Q2. Every day a cyclist meets a train at a particular crossing. The road is straight before the crossing and both are traveling in the same direction. The cyclist travels with a speed of 10 kmph. One day the cyclist comes late by 25 min and meets the train 5 km before the crossing. What is the speed of the train?

a) 80 kmph
b) 70 kmph
c) 60 kmph
d) 50 kmph

Q3. The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Q and R is Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of P is:

a) 3000
b) 2000
c) 1000
d) 4000

ANS: d) 4000

Q4. What was the day of the week on 17th June, 1998?

a) Monday
b) Tuesday
c) Wednesday
d) Thursday

Q5. The average weight of A, B and C is 45 kg. If the average weight of A and B be 40 kg and that of B and C be 43 kg, then the weight of B is:

a) 35 kg
b) 36 kg
c) 32 kg
d) 31 kg

ANS: d) 31 kg

Q6. A family I know has several children. Each boy in this family has as many sisters as brothers but each girl has twice as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there?

a) 3 boys and 2 girls
b) 4 boys and 3 girls
c) 3 boys and 4 girls
d) 3 boys and 3 girls

Q7. A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length of the train?

a) 100 metres
b) 120 metres
c) 150 metres
d) 135 metres

ANS: c) 150 metres

Q8. There is a 5 digit number, 3 pairs of sum is eleven each. Last digit is 3 times the first one. 3rd digit is 3 less than the second.4th digit is 4 more than the second one. Find the digit.

a) 25296
b) 14183
c) 35299
d) 23675

Q9. Present ages of Sameer and Anand are in the ratio of 5:4 respectively. Three years hence, the ratio of their ages will become 11:9 respectively. What is Anands present age in years?

a) 23
b) 20
c) 24
d) 25

ANS: c) 24

Q10. Two twins have certain peculiar characteristics. One of them always lies on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The other always lies on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. On the other days they tell the truth. You are given a conversation. Person A-- today is Sunday my name is Anil Person B -- today is Tuesday, my name is Bill. What day is today?

a) Sunday
b) Monday
c) Tuesday
d) None

Q11. The Price of 2 sarees and 4 shirts is Rs. 1600. With the same money one can buy 1 saree and 6 shirts. If one wants to buy 12 shirts, how much shall he have to pay?

a) Rs.2300
b) Rs.2000
c) Rs.2400
d) Rs.2500

ANS: c) Rs. 2400

Q12. A trader owes a merchant Rs. 10,028 due 1 year hence. The trader wants to settle the account after 3 months. If the rate of interest 12% per annum, how much cash should he pay?

a) Rs. 9025.20
b) Rs. 9200
c) Rs. 9600
d) Rs. 9560

Q13. The H.C.F. of two numbers is 11 and their L.C.M. is 7700. If one of the numbers is 275, then the other is:

a) 400
b) 308
c) 390
d) 208

ANS: b) 308

Q14. In a certain company, 20% of the men and 40% of the women attended the annual company picnic. If 35% of all the employees are man, what percent of all the employees went to the picnic?

a) 23%
b) 33%
c) 43%
d) 53%
e) None of these

Q15. A train 240 m long passes a pole in 24 seconds. How long will it take to pass a platform 650 m long?

a) 89 sec
b) 102 sec
c) 95 sec
d) 83 sec

ANS: a) 89 sec

Q16. A tape manufacturer reduces the price of his heavy duty tape from Rs.30/- to Rs.28/- a reel and the price of a regular tape from Rs.24/- to Rs.23/- a reel. A computing centre normally spends Rs.1440/- a month for tapes and 3/4 of this is for heavy duty tapes. How much will they save a month under the new prices?

a) Rs.80
b) Rs.83
c) Rs.85
d) Rs.87
e) None of these

Q17. Two computers each produced 48000 public utility bills in a day. One computer printed bills at the rate of 9600 an hour and the other at the rate of 7800 an hour. When the first computer finished its run, how many bills did the other computer still have to print?

a) 7000
b) 8000
c) 9000
d) 10000
e) None of these

Q18. In a soap company a soap is manufactured with 11 parts. For making one soap you will get 1 part as scrap. At the end of the day you have 251 such scraps. From that how many soaps can be manufactured?

a) 22
b) 23
c) 24
d) 25

Q19. A car owner buys petrol at Rs.7.50, Rs. 8 and Rs. 8.50 per litre for three successive years. What approximately is the average cost per litre of petrol if he spends Rs. 4000 each year?

a) Rs.8.50
b) Rs.7.98
c) Rs.5.25
d) Rs.10.00

ANS: b) Rs. 7.98

Q20. In a group of 6 boys and 4 girls, four children are to be selected. In how many different ways can they be selected such that at least one boy should be there?