CSAT

(QUANT AND REASONING)

 INDEX
Sr. No Topic Name Pagte No.
Number System, H.C.F. and L.C.M. of Numbers,
1 3
Decimal Fractions and Simplification
Square Roots and Cube Roots,
2 18
Surds and Indices
3 Average 19
4 Problems on Numbers 24
5 Problems on Ages 31
6 Ratio and Proportion 34
7 Miscellaneous 39
8 Percentage, Profit and Loss 42
9 Pipes and Cisterns 52
10 Time and Work 53
11 Time and Distance 57
12 Problems on Trains 61
13 Alligation or Mixture 62
14 Simple Interest, Compound Interest 63
15 Calendar and Clocks 64
16 Permutations and Combinations 68
17 Probability 72
18 Heights and Distances and Trigonometry 73
19 Odd Man Out and Series 74
20 Data Interpretation 75
21 2-D Mensuration 85
22 3-D Mensuration 87
23 Section B : REASONING 88-139

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 Number System, H.C.F. and L.C.M. of Numbers,
Decimal Fractions and Simplification 1

2023 Which of the statement given above are

correct?
1. What is the ramainder when
(a) 1 and 2 only
85 × 87 × 89 × 91 × 95 × 96 is divided by
(b) 2 and 3 only
100 ?
(a) 0 (c) 1 and 3 only
(b) 1 (d) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 2 5. A 3-digit number ABC, on multiplication
(d) 4 with D gives 37DD where A, B, C and D
are different non-zero digits. What is the
2. What is the unit digit in the expansion of
value of A+B+C ?
(57242)9 × 7 × 5 × 3 × 1 ?
(a) 2 (a) 18
(b) 4 (b) 16
(c) 6 (c) 15
(d) 8 (d) Cannot be determined due to
3. Three of the five positive integers p, q, insufficient data
r, s, t are even and two of them are old 6. For any choices of values of X, Y, and Z,
(not necessarily in order). Consider the the 6-digit number of the form XYZXYZ is
following: divisible by:
(a) p + q + r – s – t is definitely even. (a) 7 and 11 only
(b) 2p + q + 2r – 2s + t is definitely odd. (b) 11 and 13 only
which of the above statements is/are (c) 7 and 13 only
correct: (d) 7, 11 and 13
(a) 1 only 7. How many distinct 8-digit numbers can
(b) 2 only be formed by rearranging the digits of
(c) Both 1 and 2 the number 11223344 such that odd
digits occupy odd positions and even
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
digits occupy even positions?
4. Consider the following in respect of
(a) 12
prime number p and composite number
c. (b) 18
p+c (c) 36
1. can be even.
p–c
(d) 72
2. 2p + c can be odd.
3. pc can be odd.

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8. Let x be a positive integer such that 7x + 13. How many natural numbers are there
96 is divisible by x. how many values of x which give a remainder of 31 when 1186
are possible? is divided by these natural numbers?
(a) 10 (a) 6
(b) 11 (b) 7
(c) 12 (c) 8
(d) Infinitely many (d) 9
9. If p, q, r and s distinct single digit positive 14. Let pp, qq and rr be 2-digit numbers
numbers, then what is the greatest value where p < q < r. If pp + qq + rr = tt0, where
of (p + q)(r + s) ? tt0 is a 3-digit number ending with zero,
(a) 230 consider the following statements:

(b) 225 1. The number of possible values of p is

5.
(c) 224
2. The number of possible values of q is
(d) 221 6.
10. A number N is formed by writing 9 for
Which of the above statements is/are
99 times. What is the remainder if N is
correct?
divided by 13 ?
(a) 1 only
(a) 11
(b) 2 only
(b) 9
(c) Both 1 and 2
(c) 7
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(d) 1
15. What is the sum of all 4-digit numbers
11. Each digit of a 9 digit number is 1. It is
less than 2000 formed by the digits 1,
multiplied by itself. What is the sum of
2, 3 and 4, where none of the digits is
the digits of the resulting number?
repeated?
(a) 64 (a) 7998
(b) 80 (b) 8028
(c) 81 (c) 8878
(d) 100 (d) 9238
12. What is the sum of all digits which appear
16. There are three traffic signals. Each
in all the integers from 10 to 100 ?
signal changes colour from green to
(a) 855 red and then from red to green. The first
(b) 856 signal takes 25 seconds, the second
signal takes 39 seconds and the third
(c) 910
signal takes 60 seconds to change the
(d) 911

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 colour from green to red. The durations (a) The Question can be answered by
for green and red colours are same. using one of the Statements alone,
At 2:00 p.m, they together turn green. but cannot be answered using the
At what time will they change to green other Statement alone.
next, simultaneously? (b) The Question can be answered by
(a) 4:00 p.m. using either Statement alone.
(b) 4:10 p.m. (c) The Question can be answered by
using both the Statements together,
(c) 4:20 p.m. but cannot be answered using
(d) 4:30 p.m. either Statement alone.
17. Question : Is p greater than q ? (d) The Question cannot be answered
even by using both the Statements
Statement -1 : p × q is greater than zero
together.
Statement-2 : p2 is greater than q2
19. Consider a 3-digit number.
Which one of the following is correct in
Question : What is the number?
respect of the above Question and the Statement-1 : The sum of the digits
Statements? of the number is equal
(a) The Question can be answered by to the product of the
using one of the Statements alone, digits.
but cannot be answered using the Statement-2 : The number is divisible
other Statement alone. by the sum of the digits
(b) The Question can be answered by of the number.
using either Statement alone.
Which one of the following is correct in
(c) The Question can be answered by respect of the above Question and the
using both the Statements together, Statements?
but cannot be answered using either
Statement alone. (a) The Question can be answered by
using one of the Statements alone,
(d) The Question cannot be answered but cannot be answered using the
even by using both the Statements other Statement alone.
together.
(b) The Question can be answered by
18. Question: Is (p + q – r)) greater than using either Statement alone.
(p - q + r), where p, q and r are integers ? (c) The Question can be answered by
Statement-1 : (p - q) is positive.
using both the Statements together,
but cannot be answered using
Statement-2 : (p - r) is negative. either Statement alone.
Which one of the following is correct (d) The Question cannot be answered
inrespect of the above Question and the even by using both the Statements
Statements? together.

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20. A rectangular floor measures 4 m in 2022
length and 2.2 m in breadth. Tiles of size
23. An Identity Card has the number
140 cm by 60 cm have to be laid such
ABCDEFG, not necessarily in that order,
that the tiles do not overlop. A tile can
where each letter represents a distinct
be placed in any orientation so long as
digit (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 only). The number
its edges are parallel to the edges of the
is divisible by 9. After deleting two first
floor. What is the maximum number of
digits from the right, the resulting number
tiles that can be accommodated on the
is divisible by 6. After deleting two digits
floor?
from the right of original number, the
(a) 6 resulting number is divisible by 5. After
(b) 7 deleting three digits from the right of
(c) 8 original number, the resulting number is
divisible by 4. After deleting four digits
(d) 9
from the right of original number, the
21. What is the ramainder if 2192 is divided by resulting number is divisible by 3. After
6? deleting five digits from the right of
(a) 0 original number, the resulting number is
(b) 1 divisible by 2. Which of the following is a
possible value for the sum of the middle
(c) 2
three digits of the number?
(d) 4
(a) 8 (b) 9

22. AB and CD are 2-digit numbers.
(c) 11 (d) 12

Multiplying AB with CD results in a
3-digits number DEF. Adding DEF to 24. Which number amongst 240, 321, 418 and
another 3-digit number GHI results in 812 is the smallest?
975 . Further A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I are (a) 240 (b) 321

distinct digits. If E = 0, F = 8, then what is (c) 418 (d) 812

A + B + C equal to ?
25. The digits 1 to 9 are arranged in three
(a) 6 rows in such a way that each row contains
(b) 7 three digits, and the number formed in the
(c) 8 second row is twice the number formed
in the first row; and the number formed in
(d) 9
the third row is thrice the number formed
in the first row. Repetition of digits is not
allowed. If only three of the four digits
2, 3, 7 and 9 are allowed to use in the
first row, how many such combinations
are possible to be arranged in the three
rows?

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 (a) 4 (c) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2
are sufficient to answer the Question
(b) 3
(d) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2
(c) 2 are not sufficient to answer the
(d) 1 Question
26. In a tournament of Chess having 150 29. How many seconds in total are there in ϰ
entrants, a player is eliminated whenever weeks, ϰ days, ϰ hours, ϰ minutes and ϰ
he loses a match. It is given that no match seconds?
results in a tie/draw. How many matches (a) 11580ϰ
are played in the entire tournament?
(b) 11581ϰ
(a) 151
(c) 694860ϰ
(b) 150
(d) 694861ϰ
(c) 149
30. Let A, B and C represent distinct non-
(d) 148
zero digits. Suppose ϰ is the sum of all
27. How many 3-digit natural numbers possible 3-digit numbers formed by A, B
(without repetition of digits) are there and C without repetation.
such that each digit is odd and the
Consider the following statements :
number is divisible by 5?
1. The 4-digit least value of ϰ is 1332.
(a) 8
2. The 3-digit greatest value of ϰ is 888.
(b) 12
Which of the above statements is/are
(c) 16
correct?
(d) 24
(a) 1 only
28. Consider the Question and two
(b) 2 only
Statements given below :
(c) Both 1 and 2
Question : Is ϰ an integer?
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Statement-1 : ϰ/3 is not an integer.
31. What is the remainder when
Statement-2 : 3ϰ is an integer.
91 × 92 × 93 × 94 × 95 × 96 × 97 × 98 × 99
Which one of the following is correct
is divided by 1261?
in respect of the Question and the
Statements? (a) 3
(a) Statement-1 alone is sufficient to (b) 2
answer the Question (c) 1
(b) Statement-2 alone is sufficient to (d) 0
answer the Question

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32. What is the smallest number greater (a) 7
than 1000 that when divided by any one (b) 6
of the numbers 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 leaves a
(c) 5
remainder of 3?
(d) 4
(a) 1063
36. The sum of three conssecutive integers
(b) 1073
is equal to their product. How many such
(c) 1083 possibilities are there?
(d) 1183 (a) Only one
33. Let p be a two-digit number and q be the (b) Only two
number consisting of same digits writtn (c) Only three
in reverse order. If p × q = 2430, then
(d) No such possiblity is there
what is the difference between p and q?
37. What is the number of numbers of the
(a) 45
form 0. XY, where X and Y are distinct
(b) 27 non-zero digits?
(c) 18 (a) 72
(d) 9 (b) 81
34. Consider the following statements in (c) 90
respect of two natural numbers p and q
(d) 100
such that p is a prime number and q is a
composite number. 2021
1. p × q can be an odd number. 38. If 32019 is divided by 10, then what is the
2. q/p can be a prime number. remainder?
3. p + q can be prime number. (a) 1
Which of the above statements are (b) 3
correct?
(c) 7
(a) 1 and 2 only
(d) 9
(b) 2 and 3 only
39. The number 3798125P369 is divisible by
(c) 1 and 3 only 7. What is the value of the digit?
(d) 1, 2 and 3 (a) 1
35. If (b) 6
15 × 14 × 13 ×.... ×3 × 2 × 1 = 3m × n (c) 7
Where m and n are positive integers, (d) 9
then what is the maximum value of m?

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40. From January 1, 2021, the price of petrol 1. S is always divisible by 74.
(in Rupees per litre) on m day of the year
th
2. S is always divisible by 9.
is 80 + 0.1m, where m = 1, 2, 3, ..., 100 and
Select the correct answer using the code
therafter remains costant. On the other
given below:
hand, the price of diesel (in Rupees per
litre) on nth day of 2021 is 69 + 0.15n for (a) 1 only
any n. On which date in the year 2021 are (b) 2 only
the prices of these two fuels equal.
(c) Both 1 and 2
(a) 21 May
st
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(b) 20 May
th
44. Consider the following addition problem:
(c) 19th May 3P + 4P + PP + PP = RQ2; where P, Q and
(d) 18 May
th
R are different digits.

41. A boy plays with a ball and he drops it What is the arithmetic mean of all such
from a height of 1.5m. Every time the ball possible sums?
hits the ground, it bounces back to attain (a) 102
a height 4/5th of the previous height.
(b) 120
The ball does not bounce further if the
previous height is less than 50cm. What (c) 202
is the number of times the ball hits the (d) 220
ground before the ball stops bouncing? 45. Consider the following multiplication
(a) 4 problem :
(b) 5 (PQ) × 3 = RQQ, where P, Q and R are dif-
(c) 6 ferent digits and R ≠ 0.

(d) 7 What is the value of (P + R) ÷ Q ?

42. Integers are listed from 700 to 1000. (a) 1

In how many integers is the sum of the (b) 2
digits 10?
(c) 5
(a) 6
(d) Cannot be detemined due to
(b) 7 insufficient data.
(c) 8 46. Using 2,2,3,3,3 as digits how many
(d) 9 distinct numbers greater than 30000 can
be formed?
43. Consider all 3-digit numbers (without
repetition of digits) obtained using three (a) 3
non-zero digits which are multiples of 3. (b) 6
Let S be their sum. (c) 9
Which of the following is/are correct? (d) 12

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47. Consider the following statements: Which of the above statements is/are
1. The sum of 5 consecutive integers can correct?
be 100. (a) 1 only
2. The product of three consecutive (b) 2 only
natural numbers can be equal to their
(c) Both 1 and 2
sum.
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Which of the above statements is/are
correct? 50. When a certain number is multiplied by
7, the product entirely comprises ones
(a) 1 only
only (1111...). What is the smallest Such
(b) 2 only Number?
(c) Both 1 and 2 (a) 15713
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(b) 15723
48. An amount of money was distributed
(c) 15783
among A, B and C in the ratio p : q : r.
(d) 15873
Consider the following statements :
1. A gets the maximum share if p is
2020
greater than (q + r). 51. How many zeroes are there at the end of
2. C gets the minimum share if r is less the following product?
than (p + q). 1 × 5 × 10 × 15 × 20 × 25 × 30 × 35 × 40 ×
Which of the above statements is/ are 45 × 50 × 55 × 60
correct? (a) 10
(a) 1 only (b) 12
(b) 2 only (c) 14
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) 15
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 52. Let XYZ be a three-digit number, where (X
49. The difference between a 2-digit + Y + Z) is not a multiple of 3. Then (XYZ +
number and the number obtained by YZX + ZXY) is not divisible by
interchanging the positions of the digits (a) 3
is 54.
(b) 9
Consider the following statements:
(c) 37
1. The sum of the two digits of the
(d) (X + Y + Z)
number can be determined only if the
product of the two digits is known.
2. The difference between the two digits
of the number can be determined.

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53. Let p, q, r and s be natural numbers (a) 34
such that P – 2016 = q + 2017 = r – 2018 = (b) 36

s + 2019.
(c) 38
Which one of the following is the largest
natural number? (d) 40
(a) p 58. Which one of the following will have
minimum change in its value if 5 is added
(b) q
to both numerator and the denominator
(c) r
of the fractions 2/3, 3/4, 4/5 and 5/6?
(d) s
(a) 2/3
54. How many five-digit prime numbers can (b) 3/4
be obtained by using all the digits 1, 2, 3,
(c) 4/5
4 and 5 without repetition of digits?
(d) 5/6
(a) Zero
59. A digit n > 3 is divisible by 3 but not
(b) One
divisible by 6. Which one of the following
(c) Nine
is divisible by 4?
(d) Ten
(a) 2n
55. How many integers are there between 1 (b) 3n
and 100 which have 4 as a digit but are
(c) 2n + 4
not divisible by 4?
(d) 3n + 1
(a) 5
60. What is the largest number among the
(b) 11
following?
(c) 12
-6
(d) 13 1
(a) 2
56. In the sum ⊗ + 1 ⊗ + 5 ⊗ + ⊗ ⊗ + ⊗ 1 = 1 ⊗⊗
for which digit does the symbol ⊗ stand? -3
1
(b) 4
(a) 2
(b) 3 -4
1
(c) 4 (c) 3
(d) 5
-2
57. A simple mathematical operation in each 1
(d) 6
number of sequence 14, 18, 20, 24, 30,
32, 36 … results in a sequence with
respect to prime numbers. Which one of
the following is the next number in the
sequence?

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61. What is the greatest length ϰ such that 65. What is the remainder when 51 × 27 × 35
1 3
3 m and 8 m are integral multiples × 62 × 75 is divided by 100?
2 4
of ϰ? (a) 50
1 m
(a) 1 (b) 25
2
1m (c) 50
(b) 1
3 (d) 1
1 m 66. A sum of Rs. 2,500 is distributed among,
(c) 1
4 1 3 5
X, Y and Z in two ratio : : What
2 4 6
(d) 1 3 m is the difference between the maximum
4
share and the minimum share?
62. The recurring decimal representation (a) Rs. 300
1.272727 … is equivalent to (b) Rs. 350
(a) 13/11 (c) Rs. 400
(b) 14/11 (d) Rs. 450
(c) 27/99 67. For what value of n, the sum of digits in
(d) 37/99 the number (10n + 1) is 2?

63. What is the least four-digit number (a) For n = 0 only

when divided by 3, 4, 5 and 6 leaves a (b) For any whole number n
remainder 2 in each case?
(c) For any positive integer n only
(a) 1012 (d) For any real number n
(b) 1022
2019
(c) 1122
68. The number of times the digit 5 will
(d) 1222
appear while writing the integers 1 to
64. In adult population of a city, 40% men 1000 is
and 30% women are married. What
(a) 269
percentage of adult population is
married if no man marries more than (b) 271
one woman and no woman marries more (c) 300
than one man; and there are no widows (d) 302
and widowers?
69. In a school every student is assign a
1 %
(a) 33 unique identification number. A student
7
is a football player if and only if the
(b) 34%
identification number is divisible by
2
(c) 34 7 % 4, whereas a student is a cricketer if
and only if the identification number is
(d) 35%

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 divisible by 6. If every number from 1 to 73. Sunita cuts a sheet of paper into three
100 is assigned to a student, then how pieces Length of first piece is equal to
many of them play cricket as well as the average of the three single digit odd
football. prime numbers. Length of the second
(a) 4 piece is equal to that of the first plus one-
third the length of the third. The third
(b) 8
piece is as long as the other two pieces
(c) 10 together. The length of the original sheet
(d) 12 of paper is

70. If ϰ is greater than or equal to 25 and y is (a) 13 units

less than or equal to 40, then which one (b) 15 units
of the following is always correct?
(c) 16 units
(a) ϰ is greater than y (d) 30 units
(b) (y - ϰ) is greater than 15 74. How many triplets (x, y, z) satisfy the
(c) (y - ϰ) is less than or equal to 15 equation x + y + z = 6 , where x, y and z
are natural numbers ?
(d) (ϰ + y) is greater than or equal to 65
(a) 4
71. If the numerator and denominator of a
proper fraction are increased by the (b) 5
same positive quantity which is greater (c) 9
than zero, the resulting fraction is
(d) 10
(a) Always less than the original fraction
75. An 8 digit number 4252746B leaves
(b) Always greater than the original remainder 0 when divided by 3. How
fraction many values of B are possible ?
(c) Always equal to the original fraction (a) 2
(d) Such that nothing can be claimed (b) 3
definitely
(c) 4
72. Number 136 is added to 5B7 and the
(d) 6
sum obtained is 7A3, where A and B are
integers. It is given that 7A3 is exactly 2018
divisible by 3. The only possible value of
76. A number consist of three digits of which
B is
the middle one is zero and their sum is 4.
(a) 2 If the number formed by interchanging
(b) 5 the first and last digits is greater than the
(c) 7 number itself by 198, then the difference
between the first and last digits is
(d) 8

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 (a) 1 (c) Both 1 and 2
(b) 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 nor 3
(c) 3 2017
(d) 4
80. If there is a policy that 1/3rd of a population
77. While writing all the numbers from 700 to of a community has migrated every year
1000, how many numbers occur in which from one place to some other place,
the digit at hundred’s place is greater what is the leftover population of that
than the digit at ten’s place is greater community after the sixth year, if there
than the digit at unit’s place? is no further growth in the population
(a) 61 during this period?

(b) 64 (a) 16/243rd part of the population

(c) 85 (b) 32/243rd part of the population
(d) 91 (c) 32/729th part of the population
78. A bookseller sold ‘a’ number of (d) 64/729th part of the population
Geography textbooks at the rate of Rs. 81. Certain 3-digit numbers have the
x per book, a + 2 number of history following characteristics:
textbooks at the rate of Rs. (ϰ + 2 ) per
1. All the three digits are different.
book and a - 2 number of Mathematics
textbooks at the rate of Rs. (ϰ - 2 ) per
2. The number is divisible by 7
book. What is his total sale in Rs. ? 3. The number on reversing the digits is
also divisible by 7
(a) 3ϰ + 3a
How many such 3-digits numbers are
(b) 3aϰ + 8
there?
(c) 9aϰ
(a) 2
(d) ϰ a
3 3
(b) 4
79. If ϰ - y = 8 , then which of the following (c) 6
must be true ?
(d) 8
1. Both ϰ and y must be negative for any
82. How many numbers are there between 99
value of ϰ and y
and 1000 such that the digit 8 occupies
2. If ϰ is positive, y must be negative for the units place?
any value of ϰ and y
(a) 64
3. If ϰ is negative, y must be positive for (b) 80
any value of ϰ and y
(c) 90
(a) 1 only
(d) 104
(b) 2 only

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83. If for a sample data Mean < Median < 2016
Mode then the distribution is
87. If R and S are different integers both
(a) Symmetric divisible by 5, then which of the following
(b) Skewed to the right is not necessarily true?
(c) Neither symmetric nor skewed (a) R − S is divisible by 5
(d) Skewed to the left (b) R + S is divisible by 10
84. A 2-digit number is reversed. The larger (c) R × S is divisible by 25
of the two numbers is divided by the (d) R2 + S2 is divisible by 5
smaller one. What is the largest possible
88. How many numbers are there between
remainder?
100 and 300 which either begin or end
(a) 9 with 2 ?
(b) 27 (a) 110
(c) 36 (b) 111
(d) 45 (c) 112
85. There are certain 2-digit numbers. The (d) None of these
difference between the number and the
89. Four-digit numbers are to be formed
one obtained on reversing it is always
using the digits 1, 2, 3 and 4 ; and none
27. How many such maximum 2-digit
of these four digits are repeated in any
numbers are there?
manner Further,
(a) 3
1. 2 and 3 each not to immediately
(b) 4 follow each other
(c) 5 2. 1 is not to be immediately followed
(d) None of the above by 3
86. What is the total number of digits printed, 3. 4 is not appear at the last place
if a book containing 150 pages is to be 4. 1 is not appear at the first place
numbered from 1 to 150?
(a) 6
(a) 262 (b) 8
(b) 342 (c) 9
(c) 360 (d) None of the above
(d) 450

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90. If there is a policy that 1/3rd of a
population of a community has migrated
every year from one place to some other
place, what is the leftover population
of that community after the sixth year,
if there is no further growth in the
population during this period ?
(a) 16/243rd part of the population
(b) 32/243rd part of the population
(c) 32/729th part of the population
(d) 64/729th part of the population

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 Answer Key
1 A 19 D 37 A 55 C 73 D
2 A 20 C 38 C 56 B 74 D
3 A 21 D 39 B 57 C 75 C
4 D 22 A 40 B 58 D 76 B
5 A 23 A 41 B 59 D 77 C
6 D 24 B 42 D 60 C 78 B
7 C 25 C 43 C 61 D 79 D
8 C 26 C 44 C 62 B 80 D
9 B 27 B 45 B 63 B 81 B
10 A 28 D 46 B 64 C 82 C
11 C 29 D 47 C 65 A 83 D
12 B 30 A 48 A 66 C 84 D
13 D 31 D 49 B 67 B 85 D
14 C 32 C 50 D 68 C 86 B
15 A 33 D 51 A 69 B 87 B
16 B 34 D 52 B 70 C 88 A
17 D 35 B 53 C 71 B 89 A
18 C 36 C 54 A 72 D 90 D

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 Square Roots and Cube Roots,
Surds and Indices
2

2020 2017
1. How many pairs of natural numbers are 3. The age of Mr. X last year was the
there such that the difference of whose square of a number and it would be
squares is 63? the cube of a number next year. What
(a) 3 is the least number of years he must
wait for his age to become the cube of
(b) 4
a number again ?
(c) 5
(a) 42
(d) 2
(b) 38
2018 (c) 25
2. If X is between -3 and -1, and Y is be- (d) 16
tween -1 and 1, then ϰ - y is in between
2 2

Answer Key
which of the following ?
(a) -9 and 1 1 A 2 D 3 B
(b) -9 and -1
(c) 0 and 8
(d) 0 and 9

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 Average 3

2023 Which of the above statements is/ are

correct?
1. In how many ways can a batsman score
(a) 1 only
exactly 25 runs by scoring single runs,
fours and sixes only, irrespective of the (b) 2 only
sequence of scoring shots ? (c) Both 1 and 2
(a) 18 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(b) 19 2020
 
(c) 20
4. Consider the following date:
 
(d) 21
Average Average
2022 marks marks in
in English Hindi
2. The average weight of A, B, C is 40 kg,
Girls 9 8
the average weight of B, D, E is 42 kg and
Boys 8 7
the weight of F is equal to that of B. What
Overall
is the average weight of A, B, C, D, E and
average 8.8 X
F?
marks
(a) 40.5 kg
What is the value of x in the above table?
(b) 40.8 kg
(a) 7.8
(c) 41 kg
(b) 7.6
(d) Cannot be determined as data is
inedequate. (c) 7.4
(d) 7.2
2021
5. The average score of a batsman after his
3. There are two classes A and B having 25
50th innings was 46.4. After 60th innings,
and 30 students respectively. In Class-A
his average score increases by 2.6. What
the highest score is 21 and lowest score
was his average score in the last ten
is 17. In Class-B the highest score is 30
innings?
and lowest score is 22. Four students are
shifted from Clas-A to Class-B
(a) 122
(b) 91
Consider the following stetements :
(c) 62
1. The average score of Class-B will
definitely decrease. (d) 49
2. The average score of Class-A will
definitely increase.

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6. In a class, there are three groups A, B 2017
and C. If one student from group A and
9. Suppose the average weight of 9 persons
two students from group B are shifted
is 50 kg. The average weight of the first
to group C, then what happens to the
5 persons is 45 kg, whereas the average
average weight of the students of the
weight of the last 5 persons is 55 kg.
class?
Then the weight of the 5th person will be
(a) It increases
(a) 45 kg
(b) In decreases
(b) 47.5 kg
(c) It remains the same
(c) 50 kg
(d) No conclusion can be drawn due to
insufficient data (d) 52.5 kg

2019
10. There are thirteen 2-digit consecutive
7. The average marks of 100 students are odd numbers. If 39 is the mean of the
given to be 40. It was found later that first five such numbers, then what is the
marks of one student were 53 which mean of all the thirteen numbers ?
were misread as 83. The corrected mean
(a) 47
marks are
(b) 49
(a) 39
(c) 51
(b) 39.7
(d) 45
(c) 40
(d) 40.3
11. The average rainfall in a city for the first
four days was recorded to be 0.40 inch.
8. A family has two children along with their The rainfall on the last two days was in
parents. The average of the weights the ratio of 4 : 3. The average of six days
of the children and their mother is 50 was 0.50 inch. What was the rainfall on
kg. The average of the weights of the the fifth day ?
children and their father is 52 kg. If the
(a) 0.60 inch
weight of the father is 60 kg, then what is
the weight of the mother ? (b) 0.70 inch
(a) 48 kg (c) 0.80 inch
(b) 50 kg (d) 0.90 inch
(c) 52 kg
(d) 54 kg

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 2016 2015
12. Average hourly earnings per year (E) of 14. The graph below depicts the earnings of
the workers in a firm are represented in A and B over the period 2000 to 2010
figures A and B as follows :

E
A

Earnings
40
35 B
Hourly
30
earning
25
20 2000 2007 2010
2013 14 15 16 17 Y
years Fig. A From the graph, which one of the
following can be concluded?
E
(a) On the average A earned more than
40 B during this period.
Hourly 30 (b) On the average B earned more than
earning
20 A during this period.
10
(c) The earnings of A and B were equal
2013 14 15 16 17 Y during this period.
years (d) The earnings of A were less as
From the figures, it is observed that the compared to B during this period.
(a) Values of E are different 2014
(b) Ranges (i.e. the difference between 15. Direction for the follows 4 (four) items:
the maximum and the minimum) of E The following graph shows the average
are different profit of two fruit-sellers A and B in
(c) Slopes of the graphs are same thousands (Rs) per year from the year
(d) Rates of increase of E are different 1995 to 2000. Consider the graph and
answer the 4 (four) items that follow :
13. The average monthly income of a person
in a certain family of 5 is Rs. 10,000. What
will be the average monthly income of a 6
5
Average profit in thousands (Rs.)

person in the same family if the income

4
of one person increased by Rs. 1,20,000 A
per year ?
3
(a) Rs. 12,000 2
A

(b) Rs. 16,000 1

0
(c) Rs. 20,000 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Year
(d) Rs. 34,000

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 i) In which year is the average profit Sanskrit 30 50 15 25
of A and B same?
The difference in the mean aggregate
(a) 1995
percentage marks of the students is
(b) 1996
(a) 2.5 %
(c) 1997
(b) 13.75 %
(d) 1998
(c) 1.25 %
ii) What is the difference between the
(d) Zero
average profit of B and A in the
year 1998? 2011
(a) - Rs. 100 17. A student on her first 3 tests receives
(b) - Rs. 1000 on an average score of N points. If she
(c) + Rs. 600 exceeds her previous average score by
20 points on her fourth test, then what is
(d) + Rs. 300
the average score for the first 4 tests?
iii) How much more average profit did
A make in the year 2000 than in the (a) N + 20
year 1999? (b) N + 10
(a) Rs. 200 (c) N + 4
(b) Rs. 1000 (d) N + 5
(c) Rs. 1500
(d) Rs. 2000
iv) What is the trend of the average
profit of B from the year 1997 to the
year 2000?
(a) Non - increasing
(b) Non - decreasing
(c) Steady
(d) Fluctuating
16. The following table shows the marks
obtained by two students in different
subjects:

Students
A B C D
English 60 100 80 150
Psychology 70 100 70 100
History 50 100 60 100

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 Answer Key
1 B 2 C 3 A 4 A
5 C 6 C 7 B 8 D
9 C 10 A 11 C 12 C
i B
ii C
13 A 14 A 15 16 C
iii D
iv B
17 D

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 Problems on Numbers 4

2020 2019
1. Consider the following sequence of 4. Rakesh and Rajesh together bought 10
numbers: 5 1 4 7 3 9 8 5 7 2 6 3 1 5 8 6 3 8 balls and 10 rackets. Rakesh spent Rs.
52243496 1300 and Rajesh spent Rs. 1500. If each
racket costs three times a ball does, then
How many odd numbers are followed by
what is the price of a racket?
the odd number in the above sequence?
(a) 5 (a) Rs. 70

(b) 6 (b) Rs. 90

(c) 7 (c) Rs. 210

(d) 8 (d) Rs. 240

5. In a conference, out of a total 100
2. A is 16th from the left end in a row of boys
participants, 70 are Indians, If 60 of
and V is 18th from the right end. G is 11th
the participants are vegetarian, then
from A towards the right and 3rd from V
which of the following statements is/are
towards the right end. How many boys
correct?
are there in the row?
1. At least 30 Indian participants are
(a) 40 vegetarian.
(b) 41 2. At least 10 Indian participants are
(c) 42 nonvegetarian
Select the correct answer using the
(d) Cannot be determined due to
insufficient data codes given below :

3. One page is torn from a booklet whose

(a) 1 only
pages are numbered in the usual manner (b) 2 only
starting from the first page as 1. The sum (c) Both 1 and 2
of the numbers on the remaining pages
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
is 195. The torn page contains which of
the following numbers. 6. Seeta and Geeta go for a swim after a
gap of every 2 days and every 3 days
(a) 5, 6
respectively. If on 1st January both of
(b) 7, 8 them went for a swim together, when will
(c) 9, 10 they go together next?
(d) 11, 12 (a) 7th January
(b) 8th January
(c) 12th January
(d) 13th January

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7. A printer numbers the pages of a book 9. What was the approximate total value (in
starting with 1 and uses 3089 digits in all. $) of sheet steel imported over the six
How many pages does the book have? months period?
(a) 1040 (a) 45,555
(b) 1048 (b) 50,555
(c) 1049 (c) 55,550
(d) 1050 (d) 65,750
2018 10. X and Y are natural numbers other than
1, and Y is greater than X. Which of the
8. Directions for the following 3 (three)
following represents the largest number?
items :
(a) XY
The following three items are based on
the graph given below which shows (b) X / Y
imports of three different types of steel (c) Y / X
over a period of six months of a year. (d) (X +Y) / XY
Study the graph and answer the three
11. A student has to get 40% marks to pass
items that follows.
in an examination. Suppose he gets 30
marks and fails by 30 marks, then what are
Thousands of tons imported

the maximum marks in the examination?

(a) 100
(b) 120
(c) 150
(d) 300
The figures in the brackets indicate the 12. 19 boys turn out for playing hockey. Of
average cost per ton over six months these, 11 are wearing hockey shirts and
period. 14 are wearing hockey pants. There are
1. By how much (measured in thousands no boys without shirts and/or pants.
of tons) did the import of sheet steel What is the number of boys wearing full
exceed the import of coil steel in the uniform?
first three months of the year ?
(a) 3
(a) 11
(b) 5
(b) 15
(c) 6
(c) 19
(d) 8
(d) 23

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13. Consider the following figures A and B: 2017
8
14. The sum of income of A and B is more
Cost of production
7

(Rs. in Lakhs)
6 than that of C and D taken together. The
5
sum of income of A and C is the same as
4
that of B and D taken together. Moreover,
1000 2000 3000 A earns half as much as the sum of the
No. of pieces manufactured
Fig. A
income of B and D whose income is the
highest ?
500 (a) A
Selling Price per

450
(Price Rs.)

400 (b) B
350
300
(c) C
1000 2000 3000 (d) D
No. of pieces sold
Fig. B 15. There are three pillars X, Y and Z of
different heights. Three spiders A, B
The manufacturing cost and projected
and C start to climb on these pillars
sales for a product are shown in the
simultaneously. In one chance, A climbs
above figures A and B respectively. What
on X by 6 cm but slips down 1 cm. B
is the minimum number of pieces that
climbs on Y by 7 cm but slips down 3 cm.
should be manufactured to avoid a loss?
C climbs on Z by 6.5 cm but slips down 2
(a) 2000 cm. If each of them requires 40 chances
(b) 2500 to reach the top of the pillars, what is the
(c) 3000 height of the shortest pillar?

(d) 3500 (a) 161 cm

A lift has the capacity of 18 adults or 30 (b) 163 cm
children. How many children can board (c) 182 cm
the lift with 12 adults? (d) 210 cm
(a) 6 16. 15 students failed in a class of 52. After
(b) 10 removing the names of failed students,
(c) 12 a merit order list has been prepared in
which the position of Ramesh is 22nd
(d) 15
from the top. What is his position from the
bottom ?
(a) 18th
(b) 17th
(c) 16th
(d) 15th

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17. Six boys A, B, C, D, E and F play a game 20. In paid of charity, every student in a
of cards. Each has a pack of 10 cards. F class contributes as many rupees as the
borrows 2 cards from A and gives away 5 number of students in that class. With
to C who in turn gives 3 to B while B gives the additional contribution of Rs. 2 by
6 to D who passes on 1 to E. Then the one student only, the total collection is
number of cards possessed by D and E is Rs. 443. Then how many students are
equal to the number of cards possessed there in the class?
by (a) 12
(a) A, B and C (b) 21
(b) B, C and F (c) 43
(c) A, B and F (d) 45
(d) A, C and F 21. In a class, there are 18 very tall boys.
18. In a test, Randhir obtained more marks If these constitute three-fourths of the
than the total marks obtained by Kunal boys and the total number of boys is two
and Debu. The total marks obtained by – thirds of the total number of students
Kunal and Shankar are more than those in the class, what is the number of girls
of Randhir. Sonal obtained more marks in the class?
than Shankar. Neha obtained more (a) 6
marks than Randhir, who amongst them
(b) 12
obtained highest marks?
(c) 18
(a) Randhir
(d) 21
(b) Neha
22. A daily train is to be introduced between
(c) Sonal
station A and B starting from each end at
(d) Data are inadequate 6 AM and the journey is to be completed
2016 in 42 hrs. What is the number of trains
needed in order to maintain the shuttle
19. There are some nectar-filled flowers on
service?
a tree and some bees are hovering on it.
(a) 2
If one bee lands on each flower, one bee
will be left out. If two bees land on each (b) 3
flower, one flower will be left out. The (c) 4
number of flowers and bees respectively
(d) 7
are:
23. In a question paper there are five
(a) 2 and 4
questions to be attempted and answer
(b) 3 and 2 to each question has two choices – True
(c) 3 and 4 (T) or False (F). It is given that no two

(d) 4 and 3 candidates have given the answer to the

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 five questions in an identical sequence. (c) C has more than what A and D have
For this to happen the maximum number together
of candidates is: (d) B is richer than D
(a) 10 27. In a parking area, the total number of
(b) 18 wheels of all the cars (four – wheelers)
(c) 26 and scooters / motorbikes (two –
wheelers) is 100 more than twice the
(d) 32
number of parked vehicles. The number
24. A person is standing on the first step of cars parked is
from the bottom of a ladder. If he has to
(a) 35
climb 4 more steps to reach exactly the
middle step, how many steps does the (b) 45
ladder have? (c) 50
(a) 8 (d) 55
(b) 9 28. If ABC × DEED = ABCABC where A, B, C,
(c) 10 D and E are different digits, what are the
values of D and E?
(d) 11
(a) D = 2, E = 0
25. In a class of 60 students, where the
number of girls is twice that of boys, (b) D = 0, E = 1
Kamal, a boy, ranked seventeenth from (c) D = 1, E = 0
the top. If there are 9 girls ahead of (d) D = 1, E = 2
Kamal, the number of boys in rank after
him is : 2014
(a) 13 29. A group of 630 children is seated in rows
(b) 12 for a group photo session. Each row
contains three less children than the row
(c) 7
in front of it. Which one of the following
(d) 3 number of rows is not possible?
2015 (a) 3
26. Each of A, B, C and D has Rs. 100. A pays (b) 4
Rs. 20 to B, who pays Rs. 10 to C, who (c) 5
gets Rs. 30 from D. In this context, which (d) 6
one of the following statements is not
correct ?
(a) C is the richest
(b) D is the poorest

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30. The letters L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T 2013
in their order are substituted by nine
33. In a class of 45 students, a boy is ranked
integers 1 to 9 but not in that order 4 is
20th. When two boys joined, his rank was
assigned to P. The difference between P
dropped by one. What is his new rank
and T is 5. The difference between N and
from the end?
T is 3. What is the integer assigned to N?
(a) 25th
(a) 7
(b) 26th
(b) 5
(c) 27th
(c) 4
(d) 28th
(d) 6
34. A gardener has 1000 plants. He wants to
31. Four persons, Alok, Bhupesh, Chander
plant them in such a way that the number
and Dinesh have a total of Rs. 100 among
of rows and the number of columns
themselves. Alok and Bhupesh between
remains the same. What is the minimum
them have as much money as Chander
number of plants that he needs more for
and Dinesh between them, but Alok has
this purpose?
more money than Bhupesh and Chander
has only half the money that Dinesh has. (a) 14
Alok has in fact Rs. 5 maximum amount (b) 24
of money?
(c) 32
(a) Alok (d) 34
(b) Bhupesh
35. A sum of Rs. 700 has to be used to
(c) Chander give seven cash prizes to the students
(d) Dinesh of a school for their overall academic
performance. If each prize is Rs. 20 less
32. For a charity show, the total tickets sold
than its preceding prize, what is the least
were 420. Half of these tickets were
value of the prize ?
sold at the rate of Rs. 5 each, one-third
at the rate of Rs. 3 each and the rest for (a) Rs. 30
Rs.2 each. What was the total amount (b) Rs. 40
received?
(c) Rs. 60
(a) Rs. 900 (d) Rs. 80
(b) Rs. 1540
(c) Rs. 1610
(d) Rs. 2000

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 Answer Key
i A
1 B 13 25 B
ii B
2 B 14 B 26 C
3 B 15 B 27 C
4 C 16 C 28 C
5 C 17 B 29 D
6 D 18 D 30 D
7 C 19 C 31 A
8 C 20 B 32 C
9 C 21 B 33 C
10 A 22 C 34 B
11 C 23 D 35 B
12 C 24 B

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 Problems on Ages 5

2023 Which one of the following is correct

in respect of the Question and the
1. For five children with ages a < b < c < d
statements?
< e ; any two successive ages differ by 2
years.
(a) Statement-1 alone is sufficient to
answer the Question
Question What is the age of the
(b) Statement-2 alone sufficient to answer
youngest child?
the Question
Statement-1 The age of the eldest is 3
times the youngest. (c) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2
Statement-2 The average age of the are sufficient to answer the Question
children is 8 years. (d) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2
are not sufficient to answer the
Which one of the following is correct
Question
inrespect of the above Question and the
Statements? 2021
(a) The Question can be answered by 3. Half of the villagers of a certain village
using one of the Statements alone, but have their own houses. One-fifth of the
cannot be answered using the other
villagers cultivate paddy. One-third of
Statement alone.
the villagers are literate. Four-fifth of
(b) The Question can be answered by the villagers are under 25 years of age.
using either Statement alone. Which one of the following statements is
(c) The Question can be answered by certainly correct?
using both the Statements together,
(a) All the villagers who have their own
but cannot be answered using either
houses are literate.
Statement alone.
(b) Some villagers under 25 years of age
(d) The Question cannot be answered
are literate.
even by using both the Statements
together. (c) Only half of the villagers who cultivate
paddy are literate.
2022
(d) No villager under 25 years of age has
2. Consider the Question and two Statement his own house.
given below : 4. X said to Y, “At the time of your birth I
Question : What is the age of Manisha? was twice as old as you are at present.”
Statement-1 : Manisha is 24 years younger If the present age of X is 42 years, then
than her mother. consider the following statements :
Statement-2 : 5 years later, the ages of 1. 8 years ago, the age of X was five
Manisha and her mother will be in the ratio times the age of Y.
3:5

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 2. After 14 years, the age of X would (b) 30 years
be two times the age of Y. (c) 35 years
Which of the above statements is/are (d) 45 years
correct?
2019
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only 7. In 2002, Meenu’s age was one-third of the
age of Meera, whereas in 2010, Meenu’s
(c) Both 1 and 2
age was half the age of Meera. What is
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 Meenu’s year of birth?
2020 (a) 1992
5. Three Statements S1, S2 and S3 are (b) 1994
given below followed by a Question: (c) 1996
S1 : C is younger than D, but older than (d) 1998
A and B.
8. Ena was born 4 years after her parents
S2 : D is the oldest. marriage. Her mother is three years
S3 : A is the older than B. younger than her father and 24 years
older than Ena, who is 13 years old. At
Questions:
what age did Ena’s father get married?
Who among A, B, C and D is the younges?
(a) 22 years
Which one of the following is correct in
respect of the above Statements and the (b) 23 years
Question? (c) 24 years
(a) S1 alone is sufficient to answer the (d) 25 years
Question.
2016
(b) S1 and S2 together are sufficient to
answer the Question. 9. The sum of the ages of 5 members
comprising a family, 3 years ago was
(c) S2 and S3 together are sufficient to
answer the Question. 80 years. The average age of the family
today is the same as it was 3 years ago,
(d) S1 and S3 together are sufficient to
because of an addition of a baby during
answer the Question.
the intervening period. How old is the
6. The average age of a teacher and baby ?
three students in 20 years. If all the
(a) 6 months
three students are of same age and
the difference between the age of the (b) 1 year
teachers and each student is 20 years, (c) 2 years
then what is the age of the teacher? (d) 2 years and 6 months
a) 25 years

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 2011
Answer Key
10. Consider the four age pyramids given
1 B 6 C
below namely A, B, C and D representing
four different countries. 2 C 7 B
A B C D
3 B 8 B
4 B 9 B
Age

5 D 10 C
Percent in age class

Which one of them indicates the declining

population?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

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 Ratio and Proportion 6

2023 ₹50 and ₹10.

1. D is a 3-digit number such that the ratio 3. 20 notes of ₹10 are used and the
of the number to the sum of its digits is
remaining are in the denominations of
₹50 and ₹20.
least. What is the difference between the
digit at the hundred’s place and the digit Which of the above statements are not
at the unit’s place of D? correct?

(a) 0 (a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 7 (b) 2 and 3 only.
(c) 8 (c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 9 (d) 1, 2 and 3
2. There are large number of silver coins 4. A has some coins. He gives half of the
weighing 2 gm, 5 gm, 10 gm, 25 gm, 50 gm coins and 2 more to B. B gives half of the
each. Consider the following statemens : coins and 2 more to C. C Gives half of
the coins and two more to D. The number
1. To buy 78 gm of coins one must buy
at least 7 coins. of coins D has now, is the smallest two-
digit number. How many coins does A
2. To weigh 78 gm using these coins one
have in the beginning?
can use less than 7 coins.
(a) 76
Which of the statements given above is/
are correct? (b) 68

(a) 1 only (c) 60

(b) 2 only (d) 52

(c) Both 1 and 2 5. A person X wants to distribute some

pens among six children A, B, C, D, E and
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
F. Suppose A gets twice the number of
2022 pens received by B, three times that of
C, four times that of D, five times that
3. A bill ₹1,840 is paid in the
for
of E and six times that of F. What is the
denominations of ₹50, ₹20, and ₹10
minimum number of pens X should buy
notes. 50 notes in all are used. Consider
so that the number of pens each one
the following statements :
gets is an even number?
1. 25 notes of ₹50 are used and the
remaining are in the denominations of (a) 147
₹20 and ₹10. (b) 150
2. 35 notes of ₹20 are used and the (c) 294
remaing are in the denomiations of (d) 300

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 2021 2020
6. A person P asks one of his three friends X 9. A bottle contains 20 litres of liquid A. 4
as to how much money he had. X replied, litres of liquid A is taken out of its and
“ If Y gives me ₹ 40, then Y will have half replace by same quantity of liquid B.
of as much as Z, but if Z gives me ₹ 40, Again 4 litres of the mixture is taken out
then three of us will have equal amount.” and replaced by same quantity of liquid
What is the total amount of money that X, B. What is the ratio of quantity of liquid
Y and Z have? A to that of liquid B in the final mixture?
(a) ₹ 420 (a) 4 : 1
(b) ₹ 360 (b) 5 : 1
(c) ₹ 300 (c) 16 : 9
(d) ₹ 270 (d) 17 : 8
7. There are three points P, Q and R on a 2019
straight line such that PQ : QR = 3 : 5. If n
10. The ratio of a two-digit natural number to
is the number of possible values of PQ :
a number formed by reversing its digits
PR, then what is n equal to?
is 4 : 7. The number of such pairs is
(a) 1
(a) 5
(b) 2
(b) 4
(c) 3
(c) 3
(d) 4
(d) 2
8. A cubical vessel of side 1 m is filled
11. In an examination, A has scored 20 marks
completely with water. How many
more than B. If B has scored 5% less
millilitres of water is contained in it
marks than A, how much has B scored?
(neglect thickness of the vessel)?
(a) 1000 (a) 360

(b) 10000 (b) 380

(c) 100000 (c) 400

(d) 1000000 (d) 420

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 2018 14. The monthly incomes of X and Y are the
ratio of 4 : 3 and their monthly expenses
12. Directions for the following 1 (one) items:
are in the ratio of 3 : 2. However, each
The following three items are based on
saves Rs. 6000 per month. What is their
the graph given below which shows
total monthly income ?
imports of three different types of steel
over a period of six months of a year.
(a) Rs. 28000
Study the graph and answer the three (b) Rs. 42000
items that follows. (c) Rs. 56000
(d) Rs. 84000
2016
15. The total emoluments of two persons
are the same, but one gets allowances
to the extent of 65% of his basic pay and
the other gets allowances to the extent
of 80% of his basic pay. The ratio of the
The figures in the brackets indicate the basic pay of the former to the basic pay
average cost per ton over six months of the latter is :
period. (a) 16 : 13
What was the approximate ratio of sheet (b) 5 : 4
steel and scrap steel imports in the first (c) 7 : 5
three months of the year ?
(d) 12 : 11
(a) 1 : 1
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(b) 1.2 : 1
16. In a 500 meters race, B starts 45 meters
(c) 1.4 : 1
ahead of A, but A wins the race while B
(d) 1.6 : 1
is still 35 meters behind. What is the ratio
2017 of the speeds of A and B assuming that
both start at the same time ?
13. P works thrice as fast as Q, whereas P
and Q together can work four times as
(a) 25 : 21
fast as R, If P, Q and R together work on (b) 25 : 20
a job, in what ratio should they share the (c) 5 : 3
earnings?
(d) 5 : 7
(a) 3 : 1 : 1
17. The monthly income of Peter and Paul
(b) 3 : 2 : 4 are in the ratio of 4 : 3. Their expense are
(c) 4 : 3 : 4 in the ratio of 3 : 2. If each saves Rs. 6000
(d) 3 : 1 : 4 at the end of the month, their monthly

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 incomes respectively are (in Rs.) 19. In a rare coin collection, there is one
(a) 24,000 and 18,000 gold coin for every three non-gold coins.
10 more gold coins are added to the
(b) 28,000 and 21,000
collection and the ratio of gold coins
(c) 32,000 and 24,000 to non-gold coins would be 1 : 2. Based
(d) 34,000 and 26,000 on the information, the total number of
coins in the collection now becomes.
2013
(a) 90
18. Direction for the following questions.
(b) 80
Study the two figures given below and
(c) 60
answer the questions.
(d) 50
20. Out of 120 applicants for a post, 70 are
male and 80 have a driver’s license.
What is the ratio between the minimum
to maximum number of males having
dirver’s license ?
(a) 1 to 2
(b) 2 to 3
(c) 3 to 7
(d) 5 to 7
2012
21. Two glasses of equal volume are
respectively half and three-fourths filled
with milk. They are then filled to the brim
by adding water. Their contents are then
poured into another vessel. What will be
Figure 1 Number of Professors in
the ratio of milk to water in this vessel?
selected disciplines in a
University by sex. (a) 1 : 3
Figure 2 Age of Physics Professors (b) 2 : 3
Which one of the following disciplines (c) 3 : 2
has the highest ratio of males to females? (d) 5 : 3
(a) Physics
(b) Mathematics
(c) Chemistry
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Answer Key
22. A village having a population of 4000
1 C 8 D 15 D
requires 150 liters of water per head per
day. It has a tank measuring 20 m × 15 m 2 A 9 B 16 A
× 6 m. The water of this tank will last for 3 D 10 B 17 A
(a) 2 days 4 D 11 B 18 A
(b) 3 days 5 C 12 B 19 A
(c) 4 days 6 B 13 A 20 C
(d) 5 days 7 B 14 B 21 D
22 B

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2021 (c) 20 kg

1. A biology class at high school predicted (d) 25 kg

that a local population of animals will 4. A frog tries to come out of a dried well
double in size every 12 years. The 4.5 m deep with slippery walls. Every time
population at the beginning of the year the frog jumps 30 cm, slides down 15 cm.
2021 was estimated to be 50 animals. What is the number of jumps required for
If P represents the population after n the frog to come out of the well?
years, then which one of the following (a) 28
equations represents the model of the
(b) 29
class for the population?
(c) 30
(a) P = 12 + 50n
(d) 31
(b) P = 50 + 12n
(c) P = 50 + (2)12n 2019
(d) P = 50 + (2)n/12 5. The number of parallelograms that can
be formed from a set of four parallel lines
2020
intersecting another set of four parallel
2. A man walks down the backside of his lines is:
house straight 25 metres, then turns to (a) 18
the right and walks 50 metres again;
(b) 24
then he turns towards left and again
walks 25 metres. If his house faces to the (c) 32
East, what is his direction from the start- (d) 36
ing point?
2018
(a) South-East
6. The figure drawn below gives the
(b) South-West
velocity graphs of two vehicles A and
(c) North-East B. The straight line OKP represents
(d) North-West the velocity of vehicle A at any instant,
3. A vessel full of water weighs 40 kg. If it whereas the horizontal straight line CKD
is one-third filled, its weight becomes represents the velocity of vehicle B at
20 kg. What is the weight of the empty any instant. In the figure, D is the point
vessel? where perpendicular from P meets the
horizontal line CKD such that
(a) 10 kg
1
(b) 15 kg PD = 2 LD

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 P 2014
C Vehicle B K D 9. A straight line segment is 36 cm long.
Velocity Points are to be marked on the line from
le A both the end points. From each end, the
ehic
V first point is at a distance of 1 cm from
O L the end, the second point is at a distance
Time
of 2cm from the first point and the third
What is the ratio between the distance point is at a distance of 3cm from the
covered by vehicles A and B in the time second point and so on. If the points
interval OL? on the ends are not counted and the
(a) 1 : 2 common points are counted as one, what
is the number of points?
(b) 2 : 3
(a) 10
(c) 3 : 4
(b) 12
(d) 1 : 1
2017 (c) 14
(d) 16
7. Two walls and a ceiling of a room meet
at right angles at a point P. A fly is in the 2012
air 1m from one wall, 8m from the other 10.
wall and 9 m from the point P. How many
P 10 11 1 Q
meters is the fly from the ceiling?
(a) 4 9 7 2
(b) 6 8 6
R 4 5 3 S
(c) 12
(d) 15
In the above figure, circle P represents
2015 hardworking people, circle Q represents
8. In a plane, line X is perpendicular to intelligent people, Circle R represents
line Y and parallel to line Z line U is truthful people and circle S represents
perpendicular to both lines V and W line honest people. Which region represents
X is perpendicular to line V. the people who are intelligent, honest

Which one of the following statements is and truthful but not hardworking?
correct? diagram
(a) Z, U and W are parallel (a) 6
(b) X, V and Y are parallel (b) 7
(c) Z, V and U are all perpendicular to (c) 8
W
(d) 11
(d) Y, V and W are parallel

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1 D 2 D 3 A 4 B 5 D
6 C 7 A 8 D 9 C 10 A

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 Percentage, Profit and Loss 8

2023 (b) 17

1. In a party, 75 persons took tea, 60 (c) 23

persons took coffee and 15 persons took (d) 35
both tea and coffee. No one taking milk
2022
takes tea. Each person takes at least one
drink. 3. The increase in the price of a certain item
Question : How many persons attended the was 25%. Then the price was decreased
party? by 20% and then again increased by 10%.
What is the resultant increase in the
Statement-1 : 50 persons took milk.
price?
Statement-2 : Number of persons who
attended the party is five times the number (a) 5%
of persons who took milk only. (b) 10%
Which one of the following is correct in (c) 12.5%
respect of the above Question and the (d) 15%
Statements?
4. Five friends P, Q, X, Y and Z purchased
(a) The Question can be answered by some notebooks. The relevent
using one of the Statements alone, but information is given below:
cannot be answered using the other
Statement alone. 1. Z purchased 8 notebooks more than X
did.
(b) The Question can be answered by
using either Statement alone. 2. P and Q together purchased 21
notebooks.
(c) The Question can be answered by
using both the Statements together, 3. Q purchased 5 notebooks less than P
but cannot be answered using either did.
Statement alone. 4. X and Y together purchased 28
(d) The Question cannot be answered notebooks.
even by using both the Statements P purchased 5 notebooks more than X
together. did.
2. In an examination, the miximum marks If each notebook is priced ₹ 40, then what
for each of the four papers namely P, Q, is the total cost of all the notebooks?
R and S are 100. Marks scored by the (a) ₹ 2,600
students are in integers. A student can
(b) ₹ 2,400
score 99% in n different ways. What is
the value of n? (c) ₹ 2,360
(a) 16 (d) ₹ 2,320

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5. When 70% of a number ϰ is added to 8. In a group of 120 persons, 80 are Indians
another number y, the sum becomes and rest are foreigners. Further, 70
165% of the value of y. When 60% of the persons in the group can speak English.
number ϰ is added to another number The number of Indians who can speak
z, then the sum becomes 165% of the English is
value of z. Which one of the following is (a) 20
correct?
(b) 30
(a) z < ϰ < y
(c) 30 or less
(b) ϰ < y < z
(d) 30 or more
(c) y < ϰ < z
9. Jay and Vijay spent an equal amount of
(d) z < y < ϰ money to buy some pens and special
6. Two candidates X and Y contested an pencils of the same quality from the
election. 80% of voters cast their vote same store. If Jay bought 3 pens and 5
and there were no invalid votes. There pencils, and Vijay bought 2 pens and 7
was no NOTA (None of the above) option. pencils, then which one of the following
X got 56% of the votes cast and won by is correct?
1440 votes. What is the total number of (a) A pencil costs more than a pen
voters in the voters list?
(b) The price of a pencil is equal to that
(a) 15000 of a pen
(b) 12000 (c) The price of a pen is two times the
(c) 9600 price of a pencil
(d) 5000 (d) The price of a pen is three times the
price of a pencil
2021
10. P scored 40 marks more than Q in an
7. In a class, 60% of students are from India examination. If Q scored 10% less marks
and 50% of the students are girls. If 30% than P, then how much did Q score?
of the Indian students are girls, then
(a) 360
what percentage of foreign students are
(b) 380
boys?
(c) 400
(a) 45%
(d) 420
(b) 40%
(c) 30% 11. In an objective types test of 90 questions,
5 marks are allotted for every correct
(d) 20%
answer and 2 marks are deducted for
every wrong answer. After attempting
all the 90 questions, a student got a total
of 387 marks. What is the number of
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 (a) 9 2020
(b) 13 15. As a result of 25% hike in the price of
(c) 27 rice per kg, a person is able to purchase
(d) 43 6 kg less rice for Rs. 1,200. What was the
original price of rice per kg?
12. A pie diagram shows -the percentage
distribution of proteins, water and (a) Rs. 30
other dry elements in the human body. (b) Rs. 40
Given that proteins correspond to 16% (c) Rs. 50
and water corresponds to70%. If both
(d) Rs. 60
proteins and the other dry elements
correspond to p%, then what is the 16. A person bought a car and sold it for Rs.
central angle of the sector representing 3,00,000. If he incurred a loss of 20%,
p on the pie diagram? then how much did he spend to buy the
car?
(a) 540
(a) Rs. 3,60,000
(b) 960
(b) Rs. 3,65,000
(c) 1080
(c) Rs. 3,70,000
(d) 1200
(d) Rs. 3,75,000
13. If the price of an article is decreased by
20% and then the new price is increased 2019
by 25%, then what is the net change in
17. A and B are two heavy steel blocks. If
the price?
B is placed on the top of A, the weight
(a) 0% increases by 60%. How much weight will
(b) 5% increase reduce with respect to the total weight of

(c) 5% decrease A and B, if B is removed from the top of

A?
(d) Cannot be determined due to
insufficient data (a) 60 %

14. A man completes 7/8 of a job in 21 days. (b) 45.5 %

How many more days will it take him (c) 40 %
to finish the job if quantum of work is (d) 37.5 %
further increased by 50%
18. Raju has Rs. 9000 with him and he wants
(a) 24 to buy a mobile handset but he finds that
(b) 21 he has only 75% of the amount required to
(c) 18 buy the handset. Therefore, he borrows
Rs. 2000 from a friend. Then
(d) 15
(a) Raju still does not have enough amount
to buy the handset.

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 (b) Raju has exactly the same amount as (a) 1 and 2 only
required to buy the handset. (b) 2 and 3 only
(c) Raju has enough amount to buy the (c) 1 and 3 only
handset and he will have Rs. 500 with
him after buying the handset. (d) 1,2 and 3
(d) Raju has enough amount to buy the 21. Rakesh had money to buy 8 mobile
handset and he will have Rs. 1000 handsets of a specific company. But the
with him after buying the handset. retailer offered very good discount on
that particular handset. Rakesh could by
19. All members of a club went to Mumbai
10 mobile handsets with the amount he
and stayed in a hotel. On the first day,
had. What was the discount the retailer
80% went for shopping and 50% went
offered?
for sightseeing, whereas 10% took
rest in the hotel. Which of the following (a) 15 %
conclusion(s) can be drawn from the (b) 20 %
above data ?
(c) 25 %
1. 40 % members went for shopping as
(d) 30 %
well as sightseeing.
2. 20 % members went for only shopping. 2018
Select the correct answer using the code 22. A shopkeeper sells an article at Rs. 40 and
given below : gets X % profit. However, when he sells
it at Rs. 20, he faces same percentage
(a) 1 only
of loss. What is the original cost of the
(b) 2 only
article ?
(c) Both 1 and 2
(a) Rs. 10
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(b) Rs. 20
20. In a school, 60% students play cricket. A (c) Rs. 30
student who does not play cricket, play
(d) Rs. 40
football. Every football player has got
a two-wheeler. Which of the following 2017
conclusions cannot be drawn from the
23. Gopal bought a cell phone and sold it to
above data ?
Ram at 10% profit. Then Ram wanted to
1. 60% of the students do not have two sell it back to Gopal at 10% loss. What
wheelers
will be Gopal’s position if he agreed?
2. No cricketer has a two wheeler.
(a) Neither loss nor gain
3. Cricket players do not play football.
(b) Loss 1 %
Select the correct answer using the code (c) Gain 1 %
given below
(d) Gain 0.5 %

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24. P (40% of A) + (65%of B) and 27. The monthly average salary paid to all
Q = (50% of A) + (50% of B) where A is the employees of a company was Rs.
greater than B 5000. The monthly average salary paid
to male and female employees was Rs.
In this context, which of the following
5200 and Rs. 4200 respectively. Then
statements is correct?
the percentage of males employed in the
(a) P is greater than Q
company is
(b) Q is greater than P
(a) 75 %
(c) P is equal to Q
(b) 80 %
(d) None of the above can be concluded
(c) 85 %
with certainty
(d) 90 %
25. In a city, 12 % of households earn less
than Rs. 30,000 per year, 6% households 28. Two members X and Y are respectively
earn more than Rs. 2,00,000 per year, 20% and 28% less than a third number Z.
22% households earn more than Rs. By what percentage is the number Y less
1,00,000 per year and 990 households than the number X ?
earn between Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 1,00,000 (a) 12 %
per year. How many households earn (b) 10 %
between Rs. 1,00,000 and Rs. 2,00,000
(c) 9 %
per year ?
(d) 8 %
(a) 250
29. A person allows a 10% discount for cash
(b) 240
payment from the marked price of a toy
(c) 230 and still he makes a 10 % gain. What is
(d) 225 the cost price of the toy which is marked
Rs. 770 ?
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(a) Rs. 610
26. Anita’s mathematics test had 70 problems
(b) Rs. 620
carrying equal marks i.e. 10 arithmetic,
30 Algebra and 30 geometry. Although (c) Rs. 630
she answered 70% of the arithmetic, 40 (d) Rs. 640
% of algebra and 60% of the geometry
problems correctly, she did not pass
the test because she got less than 60%
marks. The number of more questions
she would have to answer correctly to
earn a 60% passing marks is:
(a) 1 (b) 5

(c) 7 (d) 9

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 2015 From these charts, we can conclude that

30. An automobile owner reduced his (a) Family A spent more money on food
monthly petrol consumption when the
than family B
prices went up. The price consumption (b) Family B spent more money on food
relationship is as follows: than family A

Price (in Rs. Per litre) 40,50,60,75 (c) Family A and Family B spent the same
Monthly consumption (in. L) 60,48,40,32
amount on food
(d) The expenditure on food by family A
If the price goes up to Rs. 80 per litre, his
and family B cannot be compared.
expected consumption (in litres) will be :
33. A cow costs more than 4 goats but less
(a) 30
than 5 goats. If a goat costs between Rs.
(b) 28 600 and Rs. 800, which of the following is
(c) 26 a most valid conclusion?
(d) 24 (a) A cow costs more than Rs. 2,500
31. In a test, a candidate attempted only 8 (b) A cow costs less than Rs. 3,600
questions and secured 50% marks in (c) A cow costs between Rs. 2,600 and
each of the questions. If he obtained a Rs. 3,800
total of 40% in the test and all questions
(d) A cow costs between Rs. 2,400 and
in the test carried equal marks, how Rs. 4,000
many questions were there in the test?
34. Candidates in a competitive examination
(a) 8 consisted of 60% men and 40% women.
(b) 10 70% men and 75% women cleared the
(c) 15 qualifying test and entered the final test
where 80% men and 70% women were
(d) 16
successful.
32. The proportion of expenditure on
Which of the following statements is
various item by two families A and B are
correct?
represented in the following Bar
(a) Success rate is higher for women
10% Food (b) Overall success rate is below 50%
50%
Food
(c) More men cleared the examination
60%
Other than women.
items
30%
Other (d) Both (a) and (b) above are correct.
items
30%
20% Education
Education
Family A Family B
Total expenditure Total expenditure

Rs. 20,0000 Rs. 1,00,000

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 2014 (c) Per capita income was always above
Rs. 5000
35. If Sohan, while selling two goats at the
same price, makes a profit of 10% on one
(d) Per capita income was highest in 1994
goat and suffers a loss of 10 % on the 38. A and B decide to travel from place X
other to place Y by bus. A has Rs. 10 with him
(a) He makes no profit and no loss and he finds that it is 80 % of the bus
fare for two persons. B finds that he has
(b) He makes a profit of 1%
Rs. 3 with him and hands it over to A. In
(c) He suffers a loss of 1% this context, which one of the following
(d) He suffers a loss of 2% statements is correct?

36. Out of a total of 120 musicians in a club, (a) Now the money A has is just enough to
5% can play all the three instruments, buy two tickets.
guitar, violin and flute. It so happens (b) A still needs Rs. 2 for buying the
that the number of musicians who tickets.
can play any two and only two of the (c) After buying the two tickets A will be
above instruments is 30. The number of left with 50 paise.
musicians who can play the guitar alone
(d) The money A now has is still not
is 40. What is the total number of those sufficient to buy two tickets.
who can play violin alone or flute alone?
2013
(a) 49
(b) 44 39. Direction for the following questions.
Study the two figures given below and
(c) 38
answer the questions.
(d) 30
37. The following table gives population and
total income of a city for four years.

Year 1992 1993 1994 1995

Population
20 21 22 23
In lakhs
Income
Increases 1010 1111 1225 1345
crores (Rs.)
Which one of the following statements is
correct in respect of the above data?
(a) Population increased by 5% or more
every year.
(b) Income increased by 10% or more
every year.

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 (b) 500
(c) 600
(d) 700
2011
40. There are 100 students in a particular
class. 60% students play cricket, 30%
student play football and 10% student

play both the games.
What is the number of students who play
Figure 1 Number of Professors in neither cricket nor football?
selected disciplines in a
University by sex. (a) 25
Figure 2 Age of Physics Professors (b) 20
(c) 18
i) What percentage of all Psychlology (d) 15
professors are females?
41. In a group of persons, 70% of the persons
(a) 40 %
are male and 30% of the persons are
(b) 50 % married. If two sevenths of males are
(c) 60 % married, what fraction of the females is

(d) 70 % single?
(a) 2/7
ii) If the number of female Physics
professors in the age group 25 – (b) 1/3
34 equals 25% of all the Physics (c) 3/7
professors in that age group, then
what is the number of male Physics
(d) 2/3
professors in the age group 25 -34 ? 42. Read the following passage and answer
(a) 9 the 3 (three) items that follow:

(b) 6 In a survey regarding a proposed

(c) 3 measure to be introduced, 2878 persons

took part of which 1652 were males.
(d) 2
1226 persons voted against the proposal
iii) If the Psychology professors in the of which 796 were males. 1425 persons
University constitute 2% of all the voted for the proposal. 196 females were
professors in the university, then what undecided.
is the number of professors in the
university ?
(a) 300

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i) How many females voted for the pro- (c) 426
posal?
(d) 581
(a) 430
iii) How many females were not in favour
(b) 600 the proposal ?
(c) 624 (a) 430
(d) 640 (b) 496
ii) How many males were undecided ? (c) 586
(a) 31 (d) 1226
(b) 227

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 Answer Key
1 C 10 A 19 A 28 B 37 C
2 D 11 A 20 D 29 C 38 C
i C
3 B 12 C 21 B 30 A 39 ii A
iii B
4 A 13 A 22 C 31 B 40 B
5 A 14 D 23 C 32 C 41 D
6 A 15 B 24 D 33 D i B
7 D 16 D 25 B 34 C 42 ii A
8 D 17 D 26 B 35 C iii A
9 C 18 D 27 B 36 B

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 Pipes and Cisterns 9

2015
1. Two pipes A and B can independently fill
a tank completely in 20 and 30 minutes
respectively. If both the pipes are opened
simultaneously, how much time will they
take to fill the tank completely ?
(a) 10 minutes
(b) 12 minutes
(c) 15 minutes
(d) 25 minutes

Answer Key
1 B

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 Time and Work 10

2023 2020
1. A, B, C working independently can do 3. A person x can complete 20% of work in 8
a piece or work in 8, 16 and 12 days days and another person Y can complete
respectively. A alone works on Monday, 25% of the same work in 6 days. If they
B alone works on Tuesday, C alone works work together, in how many days will
on Wednesday; A alone, again works 40% of the work by completed?
on Thursday and so on. Consider the (a) 6
following statements:
(b) 8
1. The work will be finished on Thursday.
(c) 10
2. The work will be finished in 10 days.
(d) 12
Which of the above statements is/are
correct?
2016

(a) 1 only 4. There are five hobby clubs in a college

… photography, yachting, chess,
(b) 2 only
electronics and gardening. The
(c) Both 1 and 2 gardening group meets every second
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 day, the electronics group meets every
third day, the chess group meets every
2022 fourth day, the yachting group meets
2. 24 men and 12 women can do a piece of every fifth day and the photography
work in 30 days. In how many days can group meets do all the five groups meet
12 men and 24 women do the same piece on the same day within 180 days?
of work? (a) 5
(a) 30 days (b) 18
(b) More than 30 days (c) 10
(c) Less than 30 days or more than 30 (d) 3
days
5. There is an order of 19000 quantity of
(d) Data is inadequate to draw any a particular product from a customer.
conclusion The firm produces 1000 quantity of that
product per day out of which 5% are unfit
for sale. In how many days will the order
be completed?
(a) 18 (b) 19

(c) 20 (d) 22

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6. A class starts at 11.00 am and lasts till 8. Ram and Shyam work on a job together
2.27pm. Four periods of equal duration for four days and complete 60% of it.
are held during this interval. After every Ram takes leave then and Shyam works
period, a rest of 5 minutes is given to for eight more days to complete the job.
the students. The exact duration of each How long would Ram take to complete
period is : the entire job alone?
(a) 48 minutes (a) 6 days
(b) 50 minutes (b) 8 days
(c) 51 minutes (c) 10 days
(d) 53 minutes (d) 11 days
7. Four friends A, B, C and D need to cross 9. W can do 25% of a work in 30 days, X can
a bridge. A maximum of two persons can do ¼ of the work in 10 days, Y can do 40%
cross it at a time. It is night and they just of the work in 40 days and Z can do 1/3
have one lamp. Persons that cross the of the work in 13 days. Who will complete
bridge must carry the lamp to find the the work first ?
way. A pair must walk together at the (a) W
speed of slower person. After crossing
(b) X
the bridge, the person having faster
speed in the pair will return with the (c) Y
lamp each time to accompany another (d) Z
person in the group. Finally, the lamp has
2014
to be returned at the original place and
the person who returns the lamp has to 10. Five persons fire bullets at a target at
cross the bridge, the time taken by them an interval of 6,7,8,9 and 12 seconds
is as follows : A : 1 minutes, B : 2 minutes, respectively. The number of times they
C : 7 minutes and D : 10 minutes. What would fire the bullets together at the
is the total minimum time required by all target in an hour is
the friends to cross the bridge? (a) 6
(a) 23 minutes (b) 7
(b) 22 minutes (c) 8
(c) 21 minutes (d) 9
(d) 20 minutes

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 2013 13. The tank – full petrol in Arun’s motorcycle
lasts for 10 days. If he starts using 25%
11. Consider the following diagrams : x
more everyday, how many days will the
men, working at constant speed, do a
tank – full petrol last ?
certain job in y days. Which one of these
diagrams shows the relation between x
(a) 5
and y ? (b) 6
(c) 7
y y
(d) 8
2012
Days

Days

14. Mr. Kumar drives to work at an average

speed of 48km/hr. The time taken to
O x O x
Men Men cover the first 60% of the distance is
Diagram I Diagram II 10 minutes more than the time taken to
y cover the remaining distance. How far is
y
his office?
(a) 30km
Days

Days

(b) 40km
(c) 45km
O Men x O Men x
(d) 48km
Diagram III Diagram IV
(a) Diagram I 2011
(b) Diagram II 15. A contract on construction job specifies
(c) Diagram III a penalty for delay in completion of the
work beyond a certain date is as follows:
(d) Diagram IV
Rs. 200 for the first day, Rs. 250 for the
12. In a garrison, there was food for 1000 s second day, Rs. 300 for the third day etc.,
for one month. After 10 days, 1000 more the penalty for each succeeding day
s joined the garrison. How long would the being 50 more than that of the preceding
s be able to carry on with the remaining day. How much penalty should the
food? contractor pay if he delays the work by
(a) 25 days 10 days ?

(b) 20 days (a) Rs. 4950

(c) 15 days (b) Rs. 4250
(d) 10 days (c) Rs. 3600
(d) Rs. 650

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 Answer Key
1 A 6 A 11 D
2 D 7 A 12 D
3 A 8 C 13 D
4 D 9 D 14 B
5 C 10 B 15 B

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 Time and Distance 11

2022 4. A person X from a place A and another

person Y from a place B set out at the
1. X and Y run a 3km race along a cicular
same time to walk towards each other.
course of length 300 m. Their speeds are
The places are separated by a distance
in the rario 3 : 2. If they start together
of 15 km. X walks with a uniform speed
in the same direction, how many times
of 1.5 km/hr and Y walks with a uniform
would the first one pass the other (the
speed of 1 km/hr in the first hour, with
start-off is not counted as passing)?
a uniform speed of 1.25 km/hr in the
(a) 2 second hour and with a uniform speed of
(b) 3 1.5 km/hr in the third hour and so on.

(c) 4 Which of the following is/are correct?

(d) 5 1. They take 5 hours to meet.
2021 2. They meet midway between A and B.
Select the correct answer using the code
2. A bank employee drives 10 km towards
given below:
South from her house and turns to her
left and drives another 20 km. She again (a) 1 only
turns left and drives 40 km, then she turns (b) 2 only
to her right and drives for another 5 km.
(c) Both 1 and 2
She again turns to her right and drives
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
another 30 km to reach her bank where
she works. What is the shortest distance 2020
between her bank and her house?
5. A car travels from a place X to place Y at
(a) 20 km an average speed of V km/hr, from Y to X
(b) 25 km at an average speed of 2v km/hr, again
(c) 30 km from X to Y at an average speed of 3v km/
hr and again from Y to X at an average
(d) 35 km
speed of 4v km/hr. Then the average
3. Replace the incorrect term by the correct speed of the car for the entire journey
term in the given sequence
(a) is less than v km/hr
3, 2, 7, 4, 13, 10, 21, 18, 31, 28, 43, 40
(b) lies between v and 2v km/hr
where odd terms and even terms follow
(c) lies between 2v and 3v km/hr
the same pattern.
(d) lies between 3v and 4v km/hr
(a) 0 (b) 1

(c) 3 (d) 6

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6. A man takes half time in rowing a certain 2017
distance downstream than upstream.
9. A freight train left Delhi for Mumbai
What is the ratio of the speed in still
at an average speed of 40 km/hr. Two
water to the speed of current?
hours later, an express train left Delhi for
(a) 1 : 2 Mumbail, following the freight train on
(b) 2 : 1 a parallel track at an average speed of
(c) 1 : 3 60 km/hr. How far from Delhi would the
express train meet the freight train?
(d) 3 : 1
(a) 480 km
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(b) 260 km
7. When a runner crossing the 12 km mark,
(c) 240 km
she was informed that she had completed
(d) 120 km
only 80%of the race. How many
kilometers was the runner supposed to 10. Two persons, A and B are running on a
run in this event? circular track. At the start, B is ahead

(a) 14 of A and their positions make an angle

of 300 at the centre of the circle. When A
(b) 15
reaches the point diametrically opposite
(c) 16 to his starting point, he meets B. What is
(d) 16.5 the ratio of speeds of A and B, if they are
running with uniform speeds ?
8. X, Y and Z are three contestants in a
race of 1000 m. Assume that all run with (a) 6 : 5
different uniform speeds. X gives Y a (b) 4 : 3
start of 40 m and X gives Z a start of 64
(c) 6 : 1
m. If Y and Z were to compete in a race
(d) 4 : 2
of 1000 m, how many meters start will Y
give to Z ? 2016
(a) 20 11. A and B walk around a circular park.
(b) 25 They start at 8 am. From the same point
(c) 30 in the opposite directions. A and B walk
at a speed of 2 rounds per hour and 3
(d) 35
rounds per hour respectively. How many
times shall they cross each other after
8.00 am and before 9.30 am.
(a) 7
(b) 6
(c) 5
(d) 8
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12. In a race, a competitor has to collect 2014
6 apples which are kept in a straight
15. A worker reaches his factory 3 minutes
line on a track and a bucket is placed
late if his speed from his house to the
at the beginning of the track which is
factory is 5 km/hr. If he walks at a speed
starting point. The condition is that the
of 6 km/hr. then he reaches the factory 7
competitor can pick only one apple at a
minutes early. The distance of the factory
time, run back with it and drop it in the
from his house is
bucket, how much total distance he has
to run if the bucket is 5 meters from the (a) 3 km
first apple and all other apples are placed (b) 4 km
3 meters apart?
(c) 5 km
(a) 40 m (d) 6 km
(b) 50 m
16. Two cars start towards each other,
(c) 75 m from two places A and B which are at
(d) 150 m a distance of 160 km. They start at the
same time 08 : 10 AM. If the speeds of
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the cars are 50 km and 30 km per hour
13. In a 500 meters race, B starts 45 meters respectively, they will meet each other at
ahead of A, but A wins the race while B (a) 10 : 10 AM
is still 35 meters behind. What is the ratio
(b) 10 : 30 AM
of the speeds of A and B assuming that
both start at the same time ? (c) 11 : 10 AM

(a) 25 : 21 (d) 10 : 20 AM

(b) 25 : 20 2013
(c) 5 : 3 17. A thief running at 8 km/hr is chased by
(d) 5 : 7 a policeman whose speed is 10 km/hr. If
the thief is 100 m ahead of the policeman,
14. Two cities A and B are 360 km apart. A
then the time required for the policeman
car goes from A to B with a speed of 40
to catch the thief will be
km/hr and returns to A with a speed of 60
km/hr. What is the average speed of the (a) 2 min
car ? (b) 3 min
(a) 45 km/hr (c) 4 min
(b) 48 km/hr (d) 6 min
(c) 50 km/hr
(d) 55 km/hr

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18. Four cars are hired at the rate of Rs. 6
Answer Key
per km plus the cost of diesel at Rs. 40 a
litre. In this context, consider the details 1 B 8 B 15 C
given in the following table: 2 B 9 C 16 A
Car Mileage Hours Total Payment 3 A 10 A 17 B
(km/l) (INR)
A 8 20 2120 4 C 11 A 18 A
B 10 25 1950 5 B 12 D 19 A
C 9 24 2064 6 D 13 A 20 B
D 11 22 1812
7 B 14 B
Which car maintained the maximum
average speed?
(a) Car A
(b) Car B
(c) Car C
(d) Car D
19. A person can walk a certain distance
and drive back in six hrs. He can also
walk both ways in 10 hrs. How much time
will he take to drive both ways?
(a) Two hours
(b) Two and a half hours
(c) Five and a half hours
(d) Four hours
2011
20. If a bus travels 160 km in 4 hours and a
train travels 320 km in 5 hours at uniform
speeds, then what is the ratio of the
distances travelled by them in one hour?
(a) 8 : 5
(b) 5 : 8
(c) 4 : 5
(d) 1 : 2

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 Problems on Trains 12

2018 2013
1. A train 200 metres long is moving at the 2. A train travels at a certain average speed
rate of 40 kmph. In how many seconds for a distance of 63 km and then travels
will it cross a man standing near the a distance of 72 km at an average speed
railway line? of 6 km/hr more than its original speed.
(a) 12 If it takes 3 hours to complete the total
journey, what is the original speed of the
(b) 15
train in km/hr?
(c) 16
(a) 24
(d) 18
(b) 33
Answer Key (c) 42
1 D 2 C (d) 66

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 Alligation or Mixture 13

2022
Answer Key
1. There are two containers X and Y. X
contains 100 ml of milk and Y contains 1 A 2 A 3 D
100 ml of water. 20 ml of milk from X is
transferred to Y. After mixing well, 20 ml
of the mixture in Y is transferred back to
X. If m denotes the proportion of milk in
X and n denotes the proportion of water
in Y, then which one of the following is
correct?
(a) m = n
(b) m > n
(c) m < n
(d) Cannot be determined due to
insufficient data
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2. There is a milk sample with 50% water in
it. If 1/3rd of this milk is added to equal
amount of pure milk, then water in the
new mixture will fall down to :
(a) 25% (b) 30%

(c) 35% (d) 40%

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3. 30g of sugar was mixed in 180 ml water
in a vessel A, 40 g of sugar was mixed
in 280 ml of water in vessel B and 20 g
of sugar was mixed in 100 ml of water in
vessel C. The solution in vessel B is :
(a) Sweeter than that in C
(b) Sweeter than that in A
(c) As sweet as that in C
(d) Less sweet than that in C

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 Simple Interest, Compound Interest 14

2023 4. As per agreement with a bank, a

businessman had to refund a loan in
1. A principle P becomes Q in 1 year when
some equal instalments without interest.
compounded half-yearly with R% annual
After paying 18 instalments he found
rate of interest. If the same principle P
that 60 percent of his loan was refunded.
becomes Q in 1 year when compounded
How many instalments were there in the
annually with S% annual rate of interest,
agreement?
then which one of the following is
correct?
(a) 22
(b) 24

(a) R = S (b) R > S
(c) 30

(c) R < S (d) R ≤ S
(d) 33
2. Three of the five positive integers p, q,
r, s, t are even and two of them are odd
(not necessarily in order). Consider the
Answer Key
following:
1 C
1. p+q+r-s-t is definitely even.
2. 2p+q+2r-2s+ t is definitely odd. 2 A

Which of the above statements is/are 3 D

correct? 4 C
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
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3. A person bought a refrigerator worth Rs.
22800 with 12.5% interest compounded
yearly. At the end of first year he paid Rs.
8650 and at the end of second year Rs.
9125. How much will he have to pay at
the end of third year to clear the debt?
(a) Rs. 9990
(b) Rs. 10000
(c) Rs. 10590
(d) Rs. 11250

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 Calendar and Clocks 15

2023 (c) 10 minutes fast

1. What is the number of selections of 10 (d) 5 minutes fast

consecutive things out of 12 things in a 5. Consider the following statements :
circle taken in the clockwise direction?
1. Between 3:16 p.m. and 3:17 p.m.,
(a) 3 both hour hand and minute hand
(b) 11 coincide.

(c) 12 2. Between 4:58 p.m. and 4:59 p.m.,

both minute hand and second hand
(d) 66
coincide.
2. If today is Sunday, then which day is it
Which of the above statements is/are
exactly on 1010 day?
correct?
(a) Wednesday
(a) 1 only
(b) Thursday
(b) 2 only
(c) Friday
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Saturday
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
2022 2021
3. Which date of June 2099 among the
6. Which day is 10th October, 2027 ?
following is Sunday?
(a) Sunday
(a) 4
(b) Monday
(b) 5
(c) Tuesday
(c) 6
(d) Saturday
(d) 7
7. Joseph visits the club on every 5th day,
4. A man started from home at 14:30 hours
Harsh visits on every 24th day, while
and drove to village, arriving there when
Sumit visits on every 9th day. If all three
the village clock indicated 15:15 hours.
of them met at the club on a Sunday, then
After staying for 25 minutes, he drove
on which day will all three of them meet
back by a different route of length 1.25
again?
times the first route at a rate twice as
fast reaching home at 16:00 hours. As
(a) Monday
compared to the clock at home, the (b) Wednesday
village clock is (c) Thursday
(a) 10 minutes slow (d) Sunday
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 2020 (b) Thursday
8. In the particular year 12th January is a (c) Saturday
Sunday, then which one of the following (d) Sunday
is correct?
11. A wall clock moves 10 minutes fast in
(a) 15th July is a Sunday if the year is a every 24 hours. The clock was set right
leap year. to show the correct time at 8.00 am. On
(b) 15th July is a Sunday if the year is Monday. When the clock shows the time
not a leap year. 6.00 pm. On Wednesday, what is the
(c) 12th July is Sunday if the year is a correct time?
leap year. (a) 5 : 36 pm
(d) 12th July is a not Sunday if the year (b) 5 : 30 pm
is a leap year.
(c) 5 : 24 pm
9. Consider the following data:
(d) 5 : 18 pm
Year Birth rate Death 12. Which year has the same calendar as
rate
that of 2009?
1911-1921 48.1 35.5
1921-1931 46.4 36.3 (a) 2018
1931-1941 45.2 31.2 (b) 2017
1941-1951 39.9 27.4 (c) 2016
1951-1961 41.7 22.8
(d) 2015
1961-1971 41.1 18.9
1971-1981 37.1 14.8 2017
For which period was the natural growth 13. If second and fourth Saturdays and all
rate maximum? the Sundays are taken as only holidays
(a) 1911-1921 for an office, what would be the minimum
number of possible working days of any
(b) 1941-1951
month of any year ?
(c) 1961-1971
(a) 23
(d) 1971-1981
(b) 22
2019 (c) 21
10. Mr X has three children. The birthday of (d) 20
the first child falls on the 5 Monday of
th
14. A watch loses 2 minutes in every 24 hours
April, that of the second one falls on the
while another watch gains 2 minutes in
5th Thursday of November. On which day
every 24 hours. At a particular instant,
is the birthday of his third child, which
the two watches showed an identical
falls on 20th December?
time. Which of the following statements
(a) Monday is correct if 24 hour clock is followed ?

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 (a) The two watches show the identical After how many minutes (nearest
time again on completion of 30 days integer) will the two hands be again lying
(b) The two watches show the identical one above the other?
time again on completion of 90 days (a) 60
(c) The two watches show the identical (b) 62
time again on completion of 120 days
(c) 65
(d) None of the above statements is
correct. (d) 67
18. A bell rings 18minutes. A second bell
15. A clock strikes once at 1 o’clock, twice
rings every 24minutes. A third bell rings
at 2 o’clock and thrice 3 o’clock, and so
every 32minutes. If all the three bells
on. If it takes 12 seconds to strike at 5
ring at the same time at 8 o’clock in the
o’clock, what is the time taken by it to
morning, at what other time will they all
strike at 10 o’clock
ring together?
(a) 20 seconds
(a) 12 : 40 hrs.
(b) 24 seconds
(b) 12 : 48 hrs.
(c) 28 seconds
(c) 12 : 56 hrs.
(d) 30 seconds
(d) 13 : 04 hrs.
2015
19. If the 3rd day of a month is Monday,
16. Between 6 PM and 7 PM the minute hand which one of the following will be the fifth
of a clock will be ahead of the hour hand day from 21st of this month?
by 3 minutes at (a) Monday
(a) 6 : 15 PM (b) Tuesday
(b) 6 : 18 PM (c) Wednesday
(c) 6 : 36 PM (d) Friday
(d) 6 : 48 PM
2013
2014
20. There are five hobby clubs in a college.
17. Assume that photography, yachting, chess, electronics
1. The hour and minute hands of a clock and gardening. The gardening group
move without jerking. meets every second day, the electronics
group meets every third day, the chess
2. The clock shows a time between 8’o
group meets every fourth day, the
clock and 9’o clock.
yachting group meets every fifth day and
3. The two hands of the clock are one
the photography group meets do all the
above the other.
five groups meet on the same day within
180 days?

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(a) 3
Answer Key
(b) 5
1 C 8 C 15 C
(c) 10
2 B 9 D 16 C
(d) 18
3 D 10 B 17 C
4 D 11 A 18 B
5 C 12 D 19 C
6 A 13 B 20 A
7 B 14 D

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 Permutations and Combinations 16
2023 4. One non-zero digit, one vowel and
one consonant from English alphabet
1. A flag has to be designed with 4
(in capital) are to be used in forming
horizontal stripes using some or all of
passwords, such that each password
the colours red, green and yellow. What
has to start with a vowel and end with a
is the number of different ways in which
consonant. How many such passwords
this can be done so that no two adjacent
can be generated?
stripes have the same colour?
(a) 105
(a) 12
(b) 525
(b) 18
(c) 945
(c) 24
(d) 1050
(d) 36
5. There are 9 cups placed on a table
2022 arranged in equal number of rows and
2. A, B and C are three places such that columns out of which 6 cups contain
there are three different roads from A to coffee and 3 cups contain tea. In how
B, four different roads from B to C and many ways can they be arranged so that
three different roads from A to C. In how each row should contain at least one cup
many different ways can one travel from of coffee?
A to C using these roads? (a) 18
(a) 10 (b) 27
(b) 13 (c) 54
(c) 15 (d) 81
(d) 36 2021
3. There is a numeric lock which has a 3-digit
6. On a chess board, in how many different
PIN. The PIN contains digits 1 to 7. There
ways can 6 consecutive squares be
is no repetition of digits. The digits in the
chosen on the diagonals along a straight
PIN from left to right are in decreasing
path?
order. Any two digits in the PIN differ by
at least 2. How many maximum attempts
(a) 4
does one need to find out the PIN with (b) 6
certainty? (c) 8
(a) 6 (d) 12
(b) 8
(c) 10
(d) 12
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7. There are 6 persons arranged in a row. 2018
Another person has to shake hands with
10. A bag contains 15 red balls and 20 black
3 of them so that he should not shake
balls. Each ball is numbered either 1 or 2
hands with two consecutive persons. In
or 3.20% of the red balls are numbered
how many distinct possible combinations
1 and 40% of them are numbered 3.
can the handshakes take place?
Similarly, among the black balls, 45% are
(a) 3 numbered 2 and 30% are numbered 3.
(b) 4 A boy picks a ball at random. He wins if
(c) 5 the ball is red and numbered 3 or if it is
black and numbered 1 or 2. What are the
(d) 6
chances of his winning?
2020
1
(a)
8. How many different sums can be formed 2
with the denomination Rs. 50, Rs. 100,
4
(b)
7
Rs. 200, Rs. 500, and Rs. 2,000 taking at
least three denominations at a time? (c) 5
9
(a) 16 (d) 12
13
(b) 15 11. For a sports meet, a winner’s stand
(c) 14 comprising three wooden blocks is in the
(d) 10 following form :

2019
9. Suppose you have sufficient amount of
rupee currency in three denominations:
Rs. 1, Rs. 10, Rs. 50. In how many different
ways can you pay a bill of Rs. 107 ?
There are six different colours available
(a) 16 to choose from and each of the three
(b) 17 wooden blocks is to be painted such
(c) 18 that no two of them has the same colour.
In how many different ways can the
(d) 19
winners’ stand be painted?
(a) 120
(b) 81
(c) 66
(d) 36

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 2017 2015
12. A bag contains 20 balls. 8 balls are 15. There are 5 tasks and 5 persons. Tasks-1
green, 7 are white and 5 are red. What is cannot be assigned to either person-1
the minimum number of balls that must or person-2. Task -2 must be assigned
be picked up from the bag blindfolded to either person-3 or person 4. Every
(without replacing any of it) to be person is to be assigned one task. In how
assured of picking at least one ball of many ways can the assignment be done
each colour? ?
(a) 17 (a) 6
(b) 16 (b) 12
(c) 13 (c) 24
(d) 11 (d) 144
13. If 2 boys and 2 girls are to be arranged in 16. In a box of marbles, there are three less
a row so that the girls are not next to each white marbles than the red ones and five
other, how many possible arrangements more white marbles than the green ones.
are there ? If there are a total of 10 white marbles,
(a) 3 how many marbles are there in the box ?

(b) 6 (a) 26
(b) 28
(c) 32 (d) 36

(c) 12
(d) 24 2014
14. Directions for the following questions: 17. Six identical cards are placed on a table.
Consider the given information and Each card has number 1 marked on one
answer the items that follow: side and number 2 marked on its other
Eight railway stations A, B, C, D, E, side. All the six cards are placed in
F, G and H are connected either by such a manner that the number 1 is on
two – way passages or one-way the upper side. In one try, exactly four
passages. One-way passages are (neither more nor less) cards are turned
from C to A, E to G, B to F, D to H, G upside down. In how many least number
to C, E to C and H to G. Two – way of tries down. In how many least number
passages are between A and E, G
of tries can the cards be turned upside
and B, F and D, and E and D.
down such that all the six cards show
In how many different ways can a train number 2 on the upper side ?
travel from F to A without passing through
(a) 3
any station more than once?
(b) 5
(a) 1 (b) 2

(c) 7
(c) 3 (d) 4

(d) This cannot be achieved.

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 Answer Key
1 C 2 C 3 C 4 C 5 D
6 B 7 B 8 A 9 C 10 B
11 A 12 B 13 C 14 D 15 C
16 B 17 A

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 Probability 17

2023 3. A box contains 14 black balls, 20 blue

balls, 26 green balls, 28 yellow balls, 38
1. Raj has ten pairs of red, nine pairs of red balls and 54 white balls. Consider the
white and eight pairs of black shoes in a following statements:
box. If he randmoly picks shoes one by
1. The smallest number n such that any
one (without replacement) from the box
n balls drawn from the box randomly
to get a red pair of shoes to wear, what is
must contain one full group of at least
the maximum number of attempts he has one colour is 175.
to make?
2. The smallest number m such that any
(a) 27 m balls drawn from the box randomly
(b) 36 must contain at least one ball of each
colour is 167.
(c) 44
Which of the above statements is/are
(d) 45
correct?
2. There are four letters and four envelopes
(a) 1 only
and exactly one letter is to be put in exactly
one envelope with the correct address. If (b) 2 only
the letters are randomly inserted into the (c) Both 1 and 2
envelopes, then consider the following (d) Neither 1 nor 2
statement :
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1. It is possible that exactly that exactly
one letter goes into an incorrect 4. A round archery target of diameter 1m
envelope. is marked with four scoring regions from
2. There are only six ways in which only the centre outwards as red, blue, yellow
two letters can go into the correct and white. The radius of the red band
envelops. is 0.20m. The width of all the remaining
Which of the statements given above is/ bands is equal. If archers throw arrows
are correct? towards the target, what is the probabili-
ty that the arrows fall in the red region of
(a) 1 only
the archery target?
(b) 2 only
(a) 0.40
(c) Both 1 and 2
(b) 0.20
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(c) 0.16
Answer Key (d) 0.04
1 B 3 C
2 B 4 C

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 Heights and Distances and
Trigonometry
18

2020
1. If you have two straight sticks of length
7.5 feet and 3.25 feet, what is the
minimum length can your measure?
(a) 0.05 foot
(b) 0.25 foot 35
(c) 1 foot
(d) 3.25 feet
2016
2. AB is a vertical trunk of a huge tree with
A being the point where the base of trunk
touches the ground. Due to a cyclone
the trunk has been broken at C which is
at a height of 12 meters, broken part is
partially attached to the vertical portion
of the trunk at C. If the end of the broken
part B touches the ground at D which is
at a distance of 5 meters from A, then the
original height of the trunk is
(a) 20 m
(b) 25 m
(c) 30 m
(d) 35 m

Answer Key
1 C
2 B

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 Odd Man Out and Series 19

2019 4. Consider the sequence given below :

4/12/95, 1/1/96, 29/1/96, 26/2/96, …. What
1. What is X in the sequence: 132, 129, 124,
is the next term of the series?
117, 106, 93, X ?
(a) 24/3/96
(a) 74
(b) 25/3/96
(b) 75
(c) 26/3/96
(c) 76
(d) 27/3/96
(d) 77
2013
2. What is X in the sequence: 4, 196, 16,
144, 36, 100, 64, X ? 5. Consider the following matrix:
(a) 48 3 370 7
(b) 64 2 224 6
1 730 X
(c) 125
What is the number at X in the above
(d) 256
matrix?
2018 (a) 5
3. Consider the following pattern of (b) 8
numbers :
(c) 9
8 10 15 13
(d) 11
6 5 7 4
4 6 8 8
6 11 16 ?

What is the number at? in the above

pattern ?
(a) 17
(b) 19
(c) 21
(d) 23

Answer Key
1 C 2 B 3 A
4 B 5 C

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 Data Interpretation 20

2022 3. Consider the following Table:

1. A pie chart gives the expenditure on Player Runs Balls Runs Balls
scored faced scored faced
five different items A, B, C, D and E in a
in the in the in the in the
household. If B, C, D and E correspond First First Second Second
to 90°, 50°, 45° and 75° respectively, then Innings Innings Innings Innings
what is the percentage expenditure on A 61 99 14 76
item A? of B 05 12 50 85
112 C 15 75 20 50
(a) 9 D 13 55 12 50
125 Who is the fastest run scorer in the
(c) 9 TestMatch?
155
(b) (a) A
9
250 (b) B
(d) 9 (c) C
2021 (d) D
2. You are given two identical sequences in 2019
two rows :
4. Passage :

Sequence-I 8 4 6 15 52.5 236.25 Six students A, B, C, D, E and F appeared

in several tests. Either C or F scores the
Sequence-II 5 A B C D E highest. Whenever C scores the highest,
then E scores the least. Whenever F
What is the entry in the place of C for the scores the highest, B scores the least.
Sequence-II? i) In all the tests they got different marks
(a) 2.5 : D scores higher than A, but they are
(b) 5 close competitors; A scores higher than
B; C scores higher than A. If F stands in
(c) 9.375
the ranking, then the position of B is
(d) 32.8125
(a) Third
(b) Fourth
(c) Fifth
(d) Sixth

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 ii) If B scroes the least, the rank of C will 2018
be
6. Directions for the following 3 (three)
(a) Second items : The following three items are
(b) Third based on the graph given below which
(c) Fourth shows imports of three different types
of steel over a period of six months of
(d) Second or third
a year. Study the graph and answer the
iii) If E is ranked third, then which one of three items that follows.
the following is correct?
(a) E is gets more marks than C
(b) C gets more marks than E
(c) A is ranked fourth
(d) D is ranked fifth
5. Directions for the following 2 (two) items:

Read the following statements S1 and S2

and answer the two items that follow.
S1: Twice the weight of Sohan is less than
the weight of Mohan or that of Rohan The figures in the brackets indicate the
S2: Twice the weight of Rohan is greater average cost per ton over six months
than the weight of Mohan or that of period.
Sohan i) By how much (measured in thousands
i) Which one of the following statements of tons) did the import of sheet steel
exceed the import of coil steel in the
is correct?
first three months of the year?
(a) Weight of Mohan is greatest (a) 11
(b) Weight of Sohan is greatest (b) 15
(c) Weight of Rohan is greatest (c) 19
(d) Whose weight is greatest cannot be (d) 23
determined.
ii) What was the approximate total value
ii) Which one of the following statements (in $) of sheet steel imported over the
is correct? six months period?
(a) Weight of Mohan is least (a) 45,555
(b) Weight of Sohan is least (b) 50,555
(c) Weight of Rohan is least (c) 55,550
(d) Whose weight is least cannot be (d) 65,750
determined.

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 iii) What was the approximate ratio of after 35 years.
sheet steel and scrap steel imports in
3. Death rate has fallen by 10% in the
the first three months of the year ?
first 10 years
(a) 1 : 1
4. Birthrate has stabilized after 35
(b) 1.2 : 1 years. Which of the above are the
(c) 1.4 : 1 most logical and rational statements
that can be made from the above
(d) 1.6 : 1
graph ?
7. Directions for the following 2(two) items
(a) 1 and 2 only
: Consider the following graph in which
(b) 1,2 and 3 only
the birthrate and death rate of a country
are given, and answer the two items that (c) 3 and 4 only
follows. (d) 2 and 4 only
8. For a sports meet, a winner’s stand
30
Birth and death rates per Thousand

comprising three wooden blocks is in the

following form :
Birth rate
20

Death rate
10

0 There are six different colours available

1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 to choose from and each of the three
Years
wooden blocks is to be painted such
that no two of them has the same colour.
i) Looking at the graph, it can be inferred
In how many different ways can the
that from 1990 and 2010
winners’ stand be painted ?
(a) Population growth rate has increased
(a) 120
(b) Population growth rate has decreased
(b) 81
(c) Growth rate of population has
(c) 66
remainded stable
(d) 36
(d) Population growth rate shows no trend
ii) With reference to the above graph
consider the following statements
considering 1970 as base year :
1. Population has stabilized after 35
years.
2. Population growth rate has stabilized

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9. Average hourly earnings per year (E) of
the workers in a firm are represented in 500

Selling Price per

450

(Price Rs.)
figures A and B as follows :
400
E 350
300
40
1000 2000 3000
Hourly 30 No. of pieces sold
earning Fig. B
20
10 The manufacturing cost and projected
sales for a product are shown in the
2013 14 15 16 17 Y
above figures A and B respectively. What
years
is the minimum number of pieces that
E should be manufactured to avoid a loss ?

40 (a) 2000 (b) 2500
35
Hourly (c) 3000 (d) 3500

30
earning
25
20 11. Consider the following graphs. The
2013 14 15 16 17 Y curves in the graphs indicates different
years Fig. A
age groups in the population of two
countries A and B over a period of few
From the figures, it is observed that the
decades :
(a) Values of E are different
Country A
12
(b) Ranges of E are different
Population (in millons)

10
0.8
(c) Ranges (i.e. the difference between 0.6
0.4
the maximum and the minimum) of E 0.2
0
are different 1950 1970 1990 2010 2030 2050
Years
(d) Rates of increase of E are different <15 15-64 64+

10. Consider the following figures A and B:

Country B
12
Population (in millons)

8 10
0.8
Cost of production

7 0.6
(Rs. in Lakhs)

6 0.4
0.2
5
0
4 1950 1970 1990 2010 2030 2050
Years
<15 15-64 64+
1000 2000 3000
No. of pieces manufactured
Fig. A
With reference to the above graphs,
which of the following are the most
logical and rational inferences that can
be made
1. Over the last two and a half decade,

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 the dependency ratio for country B (b) Increasing the liquidity
has decreased. (c) Encouraging both public and private
2. By the end of next two and a half savings.
decades, the dependency ratio of (d) Anti-inflationary stance
country A will be much less than that
of country B 13. Directions for the following 2 (two) items:
The following table gives the GDP growth
3. In the next two decades, the work
rate and Tele-density data of different
force relative to its total population
will increase in country B as compared states of a country in a particular year.
to country A. Study the table and answer the two items
that follow.
Select the correct answer using the code
given below States per GDP tele-den-
capita in- growth sity
(a) 1 and 2 only come($) rate($)
(b) 2 and 3 only state 1 704 9.52 70.27
state 2 419 5.31 35.88
(c) 1 and 3 only
state 3 254 10.83 50.7
(d) 1, 2 and 3 state 4 545 9.78 5.94
state 5 891 10.8 76.12
12. The graph given below indicates the
state 6 1077 11.69 77.5
changes in key policy rates made by the state 7 9100 8.88 104.86
central Bank several times in a year : state 8 395 6.92 6
state 9 720 7.76 82.25
Key policy rates % 7.50 state 10 893 9.55 96.7
(+25)
7.25
state 11 363 4.7 57.7
7.50
state 12 966 7.85 63.8
7.50
7.00 Repo Rate (+25) state 13 495 9.37 52.3
6.50 6.25
state 14 864 5.46 97.9
6.00 CRR
6.00 6.00 6.00
state 15 497 7.48 62.3
5.50
(0) state 16 777 7.03 93.8
Reverse Repp Rate
5.50 state 17 335 5.8 49.9
5.00
state 18 599 7.49 47.84
4.50

4.00
With reference to the above table, which
4.00 of the following is/are the most logical
3.50
and rational inference / inferences that
3.00
Jul 2 Jul 27 Sep 16 Nov 2 Des 16 Jan 25 Mar 17 May 3 Jun 16
can be made?
2010 2011
1. Higher per capita income is generally
associated with higher Tele-density.
Which one of the following can be the
most likely reason for the Central Bank 2. Higher GDP growth rate always
ensure higher per capita income.
for such an action
3. Higher GDP growth rate does not
(a) Encouraging foreign investment
necessary ensure higher Tele-density.

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 Select the correct answer using the code With reference to the above graph, hich
given below of the following is/are the most logical
(a) 1 only and rational inference / inferences that
can be made?
(b) 2 and 3
1. During the given period, the revenue
(c) 1 and 3
from Direct Taxes as percentage of
(d) 3 only gross tax revenue has increased while
14. With reference to the above table, the
that of Indirect Taxes decreased.
following assumption have been made: 2. The trend in the revenue from excise
duty demonstrates that the growth
1. Nowadays, prosperity of an already
of manufacturing sector has been
high performing stata cannot e
negative during the given period
sustained without making further
large investments in its telecom Select the correct answer using the code
infrastructure. given below:
2. Nowadays, a very high Tele-density (a) 1 only
is the most essential condition for
(b) 2 only
promoting the business and economic
growth in a state. (c) Both 1 and 2
Which of the above assumptions is/are (d) Neither 1 nor 2
valid? 2015
(a) 1 only
16. Year – wise variation of the price of
(b) 2 only a certain commodity is shown in the
(c) Both 1 and 2 following graph :
50
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Price in Rupees →

40
15. The following graph indicates the 30
composition of our tax revenue for a 20
period of two decades : 10

45 0
Per cent of gross tax revenue

40 1980 1990 2000 2010

35 Years →
30
25
20
The price of the commodity in the year
15 1990
10
5 (a) Must have been Rs. 10
0
(b) Must have been Rs. 12
(BE)
(Prov)
1990-91

1995-96

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09
2009-10

2010-11

(c) Must have been anywhere between

Excise Customs Corporate Personal Service Rs. 10/- and 20/-
Tax income tax
tax
(d) Is higher than that in the year 1991

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 2014 iv) What is the trend of the average prof-
it of B from the year 1997 to the year
17. Direction for the follows 4 (four) items : 2000?
The following graph shows the average
(a) Non - increasing
profit of two fruit-sellers A and B in
thousands (Rs) per year from the year
(b) Non - decreasing
1995 to 2000. Consider the graph and (c) Steady
answer the 4 (four) items that follow : (d) Fluctuating
18. The following table gives population and
total income of a city for four years.

Year 1992 1993 1994 1995

Avarage profit in thousands (Rs.)

6
5 Popula- 20 21 22 23
B →
4
tion In
lakhs
3
A Income 1010 1111 1225 1345
2
1
Increases
0
crores
1995 1996 1997
Year
1998 1999 2000 (Rs.)
i) In which year is the average profit of A Which one of the following statements is
and B same ? correct in respect of the above data?
(a) 1995 (a) Population increased by 5% or more
(b) 1996 every year.
(c) 1997 (b) Income increased by 10% or more
every year.
(d) 1998
(c) Per capita income was always above
ii) What is the difference between the
Rs. 5000
average profit of B and A in the year
1998? (d) Per capita income was highest in 1994
(a) - Rs. 100 2013
(b) - Rs. 1000
19. Direction for the following questions.
(c) + Rs. 600 Study the two figures given below and
(d) + Rs. 300 answer the questions.
iii) How much more average profit did A
make in the year 2000 than in the year
1999?
(a) Rs. 200
(b) Rs. 1000
(c) Rs. 1500
(d) Rs. 2000
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 iv) If the number of female Physics pro-
fessors in the age group 25 – 34 equals
25% of all the Physics professors in
that age group, then what is the num-
ber of male Physics professors in the
age group 25 -34 ?
(a) 9

(b) 6

(c) 3
Number of Professors in selected
Figure1
disciplines in a University by sex. (d) 2
Figure 2 Age of Physics Professors.
i) How many Physics professors belong v) If the Psychology professors in the
to the age group 35 – 44 University constitute 2% of all the pro-
fessors in the university, then what is
(a) 18 the number of professors in the univer-
sity?
(b) 16
(a) 400
(c) 14
(b) 500
(d) 12
(c) 600
ii) Which one of the following disciplines
has the highest ratio of males to fe- (d) 700
males ?
2012
(a) Physics
20. Consider the following information
(b) Mathematics regarding the performance of class of
1000 students in four different tests:
(c) Chemistry
Test I II III IV
(d) Economics
Average
60 60 70 80
iii) What percentage of all Psychlology Marks
professors are females ?
30 45 20 0
(a) 40 % Range of
to to to to
marks
(b) 50 % 90 75 100 100

(c) 60 % If a student scores 74 marks in each

of the four tests, in which one of the
(d) 70 % following tests is her performance the

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 best comparatively? Distribution of diseases in town - A
(a) Test I
(b) Test II
(c) Test III
(d) Test IV
2011
21. The followings figures has four curves
namely A, B, C and D, Study the figure
and answer the item that follows.

6 A
Population (billions

5 Distribution of diseases in town - B

4
3
2 B C
D
1
0

0
2000
200
400
600
800

1600
1800
1000
1200
1400

AD
Year
Which curve indicates the exponential
growth?
(a) A
(b) B (a) Town A
(c) C (b) Town B
(d) D (c) Same in Town A and Town B
22. Directions for the following 2 (two) items: (d) No inference can be drawn
The following pie charts show the break- ii) What can we say about persons
up of disease categories recorded in with more than one disease from
the patients from two towns, Town A these graphs?
and Town B. Pie charts plot the disease (a) There are likely to be persons
Categories as percentage of the total with more than one disease in
number of patients. Based on these, Town A.
answer the two items that follow the (b) There are likely to be persons
charts. with more than one disease in
i) Which of the two towns has a higher Town B.
number of persons with Diabetes?

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 (c) There are likely to be persons
Answer Key
with more than one disease in
both Towns A and B. 1 D 13 D
(d) No inference can be drawn. 2 C 14 D
23. Consider the following Velocity-Time 3 B 15 A
graph. It shows two trains starting
i) C
simultaneously on parallel tracks.
4 ii) D 16 C
Train B
iii) B
i) B
Velocity

i) D
ii) C
Train A
5 17
iii) D
ii) B
0 Time to iv) B
With reference to the above graph, which i) C
one of the following statements is not 6 ii) C 18 C
correct ?
iii) B
(a) Train B has an initial acceleration
i) B
greater than that of Train A.
ii) A
(b) Train B is faster than Train A at all i) A
times. 7 19 iii) C
(c) Both trains have the same velocity at iv) A
time to’ ii) D v) B
(d) Both trains travel the same distance in
8 A 20 B
time to units.
9 C 21 C
i) D
10 A 22
ii) B
11 C 23 D
12 D

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 2-D Mensuration 21

2022 Which of the above statements is/are

correct?
1. Consider the following statements in
respect of a rectangular sheet of length
(a) 1 only
20 cm and breadth 8 cm : (b) 2 only
1. It is possible to cut the sheet exactly (c) Both 1 and 2
into 4 square sheets. (d) Neither 1 nor 2
2. It is possible to cut the sheet into 10 4. If 1 litre of water weighs 1 kg, then how
triangular sheets of equal area.
many cubic millimetres of water will
Which of the above statements is/are weigh 0.1 gm?
correct?
(a) 1
(a) 1 only (b) 10
(b) 2 only (c) 100
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) 1000
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
2019
2020
5. The number of parallelograms that can
2. Let x, y be the volumes; m, n be the be formed from a set of four parallel lines
masses of two metallic cubes P and Q intersecting another set of four parallel
respectively. Each side of Q is two times lines is :
that of P and mass of Q is two times that
(a) 18
of P. Let u = m / x and v = n /y. Which one
(b) 24
of the following is correct?
(c) 32
(a) u = 4v
(d) 36
(b) u = 2v
(c) v = u 2018
(d) v = 4u 6. How many diagonals can be drawn by
3. Consider the following statements: joining the vertices of an octagon?

1. The minimum number of points of (a) 20

intersection of a square and a circle (b) 24
is 2.
(c) 28
2. The maximum number of points of
(d) 64
intersection of a square and circle is
8.

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7. There are 24 equally spaced points lying agricultural field will not exceed which
on the circumference of a circle. What one of the following values ?
is the maximum number of equilateral (a) 400 sq.m
triangles that can be drawn by taking
(b) 300 sq.m
sets of three points as the vertices?
(c) 200 sq.m
(a) 4
(d) 80 sq.m
(b) 6
11. A and B walk around a circular park.
(c) 8
They start at 8 am. from the same point in
(d) 12 the opposite directions. A and B walket
8. Twelve equal squares are placed to fit at a speed of 2 rounds per hour and 3
in a rectangle of diagonal 5cm. There rounds per hour respectively. How many
are three rows containing four squares times shall they cross each other after 8
each. No gaps are left between adjacent am and before 9.30 am. ?
squares. What is the area of each square? (a) 7
5 (b) 6
(a) sq.cm
7
(c) 5
7
(b) sq.cm
5 (d) 8
(c) 1 sq.cm 2014
25
(d) sq.cm 12. A gardener increased the area of his
12
rectangular garden by increasing its
2017
length by 40% and decreasing its width
9. There are 4 horizontal and 4 vertical by 20%. The area of the new garden.
lines, parallel and equidistant to one (a) Has increased by 20 %
another on a board. What is the maximum
(b) Has increased by 12 %
number of rectangles and squares that
can be formed ? (c) Has increased by 8 %
(a) 16 (d) Is exactly the same as the old area
(b) 24
(c) 36
Answer Key
(d) 42
1 C 2 A 3 B 4 C
2016
5 D 6 A 7 C 8 C
10. An agricultural field is in the form of a
rectangle having length X1 meters and
9 C 10 A 11 A 12 B
breadth X2 meters (X1 and X2 are variable).
If X1+ X2 = 40 meters, then the area of the

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 3-D Mensuration 22

2023 3. A cylindrical overhead tank of radius

2m and height 7m is to be filled from an
1. A cuboid of dimensions 7 cm x 5 cm
underground tank of size 5.5m × 4m × 6m
x 3 cm is painted red, green and blue
. How much portion of the underground
colour on each pair of opposite faces of
tank is still filled with water after filling
dimensions 7 cm x 5 cm, 5 cm x 3 cm, 7
the overhead tank completely?
cm x 3 cm respectively. Then the cuboid
is cut and separated into various cubes
(a) 1/3
each of side length 1 cm. Which of the (b) 1/2
following statements is/are correct? (c) 1/4
1. There are exactly 15 small cubes with (d) 1/6
no paint on any face.
2. There are exactly 6 small cubes with Answer Key
exactly two faces, one painted with 1 A 2 C 3 A
blue and the other with green.
Select the correct answer using the code
given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
2016
2. A piece of tin is in the form of a rectangle
having length 12cm and width 8 cm. This
is used to construct a closed cube. The
side of the cube is :
(a) 2 cm
(b) 3 cm
(c) 4 cm
(d) 6 cm

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 Section B : REASONING

2023 5. Consider the following statements:

1. If ABC and DEF are both 3-digit numbers 1. A is older than B.

such that A, B, C, D, E and F are distinct 2. C and D are of the same age.
non-zero digits such that ABC + DEF =
3. E is the youngest.
1111, then what is the value of A + B + C
+D+E+F?
4. F is younger than D.

(a) 28 5. F is older than A.

(b) 29 How many statements given above are

required to determine the oldest person/
 
(c) 30
persons?
(d) 31
 
(a) Only two
2. 125 identical cubes are arranged in the
(b) Only three
form of a cubical block. How many cubes
are surrounded by other cubes from
(c) Only four
each side? (d) All five
(a) 27 6. Consider the following including the
(b) 25 Question and the Statements:

(c) 21 There are 5 members A, B, C, D, E in a

family.
(d) 18
 
Question: What is the relation of E to B?
3. If 7 Ꚛ 9 Ꚛ 10 = 8, 9 Ꚛ 11 Ꚛ 30 = 5, 11 Ꚛ 17
Ꚛ 21 = 13, what is the value of 23 Ꚛ 4 Ꚛ Statement-1: A and B are a married
15? couple.

(a) 6 Statement-2: D is the father of C.

(b) 8 Statement-3: E is D’s son.
(c) 13 Statement-4: A and C are sisters.
 
(d) 15 Which one of the following is correct
 
4. If ‘ZERO’ is written as ‘CHUR’, then how in respect of the above Question and
is PLAYER’ written? Statements?

(a) SOCAGT (a) Statement-1, Statement- 2 and

Statement-3 are sufficient to answer
(b) SODBGT
the Question.
(c) SODBHT
(b) Statement-1, Statement-3 and
(d) SODBHU Statement-4 are sufficient to answer
the Question.

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 (c) All four statements together are (a) 6
sufficient to answer the Question. (b) 12
(d) All four statements are not sufficient (c) 18
to answer the Question.
(d) 24
7. Choose the group which is different from
11. Consider the following :
theothers:
(a) 17, 37, 47, 97 I. A + B means A is neither smaller nor
equal to B.
(b) 31, 41, 53, 67
II. A - B means A is not greater than B.
(c) 71, 73, 79, 83
III. A x B means A is not smaller than B.
 
(d) 83, 89, 91, 97
IV. A ÷ B means A is neither greater nor
8. 40 children are standing in a circle and equal to B.
one of them (say child-1) has a ring. The
V. A + B means A is neither smaller
ring is passed clockwise. Child-1 passes
norgreater than B.
on to child-2, child-2 passes on to child-4,
child-4 passes on to child-7 and so on.
Statement: P X Q, P – T, T ÷ R, R + S

After how many such changes (including Conclusion-1: Q + T

child-1) will the ring be in the hands of
Conclusion-2: S + Q
child-1 again?
Which one of the following is correct in
(a) 14
respectof the above Statement and the
(b) 15 Conclusions?
(c) 16 (a) Only Conclusion-1 follows from
(d) 17 theStatement.
9. What is the middle term of the sequence (b) Only Conclusion-2 follows from the
Statement.
Z, Z, Y, Y, Y, X, X, X, X, W, W, W, W, W, ...,
(c) Both Conclusion-1 and Conclusion-2
A?
follow from the Statement.
(a) H
(d) Neither Conclusion-1 nor Conclusion-2
(b) I follows from the Statement.
(c) J 12. Consider the sequence
 
(d) M ABC _ _ ABC _ DABBCD _ ABCD
 
10. There are five persons P, Q, R, S and T
that follows a certain pattern.
each one of whom has to be assigned one
Which one of the following completes
task. Neither P nor Q can be assigned
the sequence?
Task-1. Task-2 must be assigned to
either R or S. In how many ways can the (a) DACB (b) CDAB

assignment be done? (c) DCCA (d) DDCA
 

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13. Consider the following statements in 15. letters of the word The
respect of five candidates P, Q, R, S “INCOMPREHENSIBILITIES” are
and T. Two statements are true and one arranged alphabetically in reverse order.
statement is false. How many positions of the letter/letters
will remain unchanged?
True Statement : One of P and Q was
selected for the job. (a) None
False Statement : At least one of R and S (b) One
was selected for the job.

 
(c) Two
True Statement : At most two of R, S and T (d) Three
were selected for the job.
Which of the following conclusions can
Answer Key
be drawn?

1.At least four were selected for the job.

1 D 9 A

2. S was selected for the job. 2 A 10 A

Select the correct answer using the code 3 A 11 B
givenbelow: 4 D 12 D
(a) 1 only 5 D 13 D
(b) 2 only 6 C 14 A
(c) Both 1 and 2 7 D 15 C
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 8 B
 
14. Let P, Q, R, S and T be five statements
such that:

I. If P is true, then both Q and S are true.

II. If R and S are true, then T is false.

Which of the following can be concluded?

1. If T is true, then at least one of P and R

must be false.

2. If Q is true, then P is true.

Select the correct answer using the code

given below:
(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
 
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 2022 20. Consider the Question and two
Statements given below :
16. What is the value of X in the sequence
20, 10, 10, 15, 30, 75, X? Question : Is Z brother of X?

(a) 105 Statement-1: X is a brother

of Y and Y is a
(b) 120
brother of Z.
(c) 150 Statement-2: X, Y and Z are
 
(d) 225 siblings.

17. Two friends X and Y start running and Which one of the following is correct
they run together for 50 m in the same in respect of the Question and the
direction and reach a point. X turns right Statements?
and runs 60 m, while Y turns left and runs (a) Statement-1 alone is sufficient to
40 m. Then X turns left and runs 50 m answer the Question
and stops, while Y turns right and runs
(b) Statement-2 alone is sufficient to
50 m and then stops. How far are the two answer the Question
friends from each other now?
(c) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2
(a) 100 m are sufficient to answer the Question
(b) 90 m (d) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2 are
(c) 60 m not sufficient to answer the Question
 
(d) 50 m 21. In the series AABABCABCDABCDE...,
 
which letter appears at the 100th place?
18. If the order of the letters in the English
alphabet is reversed and each letter (a) G
represents the letter whose position it (b) H
occupies, then which one of the following
(c) I
represents ‘LUCKNOW?
(d) J
(a) OGXPMLD
22. Three persons A, B and C are standing
(b) OGXQMLE
in a queue not necessarily in the same
(c) OFXPMLE order. There are 4 persons between A
(d) OFXPMLD and B, and 7 persons between B and C.
 
If there are 11 persons ahead of C and
19. The letters A, B, C, D and E are arranged
13 behind A, what could be the minimum
in such a way that there are exactly two
number of persons in the queue?
letters between A and E. How many such
arrangements are possible? (a) 22 (b) 32

(a) 12 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) 38


(c) 24 (d) 36

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23. Consider the Question and two (c) Both Conclusion-III and Conclusion-IV
Statements given below in respect of (d) None of the Conclusions follows
three cities P, Q and R in a State :
25. Three Statements followed by three
Question : How far is city P from city Q? Conclusions are given below. You have
Statement-1 City Q is 18 km fromcity R. to take the Statements to be true even
Statement-2: City P is 43 km from city R. if they seem to be at variance from the
commonly known facts. Read all the
Which one of the following is correct
Conclusions and then decide which of
in respect of the Question and the
the given Conclusions logically follows/
Statements?
follow from the Statements, disregarding
(a) Statement-1 alone is sufficient to the commonly known facts :
answer the Question
Statement-1 : Some doctors are teachers.
(b) Statement-2 alone is sufficient to
answer the Question Statement-2 : All teachers are engineers.

(c) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2 Statement-3 : All engineers are scientists.
are sufficient to Question answer the Conclusion-1: Some scientists are doctors.
(d) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2 are Conclusion-II : All engineers are doctors.
not sufficient to answer the Question Conclusion-III : Some engineers are doctors.
24. Two Statements followed by four Which one of the following is correct?
Conclusions are given below. You have
(a) Only Conclusion-I
to take the Statements to be true even
if they seem to be at variance from the (b) Only Conclusion-II
commonly known facts. Read all the (c) Both Conclusion-I and Conclusion-III
Conclusions and then decide which of (d) Both Conclusion-I and Conclusion-II
the given Conclusions logically follows/
26. Eight students A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H sit
follow from the Statements, disregarding
around a circular table, equidistant from
the commonly known facts::
each other, facing the centre of the table,
Statement-1 : All pens are books.
not necessarily in the same order. B and
Statement-2 : No chair is a pen. D sit neither adjacent to C nor opposite
Conclusion-I : All chairs are books. to C. A sits in between E and D, and F sits
in between B and H. Which one of the
Conclusion-II : Some chairs are pens.
following is definitely correct?
Conclusion-III : All books are chairs.
(a) B sits in between A and G
Conclusion-IV : No chair is a book.
(b) C sits opposite to G
Which one of the following is correct?
(c) E sits opposite to F
(a) Only Conclusion-I
(d) None of the above
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27. Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting 28. Six lectures A, B, C, D, E and F, each
equidistant from each other around a of one hour duration, are scheduled
circular table (facing the centre of the between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
table).
Consider the Question and Statements
Consider the Question and two given below :
Statements given below:
Question: Which lecture is in the
Question : Who is sitting on the im- third period?
mediate left of A? Statement-1: Lecture F is preceded by
Statement-1: B is sitting opposite to C A and followed by C.
and D is sitting opposite Statement-2: There is no lecture
to E. afterlecture B.
Statement-2: F is sitting on the immedi- Which one of the following is correct
ate left of B.
in respect of the Question and the
Which one of the following is correct Statements?
in respect of the Question and the
(a) Statement-1 alone is sufficient to
Statements? answer the Question
(a) Statement-1 alone is sufficient to (b) Statement-2 alone is sufficient
answer the Question toanswer the Question
(b) Statement-2 alone is sufficient to (c) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2
answer the Question are sufficient to answer the Question
(c) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2 (d) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2 are
are sufficient to Question answer the not sufficient to answer the Question
(d) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2 are 29. What is the value of X in the sequence 2,
not sufficient to answer the Question
12, 36, 80, 150, X?

Answer Key (a) 248

16 D 17 A 18 D (b) 252

19 C 20 D 21 C (c) 258
 
(d) 262
22 A 23 D 24 D
 
25 C 26 D 27 D
28 D 29 B

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 2021 Conclusion-I: Certainly some almirahs
30. A Statement followed by Conclusion-I
are tables.
and Conclusion-II is given below. You
Conclusion-II: Some cats may not be
chairs.
have to take the Statement to be true
even if it seems to be at variance from Which one of the following is correct?
the commonly known facts. Read all (a) Only Conclusion-I
Conclusions and then decide which of
(b) Only Conclusion-II
the given Conclusion(s) logically follows/
follow from the Statement, disregarding
(c) Both Conclusion-I and Conclusion-II
the commonly known facts. (d) Neither Conclusion-I nor Conclusion-II
Statement: Some radios are mobiles. 32. Images of consonants of the English
All mobiles are computers. alphabet (Capitals) are observed in a
Some computers are mirror. What is the number of images of
watches. these which do not look like their original
Conclusion-I: Certainly some radios shapes?
watches.
(a) 13
Conclusion-II: Certainly some mobiles
are watches. (b) 14
(c) 15
 
Which one of the following is correct?
(a) Only Conclusion-I (d) 16

(b) Only Conclusion-II 33. A woman runs 12 km towards her North,

then 6 km towards her South and then 8
(c) Both Conclusion-I and Conclusion-II
km towards her East. In which direction
(d) Neither Conclusion-I nor Conclusion-II is she from her starting point?
31. A Statement followed by Conclusion-I (a) An angle less than 45° South of East
and, Conclusion-II is given below. You
(b) An angle less than 45° North of East
have to take the Statement to be true
even if it seems to be at variance from (c) An angle more than 45° South of East
the commonly known facts. Read all (d) An angle more than 45° North of East
Conclusions and then decide which of 34. Seven books P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are
the given Conclusion(s) logically follows/ placed side by side. R, Q and T have blue
follow from the Statement, disregarding covers and other books have red covers.
the commonly known facts. Only S and U are new books and the
Statement: Some cats are almirahs. rest are old. P, R and S are law reports;
Some almirahs are chairs. the rest are Gazetteers. Books of Old
All chairs are tables. Gazetteers with blue covers are
(a) Q and R
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 (c) Q and T Question ?

(d) T and U (a) Statement-1 alone is not sufficient to

answer the Question
35. Replace the incorrect term by the correct
term in the given sequence (b) Statement-2 alone is not sufficient to
answer the Question
3, 2, 7, 4, 13, 10, 21, 18, 31, 28, 43, 40
(c) Either Statement-1 alone or
where odd terms and even terms follow Statement-2 alone is sufficient to
the same pattern. answer the Question
(a) 0 (d) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2
are required to answer the Question
 
(b) 1
38. Consider two Statements and a Question:
 
(c) 3
Statement-1: Each of A and D is heav-
 
(d) 6
ier than each of B, E and
36. Following is a matrix of certain entries.
F, but none of them is the
The entries follow a certain trend row-
heaviest.
wise. Choose the missing entry (?)
Statement-2 : A is heavier than D, but is
accordingly. lighter than C.
7B 10A 3C Question : Who is the heaviest
3C 9B 6A among A, B, C, D and E?
10A 13C ? Which one of the following is correct
(a) 9B in respect of the Statements and the

(b) 3A Question?

(c) 3B (a) Statement-1 alone is sufficient to

answer the Question
(d) 3C
(b) Statement-2 alone is sufficient to
37. Consider two Statements and a Question: answer the Question
Statement-1: Priya is 4 ranks below (c) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2
Seema and is 31st from arerequired to answer the Question
the bottom. (d) Neither Statement-1 alone nor
Statement-2 : Ena is 2 ranks above Statement-2 alone is sufficient to
Seema and is 37th from answer the Question
the bottom.
Question : What is Seema’s rank 39. In the English alphabet, the first 4 letters
from the top in the class are written in opposite order; and the
of 40 students? next 4 letters are written in opposite
order and so on; and at the end Y and Z
Which one of the following is correct
are interchanged. Which will be the fourth
in respect of the Statements and the
letter to the right of the 13th letter?

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 (a) N Conclusion-2: No green is black.
(b) T Conclusion-3: All greens are blacks.
(c) H Conclusion-4: All blacks are greens.
(d) I Which one of the following is correct?
40. Consider two Statements and a Question: (a) Conclusion-1 and Conclusion-2 only
Statement-1: The last day of the month (b) Conclusion-2 and Conclusion-3 only
is a Wednesday. (c) Conclusion-3 and Conclusion-4 only
Statement-2 : The third Saturday of
(d) Neither Conclusion 1 nor 2 nor 3 nor 4
the month was the seven-
teenth day. 42. What is the value of ‘X’ in the sequence
Question : What day is the four- 2, 7, 22, 67, 202, X, 1822 ?
teenth of the given month? (a) 603
Which one of the following is correct (b) 605
in respect of the Statements and the
(c) 607

 
Question?
(d) 608
 
(a) Statement-1 alone is sufficient to
answer the Question 43. In a code language ‘MATHEMATICS’
is written as ‘LBSIDNZUHDR’. How
(b) Statement-2 alone is sufficient to
is ‘CHEMISTRY’ written in that code
answer the Question
language?
(c) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2
are required to answer the Question (a) DIDLHRSSX
(d) Neither Statement-1 alone nor (b) BIDNHTSSX
Statement-2 alone is sufficient to nor (c) BIDLHTSSX
answer the Question
(d) DGFLIRUQZ
 
41. Consider two Statements and four
44. At which one of the following times, do
Conclusions given below. You have to
the hour hand and the minute hand of the
take the Statements to be true even
clock make an angle of 180° with each
if they seem to be at variance from
other?
the commonly known facts. Read all
Conclusions and then decide which of
(a) At 7:00 hours
the given Conclusion(s) logically follows/ (b) Between 7:00 hours and 7:05 hours
follow from the Statements, disregarding (c) At 7:05 hours
the commonly known facts.
(d) Between 7:05 hours and 7:10 hours
Statement-1: Some greens are blues.
Statement-2: Some blues are blacks.
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45. In the series _b_a_ba_b_abab_aab; fill (c) S1 and S2 together are sufficient to
in the six blanks (_) using one of the answer the Question, but neither S1
following given four choices such that alone nor S2 alone is sufficient to
the series follows a specific order. answer the question.
(a) bababa (d) S1 and S2 together are not sufficient
to answer the Question.
(b) baabba
47. Two Statements S1 and S2 are given
(c) bbaabb
below followed by a Question:
 
(d) ababab
S1 : n is a prime number.
S2 : n leaves a remainder of 1 when
divided by 4.
Answer Key
Question:
30 D 35 A 40 B
If n is a unique natural number between
31 C 36 C 41 D
10 and 20, then what is n?
32 B 37 C 42 C Which one of the following is correct in
33 B 38 C/D 43 B respect of above Statements and the
34 C 39 B 44 D Question?
(a) S1 alone is sufficient to answer the
45 D Question.
(b) S2 alone is sufficient to answer the
2020 Question.
(c) S1 and S2 together are sufficient to
46. Two Statements S1 and S2 are given answer the Question, but neither S1
below with regard to four members P, Q, alone nor S2 alone is sufficient to
R and S followed by a Questions: answer the Question.
S1 : R is greater than P as well as Q. (d) S1 and S2 together are not sufficient
S2 : S is not the largest one. to answer the Question.

Question: 48. Two Statements S1 and S2 are given

below with regard to two numbers
Among four numbers P, Q, R and S, which
followed by a Question:
one is the largest?
Which one of the following is correct in S1 : Their product is 21.
respect of the above Statements and the S2 : Their sum is 10.
Question? Question:
(a) S1 alone is sufficient to answer the What are the two numbers?
Question. Which one of the following is correct in
(b) S2 alone is sufficient to answer the respect of the above Statements and the
Question. Question?

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 (a) S1 alone is sufficient to answer the Conclusion-II:
Question. Some dogs are not black.
(b) S2 alone is sufficient to answer the Which of the above Conclusions logically
Question. follows/follow from the two given
(c) S1 and S2 together are sufficient to Statements, disregarding commonly
answer the Question, but neither S1 known facts?
nor S2 alone is sufficient to answer (a) Only Conclusion-I
the Question.
(b) Only Conclusion-II
(d) S1 and S2 together are not sufficient
to answer the Question. (c) Neither Conclusion-I nor Conclusion-II

49. Two statements are given followed by (d) Both Conclusion-I and Conclusion-II
two Conclusions: 51. Consider the following arrangement that

Statements: has some missing letters:

abab_b_bcb_dcdcded_d
All numbers are divisible by 2.
The missing letters which complete the
All numbers are divisible by 3.
arrangement are
Conclusion-I:
(a) a, b, c, d
All numbers are divisible by 6.
(b) a, b, d, e
Conclusion-II:
(c) a, c, c, e
All numbers are divisible by 4.
(d) b, c, d, e
Which of the above Conclusions logically
52. Let A3BC and DE2F be four-digit
follows/follow from the two given
numbers where each letter represents a
Statements?
different digit greater than 3. If the sum
(a) Only Conclusion-I of the numbers is 15902, then what is the
(b) Only Conclusion-II difference between the values of A and
(c) Neither Conclusion-I nor Conclusion-II D?

(d) Both Conclusion-I and Conclusion-II (a) 1

50. Two Statements are given followed by (b) 2

two Conclusions: (c) 3
Conclusions: (d) 4
Statements: 53. Two statements S1 and S2 are given
All cats are dogs. below followed by a Question:
All cats are black. S1 : There are not more than two figures
Conclusion-I: on any page of a 51-page book.
All dogs are black. S2 : There is at least one figure on every
page.

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 Question: 56. The letters from A to Z are numbered
Are there more than 100 figures in that from 1 to 26 respectively. If GHI = 1578
book? and DEF = 912, then what is ABC equal
to?
Which one of the following is correct in
respect of the above Statements and the (a) 492
Question? (b) 468
(a) Both S1 and S2 are sufficient to (c) 262
answer the Question, but neither S1
(d) 246
alone nor S2 alone is sufficient to
answer the Question. 57. What is the missing term @ in the
(b) S1 alone is sufficient to answer the following?
Question. ACPQ : BESU : MNGI : @
(c) S1 and S2 together are not sufficient (a) NPJL
to answer the Question.
(b) NOJM
(d) S2 alone is sufficient to answer the
(c) NPIL
Question.
(d) NPJM
54. A family of two generations consisting
of six members P, Q, R, S, T and U has
three males and three females. There are
Answer Key
two married couples and two unmarried
siblings. U is P’s daughter and Q is 46 C 50 C 54 B
R’s mother-in-law. T is an unmarried 47 D 51 C 55 D
male and S is a male. Which one of the
48 C 52 C 56 D
following is correct?
49 A 53 C 57 D
(a) R is U’s husband
(b) R is S’s wife
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(c) S is unmarried
58. A solid cube is painted yellow, blue and
(d) None of the above black such that opposite faces are of
55. How many different 5-letter words (with same colour.
or without meaning) can be constructed The cube is then cut into 36 cubes of two
using all the letters of the word ‘DELHI’ different sizes such that 32 cubes are
so that each word has to start with D and small and the other four cubes are big.
end with I? None of the faces of the bigger cubes is
(a) 24 painted blue. How many cubes have only
one face painted?
(b) 18
(a) 4
(c) 12
(b) 6
(d) 6

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 (c) 8 (c) Statement 1 is not sufficient, but
(d) 10 statement 1 along with statement 2 is
sufficient
59. Consider the following Statements and
(d) Statement 3 is not sufficient, but
Conclusions:
statement 3 along with statement 2 is
Statements: sufficient
1. Some rats are cats. 61. P, Q and R are three towns. The distance
2. Some cats are dogs. between P and Q is 60 km, whereas the
distance between P and R is 80 km. Q is
3. No dog is a cow.
in the West of P and R is in the South of
Conclusions: P. What is the distance between Q and R?
I. No cow is a cat. (a) 140 km
II. No dog is a rat. (b) 130 km
III. Some cats are rats. (c) 110 km
Which of the above conclusions is/are (d) 100 km
drawn from the statements?
62. In a group of 15 people; 7 can read
(a) I, II and III French, 8 can read English while 3 of
(b) Only I and II them can read neither of these two
(c) Only III languages. The number of people who
can read exactly one language is
(d) Only II and III
(a) 10
60. A five-storeyed building with floors from
I to V is painted using four different (b) 9
colours and only one colour is used to (c) 5
paint a floor. (d) 4
Consider the following statements: - 63. A printer numbers the pages of a book
1. The middle three floors are painted in starting with 1 and uses 3089 digits in all.
different colours. How many pages does the book have?
2. The second (II) and the fourth (IV) (a) 1040
floors are painted in different colours.
(b) 1048
3. The first (I) and the fifth (V) floors are
(c) 1049
painted red.
(d) 1050
To ensure that any two consecutive
floors have different colours
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64. Consider the following sequence that (d) Both S1 and S2 are necessary to
follows some arrangement : answer the question
c_accaa_aa_bc_b 67. If every alternative letter of the English
The letters that appear in the gaps are alphabet from B onwards (including B) is
(a) abba written in lower case (small letters) and
the remaining letters are capitalized,
(b) cbbb
then how is the first month of the second
(c) bbbb half of the year written?
(d) cccc (a) JuLY
65. ‘A’ started from his house and walked (b) jULy
20m towards East, where his friend B
(c) jUly
joined him. They together walked 10 m in
the same direction. Then ‘A’ turned left
(d) jUlY
while friend ‘B’ turned right and travelled 68. In the sequence 1, 5, 7, 3, 5, 7, 4, 3, 5,
2m and 8m respectively. Again ‘B’ turned 7, how many such 5s are there which are
left to travel 4m followed by 5m to his not immediately preceded by 3 but are
right to reach his office. ‘A’ turned right immediately followed by 7?
and travelled 12m to reach his office. (a) 1
What is the shortest distance between
(b) 2
the two offices?
(c) 3
(a) 15m
(d) None
(b) 17m
69. A joint family consists of seven members
(c) 19m
A, B, C, D, E, F and G with three females. G
(d) 20m is a widow and sister in-law of D’s father
66. Consider two statements S1 and S2 F. B and D are siblings and A is daughter
followed by a question: of B. C is cousin of B. Who is E?
S1: p and q both are prime numbers. 1. Wife of F
S2: p + q is an odd integer. 2. Grandmother of A
Question: Is pq an odd integer? 3. Aunt of C
Which one of the following is correct? Select the correct answer using the code
(a) S1 alone is sufficient to answer the given below:
question (a) 1 and 2 only
(b) S2 alone is sufficient to answer the (b) 2 and 3 only
question
(c) 1 and 3 only
(c) Both S1 and S2 taken together are
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70. Each face of a cube can be painted in
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black or white colours. In how many
different ways can the cube be painted? 72. Consider the following three dimensional
(a) 9 figure:

(b) 10
(c) 11
(d) 12
71. If $ means ‘divided by’; @ means
‘multiplied by’; # means ‘minus’, then the
value of 10#5@1$5 is
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 9

Answer Key How many triangles does the above

figure have?
58 C 63 C 68 A
(a) 18
59 C 64 B 69 D
(b) 20
60 B 65 B 70 D
(c) 22
61 D 66 D 71 D
(d) 24
62 B 67 D
73. Consider the following sum:
*+1*+2*+*3+*1= 21*

In the above sum, * stands for

(a) 4 (b) 5

(c) 6 (d) 8

74. Rotated positions of a single solid are
shown below. The various faces of the
solid are marked with different symbols
like dots, cross and line. Answer the
three items that follow the given figures.

(I) (II) (III) (IV)

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 i) What is the symbol on the face opposite 77. Directions for the following 2 items
to that containing a single dot? Read following information and
(a) Four dots answer the two items that follow.
(b) Three dots The plan of an office block for six
(c) Two dots officers A, B, C, D, E and F is as
follows: both B and C occupy officers
(d) Cross to the right of the corridor (as
ii) What is the symbol on the face opposite one enters the office block) and A
to that containing two dots? occupies on the left of the corridor.
E and F occupy officers in opposite
(a) Single dot
sides the corridor but their offices do
(b) Three dots not face each. The offices of C and
(c) Four dots D face each other. E does not have
a corner office. F’s office is further
(d) Line
down the corridor than A’s but on the
iii) What is the symbol on the face opposite same side.
to that containing the cross?
i) If E sits in his offices and faces the
(a) Single dot corridor, whose office is to his left?
(b) Two dot (a) A
(c) Line (b) B
(d) Four dots (c) C
75. If LSJXVC is the code for MUMBAI the (d) D
code for DELHI is ii) Who is/ are F’s immediate neighbour/
(a) CCIDD neighbours?

(b) CDKGH (a) A only

(c) CCJFG (b) A and D
(d) CCIFE (c) C only
76. If RAMON is written as 12345 and (d) B and C
DINESH as 675849 then HAMAM will be 78. A solid cube of 3 cm side, painted on all
written as its faces is cut up into small cubes of 1
(a) 92233 cm side. How many of the small cubes
will have exactly two painted faces?
(b) 92323
(a) 12
(c) 93322
(b) 8
(d) 93232
(c) 6
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79. If pen< book and book> cap then which iii) C is Studying in
one of the following is always true? (a) Science college
(a) Pen > cap (b) Rajasthan
(b) Pen < cap (c) Gujarat
(c) Pencil = cap (d) City Q
(d) Pencil > cap
iv) Which one of the following statements
80. Direction for the following 6 Items: is correct?
Read the information given below and (a) D is not studying in city S
answer the six items that follow.
(b) A is studying in Science college
A B C and D are students they are (c) A is studying in Kerala
studying in four different cities, viz, P Q
(d) Engineering college is located in
R and S (not necessarily in that order).
Gujarat.
They are studying in Science college,
Arts college, Commerce and Engineering v) Which one of the following statements
college (not necessarily in that order) is correct regarding Engineering col-
which are situated in four different states lege?
viz., Gujrat, Rajasthan, Assam and Kerala (a) C is studying there
(not necessarily in that order) further, it
(b) B is studying there
is given that-
(c) It is located in Gujarat
(a) D is studying in Assam
(d) D is studying there
(b) Arts college is located in city S which
is in Rajasthan vi) Which one off the following statements
(c) A is studying in commerce college is the correct?

(d) B is studying in city Q (a) Engineering college is located in

Assam.
(e) Science college is located in Kerala
(b) City Q is situated in Assam
i) A is studying in
(c) C is studying in Kerala
(a) Rajasthan
(d) B is studying in Gujarat.
(b) Gujarat
(c) City Q
(d) Kerala
ii) Science college is located in
(a) City Q
(b) City S
(c) City R
(d) City P
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81. Consider the figures given below: 83. Lakshmi, her brother, her daughter and
her son are badminton players. A game
of doubles is about to begin:
1. Lakshmi’s brother is directly across the
net from her daughter.
2. Her son is diagonally across the net
from the worst player’s sibling
3. The best player and the worst player
are on the same side of the net.
? Who is the best player?
(a) Her brother
To fit the question mark the correct (b) Her daughter
answer is (c) Her son
(a) (d) Lakshmi

(b)
(c)
(d) Answer Key
82. Consider the following figures i) B
ii) A
iii) B
72 B 76 B 80
iv) A
(i) (ii) (iii)
v) D
vi) A
i) C
(iv) (v) (vi) 73 D 77 81 A
ii) A
In the figures I to IV above, some parts
are shown to change their position in i) B
regular directions. Following the same 74 ii) C 78 A 82 B
sequence which of the figures given
iii) C
below will appear at VII stage?
75 A 79 B 83 A
(a) (b)

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 2017 (a) Q is the son of P

84. Four tests-Physics, Chemistry, (b) Q is the wife of P

Mathematics and Biology are to be (c) Q is the father of P
conducted on four consecutive days, (d) None of the above
not necessarily in the same order. The
87. In a group of six women, there are four
Physics test is held before the test which
tennis players, four postgraduates
is conducted after Biology. Chemistry
in Sociology, one postgraduate in
is conducted exactly after two tests are
Commerce and three bank employees.
held. Which is the last test held?
Vimala and Kamla are the bank
(a) Physics employees while Amala and Komala
(b) Biology are unemployed. Komala and Nirmala
(c) Mathematics are among the tennis players. Amala,
Kamla, Komala and Nirmala are
(d) Chemistry
postgraduates in Sociology of whom two
85. Consider the following:
are bank employees. If Shyamala is a
Statement: Good voice is a natural gift postgraduate in Commerce. Who among
but one has to keep practicing to improve the following is both a tennis player and
and excel well in the field of music. a bank employee?
Conclusions: (a) Amala
I. Natural gifts need nurturing and care.
(b) Komala
II. Even though one’s voice is not good,
one can keep practicing. (c) Nirmala
Which one of the following is correct (d) Shyamala
in respect of the above statement and 88. Consider the given statement and the
conclusions? two conclusions that follow:
(a) Only conclusion I follows from the Statement : Morning walk is good for
statement. health.
(b) Only conclusion II follows from the Conclusions:
statement, 1. All healthy people go for morning
(c) Either conclusion I or conclusion II walk.
follows from the statement. 2. Morning walk is essential for
(d) Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II maintaining good health.
follows from the statement. What is / are the valid conclusions /
86. Consider the following: conclusion?
A+B means A is the son of B. (a) 1 only
A – B means A is the wife of B. (b) 2 only
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 (c) Both 1 and 2 91. The outer surface of a 4 cm × 4 cm × 4 cm

(d) Neither 1 nor 2 cube is painted completely in red. It is

sliced parallel to the faces to yield sixty-
89. Examine the following statements:
four 1 cm × 1 cm x 1 cm small cubes. How
1. All colours are pleasant. many small cubes do not have painted
2. Some colours are pleasant. faces?

3. No colour is pleasant. (a) 8

4. Some colours are not pleasant. (b) 16
Given that statement 4 is true, what can (c) 24
be definitely concluded? (d) 36
(a) 1 and 2 are true 92. Consider the following:
(b) 3 is true A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are standing
(c) 2 is false in a row facing North.
(d) 1 is false B is not neighbour of G.

90. Consider the following relationships F is to the immediate right of G and

neighbour of E
among members of a family of six
persons A, B, C, D, E and F: G is not at the extreme end.
1. The number of males equals that of A is sixth to the left of E.
females H is sixth to the right of C.
2. A and E are sons of F Which one of the following is correct in
3. D is the mother of two, one boy and respect of the above?
one girl (a) C is to the immediate left of A
4. B is the son of A (b) D is immediate neighbour of B and F
5. There is only one married couple in (c) G is to the immediate right of D
the family at present.
(d) A and E are at the extreme ends
Which one of the following inferences
can be drawn from the above? 93. In a certain code, ‘256’ means ‘red colour
chalk’, ‘589’ means ‘green colour flower
(a) A, B and C are all females
and 254’ means white colour chalk’. The
(b) A is the husband of D digit in the code that indicates white’ is
(c) E and F are children of D (a) 2
(d) D is the daughter of F (b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 8

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94. Directions for the following 3 (three) ii) To which city does the Lecturer special-
Items: ized in Economics belong?
Consider the given information and (a) Hyderabad
answer the three items that follow. (b) Mumbai

A, B, C, D, E, F and G are Lecturers (c) Neither Hyderabad nor Mumbai
from different cities-Hyderabad,
(d) Cannot be determined as data
Delhi, Shillong, Kanpur, Chennai,
are inadequate
Mumbai and Srinagar (not necessarily
in the same order) who participated iii) Who of the following belongs to Hy-
in a conference. Each one of them derabad?
is specialized in a different subject,
(a) B
viz., Economics, Commerce, History,
Sociology, Geography, Mathematics (b) E
and Statistics (not necessarily in the (c) Neither B nor E
same order).
(d) Cannot be determined as data
Further. are inadequate
1. Lecturer from Kanpur is specializedin 95. In a school, there are five teachers A,
Geography
B, C, D and E. A and B teach Hindi and
2. Lecturer D is from Shillong English. C and B teach English and
3. Lecturer C from Delhi is specializedin Geography. D and A teach Mathematics
Sociology and Hindi. E and B teach History and
4. Lecturer B is specialized in neither French. Who teaches maximum number
History nor Mathematics of subjects?

5. Lecturer A who is specialized in (a) A

Economics does not belong to (b) B
Hyderabad
(c) D
6. Lecturer F who is specialized in
(d) E
Commerce belongs to Srinagar.
7. Lecturer G who is specialized in
Answer Key
Statistics belongs to Chennai.
84 C 88 D 92 C
i) Who is specialized in Geography?
85 D 89 D 93 B
(a) B
i) A
(b) D
(c) E
86 C 90 B 94 ii) B
(d) Cannot be determined as data iii) B
are inadequate 87 C 91 A 95 B

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 2016 98. A person X was driving in a place where
all roads ran either north-south or east-
96. A ate grapes and pineapple; B ate grapes
west, forming a grid. Roads are at a
and oranges; C ate oranges, pineapple
distance of 1 km from each other in a
and apple; D ate grapes, apple and
parallel. He started at the intersection
pineapple. After taking fruits, B and C fell
of two roads, drove 3 km north, 3. km
sick. In the light of the above facts, it can
west and 4 km south. Which further route
be said that the cause of sickness was :
could bring him back to his starting point,
(a) Apple if the same route is not repeated ?
(b) Pineapple (a) 3 km east, then 2 km south
(c) Grapes (b) 3 km east, then 1 km north
(d) Oranges (c) 1 km north, then 2 km west
97. Consider the following statements : (d) 3 km south, then 1 km north
1. The rate of population growth is 99. There were 50 faculty members
increasing in the country comprising 30 males and the rest
2. The death rate is declining faster in females. No male faculty member knew
the country compared to birth rate music, but many of the female faculty
3. The birth rate is declining faster in the members did. The Head of the institution
country compared to death rate invited six faculty members to a tea
party by draw of lots. At the party it was
4. Rural-urban migration is taking place
regularly in the country discovered that no member knew music.
The conclusion is that:
Which one of the following conclusions
may be true in the light of the above
(a) The party comprised male faculty
members only
facts?
(b) The party comprised only those
(a) The rate of population growth
female faculty members who could
is increasing due to rural-urban
not give renderings in music
migration
(c) The party comprised both male and
(b) The rate of population growth is
female faculty members
increasing due to decline in death
rate only (d) Nothing can be said about the gender
composition of the party
(c) The rate of population growth is
increasing due to increase in birth 100. Five people A, B, C, D and E are seated
rate only about a round table. Every chair is
(d) The rate of population growth is spaced equidistant from adjacent chairs.
increasing due to faster decline in (i) C is seated next to A
death rate than in birth rate 3.
(ii) A is seated two seats from D
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 On the basis of above information, which (c) 3 and 4
of the following must be true ? (d) 4 and 3
1. D is seated next to B
103. Directions for the following 5 (five) items:
2. E is seated next to A Consider the following information and
3. D and C are separated by two seats answer the five items that follow :

Select the correct answer using the code There are five persons in a group —
given below: P, Q, R, S and T. The group has one
doctor, one lawyer and one artist. P
(a) 1 only and S are unmarried students. T is
(b) 1 and 2 only a man married to one of the group
(c) 3 only members. Q is the brother of P and
is neither doctor nor artist. R is not
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 nor 3 doctor.
101. There are five hobby clubs in a i) Who is the doctor ?
college …photography, yachting,
(a) T
chess, electronics and gardening. The
gardening group meets every second (b) P
day, the electronics group meets every (c) Q
third day, the chess group meets every (d) R
fourth day, the yachting group meets
ii) Who is the artist ?
every fifth day and the photography
group meets every sixth day. How many (a) P
times do all the five groups meet on the (b) Q
same day within 180 days ? (c) R
(a) 5 (d) T
(b) 18
iii) Who is the spouse of R ?
(c) 10
(a) P
(d) 3
(b) T
102. There are some nectar-filled flowers on (c) Q
a tree and some bees are hovering on it.
(d) S
If one bee lands on each flower, one bee
will be left out. If two bees land on each iv) Who is the lawyer ?
flower, one flower will be left out. The (a) P
number of flowers and bees respectively
(b) Q
are :
(c) R
(a) 2 and 4
(d) S
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 v) Who of the following is definitely a (a) A is older than B
man?
(b) B and D are of the same age
(a) P
(c) D is older than C
(b) S
(d) A is older than C
(c) Q 106. Direction for the following 3 (three)
(d) None of the above items:Consider the given information
104. Four friends A,B,C and D need to cross a and answer the three items that follow.
bridge. A maximum of two persons can Six boxes A, B, C, D, E and F have been
cross it at a time. It is night and they just painted with six different colours viz.,
have one lamp. Persons that cross the violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow and
bridge must carry the lamp to find the orange and arranged from left to
way. A pair must walk together at the right (not necessarily either kept or
painted with the colours in the same
speed of slower person. After crossing
order). Each box contains a ball of
the bridge, the person having faster
any one of the following six games:
speed in the pair will return with the lamp
cricket, hockey, tennis, golf, football
each time to accompany another person and volleyball (not necessarily in the
in the group. Finally, the lamp has to be same order). The golf ball is in violet
returned at the original place and the box and is not in the box D. The box
person who returns the lamp has to cross A which contains tennis ball is orange
the bridge without lamp. The time taken in colour and is at the extreme right.
by them is as follows: A: 1 minute, B: 2 The hockey ball is neither in box D nor
minutes, C: 7 minutes and D:10 minutes. in box E. The box C having cricket ball
What is the total minimum time required is painted green. The hockey ball is
by all the friends to cross the bridge?
neither in the box painted blue nor in
the box painted yellow. The box C is
(a) 23 minutes fifth from right and next to box B. The
(b) 22 minutes box B contains volleyball. The box
containing the hockey ball is between
(c) 21 minutes
the boxes containing golf ball and
(d) 20 minutes volleyball.
105. Consider the following statements : i) Which one of the following boxes con-
tains the golf ball ?
1. Either A and B are of the same age or
A is older than B (a) F
2. Either C and D are of the same age (b) E
or D is older than C (c) D
3. B is older than C (d) None of the above
Which of the following conclusions can
be drawn from the above statements ?

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 ii) Which of the following statements is/ 109. A person climbs a hill in a straight path
are correct? from point ‘O’ on the ground in the
(a) D is painted yellow direction of north-east and reaches a
point ‘A’ after travelling a distance of 5
(b) F is painted indigo
km. Then, from the point ‘A’ he moves to
(c) B is painted blue point ‘B’ in the direction of north-west.
(d) All of the above Let the distance AB be 12 km. Now, how
iii) The football is in the box of which far is the person away from the starting
colour? point ‘O’?
(a) Yellow (a) 7 km
(b) Indigo (b) 13 km
(c) Cannot be determined as data (c) 17 km
are inadequate (d) 11 km
(d) Blue
110. A person is standing on the first step
107. A piece of tin is in the form of a rectangle from the bottom of a ladder. If he has to
having length 12 cm and width 8 cm. This climb 4 more steps to reach exactly the
is used to construct a closed cube. The middle step, how many steps does the
side of the cube is : ladder have ?
(a) 2 cm (a) 8
(b) 3 cm (b) 9
(c) 4 cm (c) 10
(d) 6 cm (d) 11
108. In a question paper there are five 111. Direction for the following 3 (three)
questions to be attempted and answer items: Consider the given information
to each question has two choices – True and answer the three items that follow.
(T) or False (F). It is given that no two
When three friends A, B and C met, it was
candidates have given the answer to the
found that each of them wore an outer
five questions in an identical sequence.
garment of a different colour. In random
For this to happen the maximum number
order, the garments are: jacket, sweater
of candidates is :
and tie; and the colours are: blue, white
(a) 10 and black. Their surnames in random
(b) 18 order are: Ribeiro, Kumar and Singh.

(c) 26 Further, we know that :

(d) 32 1. Neither B nor Ribeiro wore a white

sweater
2. C wore a tie

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 3. Singh’s garment was not white 113. A cube has all its faces painted with

4. Kumar does not wear a jacket different colours. It is cut into smaller
cubes of equal sizes such that the side of
5. Ribeiro does not like to wear the
the small cube is one-fourth the big cube.
black colour
The number of small cubes with only one
6. Each of the friends wore only one of the sides painted is :
outer garment of only one colour
(a) 32
i) What is C’s surname ?
(b) 24
(a) Ribeiro
(c) 16
(b) Kumar
(d) 8
(c) Singh
114. A military code writes SYSTEM as
(d) Cannot be determined SYSMET and NEARER as AENRER.
ii) What is the colour of the tie? Using the same code, FRACTION can be
(a) Black written as:

(b) Blue (a) CARFTION

(c) White (b) FRACNOIT
(d) Cannot be determined (c) NOITCARF

iii) Who wore the sweater ? (d) CARFNOIT

(a) A 115. If R and S are different integers both

divisible by 5, then which of the following
(b) B
is not necessarily true ?
(c) C
(a) R – S is divisible by 5
(d) Cannot be determined
(b) R + S is divisible by 10
112. A person walks 12 km due north, then 15
(c) R × S is divisible by 25
km due east, after that 19 km due west
and then 15 km due south. How far is he (d) R2 + S2 is divisible by 5
from the starting point ? 116. How many numbers are there between
(a) 5 km 100 and 300 which either begin or end
with 2 ?
(b) 9 km
(a) 110
(c) 37 km
(b) 111
(d) 61 km
(c) 112
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 Monthly consumption (in.L)
Answer Key
60,48,40,32
i) A
If the price goes up to Rs. 80 per litre, his
ii) C expected consumption (in litres) will be :
96 D 103 iii) B 110 B (a) 30
iv) B (b) 28
v) C (c) 26
i) A (d) 24
97 D 104 A 111 ii) B 119. Consider the following given below :
iii) A
98 B 105 D 112 A ?

i) B
99 A 106 ii) B 113 B To fit the question mark, the correct
answer is :
iii) C
100 B 107 C 114 D
(a)
101 D 108 D 115 B
102 C 109 B 116 A (b)

2015 (c)

117. Twelve people form a club. By picking

(d)
lots, one of them will host a dinner for all
once in a month. The number of dinners
120. Consider the following matrix :
a particular member has to host in one
year is 3 8 10 2 ? 1
(a) One 6 56 90 2 20 0

(b) Zero What is the missing number at ‘?’ in the

matrix ?
(c) Three
(a) 5
(d) cannot be predicted
118. An automobile owner reduced his
(b) 0
monthly petrol consumption when the (c) 7
prices went up. The price consumption (d) 3
relationship is as follows:
Price (in Rs. Per litre)
40,50,60,75

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121. What is the missing number ‘X’ of the 124. Four persons A, B, C and D consisting
series 7, X, 21, 31, 43? of two married couples are in a group.
(a) 11 Both the women are shorter than their
respective husbands. A is the tallest
(b) 12
among the four. C is taller than B. D is B’s
(c) 13 brother. In this context, which one of the
(d) 14 following statements is not correct?

122. Four cardboard pieces of specific (a) All four have family ties.
shapes are shown in the following figure: (b) B is the shortest among the four.
(c) C is taller than D
(d) A is B’s husband.
125. Consider the following statements :

Which one of the following figures given 1. A man had a wife, two sons and two
can be formed by joining these pieces
daughters in his family.
together? 2. The daughters were invited to a feast
and the male members of the family
went out to take part in a picnic.
(a) 3. The man’s father did not return from
his work.

(b) Which of the following statements is

true?
(a) Only the man’s wife was left at home.
(c)
(b) It is likely that the man’s wife was left
at home.
(d)
(c) None was left at home.
(d) More than one person was left at
123. In a test, a candidate attempted only 8
home.
questions and secured 50% marks in
126. Geeta : Naresh has become a better
each of the questions. If he obtained a
boxer since he started meditation.
total of 40% in the test and all questions
in the test carried equal marks, how Radha : Impossible. A boxer’s most
many questions were there in the test ? important asset is his aggressiveness.

(a) 8 Radha’s statement reflects her belief

that
(b) 10
(a) meditation tends to make a person
(c) 15
less aggressive.
(d) 16

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 (b) meditation has little or no effect on (c) C has more than what A and D have
the person who practises it. together
(c) Naresh was a poor boxer earlier (d) B is richer than D
because he was not aggressive
130. Examine the following statements:
enough.
1. Lady’s finger is tastier than cabbage.
(d) Naresh would not have taken to
meditation as he was a boxer. 2. Cauliflower is tastier than lady’s
finger.
127. All good athletes want to win and all
athletes who want to win eat a well 3. Cabbage is not tastier than peas.
balanced diet therefore all athletes who The conclusion that can be drawn from
do not eat a well-balanced diet are bad these statements is that
athletes.
(a) peas are as tasty as lady’s finger.
The best conclusion from this statements
(b) peas are as tasty as cauliflower and
is that
lady’s finger.
(a) no bad athlete wants to win
(c) cabbage is the least tasty of the four
(b) no athlete who does not eat a well vegetables.
balanced diet is a good athlete
(d) cauliflower is tastier than cabbage.
(c) every athlete who eats a well –
131. Shahid and Rohit start from the same
balanced diet is a good athlete
point in opposite directions. After each
(d) all athlete who want to win are good 1 km, Shahid always turns left and Rohit
athletes
always turns right. Which of the following
128. If A runs less fast than B, and B runs statements is correct?
as fast but not faster than C; then, as
(a) After both have travelled 2 km, the
compared to A, C runs distance between them is 4 km.
(a) slower than A (b) They meet after each has travelled 3
(b) faster than A km.
(c) with same speed as A (c) They meet for the first time after each
has travelled 4 km
(d) Given data is not sufficient to
determine (d) They go on without ever meeting
again.
129. Each of A, B, C and D has Rs. 100. A pays
Rs. 20 to B, who pays Rs. 10 to C, who 132. Each of the six different faces of a
gets Rs. 30 from D. In this context, which cube has been coated with a different
one of the following statements is not colour i.e., V, I, B, G, Y and O. Following
correct? information is given :

(a) C is the richest 1. Colours Y, O and B are on adjacent

faces.
(b) D is the poorest

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 2. Colours I, G and Y are on adjacent 135. Usha runs faster than Kamala, Priti runs
faces. slower than Swati, Swati runs slower
3. Colours B, G and Y are on adjacent than Kamala. Who is the slowest runner ?
faces. (a) Kamala
4. Colours O, V and B are on adjacent (b) Priti
faces.
(c) Swati
Which is the colour of the face opposite
(d) Usha
to the face coloured with O ?
136. Directions for the following 2 (two) items:
(a) B
Read the following passage and answer
(b) V the 2 (two) items that follow :
(c) G A, B, C, D, E and F are cousins. No two
(d) I cousins are of the same age, but all
133. Consider the following statements have birthdays on the same day of the
followed by two conclusions : same month. The youngest is 17 years

Statements Some men are great. old and the oldest E is 22 years old. F is
somewhere between B and D in age. A is
Some men are wise.
older than B. C is older than D. A is one
Conclusion 1 Men are either great or year older than C.
wise. i) Which one of the following is possible?
Conclusion II Some men are neither (a) D is 20 years old
great nor wise. (b) F is 18 years old
Which one of the following is correct? (c) F is 19 years old
(a) Only conclusion I is valid (d) F is 20 years old
(b) Only conclusion II is valid ii) What is the number of logically
(c) Both the conclusions are valid possible orders of all six cousins in terms
(d) Neither of the conclusions is valid of increasing age ?

134. If ABC × DEED = ABCABC where A, B, C, (a) 1

D and E are different digits, what are the (b) 2
values of D and E? (c) 3
(a) D = 2, E = 0 (d) 4
(b) D = 0, E = 1

(c) D = 1, E = 0

(d) D = 1, E = 2

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137. Two men, Anil and David, and two women, (a) B, C and F are cowards.
Shabnam and Rekha are in a sales group.
(b) A, E and F are fighters.
Only two speak Tamil. The other two
speak Marathi. Only one man and one (c) B and E are in the same category.
woman can drive a car. Shabnam speaks (d) A and F are in different categories.
Marathi. Anil speaks Tamil. Both Rekha 140. Candidates in a competitive examination
and David can drive. consisted of 60% men and 40% women.
Which of the following statements is 70% men and 75% women cleared the
true? qualifying test and entered the final test

(a) Both the Tamil speakers can drive a where 80% men and 70% women were
car. successful.

(b) Both the Marathi speakers can drive Which of the following statements is
a car. correct?

(c) Both of those who can drive a car (a) Success rate is higher for women
speak Marathi. (b) Overall success rate is below 50%
(d) One of those who can drive a car (c) More men cleared the examination
speaks Tamil. than women.
138. In a plane, line X is perpendicular to (d) Both (a) and (b) above are correct.
line Y and parallel to line Z; line U is
perpendicular to both lines V and W; line
X is perpendicular to line V.
Which one of the following statements is
correct ?
Answer Key
(a) Z, U and W are parallel
117 D 125 B 133 D
(b) X, V and Y are parallel
118 A 126 A 134 C
(c) Z, V and U are all perpendicular to W
119 A 127 B 135 B
(d) Y, V and W are parallel
i) B
139. A society consists of only two types 120 A 128 B 136
of people - fighters and cowards. Two ii) B
cowards are always friends. A fighter and 121 A 129 C 137 D
a coward are always enemies. Fighters
122 D 130 C 138 D
are indifferent to one another. If A and B
are enemies, C and D are friends, E and F 123 B 131 B 139 B
are indifferent to each other, A and E are 124 C 132 C 140 C
not enemies, while B and F are enemies.
Which of the following statements is
correct?

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 2014 144. Consider the following statements: There
are six villages A, B, C, D, E and F.
141. A group of 630 children is seated in rows
F is 1 km to the West of D
for a group photo session. Each row
contains three less children than the row B is 1 km to the East of E
in front of it. Which one of the following A is 2 km to the North of E
number of rows is not possible? C is 1 km to the East of A.
(a) 3 D is 1 km to the South of A.
(b) 4 Which three villages are in the line ?

(c) 5 (a) A, C, B
(d) 6 (b) A, D, E
142. There are seven persons up on a ladder (c) C, B, F
A, B, C, D, E, F and G (not in that order). A (d) E, B, D
is further up than E but is lower than C,B
145. Four children are sitting in a row. A is
is in the middle. G is between A and B. E
occupying the seat next to B but not next
is between B and F. If F is between E and
to C. If C is not sitting next to D, who is/
D, the person on the bottom step of the
are occupying seat/seats adjacent to D ?
ladder will be
(a) B
(a) B
(b) A
(b) F
(c) B and A
(c) D
(d) Impossible to tell
(d) C
146. Six books are labeled A,B,C,D,E and F
143. Consider that :
and are placed side by side. Books B,C,E,
1. A is taller than B and F have green covers while others
2. C is taller than A have yellow covers. Books A,B and D
3. D is taller than C are new while the rest are old volumes.
4. E is the tallest of all Books A,B and C are law reports while
the rest are medical extracts. Which two
If they are made to sit in the above order
books are old medical extracts and have
of their height, who will occupy the mid
green covers?
position?
(a) B and C
(a) A
(b) E and F
(b) B
(c) C and E
(c) C
(d) C and F
(d) D

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147. A straight line segment is 36 cm long. 149. Consider the following matrix :
Points are to be marked on the line from
both the end points. From each end, the
first point is at a distance of 1 cm from
↑↑ ↑↓ ↓↑
↑→ ↑← ↓→
the end, the second point is at a distance
of 2cm from the first point and the third
point is at a distance of 3cm from the
second point and so on. If the points
on the ends are not counted and the
↑↓ ↓↓
common points are counted as one, what
Which one of the following figures fits
is the number of points ?
into the blank part of the above matrix?
(a) 10
(b) 12 (a) ↑→
(c) 14
(d) 16
(b) ↑↑
148. Examine the following figure : (c) ↑↓
(d) ↓↑
Which one of the following figures has
the above figure embedded in it ? 150. Consider the table given below in which
the numbers bear certain relationship
(a) among themselves along rows :

29 13 18
(b) 33 X 19
30 27 3
(c) Which one of the following numbers is
the missing number indicated above by
(d) X?
(a) 19
(b) 15
(c) 14
(d) 8

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151. Consider the following matrix with one 153. Consider the following figures :
empty block in the lower extreme corner:

Change in positions of beads in the

four figures above follows a sequence.
Following the same sequence, which of
the figures below should appear as the
fifth figure above ?
Which of the following figures could fit in
the empty block and thus complete the
(a)
matrix ?

(a)
(b)

(b)
(c)

(c)
(d)

(d) 154. “Price is not the same thing as value.

Suppose that on a day the price of
everything viz., coal, bread, postage
152. With reference to the figure given below, stamps, a day’s labour, the rent of
the number of different routes from S to houses, etc. were to double. Prices then
T without retracting from U and /or V, is would certainly rise, but values of all
things except one would not.”
The writer wants to say that if prices of
all things were doubled
S T
U V (a) The values of all things would remain
constant.
(b) The values of the things sold would be
doubled.
(a) 3 (b) 6

(c) 9 (d) 18

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 (c) The values of the things bought would 157. In a group of six women there are
be halved. four dancers, four vocal musicians,
(d) The value of money only would be one actress and three violinists. Girija
halved. and Vanaja are among the violinists
while Jalaja and Shailaja do not know
155. A and B decide to travel from place X
how to play on the violin. Shailaja and
to place Y by bus. A has Rs. 10 with him
Tanuja are among the dancers. Jalaja,
and he finds that it is 80 % of the bus
Vanaja, Shailaja and Tanuja are all vocal
fare for two persons. B finds that he has
musicians and two of them are also
Rs. 3 with him and hands it over to A. In
violinists. If Pooja is an actress, who
this context, which one of the following
among the following is certainly a dancer
statements is correct?
and a violinist?
(a) Now the money A has is just enough to
(a) Jalaja
buy two tickets.
(b) Pooja
(b) A still needs Rs. 2 for buying the
tickets. (c) Shailaja
(c) After buying the two tickets A will be (d) Tanuja
left with 50 paise. 158. The letters L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T
(d) The money A now has is still not in their order are substituted by nine
sufficient to buy two tickets. integers 1 to 9 but not in that order 4 is
156. A question paper must have a question on assigned to P. The difference between P
one of the eight poets: A, B, C, D, E, F, G and T is 5. The difference between N and
or H. The first four belong to the medieval T is 3. What is the integer assigned to N ?
period while the rest are considered (a) 7 (b) 5

modern poets. Generally, modern poets
(c) 4 (d) 6

figure in the question paper in alternate
years. Generally, those who like H like G 159. The number of deaths among the army

also; and those who like F like E also. The personnel is 8 in 1000, but among the

paper setter does not like to ask about civilian population it is 20 per 1000.

F as he has written a book on F, but he Which one of the following inferences

likes F. Last year, the paper contained can be drawn from this statement?

a question on A. On the basis of the (a) It is better to join the army.

information given, this year’s paper is (b) The relationship is fortuitous.
most likely to contain a question on
(c) Quality of Life Index is very high
(a) C within the armed forces.
(b) E (d) The groups cannot be compared due
(c) F to their heterogeneity.
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160. Given the statement: “Buses are the 5. On Tuesday, he attends his Sports
cause of more accidents than cars, classes.
and trucks cause fewer accidents If he attends just one subject in a day and
than buses”, which of the following his Sunday is free, then he is also free on
conclusions can we draw ?
(a) Monday
(a) There are more buses on the road
than trucks. (b) Thursday

(b) Car drivers are more careful than bus (c) Saturday
drivers. (d) Friday
(c) Truck drivers are more skilled than 163. In a row ‘A’ is in the 11th position from
either car or bus drivers. the left and ‘B’ is in the 10th position from
(d) None of the above the right. If ‘A’ and ‘B’ interchange, then
‘A’ becomes 18h from the left. How many
161. Four persons, Alok, Bhupesh, Chander
persons are there in the row other than
and Dinesh have a total of Rs. 100 among
‘A’ and ‘B’?
themselves. Alok and Bhupesh between
them have as much money as Chander (a) 27
and Dinesh between them, but Alok has (b) 26
more money than Bhupesh and Chander (c) 25
has only half the money that Dinesh has.
(d) 24
Alok has in fact Rs. 5 more than Dinesh
has. Who has maximum amount of 164. Location of B is north of A and location
money? of C is east of A. The distances AB and
AC are 5 km and 12 km respectively. The
(a) Alok
shortest distance (in km) between the
(b) Bhupesh
locations B and C is
(c) Chander
(a) 60 (b) 13

(d) Dinesh
(c) 17 (d) 7

162. Examine the following statements :
165. Directions for the following 3 (three)
1. George attends Music classes on items : Read the passage given below
Monday. and answer the items that follow. A, B,
2. Heattends Mathematics classes on C, D, E, F are members of a family. They
Wednesday. are engineer, stenographer, doctor,
3. His Literature classes are not on draughtsman, lawyer and judge (not in
Friday. order). A, the engineer is married to the
lady stenographer. The judge is married
4. He attends History classes on the day
following the day of his Mathematics to the lawyer. F, the draughtsman is the
classes. son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer
is the daughter-in-law of D. E is the

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 unmarried doctor, D is the grandmother 2013
of F. There are two married couples in
166. Four friends A, B, C & D distribute some
the family.
money among themselves in such a
i) What is the profession of B ? manner that A gets one less than B, C
(a) Judge gets 5 more than D, D gets 3 more than B.
(b) Lawyer Who gets the smallest amount?

(c) Draughtsman (a) A

(d) Cannot be determined (b) B

ii) Which of the following is/are a couple

(c) C
/ couples? (d) D
(a) AD only 167. Directions for the following 4 (four)
(b) BC only items: Read the following statements
and answer the four items that follow :
(c) Both AD and BC
Five cities P, Q, R, S and T are
(d) Both AC and BD
connected by different modes of
iii) What is the profession of D ? transport as follows:
(a) Judge P & Q are connected by boat as
(b) Stenographer well as rail.

(c) Doctor S and R are connected by bus and

boat.
(d) Cannot be determined
Q and T are connected by air only.
P and R are connected by boat only.
Answer Key
T and R are connected by rail and
141 D 150 D 159 D bus.
142 C 151 A 160 D i) Which mode of transport would
help one to reach R starting from Q,
143 C 152 D 161 A
but without changing the mode of
144 B 153 B 162 D transport ?
145 B 154 D 163 C (a) Boat
146 B 155 C 164 B (b) Rail
i) A (c) Bus
147 B 156 B 165 ii) C (d) Air
ii) If a person visits each of the plac-
iii) B
es starting from P and gets back to P,
148 C 157 D which of the following places must be
visit twice ?
149 B 158 D

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 (a) Q (b) A, C, X and Y
(b) R (c) A, C, Y and Z
(c) S (d) A, W, Y and Z
(d) T ii) If B is selected and Y is rejected, the
team will consist of which one of the
iii) Which one of the following pairs of
following groups ?
cities is connected by any of the routes
directly without going to any other city (a) A, B, C and W
?
(b) A, B, C and Z
(a) P and T
(c) A, B, C and X
(b) T and S
(d) A, W, Y and Z
(c) Q and R iii) If all the three males are selected,
(d) None of these then how many combinations of four
member teams are possible?
iv) Between which two cities among the
pairs of cities given below are there (a) 1
maximum travel options available ?
(b) 2
(a) Q and S
(c) 3
(b) P and R
(d) 4
(c) P and T
169. The music director of a film wants to
(d) Q and R select four persons to work on different
168. Directions for the following 3 (three) aspects of the composition of a piece of
items: music. Seven persons are available for
Read the following passage and answer this work; they are Rohit, Tanya, Shobha,
the three items that follow : Kaushal, Kunal, Mukesh and Jaswant.

A tennis coach is trying to put together a Rohit and Tanya will not work together.
team of four players for the forthcoming Kunal and Shobha will not work together.
tournament. For this 7 players are Mukesh and Kunal want to work together.
available : Males A,B and C and Females Which of the following is the most
W, X, Y and Z. All players have equal acceptable group of people that can be
capability and at least 2 males will be selected by the music director ?
there in the team. For a team of four, all
(a) Rohit, Shobha, Kunal and Kaushal
players must be able to play with each
other. But, B cannot play with W, C cannot (b) Tanya, Kaushal, Shobha and Rohit
play with Z and W cannot play with Y. (c) Tanya, Mukesh, Kunal and Jaswant
i) If Y is selected and B is rejected, the (d) Shobha, Tanya, Rohit and Mukesh
team will consist of which one of the
following groups ?
(a) A, C, W and Y

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170. Five people A, B, C, D and E are seated (c) B
about a round table. Every chair is (d) A
spaced equidistant from adjacent chairs.
iii) Which game of B, C and D play ?
(i) C is seated next to A.
(a) Basketball
(ii) A is seated two seats from D.
(b) Hockey
(iii) B is not seated next to A.
(c) Cricket
Which of the following must be true ?
(d) Football
I. D is seated next to B. 172. Geeta is older than her cousin Meena.
II. E is seated next to A. Meena’s brother Bipin is older than
Select the correct answer from the codes Geeta. When Meena & Bipin visit Geeta,
given below : they like to play chess. Meena wins the
game more often than Geetha.
(a) I only
Based on the above information, four
(b) II only
conclusions, as given below, have been
(c) Both I and II made. Which one of these logically
(d) Neither I nor II follows from the information given above?
171. Directions for the following 3 (three) (a) While playing chess with Geeta, and
items : Meena, Bipin often loses.
Examine carefully the following (b) Geeta is the oldest among the three.
statements and answer the three items (c) Geeta hates to lose the game.
that follow :
(d) Meena is the youngest of the three.
Out of four friends A, B, C and D,
173. A, B, C, D and E belong to five different
A and B play football and cricket,
cities P, Q, R, and T (not necessarily in
B and C play cricket and hockey,
that order). Each one of them comes
A and D play basketball and football,
from a different city. Further it is given
C and D play hockey and basketball.
that :
i) Who does not Play hockey?
1. B and C do not belong to Q
(a) D
2. B and E do not belong to P and R
(b) C
3. A and C do not belong to R, S and T
(c) B
4. D and E do not belong to Q and T
(d) A
Which one of the following statements is
ii) Who plays football, basketball and
not correct ?
hockey ?
(a) C belongs to P
(a) D
(b) D belongs to R
(b) C

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 (c) A belongs to Q 177. Consider the following figures 1, 2, 3 and

(d) B belongs to S 4:

174. Seven men, A, B, C, D, E, F and G are 

standing in a queue in that order. Each 
one is wearing a cap of a different colour
like violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow,
1 2 3 4
In the figures from 1 to 4 above, two
orange and red. D is able to see in front
symbols are shown to change their
of him green and blue, but not violet. E
position in a regular direction.
can see violet and yellow, but not red. G
Following the same sequence,
can see caps of all colours other than which one of the following will
orange. If E is wearing an indigo coloured appear at the fifth stage?
cap then the colour of the cap worn by F
is
(a)
(a) Blue

(b) Violet
(c) Red
(d) Orange (b)
175. There are some balls of red, green and 

yellow colour lying on a table. There are

as many red balls as there are yellow
(c)
balls. There are twice as many yellow
balls as there are green ones. The 

number of red balls

(a) is equal to the sum of yellow and
(d)
green balls.

(b) is double the number of green balls.
178. Directions for the following 2 (two) items:
(c) is equal to yellow balls minus green
balls. In each item, there are two sets of figures,

(d) cannot be ascertained. first four figures named problem figures

and next four figures named answer
176. In a class of 45 students, a boy is ranked
figures indicated as (a),(b),(c) and (d).
20th. When two boys joined, his rank was
The problem figures follow a particular
dropped by one. What is his new rank
sequence. In accordance with the same
from the end?
which one of the four answer figures
(a) 25 th
(b) 26th
should appear as the fifth figure ?

(c) 27th (d) 28th

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 i) Problem figures : 180. Consider the following diagrams: x
men, working at constant speed, do a
certain job in y days. Which one of these
diagrams shows the relation between x
and y?
y y
Answer figures :

Days
Days
0 Men X 0 Men X
diagram I diagram II
y y
179. Problem figures :

Days

Days
0 Men X 0 Men X
diagram III diagram IV

Answer figures : (a) diagram I

(b) diagram II
(a) (c) diagram III
(d) diagram IV
181. Examine the following three figures in
(b) which the numbers follow a specific
pattern :
84 81 88
(c) 14 12 18 9 ? 11

The missing number (?) in the third figure

above is :
(d) (a) 7 (b) 16

(c) 21 (d) 28

182. A cube has six numbers marked 1, 2, 3,
4, 5 and 6 on its faces. Three views of the
cube are shown below :

1 3 3
4 2 6
6 1 5

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 What possible numbers can exist on the
Answer Key
two faces marked (A) and (B) respectively
on the cube ? 166 A 172 D 178 B
A i) A

B
4 ii) B
167 173 D 179 B
iii) D

(a) 2 and 3 (b) 6 and 1 iv) A

(c) 1 and 4 (d) 3 and 1 i) B
183. Consider the following figures : 168 ii) C 174 C 180 D
iii) B
169 C 175 B 181 D
(1) (2) (3) (4) 170 C 176 C 182 B
i) D
? 171 ii) A 177 B 183 D
(5) (6) (7) iii) B
Which one of the following figures
would logically come in the 7th position 2012
indicated above by a question mark ?
184. Directions for the following 5 (five) items:
Examine the information given in the
(a) following paragraph and Solution: the
items that follow:
Guest lectures on five subjects viz.,
Economics, History, Statistics, English
and Mathematics have to be arranged
(b)
in a week from Monday to Friday. Only
one lecture can be arranged on each
day. Economics cannot be scheduled
on Tuesday. Guest faculty for History is
(c) available only on Tuesday. Mathematics
lecture has to be schedules immediately
after the day of Economics lecture.
English lecture has to be scheduled
(d) immediately before the day of Economics
lecture.

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i) Which lecture is scheduled on Mon- 185. In five flats, one above the other, live five
day? professionals. The professor has to go up
(a) History to meet his IAS officer friend. The doctor
is equally friendly to all, and has to go up
(b) Economics
as frequently as go down. The engineer
(c) Mathematics
has to go up to meet his MLA friend above
(d) Statistics whose flat lives the professor’s friend.
ii) Which lecture is scheduled between From the ground floor to the top floor, in
Statistics and English? what order do the five professionals live?
(a) Economics (a) Engineer, Professor, Doctor, IAS officer,
(b) History MLA
(c) Mathematics (b) Professor, Engineer, Doctor, IAS officer,
MLA
(d) No lecture
iii) Which lecture is the last one in the (c) IAS officer, Engineer, Doctor, Professor,
week? MLA
(a) History (d) Professor, Engineer, Doctor, MLA, IAS
officer
(b) English
186. Examine the following statements:
(c) Mathematics
1. I watch TV only if I am bored
(d) Economics
2. I am never bored when I have my
iv) Which lecture is located scheduled on
Wednesday?
brother’s company.

(a) Statistics 3. Whenever I go to the theatre I take

my brother along.
(b) Economics
Which one of the following conclusions
(c) English
is valid in the context of the above
(d) History statements?
v) Which lecture is scheduled before the (a) If I am bored I watch TV
Mathematics lecture?
(b) If I am bored, I seek my brother’s
(a) Economics company.
(b) History (c) If I am not with my brother, than i’ll
(c) Statistics watch TV.
(d) English (d) If I am not bored I do not watch TV.

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 189. Four political parties W, X, Y and Z
187. Only six roads A, B, C, P, Q and R connect
decided to set up a joint candidate for
a military camp to the rest of the country.
the coming parliamentary elections.
Only one out of A, P, and R are open at
The formula agreed by them was the
any one time. If B is closed so is Q. Only
acceptance of a candidate of the most
one of A & B is open during storms. P
of the parties. For aspiring candidates
is closed during floods. In the context,
A, B, C and D approached the parties for
which one of the following statements is
their ticket.
correct?
A was acceptable to W but not Z
(a) Under normal conditions only three
roads are open. B was acceptable to Y but not X
(b) During storms at least one road is C was acceptable to W and Y
open. D was acceptable to W and X
(c) During floods only three roads are When candidate B was preferred by W
open and Z, candidate C was preferred by X
(d) During calamities all roads are closed and Z and candidate A was acceptable

188. Examine the following statements: to X but not Y: Who got the ticket?

1. None but students are the members of (a) A

the club. (b) B
2. Some members of the club are (c) C
married. (d) D
3. All married persons are invited for
190. Consider the following statements:
dance.
1. All X-brand cars parked here are
Which one of the conclusions can be
white.
drawn from the above statements?
2. Some of them have radial tyres
(a) All students are invited for dance
3. All X-brand cars manufactured after
(b) All married students are invited for 1986 have radial tyres are parked
dance here.
(c) All members of the club are married 4. All cars are not X-brand.
person
Which one of the following conclusions
(d) None of the above conclusions can be
can be drawn from the above statements?
drawn
(a) Only white cars are parked here.
(b) Some white X-brand cars with radial
tyres are parked here.
(c) Cars other than X-brand cannot have
radial tyres.
(d) Most of the X-brand cars are
manufactured before 1986.
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191. Consider the following statements: 193. Six squares are coloured, front and
The Third World War, if it ever starts back, red(R), blue(B), yellow (Y), green
will end very quickly with possible (G), white (W), orange (O) and are hinged
end of civilization. It is only the misuse together as shown in the figure given
of nuclear power which will trigger it. below. If they were folded to form a cube
Based on the above statement which what would be the face opposite to white
one of the following inferences is face?
correct? (a) R
(a) Nuclear power will be used in Third (b) G
World War.
(c) B
(b) There will be no civilization left after
(d) O
the third world war.
194. Three views of a cube following a
(c) The growth of nuclear power will
destroy civilization in the long run. particular motion are given below:

(d) The third world war will not take

place. K H B
192. Figures given below are changing with B K H
A M P
certain rules as we observe them from
left to right:
What is letter opposite to A?
(a) H
(b) P
According to this rule which of the (c) B
following would be the next figure if (d) M
the changes were made in the same
rule? 195.

(a) (b)

?
(c) (d)

Which one of the figures shown below

occupies the blank space(?) in the matrix
given below?

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 198. Examine the following statements:
(a) (b) 1. Only those who have a pair of
binoculars can become the member
of the birdwatcher’s club.
2. Some members of the birdwatcher’s
(c) (d) club have cameras.
3. Those members who have cameras can
196. Consider the following statements: take part in photo-contests.
1. All artists are whimsical. Which of the following conclusions can
2. Some artists are drug addicts. be drawn from the above statements?

3. Frustrated people are prone to (a) All those who have a pair of binoculars
become drug addicts. are members of the birdwatcher’s
club.
From the above three statements it may
be concluded that: (b) All members of the birdwatcher’s club
have a pair of binoculars.
(a) Artists are frustrated
(c) All those who take part in photo-
(b) Some drug addicts are whimsical contests are members of the
(c) All frustrated people are drug birdwatcher’s club.
addicts. (d) No conclusion can be drawn.
(d) Whimsical people are generally
199. During the summer vacation Ankit went
frustrated
to a summer camp where he took part
197. Examine the following statements: in hiking, swimming and boating. This
1. Either A & B are of same age or A is summer, he is looking forward to a music
older than B camp where he hopes to sing, dance and
2. Either C & D are of same age or D is learn to play the guitar.
older than C Based on the above information four
3. B is older than C conclusions as given below, have been
made. Which one of these logically fol-
Which of the following conclusions can
lows from the information given above?
be drawn from the above statements?
(a) A is older than B (a) Ankit’s parents want him to play
guitar.
(b) B and D are of the same age
(b) Ankit prefers music to outdoor
(c) D is older than C activities.
(d) A is older than C (c) Ankit goes to some type of camp
every summer.
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200. Three persons A, B & C wear shirts of 202. Gita is prettier than Sita but not as pretty
Black, Blue and Orange colours (not as Rita. Then,
necessarily in the order) and pants of (a) Sita is not as pretty as Gita
green, yellow and orange (not necessarily
(b) Sita is prettier than Rita
in that order). No person wore shirt and
pant of the same colour. Further, it is (c) Rita is not as pretty as Gita
given that, (d) Gita is prettier than Rita
1. A did not wear shirt of black colour. 203. Given that,
2. B did not wear shirt of blue colour. 1. A is the brother of B
3. C did not wear shirt of orange colour. 2. C is the father of A.
4. A did not wear the pants of green 3. D is brother of E.
colour
4. E is the daughter of B
5. B wore pants of orange colour.
Then, the uncle of D is?
What were the colours of the pants and
(a) A (b) B

shirts worn by C respectively?
(c) C (d) E

(a) Orange and black
204. Who scored the highest?
(b) Green and blue
(a) Rama
(c) Yellow and blue
(b) Padma
(d) Yellow and black
(c) Rani
201. Ten new TV shows started in January 5
sitcoms, 3 drama and 2 news magazines.
(d) Ratna
By April, only seven of the new shows
Answer Key
were still on, five of them being sitcoms.
Based on the above information, for
i) D
conclusions, as given below, have ii) B
been made. Which of these logically 184 iii) C 191 A 198 B
follows from the information given
above? iv) C
(a) Only one news magazine show is still v) A
going on. 185 D 192 D 199 D
(b) Only one of the drama show is still 186 D 193 C 200 B
going on.
187 B 194 A 201 C
(c) At least one discontinued show was a
drama. 188 B 195 D 202 A
(d) Viewers prefer sitcoms over drama. 189 C 196 B 203 A
190 B 197 D 204 D

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 2011 206. Consider the following figures:

205. Consider the following distance - time 2 6 3 ?

graph. 80 24 120 36

The graph shows three athletes A, What is the missing number?

Band C running side by side for a 30 km (a) 7 (b) 8
race. With reference to the above graph

(c) 9 (d) 10
consider the following statements:
207. Study the following figure:
1. The race was won by A.
A person goes from A to B always
2. B was ahead of A up to 25 km 26 moving to the right or downwards
mark. along the lines. How many different
3. C ran very slowly from the beginning. routes can he adopt?
A

C
B
35
30
B
A
25 Select the correct answer from the codes
Time in min

20 A given below:

15 (a) 4
B
10 C (b) 5
5 (c) 6
(d) 7
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
208. Consider the following figure and answer
Distance in min
the item that follow :
Which of the statements given above is/
are correct ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

What is total number of triangles in the

above grid ?
(a) 27 (b) 26

(c) 23 (d) 22

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209. Directions for the following 3 (Three) iii) Which region of the curve indicates
items: that the treatment yielded effective re-
lief?
Read the passage given below, study
the graph that follows and answer the (a) C
three items given below the figure. (b) D
During a party, a person was exposed to (c) E
contaminated water. A few days later, he
(d) The curve does not indicate the
developed fever and loose motions. He
treatment
suffered for some days before going to
a doctor for treatment. On starting the 210. There are four routes to travel from city
treatment, he soon became better and A to city B and six routes from city B to
recovered completely a few days later. city C. How many routes are possible to
The following graph shows different travel from the city A to city C?
phases of the person’s disease condition (a) 24
as regions A, B, C, D and E of the curve. (b) 12
(c) 10
Number of bacteria

D
E
(d) 8
C

B
211. Consider the figure given below and
A
0
answer the items that follows:
0
Time P2
i) Which region/regions of the curve
correspond/corresponds to incubation
phase of the infection ?
(a) A only S
(b) B only
O P1
(c) B and C
(d) No part of the curve indicates In the figure shown above, OP 1. and OP 2.
the incubation phase are two plane mirrors kept perpendicular
ii) Which region of the curve indicates to each other. S is the direction of a beam
that the person began showing the of light falling on the mirror OP 1. The
symptoms of infection ? direction of the reflected beam of light
(a) A from the mirror OP 2 will be

(b) B (a) Perpendicular to the direction S.

(c) C (b) At 45° to the direction S.
(d) D (c) Opposite and parallel to the direction
S.
(d) At 60° to the direction S.

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212. Consider the following figure and answer 214. A person has only Rs. 1 and Rs. 2 coins
the item that follows: with her. If the total number of coins that
she has is 50 and the amount of money
with her is Rs. 75, then the number of Rs.
1 and Rs. 2 coins are, respectively
(a) 15 and 35
(b) 35 and 15
(c) 30 and 20
(d) 25 and 25
215. Three persons start walking together and
their steps measure 40 cm, 42 cm and 45
What is the minimum number of different cm respectively. What is the minimum
colours required to paint the figure given distance each should walk so that each
above such that no two adjacent regions can cover the same distance in complete
have the same colour ? steps ?

(a) 3 (a) 25 m 20 cm
(b) 4 (b) 50 m 40 cm
(c) 5 (c) 75 m 60 cm
(d) 6 (d) 100 m 80 cm
213. Consider the following figure and answer 216. The houses of A and B face each other
the items that follows: on a road going north-south, A’s being
on the western side. A comes out of his
15
house, turns left, travels 5 km, turns right,
travels 5 km to the front of D’s house.
48
B does exactly the same and reaches
the front of C’s house. In this context,
A square is divided into four rectangles which one of the following statements is
as shown above. The lengths of the sides correct?
of rectangles are natural n umbers. The
(a) C and D live on the same street.
areas of two rectangles are indicated
in the figure. What is the length of each (b) C’s house faces south.
side of the square? (c) The houses of C and D are less than 20
(a) 10 km apart.

(b) 11 (d) None of the above

(c) 15
(d) Cannot be determined as the given
data are Insufficient

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217. Read the following passage and answer 219. Consider the following three statements:
the 3 (three) items that follow: 1. Only students can participate in the
A, B, C, D and E are members of the same race.
family. There are two fathers, two sons, 2. Some participants in the race are
two wives, three males and two females. girls.
The teacher was the wife of a lawyer who 3. All girl participants in the race are
was the son of a doctor. E is not a male, invited for coaching.
neither also a wife of a professional. C is
Which one of the following conclusions
the youngest person in the family and D
can be drawn from the above statements?
is the eldest. B is a male.
(a) All participants in the race are invited
i) How is D related to E ?
for coaching.
(a) Husband (b) All students are invited for coaching.
(b) Son (c) All participants in the race are
(c) Father students.
(d) Wife (d) None of the statements (a), (b) and (c)
given above is correct.
ii) Who are the females in the group ?
220. Directions for the following 2 (two) items:
(a) C and E
(b) C and D Each of the following two items consists
of four statements. Of these four
(c) E and A
statements, two cannot both be true, but
(d) D and E both can be false. Study the statements
iii) Whose wife is the teacher? carefully and identify the two that satisfy
the above condition. Select the correct
(a) C
answer using the codes given below
(b) D
each set of statements :
(c) A i) Examine the following statements:
(d) B 1. All animals are carnivorous.
218. In a queue, Mr. X is fourteenth from the 2. Some animals are not carnivorous.
front and Mr. Y is seventeenth from the
3. Animals are not carnivorous.
end, while Mr. Z is exactly in between Mr.
X and Mr. Y. If Mr. X is ahead Mr. Y and 4. Some animals are carnivorous.
there are 48 persons in the queue, how Codes:
many persons are then between Mr. X
(a) 1 and 3
and Mr. Z ?
(b) 1 and 2
(a) 6 (b) 7

(c) 2 and 3
(c) 8 (d) 9

(d) 3 and 4

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ii) Examine the following statements:
Answer Key
1. All trains are run by diesel engine.
i) A
2. Some trains are run by diesel
engine. 205 B 211 C 217 ii) C
3. No train is run by diesel engine. iii) D
4. Some trains are not run by diesel 206 C 212 A 218 C
engine. 207 C 213 B 219 C
Codes: i) A
(a) 1 and 2 208 C 214 D 220
ii) C
(b) 2 and 3 i) A
(c) 1 and 3 209 ii) B 215 A
(d) 1 and 4
iii) A
210 A 216 C

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