HiPAC 04 Hindusthan Institutions

Unit 1 : Logical Reasoning (C) I didn’t get a flower. (D) I didn’t feel loved.
Logical Connectives a)BA b)BC c)CD d)DC
1. If you visit the U.S.A, you become addicted to its 10. I feel happy every time I see an innovation.
openness. (A) I didn’t see an innovation.
A. I visited the U.S.A (B) I saw an innovation. (C) I felt happy.
B.I didn’t get addicted to the USA’s openness (D) I didn’t feel happy.
C. I got addicted to the USA’s openness a)BC b)CB c)AD d)CD
D. I didn’t visit the USA.
a)BD b)DB c)CA d)AB Venn Diagrams
2. I drink either green tea or juice. 1) Which of the following diagrams indicates the
A. I drink green tea. B. I drink Juice. best relation between Elephant, Carnivorous and
C. I don't drink Juice. D. I don't drink green tea. Tiger ?
a)AB b)CD c)DC d)CA
3. I will meet you only if I come to Delhi. a) b) c) d)
A. I did not come to Delhi. B. I will meet you 2) Which of the following diagrams indicates the
C. I will not meet you. D.I will come to Delhi. best relation between Vegetables, Tomato and
a)AC b)BC c)CA d)None of these Fruits ?
4. You can see the star only if you go to the cinema.
(A) I went to the cinema. (B) I didn’t see the star.
(C) I saw the star. (D) I didn’t go to the cinema. a) b) c) d)
a)BD b)DB c)AB d)CB 3) Which of the following diagrams indicates the
5. Either the bus is late; or it has turned turtle. best relation between Travelers, Train and Bus ?
(A) The bus is late. (B) The bus is not late.
(C) The bus has turned turtle. a) b) c) d)
(D) The bus has not turned turtle. Direction (Q4 – Q6): Study the following figure and
a)AB b)DB c)CA d)BC answer the questions given below.
6. I will marry Vandana only if she wears my ring.
(A) I married Vandana. (B) Vandana wore my ring.
(C) I could not marry Vandana.
(D) Vandana didn’t wear my ring.
a)BA b)BC c)DC d)CD 4) By which letter, the married teachers who live in
7. If it rains then ground gets wet. joint family are represented ?
(A) It rains (B) It does not rain. a) R b) Q c) S d) P
(C) The ground does not get wet. 5) By which letter, the married people who live in
(D) The ground gets wet. joint family but not are school teachers are
a)AD b)DA c)CB d)AB e) both a and c represented ?
8. Unless Virat is the captain, India will lose the a) R b) U c) S d) P
match. 6) By which letter, the people who live in joint
(A) Virat is the captain. family but are neither married nor teachers are
(B) India will lose the match. represented ?
(C) India will win the match. a) T b) R c) Q d) S
(D) Virat is not the captain. Directions (Q7 – Q8): In the following diagram, the
a)AB b)BD c)CA d)CB rectangle represents men, Triangle represents
9. Whenever I get a flower, I feel loved. educated, Circle represents urban and square
(A) I got a flower. (B) I felt loved. represents government employees.

Corporate Relations Page 1

HiPAC 04 Hindusthan Institutions

which of the given conclusions logically follow the

statement. And give the answer as
A) If only conclusion I follow
B) If only conclusion II follows
C) If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows
7) Which one of the following represents educated D) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows
men but not urban ? E) If conclusion I and II both follow
a) 9 b) 5 c) 4 d) 11 1. Statement : All clocks are watches.
8) Which one of the following represents a woman Some clocks are alarm.
who is urban as well as a government employee ? Conclusion: I. Some alarm are watches.
a) 7 b) 13 c) 10 d)6 II. All watches are alarm.
Direction (Q9-Q11): In a class of 150 students, 45 2. Statements: Some pens are glass.
take history, 65 take geography and 10 take both All glass are wall.
history and geography. Conclusions: I. Some wall are pens.
9) How many students take only geography? II. Some wall are glass.
a) 45 b) 10 c) 55 d)65 3. Statements: No cities are countries.
10) How many students take atmost one subject? No countries are villages.
a) 10 b) 35 c) 100 d) 140 Conclusions: I. Some countries are city.
11) How many students take atleast one subject? II. No villages are city.
a) 10 b) 90 c) 50 d) 100 4. Statements : All fruits are leaves.
Direction (Q12-Q16): Among a survey conducted Some fruits are grapes.
among 200 mobile phones using families, it was Conclusions : I. Some leaves are grapes.
found that 140 use Panasonic, 120 use Nokia and II. All grapes are fruits.
143 use Siemens. 95 use both Panasonic and 5. Statements : No rings are bangles.
Nokia, 85 use both Nokia and Siemens and 93 use All gold are rings.
both Panasonic and Siemens. 70 families use Conclusions : I. No bangles are gold.
mobile phones of all the three companies. II. Some rings are gold.
12) How many families use mobile phones only 6. Statements : Some green is red.
Siemens? Some red is blue. All blue is yellow
a) 50 b) 35 c) 70 d) 143 Conclusions: I. Some yellow is green.
13) How many families have mobile phones of II. Some yellow is red
both Panasonic and Nokia but not Siemens? 7. Statements: All the trucks are flies.
a) 25 b) 57 c) 165 d) 95 Some scooters are flies.
14) How many families use mobile phones for Conclusions: I. All the trucks are scooters.
exactly one company? II. Some scooters are trucks.
a) 63 b) 67 c) 70 d) 200 8. Statements: All buildings are chalks.
15) How many families use neither Panasonic nor No chalk is toffee.
Siemens? Conclusions: I. No building is toffee.
a) 40 b) 120 c) 10 d)110 II. All chalks are buildings.
9. Statements: All the windows are doors.
Syllogisms No door is a wall.
Directions for questions (1 - 9): In each of the Conclusions: I. Some windows are walls.
given questions, a few statements have been given II. No wall is a door.
followed by two conclusions based on them. 10. Statements: No door is dog.
Consider the statements to be true and answer All the dogs are cats.

Corporate Relations Page 2

HiPAC 04 Hindusthan Institutions

Conclusions: I. No door is cat. e) None of these

II. No cat is door. III. Some cats are dogs.
IV. All the cats are dogs. UNIT 2 - Quantitative Ability
a) Only II and IV b)Only I and III c)Only III and IV Logarithm
d)Only III 1. log √6 1296= ?
11. Statements: Some questions are answers. Some a)4 b)8 c)16 d)2
answers are writers. 2. if log3 27 + log3 12 – log3 4 = x, what is the value
All the writers are poets. of x?
Conclusions: I. Some writers are answers. a)2 b) 4 c) 3 d) 8
II. Some poets are questions. 3. The value of log100.1 is :
III. All the questions are poets. a) 0 b) -1 c) -10 d) -100
IV. Some poets are answers. 4. If log x = ( 1/2 ) log y = ( 1/5) log z, the value of
a) Only I and II b) Only I and IV c) Only I and III x4y3z-2 is:
d)Only II and IV a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3 e) none
12. Statements: Some keys are staplers. Some 5. If 2n-1 = (1/8n-3) then the value of n is:
staplers are stickers. All the stickers are pens. a) 3 b) 2 c) 0 d) -2
Conclusions: I. Some pens are staplers. II. Some 6. The value of 3-1/2 log 3 9 is :
stickers are keys. III. No sticker is key. a) 3 b) 1/3 c) 2/3 d) none
IV. Some staplers are keys. 7. log 4 2+log 4 32 is equals to
a) Only I and II b) Only II and IV c) Only II and III a)3 b)6 c)8 d) none
d) Only I and IV and either II or III 8. If log(base p)25p=2.Find the value of P?
13. Statements: Some girls are boys. a)25 b)5 c)50 d)10
Some sisters are brothers. 9. log 10 2=.6096 log 10 3=.4709 then log 10 12 = ?
All mothers are girls. a)0.6901 b)1.6901 c)1.0702 d) none
All brothers are mothers. 10. If logx(0.1)=-1/3, then the value of x is:
Conclusions: I. Some boys are brothers II. Some girls a) 10 b) 100 c) 1000 d) 1/1000
are sisters III. Some mothers are sisters 11. if log10 7=a, then log10(1/70) is equal to:
IV. Some boys are sisters. a) -(1+a) b) (1+a)-1 c) a/10 d) 1/10a
a) Only I and II follow b)Only I follows c)Only II and 12. If log102 = 0.3010, what is the number of digits
III follow d)Only Ill follows e)None follows in 264 ?
14. Statements: A. All kings are beggars. a) 19 ​b) 20 ​c) 18 d) None of these
B. All beggars are labourers. 13. The value of 1/log360+ 1/log460 + 1/log560 is:
C. All labourers are peoples. a) 0 b) 1 c) 5 d) 60
Conclusions: I. Some people are kings. II. No 14. What is the value of log7 (1/49)
labourer is king. III. All kings are labourers. a) -1 b) 1 c) 2 d) -2
IV. All labourers are kings. 15. log 25 625 - log 31 961 + log 29 841 =?
a)Only I & II follow b)Only I & IV follow a) 2 b) 0 c) 4 d) 1
c)Only l, II and IV follow d)None of these Coded inequalities
15. Statements : All cups are pencils. 1.If 12*9 =9, 15*7=6, 17*8=10, then 16*9=?
Some pencils are pens. a)144 b)11 c)9 d)18
Conclusions : I. Some pencils are cups. 2. If 17-12=10, 21-15=12, 53-49=8, then 87-85=?
II. No pencil are cups. III. Some cups are pens. a)2 b)4 c)6 d)10
a) Only conclusion I follows b)Only conclusion III 3. 8 (89) 9, 11 (155) 12, Then 4 (?) 6
follows c) Only conclusion I and II follow a)34 b)64 c)46 d)24
d) Only conclusion II and III follow 4. Statement: P < S < R < T > Q

Corporate Relations Page 3

HiPAC 04 Hindusthan Institutions

Which of the given conclusions is incorrect based follows c) Conclusions I and II follows d)Either I or II
on the given statement? follows e)Neither I nor II follow
a)P < R b)S < T c)No relation between P & Q
d)No relation between P & T e)P < T Quadratic Equations
5. If ‘+’ means -, ‘-‘means *, ‘*’ means /, ‘/’ means Directions: In each of these questions, two
+, then the value of expression 32+8*2-3/4? equations (I) and (II) are given. You have to solve
a) 12 b) 20 c) 0 d) 24 both the equations and give answer.
6. If P denotes ‘*’, T denotes ‘-‘, M denotes ‘+’, B 1. I. 6x2 – 23√3x + 60 = 0 II. 2y2 + 3 √3y – 15 = 0
denotes ‘/’, then 12P6M15T16B4? A. if x > y B. if x ≤ y C.if x ≥ y D.if x < y E.if x = y or
a) 70 b) 83 c) 75 d) 110 relationship between x and y can't be established
7. Which of the following changes would make the 2. I. x3 – 14 – 1714 = 0 II. 3y2 – 63 – 300 = 0
given expression correct? A. if x > y B. if x ≤ y C.if x ≥ y D.if x < y E.if x = y or
4+4*4-4/4=4 relationship between x and y can't be established
a) + and * b) – and / c) + and / d) both b and c 3. I. 2x2 + 3x – 35 = 0 II. 4y2 + 10y – 104 = 0
8. In the following questions, the symbols %, ∆, #, A. if x > y B. if x ≤ y C.if x ≥ y D.if x < y E.if x = y or
&, ¢ are used. All the symbols define the following relationship between x and y can't be established
meanings. 4.I. 35x2 + 13x – 90 = 0 II. 7y2 + 24y + 20 = 0
A % B means that ‘A is smaller than B’ A. if x > y B. if x ≤ y C.if x ≥ y D.if x < y E.if x = y or
A ∆ B means that ‘A is less than or equal to B’ relationship between x and y can't be established
A # B means that ‘A is equal to B’. 5. I. x2 – 16x + 63 = 0 II. y2 – 20y + 100 = 1
A & B means that ‘A is greater than B’ A. if x > y B. if x ≤ y C.if x ≥ y D.if x < y E.if x = y or
A ¢ B means that ‘A is either greater than or equal relationship between x and y can't be established
to B’. 6.I. 15x2 + 133x + 220 = 0 II. 3y2 + 19y + 26 = 0
1. Statements: A % B, C ¢ D, B # D. A. if x > y B. if x ≤ y C.if x ≥ y D.if x < y E.if x = y or
Conclusion: I) B % C II) B # C. relationship between x and y can't be established
a) Conclusion I alone follows b) Conclusion II alone 7.I. x2 + 12x + 35 = 0 II. y2 + 15y + 56 = 0
follows c) Conclusions I and II follows d)Either I or II A. if x > y B. if x ≤ y C.if x ≥ y D.if x < y E.if x = y or
follows e)Neither I nor II follow relationship between x and y can't be established
Direction(9,10): ‘P * Z’ means P is neither greater 8. I. x3 – 16 – 200 = 0 II. y4 – 625 = 0
nor smaller than Z A. if x > y B. if x ≤ y C.if x ≥ y D.if x < y E.if x = y or
‘P @ Z’ means P is neither greater than nor equal to relationship between x and y can't be established
Z 9. I. 5x2 + 11x – 12 = 0 II. 4y2 – 13y – 12 = 0
‘P & Z’ means P is neither smaller than nor equal to A. if x > y B. if x ≤ y C.if x ≥ y D.if x < y E.if x = y or
Z relationship between x and y can't be established
‘P # Z’ means P is not smaller than Z 10.I. x2 + 5x – 84 = 0 II. y2 + 27y + 180 = 0
‘P % Z’ means P is not greater than Z A. if x > y B. if x ≤ y C.if x ≥ y D.if x < y E.if x = y or
9. Statements: B * K, K @ D , D # M relationship between x and y can't be established
Conclusions: I. B * M II. B @ M Permutation & Combination
a) Conclusion I alone follows b) Conclusion II alone 1. i)What is the value of 100P2 ?
follows c) Conclusions I and II follows d)Either I or II a. 9801 b. 12000 c. 5600 d. 9900
follows e)Neither I nor II follow ii) What is the value of 30P3 ?
10. Statements: H @ N, N & W, W # V a. 24532 b. 2400 c. 24360 d. 12856
Conclusions: I.H @ V II. V @ N iii) What is the value of 100C2 ?
a) Conclusion I alone follows b) Conclusion II alone a. 4500 b. 4950 c. 5200 d. 9900
iv) What is the value of 13C10 ?

Corporate Relations Page 4

HiPAC 04 Hindusthan Institutions

a. 286 b. 120 c. 153 d. None of these a)6! b)6!.2! c)7!-2! d) none

v) Which of the following is equivalent to 6C5 ? 14. In how many ways can a person send invitation
a. 720 b. 6 c. 6C1 d. Both b and c cards to 6 of his friends if he has four servants to
distribute the cards?
2. Find the number of permutations of 6 things
a)46 b) 64 c) 24 d)120
taken 4 at a time. 15. There are 5 routes to go from Allahabad to
a)15 b)180 c)360 d)none of these Patna & 4 ways to go from Patna to Kolkata, then
3. If there are 11 players to be selected from a team how many ways are possible for going from
of 16, in how many ways can this be done? Allahabad to Kolkata via Patna?
a)16C5 b)11C5 c)16C10 d)none of these a) 20 b) 24 c) 9 d)25
4. How many 3 digit numbers can be formed out of 16. How many four digit numbers are possible,
the digits 1,2,3,4 and 5 criteria being that all the four digits are odd?
a)60 b)30 c)15 d)10 a) 125 b) 625 c) 45 d) None of these
5. A coach must choose five starters from a team of 17. A captain and a vice captain are to be chosen
12 players. How many different ways can the coach out of a team having eleven players. How many
choose the starters? ways are there to achieve this?
a) 12C5 b) 120 c) 5C12 d) 820 a) 10.9 b) 11C2 c) 110 d) 10.9!
6. How many 4 digit numbers can be made using 18. In how many ways can Ram choose a vowel and
1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7 with none of the digits being a consonant from the letters of the word
repeated? ALLAHABAD?
a) 7! b) 840 c)4! d)42 a) 4 b) 6 c) 9 d) 5
7. Ram buys 7 novels from a book fair. Shyam buys 19. There are 5 different Jeffrey Archer books, 3
8 novels from another book fair, none of which is different Sidney Sheldon books and 6 different John
common with those bought by Ram. They decide to Grisham books. The number of ways in which at
exchange their books one for one. In how many least one book can be given away is
ways can they exchange their books for the first a)210-1 b)211-1 c)212-1 d)214-1
time? 20. Of the different words that can be formed from
a) 7! * 8! B) 7 * 8! C) 7! * 8 d) 56 the letters of the words BEGINS how many begin
8. In how many ways can the letters of the word with B and end with S?
‘ERGONOMICS’ be arranged such that the vowels a)6! b)6!-2! c)4! d)none of these
always appear together? 21. A question paper had ten questions. Each
a) 6!/2! b) 6!*4! c) 7!/2! d) (7!*4!)/2! question could only be answered as True (T) or
9. In how many different ways can the letters of the False (F).Each candidate answered all the questions.
word ‘ HARDWARE’ be arranged such that the Yet, no two candidates wrote the answers in an
vowels always come together? identical sequence. How many different sequences
a) 120 b) 1080 c) 1440 d) 4320 e) 720 of answers are possible?
10. If we permute 5 letters of the word MANGO, a) 20 b) 40 c) 512 d) 1024
the number of permuted words with N at the 22. How many numbers between 2000 and 3000
second place are: can be formed with the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
a) 5 b) 6 c) 12 d) 24 7(repetition of digits not allowed)?
11. In how many ways can at least two team a) 42 b) 210 c) 336 d) 440
members be selected for grade A out of 7 members 23. A man has 3 shirts, 4 trousers and 6 ties. What
in a group? are the number of ways in which he can dress
a)7C2 b) 7C2 + 7C3 + 7C4 + 7C5 + 7C6 + 7C7 himself with a combination of all the three?
c) P2 + P3 + P4 + 7P5 + 7P6 + 7P7
7 7 7
a)13 b)72 c)13!/3!.4!.6! d)3!.4!.6!
d) 7C0 + 7C1 e) 7P0 + 7P1 24. There is a question paper consisting of 15
12. In how many ways can the letters of the word questions. Each question has an internal choice of 3
PATNA be rearranged? options. In how many ways can a student attempt
a)60 b)120 c)119 d)59 one or more questions of the given fifteen
13.In how many ways can the 7 letters questions in the paper?
M,N,O,P,Q,R,S be arranged so that P and Q occupy a)37 b)38 c)315 d)315-1
continuous positions?

Corporate Relations Page 5

HiPAC 04 Hindusthan Institutions

25. If there are two kinds of hats, red and blue and a) 1/220 b)1/64 c) 1/33 d) None
at least 5 of each kind, in how many ways can the 10. A bag contains 3 red, 5 yellow and 4 green balls.
hats be put in each of 5 different boxes? 3 balls are drawn randomly, what is the probability
a)25-1 b)25 c)25-5 d)25-2
that the ball drawn contains no yellow ball?
Probability
1. A card is drawn at random from a deck of cards. a) 9/44 b) 37/44 c) 43/44 d) 7/44
Find the probability of getting a queen.
a) 1/52 b) 5/52 c) 1/13 d) 1/26 Arithmetic Progression/Geometric Progression
2. A card is drawn at random from a deck of cards. 1) There is an AP 11, 13, 15.... Which term of this
Find the probability of getting the 3 of diamonds? AP is 65?
a) 1/52 b) 5/52 c) 1/13 d) 1/26 a) 25th b) 26th c) 27th d) 28th
3. Suppose a bird lays two eggs. What is the 2) Find the 25th term of the sequence 50, 45, 40, ...
probability that the first egg hatched is a female a) −55 b) −65 c) −70 d) −75
bird and the second egg hatched is male bird? 3)The 6th and 20th terms of an AP are 8 and −20
a) ½ b) 1/3 c) ¼ d) 3/4 respectively. Find the 30th term.
4. A jar contains 3 red marbles, 7 green marbles a) −34 b) −40 c) −32 d) −30
and 10 white marbles. If a marble is drawn from the 4) How many terms are there in the AP 10, 15, 20,
jar at random, what is the probability that this 25,... 120?
marble is white? a) 21 b) 22 c) 23 d) 24
a)1/2 b) 1/10 c) 1/3 d) 1/5 5) Find the number of terms of the series 1/27, 1/9,
5. A jar contains 3 red marbles, 7 green marbles 1/3,... 729.
and 10 white marbles. If a marble is drawn from the a) 10 b) 11 c) 12 d) 13
jar at random, what is the probability that this 6) If the fifth term of a G.P. is 80 and first term is 5,
marble is neither red nor white what will be the 4th term of the G.P.?
a) 1/3 b) 7/20 c) 1/7 d) ½ a) 20 b) 15 c) 40 d) 25
6. A bag contains 4 white counters, 6 black 7) How many natural numbers between 100 to 500
counters, and 1 green counter. What is the are multiples of 9?
probability of drawing a black counter? a) 44 b) 48 c) 47 d) 50
a) 1/3 b) ¼ c) 1/6 d) 6/11 8) The sum of the first 20 terms of an AP whose first
7. A bag contains 4 white counters, 6 black term and third term are 25 and 35, respectively is
counters, and 1 green counter. What is the a) 1200 b) 1250 c) 1400 d) 1450
probability of drawing a white counter or a black 9. Find the sum of all numbers in between 1–100
counter? excluding all those numbers which are divisible by
a) 10/11 b) 1/11 c) 2/3 d) 1/3 7. (Include 1 and 100 for counting.)
8. The blood groups of 200 people are distributed a) 4315 b) 4245 c) 4320 d) 4160
as follows: 50 have type A blood, 65 have B blood 10. The 3rd and 8th term of a GP are 1/3 and 81,
type, 70 have O blood type and 15 have type AB respectively. Find the 2nd term.
blood. If a person from this group is selected at a) 3 b) 1 c) 1/27 d) 1/9
random, what is the probability that this person has
O blood type?
a) 0.35 b) 0.40 c) 0.5 d) 0.2
9. Ritu has 3 shirts in shades of red, 4 in yellow
shades and 5 in green shades. Three shirts are
picked at random. The probability that all of those
are in red shades is:

Corporate Relations Page 6