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ARITHMETIC SECTION 

               This section consists of 29 problems. The 
questions are simple though time consuming. 

1. If a boat is moving in upstream with velocity of 14 
km/hr and goes downstream with a velocity of 40 km/hr, then 
what is the speed of the stream ?

(a) 13 km/hr
(b) 26 km/hr
(c) 34 km/hr
(d) none of these 

Ans. A 

2. Find the value of ( 0.75 * 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.001 ) / ( 
0.75 * 0.75 - 0.075 + 0.01)

(a) 0.845
(b) 1.908
(c) 2.312
(d) 0.001 

Ans. A 

3. A can have a piece of work done in 8 days, B can work 
three times faster than the A, C can work five times faster 
than A. How many days will they take to do the work 
together ?

(a) 3 days
(b) 8/9 days
(c) 4 days
(d) can't say 

Ans. B 

4. A car travels a certain distance taking 7 hrs in forward 
journey, during the return journey increased speed 12km/hr 
takes the times 5 hrs.What is the distance travelled

(a) 210 kms
(b) 30 kms
(c) 20 kms
(c) none of these 

Ans. B 

5. Instead of multiplying a number by 7, the number is 
divided by 7. What is the percentage of error obtained ? 

6. Find (7x + 4y ) / (x-2y) if x/2y = 3/2 ?

(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 7
(d) data insufficient 

Ans. C 

7. A man buys 12 lts of liquid which contains 20% of the 
liquid and the rest is water. He then mixes it with 10 lts 
of another mixture with 30% of liquid.What is the % of 
water in the new mixture? 


8. If a man buys 1 lt of milk for Rs.12 and mixes it with 
20% water and sells it for Rs.15, then what is the 
percentage of gain? 


9. Pipe A can fill a tank in 30 mins and Pipe B can fill it 
in 28 mins.If 3/4th of the tank is filled by Pipe B alone 
and both are opened, how much time is required by both the 
pipes to fill the tank completely ? 

10. If on an item a company gives 25% discount, they earn 
25% profit. If they now give 10% discount then what is the 
profit percentage. 

(a) 40%
(b) 55%
(c) 35%
(d) 30% 

Ans. D 

11. A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 
10 days. If however there were 10 men less it will take 10 
days more for the work to be finished. How many men were 
there originally?

(a) 110 men
(b) 130 men
(c) 100 men
(d) none of these 

Ans. A 

12. In simple interest what sum amounts of Rs.1120/- in 4 
years and Rs.1200/- in 5 years ? 

(a) Rs. 500
(b) Rs. 600
(c) Rs. 800
(d) Rs. 900 

Ans. C 

13. If a sum of money compound annually amounts of thrice 
itself in 3 years. In how many years
will it become 9 times itself.

(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 10
(d) 12 

Ans A 

14. Two trains move in the same direction at 50 kmph and 32 
kmph respectively. A man in the slower train
observes the 15 seconds elapse before the faster train 
completely passes by him.
What is the length of faster train ?

(a) 100m
(b) 75m
(c) 120m
(d) 50m 

Ans B 

15. How many mashes are there in 1 squrare meter of wire 
gauge if each mesh
is 8mm long and 5mm wide ?

(a) 2500
(b) 25000
(c) 250
(d) 250000 

Ans B 

16. x% of y is y% of ?

(a) x/y
(b) 2y
(c) x
(d) can't be determined 

Ans. C 

17. The price of sugar increases by 20%, by what % should a 
housewife reduce the consumption of sugar so that 
expenditure on sugar can be same as before ?

(a) 15%
(b) 16.66%
(c) 12%
(d) 9% 

Ans B 

18. A man spends half of his salary on household expenses, 
1/4th for rent, 1/5th for travel expenses, the man deposits 
the rest in a bank. If his monthly deposits in the bank 
amount 50, what is his monthly salary ?

(a) Rs.500
(b) Rs.1500
(c) Rs.1000
(d) Rs. 900 

Ans C 

20. The population of a city increases @ 4% p.a. There is 
an additional annual increase of 4% of the population due 
to the influx of job seekers, find the % increase in 
population after 2 years ? 

21. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school 
is 3:2 Out of these 10% the boys and 25% of girls are 
scholarship holders. % of students who are not scholarship 
holders.? 

22. 15 men take 21 days of 8 hrs. each to do a piece of 
work. How many days of 6 hrs. each would it take for 21 
women if 3 women do as much work as 2 men?

(a) 30
(b) 20
(c) 19
(d) 29 

Ans. A 

23. A cylinder is 6 cms in diameter and 6 cms in height. If 
spheres of the same size are made from the material 
obtained, what is the diameter of each sphere?

(a) 5 cms
(b) 2 cms
(c) 3 cms
(d) 4 cms 

Ans C 

24. A rectangular plank (2)1/2 meters wide can be placed so 
that it is on either side of the diagonal of a square shown 
below.(Figure is not available)What is the area of the 
plank? 

Ans :7*(2)1/2 

25. The difference b/w the compound interest payble half 
yearly and the simple interest on a
certain sum lent out at 10% p.a for 1 year is Rs 25. What 
is the sum?

(a) Rs. 15000
(b) Rs. 12000
(c) Rs. 10000
(d) none of these 

Ans C 

26. What is the smallest number by which 2880 must be 
divided in order to make it into a
perfect square ?

(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6 

Ans. C 

27. A father is 30 years older than his son however he will 
be only thrice as old as the son after 5 years
what is father's present age ?

(a) 40 yrs
(b) 30 yrs
(c) 50 yrs
(d) none of these 

Ans. A 


28. An article sold at a profit of 20% if both the cost 
price and selling price would be Rs.20/- the profit would 
be 10% more. What is the cost price of that article? 

29. If an item costs Rs.3 in '99 and Rs.203 in '00.What is 
the % increase in price?

(a) 200/3 %
(b) 200/6 %
(c) 100%
(d) none of these 

Ans. A 

 LOGICAL SECTION 

Directions: For questions 30-39 fill the missing number or 
letter in the given series 

30. a, c, e, g, _

(a) h
(b) i
(c) d
(d) j 

Ans. B 


31. a, e, i, m, q, u, _, _

(a) y,c
(b) b,f
(c) g,i
(d) none 

Ans. A 

32. ay , bz , cw , dx ,__

(a) gu
(b) ev
(c) fv
(d) eu 

Ans. D 

33. 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, __

(a) 15
(b) 9
(c) 13
(d) 12 

Ans. C (series of prime numbers) 

34. kp , lo , mn , __

(a) nm
(b) np
(c) op
(d) pq 

Ans. A 

35. R,M,__,F,D,__

(a) I, C
(b) A, Q
(c) L, N
(d) B, Q 

Ans. A 

36. ___, ayw, gec, mki, sqo

(a) awx
(b) usq
(c) prs
(d) lmn 

Ans. B 

37. 1, 3, 4, 8, 15, 27, __

(a) 60
(b) 59
(c) 43
(d) 50 

Ans D 

38. 0, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 15, 17, 24, 26,__

(a) 45
(b) 55
(c) 35
(d) 48 

Ans. C 

39. 2, 5, 9, 19, 37,__

(a) 64
(b) 55
(c) 75
(d) 40 

Ans C 

Directions for questions 40 to 45: Select the alternative 
that logically follows form the two given statements. 

40. All scientists are fools. All fools are literates.

(a)All literates are scientists
(b) All scientists are literates
(c) No scientists are literates
(d) Both (a) and (b) are correct 

Ans. B 

41. No apple is an orange. All bananas are oranges.

(a) All apples are oranges
(b) Some apples are oranges
(c) No apple is a banana
(d) None of the above 

Ans. A 

42. All pens are elephants. Some elephants are cats.

(a) Some pens are cats
(b) No pens are cats
(c) All pens are cats
(d) None of the above 

Ans. D 

43. All shares are debentures.No debentures are deposits.

(a) All shares are deposits
(b) Some shares are deposits
(c) No shares are deposits
(d) None of the above 

Ans. C 

44. Many fathers are brothers. All brothers are priests.

(a) No father is a priest
(b) Many fathers are not priests
(c) Many fathers are priests
(d) Both (b) and (c) 

Ans. B 

45. Some green are blue. No blue are white.

(a) No green are white
(b) Some green are white
(c) No green are white
(d) None of the above 

Ans. B 

46. If the word "CODING" is represented as DPEJOH , then 
the word "CURFEW" can be represented?

(a) dvsgfx
(b) dvshfx
(c) dgshfx
(d) dtsgfy 

Ans. A 

47. If in a certain code "RANGE" is coded as 12345 
and "RANDOM" is coded as 123678, then the code for the 
word "MANGO" would be

(a) 82357
(b) 84563
(c) 82346
(d) 82543 

Ans. D 

Directions for questions 48-50:The questions are based on 
the following data 

In a class of 150 students 55 speak English;85 speak Telugu 
and 30 speak neither English nor Telugu 

48. How many speak both English and Telugu?

(a) 10
(b) 15
(c) 20
(d) 12 

Ans. C 

49.How many speak only Telugu?

(a) 55
(b) 45
(c) 65
(d) none of the above 

Ans.C 

50.How many speak at least one of the two languages?

(a) 120
(b) 100
(c) 250
(d) 50 

Ans. A

Refer R.S Agarwal books for more questions of the same kind
Verbal -- Page 254 problems 53 to56
                246 eg.2
                Page 104 Exercise.3a (Series Questions)
                Page 354-355 8,13,
                Page 115

Nonverbal -- Pages 5,41,54,108,145,158 
 
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