CA Foundation Dec 20 Business Mathematics Paper
CA Foundation Dec 20 Business Mathematics Paper
CA Foundation
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(c) 66 (d) 130
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2. Find the missing value in the series 0, 2, 3, 6, 10, 17, 28, __ 75.
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3. On what sum will the compound interest at 5% per annum for 2 compounded annually be
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Rs3,280?
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4.What sum of money will produce Rs42,000 as an interest in 3 years and 3 months at 2.5% P.a.
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simple interest ?
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5. Two finite sets respectively have x and y number of elements. The total number of subsets of
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the first is 56 more than the total number of subsets of the second. The value of x and y
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6. The number of items in the set A is 40; in the set B is 32; in the set C is 50: in both A and B is 4
in both A and C and is 5: in both B and C is 7: in all the sets 2 How many are in only one set ?
7. A fruit basket contains 7 apples , 6 bananas and 4 mangoes. How many selections of 3 fruits
can be made so that all 3 are apples?
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8. Out of 7 boys and 4 girls a team of a debate club of 5 is to be chosen The number of teams
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(c) 419 (d) 441
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9. if p 4 =20 , P 2,when p decotes the numbers of permutations n= _______
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10. From a group of 8 men and 4 women, 4 persons are to be selected to form a committee so
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that at least 2 women are there on the committee in how many ways can it be done ?
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11. Three numbers in G.p. with their sum 130 and their product 27,000 are-
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13. Divide 69 into three parts which are in A.P. and are such that the product of the first two
parts is 460 .
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15. The 20th term of arithmetic progression whose 6th term is 38 and 10thterm is 66 is _______ .
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(a) 118 (b) 136
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(c) 178 (d) 210
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16. Find the missing value in 3/8, 8/19, 18/41, 7, 78/173
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(a) 37/84 (b) 40/87
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18. If health is written as IFBMUL, then how will NORTH be written in that code?
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(a) 30 (b) 24
(c) 26 (d) 9
21. One day , Ram left home and cycled 10 km southward, turned right and cycled 5 km and
turned right and cycled 10 km and turned left and cycled 10 km. How many kilometers will he
have to cycle to reach his home straight?
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(a) 10 (b) 15
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(c) 20 (d) 25
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22. A man is facing west. He turns 45 degrees in the clockwise direction and then another 180
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degrees in the same direction and then 270 degrees in the anticlockwise direction. Which
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direction is he facing now?
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(a) South – West (b) North – West
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23. Five girls G, H, I, J, K are sitting in a row facing south not necessarily in the same order. H is
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following is true?
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24. Eight friends I, J, K, L, M, N, O and P are sitting in a circle facing the centre. J is sitting
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between O and L; P is third to the left of J and second to the right of I; K is sitting between I and
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O; J & M are not sitting opposite to each other. Which of the following statement is NOT
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25. A man can walk by having long, medium and short steps. Sixty meters can be covered by
100 long steps; 100 meters can be covered by 200 medium steps and 80 meters can be covered
by 200 short steps. He walks taking 5000 long steps; then turn to his left and walk taking 6000
medium steps. He turn to his right and walks by taking 2,500 short steps. How far (in meters) is
he away from his starting point?
26. Read the following information carefully and answer the question below. In a family of six
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persons A, C, E, F, I, K there are two married couples. G is grandmother of A and mother C. E is
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wife of C and mother of K. K is the granddaughter of I. What is E to A?
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27. Pointing towards a person, a man said to woman, “His mother is the only daughter of your
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father.” How is the woman related to that person?
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28. Vicky introduces John as the son of the only brother of his father’s wife. How is Vicky
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related to John?
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29. A can said to a lady “your mother’s husband’s sister is my aunt.” How is the man related to
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30. If you are facing north – east and move 10 m forward, man left and move 7.5 m, then you
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(a) North of your initial position (b) South of your initial position
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32. Statements: All huts are flats.
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No flat is a building.
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33. Rahim faces towards north. Turning to his right, he walks 25 m. He then turns to his left and
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walks 30 m test, he moves 25 m to his right. He then turns to his right again and walks 55 m.
Finally, he turns to the right and moves 40 m. in which direction is he now from her starting
point?
34. Pointing to a lady, A said “ that women is my nephew’s material grandmother.” How is that
women related to A’s sister who has no sister ?
35. Pointing out to a lady, Sahil said, “She is the daughter of the woman who is the mother of
the husband of my mother.” Who is the lady to Sahil?
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36. Sweetness of a sweet dish is –
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37. Five auditors of your firm had reported their incomes. You compound their average and
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obtained Rs.67,000 per month. You now state that the average income per month of all the
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38. The harmonic mean A and B is 1/3 and harmonic mean of C and D is 1/5. The harmonic
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mean of A, B, C and D is
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40. Given that for a distribution the mean, median and mode are 23, 24 and 25.5. it is most
likely that the distribution is ________ skewed.
41. Choose the one from the following which is not a measure of scatter in data
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(c) Average of squared deviations (d) Average of absolute deviations
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42. Two years ago, a team of four persons had an average age of 14. Now, a new member is
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added to the team and the average age of the team is 17. What is the age of the new member?
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44. For open – end classification, which of the following is the best measure of central tendency
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(a) AM (b) GM
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45. The numbers of times city had mild, medium and heavy rains, respectively are 17, 10 and 5.
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46. A fire engine rush to a place of fire at a speed of 70 kmph and after the work, it returned to
the base at a speed of 35 kmph. The average speed per hour per direction is obtained as______
speeds
47. The ________ are used when one wants to visually exercise the relationship between two
variables.
48. When data are classified according to one criterion, then it is called __________
classification
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49. Which measure of dispersion is based on the absolute deviations only?
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(a) Range (b) Standard deviation
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50. A cricketer’s run scores of last ten test matches are available. Statistics cannot be used to
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51. The person A speaks truth is 71% of times and B in 40% of times. In what percentage of
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times are very likely to contradict each other in arresting the same incident?
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52. A basket contains 15 apples, 25 mangoes and 10 bananas. If a fruit is selected at random
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53. If an unbiased coin is tossed twice, the probability of obtaining at least one tail is –
54. When three fair dice are rolled simultaneously. What is the probability of getting a number
on third die greater than die greater than the sum of numbers appeared on the first two dice?
55. Two fair dice are rolled simultaneously. What is the probability of getting a sum of the
outcomes from the dice is a multiple of 3?
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(a) 4/36 (b) 12/36
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56. If we change the parameter(s) of ________ distributions, the shape of the probability curve
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58. For a Poisson distributed variable X, we have P[X = 7] = 8. P[X = 9] the mean of the
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59. The quartile deviation of a normal distribution, mean 10 and standard deviation 4 is –
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60. If the probability for success in distribution is less than one-half, then the
binomial distribution
(c) has two modes (d) has median at a point > mean + ½
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62. Which of the following is spurious correlation?
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(a) Negative correlation
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63. The weight for numbers 1, 2, …….., n is respectively 12, 22, 32, ………. N2. The weighted
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harmonic mean is _______
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66. Two values yield an arithmetic mean of 24 and a harmonic mean of 6. The geometric mean
of these values is _______.
(a) 8 (b) 12
(c) 14 (d) 16
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69. Fisher’s ideal index number does not satisfy _________ test.
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70. If Laspeyre’s index number = 110. Fisher’s ideal index number is 109, then Paasche’s index
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71. A plotted time series throws a periodic variation such that the recurrence period is more
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than one year. Hence the time series has _________ variation.
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(a) The number of defects per meter on long roll of coated polythene sheet.
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74. A partially legible working sheet for the calculation of rank correlation coefficient revealed
that the coefficient of Rank correlation is 1/3 and the sum of squared differences of ranks is 80.
What is the number of observations?
(a) 9 (b) 8
(c) 7 (d) 6
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(c) Median (d) Average of first and third quartiles.
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76. If a : b = 3 : 7, then 3a + 2b : 4a + 5b = ?
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80. The ratio of number of boys and the number of girls in a school is found to be 15 : 32. How
many boys and equal number of girls should be added to bring the ratio to 2/3?
(a) 19 (b) 20
(c) 23 (d) 27
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(c) Row matrix (d) Diagonal matrix
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83. If 2x2 – (a + 6)2x + 12a – 0, then the roots are
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85. Find the value of a from the following: (√9)−5 × (√3)−7 − (√3)−𝑎
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87. The ratio of principal and the compound interest value for three years (compounded
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88. An amount P becomes Rs.5,100.5and Rs. 5,203 after second and fourth years respectively at
1% of interest per annum compounded annually. Thus, values of P and r are
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90. Solving equation 3g2 – 14g + 16 = 0, we get roots as
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91. Find the future value of annuity of Rs.1,000 made annually for 7 years at interest rate of
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92. Find the present value of Rs.1,00,000 to be required after 5 years if the interest rate be 9%.
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93. A five year annuity due has periodic cash flow of Rs.100 each year. If the interest rate is 8%
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94. A person decides to invest Rs.1,25,000 per year for the next five years in an annuity which
gives 5% per annum compounded annually. What is the approx. future value? (use 1.05 5 =
1.2762, if needed)
95. Find the compound interest if an amount of Rs.50,000is deposited in a bank for one year at
the rate of 8% per annum compounded semi annually
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(a) The present value of an annuity due is greater than the present value of an ordinary annuity.
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(c) The future value of an ordinary annuity is greater than the future value of an annuity due.
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(d) The future value of an annuity due is equal to future value of an ordinary annuity.
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97. Rs.2,500 is paid every year for 10 years to pay off a loan. What is the loan amount if interest
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98. Suppose you deposit Rs.900 per month into an account that pays 4.8% interest,
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compounded monthly. How much money (rounded to nearest rupee) will you get after 9
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99. An amount is lent at a nominal rate of 4.5% per annum compounded quarterly. What would
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100. A stock pays annually an amount of Rs.10 from 6th year onwards. What is the present value
of the perpetuity, if the rate of return is 20%?
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