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Tables
SOLVED EXAMPLES
Directions for examples 1 to 4: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The table given below shows the per capita CO 2 emission and populations of six countries during
the period 2013-2016. The total CO2 emission (in million tonnes) of the world in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 was 30700,
31433, 32155 and 32042 respectively.
Per Capita CO2 emission (in tonnes) Population (in millions)
Country
2013 2014 2015 2016 2013 2014 2015 2016

China 4.4 4.4 4.9 5.2 1314 1321 1326 1350.8

Germany 9.8 9.8 - 9.6 81.6 82.4 80.5 81.4

India 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 1095 1129 1140 1166

Japan 1.1 1.1 1 1.3 124.6 126.1 127.2 127.6

Russia 0.9 0.9 0.9 1 138.8 140.2 141.2 142.6

USA 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 298.4 301.4 304 306.5

1. The CO2 emission of China was approximately what percent of the total CO2 emission of the world during the given
period?
(1) 10 (2) 20 (3) 12 (4) 28
2. The CO2 emission of Russia and Japan put together was approximatelyn what percent of that of India and USA put
together during the given period?
(1) 60 (2) 45 (3) 75 (4) 70
3. If the CO2 emission of Germany was 2.4% of the total CO2 emission of the world during the given period, then what
was the per capita CO2 emission (in tonnes) of Germany in 2015?
(1) 7 (2) 10 (3) 9 (4) 8
4. The total CO2 emission by which country was second lowest in 2014
(1) Germany (2) Russia (3) India (4) Japan
For examples 1 to 4:
1. 2 The total CO2 emission (in million tonnes) of the world during the given period
= 30700 + 31433 + 32155 + 32042 = 126330
The total CO2 emission (in million tonnes) of China during the give period
= 4.4 × (1314 + 1321) + 4.9 × 1326 + 5.2 × 1350.8 = 25115.56

25115.56
Hence, the required percentage   100  20.
126330
 2. 1 The total CO2 emission (in million tonnes) of Russia and Japan put together
= [0.9 × (138.8 + 140.2 + 141.2) + 1 × 142.6] + [1.1 × (124.6 + 126.1) + 1 × 127.2 + 1.3 × 127.6] = 1089.3
The total CO2 emission (in million tonnes) of India and USA put together
= [0.3× (1095 + 1129) + 0.4 × (1140 + 1166)]+ [0.2 × (298.4 + 301.4 + 304 + 306.5)] =1831.66

1089.3
Hence, the required percentage   100  60.
1831.66
3. 4 Let the per capita CO2 emission (in tonnes) of Germany in 2015 be ‘x’.

2.4
 9.8 × (81.6 + 82.4) + 80.5 × x + 9.6 × 81.4   126330
100

 x  8.
4. 2 It is clear from the table that the lowest emission of CO2 is by USA and the second lowest is by Russia.
Directions for examples 5 to 8: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The following table provides partial information about the composition of six different alloys namely A, B, C, D, E and
F. Each of these six alloys contains the five different elements namely Zinc, Tin, Lead, Copper and Nickel. An alloy G,
the composition of which is not given in the table, contains alloys A, B and C in the ratio 2 : 1 : 3. It is also known that
in alloy G, tin, lead and copper are present in an equal quantity.
Alloy Zinc Tin Le a d Coppe r Nicke l
A 10% 40% 10%
B 25% 15% 50% 5% 5%
C 15% 20% 35%
D 20% 25% 15% 30% 10%
E 5% 50% 25% 5% 15%
F 40% 10% 5% 30% 15%
5. Find the percentage of copper in alloy A.

95 95 25 25
(1) (2) (3) (4)
9 3 9 3
6. If an alloy X, which contains 15% nickel, at least 15% zinc and at most 20% copper, is to be made, how many
combinations of exactly two of the six mentioned alloys can be used to make it?
(1) Three (2) Four (3) Five (4) Two
7. Which of the following can be a value of the ratio in which alloys A, E and F need to be mixed to get at least 12%
lead in the resulting mixture?
(1) 4 : 1 : 1 (2) 2 : 1 : 3 (3) 1 : 2 : 3 (4) 1 : 2 : 4
8. If an alloy Z, which contains at least 8.25% nickel, is to be made by using the alloys mentioned in the table, the
percentage of alloy B in alloy Z cannot be more than
(1) 95.46% (2) 83.12% (3) 97.24% (4) 89.16%
For examples 5 to 8:
The given information can be tabulated as:
Zinc Tin Lead Copper Nickel
A 10% 40% (x) % (40 – x)% 10%
B 25% 15% 50% 5% 5%
C 15% (y) % 20% (30 – y)% 35%
D 20% 25% 15% 30% 10%
E 5% 50% 25% 5% 15%
F 40% 10% 5% 30% 15%
 5. 2 In alloy G, the percentage of:
 40 15 y  3y  95
Tin   2   1 3  
6 6 6 6
2x  110
Lead =
6
175  2x  3y
Copper =
6
25 95
Now, (3y  95)  (2x  110)  (175  2x  3y)  x  and y 
3 9
 25  95
Therefore, the percentage of copper in alloy A  (40  x)   40    .
3 3
6. 4 There are two possible ways in which the alloy X can be formed. The possible combinations are (E and F) and
(B and C).
25
7. 3 The percentage of lead in A, E and F is 3 %, 25% and 5% respectively..
By checking options:
1 25  95
Option (1): Percentage of lead in the mixture   4   1  25  1  5 

% < 12%
6 3 9
1 25  85
Option (2): Percentage of lead in the mixture  2   1  25  3  5  % < 12%
6 3  9
1 25  110
Option (3): Percentage of lead in the mixture  1   2  25  3  5  % > 12%
6 3  9
1  25  235
Option (4): Percentage of lead in the mixture  1  2  25  4  5  % < 12%
7 3  21
Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.
8. 4 Since the percentage of nickel in alloy B and alloy Z is 5% and 8.25% respectively, in order to maximize the
percentage of B in Z, we need to choose alloy in which the percentage of nickel is greater than 8.25% and also
the maximum among the given alloys. So, we need to choose alloy C.
Let the percentage of alloy B in alloy Z be ‘x’%.
 5x + 35(1 – x) = 8.25  x = 89.16%
Directions for examples 9 to 12: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
An FMCG company, planning to produce potato chips of three different flavours, namely Mint, Chilly and Cream,
conducted a survey among 1000 people in each of the three market segments Metros, Towns and Villages. In the
survey, all the participants were requested to select exactly one of the four options out of P, Q, R and S given in the
survey response sheet. One of the options out of the four was for not liking any of the three varieties of chips, and each
of the other three was for liking a different variety of chips out of the three. The following table represents the responses
recorded during the survey.

P Q R S
Market Segment Villages 95 390 135 380
Market Segment Metros 180 405 230 185
Market Segment Towns 210 220 220 350
As the brand manager of the company, who compiled the data, knew which option indicated which flavour, he derived
the following conclusions from the given table.
I. In towns, as many as 22% of all the participants did not like any of the three flavours.
II. The total number of participants who selected Chilly flavour, differed from the total number of participants who
selected Cream flavour by 100.
 9. If it was in villages where the minimum number of participants liked Mint flavour, then which of the following can be
definitely concluded?
(1) It was in Metros where the maximum number of participants liked Chilly flavour.
(2) It was in Metros where the minimum number of participants liked Cream flavour.
(3) It was in Villages where the maximum number of participants liked Chilly flavour.
(4) It was in Villages where the minimum number of participants did not like any of the three flavours.
10. If Cream flavour was liked by the minimum number of participants in all the three market segments put together,
then which of the following statements is definitely false?
(1) Out of the participants who liked Chilly flavour in the three market segments, the minimum number belonged
to villages.
(2) Out of the participants who liked Mint flavour in the three market segments, the minimum number belonged to
metros.
(3) Out of the participants who did not like any of the three flavours in the three market segments, the minimum
number belonged to villages.
(4) Out of the participants who did not like any of the three flavours in the three market segments, the maximum
number belonged to metros.
11. In towns, if the number of participants who liked Mint flavour was the minimum, then which of the following is
definitely true?
(1) In villages, the number of participants who liked neither Chilly flavour nor Cream flavour was 280.
(2) In towns, the number of participants who liked neither Mint flavour nor Cream flavour was 570.
(3) In metros, the number of participants who liked neither Chilly flavour nor Mint flavour was 635.
(4) In towns, the number of participants who liked neither Chilly nor Cream flavour was 430.
12. A maximum of how many of the following five statements can simultaneously be true?
I. In Villages, 135 participants did not like any of the three flavours.
II. In Towns, 210 participants liked Cream flavour.
III. In Metros, 185 participants liked Chilly flavour.
IV. In Towns, 220 participants liked Cream flavour.
V. In Metros, 180 participants liked Mint flavour.
(1) 4 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 5
For examples 9 to 12: The total number of participants in the surveys conducted in each of the three market
segments is 1000. The exact number of participants selecting the four options, across the three market segments is
given in the following table.
Market Segments P Q R S Total
Villages 95 390 135 380 1000
Towns 210 220 220 350 1000
Metros 180 405 230 185 1000
Total 485 1015 585 915 3000
The two observations made by the brand manager, hold true only for the following four cases.
Possible Cases P Q R S
Case I Cream Rejected All Chilly Mint
Case II Chilly Rejected All Cream Mint
Case III Mint Chilly Rejected All Cream
Case IV Mint Cream Rejected All Chilly
9. 4 If the statement given in the problem is true, then the selection of option P, in the survey form, must indicate
that the participant had liked the Mint flavour, the least. Accordingly, either Case III or Case IV could be true
and the two flavours-(Chilly & Cream) must be indicated by the two options-(Q & S) but their exact order
cannot be concluded. Further, selection of option R, in the survey form, indicated that the participant had
rejected all the three flavours. Hence none of the options (1) or (2) or (3) can definitely be concluded but option
(4) can definitely be concluded.
10. 3 If the statement given in the problem is true, then option P given in the survey form must indicate Cream flavour.
Accordingly, only Case I is valid. Statement given in option (3) is definitely false as the minimum number
belonged to the market segment, Towns.
11. 4 From the problem statement. We can conclude that option P in the survey form, indicates Mint flavour.
Accordingly, options Q and S could indicate Chilly and Cream flavours. Option R indicated rejection of all the
three flavours. Note that, in any of the given market segments, the number of participants who selected neither
option P nor Q is the sum of the number of participants who selected either option R or options S. Each of the
five answer options can be verified. Option (4) is correct.
12. 1 From each of the five given statements, we can make the following conclusions:
Statement Conclusion
I R indicated rejection of all the flavours.
II P indicated selection of Cream flavour.
III S indicated selection of Chilly flavour.
IV Either Q or R indicated selection of Cream Flavour.
V P indicated selection of Mint flavour.
Statements I, III, IV and V can simultaneously be true. Hence option (a) is the correct answer.
Directions for examples 13 to 17: Answer the questions based on the table given below.
The following table shows the business details of a company named ABC India Pvt. Ltd.
Annual sales Number of Annual salary per
Vertical Category Margin
(in Rs.) employees employee (in Rs.)
Software Inhouse 0.2 crore 23 25 20000
Export 1.5 crore 47 15 100000
Hardware Inhouse 0.4 crore 31 40 15000
Export 2 crore 52 40 80000
Pr ofit
Margin =  100.
Sales
13. If the salary of each hardware inhouse employee is increased by 50%, what is the new margin percentage of the
company? (All other factors remain the same)
(1) 21.5% (2) 27% (3) 35.59% (4) 45.9%
14. If the annual salary per employee of software inhouse employee is made equal to the annual salary per employee
of hardware inhouse employees, what is the percentage increase in the software inhouse margin?
(1) 8.75% (2) 29.25% (3) 6.25% (4) 27.17%
15. If in each vertical category the annual sales increases by 15%, what is the total profit of the company? (The margin
remains the same)
(1) Rs. 2.45 crore (2) Rs. 1.91 crore (3) Rs. 2.2 crore (4) Data insufficient
16. If the Software as well as Hardware exports of the company increases by 20% and the total inhouse business is
closed then what is the over all change in the profit of the company? (The margin remains the same)
(1) 17.9 lacs (2) 35.8 lacs (3) 34.9 lacs (4) 17 lacs
17. The company plans to train the software inhouse employees and the training expenditure per employee will be Rs.
9200. What will be the new margin percentage in software inhouse division if the company goes with the training
plan?
(1) 50% (2) 11.5% (3) 46% (4) Cannot be determined
13. 4 Net profit of company A in software inhouse = Rs. 0.046 crore, software export = Rs. 0.7 crore,
hardware inhouse = Rs. 0.124 crore,hardware export = Rs. 1.04 crore.
 Total profit = Rs. 1.91 crore
Salary of hardware inhouse executives is increased by 50% that is by Rs. 7,500.
Increase in total salary is Rs. 7500 × 40= Rs. 0.03 crore
 New net margin = Rs. 1.88 crore
1.88
So, margin percentage   100 = 45.9%
4.10
14. 4 Net decrease in cost = (20000 – 15000) × 25= Rs. 1.25 lakh
Earlier net profit = Rs. 4.6 lakh
New net profit = (Rs. 4.6 + Rs. 1.25)= Rs. 5.85 lakh

 5.85 
 20  1.25
 4.6  1  100  4.6  100  27.17%
 
 20 

15. 3 Profit of company A in software inhouse = 23% of (115% of 0.2 crore) = Rs. 5.29 lacs
Profit of company A in software export = 47% of (115% of 1.5 crore) = Rs. 81.08 lacs
Profit of company A in hardware inhouse = 31% of (115% of 0.4 crore) = Rs. 14.26 lacs
Profit of company A in hardware export = 52% of (115% of 2 crore) = Rs. 119.6 lacs
Hence, the total profit = Rs. 220.23 lacs  Rs. 2.2 crores
16. 1 Increase in profit = 47% of (20% of 1.5 crores) + 52% of (20% of 2 crore) = 0.141+ 0.208 = 0.349 crores
= Rs. 34.9 lacs
Decrease in profit due to closing of inhouse business = 23% of 0.2 crore + 31% of 0.4 crore
= (0.046 + 0.124) crore = 0.17 crore = Rs. 17 lacs.
Net increase in profit = 34.9 – 17 = Rs. 17.9 lacs.
17. 2 Before the training program, the profit of company A in software inhouse = Rs. 0.046 crores = 4.6 lacs
Now, profit = 4.6 lacs – (9200 × 25) = 2.3 lacs
2.3
So, the new margin percentage   100  11.5%
20
Directions for examples 18 to 20: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The following table gives the details of the account statement of Raj’s account in HDCF bank during the period January
2017 to April 2017. It is also known that the balance in the account as on December 31, 2016 was Rs 18000.
Date Details Debit Credit Balance
10-Jan By Cash NA 12000 30000
30-Jan By CHQ 456789 NA 15000 45000
31-Jan To ATM Withdrawal 15000 NA 30000
17-Feb To CHQ 123456 NA 5635
23-Feb TO POS PUR 1085 NA 4550
28-Feb By Cash NA 16730 21280
11-Mar To ECS 6380 NA
24-Mar To Cash 14000 NA
31-Mar By CHQ 127128 NA 66800 67800
23-Apr By Cash NA 11922 79800
30-Apr To IB TFR 31716 NA 48084
The bank offers an interest of 0.5% on monthly basis on the Average Monthly Balance(AMB). The interest, the details
of which is not shown in the given account statements, is credited in the account on the last day of each month, after
the completion of all transactions for that day.

Sum of the balances at the end of each day of a month

Average Monthly Balance (AMB) =
No. of days in the month

18. What was the total balance in the account at the end of April 30?
(1) Rs 48084 (2) Rs 48384 (3) Rs 48434 (4) Rs 48344
19. During the given period, what was the average monthly interest credited in Raj’s account?
(1) Rs 663 (2) Rs 165.75 (3) Rs 331.50 (4) Rs 350
th
20. What was the amount of the cheque that was debited in Raj’s account on 17 February?
(1) Rs 24365 (2) Rs 24635 (3) Rs 24500 (4) Rs 25500
For examples 18 to 20:

18000  9  30000  20  45000  1  30000  1

1. AMB in January  = Rs. 27,000
31

27000  6  1
Interest for the month of January  = Rs. 135
12  100
Balance at the end of January = 30000 + 135 = Rs. 30,135

30135  16  5635  6  4550  5  21280  1

2. AMB in February  = Rs. 20,000
28

20000  6  1
Interest for the month of February  = Rs. 100
12  100

Balance at the end of February = 21280 + 100 = Rs. 21,380

21380  10  15000  13  1000  7  67800  1

3. AMB in March  = Rs. 15,600
31

15600  6  1
Interest for the month of March  = Rs. 78
12  100
Balance at the end of March = 67800 + 78 = Rs. 67,878

67878  22  79800  7  48084  1

4. AMB in April  = Rs. 70,000
30

70000  6  1
Interest for the month of April  = Rs. 350
12  100
Balance at the end of April = 48084 + 350 = Rs. 48,434
18. 3 Balance at the end of April 2017 is Rs. 48,434.
19. 2 Total interest earned during the given period = 135 + 100 + 78 + 350 = Rs. 663

663
Average Interest earned  = Rs. 165.75.
4

20. 3 Cheque amount deducted on 17th February = 30135 – 5635 = Rs 24,500.

 PRACTICE EXERCISE – 1
Directions for questions 1 to 3: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The following table shows data related to equity shares issued by five public sector companies on July 27, 2017.

Number of equity Percentage of equity

Current market share
Company shares shares held by the
price (Rs.)
(crores) government

BEL 8 60 75%

BML 3.64 15 60%

BHL 24.48 150 62.5%

BPL 30 175 66.7%

BCL 1.515 350 80.0%

1. If the government disinvested 20% of its stake in BEL and 25% in BML at the given market prices, the amount of
revenue generated by the government through the disinvestment was.
(1) Rs. 80.19 crore (2) Rs. 96.55 crore (3) Rs. 72 crore (4) Rs. 109.65 crore
2. The government disinvested its entire stake in BPL at a price of Rs. 125 per share. What would have been the
additional revenue generated by the government had it done the given disinvestment at the given market price?
(1) Rs. 1,800.4 crore (2) Rs. 1,000.5 crore (3) Rs. 500.4 crore (4) Rs. 500.6 crore
3. If the share price of BCL fell to Rs. 300 on July 28, 2017, then what was the decline in the total value of BCL’s
shares held by the government over that of the previous day?
(1) Rs. 50.6 crore (2) Rs. 55.6 crore (3) Rs. 60.6 crore (4) Rs. 65.6 crore
Directions for questions 4 to 6: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Following table shows the number of movies released in Jollywood as on August 15, 2017.
Name of genre Action Romance Drama Patriotic Thriller
Total number of movies 192 250 300 77 216
The following table gives data related to hit and flop status of Jollywood movies, released during the given period,
including that of a Jollywood star named STS.

Name of genre Action Romance Drama Patriotic Thriller

Hit movies as a percentage of total
37.5 36 33.33 28.56 44.44
number of movies
Hit movies by STS as a percentage of
50 60 16.66 50 66.66
total number of movies by STS
Flop movies by STS as a percentage of
10 6.25 12.5 20 5
total number of flop movies
Additional information with reference to the two tables given above is as follows:
– Every movie that releases in Jollywood belongs to exactly one of the five genres, Action, Romance, Drama,
Patriotic and Thriller.
– Every movie that releases in Jollywood falls in exactly one of the two categories, Hit and Flop.
4. The total number of STS’s hit movies, during the given period, across the three genres Drama, Patriotic and Thriller
put together was
(1) 28 (2) 70 (3) 32 (4) Cannot be determined
5. What percentage of the total movies released during the given period across the five genres were flop movies?
(1) 62.89 (2) 61.72 (3) 63.28 (4) 64.19
6. For how many genres, was the number of STS’s hit movies at least 50% of his flop movies?
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4
Directions for questions 7 to 9: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Chintamani, who is a renowned investor, was looking at the investments that he had made a year ago. He had invested
in 6 companies belonging to 3 sectors – Telecom, Insurance and Retail – with two companies in each sector. The
following table shows the share prices of the 6 companies that Chintamani bought on June 5, 2016 in the years 2016
and 2017 on the same date. It is also known that he bought shares of each company in a multiple of 10.
Sha re price s a s on 5th Sha re price s a s on 5th
Com pa ny
June 2016 (Rs.) June 2017 (Rs.)
A 150 230
B 500 575
C 200 320
D 400 440
E 800 900
F 175 245
7. If the shares that witnessed the top two absolute changes in their prices belonged to Telecom sector, while the
shares that witnessed the bottom two absolute changes in their share prices belonged to Insurance sector, what
was the approximate percentage change in the combined share price value of the two Retail companies during the
given period?
(1) 20% (2) 24% (3) 30% (4) 40%
8. If Chintamani purchased a total of 60 shares belonging to 4 out of the six companies, then the maximum possible
percentage return that he could realise on these 60 shares during the given period was
(1) 41% (2) 32% (3) 36% (4) 37%
9. If shares that witnessed the highest and lowest percentage change in their prices belonged to Telecom sector,
then what was the percentage change in the combined share price value of the two Telecom companies during the
given period?
(1) 26.67% (2) 35.66% (3) 40.33% (4) 45.33%
Directions for questions 10 to 13: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The table given below shows the production of some agricultural crops in a country named Indiana in the years 2010-
11 and 2011-12.
Targeted production for Production for 2011-12 % increase in production
Crop
2011-12 (in MT) (in MT) over 2010-11

Food grains 162.7 160.4 25

Oil seeds 18.9 16.2 18
Sugarcane 20.5 22.5 35
Cotton 14.7 18.9 32
Jute 12.3 14.8 16
10. The production of Food grain (in MT) in 2010-11 was nearly
(1) 130 (2) 128 (3) 134 (4) 135
11. The crop whose production in 2011-12 showed the maximum deviation from the targeted production, witnessed the
percentage deviation of
(1) 31.4 (2) 30.2 (3) 19.8 (4) 28.6
12. If there was an increase of 4.5 MT in the production of Sugarcane in 2012-13 over that of the previous year, what
was the simple annual growth rate in the production of Sugarcane from 2010-11 to 2012-13?
(1) 25% (2) 26% (3) 31% (4) 28%
13. If Oil seeds production in 2019-20 was 24.4 MT, what was the simple annual growth rate in the production of Oil
Seed from 2011-12 to 2019-20?
(1) 6.3 (2) 6.9 (3) 7.2 (4) 5.7
Directions for questions 14 to 17: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Fortune1000 is a list of top thousand companies in America ranked in the descending order of their annual revenues –
rank 1 for highest revenue, rank 2 for the second highest revenue and so on. The following table shows all the
companies in the state of Virginia (a state in America) that belonged to the Fortune1000-2013 along with their rank,
revenues and the city in which they are based.
Company Rank Revenues ($ millions) City
Advance Auto Parts 478 4,616.50 Roanoke
Amerigroup 676 2,835.10 Virginia Beach
Brink's 641 3,067.60 Richmond
CACI 932 1,755.30 Arlington
Circuit City Stores 215 11,597.70 Richmond
Dollar Tree Stores 532 3,969.40 Chesapeake
Dominion Resources 140 16,524.00 Richmond
DynCorp 867 1,967.00 Falls Church
Freddie Mac 50 44,002.00 McLean
Gannett 302 8,033.40 McLean
General Dynamics 92 24,212.00 Falls Church
Genworth Financial 227 11,029.00 Richmond
LandAmerica Financial 522 4,015.90 Glen Allen
Markel 739 2,519.00 Glen Allen
NVR 371 6,156.80 Reston
Owens & Minor 418 5,533.70 Mechanicsville
SLM 284 8,751.20 Reston
Smithfield Foods 217 11,506.80 Smithfield
Sprint Nextel 53 43,531.00 Reston
Universal 573 3,511.30 Richmond
14. The revenue of how many companies in Virginia was greater than that of Universal?
(1) 14 (2) 15 (3) 16 (4) 17
15. If the companies given in the table were to be ranked for the state of Virginia i.e. rank 1 for the highest revenue in
the state, then which company would hold rank 10?
(1) Gannett (2) SLM (3) Owens & Minor (4) NVR
16. If the companies given in the table were to be ranked for each city i.e. rank 1 for the highest revenue in that city,
which of the following two companies would hold the same rank?
(1) DynCorp and Markel
(2) Gannett and Genworth Financial
(3) Brink’s and Amerigroup
(4) Dollar Tree Stores and SLM
17. What was the Fortune1000-2013 rank of US Airways Group, a company from some other state in America, with
the annual revenue of $ 11, 557 million?
(1) 84 (2) 216 (3) 880 (4) Cannot be determined
Directions for questions 18 to 21: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
In a flower shop, eight different varieties of flowers namely D, E, F, G, H, I, J and K are sold. The following table provides
the information about the number of flowers of each variety available in the shop at the beginning of day on five different
days – Day 1 through Day 5.

Flowers day 1 day 2 day 3 day 4 day 5

D 241 204 208 191 186
E 189 199 261 225 210
F 207 276 179 184 211
G 213 182 228 216 192
H 185 197 241 219 235
I 214 254 233 191 182
J 183 211 239 245 190
K 227 194 178 257 220
18. On day 4, all the flowers of varieties G, H, I, J and K were found to be damaged. A magician generated new flowers
equal in number to the total number of damaged flowers. The new flowers generated by the magician were of
varieties D, E and F and the number of new flowers of each variety generated by the magician is the same. Find
the total number of flowers of variety D available in the flower shop on day 4.
(1) 567 (2) 371
(3) 376 (4) 382
19. If T denotes fifty percent of the total number of available flowers of varieties D and I on day 1, day 2 and day 3 taken
together, W denotes eighty percent of the total number of available flowers of varieties D and I on day 4 and day 5
taken together and M denotes twenty percent of the total number of available flowers of varieties D and I on day 4
and day 5 taken together, then find the value of (T – M + 2W).
(1) 1726 (2) 1727
(3) 1728 (4) 1729
20. One “Garland” consists of 4, 6 and 3 flowers of varieties F, G and H respectively and one “Bouquet” consists of 6
flowers such that the flowers in any bouquet is either of variety F only or G only or H only. If the maximum possible
number of Garlands was made at the end of day 5 using all the available flowers from day 1 to day 5, and the
remaining flowers were used to make maximum possible number of bouquets, then find the total number of so
formed garlands and bouquets put together over the period of five days.
(1) 286 (2) 313
(3) 265 (4) 327
21. The total number of flowers of varieties I, J and K formed what percentage of the total number of flowers of all
varieties put together over the given period?
(1) 31.24% (2) 37.87%
(3) 39.33% (4) 35.67%
Directions for questions 22 to 24: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Larry has a huge collection of shirts. The shirts with him are of four brands namely Caterpillar, Diesel, Lacoste and
Dockers. The color of the shirts with him is either black or white. Out of the shirts with him, Larry has bought only few
of them, whereas the rest have been gifted to him by six of his friends namely Anjana, Ravneet, Urvashi, Heena, Simar
and Sarah. Larry does not know the exact number of shirts gifted to him but he knows that the number of white shirts
of each brand gifted to him by each of his mentioned friends is at least 3 and at most 18. Further, the number of black
shirts of each brand gifted to him by each of his mentioned friends is at least 7 and at most 25.
Larry asked his mother to help him determine the number of shirts gifted to him by each of his mentioned friends. In
turn Larry’s mother provided him with the information listed in the table given below.
Number of Shirts
Caterpillar Diesel Lacoste Dockers
Black White Black White Black White Black White
Anjana >9 <4 > 17 >8 < 11 <7 < 23 > 10
Ravneet > 18 <6 < 24 <9 > 10 > 12 > 14 < 10
Urvashi < 21 > 10 > 14 <7 < 19 >9 > 10 < 12
Heena > 15 <9 > 19 <6 < 21 < 13 < 18 <5
Simar >9 <4 < 19 > 14 <8 <5 > 12 > 12
Sarah < 15 <9 > 20 <7 <8 > 14 > 23 <5
22. Out of the white shirts gifted to Larry by Ravneet, Heena and Sarah the number of white shirts of brand Caterpillar
is definitely less than the number of white shirts of brand(s)
(1) Diesel (2) Dockers (3) Lacoste (4) Both (2) and (3)
23. If the total number of shirts with Larry is 750 and the total number of shirts bought by him is the same as the total
number of shirts gifted to him by Anjana, then the total number of shirts with Larry that are neither bought by him
nor gifted to him by Anjana is at least
(1) 501 (2) 499 (3) 495 (4) 496
24. If the total number of shirts of each of the mentioned brands gifted to Larry by Urvashi and Simar is the same, then
which of the following can be the total number of shirts gifted to Larry by Urvashi and Simar put together?
(1) 184 (2) 192 (3) 196 (4) 158
Directions for questions 25 to 28: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
A B C D E F
A 1 3 5 2 5 3
B 3 1 2 4 3 5
C 5 2 1 5 4 3
D 2 4 5 1 1 2
E 5 3 4 1 1 2
F 3 5 3 2 2 1
Among 6 variables A, B, C, D, E and F, given in the table, only two kinds of arithmetic operations named ‘Pontiplication’
(denoted by ‘×’) and ‘Civision’ (denoted by ‘  ’) are allowed. From the table given above, we can find the result of
‘Pontiplication’ or ‘Civision’ between any two variables by the following rules:
Rule I: ‘Pontiplication’ of B and D denoted by BD is the product of the first number in the row of B and the number
common to the row of B and the column of D.
For example, BD = B × D = 3 × 4 = 12.
B
Rule II: Similarly the Civision of B and D denoted by , is the ratio of the first number in the row of B to the number
D
common to the row of B and the column of D.
B
For example,  B  D  3  4  0.75 .
D
Rule III: Neither ‘Pontiplication’ nor ‘Civision’ is defined between the same variable. For example, (B × B) or (B ¸ B) is
not defined.
In the following questions, X and Y denote two distinct variables out of A, B, C, D, E and F.
25. The minimum possible value of (2XY – YX) is
(1) 0 (2) –5 (3) –10 (4) –15
26. The sum of all the possible values of XY is
(1) 284 (2) 300 (3) 312 (4) 328
27. The number of possible cases in which the value of X  Y is not less 1 is
(1) 18 (2) 20 (3) 22 (4) 24
 X
28. If the possible values of  XY  YX   , where Y divides X completely, are arranged in decreasing order, which is
 Y
the second highest distinct value?
(1) 11 (2) 15 (3) 23 (4) 29
Directions for questions 29 and 30: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The following chart shows the results of an experiment conducted to check the presence of Ca, Mg and P ions in 6
different brands of toothpastes. The following table shows the quantity used for conducting the experiment, amount
of Ca, Mg and P ions present, and the recommended quantity of toothpaste to be used per brushing for each of the six
types of toothpaste.

Quantity used Ca ions Mg ions P ions Recommended use per

Toothpaste
(in grams) (in mg) (in mg) (in mg) brushing (in grams)
Colgate 200 24 8 32 1.25
Pepsodent 100 10 6 14 1.00
Babool 300 27 18 40 1.60
Promise 200 22 11 27 1.40
Sensoform 100 11 5 13 0.80
Close-up 200 25 9 24 1.10
Based on the experiment results, toothpastes were categorised as follows:
If percentage of Ca ions is the highest and percentage of Mg ions is
Excellent
the least as compared to other toothpastes
If percentage of Ca ions is the highest and percentage of P ions is
Good
the least as compared to other toothpastes
If percentage of P ions is the highest and percentage of Mg ions is
Average
the least as compared to other toothpastes
If percentage of Mg ions is the highest and percentage of Ca ions is
Poor
the least as compared to other toothpastes
It is known that 1 grams = 1000 mg.
29. If Colgate is taken as reference, then what would be the percentage saving in usage of Sensoform per month if a
person uses it as recommended? (Assume that the number of brushings per month with all the pastes is same.)
(1) 36% (2) 66.6% (3) 40% (4) None of these
30. In how many of the given toothpastes is the percentage of Ca ions more than that of Mg ions and P ions taken
together?
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 3 (4) 4
Directions for questions 31 to 34: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The table given below shows the data related to the average marks scored by boys and girls in primary and secondary
classes of a school during the period 2011-2017. It also gives the average marks of all the boys and girls, studying in
primary and secondary classes for the same period.
Ye a rs Prima ry Se conda ry Tota l
Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls
2011 40 54 54 62 48 58
2012 72 80 60 68 64 72
2013 60 76 68 70 62 74
2014 94 96 90 98 92 97
2015 58 60 76 80 64 62
2016 50 60 80 90 70 76
2017 64 80 76 90 70 84
31. In 2011, which of the following could be the total number of boys studying in either primary or secondary classes
of the school?
(1) 14 (2) 22
(3) 17 (4) 24
32. Which of the following statements is definitely true?
(1) The total number of boys in the years 2012 and 2013, put together, was greater than the total number of girls
in the years 2013 and 2014, put together.
(2) The total number of boys in all the given years, put together, was greater than the total number of girls in the
years 2012 and 2013, put together.
(3) The total number of students in primary classes in the years 2011 and 2012, put together, was lesser than the
total number of students in secondary classes in the years 2011 and 2012, put together.
(4) None of these.
33. If the average marks score by all the students in the years 2015 and 2016 was 63 and 72 respectively, and the
number of boys studying in secondary classes in the year 2015 was equal to the number of boys studying in the
primary classes in the year 2016, then which of the following statements is definitely true?
(1) The total number of students in 2015 was equal to that in 2016.
(2) The total number of students in 2015 was 40% more than the total number of students in 2016.
(3) The total number of students in 2015 was 20% less than the total number of students in 2016.
(4) The total number of students in 2015 was 33.33% more than the total number of students in 2016.
34. If the average marks of all the students in 2017 was 80 and the number of boys in secondary classes was 500,
then the total number of students in 2017 was
(1) 4560 (2) 3620
(3) 4200 (4) 3500
Directions for questions 35 to 38: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below:
The following table gives details related to the number of runs scored by four players – Kemp, Kallis, Klusener and
Kevin – in four different tournaments – Standard Bank Series, Afro-Asia Cup, Natwest Series and Benson & Hedges
Series. However, the names of the players are disguised as P, Q, R, S and the names of the tournaments are
disguised as A, B, C, D, not necessarily in the same order.
P Q R S
A 225 300 250 350
B 250 325 275 400
C 275 250 300 125
D 300 275 200 200
It is also known that:
 The total number of runs scored by the 4 players, put together, in Afro-Asia Cup was greater than that in the other
three tournaments.
 The absolute difference between the total runs scored in Afro-Asia Cup and Benson & Hedges Series and the total
runs scored in Natwest Series and Standard Bank Series by the 4 players was 100.
 When the total runs scored scored by individual players in the four tournaments, put together, are arranged in
descending order (from top to bottom), Kevin and Kemp occupy the top two positions.
35. What can be said regarding the following two statements?
Statement X: Kallis’s 2nd highest score was in Natwest Series.
Statement Y: The absolute difference between the highest individual scores in Afro-Asia Cup and Standard Bank
Series was 100.
(1) If Statement X is true, then Statement Y is necessarily true.
(2) Statement X is false and Statement Y is true.
(3) Statement X is false but Statement Y may be true.
(4) Both Statements X and Y are necessarily false.
36. What can be said regarding the following two statements?
Statement X: Klusener’s highest score was in Natwest Series.
Statement Y: Kallis’s second lowest score was in Standard Bank Series.
(1) If one of the statements is false, then the other is definitely false.
(2) If Statement X is true, then Statement Y is necessarily false.
(3) If Statement Y is true, then Statement X is necessarily false.
(4) Both Statements X and Y are true independently.
37. What can be said regarding the following statements?
Statement X: Kevin’s lowest score was in Benson & Hedges series.
Statement Y: Kemp’s highest score was in Afro-Asia Cup.
(1) Statement X may be false but Statement Y is necessarily true.
(2) Statement Y may be false but Statement X is necessarily true.
(3) Both Statement X and Statement Y are necessarily true.
(4) Both Statements X and Y may be false together.
38. What can be said regarding the following two statements?
Statement X: The total runs scored by Kevin in the four tournaments, put together, was highest.
Statement Y: The number of runs scored by Kemp in the Natwest Series was highest.
(1) If statement X is true, then statement Y is necessarily true.
(2) If statement Y is true, then statement X is necessarily false.
(3) If statement Y is true, then statement X is necessarily true.
(4) If statement Y is false, then statement X is necessarily true.
Directions for questions 39 to 42: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Five companies were vying with each other in their bid to take-over Mittal Steel, the largest steel-maker of the world.
The companies initially offered a price per share of Mittal Steel which is termed as ‘offer price’. The offer prices of the
respective companies as on 1st February 2017 morning was as follows:
Sl.No Name of the Company Offer price in Rs. as on 1st Feb 2017
1 Tata Steel 594
2 JK Steel 592
3 Essar Steel 591
4 Modi Steel 596
5 Nippon Steel 598
The bidding process continued for six days from 1st to 6th February. During this period, all the companies followed a
simple rule for revising their offer prices.
I. If the closing price of the share of a particular company on Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on any day was higher
than the previous day’s closing price, the offer price was revised upwards the next day by Rupee 1/- per share.
II. If the closing price of the share of a particular company on BSE on any day was lower than the previous day’s
closing price, the offer price was revised downwards by Rs. 2 per share the next day.
III. Each day, the offer prices of the companies were revised starting with the first revision on 2nd February and the
final revision on 6th February.
The Table below shows the closing share prices on BSE for the 5 companies mentioned. Data for the closing price of
Tata Steel on 3rd February and of Modi Steel on 2nd February are not available.

Na m e of the Closing Sha re Price in Rs. a s on

Sl.No
Com pa ny 31/01/2016 1/2/2017 2/2/2017 3/2/2017 4/2/2017 5/2/2017

1 Tata Steel 519 520 527.5 527 522

2 JK Steel 703 700 690 695 700 705
3 Essar Steel 248 250 253 255 260 265
4 Modi Steel 858 865 867 870 867
5 Nippon Steel 154 150 154 156 158 153

Following additional information is available:

A. For Tata Steel, the number of days on which the share price increased was one more than the number of days on
which the share price decreased, during the given period. Also, the share price of Tata Steel neither decreaed nor
increased on two consecutive days.
B. The share price of Modi Steel increased on 4 days and decreased on 1 day, during the given period.
39. Mittal Steel was taken over by the company that offered the maximum offer price as on 6th February. Identify the
company that was successful in taking over Mittal Steel.
(1) Tata Steel
(2) Modi Steel
(3) Essar Steel
(4) Nippon Steel
40. Which group of companies had the same absolute change in the offer price on 6th February with respect to 1st
February?
(1) Tata, JK and Nippon Steel
(2) Tata and JK Steel
(3) JK and Nippon Steel
(4) Tata and Nippon Steel
41. Had the bidding concluded on 5th February, and companies with the top two offer prices not showed interest in
taking over the company, which company could have taken over Mittal Steel?
(1) Modi Steel
(2) JK Steel
(3) There will be a tie between Tata Steel and Essar Steel
(4) Tata Steel
42. Only those companies with an offer price of more than Rs. 595 on 4th February were considered for further
participation. How many companies were not eligible for making bid on 6th February?
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 1 (4) 2
Directions for questions 43 to 46: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
In a city there are ten Police patrolling jeeps for providing security to the residents. Each patrolling jeep has three
policemen viz. one Inspector, one Constable and one Driver. Each patrolling jeep has a wireless system to make calls
to other patrolling jeeps. Codes are required to activate the wireless system which are different for Inspectors, Constables
and Drivers. Four patrolling jeeps receive every call made by an Inspector, two patrolling jeeps receive every call made
by a Constable and one patrolling jeep receives every call made by a Driver. The patrolling jeeps can make or receive
calls to / from other patrolling jeeps only. The following table provides information about the number of received and
dialed calls by each patrolling jeep at the end of a particular day.

Police Patrolling jeep No. No. of Received Calls No. of Dialed Calls
1 6 5
2 15 3
3 7 2
4 9 6
5 6 1
6 8 3
7 10 2
8 9 1
9 7 4
10 5 3

43. If Police Patrolling jeep No. 2 had received calls from only three Police Patrolling jeeps, then what could be the
lowest possible number of Police Patrolling jeeps from which Police Patrolling jeep No. 7 received calls?
(1) 6 (2) 4 (3) 3 (4) 2
44. What could be the maximum possible number of calls that can be made by the Constables?
(1) 19 (2) 16 (3) 13 (4) 10
45. If the total number of calls made by all the Inspectors was not less than the total number of calls made by all the
Constables and the total number of calls made by all Constables was not less than the total number of calls made
by the all the Drivers, then what was the minimum number of calls that could have been made by the Drivers?
(1) 6 (2) 4 (3) 2 (4) 8
46. If the total number of calls made by all the Inspectors was not less than the total number of calls made by all the
Constables and the total number of calls made by all Constables was not less than the total number of calls made
by the all the Drivers, then what was the maximum number of calls that could have been made by the Drivers?
(1) 10 (2) 8 (3) 6 (4) 4
Directions for questions 47 to 49: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The table given below shows the closing prices (in Rs.) of the stocks of six Indian banks viz. Axis Bank, BOB, ICICI
Bank, HDFC, PNB and SBI, on the days on which trading happened on a stock exchange from April 16, 2017 to May
15, 2017.
Bank
AXIS Ba nk BOB ICICI Ba nk HDFC PNB SBI
Date
16-Apr-17 1363 681 1079 663 740 2183
17-Apr-17 1377 676 1099 660 748 2245
18-Apr-17 1429 688 1123 674 767 2300
22-Apr-17 1441 699 1148 698 781 2327
23-Apr-17 1445 693 1161 689 779 2288
25-Apr-17 1503 709 1177 690 786 2335
26-Apr-17 1486 699 1145 689 772 2288
29-Apr-17 1475 699 1153 695 785 2274
30-Apr-17 1493 699 1164 682 768 2264
2-May-17 1516 712 1172 693 769 2299
3-May-17 1475 699 1130 681 744 2214
6-May-17 1460 700 1143 676 739 2226
7-May-17 1504 705 1164 688 748 2257
8-May-17 1490 692 1158 697 749 2255
9-May-17 1454 700 1153 690 783 2291
10-May-17 1470 703 1165 703 771 2294
11-May-17 1472 703 1168 703 773 2306
13-May-17 1452 690 1149 693 758 2278
14-May-17 1468 704 1147 689 766 2293
15-May-17 1509 728 1191 715 822 2383
47. Which of the six banks recorded the maximum increase in its closing stock price on a day over any of the
preceding days during the given period?
(1) SBI
(2) HDFC
(3) ICICI
(4) AXIS Bank
48. On which date did the closing stock price of ICICI Bank record the maximum increase over that of the previous day
during the given period?
(1)18th April
(2) 15th May
(3) 23rd April
(4) 6th May
49. Which of the six banks recorded the maximum percentage increase in its closing stock price over the given
period?
(1) PNB
(2) AXIS Bank
(3) ICICI
(4) BOB
Directions for questions 50 to 52: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The table given below shows the data related to a few key financial indicators for fourteen European countries in the FY
2016-17.

Long-te rm inte re st De bt to GDP Fisca l-de ficit

Country Infla tion (%)
ra te (% p.a .) ra tio (in %) (a s a % of GDP)
Austria 2.2 3.4 70.2 4.8
Belgium 3.4 3.9 100.8 4.8
Cyprus 2.2 4.6 61.1 5.7
Denmark 2.2 3 46.6 4.6
Estonia 2.4 5.7 7.7 1.7
Finland 1.1 3.1 45.4 3.4
France 1.5 3.3 83.5 8
Germany 1.9 2.9 74.8 4.5
Italy 1.4 4.6 118 5.1
Latvia 1.2 7.5 48 8.6
Malta 1.7 4.4 72 3.8
Netherlands 1.1 3.1 64.6 5.6
Poland 2.4 5.9 53.9 7.3
Portugal 1.1 6.5 83.2 7.3

50. If the Fiscal-deficit of France was x Euros, which was 50% more than that of Belgium, then what was the Debt (in
Euros) of Belgium in FY 2016-17?
(1) 13x
(2) 7x
(3) 14x
(4) 6.5x
51. The countries with the Long-term interest rate less than 4% per annum, Debt to GDP ratio less than 60% and
Fiscal-deficit not more than 4.6% were given a AAA rating. The number of countries rated AAA among the fourteen
in FY 2016-17 was
(1) 0
(2) 1
(3) 2
(4) None of these
52. If the GDP (in Euros) of Finland was 50% more than that of Italy, then by what percent was the Fiscal-deficit (in
Euros) of Italy more/less than that of Finland in FY 2016-17?
(1) 0
(2) 1.5
(3) 0.5
(4) Cannot be determined
Directions for questions 53 to 55: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The table below gives information regarding the number of candidates who appeared in CEE, an exam conducted for
selection of Probationary Officers in 10 banks, and the number of candidates who were finally selected for the post by
the banks. The exam was conducted in 2014 for the first time. A candidate could not reappear for the exam during the
given period after getting selected once. It is also known that no two banks ever selected the same candidate for the
post in a year.
2014 2015 2016 2017
Total 559232 593456 642965 691584
AB 112 124 104 119
IOB 76 84 92 97
OBC 345 496 221 245
BB 239 117 179 381
PNB 715 225 468 159
BOI 224 72 802 415
PSB 1092 948 732 645
BOM 510 713 196 240
SB 468 749 217 69
CB 698 1534 1149 1358
53. The number of candidates who appeared at least two times for the exam during the given period cannot be more
than
(1) 541803 (2) 1236421 (3) 752863 (4) 1193558
54. If a candidate kept on appearing for the exam till he/she was selected by one of the banks, how many candidates
appeared in all the years during the given period?
(1) 541803 (2) 554753 (3) 531803 (4) Cannot be determined
55. How many banks selected at least 0.05% of the appearing candidates each year during the given period?
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 3
Directions for questions 56 to 59: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The table given below shows some data regarding the production and per head consumption of wheat and rice for six
farming families in a village named Hoshiarpur in the year 2017.
Surplus = Production – Consumption
Wheat Rice Per head Per head
Number of
Family Produced (in Produced (in consumption of consumption of
members
kg) kg) wheat (in kg) rice (in kg)
Sharma’s 6 600 520 91.2 83.2
Sen’s 4 440 260 100.8 60
Srivastava’s 7 800 560 108.4 78.4
Sehgal’s 8 600 640 74.4 75.2
Srinivasan’s 5 480 500 80 96.8
Suri’s 7 520 460 63.2 64
56. For how many families was the surplus of Wheat and Rice together greater than 73.5 kg?
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 0 (4) 3
57. A relative of Sehgal’s family joined it at the beginning of the year 2017 and stayed till the end of the year. If the
amount of wheat consumed by the relative was 68 kg, by what amount must the family have reduced its per head
consumption of wheat to meet the requirement with the produced quantity only?
(1) 7.10 kg (2) 7.43 kg (3) 7.90 kg (4) None of these
58. What was the total combined surplus of wheat and rice of all the families put together at the end of the year?
(1) 296 kg (2) 404.8 kg (3) 411.6 kg (4) None of these
59. Price of rice and wheat are Rs. 20 and Rs. 10 per kg respectively. How many families earn more amount by selling
the surplus of rice then that by the selling the surplus of wheat at the end of the year?
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4
Directions for questions 60 to 63: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The total electricity production of five thermal power plants in India in year 2016-17 is given in the table below. Capacity
utilization for any power plant is the percentage of maximum capacity, of that power plant, which is used for power
production.
Maximum capacity (100%) = Capacity utilization (In %) + Unutilized production (In %)

Power Capacity Unutilized production Number of units sold as a percentage

Plant Utilization (In MW units) of maximum capacity
A 93% 595 89%
B 88% 750 87%
C 92.50% 750 90%
D 86% 1190 85%
E 81% 1805 80%

Production Cost (In Rs. / kw units) Selling Price (In Rs. / Kw units)
A 2.1 3.4
B 2.25 3.2
C 2.0 2.9
D 2.35 3.0
E 2.2 2.8
Total cost of production = Units Produced (in Kw) × Production Cost (in Rs. / Kw units)
Total Revenue = Units Sold (in Kw) × Selling price (in Rs. / Kw units)
 Re venue  Cost 
Profitability = 
Cost   100%
 
60. In the given year, if capacity of power plant B had 12.5% of the total power capacity of India, and thermal power
capacity of India is 95% of its total power capacity. The total capacity of these 5 thermal power plants was what
percentage of the total thermal power capacity of India?
(1) 91.92% (2) 85.5% (3) 77.73% (4) 90%
61. Which of the following represents the decreasing order of units sold by the given 5 power plants?
(1) E > C > D > A > B (2) C > E > A > D > B (3) E > C > A > D > B (4) C > A > E > B > D
62. Which power plant had the third highest profitability?
(1) A (2) C (3) D (4) B
63. Which of the following statements is true?
(1) The power plant with the lowest percentage capacity utilization sold minimum number of units.
(2) The power plant with the second highest per unit selling price sold minimum number of units.
(3) The power plant B had the second lowest capacity.
(4) The total capacity of E was more than 10,000 MW units.
Directions for questions 64 to 67: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The BCCI has devised a grade system for cricket players. The players will be placed in four grades, I to IV. The more
the points, the better the grade. Grades are assigned based on points, awarded on the basis of performance considering
certain parameters. The following information gives relation between points and grades:
A player with points more than 15000 is assigned Grade I.
A Player with points between 10001 to 15000, both inclusive, is assigned Grade II.
A Player with points between 5000 to 10000, both inclusive, is assigned Grade III.
A Player with points less than 5000 is assigned Grade IV.
The following table gives partial information regarding the parameters that are taken into account for awarding points for
a few Indian players. Blank cells indicate missing data.
Player Runs Wickets Catches Centuries 5 wicket-haul
Ganguly 10000 50
Tendulkar 80 80 25 5
Sehwag 40 50 10 4
Laxman 3000 0 60
Dravid 8000 0 12
Zaheer 1000 50 8
Kumble 1500 300 75 0 14
For the grading system,
1 run = 1 point, 1 wicket = 20 points, 1 catch = 3 points
In addition, there is a bonus point system as well:
1 century = 50 bonus points, one 5-wicket haul = 50 bonus point.
Additional information given below is available to fill up the blank cells.
I. Tendulkar has scored more runs than Ganguly.
II. Dravid has scored more runs than Sehwag.
III. Kumble has taken the highest number of wickets, which is twice the number of wickets taken by Zaheer.
IV. Dravid has taken the highest number of catches.
V. Number of catches taken by Laxman is equal to half the number of catches taken by Dravid.
64. Laxman is in Grade
(1) II (2) III (3) IV (4) Cannot be determined
65. If it is given that the total points of Ganguly is greater than that of Tendulkar, the number of centuries scored by
Ganguly cannot be less than
(1) 31 (2) 29 (3) 30 (4) 35
66. The number of players who can be in grade IV cannot be more than
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 2 (4) 1
67. If Sehwag is in Grade II, the number of runs scored by Sehwag could not be less than
(1) 8351 (2) Sehwag cannot be in Grade II
(3) 8350 (4) None of these
 PRACTICE EXERCISE – 2
Directions for questions 1 to 4: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Production at a cloth manufacturing plant involves the following stages:
W — Warehouse; A — Cutting; B — Rolling; C — Bleaching; D — Accumulating ; E — Charging (Input)
The sequence of working for a unit of product is E–D–C–B–A. After this, the unit gets stored in the warehouse as the
final product. Transfer between different stages of production takes negligible time. Transfer of the semi-processed
units between any two stages of production occurs at the end of 1-hr shift, and 1-hr is the processing time during each
stage. Final products are transferred out of warehouse only at end of day i.e. at 4 : 00 p.m. The warehouse can store
any number of units i.e. it does not have capacity constraint. Following is the work capacity of cloth manufacturing
plant during different shifts of the day:
Shift time E D C B A
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. 2 6 4 1 1
11:00 a.m.–12:00 noon 6 1 6 6 3
12:00 noon–1:00 p.m. 4 5 2 3 4
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. 2 2 2 5 2
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. 5 5 5 1 5
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. 3 4 6 2 4
At 10:00 a.m., A, B, C, D and E stages have 1, 1, 4, 6 and 2 units respectively. There are no units kept in the
warehouse at 10 : 00 a.m. ‘Outstanding’ is defined as the number of unfinished units at any stage of production which
cannot be processed due to capacity constraint. If capacity permits, the outstanding of any shift can be processed
during the next shift.
1. What is the maximum possible number of final products that can be stored in the warehouse at 3 : 00 p.m.?
(1) 12 (2) 15
(3) 11 (4) 13
2. Which stage of production will encounter ‘Outstanding’ for the first time?
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
3. Had there been only two stages of production namely E and D, what would have been the maximum possible
number of final products that can be stored in the warehouse at 4 : 00 p.m.? (D is the final stage of production and
at 10 : 00 a.m., E and D have 2 and 6 units of product respectively.)
(1) 22 (2) 23
(3) 21 (4) Cannot be determined
4. Had there been only two stages of production namely B and A, what would have been the maximum possible
number of final products that can be stored in the warehouse at 2 : 00 p.m.? (A is the final stage of production and
B is the input, with 1 unit of product at each stage at 10 : 00 a.m.)
(1) 8 (2) 13
(3) 10 (4) Cannot be determined
Directions for questions 5 to 8: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The following table gives the break-up of marks across various topics in an examination called KAT for the period of
six years from 2012 to 2017. In each of these years, the questions were asked from the given topics only. The
examination is conducted once a year.
S. No. Topic 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
1 Algebra 11 12 8 7 9 13
2 Analogies 5 5 10 5 8 5
3 Analytical Reasoning 20 30 15 24 15 10
4 Arithmetic 5 11 9 8 5 12
5 Comprehension 30 25 20 15 15 25
6 Data Interpretation 30 20 15 15 35 25
7 Data Sufficiency 10 4 13 3 15 2
8 Fill in the blanks 10 8 7 10 10 5
9 Geometry 9 11 5 15 6 9
10 Mathematical Reasoning 25 15 30 16 10 10
11 Modern Maths 6 5 11 4 0 2
12 Number System 8 7 7 11 9 6
13 Parajumbles 8 7 0 10 5 20
14 Sentence Correction 8 5 15 7 8 6
5. For how many years, were the marks allotted to geometry questions lesser than those allotted to analogies as
well as arithmetic?
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) None of these
6. Which topic accounted for the second lowest number of marks over the given period?
(1) Arithmetic (2) Parajumbles (3) Analogies (4) Modern Maths
7. Which year’s paper had the maximum number of total questions during the given period?
(1) 2012 (2) 2013 (3) Both (a) and (b) (4) Cannot be determined
8. How many of the topics witnessed positive and negative growth rates for 2014 and 2015 respectively?
(1) 5 (2) 6 (3) 8 (4) None of these
Directions for questions 9 to 12: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The following table gives the brand-wise percentage distribution of certain categories of cars sold in India in 2017.
Small Midsize MUV Sedan SUV
Tata 25 25 50 12.5 40
Maruti 30 15 30 7.5 6
Hyundai 24 20 10 15 12
Honda 15 33.33 8.33 40 16
BMW 0 6.66 1.66 20 8
The following table shows category-wise percentage distribution of given brands of cars.
Tata Maruti Hyundai Honda BMW
Small 25 50 40 18.75 0
Midsize 15 12.5 20 25 16
MUV 30 25 10 6.25 4
Sedan 10 8.33 20 40 64
SUV 20 4.16 10 10 16
Note: These may not be the only brands of car in the given categories.
 9. If Hyundai sold 6000 Midsize cars in India in 2017, then the number of SUV cars sold by the brand which had the
second highest share in SUV category could not be more than
(1) 3600 (2) 4200 (3) 4500 (4) None of these
10. What was the ratio of the number of Honda Sedans sold to the number of Midsize cars sold in India in 2017?
(1) 15 : 8 (2) 8 : 15 (3) 3 : 10 (4) 6 : 5
11. If BMW sold 25000 cars in India in 2017, then what was the number of Sedans sold by the brand which has the
smallest share in that category?
(1) 1200 (2) 4000 (3) 6000 (4) Cannot be determined
12. Revenue earned by Maruti from Small cars was what percentage of the revenue earned by Honda from Sedans?
(1) 111.1% (2) 112.5% (3) 87.5% (4) Cannot be determined
Directions for questions 13 to 16: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The following table shows the information related to population and a few other parameters for 5 states of India for the
year 2017.

Population Rural population Literacy Rate No. Of women

States
(In Lakhs ) (In %) (In %) per 1000 men

P 720 40 50 920
Q 400 70 55 914
R 420 55 45 970
S 350 64 44 958
T 640 30 60 990
13. In rural region of state P, all women i.e. 188 Lakh are literate and all men are illiterate. The literacy rate among
urban men in state P is atleast
(1) 40% (2) 0% (3) 4% (4) None of these
14. If the literate population, staying in urban area, of each state is maximum possible, then in how many states
urban population can be 100% literate?
(1) 2 (2) 1 (3) 3 (4) More than 3
15. In each state 10% of rural population migrates to urban areas of the same state.If this migrant population is
illiterate then which state will have lowest literacy rates in its urban areas?
(1) Q (2) R (3) S (4) Cannot be determined
16. If 70% of literate population of each state lives in urban areas, then which state has the lowest percentage of
literacy in rural areas?
(1) Q (2) R (3) S (4) Cannot be determined
Directions for questions 17 to 20: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The tables below show the fare structure and the average number of passengers who travel per day for a bus service
connecting villages A, B, C and D.
Fare per passenger (Rs.) Number of passengers per day
Destination Destination
A B C D A B C D
Source Source
A - 15 18 16 A - 30 35 15

B 15 - 8 20 B 25 - 42 16

C 18 8 - 13 C 23 12 - 5

D 16 20 13 - D 5 10 14 -
A passanger who wants to travel by using the given bus service, can buy a ticket between any two of the given
stations only. It is also known that a commuter has to buy a ticket at the boarding station.
17. At which station is the collection the maximum?
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
18. What is the total daily collection (in Rs.) on the route B–C–D–C–B ?
(1) 579 (2) 679 (3) 779 (4) 879
19. If the fare is charged at a rate 40p per km along all the routes except BD, along which it is 60p per km, what is the
approximate length (in km) of the route BDAC?
(1) 118 (2) 138 (3) 158 (4) 177
20. A revenue inspector residing in village C travels to villages A, B and D in that order, on regular basis. His pattern of
travel is such that he travels to only one village each day and returns to his home village at the end of the same
day. What are his expenses on bus fare in the month of September 1999 considering he does not travel on
Sundays? It is further known that 31st July is a Sunday and the inspector travelled to village D on 30th September.
(1) Rs. 580 (2) Rs. 666 (3) Rs. 780 (4) Data inconsistent
Directions for questions 21 to 24: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The following table shows the details of various mutual fund schemes available in the market. The returns indicate the
average return over the given time period (1-year or 3-year) in rupee terms.
Assets Return Return Return Best Worst
Scheme
(Rs. in crore) 1-year 1-year SIP 3-year 1-year return 1-year return
HSBC Equity 1108.3 93.36 60.99 — 195.44 93.33
Reliance Growth 493.76 80.29 52.21 50.74 229.36 –56.73
Franklin India Prima 629.32 69.87 46.53 56.01 217.85 –47.60
DSPML Opportunities 604.39 68.88 39.59 36.68 166.83 –44.87
Franklin India Bluechip 1668.93 67.6 34.55 32.91 199.42 –36.54
Birla Dividend Yield Plus 433.74 61.67 27.97 — 146 60.81
Templeton India Growth 367.04 61.06 29.69 30.04 152.23 –39.49
Reliance Vision 658.62 59.69 26.59 56.12 212.39 –47.82
HDFC Equity 993.65 57.55 28.78 38.98 179.39 –40.23
HDFC Top 200 605.03 56.03 28.94 36.71 154.57 –38.98
According to the directives of SEBI, the scheme (among those given above), having the highest ratio of the difference
between Best 1-year return and Worst 1-year return to the assets of that scheme, will be given a gold medal. The
second-best ratio holder scheme gets a silver medal. The schemes having the worst two ratios will be barred from
doing any business in future.
21. How many schemes are there with assets of more than Rs. 500 crore and the ratio of Best 1-year return to
Return 1-year more than 2?
(1) 5 (2) 6 (3) 7 (4) 8
22. Based on the SEBI’s directive, which scheme will get the gold medal?
(1) Reliance Growth (2) Franklin India Prima
(3) HSBC equity (4) Reliance Vision
23. Based on the SEBI’s directive, which scheme will get the silver medal?
(1) Templeton India Growth (2) Reliance Vision
(3) DSPML Opportunities (4) HDFC Top 200
24. Based on the SEBI’s directive, which two schemes will be barred from doing any business in future?
(1) HSBC Equity and Franklin India Blue-chip
(2) Birla Dividend Yield Plus Franklin India Blue-chip
(3) HSBC Equity and HDFC Equity
(4) None of these
Directions for questions 25 to 28: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Brass alloy is made by mixing copper and zinc in a certain proportion. The following table shows the information
related to four alloy – copper used in each alloy was of a different quality, quantity and price, whereas zinc used in
each alloy was of the same quality and price @ Rs 150/kg. In none of the alloy, Weight of zinc is more than the weight
of copper.
Weight of copper Rate of copper Weight of zinc Rate of brass
(in Kg) (in Rs/Kg) (in Kg) (in Rs/Kg)
Alloy 1 12 90 W A
Alloy 2 16 60 X B
Alloy 3 18 75 Y C
Alloy 4 20 102 Z D
Price of brass alloy per kg = (weight of copper × rate of copper + weight of zinc × rate of zinc)/(weight of copper +
weight of zinc)
It is also known that W, X, Y, Z, A, B, C and D are natural numbers.
25. How many values can B take ?
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) More than 5
26. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true?
i. ‘A’ is definitely less than ‘C’
ii. Whenever ‘W’ is more than ‘Z’, ‘A’ is not less than any possible value of ‘C’
iii. When ‘W’ and ‘Z’ are equal, ‘A’ and ‘D’ can also be equal
iv. ‘Z’ can take 3 values
(1) Only iv (2) Only iv & ii (3) Only ii & iii (4) Only ii
27. If equal weights of Alloy 1 and Alloy 2 are melted together to form a new alloy, then which of the following is not a
possible price of the new alloy (in Rs/Kg)?
(1) 105 (2) 96 (3) 90 (4) None of these
28. Which of the following value(s) is/are possible for more than one out of A, B, C and D?
(1) 102 (2) 120 (3) 118 (4) (1) and (2) both
Directions for questions 29 to 32: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The following Table gives the number of students across six different classes of Pune Modern School in the years
2016 and 2017.
Cla ss Stude nts in the ye a r 2016 Stude nts in the ye a r 2017
V 100 125
VI 75 82
VII 68 65
VIII 60 57
IX 45 50
X 34 47

It is also known that:

i. New students join the school only in class V.
ii. No student leaves the school before passing out class X.
iii. The students who fail in a class in a year will study in the same class next year.
29. What was the maximum possible number of students who joined the school in 2017?
(1) 100 (2) 76 (3) 75 (4) None of these
30. In 2016, which of the following was not a possible pass percentage of class VI?
(1) 60% (2) 16% (3) 58.66% (4) More than one of these
31. In 2016, if the number of students who passed in class VI was more than the number of students who failed in
class IX, then what was the minimum pass percentage of class VIII?
(1) 46.66% (2) 48.33% (3) 53.33% (4) None of these
32. In 2016, if the pass percentage in class IX was 60%, then what was the pass percentage of class V?
(1) 33.33% (2) 67% (3) 58% (4) None of these
Directions for questions 33 to 36: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The table below gives the marks scored by six candidates of an engineering college in four subjects – Digital systems,
Analog systems, Power electronics and Microprocessors. Each subject is assigned a Credit as mentioned in bracket
along with the subject name as shown in the table below.
Subject Digital systems Analog systems Power electronics Microprocessors
Student (4) (2) (3) (6)
Arihant 78 34 63 72
Gopal 67 65 81 51
Nitin 75 61 77 58
Saurabh 31 47 49 78
Prabhakar 55 62 62 49
Gaurav 42 46 92 44
The grade assigned to a student in a subject is based on the marks scored by him in that subject and each grade is
assigned a distinct point. The following tables show the relation between ‘marks and grade’, and ‘grade and points’.
Marks(M) Grade Grade Points
M  80 A A 5
65  M < 80 B B 4
50  M < 65 C C 3
40  M < 50 D D 2
M < 40 E E 1

The CGPA of a student is calculated using the following formula:

[Credit(Subject S)  Points Received(subject S)]

CGPA =  Credits

(“S” represents a subject out of the four subjects)

33. The names of the two students who got the same CGPA are
(1) Nitin and Arihant (2) Gaurav and Prabhakar
(3) Prabhakar and Saurabh (4) No two students got the same CGPA
34. Who got the highest CGPA ?
(1) Nitin (2) Arihant (3) Saurabh (4) None of these
35. Except the student who got the highest CGPA among these six students, everybody applied for rechecking and each
one of them got their marks increased in one or more subjects. One of them got ‘k’ more marks in total, after
rechecking, and his CGPA became the highest. What is the smallest possible value of k?
(1) 4 (2) 7 (3) 6 (4) 5
36. What was the CGPA of Gaurav?
(1) 2.66 (2) 2.6 (3) 2.4 (4) 2.56
Directions for questions 37 to 40: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Rahul has a total of 80 coins and these coins are made up of different metals among platinum, gold, silver, bronze,
copper and aluminium. Denominations of platinum and gold coins are multiple of 25 (in paise) and that of coins made
up of other metals are multiple of 5 (in paise). The range of denominations of these coins and the breakup of total coins
are given in the tables below.
Variety Range of denomination (In Paise)
Platinum (200,500 ]
Gold [100,200]
Silver [75,100)
Bronze [50,75)
Copper [25,50)
Aluminium [1,25)
[x, y) means all the numbers between x and y, including x and excluding y.
Variety Number of coins (in %)
Platinum 5
Gold 15
Silver 20
Bronze 20
Copper 30
Aluminium 10
37. Total value of silver and bronze coins with Rahul can exceed the value of platinum and gold coins with him by at
most
(1) 720 paise (2) 620 paise (3) 540 paise (4) 450 paise
38. Rahul had atleast one copper coin each of all possible denominations and total value of all these copper coins is
Rs. 9.60. What is the maximum number of 45 paise copper coins that he could have?
(1) 18 (2) 17 (3) 16 (4) 15
39. If government allows use of only those coins in market whose value (in paise) is multiple of 25, then what can be
the maximum value of coins that Rahul can use in the market?
(1) Rs. 70 (2) Rs. 84 (3) Rs. 78 (4) Rs. 72
40. What is the maximum number of coins of denominations lying between 25 and 50 paise, both inclusive, with
Rahul?
(1) 32 (2) 48 (3) 40 (4) 24
Directions for questions 41 to 44: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
A company launched four types of products – software inhouse, software export, hardware inhouse and hardware
export recently. The following table shows the figures related to sum of the key business parameters for the company
in 2017.
Company A ‘s business details
Annual sa les Margin Number of Annual sa lary per
Business
(in Rs.) percentage e mployee s employee (in Rs.)

Software Inhouse 0.2 crore 23 25 20000

Software Export 1.5 crore 47 15 100000

Hardware Inhouse 0.4 crore 31 40 15000
Hardware Export 2 crore 52 40 80000
Total cost of any business for year
Margin
= Annual sales – Annual sales × = Other cost + Salary paid to the employees
100
41. For which business was the salary as a percentage of total cost least?
(1) Software inhouse (2) Software export
(3) Hardware inhouse (4) Hardware export
42. Had the everage salary of Software Inhouse employee been equal to that of Hardware Inhouse employee and other
costs remain the same, by what percent would have been the margin of Software Inhouse more than its actual
margin?
(1) 8.75% (2) 29.25%
(3) 6.25% (4) 27.17%
43. In 2018, if the total annual sales of the company increases by 15%, and the salary of the employees increases by
12.5%, what is total margin of the company?
(1) Rs. 2.45 crore (2) Rs. 1.91 crore
(3) Rs. 1.88 crore (4) Data insufficient
44. In 2018, if total cost of Hardware Export increases by 15%, by what per cent should salary be reduced so that
margin percentage of Hardware Exports remains the same as it was in 2017?
(1) 45% (2) 25%
(3) 30% (4) 15%
Directions for questions 45 to 48: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Citrus Mobile Ltd. launched a new model “Orange” in April, 2017. For the mobile, which was sold exclusively online,
the bookings started on April1, 2017 and ended on September 30, 2017. The model had only one variant at a fixed
price. There were three modes of booking – premium booking, which were delivered in the same month at 5% premium
i.e. one had to pay 105% of the price of the mobile; normal bookings, which were delivered in next month i.e if booking
was done in Xth month, it was delivered in (X + 1)th month without any extra charges; and discounted bookings, which
were delivered in next to next month, i.e if booking was done in Xth month, it was delivered in (X + 2)th month, at 2%
discount i.e. one had to pay 98% of the price of the mobile. The payment for all kind of deliveries was done in the month
of booking. In every month, except April, exactly one-fifth of the bookings were normal bookings.
The following table gives the number of bookings and the number of deliveries for the given period.

Month April May June July August September October November

No. of bookings 1240 1060 820 900 1100 1360 0 0
No. of deliveries 0 888 953 924 1080 1080 790 765
45. For how many moths premium collected was more than discount given?
(1) 2 (2) 3
(3) 4 (4) 5
46. In which month was the number of premium bookings as a percentage of total bookings highest?
(1) August (2) September
(3) May (4) July
47. How many Orange mobiles booked in June were delivered in August?
(1) 532 (2) 538
(3) 496 (4) 512
48. In how many months did number of discounted bookings constitute not more than half of total bookings in that
month?
(1) 1 (2) 2
(3) 3 (4) 4
Directions for questions 49 to 52: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
On the occasion of Diwali, Pranav bought gifts from ten shops namely Sh1, Sh2, Sh3, … Sh10. These shops are
located in four different areas – Andheri, CP, NFC and Gurgaon. Pranav bought only four types of gifts from these
shops – wallet, watch, perfume and pens. Table 1 gives the number of gifts of each type bought from these gift shops
and Table 2 gives the number of gifts of each type bought from the four areas.
Shops Watch Wallet Perfume Pen
Sh1 0 1 0 1
Sh2 2 1 0 0
Sh3 1 3 1 1
Sh4 1 0 0 2
Sh5 1 0 1 1
Sh6 3 1 0 1
Sh7 0 0 1 1
Sh8 1 2 0 1
Sh9 2 1 0 2
Sh10 0 1 2 1

Areas Watch Wallet Perfume Pen

Andheri 5 2 1 2
CP 3 1 0 4
NFC 2 3 2 2
Gurgaon 1 4 2 3
49. Sh7 is located in
(1) Andheri (2) NFC
(3) Gurgaon (4) Cannot be determined
50. Which of the following groups of shops are not located in Andheri?
(1) Sh6 and Sh2 (2) Sh6 and Sh7
(3) Sh2 and Sh9 (4) More than one of the above
51. Which area definitely has only 2 of these shops?
(1) Andheri (2) Gurgaon
(3) CP (4) None of these
52. Which of the following shops is located in Gurgaon ?
(1) Sh1 (2) Sh4
(3) Sh8 (4) More than one of the above
Directions for questions 53 to 56: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The table given below shows the information related to the postpaid plans offered by three different mobile service
providers – Airtel, Vodafone and Idea. The rent and the CLIP charges are payable on a monthly basis, unless otherwise
mentioned, whereas charges for all calls – STD or local – are payable in rupees per minute. The SMS rates are given
in rupees per SMS. A person is considered to be on roaming when he is outside of his state. The roaming rental is
applicable only when a person uses roaming services.
All Charges in rupees
Airtel Vodafone Idea
RENTAL 150 175 100
CLIP 50 75 75
INCOMING CALLS Free Free Free
STD CALLS 2.65 3 3
LOCAL CALLS TO
GSM PHONE 1.5 1.5 1
LANDLINE PHONE 3 2 2
CDMA PHONE 2.5 2 2.5
SMS
LOCAL 1 1 1
NATIONAL 2 2 1.5
INTERNATIONAL 5 5 3
ROAMING
RENT 50 per month 100 per month 1.5 per day
INCOMING CALLS 2 3 2.5
OUTGOING CALLS 2 3 2.5
SMS (ANYWHERE) 2 2 2
53. A sales manager travels for 10 days in a month outside his state. In this period, on an average, he receives 6 calls
of 1 min each per day and he makes 2 calls of 1 min each per day. He does not use the SMS facility during this
period. Based on this observation, he wants to minimize his mobile expenses for these 10 days. Which one of the
three given mobile service providers should he choose?
(1) Idea (2) Airtel
(3) Vodafone (4) Any one between Airtel and Idea
54. If all the service providers decide to charge the same amount for all calls, both local and STD, and all SMS, which
mobile service provider should a person, who does not go outside his state, choose?
(1) Idea (2) Airtel
(3) Vodafone (4) Any one of the given 3 service providers
55. Ajay, who does not go outside of his state, has a budget of Rs. 1,500 per month for mobile phone expenses. He
makes local calls for an equal amount of time to GSM, landline and CDMA phones. If he does not make any STD
calls or sends any SMS, which mobile service provider will give him service to make calls for maximum amount of
time?
(1) Airtel (2) Vodafone
(3) Idea (4) Either (2) or (3)
56. Idea comes up with a new scheme in which it waives off CLIP charges if a customer is on roaming for 7 or more
days in a month. If Ram, who uses Idea mobile services, receives the same number of calls every day of 1 min
each and does not use outgoing calls facility or SMS facility while on roaming then what is the maximum number
of calls that he can receive everyday such that his incoming call charges while on roaming does not exceed Rs.
75. (Assume he is on roaming for 10 days in a month)
(1) 3 (2) 4
(3) 2 (4) Not possible
Directions for questions 57 to 60: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The following table provides partial information about the composition of six different alloys namely A, B, C, D, E and
F. Each of these six alloys contains the five different elements namely Zinc, Tin, Lead, Copper and Nickel. An alloy G,
the composition of which is not given in the table, contains alloys A, B and C in the ratio 2 : 1 : 3. It is also known that
in alloy G, tin, lead and copper are present in an equal quantity.
Alloy Zinc Tin Le a d Coppe r Nicke l
A 10% 40% 10%
B 25% 15% 50% 5% 5%
C 15% 20% 35%
D 20% 25% 15% 30% 10%
E 5% 50% 25% 5% 15%
F 40% 10% 5% 30% 15%
57. Find the percentage of copper in alloy A.

95 95 25 25
(1) (2) (3) (4)
9 3 9 3
58. If an alloy X, which contains 15% nickel, at least 15% zinc and at most 20% copper, is to be made, how many
combinations of exactly two of the six mentioned alloys can be used to make it?
(1) Three (2) Four (3) Five (4) Two
59. Which of the following can be a value of the ratio in which alloys A, E and F need to be mixed to get at least 12%
lead in the resulting mixture?
(1) 4 : 1 : 1 (2) 2 : 1 : 3 (3) 1 : 2 : 3 (4) 1 : 2 : 4
60. If an alloy Z, which contains at least 8.25% nickel, is to be made by using the alloys mentioned in the table, the
percentage of alloy B in alloy Z cannot be more than
(1) 95.46% (2) 83.12% (3) 97.24% (4) 89.16%
Directions for questions 61 to 64: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The table given below shows the total population, ratio of the number of males and females, literacy rate and number
of literate females in eight different states of India for the year 2015.
Number of literate
Name Population (in lakh) Male : Female Literacy rate
females (in lakh)
Bihar 570 3:2 70% 199
Odisha 360 5:4 80% 120
UP 605 7:4 60% 180
Jharkhand 340 9:8 65% 95
Assam 425 14 : 11 84% 167
MP 510 10 : 7 90% 169
Kerala 240 5:3 95% 80
Karnataka 320 9:7 85% 102
The table given below shows the age-wise percentage break up of males and females separately in these eight states
taken together in the same year.

Age group(x) Male Female

x  25 years 60% 55%
25  x  40 20% 20%
40  x  60 10% 15%
60  x  75 5% 7%
x  75 years 5% 3%
61. The approximate value (in lakhs) of the average number of literate males in the eight states taken together was
(1) 184 (2) 186 (3) 187 (4) 188
62. What percentage (approximately) of total population of all the eight states taken together was illiterate?
(1) 21.21 (2) 23.23 (3) 25.25 (4) 33.33
63. A state having at least 75% female literacy rate is placed in ‘Group A’ by HRD ministry of India. How many states,
out of the eight states, are placed in ‘Group A’?
(1) 6 (2) 5 (3) 4 (4) 3
64. By what approximate percentage was the number of total males in the age group ' 25  x  40 ' greater than the
number of total females in the same age group for the eight states taken together?
(1) 41.58 (2) 39.09 (3) 46.63 (4) 37.14

ANSWER KEYS

PRACTICE EXERCISE – 1
1. (1) 2. (2) 3. (3) 4. (1) 5. (3) 6. (4) 7. (2) 8. (1) 9. (1) 10. (2)
11. (4) 12. (3) 13. (1) 14. (1) 15. (4) 16. (1) 17. (2) 18. (1) 19. (2) 20. (4)
21. (2) 22. (3) 23. (4) 24. (1) 25. (4) 26. (3) 27. (2) 28. (4) 29. (1) 30. (1)
31. (1) 32. (3) 33. (4) 34. (4) 35. (3) 36. (1) 37. (3) 38. (3) 39. (2) 40. (1)
41. (3) 42. (1) 43. (4) 44. (1) 45. (2) 46. (3) 47. (1) 48. (2) 49. (1) 50. (3)
51. (3) 52. (1) 53. (2) 54. (4) 55. (3) 56. (4) 57. (3) 58. (3) 59. (2) 60. (4)
61. (2) 62. (4) 63. (2) 64. (3) 65. (3) 66. (1) 67. (2)

PRACTICE EXERCISE – 2
1. (4) 2. (4) 3. (2) 4. (1) 5. (1) 6. (3) 7. (4) 8. (1) 9. (3) 10. (2)
11. (4) 12. (4) 13. (4) 14. (3) 15. (4) 16. (3) 17. (1) 18. (2) 19. (1) 20. (2)
21. (3) 22. (1) 23. (1) 24. (1) 25. (3) 26. (3) 27. (4) 28. (4) 29. (2) 30. (1)
31. (2) 32. (4) 33. (2) 34. (4) 35. (1) 36. (2) 37. (3) 38. (3) 39. (1) 40. (3)
41. (2) 42. (4) 43. (4) 44. (1) 45. (2) 46. (1) 47. (2) 48. (1) 49. (1) 50. (3)
51. (3) 52. (4) 53. (2) 54. (1) 55. (3) 56. (1) 57. (2) 58. (4) 59. (3) 60. (4)
61. (1) 62. (2) 63. (1) 64. (1)
 EXPLANATIONS
PRACTICE EXERCISE – 1 Genre Action Romance Drama Patriotic Thriller Total
Total 192 250 300 77 216 1035
1. Total cost of BEL shares = 8 crore  60 Total number of
72 90 100 22 96 380
hit movies
= Rs. 480 crore. Total number of
120 160 200 55 120 655
flop movies
75 Number of flop
Government holding   480  Rs. 360 crore. movies by STS
12 10 25 11 6 64
100
Number of hit
12 15 5 11 12 55
movies by STS
20 Total number of
Disinvestment (20%)   360  Rs. 72 crore. movies by STS
24 25 30 22 18 119
100
4. Number of hit movies by STS which belonged to one
Total cost of BML shares = 3.64 × 15 of three genres Drama, Patriotic or Thriller
= Rs. 54.6 crore. = 5 + 11 + 12 = 28.
Government holding 5. Number of flop movies as a percentage of total
60 number of movies across all five genres
  54.6  Rs. 32.76 crore.
100 655
=  100  63.28%.
Disinvestment (25%) 1035

25 6. The number of hit movies by STS is at least 50% of

=  32.76  Rs.8.19 crore the number of flop movies by STS in all genres, except
100
Drama.
Hence, the total revenue generated
For questions 7 to 9: The absolute and percentage
= 72 + 8.19 = Rs. 80.19 crore. variation in the prices of the shares over the given period
are as follows :
66.7
2. The required difference = (175  125)   30 Share prices Share prices
100 Absolute
Company as on 5th as on 5th % variation
variation
= Rs. 1,000.5 crore. June 2016 June 2017
3. The price of BCL shares fell to Rs. 300. A 150 230 80 53.3%
B 500 575 75 15.0%
Loss on each share = Rs. 50
C 200 320 120 60.0%
 Fall in the value of shares held by the government D 400 440 40 10.0%
E 800 900 100 12.5%
80
= 50   (1.515)  Rs. 60.6 crore F 175 245 70 40.0%
100
7. The two Telecom companies showed the highest
For questions 4 to 6: absolute change in the value of the share prices.
Considering the Action genre: Therefore C and E must be the two Telecom
companies. Also, the two Insurance companies
37.5 showed the lowest absolute change in the value of
Total number of hit movies =  192  72
100 the share prices. Therefore D and F must be the two
 Total number of flop movies = 192 – 72 = 120. Insurance companies. Hence, that A and B must be
the two Retail companies.
10
Number of flop movies by STS =  120  12 (805 – 650)  155 
100 Percentage change = = ×100
650  650 
Now, 50% of the movies of STS are hit and the rest 50%
= 24% (approx.)
flop.
8. Chintamani had purchased 60 shares across 4
Number of hit movies by STS = 12
companies and we need to calculate the maximum
 Total number of movies by STS = 12 + 12 = 24. percentage return. This would have been possible if
Similarly, we can determine these values for other genres. he had purchased 30 shares giving the maximum
The whole information has been summarized in the table percentage return i.e. of company C and minimum
below. 10 shares each of the remaining 3 companies
providing the next higher percentage returns i.e 10
shares each of companies A, F and B.
 Initial Value of shares purchased 13. Production of Oil seeds in 2019-20 = 24.4 MT
30 × 200 = Rs. 6000 Production of Oil seeds in 2011-12 = 16.2 MT
10 × 150 = Rs. 1500 Hence, the simple annual growth rate
10 × 175 = Rs. 1750  24.4 – 16.2  1
10 × 500 = Rs. 5000 =     100  6.3%
16.2 8
Total Value = Rs. 14250 For questions 14 to 17:
Final values of the shares purchased State Revenues
Company Rank City
Rank ($ millions)
30 × 320 = Rs. 9600
1 Freddie Mac 50 44,002.00 McLean
10 × 230 = Rs. 2300
2 Sprint Nextel 53 43,531.00 Reston
10 × 245 = Rs. 2450 General
3 92 24,212.00 Falls Church
Dynamics
10 × 575 = Rs. 5750
Dominion
Total value = Rs. 20100 4 140 16,524.00 Richmond
Resources
Circuit City
5 215 11,597.70 Richmond
(20100 – 14250) Stores
Therefore percentage change  Smithfield
14250 6 217 11,506.80 Smithfield
Foods
= 41% Genworth
7 227 11,029.00 Richmond
Financial
9. One of the two Telecom companies showed the
8 SLM 284 8,751.20 Reston
highest percentage change in the value of the share
9 Gannett 302 8,033.40 McLean
prices and the other Telecom company showed the
lowest percentage change in the value of the share 10 NVR 371 6,156.80 Reston
Owens &
prices. Therefore the two Telecom companies are C 11 418 5,533.70 Mechanicsville
Minor
and D. Advance Auto
12 478 4,616.50 Roanoke
Initial combined share price = 200 + 400 = Rs. 600 Parts
LandAmerica
Final combined price = 320 + 440 = Rs. 760 13
Financial
522 4,015.90 Glen Allen

Dollar Tree
(760 – 600) 14 532 3,969.40 Chesapeake
Stores
Percentage change  = 26.66%.
600 15 Universal 573 3,511.30 Richmond

10. Food grain production in 2010-11 16 Brink's 641 3,067.60 Richmond

17 Amerigroup 676 2,835.10 Virginia Beach
160.4 18 Markel 739 2,519.00 Glen Allen
= 100  25  100  128.32.
  19 DynCorp 867 1,967.00 Falls Church
20 CACI 932 1,755.30 Arlington
11. From the table, it can be noted that Cotton showed
the maximum deviation in its production compared
14. Universal was ranked 15 in Virginia state. Thus, 14
to the targeted production and the percentage
companies were above it.
deviation was
15. NVR held rank 10.
18.9 – 14.7  16. DynCorp in Falls Church and Markel in Glen Allen
 14.7   100  28.57%
  had the same rank and it was 4.
12. Production of Sugarcane in 2011-12 = 22.5 MT 17.
6 Circuit City Stores 215 11,597.70
Production of Sugarcane in 2012-13 7 Smithfield Foods 217 11,506.80
= 22.5 + 4.5 = 27 MT
Hence, US Airways Group, with the revenues of
Production of Sugarcane in 2010-11 $11,557 billion, must have been ranked 216.
 100  18. Total numbers of flowers that were damaged
= 22.5    16.67 MT
 100  35  = 216 + 219 + 191 + 245 + 257 = 1128
So, number of new flowers of variety D that were
Hence, the simple annual growth rate
1128
generated by the magician is  376. Therefore,
 27 – 16.67  1 3
=     100  30.98  31%. total number of flowers of variety D available on day
16.67  2
4 is 191 + 376 = 567.
19. Aggregate number of flowers of varieties D and I on shirts of brand Caterpillar gifted to Larry is definitely
day 1, 2, and 3 = 241 + 214 + 204 + 254 + 208 + 233 less than the number of white shirts of brand Lacoste
= 1354. gifted to Larry.
Therefore, T = 0.5 × 1354 = 677 23. The following table lists down the range of the number
Aggregate number of flowers of varieties D and I on of white and black shirts of each brand gifted by
day 4 and 5 = 191 + 186 + 191 + 182 = 750 Anjana to Larry
Therefore, W = 0.8 × 750 = 600 Caterpillar Diesel Lacoste Dockers
Black White Black White Black White Black White
Also, M = 0.2 × 750 = 150
10 - 25 3 18 - 25 9 - 18 7 - 10 3-6 7 - 22 11 - 18
So, T – M + 2W = 677 – 150 + 2 × 600 = 1727 68 - 127
20. Maximum possible number of Garlands is determined Given that the number of shirts bought by Larry is
by the number of flowers of variety G, because the same as the total number of shirts gifted to him by
number of flowers of variety G is least among the Anjana.
mentioned varieties. Maximum possible number of
Therefore, at least 750 – 2 × 127 = 496 shirts are
1031 there with Larry that are neither bought by him nor
garlands is    171. gifted to him by Anjana.
 6 
Alternate method:
Number of flowers of varieties F, H and G used in
making the garlands is (4 × 171) = 684, (3 × 171) Let the number of shirts bought by Larry be x.
= 513 and (6 × 171) = 1026 respectively.  Number of shirts gifted by Anjana = x
So, the number of flowers of varieties F, G and H left  Number of shirts neither bought by him nor gifted
unused are 373, 5 and 564. by Anjana = 750 – 2x = an even number.
Maximum possible number of Bouquets made Only option (4) is an even number.
 373   5   569  24. The following table lists down the range of the total
 6    6    6  = 62 + 0 + 94 = 156 number of shirts of each brand gifted to Larry by his
     
mentioned friends.
Therefore, total number of Garlands and Bouquets Number of Shirts
= 171 + 156 = 327 Caterpillar Diesel Lacoste Dockers
Black White Black White Black White Black White
21. Aggregate number of flowers of varieties I, J and K in Urvashi 7 - 20 11 - 18 15 - 25 3-6 7 - 18 10 - 18 11 - 25 3 - 11
the given five days is 1074, 1068 and 1076 Simar 10 - 25 3 7 - 18 15 - 18 7 3-4 13 - 25 13 - 18
respectively. Total
17 - 45 14 - 21 22 - 43 18 - 24 14 - 25 13 - 22 24 - 50 16 - 29
31 - 56 40 - 67 27 - 47 40 - 79
Aggregate number of flowers of these three given
varieties = 3218. We can conclude from the table that the range of the
total number of shirts of each brand gifted to Larry is
Aggregate number of flowers of all the varieties across 40 to 47.
all the five days = 8497
So, the range of the total number of shirts gifted to
Hence, percentage required Larry will be (40 × 4 to 47 × 4) = (160 to 188)
3218 Only, option (1) lies within the permissible range.
  100 = 37.87%.
8497 For questions 25 to 28:
22. The following table lists down the range of the total From the given table, we can calculate the following
number of white shirts of each brand gifted to Larry results:
by his mentioned friends. AB = 3, AC = 5, AD = 2, AE = 5, AF = 3
Number of white shirts BA = 3 × 3 = 9, BC = 6, BD = 12, BE = 9, BF = 15
Caterpillar Diesel Lacoste Dockers CA = 25, CB = 10, CD = 25, CE = 20, CF = 15
Ravneet 3-5 3-8 13 - 18 3-9
DA = 4, DB = 8, DC = 10, DE = 2, DF= 4
Heena 3-8 3-5 3 - 12 3-4
Sarah 3-8 3-6 15 - 18 3-4 EA = 25, EB = 15, EC = 20, ED = 5, EF = 10
Total 9 - 21 9 - 19 31 - 48 9 - 17 FA = 9, FB = 15, FC = 9, FD = 6, FE = 6
Since, the maximum possible number of white shirts 25. While checking all the possibilities, we see that
of brand Caterpillar gifted to Larry is less than the 2AC – CA = 10 – 25 = – 15 and
minimum possible number of white shirts of brand
2AE – EA = 10 – 25 = – 15, gives the minimum
Lacoste gifted to Larry, therefore the number of white
value.
26. The sum of all the values of XY taken together 31. Let the number of boys in primary and secondary
= 18 + 51 + 95 + 28 + 75 + 45 = 312 class be b1and b2.
27. Following are the possibilities for (X, Y) such that  40 × b1 + 54 × b2 = 48 × (b1 + b2)
b 3
X
1  1 
Y b2 4
(X, Y) = (B, A) (B, C) (B, E), (C, A), (C, B) (C, D) Thus, b1 + b2 should be a multiple of 7 and the only
(C, E) (C, F), (D, A), (D, E), (D, F), (E, A), (E, B), possible option is (1) i.e. 14.
(E, C), (E, D), (E, F),(F, A), (F, C), (F, D), (F, E) 32. To see which of the statements is definitely true, we
Total 20 ways. have to check each and every option one by one.
28. The following are the only possibility considering Option (1): Let the number of boys in primary and
the fact that Y completely divides X; secondary class in the year 1997 be b1 and b2
respectively and in the year 1998 be b3 and b4.
B Similarly, the girls for the same be g1, g2, g3 and g4.
BA + AB – = 9 + 3 – 1 = 11
1
A From the given table, we can only find the values of
b1 b3 g1 g
B , , and 3 but there is no way to find the
BE + EB – = 9 + 15 – 1 = 23. b2 b4 g2 g4
E
value of (b1 + b2 + b3 + b4) or (g1 + g2 + g3 + g4) or to
C compare these two quantities.
CA + AC – = 25 + 5 – 1 = 29. Hence, nothing can be said about the total number
A
of boys and total number of girls in the given years.
C Option (2): With the same logic applied in option (1)
CD + DC – = 25 + 10 – 1 = 34. we cannot say anything about the total number of
D
boys for all the years and the total number of girls for
D all the years put together.
DA + AD – = 4 + 2 – 1 = 5.
A Option (3): With the same convention used in option
(a) for the years 1997 and 1998, we assume the
D same for the years 1996 and 1997 respectively.
DE + ED – = 2 + 5 – 2 = 5.
E b 3 b 1 g 1 g 1
 1  , 3  , 1  and 3 
D b2 4 b4 2 g2 1 g4 2
DF + FD – = 4 + 6 – 1 = 9.
F  b1 < b2; b3 < b4; g1 = g2 and g3 < g4
 b1 + b3 + g1 + g3 < b2 + b4 + g2 + g4
E Hence, statement in option (c) is definitely true.
EA + AE – = 25 + 5 –1 = 29.
A 33. Let the number of boys in primary and secondary
E class in the year 2000 be B1 and B2 respectively and
ED + DE – = 5 + 2 – 5 = 2. in the year 2001 be B3 and B4 respectively.
D
Similarly, the number of girls in primary and secondary
F class in the year 2000 be G1 and G2 respectively and
FA + AF – = 9 + 3 – 1 = 11. in the year 2001 be G3 and G4 respectively.
A
In 2000:
F
FC + CF – = 9 + 15 – 1 = 23. 58B1 + 76B2 = 64(B1 + B2)  2B2 = B1
C 60G1 + 80G2 = 62(G1 + G2)  9G2 = G1
Clearly, the second highest value is 29. 64(B1 + B2) + 62(G1 + G2) = 63(B1 + B2 + G1 + G2)
29. Colgate used per brushing = 1.25 g  B1 + B2 = G1 + G2
Sensoform used per brushing = 0.8 g Total number of students in 2000 = B1 + G1 + B2 + G2
1.25  .8 = 6B 2
Percentage saving per brushing =  100
1.25 Following the same logic as in the year 2000 for the
year 2001:
0.45
  100 = 36%. Total number of students in 2001 = B3 + G3 + B4 + G4
1.25
9B3
30. Since, the comparison is to be done separately for 
each toothpaste, we can directly add the Mg ions 2
Given that the number of boys studying in secondary
and P ions from the table and compare it with Ca
classes in the year 2000 is equal to the number of
ions. From the table, it is clear that there is no
boys studying in the primary classes in the year
toothpaste for which Ca ions are more than Mg ions
2001.
and P ions put together.
  B2 = B3 Thus, Statement X is definitely false.
Total number of students in 2000 6B2 12 4 Highest individual score in Afro Asia cup = 400. A or
    D could be Standard Bank series. If D is Standard
Total number of students in 2001 9B3 9 3
2 Bank Series, difference would be 100.
Therefore, the total number of students in 2000 is Hence, Statement Y could be true.
33.33% more than the total number of students in 36. Klusener = P or R. Natwest Series = A or D.
2001. According to Statement X, Klusener = P and Natwest
34. Let the number of boys in the primary and in the Series = D. Hence, Standard Bank Series = A and
secondary classes in the year 2002 be ‘x’ and ‘y’ Kallis = R.
respectively. Thus, Statement Y is true.
Let the number of girls in the primary and in the Hence, if one of these statements becomes false,
secondary classes in the year 2002 be ‘z’ and ‘w’ other automatically turns false.
respectively. 37. Kevin = Q or S. In both the cases, Kevin’s lowest
For boys: 64x + 76y = 70(x + y)  x = y score is in Benson & Hedges Series. Thus, Statement
For girls: 80z + 90w = 84(z + w)  2z = 3w X is definitely true.
For all the boys and girls: Kemp = Q or S. In both the cases, Kemp’s highest
70(x + y) + 84(z + w) = 80(x + y + z + w) score is in Afro Asia Cup. Thus, Statement Y is
definitely true.
 2(z + w) = 5(x + y) = 10x  3w + 2w = 10x
Both Statement X and Statement Y are necessarily
 w = 2x and z = 3x
true.
Given that y = 500.
38. If statement X is true than Q is Kevin and S is Kemp,
Therefore, x = 500, z = 1500 and w = 1000.
but nothing can be said regarding statement Y.
Total number of students in the primary and in the
If statement Y is true than A is Natwest series, D is
secondary classes in the year 2002 = x + y + z + w
Standard Bank Series and S & Q are Kemp and
= 3500.
Kevin respectively. Now Kevin has the highest runs
For questions 35 to 38: in all the four tournaments, hence statement X is
necessarily true.
Total Runs in the
P Q R S
Tournament
For questions 39 to 42:
A 225 300 250 350 1125 1. The number of days for which Tata Steel’s share
witnessed an increase was one more than the number
B 250 325 275 400 1250
of days on which it witnessed a decrease. Therefore
C 275 250 300 125 950
in 5 consecutive days, there were 3 increments and
D 300 275 200 200 975 2 decrements. But if the price would have been higher
Total Runs than 527.5 on 3rd February, then there would have
1050 1150 1025 1075
by Player been 3 consecutive increments and 2 consecutive
decrements. Therefore, the share price on 3 rd
From the additional information,
February was lower than the price on 2nd February
 B is Afro-Asia Cup. and even lower than Rs. 527.
 C is Benson & Hedges Series and A and D could be 2. Also, since the price of Modi steel increased on 4
either Natwest Series or the Standard Bank Series. days and decreased on 1 day, therefore the share
 (Kevin and Kemp) are (Q and S) and (Kallis and price would have increased on 1st February because
Klusener) are (P and R) in any order. there is already a decrease from 4th to 5th February.
35. Kallis is either P or R. P’s second highest score Based on 1 and 2 above, the following is the offer
(275) is in Benson & Hedges series and R’s second price of the companies from 1st February to 6th
highest score (275) is in Afro Asia Cup. February.
Offe r pr ice of the Com panie s
Nam e of the
S.N. Indus try Gr oup 6th Fe br uar y 2017
Com pany 1/2/2017 2/2/2017 3/2/2017 4/2/2017 5/2/2017

1 Tata Steel Steel Tata 594 595 596 594 595 593
2 JK Steel Steel JK 592 590 588 589 590 591
3 Essar Steel Steel Essar 591 592 593 594 595 596
4 Modi Steel Steel Modi 596 597 598 599 600 598
5 Nippon Steel Steel Nippon 598 596 597 598 599 597

Based on the above table, all the questions can be answered.

39. Modi Steel had the highest offer price of Rs.598 as 48. The closing stock price of ICICI bank recorded the
on February 6th. maximum increase in its value over the previous day
40. Tata Steel, JK Steel and Nippon Steel each had a on 15th May, 2013 and it was equal to 1191 – 1147
price difference of Rs. 1 per share on 6th February as = 44.
compared to 1st February. 49. PNB recorded the maximum percentage increase in
41. As on 5th February, the highest price offers were from its closing stock price during the given period and it
Modi Steel and Nippon Steel and therefore these two  822  740 
companies dropped out. That means the next was equal to    100  11.08%.
740 
highest bid was Rs. 595 which indicates a tie between 50. Let the GDP of Belgium be y Euros.
Essar Steel and Tata Steel.
4.8 100
42. As on 4th February, only two companies had an offer y   1.5  x  y  x
price that is higher than Rs.595, which happened to 100 7.2
be Modi Steel and Nippon Steel. Therefore the Hence, the debt (in Euros) of Belgium
remaining 3 companies were not eligible for further 100.8 100
=  x  14x.
participation. 100 7.2
For questions 43 to 46: 51. Two countries, viz. Denmark and Finland, were rated
Let the total number of dialed calls by all the Inspectors, AAA.
Constables and Drivers be x, y and z respectively. 52. Let the GDP (in Euros) of Italy be x.
By the problem, total number of dialed calls from all the Therefore, the GDP (in Euros) of Finland = 1.5x.
Patrolling jeeps = 30. The fiscal-deficit of:
Thus, x + y + z = 30…(i) Italy = 0.051x
Total number of calls received by all the Patrolling jeeps Finland = 0.034 × 1.5x = 0.051x.
= 82. Hence, the required percentage = 0.
 4x + 2y + z = 82…(ii) 53. In the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, the total
Solving (i) and (ii), we get 3x + y = 52. numbers of candidates who got selected as officers
Thus, the following cases are possible: were 4479, 5062, 4160 and 3728 respectively.
In 2014, the total number of candidates not selected
Possible values
Cases Total = 559232 – 4479 = 554753. Let’s assume that all
x y z
554753 candidates appear for CEE again – 550593
1 11 19 0 30
in 2015 and 4160 in 2016.
2 12 16 2 30
3 13 13 4 30
The number of fresh candidates in 2015 = 593456 –
4 14 10 6 30
550593 = 42863. Let’s assume that all 5062
selections in 2015 happen from among the 550593
5 15 7 8 30
reappearing candidates. This way, all 42863 fresh
6 16 4 10 30
candidates from 2015 become eligible to reappear
7 17 1 12 30
and, let’s assume, that they do so in 2017.
43. By the question, jeep number 2 received calls from The number of fresh candidates in 2016 = 642965 –
jeep numbers 1, 4 and 9. 4160 = 638805. Let’s assume that all 4160
Assuming that no calls made from jeep numbers 1 candidates selected in 2016 were those who had
and 4 were by a driver, it can be observed that jeep 7 earlier appeared in 2014. This way, all 638805 fresh
could have received calls only from two jeeps viz. candidates from 2016 become eligible to reappear
jeep 1 and jeep 4. and, let’s assume, that they do so in 2017.
44. From the table above, the maximum possible number Hence, the total number of candidates who appeared
of calls that can be made by the Constables is 19. for the exam at least twice during the given period
45. By the information given in the question only Case 3 = 550593 + 4160 + 42863 + 638805 = 1236421.
and Case 4 are possible. Thus, minimum possible Alternate method:
number of calls that can be made by the Drivers is 4. We can also say, directly by the method given above,
46. By the information given in the question only Case 3 that the answer would be 593456 + 642965
and Case 4 are possible. Thus, maximum possible = 1236421.
number of calls that can be made by the Drivers is 6. 54. As we do not have any information about the number
47. From the given data, it can be observed that the of attempts taken by selected candidates in getting
maximum increase in the closing stock price on a through, we are not in a position to determine this.
day over any of the preceding days was for SBI and 55. Only 2 banks - PSB and CB - satisfy the given
it was equal to2383 – 2183 = 200. criterion.
For questions 56 to 59: The given information can be tabulated as shown below.
Production Per head consumption Total consumption Surplus
Number of (in kg) (in kg) (in kg) (in kg)
Family
members
Wheat Rice Wheat Rice Wheat Rice Wheat Rice Total

Sharm a’s 6 600 520 91.2 83.2 547.2 499.2 52.8 20.8 73.6

Sen’s 4 440 260 100.8 60 403.2 240 36.8 20 56.8

Srivastava’s 7 800 560 108.4 78.4 758.8 548.8 41.2 11.2 52.4

Sehgal’s 8 600 640 74.4 75.2 595.2 601.6 4.8 38.4 43.2

Srinivasan’s 5 480 500 80 96.8 400 484 80 16 96

Suri’s 7 520 460 63.2 64 442.4 448 77.6 12 89.6

56. There were three families whose surplus of Wheat Same values of others are
and Rice together was more than 73.5 and those B  1.406, C  1.4108
families were Sharma’s Srinivasan’s and Suri’s.
D  1.2617, E  1.257
57. The required reduction = 74.4 – (600 – 68)/8
So, B has the third highest ratio and hence third
= 7.9 kg. highest profitability.
58. The required surplus = 73.6 + 56.8 + 52.4 + 43.2 + 63. Only statement ‘b’ is true.
96 + 89.6 = 411.6 kg.
64. Laxman has scored 3,000 runs and has taken
59. Price of rice per kg is double as that of wheat. Sen’s 60 catches. He has not taken any wickets. If we
and Sehgal’s family earned more amount by selling assume that he has scored all his runs in centuries,
the surplus of rice. then the maximum points earned by him will be 4680
For questions 60 to 63: (Runs = 3,000, Catches = 180, Centuries = 30 × 50
Total Capacity Units Sold = 1,500).
(n MW units) (In MW units) Hence, his grade is IV.
A 8,500 7,565
65. In order to minimize the number of centuries scored
B 6,250 5,437.50
by Ganguly, the total number of runs scored by
C 10,000 9,000
Tendulkar has to be the least possible i.e. 10,001
D 8,500 7,225
and the number of catches and five wicket-haul taken
E 9,500 7,600
by Ganguly have to be the maximum possible.
100 Minimum number of points of Tendulkar
60. Total capacity of India = 6,250 
12.5 = 10,001 + 80 × 20 + 80 × 3 + 25 × 50 + 5 × 50
= 13,341
= 50,000 MW units
The maximum number of catches taken by Ganguly
Thermal capacity of India = 95% of total capacity can be 119, as the number of catches taken by Dravid,
= 47,500 MW units who has taken the maximum number of catches, is
Total capacity of these five power plants = 42,750 120, and that of five wicket-haul can be 10.
MW units Maximum number of points of Ganguly with zero
centuries
42,750
Required percentage =  100 = 90%. = 10,000 + 50 × 20 + 119 × 3 + 10 × 50 = 11,857
47,500
As the total number of points of Ganguly is more
61. The correct order is C > E > A > D > B than that of Tendulkar, the total number of points of
62. Profitability can be compared by comparing the ratio Ganguly has to be at least 13,342.
of total revenue to total cost. The additional points required for Ganguly i.e.
(13,342 – 11,857) = 1485 will come in the form of
(89% of TC)  3.4 89  3.4 bonus point through centuries. As each century
Profitability for A = 
(93% of TC)  2.1 93  2.1 fetches 50 points, to earn 1485 points the number
= 1.549. of centuries required is 30.

where TC is the total capacity of that power plant.

66. Maximum number of points of Laxman = 3000 + 30 9. Midsize cars makes 20% of Hyundai sales and SUV
× 50 + 60 × 3 = 4680. makes 10% of this, so sales of Hyundai SUV is 3000.
Therefore, Laxman is in grade IV. Hence, total SUV sales is 20000.
The other players whose total points could be less These 5 brands make up to 82% of SUV sale so if
than 5000 are Sehwag and Zaheer. the rest of 18% sale is by a single brand then it has
the second highest share.
Hence, a maximum of three players could be in
grade IV. 10. Let the total Honda sale be x
Sales of Honda Sedan will be 0.4x
67. Sehwag could score a maximum of 7,999 runs and
has taken 50 catches. He has taken 40 wickets Sales of Honda midsize will be 0.25x
and taken 4 five wicket hauls. He has scored 10 In midsize, Honda share is 33.33%, hence total
centuries. midsize sale will be 0.75x
The maximum points that he could have = 9649 So, required ratio is 0.4x : 0.75x = 8 : 15.
(Runs = 7,999, Catches = 150, Centuries = 500, 11. In Sedan category, 5% of total sales is made by
Wickets others which can be further divided also.
= 800, 5 wicket haul = 200) Hence, we do not know the share of the smallest
Hence, he cannot be in grade II. brand in Sedan category.
12. Since, we do not know the price of a car of any
PRACTICE EXERCISE – 2
category for any of the brand. Hence, the revenues
1. The following table illustrates the production of finished cannot be compared.
product from 10 am to 3 pm:
13. In state P, male population and female population is
Time Number of products 375 lakhs and 345 lakhs respectively; urban
10 – 11:00 1 population and rural population is 432 lakhs and 288
11:00 – 12:00 1 lakhs respectively.
12:00 – 1:00 4 Literacy rate among urban male will be least under
1:00 – 2:00 2 the conditions shown below.
2:00 – 3:00 5
Urban region (432 lakh)
13
Hence, the required answer is 13. 275 lakh men 157 lakh
women
2. The following will be the structure of flow internally: 15 lakh literate 260 lakh illiterate literate

E D C B A Output Rural region (288 lakh)

10:00 2 6 4 1 1 188 lakh 100 lakh
11:00 6 2 6 4 1 1
literate womenilliterate men
Since work-capacity of D is not adequate at 11:00 to So the number of literate women in urban area would
process this, D is the answer. be 157 lakhs and remaining 15 lakhs literates are
3. By using the same logic used in the previous male. Which means 260 urban males are illiterate.
questions, the required answer comes out to be 23. Hence, the literacy rate among urban male
4. By using the same logic used in the previous 15
=  100  5.45%.
questions, the required answer comes out to be 8. 275
5. One year only in 2014. 14. In state P, 60% population is urban. So even if whole
6. The least marks was constituted by modern maths. literate population i.e. 50% live in urban area, 10%
urban population will still remain illiterate.
The next least one was analogies.
In state Q, 30% population is urban which can all be
7. Marks per question is not given. literate because 55% population is literate.
Hence total number of questions cannot be Similarly, it is true for R and S but not for T.
determined.
15. Since we do not know the breakup of literate people
8. Number of topics that experienced positive growth between rural and urban areas for any state, data is
rate in 2000 over the previous year = 5 (analogies, insufficient to answer this question.
data sufficiency, mathematical reasoning, modern 16. Literacy rate of rural area in each state = (0.3 ×
maths, sentence correction). (literacy rate)/ % of rural population) × 100%
Each one of them had a negative growth rate in 2015. Which will be lowest for state S.
17. By observation, options (c) and (d) can be eliminated.
Alloy 1 Alloy 2 Alloy 3 Alloy 3
Thus compare only A and B.
W A X B Y C Z D
Collection at station A = 15 × 30 + 18 × 35 + 16 × 15
3 102 2 70 7 96 4 110
= Rs. 1320.
4 105 4 78 9 100 10 118
Collection at station B = 15 × 25 + 8 × 42 + 20 × 16
6 110 8 90 12 105 12 120
= 375 + 336 + 320 = Rs. 1031.
8 114 14 102 20 126
18. Collection on (BC + CD + DC + CB) 12 120 16 105
= 42 × 8 + 5 × 13 + 14 × 13 + 12 × 8
25. B can take 5 values.
= 336 + 65 + 182 + 96 = Rs. 679.
26. Statements (ii) and (iii) are true.
fare per passenger 27. If 18kg of each are melted together then the price of
19. Distance =
fareper passenger per km the new alloy will be Rs. 90/kg. If 20kg of each are
melted together then the price of the new alloy will
20 be Rs. 96/kg. If 24kg of each are melted together
BD =  33.3
0.60 then the price of the new alloy will be Rs. 105/kg. So
all of these values are possible.
16
DA =  40.0 28. 102 and 120 are possible values.
0.40
For questions 29 to 32:
18 Let the number of students who joined school in 2011 be
AC =  45.0
0.40 “x”. So 125 – x students failed in class V in 2010 and 100
– (125 – x) = x – 25 students of class V passed in 2010.
 Total distance is 118 km approximately.
Similarly values for each year will be –
20. From the question, 31st July are a Sunday.
Thus, 1st September are a Thursday. Students Students who Students who Students
Class in the failed in 2016 passed in 2016 in the
 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th September was Sunday. year 2016 in same class in previous class year 2017

Thus, the inspector must have travelled to the villages V 100 125 – x x (new joinees) 125
on (30 – 4) VI 75 107 – x x – 25 82
= 26 days. VII 68 97 – x x – 32 65
His expenses for the first 24 days VIII 60 86 – x x – 29 57

= 16(18 + 8 + 13) = Rs. 624. IX 45 76 – x x – 26 50

 Total expenses in September 1999 X 34 78 – x x – 31 47

= Rs. [624 + 2 (8 + 13)] = Rs. 666.

Number of students who passed in class X will be
21. Reliance Growth, Birla Dividend Yield Plus and 34 – (78 – x) = (x – 44)
Templeton India Growth do not fit. Hence, the required
So minimum value of x will be 44 because x – 44  0.
number of companies is 7.
29. Maximum possible number of students who joined
22. The required scheme was Reliance Growth.
the school in 2017 will be 76 because 76 – x  0.
23. Templeton India Growth was 2nd best and it was
30. The minimum and maximum number of students from
0.52.
class VI who passed in 2016 is 12 & 44 respectively
24. The schemes with bottom two values of the required and hence the corresponding pass percentages will
ratio are HSBC Equity (0.09) and Franklin India Blue- lie between 16% and 58.66%.
chip (0.14).
31. This means (x – 32) > (76 – x)  x > 54. So lowest
For questions 25 to 28: pass percentage for class VIII will be –
The possible values of A, B, C and D for different values (55 – 26)/60 ×100% = 48.33%.
of W, X, Y and Z respectively are –
32. If pass percentage in class IX is 60% that means 27
students passed and x = 58. So pass percentage in
class V will be (58 – 25)/100 × 100% = 33%.
For questions 33 to 36: Or, (ii) have only one coin of each except 25ps, 30ps
CGPA of all the students are as follows: & 45ps. Let the number of 30ps coins be ‘b’.
Gopal = 57/15 = 3.8 Hence, d = 24 – (2 + a + b) = 22 – a – b; and we have
to minimize (a + b)
Nitin = 52/15 = 3.47
So, 25a + 30b + 35 + 40 + 45(22 – a – b = 960; 4a +
Arihant = 51/15 = 3.4
3b = 21
Gaurav = 39/15 = 2.6
(a + b) will be minimum when a = 3 & b = 3 and
Prabhakar = 39/15 = 2.6
hence d = 16.
Saurabh = 38/15 = 2.53
39. Rahul will have the maximum possible amount when
33. Gaurav and Prabhakar got the same CGPA. he will have coins of highest possible denominations
34. Gopal got the highest CGPA. of each variety. Let the total amount with him in that
35. Nitin will get highest CGPA with minimum increase if case be T.
he gets 5 more marks in Digital systems and 3 more T(in Rs) = 4 × 5 + 12 × 2 + 16 × 0.75 + 16 × 0.50 +
marks in Power electronics, making it 8 in total. 24 × 0.25 = Rs. 70.
Arihant will get the highest CGPA with minimum 40. He can have 24 copper coins and 16 bronze coins
increase in marks if he gets 2 more marks in Digital ( of 50ps each).
systems and 2 more marks in Power electronics, 41. Business Salary Total cost
making it 4 in total.
(Rs. in lakhs) (Rs. in lakhs)
For others the minimum marks needed to have highest
SI 5.0 15.4
CGPA will be much more than these values.
SE 15.0 79.5
36. The CGPA of Gaurav was 2.6.
HI 6.0 27.6
For questions 37 to 40:
HE 32.0 96.0
Variety Number of coins
So the salary as a percentage of total cost was the
Platinum 4
least for SE.
Gold 12
Silver 16 42. Net decrease in cost = Net increment in the margin
Bronze 16 = (20000 – 15000) × 25 = Rs. 1.25 lakh
Copper 24
Aluminium 8
Earlier net margin = Rs. 4.6 lakh

37. Difference will be maximum when all the silver and 1.25
Required percentage =  100  27.17%.
bronze coins are of maximum possible denomination, 4.6
i.e 95ps & 70Ps respectively and platinum and gold 43. Nothing is given said about the other costs.
coins are of minimum possible denomination
Hence, the question cannot be answered.
i.e 225Ps & 25Ps respectively.
 Difference = ( 16 × 95 + 16 × 70 ) – ( 4 × 225 + 12  52 
44. Cost of hardware export = Rs. 2  1   crore
× 100) = 540ps. 100 
38. Total amount with Rahul in Copper coins is 960ps
= Rs. 0.96 crore
and the denominations possible are 25, 30, 35, 40 &
Total salary = Rs. 80000 × 40 = Rs. 0.32 crore
45. To maximise the number of 45ps coins
Cost of hardware increases by 15% that is by
Either, (i) have only one coin of each except 25ps &
45ps. Let the number of 25ps coins be “a” and number Rs. 0.144 crore.
of 45ps coins be “d”. So salary should be reduced by Rs. 0.144 crore.
So, 25a + 30×1 + 35 × 1 + 40 × 1 + 45 × d = 960 ; 5a  Percentage by which the salary should be reduced
+ 9d = 171
0.144
Maximum possible value of ‘d’ is 14 is  100  45%.
0.32
For questions 45 to 48: Since the total charges of one local CDMA call, one
All the deliveries made in November were for bookings local GSM call and one landline call put together for
done in September, and one-fifth of total booking in Idea, Airtel and Vodafone is Rs. 5.5, Rs. 5.5 and Rs.
September, that is 272, were delivered in October. Hence 7 respectively and the amount left after rental and
remaining 323 were delivered in the same month. Similarly CLIP charges is the maximum for Idea, the plan
we can find for the remaining months. offered by Idea would be the best choice for him.
Booking 56. In order to maximize the number of calls received
Premium Normal Discounted during 10 days while on roaming, he should received
Months as many calls as he can at an expense of Rs. 75.
April 0 617 623  Number of calls which he can receive in 10 days
May 271 212 577
75
June 118 164 538 = = 30.
2.5
July 183 180 537
 Number of call which he can receive everyday
August 362 220 518
September 323 272 765 30
= = 3.
October 0 0 0 10
November 0 0 0 Hence, Ram can receive a maximum of 3 calls
45. Premium is 2.5 times the discount, so the month for everyday of 1 minute each while ensuring his roaming
which premium bookings is more than 0.4 times the bill does not exceed Rs. 75.
number of discount bookings, premium collected will For questions 57 to 60:
be more than the discount given. And this is true for The given information can be tabulated as:
months of May, August and September.
Zinc Tin Lead Copper Nickel
46. This value is highest for the month of August
A 10% 40% (x) % (40 – x)% 10%
47. 538 orange mobiles booked in June were delivered
in August. B 25% 15% 50% 5% 5%

48. Required month is August. C 15% (y) % 20% (30 – y)% 35%

For questions 49 to 52: D 20% 25% 15% 30% 10%

Allocation of shops to the areas is as follows – E 5% 50% 25% 5% 15%

Andheri – Sh2, Sh6, Sh7 F 40% 10% 5% 30% 15%
CP – Sh4,Sh9 57. In alloy G, the percentage of:
NFC – Sh3, Sh5
Gurgaon – Sh1, Sh8,Sh10  40 15 y  3y  95
Tin =  2   1 3  
49. Sh7 is located in Andheri. 6 6 6 6
50. Sh9 is not located in Andheri.
2x  110
51. Two shops are located in CP. Lead =
6
52. Sh1 and Sh8 are located in Gurgaon.
53. The roaming rental is Rs.50 for Airtel and Rs.15 for 175  2x  3y
Idea for 10 days. A total of 80 calls are received or Copper =
6
made during these 10 days. Given a call difference
of Re. 0.50 between Airtel and Idea, the additional Now, (3y  95)  (2x  110)  (175  2x  3y)
call charges for Idea is Rs. (80 × 0.5) i.e. Rs. 40.
Hence Airtel is cheaper by Rs. 5 for the roaming 25 95
x and y 
period. 3 9
54. Rent plus CLIP is lowest for Idea among the three Therefore, the percentage of copper in alloy A
service providers.
55. Budget = Rs. 1,500.  25  95
 (40  x)   40    .
Subtracting the rental and CLIP charges, the available  3 3
balance for the three service providers is given in the
58. There are two possible ways in which the alloy X can
table below:
be formed. The possible combinations are (E and F)
Airtel Hutch Idea and (B and C).
1300 1250 1325
 For questions 61 to 64: The following table can be made:
25
59. The percentage of lead in A, E and F is %, 25% Total Literate Literate
3 Name
Population Male Female
Literate Males females
(in lakh) (in lakh) (in lakh)
and 5% respectively. (in lakh) (in lakh) (in lakh)
Bihar 570 342 228 399 200 199
By checking options:
Odisha 360 200 160 288 168 120
Option (1): Percentage of lead in the mixture
UP 605 385 220 363 183 180
1 25  95 Jharkhand 340 180 160 221 126 95
 4   1  25  1  5  % < 12%
6 3  9 Assam 425 238 187 357 190 167
MP 510 300 210 459 290 169
Option (2): Percentage of lead in the mixture Kerala 240 150 90 228 148 80

1 25  85 Karnataka 320 180 140 272 170 102

 2   1  25  3  5  % < 12%
6 3  9 61. The average of literate males (in lakhs) across 8 states
Option (3): Percentage of lead in the mixture 200  168  183  126  190  290  148  170
  184.
1 25  110 8
  1   2  25  3  5 

% > 12%
62. The total number of illiterate people = 783
6 3 9
Option (4): Percentage of lead in the mixture Total population = 3370

1 25  235 783
Required percentage =  100  23.23.
  1   2  25  4  5 

% < 12% 3370
7 3 21
63. There were six such states that had female literacy
Hence, option (3) is the correct answer.
rate of at least 75% and those states were Bihar,
60. Since the percentage of nickel in alloy B and alloy Z Odisha, UP, Assam, Kerala and MP.
is 5% and 8.25% respectively, in order to maximize
64. Total number of males in the age group 25 < x  40
the percentage of B in Z, we need to choose alloy in
which the percentage of nickel is greater than 8.25% 20
and also the maximum among the given alloys. So, = 1975 
100
we need to choose alloy C.
Total number of females in the age group 25 < x  40
Let the percentage of alloy B in alloy Z be ‘x’%.
 5x + 35(1 – x) = 8.25  x = 89.16% 20
= 1395 
100

20
1975  1395  100
Required percentage =
20
1395 
100

= 41.58%.