Sreedhar's CCE IBPS-RRB Officer Scale-I Prelims –XIII- MT-43

IBPS REGIONAL RURAL BANKS (RRBs)

Officer Scale-I XIII-Prelims-MODEL TEST-43
REASONING
Direction: (1-5) Study the given information carefully and answer the questions .

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Seven people viz. M, N, O, P, Q, R, and S were born in seven different years
viz. 1968, 1972, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1993, and 1997. Each person born on seven
different states viz. Karnataka, Assam, Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan, Manipur,
and Kerala.
P was born in a leap year. Two people were born between P and the one who
was born in Gujarat. As many people was born after R as before the one born in
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Gujarat. P did not born in Manipur. Only one person was born between the one
born in Kerala and the one born in Assam. R does not born in Gujarat. The age
difference between R and M is 25. The one born in Kerala was born immediately
after P. Q was elder than N. S was born in Karnataka. Only one person was born
between S and the one born in Manipur. O was born immediately after the one

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born in Rajasthan.
Q was born in ___.

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1) 1972 2) Punjab 3) 1993 4) Rajasthan 5) Gujarat
2. How many people were born between N and P as per the given arrangement?
1) Three 2) One 3) Four 4) Two 5) More than four
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3. S was born in which of the following year?

1) 1968 2) 1988 3) 1976 4) 1993 5) 1982
4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions as per
the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following does
not belong to that group?
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1) Kerala – O 2) Rajasthan – 1976 3) 1993 – N
4) Assam – 1972 5) S – 1968
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5. Which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE as per the given arrangement?
1) One person was born between S and P. 2) P was born in Rajasthan.
3) N was born on an odd numbered year. 4) M is younger than O.
5) All the statements are true
6. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘RECOMMEND’, each of
which has as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and
backward directions) as they have between them in the English alphabetical
series?
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1) Two 2) One 3) Four 4) Three 5) More than four
Direction: (7-10) Study the given arrangement of symbols, letters and digits
carefully to answer the given question.
M $ B & 7 W 4 H Q % X K 5 S ~ N O 6 V ^ A T 1 C Y U @E R 
8 D ! J G 2 # P
7. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement which are
immediately followed by a letter and immediately preceded by a symbol?
1) Two 2) One 3) Four 4) Three 5) More than four
8. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions as per
the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following does
not belong to that group?
1) ^VT 2) W7H 3) D8J 4) %XH 5) C1U
9. How many such symbols are there between the first vowel from left-end and the
first consonant from the right-end of the given arrangement?
1) Three 2) Five 3) Four 4) Six 5) More than six
10. If all the symbols and vowels are removed from the above arrangement, then
which of the following element will be the thirteenth from the right end?
1) 6 2) V 3) T 4) 1 5) N
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Direction: (11-15) Study the given information carefully and answer the given
questions.
Eight people viz. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W are sitting in a straight line. Some
of them are facing North and Some of them are facing South. S sits third to the
right of R but neither of them sits at extreme ends. R faces North. Only three
people sit between S and U. Both S and U are facing opposite directions (e.g. if
one person faces north then another one faces south and vice versa). Both Q and
U are facing opposite directions. Both R and Q face opposite directions. S sits
immediate right of Q. Three people sit between P and T. Neither Q nor V sits at
any extreme ends. Both P and V face opposite direction to W (e.g. if W faces north
then P and V face South and vice versa). V sits immediate left of T. S does not sit
immediate to V. Both W and U face the same direction (i.e. if one faces south

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another person also faces south and vice versa). More than one person sits between
Q and P.
11. How many people sit between Q and V as per the given arrangement?
1) Three 2) One 3) Two 4) None 5) More than three
12. What is the position of W with respect to S?
1) Third to the left
4) Third to the right
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5) Second to the left
3) Immediate left

13. Which of the following statement is TRUE about T as per the given arrangement?
1) R sits second to the right of T.

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2) One person sits between T and W.
3) T sits at one of the extreme ends.
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4) T sits immediate right of S.
5) All the statements are true
14. How many people face North as per the given arrangement?
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1) Three 2) Five 3) Six 4) Two 5) Four

15. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions as per
the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following does
not belong to that group?
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1) V – U 2) R – T 3) W – S 4) T – Q 5) S – V
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Direction: (16-19) The given questions are based on the following five 3-digit
numbers.
825 364 619 467 258
16. If the positions of the second and the third digit of each of the given numbers are
interchanged. What will be the resultant of the third digit of the lowest number
is added to the second digit of the second highest number thus formed?
1) 10 2) 15 3) 14 4) 12 5) 13
17. If ‘2’ is added to the second digit of each of the numbers, how many numbers thus
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formed will be divisible by three?
1) Three 2) None 3) One 4) Two 5) More than three
18. If the positions of the first and second digits of each of the numbers are
interchanged. What will be the resultant of the second digit of the lowest number
is divided by the third digit of the second highest number thus formed?
1) 2.5 2) 1.5 3) 2 4) 1 5) 0.5
19. What will be the resultant, if the first digit of the second highest number is
multiplied with the third digit of the lowest number?
1) 72 2) 32 3) 48 4) 30 5) 24
20. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from the fourth, the seventh, the
ninth, and the twelfth letters of the word ‘MAGNETOGRAPH’, using each letter
only once, when counted from left to right, which of the following will be the
second letter of the word from left-end? If more than one such word can be
formed your answer is ‘W’ and if no such word can be formed your answer is ‘Y’.
1) Y 2) O 3) N 4) W 5) H

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Direction: (21-25) Read the given information carefully and answer the given
questions:
Twelve people viz. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, and L live on six different
floors of six storeyed building where the ground floor is numbered one, the one
above that is numbered two and so on till the top floor of the building is numbered
six. Each floor has 2 flats viz. flat-P and flat-Q such that Flat-P is West of Flat-Q.
Flat-P of floor-2 is immediately above flat-P of floor-1 and immediately below flat-
P of floor-3 and so on similarly, flat-Q of floor-2 is immediately above flat-Q of
floor-1 and immediately below flat-Q of floor-3 and so on. Only two persons live on
each floor and only one person lives in each flat. (Note: If A lives west of B means
both live on same floor)
F lives in flat-P but not an odd numbered floor. Two floors are between F and
C and both live in different flats (i.e. if one lives in flat-P another one lives in flat-

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Q and vice versa). G lives west of C. H lives north-east of G but not on an even
numbered floor. B lives north of H and south-east of A. I lives north-west of L and
south-west of K. D lives north of I and both live in the same flat(i.e. if one lives in
flat-P another one also lives in flat-P and vice versa). One floor is there between K
and E. Both K and E live on different flats.
21. Who lives on flat-Q of sixth floor?

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1) K 2) D
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D lives on which of the following flat and floor?
4) J 5) E

1) Flat P – Floor 4 2) Flat Q – Floor 3 3) Flat Q – Floor 5

4) Flat P – Floor 5 5) Flat Q – Floor 4
23.

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Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions as per
the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following does
not belong to that group?
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1) E 2) H 3) A 4) G 5) F
24. Which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE as per the given arrangement?
1) Only two floors are between L and J. 2) K lives South-East of A.
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3) F and H live in the same flat. 4) E lives East of L.

5) All the statements are true
25. Who lives North- East of F?
1) L 2) B 3) K 4) J 5) Both 2 and 4
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Direction: (26-30) Study the given information carefully and answer the questions.
In a certain code language,
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‘te eg vu sl’ is coded as ‘he likes white colour’

‘he te me bk’ is coded as ‘some books are white’
‘bk eg na re’ is coded as ‘he wants more books’
‘sl me te ol’ is coded as ‘some people likes white’.
(Note: All the codes are one word code only).
26. In the given code language, what does the code ‘me’ stand for?
1) are 2) books 3) some 4) people 5) he
27. What is the code for ‘white books’ in the given code language?
1) te bk 2) bk re 3) te sl 4) me bk 5) eg te
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28. What does the code for ‘he’ in the given code language?
1) te 2) ol 3) vu 4) eg 5) re
29. In the given code language, what does the code ‘na’ stand for?
1) wants 2) are 3) more 4) some 5) Either 1 or 3
30. What is the code for ‘people’ in the given code language?
1) re 2) ol 3) te 4) eg 5) na
31. In the given number ‘2943768548’ all the digits are arranged in ascending order
within the number from left to right, then how many digits will remain unchanged
as compared to the original number?
1) One 2) Three 3) Two 4) Four 5) More than four
Direction: (32-36) Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions.
Eight people viz. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are working at eight different
designations such as viz. Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner (DC), Inspector,
Deputy Inspector (DI), Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent (DS), Assistant
Chief (AC), and Agent. The designation have been given in the increasing order of
hierarchy with Commissioner being the senior most and Agent being the junior
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most in the said organisation. There are only four persons in hierarchy in between
A and H. There is only one person in hierarchy between C and H and C is junior
than H. As many people junior to H as senior to G. G is not the Agent. B is an
immediate junior to G. D is senior to E but not the senior most. As many people
hierarchy in between A and B as between C and F.
32. Who is the Superintendent as per the given arrangement?
1) H 2) B 3) D 4) G 5) F
33. How many people hierarchy in between D and H as per the given arrangement?
1) Two 2) Three 3) None 4) One 5) More than three
34. In which of the following organisation does G work?
1) Assistant Chief 2) Deputy Commissioner 3) Inspector
4) Deputy Inspector 5) Commissioner
35. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions as per

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the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following does
not belong to that group?
1) D – Deputy Inspector 2) E – Agent
3) F – Deputy Superintendent 4) B – Inspector 5) C – Assistant Chief
36. How many people are senior than the one who is just junior than F as per the
given arrangement?
1) Four 2) Six
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Direction: (37-40) Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions.
Amongst seven people viz. A, B, C, D, E, F, and G each having a different

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weight. Only two people are heavier than D. A is heavier than G but lighter than
E. F is lighter than B but heavier than E. C is just heavier than G. The second
heaviest person has 82kgs. The third lightest person has 37kgs.
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37. Who is the heaviest person?
1) D 2) A 3) B 4) E 5) C
38. How many persons are lighter than E?
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1) Two 2) Four 3) One 4) Three 5) More than four

39. Who is the second lightest person?
1) A 2) G 3) D 4) C 5) E
40. If the sum of the weights of F and G is 107 kgs and the sum of the weights of A
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and D is 112 kgs, then what is the difference between the weights of G and D (in
kgs)?
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1) 40 2) 50 3) 35 4) 25 5) 30
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
Direction(41-45) : Work in the following information carefully to answer the given
question.
This data is regarding number of Junior College students, Graduate students
and Post-Graduate students (PG) only, studying in colleges A, B, C and D.
The respective ratio between the total number of students studying in the
colleges A, B, C and D is 3 : 5 : 2 : 5.
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In college A, 40% of the total number of students is Junior College students.
Out of the remaining, the respective ratio between the number of Graduate
students and number of PG students is 5 : 4.
In college B, 2 th of the total number of students are Junior College students.
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Out of the remaining, the respective ratio between the number of Graduate
students and number of PG students is 5 : 3.
In college C, 50 % of the total number of students are Junior College students.
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Out of the remaining th are Graduate students and the remaining are PG
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students.
In college D, 35 % of the total number of students are Graduate students.
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13 th of the remaining students are Junior College students and the rest 1500
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41. What is the difference between the total number of PG students in Colleges A and
B together and that in Colleges C and D together ?
1) 360 2) 280 3) 340 4) 320 5) 260
42. What is the respective ratio between the total number of Graduate students in
College A and the total number of Graduate students in College B ?
1) 3 : 5 2) 2 : 5 3) 7 : 15 4) 8 : 15 5) 9 : 20
43. What is the average of total number of Junior College students in Colleges A, B
and C together ?
1) 1565 2) 1660 3) 1585 4) 1640 5) 1680
44. Number of Graduate students in College D are what percent more than the number
of Graduate students in College C ?
1) 150 2) 175 3) 200 4) 140 5) 180

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45. What percent of the total number of students in College D, are Junior College
students?
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1) 40 2) 45 3 3) 35 4) 35 3 5) 45
46. A and B started a business with initial investments in the respective ratio of 18:7.
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After four months from the start of the business. A invested Rs. 2000 more and B
invested Rs. 7000 more. At the end of one year, if the profit was distributed
among them in the ratio of 2:1 respectively, what was the total initial investment
with which A and B started the business ?

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1) Rs. 75,000 2) Rs. 1,25,000 3) Rs. 50,000 4) Rs. 25,000 5) Rs. 1,50,000
47. A project requires 12 women to complete it in 16 days, 12 women started working and
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after a few days from the start of the project, 4 women left. If the remaining project
was completed in 18 days, in how many days the whole project was completed ?
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1) 22 2) 20 3) 21 2 4) 24 5) 26
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48. Two equal circles are drawn in a square in such a way that a side of the square
forms diameter of each circle. If the remaining area of the square is 42cm2, how
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much will the diameter of the circle measure ? (in centimeters)
1) 7.5 2) 4.9 3) 3.5 4) 14 5) 21
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49. A vessel contains 100 litres mixture of milk and water in the respective ratio of
22:3. 40 litres of the mixture is taken out from the vessel and 4.8 litres of each
pure milk and pure water is added to the mixture. By what percent is the quantity
of water in the final mixture less than that of the quantity of milk ?
5 1 1 1
1) 72 2) 77 3) 79 4) 78 5) 76
6 2 6 2
50. Average score of a class of 80 students, in an exam was 43. Average score of the
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students who had passed is 52 and the average score of students who had failed
is 16. How many failed the exam ?
1) 30 2) 20 3) 25 4) 13 5) 15
51. X’s age 3 years ago was three times the present age of Y. At present, Z’s age is
twice the age of Y, also Z is 12 years younger than X. What is Z’s present age ?
1) 12 years 2) 15 years 3) 18 years 4) 24 years 5) 6 years
52. The interest received on a sum of money when invested in scheme A is equal to
the interest received on the same sum of money when invested for 2 years in
scheme B. Scheme A offers simple interest(p.c.p.a.) and Scheme B offers compound
interest(compounded annually). Both the schemes offer the same rate of interest.
If the numerical value of the number of years for which the sum is invested in
Scheme A is same as the numerical value of the rate of interest offered by the
same scheme, what is the rate of interest(p.c.p.a.) offered by Scheme A ?
1 4 2
1) 3 2) 2 3) 2 4) 3 5) 2
77 99 99
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53. A trader sells an item to a retailer at 20 % discount, but charges 10% on the
discounted price, for delivery and packaging. The retailer sells it for Rs. 2046
more, thereby earning a profit of 25%. At what price had the trader marked the
item ?
1) Rs. 9400 2) Rs. 9000 3) Rs. 9300 4) Rs. 8000 5) Rs. 12000
54. The respective ratio between the monthly salaries of Rene and Som is 5 : 3. Out of
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her monthly salary Rene gives 8 th as rent, 5 th to her mother, 30% as her
education loan and keeps 25 % aside for miscellaneous expenditure. Remaining
Rs. 5000 she keeps as savings. What is Som’s monthly salary ?
1) Rs. 30000 2) Rs. 27000 3) Rs. 24000 4) Rs. 21000 5) Rs. 18000

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55. A man takes 2.2 times as long to row a distance upstream as to row the same
distance downstream. If he can row 55km downstream in 2 hours 30 minutes,
what is the speed of the boat in still water ?(in km/h)
1) 32 2) 40 3) 8 4) 16 5) 24
Direction(56-60) : Study the table and answer the given question:
Revenue data of Magazine Z during 5 months:
Months Gross Revenue
ha Amount allocated Amount allocated for Net Revenue
(in Rs.) for commission discount and offers (in Rs.)
(in Rs.) (in Rs.)
March
April
3,60,000
3,20,000

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28,000
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16,000
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May --- --- 36,000 3,36,000
June --- 42,000 30,000 3,30,000
July --- 40,000 28,000 3,02,000
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Note:
(I) Net Revenue = Gross Revenue - Amount allocated for commission - Amount
allocated for discount and offers
(II) Few values are missing in the table (indicated by —). A candidate is expected
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to calculate the missing value, if it is required to answer the given question, on
the basis of the given data and information.
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56. Amount allocated for commission in March is what percent less that Amount
allocated for commission in July ?
1) 28 2) 24 3) 32 4) 22 5) 18
57. In July, if 40% of the Gross Revenue of the Magazine was collected from
Advertisement, what was the amount of gross revenue collected from advertisement
in that particular month ?
1) Rs. 1,52,000 2) Rs. 1,44,0003) Rs. 1,64,000 4) Rs. 1,56,000 5) Rs.1,48,000
58. In March, if Net Revenue of the Magazine was 85% of its Gross Revenue, what
was the amount allocated for discount and offers?
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1) Rs. 21,600 2) Rs. 24,200 3) Rs. 23,200 4) Rs. 22,800 5) Rs. 22,400
59. In May, the respective ratio of Amount allocated for commission and Amount
allocated for discount and offers was 4:3. What was Gross revenue of the Magazine
in May ?
1) Rs. 4,40,000 2) Rs. 4,30,000 3) Rs. 4,20,000 4) Rs. 3,80,000 5) Rs. 4,24,000
60. What is the difference between Net Revenue of the Magazine in April and its
Gross Revenue in June ?
1) Rs. 1,18,000 2) Rs. 1,32,000 3) Rs. 1,26,000 4) Rs. 1,36,000 5) Rs. 1,24,000
Direction(61-65) : In this question, a number series is given in which one number
is wrong. Find out the wrong number.
61. 198 195 188 175 154 121
1) 198 2) 188 3) 154 4) 121 5) 175
62. 534 278 150 86 54 35
1) 150 2) 54 3) 35 4) 86 5) 278
63. 11 23 71 287 1440 8639
1) 11 2) 1440 3) 287 4) 71 5) 23
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64. 17 37 58 88 145 283
1) 88 2) 283 3) 17 4) 58 5) 37
65. 1380 459 162 63 30 19
1) 1380 2) 459 3) 63 4) 30 5) 19
Direction(66-70) : Refer to the graph and answer the given question:
Data related to number of calories burned by two
(A and B) on treadmill during 5 days:

A B
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Number of calories burned

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140
120
100
80
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40
20

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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Days
66. What is the respective ratio of total number of calories burned by A and B together
on Wednesday and that by the same individuals together on Tuesday ?
1) 43 : 61 2) 45 : 59 3) 47 : 61 4) 41 : 57 5) 43 : 57
67. If the average number of calories burned by B on Thursday, Friday and Sunday
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together is 125, what was the number of calories burned by B on Sunday ?
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1) 110 2) 105 3) 90 4) 95 5) 115

68. If t h e n u m ber of calor ies bu r n ed by A an d B in cr eased by 10% an d 20% r espect ively
fr om Fr iday t o Sat u r day, wh at was t h e t ot al n u m ber of calor ies bu r n ed by t h em
t oget h er on Sat u r day ?
1) 364 2) 378 3) 372 4) 384 5) 368
69. Wh at was t h e t ot al n u m ber of calor ies bu r n ed by A on Tu esday, Wedn esday an d
Th u r sday t oget h er ?
1) 425 2) 430 3) 435 4) 440 5) 445
70. Num ber of calories bu rned by B increased by what percent from Monday to Thursday ?
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1) 70 2) 85 3) 60 4) 75 5) 80
Direction(71-75) : In this question two equations numbered I & II are given. You
have to solve both the equations and mark the appropriate option:
71. I. 3x2 - 13x - 10 = 0
II. 3y2 + 10y-8 = 0
1) X < Y 2) X  Y 3) X > Y
4) Relationship between X and Y cannot be established 5) X  Y
72. I.x2 - 4x - 12 = 0
II. y2 - 5y - 14 = 0
1) X > Y 2) X  Y 3) X  Y 4) X < Y
5) Relationship between X and Y cannot be established
73. I. 3x2 - 22x + 40 = 0
II. 5y2-21y + 16 = 0
1) X  Y 2) X < Y 3) X  Y
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74. I.12x2 + 7x + 1 =0
II. 6y2 + 5y + 1 = 0
1) X  Y 2) X  Y
3) Relationship between X and Y cannot be established
4) X < Y 5) X > Y
75. I. 25x2 + 35x + 12 = 0
II. 10y2 + 9y + 2 = 0
1) X > Y 2) Relationship between X and Y cannot be established
3) X < Y 4) X  Y 5) X  Y
Direction(76-80) : Refer to the pie charts and answer the given question :
Distribution of number of laptops Distribution of number of

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(both Dell and Lenovo) Dell laptops
sold by 5 stores in 2022: sold by 5 stores :
Total number: 4500 Total number: 2400

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15%
P
16%
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21% 15%

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11%
Q

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9%
23% 25%
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R R
35% 30%
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76. What is the difference between number of laptops (both Dell and Lenovo) sold by
store Q and total number of Lenovo laptops sold by stores R and S together ?
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1) 107 2) 99 3) 119 4) 113 5) 91

77. Number of Dell laptops sold by store T is what percent more than the number of
Lenovo laptops sold by store P ?
1) 35 2) 45 3) 40 4) 42.5 5) 30
78. What is the central angle corresponding to number of Dell laptops sold by store S ?
1) 30.8° 2) 36.2° 3) 38.6° 4) 32.4° 5) 29.4°
79. What is the average number of Dell laptops sold by stores P, R and S ?
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1) 432 2) 428 3) 424 4) 454 5) 436
80. Number of Dell laptops sold by store Q is approximately what percent of the
number of laptops (both Dell and Lenovo) sold by store R ?
1) 45 2) 50 3) 28 4) 32 5) 38

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