SDM CET, TAPS Test 240306

Instructions:
1. Do not start answering till you are instructed to do so
2. Answers should be marked in the question paper itself
3. Do not use calculators
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Analytical

1. If x + y = 3 and y/x= 2 then y = ?

(a) 0 (b) (c) 1 (d) 3/2 (e) 2

2. How many squares with sides 1/2 inch long are needed to cover a rectangle that is 4 ft long and
6 ft wide
(a) 24 (b) 96 (c) 3456 (d) 13824 (e) 14266

3. If a=2/3b, b=2/3c, and c=2/3d, what part of d is b

(a) 8/27 (b) 4/9 (c) 2/3 (d) 75%(e) 4/3

4. Successive discounts of 20% and 15% are equal to a single discount of

(a) 30%(b) 32% (c) 34% (d) 35% (e) 36

5. The petrol tank of an automobile can hold g liters. If a liters was removed when the tank
was full, what part of the full tank was removed?
(a)g-a (b)g/a (c) a/g (d) (g-a)/a (e) (g-a)/g

6.If x/y=4 and y is not '0' what % of x is 2x-y

(a)150% (b)175% (c)200% (d)250%

7.If 2x-y=4 then 6x-3y=?

(a)15 (b)12 (c)18 (d)10

8.If x=y=2z and xyz=256 then what is the value of x?

(a)12 (b)8 (c)16 (d)6

9. (1/10)18 - (1/10)20 =?
(a) 99/1020 (b) 99/10 (c) 0.9 (d) none of these

10. Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins and Pipe C can empty the same in 40
mins. If all of them work together, find the time taken to fill the tank
(a) 17 1/7 mins (b) 20 mins (c) 8 mins (d) none of these

11. Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day.How many hour a day
should 40 men work to complete the job?
(a) 8 hrs (b) 7 1/2 hrs (c) 7 hrs (d) 9 hrs

12. A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms downstream in 4 hrs. Find the speed of
the boat in still water and the speed of the water current?
(a) 1/2 kmph (b) 7/14 kmph (c) 5 kmph (d) 7/12 kmph

13. A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side 12m by a rope 7m long.Find the area it can
graze?
(a) 38.5 sq.m (b) 155 sq.m (c) 144 sq.m (d) 19.25 sq.m

14. Javagal, who decided to go to weekend trip should not exceed 8 hours driving in a day.
The average speed of forward journey is 40 miles/hr. Due to traffic on sundays, the
return journey's average speed is 30 m/h. How far he can select a picnic spot?
a) 120 miles b) between 120 and 140 miles c) 160 miles
d) More than 160 miles

15. A person was fined for exceeding the speed limit by 10 mph. Another person was also
fined for exceeding the same speed limit by twice the same. If the second person was
travelling at a speed of 35 mph, find the speed limit.
a) 20 mph b) 10 mph c) 25 mph d) 15 mph

16. In a mixture, R is 2 parts and S is 1 part. In order to make S to 25% of the mixture, how
much of R is to be added?
a) 1 part of R b) 2 parts of R 3) 1.5 parts of R
d) None of these

17. There are two trees in a lawn. One grows at a rate 3/5 of the other in 4 years. If the total
growth of trees is 8 ft. What is the height of the smaller tree after 2 years?
a) 1 feet b) 1 feet c) 1 feet d) 1 3/5 feet

18. If A is travelling at 72 km per hour on a highway. B is travelling at a speed of 25 meters

per second on a highway. What is the difference in their speeds in m/sec.?
a) 10 m/sec b) 2 m/sec c) 1 m/sec d) None of these

19. The lowest temperature in the night in a city A is 1/3 more than 1/2 the highest during
the day. Sum of the lowest temperature and the highest temperature is 100 degrees. Then
what is the low temp?
a) 25 degrees b) 30 degrees c) 35 degrees d) 40 degrees

20. A car is filled with four and half gallons of fuel for a round trip. If the amount of fuel
taken while going is 1/4 more than the amount taken for coming, what is the amount of
fuel consumed while coming back?
a) 1 gallon b) 1 gallons c) 2 gallons d) 2 gallons

Directions: Answer the questions given below the passage or statement as true, false or
can't say.
My father has no brothers. He has three sisters who have two children each.

21. My grandfather has two sons.

22. Three of my aunts have two sons

23. My father is only child to his father

24. I have six cousins from my mother side

25. I have one uncle