ENGLISH CLASS

Direction (1-5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error in it. Choose the sentence /Option which is CORRECT without any errors in it. If all the sentences are incorrect mark (e) as the answer. 

Q1. 
(a) When selecting a fund, we looked to understand the teams managing the fund, and there strategy and performance.
(b) When selecting a fund, we look to understand the teams managing the fund, and their strategy and performance.
(c) When selecting a fund, we looking  to understand the teams managing the fund, and their strategy and performance.
(d) When selecting a fund, we look at understanding  the teams manage the fund, and there strategy and performance.
(e) All are Incorrect

S1. Ans.(b)

Sol. When selecting a fund, we look to understand the teams managing the fund, and their strategy and performance

Q2.  
(a) The first role of education is to infuse values in individuals and change there inner self.
(b) The first role of education is to infused values at individuals and change their inner selves.
(c) The first role of education is at infusing values on individuals and changed their inner selves.
(d) The first role of education is to infuse values in individuals and change their inner selves.
(e) All are Incorrect

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. The first role of education is to infuse values in individuals and change their inner selves.

Q3. 
(a) Disharmonious relationship with fellow human beings,  society and with nature also emanates much from our imbalance relationship with nature.
(b) Disharmonious relationship with fellow human beings, with society and with nature also emanates many from our imbalanced relationship with nature.
(c) Disharmonious relationship with fellow human beings, with society and with nature also emanates much from our imbalanced relationship with nature.
(d) Disharmonious relationship with fellow human beings, with society and nature also emanated many from our imbalance relationship to nature.
(e) All are Incorrect

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. Disharmonious relationship with fellow human beings, with society and with nature also emanates much from our imbalanced relationship with nature.
Statement B and D are incorrect because "Much" is used for uncountable nouns, "Many" is used for countable nouns. Hence use of many is incorrect here.

Q4. 
(a) Ecological reconstruction should be on the heart of our education system.
(b) Ecology reconstruction should be in the heart of our education system.
(c) Ecological reconstruction was on the heart of our education system.
(d) Ecological reconstruction should be at the heart of our education system.
(e) All are Incorrect

S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Ecological reconstruction should be at the heart of our education system.

Q5. 
(a) Education must seek to nurture, refine and fully develop these dimensions of holistic human development.
(b) Education must seek for nurture, refine and full develop these dimensions of holistic human development.
(c) Education must seek to nurture, refine and fully developed this dimensions of holistic human development.
(d) Education must seek at nurture, refine and fully develop these dimensions of holistic human development.
(e) All are Incorrect

S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. Education must seek to nurture, refine and fully develop these dimensions of holistic human development.

Directions (6-10):  In the questions given below, find out which of the phrases (I), (II), (III) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and no correction is required mark (e) as the answer. 

Q6. The air conditioner cuts in when the temperature gets to 22°C.
I.    Cut back 
II.  Cut down
III. Cut over

(a)Only  I
(b)Only I and II
(c)only II
(d)Only III
(e)No change required

S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. cut in-start operating (of an engine or electrical device)
cut in-pull in too closely in front of another vehicle
cut something down-make something fall to the ground
cut something out-remove part of something (usually with scissors and paper)
cut back on something-consume less

Q7.  We called off  but we weren't able to find the car part we needed.
I. Call up
II. called around 
III. Called in

(a) Only I and II
(b) Only III
(c) only II
(d) Only I
(e) No change required

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. call around-phone many different places/people
call something off-cancel
call somebody back-return a phone call
call somebody up-phone
call on somebody-visit somebody

Q8. We have to work over the total cost before we buy the house.
I. work up
II. work through 
III. work out 

(a) Only I and Only II
(b) Only IIand Only I
(c) Only III
(d) Only II and Only III
(e) No change required

S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. work something out-make a calculation
work out-be successful
work out-exercise
work (someone) over- to hurt (someone) by hitting, kicking, etc.
work through-to deal with (something that is difficult or unpleasant) successfully
work (someone) up : to make (someone) feel very angry, excited, upset, etc.

Q9. I ran in an old school-friend at the mall.
I. run away
II. ran into 
III. run out

(a) only II
(b) only III
(c) only I
(d) only I and only III
(e) No change required

S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. run into somebody/ something-meet unexpectedly
run over somebody/ something-drive a vehicle over a person or thing
run over/ through something-rehearse, review
run away-leave unexpectedly, escape
run out-have none left

Q10. We're going to freeze out here if you don't let us get round the bus.
I.    get over
II.   get together
III. get on 

(a)  only III
(b)  only II
(c)  only II  and only I
(d)  only I
(e)  No change required

S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. get on something- step onto a vehicle
get over something-recover from an illness, loss, difficulty
get round to something-finally find time to do
get together-meet (usually for social reasons)

Quantitative Aptitude

Q1. Shubham was conducting an experiment in which the average of 11 observations came to be 90, while the average of first five observations was 87, and that of the last five was 84. What was the measure of the 6th observation? 

(a) 165

(b) 150 

(c) 145

(d) 135

(e) 125

Q2. A batsman has a certain average of runs for 12 innings. In the 13th innings he scores 96 runs, thereby increasing his average by 5 runs. What is his average after the 13th innings?  

(a) 64

(b) 48

(c) 36

(d) 72

(e) 89

Q3. There was one mess for 30 boarders in a certain hostel. If the number of boarders was increased by 10, the expenses of the mess increased by Rs. 40 per month, while the average expenditure per head diminished by Rs. 2. Find the original monthly expenses.

(a) Rs. 390

(b) Rs. 360

(c) Rs. 410

(d) Rs. 480

(e) Rs. 450

Q4. The mean monthly salary paid to 75 workers in a factory is Rs. 5680. The mean salary of 25 of them is Rs. 5400 and that of 30 others is Rs. 5700. The mean salary of remaining workers is: 

(a) Rs. 5000

(b) Rs. 7000

(c) Rs. 6000

(d) Rs. 8000

(e) Rs. 9000

Q5. Of the three numbers, the first is twice the second and the second is twice the third. The average of these three numbers is 21. Find the largest number.  

(a) 36

(b) 38

(c) 47

(d) 48

(e) 35

Q6. In a mathematics exam, a student scored 30% marks in the first paper out of a total of 180. How much should he score in the second paper out of a total of 150, if he is to get an overall average of 50%? 

(a) 74%

(b) 76%

(c) 70%

(d) 80%

(e) 75%

Q7. The average marks of a student in 8 subjects is 87. Of these, the highest marks are 2 more than the next in value. If these two subjects are eliminated, the average marks of the remaining subjects is 85. What is highest score? 

(a) 91

(b) 94

(c) 89

(d) 96 

(e) 92

Q8. An officer’s pension on retirement from service is equal to half the average salary during last 36 months of his service. His salary from 1 January, 2014 is Rs. 3800 per month with increment of Rs. 400 on 1 October 2014, October 2015 and 1 October, 2016. If he retires on 1 January, 2017, what pension does he draw? 

(a) Rs. 2100

(b) Rs. 2150

(c) Rs. 2200

(d) Rs. 2250

(e) Rs. 2300

Q9. In a one-day cricket match, Virat, Sehwag, Sachin, Dhoni and Yuvraj scored an average of 39 runs. Dhoni scored 7 more than Yuvraj. Yuvraj scored 9 fewer than Virat. Sehwag scored as many as Dhoni and Yuvraj combined; and Sehwag and Sachin together scored 110 runs between them. How many runs did Sachin score? 

(a) 47

(b) 51

(c) 53

(d) 49

(e) 57

Q10. The average of marks obtained by 120 candidates was 35. If the average of the passed candidates was 39 and that of the failed candidates was 15, then the number of those candidates, who passed the examination was:  

(a) 100

(b) 110

(c) 120

(d) 150

(e) 115

Q11. A painter is paid x rupees for painting every 10 metres of a wall and y rupees for painting every extra metre. During a week, he painted 10 metres on Monday, 13 metres on Tuesday, 12 metres on Wednesday, 11 metres on Thursday and 12 metres on Friday. What is average daily earning in rupees for the five day week?  

(a) x + (8/5)y

(b) (5x + 9y)/5 

(c) 10x + (8/5)y

(d) 5x + 8y 

(e) Cannot be determined

Q12. The average age of a husband and wife was 23 when they were married 5 years ago. The average age of the husband, the wife and a child who was born during the interval, is 20 years now. How old is the child now? 

(a) 9 months 

(b) 1 year 

(c) 3 years 

(d) 4 years 

(e) 2 years

Q13. The average marks of a students in 10 papers are 80. If the highest and the lowest scores are not considered, the average is 81. If the highest score is 92, find the lowest?  

(a) 55

(b) 60

(c) 62

(d) 65

(e) Cannot be determined 

Q14. The average weight of 45 students in a class was calculated as 36 kg. It was later found that the weight of two students in the class was wrongly calculated. The actual weight of one of the boys in the class was 32 kg., but it was calculated as 34 kg. and the weight of another boy in the class was 45 kg. whereas it was calculated as 40 kg. What is the actual average weight of the 45 students in the class? (Rounded off to two-digits after decimal)

(a) 36.07 kg.

(b) 36.16 kg.

(c) 35.84 kg.

(d) Cannot be determined

(e) None of these

Q15. ‘Mr. Hatim’s total annual gross salary, which was Rs. 10 lakhs per year in 2007, has been reduced by 10% in 2008. In 2007 his family expenditure for food items was 40% of the total annual gross salary. The prices of average food items have increased by 5% between 2007 and 2008. Assuming that the family consumed the same amount of food in 2008, the percentage expenditure on food items, calculated on total annual gross salary in 2008, is approximately:   

(a) 43%

(b) 45%

(c) 47%

(d) 49%

(e) 50%

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. 11 × 90 - 5 × 87 - 5 × 84 

= 990- 435 - 420 = 135

S3. Ans.(b)

Sol. Let the original average expenditure be Rs. x

Then, 

40(x - 2) - 30x = 40 

⇒ 10x = 120 ⇒ x = 12 

∴ Original expenditure = 30 × 12 = Rs. 360 

S4. Ans.(c)

Sol. Total salary of 75 workers = Rs. 426000 

Total salary of 25 workers = Rs. 135000 

Total salary of 30 workers = Rs. 171000 

∴ Total salary of remaining 20 workers 

= 426000 - (135000 + 171000) 

= 120000

∴ Mean salary of 20 workers =120000/20 = Rs. 6000. 

S7. Ans.(b)

Sol. Total score of 8 subjects = 87 × 8 = 696 

Total score of 6 subjects = 85 × 6 = 510 

∴ Score of remaining two subjects = 696 - 510 = 186 

Now, let the highest and the next highest score are x and x - 2, then 

(x) + (x - 2) = 186 

⇒ 2x = 188 ⇒ x = 94. 

S9. Ans.(e)

Sol. (Virat + Sehwag + Sachin + David + Yuvraj) 

Make = 39 × 5 = 195 runs

With respect to scoring runs 

Dhoni = Yuvraj + 7 

Yuvraj = Virat - 9 

Sehwag = Dhoni + Yuvraj 

Sehwag + Sachin = 110 

⇒ Virat, Dhoni, Yuvraj, Sehwag and Sachin scored

 = 32, 30, 23, 53 and 57 runs respectively.   

S10. Ans.(a)

Sol. Suppose the number of candidates passed = x 

∴ 39x + 15 (120 - x) = 120 × 35 

⇒ 24x = 120 × 35 - 120 × 15 

= 120 (35 - 15) = 120 × 20 

⇒ x = 100 

S12. Ans.(d)

Sol. Present total age of husband and wife 

= (23 × 2 + 5 × 2) = 56 years 

Present total age of husband, wife and child 

= 20 × 3 = 60 years 

∴ age of child = (60 - 56) = 4 years  

S13. Ans.(b)

Sol. Total marks in 10 papers = 800 

Total marks in 8 papers = 648 

Total of highest and lowest marks = 152 

Lowest marks = 152 - 92 = 60.  

S14. Ans.(a)

Sol. Actual weight of all the students

= 36 × 45 - 34 + 32 - 40 + 45

= 1620 + 3 = 1623kg.

Actual average weight = 1623/45 = 36.07 kg 

 

Quantitative Aptitude

Q1. Three papers were set in an examination and the maximum marks per were in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 2, respectively. If a student obtained 50% in the first paper, 60% in the second, and 65% in the third, what percent did he obtain overall? 

(a) 58.3%

(b) 66.66%

(c) 33.33%

(d) 60%

(e) None of these

Q2. A recipe gives directions to mix 4 pats of substance A with 7 parts of substance B. These substances are to be taken by weight, but by mistake they were taken by volume. Find the error in the percentage of the weight of A in the mixture, if 117 cm3 of the substance A weighs as much as 151 cm3 of the substance B.

(a) 5.05%

(b) 6.00%

(c) 7.05%

(d) 6.02%

(e) None of these

Q3. Tom’s salary is 125% of Tina’s salary. Tito’s salary is 80% of Tina’s salary. The total of all the three salaries is Rs. 61,000. What is Tito’s salary? 

(a) Rs. 16,000

(b) Rs. 16,500

(c) Rs. 15,500

(d) Rs. 15,000 

(e) None of these

Q4. A bag contains 600 pens of brand A and 1200 pens of brand B. If 12% of brand A pens and 25% of brand B pens are removed, then what is the approximately percentage of total pens removed from the bag? 

(a) 37%

(b) 36%

(c) 22%

(d) 18%

(e) None of these

Q5. A person spends 40% of his salary on his educational expenses. He spends 60% of it in purchasing books and one-half of the remaining in purchasing stationery items. If he saves Rs. 160 every month, which is one-fourth of the balance after spending over books and stationery items, what is his monthly salary? 

(a) Rs. 8000

(b) Rs. 4800

(c) Rs. 9600

(d) Data inadequate 

(e) None of these

Q6. A salesman’s terms were changed from a flat commission of 5% on all his sales to a fixed salary of Rs. 1000 plus 2.5% commission on all sales exceeding Rs. 4000. If his remuneration as per the new scheme was Rs. 600 more than by the first scheme, what were his sales worth? 

(a) Rs. 11000

(b) Rs. 17000

(c) Rs. 16000

(d) Rs. 12000

(e) None of these

Q7. In an examination it is required to get 296of the total maximum aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 259 marks and is declared failed. The difference of marks obtained by the student and that required to pass is 5%. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get?

(a) 690

(b) 780

(c) 740

(d) Cannot be determined 

(e) None of these

Q8. A monthly return railway ticket costs 25% more than a single ticket. A week’s extension can be had for the former by paying 5% of the monthly paid for the monthly ticket (with extensions) is Rs. 84, the price of the single ticket is 

(a) Rs. 64

(b) Rs. 80

(c) Rs 48

(d) Rs 72

(e) None of these

Q9. In three vessels, each of 100 L capacity, mixture of milk and water is failed. The ratio of milk and water are 4 : 1, 2 : 3, 4 : 3 in the respective vessels. If all three vessels are emptied into a single large vessel, then what will be the ratio of water to milk in the resultant mixture?

(a) 43 : 62 

(b) 197 : 214 

(c) 219 : 117 

(d) 179 : 234 

(e) None of these

Q10. In a town, 60% of the adult population is male. a% of the adult males and b% adult females are educated. The total number of educated adult male and uneducated adult females is equal in number to the total number of uneducated adult males and educated adult females. If a and b are both integers, which of the following could be the set of values (a, b)? 

(a) (20, 30)

(b) (20, 10)

(c) (30, 15)

(d) (30, 20)

(e) None of these

Q11. A survey shows that 61%, 46% and 29% of the people watched ‘Airlift’, Neerja’ and ‘Jolly LLB’ respectively. 25% people watched exactly two of the three movies and 3% watched more, what percentage of people watched all the three movies?  

(a) 39%

(b) 11%

(c) 14%

(d) 7%

(e) None of these

Q12. Bennett distribution company, a subsidiary of a major cosmetics manufacture Bavlon, is forecasting the zonal sales for the next year. Zone I with current yearly sales to Rs. 193.8 lakhs is expected to achieve a sales growth of 7.25%; Zone II with current sales of Rs. 79.3 lakhs is expected to grow by 8.2% and Zone III with sales of Rs. 57.5 lakhs is expected to increase sales by 7.15%. What is the Bennett’s expected sales growth for the next year?

(a) 7.46%

(b) 7.53%

(c) 7.88%

(d) 7.41%

(e) None of these

Q13. A man sold a wristwatch for Rs. 2,400 at a loss of twenty five percent. At what rate should he have sold the wristwatch to earn a proflt of twenty five per cent?

(a) Rs. 3,600

(b) Rs. 4,000

(c) Rs. 3,500

(d) Rs. 3,800

(e) Rs. 2,500

Q14. Out of the total production of iron hematite, an ore of iron, 20% of the ore gets wasted. Out of the remaining iron, only 25% is pure iron, if the pure iron obtained in a year from a mine of hematite was 8000 kg then the quantity of hematite mined in the year is:

(a) 400000 kg 

(b) 500000 kg 

(c) 450000 kg 

(d) 600000 kg 

(e) None of these

Q15. The total tractor population in a State is 294000, out of which 150000 are made by Mahindra and Mahindra. Out of every 1000 Mahindra tractors, 98 are red in colour. But only 5.3% of the total tractor population is red. Find percentage of non-Mahindra tractors that are red.

(a) 0.612%

(b) 5.025%

(c) 5.130%

(d) 6.140%

(e) None of these