Sreedhar's CCE IBPS RRB CLERKS - PRELIMS - XIV - MT - 4

IBPS REGIONAL RURAL BANKS (RRBs)

CLERKS-XIV PRELIMS - MODEL TEST - 4
REASONING
Direction: (1-4) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions

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given below.
In a certain code language,
HOUSE PEOPLE LEARN GOOD - bth uks jvc qpa
OTHERS HOUSE JOB PEOPLE - yob qpa bth zxy
JOB PEOPLE GOOD HABBIT - uks yob mwg bth.
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(Note: All the codes are two letter codes only)
1. What is the code for “LEARN” as per the given code language?
1) bth 2) uks 3) qpa 4) jvc 5) Either 3 or 4
2. What is the code for “OTHERS” as per the given code language?
1) yob 2) zxy

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3. What may be the possible code stands for “ukt” as per the given code language?
1) GOOD 2) LEARN 3) HOUSE 4) PEOPLE 5) BAD
4. What is the code for “GOOD” as per the given code language?
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1) uks 2) mwg 3) bth 4) yob 5) Either 2 or 4

Direction: (5-8) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions
given below.
Nine members- B, D, F, L, M, P, R, S and X are sitting in a straight line and
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all are facing North direction but not necessarily in the same order. M is sitting
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fifth to the right of B but neither of them sitting at any ends of the line. S and R
are immediate neighbors of B. D is sitting left of R. P is an immediate neighbor of
neither R nor M. L is sitting right of X but neither of them sitting at extreme ends
of the line. X is not an immediate neighbour of S. P is sitting right of X.
5. How many of them sitting left of F?
1) One 2) Two 3) Three 4) Four 5) More than four
6. How many of them sitting between S and L?
1) One 2) Two 3) Three 4) Four 5) More than four
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7. If all the persons sitting in alphabetical order from left-end, then how many of
them not changed their place?
1) No one 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) Four
8. If B is related to P is the same as D is related to R then in the same way, who is
related to M?
1) X 2) R 3) P 4) L 5) F
Direction: (9-11) Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
Eight members are there in a three generations family. A is the mother of
M. M is the brother of D, who is the sister-in-law of P. A has only two children. S is
the nephew of K. C is the spouse of A. V is the daughter of P. K is the sister of P.
9. How is C related to V?
1) Grandmother 2) Son 3) Uncle
4) Son-in-law 5) Grandfather
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10. If R is married to D, then how is R related to A?

1) Son 2) Grandson 3) Daughter-in-law
4) Son-in-law 5) Daughter
11. How is M related to K?
1) Brother- in-law 2) Uncle 3) Father
4) Son 5) Sister-in-law
Directions: (12-15) Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
Eight members are sitting around the square table. One person at each
corner and each middle of the side. The persons at the corners are facing away
from the center and the persons at the side of the table are facing the center of

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the table. K sits second to the right of the L. Only two persons are sitting between
K and J. T sits an immediate right of J. Only three persons are sitting between G
and P. S sits second to the right of G. P and N are immediate neighbors. N doesn’t
face anyone.
12. Who is sitting immediate left of N?

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1) P 2) J
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What is the position of S from N?
3) S 4) G 5) L

1) Second to the right 2) Second to the left

3) Third to the right 4) Third to the left 5) Fourth to the right
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2) KJ

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Which among the following pair face each other?
1) LT 3) SJ 4) SN 5) TN
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15. Which among the following is odd one?
1) PJ 2) NL 3) SP 4) JK 5) TK
Direction: (16-18) In each of the questions below are given three statements
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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
facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions
logically follow from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
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16. Statements: Some Triangles are Rectangles
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All Triangles are Circles

No Circle is a Square
Conclusions:
I. Some Rectangles which are not Triangles is being Squares is a possibility.
II. Some Triangles are squares.
1) Only conclusion I follows 2) Only conclusion II follows
3) Neither conclusion I nor II follows 4) Both conclusions I and II follow
5) Either conclusion I or II follows
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17. Statements: Only Days are Weeks Some Days are Months
No Year is a Month
Conclusions: I. All Years are weeks is a possibility.
II. All Months are Days.
1) Only conclusion II follows 2) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
3) Either conclusion I or II follows 4) Only conclusion I follows
5) Both conclusions I and II follow
18. Statements: All Birds are Animals No Animal is a Reptile
Only a few Reptiles are Insects
Conclusions: I. Some Reptiles are not Birds
II. Some Insects being Animals is a possibility.
1) Only conclusion II follows 2) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
3) Either conclusion I or II follows 4) Only conclusion I follows
5) Both conclusion I and II follow

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Direction: (19-22) Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
Seven boxes namely - A, B, C, D, E, F and G are kept one above another but
not necessarily in the same order. B is kept at the second position from the
bottom of the stack. More than two boxes are kept between E and C. A is kept on
one of the places above C but not on top. As many boxes are kept between C and G
as between A and C. F is kept immediately below G, which is not at the top.
19. As per the given arrangement, G is related to F and B is related to E in a certain
way. D is related to whichof the following box in the same way?
1) C 2) B 3) F 4) E 5) A
20. Which of the following pairs of boxes kept at the top and bottom positions of the

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arrangement?
1) A, D 2) E, D 3) F, C 4) E, C 5) D, F
21. Which amongst the following box is kept exactly in the middle o the stack?
1) E 2) G 3) B 4) F 5) A
22. How many boxes are kept between C and E?
1) Four
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2) Three 3) Two 4) One 5) five
Direction: (23-26) Study the following information carefully and answer the given
questions.

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Eight persons namely E, F, G, H, K, L, M and N were born the same year in
Four different months those are September, October, November and December
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and on two different dates those are 7th and 24th of the given months. Only two
peole were born on each month and only one person was born on each date.
Three persons were born between F and L, who was born after F. Two persons
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were born between N and G, who was born on an even numbered date but not in
the month having odd number of days. As many people were born before K as after
H. K was not born immediate to N. M was born after E. H and F were born in the
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same month. E was born on an even numbered date.
23. How many persons were born between the H and one who was born immediately
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after the G?
1) Two 2) None 3) Three 4) One 5) Four
24. Which among the following statement is ‘TRUE’?
1) H was born in November month 2) G was born odd numbered date
3) E was born before N 4) M was born an even numbered date
5) None of the statement is true
25. Four of the following belong to a certain way and hence form a group, then which
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one doesn’t belong to that group?
1) F - L 2) N - K 3) E - M 4) H - G 5) M - L
26. Who among the following person is born on October 24th?
1) H 2) L 3) E 4) N 5) G
Direction: (27-29) Study the following information carefully and answer the given
questions.
There are six people – P, Q, R, S, T and U – each having different weight. P is
heavier than U but lighter than Q. T is heavier than R but lighter than P. Q is
lighter than S. R is not the lightest. The second lightest person weight 52 kilograms
while the third heaviest is 64 kilograms.
27. Who amongst the following may be of 58 kilograms in weight?
1) P 2) Q 3) T 4) R 5) U
28. How many persons are heavier than R?
1) No one 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three

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29. Which of the following may represent the weight of Q?

1) 62 kg 2) 66 kg 3) 60 kg 4) 58 kg 5) 56 kg
30. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word “RECRUITMENT” 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) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) Four
Directions: (31-34) Study the following information carefully and answer the
given questions.

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P, Q, R, S, T and V live on six different floors in the same building (the
ground floor is numbered one and the one above to it is second floor and so on till
the topmost floor of the building is numbered six).
Q lives on an even-numbered floor. Only two people live between the floors
on which Q and V live. S lives on a floor immediately above the floor on which R
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lives. S does not live on an odd-numbered floor. P does not live on a floor that is
immediately above or immediately below the floor on which T lives. P does not live
on the lowermost floor.

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31. Who amongst the following people live on floor 6?
1) T 3) Q 4) P 5) R
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32. Which of the following statement(s) is/are ‘TRUE’ as per the given arrangement?
1) Q lives on a floor immediately above T
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2) Four persons live in between P and T 3) S lives below P

4) T lives on the bottom most floor 5) All the statements are true
33. If all the persons are arranged in alphabetical order from bottom to top then the
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position of how many persons remains unchanged?
1) One 2) None 3) Two 4) Four 5) Three
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34. If P is related to S and R is related to T, which of the following is related to Q?

1) S 2) R 3) V 4) T 5) P
Directions: (35-38) Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below
Seven members were born in same year and month of different weekdays
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. P was
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born on neither Thursday nor Wednesday. Only two persons were born between P
and S. As many people was born before S as after M. Only one person was born
between M and J. No person was born before T. B was born before D. B and T was
not born on immediate days.
35. How many persons were born between D and B?
1) One 2) No one 3) Three 4) Two 5) Four
36. was M born on which weekdays?
1) Tuesday 2) Saturday 3) Friday 4) Sunday 5) Wednesday
37. Who was born on Thursday?
1) S 2) B 3) J 4) D 5) M
38. Which among the following is odd one?
1) TB 2) PB 3) DP 4) JM 5) SM

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Directions: (39-40) Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
Each of the questions below, consist of a question and two statements numbered
I and II. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are
sufficient to answer the question.
39. A, B, C, D, E, F and G are living in a building which has seven floors. Ground floor
is numbered one and the one above to it is numbered tow and so on till the top
most floor is numbered seven. Who lives in fourth floor?
Statement I: G lives above to only one person. Only two persons live between G
and F. E lives above to F but not immediate.
Statement II: C lives on third floor. Only one person lives between C and F. three

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persons lives between F and D. B lives just below F.
1) The data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the
data in statement II alone is not required to answer the question.
2) The data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the
data in statement I alone is not required to answer the question.
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3) The data in either statement I alone or statement II alone are sufficient to
answer the question.
4) The data in both the two statements I and II together are necessary to answer
the question.

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5) The data in neither statement I alone nor in statement II alone are sufficient
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to answer the question.
40. B, C, E, G and H are sitting in straight line facing North. Who is sitting at an
extreme right end?
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Statement I: C sits second to right of E. As many people sit to the left of B as right
of H. G sits second to right of B.
Statement II: H sits Immediate right of C. Only two persons sitting between H
and E. E doesn’t sit at any end.
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1) The data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the
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data in statement II alone is not required to answer the question.

2) The data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the
data in statement I alone is not required to answer the question.
3) The data in either statement I alone or statement II alone are sufficient to
answer the question.
4) The data in both the two statements I and II together are necessary to answer
the question.
5) The data in neither statement I alone nor in statement II alone are sufficient
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to answer the question.
NUMERICAL ABILITY
41. If the average of 4 consecutive even numbers is 57. What is the largest number ?
1) 50 2) 56 3) 48 4) 52 5) 60
42. Simple interest on Rs. 16,200 for 3 years at a certain rate of interest (p.c.p.a.) is
Rs. 3402. Had the rate of interest been 4% more, what would have been the
simple interest on the same sum of money after 4 years ?
1) Rs. 6972 2) Rs. 7224 3) Rs.7196 4) Rs. 7128 5) Rs. 6884
43. The ratio between three angles of a quadrilateral is 7:11:13 respectively. The
value of the fourth angle of the quadrilateral is 112°. What is the difference
between the largest and third largest angles of the quadrilateral ?
1) 26° 2) 32° 3) 18° 4) 56° 5) 24°
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44. In College, 65% of the total number of students are males and the number of
females is 525. What is the total number of males in College ‘Y’ ?
1) 975 2) 850 3) 770 4) 1025 5) 650
45. ‘X’ number of chocolates were distributed equally among 24 students. Had 4
students left the class, each student would have got 6 chocolates individually
What is the value of X ?
1) 122 2) 120 3) 110 4) 100 5) 115
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46. What must be added to 7 to get 4 ?
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9 1 5 1 3
1) 3 2) 5 3) 2 4) 3 5) 2
14 14 14 14 14
47. If a 450m long train is running at a speed of 54 km/h, in how many seconds will it
cross an electric pole ?
1) 25 2) 35 3) 15 4) 20 5) 30
48.
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A and B together can complete a work in 9 days. If A alone can complete the work
in 12 days, in how many days can B alone complete the work ?
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1) 36 days 2) 54 days 3) 24 9 days 4) 24 7 days 5) 24 days

49.

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Deepak invested 20% of his monthly income in Gold and 10% of the remaining in
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Stocks & shares. If his annual income is Rs. 3,96,000. What is the amount left
with him every month after making these investments ?
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1) Rs. 24,220 2) Rs. 22,540 3) Rs. 23,760 4) Rs. 25,420 5) Rs. 21,980
50. What sum of money will amount to Rs. 6899.20 at 12% per annum in two years,
interest being compounded annually ?
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1) Rs. 6200 2) Rs. 5500 3) Rs. 5200 4) Rs. 6500 5) Rs. 5800
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51. The respective ratio between the number of chocolates and number of toffees in a
bag is 4:5. If the number of toffees is 6 more than the number of chocolates, what
is the total number of chocolates in the bag ?
1) 30 2) 18 3) 42 4) 12 5) 24
52. The respective ratio between base and height of a triangle is 6:11. The area of the
triangle is 528 sq m. What is the measure of the diagonal of a square whose side
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is equal to the base of the triangle ? (in m)
1) 24 2 2) 18 2 3) 30 2 4) 28 5) 36
53. A invested Rs. 6000 for 8 months and B invested Rs. 5000 for 6 months. What will
be B’s share out of the total profit of Rs. 1170?
1) Rs. 555 2) Rs. 725 3) Rs. 585 4) Rs. 610 5) Rs. 450
54. If a trader sells an article for Rs. 493 he incurs a loss of 15%. What percent profit
will he earn by selling the article for Rs. 725 ?
1) 15 2) 20 3) 35 4) 18 5) 25
55. Sunil’s age after 15 years will be two times of his age 5 years ago. What is Sunil’s
present age ?
1) 40 years 2) 25 years 3) 30 years 4) 20 years 5) 35 years

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Direction(56-60) : What will come in place of question mark (?) in the given
number series ?
56. 274 273 265 238 174 ?
1) 43 2) 49 3) 51 4) 53 5) 38
57. 9 33 105 321 ? 2913
1) 971 2) 947 3) 989 4) 969 5) 995
58. 19 20 29 54 103 ?
1) 184 2) 176 3) 192 4) 188 5) 172
59. 64 32 48 120 ? 1890

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1) 520 2) 480 3) 420 4) 360 5) 440
60. 16 35 58 85 116 ?
1) 157 2) 151 3) 148 4) 163 5) 142
Direction(61-75) : What should come in place of question mark (?) in the given
question ?
3 4 7
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61. of of of 1040  ?
5 7 8

62.
1) 328 2) 340
9696 - 5238 - 1320 = ?

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1) 3144 2) 3138 3) 3092 4) 3206 5) 3264
63. 30% of 540 - ? % of 700 = 29
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1) 24 2) 28 3) 21 4) 31 5) 19
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64. 2 5  ?
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15 3 13 7 5
1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
7 17 5 15 13
65. 1089  32  ?
1) 32 2) 4225 3) 4356 4) 33 5) 65
66. 45.45 + 54.54 + 454.44 = ?
1) 554.43 2) 512.43 3) 606.43 4) 578.43 5) 530.43
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67. 94.5 x ?= 1658 + 1366
1) 38 2) 44 3) 50 4) 56 5) 32
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68. (16) = ?
1) 3986 2) 4296 3) 3996 4) 4196 5) 4096
? 9 20
69. 31 x 31 = 31
1) 11 2) 2.2 3) 9 4) 5 5) 13
70. 1145 + 2367 + 3392 = ?
1) 7404 2) 6400 3) 6904 4) 7440 5) 6004
71. 1794  (46 x 0.6) = ?
1) 65 2) 73 3) 69 4) 67 5) 71
72. 91% of 712 = ?
1) 646.02 2) 645.12 3) 644.22 4) 647.92 5) 643.32
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73. 986  29  0.85 = ?

1) 46 2) 38 3) 42 4) 40 5) 44
74. 68 x 16 x 6 = ?
1) 6548 2) 6588 3) 6508 4) 6568 5) 6528
75. 14.25 x ? = 684
1) 48 2) 52 3) 46 4) 54 5) 42
Direction(76-80) : Study the table and answer the given question:
Number of pages printed by 5 printers on 5 days:

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Printers A B C D E
Days
Monday 218 232 198 164 175
Tuesday 156 245 162 156 133
Wednesday
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Thursday 220 141 179 177 194
Friday 132 146 157 135 163

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76. What is the average number of pages printed by printer D during all the given
days together ?
1) 154 2) 148 3) 146 4) 156 5) 152
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77. What is the difference between total number pages printed by all the given printers
together on Monday and total number of pages printed by all the given printers
together on Friday ?
1) 254 2) 234 3) 246 4) 242 5) 262
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78. Number of pages printed by printer C on Wednesday is approximately what percent
more than the number of pages printed by the same printer on Tuesday ?
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1) 39 2) 35 3) 43 4) 26 5) 31
79. What is the respective ratio between total number of pages printed by printer B
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday together and total number of pages printed
by printer E on the same days together ?
1) 24 : 17 2) 26 : 19 3) 24 : 19 4) 22 : 17 5) 26 : 21
80. Number of pages printed by printer A on Tuesday is what percent of the number of
pages printed by the same printer on Thursday ?
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1) 66 2) 72 3) 69 4) 68 5) 70
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