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A starts a business with a capital of Rs. 85,000. B joins in the business with Rs.42500 after some time. For how much period does B join, if the profits at the end of the year are divided in the ratio of 3 : 1? Answer Choice: (A) 5 months (B) 6 months (C) 7 months (D) 8 months (E) None of these
Answer: D
Which of the following expressions CANNOT be equal to 0 when x^2 − 8x = 15? Answer Choice: (A) x^2 − 3x (B) x^2 − 3x -10 (C) x^2 − 4x +5 (D) x^2 − 4x - 5 (E) x^2 − 2x - 3
Answer: C
Salad dressing P is made up of 30% vinegar and 70% oil, and salad dressing Q contains 10% vinegar and 90% oil. If the two dressings are combined to produce a salad dressing that is 18% vinegar, dressing P comprises what percentage of the new dressing? Answer Choice: (A) 20% (B) 30% (C) 40% (D) 50% (E) 60%
Answer: C
A man can row upstream at 20 kmph and downstream at 28 kmph, and then find the speed of the man in still water? Answer Choice: (A) 24 (B) 37 (C) 30 (D) 27 (E) 18
Answer: A
Which among 2^1/2, 3^1/3, 4^1/4 , 6^1/6 and 12^1/12 is the largest ? Answer Choice: (A) 2^1/2 (B) 3^1/3 (C) 4^1/4 (D) 6^1/6 (E) 12^1/12
Answer: B
Susan, John, Daisy, Tim and Kim need to be seated in 5 identical chairs in straight line so that Susan is seated always left to Tim. How many such arrangements are possible ? Answer Choice: (A) 360 (B) 120 (C) 80 (D) 240 (E) 60
Answer: E
If a / b is an integer, which of the following statements must be true? Answer Choice: (A) q is an integer (B) a = nb where n is an integer (C) both a and b are integers (D) b / a is an integer (E) either a or b is negative
Answer: B
Boy sells a book for Rs. 450 he gets a loss of 10%, find CP of the book? Answer Choice: (A) Rs.350 (B) Rs.400 (C) Rs.500 (D) Rs.550 (E) Rs.620
Answer: C
there are two kind of professional in a company software & personal. If the personal are 15% of the total .a party is going .in a party if 50% of the total professional left and all are software then what is the ratio of the software professional left to total software professional. Answer Choice: (A) 7:15 (B) 7:16 (C) 7:17 (D) 7:18 (E) 7:19
Answer: C
The smallest number which when diminished by 7, is divisible 12, 16, 18, 21 and 28 is: Answer Choice: (A) 1008 (B) 1015 (C) 1022 (D) 1032 (E) None of these
Answer: B
A library branch originally contained 18365 volumes, 30% of which were fiction novels. 1/3 of the volumes were transferred to another location and 1/3 of the volumes transferred were fiction novels. What percent of the remaining collection was fiction novels? Answer Choice: (A) 2.5% (B) 17.67% (C) 28.3% (D) 45.2% (E) 73.6%
Answer: C
A drink vendor has 40 liters of Maaza, 144 liters of Pepsi and 368 liters of Sprite. He wants to pack them in cans, so that each can contains the same number of liters of a drink, and doesn't want to mix any two drinks in a can. What is the least number of cans required? Answer Choice: (A) 35 (B) 37 (C) 42 (D) 50 (E) 69
Answer: E
Find the third proportional to 4 and 16? Answer Choice: (A) 80 (B) 12 (C) 64 (D) 78 (E) 72
Answer: C
A train 360 m long runs with a speed of 45 km/hr. What time will it take to pass a platform of 140 m long? Answer Choice: (A) 38 sec (B) 35 sec (C) 44 sec (D) 40 sec (E) none of these
Answer: D
A tank fills in the sequence of 10, 20, 40, 80.... (Means 10 litres in 1 hr, 20 litres in 2nd so on.). If at the 4th hour the tank is 1/4 full .When will it be full? Answer Choice: (A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7
Answer: D
A can do a piece of work in 24 days. When he had worked for 2 days B joins him. If the complete work was finished in 8 days. In how many days B alone can finish the work? Answer Choice: (A) 9 (B) 77 (C) 66 (D) 55 (E) 12
Answer: A
When tossing two coins once, what is the probability of heads on both the coins? Answer Choice: (A) 2/8 (B) 4/5 (C) 3/7 (D) 6/7 (E) 1/4
Answer: E
Whats the reminder when 54,879,856,985,421,547,895,689,874,525,826,547 is divided by 2 Answer Choice: (A) 1 (B) 7. (C) 2. (D) 3 (E) 9
Answer: A
Two trains, one from Howrah to Patna and the other from Patna to Howrah, start simultaneously. After they meet, the trains reach their destinations after 9 hours and 16 hours respectively. The ratio of their speeds is? Answer Choice: (A) 4:7 (B) 4:3 (C) 4:11 (D) 4:9 (E) 4:13
Answer: B
Twenty four years ago,a father was three times as old as his son.Now the father is only twice as old as his son. Then the sum of the present ages of the son and the father is : Answer Choice: (A) 144 (B) 76 (C) 108 (D) 105 (E) 86
Answer: A
A shopkeeper buys mangoes at the rate of 5 a rupee and sells them at 3 a rupee. Find his net profit or loss percent? Answer Choice: (A) 66 1/4 % (B) 66 9/3 % (C) 66 2/3 % (D) 66 1/5 % (E) 66 1/3 %
Answer: C
In a theater, the first row has 14 seats and each row has 3 more seats than previous row. If the last row has 50 seats, what is the total number of seats in the theater? Answer Choice: (A) 404 (B) 408 (C) 412 (D) 416 (E) 420
Answer: D
Solution A is 10% salt and Solution B is 80% salt. If you have 30 ounces of solution A and 60 ounces of solution B, in what ratio could you mix Solution A with Solution B to produce 50 ounces of a 50% salt solution? Answer Choice: (A) 6:4 (B) 6:14 (C) 3:4 (D) 4:6 (E) 3:7
Answer: C
Five percent of a certain grass seed is timothy. If the amount of the mixture needed to plant one acre contains 2 pounds of timothy, how many acres can be planted with 640 pounds of the seed mixture? Answer Choice: (A) 12 (B) 16 (C) 20 (D) 24 (E) 120
Answer: B
Which of the following fractions E has a decimal equivalent that is a terminating decimal? Answer Choice: (A) 10/189 (B) 15/196 (C) 16/225 (D) 25/144 (E) 39/128
Answer: E
Claudia can choose any two of four different candles and any 8 of 9 different flowers for a centerpiece arrangement. Given these choices, how many candle + flower groupings can she select? Answer Choice: (A) 54 (B) 72 (C) 96 (D) 144 (E) 432
Answer: A
A dealer purchases 15 articles for Rs. 25 and sells 12 articles for Rs. 30. Find the profit percentage? Answer Choice: (A) 58% (B) 50% (C) 20% (D) 30% (E) 70%
Answer: B
Pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 8 and 24 minutes respectively. They are opened an alternate minutes. Find how many minutes, the cistern shall be full? Answer Choice: (A) 12 min (B) 6 min (C) 4 min (D) 8 min (E) 10 min
Answer: A
The average of 11 results is 60. If the average of first six results is 58 and that of the last six is 63, find the sixth result. Answer Choice: (A) 22 (B) 44 (C) 66 (D) 72 (E) NOne
Answer: C
A can do a piece of work in 4 hours; B and C together can do it in 2 hours, while A and C together can do it in 2 hours. How long will B alone take to do it? Answer Choice: (A) 12 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 6 (E) 4
Answer: E
A train 125 m long passes a man, running at 5 km/hr in the same direction in which the train is going, in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is: Answer Choice: (A) 45 km/hr (B) 50 km/hr (C) 54 km/hr (D) 55 km/hr (E) 57 km/hr
Answer: B
A kindergarten class is going to a play with some teachers. Tickets cost 5 dollars for children and 12 dollars for adults
Number of tickets sold amount to 163 dollars.
How many teachers and children went to the play? Answer Choice: (A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11 (E) 12
Answer: B
How many words can be formed from the letters of the word SIGNATURE so that the vowels always come together? Answer Choice: (A) 720 (B) 1440 (C) 3600 (D) 2880 (E) None of these
Answer: E
By selling a watch for Rs.480/-, a man loses 20% what is that watch cost price? Answer Choice: (A) s. 600/- (B) s. 700/- (C) s. 800/- (D) s. 850/- (E) s. 900/-
Answer: A
A CAN FINISH A WORK IN 15 DAYS AND B CAN DO THE SAME WORK IN15 DAYS. B WORKED FOR 10 DAYS AND LEFT THE JOB. IN HOW MANY DAYS, A ALONE CAN FINISH THE REMAINING WORK? Answer Choice: (A) 5 (B) 5 1/2 (C) 6 (D) 8 (E) NONE OF THESE
Answer: A
Pipe A can fill the tank in 50 minutes and pipe B in 40min and pipe C can empty the tank in 2 hours. How long it will take to fill the tank if three of the pipes are operating together? Answer Choice: (A) 22.22 (B) 27.27 (C) 29.35 (D) 31.2 (E) 35.6
Answer: B
A train 125 m long passes a man, running at 5 km/hr in the same direction in which the train is going, in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is? Answer Choice: (A) 19 (B) 50 (C) 72 (D) 25 (E) 28
Answer: B
A and B start a business, with A investing the total capital of Rs.50000, on the condition that B pays A interest @ 10% per annum on his half of the capital. A is a working partner and receives Rs.1500 per month from the total profit and any profit remaining is equally shared by both of them. At the end of the year, it was found that the income of A is twice that of B. Find the total profit for the year? Answer Choice: (A) 59002 (B) 59001 (C) 59008 (D) 59000 (E) 59004
Answer: D
If x and y are positive integers such that x < y and z=x/y, which of the following must be true?
I. z>(x − 1)/(y + 2)
II. z>(x − 1)/(y + 2)
III. z>(x + 1)/(y - 2) Answer Choice: (A) I only (B) I and II (C) II and III (D) II only (E) I and III
Answer: B
The length of a rectangular floor is more than its breadth by 200%. If Rs. 324 is required to paint the floor at the rate of Rs. 3 per sq m, then what would be the length of the floor? Answer Choice: (A) 65 (B) 44 (C) 18 (D) 16 (E) 14
Answer: C
Two trains of equal lengths are running at speeds of 30 kmph and 60 kmph. The two trains crossed each other in 30 seconds when travelling in opposite direction. In what time will they cross each other when travelling in the same direction? Answer Choice: (A) 90 (B) 27 (C) 21 sec (D) 92 (E) 62
Answer: A
Three years ago, Arjun’s age was double of Ajith’s age. Seven years hence, the sum of their united ages will be 83 years. The age of Arjun today is ? Answer Choice: (A) 47 years (B) 45 years (C) 35 years (D) 24 years (E) None of these
Answer: B
If p and q are positive integers, how many integers are larger than pq and smaller than p(q + 3)? Answer Choice: (A) 3 (B) P + 2 (C) p – 2 (D) 3p – 1 (E) 2p + 1
Answer: D
A river 4m deep and 40 m wide is flowing at the rate of 4 kmph the amount of water that runs into the sea per minute is? Answer Choice: (A) 10666 (B) 11678 (C) 12345 (D) 10678 (E) 19099
Answer: A
If D||D', D:2x - y = 1 and D':(a - 1)x + 2y = x - 2, then find the value of a. Answer Choice: (A) -3 (B) -2 (C) -1 (D) 0 (E) 1
Answer: B
How much greater is the value of 3x + 5 than the value of 3x − 7? Answer Choice: (A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 14 (E) 16
Answer: C
Arun bought a computer with 15% discount on the labeled price. He sold the computer for $2880 with 20% profit on the labeled price. At what price did he buy the computer? Answer Choice: (A) $2440 (B) $2420 (C) $2410 (D) $2310 (E) $2040
Answer: E
The smallest fraction, which each of 6/7, 5/14, 10/21 will divide exactly is: Answer Choice: (A) 30/7 (B) 30/98 (C) 60/147 (D) 50/294 (E) 52/294
Answer: A
If Teena is driving at 55 miles per hour and is currently 7.5 miles behind Joe, who is driving at 40 miles per hour in the same direction then in how many minutes will Teena be 37.5 miles ahead of Joe? Answer Choice: (A) 15 (B) 60 (C) 180 (D) 90 (E) 105
Answer: C
If the area of a circle is 81pi square feet, find its circumference. Answer Choice: (A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 17 (D) 18 (E) 19
Answer: D
A person can row at 9 kmph and still water. He takes 3 1/2 hours to row from A to B and back. What is the distance between A and B if the speed of the stream is 1 kmph? Answer Choice: (A) 32 (B) 28 (C) 29 (D) 54 (E) 16
Answer: E
Of the c students at a certain college, x are studying French and y are studying German. If w are studying both French and German, which of the following expresses the number of students at the college not studying either French or German ? Answer Choice: (A)  c + w- x- y (B)  c - w- x- y (C)  z- w - x + y (D)  w + x + y- z (E)  w - x - y - z
Answer: A
The difference between a two-digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the positions of its digits is 27. What is the difference between the two digits of that number? Answer Choice: (A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 8 (E) 9
Answer: A
The average weight of 20 persons sitting in a boat had some value. A new person added to them whose weight was 47 kg only. Due to his arrival, the average weight of all the persons decreased by 5 kg. Find the average weight of first 20 persons? Answer Choice: (A) 55 (B) 56 (C) 57 (D) 58 (E) 59
Answer: D
If it is true that z < 8 and 2z > -4, which of the following must be true? Answer Choice: (A)  -8 < z < 4 (B)  z > 2 (C)  z > -8 (D)  z < 4 (E)  None of the above
Answer: C
20% of the inhabitants of a village having died of cholera, a panic set in, during which 25% of the remaining inhabitants left the village. The population is then reduced to 3000. Find the number of original inhabitants? Answer Choice: (A) 2500 (B) 3000 (C) 1500 (D) 2000 (E) 5000
Answer: E
Susan finds that she spends her free time during summer vacation between swimming, reading, and hanging out with friends in a ratio of 1:4:10. How many hours did she spend reading if she hung out with her friends for 20 hours? Answer Choice: (A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 8 (E) 10
Answer: D
8 ÷ 4 (3 - 2) x 4 + 3 - 7 = ? Answer Choice: (A) - 3 (B) - 4 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
Answer: C
0.01 x 0.02=? Answer Choice: (A) 3.15e-05 (B) 0.000315 (C) 0.2 (D) 0.02 (E) 0.0002
Answer: E
Jug contains water and orange juice in the ratio 5:7 . another jug contains water and orange juice in ratio 7 : 2 . In what proportion should these 2 liquids be mixed to give a water and orange juice in ratio 3 : 4 Answer Choice: (A) 4 : 5 (B) 85 : 3 (C) 88 : 3 (D) 2 : 3 (E) 87 : 7
Answer: C
If Jamie's income is Rs 20000, calculate his savings given that his income and expenditure are in the ratio 7:5.? Answer Choice: (A) Rs 7500 (B) Rs 4000 (C) Rs 2000 (D) Rs 8000 (E) Rs 7000
Answer: D
If (0.2)x = 2 and log 2 = 0.3010, then the value of x to the nearest tenth is: Answer Choice: (A) 0.2 (B) 0.4 (C) 0.3 (D) -0.4 (E) 0.1
Answer: D
Find the odd man out
15, 35, 45, 24 ,55, 65, 95 Answer Choice: (A) 15 (B) 24 (C) 55 (D) 95 (E) 35
Answer: B
If the sales tax be reduced from 4 (1/5) % to 3(1/4) %, then what difference does it make to a person who purchases a bag with marked price of Rs. 5400? Answer Choice: (A) Rs. 100.2 (B) Rs. 50.2 (C) Rs. 20.5 (D) Rs. 100 (E) None of these
Answer: E
If the a radio is sold for rs 490 and sold for rs 465.50.find loss%. Answer Choice: (A) 2% (B) 4% (C) 3% (D) 5% (E) 6%
Answer: D
Paul’s salary is reduced by 50% and then reduced salary is increased by 50%. Find ,how many percentage his present salary is less as compared to his previous salary? Answer Choice: (A) 20% (B) 25% (C) 30% (D) 15% (E) 10%
Answer: B
Peter invests a sum of money and gets back an amount of $ 810 in 3 years . David invests an equal amount of money and gets an amount of $854 in 4 years. If both amounts were invested at the same rate (simple interest ) What was the sum of money invested ? Answer Choice: (A) 670 (B) 683 (C) 698 (D) 744 (E) 700
Answer: B
Which of the following has a decimal equivalent that is a terminating decimal? Answer Choice: (A) 2/3^20 (B) 3^5/20^3 (C) 2^3/3^2 (D) 8^2/7^5 (E) 3^6/6^3
Answer: B
What is theleast number should be added to 410, so the sum of the number is completely divisible by 20? Answer Choice: (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 10 (D) 6 (E) 8
Answer: C
A dishonest DEALER professes to sell goods at the cost price but uses a weight of 800 grams per kg, what is his percent? Answer Choice: (A) 29% (B) 25% (C) 235% (D) 85% (E) 22%
Answer: B
Let C be defined as the sum of all prime numbers between 0 and 38. What is C/3 Answer Choice: (A) 155 (B) 76.6 (C) 61 (D) 47 (E) 43
Answer: B
If 3g + 1 < 2g < 9 - g, which of the following must be true?
I. -1 < g < 3
II. g < -1
III. g < 3 Answer Choice: (A)  II only (B)  III only (C)  I and II only (D)  II and III only (E)  I, II and III
Answer: A
For any positive integer n, n>1, thelengthof n is the number of positive primes (not necessary distinct) whose product is n. For ex, the length of 60 is 3, since 50=2x5x5. What is the greatest possible length of a positive integer less than 1000. Answer Choice: (A) 10 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 7 (E) 6
Answer: C
If a student handwrites her homework it takes her 5 hours to complete it, instead if she types it takes her 8 hours to compete. Since her teacher does not mind, she starts handwriting and after 1 hour, she switches to the computer and continues by typing for 2 hours. Then asking her brother to help, he types another 11 hours and homework is completed. How long would it take to complete the homework, if she had asked her brother for help in the first place. Answer Choice: (A) 5 hours (B) 10 hours (C) 15 hours (D) 20 hours (E) 25 hours
Answer: D
The average age of three boys is 15 years and their ages are in proportion 3:5:7. What is the age in years of the youngest boy? Answer Choice: (A) 7 (B) 9 (C) 11 (D) 13 (E) 14
Answer: B
Two trains 200 m and 180 m long are running on parallel rails at the rate of 40 kmph and 45 kmph respectively. In how much time will they cross each other, if they are running in the same direction? Answer Choice: (A) 72 sec (B) 132 sec (C) 192 sec (D) 273.6 sec (E) None
Answer: D
What will be the ratio of simple interest earned by certain amount at the same rate of interest for 3 years and that for 15 years? Answer Choice: (A) 3 : 2 (B) 1 : 5 (C) 2 : 3 (D) 3 : 1 (E) 2 : 1
Answer: B
A 90-liter solution of cool-drink is made from 5% jasmine water. If 8 liters of jasmine and 2 liters of water were added to the solution, what percent of the solution is jasmine? Answer Choice: (A) 6.5% (B) 8.5% (C) 10.5% (D) 12.5% (E) 14.5%
Answer: D
What is the units digit of 17^83 × 13^82 × 11^67? Answer Choice: (A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8
Answer: A
ABCD is a square where AB =âˆš6000. Let X be a point on AB and Y be a point on CD such that AX = CY . Compute the area of trapezoid AXYD. Answer Choice: (A) 3008 (B) 2002 (C) 1008 (D) 2016 (E) 3000
Answer: E
The sale price sarees listed for Rs.400 after successive discount is 12% and 5% is? Answer Choice: (A) 338 (B) 277 (C) 342 (D) 334.4 (E) 212
Answer: D
Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number. The ratio of the two numbers is: Answer Choice: (A) 5:4 (B) 4:5 (C) 2:5 (D) 5:2 (E) None of them
Answer: B
There are 8 red, 7 blue and 6 green balls, 1 ball is picked up randomly thenwhat is the probability that neither blue nor green? Answer Choice: (A) 2/23 (B) 3/23 (C) 4/25 (D) 5/26 (E) 8/21
Answer: E
45 x ? = 45% of 900 Answer Choice: (A) 16.2 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 9 (E) 11
Answer: D
A bag contains 10 red jellybeans and 10 blue jellybeans. If 3 jellybeans are removed one at a time, at random and are not replaced, what is the probability E that all 3 jellybeans removed from the bag are blue? Answer Choice: (A) 9/100 (B) 2/19 (C) 1/8 (D) 3/20 (E) 3/10
Answer: B
The length of a rectangular floor is more than its breadth by 200%. If Rs. 324 is required to paint the floor at the rate of Rs. 3 per sq m, then what would be the length of the floor? Answer Choice: (A) 28 (B) 26 (C) 18 (D) 109 (E) 12
Answer: C
Machine C takes 2 more hours than machine B to make 20 widgets. If working together, the machines can make 25 widgets in 3 hours, how long will it take machine C to make 40 widgets? Answer Choice: (A)  5 (B)  6 (C)  8 (D)  10 (E)  12
Answer: E
50 boys and 100 girls are examined in a test; 50% of the boys and 40% of the girls pass. The percentage of the total who failed is ? Answer Choice: (A) 42.5% (B) 62.1% (C) 56.7% (D) 39.9% (E) 51.4%
Answer: C
What is the cost of leveling the field in the form of parallelogram at the rate of Rs.50/10 sq.metre, whose base & perpendicular distance from the other side being 54m & 24m respectively? Answer Choice: (A) Rs. 6000 (B) Rs. 6300 (C) Rs. 6400 (D) Rs. 6480 (E) Rs. 7000
Answer: D
The radius of a cone is 4 m, height 5 m. Find the curved surface area? Answer Choice: (A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 7 (E) 9
Answer: C
Product of two co-prime numbers is 117. Their L.C.M should be Answer Choice: (A) 1 (B) 117 (C) equal to their H.C.F (D) cannot be calculated (E) None
Answer: B
Find the C.I. on a sum of Rs.1600 for 9 months at 20% per annum, interest being compounded quarterly? Answer Choice: (A) 2888 (B) 2689 (C) 2522 (D) 277 (E) 2911
Answer: C
Working alone at its constant rate, machine A produces x boxes in 10 minutes and working alone at its constant rate, machine B produces 2x boxes in 5 minutes. How many minutes does it take machines A and B, working simultaneously at their respective constant rates, to produce 4x boxes? Answer Choice: (A) 3 minutes (B) 4 minutes (C) 5 minutes (D) 6 minutes (E) 8 minutes
Answer: E
A 600 meter long train crosses a signal post in 40 seconds. How long will it take to cross a 5.4 kilometer long bridge, at the same speed? Answer Choice: (A) 4 min (B) 2 min (C) 8 min (D) 6 min (E) 3 min
Answer: D
The average of 6 observations is 15. A new observation is included and the new average is decreased by 1. The seventh observation is? Answer Choice: (A) 1 (B) 8 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7
Answer: B
A man saves 20% of his monthly salary. If an account of dearness of things he is to increase his monthly expenses by 20%, he is only able to save Rs. 200 per month. What is his monthly salary? Answer Choice: (A) 6000 (B) 5000 (C) 5500 (D) 4000 (E) 3500
Answer: B
A bag contains 12 white and 18 black balls.Two balls are drawn in succession without replacement. What is the probability that first is white and second is black? Answer Choice: (A) 36/145 (B) 29/145 (C) 18/145 (D) 20/145 (E) 15/145
Answer: A
With a uniform speed a car covers the distance in 8 hours. Had the speed been increased by 4 km/hr, the same distance could have been covered in 7 1/2 hours. What is the distance covered? Answer Choice: (A) 400 km (B) 480 km (C) 490 km (D) 380 km (E) 330 km
Answer: B
The average monthly salary of 20 employees in an organisation is Rs. 1700. If the manager's salary is added, then the average salary increases by Rs. 100. What is the manager's monthly salary ? Answer Choice: (A) 3800 (B) 3890 (C) 88798 (D) 2789 (E) 2891
Answer: A
What profit percent is made by selling an article at a certain price, if by selling at 2/3rd of that price, there would be a loss of 20%? Answer Choice: (A) 20% (B) 70% (C) 29% (D) 50% (E) 24%
Answer: A
Each year for 4 years, a farmer increased the number of trees in a certain orchard by 1/4 of the number of trees in the orchard of the preceding year. If all of the trees thrived and there were 1250 trees in the orchard at the end of 4 year period, how many trees were in the orchard at the beginning of the 4 year period. Answer Choice: (A) 513 (B) 512 (C) 517 (D) 519 (E) 521
Answer: B
In a forest 170 deer were caught, tagged with electronic markers, then released. A week later, 50 deer were captured in the same forest. Of these 50 deer, it was found that 5 had been tagged with the electronic markers. If the percentage of tagged deer in the second sample approximates the percentage of tagged deer in the forest, and if no deer had either left or entered the forest over the preceding week, what is the approximate number of deer in the forest? Answer Choice: (A) 150 (B) 750 (C) 1,250 (D) 1,700 (E) 2,500
Answer: D
Fresh grapes contain 60% water by weight and raisins obtained by drying fresh grapes contain 25% water by weight. How many kgs of fresh grapes are needed to get 20kgs of raisins? Answer Choice: (A) 75 kgs (B) 64kgs (C) 37.5 kgs (D) 65 kgs (E) 70 kgs
Answer: C
In a school 50% of the students are younger than 10, 1/20 are 10 years old and 1/10 are older than 10 but younger than 12, the remaining 70 students are 12 years or older. How many students are 10 years old? Answer Choice: (A) 20 (B) 40 (C) 10 (D) 39 (E) 48
Answer: C
Two employees X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their employer. If X is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per week? Answer Choice: (A) 250 (B) 100 (C) 150 (D) 300 (E) 200
Answer: A
X and Y are integers, X is even and negative, Y is odd and positive. Which of the following could be false?
1. (X + Y) is an odd number.
2. Y^(X + Y) is an integer.
3. X^Y is a negative number. Answer Choice: (A) 2 only. (B) 3 only. (C) 1 and 3 only. (D) 2 and 3 only. (E) 1, 2 and 3.
Answer: C
The speed of a boat in still water is 60kmph and the speed of the current is 20kmph. Find the speed downstream and upstream? Answer Choice: (A) 17 kmph (B) 40 kmph (C) 18 kmph (D) 13kmph (E) 19 kmph
Answer: B