QA

4 Timings: 60 minutes
1. 5 men work for 20 hours a week to complete a work in 5 weeks. If 3 women are equivalent to 5 men, how
many weeks will 2 women take to finish the same work if they work for 60 hours a week?

1. 5 weeks 2. 4 weeks 3. 2.5 weeks 4. 2 weeks 5. Data insufficient

2. A money lender borrows some money at SI of 8% p.a. and lends it at 12% p.a. CI. If he earns Rs. 944 after 2
years, what was the principal he borrowed?

1. 12000 2. 15000 3. 10000 4. 25000 5. None of these

3. The square of the custom duty is proportional to the selling price of the article paid for it after deducting the
production cost. The selling price of a lipstick is Rs. 202 while that for a face cream is Rs. 73. If the production
cost for each of them is Rs. 2 and Re. 1 respectively and the custom duty for the lipstick is 10, find the custom
duty paid on the face cream.

1. 5 2. 6 3. 7 4. 36 5. CBD

4. An article is sold at a loss of 10% and another article of 1/3rd the cost price of first article is sold at a profit of
20%. The total loss or profit on the total transaction is:

1. profit 10% 2. No profit no loss 3. Los 3.33% 4. Loss 2.5%

5. What is the length of the train that overtakes a man cycling at the speed of 20 kmph in 27 seconds and a
lamp post in 18 seconds, if the train is moving in the same direction and at a constant speed continuously?

1. 250 m 2. 300 m 3. 350 m 4. 400 m 5. CBD

6. In how many ways can the words of the letter “ABACUS” be arranged such that no two vowels are
together?

1. 144 2. 72 3. 36 4. 18 5. 96

7. Two trains start at the same time from station A & B and proceed towards each other at the rate of 16 mph
and 21 mph respectively. When they meet, it was found that one train had covered 60 miles more than the
other. Find the distance between the two stations.

1. 400 miles 2. 444 miles 3. 344 miles 4. 620 miles 5. CBD

8. In a kilometer long race, A can beat B by 40 metres and B can beat C by 50 metres. By how many metres can
A beat C in a 500 metre race?

1. 44 m 2. 45 m 3. 46 m 4. 47 m 5. 48 m

9. A can do a piece of work in 36 days, B in 54 days and C in 72 days. All the three began the work together
but A left 8 days before and B 12 days before the completion of work. How many days in all did C put in till the
entire work was finished?

1. 21 days 2. 22 days 3. 23 days 4. 24 days 5. 25 days


10. A bought a radio and spent Rs. 110 on its repairs. He then sold it to B at 20% profit. B sold it to C at a loss
of 10%. C sold it for Rs. 1188 at a profit of 10%. The amount at which A bought the radio is,

1. Rs. 850 2. Rs. 870 3. Rs. 890 4. Rs. 910 5. CBD

11. A cistern can be filled separately by two pipes A & B in 45 minutes and 36 minutes respectively. The tap C
at the bottom can empty the cistern in 30 minutes. If tap C is opened 7 minutes after the two pipes A and B
are opened, find total time for the cistern be filled?

1. 48 min 2. 46 min 3. 44 min 4. 39 min 5. 20 min

12. A and B walk from their homes to their college daily. A’s house is a km farther from the college than B’s
house. If A walks at a speed 1.5 times that of B and takes the same time as that of B to reach the college, then
the distance from A’s house to the college is:

1. 1 km 2. 2 km 3. 3km 4. 4km 5. 5km

13. The ratio of ages of A and B two years back was 2 : 3. Three years hence, the ratio will be 3 : 4. What are
the present ages of A and B?
1. 12, 17 2. 15, 10 3. 15, 20 4. 12, 15 5. 10, 15

14. 9 men can do a piece of work in 24 days at the rate of 8 hours per day. How many days would it take to
finish the same work by 16 men working 12 hours a day?
1. 18 2. 9 3. 6 4. 10 5. None of these

15. The average age of students in a class is 8. If the age of the teacher is 28 and the average age increases by
0.5 considering the teacher’s age too then the total number of students in the class is:
1. 24 2. 36 3. 48 4. 39 5. CBD


16. In the following figure, ABCD is a rectangle of area 24 sq. units. P is a point on AB. Find the area of triangle
PCD.

a. 10 b. 12 c. 20 d. 16
17. 3 truck drivers went to roadside cafe. 1st driver purchased 4 sandwiches, 1 coffee, 10 biscuits and paid Rs
1.69 paise. 2nd one purchased 3 sandwiches, 1 coffee, 7 biscuits and paid Rs. 1.26 paise. What did 3rd
truck driver pay for a sandwich, a cup of coffee, and one biscuit?
a. 35 paise b. 89 paise c. 68 paise d. 40 paise
18. The altitude drawn to the base (unequal side) of an isosceles triangle is 8, and the perimeter is 32. The
area of triangle is
a. 56 b. 48 c. 40 d. 32


19. A series of books was published at seven year interval. When the seventh book was issued, the sum of the
publication years was 13,524. When was the first book published?
a. 1932 b. 1942 c. 1911 d. 1917
20. A tiled pathway of uniform width of 1.5 m is set inside a rectangular garden, with its length being twice its
width,. If the area of the pathway is 81 sq. m, find the area of the rectangular garden.
a. 128 sq. m. b. 200 sq. m. c. 125 sq. m. d. 144 sq. m.
21. The equations ax – (a + b) y = 1 and (a – b)x + ay = 5 have a unique solution

a. For all values of a and b b. Only when a = b

c. Only when a2 : b2 ≠ 1 : 2 d. Only when a = 0 and b = 0
22. How many 5 digit even numbers can be formed by using first five natural numbers without repetition?
a. 24 b. 48 c. 96 d. 72
23. There are 10 stations on a railway line. The number of different journey tickets that are required by the
authorities is

a. 92 b. 90 c. 91 d. None of these

24. How many zeroes will be there in the product of 126 ´ 507 .

a. 12 b. 19 c. 7 d. 14

25. If the sum of the four natural numbers in AP is 60 and the sum of their squares is 920, which of the
following is the smallest number of four?

a. 10 b. 15 c. 8 d. 12

26. If the Cost Price of 3 books is equal to the Marked Price of same 2 books and the cost price of 5 books is
equal to Selling price of same 4 books. Find the discount percent.

a. 20 % b. 16.66% c. 12.5 % d. 11.11%

27. In a party, every person present told one unique joke to every other person present. If a total of 240 jokes
were told, how many persons were present in the party?

a. 16 b. 15 c. 20 d. 21

28. If the 3rd , 5th and 8th term of an AP are in GP, find the common ratio of this GP?

a. 2 b. 1.5 c. 0.5 d. 3

1 2 3
29. If 2a = 4b = 8 c , where none of a, b and c is zero, then find the ratio of a : b : c?

1 1
a. 9 : 4: 1 b. 36 : 9 : 4 c. 1 : 4 : 9 d. 1 : :
9 4
30. If the same number ‘x’ is subtracted from 34, 42, 52, the resulting numbers are in GP. What is the sum of
these three numbers which are in GP?

a. 120 b. 125 c. 115 d. 122

31. When all the students of a school are arranged in columns of 16 students, then 12 students remain in the
last column. When all of them are arranged in columns of 12, then 8 students remain in the last column.
Which of the following can be the total number of students in the school?

a. 52 b. 148 c. 956 d. 484

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32. Find the unit’s place of 24 + 34 + 44 + 54 + 64 + ......... + 104 )
a. 2 b. 3 c. 0 d. 4

33. (a – b), a, – b, (4a – 9b) are in proportion, find the ratio a : b.

a. 3 : 2 b. 2 : 3 c. 4 : 9 d. 9 : 4

34. a, b, c and d are in proportion. The ratio of a and d is 1 : 4 and the ratio of b and c is 1 : 9. Find the ratio of
a : c.

a. 4 : 9 b. 2 : 3 c. 3 : 2 d. 1 : 6

35. If 10th April 2007 is a Tuesday, what day of the week would 2nd October 2002 have been?

a. Tuesday b. Wednesday c. Thursday d. Saturday

36. Find the remainder when 598 is divided by 13.

a. 1 b. 11 c. 6 d. 12

37. 56 – 1 is definitely divisible by

a. 13 b. 37 c. 5 d. 84

Directions Q. 38-39: are based on the following information:

There are three different cable channels namely Ahead, Luck and Bang. In a survey it was found that 85% of viewers
respond to Bang, 20% to Luck, and 30% to Ahead. 20% of viewers respond to exactly two channels and 5% to none.

38. What percentage of the viewers responded to all three?

a. 12 b. 10 c. 8 d. 11

39. Assuming 20% respond to Ahead and Bang, and 16% respond to Bang and Luck, what is the percentage of viewers
who watch only Luck?
a. 4 b. 2 c. 6 d. 0

40. Find the value of ‘x’ if 9x +2 - 9x +1 = 216 .

a. 2 b. 0.5 c. 3 d. 1.5


Answer key

1. 3 2. 3 3. 2 4. 4 5. 2 6. 2 7. 2 8. 1

9. 4 10. 3 11. 2 12. 3 13. 1 14. 2 15. 4 16. B

17. c 18. B 19. C 20. B 21. C 22. B 23. B 24. D

25. d 26. B 27. A 28. B 29. C 30. D 31. C 32. A

33. a 34. D 35. B 36. D 37. D 38. B 39. D 40. B