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APPOLO STUDY CENTRE QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE - I Directions – (1-15) What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions? 1. 3.8 x 5.6 x 11.5 – 31.653 = ? A. 234.880 B. 265.404 C. 213.067 D. 256.072 E. none of these 2. 4 4 5 1218 ? 5 7 6 of of of = A. 415 B. 384 C. 492 D. 346 E. none of these 3. 93% of 456=? A. 435.06 B. 419.02 C. 443.04 D. 424.08 E. none of these 4. 8.2 x ? = 465.76 A. 56.8 B. 48.6 C. 62.4 D. 74.2 E. None of these 5. 1485 (44 0.75) ? ÷ × = A. 33 B. 56 C. 45 D. 67 E. none of these 6. 128 8 0.4 ? ÷ ÷ = A. 36 B. 42 C. 48 D. 54 E. none of these 7. 56064 ? 48 16 ÷ = × A. 768 B. 1168 C. 73 D. 5329 E. none of these 8. 63% of 781 + ? = 666 A. 164.85 B. 173.97 C. 181.63 D. 195.79 E. none of these 9. 1587 + 2277 = ? x 69 A. 49 B. 64 C. 73 D. 56 E. none of these

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APPOLO STUDY CENTRE

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE - I Directions – (1-15) What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions?

1. 3.8 x 5.6 x 11.5 – 31.653 = ? A. 234.880 B. 265.404 C. 213.067 D. 256.072 E. none of these

2. 4 4 5

1218 ?5 7 6

of of of =

A. 415 B. 384 C. 492 D. 346 E. none of these

3. 93% of 456=? A. 435.06 B. 419.02 C. 443.04 D. 424.08 E. none of these

4. 8.2 x ? = 465.76 A. 56.8 B. 48.6 C. 62.4 D. 74.2 E. None of these

5. 1485 (44 0.75) ?÷ × =

A. 33 B. 56 C. 45 D. 67 E. none of these

6. 128 8 0.4 ?÷ ÷ = A. 36 B. 42 C. 48 D. 54 E. none of these

7. 56064 ? 48 16÷ = ×

A. 768 B. 1168 C. 73 D. 5329 E. none of these

8. 63% of 781 + ? = 666 A. 164.85 B. 173.97 C. 181.63 D. 195.79 E. none of these

9. 1587 + 2277 = ? x 69 A. 49 B. 64 C. 73 D. 56 E. none of these

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10. ? 24 2209+ = A. 23 B. 529 C. 729 D. 27 E. none of these

11. 10531+4813 – 728 = ? x 87 A. 168 B. 172 C. 186 D. 212 E. none of these

12. 956.38 – 532.96 + 108.82 = ? A. 356.78 B. 472.64 C. 532.24 D. 694.98 E. none of these

13. 3705 25 ?÷ = A. 152.6 B. 136.8 C. 148.2 D. 124.4 E. none of these

14. 65963+78430 = ? + 49907 A. 94468 B. 96448 C. 94648 D. 98446 E. None of these

15. ? 36 12 276÷ × = A. 828 B. 838 C. 818 D. 848 E. none of these

16. The difference between 63% of a number and 45% of the same number is 342. What is 78% of that number? A. 1342 B. 1482 C. 1558 D. 1670 E. none of these

17. What would be the compound interest obtained on an amount of Rs.4,000 at the rate of 5 p.c.p.a after 3 years? A. Rs.612 B. Rs.578 C. Rs.525.5 D. Rs.630.5 E. None of these

18. A car covers a distance of 1450 kms. In 25 hours. What is the speed of the car? A. 58 kms./hr B. 66 kms./h4 C. 72 kms./hr D. cannot be determined E. none of these

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19. The average age of a man and his son is 40 years. The ratio of their ages is 7 : 3 respectively. What is the man’s age? A. 70 years B. 63 years C. 56 years D. 49 years E. none of these

20. A canteen requires 28 dozen bananas for a week. How many dozen bananas will it require for 47 days? A. 2256 B. 322 C. 196 D. 2352 E. none of these

21. The product of two consecutive odd numbers is 6399. What is the smaller number? A. 83 B. 79 C. 81 D. 77 E. none of these

22. The average of 5 consecutive even numbers A, B, C, D and E is 106. What is the product of B & D? A. 11440 B. 11024 C. 10608 D. 11232 E. none of these

23. The owner of a cell phone shop charges his customer 23% more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs.7,011 for a cell phone, then what was the cost price of the cell phone? A. Rs.5,845 B. Rs.6,750 C. Rs.5,900 D. Rs.6,925 E. none of these

24. If (16)3 is subtracted from the square of a number, the answer so obtained is 3825. What is the number? A. 69 B. 59 C. 89 D. 79 E. none of these

25. If an amount of Rs.85,602 is distributed equally amongst 33 persons. How much amount would each person get? A. Rs.2,594 B. Rs.2,957 C. Rs.2,549 D. Rs.2,495 E. none of these

26. 43% of a number is 559. What is 32% of that number? A. 416 B. 429 C. 403 D. 384 E. none of these

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27. If the fractions 1 2 3 5 11

, , ,5 7 5 6 13

and are arranged in descending order of their

value, which one will be the fourth?

A. 11

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5 E. none of these

28. If (92)2 is added to the square of a number, the answer so obtained is

10768. What is the number? A. 46 B. 2304 C. 48 D. 2116 E. none of these

29. The total number of students in a school is 5050. If the number of girls in the school is 2450, then what is the respective ratio of the total number of boys to the total number of girls in the school? A. 40 : 52 B. 51 : 50 C. 50 : 51 D. 52 : 51 E. none of these

30. Sumit invests Rs.4,762, which is 25% of his monthly income, in insurance policies. What is his monthly income? A. Rs.28,572 B. Rs.23,810 C. Rs.19,048 D. Rs.14,285 E. none of these

31. Ms. Vishakha deposits an amount of Rs.35,800 to obtain a simple interest at the rate of 15 p.c.p.a for 4 years. What total amount will Ms. Vishakha get at the end of 4 years? A. Rs.45,680 B. Rs.39,880 C. Rs.21,480 D. 57,280 E. none of these

32. There are 2010 employees in an organization. Out of which 30% got transferred to different places. How many such employees are there who got transferred? A. 603 B. 402 C. 804 D. 703 E. none of these

33. In an examination Shalini scores a total of 436 marks out of 625. What is her approximate percentage in the examination? A. 83 B. 65 C. 82 D. 78 E. 70

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34. What would be the simple interest obtained on an amount of Rs.8,930 at the rate of 8 p.c.p.a. after 5 years? A. Rs.5,413 B. Rs.2,678 C. Rs.3,572 D. 4,752 E. none of these

35. The cost of 12 Chairs and 15 Tables is Rs.58,968. What is the cost of 4 Chairs and 5 Tables? A. Rs.19,656 B. Rs.29,484 C. Rs.39,312 D. Cannot be determined E. None of these

36. What is 394 times 113? A. 44402 B. 44632 C. 44802 D. 44522 E. none of these

37. In an examination it is required to get 441 of the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 392 marks and is declared failed by 5% marks. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get? A. 890 B. 980 C. 1140 D. Cannot be determined E. none of these

38. What is the least number to be added to 7700 to make it a perfect square? A. 131 B. 221 C. 77 D. 98 E. none of these

39. Find the average of the following set of scores – 125, 133, 298, 345, 446, 507 A. 312 B. 309 C. 315 D. 306 E. none of these

40. What approximate value should come in polace of the question mark (?) in the following question?

24780 296 (23) ?÷ × =

A. 9870 B. 6760 C. 7590 D. 3490 E. 8540

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QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE I ANSWERS

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APPOLO STUDY CENTRE REASONING TEST - I

1. In a certain code DROWN is written as MXNSC. How is BREAK written in that code? A. LBFSC B. JBDSA C. JZDQA D. LZFQC E. None of these

2. Among M, N, T, R and D each having a different height, T is taller than D but shorter than M. R is taller than N but shorter than D. Who among them is the tallest? A. D B. T C. M D. R E. N

3. How many such digits are there in the number 5436182 each of which is as far away from the beginning of the number as when the digits are arranged in ascending order within the number? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three

4. What should come next in the letter series given below? D D E D E F D E F G D E F G H D E F G H I D E F G H I J D A. D B. E C. F D. J D. None of these

5. The letters in the word MORTIFY are changed in such a way that the vowels are replaced by the previous letter in the English alphabet and the consonants are replaced by the next letter in the English alphabet. Which of the following will be the fourth letter from the right end of the new set of letters? A. S B. H C. G D. N E. None of these

6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? A. Leaf B. Flower C. Petal D. Fruit D. Tree

7. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? A. Garlic B. Ginger C. Carrot D. Radish E. Brinjal

8. How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters ALPE using each letter only once in each word? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three

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9. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? A. 24 B. 48 C. 32 D. 72 E. 64

10. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word CHAMBERS each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three Directions (11-25) In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer – A. If only Conclusion I follows B. If only Conclusion II follows C. If either Conclusion I or II follows D. If neither Conclusion I nor II follows E. If both Conclusion I and II follows

11. Statements: Some toys are desks. Some desks are pens. All pens are rods. Conclusions : I. Some rods are toys II. Some pens are toys

12. Statements: Some tables are huts. No hut is ring. All rings are bangles.

Conclusions: I. Some bangles are tables. II. No bangle is table

13. Statements: All stars are clouds. All clouds are rains. All rains are stones.

Conclusions: I. All rains are stars. II. All clouds are stones.

14. Statements: All windows are doors. Some doors are buildings. All buildings are cages. Conclusions: I. Some cages are doors II. Some buildings are windows

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15. Statements: Some chairs are rooms. All rooms are trees. All trees are poles.

Conclusions: I. Some poles are chairs. II. Some trees are chairs

Directions (16-20) Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below:

G M 5 1 D # J K E 2 P T 4 W % A F 3 U 8 $ N V 6 Q @ 7 H 1 © B 9 * Z

16. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? A. D J I B. F U A C. H @ 1 D. B * © E. 1 # 5

17. What should come in place of the question marks (?) in the following series based on the above arrangement? D J K 2 T 4 % F 3 ? A. U $ V B. U $ N C. 8 N V D. 8 N I E. None of these

18. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a vowel and also immediately followed by a symbol? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three

19. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a number but not immediately followed by a consonant? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three

20. Which of the following is the fourth to the right of the twelfth from the right end of the above arrangement? A. 8 B. 7 C. K D. A E. None of these

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Directions – (Q.21-35) Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below: A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circle facing at the center. F is third to the right of B who is third to the right of H. A is third to the left of H. C is fourth to the left of A. E is third to the right of D who is not a neighbour of A.

21. In which of the following pairs the second person is to be immediate right of the first person? A. HC B. BE C. GB D. FA E. None of these

22. Who is second to the right of D? A. F B. G C. A D. Data inadequate E. None of these

23. Who is third to the left of G? A. H B. D C. C D. F E. None of these

24. Who is fourth to the left of C? A. F B. A C. E D. Data inadequate E. None of these

25. What is B’s position with respect to D? 1. Fourth to the right 2. Fourth to the left 3. Fifth to the left 4. Fifth to the right

A. 1 only B. 2 only C. 1 and 2 only D. 3 and 4 only E. None of these Directions (Q.26-30) In each question below is given a group of letters followed by four combinations of digits / symbols lettered (A), (B), (C) and (D). You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the group of letters based on the following coding system and mark the number of that combination as the answer. If none of the four combinations correctly represents the group of letters, mark (E) i.e. ‘None of these’ as the answer.

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Letter : P M A K T I J E R N D F U W B Digit/Symbol : 7 # 8 % 1 9 2 @ 3 © $ 4 * 5 6 Conditions:

i. If both the first and the last letters of the group are consonants, both are to be coded as the code for the last letter.

ii. If the first letter is a consonant and the last letter is a vowel, the codes are to be interchanged.

26. BDATFE

A. 6$8146 B. 6$814@ C. @$814@ D. @$8146 E. None of these

27. AWBRND A. $563©8 B. 8563©$ C. 8365©$ D. 8536©$ E. None of these

28. EMNTKU A. *#©1%@ B. @#©14* C. @#©1%* D. #@©1%* E. None of these

29. MDEAJI A. 1$@82# B. #$@821 C. 1$@821 D. #$@82# E. none of these

30. RKUMFP A. 7%*#43 B. 3*%#47 C. 3%*#43 D. 3%*#47 D. None of these Directions (Q 31-35). In the following questions, the symbols $, @, ©, % and * and used with the following meaning as illustrated below: ‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’ ‘P % Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’ ‘P * Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than not smaller than Q’ ‘P © Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’ ‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’

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Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true?

Give answer – A. If only Conclusion I is true B. If only Conclusion II is true C. If either Conclusion I or II is true D. If neither Conclusion I nor II is true. E. If both Conclusions I and II are true

31. Statements : R $ M, M © F, F % J Conclusions : I. R $ J II. F © R

32. Statements : M © D, D @ K, K * N Conclusions : I. N $ D

II. K $ M

33. Statements : B @ D, D $ M, M * N Conclusions : I. N @ D II. D $ N

34. Statements : F $ W, W % J, J @ N Conclusions : I. J @ F II. N % W

35. Statements : F @ T, T % R, R $ W Conclusions : I. W © T II. R © T Directions (Q.36-40) In each of the questions given below which one of the five answer figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence were continued?

Problem figures Answer figure 36.

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REASONING TEST I ANSWERS

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APPOLO STUDY CENTRE

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE 13-07-2008 (II shift)

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QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE - II Directions: (Q. 1 – 20) What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions?

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2. 39852 ? 81 12÷ = × A. 41 B. 1849 C. 1681 D. 43 E. None of these

3. 54679 + 34521 = ? + 43668 A. 45352 B. 45232 C. 42455 D. 45552 E. None of these

4. 44% of 766 + ? = 900 A. 498.48 B. 562.96 C. 574.80 D. 444.64 E. None of these

5. 67% of (?) = 5287.64 A. 7080 B. 6442 C. 6938 D. 6739 E. None of these

6. 17956 ?=

A. 134 B. 144 C. 124 D. 104 E. None of these

7. 30% 200 ? 48% 550 10% 150of of of+ = −

A. 600 B. 21 C. 189 D. 35721 E. None of these

8. 11. 6 x 8.9 x 5.1 = ? A. 398.264 B. 664.358 C. 468.428 D. 526.524 E. None of these

9. 2637 36 ?÷ = A. 73.25 B. 68 C. 66.5 D. 71 E. None of these

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10. 11160 45 8 ?÷ ÷ =

A. 29 B. 31 C. 43 D. 47 E. None of these

11. 2 218 8 (?) (15)× + =

A. 9 B. 81 C. 18 D. 27 D. none of these

12. 66% of 546 – 43% of 439 = ? A. 103.57 B. 111.71 C. 138.63 D. 171.59 E. None of these

13. 975 714 42 ?+ ÷ = A. 124 B. 992 C. 888 D. 40 E. None of these

14. (62)2+(14)2=(?)2+559 A. 56 B. 48 C. 59 D. 53 E. None of these

15. ? 40 9 378÷ × = A. 1616 B. 1648 C. 1696 D. 1680 E. none of these

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17. 45 of 1200 = 54% of?

A. 1080 B. 1320 C. 1240 D. 720 E. none of these

18. 1354 + 1184 = ? % of 5640 A. 36 B. 42 C. 45 D. 52 E. none of these

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20. 546 222 6 9 ?+ ÷ × =

A. 982 B. 997 C. 876 D. 829 E. none of these

21. The difference between 56% of a number of 41% of the same number is 660. What is 8% of that number? A. 321 B. 336 C. 345 D. 358 D. none of these

22. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series? 1 5 17 53 161 485 ? A. 1168 B. 1254 C. 1457 D. 1372 E. none of these

23. The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs.12,450 at the end of 6 years is Rs.8,964. What is the rate of interest p.c.p.a? A. 8 B. 14 C. 10 D. 12 E. none of these

24. A plot of 575 sq.ft. is available at the rate of Rs.5,500 per sq.ft. If 25% of the total cost the plot is to be paid for booking the plot, how much is the booking amount? A. Rs.8,25,750 B. Rs.7,90,625 C. Rs.8,75,250 D. Rs.7,35,500 E. None of these

25. If the product of two successive positive integers is 7482, which is the greater integer? A. 87 B. 82 C. 84 D. 89 E. none of these

26. Ms. Anisha deposits an amount of Rs.35,000 to obtain a simple interest at the rate of 15 p.c.p.a for 4 years. What total amount will Ms.Anisha get at the end of 4 years? A. Rs.56,000 B. Rs.60,500 C. Rs.52,000 D. Rs.48,500 E. None of these

27. What is the compound interest accrued on an amount of Rs.12,000, at the rate of 9 p.c.p.a. at the end of 2 years? A. Rs.2,525 B. Rs.2,257.2 C. Rs.2,986 D. 2,775.4 E. None of these

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28. One-seventh of a number is 51. What will be 64% of that number? A. 248.12 B. 228.48 C. 238.24 D. 198.36 E. None of these

29. 48 per cent of first number is 60 per cent of the second number. What is the respective ratio of the first number to the second number? A. 4 : 7 B. 3 : 4 C. 5 : 4 D. cannot be determined E. None of these

30. What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following question? 45.709 11.342 6.667 ?÷ × = A. 88 B. 46 C. 112 D. 56 E. 27

31. The owner of a Television shop charges his customer 16% more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs.16,588 for a Television, then what was the cost price of the Television? A. Rs.14,300 B. Rs.15,500 C. Rs.13,800 D. Rs.12,000 E. None of these

32. The average age of a man and his son is 48 years. The ratio of their ages is 11 : 5 respectively. What will be ratio of their ages after 6 years? A. 6 : 5 B. 5 : 3 C. 4 : 3 D. 2 : 1 E. none of these

33. The cost of 20 Folders and 15 Pens is Rs.995. What is the cost of 12 Folders and 9 Pens? A. Rs.652 B. Rs.597 C. Rs.447 D. Cannot be determined E. None of these

34. In a class of 30 students and 2 teachers, each student got sweets that are 20% of the total number of students and each teacher got sweets that are 30% of the total number of students. How many sweets were there? A. 188 B. 180 C. 208 D. 178 E. None of these

35. If an amount of Rs.97,836 is distributed equally amongst 31 children. How much amount would each child get? A. Rs.3,756 B. Rs.3,556 C. Rs.3,356 D. Rs.3,156 E. None of these

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36. If (58)2 is added to the square of a number, the answer so obtained is 5668. What is the number? A. 56 B. 33 C. 47 D. 51 E. None of these

37. In an examination it is required to get 380 of the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 32% marks and is declared failed by 76 marks. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get? A. 945 B. 975 C. 950 D. cannot be determined E. None of these

38. Which number should replace both the question marks (?) in the following equation?

? 47

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A. 88 B. 124 C. 66 D. 94 E. none of these

39. A sum of money is divided among A, B, C and D in the ratio of 4 : 6 : 11 : 13 respectively. If the share of C is Rs.7,854, then what is the total amount of money of B & D together? A. Rs.13,566 B. Rs.16,928 C. Rs.12,784 D. Rs.15,676 E. none of these

40. A single person takes 8 minutes to type a page. If from 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m., 1710 pages are to be types, how many persons should be employed on this job? A. 207 B. 221 C. 249 D. 256 E. None of these

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QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE II ANSWERS

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APPOLO STUDY CENTRE

REASONING TEST II 1. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word BEHAVIOUR each

of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three

2. How many such digits are there in the number 764528 each of which is as far away from the beginning of the number as when the digits are arranged in descending order within the number? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three

3. What should come next in the letter series given below? A B A B C A B C D A B C D E A B C D E F A B C D E F G A B C A. D B. E C. F D. H E. None of these

4. How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters EPRY using each letter only once in each word? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More then three

5. J, D, L H and F each travelling to station, each one reaches at a different time. L reaches only after J and D reaches only before F. Who among them is third to reach? A. F B. L C. D D. Cannot be determined E. None of these

6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? A. 21 B. 35 C. 42 D. 56 E. 49

7. In a certain code ALIVE is written as WFHBM. How is VALUE written in that code? A. VFMWB B. VFKWB C. WBAVF D. WBKVF E. None of these

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8. The letters in the word DANGEROUS are changed in such a way that the consonants are replaced by the previous letter in the English alphabet and the vowels are replaced by the next letter in the English alphabet. Which of the following will be the third letter from the left end of the new set of letters? A. B B. M C. O D. L E. None of these

9. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? A. Table B. Dest C. Wardrobe D. Computer E. Chair

10. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? A. Orange B. Apple C. Guava D. Papaya E. Mango Directions (Q.11-15) In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. A. If only Conclusion I follows B. If only Conclusion II follows C. If either Conclusion I or II follows D. If neither Conclusion I nor II follows E. If both Conclusion I and II follow

11. Statements : Some doors are windows. All windows are floors. All floors are ceilings.

Conclusions : I. Some doors are floors. II. All windows are ceilings.

12. Statements : Some computers are books. Some books are pens. All pens are notebooks.

Conclusions : I. Some books are notebooks. II. Some notebooks are computers

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13. Statements : All fruits are flowers. No flower is sweet. Some sweets are deserts. Conclusions : I. Some deserts are flowers II. No desert is flower

14. Statements : All bottles are jars. Some jars are bowls. Some bowls are buckets.

Conclusions : I. Some bottles are bowls II. Some buckets are jars

15. Statements : Some shoes are socks. All socks are sandals. All sandals are trousers.

Conclusions : I. All trousers are socks. II. Some sandals are shoes. Directions (Q.16-20) Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below: H T 7 L E $ 2 Y # W 4 I F @ V 3 A 8 % K 1 M © 5 G U 6 C

16. Which of the following is the fifth to the left of the fourteenth from the left end of the above arrangement? A. # B. W C. Y D. K E. none of these

17. How many such vowels are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a number but not immediately followed by a symbol? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three

18. For of the following five a alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? A. H E 7 B. 2 4 # C. K 5 M D. 3 K B E. F V A

19. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a number and also immediately followed by a symbol?

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A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three

20. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series based on the above arrangement? T 7 E Y # 4 @ V A ? A. K M © B. % K M C. % 1 M D. K 1 © E. none of these Directions (Q.21-25) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: M, D, J, Q, T, F, H and N are sitting around a circle facing at the center. T is third to the right of F who is second to the left of M. Q is not a neighbour of T or F and is third to the left of H. J is second to the right of N.

21. Who is second to the left of H? A. T B. F C. Q D. Data inadequate E. None of these

22. Who is to the immediate left of M? A. H B. T C. Q D. J D. None of these

23. In which of the following pairs the second person is to the immediate left of the first person? A. MT B. NQ C. HF D. DN E. None of these

24. What is Q’s position with respect to M? 1. Fourth to the right 2. Fourth to the left 3. Fifth to the left 4. Fifth to the right

A. 1 only B. 2 only C. Either 3 or 4 D. 1 and 2 only E. none of these

25. Who is second to the right of T? A. M B. H C. Q D. Data inadequate E. None of these

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Directions (Q.26-30) In each question below is given a group of letters followed by four combinations of digits/symbols lettered (A), (B), (C) and (D). You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the group of letters based on the following coding system and mark the letter of that combination as the answer. If none of the four combination correctly represents the group of letters, mark (E) i.e. ‘None of these’ as the answer. Letter : J H Q A R L E G T U M B C I P Digit/Symbol : 5 @ 2 8 1 9 % # © 4 6 $ * 3 7 Conditions:

i. If both the first and the last letters of the group are vowels, their codes are to be interchanges.

ii. If the first letter is a consonant and the last letter is a vowel, both are to be coded by the code for the consonant.

26. JQGALI

A. 32#893 B. 52#893 C. 52#895 D. 32#895 E. none of these

27. EMHRMT A. %@$16© B. %$@16© C. 6$@1©% D. ©$@16% E. None of these

28. IGCHRE A. %#*@13 B. 3#*@1% C. 3#*@13 D. %#*@1% E. None of these

29. BQRLHA A. $219@8 B. 8219@$ C. 8219@8 D. $219@$ E. None of these

30. QRLGHM A. 219#@2 B. 619#@6 C. 619#@2 D. 619@#2 E. None of these Directions – (Q.31-35) In the following questions, the symbols $, @, ©, % and * and used with the following meaning as illustrated below: ‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’ ‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’.

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‘P © Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’. ‘P % Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’ ‘P * Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’ Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true? Give answer – A. If only Conclusion I is true B. If only Conclusion II is true C. If either Conclusion I or II is true D. If neither Conclusion I nor II is true E. If both Conclusion I and II are true

31. Statements : K @ B, B * J, J © T Conclusions : I. K * T II. B @ T

32. Statements : F $ M, M @ L, L * W Conclusions : I. W $ M II. F @ L

33. Statements : R * Q, Q @ F, F % A Conclusions : I. R © A II. R * F

34. Statements : V $ X, X © Y, Y % H Conclusions : I. Y @ V II. H * V

35. Statements : M @ B, B * A, A @ F Conclusions : I. M * A II. B * F

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Directions (Q.36-40) In each of the questions given below one of the five answer figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence were contined.

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REASONING TEST II ANSWERS

For Q. 21 – 25

21. (E) 22. (A) 23. (C) 24. (D) 25. (E) 26. (C) 27. (B) 28. (A) 29. (D) 30. (E)

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QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE III

Directions (Q.1-20) What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions?

1. 963 560 35 ?+ ÷ =

A. 45 B. 981 C. 870 D. 43 E. none of these

2. 14400 64 9 ?÷ ÷ = A. 27 B. 23 C. 29 D. 21 E. None of these

3. 14.8 x 12.3 x 8.6 = ? A. 1555.454 B. 1535.445 C. 1545.545 D. 1565.544 E. None of these

4. 45% of 720 = 30% of ? A. 960 B. 1080 C. 1240 D. 820 E. None of these

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6. 63251+52894=?+37624

A. 87812 B. 67281 C. 76821 D. 78521 E. none of these

7. 2

77 of 189 + 452=2000 – ?

A. 183 B. 164 C. 179 D. 198 E. none of these

8. 68% of 595 – 43% of 372 = ? A. 244.64 B. 232.84 C. 278.64 D. 260.24 E. none of these

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9. 35 of (?) = 2175.95

A. 6712 B. 6217 C. 6127 D. 6721 E. none of these

10. ? 52 12 252÷ × = A. 1242 B. 992 C. 1142 D. 1346 E. none of these

11. (45)2+(21)2=(?)2+257 A. 51 B. 49 C. 45 D. 47 E. none of these

12. 90780 ? 85 12÷ = × A. 89 B. 7921 C. 7569 D. 87 E. none of these

13. 1862 28 ?÷ = A. 66.5 B. 67 C. 64.5 D. 69 E. none of these

14. 63% of 962 + ? = 999 A. 346.92 B. 368.64 C. 392.94 D. 402.68 E. None of these

15. 743 + 958 = ?% of 5670 A. 34 B. 26 C. 30 D. 22 E. none of these

16. 5929 ?= A. 77 B. 83 C. 87 D. 93 E. none of these

17. 638 254 8 4 ?+ ÷ × = A. 646 B. 545 C. 446 D. 765 E. none of these

18. 65% of 400 ? 44% 800 12% 400of of+ = − −

A. 1936 B. 44 C. 2116 D. 46 E. none of these

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19. 18 14 46

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20. 2 28 5 (?) (11)× + =

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21. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series? 1 4 14 45 139 422 ? A. 1268 B. 1234 C. 1272 D. 1216 E. None of these

22. 38 per cent of first number is 52 per cent of the second number. What is the respective ratio of the first number to the second number? A. 5 : 4 B. 16 : 9 C. 26 : 19 D. cannot be determined E. None of these

23. What is the compound interest accrued on an amount of Rs.12000, at the rate of 10 p.c.p.a. at the end of 3 years? A. Rs.3972 B. Rs.2567 C. Rs.4780 D. Rs.5609 E. none of these

24. The average age of a man and h is son is 54 years. The ratio of their ages is 23 : 13 respectively. What will be ratio of their ages after 6 years? A. 10 : 7 B. 5 : 3 C. 4 : 3 D. 3 : 2 E. none of these

25. A single person takes 3 minutes to write a letter. If from 10 a.m. to 12.00 noon, 1960 letters are to be written, how many persons should be employed on this job? A. 53 B. 47 C. 51 D. 49 E. none of these

26. The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs.9530 at the end of 6 years is Rs.2,859. What is the rate of interest p.c.p.a ? A. 5 B. 7 C. 9 D. 11 E. none of these

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27. The cost of 10 Chairs and 15 Tables is Rs.15525. What is the cost of 8 chairs and 12 Tables? A. Rs.13560 B. Rs.12420 C. Rs.14849 D. cannot be determined E. none of these

28. The owner of a Gift shop charges his customer 28% more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs.1408 for some Soft toys, then what was the cost price of those Soft toys? A. Rs.1300 B. Rs.1000 C. Rs.1200 D. Rs.1400 E. None of these

29. A plot of 715 sq.ft. is available at the rate of Rs.3850 per sq.ft. If 40% of the total cost of the plot is to be paid for booking the plot, how much is the booking amount? A. Rs.1110000 B. Rs.1101100 C. Rs.1101000 D. Rs.1100100 E. none of these

30. If the product of two successive positive integers is 3192, which is the smaller integer? A. 52 B. 58 C. 54 D. 56 E. none of these

31. What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following question? 59.786 14.444 8.321 ?÷ × = A. 49 B. 58 C. 22 D. 66 E. 34

32. A sum of money is divided among A, B, C and D in the ratio of 4 : 5 : 7 : 11 respectively. If the share of C is Rs.1351, then what is the total amount of money of A and D together? A. Rs.2,123 B. Rs.2,316 C. Rs.2,565 D. Rs.2895 E. none of these

33. Mr. Madhur deposits an amount of Rs.58750 to obtain a simple interest at the rate of 12 p.c.p.a for 4 years. What total amount will Mr. Madhur get at the end of 4 years? A. Rs.91230 B. Rs.86950 C. Rs.74760 D. Rs.69540 E. none of these

34. If an amount of Rs.96,393 is distributed equally amongst 33 children. How much amount would each child get? A. Rs.2789 B. Rs.2563 C. Rs.2860

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D. Rs.2921 E. none of these

35. The difference between 73% of a number and 58% of the same number is 960. What is 225 of that number? A. 1408 B. 1232 C. 1324 D. 1536 E. none of these

36. One-seventh of a number is 39. What will 56% of that number? A. 164.66 B. 152.88 C. 178.22 D. 182.44 E. none of these

37. In a class of 55 students and 3 teachers, each student got sweets that are 20% of the total number of students and each teacher got sweets that are 60% of the total number of students. How many sweets were there? A. 737 B. 671 C. 714 D. 638 E. none of these

38. If (108)2 is added to the square of a number, the answer so obtained is 13033. What is the number? A. 33 B. 43 C. 37 D. 47 E. none of these

39. In an examination it is required to get 350 of the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 32% marks and is declared failed by 70 marks. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get? A. 885 B. 865 C. 875 D. cannot be determined E. none of these

40. Which number should replace both the question marks in the following equation?

? 97

388 ?=

A. 222 B. 196 C. 206 D. 178 E. none of these

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APPOLO STUDY CENTRE

REASONING TEST III

1. In a certain code DATE is written as # % $ @ and STYLE is written as * $ © ↑ @. How is DELAY written that code? A. # @ ↑ % © B. # © $ % @ C. # @ $ % © D. # $ ↑ % © E. none of these

2. In a certain code DETAIL is written as BJMUFE. How is SUBMIT written in that code? A. U J W C V T B. N J U C V T C. N J U T V C D. U J N T V C E. none of these

3. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word from the second, the fourth, the sixth and the ninth letters of the word PROACTIVE, using each letter only once second letter of that word is your answer. If more than one word can be formed your answer is M and if no such word can be formed your answer is N. A. A B. E C. T D. M E. N

4. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word FOREHAND each of which have as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three

5. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group? A. 17 B. 31 C. 23 D. 13 E. 21 Directions (Q.6-10) These questions are based on the following arrangement. Study it carefully and answer the questions that follow – T 6 # I J 1 % L E 3 K 9 @ A H 7 B © D 2 U $ R 4 * 8

6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way on the basis of their position in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group? A. J I 1 B. E L 3 C. @ 9 A D. 7 H B E. R 4 $

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7. What will come in place of the question-mark (?) in the following series based on the above arrangement? 6 I J % E 3 9 A H ? A. B © 2 B. 7 © D C. 7 B D D. B D 2 E. none of these

8. If all the vowels are removed from the above arrangement which element

will be sixth to the right of fourth element from the left? A. 9 B. K C. 3 D. @ E. none of these

9. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a number? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. more than three

10. Which element is fifth to the right of eleventh from the right end? A. $ B. U C. 1 D. 3 E. none of these Directions – (Q.11-15) In each question below are three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically commonly known facts. Give answer – A. If only conclusion I follows. B. If only conclusion II follows C. If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows D. If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows. E. If both conclusions I and II follow

11. Statements : All taps are wells. Some wells are canals. All canals are rivers.

Conclusions : I. Some rivers are taps. II. Some wells are rivers.

12. Statements : Some files are papers. Some papers are books. All books are journals. Conclusions : I. Some papers are journals. II. Some file are journals.

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13. Statements : Some apples are grapes. Some grapes are mangoes. No mango is guava

Conclusions : I. Some guavas are apples. II. No guava is apple

14. Statements : Some computers are screens. Some screens are movies. Some movies are scripts.

Conclusions : I. Some computers are movies II. Some screens are scripts.

15. Statements : All pearls are gems. All gems are diamonds. All corals are gems.

Conclusions : I. All pearls are diamonds. II. All corals are diamonds. Directions (Q.16-20) In the following questions symbols @, #, %, $ and * are used with different meaning as follows. ‘A @ B’ means ‘A is not smaller than B’ ‘A # B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor equal to B’ ‘A % B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor greater than B’ ‘A $ B’ means ‘A is not greater than B’ ‘A * B’ means ‘A is neither greater than nor equal to B’ In each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find out which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true. Give answer – A. If only conclusion I is true B. If only conclusion II is true. C. If either conclusion I or conclusion II is true. D. If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true. E. If both conclusion I and II are true.

16. Statements : T @ V, V # M, M % F

Conclusions : I. T # M II. T @ F

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17. Statements : L $ N, N * F, R % L Conclusions : I. F # R II. R $ N

18. Statements : H # I, I @ J, J $ P Conclusions : I. H # J II. H # P

19. Statements : L * D, D # K, K $ J Conclusions : I. L * K II. D $ J

20. Statements : Q $ W, W % E, E @ K Conclusions : I. Q $ K II. W @ K

Letters : H I T K R F A L Digit / Symbol code : 3 7 % # 4 $ 6 9 Letters : E M J B Q U Digit / Symbol code : @ ↑ 2 5 © 8 Conditions :

i. If the first letter in the group is a vowel and the last letter is a consonant their codes are to be interchanged.

ii. If the first letter in the group is a consonant and the last letter is a vowel both are to be coded by the code for vowel.

iii. If the first as well as the last letter is a vowel both are to be coded by the code for first letter.

21. IRHMEJ A. 7 4 3 ↑ @ 2 B. 2 4 3 ↑ @ 2 C. 7 4 3 ↑ @ 7 D. 2 4 3 ↑ @ 7 E. none of these

22. TFIKAR A. 4 $ 7 # 6 % B. 4 $ 7 # 6 4 C. % $ 7 # 6 % D. % $ 6 # 7 4 E. none of these

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23. MHEJKQ A. © 3 @ 2 # ↑ B. ↑ 3 @ 2 # ↑ C. ↑ 3 @ 2 # © D. © 3 @ 2 # @ E. None of these

24. FIKLRU A. $ 7 # 9 4 8 B. $ 7 # 9 4 $ C. 8 7 # 9 4 8 D. 8 7 # 9 4 $ E. None of these

25. ALFJHE A. @ 9 $ 2 3 6 B. 6 9 $ 2 3 6 C. @ 9 $ 2 3 @ D. 6 9 $ 2 3 @ E. none of these

Directions – (Q 26-30) Study the following information carefully to answer these questions. Seven friends K, M, L, H, F, D & C are sitting around a circle facing the centre. L is second to the right of H who is to the immediate right of C. M is third to the left of D and to the immediate right of F. 26. Who is third to the left of ‘C’?

A. L B. K C. F D. K or F E. None of these

27. Which of the following pairs of persons represents the neighbours of K? A. L D B. F M C. M L D. C H E. None of these

28. Who is to the immediate right of L? A. K B. D C. H D. M E. None of these

29. Who is second to the right of ‘C’? A. M B. L C. D E. F E. None of these

30. Which of the following pairs of persons has the first person sitting to the immediate right of second person? A. D L B. K F C. C H D. D H E. None of these

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Directions (Q.31-35) study the following information carefully to answer these questions.

Seven friends P, Q, R, S, T, U & V are teaching different subjects Maths, Physics, Biology, English, History, Psychology and French not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them has liking for a different colour Pink, Green, Blue, Red, Yellow, White and Orange again not necessarily in the same order. T teaches Biology and likes Green colour. Q teaches History and he does not like Yellow or Orange. The one who like Red teaches Physics. P teaches French and likes Blue. The one who teaches English likes Pink. R teaches Maths and V teaches Psychology. U does not like Red. Maths teacher does not like Yellow.

31. Which colour is like by V? A. Pink B. White C. Orange D. Yellow E. None of these

32. Who teaches English? A. U B. S C. R D. cannot be determined E. none of these

33. Who likes White? A. R B. S C. U D. V E. None of these

34. Who likes Orange? A. V B. S C. R D. cannot be determined E. None of these

35. Which of the following combinations is definitely correct? A. Red-T-Physics B. Pink-U-English C. Red-S-Psychology D. Yellow-U-Biology E. none of these

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Directions – (Q.36-40) In each of the questions given below which one of the five answer figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left of the sequence were continued?

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21. (D) 22. (E) 23. (C)

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For solution from Questions: 26 – 30

26. (B) 27. (E) 28. (A)

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APPOLO STUDY CENTRE

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE IV

Directions (Q.1-5) What should come in place of question-mark (?) in the following questions?

1. 92.5% of 550 = ? A. 506.45 B. 521.65 C. 518.55 D. 508.75 E. None of these

2. 124 x 1213 = ? A. 127 B. 1239 C. 1217 D. 12-7 E. none of these

3. 12.22 + 22.21 + 221.12 = ? A. 250.55 B. 255.50 C. 250.05 D. 255.05 E. none of these

4. 464 (16 2.32) ?÷ × =

A. 12.5 B. 14.5 C. 10.5 D. 8.5 E. none of these

5. 78 5 0.5 ?÷ ÷ = A. 15.6 B. 31.2 C. 7.8 D. 20.4 E. none of these

6. A bus covers a distance of 2,924 kms. in 43 hours. What is the speed of the bus? A. 72 kms./h4 B. 60 kms./hr C. 68 kms./hr D. cannot be determined E. none of these

7. If (9)3 is subtracted from the square of a number, the answer so obtained is 567. What is the number? A. 36 B. 28 C. 42 D. 48 E. None of these

8. What would be the simple interest obtained on an amount of Rs.5760 at the rate of 6 p.c.p.a. after 3 years? A. Rs.1036.80 B. Rs.1666.80 C. Rs.1336.80 D. Rs.1063.80 E. None of these

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9. What is 333 times 131? A. 46323 B. 43623 C. 43290 D. 42957 E. None of these

10. The product of two successive numbers is 8556. What is the smaller number? A. 89 B. 94 C. 90 D. 92 E. None of these

11. The owner of an electronics shop charges his customer 22% more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs.10980 for a DVD Player, then what was the cost price of the DVD Player? A. Rs.8000 B. Rs.8800 C. Rs.9500 D. Rs.9200 E. None of these

12. What would be the compound interest obtained on an amount of Rs.3000 at the rate of 8 p.c.p.a. after 2 years? A. Rs.501.50 B. Rs.499.20 C. Rs.495 D. Rs.510 E. None of these

13. What is the least number to be added to 4321 to make it a perfect square? A. 32 B. 34 C. 36 D. 38 E. None of these

14. 45% of a number is 255.6. What is 25% of that number? A. 162 B. 132 C. 152 D. 142 E. None of these

15. Find the average of the following Set of Scores – 221, 231, 441, 359, 665, 525 A. 399 B. 428 C. 407 D. 415 E. None of these

16. If (78)2 is subtracted from the square of number, the answer so obtained is 6460. What is the number? A. 109 B. 111 C. 113 D. 115 E. none of these

17. In an examination it is required to get 40% of the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 261 marks and is declared failed by 4% marks. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get? A. 700 B. 730 C. 745 D. 765 E. None of these

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18. Pinku, Rinku and Tinku divide an amount of Rs.4200 amongst themselves

in the ratio of 7 : 8 : 6 respectively. If an amount of Rs.200 is added to each of their shares, what will be the new respective ratio of their shares of amount? A. 8 : 9 : 6 B. 7 : 9 : 5 C. 7 : 8 : 6 D. 8 : 9 : 7 E. none of these

19. Mr. Suchi deposits an amount of Rs.24000 to obtain a simple interest at the rate of 14 p.c.p.a for 8 years. What total amount will Ms. Suchi get at the end of 8 years? A. Rs.52080 B. Rs.28000 C. Rs.50880 D. Rs.26880 E. None of these

20. The average of 5 consecutive even numbers A, B, C, D and E is 52. What is the product of B and E? A. 2912 B. 2688 C. 3024 D. 2800 E. None of these

21. The difference between 42% of a number and 28% of the same number is 210. What is 59% of that number? A. 630 B. 885 C. 420 D. 900 E. none of these

22. What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following question?

24275 496 (21) ?÷ × =

A. 3795 B. 3800 C. 3810 D. 3875 E. 3995

23. A canteen requires 112 kgs. of wheat for a week. How many kgs. of wheat will it require for 69 days? A. 1204 kgs. B. 1401 kgs C. 1104 kgs D. 1014 kgs D. none of these

24. If an amount of Rs.41910 is distributed equally amongst 22 persons. How much amount would each person get? A. Rs.1905 B. Rs.2000 C. Rs.1885 D. Rs.2105 E. None of these

25. The cost of 4 Cell-phones and 7 Digital cameras is Rs.125627. What is the cost of 8 Cell-phones and 14 Digital cameras? A. Rs.251254 B. Rs.252627 C. Rs.225524

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D. cannot be determined E. None of these Directions – (Q. 26-30) Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II are given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and Give answer A. If the data in Statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question,

while the data in Statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

B. If the data in Statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in Statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

C. If the data in Statement I alone or in Statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.

D. If the data in both the Statements I and II are not sufficient to answer the question.

E. If the data in both Statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

26. What is the area of the circle?

I. Perimeter of the circle is 88 cms. II. Diameter of the circle is 28 cms.

27. What is the rate of interest? I. The difference between the compound interest and simple

interest on Rs.25000 for 2 years is Rs.250 II. The simple interest earned in 10 years is equal to the Principal.

28. What is the number of trees in rows and columns grown in a field? I. The number of columns is 4 more than the number of rows. II. In each column the number of trees is an even number.

29. What is the area of a right angled triangle?

I. The height of the triangle is 3

4 of the base.

II. The hypotenuse of the triangle is 5 metres.

30. What is the present age of father? I. Present age of father is five times the present age of the son. II. 5 years ago the age of father was 15 times the age of his son.

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Directions (Q.31-35) The following questions are based on the following graph –

The profit earned (in Rs.crores) during 2003 and 2004 in seven

companies. Profit = Income – Expenditure

31. What is the ratio between profit earned by the company A in 2004 and the profit earned by the company B in 2003? A. 4 : 3 B. 3 : 2 C. 3 : 4 D. 2 : 3 E. None of these

32. What is the difference in (Rs.crore) between the profit earned in 2003 by the companies E, F and G and the profit earned by these companies in 2004? A. 70 B. 75 C. 78 D. 82 E. None of these

33. What is the ratio between the profits earned by the company C in 2003 and 2004 together and the profit earned by the company E in these years? A. 11 : 9 B. 9 : 10 C. 10 : 11 D. 11 : 10 E. None of these

34. What was the average profit earned by all the companies in the year 2003? (In Rs.crore for two decimal places). A. 52.76 B. 53.86 C. 52.86 D. 53.76 E. None of these

35. What per cent is the profit earned by the company B in 2004, of the profit earned by the same company in 2003? A. 133.33 B. 75 C. 67.66 D. 75.25 E. None of these

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Directions – (Q.36-40) Study the following table carefully to answer these questions.

Table giving Percentage of Unemployed Male and Female Youth and

The Total Population for Different States in 2005 and 2006

States

2005 2006

M F T M F T

A 12 15 32 7 8 35

B 8 7 18 10 9 20

C 10 6 24 8 8 30

D 10 6 24 8 8 30

E 6 8 30 7 6 32

F 7 5 28 8 7 35

M = Percentage of unemployed Male youth over total population F = Percentage of unemployed Female youth over total population T = Total population of the State in lakhs

36. What was the total number of unemployed youth in State A in 2006? A. 220000 B. 325000 C. 520000 D. 525000 E. None of these

37. How many female youth were unemployed in State D in 2005? A. 14400 B. 144000 C. 140000 D. 14000 E. None of these

38. Number of unemployed male youth in State A in 2005 was what per cent of the number of unemployed female youth in State E in 2006? A. 66 B. 50 C. 200 D. 133 E. None of these

39. What was the difference between the number of unemployed male youth in State F in 2004 and the number of unemployed male youth in State A in 2006? A. 70000 B. 45000 C. 68000 D. 65000 E. None of these

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40. What was the respective ratio between unemployed male youth in State D in 2005 and the unemployed male youth in State D in 2006? A. 1 : 1 B. 2 : 3 C. 3 : 2 D. 4 : 5 E. None of these

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REASONING TEST IV

1. How many meaningful English words can be formed from the letters ‘ACER’ using each letter only once in each word? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three

2. If in the word FLOURISH, all the vowels are first arranged alphabetically and then all the consonants are arranged alphabetically and then all the vowels are replaced by the previous letter and all the consonants are replaced by the next letter from English alphabet, which letter will be third from the right end? A. I B. S C. M D. V E. None of these

3. IF ‘A x B’ means ‘B is father of A’, ‘A + B’ means ‘A is wife of B’ and ‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A is brother of B’, then what is the relation of J with L in ‘J + H ÷ R x L’? A. Daughter B. Daughter-in-law C. Sister-in-law D. Cannot be determined E. None of these

4. In a row of children facing North, Ritesh is twelfth from the left end, Sudhir who is twenty-second from the right end is fourth to the right of Ritesh. Total how many children are there in the row? A. 35 B. 36 C. 37

D. 34 E. None of these

5. In a certain code DUPLICATE is written as MRVFJFVBE. How is CARTOUCHE written in that code? A. UTBEPOWDJF B. UTBFQFJDW C. UTBEQFJDW D. UTBEPFJDW E. none of these

6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way on the basis of their positions in English alphabet and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? A. HJG B. PQN C. DEB D. TUR E. KLI

7. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word PHYSICAL each of which has as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three

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8. In the following set of numbers, if ‘1’ is added to the last digit and then the order of digits is reversed, which number will be fourth if arranged in ascending order? 567 284 696 865 738 A. 567 B. 284 C. 696 D. 865 E. 738

9. In a certain code RAIL is written as 5796 ad TAPE is written as 3748. How is PAIR written in that code? A. 4795 B. 4785 C. 3795 D. 8795 E. None of these

10. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? A. Rose B. Jasmine C. Hibiscus D. Marigold E. Lotus Directions (Q.11-15) In the following questions, the symbols @, #, $, © and % are used with different meaning as follows: ‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’. ‘P # Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’. ‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’ ‘P © Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’. ‘P % Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’. Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true? Give answer – A. If only Conclusion I is true. B. If only Conclusion II is true C. If either Conclusion I or II is true D. If neither Conclusion I nor II is true. E. If both Conclusions I and II are true.

11. Statements : V $ W, W @ T, T # H Conclusions : I. V © T II. H % W

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12. Statements : H © M, M @ E, E $ C Conclusions : I. C © M II. H © E

13. Statements : N @ J, J % R, R © H

Conclusions : I. R # N II. N © H

14. Statements : L @ K, K © A, A $ W Conclusions : I. W $ L II. L # W

15. Statements : J # R, R © D, D @ F

Conclusions : I. F $ R II. F % R Directions – (Q.16-20) Study the following information carefully to answer these questions: Eight friends J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q are sitting around a circle facing the center. J is not the neighbour of N, L is third to the right of K, Q is second to the left of N who is next to the right of L, O is not the neighbour of N or K and is to the immediate left of P.

16. Which of the following is the correct position of L? A. To the immediate right of N B. To the immediate right of Q C. To the immediate left of J D. To the immediate left of Q E. None of these

17. Which of the following pair of persons represent O’s neighbours? A. L & N B. P & K C. M & P D. N & P E. None of these

18. Which of the following groups has the first person sitting between the other two persons? A. PKJ B. JQL C. QNL D. LMN E. none of these

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19. Who is to the immediate right of K? A. J B. P C. Q D. cannot be determined E. None of these

20. Who is to the immediate left of O? A. P B. L C. Q D. J E. none of these Directions – (Q.21-25) In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II & III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

21. Statements : All chillies are garlics. Some garlics are onions. All anions are potatoes. No potato is ginger.

Conclusions : I. No onion is ginger II. Some garlics are potatoes. III. Some chillies are potatoes. A. Only I follows B. Only II follows C. Only I & II follow D. Only I & III follow E. All follow

22. Statements : Some keys are locks. Some locks are numbers. All numbers are letters. All letters are words.

Conclusions : I. Some locks are letters. II. Some words are numbers. III. All numbers are words. A. Only I & II follow B. Only II & III follow C. Only I & III follow D. Only I & either II or III follow E. All follow

23. Statements : Some windows are doors. All doors are walls. No wall is roof. All roofs are shelters.

Conclusions : I. Some windows are walls II. No wall is shelter III. No door is shelter

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A. None follows B. Only II & III follow C. Only I & III follow D. Only I follows E. None of these

24. Statements : All bottles are jars. Some jars are pots. All pots are taps. No tap is tank.

Conclusions : I. No pot is tank II. Some jars are tanks. III. Some bottles are pots

A. Only I & III follow B. Only I & II follow C. Only II & III follow D. All follow E. None of these 25. Statements : Some fish are crocodiles. Some crocodiles are snakes.

No snake is tortoise. All tortoises are frogs. Conclusions : I. No snake is frog II. Some snakes are fish III. Some fish are frogs. A. None follows B. Only I & II follow C. Only II & III follow D. Only I & III follow E. None of these

Directions – (Q.26-30) In each of these questions, a group of digits is given followed by four combinations of letters and symbols lettered (A), (B), (C), and (D). the group of digits is to be coded as per the scheme and conditions given below. The serial number of the combination which correctly represents the group of digits is your answer. If none of the four combinations is correct, your answer is (E) i.e., ‘None of these’. Digits : 5 8 4 3 6 2 9 0 7 1 Letter/Symbol code : T J $ # H Q @ L % K Conditions:

i. If the first as well as the last digit is odd, both are to be coded as ©

ii. If the first as well as the last digit is even, their codes are to be swapped.

iii. If ‘0’ is the last digit, it is to be coded as *

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26. 270514 A. ©%LTK© B. $%LTKQ C. Q%LTK$ D. $%*TKQ E. none of these

27. 364279 A. ©H$Q%© B. #H$Q%@ C. @H$Q%# D. #H$Q%© D. none of these

28. 875306 A. J%T#LH B. H%T#LH C. H%T#LJ D. J%T#LJ E. none of these

29. 592476 A. H@Q$%T B. ©@Q$%T C. H@Q$%© D. ©@Q$%© E. none of these

30. 468910 A. $HJ@KL B. LHJ@K$ C. *HJ@K$ D. $HJ@K* E. none of these Directions – (Q.31-35) These questions are based on the following information. ‘A @ B’ means ‘A is added to B’ ‘A * B’ means ‘A is multiplied by B’ ‘A # B’ means ‘A is divided by B’ ‘A $ B’ means ‘B is subtracted from A’ In each question, some information is given. You have to find out which expression correctly represents the statement.

31. Total age of 12 boys is ‘X’ and the total age of 13 girls ‘Y’. What is the average age A. A = (X @ Y) # 25 B. A = (X$Y)#25 C. A = (X @ Y) * 25 D. cannot be determined E. None of these

32. Population of state M (P1) is less than half of population of state N (P2) by 1,50,000. A. P2 = (P1 # 2)$1,50,000 B. P1 = (P2 # 2) @ 1,50,000 C. P1 = (P2 # 2)$1,50,000 D. P2 = (P1 # 2) @ 1,50,000 E. None of these

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33. Number of boys (B) in a class is equal to one-fourth of three times the number of girls (G) in the class. A. B = (3 # G) * 4 B. B = (3 * G) @ 4 C. B = (3 * G) # 4 D. B = (3 $ G) # 4 E. None of these

34. Salary of Mr. X (S1) is more than 40% of Mr. Y’s salary (S2) by Rs.8,000

A. S1 = [S2 * (40 @ 100)] # 8000 B. S1 = [S2 * (40 # 100)] @ 8000 C. S2 = [S1 * (40 # 100)] @ 8000 D. S2 = [S1 * (40 @ 100)] # 8000 E. None of these

35. Marks obtained by Sujit in History (H) are 85% of his marks obtained in Science (M). A. H = (100#85) * M B. H = 85 * 100 * M C. H = 85#100#M D. H = (85#100) * M E. None of these

Directions (Q.35-40). In each of the questions given below which one of the five answer figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left of the sequence were continued?

Problem figures Answers figures 36.

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QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE - V

Directions – (Q.1-5) What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following questions?

1. (8.2% of 365) – (1.75% of 108) = ?

A. 16.02 B. 28.04 C. 42.34 D. 53.76 E. None of these

2. 2[(135) 15 32] ? 45 24÷ × ÷ = ×

A. 18 B. 24 C. 36 D. 44 E. none of these

3. (96)2 + (63)2 = (?)2 – (111)2 – 8350 A. 33856 B. 30276 C. 174 D. 184 e. none of these

4. 4368 + 2158 – 596 - ? = 3421 + 1262 A. 1066 B. 1174 C. 1247 D. 1387 E. None of these

5. 2172 ? 1832 956 514÷ = − − A. 6 B. 8 C. 10 D. 12 E. None of these

6. 666.06 + 66.60 _0.66 + 6.06 + 6 + 60 = ? A. 819.56 B. 805.38 C. 825.44 D. 798.62 E. None of these

7. 15.594 – 4.312 – 3.517 – 1.689 = ?

A. 6.706 B. 6.760 C. 6.670 D. 6.607 E. None of these

8. 205 x ? x 13 = 33625 + 25005

A. 22 B. 27 C. 33 D. 39 E. None of these

9. 69 3 0.85 14.5 3 ?÷ × + − = A. 36.45 B. 23.85 C. 42.95

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D. 18.65 E. None of these

10. (10)24 x (10)-21 = ? A. 3 B. 10 C. 100 D. 1000 E. none of these

Directions – (Q.11-15) What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following number series?

11. 12 6.5 7.5 12.75 27.5 71.25 ?

A. 225.75 B. 216.75 C. 209.75 D. 236.75 E. 249.75

12. 16 24 36 54 81 121.5 ? A. 182.25 B. 174.85 C. 190.65 D. 166.55 E. 158.95

13. 12 12 18 45 180 1170 ? A. 13485 B. 14675 C. 15890 D. 16756 E. 12285

14. 22 23 27 36 52 77 ? A. 111 B. 109 C. 113 D. 117 E. 115

15. 16 14 24 66 256 1270 ? A. 8564 B. 5672 C. 4561 D. 7608 E. 6340

Directions – (Q.16-20) Study the following table carefully to answer the questions that follow –

Number of Boys and Girls in Five Streams of a College Over the Years

Year

STREAMS

Arts Science Commerce Management IT

Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls

2002 556 414 619 505 668 612 770 633 670 515

2003 763 608 793 612 781 616 667 439 866 722

2004 672 519 540 516 859 713 778 727 781 619

2005 809 602 928 908 870 811 849 729 977 817

2006 745 510 884 820 967 819 562 938 990 808

2007 698 413 765 616 571 515 1288 1016 1151 1010

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16. What is the total number of Boys, for all the Streams together, in the year 2004? A. 4148 B. 3630 C. 4433 D. 3247 E. None of these

17. The number of Boys in Arts Stream in the year 2004 is approximately what per cent of the total number of Boys for all the years together in Arts Stream? A. 27 B. 34 C. 08 D. 39 E. 16

18. What is the ratio of the total number of Boys to the total number of Girls, from all the Stream together, for the year 2007? A. 2 : 3 B. 14 : 13 C. 52 : 49 D. 213 : 170 E. None of these

19. What is the ratio of the total number of Boys to the total number of Girls in the Management Stream for all the years together? A. 9 : 8 B. 71 : 86 C. 91 : 83 D. 27 : 23 E. None of these

20. What is the average number of Girls from Commerce Stream for the given years? A. 681 B. 675 C. 618 D. 657 E. None of these Directions (Q.21-25) What approximate value should come in place of question mark (?) in the following questions? (You are not expected to calculate the exact value)

21. (935.82)2 = ? A. 870000 B. 867500 C. 888800 D. 875800 E. 899800

22. 628.306 6.1325 44.0268 ?+ × = A. 820 B. 970 C. 1050 D. 1175 E. 900

23. (739% 383) 628 ?of ÷ =

A. 10.00 B. 4.50 C. 15.75 D. 19.25 E. 24.15

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24. (9795 7621 938) (541 831 496) ?+ + ÷ + + =

A. 9 B. 13 C. 17 D. 23 E. 29

25. 814296 x 36 = ? x 96324 A. 326 B. 272 C. 304 D. 358 E. 260 Directions – (Q.26-30) Study the information carefully to answer the following questions – In an organization consisting of 750 employees, the ratio of Males to Females is 8 : 7 respectively. All the employees work in five different departments viz. Hr, Management, PR, IT and Recruitment. 16 per cent of the Females work in Management Department. 32 per cent of Males are in HR Department. One-fifth of the Females are in the Department of Recruitment. The ratio of Males to Females in the Management Department is 3 : 2 respectively. 20 per cent of the total number of employees are in PR Department. Females working in Recruitment are 50 per cent of the Males working in the same Department. 8 per cent of the Males are in IT Department. The remaining Males are in PR Department. 22 per cent of the Females work in HR Department and the remaining Females are working in IT Department.

26. What is the total number of Females working in the IT and Recruitment Department together? A. 147 B. 83 C. 126 D. 45 E. None of these

27. What is the number of Females working in the HR Department? A. 77 B. 70 C. 56 D. 134 E. none of these

28. Number of Males working in HR Department from approximately what per cent of total number of the employees in the Organization? A. 20 B. 28 C. 32 D. 9 E. 17

29. Number of Males working in PR Department forms what per cent of the number of Females working in the same Department? (rounded off two digits after decimal) A. 22.98 B. 16.68 C. 11.94 D. 6.79 E. 27.86

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30. What is the total number of employees working in the Management Department? A. 128 B. 77 C. 210 D. 140 E. none of these

31. The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs.19,800. At the end of three years is Rs.7,128. What would be the compound interest accrued on the same amount at the same rate in the same period? A. Rs.8934.6784 B. Rs.8017.5744 C. Rs.7861.8754 D. cannot be determined E. none of these

32. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 400% and the denominator is

increased by 500%, the resultant fraction is 10

21. What was the original

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A. 5

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7 E. None of these

33. What is 26% of 55% of 10

13th of 6100?

A. 617 B. 681 C. 706 D. 734 E. none of these

34. The ages of Aarzoo and Arnav are in the ratio of 11 : 13 respectively. After 7 years the ratio of their ages will be 20 : 23. What is the difference in years between their ages? A. 4 years B. 7 years C. 6 years D. 5 years E. none of these

35. One-eighth of a number is 17.25. What will 73% of that number be? A. 100.74 B. 138.00 C. 96.42 D. 82.66 E. None of these

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Directions – (Q.36-40) Study the graph carefully to answer the questions that follow –

36. What is the respective ratio of total number of Girls Enrolled in Painting in

the Institutes A and C together to those Enrolled in Stitching in the Institutes D and E together? A. 5 : 4 B. 5 : 7 C. 16 : 23 D. 9 : 8 E. None of these

37. Number of Girls Enrolled in Stitching in Institute B forms approximately what per cent of the total number of Girls Enrolled in Stitching in all the Institutes together? A. 29 B. 21 C. 33 D. 37 E. 45

38. What is the respective ratio of total number of Girls Enrolled in Painting, Stitching and Dancing from all the Institutes together? A. 44 : 48 : 47 B. 43 : 47 : 48 C. 44 : 47 : 48 D. 47 : 48 : 44 E. None of these

39. Number of Girls Enrolled in Dancing in Institute A forms what per cent of total number of Girls Enrolled in all the Hobby Classes together in that Institute? (rounded off to two digits after decimal) A. 23.87 B. 17.76 C. 31.23 D. 33.97 E. 20.69

40. What is the total number of Girls Enrolled in Painting from all the Institutes together? A. 1150 B. 1200 C. 1275 D. 1100 E. None of these

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REASONING ABILITY V

1. Among M, T, R and P, M is older than only P. T is older than R. Who among them is the oldest? A. T B. R C. T or R D. Data inadequate E. None of these

2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? A. Hill B. Valley C. Dam D. River E. Mountain

3. How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters ESRO using each letter only once in each word? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three

4. If ‘P’ denotes ‘+’; ‘R’ denotes ‘+’, ‘T’ denotes ‘–‘ and ‘W’ denotes ‘X’, then – 40 R 8 W 10 T 12 P 16 = ? A. 50 B. 46 C. 30 D. 70 E. None of these

5. What should come next in the following number sequence? 2 2 3 2 3 4 2 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 6 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 3 4 A. 8 B. 5 C. 6 D. 2 E. None of these

6. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word CONSTABLE each of which has an many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three

7. In a certain code BOARD is written as 54#12 and MORE is written as 941$. How is DREAM written in that code? A. 21$#9 B. 2$1#9 C. 51$#9 D. 25$#9 E. None of these

8. Four or the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? A. 50 B. 65 C. 170 D. 255 E. 290

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9. How many such digits are there in the number 5231698 each of which is as far away from the beginning of the number as when the digits are rearranged in ascending order? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three

10. In a certain code CREAM is written as NBDBQ. How is BREAD written in that code? A. EBFAQ B. EBDAQ C. BEDQA D. BEFQA E. None of these Directions – (Q.11-15) In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three Conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

11. Statements : Some flowers are bins. Some bins are handles. All handles are sticks.

Conclusions : I. Some sticks are bins II. Some handles are flowers. III. Some sticks are flowers A. Only II follows B. Only III follows C. Only I and II follows D. Only I and III follows E. None of these

12. Statements : Some towers are windows. All windows are houses. Some houses are temples.

Conclusions : I. Some towers are temples. II. Some houses are towers III. Some temples are windows. A. Only I follows B. Only II follows C. Only III follows D. Only I and II follows E. None of these

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13. Statements : Some walls are doors. Some doors are cots. Some cots are chairs.

Conclusions : I. Some chairs are doors. II. Some cots are walls III. No chair is door. A. Only II follows B. Only III follows C. Only either I or III follows D. Only I follows E. None of these

14. Statements : All trees are gardens. All gardens are stones. All stones are fences

Conclusions : I. Some fences are gardens II. All gardens are fences III. Some stones are trees. A. Only I and II follow B. Only I and III follow C. Only II and III follow D. All follow E. None of these

15. Statements : All books are leaves. Some leaves are jungles. No jungle is box

Conclusions : I. Some jungles are books II. No book is box III. Some leaves are boxes A. None follows B. Only I follows C. Only II follows D. Only III follows E. Only I and III follow

Directions – (Q.16-20) Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below –

7 R E T 4 A 9 % D F 1 U # B @ 8 H I © W M * 3 2 V $ 5 N P 6 Q

16. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of which in immediately preceded by a consonant and immediately followed by a number? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three

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17. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a letter but not immediately followed by a symbol? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three

18. How many such vowels are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately followed by a symbol? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three

19. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? A. RTA B. 9DF C. #@H D. 3V5 E. IW*

20. Which of the following is the fourth to the left of the twelfth from the left end? A. % B. 8 C. 2 D. H E. None of these Directions – (Q.21-25) In each question below is given a group of digits followed by four combinations of letters / symbols lettered (A), (B), (C), and (D). You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the group of digits based on the coding system and the conditions given below and mark the number of that combination as your answer. If none of the combinations correctly represents the group of digits, mark (E), i.e. ‘None of these’ as your answer. Digit : 5 1 3 4 9 6 8 2 7 Letter/ Symbol : P A K % R @ D © M Conditions:

i. If the first digit is odd and the last digit is even, the codes for the first and last digits are to be reversed.

ii. If both the first and the last digits are even, both are to be coded as *.

iii. If both the first and the last digits are odd, both are to be coded as $

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21. 215349 A. RAPK%© B. *APK%* C. $APK%$ D. ©PAK%R E. None of these

22. 671254 A. @MA©P% B. $MA©P$ C. *MA©P* D. %MA©P© E. None of these

23. 813469 A. RAK%@D B. DAK%@R C. DAP%@R D. *AK%@* E. none of these

24. 794821 A. MR%D©A B. AR%D©M C. M%RD©A D. $R%D©$ E. none of these

25. 591426 A. @RA%©P B. PRA%©@ C. @AR%©P D. $RA%©* D. none of these Directions – (Q.26-30) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions below. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circle facing at the centre. D is second to the left of F and third to the right of H. A is second to the right of F and an immediate neighbour of H. C is second to the right of B and F is third to the right of B. G is not an immediate neighbour of F.

26. How many of them are between H and C? A. Two B. Three C. Two or three D. Data inadequate D. None of these

27. Who is the immediate left of A? A. H B. E C. G D. Data inadequate E. None of these

28. In which of the following pairs is the first person sitting to the immediate left of the second person? A. CD B. BG C. HA D. FC E. None of these

29. Who is fourth to the right of B? A. E B. C C. A D. Data inadequate E. None of these

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30. What is E’s position with respect to G? A. Second to the right B. Third of the left C. Third to the right D. Second to the left E. None of these Directions – (Q.31-35) In the following questions, the symbols @, ©, #, $ and % are used with the following meaning as illustrated below – ‘P © Q’ means ‘P is either greater than or equal to Q’ ‘P % Q’ means ‘P is either smaller than or equal to Q’ ‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’ ‘P # Q’ means ‘P is smaller than Q’ P $ Q’ means ‘P is greater than Q’ Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true? Give answer – A. If only Conclusion I is true B. If only Conclusion II is true C. If either conclusion I or II is true D. If neither Conclusion I nor II is true. E. If both Conclusion I and II are true.

31. Statements : D $ N, N # F, F © T

Conclusions : I. T # N II. D $ F

32. Statements : K © R, R $ F, F # B

Conclusions : I. B $ R II. F # K

33. Statements : J $ M, M © K, K # N Conclusions : I. J $ K II. N $ M

34. Statements : F # T, T @ W, W $ H Conclusions : I. F # H II. F © H

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35. Statements : M % T, T # R, R @ D

Conclusions : I. D $ T II. R $ T Directions – (Q.36-40) In each of the questions given below which one of the five answer figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence were continued?

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APPOLO STUDY CENTRE QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE VI

Directions – (Q.1-5) What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following questions?

1. 78 5 0.5 ?÷ ÷ =

A. 15.6 B. 31.2 C. 7.8 D. 20.4 E. None of these

2. 12.22 + 22.21 + 221.12 = ? A. 250.45 B. 255.50 C. 250.05 D. 255.05 E. None of these

3. 92.5% of 550 = ? A. 506.45 B. 521.65 C. 518.55 D. 508.75 E. none of these

4. 124 x 1213 = ? A. 127 B. 1239 C. 1217 D. 12-7 E. None of these

5. 464 (16 2.32) ?÷ × =

A. 12.5 B. 14.5 C. 10.5 D. 8.5 E. None of these

6. What is 333 times of 131? A. 46,323 B. 43,623 C. 43,290 D. 42,957 E. None of these

7. 45% of a number is 255.6. What is 25% of that number? A. 162 B. 132 C. 152 D. 142 E. None of these

8. The product of two successive numbers is 8556. What is the smaller number? A. 89 B. 94 C. 90 D. 92 E. none of these

9. What is the least number to be added to 4321 to make it a perfect square? A. 32 B. 34 C. 36 D. 38 E. none of these

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10. Find the average of the following Set of Scores

221, 231, 441, 359, 665, 525 A. 399 B. 428 C. 407 D. 415 E. None of these

11. What would be the compound interest obtained on an amount of Rs.3,000 at the rate of 8 p.c.p.a. after 2 years? A. Rs.501.50 B. Rs.499.20 C. Rs.495 D. Rs.510 E. None of these

12. What would be the simple interest obtained on an amount of Rs.5,760 at the rate of 6 p.c.p.a. after 3 years? A. Rs.1,036.80 B. Rs.1,666.80 C. Rs.1,336.80 D. Rs.1,063.80 E. none of these

13. If (9)3 is subtracted from the square of a number, the answer so obtained is 567. What is the number? A. 36 B. 28 C. 42 D. 48 E. None of these

14. The owner of an electronics shop charges his customer 22% more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs.10,980 for a DVD Player, then what was the cost price of the DVD Player? A. Rs.8,000 B. Rs.8,800 C. Rs.9,500 D. Rs.9,200 E. None of these

15. A bus covers a distance of 2,924 kms. in 43 hours. What is the speed of the bus? A. 72 kms./hr B. 60 kms./hr C. 68 kms./hr D. cannot be determined E. None of these

16. A canteen requires 112 kgs. of wheat for a week. How many kgs. of wheat will it require for 69 days? A. 1,204 Kgs. B. 1,401 Kgs. C. 1,104 Kgs D. 1,014 Kgs E. None of these

17. The difference between 42% of a number and 28% of the same number is 210. What is 59% of that number? A. 630 B. 885 C. 420 D. 900 E. None of these

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18. Ms. Suchi deposits an amount of Rs.24,000 to obtain a simple interest at the rate of 14 p.c.p.a. for 8 years. What total amount will Ms. Suchi get at the end of 8 years? A. Rs.52,080 B. Rs.28,000 C. Rs.50,880 D. Rs.26,880 E. None of these

19. The cost of 4 Cell-phones and 7 Digital cameras is Rs.1,25,627. What is the cost of 8 Cell-phones and 14 Digital cameras? A. Rs.2,51,254 B. Rs.2,52,627 C. Rs.2,25,524 D. Cannot be determined E. None of these

20. If (78)2 is subtracted from the square of the number, the answer so obtained is 6,460. What is the number? A. 109 B. 111 C. 113 D. 115 E. None of these

21. What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions? 4,275 ÷ 496 x (21)2 = ? A. 3,795 B. 3,800 C. 3,810 D. 3,875 E. 3995

22. The average of 5 consecutive even numbers A, B, C, D and E is 52. What is the product of B and E? A. 2,912 B. 2,688 C. 3,024 D. 2,800 E. None of these

23. Pinku, Rinku and Tinku divide and amount of Rs.4,200 amongst themselves in the ratio of 7 : 8 : 6 respectively. If an amount of Rs.200 is added to each of their shares, what will be the new respective ratio of their shares of amount? A. 8 : 9 : 6 B. 7 : 9 : 6 C. 7 : 8 : 6 D. 8 : 9 : 7 E. None of these

24. In an examination it is required to get 40% of the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 261 marks and is declared failed by 4% marks. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get? A. 700 B. 730 C. 745 D. 765 E. none of these

25. If an amount of Rs.41,910 is distributed equally amongst 22 persons. How much amount would each person get? A. Rs.1,905 B. Rs.2,000 C. Rs.1,885

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D. Rs.2,105 E. None of these Directions – (Q.26-30) Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II are given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to anser the question. Read both the statements and – Give answer A. If the data in Statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question,

while the data in Statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

B. If the data in Statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in Statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

C. If the data in Statement I along or in Statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.

D. If the data in both the Statements I and II are not sufficient to answer the question.

E. If the data in both the Statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

26. What is the area of the circle?

I. Perimeter of the circle is 88 cms. II. Diameter of the circle is 28 cms.

27. What is the area of the right-angled triangle? I. Height of the triangle is three-fourth of the base II. Diagonal of the triangle is 5 metres.

28. What is the father’s present age? I. Father’s present are is five times the son’s present age. II. Five years ago the father’s age was fifteen times the son’s are

that time.

29. What is the rate of interest? I. Simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs.25,000 in two years

is less than the compound interest for the same period by Rs.250 II. Simple interest accrued in 10 years is equal to the principal.

30. What is the number of trees planted in the field in rows and columns? I. Number of columns is more than the number of rows by 4 II. Number of trees in each column is an even number.

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Directions (Q.31-35) Study the following graph carefully to answer these questions:

Profit earned (in Crore Rs.) by seven Companies during 2003-2004

31. What is the ratio between the total profit earned by Company C in 2003

and 2004 together and the total profit earned by Company E in these two years respectively? A. 11 : 9 B. 9 : 10 C. 10 : 11 D. 11 : 10 E. None of these

32. What is the ratio between the profit earned by Company A in 2004 and the profit earned by Company B in 2003 respectively? A. 4 : 3 B. 3 : 2 C. 3 : 4 D. 2 : 3 E. None of these

33. What was the average profit earned by all the companies in 2003? (In Crore Rs. Rounded Off to two digits after decimal). A. 52.75 B. 53.86 C. 52.86 D. 53.75 E. None of these

34. Profit earned by Company B in 2004 is what per cent of the profit earned by the same company in 2003? A. 133.33 B. 75 C. 67.66 D. 67.66 E. None of these

35. What is the difference (in Crore Rs.) between the total profit earned by

Companies E, E and G together in 2003 and the total profit earned by these companies in 2004? A. 70 B. 75 C. 78 D. 82 E. None of these

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Directions – (Q.36-40) Study the following table carefully to answer these questions.

TABLE GIVING PERCENTAGE OF UNEMPLOYED MALE AND FEMALE YOUTH AND THE TOTAL POPULATION FOR DIFFERENT

STATES IN 2005 AND 2006

STATE

2005 2006

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A 12 15 32 7 8 35

B 8 7 18 10 9 20

C 9 10 28 10 12 34

D 10 6 24 8 8 30

E 6 8 30 7 6 32

F 7 5 28 8 7 35

M = Percentage of unemployed Male youth over total population F = Percentage of unemployed Female youth over total population T = Total population of the state in lakhs.

36. What was the difference between the number of unemployed male youth in State F in 2005 and the number of unemployed male youth in State A in 2006? A. 70,000 B. 45,000 C. 68,000 D. 65,000 E. None of these

37. What was the respective ratio between unemployed male youth in State D in 2005 and the unemployed male youth in State D in 2006? A. 1 : 1 B. 2 : 3 C. 3 : 2 D. 4 : 5 E. None of these

38. What was the total number of unemployed youth in State A in 2006? A. 2,20,000 B. 3,25,000 C. 5,20,000 D. 5,25,000 E. None of these

39. How many female youth were unemployed in State D in 2005? A. 14,400 B. 1,44,000 C. 1,40,000 D. 14,000 E. None of these

40. Number of unemployed male youth in State A is 2005 was what per cent of the number of unemployed female youth in State E in 2006? A. 66 B. 50 C. 200 D. 133 E. None of these

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REASONING ABILITY VI

1. If ‘A x B’ means ‘B’ is father of A’, ‘A + B’ means ‘A is wife of B’ and ‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A is brother of B’, then what is the relation of J with L in ‘J + H ÷ R x L’? A. Daughter B. Daughter-in-law C. Sister-in-law D. Cannot be determined E. None of these

2. In a certain code DUPLICATE is written as MRVFJFVBE. How is CARTOUCHE written in that code? A. UTBEPWDJF B. UTBFQFJDW C. UTBEQFJDW D. UTBEPFJDW E. None of these

3. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? A. Rose B. Jasmine C. Hibicus D. Marigold E. Lotus

4. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word PHYSICAL each of which has as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three

5. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way on the basis of their positions in English alphabet and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group? A. HJG B. PQN C. DEB D. TUR E. KLI

6. In the following set of numbers, if ‘1’ is added to the last digit and then the order of digits is reversed, which number will be fourth if arranged in ascending order? 567 284 696 865 738 A. 567 B. 284 C. 696 D. 865 E. 738

7. If in the word FLOURISH, all the vowels are first arranged alphabetically and then all the consonants are arranged alphabetically and then all the vowels are replaced by the previous letter and all the consonants are replaced by the next letter from English alphabet, which letter will be third from the right end? A. I B. S C. M D. V E. None of these

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8. In a certain code RAIL is written as 5796 and TAPE is written as 3748. How is PAIR written in that code? A. 4795 B. 4785 C. 3795 D. 8795 E. None of these

9. In a row of children facing North, Ritesh is twelfth from the left end. Suchir who is twenty-second from the right end is fourth to the right of Ritesh. Total how many children are there is the row? A. 35 B. 36 C. 37 D. 34 E. None of these

10. How many meaningful English words can be formed from the letters ‘ACER’ using each letter only once in each word? A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three Directions – (11-15) In the following questions, the symbols @, #, $, © and % are used with different meanings as follows: ‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’ ‘P # Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’ ‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’ ‘P © Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’ ‘P % Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’ Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true? Give Answer – A. If only Conclusion I is true. B. If only Conclusion II is true C. If either Conclusion I or II is true D. If neither Conclusion I nor II is true. E. If both Conclusion I and II are true.

11. Statements : H © M, M @ E, E $ C Conclusions : I. C © M II. H © E

12. Statements : V $ W, W @ T, T # H

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Conclusions : I. V © T II. H % W

13. Statements : J # R, R © D, D @ F

Conclusions : I. F $ R II. F % R

14. Statements : N @ J, J % R, R © H

Conclusions : I. R # N II. N © H

15. Statements : L @ K, K © A, A $ W

Conclusions : I. W $ L II. L # W Directions – (Q.16-20) Study the following information carefully to answer these questions:

Eight friends J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q are sitting around a circle facing the center. J is not the neighbour of N. L is third to the right of K. Q is second to the left of N who is next to the right of L. O is not the neighbour of N or K and is to the immediate left of P.

16. Which of the following groups has the first person sitting between the other two persons? A. PKJ B. JQL C. QNL D. LMN E. none of these

17. Who is to the immediate right of K? A. J B. P C. Q D. cannot be determined E. None of these

18. Which of the following pair of persons represent O’s neighbours? A. L & N B. P & K C. M & P D. N & P E. None of these

19. Who is to the immediate left of O? A. P B. L C. Q D. J E. None of these

20. Which of the following is the correct position of L?

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A. To the immediate right of N B. To the immediate right of Q C. To the immediate left of J D. To the immediate left of Q E. None of these

Directions – (Q.21-25) In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II & III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

21. Statements : Some windows are doors. All doors are walls. No wall is roof. All roofs are shelters.

Conclusions : I. Some windows are walls. II. No wall is shelter. III. No door is shelter. A. None follows B. Only II & III follow C. Only I & III follow D. Only I follows E. None of these

22. Statements : All bottles are jars. Some jars are pots. All pots are taps. No tap is tank.

Conclusions : I. No pot is tank. II. Some jars are tanks. III. Some bottles are pots. A. Only I & III follow B. Only I & II follow C. Only II & III follow D. All follow E. None of these

23. Statements : Some fish are crocodiles. Some crocodiles are snakes. No snake is tortoise. All tortoises are frogs.

Conclusions : I. No snake is frog. II. Some snakes are fish. III. Some fish are frogs. A. None follows B. Only I & II follow C. Only II & III follow D. Only I & III follow

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E. None of these

24. Statements : Some keys are locks. Some locks are numbers. All numbers are letters. All letters are words.

Conclusions : I. Some locks are letters. II. Some words are numbers III. All numbers are words. A. Only I & II follow B. Only II & III follow C. Only I & III follow D. Only I & either II or III follow E. All follow

25. Statements : All chillies are garlics. Some garlics are onions. All onions are potatoes. No potato is ginger.

Conclusions : I. No onion is ginger II. Some garlics are potatoes III. Some chillies are potatoes A. Only I follows B. Only II follows C. Only I & II follow D. Only I & III follow E. All follow

Directions – (Q.26-30) In each of these questions, a group of digits is given followed by four combinations of letters and symbols numbered (A), (B), (C), and (D). The group of digits is to be coded as per the scheme and conditions given below. The serial lettered of the combination which correctly represents the group of digits is your answer. If none of the four combinations is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. ‘None of these’ Digits : 5 8 4 3 6 2 9 0 7 1 Letter/ Symbol code T J $ # H Q @ L % K Conditions I. It the first as well as the last digit is odd, both are to be coded as © II. It the first as well as the last digit is even, their codes are to be

swapped. III. It ‘0’ is the last digit, it is to be coded as *

26. 468910 A. $HJ@KL B. LHJ@K$ C. *HJ@K$

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D. $HJ@K* E. None of these

27. 592476 A. H@Q$%T B. ©@Q$%T C. H@Q$%© D. ©@Q$%© E. None of these

28. 364279 A. ©H$Q%© B. #H$Q%@ C. @H$Q%# D. #H$Q%© E. None of these

29. 270514 A. ©%LTK© B. $%LTKQ C. Q%LTKS D. $%*TKQ E. none of these

30. 875306 A. J%T#LH B. H%T#LH C. H%T#LJ D. J%T#LJ E. None of these Directions – (Q.31-35) These questions are based on the following informations. ‘A @ B’ means ‘A is added to B’ ‘A * B’ means ‘A is multiplied by B’ ‘A # B’ means ‘A is divided by B’ ‘A $ B’ means ‘B is subtracted from A’ In each question, some information is given. You have to find out which expression correctly represents the statements.

31. Marks obtained by Sujit in History (H) are 85% of his marks obtained in Science (M). A. H = (100 # 85) * M B. H = 85 * 100 * M C. H = 85 # 100 # M D. H = (85 # 100) * M E. None of these

32. Salary of Mr. X (S1) is more than 40% of Mr. Y’s salary (S2) by Rs.8,000/- A. S1 = [S2 * (40 # 100)] # 8000 B. S1 = [S2 * (40 # 100)] @ 8000 C. S2 = [S1 * (40 # 100)] @ 8000 D. S2 = [S1 * (40 @ 100)] # 8000 E. None of these

33. Population of state M (P1) is less than half of population of state N (P2) by 1,50,000

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A. P2 = (P1#2)$1,50,000 B. P1= (P2#2)@1,50,000 C. P1=(P2#2)$1,50,000 D. P2 = (P1#2)@1,50,000 E. None of these

34. Number of boys (B) is a class is equal to one-fourth of three times the

number of girls (G) in the class. A. B = (3#G)*4 B. B = (3*G)@4 C. B = (3*G)#4 D. B = (3$G)#4 E. None of these

35. Total age of 12 boys is ‘X’ and the total age of 13 girls is ‘Y’. What is the average age (A) of all the boys and girls together? A. A = (X @ Y) # 25 B. A = (X $ Y) # 25 C. A = (X @ Y) * 25 D. cannot be determined E. None of these

Directions – Q.36-40 In each of the questions given below which one of the five answer figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence were continued?

Problem figures Answers figures 36.

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REASONING ABILITY VI ANSWERS

For Answers of the Questions from 16 - 20

16. (E) 17. (A) 18. (C)

19. (E) 20. (B)

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34) C 35) A 36) C 37) E 38) A 39) B 40) D

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