PPCPTCS2013A004(Duration:80mins)(NegativeMarking:Yes)

SRQuantitativeAptitude

Q1:
5000votedinanelectionbetweentwocandidates.14%ofthevoteswereinvalid.The
winnerwonbyamarginapproximatelycloserto15%.Findthenumberofvotessecuredby
thewinner.
(A)2650

(B)2564

(C)2473

(D)2360

Q2:
3mangoesand4applescostRs.85.5applesand6peachescostRs.122.6mangoesand2
peachescostRs.114.Whatisthecombinedpriceof1apple,1peachand1mango?
(A)46

(B)42

(C)37

(D)35

Q3:

Amanasked5people(A,B,C,D,E)tomakeaguessabouttheamountofmoneyinhis
pocket.ThemanalsogivesahintthatthemoneyislessthanRs.50.
Aguesseditisamultipleof10
Bguesseditisamultipleof12
Cguesseditisamultipleof15
Dguesseditisamultipleof18
Eguesseditisamultipleof30

Whichofthefollowingtwoguesseditright?
(A)AandB
(B)BandC
(C)AandD
(D)AandE
Q4:
Agamblerhasinhispocketafaircoinandatwoheadedcoin.Hewithdrawsacoinat
randomandflipsittwice.IfthefirstflipisHeads,whatistheprobabilitythatthesecondflipis
Heads?
(A)1/2

(B)3/4

(C)1/4

(D)1/8

Q5:
PointSisbetweenpointsRandT.PisthemidpointofRS.RT=20andPS=4.FindST?
(A)6

(B)9

(C)10

(D)12

Q6:
Whatisthegreatestpossiblepositiveintegernif8^ndivides(44)^44withoutleavinga
remainder?
(A)32

(B)14

(C)19

(D)29

Q7:
Whatistheremainderwhen50!isdividedby16^8?
(A)1

(B)3

(C)5

(D)Noneoftheabove

Q8:
ThelettersinthewordABUSERarepermutedinallpossiblewaysandarrangedin
alphabeticalorder.Findthewordatposition49inthepermutedalphabeticalorder?
(A)ARBSUE

(B)ARBEUS

(C)ARUBSE

(D)ARBESU

Q9:
MynameisPREET.Butmysonaccidentallytypesthebyinterchangingapairoflettersin
myname.Whatistheprobabilitythatdespitethisinterchange,thenameremains
unchanged?
(A)5%

(B)10%

(C)15%

(D)20%

Q10:
Arunwasallbentonbuildinganewhouse.Hecarefullygottheblueprintofhishouse
designedbyhisfriendAshwin,acivilengineer.Hewantedtobuildaroomofdimension27
by48ftandlaytilesinthisroom.Eachtilewasofdimension2by3ft.Howmanytilesshould
Arunbuy?
(A)512

(B)460

(C)312

(D)216

Q11:
AproductmanufacturedbyacompanyconsistsoftwopartsXandY.Intheprocessof
manufacturingofpartX,9out100partsmanybedefective.Similarly,5outof100arelikely
tobedefectiveinthemanufacturingofY.Calculatetheprobabilitythattheassembled
productwillnotbedefective?
(A)0.6485

(B)0.8456

(C)0.6845

(D)0.8645

Q12:

Aseriesisgivenas
1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,1,1,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,.........................

Whatisthenumberat2320thposition(term)inthesequence?
(A)1
(B)2
(C)3
(D)4
Q13:
AnecklaceismadebystringingNindividualbeadstogetherinrepeatingpatternredbead,
greenbead,whitebead,bluebeadandyellowbead.Ifthenecklacebeginswitharedbead
andendswithawhitebead,thenNcouldbe
(A)16

(B)32

(C)54

(D)68

Q14:
Thenumberofbacteriawasgrowinginacityexponentially.At4pmyesterday,thenumber
ofbacteriawas400andat6pmyesterdayitwas3600.Howmanybacteriawerethereat
7pmyesterday?
(A)5400

(B)6200

(C)9800

(D)10800

Q15:
Whenm+nisdividedby12wegetremainder8.Whenmnisdividedby12weget
remainder6.Ifm>nthenwhatwillbetheremainderwhenm*nisdividedby12?
(A)4

(B)5

(C)6

(D)7

Q16:

Iff(f(n))+f(n)=2n+3andf(0)=1,whatisthevalueoff(2012)?
(A)2011
(B)2012
(C)2013

(D)4095

Q17:
Ifvx+vy=17andvxvy=1thenwhatisthevalueofvxy?
(A)17

(B)17

(C)72

(D)Noneoftheabove

Q18:
Ascientistwasdoingexperimentonbacteria.Thebacteriagrowsexponentially.Yesterday
at3pm,heobservedthattherewere1000bacteriaandat5pmyesterday,heobserved4000
bacteria.Howmanybacteriawouldhavebeenthereat8pm?
(A)16000

(B)24000

(C)30000

(D)32000

Q19:

Inthemarketthereare3typesofanimalsforsale.HorsesforRs.10each,goatsforRs.1
eachandducks,youget8oftheseperbunchandeachbunchcostsRs.1.Iftheaimisto
buy100animalsatthecostofRs.100,whatisthenumberofgoatstobeboughtinthe
combinationofhorses,goatsandduck?(youmustbuyatleastoneofeachtypeofanimal.)
(A)21
(B)32
(C)45
(D)64
Q20:
x^y+y^x=46.Whatisthevalueofxandy?
(A)2/5,5/2

(B)2116,1/2

(C)1,45

(D)Cannotbedetermined

Q21:
Thereisastaircasewith10steps.Achildrunsupthesteps,either1or2stepswitheach

stride.Howmanydifferentwayscanthestepsbeclimbedbyher?
(A)10

(B)21

(C)36

(D)Noneofthese

Q22:
Aboybuys18sharpeners(brownorwhite)forRs.100.Foreverywhitesharpener,hepays
onerupeemorethanthebrownsharpener.Whatisthecostofwhitesharpenerandhow
muchdidhebuy?
(A)5,13

(B)5,10

(C)6,12

(D)6,10

SRLogicalandAnalyticalReasoning

Q23:

A,E,F,Granarace.
Asaid,"Ididnotfinish1stor4th"
Esaid"Ididnotfinish4th"
Fsaid"Ifinished1st"
Gsaid"Ifinished4th"
Therewerenoties(draw)inthecompetition.Threeofthemtoldthetruth.Whofinished4th?
(A)A
(B)E
(C)F
(D)G
Q24:
FivepeoplePradeep,Qutub,Raj,SandyandTejareinarow.Rajsitstotheimmediateright
ofTej.IfPradeepandQutubhaveonlytwopersonssittingbetweenthem,whichoffollowing
mustbetrue?
(A)Pradeepisatone (B)Qutubissitting (C)TejorRajmustbeat
(D)Sandymustbeat
extremeendofrow besidePradeep oneextremeendoftherow oneofendsoftherow
Q25:
FiveriversYaFen,Volga,Yamuna,HudsonandSieneflowthroughthefivecitiesNew
York,Paris,Moscow,TokyoandDelhi,butnotnecessarilyinsameorder.Notworiversflow
inthesamecityandnotwocitieshavesameriverflowingthroughthem.Volgaflowsthrough
neitherMoscownorDelhi.YaFenisneitherinNewYorknorinParis.Yamunaisneitherin
DelhinorinMoscow.HudsonisinMoscowwhileNewYorkhasYamunaflowingthroughit.
WhichoffollowingisdefinitelyFALSE?
(B)IfTokyohas
(A)IfVolgaflowsthrough
Volga,thenSiene
Tokyo,thenYaFen
mustflowthrough
flowsthroughDelhi.
Delhi.
Q26:

Completetheseries
2,7,24,77,__

(C)IfYaFenflowsthrough (D)YaFenmay
Tokyo,thenSienemust
flowthrough
flowthroughDelhi.
TokyoorDelhi.

(A)124

(B)165

(C)215

(D)240

Q27:
Findthemissingnumberintheseries:
2,5,__,19,37,75
(A)11

(B)10

(C)9

(D)8

Q28:
AtdifferenttimesduringthedayDhruvagetsemailsinhisyahooaccount.Whenhehas
time,Dhruvagoestohisinboxandreadsthemostrecentunreadmail.Ifthereare5emailsin
allandtheyaredeliveredtoDhruvaintheorder12345,whichofthefollowingcouldnot
betheorderinwhichDhruvareadsthem?
(A)43125

(B)54321

(C)13452

(D)13254

Q29:
AdrinksmachineoffersthreedrinksTea,Coffeeorrandom(itcanbeeithercoffeeortea)but
themachinehasbeenwiredupwronglysothateachbuttondoesnotgivewhatitclaims.If
eachdrinkcostsRs.50,whatisthemimimumamountofmoneythatmustbespentto
determinewithcertainitythecorrectlabelingofthebuttons?
(A)Rs.50

(B)Rs.100

(C)Rs.150

(D)Noneoftheabove

Q30:

SixpersonsA,B,C,D,E,Fareinvitedtoaparty.
AacceptsinvitationonlyifBorFaccepts.
CmayacceptifBaccepts.
FwillacceptifB,C,Daccept.
EandBmayacceptifDaccepts.

Whatisthepossibleorderinwhichtheyaccepttheinvitations?
(A)DBECFA
(B)DABEFC
(C)DCBEFA

(D)BFDECA