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101. A can have a piece of work done in 8 days, B can work three times faster than the A, C can work five times faster than A. How many days will they take to do the work together ? (a) 3 days (b) 8/9 days (c) 4 days (d) can't say Ans. B 102. A man spends half of his salary on household expenses, 1/4th for rent, 1/5th for travel expenses, the man deposits the rest in a bank. If his monthly deposits in the bank amount 50, what is his monthly salary? (a) Rs.500 (b) Rs.1500 (c) Rs.1000 (d) Rs. 900 Ans C 103. A simple interest amount of rs 5000 for six month is rs 200. what is the anual rate of interest? a) 10% b) 6% c) 8% d) 9% Ans C 104. If a=2/3b , b=2/3c, and c=2/3d what part of d is b/ (a) 8/27 (b) 4/9 (c) 2/3 (d) 75% Ans. (b) 105. Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins and Pipe C can empty the same in 40 mins.If all of them work together, find the time taken to fill the tank (a) 17 1/7 mins (b) 20 mins (c) 8 mins (d) none of these Ans. (a) 106. Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day.How many hour a day should 40 men work to complete the job? (a) 8 hrs (b) 7 1/2 hrs (c) 7 hrs (d) 9 hrs Ans. (b) 107. A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side 12m by a rope 7m long.Find the area it can graze? (a) 38.5 sq.m (b) 155 sq.m (c) 144 sq.m (d) 19.25 sq.m Ans. (a) 108. Complete the series. 3, 8, --, 24, --, 48, 63 (a).15,36 (b)16,35 (c)15,35 (d)11,25 Ans: c 109. Rahul 12th from right and 4th from left . How many men should be added in the queue to make a group of 28. (a)12 (b)13 (c)14 (d)15 Ans:B 110. A boy is going with a dog Lucky. He has a bottle full of water. He drinks 1/3 and gives 1/2 of rest to the dog and then he drinks 1/4 of the rest then what will the fraction of total water remaining. (a)1/12 (b)3/27 (c)2/19 (d)1/10 Ans: A 111. Present population of town is 35,000 having males and females. If The population of males is increased by 6% and if the population of females is increased by 4%, then after 1 year the population becomes 36,700. Find the number males and females. (a)18000 (b)15000 (c)17000 (d)19000 Ans:A 112. A gets 90% of B. B gets 25% more than C. C gets 80% of D. Marks of A are given then find the percentage marks obtained by D (a)80 (b)87 (c)56 (d)90 Ans:A 113. There is a number when diveded by 5 gives a remainder 3 and when divede by 7 gives a remainder of 5 (a)33 (b)23 (c)12 (d)90 Ans:A 114. If length of rectangle of increases by 20% and breadth decreases by 20%. Then the area (a)decreases by 4% (b)same (c)increases by 4% (d)None of the Given Answers Ans:A 115. If the distance between two trains is 110KMs and two trains travel opposite in direction . If one starts at 7AM and other at 8AM and their velocities are 20 and 25 KMPH then they meet at. (a)10am (b)11am (c)12am (d)none Ans:A 116. If m people take d days to complete, then m+r people take how many days (a)m*d/m+r (b)m*d/m*r (c)m-d/m+r (d)None of the Given Answers Ans:A 117. if DISTANCE is written as IDTUBECN and DOCUMENT is written as ODDVNTNE then THURSDAY will be written as (a)HTVSTYAD (b) HTUSTYAD (c)HTVSTYBD (d)None of the Given Answers Ans:A 118. There are 7500 students. 75% offerd physics and 45% offered maths. How many sutends offered both ? (a)2500 (b)1500 (c)3500 (d)None of the Given Answers Ans:B 119. The girl's age is twice that of boy, if the boy is four years old. After four years the age of the girl is (a)14 years (b)12 years (c)19 years (d)20 years Ans:B 120. 2,11,22,121 ,? (a)201 (b)242 (c)241 (d)180 Ans:B 121. LCM=693 , GCM=11 one no: 77 find the other ? (a) 100 (b) 99 (c) 88 (d) 23 Ans:B 122. second no: is twice the first no: and first no: is thrice the third no:.Their avg is 20. Find the greatest no: (a) 35 (b) 24 (c) 36 (d) 45 Ans:C 123. At 6'o a clock ticks 6 times. The time between first and last ticks is 30 seconds. How long does it tick at 12'o clock. (a) 66 sec (b) 30 sec (c) 23 sec (d) 33 sec Ans:A 124. There are total 15 people. 7 speaks french and 8 speaks spanish. 3 do not speak any language. Which part of total people speaks both languages (a)1/6 (b)1/5 (c)1/7 (d) 1/10 Ans:B 125 1999 july 21st friday 1947 july 21st ? (a) Wednesday (b) Thursday (c) Friday (d) Sunday Ans:A 126. Two pipes can fill a tank in 10 1nd 12 hours while third pipe will make the tank empty in 20 hours.If all three pipes operate simultaneously, in how many hours the tank will be Filled ? (a) 7hours 30 minutes (b) 7hours 20 minutes. (c) 4hours 30 minutes. (d) None Ans:A 127. Cost of an item is x. It's value increases by p% and decreases by p% Now the new value is 1 rupee, what is the actual value. (a) (1000)/(1000-p*p) (b) (1)/(1000-p*p) (c) (1000)/(1-p*p) (d) None Of The Given Answers Ans:A 128. 6*12*15 is the volume of some material.How many cubes can be inserted into that? (a) 48 (b) 40 (c) 45 (d) None Ans:B 129. There is a square of side 6cm . A circle is inscribed inside the square. Find the ratio of the area of circle to square. (a) 11/14 (b) 12/14 (c) 13/4 (d) None Ans:A 130. 00 m race : one covers it 45 second and the other at 36 sec then for how much distance winner will defeat the looser? (a) 30 m (b) 20 m (c) 40 m (d) None Ans:B 131. A solves 10 pages in 5 minutes; B solves 5 pages in 10 minutes.How many pages they can solve in 30 minutes? (a) 90 (b) 78 (c) 75 (d) 91 Ans:C 132. There are 27 balls, of which 1 is heavier. given a balance how many times you need to weigh to find out the odd ball. (a) 1 times (b) 2 times (c) 5 times (d) None Ans:D 133.Product of three consecutive nos. 210. What is the sum of two least numbers (a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 13 (d) None of the Given Answers Ans:A 134. A clerk multiplied a number by ten when it should have been divided by ten.The ans he got was 100.what should the ans have been? (a) 1 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 12 Ans:A 135.If Rs20/- is available to pay for typing a research report & typist A produces 42 pages and typist B produces 28 pages.How much should typist A receive (a) 12 Rs (b) 16 Rs (c) 22 Rs (d) None Ans:A 136. Two solutions have milk & water in the ratio 7:5 and 6:11.Find the proportion in which these two solutions should Be mixed so that the resulting solution has 1 part milk and 2 parts water? (a) 35:3 (b) 21:36 (c) not possible (d) None of the above Ans:A 137. A man speaks the truth 3 out of 4 times. He throws a die and reports it to be a 6. What is the probability of it being a 6? (a) 3/8 (b) 5/8 (c) 3/4 (d) None of the above Ans. (a) 138. If cos2A + cos2B + cos2C = 1 then ABC is a (a) Right angle triangle (b) Equilateral triangle (c) All the angles are acute (d) None of these Ans. (a) 139. 1. Greg leaves home for Franklin 400 miles away. After 2 hours, he has to reduce his speed by 20 mph due to rain. If he takes 1 hour for lunch and gas, and reaches Franklin 9 hours after he left home, what was his initial speed? a) 65 mph b) 70mph c) 60mph d) 50mph ans: a 140. A work is done by two people in 24 minutes. One of them can do this work a lonely in 40 minutes. How much time to do the same work for the second person? a) 70 minutes b) 60 minutes c) 80 minutes d) 90 minutes 141. A person, who decided to go to week end trip should not exceed 8 hours driving in a day. Average speed of forward journey is 40 m/h. Due to traffic in Sundays, the return journey average speed is 30 m/h. How far he can select a picnic spot? a) 120 miles b) between 120 and 140 miles c) 160 miles d) none ans: a 142. In A, B, C are having some marbles with each of them. A has given B and C the same number of marbles each of them already have. Then, B gave C and A the same number of marbles they already have. Then C gave A and B the same number of marbles they already have. At the end A, B, and C have equal number of marbles. If x, y, z are the marbles initially with A, B, C respectively. Then the number of marbles B has at the end a) 2(x-y-z) b) 4(x-y-z) c) 2(3y-x-z) d) x + y-z Ans. (c) 143. If the total number of marbles are 72, then the number of marbles with A at the starting a) 20 b) 30 c) 32 d) 39 Ans. (d) 144. Which option mentions the last letter of the correct words re-arranged from the jumbled spelling “NESTIN”. a) E b) S c) T d) I Ans: a 145. My mother is the sister of your brother. What relation am I to YOU? a) COUSIN b) NEPHEW c) UNCLE d) SON Ans: b 146. Find the missing number in the series. 2, 10, 30,---,130,222 a) 68 b) 78 c) 88 d) 87 Ans: a 147. A car is traveling at a uniform speed. The driver sees a milestone showing a 2-digit number. After traveling for an hour the driver sees another milestone with the same digits in reverse order. After another hour the driver sees another milestone containing the same two digits separated by a zero. What is the average speed of the driver? a) 55 Kmph b) 65Kmph c) 85Kmph d) 45Kmph Ans: d 148. Air is cloud. Cloud is rain. Rain is water. Water is sand so what is cloud? a) Air b) Rain c) Water d) Sand Ans: d 149. If the sum of the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c=0 is equal to the sum of the squares of their reciprocals then a/c, b/a, c/b are in a) AP b) GP c) HP d) None of these Ans. c) 150. How long will a train 100m long traveling at 72kmph take to overtake another train 200m long traveling at 54kmph a) 70sec b) 1min c) 1 min 15 sec d) 55 sec Ans. (b) 151. All toffees are chocolates Some toffees are not good for health (a) Some chocolates are not good for health (b) Some toffees are good for health (c) No toffees are good for health (d) Both (a) and (b) Ans. (a) 152. If "segment" is coded as rffndou, then "ritual" is coded as a) shutbm b) qjutbk c) qhutbk d) qhubtk Ans. (c) 153. If "football" is "cricket" ,"cricket" is "basketball" ,"basketball" is "volleyball", "volleyball" is "khokho" and "khokho" is cricket, which is not a ball game? a) cricket b) football c) khokho d) basketball Ans. (a) 154. ? : BGLQ : : YDIN : VAFK a) EKNS b) DKMT c) DLMS d) EJOT Ans. (d) 155. There are two sections in a question paper each contain five questions. A student has to answer 6 questions. Maximum no. of questions that can be answered from any section is 4. How many ways he can attempt the paper? a) 50 b) 100 c) 120 d) 200 Ans. (d) 156. The ratio of radii of two cylinders is 2:3 and the ratio of their heights is 5:3. If the volume of the bigger cylinder is 27, then what is volume of the smaller one? a) 30 b) 40 c) 20 d) 22 Ans: c 157. Some people are standing square. From them 32 are removed and then form a small square and then 8 more removed. now we cannot form the square. so how many people are there at the beginning? a) 49 b) 64 c) 81 d) 121 Ans: c 158. There are 20,6 and 9 rupees notes. you have to form 99 rupees with minimum number of notes. At what minimum number of notes you can achieve this? a) 6 b) 7 c) 8 d) 9 Ans: c 159.There are five thieves, each loot a bakery one after the other such that the first one takes 1/2 of the total no. of the breads plus 1/2 of a bread. Similarly 2nd, 3rd,4th and 5fth also did the same. After the fifth one no. of breads remained are 3. Initially how many breads were there? a) 31 b) 29 c) 32 d)39 Ans: a 160.There is a 4 inch cube painted on all sides. This is cut down into of 1 inch cubes. What is the no of cubes which have no pointed sides. a) 4 b)32 c)8 d)16 Ans: c 161.A person with some money spends1/3 for cloths, 1/5 of the remaining for food and 1/4 of the remaining for travel.He is left with Rs 100/- . How much did he have with him in the beginning a)Rs250/- b)Rs550/- c)Rs150/- d)Rs350/- Ans: a 162. Sam and Mala have a conversation. Sam says I am certainly not over 40 Mala says I am 38 and you are at least 5 years older than me Now Sam says you are at least 39 All the statements by the two are false. How old are they(Sam and Mala) really? a) Mala = 28 yrs, Sam = 31 yrs. b)Mala = 18 yrs, Sam = 21 yrs. c)Mala = 48 yrs, Sam = 51 yrs. d)Mala = 38 yrs, Sam = 41 yrs. Ans: d 163.There are 4 married couples out of which 3 a group is needed . But her should not be his of her spouse .How many groups are possible ? a) 32 b) 24 c) 16 d) 36 Ans: a 164.A monkey trying to ascend a greasy pole. He ascends 20 meters in one minute and goes down 4 meters in next minute. How much time it will take to ascend pole of 96 meters? a) 12 min 48 sec b)20 min 48 sec c)15 min 48 sec d) 10 min 48 sec Ans: d 165.There are some houses in a street back to back .And they that house behind 10 was 23. How many houses in the street? a)31 b)32 c)33 d)none Ans: b 166.A Businessman sold 2/3 of his stock at a gain of 20 % profit,and rest at a gain of 14%.The overall percentage of gain to the businessman is: a)12% b)15% c)18% d)17% Ans: c 167.The ratio of the incomes of A and B is 5:4 and the ratio of their expenditures is 3:2 .If at the end of the year ,Each saves Rs16000,then the income of A is: a)Rs 3000 b) Rs2500 c)Rs 3500 d)Rs 4000 Ans: d 168.5monkeys eat 5 bananas in 5 minutes. Then how many monkeys can eat 20 bananas in 20 minutes. a)20 b) 10 c)5 d)none Ans:c 169.There are 9 coins. One of 9 is less weighted and others have equal weigtheds. Find the minimum no of balances to find the defective coin. a)2 b)1 c)3 d)none Ans:a 170.A batsman scores 23 runs and increases his average from 15 to 16. find the runs to be made if he wants top inc the avg to 18 in the same match. a) 39runs. b) 38runs c) 40runs. d)none Ans: a 171.In a camp there is a meal for 120 men or 200 children.if 150 children have taken the meal,how many men will be catered to with the remaining meal? a)20 b)30 c)10 d)50 Ans: b 172.A,B and C can do a piece of work in 11 days ,20days and 55 days respectively,workingalone.How soon can the work be done if A is assisted by B and Con alternative days. a)7 days b)8 days c)9 days d)10 days Ans: b 173.In a club there are male and female members. If 15 female quit then the number of females will become double the number of males. If 45 males quit no. of female becomes five times the number of males. Find the number of females. a) females:165,males:80 b) females:165,males:70 c) females:175,males:80 d) females:145,males:60 Ans: c 174.When I was married 10 years back my wife was the sixth member of my family. Now I have a baby. Today my father was dead and I had a new baby.now the average age of my family is the same as that when I was married. Find the age of my father when I was married. a)50 b)40 c)20 d)none Ans: a 175.Successive discounts of 20% and 15% are equal to a single discount of (a) 30% (b) 32% (c) 34% (d) 35% (e) 36 Ans: b 176. Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins and Pipe C can empty the same in 40 mins.If all of them work together, find the time taken to fill the tank (a) 17 1/7 mins (b) 20 mins (c) 8 mins (d) none of these Ans: a 177.34. A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms downstream in 4 hrs.Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the water current? (a) 1/2 kmph (b) 7/12 kmph (c) 5 kmph (d) none of these Ans: b 178.Using the digits 1,5,2,8 four digit numbers are formed and the sum of all possible such numbers a)106610 b) 106656 c)103310 d)103315 ans : b 179.In a club there are male and female members. If 15 female quit then the number of females will become double the number of males. If 45 males quit no. of female becomes five times the number of males. Find the number of females. a)200 b)250 c)175 d)220 ans: c 180.a –b = 1, a3 –b3 =61, find out a2 –b2=? a)12 b)10 c)15 d)9 ans:d 181.Which one is the power of 2…. a) 2096 b)2048 c)516 d)2068 ans:b 182.2,3,6,7--- using these numbers form the possible four digit numbers that are divisible by 4. a)8 b)12 c)15 d)14 ans:a 183.A batsman scores 23 runs and increases his average from 15 to 16. find the runs to be made if he wants top inc the avg to 18 in the same match. a)50 b)31 c)59 d)39 ans:d 184.A man sells apples. First he gives half of the total apples what he has and a half apple. Then he gives half of the remaining and a half apple. He gives it in the same manner. After 7 times all are over. How many apples did he initially have? a)31 b)127 c)147 d)134 ans:b 185.There is a circular track of length 400 mts. If A and B Starts at the same point but in opposite direction with a speeds of 8 m/sec and 12 m/s respectively. Then at what time after the be going they will meet for the second time. a)1hr 40 sec b)20 sec c)40sec d)3hr 20 sec ans:c 186.x y z u v w r s t __ a)m b)q c)o d)I ans:c 187.In an multiple choice question paper, each correct answer carries 4 marks and each wrong answer deducts 2 marks. a person scores 480 marks in a 150 questions paper how many questions he did correctly? a)120 b)140 c)110 d)130 ans:d 188.On a good if 25% discount is given, he will earn profit of 25% what will be profit if he gives 10% discount? a)50% b)60% c)55% d)57% ans:a 189.How many 2 digit numbers , which is a square ,with last digit as 8 a)3 b)4 c)2 d)0 ans:0 190.How many 3 digit numbers are there in between 100 and 300 , having 1st and the last digit as 2. a)9 b)10 c)11 d)12 ans:b 191.One Cigar can be made from 7 bits. If there are 16 Cigars then how many bits collected? a)4 b)5 c)6 d)7 ans:a 192.A person took 2.5 hour for a trip. He rides a car at a speed of 320 km/hr to reach the place and took 480 km/hr to come back. What is distance of the place from where he starts?(in km) a)920 b)890 c)960 d)900 ans:c 193.There are two clocks. One clock gains 10 minutes in an hour while another clock losses 10 minutes in an hour. Initially both the clocks set to 12'oclock. After sometime, time shown by both the clocks are 6.what is the correct time now? a)7’oclock b)8’oclock c)10’oclock d)6’oclock ans:d 194.Find the missing number? 7,26,63,124,_,342 a)230 b)222 c)215 d)250 ans:c 195.Julia's is 5 more than twice the age of mahesh. Sum of their ages is 29. What is the age of mahesh? a)10 b)8 c)12 d)11 ans:b 196.A man spends 1/3rd of his salary on food. Of the remaining he spends 1/4th on rent and 1/5th on cloths. If he is left with 1760, then how much salary does he earn. a)4670 b)4800 c)4990 d)5000 ans:b 197.A man goes 20 km/h from a to b and returns at 30km/h.what is the avg speed? a)26km/h b)25km/h c)24km/h d)29km/h ans:c 198. Greg leaves home for Franklin 400 miles away. After 2 hours, he has to reduce his speed by 20 mph due to rain. If he takes 1 hour for lunch and gas, and reaches Franklin 9 hours after he left home, what was his initial speed? a) 65 mph b) 70mph c) 60mph d) 50mph ans: a 199. A work is done by two people in 24 minutes. One of them can do this work a lonely in 40 minutes. How much time to do the same work for the second person? a) 70 minutes b) 60 minutes c) 80 minutes d) 90 minutes 200. A person, who decided to go to week end trip should not exceed 8 hours driving in a day. Average speed of forward journey is 40 m/h. Due to traffic in Sundays, the return journey average speed is 30 m/h. How far he can select a picnic spot? a) 120 miles b) between 120 and 140 miles c) 160 miles d) none ans: a