. If ABRA-CADABRA is 1,2,9,1-3,1,4,1,2,9,1, HOCUS-POCUS will be (a) 5,6,3,7,8-0,6,3,7,8 (b) 8,16,5,21,19-16,15,5,21,19 (c) 8,16,5,21,19-15,16,5,21,19 (d) 5,6,3,7,8-6,5,3,8,7

. Four persons Alok, Bhupesh, Chandu and Dinesh have a total of Rs. 100/- among themselves. Alok and Bhupesh between them have as much money as Chandu and Dinesh between them but Alok has more money than Bupesh, and Chandu has only half the money that Dinesh has. Alok has in fact Rs. 5/- more than Dinesh. Who has the most money? (a) Alok (b) Bhupesh (c) Chandu (d) Dinesh

. In a examination, every candidate took physics or mathematics or both. 65.8% took physics and 59.2% took mathematics. The total number of candidates was 2000. how many took both mathematics and physics? (a) 750 (b) 700 (c) 550 (d) 500

. A point is selected at random inside a rectangle and perpendiculars are drawn on each side from the point. The sum of these perpendiculars is 24 cm. If the length of the rectangle is 3 times the width, the perimeter of the rectangle will be (a) 36 cm (b) 42 cm (c) 24 cm (d) 48 cm

. In a group of six women there are four dancers, four vocal musicians, one actress and three violinists. Girija and Vanaja are among the violinists while Jalaja and Shailaja do not know how to play on the violin. Shailaja and Tanuja are among the dancers. Jalaja, Vanaja, Shailaja and Tanuja are all vocal musicians and two of them are also violinists. If pooja is an actress who among the following is both a dancer and a violinist? (a) Jalaja (b) Shailaja (c) Tanuja (d) Pooja

. If you are the ninth person in the queue starting from either end the number of persons in the queue is (a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 19

. A father is now three times as old as his son. Five years back, he was four times as old as his son. The age of the son is (a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 18 (d) 20

. If the product of two numbers is 320 and their ratio is 1:5, what is the difference between the squares of these two numbers? (a) 1024 (b) 1356 (c) 1536 (d) 1635

. A rectangular sheet of aluminium foil measuring 5 cm by 10 cm is rolled into a cylinder of height 10 cm. If the cost of painting the cylinder is Rs. 2/- per sq.cm., then the cost of painting the outer surface of the cylinder will be (a) Rs. 400/- (b) Rs. 200/- (c) Rs. 150/- (d) Rs. 100/-

. In a single throw of a pair of dice what is the probability of getting a sum of 8? (a) 8/12 (b) 1/36 (c) 4/36 (d) 5/36

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. A lottery system has ticket numbers with eight digits. There are ten first prizes of Rs. 1.00 lakh each, one hundred of Rs. 1,000 each. At the draw of lots an eight digit number is generated by choosing for each digit from left to right a random number in the range of 0 to 9. Any one who has a ticket with the first two digits (from left to right) matching the chosen number gets a first prize, and so on. One individual purchases a large number of tickets at a discounted price of Re. 0.75 each. For how much money should he purchase tickets to achieve a 10% chance of winning a third prize? (a) Rs. 10,000 (b) Rs. 75,000 (c) Rs. 1,00,000 (d) Rs. 7,500

. The average salary of skilled employees in a firm is Rs. 520 and that of the unskilled employees is Rs. 420. If the average salary of both the groups of employees is Rs. 500, then the percentage of skilled employees in the firm is (a) 50 (b) 20 (c) 80 (d) 70

. The monthly incomes of Peter and Paul are in the ratio of 4:3. Their expenses are in the ratio of 3:2. If each saves Rs. 600 at the end of the month, their monthly incomes respectively are (in rupees) (a) 3200 and 2400 (b) 2800 and 2100 (c) 2400 and 1800 (d) 2000 and 1500

. According to the ancient Indian geographical concept ‘Bharatavarsha’ was a part of (a) Pushkaradweepa (b) Jambudweepa (c) Kraunchadweepa (d) Kushadweepa

. Even though Pluto is usually the farthest planet its path is highly elliptical, crossing inside the path of some other planet. As a result, for a period of twenty years from 1979 the farthest planet is not Pluto but (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Neptune