SECTION II: NUMERICAL ABILITY

Q18 What is the simplified value of

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[{(11 − 8 ) ( − )} of 0.75] ?
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a. 0.2 b. 0.25 c. 0.5 d. 0.75

Q19 Which symbol among the expanded form of the acronym ‘BODMAS’ should replace
‘#’ in the given expression?
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[( 3 − 1 ) { − (6 ÷ )} #0. 09 ̅̅̅̅] = −1
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a. OF b. DIVISION c. SUBTRACTIO d. ADDITION
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Q20 The average age of a class of 20 students is 15 years. If the age of the teacher is
included, which is 30 years, what is the new average age?

a. 18.6 years b. 15.7 years c. 21 years d. 30 years

Q21 A company sells 100 widgets in a month. If 20% of the widgets are defective, how
many defective widgets did the company sell?

a. 2 b. 4 c. 10 d. 20

Q22 Ramesh sold the stock of Company X for ₹7,200 and incurred a loss of 40%. At what
price should he have sold the stock to have gained a profit of 25%?

a. ₹12,800 b. ₹16,400 c. ₹13,800 d. ₹15,000

Q23 A person purchased 15 pumpkins each for ₹20. Two pumpkins were rotten hence he
disposed them, and the remaining was sold at ₹25. Find the rate of loss or profit.

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a. % profit b. % loss c. % loss d. % profit
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Q24 If a company sells a bike with a marked price of ₹78,000 and gives a discount of 5%
on ₹60,000 and 3% on the remaining amount, then the actual price charged by the
company for a bike (in ₹) is:

a. 74,460 b. 75,520 c. 75,850 d. 75,952

Q25 If there are 63 litres of milk in a drum with a milk-to-water ratio of 7 : 9, what is the
quantity of water in this mixture?

a. 63 litres b. 79 litres c. 81 litres d. 98 litres

Q26 A recipe for a smoothie calls for 1 cup of strawberries for every 2 cups of milk. If you
want to make a smoothie using 4 cups of strawberries, then how many cups of milk
should you use?

a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8

Q27 A person invested ₹25,800 for 1 2 years at 13 4 % rate of simple interest, then what is
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the total amount (in ₹) received by the person?

a. 30,722 b. 30,720 c. 30,072 d. 30,702

Q28 The ratio of the compound interest accrued for 2 years and the simple interest accrued
for 1 year on the same amount at r% p.a. is 2.21. What is the value of r?

a. 21 b. 11 c. 20 d. 10

Q29 The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 3 : 5. If the second train runs 300 km in 4
hours, then the speed of the first train (in km/h) is:
a. 35 b. 45 c. 55 d. 65

Q30 4 women and 3 men can do a piece of work in 20 days while 2 women and 4 men can
do the same piece of work in 30 days. How much time will be taken by 7 women and 9
men to do the same piece of work?
a. 21 days b. 18 days c. 15 days d. 10 days

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Q31 Below is given the frequency distribution of weights of a group of 81 students of a
class in a school. Find the modal class.

a. 35-39 b. 40-44 c. 45-49 d. 50-54

Calculate range and its coefficient of A’s monthly earnings for a year.
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a. 7000, 0.2414 b. 7200, 0.2413 c. 7000, 0.2568 d. 7200, 0.2568

Q33 The mean of 150 items is 45 and their standard deviation is 3.5. Find its sum and sum
of squares of all observations.

a. 6250,305567. b. 6750, 304587.5 c. 6250, 305587.5 d. 6750,

5 305587.5

The below table gives the data of five banks and the number of persons taking personal
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loans over the years.

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Q34 Which bank recorded the least number of people taking personal loans from 1991 to
1994?

a. Bank B b. Bank C c. Bank A d. Bank D

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Q35 The percentage of the total number of people taking loans from Bank B when
compared total number of people taking loans from all banks in all the above years is:
(round to one decimal)

a. 20.8% b. 19.3% c. 18.9% d. 19.9%

The graph summarises the purchase cost and selling price of different products.
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The table provides information about the unit quantity purchased and the
corresponding loss percentage for each product due to expiration, defects,
deterioration, theft, etc.

All the remaining products have been completely sold.

Q36 The average selling price (in ₹) is:

a. 1,509 b. 1,514 c. 1,519 d. 1,524

Q37 The average profit (in ₹) is:

a. 435 b. 439 c. 445 d. 449

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 The provided pie diagram illustrates the percentage distribution of employees across
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different departments in a company, with a total of 30% female employees.

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Q38 The male to female employee ratio in the HR department is 5 : 4. Given that the HR
department has a total of 40 female employees, the number of employees in the
marketing department is:

a. 60 b. 66 c. 70 d. 72

Q39 Each department must have at least 5 female employees. Considering the 5 : 4 male to
female ratio in the HR department and the total of 40 female employees in HR, the
maximum number of female employees possible in the marketing department is:

a. 60 b. 65 c. 70 d. 75

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