Apti Num PDF

1 NUMBER SYSTEM
1. Several primes which are in ascending order 9. Find the number of trailing zeros at the end of
are multiplied and found their product is 1000.
114114. Find the 5th prime in that order. A. 200 B. 249
A. 5 B. 7 C. 100 D. 110
C. 11 D. 13 10. What will be the unit digit of
2. If 481 Y is divisible by 9, find the value of 6191 + 345201 - 17646
smallest natural number Y? A. 9 B. 0
A. 5 B. 6 C. 3 D. 4
C. 7 D. None of these 11. Find the remainder when the number 7100 is
3. What is the highest power of 7 in 5000? divided by 6?
A. 832 B. 714 A. 5 B. 3
C. 816 D. 852 C. 2 D. 1
4. What is the value of X + Y if 789432X64Y is 12. What is the last digit of 51815 + 142122
divisible by both 8 as well as 9? X and Y being A. 6 B. 0
single digit numbers. C. 2 D. None of these
A. 2 B. 8 13. The traffic lights at 3 different road crossings
C. 11 D. Both A and C change after every 52, 78, 117 seconds
5. Find the number of factors of 22100. respectively. If they all change simultaneously
A. 18 B. 36 at 9:10:00 hrs then they will again change
C. 5 D. 4 simultaneously at
6. If X 382 is divisible by 11, find the value of A. 9:17:48 B. 10:33:32
smallest natural number X? C. 9:45:26 D. 9:12:33
A. 4 B. 8 14. 6 balls commence tolling together & toll at
C. 5 D. 7 intervals of 3,6,9,12,15, seconds respectively.
7. Find the unit place digit of the expression In 33 minutes how many times do they toll
111+212+313+414+515+616+717+818+919 together?
A. 8 B. 2 A. 12 B. 11
C. 7 D. 3 C. 13 D. 15
8. A monkey climbs 3m of a greased pole in 1 15. Find the sum of the factors of 5400.
minute and then slips 1m in the next. When will A. 18600 B. 9300
he reach the top of the pole of height 12 m? C. 37200 D. 16800
A. 11 Min B. 13 Min 16. There are 50 students from 1 – 50 in a class.
C. 9 Min D. 15 Min Three assignments are given to them. Starting
from 1, everyone writes the assignment 1,
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Quantitative Aptitude
starting from 2 every second person i.e., 2, 4, C. D.

6… writes the assignment 2 and starting from 3 24. What 31 divides the number 5670 the remainder
every third person i.e., 3, 6, 9, …. writes the is?
assignment 3. Find the number of people who A. 1 B. 3
write exactly 2 assignments. C. 25 D. 26
A. 25 B. 15 25. What will be the remainder obtained when
C. 13 D. 8 22225555 + 55552222 is divided by 7?
17. What will be the remainder when (748 - 117) is A. 0 B. 1
divided by 5? C. 5 D. 6
A. 2 B. 4 26. By which number 100 has to be multiplied so
C. 0 D. 3 that it is exactly divisible by 1250?
18. Find the smallest natural number ‘n’ such that A. 72 B. 24
n! is divisible by 990? C. 36 D. 8
A. 10 B. 11 27. Find the last two digits of the number (7)71?
C. 12 D. 13 A. 01 B. 07
19. A number is formed by writing the first 24 C. 33 D. 43
natural numbers consecutively. What will be 28. Which of the following is greater 2300,3200 or
the remainder if this number is divided by 9? 5150?
A. 4 B. 6 A. 2300 B. 3200
C. 1 D. 3 C. 5150 D. Either a or b
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20. Find the sum of the digits in the expression of 29. Find the remainder when 3 2 33 is divided by 11
52010 × 8673 A. 0 B. 10
A. 2 B. 8 C. 1 D. 5
C. 12 D. 15 30. Find the last two digits of the expression 31000
21. Find the remainder when 1 + 2 + 3 + A. 09 B. 99
………+100 is divided by 20. C. 51 D. 01
A. 9 B. 13 31. 3 0 72
87
divided by 11 gives remainder
C. 15 D. 17 A. 1 B. 3
56
13 C. 5 D. 9
22. What is the remainder for ?
5
32. Four persons can cross a bridge in 3,7,13,17
A. 4 B. 3
minutes. They have only one torch and only
C. 2 D. 1
two can cross at a time. Touch is compulsory to
23. What is the remainder when 7359 + 2657 is
cross the bridge. Find the minimum time taken
divided by 5?
by the four to cross the bridge.
A. B.
A. 41 mins B. 45 mins
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C. 47 mins D. 49 mins locker and so on. The process is completed will

There are one thousand lockers and one all the thousand students.
thousand students in a school. The principal 33. How many doors will be closed when the
asks the first student to go to each locker and 1000th person performed the operating on doors
open it. Then he asks the second student to if all the doors were closed at the starting.
every second locker and close it. The third A. 896 B. 776
student goes to every third locker, and if it is C. 969 D. None of these
closed, he opens it, and if it is open, he closes
it. The fourth student does it to every fourth
:::ANSWER KEY:::
1. D 2. A 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. B
11. D 12. A 13. A 14. A 15. A 16. A 17. C 18. B 19. D 20. B
21. C 22. D 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. A 27. D 28. C 29. B 30. D
31. C 32. A 33. C
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2 RATIO AND PROPORTION VARIATION
1. In a mixture of 100 L, the ratio of milk and 6. 70 cars can be parked in ‘n’ rows with equal
water is 3:1, if 200 L of water is added to the number of cars in each row. If two cars are
mixture, what is the new ratio of milk and eliminated from each row than 4 rows of cars
water? must be added to accommodate all of them.
A. 1:3 B. 3:1 Find the number of rows initially.
C. 2:5 D. 5:2 A. 10 B. 7
2. A man went to market to buy fruits. He bought C. 14 D. 5
apples, mangoes, and dates. The ratio of the 7. Mahesh has Rs. 100/- in hand. He has to buy
weight of apples to that of mangoes bought is 100 balls. One football costs Rs. 15/-, one
the same as the ratio of the weight of mangoes cricket ball costs Rs. 1/- and one table tennis
to that of dates bought. If he bought 7.2 kg of ball costs Rs. 0.25. He spend the whole Rs
apples and 5 kg of dates, find the weight of .100/- to buy the balls. How many cricket balls
mangoes bought. he bought if he bought at least one ball of each
A. 4 B. 4.5 type?
C. 5 D. 6 A. 25 B. 41
3. Find the second part if Rs. 1162 is divided in C. 45 D. 52
three parts such that 4 times the first part is 8. Two mathematics geniuses meet after 20 yrs.
equal to 5 times the second and 7 times the One of them says, I am married and have 3
third. daughters. The product of their ages is 72. The
A. 380 B. 392 sum is the same as my house number. Other
C. 416 D. Undetermined verifies the house number and says, but I cannot
4. The expenses of school are partly constant and find it out. The first says my eldest daughter has
partly vary as the number of boys. The blue eyes. Find the eldest daughters age.
expenses were Rs. 10000 for 150 boys and Rs. A. 8 B. 9
8500 for 120 boys, what will be expenses when C. 12 D. 6
there are 200 boys? 9. There are two candles of equal lengths and of
A. Rs. 11200 B. Rs. 19600 different thickness. The thicker one lasts if six
C. Rs. 12500 D. Rs. 22000 hours. The thinner lasts 2 hours less than the
5. Find the share of C if Rs. 680 is divided among thicker one. Ramesh lights the two candles at
A, B and C such that A gets 2/3 of what B gets the same time. When he went to bed he saw the
¼ of what C gets thicker one is twice the length of the thinner
A. 324 B. 192 one. How long ago did Ramesh light the two
C. 480 D. 144 candles?
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A. 2 B.2 15. The value of diamond varies directly as the

square of its weight. If a diamond falls and
C. 3 D. 3
breaks into two pieces with weights in the ratio
10. Last year pandit was thrice his sister’s age.
2:3. What is the loss percentage in the value?
Next year he will only be twice her age. After 5
A. 48% B. 51%
years what will be pandits’ age?
C. 52.5% D. 54%
A. 12 B. 15
16. Grass grows at a uniform rate on a football
C. 16 D. 18
ground. It takes 24 days for 70 cows to graze
11. A Steel box of 10 kg contains 150 packets.
the ground completely. However, if there were
Each packet is either of 1 kg or 2kg. Total
only 30 cows, they could graze the entire
weight of box is 274 kg. How many 2 kg
ground in 60 days How many cows will graze
packets are there?
the entire ground in 96 days?
A. 12 B. 13
A. 24 B. 25
C. 14 D. 15
C. 22 D. 20
12. Julia’s age is twice the age of Gurban. If Julia
17. There are coins of Rs. 5, Rs. 2, Rs. 1.50p, 25p,
had been 4 years younger and Gurban had been
10p and 5 p. Each one has got a weight which
3 years older, the difference between their ages
is proportional to its value. Rs. 5coin weighs 20
would have been 12 years, what is the sum of
gms. Find the minimum number of coins to get
their present ages?
a total of 196.4 gms.
A. 38 B. 51
A. 12 B. 15
C. 57 D. 58
C. 13 D. 11
13. On a 26 question test, 5 points were deducted
18. Eggs cost Rs. 50 per 10, Onions cost Rs, 10 per
for each wrong answer and 8 pints were added
kg. You get 15 onions per kg. Mirchi cost RS.
for right answers. If all the question were
10 per 100 gm you get 30 mirchi per 100 gm.
answered how many were correct if the score
An omlet requires 2 eggs. 2 onions. 2 mirchi.
was zero.
Then find the total cost for making 10 omlets.
A. 6 B. 7
A. 100 B. 110
C. 9 D. 10
C. 120 D. 111.11
14. The value of a diamond is directly proportional
19. M students agreed to purchase a gift for Rs. D,
to the square of its weight. If a diamond
if three students dropped out how much more
weighing 4 kg breaks into 2 pieces. Its total
will each have to contribute towards the
value decreases by 37.5%. Find the weights of
purchase of the gift?
the two pieces.
A. D/(M-3) B. MD/3
A. 2 kg, 2 kg B. 3 kg, 1 kg
C. M/(D-3) D. 3D/(M2 – 3M)
C. 2 Kg, 1 Kg D. None of these

20. Ranga Rao is a typical merchant who sells and the remainder is divided by them. Find the
apples. First he gives half of the total apples share B in the profit of RS. 2100.
that he has and half an apple. Then he gives half A. Rs. 1000 B. Rs. 1050
of the remaining and half an apple. He gives it C. Rs. 1110 D. Rs. 1200
in the same manner. After seven times all 24. A, B and C entered into a partnership. A
apples are over; How many apples did he invested Rs. 6500 for 6 months, B invested Rs,
initially have? 8400. For 5 months and C invested Rs. 10000
A. 127 B. 125 for 3 months A is a working partner and gets
C. 134 D. 101 5% of the total profit for the same. Find the
21. Dinalal divides his property among his four share of C in a total profit of Rs. 7400.
sons after donating Rs. 20,000 and 10% of his A. Rs. 1600 B. Rs. 1750
remaining property. The amounts received by C. Rs. 1900 D. Rs. 2050
the last three sons are in arithmetic progression 25. A, B and C entered into partnership. A
and the amount received by the fourth son is subscribes one half the capital for one – third of
equal to the total amount donated. The first son the time, B one third of the capital for one –
receives as his share Rs. 20,000 more than the fourth of the time and C the rest of the capital
share of the second son. The last son received for the whole time. Find the share of rest of the
RS. 1 lakh less than the eldest son. Find the capital for the whole time. Find the share of A
share of the third son. if profits is Rs. 1000?
A. 1,00,000 B. 1,20,000 A. Rs. 200 B. Rs. 250
C. 1,40,000 D. 1,50,000 C. Rs. 350 D. Rs. 400
22. Naresh, Suresh and Mahesh are the partners in 26. A, B, C are partners in a business. Initially, their
a firm. Their investments are respectively Rs. capitals are in the proportion 1/3:1/4:1/5. A
10,000, Rs, 12,500 and Rs, 20,000. They divide withdraws half his capital at the end of 15
the profit in the ratio of 4:5:6. If the interest on months and after 15 months more a profit of Rs.
the capital is paid at the rate of 5% per annum. 4340 is made. Find the share of A.
Then find the share of C if Annual profit is Rs. A. Rs. 1550 B. Rs. 1600
2725. C. Rs. 1650 D. Rs. 1700
A. Rs. 240 B. Rs. 300
C. Rs. 350 D. Rs. 400
23. A and B together start a business, subscribing
Ra. 3600 and Rs. 3400 respectively. A being a
sleeping partner, B manages the business and
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receives 8 % of the profits for his extra labour
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:::ANSWER KEY:::
1. A 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. A
11. C 12. C 13. D 14. B 15. A 16. D 17. A 18. C 19. D 20. A
21. B 22. A 23. C 24. C 25. D 26. A

3 PERCENTAGES
1. The price of cloth is increased by 20%. By how supporters. In an assembly election, if 75% of
much percent must be family reduce the the registered congress supporters and 20% of
consumption of cloth so that their expenditure the registered BJP supporter are expected to
may remain the same. votes for candidate A, what percent of the
A. 18% B. 20% registered voters are expected to vote for
C. 16 % D. 14 % candidate A?
A. 50% B. 53%
2. The population of a town decreased per year at
C. 60% D. 42 %
the rate of 5%. If after 2 years, the population
7. Arun make a popular brand of ice cream in a
of the town is 902500. Then what is the
rectangular shaped bar 6cm long, 5cm wide and
population of the town at present?
2cm thick to cut costs, the company had
A. 1100000 B. 1075000
decided to reduce the volume of the bar by
C. 1000000 D. 980000
19%. The thickness will remain same. But the
3. At an election, a candidate secures 40% of the
length and width will be decreased by same
total votes but is defeated by the other
percentage. The new width will be
candidate by 300 votes. Find tout the total
A. 4.5 B. 5
number of votes polled.
C. 5.5 D. 6
A. 1500 B. 1600
8. In a town male and female population is equal.
C. 1450 D. 1550
It is found in a recent survey 60% of male in
4. Inflation in India is so high, Recently the price
town and 70% of female in a town are eligible
of sugar increased by 20%. By what percentage
to vote. Out of which 70% of male and 60% of
should a house wife reduce the consumption of
female who are eligible to vote are expected to
sugar so that expenditure on sugar can be same
vote for candidate A What is the percentage of
as before?
votes in A expected to get?
A. 15% B. 16.66%
A. 64.6 % B. 58.6 %
C. 12% D. 9%
C. 75 % D. 72.6 %
5. Entry fee in an exhibition was RS. 1/-. Later
9. A reduction of 40% in the price of eggs would
this was reduced by 25% which increased the
enable a purchaser to purchase 48 eggs more
sale by 20% Find the percentage increase in the
for Rs. 1. Find the reduced price per dozen.
number of visitors.
A. 0.05 B. 0.08
A. 50% B. 55%
C. 0.15 D. 0.1
C. 60% D. 75%
10. A reduction of 20% in the price of oranges
6. In a certain city, 60% of the registered voters
enables a man to buy 5 oranges more for Rs. 10.
are congress supporters and the rest are BJP
What is the price per orange before reduction?
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A. 0.35 B. 0.5 the people on the voting list did not vote, and
C. 0.6 D. 0.75 60 votes recorded were rejected as illegal. The
1 majority of the successful candidate was 308
11. If the price of sugar falls by 12 % a person can
2 and it was found that he had been supported by
buy 9 kilograms more sugar for Rs. 126 than 47% of the whole number on the voter’s list.
1
before, if the price had risen by 12 % , how What was the number or legal votes recorded
2
by successful candidate?
much less sugar could he gave bought for the
A. 2814 B. 2900
same sum?
C. 2914 D. 300
A. 9 B. 8
16. In an examination paper of 5 question, 5
C. 7 D. 6
percent of the candidates answered all of them
12. In an examination, 75% of the candidates
and 5 percent none. of the rest. 25 percent
passed in English and 70% of the candidates
answered only 1 question and 20 percent
passed in Mathematics, 23% candidates failed
1
in both subjects, if 136 candidates passed in answered 4, if 24 % of the entire number
2
both the subjects, find out the number of answered only 2 questions and 200 candidates
candidates that appeared in the examination. answered only 3 questions, Find the total
A. 150 B. 160 number of canisters.
C. 175 D. 200 A. 750 B. 800
13. 10% of the solders of an army are killed in the C. 850 D. 900
battle. 10% of the remaining soldiers died of 17. The population of the town increased by 3% in
disease and 10% of the remaining men were a given interval but it would have been 1500
disabled. Now only 729000 soldiers are left in less if there had been a decreases of 2%. Find
the army. How many soldiers were there in all the original population.
in the beginning. A. 30000 B. 28000
A. 1100000 B. 1000000 C. 27500 D. 2500
C. 990000 D. 995000 18. A man gave 30% of his money to his wife, 40%
14. In a direct election between two contestants for of the remainder to his son and the remaining
the post of secretary, 4% of the total votes cast money equally to his three daughters. If each
are declared to be illegal. One contestant daughter gets Rs. 224. What does the wife gets?
secures 55% of the valid votes and wins with a A. 450 B. 480
majority of 240 votes. C. 500 D. 520
A. 2500 B. 2650 19. In an election, 10% of the total voters did not
C. 2750 D. 2800 cast their votes. 400 votes were declared illegal.
15. Two candidates contested the election. At There were only two contestants A and B. A
election, At the election, 10% of the people on defeated B by 640 votes, it was found that 60%
of the legal votes had been secured by A. Find A. 3800 B. 4000

the total number of voters. C. 4200 D. 4500
:::ANSWER KEY:::
1. C 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. A 9. D 10. B
11. C 12. D 13. B 14. A 15. C 16. B 17. A 18. B 19. B
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4 AVERAGES MIXTURES AND ALLIGATIONS
1. An aeroplane files along the four sides of a

that of Monday, what was the
square filed at a speed of flight around 200,
temperature Thursday?
400,600 & 800 km/hr. Average speed of the
A. 34℃ B. 35.5℃
plane in the flight around the filed (in km/hr).
C. 36℃ D. 36.5℃
A. 384 B. 400
7. Ten years ago, the average age of a family of 4
C. 500 D. 284
members was 24 years. Two children having
2. Average marks obtained by 120 candidates was
born, the average age of the family is same
35. If the average marks of passed candidates
today. What is the present age of the youngest
was 39 & that of failed candidates was 15 the
child if they differ in age by 2 years?
number of candidates who passed the
A. 1 yr B. 2 yrs
examination is
C. 3 yrs D. 5 yrs
A. 100 B. 80
8. The average age of a husband and a wife was
C. 95 D. 105
25years when they were married 5 years ago.
3. 5 years ago. The average age of A, B, C and D
The average age of the husband, the wife and a
was 45. With E joining them now, the average
child who was born during the interval, is 21
age of all the five is 49 years. How old is E?
years now. How old is the child now?
A. 25 yrs B. 40 yrs
A. less than 1 yr B. 1 yr
C. 45 yrs D. 64 yrs
C. 4 yrs D. 3 yrs
4. The average age of 12 players of a cricket team
9. A batman has certain average runs for 11
is decreased by 2 months when two of them
innings. In the 12th innings he made a score of
aged 17 years and 20 years are replaced by two
90 runs and thereby decreased his average by 5.
reserves. The average age of the reserves is
His average after 12th inning is
A. 18 years 3 months B. 17 years 1 month
A. 127 B. 145
C. 17 years 6 months D. 17 years 11 months
C. 150 D. 217
5. Average age of a husband and wife was 23
10. The average of scores of 40 innings of Dhoni is
years when they were married 5 years ago. The
50. The highest score is 174 more than the least
average age of the husband, the wife and child
score. If those two are removed then the
who was born during the interval is 20 years
average of the remaining 38 innings is 48. How
now. How old is the child now?
much is the least score?
A. 9 months B. 1 year
A. 10 B. 1
C. 3 years D. 4 years
C. 5 D. 8
6. The mean temperature of Monday to
11. A merchant lent out Rs. 1000/- in two parts, one
Wednesday was 37℃ and that of Tuesday was
at 8%, the other at 10% interest. If the yearly
34℃. if the temperature of Thursday was
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average comes be 9.2%. Find the amount lent 17. In what ratio must rice at Rs. 6.20 per kg be
at 8% mixed with rice Rs. 7.20 per kg, so that the
A. Rs. 600 B. Rs. 500 mixture be worth Rs. 6.50 per kg?
C. Rs. 400 D. Rs. 450 A. 2:5 B. 6:4
12. A trader has 100 kgs of rice, a part of which he C. 7:3 D. 3:7
sells at 20% and the rest at 10% loss. He gains 18. Metal A is 12 times as heavy as copper and
14% on the whole. What is the quantity sold at another metal B is 16 times as heavy as copper.
10% loss? In what ratio A & B should be mixed so that the
A. 80 kg B. 20 kg resulting mixture be 15 times as heavy as
C. 40 kg D. 50 kg copper.
13. Rs. 3000/- is invested in two parts. That of the A. 3:1 B. 1:3
first part at 6% p.a. and the second part at 5% C. 2:3 D. 3:2
p.a. and obtained a simple interest of Rs. 160/- 19. A mixture of 40 litres of milk and water
in a year. How much is invested at 6% p.a. contains 10% water. How much water must be
A. Rs. 1000 B. Rs. 500 added to make 20% in the mixture?
C. Rs. 1400 D. Rs. 1450 A. 4 lit B. 5 lit
14. Six kilograms of rice at Rs. 6 per kg and 4 kgs C. 6 lit D. 6 lit
of rice at Rs. 7 per kg are mixed together and 20. A man lends Rs.1200 for 3 years. A part he
the mixture is sold at 10% profit. What is the lends at 4% and rest at 6% and obtains RS. 192
selling price of the mixture per kg. as interest. How much money did he lend at 6%
A. Rs. 7.04 B. Rs. 7.40 rate?
C. Rs. 7.00 D. Rs. 7.70 A. Rs. 800 B. Rs. 600
15. To 5 lit of 20% acid, 5 lit of 100% pure acid is C. Rs. 400 D. Rs. 450
added. What is the strength of the acid in the 21. A man has Rs. 2000/-, part of which he lent at
mixture? 5% and the rest at 4%. The whole annual
A. 50 % B. 60 % interest received was Rs. 92/-. How much did
C. 40 % D. 80 % he lend at 5%
16. Alcohol cost Rs. 3.50 per litre and kerosene oil A. Rs. 800 B. Rs. 1200
cost Rs. 2.50 per litre. In what ratio these C. Rs. 1600 D. Rs. 1000
should be mixed so that resulting mixture may 22. In a mixture of 60 litres, the ratio of milk and
be RS. 2.75 per litre. water is 2:1. If the ratio of the milk and water is
A. 1:2 B. 2:3 to be 1:2, then the amount of water to be further
C. 1:3 D. 2:3 added is.
A. 20 lit B. 30 lit
C. 40 lit D. 60 lit

23. A sum of Rs. 41 was divided among 50 boys A. 27.5% B. 72.5%

and girls. Each boy get 90 paisa and a girl 65 C. 24.6% D. 75.4%
paisa. The number of boys is: 29. A 64 pounds mixture of sand and gravel is
A. 16 B. 34 having 25% sand. How much pounds of sand
C. 14 D. 16 must be added to produce a mixture that
24. A trader bought a cow and an ox for Rs. 1500/- contains 40% gravel?
and sold the cow at 12% gain and the ox at 8% A. 50 Pounds B. 56 Pounds
loss. On the whole, he neither gained nor lost. C. 45 Pounds D. 48 Pounds
Find the C.P. of the cow? 30. Two kinds of rice are mixed in the ratio 2:3 and
A. 600 /- B. 900 /- sold at Rs.44 per kilogram, resulting in a profit
C. 800 /- D. None of 10%. If the cost price per kilogram of smaller
25. How many ml of water must be added to 100 quantity be Rs.25, then what is the cost per
ml of 80% solution of citric acid to reduce it to kilogram of the larger quantity?
50% solution? A. Rs. 42 B. Rs. 44
A. 100 ml B. 80 ml C. Rs. 45 D. Rs. 50
C. 50 ml D. 60 ml 31. If certain quantity of water, which equals to
26. A 5 litre jug contains 4 litres of a salt water 10% of the volume of the solution, is added to
solution with 15 percent concertation. If 1.5 a solution of milk and water, and then 10% of
litres of the solution spills out of the jug, and the solution is remove, the ratio of milk to water
the jug is then filled to the brim with water, becomes 2:5. Find the ratio of milk to water in
approximately what percent or the resulting the original solution.
solution in the jug is salt? A. 11:14 B. 14:11
A. 7.5% B. 9.5 % C. 3:8 D. 2:7
C. 10.5% D. 12% 32. You have reached Utopia where you find two
27. In a cask, whose capacity is 100 litre water and kinds of precious stones, rubies and emeralds.
alcohol are filled to the brim in the ratio of 1:4. The worth of a ruby and that of an emerald is
How much water should be added to make their Rs. 4 lakhs and Rs. 5 lakhs respectively. While
ratio 1:1. their weights are 0.3 kg and 0.4 kg respectively.
A. 48 litres B. 60 litres You have a bad that can carry maximum of 12
C. 65 litres D. 72 litres kg. How many rubies and emeralds would you
28. A man buys 12 litre of a solution, which carry such that their total value is maximized?
contains 20% milk and the rest is water. He A. 20 rubies and 15 emeralds
then mixes it with 10 litre of another mixture B. 8 rubies and 24 emeralds
with 30% milk. What is the percentage of water C. 0 rubies and 30 emeralds
in the new solution? D. None of the above
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33. 3 friends A,B,C went for week and party to may contain 9% of tin. Find the ratio in which
McDonald’s restaurant and there they measure these two alloys are to be mixed.
their weights in some order in 7 rounds. A,B,C, A. 6:1 B. 5:2
AB, BC, AC, ABC. Final round measure is C. 5:1 D. 2:1
155kg then find the average weight of all the 7 38. One alloy contains silver and copper in the ratio
rounds? of 5:1 and the other contains them in the ratio
A. 88.5 B. 90 of 7:2 respectively. What weights of the two
C. 92 D. 91.5 must be melted together so as to make a 5 lb.
34. A tea merchant buys two kinds of tea, the price mass with 80% silver?
of the first being twice of that of the second. He A. 2:3 B. 2:5
sells the mixture at Rs.14 per kg, thereby C. 1:3 D. 1:4
making a profit of 20 per cent. If the ratio of the 39. Nine litres are drawn from a cask full of wine
first and second kind of tea in the mixture be and it is then filled with water. Nine litres of the
2:3, find the cost price of second kind of tea. mixture are drawn and the cask is again filed
A. Rs. 15 B. Rs. 16 with water. The quaintly of the wine now left in
2 1 the cask is to that of the water in it as 16:9. How
C. Rs. 16 D. Rs. 17
3 4 much does the cask hold?
35. A cup of milk contains 3 parts of pure milk and A. 40 B. 45
1 part of water. How much of the mixture must C. 50 D. 55
be withdrawn and water substituted in order 40. A vessel contains mixture of spirit and water.
that the resulting mixture may be half milk and Spirit is 18%. 8 litres of mixture is taken out of
half water.
the vessel which is again filled with water. If
A. 1/4 B. 1/5 the percentage of spirit is 15%, find the quaintly
C. 1/2 D. 1/3 in litres of the mixture in the vessel.
36. A mixture contains wine and water in the ratio A. 33 B. 42
3:2. Another contains wine and water in the C. 45 D. 4
ratio 4:5. How many gallons of the later must 41. Gold is 19 times as heavy as water and copper
be mixed with 3 gallons of the former so that 9 times. In what ratio should these metals be
the resulting mixture may contains equal mixed that the mixture may be 15 times as
quantities of wine and water. heavy as water?
A. 5 B. 5.4 A. 1:3 B. 1:4
C. 5.8 D. 6 C. 3:2 D. 2:3
37. One alloy of metal contains 90% copper and 42. A man buys milk at 85 paisa per litre and mixes
10% tin. Another alloy contains 93% copper water in it. He sells the mixture at the same rate
4% tin. If they are mixed so that the mixture

1 2
and thus gains 11 % . Find the quantity of water of 16 per cent is made. If the first liquid costs
9 3
per litre of the mixture? Rs.4 per litre more than the second, find the
A. 1/10 B. 1/12 price per litre of first liquid.
C. 1/6 D. 1/9 A. 8 B. 6
43. Two liquids are mixed in the ratio 5:3 and by C. 10 D. 12
selling the mixture at Rs.12.25 per litre, a profit
:::ANSWER KEY:::
1. A 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. D 6. C 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. B
11. C 12. B 13. A 14. A 15. B 16. C 17. C 18. B 19. B 20. A
21. B 22. D 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. B 28. D 29. B 30. D
31. A 32. D 33. A 34. C 35. D 36. B 37. C 38. A 39. B 40. D
41. A 42. A 43. D

5 PROFIT, LOSS AND DISCOUNT
1. A man buys oranges at Rs. 5 a dozen and an C. Rs. 814 D. Rs. 800
equal number at Rs. 2 a dozen. He sells them at 7. A vendor has 24 kg apples. He sells part of
Rs. 5.50 a dozen and makes a profit of Rs. 50. these at 20% gain and the balance at 5% loss. If
How many oranges (in dozen) did he buy? on the whole he earns a profit of 10%, the part
A. 25 B. 40 of apples sold at a loss is
C. 50 D. 60 A. 6 kg B. 4.6 kg
2. Ram purchased 35 kg rice at Rs. 9.50 per kg C. 9.6 kg D. 11.4 kg
and 30 kg at Rs. 10.50 per kg and mixed them. 8. By selling an article, there is a loss of 2.5%. By
At what price (per kg) should he sell the selling it at Rs. 6 more, there is a gain of 5%.
mixture to gain 35%? The cost price of the article is
A. Rs. 12 B. Rs. 12.50 A. Rs. 78 B. Rs. 81
C. Rs. 13 D. Rs. 13.50 C. Rs. 82 D. Rs. 80
3. A dealer declares to sell his goods at cost price, 9. A man sold an article for a gain of 5%. If he
18 bought it for 5% less and sold it for Rs. 1 less,
but he uses a false weight and gains 6 % . For
17 he would have made a profit of 10%. The cost
a kilogram he uses a weight of price of the article is……
A. 953 g B. 960 g
A. Rs. 100 B. Rs. 150
C. 940 g D. 947 g C. Rs. 500 D. Rs. 200
4. By selling toffees at 20 for a rupee, a man loses 10. The profit earned by selling a table for Rs. 900
4%. To gain 20% for a rupee he must sell is double the loss incurred when it is sold for
A. 16 toffees B. 20 toffees Rs. 450. At what price should it be sold to make
C. 12 toffees D. 15 toffees a profit of 25%?
5. A bought a cycle and spent Rs. 110 on its A. Rs. 600 B. Rs. 650
repairs. He then sold it to B at a profit of 20%. C. Rs. 800 D. Rs. 750
B sold it to C at a loss of 10%. C sold it at a 11. A trader quotes Rs. 45 for an article whose cost
profit of 10% for Rs. 1,188. What is the price A price is Rs. 30. The customer pays him a 50 –
paid to buy that bicycle? rupee note. The trader does not have the change
A. Rs. 850 B. Rs. 870 to give back Rs. 5 to the customer. He thus goes
C. Rs. 930 D. Rs. 890 to a neighbouring shop to get change for Rs. 50.
6. If the manufacturer gains 10%, the wholesaler The customer collects his balance Rs. 5. The
gains 15%, and the retailer gains 25%, what is next day the neighbouring shop owner realizes
the cost of production of the goods if the retail that the 50 rupee note was fake and demanded
price is Rs. 1,265? Rs. 50 back from the trader who gave it. What
A. Rs. 632.50 B. Rs. 834.34 is the total loss to the trader?
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A. Rs. 80 B. Rs. 85 18. A mirror is listed at Rs. 1,000. A retailer buys

C. Rs. 30 D. Rs. 35 it with two discounts of 20% and 10% each.
12. A merchant sells rice and makes a profit of 6%. The retailer incurs an additional cost of 10% of
His cost price increases by 10% and thus he the cost of mirror on wood work for making a
increases his selling price also by 10%. What dressing table. At what price should he sell the
profit per cent does he earn now? dressing table to make profit of 15%?
A. 5% B. 6.6% A. Rs. 900 B. Rs. 910.8
C. 10% D. 6% C. Rs. 720 D. Rs. 800
13. A trader buys 78 kg of wheat for Rs. 492. He 19. The list price of a slipper is Rs. 160. The first
sells 40% of this at a loss of 20%. What should discount offered is 10% and second discount is
be the percentage mark up on the remaining so x%. The SP of the slipper now is Rs.122.4. Find
as to gain an overall 25%? x.
A. 40 B. 55 A. 15 B. 10
C. 28 D. 45 C. 17 D. 18
14. Sneha buys X eggs to resell them at a profit of 20. The profit is 8% above CP and MP is 20%
10% but loses 10% of the eggs. By how much above cost price. Find the rate of discount
should she mark up the selling price in order to A. 5% B. 7%
retain 10% profit? C. 10% D. 12%
A. 30% B. 40% 21. If discount is Rs. 135, profit is 38.75%. if
C. 33.33% D. 22.22% discount is Rs. 90, find profit percentage if CP
15. A merchant gives a discount of 10% on tea, but is Rs.450.
uses a false weight of 900 g for 1 kg. Find his A. 42 B. 48
net loss per cent. C. 50 D. 48.75
A. No profit, no loss B. 2.05 22. A person purchases 50 dozen eggs at Rs. 4 per
C. 4.67 D. 3.33 dozen. Of these, 40 eggs were found broken. At
16. A man bought 100 kg of rice for Rs. 1,100 and what price should he sell the remaining eggs in
sold it at a loss of as much money as he receive order to make a profit of 5%?
for 20 kg rice. At what price did he sell the rice? A. Rs. 3 B. Rs. 4.5
A. Rs. 9 B. Rs. 10.50 C. Rs. 5.5 D. Rs. 6
C. Rs. 10 D. Rs. 9.16 23. A man sold his radio at a loss of 5%. Had he
17. If the price of sugar decreases by 12.5%, a man purchased it at 10% lesser cost price and sold it
is able to purchase 9 kg more for Rs.126. Find at Rs. 42 more, then he would have had a gain
the original price of sugar per kilogram. of 1/4 of the C.P. Find the C.P. of the radio.
A. Rs. 5 B. Rs. 2.5 A. Rs. 240 B. Rs. 275
C. Rs. 2 D. Rs. 2.25 C. Rs. 300 D. Rs. 325

24. A man purchases some oranges at the rate of 3 the carriage at a profit of 30%, His total profit
for Rs. 4 and the same quantity at 5 for Rs. 6. If 5
was 25 % . Find the cost of the horse.
he sells all the oranges at the rate of 3 for Rs.5, 6
find his gain or loss percent. A. Rs. 500 B. Rs. 625

C. Rs. 750 D. Rs. 800
A. 26 % B. 31 %
30. A manufacturer fixes the wholesale price of an
C. 32 % D. 34 %
article by adding together the cost of
25. A dealer allows 10% discount on the list price
production. Excise duty (Which is 22% of the
of certain articles and yet makes a profit of 25
cost of production) and his profit (Which is
percent on each article. Find the cost price of an
18% of the cost of production). The wholesaler
article whose listed price is RS. 50.
sells the articles to a retailer at a profit of 15%.
A. Rs. 36 B. Rs. 40
The retailer marks the price at 25% above his
C. Rs. 42 D. Rs. 45
cost price and allows 4% discount on the
26. A bicycle agent allows 20% discount on his
marked price for cash payment of Rs. 483 to the
marked price and then makes a profit of 20%.
dealer. Find his cost of production.
What is the marked price on which he gain
A. Rs.175 B. Rs. 200
Rs. 40?
C. Rs. 225 D. Rs. 250
A. Rs. 250 B. Rs. 300
31. An almirah is listed at Rs. 1000. A retailer buys
C. Rs. 325 D. Rs. 350
it with two successive discounts of 10% and
27. A tradesman cheats by means of a false balance
20% for cash. The other expenses are 10% of
to extent of 10% in buying goods and to the
the cost of the almirah. At what price should he
same extent in selling goods. What percent
sell to earn a profit of 15%?
does he gain or lose on his outlay by defraud?
A. Rs. 800 B. Rs. 850.20
A. 20% B. 33%
C. Rs. 910.80 D. Rs. 925.50
C. 22 % D. 25% 32. The list price of a watch is Rs. 160. A retailer
28. A man bought a horse and a carriage for pays Rs. 122.40 for it. He gets successive
Rs. 500, and sold the horse at a gain of 20 discounts of 10% and another rate which is
percent, and the carriage at a loss of 10 percent, illegible. What is the second discount rate?
thus gaining 2 percent on his total outlay. For A. 10% B. 15%
how much was the horse bought? C. 20% D. 25%
A. Rs. 175 B. Rs. 200 33. A Scooter dealer bought an old scooter listed at
C. Rs. 225 D. Rs. 250 Rs. 2600 and got successive discounts of 5%
29. A person bought a horse and a carriage for Rs. and 10%. He spends some amount on its repairs
1800. He sold the horse at a profit of 20% , and and sells it for Rs. 2750 thereby gaining 10%.

Find the amount spent by the shopkeeper on A. Rs. 250 B. Rs. 265
repairs. C. Rs. 277 D. Rs. 285
:::ANSWER KEY:::
1. A 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. D 6. D 7. C 8. D 9. D 10. D
11. D 12. D 13. B 14. D 15. A 16. D 17. C 18. B 19. A 20. C
21. D 22. B 23. A 24. B 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. B 29. C 30. D
31. C 32. B 33. C

6 SIMPLE AND COMPOUND INTEREST
1. In SI if rate of interest would have been 4% 7. A part of the amount of Rs. 7,000 was lent at
higher, a man would have obtained Rs. 400 6% p.a. and the remaining part at 4% p.a. if the
more in 2 years. Find the principal. total simple interest in 5 years was Rs. 1,600.
A. Rs. 4,000 B. Rs. 5,000 What was the sum lent at 6% p.a.?
C. Rs. 6,000 D. Rs. 10,000 A. Rs. 4,000 B. Rs. 2,500
2. A sum of money at SI doubles in 7 years. In C. Rs. 3,000 D. Rs. 2,000
how many years will it become 8 times? 8. What will be the CI on Rs. 1,000 for 3 years at
A. 28 years B. 16 years 10% p.a.?
C. 32 years D. 49 years A. Rs. 331 B. Rs. 330
3. A sum was put at simple interest at a certain C. Rs. 300 D. Rs. 361
rate for 2 years. Had it been put at 3% higher 9. Find the difference between SI and CI on
rate, it would have fetched Rs. 72 more, the Rs.700 at the rate of 10% for 3 years
sum is A. Rs. 20.90 B. Rs. 21.00
A. Rs. 1,200 B. Rs. 1,500 C. Rs. 21.70 D. Rs. 24.00
C. Rs. 1,600 D. Rs. 1,800 10. If CI for a certain sum of 2 years at 2% p.a. be
4. A sum of Rs. 1,550 was partly lent at 5% and Rs. 1,010. What is the principal?
8% p.a. simple interest. The total interest A. Rs. 20,000 B. Rs. 25,000
received after 3 years was Rs.300. The ratio of C. Rs. 25,250 D. Rs. 27,500
the money lent at 5% to that lent at 8% is 11. If I lend Rs. 5,000 for 3 years in two schemes,
A. 8:5 B. 5:8 at ….
C. 31:6 D. 16:15 (i) 11% SI
5. A man invested one-third of his capital at 7%, (ii) 10% CI, which is the beneficial scheme and
one fourth at 8% and the remainder at 10% by what amount?
simple interest, respectively. If his annual A. (i): Rs. 150 B. (ii): Rs. 50
income is Rs. 561, the capital is C. (ii): Rs. 5 D. (ii): Rs. 50
A. Rs. 5,400 B. Rs. 6,000 12. A sum of Rs. 12,000 deposited at compound
C. Rs. 6,600 D. Rs. 7,200 interest doubles after 5 years. After 20 years it
6. Rs. 2,189 is divided into three parts such that will become
their amounts after 1, 2 and 3 years respectively A. Rs. 1,20,000 B. Rs. 1,92,000
may be equal, the rate of simple interest being C. Rs. 1,24,000 D. Rs. 96,000
4% p.a. in all cases, the smallest part is 13. The least number of complete years in which a
A. Rs. 702 B. Rs. 389 sum of money invested at 20% compound
C. Rs. 756 D. Rs. 398 interest will be more than doubled is
A. 3 B. 7
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C. 5 D. 4 C. z2 = xy D. xyz = 1
14. A $ 500 investment and a $ 1,500 investment 20. If the simple interest on a sum of money for 3
have a combined yearly return of 8.5 per cent years at 5% per annum is Rs. 1,200. What is the
of the total of the two investments. If the $ 500 compounds interest for the same period at the
investment has a yearly return of 7 per cent, same rate?
what per cent yearly return does the $ 1,500 A. Rs. 1,260 B. Rs. 1,216
investment have? C. Rs. 1,264 D. Rs. 1,261
A. 9 B. 10 21. If the difference between the compound interest
C. 10 D. 11 compounded half-yearly and the simple interest

on a sum at 10% per annum for one year is Rs.
15. If CI for a certain sum at 3% for 2 years is Rs.
25, the sum is
203, what would be the SI?
A. Rs. 9,000 B. Rs. 9,500
A. Rs. 210 B. Rs. 207.50
C. Rs. 10,000 D. Rs. 10,500
C. Rs. 213.33 D. Rs. 200
22. A sum of money to Rs. 4,624 in 2 years and to
16. The difference between SI and CI at 10% p.a.
Rs. 4,913 in 3 years at compound interest. The
for 2 years is Rs. 631. Find the principal.
sum is
A. Rs. 12,620 B. Rs. 13,251
A. Rs. 4,096 B. Rs. 4,260
C. Rs. 59,250 D. Rs. 63,100
C. Rs. 4,335 D. Rs. 4,360
Directions for questions 17 and 18: Read the
23. A sum of money becomes Rs. 13,380 after 3
information given below and answer the
years and Rs. 20,070 after 6 years on compound
following questions.
interest. The sum is
‘A’ borrowed Rs. 4,000 at 10% CI for 3 years
A. Rs. 8,800 B. Rs. 8,890
with the condition that half of the amount at the
C. Rs. 8,920 D. Rs. 9,040
end of first and second years will be paid at the
24. The difference in CI and SI for 2 years on a
end of those years.
certain sum at 5% rate of interest is Rs. 200.
17. What is the amount due at maturity?
What is the sum?
A. Rs. 2,200 B. Rs. 2,324
A. Rs. 32,000 B. Rs. 1,60,000
C. Rs, 1,330 D. Rs. 1,331
C. Rs. 40,000 D. Rs. 80,000
18. Find how much did ‘A’ pay in total as interest
25. Find the difference between SI and CI on Rs.
A. Rs. 1,200 B. Rs. 944
2,000 for 2 years at the rate of 10% p.a.
C. Rs. 741 D. Rs. 800
A. Rs. 15 B. Rs. 22
19. If x, and z are three sums of money such that y
C. Rs. 30 D. Rs. 20
is the simple interest on x:z is the simple
26. The CI at 10% interest rate of 2 years is Rs.
interest on y for the same time and at the same
1,050. Find SI at the same rate of interest and
rate of interest, then we have
for the same time period.
A. x2 = yz B. y2 = xz
A. Rs. 800 B. Rs. 1,025 A. 1200 B. 1210

C. Rs. 2,000 D. Rs. 1,000 C. 1300 D. 1310
27. A sum of Rs. 100 at CI becomes Rs. 300 in 4 30. A man borrows Rs. 820 and undertakes to pay
years. What will it amount to in 12 years? back with compound interest @ 5% p.a. in 2
A. Rs. 2,700 B. Rs. 2,400 equal yearly installments at the end of first and
C. Rs. 2,200 D. Rs. 1,700 second year. What is the amount of each
28. The CI on Rs. 50,000 at 10% p.a. compounded installment?
annually for a certain time period is Rs. 10,500. A. 400 B. 420
What is the time period? C. 441 D. 410
A. 2 years B. 5 years 31. A man borrows Rs. 1820 and undertakes to pay
C. 7 years D. 4 years back with compound interest @ 20% p.a. in 3
29. A man borrows Rs. 2100 and undertake to pay equal yearly installments at the end of first,
back with compound interest @ 10% p.a. in 2 second and third years. What is the amount of
equal yearly installments at the end of first and each installment?
second year. What is the amount of each A. 864 B. 850
installment? C. 820 D. 900
:::ANSWER KEY:::
1. B 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. D 7. D 8. A 9. C 10. B
11. C 12. B 13. D 14. A 15. D 16. D 17. D 18. C 19. B 20. D
21. C 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. D 26. D 27. A 28. A 29. B 30. C
31. A

7 TIME AND DISTANCE
1. A motorboat whose speed in still water is 15 C. 120 m D. 180 m

kmph goes 36 km downstream and comes back 8. A boat travels 20 km upstream in 6 hrs and 18
in a total 5 hr. Determine the speed of the km downstream in 4 hrs. Find the speed of the
stream? water current?
A. 2 kmph B. 2.5 kmph A. 1/2 kmph B. 7/12 kmph
C. 3 kmph D. Indeterminable C. 5 kmph D. None of these
2. A boat moves 10 km upstream and return to the 9. A non-stop bus to Amritsar overtakes a car, also
same point in 45 minutes. The speed of the moving towards Amritsar at 10 am. The bus
stream is 3 km/hr. The speed of the boat is ? reaches Amritsar at 12.30 p.m. and starts on the
A. 30 kmph B. 27 kmph return journey after 1 hr. On the way back it
C. 32 kmph D. 24 kmph meets the car at 2 pm. At what time the car will
3. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 reach Amritsar?
km/hr and including stoppage, it is 45 km/hr. A. 2.15 pm B. 2.30 pm
For how many long does the bust stop per hour? C. 3 pm D. 3.15 pm
A. 9 min B. 15 min 10. A train is moving at a speed of 25 kmph.
C. 12 min D. 10 min Another train moving in the same direction at a
4. A train 110 m long is moving at 132 km/hr. speed of 49 kmph crosses a man on the first
How long will it take to cross a platform 165 m train in 10 sec. What is the length of the second
long? train?
A. 5 s B. 7.5 min A. 66.67 m B. 80 m
C. 10 s D. 7.5 s C. 100 m D. 100 m
5. A train travelling at the rate of 90 km/hr crosses 11. A man runs around a square of side 10 kms in
a pole in 10 s. its length is different speeds as given below. 1st side: 10
A. 250 m B.150 m kmph, 2nd side: 20 kmph, 3rd side: 30 kmph, 4th
C. 900 m D.100 m side: 40 kmph. Find the average speed.
6. A train 300 m long crossed a platform 900 m A. 19.2 kmph B. 19.8 kmph
long in 1 min 12 s. The speed of the train is C. 20.4 kmph D. 22.8 kmph
A. 45 km/hr B. 50 km/hr 12. On a rectangular plot 50 feet × 120 feet a man
C. 54 km/hr D. 60 km/hr who walks 5 feet per second has to go from one
7. Two trains travel in opposite directions at 36 corner to the opposite corner. He may cross
km/hr and 45 km/hr respectively. A man sitting diagonally or walk along the perimeter of the
in the slower train passes the faster train in 8s. plot. How much time in seconds does he save
The length of the faster train is by walking diagonally?
A. 80 m B. 100 m A. 5 Sec B. 6 Sec
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C. 7 Sec D. 8 Sec 19. A can give a start of 20m to B in a 100m race.

13. In a straight highway two cars start from the If they are allowed to run in a circular track of
same points in opposite directions. Each covers radius  25  m in the anticlockwise then how
 π 
a distance of 8 km before taking a left turn.
Then they travel for 6 km. What is the distance many times will they meet at the starting point
between them now? when B completes his 10 rounds?
A. 15 km B. 18 km A. 1 B. 2
C. 20 km D. 22 km C. 3 D. Never
14. There is a circular track of length 400 metres. 20. A takes 9 strides to B’s 7 strides. A’s strides is
If A and B starts at the same point but in of 1 meter and B’s stride is of 1.2m. If B gets a
opposite direction with a speed of 8 m/s and 12 start of 24m, then what distance should A travel
m/s respectively. Then at what time after the to overtake B?
beginning they will meet for the second time. A. 300 m B. 360 m
A. 1 min 40 Sec B. 20 Sec C. 400 m D. 450 m
C. 40 Sec D. 3 min 20 Sec 21. A Tortoise and a Hare go for a race. The
15. In the above question when will they meet for Tortoise gets a head start of 100 m but Hare is
the first time at the starting point? 10 times faster. What is the distance travelled
A. 1 min 40 Sec B. 50 Sec by Hare to catch up Tortoise?
C. 3 min 20 Sec D. 40 Sec A. 115 m B. 125 m
16. In a game of Snooker, A beats B by 18 points C. 111.11 m D. 108 m
for 90, A beats C by 10 points for 60. By How 22. A gives a start of 10m to B in a 100m race. B
gives a start to 25m to C in a 150m race. How
many can C beats B in a game of 70?
A. 7.5 B. 62.5 much start can A give to C in a 200m race?
C. 67.2 D. 2.8 A. 80 m B. 70 m
17. A beats B by 24m and C by 20m, C beats B by C. 50 m D. 60 m
1 sec in a race of 120m. In how many seconds 23. In a circular track of length 100 m, three
does A complete the race? persons A, B and C start together. A and B start
A. 12s B. 20s in the same direction at speeds of 10 m/s and 8
C. 24s D. 28s m/s respectively. While C runs in the opposite
18. A can beat B by 20 m and C can beat B by 40 direction at 15 m/s respectively. While C runs
m in race of 100 m. By how much can C beat A in the opposite direction at 15 m/s. When will
in the race? all the three meat for the first time at the starting
A. 75 m B. 70 m point?
C. 25 m D. 20 m A. 80 Sec B. 90 Sec
C. 100 Sec D. 120 Sec

24. There are two bridges separated by a distance puncture occurred 30 kms later he would have
of 1 km. A person starts rowing upstream from been only 15 min. late. Find his initial speed.
the bottom of first bridge and when he reaches A. 40 kmph B. 45 kmph
the bottom of second bridge he has seen a cork C. 50 kmph D. 60 kmph
floating down the river. He continued rowing 28. A starts form a place at 11:00 A.M. and travels
upstream for 15 minutes hen started rowing at a speed of 4 kmph, B starts from the same
downstream. Surprisingly, he has seen the cork place at 12:00 noon and travels with speeds of
at the bottom of first bridge. Find the speed of 1 kmph for 1 hour, 2 kmph for the next 1 hour,
river? 3 kmph for the next 1 hour and so on. At what
A. 2 kmph B. 1.8 kmph time will B catch up with A?
C. 1.8 m/s D. 2 m/sec A. 10 pm B. 9.24 pm
25. A son and father go for boating in river C. 8 pm D. 9.32 pm
upstream. After rowing for a mile son notices 29. Two toy cars, at a distance of 500 cm from each
the hat of his father falling in the river. After 5 other, moves towards each other by 100 cm at
min, he tells his father that his hat has fallen. So a speed of 50 cm/s and then moves backward
they turn around and are able to pick the hat the by 50 cm at a speed of 25 cm/s. How long will
point from where they began boating. What is it take for the cars to collides?
the speed of river? A. 15s B. 14s
A. 5 miles /hr B. 6 miles /hr C. 16s D. 10 s
C. 8 miles /hr D. 2 miles/hr 30. A and B run in opposite directions from a point
26. Two trains travelling in opposite directions at P on a circle with different but constant speed.
speed of 18 kmph each are 60 km apart. There A is running in clockwise direction. They meet
is a fly in one train. It files at 80 kmph. It starts for the first time at a distance of 900 m in
from the first train, hits the seconds train and clockwise direction form P and for the second
then returns back. In this way it oscillates time at a distance of 800 m in anticlockwise
between the two trains. At the instance when, direction from P. If B is yet to complete one
the two trains collide it dies. What is the total round. The circumference of the circle is
distance covered by the fly? A. 1500 m B. 1450 m
A. 111.11 km B. 120 km C. 1300 m D. 1200 m
C. 140 km D. 133.33 km 31. A Bird ‘A’ starts flying from P to Q at 9.00 a.m.
27. A person starts from Pune to Mumbai. After 1 and another bird ‘B’ starts flying from Q to P at
hr of journey his tyre gets punctured. He repairs 10:00 a.m. B is 50% faster than A. What is the
it in 10 min. He then travels the rest of the time at which they meet if P and Q are 300 kms
distance with a uniform speed of 30 km/hr and apart and A’s speed is 50 kmph?
reaches 30 min late at destination. Had the A. 12.8 noon B. 12:30 pm

C. 11:30 am D. 11:00 am goods train crossed the first person in 20

32. A man is walking inside a tunnel AB towards B seconds. After 10 min the same train crossed
when he is 3/8th of the distance from A, he hears the other person who is coming in opposite
a train coming from behind him which was at direction in 18 seconds. When will the two
the entrance of the tunnel. He sees that if he persons meet after the train has crossed the first
moves towards B, the train just catches him at person?
B. If the man walks at a steady rate of 8mph. A. 85 min B. 95 min
what is the speed of the train? C. 75 min D. Undetermined
A. 12.8 mph B. 15.6 mph 36. A Person, who decided to go for a weekend trip
C. 20.2 mph D. 14 mph cannot exceed 8 hours driving in a day. His
33. On return from a business trip Mr. average speed for forward journey is 40
Chidambaram was to be picked up from the miles/h. Due to traffic on Sunday. The average
railway station by his coach man. Someone he speed for the return journey is 30 miles/h. How
managed a train connection earlier and thus far can he select a picnic sport?
arrived two hours too early. Immediately on A. 125 miles B. 137 miles
arrived he rang up home for the car and was C. 143 miles D. indeterminable
told that it had just left in order to be exactly in 37. Anusha, Banu and Esha run a running race of
time for the train by which he was scheduled to 100 meters, Anusha is the fastest followed by
come. To save the time he started walking Banu and then Esha. Anusha, Bhanu and Esha
homeward at 3kmph. On the way he met the car maintain constant speeds speeds during the
who brought him home an hour before entire race. When Anusha reached the goal
schedule. How far is the Mr. Chidambaram’s post, Banu was 10m behind. When Banu
house from the railway station? reached the goal post Esha was 10m behind.
A. 14 km B. 16 km When Banu reached the goal post Esha was
C. 18 km D. 10 km 10m behind. How for Esha was behind Anusha
34. A policeman is chasing a thief. The thief has a when the latter reached the goal post.
head start of 10 miles over him. Policeman has A. 81 B. 90
a speed 1 mile/hr greater than thief. His dog has C. 70 D. 89
a speed of 10 km/hr. The dog runs to and fro 38. A train left station A for station B at a certain
between and the thief. How many miles does speed. After travelling for 100 km, the train
his dog run, before he catches the thief? 4
meets with an accident and could travel at th
A. 96 miles B. 100 miles 5
C. 62.5 miles D. 160 miles of the original speed and reaches 45 minutes
35. Two persons are walking with the same speed late at station B. Had the accident taken place
along a track of rail in the opposite direction. A 50 km further on, it would have reached 30

minutes late at station B. what is the distance m/s. The bird starts flying towards the train, and
between station A and B? as soon as it reaches the train, it files back
A. 250 B. 200 towards the wall. It continues to do this to and
C. 180 D. 320 fro motion till the train crashes to the wall. If
39. A bus stared from the terminus at 8:00a.m. and the bird can fly at a speed of 120 kmph, find the
after 30 minutes staying at destination. It total distance covered by the bird while it was
returned back to the bus stand. The destination flying towards the wall.
is 27 miles from the bus stand. The speed of the A. 200 km B. 400 km
bus is 18 kmph. In return journey bus travels C. 600 km D. 800 km
50% faster speed. At what time it returns to the 43. My milk man delivers me milk daily at certain
bus terminus? time. One day, I started 30 minutes before from
A. 12 Noon B. 12:30 pm my home on my motor cycle and met the milk
C. 1:00 pm D. 11:00 am man on the way who was coming on his
40. A car is travelling at a uniform speed. The bicycle. I collected the milk and reached home
driver sees a milestone showing a 2 – digit in 10 minutes. What is the ratio of the speeds of
number. After travelling for an hour the driver motor cycle and bicycle?
sees another milestone with the same digits in A. 5:1 B. 4:1
the reverse order. After another hour the driver C. 3:1 D. 2:1
sees another milestone containing the same two 44. Sharukh works for Bata Consultancy Services
digits with a zero between them. What is the (BCS), and his wife Gowri works for
average speed of the driver? Microhard. On a particular Saturday Sharukh
A. 42 kmph B. 45 kmph went to office to complete a dead line, and his
C. 54 kmph D. 63 kmph wife told him that while returning she would
41. Every day a cyclist meet a train at a particular pick him up at his office (She starts form their
crossing. The road is straight before the home). But he completed his work 45 min
crossing and both travels in the same direction. earlier than expected, and without waiting for
The cyclist travels with a speed of 10kmph. his wife he started walking towards his house.
One day the cyclist comes late by 25 min. and On the way he met his wife who was coming
meets the train 5 km before the crossing. What and both reached home 20 minutes earlier than
is the speed of the train? expected. How much time did he walk?
A. 48 kmph B. 52 kmph A. 55 min B. 35 min
C. 60 kmph D. 66 kmph C. 30 min D. 25 min
42. A bird sitting on a wall, spots an approaching
train, which is 720 km away, and moving at 15

:::ANSWER KEY:::
1. C 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. A 6. D 7. D 8. B 9. C 10. A
11. A 12. D 13. C 14. C 15. A 16. D 17. B 18. C 19. B 20. B
21. C 22. C 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. D 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. C
31. A 32. A 33. C 34. C 35. B 36. B 37. A 38. A 39. D 40. B
41. C 42. D 43. A 44. B

8 TIME AND WORK
1. A and B can do a job in 12 days and B and C times faster than A. How many days will they
do it in 16 days. After A has been working for take to do the work together?
5 days and B for 7 days, C finishes rest of the A. 3 days B. 8/9 days
work in 13 days. In how many days can C do C. 4 days D. 1 day
the work alone? 7. Pipe A can fill a tank in 30 mins and Pipe B can
A. 16 days B. 30 days fill it in 28 mins. If 3/4th of the tank is filled by
C. 36 days D. 24 days Pipe B alone and then both pipes are opened,
2. A, B and C can do a job in 11, 20 and 55 days how much time is required by both the pipes to
respectively. How soon can the work be done if fill the tank completely?
A is assisted by B and C on alternate days? A. 315/29 mins B. 105/29 mins
A. 7 days B. 9 days C. 420/29 mins D. 706/29 mins
C. 8 days D. 10 days 8. A certain number of men can finish a piece of
3. A does half as much work as B, and C does half work in 10 days. If however there were 10 men
As much work as A and B together in the same less it will take 10 days more for the work to be
time. If C alone can do the work in 40 days. All finished. How many men were there originally?
of them can together will finish the work in A. 10 men B. 30 men
A. 13 days B. 15 days C. 15 men D. 20 men
C. 20 days D. 13.33 days 9. 15 men take 21 days of 8 hours each to do piece
4. If two pipes operate simultaneously, a tank will of work. How many days of 6 hours each it
be full in 12 hr. If one pipe takes 10 hr less than would take for 21 women to do the same work
the other how much time does the other take to if 3 women do as much work as 2 men?
fill the tank? A. 30 B. 20
A. 25 hr B. 28 hr C. 19 D. 29
C. 30 hr D. 35 hr 10. 5 men or 8 women do equal amount of work in
5. A and B can finish a work in 45 and 40 days a day. A job requires 3 men and 5 women to
respectively. They worked for some days finish the job in 10 days. How many women are
together and then A left. The remaining work is required to finish the job in 14 days?
finished by B in 23 days. Find for how many A. 10 B. 7
days they worked together. C. 6 D. 12
A. 5 days B. 7 days 11. It takes 8, 12 and 16 days to A, B and C
C. 12 days D. 9 days respectively to complete a task. How many
6. A can finish a piece of work in 8 days, B can days will it take if A works on the job for 2 days
work three times faster than A, C can work five then B works on it until 25% of the job is left
for C to do, and C completes the work?
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A. 10 days B. 14 days on alternate days. On which day will they finish

C. 13 days D. 12 days the work?
12. A leak in the bottom of a tank can empty it in 6 A. 8th day B. 9th day
hr. A pipe fills in the tank at the rate of 4 litres C. 10th day D. 11th day
per minutes. When the tank is full, the inlet is 17. There are two pipes P and Q that can empty a
opened but due to the leak, the tank is emptied container in 24 mins and 32 mins respectively.
in 8 hr. What is the capacity of the tank? Both the pipes are opened simultaneously after
A. 5260 L B. 5670 L how much time should the pipe P be closed so
C. 5846 L D. 5760 L that the container can be emptied in 16 minutes.
13. 3 men finish painting a wall in 8 days. Four A. 9 min B. 12 min
boys do the same job in 7 days. In how many C. 14 min D. 15 min
days will 2 men and 2 boys working together 18. 2 men and 3 women working 7 hours a day
paint two such walls of the same size? finish a piece of work in 5 days. 4 men and 4
A. 13 hours B. 13 hours women working 3 hours a day, do half the work
in 3 ½ days. Find the number of days in which
C. 12 hours D. 14 hours
twice the work is done by 5 men and 3 women
14. 3 pipes can fill a reservoir in 10, 15 and 20 hrs
working 4 hours a day.
respectively. The first was opened at 5 am., the
A. 8 B. 9
second at 6 am., third at 7 am. When will the
C. 10 D. 11
reservoir be filled?
19. A can do a piece of work in 10 days, B in 12
A. 9 am B. 10 am
days, and C in 15 days. All begin together, but
C. 9 am D. 10 A leaves the work after 2 days and B leaves 3
15. A, B, C and do a piece of work in 8, 14 and 16 days before the work is finished. How long did
days respectively. A does the work for 2 days the work last?
B continues form it and finishes till 25% of the A. 4 B. 5
work is remaining. C finishes the remaining C. 6 D. 7
work. How many day would have taken to 20. B takes thrice as long as A and C together, and
complete the work? C takes twice as long as A and B together to do
A. 13 days B. 13.5 days a piece of work. If the three together complete
C. 14 days D. 14.5 days the work in 10 days, how long would A alone
16. A can do a work in 8 days, B can do a work in take to finish the work?
7 days C can do a work in 6 days. A works on A. 24 B. 25
the first day, B works on the second day and C C. 26 D. 27
on the third day respectively, that is they work 21. Three pipes A, B, and C are attached to cistern.
A can fill it in 20 minutes and B in 30 minutes.

C is a waste pipe meant for emptying it. After order. At last A completes the task. At what
opening both the pipes A and B, a man leaves time does A complete the task?
the cistern and return when the cistern should A. 12 am B. 1 am
have just been full. Finding however, that the C. 2 am D. 3 am
waste pipe was accidentally left open, he closes 24. Six people in a group shared and extra large
it and the cistern now fills in the 3 minutes. In pizza. They started together and ate half of it in
how much time can C alone empty the tank? some time. Then suddenly 2 more people from
A. 42 B. 45 another group joined them and those two of
C. 48 D. 52 them alone finished half of the remaining pizza
22. Two pipes A and B can separately fill a cistern in the same time. What is the ratio of time taken
in 7 ½ and 5 minutes respectively, and a waste to eat the pizza by one man from the initial
pipe C can carry off 14 litres per minute. If all group to one man from the second group to eat
the pipes are opened when the cistern is full, it the whole pizza?
is emptied in 1 hour. How many litres does it A. 3:1 B. 2:3
hold? C. 3:2 D. 1:3
A. 32 B. 35 25. A and B can fill a tank in 20 & 30 minutes
C. 40 D. 42 respectively and C & D can empty the same
23. Five people A, B, C, D and E working together tank in 30 & 40 minutes respectively. If the
at the same rate can complete a task in five order of opening the pipes is A, C, B & then D
hours. They all start together at 12 noon. After for one min each, what will be the total time to
1 hour E leaves the work. After an interval of fill the tank?
one hour D leaves and then C and B also leave A. 142 B. 147
after an interval of one hour each in the same C. 153 D. 161
:::ANSWER KEY:::
1. D 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. B 8. D 9. A 10. B
11. D 12. D 13. C 14. D 15. A 16. A 17. B 18. C 19. D 20. A
21. C 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. C

9 PROGRESSIONS
1. One ball when dropped from height 150 m C. 565 cm D. 546 cm

bounces back to 5/6 of the previous height each 6. Find the lowest number in an AP such that the
time. Calculate the total distance travelled by sum of all the terms is 105 and greatest term is
the ball till it comes to rest. 6 times the least?
A. 1650 B. 1230 A. 5 B. 10
C. 1630 D. 1540 C. 15 D. 20
2. Find sum of 3 + + +⋯ 7. A boy agrees to work at the rate of one rupee

on the first day, two rupees on the second day
A. 3 B. 4
four rupees on the third day and so on. How
C. 5 D. 6
much will the boy get if he starts working on
3. One side of a staircase is to be closed in by
the 1st of February and finishes on the 20th of
rectangular planks from the floor to each step.
February?
The width of each plank is 9 inches and their
A. 220 B. 220 – 1
heights are successively 6 inches, 12 inches, 18
C. 219 – 1 D. 219
inches and so on. There are 24 planks required
8. Mr. Ketan Parekh receives a pension that strats
in total. Find the area in square feet?
with Rs. 100 in the first year and each year he
A. 112.5 B. 107
receives 90% of what he received the previous
C. 118.5 D. 105
year. Find the maximum total amount that he
4. The middle points of the sides of triangle are
can receive even if he lives forever.
joined forming a second triangle. Again a third
A. Rs. 1100 B. Rs. 1000
triangle is formed by joining the middle points
C. Rs. 1200 D. Rs. 900
of the second triangle and this process is
9. Anjelina Jolie& Brad Pitt set out to meet each
repeated infinitely. If the perimeter and the area
other from two places 165 km apart. Anjelina
of the outer triangle are P and A respectively.
Jolie travels 15 km the first day, 14km the
What will be the sum of the perimeter of
second day, 13 km the third day and so on. Brad
triangle thus formed.
travels 10 km the first day, 12 km the second
A. 2P B. P2
day, 14 km the third day and so on. After how
C. 3P D. P2 / 2
many days will they meet?
5. A squares has a side of 40 cm. Another square
A. 8 days B. 5 days
is formed by joining the mid points of the sides
C. 6 days D. 7 days
of the given square and this process is repeated
10. A number of saplings are lying at a place by the
infinitely. Find the approximate perimeter of all
side of a straight road. These are to be planted
the squares thus formed.
in a straight line at a distance interval of 10
A. 465 cm B. 435 cm
meters between two consecutive sapling. Mr.
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ALIEN, the country’s greatest forester can of 1.32 kms. How many saplings does he plant
carry only one sapling at a time and has to move in the process?
back to the original point to get the next A. 14 B. 13
sapling. In the manner he covers a total distance C. 12 D. 11

10 MENSURATION
1. A rectangular filed is there of the dimension 7. A kite started rotating in a circle of diameter 12
40m×50m. A path of 1 m width surrounds the m at a height of 8 m from the ground when all
field from outside. What is the area of the path? the thread that is available is used. What is the
A. 184 B. 324 number of turns that the thread is wound on the
C. 124 D. 204 reel if the radius of the turn on the reel is 5/66
2. Given length = y, breadth = x cm? (Assume that each winding is circular in
Find the area not occupied by circles nature)
DIAGRAM A. 2100 B. 1680
A. 9x2(1 – π/4) B. 3x2(1 + π/4) C. 1980 D. 1320
C. 3x2π/4 D. 3x2(1 – π/4) 8. Seven circles of radius ‘r’ is kept in a square of
3. There is a square of side 6 cm. A circle is unit length as shown below. Find the radius of
inscribed inside the square. Find the ratio of the the small circle.
area of the circle to that of the square. DIAGRAM
A. 22/21 B. 14/11 A.
√
B.
√
√ √
C. 28/11 D. 11/14
√ √
4. There are two circles, one circle is inscribed C. D.
√ √
and another circle is circumscribed over a 9. There is a grass-field in the shape of an

square. What is the ratio of area of the inner equilateral triangle of side 10 m. A cow is tied
circle to that of the outer circle? with a rope at one vertex of this field. The
A. 1: 2 B. 2√2 ∶ 1 length of the rope is 7 m. The area of the field
C. 2:1 D. 4:1 that can be grazed by the cow is?
5. An octagon is formed from a square in such a A. 154 B. 252/3
way that its corner are cut uniformly. What is C. 77 D. 154/3
the area of the square if the side of the octagon 10. What is the distance between two parallel
is 10 cm? chords of length 24 cm and 32 cm in a circle of
A. 200√3 B. 200 radius 20 cm?

A. 4 cm B. both a and c
C. 100√3 D. 300 + 200√2
C. 28 cm D. 6 cm
6. Volumes of a right circular cylinder and a
11. The length of a ladder is exactly equal to the
hemisphere, both having the same radius are
height of the wall it is resting against. If lower
equal then, what is the ratio of the height of the
end of the ladder is kept on a stool of height 3
cylinder and the radius of the hemisphere?
m and the stool is kept 9 m away from the wall
A. 1:2 B. 3:2
the upper end of the ladder coincides with the
C. 2:1 D. 2:3
top of the wall. Then the height of the wall is
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A. 11 m B. 12 m 15. There is a building of height 500m and a small

C. 15 m D. 18 m tower some distance away from the building.
12. Let there be a square of size 40 by 40. There are The angles of elevation to the top of the
4 circles each of radius 10 not overlapping but building from the top and bottom of the tower
just touching each other inside the square. What are 30o and 45o. Find the height of the tower.
percentage of the area of the square is not A. 500
√
B. 500
√
√ √
covered by the circles?
√ √
A. 18% B. 20% C. 500 D. 500
√ √
C. 21.5% D. 24% 16. There are two persons standing in front of

13. A solid wooden toy is in the form of a cone tower of height 300 m. The angles of elevation
mounted on a hemi sphere. If the radius of the are 30o and 60o. Find the distance between the
hemi sphere is 4.2 cm and the total height of the two people.
toy is 10.2 cm, find the volume of the wood A. 200 √3 B. 200 √2
used in the toy. C. 100 √2 D. 100 √3
A. 343.72 cm3 B. 266.11 cm3 17. A chessboard contains 64 equal squares and the
C. 532.22 cm3 D. 133.55 cm3 area of each square is 2.56 cm2. Find the length
14. A cylindrical container whose diameter is 12 of the side of the chessboard.
cm and height is 15 cm, is filled with ice cream. A. 3.5 cm B. 4 cm
The whole ice cream is distributed to 10 C. 12.8 cm D. 8 cm
children in equal cones having hemi spherical 18. A lawn is in the shape of a rectangle of length
tops. If the height of the conical portion is twice 80 m and width 40 m. Outside the lawn there is
the diameter of its base, find the diameter of the a footpath of uniform width 3 m. Find the area
ice cream cone. of the path.
A. 6 cm B. 12 cm A. 756 m2 B. 800 m2
C. 3 cm D. 18 cm C. 825 m2 D. 1,100 m2

11 PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS
1. How many arrangements can be made of the 7. The letters of the word BANANA are permuted
letters of the word “ASSASSINATION”? in in all possible ways and arranged as in a
how many of them are the vowels always dictionary. The rank of the word BANANA is
together? A. 30 B. 34
! ! ! ! ! ! C. 35 D. 36
A. ( ,( B. ( ,(
!) !) !) !)
! ! ! ! ! !
8. Using the digits of the decimal system, how
C. ( ,( D. ( ,(
!) !) !) !) many numbers lying between 5000 and 6000
E. None of these (both inclusive), can be formed if,
2. How many 4 letter words can be formed by (i) Repetition of digits is not allowed.
using the letters of the word
A. 1000 B. 10001
“ASSASSINATION”?
A. 13C4 B. 13P4 C. 504 D. 999
C. 445 D. 925
E. None of these
3. In how many ways can the letters of the word
ARRANGE be arrange so that (ii) Repetition of digits is allowed.
A. The two R’s are never together? A. 1000 B. 1001

B. The two A’s are together but not two R’s?
C. 504 D. 999
C. Neither 2 A’s nor 2 R’s are together?
4. Consider the letters of the word TOGETHER. E. None of these
How many arrangements will start and end with
9. I forgot my friend’s 7 digits telephone number,
a vowel?
but I remembered that the first two digits of the
A. 1440 B. 720
number are either 25 or 53. Also the number is
C. 360 D. 2160
even and the digit 2 appears once. What is the
E. 1080
maximum number of trials I have to make
5. How many arrangements start and end with
before I can contact my friend?
consonant of the word TOGETHER?
A. 4 × 9 B. 32 × 9
A. 5400 B. 2700
C. 8 × 9 D. 16 × 9
C. 3600 D. 4800
E. None of these
6. The letters of the word PRIME are permuted in
10. How many numbers greater than a billion but
all possible ways and arranged as in a
less than 10 can be formed such that the sum
dictionary. The rank of the word PRIME is
of the digits is equal to 3?
A. 118 B. 94
A. 80 B. 45
C. 68 D. None of these
C. 64 D. 54
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E. 72 Paresh and Sadashiv with to sit on the other, in

11. How many six digits numbers are possible by how many ways can the arrangement be done?
using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 without A. 8P4 ×8P2× 10! × 2
repetition such that they are divisible by 12? B. 8P4 ×8P2× 10!
A. 11 × 4! B. 5 × 4! C. 8P4 ×8P2× 10! × 2
C. 18 × 4! D. 16 × 4! D. 16P6 × 10! × 2
E. None of these E, None of these
12. How many numbers greater than a million can 17. In a certain there are four states. Each state has
be formed by using the digits 2, 3, 0, 3, 5, 2, 3 four major cities. All the major cities in a state
which will be divisible by 5? are connected with each other via three
A. 110 B. 60 different modes of transport namely rail, road
C. 300 D. 50 and air. But a city is connected a another city
E. None of these via only one mode of transport if it belongs to
13. What is the sum of all five digit numbers the other states. What is the total number of
formed by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 without repetition? different routes constructed among the major
A. 4! × 11111 × 21 cities in the given country?
B. 5! × 10000 × 20 A. 96 B. 160
C. 5! × 11111 × 20 C. 144 D. 124
D. 4! × 11111 × 20 18. Six people A, B, C, D, E and F are to be seated
E. None of these at a circular table. In how many ways can this
14. Find the sum of all the five digit numbers be done if A must always have either B or C on
formed by the digits 2, 4, 6, 8, 0 when his immediate left and B must always have
(i) Repetition of the digits is not allowed either C or D on his immediate left?
(ii) Repetition is allowed. A. 12 B. 6
15. In how many ways can a mixed doubles tennis C. 18 D. 24
game be arranged from eight married couples, E. 30
if no husband and wife play in the same game? 19. A new flag is to be designed with seven vertical
A. 840 B. 1680 strips using some or all the colors Blue, Red,
C. 420 D. 1024 Black, White and Yellow. No two adjacent
E. None of these strips should be of the same color. The number
16. Sixteen persons are to be seated along two sides of ways this can be done such that even
of a rectangular table with eight chairs on either numbered strips are of the same color while two
side. Of these sixteen, Amit, Jaya, Rishi and consecutive odd numbered strips are of the
Neetu with to sit on one side of the table, while same color while two consecutive off
numbered strips have different colors is

A. 540 B. 270 (vii) Balls similar, Boxes similar, A box can

C. 1280 D. 405 take any number of balls
E. 450 (viii) Balls similar, Boxes similar, A box
20. 18 chairs are arranged around a hexagon such must take minimum one ball
that there are 3 chairs per side. If 18 men are to 23. Out of 3 mathematics books, 4 science books,
be seated on these chairs, then how many and 5 literature books (all are different), how
different arrangements are possible? many different collections can be made by
A. 171 B. 3!*17! taking atleast one of each kind?
C. 3*17! D. 18! A. 7 × 15 × 31 B. 8 × 16 × 32 − 1
E. 3!*18! C. 7 × 15 × 31 − 1 D. 8 × 16 × 32
21. In how many ways can the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 24. For an examination, a candidate has to select 7
to placed in the squares of the figure shown so subjects from three different groups X, Y and Z
that no row remains empty? which contain 5, 6 and 4 subjects respectively.
In how many different ways can a candidate
make his selection if he has to select at least 2
subjects from each group?
A. 1200 B. 2100
C. 2700 D. 3200
E. 3600
A. 720 B. 26 25. A box contains 3 different White balls, 4
C. 18720 D. 56 different Blue balls, 5 similar Green balls. In
22. Find the number of ways of diluting 5 balls to how many ways can 3 balls be drawn the box
3 boxes for the following cases so that at least 1 blue ball is always included in
(i) Balls distinct, Boxes distinct, A box can the draw?
take any number of balls A. 52 B. 56
(ii) Balls distinct, Boxes distinct, A box C. 72 D. 80
must take minimum one ball E. 120
(iii) Balls similar, Boxes distinct, A box can 26. In how many ways can a pack of cards be
take any number of balls equally divided among two players?

! !
(iv) Balls similar, Boxes distinct, A box A. ( !)( !)
B. ( !)
must take minimum one ball ! !
C. ( !)( !)
D. ( !)
(v) Balls distinct, Boxes similar, A box can
27. How many ways a set of 52 cards are
take any number of balls
distributed to 4 persons so that each get 7, 15,
(vi) Balls distinct, Boxes similar, A box
15, 15 cards each.
must take minimum one ball
28. How many ways a set of 52 cards are 40. Five friends are sitting around a table eating a
distributed to 4 persons so that each get 10, 12, bowl of grapes. There were a hundred grapes
14, 16 cards each. initially in the bowl. If the five friends finish off
29. In how many ways 24 persons be seated around the grapes, and each of them eats at least 10
a table, if there are 13 seats? grapes, in how many ways could they have
30. 5 Boys and 5 girls to be seated in a circular table distributed the grapes among themselves?
so that Boys and girls are seating alternatively. 41. Amy has 20 dimes and 4 pockets. In how many
31. If 2 dice are rolled, what is the number of ways ways can she put the coins into these pockets?
of getting a sum of 7 42. A group of 6 hunters went to hunt foxes. They
32. If 3 dice are rolled, what is the number of ways managed to bag a total of 20 foxes. In how
of getting a sum of 10 many different ways could they have done so?
33. If 4 dice are rolled, what is the number of ways 43. In how many ways could 28 identical marbles
of getting a sum of 15. be put into 8 boxes so that no box is empty?
34. On a rainy day, 10 Persons brought umbrellas 44. Rose Day is being celebrated in Bayport
to a party. While going out, 7 persons did not Engineering College, between them, the 18
pick up their own umbrella. How many ways it girls in the first year batch get 75 red roses. In
can be possible? how many ways could this happen, given that
35. On a ∆ ABC, on side AB 5 points are marked, each girl gets at least 2 red roses?
on side BC 4 points are marked, while on side 45. In an ice-cream eating competition, there are
AC 3 points are such that none of the points forty participants. Each of them eats at least 4
thus marked are on the vertex, then how many scoops of vanilla ice-cream and in all 250
triangles can be drawn by joining these points? scoops of vanilla ice-cream were consumed. In
36. 10 points are drawn in a plane such that 3 points how many ways could they have eat the ice-
are collinear. Then cream?
(i) How many straight lines can be drawn 46. In a test match innings, the total number of runs
by joining these points? scored by the 11 batsmen from England was
(ii) How many triangles can be drawn by 350. Given that no batsman failed to score, how
taking these points as the verticles? many different scorecards could be possible?
37. In how many ways can 5 apples be divided 47. Scrat has 24 acorns and 4 holes to hide them in.
between 2 people – Sid and Manny? In how many ways can he distribute the acorns
38. In how many ways can 5 apples be divided given that one particular hole, his favorite, must
among 3 people – Sid, Manny and Diego? have at least 10 acorns?
39. In how many ways can 15 chocolate eclairs be 48. In how many ways up-to 10 identical objects
distributed among 5 children, given that each can be distributed among 5 people?
child receives at least 1 éclair?

49. How many 4 digits number exists such that sum 51. How many numbers having up-to 4 digits exist
of digits is equal to 7? such that sum of digits is equal to 7?
50. How many 4 digits numbers exist such that sum 52. How many numbers having up-to 4 digits exist
of digits is up to 7? such that sum of digits is up-to 7?

12 PROBABILITY
1. If a fair dice is thrown twice, what is the A. B.

probability of getting at least one six?
C. D.
A. B.
7. Anil’s age is currently between 15-25 years.
C. D. What is the probability that after 15 years, he is
2. There are two positive integers a and b. What is 37 years or above in age?
the probability that + is odd? A. B.
A. B. C. D.
C. D. 8. The probability that A, B and C will live for
3. A number is selected at random from the more than 60 years is , and respectively.
number 1, 2, …., 50. What is the probability What is the probability that atleast 1 of them
that the number is multiple of either 6 or 9? will be alive after 60 yrs of age?
A. B.
A. B.
C. D. C. D.
4. One card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. Find 9. In the last question, what is the probability that
the probability that the card drawn is either a
atleast 2 are alive?
red or a king.
A. B.
A. B.
C. D.
C. D.
10. If the probability that A and B will die within a
5. There are 6 men and 7 women in a committee. year are p and q respectively, then the
2 people need to be selected as representatives probability that only one of them will be alive
of this committee. What is the probability, that at the end of the year is
out of these 2 people, 1 is a man and another is A. + B. + −2
a woman.
C. + − D. + +
A. B. 11. If the integers m, n are chosen at random
between 1 to 100, then the probability that
C. × D. 7 + 7 is divisible by 5.
12. A man throws a fair coin a number of times and
gets 2 points for each head and 1 point for each
6. From the decade 1991-2000, one year is
trial. The probability that he gets exactly 6
selected at random. What is the probability that
points is
it is a leap year?
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13. {x, y} is a subset of the first 30 natural numbers 4. Ten cards numbered 1 to 10 are placed in a box
then the probability + is divisible by 3 is and one card is drawn randomly. If it is known
14. 3 numbers are selected from the first 15 natural that the drawn card is more than 3, what is the
numbers then the probability that they are in probability that it is an even no?
A.P is 5. A dice is thrown twice and sum is 6. If 4
15. 3 numbers are selected from 1 to 20. Find the appeared atleast one, what is the probability of
probability that they are in G.P getting sum 6.
16. The probability for India to win a game against 6. Suppose an urn contains 8 balls and 4 white
South Africa is 0.4. If India has an option of balls. We draw 2 balls without replacement.
playing either best of 3 or best of 5, which one What is the probability that both are red?
is better? 7. A bag contains 15 items, of which 4 are
17. If three dices are thrown simultaneously, what defective. The items are selected at random, not
is the probability that sum of the numbers on put back. What is the probability that 10th one
their top faces is 16? examined is last defective?
18. Two people agree to meet at a given place 8. A person has undertaken a construction job.
between noon and 1 pm. By agreement, the first The probabilities are 0.65 that there will be
to arrive will wait 15 minutes for the second, strike, 0.8 that the job will be completed on
after which he will leave. What is the time if there is no strike, 0.32 that the job will
probability that the meeting takes place? be completed on time. If there is a strike,
Conditional Probability and Baye’s theorem Determine the probability that the job will be
1. A bag contains 5 black and 3 red balls. A ball completed on time. If the job was completed on
is taken out of the bag and is not replaced. time, find the probability that there would be a
(a) What is the probability of drawing a red ball strike.
in the second draw if the ball in the first 9. There are 3 bags each containing 5 white and 2
draw is red? black balls, and 2 bags each containing 1 white
(b) What is the probability of drawing a black ball and 4 black ball. Find the probability A
ball in the second draw if the ball in the first black ball having been drawn, find the chance
draw is red? it came from the 1st group.
2. A coin is flipped twice. What is the probability 10. A speaks truth 3 out of 4 times, B speaks truth
that both flips results in heads given that first 7 out of 10 times. They both assert that a white
flip does? ball has been drawn from a bag containing 6
3. A family has two children. What is the balls of different colors. Find the probability of
probability that both boys are boys given that the truth of the assertion.
one of the children is boy? 11. There are four machines and it is known that 2
of them where faulty. They are tested, one by

one, in a random way. Find the probability that 15. A box contains 10 mangoes, out of which 4 are
only two tests are needed? rotten, 2 mangoes are taken out. If one of them
12. A box contains 6 white and 4 black balls. 2 balls is good. Find the probability that the other one
are taken at the same time. If one ball is white is good.
find the probability that the other one is white. 16. A person goes to office either by car, scooter,
13. 3 numbers are to be selected from the first 15 bus or train with probabilities 1/10, 1/5, 3/
natural numbers so that all the selected are 10, 2/5. The probabilities that he reaches office
consecutive or none of them are consecutive. late, if he takes car, scooter, bus or train is
14. A box contains 3 white and 2 red balls. If the 2/9, 1/9, 4/9, 1/9. If he reached office in time,
first drawn ball is not replaced. Find the the probability that he travelled by car is?
probability that the second ball drawn is red.

13 CUBES
1. What is the maximum number of identical 8. How many cubes will have three faces colored?
pieces a cube can be cut into the three cuts? A. 24 B. 16
A. 9 B. 8 C. 8 D. 4
C. 7 D. 6 Directions for questions 9 to 13:
2. What is the maximum number of identical Two equidimensional cubes are joined face to
pieces a cube can be cut into by 6 cuts? face and are colored with red on all available
A. 12 B. 36 open faces. One cube is divided into 8 equal
C. 18 D. 27 pieces and the other cube is divided into 27
3. What is the maximum number of identical equal pieces.
pieces a cube can be cut into by 5 cuts? 9. How many cubes have three sides colored?
A. 25 B. 20 A. 2 B. 8
C. 18 D. 16 C. 9 D. 12
4. 125 small but identical cubes have been put 10. How many cubes have two sides colored?
together to form a large cube. How many more A. 10 B. 12
such small cubes will be required to cover this C. 16 D. 18
large cube completely? 11. How many cubes have at least one side
A. 208 B. 212 colored?
C. 218 D. 224 A. 24 B. 30
Directions for questions 5 to 8: C. 33 D. 35
Two cubes are joined together and colored 12. How many cubes have no sides colored?
golden of all available ten faces. Each cube is A. 0 B. 1
now cut into 27 pieces. C. 2 D. 4
5. How many cubes will remain uncolored? 13. How many cubes have only one side colored?
A. 16 B. 8 A. 1 B. 3
C. 4 D. 2 C. 7 D. 9
6. How many cubes will receive color on at least 14. A cube of side 6 cm has been cut into smaller
two faces? but identical cubes. It was estimated that it
A. 32 B. 28 could take 4 litres of paint to paint all the faces
C. 16 D. 8 of the original cube, and could take 12 litres of
7. How many cubes will have only one face paint to paint all the faces of the smaller cubes
colored? then how many smaller cubes are there?
A. 24 B. 18 A. 8 B. 27
C. 16 D. 8 C. 64 D. 125
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15. Each face of a cube is painted either white or A cube of 7 ×7 ×7 is kept in the
black. In how many different ways can the cube corner of a room and painted in three different
be painted? colors, each face in one color. The cube is cut
A. 8 B. 10 into 343 smaller but identical cubes.
C. 12 D. 16 21. How many smaller cubes do not have any face
Directions for questions 16 to 20: painted?
There is a cube in which one pair of opposite A. 125 B. 180
faces is painted red; the second pair of opposite C. 144 D. 216
faces is painted blue and the third pair of 22. How many smaller cubes have exactly one
opposite faces is painted green. This cube is color on them?
now cut into 216 smaller but identical cubes. A. 108 B. 72
16. How many small cubes are there with no red C. 36 D. 24
paint at all? 23. How many smaller cubes have at the most two
A. 121 B. 144 faces painted?
C. 169 D. 100 A. 343 B. 342
17. How many small cubes are there with at least C. 256 D. 282
two different colors on their faces? Directions for questions 24 to 26:
A. 49 B. 64 These questions are based on the following
C. 56 D. 81 information:
18. How many small cubes are there without any 216 similar cubes are taken and each cube is
face painted? painted green on all its faces. These cubes are
A. 64 B. 49 now arranged to form a large cube. Three faces
C. 36 D. 81 of the large cube are painted white, such that no
19. How many small cubes are there with only red two faces which are painted white are opposite
and green on their faces? to each others, and the remaining three faces are
A. 9 B. 12 panted saffron.
C. 27 D. 16 24. How many small cubes have all the three colors
20. How many small cubes are there showing only on them?
green or only blue on their faces? A. 36 B. 33
A. 64 B. 81 C. 30 D. 24
C. 125 D. 100 25. How many small cubes have exactly two colors
Directions for questions 21 to 23: on them?
These questions are based on the following A. 144 B. 122
information. C. 156 D. 108

26. How many cubes have at least one of their faces One hundred and twenty-five cubes of the same
painted twice? size are arranged in the form of a cube on a
A. 180 B. 144 table. Then a column of five cubes is removed
C. 160 D. 152 from each of the four corners. All the exposed
Directions for questions 27 to 28: faces of the rest of the solid (except the face
These questions are based on the following touching the table) are colored red.
information: 29. How many small cubes are there in the solid
A cube is to be painted with two faces in red, after the removal of the columns?
two faces in green and one face in blue. The A. 115 B. 105
other face is to be left unpainted. C. 109 D. 100
27. In how many different ways can the cube be 30. How many cubes do not have any colored face?
painted? A. 36 B. 32
A. 9 B. 8 C. 45 D. 27
C. 10 D. 7 31. How many cubes have only one red face each?
28. After painting, if the cube is cut into 64 smaller A. 9 B. 16
and identical cubes, what is the least number of C. 25 D. 32
smaller cubes that have only green color on 32. How many cubes have two colored faces each?
them? A. 32 B. 34
A. 8 B. 10 C. 42 D. 36
C. 12 D. 14 33. How many cubes have more than 3 colored
Directions for questions 29 to 33: faces each?
These questions are based on the following A. 4 B. 8
information. C. 12 D. 16
::: ANSWERS :::
1. B 2. D 3. C 4. C 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. C
11. C 12. C 13. D 14. B 15. B 16. B 17. C 18. A 19. D 20. A
21. D 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. B 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. B 30. A
31. C 32. D 33. B

14 LOGICAL CONNECTIVES
Here “p” and “q” are simple statements. 3. Either I give up or I work hard.
A. I am not going to give up, Hence I will work
Logical Implications Negations hard.
connectives B. I am not going to work hard, therefore I’ll
If p, then q ⟹ & − give up.
Whenever p, − ⟹ − − & C. I’ll give up, still I’ll keep on working hard.
then q D. Both A and B.
Only if p, ⟹ & − 4. Only if I revise regularly, I’ll get at least one
then q − ⟹− − & call.
A. I’m revising regularly, Hence I’ll get at
Either p or q − ⟹ − & −
least one call.
Unless p, − ⟹ − & −
B. I am not revising, Hence I’ll not get any
then q
call.
C. I got three calls, means that I have revised
Directions for questions 1 to 5: Each question
regularly.
below consists of a main statement followed by
D. Both B and C
four options. From the options, select the one
5. Unless I score well, I’ll not get selected.
that logically follows the main statement.
A. I was not selected, means that I did not
1. If it rains, then I wear a raincoat.
score well.
A. It is raining, Hence I wear a raincoat.
B. I am selected, implies that I scored well.
B. It is not raining, Hence I will not wear a
C. I did not score well, means that I will not be
raincoat.
selected.
C. I am not wearing a raincoat, means that it is
D. Both B and C
not raining.
Directions for questions 6 to 10:
D. Both A and C
In each question, there is a main statement
2. Whenever I go for shopping, I end up spending
followed by four statements a, b, c and d. From
more.
the choices, choose the ordered pair in which
A. I went for shopping, means that I ended up
the first statement implies the second statement
spending less.
and the two are logically consistent with the
B. I did not go for shopping, implies that I did
main statement.
not spend more.
6. If Osama sings, then Saddam dances.
C. I did not spend more, means that I did not
a) Osama sang
go for shopping.
b) Osama did not sing
D. Both A and C.
c) Saddam danced
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d) Saddam did not dance. C. Only bd and ac D. Only db and ca

A. ad B. ca
10. Dennis is a menace, only if both Tom and Jerry
C. db D. da
are home alone.
7. Either the central government does not roll role
a) Tom and Jerry are not home alone.
back GST or the state governments will not file
b) Dennis is not a menace.
a law suit in the Supreme Court.
c) Dennis is a menace.
a) The central government did not roll back
d) Tom and Jerry are home alone.
GST.
b) The state governments will not file a law A. dc and ab B. cd and ba
suit in the Supreme Court. C. cd and ab D. ba and dc
c) The state governments will file a law suit in
Directions for Questions 11 to 16:
the Supreme Court.
d) The central government rolled back GST. Each question given below has a statement
followed by four different statement. Choose
A. db B. ca
the one which is the correct negation of the
C. bd D. Both A and B given statement.
8. Sabu will stop crying, only if Chacha 11. If I take the medicine on time, then I will not
Choudhary gifts him a Chevrolet. harm you.
a) Chacha Choudhary gifted Sabu a A. I harmed you, although I took medicine on
Chevrolet. time.
b) Sabu stopped crying. B. I did not harm you, although I took the
c) Chacha Choudhary did not gift Sabu a medicine on time.
Chevrolet. C. I did not take the medicine on time, still I
d) Sabu will not stop crying. did not harm you.
D. None of the above.
A. Only ab B. Only cd
12. Dhoni scores runs, only if he is sent in at slog
C. Both ba and cd D. Both ab and dc overs.
9. I hear a motivational song, whenever India A. Dhoni did not score runs, although he was
wins. sent in at slog overs.
a) I heard a motivational song. B. Dhoni scored runs, although he was not sent
b) India did not win. in at slog overs.
c) India won. C. Dhoni was not sent in at slog overs and he
d) I did not hear a motivational song. did not score runs.
D. Dhoni scored runs, as he was sent in at slog
A. Only ca B. Only bd
overs.
13. Either I commit suicide or I get married. Directions for questions 17 to 25:
A. I did not commit suicide and I got married.
Each question below consists of a main
B. I did not get married and I committed
statement followed by four options. From the
suicide.
options select the one that logically follows
C. I neither got married nor committed
the main statement.
suicide.
D. All the above. 17. If I drive a car, then it is a BMW or a Skoda.
14. You cannot take leave, unless I allow you. A. I am driving a car, means that it is a BMW
A. You look leave as I allowed you. or a Skoda.
B. I did not allow you, but still you took leave. B. The car is neither BMW nor a Skoda, Hence
C. I did not allow you, hence you did not take I do not drive the car.
leave. C. I drive a car but it is not a Skoda, means it
D. I allowed you, but still you did not take is a BMW.
leave. D. All the above.
15. Whenever I jump from Mt. Everest, I land on 18. If you clear the GD and the interview, then
the Great Wall of China. you’ll get selected.
A. I jumped from Mt. Everest and I landed on A. You cleared the GD and the interview,
the Great Wall of China. hence you’ll get selected.
B. I did not jump from a Mt. Everest but still I B. You were not selected but you cleared the
landed on the Great Wall of China. interview, implies that you have not cleared
C. I did not land on the Great Wall of China, the GD.
although I jumped from Mt. Everest. C. You were not selected but you cleared the
D. I did not land on the Great Wall of China, GD, implies that you have not cleared the
hence I did not jump from Mt. Everest. interview.
16. I swim with sharks and count my chicken. D. All the above.
A. I swam with sharks but did not count my 19. If I have to clear the cut-offs in CAT, then I
chicken. must revise and practice regularly.
B. I courted my chicken but did not swim with A. I cleared the cut-offs in CAT, implies I that
sharks. have revised and but did not practice
C. I did not count my chicken or did not swim regularly.
with sharks. B. I revised regularly but I am irregular in
D. All the above. practicing, hence I will not be able to clear

the cut-offs in CAT.

C. I am regular in practicing or revising, D. All the above.

means that I will be able to clear the cut- 23. Unless I complete my work, I will not sleep or
offs in CAT. I will not relax.
D. All the above. A. I slept and relaxed, means that I completed
20. If I read Outlook or Frontline, then I will grasp my work.
current events. B. I did not complete my work but I relaxed,
A. I grasped current events, means that I read implies that I did not sleep.
Outlook or Frontline. C. I slept without completing my work, means
B. I did not read Frontline, means that I will that I did not relax.
not grasp current events. D. All the above.
C. I did not grasp current events, implies that I 24. Unless I am sincere in pursuing my goal, I
read neither Outlook nor Frontline. cannot earn money and cannot get a good
D. Both B and C position.
21. Only if I talk to a stranger, my mother gets A. I neither earned money nor got a good
angry and scolds me. position means that I was not sincere in
A. I talked to a stranger, implies that my pursuing my goal.
mother gets angry and scolds me. B. I did not got a good position, means that I
B. I did not talk to a stranger but my mother was not sincere in pursuing my goal.
scolded me, means that she did not get C. I was not sincere in pursuing my goal,
angry. implies that I can neither earn money nor
C. My mother got angry or scolded me, means get a good position.
that I talked to a stranger. D. All the above
D. Both B and C. 25. I will not drive, unless I am not sick or have
22. The slip fielder can catch the ball, only if the license.
batsman is brought to the front foot and he tries A. I am sick and do not have license, means
to hit the ball. that I’ll not drive.
A. The batsman did not try to hit the ball, B. I am driving but I do not have license,
hence the slip fielder cannot catch the ball. means that I am not sick.
B. The batsman is brought to the front foot, C. I am sick and I am driving, implies that I
hence the slip fielder cannot catch the ball. have license.
C. The slip fielder caught the ball, means that D. All the above.
the batsman was brought to the front foot
and the did not try to hit the ball.

15 STATEMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS
1. Statements: Conclusions:
Some cakes are toffees. I. Some married are doctors.
All toffees are chocolates. II. Some doctors are married.
Conclusions: 7. Statements:
I. Some chocolates are toffees. All men are dogs.
II. Some toffees are not cakes. All dogs are cars.
All pins are guns. I. All men are cars.
Some boats are not poles. II. All cars are men.
I. All guns are boats. All huts are buildings.
II. Some boats are not guns. All buildings are temples.
No man is poor. I. Some temples are huts
All men are rich. II. Some temples are buildings.
I. No man is rich All pens are dusters.
II. No man is poor. All chairs are dusters.
Some girls are queens. I. Some pens are chairs.
All queens are beautiful II. Some dusters are pens.
I. All girls are beautiful Most engineers are boys.
II. All queens are girls Some boys are students.
No magazine is crap. I. Some students are boys
All craps are cameras. II. Some engineers are students.
I. No camera is magazine. All educated people read Books.
II. Some cameras are magazines. Rahul does not read Books.
All men are married. I. Rahul is not educated,
Some men are doctors.
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II. Reading Books is not essential to be Conclusions:

educated. I. Some dogs are hens.
12. Statements: II. Some hens are tall.
Some dogs are cows. 18. Statements:
All cows are horses. All tubes are handles.
Conclusions: All cups are handles.
I. Some horses are dogs. Conclusions:
II. Some dogs are horses. I. All cups are tubes.
13. Statements: II. Some handles are not cups.
Some books are pens. 19. Statements:
Angle is a book. All bags are boxes.
Conclusions: All lamps are boxes.
I. Angle is not a pen. Conclusions:
II. Angle is a pen. I. Some lamps are bags.
14. Statements: II. No lamp is bag.
No man is a donkey. 20. Statements:
Gokul is a man. All roads are dams.
Conclusions: Some dams are boats.
I. Gokul is not a donkey. Conclusions:
II. All men are not Rahul. I. Some boats are roads.
15. Statements: II. All dams are boats.
All good athletes win. 21. Statements:
All good athletes eat well. All men are honest.
Conclusions: Sachin is honest.
I. All those who eat well are good athletes. Conclusions:
II. All those who win eat well. I. Sachin is a man.
16. Statements: II. All honest persons are men.
Every minister is a student. 22. Statements:
Every student is inexperienced. Engineers marry only intelligent girls.
Conclusions: Sanya is very intelligent.
I. Every minister is inexperienced. Conclusions:
II. Some inexperienced are students. I. Sanya will marry a Engineer.
17. Statements: II. Sanya will not marry a Engineer.
All dogs are tall. 23. Statements:
Some tall are hens. All film stars are fight masters.
All film director are film stars. Some souls are angles.
Conclusions: All workers are angels.
I. All film directors are fight masters. Conclusions:
II. Some film stars are film directors. I. Some souls are workers.
24. Statements: II. Some workers are souls.
Some doctors are fools. 30. Statements:
Some fools are rich All buses fly.
Conclusions: Some scooters fly.
I. Some doctors are rich. Conclusions:
II. Some fools are not rich. I. All buses are scooters.
25. Statements: II. Some scooters do not fly.
All buns are cats. 31. Statements:
All fans are cats. Some adults are boys.
Conclusions: Some boys are old.
I. All buns are fans. Conclusions:
II. Some fans are cars. I. Some adults are not old.
26. Statements: II. Some boys are not old.
All jungles are deers. 32. Statements:
Some deers are horses. Some papers are pens.
Conclusions: Some pencils are pens.
I. Some horses are jungles. Conclusions:
II. No horse is jungle. I. Some pens are pencils.
27. Statements: II. Some pens are papers.
All actors are smokers. 33. Statements:
Some smokers are drunkards. Some mornings are nights.
Conclusions: Some nights are days.
I. All smokers are actors. Conclusions:
II. Some drunkards are not smokers. I. All days are either nights or mornings.
28. Statements: II. Some days are nights.
All pens are roads. 34. Statements:
All roads are doors. All fish are toys.
Conclusions: No toy is a crocodile.
I. All doors are pens. Conclusions:
II. Some doors are pens. I. No crocodile is a fish
29. Statements: II. No fish is a crocodile
35. Statements: II. No book is mirror.

All windows are doors. 41. Statements:
No door is wall. Some novels are pens.
Conclusions: No pen is pencil.
I. No window is wall. Conclusions:
II. No wall is door. I. Some novels are pencils.
36. Statements: II. No novel is pencil.
All leaves are trees. 42. Statements:
No fruit is tree. No teacher can play.
Conclusions: Some teachers are athletes.
I. No fruit is leaf. Conclusions:
II. Some tress are leaves. I. Athletes can play.
37. Statements: II. Some athletes can play.
All mangoes are golden in color. 43. Statements:
No golden-colored things are cheap. No bat is ball.
Conclusions: No ball is wicket.
I. All mangoes are cheap. Conclusions:
II. Golden colored mangoes are not cheap. I. No bat is wicket.
38. Statements: II. All wickets are bats.
All scientists are open-minded. 44. Statements:
No open minded men are superstitious. Many books are trucks.
Conclusions: All trucks are trains.
I. No scientist is superstitious. Conclusions:
II. Some scientist are superstitious. I. Some books are trains.
39. Statements: II. No truck is a Book.
Some dolls are caps. 45. Statements:
No cap is red. All poles are grey in color.
Conclusions: Some poles are heavy.
I. Some caps are dolls. Conclusions:
II. No doll is red. I. Some heavy things are grey in color.
40. Statements: II. All light poles are not grey in color,
Some books are pens. 46. Statements:
Some pens are mirrors. All rings are poles.
Conclusions: No pole is a house.
I. Some mirrors are books. Conclusions:
I. Some rings are houses. Conclusions:

II. Some houses are poles. I. Only has a sun-set point.
47. Statements: II. Places other than hill stations do not have
Krishnan is always successful. sun-set points.
No fool is always successful. 49. Statements:
Conclusion: Some knives are sharp.
I. Krishnan is a fool. All knives are rusty.
II. Krishnan is not a fool. Conclusions:
48. Statements: I. Some rusty things are sharp.
All hill stations have a sun-set point. II. Some rusty things are not sharp.
Ooty is a hill station.
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1. A 2. D 3. D 4. D 5. C 6. E 7. A 8. E 9. B 10. A
11. A 12. E 13. C 14. A 15. D 16. E 17. B 18. D 19. C 20. D
21. D 22. C 23. E 24. D 25. D 26. C 27. D 28. B 29. D 30. D
31. D 32. E 33. B 34. E 35. E 36. E 37. B 38. D 39. A 40. C
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