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1.

At least 2/3 of the 40 members of a committee must vote in favor of resolution for it to
pass. What is the greatest number of members who could vote against the resolution
and still have it pass?
1] 19
2] 17
3] 16
4] 13

2.

A student bought 4 books for Rs. 120 from one book shop and 6 books for Rs. 150 from
another. The average price (in rupees), he paid per book was:
1] 27
2] 27.50
3] 135
4] 138

3.

Peter got 30% of the maximum marks in an examination and failed by 10 marks. However,
Paul who took the same examination got 40% of the maximum marks and got 15 marks
more than the passing marks. What were the passing marks in the examination?
1] 35
2] 250
3] 750
4] 85

4.

One year payment to the servant is Rs. 200 plus one shirt. The servant leaves after 9
months and receives Rs. 120 and a shirt. Then find the price of the shirt.
1] Rs. 80
2] Rs. 100
3] Rs. 120
4] None

5.

A watermelon weighs 5,000 gm 99% of its weight is water. It is kept in a drying room and
after some time it turns out that it is only 98% water by weight. What is its weight now?
1] 2,500 gm
4] None of these

2] 4,500 gm

3] 4,950 gm

6.

A train passes a station platform in 35s and a man standing on the platform in 15s. If the
speed of the train is 54 km/hr, find the length of the platform.
1] 350 m
2] 200 m
3] 250 m
4] 300 m

7.

A man bought 30 kgs of wheat at cost 10.5/kg and 30 kgs at cost 9.5/kg. He mixes the
two. At what price should he sell to have a 35% gain?
1] Rs. 14.5/kg

8.

2] Rs. 13.5/kg

3] Rs. 15.5/kg

4] Rs. 16.5/kg

Three lights change after 48, 72, 108 sec. respectively. At 08:20:00 they all changed
together. At what time will they again change together?
1] 8 : 37 : 12
2] 8 : 27 : 12
3] 8: 27 : 00
4] 8 : 37 : 00

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A can do a work in 6 days. B can do a work in 8 days. They both do the work for Rs. 640. C
joins them and they do the work in 3 days. How much did they they pay to C?
1] Rs. 100

10.

2] Rs. 80

3] 2 : 3

4] 4 : 5

2] Data Insufficient

3] 1200

4] 1500

A computer routine was developed to generate two numbers (X, Y) the first being a
random number between 0 and 100 inclusive, and the second being less than or equal to
the square root of the first. Each of the following pairs satisfies the routine EXCEPT
1] (99,10)

14.

2] 1 : 2

There are 5 questions in a question paper. In an examination 5% students answer all

questions and 5% answered none. 50% of the rest answered 3 questions and 20%
answered 2 questions and 300 answered only 1 question. How many students appeared
for the test?
1] 1000

13.

2] are 10 and 37 respectively

4] cant be determined from the

If one type of tobacco costs Re.1/- per kg and other type costs Rs. 5/- per kg. What
quantity of first type and second type should be mixed so that 100 kg of mixture costs Rs.
100/-?
1] Not possible

12.

4] Rs. 60

A man purchased 47 stamps of 20 paise and 15 paise. The total amount he spent was Rs.
8.80. the number of 20 paise and 15 paise stamps which he purchased
1] are 12 and 35 respectively
3] are 35 and 12 respectively
given data

11.

3] Rs. 70

2] (85,9)

3] (50,7)

4] (1,1)

A warehouse had a square floor with area 10,000 sq. metres. A rectangular addition was
built along one entire side of the warehouse that increased the floor by one-half as much
as the original floor. How many metres did the addition extend beyond the original
building?
1] 10
2] 20
3] 50
4] 500

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15.

A digital wristwatch was set accurately at 8.30 a.m. and then lost 2 seconds every 5
minutes. What time was indicated on the watch at 6.30 p.m. of the same day if the watch
operated continuously for that time?
1] 5:56
2] 5:58
3] 6.00
4] 6:26

16.

A 5 litre jug contains 4 litres of a saltwater solution that is 15 percent salt. If 1.5 litres of
the solution is thrown out of the jug, and the jug is then filled to capacity with water,
approximately what percent of the resulting solution in the jug is salt?
1] 7.5%
2] 9.5%
3] 10.5%
4] 12%

17.

A plane travelled K miles in the first 96 minutes of flight time. If it completed the
remaining 300 miles of the trip in 1 minute, what was its average speed in miles per hour
for the entire trip?
1] (K + 300)/ 97
2] 60 (K + 300)/ 97
3] (K + 97) / 300
4] (K + 96) /
300

18.

A millionaire bought a lot of hats 1/4 of which were brown. The millionaire sold 2/3 of the
hats including 4/5 of the brown hats. What fraction of the unsold hats were brown?
1] 1/60
2] 1/15
3] 3/20
4] 3/5

19.

An investor purchased shares of stock at a certain price. If the stock increased in price by
Rs 0.25 per share and the total increase for the x shares was Rs 12.50, how many shares
of stock had been purchased?
1] 25
2] 50
3] 75
4] 100

20.

At a special sale, 5 tickets can be purchased for the price of 3 tickets. If 5 tickets are
purchased at the sale, the amount saved will be what percent of the original price of the 5
tickets?
1] 20%
2] 33.3%
3] 40%
4] 60%

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Directions for Questions 21 to 25 : These questions are based on the line graph given below.

21.

For which of the following cars is the manufacturing cost as a percentage of advertising
cost the least?
1] Xing
2] City
3] Lancer
4] Zen

22.

In a certain year, 30,000 City cars, are produced, and are sold at Rs. 9.3 lacs/car. If 2% of
the total profit is given as a bonus to the 2,040 engineers, the amount received by each
engineer as bonus is (in Rs.)
1] 5,000
2] 50,000
3] 5 lacs
4] None
of
these

23.

Which of the following statements is true?

1] The difference in the manufacturing and the advertising costs of Optra is the same as
that of Versa.
2] The ratio of the manufacturing to the advertising cost of Zen is the same as that of
Xing.
3] The total cost of Zen and Xing put together is less than the total cost of Lancer.
4] None of these

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24.

The company that manufactures Zen produces 500 Zen cars per day while the company
that manufactures City produces 600 City cars per day. They sell them at Rs. 6 lacs/car
and Rs. 8.4 lacs/car respectively. The profit made by the former is approximately what
percent of that of the latter?
1] 100%
2] 156%
3] 250%
4] None
of
these

25.

The ratio of the manufacturing cost to the total cost is the least for
1] Optra
2] Zen
3] City

4] Lancer

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