Problem Solvingand Data Analysis
Problem Solvingand Data Analysis
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61. Amy and Bob decide to paint one wall of a building. Working alone, Amy takes 12 hours
to paint the entire wall while Bob takes 18 hours for the same. Amy painted the wall for
4 hours and then Bob took over and completed the wall. How long did it take for them
to paint the entire wall? [With calculator]
(A) 12
(B) 16
(C) 27
(D) 31
62. Grid-In:
John can do a piece of work in 20 days. He worked initially for 12 days after which he
asked his friend Matt to complete the remaining work for him. The work required to be
done by Matt is what percentage less than the work already done by John? [With calculator]
63. Joe takes 6 hours to water the plants in his garden. When Joe works with his brother
Jack, he takes 4 hours to water the plants in the garden. How long would it take Jack
alone to water the plants in the garden? [With calculator]
(A) $1.2
(B) $2.0
(C) $10
(D) $12
3.2.2 Mixtures
64. A 50 ml. mixture of wine and water has only 15 percent wine. If a person requires 27 ml.
of wine, what volume of the mixture must he have access to? [With calculator]
(A) 81
(B) 108
(C) 150
(D) 180
65. 50 grams of a certain metal makes only 15 percent of the total yield from an ore. If a
technician observes 27 grams of this metal, what percent of the total yield does it make?
[With calculator]
(A) 4.5%
(B) 5.4%
(C) 8.1%
(D) 27.78%
66. The ratio of quantity of milk to water in a mixture was 1: 3. After sometime, 60 liters
of milk was added to the mixture. Then, the ratio of quantity of milk to water in the
mixture became 3: 5. What was the total quantity of the initial mixture? [With calculator]
(A) 120
(B) 135
(C) 225
(D) 300
67. An energy drink concentrate widely available in the market contains 10% carbohydrates,
40% protein, 30% glucose and 20% minerals. John buys this drink and mixes it with water
so that water forms 60% of the mixture. What percentage of the new mixture thus formed
is constituted of minerals? [With calculator]
(A) 4%
(B) 8%
(C) 12%
(D) 16%
68. Alfred, a tour operator wanted to increase his fleet of cars. For that, he wanted to know
the preference of car types among his customers. A survey revealed that 40% of the
customers preferred sedans while the remaining preferred SUVs. Among the 40% who
preferred sedans, 45% went for Volkswagen while 55% went for Honda. What percentage
of the cars should Alfred keep as Honda sedans so that it is commensurate with the
findings of the survey? [With calculator]
(A) 18%
(B) 22%
(C) 40%
(D) 55%
69. Each new instance of good behavior in a school provides increasing award points to
students on his or her ‘Behavior Reflection sheet’. A student gets one point for the
first such instance and the incremental value in award points for each new instance is 3
points. On which numbered instance will a student achieve 16 points, a qualification to
get outstanding behavior reward? [With calculator]
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
70. John and Mary have some marbles. The total number of marbles with John and Mary is
75 times the ratio of the number of marbles with John to that with Mary. If Mary has 30
marbles, find the number of marbles with John. [With calculator]
(A) 20
(B) 30
(C) 45
(D) 50
71. John has twice the amount of money as Peter has. If John gives $50 to Peter, the ratio of
the amount of money with them is reversed. Find the total amount of money with both
of them. [With calculator]
(A) 50
(B) 100
(C) 150
(D) 200
72. In the addition shown below, each letter represents a unique digit from 1 to 9. Find the
value corresponding to the letter ‘R’. [With calculator]
P Q R
+ S P S P
1 4 4 P
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 4
(D) 6
73. Jack, Tom, Beth, and Ruth each have a number of marbles. Jack has 10 marbles, the least,
while Tom has 27 marbles, the highest. Which of the following could be the average of
the number of marbles present with all of them, given that no two of them has the same
number of marbles? [With calculator]
(A) 13
(B) 17
(C) 23
(D) 26
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74. In an entrance examination, 5 of all candidates were male. 3 of all candidates failed to
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clear the entrance examination. 4 of all male candidates failed to clear the examination.
Among the candidates who cleared the examination, what fraction is female? [With calculator]
(A) 32.5%
(B) 54.2%
(C) 67.5%
(D) 75.0%
75. A man distributed his entire wealth between his two sons John and Jack such that John
got three times as much wealth as Jack. If John got $ 5000 more than Jack, how much
wealth did the father have? [With calculator]
(A) $2500
(B) $7500
(C) $10000
(D) $12500
76. A boy took an examination that had +3 marks for a correct response and −1 for a wrong
one. If there were a total of 60 questions and he attempted all of them to get a score of
100, how many questions did he get wrong? [With calculator]
(A) 5
(B) 20
(C) 40
(D) 45
77. In an election between two candidates Joseph and Judith, 60% of the total number of
voters did not vote for Joseph and 50% of the total number of voters did not vote for
Judith. If it is known that each voter can vote for only one candidate, what percentage of
voters did not cast their votes? [With calculator]
(A) 5
(B) 10
(C) 20
(D) 30
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78. In an award ceremony, books were distributed to students of different standards. 5 of
the books were distributed to students from lower-middle standard. Of the remaining,
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3 were distributed to students from high school. The remaining books were kept in
the school library. What percentage of the total books was stocked in the school library?
[With calculator]
(A) 6.67%
(B) 20%
(C) 26.7%
(D) 40%
79. Grid-In:
John, Mary, and Joe played a game of marbles. At the end of the game, John had 15
marbles more than Mary, but only one-third of what Joe had. If each player initially had
20 marbles, what was the total number of marbles with John after the game? [With calculator]
80. Grid-In:
A certain dealer replenishes his stock when it drops to 15 items. Every time he replen-
ishes his stock to 40 items. On average, he needs to replenish his stock once every two
weeks. The cost of each item is $5. What is the dealer’s total expense (in dollars) on
replenishing his stock in a month? [With calculator]
81. Grid-In:
A man purchased bulbs at 4 for every $6. However, he observed that 2 out of every 5
bulbs were defective. What was the price (in dollars) per usable bulb that the man paid?
[With calculator]
82. Grid-In:
A man refueled his car one day. However, the very next day, the price of fuel fell by $2.5
per gallon. The man calculated that he could have saved $75 had he fueled one day later.
What quantity (in gallon) of fuel had the man purchased? [With calculator]
83. Grid-In:
Find the value of x, if 10% of 20% of x = 4. [With calculator]
84. Grid-In:
An airline has a policy of charging for baggage carried by its customers. It charges $x for
luggage up to 5 lbs. For every lb of luggage above 5 lbs, it charges $y extra. A customer
paid $a for his luggage. If it is known that a > x, and the weight of luggage carried
by the customer in an integer, then find the expression that gives the weight of luggage
carried by the customer. [With calculator]
(A) 5 + (a − x)
a−x
(B) 5+
y
a
(C) 5+
y
x
(D) 5+
y
85. Grid-In:
A man’s salary increases from $x per month to $400 per month as a result of a 25% hike.
Find the value of (x − 100). [With calculator]
86. Grid-In:
A manufacturing firm manufactures screws, rivets and nuts. The average time taken to
manufacture a screw, rivet and nut is 10 seconds, 20 seconds and 80 seconds, respec-
tively. If the firm manufactures screws from 10 AM to 11 AM, rivets from 11 AM to 12
noon, and nuts from 12 noon to 2 PM, what percentage of the total items manufactured
are nuts? [With calculator]
(A) 2
(B) 9
(C) 19
(D) 20
88. The operating cost of a bus consists of a fixed maintenance cost calculated on a per day
basis and fuel cost calculated at the rate of $n per mile travelled. The bus operates 6
days a week, making 3 trips per day covering a distance of d miles per trip. The total
operating cost of the bus for an entire week is $c. How much is the daily maintenance
cost ($) of the bus? [With calculator]
(A) (c − 3dn)
(c − 3dn)
(B)
7
(c − 18dn)
(C)
6
(c + 6dn)
(D)
2
89. Of 4500 items on an assembly line, 30% turn out to be defective and are sent for rework.
Of these, 80% are rectified and sent for processing and the rest are scrapped. How many
more items are rectified after rework than those which are scrapped? [With calculator]
(A) 270
(B) 810
(C) 1080
(D) 3420
90. A freezer has a powerful ice forming system; it can form 2 inches of ice in every 40
minutes. The freezer was kept operational for 4 hours and after that it was switched
off for 2 hours. Once switched off, the ice melts at the rate of 0.5 inches per hour. The
freezer was again switched on for 2 hours. What is the total thickness of ice now? [With
calculator]
(A) 8
(B) 11
(C) 17
(D) 18
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91. In a charity organized by a school, books were given away to children. 11 of the books
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were given away to children less than 8 year old. Of the remaining books, 43 were given
away to children aged between 8 and 12 years. The rest were given away to children older
than 12 years. What fraction of the total books was given away to children older than 12
years? [With calculator]
92. The number of student enrollments for a mathematics course in a college reduced from
235 in the year 2014 to 200 in the year 2015. What is the percentage reduction in the
enrollment of students from 2014 to 2015? [With calculator]
94. In Singapore, in the year 2011, the number of voters increased by 2.4 million and the
number of people eligible to vote increased by 10.8 million. Find the percentage of
voters among people eligible to vote in 2011 if the number of people eligible to vote
and the number of people who actually voted in 2010 were 192 million and 54 million,
respectively. [With calculator]
(A) 22.22%
(B) 27.81%
(C) 28.12%
(D) 29.38%
95. To gain entry for the Bachelor’s programs in different colleges, students need to appear
for the AST entrance test. Of all students who register for the test, only 80% appear
for the test. Of these students, only 75% clear the test and gain entry into a college of
his/her liking. By what percentage is the number of students who do not appear for the
test after registering less than the number of students who clear the test? [With calculator]
(A) 33.33%
(B) 40%
(C) 60%
(D) 66.66%
96. To gain entry for the Bachelor’s programs in different colleges, students need to appear
for the AST entrance test. A total of 50,000 students register for the test in any given
year. Of all students who register for the test, only 80% appear for the test. Of these
students, only 75% clear the test and gain entry into a college of his/her liking. What
is the difference between the number of students who do not appear for the test after
registering and the number of students who clear the test? [With calculator]
97. To gain entry for the Bachelor’s programs in different colleges, students need to appear
for the AST entrance test. A total of 50,000 students register for the test in any given
year. Of all students who register for the test, only 80% appear for the test. Of these
students, only 75% clear the test and gain entry into a college of his/her liking. What
is the difference between the number of students who do not appear for the test after
registering and the number of students who clear the test? [With calculator]
(A) 16.66%
(B) 20%
(C) 30.55%
(D) 44%
98. Running advertisements on prime-time television costs $12,000 per 10 seconds. Running
the same advertisement early morning reduces the cost by 30%. What is the total daily
expenditure (in thousands of dollars) if a 30-second advertisement is to be run once
during prime-time and twice early morning? [With calculator]
(A) 28.80
(B) 51.00
(C) 86.40
(D) 97.20
99. A sprinter covers d feet up a steep slope at a speed of s feet/second. While running
down the slope, she followed the exact same route and found that she was able to run
at a much faster pace of (2s + 1) feet/s. What was the average speed (in feet/second) of
the sprinter for the entire round trip? [With calculator]
s (2s + 1)
p
(A)
2
(3s + 1)d
(B)
2s(2s + 1)
4s + 1
(C)
2
2s (2s + 1)
(D)
3s + 1
100. A sprinter covers some distance up a slope at a speed of 3.6 feet/second. While running
down the slope, she followed the exact same route and found that she was able to run
much faster at 6 feet/second. She took a total of 6 minutes for her round trip. What was
the one way distance covered by the sprinter? [With calculator]
101. A car travelling from California to Los Angeles travelled the first d miles at an average
speed of 60 miles/hr and the remaining 60 miles it covered in 6 hours. What is the
average speed (in miles/hr) of the car for the entire journey? [With calculator]
60 (d + 60)
(A)
d + 360
60 (d + 60)
(B)
d+6
d
(C) + 10
60
(D) 35
102. In a certain class, 40 students play football and 30 students play rugby. If 10 students
play both games and 20% of the students in the class do not play any of the two games,
how many students are there in the class? [With calculator]
103. At a gas station, cars arrive for fueling every p minutes during the peak hours from 9:00
am to 1:00 pm and every q minutes during the non-peak hours from 3:00 pm to 6:00pm.
If cars do not arrive at the gas station at any time other than those mentioned above,
what is the average number of cars that arrive at the station every minute? [With calculator]
4q + 3p
(A)
12pq
4p + 3q
(B)
7pq
4q + 3p
(C)
7pq
7pq
(D)
4q + 3p
104. A fruit seller stocks apples, oranges, mangoes and guavas. The number of apples with
him is one-third the number of mangoes and the number of guavas with him is one-
fourth the number of oranges. If the number of mangoes is half the number of guavas,
what fraction of the total fruits are mangoes? [With calculator]
105. A shopkeeper sells CDs, Pen-drives and DVDs. The number of CDs with him is one-third
the number of Pen-drives and the number of DVDs with him is one-fourth the number of
Pen-drives. What fraction of the total items are DVDs? [With calculator]
106. Grid-In:
A container used in large container ships has dimensions of 4 × 6 × 20 meters. It is
usually filled with smaller boxes which have dimensions of 4 × 3 × 2 meters. What is the
maximum number of smaller boxes that can fit in a container? [With calculator]
107. A bicycle rider calibrated his distance measuring device at a shop at the entrance to
the bridge. On the bridge, due to vibration of the bridge, the device malfunctioned and
underestimated the distance by 10 centimeters for every 15 meters traveled. What was
the distance in meters shown by the device at the end of the bridge, if the length of the
bridge is known to be 1800 meters? [With calculator]
(A) 1704
(B) 1710
(C) 1779
(D) 1788
108. Grid-In:
A Wall Street firm hired 140 students with an MBA degree and 40 students with an MA
degree. The cost of hiring a student with an MA degree is half of that for the student
with an MBA degree. What percent of the total cost of hiring is the cost of hiring all of
the MA students? [With calculator]
109. During t1 hours in the morning, customers arrive at a bank at the rate of r1 per hour,
and during t2 hours in the afternoon, customers arrive at a bank at the rate of r2 per
hour. What is the average rate of arrival in customers per hour to the bank during the
whole day? [With calculator]
r1 + r2
(A) r1 r2
t1 + t2
r1 + r2
(B)
t1 + t2
r1 t1 + r2 t2
(C)
t1 + t2
t1 + t2
(D)
r1 t1 + r2 t2
110. A dealer bought a bicycle for $120 and later sold it to a customer for $90. What was the
percent loss in the transaction? [With calculator]
(A) 10.0
(B) 25.0
(C) 30.0
(D) 33.3
111. To attract more customers, a distributor provides a 20% discount on the listed price,
while maintains a 10% profit in the transaction. If the price at which the distributor
procured the product is $120, what should be the listed price of the product? [With calculator]
(A) $100
(B) $125
(C) $130
(D) $165
112. By selling 16 toffees for $4, a man makes neither profit nor loss. How many toffees
should he sell for $10 to make 25% profit? [With calculator]
(A) 32
(B) 36
(C) 40
(D) 50
113. A shopkeeper sells balloons at 10 cents apiece or at $2 per box if purchased in boxes con-
taining 25 balloons each. How much does a customer save if he purchases 500 balloons
by purchasing boxes than by purchasing in single pieces? [With calculator]
(A) $5
(B) $10
(C) $40
(D) $50
114. A shopkeeper sells balloons either in single pieces priced at 10 cents apiece or in boxes
containing 25 each at $2 per box. What is the minimum amount that a customer has to
spend if he wants to purchase exactly 310 balloons? [With calculator]
(A) $12.8
(B) $25.6
(C) $25.0
(D) $26.0
115. Grid-In:
A pen costs thrice as much as a pencil. A boy purchased 10 pens and 10 pencils. His
total cost is $20. What is the cost (in cents) of 5 pencils? [With calculator]
116. Grid-In:
A pencil costs 50 cents. A pen costs thrice as much as a pencil. With $20, a boy wants to
purchase some pens and pencils. What is the maximum number of items he can purchase
if he has to purchase at least 3 pens? [With calculator]
117. Grid-In:
A shopkeeper sets the selling price of a DVD such that the selling price of 7 DVDs equals
the cost price of 9 DVDs. Given that a customer buys 9 DVDs, what percentage profit
does the shopkeeper make? [With calculator]
118. Grid-In:
A shopkeeper sets the selling price of a DVD such that the selling price of 7 DVDs equals
the cost price of 9 DVDs. Given that a customer buys 10 DVDs, and saves $30. What is
the cost price (in $) of each DVD? [With calculator]
119. Grid-In:
A restauranteur promotes his restaurant by offering a scheme: “Dine 5, and Pay for 4”.
If a group of 5 dines in the restaurant, what percent of discount will they get? [With calculator]
120. Grid-In:
A shopkeeper promotes his shop by offering a scheme: “Buy 5, and get 3 free”. If a man
wants 8 shirts, what percent of discount will he get? [With calculator]
121. When Brian bought a boat, he found out that the municipality charged him 7 percent tax
for marina services. If Brian paid $6, 885.45 for the boat, what was the price of the boat
before marina services tax? [With calculator]
(A) 6, 012.34
(B) 6535.00
(C) 6, 435.00
(D) 7, 367.43
122. Initially, the price of an item had been expressed in terms of whole dollars. A store
raised the price of an item by exactly 10 percent. Which of the following could NOT be
the resulting price of the item? [With calculator]
(A) $5.50
(B) $6.60
(C) $11.70
(D) $75.90
123. Grid-In:
Michael runs a book shop. For every customer who buys four books, he sells the first
book at the listed price, but gives 10% discount on each of the other three books. As-
suming each book is priced at $60, what is the net amount (in dollars) paidby a customer
who buys four books? [With calculator]
124. Grid-In:
In a laboratory experiment on bacteria, it was observed that the count of bacteria doubles
in number in every 60minutes. In order to control their growth, scientist introduced a
chemical agent, which resulted in the bacteria multiplying to thrice their count in two
hours. By what percentage was the growth of the bacteria reduced? [With calculator]
125. An investor puts in $1000 for a year with a financial institute. Which of the following
terms of payment of interest would be most lucrative to the investor? [With calculator]
(A) interest calculated at the end of the year at the rate of 10% per annum
(B) interest calculated and compounded at the end of every 6 months at the rate of 9%
per annum
(C) interest calculated and compounded at the end of every 3 months at the rate of 8%
per annum
(D) All the above terms of payment of interest would yield the same interests
126. An investment pays at the rate of 6 14 % on the annual basis. If the same investment pays
at an annual interest rate of 6% on a semi-annual basis without compounding, instead of
6 41 % on a annual basis, what is the gain or the loss in payments as per the new terms at
the end of the year to the investor who invests 20, 000 dollars? [With calculator]
127. During a festive season, an e-commerce website offers two schemes on buying iphones.
The first offer demands an outright payment of 20% of the phone price and 5 equal
monthly installments, with each being 20% of the phone price, while the second offer
demands an outright payment of 10% of the phone price and 12 equal monthly install-
ments, with each being 10% of the phone price. By what percent is the first offer cheaper
than the second? [With calculator]
(A) 7.69
(B) 8.33
(C) 11.11
(D) 20
128. If the bacteria count of a culture increases by 10% per minute, during what interval will
the bacteria count be more than 1.5 times the initial bacteria count? [With calculator]
129. To make a dye, one needs to have red and yellow paints in the ratio 3 : 5. How many
liters of the dye can be made if there are 13.5 liters of red paint and 18 liters of yellow
paint? [With calculator]
(A) 10.8
(B) 22.5
(C) 28.8
(D) 36.0
130. To make a perfume, a manufacturer needs to mix oil, fragrance and water in the ratio
1 : 8 : 3 by volume. What maximum quantity of perfume can the manufacturer make
using 60 ml. fragrance? [With calculator]
(A) 15
(B) 40
(C) 75
(D) 90
131. Two cities A and B are connected by three routes R, S, and P whose lengths are in the
ratio 3 : 4 : 3. Three people travel from A to B in a SUV, a sedan, and a bike along the
routes R, S, & P respectively. The amount of fuel spent by the SUV, sedan and bike is in
the ratio 6 : 2 : 3. What is the ratio of their fuel efficiencies i.e. fuel consumed per unit
distance traveled by the SUV, sedan and bike? [With calculator]
(A) 4:1:2
(B) 1:4:2
(C) 18 : 8 : 9
(D) 3:2:2
132. A 40 liters mixture of milk and water had 80% concentration of milk. A part of the mix-
ture was replaced with an equal quantity of water to achieve 50% concentration of milk.
What volume of the mixture (in liters) was replaced to achieve the desired concentration?
[With calculator]
(A) 12
(B) 15
(C) 20
(D) 32
133. A 40 liters mixture of milk and water had 80% concentration of milk. Some water was
added to the mixture in order to achieve 50% concentration of milk. What is the volume
of water (in liters) that was added to achieve the desired concentration? [With calculator]
(A) 12
(B) 24
(C) 32
(D) 64
(A) 8%
(B) 12%
(C) 32%
(D) 48%
3.2.7 Combinatorics
135. 3-digit numbers are formed using the digits 2, 5, 8, and 9. Repetition of digits is allowed.
How many of these numbers would be even? [With calculator]
(A) 8
(B) 16
(C) 32
(D) 64
136. How many different license numbers can be allotted using 3 letters and 3 digits? The
letters and the digits may appear in any order. Repetition of the letters and the digits is
allowed. [With calculator]
(D) 363
137. How many 5-digit numbers can be formed containing exactly two ‘3s’, appearing to-
gether? Other digits can be repeated. [With calculator]
(A) 3.C39
(B) 4.C39
(C) 94 + 32.93
(D) 93 + 24.92
138. In a polygon of 7 sides, how many different triangles can be drawn using the vertices of
the polygon as the vertices of the triangles? [With calculator]
(A) 32
(B) 34
(C) 35
(D) 56
139. In how many 3-member teams can be formed out of 6 individuals provided that one
specific individual must be in the team? [With calculator]
(A) 5
(B) 10
(C) 15
(D) 20
140. In how many ways can 2-members: either only boys or only girls be chosen from a class
comprising 8 boys and 10 girls? [With calculator]
(A) 28
(B) 73
(C) 153
(D) 1260
141. How many distinct words (meaningful or meaningless) can be formed using all the letters
of the word — “Banana” ? [With calculator]
(A) 9
(B) 10
(C) 120
(D) 720
142. Grid-In:
In how many ways can 2 girls or 3 boys be chosen from a class comprising 10 boys and
12 girls? [With calculator]
143. Grid-In:
How many distinct words (meaningful or meaningless) can be formed using all the letters
of the word — “Banana” such that no two “Ns" come together? [With calculator]
144. Grid-In:
How many spy-codes are possible taking all the symbols together with the following
shapes, if must NOT be at the beginning and ♦ must NOT be at the end? [With calculator]
D⊗ ♦
3.2.8 Probability
145. A box contains 30 balls, of which 8 are black, 10 are green, and 12 are yellow. If two
balls are drawn from the box at random, what is the probability that both the balls will
be NOT be green? [With calculator]
(A) 8/9
(B) 3/29
(C) 24/29
(D) 26/29
146. A fair coin is tossed four times. What is the probability of getting at least one ‘Tail’? [With
calculator]
(A) 1/16
(B) 1/4
(C) 3/4
(D) 15/16
147. Jack, Parker, and Herman are given an assignment to collectively solve a problem. The
probabilities of Jack, Parker, and Herman to solve the problem individually are 4/5, 2/3,
and 3/4 respectively. What is the probability that the problem will be solved? [With calculator]
(A) 1/60
(B) 13/60
(C) 59/60
(D) 2/13
148. 3 actors are to be chosen out of 5 — Jack, Steve, Elad, Suzy, and Ali. What is the prob-
ability that if Jack is selected then Steve would be left out, and if Steve is selected then
Jack would be left out? [With calculator]
(A) 1/5
(B) 3/5
(C) 4/5
(D) 5/6
149. A box contains p number of silver coins and q number of gold coins. One coin is ran-
domly drawn from the box but not replaced; thereafter a second coin is randomly drawn.
What is the probability that both the coins drawn are silver? [With calculator]
pq
(A)
(p + q)2
p(p − 1)
(B)
(p + q)(p + q − 1)
(p − 1)(q − 1)
(C)
(p + q)2
pq
(D)
(p + q)(p + q − 1)
150. A super mall issues coupons to its customers at the entrance of the mall. The coupons
are numbered from 100 to 400, inclusive. Customers who have coupons with the num-
bers divisible either by ‘3’ or by ‘5’ win gifts. What is the probability that a random
customer wins a gift? [With calculator]
(A) 141/300
(B) 141/301
(C) 161/301
(D) 161/300
151. A box contains 5 black and some green balls. If two balls are drawn from the box at
random, and the probability that both the balls are green is 1/6, how many green balls
are in the box? [With calculator]
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
152.
Above figure shows a designer dartboard. It has a triangle at the center with side 4
cm. Each side of the triangle is the diameter of respective semi-circle. If Brian throws a
dart, and it hits the dartboard, what is the probability that it hits triangular part of the
dartboard? [With calculator]
(A) 1/2
(B) 1/4
√
2 3
(C) √
2 3 + 6π
√
4 3
(D) √
4 3 + 6π
153. Grid-In:
A pair of die is rolled. What is the probability of getting the sum of numbers greater than
10 on their upper faces? [With calculator]
154. Grid-In:
A coin is tossed three times. What is the probability of getting ‘Tails’ on the first two
tosses and a ‘Head’ on the third toss? [With calculator]
155. Grid-In:
A die is rolled four times. What is the probability of getting a number greater than ‘2’ in
the first time, greater than ‘3’ in the second time, greater than ‘4’ in the third time, and
greater than ‘5’ in the fourth time? [With calculator]
156. Grid-In:
Above figure shows a dartboard. Radius of the the outermost circle is 4 cm., the radius
of the innermost black circle is 1 cm., and the width of the black ring is 1 cm. If Brian
throws a dart, and it hits the dartboard, what is the probability that it hits any of the
black parts of the dartboard? [With calculator]
3.2.9 Statistics
157. Average (arithmetic mean) of x and y is 80, and the average of x and z is 200; what is
(z − y)
the value of ? [With calculator]
8
(A) –30
(B) 0
(C) 30
(D) 80
158. Three numbers have their average (arithmetic mean) equals to 6. The middle number
is 7. If the average of two larger numbers is 8, what is the average of the two smaller
numbers? [With calculator]
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 4.5
(D) 6
159. The average (arithmetic mean) of six numbers is 7.5. If one of the six numbers is mul-
tiplied by 4, the average of the numbers decreases by 0.5, which of the six numbers is
multiplied by 4? [With calculator]
(A) –3
(B) –2
(C) 0
(D) 2
160. A student’s average (arithmetic mean) score on 5 tests is 38. What must be the student’s
score on the 6th test for the average score on all the 6 tests to be 41? [With calculator]
(A) 40
(B) 44
(C) 50
(D) 56
161. For the first x days, the average (arithmetic mean) rainfall was 32 millimeter per day. If
today’s rainfall of 56 millimeter increased the average rainfall to 36 millimeter per day,
what is the value of x? [With calculator]
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 5
(D) 6
162. If all the elements of a set are multiplied by a constant, the average (arithmetic mean)
remains unchanged, which of the following statements must true? [With calculator]
(III) The set contains at least one positive and one negative number
(A) I only
(B) II only
Questions on Median
163. If two sets, set X: {−2, 23, 4, −8, 6}, and set Y: {0, −2, −8, 8, 12, 13, y} have equal median
values, what is the value of y? [With calculator]
(A) 0
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
164. According to the chart given below, which of the following student represent the median
height of seven students? [With calculator]
6
5'9" 5'9"
5'
0
Aleck Brian Suzy Rehman Kim Jack Mike
(A) Aleck
(B) Suzy
(C) Kim
(D) Rehman
165. Grid-In:
As per the data in the above chart, what is the average (Mean) height of all the seven
students in the nearest integer in centimeters? [With calculator]
166. Grid-In:
As per the data in the above chart, what is the Range of heights of all the seven students
in inches? [With calculator]
167. If the median of X consecutive integers is 50.5, which is the smallest integer among the
following? [With calculator]
(A) 51 − X/2
(C) 50 − X/2
(E) 49 − X/2
168. According to the chart given below, which of the following is closest to the median
number of unemployed for the years 2001 to 2011, inclusive? [With calculator]
Number of unemployed
22500
20000
17500
15000
12500
10000
7500
5000
2500
0
01
02
03
05
06
08
09
10
11
04
07
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
Year
(A) 11500
(B) 12500
(C) 17000
(D) 18000
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 7
170. According to the histogram given below, what is the modal score (Mode) for 71 students?
[With calculator]
14
12
Number of students 10
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Scores
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 12
171. Grid-In:
As per the data in the above histogram, what is the average (Mean) score of all 71 stu-
dents? [With calculator]
Questions on Range
172. Which of the following could be the range of set {– 43, 76, a, b, c}? [With calculator]
(I) –129
(II) 112
(III) 154
(A) I only
(B) II only
173. Which of the following sets have a standard deviation less than the standard deviation
of set X: {10, 20, 30, 40}? [With calculator]
(A) Set P
(B) Set Q
(C) Set R
(D) None
174. If set X is {p, q, r }, which of the following sets must have the same standard deviation
as has set X? [With calculator]
(A) {p + 1, q, r }
(B) {p, q + 1, r }
(C) {p, q, r + 1}
175. If one of P and Q is a positive number and the other is a negative number, which of the
following could be the standard deviation of set {P , −12, −8, −4, 0, 4, 8, Q}? [With calculator]
(I) –4
(II) –2
(III) 0
(A) I only
(B) II only
176. A group of five friends collected WWE stickers. They found out that they had an average
of 15 stickers. If the maximum number of stickers with any of them was 18 and each
friend had a distinct number of stickers, what could be the minimum number of stickers
with any of them? [With calculator]
(A) 3
(B) 6
(C) 9
(D) 12
177. Percentage distribution of GDP & Government spending ($M) for Country U during year
N:
Government Spending (in millions)
$500
Healthcare $300
Services 20%
25% Meat
Dairy
$200
Fruit and Vegetables
Government Spending
Breads
Manufacturing 20%
$100
32%
3%
Miscellaneous Items $0
Public Works Security & Defense Pensions Cost of Operation
During Year N, the government’s cost of operation was what percent of the total GDP of
Country U? [With calculator]
(A) 4%
(B) 5%
(C) 8%
(D) 20%
178. Making use of the information in the previous problem, if Management Consulting Ser-
vices, a part of Services, in the economy of Country N have the same dollar value as
Miscellaneous Items, what percent of Services is accounted for by Management Consult-
ing Services? [With calculator]
(A) 60%
(B) 15%
(C) 12%
(D) 6%
1 20, 000
179. 2 20, 000
3 15, 000
4 5, 000
The table above shows the approximate number of data requests at the internet site of a
new reality show for the first 4 weeks after it went on air for the first time. The cost of
advertisement per week on the show’s website was computed to be 10% of the product of
the number of data request per week and the average length of a data request per week.
What was the total advertising cost for the first 4 weeks from the website, if the average
length of a data request was estimated to be 4 minutes? [With calculator]
During a certain year Michelle spent her annual trust fund allowance according to the
chart above. How much did Michelle spend on clothing, if she spent $38, 000 traveling?
[With calculator]
The following table presents quarter-wise sales and inventory for Apex Corporation for
10 steel products, in metric tons (MT). The following two questions are based on it.
S I S I S I S I S I
CR pipe 24 12 15 8 4 8 13 4 56 32
CR sheet 16 8 12 12 16 4 15 21 59 45
CR tube 15 15 16 8 6 15 8 4 45 42
CR wire 15 0 24 8 18 13 13 12 70 33
HR pipe 24 12 21 8 5 21 12 15 62 56
HR sheet 18 15 15 16 0 0 14 3 47 34
HR tube 8 9 8 21 8 0 9 2 33 32
HR wire 24 26 12 16 15 15 8 4 59 61
HS Billet 21 24 21 0 18 5 15 12 75 41
MS Billet 10 8 15 0 18 2 15 16 58 26
Total 175 129 159 97 108 83 122 93 564 402
181. Which of the following quarters has the highest average (arithmetic mean) sales in metric
tons (MT)? [With calculator]
(A) Quarter I
(B) Quarter II
(D) Quarter IV
(A) In quarter I, there is only one product that has the highest sale.
(B) In quarter II, for ‘HS billet’ and ‘MS billet’, the ratio of ‘sale to inventory’ is 0.
(C) In quarter III, the product that has the highest inventory also has the least sale.
(D) In quarter IV, the product that has the highest inventory also has the highest sale.
2.25
1.75
Per unit cost ($)
1.5
1.25
0.75
0.5
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20
25
30
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Output (units)
Above graph shows distribution of per unit unit cost ($) of an automotive component
at different outputs of a machine. The best estimation curve is also shown with dashed
line. The following two questions are based on it.
183. What is the best estimate for the output for the machine such that the per unit cost of
the component is least? [With calculator]
(A) 800
(B) 1000
(C) 2100
(D) 3400
184. According to the above graph, at what output would the per unit cost be the same as it
is at 1200 units of output? [With calculator]
(A) 1000
(B) 2000
(C) 3000
(D) 3400
35
30
25
Profit ($M)
20
15
10
0
70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130
Turnover ($M)
Above graph shows a scatterplot for the distribution of turnovers ($M) and their corre-
sponding profits ($M). The data is modeled as a linear relationship (a dashed trend-line)
where p is profit and t is turnover. The following two questions are based on it.
185. What is the estimated profit ($M) for the turnover of $125M? [With calculator]
(A) 25
(B) 28
(C) 30
(D) 125
186. Deduce a linear equation that estimates the trend-line, using p and t? [With calculator]
Distribution of complaints
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Above line graph shows numbers of complaints received for a product over the year for
three plants. The following two questions are based on it.
187. How many total number of complaints in three plants in the month of January is more
than that in the month of June? [With calculator]
(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 14
(D) 16
188. Grid-In:
For how many months is the number of complaints for plant 3 more than the number of
complaints in corresponding months for plant 1 and for plant 2? [With calculator]
% distribution of expenses
100%
90% Entertain-
Entertain-
Entertain- ment
ment
80% ment
70%
Home
60%
Home
50% Home
30%
Clothing
20%
Food Food
10%
Food
0%
Family A Family B Family C
($2500) ($2800) ($3500)
Above bar chart shows the percentage distribution of expenses for following heads:
Food, Clothing, Home, and Entertainment for three families. Total expenses incurred
by each family are also mentioned in the chart. The following two questions are based
on it.
189. Which of the following families does the highest expenses on ‘Entertainment’ head? [With
calculator]
(A) Family A
(B) Family B
(C) Family C
190. Grid-In:
How much dollars does the family that spends least on ‘Clothing’ head among all the
families spend on ‘Clothing’? [With calculator]
Commuting
Intra-City Bus Local Train Private Taxi
500
Commuters (millions)
400
300
200
100
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Above multiple bar chart shows distribution of commuters for 5 years on the basis of
mode of transport used by them, namely, Intra-City Bus, Local Train, and Private taxi.
191. In which of the following years, most number of commuters traveled, taking all three
modes of transport together? [With calculator]
(A) 2006
(B) 2007
(C) 2008
(D) 2009
192. Grid-In:
Considering all the years from 2005 to 2009, what is the least number of commuters
traveled (in millions), taking all three modes of transport together? [With calculator]