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PART-C
NUMERICAL APTITUDE
101. A reduction of 20% in the price of an apple
enables a man to buy 10 apples more for Rs.
54. The reduced price of apple per dozen is
(A) Rs. 4.32 (B) Rs. 12.96
(C) Rs. 10.80 (D) Rs. 14.40
102. Price of a commodity has increased by 60%.
By what per cent must a consumer reduce
the consumption of the commodity so as not
to increase the expenditure?
(A) 37 (B) 37.5
(C) 40.5 (D) 60
103. The cost of an apple is twice that of a banana
and the cost of a banana is 25% less than
that of a guava. If the cost of each type of
fruit increase by 10%, then the percentage
increase in cost of 4 bananas, 2 apples and
3 guavas is
(A) 10% (B) 12%
(C) 16% (D) 18%
104. Walking
6
7
th of his usual sped, a man is 12
minutes too late. The usual time taken by
him to cover that distance is
(A) 1 hour
(B) 1 hour 12 minutes
(C) 1 hour 15 minutes
(D) 1 hour 20 minutes
105. If I walk at 5 km/hour, I miss a train by 7
minutes. If, however, I walk at 6 km/hour, I
reach the station 5 minutes before the
departure of the train. The distance (in km)
between my house and the station is
(A) 6 (B) 5
(C) 4 (D) 3
106. Rs. 800 becomes Rs. 956 in 3 years at a
certain rate of simple interest. If the rate of
interest is increased by 4%, what amount
will Rs. 800 become in 3 years?
(A) Rs. 1020.80 (B) Rs. 1025
(C) Rs. 1052 (D) Rs. 1050
107. Simple interest on a certain sum is
16
25
of the
sum. The rate per cent if the rate per cent
and time (in years) are equal, is
(A) 6% (B) 8%
(C) 10% (D) 12%
108. If the difference between S.I. and C.I. for 2
years on a sum of money lent at 5% is Rs. 6,
then the sum is
(A) Rs. 2200 (B) Rs. 2400
(C) Rs. 2600 (D) Rs. 2000
109. A hemisphere and a cone have equal bases.
If their heights are also equal, the ratio of
their curved surface will be
(A)
1: 2
(B)
2:1
(C) 1 : 2 (D) 2 : 1
110. If x =
5+1
5-1
, then, the value of 5x
2
5x1 is
(A) 0 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 5
111. When 2
23
is divided by 10, the remainder
will be
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 8
112. The value of
3
3
1
3+
1
3+
3
is
(A)
40
11
(B)
43
11
(C)
46
11
(D)
41
11
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113. Find the unit digit in the product (4387)
245

(621)
72
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 5 (D) 7
114. If
2
= 1.4142 find the value of
1 1
2 2+ 2+ +
2+ 2 2-2
(A) 1.4144
(B) 2.8284
(C) 28.284
(D) 2.4142
115. If X * Y = Y
2
+ Y
2
XY then 11 * 13 is
(A) 117 (B) 147
(C) 290 (D) 433
116. The value of
3
3
(3.2) -0.008
(3.2) +0.64+0.04
is
(A) 0 (B) 2.994
(C) 3.208 (D) 3
117. If
1
3
a
= 11, then the value of a
2
33ia is
(A) 1331331 (B) 1331000
(C) 1334331 (D) 1330030
118. If
x 32
a+ =
961 31
, then the value of x is
(A) 63 (B) 61
(C) 65 (D) 64
119. If a and b are odd numbers, then which of
the following is even?
(A) a + b + ab (B) a + b 1
(C) a + b + 1 (D) a + b + 2ab
120. 2
16
1 is divisible by
(A) 11 (B) 13
(C) 17 (D) 19
121.The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 12
and 924 respectively. Then the number of
such pairs is
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 2 (D) 3
122. What is the least number which, when
divided by 4, 6, 7, 8 gives the remainder 3
but is divisible by 9 ?
(A) 1463 (B) 1573
(C) 1683 (D) 1793
123. Three numbers are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. The
sum of the largest and the smallest equals
the sum of the second and 52. The smallest
number is
(A) 20 (B) 27
(C) 39 (D) 52
124. If the radius of a circle is increased by 50%,
its area is increased by
(A) 125% (B) 100%
(C) 75% (D) 50%
125. A and B working separately can do a piece
of work in 9 and 12 days respectively. If the
work for a day alternately with a beginning,
the work would be completed in
(A)
2
10
3
days (B)
1
10
2
days
(C)
1
10
4
days (D)
1
10
3
days
126. A and B together can do a work in 10 days. B
and C together can do the same work in 6
days. A and C together can do the work in
12 days. Then A, B and C together can do
the work in
(A) 28 days (B) 14 days
(C)
5
5
7
days (D)
2
8
7
days
127. A does half as much work as B in three-
fourth of the time. If together they take 18
days to complete a work, how much time
shall B take to do it alone?
(A) 30 days (B) 35 days
(C) 40 days (D) 45 days
128. If a wire is bent into the shape of a square,
then the area of the square so formed is
81cm
2
. When the wire is rebent into a
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semicircular shape, then the area (in cm
2
) of
the semicircle will be (
2
Take =
7
)
(A) 22 (B) 44
(C) 77 (D) 154
129. Marbles a diameter 1.4 cm are dropped into
a cylindrical beaker containing some water
and are fully submerged. The diameter of
the beaker is 7 cm. Find how many marbles
have been dropped in it if the water rises by
5.6 cm.
(A) 50 (B) 150
(C) 250 (D) 350
130. Water is flowing at the rate of 3km/hr
through a circular pipe of 20 cm internal
diameter into a circular cistern of diameter
10m and depth 2 m. In how much time will
the cistern be filled?
(A) 1 hr (B) 1 hr 40 mins
(C) 1 hr 20 mins (D) 2 hr s 40 mins
131. A bicycle wheel makes 5000 revolution in
moving 11 km. The diameter of the wheel, in
cm, is
(A) 35 (B) 55
(C) 65 (D) 70
132. At each corner of a triangular field of sides
26 m, 28 m and 30 m, a cow is tethered by a
rope of length 7 m. The area (in m
2
) unglazed
by the cows is
(A) 336 (B) 259
(C) 154 (D) 77
133. A shopkeeper allows 23% commission on
his advertised price and still makes a profit
of 10%. If he gains Rs. 56 on one item, his
advertised price of the item, in Rs. is
(A) 820 (B) 780
(C) 790 (D) 800
134. The single discount equal to three
consecutive discounts of 10%, 12% and 5%
is
(A) 26.27% (B) 24.76%
(C) 9% (D) 11%
135. If x : y = 5 : 6, then (3x
2
2y
2
) : (y
2
x
2
) is
(A) 7 : 6 (B) 11 : 3
(C) 3 : 11 (D) 6 : 7
136. An alloy contains copper, zinc and nickel
in the ratio of 5 : 3 : 2. The quantity of nickel
in kg that must be added to 100 kg of this
alloy to have the new ratio 5 : 2 : 3, is
(A) 8 (B) 10
(C) 12 (D) 15
137. The ratio of the ages of Ram and Rahim 10
years ago was 1 : 3. The ratio of the their
ages five years hence will be 2 : 3. Then the
ratio of the their present ages is
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 3 : 5
(C) 3 : 4 (D) 2 : 5
138. The incomes of A, B and C are in the ratio
7: 9 : 12 and their spending are in the ratio 8
: 9 : 15. If A saves
1
4
th of his income, then the
saving of A, B and C are in the ratio of
(A) 69 : 56 : 48 (B) 47 : 74: 99
(C) 37 : 72: 49 (D) 56 : 99 : 69
139. Out of 4 numbers, whose average is 60, the
first one is one-fourth of the sum of the last
three. The first number is
(A) 15 (B) 45
(C) 48 (D) 60
140. The average of 25 observations is 13. It was
later found that an observation 73 was
wrongly entered as 48. The new average is
(A) 12.6 (B) 14
(C) 15 (D) 13.8
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141. If the cost price of 10 articles is equal to the
selling price of 8 articles, then gain per cent
is
(A) 10% (B) 8%
(C) 50% (D) 25%
142. An article is marked 40% above the cost price
and discount of 30% is allowed. What is the
gain or loss percentage?
(A) 10 % gain
(B) 5% gain
(C) 2% loss
(D) 12% loss
143. A main bought oranges at the rate of 8 for
Rs. 34 and sold them at the rate of 12 for Rs.
57. How many oranges should be sold to
earn a net profit or Rs. 45?
(A) 90 (B) 100
(C) 135 (D) 150
144. A man sells two articles for Rs. 5000 each
neither losing nor gaining in the deal. If he
sold of them at a gain of 25%, the other article
is sold at a loss of
(A)
2
15 %
3
(B)
2
16 %
3
(C)
1
17 %
3
(D)
1
18 %
3
145. By selling an article for Rs. 144, a person
gained such that the percentage gain equals
the cost price of the article. The cost price of
the article is
(A) Rs. 90 (B) Rs. 80
(C) Rs. 75 (D) Rs. 60
146. The average age of 11 players of a cricket
team is increased by 2 months when two of
them aged 18 years and 20 years are replaced
by two new players. The average age of the
new players is
(A) 19 years 1 month
(B) 19 years 6 month
(C) 19 years 11 month
(D) 19 years 5 month
The following graph shows the production of
wheat flour (in 1000 tonnes) by three companies
X, Y and Z over the years. Study the graph and
answer Question Nos. 147 to 150.
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147. What is the different between the production
of company Z in 2004 and company Y in
2000 (in thousand tonnes)?
(A) 2000 (B) 200
(C) 20 (D) 100
148. What is the ratio of the average production
of Company X in the period 2002-2004 to
the average production of company Y in the
same period?
(A) 1 : 1 (B) 15 : 17
(C) 23 : 25 (D) 27 : 29
149. What is the percentage increase in the
production of company Y from 2002 to
2003?
(A)
2
14
7
(B)
6
16
7
(C) 25 (D) 40
150. The average production for five years was
maximum for which company?
(A) X and Z both (B) Y
(C) Z (D) X and Y both
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101. (b) 102. (b) 103. (a) 104. (b) 105 (a) 106 (c) 107 (b) 108 (b) 109 (b) 110 (c)
111 (a) 112 (b) 113 (d) 114 (b) 115 (b) 116 (d) 117 (b) 118 (a) 119 (d) 120 (c)
121 (c) 122 (c) 123 (c) 124 (c) 125 (c) 126 (c) 127 (a) 128 (c) 129 (b) 130 (b)
131 (d) 132 (b) 133 (d) 134 (b) 135 (c) 136 (b) 137 (b) 138 (d) 139 (c) 140 (b)
141 (d) 142 (c) 143 (a) 144 (b) 145 (b) 146 (c) 147 (d) 148 (c) 149 (a) 150 (a)
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