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SUBJECT- MATHS, L.R. &

STATISTICS
Test Code – CFC 2309
(Date :)
(Marks - 50)
TOPIC :- MATHS & Statistics - Time Value of Money, - Basic Concepts of Permutations &
Combinations, - Sequence and Series - Arithmetic and Geometric Progressions, - Logical
reasoning, - Direction Tests, - Probability, - Theoretical Distributions (binomial, poisson and
normal)

1. A man takes a loan of Rs. 10,000 at simple interest. He pays Rs. 5,000 at the end of
the first year and Rs. 6,500 at the end of the second year and clears the debt. If the
rate of interest is the same in both the years, find the rate of interest.
(a) 10%
(b) 12%
(c) 15%
(d) 8%
2. Six boys and five girls are to be seated for a photograph in a row such that no two
girls sit together and no two boys sit together. Find the number of ways in which this
can be done.
(a) 86400
(b) 14400
(c) 518400
(d) None
3. If 18Cr = 18Cr+ 2, the value of rC5. is
(a) 50
(b) 57
(c) 56
(d) None of these
4. Find the present value of Rs. 1000 due at end of 4 years if money is worth 7%
effective.
(a) Rs. 973.86
(b) Rs. 1379.00
(c) Rs. 762.92
(d) None of these
5. Sum of three numbers x, y, z are in a G.P. is 39 and their product is 729. Then values
of x, y, z are
(a) 3, 27, 9
(b) 9, 3, 27
(c) 3, 9, 27
(d) None of these
6. How long will it take Rs. 3000 to amount to Rs. 3300 at 4% simple interest ?
(a) 2.5 years
(b) 3 years
(c) 5 years
(d) None of these
7. There are three copies of 4 different books. In how many ways can they be arranged
on a shelf ?
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(b) ( !)
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(d) None of these
8. The second term of a G.P. is 4 and the fourth term is 1024, then the common ratio is
:
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 16
(d) None of these
9. The fifth term of the series
√5, √20, √45, √80, ….. is :
(a) √125
(b) 125
(c) √180
(d) None of these
10. Which of the following statement is true ?
(a) F.V. of ordinary annuity < F.V of annuity due
(b) F.V of ordinary annuity > F.V of annuity due
(c) P.V of ordinary annuity > P.V of annuity due
(d) None of these
11. Four visitors A, B, C, D arrived at a town, which has 5 hotels, In how many ways can
they disperse themselves among hotels. If 4 hotels are used to accommodate them ?
(a) 120
(b) 210
(c) 420
(d) None of these
12. The sum of n terms of two A. Ps are in the ratio of (7n – 5) : (5n + 17). Then the ____
both series are equal.
(a) 10
(b) 8
(c) 6
(d) None
13. What is the compound interest (in Rs.) on a sum of Rs. 12,600 for 1 ½ years at 20%
per annum if the interest is compounded half yearly? (Nearest to a Rupee)
(a) 4271
(b) 4171
(c) 4711
(d) 4117
14. Find the number of divisors of 2520 except 1.
(a) 119
(b) 24
(c) 47
(d) None of these
15. A certain ball when dropped to the ground rebound to th of the height from which it
falls; it is dropped from a height of 100 metres, find the total distance it travels
before finally coming to rest.
(a) 600 m
 (b) 700m
(c) 900 m
(d) 200 m
16. Amit buys a house paying Rs. 50,000 in cash and the balance in 20 instalments of Rs.
8000 each at the end of each year. If interest be reckoned at 16%, how much he
should have paid if had purchased it cash down.
(a) Rs. 85,250
(b) Rs. 97,430
(c) Rs. 72002.75
(d) None of these
17. In a junior cricket team, ages of boys are in AP., the common difference being 3
months. The youngest boy is just 7 years old and the sum of the ages of all those
boys is 250 years. The number of boys in the team is :
(a) 25
(b) 28
(c) 35
(d) 30
18. Find the number of divisors of 2520 except 1.
(a) 119
(b) 24
(c) 47
(d) None of these
19. Find the principal that yields a simple interest of Rs. 40 or a compound interest of Rs.
41 at the same rate of interest per annum in 2 years.
(a) 500
(b) 400
(c) 518
(d) None
20. In a dinner party there are 10 Indians, 5 Americans and 5 English men. In how many
ways can they be arranged in a row so that all the persons of the same nationality sit
together ?
(a) 3! 10! 5! 5!
(b) 20!
(c) 6! 2! 5! 5!
(d) None of these
21. Pankaj is facing west. He turns 45 in the clockwise direction and then again another
turns with 180 in the same direction i.e. clockwise direction, after that he turns
270 in the anticlockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now ?
(a) North - West
(b) West
(c) South – West
(d) South
22. One day, Virat left home and cycled 10 m southwards, turned right and cycled 5 m
and turned right and cycled 10 m and turned left and cycled 10 m. How many
kilometres will he have to cycle to reach his home straight ?
(a) 13 m
(b) 15 m
(c) 16 m
(d) 20 m
23. Arun hired Ola cab & left his home and drove to North for 4 km, after that he turned
left and drove another 6 km, after the driver stopped for tea. After some rest, he
again turned left and drove 4 kms. Once more he turned left and drove 6 kms to
reach the office where he had supper. At last, in which direction did he drive ?
(a) East
(b) North
(c) West
(d) South
24. A man can walk by having long, medium and short steps. He can cover 60 meters by
100 long steps, 100 meters by 200 medium steps and 80 meters by 200 short steps.
He starts walking by 5,000 long steps, then he turns left and walk by taking 6,000
medium steps. He then turns right and walk by taking 2,500 short steps. How far (in
meters) is he away from his starting point ?
(a) 5,000 m
(b) 4,000 m
(c) 6,000 m
(d) 7,000 m
25. B is R’s neighbour and his house is 2 kms away in the north – west direction. J is R’s
neighbour and his house is located 2 kms away in the south – west direction. G is J’s
neighbour and he stays 2 kms away in the south – east direction. P is G’s neighbour
and his house is located 2 kms away in the north – east direction. The position of P’s
house with respect to B’s is …. ?
(a) North
(b) North – east
(c) South – east
(d) South – west
26. Sangeeta leaves from her home. She first walk 30 metres in North – West direction,
and then 30 m in South West direction, next sheet walks 30 metres in South – East
direction. Finally she turns towards her hours. In which direction is she moving ?
(a) North – West
(b) North – East
(c) South – East
(d) South – West
27. In a morning, a lady started to walk towards East. After moving some distances, she
turned to her right. Again after moving some distances, she turned to her right. After
moving a little more she turned in the end to her left. In which direction was she
going now ?
(a) North
(b) West
(c) South
(d) East
28. Of the five villages P, Q, R, S and T situated close to each other, P is to west of Q, R is
to the south of P, T is to the north of Q, and S is to the east of T. Then R is in which
direction with respect to S ?
(a) North – West
(b) South – East
(c) South – West
(d) None
29. Mr. Gupta cycles 3 km to East, then turns North West and cycles 4.5 km. Then he
turns South and cycles 7.5 km. Then again he turns West and cycles 3 km. Finally he
truns North and cycles 9 km. In which direction, is he from the starting point ?
 (a) North – West
(b) North – East
(c) South – West
(d) South – East
30. Ms. N walks 10 km towards North from there she walks 6 km towards South. Then
she walks 3 km towards East. How far and in which direction is she with reference to
her starting point ?
(a) 4 km West
(b) 6 km West
(c) 3 km East
(d) 5 km North – East
31. A committee of 7 members is to be formed from a group comprising 8 gentlemen
and 5 ladies. What is the probability that the committee would comprise atleast 2
ladies ?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) None
32. If events A and B be independent, then
(a) They cannot be exhaustive
(b) They can be mutually exclusive
(c) They cannot be mutually exclusive
(d) None
33. For a normal distribution with mean 150 and S.D. 45 ; find Q1 and Q3 :
(a) 119.35 and 190.65 respectively
(b) 119.625 and 180.375 respectively
(c) 180.35 and 119.65 respectively
(d) 123.45 and 183.65 respectively
34. If a and B are two events, then which one is correct.
(a) P(A – B) = P(B) – P(A  B)
(b) P (A – B) = P(A) – P(B)
(c) P (A – B) = P(A) – P(A  B)
(d) P (B – A) = P(B) + P(A  B)
35. Surya company is certain that 2% of his products is defective. It sells the components
in boxes of 120 and guarantees that not more than 2% in any box will be defective.
Find the probability that a box, selected at random, would fail to meet the
guarantee? Given that e2.40 = 0.0907
(a) 0.37
(b) 0.70
(c) 0.43
(d) None
36. The incidence of dengue disease in Laxmi Nagar (Delhi) is such that people of there
have a 10% chance of suffering from it. What is the probability that out of 5 people 3
or more will suffer from this disease ?
(a) 0.005
(b) 0.0086
(c) 0.086
(d) None
37. Let two random variable x & y are related as 3x + 4y + 25 = 0 and v(x) = 6 then v(y) is
 (a) 3.375
(b) 5.25
(c) - 7.85
(d) None
38. The mean of Binomial distribution is 20 and Standard deviation is 4 then;
(a) n = 100, p = 1/5, q = 4/5
(b) n = 50, p = 2/5, q = 2/5
(c) n = 100, p = 2/5, q = 4/5
(d) n = 100, p = 1/5, q = 3/5
39. Which of the following is false in case of normal distribution.
(a) It is multi modal
(b) Mean = median = mode
(c) It is symmetric
(d) Total area is 1
40. Let the distribution function of a random variable x be F(x) = P(x  x), then F(5) – F(2)
(a) P(2  x < 5)
(b) P(2  x  5)
(c) P (2< x  5)
(d) P(2 < x < 5)
41. What is the change of throwing at least 9 in a single cast with 2 dice ?
(a) 5/18
(b) 5/12
(c) 7/12
(d) None
42. In Normal distribution 95% observation lies between _______ & _______:
(a) ( 2,  + 2)
(b) ( 3,  + 3)
(c) ( 1.96,  + 1.96)
(d) ( 2.58,  + 2.58)
43. For Poisson distributed variable X, we have P (X = 7) = 8. P (X = 9), the mean of the
distribution is
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 7
(d) 9
44. A bucket contains 10 goods in which 2 are defective. I f a sample of 4 goods is
selected at random from the bucket, what is the probability that the sample does
not have more than 1 defective good ?
(a) 2/5
(b) 13/15
(c) 1/4
(d) None
45. The binomial distribution with mean 3 & variance 2 is :
(a) +

(b) +

(c) +

(d) +
46. Daily demand for calculators is having the following probability distribution :
Demand : 1 2 3 4 5 6
Probability : 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.18 0.12
Determine the variance of the demand.
(a) 2.54
(b) 2.93
(c) 2.22
(d) 2.19
47. The second & third moments of observations (6,  4,  2, 0, 2, 4, 6) are _____.
(a) (12,0)
(b) (0, 12)
(c) (16,0)
(d) (0,16)
48. If X  N (50, 16) then which of the following is not possible
(a) P (X > 60) = 0.30
(b) P(X < 50) = 0.50
(c) P(x < 60) = 0.40
(d) P(X > 50) = 0.50
49. What is the probability of having at least one ‘ace’ from 4 throws of a perfect dice ?
(a) (5/6)4
(b) 1  (1/6)4
(c) 1  (5/6)4
(d) None
50. The sum of two numbers obtained in a single throw of two dice is ‘S’. Then the
probability of ‘S’ will be maximum when ‘S’ =
(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 6
(d) 8