AMITY UNIVERSITY

MADHYA PRADESH, GWALIOR

QUESTION BANK
OF
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
CSE602

PREPARED BY
Dr. Girraj Kumar Verma
Associate Prof.
Department of Applied Mathematics
Amity School of Engineering & Technology
AMITY UNIVERSITY MADHYA PRADESH, GWALIOR
Jan 2023
AMITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
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Course BTech

Batch 2020-2024

Semester VIth Sem

Course Subject Quantitative Aptitude

Course Code CSE602

Course Credits 03

Syllabus Attached

Question bank Attached

Name of the Faculty
Dr. Girraj Kumar Verma, Associate Prof.
Member, Designation
Name of Assisting/
Re-checking Faculty Dr. Rajat Vaish, Assistant Prof.
Member
Name of the HoD Dr. Santosh Kumar Sharma
 SUMMARY OF QUESTIONS
S.N. Module Section – Section – Section –
A B C
(6 Marks) (10 (20
Marks) Marks)
1 I 18 12 03
2 II 24 13 03
3 III 18 07 04
4 IV 15 05 05
5 V 15 06 07
TOTAL 90 43 22
 QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
Course Code: CSE 602 Credit Units: 03
Total Hours: 30
Course Objective:
To enhance the problem-solving skills, to improve the basic mathematical skills and to help those students who are
preparing for any type of competitive examinations like CAT, CMAT, GATE, GRE, GATE, UPSC, GPSC etc. It
can also help students to prepare for their placements.

Course Contents:

Module I: (06 Hours)

Numbers System, LCM and HCF, Time & Work, Pipes and Cisterns, Time Speed Distance, Problems on Trains,
Boats and Streams, Simplification and Approximation,

Module II: (06 Hours)

Percentages, Ratio Proportion and Partnership, Mixtures and Alligation, Problems on Ages, Profit and Loss,
Banker’s Discount, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Clocks, Calendars

Module III: (06 Hours)

Mensuration 2D, Mensuration 3D, Trigonometry, Height and Distances, Progressions, Logarithms, Permutation and
Combination, Probability, Race,

Module IV: Data Interpretation: (04 Hours)

Table Charts, Bar Graph, Pie Charts, Line Charts

Module V: Logical Reasoning: (08 Hours)

Arithmetic Series: Missing Numbers, Odd One Out, Coding Decoding, Directions and Distances, Blood Relations,
Data Sufficiency, Assumptions and Conclusions, Courses of Action, Puzzles, Sitting Arrangements, Syllogism,
Cubes & Dice, Counting Figures,

Course Outcomes:
The student will be able:
• Understand the basic concepts of QUANTITATIVE ABILITY
• Understand the basic concepts of LOGICAL REASONING Skills
• Acquire satisfactory competency in use of VERBAL REASONING
• Solve campus placements aptitude papers covering Quantitative Ability, Logical Reasoning and Verbal
Ability.
• Compete in various competitive exams like CAT, CMAT, GATE, GRE, GATE, UPSC, GPSC etc.

Examination Scheme:

Components A CT S/V/Q/HA ESE

Weightage (%) 5 15 10 70

A: Attendance, CT: Class Test,:, S/V/Q/HA: Seminar/Viva/Quiz/ Home Assignment, EE: End Semester
Examination;

Text & References:

Texts:
• R. S Aggarwal, “Quantitative Aptitude for competitive Exams”, S. Chand publication.
• Arun Sharma, “How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude”,
References:
• R. S Aggarwal, “A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning”, S. Chand publication.
• M. Tyra, “Magical Book on Quicker Mathematics”, BSC publication.
• https://www.indiabix.com/aptitude/questions-and-answers/
SECTION-A 6 Marks
Module-I
Q01. What could be the maximum value of Q in the following equation?
5P9+3R7+2Q8=1114

Solution:-

Q02. Evaluate: (i) 475x475+125x125 (ii) 796x796-204x204

Q03. Find the square root of 4 a 2 + b 2 + c 2 + 4ab − 2bc − 4ac .

Q04. Two numbers are in the ratio of 15:11. If their HCF is 13, find the numbers.

Solution :
Let the required numbers be 15x and 11x.

Then, their H.C.F. is x. So, x = 13. ∴ The numbers are (15 × 13 and 11 × 13), i.e., 195 and 143.

Q05. Find the HCF and LCM of 0.63, 1.05 and 2.1.

Solution:-

Q06. Find the greatest number which on dividing 1657 and 2037 leaves remainder 6 and 5
respectively.

Solution:-

Q07. A can do a work in 4 days, B in 5 days and C in 10 days. Find the time taken by A, B,
and C to do the work together.
Q08. Rahul takes twice as much time as Manick and thrice as much time as Sachin to
complete a task. If working together, they can complete the task in 4 days, find the time
taken by ach of them separately to complete the task.

Q09. If Roger can do a piece of work in 8 days and Antony can complete the same work in 5
days, in how many days will both of them together complete it?

Q10. Pipe A can fill a tank in 30 hrs and pipe B in 45 hrs. If both the pipes are opened in an
empty tank, how much time will they take to fill?

Q11. A cistern can be filled by pipes A and B in 4 hrs and 6 hrs respectively. When full, the
cistern can be emptied by pipe C in 8 hrs. If all the pipes were turned on at the same time,
in how much time will the cistern be filled?
Q12. How many minutes does Aditya take to cover a distance of 400 m, if he runs at a speed
of 20 km/hr?

Q13. While covering a distance of 24 km, a man noticed that after walking for 1 hour and 40
minutes, the distance covered by him was 5/7 of the remaining distance. What was his
speed in m/s?

Q14. A trip to a destination is made in the following way: 900 km by train at an average
speed of 60 km/hr, 3000 km by plane at an average speed of 500 km/hr, 400 km by boat at
an average speed of 25 km/hr, 15 km by taxi at an average speed of 45 km/hr. What is the
average speed for the entire journey?
Q15. A fast train takes 3 hrs less than a slow train for a journey of 600 km. If, the speed of
the slow train is 10 km/hr less than that of fast train, then find the speeds of the two trains.

Q16. Simplify1 [1 + 1 {1 + 1 (1 + 1 2)}] +1.

Q17. What should come in place of both the question marks in the following equation?
128 16 ?−7 2 =1.
72 −8 6+?2

Ques – 18 only 1 part is there in qb (a)

 Module-II
Q19. A man buys a house for Rs. 5 lakh and rents it. He puts 12.5 % of each month’s rent
aside for repairing, pays Rs. 1660 as annual taxes and realizes 10% on his investment
thereafter. Find the monthly rent of the house.

Q20. The present population of a village is 5500. If the number of males increases by 11%
and the number of females increases by 20%, then the population will become 6330. What
is the present population of females in the village?

Q21. If 50% of (x-y) = 30% of (x+y), then what percentage of x is y?

Q22. A gold bracelet is sold for Rs. 14500 at a loss of 20%. What is the cost of the bracelet?
Q23. Shaloo sold a mobile phone at the cost of Rs. 1950 at a loss of 25%. At what cost will
she have to sell it to get a profit of 30%.

Q24. Mansi purchased a car for Rs. 2,50,000 and sold it for Rs. 3, 48, 000. What is the
percent profit made on this sale?

Q25. If 30% of A = 0.25 of B = 1/5 of C, then find A : B : C.

Q26. If 2 x 2 − 7 xy + 3 y 2 = 0 , then find the value of x : y .

4 m + 5n 4 m − 5n
Q27. If m : n = 3 : 2 , find the ratio of
Q28. Find two numbers such that their mean proportion is 6 and third proportional 20.25.

Q29. A started a business investing Rs. 45000. After 3 months, B joined him with capital of
Rs. 60000. After another six months, C joined them with a capital of Rs. 90000. At the end of
the year, they made a profit of Rs. 16500. Find the share of each.
7 4 6
Q30. A, B and C enter into a partnership with capitals in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5 . After 4
months A increases his share of capital by 50%. If at the end of the year the total profit is
Rs. 2430, find the share of each in the profit.

Q31. The age of father 10 years ago was thrice the age of his son. 10 years hence father’s
age will be twice of his son. Find the ratios of their present ages.
Q32. In what ratio must rice at Rs. 9.30 per kg be mixed with rice at Rs. 10.80 per kg so that
the mixture be worth Rs. 10 per kg.

Q33. A certain sum of money becomes three times of itself in 20 years at simple interest. In
how many years does it become double of itself at the same rate of simple interest?

Q34. The simple interest on a sum of money is 4/9 of the principal. Find the rate percent
and time, if both are numerically equal.
Q35. After 3 years, how much compound interest will be obtained on Rs. 7800 at the rate of
5% per annum?
Q36. The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs. 40000 at the end of four years is Rs.
24000. What would be the compound interest accrued on the same rate in the same
period?

Q37. Rohit invested a certain amount at the rate of 6 p.c.p. a and obtained a simple interest
of Rs. 8730 at the end of 3 years. What amount of compound interest would be obtained on
the same amount at the same rate of interest at the end of 2 years?

Q38. What was the day of the week on 16th July, 1776?
Q39. On what dates of March 2005 did Friday fall?

Q40. Find the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock when the time is
3:25.

Q41. The banker’s discount and the true discount on a sum of money due 8 months hence
are Rs. 120 and Rs. 110 respectively. Find the sum and rate percent.

Q42. The banker’s discount on Rs. 1650 due a certain time hence is Rs. 165. Find the true
discount and the banker’s gain.
 Module-III
Q43. A rectangular carpet has an area of 120 sq. meters and a perimeter of 46 meters. Find
the length of the diagonal.

Q44. In measuring the sides of a rectangular plot, one side is taken 5% exec and the other
6% in deficit. Find the error percent in area calculation of the plot.

Q45. Four horses are tied on the four corners of a square field of length 14 m so that each
horse can just touch the other two horses. They were able to graze in the area accessible to
them for 11 days. For how many days is the ungrazed area sufficient for them?
Q46.The area of a circle, whose radius is 6 cm, is trisected by two concentric circles. Find
the radius of the smallest circle.

Q47. Find the number of bricks, each measuring 24 cm x 12 cm x 8 cm, required to

construct a wall 24 m long, 8 m high and 60 cm thick, if 10% of the wall is filled with
mortar.

Q48. A rectangular sheet of paper, 10 cm long and 8 cm wide has square of side 2 cm cot
from each of its corner. The sheet is then folded to from a tray of depth of 2 cm. Find the
volume of the tray.
Q49. A well with 14 m inside diameter is dug 10 m deep. Earth taken out of it has been
evenly spread all around it to a width of 21 m to from an embankment. Find the height of
the embankment.

Q50. A runs 1.75 times as fast as B. If A gives B a start of 84 m, how far the winning post be
so that A and B might reach it at the same time?

Q51. A can run 1 km in 3 min 10 sec and B can cover the same distance in 3 min 20 sec. By
what distance can A beat B?

Q52. In how many different ways can the letters of the word “Fight” be arranged?
Q53. In how any different ways can the letters of the word “Design” be arranged so that the
vowels are at the two ends?

Q54. In how many ways can a cricket team be chosen out of 14 players?

Q55. A bag contains 6 white and 4 black balls. Two balls are drawn at random. Find the
probability that they are of the same color.

Q56. Two dice are thrown together. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers on
the two faces is divisible by 4 or 6?

Q57. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower at a point on the ground is 300. On walking
24 m towards the tower, the angle of elevation becomes 600. Find the height of the tower.
Q58. A man standing on a bank river observes that the angle subtended by a tree on the
opposite bank is 600. When he retires 36 m from the bank, he finds the angle to be 300. Find
the breadth of the river.
Q59. Find the value of x, which satisfies the relation log10 3 + log10 (4 x + 1) = log 10( x + 1) + 1.
1 1 1
Q60. Simplify + + .
log xy ( xyz ) log yz ( xyz ) log zx ( xyz)
 Module-IV
Q(61-65). Study the given table carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Number of candidates appeared and qualified for a test (in hundreds) in 6 different
years from 5 different zones.
Years P Q R S T
App. Qual. App. Qual. App. Qual. App. Qual. App. Qual.
2005 3.2 2.5 3.5 1.4 3.8 2.2 4.2 2.4 6.2 2.6
2006 4.6 3.4 6.9 4.2 6.9 4.4 7.4 3.3 6.2 4.8
2007 6.5 4.9 7.7 4.5 5.9 4.8 8.3 5.6 6.4 4.2
2008 7.4 5.7 5.4 3.4 7.2 3.2 9.3 6.4 7.8 6.2
2009 8.8 4.8 6.6 5.2 8.6 6.8 11.4 5.2 9.9 6.9
2010 9.2 5.6 10.6 6.4 10.3 7.4 14.2 11.4 11.8 9.4

Q61. In which years was in zone s the difference between appeared and qualified the
second lowest?
Q62. The number of candidates who qualified the test from zone R in the year 2010 was
approximately what percentage of the number of candidates who appeared from zone Q in
the year 2008?
Q63. What was the average number of candidates appeared from zone T over all the years
together?
Q64. What was the ratio of the number of candidates appeared from zone P in the year
2005 to the number of candidates qualified from zone S in the year 2007?
Q65. From which zone was the total number of candidates who qualified the test, the
second highest in the year?
Q(66-70). Study the following bar graph carefully and answer the questions given below:
Q66. What was the average export of pearls for the given period (in crores)?
Q67. In which year was there maximum percentage increases in export of pearls to that in
the previous year?
Q68. In how many years was the export above average for the given period?
Q69. In which pairs of consecutive years the average export of pearls was around Rs. 9
crore?
Q70. What was the percentage increase in export from 2006 to 2007?
Q(71-75). The following chart represents demand and production for 5 companies A, B, C,
D and E. On the basis of the graph answer the questions.

Q71. If company A desires to meet the demand by purchasing surplus production of

company, then which of the company is most suitable?
Q72. If x% of the demand for company C equals demand for company B, then what is the
value of x?
Q73. If, the production of company D is h times of the production of company A, what is the
value of h?
Q74. What is the difference between average demand and average production of the five
companies taken together?
Q75. What is the ratio of the number of companies having more demand to those having
more production than production than demand?
 Module-V
Q76. Choose the odd one.
(a) OE3 (b) XD6 (c) JB5 (d) VK2 (e) PH3

Q77. Choose the odd one.

(a) LNJ (b) RTP (c) NPK (d) FHD
Q78. Choose the odd one.
(a) 144 (b) 169 (c) 256 (d) 288 (e) 324
Q79. Find the 11th letter to the left of 20th letter from the left in the English alphabet.
(a) D (b) J (c) K (d) I
Q80. How many letters are there between 8th letter from left and 7th letter from right in the
English alphabet?
(a) 7 (b) 11 (c) 8 (d) 9
Q(81-83) Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given
below. F@39H©ADI%4E*$MK2URP5W&81TJV7
Q81. How many consonants are there in the given arrangement, which are preceded by a
number and not followed by a letter?
(a) None (b) one (c) two (d) three (e) More than three
Q82. Four of the following five options are alike in certain way, based on their position in
the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to a
group?
(a)D%© (b) 5&R (c) TV8 (d) E%$
Q83. If all the symbols from the above arrangement are dropped, then which of the
following will ne the 12th from the left end?
(a)4 (b) K (c) 2 (d) U (e) None of these
Q84. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word from the 3rd, the 6th , the 9th and the
10th letters of the word PARENTHESIS, using each letter only once, last letter of the word
will be your answer. If no such word can be formed your answer will be X and if more than
one word can be formed your answer will be Y.
(a)R (b) T (c) X (d) Y
Q85. If it is possible to make a meaningful word with the 1st, 4th, 7th and 11th letters from
the word INTERPRETATION, then which of the following will be the third letter of that
word? If more than such word can be made, then give M as the answer and if no such word
can be formed then give X as answer.
 (a)T (b) R (c) M (d) X
Q86. Given below are some group of letters. Which of the option can be joined at the end of
these letters to make them meaningful words? LEN, SAN, WOR, SEE

(a) A (b) D (c) B (d) K

Q87. If GOODNESS is coded as HNPCODTR, then how GREATNESS can be written in that
code?
(a) HQZSMFRT (b) HQFZUFRTM (c) HQFZUODTR (d) HQFZUMFRT
Q88. If GRASP is coded as TIZHK, what will be coded as OVTZXB?
(a) LEGATE (b) LEAGUE (c) LEGACY (d) LEDGER
Q89. Find the missing number in the series 1, 2, 2, 4, 3, 8, 7, 10, __ ?
(a) 9 (b) 8 (c) 11 (d) 13
Q90. Find the missing number in the series 3, 8, 6, 14, __, 20.
(a) 12 (b) 20 (c) 42 (d) 9

SECTION-B 10 Marks
Module-I
Q91. What least value must be assigned to ? so that the number 197?5462 is divisible by 9?

Q92. If the number 3422213pq is divisible by 99, find the missing digits p and q?

Q93. Arrange the fraction 17/18, 31/36, 43/45, 59/60 in ascending order.
Q94. A tank is fitted with two inlet pipes A and B, and an outlet pipe C. A is twice as
effective as B which in turn is twice as efficient as C. the empty tank gets filled in 16 hrs
when all the three pipes are opened. How many hours will be taken to fill the empty tank if
B is plugged and the two other pipes are opened?
Q95. A and B can do a piece of work in 9 days, B and C can do it in 12 days; A and C can do it
in 18 days. In how many days will A, B, and C finish it, working together and separately?
Q96. A can do a piece of work in 80 days. He works at it for 10 days and then B alone
finishes the remaining work in 42 days. In how many days A and B can finish the work?

Q97. A train after travelling 150 km, meets with an accident and then proceed at 3/5 of its
former speed and arrives at its destination 8 hours late. Had the accident occurred 360 km
further, it would have reached the destination 4 hours late. What is the total distance
travelled by the train?

Q98. A man covers a certain distance on a toy train. Had the train moved 4 km/hr faster, it
would have taken 30 minutes less. If it moved 2 km/hr slower, it would have taken 20
minutes more. Find the distance.
Q99. A man can row 6 km/hr in still water. It takes him twice as long to row up as to row
down the river. Find the rate of stream.

Q100. A man can row 7.5 kmph in still water. If in a river running at 1.5 kmph, it takes him
50 minutes to row to a place and back, how far off is the place?

Q101. A 160 m long train crosses a 160 m long platform in 16 sec. Find the speed of the
train.

Sol. Distance covered in passing the platform = (160 + 160) m = 320 m.

Q102. Train travelling with constant speed crosses a 90 m long platform in 12 second and a
120 m long platform in 15 seconds. Find the length of the train and its speed.
 Module II
Q103. (a) A man’s present age is 2/5th of the age of his mother. After five years, he well be
one-half of the age of his mother. How old his mother is?

(b) The age of two persons differ by 16 years. If six years ago, the elder be three times as
old as the younger one, find their present ages.

Q104. Mr. Jones gave 40% of the money he had, to his wife. He also gave 20% of the
remaining to each of his three sons. Half of the amount left was spent on miscellaneous
items and the remaining amount of Rs. 12,000 was deposited in the bank. How much
money did Mr. Jones have initially?
Q105. In a tournament, a player has a record of 40% wins, out of the number of games he
has played so far which in turn is 2/5 of the total number of game he plays. What is the
maximum percentage of the remaining games that the player can lose and still win 50% of
all the games played?

Q106. A TV manufacturer earns 20% profit by selling each TV set for Rs 14400. If the
production cost is increased by 15%, what should be the new selling price of a set so as to
gain 15%?

Q107. A manufacturer makes 800 articles at a cost of Rs 1.50 per article. He fixes the selling
price such that if only 600 articles are sold, he would make a profit of 30% on his outlay.
However, he sold 620 articles at this price. Find his actual profit percent of the total outlay,
assuming that the unsold articles are useless.
Q108. Divide Rs 1050 among A, B and C such that A receives 2/5 as much as B and C
together and B receives 3/7 as much as A and C together.

Q109. The salary of A, B and C together amounts to Rs. 33300. If they spend 80%, 85% and
75% of their income, their savings are as 7:6:9. Find the salary of B.
Q110. A, B and C took a house on rent for one year for Rs 13824. They remained together
for 4 months and then C left the house. After 5 more months, B also left the house. How
much rent should each pay?

Q111. How much water must be added to 60 liters of milk at 1.5 liters for Rs 20 so as to
2
have a mixture worth Rs 10 3 a liter?
Q112. Ashish borrowed a sum of money from a nationalized bank at 12% simple interest
per annum and the same amount at 10% simple interest per annum both for the same
period. He cleared the first loan 6 months before the scheduled date of repayment and
repaid the second loan at the end of the schedules period. If in each case he had to pay Rs
3250 as amount then how much and for what time did he borrow?
Q113. The difference between compound and simple interest on a certain sum of money at
the interest rate of 10% per annum for 1.5 years is Rs 183, when the interest is
compounded semi-annually. Find the sum of the money.

Q114. At what time between 4 and 5 o’ clock will the hands of a clock be at right angle?
Q115. A bill for Rs 6000 is drawn on July 14 at 5 months. It is discounted on 5th October at
10%. Find the banker’s discount, true discounted, banker’s gain and the money that the
holder of the bill receives.

Q116. (a) If log10 (x

Module-III
2− 6 x + 45) = 2 , find the value of x.

1
(b) If log a b = 1 , log b c = 3 and log k
2 c a = 5 , find the value of k.
Q117. (a) A circular wire of diameter 42 cm is bent in the form of rectangle whose sides are
in the ratio 6:5. Find the area of rectangle.

(b) The diameter of the driving wheel of a bus is 140 cm. How many revolutions per minute
must the wheel make in order to keep a speed of 66 km/hr?

Q118. (a) A conical tent is required to accommodate 5 persons and each person needs 16
m2 space on the ground and 100 m3 of air to breath. Find the vertical height of the tent.
(b) How many meters of cloth 5 m wide will be required to make conical tent, the radius of
whose base is 7 m and height is 24 m?
Q119. (a) What is the minimum amount of wood, which is wasted by the volume of a right
circular cone which is obtained from a wooden cube of edge 4.2 dm?
(b) Base of a right prism is a rectangle, the ratio of whose length and breadth is 3:2. If the
height of the prism is 12 cm and the total surface area is 288 cm2, find the volume of the
prism.

Q119. (a) In a 100 m race for children, A runs at 1.66 m/s. If A gives B a start of 4 m and still
beats him by 12 seconds, what is B’s speed?

(b) in a game of 80 points, A can give B 5 points and C 15 points. How many points B can
give C in a game of 60?

Q120. (a) What is the value of 75P2-75C2?

(b) In how many ways, a committee of 6 members be selected from 7 men and 5 ladies,
consisting of 4 men and 2 ladies?
Q121. (a) Two cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability
that either both are black or both are queens?

(b) A basket contains 4 red, 5 blue and 3 green marbles. If 2 marbles are drawn at random
from the basket, what is the probability that both are red?

Q122. A man on the top of a tower, standing on the seashore, finds that a boat coming
towards him takes 10 minutes for the angle of depression to change from 300 to 600. Find
the time taken by the boat to reach the shore from his position.
 Module-IV
Q(123-127). Study the table carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Semester fee (in Rs thousands) for five different courses in 6 different years
 Years Courses
B. tech. M. Sc. B. Ed. M. Phil. Diploma
2005 11.5 5.8 7.5 4.7 1.8
2006 14.5 6.4 11.6 5.8 3.2
2007 20.0 10.2 13.9 8.6 4.8
2008 22.2 14.6 15.8 12.7 5.6
2009 35.8 17.7 18.5 25.1 12.5
2010 50.7 20.9 22.6 18.9 14.9

Q123. What was the approximate percent increase in the semester fees of B. Ed. Course in
the year 2007 as compared to the previous year?

Q124. What was the average semester fee charged for M. Sc. over all the years together?

Q125. What was the difference between the total semester fee charged for diploma course
over the years together and the fee charged for B. Tech. course in the year 2009?

Q126. What was the total semester fee charged for all the courses together in the year
2006?
Q127. The semester fee charged for M. Phil. Course in the year 2008 was approximately
what percent of the semester fee charged for M. Sc. Course in the year 2009?

Module-V
Q128. (a) Find the next term in the series A, D, G, J,___
(a)K (b) L (c) M (d) N (b)Find the missing term in the given
series ABP, CDQ, EFR, __________
(a)GHS (b) GHT (c) HGS (d) GHR
Q129. (a) Find the missing term in the given series AB, DEF, HIJK, _________, STUVWX
(a)LMNO (b) LMNOP (c) MNOPQ (d) QRSTU
(b) replace the question mark (?) in the following series with suitable option.
C-3, E-5, G-7, I-9, ? , ?
(a)M-18, K-14 (b)K-11, M-13 (c) X-24, M-21 (d) O-15, X-24
Q(130-132). Find the missing character in the following figures:
Q131.

(a)13 (b)15 (c) 17 (d) 19

Q132.

(a)9 (b) 5 (c) 10 (d) 21

Q133.

(a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 16

SECTION-C 10 Marks
Module-I
Q134. (a) A cistern has three pipes A, B and C. A and B can fill it in 3 hours and 4 hours
respectively while C can empty the completely filled cistern in 1 hour. If the pipes are
opened in order 2, 4 and 5 p.m. respectively, at what time will the cistern be empty?

(b) Three pipes A, B and C are attached to a tank. A and B can fill in 20 and 30 miniutes
respectively while C can empty it in 15 minutes. If A, B and C are kept open successively for
1 minute each, how soon will the tank be filled?
Q135(a) A can complete a work in 10 days, B in 12 days and C in 15 days. All of them began
the work together, but A had to leave the work after 2 days of the start and B, 3 days before
the completion of the work. How long did the work last?

(b) A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 12 days respectively. If they
work for a day alternatively, A beginning, in how many days, the work will be completed?

Q136(a) A thief is spotted by a policeman from a distance of 100 meters. When the
policeman starts the chase, the thief also starts running. If the speed of the thief is 8 km/hr
and that of the policeman 10 km/hr, how far the thief will have run before he is overtaken?
(b) A man takes 6 hrs 30 minutes in going by a cycle and coming back by scooter. He would
have lost 2 hrs 10 minutes by going on cycle both ways. How long would it take him to go
by scooter both ways?
 Module II
Q137. (a) The price of a jewel, passing through three hands, rises on the whole by 65%. If
the first and the second sellers earned 20% and 25% profit respectively, find the
percentage profit earned by the third seller.

(b) Two-third of a consignment was sold at a profit of 5% and the remainder at a loss of
2%. If the total profit was Rs 400, find the value of the consignment.

Q138. (a) Cost of a diamond varies directly as the square of its weight. A diamond broke
into four pieces with their weights in the ratios 1:2:3:4. If the loss in the total value of the
diamond was Rs 70000, find the price of the original diamond.

(b) Two identical vessels A and B contain mixtures of milk and water in the ratio 4:5 and
5:1 respectively. In what ratio should quantities of mixtures be taken from A and B to form
a mixture in which milk to water is in ratio 5:4?
Q139(a) A sum of money doubles itself at compound interest in 15 years. In how many
years will it become eight times?

(b) What annual payment will discharge a debt of Rs 7650 due in 3 years at 50/3% per
annum compounded interest?
Sol. Let each instalment be ` x. Then,
 Module-III
Q140. (a) The length of the rectangle is increased by 30%. By what percent would the
breadth have to be decreased to maintain the same area?

(b) Two perpendicular cross roads of equal width run through the middle of a rectangular
park of length 80 m and breadth 60 m. If the area of the cross roads is 675 m 2, find the
width of the road.

Q141. (a) The radius and height of a right solid circular cone are r and h respectively. A
conical cavity of radius r/2 and height h/2 is cut out of this cone. What is the whole surface
area of the rest of the portion?
(b) If the radius of the sphere is increased by 50%, find the increase percent in volume and
the increase percent in the surface area.

Q142. (a) A boat having a length 3 m and breadth 2 m is floating on a lake. If, the boat sinks
by 1 cm when a man goes on it, what is the mass of the man?

(b) In how many different ways can the letters of the word CORPORATION be arranged so
that the vowels always come together?
Q143. (a) An urn contains 6 red, 4 blue and 3 yellow marbles. If three marbles are picked
up at random (i) what is the probability that 2 are blue and 1 is yellow? (iI) what is the
probability that 2 are blue, 1 is green and 1 is red?
(b) There are two temples, one on each bank of a river, just opposite to each other. One
temple is 54 m high. From top of this temple, the angle of depression of the top and the foot
of the other temple are 300 and 600 respectively. Find the width of the river and the height
of the other temple.
 Module-IV
Q(144-148). Study the following pie-chart and the bar diagram and answer the following
questions:
Q144. What is the sum of the numbers of girls in school C, the number of girls in school E
and the number of boys in school D together?

Q145. What is the ratio of the number of boys in school C, the number of girls in school B
and the total number of students in school E?
Q146. What is the difference between the total number of students in school F and the
number of boys in school E?
Q147. In which of the following school is the total number of students equal to the number
of girls in school E?
 (a) A (b)B (c) C (d) D (e) F
Q148. The number of girls in school A is approximately what percentage of the total nuber
of students is school B?

Module-V
Directions (Q149-153) Study the following information carefully to answer the given
questions:
The teachers’ colony has 2800 members, out of which 650 members read only English
newspaper. 550 members read only Hindi newspaper and 450 members read only Marathi
newspaper. The number of members reading all the 3 newspapers is 100. Members reading
Hindi as well as English newspaper are 200. 400 members read Hindi as well as Marathi
newspaper and 300 members read English as well as Marathi newspaper.
Q149. Find the number of members reading Hindi newspaper.
Q150. How many members read only one newspaper?
Q151. Find the number of members reading no newspaper.
Q152. How many members read at least two newspaper?
Q153. Find the difference between the number of members reading English as well as
Marathi newspaper and the number of members reading English as well as Hindi
newspaper.
Directions (Q154-156) In each of the following questions, relationship between different
element is shown in the statements. These statements are followed by two conclusions.
Give answer:
(a) If only conclusion I follows (b) If only conclusion II follows
(c) If either conclusion I or II follows (d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows
(e)If both conclusion I and II follow
Q154. Statements: P Q = R , Q S T Conclusions: I . P T II . T Q
Q155. Statements: A B = C , D C = E Conclusions: I . E A II . A D
Q156. Statements: F G = H , G J K Conclusions: I . F K II . K H