1) Of the 1000 inhabitants of a town, 60 % are males of whom 120 % are literate. If, of all the inhabitants,  25% are literate, then what percent of the females of the town are literate ?
A) 53.2 %
B) 46.6 %
C) 32.5 %
D) 43 %

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Answer: C) 32.5 %

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2) Pointing to a man in a photograph, a woman said, "His brother's father is the only son of my grandfather." How is the woman related to the man in the photograph ? 
A) Mother
B) Daughter
C) Sister
D) Aunt

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Answer: C) Sister

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3) The calendar of the year 1897 can be used again in the year?
A) 1901
B) 1926
C) 1903
D) 1908

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Answer: C) 1903

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4) A bag contains 50 tickets numbered 1,2,3,4......50 of which five are drawn at random and arranged in ascending order of magnitude.Find the probability that third drawn ticket is equal to 30.
A) 551/15134
B) 1/9
C) 552/15379
D) 1/2

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Answer: A) 551/15134

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6) The cost of fencing a square field @ Rs. 20 per metre is Rs.10.080.How much will it cost to lay a three meter wide pavement along the fencing inside the field @ Rs. 50 per sq m
A) 53800
B) 43800
C) 83800
D) 73800

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Answer: D) 73800

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7) Find the wrong number in the following series? 1500, 1475, 1448, 1419, 1389, 1355, 1320
A) 1475
B) 1419
C) 1355
D) 1389

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Answer: D) 1389

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8) A milk man sells the milk at the cost price but he mixes the water in it and thus he gains 9.09%. The quantity of water in the mixture of 1 liter is :
A) 83.33 ml
B) can't be determined
C) 90.90 ml
D) 99.09 ml

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Answer: A) 83.33 ml

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9) A letter lock consists of three rings each marked with six different letters. The number of distinct unsuccessful attempts to open the lock is at the most  ?
A) 215
B) 254
C) 216
D) 268

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Answer: A) 215

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10) A dog takes 3 leaps for every 5 leaps of a hare. If one leap of the dog is equal to 3 leaps of the hare, the ratio of the speed of the dog to that of the hare is :
A) 9:5
B) 5:6
C) 2:3
D) 4:7

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Answer: A) 9:5

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11) Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence.
1.Elephant  2.Cat  3.Mosquito  4.Tiger    5. Whale 
A) 5, 3, 1, 2, 4
B) 3, 2, 4, 1, 5
C) 2, 5, 1, 4, 3

D) 1, 3, 5, 4, 2

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Answer: B) 3, 2, 4, 1, 5

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12) Five farmers have 7,9,11,13 & 14 apple trees respectively in their orchards. Last year each of them discovered that every tree in their own orchard yields exactly the same number of apples. Further, if the 3rd farmer gives one apple to the 1st and the 5th gives 3 to each of the 2nd & d 4th, they would all exactly have the same number of apples, what were the yields per tree in the orchards of the 3rd & 4th farmers ?
A) 17 & 9
B) 11 & 9
C) 9 & 9
D) 9 & 11

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Answer: B) 11 & 9

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13) If A x B means A is to the south of B; A + B means A is to the north of B; A % B means A is to the east of B; A - B means A is to the west of B; then in P % Q + R - S, S is in which direction with respect to Q?
A) North-West
B) South-West
C) North-East
D) South-East

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Answer: D) South-East

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14) 2 men and 7 boys can do a piece of work in 14 days; 3 men and 8 boys can do the same in 11 days. Then, 8 men and 6 boys can do three times the amount of this work in 
A) 21 days
B) 24 days
C) 30 days
D) 18 days

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Answer: A) 21 days

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15) Four dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability that all of them show the same face.
A) 1/216
B) 1/36
C) 4/216
D) 2/216

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Answer: A) 1/216

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16) On 8th Feb, 2005 it was Tuesday. What was the day of the week on 8th Feb, 2004?
A) Friday
B) Tuesday
C) Sunday
D) Saturday

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Answer: C) Sunday

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17) If the pice of sugar rises from Rs. 6 per kg to Rs. 7.50 per kg, a person, to have no increase in his expenditure on sugar, will have to reduce his consumpion of sugar by
A) 25
B) 15
C) 30
D) 20

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Answer: D) 20

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18) The surface area of a cube is 1734 sq. cm. Find its volume
A) 3356 cubic.cm
B) 4913 cubic.cm
C) 3478 cubic.cm
D) 2334 cubic.cm

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Answer: B) 4913 cubic.cm

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19) 9 men and 12 boys finish a job in 12 days, 12 men and 12 boys finish it in 10 days. 10 men and 10 boys shall finish it in how many days ?
A) 12 days
B) 14 days
C) 11 days
D) 15 days

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Answer: A) 12 days

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20) Out of 9 persons, 8 persons spent Rs. 30 each for their meals. The ninth one spent Rs. 20 more than the average expenditure of all the nine. The total money spent by all of them was : 
A) Rs. 297.50
B) Rs. 298.50
C) Rs. 298
D) Rs. 292.50

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Answer: D) Rs. 292.50

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