Directions to Solve(1-5)

Study the following table and answer the questions based on it.

Expenditures of a Company (in Lakh Rupees) per Annum Over the given Years.

Item of Expenditure
Year
Salary Fuel and Transport Bonus Interest on Loans Taxes
1998 288 98 3.00 23.4 83
1999 342 112 2.52 32.5 108
2000 324 101 3.84 41.6 74
2001 336 133 3.68 36.4 88
2002 420 142 3.96 49.4 98

1. What is the average amount of interest per year which the company had to pay during this
period?

[Link]. 32.43 lakhs

[Link]. 36.66 lakhs
[Link]. 34.18 lakhs
[Link]. 33.72 lakhs

2. The total amount of bonus paid by the company during the given period is approximately
what percent of the total amount of salary paid during this period?

A. 1%
B. 0.5%
C. 0.1%
D. 1.25%

3. Total expenditure on all these items in 1998 was approximately what percent of the total
expenditure in 2002?

A.62%
B.66%
C.71%
D. 69%

4. The total expenditure of the company over these items during the year 2000 is?

[Link]. 544.44 lakhs

[Link]. 501.11 lakhs
[Link]. 446.46 lakhs
[Link]. 478.87 lakhs
5. The ratio between the total expenditure on Taxes for all the years and the total expenditure
on Fuel and Transport for all the years respectively is approximately?

A. 4:7
B. 15:18
C. 10:13
D. 5:8

Directions to Solve(6-10)
Study the following table and answer the questions.

Number of Candidates Appeared and Qualified in a Competitive Examination from

Different States Over the Years.

Year
State 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
App. Qual. App. Qual. App. Qual. App. Qual. App. Qual.
M 5200 720 8500 980 7400 850 6800 775 9500 1125
N 7500 840 9200 1050 8450 920 9200 980 8800 1020
P 6400 780 8800 1020 7800 890 8750 1010 9750 1250
Q 8100 950 9500 1240 8700 980 9700 1200 8950 995
R 7800 870 7600 940 9800 1350 7600 945 7990 885

[Link] number of candidates qualified from all the states together in 1997 is approximately
what percentage of the total number of candidates qualified from all the states together in
1998?

A. 72%
B. 77%
C. 80%
D. 83%

7. What is the average candidates who appeared from State Q during the given years?

A.8990
B.8760
C.8700
D.8920
[Link] which of the given years the number of candidates appeared from State P has maximum
percentage of qualified candidates?

A.2001
B. 1998
C.1999
D.1997

9. What is the percentage of candidates qualified from State N for all the years together, over
the candidates appeared from State N during all the years together?

A.12.36%
B.12.16%
C.11.47%
D.11.15%

10. The percentage of total number of qualified candidates to the total number of appeared
candidates among all the five states in 1999 is?

A.11.84%
B.11.49%
C.12.21%
D.12.57%

[Link] how many different ways can the letters of the word 'LEADING' be arranged in such a
way that the vowels always come together?

A.360
B.480
C.720
D.5040
[Link] of 7 consonants and 4 vowels, how many words of 3 consonants and 2 vowels can be
formed?

A.210
B.1050
C.25200
D.21400
[Link] how many ways can the letters of the word 'LEADER' be arranged?

A.72
B.144
C.360
D.720
[Link] how many ways a committee, consisting of 5 men and 6 women can be formed from 8
men and 10 women?

A.266
B.5040
C.11760
D.86400
[Link] unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most two heads?

A.3/4
B.1/4
C.3/8
D.7/8
[Link] is the probability of getting a sum 9 from two throws of a dice?

A.1/6
B.1/8
C.1/9
D.1/12
[Link] length of the bridge, which a train 130 metres long and travelling at 45 km/hr can
cross in 30 seconds, is:

A.200 m
B.225 m
C.245 m
D.250 m
18.A train 125 m long passes a man, running at 5 km/hr in the same direction in which the
train is going, in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is:

A.45 km/hr
B.50 km/hr
C.54 km/hr
D.55 km/hr
19.A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length of
the train?

A.120 metres
B.180 metres
C.324 metres
D.150 metres
20. .Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45
kmph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?

A.9
B.10
C.12
D.20

21. The price of rice has increased by 60%. In order to restore the original price, the new
price must be reduced by?

A. 33⅓%
B. 37½%
C. 40%
D. 45%
22. The marked price of an article is Rs. 5000 but due to festive offer a certain percent of
discount is declared. Mr. X availed this opportunity and bought the article at reduced price.
He then sold it at Rs. 5000 and thereby made a profit of 111/9%. The percentage of discount
allowed was?

A. 10
B. 3⅓
C. 7½
D. 11(1/9)

23. A number is increased by 20%. To get back the original number, the increased number is
to be reduced by?

A. 20%
B. 21%
C. 16⅔%
D. 14⅓%

24. A village lost 12% of its goats in a flood and 5% of remainder died from diseases. If the
number left now is 8360. What was the original number before the flood?

A. 1000
B. 10000
C. 1,00,000
D. 8360

25. A scored 72% in a paper with a maximum mark of 900 and 80% in another paper with a
maximum mark of 700. If the result is based on the combined percentage two papers, the
combined percentage is?

A. 75.5%
B. 76%
C. 76.5%
D. 77%

26. An army lost 10% of its men in war, 10% of the remaining died due to disease and 10%
of the rest were declared disabled. Thus the strength of the army was reduced to 7,29,000
active men. The original strength of the army was?
:
A. 1500000
B. 1000000
C. 1200000
D. 1100000

27. Siddharth goes by bike to pick up his friend every day from college and then drops her at
her house .College timings are till 5 pm daily, but today the college was till 4 pm. His friend,
not finding Siddharth, at the college gate, starts walking towards her house. Siddharth,
unaware of this fact, leaves his house as usual, meets his friend on way, picks her up and
drops her at her house. At night, Siddharth realizes that he had saved 40 minutes that day.
What is the ratio of the speed of Siddharth to that of his girlfriend? (Both of them live in the
same building)
A. 2:1
B. 1:2
C. 2:3
D. 3:2

28. A container contained 80 L milk. From this container 8 L of milk was taken out and
replaced by water. This process was further repeated two times. How much milk is now
contained in the container?
A. 50 L
B. 58.32 L
C. 60 L
D. 67.8 L

29. In how many ways can the letters of the English alphabet be arranged so that there are
seven letters between the letters A and B?
A. 3! x 2!
B. 36 x 24!
C. 26P7 x 20! x 2
D. None of these

30. A train takes 10 s to cross a pole and 20 s to cross a platform of length 200 m. What is the
length of
the train?
A. 200 m
B. 220 m
C. 340 m
D. 420 m
31. If 10 men or 20 women or 40 children can do a piece of work in 7 months. Then, 5 men, 5
women, and 5 children together can-do half of the work in?
A. 6 months
B. 4 months
C. 5 months
D. 8 months

Directions(32-36 ): Read the following codes carefully and answer the questions given below.
In a certain code language,
‘Live Today Like Last’ is written as ‘ra mu pe ka’
‘Live Like A King’ is written as ‘su ka pe ke’
‘Be Like Last King’ is written as ‘pe na ke ra’
‘A Good Day Today’ is written as ‘da ku mu su’

32. Which of the following may be the code for ‘Day Was Good’ in the given code language?
A. su mu ku
B. da me mu
C. su pe ma
D. ku pa da
33. Which of the following is the code for ‘Good King’ in the given code language?
A. su mu
B. ka da
C. pe ku
D. Can’t be determined
[Link] ‘What A Day’ is coded as ‘de su da’ then which of the following may be the code for
‘What Good
King’?
A. ke ra de
B. mu da pe
C. ke de ku
D. da du de
36. hat does the code ‘na’ stands for in the given code language?
A. Be
B. Like
C. Last
D. King
36. What does the code ‘ka’ stands for in the given code language?
A. Live
B. Like
C. last
D. King

Directions (37-41)- Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given.
In an Exhibition seven cars of different companies - Cadillac, Ambassador, Fiat, Maruti,
Mercedes, Bedford and Fargo are standing facing to east in the following order :
1. Cadillac is next to right of Fargo.
2. Fargo is fourth to the right of Fiat.
3. Maruti car is between Ambassador and Bedford.
4. Fiat which is third to the left of Ambassador, is at one end.
[Link] of the cars are on both the sides of Cadillac car ?

A. Ambassador and Maruti

B. Maruti and Fiat
C. Fargo and Mercedes
D. Ambassador and Fargo
[Link] of the following statement is correct?

A. Maruti is next left of Ambassador.

B. Bedford is next left of Fiat.
C. Bedford is at one end.
D. Fiat is next second to the right of Maruti.
[Link] one of the following statements is correct?

A. Fargo car is in between Ambassador and Fiat.

B. Cadillac is next left to Mercedes car.
C. Fargo is next right of Cadillac.
D. Maruti is fourth right of Mercedes.
[Link] of the following groups of cars is to the right of Ambassador?
A. Cadillac, Fargo and Maruti
B. Mercedes, Cadillac and Fargo
C. Maruti, Bedford and Fiat
D. Bedford, Cadillac and Fargo
41Which one of the following is the correct position of Mercedes ?

A. Next to the left of Cadillac

B. Next to the left of Bedford
C. Between Bedford and Fargo
D. Fourth to the right of Maruti.
Directions (42-46): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given.
1. A,B, C, D and E are five men sitting in a line facing to south - while M, N, O, P and Q
are five ladies sitting in a second line parallel to the first line and are facing to North.
2. B who is just next to the left of D, is opposite to Q.
3. C and N are diagonally opposite to each other.
4. E is opposite to O who is just next right of M.
5. P who is just to the left of Q, is opposite to D.
6. M is at one end of the line.
[Link] is sitting third to the right of O ?

A.Q
B.N
C.M
[Link] inadequate
[Link] B shifts to the place of E, E shifts to the place of Q, and Q shifts to the place of B, then
who will be the second to the left of the person opposite to O ?

A.Q
B.P
C.E
D.D
[Link] of the following pair is diagonally opposite to each other ?

A. EQ
B. BO
C. AN
D. AM
[Link] O and P, A and E and B and Q interchange their positions, then who will be the second
person to the right of the person who is opposite to the person second of the right of P ?

A.D
B.A
C.E
D.O
[Link] the original arrangement who is sitting just opposite to N?

A.B
B.A
C.C
D.D
Directions (47-51):Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given.
1. 8 persons E, F, G, H, I, J, K and L are seated around a square table - two on each side.
2. There are 3 ladies who are not seated next to each other.
3. J is between L and F.
4. G is between I and F.
5. H, a lady member is second to the left of J.
6. F, a male member is seated opposite to E, a lady member.
7. There is a lady member between F and I.
[Link] among the following is to the immediate left of F ?

A.G
B.I
C.J
D.H
[Link] is true about J and K?

A. J is male, K is female
B. J is female, K is male
C. Both are female
D. Both are male
[Link] many persons are seated between K and F?

A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4
[Link] among the following are three lady members?

A.E, H and J
B.E, F and G
C.E, H and G
D.C, H and J
51. Who among the following is seated between E and H?

A.F
B.I
C.K
D. Cannot be determined

[Link] a certain code language, ‘CYTOSKELETON’ is written as ‘TYCKSOELENOT’,

‘MALNUTRITION’ is written as ‘LAMTUNTIRNOI’. How will ‘ALLITERATION’ be
written in
that language?
A. LLAETITRANOI
B. LLAETITARNOI
C. LLAETIATRNOI
D. LLEATITARNOI
[Link] Krishnan walked 20 m towards the north. Then she turned right and walks 30 m.
Then she
turns right and walks 35 m. Then she turns left and walks 15 m. Finally she turns left and
walks 15 m.
In which direction and how many meters is she from the starting position?
A.15 m West
B.30 m East
C.30 m West
D.45 m East
54. Rita told Mani, “The girl I met yesterday at the beach was the youngest daughter of the
brother-in-law
of my friend’s mother.” How is the girl related to Rita’s friend?
A. Cousin
B. Daughter
C. Friend
D. Aunt
55. Find the odd one out from the given options.
A. Book: Author
B. Art: Artist
C. Invention: Scientist
D. Patients: Doctors

56. In a certain code language, ‘NUMERICAL’ is written as ‘ICALRNUME’ and

‘SCATTERED’ is
written as ‘EREDTSCAT’. How will ‘EXPLOSION’ be written in that language?
A. SIONOXEPL
B. SIONOXELP
C. SIONOEXLP
D. SIONOEXPL
[Link] in the Blank: FAG, GAF, HAI, IAH, ____

[Link]
[Link]
[Link]
[Link]
[Link] in the Blank: BCB, DED, FGF, HIH, ___

[Link]
[Link]
[Link]
[Link]
[Link] at this series: 53, 53, 40, 40, 27, 27, ... What number should come next?

A.12
B.14
C.27
D.53
[Link] a boy, a girl said, "He is the son of the daughter of the father of my uncle."
How is the boy related to the girl?

A. Brother
B. Nephew
C. Uncle
D. Son-in-law
Direction (61-65):In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect
speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same
sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

[Link] said, “I washed my shirts yesterday”.

A. He says that he had washed his shirts the day before.

B. He said that he had washed his shirts yesterday.
C. He said that he had washed his shirts the day before.
D. He said that he had been washed his shirts the day before.
[Link] told him, “Why did you cheat in the exam?”

A. Father asked him why he cheated in the exam.

B. Father asked him why had he cheated in the exam.
C. Father asked him why he had cheated in the exam.
D. Father asks him why he cheated in the exam.
[Link] said, “We will be going to the aquarium, tomorrow.”

A. She asked, “We will be going to the aquarium, the next day.”
B. She told that, “We will be going to the aquarium, tomorrow”.
C. She said that they would be going to the aquarium, the next day.
D. She said she would be going to the aquarium tomorrow.
[Link] said, “Smoking is injurious to health.”

A. He said that smoking was injurious to health.

B. He said that smoking is injurious to health.
C. He said that smoking had been injurious to health.
D. He told that smoking is injurious to health.
[Link] said, “I am aware of your increasing discomfort in the house”.

A. Mother will say that she was aware of my increasing discomfort in the house.
B. Mother would say that she is aware of my increasing discomfort in the house.
C. Mother said that she was aware of my increasing discomfort in the house.
D. Mother would say that she was aware of my increasing discomfort in the house.
Direction:(66-70)- In the following questions choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE
of the given words.
[Link]
A. Soft
B. Average
C. Tiny
D. Weak
[Link]

A. Red
B. Truthful
C. Natural
D. Solid
[Link]

A. Gentle
B. Harmless
C. Humble
D. Tame
[Link]

A. Condense
B. Convert
C. Converse
D. Conclude
[Link]

A. Invaluable
B. Lowly
C. Inferior
D. Worthless
Direction: (71- 75)- In the following questions choose the word which best expresses the
SAME meaning of the given word.

[Link]

A. Lean
B. Gaunt
C. Obese
D. Emaciated
[Link]

A. Jubilation
B. Havoc
C. Excitement
D. Defeat
[Link]

A. Think
B. Evaluate
C. Anticipate
D. Increase
[Link]

A. Ignorant
B. Delinquent
C. Interpreter
D. Lover of art
[Link]

A. Energetic
B. Observant
C. Intelligent
D. Watchful

Directions(76-80): Find out the error part in the following sentence.

76.I told her as blunt as (A)/ I could but (B)/ she was not convinced (C)/ No error (D)
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
77. The description (A)/ of the incident (B)/ is fairly boring (C)/ No error (D)
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
78 When she received the good news, (A)/ she ran straightly to (B)/ call up her husband (C)/
No error
(D)
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
79 We seldom or ever (A) meet our (B)/ relatives these days (C)/ No Error (D)
A.A
B. B
C. C
D. D
80 It was much hot (A)/ day before yesterday and (B)/ we didn't go out (C)/ no error
(D)
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
(81-85) In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of
the four
alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in
Passive/Active Voice.
[Link] should keep ones promises.
A. Promises should be kept by someone.
B. One promise should be kept.
C. Once a promise should be kept.
D. Promises should be kept.

82 Who teaches you English?

A. By whom you are taught English?
B. By whom English is taught to you?
C. By whom was you taught English?
D. By whom are you taught English?

83 Grandfather was digging the flowerbeds.

A. The grandfather was digging flowerbeds.
B. The flowerbeds were digging grandfather.
C. Grandfather’s flowerbeds were being dug.
D. The flowerbeds were being dug by grandfather.
84 The waiter filled the glasses with water.
A. The glasses filled with water by the waiter
B. The glasses were filled with water by the waiter
C. The waiter was filled the glasses with water
D. The water were filled in the glasses by waiter

85 They will laugh at you.

A. You can be laughed at by them
B. You may be laughed at by them
C. You will be laughed at by them
D. You will have been laughed at by them

Directions (86-90) : In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the
alternative which best
expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
86. Hornet’s nest
A. A troublesome situation
B. To try utmost
C. To ascertain
D. To make peace
87. Horse’s mouth
A. In fashion
B. Reliable source
C. In brief
D. Fail to keep position
88. All thumbs
A. Effective
B. Almost nothing
C. Clumsy
D. Certain
89. The salt of the Earth
A. To expect something in return
B. Very good & honest/kind
C. To support someone
D. Neat and clean
90. Feel blue
A. Feeling ecstatic
B. In trouble/depressed
C. An easy achievement
D. None of these
Directions (91-95) Out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for
the given
words/sentence in the questions.

91. A small valley

A. Seethe
B. Dell
C. Hite
D. Blanch
92. A person without a home, job or property.
 A. Derelict
B. Hoary
C. Coy
D. Prattle
93.A flat waste land
A. Welt
B. Pert
C. Heath
D. Aria
94. Customs and habits of a particular group.
A. Mores
B. Frieze
C. Fallow
D. Passe
95. Having the same source or origin.
A. Gibe
B. Polemic
C. Cognate
D. Dais

Direction (96-100):The following table gives the sales of batteries manufactured by a company over the years.
Number of Different Types of Batteries Sold by a Company Over the Years
(Numbers in Thousands)
Types of Batteries
Year
4AH 7AH 32AH 35AH 55AH Total
1992 75 144 114 102 108 543
1993 90 126 102 84 126 528
1994 96 114 75 105 135 525
1995 105 90 150 90 75 510
1996 90 75 135 75 90 465
1997 105 60 165 45 120 495
1998 115 85 160 100 145 605

[Link] was the approximate percentage increase in the sales of 55AH batteries in 1998
compared to that in 1992?
A.28%
B.31%
C.33%
D.34%
[Link] total sales of all the seven years is the maximum for which battery?
A.4AH
B.7AH
C.32AH
D.35AH
[Link] is the difference in the number of 35AH batteries sold in 1993 and 1997?
A.24000
B.28000
C.35000
D.39000
[Link] percentage of 4AH batteries sold to the total number of batteries sold was the
maximum in the year?
A.1994
B.1995
C.1996
D.1997
[Link] case of which battery there was a continuous decrease in sales from 1992 to 1997?
A.4AH
B.7AH
C.32AH
D.35AH