List of practice Questions

Which investment gives a better return, assuming the face value of shares to be Rs. 10?
A. 5% stock at 75, subject to 30% income tax
B. 4% stock at 90, tax free

A and B throw one dice for a stake of Rs.11, which is to be won by the player who first throws a six. The game ends when stake is won by A or B. If A has the first throw, what are their respective expectations?

There are 10 stations on a railway line. The number of different journey tickets that are required by the authorities is

A colourless cube is painted blue and then cut parallel to sides to form two rectangular solids of equal volume. What percentage of surface area of each of new solids is not painted blue?

Answer the question based on the following table.

What is the ratio of glucose to lactose in a mixture as sweet as maltose?

The inequality of p\(^2\)+ 5 < 5p + 14 can be satisfied if:

The 288th term of the sequence a, b, b, c, c, c, d, d, d, d... is

When the Sun ray’s inclination increases from to , the length of the shadow of a tower decreases by 60 m. Find the height of the tower.

The cost of levelling and turfing a square field at Rs. 160 per hectare is Rs. 2624.40. The cost of surrounding it with a railing costing 25 paise per metre is:

This question consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II. Decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient to answer the question.
What is the 57th number in a series of numbers?
I. Each number in the series is three more than the preceding number.
II. The tenth number in the series is 29.

The Table below indicates the number of residents at 5 hotels on 1 Feb and 1 July 1998. Which hotel had the greatest increase in the total number of adult residents on 1 July 1998 compared with 1 Feb of that year?

1-Jul-98
Hotel	Female Adults	Male Adults	Female Children
V	41	73	16
W	18	37	7
X	47	92	12
Y	37	59	19
Z	81	112	26

1-Feb-98
Hotel	Female Adults	Male Adults	Female Children	Male Children
V	32	64	8	11
W	11	28	3	2
X	47	84	14	7
Y	22	42	5	6
Z	63	104	18	23

Two sea trawlers left a sea port simultaneously in two mutually perpendicular directions. Half an hour later, the shortest distance between them was 17 km and another 15 minutes later, one sea trawler was 10.5 km farther from the original than the other. Find the speed of each sea trawler

In the following series find the one number that is wrong
2, 3, 13, 37, 86, 167, 288

From a book, a number of consecutive pages are missing. The sum of the page numbers of these pages is 9808. Which pages are missing?

A factory is to commission two production lines. Production line 1 is to use existing technology. Production line 2 is to use the latest innovation in technology and, while promising to achieve considerable advances in productivity, it will take longer to start and is likely to experience teething problems. Graph indicates the productive record of each product line. Refer to the graph to answer the following.

A. Can the duration of reported breakdown be established?
B. Can the loss of production be quantified?

El Nino is

WiMax stands for:

India’s first coalition government in New Delhi was formed under the leadership of:

First Indian motion picture insured by a General Insurance company is

Siebel is a software firm that is now taken over by:

The term “Uruguay Round” is associated with an important world organization. Which one?

In the United States of America, the President is elected

The India-US Nuclear Deal is called 123 Agreement. What does 123 denote?

Inflation implies

Who of the following is one of the most celebrated Photo Journalists in India?