PRACTICE PAPER

1. In a row of 40 students Shekhar is seventeenth from right and then what will be
Shekhar’s position from left?
(A) 22 (B) 23
(C) 24 (D) 28

2. Atul is seventeenth rank above to Susheel who is thirty from the top in the row of 50
students. Then what will be the position of Atul from bottom?
(A) 36 (B) 37
(C) 38 (D) 39

3. In a row of 35 students Rakesh when shifted by six places towards right, then he
becomes eighteenth from right. Then what was Rakesh’s previous position from left
before shifting?
(A) 10 (B) 13
(C) 12 (D) 11

4. Raju is seventh from left and Rohan is nineth from right. If there are six students
between them, then how many students are there in the row?
(A) 8 (B) 10
(C) 22 (D) 21

5. Ram is eighth from left and he is fourth to the left of Shyam who is eighth from right.
Then how many students are there in the row?
(A) 12 (B) 19
(C) 24 (D) 20

6. Amit is seventeenth from left and Sumit is fourteenth from right in the row of 50
students and Ankit is sitting just exactly in between them. Then what will be Ankit’s
position form right end.
(A) 24 (B) 19
(C) 18 (D) 15

7. Anuj is fourteenth from left and Raj is eighteenth from right. When they interchange
their positions respectively, then Anuj becomes twenty third from left. What will be
Raj from right after interchanging?
(A) 25 (B) 26
(C) 27 (D) 28

8. Jai is twenty first from left and Aman is twenty fourth from right. When they
interchange their positions respectively, then Aman becomes thirty first from right
end. Then what will be Jai’s position from left after interchanging?
(A) 25 (B) 26
(C) 27 (D) 28
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Directions (Questions 9 – 10): In a row of boys and girls Radha is sixth from the top and
Atul is twelfth from top. Radha is fourth from the top and sixth from bottom among girls. Atul
is seventh from the top and twenty fourth from bottom among boys.

9. How many children are there in the row?

(A) 41 (B) 39
(C) 48 (D) 49

10. How many girls are sitting below Atul?

(A) 15 (B) 4
(C) 16 (D) 18

11. George is fifth from the left and Peter is twelfth from the right end in a row of children.
If Peter shifts by three places towards George, he becomes tenth from the left end.
How many children are there in the row?
(A) 21 (B) 22
(C) 23 (D) 24

12. In a row of boys, if A who is tenth from the left and B who is ninth from the right if
they interchange their positions, A becomes fifteenth from the left. How many boys
are there in the row?
(A) 23 (B) 27
(C) 28 (D) 31

13. If a : b = 5 : 9 and b : c = 4 : 7 , then a : b : c.

(A) 5 : 9 : 63 (B) 20 : 36 : 63
(C) 20 : 9 : 63 (D) 9 : 36 : 63

14. If x : y = 3 : 4, find ( 4x + 5y ) : ( 5x − 2y )
7 7
(A) (B)
32 9
32 32
(C) (D)
7 9

15. A mixture contains alcohol and water in the ratio 4 : 3. If 5 litres of water is added to
the mixture, the ratio becomes 4 : 5. The quantity of alcohol in the given mixture is?
(A) 10 (B) 12
(C) 9 (D) 14

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16. If : = : , then the value of x is
5 x x 1.25
(A) 1.5 (B) 2
(C) 2.5 (D) 3.5
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17. If 15% of x = 20% of y, then x : y is
(A) 3 : 4 (B) 4 : 3
(C) 17 : 16 (D) 16 : 17

18. The salaries of A, B, C are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. If the increments of 15%, 10% and
20% are allowed respectively in their salaries, then what will be the new ratio of their
salaries?
(A) 3 : 3 : 10 (B) 10 : 11 : 20
(C) 23 : 33 : 60 (D) Cannot be determined

19. If 5x2 − 13xy + 6y2 = 0, then x : y is

(A) 2 : 1 only (B) 3 : 5 only
(C) ( 5 : 3 ) or (1: 2 ) (D) ( 3 : 5 ) or ( 2 : 1)

20. An alloy is to contain copper and zinc in the ration 9:4. The zinc required to be melted
with 24 kg of copper is:
2 1
(A) 10 kg (B) 10 kg
3 3
2
(C) 9 kg (D) 9 kg
3

21. ‘x’ varies inversely as square of y. Given that y = 2 for x = 1. The value of x for y = 6
will be equal to :
(A) 3 (B) 9
(C) 1/3 (D) 1/9

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22. Manish was asked to find times a number and he instead multiplied it by 6/5. As a
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result he got an answer which was more than the correct answer by 649. What was
the number?
(A) 1870 (B) 1770
(C) 1860 (D) 1760

23. Varun’s present age is thrice that of Tarun’ s age three years ago. Nine years hence,
Varun would be thrice as old as Tarun today. Find the sum of their present ages.
(A) 26 years (B) 7 years
(C) 11 years (D) Can’t be determined
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Directions (Questions 24 – 33): In each question below is given a statement followed by two
assumptions numbered I and II. You have to consider the statement and the following
assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Give answer
(A) If only assumption I is implicit
(B) If only assumption II is implicit
(C) If either I or II is implicit
(D) If neither I nor II is implicit

24. Statement: It is desirable to put the child in school at the age of 5 or so.
Assumptions:
I. At that age the child reaches appropriate level of development and is ready to learn.
II. The schools do not admit children after six years of age.

25. Statement: "In order to bring punctuality in our office, we must provide conveyance
allowance to our employees." - In charge of a company tells Personnel Manager.
Assumptions:
I. Conveyance allowance will not help in bringing punctuality.
II. Discipline and reward should always go hand in hand.

26. Statement: Unemployment allowance should be given to all unemployed Indian youth
above 18 years of age.
Assumptions:
I. There are unemployed youth in India who needs monetary support.
II. The government has sufficient funds to provide allowance to all unemployed youth.

27. Statement: "If you trouble me, I will slap you." - A mother warns her child.
Assumptions:
I. With the warning, the child may stop troubling her.
II. All children are basically naughty.

28. Statement: The State government has decided to appoint four thousand primary
school teachers during the next financial year.
Assumptions:
I. There are enough schools in the state to accommodate four thousand additional
primary school teachers.
II. The eligible candidates may not be interested to apply as the government may not
finally appoint such a large number of primary school teachers.

29. Statement: If it is easy to become an engineer, I don't want to be an engineer

Assumptions:
I. An individual aspires to be professional.
II. One desires to achieve a thing which is hard earned.
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30. Statement: The concession in rail fares for the journey to hill stations has been
cancelled because it is not needed for people who can spend their holidays there.
Assumptions:
I. Railways should give concession only to needy persons.
II. Railways should not encourage people to spend their holidays at hill stations.

31. Statement: "The bridge was built at the cost of Rs. 128 crores and even civil bus
service is not utilizing it, what a pity to see it grossly underutilized." - A citizen's view
on a new flyover linking east and west sides of a suburb.
Assumptions:
I. The building of such bridges does not serve any public objective.
II. There has to be some accountability and utility of money spent on public projects.

32. Statement: The government has decided to disinvest large chunk of its equity in select
public sector undertakings for a better fiscal management.
Assumptions:
I. The amount generated out of the disinvestment process may reduce substantially
the mounting fiscal deficits.
II. There will be enough demand in the market for the shares of these undertakings

33. Statement: Never before such a lucid book was available on the topic.
Assumptions:
I. Some other books were available on this topic.
II. You can write lucid books on very few topics.

Directions (Questions 34 – 50): Select the correct alternative from the given choices.

34. One evening, Dileep was facing a tree. The shadow of the tree fell to his right. Which
direction was he facing?
(A) North (B) South
(C) East (D) South - East

35. When watch shows 5:15, if the minute hand points towards the east, then in which
direction will the hour hand point at 6:00?
(A) North (B) South
(C) North - West (D) South – West

36. Surabhi, who is facing north, turns 90o in clockwise and then 135o in anticlockwise
direction. Which direction is she facing now?
(A) North - East (B) North - West
(C) South - East (D) South - West
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37. Two friends P and Q started walking towards each starting from points A and B
respectively, which are 200 km apart. On a straight road P traveled for 30 km on road
and stopped. Q traveled for 70 km, and took a left turn and traveled 20 km. Then he
took right turn and traveled 45 km and then turned to the main road and reached it.
What is the distance, in km , between the friends now?
(A) 45 (B) 55
(C) 65 (D) 75

38. Mr. Powar travels 10 km towards west and turns right to travel 4 km. Now he turns
right and travels 7 km. In which direction is he now with respect to the starting
position?
(A) South - East (B) South - West
(C) North - East (D) North - West

39. My dog Boxer, runs 30 m towards west, turns left and runs 10 m, then turns right,
and runs 5 m, then turns left and runs 2 m and again turns right, runs 12 m. Finally it
turns left and runs 7 m. In which direction is it running now?
(A) East (B) West
(C) North (D) South

40. Harry Potter hit the magic ball that can change directions on its own. It travelled 5 km
towards east, turned left and travelled 20 km. Then, it turned right, travelled 11 km
and then 5 km southwards. Then it further travelled 4 km towards east. How far is the
ball from Harry Potter and in which direction?
(A) 21 km and north (B) 12 km and south – west
(C) 12 km and north – east (D) None of these

41. Aryan starts from point P and walks 50 m towards east. He then walks 10 m towards
south and then walks 20 m his right. Finally, he walks 50 m towards north to reach Q.
How far and in which direction is P with respect to Q?
(A) 50 m and south – west (B) 30 m and north
(C) 36 m and north (D) 36 m and north – east

42. A clock is so placed that at 3 pm, the minute hand points towards north west. In
which direction does the hour hand point at 9 am?
(A) north east (B) west
(C) south west (D) south

43. Shekhar travels 10m towards west. He turns left and travels 15m. Again he turns to
his left and walks 10m further. Finally, he walks 13m towards north and then stops.
At what vertical distance is he from his house?
(A) 13m (B) 15m
(C) 28m (D) 2m
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44. Kuber travels a distance of 7km south, then travels 6km east, and finally travels
15km towards his left side. What is the distance between the final and the initial point
in the journey?
(A) 14km (B) 11km
(C) 10km (D) 15km

45. A person starts walking from his house to the nearby park. He travels 5m to the east,
then travels 10m to the left and then travels 8m to the right. He further travels 2m
north and finally travels 3m east to reach the park. How far is the park from his
house?
(A) 20m (B) 40m
(C) 28m (D) 25m

46. Shahana walks towards south for 15km and then turns towards east to travel 10km
further. She then travels a distance of 6km towards her right side and again 12km
towards the right side. Finally, she travels 17km towards north. Find the horizontal
distance travelled by her in the journey. Also, find the direction she is facing at the
end of the journey?
(A) 12km, south (B) 2km, north
(C) 24km, north (D) 12km, south

47. Samir walks 8km towards north. Then he turns right and walks a further 8km. How far
and in what direction is he from the starting point (approximately)?
(A) 10km towards north (B) 11km towards north east
(C) 16km towards north east (D) 15km towards north east

48. Salil travels 9km towards east, then 8km towards north, and finally travels 7km
towards east. How far is he from his original place and in which direction
(approximately)?
(A) 15km, north east (B) 18km, south west
(C) 15km, south west (D) 18km, north east

49. Mehak travels 4km towards west, then 8km towards the right and then 4km towards
the left. She then walks 9km towards south. Finally, she travels 13km towards east.
How far is she from the original place approximately and in which direction?
(A) 8km, north west (B) 17km, north west
(C) 5km, south east (D) 9km, south east

50. Y is in the East of X which is in the North of Z. If P is in the South of Z, then in which
direction of Y, is P?
(A) South west (B) South
(C) South - East (D) None of these