SAMPLE QUESTIONS

1. Which is the smallest no. which divides 2880 and gives a perfect square?

a.1 b.2 c.5 d.6

2. Form 8 digit numbers from by using 1, 2,3,4,5 with repetition is allowed and must be
divisible by4?

a.31250 b.97656 c.78125 d.97657

3. Rearrange and categorize the word „RAPETEKA‟.

Ans : bird(parakeet)

4. In school there are some bicycles and 4 wheeler wagons. One Tuesday there are 190
wheels in the campus. How many bicycles are there?

5. There are two persons paul and Jay .Paul lies on Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday and the
remaining days he speaks truth.Jay lies on Thursday,Friday,Saturday and the remaining
Days he speaks truth. once they meet each other, in their conversation Paul says that
yesterday is the day one among those I lie. Jay also says that yesterday I also lie. What
is that day?

a) Sunday. b) Tuesday. c) Thursday. d) Wednesday

6. A father has 7 penny‟s with him. 1 water melon is for 1p, 2chickoos for 1p, 3 grapes foe
1p. He has three sons. How can he share the fruits equally?

7. (1/2) of a number is 3 times more than the (1/6) of the same number?

8. There are two pipes A and B. If A filled 10 liters in hour B can fills 20 liters in same time.
Likewise B can fill 10, 20, 40, 80,160…. If B filled in (1/16) th of a tank in 3 hours, how
much time will it take to fill completely?

9. A man is standing before a painting of a man and he says I have no bro and sis and his
[painted picture] father is my father‟s son?

10. One question has last part like difference between two terms is 9 and product of two
numbers is 10, what is the squares of sum of numbers?

11. What is the value of [(3x+8Y)/(x-2Y)]; if x/2y=2?

12. A pizza shop made pizzas with to flavours.in home there are „N‟ different flavors, in that
„M‟ flavors are taken to made pizza.in how many ways they can arrange?

13. One grandfather has three grandchildren, two of their age difference is 3, eldest child age
is 3 times youngest child‟s age and eldest child‟s age is two times of sum of other two
children. What is the age of eldest child?

14. In one organization, material, labour and maintenance are in the ratio of 4:6:7, the
material cost is: Rs. 100, what is the total cost?

15. KEYWORDS: density, reluctance, sensitivity, voltage, current, what is the resistance
Formula is “R=V/I”
16. In a market 4 man are standing .the average age of the four before 4 years is 45, after
some days one man is added and his age is 49. What is the average age of all?

17. In a school for a student out of a 100 he got 74 of average for 7 subjects and he got 79
marks in 8th subject. What is the average of all the subjects?

18. In a question ,last part has, the ages of two people has the ratio of 6:6 and by adding the
numbers we get 44, after how many years the ratio would be 8:7?

19. One train travels 200m from A to B with 70 km/ph and returns to A with 80kmph, what is
the average of their speed?

20. A question like a wire is wound whose resistance is some 132. 44647 ohms. If a voltage
of 30 mv, 296 ma current is applied to it what is the resistance.

Clue: use formula R= V/I. beware of voltage & current particularly kilo or milli etc. units.

21. In a city, there are 100 buildings numbered by corporation between 0-100, how many
twos are shown in door.

22. 6 persons standing in queue with different age group, after two years their average age
will be 43 and seventh person joined with them. hence the current average age has
become 45. find the age of seventh person?

23. Horse started to chase dog as it relieved stable two hrs ago. And horse started to ran
with average speed 22km/hr, horse crossed 10 mts road and two small pounds with
depth 3m, and it crossed two small street with 200 mts length. After traveling 6 hrs, 2hrs
after sunset it got dog. compute the speed of dog?

24. 3, 22 , 7, 45, 15, ? , 31

25. In Tatanagar many buildings were under residential category.for buildings they number
as 1 to 100. Shops and corporation are numbered between 150 and 200 (only prime
numbers). How many time 6 will appear in building numbering?

26. ((4x+3y)+(5x+9y))/(5x+5y) = ? as (x/2y) = 2

27. If we subract a number with y, we get 4 increase of number, once it got divided by y
itself.. Find that number?

28. Jumbled letters : PARAKEET

Ans: bird (category)

29. (209*144)^2 + (209*209)+(209*144)+(144*144) = ?

30. Im only son for my parents. (some irrelevant statements in the middle to distract you).
The man in picture is my father‟s son. (some irrelevant statements).who is he?
Ans: He himself (blood relation type of question)

31. Area of trapezium?

32. if a person moves 15km straight and turns 45km right and moves 15km straight then how
much distance he needs to walk to reach starting point?
33. if pqrstu implies qrstuv then abcdefg implies what?

34. There are 30 cans and out of them only one is poisoned. If a person tastes very little he
will die within 14 hours so if there are mice to test and 24 hours, how many mice are
required to find the poisoned can?

35. if a and b are mixed in 3:5 ration and b,c are mixed in 8:5 ration if the final mixture is 35
litres,find the amount of b in the final mixture.

36. 1!+2!+....50!=?

37. Two pipes A and B fill at a certain rate. B is filled at 10,20,40,80 (10 in 1 hour, 20 in 2
hours, 40 in 3 hours and so on). If 1/16 of B if filled in 17 hours what time it will take to get
completely filled.

38. In a shopping mall with a staff of 5 members the average age is 45 years. After 5 years a
person joined them and the average age is again 45 years. What‟s the age of 6th
person?

39. Find (4x+2y)/ (4x-2y) if x/2y=2

40. Find average speed if a man travels at speed of 24kmph up and 36kmph down at an
altitude of 200m. Formula is 2xy/(x+y)

41. Six friends go to pizza corner there are 2 types of pizzas. And six different flavors are
there they have to select 2 flavors from 6 flavors. In how many ways we can select?

42. 3, 15, x, 51, 53,159,161. Find X

43. 3 friends A, B, C went for week end party to McDonald‟s restaurant and there they
measure there weights in some order IN 7 rounds. A;B;C;AB;BC;AC;ABC. Final round
measure is 155 kg then find the average weight of all the 7 rounds?

44. There is a toy train that can make 10 musical sounds. It makes 2 musical sounds after
being defective. What is the probability that same musical sound would be produced 5
times consecutively? (1 of )?

45. A triangle is made from a rope. The sides of the triangle are A cm, B cm and C cm. What
will be the area of the square made from the same rope?

46. There are 5 materials to make a perfume: Lilac, Balsamic, Lemon, and Woody and MI
mosaic. To make a perfume that is in demand the following conditions are to be followed:
Lilac and Balsamic go together. Woody and MI mosaic go together; Woody and Balsamic
never go together. Lemon can be added with any material. All of the following
combinations are possible to make a perfume except:
1) Balsamic and Lilac
2) Woody and Lemon
3) MI mosaic and Woody
4) MI mosaic and Lilac

47. What is the distance of the z-intercept from the x-intercept in the equation ax+by+cz=d
(Values of a, b, c, d will be provided).
Ans : sqrt ((d/a) 2+ (d/c) 2)
48. A scientist in Antarctic region conducts research on bears came to know that bears
changes according to the location .once he moves 1 mile towards north, then he moves 2
miles towards east, then 1 mile towards south. Now the color of bear he found will be in:
Ans : White

49. (1/3) of a number is 3 times more than the (1/6) of the same number. What is the
number?

50. There are 11 boys in a family. Youngest child is a boy. What is the probability of all are
boys?

a) 2 b) 2! c) 2048 d) 1024

51. A boy bought a roll A of 56 inches wide and 141 yards long. He also bought B of 77
inches wide of length 333yards. Time taken for cutting A into 1 yard piece is 2 seconds.
Time taken to cut into 141 pieces of 1 yard each is?

52. A Person buys a horse for 15 pounds, after one year he sells it for 20 pounds. After one
year, again he buys the same horse at 30 pounds and sells it for 40 pounds. What is the
profit for that person?

53. John buys a cycle for 31 dollars and given a cheque of amount 35 dollars. Shop Keeper
exchanged the cheque with his neighbor and gave change to John. After 2 days, it is
known that cheque is bounced. Shop keeper paid the amount to his neighbor. The cost
price of cycle is 19 dollars. What is the profit/loss for shop keeper?

54. In a family there are some boys and girls. All boys told that they are having equal no of
brothers and sisters and girls told that they are having twice the no. of brothers than
sisters. How many boys and girls present in a family?

55. There are certain number of hats and gloves in a box. They are of 41 red, 23 green, 11
orange. Power gone. But a woman can differentiate between hats and gloves. How many
draws are required to obtain a pair of each color.

56. 2 years ago of A is x times that of B. 3 Years hence the age of A is 4/3 times of B. What
is the present age of B in binary form? (Value of x & y will be given)

57. metal strip of width „x‟ cm. 2 metal strips are placed one over the other, then the combine
length of 2 strips is „y‟. If „z‟ strips are placed in that manner. What is the final width of that
arrangement?

58. There are 100 men and 100 women on the dance floor. They want to dance with each
other. Then which of the following statements is always true:

a) There are 2 men who danced with equal no. of women‟s

b) There are 2 women who danced with equal no. of men

59. A game is played between 2 players and one player is declared as winner. All the
winners from first round are played in second round. All the winners from second round
are played in third round and so on. If 8 rounds are played to declare only one player as
winner, how many players are played in first round?
60. There are 3 boys A, B, C and 2 Girls D, E. D always sit right to A. Girls never sit in
extreme positions and in the middle position. C always sits in the extreme positions. Who
is sitting immediate right to E?

61. 49 members attended the party. In that 22 are males, 17 are females. The shake hands
between males, females, male and female. Total 12 people given shake hands. How
many such kinds of such shake hands are possible?

62. There are 1000 pillars for a temple. 3 friends Linda, Chelsey, Juli visited that temple.
(Some unrelated stuff) Linda is taller than Chelsea and taller than 2 of 1000 pillars. Julia
is shorter than Linda. Find the correct sentence?

a) Linda is shorter among them

b) Chelsea is taller than Julia

c) Chelsea is shorter than Julia

d) Cannot determine who is taller among Chelsea and Julia

63. Entry ticket to an exhibition ranges from 1p to 31p. You need to provide exact change at
the counter. You have 31p coin. In how many parts will u divide 31p so that u will provide
the exact change required and carry as less coins as possible?

a) 22 b) 31 c) 6 d) 32

64. There are 2 friends Peter and Paul. Peter age is twice as old as Paul when peter was as
old as Paul is now. Sum of the present ages of Peter and Paul is 35.What is the present
age of Peter?

65. A lady took out jacket and gloves, which are available in blue 26, yellow 30 and red 56.
Power goes off, she can distinguish between gloves and jacket but not in colors. What‟s
the possibility their she will pick up pair of gloves of each color.

66. Two bowls are taken, one contains water and another contains tea. One spoon of water
is added to second bowl and mixed well, and a spoon of mixture is taken from second
bowl and added to the second bowl. Which statement will hold good for the above?
(Ans: second liquid in first bowl is smaller than the first mixture in second bowl)

67. A lies on mon, tues, wed and speak truths on other days, B lies on Thurs, Fri, Sat and
speaks truths on other days. One day a said I lied today and B said I too lied today. What
is the day?

68. One grandfather has three grandchildren, two of their age difference is 3, eldest child age
is 3 times youngest child‟s age and eldest child‟s age is two times of sum of other two
children. What is the age of eldest child?

69. Now pet's age is to times when Paul was once. But at that time Paul's age=pet's current
age, how old is pet?

70. Block has 10, 9, 5 size, how many unit cube is needed to make a block of that size?
71. 23 people are there, they are shaking hands together, how many hand shakes possible, if
they are in pair of cyclic sequence.

72. 10men and 10 women are there, they dance with each other, is there possibility that 2
men are dancing with same women and vice versa.

73. A lady took out jacket and gloves, which are available in blue 26, yellow 30 and red 56.
Power goes off. She can distinguish between gloves and jacket but not in colors. What's
the possibility that she will pick up pair of gloves of each color?

74. Sangakara and Ponting selects batting by using a dice, but dice is biased. So to resolve,
Ponting takes out a coin. What is the probability that dice shows correct option?

75. In school there are some bicycles and 4wheeler wagons. One Tuesday there are 58
wheels in the campus. How many bicycles are there?

76. Which is the smallest no divides 2880 and gives a perfect square?

a)1 b)2 c)5 d)6

77. Form 8 digit numbers by using 1, 2,3,4,5. Repetition is allowed and the number must be
divisible by4.

a.31250 b.97656 c.78125 d.97657

78. Key words in question (Fibonacci series, infinite series, in the middle of the question one
number series is there….I got the series 3 12 7 26 15 b ?

Ans:54

(Logic: 3*2+1=7 12*2+2=26

7*2+1=15 26*2+2=54)

79. A father has 7 penny‟s with him and 1 water melon is for 1p, 2chickoos for 1p, 3 grapes
foe 1p.he has three sons. How can he share the fruits equally?

80. A lies on mon, tues, wed and speak truths on other days, B lies on thur, fri, sat and
speaks truths on other days.. one day a said I lied today and B said I too lied today. What
is the day?

81. (1/2) of a number is 3 times more than the (1/6) of the same number. What is the
number?

82. There are two pipes A and B. If A filled 10 liters in hour B can fills 20 liters in same time.
Likewise B can fill 10, 20, 40, 80,160….if B filled in (1/16) th of a tank in 3 hours, how
much time will it take to fill completely?

83. A man is standing before a painting of a man and he says I have no bro and sis and his
father is my father‟s son? Who is the person in the painting?

84. What is the value of [(3x+8Y)/(x-2Y)]; if x/2y=2?

85. One grandfather has three grandchildren, two of their age difference is 3, eldest child age
is 3 times youngest child‟s age and eldest child‟s age is two times of sum of other two
children. What is the age of eldest child?

86. In a market 4 men are standing. The average age of the four before 4 years is 45. After
some days, one man is added and his age is 49. What is the average weight of all?

87. KEYWORDS: one organization : material ,labor and maintenance are in the ratio of
4:6:7,the material cost is:100,what is the total cost?

88. KEYWORDS: density, reluctance, sensitivity, voltage ,current, what is the resistance
Formula is “R=V/I”

89. In a school for a student out of a 100 he got 74 of average for 7 subjects and he got 79
marks in 8th subject. What is the average of all the subjects?

90. The ages of two people has the ratio of 6:5 and by adding the numbers we get 44, after
how many years the ratio would be 8:7?

91. Two years before Paul‟s age is 2times the Alice age and the present age of Paul is 6
times the Alice. What is the presents Paul‟s age?

92. One train travels 200m from A to B with 70 km/ph and returns to A with 80kmph, what is
the average of their speed?

93. There is ferarri and benz car, benz speed is say 10kmph and it cover 10 km.And if ferarri
goes with 3 times faster than benz.So in how much time ferarri could take to cover same
distance.

94. If one lady have 3 daughter and any of out 3 have diff, of ages is 3.And oldest is 3 times
of more than 2 than yougest after 2 years then tell the age of oldest daughter.

95. If a person moves 15km straight and turns 45km right and moves 15km straight then how
much distance he needs to walk to reach starting point?

96. There was a scientist who after doing research, found that color of skin of animals vary
with change in distance. One day he started to chase a beer .He walked 1 mile towards
north , then turned and walked 1 mile towards east and then caught the bear and radio-
ribboned the beer. Then he left the beer at that spot and returned to his base-station
taking a turn towards south (walked 1 mile towards south).Then what was the color of
beer at that spot?

a)white(ans)
b)brown
c)black
d)grey

97. 6 persons standing in queue with different age group, after two years their
average age will be 43 and seventh person joined with them. Hence the current average
age has become 45. Find the age of seventh person?

98. Horse started to chase dog as it relieved stable two hrs ago. And horse started to ran
with average speed 22km/hr, horse crossed 10 mts road and two small pounds with
depth 3m, and it crossed two small street with 200 mts length. After traveling 6 hrs, 2hrs
after sunset it got dog. Compute the speed of dog?
99. It is dark in my bedroom and I want to get two socks of the same color from my drawer,
which contains 24 red and 24 blue socks. How many socks do I have to take from the
drawer to get at least two socks of the same color?

a) 2
b) 3
c) 48
d) 25

100. There is a toy train that can make 10 musical sounds. It makes 2 musical sounds after
being defective. What is the probability that same musical sound would be produced 5
times consecutively?

101. An athlete decides to run the same distance in 1/4th less time that she usually took. By
how much percent will she have to increase her average speed?

102. A man whose age is 45 yrs has 3 sons named John, Jill, Jack. He went to a park weekly
twice. He loves his sons very much. On a certain day he finds shopkeepers selling
different things. An apple cost 1penny, 2 chocalate costs 1penny & 3 bananas cost 1
penny. He has bought equal no. of apple, chocolate & banana for each son. If the total
amount he invest is 7 penny then how many he has bought from each piece for his son?

103. We all know that Arya bhatta, the greatest mathematician belongs to India. When his
daughter Mayabati was in her teen age he discovered a problem. At that time the
age of mayabati is a prime number,let that age is A. After some years her age becomes
B. Then Arya Bhatta was able to solve that problem with the help of her daughter
mayabati. If a-b=5 & product of a& b is 26 then what is the sum of two squares?

A)77 b) 45 c)89 d)67

104. Mr Behera wants to build a house for his wife. In this there are 5 rooms each
having equal area. The length of each room is 4m, breadth is 5 m. the height of the
rooms are 2m. If to make a sq meter we need 17 bricks ,then how many bricks are
needed to make the floor of a particular room?

105. One man wants to build a wall the length and breadth of the wall are 20, 30
respectively. He needs 35 bricks for one square centimeter then how many bricks
does he need?

106. What number should be used to divide 2880 into two perfect squares?

a) 4
b) 5
c) 6
Q. 1 If x + y = 4 and x – y = 8, then x = and y =
Q. 2 A sum of Rs. 400 is to be used to give four cash prizes to students of a school for
their overall performance. If each prize is Rs. 20 less than its preceding prize, find the
value of each prize.
Q. 3 After 2 years of time, Paul will be 2 times as old as Alice. Presently he is 4 times as
old. How old is Paul now
Q. 4 One card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards.
Find the probability of getting
i) a king of red colour
ii) a black card
Q. 7 From the top of a 9 metres high building AB, the angle of elevation of the top of a
tower CD is 30º C and the angle of depression of the foot of the tower is 60º. Find the
height of the tower
Q. 8 The radius of a circle is 21 cms . Therefore its circumference is _________cms.
Q. 9 A vessel is in the form of a hollow cylinder mounted on a hollow hemisphere. The
diameter of the hemisphere is 14 cms, and the total height vessel is 3 cms. Find the outer
surface area of the vessel
Q. 10 If cosec 18º = sec A, then the measure of A is ___________
Q. 11 A point A(x,y) divides the segment joining point B(5,-1) and
C(-10,4) in the ratio 3:2. Find the value of x and y
Q. 12 A man is standing in front of a painting of a man, and he tells us the following:
"Brothers and sisters have I none, but this man's father is my father's son". Who is on the
painting?
Q. 13.The fundamental theorem of arithmetic states that every natural number greater than
1 can be written as a unique product of prime numbers. Now what is the smallest number
by which 4732 must be divided in order to make it into a perfect square
Q. 14. In the reading room of a library, there are 10 reading spots. Each reading spot
consists of a round table with 4 chairs placed around it. There are some readers such that
in each occupied reading spot there is different number of readers. If in all there are 10
readers, how many reading spots do not have even a single reader

1. When my uncle died, he left a will, instructing his executors to divide his estate of `19,80,000 in
this manner. Every son should receive three times as much as a daughter, and that every daughter
should get twice as much as their mother. What is my aunt‟s maximum share if my uncle has at
least one son and one daughter?

A. ` 19,80,000 (B) ` 9,90,000 (C) ` 3,30,000 (D) ` 2,20,000 (E) ` 1,98,000

2. The price of a Maruti car rises by 30% while the sales of the car came down by 20%. What is the
percent change in the total revenue?

(A) – 4 (B) – 2 (C) + 4 (D) 0 (E) None of these

1. Monthly income of X and Y are in the ratio 1:3 and their expenses are in the ratio 19:40. X saves `
18,860 less than Y and in total they save ` 36,020. What are their respective incomes?

(A) ` 10,480 & ` 31,440 (B) ` 9,000 & ` 27,000

(C) ` 14,200 & ` 42,600 (D) `12,380 & ` 37,140 (E) None of these
 2. Father‟s age was five times his son‟s age 5 years ago and will be three times the son‟s age after 2
years. What is the ratio of their present ages?

(A) 4:1 (B) 18:5 (C) 10:3 (D) 7:2 (E) None of these

3. The average turnover of a company in January, February and March is `12 crore while that of
March, April, May and June is ` 14 crore. What is the turnover in March if the average for the
first half of the year is ` 12 crore?

(A) ` 12 crore (B) ` 14 crore (C) ` 16 crore (D) ` 18 crore (E) ` 20 crore

1. The ratio of sum of squares of first n natural numbers to square of sum of first n natural numbers
is 17:325. The value of n is

(A) 15 (B) 25 (C) 35 (D) 30 (E) None of these

2. Shreya writes first 100 whole numbers. Let A and B be the number of times she writes 0 and 9
respectively. Find the value of A + B

(A) 31 (B) 30 (C) 34 (D) 32 (E) 33

3. Neelam who is Deepak‟s daughter says to Deepika, “your mother Rekha is the younger sister of
my father who is the third child of Ramlal.” How is Ramlal related to Deepika?

(A) Uncle (B) Father (C) Grandfather (D) Great Grandfather (E) None of these

4. If the probability of rain on any given day in Pune city is 50% then what is the probability that it
rains on exactly 3 days in a 5 day period

(A) 8/125 (B) 3/8 (C) 8/25 (D) 2/25 (E) 5/16

5. How many one rupee, 50 paisa and 25 paisa coins are there if these are in the ratio 4:5:6 and
together amount to ` 32?

(A) 90 (B) 60 (C) 45 (D) 75 (E) 30

6. A two digit number „ab‟ is six times the sum of its digits. Find the value of ba

(A) 625 (B) 81 (C) 1024 (D) 3025 (E) Data Insufficient

Some months back, this year. I was walking through the Central Park in New Delhi. I saw an intelligent
looking little boy playing all by himself on the grass. I decided to talk to him and just as an excuse to start
the conversation I asked him his age. A mischievous glint flickered in his eyes and he replied. “Two days
back I was ten years old, and next year I shall be thirteen. If you know what‟s today you‟ll be able to figure
out my birthday and that‟ll give you my age.” I looked at him bewildered.

1. How old was the boy?

 (A) 9 years (B) 10 years (C) 12 years (D) 11 years (E) None of these

2. On which date they had this conversation?

(A) 31st Dec (B) 1st Jan (C) 2nd Jan (D) 30th Dec (E) Data Inadequate

3. Supposing a clock takes 7 seconds to strike 7. How long will the same clock take to strike 10?

(A) 10 secs (B) 10.5 secs (C) 7 secs (D) 9 secs (E) 12.5 secs

4. A bag contains 5 green and 7 blue balls. Another one contains 4 green and 8 blue balls. If a bag is
chosen randomly and a ball is drawn from it at random, then find the probability that it is green

(A) 3/4 (B) 1/4 (C) 5/8 (D) 3/8 (E) None of these

Saniya, her brother, her daughter, and her son are tennis players. As a game of doubles is about to begin:

1. Saniya‟s brother is directly across the net from her daughter.

2. Her son is diagonally across the net from the worst player‟s sibling.
3. The best player and the worst player are on the same side of the net.

1. Who is the best player?

(A) Saniya (B) Saniya‟s brother

(C) Saniya‟s son (D) Saniya‟s daughter (E) Can‟t be determined

2. Who is the worst player?

(A) Saniya‟s daughter (B) Saniya

(C) Saniya‟s son (D) either (A) or (B) (E) either (B) or (C)

3. Who is partner with Saniya?

(A) Saniya‟s daughter (B) Saniya‟s brother

(C) Saniya‟s son (D) Either (A) or (B) (E) either (B) or (C)
 1. Let n be a natural number, then n(n2 -1) is always divisible by?

A. 6 (B)12 (C)24 (D)48 (E) None of these

2. A group of housewives with average age 30 years meets with another group of housewives with
average age of40 years. If the average age of the new group is 34 years, what is the ratio of
number of housewives in the first group to the number of housewives in the second group?

A. 2:3 (B) 3:5 (C) 3:2 (D) 3:4 (E) 4:3

In the city club, there are four people: Avinit , Bikash Chandan and Debjit. They were; though not
necessarily in the same order: doctor, teacher, painter and actor. Avinit and the teacher never spoke to
Chandan. Bikash and the actor were very good friends. The painter was friends with Debjit and the actor.

1. Avinit is the

(A) Doctor (B) Teacher (C) Painter (D) Actor (E) Data Inadequate

2. Bikash is the

(A) Doctor (B) Teacher (C) Painter (D) Actor (E) Data Inadequate

1. If a number 774958A96B is to be divisible by 8 and 9, the values of A and B, respectively, will

be:

(A) 7, 8 (B) 8, 0 (C) 5, 8 (D) 3,0 (E) None of these

2. A software engineer starts from home at 3 PM for evening walk on a route which has level road
for some distance and a then a hillock. He walks speed of 4kmph on level ground and then at a
speed of 3kmph on the uphill and then down the hill at a speed of 6 kmph to the level ground and
then at a speed of 4kmph to the home If he reaches home at 9 PM. What is the distance one way of
his route?

(A) 12 Km (B) 15 Km (C) 18 Km (D) 24 Km (E) Data Inadequate

3. From a circular sheet of paper with a radius of 20 cm, four circles of radius 5 cm each are cut out.
What is the ratio of the uncut to the cut portion?

(A) 1:3 (B) 4:1 (C) 3:1 (D) 4:3 (E) 2:3
4. The price of a precious stone is directly proportional to square of its weight. What will be the loss
incurred (approx) if a stone weighing 28 g and costing ` 28,000 breaks into two pieces whose
weights are in the ratio 15:13?

A. No Loss (B) ` 10,000 (C) ` 9,500 (D) ` 28,000 (E) ` 14,000

5. In a class of 50 students, 23 speak English, 15 speak Hindi and 18 Speak Punjabi. 3 speak only
English and Hindi, 6 speak only Hindi and Punjabi and 6 speak only English and Punjabi. If 9 can
speak only English, how many speak all the three?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5 (E) None of these

6. The average of 10 numbers is 40.2. Later it is found that 2 numbers have been wrongly added. The
first is 18 greater than the actual number and the second number added is 13 instead of 31. Find
the correct average.

(A) 40.2 (B) 40.4 (C) 40.6 (D) 40.8 (E) 41

7. A man has 1044 candles. After burning, he can make a new candle from 9 stubs left behind. Find
the maximum number of candles that can be made.

(A) 116 (B) 120 (C) 130 (D) 140 (E) 144

8. The sides of a triangular are in the ratio of 1/2: 1/3 : 1/4. if the perimeter is 52 cm. the length of the
smallest side is...

(A) 9 cm (B) 10 cm (C) 16 cm (D) 24 cm (E) 12 cm

9. Find the last number of the sequence: 8, 12, 24, 60,…….,

(A) 168 (B) 120 (C) 90 (D) 144 (E) 178

The cast of a benefit program will consist of exactly four actors to be selected from the seven actors P, Q,
R, S, T, U and V according to the following conditions:

i. Either P or T must be in the cast; but they cannot both be in the cast.
ii. If T is in the cast, then Q must be in the cast
iii. If U is in the cast, then neither P not R can be in the cast.

1. If U is in the cast, then which of the following must also be in the cast?

(A) P (B) Q (C) R (D) S (E) V

2. If P is in the cast, then any of the following groups of three could make up the rest of the cast
except

(A) Q, R and S (B) Q, R and V (C) R, S and V (D) S, U, and V (E) None of these

1. The boys and girls are in the ratio 3:7 in a school. 25% of the boys and 20% of the girls are
scholarship holders. How much percent of the total students do not get scholarships?

(A) 68 (B) 75 (C) 79.8 (D) 78.5 (E) 82.5

2. A cistern is two-third full of water. Pipe A can fill the remaining part in 12 minutes and pipe B in
8 minutes. Once the cistern is emptied, how much time will they take to fill it together
completely?

(A) 12 minutes (B) 12.5 min (C) 14.4 min (D) 10.2 min (E) 14.66 min

1. Mr. Mohit is 7 times as old as his son. 10 years hence he will be three times as old as his son.
What is the difference in their present ages?

(A) 24 years (B) 30 years (C) 18 years (D) 36 years (E) 42 years

1. Three terrorists are employed to shoot a renowned person Mr. X. Only one bullet is sufficient to
kill him if it strikes in the head. The probabilities of the terrorists striking Mr. X‟s head by their
bullets are 0.2, 0.3, and 0.4. What is the probability that Mr. X is shot dead?

(A) 0.336 (B) 0.9 (C) 0.1 (D) 0.760 (E) 0.664

2. Which of the following numbers is a perfect square?

(A) 10201 (B) 12223 (C) 11116 (D) 55555 (E) 10101

3. Mr. Rajiv and Mr. Jogesh can complete a piece of work in 6 days and 8 days respectively. They
started together but Rajiv left the work after 2 days. In how many days will Mr. Jogesh complete
the remaining work now?
(A) 19/4 days (B) 8/3 days (C) 9.5 days (D) 4 days (E) 10/3 days

Study the given series (A) carefully and answer the incomplete series (B), in the following questions.
Assume that series B follows the same rule as series A.

1. Series A: 2, 5, 17, 71,…… Series B: 1, a, b, c…. What will replace the symbol c?

(A) 70 (B) 11 (C) 47 (D) 36 (E) 27

2. Series A: 2, 11, 47, 128,....; Series B: 5, m, n, o… The value of o is…..

(A) 45 (B) 50 (C) 60 (D) 131 (E) 121

1. A bag contains 4 white and 3 black balls. 2 balls are drawn one at a time, randomly in succession.
What is the probability that both the balls drawn out are white in color, if the first ball is not
replaced after the first draw?

A. 9/49 (B) 3/7 (C) 2/7 (D) 4/7 (E) 16/49

On rolling 6 dice, it is found that

(I) Exactly 3 dice show the same number (II) Only 1 die shows 6 (III) Not more than 3 dice show 4 or
more

1. What is the minimum possible total of numbers on the faces, if the three dice having same number
show 2?

(A) 20 (B) 22 (C) 11 (D) 14 (E) 15

2. What is the maximum total, if 4 of the dice show less than 4?

(A) 28 (B) 22 (C) 17 (D) 23 (E) 24

1. A square is drawn inside a right-angled triangle with the two perpendicular sides as 12 cm and 8
cm. what is the side of the largest possible square that can be drawn?

(A) 4 cm (B) 4.8 cm (C) 4.5 cm (D) 4.4 cm (E) 5 cm

2. The distance between Charu‟s and Mani‟s places is 120 km. Charu traveled the whole distance
from her place to mani‟s at 30 km/hr but returned at 40 km/hr. her average speed for the whole
journey is (approximately).

(A) 36 km/hr (B) 37 km/hr (C) 33 km/hr (D) 34 km/hr (E) 35 km/hr

1. A 90kg salt solution has 10% salt in it. How much water must be evaporated from it so that the
solution now contains 25% salt?

(A) 54 (B) 45 (C) 36 (D) 27 (E) 18

2. Variables R and S are related by the equation R = 1/S2. Now, if S is increased by 10%, what will
happen to R?

(A) R decreases by 19% (B) R decreases by 10%

(C) R decreases by 17% (D) R decreases by 21% (E) R increases by 21%

3. The sum of two times one natural number and three times another natural number is less than 24.
if the first natural number is less than or equal to eight, the highest value of the second natural
number is:

(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9

4. A class photograph has to be taken. The front row consists of 6 girls who are sitting. 20 boys are
standing behind. The two comer positions are reserved for the 2 tallest boy. In how many ways
can the students be arranged?

(A) 18! x 720 (B) 6! x 1440 (C) 18! x 2! x 1440 (D) 18! x 1440 (E) None of These
There are seven family members viz, P, Q, R, S, T, U and V four of whom are females. The family
runs into three generations. The family consists of two married couples, three daughters and two
mothers. S is the brother of R. R is the mother of U. V is Q's son in law. P is the father of R.

1. Who is the husband of R ?

(A) Q (B) U (C) V (D) T (E) Either (A) or (C)

2. Which of the following is not true?

(A) Q is the mother of R. (B) T may be the sister of S (C) V is the father of T

(D) T and V are married (E) Options (B) and (D)

1. The population of a bacteria culture doubles every 2 minutes. Approximately how many minutes
will it take for the population to grow from 1,000 to 500,000 bacteria?

(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 14 (D) 18 (E) 20

2. If Sin  and Cos  are two roots of the equation ax2+ bx + c = 0, then which of the following is
true?

(A) a2+b2 =2ac (B) a+b = c (C) a2 - b2 +2ac = 0 (D) a2 –b2 = 2ac (E) None of These

3. From the top of a building 60 metres high the angles of depression of the top and bottom of a
tower are 30° and 60° respectively. The height of the tower is,

A. 40m (B) 30m (C) 20m (D) 50m (E) 20√3m

4. There are 6 positive and 8 negative numbers. Four numbers are chosen at random and multiplied.
The probability that the product is positive is

A. 500/1001 (B) 503/1001 (C) 303/1001 (D) 101/1001 (E) 505/1001

5. The average age of all boys in the class is 16.66, while the average age of all girls in the same
class is 18.75. Thus the average marks of all 40 students in the class is 17.5 what is the number of
girls in the class?

(A) 12 (B) 16 (C) 18 (D) 20 (E) Data Insufficient

6. If a+b : b+c : c+a = 6:7:8 and a+b+c = 14, then the value of c is

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 14 (E) None of These

7. From each of the two given numbers, half of the smaller number is subtracted. Of the resulting
numbers, the largest is three times the smaller one. What is the ratio of the two numbers?

(A) 5:4 (B) 5:2 (C) 3:2 (D) 2:1 (E) 7:4

8. Suppose n is an integer such that the sum of digits of n is 2 and 1010 < n< 1011. The number of
different values for n is

(A) 11 (B) 10 (C) 9 (D) 8 (E) No Values Possible

9. A car is traveling at uniform speed. The driver sees a milestone showing a two digit number which
is a perfect square, after traveling for an hour the driver sees another milestone with the same
digits in reverse order and after another hour the driver sees another milestone containing the same
two digits as part of a three digit number. What is the speed of the car?
(A) 30 kmph (B) 40 kmph (C) 50 kmph (D) 60 kmph (E) 45 kmph
10. A tap can fill a tank in 16 minutes and another can empty it in 8 minutes. If the tank is already 1/2
full and both the taps are opened together, will the tank be filled or emptied? How long will it take
before the tank is either filled completely or emptied completely as the case may be? .

(A) Emptied; 16 mins (B) Filled; 8 mins (C) Emptied; 12 mins (D) Filled; 12 mins (E) None of These

11. How many numbers can be formed using all of 1,2,3,4,5 (without repetition), when the digit at the
units place must be greater than that in the tenth place?

A. 54 (B) 40 (C) 60 (D) 48 (E) 36

1. If A and B are to present the stand, which of the following is true if all preferences are to be met?

I. C will be the lead speaker. II. F will counter argue. III. F or H may counter argue.

(A) I and II only (B) II and III only (C) I, II & III (D) I & III (E) I only

2. If C is the lead speaker and F is one of the counter speakers. Which of the following students may
or may not be selected in the 5 member team if all preferences are to be met?

(A) B (B) A (C) E (D) H (E) either E or H