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1 A rectangular field is 300 feet wide and 400 feet long. Random sampling indicates
that there are, on the average, three ants per square inch throughout the field.[12
inches=1 foot] Of the following, the number that most closely approximates the
number of ants in the field is
(a) 50 million (b) 500 million (c) 5 million (d) 50000

2 Ashok, Eesha, Farookh, and Gowri ran a race. Ashok said, I didnot finish 1 st or 4th.
Eesha said, I didnot finish 4th. Farookh said, I finished 1st. Gowri said, I finished
4th.There were no lies in the competition, and exactly three of the children told the
truth. Who finished 4th?
(a) Ashok (b) Gowri (c) Eesha (d) Farookh

3 The numbers 6,12,21,22,27,34 are placed in the boxes a,b,c,d,e,f shown below in a
certain order such that the sum of the entries in each of the extreme rows and each
of the extreme columns (i.e. top row, bottom row, leftmost column and rightmost
column and rightmost column) are the same number K. What is the value of K?
9 a b 14
c d
23 e f 25
(a) 71 (b) 66 (c) 61 (d) 69

4 George can do some work in 8 hours Paul can do the same work in 10 hours while
Hari can do the same work in 12 hours. All the three of them start working at 9 a.m.
while George stops work at 11 a.m and the remaining two complete the work.
Approximately at what time will the work be finished?
(a) 11.30 a.m (b) 12.30 p.m (c) 1 pm (d) 12 noon

5 A village milkman carries out adulteration of milk with water to make higher
profits. He has 2 cans, one with water and another with pure milk. He pours water
from can No.1 into can No.2 sufficient to double its contents, and then repour from
No.2 into No.1 enough of the mixture to double the contents. He again pours from
No.1 into No.2 to double the contents of No.2 and find the same number of litres of
milk in each can, although there is one more litre of water in can No.2 than there is
milk. How much more water than milk is there in can No.1?
(a) 1 (b)2 (c) 3 (d) 4

6 A,B,C and D go for a picnic. In a weighing machine they try to find their weights.
When A stands on the machine, B also climbs the machine and the weight shown
was 132kg. When B climbs, C also climbs and the weight shown was
130kg.Similarly the weight of C and D was found to be 102kg and that of B and D
was 116kg. What is the weight of D?
(a) 58 (b) 40 (c) 78 (d) 44

7 A circular tent is cylindrical to a height of 3 meters and conical above it. If its
diameter is 105 m and the slant height of conical portion is 53m, calculate the
length of the canvas 5 m wide to make the required tent
(a) 2013 (b) 1947 (c) 1999 (d) 1950
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8 How many different integers can be expressed as the sum of three distinct numbers
from the set {3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 38, 45, 52}?
(a) 8 (b) 56 (c) 16 (d) 15

9 Joke is faster than Paul, Joke and Paul each walk 24 KM. the sum of their speed is
7 Km per hour. And the sum of times taken by them is 14 hours. Then, Joke speed
is
(a) 4 kmph (b) 3 kmph (c) 5 kmph (d) 2 kmph

10 In the magic figure shown below, the sum of numbers in each row, column and
diagonal are the same. What is the value of y+z.
V -5 W
31 X Y
49 Z 13
(a) 242 (b) 430 (c) 216 (d) 261

11 An army camp has provisions for 52 days. 17 days later, 300 new recruits join the
camp and the remaining provisions will now last only 21 days. How many recruits
are there in the camp.
(a) 420 (b) 750 (c) 450 (d) 633

12 If M is 30% of Q, Q is 20% of P and N is 50% of P, then M/N is,

(a)3/25 (b)6/5 (c)4/2 (d) 3/250

13 Cara, a blue whale participated in a weight loss program at the biggest office. At the
end of every month, the decrease in weight from original weight was measured and
noted as 1, 2, 6, 21, 86, 445, 2676. While Cara made a steadfast effort, the weighing
machine showed an erroneous weight once. What was that?
(a) 2676 (b) 2 (c) 455 (d) 86

14 The value of a scooter depreciates in such a way that its value at the end of each
year is of its value at the beginning of the same year. If the initial value of the
scooter is 40000 what is the value at the end of 3 years.
(a) 12635 (b) 16875 (c) 17525 (d) 12500

15 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2,
2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4.. in the above sequence what is the number of the
position 2888 of the sequence.
(a)1 (b) (c) 3 (d) 4

16 Two alloys A and B are composed of two basic elements. The ratios of the
composition of the two basic elements in the 2 alloys are 5:3 and 1:2, respectively.
A new alloy X is formed by mixing the 2 alloys A and B in the ratio 4:3. What is the
ratio of the composition of the 2 basic elements in alloy X.?
(a) 2:3 (b) 1:5 (c) 1:1 (d) 3:1

17 In a certain city, 60% of the registered voters are congress supporters and the rest
are BJP supporters. In an assembly election, if 75% of the registered congress
supporters and 20% of the registered BJP supporters are expected to vote for
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candidate A, what percent of the registered voters are expected to vote for
candidate A?
(a) 53 (b) 70 (c) 60 (d) 20

18 A call center agent has a list of 305 phone numbers of people in alphabetic order of
names (but she does not have any of the names). She needs to quickly contact
Deepak Sharma to convey a message to him. If each call takes 2 minutes to
complete, and every call is answered, what is the minimum amount of time in
which she can guarantee to deliver the message to Mr. Sharma?
(a) 18 minutes (b) 610 minutes (c) 206 minutes (d) 34 minutes

19 If f(x) = 2x+2 what is f(f(3))?

(a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 64 (d) 16

20 If f(x) = 7 x +12, find f-1(x) for all real x?

(a) (x-12)/7 (b) 7x+12 (c) 1/(7x+12) (d) None of these

21 Two circles of radii 5 cm and 3 cm touch each other at A and also touch a line at B
and C. The distance BC in cms is?
(a) 60 (b) 62 (c) 68 (d) 64

22 Let f(m,n) =45*m + 36*n, where m and n are integers (positive or negative) What is
the minimum positive value for f(m,n) for all values of m,n (this may be achieved
for various values of m and n)?
(a) 9 (b) 18 (c) 27 (d) 21

23 In the polynomial f(x) =2*x^4 - 49*x^2 +54, what is the product of the roots, and
what is the sum of the roots (Note that x^n denotes the x raised to the power n, or x
multiplied by itself n times)?
(a) 27,0 (b) 54,2 (c) 49/2,54 (d) 49,27

24 In the polynomial f(x) = x^5 + a*x^3 + b*x^4 +c*x + d, all coefficients a, b, c, d are
integers. If 3 + sqrt(7) is a root, which of the following must be also a root? (Note
that xn denotes the x raised to the power n, or x multiplied by itself n times. Also
sqrt(u) denotes the square root of u, or the number which when multiplied by
itself, gives the number u)?
(a) 3-sqrt(7) (b) 3+sqrt(21) (c) 5-sqrt(3) (d) sqrt(7)

25 Two ISB alumni decide to meet at cafe linger On between 9.30 am and 10.30 am.
They agree that the person who arrives first at the cafe would wait for exactly 15
minutes for the other. If each of them arrives at a random time between 9.30 am
and 10.30 am. What is the probability that the meeting takes place?
(a) 7/18 (b) 9/16 (c) 7/16 (d) 11/18

26 If x^2 16 >0, which of the following must be true?

(a) -4<x<4 (b) 4<x (c) -4>x>4 (d) -4>x<4

27 What is the remainder when 6^17 + 17^6 is divided by 7?

(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 0
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28 Alvin, Ben and Clinton run a race, with Alvin finishing 48 meters ahead of Ben and
72 meters ahead of Clinton, while runner Ben finishes 32 meters ahead of runner
Clinton. Each runner travels the entire distance at a constant speed. What is the
length of the race?
(a) 480 (b) 96 (c) 192 (d) None of these

29 When numbers are written in base b, we have 12 * 25 = 333. The value of b is

(a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 4

30 In how many rearrangements of the word ERASED is the letter 'A' positioned in
between the 2 'E's?
(a) 80 (b) 120 (c) 360 (d) None of these