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1EasyPassage, 5 questions

Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

Arvind is pursuing a six month course in Machine Learning in his University campus. His classes begin on 1st January and end on 30th June of a non-leap year. There are six topics, which are covered sequentially every month from January to June. After each topic is covered Arvind has to attend a test, which is held sometime during the last 7 days of the same month in which topic is done. There is also a final test after the six months are over. Each of these tests fall on different days of the week. The centers for these tests are at different locations on the University campus and Arvind rides his bicycle to the exam centers. The normal speed at which Arvind cycles is 18 km/h. The partial information is given in the following table.

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The additional information is also known that:

(i) He increases his original speed by 2 m/sec and he takes 5 minutes to reach the center for Test 1.

(ii) For Test 2 he rides at 80% of his original speed and reaches in 8 minutes.

(iii) He reaches his exam center in 6 minutes at his original speed for Test 3.

(iv) For Test 4 the distance of the center is 50% more than that of Test 3 and he reaches there in 15 minutes.

(v) For Test 5 the distance of the center is one-third more than that of Test 4, which he covers in 10 minutes.

(vi) For Test 6 he travels at 70% of his original speed for 20 minutes to reach the center. For the Final Test he takes 10 minutes to reach the center at his original speed.

Question 1

What was the date on which the Test 4 was held?

  1. A

    24th April

  2. B

    29th April

  3. C

    26th April

  4. D

    28th April

Question 2

On which day was Test 6 held?

  1. A

    Wednesday

  2. B

    Thursday

  3. C

    Sunday

  4. D

    Either (1) or (2)

Question 3

Select the correct combination from among the following options.

  1. A

    28th January, 2 km

  2. B

    Thursday, 4 km

  3. C

    Test 5, 6 m/sec

  4. D

    Test 2, 25th February

Question 4

On how many days did Arvind travel less than 3 km to reach his exam center?

Question 5

Select the statement that is definitely TRUE, based on the information given.

  1. A

    The maximum distance was covered by Arvind at maximum speed.

  2. B

    The minimum distance was covered by Arvind at the minimum speed.

  3. C

    The maximum distance was covered by Arvind in the maximum time.

  4. D

    The minimum distance was covered by Arvind in the minimum time.

2EasyPassage, 5 questions

Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

The table below gives the partial allocation of the budget expenditure for the next financial year in six states: A, B, C, D, E, and F. The budget expenditure is allocated completely among the following six sectors: Agriculture, Dairy, Electricity, Health, Industry, and Roads. The sectorial allocation for each state is in '000 Cr and can take any value from among: 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, and 50 ( all in '000 Cr).

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Question 1

The highest sectorial allocation in absolute terms, to any of the sectors, was made by the state/s: ________

  1. A

    A

  2. B

    C

  3. C

    D

  4. D

    Both (2) and (3)

Question 2

Exactly three states had allocated Rs. 30,000 Cr to ___________

  1. A

    Roads

  2. B

    Industry

  3. C

    Agriculture

  4. D

    Health

Question 3

What was the difference (in Rs. '000 Cr) between state E's budget allocation to Agriculture and state B's allocation to Health?

  1. A

    15

  2. B

    20

  3. C

    5

  4. D

    10

Question 4

The sum of the allocations by the six states taken together was the highest in which sector?

  1. A

    Health

  2. B

    Industry

  3. C

    Electricity

  4. D

    Agriculture

Question 5

The total budget allocated to Health was what percentage more or less than the total budget allocated to Roads?

3MediumPassage, 3 questions

India played against Australia in a volleyball match and won it in 5 sets. The scores of the sets were: 25-20, 20-25, 25-23, 15-25, 15-7 (Scores of India are represented before the hyphens).

The different ways in which the points were scored for India are given below using the pie chart.

Type of PointPercentage Contribution
Spikes56%
Blocks14%
Ace8%
Block Outs12%
Dumps6%
Opposition Fouls4%

Question 1

What is the total number of points taken by the Indian team by Dumps and Blocks?

  1. A

    40

  2. B

    10

  3. C

    20

  4. D

    Cannot be determined

Question 2

By how much percent is the point scored by Aces more than that scored by Opposition Fouls?

  1. A

    100%

  2. B

    50%

  3. C

    75%

  4. D

    80%

Question 3

Consider that Team Australia also had the same break-up of the points scored by them as Team India. Then, what is the difference between the points scored by India and Australia by Block outs?

  1. A

    3

  2. B

    0

  3. C

    6

  4. D

    Cannot be determined

4MediumPassage, 5 questions

Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

Aman is a wholesaler of shirts. He has six brands of shirts - A, B, C, D, E, and F - in his shop. The table given below provides the maximum and minimum price (in Rs.) of shirts of each mentioned brand. The table also provides the information about the number of shirts of each brand and average price (in Rs.) of shirts of each brand. Assume that the price of each shirt is a multiple of 10. Exactly one shirt of each brand is sold at the minimum price and exactly one shirt is sold at the maximum price.

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Question 1

Find the average price (in Rs.) of the shirts at the wholesale outlet that Aman owns to the nearest multiple of 10.

  1. A

    150

  2. B

    180

  3. C

    200

  4. D

    230

Question 2

The minimum number of shirts of Brand A having price more than Rs. 210 is:

Question 3

Two retailers Raju and Imran decided to purchase the entire stock of Brand F from Aman. They split the entire stock between themselves such that they had the same number and also the same value of the shirts. Imran’s share included both the most expensive and the least expensive shirt of Brand F.

Which of the following is definitely false?

I. Raju had 10 shirts which were priced at Rs. 150. II. In Imran’s share at least 5 shirts were priced Rs. 170. III. The number of shirts priced Rs. 160 cannot be more than 24.

  1. A

    I & II

  2. B

    II & III

  3. C

    I & III

  4. D

    All the three

Question 4

If the maximum number of shirts of Brand B were sold at the average price, then which of the following could be the price (in Rs.) of one of the shirts of the same brand?

  1. A

    450

  2. B

    475

  3. C

    480

  4. D

    490

Question 5

How many shirts of Brand C cost more than Rs. 60?

5HardPassage, 4 questions

There are 4 departments in a certain company - P, Q, R and S. The table about their details is as shown:image

A) The number of employees in every department is even. The minimum number of employees is in Q and the maximum number of employees is in S.

B) The average age of the employees in Q and S is 28 years.3

C) There are 46 employees in total and the average salary of 46 employees is 30000.

Question 1

What is the number of employees in Q?

  1. A

    6

  2. B

    8

  3. C

    10

  4. D

    12

Question 2

What is the average salary of employees in Q?

  1. A

    24000

  2. B

    24500

  3. C

    25000

  4. D

    25500

Question 3

Suppose from the department P, x employees are transferred to Q and the remaining employees are transferred to R. If the average age of Q and R increases by 10 and 5 respectively, which of the following can be the possible number of employees transferred to Q from P, if the average age of P is also an integer?

  1. A

    1

  2. B

    2

  3. C

    3

  4. D

    5

Question 4

Suppose from the department P, x employees are transferred to Q and the remaining employees are transferred to S. If the average age of Q and S increases by 10 and 3 respectively, what can be the possible number of employees transferred to Q from P, if the average age of P is also an integer?

  1. A

    1

  2. B

    2

  3. C

    4

  4. D

    Not possible

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