SAMPLE TEST PAPER SECTION 1- NUMERICAL ABILITY Study the following graph carefully and answer the questions given below: 3. Distribution of candidates who were enrolled for MBA entrance exam and the candidates (out of those enrolled) who passed the exam in different institutes: 1. What percentage of candidates passed the Exam from institute T out of the total number of candidates enrolled from the same institute? A.50% B. 62.5% 80% C. 75% D. 2. Which institute has the highest percentage of candidates passed to the candidates enrolled? A.Q B. R C. V D.T 3. The number of candidates passed from institutes S and P together exceeds the number of candidates enrolled from institutes T and R together by: A.228 B. 279 C. 399 D.407 4. What is the percentage of candidates passed to the candidates enrolled for institutes Q and R together? A.68% B. 80% C. 74% D.65% 5. What is the ratio of candidates passed to the candidates enrolled from institute P? A.9 : 11 B. 14 : 17 C. 6 : 11 D.9 : 17 6. The difference between the length and breadth of a rectangle is 23 m. If its perimeter is 206 m, then its area is: A.1520 m2 B. 2420 m2 C. 2480 m2 D.2520 m2 7. The length of a rectangle is halved, while its breadth is tripled. What is the percentage change in area? A.25% increase B. 50% increase C. 50% decrease D.75% decrease 8. The length of a rectangular plot is 20 metres more than its breadth. If the cost of fencing the plot @ 26.50 per metre is Rs. 5300, what is the length of the plot in metres? A.40 B. 50 C. 120 D.Data inadequate E. None of these 9. A rectangular field is to be fenced on three sides leaving a side of 20 feet uncovered. If the area of the field is 680 sq. feet, how many feet of fencing will be required? A.34 B. 40 C. 68 D.88 10. A tank is 25 m long, 12 m wide and 6 m deep. The cost of plastering its walls and bottom at 75 paise per sq. m, is: A.Rs. 456 B. Rs. 458 C. Rs. 558 D.Rs. 568 11. The sum of three consecutive natural numbers each divisible by 3 is 72. What is the largest among them? 1. 25 2. 26 3. 27 4. 30 5. 26 5 12. The numerator of a non-zero rational number is five less than the denominator. If the denominator is increased by eight and the numerator is doubled, then again we get the same rational number. The required rational number is: 1. 1/8 2. 4/9 3. 2/8 4. 3/8 5. 3/8 13. Find the greatest number that will divide 640, 710 and 1526 so as to leave 11, 7, 9 as remainders respectively. 1. 36 2. 37 3. 42 4. 29 5. 47 14. Jayesh is as much younger than Anil as he is older than Prashant. If the sum of the ages of Anil and Prashant is 48 years, what is Jayesh’s age in years? 1. 29 2. 30 3. 24 4. 25 5. 28 15. A bag contains one rupee, 50‐paise and 25‐paise coins in the ratio 2 : 3 5. Their total value is Rs. 114. The value of 50 paise coins is: 1. Rs. 28 2. Rs. 36 3. Rs. 49 4. Rs. 72 5. Rs. 50 16. A tempo is insured to the extent of 4 5 of its original value. If the premium on it at the rate of 1.3 percent amounts to Rs. 910, the original value of the tempo is: 1. Rs. 78,000 2. Rs. 78,500 3. Rs. 80,000 4. Rs. 85,000 5. Rs. 87,500 6 17. By selling 45 lemons for Rs. 40, a man loses 20%. How many should he sell for Rs. 24 to gain 20% in the transaction? 1. 19 2. 18 3. 24 4. 22 5. 23 18. In a ratio, which is equal to 3 : 4, if the antecedent is 12, then the consequent is: 1. 10 2. 16 3. 20 4. 22 5. 18 19. A, B and C are employed to do a piece of work for Rs. 529. A and B together are supposed to do 19/23 of the work and B and C together 8/23 of the work. What amount should A be paid? 1. Rs. 320 2. Rs. 345 3. Rs. 355 4. Rs. 380 5. None of these 20. A boy rides his bicycle 10 km at an average speed of 12 km/hr and again travels 12 km at an average speed of 10 km/hr. His average speed for the entire trip is approximately : 1. 10.4 km/hr 2. 10.8 km/hr 3. 12 km/hr 4. 14 km/hr 5. 13 km/hr Two different finance companies declare fixed annual rate of interest on the amounts invested with them by investors. The rate of interest offered by these companies may differ from year to year depending on the variation in the economy of the country and the banks rate of interest. The annual rate of interest offered by the two Companies P and Q over the years are shown by the line graph provided below. Annual Rate of Interest Offered by Two Finance Companies Over the Years. 21. A sum of Rs. 4.75 lakhs was invested in Company Q in 1999 for one year. How much more interest would have been earned if the sum was invested in Company P? A.Rs. 19,000 B. Rs. 14,250 C. Rs. 11,750 D.Rs. 9500 22. If two different amounts in the ratio 8:9 are invested in Companies P and Q respectively in 2002, then the amounts received after one year as interests from Companies P and Q are respectively in the ratio? A.2:3 B. 3:4 C. 6:7 D.4:3 8 23. In 2000, a part of Rs. 30 lakhs was invested in Company P and the rest was invested in Company Q for one year. The total interest received was Rs. 2.43 lakhs. What was the amount invested in Company P? A.Rs. 9 lakhs B. Rs. 11 lakhs C. Rs. 12 lakhs D.Rs. 18 lakhs 24. An investor invested a sum of Rs. 12 lakhs in Company P in 1998. The total amount received after one year was re-invested in the same Company for one more year. The total appreciation received by the investor on his investment was? A.Rs. 2,96,200 B. Rs. 2,42,200 C. Rs. 2,25,600 D.Rs. 2,16,000 25. An investor invested Rs. 5 lakhs in Company Q in 1996. After one year, the entire amount along with the interest was transferred as investment to Company P in 1997 for one year. What amount will be received from Company P, by the investor? A.Rs. 5,94,550 B. Rs. 5,80,425 C. Rs. 5,77,800 D.Rs. 5,77,500 SECTION 2- LOGICAL & ANALYTICAL REASONING ABILITY 1 . Which of the following will be the middle digit of the second highest number among the following five numbers if the positions of the first and the third digits in each number are interchanged? 432 851 719 643 287 1. 8 2. 3 3. 5 4. 1 5. 4 2. In a class, two‐thirds of the students play football, half of the remaining play both football and cricket, and the remaining ten students play only cricket. How many students play both football and cricket? 1.30 2. 10 3. 40 4. 20 5. Cannot be determined 3. In a certain code, JEALOUS is written as BFKKTVP. How is HEARTEN written in that code? 1.QFUQBFI 2. BFIQOFU 3. BFIQUFO 4. UFOQIBF 5. None of these 4. Pointing to a photograph, a man said, "I have no brother or sister but that man's father is my father's son." Whose photograph was it ? 1. His own 2. His Son 3. His Father 4. His Grandfater 5. None of these 5. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the first, the second, the fifth and the ninth letters of the word MEDIATION, which of following will be the third letter of that word? If no such word can be made, give ‘X’ as the answer and if more than one such word can be made, give ‘Z’ as the answer. 1. A 2. N 3. M 4. X 5. Z 6. Rohan correctly remembers that he visited Mumbai before twelfth of July but after eighth of July. His friend correctly remembers that Rohan visited Mumbai after tenth of July but before fourteenth of July. On which day of July did Rohan visitedMumbai? 1. Eleventh 2. Twelfth 3. Tenth 4. Either tenth or eleventh 5. None of these 7. In a certain code, ‘pick and choose’ is written as ‘ko ho po’and ‘pick up and come’ is written as ‘to no ko po’ How is ‘pick’ written in that code? 1. ko 2. Po 3. Either ko or po 4. Can’t be determined 5. None of these 8. Pointing towards a person in a photograph, Anjali said, "He is the only son of the father of my sister's brother." How is that person is related to Anjali ? 1. Anjali Father 2. Anjali Mother 3. Anjali Brother 4. Maternal Uncle 5. None of these 9. Varun started walking towards South. He took a right turn after walking 10 metres. He again took a left turn after walking 20 metres. Which direction is he facing now?1. South 2. North 3. West 4. East 5. Cannot be determined 10. Pointing to a man, a woman said, "His mother is the only daughter of my mother." How is the woman related to the man ? 1. Mother 2. Daughter 3. Sister 4. Grand Mother 5. None of these 11. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? 1. Camel 2. Horse 3. Bullock 4. Cat 5. Donkey 12. How many such pairs of digits are there in the number 421579368 each of which has as many digits between them in the number as when they are arranged in ascending order? 1. None 2. One 3. Two 4. Three 5. More than three Directions: Following questions are bused on the information given below: (i) ‘p x Q’ means ‘P is father of Q’. (ii) ‘P — Q’ means ‘P is sister of Q’. (iii) ‘P + Q’ means ‘P is mother of Q. (iv) ‘P ÷ Q’ means ‘P is brother of Q. 13. In the expression B + Dx M + N, how is M related to B? 1. Granddaughter 2. Son 3. Grandson 4. Granddaughter or Grandson 5. None of these 14. Which of the following represents ‘J is son of F’? 1. J = R – T X F 2. J + R – T X F 3. J ÷ M – N X F 4.Cannot be determined 5. None of these 15. I am facing South. I turn right and walk 20 metre. Then I turn right again and walk 10 metre. Then I turn left and walk 10 metre and then turning right walk 20 metre. Then I turn right again and walk 60 metre. In which direction am I from the starting point ? A. North‐East B. Norst‐West C. North D. West e. none of these 16. Rohit walked 25 metres towards South. Then he turned to his left and walked 20 metres. He then turned to his left and walked 25 metres. He again turned to his right and walked 15 metres. At what distance is he from the starting point and in which direction ? A. 35 metre, North B. 30 metre, South C. 35 metre, East D. 30 metre, North 17. Starting from a point P, Sachin walked 20 metres towards South. He turned left and walked 30 metres. He then turned left and walked 20 metres. He again turned left and walked 40 metres and reached a point Q. How far and in which direction is the point Q from the point P ? A. 30 metres, West B. 10 metres, West C. 30 metres, North D. 10 metres, North e. none of these 18. From his house, Lokesh went 15 kms to the North. Then he turned West and covered 10 kms. Then he turned South and covered 5 kms. Finally, turning to East, he covered 10 kms. In which direction is he from his house ? A. East B. North C. West D. South E. None of these 19. Y is in the East of X which is in the North of Z. If P is in the South of Z, then in which direction of Y, is P? A. North B. C. South‐East D. South None of these Study the following arrangement and answer the following: 4 K @ 1 E F ©2 H D % 3 8 B I M 6 * U W Y 5 $ 9 G J # 7 A 20. What will be the Eightth to the left of nineteenth from left end in the above arrangement? 1. % 2. U 3. D 4. # 5. None of these 21. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement each of which is preceded by a letter and followed by a number? 1. none 2. One 3. Two 4. Three 5. None of these 22. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their position in the above arrangement hence form a group. Which is the one does not belong to that group? 1. F2© 2. JG$ 3. W5Y 4. D3% 5. 59$ 23. If all the number in the above arrangement are removed what will be fourteenth from left end? 1. M 2. % 3. D 4. W 5. None of these 24. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately followed by a number and preceded by letter? 1. None 2. One 3. Two 4. Three 5. None of these 25. Rahul put his timepiece on the table in such a way that at 6 P.M. hour hand points to North. In which direction the minute hand will point at 9.15 P.M. ? 1. 3. South‐East 2. South North 4. West SECTION 3- VERBAL ABILITY Read the passage and fill in the blanks with the correct words given below: Today most businessmen are worried. To begin with, they are not used to competition. In the past they sold whatever 1 produced at whatever prices they chose. But 2 increasing competition, customers began to 3 and choose. Imports suddenly became 4 available and that too at cheaper 5 . 1. a. it b. he c. they d. we 2. a. with b. by c. after d. from 3. a. buy b. take c. pick d. want 4. a. hardly b. easily c. frequently d. conveniently 5. a. costs b. returns c. dividend d. prices As a rule of thumb, a manned mission costs from fifty to a hundred times more than a comparable unmanned mission. Thus, for scientific exploration alone, 6 missions, employing machines intelligence, are 7 However, there may well be 8 other than scientific for exploring 9 social, economic, political, cultural or 10 . 6. a. manned b. unmanned c. space d. lunar 7. a. liked b. wanted c. used d. preferred 8. a. reasons b. causes c. clues d. objects 9. a. moon b. sun c. space d. mission 10. a. casual b. historic c. historical d. histrionic In each of these questions, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence, group of words: 11. A house for storing grains 1. Cellar 2. Store 3. Godown 4. Granary 5. None of these. 12. Through which light cannot pass. 1. dull 2. dark 3. obscure 4. opaque 5. none of these 13. Stealing from the writings of others. 1. Copyright 2. reframing 3. reproducing 4. plagiarism 5. none of these 14. A short stay at a place 1. halt 2. interlude 3. intermission 4. sojourn 5. none of these 15. A person not sure of existence of God 1. Theist 2. Atheist 3. agnostic 4. cynic 5. none of these 16. Constant effort to achieve something 1. perseverance 2. attempt 3. Enthusiasm 4. Vigour 5. none of these. 17. A drawing on transparent paper 1. red print 2. blue print 3. negative 4. transparency 5. none of these 18. Member of band of robbers 1. Dacoit 2. brigand 3. thief 4. pirate 5. none of these 19. A person who brings good illegally into the country 1. exporter 2. importer 3. smuggler 4. imposter 5. none of these. In each question below, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labeled P, Q, R , S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence. 1. When he P. did not know Q. he was nervous and R. heard the hue and cry at midnight S. what to do The proper sequence should be: 20. RQPS 2. QSPR 3. SQPR 4. PQRS 2. It has been established that P. Einstein was Q. although was R. weak in arithmetic S. right from his school days The proper sequence should be: 21. SRPQ 2. QPRS 3. QPSR 4. RQPS Choose the correct meaning: 22. Jagged 1.fix 2. Broken 3. Join 4. Harm 5. None of these 23. Heterogenous 1. Varied 2. Same 3. Alter 4. Action 5. None of these 24. Hibernation 1. Active 2. Laziness 3. Hopeless 4. Moving 5. None of these 25. Admiration 1. great respect 2. Talent 3. Encourage 4. Ability 5. 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