Sreedhar's CCE IBPS-RRB Officer Scale-I Prelims –XI- MT - 42

IBPS REGIONAL RURAL BANKS (RRBs)

Officer Scale-I XI-Prelims-MODEL TEST -42
REASONING
Direction : (1-3) In each of the questions below are given three statements followed

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by two conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they
seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and
then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given
statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
1. Statements: Some Lions are Tigers
Only a few Tigers are Elephants
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No Elephant is Dog
Conclusions I: Some Tigers are not Dogs.
II: Some Tigers are not Lions.

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1) Either conclusion I or II follows
3) Only conclusion I follows
2) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
4) Both conclusions I and II follow
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5) Only conclusion II follows
2. Statements: All Chairs are Bullets
All Bullets are Guns
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Only a few Guns are Pins

Conclusions I: Some Chairs being Pins is a possibility.
II: Some Guns are not Pins.
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1) Only conclusion I follows 2) Both conclusions I and II follow
3) Neither conclusion I nor II follows 4) Either conclusion I or II follows
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5) Only conclusion II follows

3. Statements: No News is YouTube
Only a few YouTube are Media
Some Media is Military
Conclusions I: Some Media is not YouTube is a possibility.
II: Some Media being News is a possibility.
1) Both conclusions I and II follow 2) Only conclusion I follows
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3) Neither conclusion I nor II follows 4) Either conclusion I or II follows
5) Only conclusion II follows
Direction : (4-6) Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
A certain number of persons are purchasing different items one after another.
Information about some of the persons is known. Only three persons purchased
flowers after Z. T purchased flowers three persons before Z. Only four persons
purchased flowers between N and T. Number of persons purchasing flowers
between T and N is one more than the number of persons purchasing flowers
between N and Q. Only five persons purchased flowers before S. M purchases
flower one person after P and two persons before S. Only one person purchase
flowers between Q and S who purchased flowers before Q. H purchased flowers
two persons after Z. More than two persons buy flowers between S and T.
4. How many persons purchased flowers between S and T ?
1) Eight 2) Nine 3) Ten 4) Eleven 5) Twelve

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5. Totally how many persons purchased flowers?
1) 23 2) 24 3) 25 4) 26 5) 27
6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way hence form a group which one
doesn’t belong to this group?
1) P-M 2) S-Q 3) Z-H 4) M-S 5) H-P
Direction (7-9) : Study the following information and answer the given question.
A is married to N. T is the daughter of A. M is the brother-in-law of N. B is
the father of M. B is married to K. K is the mother of A. J is the sister of N.
7. How is J related to A ?
1) Cannot be determined. 2) Sister-in-law

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3) Mother 4) Aunt 5) Grandmother
8. If M does not have any sister, then how is A related to B ?
1) Cousin 2) Brother 3) Son-in-slaw 4) Son 5) Cannot be determined
9. How is T related to M ?
1) Cousin 2) Grand-Daughter 3) Sister-in-law
4) Sister
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Direction (10-14) : Read the given information and answer the given question.
Eight people K, L, M, N, O, P, Q and R live on separate floors of an 8-floor

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building. Ground floor is numbered as 1, first floor is numbered as 2 and so on
until the topmost floor is numbered as 8.
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M lives on floor number 7. Only one person lives between M and N.
K lives immediately above Q. K lives on an even numbered floor.
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Only one person lives between K and L. K lives above L. Only three people
live between L and R.
O lives on an odd numbered floor.
10. How many people live between the floors on which P and R live ?
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1) One 2) Three 3) More than three 4) Two 5) None
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11. Who among the following lives on floor number 6 ?

1) R 2) K 3) P 4) Q 5) N
12. Who amongst the following lives between N and Q ?
1) P 2) M 3) O 4) K 5) R
13. Which of the following is TRUE with respect to the given information ?
1) O lives on floor number 3. 2) P lives on the top most floor.
3) Only one person lives between L and N.
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4) R lives immediately below P. 5) Only two people live between N and R.
14. Who lives on the floor immediately above K ?
1) R 2) N 3) M 4) P 5) Q
Direction (15-17) : Study the given information carefully and answer the given
question.
Ten people are sitting in two parallel rows, containing five people each in
such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row-1 K,
L, M, N and O are seated and all of them are facing North and in row-2 A, B, C, D
and E are seated and all facing South (but not necessarily in the same order).
Each person also likes a different type of music like Acoustic, Carnatic, Calypso,
Classical, Folk, Ghazal, Jazz, Metallic, Pop and Rock (but not necessarily in the
same order).
E sits exactly in the centre of the line. One of the immediate neighbours of E
likes Carnatic music. N faces the one who likes Carnatic music. Only two people

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sit between N and M. M faces one of the immediate neighbours of the one who
likes Calypso. M does not like Classical music and is also not an immediate
neighbour of L. The one who likes Ghazal sits to immediate right of N. Only one
person sits between the one who likes Ghazal and the one who likes Classical
music. B likes Rock music and faces one of the immediate neighbours of N. Only
two people sit between A and B. A faces the one who likes Metallic music. The
one who likes Metallic music is not an immediate neighbour of O. O neither likes
Classical music nor Metallic music. C does not sit at any of the extreme ends of
the line and faces the one who likes Pop music. The one who likes Folk music
faces the one who likes Acoustic music. D does not like Folk music.
15. Which of the following kinds of music does N like ?

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1) Metallic 2) Pop 3) Classical 4) Jazz 5) Folk
16. Which of the following pairs represent the people sitting at the extreme ends of
both the lines ?
1) B, O 2) D, K 3) A, N 4) O, A 5) A, L
17. Who amongst the following likes Jazz music ?
1) E 2) C 3) D 4) K 5) M
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Direction (18-23) : Study the given information and answer the question.
When a word and number arrangement machine is given an input line of words
and numbers, it arranges them following a particular rule. The following is an
illustration of input and rearrangement (All the numbers are two digit numbers).

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Input: distance 43 20 with time 11 89 reduces pressure 66 always 97
Step I : distance 43 20 with time 89 reduces pressure 66 97 11 always
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Step II: 43 with time 89 reduces pressure 66 97 11 always 20 distance
Step III: with time 89 reduces 66 97 11 always 20 distance 43 pressure
Step IV: with time 89 97 11 always 20 distance 43 pressure 66 reduces
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Step V: with 97 11 always 20 distance 43 pressure 66 reduces 89 time

Step VI: 11 always 20 distance 43 pressure 66 reduces 89 time 97 with
Step VI is the last step of the above arrangement as the intended arrangement is
obtained.
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As per the rules followed in the given steps, find out the appropriate steps
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for the given input.

Input: good 16 20 work office 81 69 regular 45 57 employment 93 functions transfer
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18. How many steps will be required to complete the arrangement based on the given
input ?
1) Eight 2) Ten 3) Six 4) Seven 5) Nine
19. What is the position of ‘69’ from the right end in the second last step ?
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1) Sixth 2) Ninth 3) Fifth 4) Seventh 5) Eighth
20. Which element is exactly between ‘good’ and office’ in the second step of the
arrangement based on the given input ?
1) regular 2) work 3) 20 4) 69 5) 81
21. Which of the following is step three of the arrangement based on the given input ?
1) 16 employment 20 work functions good office 81 69 45 regular 45 57 93 transfer
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2) work office 81 69 regular 57 93 transfer 79 plan 16 employment 20 functions
45 good
3) work 81 69 office regular 57 93 transfer 79 plan 16 20 functions employment
45 good
4) work office 81 69 regular 57 93 transfer 79 plan 45 good functions 20
employment 16
5) 16 employment 20 functions 45 good work office 81 69 regular 45 57 93 transfer
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22. Which element is fifth to the left of the element which is eleventh from the left
end of the final step ?
1) 45 2) good 3) 57 4) functions 5) 70
23. In which step are the elements ‘transfer 79 16 employment’ found in the same
order ?
1) The given order of elements is not found in any step.
2) Third 3) Second 4) Fifth 5) Sixth
Direction (24-29) : In this question, relationship between different elements is
shown in the statements. The statements are followed by conclusions. Study the
conclusions based on the given statement and select the appropriate answer.

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24. Statement: A  B > C  D = E  F
Conclusion : I. A  D Conclusion : II. B = E
1) Only conclusion I is true 2) Neither conclusion I nor II is true
3) Only conclusion II is true 4) Both conclusions I and II are true
5) Either conclusion I or II is true
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Conclusion : I. Q  T
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Statement : P > Q  R = M  T
Conclusion : II P > R
1) Neither conclusion I nor II is true 2) Only conclusion II is true

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3) Only conclusion I is true
5) Either conclusion I or II is true
4) Both conclusions I and II are true
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26. Statement : A  B > C  D = E  F
Conclusion : I. A < F Conclusion : II. C  E
1) Either conclusion I or II is true 2) Both conclusions I and II are true
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3) Neither conclusion I nor II is true 4) Only conclusion II is true

5) Only conclusion I is true
27. Statements : R < S > Y  L ; S  T = B
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Conclusion : I. S  B Conclusion : II L < S
1) Neither conclusion I nor II is true 2) Only conclusion I is true
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3) Both conclusions I and II are true 4) Either conclusion I or II is true

5) Only conclusion II is true
28. Statements : R < S > Y  L ; S  T = B
Conclusion : I. R < L Conclusion : II B  Y
1) Only conclusion I is true 2) Neither conclusion I nor II is true
3) Both conclusions I and II are true
4) Either conclusion I or II is true 5) Only conclusion II is true
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29. Statements: P > Q > R = M < T
Conclusion : I. Q > M Conclusion : II. Q = M
1) Only conclusion I is true 2) Both conclusions I and II are true
3) Only conclusion II is true 4) Neither conclusion I nor II is true
5) Either conclusion I or II is true
Direction (30-33) : Study the information carefully and answer the question.
M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are sitting around a circular table at equal distances
between each other, but not necessarily in the same order. Some of the people
are facing the centre while some face outside (i.e, in a direction opposite to the
centre). {Note: Facing the same direction means, if one is facing the centre then
the other also faces the centre and vice versa. Facing the opposite directions
means, if one is facing the centre then the other faces outside and vice versa)
S sits third to the right of R. R faces the centre. Only one person sits between
S and M. P is an immediate neighbour of S. P sits to the immediate left of M. Both
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of N. N faces the same direction as M. Q is not an immediate neighbour of S. O
sits second to the right of P. S sits third to the right of T. O faces the same
direction as M. Both the immediate neighbours of O face opposite directions. Q
faces the same direction as R.
30. What is N’s position with respect to P ?
1) Second to the left 2) Third to the left
3) Third to the right 4) Fourth to the left 5) Fourth to the right
31. Who sits exactly between T and R when counted from the left of T ?
1) M 2) N 3) Q 4) S 5) P
32. Which of the following is true regarding O as per the given seating arrangement ?

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1) Only two people sit between O and R 2) O sits third to the left of M
3) Only three people sit between O and P 4) T sits second to the right of O
5) Only one person sits between Q and O
33. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given seating
arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group ?
1) M 2) S
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Direction (34-35) : Each of the six friends A, B, C, D, E and F drives different
numbers of km to work. B drives more than only E and F. A drives more than C

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but not the highest number of km. F does not drive the minimum number of km.
The one who drives second least number of km, drives 7 km to work. The one who
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drives third highest number of km drives 11 km.
34. Who amongst the following drives 11 km to work ?
1) A 2) D 3) C 4) F 5) B
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35. The one who drives the second highest number of km drives 6 km more than F.
How many km does the one who drives the maximum possibly covers ?
1) 13 2) 7 3) 17 4) 8 5) 11
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Direction : (36-40) Study the following information carefully to answer these
question.
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A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight persons working in three different

departments viz. Operations, Sales and Finance of an organisation with at least
two and not more three in any department. They are in three different scales viz.
I, II, and III with at least two in any one scale.
Both the employees in Operations department are in Scale II. D works in
Sales department and belongs to Scale I. A works in Finance department and
does not belong to Scale I. Two employees in Sales department belong to one
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scale. F works with only H in one of the departments. C works with E in one of the
departments. B does not work with either C or A in the same department. G does
not belong to Scale III. E does not belong to Scale I.
36. Which of the following combinations is correct ?
1) Operation-F-I 2) Operation-H-III
3) Sales-B-II 4) Finance-E-III 5) All are correct
37. Which of the following groups of employees work in sales department ?
1) DBE 2) DBC 3) DBG 4) Data inadequate 5) DGC
38. H belongs to which scale ?
1) I 2) II 3) III 4) Data inadequate 5) I or II
39. G belongs to which scale ?
1) II 2) III 3) I 4) I or II 5) II or III
40. C belongs to which scale ?
1) I 2) II 3) III 4) I or II 5) II or III

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QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
Direction (41-45) : What approximate value will come in place of the question
mark (?) in the given question ? (You are not expected to calculate the exact
value)
41. ? x 319.85  8.02 = 249 - 89.92
1) 14 2) 16 3) 36 4) 18 5) 25
42. 31.98 x 20.002 - 1349  3 = ?
1) 120 2) 100 3) 80 4) 150 5) 190
43. 20% Of 149  5 + ? = 5.0082

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1) 49 2) 7 3) 19 4) 31 5) 50
44. 324  4.99 + 146.98  6.85 = ?
1) 64 2) 28 3) 116 4) 86 5) 44
45. 439.75 + 519.89 = ? % of 1199.98
1) 70 2) 110 3) 40 4) 80
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Direction (46-50) : Data related to number of scarves sold by two stores (M and N)
during 5 years.

400

E M N
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Number of scarves sold

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250

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2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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46. What is the difference between total number of scarves sold by store M in 2017
and 2019 together and total number of scarves sold by store N in 2020 and 2021
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together ?
1) 300 2) 280 3) 220 4) 260 5) 240
47. Number of scarves sold by store N decreased by what percent from 2018 to 2019 ?
1 3 5 1 1
1) 53 2) 57 3) 51 8 4) 63 8 5) 57 8
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48. If the respective ratio between total number of scarves sold by stores M and N
together in 2018 and that in 2024 is 13 : 9, what is the total number of scarves
sold by stores M and N together in 2024 ?
1) 630 2) 540 3) 360 4) 640 5) 380
49. What is the average number of scarves sold by store N in 2017,2018 and 2020 ?
1) 300 2) 280 3) 320 4) 240 5) 340
50. If the total number of scarves sold by stores M and N together in 2022 is 65% of
that in 2021, what is the total number of scarves sold by stores M and N together
in 2022 ?
1) 432 2) 412 3) 416 4) 532 5) 418
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51. Three years ago, the respective ratio between A’s age at that time and B’s age at
that time was 7 : 5. A’s age five years hence will be 15 years more than B’s age
two years hence. What is B’s present age ?
1) 27 years 2) 24 years 3) 33 years 4) 30 years 5) 18 years
52. A boat takes a total time of eight hours to travel 75 kms upstream and the same
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distance downstream. The speed of the current is 4 th of the speed of the boat in

still water, what is the speed of the boat in still water ? (in km/hr)
1) 16 2) 6 3) 20 4) 24 5) 5

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53. B is 50% more efficient than A. If A can complete 9 th of a given task in 14 days,

what fraction of the same task would remain incomplete, if B works on it

independently for 8 days only ?
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3 1 5 4 2
1) 2) 3) 4) 4)
7 3 9 7 3
54. At 50% of its usual speed, a train of length L meters crosses a platform 150

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metres long in 10 seconds. At its usual speed, the train crosses a vertical pole in
3 seconds. What is the value of L ?
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1) 280 2) 225 3) 220 4) 250 5) 230
55. In a class, the average weight of 20 boys is 65 Kg and that of 25 girls is 60 Kg.
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After a few days, 40% of the girls and 50% of the boys leave. What would be the
new average weight of the class (in Kg) ? (Assume that the average weight of the
boys and girls remains constant throughout.)
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1) 55 2) 59 3) 60 4) 65 5) 62
56. The sum of the dimensions of a room (i.e. length, breadth and height) is 21
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metres and its length, breadth and height are in the ratio of 7 : 5 : 3 respectively.
If the room is to be painted at the rate of Rs. 15 per m2, what would be the total
cost incurred on painting only the four walls of the room (in Rs.) ?
1) 3250.5 2) 2210.2 3) 2940.4 4) 2445.6 5) 2116.8
57. The sum of a series of 5 consecutive odd numbers is 245. The second highest
number of this series is 11 more than the highest number of another series of 5
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consecutive even numbers. What is 60% of the lowest number of this series of
consecutive even numbers ?
1) 24.8 2) 20.4 3) 19.2 4) 23.2 5) 24-4
58. Jar A has 64 lts of mixture of milk and water in the respective ratio of 5 : 3. Jar B
which had 14 lts of mixture of milk and water was emptied into jar A and as a
result in jar A, the respective ratio of milk and water becomes 8:5. What was the
quantity of water in jar B ?
1) 2 lts 2) 6 lts 3) 5 lts 4) 11 lts 5) 8 lts
59. P, Q and R have a certain amount of money with themselves. Q has 25% more
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than what P has, and R has th of what Q has. If P, Q and R together have Rs.
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180, then how much money does P alone have ? (in Rs.)
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60. A starts a small business with Rs. 4000. At the end of few months from the start
of business, B joined the business with Rs. 4200. If the annual profit between A
and B was divided between them in the respective ratio of 8:7, then B joined the
business after how many months from the start of the business ?
1) Six 2) Three 3) Two 4) Five 5) Four
Direction (61-65) : Study the table and answer the given question.

Universities Number of Faculty Percentage of Assistant Number of Associate

Members Professors Professors
J 200 54 28

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K 120 60 24
L 150 80 15
M 180 65 27

Note : The Faculty member include Assistant Professors, Associate Professors

and Professors only
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The total number of Professors in Universities J and M together is what percent
more than the number of Assistant Professors in University K ?
4 1 2 5 8
1) 33
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2) 37
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62. What is the average number of Assistant Professors in Universities J, K and L ?
1) 103 2) 110 3) 100 4) 101 5) 111
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63. In University J, 12 of the Assistant Professors are males and in University L, of

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the Assistant Professors are males. What is the respective ratio between male
Assistant Professors in University J and that in University L ?
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1) 15:11 2) 15:8 3) 14:9 4) 15 : 9 5) 14:11
64. In University M, 60% faculty members are females. If two-third of the total
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Assistant Professors are females, what percent females are either Associate
Professors or Professors ?
7 4 8 2 8
1) 27 9 2) 24 3) 23 9 4) 25 9 5) 27
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65. What is the difference between the total number of Associate Professors in
Universities L and M together and the total number of Professors in the same
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Universities together ?
1) 10 2) 12 3) 9 4) 13 5) 17
Direction (66-70) : What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the given
number series ?
66. 825 582 501 474 465
1) 296 2) 462 3) 324 4) 316 5) 188
67. 16 17 13 22 6 ?
1) 31 2) 60 3) 28 4) 45 5) 20
68. 4 16 26 34 40 ?
1) 80 2) 44 3) 88 4) 48 5) 68
69. 3 4 10 33 136
1) 715 2) 724 3) 890 4) 598 5) 685
70. 8 12 24 60 180 ?
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Direction (71-75) : Refer the pie chart and answer the given question.
Percentage of bags available in different stores in February.
Total number of bags available in all the stores together is 700.

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T 15%
26%

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20%
S
14%

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25%
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71. What is the central angle corresponding to the number of bags available by store
S ? (in degrees)
1) 50.4 2) 52.5 3) 54.6 4) 53.2 5) 52.8
72. What is the difference between the average number of bags available in stores P
and R together and the average number of bags available in stores Q and S
together ?
1) 21 2) 23 3) 25 4) 20 5)22
73. In April, the total number of bags available in all the stores together was 50 more
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than that in February. What was the percent increase in the total number of bags
available in all the stores together from February to April ?
1 5 2 1 1
1) 7 2) 3 7 3) 5 7 4) 4 5) 5
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74. The respective ratio between the number of bags available in store Q in March
and that available in the same store in February was 3:2. How many more bags
were available in store Q in March as compared to February ?
1) 70 2) 35 3) 140 4) 80 5) 75
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75. In February, 13 of the available bags in store T remained unsold and 25 of the

available bags in store R remained unsold. How many bags were sold by stores T
and R together in February ?
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Direction (76-80) : In this question two equations numbered I & II are given. You
have to solve both the equations and choose the appropriate option.
76. I. x2 - 8x + 15 = 0
II. 2y2 - 17y + 36 = 0
1) X > Y 2) X  Y
3) Relationship between X and Y cannot be established (or) X=Y
4) X  Y 5) X < Y
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77. I.x + 2x - 3 = 0
II. y 2 + 6y + 9 = 0

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1) X < Y 2) X  Y
3) Relationship between X and Y cannot be established (or) X=Y
4) X > Y 5) X  Y
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78. I. 6X + 5X + 1 = 0
II. 2y2 + 11y + 9 = 0
1) X > Y 2) X  Y
4) Relationship between
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X and Y cannot be established (or) X=Y 5) X  Y
79. I.x2- 12x + 35 = 0
II.y2 - 13y + 42 = 0
1) X < Y 2) X  Y

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3) Relationship between X and Y cannot be established (or) X=Y
4) X > Y 5) X  Y
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80. I.2x - 11x + 15 = 0
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II. 2y2 - 17y + 33 = 0

1) X > Y 2) X  Y
3) Relationship between X and Y cannot be established (or) X=Y
4) X < Y 5) X  Y
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KEY
1.3 2.2 3.1 4.3 5.2 6.5 7.2 8.4 9.5 10.1
11.1 12.4 13.2 14.2 15.2 16.1 17.1 18.1 19.1 20.2
21.2 22.2 23.4 24.2 25.2 26.4 27.3 28.2 29.1 30.2
31.2 32.2 33.4 34.3 35.3 36.4 37.3 38.2 39.3 40.3
41.2 42.5 43.3 44.4 45.4 46.4 47.1 48.3 49.2 50.3
51.3 52.3 53.2 54.2 55.5 56.5 57.3 58.2 59.5 60.3
61.5 62.3 63.2 64.1 65.3 66.2 67.1 68.2 69.5 70.5
71.1 72.1 73.1 74.1 75.1 76.3 77.2 78.1 79.3 80.5

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