QUANTITATIVE ABILITY AND DATA INTERPRETATION

1. Given that P = (aaa)2 × (aaa + 1)2 and ‘aaa’ is a three–digit number. P is definitely
divisible by which of the following numbers?

A. 41116 B. 49988 C. 42984 D. 49284

E. None of the above

2. In a rectangle ABCD having area of 6 square units, two isosceles triangles AFD and
FBE are drawn such that F lies on AB and E lies on BC. What is the area of the triangle
DFE, if the length (in units) as well as the breadth (in units) of the rectangle ABCD are
integers?

A. 3 sq. units B. 1.5 sq. units C. 2.5 sq. units D. 4 sq. units
E. None of the above

3. A five–digit number ‘N’ has the following properties:

I. All the digits of the number are one or the other of four numerals 1, 2, 3 and 4.
II. Except for 2, all the other three numerals are present only once in N.
‘S’ is the set of all such five–digit numbers that are divisible by 4. How many elements
in S are divisible by 6?

A. 12 B. 16 C. 18 D. 24
E. None of the above.

4. In a quadrilateral PQRS, the diagonals PR and QS intersect at the point O. The length
of the line segment PO and OR are in the ratio 1:2 and that of SO and OQ are in the
ratio 1:1. What is the ratio of area of SOR to the area of quadrilateral PQRS, if the
measure of SOR = 30°?

A. 1:3 B. 2:3 C. 3:4 D. 2:5

E. 3:5

5. The equation px2 + (p + 1)x + p = 0 has real and distinct roots. Also, exactly one of its
roots lies between 2 and 3. Which of the following is the range the values of ‘p’?

2 3 2 3
A. −  p  − B. p  − or p  − C. p > 1 D.
7 13 7 13
2
p  − or p  1
7
1
E. p = − or p  1
3

6. Given below is a 3 × 3 grid filled with distinct natural numbers from the set {1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8 and 9} such that average of the numbers in each row as well as that in each
 column is the same. Unknown natural numbers filled in the grid are represented by
alphabets b, d, e, f, h and i.

8 b 4
d e f
1 h i

Which of the following is true?

A. e > h > f > i B. e > h < f < i C. e > h > f < i D. e < h < f < i
E. None of the above

Question No. 7–8: N is a three–digit number such that sum of the hundredth and the ten’s
digit is less than the unit’s digit.

Given: All digits in ‘N’ are distinct and non–zero.

7. How many such numbers ‘N’ are a multiple of nine?

A. 4 B. 8 C. 10 D. 7
E. None of the above

8. How many such numbers ‘N’ are odd?

A. 38 B. 40 C. 42 D. 54
E. None of the above

9. What is the total number of possible values of N?

A. 66 B. 68 C. 102 D. 90
E. None of the above

10. Two straight lines 2x – 3y + 6 = 0 and 3y – 4x + 6 = 0 intersect each other at a point ‘P’
having co–ordinates (a, b). A straight line is drawn passing through the point P and a
point having co–ordinates (2, 3). Which of the following points does not lie on the
straight line so formed?

 3  9  5 13 
A.  0,  B.  1,  C.  ,  D. (–2, 0)
 2  4 3 4 
E. None of the above

Question No. 11–14: There are four different categories of people in a city: A, B, C and D in
three different age groups: below 10 years; 10 years to 20 years; above 20 years of age. The
following table provides information about the number of males and females in each of the
mentioned age groups.
 Age Males Females
< 10 180000 120000
10 – 20 360000 300000
> 20 600000 640000

The following table provides information about the number of people in each category as a
percentage of the number of people in each of the mentioned age groups.

Category < 10 10 – 20 > 20

A 20% 40% 10%
B 40% 25% 30%
C 30% 10% 50%
D 10% 25% 10%

Further, it is known that:

A. Amongst people who are below 10 years of age, there are no males in category D.
B. Above the age of 20 years, there are only females in category C.
C. Between the age group ‘below 10 years’, the ratio of number of males to females in
category C is 3:1.
D. In category B, the number of females who are above 20 years of age is same as those
between the age 10 to 20 years (both inclusive).

11. Amongst the people who are below 10 years of age, the number of males in category
C are

A. 67500 B. 62500 C. 53500 D. 83500

E. Cannot be determined

12. The number of people who are above 20 years of age and who are in category B as a
percentage (approximate) of total number of people in the city is

A. 12% B. 14% C. 19% D. 17%

E. 13%

13. The absolute difference between the number of people in category B and those who
are between the age 10 to 20 years (both inclusive) is equal to

A. 10% of the number of people in category A who are below the age 10 years.
B. 10% of the number of people in category C who are between the age 10 to 20 years
(both inclusive)
C. 10% of the number of people in category C who are below the age 10 years.
D. 10% of the number of people in category D who are below the age 10 years.
E. None of these

Additional Information for question 14:

The number of males, who are below the age 10 years and belong to category C is equal to
the number of females between the age 10 to 20 years (both inclusive) and who belong to
category B.

14. What is the approximate percentage of number males who are between the age 10 to
20 years (both inclusive) and who belong to category B.

A. 59% B. 60% C. 47% D. 50%

E. 40%

32 16 16
15. Find the sum of the following series: 32 + + + + .... till infinity
3 3 5

A. 128 B. 64 C. 48 D. 96
E. None of the above

Question No. 16 – 17 is followed by two statements labeled as I and II. You have to decide if
these statements are sufficient to conclusively answer the question. Choose the appropriate
answer from the options given below:

A. If Statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question.

B. If Statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question.
C. If Statement I and Statement II together are sufficient but neither of the two alone is
sufficient to answer the question.
D. If either Statement I or Statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question.
E. Both Statement I and Statement II are insufficient to answer the question.

16. A vessel is in the form of an inverted cone. The vessel has a depth of 16 cm and the
diameter at the top, which is open, is 10 cm. It is filled with some liquid (density = 1
gm/cm3) upto the brim. Few cannons, each of which is a sphere having diameter 1 cm,
are dropped into the vessel. Find the number of cannons dropped in the vessel.

I. When the cannons are dropped in the vessel, the liquid upto half of the depth of the
vessel flows out.
II. When the cannons are dropped in the vessel, one–fourth of the total volume of
liquid in the vessel flows out.

17. Six characters A, B, C, D, E and F are written from left to right (not necessarily in the
same order as given). Which alphabet is to the right of A?

I. A does not occupy any of the comer positions and each of C, D and F are to the left
of A.
II. There is exactly one alphabet between B and F.

18. A quadratic expression ax2 + bx + c leaves a remainder of 6 when divided by x + 2, a

remainder of 4 when divided by x + 1 and is equal to 4 when the value of x is
substituted by 0. Find the value of (a + b + c).
 A. 6 B. 7 C. 8 D. 10
E. 12

Question No. 19–20: A survey of 200 sports persons in a state who played at least one of the
three sports named cricket, football and hockey showed that the number of sports persons
who played cricket, football and hockey as a percentage of the total number of sports persons
surveyed in the state are 22, 15 and 80.

19. The maximum possible number of sports persons surveyed in the state who play all
the three given sports as a percentage of the total number of sports persons surveyed
in the state could be

A. 8.5% B. 17% C. 5% D. 10%

E. None of the above

20. The minimum possible number of sports persons surveyed in the state who all play
exactly one of the three given sports as a percentage of the total number of sports
persons surveyed in the state could be

A. 81% B. 82% C. 83% D. 84%

E. 85%

Question No 21–23: The following line – graph provides information about the number of
flights that were delayed (D), that were on time (T) and that were cancelled (C) in eight
consecutive months (1 to 8) of the year 2008. The total number of flights is equal to the sum
of D, T and C.

70
60
60 51
Number of Flights

50 45
40 34 36
31 33
30 23
20 18 17 15 17
9 16 21 11
10 3 7
11 8 8 10 6 2
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Month

D T C

21. In which month, the number of flights that were cancelled as a percentage of total
number of flights is the minimum?
 A. 8 B. 4 C. 3 D. 2
E. 7

22. In which month, the percentage increase in the value of T over the previous month
was the minimum?

A. 3 B. 7 C. 8 D. 5
E. 4

23. The total number of flights that were on time as a percentage (approximate) of total
number of flights in the given 8 months is

A. 58 B. 59 C. 60 D. 61
E. 62

Questions No. 24–25: A tennis coach has to select a doubles pair from five different players
each of whom has a distinct ‘individual rating’ which is less than 20 for each player. He selects
pairs of two from the five players and simply added the ‘individual rating’ of two players.
Hence he got a set of 10 ‘doubles ratings’ which were: 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29 and
31.

24. What is the numerically highest ‘individual rating’ of any player among the five?

A. 15 B. 16 C. 17 D. 18
E. 20

25. Of all these five ‘individual rating’, a ‘individual rating’ is selected at random. What is
the probability that the selected ‘individual rating’ is prime?

A. 1/5 B. 2/5 C. 4/5 D. 3/5

E. None of the above

For question 26, a statement if followed by three conclusion. Select the answer from the
following option.

A. Using the given statement, only conclusion I can be derived.

B. Using the given statement, only conclusion II can be derived.
C. Using die given statement, only conclusion III can be derived.
D. Using the given statement, all conclusions I, II and III can be derived.
E. Using the given statement, none of the three conclusions I, II and III can be derived.

26. Operation “#” and “$” are defined by –

1 1
a#b= −
b a
1
a $ b =1+
ab
Conclusion I. (2 $ 4) # (1 $ 2) > 0
 Conclusion II. (3 # 2) $ (4 # 3) = 65
Conclusion III. (2 # 1) # (1 # 3) = –3

27. The cost of running a train is given by Rs. 200 for every meter covered till it is running
at a maximum speed of 20 m/s. Beyond that for every ‘1 m/s’ increase in the train’s
speed the cost would go down by Rs.5 for every meter covered. Hence, at 21 m/s and
22 m/s it would be Rs. 195 and Rs. 190 per meter respectively. What can be the
maximum possible cost of running the train at some constant speed for a period of 20
minutes?

A. Rs. 45,00,000 B. Rs. 36,00,000 C. Rs. 54,00,000 D. Rs.

20,00,000
E. None of the above

28. Three boys Kirk, James and Cliff are standing on three distinct points on a square track
ABCD (AB = 3 m) such that these points are equidistant from each other when
measured along the track. Initially Kirk is at A. The three all start walking with the same
speed along the track in anticlockwise manner till Kirk reaches E which is the mid point
of AB. Find the circum–radius of the triangle formed by joining the three new positions
of these boys.

A. 1.60 m B. 1.67 m C. 1.70m D. 1.73 m

E. 1.83 m

29. A Lorrey of length 20 m (traveling east to west at uniform speed 3.6 km/hr) reaches
point A at the same time when a Train (traveling north to south at uniform speed 108.0
km/hr) is also about to reach point A has its rear end 1 km away from the point A. If
the train has to avoid a collision with the Lorrey then its length must be less than
(neglect the width of the train)–

A. 400 m B. 600 m C. 790 m D. 200 m

E. 360 m

30. In the isosceles triangle ABC (AB = AC) square PQRS is inscribed (see figure) such that
PQ lies along BC and R and S lie on AC and AB respectively. Similarly square P’Q’R’S’ is
inscribed in ASR and so on. What is the fraction of the area of triangle ABC occupied
by these squares. Given that D is the mid point of BC and AD = BC.
 A. 1/2 B. 2/3 C. 3/4 D. 4/5
E. 5/6

31. The 1st, 4th and 8th term of an increasing A.P. are in G.P. It is also given that all terms
of the A.P. are positive integers. If the 4th, 8th term and real number K (in that order)
are in G.P. as well, then find the least possible value of T n such that Tn > K. Given that
Tn is the nth term of the A.P.

A. 33 B. 22 C. 11 D. 25
E. 30

32. If [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x and “{x} = x – [x]”, then find
the number of possible solutions for the equation [x] + 2x = 250 + {x}.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 4
D. Infinitely many solution are possible E. No solution

Question No. 33–35: The following table gives the performance of 3 students James, Lars and
Cliff in an examination which consisted of eight tests – S1 to S8. Each of the tests carried
maximum marks of 100. Out of these eight tests, five tests carried a weightage of 5 each while
three tests carried a weightage of 3 each. The weightage is considered while calculating the
‘percentage score’ of each student for the examination. In the table, exactly which test carried
how much weightage is not known.

Name S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8
James 60 71 80 45 55 82 88 64
Lars 50 45 98 66 71 66 78 44
Cliff 71 57 63 71 72 79 64 68

33. What is the maximum possible (approximate) absolute difference between the
‘percentage score’ obtained by James and Lars in the examination?
 A. 6.81% points B. 7.21% points C. 12.41% points D. 3.61%
points
E. 5.41% points

Additional information for Question 34 and 35:

The absolute difference between ‘percentage score’ for the examination obtained by James
and Cliff is minimum possible.

34. What is the absolute value of this difference?

A. 0.00% B. 5.05% C. 0.51% D. 2.26%

E. 1.02%

35. What is the percentage (approximate) score obtained by Lars?

A. 52.91% B. 78.91% C. 71.91% D. 65.91%

E. 68.91%