Foundation Test 2 - Quantitative Aptitude -

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Time allowed: 2 hours 10.4.2025 Maximum marks: 80

1. If fourth term of A.P. series is zero, then what is the ratio of twenty-fifth
term to eleventh term?
(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2

2. If for an infinite G.P., first term is ‘a’, common ratio is ‘r’ the sum is 8 and
the second term is 7/8, then
(a) a = 3 & r = 7/24 (b) a = 4 & r = 7/16
(c) a = 7 & r = 1/8 (d) a = 2 & r = 7/32

3. The numbers x, 8, y are in G.P. and the numbers x, y, - 8 are in A.P. The
values of x and y respectively shall be:
(a) 16, 4 (b) 4, 16 (c) 4, 8 (d) 8, 4

4. If the 10th term of an A.P. is 1/20 and the 20th term is 1/10, then t200 =?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) 20

5. The sum of 7 + 77 + 777 + …… up to n terms = ?

7 10  7
(a) 
9 9

10n  1  n

 (b)
81

10n 1  9n  10 
7 7
(c)
81

10n  9n  10  (d)
81

10n 1  9n  10 
20
6.  2  r   ?
r 8
2

(a) 2704 (b) – 2704 (c) 7204 (d) – 7204

7. If 25, x – 6 and x – 12 are consecutive terms of a G.P., then x = ?

(a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 20

8. The sum of all natural numbers lying between 100 and 400 which are
divisible by 7 is
(a) 10863 (b) 10836 (c) 18036 (d) 10864

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9. Let A = {1, 2, 3} and consider the relation
R = {(1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (1, 2), (2, 3), (1, 3)}, then R is
(a) Reflexive but not transitive (b) Reflexive but not symmetric
(c) Symmetric and Transitive (d) Neither symmetric nor transitive

10. If f(x) = x2 + x – 1 and 4f(x) = f(2x), then find the value of ‘x’.
(a) 3/2 (b) 2/3 (c) 3/4 (d) 4/3

11. If A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and B = {2, 3, 5, 7, 11}, then which of the

following is true?
(a) A = B (b) A – B = A (c) A and B are equivalent sets (d) B – A = B

12. If any function is one-one then it is called ______.

(a) Reflexive (b) Symmetric (c) Transitive (d) Injective

13. A town has a total population of 50,000. Out of it 28,000 read the
newspaper ‘X’ and 23,000 read newspaper ‘Y’, while 4,000 read both the
newspapers. The number of persons not reading any of the two newspapers
are
(a) 2,000 (b) 3,000 (c) 2,500 (d) 5,000

14. If n(A3) = 8, then n(A) = ?

(a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 5 (d) 3

15. If f: R  R, f(x) = x2 + 1, then fof(1) = ?

(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2

16. If a set contain ‘n’ elements, then the total number of proper subsets of
set is
(a) 2n (b) 2n – 1 (c) 2n-1 (d) 2n – 2

dy
17. If x y .y x  16 , then the value of at (2, 2) is:
dx
(a) –1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) –2

1
18.  dx  ?

x x5  1 
 x5  1  x5 
(a) Log  5 c (b) Log  5 c
 x  1 5  x  1
1  x5  1  x5  1 
(c) Log  5 c (d) Log  5 c
3  x  1 3  x 

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 1 dy
19. If y   x   , then =?
 x dx
 1   1   1 
(a) 1  2  (b) 2  x  3  (c) 2  x  3  (d) None of these
 x   x   x 

20.  Loge xdx  ?

x
(a) xLoge  ex   c (b) xLoge    c
e
e x
(c) xLoge    c (d) Loge    c
x e

dy
21. If x 2y 2  3xy  y  0 , then =?
dx

(a)
2xy 2
 3y  (b)

 2 xy 2  3y 
2x y  3x  1
2
2x y  3x  1
2

 2 x y  3y 
2

(c) (d) None of these

2x y  3x  1
2

d 2y
22. If x = t2 and y = t3, then =?
dx 2
(a) 3t/2 (b) 3/4t (c) 3/2t (d) 3/2

23. If TAP is coded as SZO in a language, then how is FRIEND coded in

same language?
(a) CMDHQE (b) QEDHCM (c) EQIENE (d) EQHDMC

24. 4, 7, 11, 18, 29, 47, ……, 123, 199, 322

(a) 76 (b) 70 (c) 84 (d) 95

25. TUW, VWY, XYA, ZAC, _____

(a) CDJ (b) BCE (c) BLM (d) ADF

26. Find odd man out from the following series: 7, 23, 47, 119, 171, 287.
(a) 119 (b) 171 (c) 287 (d) 7

27. If ROSE is written as TQUG, how BISCUIT can be written in that code?
(a) DKUEWKV (b) CJTDVJU (c) DKVEWKV (d) DKUEWKY

28. AZ, GT, MN, ………, YB, EV. The value at blank space (…….) will be
(a) JH (b) SH (c) SK (d) TS

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29. In a certain code, RIPPLE is written as 613382 and LIFE is written as
8192. How is PILLER written in that code?
(a) 318826 (b) 318286 (c) 618826 (d) 338816

30. Find the next number in the series 2, 5, 11, 23, 47, …..
(a) 84 (b) 95 (c) 98 (d) 105

31. In a college party, 5 girls are sitting in a row. P is to the immediate left
of M and to the immediate right of O. R is sitting to the immediate right of N
but to the left of O. Who is sitting in the middle?
(a) O (b) R (c) P (d) M

32. Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in row in a straight line. B is

between F & D. E is between A and C. A does not sit next to F or D; C does
not sit next to D. F is between which of the following persons?
(a) B & E (b) B & C (c) B & D (d) B & A

Note: Questions 33 and 34 are based on the information given below:

A group of 7 singers, facing the audience, are sitting in a line on the stage as
follows:
(i) D is to the immediate right of C, (ii) F is standing beside G,
(iii) B is to the immediate left of F, (iv) E is to the immediate left of A,
(v) C and B have one person between them,
(vi) A and D have one person between them.

33. Who is on the second extreme right?

(a) D (b) F (c) G (d) E

34. If we start counting from the left, on which number is B?

(a) First (b) Second (c) Third (d) Fifth

Note: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions (35
and 36) given below: Six persons B, D, C, M, J and K are split into groups of
three each and are made to stand in two rows in such a way that a person in
one row is exactly facing a person in the other row. M is not at the ends of
any row and is to the right of J, who is facing C. K is to the left of D, who is
facing M.

35. Who is to the immediate left of B?

(a) M (b) J (c) D (d) K

36. Which of the following persons are in the same row?

(a) BDC (b) BMJ (c) MJK (d) MJD

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37. Which one holds correct for any two events A and B?
(a) P(A – B) = P(A) – P(B) (b) P(A – B) = P(A) – P(A  B)
(c) P(A – B) = P(B) – P(A  B) (d) P(A – B) = P(B) + P(A  B)

38. A pair of dice is thrown together and the sum of points of the two dice is
noted to be 10. What is the probability that one of the two dice has shown
the point 4?
(a) 1/3 (b) 2/3 (c) 3/4 (d) None of these

39. Two cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. The probability
of getting either both the red cards or both King cards is
(a) 0.2488 (b) 0.4288 (c) 0.8248 (d) 0.8428

40. The odds in favour of event A is 2:3 and the odds against event B is 3:7.
Find the probability that only one of the two events occurs.
(a) 27/50 (b) 23/50 (c) 7/25 (d) None of these

41. The probability of success of three students in C.A. Foundation

examination are 1/5, ¼ and 1/3 respectively. Find the probability that at
least two students will get success.
(a) 2/5 (b) 3/4 (c) 1/6 (d) 1/5

42. One purse contains 4 silver and 2 copper coins. Another purse contains 3
silver and 2 copper coins. One coin is selected from each purse. What is the
probability that both are silver coins?
(a) 1/3 (b) 3/10 (c) 19/30 (d) None of these

43. If P(A) = 0.65 and P(B) = 0.15, then P(A’) + P(B’) = ?

(a) 1.5 (b) 1.2 (c) 0.8 (d) 0.35

44. Out of 100 tickets numbered 1 to 100, a ticket is randomly selected, what
is the probability that the number on the ticket is a multiple of 4 and 5?
(a) 1/20 (b) 1/10 (c) 3/20 (d) None of these

45. If P(A – B) = 1/5, P(A) = 1/3, P(B) = ½, what is the probability that out
of the two events A and B, only B would occur?
(a) 19/30 (b) 11/30 (c) 2/15 (d) 1/2

46. A box contains shoe pairs of same pattern of different sizes numbered
from 1 to 12. If a shoe pair is selected at random, what is the probability
that the number on the shoe pair will be a multiple of 5 or 6?
(a) 0.33 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.20 (d) 0.375

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47. A random variable has following probability distribution:
X 1 2 3 4 5 Total
P(X = x) 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 1
Then E(X) = ?
(a) 2.9 (b) 1.29 (c) 9.7 (d) None of these

48. Which of the following pairs of events are mutually exclusive?

(a) A: The student studies in a school.
B: He studies Geography.
(b) A: Archana was born in India.
B: She is a fine lawyer.
(c) A: Sita is 16 years old.
B: She is a good folk dancer.
(d) A: Ram is under 15 years of age.
B: He is a voter of Delhi.

49. For a Binomial distribution, the mean and S.D. are 10 and 3 respectively.
Find ‘n’.
(a) 30 (b) 9 (c) 90 (d) 100

50. If six coins are tossed simultaneously, then probability of obtaining exactly
two heads is
(a) 0.234375 (b) 0.09375 (c) 0.3125 (d) None of these

51. If x and y are two independent Normal variables with means and standard
deviations as 1 and σ1, 2 and σ2 respectively then for z = x + y which is also
a Normal variable whose mean and S.D. are
(a) Mean = 1+2, S.D. =  12   22 (b) Mean = 1-2, S.D. =  12   22
(c) Mean = [1+2]/2, S.D. =  2
1 
  22 / 2 (d) None of these

52. If X follows a Poisson Distribution with the condition P(X=3)=(1/3)P(X=2),

then mean of X is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

53. Which of the following is true for a Standard Normal Variable?

(a)  = 1,  = 0 (b)  = 0,  = 1 (c)  = 1,  = 1 (d) None of these

54. The incidence of skin diseases in a Chemical plant occurs in such a way
that its workers have 20% chance of suffering from it. What is the probability
that out of 6 workers 4 or more will have skin diseases?
(a) 0.01696 (b) 0.1696 (c) 0.0016 (d) None of these

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55. Between 9 and 10am the average number of phone calls per minutes
coming into the switch board of a company is 4. Find the probability that
during one particular minute there will be either 2 phone calls or no phone
calls. [Given e-4 = 0.0183]
(a) 0.1464 (b) 0.1647 (c) 0.0183 (d) None of these

56. The standard deviation of Binomial Distribution is

(a) npq (b) npq (c) np (d) None of these

57. The speeds of a number of bikes follow a Normal Distribution with a mean
of 83 km/hr and a S.D. of 9.375 km/hr. Find the probability that a bike picked
at random is travelling at more than 95 km/hr. [Given (1.28) = 0.8997]
(a) 0.3997 (b) 0.8997 (c) 0.1003 (d) None of these

58. Skewness of Normal Distribution is ____.

(a) negative (b) zero (c) positive (d) None of these

59. For a Binomial distribution, there may be

(a) only one mode (b) only two modes (c) one or two modes
(d) None of these

60. In a Normal distribution, variance is 16, then the value of mean deviation
is
(a) 3.2 (b) 2.7 (c) 12.8 (d) 10.8

61. What is a spurious correlation?

(a) It is a bad relation between two variables
(b) It is very low correlation between two variables
(c) It is the correlation between two variables having no causal relation
(d) It is a negative correlation

62. Compute rank correlation coefficient from the data relating to ranks given
by two judges in a contest:
Sr. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Rank by Judge A 10 5 6 1 2 3 4 7 9 8
Rank by Judge B 5 6 9 2 8 7 3 4 10 1
(a) 0.006 (b) – 0.006 (c) – 1 (d) None of these

63. Find the product moment correlation coefficient from the following data:
x 2 3 5 5 6 8
y 9 8 8 6 5 3
(a) – 0.93 (b) 0.93 (c) 0.48 (d) None of these

64. Product moment correlation coefficient is considered for

(a) finding the nature of correlation (b) finding the amount of correlation
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Either (a) or (b)

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65. The covariance between two variables is
(a) strictly positive (b) strictly negative (c) always 0
(d) either positive or negative or zero.

66. For the variables x and y, the two regression equations are 7x–3y–18=0
and 4x – y – 11 = 0, then arithmetic means of x and y are
(a) 5, 17/3 (b) 24/7, 2 (c) 3, 1 (d) None of these

67. The method applied for deriving the regression equations is known as
(a) Least squares (b) concurrent deviation
(c) product moment (d) normal equations

68. If the two regression lines are 3x + 2y = 26 and 5x + 2y = 38, the value
of byx = ?
(a) -3/2 (b) -2/5 (c) 6/10 (d) 0.6

69. Find regression equation of y on x for the following data:

x 8 10 10 12 15
y 18 20 22 25 28
(a) y=6.4927+1.4643x (b) y=6.4927–1.4643x
(c) y=–6.4927+1.4643x (d) None of these

70. Find the coefficient of concurrent deviation from the following data:
Year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Price 25 28 30 23 35 38 39 42
Demand 35 34 35 30 29 28 26 23
(a) -0.56 (b) -0.65 (c) 0.65 (d) None of these

71. The Cost of Living Index is always

(a) Price Index Number (b) Quantity Index Number
(c) Weighted Index Number (d) Value Index Number

72. For a particular data, p1q1 = 99, p0q1 = 76, p0q0 = 73, p1q0 = 96, the
find Paasche’s index number.
(a) 131.51 (b) 130.26 (c) 130.88 (d) 130.885

73. Which of the following average is best in calculation of Index Numbers?

(a) A.M. (b) G.M. (c) H.M. (d) Median

74. The consumer price index goes up from 120 to 180. When salary goes up
from 240 to 540, what is the increase in real terms?
(a) 80 (b) 150 (c) 360 (d) 240

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75. Given
Commodity Base Year Current Year
Price Quantity Price Quantity
A 4 3 6 2
B 5 4 6 4
C 7 2 9 2
D 2 3 1 5
Fisher’s Ideal Index is
(a) 117.30 (b) 115.43 (c) 118.35 (d) None of these

76. Circular test is an extension of _____.

(a) Unit test (b) Time reversal test (c) Factor reversal test (d) None of these

77. What is the Price Index number by Simple Aggregate Method in Qu. 75?
(a) 122.22 (b) 81.81 (c) 128.28 (d) None of these

78. Fisher’s Index Number is ___ of Laspeyre’s and Paasche’s Index Number.
(a) A.M. (b) G.M. (c) H.M. (d) Median

79. From the following data

Year 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Link Index 100 103 105 112 108
(Base = 1992) for the years 1993-1996. The construction of chain index is
(a) 103, 100.94, 107, 118.72 (b) 103, 108.15, 121.3, 130.82
(c) 107, 100.25, 104, 118.72 (d) None of these

80. Given
Commodity Base Year Current Year
Price Quantity Price Quantity
A 7 17 13 25
B 6 23 7 25
C 11 14 13 15
D 4 10 8 8
The Marshall Edge Worth’s Index is
(a) 148.25 (b) 144.19 (c) 147.25 (d) None of these

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