JSAT – JINDAL SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST

SAMPLE QUESTIONS (with answer keys)

Instructions for the Actual Test:
 There will be three sections.
- Logical Reasoning
- Quantitative Aptitude
- Verbal Ability
 Each section will have 40 multiple choice questions.
 Each question will carry 1 mark.
 There will be no negative marking.
 The test will be of 120 marks

SECTION – I: LOGICAL REASONING

(Total Questions – 20)

Directions for questions 1 to 5: Read the following passage below and solve the questions based
on it.

There are seven professors A, B, C, D, E, F and G teaching seven subjects History, Geography,
Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Biology and English from Monday to Friday at Gaya College. Each
professor teaches a different subject and not more than two subjects are taught on any one of the
days.
(i) Chemistry is taught by professor B on Tuesday.
(ii) Professor D teaches on Friday but neither Geography nor Physics.
(iii) Professor F teaches History but neither on Thursday nor on Friday.
(iv) Professor A teaches English on the day on which History is taught.
(v) Professor C teaches Maths on Monday.
(vi) Geography and Chemistry are taught on the same day.
(vii) Professor G teaches on Thursday.

1. On which of the following days is English taught?

a) Wednesday
b) Monday
c) Tuesday
d) Cannot be determined
 2. Which of the following subjects is taught by professor G?
a) Biology
b) Geography
c) Physics
d) Chemistry

3. On which of the following days is Geography taught?

a) Monday
b) Tuesday
c) Wednesday
d) Thursday

4. Which subject is taught on Friday?

a) Physics
b) History
c) Geography
d) Biology

5. Which of the following pairs of professors teaches on Tuesday?

a) B and D
b) A and B
c) B and F
d) None of these

Directions for questions 6 to 10: Read the information given below and solve the questions based
on it. K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, U and W are the only ten members in a department. There is a proposal
to form a team from within the members of the department, subject to the following conditions:

 A team must include exactly one among P, R, and S.

 A team must include either M or Q, but not both.
 If a team includes K, then it must also include L, and vice versa.
 If a team includes one among S, U, and W, then it must also include the other two.
 L and N cannot be members of the same team.
 L and U cannot be members of the same team.
 The size of a team is defined as the number of members in the team.

6. Who cannot be a member of a team of size 3?

a) L
b) M
c) N
d) P
e) Q
7. Who can be a member of a team of size 5?
a) K
b) L
c) M
d) P
e) R

8. What would be the size of the largest possible team?

a) 8
b) 7
c) 6
d) 5
e) cannot be determined

9. What could be the size of a team that includes K?

a) 2 or 3
b) 2 or 4
c) 3 or 4
d) Only 2
e) Only 4
10. In how many ways a team can be constituted so that the team includes N?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5
e) 6

11. If X is the brother of the son of Y’s son, how is X related to Y?

a) Grandson
b) Son
c) Cousin
d) Cannot be determined

12. Amit introduces Rahul as the son of the only brother of his father’s wife. How is Rahul
related to Amit?
a) Cousin
b) Son
c) Uncle
d) Son-in-law

13. A + B means A is the mother of B

A – B means A is the brother B
A @ B means A is the father of B and
A × B means A is the sister of B,
Which of the following shows that P is the maternal uncle of Q?
 a) Q–N+M×P
b) P+S×N–Q
c) P–M+N×Q
d) Q–S@P

14. A + B means A is the sister of B

A – B means A is the brother of B
A × B means A is the daughter of B.
Which of the following options show that E is the maternal uncle of D?
a) D + F – E
b) D – F × E
c) D × F + E
d) None of these

15. Introducing a boy, a girl said, “He is the son of the daughter of the father of my uncle.”
How is the boy related to the girl?
a) Cousin
b) Nephew
c) Uncle
d) Son-in-law

16. Neha Kavi moved a distance of 75 metres towards the north. She then turned to her left
and walked for 25 metres, turned left again and walked 80 metres. Finally, she turned to
the right at an angle of 45º. In which direction was she moving finally?
a) North-east
b) North-west
c) South
d) South-west

17. One day, Dileep left his home and walked 10 km southwards, turned right and walked 5
km, turned right and walked 10 km, walked left and then walked 10 km. How many
kilometres will he have to walk to reach his home straight?
a) 10 km
b) 15 km
c) 20 km
d) 25 km

18. Tanay is standing facing north. Turning to his right, he walks 25 metres. He then turns to
his left and walks 30 metres. He, further, walks 25 metres to his right. He then walks to his
right again and walks 55 metres. Finally, he turns to the right and walks 40 metres. In which
direction is he now from his starting point?
a) South-west
b) South
c) North-west
d) South-east
 19. Kaveri walks 10 km towards North. From there she walks 6 km towards South. Then, she
walks 3 km towards East. How far and in which direction is she with reference to her
starting point?
a) 10km Northwest
b) 6km Southwest
c) 5km Southwest
d) 5km Northeast

20. Gyan Prakash left for his college in his car. He drove 15 km towards north and then 10 km
towards west. He then turned to the south and covered 5 km. Further, he turned to the east
and moved 8 km. Finally, he turned right and drove 10 km. how far and in which direction
is he from his starting point?
a) 2 km West
b) 5 km East
c) 3 km North
d) 6 km South

SECTION – II: VERBAL + ABILITY

(Total Questions – 20)

Directions for questions 1 to 5: In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence is
underlined. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of phrasing the underlined part are
indicated. Choose the best alternative from among the four.

1. Amar, Binod, Chand and me were all cited for contempt of court.
a) Amar, Binod, Chand and me were all cited
b) Amar, Binod, Chand and I were all cited
c) Amar, Binod, Chand and I were the ones cited
d) Amar, Binod, Chand and I were cited

2. It is often better to try repairing an old vehicle than to junk it.

a) to try repairing an old vehicle than to junk it.
b) to repair an old vehicle than to have it junked.
c) to try repairing an old vehicle than to junking it.
d) to try to repair an old vehicle than to junk it.

3. Vijayendra eats faster than me.

a) Vijayendra eats faster than me.
b) Vijayendra eats the fastest of us two.
c) Vijayendra eats the fastest of us both.
d) Vijayendra eats faster than I.
 4. I think everybody in this office works faster than me.
a) everybody in this office works faster than me.
b) everybody in this office works faster than I.
c) everybody in this office works more quickly than me.
d) everybody in this office works more quickly than I do.

5. Neither of the two boys’ explanations were satisfactory.

a) Neither of the two boys’ explanations were
b) Neither of the two boys’ explanation were
c) Neither of the two boys’ explanations was
d) Neither of the two boy’s explanations were

Directions for questions 6 to 10: Pick out the most effective pair of words from the given pair of
words to make the sentence/sentences meaningfully complete.

6. Many people take spirituality very seriously and _____ about those who do not worrying
about them and _____ them to believe.
a) think, criticizing
b) pride, appraising
c) rationalize, enabling
d) wonder, prodding

7. Unless new reserves are found soon, the world’s supply of coal is being ______ in such a
way that with demand continuing to grow at present rates reserves will be ______ by the
year 2050.
a) consumed, completed
b) depleted, exhausted
c) reduced, argument
d) brunt, destroyed

8. If you are ______, you tend to respond to stressful situations, in a calm secure, steady and
______ way.
a) resilient, rational
b) obdurate, manageable
c) propitious, stable
d) delectable, flexible

9. Management can be defined as the process of _____ organizational goals and non-human
resources to _____ improve value added to the world.
a) getting, deliberately
b) managing, purposefully
c) targeting, critically
d) reaching, continuously
 10. If you are an introvert, you _______ to prefer working alone and, if possible, will _______
towards projects where you can work by yourself or with as few people as possible.
a) like, depart
b) advocate, move
c) tend, gravitate
d) express, attract

Direction for questions 11: Solve these questions independently.

11. Any person who uses words ambiguously cannot become a journalist, since journalistic
reporting cannot invite artistic interpretation. Which of the following, if assumed, would
allow the conclusion above to be properly drawn?
a) No person who invites artistic interpretation can use words ambiguously
b) Any person who uses words ambiguously will invite artistic interpretation in their
reporting.
c) Any journalist who invites artistic interpretation will sometimes use words
ambiguously.
d) Either a journalist uses words ambiguously or that journalist invites artistic
interpretation.

Directions for questions 12 to 15: There are few sentences in each question. Each sentence has
pairs of words/phrases that are italicized/highlighted. From the italicized/highlighted
word(s)/phrase(s), select the most appropriate word(s)/phrase(s) to form correct sentences. Then
choose the best option.

12. (i) The college affected [A]/effected [B] a new policy on leave encashment by teachers.
(ii) The rationale [A]/rational [B] behind current curricula is that students need to learn
language and thinking skills, not specific information.
a) AA
b) BB
c) BA
d) AB

13. (i) Our confidence in cricket has been seriously undermined [A]/underrated [B] by the
recent match fixing scandal.
(ii) His valid [A]/vapid [B] talk failed to impress the investors.
(iii) It was so hot that he walked in the shade [A]/shadow [B] of the tree.
a) BBA
b) ABA
c) ABB
d) BAB
 14. (i) She demonstrated immanent [A]/imminent [B] good sense in her dress and behaviour.
(ii) The thunder was heard immediately [A]/imminently [B] after they saw lighting.
(iii) Her nervousness was obvious with her forehead damp [A]/dank [B] with perspiration.
a) ABA
b) BBA
c) AAA
d) BBB

15. (i) The warp [A]/woof [B] of India’s economic structure is still agriculture.
(ii) My friend always does the opposite of [A]/to [B] what I advise him.
(iii) Compact disks with prurient [A]/prudish [B] content are secretly in circulation in the
assembly.
(iv) He believed that the existence of god cannot be proved; he was not an atheist
[A]/agnostic [B].
a) AAAA
b) ABAA
c) ABBB
d) BAAB

Directions for questions 16 to 19: Given below are five sentences S1, P, Q, R and S that make a
paragraph. The sentences making the paragraph have been jumbled randomly, only the first
sentence S1 is at its right place. Find out the correct sequence in which P, Q, R and S should follow
after S1 so that a coherent and meaningful paragraph is made.

16. S1. There was a time Egypt faced economic crisis.

P. Cotton is the chief export commodity of Egypt.
Q. Foreign trade depends on cultivation of cotton on large scale.
R. It became necessary for Egypt to boost cotton crops.
S. Only by means of increasing foreign trade Egypt could survive.
a) PQRS
b) QRPS
c) RPSQ
d) SRQP

17. S1. Exercising daily is a must for good health.

P. Luckily, there is no link between the amount of money spent and beneficent exercise,
else the poor would have creaking bodies.
Q. While some cost you nothing, others may require the investment of some amount of
money.
R. However, it is important to remember that exercises should not be overdone.
S. It can take any form from sedentary ones like walking to vigorous work-outs like a
game of squash.
a) PQSR
b) QPRS
 c) RSQP
d) SQPR

18. S1. Urban problems differ from state to state and city to city.
P. Most of the cities have neither water nor the required pipelines.
Q. The population in these cities has grown beyond the planners’ imagination.
R. However, certain basic problems are common to all cities.
S. Only broad macro-planning was done for such cities, without envisaging the future
growth, and this has failed to meet the requirements.
a) PQSR
b) QPSR
c) RQSP
d) RQPS

19. S1. Satyajit Ray made several films for children.

P. Later film-makers have followed his lead.
Q. Today other nations are making children’s films in a big way.
R. This was at a time when no director considered children as potential audience.
S. Ray was, thus, a pioneer in the field.
a) SQRP
b) RSQP
c) PSQR
d) RSPQ

Direction for question 20: Read the passage given below and solve the questions based on it.
Hindi ought to be the official language of India. There is no reason for the government to spend
money printing documents in different languages, just to cater to people who cannot read/write
Hindi. The government has better ways to spend tax payers’ money. People across India should
read/write Hindi or learn it at the earliest.

20. Which of the following, if true, would weaken the speaker’s argument the most?
a) The government currently translates official documents into more than eighteen
languages.
b) Hindi is the most difficult language in the world to speak.
c) Most people who travel across India learn Hindi within five years.
d) People who are multilingual usually pay maximum taxes.
 SECTION – III: MATHS QUANTITATIVE
(Total Questions – 20)

1. In a school, the number of female students are F such that 60% < F < 65% of the total
number of students in the class. What can be the minimum number of female students in
the class?
a) 5
b) 8
c) 17
d) 31

2. Vessel A contains milk and Vessel B contains water. Initially milk in Vessel A and water in
Vessel B is in ratio 2:3. 20% of the volume of the Vessel A is poured in Vessel B and then
half of the final volume of Vessel B is poured in Vessel A. The process repeated again. Find
the ratio of water in Vessel A to Vessel B.
a) 3:7
b) 7:3
c) 7:43
d) 43:7

3. On a certain sum, compound interest obtained after 8 years is Rs 5000 at 20% rate of
compound interest. Find the compound interest obtained after 12 years.
a) 10,638
b) 10,368
c) 8,640
d) 9,260

4. A can build a wall in 20 days, B can build it in 25 days, C can destroy the complete wall in
40 days. They start work on alternate days in such a way that, A start the work, followed
by B next day, then by C next day, then A next day and so on. How many days will it take
to complete the wall if it’s given that once the wall has been made, none of A, B and C
work on the wall?
a) 44.5 days
b) 45 days
c) 44 days
d) 45.5 days

5. The average age of A, B and C is 82 years, the average age of A, B and D is 79 years, the
average age of A, C and D is 83 years and the average age of D, B and C is 81 years. Who
among the A, B, C and D is the eldest?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) 4
Direction for questions 6 and 7: Go through the data set given below and solve the questions
based on it. Following table shows the performance of an all rounder cricketer Dahendra Singh
Moni, in the last 5 matches played by him.
Dahendra Singh Moni batted as well as bowled in every match.

Match Wickets Taken Runs Scored

M1 4 55
M2 2 42
M3 0 36
M4 1 18
M5 3 29

Rating system being followed by the Cricket Council (CC) is as follows:

i. For every wicket taken, a player is awarded 5 points.
ii. For every run scored upto 15 runs, a player is awarded 1 point for each run.
iii. For every run scored between 16 and 35 (including both limits), a player is awarded 2
points for each run.
iv. For every run scored between 36 and 50 (including both limits), a player is awarded 3
points for each run
v. For every run scored above 50, a player is awarded 5 points for each run.

6. AVERAGE (EA) is defined as the ratio of (number of runs scored)/(number of innings in

which the batsmen stays not out). If EA of Dahendra Singh Moni is 60, how many times
does he get out in the given five innings?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3

7. Based on the points system given above, in which match does Dahendra Singh Moni earn
the minimum points?
a) Match 1
b) Match 2
c) Match 3
d) Match 4

Direction for questions 8 to 11: Go through the data set given below and solve the questions
based on it. Different types of taxi’s are available on the hill station Mussoorie and the per person
fare charged for specific kilometres is given below in the table:
 Vehicle 10 Km 15 km 20 Km 30 Km 45 Km
Sumo 50 54 60 72 92

Qualis 52 54 58 64 86

Innova 62 68 76 88 98
Esteem 60 64 70 84 96

Omni 45 52 58 70 78

As per the table if you want to travel 10 km by Sumo you will pay Rs 50 while for 15 km it will
cost you Rs 54.
Though if you travel any value between the limiting values given, you would be calculated on pro
rata basis. For example, if you travel 16 km by Sumo, following calculation will take place to
arrive at the final fare:
For 15 km, Fare = Rs 54
For next 5 km, Rs 6 is to be paid.
Hence, for every km, Rs. 1.2 (6/5) is to be paid. So for a total of 16 km, you are required
to pay = Rs 54 (for 15 km) + Rs 1.2 (for that 16th km) = Rs 55.2
NOTE: The total fare will be multiplied by the number of persons you are travelling with.

8. Kavi Ma’am travelled a distance of 12 km by Esteem and paid Rs X as the fare. For the
same Rs X, how much distance (approximately in km) she could have travelled by Omni?
a) 23
b) 24
c) 26
d) 28

9. What is the average vehicle fare for 19 km by all types of vehicle mentioned above?
a) Rs 62.20
b) Rs 63.20
c) Rs 64.20
d) Rs 65.20

10. Nikhil wants to travel 225 km and he wants to do it by travelling equal distance by each
vehicle, how much should he spend?
a) Rs 450
b) Rs 550
c) Rs 400
d) Rs 500

11. Which of the following are false? (Assuming a distance of 30 km to be travelled)

(i) It is cheaper to travel by Innova than by Esteem.
(ii) Omni is the cheapest taxi available for the given distance.
 (iii)Average fare for a 30 km journey is Rs 75.60
a) only (i)
b) only (iii)
c) only (ii)
d) both (i) and (ii)

12. In a referendum about three action points, 78% of the people were in against of at least one
of the action points. 50% of the people were against action point 1st, 30% against action
point 2nd and 20% against action point 3rd. If 5% of people were against all the three action
points, what percentage of people were against more than one of the three action points?
a) 10
b) 12
c) 17
d) 22

Direction for questions 13 and 14: Go through the information given below and solve the
questions based on it. Cities X and Y are in different zones. X is located 4200 km East of Y. The
table below describes the schedule of an airline operating non-stop flights between X and Y. All
the times indicated are local and on the same day.

Departure Arrival
City Time City Time
X 7:00 AM X 3:30 PM
Y 4:30 PM Y 9:00 PM

Assuming that plane is flying at the same speed in the both directions. However, the effective speed
is influenced by a steady wind blowing from East to West at the rate of 50 km/ph.

13. What is the total difference between city X and Y?

a) ½ hr
b) 1 ½ hr
c) 1 hr
d) ¾ hr

14. What is the flying speed of the plane in Km/hr?

a) 700 kmph
b) 850 kmph
c) 650 kmph
d) 450 kmph
 15. A number N is divisible by 6 but not divisible by 4. Which of the following will not be an
integer?
a) N/3
b) N/2
c) N/6
d) N/12

16. A candidate took five papers in an examination, where the full marks were the same for
each paper. His marks in these papers were in the proportion of 5:6:7:8:9. In all papers
together, the candidate obtained 55% of the total marks. Then, the number of papers in
which he got more than 50% of marks?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

17. 45% of the employee of an organization is men and 60% of the men are officers. If 60% of
the total employee of the company is officer, what fraction of the women employed by the
company are not officers?
a) 2/5
b) 3/5
c) 1/2
d) 3/4

Direction for questions 18 to 20: Go through the data set given below and solve the questions
based on it.
In the five countries listed below, information with regard to mode of powering railway engines is
provided. Railway engines can be powered only by one of the three modes - Natural Gas, Diesel
or Electricity. A single railway engine will use only one of the three modes mentioned for whole
of its life. Assume that all the data and questions given below pertain to the same time period

Number of Engines powered by

Diesel

Pakistan
16% US
40%
14% Russia

20% India
10%
China
 % Share in Total Engines
60
48
50 45
40 35
32
30 25
20 15
10 12 10 8
10
0
Russia India China Pakistan US

Natutal Gas Diesel

Also given that the total number of engines powered by diesel in the given five countries above =
7030 (as given in the pie chart)

18. What is the number of engines in India that are powered by electricity?
a) 3300
b) 2700
c) 6000
d) Cannot be determined

19. If the number of engines in Russia accounts for 5% of the total number of engines in the
world, then what percentage of the total engines in the world are powered by diesel?
a) 110,000
b) 27,500
c) 14100
d) Cannot be determined

20. Amongst the five countries, what is the average percentage of engines that are powered by
electricity?
a) 52.4%
b) 47.6%
c) 55.8%
d) 44.2%
 ANSWER KEY FOR LOGICAL REASONING

1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5. (d)

6. (a) 7. (c) 8. (d) 9. (e) 10. (e)
11. (a) 12. (a) 13. (c) 14. (d) 15. (a)
16. (d) 17. (b) 18. (d) 19. (d) 20. (a)

ANSWER KEY FOR VERBAL + ABILITY

1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (c)

6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (a) 9. (d) 10. (c)
11. (b) 12. (a) 13. (b) 14. (c) 15. (d)
16. (d) 17. (d) 18. (d) 19. (d) 20. (d)

ANSWER KEY FOR MATHS QUANTITATIVE

1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (c)

6. (c) 7. (d) 8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (a)
11. (d) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (c) 15. (d)
16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (a) 19. (d) 20. (a)