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IBPS REGIONAL RURAL BANKS (RRBs)

CLERKS-XIV PRELIMS - MODEL TEST - 28
REASONING

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Direction (1-5): Study the given information carefully to answer the questions
given below.
Eight people viz. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in line facing north
with equal distance between each other. Only two people sit to the left of A. Only
three people sit between A and E. H and D are immediate neighbours. Neither H
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nor D sits an immediate to A. Only one person sits between H and F. C sits
second to the left of F. B and C are not immediate neighbours.
1. Who amongst the following people sits at extreme left end?

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1) C 2) D

E 3) B
What is the position of D with respect to G?
4) G 5) F
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1) Third right 2) Fourth right 3) Third left 4) Fifth left 5) Fifth right
3. 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
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not belong to that group?

1) CA 2) FD 3) HB 4) GC 5) DH
4. Which of the following statement is true as per the given arrangement ?
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1) G and F are immediate neighbours
2) Only three people sit between H and G
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3) B sits at one of the extreme ends of the line

4) E and F are immediate neighbours
5) All the given statements are false
Direction (5-7): Study the given information carefully to answer the questions
given below.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are the family members and no other members in
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the family. C is the wife of B. B is the father of A. D is the brother of A. A is
brother-in-law of G. D is unmarried. F is sister of G. H is father of G. G is the
uncle of E. A has no sons.
5. How is B related to F?
1) Sister-in-law 2) Mother 3) Father-in-law
4) Mother-in-law 5) Father
6. Who amongst the following people is Grandmother of E?
1) A 2) B 3) F 4) C 5) D
7. How many male members in the family?
1) Three 2) Four 3) Five 4) Six 5) Two
8. In a row of boys facing north, A is 12th to the left of B who is 23rd from the right
end. If C is 19th from the left end and is 6th to the right of A, then how many boys
are there in the row?
1) 44 2) 46 3) 47 4) 49 5) 48

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Direction (9-12): Study the given information carefully to answer the questions
given below.
Seven boxes are kept one above other in a stack. Only two boxes are kept
between box N and box R. Box R is kept below box N. Only three boxes are kept
between box K and box T. Box K is kept below box R. No box is kept between box N
and Box G. Box F is kept above box D but not immediate.
9. Which of the following box is kept at top?
1) Box N 2) Box T 3) Box D 4) Box G 5) Box K
10. How many boxes are kept between box K and box F?
1) One 2) Two 3) Three 4) Four 5) Five
11. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions as per

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the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following does
not belong to that group?
1) GT 2) FD 3) NF 4) DR 5) RK
12. Which of the following statement is true as per the given arrangement?
1) Box D and box F are immediate boxes
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2) Only one box is kept between box R and box N
3) Box R is kept below box G
4) Only two boxes are kept above box F

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5) All the given statements are true
Direction (13-15): The given question is based on the following five 3-digt numbers:
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597 236 748 641 396
13. If in each number the first and the third digits are interchanged and then newly
formed numbers are arranged in descending order, which number will be the
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fourth from the left?

1) 641 2) 597 3) 236 4) 748 5) 396
14. If all the digits are arranged in ascending order within the number then the sum
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of all the even numbers is how much less than the sum of all the odd numbers
thus obtained?
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1) 88 2) 98 3) 80 4) 78 5) 86
15. If ‘1’ is added to the first digit of each number and ‘1’ is subtracted from the
second digit, which number will be the third smallest?
1) 236 2) 597 3) 748 4) 396 5) 641
Direction (16-19): Study the given information carefully to answer the questions
given below.
Ten people are scheduled to attend an event on the 13th or 24th of five
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different months i.e., From May to September in the same year, but not necessarily
in the same order. No two persons attend the meeting on the same date of the
same month.
Only four people are attending the event between H and Z. Z attends the
event on the month having only 30 days but not on odd-numbered date. As many
people attending the event before H as after R. W attends the event immediately
after S. S attends the event on May 24th. K attends the event immediately before
T and both attend on different months. Only one person is attending the event
between T and C. M attends before P, who doesn’t attend the event last among
all.
16. Who amongst the following people attends the event on July month?
1) H 2) C 3) R 4) P 5) Both 1 and 3
17. How many people are attending the event between W and the one who attends
the event immediately after C?
1) Three 2) Four 3) No one 4) One 5) Two
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18. On which of the following month and date P attends the event?
1) July-13 2) June-13 3) June-24 4) July-24 5) May-24
19. Which of the following statements are False as per the given arrangement?
1) W attends immediately before S 2) C-August-24
3) Four people attend the event after R
4) M attends the event first among all 5) Both 1 and 2 are true
Direction (20-22): Study the given information carefully to answer the questions
given below.
A person walks 15km towards North from his home and reach Point A and
then he turns towards his right and walks 20km to reach Point B. He further
turns towards his left and walks 25km to reach Point C. From Point C he turned

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to his right and walks 15km to reach Point D. From Point D he walks towards
South and walks 40km to reach Point E. Finally he walks 15km towards right
from Point E to reach Point F and stops.
20. What is the shortest distance between from Point F and A?
1) 26km 2) 27km 3) 25km 4) 24km 5) 22km
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On which direction is Point D with respect to his home?
1) North-East 2) South-East 3) North-West 4) South-West 5) South
22. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions as per

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the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following does
not belong to that group?
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1) AF 2) BE 3) DB 4) CF 5) EC
23. Which word can be formed with the second, sixth, eighth and tenth letters of the
word ‘CONVECTION’using one letter only once. If only one word is formed then
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what is the second letter from right. If no such word is formed give answer as ‘Z’.
If more than one word can be formed give answer as ‘X’?
1) X 2) Z 3) C 4) I 5) N
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Direction (24-26): Study the given arrangement of symbol, letter and digits
carefully to answer the given question:
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V J 2 L $ 8 Q @ K 7 & N Z 3 % 4 C ^ M S 6 # 1 D R
! 5 B * 9 F
24. If all the numbers are deleted from the above series then which of the following
element is the sixth to the right of Thirteenth from left end?
1) B 2) * 3) F 4) R 5) !
25. How many numbers are there in the above arrangement which are immediately
followed by a letter and immediately preceded by a symbol?
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1) Six 2) Five 3) Four 4) Three 5) Seven
26. 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) KN3 2) CS# 3) S1! 4) 28@ 5) 3CM
Direction (27-30): Study the given information carefully to answer the questions
given below.
Seven people live on seven different floors of a seven storeyed building where
ground floor is numbered one, the one above that is numbered two and so on till
the topmost floor of the building is numbered seven. Only one person lives on
each floor. Only two people live between F and K. J lives below D. D lives
immediately above H. More than three people live between J and E. Four people
live between G and K. K lives below G.
27. Who amongst the following people lives on fifth floor?
1) D 2) G 3) E 4) F 5) H
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28. Who amongst the following people lives immediately above E?

1) G 2) D 3) J 4) F 5) K
29. How many people live between J and D?
1) One 2) Two 3) Four 4) Three 5) No One
30. As many people live between H and G as between _____ and _____.
1) F, K 2) E, G 3) J, K 4) H, D 5) K, E
Direction (31-33): Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below. In each of the questions below are given three statements
followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given
statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known

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facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions
logically follow from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Give answer
31. Statements: All Chairs are Stands Some Stands are Tables
No Table is a Rack
Conclusion I: No Chair is Rack is a possibility
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Conclusion II: No Stand is a Rack
1) Both I and II follows 2) Only conclusion II follows
3) Either I or II follows 4) Neither I nor II follows

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5) Only conclusion I follow
Statements: Some Keys are Locks Some Locks are Doors
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Only a few Doors are Windows
Conclusion I: Some Keys are Windows
Conclusion II: Some Keys are not Doors
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1) Only conclusion I follow 2) Only conclusion II follows

3) Either I or II follows 4) Neither I nor II follows
5) Both I and II follows
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33. Statements: Only a few Boxes are Pens No Red is a Pen
All Pencils are Pens
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Conclusion I: Some Boxes are Pencils

Conclusion II: No Red is a Pencil
1) Either I or II follows 2) Neither I nor II follows
3) Only conclusion I follow 4) Both I and II follows
5) Only conclusion II follow
Direction (34-37): Study the given information carefully to answer the questions
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given below.
Eight People viz. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H are sitting around a square table. Four
of them are sitting at four corners of the table while four are sitting in the middle
of the four sides. The ones sitting in the middle of the sides face the centre while
the ones sitting at corners face outside (i.e. opposite to the centre). G sits third to
the left of E. Only two people sit between G and F. Only three people sit between
D and H. H is not an immediate neighbour of F. The number of people sit between
A and B is twice the number of people sit between A and C. C is not an immediate
neighbour of D. C doesn’t sit at any corners of the table.
34. Who amongst the following people sits fifth to the left of A?
1) B 2) H 3) G 4) E 5) D
35. Who amongst the following people are facing each-other?
1) DH 2) GE 3) CA 4) DE 5) CF
36. How many people sit between D and C?
1) One 2) Two 3) Three 4) Four 5) Either 2 or 4

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37. 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) AF 2) BH 3) AE 4) FH 5) HD
Direction (38-40): Study the given information carefully to answer the questions
given below.
Five people viz. P, Q, R, S, and T are got different ranks. S got better rank
than T but not R. P got better rank than Q but not R. The second highest ranking
person got 96 marks. The second least rank person got marks of one fourth of the
second highest rank person’s marks. T doesn’t get least rank. P doesn’t get second

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rank from both forward and backward.
38. If Q got one sixth marks of the second highest rank persons marks, then what is
the difference between the marks of Q and T?
1) 4 2) 6 3) 8 4) 10 5) 12
39. If all the persons got marks of four multiples, then find the possible difference
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between the marks of R and P?
1) 10 2) 14 3) 18 4) 22 5) 28
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2) 32

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What is the possible mark got by P?
1) 24 3) 96 4) 100 5) 20
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NUMERICAL ABILITY
Direction (41-55): What exact value will come in place of the question mark (?) in
the following question?
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41. 175 × 28 + 275 × 28= ?

1) 13200 2) 9970 3) 17830 4) 12600 5) 13780
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42. 172 × 15 ÷ 25 = ?
1) 125 2) 98.5 3) 103.2 4) 170 5) 69
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43. 180% of 25500 – 50% of 29000= ?

1) 60400 2) 13200 3) 17840 4) 16070 5) 31400
44. 164 × 128 ÷ 8 + 969= ?
1) 2328 2) 3593 3) 4478 4) 5475 5) 4240
45. 625 + 729 = ?
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1) 32 2) 42 3) 52 4) 62 5) 72
46. 7868 – 5476 + 1246 = 3602 + ?
1) 6 2) 1296 3) 576 4) 676 5) 1936
47. 640 × 40% + 390 × 30% - 250 × 25% = ?
1) 185.5 2) 195.5 3) 290.5 4) 310.5 5) 201.5
7 5 2 3 2 3
48. (6 × 3 ) ÷ (9 × 36 ) × 7 – 7 =?
1) 512 2) 522 3)539 4) 542 5) 552
3 4 2 3
49. 9 + 11 – 5 = 7 +?
7 9 7 9
15 13 16 6 10
1) 8 2)7 3) 8 4) 9 5) 7
63 63 63 63 63
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50. 336 ÷ 32 + 1688 ÷ 80 + 1680 ÷ 30 = 33 ÷ 5 +?2

1) 16 2) 81 3) 36 4) 49 5) 9

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51. 7  
361     ?  52
 19 
1) 3 2) 6 3)4 4) 8 5) 10

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52. 250  2.5  68     18  ?
 17 

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1) 660 2) 679 3) 659 4) 704 5) 689
53. 7892 + 6345 + 560 = ?
1)14797 2)13787 3)14000 4)14575 5)16893

54.
115 17  ?
 8  169
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23  51

55.
1)3 2) 4
73 = 196 + 254 – 7 – ?2

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1)100 2) 15 3) 20 4) 25 5) 10
56. In what respective ratio, wheat of variety A worth Rs. 25 per kg must be mixed
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with wheat of variety B worth Rs. 18 per kg, so that the new mixture of wheat (of
both the varieties - A and B) is worth Rs. 20 per kg ?
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1) 2 : 5 2) 2 : 3 3) 5 : 4 4) 5 : 3 5) 3 : 5
57. The sum of two positive numbers is 1840. If 40% of the first number is equal to
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75% of the second number, what is the larger number among the two ?
1) 1400 2) 1200 3) 1240 4) 1420 5) 1560
58. Ram invested certain sum in scheme A. Which offers simple interest @ 12% p.a.,
for 3 years. He also invested Rs. 6000 in scheme B. Which offers compound
interest (compounded annually), at 10% p.a., for 2 years. If the interest earned
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from scheme A is 1 7 th of the interest earned from scheme B. What is the sum

invested in scheme A ?
1) Rs. 4500 2) Rs. 5000 3) Rs. 4250 4) Rs. 4750 5) Rs. 4000
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59. 3 rd of a number is four more than 4 th of another number. If the sum of the two
numbers is 17. What is their product ?
1) 56 2) 48 3) 32 4) 64 5) 72
60. A circular copper wire of radius 14 cm is bent to form a rectangle. If the breadth
and the length of the rectangle are in the ratio of 3 : 8 respectively, what is the
length of the rectangle ? (in centimeters)
1) 32 2) 40 3) 8 4) 16 5) 24

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61. Pia spends 40% of her monthly salary on rent, transportation and bills in the
respective ratio of 6 : 4 : 3. If she spends Rs. 7800 on the rent, how much is her
monthly salary ?
1) Rs. 48,000 2) Rs. 54,750 3) Rs. 40,500 4) Rs. 42,250 5) Rs. 36,000
62. A started a business by investing Rs. 4,000 and after 2 months B joined by investing
Rs. 2,000. At the end of 4 months from the start of the business. C joined with an
investment of Rs. 5,000. At the end of 10 months from the start of the business. A
withdrew Rs. 2,000. If B’s share in the annual profit was Rs. 650. What was the
total annual profit ?
1) Rs. 3250 2) Rs. 3380 3) Rs. 3770 4) Rs. 3510 5) Rs. 3640

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63. Two trains started running from the same point at the same time in opposite
directions (one towards north and other towards south). The speed of the two
trains are 16 m/s and 14 m/s respectively. How much time will they take to be
378 km apart ?
1) 3h 20min 2) 3h 30min 3) 2h 50min 4) 2h 40min 5) 3h 50min
64.
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The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 20m less than the perimeter of a
square. If the respective ratio between the side of the triangle and the side of the

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square is 6 : 7, what is the area of the square ?(in m2)
1) 144 3) 196 4) 169 5) 225
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65. The selling price of 12 chairs is equal to the selling price of 5 tables. If the total
selling price of 4 chairs and 3 tables together is Rs. 3080, what is the total selling
price of 2 chairs and 1 table together ?
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1) Rs. 1190 2) Rs. 1150 3) Rs. 1270 4) Rs. 1210 5) Rs. 1330
66. Four years ago, the average of Pami’s age that time and Ruhi’s age that time was
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12 years. Three years from now, if the respective ratio between Pami’s age and
Ruhi’s age that time will be 9 : 10. What is Pami’s present age ?
1) 18 yrs 2) 20 yrs 3) 17 yrs 4) 13 yrs 5) 15 yrs
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67. A and B can independently finish a piece of work in 32 days and 24 days
respectively. They started working together and after few days A left. After that B
could finish the remaining work in 3 days. After how many days of working together
A left ?
1) 12 2) 8 3) 6 4) 10 5) 14
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68. There are five positive observations. Average of the first three observations is 9
and that of the last three observations is 8. If the average of these five observations
is 8. What is the third observation ?
1) 9 2) 13 3) 7 4) 12 5) 11
69. The profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 740 is double the loss incurred
when the same article is sold for Rs. 350. What would be the selling price of the
article if it is sold at 35% profit ?
1) Rs. 660 2) Rs. 642 3) Rs. 672 4) Rs. 636 5) Rs. 648
70. A boat can travel 10.5 km upstream in 42 minutes. If the speed of the water
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current is 6 th of the speed of the boat in still water, how much distance (in km)

the boat can travel downstream in 48 minutes ?

1) 16.8 2) 14.6 3) 15.2 4) 17.4 5) 18.2

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Direction (71-75): What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the given
number series?
71. 1 2 6 21 88 ?
1) 445 2) 395 3) 295 4) 425 5) 475
72. 700 457 376 349 340 ?
1) 307 2) 304 3) 329 4) 337 5) 266
73. 9 13.5 27 67.5 ? 708.75
1) 300 2) 215.5 3) 220 4) 202.5 5) 300.5
74. 44 42 46 38 54 ?
1) 22 2) 16 3) 24 4) 27 5) 36
75. 12 33 68 117 180 ?

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1) 236 2) 257 3) 221 4) 254 5) 224
Direction (76-80) : Study the table and answer the given question ;
Number of visitors in 5 libraries during 5 given days :

Days Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Libraries
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M 78 86 88 99 142
N
O
P
166
151
180

E 112
79
119
109
144
167
88
100
111
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160
95
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Q 124 120 121 130 120
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76. Number of visitors in library P decreased by what percent from Monday to Thursday?
1 1 2 2 1
1) 38 2) 34 3) 36 4) 32 5) 42
3 3 3 3 3
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77. What is the average number of visitors in library N on Monday, Tuesday and
Thursday ?
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1) 124 2) 116 3) 120 4) 122 5) 125

78. What is the respective ratio between total number of visitors in libraries N and P
together on Wednesday and those in libraries M and N together on Friday ?
1) 23:17 2) 23:19 3) 19:17 4) 21:17 5) 17:13
79. Number of visitors in library O increased by 20% from Friday to Saturday and
those in library Q decreased by 15% from Friday to Saturday. What was the total
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number of visitors in libraries O and Q together on Saturday ?
1) 294 2) 286 3) 298 4) 296 5) 300
80. What is the difference between total number of visitors in libraries M and P
together on Tuesday and those in libraries O and Q together on Wednesday ?
1) 72 2) 70 3) 62 4) 60 5) 50

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