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SECTION - I
DIRECTIONS for question: Answer the questions independently of each other.

1. For which real value of k, is the sum of the squares of the roots of the quadratic
equation x 2 - (k + 1) x + 2k - 1 = 0, the minimum?

(1) -1
(2) 1
(3) 2
(4) -2
(5) Q145391
Solution (Your Answer: 2)

2. Find the number of ways in which the letters of the word 'EQUATION' can be written
such that no two consonants are together.

(1) 126000
(2) 36000
(3) 72000
(4) 14400
(5) Q111756
Solution (Your Answer: 2)

3. The graphs of speed versus time for two runners, A and B, are given below. Let a xy
and bxy denote the distance covered by A and B respectively from time t = x to t = y.

Which of the following relations is true?

(1) 2a 1 2 = 3b1 2
(2) 3a 0 1 = 2b
(3) 3a 1 2 = 2b1 2
(4) 2a 1 2 = 5b1 2
(5) Q92964
Solution (Your Answer: 1)

4. Ramu had some currency notes of denominations र50, र20 and र10, such that at least
two notes of each denomination were present with him. He had to pay a bill of र200 in a
shop and when he counted all the money he had, he realized that he was short of र30. How
many notes did Ramu have?

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(1) 7
(2) 6
(3) 10
(4) 9
(5) Q21340
Solution (Your Answer: 1)

DIRECTIONS for question: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
The following graph gives the percentage of young and middle-aged people in each of
the four regions of a state, as a percentage of the total population of the respective
region.

Note : The total population is classified into people of only three age groups - young,
middle-aged and old.

5. If the number of old people in the Southern region exceeds the number of old people
in the Eastern region by 20%, then by approximately what percentage does the number
of young people in the Southern region exceed that in the Eastern region?

(1) 661 /6 %

(2) 862 /3 %

(3) 961 /6 %

(4) 781 /3 %
(5) DI07549
Solution (Your Answer: NA)

DIRECTIONS for question: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
The following graph gives the percentage of young and middle-aged people in each of
the four regions of a state, as a percentage of the total population of the respective

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region.

Note : The total population is classified into people of only three age groups - young,
middle-aged and old.

6. If the number of middle-aged people in each of the four regions is the same, then the
number of young people is the greatest in the

(1) Northern region.

(2) Eastern region.
(3) Western region.
(4) Southern region.
(5) DI07551
Solution (Your Answer: 3)

DIRECTIONS for question: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
The following graph gives the percentage of young and middle-aged people in each of
the four regions of a state, as a percentage of the total population of the respective
region.

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Note : The total population is classified into people of only three age groups - young,
middle-aged and old.

7. If the respective number of young people in the Northern, Eastern, Western and the
Southern regions are in the increasing order and the number of old people in these
regions are denoted by a, b, c and d respectively, then which of the following is always
true?

(1) a < b
(2) b < c
(3) c < d
(4) c > a
(5) DI07552
Solution (Your Answer: 2)

Directions for question: Answer the questions independently of each other.

8. Find the next number in the following series:

83, 121, 16, 49, 169, 256, ______

(1) 49
(2) 169
(3) 256
(4) 289
(5) Q145417
Solution (Your Answer: NA)

9. In the diagram below, for each cell that does not belong to the first column, the
number in the cell is the sum of the number in the cell on its left and the number in the
cell above that. What is the value of z?

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(1) 33
(2) 35
(3) 34
(4) C annot be determined
(5) Q92957
Solution (Your Answer: 1)

10. In an apartment building there is an elevator. The number of floors in the building,
including the ground floor, is 21. If ten persons enter the elevator at the ground floor,
what is the probability that all the ten persons will exit the elevator at different floors?

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5) Q111751
Solution (Your Answer: NA)

11. Prasad writes an exam in which there are 70 questions. If three marks are given for
each correct answer and one mark is deducted for every incorrect answer, and Prasad
attempted only half the total number of questions and scored a net of 45 marks, how
many questions did Prasad answer correctly?

(1) 20
(2) 15
(3) 30
(4) 25
(5) Q111740
Solution (Your Answer: 1)

DIRECTIONS for question: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
The following line graph gives the number of television sets of company XYZ which are in
use in the market for the years 2001 to 2005. Every year, 25% of the television sets sold
by company XYZ in the previous year are discarded due to defects, while the rest
continue to be used for a period of another seven years, at the end of which they are
replaced with new sets. The company started production in 2001 and sold all the
television sets it manufactured in each of the given years.

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12. In which of the given years did the company manufacture the highest number of
television sets?

(1) 2002
(2) 2003
(3) 2005
(4) 2004
(5) DI13464
Solution (Your Answer: NA)

DIRECTIONS for question: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
The following line graph gives the number of television sets of company XYZ which are in
use in the market for the years 2001 to 2005. Every year, 25% of the television sets sold
by company XYZ in the previous year are discarded due to defects, while the rest
continue to be used for a period of another seven years, at the end of which they are
replaced with new sets. The company started production in 2001 and sold all the
television sets it manufactured in each of the given years.

13. What is the total number of television sets sold by company XYZ in the given period?

(1) 3620
(2) 4070
(3) 3280
(4) 9620
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(5) DI13466
Solution (Your Answer: NA)

DIRECTIONS for question: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
The following line graph gives the number of television sets of company XYZ which are in
use in the market for the years 2001 to 2005. Every year, 25% of the television sets sold
by company XYZ in the previous year are discarded due to defects, while the rest
continue to be used for a period of another seven years, at the end of which they are
replaced with new sets. The company started production in 2001 and sold all the
television sets it manufactured in each of the given years.

14. If the price of a television set increased by 10% every year, starting from 2001,
then the sales revenue in 2004 was approximately what percentage more than that in
2001?

(1) 63%
(2) 83%
(3) 91%
(4) 8%
(5) DI13467
Solution (Your Answer: NA)

DIRECTIONS for question: Answer the questions independently of each other.

15. The pair of lines represented by y 2 - 4 = 0 intersect the circle x 2 + y 2 = 8 at the

points P, Q and R, S. Find the ratio of the area of the circle that lies inside the
quadrilateral PQRS and the area of the circle that lies outside the quadrilateral PQRS.

(1) 7 : 5
(2) 3 : 2
(3) 4 : 3
(4) 7 : 4
(5) Q145405
Solution (Your Answer: NA)

16. If xy 2z 3 = 212 32, where x, y and z are positive real numbers, then find the minimum
value of 3x + 2y + z.

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(1) 18

(2) 24
(3) 30
(4) 16
(5) Q92962
Solution (Your Answer: NA)

17. All integers from 1 to 2000 are written on a blackboard. A single operation consists
of erasing any two of the integers on the board and then writing their product on the
board. After 1998 such operations,

(1) precisely two numbers will be left on the board but their product will depend on the order in which
the operations are performed.
(2) precisely two numbers will be left on the board and their product is unique.
(3) only one number will be left on the board and it is unique.
(4) only one number will be left on the board but it will depend upon the order in which the operations
are performed.
(5) Q18679
Solution (Your Answer: 2)

18. PQRS is a rectangle, of area 200 sq units, with length and breadth in the ratio of 2 : 1
(PQ > QR). PQT is a triangle in which PT = QT. If PT cuts SR at L and QT cuts SR at M and
the area of triangle SLP is 30 square units, then the length of the altitude of the triangle
PQT, through T, is

(1) 50/3
(2) 20
(3) 70/3
(4) 25
(5) Q111746
Solution (Your Answer: NA)

DIRECTIONS for question: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
The following table gives the marks scored by each student in a class of 15 students - A
through O - in eight subjects - S1 through S8. The marks given in the brackets in the first
row give the maximum marks possible in the respective subjects.

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Note: A student is said to have topped in a subject, if no other student of the class scored
more marks than him in that subject.

19. How many of the given students scored more than 60% marks in each of the eight
subjects?

(1) 2
(2) 3
(3) 4
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(4) 5
(5) DI15598
Solution (Your Answer: NA)

DIRECTIONS for question: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
The following table gives the marks scored by each student in a class of 15 students - A
through O - in eight subjects - S1 through S8. The marks given in the brackets in the first
row give the maximum marks possible in the respective subjects.

Note: A student is said to have topped in a subject, if no other student of the class scored
more marks than him in that subject.

20. How many students scored more than 80% marks in the subject in which the
maximum number of students scored more than 60% marks?

(1) 5
(2) 3
(3) 0
(4) 2
(5) DI15600
Solution (Your Answer: NA)

DIRECTIONS for question: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
The following table gives the marks scored by each student in a class of 15 students - A
through O - in eight subjects - S1 through S8. The marks given in the brackets in the first
row give the maximum marks possible in the respective subjects.

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Note: A student is said to have topped in a subject, if no other student of the class scored
more marks than him in that subject.

21. The maximum number of subjects in which any student of the class topped is

(1) 1
(2) 3
(3) 2
(4) 4
(5) DI15601
Solution (Your Answer: NA)

DIRECTIONS for question: Answer the questions independently of each other.

22. There are exactly 5984 balls, stocked in a pile, such that the top layer of the pile
has one ball, the layer below it has three balls, the layer below which has six balls, the
layer below which has ten balls and so on. Find the number of layers in the pile.

(1) 28

(2) 32
(3) 36
(4) 30
(5) Q52307
Solution (Your Answer: NA)

23. A thin wire which is 80 cm long is cut into three pieces along its length. The longest
piece is three times as long as the middle sized piece and the shortest piece is 46 cm
shorter than the longest piece. Find the length of the shortest piece.

(1) 54 cm
(2) 10 cm
(3) 8 cm
(4) 18 cm

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(5) Q24993
Solution (Your Answer: 3)

24. A rectangle ABCD, of area 200 sq. cm., has four points E, F, G, H marked on the side
CD, in that order (with E being closest to C) such that GH = 1.5EF = 0.3AB. If I is a point on
AB, find the sum of the areas of triangles ADH, IGF and BCE.

(1) 60 sq.cm
(2) 50 sq.cm
(3) 64 sq.cm
(4) C annot be determined
(5) Q113171
Solution (Your Answer: NA)

25. If G(m, n) (for m > 0, n > 3) is the number of ways of distributing some or all of n
distinct objects among m people so that each person gets at least n - 3 objects, how many
of the following is/are greater than G(2, 5)?
I. G(1, 5)
II. G(2, 6)
III. G(3, 4)
IV. G(3, 5)

(1) 0
(2) 1
(3) 2
(4) 3
(5) Q92958
Solution (Your Answer: NA)

26. In a secret code, the letters u, v, w, x, y represent 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, not necessarily in

that order. If, it is known that u + v = w; v - x = y; and w - x = x, which of the following is
true?

(1) u = 2, v = 5
(2) u = 5, v = 2
(3) u = 3, v = 7
(4) x = 5, w = 7

(5) Q25044
Solution (Your Answer: 3)

27. A train starts from city A to city B with a certain speed. After travelling for four
hours, it is unexpectedly instructed by traffic control to increase its speed by 20% and
hence reaches the destination 100 minutes earlier than the scheduled time. If the
increase in speed had been 30 km further down, then the train would have reached 88
minutes earlier than the scheduled time. What is the distance between A and B?

(1) 250 km
(2) 480 km
(3) 350 km
(4) 420 km
(5) Q25536
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Solution (Your Answer: NA)

28. Consider the sequence 3, 6, 9, -12, - 15, -18, 21, 24, 27 -30, -33, -36,. . . . . . . . . . . . .
If the sum of the first n terms of the sequence is denoted by Sn , for how many values of n
is Sn = 27?

(1) 0
(2) 1
(3) 2
(4) More than 2
(5) Q92967
Solution (Your Answer: 3)

29. How many ordered pairs of integers p and q satisfy the condition |pq| = |p| + |q| +
12?

(1) 2
(2) 4
(3) 8
(4) None of these
(5) Q06200
Solution (Your Answer: NA)

30. Chakradhar and Dhruva have two spools of 'manja' (a specially prepared thread) to
fly their kites. Each of the manjas has tiny knots at regular intervals, which helps in
keeping track of the length of the manja that is used. Each of the persons has the same
length of manja. While Chakradhar's manja has knots at intervals of 10 feet, Dhruva's
manja has knots at intervals of 12 feet. Also, Dhruva's manja has exactly 10 knots less
than that of Chakradhar. If each of the manjas starts and ends with a knot, find the length
(in feet) of the manja with either of them.

(1) 610
(2) 590
(3) 600
(4) 730
(5) Q21187
Solution (Your Answer: 3)

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