GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Lunar eclipse happens when 6. Difference of the longitudes of two

(A) The Sun comes between the places on the earth is 15q. What will be
Moon and the Earth the difference in its local time ?
(B) The Moon comes between the (A) No difference (B) 1 hour
Earth and the Sun (C) 2 hours (D) 15 hours
(C) The Earth comes between the 7. Air exerts pressure
Moon and the Sun (A) Only downward
(D) The Mars comes between the (B) Only upward
Earth and the Moon (C) In all directions
2. The flash of lightning is seen before (D) None
hearing its thunder because 8. Which of the following is only a star ?
(A) Thunder is more near than roaring (A) Moon (B) Venus
(B) The light can pass through vacuum (C) Earth (D) Sun
(C) Speed of light is more than speed 9. Water that does not make foam
of sound quickly with soap is
(D) Speed of sound is more than (A) Soft water (B) Natural water
speed of light (C) Mineral water (D) Hard water
3. In photosynthesis, which of the 10. Which part chiefly carries blood
following is released by green plants ? from different parts of our body to the
(A) Oxygen (B) Nitrogen heart ?
(A) Nerves (B) Arteries
(C) Water-vapour (D) Carbon-dioxide (C) Veins (D) All of these
4. Freely suspended magnetic needle 11. According to which Article of
stands in which direction ? the Indian Constitution, Jammu &
(A) North-west direction Kashmir has been accorded special
(B) North-south direction status ?
(C) North-east direction (A) 368 (B) 370
(D) South-west direction (C) 371 (D) 356
5. How far the axis of the earth is 12. Dudhwa National Park is located in
inclined to its orbital surface ? (A) Uttar Pradesh
1 1 (B) Uttarakhand
(A) 23 (B) 66 (C) Madhya Pradesh
2 2
(C) 180° (D) It is not inclined (D) Himachal Pradesh
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 13. Thein Dam has been constructed 22. Electroplating does not help
on the river (A) Give fine finish to the surface
(A) Sutlej (B) Beas (B) Give shining appearance
(C) Ravi (D) Alaknanda (C) The metal to become hard
14. I.S.R.O. stands for (D)Protect the metal against corrosion
(A) Indian Scientific Research 23. In the microphone used for Public
Organisation Address System,
(B) International Safety Research (A) Sound waves are converted into
Organisation electric signals
(C) International Satellite Research (B) Sound waves are directly
Organisation transmitted
(D) Indian Space Research (C) Electric signals are first converted
Organisation into sound waves
15. Diabetes is a disease affecting (D)Amplification is not required at all
(A) Pancreas (B) Liver 24. When rain falls through a cold
(C) Heart (D) Lungs layer of air near the earth's surface, rain
16. Lightning conductor was drops get frozen into ice. This type of
discovered by precipitation is called
(A) Graham Bell (A) Sleet (B) Hail
(B) Lord Lister (C) Snowfall (D)Ice crystals
(C) Benjamin Franklin 25. The hardest substance known is
(D) Albert Einstein (A) Diamond (B) Steel
17. Width of Broad Gauge Track in (C) Platinum (D)Tungsten
the Indian Railways is 26. In summer, sometimes the bicycle
(A) 1000 mm (B) 1676 mm tube bursts because inside the tube
(C) 862 mm (D) 1500 mm (A) Weight of the air increases
18. ‘‘Pongal’’ festival is celebrated in (B) Pressure of the air increases
the month of (C) Pressure of the air decreases
(D)Volume of the air decreases
(A) March (B) September
27. Which is the appropriate
(C) October (D) January technology to be adopted for rural
19. ‘Manometer’ is the instrument used electrification and cooking ?
to measure (A) Electricity
(A) Pressure of gases (B) Nuclear energy
(B) Velocity of sound (C) Tidal energy
(C) Humidity of atmosphere (D)Bio-gas
(D) Density of liquids 28. What is gene ?
20. Indian Railways manufactures (A) A medicine to overcome old age
Wheels and Axles at (B) The smallest living organism
(A) Chittaranjan (C) An elementary unit of heredity
(B) Hussainpur (Punjab) (D)None of these
(C) Yelahanka (Bengaluru) 29. The clear sky looks blue because
(D) Perambur (Chennai) of
21. A person presses the earth least (A) Reflection of light
when he is (B) Refraction of light
(A) Standing (B) Sitting (C) Diffraction of light
(C) Running (D) Lying on the ground (D)Dispersion of light
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 30. On a cold morning, a metal surface (C) Punjab, Afghanistan, Kashmir,
will feel colder to touch than a wooden parts of Sind, Rajputana and
surface because metal has North-West Frontier Province
(A) High thermal conductivity (D) All the places mentioned in (C)
and the Eastern India up to the
(B) High specific heat river Saryu
(C) Low thermal conductivity 36. The time lag between the sunrise
(D)Low specific heat in Arunachal Pradesh and Kathiawar in
31. Why is a dam built thicker at the Saurashtra (Gujarat) is approximately
top than at the bottom ? (A) Half an hour (B) One hour
(A) The pressure of liquids increases (C) Two hours (D)Three hours
with depth 37. Aryabhatta born in 5th century
AD was
(B) To give a suitable shape to the dam (A) A great Sanskrit poet
(C) To save building material (B) A great Hindu philosopher
(D)None of the above (C) An outstanding mathematician and
32. The acid used in car battery is astronomer
(A) Hydrochloric acid (D)A physician of great repute
(B) Nitric acid 38. After about a decade of his
(C) Sulphuric acid accession to the throne, Humayun was
hounded out of his Indian empire by
(D)Carbonic acid Sher Shah Suri and he remained in exile.
33. In the third century BC, a single He re-occupied the throne of Delhi after
language sufficed to bring the message a period of about
of a royal missionary to the doors of his (A) 2 years (B) 7 years
humblest subjects throughout the vast (C) 10 years (D) 15 years
subcontinent known by the name of 39. The capital of Pallava kings was
(A) Chennapattanam
Bharat Varsha. This language was (B) Mahabalipuram
(A) Magadhi (B) Pali (C) Kanchipuram
(C) Prakrit (D) Sanskrit (D) Madurai
34. The Council of Ministers in India 40. Who was the founder of the
remains in office till it enjoys the support Divine Life Society ?
of the (A) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
(A) majority of the members of Rajya (B) Swami Sivananda
(C) Swami Vivekananda
Sabha (D) Mother Teresa
(B) majority of the members of Lok
Sabha ANSWERS
(C) minority of the members of Rajya 1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (B)
Sabha 5. (A) 6. (B) 7. (A) 8. (D)
(D)minority of the members of Lok 9. (D) 10. (C) 11. (B) 12. (A)
13. (C) 14. (D) 15. (A) 16. (C)
Sabha 17. (B) 18. (D) 19. (A) 20. (C)
35. The extent of the country as 21. (D) 22. (A) 23. (A) 24. (B)
reflected in the hymns of Rigveda covers 25. (A) 26. (B) 27. (D) 28. (C)
(A) Punjab and Kashmir 29. (C) 30. (A) 31. (B) 32. (C)
(B) Punjab, Afghanistan, Kashmir and 33. (D) 34. (B) 35. (D) 36. (C)
Rajasthan 37. (C) 38. (D) 39. (C) 40. (B)
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 REASONING
41. Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F (iv)Brown is adjacent to blue.
are standing in a circle. B is standing (v) Red is in the bottom.
between F and C. A is standing between 47. Which colour is opposite brown ?
E and D. F is standing to the left of D. (A) White (B) Red
Who is standing between A and F ? (C) Green (D) Blue
(A) B (B) C (C) D (D) E 48. Which colour is opposite green ?
42. A man walks 10 m in front and (A) Black (B) White
then walks 10 m towards right. Again (C) Brown (D) Blue
turning to the left each time, he walks 49. Which three colours meet at the
5 m, 15 m and 15 m respectively. At corner of the cube ?
present, how far is he standing from the (A) Red, Black, Green
starting point ? (B) Black, White, Blue
(A) 20 m (B) 23 m (C) White, Green, Red
(C) 10 m (D) 5 m (D) Brown, White, Blue
43. Which name will come in the last 50. Kailash pointing towards an old
in a telephone directory ? man said, ‘‘His son is my son’s uncle.’’
(A) Sita How Kailash is related with the old man ?
(B) Sikand (A) Brother (B) Uncle
(C) Sarveshwar (C) Father (D) Grandfather
(D) Shyam 51. If X is the brother of the son of
44. If in the word ‘DISTURBANCE’, Y’s son, then how is X related to Y ?
the first letter is interchanged with the (A) Son (B) Brother
last letter, the second with the tenth and (C) Nephew (D) Grandson
other letters are changed accordingly, 52. If u meansy, – means u, y means
then which letter will come after ‘T’ in + and + means –, then
the new word formed ? (3 – 15 y 19) u 8 + 6 = ?
(A) I (B) S (A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) –1
(C) U (D) N 53. Arrange the following in a logical
45. In a class of 49 students, Ramesh’s order :
rank is 18th. What is his rank from the 1. College
last ? 2. Child
(A) 18 (B) 19 3. Salary
(C) 31 (D) 32 4. School
46. In the numbers from 100 to 1000, 5. Employment
how many times digit ‘1’ comes at the (A) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
ten’s place ? (B) 2, 4, 1, 5, 3
(A) 9 (B) 900 (C) 4, 1, 3, 5, 2
(C) 10 (D) 90 (D) 2, 3, 5, 1, 4
Directions (Qs. 47 to 49) : Six faces 54. Which number will come at the
of a cube are coloured black, brown, sign of interrogation (?).
green, red, white and blue :
(i) Red is in front of the black.
(ii) Green is between red and
black. (A) 63 (B) 78
(iii) Blue is adjacent to white. (C) 100 (D) 117
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 55. Day after tomor row is my Find out that word from the given
birthday. On the same day next alternatives which has the same
week is a festival. Today is Sunday. What relation to the word given at the right
will be the day just after the of the sign : :
festival ? 66. Carpenter : Saw : : Tailor : ?
(A) Tuesday (B) Sunday (A) Cloth (B) Needle
(C) Wednesday (D) Thursday (C) Sewing (D) Measurement
Directions (Qs. 56 to 60) : Find the 67. Butter : Milk : : Book : ?
missing term (?) in the series. (A) Paper (B) Chapter
56. 3, 7, 15, ?, 63, 127 (C) Printing (D) Author
(A) 30 (B) 31 68. Court : Justice : : School : ?
(C) 47 (D)52 (A) Teacher (B) Headmaster
57. 0, ?, 8, 15, 24 (C) Student (D) Education
(A) 3 (B) 1 69. Laugh : Joy : : Weep : ?
(C) 2 (D)5 (A) Baby (B) Punishment
58. 6, 12, 21, ?, 48 (C) Remorse (D) Grief
(A) 38 (B) 40 70. Patrolling : Safety : : Insurance : ?
(C) 45 (D)33 (A) Money (B) Protection
59. 7, 11, 13, 17, ?, 23, 25 (C) Policy (D) Finance
(A) 19 (B) 20 71. Study the trend in the columns
(C) 21 (D)18 given below to identify the missing
60. 2, 8, 14, 24, 34, 48, ? number :
(A) 58 (B) 62 6 8 15
(C) 64 (D)66 3 2 5
Directions (Qs. 61 to 65) : Find the 4 3 ?
odd one out : 8 12 9
61. Beer, Cola–drink, Soda water, Milk (A) 2 (B) 11
(A) Beer (B) Cola-drink (C) 3 (D) 6
(C) Soda water (D) Milk 72. If in a code language PAINT is
62. Snake, Lizard, Whale fish, written as 74128 and EXCEL as 93596,
Crocodile then how ACCEPT will be written in
(A) Snake (B) Lizard that language ?
(C) Whale fish (D) Crocodile (A) 455978 (B) 544978
63. Ranchi, Bhopal, Nagpur, (C) 554978 (D) 733961
Bangalore 73. If REASON is coded as 5 and
(A) Ranchi (B) Bhopal BELIEVED as 7, then what is the code
(C) Nagpur (D) Bengaluru for GOVERNMENT ?
64. 1236, 2346, 3456, 4566, 5686 (A) 10 (B) 9
(A) 2346 (B) 5686 (C) 8 (D) 6
(C) 4566 (D) 1236 74. If in a language, eraser is called
65. Fingers, Palm, Wrist, Knee box, box is called pencil, pencil is called
(A) Fingers (B) Palm sharpener and sharpener is called bag,
(C) Wrist (D) Knee then with what a child will write ?
Directions (Qs. 66 to 70) : Three (A) Eraser
words are given in each of these (B) Box
questions. First two words to the (C) Pencil
left of the sign : : are related in a way. (D) Sharpener
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 75. If in a language, finger is called 79. The person travelling to Delhi
toe, toe is called foot, foot is called went by which transport ?
thumb, thumb is called ankle, ankle is (A) Bus (B) Train
called palm and palm is called knee, then (C) Aeroplane (D) Car
what an illiterate man will put to mark 80. Who travelled to Delhi ?
his signatures ? (A) P (B) S
(A) Thumb (B) Ankle (C) T (D) Data inadequate
(C) Knee (D) Toe
Directions (Qs. 76 to 80) : Read ANSWERS
the following information carefully 41. (C) : F
to answer these questions :
(i) Five friends P, Q, R, S and D B
T travelled to five different
cities—Chennai, Kolkata,
Delhi, Bengalur u and
Hyderabad, by five different
modes of transpor t—Bus, A
Train, Aeroplane, Car and Boat C
from Mumbai. E
(ii) The person who travelled to 42. (D) : 15
Delhi did not travel by boat.
(iii) R went to Bengaluru by car
and Q went to Kolkata by 5
aeroplane.
(iv) S travelled by boat whereas T 10
travelled by train.
(v) Mumbai is not connected by 15
bus to Delhi and Chennai. 10
76. Which of the following
combinations of persons and modes of
transport is not correct ? 5
(A) P-Bus End Start
(B) Q-Aeroplane
(C) R-Car 43. (A)
(D) T-Boat 44. (B) : E C N A B R U T S I D
77. Which of the following 45. (D)
destinations is correct for ‘S’ ? 46. (D) : 110 to 119 — 10 times
(A) Chennai (B) Kolkata 210 to 219 — 10 times
(C) Delhi (D) Data inadequate ’’ ’’
78. Which of the following ’’ ’’
combinations of places and modes of ’’ ’’
transport is not correct ? 910 to 919 — 10 times
(A) Delhi – Bus 47. (A) : White is opposite Brown.
(B) Kolkata – Aeroplane Red is opposite Black
(C) Hyderabad – Bus Blue is opposite Green
(D) Bangalore – Car 48. (D) 49. (B & C) 50. (C) 51. (D)
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52. (C) : (3 – 15 y 19) u 8 + 6 64. (B) : First three numbers must be
= (3 u 15 + 19) y 8 – 6 consecutive.
= (45 + 19) y 8 – 6 65. (D) : All others are two in number.
= 64 y 8 – 6 = 8 – 6 = 2 The fingers are 10 in number.
53. (B) 66. (B) 67. (A) 68. (D) 69. (D)
54. (B) : 9 u 10 – 4 u 8 = 90 – 32 70. (B)
= 58
15 u 10 – 9 u 8 = 150 – 72 71. (C) :
= 78
55. (C)
56. (B) : The sequence in the given
5
series is +4, +8, +16, +32,
72. (A)
+64.
57. (A) : The sequence in the given 73. (B) : No. of letters in the word
series is +3, +5, +7, +9. minus 1.
58. (D) : The sequence in the given 74. (D) 75. (B)
series is +6, +9, +12, +15. 76. (D) : Per- Cities Modes of
59. (A) : The sequence in the given series sons Visited Transport
is +4, +2, +4, +2, +4, +2. P Hyderabad Bus
60. (B) : The sequence in the given Q Kolkata Aeroplane
series is +6, +6, +10, +10, R Bengaluru Car
+14, +14. S Chennai Boat
61. (D) 62. (C) T Delhi Train
63. (C) : All others are capital cities. 77. (A) 78. (A) 79. (B) 80. (C)

ARITHMETIC
81. A person wants to travel a distance 83. Radius of a wheel is 0.25 m. How
of 50 km by his bicycle. He travels with many rounds will it take to complete the
the speed of 12.5 km/hr. After every distance of 11 km ?
12.5 km, he takes a rest for 20 minutes. (A) 2800 (B) 7000
How much time will he take to complete (C) 4000 (D) 5500
the whole distance ?
(A) 4 hours 20 minutes 84. A person crosses a 600 m long
(B) 5 hours 20 minutes street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in
(C) 5 hours km per hour ?
(D) 6 hours (A) 7.2 (B) 3.6
82. A and B walk on a circular path (C) 10 (D) 8.4
whose circumference is 35 km. They start 85. At present, average age of Ashok
walking from the same place in the same and Pradeep is 4 : 3. After six years
direction and at the same time. Speed of Ashok’s age will be 26 years. What is the
‘A’ is 4 km per hour and speed of ‘B’ is age of Pradeep at present ?
5 km per hour. After how much time will (A) 12 years (B) 15 years
they meet again ?
(A) 15 hours (B) 21 hours 1
(C) 19 years (D) 21 years
(C) 35 hours (D) 42 hours 2
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 86. How many cubes of 10 cm edge 95. Which of the following fractions
can be put in a cubic box of 1 m edge ? is the smallest ?
(A) 10 (B) 100 11 9 3 5
(C) 1000 (D) 10000 (A) (B) (C) (D)
87. ‘A’ can run a kilometre in 4 minutes 13 11 4 7
54 seconds and ‘B’ can run this distance 96. In an examination, a student
in 5 minutes. How many metres ahead of
‘A’ should ‘B’ stand at the start of the 1 km was asked to find of a certain
race so that both of them reach the finish
point together ? number. By mistake, he found of
(A) 20 metres (B) 16 metres
(C) 18 metres (D) 14.5 metres that number. His answer was 150 more
88. A man has some hens and cows. than the correct answer. The number
If the number of heads be 48 and is
number of feet equals 140, then the (A) 180 (B) 240 (C) 280 (D) 290
number of hens will be 97. 0.9 = ?
(A) 22 (B) 23 (C) 24 (D) 26
89. By selling 12 oranges for a rupee, a (A) 0.3 (B) 0.94 (C) 0.03 (D) 0.33
man loses 20%. How many for a rupee 98. Price of a commodity is reduced by
should he sell to get a gain of 20% ? 10%. To bring it to the original price, what
(A) 5 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 15 should be the increase in the new price ?
90. How many times a day, are the 1
hands of a clock in straight line but (A) 10% (B) 9 %
11
opposite in direction ? 1
(A) 24 (B) 20 (C) 22 (D) 48 (C) 11 % (D) 11%
91. Find the value of 9
99. What percent of a day is 3 hours ?
1
(A) 12 % (B) 25%
2
1 3 3 100
(A) 2 (B) (C) (D) (C) 80% (D) %
2 4 2 3
92. Which mathematical operation 100. In an examination, 65% students
should come at the place of ‘?’ in the passed in Civics and 60% in History.
equation : 2 ? 6 – 12 y 4 + 2 = 11 ? 40% passed in both of these subjects.
(A) + (B) – If 90 students failed in History and
(C) u (D) y Civics both, then what is the total
93. Which number will come in place number of students ?
of question mark (?) in the following (A) 600 (B) 650 (C) 700 (D) 750
equation ? 101. A mixture of water and milk is
40 litres. There is 10% water in it. How
much water should now be added in this
(A) 72 (B) 27 (C) 36 (D) 63 mixture so that new mixture contains
94. Which of the following is the 20% water ?
smallest number that gives remainder ‘2’ (A) 4 litres
everytime, when divided by 6, 7, 8, 9 (B) 5 litres
and 12 ? (C) 6.5 litres
(A) 756 (B) 504 (C) 754 (D) 506 (D) 7.5 litres
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 102. The length of a rectangle is ratio becomes 16 : 27. One number out
increased by 40% and its breadth of the two will be
decreased by 30%. The change in the area (A) 99 (B) 77 (C) 88 (D) 66
of the rectangle is 109. Kanti started a business investing
(A) 10% increase (B) 10% decrease Rs. 9,000. After five months, Sudhakar
(C) 2% increase (D) 2% decrease joined with a capital of Rs. 8,000. If at
103. The ratio of the first and the the end of the year, they earn a profit of
second class fares between two stations is Rs. 6,970, then what will be the share of
4 : 1 and that of the number of passengers Sudhakar in the profit ?
travelling by the first and second class is 1 (A) Rs. 3,690 (B) Rs. 1,883.78
: 40. If Rs. 11,000 is collected as the total (C) Rs. 2,380 (D)Rs. 3,864
fare, then the amount collected from the 110. Rs. 700 are distributed among A,
first class passengers is B and C such that A gets half of what
B gets and B gets half of what C gets.
(A) Rs. 275 (B) Rs. 315 What is the share of C ?
(C) Rs. 1000 (D)Rs. 100 (A) Rs. 600 (B) Rs. 400
104. The average marks of 48 students (C) Rs. 300 (D)Rs. 200
in a class is 45. The average marks of the 111. A person incurs 5% loss by selling
boys in the class is 40 and the average a watch for Rs. 1,140. To earn 5% profit,
marks of the girls in the class is 50. What at what price the watch should be sold ?
is the ratio between the number of boys (A) Rs. 1,311 (B) Rs. 1,197
and the number of girls in the class ? (C) Rs. 1,254 (D) Rs. 1,260
(A) 3 : 5 (B) 4 : 5 112. A person sells 320 mangoes at
(C) 1 : 1 (D) Data inadequate the cost price of 400 mangoes. What is
105. In a joint family, the average age his profit percent ?
of grand parents is 67 years, the average (A) 10% (B) 15% (C) 20% (D) 25%
age of the parents is 35 years and that 113. A seller marks his goods 30%
of the three grand children is 6 years. above the cost price but allows
What is the average age of the family? 15% discount for cash payment. What
4 5
is his profit percent when sold in cash ?
(A) 28 years (B) 31 years (A) 10.5% (B) 8.5%
7 7 (C) 9% (D) 15%
1 114. A number when divided by 133
(C) 32 years (D) Data inadequate leaves the remainder 21. If the same
2
106. The average earnings of a mechanic number is divided by 19, then the
for the first four days of a week are Rs. 18 remainder will be
and for the last four days Rs. 22. If he (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 7 (D) 21
earns Rs. 20 on the fourth day, then his 115. Simple interest on a certain
average earnings for the whole week are 9
(A) Rs. 18.95 (B) Rs. 16 amount is of the principal. If the
16
(C) Rs. 20 (D)Rs. 25.71 number representing the rate of interest
107. Rs. 53 are divided among A, B in percent and time in years be equal,
and C such that A gets Rs. 7 more than then time, for which the principal
B and B gets Rs. 8 more than C. What amount is lent out, is
is the ratio of their shares ?
(A) 16 : 9 : 18 (B) 25 : 18 : 10 1 1
(A) 5 years (B) 6 years
(C) 18 : 25 : 10 (D)15 : 8 : 30 2 2
108. Two numbers are in the ratio 1
5 : 9. After adding 9 to each number, the (C) 7 years (D) 7 years
2
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 116. An amount will double itself in 84. (A) : 7200 m/hour, i.e. 7.2 km/hr
16 years at a certain simple interest. What
is the rate of interest per annum ? 85. (B) : A + 6 = 26, i.e. A = 20
1 ? P = 15
(A) 10% (B) 6 %
4
(C) 8% (D)16% 86. (C) :
117. In what time Rs. 8,000 at 3% simple
interest per annum will produce the same 87. (A) : In 6 seconds, B can cover 20
earnings as Rs. 6,000 do in 5 years at 4% metres, running the distance of
simple interest per annum ? 1 km in 5 minutes, i.e. 300
(A) 3 years (B) 4 years seconds, i.e. 1000 m in 300 sec.,
(C) 5 years (D)6 years i.e. 20 m in 6 seconds.
118. ‘A’ and ‘B’ together can complete a ? Remaining distance of
work in 12 days. ‘A’ alone can complete it 980 metres will be covered
in 20 days. If ‘B’ now does the work only by B in 4 min. 54 sec.
for half a day daily, then in how many days ? B should stand 20 metres
‘A’ and ‘B’ together will complete the work? ahead of A at the start.
(A) 15 days (B) 11 days 88. (D) : H + C = 48
(C) 20 days (D)10 days 2H + 4C = 140
119. If 7 spiders make 7 webs in Ÿ 2H = 52 Ÿ H = 26, C = 22
7 days, then 1 spider will make 1 web in 1
how many days ? 89. (B) : S.P. of one orange
(A) 1 day (B) 7 days 12
Loss = 20%
(C) 49 days (D)3.5 days
120. A tap can fill a tank in 25 minutes
and another tap can empty it in 50
minutes. If both the taps are opened
together simultaneously, then the tank
will be filled in
(A) 20 minutes (B) 30 minutes If Gain = 20%, then S.P.
(C) 40 minutes (D)50 minutes
will be i.e..
ANSWERS
1
81. (C) Re per orange..
8
82. (C) ? The man should sell 8
83. (B) : Distance covered in one round oranges for a rupee.
90. (A)

91. (D) :
92. (C) : 2 u 6 – 12 y 4 + 2
? Number o f r ound s t o = 2 u 6 – 3 + 2 = 12 – 3 + 2
cover 11 km = 11
93. (A) : ?2 = 54 u 96
=2u3u3u3u2u2
×2u2u2u3
= 7000 Ÿ ? = 2 u 2 u 2 u 3 u 3 = 72
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94. (D) : L.C.M. of 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 = 504 Suppose number of passengers
? Required number travelling by 2nd class = 40y
= 504 + 2 = 506 ? 4xy + 40xy = 11000

95. (D) :
The amount collected from
1st class passengers
= 4xy = 1000
96. (C) : Let the given number be K.
104. (C) : Let the number of boys in the
class be B and the number of
girls be G.
? B + G = 48
Also 40B + 50G
= 48 u 45 = 2160
Ÿ G = 24, B = 24
97. (B) 98. (C) 99. (A) Ÿ Required ratio
100. (A) : =B:G=1:1
15 105. (B) : Average age of the family
C H
25 40 20
7

? 15% = 90

106. (C) :
7
101. (B) : Quantity of water in the
mixture = 4 litres
Suppose x litres of water is
added to the mixture. 107. (B) : A + B + C = 53
...(1)
? x + 4 = 20% of (40 + x)
A = B + 7, B = C + 8
Ÿ 5x + 20 = 40 + x
? (1) Ÿ (B + 7) + B + (B – 8)
Ÿ 4x = 20 Ÿ x = 5
= 53
? 5 litres of water must be
Ÿ B = 18, A = 25, C = 10
added to the mixture so that
the new mixture contains 20% Ÿ Required ratio
of water. = 25 : 18 : 10
102. (D) 108. (A) : Let the two numbers be 5k
and 9k.
103. (C) : Suppose the first class fare
= Rs. 4x
Suppose the second class fare
= Rs. x. Ÿ 135k + 243 = 144k + 144
Suppose number of passengers Ÿ k = 11
travelling by 1st class = y Ÿ The numbers are 55 and 99.
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109. (C) : The profit of Rs. 6970 must Time = R years
be divided among Kanti and
Sudhakar in the ratio of
R2
9000 u 12 : 8000 u 7, i.e.
108 : 56, i.e. 27 : 14
? Sudhakar’s share

116. (B) : If Principal = P, then S.I. = P

110. (B) : A + B + C = 700 Time = 16 years.

? Rate %

117. (C) :
100
Ÿ C = 400
111. (D) : If S. P. = Rs. 1140 and , sayy
Loss = 5%, then 100
Ÿx = 5
? Time = 5 years
C. P.
118. (A) : (A + B)’s one day’s work

If Profit = 5%, then new A’s one day’s work ...(1)

S. P. = 1260 ? B’s one day’s work
112. (D) : C.P. of 400 mangoes
= Rs. 400, say
? S.P. of 320 mangoes
= Rs. 400 B’s half day’s work
C.P. of 320 mangoes
= Rs. 320 ...(2)
? Now (A + B)’s one day’s
Profit %
work
113. (A) : Suppose C.P. = Rs. 100
? Marked Price = Rs. 130 i.e. A and B can complete the
Cash Discount = 15% of 130 work in 15 days now.
= Rs. 19.50 119. (B)
Ÿ S.P. = Rs. 110.50
Ÿ Profit = 10.5% 120. (D) : In one minute,
114. (B)
115. (D) : Let principal be = Rs. P of the tank will be
9 filled.
S.I. = Rs. P
16 ? The whole tank will be
Rate % = R filled in 50 minutes.
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