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DATABASE 2012
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DATABASE 2011
---Given : n > 3. and n is an odd number.
col a: Product of first n prime numbers.
col b: Product of first n whole numbers.
Answer : A
As whole numbers include 0. Therefore answer will be 0 in col b.
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In a rectangular coordinate system,
given the coordinates of R as (12, 2) and the x-coordinate of T is 5 less than the xcoordinate of R.
If the slope of RT is 2, then find the coordinates of T?
Ans : (7,-8)
---Given that there are 'x' boxes and boxes are filled with equal number of balls.
If 3 boxes are filled with 12 balls each, then 5 balls are left after filling.
Find the value of 'x'?
Ans : 41
p=100, n = 7, r=10
---Given : 3 hooks and 5 pictures.
Find the number of ways to select 3 picture combinations?
Ans : 5p3 but not 5c3........... becoz u can select 3 pictures from 5 pictures in 5c3 ways... nd u
can match the selected 3 pictures with 3 hooks in 3!ways.. so total= 5c3*6=60
=> (x-y)^2+2.y.(x-y)+y(y+1)
all the terms are divisible by 2, so the reminder is O
---Given three vertices of a triangle in X-Y plane as (a, b-3), (a, b) and (a + 5, b-3).
Find the area of the triangle?
Another solution is , A=(a, b-3) ,B=(a, b) ,C=(a + 5, b-3) then distance AB(X,Y)=(a-a,b-b+3)
=(0,3) so height =3 again distance BC(X,Y)=(a+5-a,b-3-b+3)=(5,0) so leg =5 and finally area
=3*5/2=7.5
--- If a person A did 1/5th of the some work and another person B did 1/6th of
remaining work.
Then, what is the work still left?
Let , total work is 30 days. so A did 30*1/5=6 days , remaining (30-6)=24 then B did 24*1/
6=4 days . together A & B did =6+4=10 days . Finally the work is still left =(30-10)/30=2/3
A do 1/5 of the work. So, B do (4/5)*(1/6)=2/15 of the work. Total work done by A and B=1/
5+2/15=1/3. So, the undone work =1-1/3=2/3.
--In a group, 7 out of every 15 students admitted in an university and one of them is absent
everyday.
If 315 students were admitted last month,
then how many students were not absent at all?
315/7=45 ==>315-45=270
DATABASE 2009
DATABASE 2010
1. Given a fraction 20/7. What is the digit at 57th decimal place of the given fraction value?
ans 7
jus by lookin at the ques its obvious there has to be some repetion in the pattern of digits!!
20/7 = 2.857142...dis will be recurring as u get again 20/7 at this place
now 6 digits are repeating as 6*9=54 =>57th place wud be 8 5 7...hence the ans
2. In a triangle the three angles were given as X, X & Y. If the average of two angles is 65, then
what is the possible value of 'Y'?
A. 65
B. 75
C. 80
ans 50 or 80!!
take both angles x,x =65 u get y =50
anoder possibility x+y/2 =65 => x+y =130 also x+x+y=180 =>x =180-(x+y) =50
=>y = 80
8. Given a ladder of length 5mts and it is displaced i.e slanted downwards, such that it falls 'x' mts
in height and horizontal length increases by 'y' mts.
Col A: x
Col B: y
ans D
suppose initially it is vertically straight resting against the wall
now it is displaced x mts in height and y mts on the floor!!
it will be a right angled triangle always
(5-x)^2 + y^2 = 5^2
25 + x^2 -10x + y^2 = 25
y^2 = 10x - x^2
x=y=5 both are equal at every oder position y is greater!!
1. If x^2 + y^2 = 10 and xy=2, then
Col A: (x-y)^2
Col B: 6
ans C
COL A = x^2 + y^2 - 2xy = 10 - 2*2 = 6
2. If p = (5/k) & q = (3/k), then the value of (p/q)^2 is?
p/q=5/3 =>ans =25/9
3. If x < y < z, then
Col A: xy
Col B: yz
ans D
take x=-2 and y=-1 and z=3 ....xy=2 and yz=-3
now take x=1,y=2,z=3
4.Given a figure of two equilateral triangles of side length 4, which forms a square ABCD as above
Col A: Area of square
Col B: Perimeter of square
actually ABCD will not be a square according to the figure as AD will be equal to sqrt(4^2 -2^2) =
2root3 which s not equal to AB which is 4!!
but if its a square den 4*4=16 =perimeter=4*4
5. Given volume of the cube and asked to find the area of the cube.
area wud be TSA =6 *[v^(2/3)] where v s volume
6. If t^4 = 16, then
Col A: t
Col B: 2
ans D..t=2 or t=-2
7. In a rectangular co-ordinate system, if the point (5, 5) is equidistant from point (x, 0) and point
(y, 0), then
Col A: x-intercept
Col B: y-intercept
ans D
first of all intercept is only defined for line ..x intercept of a point doesn make sense
however if the cols are x and y
then on the x axis there will be exactly two points equidistant from any given point!!
one wud be less than the other
jus think of a circle cuttin the x axis at two points wid centre 5,5 ....both point are eqidistant as
they are nothin but point on circumference ....
out of x,0 and y,0 any point can be the left one hence ans d
both point will coincide if x axis is tangent to the circle....u can hav infinite circles like dat!
1. The greatest prime number by which (64^2 - 57^2) is divisible?
A. 7
B. 11
C. 13
& so on...
64^2 -57^2 = (64+57)(64-57) = 121 * 7=11*11*7
hence the ans 11
2. If the probability of some X person's sucess rate in doing a task is 0.8 and Y person is 0.7, then
what is the probability that neither can do the task?
ans = (1-0.8)*(1-0.7) =0.2*0.3 =0.06 ans
3. Given a circle on coordinate axis with origin (0, 0) and radius 5. Find the number of points we
could find on the circle?
infinte lie on the circle...ques is not complete!!
4. If 10^11+10^8+10^9+10^10 is divisible by 11, then
Col A: The Remainder
Col B: 0
ans C
10^2 divided by 11 gives 1 as remainder
=>10^11 = (10^2)^5 * 10 = 1*10=10 as remainder
=>10^8 =(10^2)^4=1 as remainder
10^9 will give 10 as remainder
10^10 will give 1 as remainder=>total = 10 +1 +10 +1 = 22 /11 =>0 remainder!!
5. If the mean of x1, x2, x3, x4 & x5 is 'm' & if the mean of x1- m, x2 - m, x3 - m, x4 - m & x5 - m
is 'p', then
Col A: m
Col B: p
(x1+..x5)/5 =m =>(x1+..x5)=5m
(x1-m + x2-m +.....+ x5-m)/5 = p
[(x1+..+x5) - 5m]/5 = p or p=0
ans D...as m can be equal to 0 as well!!
6. If x > 1 and 0 < y < 1, then
Col A: x^4 * y^ 4 / x^2
Col B: x^2 * y^4
ans C both are equal as x>1
7. {(-x)*(-x)} / (-x) =
if x>0 ans -|x|
if x<0 ans |x|
8. In total of 2000 students, if 'x' students passed in maths, 'y' students passed in physics and 'z'
students passed in both, then how many students passed in neither of the subjects?
total passed =x + y - z
as in x and y they are counted twice..draw venn diagram
=>student passed in neither of d subjects = 2000 -(x+y-z) = [2000 - x -y + z]ans
5. If t = {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, then the number of 4 digited numbers that can be formed without
repetition is?
ans 7c4*4! = 840
first 4 out of dese 7 numbers is taken(7c4) and den non repeated combinations are calculated(4!)
9. Col A: x
Col B: x^3
ANS D take 01
10. Given 3 + 33 + 333 + 3333 +...........up to 10 terms. After the summation, what is the value in
hundredth digit?
ans 7
at units place 3 wud be added 10 times so sum = 3*10 =30 0 is retained and 3 is passed as carry to
tens position..here u will have 9 3's so sum =9*3=27 + 3 (previous carry) =30 again a 0 is retained
and 3 is passed as carry to the hundreds position..here we have 8 3's so sum =24 + 3(from
previous carry) = 27
so a 7 is retained at hundredth position and 2 is passed to thousands place !!
hence the ans 7
11. If the retail price is 35% more than wholesale price and if the retailer sells it with a profit of 21%
with that of wholesale price, then what percentage of discount did he offer to the customer?
ans 10% approx
let whole price be 100
retail price =135
he s sellin it at 121
discount % = 135 -121/135 * 100 = 10% approx
1. For (-x) (-x) / (-x) , x < 0 the value of x is
A. lxl
B. -lxl
& 3 more options
ans |x| ... (-x) (-x) / (-x)=-x=|x| as x<0
2. On wholesale, if a shopkeeper had a 30% increase followed by 20% decrease, then how much
was his total increase/ decrease?
14. Given a big square, in which 16 small squares were inscribed. The small ones which had only
1 side covered with perimeter of big square was shaded. If n is the number of such small shaded
squares in a big square(n>4), then find the actual number of small squares within a big square?
A. 4(n-4)
B. 4(n-2)
C. 2(n-4)
D. 2(n-2)
ans A
16 small squares are inscribed => 4 along row and 4 along column as it was initially a square
=>shaded wud be 2*4 = 8 as the two along corners in a single row or column wud be covered by 2
sides of perimeter f big square!!
so..n=8
option A only satisfies 4(8-4)=16=actual number of small squares
1. Col A: 2 * {1/(sqrt(2) + 1)/ sqrt(2)}
Col B: 2 + sqrt(2)
ans B
cola: 2*sqrt(2)*(sqrt(2)-1)/(2-1) = 4 - 2sqrt(2) =4-3sqrt(2) + sqrt(2)
colb:2 + sqrt(2) ....clearly 2> 4-3sqrt(2)..hence B s greater!!
2. If 0 < x < 1, then
Col A: (x^-2)^-3
Col B: (x^-3) / (x^-2)
col a :x^6<1
colb: 1/x > 1 as 0sum = 7*35
now (sum +k)/8 = 35 or k =35*8 -35*7 =35*1=35 ans
6. If there are 'c' cartons and each carton has 'x' boxes which is being loaded in a truck in 'h'
hours and 't' minutes, then
Col A : The average time for loading the 'x' boxes of all cartons
Col B: cx /(h+t/60)
avg time = total time /total boxes = (h+t/60)/cx
ans can be 1/2 hr as well so that colb becomes 2 ..hence the ans is D!!
7. From a set of positive numbers 1 to 100, two numbers x & y are to be selected at random.
Col A: Probability that the two numbers x & y are even
Col B: Probability that the sum of two numbers selected is even
COL A: 50c2/100c2
col b: (50c2 + 50c2)/100c2
..cab be two odds or two evens
hence ans B
1. Given a polygon with 9 equal sides & all angles are equal. If one side is extended, find the angle
between the extension & the other side?
ans 40
7. Given that heights of 60 men, 60 women both have normal distributions and if the Standard
Deviation of them is 10 each, then
Col A: Standard Deviation of a random sample of 30 men, 30 women
Col B: 9
ans D
jus think of some values !!!
again any clear and fast solutions are welcome!!
1. Given 8 + y = 2^n, where 'n' is a positive number. Which of the following will be correct value for
Y?
A. -6
B. -4
& so on....
ques is incomplete
2. If 3x - 3y = 1; x and y are positive numbers, then
Col A: x/y
Col B:1
ANS a
x-y =1/3
as x and y are both +ve!!=>x > y
=>x/y>1
3. If (x+3)(x-3) = 4x+1, then what is the value of x?
x^2 -4x - 10 =0
x= [4+sqrt(16+40)]/2 or x = [4-sqrt(16+40)]/2
4. If the area of the semi-circle is 2pi, then what is perimeter of the semi circle?
pi*r^2/2 =2pi =>r^2 =4=>r=2
perimeter =pi*r= pi*2 =2pi ans
5. Given a right angle triangle ABC whose adjacent sides are 'a', 'b' and hypotenuse 'c', then
Col A: a + c
Col B: 2b
ans D
take sides as 3,4,5
3+5 = 4+4
but 4+5 > 3+3(just interchangin values of a and b)
6. Given that 'A' completes a piece of work in 12 days and 'B' in 'x' days. When worked together, if
they complete in 9 days, then what is the value of 'x'?
ans 36
reciprocal of(1/12 + 1/X) =9
or 12x/(12 + x) = 9
x=108/3 = 36
7. If a1 = 2, a2 = 3 ................ an = a(n-1) - a(n-2), then what is the value of a150?
(Here 1, 2, 150, n, n-1 & n-2 are suffixes)
ans is -1....
a1=2
a2=3
a3=1
a4=-2
a5=-3
a6=-1
a7=2
a8=3
a9=1
so we see that the series is repeating after a6......
since 150 is divisible by 6....so 150th term will be -1(same as 6th term)
8. If 1/x - 1/y = 1/xy, then
Col A: x
Col B: y
y-x/xy =1/xy =>y-x=1 or y =1+x
ans B
9. If 0 < x < 1 & 0 < y < 1, then
Col A: x / x^(-1)
Col B: y^(-1) / y
ANS B
cola =x^2<1 and colb=1/y^2 >1
10. If the average of x1, x2, x3, x4 is 'S' and the average of y1, y2 is 't', then the combined average
of x1, x2, x3, x4, y1 & y2 is
A. s + t/2
B. s + t
C. s + t/8
combined avg =(4s + 2t)/6 = 2s/3 + t/3 ans
(x1+x2+x3+x4)/4 =s or x1 +x2+x3+x4 =4s
similarly y1+y2 = 2t
11. The value of 5000 + sqrt {(0.68) + (700.2)} is.........
i guess ques is a bit altered ...to find exact square root s very time consumin
12Col A: x
Col B: 60
ans B
seeing the length of BC and CD ...4<BD<6(diff of 2 side<third side<sum of 2 sides)...as BD<10
always.. x cannot be greater than 60!!
coz angleABD and angleBDA are equal and if x is greater than 60
abd and bda wud be less than 60!!which is not possible,,,as greater side has greater angle
opposite to them...this property can also be inferred by a/sinA =b/sinB=c/sinC!!!
2.If x < 0, then
Col A: 2x^3+3x^2+5
Col B: 3x^2+5
Solution:
DO NOT TAKE ANY ASSUME ANY VALUE OF X HERE
it can be clearly seen that 3x^2 + 5 is Common in both the colums so lets assume it Y
Thus We only worry about the effect of 2x^3 here
We know that cube any Negative number will be negative. Assume ans be -Z
IOW [IN OTHER WORDS] ColA: Y + (-Z) = Y - Z
ColB : Y
So obviously Col B will be greater
3. Given the two sides of a triangle as 6 and 5 that are opposite to 'x' and 'y' angles. If the length of
the third side is given as 8, then
Col A: x+y
Col B: 90
Solution: Again it is obvious It will form an Obtuse Triangle, And X and Y are the smaller angles as
they are opposite to the smaller sides
And by Rule the Sum of Smaller angles will be less than 90 in Obtuse triangle.
Thus Ans B
4. If the remainder when 10^32 is divided by 11 is 'R', then
Col A: R+2
Col B: 3
Solution : First of All Its a very good Question
RULE : When ever 10^x is divided by 11 the Quotient will always be 9.09*10^(x-2)
For remainder: if x is even it will be 1 and if x is odd it will be 10 always.
So here since x is even = 32 we will have remainder as 1
So R + 2 = 1+2 = 3
So C is the answer.
5. Given A's speed is 50 km/h and B's speed is 55 km/h. If 'A' covers distance in 5 hours, then how
much time 'B' takes to cover the same distance?
Solution: Speed = Distance / Time
For A: Speed : 50 ; Time : 5Hrs ; Distace : ?
Distance: Speed * Time = 50 * 5 = 250 KM
Now For B : Speed = 55 ; Distance = Same as A = 250Kms ; Time = ?
Time = Distance / Speed = 250 / 55 = 4.54Hrs
Ans :4.54
6. In a shop, if the discount provided is 40% on one jacket and 20% on one shirt, then
Col A: What is the percentage reduction in discount on two jackets and one shirt
Col B: 35%
Solution : Consider 3 cases here
Case 1 : J > S
Case 2 : J = S
Case 3 : J < S
Case 1 : J = 200 and S = 100
Now 2 jackets = 200 * 2 = 400 it has a discount of 40% = 400 - 400 *40/100 = 240
One Shirt = 100 and it has a discount of 20% = 100 - 100 * 20/100 = 80
Total amount paid with discount = 320
Total Amount paid if NO discount = 500(400+100)
Percentage reduction in discount = [500 - 320] / 500 * 100 = 180 / 500 *100 = 36%
Case 1 = Answer is A
Case 2 : J = 100 & S = 100
Now 2 jackets = 100 * 2 = 200 it has a discount of 40% = 200 - 200 *40/100 = 120
One Shirt = 100 and it has a discount of 20% = 100 - 100 * 20/100 = 80
Total amount paid with discount = 120
Total Amount paid if NO discount = 300(200+100)
Percentage reduction in discount = [300 - 200] / 300 * 100 = 100 / 300 *100 = 33.3%
Case 2 = Answer is B
Thus No Need to Solve Case 3 here we get D as Answer!
7. If R = Set of prime numbers from 1 to 50,
S = Set of multiples of 15 from 10 to 50,
T = Set of odd numbers from 1 to 50, then
how numbers will be common in all the three sets?
Solution: Again No Need to Find Everything here
Reading the question carefully we u will Notice S And R can never have anything in Common as A
multiple of any Number will not be a Prime Number!
Thus Answer will be D
8. Given numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5. What is the probabilty of choosing two numbers at random from
the given numbers such that the sum of the two numbers must be an even number?
Solution : Indirectly In this question we are asked to find the probability of Finding the probability
of two ODD numbers. Because only two odd numbers can give a sum which is even.
Thus Sample Space here is 5C2 as we are choosing 2 numbers from 5 = 5*4/2*1 = 10
And picking 2 odd numbers from 3 is equal to 3C2 = 3 * 2 / 2 * 1 = 3
Thus Final probability = 3C2 / 5C2 = 3 / 10
9. Given a series -9, 10, -11, 12, -13. . . . . . . . . . .80, then
Col A: The sum of first 27 numbers
Col B: -22
Solution : There are many ways to solve this one What I feel best is this:
When we add First two terms we get -9 + 10 = 1
3. If x < 0, then
Col A: -x
Col B: |x|
ans c
|x|=-x when x <0 because a -( a -ve number)=+ve number=mod of the number
4. Given 60% of the students passed in X subject, 50% of the students passed in 'Y' subject and
20% of the students passed in neither of the subjects. If 18 students passed in both the subjects,
then how many students passed in neither of the subjects?
ans 12
20% passed in neither =>passed students=80%
60% passed in x so 80-60 =20%left
50% passed in y =>50-20 =30% must be the number passed in both
30% of x = 18 ...u get x =60
20% passed in neither =>20% of 60 =12 ans
5. If a number 'n' is divided by 11, it gives remainder 5. What is the remainder when 7n is divided
by 5?
sometimes putting the values can lead u to a wrong ans..dis is a perfect example..try to judge the
problem..
'n' is divided by 11, it gives remainder 5
=> n is of the form 11p + 5 where p is any integer!!
7n=>7(11p+5) = 77p + 35
remainder wud be (remainder of 77*remainder of p + remainder of 35) when divided by 5
= 2*remainder of p + 0
clearly dependent on p!!
2. (-1)^18 * (168)^(-1) =
A. 1/168
B. 0
C. 168
D. -168
E. -1/168
ans A ..its 1*1/168
3. If x y^2 take x=-4 ..y=-3
4. If a train is moving at a speed of 'x/6'miles per 'y'sec, then what is the speed in minutes when
moving at 'Z'miles?
y sec --->x/6 miles
60 sec or 1 mt----------->x/6y * 60 = 10x/y
10x/y -------->1 mt
z dist-------------->z/(10x/y) = zy/10x mt
speed wud be 10x/y miles/minute only!!
5. Given volume of a sphere 'A' as 4/3*pi*r^3. If the radius of the sphere 'B' is '2r', then volume 'B'
is how many times that of 'A'?
A. 0
B. 6
C. 8
& so on.....
ans 8
volume varies with radius^3=(2r)^3 =8r^3(4/3pi is a constant)
6. For n/(5)*(n-1), n>20, 000. What would be the value of the given form?
ques is not clear!!
7.What is the value of x & y in terms of k?
ans (bk/a , a-k)
it shud also be given that horizontal line (cuttin at x,y)is parallel to x axis..
y=a-k (its visible)
for x coordinate make the equation of the line havin intercepts a and b !!
write in slope form it will be fast
x/b + y/a = 1
now put y=a-k get x
x = bk/a
hence the ans =>(bk/a , a-k)
1. If a > 1, then
Col A: a^2-1
Col B: a+1
Ans D
take 2,col A nd B will b equal
3. If a number is divisible by 5, the remainder is 3 & when the same number is divided by 7, the
remainder is 4. What is the least possible number?
ans 18
number is divisible by 5, the remainder is 3 =>number will be of the form 5p +3
where p is integer...now start puttin values of p from 1
p=1 remainder when divided by 7 is 1
p=2 remainder = 6
p=3 remainder=4..dis is the required number hence number=18!!
4. Given A= {Set of odd integers less than 100}
B= {Set of positive even integers less than 5}
C= {Set which include product of both sets A and B}
Col A: number of integers in set C
Col B: 100
Ans C
Set A will be 50
Set B will be 2 nd 4
Set C wil be 2 nd 4 individually multipied by 50 no.that is 100
7. Given a right angle triangle ABC whose adjacent sides are 'a', 'b' and hypotenuse 'c', then
Col A: a + c
Col B: 2b
Ans D
take 3,4,5----4+5 =!2*3
take 6,8,10-----6+10=2*8
but 8+10=!2*6
1. Given 'p' and 'q' are two points which are on the same side of 0 on the number line.
Col A: p+q
Col B: 0
ans D
3. If an article cost is 256$ in 1989 and is increased by 80% when compared to 1975, then what
was its cost in 1975?
x+80% of x =256
x=142.22$ ans
3. If (x-2)^(x-4) = 1, then
Col A: x
Col B: 4
can be 1 if power is 0(base can be anythin)=>x=4
or base is 1 (power can be anythin)=>x=3
5. Given two groups G and M, G Group has 25000 people and M group has 30000 people. A total of
50000 people group is formed by using these two groups. If one person is selected from G group
then what is the probability that he is also from M group?
ans 1/5
total of 50,000 is made =>25,000 + 30,000 -x =50,000 =>x=5,000
where x is the common population for both
prob = common people/(total no of people in G) = 5,000/25000 =1/5
6. A person 'B' types 2 papers in 3 seconds and a person 'C' types 1 paper in 1/2 sec. If they start
working independently at same time. How many minutes will they take to type 8000 papers?
ans 50 mins
B types 2 paper in 3 minutes ...in this time C can type 3/1/2=6 papers
so in all in 3 seconds 8 papers are typed
so for 8000 papers time required wud be 3*1000=3000 sec =3000/60 mins =50 min
7. Given two points of a line as (3, k) & (5, m). If the slope of the line is 4, then what is the relation
between k & m?
ans m=K+8
m-k/(5-3) = 4 or m-k =8
8. If the mean of 30 numbers is 1.68 and the mean of first 20 numbers is xx(some value), then what
is the mean of rest 10 numbers?
sum of 30 nos/30 = 1.68
=>sum of 30 numbers=30*1.68=A(say)
in the same manner sum of 20 nos=20*xx=B(say)
sum of 10 nos/10=(A-B)/10=mean of rest 10 nos
9. Given lateral surface area of a cuboid and asked to find the volume of it?
lateral surface area of cuboid =2(l+b)*h
volume l*b*h
u cannot find volume unless some oder data s available!!
1. If 10^n = 0.0004, then what is the value of n?
ans -4n>-4 [this is correct.....ans is (n=-3.39 approx)]
ii)-4>n>-5
2. If the price of an article is 256$ in 1989 and is increased by 80% when compared to 1975, then
what was its price in 1975?
prev database 3rd ques
6. If the area of the semi-circle is 2pi, then what is perimeter of the semi circle?
A. 2pi
B. 8pi
C. 16pi
D. 2pi+ 4
E. 4pi+sqrt4
pi*r*r/2 =2pi=>r=2
perimeter =pier + 2r(diameter) =(pi+2)r
7. Which of the folowing has the highest slope
A. y-1/4x=5
B. y-1/2x=2
C. y+2x=-3
D. y+7x=-6
& so on.....
ans B
highest means +ve highest value of m
write the equations IN SLOPE FORM as y =mx+c where m is the slope
clearly option B has highest slope =1/2
8. Given that 60% of the sophomores took up liberal arts, 24% took sciences and rest took both
or neither. If 55% of all sophomores took psychology, then what percentage of arts students took
psychology?
this was seen earlier also in database...but the question is ambiguous acc to me..
suppose total=100
60 took lib arts 24 took sciences left are 16% (they took both or none)
if they took both then 55-24=31 art student took sciences=>31/(60+16)=40.7 %
or if rest took none then % =31/60=51.6%
1. There are 1 badger and 1 panderer. If each badger has 6 flavors and each panderer has 3
flavors, then what is the total number of ways of selecting 4 flavors from badger and 1 flavor from
panderer?
Ans : 454 flavors can be selected from 6 in 6C4 ways
1 flavors can be selected from 3 in 3C1 ways
together they can be selected in 6C4 X 3C1 = 15 * 3 = 45
2. Given 'A' works 25mins to produce 1 ton of oil and 'B' works 30mins to produce 1 ton of oil, If
they work simultaneously, then in how many hours they can produce 15 tons of oil?
Ans: 2250/11A works 25min to produce 1 ton of oil so in 1minute it produces 1/25 tones of oil
B works 30min to produce 1 ton of oil so in 1minute it produces 1/30 tones of oil
if both work simultaneously for 1 minute they produce
(1/25) + (1/30) = 11/150 tons of oil
Thus 1 ton of oil will be produced in 150/11 minutes.
thus for production of 15 tons of oil they need
(150/11) * 15 = 2250/11 min
3. 1/2(10^6) = ???
Ans: 5*10^51/2 = 0.5 = 5 * 10^-1
thus 5 * 10^-1 * 10^6 = 5*10^5
4. Col A: (0.02)^2
Col B: (-0.05)^2
Ans: BColA : [2 * 10^-2]^2 = 4 * 10 ^-4
ColB : [-5 * 10^-2]^2 = 2.5 * 10^-3
5. If -10 < = X < = 6, then what is the maximum possible greatest value of -X^2+X^4?
Ans: 10,100since all the powers of the equation are even the value for X should be taken as -10
thus X^2 + X^4 = [10]^2 + [10]^4 = 100 + 10000 = 10,100
6. If length of the rectangle is 16 and perimeter is 40, then what is the area of the rectangle?
Ans:64Perimeter = 40 and L = 16
2[L+B] = 40
[L+B] = 20
16 + B = 20
B=4
Thus Area = L * B = 16 * 4 = 64
1.If probability of receiving a bust tone is 1/3, then
Col A: The probability of not receiving a busy tone, when tried 4 times
Col B: 1/4
probability of not receiving a busy tone=2/3
If you try 4 times, probability is (2/3)^4= 16/81
Ans:B
2.Given a circle with a point inside it, such that its maximum distance from the circumference is
11 and shortest distance from circumference is 5. Find the radius of the circle?
A point can be at maximum distance from the circumference if it is present on the diameter.
diameter=11+5=16
So, radius=8
3.If x is an integer and x1, then
Col A: Standard Deviation of {1, 2, x}
Col B: Standard Deviation of {1, 2, 1}
Ans: D if x can be any number
4. Col A: Standard Deviation of 12, 10, 30, 35, 40
Col B: Standard Deviation of 30, 50, 20, 10, 60
10,12,30,35,40 mean=127/5=25.4
10,20,30,50,60 mean=170/5=34
The deviation of col B is greater.
7. If 'A' is three times of 'B' and 'B' is five times of 'C', then how many times is 'A' when compared
to 'C'?
A.15
B.14x
C.15x
D.10x
Ans:15x A = 3B
B = 5C
thus A = 3[5C] = 15C
Thus A is 15x of C
Note: here x means times that is A is 15 times of C
8. If the arithmetic mean of 4 boys salary is X and average of 3 girls salary is y, then
Col A: Mean of 7 members salary
Col B: (x+y)/2
Ans: DColA: [4X + 3Y] / 7
ColB: [X+Y]/2
since X and Y are unknown answer can not be found out
9. Given that there are 'x' girls and boys are 4 more than girls, if the probability of girls from the
total(G+B) is 3/7, then totally how many girls are there?
Ans: 12if number of girls is x then number of boys will be (x+4)
Now given that probability of girls in total of both is3/7
that is to say: x / (x+x+4) = 3/7
thus x / 2x +4 = 3/7
7x = 6x + 12
x = 12
Thus number of girls is 12
10. In a line, if x-intercept is given as 2 and Y-intercept is given as 8, then which of the following
below is true?
A. y-intercept is always 4 times of x-intercept.
12. There are 4 members and each of their salary is 'h' and the mean of their salary is 'x' dollars &
there are other 3 members each of their salary is 2h and the mean of their salary is 'y' dollars.
Col A: Standard Deviation of salary of 4 members
Col B: Standard Deviation of salary of all 7 members
Ans:B Standard deviation is the measure of deviation of a reading from its mean
Thus for column A the standard deviation will always be zero as mean and the reading in all four
cases will be same
But in column B the set will have different valus as {h,h,h,h,2h,2h,2h} whos mean will be differnet
than the redings so there is some deviation from the mean that means there will be some value of
SD
Thus colA : 0
ColB : some value[which is always positive]
Thus answer will be B
13.See diagram
Here L1 & L2 are parallel. Area of triangles ABC & area of triangle DEF are given (some value).
Col A: Length of DG
Col B: Length of CF
Ans: DData is insufficient to decide the answer
14.See the diagram
Here C is the centre and those lines are tangents to the circle which meets at O. If the angle it
makes is 60`(or 30`-- not sure), then what is the circumference of the circle?
Ans: Can't be foundAgain data is insufficient to find the answer at least tangent or the distance
OC must be given to find the answer
Above 14 answerers were for December 3rdDecember 4th Database:1. Given three series
l: x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x
ll: x, x+1, x+2, x+3
lll: 1/x,1/x+1,1/x+2,1/x+3
Which of the series has same mean and median?
Ans: Both I and IImean of I will be 3x and median of I wil also be 3x
mean of [2x + 3] / 2 and median will also be [2x+ 3] / 2
2. In a class of 20 students, one half of the students are boys, if a teacher has to select 7 students
and the first 6 are girls
Col a: What is the probability that the 7th student is a girl
Col b:2/7
Ans: Cthere are 10 boys and 10 girls in the class
thus Area of shaded region = [pie * r^2] - [ pie * r^2] / 8 = [7 pie r^2]/8
but r = x/2
thus Area = [7 * pie * (x/2)^2] /8 = [7 * pie * x^2] / 32
4. If a, b, c are three integers with value 0, 1 or 2 and if (3^2)a + 3b + c = 25, then what is the value
of a + b + c?
Ans: 5 9a + 3b+ c = 25 with a,b,c having values of either 0 or 1 or 2
the above equation is satisfied if and only if a = 2, b = 2 and c =1
Thus a+ b+c = 2+ 2+ 1 = 5
5. Given
3.s(n) = 1; if n is even
3.s(n) = -1; if n is odd
then what is 2^s(3) - 3^s(4)?
Ans: -5/2 (Assuming 3 is a misprint in the given conditions)s(3) = -1 and s(4) = 1
So 2^-1 - 3^1 = 1/2 - 3 = -5/2
6. Given length of hall is 48 feet and width of hall is 10 feet. If it has to be covered by square
tiles of length 8 inches and tiles come in packets of 100 tiles, then how many packets have to be
brought?
Ans: 111foot=12inches
L=48 feet and B=10 feet
here we have to cover with square tiles of 8 inches
so length wise we can keep 72 tiles [(48 * 12) / 8]
and
breadth wise we can keep 15 tiles[(10 * 12) / 8]
totally we need 72*15=1080 tiles
100 tiles---1 packet
1080 tiles---?
==>1080/100==>11(approximately)
7. Given four consecutive numbers and if the least number is x, then what is the arithmetic mean
in terms of x?
(given question is similar to this)
Ans: [2x + 3]/2since the smallest number is x the four consecutive numbers will be x, x+1, x+2,x+3
their mean = [x+ x+1+ x+2+x+3]/4 = [4x+ 6]/4 = [2x+ 3]/2
8. If y > 0, 2x = y + 1, then for xy>0 what is the value of x?
Ans: Options required hereMany values satisfy the given condition!
but X will surely be more than
1. For n/12, what is the value of n whose remainder is odd integer?
Ans: Need Options for this Any Odd integer above 12 will satisfy the given condition
2. If 'x' and 'y' are integers between 12 and 30, then for (5+x)/(7+y) how many sets of x & y for the
given expression will be having same ratio?
Ans: Ans: unknown Question is not very clear here about the exact ratio asked!
3. Given five consecutive numbers, if the highest value of them is x, then what is the average of
the numbers?
Ans: X - 2The given series can be written in a descending order as x, x-1, x-2, x-3, x-4
Now the average of above numbers = [x+ x-1 +x-2 +x -3 +x-4] / 5 = [5x-10] / 5 = x-2
4. Given series 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Col A: Standard Deviation of given series
Col B: 1
Ans: B Standard deviation is the deviation of a set of values from mean the SD for col.A will
always be ZERO
thus ColB is greater
5. SEE DIAGRAM
Given a figure like above i.e. a square whose side[X] is equal to diameter of the circle, find the
area of circle?
(Similar to this)
Ans: [Pie * X^2]/4 The diameter of the circle is equal to X (side of the square) Thus radius is equal
to X/2
So the area will be equal to Pie * (x/2)^2 = [Pie* X^2] / 46. A teacher teaches biology for a group 53
students. She can divide them into two batches P and Q. P has 7 batches of n students each. Q
has x students of five batches; or six students with y students in 5 batches and (y+1) students
in 6th batch.
Col A: x
Col B: n
Ans: Question is unclear!7. If x is a positive number, then
Col A: x^2
Col B: 1/x^2
Ans: D Take X =1 then Column A = Column B
Take any other value of X Column A > Column B
Thus Ans will be D
1. A triangle ABC is given, in which lengths of two sides were given as BC = 12 , AC = 13 and the
perimeter of the triangle is 32.
Col A: Measure of angle of B
Col B: 90Ans : B
since,here 3rd side is 7.
a^2+b^2>c^2 , ie(7^2+12^2>13^2) so triangle is acute angle so angle B is < than 90. 2. Given the
average of seven numbers as 35. When k is added to it, if the average of eight numbers remains
35, then what is the value of k?Ans:35 3. Col A: 2^-1 + 1/(2)^-1
Col B: (3)^-1 + 1/(3)^-1Ans : B
col A:1/2+2
col B:1/3+34. If x > 0 and y > 0, then
Col A: sqrt(xy)
Col B: sqrt(x+y) Ans: D
for x=2 y=2 sqrt(xy)=sqrt(x+y)
for othr values its not equal. so D
1. Given that, the probability that it won't rain tommorrow is 0.46
Col A: The probalility that it wil rain tommorrow at temperature of 85degree centigrade
Col B: 0.54ANS:C
The probability that it will rain tommorrow is ==> 1-0.46 = 0.54
so clearly The probalility that it wil rain tommorrow at temperature of 85degree centigrade is same
as 0.54... here temp. is to confuse.
IF The probalility that it wil rain tommorrow only at temperature of 85degree centigrade then ANS
is B2. If 'N' is a 3 digit number where hundreds place is 'x' and units place is 'y' then what will be
the factor for N-100x-y?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. 7ANS:5
3 digit no. can be represented by N=100X+10z+y
so factor for N-100x-y is , sub. for N ,,,
==> 100X+10z+y-100X-y
==>10z
so clearly factor for 10z(if z is any number from 0-9) is 53. If 'S' is a set of all integers that are
multiples of 3 & multiples of 5, provided it should be of 2 digits, then find the range of S?
A. 81
B. 77
C. 87
D. 89
E. 91ANS:89
Range=Max. Val - Min. Val
Here Max. val is 99(factor of 3) and minimum value is 10(factor of 5)
so, Range=99-10=894. Find the number of possible values of x & y in the expression (5+x)/(7+y),
so that the resultant ratio is 5:7 where x and y lie between 12 and 29?
ANS:2 pairs[(20,28,)&(15,21)]
numerator can vary from 5+13 to 5+28 and denominator from 7+13 to 7+28
so it can be 18..........33/20...........35
now 5/7 means 5*n/7*n (n can be 1,2,3,4,5....)
now when u see only 5*4/7*4
and 5*5/7*5
so (x,y)=(20,28) & (15,21)
5. If -2 < x < -1, then
Col A: 1/x3
Col B: 1/x
ANS:A
sub any value n check it....
1.
The value of 2^-3 + 2^-2 + 2^-1
A.
2^(-6) *7
B.
2^(-3) *6
C.
2^(-3) *7
D.
2^(-3) *3ANS:C
(1/2^3)+(1/2^2)+(1/2)=(1/8+1/4+1/2)=7/8
-->(1/2^3)*7
-->2^(-3)*72.See Fig
What could not be the possible value of x?
A.
15
B.
11
C.
8ANS:A
First sub. 15 ,,, the three sides are 5,15,20
It does not satisfy triangle inequality..(ie 20-15=5)
so third side should be less than 5.. here its 5.
**property-->Difference of any two sides should be less than the third side
sub. othr values of X from the options. It satisfies triangle inequality..
SO ANS IS 153.
If R is 30% of S and S is 40% of T, then what is the relation between R
and T? ANS:R is 12% of T
T:100
S:40
R:12(30% of 40)4.
Given length of hall is 48 feet and width of hall is 10 feet. If it has to be
covered by square tiles of length 8 inches and tiles come in packets of 100 tiles, then how many
packets have to be brought? ANS:11 (see DEC 5th, Q-6 for expln)
ANOTHER METHOD:
AREA: 48*10=480
Length of square tiles=0.67ft (12inch=1feet)
since its square tiles for same area to occupy=>480/(0.67*0.67)
==>1070 square tiles(approx.)
Each pack 100,so totally 1070/100=10.7
==>11 packets approximately5.See Figure
Given a cylinder like above, if radius of the cylinder is 1 and height is 6(not sure), then
Col A: Area of the shaded region
Col B: 5pieANS:A
CSA=circumferance(ie perimeter) * height
-->[1+1+((100/360)*2pie)] * 6
-->2+(5/9)pie *6
-->46/3pie > 5pie
so here no need to find TSA ,as its always > than CSA...6.
Col A: k
Col B: 6ANS:D
DIV 1st by 2 and sub. 3 from 2nd
5
1.Given volume of a sphere with radius r is 4/3*pie*r^3, now if radius of another sphere is 2r
then how many times is the second sphere bigger than first sphere?
Ans: 8
Volume 1 = 4/3 * pie * r^3
Volume 2 = 4/3 * pie * (2r)^3 = 4/3 * pie * 8r^3
V1 / V2 = 1/8 thus V2 = 8V1
2. Given that there are 6 people, 3 girls and 3 boys. Find the number of ways they can be seated
on 6 chairs, such that a boy and a girl must seat together?
Ans : We Are not certain about this! either it can be 72 or 24
3. How many positive integers are divisible by 2 and 3 below 54?
Ans: 8
the number should be divisible by 6
A square ABCD is given in which quadrilateral PQRS (such that 'P' lies on AD, 'Q' lies on AB, 'R'
lies on BC & 'S' lies on CD) was inscribed. If PR was given parallel to CD and if the length of CD is
given as 10, then
Col A: Area of the portion shaded (which doesn't lie in the quadrilateral)
Col B: 50
Ans: C
area of quadrilateral=area of 1st triangle+area of 2nd triangle
==>1/2(10*h1)+1/2(10*h2)
==>1/2(10)[h1+h2]
==>5(h1+h2) [h1+h2=side of square,jus look at fig.]
==>5(10)==>50
area of unshaded=area of square-area of quadl.
==>100-50
==>50
12. Col A: (78)(4)-(94)(5)
Col B: (73)(4)+(94)(5)
Ans: B
ColA: 312 - 470 = -158
Col A : 312 + 470 = 782
13. The value of ((48)^(1/2)*(27)^(1/2)) is .................?
Ans: 36
root 48 * root27 = 4root 3 * 3 root3 = 4*3*3 = 36
14. If the mean of 6, 10, 2, m+1 & m is 5, then what is the median of the five terms?
Ans: 4
[6 +10 +2 + m+1 + m ] / 5 = 5
19 + 2m = 25
2m = 6
m=3
Thus number are = 6 , 10 , 2 , 4 , 3
rearranging we get 2, 3 , 4, 6 , 10
Median is the central number 4!
15. Given that 7 workers working together finish a work in 140 hrs. If starting 4 workers takes 'h'
hrs each and rest 3 takes '2h' hrs each to complete the work then what is the difference between
the median and mean of the individual working hours?
Ans: 6
mean=140/7=20
here h,h,h,h,2h,2h,2h are individual times
==>median is h
sum of (h,h,h,h,2h,2h,2h)=140
10h =140
h=14
so median =14
difference is 6
1. Given two points (3, 4) and (t, t) and if the slope of the line is negative, then
Col A: t
Col B: 3
ans A.(yet to be confirmed)
slope is (t-4)/(t-3).this will be -ve when t-4 s +ve and t-3 -ve this is not possible OR
t-4<0 and t-3>0
==>t>3 and t<4
but if t=3...we dont say slope s negative or +ve ...rather slope s nt defined....
it s parallel to y axis...ans A.
2. Given three series
l: x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x
ll: x, x+1, x+2, x+3
lll: 1/x,1/x+1,1/x+2,1/x+3
Which of the series has same mean and median?
Ans: Both I and II
mean of I will be 3x and median of I wil also be 3x
mean of [2x + 3] / 2 and median will also be [2x+ 3] / 2
3.Given a figure like above of concentric circles S and R, the radius of inner circle S is given
as x& the distance between outer circle and inner circle is given as y. If the area of inner circle
is equal to area of the shaded region, then what is x in terms of y?
ans :x = (1 + root2)y
pie*x^2 =pie*(x+y)^2 - pie*x^2
x^2 - 2xy -y^2 = 0
solve as u do for a quadratic in x takin y to be constant
x = (1 + root2)y or x =(1-root2)y
clearly (1-root2)y s nt possible
=>x = (1 + root2)y
4.Given Population of a city in 1980 as p, if it increases at a rate of 3.6 every year.
What is the population of city in 1982?(somethin like dis)
question s not clear!
5. Col A: Standard Deviation of 4, 6, 7 & 9
Col B: Standard Deviation of 3, 6, 7 & 10
ans.B
standard deviation is the measure of spread of values(or average distance of each value from the
mean)...clearly ans wud be B.
6. Given
s(n) = 1; if n is even
s(n) = -1; if n is odd
then what is the value of 2^s(3) - 4^s(3)?
ans.1/4 or 4^s(3)
s(3) = -1 as 3 is odd..so given expression is 2^-1 - 4^-1 =1/2 - 1/4 =1/4=4^s(3)
7. The value of 2^-3 + 2^-2 + 2^-1
A. 2^(-6) *7
B. 2^(-3) *6
C. 2^(-3) *7
D. 2^(-3) *3
Col A: x
Col B: |x|
ans B
ur right!! sorry did not read the question completely...missed this line=>|x|<1
for equation x^2 - x >0
x<0 or x<1
for equation |x|<1
-1x always..hence ans B.
11. If 'S' is a set of all integers that are multiples of 3 & multiples of 5, provided it should be of 2
digits, then find the range of S?
A. 81
B. 77
C. 87
D. 89
E. 91
ans D.
greatest 2 digit number that is a multiple of 3 or 5=99
smallest 2 digit number that is a multiple of 3 or 5=10
range=99-10=89
ans shud be 90-15 according to question stated!!but dere was no option so the guy who told it
in d community must hav given an altered version..in fact a guy who gt dis question told me..the
question was like we hav to treat 5 or 3...
4. Given Population of a city in 1980 as p, if it increases at a rate of 3.6 every year.
What is the population of city in 1982?
for this question actually i remembered the formula incorrectly..i verified by proovin it
correct formula is P(1+R/100)^n..dis s general for n years
if u see its easy to calculate now and u will get same ans as urs..
if u want proof here it is(m proovin for 2 years period):AFTER 1st yr=>
(P+PR/100)
AFTER 2ND YR AMOUNT=>
(P+PR/100) + (P+PR/100)R/100
P + PR/100 + PR/100 + PR^2/100^2
=P(1 + R/100)^2
1. If n/12 is the odd integer, then what is the value of n?
A. 24
B. 48
C. 60
D. 72
ANS:C
just substitute for n....
2.Given a square with circle inscribed in it, as above and if the length of the diagonal is 16sqrt(2),
then what is the value of radius?
ANS:8
x^2+x^2=[16sqrt(2)]^2
==>2x^2=256*2
==>x=16
so radius=8
3. If sum of the two base areas of a cylinder is equal to its curved surface area, then what is the
relation between 'r' and 'h'?
ANS: r=h
pier^2+pier^2=2pie *rh
==>r=h
4. If f(x) = x^2, then
Col A: f(x)
Col B: f(x-1)
ANS:D
col A:x^2
col B:(x-1)^2 --> x^2-2x+1
subt x^2 frm both sides
col A: 0
col B:-2x+1
X can be anythin so D
5. If the quadratic mean is defined as sqrt(a^2 + b^2+ c^2), then
Col A: The quadratic mean of -20, 10 & 4
Col B: The arithmetic mean of -20, 10 & 4
ANS:A
since COL A is +ve n COL B is -ve
6. Given ratio of two sides of a right angle triangle as 3:1 and if the hypotenuse length is sqrt(40),
then what is the perimeter of the triangle?
ANS:8+sqrt(40)
x^2+(3x)^2=40
10x^2=40
x=2(one side)
3x=3(2)=6(othr side )
so perimetr = 2+6+sqrt(40)
u can check now,,, 2^2+6^2=[sqrt(40)]^2 ,, it satisfies
7. Col A: [(-0.2)^-1][(0.5)^-2]
Col B: [(-0.2)^-1][(-0.5)^-2]
ANS:C
col A: (1/-0.2)(1/(0.5)^2)
col B: (1/-0.2)(1/(-0.5)^2)
which is equal,,
1. Col A: Standard Deviation of 4, 6, 7 & 9
Col B: Standard Deviation of 3, 6, 7 & 10
ans.B
standard deviation is the measure of spread of values(or average distance of each value from the
mean)...clearly ans wud be B.
2. Given two points (3,3 ) and (5,5) and line y= 2x + 3
Col A: Slope of line
Col B: 1
two points can make a line slope ..slope=>5-3/5-3 =1...
slope of second line =- coeff of x/coeff of y = -2/1 =-2(take x and y on same sides den apply)
question is not clear slope of which line is being asked in col A.
3. If xy > 0, then
Col a: x+y
Col b: 0
ans D
xy>0=> x>0,y>0 or x<0,y<0....in the first case x + y wud be +ve
in d second case, it will be -ve.
4. Given a line y = ax+b, what is the slope of the line?
ans :a
slope = - coeff of x/coeff of y(when x and y are both on same side of equal sign)
5. Col A: Standard Deviation of 0, 1, 2 & 4
Col B: Standard Deviation of 2, 3, 4 & 5
ANS A
same as 1. spread is more in case of A.
6. Given that 500 people were asked two questions whether to say either 'yes' or 'no'. Of that, if
410 people said yes to first one and 220 people said yes to second question. What is the least
number that said yes to both?
A. 90
B.110
C.150
D.190
E. 220
ans 130 (not in the options)
total =500 ....410 said yes to first ...220 yes to second....least wud be the case when those 90 said
yes to second =>220 - 90 = 130 said yes to both....either there s an options error or question error
frm the guy who told it in d community
7. If sum of the two base areas of a cylinder is equal to its curved surface area, then what is the
relation between 'r' and 'h'?
ans r=h
2*pie*r^2 =2*pie*r*h=>r = h ans
8. Given a triangle with sides AB=5 & BC=13. If AB:BC = 5:13, then what is ratio of BC:AC?
8
9. If a coin is tossed once, the probability of getting head is 1/2 and if it is tossed 4 times, then
what is the probability of getting 3 heads?
ans 5/16
total ways =2*2*2*2=16
3 heads and the 4th position s always tails=> 4c3 ways=4 ways
1 more case when all are heads=>total fav ways=>4+1=5
prob=>5/16
10. If a line with equation 3y-2x=19 is plotted on a graph, then which of the points meets x-axis?
(Something like this)
ans (-19/2 , 0)
meets x axis=>y=0..put y=0 in d eq.u get x=-19/2
11. If a value(some variable) in 1990 is 30% more than that of 1989, and is 20% increased in 1991,
then
Col A: Value in 1991 compared to 1989 as percent
Col B: 105%
(Some thing like this)
ans A.(156%)
use golden formula=>+20+30+(600/100) =+56% increase
=>if initial value is 100 finally its 156
=>156 % of 100 .....
if col A had been % increase from 1989 den ans wud hav been 56%
12. Col A: 10!+9!
Col B: 10(9!)
ans A.
cola : 10*9! + 9! = 11(9!) > 10(9!)
13. In a class, the average age of 55 girls is 'g' and that of 45 boys is 'b'. If b>g, then
Col A: The average age of these 100 students
Col B: (b+g)/2
ANS B
col a:(45b + 55g)/100
col b :50b+50g/100
cola - col b = 5(g - b)/100 as b>g ...col a - col b is -ve => col B IS GREATER!!
7. Given a table as follows
(see problem in database)
Find the mean of the data?
(Similar to this)
to find mean u need the actual values(or some pattern if its dere)....
if the last row is total no. of employs and total work hrs den answers is 70/100=0.7(i don think so
dis s the case)
8. Given that a value
In 1993 it is x%,
In 1994 it is 30% more than 1993 &
In 1995 it is 20% less than 1994.
Col A: What percent of 1995 is 1993
Col B: 105%
ans B.
use golden formula=>+30-20-(600/100) =+4% increase
=>if initial value is 100 finally it is 104
=>1993 as a % of 1995=> (100/104)*100..clearly less than 100%
ans B
9. If lxl - x = lxl - 2, then
Col A: x
Col B: -1/2
ans A.
take x>0 => |x| = x
=> x - x =x -2 =>x=2 valid(as x>0)
taking x<0
=> |x| = - x
-x -x = -x -2=>-2x = -x - 2=>-x = -2=>x=2 not valid (as x<0)
=>x =2 is the only answer!!
ans A.
i did all this jus to show how to approach dese kind of problems....however in the upper case we
didn need to do dis much ...as |x| gets canceled from both sides u get x =2
jus to make sure put it in d original equation n check!!
10.If the simple interest of a principal amount Rs.600 at certain length of time is Rs.90, then what
is its rate of interest?
again either options can help or somethin is wrong in d question
u can have many possibilities...
SI= P*R*T/100 =600*R*T/100 =6RT =90 =>RT =15
R=15 T=1 OR R=7.5 T=2 OR R=5 T=3 OR R=15/4 T=4....AND MANY MORE CASES
11. If (x+1) / {x(x+1)} = (x+2) / {x(x+2)}, then find x
ans x =R - {0,-1,-2} (all real numbers except 0,-1,-2)
cross multiply widout opening the brackets=>
(x+1)x(x+2) = x(x+1)(x+2).....=>x is ALL REAL NUMBERS EXCEPT -1,-2,0 AS THAT WUD MAKE THE
ORIGINAL IDENTITY INVALID... (0 IN DENOMINATOR)
12. Given two lines that are perpendicular to each other. Slope of one line is given and asked to
find the slope of other line?
m1*m2 =-1(m1->slope f first line and m2->slope of second line)..[fr perpendicular lines]...u know
m1 =>m2 =-1/m1
13. If -3 < = x < = 6 & 3 < = y < = 6, then what is the greatest positive value of -x^2 + y^4?
ans 1296
x^2 shud be minimum as dis wud decrease the value(has a -ve sign ans x^2 s always +ve)=>take x
=0=>x^2=0
y^4 shud be maximum =>y=6=>6^4=1296
max value = 1296 - 0 = 1296 ans
14.Given a figure like above. What is the distance between points a and b?
(see database for figure)
ans 0.10.1 to 0.3
so 0.1
1. If 'N' is a 3 digit number where hundreds place is 'x' and units place is 'y' then what will be the
factor for N-100x-y?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. 7
ans c.5
D. 8%
E. 4%
question s nt clear again....when numbers are from 1000 to 1799..there wont be any numbers
starting from 33 or 34!!or its like 33000 to 347999=>we will have from 33000 to 33799 and from
34000 to 34799=>total 1600(800 each) numbers =>400(200 each) will have 0 or 1 at end=>den too
answer is 25% not in the options
9. If xy > 0, then
Col A: x+y
Col B: 0
ans D. see 19 database 3 question10. A person collects various coins, if he buys a foreign coin
for $15 and sells it for $25 and again buys it for $35 and sells it for $45 then which of the above is
true?
A. Has a profit of $20
B. Has a profit of $15
C. Has a loss of $10
D. Has a profit of $10
E. Has profit $0
ans A. PROFIT OF 20$
-15+25-35+45 =+20ans11 Col A: 4*sqrt(4)
Col B: sqrt(36)
ans A
colA: 4*2 =8
COLB:6
always remember u cannot have negative sign inside a root thatswhy always sqrt(4)=2
but if we have x^2 =4 then x=+2 and -2 bcoz we can have -2*-2=4
12. Col A: Standard Deviation of 4, 6, 7 & 9
Col B: Standard Deviation of 3, 6, 7 & 10
ans B
SEE DEC 19TH DATABASE 1 QUESTION
13Given a figure like above of concentric circles S and R, the radius of inner circle S is given
as x& the distance between outer circle and inner circle is given as y. If the area of inner circle
is equal to area of the shaded region, then what is x in terms of y?(it shud be y in terms of x
keepin in view the options)
A. 1/sqrt(x)
B. x(sqrt(2)-1)
C. x(sqrt(2)+1)
D. 1/x^2
E. 1/x
ans b
if it is x in terms of y=>ans is y(root +1)[jus multiply nr and dr by (sqrt(2)-1) to b.]
for solution see 16 databse 3rd question.(dere i put x in terms of y)
14. Given Population of a city in 1980 as p, if it increases at a rate of 3.6 every year, then
Col A: What is the population of city in 1982?
Col B: 1.073(shud be 1.073p]
ans C
P(1 + R/100)^n=P(1+(3.6/100))^2==>1.073p...
dis formula is used when outcome of first period becomes principal for second period This is the
Shortest method, since "n" can be anything , u cant calculate in manual
15. Given P, Q and R are on the same plane, if 'R' is 5units away from 'P' and if 'P' is 13 units away
from Q, then how many 'd' units is R from Q?
i. d > =8
ii. d < =18
iii. 5 < =d < =13
A. I only
B. I & II
C. III only
D. II & III
ans B
see database dec 15 ..6th question
16. If 'x' and 'y' are integers between 12 and 30, then for (5+x)/(7+y) how many sets of x & y for the
given expression will be having ratio 5/7?
A.4
B.5
C.2
D.6
E.3
ans C.2
numerator can vary from 5+12 to 5+30 and denominator from 7+12 to 7+30
so (5+x)/(7+y) can be 17..........35/19...........37
now 5/7 means 5*n/7*n (n can be 1,2,3,4,5....)
now when u see only 5*4/7*4
and 5*5/7*5 only lies in the range
(5*3/7*3 =15/21 =>nr not allowed)
(5*6/7*6=30/42=>dr not allowed)
so (x,y)=(20,28) & (15,21)
5. Given five interior angles of pentagon x, x, x, x-90 & x+80. What is the value of x?
A.105
B.106
C.107
D.104
E.108
ans(not in d options)
sum of interior angles of a n-sided polygon =180(n-2)
=>for pentagon=180(5-2) =180 * 3 = 540
x+x+x+(x-90) + (x+80) = 540
5x -10 =540 =>x =550/5 =110 degrees
6. Col A: (0.9/1.1)^2+(1.1/0.9)^2
Col B: 2
ans A.
good question i must say!!
using A.M >= G.M
REMEMBER DIS RULE!!
we have that for any list of n nonnegative real numbers x1, x2, . . ., xn
(x1 + x2 + x3 + ....xn)/n [A.M] >= (x1*x2*x3*........*xn)^1/n
1. If an integer is defined as (-1)^n then which of the following is applicable for integers a and b ?
i. a+b = a*b;
ii. (a+b)=(a)+(b);
iii. (a*b)=(a)*(b);
A. Only i.
B. Only ii.
C. Both i and ii
D. All the three
E. None
ANS E.
integer will always be -1 or 1
if n s odd=>(-1)^n=-1
if n s even=>(-1)^n=1
take any example ..a=2 ,b=3
a=(-1)^2 =1
b=(-1)^3 =-1
1. L.H.S=>2+3=5=>(-1)^5 = -1
R.H.S=>2*3=6 =(-1)^6=1
DOES NOT SATISY!!
2.L.H.S=>2+3 =5=>(-1)^5 = -1
R.H.S=>1 +(-1)=0
DOES NT SATISFY
3.L.H.S=>2*3=6=>1(6 S EVEN)
R.H.S=>-1*1=-1
AGAIN NOT EQUAL
2. If a < b < c and if they are the angles of the triangle, then
Col A: a+b
Col B: c
ans D.
theres no such limitation on angles eg a=30,b=60,c=90(equal in dis case)
or a=30 b=45 c=105(c>a+b).....limitation holds for length of sides (sum of 2 sides shud always be
greater than the 3rd side)
3. If (x - y) = odd value and K is an integer, which of the following is always odd?
A. x
B. y
C. k(x-y)
D. (x-y)^(2)
E. (x-y+k)
ans D.(x-y)^(2)
odd square is always odd!jus think of any number.
4. Given a triangle with sides 5 ,6 and 8. If angle opposite to side 5 is 'x' and angle opposite to side
6 is 'y', then
Col A: x+y
Col B: 90
ans b
if this triangle is a right angled triangle=>third angle(say z) =90=>third side=root(61)
but it is root(64)=8>root(61)=>third angle shud be greater than 90 =>x+y<90
as total sum of angles =180
5. If the surface area of the cube is 36, then
Col A: The volume of the cube
Col B : 15
ansB
6s^2 = 36=>s=root6=>s^3 = 6root6=volume
in order to know exactly which is greater!!square both v^2 =36*6=216<15^2=225
6. If x > y, then
Col A: x^2
Col B: y^2
ANS D.
if x>0 den x^2>y^2
if x<0 den x^2
1. A rectangular solid is given which consists of 10 cubes in 1 row and 3 cubes in 1 column. In
that manner there are 10 rows and 3 columns. If the length of edge of the cube is 1, then what is
the surface area of the rectangular solid?
there s somethin wrong in the question!!
if u have 10 cubes in a row u will obviously have 10 columns right away!!
n if u treat those 10 rows totally diff(though it wont be the case) ...u cannot have a resulting figure
as a rectangular solid...ARRANGE DEM IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE U CANT GET A RECTANGULAR
SOLID!!
still if i am wrong correct me !!
2. In a total of 160 members, 25% are women and 45% are non-minority members. If 1/9 of the
women are minority members, then what is the total number of people who are neither women nor
minority members?
160*25/100 = 40 are women
160*45/100= 72 are non-minority
number of people who are neither women nor minority members= 72 - (8/9)(40)=36.44
(1/9 women are minority=>8/9 are non-minority)
i guess the figures are altered here or the % given s changed...anyway logic is dis!!
3. In triangle ABC, if AB= AC= 4, then
Col A: BC
Col B: 5
ans D
rule used:sum of 2 sides is always greater than the third!!no restriction on angles is given...infact
011-(-10) = 21 ans
5. In a box there are 12 dimes, 4 quarters & 26 diamonds. If 4 are removed, then what is the
probability that 3 are dimes(Provided should be removed without replacement)
m not sure f this one ...my solution involves somewat more calculations!!
my answer is => (12c4 + 12c3*4*26)/42c4
im nt sure so im nt explaining!!
6. Given sides of a triangle. Find the area of triangle?
deres a formula too (s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c))^1/2...but i don think that ws required..sides wud hav been
such that its a right angled triangle ..u get a base n alt directly..anyway the actual ques cud only
help..
7. Col A: Quadratic square of -12, 3 & 10
Col B: Arithematic mean of -12, 3 & 10
dis ws the correct question(quadratic square is nothin!!)
5. If the quadratic mean is defined as sqrt(a^2 + b^2+ c^2), then
Col A: The quadratic mean of -20, 10 & 4
Col B: The arithmetic mean of -20, 10 & 4
so question wud be like dis only!!
clearly ans is A.
8. How many cubes of edge length 1 and 2 can be fitted into the rectangular solid, if the volume of
the rectangular solid is 35*10*15?
total volume of both the ciubes=2^3 +1^3 = 9
no of cubes= 35*10*15/9 = 583.33 ~ 583 ans
9. In a college, 1/15 of the students are absent ,1/4 of present went to a field. If the students
present in school are 1000, then how much is the actual strength of the school?
1/15 are absent=>14/15 are present=>14/15 of x
1/4 of present went to field=>3/4 are in school=>3/4 of present students=1000
=>present students=1000*4/3 = 14/15 * x=>x ~ 1428 ans
15. Given a graph of some irregular shape in quadrants with each unit as 5 mts and asked to find
approximate area of the figure?
question s not clear!!
rest all the questions are from previous databases !! u can check!!!
Given x = 2.135678, n is number of digits after decimal part of x. If l(x-y)l = 0.0004, then the
maximum value of n is
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5..value of n for which number...its nt clear!!
if it s asked for y den if x>y y =2.135278 =>n=6
or if y>x den y-x=0.0004 =>y = x+0.0004 = 2.136078..again..n=6
question is nt clear to me!!give ur solutions if u feel u hav understood the question!!
8. If the surface area of a cube 'C' is 3874, then what is surface area of a cube having edge length,
half that of the edge length of cube 'C'?
6s^2 = 384
So,ans is D..
3. The two legs of a right angle triangle are in the ratio 3 is to 1. If the length of the hypotenuse is
sqrt(40), then find the perimeter of the triangle?
A. 14 to 15
B. 13 to 14
C. 12 to 13
D. 11 to 12
E. 10 to 11
Very straight fwd!!
let one leg be x..
other leg is 3x..
so,40=(x+3x)^2
40=(4x^2)=16x^2
x^2=40/16=20/8=10/4=5/2
x=(5/2)^1/2
3x=3(5/2)^1/2
perimeter=4(5/2)^1/5 + (40)^1/2=12 to 13 (c)
B. x*sqrt(2)
C. x{sqrt(2) + 1}
D. x{sqrt(2) 1}
& so on
area of inner circle is pie(x^2)
shaded area=pie(x+y)^2-pie(x^2)
equate them and u get x(root2-1)=option c
12. If 40% of y is multiplied to 50% of 3y, then how much percent is it to 2y^2?
A. 0.6%
B. 1.5%
C. 3%
D. 6%
E. 12%
I am not sure abt tis!!
assume y as 100
so,40(150)=6000
6000 is wot percent of 20000..
it is (6/20)*100=30%
some1 confirm!
1. Col A: The remainder when 4^20 is divided by 5
Col B: The remainder when 3^12 is divided by 4
COl a
The remainder when 4^20 is divided by 5
4^1=4
4^2=1
4^3=4
4^4=1
so,for even powers it leavs 1..
Col B: The remainder when 3^12 is divided by 4
3^1=3
3^2=1
3^3=3
3^4=1
so,for even powers the remainder is 1
its a pattern which well follow..so ans is c
2. Given x = 2.135678, n is number of digits after decimal part of x. If l(x-y)l = 0.0004, then the
maximum value of n is
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
repetition chk dec 29th d/b
3. Given that one 5 meters length wire is cut into 2 pieces cross-wise. If one of them is x meters,
then
Col A: Length of other piece
Col B: 5-x
straight fwd.. ans is c..
4.. In a total of 160 members, 25% are women and 45% are non-minority members. If 1/9 of the
women are minority members, then what is the total number of people who are neither women nor
minority members?
160*25/100 = 40 are women
160*45/100= 72 are non-minority
number of people who are neither women nor minority members= 72 - (8/9)(40)=36.44
(1/9 women are minority=>8/9 are non-minority)
i guess the figures are altered here or the % given s changed...anyway logic is dis!!
5. If -10 < = x < = 10 & -11 < = y < = 11, then what is the greatest possible value of y - x?
y max - x min=11-(-10)=21
6. If the surface area of one side of the cube is 36, then
Col A: The volume of the cube
Col B: 15
6e^2=36
e^2=6
e=root6
vol of cube=6root6=14...(smtn)<15
so ans b
.7 Col A: Standard Deviation of n-4, n-2, n, n+2 & n+4
Col B: Standard Deviation of n-2, n-1, n, n+1 & n+2
Spread is less in B
So,A
.
8. If sum of the two base areas of a cylinder is equal to its curved surface area, then what is the
relation between 'r' and 'h'?
sum of base areas of a circle is 2*pie(r^2)
area of the curved surface=2*pi*r*h
so,2pi*rh=2*pi*(r^2)
clearly r=h opt c
9. Col A: 10!+9!
Col B: 10(9!)
cola: 10*9! +9! =11*9!
clearly ans is A.
10)Here C is the centre and those lines are tangents to the circle which meets at O. If the angle
it makes is 60` and the area enclosed by angle C is 27pie then what is the circumference of the
circle?
The 2 tangents make an angle of 180 degrees..
the other angle is 60
so,remaining is the central angle which is 120(its a 4sided polygon,so tot angleis 360)
now,360 degrees makes an area of x
when 120 makes an angle of 27pi
that is 360=x
120=27pi
x=21pi*360/120
x=27pi*3=81pi
Now,pi(r^2)=81pi
r=9
so,2pi *r=2pi*9=18pi this is the circumference
4. A group of 1 proffessor and 3 students have to be made from 4 proffessor and 5 students.
Col A: Different ways in which the groups can be formed
Col B: 40
ans c
1 Professor can be selected from availabe 4 professors in 4c1 ways
3 students can be selected from available 5 students in 5c3 ways
hence,the total selection can be done in 4c1*5c3 ={4!/[(1!)(3!)]*5!/[(2!)(3!)]}=4*5*2=40 ways
ans is C
5. What could be the equation of the line, if the slope is -2/3 and the x and y cordinates are (0,0)?
(something like this)
The equation of any line passing thru origin is ax+by=0
slope of any line =-a/b where a is the coeff of x term and b is the coeff of y term
here a=2
b=3
so,the eqn is 2x+3y=0
also by slope form equation of line passing thru origin is y=mx=>y =-(2/3)x or 2x+3y=0
6. If 8! + 10! = (8!*x), then what is the value of x?
8! + 8!*9*10 = 8! + 8!*90 = 91*8! =>x = 91 ans
1. Col A: 2x-3y
Col B: 3x-2y
nothing can be ascertained unless some condition are imposed on X and Y!!
2. There was figured question in which a house is given with length and breadth of rooms also
given and then asked to find the remaining ones.
(something like this)
Question nt clear..what had to be found out?
anyway..it wud be a cuboid with area=2(lb+lh+bh)
and volume of lwh..
3. Given b = mod (-15x+ 20y), where x and y are integers. If x, y are not equal to 0, then
Col A: The smallest positive value of b
Col B: 5
|-15x+20y|=b
-15x+20y=b or -15x+20y=-b
to find da smallest positive,neglect 2nd eqn
so,-15x+20y=b
sub x and y as 1,u get b=5
sub any oder value u get a number which is not positive or it wud be >5
hence ans is c!!
4. In the coordinate geometry, if a line passes through the points (-11,-21), (20, 22) & (x, 2) then
what is the value of x
ANS IS D
No where it is mentioned about the Time train A travels and Time Train B travels!!
If the time they travel is equal then the obvious choice is A
5. Given |x| = |y| & xy < 0
Col a : x+y
Col b : 0
x=(-y)
or-y=x
So x and Y are Obnoxious twins of each other
x+y=0
C!!
6. When 'n' is divided by 7 remainder is 3, then what is the remainder when (2n-1) is divided by
7.( 'n' is a positive integer)
Ans=5
the remainder when 7 divides n=3
therefore remainder when 7 divides 2n-1=2(3)-1=5!!
7. If 2.8! + 10! = (n)*8!, then what is the value of n?
8!(2+10!/8!)=n*8!
n=2+(10*9)=92!!
2. Given that there are two concentric circles, if the radius of larger one is 3 more than the smaller
one then find difference in their circumference?
ans 6*pie
radius of smaller one =r
radius of larger one =r+3
difference =2*pi*(3+r)-2*pi*r = 2*pi*(3+r-r)=2*pi*3 = 6*pi ans
4. Given a function f which is defined for each positive three digit integer 'n' as f(n) = (2^x)*(3^y)
*(5^z), where x, y and z are hundreds, tens and units digits of n, respectively. If m and v are threedigit positive integers such that f(m) = 9f(v), then what is the value of m - v?
A. 8
B. 20
C. 19
& so on......
ans B.20
f(v) = (2^x1)*(3^y1)*(5^z1)
now as 9f(v) =f(m)....just a 9 or 3^2 has to be multiplied more to f(v) to make it equal to f(m)
=>f(m) = 9*(2^x1)*(3^y1)*(5^z1)
or f(m) = (2^x1)*(3^(y1+2))*(5^z1)
[bases are same powers are added =>(3^y1)*3^2 = 3^(y+2)
now its easy jus think of any number where tens place digit is 2 more than the oder number eg=>
101 and 121 difference =>20 ans
1. If the Arithmetic mean of 20 numbers is 12 and Arithmetic mean of 10 numbers is 6, then what is
the combine arithmetic mean?
(20*12)+(10*6)/30=10
2. If x > 0, then
Col A: 2^-x
Col B: -2^x
Col b not clear
Ans is A if it is-(2^x) in column B(bcoz it will be a negative qty)
Or D if it is (-2^x) in column B(coz for even powers col b will be greater and for odd powers A will
be greater)
3. Given that a solid has 1 red color on one of its face and the probability of getting red is 1/8.
When is it tossed twice, what is the probability of getting red always?
6. Given diameter of a circle as 2ft and the person travels around the circumference of the circle.
In that manner if travels 324fts, how many revolutions it takes?
A. 70
B. 60
C. 50
D. 40
E. 30
(Something like this)
3. If a number is divisible(divided??) by 5 the remainder is 3 and when the same number is divided
by 7 the remainder is 4. What is the least possible number?
ans is 18..(trial and error)..
u can use equations also
given number=5p+3=7q+4=> 5p-7q=1..
whr p and q are quotients..now use trail and error
4. If x1, x2, x3, x4 and x5 belongs to a series such that xn= n{[(-1)^n] -1}, then what will be the
difference of the largest and the smallest term?
(Here 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & n are suffixes)
M=-5
hence L s gr8r!!..
1. If S = 7^0 + 7^1 + 7^2 +........ + 7^20, then
Col A: The remainder when 'S' is divided by 14.
Col B: 1
7^0 leavs 1 remainder when divded by 14
7^1 leavs 7
7^2 =49 leavs 7 remainder(not 1!!!!)
7^3=343 leavs7 remainder..
and..it goes on..
so,net is :[1+(7*20)]/14.. which leavs 1!!..
ans is C
2. Given that two lines k, l pass through a point (1, 1). If 'k' also passes through (0,a) and 'l' also
pass through (0, b), then
Col A: a
Col B: b
Ans is D!!..Thr is no restriction on the 2 lines and a and b can be anytn!!
3. If 3/13 < x < 4/13, then which of the following could be a possible value of x?
A. 9/26
B.14/39
C.17/52
D.19/65
& so on....
Clearly its d..
9/26>4/13
14/39>4/13
now compare fractions b/w 17/52 and 19/65
4. Given 2/3 of the plates are stained, 1/2 of them are scratched and1/3 are both scratched and
stained.
If 80 plates are clean without scratch or stain, then find the total number of plates?
total no=x
x -(2/3 of x + 1/2 of x - 1/3 of x) =80
as scratched and stained both will be counted twice ..we shud subtract it once...
x(1- 2/3 -1/2 + 1/3) =80
solvin u get x =480 ans
5. If 0.0625y =x (2.5)/4
Col A: x
Col B: y
u get y=10x.
No restriction on X..Can be +ve,-ve or 0..
SO,ans is D
z can be =60
z can be 90
z can be 30 also!..and any der value satisfying z=180-2x!!
11. Which of the following lines has slope 2/3?
A. 4 = 2y - 3x
B. 5 = 3y - 2x
& some more options......
ans is b
B has slope=-(-2)/3=2/3
A has slope -(-3/2)=3/2
12. If consider the line 3x - y < 1, then in which quadrant the line lie?
A. First Quadrant
B. Second Quadrant
C. Third Quadrant
D. Fourth Quadrant
E. So on..
3x-y<1 is a line which can lie on any quadrant of the cooordinate axis..
put y=-1
3x+1<1
3x<0..
so,(x,y) is -ve..2nd quadrant
put y=1
3x-1<1
3x<2
x<2/3
both positive..so 1st quadrant
y=1/2
3x-(1/2)<1
3x<3/2
x<1/2..
x<1/2 has range (-infinity,1/2)
hence 3rd quadrant also satisfied
y=-1/2
3x+1/2<1
3x<1/2
x<1/6
x<1/6 has range(-infinity,1/6)
13. If 0.8/5 = 1/n, then find the value of n?
n=6.25!!..
14. The students were given two sets of questions; they can mark either yes/ no or can leave it as
unanswered. If 1000 people were asked, for first question if
Col B: 16
(Something like this)
f(n) = [(-1)^n]*c*n,
well i am getting c to be -4!!..
question is not clear to me!!.They have mentioned C to be positive!!
17. If there are 8 apples in a bag; 2 red and 6 green, then
Col A: Total number of ways of choosing 2 red apples out of 8
Col B: Total number of ways of choosing 6 green apples out of 8
How many apples are taken out at a time is not given!!..
In col a he can choose 2 Red with 1st green.(thn 2red with 2nd green..so on)
2 red with 2 green..
2red with 3 green..
so on..
In col b he can choose 6 green with 1 red
6 green with another red
6 green with both red.
So,i wud go for A!!..
!do let me kno ur views!
1. If x and x+2 are both factors of y then which one is greater?
Col a: x(x+2)
Col b: y
x and x+2 are both factors of a number doesn mean that the product must be =prod of
factors..it can be a multiple of the product also!!
Ans is D
2. Last year, 1/4 of factory workers are architects. one year ago 60 workers newly joined in which
50 are architects and no one left the factory since last year and if now 1/3 of factory workers are
architects then find the total number of workers?
Question is nt clear
Anyway!!..
I think that thr were some ppl already in the company to which 60 more were added in the same
year..Based on dis:
In last yr,if x are the number of employees:
x/4 will be Architects
now,60 have been out of which 50 are architects which has caused the ratio
to be 1/3
so,x/4+50=x/3
Solving u get x=600!!..
3. Given a square with a circle inscribed in it and the radius of the circle is 'r'.Another circle is
given with a square inscribed in it and the radius of this circle is also 'r'. What is the ratio of area
of smaller circle to area of larger circle?
thr is no question of which circle is larger or which circle is smaller
Both circles have equal area..so,ratio is 1:1
4. If k-3 is multiple of 5 and k+2 is multiple of 3 then what is k^2?
A. 16
B.13
C. 4
& so on...
k-3=5x
k+2=3p.
Trail and error is better!!..
Start wit k=8,13,18,and so on!!
13is possible cuz 10is divisible by 5 and 15is divisible by 3..
k^2=169
5. In a class of 20 students, one half of the students are boys, if a teacher has to select 7 students
and the first 6 are girls
Col A: What is the probability that the 7th student is a girl
Col B: 2/7
no of boys=10
no of gals=10
when 6 girs have been out,4 are remaining
and totally 14 ppl are remaining
so,1 girl can be selected in a class of 14 whr thr r 4 girls left
has a probability=4c1/14c1
=4/14=2/7=c!!
3. If 3/13 < x < 4/13, then which of the following could be a possible value of x?
A. 9/26
B.14/39
C.17/52
D.19/65
& so on...
ans D
the best and fastest method which the ques itself suggest is to make the denominator same for
comparing....(coz all denominators in options are multiple of 13)
like for A.option=> 3/13
20. If f(n) = [(-1)^n]*c*n, where c is given as cost of some(XXX). If f(1), f(2) and f(3) are the similar
functions and the difference between the largest and smallest among f(1), f(2) and f(3) is 20 where
c is a positive value, then
Col A: f(4)
Col B: 16
F(1)=C
F(2)=2C
F(3)=-3C
F(2)-F(3)=20(GIVEN)
HENCE 5C=20
C=4
THEREFORE , F(4)=4C=16
ANS. IS C
17. If there are 8 apples in a bag; 2 red and 6 green, then
Col A: Total number of ways of choosing 2 red apples out of 8
Col B: Total number of ways of choosing 6 green apples out of 8
ans C
col a=colb=1 (this is wat i feel!!i will confirm it from azad also)
i saw most of the people explaining it like 8c2 =8c6...but that is incorrect!!jus think if there are
only 2 red ones how can u select dem in 8c2 ways or same goes for green ones.....8c2 wud hav
been correct if there were 8 red apples and u hav to select 2 out of dem
If consider the line 3x - y < 1, then in which quadrant the line lie?
ans:in all 4 quadrants..
plot 3x-y=1 .....now for any line 3x-y =a (where a<1) ...u will get parallel lines left to the region of
3x-y=1 ...now u can clearly see it can lie in all 4 quarants!!
1. If x < 0, then
Col A: x^2+1
Col B: x(x+1)
ans A
COLA:X^2 +1 ..COLB:X^2 + X AS X IS LESS DEN 0 COL A IS GREATER!!
2.Given two lines which are perpendicular to each other. If the equation of one line is y = 1/10x + 6,
then what is the equation of second line?
question incomplete!!
dere has to be some point given for the oder line to be unique ...dere can be infinite lines
perpendicular to a given line!!
slope of given line = 1/10 =>slope of perpendicular line= -10 (as m1*m2=-1)
equation wud be like y=-10x + c (where c can be found if some point s given or any oder
appropriate condition)
3.Col A: (7^4+7^5) + (8^6+8^7)
Col B: (7^4(8) + 8^6(9))
in colA taking 7^4 and 8^6 as common ..7^4(1+7)+8^6(1+8)=7^4(8)+8^6(9)=colB
so col A=colB
4.If 'n' is a least number in five consecutive positive integers, then what is the average of these 5
integers in terms of n?
if least is n the other consecutives will be n+1,n+2,n+3,n+4
taking average (n+n+1+n+2+n+3+n+4)/5 =n+2
5.Given a triangle with three of its sides given as 10.5cm, 4.5cm & 5.6cm and three angles as x, y
& z. then
Col A: y+z
Col B: x
sum of two sides shud be greater than the 3rd side !!!this is not valid here!!so probably someone
gave an altered version of the actual question!!
anyway i hav seen many questions like dis!!the thing u have to jus see that a^2+b^2 < or >
c^2 ....if its c^2...a,b,c being sides of triangle!!
6. There are 3 containers named p, q & r each contains an amount of sugar in the following ratios.
If the amount of sugar present in container 'p' is 1/3rd of 'q' same as 2/3rd of 'r', then what is the
ratio of (R+Q) to R
ans 3:1
p=1/3q=2/3R so Q=2R hence R+Q : R= 3R:R= 3:1
7. Given a diagram with two of its angles given and asked to find the third angle?
(something like this)
if its triangle den its too simple ..oderwise more info shud be given!!
1) The cost for printing is given by an equation $ = (0.12c+20p), where 'c' is the number of copies
and p is the number of pages.
Col A: Printing cost of 400 copies having 8 pages each
Col B: Printing cost of 800 copies having 4 pages each
ans a
sol: col a: 0.12*400+20*8=48+160=204
col b:0.12*800+20*4=96+80=176
hence a
2. Given that a person travels in a circular path of diameter 2cm. If the total distance travelled by
him is 314cm, then find the number of revolutions made by him?
ans 50
n*(2*pi*r)=314
r=d/2=1cm
n*(2*pi*1)=314....take pie=3.14
n=100/2 =50
3) How many four-digited odd numbers are there whose hundredth place is 6 and it is an odd
number?
A. 450
B. 650
C. 950
D. 850
& so on...
ans A
1000's place can be selected in 9 ways(1 to 9) 100's place can be selected in 1 way(6) 10's place
can be selected in 10 ways(1 to 10) 1's place can be selected in 5 ways(1,3,5,7,9)
so total 9*1*10*5=450 hence A is the answer
4)two cyclists are moving towards each other at 10 miles/hour. They are now 50 miles apart. At
this instance a fly starts from one cyclist and move towards other and moves to and fro till the two
cyclist meet each other. If the fly is moving at 15 miles/hour, what is the total distance covered by
the fly?
ans 75 miles
relative speed =10m/hr so they will meet after 50/10 =5 hrs
distance covered by fly=15*5=75 miles
5) When 't' is divided by 9, the remainder is 1 & when it is divided by 11, the remainder is 8. Find
the value of 't'?
ans 18
t is of the form 9p+1
9p+1 shud give u 8 as remainder 1 is already there...=>9p shud give 7 as remainder when divided
by 11
put p=1 =>9/11=>9 is remainder
p=2 =>18/11 =>7 is remainder...dis is the required number!!
hence the number is 9*2+1 =19
6. Given a triangle with angles x, y & z and is inscribed in a circle. If two angles of triangle 'x'
and 'y' are equal, then
Col A: x
Col B: z
ans D
X,Y,Z all can be 60
or x,y 45 each and z=90
1. Given that there are six teams in quiz and their respective scores are 31, 24, 14, 10, 43 & 47 and
there are 5 judges for this quiz. What is the minimum number of teams which must get 7 or more
than 7 score from any one of the judge?
31=> 6*5=30 u cannot make it 31 unless u include a 7(dis shud include in the ans)
24=> possible 6*4 + 0 =24
14=>again possible
10 dis is also possible
43=>the same case as 31 (again valid for our ans)
47 =>again valid!!
answer is 3(31,43,47)...
if u consider marks can be given in decimals or fractions as well then the ans is 2
coz 5.9 * 5 > 31
Ans:3(if marks are given in integers only) or 2(if marks can be given in decimals also)
2. A sequence 'S' has the terms x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, x6...... after the first term, each term is half the
previous term. If x2 + x4 + x6 = 42, then what is the value of x1 + x3 + x5?
x1=2*x2....x3=2*x4.....x5=2*x6=>x1+x3+x5 =2(x2+x4+x6)=2*42=84
Ans:84
3. A cylinder 'm' of height 2 and radius 3 is given. Now another cylinder 'k' of double the height of
previous one and double the radius of previous one is given.
Col A: Double the volume of 'm' cylinder
Col B: volume of cylinder k
vol of k = pir*(2r)^2 * 2h = 8*pie*r^2*h=8 times vol of m
Ans:col b
4. How many four-digited odd numbers are there whose hundredth place is 6 and it is an odd
number?
A. 450
B. 650
C. 950
D. 850
& so on...
previous database 3rd ques
Ans:450
5. If the probability that it rains on day 1 is 70 % and on day 2 is 40% whether it rains on first day
or not, then what is the probablity that it neither rains on day 1 nor on day 2?
A.92%
B.28%
....so on
prob of not raining today is 30%
prob of not raining tomo is 60%
prob of these 2 events is 30*60/100=18 percent (as they are independent events ..probability is
multiplied)
Ans :18%
1. A person's draw has 14 blue socks and 14 black socks. How many socks must be taken to get a
pair of socks of the same color?
A. 13
B. 14
C. 15
& so on....
dere can be a possibility that u get all 14 blue(or black) in the first 14
so atleast u shud pick 15 to ensure that u hav a pair of same color!!
Ans : C
2. If N = 5^9 + 7^10, then
Col A: What is the least factor of 'N' greater than 1
Col B: 3
5^9 will hav 5 at units place and 7^10 =>9 at units place
=> sum will have 4 at the units place=>hence 2 is the least factor greater than 1...
Ans: B
3. There are 28 men in a room in that 14 men are selected out of which 7 are under 50years
Col A: Percentage of men under 50
Col B: 40%
7/28 *100=25% dis s a possibility
also dose remaining 14 can have more than 7 men under 50 =>in all more than 14 under 50=> %
will be greater than 50!!
Ans : D
4. A line passing through (5,5) touches x-axis and y-axis at (x,0) and (0,y) respectively.
Col A: x
Col B: y
(5,5) is just one point!!u need two points or any oder constraint to restrict the line
jus take x and y both as 5 and now take any value in which x is greater or y
drawing the diagram can help u to see clearly!!
Ans : D
5. Given a diagram of a triangle with three angles x, y & z. If x > 90, then
Col A: x
Col B: y + z
if x>90 obviously y+z<90 for sum to be 180 degrees.
Ans : A
6. Col A: Standard Deviation of 10, 30, 50, 70 & 90
Col B: Standard Deviation of 10, 45, 50, 55 & 90
Col A: Standard Deviation of A
Col B: Standard Deviation of B
if u notice the only term differing is 30,45 and 70,55...as both hav a difference of 15(45-30 and 7055)....dere wont be any change in average
avg=50
now 1st ,3rd and 5th term of both are same ...so their dis to 50(which is mean) will be same
but 55 and 45 of col b are closer to 50 than 30 and 70 of col a...
hence std deviation of col A wud be more!!!
u didn hav to calculate anythin here...jus the mean!!
dis is the fastest possible solution!!
Ans : A
1. Col A: 0.9999/0.9998
Col B: 1.0002/1.0001
ans A
A can b written as 9999/9998
B can b written as 10002/10001
now A= (10000-1)/(10000-2)
B= (10000+2)/(10000+1)
if we do A/B we get (10000^2 - 1^2) / (10000^2 - 2^2)
we clearly c that numerator is greater than denominator
i.e A/B >1....
SO A>B
2. Given a line 'M' in xy-plane and if does not intersect the line x = y, then
Col A: Slope of the line 'M'
Col B: 0
ans A.
a line doesnt intersect x=y line means it shud b definitely parallel to line x=y!!
a line x=y makes an angle 45 with the co-ordinate axis..
whose slope is tan 45 == 1
so da req.line parallel to x=y also has slope 1 which is >0(col b )
D. Forth Quadrant
& so on...
ans .all 4 quadrants!!
plot line 3x-y =1
every parallel line left to to dis line will be valid for the above case!!
u can see it can lie in all 4 quadrents for different value of c(ax+by=c...considerin dis form)
4. If the standrad deviation of x, y & z is 'd', then
Col A: Standard devaition of x+1, y+1 & z+1
Col B: d+1
ans B.
x+1 ,y+1 ,z+1 will have same deviation that is d only!!
proof=>
avg wud be p + 1..(if p is the avg of x,y,z...as each term will add a 1 =>3 divided by 3)
now on taking the difference from the terms that will again get cancelled and u get same SD.
mug this !!this is a rule ...on adding or subtracting any constant value to each term does not
change the standard deviation!!
Col A: a
Col B: b
ans A
slope of k 1-a/1 < 1-b<1 or -a <-b or a>b
13. There are some toys and some crates and when this toys are equally distributed in the crates
none are left. If there are 3 less crates, then each crate consists of 12 toys with 27 toys left. Find
how many toys were there?
let their be x toys/crate and n crates
=>nx = total no of toys
also 12(n-3) + 27 =total no of toys
u get nx = 12n - 9
u hav two variables and one equation..n shud be greater than 3
by hit n trial u get n=9,x=11(min values for n x to be integers)...dere can be many more cases!!
but dis shud not be the case.(gre don expect u to put values n keep checkin).probably question
has some data missing!!
14. The remainder when 23 is divided by n is 2, then
Col A: n
Col B: 8
ans D
n can be 7,3 or 21
15. If (4/2)*(5/3)*................(y+2)/y = 12, then find the value of y?
y=7ans
every term will get canceled except 2*3 in denominator and (y+1)*(y+2) in numerator
=>(y+1)(y+2) / 2*3 = 12
or (y+1)(y+2)=72
don form a quadratic here..its visible 8*9=72
=>y=7 ans (also -10 u get after solvin d quad...but that cannot be the case here!!jus follow the
pattern)
16. If we move towards west in straight line for 6m and then to north for another 16m and then to
west again for another 10m, then what is the distance between starting and ending point?
ans 16root(2)
jus draw the diagram...now extend the line from the point where we turn to north(towards the west
10 m)....u will get a right angled triangle with one side 10+6=16 oder vertically 16(parallel to our
vertical travel) and third is required distance=>sqrt(16^2+16^2) ans
17. If -1 < k < 1 and -2 < 2m < 4, then
Col A: k
Col B: m
ans D
-1 now 100 by 11 leaves a remainder 1
=>remainder of numerator is 1*1*1.....(11 times) =1 only
total remainder 1 + 1 =2
hence C
1. Given 0 < x < 1, if 12x is a positive integer then
Col A: Tenths digit of x
Col B: 0
question doesn make sense ..x is a fraction or a decimal number!!tenths digit???
2. Col A: (7^4+7^5) + (8^6+8^7)
2. Col A: (2m+1)^2
Col B: (2m+2)^2
ans D
check for -ve and +ve values
3. Given the area of the rectangle as 20 and asked to find the perimeter?
ans. length*breadth = 20
u can hav many values of l and b ...ques s not complete or options can help!!
4. Col A: 3^(x^2+1)
Col B: 3^(x^2+1)^2
ans B
(x^2 +1)^2 > (x^2+1)always as x^2 is always +ve and x^2+1 >1
5. If a number is divisible by 5 the remainder is 3 and when the same number is divided by 7 the
remainder is 4. What is the least possible number?
ans 18
number wud be of the form
5p+3 and dis shud give remainder as 4 when divided by 7
a 3 is already dere =>5p shud give 1 as remainder
now p=3 gives min value of number=>number=5*3+3 =18 ans
6. There are 'n' number of flags and the number 'n' is odd. If the first flag is red colour and the
even numbered flags are white, then what are the number of red colour flags?
Col A: Number of red flags
Col B: n/2
put n=3 u hav red white red...no of red flags 2 > 3/2
no of red flags will always be (n+1)/2
7. If 0 < x < 10 & y = 2x + 3 and y is an integer, then find the number of possible sets of (x, y)?ans 9
21st database 11 ques
8. If 0.0625y =x*(2.5)/4
Col A: x
Col B: y
ans d
on solvin u get y=10x x can be+ve as well as -ve!!
9. If consider the line 3x - y < 1, then in which quadrant the line lie?
A. First Quadrant
B. Second Quadrant
C. Third Quadrant
D. Fourth Quadrant
E. All
ans E.ALL
21st database 3 ques
10. Given that a person travels in a circular path of diameter 2cm. If the total distance travelled by
him is 314cm, then find the number of revolutions made by him?
2*pie*r*n=314 (circumference*n shud be equal to 314)
take pie=3.14=>n=100/2 = 50 ans
1. If 3/13 < x < 4/13, then the possible value of x is?
A. 9/26
B. 17/52
C. 19/65
& so on....
the best and fastest method which the ques itself suggest is to make the denominator same for
comparing....(coz all denominators in options are multiple of 13)
like for A.option=> 3/13 4-pie => B is greater!!
6. Given a triangle inscribed in a circle with angles x, y & z. If x = y, then
Col A: x
Col B: z
x=y=z is also possible!!
ans D
7. Col A: 0.9999/0.9998
Col B: 1.0002/1.0001
ans A.
jan 21st 1 ques
8. If a box contains 10 machines, in which 3 are defective then find the probability that none are
defective?
ans 7/10 is the prob of finding a machine which is not defective...but the ques is not clear!!
9. Col A: 3^(x^2 +1)
Col B: 3^(x^2+1)^2
prev database 4 ques
ans D
11. Col A: sqrt(2) * sqrt(6) * sqrt(21)
Col B: 9
square both!! cola: 2*6*21 =2*126
colb =81
ans A
10. Given R1 = (-1, 0, 1), R2 = (1, 1, 2) & R3 = (-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3) and s1, s2 & s3 are the standard
deviations of R1, R2 and R3 respectively.
i. s1 > s2
ii. s2 > 5
iii. s3 > 0
A. None
B. I & II
sd is roughly the measure of the average distance of values from the mean ...so u can always
compare diff sds by jus seeing the average distance...the one having more will have more s d....for
actual sd u hav to follow the procedure unless all terms are same!!like in dis ques u have to
determine actual sd only for statement ii
i)s1>s2
R1=-1,0,1 clearly avg=0 =>avg dis from the mean =(1-0 + 0-(-1) +0-0)/3= 1+1/3 =2/3
R2=1,1,2 avg=4/3 =>avg dis from the mean=(4/3-1 + 4/3-1 + 2-4/3)/3 = 4/9 < 2/3
=>s1>s2 hence statement i is true!!
ii)s2 =>sqrt([(1/3)^2 + (1/3)^2 + (2/3)^2]/3)...clearly much less than 5!!
iii)avg distance is not zero...obviously s3>0..its visible!!
ans is i) and iii)
again if u see the pdf issued by ETS they showed that in the last step for finding SD...u take non
negative square root of the quotient!!for i and ii both hav quotient 0!!so that can make s1=s2...but
check from some oder source too!!
13. In an examination, number of marks was given like twice the number of correct questions
minus number of wrong questions. If a student gets 100 marks, then
Col A: Number of question he answered correctly
Col B: 50
ans D
can be equal to 50 if no of ques=50 and all done correctly!!
can be more like total no =80 ques 60 done correctly and 20 incorrectly
marks 60*2 - 20 = 100
ya but it can never be less than 50!!
1. If x > 1 and f(x) = 5/((3/1-x)-2), then
Col A: The value of 'x' at which f(x) is not defined
Col B: 2
actually x >1 is given but x is not defined only on x=1 and x=-1/2 ...so question makes less
sense...u mark B anyway if u get the exact ques ..
2. Given a square ABCD within which another square EFGH is inserted such that 'E' lies on AB
& 'F' lies on BC. If AH = 3 & HD = 2, then
Col A: Perimeter of ABFH
Col B: Perimeter of square EFGH
this ques is not clear to me!!anybody post the solution in the correction thread if he s confident
about the solution!!
3. If 'x' is a negative integer, then
Col A: ( 4/3)^x
Col B: (3/4)^-x
ans C
BOTH ARE EQUAL!!(3/4)^-x = (4/3)^-1^-x =(4/3)^x
4. The following was stated in the form of table.
In experiment 'P' there are 10 samples in which the least value(of weights) is 105 & range is 10
In experiment 'Q' there are 11 samples in which the least value(of weights) is 120 & range is 12.
Col A: The median of samples of "P+Q"
Col B: 120
ans C
range = max - min => max = min + range =105 + 10 =115 for first 10 values!!
now median of all 21 values wud be the 11th value
u know first 10 hav max value as 115
=>the least value of the Q group is the 11th value =>median is 120
5. If a > 1, then
Col A: a^2-1
Col B: a+1
ans D
a=2 BOTH are equal
a=3 A is greater
6. How many four-digited odd numbers are there whose hundredth place is 6 and it is an odd
number?
A. 450
B. 650
C. 950
D. 850
E.750
ANS a.450
units place can be taken by 1,3,5,7,9=>5
tens place by all 0-9=>10
hundreths only by 6=>1
thousands by 1-9=>9
=>total ways = 9*1*10*5 = 450 ans
11. A right triangle was drawn and a square was drawn by considering each side of triangle as its
side.
Col A: The area of the square formed with hypotenuse as side
Col B: The sum of two other squares
ans c
use a^2 + b^2 =c^2 which are also areas of square!!
12. Given b = mod (15x+ 20y), where x and y are integers. If x, y are not equal to 0, then
Col A: The smallest positive value of b
Col B: 5
ans C
smallest +ve value is 5 only!!take x=1 and y=-1
1. If a person moves towards west in straight line for 6m and then to north for another 16m and
then to west again for another 10m, then
Col A: The distance between starting and ending point
Col B: 16*1.414
ans c
jan 21 ...16th ques
2.If the radius of the above two circles is 'r', then
Col A: Area of the shaded region of A
Col B: Area of the shaded region of B
jan 27th ....5 ques
3. If the Standard deviation of x, y & z is 'd', then
Col A: Standard Deviation of x+1, y+1 & z+1
Col B: d+1
jan 21st...4th ques
4. Given a square ABCD within which another square EFGH is inserted such that 'E' lies on AB
& 'F' lies on BC. If AH = 3 & HD = 2, then
Col A: Perimeter of ABFH
Col B: Perimeter of square EFGH
prev database 2nd ques..actly the ques is not clear!!
5. Col A: 10^30
Col B: 0.001^(-10)
prev database ..14 ques
6. Find the quadrant in which 3x - y < 1 lies?
A. First Quadrant
B. Second Quadrant
C. Third Quadrant
D. Forth Quadrant
E. All
23rd jan ...9th ques
7. If 3/13 < x < 4/13, then which of the following could be a possible value of x?
A. 9/26
B.14/39
C.17/52
D.19/65
& so on....
7. Given a triangle with sides x, y & z. If z = 1/4(perimeter of triangle) and x + y = 12, then find the
value of z?
Ans : 4
given : z = 1/4 [x+y+z]
4z = x+y+z
3z = x+y
3z = 12
z=4
please feel free to correct me if i am wrong
1. If 0 < x < y < z, then
Col A: x/y
Col B: y/z
Ans : D
if x= 1 y = 2 z = 4 then ColA = Col B
if X = 1 y = 3 z = 5 then Col A =! Col B
2. If a cab-for-hire company costs $1.75 for the first quarter mile and fifteen cents for each
additional quarter mile, then what is the maximum distance you can travel with $4.90?
Ans: 16.5
For 1.75 one travels 0.75 miles (Quarter is 0.75) thus subtracting 1.75 from the total Money i.e.
$4.90 = $3.15
Now for 15 cents = 0.75 mile
then for 315 cents = ?????
that will be [0.75 * 315]/15 = 15.75 miles
Thus total distance traveled = 15.75 + .75 = 16.5
3. If a person A takes 4hrs to complete a job and person B takes 6hrs to complete the same job, &
if they work together then how much time will they require to complete the work?
Ans = 2.4Hrs or 2Hr 24 min
In One hour A will comlpete 1/4 work
In one hour B will Comlpete 1/6 work
In one hour together they will complete 1/4 + 1/6 = 5/12
Thus together they will complete the job in 12/5 Hrs = 2.4 = 2Hr 24min
4. Given a series 7, 8, 13, 13, 9, 14, 15, 15, 15, 19. If another number 15 is included in the series,
then which will be most affected?
A. Mean
B. Median
C. Mode
D. None
Ans : A,B both
Mean for current numbers is 12.8 and on addition of 15 it will be 13
While Median is currently 13.5 but addition of 15 will make it 14
6. If a number 'n' is divided by 24, the remainder is 21. Which of the following is the divisor of n?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 6
& so on....
Ans : 3
Assume a number which when divide with 24 will give remainder 21
it can be = 45,69...
From this 3 is the most certain divisor
1. Given two concentric circles, one inscribed in another. If the radius of the inner circle is 'x' &
the radius of the outer circle is '(x+y)', then what is the probability that the point taken lie in the
inner circle?
A. pi*x^2/(x+y)
B. x^2/(x+y)^2
C. x^2/(x^2+y^2)
D. x/(x+y)
& so on....
ans B
prob = area of inner circle/area of whole region(or outer circle)=pi*x^2/pie*(x+y)^2
2. Given price of a article as 'p' and is increased by r% to give a new price 'q' and then price of 'q'
is reduced by s% to give original price.
Col A: r
Col B: s
ans A
p + rp/100 = q
q - qs/100 = p
add both u get rp = qs
as we know q > p
so s < r
3. If a, b and x are positive integers & if a/b>1, then
Col A: a+x/b+x
Col B: a/b
ANS b
let (a+x)/(b+x) > a/b
or ba + bx > ab + ax [all a,b,x are greater than 0]
or (b-a)x >0
as x>0 but b1 or a>b) hence the above statement is false or opposite is true...i couldn think of any
other approach..any other general solution is welcome!!
4. If the range of 6 consecutive positive numbers is 6.8 and of 7 consecutive numbers is 13.2. If
none of these numbers in the two groups are same, then find the range of the 13 numbers?
question is not clear ...consecutive and not integers??
5. If -6 <= x <= 4 & -10 <= y <= 4, then what is the greatest possible value of -x^2+ y^4?
ans 10000
take x=0 ,y =-10
(its helpful if u know the graphs of general quadratic equations)
6. When a number is divided by 12, the remainder is 5. What is the remainder when the square of
that number is divided by 8?
ans 1
number is of the form 12p + 5
square wud be 144p^2 + 25 + 120p
clearly 1st and last term is divisible by 8
25 will give remainder 1 when divided by 8
hence the remainder wud be 1 always!!
7. Given a triangle with sides x, y & z. If z = 1/4(perimeter of triangle) and x + y = 12, then find the
value of z?
ans z=4
(x+y+z)/4 = z or (12 + z )/4 =4 or z=4
1. If 0 < x < y < z, then
Col A: x/y
Col B: y/z
Ans : D
if x= 1 y = 2 z = 4 then ColA = Col B
if X = 1 y = 3 z = 5 then Col A != Col B
2. If a cab-for-hire company costs $1.75 for the first quarter mile and fifteen cents for each
additional quarter mile, then what is the maximum distance you can travel with $4.90?
ans 5.5 miles
1.75 for 1st quarter (0.25 miles)...remaining is 4.90 - 1.75 = 3.15
total number of quarters for $3.15 =3.15/0.15 =21 quarters
total =22 quarters or 22/4 =5.5 miles
3. If a person A takes 4hrs to complete a job and person B takes 6hrs to complete the same job, &
if they work together then how much time will they require to complete the work?
Ans = 2.4Hrs or 2Hr 24 min
In One hour A will comlpete 1/4 work
In one hour B will Comlpete 1/6 work
In one hour together they will complete 1/4 + 1/6 = 5/12
Thus together they will complete the job in 12/5 Hrs = 2.4 = 2Hr 24min
4. Given a series 7, 8, 13, 13, 9, 14, 15, 15, 15, 19. If another number 15 is included in the series,
then which will be most affected?
A. Mean
B. Median
C. Mode
D. None
ans B
arrange them in increasin order first 7,8,9,13,13,14,15,15,15,19
Mean for current numbers is 12.8 and on addition of 15 it will be 13
While Median is currently 13.5 but addition of 15 will make it 14
median is most affected as there is a change of 0.5 whereas in mean the chane is of 0.2 only!!
5. A company sold a product for 'x' dollars in 1990. If the price of product increases by 2.5% every
year, then what is the price of the product in the year 2000?
ans: x(1+rate/100)^n = x(1+2.5/100)^10
dis formula(for compound interest) is used when amount after firstyear is used as principal for
second year!!
mug it!!
6. A salesman gets 12% commission on the sales up to $500 and he gets 20% commission on the
further sales amount on that day. If the salesman's total commission is $380 on that day, then how
much amount did he sell on that day?
ans:$2100
uptill 500 he gets a commission of 12%
ie : 12/100 * 500 = $60
Total commission = 380 - 60 = $320
This means that he gets $320 by selling some amount of goods after that $500, for which he
receives a commission of 20%
ie : 20% of x = 320
20/100 * x = 320
x = 1600.
Already we have calculated for $500. So total sales that day is 500 + 1600 = $2100
1.If x > 0 and y > 0, then
Col A: sqrt(xy)
Col B: sqrt(x+y)
ans:d
take x=1..y=2 B is greater
take x=2 y=3 A is greater!
2.Col A: Perimeter of the triangle AOB
Col B: some value(xxx)
ans:col a = 3(2 + sqrt2)
point B wud be (0,3) put x=0 in the equation!!
u have length 3 ,3 and sqrt(3^2 + 3^2)=3sqrt(2)
total=6+3sqrt(2)=3(2+sqrt2)
3.The value of 10^15 10^14 / 10^3 is
10^15 - 10^(14-3) = 10^15 - 10^11 =10^11(10^4 - 1)
4.If the circumference of the circle is 4 and if the area of the triangle is 2, then
Col A: Length of BD
Col B: some value(xx)
it shud be specified that angle B is 90( or AC is the diameter )..then only BD can be calculated else
the ques is incomplete
(assuming AC as diameter)..
circumference = 4 = 2r =>r=2 or diameter=AC=4
area of triangle = 1/2 * AC * BD = 2
1/2 * 4 * BD =2 =>BD=1 ans
5.If the number of experienced people in an office is 7% , then
Col A: The total number of people in the office
Col B: 100
ans D
u cannot calculate total number wid dis information!!
6.Col A: Area of the rectangle whose length is 4m and perimeter is 14m
Col B: Area of rectangle having length 5m and breadth 3m
ans B
cola :2l +2b= 14 ..l=4 =>b=3 area=4*3=12
colb:area=5*3=15
7.If t^2+6t+9 = 0, then
Col A: t
Col B: -3
ans C
t^2+6t+9 = (t + 3)^2 =0 =>t+3=0 or t=-3 only..no other value is possible!!
8.If the probability of A wins the race is 1/5 and B wins the race is 1/8, then what is the probability
the neither of them wins the race?
ans 7/10
X=2Y
Y=20
x=40
diff =20 ans
7. If a number 'n' is divided by 24, the remainder is 21. Which of the following is the divisor of n?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D.6
E. 7
ans A. 3
n wud be of the form 24p + 21 where p is any integer!!
clearly both terms are divisible by 3!!
1. If 0 < t < u < v, then
Col A: Mean of t, u, v
Col B: Median of t, u, v
ans D
t=1 ,u=2 ,v=3 =>mean=median
t=1,u=2,v=4 mean is not equal to median!!
2. Given the average of seven numbers as 35. When 'k' is added to it then the average of those 8 is
35. Find the value of k?
ans 35
(sum of 7 nos)/7 = 35
(sum of 7 nos + K)/8 = 35 = 35*7 + k = 8*35 or k =(8-7)35 =35
(see here multiplying 35*7 and 35*8 was useless here and wud have made the problem a lil
longer...do not actually multiply things until the last step)
3. Given a series a1, a2, a3........... an. If an=(1/n)-(1/n+1), then find the value of S100?
ans 99/100
S100 here means sum of first 100 terms i guess.!!
a1 = 1/1 - 1/2
a2 =1/2 - 1/3
::
::
a/99 = 1/99 - 100
a/100 = 1/100 - 1/101
s100 = 1/1 - 1/100 =99/100 (rest of the terms wud get canceled)
4. Given |x| = |y| & xy<0
Col a : x+y
Col b : 0
ans C
xy <0 =>both are on different sides of 0 having same value as mod is same ..eg(5 and -5)
5. Given a Rectangular cylinder with volume 1800. If the height of rectangular cylinder is 6 times
more than its radius then find the radius of the cylinder?
ans (900/11)^(1/3)
h = r + 6r (6 times more)
pie*(r*r)*(7*r)=1800=>r^3=(1800/22)=900/11=>r=(900/11)^(1/3)
6. Given stock price at end of February as x. If stock price increase in March is 10% & increase in
April is again 10% and if May price = 70% of April price, then
What is the minimum number of teams, which must get 7 or more than 7 score from atleast one
judge?
if marks are given in integers only then
ans 4
6*5 =30 ...30 or less marks can be obtained using 5 judges!!
we have 4 teams with marks >30 so ans is 4
if marks are given in real numbers!!
then ans 3
coz 31 can also be achieved now like 6.5*5 >31
coz we cannot reach 35 even if all give 6.999!!
1.What is the median of the series 10, 10, 8, 8, 8, 11, 11, 11?
ANS 10
first arrange in ascendin order..8 8 8 10 10 11 11 11
(10+10)/2 =10
2.If the side length of the square is 5 & radius of the circle is 3, then what is the area of the shaded
region?
ans 10.87
as the corner angle =90 in a square we have (360/90=1/4) area covered by circle on each corner so
total is 1/2 area of circle as both hav same radius
area of shaded region = area of square - 1/2 the area of circle=5*5 - pi*3*3/2 =25 - 9pi/2 =25 - 14.13
= 10.87 ans
3.If 0<x<y<z, then
Col A: x/y
Col B: y/z
ans D
x=1 y=2 z=4..both r equal!!
now jus change z to 3 they wont be equal!!
4.Col A: x
Col B: y
if it were given that angle B is 90 and line dividin the bigger triangle into 2 smaller triangles is
perpendicular to AC then only it can be determined!!
then in triangle ABC, A + 90 + Y = 180
also in smaller triangle(smaller one), X + A + 90 =180
frm the 2 equations x=y!!
5.If 0<x<4, then
Col A: x^3
Col B: x^2
ANS d
take x=1 and x =2
6.If A takes 6 days to complete a work and B takes 8 days to complete the same work, then how
days it takes if they work together?
total days =8*6/(8+6) = 3.42 days
7.In set of numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6, if two numbers are selected at random, then what is the
probability of getting their sum 8?
ans 2/15
2+6 and 3+5 can make 8 only!!
prob = 2/6c2 = 2/15
8.When K is divided by 3, the remainder is 1 and when K+1 is divided by 5, the remainder is 0,
then what is the possible value of K?
1.60
2.61
3.62
4.63
5.64
ans 64
k is of the form 3p + 1
k +1 is of the form = 5q(where p and q are any integers)
k = 5q- 1
clearly 64 is possible only for both p and q to be integers!!
Find the length of the line segment PQR?
ans 14
march 23rd database ..5th ques
2.A man buys Wkgs of dog food once in a week and xkgs of the food is given to each dog twice
a day.
Col A: Number of dogs
Col B: W/7x
ans B
2x*n *7 = w
n = w/14x
3.If (x - y) = odd value and K is an integer, which of the following is always odd?
A. x
B. y
C. k(x-y)
D. (x-y) ^2
E. (x-y+k)
ANS D
square of odd will always be odd=(2n+1)^2 = 2(2n^2 + n) + 1 =odd
4.If x < y < z, then
Col A: xy
Col B: yz
ans D
put x =1,y=2,z=3
put x=-3,y=-2,z=-1
5.Given that the time taken by a train to travel a distanced is hhrs and the next day the train
travels the same distance but reaches 15 min early. What is the average speed on that day?
avg speed for the next day is asked!!
avg speed = total dis /total time =d/(h -15/60) = 4d/(4h -1)
6.A price of a product x is increased by p% to give new price y and then price of y is reduced
by r% to give original price.
Col A: p
Col B: r
ans A
x + px/100 = y
y - ry/100 = x
adding both => px =ry as y > x => r<p
7.Given a sequence a1, a2........ an. If a1 = 25 & in the sequence if every number is '-2' times the
preceding number, then
Col A: a100
Col B: -10,000
ans B
every odd term will be +ve and even -ve
hence a100 = (-25)*(2^99)
col a: 2pie*r*r*h
colb=8pi*r*r*h
1. The value of 1/5 - 1/10 =
A. 0.1
B. 0.2
C. 0.5
ans A
2.If the base length and height of a bigger triangle are 4 & 5, and if the base length and height of
smaller triangle are 3 & 3, then what is the area of the shaded region?
ans 5.5
AREA = area of bigger triangle - area of smaller triangle
=1/2 *4*5 - 1/2*3*3 = 5.5
3. Given 'n' is a positive integer. What is the least value of n, such that the product 12n should be
a perfect square of some integer?
ans n=3
12n =12,24 or 36(min case)=6^2
4. A group can charter a particular aircraft at a fixed total cost. If 36 people charter aircraft rather
than 40, then loss per person is 12$. What is cost per person if 40 people charter it?
ans 108
40*y = total cost = 36(y+12) = 4y = 36*12 =>y=108
5. Col A: (0.9/1.1)^2 + (1.1 /0.9)^2 (I have seen this earlier..dis s the actual ques)
Col B: 2
ans A
use A M > G M (am =gm only when when numbers are same)
as [(0.9/1.1)^2 + (1.1 /0.9)^2]/2 > ((0.9/1.1)^2 * (1.1 /0.9)^2]^(1/2)
or (0.9/1.1)^2 + (1.1 /0.9)^2 > 2
hence A is greater!!
6. If slope of a line XY is -1/2, then
Col A: X-intercept of Line
Col B: Y-intercept of Line.
ans D
eq wud be of the form y = (-1/2)x + c
for x intercept put y =0 => x = 2c
and (put x=0)y intercept=c
c can be both -ve as well as +ve hence ans D
7. If the median of a seven number sequence is 2n+2, then find the Arithmetic mean of the
sequence?
cannot be determined from the given data!!
Given that, if the area of the triangle STR is 1/9th area of the equilateral triangle PQR, then what is
the ratio of QT/TR?
A. 1:3
B. 3:1
C. 2:1
ANS C
i feel both triangles are given as equilateral then QT/TR can be found
area of bigger triangle/area of smaller triangle = (QR)^2/(TR)^2 = 9/1
3. If (2,1) is the centre of the circle and (9,1) is the point on the circumference, then what is the
radius
of the circle?
ans 7
same y coordinate => radius =9-2 =7
in general it wud be sqrt((y1-yc)^2 + (x1 -xc)^2)
where x1,y1 are on circumference ,xc,yc is the centre point!!
4. In a bottle of 3 red, 4 green and 5 blue marbles, if 2 marbles are taken out, what is the
probability that two marbles are of red color?
3c2/12c2 = 3/66 =1/22 ans
5. Given A = {6, 6, 9,10,14,15}
B = {7, 9,10,11,14, 15}
Col A: Standard deviation of A
Col B: Standard deviation in B
ans A
SPREAD IS MORE in A 15-6 >15-7
6. Given a series of numbers x, y, z, 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8??.If every number in the series is sum of the
proceeding two numbers, then what is value of x?
ans x=2
z+0 = 1 =>z=1
y + z(=1) =0 =>y=-1
x +y(=-1)=z=1 =>x=2
7. Given that there are two boats X and Ywhich start at the same point. If boat X travels due north
at a rate 3miles/hr and boat Y travels due east at a rate of 4miles/hr, then at what time will the two
boats be 10 miles apart?
ans :2 hrs
in t hrs X wud be 3t distance away from the startin point
and Y wud be 4t dis away
startin point and their positions at t hrs wud make an right angle triangle ...now we want t for
hypotenuse to be 10
=> 3t ^2 + 4t ^2 = 10 ^2
9t^2 + 16t^2 =100
25t^2 =100 or t=2 hrs
. If the sum of a two digited number 'n' is n/4, then
Col A: n
Col B: 36
ANS D
let n has x at tens place and y at units => n = 10x + y (where x and y are single digit integers)
=> x + y = (10x +y)/4 or 4x + 4y = 10x +y or y =2x
clear x=1 y=2 or n=12 or it can be x=4 y=8 =>n=48 hence ans D
2. If A = {5, 12, 34, 35, 56, 34, 34, 48, 3} and
B = {3, 45, 3, 4, 53, 56, 93, 23, 45, 5}
Col A: The standard deviation of A
Col B: The standard deviation of B
ans B
teh order in which A and B are written is just to confuse..
jus chek the spread by greatest value - smallest value
A=>spread is 56-3 =53
Col B: 10
ans D
infinite circles can pass thru 2 given points..
6. A salesman of a company gets 12% commission on the sales up to $ 500 and he gets 20%
commission on the further sales amount on that day. If the salesman's total commission is $380
on that day, then how much amount did he sell on that day?
ans 2100
let he sold for x more amount greater than 500
=>0.12 of 500 + 20/100 of x = 380
or x =1600
total sales =1600+500=2100 ans
7. If n is positive integer, then
Col A: The unit place of 156^n
Col B: The unit place of 165^n
ans A
col a will always have units digit as 6 and colb as 5..u can jus interpret from the way we multiply
on paper 156*156 will have 6 at units pos..similarly any number of times multiplyin 156 will hav 6
at units position..same goes for colB
this is true for any number ending wid 5(will have 5)..wid 6(will hav 6)..wid 1(will have 1)
also check gre strategies thread to know the unit digit of any number say ((189)^(9877))
1.If a, b and c are 0, 1 or 2 and if a.32+ b.3 + c = 25, then what is the possible value of a + b + c?
2.In a survey of voting in a election, if 55% of the voters who casted their votes supported
person x , 61% supported y and 80% supported both of them, then what percentage of people
supported neither x nor y?
3.
When point A is displaced by x, point B is displaced by y.
Col A: x
Col B: y
4.If n > 0, then
Col A: x n+1
Col B: (x+1)n
5. If a rectangle of length 4 and breadth 3 is divided into two smaller rectangles, then
Col A: Sum of perimeters of both the rectangles
Col B: 21
6. There are five lists of 25 members. If average of 25 members in each list is a1, a2, a3, a4 and a5
and median is m1, m2, m3, m4 and m5, then
Col A: Median of a1, a2, a3, a4, a5
Col B: Average of m1, m2, m3, m4, m5.
7.
If perimeter of the circle is 16, then what is perimeter of the shaded region?
8. If a number, when divided by 5 gives remainder 3 and when divided by 4 gives remainder 2,
then what is the remainder when the same number is divided by 10?
9.Which of the following products (of two numbers) is equal to 2400?
A. 250.0 X 10.4
Similar 4 options were given.
10. Given surface area of a cube and asked to find volume of a cube?
DATABASE 2009
1. x*(2/3)=1 then x=?
A. 2
B. 3/2
C.-1/2
D.1/2
Ans : -1/2
2. Given a triangle ABC, AD is altitude and D is point on BC. Which of the angles are greater
than 90?
A. Angle A
B. Angle B
C. Angle C
D. none of these
Ans: none of these
3. Given that 5(2^2 - 2^n)>20
Col a: n
Col b: 4
Ans: D
4. A man invites 7 people to party of which 3 of them are close friends and 4 are miscellaneous,
he presents 2 gift after the party , find the probability of getting 2 gifts to his close friends?
5. If 3 is multiplied by 10 and 3 is added to the result..........and if this process is continued up to
ten digits.like 3
33
333
3333
.......... so on till 10 digits
Find the sum of all 3's in 100th place?
6. There was series from 1 to n & n is odd... then randomly select a number. Find the probabilty
that the number will be odd?
7. Given a fraction 2/7, what is the 57th digit after decimal?
Ans is 5
8. (x - 1/x)/(x +1) = 99. Find (x - 1/x)/(x-1) ?
9. X and Y are positive integers and X-2/10 = Y
Col A: Units digit of Y
Col B: Tens digit of X.
10. Given a two figrures, first figure contains a square with a circle of radius of the circle
is 'r' inscribed in it and the area outside the circle(within the square) is shaded . Second figure
contains a circle radius of 'r' with a square inscribed in it and the area outside the square(within
the circle) is shaded.
Col A: Area of Shaded region in the first figure
Col B: Area of Shaded region in the Second figure
11. If 2n+1 is the median of seven consecutive integers . What is the mean of the integers?
Ans: 2n+1
12. Col A: (5-1/4) square+(5+1/4)square
Col B: 50
Ans: A
13. The slope of line XY is given as -1/2.
Col A: X intercept of Line
Col B: Y intercept of Line.
14. There is a code to be made of length of 5 in which it consists of 3 alphabets and 2 digits from
0 to 9. The alphabets 'a,e,i,o,u,y' are not allowed in the alphabets, so how many codes can be
made.Repeatitions is allowed in both alphabets and numeric.
Sol: 20*20*20*10*10
15. If q*r^2 <450 and q and r are prime numbers greater than 3. What is the maximum possible
value of r?
A. 5
B.11
C.17
D.13
Ans: D
1. If 7n is a multiple of 4 then how many values of 7n lie between 45 and 75?
2. Column A: The number of even numbers from 1 to 100... whose squares are also within the
given range(1 to 100) is
Column B: the number of odd numbers from 1 to 100... whose squares are also within the given
range is
3. A triangle PQR was given in which lengths of two sides were given as QR = 12 , PR = 13 and
the perimeter of the triangle was 32.
Col A: Measure of angle of Q
Col B: 90
Sol: A
4. If x>0
ColA: (2x)^0+(2x)^1/(2x)^2+(2x)
ColB: 1/x
5. There is a square with side "S" on one of its side there exists a triangle such that side of the
square is equal to base of the triangle. if the area of the square is equal to area of triangle then
find the height of the triangle in terms of "S"
6. x and y both are on the same side of 0 in number line.
Col A: x + y
Col B: |x+y|
7. In a rectangular co-ordinate system point ( 5,5) is equidistant from pt (x,0) and pt (y,0)
cola : x intercept
col b: y intercept
8. 0.158/ 0.358 =
similar question is asked... but with numerical changes....
1. Given xy>0 & yz<0. Which of the following options are not possible?
A. x>0 & y>0
B. y<0 & z<0
C. y>0 & z>0
13. Given a cuboid is with volume of 18 cubic foot and length 6 inches and was asked to find the
out front side area (that means (h*b)..)
14. Given two equations (x^2) - 36=0 and (x^2) - 2x - 48=0 . Find x?
1. If the Median of 7 consecutive even numbers is 2n+2, then what is the Mean of these
numbers?
Sol: 2n+2
2. A person sells 1000 articles at no profit and no loss. If he sells each item after 1000 articles at
0.5$, then he gets a profit of 'P'$. How many such articles did he sold?
A. 2P+1000
B. P/2 +1000........& ...... so on
....... option were like this
3. Given x-intercept as '3' and y-intercept as '3' . Find the line Equation?
A. x/3 - y/3 = 1
B. 3x + 3y = 1
C. x/3 + y/3 = 1
D. x/3 + y/3 = 0
4. x^2 = 36; x(x+6)(x+8) = 0;
Col A: x
Col B: 0
Sol:B
5. A triangle PQR was given in which lengths of two sides were given as QR = 12 , PR = 13 and
the perimeter of the triangle was 32.
Col A: Measure of angle of Q
Col B: 90
Sol: A
6.Given a two figrures, first figure contains a square with a circle of radius of the circle is 'r'
inscribed in it and the area outside the circle(within the square) is shaded . Second figure
contains a circle radius of 'r' with a square inscribed in it and the area outside the square(within
the circle) is shaded.
Col A: Area of Shaded region in the first figure
Col B: Area of Shaded region in the Second figure
7. Given 6 symbols...... * , * , ? , ? , ? , $. How number of codes that can be formed from left to
right using these 6 symbols... such that repeation is not allowed?
8. m(square)+n(square)=17
Col A : m+n
Col B: 5
Ans: D
9. If surface area of a cube is 36. Then Volume of the cube is?
10. Given x<0
Col A: (x-3)(x-4)
Col B: (x-3)^
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.Col A: 1\(-3)^4
Col B : (-3)^4
Ans: B
2. Given four numbers in series each number is greater then previous one by 5 and when added
result should be 111. What's the sequence?
Given 4 options.... question is something like this
3. Given A = (9,9,10,11,11)
B = (8,9,10,11,12)
Col A: standard deviation of A
Col B: standard deviation in B
4. When a number is divisible by 3 then the sum of all its digits is also divisible by 3. Find a
number divisible by 3 from the options.
5. m(square)+n(square)=17
Col A : m+n
Col B: 5
Ans: D
6. In a class of 20 students, one half of the students are boys, if a teacher has to select 7 students
and the first 6 are girls
Col a: What is the probability that the 7th student is a girl
Col b:2/7
Ans: C
7. A price of product x is increased by p% to give new price y and then price of y is reduced by
r% to give original price.
Col A: p
Col B: r
Ans: A
8. If area of a square is 'x' and that of a rectangle is 'y', then
Col A: perimeter of square
Col B: perimeter of rectangle
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. M = 4^x+4^x+4^x+4^x. What is the value of m^2?
2. 1/2-root3=?
3. Given a square with a circle inscribed in it and the radius of the circle is 'r'. Another circle is
given with a square inscribed in it and the radius of this circle is also 'r'.
Col A: Area of a circle inscribed in square
Col B: Area of a circle in which square is inscribed
4. Find the total number of diagonals of hexagon?
5. What is the percentage change of area of rectangle, when length is increased by 10% and
width is decreased by 10%?
6. Given x<y
Col A: xy
Col B: yz
7. If surface area of a cube is 36. Then Volume of the cube is?</y
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. When a number is divisible by 3 then the sum of all its digits is also divisible by 3. Find a
number divisible by 3 from the options.
2. A triangle PQR was given in which lengths of two sides were given as QR = 12 , PR = 13 and
the perimeter of the triangle was 32.
Col A: Measure of angle of Q
Col B: 90
3. In a company, they decided to give a code to each.... and every employee need to have it. The
code would be having first four alphabets from 'a' to 'z' but it should not be 'a' , 'e' , 'i' , 'o' , 'u'
& 'p' and last three digits can be any from 0 to 9. If the numbers can be repeated then the total
number of codes that can be generated from these digits is?
4. x and y both are on the same side of 0 in number line.
Col A: x + y
Col B: |x+y|
5. Given a square with a circle inscribed in it and the radius of the circle is 'r'.Another circle is
given with a square inscribed in it and the radius of this circle is also 'r'. What is the ratio of area
of smaller circle to area of larger circle?
6. Given a figure with a.... 12 sided polygon drawn inside the circle. Find the each interior angle?
7. Col a: /-2x+1/
Col b: /-2x/+1/
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Given a triangle of two equal sides and the angle between them is 60 degrees. If a semicircle
whose arc length is '50pi' is drawn on the side opposite to 60 degree. Find the perimeter of
triangle?
2. Given a tank with 'g'gallons of liquid which is present at 1'clock. If a pipe of 'X'litres/min was
inserted into the tank and another pipe of 'Y' litres/min was inserted as an outlet pipe at the same
time, then at what time the tank was (g/2)gallons?
3. Given |x| = |y| & xy<0
Col a : x+y
Col b : 0
Ans: C
4. A plane was flying from city 'M' to 'P' whose distance was 500 miles. While travelling from M
to P it travelled at a speed of 500miles/hr and during the return trip it travelled at a speed of 400
miles/hr.
Col A :The average speed of the trip is
Col B : 450miles/hour
5. If (101, 202) , (-1,Something number) and (x,3) are three points on a line then find the value of
x?
6. Two cyclists are moving towards each other at 10 miles/hour. They are now 50 miles apart.
At this instance a fly starts from one cyclist and move towards other and moves to and fro till
the two cyclist meet each other. If the fly is moving at 15 miles/hour, what is the total distance
covered by the fly?
Ans: 37.5 miles
7. If a number is divisible by 5 the remainder is 3 and when the same number is divided by 7 the
remainder is 4. What is the least possible number?
Ans:18
8. |x-7|<2 and y<0
Col A: xy
Col B: 9
3. There was a ladder given. The ladder is of length 5 and it is displaced i.e slanted downwards
such that it falls 'x'mts in height and its horizontal length increases by 'y'mts.
Col A: x
Col B: y
4. Given a square with a circle inscribed in it and the radius of the circle is 'r'. Another circle is
given with a square inscribed in it and the radius of this circle is also 'r'.
Col A: The difference in area of the first square and circle
Col B: The difference in area of the second square and circle
5. -8<= n<=10, m+n=4. Find the least possible value of mn?
a. 0
b. -32
c. -140
6. m(square)+n(square)=17
Col A : m+n
Col B: 5
Ans: D
7. Col A : sqrt ((2x-5)square + 5) ('x' value is given some range..)
Col B : 2
8. If [{x-(1/x)} / (x-1)] = 100, then find [{x-(1/x)}/(x+1)] ?
9. Compare the standard deviation of the following numbers.
Col A: 9,9,10,11,11
Col B: 6, 8,10,12,14
10. If 20 men can do a work in 10days... working 4hrs a day, then how many days will 10 men
take to complete the same work ..... provided if they work 6hrs a day?(All the values mentioned
in this Question are assumed values).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. There are six special characters like ^, &, *, $, @, %. How many different patterns can be
formed using all six characters. Given that repeation is not allowed.
2. Two shelf T and S are given. If 3 books from S shelf are replaced to T shelf then the number
of books become equal. If 7 books from T are replaced to S shelf then 3 times books in T is equal
to S. What are the total number of books?
3. Diagram was given of a square WSRT, from W vertex it is rotated 90 counterclockwise.
The square so formed is WTR'S'. (Consider that W is in the left down vertex). Find how much
distance does R has travelled if the side of the square is 2.(Question is something like this)
a. 2
b. 4
c. pie/2
d. 2root(2)/pie
4. Col A: |-x-y|
Col B: x+y
5. The average of seven numbers is 35 then when k is added to it then the average of those 8 is
35. What is the value of k?
6.If the sides of a right angled triangle are n, 2n-1, 2n+1 and 'n' being positive, then the value
of 'hypotenuse' ?
a)8
b)12
c)15
d)17
Ans: d
7. Given xy is not equal to 0
(x)^-1 - (y)^-1 = (xy)^-1
Col a: x-y
Col b: 1
8. If there are 'c' cartons and each carton has 'x' boxes which is being loaded in a truck in 'h'
hours and 't' minutes.
Col a : The average time for loading the 'x' boxes of all cartons
Col b: cx / (h+t/60)
9. Given |x| = |y| & xy<0
Col a : x+y
Col b : 0
10. Given there are 50 numbers, if the average of the first 25 numbers is 16 ,next 10 numbers is
15 and the last set is 20. What is the average of the entire set ?
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Given a series -9, 10,-11, 12,-13..... ,here all odd numbers are negative and all even numbers
are positive.
Col A: the sum of the series(no's) till 100 is
COl B: XXX(some number)
2. Given a regular polygon with 12 sides.Find the measure of each angle?
Question is something like this....
8. Given two figures one is....a circle with radius 'r'.. inscribed in a square, and other is a square
of diagonal 'r' inscribed in a circle.
Col a: Area of shaded region in figure A
Col b: Area of shaded region in figure B
9. Find (1/16)th% 25?
10. In a triangle ABC, Angle B+Angle C =90.
Col a: side AB
Col b: side CA
Ans: D
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Given a number '2/7'.Find the fifty seventh number after the decimal point
a.2
b.8
c.5
d.7
e.1
Ans: 5
2. Given a circle with centre T and CTO as the diameter. If the lines is a tangent to the
circle, then find the angle SOT? Ans: 45 degrees
3. A line segment 'AG' was given.'AG 'is divided into equal parts (with equal distance)... Actual
figure is like this.. A line with A, B, C, D, E, F, G points on the line segment with equal
distance between them. If the value at point A is
-2.4 & value at end point G is 10.8, then find the value of 'E'?
Ans: 6.4
4. Given xy is not equal to 0 and x is not equal to y and x+y=0
Col a: x-y
Col b: 0
Ans: D
5. If 3 is multiplied by 10 and 3 is added to the result..........and if this process is continued up to
ten digits.like 3
33
333
3333
.......... so on till 10 digits
Find the sum of all 3's in 100th place?
6. What is the percentage change of area of rectangle, when length is increased by 10% and
width is decreased by 10%?
7. If a number is divisible by 5 the remainder is 3 and when the same number is divided by 7 the
remainder is 4. What is the least possible number?
Ans:18
8. When a number is multiplied by 13, it will become greater to 105 by an amount with which it
is lesser to105 by now. What is the number?
Ans: 15
9. Given x Col A: xy
Col B: yz
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Given xy is not equal to 0 and x is not equal to y and x+y=0
Col a: x-y
Col b: 0
Ans:D
2. The average height of 4 players is 6 feet and 6 inch. If the shortest one is of height 6 feet and 3
inch. What could be the height of the longest person.(Given 1 foot = 12 inches)
Question is similar to this.... with some numerical changes
3. Given 1 kilometer is 0.62 miles.. so how many kilometers is 50 miles?
Ans: 80.64km
4. If there are 'c' cartons and each carton has 'x' boxes which is being loaded in a truck in 'h'
hours and 't' minutes.
Col a : The average time for loading the 'x' boxes of all cartons
Col b: cx / (h+t/60)
5. If x< x^3< x^2.Then the value of 'x' is
a. -3/2
b. -1/2
c. 0
d. 1/2
e. 3/2
Ans: b
6. If m= 4^x+4^x+4^x+4^x, then what is m^2?
Ans: 4^2(x+1)
7. If a plane takes 't' seconds to cover a distance of 'y'km. Then how much time is required to
cover 'x' distance(in HOURS)? Question is similar to this.... with some numerical changes.
Ans: (x*t) / (3600*y)
8. Given two figures..... one is a circle inscribed in a square and other is a square inscribed in
circle. If both have a common radius 'r' then find the area of the two? (Its a comparison question)
9. Find the area enclosed by the region in square units described by 0<=X<=5 and 0<=|y|<=8
1)40 2)80 3)160 4)120
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. The series in which a1= 3 ... and an = a(n-1)+3 (here n-1 is the suffix)
Col a: a100(here 100 is suffix)
Col b: 240
2. There is a series of odd numbers from 1 to n where n is a odd number. What is the probability
that a number selected at random will be an odd number?
3. Col a: (3^-8 ) - (3^-9)- (3^-9)
Col b: 3^-9
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. The average of seven numbers is 35 then when k is added to it then the average of those 8 is
35. What is the value of k?
2. If a number is divisible by 5 the remainder is 3 and when the same number is divided by 7 the
remainder is 4. What is the least possible number?
Ans:18
3. A group of 1 proffessor and 3 students have to be made from 4 proffessor and 5 students.
Col a: Different ways in which the groups can be formed
Col b: 40
Ans: C
4. Given -14, -11, -7 , 9, 10,13.... is the series
I. Median is greater than mean
II. S.D is greater than range
III. Mean is greater than median
A.1 only
B. 1 and 2 only
C.1,2 an 3 only
D. None of these
5. Col A: [(2+ sqrt(3)) / (2 - sqrt(3)]^3
Col B: (10^6 / 3^6)
Ans:A
6.There is a bag which contains ribbons of lengths 8m and 14m. If the total length of all threads
is 100sq.m.
Col A: number of threads of length 8m
Col B: number of threads of length 14m
Ans: D
7. What is the percentage change of area of rectangle, when length is increased by 10% and
width is decreased by 10%?
8. Given that a Square is inscribed in a circle and the diameter of circle is equal to diagonal
of square and radius of the circle is also given and the question was asked to find the area of
square?
Question is something similar to this......
9. Given a semicircle and there was a triangle inscribed in it, such that the base of triangle is
same as diameter of circle.The other side of triangle was on the curve of a circle(it made 90
degree) and question was asked to compare the other angle with 45.
Question is something like this....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. If 'n' is a odd number then n^2 -1 is a multiple of
a. 8
b. 12..... etc..
Ans: a
2. Given x+y=43 and x, y are positive primes. Then
Col a: xy
Col b: 86
Ans:B
3. What is the percentage change of area of rectangle, when length is increased by 10% and
width is decreased by 10%?
4. Which of the following option has got both mean and median same
a)x,x+a,x+22
b)x,x/a,x/2a
c)1/x........
5. Col a: (0.4)^0.5*(0.4)^0.4
COl b: (0.4)^10
6. Given a square with its side 'X'(some value) and another square is incribed in this square, and
it is also given that the distance between inner square and outer square is 'Y'(some value). Find
the area of inner square?
7.If the sides of a right angled triangle are n, 2n-1, 2n+1 and 'n' being positive, then the value
of 'hypotenuse' ?
a)8
b)12
c)15
d)17
Ans: d
8. Given an equation x/7+w/28=1
Find the number of positive integer solutions for this equation?
9. Given a figure like Rhombus with its area 40 and one of its diagonal is given as 8. Then what
is the length of other diagonal is?
Ans: 10
10. Another question on ... equation of speed .
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. x<y<0
Col a: xy
Col b: y-x
Ans: D
2. Given x>100 rounded off value of
2-1/x
--------- is
2+2/x
a. 2
b.1
c.3
d.5
Ans: b
3. Given Points (-5,-7) and (3,-4) lie on the line, if point (x,13) lies on the same line, find x?
4.If the sides of a right angled triangle are n, 2n-1, 2n+1 and 'n' being positive, then the value
of 'hypotenuse' ?
a)8
b)12
c)15
d)17
Ans: d