1. Timothy is re-arranging his marble collection.

He has five identical blue marbles, five identical

black marble. He can fit exactly five marbles into a case and must have at least one of each.
How many different ways can he arrange the case in?
a. 150
b. 120
c. 1260
d. 420
e. 925
f. 3375
2. There are 5 bags, three of which each contain 5 orange and 2 purple marbles. The remaining 2
bags each contain 1 orange and 4 purple marbles. A purple marble has been drawn. What is the
probability that the purple marble came from the first group of bags containing 5 orange and 2
purple marbles?
15
a.
43
6
b.
35
3
c.
5
8
d.
25
3. Tyler is pursuing his younger brother Kevin. Tyler is running six times as fast as Kevin does. Tyler
overtakes Kevin and then goes on running at the same speed for two more minutes, then stops
to wait for Kevin. Kevin maintained his constant speed throughout the chase. How long did
Tyler wait for Kevin to catch up?
a. 12
b. 10
c. 8
d. 6
4. We create 4-digit number greater than 5000 using the digits 0,1,3,5,7. What is the probability
of creating a number divisivble by 5 if the digits cannot be repeated? Assume the numbers are
randomly selected.
3
a.
8
33
b.
83
99
c.
249
2
d.
5
5. The inflation index pf Country A in 1990 relative to 1995 was 5. Meaning that the ratio of
dollars spent for goods during 1990 compare to the dollars spent for the same goods during the
year 1995 is 1:5. Similarly inflation index in country B for the year 1995 relative to 1990 was 9
and the inflation index in country C for the year 1995 relative to 1990 was 13. Price of a pair of
shoes was ₹72 more in 1995 than in 1990 in all three coumtries. What was the ratio between
the price of the pair of shoes in Country B and Country C in 1995?
a. 30:27:26
b. 30:28:26
c. 22:20:18
d. 18:16:14
6. Swimming pools in club A and club B contain 500 and 200 liters of water, respectively.
Water is pumped out of swimming pool A at the rate of Q liters per minute and water is
being added to swimming pool B at the rate of G liters per minute. How many hours will
elapse before the two tanks contain equal amounts of water?
a. 5/(Q+G)
b. 6(Q+G)
c. 300/Q+G
d. 60/G-Q
e. 6(Q-G)
7. Tanuj left his house and walked towards Abdullah’s house 88 km away. Two hours later Abdullah left
his house and walked towards Tanuj’s house. If Tanuj’s speed was 4 km/hr and Abdullah’s was 6 km/hr.
How many kilometres had Tanuj walked when he met Abdullah?
a. 32
b. 24
c. 16
d. 40
e. 36
8. A box of Q pounds is given to Sanjay, Raj and David. They divided it equally amongst themselves. Then
Sanjay gives Raj M Pounds, Raj gives David 2M pounds and David gives Sanjay 3M pounds. Afterwards,
Sanjay has exactly half of all the pounds initially given to the three people. In terms of M, how much
money was originally given to Sanjay. Raj and David.
a. 4M
b. 6M
c. 8M
d. 12M
e. 16M
9. A piece of thread 120 cm in length is to be cut into 2 parts, 1 parts to from a rectangle and the other
part to from an equilateral tringle. The length of the rectangle needs to be three less than twice its
width, and each side of the triangle needs to be twice the length of the rectangle. What is the length of
each part of thread.
a. 42cm and 78cm
b. 62cm and 58cm
c. 48cm and 72cm
d. 52cm and 68cm
e. 88cm and 32cm
10. 20 kgs of fruits consisting of raspberries worth $6.00/kg, blueberries worth $2.50/kg and strawberries
worth $1.50/kg are mixed. If there are twice as many blueberries as raspberries, and the total value of
the fruits is $56.00, how many of each fruit are there?
a. 6 raspberries 4 blueberries, 8 strawberries
b. 4 raspberries,6 blueberries,6 strawberries
c. 8 raspberries,6 blueberries,4 strawberries
d. 4 raspberries,8 blueberries,8 strawberries
e. 8 raspberries,4 blueberries,6 strawberries
f. 6 raspberries,8 blueberries,4 strawberries
11. Three bottling plants are making similar bottles. Plant A makes 12 bottles per minute, Plant B makes 7
bottles per minute and Plant C makes 19. It costs 8 cents per bottle for Plant A, 5 cent per bottle for
Plant B and 11 cents per bottle for Plant C. A bodyguard needs to be hired for each individual plant and
is paid 30 per hour. ($60 will be paid if the guard works for one hour and one minute). Which plant
along will be the most efficient to make 1200 bottles.
a. Plant A
 b. Plant B
c. Plant C
d. Plant A&B
e. Plant A&C
12. Spot the erroneous step in the solution below: (Options might be in random order. Step 1 is the first
step of the solution and Step 5 is the last step of the solution)
a. Step 1: Solve 𝑒 2𝑥 + 2𝑒 𝑥 + 1 = 0
b. Step 2: Let ex=z
c. Step 3: z2+2z+1=0
d. Step 4: Therefore z=1,1
e. Step 5: Since z=ex=1. Therefore x=0 is the solution
13. What is the rang of h(x)=3 ln(x)-7?
a. (-∞,∞)
b. (3,∞)
c. (-7,∞)
d. (-∞, -7)
14. John is asked to clean a circular radioactive area of radius r, if by the end of each day he cleans half the
area that he started with on that day. How much area would have been cleaned by the end of the
twentieth day?
19𝜋𝑟 2
a. 20
39𝜋𝑟 2
b. 40
{219 −1}𝛱𝑟 2
c. 219
{220 −1}𝛱𝑟 2
d. 220
15. Q(t)=Q(0)ept
The above model describes the exponential decay of chemical element. t is the time in years. Q(0) is the
initial amount of the chemical element. Q(t) is the amount of chemical element after t years and p is a
constant. It is known that enery 1600 years the amount of the chemical element drops to half (its half-
life is 1600 years). If the term ep in the above equation can be replaced by the term xy, where both x,y
rational numbers, what is x and y?
1
a. X=√2, y=1/1600
b. X=1/2,y=1600/3
c. The term ep in the above equation cannot be replaced by a term xy, where both x,y rational
numbers
d. X=1/2, y=1/1600
16. Which on the following could be the graph of the function f(x)=(x-2)2(1-x)?