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Cognizant GenC Roles and Packages
Cognizant offers GenC developer role through its Gen C recruitment Process (4LPA)
Cognizant GenC Recruitment Process
(i) Online test, (ii) GenC Interview
Cognizant GenC online Test Pattern:
Section Questions Duration(In Mins)
Quantitative Ability (Advanced) 25 35
English Comprehension 20 20
Logical Ability 35 45
Note:
1. No negative marks for incorrect response
2. Mark varies for the correct response with the question type
3. AMCAT/SHL is an Adaptive platform - Difficulty level varies with response time and
correct/incorrect response.
4. The score of the candidate depends on the level of questions that he/she attempts correctly
Cognizant GenC Online Test Syllabus
Section Syllabus
Quantitative Ability Basic Mathematics
● Divisibility ● HCF and LCM ● Numbers
● Decimal fractions ● Power
Applied Mathematics
● Profit and Loss ● Simple and Compound
Interest ● Time, Speed and Distance ● Inverse
Engineering Mathematics
● Logarithms ● Permutation and Combinations ●
Probability
Logical Ability Deductive Reasoning
● Data Sufficiency ● Directional Sense ● Logical
Word Sequence ● Objective Reasoning
● Selection decision tables ● Puzzles ● Data
Arrangement
Inductive reasoning
● Analogy Pattern Recognition ● Classification
Pattern Recognition ● Coding Pattern Recognition
● Number Series Pattern Recognition
English Comprehension Vocabulary
● Synonyms ● Antonyms ● Contextual
Vocabulary Grammar
● Error Identification ● Sentence Improvement
and Construction
Comprehension
● Reading Comprehension

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 Numbers, Decimal Fraction
1. What should be multiplied to 2880 to make it a perfect square?
a) 2 b) 3 c) 5 d) 7
2. What is the least number by which 16,800 must be divided to get a number perfect square?
a) 21 b) 24 c) 40 d) 42
3. Which number should be added to 306 so that it becomes Prime?
a) 3 b) 5 c) 9 d) 13
4. One third of a two-digit number exceeds its one fourth by 7. What is the sum of digits of the
number?
a) 72 b) 84 c) 15 d) 12
5. 0.00001 + 0.000001 + 0.00010 + 0.00100 = ?
a) 0.0001111 b) 0.00111 c) 0.001111 d) 0.0010111
6. Express 0.824 as a fraction of the smallest form
a) 103/125 b) 18/20 c) 102/125 d) 17/20
7. Find the value of x: 0.009/x = 0.01?
a) 0.0009 b) 0.09 c) 0.9 d) 9
8. Express 0.5555... as a fraction
a) 1/3 b) 5/9 c) 4/5 d) 3/8
9. 528/7 Change into Mixed fraction?
a) 78 b) 76 c) 75 d) 34
10. Find the smallest fraction of 7/8, 5/8, 2/3, 6/7?
a) 7/8 b) 5/8 c) 2/3 d) 6/7
11. Which of the following fraction is Smallest?
a) 63/80 b) 31/40 c) 13/16 d) 7/8
12. Find the value of 0.353535...x 198 =?
a) 69.96 b) 69.99 c) 70 d) None of these
13. A number is to be multiplied by the fraction 4/5. But Samir by mistake multiplied it by 5/4 and
obtained the number 81 more than the correct one. What was the original number?
a) 200 b) 120 c) 180 d) 240
14. In a class of 80 students, 4/5 of them own cars. If 15/16 of them own alto then how many own Alto?
a) 64 b) 20 c) 60 d) Data Inconsistent
15. In a pair of fractions, fraction A is six times the fraction B and the product of the two fractions is
6/25. What is the value of fraction A?
a) 3/5 b) 5/6 c) 1/5 d) 6/5

Practices Questions:
1. Which number should be multiplied by 5324 to make it a perfect square?
a) 11 b) 7 c) 9 d) 3
2. What is the number that should be subtracted from 682 to make it a perfect square?
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8
3. Which of the following is a set of all the positive integers?
a) (0, 1, 2, 3,...) b) (1, 2, 3, 4, ...) c) (2, 4, 6, 8, ...) d) (1, 3, 5, 7,...)
4. Arrange the following in ascending order 1) 2/15, 2) 18/29, 3) 7/18, 4) 10/87?
a) 4, 1, 3, 2 b) 3, 1, 2, 4 c) 2, 4, 1, 3 d) 4, 3, 1, 2
5. Solve 4/5 x 61/80 x 10/9 =?
a) 61/90 b) 90/61 c) 61/91 d) None of these

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 6. Divide the sum of 3/5 and 8/11 by their difference.
a) -7/73 b) 73/-7 c) 11/15 d) None of these
7. Product of two odd number is
a) Always odd b) Always even c) Sometimes (odd or even) d) None

Divisibility
1. If a number is divisible by 63, then it is also divisible by:
a) 7 b) 11 c) 13 d) 17
2. The number 216*85 is completely divisible by 3. Smallest whole digit number in place of * can be?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 6 d) 0
3. Which smallest number must be assigned to # to make the number 15#794, divisible by 9?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 9 d) 0
4. If 78Q928R is divisible by 6, then what values can Q and R take?
a) Q=2&R=3 b) Q=1&R=4 c) Q=1&R=2 d) Q=3&R=3
5. Which of the given numbers is divisible by 11?
a) 1042 b) 1045 c) 1047 d) 1048
6. Sum of the digits of a 3-digit number subtracted from the number. The resulting number is divisible
by
a) 6 b) 9 c) Both 6 and 5 d) All 3, 6 and 9
7. What are the value of X and Y in 72X23Y. If it is perfectly divisible by 88?
a) x=1, y=5 b) x=7, y=5 c) x=3, y=2 d) x=7, y=2
8. Which number should be subtracted from 6518 so that it can be divisible by 36?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
9. What is the least perfect square, which is divisible by 24, 30 and 607?
a) 14400 b) 3600 c) 32400 d) 1600
10. If a and b are natural numbers and (a - b) is divisible by 3, then a³- b³ is divisible by:
a) 3 but not by 9 b) 9 c) 6 d) 27
11. What is the least number that should be subtracted from 3592 to obtain a number exactly divisible
by 19?
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
12. On dividing a number by 357, we get 39 as remainder. On dividing the same number 17, what will
be the remainder?
a) 0 b) 3 c) 5 d) 11
13. A number when divided by 296 leaves 75 as remainder. When the same number is divided by 37,
the remainder will be
a) 1 b) 2 c) 8 d) 11
14. n is a whole number which when divided by 4 gives 3 as remainder. What will be the remainder
when 2n is divided by 4?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 0

Practices Question:
1. If 456*80 is divisible by 24. Then what could be the minimum value of *?
a) 8 b) 4 c) 0 d) 3
2. The number 2594* is completely divisible by 6. The smallest value of* can be:
a) 2 b) 6 c) 4 d) 0
3. If 764xy is divisible by 90, then what is the value of x + y?
a) 1 b) 3 c) 5 d) 6

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 4. 2810 to obtain a number exactly divisible by
a) 1 b) 3 c) 5 d) 7
5. Identify the least number that is exactly divisible by 24, 28, 36 and 48.
a) 1,004 b) 1,008 c) 1,012 d) 1,016
6. When a number is divided by 13, the remainder is 11. When the same number is divided by 17, then
remainder is 9. What is the number?
a) 329 b) 339 c) 349 d) 359

HCF and LCM

1. The LCM and HCF of two number are 2970 and 30 respectively. Prime factors of the product of the
two numbers are?
a) 2, 3, 5, 11 b) 2, 3, 7, 13 c) 2, 3, 7, 11 d) 2, 4, 5, 11
2. If LCM and HCF of two numbers are 360 and 2 respectively, product of two numbers can be
expressed as:
a) 24x3x5 b) 2x32x54 c) 24x3²x5 d) 24x3x5²
3. The product of two numbers is 2208. If the LCM of the number is 552. What is their HCF?
a) 12 b) 4 c) 24 d) Data inconsistent
4. If LCM and HCF of two numbers are equal and product of two numbers is 3136, find the HCF of
the numbers.
a) 44 b) 46 c) 54 d) 56
5. The LCM of four numbers is 48. Three of them are 6, 8, and 12. What can be the fourth number?
a) 16 b) 18 c) 20 d) 24
6. The difference of two numbers is 14. Their LCM and HCF are 441 and 7 respectively. Find the
numbers.
a) 21, 35 b) 35, 49 c) 49, 63 d)63, 77
7. If the sum of two numbers is 55 and their HCF and LCM are 5 and 120 respectively then the sum of
the reciprocals of the numbers is equal to?
a) 11/120 b) 55/501 c) 12/55 d) 120/11
8. If the sum of two numbers is 20 and their HCF and LCM are 1 and 91 respectively, then the square
of one of the numbers is:
a) 16 b) 25 c) 36 d) 49
9. If LCM and HCF of two numbers are 162 and 9 respectively. Prime factors of the product of two
numbers are:
a) 3 and 7 b) 3 and 5 c) 2 and 5 d) 2 and 3
10. The reciprocal of HCF and LCM of two numbers are 1/12 & 1/312 respectively. If one of the
numbers is 24, find the other one.
a) 156 b) 468 c) 117 d) 234
11. If the product of two co-prime numbers is 783, then find the LCM of these numbers.
a) 1 b) 783
c) LCM will be equal to HCF d) LCM cannot be calculated
12. If LCM and HCF of two numbers are 294 and 49 respectively, product of two numbers can be
expressed as:
a) 2x3x74 b) 22X32 X72 c) 24X32 X7 d) 22X32 X7
13. Four bells begin to toll together and then each one at intervals of 6, 7, 8 and 9 seconds respectively.
The number of times they will toll together in the next 2 hours is:
a) 14 b) 15 c) 13 d) 11

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 14. A light blink after every 3 seconds, another light blinks after every 5 seconds and the third one
blinks after every 16 seconds. How many times do they blink together in half an hour?
a) 7 times b) 4 times c) 240 times d) 8 times
15. M and N are two distinct natural numbers. HCF and LCM of M and N are K and L respectively. If
A is also a natural number, then which of the given relations is NOT possible?
a) K*L=A b) K*A=L c) L*A=K d) None of these
16. Find the least number which when divided by 6, 14, 18 and 22 leaves the same remainder 4 in each
case
a) 1386 b) 1382 c) 1390 d) 1388
17. Find the least number which when divided by 5, 7 and 13 leaves the same remainder 3 in each case
a) 398 b) 453 c) 458 d) 197
18. Find the least number which when divided by 8, 12, 20 and 36 leaves remainders 6, 10, 18 and 34
respectively?
a) 348 b) 358 c) 326 d) 330
19. Find the greatest number that divides 42, 90 and 182 so as to leave the same remainder in each case.
a) 2 b) 4 c) 7 d) 9
20. A number was divided successively in order by 4, 5 and 6. The remainders were respectively 2, 3
and 4. The number is
a) 242 b) 218 c) 214 d) None of these

Practices Questions:
1. If the GCD of x2-px-4 and x2+2x+(p-2) is x+1. Then the value of p is
a) -3 b) 3 c) -1 d) 1
2. If LCM and HCF of two numbers are equal and product of two numbers is 3136, find the HCF of
the numbers.
a) 44 b) 46 c) 54 d) 56
3. Difference of LCM and HCF of two numbers is 8. Sum of their LCM and HCF is 24. if one number
is 8. Find the other.
a) 24 b) 16 c) 12 d) 5
4. Find the smallest two-digit number that divides 587 and 730 leaving remainder 2 in each case.
a) 15 b) 19 c) 13 d) None of these
5. Find the largest two-digit number that divides 673 and 865, leaving remainder 1 in each.
a) 91 b) 93 c) 96 d) 98
6. A number when divided successively by 4 and 5 leaves remainders 1 and 4 respectively. When it is
successively divided by 5 and 4, then the respective remainders will be
a) 1, 2 b) 2, 3 c) 3, 2 d) 4, 1

Unit digit, Highest power, Remainder

1. What is the value of X, When X=i1+i2+i3+i4+i5?
a) 0 b) 1 c) i d) -i
3 4 5
2. What is unit digit of the sum? 1 +2²+3 +4 +5 +6 ?6

a) 4 b) 9 c) 0 d) 7
20
3. What is the unit digit in 27 ?
a) 1 b) 7 c) 9 d) 3
4. The remainder obtained on dividing 1931 by 31 is
a) 0 b) 1 c) 8 d) 9

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 5. Find the remainder when (123456...til20) is divided by 8?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 0 d) 4
25
6. What is the remainder if 8 is divided by 7?
a) 8 b) 1 c) 0 d) 25
35
7. When 2 is divided by 5, the remainder is?
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 0
21
8. Find the remainder when 2 is divided by 6.
a) 1 b) 0 c) 4 d) 2
9. What is the largest power of 20 obtained in 100 factorials?
a) 20 b) 22 c) 24 d) 26
10. What is the remainder when we divide 125! by 10 ? 31

a) 0 b) 1 c) 4 d) 5
8 2
11. What is the highest power of 2 in the expression: (1800 x 25 x 4 x 21 x45²)?
a) 16 b) 19 c) 20 d) 21

Simplification and Surds & Indices

1. If x is a positive number and y = x2, then which of the given statements is true
a) y is always more than x b) x is always more than y
c) x is always equal to y d) None of the above
2. What is the value of 6-2 ?
a) 0.02778 b) 36 c) -36 d) None of these
3. What is the value of (1/512) ? 1/9

a) ½ b) 1/3 c) ¼ d) 1/6
4. Simplify (144-3/2)-1/6
a) 2 b) 3 c) 2√3 d) 3√2
5. If 2 = ( ) , then n =?
a) 0 b) 2 c) 3 d) -2
-1 3
6. In the equation (15) * X = (1/5 ). Find the value of X.
a) 3/25 b) 3/20 c) 25/3 d) 20/3
228 n
7. Find n if (2 / 2 ) = 512?
a) 219 b) 224 c) 204 d) 237
-2 -4 -5
8. What is the value of (5 x 10 )/ (2 x 5 )? -6

a) 1/2 b) 2 c) 4 d) None of these

2 8
9. What is the value of (5 * 25 /625) ? 2/7

a) 5 b) 25 c) 625 d) None of these

10. What is the value of (a, y) in (13 – a*13 ) = 168 * 13-22?
-20 y

a) (1, 2) b) (0, 1) c) (1, -22) d) (-1, 22)

11. 3a x4b x5c =10800. What is the value of ab+bc?
a) 12 b) 13 c) 14 d) 15
12. Write √1008 as a mixed surd
a) 12√7 b) 7√14 c) 7√12 d) 7√13
13. What is the value of √0.00006561
a) 0.3 b) 0.03 c) 0.003 d) 3
14. What is the value of the expression √0.000729?
a) 0.03 b) 0.3 c) 0.3 d) 0.27
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 15. If 2x+y = 2*21/2 and 2x-y = 21/2, then the value of x is
a) 0 b) 2 c) 1/2 d) None of these
16. Which of the two is greater √12 or √6
a) √12 b) √6 c) Both of Equal d) None of these
⁄ ⁄ ⁄ / /
17. Find 17 × 17 × (17 ) × 17 × (17 ) × (17 ) =?
a) 1 b) 178 c) 1712 d) None of these
18. What is the value of x in the expression √3025 + (0.0678 − 𝑥) = 55.26?
a) 10-3 b) 10-4 c) 2*10-3 d) 2*10-4

19. Solve 9 − 3 + 5 − 3 + √169 =?

a) 1 b) 2 c) √5 d) √7
20. Evaluate (4.563+5.443)/(4.562-4.56*5.44+5.442)
a) 0.88 b) -0.88 c) 1 d) 10
21. If a=0.24 and b=1.76, then compute the following expressiona +4a b+6a b +4ab3+b4
4 3 2 2

a) 2 b) 4 c) 8 d) 16

Practices Questions:
1. What is the value of the expression 5*(2+16)/2 – 4*(2+2) + 1/4 of 16?
a) 33 b) 13 c) 26 d) 34

2. Solve 8 + 57 + 38 + 108 + √169 =?

a) 4 b) 6 c) 8 d) 10
3. What is the value of √0.0000128
a) 0.2 b) 0.5 c) 2 d) 5
4. 5 3 =225 * 405, Find the value of x(2y-3x)?
x y

a) 81 b) 27 c) 125 d) 25
.
5. What is the simplified value of =?
. ∗ . ∗ . . ∗ .
a) 1 b) 0.1 c) 0.01 d) 0.001
√
6. If 𝑥 = , What is the value of 𝑥 + − 𝑥−
√
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 6

Ratio and Proportion

1. If A/3 =B/4 = C/5, then A: B: C is
a) 3: 4: 5 b) 4: 3: 5 c) 20: 15: 12 d) 12: 15: 20
2. Find the inverse ratio of 1/3: 1/4: 1/5 is
a) 3: 4: 5 b) 4: 3: 5 c) 20: 15: 12 d) 12: 15: 20
3. If (2a + 3b)/(5a - 3b) = 23/5 , then the value of b : a is ?
a) 1: 4 b) 4: 1 c) 4: 5 d) 5: 4
4. In an island, there are four men for every three women and five children for every three men. How
many children are there in the island if it has 531 women?
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 a) 454 b) 1180 c) 1070 d) 389
5. There are 361 doctors and nurses in a hospital. If the ratio of the doctors to the nurses is 8 : 11, then
how many nurses are there in the hospital?
a) 57 b) 209 c) 171 d) 152
6. Two numbers are in the ratio 2: 3. If eight is added to both the numbers, the ratio becomes 3: 4. The
numbers are?
a) 16, 24 b) 8, 24 c) 24, 36 d) 20, 30
7. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number. The ratio of the two
numbers is
a) 2: 5 b) 4: 5 c) 5: 4 d) 5: 2
8. Salaries of A, B and C were in the ratio 3 : 5 : 7 respectively. If their salaries were increased by 50
per cent, 60 per cent and 50 per cent respectively, what will be the new ratio of their respective
salaries?
a) 4: 5: 7 b) 3: 6: 7 c) 4: 15: 18 d) 9: 16: 21
9. The profits of a firm are to be distributed in a suitable ratio. Suitable ratio is the ratio whose terms
differ by 40 and the measure of which is 2/7. Find the suitable ratio.
a) 140: 1 b) 80: 7 c) 16: 56 d) 40: 14
10. Out of the total 390 students studying in a college of Arts and Science, boys and girls are in the ratio
of 7: 6 respectively and the number of students studying Arts and Science are in the ratio of 3: 7
respectively. The boys and girls studying Arts are in the ratio of 4: 5 respectively. How many boys
are studying science?
a) 52 b) 65 c) 115 d) 158

Practices Questions:
1. Rs. 8400 is divided among A, B, C and D in such a way that the shares of A and B, B and C, and C
and D are in the ratios of 2:3, 4:5 and 6:7 respectively. The share of A is
2. The ratio of the present age of father to that of son is 7:2. After 10 years their ages will be in the ratio
of 9:4. The present ages of the father is
3. In a library, the ratio of number of story books to that of non-story books was 4:3 and total number
of story books was 1248. When some more story books were bought, the ratio became 5:3. Find the
number of story books bought.
4. Ajay and Raj together have Rs. 1050. On taking Rs. 150 from Ajay, Ajay will have same amount as
what Raj had earlier. Find the ratio of amounts with Ajay and Raj initially.
5. Price of each article of type P, Q, and R is Rs. 300, Rs. 180 and Rs. 120 respectively. Suresh buys
articles of each type in the ratio 3:2:3 in Rs. 6480. How many articles of type Q did he purchase?

Percentage, Profit or Loss

1. If 12% of x is equal to 6% of y, then 18% of x will be equal to how much % of y?
a) 7 b) 9 c) 11 d) None of these
2. Two numbers are less than a third number by 40% and 47% respectively. How much per cent is the
second number less than the first ?(approx)
a) 85% b) 88% c) 95% d) None of these

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 3. The price of cooking oil has increased by 25%. The percentage of reduction that a family should
effect in the use of cooking oil so as not to increase the expenditure on this account is?
a) 20% b) 23% c) 25% d) None of these
4. In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes and got 20% of the
invalid votes. At the end of the day when the total number of votes was counted, the total number
was found to be 7500. So what was the total number of valid votes that the other candidate got,
was:
a) 2400 b) 3100 c) 3400 d) 2700
5. A reduction of 20% in the price of strawberries enables a person to purchase 12 more for Rs. 15.
What was the price of 16 strawberries before the reduction of price?
a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 9
6. A shopkeeper gives two successive discounts of 20 % and 10 % on surplus stock. Further, he also
gives a 5 % extra discount on cash payments. If a person buys a shirt from the surplus stock and
pays in cash, what overall discount percent will he get on the shirt?
a) 31.6% b) 32.4% c) 33% d) 35%
7. A shopkeeper marks the price of his goods at 25% higher than the original price. After that, he
allows a discount of 12%. What profit or loss does he get?
a) 10% loss b) 10% profit c) 15% loss d) 15% profit
8. A sweet seller sells 3/5th part of sweets at a profit of 10% and remaining at a loss of 5%. If the total
profit is Rs 1500, then what is the total cost price of sweets?
a) 36500 b) 37000 c) 37500 d) None of these
9. ’A’ sold an article to ’B’ at a profit of 20%. ’B’ sold the same article to ’C’ at a loss of 25% and ’C’
sold the same article to ’D’ at a profit of 40%. If ’D’ paid Rs 252 for the article, then find how
much did ’A’ pay for it?
a) 175 b) 180 c) 200 d) 210
10. On selling an article at successive discounts of 20% and 25% a dealer makes a net profit of 20%,
Find the net profit per cent if the dealer sells the same article at a discount of 25%.
a) 40% b) 50% c) 60% d) 66%

Practices Question:
11. The tax on a commodity is diminished by 10% and its consumption increases by 10%. Find the
effects on revenue?
12. On selling an article for Rs 1020, a merchant loses 15%. For how much price should he sell the
article to gain 12% on it?

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 13. A sell a camera to B at a profit of 20% and B sells it to C at a profit of 25%. If C pays Rs 450, what
price did A pay for the camera?
14. A watch was sold at a loss of 10%. If it was sold for Rs.140 more, there would have been a gain of
4%. What is the cost price?
15. A trader bought a car at 20% discount on its original price. He sold it at a 40% increase on the price
he bought it. What percent of profit did he make on the original price?
16. A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at Cost Price but still gets 20% profit by using a false
weight. What weight does he substitute for a kilogram?
17. The C.P of 15 books is equal to the S.P of 18 books. Find his gain% or loss%?
18. The cost price of 13 articles is equal to the selling price of 11 articles. Find the profit percent?
19. A merchant sold an article at 10% loss. If he had sold it Rs 450 more, 8% would have been gained
on the cost price. Find the cost price?
20. Some articles were bought at 6 articles for Rs. 5 and sold at 5 articles for Rs. 6. Gain percent is

Average
1. A sum of Rs.312 was divided among 100 boys and girls in such a way that the boy gets Rs.3.60 and
each girl Rs.2.40 the number of girls is
a) 30 b) 35 c) 40 d) 45
2. The average weight of 8 people increases by 2.5 kg when a new person comes in place of one of
them weighing 65 kg. What might be the weight of the new person?
a) 70 b) 76 c) 85 d) None of these
3. In the India-Australia one day match, due to rain, India needed 324 runs in 48 overs to win. In
initial 10 overs, the average scoring rate was 6, but in next 10 overs it increased to 8.5. It then
declined to 5.5 in next 10 overs and again rose to 7 in next 10 overs. To win the match now what
average is needed?
a) 3.24 b) 5.6 c) 6.75 d) 8.7
4. The average age of a husband and his wife was 25 years when they have married 7 years ago. Now
the average age of husband, wife, and son is 23 years. Find the age of son now.
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6
5. Average age of 5 people is 42 years. Another group has 8 people who have average age of 81 years.
When both groups are mixed what is average age of all people?
a) 64 b) 68 c) 68 d) 69
6. The batting average of a batsman for 20 innings is 35 and the difference b/w the runs of best inning
and worst inning is 50. If these two innings are not included the average becomes 32 for 18 innings.
The best score of the batsman is.
a) 77 b) 82 c) 91 d) 87

Practices Questions:
1. The average marks secured by 15 students are 70 and later it was found that one entry is wrong and
65 is written instead of 45. Find out the corrected average.
2. The average of three numbers is 77. The first number is twice the second and the second number is
twice the third. Find the first number.
3. Average age of A and B is 30 years, that of B and C is 32 years and the average age of C and A is 34
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 4. 3 boxes have some average weight. When one box which weighs 89 kg is replaced by another box,
the average weight increases by 5 kg. How much the new box weighs?
5. The average salary of all the workers in the factory is 7000. The average salary of 9 mechanics is
5000 and for the rest of the workers, it is 4000. Find the total number of workers in the factory.

Simple Interest and Compound Interest

1. An automobile financier claims to be lending money at simple interest, but he includes the interest
every six months for calculating the principal. If he is charging an interest of 10%, the effective rate
of interest becomes:
a) 3% b) 4% c) 5% d) 6%
2. A lent Rs. 5000 to B for 2 years and Rs. 3000 to C for 4 years on simple interest at the same rate of
interest and received Rs. 2200 in all from both of them as interest. The rate of interest per annum is:
a) 6% b) 8% c) 10% d) 12%
3. A man took loan from a bank at the rate of 12% p.a. simple interest. After 3 years he had to pay Rs.
5400 interest only for the period. The principal amount borrowed by him was:
a) 2000 b) 10000 c) 15000 d) 15000
4. A person borrows Rs. 5000 for 2 years at 4% p.a. simple interest. He immediately lends it to another
person at 6¼% p.a for 2 years. Find his gain in the transaction per year.
a) 95.50 b) 112.50 c) 172.50 d) 226.50
5. The difference between simple and compound interests compounded annually on a certain sum of
money for 2 years at 4% per annum is Re. 1. The sum (in Rs.) is:
a) 25 b) 625 c) 125 d) 650
6. There is 60% increase in an amount in 6 years at simple interest. What will be the compound
interest of Rs. 12,000 after 3 years at the same rate?
a) 3575 b) 3970 c) 3972 d) 3978
7. The compound interest on Rs. 30,000 at 7% per annum is Rs. 4347. The period (in years) is
a) 2years b) 3years c) 4years d) None of these

Practices Questions

1. A Certain sum of money amounts to Rs 2500 in a span Of 5 years and further to Rs.3000 in a span
of 7 years at simple interest The sum is_______
2. Ramakant wants to earn Rs. 1,500 interest on his deposits. He plans to buy a sack of grains with the
interest. He puts Rs. 5,000 into his account that earns 2.5% interest. How long will he need to leave
his money in the account to earn this interest that would help him buy the sack of grains?
3. Alok deposits Rs.5,000 in his bank account for 5 years to earn an interest of 12%. What amount will
he get after 5 years?
4. Reena took a loan of Rs. 1200 with simple interest for as many years as the rate of interest. If she
paid Rs. 432 as interest at the end of the loan period, what was the rate of interest?
5. Rahul bought a car for Rs. 4,50,000. Next year, new version of car will be launched which is 1.5
times costlier than the make Rahul has. Company offers to buy back the older version at 19/20 of its
original price. How much more does Rahul have to pay now?

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 Time Speed & Distance
1. A & B are at a distance of 800 m. They start towards each other at 20 & 24 kmph. As they start, a
bird sitting on the cap of A starts flying towards B, touches B & then returns towards A & so on, till
they meet. What is the distance travelled by the bird, if its speed is 176 kmph?
a) 2600 b) 3040 c) 3100 d) 3200
2. How long will a boy take to run around a square field of side 35 meters if he runs at the rate of 9
km/hr?
a) 40sec b) 50sec c) 54 sec d) 56sec
3. Two men start together to walk a certain distance, one at 4 kmph and another at 3 kmph. The
former arrives half an hour before the latter. Find the distance.
a) 5km b) 6km c) 7km d) 8km
4. A man by motorcycle goes from Delhi to Bharatpur, a distance of 192 km, at an average speed of
32 kmph. Another man starts from Delhi by car 2.5 h after the motorcyclist starts and reaches
Bharatpur half an hour late. What is the ratio of person on the motorcycle to the person going by
car?
a) 1: 2 b) 2: 3 c) 5: 4 d) 10: 27
5. A tiger is 50 of its own leaps behind a deer. The tiger takes 5 leaps per minutes to deer’s 4. If the
tiger and the deer cover 8 m and 5 m per leap respectively, what distance will the tiger have to run
before it catches the deer?
a) 600m b) 700m c) 800m d) 900m
6. A Train T1 starts from Ahmedabad to Mumbai at 7 am and reaches at 12 noon. A second train T2
starts at 7 am from Mumbai reaches Ahmedabad at 1 pm. When did the two trains cross each other?
a) 9:35 am b) 9: 43 am c) 10:00 am d) 10: 13 am
7. Two trains running in opposite directions cross a man standing on the platform in 27 seconds and
17 seconds respectively. If they cross each other in 23 seconds, what is the ratio of their speeds?
a) 2: 3 b) 3: 2 c) 1: 3 d) 2: 5
8. A train 150 m long is running with a speed of 54 km per hour. In what time will it pass a telegraph
post?
a) 8sec b) 10sec c) 12sec d) 14sec
9. A train is running at a uniform speed of 80 kmph. It passes a railway platform in 15 seconds. If the
length of the platform is 130 m, then the length of the train is
a) 160m b) 140.5m c) 203.33m d) 165m

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 10. A train starts from Delhi at 6:00 a.m. and reaches Meerut at 10 a.m. The other train starts from
Meerut at 8 a.m. and reaches Delhi at 11:30 a.m. If the distance between Delhi and Meerut is 200
km, then at what time did the two trains meet each other?
a) 15min b) 17min c) 19min d) 21min
11. A train does a journey without stopping in 8 hours. If it had travelled 5 km an hour faster, it would
have done the journey in 6 hours 40 min. What is its slower speed?
a) 25kmph b) 30kmph c) 35kmph d) 40kmph
12. Two trains travelling in the same direction at 40 kmph and 22 kmph completely pass each other in
1 minute. If the length of first train is 125 m, what is the length of second train?
a) 125m b) 150m c) 175m d) 195m
13. Two trains, each 100 m long are moving in opposite directions. They cross each other in 8 seconds.
If one is moving twice as fast the other, the speed of the faster train is
a) 50kmph b) 60kmph c) 65kmph d) 70kmph
14. Two stations P and Q are 110 km apart on a straight track. One train starts from P at 7 a.m. and
travels towards Q at 20 kmph. Another train starts from Q at 8 a.m. and travels towards P at a speed
of 25 kmph. At what time will they meet?
a) 9:00 b) 9:30 c) 10:00 d) 10:30
15. A train overtakes two persons walking along a railway track. The first person walks at 4.5 km/hr
and the other walks at 5.4 km/hr. The train needs 8.4 and 8.5 seconds respectively to overtake them.
What is the speed of the train if both the persons are walking in the same direction as the train?
a) 65kmph b) 81kmph c) 72kmph d) 76kmph

Practices Questions:
1. A car travels first half distance between two places with a speed of 40 kmph and the rest half
distance with a speed of 60 kmph. The average speed of the car is
2. A train travels 225 km in 3.5 hours and 370 km in 5 hours. Find the average speed of train.
3. A man walks 6 km at a speed of 1 ½ kmph, runs 8 km at a speed of 2 kmph and goes by bus another
32 km. Speed of the bus is 8 kmph. Find the average speed of the man?
4. A car during its journey travels 30 minutes at a speed of 40 kmph, another 45 minutes at a speed of
60 kmph, and 2 hours at a speed of 70 kmph. The average speed of the car is
5. If a child walks at the rate of 5m/min from his home, he is 6 minutes late for school, if he walks at
the rate of 7m/min he reaches half an hour earlier. How far is his school from his home?

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 Time and Work, Chain Rule
1. Raju, Ramu and Razi can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively depending on their
capacity of doing work. If Raju is assisted by Ramu and Razi on every third day, then in how Raju
will complete the work?
a) 20 days b) 30days c) 45days d) None of these
2. P and Q together can do a work in 18 days. P alone can do the same work in 27 days. In how many
days can Q alone do the same work?
a) 9 days b) 54 days c) 36days d) 48days
3. A can complete a work in 12 days and B can complete in 8 days. A works for 8 hours every day
while B works for 10 hours every day. If A and B together start working 8 hours per day, in how
many days will they complete the work?
a) 6 days b) 60/11 days c) 50/11 days d) 58/11 days
4. Raj can build a house alone in 16 days but Suraj alone can build it in 12 days. Raj and Suraj work
on alternate days. If Raj works on first day, the house will be built in how many days?
a) 55/4 days b)13/4 days c) 38/4 days d) 47/4 days
5. A and B can finish a piece of work in 30 days, B and C can finish it in 15 days, C and A in 10 days.
Time taken by them together to do this work is?
a) 22days b) 24days c) 28days d) 34days
6. P and Q can do a work in 12 days. Q and R can do the same work in 16 days, and R and P can do it
in 24 days. Find the time in which P, Q and R can finish the work together.
a) 10 days b) 12days c) 15days d) 18days
7. P can do a job in 15 days. In how many days can P and Q together complete the job if Q is twice as
fast as P?
a) 10 days b) 5days c) 8days d) 9days
8. In a poultry farm, 50 hens give 200 eggs in 2 days. In how many days will 20 hens give 400 eggs?
a) 20 days b) 5days c) 10days d) 15days
9. A cistern can be filled by a tap in 4 hours while it can be emptied by another tap in 9 hours. If both
the taps are opened simultaneously, then after how much time cistern will get filled?
a) 7.2 hours b) 8.4 hours c) 6.8 hours d) 9hours
10. Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in fifteen
days. What is the ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman?
a) 3: 4 b) 4: 3 c) 5: 3 d) Data inadequate
Practices Question
1. Sita and Sinu together can do a work in 50 days. With the help of Smitha, they completed the work
in 6 days and earn Rs.250. What is the share of Sinu if Sita alone can do the work in 100 days?
2. If Ram and Shyam together can build a house in 10 days; Ram and Arun can build it together in 12
days and Shyam and Arun can build it in 15 days. Shyam, Ram and Arun start working together. In
how many days they build the house?
3. A take twice as much time as B or thrice as much time as C to finish a piece of work; working
together they can finish the work in 2 days. B can do the work alone in
4. 40 men can catch 200 sharks in 20 days working 6 hours a day. In how many days 25 men can
catch 300 sharks working 4 hours a day?
5. Mahesh asked 32 men to build his house in 20 days. 80% of the work got completed in just 12 days.
So, Mahesh removed some workers. Now how many persons does he need to complete the
remaining work in decided time?

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 Logarithm
1. What is the number of digits in (33)3? Given that log3 = 0.47712.
a) 12 b) 13 c) 14 d) 15
2. The value of log 𝑎 𝑏 𝑐 𝑖𝑠
a) 0 b) 2 c) 1 d) -1
3. What if the value of log 1.5 + log 6 ?
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 1.5
4. If log 2 + log 32 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜
a) 0 b) 4 c) 1 d) 3
5. The value of log 9 − log 625 + log 343 𝑖𝑠
a) 1 b) -1 c) 2 d) 3
6. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 log 625 − log 961 + log 841 𝑖𝑠
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
7. What is the value of log + log 81
a) 2 b) -2 c) 0 d) 4
8. If log 2 = log 𝑚 log 𝑛 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛
⁄
a) 1,2 b) 2, 5 c) 5, 2 d) None of these
9. The value of log − log + log = ?
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
10. 3 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜?
a) 3 b) 1 c) 9 d) 2
11. Find the value of x in log (1000 + 𝑥) = 3 ?
a) 210 c) 0 c) 331 d) 100
12. Find the value of log 1 + log 2 + log 3
a) 1 b) 6 c) log 3 d) log 6
13. If log 𝑥 = log 3 + 2 log 2 − log 16. The value of x is:
a)1 b) 1/2 c) 2 d) 3/2
14. If log 𝑥 + log = then the value of x is:
a) 12 b) 16 c) 18 d) 24
15. One of the values of x in log ( ) (36𝑥 + 9) = 2?
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
16. If log [log (log 𝑥 )] = 1, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 𝑖𝑠?
a) 243 b) 2243 c) 3243 d) None of these
17. If log 3 = 0.477, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 log 9 𝑖𝑠
a) 0.95 b) 1 c) 0.86 d) None of these
18. If log 4 = 0.6020 𝑎𝑛𝑑 log 3 = 0.4771, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 log 12 ?
a) 1.08 b) 0.28 c) 1 d) None of these
19. If log 3 = 0.4771, 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 log 8.1
a) 0.7 b) 0.9 c) 1.1 d) 1.3
20. The value of a in log 0.0196 = 2
a) 0.14 b) 1.4 c) 0.7 d) 0.07
21. If log 2 = 0.3010, 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 log 25
a) 2 b) 0.39 c) 1.4 d) None of these
22. What is the value of log 375 + 2 log √5 − 3 log √3 ? 𝐺𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 = 0.3012, 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 =
0.4771 𝑎𝑛𝑑 log 5 = 0.6989
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 a) 0.9 b) 4 c) 2 d) 3.5
23. The value of 81 raised to the power log 81 𝑖𝑠
a) 2 b) 1651 c) 6561 d) None of these
24. If log 𝑥 is z, then what is the value of the log of x-3 to the base of y-1?
a) -z b) 3z c) -3z d) None of these
25. What is the value of log 2205? Given that log 5=a, log 7 =b and log 3=c
a) 2b-a-2c b) a+2b+2c c) 2a-b+2c d) a-2b+2c
26. What is the value of x in the expression log(𝑥 − 9) = log 7 + log(𝑥 + 3)?
a) 3, 10 b) 5, 6 c) -3, 10 d) -5, 6
27. If log 𝑥 + log 𝑥 + log 𝑥 = 5, 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑥
a) 2 b) 7 c) 8 d) 16
x
28. Find 3 by solving the expression log [(3 + 4)/(3 + 2)] = 1
a)1, -6 b) -1, 6 c) 3, -2 d) -3, 2
29. If 𝑥𝑦 = 𝑥 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 =?
a) 1 b) x c) 0 d) 1/x
30. If log (81 − 24𝑥 ) = 1, 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑥
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
31. If a, b, c is in G.P, then log 𝑑 , log 𝑑 , log 𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛
a) A. P b) G. P c) H. P d) None of these

Practices Questions:
1. If log 64 − log 16 =?
a) 2/3 b) 6/5 c) 5/6 d) 3/2
2. If log 3 = 0.4771, 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 log 81
a) 1.71 b) 1.91 c) 1.18 d) 0.47
3. If log 64 + log 1/125 + 2 log 8 = 𝑥, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑥?
a) 0 b) 1 c) 5 d) 11
4. Evaluate log 1512
a) 3 log 6 b) 3 log 6 + 1 c) 3 log 2 + 3 log 3 + log 7 d) 1
5. If a=2 and b2-ab=-1, then what is the value of log ( ) (𝑎 + 𝑏 ) ?
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
6. Find the value of x in the expression log(2x+3) + log(2x-3) = log55?
a) 2 b) 4 c) 3 d) 1

Permutation, Combination& Probability

1. The number of 5-digit numbers that can be formed from 4, 2, 0, 7 and 3 are
a) 72 b) 24 c) 120 d) None of these
2. What are the total number of ways in which a four-digit number that is divisible by 2, can be formed
using the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 without repetition?
a) 240 b) 120 c) 100 d) 60
3. A five-digit number divisible by 3 is to be formed using numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 with the total
number of ways this can be done is?
a) 120 b) 24 c) 60 d) None
4. How many 3 digit numbers can be formed from the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9 which are divisible by 5
and none of the digits is repeated?
a) 20 b) 16 c) 8 d) 24

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 5. How many 6-digit telephone numbers can be formed if each number starts with 35 and no digit
appears more than once?
a) 720 b) 360 c) 1420 d) 1680
6. How many 3 letter words, with or without meaning, can be formed out of the letters of the word
'SIGNATURE' if repetition of letters is not allowed?
a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8
7. In how many ways can the letters of the word RECTANGLE be arranged, such that all the vowels
are always together?
a) 9! b) 7! c) 7!*3 d) 7!*3!
8. If we permute 8 letters of the word ‘computer’ in 8! Ways. How many permuted words have ‘p’ and
‘e’ next to each other?
a) 720 b) 5040 c) 10080 d) 40320
9. In how many different ways can you arrange the letters of the word 'PASSENGER', such that the
two 'S' never occur together?
a) 10!/ 3! x 2! b) 8! /2! c) 9!/( 2! x 2!) d) 7! x 8!
10. If we permute 7 letters of the word 'JUSTICE' in 7! Ways. In how many words vowels do not come
together?
a) 5,040 b) 4,320 c) 720 d) 120
11. A phone company offers 5 phone plan options: call waiting, call forwarding, voice mail,
conferencing, and caller ID. A customer can choose 3 options. The number of ways one can avail
the plan options is:
a) 10 b) 20 c) 3 d) 5
12. M is going on a holiday trip. He wants to pack 3 t-shirts from 5 t-shirts he has. In how many ways
can he make his choice?
a) 15 b) 8 c) 20 d) 10
13. Out of 7 consonants and 4 vowels, how many words of 3 consonants and 2 vowels can be formed?
a) 24400 b) 21300 c) 210 d) 25200
14. There are 5 types of toys, with 2 toys of each type. In how many ways can a shopkeeper arrange
them on a shelf?
a) 120 b) 242 c) 378 d) None of these
15. What is the value of 15C13?
a) 15 b) 210 c) 30 d) 105
16. A polygon has 44 diagonals. What is the number of its sides?
a) 5 b) 9 c) 11 d) 13
17. when 10 persons shake hands with one another in how many ways is it possible
a) 20 b) 90 c) 45 d) None of these
18. In how many ways can a group of 5 men and 2 women be made out of a total of 7 men and 3
women?
a) 1 b) 126 c) 63 d) 64
19. A group of 6 is to be made out of 8 girls and 6 boys. What is the probability that exactly 3 boys are
selected?
a) 245 b) 3245 c) 720 d) None of
20. In a group of 6 boys and 4 girls, four children are to be selected. In how many different ways can
they be selected such that at least one boy should be there?
a) 159 b) 209 c) 201 d) 212
21. A box contains 5 red, 4 white and 3 green balls. In how many ways can 3 balls be drawn from the
box, without replacement, so that at least 2 of them are green?
a) 18 b) 9 c) 28 d) 27
22. Ramesh, Abhijeet and Ajay are eligible to be the captain of the cricket team. Shaid, john. Shisir and
Nitin are eligible to be the co-captain. How many possible outcomes are there for choosing a captain
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 a) 3 b) 7 c) 16 d) 12
23. If we permute 5 letters of the word 'mango, the number of permuted words with it at the second
place are:
a) 5 b) 6 c) 12 d) 24
24. Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most 2 heads?
a) 1/4 b) 3/8 c) 7/8 d) 1/2
25. A box contains 10 balls numbered 1 through 10. Anuj, Anisha and Amit pick a ball each, one after
the other, each time replacing the ball. What is the probability that Anu picks a ball numbered less
than that picked by Anisha, who in turn picks a lesser numbered ball than Amit?
a) 3/25 b) 1/6 c) 4/25 d) 81/400
26. The probability that a card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards will form a pack of 52 cards will be
diamond or king being in?
a) 4/52 b) 4/13 c) 1/52 d) 2/13
27. Find the probability that a person's birthday falls on Monday or Friday.
a)1/7 b) 2/7 c) 3/7 d) Cannot be determine
28. If a courier company has a record of delivering 89 couriers out of 100 on time. What is the
probability that 5 couriers that a person is expecting today will reach his location tomorrow?
a) 0.895 b) 0.11 *5 c) 0.89 *5 d) 115
29. If the probability that A will live 15 yr is 7/8 and that B will live 15 yr is 9/10, then what is the
probability that both will live after 15 yr ?
a) 1/20 b) 63/80 c) 1/5 d) None of these
30. A bag contains 8 red and 5 white balls. 2 balls are drawn at random. What is the probability that
both are white?
a) 5/16 b) 2/13 c) 3/26 d) 5/39
31. Ram, Shyam and Dev had to catch a train. Probability of catching the train by Ram is by Shyam is
34 and by dev is 2. What is the probability that only one of them would catch the train?
a) 9/40 b) 7/20 c) 1/20 d) 3/40
32. A brother and sister appear for an interview against two vacant posts in an office. The probability of
the brother’s selection is 1/5th and that of the sister’s selections is 1/3rd. What is the probability that
one of them is selected?
a) 1/5 b) 2/5 c) 1/3 d) 2/3
33. In team uses 2 dice for deciding the person who would give a talk on "Technical aspects of effective
communication". Shalini will give a talk only if the product of 2 numbers that turn up is greater than
20. what is the probability that Shalini would talk on the subject?
a) 1/3 b) 1/6 c) 1/12 d) None of these
34. What is the probability of making an even number of 4 digits using 1,2,3 and 4 without and digit
being repeated?
a)4 b)1/2 c) 1/4 d) 3/8
35. In a miniature wonderland, three countries Austria, America and Germany are on display. If Austria
and America occupied 3/7 and 4/9 of the display area respectively, what is the display area occupied
by Germany?
a) 5/63 b) 1/21 c) 8/63 d) 3/21

Practices Questions:
36. How many 5 digit even numbers with distinct digits can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 5, 5, 4?
a) 16 b) 36 c) 24 d) 48
37. How many four- digit number each divisible by 4 can be formed using the digits 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
repetition of digits being allowed in any number?
a) 100 b) 150 c) 125 d) 75
38. If we permute 6 letters of the word 'SYSTEM', the number of permuted words with a vowel at the
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 a) 720 b) 120 c) 60 d) 224
39. A polygon has 14 diagonals. What is the number of its sides?
a) 5 b) 4 c) 6 d) 7
40. If C(n,7) = C(n, 5), find n?
a) 15 b) 12 c) 18 d) -
41. The number of possible selections of one or more questions from 8 given questions, each question
having an alternative is?
a) 28-1 b) 38 -1 c) 48-1 d) None of these
42. 2 cards are drawn from a deck of 52 cards without replacement. What is the probability that one is a
king and the other an ace?
a) 8/663 b)4/663 c)8/667 d)4/669
43. There are 2 bags A and B. Bag A contains 6 red flowers and 3 pink flowers whereas Bag B contains
2 ed flowers and 7 pink flowers. One flower is chosen from a bag randomly. What is the probability
that the flower chosen is pink?
a) 5/4 b) 5/9 c) 4/9 d) 1/3
44. A detergent powder company is having a contest. Each pack of 1 kg contains one of the letters A
and O. In every 20 packs, there are four Bs, five As, ten Ms and one O. What is the probability
that’s pack will have a B?
a) 1/4 b) 1/2 c) 1/5 d) 1/25
45. A number y is chosen from a set of positive integers less than 10. What is the probability that ((10 +
x)/x) > X?
a) 1/3 b) 4/9 c) 3/10 d) 4/10

CODING & DECODING

1. If wall is called window, window is called door, door is called floor, floor is called roof and roof is
called ventilator, what will a person stand on?
a)Door b) Ventilator c) Roof d) Floor
2. If DETERMINE is coded as ENIMRETED, then DECIDE is coded as :
a)EDICED b) FGEKFG c) EFDJEF d) FGDJFG
3. In a certain code, SKILLFUL is written as LTMJGMMV, How is STATED written in that code?
a) TUCUFD b) UTUCEF c) UTUBEF d) TUBUFE
4. In a certain code 'SEQUENCE' is coded as 'FDOFVRFT. How is 'CHILDREN' coded in that code?
a) OFESJMID b) OFSEMJID c) OFSEJIMD d) OFSEJMID
5. If KIDNEY is coded as YENDIK,then MUSCLE is coded as
a)MOTDMD b)OWUEOH c)PXVFPI d)ELCSUM
6. In a certain code, REINFORCE is written as ENOCRIFRE. How is Attempts written in that code?
a) ATMTTEPS b) TEPSATMT c) TEMPSATT d) ATTTEMPS
7. If CHAIR is coded as FKDLU, then RICH is coded as:
a)UKFD b)ULFK c)ULDK d)UDLU
8. If STUMP is coded as PQRJM, then PITCH is coded as :
a) MFQZE b) QJUDI c) MEQAE d) RKVEK
9. If WORD is coded as 9753, then DOOR is coded as:
a) 3579 b) 3559 c) 9357 d) 3775
10. If BLACK is coded as DNCEM, then ORANGE is coded as:
a) QTCPIG b) PSCOHF c) PSBOHE d) QTCOIG
11. If JUDGE is coded as UJDEG, then ORDER is coded as:
a) RODRE b) REDRO c) RODER d) REDOR
12. In a certain code ‘HIT BIT NIT’ means ‘GIT CIT MIT’; ‘SIT PIT MIT’ means ‘RIT QIT LIT’ and
‘FIT ZIT PIT’ means ‘EIT AIT OIT’. What does ‘DIT JIT KIT’ stand for in that code language?
(a) CIT KIT JIT (b) BIT CIT KIT (c) RIT LIT PIT (d) LIT RIT MIT

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 13. In a certain code language, “tn hg do” means I LOVE YOU, “do ft ed” means LOVE IS BLIND,”
hg ft re” means I AM BLIND. What is the code for “YOU”?
(a) tn (b) re (c) do (d) hg
14. In a certain code language, “apples are red” coded as “541” “my eye swollen” coded as “927”,
“fear of dark” coded as “368” what is the code for “Apple of my eye”?
(a) 5692 (b) 5690 (c) 5962 (d) 5672

BLOOD RELATION

1. A man said “This girl is the wife of the grandson of my mother”. How is the man related to the
girl?(consider the man has no sibling)
a)Grandfather b)father c)Father-in-law d)Husband
2. Pointing to a girl, Aravind said “she is the daughter of the only child of my father,” how is Arvind’s
wife related to that girl?
a) Daughter b) mother c) Aunt d) Sister
3. Farooq’s sister’s husband’s father-in-law’s brother’s daughter’s brother met an accident. What Is the
relation of this person with Farooq?
a)Brother b) Cousin c) Father d) Uncle
4. Rahul went to his mother’s mother-in-law’s only son’s daughter’s husband’s son’s maternal uncle
and asked for some money. How is this person related to Raghul?
a)Brother b) Cousin c) Father d) Uncle
5. P is the son-in-law of S.T and Q are the children of P. M is the mother of T. How is M related to S?
a)Daughter b) Son c) Mother d) Sister
6. Sapna was talking to Harsha’s husband’s mother=in-law’s son’s daughter’s paternal grandfather’s
brother. If Sapna and Harsha are Sisters, then who was sapna talking to?
a)Uncle b)Father c)Brother d)Grandfather
7. Introducing a man, a woman said, “He is the husband of my mother’s daughter”. How is the woman
related to the man?
a)Mother b)Daughter c)Sister d)None of these
8. Aakriti went to her mother’s brother’s wife’s daughter’s paternal grandmother’s only son-in-law’s
nephew’s house. Whose house did Aakriti go to?
a) Son b)Brother c)Sister d)Cousin
9. Jerry pointed out to a person and said, "Sarin is my only brother's brother – in – law's sistet". How
is Sarin related to me?
a)Sister b)Cousin c)Aunt d)Sister-in-law
10. Pointing to a girl child in a photograph, a woman said, "Her mother's sister is the wife of my son".
How is the woman related to the child?
a) Mother b) Daughter c) Sister d) None of these
11. Introducing a woman, a man said, "Her husband is the only son of my father." How is the woman
related to the man?
a) Sister b) Mother-in-law c) Daughter d) Wife
12. When I met Mr. Harish at a wedding, he pointed out to a person and said, "Kiran is your mother's
only sister's son's wife". How is Kiran related to me?
a) Sister-in-law b) Cousin c) Niece d) Aunty
13. A@B Means A is the mother of B
A*B Means A is the father of B
A%B Means A is the son of B
A-B Means A is the Daughter of B
P@Q-R*S, then how is R related to Q?
a) Uncle b) Father c) Grandfather d) Brother

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 14. Is B the brother of A?
Statements
(i)A is the brother of c
(ii)C is the sister of B
(a) Statement i alone sufficient (b) Statement ii alone is sufficient
(c) Both i and ii are sufficient (d) Both are not sufficient
15. There are four questions based on the same puzzle. Answer the questions based on the given
information.
i.There are two lecturers, two singers, one doctor and one engineer in a group of six people –
A,B,C,D,E and F.
ii.The Engineer is married to B who is of the same profession as that of E
iii.The doctor C is married to A who is a lecturer
iv.C,A,B,and F are married couples and nobody in the group has the same profession
v.E is F’s brother
Choose the correct option.
1.Identify the pair of Singers.
a) A and D b) B and E c) E and F d) A and F
2.How is E related to B?
a) Brother b) Uncle c) Father d) None of the above
3.Identify the pair of lecturers.
a) A and B b) A and F c) A and D d) A and E
4.Which of the given pairs is a couple?
a) A and B b) B and F c)A and F d) B and C

ODD MAN OUT

1. (a)BCEH (b)PQSV (c)CDGK (d)SKVY
2. (a)ACFJ (b)CEHL (c)PRUY (d)SUXZ
3. (a)OLIVE (b)APPLE (c)LITCHI (d)EGG
4. (a)CABBAGES (b)CARROTS (c) DATES (d)CHERRIES
5. (a)ADG (b) HKN (c)PSW (d) MPS
6. (a)AFB (b) MRN (c) KPL (d)RXS
7. (a)ADP (b)QTX (c)HKR (d) STE
8. (a)MQ2 (b)RV2 (c) PS3 (d) DM3
9. (a)PRV (b)LMP (c)DGL (d)BEL
10. (a)AFK (b)TWB (c) PUZ (d)DIN
11. (a)BAK (b)DCM (c)HGQ (d)MNW
12. (a)BD2 (b)GI2 (c)NR4 (d)SV2

LOGICAL WORD SEQUENCE

Choose the option that arranges the given set of words in the most meaningful order. The words when put
in order should make logical sense according to size, quality, quantity, occurrence of event, value,
appearance, nature, process etc.
1. 1. Community 2. Locality 3. Family 4. Country 5. Person
a) 4,1,2,3,5 b) 4,2,1,3,5 c) 5,3,2,1,4 d) 5,3,4,2,1
2. 1.Jupiter 2. Mars 3. Neptune 4. Mercury 5. Venus
a) 2,5,4,1,3 b) 4,2,5,1,3 c) 4,5,2,1,3 d) 2,4,5,1,3
3. 1.Kaziranga sanctuary 2. Asia 3. Rhinoceros 4. India 5. Assam
a) 2,4,1,3,5 b) 2,4,5,3,1 c) 2,4,3,1,5 d) 2,4,5,1,3
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 4. 1. Counter 2. Enjoy 3. Ticket 4. Money 5. Travel
a) 1,3,4,2,5 b) 3,1,4,5,2 c) 1,4,3,5,2 d) 3,1,4,2,5
5. 1.Cotton 2. Plant 3. Cloth 4. Yarn 5. Shirt
a) 2,1,4,5,3 b) 2,4,1,3,5 c) 2,1,4,3,5 d) 2,4,3,1,5
6. 1. Poverty 2. Population 3. Death 4. Unemployment 5. Disease
a) 2, 3, 4, 5, 1 b) 3, 4, 2, 5, 1 c) 2, 4, 1, 5, 3 d) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
7. 1.Tree 2.Wood 3.Plant 4.Seed 5.Furniture
a)3.4.2,1,5 b)3.4.1,2,5 c)4.1.3.2,5 d)4,3,1,2,5

NUMBER SERIES
1. Find the next number in series 5, 25, 61, 113, __
a) 181 b) 121 c) 212 d) 241
2. Find the next number in series 2, 6, 30, 260, __
a) 240 b) 480 c) 210 d) 12
3. Find the next number in series 45, 38, 31, 40, 49, 42 , __
a) 46 b) 36 c) 35 d) 46
4. Find the next number in series 79, 64, 26,15, __
a) 9 b) 6 c) 10 d) 8
5. Find the next number in series 9,3,18,6,36,12, __
a) 24 b) 48 c) 60 d) 72
6. Find the next number in series 8, 24, 12, 36, 18, 54, _
a) 27 b) 108 c) 162 d) None
7. Find the missing term in sequence 1, 2, 3, 0, 3, 8, -1, ?, 25
(a) 6 (b) 1 (c) 2
8. Choose the wrong number from the following number series 3, 10, 35, 172, 885, 5346, 37471
(a) 885 (b) 35 (c) 5346 (d) 10
9. Complete the following number series. 1017, 1025, 1052, 1116. …………
(a) 1132 (b) 1141 (c) 1150 (d) 1241
10. Select the option that replace? 26 : 442 : : 16 : ?
(a) 306 (b) 272 (c) 482 (d) 622
11. Select the option that replace? 6: 60:: 120: ?
(a) 240 (b) 480 (c) 210 (d) 12

Directions
1. Kapil drives 12kms towards west and then 3kms towards south. He then turns east and drives 8kms.
How far is he from his starting point?
a) 4kms b) 5kms c) 9kms d) 10kms
2. kapil travels 30m from a point A towards north and from the same point Sachin travels 40m towards
east. How far are the two friends from each other now?
a)20m b) 10m c) 50m d) 55m
3. Rohan is walking towards west. He takes three turns while walking, all at an (internal) angle of 45
degree towards right, right and left. What direction is he facing now?
a) North-East b) South-East c) East d) West
4. Sunneta moves a distance of 9 meters towards East. She then moves towards south and travels a
distance of 4 meters. From here, she moves a distance of 6 meters towards West. How far is the
starting point from her final position?
a) 3 m b) 4 m c) 5 m d) 7 m
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 5. If North is called North-East, North-East is called East. East is called South-East and so on. What
will South-East are called?
a) East b) South c) South –West d) West
6. Nancy is standing at point A facing North. She walks 50 meters to her right and takes a left turn and
walks another 40 meters., then she walks 30 meters to her left again and then 20 meters to her right.
In which direction is she standing from her starting point?
a)North-East b)North-west c)North d)South-west
7. Karan starts walking towards South. After Walking 15 meters he turns towards North. AfterWalking
20 meters, he turns towards East and walks 10 meters. He then turns towards South and Walks 5
meters. How far and in which direction is he from his original position?
a)10 meters East b)10 meters South-East c)10 meters West d)10 meters North-East
8. A woman is facing South. She turns 45º in the clockwise direction and then 35º in the anticlockwise
direction. Which direction is she facing now?
a)South b)West c)South-East d)South-West
9. Raja has to go to Cafe Morrison which is 50 meters away from his house in the south-west
direction. He walks 30meters towards south and takes a right turn. How far and in which direction
would Raja have to walk now to reach Cafe Morrison?
a)40 Meters, East b)40 Meters, West c)40 Meters, SE d)40 Meters, NE
10. M drives his truck from point 1 and takes it 20 km North, from where he turns right and drives 30
km. Then he turns right again and drives for another 20 km and reaches point 2. In what direction
did he drive once he took the second turn?
a)North b)South c)East d)West
11. One day, Raja left home and cycled 5km Southwards, turned left and cycled 2 km and turned left
again and cycled 3 km. Then, he turned right and cycled 5 km. How many kilometres will he have
to cycle to reach his home straight?
a) Square root of 53 b) Square root of 54 c) Square root of 55 d) Square root of 56
12. Somya is standing at point A facing East. She walks 30 meters towards her right and takes a left turn
to walk 40 meters, then she takes another left turn and walks 50 meters. In which direction is she
standing from point A?
a) North-East b) North c) North-West d) West
13. Sagar walks 30 meters west and takes a left turn to walk 10 meters, then takes left turn again and
walks 40 meters, and takes another left turn and walks 20 meters. In which direction is he standing
now from the starting point?
a) North-East b) South-East c) North-West d) North
14. Kunal is located 40 m South-West of Lalit. If Madhu is 40 m South-East of Lalit, then what is
Madhu's position with respect to Kunal?
a) North b) South c) East d) South-East

Syllogism
1. Statements:
All green are blue
All blue are white.
Conclusions: Some blue are green.
Some white are green.
Some green are not white.
All white are blue.
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 a) Only (1) and (2) b) Only (1) and (3)
c) Only (1) and (4) d) Only (2) and (4)
2. Statements: Some cows are crows.
Some crows are elephants.
Conclusions: Some cows are elephants.
All crows are elephants.
a) Only conclusion I follow b) Only conclusion II follows
c) Either conclusion I or II follows d) neither conclusion I nor II follows
e) Both conclusions I and II follow
3. Statements: All cups are books.
All books are shirts.
Conclusions: Some cups are not shirts.
Some shirts are cups.
a) Only conclusion I follow b) Only conclusion II follows
c) Either conclusion I or II follows d) neither conclusion I nor II follows
e) Both conclusions I and II follows

4. Statements: All the actors are girls.

All the girls are beautiful.
Conclusions: All the actors are beautiful.
Some girls are actors.
a) Only conclusion I follow b) Only conclusion II follows
c) Either conclusion I or II follows d) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
e) Both conclusions I and II follows
5. Statements: Some mangoes are yellow.
Some tixo are mangoes.
Conclusions: Some mangoes are green.
Tixo is a yellow.
a) Only conclusion I follow b) Only conclusion II follows
c) Either conclusion I or II follows d) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
e) Both conclusions I and II follows
6. Statements: Some actors are singers.
All the singers are dancers.
Conclusions: Some actors are dancers
No singer is actor
a) Only conclusion I follow b) Only conclusion II follows
c) Either conclusion I or II follows d) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
e) Both conclusions I and II follows
7. Statements: Some kings are queens.
All queens are beautiful
Conclusions: All kings are beautiful
All queens are kings
a) Only conclusion I follows b) Only conclusion II follows
c) Either conclusion I or II follows d) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
e) Both conclusions I and II follows
8. Statements: All girls are students
All students are experienced
Conclusions: All girls are experienced.
Some experienced are students
a) Only conclusion I follow b) Only conclusion II follows
c) Either conclusion I or II follows d) Neither conclusion I nor II follows

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 e) Both conclusions I and II follows
9. Statements: All B are A
No A is C
Conclusions: No B is C is a possibility.
All A is B is a possibility
a) Only conclusion I follow b) Only conclusion II follows
c) Either conclusion I or II follows d) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
e) Both conclusions I and II follows
10. Statements: All bowlers are sprinters
All fielders are sprinters
Conclusions: All fielders are bowlers
Some sprinters are not fielders
a) Only conclusion I follow b) Only conclusion II follows
c) Either conclusion I or II follows d) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
e) Both conclusions I and II follows

Data Sufficiency
a) Statement I alone is sufficient
b) Statement II alone is sufficient
c) Both Statement put together are sufficient
d) Both the statements even put together are not sufficient
e) Statements are individually sufficient.

1. What is the amount of cement exported from China?

Statements:
I) China's export to America is 65,000 tones and this is 8% of the total cement exports.
II) China's total export of cement is 15% of the total of 1 million tones
2. How is Sita related to Rita?
Statements:
I) Gita is the sister of Rita
II) Gita is Sita's daughter.
3. x, y, z are three distinct integers. Is y the greatest of the three?
Statements:
I) x is less than at least one of the two integers y and z.
II) z is less than at least one of the two integers x and y.
4. Find P, Q, R.
Statements:
I) P, Q, R are three consecutive integers.
II) The average of P,Q and R is 34
5. What is the monthly salary of my father?
Statements:
I) My father’s and mother’s salaries are in the ratio 5:2 respectively
II) My mother’s salary is 40% of that of my father’s salary.
6. Ionization energy decreases with the increasing size of metal atom out of cesium, lithium, potassium
and sodium, which will have the lowest ionization energy?
Statements:
I) Lithium has the smallest size
II) The size of pottassium and cesium is greater than lithium
7. One which day was the car purchased by shruti in 2009?
Statements:
I) certainly before 19th October, 2009, but definitely not before 16th October, 2009

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 II) Certainly after 17th October, 2009 but not later than 20th October 2009
8. Vikas ranks 9th in the class. How many students are there in the class?
Statements:
I) His friend got the 33th rank which is the last rank.
II) His rank from the last is 27th
9. What is the value of the two-digit number y?
Statements:
I) The sum of its digits is 5.
II) The difference of its digits is 5.
10. What is the 5th number?
Statements:
I) 1st and 2nd numbers are 1 and 2 respectively.
II) 3rd and 4th numbers are 3 and 4 respectively.
11. What will be the total weight of 12 bags if each of them have same weight?
Statements:
I) One-third of the weight of a bag is 8 kg
II) The total weight of four bags is 24 more than the total weight of three bags

SELECTION DECISION TABLE

There are two questions based on the same data. Answer the questions based on the given information:
A marketing company requires a qualified engineer with a management degree.
The candidate must:
1. be a graduate with atleast 55% marks.
2. Hold on an MBA degree with a minimum of 50% marks.
3. Have secured atleast 55% marks in Sr. Secondary Examination. This condition will be relaxed up
to 5% if the candidate has two years experience of working with a reputed company.
4. Should have atleast one year’s experience as an engineer.
5. If he/she fulfills all other conditions except (4) but has an additional diploma in computers or I.T.
his/her case is to be referred to the General Manager.
6. If he/she fulfills all other conditions but has marketing degree instead of the condition given at (3)
his/her case is to be referred to the Managing Director.
7. Not be of age greater than 30 years.
Can the Given candidate be selected?
1. Amir aged 26 has done B.Tech. In I.T. in first class. He has done MBA from IGNOU first class. He
is currently working with Beta industries as Technical officer where he has held this post for the last
three years. He scored 56% in the Sr.secondary examination.
A. The candidate is to be selected.
B. The candidate is not to be selected.
C. Insufficient data.
D. The candidate is to be referred to the General Manager.
E. The candidate is to be referred to the Managing Director.
2. Harirai is a 27 years old B.Tech graduate from I.P.University. He has also done MBA from IIM
Indore. He secured 65% marks in his Sr.Secondary Examination. He has been working with a
reputed Engineering Company, Chennai for the last three years.
A. The candidate is to be selected.
B. The candidate is not to be selected.
C. Insufficient data.
D. The candidate is to be referred to the General Manager.
E. The candidate is to be referred to the Managing Director.

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There are 2 questions based on the same data. Answer the question based on the given information:
The following are the conditions for selecting a "Management trainee" for a reputed company. The
candidate must:
1. Be a post graduate in commerce with atleast 60% marks or a CA.
2. Not be more than 25 years old and less than 20 years old as on 1.12.2009.
3. Have fluency in English and Hindi
4. Be in a position to pay Rs.10000 ad deposit to the company
5. Give an undertaking to work for atleast 5 years for the company However
6. If the candidate fulfils all conditions except (1) then he/she should be referred to the Managing
Director of the Company
7. If the candidate fulfils at the conditions except (4) then he/she should be referred to the cham of
the company.
Should the given candidate be selected? (The case is presented as on 1.12.2009)
3. Years old Suresh is a CA with fluency in Hindi and English. He can pay Rs.8000 as deposit and will
give five years undertaking
a) Insufficient Data
b) Candidate should not be selected
c) Candidate should be selected
d) Candidate is to be referred to the Managing Director
e) Candidate is to be referred to the Chairman
4. Rajan is a post graduate in Commerce with 70% marks. He is fluent in English and Hindi. He is
willing to take the 5 yea undertaking and is also ready to pay the required deposit. His date of birth
is 01.11.1989.
a) Insufficient Data
b) Candidate should not be selected
c) Candidate should be selected
d) Candidate is to be referred to the Managing Director
e) Candidate is to be referred to the Chairman

Following are the conditions for selecting Trainee Officers in an organization.

The candidate must –

(i) be a graduate in any discipline with at least 55% marks.

(ii) has secured at least 60% marks in class 12.
(iii) be at least 22 years and not more than 29 years as on 1.1.2016
(iv) have secured at least 40% marks in the selection examination
(v) have secured at least 50% marks in personal interview
(v) be ready to sign a bond for 2 years.
In the case of candidate who fulfils all conditions except –
(a) At (i) above, but is a qualified CA, the case is to be referred to ED.
(b) at (v) above, but has secured at least 60% marks in the selection examination, the case is to be
referred to Chairman.

In each question below, details of a candidate are provided followed by a question and 5 courses of action.
Select the course of action that applies to the person’s candidature.

5. Yuvan has secured 62% marks in class 12 and 59% marks in BSc. He was born on July 15, 1990.
He secured 50% marks in both the selection examination and personal interview. He is ready to sign
a bond for 2 years.
A) if the candidate is to be selected
B) if the candidate is not to be selected
C) if the case is to be referred as ED.
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 D) if the case is to be referred as Chairman.
E) if the data provided are inadequate to take a decision.
6. Archana was born on May 8, 1992. She has secured 60% marks in class 12 and BA. She is ready to
sign a bond for 2 years. She has secured 50% marks in selection examination and 40% marks in
personal interview.
A) if the candidate is to be selected
B) if the candidate is not to be selected
C) if the case is to be referred as ED.
D) if the case is to be referred as Chairman.
E) if the data provided are inadequate to take a decision.

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