QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

Question :
The number of non-negative real roots of 2x x 1 = 0 is equal to

0
1
2
3

Maria buys one clown fish and 3 guppies for $5 and 2 clown fish and 5 guppies for $9. Find the price of 1
guppy.

1.

$1

2.

$2

3.

$3

4.

$4

5.

$5

Question :

The value of

is

1
0
1
xabc

Question :
One alloy of brass is composed of tin, copper and zinc in the ratio of 2 : 15 : 5. Another alloy of brass
contains these metals in the ratio of 7 : 23 : 3. Equal weights of these alloys are taken and fused together.
What is the ratio of these ingredients in the resulting alloy?

15 : 65 : 42
20 : 78 : 15
20 : 91 : 21
15 : 54 : 38
9 : 38 : 8

Question :

The price of per kg of potatoes has tripled. By what percentage should Rakesh reduce his
consumption so that the amount spent remains the same?
100%
66

33

200%
50%

Question :
The figure shows the lengths of a rectangle in inches.
How much is the shaded area in square inches?
/
3
/

18
24

57
78
58

Question :
A veranda, 40 metres long and 15 meters broad, is to be paved with stones each measuring 6 dm by 5
dm. The number of stones required is

200
2,000
3,000
30,000

Question :
Solve: 3.05% of 1200 + 6.4% of 800

93.20
87.8
89.80
14.6
None of these

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The average age of three girls is 16 years. If their ages are in the ratio 4 : 5 : 7, the
age of the youngest girl is

1.

21 years

2.

15 years

3.

12 years

4.

16 years
None of these

5.

Question :
The average score of a cricketer in a certain number of innings is 15. When he scored zero in
one innings, his average dropped to 13.5. How many innings have been played including the
last one?

9
10
Cannot be determined
None of these

Question :
How many days are there from 2nd January 1990 to 15th March 1990?

72
73
74
75

Question :
An antique clock which gains time uniformly, is 10 minutes slow at 9 : 00 AM on Monday
morning and 10 min 48 sec fast at 9 : 00 PM on the following Monday. When did it show the
correct time during the intervening period?

At 11 PM on Wednesday

At 11:32 PM on Thursday
At 11:40 PM on Wednesday
At 11:28 PM on Thursday

Question :
Directions: Study the pie chart carefully to answer the question that follows:
Percentage of students enrolled in different hobby classes in a school is given below.
Total number of students = 3600

Number of students enrolled in drama classes are approximately what percent of those
enrolled in painting classes?

78%
92%
87%
66%
72%

Question :
Directions: The question below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II.
You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements is sufficient to answer the
question. Read both the statements and give answer.
Question:
What is Nikita's share in the profit of Rs. 50,000, earned in the business run by her, in
partnership with Sharmila?
Statements:

I.
II.

Nikita invested an amount which was 150% of the amount invested by Sharmila.
Amount invested by Sharmila is two-third of the amount invested by Nikita.

If the data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement
II alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
If the data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement
I alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
If the data in statement I alone or in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question.
If the data in both the statements I and II is not sufficient to answer the question.
If the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question
Question :
In the given figure, EF || CD, DE || BC, AF = 2FD and DE = 4 units. What is the measure of
BC?

3 units
4 units
5 units
6 units

Question :
A person had a number of toys to distribute among children. At first, he tried distributing equally
between two children, then among three, four, five and six children, but every time he was left
with one toy. When he finally tried distributing equally among seven children, he succeeded.
What is the smallest number of toys that he could have?

419
301
105
77

Question :
If 0.0ababab. =

, find ab.

18
36
76
72

Question :
If 42 * 8 is a multiple of 9, then the digit represented by * is

0
1
2
4

Question :
A man has 7 friends. The 1st visits him every night, the 2nd every 2nd night, the 3rd every
3rd night, the 4thevery 4th night and so on. After how many days, do all the friends meet
together?

7
240
400

420
460

Question :
A tradesman by means of a false balance defrauds 10% in buying goods and 10% in selling.
What % does he gain on his outlay by his dishonesty?

21%
18%
20%
22.22%

Question :

Vishal lives in town A. He leaves his house for exactly 10 hours everyday to sell fruits. He
purchases his fruits from either local Town A market or from any of the three neighbouring
towns B, C or D. It takes him 1 hour to reach C and 1.5 hour to reach D from A. The time
required for traveling from B to C, C to D or B to D is 1 hour. In 1 hour, he sells, exactly 1 kg of
fruits. The rates of fruits in the four towns are as follows. A = Rs. 20/kg, B = Rs. 25/kg, C = Rs.
10/kg, D = Rs. 11/kg. He completes each day without any stock at the end. Assuming the
buying and selling price, both are same.
How many extra hours should Vishal put in, in order to earn Rs. 120?

4.5 hours
5 hours
6 hours
4 hours
5.5 hours

Question :

Due to inflation, the price of an item is increased by 25%, but at the end of the year, it
is decreased by 20% and becomes the same. What was the original price?
Rs. 200

Rs. 350
Rs. 360
Rs. 380
Cannot be determined

Question :
The circular mouth of a toothpaste is of 16 mm diameter and the company decides to increase
the diameter of mouth by 8 mm, so as to increase the sales. On an average, every consumer
takes the same length of column to brush their teeth, before and after the increase in the
mouth's diameter.
What is the percentage increase in the sales of the company?

200%
120%
125%
225%
250%

Question :

It costs Rs. 5,000 to paint the total surface of a cube. But in summer, each side expands
by 20%. What will be the cost of painting the cube in the summer?
Rs. 6,400
Rs. 6,000
Rs. 7,250
Rs. 7,200
Rs. 7,500

Question :

A businessman makes a profit of 20% on selling 355 books, all at the same price. Had he sold

570 books more

and all the 925 books at the price that is

of the previous price. What

20%
15%
10%
None of these

Question :
The cost of manufacture of an article is made up of four components A, B, C and D which have
a ratio of 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 respectively. If there are respective changes in the cost of these four
components as + 10%, 20%, 30% and + 40%, then what would be the percentage change
in the cost of the article?

2.22%
3.33%
2.66%
1.88%
2.44%

Question :
a, b, c, d are 4 numbers, such that b is 50% of a, c is 25% less than b and d is 10% more than
c. If a is k% higher than d, what is the value of k?

100
120
141
85
Cannot be determined

Question :
A reduction of 40% in the price of bananas would enable a purchaser to purchase 50 bananas

more for Rs. 1. Find the reduced price per dozen and the original price (in paisa).

8, 13 1/3
10, 16 2/3
9, 16 1/3
9, 15
None of these

Question :
The measure of one side of a rectangle is long by 4% of its true length and that of the other is
short by 5% of its true length. Find the error percent in measure obtained for the area of the
rectangle.

1.2%
1%
1.6%
1.2%
None of these

Question :
The ratio of male tourists and female tourists in month of January was 1.5 : 0.333 and in the
month of February, this ratio was 0.666 : 2. The number of male tourists in January was 40%
more than the number of female tourists in February. Find the percentage increase in the
female tourists from January to February.

221.43%
138.67%
235.92%
265.52%
69%

Question :
India scored a total of x runs in 50 overs. Sri Lanka tied the scores in 10% less overs. If India
had scored 30 runs more, then Sri Lanka would have tied it in 50 overs at the same run rate.
Find how many runs were scored by India.

250
240
270
300
Cannot be determined

Question :
Bag A contains 3 green, 2 blue and 5 red balls and bag B contains 2 green, 3 red and 4 blue
balls. A dice is rolled, if it gives a multiple of 3, bag A will be selected and 2 balls will be drawn.
If the dice gives a multiple of 5, bag B will be selected and 2 balls will be drawn. If the dice
gives neither a multiple of 5 nor a multiple of 3, one ball is drawn from each bag. What is the
probability that both the balls are blue?

None of these

Question :

Four-digit numbers are formed using the digits 0, 2, 3, 4, 5 without repetition. What is
the probability that the numbers are divisible by 4?

Question :
A man buys spirit at a rate of Rs. 60 per litre, adds water to it and then sells it at Rs. 75 per
litre. What is the ratio of the spirit to water if the profit in the deal is 37.5%?

9:1
10 : 1
11 : 1
11 : 9
11 : 10

Question :
The sum of 100 terms of the series 12 22 + 32 42 + ..is

5050
4950
1101
240

Question :
The sum of the 9th, 14th and 18th term of an A.P is equal to the sum of the 20th and 24th term.
What is the ratio of 4th term to the 2nd term?

3:2
7:5
5:3
9:7

Question :
Scientists are studying the rate of growth of a kind of bacteria. It has been observed that they
grow by 10% per hour in the first two hours, decrease by 5% in the next one hour and again

increase by 10% per hour in the next two hours. If the original count of bacteria in the sample
is 50000, what is the count at the end of 5 hours?

73220
69545
63000
None of these

Question :
A sum of money is invested at compound interest at a certain rate percent. If simple interest at
the same rate is calculated, the interest for the first two years would be diminished by Rs. 20
and that for the first three years by Rs. 61. Find the rate percent.

10%
7%
5%
3%

Question :
How many patients does the doctor examine in a day, if he examines 5 patients in 3 hours with
breaks of 10 minutes between two consecutive patients and he works for 10 hours and 15
minutes per day?

16
15
17
18

Question :
A and B can do a piece of work in 6 days, B and C can do the same work in 8 days and A, B
and C complete it in 4 days. In how many days can A and C finish it?

3
4 4 /5
3

question :
Four men can dig a pit in 15 days. A man is 1.5 times efficient than a boy. What will be the
number of days taken by 8 men and 6 boys?

6 days
10 days
7 days
5 days
12 days

Question :
When sugar is 10 kg for Rs. 100, a sum of money maintains a family of 18 men for 15 days. How long
will the same amount of money maintain a family of 6 men when sugar is 14 kg for Rs. 100?

57 days
63 days
67 days
53 days

Question :
On a river, B is an intermediate station equidistant from the stations A and C. A boat can go from A to B
and come back in 6 hours. If it takes 4 hours to go from A to C, how long would it take to go from C to A?

4 hours
2 hours
8 hours
None of these

Either (1) or (2)

Question :
A train is going at 48 kmph. A passenger counts the telegraph posts on the line as he passes them. If
the posts are 50 metres apart, how many posts will he cross per minute?

16
20
24
10

Question :
Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 45 kmph and including stoppages it is 36 kmph. For how
many minutes does the bus stop per hour?

9
12
15
None of these

Question :
Two trains start at the same time from station A and station B and proceed towards each other at the
rate of 16 km and 21 km per hour respectively. When they meet, it is found that one train has travelled
60 km more than the other. The distance between the two stations is

445 km
444 km
440 km
425 km

Question :
A ship went on a voyage. After it had travelled 180 miles, a plane started with 10 times the speed of the
ship. Find the distance (in miles) when they will meet from starting point.

190
180
200
None of these

Question :
Tony started for his office at a speed of 40 kmph. If he travels at this speed, he can reach his office
exactly on time. But after travelling 20 km, he realised that he had forgotten an important document
back at home. So, he went back home at a speed of 60 kmph, collected the document and again started
for his office at a speed of 80 kmph and reached his office exactly on time. What is the distance
between his home and his office?

40 km
50 km
60 km
66

km

LOGICAL REASONING
Question :
Pointing to a man in a photograph, a woman said,His brother's father is the only son of my grandfather.
How is the woman related to the man in the photograph?

Mother
Aunt
Sister
Daughter

Question :
If the code for FOOTBALL is 8 and the code for HOCKEY is 6, what is the code for BADMINTON?

12

11
10
9

Question :
If A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 and so on, MAN can be coded as _____.

1012
48418
13114
525225

Question :
Directions: A cube is coloured red on all of its faces. It is then cut into 64 smaller cubes of equal size.
The smaller cubes so obtained are now separated.
How many smaller cubes have no coloured face?

24
16
8
10

Question :
Directions: 220 guests are to be transported from A to B. Any number of buses of the following
passenger capacities are available.
Type P :
Type Q :
Type R :
Type S :

60
50
40
30

The cost per trip for a bus of each of these types is as follows
Type P :

Rs.200

Type Q :
Type R :
Type S :

Rs.140
Rs.125
Rs.95

No bus can be overloaded.

Rs.610
Rs.615
Rs.620
Rs.640

Question :
Mona travelled 3 km southwards, then turned right and travelled 5 km. Then again turned right and
travelled 7 km. In which direction was she travelling?

South
East
North
West

Question :

Directions: In the following question, there is a relationship between the two terms to the left of : : and
the same relationship holds between the two terms to its right. One term is missing. One of the four given
options contains the missing term. Identify the correct option.
ABC : FED : : GHI : ________

JKL
LKJ
KLM
MNO

Question :
Directions: Complete the following series.
HKN, QTW, ZCF,

ILO
KMN
BDG
HKM

Question :
If K means

, L means -, M means

, N means +, what will be the result of 18 N 3 M 4 L 36 K 9?

23
24
25
26
27

Question :
Directions: There is some relationship between the two pair of numbers on the left of the sign (::). The
same relationship exists between the two terms on the right of which one is missing. Find the missing one
from the given alternatives.
13 : 17 : : 25 :-------.

29
26
28
32

Question :
Directions: In the following question, a number series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct
alternative that will continue the same pattern in the given series.
11, ___, 31, 41, 51, 41, 31, 21

20
21
22
23

Question :
Five persons are standing in a line. One of the two persons at the extreme ends is a professor and the
other a businessman. An advocate is standing to the right of a student. An author is to the left of the
businessman. The student is standing between the professor and the advocate. Counting from the left,
the advocate is at which place?

3rd
4th
5th
3rd or 4th
3rd or 5th

Question :

Directions: Study the diagram given below and answer the following question.

g represents people who know

both British and English

Question :
Find the odd one out.

Baboon
Gibbon
Chimpanzee
Jaguar
Gorilla

PREPARED BY
RINKESH SINGHAL