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1 To complete a certain job, P, working alone, takes twice as long as Q and R together take, whereas Q,
working alone, takes 11 times as long as P and R together take. If all the three of them together can
complete the job in four days, find the time taken by Q, working alone, to complete the job.
a) 24 b) 36 c) 48 d) 64
2 The set Sx is defined as (x, x + 1, x + 2, x + 3, x + 4), for x = 1, 2, 3. . . . . . 50. How many of these sets
contain a multiple of five or a multiple of seven but not both?
a) 15 b) 14 c) 13 d) 12
3 Farooq purchases two watermelons, one weighing 20% more than the other. However, due to the summer
heat, the combined weight of the two watermelons reduces by one-fourth. If the weight of the heavier
watermelon reduces to 75% of its initial weight, then the lighter watermelon incurs a weight loss of
a) 20% b) 25% c) 5% d) 22.5%.
4 A vessel contains 20 litres of pure alcohol. Five litres of the alcohol is first replaced with water and then
four litres of the diluted alcohol is again replaced with water. What is the ratio of alcohol and water in the
vessel now?
a) 7 : 5 b) 5 : 4 c) 4 : 3 d) 3 : 2
5 The ratio of the number of chocolates with A and B is 3 : 4. If A gives four chocolates to B, then the ratio
of the number of chocolates with A and B will become 1 : 2. Find the total number of chocolates with
them.
a) 70 b) 56 c) 42 d) 126
6 Sirisha deposits four amounts, that are in the ratio 3 : 2 : 5 : 4, in four banks, P, Q, R, S, respectively. If the
interest rates offered by P, Q, R, S are 5%, 5.5%, 8% and 7% per annum respectively, and the total interest
accrued after one year is Rs.94000, find the interest (in Rs.) obtained from bank R.
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8 How many ordered pairs of integers (x, y) satisfy the equation 1/x + 1/y = 7 ?
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 5
9 Rajesh and Ramesh are running on two different circular tracks. Both of them took the same time to
complete one round each on their respective tracks. Then they interchanged their tracks and Rajesh
completed two rounds in the time in which Ramesh completed one round. Find the ratio of the speeds of
Rajesh and Ramesh.
10 If p, q and r are integers such that p2 + q2 = 221 and q2 + r2 = 125, then how many ordered triplets (p, q, r)
are possible?
a) 0 b) 3 c) 12 d) 24
11 Gabbar sold his gun at a loss of 10% and his horse at a profit of 20% and incurred an overall loss of
Rs.2000. Had he sold the gun at a loss of 5%, instead of 10%, he would have made an overall profit of
Rs.2500. Find the price (in Rs.) at which Gabbar sold his horse. Rs.
12 Rajan’s monthly telephone bill consists of a fixed amount towards monthly rent and a variable amount that
varies directly with the number of units of calls made during the month. If Rajan made 100 units of calls in
a certain month and 150 units of calls in another month, and received bills of Rs.500 and Rs.650 for the
two months respectively, find the number of units of calls made by Raju in another month, for which he
received a bill of Rs.950.
a) 200 b) 250 c) 300 d) 350
13 Eight years ago, Surya’s age was three times his son’s age. If the sum of their present ages is 64, after how
many years from now will the age of Surya be twice the age of his son?
14 A train travels 2x km at 40 km/hr and another 3x km at 60 km/hr. Find its average speed (in km/hr) for the
entire distance.
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16 The sum of the first 30 terms of an arithmetic progression equals twice the sum of the first 20 terms. Find
the ratio of the sum of the first 32 terms to the sum of the first 42 terms of the same progression.
8/21 16/21 8/13 CBD
17 The average of a set comprising the first 2n natural numbers is A. If all the odd numbers in the list are
doubled and all the even numbers are halved, the average of the 2n numbers becomes B. If the difference
of A and B is 6, find the sum of the first n natural numbers.
a) 210 b) 325 c) 406 d) 496
18 At the start of a party, a basket, placed at the centre of the room, contained 1000 fruits, exactly 99% of
which were apples. By the end of the party, the percentage of apples in the basket fell to exactly 98%. If it
is known that all the guests ate only apples, how many apples did they eat?
19 There are n students in a class, having roll numbers from 1 to n. Each student calculated the sum of the roll
numbers of all the other students in the class. If the average of the sums calculated by all students is 161.5,
then how many students are there in the class?
20 Find number of terms common to the progression 1, 7, 13, 19….601 and the progression 6, 11, 16,
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