PERCENTAGES

CLASS EXERCISE 15. 40 liter of amixture of milk and water contains 10 % water.
1 What is the value of 37.5% of 488?
How muchwater must be added to make the water 20%in the
new mixture?
(a) 190 (b) 183 (c) 170 (d) 173
2 One-third of 1206 is what percent of 134? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 10 (d) 6
(a) 100% (b) 150% (c) 200% (d) 300% 16. A candidate scores 25 % marks and fails by 30 marks, while
3. 31% of employees pay tax in the year 2008. Non-tax paying another candidate who scores 50 % marks get 20 marks more
employees are 20,700. The total number of employees is: than the minimum marks required topass the examinations.
(a) 31,160 (b) 64,750 (c) 30,000 (d) 66,775 Find the maximum marks for the examination.
If 40% of a number exceeds 25% of the same number by 105. (a) 200 (b)100 (c) 400 (d) 500
What is the value of the number? 17. Inan election between two candidates,75% of the voterscast
(a) 161 (b) 1050 (c) 700 (d) 690 their votes, out of which 2% of the voters were declared in
Two numbers are less than a third number by 30 % and 37% valid. Acandidate got 9261 votes which were 75% of the total
respectively. Howmuch percent is the second number less valid votes. The total number of voters enrolled in that elec
than the first?
tion was:
(a) 10% (b) 15% (c) 20% (d) 25% (c) 16800 (d) 18000
(a) 16000 (b) 16400
6. If the price of a car is increased by 20%, then by how much
18. Forty percent of the employess of a certain company are men,
percent the new price is decreased to get back to the original
price? and 75 percent of the men more than Rs. 25,000 per year. If 45
(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 16.66% (d) 33.33% percent of the comparny's employees earn more than Rs. 25,000
7. A, B,Care 3 students. Agot 20% more marks than Band 30 % per year, what fraction of the women employed by the com
less than C. if Bgot 175, the how much Cgot? pany earn Rs. 25,000 year or less?
(a) 175 (b) 210 (c) 300 (d) 270 (a) 3/4 (b) 9/20 (c) 11/20 (d) 1/4
Apositive number is divided by 5 instead of being multiplied Type 1
by 5.What percent is the result of the required correct value? (1.1A got37.5%imarks less than B, then by what percent the
(a) 4% (b) 25% (c) 5% (d) 10% marks of B is more than the marks of A?
9. After deducting 10% from acertain sum, and then 20% from
(a) 60 % (b) 37.5 % (c) 27.27 % (d) 40%
the remainder, Rs 3600 is left. Find the original sum?
(a) 5000 (b) 2592 (c) 4500 (d)4000 1.2.If the price of the sugar increases by 16.66%, then by how
10. If the salary of Raman has increased by 20 %, then by what much percent new price has to be decreased to get back to
percentage the new salary has to be decreased so that it the original price?
becomes equal to the original salary? (a) 10% (b) 14.28% (c) 16.66 % (d) 20 %
(a) 20% (b) 16.66% (c) 25% (d) 14.28% 1.3. Rs. 395 are divided among A, Band Cin such a manner that
11. Price of a commodity has increased by 60 %. By what percent Bgets25% more than Aand 20% more than C. The share of
must aconsumer reduce his consumption of the commodity, A is?
soas not to increase the expenditure? (a) Rs. 198 (b) Rs. 120 (c) Rs. 180 (d) Rs.195
(a) 20% (b)37.5 % (c) 25% (d) 40% Type 2
12. The price of sugar is increased by 18%. A person wants to
increase the expenditure by 12% only. By what percent, correct (2.1.Sohan spends 23% of an amount of mnoney on an insurance
to onedecimal place, should he decrease his consumption? policy, 33% on food; 19% on children's education and 16%
(a) 6% (b) 5.1% (c) 5.3% (d) 5.6% on recreation. He deposits the remaining amount of Rs.
504 in bank. How much total amount does he spend on
13. Reduction in price of sugar by 20% allows a household to food and insurance policy together?
buy 45kg more for Rs.450.Find the original price of the
(a) 3200 (b) 3126 (c) 3136 (d) 3048
sugar(in Rs. per kg). 2.2, Saneer spends 24% of his monthly income on food and
(a) Rs. 2 (b) Rs. 2.5 (c) Rs. 3 (d) Rs. 10
15% on the education of his children. Of the remaining
14. Fresh grapes contain 80% water by weight while dried grapes salary, he spends 25% on entertainment and 20% on
contain 20% water by weight. What is the weight of dryY grapes conveyance. He is now left with Rs. 10736. What is the
available from 50 kg of fresh grapes? monthly salary of Sameer?
(a) 12.5 kg (b)40 kg (c) 10 kg (d) 25 kg (a) 27600 (b) 28000 (c) 31200 (d) 32000

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 2.3 From the salary of an officer, 10% is deducted as house Type 5
rent, 20% of the rest, he spends on conveyance, 20% of the 5.1. The tank-full petrol in Arun's motor-cycle lasts for 10 days.
rest, he pays on income tax and 10% of the balance, he Ifhe starts using 25 %more everyday, how many days will
spends onclothes. Then, he is left with Rs. 15552. Find his the tank full petrol last?
total salary? (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
(a) Rs. 25000 (b) Rs. 30000 5.2.Areduction of 20% in the price of wheat enables a person
(c) Rs. 35000 (d) Rs. 40000 to buy 3.5 kg more wheat for Rs. 770. The original price of
2.4.A statue of 80 kg contains 60% copper, 15% zinc and wheat is:
remaining aluminium. After melting raw aluminium 5% is (a) Rs. 55 kg (b) Rs. 45 kg (c) Rs. 65 kg (d) Rs. 37 kg
wasted. Find the quantity of raw aluminium required to
make the statue? Type 6
(a) 21
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kg (b) 17kg (c) 19 kg Directions for questions 6.1 to 6.3: Inan examination, a candi
(d) 21 kg
19 29 date who secures 25% of the maximum marks fails by 60 marks,
but another candidate who secures 42% gets 8 marks more than
that necessary to pass.
Type 3 6.1.The maximum marks is:
3.1.If the price of acommodity is increased by 50%, by what (a) 400 (b) 600 (c) 1000 (d) 420
fraction must its consumption be reduced so as to keep 6.2.The pass marks is:
the same expenditure on its consumption? (a) 168 (b) 160 (c) 400 (d) 260
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/2 (d) 2/3
6.3.The pass percentage is:
3.2The price of sugar is reduced by 20%. Now a person can (a) 35% (b) 33% (c) 38% (d) 40%
buy S00g more sugar for Rs. 36. The original price of
the sugar per kilogram was: (in Rs. per kg) Type 7
a) 14.40 (b) 18.00 (c) 15.60 (d) 16.50
7.1. 8% of the voters in an election did not cast their votes. In
the election, there were only two candidates. The winner by
Type 4 obtaining 48% of the total votes in the voters list defeated
his contestant by 1100 votes. The total number of voters in
4.1.The salary of an employee of a company increases every the election was?
month by 4%. If his salary at end of August was 6300, then (a) 21000 (b) 22000 (c) 23500 (d) 27500
what would be his approximate salary in the month of
October of the same year? 7.2. In an election 10% of the voters on the voters list did not
(a) 6552 (b) 6967 (c) 6814 (d) 6627 cast their votes and 60 voterscast their ballot papers blank.
4.2. By how much percentage the side of the square should be There were only two candidates. The winner was Supported
increased so that the area of the square increases by 21 by 47% of all voters in the list and he got 308 votes more
%? than his rival. The number of voters on the list was:
(a) 21% (b) 10% (c) 11% (d)Can't say (a) 3600 (b) 6200 (c) 4575 (d) 5600
4.3.If the radius of the cylinder increases by 10 % and the
height increases by 20 %. Then, what is the change in the Type 8
volume of the cylinder? 8.1. In a group of persons, 70% of the persons are male and 30% of
(a) 40% (b) 32% (c) 21% (d) 45.2% the persons are married. If two-sevenths' of the males are
4.4. A
student was asked to measure the length and breadth of married, what fraction of the females are single?
(a) 2/7 (b) 1/3 (c) 3/7 (d) 2/3
arectangle. By mistake, he measured the length 20% less
and the breadth 10% more. If its original area is 200 sq 8.2. In an factory, 40% of the staff is female. 40% of the
cm, find the area after this measurement? (in sq. cm) female and 60% of the male voted for me. The percentage
(a) 176 (b) 206 (c) 148 (d) 264 of vote lgot was:
4.5. The production of a company increases by 4%, 5% and 6% (a) 24 (b) 42 (c) 50 (d) 52
successively in three successive years, then what is the 8.3. A city has a population of 3,00,000, out of which
ratio of the final to the initial production? 1,80,000 are males. 50% of the population is literate. If
(a) 11.5752 (b) 15.752 (c) 1.15752 (d) 2.5752
70% of the males are literate, the number of literate
females is?
(a) 24,000 (b) 30,000 (c) 54,000 (d) 60,000

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CLASS EXERCISE
16. The printed price of an article is Rs. 900 but the retailer gets
1 Aman buys acycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. adiscount of 40%. He sells the article for Rs. 900. Retailer's
What is the selling price of the cycle? gain percent is:
(a) 1202 (b) 1190 (c) 1160 (d) 1000 (a)40% (b) 60% (c) 66.67% (d)68.33%
2. A
man sold an umbrella for Rs. 1800 and incurs a loss of 20%, |17. The MP of an article is 30% higher than its CP and 20%
then what is the cost price of the umbrella? discount is allowed on this article then the profit percentage?
(a) 1440 (b) 2160 (c) 2250 (d) 2320 (a) 10% (b) 14% (c) 4% (d) 25%
3. The CP of an article is 5/6th of the SP. What is the percentage 18. The marked price of ashirt and trousers are in the ratio 1:2.
profit or loss? The shopkeeper gives 40% discount on the shirt. If the total
(a) 20% loss (b)16.66% profit discount on both 30%, then the discount offered on the
(c) 16.66% loss (d) 20% profit trousers is?
4. The cost price of 12 pens is equal to the selling price of 10 (a) 15% (b) 20% (c) 25% (d) 30%
pens. Find the gain percent. 19. Applied to a bill for Rs. 100000the difference between a
(a) 20% (b)25% (c) 10% (d) 16.66% discount of 40% and two successive discounts of 36% and 49%
5 By selling 33 metres of cloth, a person gains the cost of 11 0s:
metres. Find his gain%.
(a) Nil (b) Rs. 1440 (c) Rs. 2500 (d) Rs. 4000
(a) 33.33% (b) 33.5% (c) 33% (d) 34.33%
6 A man bought 18 oranges for a rupee and sold them at 12 Type 1
oranges for arupee. What is the profit percentage? 1.1. The ratio of cost price and selling price is 5:4, the loss
(a) 33.33% (b) 50% (c) 66.66% (d) 75% percent is:
7 Nisha bought anumber of oranges at 2 for a rupee and an (a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 40% (d) 50%
equal number at 3 for a rupee. To make a profit of 20% she
should sell a dozen for: 1.2. By selling an article for Rs. 450, Ilose 20%. For what price
(a) Rs. 6 (b) Rs. 8 (c) Rs. 10 (d) Rs. 12 should I sell it to gain 20%?
Atoy is sold at 25% profit. If it had been sold at 15% loss, the (a) Rs. 490 (b) Rs. 675 (c) Rs. 470 (d) Rs. 562.50
selling price would have been Rs. 120 less. The toy costs 1.3. The selling price of 10 oranges is the cost price of 13 oranges
(a) Rs. 240 (b) Rs. 360 (c) Rs. 300 (d) Rs. 350 Then the profit percentage is
9 A
sold a watch to Bat a gain of 20% and Bsold it to Cata loss (a) 30% (b) 10% (c) 13% (d)3%
of 10%. IfC bought the watch for Rs. 216, at what price did A |1.4. An item costing 840 was sold by a shopkeeper at a gain of
purchase it? 10% and it was again sold by the new buyer at a loss of 5%.
(a) Rs. 200 (c) Rs. 250
(b) Rs. 216 (d) Rs. 176 Finalselling price of the item is:
10. The cost price of two dozen bananas Rs. 32. After selling (a) Rs. 877.80 (b) Rs. 798
18 bananas at the rate of Rs. 12 per dozen, the shopkeeper (c) Rs. 924 (d) Rs. 37.80
reduced the rate to Rs. 4 dozen. The percent loss is |1.5. A man bought 20 dozen eggs for Rs. 720. What should be
(a) 25.2% (b)32.4% (c) 36.5% (d) 37.5% the selling price of each egg if he wants to make a profit of
11. Kapil sold tWo bikes for Rs. 50,000 each. On one he gains 20%?
14% and on the other, he losses 14%. Find his gain or loss (a) Rs. 3.25 (b) Rs. 3.30 (c) Rs. 3.50 (d) Rs. 3.60
percent in thiswhole transaction?
(a) 1.96% loss (b) 1.96% gain ti 1.6. When an article is sold at a gain of 20%, it yields Rs. 60
(c) 1.15% gain (d) 1.15% loss more than when it is sold at a loss of 20%. The cost price of
12. A trader uses a weight of 920 gram instead of 1 kg and sells the article is:
the articles at the marked price which is 15% above the cost (a) Rs. 200 (b) Rs. 150 (c) Rs. 140 (d) Rs. 120
price. Find the profit percentage. 1.7. Two items A and B are sold at a profit of 10% and 15%
(a) 20% (b) 23% (c) 25% (d) 10% respectively. If the amount of profit received is the same,
13. The cost of manufacturing an article was Rs. 900. The trader then the cost price of Aand Bmay be:
wants to gain 25% after givingadiscount of 10%. The marked (a) Rs. 1000, Rs. 1500 (b) Rs. 5000, Rs. 2000
price must be: (c) Rs. 3000, Rs. 2000 (d) Rs. 3000, Rs. 5000
(a) Rs. 1500 (b) Rs. 1250 (c) Rs. 1200 (d) Rs. 100 1.8. By selling 25 metre of cloth atrader gains the selling price
14. A tradesman marked his goods 10% above his cost price. If of 5 metre of cloths. The gain percent of the trader in % is:
he allows his customers 10% discount on the marked price, (a) 25% (b) 20% (c) 28% (d) 29%
howmuch profit or loss does he make, if any? 1.9. If on selling 12 notebooks a seller makes a profit equal to
(a) 1% gain (b) 1%loss
the selling price of 4 notebooks, what is his percent profit?
(c) 5% gain (d) No gain no loss (a) 50 (b) 25
15. Adealers offers a discount of 10% on the marked price of an
article and still makes aprofit of 20%. If its marked price is 2
Rs. 800, then the cost price is?
(a) Rs. 600 (b) Rs. 700 (c) Rs. 800 (d) Rs. 900
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the table at a loss of 10% and the chair at a gain of 10%. He |2.1. The MP of an article is 30% higher than its CP and 20% discount
stillgains Rs. 10 on the whole. The cost price of the chair is: is allowedon this article. Then the profit percentage
(a) Rs. 250 (b) Rs. 300 (c) Rs. 350 (d) Rs. 200 (a) 10% (b)14% (c) 4% (d) 25%
1.11.The profit after selling a pair of trousers for Rs. 863 is the 2.2. Adealer offers a discount of 10% on the marked price of an
same as the loss incurred after selling the same pair of article and stillmakes a profit of 20%. If itsmarked price is
trousers for Rs. 631, What the cost price of the pair of Rs. 800, then the cost price is?
trousers? (a) Rs. 600 (b) Rs. 700 (c) Rs. 800 (d) Rs. 900
(a) Rs. 750 (b) Rs. 800 |2.3. While selling awatch, ashopkeeper givesa discount of 15%.
(c) Rs. 763 (d) None of these If he gives a discount of 20%, he earns 51 less as profit.
|1.12.60% goods are sold at 5% loss while rest are sold at 10% What is the original price of the watch?
(a) Rs. 920 (b) Rs. 985 (c) Rs. 1125 (d) Rs. 1020
profit. If there is a total profit of 400, then the worth of
goods sold is? |2.4. A man allows a discount of 10% on a book whose marked
(a) Rs. 24000 (b) Rs. 32000 price is Rs. 40. What should be the cost price so that the
profit is 20%?
(c) Rs. 40000 (d) Rs. 52000
(a) Rs. 35 (b) Rs. 40 (c) Rs. 30 (d) Rs. 45
1.13.A man purchases a certain number of toffees at 6 per rupee 2.5. Ashopkeeper earns a profit of 12% on selling a book at 10%
and the same number of toffees at 7 per rupee. He mixes discount on printed price. The ratio of the cost price to
the toffees and sells them at 6 per rupee. What is his gain printed price of the book is
or loss percent? (a) 45:56 (b) 50:61 (c) 90: 97 (d) 99: 125
9 |2.6. Adiscount of 15% is given on the marked price of an article.
(a) 6% loss (b) 7% gain The shopkeeper charges sales tax of 6% on the discounted
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price. If the selling price be 1081.20, what is the marked
price of the article?
(c) 7% loss
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(d) 7
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gain (a) Rs. 1185.20 (b) Rs. 1250.20
(c) Rs. 1400 (d) Rs. 1200
|1.14.A manpurchases two clocks Aand Bat total cost of RS. 650. |2.7. A dealer marks his goods 20% above cost price. He then
He sellsAwith 20% profit and Bat a loss of 259% and gets the allows some discount on it and makes a profit of 6%. Find
same selling price for both the clocks. What are the the rate of discount?
purchasing price of Aand B respectively? (a) 14% (b) 12% (c) 11.67% (d) 10%
(a) Rs. 225; Rs. 425 (b) Rs. 250; Rs. 400 2.8. Sunder purchased an office bag with a price tage of Rs. 600
(c) Rs. 275;Rs. 375 (d) Rs. 300; Rs. 350 in a sale where 25% discount was being offered on the tag
1.15.Meena purchased two fans each at Rs. 1200. She sold one price. He was given a further discount of 10% on the amount
fan at the loss of 5% and other at the gain of 10%. Find arrived at after giving usual 25% discount. What was the
total gain or loss percent. final amount paid by Sunder?
(a) 1.2% loss (b) 1.2% profit (c) 2.5% profit (d) 2.5% loss (a) 210 (b)540 (c) 405 (d) 450
1.16.A shopkeeper uses 880 gm in place of one kg to sell his 2.9. A trader fixed the price of an article in such away that by
goods. Find his actual gain %when he sells his article on 6% giving a rebate of 10% on the price fixed he made a profit of
gain on cost price? 15%. If the cost of the article is Rs. 72, the price fixed on it is?
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(a) Rs. 82.80 (b) Rs. 90.00 (c) Rs. 92.00 (d) Rs. 97.80
(a) 28 (b) 20-% (c) 23% (d) 24.% 2.10.A trader has some watches in his stock. He marks his watches
17% 11 21
20% above the cost price. He sold half the stock at marked
1.17.A balance of a dealer weighs 10% less than it should be. Still price, one quarter at a discount of 20% on the marked price
the trader marked-up his goods to get an overall profit of 20%. and rest on discount of 40% on the marked price. What is his
What is the markup done by the dealer on the cost price? gain percent?
(a) 4% (b) 8% (c) 12% (d) 16% (a) 2% (b) 5% (c) 3% (d) 8%
|1.18.A shopkeeper uses weight of 460gram instead of 500 gram |2.11.An article is listed at Rs. 1800 and two successive discounts
and sells the articles at the cost price. What is the profit of 8% and 8%, are given on it. How much would the seller
percentage? gain or loss, if he gives a single discount of 16% instead of
(a) 40% (b) 23% (c) 8.69% (d)20% two discounts?
1.19.A dishonest dealer sells articles at 10% loss on cost price (a) Rs. 11.52 loss (b) Rs. 11.52 gain
but uses the weight of 16 g instead of 18 g. What is his (c) Rs. 12.62 loss (d) Rs. 12.52 gain
profit or loss percent? |2.12.A single discount equivalent to three successive discounts
(a) 1.25% gain (b) 1.25% loss of 5%, 10%, 20% is?
(c) 3.25% loss (d) 5.25% gain (a)68.4% (b) 35% (c) 31.6% (d) 32%

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CLASS EXERCISE I|I.Some pockets are bags.
IV. No pocket is a bag.
Directions for questions 1 to 7: In each question below are given
(a) Only either Ior IV follow (b) Only Il and Ill follow
two statement's followed by two conclusions numbered and Il. (c) Only land lIl follow (d) All follow
You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they
seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then 10 Statements : Some thorns are jackets. Some jackets are boat.
decide which of the given conclusions logically follows form the Conclusions : I. No thorns are boats.
I. Alljackets are boats.
two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Read I|L.Some boats are thorns.
both the statements and give your answer as
(a) if only Ifollows IV. No jackets are thorns.
(b) if only ll follows
(c) if either | or ll follows (a) Either conclusions I or IV follow
(d) if neither I nor I| follows
(e) if both Iand || follows (b) Either conclusions I or | follow
(c) Either conclusions Ior I|| follow
1. Statements : Alltomatoes are red. Allgrapes are tomatoes. (d) No conclusion is correct.
Conclusions : I. Allgrapes are red.
II. Some tomatoes are grapes. 11. Statements : No fruit is tree. Alltrees are stones.
Conclusions : I. No stone is fruit.
2. Statements : All weavers are hard working. No hard work II. No tree is fruit.
ing are foolish. ||D.Some stones are trees.
Conclusions : I. No weavers are foolish.
IV.Some stones are fruits.
|I. Some foolish are weavers.
(a) Only Il and III follow
3 Statements : All fishes are cars. Allcars are vegetables. (b) Only either Ior lV and Il and Ill follows
Conclusions : I. Some vegetables are cars. (c) Only either Iand IIl follow
II. Some vegetables are fishes. (d) Only Ior I|| follows
4. Statements: All rivers are mountains. Some rivers are 12. Statements : Some receipts are challans. Some challans are
deserts. papers. Some papers are books. All books are
Conclusions : 1. Some mountains are deserts. files.
II. Some deserts are not mountains. Conclusions : I. Some papers are files.
5 Statements : Some engineers are teachers. Some engineers I|. Some books are receipts.
are efficient. I|.No book is receipt.
Conclusions : I. Some teachers are efficient. (a) Only Ifollows
II. Allefficient are engineers. (b) Only land |I| follow
6. Statements : Some fat are thin. No thin is tall. (c) Only I& either lor Ilfollow
Conclusions : I. Some fat are tall. (d) Onlyland IlIl follow
I|. Some fat are not tall. Type 1
7. Statements : Some desks are tents. Some tents are rivers. Directions for questions 1.1 to 1.4: Read both the statements
All rivers are ponds. and give your answer as
Conclusions : I. Some ponds are tents. (a) if only I followS (b) if only Il follows
I. Some ponds are desks. (c) if either I or I| follows (d) if neither Inor || follows
Directions for questions 8to 12: In the following questions, select (e) if both Iand Il follows
the set of conclusions which logically follows from the given state 1.1. Statements : No buses are trucks. No trucks are cars.
ments. Conclusions :I. Some trucks are buses.
8 Statements : All that is black is red. Coal is black. II. No cars are buses.
Conclusions : I. Coal is red. 1.2. Statements : No clock is correct. All watches are correct.
II. Coal is not red. Conclusions : I. No clock is a watch.
||AI| that is red is black. |l. Some correct are clocks.
(a) Only conclusions Iand Il follow 1.3. Statements : Some sweets are salt. No salt in spice.
(b) Only conclusions ll andI|l follow Conclusions : I. Some sweets are spice.
(c) Only conclusions | follow I1. No spice is salt.
(d) All conclusions are follow
1.4. Statements : Some papers are plastics. All papers are
9. Statements : Some bags are pockets. No pocket is a pouch. clothes.
Conclusions : I. No bag is a pouch. Conclusions : I. Some plastics are clothes
I|. Some bags are not pouches. II. Some plastics are papers.

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Directions for questions 2.1 to 2.3: Read both the statements 4.1. Statements : Allarrows are bows. AII bows are swords.
and give your answer as Some words are daggers. All daggers are
(a) if only Ifollows (b) if only I| follows knives.
(c) if either I or Il follows (d) if neither I nor Il follows Conclusions : I. All knives are bows.
|(e) if both Iand Il follows II. Some swords are knives.
2.1. Statements:Some forests are huts. Some huts are walls. ||L.AIlbows are arrows.
Some walls are nets. IV. Allarrows are swords.
Conclusions :I. Some nets are forests. (a) Only I| follows (b) Only Il and V follow
II. Some nets are huts. (c) Only |lland IV follow (d) Only Iand |ll follow
2.2. Statements:Some trees are boxes. All boxes are bricks. 4.2. Statements : Some airplane are helicopters. All helicop
All bricks are dogs. ters are gliders. All gliders are kites. All kites
are balloons.
Conclusions : I. Some dogs are trees.
II. Some bricks are trees. Conclusions : I. Some helicopters are balloons.
||. All kites are airplanes.
2.3. Statements: Allpots are rings. All bangles are rings. All ||L.AI| balloons are gliders.
rings are paints.
IV. Allhelicopters are kites.
Conclusions : I. Some paints are pots. (b) Only ll follows
(a) Only IV follows
I. Some bangles are paints.
(c) Only either Il or llfollow (d) Only Iand IV follows
4.3. Statements : All kings are warriors. All soldiers are war
riors. All sentries are warriors. Some sen
tries are soldiers.
Type 3 Conclusions : I. Some sentries are kings.
3.1. Statements : All teachers are students. Some students are II. All warriors are soldiers.
girls. |||Some warriors are sentries.
Conclusions : I. Allteachers are girls. IV. Some soldiers are kings.
II. Some girls are teachers. (a)Only Ifollows (b) Only I| follows
I|I.Some girls are students. (c) Only |Il and lIl follow (d) None of these
IV. All students are teachers. 4.4. Statements : Allclouds are storms. Some storms are cyclo
(a) Only | follows (b) Only l, Il and lI follow nes. All cyclones are thunders. Some thun
(c) Only ll follows (d) Only Il and |llfollow ders are lightening.
3.2. Statements : All hills are mountains. All mountains are Conclusions : I. Some lightening are cyclones.
dams. Some dams are rivers. All rivers are I1. No lightening is cyclone.
lakes. I|I.Some cyclones are clouds.
Conclusions : 1. Some hills are lakes. (a) Only Ifollows
II, Some dams are lakes. (b) Only | follows
II.Some dams are hills. (c) Only | follows
(a) Only land |lfollow (b) Only Il and lll follow (d) Only either | or |l follows
(c) Onlyland lll follow (d) All follow 4.5. Statements: Some pins are needles. Some needles are
3.3. Statements: Some shirts are tables. No table is chair. handles. Some handles are locks. Some locks
Conclusions : 1. No shirt is chair. are keys.
II, Some tables are shirts. Conclusions : I. Some keys are handles.
IlIL.No chair is shirt. II. Some handles are pins.
IV, Some chairs are shirts. |II.Some pins are keys.
(a) All follow (b) Only Il follow (a) None follows (b) Only Iand ll follows
(c) Only Iland IV follow (d) Only l follow (c) Only ll and |ll follow (d) Only Iand |lfollow
3.4. Statements : All cowS are hens. Allcats are hens. 4.6. Statements : All bottles are jars. All jars are containers.
Conclusions : 1. All hens are cows. All containers are lids. All lids are caps.
||. All hens are cats. Conclusions : I. AIl bottles are lids.
||ISome hens are cows. II. All containers are jars.
IV. Some hens are cats. ||I.Some lids are jars.
(a) Only Iand I| follow (b) Only Ill follow (a) Only land I| follow (b) Only Il and II| follow
(c) Only IV follows (d) Only land IV follow (c) Onlyland IlIl follow (d) None follows

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CLASS EXERCISE 10. To arrive at the answers to the above questions which of the
1 A person is driving towards West. What seguence of direc following statements can be dispensed with?
tions should he follow so that he is driving towards South? (a) Only (i) (b) Only (ii) (c) Only (ii) (d) None
(a) Left, right, right (b) Right, right, left
(c) Left, left, left
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(d) Right, right, right
2. One evening before sunset Rekha and Hema were talking to 1.1. Iwent 15 m to the north, then I turned west and covered 10
each other face to face. If Hema's shadow was exactly to the m, then I turned south and covered 5 m, and then Iturned
right of Hema, which direction was Rekha facing?
east and covered 10 m. In which direction am I from the
house?
(a) North (b) South
(a) East (b) West (c) North (d) South
(c) West (d) Data inadequate
3. If North is called North-West, North-West is called West; 1.2. If Ahmed travels towards North from his house, then to left,
West is called South-West and so on. What will South-East then to South, covering equal distances in each direction to
be called? reach Sohan's house, then in which direction is Ahmed's
house now?
(a) East (b) West
(c) North-East (d) South East (a) East (b) South (c) North (d) West
4 Ratan who was facing North was called by Ramya. To talk to |1.3. Debu walks towards East then towards North and turning
her Ratan took a 235° clockwise turn, as soon as he finished 45° right walks for a while and lastly turns towards left. In
talking he was called by Sanju. To talk to Sanju he took a 195° which direction is he walking now?
anti-clockwise turn. As soon as he finished talking to Sanju, (a) North (b) East
Ratan took a 85° clockwise turn as he had to borrow some (c) South-East (d) North-West
money from his father. After borrowing the money Ratan took 1.4. Suman is 40 metres South-West of Ashok. Prakash is 40
a168° clockwise turn to face his favorite cycle shop. Finally metres South-East of Ashok. Prakash is in which direction
he took a turn of 320° anticlockwise and was facing his home of Suman?
now. In which direction was his home? (a) South (b) West
(a) North (b) North - West (c) East (d) North-East
(c) West (d) None of these
1.5. Mohan started from point 'A' and preceded 7 km straight
5 The time on Rita's watch is a quarter to three. If the minute towards East, then he turned left and proceeded straight for
hand points to north-east, in which direction does the hour a distance of 10 km. He then turned left again and pro
hand point? ceeded straight for adistance of 6 km, and then turned left
(a) South-west (b) South-east again and proceeded straight for another 10 km. In which
(c) North-west (d) East-west direction is Mohan from his starting point?
Directions for questions 6 to 10: Each of these questions is based (a) East (b) West (c) North (d) South
on the following information:
1.6. Kis 40 m South-West of L. If M is 40 m South-East of L, then
i Six flats on a floor in two rows facing North and South are K is in which direction of M?
allotted to P, a, R, S, T and U. Such that each row contains (a) East (b) West
equal number of flats. (c) North-East (d) South
ii. Q gets a North facing flat and is not next to S. 1.7. Amit walked 30 metres towards East, took a right turn and
iii. Sand Uget diagonally opposite flats. walked 40 metres. Then he took a left turn and walked 30
iv. R next to U, gets a south facing flat and T gets a North facing metres. In which direction is he now from the starting point?
flat. (a) North-east (b) East
6. Which of the following combinations get south facing flats? (c) South-East (d) None of these
(a) QTS (b) UPT 1.8. Ramesh is walking towards west. He takes three turns while
(c) URP (d) Data is inadequate walking, all at an angle of 45° towards right, right and left.
7. Whose flat is between Q and S? What direction is he facing now?
(a) North -East (b) South-East
(a) T (b) U (c) R (d) P
(c) North-West (d) West
If the flats of P andT are interchanged then whose flat wil| be
next to that of U? 1.9. Rahul put his timepiece on the table in such a way that at 6
(a) P (b) Q (c) R (d) T
p.m. hour-hand points to North. In which direction the
minute-hand will point at 9.15 p.m.?
9 The flats of which of the other pair than SU, is diagonally (a) South-East (b) South
opposite to each other? (c) North (d) West
(a) QP (b) QR (c) PT (d) TS

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2.1. Ravi went 10 m to the east, then turned north and walked tion?
another 5 m. Then he turned west and covered 15 m. How far (a) 45 feet North-East (b) 30 feet East
is he from the starting point ? (c) 30 feet West (d) 45 feet East
(a) 5V2m (b) 2 m (c) 3 m (d) 15 m 3.2. Avillager went to meet his uncle in another village situated
2.2. Maya starts at point T, walks straight to point U which is 4 5 km away in the North-east direction of his own village.
ft away. She turns left at 90" and walks to W which is 4 ft From there he came to meet his father-in-law living in a
away, turns 90° right and goes 3 ft to P, turns 90° right and village situated 4 km in the south of his uncle's village. How
walks 1 ft to Q, turns left at 90° and goes to V, which is 1 ft far away and in what direction is he now?
away and once again turns 90° right and goes to R, 3 ft away. (a) 3 km in the North (b) 3 km in the East
What is the distance between T and R? (c) 4 krm in the East (d) 4 km in the West
(a) 4ft (b) 5 ft (c) 7 ft (d) 8ft 3.3.Sanjeev walks 10 metres towards the South. Turning to the
left, he walks 20 metres and then moves to his right. After
2.3. Two friends Jack and Bunny start a race, and together they
run for 50mts. Jack turns right and runs 60 mts. while Bunny moving a distance of 20 metres, he turns to the right and
walks 20 metres. Finally, he turns to the right and moves a
turns left and runs 40 mts. Then Jack turns left and runs 50
distance of 10 metres. How far and in which direction is he
mts. while Bunny turns right and runs 50 mts. How far are
the two friends now from each other? from the starting point?
(a) 10 metres North (b) 20 metres South
(a) 60 mts (b) 100 mts (c) 20 mts (d) 150 mts (c) 20 metres North (d) 10 metres South
|2.4. Sub-inspector Jatin travelled from his Police-post straight
for 400 metres. He then turned left and travelled 500 metres Type 4
straight after which he turned left again and travelled for Directions for questions 4.1 to 4.2: P, Q, R and S are standing on
400 metres straight. He then turned right and walked for four corners of a square pice of plot as shown in the given fig
another 600 metres straight. How far is he from the Police ure. They start moving, and the movements are explained in each
post? of the questions. Read the questions and select the right alterna
(a) 1.0 km (b) 1.1 km (c) 1.4 km (d) 1.8 km tive.
R
2.5. Radha moves towards South-East a distance of 7 km then N
she moves towards West and travels a distance of 14 km,
from here she moves towards North-West a distance of 7
km, and finally she moves a distance of 4 km towards east.
How far is she now from the starting point? S

(a) 3 km (b) 4 km (c) 10 km (d) 11 km

4.1. Q travelled straight to R, a distance of 10 km. He turned
2.6. Soni and Moni start walking from a point. Soni walks in right and walked 7 km. towards S, again then finally turned
West direction and Moni in South direction. After covering right and walked 8 km, and then finally turned right and
20 km, Soni turns left and walks 15 km. Moni walks 10 km, walked7km. How far is he from his original position ?
turns left and walk 5 km. Soni, then turns left again and (a) 7 km (b) 8 km (c) 2 km (d) 3 km
walks 25 km, whereas Moni turns right and walks 5 km.
How far are sony and Moni from each other ? 4.2. From the orginal position, S starts crossing the field diago
(a) 5 Km nally. After walking half the distance he turns right; walks
(b) They are back at the starting point some distance and turns left. Which direction is S facing
(c) They are at same place at the finishing point now ?
(d) Data is insufficient (a) South - East (b) North-West
(c) South West (d) North
2.7. Samir started from his Police Station on inspection duty.
After travelling straight for a distance of four 4 Km, he turned 4.3. P and S walk one and a half length of the side clockwise and
left for the market and travelled straight for 600 meters. He anti-cllockwise respectively.l Which one of the following
statements is true ?
now turned left again and travelled straight for another 200
meteres, and turned left and travelled straight for 600 metres. (a) P is at midpoint between Q and R and S at the corner
How far is Samir from the Police Station ? originally occupied by P
(b) 3.8 km (c) 4.4 km (d) 4.8 km (b) P andS are both at the midpoint between Rand S.
(a) 3.4 km (c) P and S are both at the midpoint between Q and R.
Type 3 (d) S is at midpoint between Q and Rand P is at the mid
point between original side of R and S.
3.1. Achild crawls 20 feet towards North, turns riht andcrawls
30 feet, turns right again and crawls 35 feet. He turns left 4.4. P, Q, Rand Swalk one and a half sides clockwise. Who is on
now and crawls 15 feet. He turns left again and crawls 15 the left corner of Q if he is facing West ?
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CLASS EXERCISE 1.2. Neelam, who is Rohit's daughter, says to Indu. "Your mother
1. Reeta is the younger sister of my father, who is the third
Anupam sald to a lady sitting in a car, "The only daughter of child of Sohanji." How Sohanji related to Indu?
the brother of my wife is the sister-in-law of the brother of
your sister." How the husband of the lady is related to (a) Maternal-Uncle (b) Father
Anupam? (c) Grand-Father (d) Father In Law
(a) Maternal uncle (b) Uncle 1.3. Pointing towards a man, a woman said, "His mother is the
(c) Father (d) Son In Law only daughter of my mother." How is the woman related to
the man?
2 Pointing to Varman, Madhav said, "l am the only son of one
of the sons of his father:" How is Varman related to Madhav? (a) Mother (b) Grandmother
(a) Father or uncle (b) Uncle (c) Sister (d) Daughter
(c) Nephew (d) Father 1.4. Pointing to Gopi, Nalni Says, "I am the daughter of the only
son of his grandfather." How Nalni is related to Gopi?
3 Pointing to a photograph, Bajpai Said, "He is the son of the
onlydaughter of the father of my brother." How Bajpai is (a) Niece (b) Daughter (c) Sister (d) Mother
related to the man in the photograph? 1.5. Introducing a man to her husband, a woman said, "His
(a) Maternal Uncle (b) Brother brother's father is the only son of my grandfather." How is
(c) Father (d) Nephew the woman related to the man?
4 P is the brother of Q and R,S is R's mother. T is P's father. (a) Aunt (b) Mother (c) Daughter (d) Sister
Which of the following statement cannot be definitely true?
(a) Q is T's son (b) T is Q's father 1.6. A man introducedthe boy coming with him as "He is son of]
(c) S is P's mother (d) P is S's son the father of my wife's daughter". What relation did the
boy bear to the man?
5 P is the mother of Q, who is the husband of R and S, who is (a) Son-in-law (b) Son
the sister of Q, is the daughter of T.Which one of the follow (c) Brother (d) Father
ing relations is/are not true?
(a) T is the father of Q 1.7. IfBsays that his mother is the only daughter of A's mother,
how can A be related to B?
(b) S is the daughter of P
(a) Son (b) Father (c) Brother (d) Uncle
(c) R is the daughter-in-law of T
(d) All are correct 1.8. Atold B, "Yesterday I met the only brother of the daughter
6. If A+B means A is the sister of B;AxB means A is the wife of of my grandmother." Whom did A meet?
B,A +B means A is the father of B and A-B means A the (a) Cousin (b) Brother (c) Nephew (d) Father
brother of B. Which of the following means T' is the daugh
ter of 'P'? Type 2
(a) Px Q+R+S-T (b) P x Q+R-T+S 2.1. Veena who is the sister-in-law of Ashok, is the daughter-in
(c) Px Q+R+T-S (d) PxQ+R+S+T lawof Kalyani. Dheeraj is the father of Sudeep who is the
Directions for questions 7 to 9: Read the following statements only brother of Ashok. How Kalyani is related to Ashok?
(a) Mother-in-law (b) Aunt
and answer the questions given below:
Ais the father of C. But Cis not his son. Eis the daughter of C. Fis (c) Wife (d) Mother
the spouse of A, B is the brother of C. D is the son of B. G is the 2.2. IsD brother of F? To find out the answer, which of the
spouse of B. H is the father of G. following informations given in the statements (A) and (B)
7 Who is the son-in-law of H? is/are sufficient?
A. Bhas twO sons of which F is one and has no daughter.
(a) A (b) D (c) B (d) C B. D's mother is married to B.
8 Who is the granddaughter of A? (a) Both Aand B together are needed
(a) H (b) D (c) B (d) E (b) Both A and B together are not sufficient
(c) Only A is sufficient
9 Who is the common grandchild of both F and H?
(d) Only B is sufficient
(a) D (b) E (c) C (d) B
2.3. Neera is the daughter of Mahender. Mala, Achla's sister
has a son Mohan and daughter Sushila. Kamla is the ma
Type 1 ternal aunt of Sushila and mother of Krishna. Mohan is
1.1. A man said to a lady, "Your mother's husband's sister is my cousin of Krishna. Krishna is brother of Neera. How is Achla
aunt." How is that lady related to that man? related to Mahender?
(a) Daughter (b) Sister (a) Cousin (b)Sister-in-law
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what is A to D? (a) Doctor (b) Manager
(a) Aunt (b) Mother-in-law (c) Lawyer (d) Data inadequate
(c) Sister-in-law (d) Sister 4.3. Which of the following is a group of males?
(a) RST (b) QST (c) PVW (d) QwWP
Type 3 4.4. Which of the following pairs have same profession?
|3.1. IfP$Q means P is the brother of Q; P#Q means P is the (a) PS (b) SR (c) WT (d) RT
mother of Q; P * a means P is the daughter of Q in A# B$ C
*D, who is the father? 4.5. Which of the following has the same profession which W
(a) D (b) B (c) C (d) A belongs?
(a) R (b)T
3.2. If A+ B means A is the brother of B; A + Bmeans A is the (c) S (d) Data inadequate
father of B and Ax B means A is the sister of B. which of the
Directions for questions 4.6to 4.10: All the questions are based
following means M is the uncle of P? on the following information. Five men A, B, C, D and E and their
(a) M+N×P (b) N x P + M
(d) M+ K÷Tx P wives P, Q, R, S and T join a dance party, but it is not necessary
(c) M +S+R+P
that the order of husbands and wives are the same. This is the
Directions for questions 3.3 & 3.7 : Each of these questions is information that
based on the following information: Husbands dance only with their wives. C has a sister T and has
A 7Bmeans A is the mother of B. A 5 B means A is the sister of B. only a brother A. If D has danced with T, It means that he danced|
A3B means A is the father of B.A9B means A is the brother of B with another's wife. B does not dance with Q or T or S. P is wife of
3.3. Which of the following means that Q is the grandfather of A's brother. Q did not dance with D.
P? 4.6. With whom R danced?
(a) P 7N3 M3Q (b) Q3 N3 M 7P (a) B (b) C (c) D (d) E
(c) Q9 M9 N 3 P (d) None of these
3.4. Which of the following means that N is the maternal uncle 4.7. If 'B' and 'D' interchange their partners who will dance
with 'B'?
of M?
(a) N9 P5L7E5 M (b) N5Y7A9 M (a) P (b) Q (c) R (d) S
(c) N9 C7F3 M (d) None of these 4.8. If E is the D's son, how is B related to Q?
3.5. If MxN mneans M is the daughter of N; M+N means Mis the (a) Brother-in-law (b) Son
father of N; M+ N means M is:the mother ofN and M N (c) Son-in-law (d) Cannot be determined
means Mis the brother of Nthen P+Q+R-Tx Kindicates 4.9. How many members are from the same family since birth?
which relation of P to K? (a) 2 (b) 7 (c) 4 (d) Minimum 3
(a) Daughter-in-law (b) Sister-in-law
(c) Aunt (d) Mother-in-law 4.10. If one dance is organised which contains amale and a
female (any male can dance with any female), how many
3.7. IfA$B means A is the brother of B; A @ B means Ais the dances are possible?
wife of B; A# Bmeans A is the daughter of Band A * Bmeans
(a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 25 (d) 20
A is the father of B, which of the following indicates that U
is the father-in-law of P? Directions forq questions 4.11 to 4.13: Read the following pas
(a) P@Q$T#U*W (b) P@w$Q*T#U sage and answer the questions on basis of this :
(c) P@QSw*T#U (d) None of these A, B, C, D and E are members of the same family. There are two
fathers, two sons, two wives, three males and two females. The
teacher was the wife of a lawyer who was the son of a doctor. E
Type 4 is not a male, neither also a wife of a professional. C is the
Directions for questions 4.1 to 4.5: P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are the youngest person in the family and D is the eldest. B is a male.
members of a family. In this family there are three ladies and 4.11. How is D related to E?
four gents. In this group two members are managers, two lawyer's (a) Husband (b) Son
one teacher, one engineer and one doctor. Neither of the ladies is (c) Father (d) Wife
a teacher or an engineer. R is a lawyer who is married with P, the
teacher. Engineer V is married to S who is neither lawyer nor 4.12. Who are the females in the group?
doctor. No, two ladies have same profession. W, who is a man (a) Cand E (b) C and D (c) Eand A (d) Dand E
ager and his sister is Q.
4.13. Whose wife is the teacher?
4.1. What is the profession of T? (a) C (b) D (c) A (d) B
(a) Manager (b) Lawyer
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CLASS EXERCISE 15. Jadeja purchased a maruticar 4 years ago for Rs. 2 lakh. It is
value depriciated each year at 25% per annum. What is the
approximate present value of the car?
1 Howmuch simple interest will Rs. 2000 earn in 2 years at 6%
per annum?
(a) 75, 275 (b) 65, 281 (c)63, 281 (d) 85, 169
(d) Rs. 240 (a) 8 years (b) 12 years (c) 32 years (d) 64 years
(a) Rs. 120 (b) Rs. 180 (c) Rs. 216
2. What sum of money must be given as simple interest for six 16. Ifa sum of money compounded annually becomes 1.44 times
months at 4% per annum in order to earn Rs. 150 interest? of itself in 2 years,then the rate of interest per annum is:
(a) 25% (b) 22% (c) 21% (d) 20%
(a) Rs. 5000 (b)Rs. 7500 (c) Rs. 10000 (d) Rs. 15000
3. Simple interest for the sum of Rs. 1500 is Rs. 30 in 4 years. 17. Asum of money amounts to Rs. 4840 in 2 years and to Rs.
Find the rate of S.I.
5324 in 3 years at compound interest compounded annually.
(a) 7.5% (b) 2% (c) 0.5% (d) 5% The rate of interest per annum is:
4 In what time period will Rs. 8000 amount to Rs. 12000 at 18. An (a) 10% (b) 9% (c) 11% (d) 8%
amount of money appreciates to Rs. 7000 after 4 years
20% per annum of simple interest? and to Rs. 10000 after 8 years at a certain compound interest
(a) 3.25 years (b) 2.5 years
(c) 4.5 years (d) 6 years compounded annually. The initial amount of money was:
5. At what rate of simple interest a certain sum will be doubled (a) Rs. 4700 (b)Rs. 4900 (c) Rs. 4100 (d) Rs. 4300
in 20 years? 19 A
sum of money placed at compound interest becomes three
(a)5% p.a. (b)6% p.a. (c) 6.67% p.a. (d) 10% p.a. times of itself in 4 years. In howmany years will it amount to
6 Asum of money lent out at simple interest amounts to Rs. 27 times of itself?
720 after 2 years and toRs. 1020 after a further period of 5 20. Asum of amount at r% compound interest doubles in 3 years.
years. The sum is: In 9 years it will be k times of the original principal. What is
(a) Rs. 500 (b) Rs. 600 (c) Rs. 700 (d) Rs. 710 the value of k?
7 If the ratio of principal and the simple interest for 5 yearsis (a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 6 (d) 8
10:3, then the rate of interest is: 21. The least number of complete years in which a sum of money
(a)5% (b) 6% (c) 8% (d) 3% put out at 20% compoound interest will be more than doubled
is?
41 1 (a) 5 years (b) 6 years (c) 3 years (d) 4 years
Asum of money becomes 40 of itself in 4 years ata certain 22. What would be the simple Interest, if compound interest on
the same sum for 2 years at 4% is Rs, 408?
rate of simple interest.The rate of interest per annum is (c) Rs. 408 (d) Rs. 396
(a) 10% (b) 1% (c) 2.5% (d) 5% (a) Rs. 400 (b) Rs. 404
23. Cl and SIfor a certain sum at certain rate of interest for 2 years
9 Asum was put at simple interest at a certain rate for 3 years.
are Rs. 220 and Rs. 200. What is the principal (in Rs.)?
Had it been put at 1% higher rate,it would have fetched Rs. (a) 2200 (b) 200 (c) 500 (d) 2000
5100 more, The sum is
(b) Rs. 150000 24. The compound interest on a certain sum of money at 5% per
(a) Rs. 170000
(c) Rs. 125000 (d) Rs. 120000 annum for 2 years is 246. The simple interest on the same
10. Asum of money becomes 3 times in 12 years. In how many sum for 3 years at 6% per annum is:
(a) 435 (b) 450 (c) 430 (d) 432
years it will become 5 times at the same rate of simple
interest? 25. If the compound interest on a certain sum for two years at
(a) 20 years (b) 16 years (c) 24 years (d) 30 years 12% per annum is Rs. 2544, the simple interest on it at the
11. Asum of Rs. 7930 is divided into three parts and given on same rate for 2 years will be:
loan at 5% simple interesttoA, Band Cfor 2,3, and 4 years (a) Rs. 2400 (b) Rs. 2500 (c) Rs. 2480 (d) Rs. 2440
respectively. If the amounts of all three are egualafter their26. IT the ditterence between the compound interest is
respective periods of loan, then Areceived a loan of compounded every six months, and the simple interest on a
(a) Rs. 3050 (b) Rs, 2760 (c) Rs. 2750 (d) Rs. 2800 certain sum of money at the rate of 12% per annum for one
year is Rs. 36, the sum is:
12. What willbe the amount when RS. 10000 is deposited in a (b) Rs. 12000
bank at 10% per annum compounded annually for 3 years, (a) Rs. 10000
when it is kept at compound interest? (c) Rs. 15000 (d) Rs. 9000
(a) 13310 (b) 13300 (c) 13000 (d) 13200 Type 1
13. Rs. 20000 is being compounded at 20% per annum. If the 1.1. Find the simple interest on Rs. 8000 for 5 years at 6% per
rate of interest is charged half yearly. What willbe the amount annum.
after 2 years? (a) 1200 (b) 2400 (c) 4200 (d) 4000
(a) 28982 (b) 27292 (c) 29282 (d) 22358
1.2. The simple interest on a sum of 1800 for a period of 2 vears
14. RS. 12000 amounts to Rs. 20736 in 3 years at r% per annum
and 4 months is Rs. 252. What is the rate of interest per
of compound interest. What is the valeu of r? annumn?
(a) 10% (b) 25% (c) 12% (d) 20%
(a)5% (b) 7% (c) 6% (d) 8%

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amounts to Rs. 15900 at
rate of interest at 6% per annum in 1 year. Waht is thesimple |2.2. Asumof money at compound interest doubles itself in 15
value
of principal sum? years. It will become eight times of itself at Compound
(a) 12000 (b) 18000 Interest.
(c) 15000 (d) 14000 (a) 45 years (b) 48 years
L.4. ASum of money becomes 3 times in 12 years. In hoW many (c) 54 years (d) 60years
2.3. What sum would amount to Rs. 39930 in three years at the
years it will become 5 times at the same rate of simple
interest? rate of 10% per annum compound interest?
(a) 20 years (b) 16 years (a) Rs. 22000 (b) Rs. 30000
(c) 24 years (d) 30 years (c) Rs. 28000
1.5. In how many years willa sum of money double itself at (d) Rs. 32000
2.4. Asum of money becomes eight times of itself in 3 years at
1 compound interest. The rate of interest per annum is:
6% simple interest per annum? (a) 100% (b) 80% (c) 20% (d) 10%
(a) 24 years (b) 20 years (c) 16 years (d) 12 years |2.5. A Sum is being lent at 20% per annum compound interest.
1.6. A person borrow Rs. 5000 for 2 years at 4% per What is the ratio of interest of 4th year to 5th year?
annum
simple interest. He immediately lends it to another person (a) 4:5 (b) 5:4
(c) 5:6 (d) Cannot be determined
% per annum simple interest for 2 years. His gain in 2.6. At what rate percent per annum will a sum of Rs. 1000
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amount to Rs. 1102.50 in 2 year at compound interest?
the transaction is (a) 5% (b) 5.5% (c) 6% (d) 6.5%
(a) Rs. 112.50 (b) Rs. 450 2.7. One bacteria splits into eight bacteria of the next generation.
(c) Rs. 225 (d) Rs. 150 But due to environment, only 50% of one generation can
|1.7. A sum of Rs. 500 amounts to Rs. 650 in 3 years at produce the next generation. If the seventh-generation
simple
interest. If the interest rate is increased by 4%, it would number is 4096 million, what is the number in the first|
amount to how much? generation?
(a) Rs. 910 (b) Rs. 810 (c) Rs. 710 (d) Rs. 610 (a) 1 million (b) 2 million (c) 4 million (d) 8 million
1.8 Simple interest for a sum of 1550 for 2 years is 60 more
than thesimple interest for Rs. 1450 for the same duration. Type 3
Find the rate of interest. 3.1. Krishan Lal has two investment plans: A and B, to choose
(a) 15% (b) 30% from plan A offers interest of 10% compounded annually
(c) 10% (d) 20% while plan B offers simple interest of 12% per annum. Till
1.9. A sum of money was invested at a certain rate of simple
interest for 2 years. Had it been invested at 1% higher rate how many years is plan Ba better investment?
it would have fetched Rs. 24 more interest. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
The sum of 3.2. The difference between the simple
money is interest and the
(a) Rs. 1200 (b) Rs. 1050 (c) Rs. 1000 (d) Rs. 960 compound interest (compounded annually) at the rate of
12% per annum on Rs. 5000 for 2 years will be
|1.10.A certain sum at a certain rate of S.l. amounts to 2250 in 4
(a) Rs. 17.50(b) Rs. 36 (c) Rs. 45 (d) Rs. 72
years and 2400 in 7 years. Find the sum and rate of interest. 3.3 The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs. 27500 at
(a) Rs. 3050,3.52% (b) Rs. 5020, 2.43% the end of three years is Rs. 10230. What would be the
(c) Rs. 2050, 2.43% (d) Rs. 3050, 2.85% approximate compouned interest accrued on the same
1 amount at the same rate in the same period?
1.11.Kishan lent out a certain sum. He lent part of his sum at (a) Rs. 11550 (b) Rs. 12620
3 (c) Rs. 10950 (d) Rs. 11900
1 3.4. Find the difference between the Sland Cl on a
7% S.I., part at 8% S.I. and remaining part at 10% S.I. If principal of
Rs. 5000at the rate of 15% per annum for tWOyears.
Rs. 765 is his total interest, then find the money lent out. (a) Rs. 112.5 (b) Rs. 115 (c) Rs. 105 (d) Rs. 120
3.5. If the difference between S.I. andCI. for 2 years on a
(a) Rs. 10500 (b) Rs. 6000 sum
(c) Rs. 9000 of money lent at 5% is Rs. 6, then the sum is
(d) Rs. 7000 (a)Rs. 2200 (b) Rs. 2400 (c) Rs. 2600 (d) Rs. 2000
3.6. Ifthe difference between the compound interest and simple
Type2 interest on a sum at 5% of interest per annum for three years
|2.1. The compound interest accrued on an amount at the end is Rs. 36.60, then the sum
of two years at the rate of 12% per annum is 2,862. What is (a) Rs. 8000 (b) Rs. 8400 (c) Rs. 4400 (d) Rs. 4800
the amount? 3.7 On what sum does the difference between the
compound
(a) Rs. 11250 (b) Rs. 12200 interest and the simple interest for 3 years at 10% is Rs.
(c) Rs. 13500 (d) Rs. 10000 31?
(a) Rs. 1500 (b) Rs. 1200 (c) Rs. 1100 (d) Rs. 1000

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good driver, and
CLASS EXERCISE and has it twice a week. The engineer is a
in a car accident. Engineer does not
has never been involved
You want to speak to the chief of the village. You question the Lawyer's habit of constantly interrupting others. What
like
three inhabitants. Amar, Bobby and Charles. Only Bobby's shirt is the profession of Engineer?
is red. Amar says. "I am not Bobby's son. The chief wears a red (a) A lawyer (b) An architect
shirt." Bobby says, "I am Amar's father, Charles is the chief." (d) Cannot be determined
(c) An engineer
Charles says, "The chief is one among us. Iam the chief" Who
is the chlef, if each person speaks a truth and a lie? Directlons for questions 8 to 12: Recently, Ghosh Babu spent his win
visited the
(a) Amar ter vacation on Kyakya Island. During the vacation, he
(b) Bobby (c) Charles (d) None of them
local ca sino where he came across a new card game. Two players,
2
Amar, Akbar, and Anthony came from the same public school using a normal deck of 52 playing cards, play this game. One player
in the Himalayas. Every boy in that school either fishes for is called the 'dealer' and the other is called the 'player'. First, the
trout or plays Frisbee. All fishermen like snow while noplaver picks acard at random from the deck. This is called the
Frisbee player likes rain. Amar dislikes whatever Akbar likes base card. The amount in rupees egual to the face value of the
and likes whatever Akbar dislikes. Akbar likes rain and snow. base card is called the base amount. The face values of ace, king,
Anthony likes whatever the other two like. Who is a fisher queen and jack are ten. For other cards the face value is the num
man but not a Frisbee player? ber on the card. Once the 'player' picks a card from the deck, the
(a) Amar (b) Akbar (c) Anthony (d) None of them dealer' pays him the base amount. Then the 'dealer' picks a card
3. Along a road lie an odd number of stones placed at intervals from the deck and this card is called the top card. If the top card is
of 10 m. These stones have to be assembled around the of the same suit as the base card, the 'player' pays twice the base
middle stone. A person can carry only one sto ne at a time. A amount to the dealer". If the top card is of the same color as the
man carried out the job starting with the stone in the middle, base card (but not the same suit), then the 'player' pays the base
carrying stones in succession, thereby covering a distance of amount to the 'dealer'. If the top card happens to be of a different
4.8 km. Then the number of stones is:
color than the base card, the 'dealer' pays the base amount to the
(a) 35 (b) 15 (c) 29 (d) 31 'player'. Ghosh Babu played the game four times. First time he
picked eight of clubs and the 'dealer' picked queen of clubs. Sec
4 A, B, C, D.. x., Y, Z are the players who participated in a ond time, he picked ten of hearts and the 'dealer' picked two of
tournament. Everyone played with every other player exactly spades. Next time, Ghosh Babu picked six of diamonds and the
once. A win scores 2 points, a draw scores 1 point and a lose
scores 0 points. None of the matches ended in a draw. No two
'dealer' picked ace of hearts. Lastly, he picked eight of spades and
dealer picked jack of spades. Answer the following ques
players Scored the same score. At the end of the tournamentthe
tions based on these four games.
the ranking list is published which is in accordance with the
8 If Ghosh Babu stopped playing the game when his gain would
alphabetical order. Then:
(a) M wins over N (b) N wins over M be maximized, the gain in Rs. would have been :
(c) M doesn't play N (d) None of these (a) 12 (b) 20 (c) 16 (d) 4
5 Three labelled boxes containing red and white cricket balls 9. The initial money Ghosh Babu had (before the beginning of
are all mislabelled, it is known that one of the boxes con the game sessions) was Rs. X. At no point did he have to
tains only white balls and one only red balls. The third con borrow any money. What is the minimum possible value of X?
tains a mixture of red and white balls. You are required to (a) 16 (b) 8 (c) 100 (d) 24
correctly label the boxes with the labels red, white and red & 10. If the final amount of money that Ghosh Babu had with him
white by picking a sample of one ball from only one box. was Rs. 100, what was the initial amount he had with him?
What is the label on the box you should pick the sample (a) 120 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 96
from? 11. Middle- earth is a fictional land inhabited by hobbits, elves,
(a) Red (b) White dwarves and men. The hobbits and elves are peaceful crea
(c) Red and White (d) None of these tures that prefer slow, silent lives and appreciate nature and
6 John buys acycle for 31 dollars and given a cheque of amount art. The dwarves and the men engage in physical games. The
35 dollars. Shop Keeper exchanged the cheque with his game is as follows, Atournament is one where out of the twO
neighbour and gave change to John. After 2 days, it is known teams that play a match, the one that loses get eliminated.
that cheque is bounced. Shop keeper paid the amount to his The matches are played in different rounds, where in every
neighbour. The cost price of cycle is 19 dollars. What is the round; half of the teams get eliminated from the tournament.
profit/loss for shop keeper? If there are 8 rounds played in knock out tournament, how
(a) 23 loss (b) 54 gain (c) 39 loss (d) 54 loss many matches were played?
In Loonyville, four people called Doctor, Engineer, Lawyer and(a) 257 (b) 256 (c) 72 (d) 255
Architect follow the professions of doctor, lawyer, engineer 12. A game is played between 2 players and one player is de
and architect. However, none of them follow the profession clared as -winner. All the winners from first round are played
indicated by their name. Doctor plays bridge very regularly, as in second round. All the winners from second round are played
he thinks it as an intellectual card game. Doctor is allergic to in third round and so on. If 8 rounds are played to declare
sea food, and does not eat it at all. Architect nearly died in a only one player as winner, how many players are played in
car accident two years ago. The architect is very poor at card first round?
games and does not play them at all. The engineer loves fish (a) 256 (b) 512 (c) 64 (d) 128

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Directions for questions 1.1 to 1.3: A young girl Roopa leaves home are divided into two groups. Each group consists of
exactly
with x flowers, goes to the bank of a nearby river. On the bank of with each team playing every other team in its group
At the end of the first stage, the top four teams from each
the river, there are four places of worship, standing in a row. She once.
rest are elimi
dips all the x flowers into the river. The number of flowers group advance to the second stage while the
second stage comprises of several rounds. A round
nated. The
doubles. Then she enters the first place of worship, offers y match in a
involves one match for each team. The winner of a
flowers to the deity. She dips the remaining flowers into the the next round, while the loser is eliminated.
round advances to
river, and again the number of flowers doubles. She goes to the stage is de
second place of worship, offers y flowers to the deity. She dips The team that remains undefeated in the second
and claims the Gold Cup. The tournament rules
clared the winner
the remaining flowers into the river, and again the number of and a loser with no
flowers doubles. And she continues till she reaches the fourth are such that each match results in a winner
place. After the fourth place of worship she is left with no flow possibility of a tie. In the first stage, a team earns one point for
ers in hand.
each win and no points for a loss. At the end of the first stage,
total points to
flow teams in each group are ranked on the basis of
1.1. If Roopa leaves home with 30 flowers, the number of determine the qualifiers advancing to the next stage. Ties are
ers she offers to each deity is: resolved by a series of complex tie-breaking rules so that exactly
(a) 30 (b) 31 (c) 32 (d) 33 four teams from each group advance to the next stage.
1.2. The minimum number of flowers that could be offered to
2.1. What is the total number of matches played in the tourna
each deity is: ment?
(a) 8 (b) 15 (b) 55 (c) 63 (d) 35
(d) Cannot be determined (a) 28
(c) 16 in the first
1.3. The minimum number of flowers with which Roopa leaves 2.2. The minimum number of wins needed for a team
is
stage to guarantee its advancement to the next stage
home is: (d) 4
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7
(a) 12 (b) 15 2.3. What is the highest number of wins for a team in the first
(c) 16 (d) Cannot be determined
Directions for questions 1.4 and 1.5: Four sisters Suvarna, Tara, Viobha stage in spite of which it can be eliminated at the end of
and Uma are playing a game such that the looser doubles the first stage?
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 4
money of each of the other players from her share. They played
four games and each sister lost one game in alphabetical order. 2.4. what is the number of rounds in the second stage of the
tourna ment?
At the end of the fourth game, each sister had Rs. 32.
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
1.4. How much money did Suvarna start with?
(a) 60 (b) 34 (c) 66 (d) 28 Directions for questions 2.5 to 2.8: In asports event, six teams (A, B,
1.5. What was the amount with Uma at the end of the second c, D, E and F) are competing against each other Matches are
round? scheduled in two stages. Each team play three matches in State
(c) 16 (d) None of these Iand two matches in Stage - |I. No team plays against the
(a) 36 (b) 72 same team more than once in the event. No ties are permitted in
Directions for questions 1.6 to 1.8: Aand B are playing a game. any of the matches. The observations after the completion of
Either of them can start the game by choosing a single digit Stage - land Stage - Il are as given below.
number, then the other person will choose a number adding any Stage-I:
integer between 1 and 11 to the number chosen previously and One team won all the three matches.
the process continues. For example, Astarts the game by choos Two teams lost all the matches.
ing 8, B can choose any integer from 9 to 19, then A can choose
D lost to A but won against C and F.
any integer from 10 to 30, depending onwhat Bhas chosen and Elost to B but won against C and F.
so on. The person who chooses 100 is the winner.
B lost at least one match.
1.6. A chooses 68. In order to .win, which number should B F did not play against the top team of Stage-l.
chooses next?
(d) None of these
Stage-ll:
(a) 69 (b) 76 (c) 79 The leader of Stage-l lost the next two matches
1.7. Bchooses 43. In order to win which number should Achooses Of the two teams at the bottom after Stage-l, one team won
next? both matches, while the other lost both matches.
(a) 52 (b) 44 (c) 54 (d) None of these
Once more team lost both matches in Stage-ll.
1.8. Both the players taking their turns once considered one 2.5. The two teams that defeated the leader of Stage-l are:
round. Find the minimum and the maximum number of pos (a) F & D (b) E & F (c) B & D (d) E & D
sible rounds respectively.
(a) 1 &52 (b) 5&50 (c) 7 &59 (d) None of these |2.6. The only team(s) that won both matches in Stage- |l is (are):
(a) B (b) E & F (c) A, E &F (d) B, E &F

Type 2 |2.7. The teams that won exactly two matches the event are:
Directions for questions 2.1 to 2.4: Sixteen teams have been invited (a) A, F & D (b) E &D (c) E& F (d) F& D
to participate in the ABC Gold Cup cricket tournament. The tour |2.8. The team(s) with the most wins in the event is (are):
nament is conducted in two stages. In the first stage, the teams (a)A (b) A & C (c) F (d) E & B

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