

12.

2 hours after a freight train leaves Delhi a passenger train leaves the same station travelling in the same direction at an average speed of 16 km/hr. After travelling 4 hrs the passenger train overtakes the freight train. The average speed of the freight train was? A. 30 B. 40 C.58 D. 60

13. A.-5

If 9x-3y=12 and 3x-5y=7 then 6x-2y = ? B. 4 C. 2 D. 8

14.

There are 5 red shoes, 4 green shoes. If one draw randomly a shoe what is the probability of getting a red shoe

15.

What is the selling price of a car? If the cost of the car is Rs.60 and a profit of 10% over selling price is earned

16.

1/3 of girls , 1/2 of boys go to canteen .What factor and total number of classmates go to canteen.

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17. The price of a product is reduced by 30% . By what percentage should it be increased to make it 100% 18. There is a square of side 6cm . A circle is inscribed inside the square. Find the ratio of the area of circle to square.

19.

There are two candles of equal lengths and of different thickness. The thicker one lasts of six hours. The thinner 2 hours less than the thicker one. Ramesh lights the two candles at the same time. When he went to bed he saw the thicker one is twice the length of the thinner one. How long ago did Ramesh light the two candles . 20. 21. If M/N = 6/5,then 3M+2N = ? If p/q = 5/4 , then 2p+q= ?

22. If PQRST is a parallelogram what it the ratio of triangle PQS & parallelogram PQRST

23.

The cost of an item is Rs 12.60. If the profit is 10% over selling price what is the selling price ?

24.

There are 6 red shoes & 4 green shoes . If two of red shoes are drawn what is the probability of getting red shoes 25. To 15 lts of water containing 20% alcohol, we add 5 lts of pure water. What is % alcohol. 26. A worker is paid Rs.20/- for a full days work. He works 1,1/3,2/3,1/8.3/4 days in a week. What is the total amount paid for that worker ? 27. (a) x If the value of x lies between 0 & 1 which of the following is the largest? b) x2 (c) x (d) 1/x

28. If the total distance of a journey is 120 km .If one goes by 60 kmph and comes back at 40kmph what is the average speed during the journey?

29.

A school has 30% students from Maharashtra .Out of these 20% are Bombey students. Find the total percentage of Bombay? 30. An equilateral triangle of sides 3 inch each is given. How many equilateral triangles of side 1 inch can be formed from it?

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31. If A/B = 3/5,then 15A = ?

32. Each side of a rectangle is increased by 100% .By what percentage does the area increase? 33. Perimeter of the back wheel = 9 feet, front wheel = 7 feet on a certain distance, the front wheel gets 10 revolutions more than the back wheel .What is the distance? 34. Perimeter of front wheel =30, back wheel = 20. If front wheel revolves 240 times. How many revolutions will the back wheel take? 35. 20% of a 6 litre solution and 60% of 4 litre solution are mixed. What percentage of the mixture of solution

36. City A's population is 68000, decreasing at a rate of 80 people per year. City B having population 42000 is increasing at a rate of 120 people per year. In how many years both the cities will have same population? 37. Two cars are 15 kms apart. One is turning at a speed of 50kmph and the other at 40kmph . How much time will it take for the two cars to meet?

38.

A person wants to buy 3 paise and 5 paise stamps costing exactly one rupee. If he buys which of the following number of stamps he won't able to buy 3 paise stamps. 39. Which of the following fractions is less than 1/3 (b) 15/46 (c) 2/3(d) 1

(a) 22/62

40. There are two circles, one circle is inscribed and another circle is circumscribed over a square. What is the ratio of area of inner to outer circle?

41.

Three types of tea the a,b,c costs Rs. 95/kg,100/kg and70/kg respectively.How many kgs of each should be blended to produce 100 kg of mixture worth Rs.90/kg, given that the quntities of band c are equal a)70,15,15 b)50,25,25 c)60,20,20 d)40,30,30

42. in a class, except 18 all are above 50 years.15 are below 50 years of age. How many people are there

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(a) 30 (b) 33 (c) 36 (d) none of these.

43.

If a boat is moving in upstream with velocity of 14 km/hr and goes downstream with a velocity of 40 km/hr, then what is the speed of the stream ? (a) 13 km/hr (b) 26 km/hr (c) 34 km/hr (d) none of these 44. Find the value of ( 0.75 * 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.001 ) / ( 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.075 + 0.01) (a) 0.845 (b) 1.908 (c) 2.312 (d) 0.001 45. A can have a piece of work done in 8 days, B can work three times faster than the A, C can work five times faster than A. How many days will they take to do the work together ? (a) 3 days (b) 8/9 days (c) 4 days (d) can't say

46.

A car travels a certain distance taking 7 hrs in forward journey, during the return journey increased speed 12km/hr takes the times 5 hrs.What is the distancetravelled (a) 210 kms (b) 30 kms 47. (c) 20 kms (c) none of these

Find (7x + 4y ) / (x-2y) if x/2y = 3/2 ? (c) 7 (d) data insufficient

(a) 6 (b) 8

48.

If on an item a company gives 25% discount, they earn 25% profit. If they now give 10% discount then what is the profit percentage. (a) 40% (b) 55% (c) 35% (d) 30%

49. A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 10 days. If however there were 10 men less it will take 10 days more for the work to be finished. How many men were there originally? (a) 110 men (b) 130 men (c) 100 men (d) none of these 50. In simple interest what sum amounts of Rs.1120/- in 4 years and Rs.1200/in 5 years ? (a) Rs. 500 (b) Rs. 600 (c) Rs. 800 (d) Rs. 900

51. If a sum of money compound annually amounts of thrice itself in 3 years. In how many years will it become 9 times itself. (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 12

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52. Two trains move in the same direction at 50 kmph and 32 kmph respectively. A man in the slower train observes the 15 seconds elapse before the faster train completely passes by him. What is the length of faster train ? (a) 100m (b) 75m (c) 120m (d) 50m 53. How many mashes are there in 1 squrare meter of wire gauge if each mesh is 8mm long and 5mm wide ? (a) 2500 (b) 25000 (c) 250 (d) 250000

54. x% of y is y% of ? (a) x/y (b) 2y (c) x

(d) can't be determined

55. A man leaves office daily at 7pm A driver with car comes from his home to pick him from office and bring back home One day he gets free at 5:30 and instead of waiting for driver he starts walking towards home. In the way he meets the car and returns home on car He reaches home 20 minutes earlier than usual. In how much time does the man reach home usually? 56. A works thrice as much as B. If A takes 60 days less than B to do a work then find the number of days it would take to complete the work if both work together?

57.

How many 1's are there in the binary form of 8*1024 + 3*64 + 3

58. A boy has Rs 2. He wins or loses Re 1 at a time If he wins he gets Re 1 and if he loses the game he loses Re 1. He can loose only 5 times. He is out of the game if he earns Rs 5. Find the number of ways in which this is possible?

59. On a particular day A and B decide that they would either speak the truth or will lie. C asks A whether he is speaking truth or lying? He answers and B listens to what he said. C then asks B what A has said B says "A says that he is a liar" What is B speaking ? (a) Truth (b) Lie (c) Truth when A lies (d) Cannot be determined

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60.
What is the angle between the two hands of a clock when time is 8:30?

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Answers
1. Ans C 2. Ans D 3. Ans B 4. Ans C 5. Ans B 6. Ans B 7. Ans C 8. Ans A 9. Ans C 10. 11. 12. 13. And D Ans C Ans B Ans D 22. Ans: 1:2 23. Ans: Rs 13.86/24. Ans: 6c2/10c2 25. Ans : 15% 26. Ans : 57.50 27. Ans : (d) 28. Ans: 48kmph

29. Ans: 6% 30. Ans: 9 31. Ans : 9B 32. Ans : 300% 33. 34. Ans : 315 feet Ans: 360 times

14. Ans 5c1/ 9c1 15. Ans: Rs 66/-) 16. Cannot be determined 17. Ans: 42.857% 18. Ans. 11/14 19. Ans: 3 Hours 20. 21. Ans 28 Ans 14

35. Ans: 36% 36. Ans: 130 years 37. Ans: 3/2 hours 38. Ans: 9

39. Ans: (b) 40. Ans: 1 : 2

41. Ans. (b) 42. Ans. (d) 43. Ans. A

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44. Ans. A 45. Ans. B 46. Ans. B 47. Ans. C 48. Ans. D 49. Ans. A 50. Ans. C 51. Ans A 52. Ans B 53. Ans B 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. Ans. C 1 HR. 20 MIN 22days Ans: 4 Ans. 16 Ans. B Ans: 75 approx.