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1. When 100 is added to a number, the result is 50 more than 3 times the number. Find the

number.

a. 50 b. 25 c. 75 d. 100

2. √(361) - ∛343 = ?

a. 18 b. 14 c. 12 d. 16

3. If it is possible to make a meaningful word with the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th letter of the word ‘CONTRADICTION’, write the third letter of the new word.

a. R b. T c. A d. D

4. If a person buys a book for Rs. 36, which is available on 40% discount off the original price. What is the original price of the book?

a. 52 b. 60 c. 56 d. 54

5. Identify the wrong number:

26 25 28 22 30 21 32

a. 22 b. 28 c. 30 d. 25

6. If |3x+2| = 5, then one of the value of x will be one. What will be the other value of x?

a. -1 1/3 b. -2 1/3

c. 1 1/3 d. 2 1/3

7. A committee of 3 persons is to be formed from a group of 7 ladies and 4 gents in which Mohan is always included. What is the probability that the

committee includes two ladies?

a. 7/15 b. 2/15 c. 5/56 d. 11/49

8. If the first and the second letters in the word ‘DIVESTMENT’ were interchanged, also the third and the fourth letters, the fifth and the sixth letters and so on, which letter would be the 8th letter from your right?

a. M b. E c. T d. N

9. Find out the number that should come next in the following number series?

2 2 3 2 3 4 2 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 6 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

a. 3 b. 2 c. 9 d.7

e. None of these

10. In a certain code OWNER is written PQSTV. How is WINNER written in that code?

a. PPLSGT b. GPTTVS

c. TTLMSV d. GGPTSV

11. Anita introduced a boy and said that ‘’He is the brother of the daughter of my mother’’. How is the boy related to Anita?

a. Husband b. Father

c. Brother d. Uncle

12. I went 20m to the north and, then I turned 15m west, then 10m south and then 15m east. In which direction is I from the starting point?

a. North b. East

c. West d. South

13. Identify the figure that needs to be interchanged with the other figure to correct the sequence:

a. Replace a with c

b. Replace b with c

c. Replace with d

d. Replace c with d

Answer

1.b, 2. c, 3.a, 4.b, 5. a, 6. b,

7. a, 8. b, 9. b, 10. b, 11. c,

12.a, 13.d.