1) A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much time as C to finish a piece of

work. Working together, they can finish the work in 2 days. B can do the work
alone in?

a. 4 days

b. 6 days54

c. 8 days

d. 12 days

2) One man or two women or three boys can do a work in 44 days then one man,
one women and one boy together can finish the same work in how many days?
a. 24 days

b. 16 days

c. 18 days

d. 12 days

3) If a man reduces the selling price of a fan from 400 to 380 his loss increases by
20%. Cost price of the fan is?

a. 500 b. 800 c. 1200 d. 1500

4) There are 76 persons. 53 can read Hindu, 46 can read Times, 39 can read
Deccan and 15 can read all. If 22 can read Hindu and Deccan and 23 can read
Deccan and Times, then what is the number of persons who read only Times and
Hindu?

a. 15 b. 38 c. 17 d. 25

5) The tank has the 35litres of milk and water solution in the ratio of 4:3. How
much water should we add in order to make the ratio as 1:1?

a. 15 b. 30 c. 40 d. 5

6) After 10 years A will be twice the age of B before 10 years. And now if the
difference is 9 years between them, then what is the age of B after 10 years?
a. 44 b. 49 c. 5 4 d. 59

7) If A:B=1:2 and B:C=3:5 then find the ratio between A and C?

a. 3:5 b. 4:7 c. 3:10 d. 5:9

8) ‘A’ brought the articles at the same cost price and he sold the one article at 10%
of profit and the other at 10% loss. Find his total profit/loss%?

a. 10% profit b. 15% Loss c. No profit/No loss d. 20% gain

9) If 2x+y = 11, 2y+z = 12 and z+2x = 8, find the value of 2x + 3y +4z ?

a. 29 b. 33 c. 25 d. 39

10) The sum of a number and its square is 1406 What is the number?

a. 38 b. 39 c. 37 d. 29

11) Some cats got together and decided to kill between them 999919 mice. Every
cat killed an equal number of mice. Each cat killed more mice than there were cats.
How many cats were there?

a. 991 b. 1001 c. 1009 d. 999918

12) Find the next number in the series 3, 4, 6, 9, 13, ?

a. 28 b. 18 c. 17 d. 20

13)A man said to a lady, ''Your mother's husband's sister is my aunt." How is the
lady related to the man?

a. Daughter b. Grand Daughter c. Mother d. Sister

14) In a row of 60, if Ram is standing at 17th from the first, what is his position
from the last?

a. 25 b. 43 c. 44 d. 45

15) Odometer is to mileage as compass is to

a. speed b. hiking c. needle d. direction

16) A duck in front two ducks, a duck behind two ducks, and one duck in the
middle. How many ducks are there?

a. 5 b. 3 c. 7 d. 9

17) If the day, two days after tomorrow be Thursday. What day whould have been
two days before yesterday?

a. Monday b. Tuesday c. Wednesday d. Thursday

18) Which is different?

a. RQPO b. VUTS c. HNOP d. HGFE

Directions for Questions 19-23: Read the following information and answer the
questions given below it:

There are six persons A B C D E and F in a school. Each of the teachers teaches
two subjects, one compulsory subject and the other optional subject. D's optional
subject was History while there others have it as compulsory subject. E and F have
Physics as one of their subjects. F's compulsory subject is Mathematics which is an
optional subject of both C and E. History and English are A's subjects but in terms
of compulsory and optional subjects, they are just reverse of those of D's.
Chemistry is an optional subject of only one of them. The only female teacher in
the school has English as her compulsory subject.

19) What is C's compulsory subject?

a. History b. Physics c. Chemistry d. English

20) Who is a female member in the group?

a. A b. B c. C d. D

21) Which of the following has same compulsory and optional subjects as those of
F's?

a. D b. B c. A d. None of these

22) Disregarding which is the compulsory and which is the optional subject, who
has the same two subject combination as F?
a. A b. B c. E d. D

23) Which of the following groups has History as the compulsory subject?

a. A, C, D b. B, C, D c. C, D d. A, B, C

24) Ramesh starting from a fixed point goes 15 km towards North and then after
turning to his right he goes 15 km. Then he goes 10, 15 and 15 meters after turning
to his left each time. How far is he from his starting point?

a. 5 meters b. 10 meters c. 20 meters d. 15 meters

25) Which of the following is a leap year?

a. 2100 b. 2000 c. 2300 d. 1900

Directions for Questions 26-30: Read the passage and answer the questions that
follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. The general
recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase,' It is the busiest man who
has time to spare'. Thus, an elderly lady at leisure can spend the entire day writing
a postcard to her niece. An hour will be spent in writing a postcard, another
hunting for spectacles, half an hour to search for the address, an hour and a quarter
in composition and twenty minutes in deciding whether or not to take an umbrella
when going to the pillar box in the street. The total effort that could occupy a busy
man for three minutes, all told may in this fashion leave another person completely
exhausted after a day of doubt, anxiety and toil.

26) What happens when the time to be spent on some work increases?

a. The work is done smoothly.

b. The work is done leisurely.

c. Work consumes all the time.

d. The work needs additional time.

27) Explain the sentence: work expands so as to fill the time available for its
completion’.
a. The more work there is to be done, the more time needed.

b. Whatever time is available for a given amount of work, all of it will be used.

c. If you have more time you can do some work.

d. If you have some important work to do, you should always have some

additional time.

28) Who is the person likely to take more time to do work.

a. a busy man.

b. a man of leisure.

c. an elderly person.

d. an exhausted person

29) What is the total time spent by the elderly lady in writing a postcard?

a. Three minutes.

b. four hours and five minutes.

c. half day

d. the entire day.

30) What does the expression ‘pillar box’ stand for?

a. a box attached to the pillar.

b. a box in the pillar

c. box office.

d. a pillar type postbox.

Directions for Questions 31-35: In each of the following questions, a paragraph or

a sentence has been broken up into different parts. The parts have been scrambled
and numbered as given below. Choose the correct order of these parts from the
given alternatives.

31) 1. I 2. do 3. a 4. of 5. In 6. Lot 7. Reading 8. My 9. Time 10. free

a. 1, 2, 3, 6, 4, 7, 5, 10, 8, 9

b. 1, 2, 6, 3, 4, 7, 5, 8, 10, 9

c. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 4, 5, 8, 10, 9

d. 1, 2, 3, 6, 4, 7, 5, 8, 10, 9

32) 1. on to 2. seat 3. evening 4. edinburgh 5. the 6. booked 7. flight 8. a 9. time

10. to

a. 9, 6, 8, 2, 1, 5, 3, 7, 10, 4

b. 9, 6, 8, 1, 2, 5, 3, 7, 10, 4

c. 9, 3, 8, 2, 1, 5, 6, 7, 10, 4

d. 9, 6, 1, 2, 5, 8, 3, 7, 10, 4

33) 1. I 2. my 3. leg 4. to 5. hire 6. gardener 7. when 8. a 9. had 10. I 11. broke

a. 1, 9, 4, 5, 8, 6, 7, 10, 11, 3, 2

b. 1, 9, 4, 5, 11, 6, 8, 10, 7, 2, 3

c. 1, 9, 4, 5, 8, 6, 7, 10, 11, 2, 3

d. 1, 4, 9, 5, 8, 6, 7, 10, 11, 2, 3

34) 1. She 2. trust 3. Don't 4. because 5. is 6. her 7. lying

a. 1, 5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7

b. 3, 2, 6, 4, 1, 5, 7

c. 3, 2, 6, 4, 1, 5, 7
d. 3, 2, 6, 1, 4, 5, 7

35) 1. rent 2. a 3. has 4. room 5. in 6. house 7. she 8. to 9. rent

a. 7, 3, 2, 4, 1, 8, 5, 9, 6

b. 7, 3, 1, 4, 8, 2, 5, 9, 6

c. 7, 3, 2, 4, 8, 1, 5, 9, 6

d. 7, 3, 2, 4, 8, 1, 5, 6, 9

Directions for Questions 36-40: Read each sentence to find if there is any
grammatical error in it. If there is any error, it will be only one part of the sentence.
The number or alphabet of that part is your answer. (Disregard punctuation errors
if any)

36) Modern film techniques / are far superior / than that / employed in the past /
a. A b. B c. C d. D
37) I believe / that respect / is more preferable than / money.
a. A b. B c. C d. D

38) The principals of equal justice / for all is one of / the corner stones of our /
democratic way of life. / no error

a. A b. B c. C d. D

39) In order to save patrol, / motorists must have to/ be very cautious/ while
driving along the highways/ no error

a. A b. B c. C d. D

40) Not one of the children / has ever sang/ on any occasion / in public before/ no
error

a. A b. B c. C d. D

Directions for Questions 41-45: Choose the option which will correctly fill the
blank.
41) I am writing to enquire _________the possibility of hiring a conference room
at the hotel on the 2nd of September.

a. Of b. About c. Into d. After

42) _________ having her lunch, she stood - the tree and waited _______ him.

a. With, below, for b. After, under, for c. Inside, further, to d. About, across,
into

43) The microscopic animals are the primary food for larval cod and their decline
has meant that fewer fish are making it to adulthood to be caught_________
trawlermen.

a. In b. Into c. By d. With

44) _________ great writer is convinced that whatever he says is not an echo or
imitation of what others have said.

a. An b. A c. The d. No article required

45) ________ Reserve Bank of India directed banks to closely watch

_______spending through International Debit Cards.

a. A, the b. The, the c. The, a d. no article, the

46) A bag contains 4 white balls,5 red balls, 6 black balls. What is the probability
that we select 3 red balls from the bag ?

a. 2/91 b. 3/47 c. 2/13 d. 5/91

47) A Trader marks his goods 20% above the cost price and allows a discount of
10% on [Link] his profit/Loss%?

a. 8% gain b. 10% gain c. 10% Loss d. No Loss/No profit

48) A sum of money becomes double of itself in 10years at simple interest fnd the
rate of interest per annum?

a. 10% b. 15% c.20% d. 25%

49) 4 men can do a work in 12 [Link] how many days 8 men can do the same
work if all are equally efficient?

a. 16days b. 6 days c. 15 days d. 20 days

50) 18kmph is equivalent to ------m/sec?

a. 15m/sec b.10m/sec c.5m/sec d.27m/sec