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SUBJECT – QA
TEST CODE : QAT4
DATE ( )

Time: 2 Hours Marks: 100

p+q
1. What is the value of if p =7
p-q q
(a) 2/3
(b) 4/3
(c) 2/6
(d) 7/8
2. If 2x+y = 2x-y =√8, then the value of x and y are
(a) 1, ½
(b) ½, 1
(c) ½, ½
(d) none of these
3. The equation x3 - 3x2 - 4x + 12 = 0 has three real roots, they are:
(a) -2, 2, 3
(b) -2, -2, 3
(c) 2, -2, -3
(d) -2, 2, -3
4. If 𝛼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛽 are roots of the equation x2 - 8x + 12 = 0 then 1/ α + 1/ β =
(a) 2/3
(b) 2/4
(c) 3/4
(d) 4/5
5. The roots of the equation x2 – 7x + 10 = 0 are:
(a) -2 and -5
(b) 2 and 5
(c) 2 and -5
(d) -2and 5

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6. Given that log102 = x and log103 = y, the value of log10120 is expressed as
(a) 2x – y + 1
(b) 2x + y + 1
(c) 2x – y – 1
(d) none of these
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7. If four numbers 1 , , , 1 are proportional then x =
2 3 5 x

(a) 6
5

(b) 5
6

(c) 15
2

(d) none
8. If x = 2 +√3 and y = 2 − √3 then value of x2 + y2 =
(a) 14
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 6
9. If the ratio of the roots of the Equation 4x2-6x+p=0 is 1:2 then the value of p
is:
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) -2
(d) -1
10. The ratio of number of boys and 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
11. If 2x+5 >3x+2 and 2x-3≤4x-5, then x takes which of the following value ?
(a) 4
(b) -4
(c) 2
(d) -2

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12. Solve for x of the Inequalities 2   4 where x  N
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(a) {5,6,7}
(b) {3,4,5,6}
(c) {4,5,6}
(d) {4,5,6,7}

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13. The amount charged for a defined length of time for uses of principal,
generally on year basis is known as
(a) Balance
(b) Rate of Interest
(c) Principal
(d) EMI
14. The sum required to earn a monthly interest of Rs.1200 at 18% p.a.
Simple Interest is –
(a) Rs.50,000
(b) Rs.60,000
(c) Rs.80,000
(d) None of these
15. Sachin deposited Rs.1,00,000 in his bank for 2 years at simple interest of
6%.
How much interest would be he earns? How much final value of deposit
(a) Rs.6,000, Rs.1,06,000
(b) Rs.15,000, Rs.1,15,000
(c) Rs.11,600, Rs.1,11,600
(d) Rs.12,000, Rs.1,12,000
16. The ratio of principal and the compounded interest value for three years
(Compounded annually) is 216:127. The rate of interest is:
(a) 0.1777
(b) 0.1567
(c) 0.1666
(d) 0.1587
17. The Compounded interest `8000 for 6 months at 12% p.a payable quarterly
is:
(a) Rs.487.20
(b) Rs.480
(c) Rs.380
(d) None of these
18. The annual birth and death rates per 1,000 are 39.4 and 19.4 respectively.
The number of years in which the population will be doubled assuming there
is no immigration or emigration is:
(a) 35 years
(b) 30 years
(c) 25 years
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 (d) none of these
19. The simple interest on sum of money at 6% p.a. for 7 years is equal to twice
of simple interest on another sum for 9 years at 5 p.a. The ratio will be:
(a) 2:15
(b) 7:15
(c) 15. 7
(d) 1:7
20. Nominal rate of Interest is 9.9 % p.a. If interest is compounded monthly, what
will be effective rate of Interest.
(a) 10.35%
(b) 9.36%
(c) 11.36%
(d) 9.9%
21. The population of a town increases by 2% of the population at the beginning
of the year. The number of years by which the total increases in population
would be 40% is:
(a) 7 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 17 years
(d) 19 years
22. A stock pays annually an amount of Rs.10 from 6th year onwards. What is
the present value of perpetuity, if the rate of return is 20%
(a) 20.1
(b) 19.1
(c) 21.1
(d) 22.1
23. A sum of money invested in compounded interest doubles itself in four years.
In how many years it becomes 32 times of itself as the same rate of compound
interest?
(a) 12 years
(b) 16 years

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 (c) 20 years
(d) 24 years
24. Sinking fund factor is the reciprocal of
(a) Present value of interest factor of a single cash flow
(b) Present value interest factor of annuity
(c) Future value of Interest factor of annuity
(d) Future value of Interest factor of a single cash flow
25. If the nominal rate of growth is 17% and inflation is 9% for the five years. Let
P be the Gross domestic Product (GDP) amount at the present year then the
projected real GDP after 6 years is:
(a) 1.587 P
(b) 1.921P
(c) 1.403P
(d) 2.51 P
26. If the interest rate on a loan as 1% per month, the effective annual rate of
interest is:
(a) 12%
(b) 12.36%
(c) 12.68%
(d) 12.84%
27. A user wants to create a password using 4 lowercase letters (a-z) and 3
uppercase letters (A-Z). No letter can be repented in any form. In how many
ways can the password be created if the password must start with an
uppercase letter?
(a) 26 × 25 × 24 × 23 × 22 × 5 × 21
(b) 26 × 25 × 24 ×23 × 22 × 2 × 21
(c) 26 × 5 × 25 × 24 × 23 × 2 × 22 × 21
(d) 6 × 26 × 25 × 24 × 23 × 22 × 21
28. In how many ways can 5 boys and 3 girls sit in a row so that no two girls are
together
(a) 14,400
(b) 14,000
(c) 14,425
(d) 12,400

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29. In how many ways the letters of the word "STADIUM" be arranged in such a
say that the vowels all occur together?
(a) 7!/ 3!
(b) 5! 4!
(c) 5! 3!
(d) 7! 3!
30. How many ways can 5 different trophies can be arranged on a shelf if one
particular trophy must always be in the middle?
(a) 24
(b) 120
(c) 48
(d) 144
31. The 3rd term of a G.P is 2/3 and 6th term is 2/81, then the first term is
(a) 6
(b) 1/3
c) 9
(d) 2
32. If the sum of n terms of an A.P. is (3n2 – n) and its common difference is 6,
then its first term is:
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 1
33. In a survey of 300 companies, the number of companies using different media-
Newspapers (N), Radio (R) and Television (T) are as follows:
n(N) = 200, n (R)= 100, n(T) = 40, n(N  R) = 50, n(R  T) = 20, n(N  R)
= 25, and n(N  R  T) = 5,
Find the numbers of companies using none of these media:
(a) 20 companies
(b) 250 companies
(c) 30 companies
(d) 50 companies
34. If f(x)= x+2, g(x) = 7x, then g of (x) =
(a) 7x.x+2. 7x
(b) 7x+2

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(d) None of these
35. The relation R = {(1,1), (2,2), (3,3), (1,2), (2,3), (1,3)} on the set A = {1,2,3} is:
(a) reflexive but not symmetric
(b) reflexive but not transitive
(c) symmetric and transitive
(d) neither symmetric nor transitive
36. If f(x) = (x + 1)x+1 then find f'(0)
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) -1
(d) 2
37. if f(x) = x(x2-2) then 𝑑𝑦
𝑑𝑥

(a) 3x2-2
(b) 3x2+2
(c) x2-3
(d) x2
38. The equation of the curve which passes through the point (1,2) and has the
slope 3x-4 and the point of (x, y) is
(a) 2y = 3x2-8x+9
(b) y = 6x2-8x+9
(c) y=x2-8x+9
(d) 2y= 3x2-8x+c
39. The slope of the tangent to the curve y=x2−x at the point where the line y=2
cuts the curve in the first quadrant is
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) -3
(d) none of these
40.  23x.32x.5x dx =
23 x.32 x.5x
(a) +c
log(720)
23 x.32 x.5x
(b) +c
log(360)
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 23 x.32 x.5x
(c) +c
log(180)
23 x.32 x.5x
(d) +c
log(90)
41. Find the missing value in the series: 51, 52, 60, 87, 151, ,
492.
(a) 195
(b) 276
(c) 317
(d) 420
42. Find missing term of the series ABD, DGK, HMS, MTB, SBL, ?
(a) XKW
(b) ZAB
(c) ZKU
(d) ZKW
43. In a certain code TEACHER is written as VGCEJGT, how is CHILDREN
written in that code.
(a) EJKNEGTP
(b) EGKNFITP
(c) EJKNFGTO
(d) EJKNFTGP
44. In a certain code INACTIVE is written as VITCANIE, how is COMPUTER
written in the same code
(a) PMOCRETU
(b) ETUPMOCR
(c) UTEPMOOR
(d) MOCPETUR
45. Choose the odd numerical pair group
(a) 34-43
(b) 55-62
(c) 62-71
(d) 83-92
46. Gopal started from the house towards West. After walking a distance of 30
metres, he turned towards right and walked 20 metres. He then turned left and
moving a distance of 10 metres, turned to his left again and walked 40 metres.

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 He now turned to the left and walked 5 metres. Finally, he turned to his left.
In which direction was he walking now?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East
(d) South-West
47. Namita walks 40 metres towards west Namita walks 14 metres towards west,
then turns to her right and walks 14 metres and then turns to her left and walks
10 metres. Again turning to her left she walks 14 metres. What is the shortest
distance (in metres) between her starting point and the present position?
(a) 38
(b) 28
(c) 10
(d) 24
48. The door of Aditya's house faces the East. From the back side of his house,
he walks straight 50 m, then turns to the right and walks 50 m again. Finally,
he turns towards left and stops after walking 25 m. Now, Aditya is in which
direction form the starting point?
(a) South-East
(b) North-East
(c) South-West
(d) North -East
49. Maya starts at point T, walks straight to point U which is 4 ft. away. She turns
left, at 90∘ and walks to W which is 4 ft. away. turns 90∘ right and goes 3 ft. to
P. turns 90° right and walks 1 ft. to Q, turns left at 90∘ and goes to V, which is
1 ft. away and once again turns 90° right and goes to R. 3 ft. away. What is
the distance between T and R?
(a) 4 feet
(b) 5 feet
(c) 7 feet
(d) 8 feet
50. There are four towns P, Q, R and T.Q is to the South-west of P, R is to the
east of Q and South-east of P and T is to the north of R in line with QP. In
which direction of P is T located?
(a) East
(b) South-east
(c) North
(d) North-east
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51. All the six members of a family A, B, C, D, E and F are travelling together. B
is the son of C but C is not the mother of B. A and C are a married couple. E
is the brother of C. D is the daughter of A. F is the brother of B. How many
male members are there in the family?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
52. T, S and R are three brothers. T’s son Q is married to K and they have one
child Rahul blessed to them. M the son of S is married to H and this couple is
blessed with a daughter Madhvi. R has daughter N who is married to P. This
couple has one daughter Karuna born to them. How is Madhvi related to S?
(a) Daughter
(b) Niece
(c) Granddaughter
(d) None of these
53. Six persons M, N, O, P, Q and R are sitting in two rows with three persons in
each row. Both the row are in front of each other. Q is not at the end of any
row. P is second the left of R. O is the neighbour of Q and diagonally opposite
to P. N is the neighbour of R. Who is in front N?
(a) R
(b) Q
(c) P
(d) M
54. The length and breadth of a room are 8 metre and 6 metre respectively. A cat
runs along all four walls and finally along diagonal order to catch a rat. How
much total distance covered by the cat?
(a) 10
(b) 14
(c) 38
(d) 48
55. Ravi left home and cycled 10 km towards South, then turned right and cycled
5 km and then again turned right and cycled 10 km. After this he turned left
and cycled 10 km. How many kilometers will he have to cycle to reach his
home straight?
(a) 10Km
(b) 15km
(c) 12 km

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 (d) 17 km
56. If A+B means B is the brother of A; A×B means B is the husband of A;
A−B means A is the mother of B and A% B means A is the father of B, which of
the following relations shows that Q is the grandmother of T?
(a) Q−P+R % T
(b) P×Q % R−T
(c) P×Q % R+T
(d) P+Q % R−T
57. Read the following instructions:
P $ Q means P is the brother of Q;
P # Q means P is the mother of Q;
P * Q means P is the daughter of Q
If the code of family is A # B $ C * D, who is the father in them?
(a) D
(b) B
(c) C
(d) A
(58-59.) There are seven members A, C, D, E, F, G and H in a family. There are
two fathers, one mother two sisters and four brothers. E is the sister-in-law of D. G
is a daughter of C. F is the brother of E. A is a grandfather of G. E is a mother of
H?
58. How is H related to A?
(a) Grandson
(b) Granddaughter
(c) Son
(d) Cannot be determined
59. How many male members in the family?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) Data Inadequate
60. A is B’s sister. C is B’s mother. D is C’s father. E is D’s mother. Then how A
is related to D.
(a) Grandfather
(b) Grandmother
(c) Daughter
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61. The following set of data cannot be presented in a table
(a) The heights of students described in centimetres
(b) The weights of candidates expressed in kilograms
(c) The amount of rainfall opined as “medium”, “average”, “heavy", etc.
(d) The number of bills per day cleared by an auditor in a month
62. According to the empirical rule, if the data form a "bell-shaped “distribution,
then the maximum and minimum frequencies occur at and
respectively.
(a) Middle, left end
(b) Middle, right end
(c) End, middle
(d) Middle, ends
63. The Mean of a set of 20 observations on 18.3. The mean is reduced by 0.6
when a new observation is added to the set. The new observation is:
(a) 17.6
(b) 18.0
(c) 5.7
(d) 24.6
64. In a graphical representation of data, the largest numerical value is 4 the
smallest numerical value is 25. If classes desired are 4 then which class
interval is
(a) 45
(b) 5
(c) 20
(d) 7.5
65. Histogram is used for finding
(a) Mode
(b) Mean
(c) First Quartile
(d) None
66. The median following numbers, which are given in ascending order is 25. Find
the value of x
11, 13, 15, 19, (x+2), (x+4), 30, 35, 39, 46
(a) 22
(b) 20
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(d) 30
67. The mean salary of a group of 50 persons is Rs.5850. Later on it is discovered
that the salary of one has been wrongly taken as `8000 instead of RS. 7800.
The corrected mean salary is
(a) Rs.5854
(b) Rs.5846
(c) Rs.5640
(d) None
68. If the mode of a data is 18 and mean is 24, then median is
(a) 18
(b) 24
(c) 22
(d) 21
69. If the first Quartile is 142 and semi-inter quartile range is 18, then the value of
median is:
(a) 151
(b) 160
(c) 178
(d) none of these
70. Orgin is shifted by 5, what will happen
(a) SD will increase by 5
(b) QD will increase by 5
(c) MD will increase by 5
(d) There will be no change in SD
71. The third decile for the numbers 15, 10, ,25, 18, 111, 9 and 12 is
(a) 13
(b) 10.70
(c) 11
(d) 11.50
72. The Harmonic mean H of two numbers is 4 and their arithmetic means A and
the geometric mean G satisfy the equation 2A+G2 = =27, the numbers are:
(a) (1,3)
(b) (9,5)
(c) (6,3)

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73. If mean and coefficient of variation of the marks of 10 students is 20 and 80
respectively. What will be the variance of them?
(a) 256
(b) 16
(c) 25
(d) none of these
74. If the same amount is added or subtracted from all the of an individual series
then the standard deviation and variance both shall be
(a) Changed
(b) Unchanged
(c) Same
(d) none of these
75. The algebraic sum of the deviations of set of values from their arithmetic mean
is:
(a) >0
(b) <0
(c) 0
(d) None of these
76. The AM of 15 observations is 9 and the AM of first 9 observations is 11 and
then AM of remaining observations is
(a) 11
(b) 6
(c) 5
(d) 9
77. Which of the following is not a type of sampling?
(a) Probability
(b) Non- Probability
(c) Stand-alone
(d) Mixed
78. In connection with random experiment, it is found that P(A) =2/3, P(B) = 3/5
and P(AUB)=5/6
Find P(A’/B)
(a) 13/18
(b) ½
(c) 13/20
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79. If a card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards, what is the chance of
getting spade or an ace?
(a) 4/13
(b) 5/13
(c) 0.25
(d) 0.20
80. The chance of getting a sum of 10 in a simple single throw is
(a) 10/36
(b) 1/12
(c) 1/36
(d) none of these
81. A random variable has the following probability distribution:
X 2 3 5
P K 2K 2K
Find K
(a) 1/3
(b) 2/5
(c) 1/5
(d) 2/3
82. A number is selected at random from the set {1, 2,…..,99}. The probability that
it is divisible by 9 or 11 is
(a) 19/100
(b) 19/99
(c) 10/100
(d) 10/99
83. A random variable X follows Binomial Distribution With E(X) = 2 and V(x) =1.2,
then the value of n is
(a) 8
(b) 2
(c) 5
(d) none of these
84. The mean of Poisson distribution is 4. The probability of two-successes in
(a) 8/e4
(b) 4/e4
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 (c) 16/e4
(d) 8/e2
85. The mean deviation abut median of standard normal variate is
(a) 0.675
(b) 0.675
(c) 0.80
(d) 0.80
86. If the Quartile Deviation of a normal distribution with mean 10 and SD 4 is
(a) 0.675
(b) 67.50
(c) 2.70
(d) 3.20
87. If the two Quartiles N(μ,2) are 14.6 and 25.4 respectively. What is the
standard deviation of the distribution?
(a) 9
(b) 6
(c) 10
(d) 8
88. When ‘p’ is large than 0.5, the Binomial Distribution is:
(a) Asymmetrical
(b) Symmetrical
(c) Both
(d) None
89. A die is thrown 100 times if getting an even number is considered a success
then the variance number of success.
(a) 50
(b) 25
(c) 10
(d) 100
90. Two regression lines are perpendicular each other of r =
(a) 0
(b) +1
(c) -1
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91. if r = 0.6, then the coefficient of non -determination is:
(a) 0.4
(b) -0.6
(c) 0.36
(d) 0.64
92. The sum of the squares of differences in ranks of marks obtained in Physics
and Chemistry by 10 students in a test is 150, then the coefficient of rank
correlation by:
(a) 0.849
(b) 0.091
(c) 0.909
(d) None of these
93. If one regression coefficient is unity, the other must be Unity
(a) more than, more than
(b) less than, less than
(c) more than, less than
(d) Positive, Negative
94. For lines of regression 4x-2y=3 and 2x-3y=5, find bxy
(a) 1/8
(b) 1/2
(c) 1/12
(d) none of these
95. if the coefficient of correlation between x and y is 0.5, the covariance is 16
and if the standard deviation of x is 4 then Standard deviation of y is:
(a) 4
(b) 8
(c) 16
(d) 64
96. Fisher index number is of Laspyres and Paasches Index Number
(a) A.M
(b) G.M
(c) H.M
(d) None of these
97. Circular test is satisfied by which of the following index?
(a) Laspeyres index
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 (b) Paasche’s index
(c) Fisher’s index
(d) Simple geometric mean of price relatives
98. ∑P0Q0=1360, .∑PnQ0 = 2000, then the Laspyres Index number is:
(a) 71
(b) 147.50
(c) 175
(d) none of these
99. If Laspyres Index number is 250 and Paasches Index number is 160, then
Fishers Index number is:
(a) 200
(b) 400
(c) 250
(d) 196
100. If the prices of all commodities in the base year are twice the values of the
respective commodities in the current year, then the Fisher's ideal index
number is equal to:
(a) 200
(b) 50
(c) 400
(d) 25

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