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Question 1 to 12: QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
1. A student secures 38% of total marks in an exam and gets 18 marks more than the pass mark. Second student secures
27% of total marks and fails by 37 marks. What is the pass mark as a percentage of the total marks?
A 28% B 34.4% C 33% D 35%
2. The success rate of Indian Cricket team at one stage was 25% in 60 matches in Australia. If india lost next 12 matches
what is minimum number of matches played if the overall success rate was 50%.
A 100 B 40 C 114 D 118
3. Ninety three is divided into 2 parts such that thrice the first part and twice second part are in the ratio 25:4. Find the
first part.
A 60 B 80 C 65 D 75
4. The average age of a group of 4 friends is 34. When a new person joins the group the average increases by two years.
Find the age of the new person.
A 40 B 45 C 44 D 48
5. A wholesaler allows a discount of 20 % on the list price to the retailer. The retailer sells at 5% below the list price. If
the customer pays Rs.19 for an article what profit is made by the retailer on it?
(a) Rs. 2 (b) Rs. 3 (c) Rs. 4 (d) Rs. 4.5
6. In a group of 15, 7 have studied Latin, 8 have studied Greek, and 3 have not studied either. How many of these
studied both Latin and Greek
(a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
7. If the operation,^ is defined by the equation x ^ y = 2x + y, what is the value of a in 2 ^ a = a ^ 3
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) 4
9. A warehouse had a square floor with area 10,000 sq. meters. A rectangular addition was built along one entire side of
the warehouse that increased the floor space by one-half as much as the original floor space. How many meters did the
addition extend beyond the original building?
(a) 30 (b) 40 (c) Rs. 50 (d) Rs. 60
10. There are 200 questions in a 3 hr examination. Among these questions are 50 mathematics problems. It is suggested
that twice as much time be spent on each mathematics problem as for every other type of question. How many minutes
should be spent on mathematics problems
(a) 36 (b) 72 (c) 60 (d) 100
11. 2 hours after a passenger train leaves Bangalore City Central at an average speed of 16 km/hr, a freight train leaves
the same station travelling in the same direction. After travelling 4 hrs the freight train overtakes the passenger train.
The average speed of the freight train was?
(a) 24 km/hr (b) 32 km/hr (c) 48 km/hr (d) 64 km/hr
12. A team of two people A and B can do a piece of work in 40 days. They begin the work and C joins them after 8 days.
The work gets completed in 24 days after C joins. In how many days a alone can complete the work.
A 90 B 80 C 120 D 100

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Questions 13 to 20: LOGICAL APTITUDE
Direction to questions 13 to 17:
The office staff of XYZ Corporation presently consists of three bookkeepers--A, B, C and 5 secretaries D, E, F, G, and H.
The management is planning to open a new office in another city using 2 bookkeepers and 3 secretaries of the present
staff. To do so they plan to separate certain individuals who don't function well together.
The following guidelines were established to set up the new office
I. Bookkeepers A and C are constantly finding fault with one another and should not be sent together to the new office
as a team
II. C and E function well alone but not as a team, they should be separated
III. D and G have not been on speaking terms and shouldn't go together
IV Since D and F have been competing for promotion they shouldn't be a team
13. If A is to be moved as one of the bookkeepers, which of the following cannot be a possible working unit.
(a) ABDEH (b) ABDGH (c) ABEFH (d) ABEGH
14. If C and F are moved to the new office, how many combinations are possible?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
15. If C is sent to the new office, which member of the staff cannot go with C?
(a) B (b) D (c) F (d) G
16. Under the guidelines developed, which of the following must go to the new office?
(a) B (b) D (c) E (d) G
17. If D goes to the new office, which of the following is/are true?
I.C cannot go II.A cannot go III.H must also go
(a) I only (b) II only (c)I and II only (d) I and III only
Directions to 18 :
18. In some code language, if VXUPLVH is written as SURMISE, what is SHDVD
(a) PEASA (b) PFBSB (c) PECSC (d) PFASA
19. In a meeting, every person shakes hands with the other only once. If there are 15 handshakes, how many persons
attended the meeting?.
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
20. Six boys sit in a circle and play a game. Kohli is to the left of Das. Mohith is between Babu and Joy. Rafi is between
Kohli and and Babu. Who sits to the right of Mohit?
(a) Joy (b) Kohli (c) Rafi (d) Babu

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Questions 21 to 30: VERBAL APTITUDE
Directions for questions 21-22: Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blanks.
21. There is now a greater ______ of their rights among consumers in the developing countries.
(a) awareness (b) appreciation (c) knowledge (d) concern
22. Enid Blyton had written many books. Indeed she was such a ______ writer!
(a)profuse (b) prolific (c) great (d) profane
23. Indian cricket teams debacle in the recent cricket series was widely talked about.
(a) success (b) achievement (c) failure (d) performance
24. Unbridled greed for power and money is the root of corruption in the society.
(a) hidden (b) unspoken (c) moderated (d) uncontrolled
Directions for question 25 - 26: Read the given sentence and select the letter corresponding to the part which has a
grammatical error. One and only one part is in error.
25. The bureau / is announced that the rain /will continue for/another 36 hours..
(a) (b) (c) (d)
26. Visibility on the roads/ are very poor. /Thus, drivers are advised to be careful, / especially when driving at night.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Directions for questions 27-28: Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blanks.
27. Mrs. J has to work to ______ her husband's meager income..
(a) complement (b) compliment (c) supplement (d) enlarge
28. The authorities have decided that only buildings with historical significance will be ______.
(a) conserved (b) reserved (c) preserved (d) none of these
Directions for questions 29 and 30: Find the word which means the opposite as that of the given word.
29. EXODUS
A. Influx B. Homecoming C. Return D. Restoration
30. RELINQUISH
A. Abdicate B. Renounce C. Possess D. Deny





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Questions 31 to 35 - DATA ANALYSIS
Directions to questions 31-35: Answer the questions based on the data give below.
Expenditures of a Company (in Lakh Rupees) per Annum Over the given Years is presented below.

31. What is the average amount of interest per year which the company had to pay during this period?
A.Rs. 32.43 lakhs B.Rs. 33.72 lakhs C.Rs. 34.18 lakhs D.Rs. 36.66 lakhs
32. The total amount of bonus paid by the company during the given period is approximately what percent of the total
amount of salary paid during this period?
A.0.1% B.0.5% C.1% D.1.25%
33. Total expenditure on all these items in 1998 was approximately what percent of the total expenditure in 2002?
A.62% B.66% C.69% D.71%
34. The total expenditure of the company over these items during the year 2000 is?
A.Rs. 544.44 lakhs B.Rs. 501.11 lakhs C.Rs. 446.46 lakhs D.Rs. 478.87 lakhs
35. The ratio between the total expenditure on Taxes for all the years and the total expenditure on Fuel and Transport
for all the years respectively is approximately?
A.4:7 B.10:13 C.15:18 D.5:8
Questions 36 40 - Reading Comprehension
Direction for questions 36: Read the passage and then choose the best answer to the question below.
Huge beasts such as the dinosaur have never really become extinct. Mothra, a giant caterpillar who later becomes a
moth, destroys Tokyo, and stars in the 1962 Japanese film named for him. Mothra is born, dies, and reborn regularly on
classic movie channels. In Japan Mothra is one of the most popular films ever made. Mothra has survived the creation
of more current scary creatures such as giant apes, extraterrestrial beings and swamp creatures. More than 30 years
after his creation, Mothra still lives.
36. The main subject of the passage is:
A) the reasons that fads do not endure
B) the lasting appeal of Mothra
C) the difficulty of marketing good horror movies
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D) old models for creatures are still used because making new monsters is expensive

Directions for questions 37 to 40: Read the following passage and answer the questions below based on the passage.
Pet Doctor
There's an old saying in the theatre world "Never work with children or animals". It's a pity that Herman Gross has never
heard this piece of advice, or if he has, that he didn't pay attention to it. It's not so much that Pet Doctor is a bad film,
although I can't really find many reasons for saying it's a good one. It's more that it makes me angry. Gross is a good
actor. His appearance on the New York stage last winter in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet showed that he really can
act. So what's he doing in this nonsense?
It's a story about a small town doctor who finds he's making more money by looking after the local children's pets than
he is by looking after humans. Then he gets into trouble with the police, because he doesn't have the right sort of licence
to do this and, surprise, surprise, the children and their pets find a way to solve his problems. I won't say how, as it's the
only part of the film that's even slightly original or amusing. If you have to see it, you'd be annoyed with me for telling
you. But my advice is, when it comes to a cinema near you stay in and shampoo the cat.
37. What is the writer trying to do in the text?
a. Compare Herman Gross with another actor.
b. Give his or her opinion about using animals in films.
c. Give his or her opinion about Pet Doctor.
38. The text gives the reader ...
a. information about a new film.
b. ideas about how animals should be cared for.
c. news about the lives of film stars.
39. The writer thinks that Pet Doctor is ...
a. amusing.
b. original.
c. not worth seeing.
40. Why did the writer mention Romeo and Juliet?
a. It's an example of a really good play.
b. Gross proved he's a good actor in it.
c. The central characters are very young.