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1. After giving similar type of conditions , what is the element left to H? In this section they gave around 4 matrices of this type and gave some questions for each matrix.


2. 5’s then which column elements sum equals to 9?


3. If column1 , Column 4 are interchanged and row3 , row4 are interchanged and diagonal elements from top left to bottom right are written in reverse order then what is the element in row1 and column 1?


4. If a company produces 15 different model of tv sets of 2 inchs screen and 4 different model of 4 inches screen size. Then how many model should vendor has for all the model so that all models willdisplayed in the showroom?



5. If a team consists 20 members in which 20% are mathematician then how many member should they hire so that the ratio would become 10/11.


1. The rate of colour toner increases $33 to $35 and rate of black & white toner increases $28 to $29. If company spends $1540 in which 3/5 is colour toner then how much is total Expenditure increases after the cost hike.


2. A computer shop consists of 3 brand’s laptop .Laptop of brand A is sold 3/16, B is sold 1/16 and c is sold ¾ then what fraction is sold by the shop in all.


3. Printer A prints 8192 character per min and printer B prints 13862 character per minutes four character are equal to one word. Printer A starts at 7:15 am while Printer B starts at 7:29 am then at what time both will have same no of words printed.


4. In a library there are 5 cluster and each is having 44 books(module). In first weak 75 books are used, in second 95, in third 95 and in fourth 160 books are used.then tell how much fraction of booksare used.


5. We have 171 kg rice custing 7 rs/kg.we have rice at 11 rs/kg and 2 rs/kg .then after mixing 11 rs/kg and 2 rs/kg rice. What is quantity of 11 rs/kg rice.



6. Rectangular room has width half of its length. When 6 is decreased from both length and width then its area is differed by 108 so find the width.

7. Company A taken a truck on rent of $1280 per month another company B bought the truck in $40000 and send $120 per month. After 4 years what will be the difference in the Amount spent by the bothcompanieson the TRUCK.

8. In a company printing work is done by two machine 5% of the work done by machine A are wasted ,and 40% of work done by machine B are wasted. if the 80% of the total work is done by machine A. Then what is the total percentage of wastage.

1. Direction : 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.


(i) If x,y,z are the marbles initially with A,B,C respectively. Then the number of marbles B have at the end.

(a) 2(x-y-z)
(b) 4(x-y-z)
(c) 2(3y-x-z)
(d) x + y-z

Answer : (c)


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
Answer : (d)

2. If a car starts from A towards B with some velocity. Due to some problem in the engine after travelling 30km, the car goes with 4/5 th of its actual velocity The car reaches B 45 min later to the actual time.If the car engine fails ofter travelling 45km, the car reaches the destination B 36min late to the actual time. What is the initial velocity of car and what is the distance between A and B in km
Answer: 20 and 130


3. In 1978, a kg of paper was sold at Rs25/- If the paper rate increases at 1.5% more than the inflation rate which is 6.5% a year, then what will be the cost of a kg of paper after 2 years?


(a) 29.12
(b) 29.72
(c) 30.12
(d) 32.65


5. A person has Rs 100/- in his pocket, he can as 25 pencils or 15 books. He kept 15% of the money for travelling expenses and purchased 5 pencils. So how many books he can purchase with the remaining money.

6. A square plate of some size is cut at four corners. Equal squares of the same size are cut and is formed as open box.If this open box carries 128 ml of oil. What is the size of the side of the plate?


(a) 17
(b) 14
(c) 13
(d) None of these

7. In a square, all the mid points are joined. The inner square is shaded. If the area of the square is A, what is the area of the shaded area?

8. Two questions on basic angles i.e given a circle, a few chords or diameter is drawn etc.

9. If you type in the comman nohup sort employees > list 2 > error out & and log off ,the next time you log in, the output will be

) in a file called list and the error will de typed in a file error out
b) there will be no file called list or error out
c) error will be logged in a file called list and o/p will be in error out
d) you will not be allowed to log in

10. enum number { a= -1, b= 4,c,d,e} What is the value of e ?

(a) 7
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 15
(e) 3

11. The very first process created by the kernal that runs till the kernal process is halts is
a) init
b) getty
c) both (a) and (b)
d) none of these
Answer : (a)

12. The values of shares (in Rs).of A, B and C from January to June are as follows.


Month A B C
January 30 60 80
February 35 65 85
March 45 75 65
April 40 75 82
May 55 75 85
June 50 75 80

i) During this period which share has undergone maximium fluctuation?
ii) In which month it is possible to buy B and C selling A?
iii) In which month the share values are very low?
iv) By purchasing one share of A and 4 each of B and C in the beginning of the period,when shoudl these be sold to get maximum profit?

13. In UNIX a files i-node ......?

Answer : Is a data structure that defines all specifications of a file like the file size, number of lines to a file, permissions etc.


14. The UNIX shell ...
a) does not come with the rest of the system
b) forms the interface between the user and the kernal
c) does not give any scope for programming
d) deos not allow calling one program from with in another

Answer : (b)

15. In a class, except 18 all are above 50 years.15 are below 50 years of age. How many people are there


(a) 30
(b) 33
(c) 36
(d) none of these.

Answer : (d)


16. Which of the following API is used to hide a window
a) ShowWindow
b) EnableWindow
c) MoveWindow
d) SetWindowPlacement

Answer : (a)


On a scale of a map 0.75 cm represents 6.48 km. If the distance between two points on the map is 74.25 cm, the actual distance between these points is
a) 313 km b) 456 km c) 481.14 km d) 567.89 km

5, 9, 12, 18, 26, 36, 47, 72, _?
a) 75 b) 135 c) 100 d) 55

24 buckets of water fill a when capacity of each tank is 15 litres. How many buckets will be needed to fill the same tank, if capacity of each bucket is 6 litres?
a) 60 b) 45 c) 50 d) 40

A person has to make 146 pieces of a long bar. He takes 4 seconds to cut a piece. What is the total time taken by him in seconds to make 146 pieces?
a) 584 b) 580 c) 730 d) 725

0.09x?=0.000081
a) 0.0009 b) 0.009 c) 0.09 d) 0.9

x/2y = 2a,then 2x/x-2ay=?
a)4 b)8 c)16 d)2

A girl has to make pizza with different toppings. There are 8 different toppings. In how many ways can she make pizzas with 2 different toppings?
a) 16 b) 56 c) 112 d) 28

Peter and Paul are two friends. The sum of their ages is 35 years. Peter is twice as old as Paul was when Peter was as old as Paul is now. What is the present age of Peter?
a) 8 b) 20 c) 16 d) 15

A triangle is made from a rope. The sides of the triangle are 21 cm, 24 cm and 28 cm. What will be the area of the square made from the same rope?
a) 280.5625 b) 333.0625 c) 333.0125 d) 400

Out of 7 children the youngest is boy then find the probability that all the remaining children are boys
a)1/64 b)1/32 c)1/128 d)1/256

In a family there are some boys and girls. All boys told that they are having equal no of brothers and sisters and girls told that they are having twice the no. of brothers than sisters. How many boys and girls present in a family?
a) 4 boys and 3 girls b) 3 boys and 4 girls c) 2 boys and 5 girls d) 5 boys and 2 girls

There are 100 men and 100 women on the dance floor. They want to dance with each other. Then which of the following statements is always true:
a) There are 2 men who danced with equal no. of women’s
b) There are 2 women who danced with equal no. of men
a) both a and b b)only a c)only b d)none

The age of the two friends were in the ration of 6:5. If the sum of their ages is 55. Then after how many years their ratio will become 8:7?
a) 11 b) 7 c) 10 d) 12

A man goes north 37km.turns left goes 2km.turns right goes 17km.turns right goes 2km. find distance b/w starting ending point.
a) 54 b) 27 c) 81 d) 67