UPSC

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

(PAPER-II)

CSAT

PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS

(YEAR 2011 TO 2020)

THEME  BASIC NUMERACY
AND DATA INTERPRETATION
BASIC NUMERACY AND DATA INTERPRETATION

2020 and 100 which have 4 as a digit but are

not divisible by 4?
(a) 5
1. Consider the following sequence of num- (b) 11
bers: (c) 12
51473985726315 (d) 13
863852243496
How many odd numbers are followed by 5. Let x, y be the volumes; m, n be the masses
the odd number in the above sequence? of two metallic cubes P and Q respectively.
(a) 5 Each side of Q is two times that of P and
(b) 6 mass of Q is two times that of P. Let u = m
/ x and v = n / y. Which one of the follow-
(c) 7
ing is correct?
(d) 8
(a) u = 4v
(b) u = 2v
2. A is 16th from the left end in a row of boys
and Vis 18th from the right end. G is 11th (c) v = u
from A towards the right and 3rd from V (d) v = 4u
towards the right end. How many boys
are there in the row?
6. The average age of a teacher and three
(a) 40
students is 20 years. If all the three stu-
(b) 41 dents are of same age and the difference
(c) 42 between the age of the teacher and each
(d) Cannot be determined due to insuffi- student is 20 years, then what is the age
cient data of the teacher?
(a) 25 years
3. Three Statements SI, S2 and S3 are given (b) 30 years
below followed by a Question: (c) 35 years
S1 : C is younger than D, but (d) 45 years
older than A and B.
S2 : D is the oldest.
7. A person bought a car and sold it for Rs
S3 : A is older than B. 3,00,000. If he incurred a loss of 20%, then
Question: how much did he spend to buy the car?
Who among A, B, C and D is the young- (a) Rs 3,60,000
est?
(b) Rs 3,65,000
(c) Rs 3,70,000
Which one of the following is correct in
(d) Rs 3,75,000
respect of the above Statements and the
Question?
(a) SI alone is sufficient to answer the 8. Two Statements SI and S2 are given be-
Question. low followed by a Question:
(b) S1 and S2 together are sufficient to an- S1 : n is a prime number.
swer the Question. S2 : n leaves a remainder of 1 when
(c) S2 and S3 together are sufficient to an- divided by 4.
swer the Question.
Question:
(d) S1 and S3 together are sufficient to an-
If n is a unique natural number between
swer the Question.
10 and 20, then what is n?

4. How many integers are there between 1

Which one of the following is correct in

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respect of the above Statements and the (a) 34

Question? (b) 36
(a) SI alone is sufficient to answer the (c) 38
Question.
(d) 40
(b) S2 alone is sufficient to answer the
Question.
(c) S1 and S2 together are sufficient to an- 12. One page is torn from a booklet whose
swer the Question, but neither SI alone pages are numbered in the usual manner
nor S2 alone is sufficient to answer the starting from the first page as 1. The sum
Question. of the numbers on the remaining pages is
195. The torn page contains which of the
(d) SI and S2 together are not sufficient following numbers?
to answer the Question.
(a) 5, 6
(b) 7, 8
9. Two Statements SI and S2 are given be-
low with regard to two numbers followed (c) 9, 10
by a Question: (d) 11, 12
S1 : Their product is 21.
S2 : Their sum is 10. 13. Let A3BC and DE2F be four-digit numbers
Question: where each letter represents a different
digit greater than 3. If the sum of the num-
What are the two numbers? bers is 15902, then what is the difference
between the values of A and D?
Which one of the following is correct in (a) 1
respect of the above Statements and the (b) 2
Question?
(c) 3
(a) SI alone is sufficient to answer the
Question. (d) 4

(b) S2 alone is sufficient to answer the

Question. 14. Two Statements SI and S2 are given be-
(c) S1 and S2 together are sufficient to an- low followed by a Question:
swer the Question, but neither SI alone S1 : There are not more than two fig-
nor S2 alone is sufficient to answer the ures on any page of a 51-page
Question. book.
(d) SI and S2 together are not sufficient S2 : There is at least one figure on ev-
to answer the Question. ery page.
Question:
10. If you have two straight sticks of length Are there more than 100 figures in that
7.5 feet and 3.25 feet, what is the mini- book?
mum length can you measure?
(a) 0.05 foot Which one of the following is correct in
(b) 0.25 foot respect of the above Statements and the
(c) 1 foot Question?

(d) 3.25 feet (a) Both SI and S2 are sufficient to answer

11. A simple mathematical operation in each
number of the sequence 14, 18, 20, 24, 30,
32, ... results in a sequence with respect to
prime numbers. Which one of the follow-
ing is the next number in the sequence?
the Question, but neither SI alone nor
S2 alone is sufficient to answer the
Question.
(b) S1 alone is sufficient to answer the
Question.
(c) SI and S2 together are not sufficient
to answer the Question.

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(d) S2 alone is sufficient to answer the be obtained by using all the digits 1, 2, 3,
Question. 4 and 5 without repetition of digits?
(a) Zero
15. Consider the following data: (b) One
(c) Nine
Average marks Average marks
in English in Hindi (d) Ten
Girls 9 8
Boys 8 7
20. A person X can complete 20% of work in 8
Overall
8.8 x days and another person Y can complete
average marks
25% of the same work in 6 days. If they
work together, in how many days will
What is the value of x in the above table? 40% of the work be completed?
(a) 7.8 (a) 6
(b) 7.6 (b) 8
(c) 7.4 (c) 10
(d) 7.2 (d) 12

16. How many zeroes are there at the end of 21. A car travels from a place X to place Y at
the following product? an average speed of v km/hr, from Y to X
1 × 5 × 10 × 15 × 20 × 25 × 30 at an average speed of 2v km/hr, again
from X to Y at an average speed of 3v km/
× 35 × 40 × 45 × 50 × 55 × 60 hr and again from Y to X at an average
(a) 10 speed of 4v km/hr. Then the average
(b) 12 speed of the car for the entire journey
(a) is less than v km/hr
(c) 14
(b) lies between v and 2v km/hr
(d) 15
(c) lies between 2v and 3y km/hr
(d) lies between 3v and 4y km/hr
17. Let XYZ be a three-digit number, where
(X + Y + Z) is not a multiple of 3. Then
(XYZ + YZX + ZXY) is not divisible by 22. Consider the following statements:
(a) 3 1. The minimum number of points of in-
(b) 9 tersection of a square and a circle is 2.
(c) 37 2. The maximum number of points of in-
tersection of a square and a circle is 8.
(d) (X + Y + Z)
Which of the above statements is/are cor-
rect?
18. Let p, q, r and s be natural numbers such (a) 1 only
that
(b) 2 only
p – 2016 = q + 2017 = r – 2018 = s + 2019
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Which one of the following is the largest
natural number?
(a) p 23. A man takes half time in rowing a certain
distance downstream than upstream. What
(b) q
is the ratio of the speed in still water to
(c) r the speed of current?
(d) s (a) 1 : 2
(b) 2 : 1
19. How many five-digit prime numbers can (c) 1 : 3

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(d) 3 : 1 so that each word has to start with D and

end with I?
24. How many pairs of natural numbers are (a) 24
there such that the difference of whose (b) 18
squares is 63? (c) 12
(a) 3 (d) 6
(b) 4
(c) 5 30. A bottle contains 20 litres of liquid A. 4
(d) 2 litres of liquid A is taken out of it and re-
placed by same quantity of liquid B. Again
4 litres of the mixture is taken out and re-
25. Which one of the following will have mini- placed by same quantity of liquid B. What
mum change in its value if 5 is added to is the ratio of quantity of liquid A to that
both numerator and the denominator of of liquid B in the final mixture?
the fractions 2/3, 3/4, 4/5 and 5/6?
(a) 4 : 1
(a) 2/3
(b) 5 : 1
(b) 3/4
(c) 16 : 9
(c) 4/5
(d) 17 : 8
(d) 5/6

31. The average score of a batsman after his

26. A digit n > 3 is divisible by 3 but not di- 50th innings was 46.4. After 60th innings,
visible by 6. Which one of the following is his average score increases by 2.6. What
divisible by 4? was his average score in the last ten in-
(a) 2n nings?
(b) 3n (a) 122
(c) 2n + 4 (b) 91
(d) 3n + l (c) 62
(d) 49
27. If 1 litre of water weighs 1 kg, then how
many cubic millimetres of water will 32. As a result of 25% hike in the price of rice
weigh 0.1 gm? per kg, a person is able to purchase 6 kg
(a) 1 less rice for Rs 1,200. What was the origi-
(b) 10 nal price of rice per kg?
(c) 100 (a) Rs 30
(d) 1000 (b) Rs 40
(c) Rs 50
28. A vessel full of water weighs 40 kg. If it is (d) Rs 60
one-third filled, its weight becomes 20 kg.
What is the weight of the empty vessel? 33. What is the greatest length x such that
(a) 10 kg
1 3
(b) 15 kg 3 m and 8 m are integral multiples of
2 4
(c) 20 kg x?
(d) 25 kg
1
(a) 1 m
2
29. How many different 5-letter words (with
or without meaning) can be constructed
using all the letters of the word ‘DELHI’

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no woman marries more than one man;

1
(b) 1 m and there are no widows and widowers?
3
1
1 (a) 33 %
(c) 1 m 7
4
(b) 34%
3 2
(d) 1 m
4 (c) 34 %
7
(d) 35%
34. Consider the following data:

Year Birth rate Death rate 38. What is the remainder when 51 × 27 × 35
× 62 × 75 is divided by 100?
1911-1921 48.1 35.5
(a) 50
1921-1931 46.4 36.3
(b) 25
1931-1941 45.2 31.2
(c) 5
1941-1951 39.9 27.4
1951-1961 41.7 22.8 (d) 1

1961-1971 41.1 18.9

1971-1981 37.1 14.8 39. A sum of Rs 2,500 is distributed among X,
1 3 5
For which period was the natural growth Y and Z in the ratio : : . What is the
2 4 6
rate maximum?
difference between the maximum share
(a) 1911-1921 and the minimum share?
(b) 1941-1951 (a) Rs 300
(c) 1961-1971 (b) Rs 350
(d) 1971-1981 (c) Rs 400
(d) Rs 450
35. The recurring decimal representation
1.272727... is equivalent to
40. For what value of n, the sum of digits in
(a) 13/11 the number (10n + 1) is 2?
(b) 14/11 (a) For n = 0 only
(c) 127/99 (b) For any whole number n
(d) 137/99 (c) For any positive integer n only
(d) For any real number n
36. What is the least four-digit number when
divided by 3, 4, 5 and 6 leaves a remain-
der 2 in each case? 41. How many different sums can be formed
with the denominations Rs 50, Rs 100, Rs
(a) 1012 200, Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 taking at least
(b) 1022 three denominations at a time?
(c) 1122 (a) 16
(d) 1222 (b) 15
(c) 14
37. In adult population of a city, 40% men and (d) 10
30% women are married. What is the per-
centage of married adult population if no
man marries more than one woman and 42. A shop owner offers the following dis-
count options on an article to a customer:

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1. Successive discounts of 10% and 20%,

and then pay a service tax of 10%
2. Successive discounts of 20% and 10%,
3. The number of parallelograms that can be
and then pay a service tax of 10%
formed from a set of four parallel lines
3. Pay a service tax of 10% first, then suc- intersecting another set of four parallel
cessive discounts of 20% and 10% lines,
(a) 18
Which one of the following is correct? (b) 24
(a) 1 only is the best option for the cus- (c) 32
tomer.
(d) 36
(b) 2 only is the best option for the cus-
tomer.
(c) 3 only is the best option for the cus- 4. In a school every student is assigned a
tomer. unique identification number. A student
is a football player if and only if the iden-
(d) All the options are equally good for
tification number is divisible by 4, whereas
the customer.
a student is a cricketer if and only if the
identification number is divisible by 6. If
43. What is the largest number among the fol- every number from 1 to 100 is assigned to
lowing? a student, then how many of them play
cricket as well as football?
−3
1
−6
1 (a) 4
(a)   (b)  
2 4 (b) 8

−4 −2
(c) 10
1 1 (d) 12
(c)   (d)  
3 6

5. When a runner was crossing the 12 km

mark, she was informed that she had com-
2019 pleted only 80% of the race. How many
kilometres was the runner supposed to run
in this event?
1. The number of times the digit 5 will ap-
(a) 14
pear while writing the integers from 1 to
1000 is (b) 15
(a) 269 (c) 16
(b) 271 (d) 16.5
(c) 300
(d) 302 6. Raju has Rs 9000 with him and he wants to
buy a mobile handset; but he finds that he
has only 75% of the amount required to
2. A and B are two heavy steel blocks. If B is buy the handset. Therefore, he borrows
placed on the top of A, the weight increases Rs 2000 from a friend. Then
by 60%. How much weight will reduce
(a) Raju still does not have enough
with respect to the total weight of A and
amount to buy the handset.
B, if B is removed from the top of A?
(b) Raju has exactly the same amount as
(a) 60%
required to buy the handset.
(b) 45.5%
(c) Raju has enough amount to buy the
(c) 40% handset and he will have Rs 500 with
(d) 37.5% him after buying the handset.

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(d) Raju has enough amount to buy the ping.

handset and he will have Rs 1000 Select the correct answer using the code
with him after buying the handset. given below:
(a) 1 only
7. In 2002, Meenu’s age was one-third of the (b) 2 only
age of Meera, whereas in 2010, Meenu’s
age was half the age of Meera. What is (c) Both 1 and 2
Meenu’s year of birth? (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(a) 1992
(b) 1994 11. In a school, 60% students play cricket. A
(c) 1996 student who does not play cricket, plays
football. Every football player has got a
(d) 1998 two-wheeler. Which of the following con-
clusions cannot be drawn from the above
8. Rakesh and Rajesh together bought 10 balls data?
and 10 rackets. Rakesh spent Rs 00 and 1. 60% of the students do not have
Rajesh spent Rs 00. If each racket costs two-wheelers.
three times a ball does, then what is the 2. No cricketer has a two-wheeler.
price of a racket?
3. Cricket players do not play football.
(a) Rs 70
Select the correct answer using the code
(b) Rs 90 given below:
(c) Rs 210 (a) 1 and 2 only
(d) Rs 240 (b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
9. In a conference, out of a total 100 partici- (d) 1, 2 and 3
pants, 70 are Indians. If 60 of the total par-
ticipants are vegetarian, then which of the
following statements is/are correct? 12. The ratio of a two-digit natural number to
1. At least 30 Indian participants are a number formed by reversing its digits is
vegetarian. 4 : 7. The number of such pairs is
2. At least 10 Indian participants are (a) 5
non-vegetarian. (b) 4
Select the correct answer using the codes (c) 3
given below:
(d) 2
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
13. In an examination, A has scored 20 marks
(c) Both 1 and 2 more than B. If B has scored 5% less marks
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 than A, how much has B scored?
(a) 360
10. All members of a club went to Mumbai and (b) 380
stayed in a hotel. On the first day, 80% (c) 400
went for shopping and 50% went for
(d) 420
sightseeing, whereas 10% took rest in the
hotel. Which of the following conclusion(s)
can be drawn from the above data? 14. X, Y and Z are three contestants in a race
1. 40% members went for shopping as of 1000 m. Assume that all run with dif-
well as sightseeing. ferent uniform speeds. X gives Y a start of
40 m and X gives Z a start of 64 m. If Y and
2. 20% members went for only shop-

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Z were to compete in a race of 1000 m,

how many metres start will Y give to Z? 19. Sunita cuts a sheet of paper into three
(a) 20 pieces. Length of first piece is equal to the
(b) 25 average of the three single digit odd prime
numbers. Length of the second piece is
(c) 30 equal to that of the first plus one-third the
(d) 35 length of the third. The third piece is as
long as the other two pieces together. The
length of the original sheet of paper is
15. If x is greater than or equal to 25 and y is
(a) 13 units
less than or equal to 40, then which one of
the following is always correct? (b) 15 units
(a) x is greater than y (c) 16 units
(b) (y – x) is greater than 15 (d) 30 units
(c) (y – x) is less than or equal to 15
(d) (x + y) is greater than or equal to 65 20. In the sequence 1, 5, 7, 3, 5, 7, 4, 3, 5, 7,
how many such 5s are there which are not
immediately preceded by 3 but are imme-
16. Ena was born 4 years after her parents’ diately followed by 7 ?
marriage. Her mother is three years
(a) l
younger than her father and 24 years older
than Ena, who is 13 years old. At what (b) 2
age did Ena’s father get married? (c) 3
(a) 22 years (d) None
(b) 23 years
(c) 24 years 21. How many triplets (x, y, z) satisfy the
(d) 25 years equation x + y + z = 6, where x, y and z are
natural numbers?
(a) 4
17. Rakesh had money to buy 8 mobile hand-
sets of a specific company. But the retailer (b) 5
offered very good discount on that par- (c) 9
ticular handset. Rakesh could buy 10 mo-
bile handsets with the amount he had. (d) 10
What was the discount the retailer offered?
(a) 15% 22. If $ means ‘divided by’; @ means ‘multi-
(b) 20% plied by’; # means ‘minus’, then the
value of 10#5@l$5 is
(c) 25%
(a) 0
(d) 30%
(b) 1
(c) 2
18. The average marks of 100 students are
given to be 40. It was found later that (d) 9
marks of one student were 53 which were
misread as 83. The corrected mean marks 23. An 8-digit number 4252746B leaves re-
are mainder 0 when divided by 3. How many
(a) 39 values of B are possible ?
(b) 39.7 (a) 2
(c) 40 (b) 3
(d) 40.3 (c) 4

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(d) 6 (a) Weight of Mohan is greatest

(b) Weight of Sohan is greatest
Directions for the following 3 (three) items : (c) Weight of Rohan is greatest
Read the following information and answer the three (d) Whose weight is greatest’ cannot be
items that follow : determined
Six students A, B, C, D, E and F appeared in
several tests. Either C or F scores the highest. 28. Which one of the following statements is
Whenever C scores the highest, then E scores the correct?
least. Whenever F scores the highest, B scores the
least. (a) Weight of Mohan is least
In all the tests they got different marks; D (b) Weight of Sohan is least
scores higher than A, but they are close competi- (c) Weight of Rohan is least
tors; A scores higher than B; C scores higher than
(d) ‘Whose weight is least’ cannot
A.
be determined

24. If F stands second in the ranking, then

29. If the numerator and denominator of a
the position of B is
proper fraction are increased by the same
(a) Third positive quantity which is greater than
(b) Fourth zero, the resulting fraction is
(c) Fifth (a) always less than the original fraction
(d) Sixth (b) always greater than the original frac-
tion
(c) always equal to the original fraction
25. If B scores the least, the rank of C will be
(d) such that nothing can be claimed
(a) Second definitely
(b) Third
(c) Fourth 30. A printer numbers the pages of a book
(d) Second or third starting with 1 and uses 3089 digits in all.
How many pages does the book have ?

26. If E is ranked third, then which one of the (a) 1040

following is correct ? (b) 1048
(a) E gets more marks than C (c) 1049
(b) C gets more marks than E (d) 1050
(c) A is ranked fourth
(d) D is ranked fifth 31. A family has two children along with their
parents. The average of the weights of the
children and their mother is 50 kg. The
Directions for the following 2 (two) items : average of the weights of the children and
Read the following statements SI and S2 and answer the their father is 52 kg. If the weight of the
two items that follow : father is 60 kg, then what is the weight of
the mother ?
S1 : Twice the weight of Sohan is less than the
weight of Mohan or that of Rohan. (a) 48 kg
S2 : Twice the weight of Rohan is greater than (b) 50 kg
the weight of Mohan or that of Sohan. (c) 52 kg
(d) 54 kg
27. Which one of the following statements is
correct?

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32. Suppose you have sufficient amount of

rupee currency in three denominations :
Re 1, Rs. 10 and Rs. 50. In how many dif-
ferent ways can you pay a bill of Rs. 107 ?
(a) 16
(b) 17
(c) 18
(d) 19

33. Consider two statements SI and S2 fol-

lowed by a question : Which one of the following statements is
S1 : p and q both are prime numbers. not correct with reference to the graph
given above?
S2 : p + q is an odd integer.
(a) On 1st June, the actual progress of
Question : Is pq an odd integer? work was less than expected.
Which one of the following is correct ? (b) The actual rate of progress of work
was the greatest during the month of
(a) S1 alone is sufficient to answer the August.
question (c) The work was actually completed
(b) S2 alone is sufficient to answer the before the expected time.
question (d) During the period from 1st April to
(c) Both S1 and S2 taken together are not 1st September, at no time was the
sufficient to answer the question actual progress more than the ex-
pected progress.
(d) Both S1 and S2 are necessary to an-
swer the question
2. For a sports meet, a winners’ stand com-
prising three wooden blocks is in the fol-
34. Number 136 is added to 5B7 and the sum lowing form :
obtained is 7A3, where A and B are inte-
gers. It is given that 7A3 is exactly divis-
ible by 3. The only possible value of B is
(a) 2
(b) 5
(c) 7
(d) 8

There are six different colours available to

choose from and each of the three wooden
2018 blocks is to be painted such that no two of
them has the same colour. In how many
different ways can the winners’ stand be
1. Consider the following graph : painted?
(a) 120
(b) 81
(c) 66
(d) 36

Directions for the following 2 (two) items :

Consider the following graph in which the birth-
rate and death rate of a country are given, and
answer the two items that follow.

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3. Looking at the graph, it can be inferred

that from 1990 to 2010
(a) population growth rate has
increased
(b) population growth rate has
decreased
(c) growth rate of population has
remained stable
(d) population growth rate shows no
trend

4. With reference to the above graph, con-

sider the following statements consider-
ing 1970 as base year :
1. Population has stabilized after 35
years.
2. Population growth rate has
stabilized after 35 years.
3. Death rate has fallen by 10% in the From the figures, it is observed that the
first 10 years. (a) values of E are different
4. Birthrate has stabilized after 35 (b) ranges (i.e., the difference between
years. the maximum and the minimum) of
Which of the above are the most logical E are different
and rational statements that can be made (c) slopes of the graphs are same
from the above graph? (d) rates of increase of E are different
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1, 2 and 3 6. Consider the following figures A and B :
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 2 and 4

5. Average hourly earnings per year (E) of

the workers in a firm are represented in
figures A and B as follows :

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8. A person bought a refrigerator worth Rs.

22,800 with 12.5% interest compounded
yearly. At the end of first year he paid Rs.
8,650 and at the end of second year Rs.
9,125. How much will he have to pay at
the end of third year to clear the debt?
(a) Rs. 9,990
(b) Rs. 10,000
(c) Rs. 10,590
(d) Rs. 11,250

9. Consider the following graphs. The curves

in the graphs indicate different age groups
in the populations of two countries A and
B over a period of few decades :

The manufacturing cost and projected sales

for a product are shown in the above fig-
ures A and B respectively. What is the
minimum number of pieces that should be
manufactured to avoid a loss?
(a) 2000
(b) 2500
(c) 3000
(d) 3500

7. A lift has the capacity of 18 adults or 30 With reference to the above graphs, which
children. How many children can board of the following are the most logical and
the lift with 12 adults? rational inferences that can be made?
(a) 6 1. Over the last two and a half decades,
(b) 10 the dependency ratio for country B
(c) 12 has decreased.
(d) 15 2. By the end of next two and a half
decades, the dependency ratio of

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country A will be much less than that income ($) rate (%) density
of country B. State 1 704 9.52 70.27
3. In the next two decades, the
work­force relative to its total popu- State 2 419 5.31 35.88
lation will increase in country B as State 3 254 10.83 50.07
compared to country A. State 4 545 9.78 5.94
Select the correct answer using the code
State 5 891 10.8 7612
given below.
(a) 1 and 2 only State 6 1077 11.69 77.5
(b) 2 and 3 only State 7 900 8.88 104.86
(c) 1 and 3 only State 8 395 5.92 6
(d) 1, 2 and 3
State 9 720 7.76 82.25
10. The graph given below indicates the State 10 893 9.55 96.7
changes in key policy rates made by the State 11 363 4.7 57.7
Central Bank several times in a year : State 12 966 7.85 63.8
State 13 495 9.37 52.3
State 14 864 5.46 97.9
State 15 497 7.48 62.3
State 16 777 703 93.8
State 17 335 5.8 49.9
State 18 599 7.49 47.84

11. With reference to the above table, which

Which one of the following can be the most
likely reason for the Central Bank for such
an action?
(a) Encouraging foreign investment
(b) Increasing the liquidity
(c) Encouraging both public and
private savings
(d) Anti-inflationary stance
Directions for the following 2 (two) items :
The following table gives the GDP growth rate
and Tele-density data of different States of a coun-
try in a particular year. Study the table and an-
swer the two items that follow.
States Per capita GDP growth Tele-
of the following is/are the most logical
and rational inference/inferences that
can be made?
1. Higher per capita income is generally
associated with higher Tele-density.
2. Higher GDP growth rate always en-
sures higher per capita income.
3. Higher GDP growth rate does not
necessarily ensure higher Tele-den-
sity.
Select the correct answer using the code
given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 3 only
12. With reference to the above table, the fol-
lowing assumptions have been made :
1. Nowadays, prosperity of an already
high performing State cannot be sus-
tained without making further large
investments in its telecom infrastruc-
ture.
2. Nowadays, a very high Tele-den-
sity is the most essential condition
for promoting the business and eco-

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nomic growth in a State. 3. If x is negative, y must be positive for

Which of the above assumptions is/are any value of x and y.
valid? Select the correct answer using the code
(a) 1 only given below.
(b) 2 only (a) 1 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (b) 2 only
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 nor 3
13. The following graph indicates the compo-
sition of our tax revenue for a period of 15. A shopkeeper sells an article at Rs. 40 and
two decades : gets X% profit. However, when he sells it
at Rs. 20, he faces same percentage of loss.
What is the original cost of the article?
(a) Rs. 10
(b) Rs. 20
(c) Rs. 30
(d) Rs. 40

16. There are 24 equally spaced points lying

on the circumference of a circle. What is
the maximum number of equilateral tri-
angles that can be drawn by taking sets of
three points as the vertices?
(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 8
(d) 12

With reference to the above graph, which 17. Consider the sequence given below : 4/
of the following is/are the most logical 12/95, 1/1/96, 29/1/96, 26/2/96.....
and rational inference/ inferences that can What is the next term of the series?
be made? (a) 24/3/96
1. During the given period, the revenue (b) 25/3/96
from Direct Taxes as percentage of (c) 26/3/96
gross tax revenue has increased while (d) 27/3/96
that of Indirect Taxes decreased.
2. The trend in the revenue from Excise
Duty demonstrates that the growth 18. Twelve equal squares are placed to fit in a
of manufacturing sector has been rectangle of diagonal 5 cm. There are three
negative during the given period. rows containing four squares each. No
gaps are left between adjacent squares.
Select the correct answer using the code
What is the area of each square?
given below.
(a) 1 only 5
(a) sq cm
(b) 2 only 7
(c) Both 1 and 2
7
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (b) sq cm
5
(c) 1 sq cm
14. If x – y = 8, then which of the following
must be true? 25
(d) sq cm
1. Both x and y must be positive for any 12
value of x and y.
2. If x is positive, y must be negative for Directions for the following 3 (three) items :
any value of x and y.

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The following three items are based on the graph (c) 6

given below which shows imports of three differ- (d) 8
ent types of steel over a period of six months of a
year. Study the graph and answer the three items
23. How many diagonals can be drawn by join-
that follow.
ing the vertices of an octagon?
(a) 20
(b) 24
(c) 28
(d) 64

24. The figure drawn below gives the velocity

The figures in the brackets indicate the average
cost per ton over six months period.
graphs of two vehicles A and B. The straight
line OKP represents the velocity of vehicle
A at any instant, whereas the horizontal
straight line CKD represents the velocity of
vehicle B at any instant. In the figure, D is
the point where perpendicular from P meets
the horizontal line CKD such that
1
PD = LD :
2

19. By how much (measured in thousands of

tons) did the import of sheet steel exceed
the import of coil steel in the first three
months of the year?
(a) 11
(b) 15
(c) 19
(d) 23

20. What was the approximate total value (in

$) of sheet steel imported over the six
months period?
(a) 45,555 What is the ratio between the distances
(b) 50,555 covered by vehicles A and B in the time
(c) 55,550 interval OL ?
(d) 65,750
(a) 1 : 2
(b) 2 : 3
21. What was the approximate ratio of sheet (c) 3 : 4
steel and scrap steel imports in the first (d) 1 : 1
three months of the year?
(a) 1 : 1 25. A train 200 metres long is moving at the
(b) 1.2 : 1 rate of 40 kmph. In how many seconds will
(c) 1.4 : 1 it cross a man standing near the railway
(d) 1.6 : 1 line?
(a) 12
22. Consider the following sum : (b) 15
• + 1• + 2• +• 3 + • 1 = 21• (c) 16
(d) 18
In the above sum, • stands for
(a) 4
(b) 5 26. A number consists of three digits of which

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the middle one is zero and their sum is 4.
If the number formed by interchanging the
first and last digits is greater than the num-
ber itself by 198, then the difference be-
tween the first and last digits is
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
27. While writing all the numbers from 700 to
1000, how many numbers occur in which
the digit at hundred’s place is greater than
the digit at ten’s place, and the digit at ten’s
place is greater than the digit at unit’s
place?
(a) 61
(b) 64
(c) 85
(d) 91
28. A bookseller sold ‘a’ number of Geogra-
phy textbooks at the rate of Rs. x per book,
‘a+ 2’ number of History textbooks at the
rate of Rs. (x + 2) per book and ‘a – 2’ num-
ber of Mathematics textbooks at the rate
of Rs. (x - 2) per book. What is his total
sale in Rs. ?
(a) 3x + 3a
(b) 3ax + 8
(c) 9ax
(d) x3a3
29. Two persons, A and B are running on a
circular track. At the start, B is ahead of A
and their positions make an angle of 30°
at the centre of the circle. When A reaches
the point diametrically opposite to his
starting point, he meets B. What is the ra-
tio of speeds of A and B, if they are run-
ning with uniform speeds?
(a) 6 : 5
(b) 4 : 3
(c) 6 : 1
(d) 4 : 2
30. A student has to get 40% marks to pass in
an examination. Suppose he gets 30 marks
and fails by 30 marks, then what are the
maximum marks in the examination?
(a) 100
(b) 120
(c) 150
(d) 300
31. 19 boys turn out for playing hockey. Of
these, 11 are wearing hockey shirts and 14
are wearing hockey pants. There are no
boys without shirts and/or pants. What is
the number of boys wearing full uniform?
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 8
32. If X is between –3 and –1, and Y is between
-1 and 1, then X2 – Y2 is in between which
of the following?
(a) –9 and 1
(b) –9 and –1
(c) 0 and 8
(d) 0 and 9
33. X and Y are natural numbers other than 1,
and Y is greater than X. Which of the fol-
lowing represents the largest number?
(a) XY
(b) X/Y
(c) Y/X
(d) (X + Y)/XY
2017
1. If there is a policy that l/3rd of a popula-
tion of a community has migrated every
year from one place to some other place,
what is the leftover population of that com-
munity after the sixth year, if there is no
further growth in the population during
this period?
(a) 16/243rd part of the population
(b) 32/243rd part of the population
(c) 32/729th part of the population
(d) 64/729th part of the population
2. The sum of income of A and B is more than
that of C and D taken together. The sum
of income of A and C is the same as that of
B and D taken together. Moreover, A earns
half as much as the sum of the income of B
and D. Whose income is the highest?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
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3. 15 students failed in a class of 52. After
removing the names of failed students, a
merit order list has been prepared in which
the position of Ramesh is 22nd from the
top. What is his position from the bottom?
(a) 18th
(b) 17th
(c) 16th
(d) 15th
4. Gopal bought a cell phone and sold it to
Ram at 10% profit. Then Ram wanted to
sell it back to Gopal at 10% loss. What will
be Gopal’s position if he agreed?
(a) Neither loss nor gain
(b) Loss 1%
(c) Gain 1%
(d) Gain 0-5%
5. Suppose the average weight of 9 persons
is 50 kg. The average weight of the first 5
persons is 45 kg, whereas the average
weight of the last 5 persons is 55 kg. Then
the weight of the 5th person will be
(a) 45 kg
(b) 47.5 kg
(c) 50 kg
(d) 52.5 kg
6. P = (40% of A) + (65% of B) and Q = (50%
of A) + (50% of B), where A is greater than
B.
In this context, which of the following
statements is correct?
(a) P is greater than O.
(b) Q is greater than P.
(c) P is equal to Q.
(d) None of the above can be concluded
with certainty.
7. In a city, 12% of households earn less than
Rs. 30,000 per year, 6% households earn
more than Rs. 2,00,000 per year, 22%
households earn more than Rs. 1,00,000 per
year and 990 house­holds earn between Rs.
30,000 and Rs. 1,00,000 per year. How
many households earn between Rs.
1,00,000 and Rs. 2,00,000 per year?
(a) 250
(b) 240
(c) 230
(d) 225
8. There are thirteen 2-digit consecutive odd
numbers. If 39 is the mean of the first five
such numbers, then what is the mean of
all the thirteen numbers?
(a) 47
(b) 49
(c) 51
(d) 45
9. Six boys A, B, C, D, E and F play a game
of cards. Each has a pack of 10 cards. F
borrows 2 cards from A and gives away 5
to C who in turn gives 3 to B while B gives
6 to D who passes on 1 to E. Then the num-
ber of cards possessed by D and E is equal
to the number of cards possessed by
(a) A, B and C
(b) B, C and F
(c) A, B and F
(d) A, C and F
10. There is a milk sample with 50% water in
it. If l/3rd of this milk is added to equal
amount of pure milk, then water in the new
mixture will fall down to
(a) 25%
(b) 30%
(c) 35%
(d) 40%
11. A freight train left Delhi for Mumbai at an
average speed of 40 km/hr. Two hours
later, an express train left Delhi for
Mumbai, following the freight train on a
parallel track at an average speed of 60
km/hr. How far from Delhi would the
express train meet the freight train?
(a) 480 km
(b) 260 km
(c) 240 km
(d) 120 km
12. In a test, Randhir obtained more marks
than the total marks obtained by Kunal and
Debu. The total marks obtained by Kunal
and Shankar are more than those of
Randhir. Sonal obtained more marks than
Shankar. Neha obtained more marks than
Randhir. Who amongst them obtained
highest marks?
(a) Randhir
(b) Neha
(c) Sonal
(d) Data are inadequate
13. Certain 3-digit numbers have the follow-
ing characteristics :
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1. All the three digits are different. 19. If 2 boys and 2 girls are to be arranged in
2. The number is divisible by 7. a row so that the girls are not next to each
3. The number on reversing the digits other, how many possible arrangements
is also divisible by 7. are there?
How many such 3-digit numbers are there? (a) 3 (b) 6
(a) 2 (c) 12 (d) 24
(b) 4
(c) 6 20. The average rainfall in a city for the first
(d) 8 four days was recorded to be 0.40 inch.
The rainfall on the last two days was in
14. How many numbers are there between 99 the ratio of 4 : 3. The average of six days
and 1000 such that the digit 8 occupies the was 0.50 inch. What was the rainfall on the
units place? fifth day?
(a) 64 (a) 0.60 inch (b) 0.70 inch
(b) 80 (c) 0.80 inch (d) 0.90 inch
(c) 90
(d) 104 21. A 2-digit number is reversed. The larger
of the two numbers is divided by the
15. If for a sample data smaller one. What is the largest possible
Mean < Median < Mode remainder?
then the distribution is (a) 9 (b) 27
(a) symmetric (c) 36 (d) 45
(b) skewed to the right
(c) neither symmetric nor skewed 22. The monthly incomes of X and Y are in the
(d) skewed to the left ratio of 4 : 3 and their monthly expenses
are in the ratio of 3 : 2. However, each
16. The age of Mr. X last year was the square saves Rs. 6,000 per month. What is their
of a number and it would be the cube of a total monthly income?
number next year. What is the least num- (a) Rs. 28,000
ber of years he must wait for his age to (b) Rs. 42,000
become the cube of a number again? (c) Rs. 56,000
(a) 42 (d) Rs. 84,000
(b) 38
(c) 25 23. Two walls and a ceiling of a room meet at
(d) 16 right angles at a point P. A fly is in the air
1 m from one wall, 8 m from the other wall
17. P works thrice as fast as Q, whereas P and and 9 m from the point P. How many
Q together can work four times as fast as meters is the fly from the ceiling?
R. If P, Q and R together work on a job, in (a) 4
what ratio should they share the earnings? (b) 6
(a) 3 : 1 : 1 (c) 12
(b) 3 : 2 : 4 (d) 15
(c) 4 : 3 : 4
(d) 3 : 1 : 4 24. There are certain 2-digit numbers. The dif-
ference between the number and the one
18. A bag contains 20 balls. 8 balls are green, obtained on reversing it is always 27. How
7 are white and 5 are red. What is the mini- many such maximum 2-digit numbers are
mum number of balls that must be picked there?
up from the bag blindfolded (without re- (a) 3 (b) 4
placing any of it) to be assured of picking (c) 5 (d) None of the above
at least one ball of each colour?
(a) 17 25. What is the total number of digits printed,
(b) 16 if a book containing 150 pages is to be num-
(c) 13 bered from 1 to 150?
(d) 11 (a) 262 (b) 342
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Which of the following conclusions can be drawn

from the above statements ?
2016 (a) A is older than B
(b) B and D are of the same age
(c) D is older than C
1. 30 g of sugar was mixed in 180 ml water in a (d) A is older than C
vessel A, 40 g of sugar was mixed in 280 ml of
water in vessel B and 20 g of sugar was mixed
6. The monthly average salary paid to all the
in 100 ml of water in vessel C. The solution in
employees of a company was Rs. 5000. The
vessel B is :
monthly average salary paid to male and female
(a) sweeter than that in C
employees was Rs. 5200 and Rs. 4200
(b) sweeter than that in A
respectively. Then the percentage of males
(c) as sweet as that in C
employed in the company is :
(d) less sweet than that in C
(a) 75%
(b) 80%
2. In aid of charity, every student in a class (c) 85%
contributes as many rupees as the number of (d) 90%
students in that class. With the additional
contribution of Rs. 2 by one student only, the 7. Two numbers X and Y are respectively 20%
total collection is Rs. 443. Then how many and 28% less than a third number Z. By what
students are there in the class ? percentage is the number Y less than the number
(a) 12 (b) 21 X?
(c) 43 (d) 45 (a) 12%
(b) 10%
3. Anita’s mathematics test had 70 problems (c) 9%
carrying equal marks i.e., 10 arithmetic, 30 (d) 8%
algebra and 30 geometry. Although she
answered 70% of the arithmetic, 40% of the 8. A daily train is to be introduced between station
algebra and 60% of the geometry problems A and station B starting from each end at 6 AM
correctly, she did not pass the test because she and the journey is to be completed in 42 hours.
got less than 60% marks. The number of more What is the number of trains needed in order to
questions she would have to answer correctly maintain the shuttle service ?
to earn a 60% passing marks is : (a) 2
(a) 1 (b) 5 (b) 3
(c) 7 (d) 9 (c) 4
(d) 7
4. In a class, there are 18 very tall boys. If these
constitute three-fourths of the boys and the total 9. In a question paper there are five questions to
number of boys is two-thirds of the total number be attempted and answer to each question has
of students in the class, what is the number of two choices - True (T) or False (F). It is given
girls in the class ? that no two candidates have given the answers
(a) 6 to the five questions in an identical sequence.
(b) 12 For this to happen the maximum number of
(c) 18 candidates :
(d) 21 (a) 10
(b) 18
5. Consider the following statements : (c) 26
1. Either A and B are of the same age or A (d) 32
is older than B
2. Either C and D are of the same age or D 10. An agricultural field is in the form of a rectangle
is older than C having length X1 meters and breadth X2 meters
3. B is older than C (X1 and X2 are variable). If X1 + X2 = 40 meters,

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then the area of the agricultural field will not (d) R2 + S2 is divisible by 5
exceed which one of the following values?
(a) 400 sq m 16. How many numbers are there between 100 and
(b) 300 sq m 300 which either begin with or end with 2?
(c) 200 sq m (a) 110
(d) 80 sq m (b) 111
(c) 112
11. The sum of the ages of 5 members comprising (d) None of the above
a family, 3 years ago was 80 years. The average
age of the family today is the same as it was 3 17. Four-digit numbers are to be formed using the
years ago, because of an addition of a baby during digits 1, 2, 3 and 4; and none of these four digits
the intervening period. How old is the baby ? are repeated in any manner. Further,
(a) 6 months 1. 2 and 3 are not to immediately follow each
(b) 1 year other
(c) 2 years 2. 1 is not to be immediately followed by 3
(d) 2 years and 6 months 3. 4 is not to appear at the last place
4. 1 is not to appear at the first place
12. The total emoluments of two persons are the How many different numbers can be formed ?
same, but one gets allowances to the extent of (a) 6
65% of his basic pay and the other gets (b) 8
allowances to the extent of 80% of his basic (c) 9
pay. The ratio of the basic pay of the former to (d) None of the above
the basic pay of the latter is :
(a) 16 : 13 18. A cylindrical overhead tank of radius 2 m and
(b) 5 : 4 height 7 m is to be filled from an underground
(c) 7 : 5 tank of size 5.5 m × 4 m × 6 m. How much
(d) 12 : 11 portion of the underground tank is still filled with
water after filling the over head tank completely?
13. A person is standing on the first step from the (a) 1/3
bottom of a ladder. If he has to climb 4 more (b) 1/2
steps to reach exactly the middle step, how many (c) 1/4
steps does the ladder have ? (d) 1/6
(a) 8
(b) 9 19. In a class of 60 students, where the number of
(c) 10 girls is twice that of boys, Kamal, a boy, ranked
(d) 11 seventeenth from the top. If there are 9 girls
ahead of Kamal, the number of boys in rank
14. Ram and Shyam work on a job together for four after him is :
days and complete 60% of it. Ram takes leave (a) 13
then and Shyam works for eight more days to (b) 12
complete the job. How long would Ram take to (c) 7
complete the entire job alone ? (d) 3
(a) 6 days
(b) 8 days 20. A and B walk around a circular park. They start
(c) 10 days at 8 a.m. from the same point in the opposite
(d) 11 days directions. A and B walk at a speed of 2 rounds
per hour and 3 rounds per hour respectively. How
15. If R and S are different integers both divisible many times shall they cross each other after
by 5, then which of the following is not 8.00 a.m. and before 9.30. a.m. ?
necessarily true ? (a) 7
(a) R – S is divisible by 5 (b) 6
(b) R + S is divisible by 10 (c) 5
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26. There is an order of 19000 quantity of a particular

21. W can do 25% of a work in 30 days, X can do product from a customer. The firm produces
1/4 of the work in 10 days, Y can do 40% of the 1000 quantity of that product per day out of
work in 40 days and Z can do 1/3 of the work in which 5% are unfit for sale. In how many days
13 days. Who will complete the work first ? will the order be completed?
(a) W (a) 18
(b) X (b) 19
(c) Y (c) 20
(d) Z (d) 22

22. The average monthly income of a person in a

certain family of 5 is Rs. 10,000. What will be
2015
the average monthly income of a person in the
same family if the income of one person 1. There are 5 tasks and 5 persons. Task-1 cannot
increased by Rs. 1,20,000 per year ? be assigned to either person-1 or person-2. Task-
(a) Rs. 12,000 2 must be assigned to either person-3 or person-
(b) Rs. 16,000 4. Every person is to be assigned one task. In
(c) Rs. 20,000 how many ways can the assignment be done?
(d) Rs. 34,000 (a) 6
(b) 12
23. A round archery target of diameter 1 m is (c) 24
marked with four scoring regions from the (d) 144
centre outwards as red, blue, yellow and white.
The radius of the red band is 0.20 m. The width 2. The monthly incomes of Peter and Paul are in
of all the remaining bands is equal. If archers the ratio of 4 : 3. Their expenses are in the ratio
throw arrows towards the target, what is the of 3 : 2. If each saves Rs. 6,000 at the end of
probability that the arrows fall in the red region the month, their monthly incomes respectively
of the archery target ? are (in Rs.)
(a) 0.40 (a) 24,000 and 18,000
(b) 0.20 (b) 28,000 and 21,000
(c) 0.16 (c) 32,000 and 24,000
(d) 0.04 (d) 34,000 and 26,000

24. A person allows a 10% discount for cash 3. Two cities A and B are 360 km apart. A car
payment from the marked price of a toy and goes from A to B with a speed of 40 km/hr and
still he makes a 10% gain. What is the cost price returns to A with a speed of 60 km/hr. What is
of the toy which is marked Rs. 770 ? the average speed of the car?
(a) Rs. 610 (a) 45 km/hr
(b) Rs. 620 (b) 48 km/hr
(c) Rs. 630 (c) 50 km/hr
(d) Rs. 640 (d) 55 km/hr

25. There are some nectar-filled flowers on a tree 4. In a society it is customary for friends of the
and some bees are hovering on it. If one bee same sex to hug and for friends of opposite sex
lands on each flower, one bee will be left out. If to shake hands when they meet. A group of
two bees land on each flower, one flower will friends met in a party and there were 24
be left out. The number of flowers and bees handshakes.
respectively are : Which one among the following numbers
(a) 1 and 4 indicates the possible number of hugs?
(b) 3 and 2 (a) 39
(c) 3 and 4 (b) 30
(d) 4 and 3 (c) 21
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5. In a plane, line X is perpendicular to line Y and
parallel to line Z; line U is perpendicular to both
lines V and W; line X is perpendicular to line V.
Which one of the following statements is true ?
(a) Z, U and W are parallel.
(b) X, V and Y are parallel.
(c) Z, V and U are all perpendicular to W.
(d) Y, V and W are parallel.
6. A cow costs more than 4 goats but less than 5
goats. If a goat costs between Rs. 600 and Rs.
800, which of the following is a most valid
conclusion?
(a) A cow costs more than Rs. 2,500.
(b) A cow costs less than Rs. 3,600.
(c) A cow costs between Rs. 2,600 and Rs.
3,800.
(d) A cow costs between Rs. 2,400 and Rs.
4,000.
7. In a box of marbles, there are three less white
marbles than the red ones and five more white
marbles than the green ones. If there are a total
of 10 white marbles, how many marbles are
there in the box?
(a) 26
(b) 28
(c) 32
(d) 36
8. Candidates in a competitive examination
consisted of 60% men and 40% women. 70%
men and 75% women cleared the qualifying test
and entered the final test where 80% men and
70% women were successful.
Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) Success rate is higher for women.
(b) Overall success rate is below 50%.
(c) More men cleared the examination than
women.
(d) Both (a) and (b) above are correct.
9. A selection is to be made for one post of Principal
and two posts of Vice-Principal. Amongst the
six candidates called for the interview, only two
are eligible for the post of Principal while they
all are eligible for the post of Vice-Principal. The
number of possible combinations of selectees is
(a) 4
(b) 12
(c) 18
(d) None of the above
10. A student has to opt for 2 subjects out of 5
subjects for a course, namely, Commerce,
Economics, Statistics, Mathematics I and
Mathematics II. Mathematics II can be offered
only if Mathematics I is also opted. The number
of different combinations of two subjects which
can be opted is
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 7
(d) 8
11. A person ordered 5 pairs of black socks and
some pairs of brown socks. The price of a black
pair was thrice that of a brown pair. While
preparing the bill, the bill clerk interchanged the
number of black and brown pairs by mistake
which increased the bill by 100%. What was
the number of pairs of brown socks in the original
order?
(a) 10
(b) 15
(c) 20
(d) 25
12. The number of persons who read magazine X
only is thrice the number of persons who read
magazine Y. The number of persons who read
magazine Y only is thrice the number of persons
who read magazine X. Then, which of the
following conclusions can be drawn?
1. The number of persons who read both the
magazines is twice the number of persons
who read only magazine X.
2. The total number of persons who read ei-
ther one magazine or both the magazines
is twice the number of persons who read
both the magazines.
Select the correct answer using the code given
below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both land 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
13. The graph below depicts the earnings of A and
B over the period 2000 to 2010:
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The price of the commodity in the year 1990

(a) must have been Rs. 10/-
(b) must have been Rs. 12/-
(c) must have been anywhere between Rs.
10/- and Rs. 20/-
(d) is higher than that in the year 1991

17. The proportion of expenditure on various items

by two families A and B are represented in the
following Bar Charts

From the graph, which one of the following can

be concluded?
(a) On the average A earned more than B
during this period.
(b) On the average B earned more than A
during this period.
(c) The earnings of A and B were equal dur-
ing this period.
(d) The earnings of A were less as compared
to B during this period.

14. Two pipes A and B can independently fill a tank

completely in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. If
both the pipes are opened simultaneously, how From these charts, we can conclude that
much time will they take to fill the tank (a) Family A spent more money on food than
completely? Family B.
(a) 10 minutes (b) Family B spent more money on food than
(b) 12 minutes Family A.
(c) 15 minutes (c) Family A and Family B spent the same
(d) 25 minutes amount on food.
(d) The expenditure on food by Family A and
15. If ABC × DEED =ABCABC; where A, B, C, Family B cannot be compared.
D and E are different digits, what are the values
of D and E? 18. Usha runs faster than Kamala, Priti runs slower
(a) D = 2, E = 0 than Swati, Swati runs slower than Kamala.
(b) D = 0, E = 1 Who is the slowest runner?
(c) D = 1, E = 0 (a) Kamala
(d) D = 1, E = 2 (b) Priti
(c) Swati
16. Year-wise variation of the price of a certain (d) Usha
commodity is shown in the following graph:
19. Twelve people form a club. By picking lots, one
of them will host a dinner for all once in a month.
The number of dinners a particular member has
to host in one year is
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(c) Three 25. In a town, 45% population read magazine A,

(d) Cannot be predicted 55% read magazine B, 40% read magazine C,
30% read magazines A and B, 15% read
20. An automobile owner reduced his monthly petrol magazines B and C, 25% read magazines A and
consumption when the prices went up. The C; and 10% read all the three magazines. What
price-consumption relationship is as follows: percentage do not read any magazine?
(a) 10%
Price (in Rs. per litre) 40 50 60 75 (b) 15%
Monthly consumption (in litres) 60 48 40 32. If (c) 20%
the price goes up to Rs. 80 per litre, his expected (d) 25%
consumption (in litres) will be
(a) 30 26. In a 500 metres race, B starts 45 metres ahead
(b) 28 of A, but A wins the race while B is still 35
(c) 26 metres behind. What is the ratio of the speeds
(d) 24 of A to B assuming that both start at the same
time?
21. In a test, a candidate attempted only 8 questions (a) 25 : 21
and secured 50% marks in each of the questions. (b) 25 : 20
If he obtained a total of 40% in the test and all (c) 5 : 3
questions in the test carried equal marks, how (d) 5 : 7
many questions were there in the test?
(a) 8 27. Two equal glasses of same type are respectively
(b) 10 1/3 and 1/4 full of milk. They are then filled up
(c) 15 with water and the contents are mixed in a pot.
(d) 16 What is the ratio of milk and water in the pot?
(a) 7 : 17
22. A father is nine times as old as his son and the (b) 1 : 3
mother is eight times as old as the son. The sum (c) 9 : 21
of the father’s and the mother’s age is 51 years. (d) 11 : 23
What is the age of the son?
(a) 7 years 28. Out of 130 students appearing in an examination,
(b) 5 years 62 failed in English, 52 failed in Mathematics,
(c) 4 years whereas 24 failed in both English and
(d) 3 years Mathematics. The number of students who
passed finally is
23. If A runs less fast than B, and B runs as fast but (a) 40
not faster than C; then, as compared to A, C (b) 50
runs (c) 55
(a) slower than A (d) 60
(b) faster than A
(c) with same speed as A 29. In a group of persons travelling in a bus, 6
(d) Given data is not sufficient to determine persons can speak Tamil, 15 can speak Hindi
and 6 can speak Gujarati. In that group none
24. Each of A, B, C and D has Rs. 100. A pays Rs. can speak any other language. If 2 persons in
20 to B, who pays Rs. 10 to C, who gets Rs. 30 the group can speak two languages only and
from D. In this context, which one of the one person can speak all the three languages,
following statements is not correct? then how many persons are there in the group?
(a) C is the richest. (a) 21
(b) D is the poorest. (b) 22
(c) C has more than what A and D have to- (c) 23
gether (d) 24
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30. In a parking area, the total number of wheels of (c) has increased by 8%.
all the cars (four-wheelers) and scooters/ (d) is exactly the same as the old area.
motorbikes (two-wheelers) is 100 more than
twice the number of parked vehicles. The 5. A straight line segment is 36 cm long. Points
number of cars parked is are to be marked on the line from both the end
(a) 35 points. From each end, the first point is at a
(b) 45 distance of 1 cm from the end, the second point
(c) 50 is at a distance of 2 cm from the first point and
(d) 55 the third point is at a distance of 3 cm from the
second point and so on. If the points on the ends
are not counted and the common points are
2014 counted as one, what is the number of points?
(a) 10
(b) 12
1. Five persons fire bullets at a target at an interval (c) 14
of 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 seconds respectively. The (d) 16
number of times they would fire the bullets
together at the target in an hour is 6. If Sohan, while selling two goats at the same
(a) 6 price, makes a profit of 10% on one goat and
(b) 7 suffers a loss of 10% on the other
(c) 8 (a) he makes no profit and no loss.
(d) 9 (b) he makes a profit of 1%.
(c) he suffers a loss of 1%.
2. A group of 630 children is seated in rows for a (d) he suffers a loss of 2%.
group photo session. Each row contains three
less children than the row in front of it. Which 7. Out of a total of 120 musicians in a club, 5%
one of the following number of rows is not can play all the three instruments, guitar, violin
possible? and flute. It so happens that the number of
(a) 3 musicians who can play any two and only two
(b) 4 of the above instruments is 30. The number of
(c) 5 musicians who can play the guitar alone is 40.
(d) 6 What is the total number of those who can play
violin alone or flute alone?
3. Assume that (a) 45
1. the hour and minute hands of a clock move (b) 44
without jerking. (c) 38
2. the clock shows a time between 8 o’clock (d) 30
and 9 o’clock.
3. the two hands of the clock are one above 8. Six identical cards are placed on a table. Each
the other. card has number ‘1’ marked on one side and
After how many minutes (nearest integer) will number ‘2’ marked on its other side. All the six
the two hands be again lying one above the cards are placed in such a manner that the
other? number ‘1’ is on the upper side. In one try,
(a) 60 exactly four (neither more nor less) cards are
(b) 62 turned upside down. In how many least number
(c) 65 of tries can the cards be turned upside down
(d) 67 such that all the six cards show number ‘2’ on
the upper side?
4. A gardener increased the area of his rectangular (a) 3
garden by increasing its length by 40% and (b) 5
decreasing its width by 20%. The area of the (c) 7
new garden (d) This cannot be achieved
(a) has increased by 20%.
(b) has increased by 12%.

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9. A bell rings every 18 minutes. A second bell rings (a) Rs. 900 (b) Rs. 1,540
every 24 minutes. A third bell rings every 32 (c) Rs. 1,610 (d) Rs. 2,000
minutes. If all the three bells ring at the same
time at 8 o’clock in the morning7, at what other Directions (Q. Nos. 15-18) : The following graph
time will they all ring together? shows the average profit of two fruit - sellers A and B
(a) 12 : 40 hrs in thousands (Rs.) per year from the year 1995 to 2000.
(b) 12 : 48 hrs Consider the graph and answer the 4 (four) questions
(c) 12 : 56 hrs that follow.
(d) 13 : 04 hrs

10. As per agreement with a bank, a businessman

had to refund a loan in some equal instalments
without interest. After paying 18 instalments he
found that 60 percent of his loan was refunded.
How many instalments were there in the
agreement?
(a) 22
(b) 24
(c) 30
(d) 33

11. A worker reaches his factory 3 minutes late if

his speed from his house to the factory is 5 km/
hr. If he walks at a speed of 6 km/hr, then he
reaches the factory 7 minutes early. The
distance of the factory from his house is
(a) 3 km (b) 4 km
(c) 5 km (d) 6 km 15. In which year is the average profit of A and B
same?
12. Four persons, Alok, Bhupesh, Chander and (a) 1995 (b) 1996
Dinesh have a total of 100 among themselves. (c) 1997 (d) 1998
Alok and Bhupesh between them have as much
money as Chander and Dinesh between them, 16. What is the difference between the average
but Alok has more money than Bhupesh; and profit of B and A in the year 1998 ?
Chander has only half the money that Dinesh (a) Rs. –100 (b) Rs. – 1,000
has. Alok has in fact ? 5 more than Dinesh has. (c) Rs. + 600 (d) Rs. – 300
Who has the maximum amount of money?
(a) Alok (b) Bhupesh 17. How much more average profit did A make in
(c) Chander (d) Dinesh the year 2000 than in the year 1999?
(a) Rs. 200 (b) Rs. 1,000
13. Two cars start towards each other, from two (c) Rs. 1,500 (d) Rs. 2,000
places A and B which are at a distance of 160
km. They start at the same time 08: 10 AM. If 18. What is the trend of the average profit of B
the speeds of the cars are 50 km and 30 km per from the year 1997 to the year 2000?
hour respectively, they will meet each other at (a) Non-increasing
(a) 10 : 10 AM (b) 10 : 30 AM (b) Non-decreasing
(c) 11 : 10 AM (d) 11 : 20 AM (c) Steady
(d) Fluctuating
14. For a charity show, the total tickets sold were
420. Half of these tickets were sold at the rate
of Rs. 5 each, one-third at the rate of Rs. 3
each and the rest for Rs. 2 each. What was the
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19. The following table shows the marks obtained 5. A thief running at 8 km/hr is chased by a
by two students in different subjects: policeman whose speed is 10 km/hr. If the thief
Student Maximum Student Maximum
is 100 m ahead of the policeman, then the time
A Marks B Marks required for the policeman to catch the thief will
English 60 100 80 150 be
Psychology 70 100 70 100
History 50 100 60 100 (a) 2 min (b) 3 min
Sanskrit 30 50 15 25 (c) 4 min (d) 6 min
The difference in the mean aggregate
percentage marks of the students is 6. A train travels at a certain average speed for a
(a) 2.5% (b) 13.75% distance of 63 km and then travels a distance of
(c) 12.5% (d) Zero 72 km at an average speed of 6 km/hr more
than its original speed. If it takes 3 hours to
complete the total journey, what is the original
2013 speed of the train in km/hr?
(a) 24 (b) 33
1. Four friends, A, B, C and D distribute some (c) 42 (d) 66
money among themselves in such a manner that
A gets one less than B, C gets 5 more than D, D 7. In a rare coin collection, there is one gold coin
gets 3 more than B. Who gets the smallest for every three non-gold coins. 10 more gold
amount? coins are added to the collection and the ratio of
(a) A (b) B gold coins to non-gold coins would be 1 : 2. Based
(c) C (d) D on the information, the total number of coins in
the collection now becomes
2. There are five hobby clubs in a college viz., (a) 90 (b) 80
photography, yachting, chess, electronics and (c) 60 (d) 50
gardening. The gardening group meets every
second day, the electronics group meets every 8. A gardener has 1000 plants. He wants to plant
third day, the chess group meets every fourth them in such a way that the number of rows
day, the yachting group meets every fifth day and the number of columns remains the same.
and the photography group meets every sixth What is the minimum number of plants that he
day. How many times do all the five groups meet needs more for this purpose ?
on the same day within 180 days ? (a) 14 (b) 24
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 32 (d) 34
(c) 10 (d) 18
9. A sum of Rs. 700 has to be used to give seven
3. There are some balls of red, green and yellow cash prizes to the students of a school for their
colour lying on a table. There are as many red overall academic performance. If each prize is
balls as there are yellow balls. There are twice Rs. 20 less than its preceding prize, what is the
as many yellow balls as there are green ones. least value of the prize ?
The number of red balls (a) Rs. 30 (b) Rs. 40
(a) is equal to the sum of yellow and green (c) Rs. 60 (d) Rs. 80
balls.
10. Out of 120 applications for a post, 70 are male
(b) is double the number of green balls.
and 80 have a driver’s license. What is the ratio
(c) is equal to yellow balls minus green balls. between the minimum to maximum number of
(d) cannot be ascertained. males having driver’s license ?
(a) 1 to 2 (b) 2 to 3
4. In a class of 45 students, a boy is ranked 20th (c) 3 to 7 (d) 5 to 7
When two boys joined, his rank was dropped by
one. What is his new rank from the end ? 11. In a garrison, there was food for 1000 soldiers
(a) 25th (b) 26th for one month. After 10 days, 1000 more soldiers
(c) 27th (d) 28th joined the garrison. How long would the soldiers
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(a) 25 days (b) 20 days Which car maintained the maximum average
(c) 15 days (d) 10 days speed?
(a) Car A (b) Car B
12. The tank-full petrol in Arun’s motor-cycle lasts (c) Car C (d) Car D
for 10 days. If he starts using 25% more
everyday, how many days will the tank-full petrol Direction for the following 5 (five) items:
last ? Study the two figures given below and answer the
(a) 5 (b) 6 five items that follow:
(c) 7 (d) 8

13. A person can walk a certain distance and drive

back in six hours. He can also walk both ways
in 10 hours. How much time will he take to drive
both ways ?
(a) Two hours
(b) Two and a half hours
(c) Five and a half hours
(d) Four hours

14. Consider the following diagrams :

x men, working at constant speed, do a certain
job in y days. Which one of these diagrams
Figure 1 : Number of Professors in selected disciplines
shows the relation between x and y?
in a University by sex

Figure 2 : Age of Physics Professors

16. How many Physics professors belong to the age

group 35 — 44?
(a) 18 (b) 16
(c) 14 (d) 12
(a) diagram I (b) diagram II
(c) diagram III (d) diagram IV 17. Which one of the following disciplines has the
highest ratio of males to females?
15. Four cars are hired at the rate of Rs. 6 per km (a) Physics (b) Mathematics
plus the cost of diesel at Rs. 40 a litre. In this (c) Chemistry (d) Economics
context, consider the details given in the
following table:
18. What percentage of all Psychology “professors
Car Mileage Hours Total are females ?
(km/l) Payment (Rs.) (a) 40% (b) 50%
A 8 20 2120
(c) 60% (d) 70%
B 10 25 1950
C 9 24 2064
D 11 22 1812 19. If the number of female Physics professors in
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Physics professors in that age group, then what

is the number of male Physics professors in the 1. Consider the four age pyramids given below
age group 25 — 34? namely A, B, C and D representing four different
countries.
(a) 9 (b) 6
(c) 3 (d) 2 A B C D

Age
20. If the Psychology professors in the Univerity Percent in age class
constitute 2% of all the professors in the
Which one of them indicates the declining
University, then what is the number of professors
population ?
in the University? (a) A (b) B
(a) 400 (b) 500 (c) C (d) D
(c) 600 (d) 700
2. The following figure has four curves namely
2012 A, B, C and D. Study the figure and answer
the item that follows.
1. Mr. Kumar drives to work at an averag speed
of 48 km per hour. The time taker to cover the
first 60% of the distance if 10 minutes more
6
than the time taken to cover the remaining A
distance. How far if his office? Population (billions) 5

(a) 30 km (b) 40 km 4 B
(c) 45 km (d) 48 km 3
C
2
2. Consider the following information regarding the 1 D
performance of a class of 1000 students in four
0
different tests : 0
AD 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000
Year
Tests I II III IV
Average marks 60 60 70 80
Which curve indicates the exponential growth?
Range of marks 30 45 20 0
(a) A (b) B
to to to to
90 75 100 100 (c) C (d) D

If a student scores 74 marks in each of the four

Directions for the following 2 (two) items:
tests, in which one of the following tests is her
The following pie charts show the break-up of disease
performance the best comparatively?
categories recorded in the patients from two towns,
(a) Test I (b) Test II Town A and Town B. Pie charts plot the disease
(c) Test III (d) Test IV categories as percentage of the total number of
patients. Based on these, answer the two items that
3. Two glasses of equal volume are respectively follow the charts.
half and three-fourths filled with milk. They are
then filled to the brim by adding water. Their
contents an then poured into another vessel.
What will be the ratio of milk to water in this
vessel ?
(a) 1 : 3 (b) 2 : 3
(c) 3:2 (d) 5:3

2011

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Distribution of diease in Town -A

Others

Velocity
B
13% in
Obesity Tra
34% i nA
Diabetes Tra
18%
0 t0
Time
High BP
Heart Disease 13%
22% With reference to the above graph, which one
of the, following statements is not correct?
(a) Train B has an initial accel-
eration greater than that of Train A.
(b) Train 13 is faster than Train
A at all times.
Distribution of disease in Town - B
(c) Both trains have the same
Others
velocity at time to’
Obesity (d) Both-trains travel the same
28% 20%
distance in time to units.

Diabetes
6. A contract on construction job specifies a penalty
24%
for delay in completion of the work beyond a
Heart Disease
High BP
certain date IS as follows : f 200 for the first
30%
19% day, f 250 for the second day, f 300 for the third
day etc., the penalty for each succeeding day
being f 50 more than that of the preceding day.
3. Which of the two towns has a higher number of
How much penalty should the contractor pay if
persons with Diabetes?
he delays the work by 10 days ?
(a) Town A
(a) Rs. 4950 (b) Rs.
(b) Town B
4250
(c) Same in Town A and Town
(c) Rs. 3600 (d) Rs.
B
650.
(d) No inference can be drawn

7. A person has only Rs. 1 and Rs. 2 coins with

4. What can we say about persons with more than
her. If the total number of coins that she has is
one disease from these graphs?
(a) There are likely to be per-
50 and the amount of money with her is Rs. 75,
sons with more than one disease in then the number of Rs. 1 and Rs. 2 coins are,
Town A. respectively
(b) There are likely to be per- (a) 15 and 35 (b) 35 and 15
sons with more than one’ disease in (c) 30 and 20 (d) 25and 25
Town B
(c) There are likely to be per- 8. Three persons start walking together and. their
sons with more than one disease in steps measure 40 cm, 42 cm and 45 cm
both Towns A and B.
respectively. What is the minimum distance each
(d) No inference can be
should walk so that each can cover the same
drawn.
distance in complete steps ?
(a) 25 m 20 cm (b) 50 m 40 cm
5. Consider the following Velocity- Time graph. It
(c) 75 m 60 cm (d) 100 m 80 cm
shows two trains’ starting simultaneously on
·parallel tracks. 9. If a bus travels 160 km in 4 hours and a train
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then what is the ratio of the distances traveled With reference to the above graph, consider the
by them in one hour? following statements.
(a) 8: 5 (b) 5: 8 1. There race was won by A
(c) 4: 5 (d) 1: 2 2. B was ahead of A up to 25 km
mark.
10. There are 100 students in a particular class. 60% 3. C ran very slowly from the begin-
students play cricket, 30% student play football ning
and 10% students play both the games. What is Which of the statements given above is/are
the number of students who play neither cricket correct ?
nor football ? (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 only
(a) 25 (b) 20 (c) 2 and3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 18 (d) 15
15. There are four routes to travel from city A to
11. A village having a population of 4000 requires’ city B and six routes from city B to city C. How
150 liters of water per head : per day. It has a many routes are possible to ravel from the city
A to city C?
tank· measuring 20m × 15m × 6m . The water
(a) 4 (b) 2
of this tank will last for
(a) 2 days (b) 3 days (c) 0 (d) 8
(c) 4 days (d) 5 days
Read the following passage and answer the 3
(three) items that follow:
12. A student on her first 3 tests received an In a survey regarding a proposed measure to be
average score of N points. If she exceeds her introduced, 2878 persons took part of which 1652 were
previous average score by 20 points on her fourth males. 1226 persons voted against the proposal of
test, then what is the average score for the first which 796 were males. 1425 persons voted for the
4 tests? proposal. 196 females were undecided.
(a) N + 20 (b) N + 10
(c) N + 4 (d) N + 5 16. How many females voted for the proposal?
(a) 430 (b) 600
13. In a group of persons, 70% of the persons are (c) 624 (d) 640
male and 30% of the persons are married. If
two-sevenths’ of the males are married, what 17. How many males were undecided ?
fraction of the females is single ?
(a) 31 (b) 227
(a) 2/7 (b) 1/3
(c) 3/7 (d) 2/3 (c) 426 (d) 581

14. Consider the following distance- time graph. The 18. How many females were not in favour of the
graph shows three athletes A, Band C running proposal ?
side by side for a 30 km race. (a) 430 (b) 496
(c) 586 (d) 1226
B
35
C 19. In a queue, Mr. X is fourteenth from the front
and Mr. Y is seventeenth from the end, while
30
A Mr. Z is exactly in between Mr. X and Mr. Y. If
Time in min

25
Mr. X is ahead of Mr. Y and there are 48 persons
20 A in the queue, how . many persons are there
15 B between Mr. X and Mr. Z ?
10 C
(a) 6 (b) 7
5 (c) 8 (d) 9
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Distance in km Directions for the following 3 (three) terms:
Read the passage given below, study the graph that
follows and answer the three items given below the

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figure.
During a party, a person was exposed to con-
taminated water. A few days later, he developed fever
and loose motions. He suffered for some days before
going to a doctor for treatment. On starting the treat-
ment, he soon became better and recovered completely
a few days later. The following graph shows different
phases of the person’s disease condition as regions A,
B, C, D and E of the curve.

20. Which region/regions of the curve correspond/

corresponds to incub- ation phase of the
infection?
(a) A only
(b) B only
(c) Band C
(d) No part of the curve indicates the incu-
bation phase

21. Which region of the curve indicates the person

began showing symptoms of infection?
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D

22. Which region of the curve indicates that the

treatment yielded effective relief?
(a) C
(b) D
(c) E
(d) The curve does not indicate the treat-
ment.

23. A contract on construction job specifies a penalty

for delay in completion of the work beyond a
certain date IS as follows : f 200 for the first
day, f 250 for the second day, f 300 for the third
day etc., the penalty for each succeeding day
being f 50 more than that of the preceding day.
How much penalty should the contractor pay if
he delays the work by 10 days ?
(a) Rs. 4950 (b) Rs. 4250
(c) Rs. 3600 (d) Rs. 650.

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1. (b) 6 4
2. (b) 41
34. (d) 1971-1981
3. (d) S1 and S3 together are sufficient to answer
the Question. 35. (b) 14/11
4. (c) 12
36. (b) 1022
5. (a) u = 4v
6. (c) 35 years 2
37. (c) 34 %
7. (d) Rs 3,75,000 7
8. (d) SI and S2 together are not sufficient to
answer the Question. 38. (a) 50
9. (c) S1 and S2 together are sufficient to answer 39. (c) Rs 400
the Question, but neither SI alone nor S2
alone is sufficient to answer the Question. 40. (b) For any whole number n
10. (b) 0.25 foot
41. (a) 16
11. (c) 38
12. (b) 7, 8 42. (d) All the options are equally good for the
customer.
13. (c) 3
14. (c) SI and S2 together are not sufficient to −2
answer the Question.  1
43. (c)  
15. (a) 7.8 6
16. (a) 10
2019
17. (b) 9
18. (c) r 1 (c) 300
19. (a) Zero 2 (d) 37.5%
20. (a) 6 3 (d) 36
4 (b) 8
21. (b) lies between v and 2v km/hr 5 (b) 15
22. (c) Both 1 and 2 6 (a) Raju still does not have enough amount to buy
23. (d) 3 : 1 the handset.
7 (b) 1994
24. (a) 3 8 (c) Rs 210
25. (d) 5/6 9 (c) Both 1 and 2
26. (d) 3n + l 10 (a) 1 only
11 (d) 1, 2 and 3
27. (c) 100 12 (b) 4
28. (a) 10 kg 13 (b) 380
29. (d) 6 14 (b) 25
15 (c) (y – x) is less than or equal to 15
30. (c) 16 : 9
16 (b) 23 years
31. (c) 62 17 (b) 20%
18 (b) 39.7
32. (b) Rs 40
19 (d) 30 units
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21 (d) 10 2017
22 (d) 9 1. (d) 64/729th part of the population
23 (c) 4 2. (b) B
24 (c) Fifth 3. (c) 16th
25 (d) Second or third 4. (c) Gain 1%
26 (b) C gets more marks than E 5. (c) 50 kg
27 (d) Whose weight is greatest’ cannot be 6. (d) None of the above can be concluded with
determined certainty.
28 (b) Weight of Sohan is least 7. (b) 240
29 (b) always greater than the original fraction 8. (a) 47
30 (c) 1049 9. (b) B, C and F
31 (d) 54 kg 10. (a) 25%
32 (c) 18 11. (c) 240 km
33 (b) S2 alone is sufficient to answer the question 12. (d) Data are inadequate
34 (d) 8 13. (b) 4
14. (c) 90
2018 15. (d) skewed to the left
16. (b) 38
1. (d) During the period from 1st April to 1st
17. (a) 3:1:1
September, at no time was the actual
18. (b) 16
progress more than the expected
19. (c) 12
progress.
20. (c) 0.80 inch
2. (a) 120
21. (d) 45
3. (a) population growth rate has
22. (b) Rs. 42,000
increased
23. (a) 4
4. (d) 2 and 4
24. (d) None of the above
5. (c) slopes of the graphs are same
6. (a) 2000 25. (b) 342
7. (b) 10
8. (d) Rs. 11,250 2016
9. (b) 2 and 3 only 1. (d) less sweet than that in C
10. (b) Increasing the liquidity 2. (b) 21
11. (d) 3 only 3. (b) 5
12. (d) Neither 1 nor 2 4. (b) 12
13. (d) Neither 1 nor 2 5. (d) A is older than C
14. (d) Neither 1 nor 2 nor 3 6. (b) 80%
15. (c) Rs. 30
7. (b) 10%
16. (c) 8
8. (c) 4
17. (b) 25/3/96
9. (d) 32
18. (c) 1 sq cm
19. (c) 19 10. (a) 400 sq m
20. (c) 55,550 11. (b) 1 year
21. (b) 1.2 : 1 12. (a) 16 : 13
22. (d) 8 13. (b) 9
23. (a) 20 14. (c) 10 days
24. (c) 3 : 4 15. (b) R + S is divisible by 10
25. (d) 18 16. (a) 110
26. (b) 2
17. (a) 6
27. (c) 85
28. (b) 3ax + 8 18. (a) 1/3
29. (a) 6 : 5 19. (b) 12
30. (c) 150 20. (a) 7
31. (c) 6 21. (d) Z
32. (d) 0 and 9
22. (a) Rs. 12,000
33. (a) XY
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24. (c) Rs. 630 12. (a) Alok

25. (c) 3 and 4 13. (a) 10 : 10 AM
14. (c) Rs. 1,610
26. (c) 20
15. (b) 1996
16. (c) Rs. + 600
2015 17. (d) Rs. 2,000
1. (c) 24 18. (b) Non-decreasing
2. (a) 24,000 and 18,000 19. (d) Zero
3. (b) 48 km/hr
4. (c) 21
2013
5. (d) Y, V and W are parallel.
6. (d) A cow costs between Rs. 2,400 and Rs. 4,000. 1 (a) A
7. (b) 28
8. (c) More men cleared the examination than 2 (a) 3
women. 3 (b) is double the number of green balls.
9. (b) 12
10. (b) 6 4 (c) 27th
11. (d) 25 5 (b) 3 min
12. (d) Neither 1 nor 2
13. (a) On the average A earned more than B during 6 (c) 42
this period.
7 (a) 90
14. (b) 12 minutes
15. (c) D = 1, E = 0 8 (b) 24
16. (c) must have been anywhere between Rs. 10/-
9 (b) Rs. 40
and Rs. 20/-
17. (c) Family A and Family B spent the same amount 10 (c) 3 to 7
on food.
18. (b) Priti 11 (d) 10 days
19. (d) Cannot be predicted 12 (d) 8
20. (a) 30
21. (b) 10 13 (a) Two hours
22. (d) 3 years 14 (d) diagram IV
23. (b) faster than A
24. (c) C has more than what A and D have together 15 (d) Car D
25. (c) 20% 16 (b) 16
26. (a) 25 : 21
27. (a) 7 : 17 17 (a) Physics
28. (a) 40
18 (c) 60%
29. (c) 23
30. (c) 50 19 (a) 9
20 (b) 500
2014
1. (c) 8
2. (d) 6 2012
3. (c) 65
4. (b) has increased by 12%. 1. (b) 40 km
5. (b) 12
6. (c) he suffers a loss of 1%. 2. (b) Test II
7. (b) 44 3.(d) 5:3
8. (a) 3
9. (b) 12 : 48 hrs
10. (c) 30
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2. (d) D 8 (a) Minimum distance is the LCM of 40, 42 &

3. (d) As the total number of patients in the town is 45
not known, so we cannot find that which town LCM (40, 42, 45) = 2520
has a higher number of persons with diabetes 2520 cm = 25 m & 20 cm
as it can be town A or B.
4 (b) Sum of the percentages of the pie chart 160
9 (b) Speed of bus = = 40km / hr.
representing of the pie chart representing the 4
distribution of diseases in town A is 100%, so
320
no overlapping is possible means there one no Speed of train = = 64km / hr.
persons with more than one disease. 5
But the sum of the percentages of the pie chart As the time is same i.e. 1 hr. so the ratio of
representing the distribution of diseases in distance is same as the ratio of the speeds
town B is more than 100%, so overlapping is which is 40 : 64 or 5 : 8 .
possible, so there are definitely some persons
10 (b) Number of students who play at least one of
with more than one disease.
the two games
5. (d) Statement (a) is true, as it is clear from the = 60 + 30 − 10
graph that the train B moved with greater = 80%
acceleration initially than the train A. So, 20% of the students do not play the two
Statement (b) is true as it is clear from the games.
graph that at all times train B moves faster
than A. 20% of 100 = 20
Statement (c) is true as the velocity of both 11(b) 1m3 = 1000 litres
the trains at time t 0 is represented by the same Capacity of tank ( in litres )
No. of days =
point. Re quirement per day
Statement (d) is false as both the trains has
traveled for the same time and at all times 20 × 15 × 6 × 1000
=
train B moves at a faster speed than the train 150 × 4000
A, so also the distance traveled by the train B = 3 days.
is also more than the distance traveled by train
A. 12(d) Average in the first 3 tests = N
Also, the area under the curve of the velocity- So the sum total of first three tests =3N
time graph gives the distance traveled which Score in the fourth test = N + 20
is more for the train B. Now, the Average for the first 4 tests
6(b) Total penalty for 10 days 3N + N + 20
= 200 + 250 + 300 + ……..650 =
4
= 200 + (200 + 50) + (200 + 100) + ..... (200 +
400) 4N + 20
=
= 200 ×10 + 50 (1 + 2 + .....9 ) 4
= N+5
9 × 10
= 2000 + 50 × Alternative Method:
2 As the score in Fourth test is 20 more than the average
= 4250 of the first 3 tests, so we have to divide 20 in 4 equal
7 (d) Let the number of coins of rupee 1 & 2 is x
20
& y resp. parts i.e. Average = N + = N+5.
4
x + y = 50 .....(1)
x+2y=75 ......(2)
Soling equations (1) & (2) we get x =25 &
y = 25
Alternative method :-
Use options

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13 (d) Let the total number of persons =100

100

70(Male) 30(Female)

20 50 10 20
Married Unmarried Married Unmarried
20 out of the 30 females are single.
20 2
So, Fraction = =
30 3
14 (b) 1 and 2 only
15 (a) 4
16 (a) 430
17 (a) 31
18 (a) 430
19 (c) 8
20 (a) A only
21 (b) B
22 (a) E
23 (b) Rs. 4250

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