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Q1: The average age of 12 students in a class is 20 years. When 3 new students join the class, the average age of the class increases by 1 year. What is the average age of the 3 new students?

22
23
24
25

Q2: A shopkeeper sells two articles for Rs. 1,500 each. On the first article, he makes a 20% profit, while on the second article, he incurs a 25% loss. What is the overall profit or loss percentage on the total transaction?

5.79% loss
6.79% loss
7.69% loss
8.69% loss

Q3: The ratio of milk to water in a container is 5 : 3. Some quantity of the mixture is removed and replaced with pure water. After this operation, the ratio of milk to water becomes 3 : 5. If the container initially had 32 litres of mixture, how much of the mixture was removed and replaced?

10 litres
12.8 litres
15.4 litres
18.8 litres

Q4: Find the least number divisible by 2, 3, 5, 6 and 15 which is a perfect square.

A) 324
900
729
576

Q5: If a number ‘N’ leaves a remainder 3 when divided by 7, what will be the remainder when ‘7N’ is divided by 7?

0
3
7
None of the above

Q6: A trader buys 100 pens at Rs. 20 each. He sells 60 pens at a 10% profit and the remaining 40 pens at a 5% loss. What is the overall profit or loss percentage?

4% profit
4% loss
5% profit
5% loss

Q7: A can complete a piece of work in 12 days, and B can complete the same work in 18 days. A and B start working together, but after 3 days, A leaves the work. Immediately after A leaves, C joins B. B and C together finish the remaining work in 4 days. If C alone can complete the entire work in x days, what is the value of x?

11.08 days
11 days
12.05 days
12 days

Q8: Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 12 hours and 16 hours, respectively. Pipe C can empty the full tank in 24 hours. If all three pipes are opened together, how long will it take to fill the tank?

8 hours
8 hours 40 minutes
9 hours
9 hours 36 minutes

Q9: Find the missing term in the number series. 40, 20, 20, 30, __, 150

45
90
30
60

Q10: Find the wrong number in the following number series 729, 243, 182, 27

729
243
182
27

Q11: Select the combination of letters which, when sequentially placed in the blanks, will complete the series: A, C, F, J, O, __, __, __

U, B, J
V, C, K
T, A, H
U, A, M

Q12: Find the wrong term in the given series BDF, EGI, HJL, KMP, NPR

EGI
HJL
KMP
NPR

Q13: If in a certain language, DELHI is coded as WVOSR, then how will MUMBAI be coded in that language?

NFNYZR
NHNYUR
NFNZYR
NHNUYR

Q14: A man is facing South. He turns 90° clockwise, then 180° anticlockwise, and then 90° clockwise again. Which direction is he facing now?

North
EAst
WEst
South

Q15: A girl starts walking from her house and walks 150 m south, then she turns right and walks 80 m, and then she turns left and walks 60 m. She finally turns left and walks 280 m to reach a school. What is the shortest distance between her house and the school?

270
280
290
None of the above

Q16: Pointing to a woman, Ram said, “She is the daughter of the only son of my grandfather.” How is the woman related to Ram?

sister
Sister-in-law
mother
aunt

Q17: A sum of Rs. 270 is to be divided among A, B, and C such that A gets twice as much as B, and B gets Rs. 30 more than C. What is the ratio of their shares?

12:6:4
9:5:4
10:5:3
12:7:5

Q18: If x and y are integers such that: x + y = 14 and x − y = 4, what is the value of x * y?

54
45
36
63

Q19: A boat can travel 30 km downstream in 2 hours and the same distance upstream in 3 hours. How long will it take the boat to travel 45 km downstream and then 30 km upstream?

5:30 hours
5:45 hours
7 hours
None of the above

Q20: A train 120 m long is running at a speed of 54 km/h. It takes T1 time to cross the pole and T2 time to cross the 180 m long platform. What is the difference in time (T2 − T1), in seconds, taken by the train to cross the platform and the pole?

10 seconds
12 seconds
15 seconds
18 seconds