Sample test Paper

1. The highest Score in an innings was 3/11 of the total and the next highest was 3/11of the
reminder. If the scores differed by 9, find the total score. 

a) 151    b) 161     c) 121      a      d) 101    e) 137 

 Ans: c 

2. A boy was asked to multiply a certain number by 53. He multiplied it by 35 and got his
answer less than the correct one by 1206. Find the number to be multiplied. 

a)   37    b) 67      a      c) 87      d) 97     e) 107 

 Ans: 67   

3. A Problem like this not exactly the same but on same model.If the manufacturer gains 10
%,  the wholesale dealer 15 % and the retailer 25 % then the cost of Production of a table, if the
retail price is Rs.1265 

  a) 632.50 b) 800     c)  814            d)       834.24 

  Ans: b 

4. A trader marks his goods up by 50% and declares two successive discounts of 20% each.
What is his overall gain?                                                 

   a) 10% gain  b) 4% gain   c) 4% loss (A)   d) 10% loss   e) No loss  No gain 

ection  I:   25  questions  (ENGLISH) in 15 minutes

       section  II:  45  questions  (QUANTITATIVE) in 45 minutes
       section III:  30  questons  (REASONING) in 30 minutes

SECTION I    

1. Few questions on finding out the segment of sentence which is wrong.

2. analogy. 
 1. celebrate::marriage
     ans.lament::bereavement
  2. bouquet::flowers
     ans.chain::link

3. germ::disease
  ans.war::destruction

SECTION II

1. Maximum numbers that can be formed using all the 4 digits 6 4 8 1 without
repetition and which is divisible by 9.( ans none)

2.  Find the number of sides of a regular convex polygon whose angle is 40degrees.

3. a+b+c=0, then roots of ax^2+bx+c=0 is

    1.imag 2.real 3.coincidental 4.zero

4. Difference b/w the compound interest and simple interest for Rs.2500 for 2 years
is given-----. find the rate of interest.

5.  

6. There was one more question on S.I and C.I    

7. The minimum number by which 60 is to be multiplied to generate a square.

ans 15

8.  A monkey climbs 6 mts and falls 3mts in alternate minutes.Then time taken to climb a
tree 60metres high? 
a. 35 b.37 c.32 d.34 (think the answer is 37)

9. (This was the second last question) A bucket contains z drops. and it leaks x drops in t
secs.then the time required to empty the bucket(in minutes)?

10. 6 pipes fill or empty the cistern. find the number of emptying pipes iff it takes 18hrs to
fill and 18 hrs to empty.... (don't remember the question exactly)

11. The largest no: which is a factor of 1080 and 729

12.  No: of spheres of radius 1 that can be got from sphere of radius (or diameter don't recall)
8

13. (think the last but three question)Travelling at 3/4th the speed a man is 20 minutes later
then speed is??
14. There are 6 keys and 6 locks. then number of combinations to betried out to get the actual
solution
a. 5^6 b.6^5 (don't remember the rest)

15. Choosing 2 people out of 10 in how many combinations can a particular

person(some name) be always included....

16. From 6 white balls and 7 black balls probability that 2 balls drawn at random are of the
same color?

17. If a sales man gets successive gain of 15% and 20% then his actual gain?
ans. 38

18. A string of pearls such that 1/3 is lost and of that 1/4th is missing, remaining is 20 then
actual number of pearls? ans. 40

19. A man gets a gain of x%. but if he had sold at twice the cost price, what will be his gain?
(question not sure)
a. 2x b.200-2x c.100+x (not sure of the options) 

20. A clock was 7mts behind the actual time on 3 p.m. on wednesday and 8 mts ahead of 
actual time on (not sure) 4 p.m. friday. when will it show the correct time?

21. Boat moves upstream in 6 hrs and covers the same distance downstream in 5 hrs.
then speed of a raft floating?(accuracy of question not sure)

22. (this was the last question) no idea what it stands for........some kind of notation like
S(P(M((D(a,b),2))):P(M(S(D(a,b),........
options were
1. ab 2.(a-b)^2 3.(a+b)^2 4.none

23. If x men working x hrs per day can do x units of work in x days, then y men working y
hrs/day would be able to complete how many units of work i y days?
ans. y^3/x^2 (question in R.S. Agarwal)

24.  ( this was a question in the first page of the section II booklet) a cone with radius----- and
height -----. a hemisphere covers the cone such that base of  hemisphere meets that of the cone.
then the enclose volume.....(R.S. Agarwal 
consists of similar questions)
25. There was one more question on volume and surface area.....

26. 1 Rs, 50 ps , 25 ps coins are in the ratio ---------, then the number of 50 ps coins if they
sum to ------Rs. (similar question in R.S.Agarwal)

27. There was one more question on coins i.e. abt getting a change of 10ps and 25 coins for
------Rs.(how many possible combinations or so possible)

28.  x/y+y/x=40/21(don't remember the exact value, believe this is the one) find x and y there
were 2 questions on train and one was like:

29. A goods train starts and after 2 hrs a passenger train at 4km/hr starts and overtakes the
goods train after 4 hrs, then the speed of goods train?

30. 15hrs of boys work=6 hrs of women's work. 3/5 of the work is done by -----boys and 
-----women. How much time would be the question)

31.  figure was given a square with four corners shaded and asked to find the area of  the
shaded portion.... ie area of square-area of the regular octagon.....

SECTION III  

1. A simple flowchart whose steps are as follows. value of r and h are given, a and  b=0
m=pi*r*r*h n=(pi*r*r*h)/3 if (m==n) do ------else b=4*pi*r*h print a and b [DON'T
REMEMBER IF conditon is m==n or m<n]        

2. (second last question this was also easy) it was abt a set of people talking 4 languages and
then qns were abt who could act as a translator to whom ........

3. There were 3 questions based on an argument given... questions were to find out  which
statement in the objectives given could strengthen the argument or to weaken the argument....(bit
confusing)  

4. Blood relationship question( i remember all the statements given, though not
the question)  10 people in a family A B C are husbands D E F are wives altogether there are
only 4 women. each family can have atmost 2 children and C has atleast 1 child. D and G are
related to A. Ecannot be related to H and I and J are not related....
.
5. (this consists of the most confusing set of questions) a set of statements are given and
then questions were asked, the statements were likeAll A B C D E F are Q's  All A's are B's -----
(better leave this question for the last)

6.  Alice works on Monday, Wednesday and Friday

 B does not work on Wed
 C works only on Tuesday and someotherday(don't remember)
 D does not work on Friday 
 E works on all days except on the first Monday and Thursdaythen questions like who all will be
available on which days .....

7. first question) abt 4 buses with different seating capacity.and different charges.  and
questions were to find out the minimum number of trips required, the maximum  charge, the
second highest charge etc....

 Texas Instruments

1. If the date is written as MMDDYYYY, and then 10022001, ie)oct 2 2001 is a

palindrome. which is the immediate palindrome before that date.
2. There r 2 trains travelling at 100 MPH each. there is a 200Mile tunnel. the trains travel in
opposite directions. when the trains enter, a supersonic bee starts at the tunnel, touches
the other train, comes back touches the first train, turns again and touches the other train
and so on until the trains collide. Find the distance travelled by the bee.
3. It is 12.00 o clock. Find how often the minute hand meets the hour hand.
4. Find the maximum product using positive integers the sum of which is 100. Dont know if
i am sure with this one. sorry. i didnt do this.
5. In a train Art is found dead. hours later 4 people are queried,

Blonde says i am innocent, i didnt speak with Art

White says i am innocent, Blonde spoke with Art
Old says i am innocent, the brunette killed Art
Brunette says i am innocent, one of the men killed Art
The inspector says simple, 4 true statements, 4 false statements.
 I know the killer, very simple!!!
Find out the killer. (only one is involved.)

6. 2 maths geniuses meet after 20 yrs.one says i am married. and have 3 daughters. the
product of their ages is 72. the sum is the same as the house no. other says, but I cant find
it out. The other says. . simple. ok, my eldest daughter has just started the piano
classes.Find their ages.This one is there in previous question papers also.
7.  5 sea pirates have 100 gold coins and want to share it. They propose a plan. The senior
most one has to propose an idea, if at least 50 % agree, the coins r shared accordingly.
else the senior is killed and the next senior most is asked to present a plan and so on
.note, all the guys r very clever and very greedy and dont want to lose the coins, and dont
want to die. Form a way to share the money.
I didnt do this....no time

ANSWERS

1.  I worked it out like this.. before 2001, 2000 cannot be taken as MMDD becomes
0002.also anything after 14 century cant be considered as 1401 would mean 1041, there r
only a max of 31 days a month. so the century nos must be only 13(reverse for 31)so the
yr is 13xx. now 1399to 1391 is not possible as reverse means 99 to 19 but max no of
months is 12. so 1390 becomes 09311390... but 9th month has only 30 days(lucky i
remembered it).. so 1380 is the most recent palindrome ... which beocomes
08311380.SOln is 08 31 1380.
2. This one i really screwed up royally. it took me 25 minutes to solve.. i took the average
speeds, the distance travelled by the trains and the bee, took ratio of speeds and distance,
subtracting it from the tunnels length for every time the bee touched the trains. phew lot
of calculation.. and got the ans as 1000.But when i rechecked it a thought struck me... so
silly of me. The trains collide at the middle. ie)after 100 miles. that means after 1 hour. so
the bee travels for 1 hour touching each train till they collide. its speed being 1000 mph,
it travelled a 1000 miles..
3. At 12.00 the minute and hour hand are together. but at 1.00 they are 5 mins apart. so in
60 minutes the gain is 55 mins for the min hand. to be together it has to gain another 5
 more mins. so the time taken to gain 5 mins is 60*5/55==5.454 So the time taken to meet
again is 65.454 So the hands meet every 65.454 minutes
4. Sorry no time to see this and dont remember it correctly.