Q6. The sum of third and ninth term of an A.P is 8.

Find the sum of the first 11 terms of the

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progression.
TOPIC: PROGRESSION A. 44 B. 22 C. 19 D. None of these
COLLEGE: REG NO: _______________
DATE: ____/____/20____ YEAR / SEM : _____/______ Q7. Four numbers are inserted between the numbers 4 and 39 such that AP results. Find the
largest of the four numbers.
A. 31.5 B. 31 C. 32 D. 30
AP stands for Arithmetic progression Q8. 5 AM's are inserted between 51 and 71. Find sum of those 5 AMs.
A series of number is termed to be in Arithmetic progression when the difference between two A. 295 B. 305 C. 315 D. None of these
consecutive numbers remain the same.This constant difference is called the common difference.
 an = a + (n - 1) d // d = an - an-1 Q9. The seventh term of a GP is 8 times the fourth term. What will be the first term when its
fifth term is 48?
 Sum of the first n terms, Sn = n/2(2a+(n-1)d) (or) Sn = n/2(a + l), where l = the last term = Tn.
A. 4 B. 3 C. 5 D. 2
GP stands for Geometric progression
Q10. Product of three terms of a GP is 729 and their sum is 39. Find the middle of the three
A geometric progression is a sequence of numbers in which each term is obtained by multiplying the
numbers.
previous term by a constant ratio. This constant ratio is called the common ratio.
A. 9 B. 6 C. 12 D. None of these
an = tn = arn-1 // r = t2 / t1 = ar / a = r
Sn = a[(rn – 1)/(r – 1)] if r ≠ 1 and r > 1 Q11. If a. b, c are in GP, then log a, log b and log c are in ?
If a, b and c are three quantities in GP, then and b is the geometric mean of a and c. This can be A. AP B. GP C. HP D. None of these
written as b2 = ac or b =√ac
Q12. A square is drawn by joining the midpoints of the sides of a given square, a third square
HP stands for Harmonic progression
drawn inside the second square in the same way and this process continues indefinitely, it
A harmonic progression is a sequence of numbers in which each term is the reciprocal of an
the side of the first square is 16cm, what is the sum of areas of all squares?
arithmetic progression. nth term/General Term(an)(an)=1[a+(n−1)d]
A. 1024 B. 512 C. 2048 D. 1200
Harmonic Mean ‘H’ between a and b= H=2aba+b
Sn=1dln(2a+(2n−1)d2a−d) Sn=1dln⁡(2a+(2n−1)d2a−d) , where: “a” is the first term of A.P , “d” is the Q13. Four geometric means are inserted between 1/8 and 128. Find the third geometric mean.
common difference between A.P “ln” is the natural logarithm A.4 B. 16 C. 32 D. 8
Q14. If the first two terms of a HP are 2/5 and 12/13 respectively, find the 13th term.
Q1. There is an AP 1, 3, 5., Which term of this AP is 55?
A. 13.5 B. -14.5 C. 14.5 D. None of these
A. 27th B. 26th C. 25th D. 28th
Q15. The average of 5 consecutive integers starting with m as the first integer is n. What is the
Q2. Find the sum of all three-digit natural numbers, which on being divided by 5, leaves a
average of 9 consecutive integers that start with m+2?
remainder equal to 4.
A. m + 4 B. n+6 C. n+4 D. m+5
A. 57270 B. 96780 C. 49680 D. 99270
Q16. Which term of the Arithmetic Progression (A.P) 4, 9, 14, 19, .... is 109*
Q3. Find the value of the expression 1- 6 + 2-7+3-8+………. Up to 100 terms.
A. 2 B. 22 C. 21 D. 4
A. -240 B. -250 C. -260 D. None of these
Q17. If the first term of an AP is 67 and the common difference is -13, find the sum of the first
Q4. How many terms are identical in the two AP's 1,3, 5... up to 120 terms and 3, 6,9... up to
20 terms.
80 terms?
A. 38 B. 39 C. 40 D. 41 Q18. Find the common difference for the following AP: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50.
Q5. Sum of four terms of an AP is 20 and their product is 384. Find the largest of those four Q19. The sequence 28, 22, x, y, 4 is an AP. Find the values of x and y.
numbers.
A. 6 B. 8 C. 10 D. None of these Q20. What is the nth term of an AP 9, 13, 17, 21, 25

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 CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTRE 3. The average weight of 8 person's increases by 2.5 kg when a new person comes in place
TOPIC: AVERAGES of one of them weighing 65 kg. What might be the weight of the new person?
COLLEGE: REG NO:_______________ a) 76 kg b) 76.5 kg c) 3.85 kg d) Data inadequate e) None of these
DATE: ____/____/20____ YEAR / SEM : _____/______
4. The total age of 5 men is 440. The total age of their wives is 385. The average age of their
children is 22. What is the average age of each member of the family? (each couple have 3
Average Formulas:
children)
Average = (Sum of values)/(Total number of values)
a) 44.5 b) 56.2 c) 46.2 d) 50.2
Average of first n natural numbers = (n+1)/2
5. A class of 25 students took a science test. 10 students had an average score of 80. The
Sum of first n even number = n(n+1) other students had an average score of 60. What is the average score of the whole class?
Average of first n even numbers = n+1
6. In Class I, there are 12 students with an average age of 20 years, and in Class II, there are
The sum of n of odd number = n2 16 students with an average age of 23 years. What is the average age of both classes?
Where, n = Number of terms
7) The average weight of a group of 8 girls is 50 kg. If 2 girls, R and S, replace P and Q, the
Number of terms = (First terms + Last terms)/2 new average weight becomes 48 kg. The weight of P = weight of Q and the weight of R =
Average = The sum of all number/(Total number) weight of S. Another girl, T, is included in the group, and the new average weight becomes
48 kg. Weight of T= weight of R. Find the weight of P.
Q.1: Find the average of the following set of numbers. 65, 85, 70, 90, and 105. a) 48 kgs b) 52 kgs c) 46 kgs d) 56 kgs
Q.2: The sum of 10 numbers is 550. Find their average number.
Q.3: What is the average of natural numbers from 1 to 67? 8. Average goal scored by 15 selected players in EPL is 16. The maximum number of goals
Q.4: The average of 7 consecutive numbers is 20. What is the largest of these numbers? scored by a player is 20, and the minimum is 12. The goals scored by players are between
Q.5: The average of 10 numbers is 23. If each number is increased by 4, what will the new 12 and 20. What can be the maximum number of players who scored at least 18 goals?
average be? a) 10 b) 5 c) 9 d) 6 e) none of these.
Q6. The average of all odd numbers from 1 to 100 is?
9. The ages of 5 people are in a ratio 1:3:5:7:11. If the difference between the total of their
age and the average of their ages is 108, find the age of the Youngest of them.
Dear students, Find the average mark of your 10th std and higher secondary.
a) 5 b) 10 c) 15 d) 12
:___________
10. The average age of 9 members of a family is 68. If a couple with average age 45 left the
1. In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the run house and another couple is blessed with twins, what will be the average age of the family
rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs? 5 years later?
a) 6.25 b) 6.5 c) 6.75 d) 7 a) 53 b) 57 c) 60 d) 63

2. The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than 11. The average runs scored by 3 players is 120 per match. Their runs are in a ratio 2:3:1.
zero? What will be the average, if the player who scored the minimum runs hits a century in the
a) 0 b) 1 c) 10 d) 19 next match and the other two play with the same average?
a) 120.50 b) 130.25 c) 131.11 d) 133.33

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12. The average of 10 numbers is 50. If 2 new numbers are added, the total is increased by 20. The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Q
100. 4 existing numbers are taken out, the total is decreased by 50%. Find the average of and R is Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly
the new numbers. income of P is:
a) 32 b) 35.5 c) 37.5 d) 28 a) 3500 b) 4000 c) 4050 d) 5000

13. 11 is subtracted from the average of first 11 prime numbers. Then the average of the
first 9 even numbers is added to it. Find the average resulting group of numbers.
a) 3.54 b) 13.54 c) 4.54 d) 14.54

14. 10 people applied for a job with average experience of 5 years. The company demanded
for a minimum of 4 years of experience. Due to this norm 4 candidates were set out. The
average experience of candidates now is 7 years. Find the average experience of the
candidates set out.
a) 1 year b) 1.5 years c) 2 years d) 2.5 years

15. 10. Raj was dictating some numbers to his friend Raju. He misread 43 as 34 and 65 as
56. Find the difference caused in the average if there were a total of 12 digits and the
average with wrong digits is 23.
a) 1 b) 1.5 c) 2 d) 2.5

16. A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230 and Rs. 6562 for 5
consecutive months. How much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an
average sale of Rs. 6500?
a) Rs. 4991 b) Rs. 5991 c) Rs. 6001 d) Rs. 6991

17. The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket keeper is 3
years older. If the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of the remaining players
is one year less than the average age of the whole team. What is the average age of the
team?
a)23 years b) 24 years c) 25 years d) None of these

18. A car owner buys petrol at Rs.7.50, Rs. 8 and Rs. 8.50 per litre for three successive years.
What approximately is the average cost per litre of petrol if he spends Rs. 4000 each year?
a) Rs. 7.98 b) Rs. 8 c) Rs. 8.50 d) Rs. 9

19. A car owner buys petrol at Rs.7.50, Rs. 8 and Rs. 8.50 per litre for three successive years.
What approximately is the average cost per litre of petrol if he spends Rs. 4000 each year?
a) Rs. 7.98 b) Rs. 8 c) Rs. 8.50 d) Rs. 9

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 CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTRE 10. How is Rajinder related to Ashok?
A) Brother-in-law B)Father-in-law C) Cousin D) Uncle
TOPIC : BLOOD RELATIONS
COLLEGE : REG NO :_______________ There is a family of 6 members: L, M, N, O, P and Q . Their professions are professor, businessman,
DATE : ____/____/20____ YEAR / SEM : _____/______ chartered accountant, bank manager, engineer and medical representative.
● There are two married couples in the family.
1.A's father's mother-in-law's only daughter's son is B. How is A related to B? ● O, the bank manager, is married to the lady professor
A)Brother B)Sister C)Nephew D)Siblings ● Q. the medical representative, is the son of M and the brother of P.
● N, the chartered accountant, is the daughter-in-law of L.
2.Amit said - "This girl is the wife of the grandson of my mother". How is Amit related to the girl? ● The businessman is married to the chartered accountant.
A)Daughter in law B)Grandfather C)Husband D)Father-in-law ● Lis the grandmother of Q.

3.On seeing a photograph of a boy, Arun said, "He is the son of the only son of my mother." How is 11.How is P related to Q?
Arun related to that boy? A)Cousin sister B)Brother C)Sister D)Either b or c
A)Brother B)Uncle C)Cousin D)Father
12. Which of the following is profession of M?
4. Rama told Lakshmana, "Yesterday, I met the only brother of the daughter of my grandmother.' 13. Which of the following is profession of L ?
Whom did Rama meet? A)Professor B)Businessman C)Chartered accountant D)Medical representative
a)Uncle b)Father c)Father-in-law d)Either a or b
14.Which one of the following is one of the couples?
5. Pointing to a photo, Mr. Bean said: I have no brother or sister but that fellow's father is my father's A) QO B) OM C) PL D)None of the above
son. Whose photo is it?
A)His nephew's B)His son's C)His father's D)His Uncle’s 15. How is O related to Q?
A) Father B)Grandfather C)Uncle D)Brother
6. Pointing to a photograph of a boy Suresh said, "He is the son of the only son of my mother.“ How
is that boy related to Suresh? If A+B means A is the mother of B; A - B means A is the brother B,
A)Brother B)Uncle C)Nephew D)Son A % B means A is the father of B and A × B means A is the sister of B,

7. Pointing to a photograph. Bajpai said, "He is the son of the only daughter of the father of my 16. which of the following shows that P is the maternal uncle of Q?
brother." How Bajpai is related to the man in the photograph? A)Q-N+MxP B)P+S xN-Q C)P-M+NxQ D)Q-S % P
A) Nephew B)Brother C)Father D)Maternal Uncle
17. If A is the brother of B; B is the sister of C, and C is the father of D, how D is related to A?
8.If Neeta says, "Amrita's father Roshan is the only son of my father-in-law Mahesh.", then how is A)Brother B) Sister C)Nephew d)Cannot be determined
Beena, the sister of Amrita, related to Mahesh?
A)Niece B)Wife C)Daughter-in-law D) Granddaughter 18. If A+B means B is the brother of A; A×B means B is the husband of A;
A−B means A is the mother of B and A % B means A is the father of B,
The questions are based on the following statements. (9&10) which of the following relations shows that Q is the grandmother of T ?
● Rajinder and Surinder are the sons of Mrs. and Mr. Maudgil.
● Seeta is the sister of Surinder. A). Q - P + R % T B.) P x Q % R – T c) P x Q % R + T D) P + Q % R - T
● Renu, Raja and Sunil are children of Mrs. and Mr. Bhaskar
● Sunil and Seeta are married and Ashok and Sanjay are their children. 19.A and B are brothers. C and D are sisters. A's son is D's brother. How is B related to C ?
● Geeta and Rakesh are children of Mrs. and Mr. Jain. A) Father B) Brother C) Uncle D) Grandfather
● Geeta is married to Surinder and has three children named Rita, Sonu and Raju.
20. If
9.How is Rajinder related to Raju? A+B means A is the brother of B, A−B means A is the father of B,
A)Brother B)Uncle C)Brother-in-law D)Maternal uncle A×B means A is the wife of B, then P×R−S+T means

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 CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTRE 10. 5% of income of A is equal to 15% of income of B and 10% of income of B is equal to 20% of
income of C. If income of C is Rs.2000, then total of A, B & C is?
TOPIC: PERCENTAGES
a) 18000 b) 20000 c) 24000 d) 30000
COLLEGE: REG NO: _______________
DATE: ____/____/20____ YEAR / SEM : _____/______ 11. In an examination, 35% of total students failed in Hindi, 45% failed in English and 20% in
both. The percentage of those who passed in both the subjects is:
1. If 70% of students in a school are boys and the number of girls is 504, the number of boys? a) 60% b) 40% c) 50% d) 65%
a) 1176 b) 840 c) 1260 d)1100
12. Raman’s salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50%. He has a loss of:
2. A student has to secure 40% marks to pass. He gets 178 marks and fails by 22 marks. The a) 20% b) 30% c) 35% d) 25%
maximum marks are:
13. Arvind spends 75%of his income. His income is increased by 20% and he increased his
a) 400 b) 500 c) 300 d) 200
expenditure by 10%. His savings are increased by:
3. Of the total amount received by Kiran, 20% was spent on purchases and 5% of the remaining a) 37.5% b) 15% c) 12.5% d) 50%
of transportation. If he is left with Rs.1520, the initial amount was:
14. In a mixture of 40 litres of milk and water contains 10% water. How much water should be
a) 1100 b) 1500 c)1600 d) 2000
added to this so the water become 20%?
4. In a library, 20% books are in Hindi, 50% of the remaining are in English and the remaining a) 5 b) 4 c)8 d)6
9000 are in various other languages. What is the total number of books?
15. There are 600 boys in a hostel. Each play either hockey or football or both. If 75% play
a) 20000 b)20500 c) 22500 d) 25000
hockey and 45% play football, how many play both?
5. A man spends 35% of his income on house rent, 75% of the remaining on other items. What a) 150 b) 140 c) 120 d) 100
percentage of income does he save?
16. In an election between two candidates, a candidate who gets 40% of total votes is defected
a) 16.25 b) 17.25 c) 16.75 d)30.75
by 15000 votes. The number of votes polled by the winning candidate is:
6. In an examination, 1100 boys and 900 girls appeared. 50% of the boys and 40% of the girls a) 15000 b) 50000 c) 45000 d) 45500
passed the examination. The percentage of candidates failed is:
17. In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of total valid votes. 20% of the votes
a) 52.5 b) 50.5 c) 54.5 d) 55
were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that the other
7. A school has only three classes which contain 40, 50 and 60 students respectively. The pass candidates got was:
percentages of these classes are 10, 20 and 10 respectively. The pass percentage of the a) 2800 b) 2700 c) 2000 d) 2250
school is:
18. The price of sugar increases by 20%. By what percent must a house wife reduce the
a) 12 1/5 b) 12.5 c) 13 1/3 d) 13.3
consumption of sugar, so that the expenditure on sugar is the same as before?
8. In an examination, there are 3 papers of Mathematics of 100 marks each. A boy secures a) 33. 1/3% b) 16 2/3% c) 20% d) 25%
60% in the first paper and 70% in the second paper. In order to secure 70% in the aggregate
19. The population of a town is 18000. It increases by 10 % during first year and by 20 % during
the percentage of marks he should secure in third will be:
the second year. The population after 2 Years will be:
a) 20% b) 80% c) 40% d) 50%
a) 23300 b) 23760 c) 23500 d) 23560
9. A candidate scoring 25% marks in an examination fails by 30 marks while another candidate
20. The population of a city increases at the rate of 5 % annually. Its present population is
who scores 50% marks gets 20 marks more than those required to pass. The pass
1,85,220. Its population 3 years age was:
percentage is:
a) 16000 b) 18000 c) 20000 d) 22000
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 10. Suresh started walking straight facing east. After walking distance 20 meters, he took a right turn, again
CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTRE after walking 10 meters, he took a left turn, and again after walking 10 meters, he took a left turn.
TOPIC: DIRECTIONS Which direction is he facing now?
COLLEGE: REG NO: _______________ a) East b) West c) North d) North-West
DATE: ____/____/20____ YEAR / SEM: _____/______
11. Raman started from point P and walks towards south and stops at point Q. He now takes a right turn
followed by a left turn and stops at point R. He finally takes a left turn and stops at point S. if he walks 5
1. A man walks 5 km toward south and then turns to the right. After walking 3 km he turns to the left and Km before taking each turn, towards which direction will Raman have to walk from point S to reach
walks 5 km. Now in which direction is he from the starting place? point Q?
a) south-west b) West c) North-East d) South a) North b) South c) West d) East

2. A man walks 4 km toward south and then turns to the right and walk 3 km. What is the shortest distance 12. If at 3pm the shadow of a person is on his right then the person is facing which direction?
between initial and final place? a) North b) South c) East d) West

3. One morning Uday and Vishal were talking each other face to face at a crossing. If Vishal’s shadow was 13. One evening before Sunset, Rekha and Hema were talking to each other face to face. If Hema’s shadow
exactly to the left of Uday, which direction was Uday facing? was exactly to the right of Hema, which direction was Rekha facing?
a) East b) West c) North d) South a) North b) South c) East d) Data inadequate

4. Vehicle started moving towards east. After moving a distance of 20 meters, it took a right turn, again 14. Y is in the East of X which is in the North of Z. If P is in the South of Z, then in which direction of Y, is P?
after moving 10 meters, it took a left turn, and again after moving 10 meters, he took a left turn. Which a) North b) South c) south-East d) None of these
direction is the vehicle moving now?
15. Rahul put his timepiece on the table in such a way that at 6 P.M. hour hand points to North. In which
a) West b) North-West c) North d) East
direction the minute hand will point at 9.15 P.M.?
5. A car started from point P and moves towards South and stops at point Q. It now takes a right turn a) North b) west c) south d) South-east
followed by a left turn and stops at point R. It finally takes a left turn and stops at point S. If it moves 5
16. Rasik walked 20 m towards north. Then he turned right and walks 30 m. Then he turns right and walks
km before taking each turn, towards which direction car has to move from S to reach point Q?
35 m. Then he turns left and walks 15 m. Finally, he turns left and walks 15 m. In which direction and
a) North b) East c) South d) West
how many metres is he from the starting position?
6. A person started moving towards west and stopped at point ‘P’ after covering 10 km. He then takes a a) 15 m West b) 30 m East c) 30 m West d) 45 m East
right turn and stopped at point ‘Q’ after covering 12 km. Finally, he takes left turn, covers 6 km and
17. Mrs. Veena wants to go to the Krishna Rajendra market. She moved northwards and after covering
stops at point R. What is the distance between the starting point and stopping point?
some distance turned left and moved 4 km and reached a crossing. The road in front of her led to
a) 20 km b) 40 km c) 60 km d) 80 km
Jaynagar while the road on to her left led to Bangalore Medical College and the road on to her right led
7. Gautam walked 35 meters towards south. Then he turned to his left and walked 40 meters. He then to the Krishna Rajendra market. In which direction the Krishna Rajendra market is located with
turned towards his left and walked 15 meters. He again turned to his right and walked 25 meters. At reference to the starting point?
what approximate distance is he from the starting point and in which direction? a) West b) North-West c) South-West d) East
a) 60m NE b) 35m SE c) 67m East d) 67m SE
18. At a crossing, there was a direction pole, which was showing all the four correct directions. But due to
8. A person starts from his house and travels a distance of 10m southwards and then travels a distance of the wind, it turns in such a manner that now West pointer is showing South. Harish went in the wrong
12m rightwards, then travels distance of 10m rightwards and finally travels a distance of 10m in the direction thinking that he was travelling East. In what direction he was actually travelling?
eastern direction. At what horizontal distance is he from his house? a) South b) North c) West d) East
a) 2 m b) 10 m c) 12 m d) Cannot be determined
19. J,K,L,M,N,O,P and R are eight huts. L is 2 km east of K. J is 1 km north of K and Q is 2 km south of J. P is 1
9. Town D is to the west of town M. Town R is to the south of town D. Town K is the East of Town R. Town km west of Q while M is 3 km east of P and O is 2 km north of P. R is situated right in the middle of K and
K is towards which direction of town D? L while N is just in the middle of Q and M. Distance between K and P is
a) South b) East c) North-East d) South-East a) 1.0 km b) 1.23 km c) 1.41 km d) 1.5 km
20. Distance between L and P is ?

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