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1. A man drives 150 kilometres to the seashore in 3 hours and 20 minutes.
He returns from the shore to the starting point in 4 hours and 10 minutes. Let
r be the average rate for the entire trip. Then the average rate for the trip
going exceeds r, in kilometres per hour, by :

 (1) 5                 (2) 4 (1/2)                   (3)
4                 (4) 2

 2. The angles of a pentagon are in arithmetic progression. One of the
angles, in degrees, must be :

(1) 108             (2) 90               (3) 72                (4) 54  

 3. Three machines P, Q and R, working together, can do a job in x hours.
When working alone, P needs an additional 6 hours to do the job; Q, one
additional hour; and R, x additional hours. The value of x is

 (1) 2/3                         (2)
11/12                     (3)
3/2                          (4) 2  

 4. For any real value of x the maximum value of 8x – (3x^2) is : 

 (1) 8/3                    (2) 4                        (3) 5                          (4) 16/3  

 5. A man on his way to dinner shortly after 6 : 00 p.m. observes that the
hands of his watch form an angle of 110 degree. Returning before 7 :
00 p.m. he notices that again the hands of his watch form an angle of 110
degree. The number of minutes that he has been away is : 

(1) 36 (2/3)                 (2)
40                      (3)
42                   (4)
42.4  

 6. If both x and y are integers, how may solutions are there of the
equation (x – 8) (x – 10) = 2^y? 

(1) 1                 (2) 2                  (3) 3                 (4) more than 3  

 7. Given the four equations: 

 (a) 3y – 2x = 12,

(b) -2x – 3y = 10, 

(c) 3y + 2x = 12, 

(d) 2y + 3x = 10.  

 The pair representing perpendicular lines is:  

 (1) (a) and (d)

(2) (a) and (c) 

(3) (a) and (b) 

(4) (b) and (d)

8. A flight of Jet Airways from Delhi to Mumbai has an average speed of 700
kilometres per hour without  any  stoppage, 
whereas  a  flight 
of  Kingfisher  from Delhi 
to Mumbai has an  average  speed of 560 kilometres per hour with
stoppage at Baroda. What is the average stoppage time per hour of Kingfisher
flight if both the planes fly at the same speed?  

 (1) 8 minutes  

(2) 12 minutes  

(3) 16 minutes  

(4) 24 minutes  

 9. A 500-gram stone was dropped from the roof of a building. What is the
height of the building if the stone reached the ground in 4 seconds?  

 (1) 108.4 metres  

(2) 98.4 metres  

(3) 88.4 metres  

(4) 78.4 metres  

10. A final year MBA student gets 50% in the exam and 80% in the
assignments. If the exam should count for 
70%  of  the final result  and 
the assignment for  30%, what
will  be 
the  final  score 
of the student, if professors decide 
to  use weighted harmonic
mean  to uneven  performances?  (1) 56.34%  

(2) 60.53%  

(3) 64.83%  

(4) 66.59%  

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Answers

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3(1)    4(4)     5(2)     6(2)  
7(1)    8(2)     9(4)   
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