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Test Series: June, 2022
MOCK TEST PAPER II
FOUNDATION COURSE
PAPER 3: BUSINESS MATHEMATICS, LOGICAL REASONING AND STATISTICS
Time: 2 Hours Marks: 100
Part A: Business Mathematics and Logical Reasoning
1. If x: y = 2:3, then (5x+2y): (3x-y) =
(a) 19: 3
(b) 16:3
(c) 7:2
(d) 7:3
2. If (25)150 =(25x)50, then the value of x will be:
(a) 53
(b) 54
(c) 52
(d) 5
a 2 + ab + b 2 b 2 + bc + c 2 c 2 + ca + a 2
 ya   yb   yc 
3. The value of  b   c   a  is equal to
y  y  y 
(a) y
(b) -1
(c) 1
(d) None of these
4. If x = log 12,y = log 24, z = log 36 then xyz + 1=
24 36 48
(a) 2xy
(b) 2xz
(c) 2yz
(d) 2
5. A person has asset worth of ` 1,48,200. He wish to divide it amongst his wife, son and daughter in the
ratio 3:2:1respectively . From this assets share of his wife son will be :
(a) ` 24,700
(b) ` 49, 400
(c) ` 74,100
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6. X, Y, Z together starts a business, if X invests 3 times as much as Y invests and Y invests two third of
what Z invests, then the ratio of capitals of X,Y, Z is
(a) 3:9:2
(b) 6:3:2
(c) 3:6:2
(d) 6:2:3
7. If the ratio of the roots of the equation 4x 2-6x+p=0 is 1:2 then the value of p is:
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) -2
(d) -1
8. If roots of equation x 2+x+r= 0 are α and β and ∝3+β3= -6. Find the value of ‘r’
(a) -5/3
(b) 7/3
(c) -4/3
(d) 1
9. If 2x+y = 22x+y = √8 then the respective values of x and y are ___
(a) 1, ½
(b) ½, 1
(c) ½, ½
(d) None of these
1 1
10. If a2+ b2 = 45 and ab = 18, the + is:
a b
(a) ± 1/3
(b) ±2/3
(c) ±1/2
(d) None of these
11. The common region represented by the following in qualities
L1:x1+x2< 4: L2: 2x1-x2>6

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(a) OABC
(b) outside of OAB
(c) Δ BCE
(d) Δ ABE
12. An employer recruits experienced (x) and fresh workmen(y) for his under the condition that he can not
employ more than 11 people and y can be related by the inequality.
(a) x+y ≠11
(b) x+y ≤ 11, x≥0, y≥0
(c) x+y ≥ 11, x≥0, y≥0
(d) none of these
13. 6x + y≥ 18, x + 4y≥ 12, 2x + y≥ 10 On solving the inequalities; we get:
(a) (0, 18), (12, 0), (4, 2) & (7, 6)
(b) (3, 0), (0, 3), (4, 2) & (7, 6)
(c) (5, 0), (0, 10), (4, 2) & (7, 6)
(d) (0, 18), (12, 0), (4, 2), (0, 0) & (7, 6)
14. Find the effective rate of interest if an amount of 30,000 deposited in a bank. For 1 year at the rate of
10% per annum compounded semi-annually.
(a) 10.05%
(b) 10.10%
(c) 10.20%
(d) 10.25%
15. The present population of a town is 25,000. If it grows at the rate of 4%, 5%, 8% during 1 st year, 2nd
year, 3rd year respectively. Then find the population after 3 years.
(a) 29,484
(b) 29,844
(c) 29,448
(d) 28,944
16. The present value of a scooter is ` 7290. The rate of depreciation is 10%. What was its value 3 years
ago?
(a) 10000
(b) 10010
(c) 9990
(d) 12000
17. The rate of interest for the first 2 year is 3% per annum, for next 3 years is 8% per annum and for the
period beyond 5 years, 10% per annum. If a man gets ` 1520 as a simple interest for 6 years; how much
money did he deposit?
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(b) ` 3000
(c) ` 4000
(d) None of these
18. Suppose your parent decides to open a PPF account in a bank towards your name with ` 10,000 every
year staring from today for next 15 years. When you receive and get 8.5% per annum interest rate
compounded annually. What is the present value of this annuity?
(a) 83,042
(b) 80,900
(c) 90,100
(d) None of these
19. In what rate % per annum will ` 1,000 amounts to ` 1331 in 3 years? The interest is compounded yearly
is:
(a) 10%
(b) 12%
(c) 11%
(d) None of these
20. The difference between simple interest and compound interest on a certain for 2 years at 10% p.a . is
` 10. Find the Sum
(a) ` 1010
(b) ` 1095
(c) ` 1000
(d) ` 990
21. The future value of an annuity of ` 5,000 is made annually for 8 years at interest rate of 9% compounded
annually [ Given that (1.09) =1.99256] is
(a) ` 55,142.22
(b) ` 65,142.22
(c) ` 65,532.22
(d) ` 57,425.22
22. In how many years will a sum of money becomes four times at 12% p.a. simple interest?
(a) 18 years
(b) 21 years
(c) 25 years
(d) 28 years
23. The effective rate of interest does not depend upon
(a) Amount of Principal
(b) Amount of Interest
(c) Number of Conversion periods
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(d) None of these
24. Find the effective rate of interest at 10% p.a. When interest is payable quarterly.
(a) 10.38%
(b) 5%
(c) 5.04%
(d) 4%
25. In simple interest if the principle is ` 2,000 and the rate and time are roots of the equation
x2-11x+30 = 0
(a) ` 500
(b) ` 600
(c) ` 700
(d) ` 800
26. Determine the present value of perpetuity of ` 50,000 per month at the rate interest 12% per annum is
(a) ` 45,00,000
(b) ` 50,00,000
(c) ` 55,00,000
(d) ` 60,00,000
27. Find the number of even numbers greater than 100 that can be formed with the digits 0,1,2,3?
(a) 10
(b) 15
(c) 20
(d) None of these
28. In how many ways can the letters of the word “ALEGEBRA” be arranged without changing the relative
order of the vowels?
(a) 82
(b) 70
(c) 72
(d) None of these
29. In how many ways can the letters of the word “DIRECTOR” be arranged so that the three vowels are
never together?
(a) 180
(b) 18,000
(c) 18,002
(d) None of these
30. The first and fifth term of an A.P. of 40 terms are -29 and -15 respectively. Find the sum of all positive
terms of this A.P.
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(b) 1705
(c) 1805
(d) None of these
31. If the common difference of an AP equals to the first term, then the ratio of its m th term and n th term is:
(a) n:m
(b) m: n
(c) m2:n2
(d) None of these
32. Find the value of 1 + 2 + 3 + ----------------------- + 105
(a) 5000
(b) 5560
(c) 5565
(d) None of these
33. In a G. P sixth term is 729 and the common ratio is 3, then the first term of G.P is
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 7
34. The number ways in which 4 persons can occupy 9 vacant seats is
(a) 6048
(b) 3024
(c) 1512
(d) 4536
35. If A = {1, 2,3}, B = {3,4} and C = {4, 5,6} ,then A×(B∩C) =
(a) {(1,4), (2,4), (3,4)}
(b) {(4,4), (4,3), (4,1)}
(c) {(3, 4), (2, 4)}
(d) {(1, 2), (1, 4), (1, 6), (3, 4)}
36. Let R be a relation on N defined by x +2y = 8. The domain of R is:
(a) {2, 4, 8}
(b) {2, 4, 6, 8}
(c) {2, 4, 6}
(d) {1, 2, 3, 4}
x 2 + 3x + 5
37. The domain of the function f(x) = is:
x 2 - 5x + 4
(a) R
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(b) R –{1, 4}
(c) R – {1}
(d) (1, 4)
dy
38. If y =xx, then is :
dx
(a) xx (2 + log x)
(b) xxlog(ex)
e
(c) xx.log  
 x
(d) None of these
1 dy
39. If y = x+ then 2x is
x dx
1
(a) x−
x
1
(b) x+
x
1
(c) x−
x
(d) None of these
40. Evaluate  2 x dx
x 2

2 x.x 2 x.2 x +1 2 x +1
(a) − + +c
( log 2 ) ( log 2 )
2 2
2

2 x.x3 x 2 .2 x +1 2 x +1
(b) − + +c
( log 2 ) ( log 3)
2 2
3

2 x.x 2 x3 .2 x 2 x +1
(c) − + +c
( log 2 )
3
3 3

(d) None of these

41. Find missing term of the series 2, 3,3,5, 10, 13, ? , 43, 172, 177
(a) 23
(b) 38
(c) 39
(d) 40
42. Find wring number of the series 1,5,5,9,7,11,11,15,12,17
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(b) 12
(c) 17
(d) 15
43. Find missing term of the letter series A, CD, GHI, UVWXY
(a) LMNO
(b) MNO
(c) MNOP
(d) NOPQ
44. In a certain code TELEPHONE is written as ENOHPELET. How is ALIGATOR written in that code?
(a) ROTAGILA
(b) ROTAGAIL
(c) ROTAGILE
(d) ROTEGILA
45. In a certain Code, ‘CLOUD’ is written as ‘GTRKF’. How is ‘SIGHT’ written in that code?
(a) UGHHT
(b) UHJFW
(c) WFJGV
(d) WGJHV
46. Raju starts walking straight towards East. After walking 75 metres, he turns to the left and walks 25
metres straight. Again, he turns to the left, walks a distance of 40 metres straight, again he turns to the
left and walks a distance of 25 metres. How far is he from the starting point?
(a) 25 meters
(b) 50 meters
(c) 115 meters
(d) 35 meters
47. Ravi started from the house towards West. After walking a distance of 30 metres, he turned towards
right and walked 20 metres. He then turned left and moving a distance of 10 metres, turned to his left
again and walked 40 metres. He now turned to the left and walked 5 metres. Finally, he turned to his
left. In which direction was he walking now?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East
(d) South-West
48. I am facing South. I turn right and walk 20 meters. Then I turn right again and walk 10 meters. Then I
turn left and walk 10 meters and then turning right walk 20 meters. Then I turn right again and walk 60
meters. Which direction am I facing now?
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(c) East
(d) North-East
49. Going 50 m to the south of her house Radhika turns left and goes another 20 m. Then turning to the
North, she goes 30 m and then starts walking to her house. In which direction is she walking now?
(a) North-West
(b) North
(c) South-East
(d) East
50. A man is facing west. He turns 450 in the clockwise direction and then another 1800 in the same direction
and then 2700 in the anticlockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now?
(a) South
(b) North-West
(c) West
(d) South-West
51. E is the son of A. D is the son of B. E is married to C. C is B's daughter. How is D related to E ?
(a) Brother
(b) Uncle
(c) Brother-in-law
(d) Husband
52. Pointing towards a girl in the photograph, Pooja said. “She is the mother of Janaki whose father is my
son.” How is Pooja related to the girl in the photograph?
(a) Mother
(b) Cousin
(c) Aunt
(d) Mother-in-Law
53. Following questions are based on the information given below.
(i) ′P×Q′ means 'P is the father of Q'.
(ii) ′P−Q′ means 'P is the sister of Q'.
(iii) ′P+Q′ means 'P is the mother of Q'.
(iv) ′P÷Q′ means 'P is the brother of Q'.
In the expression B+D×M÷N, how M is related to B
(a) Granddaughter
(b) Son
(c) Grandson
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54. There are six children playing football namely A, B, C, D, E and F. A and E are brothers. F is the sister
of E. C is the only son of A's uncle. B and D are the daughters of the brother of C's father. How is C
related to F ?
(a) Cousin
(b) Brother
(c) Son
(d) Uncle
55. Mr. Vimlesh said, “This girl is the wife of the grandson of my mother.” How is the Mr. Vimlesh related to
the girl?
(a) Father
(b) Grand Father
(c) Husband
(d) Father–in–Law
56. Six students are sitting in row in an examination hall. K is sitting between V and R. V is sitting next to
M. M is sitting next to B. B is sitting extreme left and Q is sitting next to R . Who is sitting adjacent to V?
(a) M and R
(b) M and K
(c) K and R
(d) M and Q
(57-58) Read the following information carefully and answer the questions and answer the questions that follow.
There are 3 females A, B and E and 4 males C, D, F, and G standing in a straight line. No two females are
together. B is to right of C, F and D are not together as A is placed between them. G is not near B or E but E
and F are together. D is not to the right of B.
57. Who are in the extreme ends?
(a) G and B
(b) C and F
(c) B and D
(d) None of these
58. Who is exactly in the middle?
(a) A
(b) F
(c) E
(d) None of these
Study the following information carefully and answer the given Questions
Seven persons A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting in a straight line (not necessarily in the same order)
facing North.
I. Only two persons sit between F and G and G sits second to the left of B.
II. D sits third to the left of C
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59. Who amongst the following sits at the extreme left of the line?
(a) F
(b) D
(c) C
(d) E
60. Who amongst the following sits exactly middle of the line?
(a) A
(b) C
(c) E
(d) G
Part B: Statistics
61. Histogram is used for finding:
(a) Mode
(b) Mean
(c) First Quartile
(d) None
62. Data are said to be _____________ if the investigator himself is responsible for the collection of data.
(a) Primary Data
(b) Secondary Data
(c) Mixed of Primary and Secondary Data
(d) None of these
63. The frequency of the Class 20-30 in the following data is;
Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
Cumulative Frequency 5 13 28 34 38
(a) 5
(b) 28
(c) 15
(d) 13
64. There were 200 employees in an office in which 150 were married. Total male employees were 160 out
of which 120 were married. What was the female unmarried employees?
(a) 30
(b) 10
(c) 40
(d) 50
65. The quartile deviation from the following observations is 10,18,20,28,15,17,22,25,29,32,34 is equal to:
(a) 8
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(b) 6
(c) 10
(d) 5
66. SD of first five consecutive natural numbers is:

(a) 10

(b) 8

(c) 3

(d) 2
67. If the profit of a company remains same for the last 10 months then the SD of profit of the company
would be:
(a) Positive
(b) Negative
(c) Zero
(d) either (a) or (c)
68. A batsman in his 20 th innings makes a score of 120 and thereby increases his average by 5. What is h is
average after 20 th innings?
(a) 60
(b) 55
(c) 65
(d) 70
69. The sum of squares of the deviations of the given values from their ………………………. is minimum.
(a) Arithmetic Mean
(b) Median
(c) Mode
(d) None of these
70. When mean is 3.57 and mode is 2.13 then the value of median is
(a) 3.09
(b) 5.01
(c) 4.01
(d) None of these
71. The mean of first three terms is 14 and mean of next two terms is 18. The mean of all five terms is
(a) 14.5
(b) 15
(c) 14

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(d) 15.6
72. The Standard deviation of a variable x is to be 10. The Standard deviation of 50+5x is
(a) 50
(b) 100
(c) 10
(d) 500
73. The Quartile deviation is
(a) 2/3 of SD
(b) 4/5 of SD
(c) 5/6 of SD
(d) None of these
74. The first Quartile is 142 and Semi-Inter Quartile Range is 18 , then the value of Median is:
(a) 151
(b) 160
(c) 178
(d) None of these
75. Geometric Mean of 8,4, 2 is
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 8
(d) none of these

76. If P(A) =
1
2
1 1
(
; P(B) = and P ( A  B ) = then the value of P AUB is:
3 4
)
1
(a)
4
3
(b)
4
2
(c)
5
(d) None of these
77. From the following probability distribution table, find E(x).

x: 1 2 3
f(x): 1 1 1
2 3 6
(a) 1
(b) 1.50
(c) 1.67
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(d) None of these
78. A husband and a wife appear in an interview for two vacancies in the same post. The probability of
husband’s selection is 3/5 and that of wife’s selection is 1/5. Then the probability that only one of them
is selected is:
(a) 16/25
(b) 17/25
(c) 14/25
(d) None of these
79. A bag contains 5Red and 4 Black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag and put into another bag
contains 3 red and 7 black balls. A ball is drawn randomly from the second bag. Wha t is the probability
that it is red?
(a) 32/99
(b) 1/3
(c) 74/99
(d) None of these
80. If x be a poison variates with parameter 1; then find P(3<X<5). (Given e-1= 0.36783)
(a) 0.015326
(b) 0.15326
(c) 0.012326
(d) None of these
1
81. The probability that a student is not a swimmer is , then the probability that out of five students four
5
are swimmers is:
4
 4 1
(a)    
 5 5
4
1  4
(b) 5C
1   
5  5
4
 4 1
(c) 5C
4   
 5 5
(d) None of these
82. In a Binomial distribution n = 9 and P = 1/3. What is the value of Variance.
(a) 8
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 16
83. The variance of standard normal distribution is
(a) 1
(b) 0
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(c) σ2
(d) 0
84. In a Poisson Distribution P(x=0) =P(x=2). Find E(x)
(a) √2
(b) 2
(c) -1
(d) 0
85. Name of the distribution which has Mean= Variance
(a) Binomial
(b) Poisson
(c) Normal
(d) (a) and (b)
86. If the difference between mean and mode is 33, then the difference between Mean and Median will be
_____
(a) 63
(b) 31.5
(c) 11
(d) None of the above
87. Relative frequency for a particular class lies between:
(a) 0 and 1
(b) 0 and 1, both inclusive
(c) -1 and 0
(d) -1 and 1
88. Less than type and more than type Ogives meet at a point known as:
(a) Mean
(b) Median
(c) Mode
(d) None
89. If mean and coefficient of variation of the marks of n students is 20 and 80 respectively. What will be
variance of them
(a) 256
(b) 16
(c) 25
(d) None of these
90. A non-leap year, the probability of getting 53 Sundays or 53 Tuesdays or 53 Thursdays is
(a) 4/7
(b) 2/7
(c) 3/7
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(d) 1/7
91. In a bivariate distribution if the rank correlation coefficient r = 0.12; ΣD 2 =146; Then the no. of observed
pairs (N) is
(a) 9
(b) 8
(c) 7
(d) 10.
92. For 10 pairs of observations, number of concurrent deviations was found to be 4. What is the value of
the coefficient of concurrent deviation?
(a) 0.2
(b) 1/3
(c) -1/3
(d) - 0.2
93. Consider the two regression lines 3x + 2y = 26 & 6x + y = 31, Find the mean values of x and y.
(a) x = 4 and y = 7

(b) x = 7 and y = 4

(c) x = 5 and y = 6
(d) None of these
94. For a m×n two way or bivariate frequency table, the maximum number of marginal distributions is
coefficient
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) m+n
(d) mn
95. If the regression line of Y on X is given by Y = X + 2 and Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation is 0.5
 y2
then = _______.
 x2
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) None of these
96. The number of tests of Adequacy is
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5

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97. Fishers Ideal formula for calculating Index number satisfies the
(a) Unit Test
(b) Factor Reversal Test
(c) Time reversal Test
(d) both (b) and (d)
98. Purchasing power of money is
(a) Reciprocal of Price index number
(b) Equal to Price Index number
(c) Unequal to Price Index number
(d) None of these
99. The simple index number for the current year using simple aggressive me thod for the following data
Commodity base Base year Price (P 0) Current Year Price (P 1)
Wheat 80 100
Rice 100 150
Gram 120 250
Pulses 200 300
(a) 200
(b) 150
(c) 240
(d) 160
100. The cost-of-living index number in year 2015 and 2018 were 97.5 and 115 respectively. The salary of
CA Jitendra in 2015 was 195000. How much additional salary was required for him in 2018 to maintain
the same standard of living as in 2015?
(a) 30,000
(b) 40,000
(c) 35,000
(d) 45,000

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