SECTION - E : QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES

Directions (Q.109-Q.112): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions: Line
graph given below shows the distance between Delhi to five different cities in kilo meter and Table given
below shows the speed of five different cars in km/hr
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3000

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Distance from Delhi (in km)

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1500

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City A City B City C City D City E
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Cars Speed (in kmph)

P 40
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Q -
R 60
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S -
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T 75
NOTE: - Some data is missing you have to calculate according to question.
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109. Time taken by car ‘P’ to travel from city ‘E’ to Delhi and then Delhi to city ‘B’, is equal to the time taken by car
‘R’ to travel from Delhi to city ‘A’ and then city ‘A’ to city ‘B’. Find the distance between city ‘A’ and city ‘B’?
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(a) 5650 km (b) 5750 km (c) 5450 km (d) 5550 km

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110. Find the approximate time car ‘T’ takes to reach city ‘E’ from city ‘A’ if city ‘A’ and city ‘E’ is north and east
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direction of Delhi respectively?

(a) 24 hours (b) 27 hours (c) 20 hours (d) 36 hours
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111. Car Q and Car S start from Delhi for city B and city C respectively and they reached in equal time. If Car Q and
Car S starts from city B and city D respectively at same time and move towards each other, then time taken by
car Q to cross car S is what percent of the time taken by car Q to reach city B from Delhi. Distance between city
B and city D is 1500 km?
(a) 25% (b) 20% (c) 30% (d) 40%

112. A thief runs in a car S from Delhi to city E and after 6 hours of running, a policeman started to catch him in a
car R. Due to this, thief increases the speed of his car by 100%. By this, the policeman is able to catch him at
3/5th of the distance of city E from Delhi. Find the initial speed of car ‘S’?
(a) 15 km/hr (b) 27 km/hr (c) 20 km/hr (d) 25 km/hr.

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 Directions(Q.113-Q.116): These questions are based on the following information.
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In a box there are marbles in three colours - red, violet and blue. The probability of selecting one red marble is 4
and the probability of selecting one violet marble is 5/12. The number of blue marbles in the box is 8.

113. If all the marbles are numbered starting from 1, 2, 3, and so on then what is the probability of selecting one
marble which is numbered as a multiple of 3 or 4 out of the total marbles?
(a) 2/5 (b) 1/6 (c) 3/8 (d) 1/2

114. What is the total number of marbles in the box?

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(a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) 24

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115. When two marbles drawn from box then find the probability that both marbles are red.
(a) 2/25 (b) 1/93 (c) 3/88 (d) 5/92

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116. What is the probability of selecting one blue marble is

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(a) 2/5 (b) 1/3 (c) 3/8 (d) 1/2

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Directions(Q.117-Q.120): These questions are based on the following information.
A company XYZ Ltd has three units - P, Q and H. In each of these units there are five departments—Production,
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Marketing, Finance, HR and Accounts. The total number of employees in P, Q and H are in the ratio [Link]. The
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total number of employees in Production, Marketing, Finance, HR and Accounts in all the three units together
are in the ratio 5 : 3: 1: 1: 2. The ratio of the number of male employees of XYZ Ltd to that of the female
employees of XYZ Ltd is 2 : 1. In each of the three units, there is no female employee in the Production
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department and no male employee in the HR department. In each of Marketing, Finance and Accounts
departments at each of the units, males and females are equal in number. Also the total number of employees in
Marketing, Finance and Accounts departments are equally distributed among each of the units. The company
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has 36,000 employees in total and the number of male employees in the production department at P, Q and H
are in the ratio 2: 8: 5.
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117. What is the total number of male employees in units P and H together?
(a) 7500 (b) 10000 (c) 9000 (d) None of these
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118. The number of female employees in the HR and the Marketing departments together is what percentage
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of the total number of employees in Q?

(a) 25% (b) 50% (c) 331/3% (d) 20%
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119. In which unit is the number of female employees as a percentage of the total number of employees, the highest?
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(a) P (b) Q (c) R (d) All of the above

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120. In how many departments of XYZ Ltd is the number of employees, as a percentage of the number of employees
in P, more than 80%?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4

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 electoral challenges in the upcoming state SECTION - E : QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES
elections.’
105. (d) The author assumes that the entry of private sector 109. (b) Distance travel by car P
would bring more money into the development of = 1500 + 3000 = 4500 km
metro rail, and hence, the development of metro 4500
Total Time taken = = 112.5 hour
infrastructure would surpass that of public buses that 40
Time taken by car R from Delhi to
are already reeling under the losses. Option D is the 1000 50
assumption inherent in the argument. Option A City A = = hours
60 3
appears a deliberate plan on part of the government 50
Time taken from city A to city B = 112.5-
3
to dismantler the public bus transport, which is not 287.5
supported in the way of arguments; hence cannot be =
3
the assumption. Option B and C are inferences that Distance from between City A to city B

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287.5
can be drawn from the statement. Going by selection = × 60 =5750 km
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by negation, option D is the assumption that can
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invalidate the main argument completely.
106. (d) The author argues that the budget does not talk about

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the smart city initiative because the government is
embarrassed as it signifies policy and

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implementation failure on its part. All the options
counter the same by arguing that the financial aspect Distance between city A and city E

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of the smart cities’ initiative has already been taken = √10002 + 15002 = √1000000 + 2250000
care of, and it is a long-term initiative; hence, every = √3250000 = 500√13𝑘𝑚
annual budget need not talk about the smart city Approximate time taken by car ‘T’

107. (d)
initiative. Hence, Option D is the right answer
The author states that PPP partnership is just a way M =
500√13
75
≈ 24 hours
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of allowing entry of the private sector in the metro 111. (c) Let speeds of car Q and car S be x and y
rail, hence, option A. is untrue. Option B. is not true respectively.
because the author states that migrant workers have ATQ-
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not been given any benefits but only a tax ⇒ =
𝑥 𝑦
concession for housing. Option C. is incorrect as 𝑥 3
labour welfare measures do not aim at reviving ⇒ =
𝑦 2
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reduced employment. Option D corresponds with Let speed of car Q and car S be 3a and
the contentions of the author; therefore, it is true as 2a respectively
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per the passage, making it the answer. Refer to the Distance between city B and city D = 1500 km
lines, ‘The best examples are of migrant housing.
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Time taken to cross each other

Instead of government providing immediate thrust 1500 ̇
300
= =
on housing and labour hostels, they will be given tax 5𝑎 𝑎
Time taken by car Q to reach city B from
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concessions, and there are no separate allocations 3000 1000

that ensure the delivery of housing options to Delhi = =
3𝑎 𝑎
migrant workers whose suffering during the 300 ×100
Required% = = 30%
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pandemic will remain in our collective memory.’ 1500×3

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108. (c) The author is saying that the budget was not urban 112. (d) = 900 km
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development friendly. It contained only half-hearted Time taken by car R to cover this distance
measures which seemed as if benefits are being 900
= = 15 hour
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given without any actual benefit accruing to the
Let initial speed of car S = 𝑥 km/hr
urban population. This is the basic gist of the
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passage. Hence, C is the right answer. Option A is

6𝑥 + 15(2𝑥) = 900
vague as it does not mention any of the points.
6𝑥 + 30𝑥 = 900
Option B is contrary to what finds a mention in the
36𝑥 = 900
passage. Refer to the lines, ‘An urban employment
guarantee scheme was the most urgent requirement. 𝑥 = 25 𝑘𝑚/ℎ𝑟
In fact, since the 2009 election campaign, the BJP 113. (d) Let the number of red marbles and violet marbles be
had promised such an employment guarantee r and v respectively.
r 1 v 5
scheme.’ The author suggests that urban = and = ;
r+v+8 4 r+v+8 12
employment guarantee scheme does not get any By solving we get, r= 6 and v = 10
substantial promises, despite it being an urgent The total number of marbles which is numbered as
requirement. Option D is extreme. The author does a multiple of 3 = 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24
arrive at an abject and hopelessness of the budget. Total number of marbles which is numbered as a
multiple of 4 = 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24

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 The number of repetitions = 2 {12, 24} The number of red-coloured marbles = 6
8 6 2 6𝐶2 6×5 5
The required probability = + − Required Probability = = =
24 24 24 24𝐶2 24×23 92
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= = 116. (b) The number of blue - coloured marbles = 8.
24 2
114. (d) The number of red-coloured marbles = 6. Total number of marbles = 24.
The number of violet coloured marbles = 10. ∴ Required Probability = 8/24 = 1/3
Total number of marbles = 24.
115. (d) Total number of marbles = 24.

Hint[117-120]:
The given information can be tabulated as below.
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Male Females Male Females Male Females
Production 2000 - 8000 - 5000 - 15000

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Marketing 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 9000
Finance 500 500 500 500 500 500 3000

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HR - 1000 - 1000 - 1000 3000
Accounts 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 6000

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Total 5000 4000 11000 4000 8000 4000 36000

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117. (d) The required number of employees 5000 + 8000 = 13000.
2500+2500+2500
118. (b) The required percentage = × 100 = 50%
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4000 4000 4000
119. (a) The percentage of females for P, Q and R are (100)%, (100)% and (100)% respectively.
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9000 15000 12000
Highest of these is the first percentage i.e. for P.
120. (a) 80% of the total number of employees of P is 7200. Only in the production and marketing departments is the number of
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employees more than 7200.
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