V7

MOCK TEST 4

time : 80 min

1. There are 1000 pillars for a temple. 3 friends Linda, Chelsey, Juli visited that temple. (Some unrelated stuff) Linda is taller than Chelsea and taller than 2 of 1000 pillars. Julia is shorter than Linda. Find the correct sentence? (a) Linda is shorter among them (b) Chelsea is taller than Julia (c) Chelsea is shorter than Julia (d) Cannot determine who is taller among Chelsea and Julia 2. Three numbers which are co-prime to each other are such that the product of the first two is 551 and that of the last two is 1073. The sum of the three numbers is: a) 75 b.) 81 c.) 85 d.) 91

The three circles below represent the number of people proficient in C, COBOL, JAVA. Answer the next three questions based on the diagram 3. How many more (or less) people are proficient in COBOL than people who are proficient in C? (a)2 (b)3 (c)1 (d)5 (e)6 4. What percentages of people proficient in JAVA are also proficient in C but not in COBOL? (a)16 (b)19 (c)17.4 (d)12 (e)9 5. What percentages of total people are proficient in all three languages (a)9 (b)6 (c)5 (d)7 (e)8

6. A number of saplings are lying at a place by the side of a straight road. These are to be plantedIn a straight line at a distance interval of 10 meters between two consecutive saplings. Mithilesh, the countrys greatest forester , can carry only one sapling at a time and has to move back to the original pointto get the next sapling. In this manner, he covers a total distance of 1.32 kms. How many saplings does he plant in the process if he ends at the starting point? (a) 15 (b) 14 (c)13 (d) 12

7. in a horse race there were 18 horses numbered 1-18. The probability that horse 1 would win is 1/6, that 2 would win is 1/10 and that 3 would win is 1/8. Assuming that a tie is impossible, find the chance that one of the three would win? a.) 47/120 b.)119/120 c.) 11/129 d.) 1/5

8. A booster pump can be used for filling as well as emptying a tank . the capacity of the tank is 2400 m3 3 .The emptying capacity of the tank is 10 m per min higher than its filling capacity and the pump needs 8 mins lesser to empty the tank than it needs to fill it . What is the filling capacity of the pump? a.) 50m3 /min b.) 60m3 /min c.) 72m3 /min d.) none of these

9. Shekhar started a business investing Rs 25,000 in 1999 . In 2000 he invested an additional amount of Rs 10,000 and Rajiv joined him with an amount of Rs 35,000 . In 2001 Shekhar invested another additional amount of Rs 10,000 and Jatin joined them with an amount of Rs 35,000 . What will be Rajiv share in the profit of Rs 1,50,000 earned at the end of three years from the start of the business in 1999. a.) Rs45,000 b.) Rs50,000 c.) Rs70,000 d.) Rs75,000 e) none

10. Six friends decide to share a big cake. Since all of them like the cake, they begin quarreling who gets to first cut and have a piece of the cake. One friend suggests that they have a blindfold friend choose from well shuffled set of cards numbered one to six. You check and find that this method works as it should simulating a fair throw of a die. You check by performing multiple simultaneous trials of picking the cards blindfold and throwing a die. You note that the number shown by the method of picking up a card and throwing a real world die, sums to a number between 2 and 12. Which total would be likely to appear more often 8,9 or 10? a) 8 b)All are equally likely c)9 d)10

11. A, B and C start at the same time in the same direction to run around a circular stadium. A completes a round in 252 seconds, B in 308 seconds and c in 198 seconds, all starting at the same point. After what time will they again at the starting point ? a.) 26 min 18 sec b.) 42 min 36 sec c.) 45 min d.) 46 min 18 sec

12. The price of commodity X increases by 40 paise every year, while the price of commodity Y increases by15 paise every year. If in 2001, the price of commodity Xwas Rs. 4.20 and that of Y was Rs. 6.30, in which year commodity X will cost 40 paise more than the commodity Y ? a.) 2010 b.) 2011 c.) 2012 d.) 2013

13. the difference between the simple interest on a certain sum at the rate of 10% per annum for 2 yrs and compound interest which is compounded every 6 months is Rs .124.05. What is the principal sum ? a.) Rs 6000 b.) Rs 8000 c.) Rs 12000 d.) none of these

14. there is a road beside a river . two friends started from A place , moved to a temple situated at another place B and then returned to A again. One of them moves on a cycle at a speed of 12 kmph while the other sails on a boat at a speed of 10 kmph . if the river flows at the speed of 4 kmph. Which of the friends will return to place A first.? a) cyclist b) boat 15. I started on my bicycle at 7 a.m. to reach a certain place .After going a certain distance, my bicycle went out of order . Consequently , I rested for 35 min and came back to my house walking all the way .I reached my house at 1 p.m. if my cycling speed is 10 kmph and my walking speed is 1 kmph , then on my

bicycle I covered a distance of a.) 4 61/66km b.) 13 4/9km c.) 14 3/8 km d.) 15 10/21km 16. A locker at the world famous WTC buildings can be opened by dialing a fixed 3 digit code between 000 to 999. Don, a terrorist only knows that the number is a three digit number and has only one 6. Using this information, he tries to open the locker by dialing 3 digits at random. The probability that he succeeds in his endeavor is : a.) 1/243 b.)1/900 c.) 1/1000 d.) 3/216 17. there are8 orators A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H. in how many ways can the arrangements be made so that A always comes before B and B always comes before C. a.) 8!/3! b.)8!/6! c.) 5!/3! d.) 8!/(5!.3!)

18. The total expense of a boarding house are partly fixed and partly variable with the number of boarders. The charge is Rs.70 per head when there are 25 boarders and Rs.60 when there are 50 boarders. Find the charge per head when there are 100 boarders. a) 65 b) 55 c) 50 d) 45

19. Alok and Bhanu play the following min-max game. Given the expression N = 15 + X*(Y Z) Where X, Y and Z are variables representing single digits (0 to 9), Alok would like to maximize N while Bhanu would like to minimize it. Towards this end, Alok chooses a single digit number and Bhanu substitutes this for a variable of her choice (X, Y or Z). Alok then chooses the next value and Bhanu, the variable to substitute the value. Finally Alok proposes the value for the remaining variable. Assuming both play to their optimal strategies, the value of N at the end of the game would be? a) 33 b) 43 c) 23 d) 63 20. A power unit is there by the bank of a river 900 mtr wide. a cable is made from unit to power plant opposite to that of the river and 3000 mtr away from the power unit. the cost of the cable below water rs 5/mtr.and cost of cable on the bank is rs 4/mtr.find the point where cable cut thru river. a) 2200 b) 2100 c) 2500 d) 2600

21. pure ghee costs Rs. 100 per kg .After adulteration it with vegetable oil costing Rs. 50 per kg , a shopkeeper sell the mixture at the rate of Rs. 96per kg, thereby making a profit of 20% . In what ratio does he mix the two? a) 3:2 b) 5:2 c) 6:2 d) 4:5

22. a shopkeeper purchased 150 identical pieces of calculators at the rate of Rs 250 each. He spent an amount of Rs 2500 on transport and packing . He fixed the labeled price of each calculator at Rs 320.However , he decided to give a discount of 5% on the labeled price . What is the percentage profit earned by him? a.) 14% b.) 15% c.) 16% d.) 20%

23. A salesman gets a bonus according to the following structure. If he sells articles worth Rs. x then he gets a bonus of Rs. ((x/100)-1). In the month of January, his sales value was Rs. 100, in February it was Rs.200, from march to November it was Rs. 300 for every month and in December it was Rs. 1200. Apart from all this, he also receives a basic salary of Rs. 30 per month from his employer. Find his average income per month during the year. (a)Rs.31.25 (b) Rs.30.34 (c) Rs.32.5 (d) Rs.34.5

24. A thief steals 4 gallons of liquid soap kept in a train compartments bathroom from a container that is full of liquid soap. He then fills it with water to avoid detection. Unable to resist the temptation he steals 4 gallons of the mixture again, and fills it with water. When the liquid soap is checked at a station it is found that the ratio of the liquid soap now left in the container to that of water in it is 36:13. What was the

initial amount of liquid soap in the container if it is neither used nor augmented by anybody else during the entire period? (a)7 gallons (b) 14 gallons (c) 21 gallons (d) 28 gallons

25. Mr. Boogle Woogle comes back from the USSR and convinces his community comprising 273 families to start calculating the average income and the average expenditure on the basis of 12 months per calendar year. Now if it is known that the average estimated income in his community is( according to the old system) 87 moolahs per month, then what will be the percentage change in the estimated savings of the community of Mr. Boogle Woogle( assume that there is no other change)? (a)12.33% (b) 22.22% (c) 31.31% (d)cant be determined

26. What will be the sum to n terms of the series: 8+88+888+. (a)8(10n -9n)/81 (b) 8(10n+1-10-9n)/81 (c) 8(10n-1-10) (d) 8(10n+1-10)

27. The production of a company has ups and downs every year .The production increases for two consecutive years consistently by 15% and in the third year it decreases by 10 % . Again in the next two years it increases by 15% each year and decreases by 10% in the third year . If you start counting from the year 1998 approx. what will be the effect on production of the company in 2002? a.) 27% increase b.)32% increase c.) 37% increase d.) 42% increase e.) 52% increase

28. In an examination the percentage of student qualified to the no. of students appeared from school A is 70 % . In school B the no. of students appeared is 20% more than the students appeared from school A and the students qualified from school B is 50 % more than the students qualified from school A . What is %age of students qualified to the no. of students appeared from school B ? a.) 30 b.) 70 c.) 78.5 d.) 87.5

29. An empty fuel tank of a car was filled with A type petrol . When the tank was half empty it was filled with B type petrol . Again when the tank was half empty it was filled with A type petrol . When the tank was half empty again it was filled with B type Petrol. What is the percentage of A type petrol at present in the tank ? a.) 33.5 b.) 37.5 c.) 40 d.) 50

30. Ferrari S.P.A is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1928 as Scuderia Ferrari , the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles in 1947 as Feraari S.P.A. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One where it has employed great success. Rohit once bought a Ferrari . It could go 4 times as fast as Mohan's old Mercedes. If the speed of Mohan's Mercedes is 46 km/hr and the distance traveled by the Ferrari is 953 km, find the total time taken for Rohit to drive that distance. (a) 20.72 (b) 5.18 (c) 238.25 (d) 6.18

31. The library has 510 visitors on Sundays and 240 on other days. The average number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday is (a) 250 (b) 276 (c) 280 (d) 285

32. A family consists of two grandparents, two parents and three grandchildren. The average age of the

grandparents is 67 years, that of the parents is 35 years and that of the grandchildren is 6 years. What is the average age of the family? (a)28 4/7 (b) 31 5/7 (c) 32 1/7 (d) none

33. A milk vendor has 2 cans of milk. The first contains 25% water and the rest milk. The second contains 50% water. How much milk should he mix from each of the containers so as to get 12 litres of milk such that the ratio of water to milk is 3 : 5? (a)4 litres , 8 litres (b) 6 litres , 6 litres (c) 5 litres , 7 litres (d) 7 litres , 5 litres

34. Ram buys a cycle for 31 dollars and given a cheque of amount 35 dollars. Shop Keeper exchanged the cheque with his neighbor and gave change to Ram. After 2 days, it is known that cheque is bounced. Shop keeper paid the amount to his neighbor. The cost price of cycle is 19 dollars. What is the profit/loss for shop keeper? (a) 23 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) 33 35. Entry ticket to an exhibition ranges from 1p to 31p. You need to provide exact change at the counter. You have 31p coin. In how many parts will u divide 31p so that u will provide the exact change required and carry as less coins as possible? (a) 22 (b) 31 (c) 6 (d) 32