Logical reasoning: Sample test

1. Look at this series: 8, 43, 11, 41, __, 39, 17, . . . What number should fill the blank? A] 8 B] 14 C] 43 D] 44 (Correct choice: B) 2. Look at this series: 0.15, 0.3, __, 1.2, 2.4, . . . What number should fill the blank? A] 4.8 B] 0.006 C] 0.6 D] 0.9 (Correct choice: C) For questions 3 and 4, answer from among the four choices given below: A] Only conclusion I follows B] Only conclusion II follows C] Either I or II follows D] Neither I nor II follows 3. Some queens are kings. All kings are handsome. I) Some queens are handsome II) All kings are queens (Correct answer: A) 4. All flowers have scent. All fruits have scent. I) Some fruits are flowers II) No fruit is a flower (Correct answer: C) 5. P, Q, R and S volunteered to be the class monitors for the period of four days when Ms. Swamy would be on leave. One student monitors a day each, beginning Monday and up to the Thursday that follows. They are scheduled to work in alphabetical sequence; P taking

the duty on Monday. But Q wishes to switch with R and in that case R would prefer Ps position instead. P would agree only if she then got to work in place of S. If agreed upon, which day would S now work on? A] Monday B] Wednesday C] Tuesday D] Thursday (Correct answer: C)

6. Four friends went to a restaurant and saw a lady they all liked. Only, they had consumed way too much alcohol to remember the details the next morning. Each of them wrote down one description each (as given below), in trying to figure out how exactly she looked. Which of these is most probably correct? A] She was middle-aged, tall, thin and had a round face B] She was middle-aged, medium height, thin and had a round face C] She was very young, medium height, thin and had an oval face D] She was middle-aged, short, thin and had a square face (Correct answer: B) Answer to questions 7 and 8 from among the following choices: 7. M and N are two integers. Consider the following conditions: I] M(N2-3) is an even integer II] (M-1)3 is an odd integer. For M to be an even integer A] B] C] D] I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient II alone is sufficient while I alone is not sufficient Neither I nor II is sufficient Both I and II are required

(Correct answer: B) 8. Consider the following statements: I] X is the only daughter of B, who is As husband II] There can be only one person who will refer to A as her mother-in-law For the person A to have only one child

A] I alone is sufficient while II alone is not sufficient B] II alone is sufficient while I alone is not sufficient C] Neither I nor II is sufficient D] Both I and II are required (Correct answer: B) Read the following description to answer questions 9 and 10. A,B,C,D,E,F,G and H are journeying towards three different cities; Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore. They are using three different modes of transportation; train, bus and flight. At least two persons are travelling in each mode of transport. And out of the three females in the group, there is one in each mode. C is travelling with B. E, a male, is travelling with only H and they are not travelling to Delhi. A is travelling in the train to Bangalore. D is sister of A and travels by the flight. F and C travel together. G does not travel to Delhi. 9. Using which mode of transport are four members travelling? A] None B] Train C] Flight D] Bus or flight (Correct answer: C) 10. Which of the following combinations represents the three female members? A] BDH B] GDH C] ADH D] ] Cannot be determined (Correct answer: C)

Probability: Sample test

1. The probability that train A meets with an accident is 0.001 and the probability that train B meets with an accident is 0.002. The probability that both of them meet with accidents, is 0.0005. The probability that neither of them meets with an accident is

A] 0.9965

B] 0..9985

C] 0.0035

D] 0.9975

(Correct choice: D) 2. Eight Business Analytics firms F1 ,..., F8 are competing to win the contract for a project. One and only one of them is sure to win the contract. The probability that Fi wins the contract is ix for some x , i 1,...,8 . The probability that F3 wins the contract is A]
1 8

B]

1 1 C] 36 12

D]

1 24

(Correct choice: C) 3. If the conglomerate Mega-enterprise buys the firm Small-fry then the share price of Small-fry goes up with a probability 0.7. The chances that Megaenterprise buys the Small-fry are 30%. What is the probability that Megaenterprise buys Small-fry and the share price of Small-fry does not go up is A] 0.09 B] 0.21 C] 0.49 D] 0.4 (Correct choice: A)

4. An instrument has 3 components which work independently. The instrument functions if at least one component works. The reliabilities of the three components are 0.6, 0.7 and 0.4 respectively. The probability that the instrument functions is A] 0.168 B] 0.5 C] 0.972 D] 0.928

(Correct choice: D) 5. A person can appear at a competitive examination for at most 5 times. The probability of success in each attempt is 0.4 and is independent of success in other attempts. The probability that he succeeds is

A] (0.4) 5

B] (0.6) 5 C] 1 (0.4) 5

D] 1 (0.6) 5

(Correct choice: D) Given below is the information for questions 6 -7. The available labor force is Men Skilled 48 Unskilled 112

Women 46 94

6. If a person in the labor force is chosen at random, the probability that the person is skilled is A]
48 46 112 94

B]

48 46 94 C] 112 94 300

D] none of the above

(Correct choice: C) 7. A person in the labor force is chosen randomly and is found to be skilled. The probability that the chosen person is a man is A]
48 112

B]

48 94

C]

48 206

D] none of the above

(Correct choice: B)

8. A memory-leak detector is designed to signal if there is a memory leak. The probability assignment for the status of the program and the response of the memory-leak detector is as follows:

Memory-leak No memory-leak

Signal 0.04 0.01

No signal 0.02 0.93

If the memory-leak detector signals a memory leak, the conditional probability that there is really a memory leak is A] 0.8 B]
2 C] 0.04 3

D] cannot be determined from the given

information (Correct choice: A) 9. There are four letters addressed four different persons and there are four envelopes each having the address of a separate person among them. If the letters are distributed at random to the envelopes, what is the probability that at least one of them goes to the wrong envelope is. A]
1 24

B]

C]

D]

(Correct choice: B) 10.If a sample space has 5 sample points, then the total number of events corresponding to this sample space is A] 5 B] 25 C] 32 D] 31 (Correct choice: C)
Statistics: Sample test Please answer questions 1-4 based on the following information. A batsman scored the following runs in past 10 ODI innings he has played. 130, 86, 55, 75, 12, 92, 1, 67, 53, 55

1.

The mean of the 10 innings is A] 64.5 B] 63.6 C] 62.6 D] 63.5 The median of the 10 innings is A] 71 B] 61 C] 67 D] 55 It was found that one score of 13 runs was wrongly recorded as 130. After making the correction, the mean of his runs is A] 49.6 B] 62.6 C] 50.9 D] 63.9 After making the correction as per Question 3, the median is A] 71 B] 61 C] 67 D] 55 (Correct choices: C, B, C, D)

2.

3.

4.

5.

The arithmetic mean of prices of 10 types of ice-cream candies is Rs. 13.46. If the price of each candy type is increased by 2 rupees, the mean of the resulting prices would be A] Increased by 2 B] Increased by 0.2 C] Increased by 20 D] Increased by 5 (Correct choice: A)

6.

If the standard deviation of the numbers 10, 12, 7, 3, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 13, 15, 7, 9, 14, 2 is a constant K (say), then the standard deviation of numbers 15, 17, 12, 8, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 18, 20, 12, 14, 19, 7 is A] K+2 B] 2K C] K D] K1/2

(Correct choice: C) 7. If standard deviation of n observations a1, a2, a3,, an is , then the standard deviation of the set of observations a1, a2, a3,, an is given by A] B] - C] l l D] (Correct choice: C)

Please answer questions 8 and 9 based on following instructions For the descriptions of data given below, classify each of the datasets into one of A. Discrete data B. Continuous data C.A mix of qualitative and quantitative Qualitative data 8. 9. Data recording the number of road accidents in a city, on a day-to-day basis Data recording the hourly temperature of a town (Correct choices: A, B)

D.

10. There are 20 boys and 25 girls in a 2nd grade class. The arithmetic mean of weights of the 20 boys is 15 kgs. and that for the 25 girls is 12 kgs. Suppose 5 new boys weighing 13 kgs on average joined the class, the resultant arithmetic mean of all the students in the given class would be

A] 13

1 kgs. 3

B] 13.3 kgs.

C] 14

3 kgs. 5

D] 14.5 kgs.

(Correct choice: B)

Data interpretation: Sample test

Answer questions 1-3 based on the two graphs below. Chart 1: This graph indicates the number of copies of magazine M, printed over a period of six months

Number of copies printed

50,000 45,000 40,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 January February March April May June

Chart 2: This graph depicts the advertising revenues from the online version of magazine M and its printed version, for the period of same six months as above

June May April March February January Advertising Revenue from online version Advertising Revenue from printed version

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

1. Which of the following can be correctly deduced from the data? (Select ALL that apply) A] The total number of magazines M printed over the given 6 month period, was less than 200,000 B] In May, approximately 28,000 copies of magazine M were sold C] The average (arithmetic mean) monthly number of copies of M printed in this period, was less than 30,000 D] For the print version, the advertising revenue per magazine in May, was greater than the advertising revenue per magazine in April. (Correct answers:A,C)

2. If in May, each printed copy of the magazine had a production cost of $.50, which of the following is closest to the fraction of the production costs that were covered by the advertising revenues from the print version? A] 0.57

B] 0.54 C] 0.31 D] 0.80 (Correct answer: A)

3. During the six-month period shown, the median number of copies printed per month is the closest to, A] 28,000 B] 29,000 C] 30,000 D] 35,000 (Correct answer: B) Answer questions 4-6 based on the following tableDirection for Question (6-10) Table 1: Expenditures of a Company (in Lakh Rupees) per Annum, over the given Years Item of Expenditure Year Salary 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 288 342 324 336 420 Fuel and Transport 98 112 101 133 142 Bonus 3.00 2.52 3.84 3.68 3.96 Interest on Loans 23.4 32.5 41.6 36.4 49.4 Taxes 83 108 74 88 98

4. What is the average amount of interest per year, which the company had to pay during this period? A] Rs. 32.43 lakhs B] Rs. 33.72 lakhs C] Rs. 34.18 lakhs D] Rs. 36.66 lakhs (Correct answer: D)

5. Total expenditure on all these items in 1998 was approximately what percent of the total expenditure in 2002? A] 62% B] 66% C] 69% D] 71% (Correct answer: C) 6. What is the approximate ratio between the total expenditure on Taxes for all the years, and the total expenditure on Fuel and Transport for all the years? A] 4:7 B] 10:13 C] 15:18 D] 5:8 (Correct answer: B) Answer questions 7-10 based on the following pie chart. Chart 3: Various Expenditures (in percentage) incurred in Publishing a Book

7. hat is the central angle of the sector, corresponding to the expenditure incurred on Royalty? A] 150 B] 240 C] 540 D] 480 (Correct answer: C)

8. The price of the book is marked 20% above the C.P. If the marked price of the book is Rs. 180, then what is the cost of the paper used in a single copy of the book? A] Rs. 36 B] Rs. 37.50 C] Rs. 42 D] Rs. 44.25 (Correct answer: B)

9. If 5500 copies are published and the transportation cost on them amounts to Rs. 82500, then what should be the selling price of the book so that the publisher can earn a profit of 25%? A] Rs. 187.50 B] Rs. 191.50 C] Rs. 175 D] Rs. 180 (Correct answer: A) 10. Royalty on the book is less than the printing cost by A] 5% B] 331% C] 20% D] 25% (Correct answer: D)