WBCS Paper VI
WBCS Paper VI
WBCS Paper VI
Paper-Vi
Time allowed: 3 hours
Full marks: 200
Answer all the qucstions.
Questions are of equal value.
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INSTRUCTIONS
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any discrepancy.
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you have to fill in some particulars in the Answer-Sheet as per instructions sent to you in the Admit
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7. There are blank pages at the end of this Booklet for Rough Work.
8. The Special Answer-Sheet should be handed over to the Invigilator before leaving the Examination
Hall. You are permitted to take away the used Test Booklet after completion of the examination.
1. Aarti, Vinita and Kamala became partners 5. Two vertices of an equilateral triangle are
in a business by investing money in the ratio origin and (4, 0). What is the area of the triangle?
5:7:6.Next year,they increasedtheirinvestment (A) 4 sq. unit
by 26%, 20% and 15% respectively. In what ratio
profiteaned during 2nd year should be distributed? (B) V3 sq. unit
(A) 21: 28 : 23 (C) 4N3 sq. unit
(B) 23:28 : 21 (D) 2/3 sq. unit
(C) 28:23 : 21
(D) 21:23: 28
997
8. is
999
equal to
1001
4. Divide 2,600 in 3parts in such a way that (A) 999
the interest at 4% of the first part, 6% of the 2nd
999
part and 8% of the 3rd part becomes equal. (B)
(A) 1200, 800, 600 1001
Le1001
(B) 1100, 900, 600
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(C) ?1000, 900, 800
(D) 1200, 1000, 800 (D)
1001
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compound interest
9. In a math lesson Shamali drew some 13. The difference between
years at 8%% p.a.
triangles and some quadrilaterals. She drew and simple interest on asum for 2
27 polygons altogether and a total of 99 vertices. is 768. Find the sum.
Then total number of triangle shec drew (A) R1,10,000
(A) 9 LB) I20,000
(B) 3 (C) ? 1,00,000
(C) 27 (D) 1,70,000
(D) 33
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10. A man walking with of his usual speed,
4
reaches office 20 minutes late. His usual time is 14. The monthly salaries of Aand Bare in the
(A) 50 minutes ratio 3:5. Each receives an increment of 500. If
(B) 80 minutes the ratio of theirsalaries now stands at 7: 11, then
3 the salary of A, before increment was
-(C) 70 minutes
(A) 2,500
o) 60 minutes
B) 3,000
(C) ?4,500
(D) 4,000
11. The angles of a triangle are in arithmetic
progression. If one of the angles is 75°, then the
other two angles are
(A) 65°, 85°
(B) 60°, 90°
e) 45°, 60° 15. A person gets 3,700per week plus 2%
commission on the sale of goods in excess of
(D) 55°, 65° 10,000. If his a-week sales total is 24,000, then
the week's wages earned by the person is
(A) ?3,840
12. In the following figure, ABCD is an (B) 4,980 370
230
isosceles trapezium. AB CD, AB = 9 cm, (C) 5,020
CD = 12 cm, AP: PD= BQ: QC=1:2. Find PQ. (D) 4,280 3460
A B
P
P
25. If the market price of a commodity is 32%
R
more than its cost price and if 16% discount is
(A) 90° given, then profit percentage is 132
(A) profit 9 |06
(B) 105°
(B) pròfit 10 28
(C) 135°
e) profit 10.88
(D) 180°
(D) profit l1
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31. The sum of first 102 positive integérs is
27. The capacities of two glasses are same. (A) 5250
2 (B) 5251
They are filled with rd part and th part of
water respectively. Remaining part of both the (C) 5252
glasses are filled with milk. If mixtures of both the (D) 5253
glasses are mixed in abig glass, what is the ratio of
water and milk in it?
A) 8:7
(B) 5:7 32. If the difference between 62% and 80% of
(C) 7:3 a number is 198, then the difference between 92%
(D) 9:2 and 56% of the number will be
AY 396
15 (B) 3564
(C) 1100
(D) 360
28. How much water must be added to 5 liters
ofa 90% acid solution to make a75% acid solution? 3c
(A) 5-5 1liters 3
(B) 0:5 liter
33. In the given figure, PQR = 120°, where
(C) 1liter P, Q and R are points on a circle with centre O.
(D) 45 1liters Then ZOPR is
120° R
P
bullets can be made out ofa lead 38. The cost price and the selling price of a bag
cylinder cm high having a radius of 6cm, cach
56 are in the ratio 4:5. The profit is
bullet being 1·5 cm in diameter?
(A) 20%
(A) 4000
B) 25%
(B) 5000
(C) 30%
(C) 3590 (D) 35%
(D) 3584 2
SP
42. If the points (a, 0), (0, b) and (1, 1) are amount to? 520 in
46. What sum of money will
simple interest?
collinear, then which of the following is true? Sycars and to 568 in7 years at
tA) 400
(A)
(B) 120
(B)
1_=l
a b
1 1 =2
(C) R510
(D) 220 25
(C)
(D) 1
a b
(D) 33%
(A) -
tan A find the value of Aan A te 3
(sinA cosB + cosA sinB).
(B)
1
(B)
(C) ; 2
(D)
(C) 0
(D) 3 sin(at6).
52. In an examination, it is required to get 40% 56. Ifone-third of one-fourth of a number is 20,
then one-tenth of that number is
marks to qualify. A candidate secured 150 marks
and failed by 10marks. What are the maximum A) 24
marks of the examination? (B) 36
(A) 500 (C) 45
(B) 400 (D) 54
(C) 450
(D) 350
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69. A motorboat covers a certain distance
downstream in a river in five hours. It covers the 73. An equilateral triangle CDE is constructed
same distance upstream in six hours. The speed of on a side of CD of square ABCD. The value of
water is 2km/h. Then the speed of the boat in still LAEB is
water is (A) 150°
(A)20 km/h Sho
(B) 45°
B) 22 km/h (C) 30°
(C) 30km/h (D) 20°
(D) 25 km/h
70. A batsman has certain average of runs for 74. A sumof money is borrowed and paid back
1linnings. In the 12th innings he makes ascore of in two annual instalments of 1,764 each allowing
90 runs, thereby increasing his average by 5. His 5% compound interest. What was the sum
average after the 12th innings is borrowed?
(A) 30 (A) },4,000
(B) 35 B) 3,340
(C) 40 (C) ?3,000
(D) 32 | eb (D) 3,280 3528
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76. The difference between the greatest and 2 3
least numbers formed out of the digits 8,9, 0, 7 is
A 9081
(B) 1809 (A) 2
(B) 9
(C) 2407
(C) 6
(D) 2781
(D) 1
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83. In aseminar the number of participants in 87. The ratio of investments of two partners is
Mathematics, Physics and Biology are 192, 240 11: 12 and the ratio of their profits is 2 :3. If A
and 168 respectively. Find the minimum number invests the money for 8 months,find for how much
of rooms required if in each room same number of time Binvests his money?
participants is to be seated and all of them being of
the same subject. (A) 11months
(A) 20 192, 290, |68 (B) 8 months
L8) 25 (C) 4 months
(D) 6 months
(C) 28
(D) 30
88. In a State, each year the number of road
accidents is decreased by 5% from the previous
year due to road safety campaigns. The number of
road accidents in the current year is 2916. 3 years
ago this number was
84. Aloan was repaid in two annual instalments
of 3,630 each. If the rate of interest be 10% per AA) 4000 95
annum compounded annually, then find the sum (B) 5100
that was borrowed. (C) 3890 19 226
(A) 5,200 (D) 5000
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(B) 6,100
(C) 6,300 89. If AD is bisector of Aand AD is
(D) 5,600 perpendicular to BC, then AABCis triangle.
A
99. Asurvey in acity showed that the probability 104. Amerchant has 100 kg of sugar. He sells a
that aperson smokes is 92 .If40 people in acertain part of which at 9% profit and the rest at 9% loss.
sample smoke. then numberof people in the sample He gains 5% on the whole. The quantity sold at 9%
loss is
(C) 6
(D) 7
106. The G.C.M. of two numbers is 17 and their
102. In a Zoo, there are lions and parrots. If product is 6936.The no. of pairs of such numbers
counted, there are 100 heads and 290legs. How
many parrots are there? (A) 4
A) 55 hL+ 2P 2290 (B) 2
(B) 65 (C) 3
(C) 45 (D) 5
2P- 216 55
(D) 75
10%. If
108. Due to 25% fall in price of eggs, one can 12. A dealer sold an article at a loss of
buy 2 dozen eggs more than before by investing he had sold for 125 more, he would have gained
200. What was orginal price per dozen? 15%.The cost price of the article is
200 (A) 300
(A)
)00 LBY 500
300 (C) ?432
(B) ?
7 (D) 1200
400
(C) ?
6
700
(D) ?
5
I16. Two persons are a metres apart and the 120. If a glass holds 275 ml, how many of these
height of oneis double thatof the other. If from the glasses can be filled from a 2-liter drink of
middle point of the line joining their fcct, an lemonade?
observer finds the angular evaluation of thcir tops (A)8 fullglasses
to be complementary. then the height ofthe shorter B) 7ull glasses 33
person in metres is (C) 9full glasses
(D) 6 full glasses 2 6 25
(A)
2000
(B)
(C) av2 1
121. The volume ofa cylinder of radius ris 4 of
a
(D) the volume of arectangular box with a square base
2V2
of side length x. If the cylinder and the box have
equal heights, what is the value of r in terms ofx?
\C+a (A)
2
117. =?
m° (B)
3
(A) 0
2/r
(B) 5 (C) N2x
(C) 3 m
(D)
118. If the number 472573* is completely 122. At the time of wedding, the bride's age was
3 4
divisible by 72, then which number should replace 4 of the groom's age. After 8 years, her age is
the star?
of her husband's age. Then the age of the bride at
(A) 4 the time of her wedding is
(B)
(C)
5
6
12e A) 24 years
(B) 18 years
b
(D) 7 22 (C) 19 years
(D) 26 years
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119. The diameter of a rollar is 84 cm and its
length 120 cm. It takes 500 complete revolutions 123. The hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
to move once over to level a playground. Find the is 26 cm and the sum of other two sides is 34
area of the playground in sq. m. cm. Then th¹ lengths of the two sides are
(A)A632 A 10 cm, 24 cm
1584 85h2. (B) 8 cm, 26 cm
(C) 1817 (C) 12 cm, 22 cm
(D) 1532 (D) 14 cm, 20 cm
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124. The average temperature of a city in the
first four days of a month was 58 degree. The T25. "The population of a town is 24000. If the
number of males is increased by 6% and the
average of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th days was number of females by 9%, then there would be
60 degree. If the temperatures of 1st and 5th days 2.5620. The number of males and females in the
were in the ratio 7 :8, then what is the temperature town are
of 5th day? (A) 18000, 6000
A) 64 degree (B) 16000, 8000
(B) 62 degree 232 (C) 14000, 10000
(C) 56 degree 2PZt4t5 (D) 17000, 7000
(D) None of the above
129. A man sold 2 articles at the same price
*2,970 each. On one he made a loss of 10% and on
the other a gain of 10%. The overall gain or loss
percentage is
125. If the cost of 57 articles is equal to the
wA) loss 1%
selling price of 38 articles, then percentage profit (B) gain 1%
is
(A) 20% (C) No loss or gain
(B) 30% (D) gain 0-1%
ej 50% 130. A rectangular lawn 80 m × 60 m has two
(D) 55% roads each 10 m wide running in the middle of it.
One parallel to the length and the other parallel to
the breadth. Find the cost of gravelling them at
? 20 per sq. m.
(A) 35,000
126. In a partnership business, Amal invested (B) ?39,000
capital double the capital of Palash. The ratio of
1 1 (C) ? 26,000
the period of investment is 2 3
Then the ratio
(D) 41,000
of their profit is
(A) 3
LB) 3: 1 3 131. I f . and
(C) 6:1 how many balance one ?
(D) 2:3 (A) 7
(B) 3
(C) 6
(D) 5
127. Acomputer depreciates at arate of 25% p.a.
Ifit was worth 26,000 new, how many full years 132. The angles of a quadrilateral are in A. P.
with common difference 20°, Then the smallest
must pass, before it worth less than half its original
value? angle is 3e
(A) 100°
(A) 2years
B 3 years (B) 130°
(C) 4 years () 39
(D) 1 year
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133. If 6 men can harvest a ficld in 60 working 138. The 30th term ofthe sequence **is
hours and a man works three times as fast as a boy.
Then 10 boys can harvest a field in
(A) 60 hours
(B) 1
(B) 40 hours
( )29 4t 22
(C) 100 hours 2
LB) 108 hours 31
(D) 2
137. The ratio of the areas of a regular hexagon 141. Which of thefollowing numbers is divisible
and a square having the same perimeter is by 3, 4, 5 and 7?
(A) 2V3 :3 (A) 3150
(B) /3 :2 (B) |400
3/3 :2 tC)2940
(D) 3:2 (D) 3570
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142, A business man marks his good at 20%
above the cost price. He allows the
customers a 147. The value of
V64 +-64 is
discount of 8% on marketpricc. His netpercentage V729 +-729
of profit is -jmN|
(A)
(A) 10-4% 92 8- 4
(B) 10% 2 (B) 2
(C) 10-2% (C) I
(D) 10-6% 2
92
(B) 3
es 4
150. At a certain school, there are 320 juniors
(D) 6 and 180 seniors. The average absenteeism rate is
6%
4 for juniorsand 8-%
3 for seniors. Then the
146. Ifa=25% ofb= 10% of c, then a :b:c=? average absenteeism rate overall for the school is S
(A) 2:5:6 (A) 5%
(B) 2:5:7 (B) 6%
(C)A:3: 11
D) 1:4: 10 (D) 8%
shadow of
156. A pole of length 12m casts a
152. The number of solid spheres, each of length 15-6m. Then the length of the shadow
cast
diameter 6 cm could be moulded to form a solid
metal cylinder of height 45 cm and diameter 4 cm, by another pole of length 18m is
(A) 23-4m
(B) 24 mn
(A) 3
(B) A (C) 46-8m
(D) 31-2m
Vc) 5
(D) 6
153. A plane left 30minutes later than the 157. The difference between compound interest
scheduled time and in order to reach its destination and simple interest for 2 years on? 22,500 at
1500km away in tÉme, it has to increase its speed 6% p.a. is
by 250km/h from its usual speed. Then its usual (A) 225
speed is
(B) 181
(A) 1000km/h
) 81
(B) 2500 km/h 226
(D) 220 3
(C) 750km/h
(D) 800 km/h 2 sU
154. The length of the longest thin rod that can fit
158. In what time will simple interest be of
inside a rectangular box that measures 15 cm by
10cm by 5çr is 225 the principal at 8% p.a.?
A 187cm (60 (A) 8 years
(B) 17:2cm (B) 7 years
(C) 15-8 cm e) 5years
(D) 20:2 cm (D) 6 years
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159. The given pie chart (not drawn to
scale)
represents the annual performance of the students I62. Xis 20% heavierthan YandZis 20% lighter
of aclass in terms of grades A, B,C and than Y. "The weight of Z is cqual to
D, Tbe
percentage of students who have got B grade is (A)
4
of X
(A) 40%
(B) 55%
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3
(B) 5
of X
(C) 60%
3
(D) 65% (C) of X
B
2 26
2
) of X
3
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185. Allstudents of aclass like Horlicks, Maltova
or Viva. Number of students who like only Horlicks (D) 11
and Maltova, only Maltova and Viva and only
Horlicks and Viva are equal to twice the number of 189. Rima has 1000 in denominations of
students who like all the three health drinks. Number 5 and2 coins. If the number of two-rupee coins
of students who like only Horlicks, only Maltova Rima has is five-eighths of the number of five
and only Viva are all equal to thrice the number of rupee coins, then five-rupee coins Rima has
students who like all three. If four students like all (A) 100
the three health drinks, then find the number of
students in the class. (B) 120
(A) 64 (C) 160
(B) 48 (D) 200
(C) 68
190. A keeps 10 ships for 3 weeks and B keeps
(D) 52 15ships for 4 weeks. Find the ratio of the rent paid
by them.
A 1:2
186. A bus maintains an average speed of (B) 2:1
60 km/h while going from P to Q and màintains an (C) 3:1
average speed of 90 km/h while coming back. The (D) 1:3
average speed of bus is
2
(A) 75 km/h 191. If 3-4596 = 1:86, then 3459600 = ?
BS 72 km/h SAS 18-6
(C) 70 km/h (B) 1860
(D) 80 km/h (C) 186
(D) 1:86
187. A solid spherical ball of radius 4cm is 192. If the value of the letter A is 1,B 2
is and so
melted and recast into 64 identical spherical on and the word BAT= 23, then
the value of the
marbles. Th¹n the radius of each marble is word DISCIPLINE is
sA) lcm (A) 100
(B) 1-5cm (B) 110
(C) 02 cm (C) 250
(D) 1:2cm (D) 150
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193. Apoint Pdivides the line 90°, AB =
12cm,
joining the points
2.) and(5,-8) in ratio 1:2. Also, 197. In AABC, ZB=semicircle drawn on
on the line 2x-y + k= 0. Find the the point Plies BC = 16cm, The area of
value of k. diameter AC is
(A) 6
(A) I57cm?
(B) -8 (B) 314cm²
(C) 6 (C) 150cm?
(D) 8 (D) 328 cm?
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194. A runs 1 times as fast as B. If A gives 198. A loan amount 11,000 is to be paid in
3 two equal annual installments. If the rate of interest
Bastart of 40m, how far must the winning post be
so that A and B might reach it at the same time?
be 20% compounded annually, then the value of
each installment is
(A) 75 m (A) 7,200
(B) 200 m (B) ?7,100
(C) 100 m (C) ?7,000
(D) 125 m (D) 7,500 25