Booklet code- 461 DFA–3

CA FOUNDATION
PAPER 3 – QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
MOCK TEST – 2 (SEPTEMBER 2024)
Roll No. ......................... Total No. of Printed Pages: 7
Total No. of Questions: 100 Maximum Marks: 100
Time Allowed: 2 Hours

1. The decimal part of the logarithm of any number is called as

(a) Characteristic (b) Mantissa (c) Fraction (d) Anti-log
2. If  and  are the roots of the equation 2x2 – 6x + 9 = 0, then find -1 +  -1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
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3. If log x 3 2  ; then value of x is
15
(a) 8 (b) 32 (c)16 (d)64
4. If A= B= C, then A : B : C =
(a) 40:15:12 (b) 30:75:28 (c)40:75:12 (d)None of these
5. Find the number of even numbers between 100 and 1000 that can be formed with the digits 0, 1, 2, 3,
4 and 6. (Repetition of digits is not allowed)
(a) 68 (b) 80 (c) 96 (d) 52
dy 1x dy
6. Evaluate ; if y  then (1- x2 ) y 
dx 1 x dx
(a) 0 (b)1 (c) -1 (d)None of these
log x
7. Evaluate  3x
dx

1 1
 1
 
2 2
(a) log x  c (b) log x  c (c) log x   c (d)None of these
3 3x 3 
8. If seven AM are inserted between 7 and 27, then the fourth AM will be
(a) 14.5 (b) 19.5 (c) 12 (d)17
9. What will be the difference between simple and compound interest @ 8% per annum on a sum of
₹5500 after 4 years?
(a) ₹ 215 (b) ₹ 223 (c) ₹ 241 (d) ₹ 205
10. A person goes from Delhi to Noida with speed 54 kmph and comes back to Delhi with the speed 72
kmph, then his average speed for the journey is
(a) 63 kmph (b) 61.7 kmph (c) 62.35 kmph (d) None of these
11. Ticket numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is drawn at random. What is the probability
that the ticket drawn bears a number which is neither a multiple of 3 nor 7?
1 2 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)None of these
5 5 5
12. A man purchased a two-wheeler by taking a loan for which he paid equal half yearly installments for
10 years. If the rate of interest is 8.5% pa and the cash down price of the two-wheeler is Rs.60000,
then the amount of interest paid by him will be
(a) ₹ 30264 (b) ₹ 28322 (c) ₹ 25254 (d)None of these

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13. If x be a normal variate with mean 3 and variance 16, find the value of t such that: P(3  x  t)  0.4772
(Given: P(Z  2)  0.9772, )
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d)None of these
14. The numerator of a fraction is 4 less than its denominator. If the numerator is decreased by 2 and the
denominator is increased by 1, then the denominator is eight times the numerator. Then the fraction
is
5 13 7 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9 17 11 7

15. The equation = is

(a) True (b) False
(c) Depends on x and y (d) Indeterminate
16. A sum of money is put at compound interest for 1 year at 20% p.a. It would earn Rs. 420 more, if the
interest were payable half-yearly than it were payable yearly; then the sum is
(a)Rs. 36,000 (b) Rs. 42,000 (c)Rs. 40,000 (d)Rs. 50000
17. A company sets aside a sum of Rs. 25,000 annually for 10 years to pay for asset worth Rs. 3,25,000. If
the fund accumulates at 7.2% p.a., find the surplus after full redemption of the debenture issue.
(a)Rs. 23691 (b)Rs. 25549 (c)Rs. 20405 (d)Rs. 22416
18. A company may obtain a machine either by leasing it for 5 years, (useful life) at an annual rent of Rs.
2,000 or by purchasing it for Rs. 8,100. If the company can borrow money at 10% p.a., which
alternative is preferable?
(a) Leasing is preferable (b)Leasing is not preferable
(c) Cannot say (d) None of these
19. If the annual rate of simple interest increases from 10% to 13%, a man's half yearly income increases
by ₹1650. His principal (in ₹) is :
(a) ₹ 55000 (b) ₹ 110000 (c) ₹ 90000 (d) ₹ 45000
20. The expected value of the sum when a dice is rolled thrice is
(a) 7 (b) 14 (c) 10.5 (d) 3.5
21. How long will it take Rs. 1,200 to amount Rs. 1428 at 5% converted quarterly at Compound Interest?
(a) 3 years 3 months (b) 3 years 6 months (c) 3 years 9 months (d) None of these
22. The compound interest earned by a money lender on Rs. 5,000 for 3 years if the rate of interest for 3
years are 7%, 8% and 10% respectively is
(a)Rs. 1356 (b)Rs. 1410 (c)Rs. 1224 (d)Rs. 1119
23. Find the average of first 25 natural numbers is
(a) 12.5 (b) 25 (c) 13 (d) None of these
24. In a coconut tree field, (x + 2) trees yield 60 nuts per year, x trees yield 120 nuts per year and (x – 2)
trees yield 180 nuts per year. If the average yield per year per tree be 100, then the value of x is
(a) 4 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) 9
25. Consider the two regression lines 3x + 2y = 26 & 6x + y = 31. Find the correlation coefficient
between x & y.
(a) 0.5 (b) –0.5 (c) –0.6 (d) 0.6
26. If u + x = 10 and y - 2v = 7 and bxy is 0.32, then buv is
(a) 0.64 (b) 1.28 (c) – 1.28 (d) – 0.64

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27. From the following probability distribution table, Find E(x2)

(a) 3 (b) 3.33 (c) 1.66 (d) 0.574

28. If the Passche’s Index No. is 150 and Bowley’s Index No. is 148.6 then find Laspreye’s Index
(a)147.2 (b)146.4 (c)149.5 (d)None of these
29. One of the two events must happen. Given that the chance of one is two – third that of the other. Then
the odds in favour of the other is
(a)2:3 (b)3:2 (c)5:3 (d)3:5
30. Find the probability that at least 2 defective bolts will be found in a box of 200 bolts, If it is know that
1.5% of such bulbs are expected to be defective.
(a)0.76 (b)0.85 (c)0.80 (d)0.91
31. If the prices of all commodities in a place have increased by 1.42 times in comparison to the base
period, the index number of prices of that place is now
(a)142 (b) 242 (c) 101.42 (d)None of these
32. QD is based on
(a) Highest 50% of the data (b) Lowest 50% of the data
(c) Middle 50% of the data (d) Middle 25% of the data
33. When the distance travelled is constant then which is the most suitable to calculate average speed of
the journey?
(a) AM (b) GM (c) HM (d) Median
34. If the simple interest on Rs. 1,500 be more the interest on Rs. 1,100 by Rs. 50 in 4 years. Find the rate
percent per annum.
(a) 3.5% (b) 4.25% (c) 3.125% (d) None of these
35. In series of 5 observations, the values of mean and variance are 4.4. and 8.24 respectively. If three
observations are 1, 2 and 6 then the value of other two observations are
(a) 3, 2 (b) 4, 9 (c) 11, 3 (d) 9, 5
36. A bag contains one rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins in the ratio 5:7:9. If the total amount in the bag
is Rs. 430, find the number of coins of each kind.
(a) 100, 140, 180 (b) 280, 200, 360 (c) 200, 280, 360 (d) 150, 210, 270
37. Two vessels contain equal quantity of mixtures of milk and water in the ratio 1:2 and 3:1 respectively.
Both the mixtures are now mixed thoroughly. Find the ratio of milk to water in the new mixture so
obtained.
(a) 1:1 (b) 4:3 (c)13:11 (d)11:10
38. The regression line of y on x is 2y + 3x = 4 and the correlation coefficient between x and y is approx
0.8. This statement is
(a) May be true (b) Definitely true (c) May be false (d) Definitely false
39. In a binomial distribution one of the parameters is 8 and probability of failure is 2/5, then the mode
of the distribution will be
(a) 3 or 4 (b) 2 or 3 (c) 3 (d) 4
d2 y
40. If y  aemx  be mx then is
dx 2
(a) my (b) m2y 2 (c) m2 y (d)None of these

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41. If 12
C5  2 12C4  12C3  14Cx then the value of x is:
(a) 5 (b) 9 (c) Either (a) or (b) (d) None of these
42. The present age of the mother is 4 times the age of the son. 8 years hence the mother will be two and
a half times the age of the son, the present age of the mother is
(a) 34 years (b) 32 years (c) 35 years (d) 40 years
43. The effective rate of interest corresponding a nominal rate of 9% p.a. if compounding is done every
month is
(a) 9.27% (b) 9.34% (c) 9.38% (d) 9.09%
44. If Sn be the sum of n terms of an A.P.; the value of Sn  2Sn1  Sn 2 is
(a) d (b) d2 (c) 0 (d)None of these
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45. Divide Rs. 680 among A, B and C such that A gets of what B gets and B gets th of what C gets.
3 4
What is C’s share
(a) Rs. 480 (b)Rs. 280 (c)Rs. 180 (d)None of these
46. Passche’s Index number uses
(a) Average of BY & CY quantity (b) Base year Quantity
(c) Current year Quantity (d) None of these
47. If x and y are positive integers such that x + y = 1 and a  1  x  x2  .............. to  , b  1  y  y 2 
1 1
………….. to  then the value of  is
a b
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) None of these
48. Find the coefficient of variation if the sum of square of deviations taken from the mean is 160. It is
also known that the mean of these 10 observations is 25.
(a)15 (b) 16 (c) 40 (d)None of these
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49. .
The value of Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient of a certain number of observations was to be
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The sum of the squares of differences between the corresponding ranks was 55. Find the number of
pairs.
(a)10 (b)12 (c)11 (d)None of these
50.  
If f(x) = x + 5 & g(x) = 3x – 2, then f g  x   g f  x    
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) –10 (d) – 5
51. “Is reciprocal of” over the set of real numbers is
(a) Transitive relation (b) Symmetric relation
(c) Reflexive relation (d) Equivalence relation
25 x
52. If 1  1 , then x is
144 12
(a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d)None of these

 2
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53. If (4)3   2n , then n is

(a) 10 (b)12 (c)13 (d)None of these

54. Find the number of years in which the investment will become four fold at 12.5% simple interest per
annum.
(a) 32 (b) 24 (c) 20 (d) 16

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 Direction for questions 55 to 56: If the Production (in Metric tons) of a company by 6 machines given by
M1: 50, M2: 75, M3: 40, M4: 60, M5: 25& M6: 50. All the values are plotted on a single Pie-chart.
55. The difference between angle made by M2 and M3 will be
(a) 35° (b) 50° (c) 42° (d) 30°
56. What percentage of Pie Chart area will be covered by M4 & M5 together?
(a) Between 25 – 30% (b) Between 20 – 5% (c) More than 30% (d) Less than 20%
57. The chance of 53 Tuesdays in a leap year is
2 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)None of these
7 7 7
58. The mean and variance of a binomial distribution and 3 and 2 respectively. Find the probability that
the variate takes value 2.
(a) 0.3767 (b) 0.2341 (c) 0.3067 (d)None of these
59. The value of logpq = 5 and logqr = 3, then logpr is
(a) (b) (c) 15 (d)
2 x 2 dx
60. Evaluate 
0 x 2  (2  x)2
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d)None of these
61. The average of 17 numbers is 45. The average of first 8 of these numbers is 48.5 and the average of
last 8 of these numbers is 44. Find the 9th number?
(a) 35 (b) 25 (c) 28 (d) None of these
62. Relative frequency can be termed as
(a) Comparing different components of a variable
(b) Ratio of class frequency to the total frequency
(c) Ratio of class frequency to the class length
(d) Class length to the class frequency
63. The data collected on the height of a group of students after recording their heights with a measuring
tape are
(a) Primary data (b) Secondary data (c) Either (a) or (b) (d) Neither (a) nor (b)
64. Nationality of a student is
(a) An attribute (b) A continuous variable
(c) A discrete variable (d) None of the above
65. The following data relate to the marks of a group of students:
Marks Below 10 Below 20 Below 30 Below 40 Below 50
No. of students: 15 38 65 84 100
How many students got marks more than 30?
(a) 65 (b) 50 (c) 35 (d) 43
66. For the data 29, 19, 17, 31, 41, 49, 33, 21, 20, 30, 43, 52, 19, 23, 27, 41, if the class size is 5 then
number of class interval will be
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 9
67. The point where the less than Ogive and more than Ogive meet is
(a) 2nd Quartile (b) 5thdecile (c) 50th Percentile (d) All of these
68. If for the distribution Mean is 4x, Median is 3x, then Mode will be
(a) 1.5x (b) 2x (c) x (d)None of these

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69. If the mean of first n natural numbers is equal to , then n is equal to:
3
(a)10 (b)11 (c)12 (d)None of these
70. If the standard deviation of 10, 20, 30, 40 …….... 100 is , then the standard deviation of 21, 41, 61, 81,
...,201 is:
(a) (b) 2 (c) 2 (d) None of these
71. If Mean Deviation of x is P and Mean Deviation of y is Q, also x and y are related as 5x + 3y – 4 = 0,
then
(a) 5P + 3Q = 0 (b) 5P + 3Q – 4 = 0 (c) 5P – 3Q + 4 = 0 (d) 5P = 3Q
72. If u – 5x = 6 and 3y – 7v = 20 and the correlation coefficient between x and y is – 0 .58 then what
would be the correlation coefficient between u and v?
(a) – 0.58 (b) 0.58 (c) 0.29 (d) –0.29
73. The slope of the regression line of x on y is:
(a) byx (b) bxy (c) 1/bxy (d) 1/byx
74. How much money has to be invested to earn Rs. 12000 per month for ever , given that the bank rate is
8% p.a.
(a) 10 lakhs (b) 15 lakhs (c) 18 lakhs (d)20 lakhs
75. There are benches in a classroom. If 4 students sit on each bench, three benches are left vacant and if
3 students sit on each bench, 3 students are left standing. What is the total number of students in the
class?
(a) 46 (b) 56 (c) 48 (d) 66
76. If Sn = 4n2 – 3n, then T7 =
(a) 49 (b) 30 (c) 41 (d) 62

77. The roots of the equation: x = x  x  x  ... are:

(a)(2, 0) (b)(–2, 0) (c)(1, 2) (d)(–1, 2)
78. In a town of 20,000 families it was found that 40% families buy newspaper A, 20% families buy
newspaper B and 10% families buy newspaper C, 5% families buy A and B, 3% buy B and C and 4%
buy A and C. If 2% families buy all the three newspapers, then the number of families which buy A
only is:
(a) 6600 (b) 6300 (c) 5600 (d) 4600
79. In the questions 78, the number of families which buy None of A, B or C is:
(a) 4000 (b) 8000 (c) 6000 (d) None of these
80. x 3 is given by

(a) (b)

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81. A party consisted of a man, his wife, his three sons and their wives and three children in each son's
family. How many were there in the party?
(a) 24 (b) 22 (c) 13 (d) 17
82. Mr. Rohan has three daughters and each daughter has a brother. How many male members are there
in the family?
(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
83. P is the father of R, but R is not his son. T is the daughter of R. U is the wife of P. Q is the brother of R. S
is the son of Q. V is the wife of Q. W is the father of V.
Who is the paternal grandmother of S?
(a) W (b) P (c) R (d) U
84. Pointing towards a woman a man said, “She is the daughter of mother of father of my mother’s
daughter. How is the woman related to the man
(a) Daughter (b) Granddaughter (c) Aunt (d) Sister
85. There are six members in a family. Only two married couple have in family. M is grandfather of P. P is
niece of S. G is sister-in-law of S. S is unmarried. N is not father of S.T is only son of N. Who is G to P?
(a) Daughter (b) Wife (c) Daughter-in-law (d) Mother
86. A is 40 m South-west of B. C is 40 m South-east of B. D is 40 m north east of C Then, C is in which
direction of A?
(a) East (b) West (c) North-east (d) South
87. Aditya went 15 kms to the west from his house, then turned left and walked 20 kms. He then turned
East and walked 25 kms and finally turning left covered 20 kms. How far was he from his house?
(a) 5 kms (b) 10 kms (c) 40 kms (d) 80 kms
88. From his house, Lokesh went 15 kms to the North. Then he turned West and covered 10 kms. Then,
he turned South and covered 5 kms. Finally, turning to East, he covered 10 kms. In which direction he
is from his house?
(a) East (b) West (c) North (d) South
89. If South-west become north, the east become
(a) East (b) Northwest (c) Northeast (d) Southwest
90. Two buses start from the opposite points of a main road, 250 km apart. The first bus runs for 50 km
and takes a right and then runs for 35 km. It then turns left and runs for another 45 km and takes the
direction back and reaches the main road. In the meantime, due to a minor breakdown, the other bus
has run only 65 km along the main road. What would be the distance between the two buses at this
point?
(a) 70 kms (b) 90 kms (c) 110 kms (d) 80 kms
91. Find the odd one 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, 50, 64
(a) 50 (b) 64 (c) 17 (d) 37

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92. Find the odd one 5, 23, 61, 122, 213, 340, 509
(a) 61 (b) 23 (c) 509 (d) 340
93. If O=16 FOR =42 than FRONT is equal to
(a) 61 (b) 65 (c) 73 (d) 78
94. If TRUTH is coded as SUQSTVSUGI, then the code for FALSE will be
(a) EGZBKMRDE (b) EGZKMRTDE (c) EGZBKMRTDF (d) FGZBKNRTDF
95. Find the next term in the series 24, 60, 120, 210, ?
(a) 336 (b) 300 (c) 525 (d) 420
96. Six families A, B, C, D, E and F are living in houses in a row, B has F and D as neighbors, E has A and C
as neighbors. A does not live next to either F or D, C does not live next to D. Who are F's next-door
neighbors?
(a) B & D (b) B & E (c) B & C (d) Only B
97. Five friends A, B, C, D and E are standing in a row facing south but not necessarily in the same order.
Only B is between A and E, C is immediate right to E and D is immediate left to A. Which of the
following statements is definitely true?
(a) B is to the left of A (b) D is third to the left of E
(c) B is to the right of E (d) A is third to the left of B
98. While the group photo of a family was taken the father was found to be sitting to the left of the son
and right of the grandfather. Mother was sitting to the right of her daughter but left to the
grandfather. Who is occupying the central place?
(a) Son (b) Grandfather (c) Father (d) Mother
99. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circle facing the centre. C is second to the left of H who is
third to the left of A. E is third to the right of G who is not an immediate neighbour of either C or H. D
is fourth to the right of H. B is fourth to the right of E. In which of the following pairs is the first person
sitting to the immediate left of the second person?
(a) CF (b) HF (c) GB (d) DA
100. T, U, V, W, X, and Y are sitting in a straight line facing North, not necessarily in the same order. T is
sitting fourth to the left of Y and Y is not sitting at the end of the line. W is sitting third to the right of X.
U is not an immediate neighbour of T.
What is the position of X to T?
(a) Second to the left (b) Third to the right (c) Second to the right (d) Immediate right