Cat 400

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Practice Set 1
No. of Questions: 40 Time Allotted: 60 min
a bcde
1.  N. a, b, c, d, e are five consecutive even integers and v, w, x, y, z are five con-
vwxyz
secutive odd integers. If v = a + 1 and n represents natural numbers, then which of the following
is the most suitable value of N?
n4 n3 n2 n2
1) 2) 3) 4)
n5 n4 n3 n  2 .5
2 . If x! × y! = z! is true, then which of the following conclusions is/are correct?
A) z > x, y B) x = y = z = 1 is the only possible solution
1) Both A and B are not correct 2) Only B is correct
3) Only A is correct 4) None of these
3. Consider a 21-digit number created by writing side by side the natural numbers as follow.
1234567891011 ............
When the above number is divided by 11 it leaves a remainder
1) 1 2) 3 3) 7 4) 9
4. a, b, c are even numbers and x, y, z are odd numbers, which of the following relationship can’t be
justified at any cost?
ab ac xy
A) xy B)  yz C)  ab
c x z
1) Only B 2) Only C 3) All the three 4) Only B & C
5. The number of positive integers less than or equal to 100, which are not divisible by 2, 3 or 5, is
1) 24 2) 26 3) 29 4) 32
6. N = ab is a two-digit number; a, b are the respective digits. We have following informations.
A) N2 = ccb is a three-digit number. B) If M = ba then M2 = bcc is a three-digit number.
C) a = 2b
To find N, which of the above informations is/are sufficient?
1) Only A alone is sufficient
2) Only A and C together are sufficient
3) Only B alone is sufficient
4) Either A and B together or A and C together are sufficient
7. N = a2 + b2, is a three-digit number which is divisible by 5. a = 10x + y and b = 10x + z where z is a
prime number, and x and y are natural numbers. If a + b = 31, find the value of N.
1) 565 2) 485 3) 505 4) 485 or 505
8. In a society there are 100 members. Each of them has been alloted membership number from 1 to
100. They started a business in which nth member contributed Rs (10 × 2n - 5). After one year 4th
member gets Rs 62 as his share. Find the total profit in the business after one year.
1) Rs 8[2100  26] 2) Rs 4[299  26] 3) Rs 2[2100  26] 4) None of these
Directions (Q. 9-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given
below.
An athletics track is circular in shape. An additional track of square shape is inscribed in it. The
detail can be seen in the following figure:
B A
10 7
C D
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S is the starting point which is the centre of the circular track. The two tracks meet only at A, B,
C and D. AS is 7 units whereas AB is 10 units. Any athlete can start from S but can follow any of
two tracks square or circular, after reaching A.
9. Rajeev Sen runs at 7 units per second and Kumar Ayengar runs at 8 units per second. They start
together from S. Rajeev Sen follows the square track whereas Kumar Ayengar follows the circular
track. After how many seconds will they meet?
1) 60 sec 2) 71 sec
3) They will never meet. 4) Can’t be determined
10. Amarjeet Singh runs at 8 units/second and Javed Akhtar runs at 10 units/second. They start
together from S. Amarjeet Singh follows the square track whereas Javed Akhtar follows the circu-
lar track. At what point will they meet?
1) A 2) C 3) D 4) They will never meet.
Directions (Q. 11-13): Read the following information carefully and then answer the questions
given below.
In a school exam, papers on Maths, Science and Literature were conducted. The students who
scored first division (  60% marks) in at least two subjects were awarded gold medals. The students
who scored first division in one subject were awarded silver medals. The students who scored second
division (  50% marks) in all the three subjects were awarded bronze medals. And the students who
passed (  30% ) in all subjects were awarded with consolation prizes. Others got participation certifi-
cates.
11. 25% got gold medals. 30% got first division in Science. 33% got first division in Maths. 35% got
first division in Literature. Only 13% of students got first division in all the three subjects. What
per cent of students got silver medals?
1) 35% 2) 40% 3) 45% 4) Can’t be determined
12. 81% got second division in at least one subject. 27% got second division in two subjects. 42% got
second division in only one subject. What per cent received bronze medals?
13. 8% received participation certificates. 4% failed in Science and 2% failed in Maths. No student
failed in literature. Then which of the following conclusions is true?
1) At least 2% students failed in more than two subjects.
2) 20% got consolation prizes.
3) At least 40% students got just pass marks in more than two subjects.
4) None of these
given below.
A, B, and C are three positive integers. And suppose
# (A, B) = A + B
$ (A, B) = A/B
 (A, B) = A × B and  (A, B) = (A)B
Now, (a) = $ (# (# (A, B), C), 3)
(b) =  (  (  (A, B), C), $ (1, 3))
(c) = $ (3, # (# ($ (1, A), $ (1, B)), $ (1, C)))
(d) = $ (# (# (A, B), C), 2)
14. Which one of the above is the least value?
1) (a) 2) (b) 3) (c) 4) Can’t be said
15. If we arrange (a), (b), (c) and (d) in ascending order of values, which order is correct?
1) a, b, c, d 2) c, a, d, b 3) a, c, b, d 4) c, b, a, d
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16. A man had a magical bag in which the number of coins double when touched with a magical stick.
The man used it to buy a huge farmland, a big house and everything he liked. After some time he
started misusing the money obtained from the bag. His brother was still poor and very jealous of
him. He came and asked his rich brother to give him what he had in the bag . The rich man told
him that he could not withdraw all the coins from the bag. He told the bag doubled what it had in it
but if he withdrew all the coins then nothing would be left. So what could he get as the double of
zero? He told further that no new coins could be added in the bag. Only withdrawal was possible,
but withdrawal should be in such a way that something was left in the bag so that it could be
doubled.
The poor brother understood the calculation and asked his rich brother to play a game. He
asked about the number of coins (say x) in the bag. He asked him to double the coin, and give him
a certain number of coins (say y). He asked him to double the coins again and give him 2y coins.
He asked him again to double the coins and give him 3y coins. He asked him again to double the
coins and give him 4y coins. When he asked him to double the coins again, the rich brother found
no coin in the bag. He was very much disappointed whereas his poor brother was happy with his
game. If the poor man got a total of 80 coins, how many coins were there in the bag at the begin-
ning of the game?
1) 10 2) 26 3) 13 4) 12
17. A ladder is inclined to a wall making an angle of 30° with it. A man is ascending the ladder at the
rate of 2 metres/second. How fast is he approaching the wall?
1) 2 m/s 2) 1.5 m/s 3) 1 m/s 4) None of these
1 1 1
18. If n be an even positive integer, then find f(n) =   ..... 
(n  1)! 3! (n  3)! (n  1)!
22n 1 2n1
1) 2n 2) 3) 4) 2n 1
n n!
19. If a n 2 = 5a n 1  6a n and a1 = 1, a2 = 5 for n  1 then find a 100 .
1) 2  3100  3  2100 2) [5  99  6  98]100 3) 3100  2100 4) None of these
20. The angle of elevation of a stationary cloud from an observation point 2500 metres above a lake is
30° and the angle of depression of its reflection in the lake is 45°. What is the height of the cloud
above lake level?
2500(1  3 ) 2500( 3  1)
1) 2) 3) 2500 3 4) None of these
3 1 3 1
21. a, b and c are three positive numbers. Then which of the following is true?
bc ca ab
A)   >6
a b c
bc ca ab
B)   <6
a b c
bc ca ab
C)   =6
a b c
1) Only (A) is true 2) Only (B) is true
3) (A) and (C) are true 4) (B) and (C) are true

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given below.
A farmer has a land in the shape of a triangles sides of which are 50 m, 120 m and 130 m. As it is
a hilly area, the farmer can use only some portion in the middle of the field. To maximise his area of
cultivation he draws a circle touching all the three sides. Now he plans to use the area which is
covered inside the circle only because it is more fertile and there exists a tubewell in the centre. He
draws perpendicular lines on the three sides from the tubewell and divides total cultivable area into
three parts. He fixes the smallest portion for vegetables, the largest portion for wheat and the third
portion for rice.
22. Find the area in which vegetable is cultivated.
1) 100  m2 2) 90 m 2 3) 120 m2 4) Can’t be determined
23. If the sides 50 m and 130 m of a triangular field meet, at an angle of 72°, then find the area in
which wheat is cultivated.
1) 120 m2 2) 150 m2 3) 180 m2 4) Can’t be determined
24. For what value of x is the given relationship true?
log 8 x  log 4 x  log 2 x = 11
1) 32 2) 36 3) 128 4) None of these
25. Find the 100th term of the series.
10, 23, 60, 169, 494, .....
1) 5  399  100 2) 2(3)100  103 3) 6(3)100  100  7 4) None of these
26. There are 7 oranges, 5 apples and 8 mangoes in a basket. A person wants to eat fruits from that
basket, but he is not sure about the number of fruits or types of fruits he will eat. In how many
ways can he make a selection of fruits from among those in the basket?
1) 280 2) 279 3) 432 4) 431
27. India, Pakistan and Australia are going to play a triangular series of one-day cricket matches.
Each of the countries is supposed to play two matches with each of the other two teams. In any
match, the probability of India getting 0, 1 and 2 points are 0.45, 0.05 and 0.50 respectively.
Assuming that the outcomes are independent, find the probability of India getting at least 7 points.
1) 0.875 2) 0.575 3) 0.0875 4) None of these
28. If a n 1  5a n  4 , a1 = 1, n = 1, 2, 3, ..., then a 200 = ?
1
1)
4

8  5 99  4  2) 2  5199  1 3) 5  5199  4 4) 2  5199  1
29. If we have f[g(x)] = g[f(x)] then which of the following is true?
1) g [g [g [f [f (x)]]]] = g [f [g [g [g (x)]]]] 2) f [f [f [g [g (x) ]]]] = f[g [f [g [f(x)]]]]
3) f [g [f [g (x)]]] = g[f [f [f (x)]]] 4) None of these
30. If we have f[f [g [g (x) ]]] = g[g [f [f (x)]]] then which of the following satisfy it?
1 1
1) f(x) = x and g(x) = 2) f(x) = x2 and g(x) = 2 3) Both (1) and (2) 4) None
x x
below it.
Machine A can do a work in 30 days. Machine B can do the same job in 20 days. Their duty has
been derived through computer. The computer that controls their duty can be fed with four types of
instructions, as explained below:
Instruction type Explanation of Instruction
D(X, t) X is instructed to do work for ‘t’ days.
T (X, Y) X is instructed to transfer job to Y. OR, X is instructed to stop and Y is
instructed to start the job.
J (X, Y) X is instructed to join hands with Y.

S(X) X is instructed to stop working while other engine continue its work.
When work is completed the engine stops automatically.
31. After executing a sequence of four instructions the job has been finished in 22 days. Three of the
four instructions have been given below. Third instruction is missing.
First instruction: D(A, 10)
Second instruction: T(A, B)
Fourth instruction: J(B, A)
Which of the following is the third instruction?
1) D (B, 10) 2) D (B, 8) 3) D (A & B, 5) 4) None of these
32. The other set of four instructions is as:
First Inst.: D (B, 10) Second Inst.: J(A, B)
Third Inst: D (A & B, 5) Fourth Inst: S(B)
The work will be finished in
1) 18 days 2) 17 days 3) 15 days 4) None of these
33. A person wants the work to be completed in 16 days. What set of instructions should be fed in the
computer?
1) D(A, 12), J(B, A), D(A & B, 4), S(B) 2) D(A & B, 5), S(A), D(B, 10), J(A, B)
3) D (B, 10), T(B, A), D(A, 5), J(B, A) 4) None of these
34. Find the sum of first n terms of the series 1, (1 + 2), (1 + 2 + 3), ......
n(n  1)(2n  1) n(n  1)(n  2) n(n  1)(n  2)
1) 2) 3) 4) None of these
3 6 3
35. A spherical balloon is inflated and its radius is increasing at 4 cm/second. At what rate would the
volume be increasing when its radius is 14 cm?
1) 563 cm3 sec 2) 9856 cm3 sec 3) 10,000cm3 sec 4) None of these
36. When 62924 is divided by 21, find the remainder.

1) 1 2) 2 3) 5 4) 11
a  b (a  b)3
37. If  , what set(s) of values of a and b is/are correct?
a  b (a  b )3
A) S1 = {a = any real value, b = 0}
B) S2 = {a = 0, b = any real value}
C) S3 = {a = 0, b = 0}
1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only A and B 4) All A, B and C
38. a, b and c are the sides of a triangle. Equations ax + bx + c = 0 and 3x 2 + 4x + 5 = 0 have a
2
common root. Then angle C is equal to

1) 60° 2) 90° 3) 120° 4) None of these
39. Sum of all prime numbers less than 50 is
1) more than 500 2) less than 200
3) a prime number 4) an even number
40. N = abc is a three-digit number, a, b and c being their respective digits. N is a perfect square of an
even number. To find N which of the following informations is/are necessary/sufficient?
A) a, b, c are three consecutive digits but not in order.
B) N is divisible by 18.
C) Units digit of N2 is c.
1) Only A and B together are sufficient
2) A and C together are sufficient
3) Only B and C together are sufficient
4) Either A and C together or B and C together are sufficient
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Practice Set 2
below
A king started construction of a temple on 17th January, 1723. The king was in a hurry, so he
stopped the construction only for 10 days in a year except in the last year when it went on without
disruption. After 3099 working days, 20 artists and 150 labourers could complete the construction.
The total expenditure was 21 lakh rupees. The king was very happy. He announced that the first
worship would be on coming Monday, because it was his birthday. The rajpurohit was against the
selection of the date for the first worship. The king did not agree with the rajpurohit. He started the
worship at 7 AM in the morning. The temple collapsed at 7 : 30 AM and the king died on his 74th birth
anniversary.
1. Find the day on which the construction was completed.
1) Sunday 2) Monday 3) Tuesday 4) None of these
2. The king was born on
1) 1st Oct 1657 2) 30th Sept 1657 3) 8th Oct 1657 4) None of these
3. If artists were paid at the rate of Rs 2.5 per working day and the labourers were paid at the rate of
one rupee per working day, what was the cost of material used in the temple?
1) Rs 13,80,000 2) Rs 14,82,000 3) Rs 16,80,200 4) None of these
4. If A = 1, B = -2, C = 3, D = -4, ..., Y = 25, Z = -26, then which of the following is false?
1) AZ > BY > CX 2) PATNA < DELHI
3) CHENNAI < 3 (MUMBAI) 4) None of these
xyz
5. Let -2 < x < 0, -1 < y < 2 and 0 < z < 4. For a given set of numbers (x, y, z), is called mean
3
of the three numbers.
So, the mean of the numbers would be
1) between (-3) and 3 2) between zero and two 3) between (-1) and 2 4) between (-1) and 3
6. If f(x) = |x|2 + |x| and g(x) = x2 + x,
then which of the following statements is wrong?
1) f(x) = |g(x)| is true when x  0. 2) f(x) + g(x) = 2x2 is true when x < 0.
3) f(x) - g(x)  0 for all values of x. 4) f(x) × g(x)  0 for all values of x.
Directions (Q. 7-8): Read the following information and answer the questions given below it.
A shopkeeper in a village purchases paddy and rice and sells sugar, potato, spices, salt and other
items to the farmers. The prices of sale or purchase are fixed by the shopkeeper only. He uses 1200
gm weight in place of 1 kg when he purchases paddy or rice but he uses 800 gm in place of 1 kg when
he sells the item. He always uses his own weights to purchase rice or paddy and to sell items.
7. The shopkeeper buys sugar at Rs 10 per kg. When a farmer comes to purchase sugar, the shop-
keeper asks him to give 2 kg rice for one kg sugar. The farmer gives him 12 kg rice and takes 6
kg sugar. What percentage profit is gained by the shopkeeper if he sells the rice at Rs 6, per kg to
other farmer?
8. After some days the same farmer comes with paddy to take cash from the shopkeeper. The shop-
keeper gives him Rs 25 against his 10 kg paddy. The farmer buys one kg sugar for Rs 12 and 2 kg
rice for Rs 12. For the rest of one rupee, he buys one kg salt. If the salt was purchased at Rs 4 per
5 kg by the shopkeeper, what profit did he make from the farmer?
1) Rs 8 2) Rs 9 3) Rs 10 4) Can’t be determined
9. Hemant goes to school daily in the morning along with his driver. The driver returns home with
the car and in the afternoon exactly at 4 pm he picks Hemant up from the school and takes him
home. One day the school was closed an hour earlier without any prior notice. So, instead of
waiting for his driver, Hemant started walking towards home. He met the driver en route to the
school and got into the car. They drove home, arriving 20 minutes earlier than usual. How long
did Hemant walk before he was picked up by his driver?
1) 40 minutes 2) 50 minutes 3) 55 minutes 4) Can’t be found
10. For what value of x is the given function defined?
f(x) = x  1  2 1  x  x 2  1
1) x  1 2) x  1 3)    x   4) x = 1
11. f(x) = 2 + x, if x  0 and f(x) = 2 - x, if x < 0.
Then find g(x) = f(f(x))
1) 4 + x if x  0 2) 4 + x if x  -2 3) x + 4 if x  0 4) 4 + x if -2  x  0
4 - x if x < 0 4 - x if x < - 2 x - 4 if x < 0 4 - x if x > 0
12. a = 12 , b = 23 , c = 3 4 ...... z = (26)27 . In the product of all the alphabets, how many zeroes exist in
the end?
1) 100 2) 104 3) 80 4) 106
Directions (Q. 13-14): These questions are based on following passage. Study the passage and
answer the questions.
Three farmers Mohan Yadav, Suresh Reddy and Rakesh Ghosh hired a pasture on rent to graze
their cows, horses and goats. Each of them has 6 animals, at least one of each type. Each type of
animals is 6 in number. Mohan has the maximum number of cows and Rakesh has the maximum
number of goats. Each of them has two horses.
The ratio of grazing cost of a cow, a horse and a goat per day was fixed at 4 : 3 : 1.
13. Mohan uses the pasture for 5 days and pays Rs 950. If Rakesh uses it for 10 days, he should pay
1) Rs 1900 2) Rs 1550 3) Rs 1450 4) Rs 1300
14. If the information in above question is correct, how much is paid for all the horses per day?
15. In a race of 100m, A beats B by 1 m, C by 2 m, D by 3 m ..... and Z by 25 m. By how many metres
will U beat Y in the same race?
1) 4m 2) 5m 3) 4.5 m 4) None of these
2
16. The equation x  3 x  2  0 has
1) No solution 2) Only one solution
3) Only two solutions 4) More than three solutions
17. When a four-digit number is divided by 85 it leaves a remainder of 39. If the same number is
divided by 17, the remainder will be
1) 5 2) 6 3) 7 4) 9
a 3  b 3 13 ab
18. If 3 3
 , find .
a b 14 ab
1) 3/2 2) 1 3) 2 4) Can’t be determined
19. Which of the following is true?
99 97 95 95 97 99
A) <  B)  
101 99 97 97 99 101
2 2 2 2 2 2
 95   97   99   99   97   95 
C)       D)      
 97   99   101   101   99   97 
1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only B and C 4) Only B and D
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20. A person standing on the bank of a river observes that the angle subtended by a tree on the
opposite bank is 60°. When he moves 40 metres away from the bank perpendicular to it, he find
the angle to be 30°. Find the breadth of the river.
1) 20 m 2) 10 m 3) 20 3 m 4) 10 3 m
21. How many prime numbers are there between 1 and 100?
1) 18 2) 25 3) 40 4) 50
22. abc is a three-digit number in which a, b and c represent the digits at their respective positions.
We find another number (N) by performing the operation N = abc - cba. Which of the following
statements is/are correct?
A) N is a two-digit number. B) N is divisible by 9.
C) N is divisible by 11. D) Tens digit of N is 0.
1) Only A 2) Only B, C and D
3) Only A and B 4) Only B and C
xy
23. Suppose one wishes to find positive integers x, y such that is also a positive integer. Iden-
xy
tify the correct alternative.
1) This is never possible.
2) This is possible and the pair (x, y) satisfying the stated condition is unique.
3) This is possible and there exist more than one but a finite number of ways of choosing the pair (x, y).
4) This is possible and the pair (x, y) can be chosen in infinite ways.
Directions (Q. 24-25): Read the following informations and answer the questions given below:
A school bus starts from school to drop the students at five different points of the city. On the first
point half a student more than the half of the students in the bus is dropped. On the second point
again half a student more than half of the remaining number of students in the bus get down. Again
on the third point, half a student more than half of the remaining students get down. The same thing
is done at the fourth and fifth points also. Now the bus has no student left.
24. Can you find the number of students is the bus when it leaves the school?
1) 15 2) 21 3) 31 4) Can’t find
25. If there are 127 students who leave the school in the same bus, how many students will remain in
the bus after fifth point?
1) 3 2) 7 3) 96 4) Can’t find
26. Find the remainder when 282 is divided by 5.
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
Directions (Q. 27-29): Given below are three graphs made up of straight-line segments shown
as thick line. In each case choose the answer as:
1) if f(x) = f(-x) 2) if f(x) = -f(-x)
3) if f(x) = -2f(-x) for x  0 4) if none of the above holds true
27.
f(x)
2
1
x
-2 -1 1 2
-1
-2

28.
f(x)
2
1
x
-2 -1 1 2
-1
-2
29.
f(x)
2
1
x
-2 -1 1 2
-1
-2
30. Four horses are tied on the four corners of a square of field of 14 m length so that each horse can
just touch the other two horses. They were able to graze in the area accessible to them for 11
days. For how many days is the ungrazed area sufficient for them?
1) 3 days 2) 4 days 3) 5 days 4) 2 days
31. The units digit of a two-digit number is one more than the digit at tens place. If the number is
more than the five times of the sum of digits of the number, find the sum of all such possible
numbers.
1) 246 2) 275 3) 290 4) 301
32. 20 × 21 × 22 × ...... × 30 = A. If A is divisible by 10x, find the maximum value of x.
1) 3 2) 4 3) 5 4) 6
33. 40% of the employees of a certain company are men, and 75% of the men earn more than Rs
25000 per year. If 45% of the company’s employees earn more than Rs 25000 per year, what
fraction of the women employed by the company earn Rs 25000 per year or less?
2 1 1 3
1) 2) 3) 4)
11 4 3 4
34. Let x, y, z be three positive integers satisfying y = 3x, z = 4x, x + y + z = 3k, k is an integer. Which
of the following is the smallest value of k for which x, y, z are even numbers?
1) 8 2) 10 3) 12 4) 16
35. N = aebfcg is a six-digit number where a, b, c, e, f, g are six digits. If a = e, b = f and c = g then which
of the given informations is not correct?
1) If g = 4 then N is divisible by 44.
2) If a + b + c = 6 then N is divisible by 33.
3) If g = 8, then for different values of a, b, c and e, N may be a perfect square
4) If b = c = 0, then N is not a perfect square.

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36. N = abcd is a four-digit number and M = xyz is a three-digit number. N × M is

1) a five-digit number when a = x = 1
2) a six-digit number when a = 3 and x = 3
3) a seven-digit number when a = 6 and x = 2
4) an eight-digit number when a = b = c = d = x = y = z = 9
37. N = (A7A)17 is a perfect square. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
1) A is an even digit. 2) A is divisible by 3.
3) When N is divided by 13 we get remainder 3. 4) None of these
below.
Coffee = 14 Coke = 20
4 2 11
3
5 4
Tea = 18
The above diagram shows the liking of Tea and Coffee (hot drinks) and Coke (cold drink) among
students in a particular class. This diagram is based on the survey conducted in the month of
February.
38. When another survey was conducted in June among the same students the result was different.
All of them liked Coke. 12 liked Tea, but no one liked Coffee. How many students liked only Coke?
1) 40 2) 23 3) 20 4) 11
39. When another survey was conducted in December among the same students, the result was
again different. All of them liked at least one hot drink. 16 liked Coke. No one liked all the three
drinks. Which of the following conclusions is true?
1) No one liked Coke and Coffee.
2) Some liked Coke and Tea.
3) Number of students who liked both Tea and Coffee is less than 20.
4) Only 10 liked both Tea and Coffee.
40. A mother purchased three shirts of the same colour but of different sizes for her three sons. All
the three shirts were kept in a box in a dark room. The three boys took one shirt each at
random from the box. What is the probability that none of the boys got his own shirt?
1 1 2 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
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Practice Set 3
Directions (Q. 1-2): Read the following informations carefully and answer the questions given
below.
A gardener collects some fruits in the morning. He keeps them is his store room. A rat takes away
one of the fruits. A customer comes and purchases one-third of the remaining fruits. After some time
another rat takes away one fruit. In the afternoon, the gardener eats one-third of the remaining
fruits. After some time another rat takes away one fruit. In the evening, the gardener gives one-third
of the remaining fruits to his master. At night he divides the remaining fruits equally among his
three children and gets one for himself.
1. If the number of fruits collected by the gardener is less than 100, find its actual number.
1) 99 2) 79 3) 25 4) Can’t be found
2. How many fruits was received by the master?
1) 7 2) 11 3) 17 4) None of these
3. f(x) = 2x + 1; where x = 1, 2, 3, ....., 100.
g(x) = 3x - 2; where x = 1, 2, 3, ......, 100.
How many terms are common in f(x) and g(x)? OR, for how many values of x is f(x) = g(x)?
1) 30 2) 31 3) 32 4) 33
4. f(x) = 2x, x = 1, 2, 3, ....., 100.
g(x) = 3x, x = 1, 2, ......, 80.
For how many values of x, f(x) = g(x)?
1) 31 2) 32 3) 33 4) 34
5. The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour hand at intervals of 63 minutes of correct time.
How much does the clock lose or gain in a day?
7 8
1) 55 min 2) 55 min 3) 56 min 4) None of these
11 77
6. (x + y)n = n C 0 x n  n C1 x n 1 y  n C 2 x n 2 y 2 .... n C n y n
n!
When n is a positive integer, for any other positive integer r  n, n C r  and n! = 1.2 ... (n-1)
r! (n  r )!
. n.
n
Using the above expansion, find the value of 

r 0
n
C r  n C 0  n C1  ....  n C n
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2n 4) None of these
7. A four-digit number is divisible by 13, 11 and 7 but not by 3 or 5. When 4 is added to the number it
becomes divisible by 3 and 5. Find the digits sum of the least such number.
1) 2 2) 5 3) 6 4) 8
8. How many zeroes exist at the end of the product of 10 4  123  15 4  213  163  25 4.
1) 12 2) 14 3) 16 4) 18
below.
A businessman went to market with Rs 225. He purchased 25 kg of wheat for Rs 225. Then he
exchanged 20 kg of wheat for 15 kg of rice. In the next shop he purchased 12 kg of sugar against 14 kg
of rice. In the next shop he purchased 1 kg tea, 2 kg milk and 3 kg potato against 5 kg, 3 kg and 3 kg
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of sugar respectively. Then he left the market with the rest of the material. When he reached his
village, his neighbour requested him to sell some goods. He sold 12 kg tea for Rs 45, 1 kg milk for Rs
20 and 2 kg potato for Rs 30. He kept the rest of the items for his personal use.
9. How much profit did he earn in the whole transaction?
10. What is his percentage gain on the item which he sold in the village?
2 1
1) 13 2) 14 3) 15 4) None of these
21 22
11. x, y, z are different odd and positive integers. Then which of the following statements is not always
true?
1)  (x  y ) 2
is positive and even. 2) z(x - z) (y - z) +  x is either even or odd.
3) xy + xz + yz + (x + y) is odd. 4) (x + y + z)3 - (x3 + y3 + z3) is even.
12. A man bought a car in the year 1996. He used the car till 31st December 1999. During this period
the car ran 84,000 km. He used 14 tyres equally in sustaining this mileage. How many kilometres
did each tyre sustain?
1) 6,000 km 2) 12,000 km 3) 24,000 km 4) None of these
13. If a 1  1, a n+1  2a n  5 and n = 1, 2, 3, ......., then a 100  ?
1) 5  299  6 2) 5  299  6 3) 6  299  5 4) 6  299  5
14. If a n 1  3a n  3, a1  1 and n is a natural number, then find a 100 .
1 1
1) 5  399  3 2) 6  399  3[5  3 99  3] 3)
99
4) [6  3  3]
2 2
15. One ticket selected at random from 100 tickets numbered 00, 01, 02, ...98. If x and y denote the
sum and product of the digits of the ticket respectively then find the probability of x = 9 when y =
0 has already occurred.
2 19 2
100 100 19
Directions (Q. 16-17): Read the following informations carefully and answer the questions
given below.
A, B, C are three numbers. Let
@ (A, B) = Average of A and B,
/ (A, B) = Product of A and B, and
× (A, B) = The result of dividing A by B.
16. The sum of A and B is given by
1) / (@ (A, B), 2) 2) × (@ (A, B), 2) 3) @ (/ (A, B)< 2) 4) @ (× (A, B), 2)
17. Average of A, B and C is given by
1) @ (/ (@ (/ (B, A), 2), C), 3) 2) × (@ (/ (@ (B, A), 3), C), 2)
3) / (/(× (@ (B, A), 2), C), 3) 4) / (× (@ (/(@ (B, A), 2), C), 3), 2)
1  x 
18. f x   log   satisfies the equation
1  x 
1) f x  2  2f x  1  f x   0 2) f x   f x  1  f x x  1  0
 x  x2 
3) f x1 f x 2   f x1  x 2  4) f x1   f x 2   f  1 

 1  x1 x 2 
19. When f(-x) = f(x) then the function f(x) is called an even function. Which of the following functions
is an even function?
a x  a x ax 1 a x 1  
1) f x   2) f x   3) f x   x  4) f x   log  x  x  1 
2
a x  a x ax 1 ax 1
1 1
20. If f(x) is a polynomial satisfying f x .f    f x   f   and f(3) = 28 then find f(4).
x x
1) 63 2) 64 3) 65 4) None of these
Directions (Q. 21-23): For the following three questions please read the inetrutions carefully.
Then answer the questions that follow.
Ten years from now Tim will be twice as old as Jane was when Mary was nine times as old as Tim.
Eight years ago, Mary was half as old as Jane will be when Jane is one year older than Tim will be
at the time when Mary will be five times as old as Tim will be two years from now.
When Tim was one year old, Mary was three years older than Tim will be when Jane is three
times as old as Mary was six years before the time when Jane was half as old as Tim will be when
Mary will be ten years older then Mary was when Jane was one-third as old as Tim will be when Mary
will be three times as old as she was when Jane was born.
21. How old is Tim?
1) 2 2) 7 3) 3 4) Can’t say
22. How old is Jane?
1) 8 2) 9 3) 10 4) Can’t be determined
23. Mary’s age is
1) 6 2) 15 3) 20 4) Can’t say
24. A, B and C run a tourist firm. The firm has total 15 vehicles. C contributes 2 Maruti cars, which
is one-third of total Maruti cars in the firm. He also contributes 6 Cielo cars. A contributes only
Maruti cars and B only Cielo. The profit is distributed as per contribution of types and numbers of
cars. The ratio of profit distribution for a Maruti and a Cielo is 3 : 8. If A gets 24000 per month as
his profit share, B gets his share per month as
1) Rs 42000 2) Rs 45000 3) Rs 52000 4) None of these
25. In a race of 5000 m there are 100 participants. They are numbered from 1 to 100. At the end of the
race it is found that ith person defeats jth person by k metres, where, i > j, and i, j = 1, 2, 3, ..... 100
and k = 1, 2, .... 10. Now, which of the following statements is true?
1) 100th beats 97th by 30 m.
2) 97th beats 99th by 2 m.
3) 1st comes at last position and is defeated by the gold medalist by at least 99 m.
4) None of these
26. When a number is divided by 63 we get 1104 as quotient and 30 as remainder. Find the differ-
ence of the quotient and the remainder when the same number is divided by 21.
1) 2440 2) 2704 3) 3304 4) 3604
27. A, B and C are three angles such that tan A + tan B + tan C = tan A tan B tan C. Then which of the
following statements is always correct?
1) ABC is a triangle, ie A + B + C = 
2) A = B = C, ie  ABC is an equilateral triangle.
3) A + B = C, ie  ABC is right-angled triangle.
4) None of these
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28. A student was asked to find the sum of all the prime numbers between 10 and 40. He found the
sum as 180. Which of the following statements is true?
1) He missed one prime number between 10 and 20.
2) He missed one prime number between 20 and 30.
3) He added one extra non-prime number between 10 and 20.
4) None of these
29. x = abc and y = cba are two three-digit numbers. If N = x - y, M = x + y then which of the statements
is not correct?
1) If x is even then M and N are also even.
2) If x is a multiple of 11 then M and N are divisible by 11.
3) N is always divisible by 11.
4) If a = c then M = M + N is true.
xy
30. Suppose one wishes to find x, y and z three different prime numbers such that is also a
z
prime number. Identify the correct alternative.
1) This is not possible.
2) It is possible and the set of (x, y, z) satisfying the condition is unique.
3) It is possible and there exists more than one but less than five sets of (x, y, z).
4) It is possible and there exist more than five sets of (x, y, z).
Directions (Q. 31-33): Read the following information and answer the questions given below:
Two shopkeepers go to buy newly designed weights from the trade fair. In a particular shop the
salesman asks their limits of weighing at a time. Both of them tell their limit is 120 kg at a time. The
salesman shows them the price list as:
Any weight less than 10 kg — Rs 10 per piece
More than 11 kg but less than 50 kg — Rs 20 per piece
More than 51 kg but less than 100 kg — Rs 30 per piece
More than 100 kg — Rs 50 per piece.
The salesman gave them two options:
In the first option, the shopkeeper might have to put the weights on both sides. He gave them an
example:
Suppose you want to weigh 7 kg, so put 10 kg on weight side and put 3 kg on the goods side. In the
second option, the shopkeeper did not need to put the weights on goods side.
31. If the first shopkeepers opts for the first option, what is the minimum number of weights he would
need to buy at the lowest cost?
1) 8 2) 10 3) 5 4) None of these
32. The second shopkeeper opts for the second option. What is the minimum number of weights he
would need to buy at the lowest cost?
1) 5 2) 7 3) 10 4) None of these
33. One of them needed as much more amount as the other has left after purchase. Suppose both of
them left their home with the same amount. Who borrowed and what amount was borrowed?
1) First shopkeeper borrowed Rs 30. 2) Second shopkeeper borrowed Rs 30.
3) Second shopkeeper borrowed Rs 15. 4) First shopkeeper borrowed Rs 15.
30
1) 7 2) 8 3) 11 4) 12
35. Product of three consecutive numbers is 2730. What is the sum of these three numbers?
1) 39 2) 42 3) 45 4) None of these

below.
D 18 k
m
km
12
8 km
10 km 15 km
A B E
8 km
C
21 km
The above figure shows the roadmap plan of 5 towns A, B, C, D and E. The computerised car has
the software of this roadmap plan in its computer. To follow the route the driver has to feed in-
structions, not necessarily all of the instructions at one time, into the computer. One instruction
can be used for more than one time in a single set of instructions. The three types of instructions
are as follows:
Instruction Type Explanation of instructions
GOTO (X, Y) The car is instructed to move from X to Y through shortest route
without crossing any other town.
ROUTE (X, Y, Z) The car is instructed to move from X to Z via the town Y;
Y is situated on the shortest route from X to Z.
BACK (X, Y) The car is instructed to go from X to Y and back to X through shortest
route.
36. A person lives in town A. He has to reach E. He wants to visit all the other three towns. What
set of instructions should he feed into the computer so that he travels the minimum distance?
1) GOTO (A, D), GOTO (D, B), GOTO (B, A), ROUTE (A, C, E)
2) BACK (A, C), ROUTE (A, D, B), GOTO (B, E)
3) BACK (A, C), GOTO (A, D), GOTO (D, B), GOTO (B, E)
4) None of these
37. Mr Goswami lives in town B. He has to go to town C. He wants to visit all the other three towns. He
plans his routes such that he can travel for minimum distance. Find the minimum number of
instructions to be fed into the computer.
1) 3 2) 4 3) 5 4) None of these
38. The direct road from A to D is destroyed due to flood. A person wants to use the computerised
car to go from A to D. Which of the three sets of instructions can’t be used by him?
1) ROUTE (A, B, E), GOTO (E, D) 2) GOTO (A, B), GOTO (B, D)
3) ROUTE (A, C, E), GOTO (E, D) 4) None of these
39. A circle is inscribed in a regular octagon. The same circle circumscribes a regular hexagon. Find
the ratio of the areas of the circle, the hexagon and the octagon.
2
1) 2 : 3 3 : 16( 2  1) 2)  : 3 3 : 4( 2  1) : 2 3 : 4( 2  1)
3) 4) None of these
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40. Find the remainder when N = 1821 × 1823 × 1827 is divided by 12.
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Practice Set 4
1. In a factory 40% of the workers are men and 35% of workers are women. 20% of men are not
married but 20% of women are married. 60% of children who work in the same factory are or-
phans who stay alone. All the female married workers have one child as a worker in the same
factory. Each of the remaining children stays with different unmarried men working in the same
factory. What per cent of unmarried men stay with children working in the same factory?
1) 25% 2) 35% 3) 37.5% 4) None of these
2. Which of the following can’t be the difference of the numbers formed by the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
using each digit only once?
1) 41976 2) 32886 3) 47916 4) 30780
3. There is a sequence of 7 consecutive even numbers. The average of these 7 numbers is x. Find
the average of first 3 numbers.
1) x - 2 2) x - 4 3) x - 6 4) Can’t be determined
4. Find the least number which when divided by 13, 15 and 19 leaves remainders 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
1) 445 2) 550 3) 625 4) None of these
5. 125 rupees is divided among four persons in such a way that when Rs 4 is taken from the first
person, Rs 4 is given to the second person, the third person’s share is divided by 4 and the fourth
person’s share is multiplied by 4, then all of them have the same amount. Which of the following
statements is not correct?
1) The amount was divided in the ratio 12 : 8 : 5 : 20.
2) At the end their combined money is Rs 80.
3) The combined share of first two persons is half that of the third person.
4) None of these
6. In a particular year there are 53 Sundays. Which of the following informations is correct?
1) The year is a leap year.
2) If last day of the year is Sunday then the first day of the year is also Sunday.
3) In that year any other day can’t come 53 times.
4) None of these
7. Let 0 < x < 2, y < 0, z > 3. Which of the following statements is correct?
1) xyz + (x + y + z) can’t be zero. 2) z2 > x2 + y2
2
3) (x + y + z) is always greater than zero. 4) z3 > (x + y)3
8. A train starts from Mumbai for Chennai at 12:00 noon. At the same time another train starts from
Chennai for Mumbai. If they arrive at their destinations four hour and one hours respectively
after passing each other, find the ratio of the speeds of the two trains.
1) 1 : 3 2) 1 : 4 3) 1 : 2 4) can’t be found
9. S is a series in AP. If a, b and c are the three consecutive numbers of the series S, then which of
the following statements is correct?
1) a + b, a + c and b + c are the three consecutive terms of another AP.
2) a 2 (b + c), b 2 (a + c) and c 2 (a + b) are the three consecutive terms of another AP.
1 1 1
3) , and are the three consecutive terms of another AP.
ab ac bc
4) All of them
10. S = 1, -3, 5, -7, 9, -11, ..... is a series in which alternate terms are negative and positive. Suppose
there are n terms in the given series. Then what is the sum of all the n term of the series S?
1) 0 2) -n 3) n 4) More than one choice is correct
11. A clock is set right at 4 am. The clock loses 20 minutes in 20 hours. What will be the true time
when the clock indicates 3 am on 4th day?
1) 3 : 30 am 2) 3 : 45 am 3) 3 : 56 am 4) 4 am
given below.
A person purchases wheat of three qualities at Rs 6 per kg, Rs 9 per kg and Rs 14 per kg in the
ratio of 3 : 2 : 1 respectively. He mixes them and sells the mixture at the rate of Rs 10 per kg. He uses
the whole amount to purchase two qualities of rice. The amounts of money used by him to purchase
the two qualities are in the ratio 1 : 2 but the quantities he gets are in the ratio 2 : 1. He mixes the
two qualities of rice and sells the mixture at Rs 15 kg for Rs 4500.
12. What is his percentage gain on sale of wheat?
13. If the cheaper rice is for Rs 5 per kg, then find the cost per kg of the dearer rice and the quantity
of the dearest wheat.
1) Rs 10 per kg, 50 kg 2) Rs 10 per kg, 100 kg 3) Rs 20 per kg, 100 kg 4) None of these
14. Balls are arranged in rows to form an equilateral triangle. The first row consists of one ball,
second of two balls, third of three balls, and so on. If 669 more balls are added, then all the balls
can be arranged in the shape of a square. Each side of the square has 8 balls less than the side
of the triangle has. Determine the initial number of balls.
1) 1540 2) 1260 3) 1095 4) 1447
15. a, b and c are three different even integers. Then which of the following statements is always
true?
1)  (a  b) is a positive even number.

2)  a   a is a positive even number.
3
3) (a - 1) (b - 1) + (a - 1) (c - 1) + (b - 1) (c - 1) is an odd number.
4)  (a  1)   (a  1)
3 2
is odd.
given below.
A shopkeeper had 400 litres of pure milk in a big container, which he purchased at Rs 8 per litre.
He also purchased 400 litres of synthetic milk at Rs 4 per litre and kept it in another container. When
a customer asked for 10 litres of pure milk, the shopkeeper agreed to sell it off a rate of Rs 12 per litre.
The customer agreed, and the shopkeeper measured 10 litres of pure milk for him. But as soon as
saw the other container, he thought that the shopkeeper might be cheating him, so he refused to
purchase the milk. At this the shopkeeper poured the measured milk (10 litres) by mistake in the
container containing synthetic milk. When he realised his mistake he stirred the container and
took out 10 litres of mixed milk and poured it in the container of pure milk.
16. What is the ratio of synthetic milk to pure milk in the container containing pure milk originally?
1) 2 : 47 2) 1 : 40 3) 2 : 51 4) None of these
17. Now, if the shopkeeper sells the pure milk at Rs 12 per litre and the synthetic milk at Rs 11 per
litre, which are the usual rates at which he used to sell, what is the percentage change in his
revenue gain due to mixing of 10 litres of milk?
2
1) 91 % gain 2) 2.5% gain 3) 1% loss 4) None of these
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18. If a n 1  7a n  6, a 1  2, and n = 1, 2, 3, ......., then a 200  ?

1) 2  7 99  1 2) 3  799  1 3) 3  7 99  6 4) 7  399  1
1  x   2x 
19. If f(x) = log   then f  2  = ?
 1  x  1  x 
2
1  x2  2 1  x 
1) log   2) 2 f(x) 3) 4) log 
1  x2  f x 
  1  x 
given below.
The mathematical operations, +, -, ×, and ÷ are defined as
# (A, B) = A × B
 (A, B) = A ÷ B
 (A, B) = A +B
 (A, B) = A - B
20. Which of the given choices is not equal to the following?
# (  (8, 2), 5) +  (10, 5)
1) # (  (10, 1), 2) 2)  (# (4, 5), 2) 3)  (# (2, 5), # (2, 6)) 4)  (# (9, 4), 12)
21. Which of the given choices is equal to the following?
 (# (  (4, 2), 6), 4) -  (# (  (3, 3), 2), 4)
1) # (3, 2) 2)  (3, 2) 3)  (3, 2) 4)  (3, 2)
given below.
If f(-x) = f(x) then f(x) is an even function; for example: f(x) = x 2 is an even function. If f(-x) = -f(x)
then f(x) is an odd function; for example: f(x) = x 3 is an odd function.
22. f x   x is
3
1) an even function 2) an odd function

3) even function for some values of x 4) None of these
23. The sum of two odd functions is
1) always an even function 2) always an odd function
3) either even or odd function 4) not defined
24. If f(x) = (1+ x), 0  x  2 then find g(x) = f(f(x)).
1) g x   2  x when0  x  2 2) g x   2  x when  1  x  2
3) g x   2  x when 1  x  1 4) g x   2  x when 0  x  1
25. A, B and C enter into a partnership business. B contributes Rs one thousand more than A but Rs
one thousand less than C. The ratio of time periods for the contribution is the same as the ratio
of their capital contributions. Out of every 220 rupees profit, A gets Rs 50, B gets Rs 72 and C gets
Rs 98. How much did they contribute to start the business if we suppose that each of them contrib-
uted complete number of thousand rupees?
26. In a race of 800 m, A beats B by 1 sec, C by 3 sec, D by 5 sec, .... and so on. A completes the race in
1 minute and 41 seconds. E beats Z by
1) 224 metres 2) 42 metres 3) 311 metres 4) Can’t be determined.

27. 32 x 1  32  3 x 3  3 x
For how many real values of x is the above equation justified?
1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three
28. Find the smallest four-digit number which when divided by 5, 7 and 9 leaves 4 as remainder but
when divided by 17 leaves no remainder.
1) 2839 2) 2939 3) 2979 4) 2985
29. x = abc is a three-digit number which is perfectly divisible by 12, 15 and 18. To find x which of the
following informations is/are necessary/sufficient?
A) abc - cba is divisible by 11.
B) abc + cba is divisible by 5.
C) a + b + c = 9
1) Only A alone 2) Only B alone 3) Only A & B together 4) All A, B & C together
30. a, b, c are prime numbers, x is an even number, y is an odd number. Which of the following is/are
never true?
A) a + x = b B) b + y = c C) ab = c D) a + b = c
1) Only A and B 2) Only B and C 3) Only C 4) Only C and D
31. In a country of northern Africa there are two railway routes—one from north to south and the
other from east to west. From north to south there are 10 railway stations whereas from east to
west there are 20 railway stations. Both the routes meet at Tewakoo railway station. At each of
the stations the passenger can get tickets from any station to any of the other stations. How many
different kinds of tickets does the booking clerk at Tewakoo railway station need to satisfy any
kind of passenger?
1) 841 2) 870 3) 812 4) None of these
32. Find the remainder when 5 40 is divided by 13.
1) 1 2) 8 3) 12 4) 2
33. A group of friends went on a holiday to a hill station. It rained for 17 days. But when it rained in
the morning, the afternoon was lovely. And when it rained in the afternoon, the day was pre-
ceded by a clear morning. Altogether there were 14 very nice mornings and 15 very nice after-
noons. How many days did their holiday last?
Directions (Q. 34-36): The following questions are based on graph. In each question an equa-
tion is given.
Mark answer (1) if the equation represents the graph
Y
O X

Y
O X

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O X
and mark answer (4) if the equation represents none of the above three graphs.
34. xy = k; k < 0
35. xy = k; k > 0
36. x2y = k; k > 0
37. In a class there are 4 boys and 4 girls. All of them have to be seated on one bench. The teacher
imposes a condition that no two girls or two boys should be seated together. In how many ways can
such arrangements be done?
1) 576 ways 2) 1152 ways 3) 2304 ways 4) None of these
38. A firm has a branch store in each of the three cities A, B and C. A and B are 320 km apart and C
is 200 km from each of them. A godown is to be built equidistant from A and B. In order to minimise
the time of transportation it should be located so that the sum of the distances from the godown to
each of the cities is the minimum. Where should the godown be built?
1) 160 km from A and B 2) 240 km from A and B
320
3) 200 km from A and B 4) km from A and B
3
39. Lalit joins a job at a salary of Rs 2 lakhs per year — Rs 1 lakh to be paid every half year, with Rs
30,000 increment every 12 months. His brother, Sumit, joins the same job at a salary of Rs 2 lakh
per year — Rs 1 lakh to be paid every half year, with Rs 10,000 increment every six months. In the
10th year of their job who is getting more and by what amount?
1) Lalit gets Rs 50,000 more. 2) Lalit gets Rs 1 lakh more.
3) Sumit gets Rs 1 lakh more. 4) Sumit gets Rs 5,50,000 more.
40. A five-digit number is formed, using digits 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 without repeating any one of them. What
is the sum of all such possible numbers?
1) 6666600 2) 6666660 3) 6666666 4) None of these

Practice Set 5
1. Find the remainder when 7 21  722  723  7 24 + is divided by 25.

1) Zero 2) 2 3) 4 4) 6
2. A bank offers 10% interest rate compounded annually. A person deposits Rs 10,000 every year
in his account. If he does not withdraw any amount how much balance will his account show
after four years?
1) Rs 51051 2) Rs 45095 3) Rs 36410 4) Rs 51000
3. A person was born on 20th January 1971. He celebrates his birthday only on Sunday. Till 20th
January, 2001, he could celebrate his birthday on how many occasions?
1) 4 2) 6 3) 8 4) None of these
4. Let a > 0, b < 0, c > 1, x < 0, y > 0, z < 1. Which of the following statements is true?
1) ax + by + cz is a -ve value 2) (abc)2 + (xyz)2 > 1
2 2
3) (a + b + c) + (x + y + z) > 0 4) ay > by and bx > by
5. A person bought some horses at Rs 500 each, sheep at Rs 400 each, goats at Rs 250 each and dogs
at Rs 100 each. The average price of animals per head worked to Rs 300. How many animals did
he buy at least if he bought each type of animals?
1) 4 2) 5 3) 10 4) 20
6. f(a, b) is a series of which the first three terms are (a  b)2 , (a 2  b2 ) and (a  b)2 . We add the first
n terms of the series f(a, b) and call it S (a, b). If a = 7, b = 3 then find S (7, 3) for n = 20.
1) 5980 2) 6000 3) 6960 4) None of these
below.
A shopkeeper went to a wholesaler’s shop to purchase some clothes. The price list was printed as
below:
Item Price/piece
Suit (A) Rs 5500
Sari (B) Rs 5000
Blazer (C) Rs 3000
Shirt (D) Rs 500
The discount was as follows: (i) 10% on one piece; (ii) 15% on five pieces; (iii) 20% on 10 pieces;
and (iv) 25% on more than 10 pieces.
The shopkeeper purchased 4 Suits (A), 4 Saris (B), 2 Blazers (C) and 6 Shirts (D).
Now he makes his price list as below:
Item Price/Piece
A Rs 6000
B Rs 5500
C Rs 4000
D Rs 800
The discount was as follows: (i) 10% on purchase worth Rs 20,000; (ii) 15% on purchase worth Rs
30,000; and (iii) 20% on purchase above Rs 30,000.
On the above price list, he sold all the items except one Suit (A) and 3 Shirts (D). He sold the suit
(A) for Rs 4050 and Shirts (D) at Rs 400 per piece.
7. How much loss/profit does he make on the items which were not sold on price list?
1) Rs 100 gain 2) Rs 50 less 3) Rs 25 gain 4) None of these
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8. What was his % gain in the whole transaction if the highest amount paid by a customer was Rs
28000?
1) 20% gain 2) 27% gain 3) 10% gain 4) Data inadequate
9. A cashier has to count a bundle of 12,000 ten-rupee notes. He counts at the rate of Rs 1500 per
minute for an hour, at the end of which he begins to count at the rate of Rs 20 less every minute
than he did in the previous minute. Find how long he will take to finish his task.
1) 84 minutes 2) 185 minutes 3) 24 minutes 4) 25 minutes
10. 0 < x < y < z < 1. Which of the following statements is always true?
1)  x   x  1 is true when z = 14
2
2)  1x   x12
6
3)  x1   1x  0
2 4)  x   xy  0
2
11. After ‘A’ years a man’s age will be 10 times his present age. After 34 years his age will be ‘A’ times
his present age. Find his age after ‘A’ years.
1) 40 2) 30 3) 20 4) Can’t be found
1 x
12. If y  f x   then f(y) = ?
1 x
1 x 1
1) 2) 3) 2 4) x
1 x x
13. If we are given that f g x   g f x  then which of the following is true?
1
1) f(x) = sin x and g(x) = cos x 2) f(x) = x and g(x) =
x
1 1
3) f(x) = and 4) All of these
1 x 1 x
14. A pair of fair dices is rolled together till a sum of either 5 or 7 is obtained. What is the probability
that 5 comes before 7?
1 3 3 2
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 4 5 5
given below.
a and b are two positive integers.
Suppose
 (a, b) = a ÷ b if a is divisible by b, b  0
= a × b if otherwise
#(a, b) = a - b if a > b
= a + b if otherwise
$(a, b) = a b
1
 (a, b) = a b , b  0
15. What is the value of # (# (  (3, 2), 7),  (  (15, 3), 2))?
1) 3 2) 23 3) 103 4) None of these
16.  ($ (a, b),  (a, b)) is equal to
 b2  1
1) $ 2) $  a, b  3) None of these 4) Either of (1) or (2)
 
f xy   f x y 
17. If f x   then which of the following is true?
2
1) f(x) = e x y 2) f x   log x 3) f x   x  y  4) None of these
18. We have given that
f x   x  4, 0  x  4 and g x   3x  2; x  2
For what value of x, f(x) = g(x)?
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) Can’t be found
19. Product of 3 consecutive odd numbers is N. To find N which of the following statements is/are
necessary/sufficient?
A) 1000  N  8000 . B) Units digit of N is 5. C) N is divisible by 13 but not by 11.
1) Only A and B together are sufficient 2) Only B and C together are sufficient
3) All the three are necessary 4) Even all together are not sufficient
20. Product of six consecutive numbers is 60,480. What is the highest no. of the sequence.
1) 7 2) 8 3) 9 4) 10
21. A, B, C and D invested their capital in the ratio 6 : 5 : 3 : 1 for different periods. At the end of their
periods of investment, they get their share of profit in the ratio 1 : 3 : 5 : 6. Then what is the ratio
of the periods of their investment?
1) 15 : 54 : 145 : 530 2) 5 : 18 : 50 : 180 3) 6 : 15 : 15 : 6 4) None of these
22. A can give B 20 m and C 25 m in a 100 m race, while B can give C one second over the course.
How long does A take to run 100 m?
1) 15 sec 2) 14 sec 3) 12 sec 4) Can’t be determined
23. Two candidates attempt to solve a quadratic equation x 2  px  q  0. One starts with a wrong
value of p and finds the roots to be 2 and 6. The other starts with a wrong value of q and find the
roots to be 2 and -9. Find the correct roots.
1) -3, 4 2) 3, 4 3) 3, -4 4) -3, -4
24. Find the remainder when 39226 is divided by 495 .

1) Zero 2) 5 3) 9 4) 11
25. ABC is a triangle in which side BC = a, AC = b and AB = c. R is the radius of the circumcircle of
a bc
triangle ABC and s = . Which of the following is not equal to the area of triangle ABC?
2
ab sin C abc s  b s  c 
1) 2) 3) s s  a s  b s  c  4) tan A
2 4R
26. Which of the following is the least four-digit prime number?
1) 1001 2) 1003 3) 1009 4) 1011
27. N = AB is a two-digit number, which is perfectly divisible by 13. A and B are two digits at their
respective places. To find N which of the following informations is/are necessary/sufficient?
A) N is an even number. B) N is divisible by 3. C) N is divisible by 7.
1) Only B alone
2) Only A & B together
3) Only C alone
4) A and B together or C alone can give the answer but the answers may be different.
xy
28. Suppose one wishes to find positive integers x, y such that x  y is also a positive integer. Identify
the correct alternative.

1) This is impossible. 2) It is possible when x = y.
3) There are unlimited pairs (x, y) of solutions. 4) There is a unique pair of (x, y).
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29. Two friends, Rakesh and Pratap, are using an escalator to get down from a higher floor of a
departmental store. Rakesh walks down 20 steps on the escalator and requires 45 seconds to
reach the bottom. Pratap walks down 30 steps on the escalator and requires 30 seconds to reach
the bottom. Time is measured from the moment the top step begins to descend to the time one
steps off the last step at the bottom. How many steps are there in the escalator which can be
seen? (Or, find the height of the escalator in steps.)
1) 40 2) 45 3) 50 4) Can’t be found
30. If n is an integer, which of the following statements is false?
1) n3  n is divisible by 3. 2) n7  n is divisible by 7.
3) n9  n is divisible by 9. 4) n11  n is divisible by 11.
Directions (Q. 31-33): Given below are three graphs made up of straight-line segments shown
as thick line. In each case choose the answer as:
1) if f(x) + a f(-x) = 0 where a < 0 2) if f(x) + a f(-x) = 0 where a = -1
3) if f(x) + a f(-x) = 0 where a = 1 4) if none of the above holds true.
31.
f(x)
3
2
1
x
-3 -2 -1 1 2 3
-1
-2
-3
32.
f(x)
3
2
1
x
-3 -2 -1 1 2 3
-1
-2
-3
33.
f(x)
3
2
1
x
-4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4
-1
-2
-3

given below.
In a game of playing cards, each card is allotted points according to its value in a normal game.
One exception is that the ace is the smallest card with only one point. In other words, ace is the
smallest card with one point and king is the highest card with 13 points.
Solve the following questions which are based on the above information.
34. The cards were distributed among four players. When their points were calculated, it was found
that one of them gets the minimum possible points whereas the others get the points at the same
difference. Find the points of the winner who got the maximum points.
1) 150 2) 152 3) 154 4) None of these
35. The cards are distributed in such a way that each of them gets one ace, 6 even- and 6 odd-
numbered cards. Which of the following represents the points of all the four players?
1) (44, 64, 85, 171) 2) (41, 67, 83, 173) 3) (51, 65, 77, 173) 4) (25, 71, 133, 135)
given below.
Given that @(A, B) = A% of B
# (A, B) = (A)B
$ (A, B) = A + B
36. A person deposits Rs 5000 at the rate of 10% compounded yearly. After 6 years his capital will
amount to
1) @ (5000, (# ($ (1, @ (10, 1)), 6))) 2) @ (5 × 105, (# ($ (1, @ (10, 1)), 6)))
3) @ (500000, ($ (# (1, @ (10, 1)), 6))) 4) None of these
37. A person deposits Rs x at compound interest of 20% per annum for 2 years. Another person depos-
its Rs 2x at compound interest of 10% per annum for 2 years. Find the difference in the interests
obtained by them.
1) @(2, x) 2) # (x, 2) 3) @ (100, $ (x, x)) 4) None of these
below.
Functions of x and y are defined as below.
f(x) = x2, when x is an even integer.
1
= x  , when x is an odd integer
x
= x, when x is not an integer
f(x, y) = x2 + y2, when x and y are integers
= x + y, when x and y are not integers
= |x - y|, when otherwise
1
38. If f(x) = , then which of the following represents f(3.5) + f(9) + f(10)?
g( x )
1  1   1 
1) g(3.5)   g(9)  g(9)   g  10  2) f(3.5) + f(9) + f(8) + f(6)
   
 1  1  1 
3) g    g   g  4) None of these
 3 .5  9
   10 
39. If g(x, y) = f[f(x, y)], then g(2, 3) + f(2, 3) is not equal to
   200 139  
1) f[f[g(2, 3) + f(2, 3)]] 2) f[f[f(2, 3)]] + f[f(2, 3)] 3) f f f  ,   4) None of these
   13 13  
1 1
40. If g(x, y) = f (x, y ) and g(x) = f ( x ) , f[g[f[g(1, 2), f(2, 4)]]] = ?
1) g[f[g[f(2, 4), g(1, 2)]]] 2) f[f[g[g(1, 2), g(2, 4)]]] 3) f[g[g[g(1, 2), g(2, 4)]]] 4) None of these
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Practice Set 6
1. A farmer has a big farmhouse in the shape of a polygon of 48 sides. He has to fence the entire
farmhouse. He wants to use 29 fence poles on each side. How much money does he require to
purchase the poles at the rate of Rs 1000 per dozen?
1) Rs 1,16,000 2) Rs 1,12,000
3) Rs 1.08,000 4) None of these
2. a, b and c are the sides of a triangle. If the expression x2 + 2x (a + b + c) + 3 (bc + ac + ab) is a perfect
square then the triangle is
1) Isosceles 2) Equilateral
3) Right-angled 4) None of these
3. India celebrates 15th August as Independence Day. It is a national holiday. But if it falls on a
Sunday no extra holiday is announced. Which of the following is such a date when we celebrate
our Independence Day on Sunday?
1) 15 August, 1950 2) 15 August, 1960
3) 15 August, 1982 4) 15 August, 1968
4. If -2 < x < 2, -1 < y < 1, z  2, which of the following is true?
1) x + y + z > 0 2) xyz > -4
3) xy < zy < zx 4) yz ÷ x is not defined for all values of x, y and z.
5. An artist wanted to paint a picture on a canvas which would allow for a margin of four inches on
top and bottom and two inches on each side. He wanted the picture itself to occupy 72 square
inches. What would be the smallest dimensions of the canvas he needed?
1) 17 × 12 2) 16 × 13
3) 14 × 16 4) None of these
6. 30 trees are planted in a straight line at intervals of 5 metres. To water them the gardener needs
to bring water for each tree separately from a well, which is 10 metres from the first tree in line
with the trees. How far will he have to walk in order to water all the trees beginning with the first
tree? Assume that he starts from the well.
1) 4785 2) 4795 3) 4800 4) None of these
7. f(x) = 2x; where x is an integer. If we arrange the values of f(x), for x = 25, 24, 23, ....... (continuously
decreasing value of x), we get an Arithmetic Progression (AP) whose first term is 50. Find the
maximum value of the sum of all the terms of the AP.
1) 600 2) 625 3) 650 4) None of these
8. A watch which gains uniformly, is 5 minutes slow at 8 o’clock in the morning on Sunday, and is 5
min 48 sec fast at 8 pm on the following Sunday. When was it correct?
1) 7 : 20 pm on Tuesday 2) 9 : 20 pm on Wednesday
3) 7 : 20 pm on Wednesday 4) 9 : 20 pm on Tuesday
9. A horse and a cow were sold for Rs 540, making a profit of 25% on the horse and 20% on the cow.
By selling them for Rs 538, the profit would be 20% on the horse and 25% on the cow. Find the cost
of the cow.
1) Rs 240 2) Rs 200
3) Can’t be determined 4) None of these
10. The pollution in a normal atmosphere is less than 0.01% . Due to leakage of gas from a factory the
pollution is increased to 20% . If every day 80% of the pollution in the atmosphere is neutralised,
in how many days will the atmosphere become normal?
1) 3 days 2) 4 days 3) 5 days 4) None of these

11. If x = ab; y = cd; z = ef where a, b, c, d, e, f < 0, which of the following statements is/are correct?
A) xy + yz + xz is a negative value.
ax bx cx
B) y 2  z 2  z 2 is a positive value.
x y
C)   xyz is a positive value.
abc cde
D)
ax  by  cz 3  x 3  y 3  z 3 
is a negative value.
abcdef
1) Only B and C are true 2) Only C and D are true
3) Only A, B and C are true 4) Only D is true
12. A lady went to the market with a few one-rupee notes and a few 20-paise coins. When she re-
turned she had as many one-rupee notes as she originally had 20-paise coins and vice versa. She
actually came back with about one-third of what she had gone with. How much did she spend in
the market?
1) Rs 14.40 2) Rs 14.70 3) Rs 15.50 4) Rs 17.40
13. If f(-x) = -f(x) then f(x) is an odd function and if f(-x) = f(x) then f(x) is an even function. Which of the
following is an odd function?
x x
1) f x   x  2) f x   x 2 n for x  1, 2, 3, ....
e 1 2
4) f x   log  x  1  x 

2
3) f(x) |x|
14. Domain of a function defined by y = f(x) is the set of all real values of x for which y is real or defined.
For example, y  x is defined for all non-negative values of x, ie y  x is defined for x  0 . So
domain of y  [0, ) . When we write [a, b) we mean that ‘a’ is included but ‘b’ is not included.
2
Now find the domain of the function f(x) = log 10 4  x
1) (, 2]  4,   2)  ,  2   2, 2  2,  

3)  , 2  2,  4) [-2, 2]
15. Fifteen guests are invited to dinner on a round dining table. What is the probability that there are
four persons sitting between Praveen and Naveen?
4 2 1
15 7 7
16. If in a code, × is represented as ÷, ÷ is represented as –, and – is represented as ×, while + remains
as it is, then which of the following equations is not true?
1) (3 + 2) ÷ 3 - 5 = 6 - 2 2) (4- 2) ÷ 3 + 3 = 3 ÷ 3 3) (5 - 2) ÷ 4 - 2 = 2 ÷ 5 4) None of these
given below.
Study the following notations for geometrical figures.
# (A, B) = Straight line AB joining two points A and B
$(AB,  , BC) = Angle between lines AB and BC is  °
 (A, B, C, O) = ABC is a circle with O as its centre and A, B and C are three points on the circle.
Now, answer the following questions:
17. Which of the following does not represent a right-angled triangle ABC?
1) # (A, C), $ (# (A, B), 90, # (B, C)). 2)  (A, C, Q, O), # (A, B), # (O, B)
3) $(# (A, C), 30, # (C, B)), $ (# (A, B), 60, # (B,C)) 4) None of these

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18. $ (# (A, B), 60, # (A, D)), $ (# (A,D), 120, # (D,C))

The figure ABCD made by the above description is best known as
1) Parallelogram 2) Rhombus 3) Trapezium 4) None of these
x 2 1 x
19. For what values of x is the given function f x    defined?
x2 1 x
1) 2  x   2)   x  1 3)   x   except -1, -2 4) Not defined
20. Suppose x, g x   1,1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 4, 7 . If g(x) = ax + b then find the value of a + b.
1) 0 2) 1 3) 3 4) Can’t be found
21. Product of 5 consecutive even numbers is N. Which of the following is a possible value of N?
1) 43008 2) 215040 3) 71680 4) 210045
22. A polygon has 26 sides. How many triangles can be formed by joining the vertices (or angular
points) of the polygon as the vertices of the triangles?
1) 2600 2) 26  25  24 3) 2574 4) None of these
23. Find the sum of all even four-digit numbers formed by 1, 2, 3, 4 without repeating any of the digits.
1) 31166 2) 31116 3) 36666 4) None of these
24. A can give B 20 points, A can give C 30 points, and B can give C 12 points. How many points make
the game?
1) 100 2) 110 3) 120 4) None of these
1) 1 2) 2 3) 4 4) 6
26. Which of the following numbers is not a sum of two prime numbers?
1) 78 2) 88 3) 51 4) 60
27. N = 10x + y, where x and y are single-digit natural numbers. To find N, which of the following
informations is/are necessary/sufficient?
A) y is a multiple of 3 and x is a multiple of 2.
B) N is a prime number.
C) N is a perfect square.
1) Only A and B together 2) Only B and C together
3) Only A and C together 4) All even together are not sufficient
28. x is an even, y is an odd and z is a prime number. Someone is asked to find the values of x, y and
z such that xyz is an integer. Identify the correct alternative.
1) There is no such value set of (x, y, z).
2) There exist such sets of (x, y, z) only when z = 2.
3) There exist many sets of (x, y, z) such that xyz is even.
4) There exists only one set of (x, y, z).
29. In a tractor there are four types of wheels. According to their positions, we may call them T1, T2, T3
and T4 wheels. When the tractor moves for 36 feet, T1 makes 3 more revolutions than T2. T2
makes 3 more revolutions than T3. And T3 makes 2 more revolutions than T4. If T1 makes 8 more
revolutions than T4, find the ratio of the radii of wheels T1, T2, T3 and T4.
1) 3 : 4 : 6 : 9 2) 2 : 4 : 5 : 9 3) 3 : 4 : 7 : 9 4) Data inadequate
30. Which of the following statements is true?
1) 87  8 is not divisible by 7.
2) 910  9 is divisible by 10.
3) 1011  10 is divisible by 11.

4) None of these

31. ABC is a three-digit number in which A, B and C are three different prime digits. The number
formed by the first two digits, ie AB, and the number formed by the last two, ie BC, are also prime
numbers. Find the sum of digits of the number.
1) 12 2) 15 3) 12 or 15 4) None of these
32. What units digit exists in the product of all prime numbers between 10 and 30?
1) 5 2) 4 3) 3 4) 2
33. In a survey of political preference, 78% of those asked were in favour of at least one of the propos-
als I, II and III. 50% of those asked favoured proposal I, 30% favoured proposal II, and 20% favoured
proposal III. If 5% favoured all the three proposals, what % of those asked favoured more than one
of the three proposals?
1) 10 2) 12 3) 17 4) 22
34. xyzw is a four-digit number. When reverse of this number, ie wzyx, is subtracted from it, which of
the following does not represent the answer?
1) 999(x - w) + 90(y - z)
2) 999(x - w) + 99(y - z)
3) 9{111(x - w) + 10y - 10z}
4) 9(111x - 10z) - 9(111w - 10y)
35. In the sequence x 1 , x 2 , x 3 , x 4 , x 5 , x 6 , x 7 the average of first three numbers is 13 and that of first
four numbers is 30. Find the last number of the sequence.
1) 128 2) 8384 3) 2187 4) 729
36. A square room of dimensions 10  10  11 has two doors of dimensions 3  7 and two windows of
dimensions 3  4 . The ratio of the finishing cost per sq feet of windows/doors, floor and walls is
3 : 2 : 1. If total finishing cost of floor, walls and windows and doors combined is Rs 36,100 then find
the finishing cost of doors and windows combined together.
37. On a New Year’s Day every student of a class decides to send a card to every other student. If 380
cards are required to do so, find the number of students in the class.
1) 22 2) 20 3) 19 4) None of these
38. On the ground 100 stones are placed. The distance between the first and the second is one metre,
between the second and the third is four metres, between the third and the fourth is seven metres,
and so on. How far will a person have to travel to bring them one by one to the basket placed at the
first stone? Assume that he starts from the basket.
100  99  99
1) 100 × 99 × 99m 2) 50 × 100 × 199m 3) m 4) None of these
2
39. If a n 2  5a n 1  6a n and a1 = 1, a2 = 5 for n  1 then find a100.
1) 2 × 3100 - 3 × 2100 2) [5 × 99 - 6 × 98]100 3) 3100 - 2100 4) None of these
40. There is a polygon of 100 sides. How many diagonals can be drawn in it?
1) 9900 2) 4900 3) 4850 4) 9800

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Practice Set 7
1. In a club, all the members are free to vote for one, two or three of the candidates. 20% of the
members did not vote. 38% members voted for at least two candidates. What per cent of members
voted for either one or three candidates if 10% of the members who voted, voted for all the three
candidates?
1) 42% 2) 48% 3) 50% 4) None of these
below.
A B
D C
In a rectangular field ABCD, there is only one gate at B. A cemented path is made along the lines,
BC, CA, AD and DB. A person enters the field and starts walking along the route BC-CA-AD-DB.
After two hours he calculates that he covered total 2560 metres. He could not count the number of
rounds but he was sure that it was more than 6 but less than 10.
2. If the path BC is 60 m long then find the area of the field.
1) 6000 sq m 2) 4800 sq m 3) 4400 sq m 4) Can’t be determined
3. After first round, he takes rest for 2 minutes. After each successive round his period of rest
increases by 2 minutes. Find his speed in metres per minute.
1
1) 40 m/min 2) 53 m/min 3) 60 m/min 4) Can’t be determined
3
4. Find the remainder when 4333  2333 is divided by 5.
1) Zero 2) 5 3) 10 4) 15
5. A football is made of 24 regular hexagonal pieces of leather. Each side of the hexagonal piece is
2 inches. If all the sides of the hexagon are increased by 50% , what is the ratio of the volume of
water displaced by the new and the old footballs if they are sunk into a water tub?
1) 3 : 2 2) 9 : 4 3) 27 : 16 4) None of these
Directions (Q. 6-9): The following questions are based on graphs of straight lines plotted on x-
y axes. All the graphs represent the straight line ax + by + c = 0
Mark choice (1) if a > 0, b > o and c > 0.
Mark choice (2) if a > 0, b < 0, and c > 0.
Mark choice (3) if a > 0, b > 0 and c = 0.
Mark choice (4) if none of the above conditions apply.
6.
Y
X
O

7.
Y
X
O
8.
Y
X
O
9.
X
O
10. A man has to invite six of his friends on his birthday for dinner. He can send invitations by post,
by phone or by his servant. In how many ways can he send invitation to his friends so that each of
his friends gets only one invitation?
1) 120 2) 720 3) 729 4) 216
below:
We celebrate four festivals (Holi, Dussehera, Diwali and New Year) in our colony on community
level in which each family contributes some money according to its capacity. In my annual budget I
fixed an amount to contribute in these festivals. According to the level of expenses in organising
these festivals, I decided to contribute in the following manner.
For Holi, I fixed Rs 2 more than half of the amount which I fixed for all the festivals. For Dussehra,
I fixed Rs 4 more than half of the amount left. For Diwali, I fixed Rs 6 more than half of the amount left.
And finally, Rs 11 is left for New year contribution.
11. What amount was fixed for Diwali?
1) Rs 18 2) Rs 20 3) Rs 23 4) Rs 42
12. What amount did I fix for contribution in all four festivals?

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13. If 0 < x < 9, y > 10, 9 < z < 10, 0 < a < 3, b > 4, 3 < c < 4, which of the following is/are not true?
A) ax < cz < by B) abc < xyz C) (x + y + z) > (a + b + c)
1) All of A, B and C 2) Only B 3) Only C 4) Only B and C
14. A single badminton tournament is held in which 20 men participate. It is a knockout tournament
— a player is eliminated as soon as he loses a match. How many matches should be played in the
entire tournament?
1) 20 2) 19 3) 10 4) None of these
15. Find the sum of all integers from 1 to 200 which are not multiples of 3 or 7.
1) 11570 2) 9570 3) 8530 4) None of these
16. A man took a loan of Rs 1200 on a flat rate of 5% per annum for 40 years. According to the terms,
he has to pay the amount in 40 annual instalments which are in arithmetic progression. When
30 instalments are paid, he dies, leaving one-third of the debt unpaid. Find the value (in Rs) of the
last instalment.
1) 120 2) 124 3) 129 4) 134
17. 2log 2 1  3log 3 2  4 log 4 3 ...nlog n ( n 1)
Find the sum of the above series for n = 100.
1) 4950 2) 5050 3) log100 (5050) 4) None of these
given below.
A person deposits some amount regularly in a nationalised and a private bank. The rate of inter-
est is compounded every two months in both the banks. The following chart shows the amount and
time of deposits made by the person.
Nationalised Bank Private Bank
1 Jan, 2001 3000 4000
1 Mar, 2001 2000 2000
1 May, 2001 4000 5000
Total interest given by the nationalised bank in first 6 months is Rs 171.
18. What is the compound rate of interest bimonthly (every two months) given by the nationalised
bank?
1) 2% 2) 1.5% 3) 1% 4) 2.5%
19. Total interest given by both the banks in first 6 months is Rs 424. What is the compound rate of
interest bimonthly (every two months) given by the private bank?
1) Less than 1% 2) Between 1% and 1.4% 3) More than 1.5% 4) 2%
20. The side of an equilateral triangle is 96 cm. The mid-points of its sides are joined to form
another triangle whose mid-points are in turn joined to form still another triangle. This process
is repeated indefinitely. Find the sum of the perimeters of all the triangles.
1) 1176 cm 2) 1275 cm 3) 576 cm 4) None of these
21. a is +ve; b is -ve; c is +ve; d is -ve; and so on upto z. Which of the following statements is/are
wrong?
A) mx + ny + oz is a -ve value.
B) abc × xyz - (a + b + c)2 + (x + y + z)3 is a -ve value.
C) ab + cd + ef + ... + yz is a -ve value.
D) abcd .... xyz is a -ve value.
1) Only A and B are wrong 2) Only B and C are wrong
3) Only C and D are wrong 4) None of these

given below.
In an undergraduate college five subjects are taught in BA (Hons) course. These subjects are
History, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology. Regular seminars are organised by
the seminar committee. In one day a maximum of five seminars can be organised at different times
so that a student can attend all the seminars. On the demand of the students the committee finalised
the frequencies as follows:
“The seminars on History will be organised every second day, on Geography every third day, on
Political Science every fourth day, on Psychology every fifth day, and on Sociology every sixth day. The
first seminar on all the five subjects during current academic year will held on 1st August 2001.”
22. On what date will seminars on all subjects be organised together for the third time?
1) 30 Oct, 2001 2) 28 Nov, 2001 3) 29 Nov, 2001 4) None of these
23. If Mohan Majumdar decides to attend all the seminars in August 2001, for how many days can he
absent himself from college?
1) 6 2) 7 3) 8 4) 9
24. A man has 10 pairs of shoes in his cupboard. One morning he picks 4 shoes (one by one) at
random. Find the probability that there is at least one pair complete so that he can go to office
without making any further withdrawal from the cupboard.
224 99 112
323 323 323
given below.
A, B, C, O are points in a plane.
Suppose
# (A, B) = line AB that joins two points A and B.
$ (AB,  , BC) = Angle between lines AB and BC is  °.
 (A, B, C, O) = A, B and C are points on a circle whose centre is O.
25. Which of the following statements is not true in  (A, B, C, O)?
1) If $ (# (C, O),  , # (A, O)) is true then  ABC is a right-angled triangle.
2) If $(# (A, O), 120, # (B, O) is true then area (AOB) is one-third of the area of circle ABC.
3) If $ (# (A, B), x, # (C, O)) and $ (# (A, B), y, # (C, B)), then x = 2y.
4) None of these
 
26. If $ (# (A, B), , # (B, C)) and $ (# (A, D), , # (D, C)) is true, then ABCD is a
2 2
1) Rectangle 2) Parallelogram 3) Trapezium 4) None of these
27. From each of the two given numbers, half the smaller number is subtracted. Of the resulting
numbers, the larger one is three times as large as the smaller. What is the ratio of the two
numbers?
1) 2 : 1 2) 3 : 1 3) 3 : 2 4) None
28. In a game of, say, n points (n = 1, 2, ....), A can give B one, C two, D four, E seven, F eleven ...
and so on points upto Z. Which of the following conclusions is correct?
1) D can give 250 points to X. 2) The game is of more than 300 points.
3) The game is of less than 1000 points. 4) None of these
29. A man of height 6.5 feet walks away along a straight line from the foot of a lightpost 26 feet high at
the rate of 3 km per hour. How fast does the length of his shadow increase?
1) 1.5 km/hr 2) 2 km/hr 3) 3 km/hr 4) None of these

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30. Find the remainder when ( 24) 5 is divided by 5.

1) 0 2) 1 3) 4 4) None of these
a  b 3  8 , find
a 3  b3
31. If .
a  b3 a 3  b3
13 1 1
1) 2) 1 3) 6 4) 3
14 13 13
32. Which of the following numbers can not be presented as a product of two prime numbers?
1) 55 2) 58 3) 132 4) 403
33. Two roads are inclined at an angle of 60º to each other. Two cyclists start from the junction of the
two roads, one on each road, at a speed of 40 km/hr. Find the rate at which they are being sepa-
rated from each other after one hour.
1) 80 km/hr 2) 60 km/hr 3) 40 km/hr 4) None of these
34. Find the remainder when 62925 is divided by 21.
1) 10 2) 15 3) 20 4) 25
a b  ba
35.  1 is true when a + b = 5. Find the value of (a - b)2.
(a  b )
1) 4 2) 9 3) 16 4) 25
36. ABC is an equilateral triangle of side ‘a’. ‘r’ is the radius of the incircle inscribed in  ABC. Now
find the area of the square which is inscribed in the above circle.
a2 a2 a2
6 3 2
37. N = A + B, where A and B are two prime numbers. Which of the following statements is/are true?
A) Units digit of N can’t be 8.
B) Units digit of N can’t be 0.
C) N can’t be a prime number.
1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only C 4) None of these
38. There is a three-digit number, N = xyz; x, y, z are three different digits. If x2 + y2 = 41, x2 + z2 = 89
and y2 + z2 = 80, find N.
1) 458 2) 854 3) 548 4) 485
39. Let x, y, z be three positive integers satisfying x  y  z and x + y + z = 2k where k is also a +ve
integer. How many values of k give(s) the unique set of values of (x, y, z)?
1) None 2) 1 3) 3 4) 4
40. N = 1234567 and M = 890. Then which of the following statements is/are true?
(A) N × M has ten digits.
(B) N2 has 14 digits.
(C) Units digit of (N)M is 9.
(D) N ÷ M > (40)2 .
1) Only A 2) Only A and B 3) Only C and D 4) None of these

Practice Set 8
1. xyz is a three-digit number in which x, y and z are three different digits. The reverse of this
number, zyx, is subtracted from it. Which of the following can’t be the result?
1) 693 2) 792 3) 725 4) 495
2. There is a sequence ar1 , ar 2 , ar 3 , ar 4 ,........., ar n . When the last number of the sequence is
divided by the fifth number we get quotient 27. Find the last number of the sequence.
1) 6561 2) 2187 3) 17122 4) Can’t be determined
below.
A tank of 1000 litres has two filler pipes A and B, and two user pipes C and D. A fills it at 4 litres per
minute and B at 5 litres per minute. C empties it at 3 litres per minute and D at 4 litres per minute.
All the four pipes are controlled by the computer. The computer that controls the pipes can be fed with
five types of instructions, as explained below:
Instruction type Explanation of Instruction
FILL(X, t) Pipe X is instructed to start filling water for t minutes.
USE (X, t) Pipe X is instructed to start using water for t minutes.
FILL (X + Y, t) Pipes X and Y together fill the tank for t minutes.
STOP (X) Pipe X is instructed to stop functioning.
STOP (X, t) Pipe X is instructed to stop after t minutes
Both the user pipes can work together only when the tank is more than half full. And the two filler
pipes can be used together only when the tank is more than half empty. When two pipes of the same
type are working together and instruction to stop one of them is given, the other continues working.
3. In the morning at 8:00 AM the tank is full. No pipe is working. The owner feeds a set of four
instructions so that he can find his tank half-filled at 12 noon. Which is that possible set of four
instructions?
1) USE (D+C, 60), STOP (D), FILL (A+B, 10), STOP (C)
2) USE (D+C, 90), STOP (C), FILL (A+B, 26), STOP (D)
220
3) USE (D, 180), FILL (A+B, )
9
4) None of these
4. In the evening the tank is empty. The owner feeds a set of instructions in the computer so that
his tank will be filled before morning. The required set of instructions comprises 5 instructions.
One of the five instructions is missing. Find the missing instruction.
1st Instruction : FILL (A+B, 45)
2nd Instruction : STOP (B)
3rd Instruction : STOP (A, 100)
4th Instruction : --------------
5th Instruction : FILL (B, 81)
1) USE (C+D, 30) 2) USE (C, 70)
3) USE (D, 52.5) 4) Any one of the three

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below.
D C
O
A B
There is a square field ABCD. O is the point of intersection of two diagonals AC and BD. A circle is
drawn which touches the four corners A, B, C and D of the square. A contractor has to build a
cemented path in oval shape along AB, arc BC, CD and arc DA. The rate of construction cost per
metre on an arc is 2 times that of a straight line.
5. If total construction cost is Rs 10,080, find the construction cost of a single straight path.
1) Rs 1960 2) Rs 3920 3) Rs 2087.64 4) None of these
6. The rate of fencing along the arc is 2 times the rate of fencing along the straight path. Rate of
fencing along straight line is Rs 20/m. If construction cost along arc BC comes to Rs 3080, then
find the area of the square.
1) 10000 sq m 2) 9604 sq m 3) None of these 4) Can’t be determined
7. When a two-digit number (x) is divided by 22 and 33 we get the same remainder 4. Again, when
a three-digit number (say y; y < 200) is divided by 22 and 33 we get the same remainder 4. Find
y - x.
1) 66 2) 132 3) 193 4) Can’t be found
Directions (Q. 8-9): The following questions are based on graphs of parabola plotted on x-y
axes.
8.
Y
O X
The graph is represented by the equation

1) x2 = ky, k > 0 2) y2 = kx, k > 0 3) y2 = kx, k < 0 4) None of these
9.
Y
O X
The above graph is represented by the equation

1) x2 = ky, k > 0 2) y2 = kx, k > 0 3) x2 = ky, k < 0 4) None of these
10. In how many ways can 3 prizes be given to 7 students when each boy is eligible for any number of
prizes?
1) 210 2) 21 3) 37 4) 343
11. A closed rectangular box with a square base is to be made to contain 1000 cubic metres of milk.
The cost of material per square metre for the bottom is Rs 15, for the top is Rs 25 and for the sides
is Rs 20. The labour charge of making the box is Rs 300. What should be the ratio of the height to
the side of the base of the box so that the cost is minimum?
1) 2:1 2) 1:2 3) 1:1 4) None of these
12. BSC Publishing Company advertised a job opening for assistant editor. The response was good.
One hundred people applied for the position. The company, however, wanted to make its selection
from the applicants who were good both in Mathematics and English. Out of the hundred appli-
cants the company found that 10 of them had never studied Mathematics or English, 70 of them
were Master’s degree holder in Mathematics and 82 were Master’s degree holder in English. How
many applicants were suitable for the post?
1) 52 2) 62 3) 72 4) None of these
13. If a < x, b < y, c < z but d > m, e > n, f > p and g = q, which of the following statements is/are true if
all the values are +ve?
A) (ad + be + cf) > (mx + ny + pz)
B) (abc) (mnp) < (xyz) (def)
C) (a + b + c) (m + n + p) > (x + y + z) (d + e + f)
1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only B and C 4) Only A and C
14. A person uses 6 candles in 6 days. After 6 days he makes one candle of the same size from the
waste obtained from the 6 candles. Thus, he is able to use 6 candles for 7 days. He purchases 72
candles at a time. For how many days are the 72 candles sufficient for him?
15. f(x) = 3x + 5; x = 1, 2, 3, ....., 2n + 1
In the series f(1), f(2), f(3), ....., f(2n+1), if S1 = Sum of odd terms, and S 2 = Sum of even terms, then
find S1 : S2 .
1) 1 : 1 2) n : (n+1) 3) (n+1) : (n) 4) None of these
16. There is a sequence S. When we add the first n terms of that sequence we get ( n2 + 2n). Identify
the type of the sequence S.
1) AP 2) GP 3) HP 4) Can’t say
17. (A) = log 3 log 2 log 5
625
(B) = log 3 log 2 log 3 (81)
Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) A = B 2) A > B 3) A + B = log 2 (4) 4) A - B = log a (1)
18. A man invests an amount of Rs 25510 in the names of his three sons Mahim, Sudhir and Kamlesh
in such a way that they get the same amount after 2, 3 and 4 years respectively. If the rates of
interest are 6% , 6% & 5% per annum respectively on the three investments, find the amount
invested for Sudhir.
19. Suppose S is a set of integers x so that 85 < x < 250. x is even and divisible by 7 but not divisible
by 6. How many elements does S have in all?
1) 7 2) 8 3) 11 4) 13
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20. N is a positive number divisible by 5.
M is a positive number divisible by 3.
O is a positive number divisible by 12.
P is a two-digit prime number.
Which of the following statements is/are always true?
A) M2 + O2 - P2 - N2 is an odd number. B) Units digit of MNOP is zero.
C) (M + N + O + P)3 is an odd number. D) (O ÷ M) × N + PN - ON is divisible by 5.
1) Only B 2) Only D 3) Only A and B 4) Only B and D
21. When I asked a student about his age, he replied, “Take my age three years hence multiplied by
3 and from that subtract three times my age three years ago. This will give you my exact age.”
What is his age after 13 years?
1) 18 years 2) 21 years 3) 29 years 4) 31 years
22. Domain of a function defined by y  f ( x ) is the set of all real values of x for which y is real or
1
defined. For example y = is defined for all values of x except x = 0. So domain of y   ,0  0, .
x
When we write a, b we mean a is not included whereas b is included.
Now, what is the domain of the function y  x  x ?

1)  ,0 2) [0] 3) 0,  4) Not defined
23. We are given that when
g(f(x)) = g(x) = x + 1, then f(x) = x
Now, if f(x) = g[f(x)] and g(x) = (x + 1), then which of the following is true?
1) f(x) = e x  log e x; x > 0 2) f(x) = tan 1 x;  < x < 
n 1
3) f(x = (x - 1); -  < x <  4) f(x) = n C x ; x =
2
24. A speaks truth in 70% cases and B speaks truth in 80% cases. Find the probability that they will
contradict each other in describing a single event.
1) 0.36 2) 0.38 3) 0.5 4) 0.56
given below.
 (A, B) = A is brother of B
#(A, B) = A is father of B
@(A, x, B) = A is older than B by x yrs
 (A, B) =A+B
 (A, B) =A×B
Now #(D, A),  (A, B),  (B, C) are true but  (C, B) is not true.
A, B, C and D also represent their respective ages in yrs.
25.  (  (  (A, B), C), D) = 120
 (3, B) = D and  (A, C) =  (2, B)
Then which of the following is not true?
1) B = 20 2) D = 60 3) C = 23 4) None of these
26. 10 yrs ago, the ratio of the father’s age to the sum of his children’s ages was 8 : 3. And the ratio
1
at present is 1 : 1. If  (  (A, B), ) = C then which is true?
2
1)  (A, C) =  (2, B) 2)  (C, 3) = D 3) @ (A, 2, C) 4) None of these

27. A function is said to be an explicit function of x if the dependent variable y can be expressed in
terms of independent variable x only. For example y  x 2  e x or y  x  sin x are explicit functions.
When independent variable x and dependent variable y occur together in an equation and y can-
not be written in terms of x only, then y is said to be an implicit function of x. For example
x 2  y 2  xy ; xy  sinx  y  are implicit functions.
Now find the explicit function of x among the following choices.
y
1) e y  e  y  2x 2) 2x  sin y  e y 3) y  e  xy 4) None of these
28. If a n 1  a n n , a 1  1 , n = 1, 2, 3 ....., then find the value of a 99  a 100 .
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) function is not defined
29. x and y are two integers such that x > y > 0. When one-fourth of the larger number is subtracted
from each of x and y, the ratio of the resultant becomes 12 : 1. Which of the following alternatives
is not correct?
1) y is a multiple of 5. 2) x is a multiple of 16.
3) Difference between x and y is 11. 4) x + y is divisible by 7.
30. Which of the given choices is equal to (3)2 log 3 5  (16)log 4 5 ?
1) 70 2) 65 3) 50 4) None of these
31. N = n(n + 1) (n + 2) (n + 3) (n + 4) where n is natural number. Which of the following statements is/
are false?
A) Units digit of N is zero. B) N is perfectly divisible by 24.
C) N is a perfect square. D) N is either odd or even.
1) Only C 2) Both C and D 3) Only A 4) Only A and B
32. What will be the height of a pole made up of all the centimetre cubes in one cubic metre, if
placed one on top of another?
1) 100 m 2) 1000 m 3) 10 km 4) 100 km
33. Product of three consecutive numbers is 4896. What is the sum of these three numbers?
1) 48 2) 51 3) 54 4) None of these
below.
In a computer game, there are three boxes A, B and C. Each of them has a certain number of
coloured balls. The game is to equalise the number of balls in all the boxes. To do this, a set of
instructions has to be fed into the computer. The types of instructions are as follows:
Instruction Type Explanation of instructions
(i) GIVE (X, Y) Box ‘X’ gives a certain no. of balls to box ‘Y’ such that X and Y have equal
no. of balls after the transaction.
(ii) TAKE (X, Y) Box ‘X’ takes half the number of balls of box Y.
(iii) TRANSFER (X, Y) Box ‘X’ transfers all its balls to box Y.
In each new game, the number of balls in each box differs.
34. When Suresh Kamkar opens the game and clicks at button START, the three boxes A, B and C
show 100, 200 and 600 balls respectively. In a flash message the computer challenges him to
complete the game with only instruction type (ii). If he can win the game after n instructions
what is the value of n?
1) 3 2) 4 3) 25 4) None of these
35. In the same condition, he is asked to complete the game by using instruction type (i) only. Find
the minimum number of instructions which can make him winner of the game.
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) None of these

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36. When Kumaran clicks at button START, the three boxes A, B and C show 20, 70 and 30 balls
respectively. In a flash message the computer allowed him to use only instructions (ii) and (iii).
He completed the game by using six instructions. Four instructions have been given and two are
missing in the following list:
1st Instruction: TRANSFER (B, C); 2nd Instruction: TAKE (B, C)
3rd Instruction: ..................... 4th Instruction: TAKE (A, B)
5th Instruction: ..................... 6th Instruction: TAKE (B, C)
Which of the following options completes the instruction list?
1) TAKE (B, A), TRANSFER (C, B)
2) TAKE (B, A), TRANSFER (B, C)
3) TAKE (A, B), TRANSFER (B, C)
4) None of these
37. The base of an even pyramid is a square of side 10 cm. If height of the pyramid is 12 cm and cost
of painting it is Rs 20 per square cm, find total cost of painting its total surface area.
38. Find the remainder when N = 531 × 533 × 535 is divided by 15.
1) 0 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
39. ABC is a triangle in which AB = 10 cm, BC = 14 cm and AC = 12 cm. Another triangle DEF is formed
by joining the mid-points of the sides of  ABC. A third triangle GHI is made by joining the mid-
points of the sides of  DEF. This process is repeated infinitely. Find the area of all the triangles
including  ABC.
1) 32 6 cm2 2) 24 6 cm2
3) 48 6 cm2 4) 36 6 cm2
40. A box of maximum volume with top open is to be made out of a square tin sheet of side 6 metres
length by cutting out smaller squares of equal size from the four corners of the sheet. Find the
height of the box.
1) 2m 2) 1.5 m 3) 1 m 4) None of these

Practice Set 9
Directions (Q. 1-4): Read the following informations and the answer the questions given be-
low.
An Indian contingent of 72 players has been selected to participate in Singapore Asiad. The team
has 22 female players. The Indian team has players for only four games: , ,  and  .
For game  , the number of male players is six times that of female players. The total no. of
players for game  is less than 20.
For game  , male players are double in number as compared to female players. Total number is
between 28 and 38.
For game  , ratio of male to female players is 2 : 1. The team can be divided into groups of five
players. It is the second smallest team of all the four games.
For each game, the number of male players is even but that of female players is odd. All the above
informations are related to the Indian contingent only.
1. In game  , four more countries are participating. The ratio of male to female players is 7 : 1. The
ratio of non-Indian females to Indian females is 5 : 1. Find the number of non-Indian male players
in game  .
1) 35 2) 30 3) 29 4) 36
2. In game  , 10 countries are participating. All the countries have equal number of players. Ratio
of male to female players is 6 : 5. Find the number of non-Indian female players.
1) 121 2) 130 3) 150 4) 139
3. In game  , only three countries are participating. Average number of players from each country
is 17. One-third of players are female. What is the ratio of non-Indian females to Indian males in
game  ?
1) 5 : 6 2) 6 : 5 3) 4 : 7 4) 7 : 4
4. In game  , twelve teams are participating. The number of male players from each country is the
same. If there are 239 players in all, find the percentage of Indian female players as compared to
total female players in game  .
1) 5% 2) Less than 5% 3) More than 5% 4) Can’t be determined
5. a, a+3, a+6, a+9, a+12, a+15, a+18, a+21, a+24 is a sequence. If the average of last four numbers
is x, find the average of all the nine numbers.
1) x + 7.5 2) x + 5 3) x - 7.5 4) Can’t be found
below.
A person has three account numbers, say, A, B and C, in a bank. The bank offers 10% rate of
compound interest on less than Rs 50000 deposit. And 11% rate of compound interest on Rs 50000 or
more. The rate of interest is compounded yearly. He has deposited Rs 10000 in account A, Rs 20000 in
account B and Rs 50000 in account C. The bank has given him the facility to operate his accounts on
Internet.
The person has connected his accounts with a software which has three types of instructions
which are as follows:
Instruction types Explanation of Instructions
TRANSFER (A, x, B) Transfer Rs x from A/c A to A/c B.
WITHDRAW (x, A) Withdraw Rs x from A/c A.
DEPOSIT (x, A) Deposit Rs x in A/c A.

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6. On the first day of next year when interest is added, he wants to make his amounts equal in all
the three accounts. He feeds three instructions into the computer. First and second instructions
are given below as:
First instruction: TRANSFER (C, 18000, A)
Second instruction: TRANSFER (C, 7000, B)
Which of the following is the third instruction?
1) DEPOSIT (3000, C) 2) WITHDRAW (1500, C) 3) WITHDRAW (2000, C) 4) DEPOSIT (1000, B)
7. To get the same interest as in first year he wants to make the balance in his accounts as they
were in the first year. To do this, he feeds a set of three instructions into his computer as:
TRANSFER (A, x, C)
TRANSFER (B, y, C)
WITHDRAW (z, C)
What are the respective values of x, y and z?
1) 18000, 7000, 1500 2) 19000, 9000, 7000 3) 19000, 9000, 6000 4) None of these
8. Now, it is clear that he gets equal interests in first two years. In the third year, he wants to get
double the interest of first year. He feeds three instructions into his computer. The first and
second instructions are given as:
1st instruction: DEPOSIT (9000, A)
2nd instruction : DEPOSIT (18000, B)
What is the third instruction?
1) DEPOSIT (44500, C) 2) DEPOSIT (45000, C) 3) WITHDRAW (5500, C) 4) None of these
9.
In the given figure four circles each of radius 7 cm are placed such that each circle touches other
two. Find the ratio of the shaded area to the dotted area.
1) 5 : 2 2) 1 : 1 3) 4 : 3 4) Can’t be determined
10. When the product of all prime numbers between 50 and 100 is divided by 2, we get a remainder of
1) 0 2) 1 3) 0 or 1 4) Can’t say
  
11. f ( x )  x x 2  1 x 2  1 where x = 1, 2, 3, ......
Which of the following statements is not correct about f(x)?
1) f(x) is always divisible by 5. 2) f(x) is always divisible by 3.
3) f(x) is always divisible by 30. 4) None of these
Directions (Q. 12-13): The following questions are based on the graphs of parabola plotted on
x-y axes.
12.
Y
X
O

The above graph represents the equation

1) y2 = kx, k < 0 2) y2 = kx, k > 0 3) x2 = ky, k < 0 4) x2 = ky, k > 0
13.
Y
X
O
The above graph represents the equation

1) x2 = ky, k < 0 2) y2 = kx, k > 0 3) y2 = kx, k < 0 4) None of these
14. There are 24 books to be adjusted on a shelf. Of these 24 books, 5 are of single volume and the
others are books of 10, 6 and 3 volumes respectively. In how many ways can all these books be
arranged on a shelf so that volumes of the same book are not separated?
1) 10!  8!  6!  3! 2) (10!  6!  3!)  5! 3) (5!  10!  6!  3!) 4! 4) None of these
15. The fuel charge for running a train at uniform speed over a given distance of 80 km varies as the
square of its speed and at 16 km/hr, it is found to be Rs 48 per hour. The fixed charges, ie salaries
etc, amount to Rs 300 for every hour of run. What should be the most economical speed?
given below.
Himanshu and Sudhanshu sat to gamble with Rs 100 each. In the beginning of the game, they
fixed some rules.
Rule 1: Himanshu’s favourite is Head, so he wins when there is Head in a toss; otherwise
Sudhanshu wins.
Rule 2: In a game there should be one Head and one Tail. If there are two continuous Heads or
Tails the game is not valid. One game is independent of the other.
Rule 3: The loser gives half of his money to the winner.
16. Now, after fixing these rules they start their gambling. Which of the following statements is cor-
rect?
1) The first winner in the first game is the final winner.
2) The first loser in the last game is the final winner.
3) When Himanshu wins the first toss in first game, he always remains in profit.
4) The gamble ends after 10 games as one of them loses his total money.
17. After how many games will their respective money be with them again?
1) 10 2) less than 20 3) Can’t say 4) Never
18. Let x < 0.5, 0 < y < 1 and z > 1. Given a set of numbers (x, y, z), the middle number, when they are
arranged in ascending order, is called median. So the median of the numbers x, y and z would be
1) less than zero 2) between zero and one 3) greater than one 4) None of these
19. The surface area of one square board is 5 square feet more than another square board. Again, the
second square board is 5 square feet larger than a third square board. What is the ratio of the
sides of the three boards?
1) 7 : 5 : 4 2) 3 : 2 : 1 3) 49 : 41 : 31 4) 42 : 37 : 33
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20. There is a series S, which is in AP. S n is the sum of the first n terms of the series. If d is the
difference of two consecutive terms of the series S, then which of the following is true?
1) d = S n  S n 1  S n 2 2) d = S n  2Sn 1  S n 2
3) d = S n  2Sn 1  S n 2 4) None of these
21. A sequence S is in AP. Its p th term is q and q th term is p. Find its r th term.
1) p - q - r 2) p + q - r 3) p + q + r 4) p - q + r
16 25 81
22. A = 7 log  5 log  3 log
15 24 80
Which of the following is equal to x if A = log x?
1) 1/2 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3
23. Which of the following statements based on (A) and (B) is correct?
(A) (101)50 (B) (100)50 + (99)50
1) (A) is greater than (B). 2) (A) is equal to (B).
3) (A) is less than (B). 4) None of these
24. A person deposited some money in bank for 3 years. The rate of interest for the first year was 3% ,
for the second year 4% , and for the third year 5% . At the end of 3 years his money becomes Rs
2249.52. What was the sum deposited by him?
25. How many integers lie between 300 and 1000 which are exactly divisible by 13 but not divisible by
14.
1) 50 2) 49 3) 53 4) 47
26. S1 = { x; x is a prime number}
S2 = {y; y is a perfect square}
S3 = {z; z is an even number}
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
A) There is no element common to S1 and S3.
B) x y  z is an element of S3.
C) There is no element common to all the three sets.
1) Only A 2) Only C 3) Only A and C 4) None of these
27. Two brothers work in a factory. Their duty starts at 11:00 AM. The younger brother leaves home
15 minutes after his elder brother. The elder brother leaves home at 10.00 AM. On Tuesday the
elder brother reached the factory 5 minutes late. At what time did the younger brother pass the
elder brother on Tuesday?
1) 10.45 AM 2) 10.40 AM 3) 10.30 AM 4) 10.55 AM
28. We are given that function f x    x , g(x) = x
f x, y   x  y and g (x, y) = x + y.
Then which of the following is not true?
1) f f g x, y   g x, y  2) g f g f x, y   f x, y 
3) f x   g x   f x, y   g x, y   g x   f x  4) None of these
29. The digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ,9 are written in random order to form a nine-digit number. Find the
probability that this number is divisible by 4.
1 2 1 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
9 9 3 4
Directions (Q. 30-32): Following graphs are based on trigonometrical functions. Each ques-
tion shows a graph plotted on x-y axes. On x-axis, angles (  ), and on y-axis, corresponding values
of its function have been taken.
Mark answer (1) if f(x) = sinx
Mark answer (2) if f(x) = |sinx|
Mark answer (3) if f(x) = cosx
Mark answer (4) if none of the above holds true.
30.
Y
X
O
-1
31.
X
O
-1
32.
X
O
-1
33. How many different words can be formed with five given letters of which three are vowels? No two
vowels should be together in any word. No letter is repeated in the same word.
1) 120 ways 2) 48 ways 3) 24 ways 4) 12 ways
4n n
34. For any positive integer n, f(n) = 2 – 2 (7n + 1) is perfectly divisible by
1) 2 2) 4 3) 7 4) All of them
35. How many multiples of 7 can be found which are perfect squares and less than 1000?
1) 4 2) 5 3) 6 4) 3

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36. X is a prime number; Y is an even number; Z is an odd number; A is a perfect square; B is divisible
by 30; C is a multiple of all the prime numbers less than 10. All of X, Y, Z, A, B and C are positive.
Now, which of the following statements is/are wrong?
A) (X - 1) (Y - 1) (Z - 1) is divisible by 4 except for X = Z.

B) Units digit of (A - 1) (B - 1) (C - 1) can’t be 1.
C
C) Max   S  { x }
B
 B 
D) If   C  is an integer then it should be even.
 XY 
1) Only B 2) Only D 3) Only B and D 4) Only C
37. A person had an appointment with his business partner at a particular time in a hotel in Shimla.
He reached the hotel in Shimla in the morning. The meeting was scheduled a few hours later, so
he decided to go to his friend’s house and come back at the time of meeting. He calculated that if
he walked at 10 km/hr, he could reach the hotel by 1 PM. That would be too late. But if he walked
at 15 km/hr then he would reach there at 11 AM. And that would be too early. At what rate should
he walk to get back to the hotel at 12 noon.
1
2
38. We are given that for two functions f(x) and g(x) of x,
f  x  g x  1 and f  x  g x  0
Which of the following is true for at least one real value of x?
1) f x   x and gx   x 1 2) f x   tanx and g x   cotx
3) f x   x and gx   x 4) None of these

n
39. If a n 1   1 a n ,a 1  1 and n = 1, 2, 3........ then find a 99  a 98 .
1) 0 2) 2 3) -2 4) Not defined
40. In a multiple-choice question there are four alternative answers, of which one or more than one
is correct. A candidate will get marks for the question only if he ticks all the correct answers.
Himanshu decides to tick answers at random. If he is allowed up to three chances to answer the
question, find the probability that he will get marks for that question.
4 3 1 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
5 5 2 5

Practice Set 10
1. N = AB7 is a three-digit prime number less than 500. If A + B = 9 then how many values of N are
possible?
1) Only 1 2) 2 3) 4 4) 5
2. N = abcd is a four-digit number, where a, b, c and d are four consecutive single-digit natural
numbers. To find N which of the following informations is/are necessary/sufficient?
A) Units digit of N2 is 5.
B) Units digit of N2 is 6.
C) Units digit of N2 is 9.
1) Only A alone 2) Only B alone 3) Only C alone 4) Only A alone and C alone
3. Let x, y and z be three positive integers satisfying y = 2x, z = 3x, x + y + z = k and z  100. Find the
range of k.
1) k  200 2) k  6 3) 3  k  99 4) 6  k  198
4. I purchased a secondhand motorbike for Rs 6000. My friend Swami requested and bought the bike
from me for Rs 6500. After some days, he got transferred and sold the same bike to me for Rs 7000.
The next day, one of my other friends bought the bike for Rs 9000 from me. Which of the following
statements is true?
1) I got a profit of Rs 3000 and Swami got a profit of Rs 500.
4) None of these
5. 4306  52 *
is divisible by 12. What should come in place of *?
1) 6 2) 4 3) 5 4) 8
6. N = 1a9b7c is a six-digit number where A = 1a9 and B = b7c are three-digit perfect squares of two-
digit nos. If B  2 A , which of the following statements is/are true?
A) a = b = c
B) b = c  a
C) N = 169676 is one of the two possible values.
D) A + B = 5A
1) Only A alone 2) Either A or B 3) Only A and C 4) Only A and D
7. N = (5 * 7)63; where * is a non-zero digit. Which of the following statements is true?
1) N is an even number. 2) N is a perfect square.
3) Units digit of N is 3. 4) N is divisible by 3.
Directions (Q. 8-10): Read the following informations and the answer the questions given
below.
In a club, there are 40 Marathi-speaking, 42 Bengali-speaking, 25 Tamil-speaking and 28 Kannada-
speaking members. Only 2 members can speak all the four languages. There are 64 people who can
speak only one language. 24 can speak two languages and 5 can speak three languages.
8. Find the number of members in the club.
1) 135 2) 120 3) 100 4) None of these
9. If there are 11 people who can speak both Bengali and Marathi, which of the following statements
is true?
1) 29 can speak only Marathi.
2) 13 can speak two languages but neither Marathi nor Bengali.
3) 71 can speak either Marathi or Bengali.
4) None of these
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10. 5 people speak only Marathi and Kannada. 4 speak Kannada and Bengali. Then which of the
following statements is true?
1) At least two people can speak Kannada and Tamil.
2) At least half of the Kannada-speaking people know another language also.
3) No one speaks Kannada, Tamil and Marathi.
4) None of these
11. There is a five-digit number. Reverse of the number is subtracted from it. The resultant is not
divisible by
1) 9 2) 11 3) 13 4) None of these
12. S = {x; x is a prime number less than 1000}. Which of the following informations is/are correct?
A) Product of all elements is an even number. B) Product of all elements is a perfect sequence.
C) Product of all elements is divisible by 10. D) If N is the largest element of S, then N  32 .
1) Only A 2) Only B 3 Only C 4) None of these
Directions (Q. 13-15): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions
given below.
A computerised weighing system uses only four weights 1 kg, 3 kg, 9 kg and 27 kg. The shop-
keeper sells his goods by feeding three instructions in computer which are as follows:
Instruction types Explanation of instructions
W (A, B) Put weights A kg and B kg on right plank of the balance.
W (A, -B) Put weight A kg on right plank and weight B kg on left plank of the
balance.
G (A) Put A kg goods on left plank of balance.
13. Which of the following sets of instructions is correct to weigh 22 kg rice?
1) W (1,27), W (1, -9), G (22) 2) W (3, 27), W (1, -9), G (22)
3) W(3, 27), W (-9, 1), G (22) 4) None of these
14. The shopkeeper wants to weigh 20 kg rice. He feeds a set of three instructions into the computer.
The second and third instructions are given as:
2nd instruction : W (3, -1)
3rd instruction : G (20)
Find the first instruction.
1) W (27, 9) 2) W (27, -9) 3) W (9, 27) 4) None of these
15. Which set of instructions is not correct?
1) W (27, -9), W (1, 0), G (19) 2) W (27, -1), W (0, -9), G(17)
3) W (27, -1), W (0, -3), G (23) 4) None of these
16.
C
A O B
ABC is a triangle. AB is the diameter of the semi-circle in which triangle ABC is inscribed. Find
the ratio of the shaded to unshaded area if  ABC has the maximum possible area.
1) (  1) : 2 2) 2 :  3) 2 : (  1) 4) 2 : (  2)
17. N = 901 × 902 × 903. If N is divided by 15, we get the remainder
1) 1 2) 4 3) 6 4) 8
18. A farmer has six baskets full of hen’s and duck’s eggs. Basket A has 29 eggs, basket B has 14 eggs,
basket C has 23 eggs, basket D has 6 eggs, basket E has 5 eggs and basket F has 12 eggs. Each
basket has only one type of eggs.
The farmer points to a particular basket and says “If I sell all the eggs in this basket, I shall have
twice as many hen’s eggs left as duck’s eggs.” Which was the basket he was pointing at?
1) B 2) D 3) F 4) None of these
Directions (Q. 19-21): The following questions are based on graph. In each question an equa-
tion is given.
Y
O X

Y
O X

Y
O X
Mark answer (4) if the equation represents a graph other than the above three graphs.
19. y = A  x 2 ; where A is a + ve number.
20. x = A  y 2 ; where A is a +ve number.
21. x2 + y2 = A; where A is a +ve number.

22. How many different words (meaningful or meaningless) can be formed with the letters of the word
“UNIVERSITY” so that all the vowels are together?
1) 120960 2) 60480 3) 1440 4) None of these
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23. A factory D is to be connected by a road with a straight railway line on which a town A is situated.
The distance DB of the factory to the railway line is 5 3 km and the length AB of the railway line
is 20 km. Freight charges on the road are twice the charges on the railway. At what point
P AP  AB on the railway line should the road DP be connected so as to ensure minimum freight
charges from the factory to the town?
1) 5 km from town A 2) 10 km from town A
3) 15 km from town A 4) None of these
24. A train starts from a station at 10:00 am at an average speed of 60 km/hr. Another train starts at
12:00 noon from the same station in the same direction at an average speed of 90 km per hour. A
fly, which is sitting on the second train, starts at 12:00 noon in the same direction at a speed of
120 km per hour. As soon as it reaches the first train, it flies back to the second train , back again
to the first and so on and so forth. It continues to do so, flying backwards and forwards from one
train to the other until the trains meet. How many miles will the fly have flown before the trains
meet?
1) 160 km 2) 120 km
3) 360 km 4) 480 km
25. Let -1 < x < 1, 0 < y < 1.5 and z > 1. When the sum of x, y and z is divided by 3, we get the average
of x, y and z. The average of x, y and z would be
1) less than zero 2) more than zero
3) between zero and one 4) None of these
given below.
A chessboard, as usual, has 8  8  64 small boxes. Out of which 32 are white and 32 are painted
black alternately. Each box is marked with Xij, where i = 1, 2, ...., 8 represents the rows and j = 1, 2, .....,
8 represents the columns. Also, each of the boxes is allotted a certain natural number such that
when we take any three consecutive boxes horizontally, vertically or diagonally, the middle one is the
average of the other two numbers.
Solve the following questions based on the above information.
26. If the box x 33 is white, what are the respective colours of x 77 and x 45 ?
1) Black, Black 2) White, White 3) Black, White 4) White, Black
27. If x 23  11 , then what number will be allotted to x 75 ?
1) 42 2) 48 3) 53 4) 62
28. What will be the minimum possible sum of all the numbers allotted in a row?
1) 30 2) 36 3) 40 4) 28
29. A1, A 2 and A 3 are three arithmetic series. First term of each series is 1 and the respective
common differences are 1, 2 and 3. S1 , S 2 and S 3 are the sum of first n terms of the three series
A1, A 2 and A 3 respectively. Which of the following is the correct relationship among S1 , S 2 and S3 ?
1) S1  S3  3S2 2) S1  S3  2S2 3) S1  S3  S2 4) S1  S2  S 3
30. There is a series in AP. S1 , S 2 and S3 are the sums of first n, 2n and 3n terms respectively. Now,
there exists a relationship among S1 , S 2 and S3 , which can be presented as A (S2  S1 )  S3 . What
is the value of A?
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
given below.
Given that
$ (A, B) = A + iB, where i =  1 is an imaginary no.
 (A, B) = A2 + B2
# (A, B) = A × B
31. Which of the given choices is equal to the following?
# ($ (5, 2), $ (5, -2))
1) # (  (5, 2),  (1, 1)) 2)  (5, 2) 3) # (20, 9) 4) None of these
32. Which of the given choices is equal to  ($ (x, y), $ (x, -y))?
1) #(x2, y2) 2) 2  (x, -y) 3) #($ (x, y), $ (x, -y)) 4) # (2, (# (x-y, x + y)))
33. If f(x) = x2 and g(x) = x then which of the following is correct?
1) f[g(x)] = f[f[g[f(x)]]] 2) f[f(x)] = g[g[f[f(x)]]] 3) g[f(x)] = g[f[g[f[g(x)]]]] 4) f[g(x)] = g[f[g[f(x)]]]
34. If f(x) = x2 and g(x) = 2x, then which of the following is not correct for any value of x?
1) f(x) - g(x) = 0 2) f(x) + g(x) = 1 3) f(x) + g(x) = 0 4) None of these
x
35. If f(x) = log e x and g(x) = e , then which of the following statements is true?
1) f(x) × g(x) is defined for all values of x. 2) f(g(x)) is defined for all values of x.
3) g(f(x)) is not defined for all values of x. 4) None of these
36. A sphere has diameter 300 cm. The biggest possible cube is fitted inside the sphere. If the cube is
cut into smaller cubes of side 3 cm find the number of smaller cubes cut from the biggest cube.
1) 100 2) 10000 3) 100000 4) 1000000
100 10
37. N = 
x 1
x y
y 1
2
; {x, y are not divisible by 3}.
Which of the following statements is false?

1) N is an even number. 2) N - 26 is a perfect square.
3) N is divisible by 7. 4) N is a perfect cube.
1
38. f(x) = x( x  1) where x = 1, 2, .....
Find S100 = f(1) + f(2) + f(3) + ...... + f(100).

1 101 100
1) 2) 3) 4) 1
10100 100 101
39. A kite is 100 metres high and there is 260 metres of cord out. If the kite moves horizontally at the
rate of 6.5 km/hr directly away from a person who is flying it, find how fast the cord is being pulled
out.
1) 5 km/hr 2) 6 km/hr 3) 6.5 km/hr 4) None of these
40. When 4893  3733 is divided by 102  42 , find the remainder.
1) -5 2) -3 3) Zero 4) 2

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J (X, Y) X is instructed to join hands with Y.

36. When 62924 is divided by 21, find the remainder.

common root. Then angle C is equal to

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36. N = abcd is a four-digit number and M = xyz is a three-digit number. N × M is

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Using the above expansion, find the value of 

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1)  (a  b) is a positive even number.

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18. If a n 1  7a n  6, a 1  2, and n = 1, 2, 3, ......., then a 200  ?

1) an even function 2) an odd function

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Mark answer (2) if the equation represents the graph

Mark answer (3) if the equation represents the graph

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1. Find the remainder when 7 21  722  723  7 24 + is divided by 25.

24. Find the remainder when 39226 is divided by 495 .

the correct alternative.

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4) f x   log  x  1  x 

1) (, 2]  4,   2)  ,  2   2, 2  2,  

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18. $ (# (A, B), 60, # (A, D)), $ (# (A,D), 120, # (D,C))

2) 910  9 is divisible by 10.

3) 1011  10 is divisible by 11.

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30. Find the remainder when ( 24) 5 is divided by 5.

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The graph is represented by the equation

The above graph is represented by the equation

Now, what is the domain of the function y  x  x ?

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The above graph represents the equation

The above graph represents the equation

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A) (X - 1) (Y - 1) (Z - 1) is divisible by 4 except for X = Z.

3) f x   x and gx   x 4) None of these

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Mark answer (3) if the equation represents the graph

19. y = A  x 2 ; where A is a + ve number.

20. x = A  y 2 ; where A is a +ve number.

21. x2 + y2 = A; where A is a +ve number.

Which of the following statements is false?

Find S100 = f(1) + f(2) + f(3) + ...... + f(100).

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