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AP-L&T-Home Exercise 3
Note: Total 60 questions. 60 minutes ---SECTIONAL CUTOFF
SECTION 1 (MATHS – 20 QUESTIONS)
1) 54 roses are picked from one of the three baskets containing 60 roses each. Then what fraction of the total number of roses are
in the basket now?
A) 8/10 B) 2/10 C) 3/10 D) 7/10
2) The average age of 15 students in a classroom is 10 years. If 5 of them, whose average age is 8 years, leave the class, then what
is the average age of the remaining students?
A) 12 B) 11 C) 10 D) 9
3) An Italian chef can make 2 pizzas every 40 minutes. Then how many pizzas can he make in a complete day?
A) 60 B) 72 C) 48 D) 80
4) Nitin bought 2 biscuits and 4 chocolates for Rs. 32. Then what must be the price of 3 chocolates and 6 biscuits?
A) 40 B) 48 C) 60 D) 44
5) The average weight of 4 boys is 30 kg, with no boy weighing more than 35 kg. Then what is the minimum possible weight of
any of the three boys?
A) 20 B) 25 C) 30 D) 15
6) A company spends 2/5th of their revenue in employee salary. 1/6th of remaining amount is spent on imports and the remaining
amount is the saving. If the amount spent on exports is rs. 2 lakh, then how much money was saved?
A) 4 lakh B) 6 lakh C) 8 lakh D) 10 lakh
7) In an organization, 20 % of the employees are aged above 40 years. 3/4th of the total female employees are aged below 40
years. If there are 100 employees in the organization, consisting of 40 female employees, then how many male employees are
aged below 40 years?
A) 40 B) 50 C) 60 D) 45
8) In how many ways can a person pay an amount Rs.120 using two-rupee or five-rupee coins?
A) 13 B) 14 C) 15 D) 12
9) If the average of the ages of A and B is 23 years and that of A, B and C is 21 years, the age of C is ______
a) 15 years. b) 19 years. c) 17 years. d) 27 years.
10) A person takes 50 minutes to reach from his home to office at his usual speed. If he increases his speed by 25%, then how
much time (in minutes) will he take now?
A) 40 B) 45 C) 60 D) 30
11) How much time will a 100 m long train running at 72 kmph take to cross a 60 m long bridge?
A) 6 s B) 4 s C) 5 s D) 8 s
12) Sushant spends 1/3rd of his working time on accounting. Then he spends 1/4th of his remaining time on analysing. After that,
he still has 6 more working hours remaining. Then what is his total working duration?
A) 12 hours B) 10 hours C) 8 hours D) 18 hours
13) Suman takes 12 days to complete a task alone and Aman completes the same task in 15 days alone. Suman, Aman and Anil
together can complete that task in 4 days. Then how many days does Anil take to do the task alone?
A) 10 B) 12 C) 15 D) 8
14) What will be the % profit obtained on a product after giving 30 % discount on MRP, which is double the cost price?
A) 20 B) 30 C) 40 D) 70
15) In how many ways can 4 girls and 3boys be seated in a row such that no two boys are adjacent to each other?
A) 1440 B) 720 C) 1800 D) 1080
16) Shashank scored 10 % more marks than Vaibhav, who scored 30 % less than Shruti. If Shruti scored 300 marks, then how
much did Shashank score?
A) 221 B)231 C)241 D)201
17) A leopard sees a deer and runs at 30 m/s to chase the deer who is running at 24 m/s. If the deer was caught after 1.5 minutes,
then what was the initial distance between the leopard and deer?
A)270 m B)540 m C)360 m D)300 m
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18) If two dice are thrown simultaneously, then what is the probability that the sum of the two outcomes is 6?
A) 7/36 B) 3/36 C) 5/36 D) 1/6
19) A rope is cut into three parts (A, B and C) whose lengths are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. If the lengths of A and B are 4 cm more and
8 cm more respectively, their lengths will be in the ratio 3 : 5. Find the length of C. (in cm.)
a)12 b)16 c)20 d)24
20) Saurabh is X times more efficient than Navin. They both together complete a task in 10 days. If Navin had worked alone, he
would have finished the same task in 30 days. What is the value of X?
A) 3 B) 2 C) 2.5 D) 1.5
SECTION 2 (REASONING -20 QUESTIONS)
Q. 1 to 4. Answer the questions based on the following information:
Six persons Anuj, Bhaskar, Cherry, Daniel, Emanuel and Firoz are comparing their marks and each of them got different marks.
Cherry got less marks than only Bhaskar and Emanuel. Firoz scored more marks than only Anuj. Bhaskar did not score the highest
marks.
1)Who scored the fourth highest marks?
a)Bhaskar b)Cherry c)Daniel d)Firoz
2) If Daniel scored 50 marks and Bhaskar scored 74 marks which of these is the possible score of Cherry?
a)50 b)74 c)65 d)78
3) In how many ways can a team of 7 members be selected?
a)9 b)18 c)36 d)27
4) If E is not selected, then in how many ways can a team of 6 members be selected?
a)6 b)15 c)30 d)12
5) Ashok's age x years ago was twice his sons age at that time. His age 5x years ago was thrice his sons age at that time. The
difference of their present ages is 24 years. Find the sum of their present ages. (in years)
a)78 b)65 c)52 d)91
6) The ratio of the present ages of a man and his wife is 5 : 4. After 20 years, the ratio of the ages of the man and his wife could be
a)11 : 8 b)9 : 7 c)15 : 13 d)19 : 15
7) At present, Ankit is twice as old as Rishabh was 5 years ago. If the difference between their ages is 5 years, then what is
Rishabh's present age ?
A)20 B) 10 C) 15 D) None of these
Q. 8 to 12: In each question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the
given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then
decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give
answer
(A) if only conclusion I follows;
(B) if only conclusion II follows;
(C) if either I or II follows
(D) if neither I or II follows and
(E) if both I and II follow
8) Statement 1 : All palaces are buildings Statement 2 : Some palaces are edifices
Conclusion 1 : Some edifices are buildings Conclusion 2 : All buildings are palaces
9) Statement 1 : All carpets are buckets Statement 2 : Some buckets are jars
Conclusion 1 : Some carpets are jars Conclusion 2 : No carpet is a jar
10) Statement 1 : All bananas are oranges Statement 2 : Some bananas are apples
Conclusion 1 : Some apples are oranges Conclusion 2 : Some oranges are bananas
11) Statement 1 : Some guitarists are doctors Statement 2 : All doctors are tall
Conclusion 1 : Some guitarists are not tall Conclusion 2 : Some guitarists are tall
12) Statement 1 : All tablets are medicines Statement 2 : Some medicines are pills
Conclusion 1 : Some tablets are pill Conclusion 2 : No tablet is a pill
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13) Abhinav's rank in a class of 35 students is 16th from bottom. If Naman's rank is 7th from the top, then how many students
have ranks between that of Abhinav and Naman ?
A) 12 B) 13 C) 14 D) 15
14) If WSDFT is coded as TVAIQ then how will STRGD be coded ?
A) VQUJA B) PWUJA C) PWOJA D) VQUDG
15) In a code language, the code for QUANT is 25, code for LOGICAL 49, then the code for VERBAL is ______
A) 25 B) 36 C) 64 D) 49
16) In a certain code language, "leave the worries" is written as " ad no pi " , " pass the test" is written as " ol di pi" , while " time
to leave" is written as "no ut ed" , then what does the code "ad" mean ?
A) worries B) leave C) the D) cannot be determined
17) Shri's brother is the son-in-law of Shailesh. Sujata is Shailesh's only daughter. How is Shri's daughter Nidhi related to Sujata ?
A) Aunt B) Cousin C) Niece D) None pf these
18) X is daughter of Y. B is grandson of Y.F is B's father. Then how is F related to X?
A) Husband B) Brother C) Cousin D) Eiher A orB
19) There are 15 students to the right of Vaishnav in a row. Raghu, who is 4th to the right of Vaishnav, is 15th from the left end of
row. Then how many students are standing in the row ?
A) 24 B) 25 C) 26 D) 27
20) The age of father is obtained by reversing the digits of the age of his son. If the difference between theie ages is 18, then what
can be the sum of digits of the number representing father's age ?
A) 7 B) 5 C) 9 D) 6
SECTIONS 3 (ENGLISH-20 QUESTIONS)
Direction Question 1- 5: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:
To those who do listen, the desert speaks of things with an emphasis quite different from that of the shore, the
Mountain, the valley or the plains, whereas these invite action and suggest limitless opportunity and exhaust less resources, the
implications and the mood of the desert are something different. For one thing, the desert is conservative not radical. It is more
likely to provide awe than to invite conquest. The heroism which it encourages is the heroism of endurance, not that of conquest.
It brings man up against this limitation, turns him upon himself and suggests values which more indulgent regions suppress.
Sometimes it includes contemplation in men who have never contemplated before: And of all the answers to the question- what is
a desert good for – 'contemplation' is perhaps the best.
1. In order to receive the desert's message, the beholder needs to be
(A) Courageous in his reaction. (B) Conservative in his responses.
(C) A good listener. (D) Sensitive to nature.
2. The desert is unique among landscapes in that it encourages only
(A) contemplation (B) Indolence (C) Heroic Endeavour (D) Adventurous Spirit
3. If one responds with insight to the mood of the desert, it evokes
(A) An inclination for deep thought (B) The possibility of unending resources
(C) The desire for Heroic conquest (D) A sense of intense revulsion
4. The writer calls the desert ―conservative rather than radical‖ because it provides an environment that
(A) Inspires man to explore it (B) Offers unlimited opportunity to conquer
(C) Tests ones Endurance (D) makes one gloomy
5. What does the phrase ‖it brings man up against his limitations‖, mean?
(A) It makes man feel hopeless about his limitations (B) It makes man aware of his limitations
(C) It compels man to fight against his limitations (D) It persuades man to overcome his limitations
Directions questions 6- 10. Pick out from the words, given below each sentence, the word which would complete the
sentence correctly and meaningfully.
6. The pot officer told me to wait, but I..................a year now and my parcel has not come yet.
(A) Waited (B) am waiting (C) had waited (D) have waited.
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7. A blind man is no judge.............colours.
(A) Of (B) for (C) in (D) of the
8. He is........... Minister of the Central Government
(A) A best and honest (B) the best and honest (C) best and the most honest (D) the best and most honest
9. over indulgence.............. Character as well as physical stamina.
(A) Strengthens (B) stimulate (C) debilitate (D) maintains
10. Usually the ascent of a mountain face is much easier than the...................
(A) Fall (B) decent (C) descent (D) descend
Directions 11-15: Each of the following sentences has been divided into four parts. There I an error in one of the parts.
Find the part that has an error:
11. A. I shall / B. ring him / C. tomorrow / D. in the afternoon.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
12 A. I enjoyed / B. during my / C.stay in / D. England.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
13. A. I believe / B. that respect / C. is more preferable than / D. money.
(A) (B) (C) (D)
14. A. I never have / B. visited / C. or intend to visit / D. foreign countries /
(A) (B) (C) (D)
15. A. In this way nuclear fission / B. or the splitting / C. of the atom / D. have been achieved /
(A) (B) (C) (D)
Directions 16-20: In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the
meaning of the given word.
16. BEMOAN
(A) Lament (B) Soothe (C) Denounce (D) Loathe
17. ABRADE
(A) Scold (B) attach (C) Wear off (D) Twist
18. DISTINGUISH
(A) Darken (B) Abolish (C) Differentiate (D) Confuse
19. PORTRAY
(A) Communicate (B) Paint (C) Express (D) Draw
20. INFINITE
(A) Strange (B) Endless (C) Indefinite (D) Vague
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