1.

A red light flashes 3 times per minute, green light flashes 4 times per minute and the yellow light
flashes 6 times per minute. If all the three Lights start flashing at the same time, then how many times
do they flash in 75 minutes?
(a) 60 (b) 65 (c) 70 (d) 75
2. A bag contains a total of 105 coins of Re 1, 50 paise and 25 paise denominations. Find the total
number of coins of Rs one, if there are a total of 50.50 Rs in the bag and it is known that the number of
25 paise coins is 133.33% ore that the number of Re 1 coins.
(a) 48 (b) 18 (c) 24 (d) 27
3. A bag has 6 blue balls, 8 red balls, 5 black balls and 9 white balls. You are asked to pick some balls
from the bag, without looking into the bag. What is the minimum number of balls you must pick so as
to be sure that at least 3 of them are of the same colour?
(a) 5 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 11
4. 2++1+1=+1, is real if:
(a) 430 (b) 0 (c) 430 (d) 23<<1
5. An empty metal container (without its handle) weight 15% of its weight when filled with a particular
liquid. After adding the handle, the weight of the fully filled container increases by 5%. If the weight of
the partly filled container is 1/3 of the completely gilled container with handle attached, then what
fraction of container is utilized?
(a) 4/17 (b) 3/17 (c) 6/19 (d) 3/19
6. One kilogram of laddoo mix packet costs Rs. 150/- usually and can be used to make 100 laddoos. A
festive offer is launched with 20% extra material in each packet and at 10% price discount. Last
month, Ram bought enough packets to make 6000 laddoos when no offer was available. This month,
during the festive offer, shyam bought enough packets to make 6000 laddoos. The ratio of amount
spent by shyam to the amount spent by Ram is
(a) 1:3 (b) 1:2 (c) 2:3 (d) 3:4
7. Four women and one man plan a robbery and decide to share the spoils equally. However, on the
night of the robbery, the man falls sick. While the robbery is successful, the man gets only half of the
share he was entitled to. Then, the ratio of amount of money shared by the women to the original
share they were entitled to is
(a) 7:6 (b) 8:7 (c) 9:8 (d) 10:9
8. The economy of Xiberia consists of exactly two industries: mining and manufacturing. It was
expected that the economy would grow by 18% if mining grew by 10% and manufacturing by 20%.
However, if manufacturing grew only by 10%, then, for the economy to still grow by 18%, mining
needs to grow by what %?
(a) 25 (b) 37 0 (c) 50 (d) 62.5
9. Fig. 1 consists of a circle C with centre O. OA and OB are perpendicular to each other. The area of
the triangle AOB is 32 square units.

If AD = BD, the area of the triangle ABD is

(a) 32 Sq units (b) 32 (1 + 2) Sq units (c) 64 2 Sq units (d) 64 Sq units
10. If log32, log3(2X 5) and log3(2X 72) are in Arithmetic Progression, then x is equal to
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 2 or 4 (d) 2 or 3

11. In the sequence 1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4, where n consecutive terms have the value n, 150th term is
(a) 17 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 15

12. If (1 p) is a root of the quadratic equation x2 + px + (1 p) = 0, then its roots are

(a) p and p (b) 0 and 1 (c) 0 and1 (d) 1 and p
13. The number of different six digit numbers, the sum of whose digits is odd is
(a) C1062 (b) 6! X 106 (c) 9 X 105 (d) 45 x 104
14. Let A be a set with 3 elements and B be a set with 4 elements. The total number of one-one
functions from A to B is.
(a) 64 (b) 81 (c) 24 (d) 48
16. A computer has 3 ports to transfer data into flash-drives. The rate of data transfer varies as the
simultaneous transfers change as follows:
Single transfer means data transfer @ 3 MB per second
Two simultaneous transfers mean data transfer @2 MB per second for each transfer
Three simultaneous transfers mean data transfer @ 1.5 MB per second for each transfer
Rohit has to transfer 577 MB data into three flash-drives of data-holding capacity of 90 MB, 200MB and
300MB respectively. What is the shortest possible time to perform this transfer?
(a) 144 seconds (b) 128 seconds (c) 96 seconds (d) 64 seconds
17. Two boats in a current-free lake start sailing towards each other from a distance of 140 kilometres.
At the same time, a fish touches boat A and swims towards boat B. As soon as it touches boat B, it
swims back to boat A. The process continues till the boats collide. The boats sail at a constant speed of
16 kilometres per hour and 12 kilometres per hour. The fish swims at the constant speed of 5
kilometres per hour. After swimming for 40% of the total time between start and collision, the fish gets
tired and reduces the speed to 3 kilometres per hour. What would be the total distance swam by the
fish till the boats collide?
(a) 25km (b) 23km (c) 19 km (d) 16 km
Questions 18 to 20 : For the year 2016, Sid has taken a New Year resolution for being very fit.
Therefore, starting with January 1, 2016, he has decided to go for swimming every second day gym
every third day and jogging every fifth day. The three activities are very energy intensive and require,
respectively, 130 calories, 140 calories, 110 calories. If January 1, 2016 happens to be a Sunday,
answer the following questions.
18. On how many days, does Sid go to jog only?
(a) 73 (b) 74 (c) 4c (d) 25
19. On how many days, does Sid not go for any of the three activities?
(a) 95 (b) 96 (c) 97 (d) 98
20. What is the amount of total calories spent by Sid over all such days, when he did all the three
activities?
(a) 4560 calories (b) 4280 calories (c) 3800 calories (d) 4940 calories
22. If A is a root of the equation: (2+5) = A. The values of A
(a) are rational number 0 (b) are rational numbers > 0
(c) are irrational numbers (d) are not real numbers
23. If () = 243 + 2 5 + has two factor (2 + 1) and (3 1), the value of p must be
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2

24. Two chords, KL and MN of a circle intersect at an external point J. If KL = 15 cm. L J = 5cm, MN = 21
cm and NJ = 4 cm, the ratio of the area of the quadrilateral KLNM to the area of the triangle JKM will be
(a) 24 25 (b) 22 25 (c) 17 20 (d) 19 20
25. The number of ways in which five balls each of different color can be distributed to three different
persons such that each person gets at least one ball is
(a) 90 (b) 120 (c) 150 (d) 180
26. The distance between the two planes 2x + y + 2z = 8 and 4x + 2y + 4z = 5 is
(a) 92 (b) 72 (c) 52 (d) 32
27. An unknown polynomial is divided by x 1 to give a remainder 2 and with x2 to give a remainder
1. Then the remainder resulting when the same polynomial is divided by (x 1)(x 2) is
(a) 2 x (b) 1x (c) 4 x (d) 3 x
28. The sum of the first twenty terms of the sequence 0,7, 0 77, 0.777, ....is
(a) 7 81 (179 1020) (b) 79 (99 1020)
(c) 7 81 (179 + 1020) (d) 79 (99 + 1020)
29. Consider the equations x2 + 2x + 3 = 0 and x2 + x + = 0, where, ,, . If these equations
have one root in common then : : is equal to
(a) 1:2:3 (b) 3:2:1 (c) 1:3:2 (d) 3:1:2
30. The value of 6 + log23 ( 1 32 4

1 32

1 32

(a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 10

31. Mark (a), if () = ()

Mark (b), if () = ()
Mark (c), if neither a nor b is true
Mark (d), if () does not exist at at least one point of the domain.
32. For what value of (), () = (())?
(a) (b) log (c) (d) None of these
Directions Q33 - Q34:
(, ) = 1 <
= + 2 = 0 0
= 3 0 = 0
= + 5 >
(, ) = + 3 <
= 1 = 0 0
= 2 0 = 0
= + 3 >
33. Find the value of: (((((2,3),4),5),0),0)
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 6
34. Find the value of: (0, ((0, (0,3)),5))
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
35. At Narmada Sarover Bachao (NSB) demonstration, supporters of Ms. Patkar outnumbered the
police by 9: 1. The police arrested 135 NSB supporters averaging 5 for every 3 policemen. How many
supporters of NSB were there in the demonstration?
(a) 405 (b) 665 (c) 1215 (d) None of these

36. A and B are two business partners. They decided to distribute equally 60% of the profit and
remaining 40% as the interest on their capital. If they invested Rs. 1250 and Rs. 850 respectively and
A received Rs. 30 more than B, the total profit was
(a) Rs. 371.25 (b) Rs. 423.75 (c) Rs. 325.50 (d) Rs. 393.75
37. Six men earn as much as 8 women, 2 women earn as much as 3 boys and 4 boys can earn as
much as 5 girls. If a girl earns Rs. 50 a day then each man earns.
(a) Rs. 115 (b) Rs. 135 (c) Rs. 125 (d) Rs. 150
38. A man has some hens and cows. If the total number of heads is 48 and total number of legs are
140. Then the total number of hens is
(a) 22 (b) 26 (c) 24 (d) 20
39. Which of the following is not true?
(a) A subtraction of the same quantity to both sides of an equation does not change the equality.
(b) Multiplication of the same non-zero number to both sides of an equation does not change the
inequality.
(c) Division of both side of an equation by the same non-zero number does not change the equality
(d) All of the above are not true.
40. The number of solutions of the equation 5+ 5=10100, is/are
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) None of these
41. If a, b, c R then, both the roots of the equation () ()+()()+() ()=0 are always
(a) Positive (b) Negative (c) Real (d) Cannot be determined
42. The shadow of a flag staff is three times as long as the shadow of the flag staff when the sun rays
meet the ground at an angle of 60. The angle between the sun rays and the ground at the time of
longer shadow is (a) 45 (b) 15 (c) 30 (d) 75
43. How many factors of 253652 are perfect squares?
(a) 20 (b) 24 (c) 30 (d) None of these
44. Siddharth has only three types of toys - Cars, Puzzles and Planes. All his toys except 25 are Planes.
All except 32 are Cars. All except 27 are Puzzles. How many Cars does he have?
(a) 52 (b) 15 (c) 12 (d) 10
45. The given figure is
(a) A Function
(b) A Relation
(c) Both (a) & (b)
(d) None of these
46. If ()=1+1 then () in terms of () is equal to:
(a) ()+1+() (b) (a1)()++1(+1)()+1 (c) (+1)()+1(a1)()++1 (d) None of these
Directions for Q47
() is a function which is defined as:
()={2+4 <1 3+5 1<125 1 }
47. Find the value of (3)?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 1
Directions for questions 48 51:
Each of questions consist of question followed by two statements numbered I and II.

Answer (a) if data in Statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question but the data in Statement II
alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
Answer (b) if data in Statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question but the data in Statement I
alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
Answer (c) if data in Statement I and II together are necessary to answer the question.
Answer (d) if data in Statement I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
48. ABC and PQR are congruent
(I) Area of ABC and PQR is the same
(II) ABC and PQR are right angle triangles
49. Salary of A and B is in ratio 3:4 and expenditure is in ratio 4:5. What is the ratio of their saving?
(I) Bs saving is 25% of his salary.
(II) Bs salary is Rs 2500.
50. What is the average height of the class?
(I) Average height of the class decreases by 1 cm if we exclude the tallest person of the class whose
height is 56 cm.
(II) Average height of the class increases by 1 cm if we exclude the shortest person of the class whose
height is 42 cm.
51. Ram is taller than Shyam and Jay is shorter than Vikram. Who is the shortest among them?
(I) Ram is the tallest.
(II) Shyam is taller than Vikram.
52. There are two cups, one containing orange juice and one containing an equal amount of lemonade.
One teaspoon of the orange juice is taken and mixed with the lemonade. Then a teaspoon of this
mixture is mixed back into the orange juice. Is there more lemonade in the orange juice or more
orange juice in the lemonade?
(a) More orange juice in the lemonade
(b) More lemonade in the orange juice
(c) Equal amount of each juice between the two cups
(d) None of the above
53. The value of log tan1 + log tan 2 + log tan 3 + ... + log tan 89 is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) None of these
54. Which of the following is correct?
(a) sin1 > sin 1 (b) sin1 = sin 1 (c) sin1 < sin 1 (d) sin1 = (180) sin1
55. If x = (163 + 173 + 183 + 193), then x divided by 70 leaves a remainder of
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 69 (4) None of these
56. A jogging park has two identical circular tracks touching each other, and a rectangular track
enclosing the two circles. The edges of the rectangles are tangential to the circles. Two friends, A and
B, start jogging simultaneously from the point where one of the circular tracks touches the smaller side
of the rectangular track. A jog along the rectangular track, while B jogs along the two circular tracks in
a figure of eight. Approximately, how much faster than A does B have to run, so that they take the
same time to return to their starting point?
(1) 3.88% (2) 4.22% (3) 4.44% (4) 4.72%
57. In a chess competition involving some boys and girls of a school, every student had to play exactly
one game with every other student. It was found that in 45 games both the players were girls, and in
190 games both were boys. The number of games in which one player was a boy and the other was a
girl is
(1) 200 (2) 216 (3) 235 (4) 256
58. Let n! = 1 2 3 ... n for integer n 1. If p = 1! (2 2!) + (3 3!) + + (10 10!), then p
+ 2 when divided by 11! leaves a remainder of
(1) 10 (2) 0 (3) 7 (4) 1
59. If a1 = 1 and an + 1 3an + 2 = 4n for every positive integer n, then a100 equals

(1) 399 200 (2) 399 + 200 (3) 3100 200 (4) 3100 + 200
60. The rightmost non zero digit of the number 302720 is
(1) 1 (2) 3 (3) 7 (4) 9