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1. Boxes numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are kept in a row,
and they which are to be filled with either a red or a blue ball, such that no
two adjacent boxes can be filled with blue balls. Then how many different arrangements
are possible, given that all balls of a given colour are exactly identical in
all respects?

a. 8            b.
10             c. 15               d. 22

2. A man invests Rs. 3,000 at the rate of 5% per
annum. How much more should he invest at the rate of 8%, so that he can earn a
total of 6% per annum?

a. Rs. 1,200             b. Rs. 1,300           c. Rs. 1,500           d. Rs. 2,000

3. 5/2 of the voters promise to vote for P and the
rest promised to vote for Q. Of these, on the last day 15% of the voters went
back of their promise to vote for P and 25% of voters went back of their
promise to vote for Q, and P lost by 2 votes. Then the total number of voters
is

a. 100          
       b. 110
            c. 90               d. 95

4. In a race of 200 m run, A beats S by 20 m and N by
40 m. If S and N are running a race of 100 m with exactly same speed as before,
then by how many metres will S beat N?

a. 11.11 m            b. 10 m             c. 12 m              d. 25 m

5. Three consecutive positive even numbers are such
that thrice the first number exceeds double the third by 2, then the third
number is

a. 10                  b. 14               c. 16                  d. 12

6. A group of men decided to do a job in 8 days. But
since 10 men dropped out every day, the job got completed at the end of the
12th day. How many men were there at the beginning?

a. 165                b. 175             c. 80                 d. 90

7. If a 4 digit number is formed with digits 1, 2, 3
and 5. What is the probability that the number is divisible by 25, if
repetition of digits is not allowed?

a. 1/12              
b. 1/4           c. 1/6              d. None of these  

8. Two typists undertake to do a job. The second
typist begins working one hour after the first. Three hours after the first typist
has begun working, there is still 9/20 of the work to be done. When the assignment
is completed, it turns out that each typist has done half the work. How many
hours would it take each one to do the whole job individually ?

a. 12 hr and 8 hr           b. 8 hr and 5.6 hr             c. 10 hr and 8 hr         d. 5 hr and 4 hr

9. I live X floors above the ground floor of a
high-rise building. It takes me 30 s per floor to walk down the steps and 2 s
per floor to ride the lift. What is X, if the time taken to walk down the steps
to the ground floor is the same as to wait for the lift for 7 min and then ride
down?

a. 4                        b. 7                   c. 14                   d. 15

10. A stockist wants to make some profit by selling
sugar. He contemplates about various methods . Which of the following would
maximise his profit?

I. Sell sugar at 10% profit.

II. Use 900 g of weight instead of 1 kg.

III. Mix 10% impurities in sugar and selling sugar at
cost price.

IV. Increase the price by 5% and reduce weights by 5%.

a. I or III             b. II                  c. II, III and IV              d. Profits are same

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Answers

1(d)    2(c)    
3(a)    4(a)     5(b)    
6(a)   7(a)    8(c)    
9(d)    10(b)