Logical

Q1. Based on the given passage, find out which of the following statements can be inferred from the
passage?

Of all the fitness and wellness activities customary in India, Artistic yoga is the new kid in town. It has
successfully earned a pat on the back from whosoever has lent an ear to the latest advancements.
Artistic yoga combines the suaveness of yoga and the frenzy of modern cardio-vascular exercises. The
technique involves performance of various aasanas and pranayams followed by walking on treadmill,
stair climbing, cycling and so on. The activities are performed in a cyclic order and the aasana or
pranayam that is done in the beginning is repeated in the end. This helps an individual at the physical
level as well as the mental and spiritual level, thus helping bring about a complete transformation of
body, mind and soul.

a) Artistic yoga helps in the overall development of those who practise it

b) Artistic yoga has been adopted by modern people since it is in fashion these days
c) All the activities performed at the beginning of artistic yoga are also repeated in the end
d) Since it combines yoga and exercises, artistic yoga will replace other fitness and wellness
programmes.

Q2. The question consists of a problem question followed by two statements I and II. Find out if the
information given in the statement(s) is sufficient in finding the solution to the problem.

Problem Question: Sandesh is Rajesh’s son and Mukesh’s father. All of them have their own retail food
grain stores (they all are shopkeepers). A customer comes up to Rajesh to buy a particular type of food
grain of assured quality and reliability. Considering only an honest shopkeeper could provide grains of
assured quality and reliability, should the customer go to Rajesh?

Statements: I. The customer knows that Sandesh is an honest shopkeeper. Sons of all the honest
shopkeepers are honest shopkeepers.
II. The customer knows that Mukesh is a dishonest shopkeeper. Sons of only dishonest shopkeepers are
dishonest.

a) I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient

b) II alone is sufficient while I alone is not sufficient
c) Either I or II is sufficient
d) Neither I nor II is sufficient
e) Both I and II together are sufficient
Q3. My house is to the South of the church and the church is to the North-West of the police station.
The church lies at an equal distance from the hospital and the police station but these three don't lie on
a straight road. Also, the distance of the church from the police station is equal and parallel to the
distance of the hospital from my house. In what direction does my house lie w.r.t the hospital?
a) North-West
b) South-East
c) South-West
d) North-East

Q4. Shivani pointed towards a photograph and said, "The man in the photograph is the husband of the
daughter of the father of the brother of my son". How is the man in the photograph related to Shivani?

a) Grandson-in-law
b) Son-in-law
c) Brother
d) Nephew

Q5. Answer the questions based on the information given in the passage.

Passage: Following are the conditions imposed by an employer for providing Rs. 3 lacs as Leave Travel
Concession to the employees.
The employees:
1. Must have performed 2 journeys in a block of 4 calendar years (Current block : 2010-2013).
2. Must have made only 1 trip in 1 year.
3. Must have made one trip within India, while the other could have been outside India.
4. Should have made a trip with less than 5 people.
5. The total cost of both the trips should not have exceeded Rs. 7 lacs.

However,
a) If the employees fulfill all conditions except (4.) then they would get Rs. 2.5 lacs as concession.
b) If the employees fulfill all conditions except (5.) then they would get Rs. 2 lacs as concession.

How much concession would be provided to the given employee? (The case is presented as on
1.12.2012)

Statement: Raj, along with his parents, wife and 2 kids went for vacations. He made his first trip in May,
2010 and the other in June, 2011. The total cost of the trip came out to be Rs. 4.5 lacs.
a) The employee would not be given any concession
b) The employee would be given Rs. 3 lacs concession
c) The employee would be given Rs. 2 lacs concession
d) The employee would be given Rs. 2.5 lacs concession
e) Data insufficient
 Quant Sample Questions
1. If 892.7 - 573.07 - 95.007 = “A”. What is the value of A?

1. 414.637
2. 224.777
3. 233.523
4. 224.623

Category: Decimal addition/subtraction

Rubric: 2

2. Which of the following numbers is not divisible by 14?

1. 3542
2. 2086
3. 1998
4. 2996

Category: Division of whole numbers

Rubric: 2

3. A customer is charged a bill of $900, of which he makes a down payment of $400, while the remaining
is to be paid as installments for the next five months. What is the monthly installment that the customer
needs to pay?

1. $ 80
2. $ 90
3. $ 100
4. $ 180

Category: Word problems Subtraction/Division

Rubric: 3
4. A customer paid you $ 600 for construction work, out of which, 3/5 of the total amount was spent on
the purchase of materials and 1/5 of the remaining was spent on travelling. How much is left after all
the deductions?

1. $ 120
2. $ 190
3. $ 192
4. $ 240

Category: Word problems on fractions

Rubric: 3

5. The given image shows a short flight of stairs.

All measurements are given in inches. The total height and total width of 4 steps (in inches) are?

1. 28 and 40
2. 40 and 28
3. 28 and 32
4. 32 and 28

Category: Word problems on division

Rubric: 3
6. You are planning to buy a tool. Store A offers it at $ 130 with a discount of 20% on the marked price.
Store B offers it at $ 100 but charges an additional tax of 7.2% on the marked price. Which store offers
the tool at a lesser price and by how much?

1. Store A, $3.2
2. Store A, $3
3. Store B, $11.2
4. Store B, $11

Category: Word problems on percentage and sales tax

Rubric: 4

7. The value of "x" in the following expression (x% of 900) + 30 = 120 is

1. 15
2. 30
3. 90
4. 10

Category: Word problems on percentage and linear equation

Rubric: 4

8. Your workplace is 7 miles away from your home. Every day you take a bus to reach your workplace.
The bus travels at 14 mph. On a particular day you decide to walk to your workplace at a constant speed
of 5 mph. By how many minutes will you be late for work?

1. 30 mins
2. 84 mins
3. 42 mins
4. 54 mins

Category: Word problems on speed, time and distance

Rubric: 4
9. An item was sold at $ 2,770. If it had been sold at $ 3,000 there would have been an additional gain of
10%. The cost price of the item was

1. $ 2,000
2. $.2,200
3. $.2,500
4. $.2,300

Category: Word problems on profit and loss

Rubric: 5

10. Two varieties of tea powder worth $ 126 per lb. and $ 135 per lb. are mixed with a third variety in
the ratio 1:1:2. If the mixture is worth $ 153 per lb. the price of the third variety per lb. will be

1. $ 169.50
2. $ 4. 170
3. $. 175.50
4. $. 180

Category: Word problems on mixtures and allegations

Rubric: 5
 AMCAT ENGLISH COMPREHENSION
The given multiple choice questions contain only one option as the correct
answer.

Select the word OPPOSITE in meaning to that of the given word.

1. INDISCREET

a. Reliable
b. Honest
c. Prudent
d. Stupid

2. SOLICITUDE

a. Insouciance
b. Ingenuity
c. Propriety
d. Austerity

3. Select an option that is closest in meaning to the word marked in bold letters.

“It is preposterous on your part to look for a job without first completing your
education.”

a. Wise
b. Imperative
c. Advisable
d. Most admirable
e. Very absurd
Fill in the blanks.
4. The success that he has gained, though striking enough, does not, however,
commensurate _____ the efforts made by him.

a. about
b. from
c. with
d. beside
e. over

5. Alex had his dinner after he ____

a. completed his work

b. had been completing his work
c. was completing his work
d. had been completed his work
e. had got completed his work

In the given questions, select the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to
that of the given word.

6. Nonchalance

a. Neutrality
b. Indifference
c. All-knowing
d. Ignorance
e. Untimeliness

7. Conceal

a. Hide
b. Seal
c. Ceiling
d. Horrifying
8. Read the sentence and identify the grammatical error. The error, if any, will be
found in ONLY ONE part of the sentence.

(Ignore punctuation errors, if any)

(A) The whole thing moves (B) around the concept of building a small dynamic
(C) organization into a larger one. (D) No error.

a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C )
d. (D)

9. A part of the sentence given below is italicized. Which of the given alternatives
can improve the meaning?

She gave most of her time to music.

a. spent
b. lent
c. devoted
d. no improvement needed

Read the passage and answer the questions.

Management is a set of processes that can keep a complicated system of people

and technology running smoothly. The most important aspects of management
include planning, budgeting, organizing, staffing, controlling and problem-solving.
Leadership is a set of processes that creates organizations in the first place or
adapts them to significantly changing circumstances. Leadership defines what the
future should look like, aligns people with that vision and inspires them to make it
happen despite the obstacles. This distinction is absolutely crucial for our purposes
here: Successful transformation is 70 to 90 per cent leadership and only 10 to 30
percent management. Yet for historical reasons, many organizations today don't
have much leadership. And almost everyone thinks about the problem here as one
of managing change. For most of this country, as we created thousands and
thousands of large organizations for the first time in human history, we didn't have
 enough good managers to keep all those bureaucracies functioning. So many
companies and universities developed management programs and hundreds and

thousands of people were encouraged to learn management on the job. And they
did. But, people were taught little about leadership. To some degree, management
was emphasized because it's easier to teach than leadership. But even more so,
management was the main item on the twentieth century agenda because that's
what was needed. For every entrepreneur or business builder who was a leader, we
needed hundreds of managers to run their ever-growing enterprises. Unfortunately
for us today, this emphasis on management has often been institutionalized in
corporate cultures that discourage employees from learning how to lead. Ironically,
past success is usually the key ingredient in producing this outcome. The
syndrome, as I have observed it on many occasions, goes like this: Success creates
some degree of marked dominance which in turn produces much growth. After a
while keeping the ever-larger organization under control becomes the primary
challenge. So attention turns inward and managerial competencies are nurtured.
With a strong emphasis on management but not leadership, bureaucracy and an
inward focus takeover. But with continued success, the result mostly of market
dominance, the problem often goes unaddressed and an unhealthy arrogance
begins to evolve. All of these characteristics then make any transformation effort
much more difficult. Arrogant managers can over-evaluate their current
performance and competitive position, listen poorly and learn slowly. Inwardly
focused employees can have difficulty seeing the very forces that present threats
and opportunities. Bureaucratic cultures can smother those who want to respond to
shifting conditions. And the lack of leadership leaves no force inside these
organizations to break out of the morass.

11. Why did companies and universities develop programs to prepare managers in
such large numbers?

a. Companies and universities wanted to generate funds through these programs.

b. The large number of organizations were created as they needed managers
in good number.
c. Organizations did not want to spend their scarce resources in training
managers.
d. Organizations wanted to create communication network through trained
managers.
12. How has the author defined management?

a. It is the process of adapting organizations to changing circumstances.

b. It is the system of aligning people with the direction it has taken.
c. It refers to creating a vision to help direct the change effectively.
d. It refers to creating better performance through customer orientation.

13. What is the historical reason for many organizations not having leaders?

a. Leaders are born; they are not made.

b. Leaders lack managerial skills and organizations need managers.
c. Leaders are weak in carrying out traditional functions of management.
d. Leaders allow too much complacency in organizations.

14. Which of the following characteristics helps an organization in its efforts to

transform?

a. Emphasis on leadership and not management

b. Strong and dogmatic culture
c. Bureaucratic and inward-looking approach
d. Failing to acknowledge the value of customers and shareholders

15. Find the word that most closely means the same as the word 'smother'?

a. Suppress
b. Encourage
c. Instigate
d. Criticize