Set 7

1. 1. Ashok is as much younger than vimal as he is older than Arun. If the sum of ages of Arun and Vimal is 40 years. How old is Ashok? a)20 years b)25 years c)30 years d)None Ans: (a) 2.

Five years ago, father’s age was seven times his son’s age. Ten years hence their Age will be in the ratio of 5:2. Find their present ages. a)F=40 S=10 b) F=50 S=20 c)F=60 S=30 d)None Ans: (b)

3. One year ago, the ratio of Varun and Veena’s age was 4:5,one year hence the ratio of their ages will be 5:6; the present of age Veena is a)9 b)10 c)12 d)16 Ans: (c)

4. A woman pointing to a photograph says,” He is my father’s only daughter’s child”. How is the person in the photograph related to the woman? (1) nephew (2)son (3)daughter (4)cannot be determined ans: 2 5.How is my only sibling’s brother’s mother’s daughter’s husband related to me? (1) daughter-in-law (2)sister –in-law (3)brother-in-law (4)son_in-law ans: 3 6.How is my father’s mother’s only daughter-in-law’s brother’s son related to me? (1)brother (2)uncle (3)cousin (4)nephew ans: 3 7. A man can swim in still water at 4.5 km/h , but takes twice as long to swim upstream than downstream. The speed of the stream is a) 3 b) 7.5 c) 2.25 c) 1.5 d) 6 ans d The bar graph provided gives the sales of books(in thousands)from 6 branches of a publishing company during two consecutive years 2000 and 2001. Answers the questions based on the bar graph.

110 100 90 80 70 SALES (IN 60 50 1000) 40 30 20 10 0

2000 2001

B1

B2

B3

B4

B5

B6

BRANCHES 8.Total sales of branches B1, B3 and B5 together for both the years (in thousands) is : a: 250 b:310 c:435 d:560 Ans: d 9.Total sales of branch B6 for both the years is what percent of the total sales of branch B3 for both the years: a:68.54% b:71.11% c:73.17% d:77.26% Ans: c 10.What is the average sales of all the branches(in thousands)for the year 2000? a:73 b:80 c:83 d:85 Ans: b 11.What is the ratio of the total sales of branch B2 for both the years to the sales of branch B4 for both the years? a:2:3 b:3:5 c:7:9 d:5:7 Ans: c DATA SUFFICIENCY 12. What % of P is Q? (I) Y % of T is P (II) X % of Y is K (III) X % of R is Q (a) Only I and III (b) Only II and III (c) I, II and III (d) Only III or I (e) Either d or a Answer: (a)

13. In an examination, if a candidate gets 37 marks and fails by 17 marks, what is the maximum marks? (I) Pass marks percentage is 36 (II) Divide the difference of 37 and 17 by 36/100 (III) Add 37 and 17 (IV) Multiply the result of (III) by 100 and divide it by 36 (a) All the four (b) Data insufficient (c) I and II (d) II ,III and IV (e) I, III and IV Answer: (e) Directions: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

(i) alone is sufficient and (ii) is not sufficient (ii) alone sufficient and (i) is not sufficient If either (i) or (ii) alone is sufficient Both (i) and (ii) together are not sufficient Both (i) and (ii) together are sufficient

14. What is the average price of 11 pens? (I) Average price of 5 pens is Rs. 20. (II) Total price of remaining 6 pens is Rs.90 Answer: (e) In each of these questions compare the figures in the first two boxes. Then look at the third figure and find its partner in the boxes on the right. 15 is to

a)A

b)B

c) C

as

d)D

is to

e)E

Ans :b 16. Find the next figure in the series

a)A

b)B

c) C

d)D

e)E

b)B

c) C

d)D

e)E

Ans :B 17.

a)A Ans :d

18. Seven students A,B,C,D,E,F and G are acting in a play for their annual function of their school.In that a play each of them is playing a different role and the roles are those of a king,a queen,a poet,a minister,a singer,a dancer and a painter.Further we know that

(1)Neither A or F is playing the role of a king. (2)E is acting as a poet (3)Either G or F is acting as the minister. (4)C is acting as the mother of D,who is acting as a singer. (5)Neither B nor A is playing the role of the painter. (6)There is only one woman in that drama and she is playing the role of the queen. 19.Who is playing the role of a painter? a)G b)B c)F d)Either a or c

ANS:d

20.Who among the following is playing the role of a king? a)F b)A c)B d)G ANS:c 21.Who among the following is playing the role of the dancer? a)G b)A c)F d)Either a or b ANS: b 22. A certain city is served by subway lines A,B and C and numbers 1 2 and 3 When it snows , morning service on B is delayed When it rains or snows , service on A, 2 and 3 are delayed both in the morning and afternoon When temp. falls below 30 degrees farenheit afternoon service is cancelled in either the A line or the 3 line, but not both. When the temperature rises over 90 degrees farenheit, the afternoon service is cancelled in either the line C or the 3 line but not both. When the service on the A line is delayed or cancelled, service on the C line which connects the A line, is delayed. When service on the 3 line is cancelled, service on the B line which connects the 3 line is delayed. 23. On Jan 10th, with the temperature at 15 degree farenheit, it snows all day. On how many lines will service be affected, including both morning and afternoon. (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 Ans. D 24. On Aug 15th with the temperature at 97 degrees farenheit it begins to rain at 1 PM. What is the minimum number of lines on which service will be affected?

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 Ans. C 25. On which of the following occasions would service be on the greatest number of lines disrupted. (A) A snowy afternoon with the temperature at 45 degree farenheit (B) A snowy morning with the temperature at 45 degree farenheit (C) A rainy afternoon with the temperature at 45 degree farenheit (D) A rainy afternoon with the temperature at 95 degree farenheit Ans. B 1. 1,3,10,21,64,129,356,777 ans : 356 2. 6072,1008,200,48,14,5,3 ans : 1008 ODD MAN OUT Set 7: 1)12,13,18,20,24,28,30 a)18

b)20

c)24

d)28 Ans:d

12)57,70,84,97,110,124,138 a)84

b)97

c)110 d)124 Ans:c

1. A student purchased a computer system and a color printer. If he sold the computer system at 10% loss and the color printer at 20% gain, he would not anything. But if he sells the computer system at 5% gain and the color printer at 15% loss, he would lose Rs.800 in the bargain. How much did he pay for the color printer? a)Rs.8000 b)Rs.16000 c)Rs.9000 d)Rs.5334 e)Rs.12000 Ans: b

2. Profit expressed as % of sale price is half of when expressed as % of C.P. Find the profit when expressed as % of C.P. a)100% b)50% c)200% d)data insufficient e)150% Ans: a 3. A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell pulses, at the cost price, but he uses a false weight of 950g for a kg. His gain is a) 6% b)5.26% c)5% d)6.5% e)none Ans: b 1. The percentage by which 120 is to be diminished to get 90 is a) 30 b) 25 c) 20 d) 100/3 e) None of these Ans b 2. Two numbers are 20% and 25% less than the third number. By how much percent is the second number to be enhanced to make it equal to the first number ? a) 20/3 b) 25/4 c)25 d) 100/3 e) 20 Ans a 3.The rate for admission to an exhibition was rs.5 and was later reduced by 20 % . as a result the sale proceeds increased by 44%. The percentage increase in attendance was: a)80 b)24 c)64 d)20 e)none Ans a 1. A certain type of mixture is prepared by mixing brand A at Rs.9 a kg. with brand B at Rs.4 a kg. If the mixture is worth Rs.7 a kg., how many kgs. of brand A are needed to make 40kgs. of the mixture? Ans. Brand A needed is 24kgs. 2. 11. The fourth proportional of 8, 9 and 144 is a) 72 b)112 c)162 d)None of these Ans)c

1. 2 cars c1 and c2 travel to a place at a speed of 30 and 45 km/hr resp.If c2 takes 2 ½ hours less time than c1 for the journey.Then the distance of the place is a)300 b)400 c)600 d)225 e)350 (options in km) Ans D 2. A thief goes away with a BMW car at a speed of 40km/hr.The theft has been discovered after ½ hr. The owner sets off in another car at 50km/hr. When will the owner overtake the thief from the start? a)7hr b)3 1/2hr c)2 1/2hr d)4hr e) he will never overtake

Ans:C 3. A bullock cart covers a distance of 80km in 10 hrs.If half of the distance is covered in 3/5 time,wat will be the speed of bullock cart to cover the rest of the distance in remaining time?/ a)8

b)6.4 c)10

d)20

e)12(options in km/hr)

Ans C 1. 1. A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much time to finish a piece of work Working together, they can finish the work in 2 days, B can do the work alone in a) 4 days b)6 days c)8 days d)12 days Ans: b 2. Two workers A and B are engaged to do a work. A working alone takes 8 hours more to complete the job than if both worked together. If B worked alone, he would need 4 ½ hours more to complete the job than they both working together. What time would they take to do the work together? a) 4 hours b) 5 hours c)6 hours d)7 hours Ans: c 3 . X and Y can do a piece of work in 20 days and 12 days respectively. X started the work alone and then after 4 days Y joined him till the completion of the work. How long did the work last? a) 6 days b) 10 days c) 15 days d) 20 days Ans: b 4. A sum of Rs300 was paid for a work that A can do in 32 days, B in 20 days, B & C in 12 days and D in 24 days.How much did C receive if all the four works together? Answer: Rs 64

1. A man standing on a platform notes that a train going in one direction takes 3 seconds to pass him; a train o the same length going in opposite direction 4 seconds. How long did they take to pass each other? a)2 3/7sec b)3 1/7sec c)3 4/7sec d)3 3/7sec Ans: (d) 2. At a certain time a train leaves a station P for a station Q. 200 km away another train leaves Q for P. They travel at 60 km/h and 40 km/h respectively. When will they pass each other? a)2 hr b)3 hr c)2 ½ hr d)4 hr Ans: (a)

3. A goods train 158 metres long and traveling at the average speed of 32 km/h leaves Delhi at 6a.m.

Another mail train 134 metres long and traveling at the average speed of 80 km/h leaves Delhi at 12 noon and follows the goods train. At what distance from Delhi will the mail train completely cross the goods train? a)192.288 km b)200 km c)192 km d)188.462 Ans:(a)