1.

If n = 1 + x, where x is the product of four consecutive positive integers, then which of the following
is/are true?
1. n is even 2. n is prime 3. n is a perfect cube 4. n is odd.

2. A ladder is touching a wall and the base of the ladder is 15 m away from the wall. When the ladder is
pulled away from the wall by 2 m, it becomes parallel to the ground. Find the distance of the initial point
of contact of the ladder and the wall from the ground.
1. 10m 2. 8m 3. 12m 4. 17 m

3. Find the number of numbers from 1 to 100 that are divisible by 2 or 3 or 5.

1. 68 2. 74 3. 71 4. 103

4. In a party of 40 people, everyone shakes hands with all the other persons exactly once. What is the total
number of handshakes happening?
1. 780 2. 820 3. 40! 4. None of these

5. 273 – 272 – 271 is the same as

1. 269 2. 270 3. 271 4.272

6. How many 3 digit even numbers can be formed such that if one of the digits is 5, then the next digit is
7?
1. 5 2. 9 3. 365 4. 15

7. Find the least number which when divided by 5 and 9 will leave remainders of 3 and 7 respectively.
1. 47 2. 88 3. 43 4. 92

8. In a 300m race, A beats B by 24m or 6 seconds. Find the time taken by A to finish the race.
1. 75 sec 2. 81 sec 3. 69 sec 4. 60 sec

9. A tank can be filled in x hours, but because of a leak, it takes 40 hours to fill the tank. Find x if the leak
can empty the tank in 60 hours.
1. 30 2. 24 3. 36 4. 20

10. X, Y and Z have a total of Rs.224 with them. If their shares are increased by Rs.5, 9 and 2
respectively, then the ratio of their amounts is 3:2:1. Find the original amount with Y.
1. Rs.71 2. Rs.115 3. Rs.38 4. Rs.120

11. A number is decreased by 20% and then increased by 40%.Find the percentage change in the number.
1. 20 2. 12 3. 60 4. 40

12. The price of 4 apples and 6 mangoes is Rs.62 and the price of 6 apples and 4 mangoes is Rs.58. Find
the price of 3 apples and 5 mangoes.
1. Rs.45 2. Rs.34 3. Rs.60 4. Rs.50

13. A die and a coin are tossed simultaneously. The probability that the die showing a prime number and
the coin showing a head is
1. ½ 2. 1/3 3. 2/3 4. ¼

14. In what ratio should a class with average marks 34 be mixed with a class with average 22, so that the
average of the mixed class is 31.
1. 1:3 2. 3:1 3. 2:5 4. 5:7
15. Find the value of [(0.8)3 – (0.2)3]/[(0.8)2 + 0.16 + (0.2)2].
1. 1 2. 0.6 3. 0.64 4. 0.5

16. Find the number of divisors of 36 excluding 1 and 36.

1. 13 2. 11 3. 10 4. 7

17. Find the greatest

1. 21/2 2. 41/4 3. 61/6 4. 31/3

18. In how many ways can a person put 4 letters in 4 envelopes such that exactly three letters are in their
respective envelopes?
1. 23 2. 18 3. 1 4. 0

19. How many numbers can be formed between 200 and 1200, using the digits 0, 1, 2 and 3, such that
there is no repetition?
1. 48 2. 16 3. 32 4. 14

20. If 6x2 + 6y2 = 13xy, find x:y.

1. 2:5 2. 3:2 3. 1:2 4. 4:5

21. Walking at 3/4th of his regular speed, Sanjay is 16 minutes late in reaching the office. Find the usual
time that he takes to reach the office.
1. 48 min 2. 60 min 3. 36 min 4. 42 min

22. A train moves at a constant speed of 120 km/hr for one km and at 40 km/hr for the next km. Find the
average speed of the train.
1. 60 kmph 2. 80 kmph 3. 64 kmph 4. 90 kmph

23. A can finish a piece of work in 10, while B can finish it in 20 days. They start working together and
after 5 days, A leaves the job. Find the number of days in which B will finish the remaining work.
1. 2 2. 3 3. 4 4. 5

24. At what exact time between 5 and 6 will the two hands of a clock be at an angle of 1800.
1. 5.45 2. 5.56 3. 5.58 4. None of these

25. An integer is chosen at random from 1 to 100. Find the probability that it is a multiple of 5 or 8.
1. 3/10 2. 7/20 3. 2/5 4. ½

26. A ship went on a voyage. After it had traveled 180 miles a plane started with 10 times the speed of the
ship. Find the distance when they meet from starting point.
1. 190 2 .200 3. 210 4. 220

27. Three friends divided some bullets equally. After all of them shot 4 bullets the total number of bullets
remaining is equal to the bullets each had after division. Find the original number divided.
1. 24 2. 18 3. 16 4. 20

28. A hotel has 10 floors. Which floor is above the floor below the floor, below the floor above the floor,
below the floor above the fifth?
1. 4th 2. 5th 3. 6th 4. 7th
29. Two trains starting at same time, one from Bangalore to Mysore and other in opposite direction arrive
at their destination 1 hr and 4 hours respectively after passing each other. How much faster is one train
from other?
1. 4 times 2. thrice 3. twice 4. Cannot be determined

30. Father's age is three years more than three times the son's age. After three years, father's age will be
ten years more than twice the son's age. What is the father's present age?
1. 30 2. 33 3. 36 4. 39

DIRECTIONS for questions 31 to 35: Each question consists of five statements followed by options
consisting of three statements put together in a specific order. Choose the option which indicates a valid
argument, that is, where the third statement is a conclusion drawn from the preceding two statements.

31. A. Ant eaters like ants.

B. Boys are ant eaters.
C. Balaram is an ant eater.
D. Balaram likes ants.
E. Balaram may eat ants.
1. DCA 2. ADC 3. ABE 4. ACD

32. A. All actors are handsome.

B. Some actors are popular.
C. Ram is handsome.
D. Ram is a popular actor.
E. Some popular people are handsome.
1. ACD 2. ABE 3. DCA 4. EDC

33. A. Modern industry is technology driven.

B. BTI is a modern industry.
C. BTI is technology driven.
D. BTI may be technology driven.
E. Technology driven industry is modem.
1. ABC 2. ABD 3. BCA 4. EBC

34. A. All Golmal islanders are blue coloured people.

B. Some smart people are not blue coloured people.
C. Some babies are blue coloured.
D. Some babies are smart.
E. Some smart people are not Golmal islanders.
1. BCD 2. ABE 3. CBD 4. None of the above

35. A. MBAs are in great demand.

B. Ram and Sita are in great demand.
C. Ram is in great demand.
D. Sita is in great demand.
E. Ram and Sita are MBAs.

1. ABE 2. ECD 3. AEB 4. EBA

Directions for questions 36 to 40: Each item is followed by two
statements, A and B. Answer each question using the following instructions.

Choose (a) if the question can be answered by one of the statements alone and not by the other.
Choose (b) if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
Choose (c) if the question can be answered by using both the statements together, but cannot be answered
by using either statement alone.
Choose (d) if the question cannot be answered even by using both statements together.

36.Is country X’s GDP higher than country Y’s GDP?

A. GDPs of the countries X and Y have grown over the past five years at compounded annual rate of 5%
and 6% respectively.
B. Five years ago, GDP of country X was higher than that of country Y.

1.1 2. 2 3. 3 4. 4

37. Three professors A, B and C are separately given three sets of numbers to add. They were expected to
find the answers to 1+1, 1+1+2, and 1+1 respectively. Their respective answers were 3, 3, and 2. How
many of the professors are mathematicians?
A. A mathematician can never add two numbers correctly, but can always add three numbers correctly.
B. When a mathematician makes a mistake in a sum, the error is + 1 or -1.

1.1 2. 2 3. 3 4. 4

38. How many among the four students A, B, C and D have passed the exam'?
A. The following is a true statement: A and B passed the exam.
B. The following is a false statement: At least one among C and D has passed the exam.

1.1 2. 2 3. 3 4. 4

39.Four students were added to a dance class. Would the teacher be able to divide her students evenly into
a dance team (or teams) of 8?
A. If 12 students were added, the teacher could put everyone in teams of 8 without any leftovers.
B. The number of students in the class is currently not divisible by 8.

1.1 2. 2 3. 3 4. 4

40. Is x = y?
A. (x + y)( 1 / x + 1 / y) = 4
B. (x – 50)2 = ( y – 50)2
1.1 2. 2 3. 3 4. 4

41. A, B, C, D, E and F are a group of friends from a club. There are two housewives, one lecturer, one
architect, one accountant and one lawyer in the group. There are two married couples in the group. The
lawyer is married to D who is a housewife. No lady in the group is either an architect or an accountant. C,
the accountant, is married to F who is a lecturer. A is married to D and E is not a housewife.

What is E?
1. Lawyer 2. Architect 3. Lecturer 4. Accountant
Directions for questions 42 -45
Six persons are traveling by a train which runs between the cities P and Q. Three of them are males and
the rest are females. Two of them are traveling for domestic purposes and two others for business. One is
traveling for tourism while the remaining one is on study tour. Two of them boarded at Patna, while one
each boarded at Bangalore, Ranchi, Cuttack and Rourkela. One of them is going to Mumbai, one to
Chennai, one to Hyderabad while the rest all are going to Kolkata. Three of them are doctors, one is
Member Parliament, one is professor and the remaining one is a computer engineer.
Answer the given questions on the basis of following clues:

1. Miss Suman Saxena is a professor in a college in Rourkela. She boarded at Rourkela to proceed
on a study tour to Mumbai.
2. The person who boarded at Cuttack is going neither to Kolkata nor to Chennai.
3. Mrs. Priti Kaur boarded at Patna. She is traveling for business purpose to Kolkata.
4. Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee boarded at Ranchi. He is neither going to Hyderabad nor to Chennai. He is
going neither for business purpose nor for tourism.
5. The Member of Parliament, Mr. Chandan Mukherjee, boarded at Cuttack. He is traveling for
business purpose, while Miss Babita Srivastava boarded at Patna to go to Chennai.
6. Mr. Amod Kaparia boarded at Bangalore. He is going for domestic purpose to Kolkata. He is a
computer engineer.

42. To which of the following places is Mr. Chandan Mukherjee going?

1. Hyderabad 2. Mumbai 3. Cuttack 4. Kolkata

43. Who among the following are not going to Kolkata ?

1. Mr. Chandan Mukherjee, Mrs. Priti Kaur and Mr. Amod Kaparia.
2. Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Mrs. Priti Kaur and Mr. Amod Kaparia.
3. Mr. Chandan Mukherjee, Miss Babita Srivastava and Miss Suman Saxena.
4. Mr. Chandan Mukherjee, Miss Babita Srivastava and Mrs. Priti kaur.

44. Travelling was aimed at tourism for which of the following persons?

1. Mrs. Priti Kaur 2. Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee

3. Mr. Amod Kaparia 4. Miss Babita Srivastava

45. Which of the following statements is true?

1. Priti, Ranjan and Amod are doctors.

2. One of the doctors was traveling for the purpose of study tour.
3. The persons who were traveling for domestic purposes are Ranjan and Amod.
4. The person who boarded at Ranchi was going to Hyderabad.
DIRECTIONS: IN each of the following questions, one number is missing in the series. You have to
understand the pattern of the series and then insert the missing number.

46. 4, 7, 11, 18, 29, 47, ….., 123, 199

(1) 70 (2) 76 (3) 84 (4) 102

47. 77, 78, 77, 81, 73, ….., 55

(1) 69 (2) 71 (3) 82 (4) 89

48.17, 7, 24, 19, 9, 28, ….., 8, 31, 27, 10, 37

(1) 20 (2) 21 (3) 23 (4) 12

49. 6, 126, ….., 9, 108, 12, 12, 72, 6

(1) 21 (2) 23 (3) 30 (4) 35

50. 1 , 2 , 4 , 13 , 31 , 112 , ….
1. 211 2. 240 3. 224 4. 266