List of top Questions asked in IBSAT

In how many years at 8% per annum simple interest, will the interest be half of the principal?

A fruit vendor brought a bag full of mangoes to the market. He kept some of the mangoes into the basket and put them for sale. He sold one-third of the mangoes in the basket to Mr. A and adds 18 more to it. He sold three-fourth of the remaining mangoes in the basket to Mr. B, and adds 12 more to it, after which he left with 25 mangoes in his basket. How many mangoes did the fruit vendor take in his basket in the beginning?

Each interior angle of a regular polygon is ‘a’ times as large as each exterior angles. How many sides does the polygon have?

In the figure below, PT and ST are two secants. If O is the centre of the circle and PQ = 2QT = 8 cm, OS = 5 cm, then what is the measure of the line OT? (Figure not drawn to scale)

The difference between the largest and the smallest prime numbers below 100 is a multiple of two prime numbers. What is the sum of these prime numbers?

A boy constructed a triangle such that its height and the three sides form four consecutive integers. If the dimensions can be measured using only 15 cm measurement scale, then the area of the triangle could be

If 9, 6, p are in arithmetic progression, 9, 6, q are in geometric progression and 9, 6, are in harmonic progression, then what is the value of (4p – 6q + r)?

A man is paid Rs. 80 per regular working hour and Rs. 100 per hour overtime. He works only 8 hours per day and 6 days a week. If he earns Rs. 15,760 in four weeks, then for how many hours did he work?

A quadrilateral of perimeter 126 cm is circumscribed about a circle. Three of its sides taken in order are in the ratio 5 : 8 : 9. What is the length of the fourth side?

How many times does the 29th day of the month occur in 800 successive years?

Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase in the italics.
Mind your Ps and Qs before signing the final deed.

Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase in the italics.
I have a gut feeling that you are lying to me.

Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase in the italics.
When the captain began explaining the whole story, his senior told him to stop beating about the bush but to hit the nail on the head and come straight to the point.

Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase in the italics.
I’ve been feeling a little under the weather today.

Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase in the italics.
Most of what he says should be taken with a pinch of salt.

Directions: Choose a suitable one-word substitute for the given phrase from the options
To send out of native country.

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Lacking purpose or enthusiasm.

Directions: Choose a suitable one-word substitute for the given phrase from the options
Person who suffers from delusions of greatness

Directions: Choose a suitable one-word substitute for the given phrase from the options
An extremely confused or complicated situation.

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Departing from an accepted standard

Directions: In the following question, different parts of a sentence/passage have been jumbled. Choose the option that represents the best sequence to make the sentence/passage coherent and meaningful. Ignore punctuation marks.
P: By the mass of earth
Q: Everything on or
R: Near the surface of
S: The earth is attracted

Directions: In the following question, different parts of a sentence/passage have been jumbled. Choose the option that represents the best sequence to make the sentence/passage coherent and meaningful. Ignore punctuation marks.
P: Of the responsibility for
Q: Of the class
R: The success or failure
S: On the Principal rests much

Directions: In the following question, different parts of a sentence/passage have been jumbled. Choose the option that represents the best sequence to make the sentence/passage coherent and meaningful. Ignore punctuation marks.
P. The dead bodies of plants and animals
Q: And clean the environment
R: The bacteria help in decomposing
S: And deposit back useful elements into soil, air and water

Directions: In the following question, different parts of a sentence/passage have been jumbled. Choose the option that represents the best sequence to make the sentence/passage coherent and meaningful. Ignore punctuation marks.
P: Regarding their proper development because
Q: And immense care is taken
R: In every country, children are given good education
S: What they become depends upon this impressionable period of their lives

Directions: In the following question, different parts of a sentence/passage have been jumbled. Choose the option that represents the best sequence to make the sentence/passage coherent and meaningful. Ignore punctuation marks.
P: In the middle of one side of the
Q: Who is the most important
R: Square sits the Chairman of the committee
S: Person in the room