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8, then x = and y = Q.2 A sum of Rs. 400 is to be used to give four cash prizes to students of' a school for their overall performance. If each prize is Rs. 2.0 less than its preceding prize, fine! the value of each prize. 130 Q.3 After 2 years of time, Paul will be 2.times ,IS old as Alice. Presently he is 4 times as old. How old is Paul now Q.4 One card .is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards, Find the probability of getting i) a king of red colour ii) a black card Q.7 From the top of a 9 metres high building AB, the angle of elevation of the top of a towel' CD is 30 C and the angle of depression of the foot of the tower is 600 Find the height of the tower Q. !3The radius of a circle is 21 ems. Therefore its circumference is ems. Q. 9 A vessel is in the form of a hollow cylinder mounted on a hollow hemisphere. The diameter of the hemisphere is 14 erns, and the total height vessel is 3 erns, Find the outer surface area of the vessel Q. '\0 If cosec 18 = sec A, then the measure of A. is --' _ Q. '\ 'I A point A(x,y) divides the segment joining point 6(5,-1) and C(-10A) in the ratio 3:2. Find the value of x and y Q. '12 A man is standing in front of a painting of Clman, and he tells us the following: "Brothers and sisters have! none, but this man's father is my father's son". Who is on the paintinq? Q. 13.The fundamental theorem of arithmetic states that every natural number greater than 1 can be written as a unique product of prime numbers. Now what is the smallest number by which 4732 must be divided in order to make it into a perfect square Q. 14. In the reading room of a library, there are '\0 reading spots. Each reading spot consists of a round table with 4 chairs placed around it. There are some readers such that in each occupied reading spot there is different number of readers. If ill all there are '10 readers, how many reading spots do not have even a single reader 6 READER SPOT .
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ury uncle died, he left a will, instructing his executors to divide his cstateof' 19,80,000 ill litis manner.Every son should receive three times as much as a daughter, and that every daughter should get twice as much as-their mother. What is my aunt's maximum share if lily uncle hasat least one SOil ami one daughter?

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' 19,80,000

(8) -, 9,90,000

Cc) , 3,30,000

(D) , 2,20,000

CH)' 1,98,000

16. The price of a Maruti car rises by 30% while the salesof the car came.downby 20%. What is the percentchangein the total revenue? (A) - 4 CB) - 2 CC)
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(D) 0 (E) NOlle of-these .

17.lVlolltltly income of X and Y are in the ratio I:J ilnd their expensesare in tire ratio 19:40.X saves' 18,860 less thanY and in total they save' 36,020. What are their respectiveincomes? (A)'
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10,480& ' 31,'140 (li)' 9,000 &. ' 27,000 1'1,200 S: ' 42,GOO (D) , 12,380 & ' 37,140 (E) None of these

18. Father's age wasfive times his son's age 5 years ago and willbe three times the son's age after 2 years. What is the ratio of their present ages? CA)4:1 CB) 18:5 Cc) 10:3 CD)7:2 CB)None of tilese
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19. The average turnover of a company in January, February and March is' 12 crore while that of March, April, May and June is' 14 crore. What is the turnover in March ifthe average for tile first half of the year is' 12 crore? CA) , 12crore CB)' 14 crore (C) , 16 crore (D)' 18 crore CE) , 20 crore
E 20 crore

20. The ratio- of slim of squares of first is 17:325. The value ofn is

11

natural numbers to square of sum of first n natural numbers

CA) 15 CB)25 (C) 35 CD)30 (E)'Neruiofthese

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Shreya writes first 100 whole numbers. Let A and B be the number of times she writes 0 and 9 respectively. Find the value of A +- B Whole number=0,1,2,3............. CA)31 CB)30 Cc) 34 CD)32 CE) 33 D 32

3. Neelarn who is Deepak's daughter says to Deepika, "your mother Rekha is the younger sister of
my father who is the third child of Ramlal." How is Ramlal related to Deepika? CA)Uncle CB)Father CC)Grandfather CD)Great Grandfather CE)None of these c granfather

4. If the probability of rain "

011 any given day inPune city is 50% 111en what is the probability that it rains on exactly 3 days in a 5 day period

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many one rupee, 50paisa and 25 paisa coins are there if these are in the ratio 4:5:6 and togetheramount to ' 32?' " '

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CA)625 (B)81 CC) 1024 CD) 3025' (E) Data Insufficient

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Some months back, this year. Iwas walking through the Central Park in New Delhi. I saw an intelligent looking little boy playing all by himself all the grass. I decided to talk to him and just as an excuse to start the conversation I asked him his age. A mischievous glint flickered in his eyes and he replied. "Two days back I was ten years old, and next year I shall be thirteen. If you know what' s today you'll be able to figure out my birthday and that'l! give you my lliSe."I ,looke~ ,~thim b~wildered .:

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On which date they had this conversation?

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Supposing"

dock takes 7 seconds to strike 7. How long w j IJ the "<ne clock take to strike 1O?

CA) 10 secs CB) 10.5 secs (C) 7 secs CD) 9 secs CB) 12.5 secs

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A bag contains 5 green "0 7 b lue balls, Ano,"" one cooto;n, <1g'"n and 8 blue balls. If a bag is chosen randomly and a ball is drawn from it at random, then find the probability that it is green (A) 3/4 (B) 1/4.(C) 5/8 (D) 3/8 CB)None ofthese

Saniya, her brother, bel' daughter, and her Son aretelUlis players. As Clgame of doubles is about to begin:

1. Saniya's brother is directly across the net from her daughter.

2. 3. Her son is diagonally across the net fro III the Worst player's sibling. The best player and the worst player are 011 the same side of the net.

1. W110is the best player?

(A) Saniya CB)Saniyas brother (C) Saniya's son CD) Saniya's daughter CE) Can't be determined 2.
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A group of housewives with average age 30 years meets with another group of housewives with average age 01'40 years. If the average age of the new group is 34 YCCU's, what is the ratio of

number of housewives in the first group to the number of housewives in tile second group?

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In the city club, there are four people: Avinit, Bikash Chandan and Debjit. They were; though not necessarily in the same order: doctor, teacher, painter and actor. Avinit and the teacher never spoke to Chandan, Bikash and the actor were very good friends. The painter was friends with Debjit and the actor.

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software engineer starts from home at 3 PM for evening walk on a route which has level road for some distance and a then a hillock. He walks speed of 4kmph on level ground and then at a speed of Skmph on the uphill and then down the hill at a speed of 6 kmph to the level ground and then at a speed of 4kmph to the home If he reaches home at 9 PM. What is the distance one way of ~ro~

(A) 12 Km (B) 15 Km CC) 18 Km CD) 24 Km (E) Data Inadequate

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What is She ratio ofthe uncut to the Gutportion? (A) 1:3 (B) 4:1 (C) 3:1 (D) 4:3 (E) 2:3
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incurred (approx) if a stone weighing 28 g and costing , 28,000 breaks into two pieces whose weights are in the ratio 15: 13?

A. No Loss CB)' 10,000 Cc) , 9,500 CD) , 28,000 CE)' 14,000

5. In a class of 50 st-udents, 23 speak English, 15 speak Hindi and 18 Speak Punjabi, 3 speak only
English and Hindi, 6 speak only Hindi and Punjabi and 6 speak only English and Punjabi, 1f9 can. speak only English, how many speak all the three?

CA) 1 CB) 2 CC) 3 CD) 5 CE) None of these

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6. The average of 10 numbers is 40.2. Later it is found that 2 numbers have been wrongly added. The
first is 18 greater than the actual number and the second number added is 13 instead of 31. Find the correct average.

CA) 40.2 CB) 40.4 Cc) 40.6 CD) 40.8 CE) 41

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7.

A man has 1044 candles. After burning; he can make the maximum number of candles that can be made.

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new candle from 9 stubs left behind. Find

CA) 116 (8) 120 CC) 130 (D) 140 CE) 144

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8. The sides of a triangular are in the ratio of 112: 1/3: 114. if the perimeter is 52 cm. the length of the
smallest side is.,
perimeter is the sum of sides of a triangle

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1. If U is ill the cast, then which of the following must also be in the cast?
CA) 1) (B) Q Cc) R CD) SCE) V

2. If P is in the cast, then any of the follow ing groups of three could make up the rest of the cast
except CA) Q, Rand S CB) Q, R and V CC) R, S and V (D) S, U, and V (E) None of these

1.

The boys and girls are in tile ratio 3:7 in a school. 25% of tile boys and 20% of the girls are scholarship holders. How much percent of the total students do not get scholarships?

CA) 68 (B) 75 CC) 79.8 CD) 78.5 CE) 82.5

2. A cistern is two-third full of water. Pipe A can fill the remaining part in 12 minutes and pipe B in
8 minutes. Once the cistern is emptied, how much time willthey take to fill it together completely? (A) 12 minutes (B) 12.5 min

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1. Three terrorists are employed to shoot a renowned person Mr. X. Only one bullet is sufficient to
kill him if 1'tstrikes in the head. The probabilities of the terrorists striking Mr. X's head by their bullets are 0.2, 0.3, and 0.4. What is the probability that Mr. X is shot dead? . (A) 0.336 (B) 0.9 (c) 0.1 (D) 0.760 CE) 0.664

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Which of the following numbers is a perfect square?

(A) 1020~ (B) 12223- (C) 11 116-(D) 55555

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started together but Rajiv left the work after 2 days. In how many days willMr. Jogesh complete . the remaining work now?

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Study the given series CA)carefully and answer the incomplete series CB), in the following questions. Assume that series B follows the same rule as series A.

l. Series A: 2, 5, J 7,71,

Series B: 1, a, b, c

What will replace the symbol c?

CA) 70 (B) 11 (C) 47 CD) 36 (E) 27

2. Series A: 2; 11,47, 128,....; Series B: 5, ill, n,

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1. A bag contains 4 white and 3 black balls. 2 balls are drawn one at a time, randomly in succession.
What is the probabilitythat both the balls drawn out are white in color, if the first ball is not replaced after the first draw?

A. 9/49 (B) 3/7 (C) 2/7 CD) 4/7 CE)16/49

. On rolling 6 dice, it is found that Cl) Exactly 3 dice show the samenumber (Il) Only 1 die shows 6CIII) Not more than 3 dice show 4. or more

1. What is the minimum possible total of numbers on the faces, if the three dice having same number
show 2?

CA) 20 CB) 22 (C) 11 (D) 14 (E) 15

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cm. what is the side of the largest possible square that can be drawn? (A) 4 cm (B) 4.8 cm (C) ~L5cm (D) 4.4 cm (E) 5 cm

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The distance between Charu's and Mani's places is 120 km. Chant traveled the whole distance from her 'place to mani's at 30 km/hr but returned at 40 km/hr. her average speed for the whole journey is (approximately).

(A) 361011/hr (B) 37 km/hr CC) 33 km/tu' (D) 341ml/br (E) 35 km/hr

1. A 90lcg salt solution has 10% salt in it. How much water must be evaporated from it so thatthe
solution now contains 25% salt? CA) 54 (B) 45 (C) 36 (D) 27 (E) 18

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Variables R and S are related by the equation R = I/S2. Now, if S is increased by 10%, what will . happen to R?

(A) R decreases by 19% (B) R decreases by 10% (C) R decreases by 17% (D) R decreases by 21 % (E) R increases by 21'Yo

3 . The sum oftwo times one naturalnumber

and three times another natural number is less than 24. if the first natural number is less than or equal to eight, the highest value of the.second natural number is:

(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9

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4\ .. A class photograph has to be taken. The front row consists 'of 6 girls who are sitting. 20 boys are ~
. standing behind. The two corner positions are reserved for the 2 tallest boy. In how many ways call the students be arranged? .. . (A) 18! x 720 CB) 6! x 1440 (C) I8! x2! x 1440 CD) 18! x 1440 (B) None of These

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of tile top.and bottom of a ,

3. From, the top of a building 60 metres high the angles of depression

"~owel',~are 30 and 600 respectively. The height of the tower is,

A. 40m CB) 30111CC) 20m CD) 50m CE) 20V3m

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The probability that the product is positive is '

A. 50011001 CB) 503/1001 Cc) 303/1001 CD) 101/1001 CE) 505/1001 5. The average age of all boys ill the class is 16.66, while the average age of all gi.rls in the same
class is 18.75. Thus the average marks of all 40 students in the class is 17.5 what is the number girls in the class? . . .
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14, then the value of c is

(A) 6 CB) 7 Cc) 8 CD) 14 CE) None of These

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numbers, the largest is three times the smaller one. What is the ratio of the two numbers?

CA) 5:4 (B) 5:2 (C) 3:2 (D) 2:1 (E) 7:4

8.

Suppose n is an integer such thatthe sum of digits ofn is 2 and 1010 < n< 1011. The number of different values for 11 is .

CA) 11 (B) 10 CC) 9 (D) 8 CE) No Values Possible

9.

A car is traveling at uniform speed. The driver sees a milestone showing El two digit number which is a perfect square, after traveling for an hour the driver sees another milestone with the same digits in reverse order and after another hour the driver sees another milestone containing the same two digits as part of a three digit number. What is the speed of the car? CA) 30 kmph (B) 40 kmph (C) 50 kmph (D) 60 kmph (E) 45 krnph

10. A tap can fill a tank in 16 minutes and another can empty it in 8 minutes. If the tank is already 112
f1111 and both the taps are opened together, will the tank be filled or emptied? How long Will it take before the tank is either tilled completely or emptied completely as the case may be? .
(A) Emptied; 16 111i11s Filled; 8 mins CC) Emptied; 12 mins (D) Filled; 12 mins (E) None of These (B)

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1. 10 hours 2.9 hours 3. 8 hours 4.7 hours

5. The IT giantTirnop has recently crossed a headcount of 150000 and. earnings of $7 billion. As oneof the forerunners in the technology front, Tirnop continues to lead the way in products and services in India. At \.'\ Tirnop, all programmers are equal in every respect. They receive. identical salaries ans also write code at the same rate.Suppose 12 such' programmers take 12 minutes to write 12 lines of code in total. How long will it take 72 programmers to write 72 lines of code in total?

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