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Two trains leave New Delhi at the same time. One travel north at 60 kmph and the other travels south at 40kmph. After how many hours will the trains be 150 km apart? (a) 3/2 (b) 4/3 (c) 3/4 (d) 15/2 Two numbers X and Y are respectively 20% and 28% less than a third number Z. by what percentage is the number Y less than the number X? (a) 8% (b) 9% (c) 10% (d) 12% A person travelled a distance of 50km in 8 hours. He covered a part of the distance on foot at the rate of 4kmph and a part on a bicycle at the rate of 10kmph. How much distance did he travel on foot? (a) 10km (b) 20km (c) 30km (d) 40km How many numbers from 0 to 99 are not divisible by either 5 or 7? (a) 313 (b) 341 (c) 686 (d) 786 Each persons performance compared with all other persons is to be done to rank them subjectively. How many comparisons are needed in total, if there are 11 persons? (a) 66 (b) 55 (c) 54 (d) 45 A man fills a basket with eggs in such a way that the number of eggs added on each successive day is the same as the number already present in the basket. This way the basket gets completely filled in 24 days. After how many days the basket was 1/4th full? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 17 (d) 22 A businessman invests Rs 5000 each time at the end of 1960, 1965 and 1970. The total amount doubles every 5 years. If he starts his business with Rs 5000 in 1960 what the amount will be in 1980? (a) Rs 140000 (b) Rs 200000 (c) Rs 240000 (d) Rs 280000 In an enclosure of zoo, there are some rabbits and pigeons. If their heads are counted, the number comes to be 80 while their legs are 260. The numbers of pigeons are? (a) 50 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 20 The number of ways of dividing 15 men and 15 women into 15 couples each, consisting of a man and a woman is? (a) 1240 (b) 1840 (c) 1820 (d) 2005

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10. The marked price of a table is Rs 2000, which is 25% above the cost price. If the shopkeeper sells the table at 8% discount on the marked price, his percentage of profit would be? (a) 14% (b) 15% (c) 16% (d) 20% 11. In 1930 a persons age was 8 times that of his son. In 1938 the fathers age becomes 10 times the age of his sons age in 1930. The ages of father and son in 1940 were respectively? (a) 58 and 16 (b) 50 and 15 (c) 42 and 14 (d) 34 and 13 12. A candidate attempted 12 questions and secured full marks in all of them. If he obtained 60% in the test and all questions carried equal marks, then what is the number of questions in the test? (a) 36 (b) 30 (c) 25 (d) 20

13. A cuboid has six sides of different colors. The red side is opposite to black. The blue side is adjacent to white. The brown side is adjacent to blue. The red side is face down. Which one of the following would be the opposite to brown? (a) Red (b) Black (c) White (d) Blue 14. P, Q, R and S are four men. P is the oldest but not the poorest. R is the richest but not the oldest. Q is older than S but not than P or R. P is richer than Q but not than S. the four men can be ordered(descending) in respect of age and richness , respectively as? (a) PQRS , RPSQ (b) PRQS , RSPQ (c) PRQS , RSQP (d) PRSQ , RSPQ 15. If log (P) = (1/2)log (Q) = (1/3) log(R), then which of the following options is true? (a) P2 = Q3R2 (b) Q2 = PR (c) Q2 = R3P (d) R = P2Q2 16. A positive integer m in base 10 when represented in base 2 has the representation p and the base 3 has the representation q , we get p q = 990, where the subtraction is done in base 10 , which of the following is necessarily true? (a) m 14 (b) 9<m<13 (c) 6<m<8 (d) m<6 17. Mixture of milk and water has been kept in two separate containers. Ratio of milk to water in one of the container is 5:1 and that in the other container is 2:7. In what ratio the mixture of these two containers should be added together so that the quantity of milk in the next mixture may become 80%? (a) 2:3 (b) 3:2 (c) 4:5 (d) 5:4 18. A owns a house worth Rs 10,000. He sells it to B at the profit of 15%. After some time , B sells it back to A at 15% loss. The As loss or gain percent is given by? (a) 2.25% gain (b) 2.25% loss (c) 17.64% gain (d) 17.25% gain 19. In a competitive examination, the average marks obtained was 45. It was later discovered that there was some error in computerization and the marks of 90 candidates had to be changed from 80 to 50 and the average came down to 40 marks. The total no of candidates who appeared in examination is? (a) 520 (b) 550 (c) 540 (d) 525 20. An ore contains 25% of an alloy that has 90% iron. Other than this, in the remaining 75% of the ore there is no iron. How many kg of the ore are needed to obtain 60 kg of pure iron? (a) 250kg (b) 275.67kg (c) 333.33kg (d) 266.66kg 21. A briefcase was sold at a profit of 10%. If its cost price was 5% less and it was sold for Rs 7 more, the gain would have been 20%. Find the cost price of the briefcase? (a) Rs 175 (b) Rs 200 (c) Rs 225 (d) Rs 160 22. A is three times as efficient as B and finish the task 32 days ahead of B. find the number of days required to finish the task if both are working simultaneously? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 20 23. Two trains A and B start simultaneously in the opposite direction from two points p and q and arrive at their destinations 9 and 4 hours respectively after their meeting each other. At what rate does the second train B travel if the first train travels at 80kmph? (a) 60kmph (b) 100kmph (c) 120kmph (d) 150kmph

The question below consists of a pair of related words followed by four pairs of words. Select the pair that best expresses the relation in the original pair. 24. PREAMBLE : CONSTITUTION (a) amendment : law (b) prologue : play (c) episode : serial (d) plot : story 25. FIRE : ASHES (a) event : memories (c) accident : delay 26. FOX : CUNNING (a) hyena : amusing (c) colt : sturdy 27. PREMISE : CONCLUSION (a) assumption : inference (c) knowledge : ideas 28. DRAMA : AUDIENCE (a) brawl : vagabonds (c) art : critics

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Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentences. 29. Education is central because electronic networks and software-driven technologies are beginning to the economic barriers between nations. (a) Breakdown (b) break (c) crumble (d) dismantle 30. Sometimes the greatest inventions .. an idea of starting simplicity. (a) Stumbles upon (b) hinge upon (c) starves without (d) lacks 31. As a step towards protesting against the spiraling prices the farmers have decided to stage a picket in an effort to . . (a) Show their virility (b) make themselves heard (c) curb the prices (d) topple the government 32. If you are trying to make a strong impression on your audience, you cannot do so by being understated, tentative, or . . (a) Hyperbolic (b) restrained (c) passionate (d) argumentative 33. Some CBI officers have .. Their previous statements denying any involvement on their part with the contra aid network and are now revising their earlier testimony. (a) Justified (b) recanted (c) repeated (d) protracted 34. The closest meaning to the word DOCILE is (a) Fertile (b) gentle (c) submissive 35. The Most nearly opposite meaning of the word MAGNIFY is (a) Forgive (b) comprehend (c) diminish

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36. The Most nearly opposite meaning of the word SYNCHRONOUS is (a) Not in working order (b) without problems (c) out of position (d) not in phase 37. The Most nearly opposite meaning of the word SAGE (a) Zealot (b) miser (c) braggart (d) fool 38. Efficiency is all right in its place, in the shop, the factory, the store. The trouble with efficiency is that it wants to rule our play as well as our work; it wont be content to regin in the shop, it follows us home. It can be inferred from the above passage that (a) Efficiency can become all-pervading. (b) Efficiency does not always pay. (c) Efficiency can be more of a torture than a blessing. (d) None of these 39. The ban on smoking in designated public places can save a large number of well known effects of environmental tobacco smoke, and the passive smokers are the worst affected from it. Which of the following sentences sums up the meaning of the above passage? (a) Effects of tobacco are well known (b) The ban of smoking in public places protects the non smokers (c) Passive smoking is bad for your health (d) The ban of smoking in public places excludes passive smokers. 40. What is the number of distinct terms in the expansion of (a+b+c) 20 ? (a) 231 (b) 253 (c) 242 (d) 210 41. A shopkeeper gives two successive discounts of 10% and 20% on a marked price of Rs 5000 of a bicycle. He had to give a further discount equal to 20% of his cost price on his new selling price, as a result of which he made neither a profit nor a loss. Find his cost price for the bicycle? (a) Rs 2000 (b) Rs 3000 (c) Rs 3600 (d) Rs 4500 42. A garland is to be made from six different flowers and a large pendant which has two different faces. In how many ways can the garland be made? (a) 240 (b) 600 (c) 720 (d) 120 43. If x, y and z are in harmonic progression, which of the following statement is true? I. X = y(x+z)/2z II. X = z(x-y)/(y-z) III. X = (y-z)/(x-z) (a) I only (b) I and II (c) II only (d) II and III 44. Rahim plans to drive from city A to station C, at the speed of 70 kmph, to catch a train arriving there from B. he must reach C at least 15 min before the arrival of the train. The train leaves B, located 500 km south of A, at 8:00 am and travels at a speed of 50 kmph. It is known that C is located between west and northwest of B, with BC at 60 to AB. Also, C is located between south and south-west of A with AC at 30 to AB. The latest time by which rahim must leave A and still catch the train is closet to? (a) 6:15 am (b) 6:30 am (c) 6:33 am (d) 6:45 am

45. In a tournament, there are n teams T 1, T2,.. Tn, with n>5. Each team consists of k players, k>3. The following pairs of team have one player in common: T1 and T2, T2 and T3, ...... , Tn-1 and Tn, and Tn and T1. No other pair of teams has any player in common. How many players are participating in the tournament, considering all the n teams together? (a) k(n-1) (b) n(k-2) (c) (n-1)(k-1) (d) n(k-1) 46. Let a1 = p and b1 = q, where p and q are positive quantities. Define an = pbn-1 , bn = qbn-1 , for even n>1, an = pan-1 , bn = qan-1 , for odd n>1. Which of the following best describes (an+bn) for even n? (a) q(pq)n/2-1(p+q)n/2 (b) q(pq)n/2-1(p+q) (c) qn/2(p+q)n/2 (d) qpn/2-1(p+q) 47. Ten years ago, the ages of the members of a joint family of eight people added up to 231 years. Three years later, one member died at the age of 60 year and a child was born during the same year. After another three years, one more member died, again at 60, and a child was born during the same year. The current average age of this eight-member joint family is nearest to? (a)22 year (b) 21 year (c) 25 year (d) 24 year 48. Let S be the set of all pairs (i, j), where 1 i < j n and n4. Any two distinct members of S are called friends if they have one constituent of the pairs in common and enemy otherwise. For example, if n=4, then S = [(1,2),(1,3),(1,4),(2,3),(2,4),(3,4)] . here, (1,2) and (2,3) are friends, (1,2) and (2,3) are also friends, but (1,4) and (2,3) are enemies. For general n , how many enemies will each member of S have? (a) 1/2(n2-3n-2) (b) 1/2(n2-5n+6) (c) 1/2(n2-7n+14) (d) 2n-7 49. Consider the set S = [2,3,4,2n+1], where n is a positive integer larger than 2007. Define X as the average of the odd integers in S and Y as the average of even integers in S. what is the value of X-Y? (a) n/2 (b) n+1/2n (c) 2008 (d) 1 50. The price of Darjeeling tea(in Rs per kg) is 100+0.10n , on the nth day of 2007(n=1,2,3,100), and then remains constant. On the other hand , the price of Ooty tea(in Rs per kg) is 89+0.15n, on the nth day of 2007(n=1,2,3365). On which date in 2007 will the prices of these two varieties of tea be equal? (a) April 1 (b) may20 (c) june 30 (d) may 21 51. John bought five mangoes and ten oranges together for forty rupees. Subsequently, he returned one mango and got two oranges in exchange. The price of orange would be? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 52. A group of 630 children is arranged in rows for a group photograph session. Each row contains three fewer children than the row in front of it. What number of rows is not possible? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6 53. Along a road lie an odd number of stones placed at intervals of 10 m. these stones have to be assembled around the middle stone. A person can carry only one stone at a time. A man carried out the job starting with the stone in the middle, carrying stones in succession, thereby covering a distance of 4.8 km. then the number of stones is? (a) 35 (b) 15 (c) 29 (d) 31

54. On January 1, 2004 two new societies, S1 and S2 are formed, each with n members. On the first day of each subsequent month, S1 adds b members while S2 multiple its current number of members by a constant factor r. both the societies have the same number of members on july 2, 2004. If b = 10.5n, what is the value of r? (a) 1.7 (b) 1.8 (c) 1.9 (d) 2.0 55. Consider the following distance-time graph. The graph shows three athletes A, B, and C running side by side for a 30 km race.

With reference to the above graph, consider the following statements1. The race won by A. 2. B was ahead of A up to 25 km mark. 3. C ran very slowly from the beginning. Which of the statements given above is correct? (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 only (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2, and 3 56. A sprinter starts running on a circular path of radius r meters. Her average speed(in metres/minute) is r during the first 30 seconds, r/2 during next 1 minute, r/4 during next 2 minutes, r/8 during next 4 minutes, and so on. What is the ratio of the time taken for the nth round to that for the previous round? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 32 57. Anil and sunil can together complete a job in 12 days. If anils efficiency doubled and sunils efficiency tripled, which among the following could be the number of days in which they can together complete the work? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 3.5 (d) 5 58. X, Y and Z can complete a job in 16 days, 20 days and 10 days respectively. They worked on it on a rotation basis with Z starting it. Y worked on the second day and X worked on the third day and so on. Find the time taken to complete the job(in days)? (a) 131/2 (b) 14 (c) 14 1/2 (d) 15 59. A group of men decided to do a job in 8 days. But since 10 men dropped out every day, the job got completed at the end of the 12th day. How many men were there at the beginning? (a) 165 (b) 175 (c) 80 (d) 155

60. 250 candidates appeared for a job interview. 120 candidates had scored more than 70% marks in their graduation and 165 candidates were engineers. 40 candidates were engineers who had scored more than 70% marks in their graduation. How many candidates were neither engineers nor scored more than 70% marks in their graduation? (a) 20 (b) 15 (c) 10 (d) 5 61. For a scholarship, at the most n candidates out of 2n+1 can be selected. If the number of different ways of selection of at least one candidate is 63, the maximum number of candidates that can be selected for the scholarship is? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6 DIRECTIONS for questions 62 and 63: Rajiv reaches city B from city A in 4 hours, driving at the speed of 35 km per hour for the first 2 hours and at 45 km per hour for the next two hours. Aditi follows the same route, but drives at three different speeds: 30, 40 and 50 km per hour, covering an equal distance in each speed segment. The two cars are similar with petrol consumption characteristics (km per litre) shown in the figure below.

62. The amount of petrol consumed by Aditi for the journey is? (a) 8.3 litres (b) 8.6 litres (c) 8.9 litres

(d) 9.2 litres

63. Zoheb would like to drive Aditi's car over the same route from A to B and minimize the petrol consumption for the trip. The amount of petrol required by him is? (a) 6.67 liters (b) 7 liters (c) 6.33 liters (d) 6.0 liters DIRECTIONS for questions 64 and 65: The petrol consumption rate of a car depends on its speed and may be described by the graph given below

64. Manisha makes the 200 km trip from Mumbai to Pune at a steady speed of 60 km per hour.What is the

amount of petrol consumed for the journey? (a) 12.5 litres (b) 13.33 litres (c) 16 litres

(d) 19.75 litres

65. Manisha would like to minimise the fuel consumption for the trip by driving at the appropriate speed. How should she change the speed? (a) Increase the speed (b) Decrease the Speed (c) Maintain the speed at 60 km/hour (d) Cannot be determined