Quantitative Aptitude Notes
Quantitative Aptitude Notes
Quantitative Aptitude Notes
17. A student multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of 5/3. Find the % error in the calculation.
a) 48% b) 64% c) 12% d) 60%
18. If 60 percent of the students were boys and the number of girls is 972 how many boys were there in
school.
a) 3/5 b) 1/5 c) 2/5 d) 1
19. The amount of work in a factory is increased by 50%by what % is it necessary to increase the number of
workers to complete the work in previous time. If the productivity of new labor is 25% more than
previous labor.
a) 10% b) 20% c) 30% d) 40%
20. A man purchases some No. of article at RS.1, 89,000 and he sells 3/8th of them at 12% profit. At what
loss % did he sell the remaining to gain 4% over all.
a) 2.5% b) 0.8% c )2.25% d) 2.9%
21. The profit earned when an article is sold for RS.800 is 20 times the loss incurred when it is sold for
RS.275.Find at what price he sold his goods if he wants to earn 20 % profit.
a) Rs.360 b) Rs.300 c) Rs.225 d) Rs.320
22. By selling 12 oranges for a rupee a man looses 20 % . How many for a rupee did he sell to earn 20%.
a) 5 b) 1 c) 8 d) 2
23. By selling 45 oranges for RS.40 a man looses 20 % . How many did he sell for RS.24 to earn 20%.
a) 25 b) 20 c) 18 d) 30
24. A shopkeeper sells his goods at 9% loss. Had he sold it RS.75 more than he would gain 7%Find the
initial CP.
a) Rs.4400 b) Rs.1320 c) Rs.4700 d) Rs.1600
25. A man purchase some oranges @ 1 orange for Rs.2 and same No. of oranges @ 2 oranges for Rs.1 and
he sells all of them @ 4 oranges for Rs.3 . Find overall Profit & Loss%.
a) 15% b)30% c)22.5% d)40%
SI & CI
26. If the SI on a certain sun of money for 3 years @ of 12.5% is Rs.3500 less than its principal. Find sun and
SI.
a) Rs.2100,5600 b) Rs.2400,6000 c) Rs.2100,4200 d) Rs.4200,5600
27. If the SI on a certain sun of money at 6 2/3% p.a. for 4 years is Rs.4400 less than its principal.
Find the SI & principal.
a) Rs. 1200,2500 b) Rs.6000,1600 c) Rs.1600,6000 d) Rs.3000,5200
28. The cash price of a pen is Rs. 60 but it can also be purchased on a cash down payment of Rs.20 and 6 monthly
equal installments @ Rs.8 per month. Find the rate percent.
a) 22% b) 60% c) 80% d) 20%
29. At what rate in the compound interest, does a sum of money becomes four folds in 2 years?
(a) 150% (b) 100% (c) 200% (d) 75%
30. On a certain sum of money, the simple interest for 2 years is Rs. 200 at the rate of 7% per annum. Find
the difference in CI and SI.
(a) Rs. 7 (b) Rs. 6 (c) Rs. 3.5 (d) Rs. 45
Averages & Ages
32. Average of 9 observations is 87. If the avg. of first five observations is 79, and the avg. of next three is
92. Find the 9th observation.
a) 111 b) 110 c) 112 d) 113
33. Average of 9 data is 79. Avg. of first two data is 75. If the avg. of next four data is 87. If the 8th data is 5 more
than the 7th data and 1 more than the 9th data. Calculate the 9th data.
a) 73 b) 69 c) 72 d) 71
34. 3 years ago avg. age of family of five numbers was 17 years. A baby having been born the avg. age of family
is same today. Find the age of child.
a) 3 years b) 2 years c) 4 years d) 1 years
35. Avg. temperature of MON, TUE, WED & THU is 31 0c, and avg. temperature of TUE, WED, THU & FRI is
29.5 0c. If avg. temp. of Monday was 37.5 % more than avg. temp of Friday. Find the temperature of Monday.
a) 23 0 c b) 22 0 c c) 22 0 c d) 21 0 c
36. There are 35 students in a hostel. If no. of students increased by 7 the expose of Mess increased by Rs.42 per
day whitethe avg. expenditure per head decreased by Rs 1. Find the original expenditure of Mess.
a) Rs. 430 b) Rs. 420 c) Rs. 425 d) Rs. 427
37. A Batsman scores 87 runs in his 17th innings due to this his avg. is increased by 3 runs. Find his current avg.
a) 39 b) 38 c) 40 d) 37
38. The average of eight successive numbers is 6.5. The average of the smallest and the greatest numbers
among them will be :
(a) 4 (b) 6.5 (c) 7.5 (d) 9
39. The difference between the ages of A and B is 3 years and the ratio between their ages is 7:8 what is the
sum of their ages.
A) 45 years B) 40 years C) 35 years D) 30 years
40. Before 7 years the ratio of ages of A and B was 3:4 after 9 years ratio of their ages will be 7:8 find the
present age of B.
41. The average age of a family of 5 members is 24. If the present age of the youngest member is 8 years what
was the average age of the family at the time of the birth of the youngest member.
A) 30 years B) 40 years C) 35 years D) 20 years
42. At present A is 3 times B's age. After 7 years, A will be twice B's age, then how many times will B's age
will be in another 14 years time with respect to A's age then.
A) 37 years B) 36 years C) 26 years D) 21 years
43. Rohan is two years younger than Mohan who is three years younger than Sohan who is four years older
than Rohit who is two years older than Mohit who is three years younger than Sohit. Thus:
(a) Sohan is 7 years older than Mohit (b) Rohit is 2 years younger than Sohit
(c) Mohan is 3 years older than Mohit (d) Rohit is 2 years older than Sohit
44. Fifteen years hence, a man will be four times as old as he was fifteen years ago. His present age is:
(a) 25 years (b) 20 years (c) 30 years (d) 45 years
45. The ratio of ages of A and B is 8:9 and the age of B is two-thirds of C’s age and age of C is nine-
thirteenths times the age of D. If the age of B is 18 years, then the age of C is:
(a) 36 years (b) 39 years (c) 27 years (d) 54 years
47. Two vessels contain milk and water in the ration 7:5 and 7:9. If both vessels are mixed in the ratio of
1:1. Find the ratio of milk and water in the new mixture.
A) 46:45 B) 45:46 C) 49:47 D) 47:49
1 1 5
48. Rs. 68000 is to be divided among A, B, C in the ratio of : : the difference of the greatest and
2 4 16
smallest part is
A) Rs. 13,000 B) Rs. 16,000 C) Rs. 14,000 D) Rs. 15,000
.49. A, B, C along completed a piece of work in 30, 50, 40 days. The ratio of the salaries of each day is
4:3:2. If the total income of A is Rs. 144, find the total income of B.
A) Rs. 185 B) Rs. 175 C) Rs. 170 D) Rs. 180
50. A,B,C invested Rs 20,000, Rs 50,000 and Rs 40,000 in business find the share of ‘A’ in the annual profit
of Rs 12100.
A) Rs. 2200 B) Rs. 2700 C) Rs. 2500 D) Rs. 2300
51. A,B,C started a business. ‘A’ invested in Rs 16,000 for 9 months, ‘B’ invested in Rs 12000 for 6 months
and ‘C’ invested in Rs 8000 for 12 months, At the end of the year there was a profit of Rs 26,000. Find
the share of ‘B’ in the profit.
A) Rs. 3000 B) Rs. 5000 C) Rs. 7000 D) Rs. 6000
52. A and B entered in to a partnership investing Rs 12,000 and Rs 15,000 ‘B’ was a working partner and got
25% of the profit for his work what was the total profit. If ‘A’ got Rs 8000 as his share.
A) Rs. 44,000 B) Rs. 34,000 C) Rs. 14,000 D) Rs. 24,000
53. A puts Rs 375 more in a business then B, A invests for 8 months while ‘B’ for ‘4’ months. If the share of A
is 75 more than that of ‘B’ out of total profit of Rs 125. Find the capital invested by A.
A) Rs. 850 B) Rs. 800 C) Rs. 750 D) Rs. 700
54. A and B started a business in partnership by investing Rs.10,000 and Rs. 4000 respectively. condition of
partnership is that B got Rs.100 per month for management of the business. After paying 5% interest on the
capital, annual profit has been distributed in the ratio of their investments. Find the share of their profit, if the
annual profit is Rs. 4000.
(a) Rs.3000 each (b) Rs. 2500 each (c) Rs.1500 each (d) Rs.2000 each
55. In what proportion, must wheat at Rs. 6.20 per kg be mixed with wheat at Rs. 7.20 per kg, So that the
mixture be worth Rs.6.50 per kg.
a) 7:3 b) 3:7 c) 7:5 d) 5:7
56. Two varieties of milk with different prices is mixed in the ratio 2:3 price of first type of milk is Rs. 10
litres, While the price of second type of milk is Rs. 15 litres. Than avg. price of mixture per litre is
a) Rs. 14 b) Rs. 15 c) Rs. 13 d) Rs. 11
57. A Bonus of Rs. 9,85,000 was divided among 300 workers of a company. Each male worker get Rs.5000
and each female worker gets Rs.2500. Find the no. of male workers in the company.
a) 96 b) 97 c) 94 d) 92
58. How many kgs of sugar worth Rs.3.60 per kg should be mixed with 8 kgs of sugar worth Rs. 4.20 per kg
such that by selling mixture at Rs.4.40 per kg, there may be a gain of 10%.
a) 2 kgs b) 3 kgs c) 5 kgs d) 4 kgs
59. In a 25 litre mixture of milk and water the water is only 20%. How many litres of water is required to
increase the percentage water to 90%
a) 175 L b) 180 L c) 170 L d) 185 L
60. A man purchased 450 pens and he classified them in to three types such that he earned a profit of 9 3/7%
on first two types and 10% overall profit on all the types. Find the No. of pens of all types.
a) 100, 150, 200 b) 150, 100, 200 c) 200, 150, 100 d) 150, 200, 100
61. A, B, C can complete a work in 12 days, 15 days, and 20 days. In how much time they together complete
the work
a) 4 days b) 5 days c) 6 days d) 7 days
62. A and B can complete a work in 10 and 15 days. A and B start work together and after 2 days A left the work
then calculate in how many days work will be completed.
a) 8 days b) 10 days c) 12 days d) 15 days
63. Two candles of same height can burn completely in 4 & 6 hrs. If both start burning together at the same time
with their respective constant speed, then calculate after how much time the ratio of their heights will become
2:3
a) 3 hrs 24 mins b) 2 hrs 55 mins c) 2 hrs 24 mins d) 3 hrs 55 mins
64. A + B, B + C, C + A can complete a work in 12, 15, 20 days. In how much time they together complete the
whole work
a) 12 days b) 10 days c) 15 days d) 25 days
65. A is 50 % more efficient than B then in how much time they together complete the whole work if A alone
complete the whole work in 25 days
a) 15 days b) 13 days c) 11 days d) 17 days
66. A, B, C can complete a work in 30 days by working together A + C are twice efficient than B and A + B work
thrice than C. then in how many days A can complete the work.
a) 48 days b) 50 days c) 60 days d) 72 days
67. A starts a work and left after 2 days and remaining work is done by B in 9 days. If A left after 3 days then B
complete the remaining work in 6 days. Then in how many days A and B can complete this work individually
10 days b) 5 days c) 3 days d) 9 days
68. A started a work and left working after 4 days. B finished the remaining work in next 18 days. Had A left the work after
working for 6 days then B would have finished the remaining work in next 12 days. Then find in how many days A &
B would complete the work alone.
a) 10, 20 days b) 20, 40 days c) 20, 30 days d) 10, 30 days
69. A swimming pool is fitted with three pipes, the first 2 pipes working simultaneously fill the pool in the same
time as the third pipe alone, and the second pipe alone fills the pool 5 hrs faster than the first pipe and 4 hrs
slower than the 3rd pipe. In what time second and third pipe together fill the pool
a) 1 ¾ hrs b) 3 ¾ hrs c) 5 ¾ hrs d) 7 ¾ hrs
70. Three men Kishan, Sreekanth and Shyam working together can do a job 6 hrs less time than Kishan alone did
1 hour less than Sreekanth alone and half the time needed by Shyam, In how many days will Kishan finish
the work alone
a) 25/3 hrs b) 18/3 hrs c) 20/3 hrs d) 15/3 hrs
71. A Boy goes to school at 3 kmph and return at a speed of 2 kmph. If he takes 5 hrs over all. Find the distance
from his home to the school.
a) 10kms b)6kms c) 15kms d)12kms
72. A Man covers a certain distance @ 10 kmph and becomes 15 min late. But if he travel the some distance with
12 kmph he reaches 5 min late. Find the distance.
a) 1kms b) 10kms c) 15kms d)20kms
73. A train was late by 6 min. The driver increased its speed by 4 kmph. At the Next stallion, 36 kms away, the
train reached on time. Find the original speed of the train.
a) 6kmph b) 24kmph c) 36kmph d) 32kmph
74. A 275 mts long train crosses a platform of equal length in 33 sec. Find the speed of the train.
a) 30kmph b) 60kmph c) 90kmph d) 15kmph
75. A train crosses a tunnel half of its length with a speed of 72 kmph in 1 min, then find in how much time it
will cross another train of double length which is standing on platform with 60 % of its own speed.
a) 40 sec b) 100sec c) 200sec d) 50sec
76. The speeds of two trains are in the ratio of 3:4. Both crosses a pole in 3 sec while coming from opposite
direction. In how much time they will cross each other.
a) 4sec b) 3 sec c) 12sec d) 9 sec
77. A train overtakes a man going along the railway track @ of 6kmph in 10sec. If the length of the train is
200mtr. Find the speed of the train
a) 36kmph b) 78kmph c) 18kmph d) 64kmph
78. A car is 120mts behind the bus, in how much time it will be 760mts ahead of the bus if their speeds are
48kmph and 30kmph
a) 167sec b)176sec c) 761sec d) 186sec
79. A dog chases a rabbit. The Rabbit is 125 leaps ahead of itself from the dog. The rabbit can jump 4 times and
dog can jump 3 times. The distance covered by the rabbit and the dog in one jump is 1.75mts and 2.75mts. In
how many jumps the dog will catch the rabbit
a) 255 b) 525 c) 355 d) 424
80. Two places P and Q are 162kmph apart. Two trains starts from P and Q towards each other at same time and
meet after 6hrs. speed of one train is 8kmph faster than the other. Find the speed of both the trains.
a) 17.5,9.5kmph b) 9.5,17.5kmph c) 18.5,10.5kmph d)10.5,18.5kmph
81. A, B, C start from delhi at 10am, 11am, and 12:00 towards goa and their speeds are 3kmph, 4kmph, and
5kmph and after meeting on the way, ‘B’ send back A to C with a message. At what time ‘C’ will get the
message
a) 6min b) 12min c) 9min d) 15min
82. A train starts from delhi at 8am and reached agra at 10am. Another train starts from agra at 8am and reached
delhi at 11am. Find their meeting time.
a) 10:09 am b) 9:32 am c) 9:12am d) 9:15am
83. The speed of a boatman in the direction of the stream is 15kmph while the speed of the stream is 1.5kmph.
What is the speed of the boatman against stream
a) 4kmph b) 12kmph c) 3kmph d) 6kmph
84. A boatman rows down a river @ 21kmph and row up @9kmph what is the velocity of the stream
a) 12kmph b) 2kmph c) 3kmph d) 6kmph
85. A boatman rows 1 km in 5 minutes, along the stream and 6 km in 1 hour against the stream. The speed of the
stream is
(a) 3 kmph (b) 6 kmph (c) 10 kmph (d) 12 kmph
Permutations & Combinations, Probability
86. 8 men entered a lounge simultaneously. If each person shook hands with the other, then find the total no.
of handshakes?
a. 16 c. 56
b. 36 d. 28
87. In how many different ways, can the letters of the word 'INHALE' be arranged?
a. 720 c. 120
b. 360 d. 650
88. How many can straight lines be drawn from 15 non-collinear points?
a. 105 c. 110
b. 120 d. 118
89. In How Many Ways Can A Group Of 5 Men And 2 Women Be Made Out Of A Total Of 7 Men And 3
Women?
a. 67 c. 61
b. 63 d. 69
90. A Box Contains 2 White Balls, 3 Black Balls And 4 Red Balls. In How Many Ways Can 3 Balls Be Drawn
From The Box, If At Least One Black Ball Is To Be Included In The Draw?
a. 75 c. 44
b. 64 d. 51
91. How Many Even Numbers Of Four Digits Can Be Formed With The Digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 And 6 No
Digit Being Used More?
a. 270 c. 480
b. 420 d. 360
92. A Box Contains 2 White Balls, 3 Black Balls And 4 Red Balls. In How Many Ways Can 3 Balls Be Drawn
From The Box, If At Least One Black Ball Is To Be Included In The Draw?
a. 75 c. 64
b. 68 d. 72
93. A Company Has 11 Software Engineers And 7 Civil Engineers. In How Many Ways Can They Be Seated
In A Row So That All The Civil Engineers Are Always Together?
a. 12! × 7! c. 12! × 8!
b. 13! × 7! d. 15! × 7!
94. How many 4 digit numbers can be formed from the digits 4, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8, which are divisible by 2 and
none of the digits is repeated?
a. 5 c. 45
b. 20 d. 30
95. In how many ways can 6 girls and 6 boys form three mixed doubles teams for a badminton match?
a. 400 c. 900
b. 800 d. 1000
96. Gauri has 6 different clip boxes and 4 different rubber bands. In how many ways can she place the rubber
bands in the clip boxes such that each box has at least one rubber band?
a. 2504 c. 3300
b. 2880 d. 1254
97. Consider the word ‘HARDWARE’. Rearrange the word in such a way that the vowels always appear
together?
a. 5480 c. 1456
b. 2563 d. 4320
98. Two cards are drawn randomly from a pack of cards, what is the probability that both are king cards?
a)(4/52)(3/52) b)(4/52)(3/51) c)(4/52)(4/51) d)none of these
99. Out of 21 tickets marked with numbers 1 to 21,three are drawn randomly. find the probability that three
numbers are in AP?
a)10/133 b)12/133 c)5/133 d)6/133
100. 15 players are shortlisted for World cup 2015 by BCCI including captain dhoni, now dhoni has to
decide which 11 players will play against Pakistan on 15 february. If dhoni selects randomly ,what is the
probability that virat kohli is in the team?
a)4/7 b)5/7 c)4/11 d)1/11
101. A word of 7 letters is written down at random with the letters of the word BELLARI. what is the
probability that both ‘L’ come together?
a)1/7 b)3/7 c)2/7 d)4/7
4. 1,0,3,2,5,6, ?
(1) 9 (2) 8 (3) 10 (4) 7
ANALOGY
EXERCISE
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1-6) : In each of the following questions, select the one which is different from the other three
responses.
1. (a) 25, 36 (b) 144, 169 (c) 100, 121 (d) 9, 64
2. (a) Heat (b) Light (c) Bulb (d) Electricity
3. (a) Wave (b) Current (c) Tide (d) Storm
4. (a) X (b) Y (c) H (d) D
5. (a) ZKXJ (b) CMAL (c) TGRF (d) FRTK
6. (a) ABJNM (b) QRTUZ (c) IXYOQ (d) WFGOP
DIRECTIONS (7–10) : In each of the following questions find the odd word/letters/number/ figure from the given
responses.
7. (a) Room (b) Chamber (c) Veranda (d) Cabin
8. (a) Mouth Organ (b) Electric Guitar (c) Keyboard (d) Sonata
9. (a) A (b) 1 (c) D (d) E
10. (a) RNMP (b) JFEH (c) RPOQ (d) HDCF
ANSWERS
1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (d) 6. (c) 7. (c) 8. (d) 9. (c) 10. (c )
DIRECTIONS
EXERCISE
1. A child is looking for his father, he went 90 metres in the east before turning to his right. He went 20 metres before
turning to his right again to look for his father at his uncle's place 30 metres from this point. His father was not there. From
here he went 100 metres to his north before meeting his father in a street. How far did the son meet his father from the
starting point ?
(a) 80 m (b) 100 m (c) 260 m (d) 140 m
2. K is a place which is located 2 km away in the north-west direction from the capital P, R is another place that is located
2 km away in the south-west direction from K. M is another place and that is located 2 km away in north-west direction
from R. T is yet another place that is located 2 km away in the south-west direction from M. In which direction is T located
in relation to P?
(a) South-west (b) North-west (c) West (d) North
3. Babu is Rahim's neighbour and his house is 200 metres away in the north west direction. Joseph is Rahim's neighbour
and his house is located 200 metres away in the south west direction. Gopal is Joseph's neighbour and he stays 200 metres
away in the south east direction. Roy is Gopal's neighbour and his house is located 200 metres away in the north east
direction. Then where is the position of Roy's house in relation to Babu's?
(a) South east (b) South west (c) North (d) North east
4. If a man on a moped starts from a point and rides 4 km South, then turns left and rides 2 km to turn again to the right to
ride 4 km more, towards which direction is he moving?
(a) North (b) West (c) East (d) South
5. Ganesh cycles towards South–West a distance of 8 m, then he moves towards East a distance of 20 m. From there he
moves towards North–East a distance of 8 m, then he moves towards West a distance of 6 m. From there he moves towards
North–East a distance of 2 m. Then he moves towards West a distance of 4 m and then towards South–West 2 m and stops
at that point. How far is be from the starting point?
(a) 12 m (b) 10 m (c) 8 m (d) 6 m
6. One evening, Raja started to walk toward the Sun. After walking a while, he turned to his right and again to his right.
After walking a while, he again turned right. In which direction is he facing?
(a) South (b) East (c) West (d) North
7. Vivek and Ashok start from a fixed point. Vivek moves 3 km north and turns right and then covers 4 km. Ashok moves
5 km west and turns right and walks 3 km. Now how far are they apart?
(a) 10 km (b) 9 km (c) 8 km (d) 6 km
8. A person walks 9 km to the South. From there he walks 5 km to the North. After this he walks 3 km to the West. In which
direction and how far is he now from the starting point?
(a) 4 km South (b) 4 km North (c) 5 km North West (d) 5 km South West
9. Shankar and Ganesh walked 150 meters towards East. Shankar turned left and walked 100 meters. Ganesh went straight
for another 100 meters. Afterwards Ganesh turned to right and Shankar turned left. In which direction are they facing now?
(a) East and North (b) West and South (c) North and South (d) South and North
10. Raghu starts from his house in his car and travels 8 km towards the North, then 6 km towards East then 10 m towards
his right, 4 km towards his left, 10 km towards North and finally 4 km towards his right. In which Directions is he now with
reference to the starting point?
(a) South (b) North East (c) South East (d) North
ANSWERS
1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (b) 6. (a) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (b) 10. (b)
BLOOD RELATIONS
EXERCISE
1. If ‘A × D’ means ‘A is the sister of D’, ‘A + D’ means ‘D is the daughter of A’ and ‘A ÷ D’ means ‘A is the mother of
D’, then how will ‘N is the aunt of M’ be denoted?
(a) M + L × N (b) M ÷ L + N (c) L × N ÷ M (d) N × L ÷ M (e) None of these
2. Pointing to a boy, Sunita said, “He is the son of my grandfather’s only son.” How is the boy related to Sunita?
(a) Son (b) Nephew (c) Uncle (d) Data inadequate (e) None of these
3. M is the brother of K. T is the sister of K. R is the father of M. J is the wife of R. How many sons does J have?
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) Data inadequate (e) None of these
4. Pointing to a boy, Urmila said, “He is the son of my grandfather’s only daughter.” How is the boy related to Urmila?
(a) Mother (b) Maternal Aunt (c) Paternal Aunt (d) Data inadequate (e) None of these
5. Pointing to a girl, Mihir said, “She is the only daughter of my grandfather’s only child.” How is the girl related to Mihir?
(a) Daughter (b) Niece (c) Sister (d) Data inadequate (e) None of these
6. Pointing to a girl, Nidhi said, “She is the only daughter of my grandmother’s only child.” How is the girl related to Nidhi?
(a) Sister (b) Self (c) Cousin Sister (d) Data inadequate (e) None of these
7. D said, “A’s father is the only brother of my sister’ son.” How is A’s father related to D?
(a) Cousin (b) Nephew (c) Aunt (d) Data inadequate (e) None of these
8. Pointing towards a gentleman Deepak said, “his only brother is the father of my daughter’s father.” How is the gentleman
related to Deepak?
(a) Grandfather (b) Father (c) Brother in law (d) uncle (e) none of these
9. Amit Said, “ this girl is the wife of the grandson of my Mother.” Who is Arun to the Girl?
(a) Daughter in law (b) grandfather (c) Husband
(d) father–in–law (e) none of these
10. Amit told to Alok, “yesterday I defeated the only brother of the daughter of my grandmother.” Whom did Amit defeat?
(a) Son (b) father (c) brother (d) father–in-law (e) None of these
ANSWERS
1. (d) 2. (e) 3. (d) 4. (e) 5. (c) 6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (d) 10. (e)
CLOCKS
EXERCISE
1. Find the angle between minute hand and hour hand at 6:30 AM
(a) 25° (b) 22.5° (c) 15° (d) None of these
2. Find the angle between minute hand and hour hand at 11:50 AM
(a) 55° (b) 22.5° (c) 15° (d) None of these
3. Find the angle between minute hand and hour hand at 4:20 AM
(a) 10° (b) 12.5° (c) 15° (d) None of these
4. Find the angle between minute hand and hour hand at 1:40 AM
(a) 180° (b) 190° (c) 175° (d) None of these
5. Find the angle between minute hand and hour hand at 10:10 AM
(a) 245° (b) 195° (c) 175° (d) None of these
6. At what time between 3PM to 4PM minute hand and hour hand will coincide?
(a) 3:16 4/11 (b) 3: 15 4/11 (c) 3:17 4/11 (d) None of these
7. At what time between 3PM to 4PM minute hand and hour hand will be opposite to each other?
(a) 3:47 1/11 (b) 3: 48 1/11 (c) 3:49 1/11 (d) None of these
8. At what time between 4PM to 5PM minute hand and hour hand will be at right angle to each other?
(a) 4:7 5/11 (b) 4: 4 5/11 (c) 4:9 5/11 (d) None of these
9. At what time between 9PM to 10PM minute hand and hour hand will coincide?
(a) 9:49 1/11 (b) 9: 48 1/11 (c) 9:44 1/11 (d) None of these
10. At what time between 9PM to 10PM minute hand and hour hand will be opposite to each other?
(a) 9:15 4/11 (b) 9: 16 4/11 (c) 9:12 4/11 (d) None of these
ANSWERS
CALENDARS
EXERCISE
th
1. If 14th October 2005 is Friday then which day is 14 October 2006?
(a) Tuesday (b) Saturday (c) Thursday (d) Friday
2. If today is Monday then which day of the week is after 59 days.
(a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday (c) Thursday (d) Friday
th
3. If 14th October 2005 is Friday then which day is 14 October 2009?
(a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday (c) Thursday (d) Friday
th
4. If 2nd June 2012 is Saturday then which day is 7 July 2012?
(a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday (c) Thursday (d) Saturday
5. If 1st Jan 2001 is Monday then which day was on 1st Jan 2013.
(a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday (c) Thursday (d) Saturday
6. Which of the following is not a leap year?
(a) 2100 (b) 1200 (c) 1600 (d) 2000
7. Which of the following is a leap year?
(a) 1146 (b) 1254 (c) 2100 (d) 1128
8. If Jan 1, 2006 was Sunday. What was the day of the week Jan 1, 2010
(a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday (c) Thursday (d) None of these
9. Today is Sunday. After 69 days, it will be
(a) Tuesday (b) Saturday (c) Thursday (d) None of these
10. If 6th March, 2005 is Sunday, what was the day of the week on 6th March, 2002?
(a) Tuesday (b) Saturday (c) Thursday (d) None of these
ANSWERS
FIGURE SERIES
Exercise
1. Question Figures:
Answer Figures:
Answer Figures:
Answer Figures:
Answer Figures :
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Directions (5-6) : Find the missing figure in the series from the given answer figures.
5. Question Figures :
Answer Figures :
Answer Figures :
Answer Figures:
Answer Figures:
(1) (2) (3) (4)
9. Question Figures:
Answer Figures:
Answer Figures:
ANSWERS
1. (3) 2. (4) 3. (2) 4. (2) 5. (4) 6. (4) 7. (1) 8. (1) 9. (3) 10. (1)
CUBES
EXERCISE
1. Two positions of a dice are shown below. When 3 is at the bottom, what number will be at the top?
Question Figures:
Answer Figures :
3. Study the two different positions of a dice. When the face containing one dot is at bottom then how many dots would be
there on the top face?
4. How many dots are there on the face opposite the face with two dots?
5. Two positions of a dice are shown below. When number ‘one’ is on the top, what number will be at the bottom?
Question Figures:
Answer Figures:
8. From the following two different appearances of die, find out the colour which is opposite to Red :
When 4 is at the bottom, what will be at the top? (1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 5 (4) 6
10. Four positions of a dice are given in the question figures. Identify the number at the bottom when top’s is 6.
ANSWERS
1. (3) 2. (4) 3. (3) 4. (4) 5. (2) 6. (3) 7. (3) 8. (2) 9. (2) 10. (2)
SYLLOGISMS
EXERCISE
Directions (1-4): In each question below there are two statements followed by two conclusions numbered (I) and (II). You
have to assume the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read
the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements and give
your answer as
ANSWERS
1. (d) 2. (d) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (g) 6. (c) 7. (f) 8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (c)
SEATING ARRANGEMENT
EXERCISE
Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow.
(I) Eight friends are sitting around a circular table facing the center. Their names are A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H.
a) F b) G c) D d) B e) E
a) BH b) AH c) GH d) CF e) DH
3) Which person sits exactly middle of B and E and is also their neighbour?
a) F b) H c) D d) G e) A
4) If the positions of A and G, H and E, D and B, C and F are interchanged then who sits third to the right of C?
a) B b) A c) D d) H e) F
(II) 9 friends, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I are staying in 3 different floors of an apartment. Each floor has 3 plots sequentially.
a) F b) D c) E d) B e) C
a) DA b) CE c) DE d) IH e) none of these
ANSWERS
1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (b) 8. (c) 9. (d) 10. (e)
2. When a survey was made regarding the preferences in the watching of TV channel, a few said that they watch only ZTV
channel, the others liked only Sun TV channel, while others Asianet TV Channel. A Small percentage said that they watch
all the three TV channel. In the figure given below the circle indicates the Asianet TV channel, the square ZTV and the
triangle the Sun TV channel. Which number in the figure indicates the fact that some people watch all the three TV
channels?
(1) 2 (2) 5 (3) 6 (4) 3
3. In the Venn diagram below, Circle represents sports-persons, Square represents unmarried persons, Triangle represents
women and Rectangle represents educated persons. Each section is numbered. Study the diagram and answer the following
question.
5. Who are educated males but who do not live in urban area?
Urban people
Civil Staff
Male
Educated
6. Which of the following numbers is inside the circle but outside triangle and square ?
10. Which symbol indicates only singer, but not an Indian or a leader ?
ANSWERS
1. (1) 2. (3) 3. (1) 4. (4) 5. (2) 6. (1) 7. (3) 8. (1) 9. (1) 10. (4)
EXERCISE
1. If you are eleventh in a queue starting either end, how many are there in the queue?
(1) Eleven (2) Twenty (3) Twenty one (4) Twenty two
2. A is older than B but younger than C. D is younger than E but older than A. If C is younger than D, who is the oldest of
all?
3. Heavier coins are costlier. Ram’s coin is heavier than Mohan’s and costlier than Ramesh’s. Naresh’s coin is costiler than
Ram’s but lighter than Yogesh’s. Ramesh’s coin is costlier than Mohan’s. So who is the owner of the costliest coin?
4. Among five friends A is shorter than B but taller than E, C is slightly taller than B but D is slightly shorter than B and
slighthy taller than A. Who is the shortest?
6. A is richer than B, C is richer than A, D is richer than C, E is the richest of all, If they are made to sit in the above degree
of richness who will be in the middle position (central position)?
7. P, Q, R and T answered an Examination. In the results Q was immediately followed by ‘P’ but no one was there after
‘P’. ‘R’ was ahead of ‘Q’ but could not score as much as ‘T’. Who scored the second highest?
8. A family went out for a walk. Daughter walked before the father. Son was walking behind the mother and ahead of father.
Who walked last?
9. ‘Suma’ is shorter than ‘Uma’, ‘Neha’ is taller then ‘Suma’, ‘Sudha’ is taller than ‘Uma” but shorter than ‘Hema’. ‘Uma’
is taller than ‘Neha’. Who is the tallest among them?
10. In a row of 16 girls, when Hema was shifted by two places towards the left she became 7th from the left end. What was
her earlier position from the right end?
ANSWERS
1. (3) 2. (4) 3. (3) 4. (2) 5. (4) 6. (3) 7. (3) 8. (2) 9. (1) 10. (2)
DATA SUFFICIENCY
EXERCISE
Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II. You have to decide whether
the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the given question. Read both the statements and give
answer as
a: If the data in statement-I alone is sufficient and the data in statement-II alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
b: If the data in statement-II alone is sufficient and the data in statement-I alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
c: If the data either in statement-I or in statement-II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
d: If the data either in statement-I and II together are not sufficient to answer the questions. And some more data needed.
e: If the data in both statement-I and II together are necessary to answer the question.
I. Average age of children is 16 years. The total ages of all the children in the group is 240 years.
II. The sum of ages of all the children in the group and the teacher is 262 years. The teacher's age is six years more
than the average age of the children
2) What is the cost of laying a carpet in a rectangular hall?
3) A shopkeeper marked the price of an article and gave a discount of 20%. Find the marked price of the article.
II. After giving the discount the shopkeeper gets 28% profit.
II. The difference between the sum and the simple interest earned after 10 years is Rs. 1000
I. The cost of the first necklace is 1/5 more than the second and the cost of the third necklace is 2/5 more than the
second. The total cost of all the three necklaces is Rs. 120000.
II. The cost of the first necklace is 2/5 more than the second. The cost of the third necklace is the least and total
cost of all the three necklace is Rs. 120000.
6) A train crosses another train running in the opposite direction in 30 seconds. What is the speed of the train?
8) The area of a rectangle is equal to the area of a right angled triangle. What is the length of the rectangle?
I. Prakash secured an average of 55 percent marks in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry together
10) What is the difference between the two digits in a two-digit number?
1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (E) 4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (B) 7. (E) 8. (E) 9. (D) 10. (B)
DATA INTERPRETATION
EXERCISE
(A) Salaries (in thousands) of five employees during the period of 2001 - 2005 was given then interpret the data and
answer the following questions basing on it.
1) Who among A, B, C, D and E got uniform increase in their increment throughout the five years.
a) A b) B c) C d) D
2) From 2002-2003 what is the percentage increment in salary of 'C'.
a) 18.9% b) 27.2% c) 37.5% d) 40%
3) Among A, B, C, D and E who got least increment during his service in the span of 2001-2005.
a) A b) B c) D d) E
4) Give the difference in increment obtained by A and E in during 2003–2004.
a) 1000 b) 2500 c) 3000 d) 4000
5) Give the proportion of increments obtained by C and E during 2002–2003.
a) 2 : 3 b) 3 : 2 c) 1 : 1 d) 1 : 2
11) In which span of year there is maximum increase in the production of cotton?
a)1998-1999 b)2001–2002 c)2002-2003 d)2003-2004
12) The production of cotton in 2000 is what percentage of production of cotton in 2001?
a) 33.33 b) 66.66 c) 49.8 d) None of these
13) Give the difference in production of cotton in 1998 and 2006?
a) 10 b) 20 c) 30 d) 40
14) In which of the following year there is fall in the production of cotton?
a) 1998 – 1999 b) 2000 – 2001 c) 2002 – 2003 d) 2005 - 2006
15) In which of the following year there is no fall or rise in the production?
a) 1999 - 2000 b) 2000 -2001 c) 2002 - 2003 d) 2005- 2006
(D) The Below pie chart represents the monthly expenditure of Suresh.
Rent- 19% Transport- 5% Food- 21%
Education- 15% Savings- 10% Others- 30%
Sales
rent
transport
food
education
savings
others
16. If Suresh earns Rs 16,000, then how much does he spend on food compared to education and transport put together?
A. Rs 750 B. Rs 450 C. Rs 160 D. Rs 250
17. If Suresh doubles his savings, then his savings are what percentage of his expenses, if his other expenses remain
constant?
2 3 4 5
A. 22 B. 23 C. 24 D. 25
9 9 9 9
18. In “others” Suresh spends 40% for repayment of car loan amounting to Rs 3,000 how much does he spend on
transportation?
A. Rs 1000 B. Rs 1500 C. Rs 1600 D. Rs 1250
19. If a new pie chart is drawn by taking the total expenses as one part and savings as the second part, then what is the angle
made by total expenses?
A. 3600 B. 3000 C. 3240 D. 3420
ANSWERS
1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (D)
11. (D) 12. (B) 13. (C) 14. (C) 15. (D) 16. (C) 17. (D) 18. (D) 19. (C)