Daily GK Update 08th August 2017

1. Maharashtra to raise $270 m from Green Climate Fund

i. The 2030 Water Resources Group (2030WRG) will help the Maharashtra Government raise $270 million for the Green Climate Fund, which will be invested in integrated watershed programmes such as Jalyukt Shivar Yojana.

ii. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is a new fund under the UN and is guided by the principles and provisions of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The 2030WRG is hosted by the International Finance Corporation and is a public-private-civil society collaboration for water resources reform in developing economies. Its ultimate aim is to close the gap between water demand and supply by the year2030.

Important Takeaways from above News-

• Devendra Fadnavis is incumbent Chief Minister of Maharashtra. 
• International Finance Corporation or IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector in developing countries.
• C Vidyasagar Rao is present governor of Maharashtra.

2. Iran signs its biggest-ever car deal with France’s Renault

i. Iran’s official news agency says two Iranian companies have signed the country’s biggest-ever car deal with French multinational automobile manufacturer Group Renault to produce 150,000 cars, beginning in 2018.

ii. The Euro €660 million — or $778 million — deal follows the lifting of international sanctions after Iran’s 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers.

Important Takeaways from above News-

• Emmanuel Macron is present President of France.
• Tehran is the capital of Iran.
• Hassan Rouhani is the current President of Iran.

3. Railways earned Rs.540 crore through flexi fare scheme

i. The Railways has earned an additional revenue of Rs 540 crore in less than a year through the flexi fare scheme and there is no plan to discontinue it.

ii. The scheme, launched on 09th September 2016, is applicable in Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains, allowing 10 per cent of the seats to be sold at the normal fare and thereafter increasing it by 10 per cent with every 10 per cent of berths sold with a ceiling of 50 per cent.

Important Takeaways from above News-

• Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu is the current Railway Minister of India.

4. Govt declares entire Assam as ‘disturbed’ area under AFSPA for another month

i. The Centre has declared entire Assam as a “disturbed” area under the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) for one more month, citing various violent activities by insurgent groups ULFA, NDFB, and others.

ii. The Union home ministry also declared Meghalaya’s border areas adjoining Assam, and three districts in Arunachal Pradesh as “disturbed” under the AFSPA for two more months with effect from August 03rd, 2017.

Important Takeaways from above News-

• Sarbananda Sonowal is Chief Minister of Assam.
• Rajnath Singh currently serves as the Union Home Minister. 
• The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Bill was passed by both the Houses of Parliament and it received the assent of the President on 11th September 1958. 

5. Usain Bolt was beaten by Justin Gatlin in 100m final

i. Justin Gatlin tore up Usain Bolt's farewell script as he stole world 100m gold with the run of his long and controversial career. Bolt was left with only a bronze in his final individual 100m race as 21-year-old Christian Coleman made it a USA one-two.

ii. The 35-year-old Gatlin, twice banned for doping, came through almost unnoticed in lane seven in 9.92 seconds, with Coleman's 9.94 holding off the greatest sprinter of all time.

6. 'Dawn of cruise tourism in India’ inaugurated in Mumbai

i. In order to promote cruise tourism in India, a special event, ‘The dawn of cruise tourism in India’ was inaugurated in Mumbai. 

ii. The preparedness of Mumbai Port and Ministry of shipping to host cruise vessels in the country is revealed to a worldwide audience at the event. It also saw the launch of three reports, “Mumbai Port SoP’s for cruise operations”, “Road map for Sea cruise tourism” and “Cruise terminals in India”.

Important Takeaways from above News-

• Mumbai is the capital city of Maharashtra.
• Nitin Gadkari is the current Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping.

7. FMCG Britannia to set up largest plant in Maharashtra

i. India’s leading FMCG Britannia Industries would set up its largest plant in Maharashtra in a food park at Ranjangaon.

ii. There will be an investment of Rs 1000 crore at the Ranjangaon food park over a period of four to five years with an employment potential for 3000 people. 

8. Amazon India, Telangana Handloom dept ink pact

i. Amazon India has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Telangana Department of Handloom and Textiles, to educate, train and enable weavers and artisans to directly sell their products to Amazon customers across the country.

ii. According to a statement issued by the e—commerce giant, with over 17,000 handlooms in the state, this association will further help elevate popular handloom products from clusters such as are Pochampally, Warangal, Gadwal, Narayanpet and Siddipet which have a tremendous potential and demand in urban areas.

Important Takeaways from above News-

• Jeff Bezos is the Chief Executive Officer of Amazon.
• Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao is the 1st and the current Chief Minister of Telangana.

English Cloze Tests

English Quiz (Cloze Test)

In the  following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of

which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number

 and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

The Ordinance to raise the foreign capital cap in insurance from 26% to 49% is not the best way to do it, as it (1) the parliament (2). 

Presumably, however, US President Barack Obama’s visit explains the government’s tearing hurry. 

New Delhi wants to show that it is resolute in (3) reform.

 However, it would be naive to expect that foreign investors will rush to raise their (4) 
in India joint ventures and infuse more funds in the sector that needs lots of capital go grow.

 Investors want certainty in law. Foreign partners will (5) and watch to see how things pan out as an Ordinance is a stopgap arrangement. Eventually, 

Parliament must approve the law.The NDA does not have a majority in the Rajya Sabha and the Opposition must cooperate for the numbers to stack up. 

It has been irresponsible, just as the BJP had been, when it refused to cooperate (6) the UPA government to push this reform it had first (7).

 But that’s not an excuse for the Opposition to now (8) the Bill. The select committee has already (9) the amendments to the insurance law. 

The Congress should support its passage, more so because the NDA is only continuing with many policies (10) of the UPA.

1)

a) encourages

b) circumvents

c) hoodwinks

d) evades

e) helps

2)

a) method

b) procedure

c) inaction

d) process

e) growth

3)

a) presuming

b) aggressive

c) pushing

d) hasty

e) effective

4)

a) stakes

b) goals

c) roles

d) risks

e) profits

5)

a) halt

b) stay

c) stop

d) think

e) wait

6)

a) for

b) with

c) to

d) along

e) upon

7)

a) pressed

b) intended

c) expected

d) proposed

e) submitted

8)

a) intercept

b) precede

c) block

d) foot

e) chunk

9)

a) vetted

b) audited

c) weighed

d) perused

e) scanned

10)

a) actions

b) drives

c) dynamism

d) leadership

e) initiatives

Answers -

1. b

2. d

3. c

4. a

5. e

6. b

7. d

8. c

9. a

10.e

English Cloze Tests

CLOZE TEST

Directions: (1-10): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. 

Find the suitable word form the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

The framework released by the RBI for entry and expansion of foreign banks in India makes sense. If foreign banks do enter India,

 it would drive local banks to become (1) efficient and encourage mergers and acquisitions. These banks will also-
 bring (2) technology and expertise to foster financial inclusion. 

The RBI’s final rules provide a foreign banks nearly the (3) freedom as a private sector bank in opening branches if it takes the form of a local subsidiary.

 New or existing (4) will have to set up wholly-owned arms if they are systemically important foreign banks,  

or banks that have a complex (5) or those that do not have adequate disclosure requirement in their 

home jurisdictions or offer home residents preferential protection in case of a problem.However, those present in India before August 2010 Citi, 

HSBC and Standard Chartered  have the (6) to continue as branches. Rightly, the regulator must encourage their conversion into local subsidiaries,

 following Indian laws. It will ring-fence the capital and assets of the bank within India and (7) effective risk control.

 Incentives by way of operational freedom could persuade some banks to (8) into wholly-owned subsidiaries.
 India is a growing market and more branches would do no harm.

 However, technology has made physical branch networks much less (9) today.
 An example is the credit card (10) of foreign banks that has far surpassed their branch-network size.

1.

(a) less

(b) added

(c) further

(d) more

(e) also

2. 

(a) down

(b) in 

(c) up

(d) around

(e) forward

3. 

(a) equivalent

(b) likely

(c) duplicate

(d) different

(e) same

4.

(a) contestants

(b) aspirant

(c) entrants

(d) candidates

(e) petitioners

5. 

(a) structure

(b) construction

(c) architecture

(d) texture

(e) configuration

6.

(a) discretion

(b) free will

(c) prerogative

(d) option

(e) claim

7. 

(a) endow

(b) enable

(c) qualify

(d) approve

(e) let

8.

(a) manipulate

(b) mutate

(c) transfer

(d) turn

(e) convert

9.

(a) relevant

(b) compatible

(c) suited

(d) admissible

(e) proper

10.

(a) field

(b) work

(c) business

(d) function

(e) occupation

Answers 

1.  d
2.  b
3.  e
4.  c
5.  a
6.  d
7.  b
8.  e
9.  a
10. c

English Cloze Tests

English Quiz

Directions: In the following passage some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. 

Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks
 with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

People of India have ...(1)... interests. There are artists who are worldwide known and there are scientists who are known for their experiments all over the world. 

There are also musicians who are known for their music. There are painters like M F Hussain on one hand-

 and Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on the other hand who is known for his scientific approach. There are musicians 

like Zakir Hussain who is known for his ‘Tabla’. There are different ...(2)... in India. Because of various ideas, 

there are superstitions ...(3)... but there are progressive people too who hold belief based on education. If we ...(4)... at customers followed in-

 different states and regions there is again a large variety. As far as important institute of marriage is concerned.

 Marriages are performed in different ways in all states. Even funeral rights are performed in different manner. 

Indian culture is dynamic and tolerant. So the foreign culture tried to ...(5)... some of their basic features, 

they became part of the great Indian culture with the passage of time. Thus, customs and traditions of India are very interesting.

1. 

1) several 

2) cultural 

3) personal 

4) diversified 

5) following

2. 

1) aspects 

2) values 

3) ideologies 

4) demands 

5) likes

3. 

1) to 

2) too 

3) will 

4) trend 

5) power

4. 

1) glance 

2) look 

3) follow 

4) proud 

5) suppose

5. 

1) way 

2) love 

3) provide 

4) find 

5) retain

Directions (Q. 6–10) : Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in-

 the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

A) Indian markets in urban areas have grown appreciably and are on the verge of saturation.

B) The world's second largest populated country, India, is the apple of the eye for the world now.

C) This has been going on since quite some time now, ever since 1991 reforms of liberalisation, globalisation and privatisation.

D) The world economies are seeing it as their potential market.

E) So corporate have started tapping rural markets, since more than 60 per cent of India's population lives in rural areas.

6. Which of the following would be the 'FOURTH' sentence after rearrangement?

1) E 

2) B 

3) D 

4) A 

5) C

7. Which of the following would be the 'SECOND' sentence after rearrangement?

1) C 

2) D 

3) A 

4) B 

5) E

8. Which of the following would be the 'FIRST' sentence after rearrangement?

1) B 

2) C 

3) D 

4) E 

5) A

9. Which of the following would be the 'LAST (FIFTH)' sentence after rearrangement?

1) A 

2) C 

3) B 

4) D 

5) E

10. Which of the following would be the 'THIRD' sentence after rearrangement?

1) D 

2) B 

3) C 

4) E 

5) A

Answers:
1. 4
2. 3
3. 2
4. 1
5. 5

(6–10): B D C A E

6. 4
7. 2
8. 1
9. 5
10. 3

English Quiz (Cloze Test)

English Quiz (Cloze Test)

Directions (1-10): In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. 
These numbers are printed below the passageand against each, 

five words/phrases are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case:

In economics, the term recession generally describes the reduction of a country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for at least two quarters. 

A recession is (1) by rising unemployment, increase in government borrowing, (2) of share and stock prices, and falling investment. 

All of these characteristics have effects on people. Some recessions have been anticipated by stock market declines.

 The real-estate market also usually (3) before a recession. However, real-estate declines can last much longer than recessions. 

During an economic decline, high-(4) stocks such as financial services, pharmaceuticals and tobacco (5) to hold up better. 

However, when the economy starts to recover growth, stocks tend to recover faster.
There is significant disagreement about how health care and utilities tend to (6).

In 2008, an economic recession was suggested by several important indicators of economics downturn. These (7) high oil prices, 

which led to (8) high food prices due to dependence of food production on petroleum,
as well as using food crop products such as ethanol and biodiesel as an (9) to petroleum;

 and global inflation; a substantial credit crisis leading to the drastic bankruptcy of large and well (10) investment banks as well as commercial banks in various, 

diverse nations around the world; increased unemployment; and signs of contemporaneous economic downturns in major economics of the world,
a global recession.

1. 
(A) imagined
(B) depict
(C) shown
(D) visualized
(E) characterized

2.
(A) increase
(B) variance
(C) more
(D) decrease
(E) abundance

3.
(A) weakens
(B) initiates
(C) awakens
(D) strengthens
(E) volatile

4.
(A) maintained
(B) yield
(C) heavy
(D) result
(E) payment

5.
(A) are
(B) want
(C) tend
(D) yearn
(E) made

6.
(A) distribute
(B) recover
(C) wait
(D) increased
(E) fight

7.
(A) meant
(B) show
(C) numbered
(D) included
(E) encompass

8.
(A) fearful
(B) dangerous
(C) abnormally
(D) healthy
(E) nutritious

9.
(A) alternative
(B) variant
(C) substitute
(D) element
(E) integral

10.
(A) wealthy
(B) costly
(C) stand
(D) created
(E) established


Answers
1.  e
2.  d
3.  a
4.  b
5.  c
6.  b
7.  d
8.  c
9.  a
10.e

English Cloze Tests

English Quiz

Directions (1-10) In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. 

These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, 

one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate words without changing the meaning of the passage.

Does Indian industry need democracy? The Indian economy’s sustained growth today is.... (1).... by incomplete democracy. 

While millions of Indians endure poverty, only a tiny majority ……(2)…… prosperity. On the other hand, many Latin American countries have

 registered ……(3)…… growth rates under military dictators and today one of the fastest growing economies 

in the world – china- has an ……(4)………rather than a democracy government. So why does Indian need democracy for sustained growth? To many,

 democracy ……(5)... slower decision making with corrupt politicians and red-tapeism etc. Industry should, therefore, be ……..(6)…… with less, 

not more, democracy. However, while China ……….(7)……. Consumption in order to save and invest more than half its output to produce 10% growth, 

India ……….(8)…… almost two-thirds of its output and manages to achieve 9% growth from one-third of its output. ……(9) ………. India’s-

 democracy is not inefficient when it comes to making ……(10) ……….use of resources.  

1.

(a) deprived  

(b) hampered  

(c) eliminated 

(d) faced 

(e) threaten 

2.

(a) pursuit 

(b) acquisition 

(c) benefit 

(d) enjoy 

(e) value 

3.

(a) acceptable 

(b) insignificant 

(c) variable 

(d) inflated 

(e) affordable 

4.

(a) autonomous 

(b) economical 

(c) authoritarian 

(d) egalitarian 

(e) orthodox

5.

(a) imply

(b) mentions 

(c) attracts 

(d) features 

(e) means

6.

(a) gracious 

(b) adapted 

(c) fascinated 

(d) pleased 

(e) urged

7.

(a) bans 

(b) curtails 

(c) regulate 

(d) ceases 

(e) discourage

8.

(a) consumes 

(b) selects 

(c) indulges 

(d) disperse 

(e) hoard 

9.

(a) Accordingly 

(b) Totally 

(c) Thus 

(d) Even 

(e) Likely

10.

(a) ultimately 

(b) capably 

(c) modest 

(d) secure 

(e) effective  

Answers -

1.  b

2.  d

3.  a

4.  c

5.  e

6.  d

7.  b

8.  a

9.  c

10.e

Quantitative Aptitude,

Quant Quiz

Direction: Following line graph shows the percentage growth in population of -

six cities A, B, C, D, E and F from 2011 to 2012 and 2012 to 2013.

1. If the population of City A is 5.4 lakh in year 2011 then what will be its population in year 2013.
1) 7.842 lakh
2) 8.424 lakh
3) 8.765 lakh
4) 9.168 lakh
5) None of these

2. What is the percentage increase in population of city C from year 2011 to year 2013.
1) 15%
2) 22.5%
3) 30%
4) 32.25%
5) 33.5%

3. If the population of city E and City D are equal in year 2012 then the population of city-

 E is approximately what percentage of population of city D in 2013.
1) 86.2%
2) 96%
3) 104%
4) 116%
5) 124%

4. If the population of city-F in year 2013, is 16.848 lakh then what was its population in year 2011 ?
1) 7.8 lakh
2) 8.4 lakh
3) 9.6 lakh
4) 10.2 lakh
5) 11.4 lakh

5. If the population of city-B and city-D in year 2011 are equal to 6 lakh then what -

will be the difference between population of city-D in 2013 and population of city-B in 2013 ?
1) 75500
2) 97400
3) 112500
4) 137600
5) 148500

Directions : What will be the next number in the following number series-

6. 3, 8, 34, 206, 1650, ?
1) 16502
2) 17124
3) 17316
4) 18212
5) 18946

7. 4, 10, 18, 28, 40, ?
1) 48
2) 52
3) 54
4) 56
5) 58

8. 7, 61, 211, 505, 991, ?
1) 1512
2) 1587
3) 1643
4) 1717
5) 1751

9. 842, 425, 147, 42.75, ?
1) 12.15
2) 14.95
3) 16.35
4) 18.75
5) 20.25

10. 8.8, 35.2, 76.8, 134.4, 208, ?
1) 297.6
2) 312.4
3) 320.8
4) 324
5) 336.2




Answers
1. 2
A2013 = 540000 * 120/100 * 130/100 = 842400

2. 4
Let the population in year 2011 = 100
Population 2013 = 100 * 115/100 * 115/100 = 132.25
% increase = 32.25%

3. 4
Let the population of D & E by x in year 2012
D2013 = x * 125/100 = 1.25x

E2013 = x * 145/100 = 1.45x

Req % = 1.45x/1.25x * 100 = 116%

4. 3
F2011 = 1684800 * 100/130 * 100/135 = 960000

5. 3
D2013 = 600000 * 135/100 * 125/100 = 1012500

B2013 = 600000 * 125/100 * 120/100 = 900000

Diff = 1012500 - 900000 = 112500


6. 1; Series is ×2 + 2, ×4 + 2, ×6 + 2
7. 3; Series is + 6, +8, +10, +12 ---------
8. 4; Series is 23 - 1, 43 -3, 63
- 5, 83 - 7
9. 2; Series is + 8 ÷ 2, +16 ÷ 3, +24 ÷4 ------
10. 1; Series is 8 × 1.1, 16 × 2.2, 24 × 3.2, 32 × 4.2

Quantitative Aptitude

Quantitative Aptitude Mix Quiz

1. By selling 12 marbles for a rupee, a shopkeeper loses 20%. In order to gain 20% in the transaction,

 he should sell the marbles at the rate of how many marbles for a rupee?

(1) 8

(2) 6

(3) 4

(4) 3

(5) None of these

2. In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increase by 25% but the selling price remains constant, 

approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit?

(1) 30%

(2) 70%

(3) 100%

(4) 250%

(5) None of these

3. A horse and a carriage together cost Rs.8000.If by selling the horse at a profit of 10% 
and the carriage at a loss of 10% a total profit of 2.5% is made, then what is the cost price of the horse ?

(1) Rs. 3000

(2) Rs. 3500

(3) Rs. 4000

(4) Rs. 5000

(5) None of these

4. A piece of cloth costs Rs. 35. If thelength of the piece would have been 4 m longer and each metre costs Rs. 1 less,

 the cost would have remained unchanged. How long is the piece?

(1) 14 m

(2) 10 m

(3) 12 m

(4) 9 m

(5) None of these

5. If the total emoluments of A and B are equal. However, A gets 65% of his basic salary as allowances and B gets 80% of-
 his basic salary as allowances.What is the ratio of the basic salaries of A and B?

(1) 16:13

(2) 5 : 7

(3) 12:11

(4) 7:9

(5) None of these

6. A contractor employed 25 labourers on a job. He paid 275 for the work.After retaining 20% of this sum, he distributed the remaining amount amongst the labourers. 

If the number of men to women labourers was in the ratio 2 : 3 and their wages in the ratio 5 : 4, what wages did a woman labourer get?

(1) 10

(2) 8

(3) 12

(4) 15

(5) None of these

7. The dimensions of a rectangular room when increased by 4-m are in the ratio of 4 : 3 and when decreased by 4 m are in the ratio of 2 : 1.
 The dimensions of the room are

(1) 6 m and 4 m

(2) 12 m and 8 m

(3) 16 m and 12 m  

(4) 24 m and 16 m

(5) None of these

8. If 1066 are divided among A, B, C and D such that A : B = 3 : 4 B:C=5:6andC:D= 7 : 5,  who will get the maximum?

(1) B

(2) A

(3) C

(4) D

(5) None of these

9. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 350% and the denominatior of the fraction is increased by 300%. the resultant fraction is 9/22. 
What is the original fraction?

(1) ¾

(2) 5/12     

(3) 7/9

(4) 4/11

(5) None of these

10. Ms. Sujata invests 7% i.e. Rs.  2170 of her monthly salary in mutual funds. Later she invests 18% of her monthly salary in recurring deposits also. 

She invests 6% of her salary on NSC’s. What is the total annual amount invested by Ms. Sujata?

(1) Rs. 1,25,320

(2) Rs. 1,13,520

(3) Rs. 1,35,520

(4) Rs. 1,15,320

(5) None of these

11. Fresh grapes contain 80% waterby weight, whereas dried grapescontain 15% water by weight. 
How many kg of dried grapes canbe obtained from 3.4 kg of freshgrapes?

(1) 0.51

(2) 0.6

(3) 0.68

(4) 0.8

12. An interview panel found that a candidate has given a wrong date about his height. while filling up his form he filled up 20% more than his actual height. 

His actual height is 5 feet 2 inches. By what approximate percent shouldhe reduce his height to get actual height?

(1) 15

(2) 14

(3) 18

(4) 17

(5) None of these

Direction (1-3): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:

A committee of 12 persons is to be formed from 9 men and 8 women

13.   In how many ways this can be done if at least 5 men to have to be included in a committee

(1) 6062

(2) 6000

(3) 6010

(4) 6005

(5) None of these

14.  In how many of these committee the women are in majority

(1) 1008

(2) 1100

(3) 120

(4) 1225

(5) None of these

15. In how many of these committee the men are in majority

(1) 2000

(2) 2702

(3) 2705

(4) 2700

(5) None of these

Answers

Quant Quiz

Quant Quiz

6. In an examination a student attempted all 60 questions. He gets 2 marks for every right answer and minus 1 marks for each wrong answer. 
Find how many wrong questions were he attempted if got total 72 marks ?

1) 48 

2) 58 

3) 16 

4) 20 

5) None of these

7. Average monthly salary of 8 technicians of a workshop was Rs. 1200 and average monthly salary-

 of non-technician was Rs. 300. Find total number of employee of this workshop if average monthly salary of all the employee was Rs. 500 ?

1) 16 

2) 36 

3) 56 

4) 40 

5) None of these

8. A shopkeeper buys some quantity of lemon at the rate 3 in Rs. 2 and buys same quantity of lemon at the rate 2 in Rs. 3.

 He sold all of them at the rate 5 in Rs. 5. If during the transaction the shopkeeper losses Rs. 30.
 Find the quantity of the first types of lemon that he mixed ?

1) 360 

2) 280 

3) 180 

4) 240 

5) None of these

9. A shopkeeper gives two successive discount of 50% and 40% respectively. If second discount is Rs. 180. Find selling price of this article ?

1) 900 

2) 270 

3) 370 

4) 570 

5) None of these

10. A man travels 25% part of the Journey at the speed of 50 km/hr, next 60 % part of the journey at the speed of 40 km/hr. 

and rest part of the journey at the speed of 20 km/hr. Find average speed of the men during whole journey ?

1) 34 4/11 km/hr

2) 37 4/11 km/hr

3) 36 4/11 km/hr

4) 80 km/hr

5) None of these

Answers:

6. 3

Let he attempted ‘x’ correct and ‘y’ wrong question

2x - y = 72-------- (I) and x + y = 60 -------- (II)

Solving (I) and (II) x = 44, y = 16

7. 2

Let number of non technician = x

1200 × 8 + 300 × x = ( 8 + x) × 500

9600 + 300 x = 500 x + 4000

x = 28

Total employee = 8 + 28 = 36

8. 3

Let no. of Ist type lemon = No. of IInd type lemon = x

CP = 2x/3 + 3x/2 = 13x/6

SP = 2x * 5/5 = 2x

13x/6 - 2x = 30

13x - 12x = 180

x = 180

9. 2

Let cost of article after Ist discount is x

x * 40/100 = 180

x = 450

SP after IInd discount = 450 - 180 = 270

10. 3

Let total distance is 100KM

T1 = 25/50 = 1/2 hour

T2 = 60/40 = 3/2 hour

T3 = 15/20 = 3/4 hour

T = 1/2 + 3/2 + 3/4 = 11/4 hour

Avg speed = 100/(11/4) = 36 4/11 km/hr

Quantitative Aptitude

Quant Quiz (DI)

Directions (1-5): Study the graphs carefully to answer the questions that follow:

Total number of children in 6 different schools and the percentage of girls in them

1.What is the total percentage of boys in schools R and U together (rounded off to two digits after decimal) 

(1)78.55 

(2)72. 45 

(3)76.28 

(4)75.83 

(5)None of these

2.What is the total number of boys in School  T ? 

(1)500 

(2)600 

(3)750 

(4)850 

(5)None of these

3.The total number of students in school R. is approximately what per cent of the total number of students in school S? 

(1)83

(2)75 

(3)78 

(4)82 

(5)94

4.What is the average number of boys in schools P and Q together? 

(1)1425 

(2)1575 

(3)1450 

(4)1625 

(5)None of these

5.What is the respective ratio of the number of girls in school P to the number of girls in school Q? 

(1)27 : 20 

(2)17 : 21

(3)20 : 27 

(4)41 : 21 

(5)None of these

Directions (6-10): Study the following pie-charts carefully and answer the questions given follow:

Discipline wise breakup of number of candidates appeared in interview and Discipline-

 wise breakup of number of candidates appeared in interview by the organization.

6.What was the ratio between the number of candidates appeared in interview from other disciplines and number of candidates selected-

 from Engineering discipline respectively (rounded off to the nearest integer)? 

(1)3609 : 813

(2)3094 : 813

(3)3094 : 1035 

(4)4125 : 1035 

(5)3981 : 767

7.The total number of the candidates appeared in interview from management and other disciplines

 was what percent of number of candidates appeared form engineering discipline? 

(1)50 

(2)150 

(3)200

(4)Cannot be determined 

(5)None of these 

8.Approximately what was the difference between the number of candidates selected 

from Agriculture discipline and number of candidates selected from Engineering discipline? 

(1)517

(2)665

(3)346

(4)813

(5)296

9.For which discipline was the difference in number-

 of candidates selected to number of candidates appeared in interview the maximum? 

(1)Management 

(2)Engineering 

(3)Science 

(4)Agriculture 

(5)None of these

10.Approximately what was the total number of candidates selected from Commerce and Agriculture discipline together? 

(1)1700

(2)1800

(3)2217

(4)1996

(5)1550

Answers with Explanation !!!!!!

1.(4) No. of boys in school R & U together
= (2000 * 72.5)/100 + (1000 * 82.5)/100 = 1450 + 825 = 2275
Required % = 2275/3000 * 100 = 75.83

2.(3)

3.(1)

4.(2) Required average = ½ {(2500 * 60)/100 + (3000 * 55)/100} = 1575

5.(3) 40% of 2500 : 45% of 3000

6.(2)
7.(2) (24/16)*100=150%

8.(5) (11-7)% of 7390= 296 (approx )

9.(3)
Science = (25780 * 28)/100 - (7390 * 32)/100 = 4853 appr.
Engineering = (25780 * 16)/100- (7390 * 11)/100 =4124 – 813 = 3311 appr.
Commerce = (25780 * 18)/100- (7390 * 16)/100 = 4690 – 1182 = 3458 Approx

10.(1) (16+7)% of 7390 = 1700