SOLUTION TO WEEK -1 EXERCISE

1. The ratio of dogs to cats in a pet store is 3 is to 4. What is the number of dogs in the store if there
are 20 cats?
(a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) 25
Solution
Expressing the ratio as fraction 3: 4 = 3/4
You are given the number of cats i.e. the denominator, you have to find the numerator of the
fraction.
3 = x
4 20
Cross multiply and you get 4x = 60; x = 15.
There are 15 dogs at the pet store. Option (b)

2. There are only Darjeeling, Earl grey, English breakfast and Chamomile tea bags in a
basket. There are 3 earl grey tea bags to every chamomile and for every Darjeeling tea bag
there are two English breakfast tea bags. For every 2 chamomile tea bags there are 4 Darjeeling tea
bags. If there are total of 100 tea bags in the basket, how many English breakfast tea bags
are present?
(a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 50
Solution
First express the number of tea bags in ratio of each other:
1 CM: 3 EG
1 DJ: 2 EB
2 CM: 4 DJ i.e. 1 CM: 2DJ
Expressing all four of them in one ratio 1CM:2DJ:3G:4EB.
Sum of all parts of the ratio (the whole) = 1+2+3+4 = 10.
Total number of tea bags = 100.
Number of English breakfast tea bags = 4/10 * 100 = 40 tea bags Option (c)

3. Peter reads twice as much as Barry but only 1⁄2 as much as Andrew. Doug reads as much as all
three put together. How many books did Barry read last week if Doug read 7 books?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
Solution
Ratio of the 4 book reads can be formed as shown below:
Barry: 2Peter: 4Andrew: 7Doug {Doug has 7 as his ratio coefficient because 1+2+4 = 7}
So the ratio of all 4 is 1:2:4:7
Ratio of Barry to Doug = 1:7. Option (a)

4. The ratio of daily wages of two workers is 4 : 3 and one gets daily Rs. 9 more than the other,
what are their daily wages in Rs ?
(a) 32 and 24 (b) 28 and 19 (c) 49 and 40 (d) 36 and 27
Solution
Let the daily wages of the two workers be x and y respectively. Given that x/y= 4/3 or 3x =4y
Given that x = y + 9 multiply this by 3
3x = 3y + 27 substitute value of 3x with 4y we have 4y = 3y + 27 i.e. y=27
X = 27+ 9 = 36 Option (d)

5. What sum of money is to be divided among 3 men in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 so that the third man
receives Rs 10 only ?
(a) 56 (b) 84 (c) 120 (d) 24
Solution
Let x be the total amount to be disbursed. Share of Person 3 is
given 5*x /(3+4+5) = 10
hence x = 10*12/5 = 24 Option (d)

6. In an election contested by two parties, Party D secured 12% of the total votes more than Party R.
If party R got 132,000 votes, by how many votes did it lose the election?
(a) 32000 (b) 36000 (c) 40000 (d) 44000
Solution:
Let the percentage of the total votes secured by Party D be x%
Then the percentage of total votes secured by Party R = (x – 12)%
As there are only two parties contesting in the election, the sum total of the votes secured by the
two parties should total up to 100% i.e., x + x – 12 = 100
2x – 12 = 100 or 2x = 112 or x = 56%.
If Party D got 56% of the votes, then Party got (56 – 12) = 44% of the total votes.
44% of the total votes = 132,000
i.e. T = 300,000 votes.
The margin by which Party R lost the election = 12% of the total votes = 12% of 300,000 =
36,000. Option (b)

7. Today John is twice as old as Frank and Sam is 2 years younger than Frank. Four years ago John
was 4 times as old as Sam. How old is John now?
(a) 18 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d) 16
Solution
Let us call the current age of John, Frank and Sam as J, F and S.
Age of John and Frank today are in the ratio = 1:2 which means J = 2F.
Age of Sam S = F – 2.
Age of John 4 years ago = J‐4 = 4 times the age of Sam 4 years ago.
J – 4 = 4 (S – 4) => 4S = J + 12
Substitute S = F – 2 into the equation
4(F‐2) = J + 12
4F – 8 = J + 12
Substituting J = 2F in the equation as 4F = 2J
2J – 8 = J + 12
J = 20
John is 20 years old now. Option (b)

8. A number on subtracting 15 from it, reduces to its 80% what is 40% of that number?
(a) 25 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) cannot be determined
Solution
Let the number be x
x‐15 = 80%x , x – 15 = 80/100 x , x – 15 = 4/5 x
x – 4/5 x = 15, x / 5 = 15, x=75
Now, 40% of 75= 40 /100 x 75 =2/5 x 15 =30 ‐ Option (c)

9. The difference between 42% of a number and 28% of the same number is 210. What is 59% of
that number?
(a) 630 (b) 885 (c) 420 (d) 900
Solution
Let the number be x. 0.42 x – 0.28 x = 210
0.14x = 210 x = 21000/14 = 1500 . 59% = 1500* 0.59 = 885 ‐ Option (b)

10. If A, B, C are the mechanisms used separately to reduce the wastage of fuel by 30%, 20%, 10%.
What will be the fuel economy if they were used combined?
(a) 48% (b) 49.6% (c) 20% (d) 24%
Solution
Composite savings = (0.3+0.2+0.1)/3 = 0.2 , 20% Option (c)

11. What is the 15th term of the series 20,15,10.....?

(a) ‐45 (b) ‐50 (c) ‐55 (d) ‐60
Solution
This is a simple arithmetic progression nth term Tn = a + (n‐1)* d
a=20, d = ‐5 T15 = 20+ (15‐1) (‐5) , 20‐70 = ‐50 Option (b)

12. In a meeting, every person shakes hands with the other only once. If there are 15 handshakes,
how many persons attended the meeting?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
Solution
Let us assume that there are n people in the meeting
The first person shakes hands with n‐1 people
The second person shakes hands uniquely with n‐2 people
The similarly third person shakes hands uniquely with n‐3 people
(n‐1) th person shakes hands uniquely n‐(n‐1) people = 1 person
Total handshakes (n‐1) + (n‐2) + ( n‐3) + (n – n+1)
Total handshakes = n*n – ( 1+2+3...n) = 15
n*n ‐ n (n+1)/2 = 15
Solving: n^2 – n = 30 The two roots of the quadratic equation are n = 6 or n=‐5
since n is positive n = 6 . There are 6 people in the room Option (d)

13. The cost of a radio during 1980 was Rs. 120. In 1988, the price had increased to Rs 180. What
was the percentage increase in the cost of the radio?
(a) 20% (b) 30% (c) 40% (d) 50%
Solution
The actual increase was Rs. 60. To find the percent increase
Amount of increase x
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ = ‐‐‐‐‐
Original amount 100
60/120 * 100 = 50%, Option (d)

14. if / is taken as +, x is taken as ‐, + is taken as / and – is taken as x, then Find (9+3)/(2 – 4) x 3

(a) 30 (b) 8 (c) 0 (d) ‐12
Solution
(9 / 3 ) + (2 x 4) ‐ 3 = 3 + 8 ‐ 3 = 8, Option (b).

15. The average of 5 consecutive numbers A,B,C,D and E is 52. What is the sum of B and E?
(a) 102 (b) 103 (c) 104 (d) 105
Solution
Total sum of 5 consecutive numbers is 52*5 = 260. Since they are consecutive , and assuming n
being the first number A , 5n + 10 = 260 n =50. B=51, E=54
B+E = 105 Option (d)

16. When Rs. 250 added to 1/4th of a given amount of money makes it smaller than 1/3rd of the
given amount by Rs 100. What is the given amount of money?
(a) Rs. 350 (b) Rs. 600 (c) Rs. 4200 (d) Rs. 3600
Solution
Let x be the given amount
Given x/3 = (250 + x/4) + 100
Solving x = 12*350 = 4200 – Option (c)

17. 6 pigs cost the same as 9 sheep. 27 sheep cost the same as 30 goats. 50 goats cost the same as 3
elephants. If two elephants cost Rs. 48000, then the cost of one pig in Rupees is
(a) 1200 (b) 2400 (c) 1050 (d) 2500
Solution
Let cost per item be p (pig), s(sheep), g(goat) and e (elephant)
From the data, 6p=9s , 27s=30g, 50g=3e, 2e=48000. To determine value of p
p=(9/6)*(30/27)*(3/50)*(48000/2)
p= 2400. Hence the answer is Option (b)

18. A is twice older than B. If A were 3 years younger and B were 3 years older, then difference
between their ages is 12 years. What is the sum of their ages?
(a) 50 (b) 52 (c) 54 (d) 60
Solution
Given that A=2B . (A ‐3) – (B + 3) =12 Substituting A=2B in the second
2B ‐3 –B ‐3 =12 B =18 A = 2B =36 A+B = 54
If A were 3 years younger A= 36 ‐3 = 33 B = 18 + 3 = 21, Option (c)

19. Shruthi is 25 years younger than her mother today. Ten years ago, Shruthi was one‐sixth as old
as her mother. How old is Shruthi's mother now?
(a) 45 years (b) 40 years (c) 34 years (d) Cannot be determined.
Solution
Shruthi's age= x – 25
So (x – 25) – 10 = 1 / 6 ( x – 10)
6x – 210 = x – 10 ,
5x = 200
x = 40 Shruthi's mother's age = 40 years. Hence, the answer is (b).

20. The ratio of ages of two persons is 4 : 7 and one is 30 years older than the other. Find the sum of
their ages.
(a) 210 (b) 110 (c) Rs. 90 (d) 140
Solution
Let x and y be the ages
7x=4y ,y‐x=30 , 4y=4x+120, x=40,y=70 x+y=110 Option (b)

21. I can buy 9 books less for 1050 if the price of each book goes up by Rs. 15. Find the original
price of the book.
(a) 45 (b) 40 (c) 35 (d) 30
Solution
Let the original price be Rs. x per book.
No books bought for 1050 is 1050/x
Given that 1050/x – 1050/(x+15) = 9
(1050) 15 = 9 (x+15) x
x 2 + 15x – 1750 = 0
x = 35 or – 50.
x= 35 (x is +ve). Option (c)

22. Average age of students of an adult school is 40 years. 120 new students whose average age is
32 years joined the school. As a result the average age is decreased by 4 years. Find the number of
students in the school after joining of the new students.
(a) 1200 (b) 120 (c) 360 (d) 240
Solution
Let n me the number of students before the new student join
Total sum of ages of students before new students join = 40 * n
Total sum of ages of students after 120 students of avg age 32 join = 40*n + 120*32
Given that overall average age dropped by 4 i.e 40‐4 = 36 . Hence
40*n + 120*32 = (n+120)*36 – solving n= 120.
Total student after new students
joined = 120+120 = 240 Option (d)

23. The average age of 5 men is 20 years. Their average age is increased by 1 when a new man
joined them. Find the age of the new man
(a) 27 (b) 28 (c) 26 (d) None of these
Solution
Average age of 5 men = 20 years
Total age of 5 persons = 20 x 5 = 100 years
Average age of 6 men = 21 years
Total age of 6 persons = 21 x 6 = 126 years
Age of the 6 th person = 126 ‐100 = 26 Option (c)

24. The sum of the present age of the father and his daughter is 42 years. 7 years later, the father
will be 3 times old than the daughter. The present age of the father is:
(a) 35 (b) 32 (c) 28 (d) 33
Solution
f + d = 42 f+7 = 3 (d+7) 3f + 3d = 126 f + 7 = 3d + 21 4f = 119+21
f = 140/4 = 35 Option (a)

25. A bought 5 pens, 7 pencils and 4 erasers. B bought 6 pens, 8 erasers and 14 pencils for an
amount which was half more than what A had paid. What % of the total amount paid by A was paid
for pens?
(a) 37.5% (b) 62.5% (c) 50% (d) None of these
Solution
5 Pn + 7 Pl + 4 E = X ‐ paid by A (1)
6 Pn + 14 Pl + 8 E = (3/2)X – paid by B (2)
Multiply equation 1 by 2
10 Pn + 14 Pl + 8 E = 2X (3)
Now (3) – (2) we get
4 Pn = X/2
Pn = (1/8)X Since A bought 5 pens
Cost of pens = 5 * (1/8) X = 0.625X i.e 62.5% option (b)

26. Low temperature at the night in a city is 1/3 more than 1/2 high as higher temperature in a day.
Sum of the low temperature and highest temperature is 100 degrees. Then what is the low
temperature?
(a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 32 (d)36
Solution
L = H/2 + (1/3) (H/2) or 3L = 2H also L+H =100 substituting L by
2/3 H , H (2/3+1) =100 or H = 100*3 /5 = 60 L = 100 ‐60 = 40 Option (b)

27. A,B and C divide Rs. 4200 amongst themselves in the ratio of 7:8:6 respectively. If Rs. 200 is
added to each of their shares what will be the ratio of their share?
(a) 8:9:6 (b) 7:9:5 (c) 7:8:6 (d) 8:9:7
Solution
A,B and C divide an amount Rs 4200 amongst themselves i the ration of 7:8:6 respectively. If Rs
200 is added to each of their shares what will be the ratio of their share
A‐ 7/21*4200 = 1400
B‐ 8/21*4200 = 1600
C 6/21*4200 = 1200
New A 1600
New B 1800
New C 1400
Total 4800
The ratio now is 16/48:18/48:14/48
8:9:7 option d

28. The total expenses 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
Solution
Let F be the fixed cost and V be the variable cost per person
When there were 25 boarders , total cost = 70*25 =
1750 = F + 25*V –(1)
When there were 50 boarders , total cost = 60*50=
3000 = F + 50*V –(2)
Solving (2) –(1) means 25V = 1250 i.e V = 50 F = 3000‐ 50*50 = 500
Total cost for 100 boarders would be = 500 + 100*50 =5500 .
Total cost per person = 5500/100 = 55 Option (b)

29. A person had to multiply two numbers. Instead of multiplying by 35, he multiplied by 53 and
the product went up by 540. What was the raised product?
(a) 1050 (b) 1225 (c) 1590 (d) 1855
Solution
Let the number be X. Given that X*53 – X*35 = 540 X = 540/18 = 30.
Raised product = 30*53 = 1590 Option (c)

30. How many multiples of 4 are there between 12 and 96, inclusive?
(a) 21 (b) 22 (c) 23 (d) 24
Solution
If we divide all of them by 4 we get a series of 3,4,5,24 . This series has 22 numbers hence the
answer is 22 Option (a) is the answer

31. Find the sum of all odd numbers between 100 and 200?
(a) 6700 (b) 6600 (c) 6800 (d) 7500
Solution
Odd numbers are 101, 103,105... 199
If we pair them as following, the sum of all odd numbers are
101 + 199 = 300
103 + 197 = 300
.
149 + 151 = 300.
You will have 25 such pairs whose sum is [Link] the total sum is 300*25 =7500
Option (d)
32. If a light flashes every 6 seconds, how many times will it flash in 3⁄4 of an hour?
(a) 360 (b) 450 (c) 540 (d) 600
Solution
Light flashes every 6 second or 60/6 = 10 times in a minute. So in 3⁄4 hour i.e. 45 minutes it
flashes 450 times. Option (b)

33. Which of the following is larger than 3/5?

(a) ½ (b) 39/50 (c) 59/100 (d) 7/23
Solution
3/5 = 0.6 . Option a,c, and d are < 0.6 only Option (b) 0.78 is > 0.6

34. A software engineer has the capability of thinking 100 lines of code in five minutes and can type
100 lines of code in 10 minutes. He takes a break for five minutes after every ten minutes. How
many lines of codes will he complete typing after an hour?
(a) 200 (b) 250 (c) 300 (d) 350
Solution

Since the engineer has to take 5 min break after every 10 min of work, he would take about 4
breaks in an hour = 20 minutes of break time. Hence the remaining work time is 40 minutes. For
every 100 lines of code he needs to think for 5 minutes and type for 10 minutes. i.e. effectively
every block of 100 lines of code would take 15 minutes of work time. So in 30 minutes he can
type 200 lines of code. In the remaining 10 minutes, 5 minutes goes for thinking and 5 minutes
for typing. In 5 minutes he can type only 50 lines of code. Hence the total code type =
100+100+50 =250 Option (b)

35. The ratio of the age of a gentleman and his wife is 4 : 3. After 4 years this ratio will be 9 : 7. If
at the time of their marriage the ratio was 5 : 3, how many years ago they were married?
(a) 10 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 15
Solution
Let h and w be the ages of husband and wife respectively
Given h*3 = w*4
After 4 years, (h+4)*7 = (w+4)*9 . Solving the above h=32, w=24. Let n be the
years since marriage. Given (32‐n)*3=(24‐n)*5, n = 12 Option (c) is the right
answer

Numeric Logic

For the following set of number series, identify what number should come next
1. 7, 10, 8, 11, 9, 12, ?
a) 7 b) 10 c) 12 d) 13
Solution
This is a composite alternating series in odd and even places. Both odd and even places are
incrementing by 1. 7 th term is 9+1 = 10 Option (b)

2. 36, 34, 30, 28, 24, ?

a) 20 b) 22 c) 23 d) 26

Solution
This is a difference series. The differences between the terms ‐2, ‐4,‐2, ‐4 .
The next term will be 24‐2 = 22 Option (b)
 3. 4, ‐5, 11, ‐14, 22, ?
a) ‐25 b) ‐26 c) ‐27 d) ‐28
Solution
The series patterns is as follows
4 – 3^2 = ‐5
‐5 + 4^2 = 11
11 – 5^2 = ‐14
‐14 + 6 ^2 = 22
22 – 7^2 = ‐27 Option (c)

4. 80, 10, 70, 15, 60, ?

a) 20 b) 25 c) 30 d) 40
Solution
This is an alternating series. Odd places are decreasing by 10 and even places are increasing by
5. The next in the sequence is 15+5 =20 Option (a)

5. 6, 24, 60,120, 210, ?

a) 336 b) 366 c) 330 d) 660
Solution
The series is 1.2.3 , 2.3.4, 3.4.5, 4.5.6, 5.6.7, The next is 6.7.8 = 36. Option (a)

6. Find the odd one out : 105, 85, 60, 30, 0, ‐45, ‐90
a) 30 b) 60 c) 0 d) ‐45
Solution
The series is as follows
105 ‐20 = 85 ; 85 ‐ 25 = 60 ; 60 – 30 = 30
30 – 35 = ‐5 (given as 0 hence the odd one)
‐5 – 40 = ‐45 ; ‐45 ‐45 = ‐90 Option (c) is the odd one out

7. Find the odd one out in the series: 10, 25, 40, 55, 64, 80
a) 25 b) 40 c) 64 d) 80
Solution
All numbers except 64 are multiple of 5 option (c)

8. Find the odd one out: 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 18, 19, 21

a) 8 b) 12 c) 18 d) 21
Solution
Number of integers skipped after two consecutive numbers: 1 (7), 2 (10,11),(14,15,16,17). So
after 19, you need to skip 8 integers (20 to 27). The next number should be 28 and not 21. The
answer is (d).

9. Find the odd one out: 1, 0.5, 0.25, 0.095, 0.0625, 0.03125
a) 0.25 b) 0.095 c) 0.0625 d) 0.03125
Solution
Multiples of 0.5; 0.095 is not a multiple of 0.5. Hence, the answer is (b).

10. Find the odd one out: 662, 645, 625, 599, 570
a) 645 b) 625 c) 599 d) 570
Solution
Rule: 662, 662‐17=645, 645‐19=622(not 625),622‐23=599, 599‐29= 570.
The number has to be subtracted from prime numbers(17, 19,23,29) at every step to find the next
number in series. It should be 622 and not 625. Hence, the answer is (b).