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NUMBER SYSTEM

1. What least number must be added to 8961 to make it exactly divisible by 84?
(1) 27
(2) 57
(3) 58
(4) 29

2. What least number must be subtracted from 8961 to make it exactly divisible by 84?
(1) 27
(2) 57
(3) 58
(4) 29

3. Find the nearest integer to 1834 which is exactly divisible by 12.

(1) 2
(2)10
(3) 8
(4) 12

4. Find the number of Prime factors in N=67 × 353 × 1110

(1) 31
(2) 30
(3) 54
(4) 23

5. The product of two terms is 39 and their difference is 28. Find the difference of their squares.
(1) 24/39
(2) 39/28
(3) 28/39
(4) 22/49

6. What is the least number which is a perfect square and contains 3675 as its factor?
(1) 12345
(2) 11098
(3) 34561
(4) 11025

RATIO AND PROPORTION

1. Form the compound ratio of the ratios 45:75, 3:4, 51:68 and 256:81.
(1) 12:14
(2) 15:16
(3) 16:15
(4) 13:15

2. Divide 37 into two parts such that 5 times one part and 11 times the other are together 227?

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(1) x=30, y=7

(2) x=24,y=34
(3) x=3,y=27
(4) x=28,y=6

3. If a family of 7 persons can live on Rs 840 for 36 days, how long can a family of 9 persons live on Rs
810?
(1) 23 days
(2) 30 days
(3) 27days
(4) 12 days

4. Divide Rs 324.36 into three parts in the Proportion of 5:6:7.

(1) Rs 88.90, Rs 120.00, Rs130.10
(2) Rs 80.10, Rs 118.12, Rs 126.14
(3) Rs 90.10, Rs 108.12, Rs 126.14
(4) None of the above

5. Divide Rs 625 among A, B and C such that A gets 2/9 of B’s share and C gets 3/4 of the A’s Share.
(1) A: B: C= 4:18:3
(2) A: B: C= 5:18:7
(3) A: B: C= 3:38:7
(4) A: B: C= 5:1:4:9

PERCENTAGE

1. Mr. Shamin’s salary increases every year by 10% in June. If there is no other increase or reduction
in the salary and his salary in June 2011 was Rs 22,385, what was his salary in June 2009?
(1) Rs 18,650
(2) Rs 18,000
(3) Rs 19,250
(4) Rs 18,500

2. An HR Company employs 4800 persons out of which 45% are males and 60% of the males are either
25 years or older. How many males are employed in that HR Company who are younger than 25 years?
(1) 2640
(2) 2160
(3) 1296
(4) 864

3. If twenty-five percent of three sevenths of twenty six percent of a number is 136.5, what is the
number?
(1) 6300
(2) 5600
(3) 4800
(4) 4900

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4. Two-thirds of Ranjit’s monthly salary is equal to Raman’s monthly salary. Raman’s monthly salary
is 30% more than Pawan’s monthly salary. Pawan’s monthly salary is Rs 32000. What is Ranjit’s
monthly salary?
(1) Rs 64200
(2) Rs 62500
(3) Rs 62400
(4) Rs 64500

5. One-fourth of two-fifths of 30% of a number is 15. What is 20% of that number?

(1) 100
(2) 50
(3) Data insufficient
(4) 200

AVERAGE

1. In an examination, a batch of 60 students made an average score of 55 and another batch of 40

students made it only 45. Hat is the overall average score?
(1) 52
(2) 40
(3) 51
(4) 56

2. The average age of a group of 10 students is 15 years. When 5 more students joined the group the
average rose by 1 year. The average age of the new students is
(1) 18 years
(2) 17 years
(3) 16 years
(4) 12 years

3. The average weight of 8 persons is increased by 2.5 kg when one of them who weighs 56kg is
replaced by a new man. The weight of the new man is
(1) 73 kg
(2) 72 kg
(3) 75 kg
(4) 80 kg

4. The average of 11 results is 50. If the average of first 6 results is 49 and that of last 6 is 52, find the
result.
(1) 50
(2) 52
(3) 56
(4) 60

5. Find the average of five consecutive even numbers a, b, c, d and e.

(1) a+b
2

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(2) c
(3) c+d
2
(4) d

6. The average marks in English of a class of 24 students is 56. If he marks of three students were
misread as 44, 45 and 61 in lieu of the actual marks 48, 59 and 67 respectively, then what would be the
correct average?
(1) 56.5
(2) 59
(3) 57.5
(4) None of these

PROFIT AND LOSS

1. If oranges are bought at 11 for 10 P and sold at 10 for 11P, what is the gain or loss percent?
(1) 31%
(2) 41%
(3) 21%
(4) 22%

2. A watch costing Rs 120 was sold at a loss of 15%. The selling price is
(1) 103
(2) 102
(3) 303
(4) 404

3. A merchant sold his goods for Rs 75 at a profit percent equal to the cost price. His cost price is
(1) 50
(2) 60
(3) 70
(4) 80

4. A reduction of 40% in the price of bananas would enable a man to obtain 64 more for Rs 40. What is
the reduction price per dozen?
(1) Rs 4
(2) Rs 3
(3) Rs 2
(4) Rs 1

5. I lose 9% by selling pencils at the rate of 15 a rupee. How many for rupee must I sell them to gain
5%?
(1) 13
(2) 14
(3) 15
(4) 16

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TIME AND WORK

1. Mohan can do a job in 20 days and Sohan can do the same job in 30 days. How long would they take
to do it working together?
(1) 13 days
(2) 12 days
(3) 14 days
(4) 15 days

2. A can do work in 7 days. If A does twice as much work as B in a given time, find how long A and B
would take to do the work.
(1) 7 days
(2) 14 days
(3) 21 days
(4) 28 days

3. If 5 men and 2 boys working together can do four times as much work per hour as a man and a boy
together, compare the work of a man with that of a boy.
(1) Twice
(2) Thrice
(3) Same
(4) Four Times

4. A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 12 days respectively. If they woek for a
day alternately, A beginning, in how many days will the work be completed?
(1) 10 ¼ days
(2) 11 days
(3) 12 ¼ days
(4) 14 days

5. A and B together can complete a task in 20 days, B and C together in 30 days. A and C together can
complete 40 days. What is the ratio of the number of days taken by A when completing the same task
alone to the number of days taken by C when completing the same task alone?
(1) 1:9
(2) 2:5
(3) 3:2
(4) 1:5

6. A can do a piece of work in 8 days which B can destroy in 3 days. A has worked for 6 days, during
the last 2 days of which B has been destroying. How many days must a now alone to complete the
work?
(1) 7 1/3 days
(2) 6 ½ days
(3) 7 days
(4) 6 days

TIME AND DISTANCE

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1. A motor car takes 50 seconds to travel 500 meters. What is its speed in km per hour?
(1) 7 1/5 km per hr.
(2) 8 1/5 km per hr.
(3) 7 km per hr.
(4) 5 km per hr.

2. Compare the rates of two trains, one travelling at 45 km an hour and the other at 10m a second.
(1) 3:8
(2) 3:2
(3) 4:7
(4) 5:4

3. What is the length of the bridge which a man riding 15km an hour can cross in 5 minutes?
(1) 1230 metres
(2) 1250 metres
(3) 3245 metres
(4) 1566 metres

4. A man takes 6 hrs 30 min in walking to a certain place and riding back. He would have gained 2 hrs
10 min by riding both ways. How long would he take to walk both ways?
(1) 8 hrs 50 min
(2) 6 hrs 50 min
(3) 8 hrs 40 min
(4) 9 hrs 20 min

5. Two men start together to walk a certain distance. One at 3 ¾ km an hour and the other at 3km an
hour. The former arrives half an hour before the latter. Find he distance.
(1) 4.5 km
(2) 7.5 km
(3) 3.8 km
(4) 8 km

6. Supposing that telegraph poles on a railroad are 50 metres apart, how many will be passed by a
train in 4 hours if the speed if the train is 45 km an hour/
(1) 3601 poles
(2) 3380 poles
(3) 4350 poles
(4) 4320 poles

PROBLEMS BASED ON AGES

1. The age of the father is 30 years more than the son’s age. Ten years hence, the father’s age will
become three times the son’s age that time. What is the son’s present age in years?
(1) 8
(2) 7
(3) 5

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(4) cannot be determined

2. Rita’s present age is four times her daughter’s present age and two-thirds of her mother’s present
age. The total of the present ages of all of them is 154 years. What is the difference between Rita’s and
her mother’s present age?
(1) 28 years
(2) 34 years
(3) 32 years
(4) 54 years

3. The ratio of present ages of P and Q is 8:5. After 4 years their ages will be in the ratio 4:3
respectively. What will be the ratio of P’s age after 7 years from now and Q’s age now?
(1) 3:2
(2) 1:2
(3) 2:1
(4) 3:1

4. The present age of Bob is equal to Abby’s age 8 years ago. Four years hence, the ratio of Abby’s age
to Bob’s age will be 5:4. What is Bob’s present age?
(1) 24 years
(2) 32 years
(3) 28 years
(4) 20 years

5. A present, the ratio of the ages of A to B is 3:8; and that of A to C is 1:4. Three years ago, the sum of
the ages A, B and C was 83 years. What is the present age (in years) of C?
(1) 32
(2) 12
(3) 48
(4) 54

6. Two years ago, the ratio of A’s age at that to B’s age at that time was 5:9. A’s age three years ago was
13 years less than B’s age six years ago. What is B’s present age?
(1) 38 years
(2) 30 years
(3) 34 years
(4) 32years

ENGLISH

1. Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error from the given options. If
there is no error, select No error.
No one inform me that you would be absent.
(1) No one inform me
(2) would be absent.
(3) No error
(4) that you

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2. Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.

The little girl asked her mother if she could visit her friend’s house.

(1) The little girl said to her mother, “Why can’t I visit my friend’s house?”
(2) The little girl said to her mother, “Should she visit her friend’s house?”
(3) The little girl said to her mother, “Can I visit my friend’s house?”
(4) The little girl said to her mother, “Can I visit my friend’s house?”

3. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If
there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.

He was surprised at me refusing to accept his offer.

(1) No improvement
(2) at me to refusing
(3) at my refusing
(4) on me refusing

4. Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.

TURBULENT
(1) raging
(2) peaceful
(3) forceful
(4) swirling

5. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The rescue team dug out a soldier from the snow ______ how he could have survived for seven days
buried under it.
(1) wondering
(2) wondered
(3) to wonder
(4) wonder

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