Sreedhar's CCE IBPS-RRB Clerks-Prelims -XIII-MT-49

IBPS REGIONAL RURAL BANKS (RRBs)

CLERKS-XIII-Prelims - MODEL TEST-49
REASONING

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Direction (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions
given below.
Eight people are sitting in two parallel rows containing four persons are
sitting in each row with an equal distance between adjacent persons. Thus in the
given arrangement each member seated in one row faces another member of
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other row. In row 1 - A, B, C, and D are seated and all of them are facing North. In
row 2 - P, Q, R, and S are seated and all of them are facing South. Each one uses
different brand soaps viz. Dove, Pears, LUX, Dettol, Hamam, Santoor, Cinthol,
and Himalaya but not necessarily in the same order.

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D sits second to the right of the one who uses Santoor. Q sits immediate
right of the one who faces D. B does not use Santoor and Pears. Only one person
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sits between Q and the one who uses Dettol. Either R or C uses Hamam. The one
who uses Himalaya sits second to the right of the one who faces R. R does not use
Dettol. S uses Dove. The one who uses Pears sits immediate neighbour of the one
who faces S. Only two people sit between C and B. Q does not use LUX.
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1. Who amongst the following person faces B?

1) S 2) The one who uses LUX
3) The one who uses Hamam 4) The one who uses Himalaya 5) P
2. Who amongst the following sit at an extreme ends of the row?
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1) P, The one who uses Pears 2) R, The one who uses LUX
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3) C, The one who uses Dove 4) Q, The one who uses Santoor
5) B, The one who uses Cinthol
3. Which of the following soap does Q uses, as per the given arrangement?
1) Pears 2) Santoor 3) Cinthol 4) Dettol 5) Himalaya
4. Which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE as per the given arrangement?
1) B uses LUX.
2) Only one person sits between R and P.
3) The one who uses Dove sits second to the right of R.
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4) Both 1 and 3 5) All are true
5. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions as per
the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following does
not belong to that group?
1) A – Pears 2) P – Dettol 3) D – Himalaya
4) B – LUX 5) R – Santoor
Direction (6-8): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions
given below.
Each of seven friends viz. – R, S, T, U, V, W, and X got different marks in an
examination but not necessarily in the same order. Only two people got less
marks than R. S got more marks than U but less marks than V. W got less marks
than U but not got the least marks. X got more marks than U but less marks than
S.
6. Who among the following person got the least marks?
1) U 2) V 3) T 4) S 5) X

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7. How many people got more marks than U?
1) Three 2) Two 3) Four 4) One 5) More than four
8. If X got 58 marks, then what will be the possible marks of S?
1) 48 2) 56 3) 52 4) 63 5) 49
9. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘MAGNETIC’, each of which
has as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward
directions) as they have between them in the English alphabetical series?
1) Two 2) One 3) None 4) Three 5) More than three
Direction: (10-12) In these questions three statements followed by two conclusions
numbered I and II have been given. You have to take the three given statements
to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and

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then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given
statements disregarding commonly known facts.
10. Statements: Only a few Doctors are Teachers
All Teachers are Students
No Engineer is Teacher
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Conclusions: I. No Engineer is Doctor. II. All Students can be Doctors.
1) Both conclusions I and II follow 2) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
3) Only conclusion II follows 4) Either conclusion I or II follows

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5) Only conclusion I follows
Statements: No Chair is Table Some Tables are Benches
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All Stools are Benches
Conclusions: I. All Benches can never be Chairs.
II. Some Tables are Stools.
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1) Either conclusion I or II follows 2) Only conclusion II follows

3) Both conclusions I and II follow 4) Only conclusion I follows
5) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
12. Statements: No Eraser is Pencil
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Only a few Pencils are Sharpeners
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Some Pens are Erasers

Conclusions: I. All Pencils are Pens. II. Some Sharpeners are Erasers.
1) Neither conclusion I nor II follows 2) Both conclusions I and II follow
3) Only conclusion I follows 4) Either conclusion I or II follows
5) Only conclusion II follows
Direction (13-17): Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
Six people viz. P, Q, R, S, T, and U were born on different dates of either the
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10th or 25th of three different months viz. July, August, and November in the
same year. No person other than those was born in the given months. Only one
person was born on each date.
P was born in the month having 31 days but not on an odd-numbered date.
Only two people were born between P and Q. T was born before R. U was born
immediately before Q. As many people were born after U as before R.
13. Who amongst the following person was born in August 25th?
1) R 2) U 3) T 4) S 5) Q
14. How many people were born between Q and R as per the given arrangement?
1) Three 2) None 3) Two 4) One 5) More than three
15. Which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE as per the given arrangement?
1) Only one person was born between S and R.
2) U was born in November. 3) R was born just after P.
4) Both 1 and 2 statements 5) All are true
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16. T was born in which of the following month and date as per the given arrangement?
1) August – 10th 2) July – 10th 3) November –
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4) July – 25th 5) November - 25th
17. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions as per
the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following doesn’t
belong to that group?
1) R – July 25th 2) Q – November 3) P – August
4) U – November 10th 5) Q – July
Direction (18-22): These questions are based upon the following five three letter
words.

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HAS KUD TOP CAM REG
18. If all the consonants are changed to previous letter and vowels are changed to
next letter in all the words as per the English alphabetical order, then how many
words thus formed will have an alphabet appear twice?
1) Two 2) None 3) Three 4) One 5) More than three
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If all the given words are arranged in an alphabetical order from left to right, then
how many letters (in the English alphabetical order) are there between the third
letter of the second word from the right end and the second letter of the second

2) Four

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word from the left end as per the English alphabetical order?
1) Six 3) Five 4) Seven 5) Three
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20. If the first and the third letters of all the words are interchanged then how many
meaningful words will be formed ? (Note: The words formed after performing the
said operation may or may not form a meaningful English word)
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1) CAM 2) REG 3) HAS 4) TOP 5) Both 1 and 4

21. If the first letter of all the words is changed to the next letter according to the
English alphabetical series, then how many words will have more than one vowel
(same or different vowel)?
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1) Three 2) One 3) Two 4) None 5) More than three
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22. If all the words are arranged in an alphabetical order from right to left, then what
will be the second from right end?
1) REG 2) CAM 3) TOP 4) HAS 5) KUD
Direction (23-27): In these questions, relationship between different elements is
shown in the statements. The statements are followed by two conclusions. Study
the conclusions based on the given statement and select the appropriate answer.
23. Statements: W < T  H = V  D; E  T > G = Q  B
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Conclusions: I. Q < V II. H  E
1) Neither conclusion I nor II is true 2) Only conclusion I is true
3) Either conclusion I or II is true 4) Only conclusion II is true
5) Both conclusions I and II are true
24. Statement: R<K  G=D  X<W=S  V
Conclusions: I. S > G II. K  X
1) Only conclusion II is true 2) Both conclusions I and II are true
3) Neither conclusion I nor II is true 4) Either conclusion I or II is true
5) Only conclusion I is true
25. Statements: N  T < O  C = E; U  Z < O = F  R
Conclusions: I. T < U II. R < E
1) Either conclusion I or II is true 2) Only conclusion I is true
3) Only conclusion II is true 4) Both conclusions I and II are true
5) Neither conclusion I nor II is true

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26. Statement: L>D=M  R<S  C=W>Z  A
Conclusions: I. D  C II. M < W
1) Both conclusions I and II are true 2) Either conclusion I or II is true
3) Only conclusion I is true 4) Neither conclusion I nor II is true
5) Only conclusion II is true
27. Statement: Q<Y  V>K=D  X>L=B  T
Conclusions: I. V > B II. T > D
1) Neither conclusion I nor II is true 2) Only conclusion I is true
3) Either conclusion I or II is true 4) Only conclusion II is true
5) Both conclusions I and II are true

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Direction (28-32): Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
Certain number of people are sitting around a circular table facing the centre.
M sits third to the right of G. Only five people sit between G and V (either from
left or right). R sits second to the right of V. Five people sit between R and H. H
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doesn’t sit immediate to M. As many people sit between M and R (from right of M)
as between T and H. T is not an immediate neighbour to R. Only four people sit
between G and H. P sits immediate left of H. U sits exactly between G and P.
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How many people sit in a circle as per the given arrangement?
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1) 16 2) 17 3) 15 4) 13 5) 14
29. How many persons sit between P and T (from the left of P) as per the given
arrangement?
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1) Eight 2) Four 3) Seven 4) Six 5) Five

30. What is the position of U with respect to R?
1) Sixth to the left 2) Sixth to the right 3) Ninth to the right
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4) Eight to the left 5) Fifth to the left
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31. Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE as per the given arrangement?
1) M and U sit immediate to each other.
2) Only two people sit between R and T.
3) H sits second to the right of M.
4) P and M are immediate to each other
5) Five persons sit between P and T(from left of P)
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32. Who sits third to the left of H?
1) M 2) V 3) U 4) G 5) R
Direction (33-35): Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
Point A is 15m West of point S. Point P is 5m South of point A. Point B is 8m
East of point P. Point M is 14m North of point B. Point M is 12m East of point R.
Point T is 9m South of point R. Point V is 4m West of point T.
33. In which direction is point R with respect to point B?
1) South-East 2) North 3) North-West 4) North-East 5) South-West
34. What is the distance between point S and point V?
1) 24m 2) 22m 3) 25m 4) 21m 5) 23m
35. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way as per the given arrangement,
then which one of the following doesn’t belong to the group?
1) M – S 2) R – A 3) T – M 4) T – P 5) V – B

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Direction (36-40): These questions are based upon the following five three digit
numbers.
374 128 637 596 741
36. If the first and third digits of each number are interchanged, then what will be
the sum of the digits of the second lowest number?
1) 12 2) 11 3) 14 4) 20 5) 16
37. If the positions of the first and the second digits of each numbers are interchanged,
then what will be the resultant of the second digit of the highest number is
divided by the first digit of the lowest number thus formed?
1) 2 2) 3.5 3) 1.5 4) 3 5) 2.5
38. If all the digits are arranged in descending order within the number, then which

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of the following will form the highest number?
1) 128 2) 596 3) 374 4) 741 5) 637
39. If ‘1’ is subtracted from the third digit of every odd number and ‘1’ is added to the
third digit of every even number, then how many numbers thus formed will be
divisible by three?
1) Three 2) None
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40. If all the numbers are arranged in descending order from left to right then which
of the following number will be the second from the right end?
1) 637 2) 128

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NUMERICAL ABILITY
4) 741 5) 596
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Direction(41-50) : What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the given
question ?
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41. 180 x ? – 2060 = 9856 – 2196

1) 3042 2) 3286 3) 2466 4) 2844 5) 2916
42. 0.8 x 0.01 x 0.72  (0.12 x 0.0004) = ?
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1) 105 2) 130 3) 110 4) 125 5) 120
43. 792.02 + 101.32 – 306.76 = ?
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1) 586.58 2) 582.32 3) 590.48 4) 575.34 5) 568.44

44. 11.6 + 9.N 28  0.464 – 0.2828  0.07 = ?
1) 27.56 2) 28.32 3) 25.57 4) 23.33 5) 29.14
45. (0.2 x 0.2 + 0.01) (0.1 x 0.1 + 0.02) = ?
1) 1.05 2) 0.015 3) 0.0015 4) 0.5 5) 1.5

 225 25  16
46.     ?
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 729 144  81

5 1 2 3 4
1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
16 16 11 19 15
47. 252% of 724 + 7.52 = ?% of 2400 - 184
1) 88 2) 84 3) 62 4) 78 5) 68
48. 1.8 x 33.5 + 2.8 x 7.25 + 143.25 = ?
1) 272.35 2) 223.85 3) 235.25 4) 246.65 5) 232.75
1 2 1 29
49. 5  3 1  ?  4
3 3 3 96

2 1 3 2 1
1) 2 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3 5) 1
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50. 617 + 6.017 + 0.617 + 6.17 = ?
1) 639.714 2) 619.334 3) 629.804 4) 629.554 5) 629.504
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51. Roopam got married 5 years ago. His present age is times his age at the time of
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his marriage. Roopam’s wife Princy was 4 years younger to him at the time of
their marriage. What is Princy’s present age (in yrs) ?
1) 22 2) 25 3) 28 4) 24 5) 26
52. A boat can cover 3 km upstream in 12 minutes. If the speed of the stream is 1.5
kmph, how much distance (in km) can the boat cover downstream in 3 hours ?
1) 54 2) 48 3) 52 4) 39 5) 63

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53. In a bag there are in all 83 currency notes in the denominations of Rs 20 and Rs.
100 only. If the total amount of all these currency notes is Rs.5500. How much
amount is there in the bag in the denomination of Rs.20 ?
1) Rs. 1400 2) Rs. 1600 3) Rs. 800 4) Rs. 880 5) Rs. 700
Direction(54-58) : Refer to the following table and answer the given question :
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Number of cellular phones sold by 6 stores in 5 different months :

Stores Store A Store B Store C Store D Store E Store F

Months
January 369

E 298 442 353 197 489

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February 328 352 396 362 223 365
March 456 358 396 412 373 329
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April 379 264 318 356 236 435

May 273 378 312 352 258 269
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54. What is the respective ratio between total number of cellular phones sold by store
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A in January and April together and total number of cellular phones sold by store
F in the same months together ?
1) 13 : 21 2) 13 : 18 3) 11: 14 4) 23 : 28 5) 17 : 21
55. What is the average number of cellular phones sold by store D during all the
given months together ?
1) 375 2) 349 3) 353 4) 371 5) 367
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56. Number of cellular phones sold by store C in January is what percent more than
the number of cellular phones sold by the same store in April ? (Rounded off to
nearest integer)
1) 43 2) 36 3) 32 4) 39 5) 41
57. What is the difference between total number of cellular phones sold by all the
given stores, in March and total number of cellular phones sold by all the given
stores in May ?
1) 462 2) 474 3) 494 4) 482 5) 516
58. Total number of cellular phones sold by store E during all the given months
together is what percent of the total number of cellular phones sold by store B
during all the given months together ?
1) 82 2) 78 3) 74 4) 76 5) 84

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59. The denominator of a fraction is 5 more than its numerator and if both the
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numerator and denominator is increased by 4, the fraction becomes 4 . What is

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the value of 9 th of the original fraction ?

11 4 10 5 16
1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
18 9 27 18 27
60. A milkman diluted 42 litres of milk with water. The percentage of milk in the

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solution is now 60%. How many litres of water did the milkman add ?
1) 28 2) 32 3) 24 4) 35 5) 21
61. In a competitive exam there are 5 papers. The average score of Ramesh in first
three papers is 76 and his average score in last three papers is 72. If his average
score for all the papers is 73, what is his score in the third paper ?

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1) 83 2) 79
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A started a business by investing Rs. 24,000. After 4 months B and C joined him
with an amount of Rs. 16,000 and Rs. 28,000 respectively. If they earned an
annual profit of Rs. 46,780, what was B’s share ?
1) Rs. 10,046
4) Rs. 9242

E2) Rs. 9724

5) Rs. 8672
3) Rs. 9356
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Direction([Link]-67) : What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the
given number series ?
63. 10 42 58 66 70 ?
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1) 82 2) 75 3) 74 4) 72 5) 84
64. 5 10 31 76 153 ?
1) 280 2) 270 3) 240 4) 255 5) 265
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65. 15 20 45 140 565 ?
1) 2830 2) 2812 3) 2914 4) 2724 5) 2729
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66. 5 10 40 240 ? 19200

1) 1920 2) 1967 3) 1878 4) 1975 5) 1830
67. 3 4 12 45 196 ?
1) 1022 2) 1100 3) 1005 4) 1052 5) 1000
68. Set-A contains 6 consecutive odd numbers and their average is 76. Set-B contains
6 consecutive even numbers and the lowest number of Set-B is 33 less than the
highest number of Set-A. What is the average of the numbers in Set-B ?
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1) 53 2) 57 3) 51 4) 49 5) 59
69. If it takes 16 men working 9 hours a day 28 days to finish a piece of work, how
many more men working 6 hours a day will be required to finish the same piece of
work in 12 days ?
1) 30 2) 42 3) 36 4) 38 5) 40
70. If the cost price of a mobile phone is 66% of its selling price, what will be the profit
percent ?
18 18 17 17 17
1) 55 2) 51 3) 51 4) 53 5) 51
33 31 35 33 33
71. If the total price of 22 shirts and 14 trousers is Rs. 9654. What is the total price of
55 shirts and 35 trousers ?
1) Rs. 24,425 2) Rs. 23,680 3) Rs. 23,885
4) Rs. 24,135 5) Rs. 24,615

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72. A wheel makes 23 revolutions to cover a distance of 4554m. What is the diameter
of the wheel ? (in m)
1) 77 2) 59 3) 70 4) 57 5) 63
73. If a sum of money doubles itself in 6 years, what will be the rate of interest p.a. ?
2 1 2 2 1
1) 11 % 2) 15 % 3) 14 5 % 4) 16 3 % 5) 15 %
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74. A train, 362.5 m long is running at a speed of 79 kmph. In what time will it cross
a man running at 8 kmph in the direction opposite (towards the train) to that in
which the train is running ? (in seconds)

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1) 10 2) 15 3) 18 4) 20 5) 25
75. Karan invested a certain sum of money in scheme A for 6 years. After 6 years he
accrued a simple interest of Rs. 6960. Had the rate of interest been 2% more,
how much more interest he could have accrued in 6 years ?
1) Rs. 1864 2) Cannot be determined 3) Rs. 1596
4) Rs. 1742 5) Rs. 1664
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Direction([Link]-80) : In this question two equations numbered I & II are given.
You have to solve both the equations and choose the appropriate option:
76. I. 2x2 - 15x + 27 = 0
II. 2y2 - 13y + 20 = 0

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1) Relationship between X and Y cannot be established
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2) X > Y 3) X  Y 4) X  Y 5) X < Y
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77. I. 2x + 7x + 6 = 0
II. 2y2 + 17y + 30 = 0
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1) X  Y 2) X < Y
3) Relationship between X and Y cannot be established
4) X > Y 5) X  Y
78. I. x2 = 16
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II. y2 - 9y + 20 = 0
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1) X  Y
2) Relationship between X and Y cannot be established
3) X  Y 4) X > Y 5) X < Y
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79. I. 2x - 13x + 15 = 0
II. 2y2 - 11y + 12 = 0
1) X < Y 2) X  Y 3) X  Y 4) X > Y
5) Relationship between X and Y cannot be established
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80. I. 3x2 - 11x + 10 = 0
II. y2 - 8y + 15 = 0
1) X  Y 2) X < Y 3) X > Y 4) X  Y
5) Relationship between X and Y cannot be established

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