1. A large field of 700 hectares is divided into two parts. The difference of the areas of the two parts is one-fifth of the average of the two areas. What is the area of the smaller part in hectares?
A. 225
B. 280
C. 300
D. 385
Answer: D
2. The speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/hr and the rate of current is 3 km/hr. The distance travelled downstream in 12 minutes is
A. 1.2 km
B. 1.8 km
C. 2.4 km
D. 3.6 km
Answer: D
3. Today is Thursday. The day after 59 days will be?
A. Sunday
B. Monday
C. Tuesday
D. Wednesday
Answer: A
4. Albert invested an amount of Rs.8000 in a fixed deposit scheme for 2 years at compound interest rate 5 p.c.p.a. How much amount will Albert get on maturity of the fixed deposit?
A. Rs. 8600
B. Rs. 8620
C. Rs. 8840
D. Rs. 8820
Answer: D
5. The difference between two numbers is 1365. When the larger number is divided by the smaller one, the quotient is 6 and the remainder is 15. The smaller number is
A. 240
B. 270
C. 295
D. 360
Answer: B
6. A fruit seller sells mangoes at the rate of Rs.9 per kg and thereby loses 20%. At what price per kg, he should have sold them to make a profit of 5%?
A. Rs.11.81
B. Rs.12
C. Rs.12.25
D. Rs.12.31
Answer: A
7. A student finds the average of 10 positive integers. Each integer contains two digits. By mistake, the student interchanges the digits of one number say ba for ab. Due to this, the average becomes 1.8 less than the previous one. What is the difference between the two digits a and b?
Answer: C
8. Look at this series: 1000, 200, 40, ... What number should come next?
Answer: A
9. How big will an angle of one and a half degree look through a glass that magnifies things three times?
A. 1 ½
B. 2 ½
C. 3 ½
D. 4 ½
Answer: A
10. Starting from the point X, Jayant walked 15 m towards west. He turned left and walked 20 m. He then turned left and walked 15 m. After this he turned to his right and walked 12 m. How far and in which directions is now Jayant from X?
A. 32 m, South
B. 47 m, East
C. 42 m, North
D. 27 m, South
Answer: A
Directions (11-15): What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions?
11. [latex]\sqrt{(360 - 225 * 2 + 379)}[/latex] = ?
A. 17
B. 19
C. 279
D. 289
E. None of these
Answer: A
12. [latex]9^3 * (81)^2 \div (27)^3[/latex] = [latex]3^?[/latex]
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. None of these
Answer: 5
13. 572 [latex]\div[/latex] 26 * 12 - 200 = [latex]2^?[/latex]
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
E. None of these
Answer: B
14. 36% of 245 - 40% of 210 = 10 - ?
A. 4.2
B. 6.8
C. 4.9
D. 5.6
E. None of these
Answer: E
15. 40% of 265 + 35% of 180 = 50% of ?
A. 338
B. 84.5
C. 253.5
D. 169
E. None of these
Answer: A
16. In a test, a candidate secured 336 marks out of maximum marks ‘x’. If the maximum marks ‘x’ had been converted into 400 marks, he would have secured 192 marks. What was the maximum marks of the test?
A. 500
B. 650
C. 600
D. 700
E. 800
Answer: D
17. An AC consumes 8 units of electricity in 30 minutes and a bulb consumes 18 units of electricity in 6 hours. How many units of electricity will both AC and bulb consume in 8 days if they run 10 hours a day?
A. 1520
B. 1620
C. 1500
D. 1600
E. 1540
Answer: A
18. The average marks in Science subject of a class of 20 students is 68. If the marks of two students were misread as 48 and 65 instead of the actual marks 72 and 61 respectively, what would be the correct average?
A. 68.5
B. 69
C. 69.5
D. 70
E. 70.5
Answer: B
19. The manufacturer of an article makes a profit of 5%, the wholesale dealer makes a profit of 10%, and the retailer makes a profit of 15%. Find the manufacturing price of the article if the retailer sold it for Rs. 5313.
A. Rs. 4000
B. Rs. 4500
C. Rs. 5000
D. Rs. 4950
E. Rs. 4250
Answer: A
20. The difference between a number and 1/7 of that number is same as the sum of all the angles of a triangle. What is the number?
A. 240
B. 210
C. 175
D. 225
E. 205
Answer: B