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Aptitude Class Worksheets

Part 1
1- Number System 8- Syllogism
2- Number Series 9- Data Arrangement
3- Directions 10- Sitting Arrangement
4- Blood Relations 11- Clocks and Calendars
5- Percentages 12- Profit and Loss
6- Ages 13- Interest
7- Averages

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 Number System
754
Q 1. Find the unit digit of (4137)

a. 9 b. 7 c. 3 d. 1
65 59 71
Q 2. Find the unit digit in the product (3 ×6 ×7 )

a. 1 b. 4 c. 5 d. 9

Q 3. If there are 6 terms in a series, then find the sum of geometric series 2, 6, 18, 54, ----
a. 758 b. 728 c. 754 d. 738

Q 4. Find the number of terms in geometric progression 3, 6, 12, 24, ---- , 384.

a. 10 b. 11 c. 9 d. 8

Q 5. If 6 + 12 + 18 + 24 + --- = 1800, then find the number of terms in the series.

a. 21 b. 22 c. 23 d. 24

Q 6. 1 + 2 + 3 + ---- 50 = ?

a. 1275 b. 1350 c. 1575 d. 1455

Q 7. Find which of the following number is divisible by 11?

a. 246542 b. 415624 c. 146532 d. 426513

Q 8. Find the largest 4 digit number which is divisible by 88.

a. 8844 b. 9999 c. 9944 d. 9930

Q 9. Find the solution of (935421 × 625) = ?

a. 584638125 b. 524896335 c. 542879412 d. 582365890

Q 11. The remainder is 29, when a number is divided 56. If the same number is divided by 8,
then what is the remainder?
a. 3 b. 4 c. 7 d. 5

Q 12. The remainder is 3, when a number is divided 5. If the square of this number is divided
by 5, then what is the remainder?

a. 5 b. 4 c. 7 d. 1

Q 13. If the sum two numbers is 31 and their product is 240, then find the absolute difference
between the numbers.

a. 1 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
Q 14. Find the three consecutive odd numbers whose sum of the squares is 2531.

a. 19, 21, 23 b. 23, 25, 27 c. 27, 29, 31 d. 31, 33, 35

Q 15. The sum of squares of three numbers is 138 and the sum of their products taken two at a
time is 131. Find their sum.

a. 35 b. 42 c. 20 d.18

Q 16. The average of 3 consecutive even numbers is 18, find the largest of these numbers.

a. 15 b. 16 c. 20 d. 26

Q 17. Find a positive number which when increased by 11 is equal to 60 times the reciprocal of
the number
a. 3 b. 4 c. 6 d. 9

Q 18. 5 times a positive number is less than its square by 24. What is the integer?
a. 5 b. 8 c. 7.5 d. 9

Q 19. The product of fraction A and B is (3/49). Find the value of fraction A, if fraction A is
thrice fraction B.

a. 7/9 b. 5/7 c. 3/7 d. 5/9

Q 20. The sum of numerator and denominator of a fraction is 30. If 2 is added to numerator and
2 is subtracted from denominator, then it becomes 2/3. Find the fraction.

a. ½ b. 1/3 c. 2/3 d. ¼

 Number Series
Directions (1-5): What will come in place of question mark (?) in the following number
series?
Q1. 25, 30, 49, 56, 81, 90, ?, 132
(a) 90 (b) 72 (c) 99 (d) 121
(e) 132

Q2. 1200, 150, 25, ?, 3.125
(a) 62.5 (b) 6.25 (c) 0.625 (d) 6.625
(e) 4.25

Q3. 6, 19, 71, 279, 1111, ?

(a) 4439 (b) 3439 (c) 3454 (d) 5439
(e) 4349

Q4. 3, 17, 59, 185, 563, ?

(a) 1581 (b) 1686 (c) 1497 (d) 1697
(e) 1689

Q5. 16, 17, 36, 111, 448, ?

(a) 2240 (b) 2245 (c) 2694 (d) 1796
(e) 1865

Directions (6-10): Find the missing term in the following number series.
Q6. 113, 130, 164, 215, ?, 368
(a) 293 (b) 273 (c) 283 (d) 327
(e) 382

Q7. 705, 728, 774, 843, 935, 1050, ?

(a) 1190 (b) 1180 (c) 1185 (d) 1188
(e) 1818

Q8. 16, 16, 40, 160, 880, ?

(a) 7480 (b) 6160 (c) 4400 (d) 5720
(e) 6600

Q9. 60.5, 72, 84.5, 98, 112.5, ?

(a) 125 (b) 122 (c) 126 (d) 128
(e) 132

Q10. 4, 2, 2, 3, 6, ?
(a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 24 (d) 18
(e) 21

Directions (Q.11-15): What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following number series?
Q11. 7, 56, 92, 117, 133, ?
(a) 148 (b) 138 (c) 135 (d) 147
(e) 142

Q12. 2, 4, 16, 86, 610, ?

(a) 5498 (b) 4889 (c) 5500 (d) 6722
(e) 5550

Q13. 6, 4, 8, 23, ?, 385.25

(a) 84.5 (b) 73 (c) 78.5 (d) 82
(e) 86

Q14. 27, 125, 343, 729, ?, 1331

(a) 3375 (b) 9261 (c) 2179 (d) 2197
(e) 4913

Q15. 1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, 720, ?

(a) 4050 (b) 5060 (c) 5040 (d) 6050
(e) 4455

Directions (16-20): In the following number series, a wrong number is given.

Find out that wrong number.
Q16. 2 11 38 197 1172 8227 65806
(a) 11 (b) 38 (c) 197 (d) 1172
(e) 8227

Q17. 16 19 21 30 46 71 107
(a) 19 (b) 21 (c) 30 (d) 46
(e) 71

Q18. 7 9 16 25 41 68 107 173

(a) 107 (b) 16 (c) 41 (d) 68
(e) 25

Q19. 4 2 3.5 7.5 26.25 118.125

(a) 118.125 (b) 26.25 (c) 3.5 (d) 2
(e) 7.5

Q20. 16 4 2 1.5 1.75 1.875

(a) 1.875 (b) 1.75 (c) 1.5 (d) 2
(e) 4

 DIRECTION
1. Nishu starting from a fixed point goes 15 km towards North and then after turning to
his right he goes 15 km. Then he goes 10, 15 and 15 metres after turning to his left each
time. How far is he from his starting point?
(A) 5 metres (B) 10 metres (C) 20 metres (D) 15 metres
(E) Can not be determined

2. Anjali goes 12 km towards North from a fixed point and then she goes 8 km towards
South from there. In the end she goes 3 km towards east. How far and in what direction
is she from her starting point?
(A) 7 km East (B) 5 km West (C) 7 km West (D) 5 km North-East
(E) None of these

3. Ritu goes 30 km towards North from a fixed point, then after turning to her right she
goes 15 km. After this she goes 30 km after turning to her right. How far and in what
direction is she from her starting point?
(A) 45 km, East (B) 15 km, East (C) 45 km, West (D) 45 Km, North
(E) None of these

4. Neha goes 5 km towards east from a fixed point N and then 35 km after turning to her
left. Again she goes 10 km after turning to her right. After this she goes 35km after
turning to her right. How far is she from N ?
(A) 40 m (B) At N (C) 10 m (D) 15 m
(E) None of these

5. Hemant walked 40 metres facing towards North. From there he walked 50 metres
after turning to his left. After this he walked 40 metres after turning to his left. How far
and in what direction is he now from his starting point?
(A) 40 m, North (B) 50 m, West (C) 10 m, East (D) 10 m, West
(E) None of these

6. Rohit goes 7 km towards South-East from his house, then he goes 14 km turning to
West. After this he goes 7 km towards North West and in the end he goes 9 km towards
East. How far is he from his house?
(A) 14 km (B) 7 km (C) 2 km (D) 5 km
(E) None of these

7. Manisha stops after going 10 km towards west from her office. Then she goes 8 km
turning to her left. After this she goes 4 km turning to her left. How far is she from her
office?
(A) 18 km (B) 8 km (C) 16 km (D) 14 km
(E) None of these

8. Manju is at a fixed point, from where she goes 20 metres towards West. From there
she goes 10 metres towards Notrh. Then she goes 35 metres towards East and after this
she goes 5 metres towards South and in the end she goes 15 metres towards West. How
far is she from the fixed point?
(A) 5 km (B) 0 km (C) 10 km
(D) Can not be determined (E) None of these

9. Ramesh walks 15m towards South from a fixed point. From there he goes 12 m
towards North and then 4 m towards West. How far and in what direction is he from the
fixed point?
(A) 3 m, South (B) 7 m, South-West (C) 5 m, South-West (D) 5 m, South-East
(E) None of these

10. Sam walked 10 m towards West from his house. Then he walked 5 m turning to his
left. After this he walked 10 m turning to his left and in the end he walked 10 m turning
to his left. In what direction is he now from his starting point?
(A) South (B) North (C) East (D) West
(E) None of these
11. Abhishek walks 100 m from his house towards North. From there he goes 100 m
towards West. Here is the house of Shyam. From there they both goes to the market
which is in the South-West direction from Shyam’s house. If the market is in the West of
Raman’s house, then how far is the market from Raman’s house?
(A) 100 m (B) 150 m (C) 300 m (D) 400 m
(E) None of these

12. Sahil goes 5 km towards North from a fixed point. Then he goes 3 km after turning
to his right. After this he goes 5 km turning to his right. In the end he goes 4 km after
turning to his left. How far and in what direction is he now from the fixed point?
(A) 4 km, West (B) 7 km, East (C) 9 km, East (D) 7 km, West
(E) None of these

13. A cat run 20m towards East and Turns to right runs 10m and turns to right runs 9m
and again turns to left run 5m and then turns to left runs 12m and finally turns to left
and runs 6m .Now which direction cat facing?
a)South b)West c)North d)East
e)Cannot be determined

14. Kiran started walking towards east .After walking 10m,he took a right turn and
walked 10m.He then took a left turn and walked 30m and again took a left turn and
walked 40m.Now Kiran how far and in which direction from the starting point
a)North-west 30m b)South-west 50m c)North-east 50m
d)North-east 60m e)None of these

15. P walks 8m to the south ,then he turn to his left and walks 15m then he turn to his
right and walk 12m again he turns to his right and walk 15m and turn right and stopped
how far and in which direction from the starting point ?
a)10m east b)20m south c)25m east
d)10m south e)None of these

16. Kamali walks a distance of 3m towards North then turns to her left and walk for
2m.She turns left and walks for 3m.At this point she turns to his left and walk for
3m.How many metres is she from the starting point ?
a)5m b)3m c)2m
d)1m e)None of these

Direction (17-18): Point A is 5m to the north of point B. Point B is 8m to the west of

point C. Point D is 4m to the south of point C. Point E is 4m to the east of point A. Point F
is exactly midway between point B and C in such a way that point B, C and F form a
straight line.

17. Which of the following point is exactly 5m away from point E ?

A)D B)F C)B D)A

18. In which direction is point D with respect to point A ?

A)South – west B)South-east C)North-west
D)South

Direction(19-20)Point A is 9m towards the east of point B. Point C is 5m towards the

south of point A. Point D is 3m towards the west of point C. Point E is 5m towards the
north of point D. Point F is 7m towards the south of point D.

19. Which of the following points are in a straight line ?

A)FCD B)AEB C)EBD D)ECA

20. What is E position with respect to F ?

A)South B)East C)North D)West
 Blood Relation
Directions (1-2): Study the following information carefully and
answer the given questions:

In a family of five members, there are two married couples in the family.
A is father in law of X, who is married with W. Z is the son of W. D has
only one daughter.

Q1. How is A related with Z?

(a) Grand Father (b) Grand Mother
(c) Father in law (d) daughter in law
(e) grandson

Q2. Who is the son in law of Z’s grandmother?

(a) A (b) D (c) W (d) X
(e) none of these

Directions (3-5): Study the following information carefully and

answer the given questions:

In a family there are eight members. A is mother of B, who is brother of

C. C and Q are siblings. Y is daughter of P. Z is brother in law of B, who
is son of D. A has only one son. There are only two married couples in
the family. P is married to B.

Q3. How is P related with Z?

(a) Brother (b) Daughter (c) Nephew (d) Niece
(e) None of these

Q4. How is C related with Y?

(a) Aunt (b) Daughter in law (c) Uncle
(d) Granddaughter (e) none of these

Q5. How many male members are there in the family?

(a) Four (b) Three (c) Five (d) Two
(e) None of these

Q6. If ‘A × D’ mean ‘D is the sister of A’, ‘A + D’ means ‘D is the

daughter of A’ , ‘A ÷ D’ means ‘A is the wife of D’, and ‘A-D’ means
‘A is brother of D’ then which of the following expression shows ‘J
is sister of K’ ?
(a) J - K ÷ P + L (b) K + P + M × J
(c) J – K ÷ L + P (d) K – J ÷ L + P
(e) None of these

Directions (7-11): These questions are based on the following

information.

‘P@Q’ means ‘Q is the mother of P’

‘P$Q’ means ‘Q is the husband of P’
‘P#Q’ means ‘Q is the sister of P’
‘P*Q’ means ‘Q is the son of P’.

Q7. If ‘A # B $ C * D * E’ then how is E related with B?

(a) son (b) daughter
(c) Grand daughter (d) Grand son
(e) None of these

Q8. If ‘A * B @ C * D # E’ then how is A related with E?

(a) son (b) daughter
(c) Father (d) mother
(e) None of these

Q9. If ‘A#B$C*D#E’ then how is B related with E?

(a) son (b) daughter
(c) Father (d) mother
(e) None of these

Q10. If ‘A # B $ C * D * E’ then how many male members are there in

the family?
(a) one (b) two (c) three
(d) four (e) CND

Q11. C # A _ D $ B # F. Which symbol will come at the empty place

so that A is sister in law of B is definitely true?
(a)* (b)$ (c) # (d) @
(e) None of these

Directions (12-15) Study the following information carefully and

answer the given questions:
There are seven members in a family. J is the mother of K and mother in
law of E. C is the daughter in law of N. E is the son of C who is married
with F. G is spouse of E. There are only two married couple in the family.
Q12. How is G related with J?
(a) Daughter (b) Son in law (c) daughter in law
(d) Wife (e) Husband

Q13. How is K related with E?

(a) aunt (b) Sister (c) brother
(d) CND (e) None of these

Q14. How many male members are there in the family?

(a) two (b) three (c) four
(d) five (e) CND

Q15. How is F related with G?

(a) sister in law (b) wife
(c) mother in law (d) brother in law
(e) none of these

Q16. C is the son of F. D is the only sister of C. A is father of B. A is

married to F. How is B is related to D?
(a) Brother (b) Uncle (c) Father-in-law
(d) Brother-in-law (e) None of these

Q17. If ‘A × D’ mean ‘D is the sister of A’, ‘A + D’ means ‘D is the

daughter of A’ and ‘A ÷ D’ means ‘D is the mother of A’, then how
will ‘N and L both are sister’ be denoted?
(a) M + L × N (b) M ÷ L + N
(c) L × N ÷ M (d) N × L ÷ M
(e) None of these

Q18. If ‘A $ B’ means ‘B is father of A’, ‘A # B’ means ‘B is daughter

of A’, ‘A @ B’ means ‘B is sister of A’, then how is H related to M in
H@K$L#M?
(a) Husband (b) Uncle (c) Father
(d) Cannot determined (e) Sister

Q19. If ‘A $ B’ means ‘B is father of A’, ‘A # B’ means ‘B is daughter

of A’, ‘A @ B’ means ‘B is sister of A’, then how is M related to H in
H@K$L#M?
(a) Husband (b) Uncle (c) Father
(d) brother (e) Sister
Q20. If D is daughter of E who is husband of F. D is married to B
whose father is A. H is daughter of G who is maternal uncle of C
who is daughter of F. How is E related to G?
(a) Brother (b) Sister (c) Brother in law
(d) Sister in law (e) Daughter in law

Q21. If D is daughter of E who is husband of F. D is married to B

whose father is A. H is daughter of G who is maternal uncle of C
who is daughter of F. If it is given that C is married to X, then how is
X related to E?
(a) Brother (b) Sister (c) Brother in law
(d) Son in law (e) Daughter in law

Directions (22-24): Study the following information carefully and

answer the given questions:
P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X and Y are ten members of the family. P is
married to Y. Q is daughter of X. Y and X are brothers. T is sister of Q. U
is mother-in-law of P. X is the son of V. R is the mother of T. S is the son
of R. W is the mother-in-law of Y.

Q22.How is P related to X?
(a) Sister (b)Mother (c) Father
(d) Grand Mother (e) Sister in law

Q23.How is S related to R?
(a) Grandfather (b) Son (c) Grandmother
(d) Mother (e) Father

Q24.How is U related to T?
(a) Grandfather (b) Uncle (c) Grandmother
(d) Mother (e) Father

Directions (25-26): These questions are based on the following

information.
‘P@Q’ means ‘Q is the mother of P’
‘P$Q’ means ‘Q is the husband of P’
‘P#Q’ means ‘Q is the sister of P’
‘P*Q’ means ‘Q is the son of P’.

Q25. If D#G@H*K#L, then how is D related to L?

(a) Sister (b) Brother (c) Son
(d) daughter (e) Either ( a) or (b)
Q26. If D#G@H*K#L and it is given that D is sister of K, then how
many daughters does H have ?
(a) Two (b) Three (c) One
(d) Four (e) Cannot determined

Q27. A is B’s sister. C is B’s father. D is C’s father. E is D’s

daughter. Then, how is E related to B?
(a) Grandmother
(b) mother
(c) Daughter
(d) Aunt
(e) Sister

Q28. E is the son of A. D is the son of B. E is married to C. C is B’s

daughter. How is B related to E?
(a) Brother
(b) Uncle
(c) Father-in-law
(d) Brother-in-law
(e) Cannot determined

Directions (29-30): Read the following information carefully to

answer the questions that follow:
A family consists of eight members A, B, C, D, E and F. B is the son of C
but C is not the mother of B. A and C are married couple. E is the
brother of C. D is the daughter of A and F is the brother of A. G is the
father in law of A. B is grandson of H.

Q29.How is H related to A?
(a) father
(b) father in law
(c) Sister
(d) mother in law
(e) mother

Q30.How is D related to F?
(a) Son
(b)Uncle
(c) Daughter
(d) Niece
(e) Nephew

 PERCENTAGE

Q1) A person spends 25% of his income on house rent, 20% of the remaining part on food
and 10% of the remaining part on travelling and finally saves RS 8100, then find the total
income?

Q2) A person spends 12.5% of his income on food , 20% of the remaining part on travelling
and 16.66% of the remaining portion on entertainment .He deposited remaining amount in
saving account , if his total expenditure is RS 3500 , then find his total income ?

Q3) A man spends 16.66% of his total income on food , 17% of the remaining part on
medical expenses and 23% on education , 10% of the remaining part on travelling and
remaining part he deposited in saving account. Find the ratio of his total income and total
expenditure ratio?

Q4) 2/5 of the voters promise to vote for P and rest promised to vote for Q of these on the
last day. 15% of the voters went back of their promise to vote for P and 25% of voters went
back of their promise to vote Q and lost by 40 votes. Then find the total number of voters?

Q5) A person spends 70% of his total income .If his income increases by 20% but
expenditure also increases by 30%, then how much saving will change?

Q6) vikas salary is 80% more tha Ajay .Vikas get a rise of 50% on his salary while Ajay gets
a raise of 12.5% on his salary .By what percent is vikas salary more than Ajay?

Q7) A started work 2 years ago .If his salary was half of B’S salary at that time .Each year
since then , B has received a rise of 20% in 1ST year and 10% in 2nd year but A has received
a declination of 20% in 1st year and 17.5% in 2nd year .What percentage of B’s current salary
is A’s current salary?

Q8) Income ratio of A:B:C is 5:8:7 ,If A spends 60% of his income ,B saves 3/4th par of his
income ,But C spends in the ratio 7:4 then, their saving is what percent of their total income?

Q9. A papaya tree was planted 2 years ago. It increases at the rate of 20% every year. If at present, the
height of the tree is 540 cm, what was it when the tree was planted?
(a) 375 cm (b) 370 cm (c) 380 cm (d) 385 cm (e) 390 cm

Q10. A bill was passed in the parliament with 60% of the members voting for it which was 60 more than
the number of members who opposed the bill. Find out the total number of members.
(a) 100 (b) 315 (c) 300 (d) 350 (e) 400

Q11. The population of a town is 3, 11, 250. The ratio between women and men is 43 : 40. If there are 24%
literate among men and 8% literate among women, the total number of literate persons in the town is:
(a) 41800 (b) 48900 (c) 56800 (d) 99600 (e) 96900

Q12. In a big garden 60% of the trees are coconut trees, 25% of the number of coconut trees are mango
trees and 20% of the number of mango trees are apple trees. If the number of apple trees are 1500, then
the number of trees in the garden is:
(a) 48000 (b) 50000 (c) 51000 (d) 45000 (e) 48500

Q13. Flower nectar is processed to extract honeybees. How much flower nectar must be processed to
yield 1 kg of pure honey, if nectar contains 70% water, and the honey obtained from this nectar contains
17% water?
(a) 2.77 kg (b) 1.54 kg (c) 4.01 kg (d) 3.5 kg (e) 4.5 kg

Q14. Manoj sold an article for Rs. 15,000. Had he offered a discount of 10% on the selling price, he would
have earned a profit of 8%. What is the cost price?
(a) Rs. 12,500 (b) Rs. 13,500 (c) Rs. 12,250 (d) Rs. 13,250
(e) None of these

Q15. The income of A is 150% of the income of B and the income of C is 120% of the income of A. If the
total income of A, B and C together is Rs. 86,000, what is C’s income?
(a) Rs. 30,000 (b) Rs. 32,000 (c) Rs. 20,000 (d) Rs. 36,000
(e) None of these

Q16. Aman’s expense is 30% more than Vimal’s and Vimal’s expense is 10% less than Raman’s. If the
sum of their expenses is Rs. 6,447, then what would be Aman’s expense?
(a) Rs. 2,200 (b) Rs. 2,457 (c) Rs. 1,890 (d) Rs. 2,100
(e) None of these

Q17. In an examination, it is required to get 296 marks out of aggregate marks to pass. A student gets
222 marks and is declared failed by 10% marks. What are the maximum aggregate marks as student can
get?
(a) 830 (b) 810 (c) 780 (d) 740 (e) 760

Q18. A shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% on the marked price of an item but charges a sales tax of
8% on the discounted price. If the customer pays Rs. 3,402 as the price including the sales tax, then the
marked price is?
(a) Rs. 3400 (b) Rs. 3500 (c) Rs. 3900 (d) Rs. 3600 (e) Rs. 3800

Q19. Three papers were set in an examination and the maximum marks per were in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 2,
respectively. If a student obtained 50% in the first paper, 60% in the second, and 65% in the third, what
percent did he obtain overall?
(a) 58.3% (b) 66.66% (c) 33.33% (d) 60%
(e) None of these

Q20. Tom’s salary is 125% of Tina’s salary. Tito’s salary is 80% of Tina’s salary. The total of all the three
salaries is Rs. 61,000. What is Tito’s salary?

(a) Rs. 16,000 (b) Rs. 16,500 (c) Rs. 15,500 (d) Rs. 15,000
(e) None of these
 AGES
1. Ten years ago, P was half of Q's age. If the ratio of their present ages
is 3:43:4, what will be the total of their present ages?
A. 45 B. 40
C. 35 D. 30

2. Father is aged three times more than his son Sunil. After 88 years, he would
be two and a half times of Sunil's age. After further 88 years, how many times
would he be of Sunil's age?
A. 4 times B. 5 times
C. 2 times D. 3 times
3. A man's age is 125% of what it was 1010 years ago, but 83 1/3%of what it will
be after 1010years. What is his present age?
A. 70 B. 60
C. 50 D. 40
4. A man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the
age of his son. What is the present age of his son?
A. 23 years B. 22 years
C. 21 years D. 20 years

5. Present ages of Kiran and Syam are in the ratio of 5:4 respectively. Three
years hence, the ratio of their ages will become 11:9 respectively. What is
Syam's present age in years?
A. 28 B. 27
C. 26 D. 24
6. The sum of ages of 55 children born at the intervals of 3 years each
is 5050 years. Find out the age of the youngest child?
A. 6 years B. 5 years
C. 4 years D. 3 years

7. A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. The total of the ages of
A, B and C is 27. How old is B?
A. 10 B. 9
C. 88 D. 7
8. The average age of a class of 22 students is 21years. The average increased
by 1 when the teacher's age also included. What is the age of the teacher?
A. 48 B. 45
C. 43 D. 44

9. A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are at the present at the time of
your birth". If the father's age is 38 years now, what was the son's age five
years back?
A. 20 years B. 18 years
C. 14 years D. 22 years
10. Ayisha's age is 1/6th of her father's age. Ayisha's father's age will be twice
Shankar's age after 10 years. If Shankar's eight birthdays was celebrated two
years before, then what is Ayisha's present age.
A. 10 years B. 12 years
C. 88 years D. 5 years
11. The sum of the present ages of a son and his father is 60 years. Six years
ago, father's age was five times the age of the son. After 6 years, what will be
son's age?
A. 23 years B. 22 years
C. 21 years D. 20 years
12. Kiran is younger than Bineesh by 7 years and their ages are in the
respective ratio of 7:9. How old is Kiran?
A. 25 B. 24.5
C. 24 D. 23.5
13. Six years ago, the ratio of the ages of Vimal and Saroj was 6:5. Four years
hence, the ratio of their ages will be 11:10. What is Saroj's age at present?
A. 18 B. 17
C. 16 D. 15

14. At present, the ratio between the ages of Shekhar and Shobha is 4:3.
After 66 years, Shekhar's age will be 26 years. Find out the age of Shobha at
present?
A. 15 years B. 14 years
C. 13 years D. 12 years

15. My brother is 3 years elder to me. My father was 28 years of age when my
sister was born while my mother was 26 years of age when I was born. If my
sister was 4 years of age when my brother was born, then what was the age of
my father when my brother was born?
A. 35 years B. 34 years
C. 33 years D. 32 years

16. The present ages of A,B and C are in proportions 4:7:9. Eight years ago,
the sum of their ages was 56. What are their present ages (in years)?
A. Insufficient data B. 16,30,40
C. 16,28,40 D. 16,28,36

17. A person's present age is two-fifth of the age of his mother. After 8 years,
he will be one-half of the age of his mother. What is the present age of the
mother?
A. 60 B. 50
C. 40 D. 30
18. The age of father 10 years ago was thrice the age of his son. Ten years
hence, father's age will be twice that of his son. What is the ratio of their
present ages?
A. 7:3 B. 3:7
C. 9:4 D. 4:9

19. Kamal was 44 times as old as his son 8 years ago. After 8 years, Kamal will
be twice as old as his son. Find out the present age of Kamal.
A. 40 years B. 38 years
C. 42 years D. 36 years

20. If 66 years are subtracted from the present age of Ajay and the remainder is
divided by 1818, then the present age of Rahul is obtained. If Rahul is 22 years
younger to Denis whose age is 55 years, then what is Ajay's present age?
A. 50 years B. 60 years
C. 55 years D. 62 years
 AVERAGE
Q 1. Find the average of all numbers between 5 and 49 which are divisible by 5.

a. 20 b. 25 c. 30 d. 35

Q 2. The average of 11 numbers is 30. If the average of first six numbers is 17.5 and that of last six
is 42.5, then what is the sixth number?

a. 30 b. 36 c. 45 d. 47

Q 3. The average of 15 numbers is 15. If the average of first five numbers is 14 and that of other 9
numbers is 16, then find the middle number.

a. 12 b. 11 c. 10 d. 9

Q 4. The average of four consecutive even numbers is 27. Find the largest of these numbers.

a. 28 b. 30 c. 32 d. 34

Q 5. There are two batches A and B of a class. Batch A consists of 36 students and batch B
consists of 44 students. Find the average weight of whole class, if average weight of batch A is 40
kg and that of batch B is 35 kg.
a. 29.23 kg b. 32.56 kg c. 35.66 kg d. 37.25 kg

Q 6. In a school, average marks of three batches of 40, 50 and 60 students respectively is 45, 55 and
70. Find the average marks of all the students.

a. 54.78 b. 55.23 c. 50.36 d. 58.33

Q 7. The average age of a class of 29 students is 20 years. If the age of teacher is included, then the
average increases by 3 months. Find the age of the teacher.

a. 25. 2 years b. 27.5 years c. 29 years d. 31.5 years

Q 8. 2 years ago, the average age of a family of 5 members was 16 years. After a baby is born, the
average age of family is the same today. Find the present age of the baby.

a. 4 years b. 6 years c. 8 years d. 8 ½ years

Q 9. John's marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. If the average marks calculated for the
whole class increased by half, then find the number of students in the class.

a. 30 b. 35 c. 40 d. 45

Q 10. The mean of 40 observations was 46. Later on it was found that an observation 38 was
wrongly taken as 33. find the corrected value of mean.

a. 40.23 b. 42.36 c. 46.12 d. 51.23

Q11. The average of five numbers is 23. If the average of first two numbers is 21 and that of last two
numbers is 19, what is the third number from starting?
(a) 35 (b) 32 (c) 30 (d) 40
(e) 25
Q12. In a class of 42 students, the average age of all students is 16 years. Due to admission of 6 new
students in the class the average age increases by ½ years. Find the average age of new students
admitted.
(a) 20 years (b) 22 years (c) 18 years (d) 24 years
(e) 30 years

Q13. The ratio of two positive numbers is 3 : 5 and the average of the number is 48. What is the difference
of numbers?
(a) 28 (b) 26 (c) 24 (d) 22
(e) 32

Q14. The average age of Rinku and Ridipta is 18 years. When Rita replaces Ridipta, the average age is
increased by 1 and when Ridipta replaces Rinku the average age becomes 17 years. What is the age of
Rita?
(a) 20 years (b) 18 years (c) 16 years (d) 22 years
(e) 28 years

Q15. The mean marks of 10 boys in a class is 70%, whereas the mean marks of 15 girls is 60%. The mean
marks of all the 25 students is:
(a) 64% (b) 60% (c) 55% (d) 52%
(e) None of these

Q16. The average monthly expenditure of a family for the first four months is Rs. 2750, for the next three
months is Rs. 2940, and for the last five months Rs. 3130. If the family saves Rs. 5350 throughout year,
find the average monthly income of the family for the year. Q8. The average weight of three men A, B and
C is 84 Kg. D joins them and the average weight of the four becomes 80 Kg. If E, whose weight is 3 Kg
more than that of D, replaces A, the average weight of B, C, D and E becomes 79 Kg. The weight of A is:

(a) 65 Kg (b) 70 Kg (c) 75 Kg (d) 80 Kg

(e) None of these

Q17. Average age of seven persons in a group is 30 years. The average age of five persons of this group
is 31 years. What is the average age of the other two persons in the group?
(a) 55 years (b) 26.5 years (c) 15 years (d) 27.5 years
(e) None of these

Q18. Average rainfall on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday is 420.5 cm and average on
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday is 440.5 cm. If the ratio of rainfall for Monday and Friday is 20
: 21, find the rainfall in cm on Monday and Friday.
(a) 1800, 1890 (b) 1600, 1680 (c) 1700, 1470 (d) 1682, 1762
(e) None of these

Q19. A batsman, in his 12th innings, makes a score of 63 runs and thereby increases his average score
by 2. The average of his score after 12 th innings is:
(a) 41 (b) 42 (c) 34 (d) 35
(e) None of these

Q20. Shubham was conducting an experiment in which the average of 11 observations came to be 90,
while the average of first five observations was 87, and that of the last five was 84. What was the
measure of the 6th observation?
(a) 165 (b) 150 (c) 145 (d) 135
(e) 125
 SYLLOGISM
1.Statements:
All medicines are tablets
Some tablets are tonics
Some tonics are bitter
Conclusions:
Some tablets are bitter
No medicine is a tonic
2.
Statements:
All incomes are salaries
Some salaries are perks
Some perks are tangible
Conclusions:
Some incomes are tangible
At least some perks are salaries
3.Statements:
All roses are red
Some red are colour
All colour are paints
Conclusions:
Some red are paints
All red are roses
4.Statements:
Some casual are formal
All formal are expensive
All expensive are elegant
Conclusions:
All formal are elegant
Some causal are expensive
5.Statements:
All towns are cities
All cities are urban
Some urban are rural
Conclusions:
Some towns are rural
All rural are towns
6.
Statements:
Some trains are cars
All cars are branches
All branches are nets
Some nets are dresses
Conclusions:
Some dresses are cars
Some nets are trains
Some branches are trains
Some dresses are trains
7.Statements:
Some pencils are kites
Some kites are desks
All desks are jungles
All jungles are mountains
Conclusions:
Some mountains are pencils
Some jungles are pencils
Some mountains are desks
Some jungles are kites
8.Statements:
All papers are clips
Some clips are boards
Some boards are lanes
All lanes are roads
Conclusions:
Some roads are boards
Some lanes are clips
Some boards are papers
Some roads are clips
9.
Statements:
All pens are clocks
Some clocks are tyres
Some tyres are wheels
Some wheels are buses
Conclusions:
Some buses are tyres
Some wheels are clocks
Some wheels are pens
Some buses are clocks
10.Statements:
All stones are hammers
No hammer is ring
Some rings are doors
All doors are windows
Conclusions:
Some windows are stones
Some windows are rings
No window is stone
Some rings are stones
11.Statements:
Some desks are chairs
All chairs are tables
Some tables are mats
Conclusions:
Some mats are desks
Some tables are desks
Some mats are chairs
12.Statements:
All sweets are fruits
No fruit is pencil
Some pencils are glasses
Conclusions:
Some glasses are sweets
Some pencils are sweets
No glass is sweet
13.Statements:
Some books are flowers
Some flowers are chains
Some chains are hammers
Conclusions:
Some hammers are flowers
Some chains are books
Some hammers are books
14.Statements:
All roofs are cameras
Some cameras are photographs
Some photographs are stores
Conclusions:
Some stores are cameras
Some stores are roofs
Some cameras are roofs
15.Statements:
Some nails are horses
All horses are tablets
All tablets are crows
Conclusions:
Some crows are nails
Some tablets are nails
Some crows are horses
16.Statements:
All buildings are towers
All towers are roads
All roads are huts
Conclusions:
Some roads are buildings
All towers are huts
All huts are roads
17. Statements:
All cups are benches
Some benches are drums
All drums are kites
Conclusions:
Some kites are cups
Some kites are benches
Some drums are cups
18.Statements:
Some bikes are cars
Some cars are trains
Some trains are buses
Conclusions:
Some buses are cars
Some trains are bikes
Some buses are bikes
19.statements:
All dogs are cats
Some cats are rats
All rats are mats
Conclusions:
Some mats are cats
Some mats are dogs
Some rats are cats
20.
Statements:
All pens are sticks
All sticks are rings
All rings are rods
Conclusions:
Some rings are pens
Some rods are sticks
Some rods are pens
21.
Statements:
Some tables are chairs
All chairs are houses
All houses are tents
Conclusions:
All houses are chairs
Some tents are chairs
Some houses are tables
22. Statements:
Some boxes are walls
No wall is roads
All roads are rivers
Conclusions:
Some rivers are walls All dresses are shirts
Some roads are boxes
No wall is river Conclusions:
Some shirts are sticks
Some shirts are flowers
23.Statements: Some flowers are sticks
All cups are bottles Some dresses are sticks
Some bottles are jugs
No jug is plate
Some plates are tables 28.Statements:
All fans are rooms
Conclusions: No room is green
Some tables are bottles Some windows are green
Some plates are cups
No table is bottle Conclusions:
Some jugs are cups I. Some windows are fans
II. Some windows are rooms
III. Some fans are green
24.Statements: IV. No green is fan
Some chairs are handles
All handles are pots
All pots are mats
Some mats are buses 29.Statements:
Some tablets are rains
Conclusions: All dogs are rains
Some buses are handles All rains are chairs
Some mats are chairs Conclusions:
No bus is handle I. Some chairs are tablets
Some mats are handles II. All dogs are chairs
III. Some tablets are dogs
IV. Some tablets are chairs
25. Statements:
All birds are horses
All horses are tigers 30.Statements:
Some tigers are lions No man is sky
Some lions are monkeys No sky is road
Some men are roads
Conclusions:
Some tigers are horses Conclusions:
Some monkeys are birds I. No road is man
Some tigers are birds II. No road is sky
Some monkeys are horses
III. Some skies are men
IV. All roads are men
26.Statements:
Some benches are walls
All walls are houses
Some houses are jungles

All jungles are roads

Conclusions:
Some roads are benches
Some jungles are walls
Some houses are benches
Some roads are houses

27.Statements:
Some sticks are lamps
Some flowers are lamps
Some lamps are dresses
 Arrangement - PUZZLE

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Eight persons Nathan, Prince, Shane, Rehan, Watson, Dock, Anisha and Smith are sitting around a
circular table facing the centre. Each of them belongs to a different country, viz India, Canada, China,
Japan, France, Korea, England and Russia, but not necessarily in the same order.
Prince sits second to the left of Dock. The person who belongs to Russia is an immediate neighbour
of Dock. There are only three persons between the one who belongs to Russia and Nathan. Only one
person sits between the one who belong Japan and Nathan. The one who belongs to Canada is on the
immediate right of the one who belongs to Japan. Smith sits second to the right of Dock. Rehan
belongs to Russia. Shane and Watson sit adjacent to each other. Neither Watson nor Shane belongs
to Japan. The one who belongs to France sits on the immediate left of Prince. The one who belongs
to Korea sits second to the right of the one who belongs to Canada. The one who belongs to England
is an immediate neighbor of the one who belongs to Japan. Shane sits second to the right of the one
who belongs to India.


Q1. Who among the following is second to the (b) Anisha is an immediate neighbour of the
right of Nathan? one who belongs to India
(a) Shane (c) Dock sits opposite the one who belongs to
(b) Prince Korea
(c) Nathan (d) The one who belongs to China sits third to
(d) Anisha the left of Nathan
(e) None of the above (e) None of the above

Q2. What is the position of Anisha with Q4. Who among the following belongs to
respect to the one who belongs to Russia? India?
(a) Second to the left (a) Shane
(b) Second to the right (b) Anisha
(c) Fourth to the left (c) Prince
(d) Can’t be determined (d) Nathan
(e) None of the above (e) None of the above

Q5. Who among the following sits third to the
Q3. Which of the following statements is/are right of the one who belongs to India?
true? (a) The one who belongs to Canada
(a) The one who belongs to England sits (b) The one who belongs to Japan
second to the left of the one who belongs to (c) The one who belongs to Korea
China. (d) The one who belongs to China
(e) None of the above


Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Eight friends Julian, Jolie, Jacob, Jai, Jenya, Jyoti, Jwala and Janith are sitting around a square table
facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Two persons are sitting on each of the four
sides of the table. Jenya and Jolie are sitting exactly opposite each other. Jyoti is sitting on the
immediate right of Jolie on the same side. Julian and Janith are sitting on the same side of the table.
Janith is sitting exactly opposite Jacob, who is on the immediate left of Jai. Jacob and Jai are not the
neighbours of Jenya.

Q6. Which of the following statements is (d) Janith sits opposite Julian
definitely true? (e) None is true
(a) Julian sits to the immediate left of Jolie
(b) Jwala sits opposite Jai Q7. Who among the following sits opposite
(c) Jacob sits on the immediate right of Jenya Julian?
(a) Jai Q9. Who among the following is sitting next to
(b) Jacob Jai in anticlockwise direction?
(c) Jenya (a) Jolie
(d) Can’t be determined (b) Jacob
(e) None of the above (c) Jenya
(d) Jwala
Q8. Who among the following sits opposite (e) None of the above
Jyoti?
(a) Jenya Q10. Who among the following is sitting third
(b) Jwala to the left of Jacob?
(c) Jacob (a) Julian
(d) Julian (b) Jolie
(e) None of the above (c) Janith
(d) Jyoti
(e) None of the above

Directions (11-16): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given
below:


Ten persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J are sitting in two rows with five persons in each row. The
persons in row one are facing south and the persons in row two are facing north. Each person in
row one faces a person from the other row.
All of them like a different soft drink, viz Sprite, Slice, Pepsi, Maaza, Fanta, Limca, 7up, Nimbooz,
Mirinda and Cola, but not necessarily in the same order.
The persons who like Fanta and Mirinda sit opposite each other. F sits opposite A, who likes Sprite.
The one who likes Slice sits opposite the one who likes 7up. J is not facing north but sits third to the
left of G, who likes Slice. There is only one person between B and C. E sits at one of the ends of the
row and likes Mirinda. The one who likes 7up is on the immediate right of D, who does not like Cola.
The persons who like Pepsi and Maaza respectively are not facing north. C likes Limca. The one who
likes Maaza sits opposite the one who is second to the right of B. I does not like Cola. E sits opposite
the one who sits second to the left of the one who likes Pepsi.


Q11. Who among the following likes Cola? (a) Fanta
(a) H (b) 7up
(b) J (c) Cola
(c) F (d) Maaza
(d) I (e) None of the above
(e) None of the above
Q15. Which of the following statements is/are
Q12. Who among the following sit at the true?
extreme ends of the row and are facing (a) H like Cola and sits at one of the ends of the
south? row
(a) D, E (b) F is the immediate neighbour of G and the
(b) I, C person who likes Fanta
(c) J, E (c) The one who likes Limca sits on the
(d) H, J immediate left of the one who likes Mirinda
(e) None of the above (d) Only (a) and (c) are true
(e) None of the above
Q13. How many persons sit between D and E?
(a) One Q16. Four of the following five are alike in a
(b) Two certain way and hence form a group. Which is
(c) Three the one that does not belong to that group?
(d) Can’t be determined (a) H, G
(e) None of the above (b) E, C
(c) D, B
Q14. B likes which of the following soft (d) J, I
drinks? (e) I, C

Directions (17-22): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given
below:

Seven MR boys Kunal, Kartic, Krish, Kundan, Kamal, Keshav and Krishna go to seven different
hospitals, viz RML, Ganga Ram, BLK, Guru Nanak, Patel, Apollo and AIIMS on four different days –
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday – of a week but not necessarily in the same order. At least
one boy but not more than two boys go to hospital on each day.
Kundan goes to Guru Nanak on Sunday. Keshav goes to AIIMS alone. The one who goes to Patel does
not go with Kamal or Kartic. Kartic goes on Thursday and he does not go to BLK. Krishna does not
go to Apollo. Krish goes on Thursday. The person who goes to BLK goes with the person who goes
to RML. The boy who goes to Apollo goes on Sunday. Kunal goes on Saturday and goes to Patel.

Q17. One of the boys goes to another hospital
on the day Ganga Ram is visited. Name the Q20. Who among the following boys goes with
other hospital. Kunal?
(a) Patel (a) Krishna
(b) Apollo (b) Kamal
(c) BLK (c) Krish
(d) RML (d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of the above (e) None of the above

Q18. On which of the following days does Q21. Which of the following combinations is
Krishna go to Hospital? true?
(a) Either Sunday or Saturday (a) Kartic – Ganga Ram – Thursday
(b) Tuesday (b) Krishna – Ganga Ram – Thursday
(c) Saturday (c) Kamal – Apollo – Sunday
(d) Either Tuesday or Thursday (d) None is true
(e) None of the above (e) None of the above

Q19. Krish goes to which of the following Q22. Which of the following statements is/are
hospitals? true?
(a) RML (a) Kamal goes to BLK on Sunday
(b) BLK (b) Kartic goes to Ganga Ram on Tuesday
(c) Patel (c) Keshav goes to AIIMS on Saturday
(d) Ganga Ram (d) Only (a) and (c) are true
(e) None of the above (e) None is true

Directions (23-25): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given
below:

Eight friends P , Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a square table. Four of them are sitting in
the middle of the sides and facing outward from the centre. Rest are sitting in the corners of the
square and facing the centre. W is sitting in a corner and is an immediate neighbour of P and R. S
sits fourth to the right of P and is not facing the centre. T is second to the left of W and is an
immediate neighbour of V. U is not the neighbor of R.

Q23. How many persons sit between R and V? (b) W
(a) None (c) P
(b) One (d) U
(c) Two (e) None of the above
(d) Three
(e) None of the above Q25. Which of the following groups sits
between T and Q if counted from right of T?
Q24. Who among the following sits third to (a) R, W, P
the right of S? (b) S, P, W
(a) T (c) U, V, S
(d) R, V, W
(e) None of the above

Directions (26-30): Read the given information and answer the given questions:

Eight people Prince, Pollock, Palak, Pallavi, Preeti, Piyush, Prem and Pushkar live on a separate
floor of an 8-floor building. Ground floor is numbered I, first floor is numbered 2 and so on until
the topmost floor is numbered 8.
• Prem lives on the floor numbered 1, only two people live between Prem and Pollock.
• Prince lives immediately above Piyush. Prince lives on an even numbered floor.
• Only one person lives between Piyush and Preeti. Piyush lives above Preeti.
• Pushkar lives on an odd-numbered floor above Prince.
• Pallavi does not live on the topmost floor.

Q26. Which of the following is true with (b) Piyush

respect to the given information? (c) Pallavi
(a) Only one person lives between Pollock (d) Pollock
and Piyush (e) Pushkar
(b) Only two people live between Pollock and
Palak Q29. Who lives on the floor immediately
(c) Preeti lives immediately above Prem below Pollock?
(d) Pushkar lives on the floor numbered 7 (a) Prince
(e) Palak lives on an odd-numbered floor (b) Other than those given as options
(c) Prem
Q27. Who among the following lives between (d) Pushkar
Palak and Prince? (e) Preeti
(a) Pushkar
(b) Pallavi Q30. How many people live between the
(c) Pollock floors on which Pushkar and Pollock live?
(d) Preeti (a) More than three
(e) No one (b) Three
(c) No one
Q28. Who among the following lives on floor (d) One
number 5? (e) Two
(a) Palak

Directions (31-36): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given
below:

Shane has opened seven windows and has kept them in the form of a stack. He is surfing seven
different subjects in seven different search engines viz – Yahoo, Bing, MSN, Lycos, Ask, Alexa and
Google. The seven different subjects are Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Zoology, Marketing
and Geography. The window which is on the front of the screen is the topmost tab.
There are three windows between the search engines Lycos and MSN. Search engine Ask and Alexa
are running in the top and bottom window. Biology and Chemistry are open in the windows which
are below the window in which Alexa search engine is running but not in the bottom window.
There are two windows between the window in which Shane is surfing Biology and the window in
which Bing search engine is running. Geography is open in Google search engine. The window in
which Shane is surfing Physics is just above the window in which MSN search engine is running.
There are two windows open between the window in which search engine Yahoo is running and
the window in which Zoology is open. Physics is not open is Bing search engine. Marketing is open
in the topmost window.

Q31. How many windows are open between (e) None of the above
Ask and Yahoo?
(a) None Q32. Which of the following subjects is
(b) One surfed on Bing?
(c) Two (a) Zoology
(d) Three (b) Marketing
(c) Chemistry (e) None of the above
(d) Physics
(e) None of the above Q34. Which of the following windows is open
above the Lycos windows?
Q33. Zoology is surfed in which of the (a) Bing
following windows? (b) Alexa
(a) Lycos (c) Ask
(b) Yahoo (d) MSN
(c) Ask (e) None of the above
(d) Alexa

Q35. Which of the following subject(s) is/are Q36. Which of the following combinations is
surfed between Chemistry and Biology? true?
(a) Only Geography (a) Alexa – Maths
(b) Only Physics (b) Google – Zoology
(c) Maths and Zoology (c) MSN – Biology
(d) Physics and Geography (d) Yahoo – Chemistry
(e) None of the above
(e) None of the above

Directions (37-40): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given
below:

Seven persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V live in a seven-storey building. The bottom floor is numbered 1
and the floor above it is numbered 2 and so on, the topmost floor is numbered 7. All the persons
are working with different shops, viz Liberty, Puma, Sonata, Titan, Reebok, Nike and Walmart but
not necessarily in the same order.
• R lives on the third floor but does not work with Liberty shop.
• Q does not work with Puma. The one who works with Walmart lives immediately below the
person who works with Titan.
• U works with Sonata but he does not live on an even-numbered floor.
• The floor on which P lives is immediately above the floor on which Q lives. P does not work with
Liberty shop.
• The one who works with Nike lives immediately below the one who works with Puma.
• S lives on floor number 6. Neither P nor T works with Reebok.
• V works with Titan and lives on the topmost floor.
• The one who works with Liberty does not live above the person who works with Puma.

Q37.Whoamong the following lives on the (c) U

first floor? (d) P
(a)The one who works with Reebok (e) None of the above
(b)The one who works with Sonata
(c)The one who works with Puma Q40. How many persons live between the
(d) Can’t be determined one who works in Sonata and the one who
(e) None of the above works in Puma?
(a) None
Q38. T works at which of the following (b) Two
shops? (c) Three
(a) Reebok (d) One
(b) Puma (e) None of the above
(c) Liberty
(d) Nike
(e) None of the above

Q39. Who among the following lives just
below the one who works with Nike?
(a) R
(b) T


SITTING ARRANGEMENT

Directions (Q.1-5) Read the following information and answer the questions given below:

i. A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting along a circle facing at the centre and are playing cards.

ii. E is the neighbour of A and D.

iii. G is not between F and C.

iv. F is on the immediate right of A.

1. Who are the neighbours of B?

(1) C and D (2) F and C (3) A and F (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these

2. Which pair given below has the second person sitting immediately to the right of the first?

(1) CB (2) DG (3) EA (4) AB (5) None of these

3. Which of the following has the person sitting adjacent to each other from left to right in order as
given?

(1) CDG (2) EDG (3) BGC (4) FBC (5) None of these

4. What is the position of F?

(1) To the immediate left of A

(2) To the immediate right of B

(3) 2nd to the right of C

(4) 3rd to the left of D

(5) None of these

5. Which of the following does not have the pair sitting adjacent to each other?

(1) BA (2) CB (3) DE (4) GD (5) All are sitting adjacent to each
other

Directions (Q. 6-11): Study the following information and answer the questions given below: M, N,
P, R, T, W, F and H are sitting around a circle facing the centre. P is third to the left of M and
second to the right of T. N is second to the right of P. R is second to the right of W, who is second
to the right of M. F is not an immediate neighbour of P.

6. Who is to the immediate right of P?

1) H 2) F 3) R 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these

7. Who is to the immediate right of H?

1) R 2) F 3) M 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these

8. Who is to the immediate left of R?

1) P 2) H 3) W 4) T 5) Data inadequate

9. Who is third to the right of H?

1) T 2) W 3) R 4) F 5) Data inadequate

10. Who is second to the right of F?

1) M 2) R 3)T 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these

11. In which of the following is the first person sitting in between the second and the third person?
1) NHM 2) PHN 3) TRP 4) TWF 5) None of these Directions

(Q. 12-16): Study the following information carefully to answer these questions. A, B, C, D, E, F, G
and H are sitting around a circle facing the centre. F is third to the right of C and second to the left
of H. D is not an immediate neighbour of C or H. E is on the immediate right of A, who is second to
the right of G.

12 . Who sits between G and D?

1) H 2) D 3)F 4) E 5) None of these

13. Which of the following is the correct position of B with respect to H?

I. Second to the right II. Fourth to the right III. Fourth to the left IV. Second to the left 1) Only I 2)
Only II 3) Only III 4) Both II & III 5) None of these

14. Who is second to the left of C ? 1) A 2) B 3) E 4) D 5) None of these

15. Which of the following pairs of persons has first person sitting to the right of the second person?
1) CB 2) AE 3) FG 4) HA 5) DB 16. Who is on the immediate right of C? l) E 2) B 3) D 4) B or D 5)None
of these BOB 2008 Directions

(Q. 17-21): Study the following information carefully to answer these questions. Ashwini, Priya,
Sudha, Rani, Meeta, Geeta and Mukta are sitting around a circle facing the centre. Ashwini is third
to the left of Mukta and to the immediate right of Rani. Priya is second to the left of Geeta, who is
not an immediate neighbour of Meeta.

17. Who is to the immediate right of Priya? 1) Meeta 2) Sudha 3) Mukta 4) Cannot be determined 5)
None of these

18. Who is second to the left of Rani? 1) Ashwini 2) Meeta 3) Priya 4) Sudha 5) None of these

19. Which of the following pairs of persons has the first person sitting to the immediate left of the
second person? 1) Rani-Meeta 2) Ashwini-Geeta 3) Sudha-Priya 4) Geeta-Sudha 5) None of these
 20. Which of the following groups has the first person sitting between the other two?

1) Meeta-Ashwini-Geeta

2) Sudha-Rani-Geeta

3) Mukta-Priya-Rani

4) Mukta-Priya-Sudha

5) None of these

21. Which of the following is the correct position of Rani with respect to Mukta?

I. Third to the right

II. Third to the left

III. Fourth to the left

IV. Fourth to the right 1) I only 2) II only 3) Both I & II 4) Both II & IV 5) Both I & III Directions

(Q. 22-26): Study the following information carefully to answer these questions. A, B, C, D, E, F, G
and H are sitting around a circle, facing the centre. F sits to the immediate right of D and third to
the left of A. G sits third to the left of D who does not sit next to E. B sits next to G but not next to
D. C does not sit next to either D or A.

22. Who sits to the immediate left of A? 1) E 2) F 3) G 4) H 5) None of these

23.What is the position of H with respect to C?

1) Second to the left

2) First to the right

3) Third to the right

4) Second to the right

5) None of these

24. Which of the following pairs sits between G and D?

1) AC 2) DF 3) HB 4) FA 5) None of these

25. Starting from A’s position, if all the eight are arranged in alphabetical order in clockwise
direction, the seating position of which of the following (excluding A) would not change?

1) B 2) C 3) D 4) H 5) None of these

26. Four of the following are alike based upon their seating arrangement around the circle. Which is
the one that does not belong to that group? 1) FH 2) GE 3) CD 4) BG 5) EF Directions
(Q. 27-31): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: M, D,
P, K, R, T and W are sitting around a circle facing the centre. D is second to the right of P, who is
third to the right of K. T is third to the right of W, who is not an immediate neighbour of D. M is
third to the left of R.

27. Who is second to the right of T?

1) D 2) K 3) M 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these

28. In which of the following pairs is the second person sitting to the immediate right of the first
person?

1) DT 2) TP 3) PR 4) KW 5) None of these

29. Who is on the immediate left of R?

1) W 2) P 3) K 4) T 5) None of these

30. Who is on the immediate left of M?

1) K 2) W 3) D 4) T 5) None of these

31. Who is third to the left of D?

1) W 2) P 3) K 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these Directions

(Q. 32-36): Study the following information carefully to answer these questions. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V
and W are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre. P sits third to the right of W and third
to the left of Q. S sits second to the right of T. V sits second to the left of R. T is not the neighbour
of Q while U is neither a neighbour of T nor of W.

32. Who sits second to the left of V? 1) R 2) P 3) U 4) T 5) None of these

33. Who sits between U and P? 1) S 2) R 3) V 4) Q 5) None of these

34. Starting from P’s position, if all the eight are arranged in alphabetical order in clockwise
direction, the seating position of how many members (excluding P) would not change?

1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) Four

35. Which of the following pairs has only one person sitting between them, if the counting is done in
the clockwise direction?

1) T ,V 2) V, Q 3) W, P 4) R, P 5) None of these

36.Four of the following are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the seating
arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

1) W, T 2) P, U 3) S, Q 4) R, P 5) P, Q

Directions (Q.37-43): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. A,
B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre. Each of them has a
different profession, viz doctor, engineer, architect, pilot, banker, teacher, businessman and
politician. The politician sits third to the right of G. C is an immediate neighbour of G. The architect
sits second to the right of C. B sits third to the right of H. H is neither a politician nor an architect.
Only one person sits between C and the teacher. A and F are immediate neighbours of each other.
Neither A nor F is a politician. The doctor sits second to the right of A. Two people sit between D
and the engineer. D is not a politician. The pilot is not an immediate neighbour of the politician.
The banker sits second to the left of A.

37. Who amongst the following is a businessman?

(1) A (2) H (3) C (4) F (5) D

38. What is the position of F with respect to the politician?

(1) Immediate right (2) Third to the left (3) Second to the right (4) Fourth to the left

(5) Second to the left

39.Who sit (s) exactly between the teacher and the engineer?

1) C and H (2) Only the politician 3) Only the doctor (4) C and B

5) The architect and the banker

40. Which of the following is true with respect to the given seating arrangement?

1) D is an immediate neighbour of G.

2) G is a banker. 3) The banker and the teacher are immediate neighbours of each other.

4) The pilot sits exactly between the architect and the businessman.

5) The doctor sits second to the right of the businessman.

41. What is the profession of G? 1) Businessman (2) Pilot 3) Banker (4) Teacher 5) Architect

42. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given seating arrangement and
thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

1) G-Doctor (2) E-Architect 3) H-Businessman (4) E- Politician

5) D-Pilot

43. What is the profession of E?

1) Businessman (2) Architect 3) Banker (4) Politician

5) Engineer Directions

 Clocks and Calendars
1) 26th January, 1996 was a Friday. What day of the week lies on 26th January,
1997?

a) Saturday b) Sunday c) Monday d) Thursday

2) The calendar for the year 2001 is same for which of the following year?

a) 2005 b) 2007 c) 2011 d) 2006

3) What day of the week was 31st July, 1993?

a) Monday b) Sunday c) Saturday d) Tuesday

4) The last day of the century cannot be:

a) Sunday b) Wednesday c) Friday d) Saturday

5) Which of the following year is not a leap year?

a) 1960 b) 2080 c) 2024 d) 2100

6) Find the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock when
the time is 5.45.

a) 97.5° b) 90° c) 100° d) 95°

7) The reflex angle between the hands of a clock at 9.35 is:

a) 270° b) 77.5° c) 282.5° d) 300°

8) Find the number of times the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock are
at right angle in a day.

a) 48 b) 24 c) 22 d) 44

9) A clock was set right at 2 p.m. It gains 5 seconds in 3 minutes, and it

indicates 8.30 a.m. the next morning, then the true time is:

a) 8.30 a.m. b) 7.45 a.m. c) 8.15 a.m. d) 7.30 a.m.

10. What is the angle between the two hands of a clock when the
time shown by the clock is 6.30 p.m. ?
a) 00 b) 50 c)30 d)150
11. At what time between 3 and 4 o’clock will the minute hand
and the hour hand are on the same straight line but facing
opposite directions.
a) 3:49 b)3:15 c)3:39 1/11 d)3:49 1/11
12. By how many degrees does the minute hand move in the same
time, in which the hour hand move by 280 ?
a)168 b)336 c) 196 d) 376
13. At what time, between 3 o’clock and 4 o’clock, both the hour
hand and minute hand coincide each other?
a) 3:30 b) 3:16 4/11 c) 3:1611/4 d) 3:16 7/11

14. How many degrees will the minute hand move, in the same
time in which the second hand move 4800 ?
a ) 60 b) 90 c) 40 d) 80

15. How many years have 29 days in February from 2001 to 2100.
a)26 b)25 c)23 d)24

16. 2012 January 1st is Sunday, then which day is the Indian
Independence day of the same year.
a) Saturday b) Wednesday c) Thursday d) Friday
17. Which year has the same calendar as 1700 ?
a) 1705 b)1706 c)1707 d)1708
18. If Arun’s birthday is on May 25 which is Monday and his
sister’s birthday is on July 13. Which day of the week is his
sister’s birthday?
a) Monday b) Wednesday c) Thursday d) Friday
19. March 1st is Wednesday. Which month of the same year
starts with the same day?
a) October b) November c) December d) None of
these
20. A clock is set right at 8 a.m. The clock gains 10 minutes in 24 hours will be
the true time when the clock indicates 1 p.m. on the following day?
A) 48 min. past 12 B) 46 min. past 12. C) 45 min. past 12.
D) 47 min. past 12.

 Profit and Loss

1. Find the cost price of the article which is sold at 1260 at a profit of 12.5%

2. A man sold an article for Rs. 1302 and gain a profit of 162 3 %. Find the cost price of the
article

3. A trader sells an article at a loss of 8%, but when he increases the selling price of the
article by Rs.164 he earns a profit of 2.25% on the cost price. If he sells the same article for
Rs.1760, what is his profit percentage?

4. A man sold a book at a profit of 10%. if he had charged Rs.45 more, his profit
percentage would have been 25%. Find the value of x if the average of C.P , 52 and x is 172

5. Shubham marked the price of an article 25% above the cost price and allowed two
successive discounts of 15% and 24% respectively to Dhaval. As a result, he incurred a loss
of Rs.1078. At what price did he sell the item to Dhaval?

6. Pankti sold an item for Rs.10080 after giving 20% discount on the labelled price and
made 18% profit on the cost price. What would have been the percentage profit if she had
not given the discount?

7. The ratio of cost price to the selling price of an article is 5 : 6. If 20% discount is offered
on marked price of the article then marked price is what percent more than cost price?

1. 100/3% 3. 50%

2. 200/3% 4. 40%

8. On purchasing 5 article a salesman gives 3 article free and also 10% extra discount is
given on cash payment. Find the total discount on cash payment. A shopkeeper purchased
an old article marked at Rs 640 at two successive discounts of 6.25% and 15% .He spends
Rs 28 more on its maintenance and sold it for Rs 807.Find his overall profit % in the deal?

9. A shopkeeper purchased an old article marked at Rs 640 at two successive discounts of

6.25% and 15% .He spends Rs 28 more on its maintenance and sold it for Rs 807.Find his
overall profit % in the deal?

10. A trader sold an article at a loss of 5% but when he increased the selling price by Rs. 65
he gained 3.33% on the cost price. If he sells the same article at Rs. 936, what is the profit
percentage ?

11. The ratio of selling price of 3 article A, B and C is 8 : 9 : 5 and the ratio of percentage
profit is 8 : 7 : 14 respectively. If the profit percentage of A is 14.28% and cost price of B is
Rs. 400, what is the overall percentage gain ?
12. The marked price of an article is increased by 25% and the selling price is increased by
16.66%, then the amount of profit doubles. If the original marked price be Rs. 400 which is
greater than the corresponding cost price by 33.33%, what is the increased selling price ?

Q13. By selling an article for Rs. 69 there is a loss of 8%, when the article is sold for
Rs. 78, the gain or loss per cent is:
(a) neither loss nor gain (b) 4% gain (c) 4% loss

(d) 40% gain (e) 40% loss

Q14. By selling an article for Rs. 240, a man incurs a loss of 10%. At what price should
he sell it, so that he makes a profit of 20%?
(a) Rs. 264 (b) Rs. 288 (c) Rs. 300
d) Rs. 320 (e) Rs. 420

Q15. The difference between the selling price and cost price of an article is Rs. 210. If
the profit percent is 25, then the selling price of the article is:
(a) Rs. 950 (b) Rs. 1050 (c) Rs. 1150

(d) Rs. 1250 (e) Rs. 1500

Q16. Richa purchased an article at 4/5 of its list price and sold it at 20% more than the
list price. Richa’s profit percent was
(a) 50% (b) 40% (c) 30%
(d) 25% (e) 35%

Q17. X sells two articles for Rs. 4,000 each with no loss and no gain in the transaction.
If one was sold at a gain of 25% the other is sold at a loss of
(a) 25% (b) 18% (c) 16.66%
(d) 20% (e) 22.22%

Q18. Nikita bought 30 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs. 9.50 per kg and 40 kg of wheat at
the rate of Rs. 8.50 per kg and mixed them. She sold the mixture at the rate of Rs. 8.90
per kg. Her total profit or loss in the transaction was:
(a) Rs. 2 loss (b) Rs. 5 profit (c) Rs. 7 loss
(d) Rs. 7 profit (e) Rs. 9 loss

Q19. A milkman bought 70 litres of milk for Rs. 630 and added 5 litres of water. If he
sells it at Rs. 9 per litre, his profit percentage is:
(a) 41/5% (b) 7%
(c) 42/5% (d) 50/7%
(e) 9%

Q20. A trader marks-up his goods by 60% and gives discount of 25%. Besides it he
weighs 20% less amount while selling his goods. What is the net profit of trader?
(a) 50% (b) 35% (c) 45%
(d) 55% (e) 60%

 Simple and Compound Interest

Q 1. The population of a city increases 5 % annually but decreases by ¼ % due to
emigration. Find the net increase in percent in 3 years.

A. 8.63 % b. 11.89 % c. 13.25 % d. 14.93 %
Q 2. The value of a sewing machine depreciates at the rate of 10 % after every year. If at
the end of 3 years, its value is Rs. 8748, then find its purchase price.

a. 8000 b. 10000 c. 12000 d. 15000
Q 3. Find the compound interest on Rs. 5000 for 9 months at 6% per annum, if the interest
is reckoned quarterly.

a. Rs. 218.98 b. Rs. 228.39 c. Rs. 250.69 d. Rs. 356.50
Q 4. Find the compound interest on Rs. 20,000 in 2 years at 4 % per annum, the interest
being compounded half-yearly.

a. Rs. 1648.64 b. Rs. 1596.32 c. Rs. 14826.56 d. Rs. 11563.99
Q 5. Find compound interest on Rs. 8500 at 4 % per annum for 2 years, compounded
annually.

a. Rs. 752.6 b. Rs. 693.6 c. Rs. 553.6 d. Rs. 593.6
Q 6. A amount of Rs. 500 amounts to Rs. 583.20 in two years if compounded annually.
Find the rate of interest per annum.

a. 5.6 % b. 6 % c. 8 % d. 9.2 %
Q 7. A certain sum amounts to Rs. 7000 in 2 years and to Rs. 8000 in 3 years. Find the
sum.

a. Rs. 6959.37 b. Rs. 6459.37 c. Rs. 5359.37 d. Rs. 5759.37
Q 8. A sum of money doubles itself at compound interest in 10 years. In how many years
will it be eight times?

a. 30 years b. 28 years c. 25 years d. 22.5 years

Q 9. The difference between C.I. and S.I. on a certain sum at 10 % per annum for 2 years is
Rs. 530. Find the sum.

a. 53000 b. 57500 c. 69800 d. 28090
Q 10. The difference between C.I. and S.I. accrued on an amount of Rs. 20,000 in 2 years
was Rs. 392. Find the rate of interest per annum.

a. 11.5 % b. 13 % c. 14 % d. 12 %
Q 11. The compound interest on a certain sum at 50/3 % for 3 years is Rs. 127. Find simple
interest on same sum for same period and rate.

a. Rs. 205 b. Rs. 175 c. Rs. 152 d. Rs. 108
Q12. A borrows Rs. 800 at the rate of 12% per annum simple interest and B borrows
Rs. 910 at the rate of 10% per annum, simple interest. In how many years will their
amounts of debt be equal?
(a) 18 (b) 20 (c) 22 (d) 24
(e) 28

Q13. A person deposited Rs. 400 for 2 years, Rs. 550 for 4 years and Rs. 1200 for 6
years. He received the total simple interest of Rs. 1020. The rate of interest per annum
is (rate of interest in each case is same)
(a) 10% (b) 5% (c) 15% (d) 20%
(e) 25%

Q14. A certain sum of money becomes three times of itself in 20 years at simple
interest. In how many years does it become double of itself at the same rate of simple
interest?
(a) 8 years (b) 10 years (c) 12 years (d) 14 years
(e) 16 years

Q15. The simple interest on a certain sum for 8 months at 4% per annum is Rs. 129
less than the simple interest on the same sum for 15 months at 5% per annum. The
sum is:
(a) Rs. 2580 (b) Rs. 2400 (c) Rs. 2529 (d) Rs. 3600
(e) Rs. 4800

Q16. Mohan lent some amount of money at 9% simple interest and an equal amount
of money at 10% simple interest each for two years. If his total interest was Rs. 760,
what amount was lent in each case?
(a) Rs. 1700 (b) Rs. 1800 (c) Rs. 1900 (d) Rs. 2000
(e) Rs. 2400

Q17. Rs. 12,000 is divided into two parts so that the simple interest on the first part
for 3 years at 12% per annum may be equal to the simple interest on the second part
for 4½ years at 16% per annum. The ratio of the first part to the second part is
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 1 : 2 (c) 2 : 3 (d)
3:2
(e) 3 : 5

Q18. Abhay gave Rs 1200 on loan. Some amount he gave at 4% per annum on simple
interest and remaining at 5% per annum on simple interest. After 2 years he got Rs
110 as interest. Then the amounts given at 4% and 5% per annum simple interest are
respectively.
(a) Rs 500, Rs 700 (b) Rs 400, Rs 800 (c) Rs 800, Rs 300 (d) Rs 1100, Rs 1100
(e) Rs 1000, Rs 1100

Q19. A Money double itself in 8 years in how many years it will be 5 times?
(a) 40 years (b) 32 years (c) 24 years (d) 30 years
(e) 20 years

Q20. A lent Rs. 5000 to B for 2 years and Rs. 3000 to C for 4 years on simple interest
at the same rate of interest and received Rs. 2200 in all from both as interest. The rate
of interest per annum is
(a) 7% (b) 5% (c) 57/8% (d) 10% (e) 15%