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Section 1 - Numerical Ability
No. of Questions: 15
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1) A lady sold 65% of her jewellery and was left with 840 grams. How many grams of jewellery did she initially
have?
A) 2000 B) 2400 C) 2220 D) None of the options
2) In an entrance examination, X obtained 40% of the maximum marks and failed by 140 marks while Y
obtained 56% and obtained 36
marks more than the pass mark. Find the maximum marks and the pass percentage.
A) 1100, 52 8/11% B) 1000, 47 8/11% C) 1100, 47 8/11% D) 1000, 52 8/11%
3) A paper is answered by 7500 candidates. 20% of them are girls and the rest are boys. If 5% of the boys and
40% of the girls fail, what percent of the total candidates pass?
A) 28 B) 60 C) 88 D) None of the options
4) The minimum temperature was one-fourth more than one-third of the maximum temperature on a particular
day. If the sum of the maximum and the minimum temperatures is 51 degree, then what was the minimum
temperature on that day?
A) 15 degree B) 12 degree C) 13 degree D) 10 degree
5) A company undergoes a loss of Rs. 500 by giving a discount of 30% on a product. What was the selling price
of the product?
A) Rs. 880 B) Rs. 580 C) Rs. 650 D) Cannot be determined
6) A company wants to make a profit of 25% on a product that costs Rs. 2100. At what price must the company
sell the product?
A) Rs.2500 B) Rs.2610 C) Rs.2625 D) None of the options
7) A man sells 320 mangoes at the cost price of 400 mangoes. What is his gain in percent?
A) 12% B) 10% C) 20% D) 25%
8) Swaminathan sold 35500 lockers at a profit of 20%. How many lockers can he buy from the profit amount
obtained?
A) 15000 B) 12550 C) 7100 D) 6755
9) Two bottles contain 0.5 ltr and 1 ltr of salt solution. The ratio of salt to water in the solutions was 1:2 and 2:3
respectively. If both the solutions were poured into a new bottle, what is the ratio of salt to water in that bottle?
A) 8.5:6.5 B) 8.5:14 C) 3:4 D) 1:2
10) The ratio of students in a middle school and a high school is 5:7 and the difference in number is 80. How
many students are there in the high school?
A) 160 B) 280 C) 480 D) None of the options
11) 10 men can finish a task in 10 days. It takes 12 women to finish the same task in 10 days. If 15 men and 6
women work together, how many days will they take to complete the task?
A) 2 B) 4 C) 5 D) None of the options
12) Three numbers are in the ratio 2:3:5. The sum of their squares is 608. Find the numbers.
A) 8, 12, 20 B) 6, 12,20 C) 8, 14, 20 D) None of the options
13) A product can be divided into 4 smaller parts, each of which can further be divided into 5 parts. What is the
maximum number of parts the product can be divided into?
A) 20 B) 9 C) 5 D) 4
14) An employee takes a break of 5 minutes after every 1 hour of work. If he works for 8 hours a day, how many
minutes of break does he take in a month?
A) 240 minutes B) 230 minutes C) 245 minutes D) Data insufficient
15) On dividing a number successively by 3, 4, 5 and 6 the reminders are 2, 3, 4, and 5 respectively. What will be
the reminder if the number is divided by 9?
A) 8 B) 7 C) 5 D) 3