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Questions 1-5:

1. Out of forty students, there are 14 who are taking Physics and 29 who are taking Calculus. What is the probability that a randomly chosen student from this group is taking only the Calculus class?
Ans: 0.6

2. In town of 500 people, 285 read Hindu and 212 read Indian express and 127read Times of India 20 read Hindu and times of India and 29 read hindu and Indian express and 35 read times of India and Indian express. 50 read no news paper. Then how many read only one paper?
Ans: 45

3. In a group of persons travelling in a bus, 6 persons can speak Tamil, 15 can speak Hindi and 6 can speak Gujarati. In that group, none can speak any other language. If 2 persons in the group can speak two languages and one person can speak all the three languages, then how many persons are there in the group?
A) 21
B) 23
C) 22
D)24
Ans: B

4. Out of a total of 120 musicians in a club , 5% can play all the three instruments- Guitar, violin and Flute. It so happens that the number of musicians who can play any two and only two of the above instruments is 30. The number of musicians who can play the guitar alone is 40. What is the total number of those who can play violin alone or flute alone ?
A) 30
B) 38
C) 44
D) 45
Ans: C

5. In a town 65% people watched the news on television , 40% read a newspaper and 25% read a newspaper and watched the news on television also. What percent of the people neither watched the news on television nor read a news paper ?
A) 5
B) 10
C) 15
D) 20
Ans: D

6. A secret can be told only 2 persons in 5 minutes .the same person tells to 2 more persons and so on . How long will take to tell it to 768 persons ?
a)47.5 min
b)50 min
c) 500 min
d)49 min
Ans: 47.5 min

7. When I was married 10 years ago my wife is the 6th member of the family. Today my father died and a baby born to me.The average age of my family during my marriage is same as today. What is the age of Father when he died?
Ans: 70.

8. A son and father goes for boating in river upstream . After rowing for 1 mile son notices the hat of his father falling in the river. After 5 min. he tells his father that his hat has fallen. So they turn round and are able to pick the hat at the point from where they began boating after 5min. Tell the speed of river?
Ans: 6 miles/hr

9. There are three departments having students 64,58,24 .In an exam they have to be seated in rooms such that each room has equal number of students and each room has students of one type only (No mixing of departments. Find the minimum number rooms required?

Ans : 73

10. Argentina had football team of 22 player of which captain is from Brazilian team and goalie from European team. For remaining player they have picked 6 from Argentinean and 14 from European. Now for a team of 11 they must have goalki and captain so out of 9 now they plan to select 3 from Argentinean and 6 from European. Find out number of methods available for it.

Ans : 160600

Directions for Questions 11-15:

Each question given below has a problem and two statements numbered I and II giving certain information. You have to decide if the information given in the statements are sufficient for answering the problem. Indicate your answer as

(a) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question;

(b) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question;

(c) If the data in either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question;

(d) If the data even in both the statements together are not sufficient to answer the question;

(e) If the data in both the statements together are needed;

11. How many visitors saw the exhibition yesterday?

I. Each entry pass holder can take up to three persons with him / her.

II. In all, 243 passes were sold yesterday.

Ans

12. How much was the total sale of the company?

I. The company sold 8000 units of product A each costing Rs. 25.

II. The company has no other product line

Ans: E

13. In what proportion would Raj, Karan and Altaf distribute profit among them

I. Raj gets two-fifth of the profit.

II. Karan and Althaf have made 75% of the total investment.

Ans: D

14. What time did the train leave today.

I. The train normally leaves on time

II. The scheduled departure is at 14.30.

Ans: D

15. On which day in January, Subhas left for Germany

I. Subhas has so far spent 10 years in Germany.

II. Subhas' friend Anil left for Germany on 15th February and joined Subhas 20 days after Subhas' arrival.

Ans: D

Directions for Questions 16-20 :

Convert the given binary numbers.

16. (1110 0111)2 = ( )16

Ans: (E7)16

17. (01011010)2=( )8

Ans: (132)8

18. (11110000)2= ( )10

Ans240)10

19. (11000101010000111)2=( )16

Ans: (18A87)16

20. (01001110)2 = ( )8

Ans: (116)8

Directions(21-25):

cube is coloured orange on one face , pink on the opposite face, brown on one face and silver on a face adjacent to the brown face. The other two faces are left uncoloured. It is then cut into 125 smaller cubes of equal size. now, answer the following questions based on the above statements:

21. How many cubes have at least one face coloured pink ?

A) 1

B)9

C) 16

D) 25

Ans: D

22. How many cubes have all the faces uncoloured ?

A) 24

B)36

C) 48

D) 64

Ans:C

23. How many cubes have atleast two faces coloured ?

A) 19

B)20

C) 21

D) 23

Ans: C

24 How many cubes are coloured orange on one face and have the remaining faces incoloured ?

A) 8

B) 12

C) 14

D) 16

Ans: D

25 How many cubes one coloured silver on one face , orange or pink on another face and have four uncoloured faces ?

A) 8

B) 10

C) 12

D) 16

Ans: A

Directions to Solve : (26-30)

Each of the following questions contains a small paragraph followed by a question on it. Read each paragraph carefully and answer the question given below it.

26. The prevention of accidents makes it necessary not only that safety devices be used to guard exposed machinery but also that mechanics be instructed in safety rules which they must follow for their own protection, and that lighting in the plant be adequate.

The passage best supports the statement that industrial accidents -

A. are always avoidable;

B. may be due to ignorance.

C. cannot be entirely overcome.

D. can be eliminated with the help of safety rules.

E. usually result from inadequate machinery.

Answer: D

27. To forgive an injury is often considered to be a sign of weakness; it is really a sign of strength. It is easy to allow oneself to be carried away by resentment and hate into an act of vengeance; but it takes a strong character to restrain those natural passions. The man who forgives an injury proves himself to be the superior of the man who wronged himself and puts the wrong-doer to shame.

The passage best supports' the statement that:

A. the sufferer alone knows the intensity of his sufferings.

B. people tend to forgive the things happened in the past.

C. natural passions are difficult to suppress.

D. mercy is the noblest form of revenge.

E. a person with calm and composed nature has depth of thought and vision.

Answer: D

28. Industrial exhibitions play a major role in a country's economy. Such exhibitions, now regularly held in Delhi, enable us to measure the extent of our own less advanced industrial progress and the mighty industrial power and progress of countries like the U.K., U.S.A. and Russia whose pavilions are the centres of the greatest attention and attractions.

The passage best supports the statement that industrial exhibitions -

A. greatly tax the poor economies.

B. are more useful for the developed countries like U.S.A. whose products stand out superior to those of the developing countries.

C. are not of much use to the countries who are industrially backward.

D. boost up production qualitatively and quantitatively by analytical comparison of a country's products with those of the developed countries.

Answer: D

29. The school has always been the most important means of transferring the wealth of tradition form one generation to the next. This applies today in an even higher degree than in former times for, through the modern development of economy, the family as bearer of tradition and education has become weakened.

This passage best supports the statement that for transferring the wealth of tradition from one generation to the next -

A. there are means other than the school.

B. several different sources must be tried.

C. economic development plays a crucial role

D. modern technology must be put to use.

E. family, as ever, is the most potent means.

Answer: C

30. Emerson said that the poet was landlord, Sealord, airlord. The flight of imagination made the poet master of land, sea and air. But a poet's dream of yesterday becomes today an actual achievement and a reality for all men. Even those who invented, improved and perfected the aeroplane could hardly have dreamt of the possibility of flight into outer space.

The passage best supports the statement that:

A. seemingly impossible imaginations make one a good poet,

B. all imaginations become a reality some day.

C. what man imagined has never been impossible; he has always turned it a reality through his conception of ideas and sheer hard labour.

D. man has reached the climax of technological development with his exploration into outer space.

Answer: C