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Qs. 1-5. In each of the questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions

numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at
variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given
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conclusion logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give
answer:
(1) if only Conclusion I follows.
(2) if only Conclusion II follows.
(3) if either Conclusion I or II follows.
(4) if neither Conclusion I nor II follows.
(5) if both Conclusion I and II follow.
Statements:
1. Some trucks are houses. Some houses are trains
Conclusions:


I. Some trains are trucks.
II. No train is truck.
Statements:
2. All flowers are trees. All trees are fruits.
Conclusions:
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I. Some fruits are flowers.
II. All flowers are fruits.
Statements:
3. Some kites are threads. No thread is needle.
Conclusions:


I. Some kites are needles.
II. No needle is thread.
Statements:
4. All chairs are buildings. All tables are buildings.
Conclusions:


I. Some chairs are tables.
II. Some tables are chairs.
Statements:
5. Some books are pens. All pens are papers.
Conclusions:


I. Some papers are books.
II. All books are papers.
Statements:
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6. The difference between 34th of 25th of a number and 35th of 18th of the same number is
What is the number?


1) 45
2) 35
3) 40
4) 30
5) None of these


7. What is the area of a circle with the circumference of 88cms?


1) 618sq cms
2) 516sq cms
3) 600sq cms
4) 615sq cms
5) None of these


8. A student scores 55% marks in 8 papers of 100 marks each. He scores 15% of his total
English. How much does he score in English?


1) 55
2) 66
3) 77
4) 44
5) None of these


9. What should come in place of the question-mark (?) in the following number series?
5690 5121 4552 3983 3414 2845?


1) 2276
2) 2516
3) 2746
4) 2356
5) None of these
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10. Car 'X' covers a distance of 385 kms in 7 hours and car 'Y' covers a distance of 715 kms  in


in 13

hrs. What is the difference in the speed of the two cars?




1) 2kms/hr
2) 1km/hr
3) 3kms/hr
4) 5kms/hr
5) None of these


11. The ratio of the present ages of Sunita and vinita is 4:5. Six years hence the ratio of their
will be 14:17. What will be the ratio of their ages 12 years hence?


1) 15:19
2) 13:15
3) 16:19
4) 17:19
5) None of these

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12. Find out the greatest possible number for which 30% of that number is less than 100?


1) 331
2) 335
3) 325
4) 333
5) 328


13. 'a' is greater than 'b' by 2 and 'b' is greater than 'c' by 10.
If a + b + c = 130, then (b +c) – a = ?


1) 38
2) 42
3) 44
4) 34
5) None of these


14. Mr Sharma takes loan of Rs 25,000 and repays an amount of Rs 31,000 at the end of 2 ages
years.
What is the rate of simple interest at which repays the loan?


1) 8 p.c.p.a.
2) 6 p.c.p.a.
3) 12 p.c.p.a.






4) 9 p.c.p.a.
5) None of these


15. If 11 521 is subtracted from 15 314 and the difference is multiplied by 504, what will be the
number?


1) 2024
2) 2104
3) 2004
4) 2014
5) None of these






16. The product of two successive positive integers is 462. Which is the smaller integer?


1) 20
2) 22
3) 21
4) 23
5) None of these

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17. Each child from a certain school can make 5 items of handicraft in a day. If 1125
handicraft
items are to be displayed in an exhibition then in how many days can 25
children make these
items?


1) 6 days
2) 9 days
3) 8 days
4) 7 days
5) None of these


18. The owner of a furniture shop charges his customers 15% more than the cost price. If
customer paid Rs 9,039 for a sofa set, then what is the cost price of the sofa set?


1) Rs 7,680
2) Rs 7,860
3) Rs 7,880
4) Rs 7,660
5) None of these


19. While withdrawing an amount of Rs 49,350 a customer by mistake collects Rs 48,150.
The
remaining amount is deposited back to his account by the bank, which shows the
balance of Rs
25,376. What will be the customer's balance after depositing the
remaining amount?


1) Rs 26,576
2) Rs 26,676
3) Rs 26,586
4) Rs 26,686
5) None of these


20. 20% of the total cost of a plot with an area of 395sqft is Rs 78,210. What is the rate of per sq ft
of the plot?


1) Rs 1,020
2) Rs 999
3) Rs 1,000
4) Rs 995
5) None of these






Answers:


1. (3)
2. (5)
3. (2)
4. (4)
5. (1)

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6. (3)
7. (5)
8. (2)
9. (1)
10. (5)
11. (3)
12. (4)
13. (4)
14. (3)
15. (3)
16. (3)
17. (2)
18. (2)
19. (1)
20. (5)


1. In an examination, there were 1000 boys and 800 girls. 60% of the boys and 50% of the girls passed.
Find the percent of the candidates failed?


(1) 46.4


(2) 48.4


(3) 44.4 (4) 49.6


2. If A exceeds B by 40%, B is less than C by 20%, then A : C is :


(1) 28: 25


(2) 26: 25


(3) 3: 2


(4) 3: 1


3. Price of sugar rises by 20%. By how much percent should the consumption of


sugar be reduced so that the expenditure does not changes?


(1) 20


(2) 10


(3) 16 2/3


(4) 15


4. In a school 70% of the students are girls. The number of boys are 510. Then the

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total number of students in the school is :


(1) 850


(2) 1700


(3) 1830 (4) 1900


. Applied to a bill for Rs.1, 00,000 the difference between a discount of 40% and


two successive discount of 36% and 4% is :


(1) Nil


(2) Rs.1,440


(3) Rs.2,500 (4) Rs,4,000


6.A tradesman marks his goods 10% above his cost price. If he allows his
on the marked price, how much profit or loss does he make, if any?


customers 10% discount


(1) 1% gain


(2) 1%loss


(3) 5%gain


(4) No gain, no loss

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7.A discount of 15% on one article is the same as discount of 20% on a second


Article. The costs of the two articles can be :


(1) Rs.85, Rs.60


(2) Rs.60, Rs.40


(3) Rs.40, Rs.20


(4) Rs.80, Rs.60

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8.An agent gets a commission of 2.5% on the sales of cloth. If on a certain day,


He gets Rs.12.50 as commission, the cloth sold through him on that day is worth:


(1) Rs.250


(2) Rs.500


(3) Rs.750 (4) 1,250


9. Compound interest (compounded annually) on a certain sum of money for 2


Years at 4% per annum is Rs.102.The simple interest on the same sum for the same rate and for the
same period will be :


(1) Rs.99(2) Rs.101


(3) Rs.100 (4) 98

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10. A sum of money becomes 7/6 of itself in 3 years at certain rate of simple interest. The rate per
annum is :


(1) 5 59% (2) 6 59%
(3) 18%
(4) 25%

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Answers:
1.(3)
2.(1)
3.(3)
4.(2)
5.(2)
6.(2)
7.(4)
8.(2)
9.(3)
10.(1)
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