Quant Quiz
Q1. A certain fraction is equivalent to 2/5 . If the numerator of the fraction is increased by 4 and the denominator is doubled, the new fraction is equivalent to 1/3 . What is the sum of numerator and denominator of the original fraction?
(1) 49 (2) 35 (3) 28 (4) 26 (5) 21
Q2. The population of city X increased from 650,000 in 2000 to 700,000 in 2010, and it is projected that the population will increase by the same number from 2010 to 2020. Approximately what is the projected percent increase in population from 2010 to 2020 ?
(1) 7.1% (2) 7.7% (3) 8.3% (4) 14.3% (5) 15.3%
Q3. Of the science books in a certain supply room, 40 are on botany, 35 are on zoology, 30 are on physics, 40 are on geology, and 55 are on chemistry. If science books are removed randomly from the supply room, how many must be removed to ensure that 20 of the books removed are on the same science subject?
(1) 81 (2) 79 (3) 96 (4) 85 (5) 100
Q4. In how many different ways, letters of the word MANPOWER be arranged such that all vowels are together?
(1) 360 (2) 4320 (3) 1440 (4) 2160 (5) 40320
Q5. On a certain test, 3 students each had a score of 90, 9 students each had a score of 80, 4 students each had a score of 70, and 4 students each had a score of 60. What was the average (arithmetic mean) score for the 20 students ?
(1) 70.5 (2) 75.0 (3) 75.5 (4) 80.0 (5) 80.5
Direction (6 – 10) : Study the following Pie-chart carefully and answer the questions given below:
Survey Conducted on 21000 people to find out various Professionals in the town and percentage of Female Professionals amongst them Various Professionals = 21000
| Profession | % of Females |
| Lawyers | 40 |
| Teachers | 80 |
| Architects | 40 |
| Engineers | 60 |
| Designers | 35 |
| Doctors | 20 |
Q6. What is the ratio of the number of male Architects to the number of male Teachers in the town?
(1) 11 : 5 (2) 3 : 2 (3) 5 : 11 (4) 2 : 3 (5)None of these
Q7. Female Doctors are what percent of total number of male and female professionals in the town?
(1) 4.2 (2) 2.8 (3) 1.5 (4) 3.5 (5)None of these
Q8. What is the difference between the total number of male and female professionals in the town?
(1) 2568 (2) 2268 (3) 2108 (4) 2328 (5)None of these
Q9. The total number of Lawyers in town is approximately what percent of doctors in the town?
(1) 95 (2) 98 (3) 90 (4) 85 (5) 81
Q10. What is the ratio of total number of male Engineers and Designers to the female professionals in the town?
(1) 41 : 44 (2) 55 : 53 (3) 31 : 35 (4) 444 : 35 (5)None of these
1. (5) Let the numerator and denominator be 2x and 5x. Now
(2x + 4)/10 = 1/3
X = 3.
Required sum = 2x + 5x = 7x = 21
2. (1) Required percentage = (750000 – 700000)/700000 * 100 = 7.14%
3. (3) Number of books to be removed = 19 5 +1 = 96
4. (2) Number of arrangements = 3! * 6! = 4320
5. (3) Total score of students = 3 * 90 + 9 * 80 + 4 * 70 + 4 * 60 = 1510
Required average = 1510/20 = 75.5
Solutions (6-10)
Profession Male Female Total
Lawyers 2394 1596 3990
Teachers 630 2520 3150
Architects 1386 924 2310
Engineers 1512 2268 3780
Designers 2184 1176 3360
Doctors 3528 882 4410
Total 11634 9366 21000
6. (1) Required ratio = (60% of 11) : (20% of 15) = 11 : 5
7. (1) Required percentage = 20% of 21 = 4.2
8. (2) Required difference = 11634 – 9366 = 2268
9. (3) Required percentage = 19/21 * 100 = 90.4%
10. (5) Required ratio = (1512 + 2184) : 9366 = 88 : 223
Reasoning Quiz
Directions (1-5): In each of the questions below is given a statement followed by two courses of action. Course of action is a step for administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow up or further action in regard to the problem, policy etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, and decide which of the given suggested courses of action is/are logically worth pursuing.
Give your answer as:
(1) if only I follows
(2) if only II follows
(3) if either I or II follows
(4) if neither I nor II follows
(5) if both I and II follow
Q1. Statement: There are more than 200 villages in the coastal area of Andhra Pradesh which were severely damaged due to cyclone and it caused an extra burden of Rs 200 crore on State Government for relief and rehabilitation work.
Courses of Action:
I. People of coastal area should be shifted to other safer places.
II. State Government should ask for more financial support from Central Government.
Q2. Statement: If the retired professors of the same institutes are also invited to deliberate on restructuring of the organisation, their contribution may be beneficial to the institute.
Courses of Action:
I. Management may seek opinion of the employees before calling retired professors.
II. Management should involve experienced people for the systematic restructuring of the organisation.
Q3. Statement: Experts Committee on Industrial Relations has revealed in their recent reports that not only the internal problems of the organisations were successfully managed through quality circles but also employee’s motivation level was increased significantly.
Courses of Action:
I. Organisations should organise orientation programmes for their employees on quality circles.
II. Employees should be encouraged to join quality circle programmes.
Q4. Statement: The Minister said that the teachers are still not familiarised with the need, importance and meaning of population education in the higher education system. They are not even clearly aware -about their role and responsibilities in the population education programme.
Courses of Action:
I. Population education programme should be included in the college curriculum.
II. Orientation programme should be conducted for teachers on population education.
Q5. Statement: The Chairman stressed the need for making education system more flexible and regretted that the curriculum has not been revised in keeping with the pace of the changes taking place.
Courses of Action:
I. Curriculum should be reviewed and revised periodically.
II. System of education should be made more flexible
Directions: In the following questions, the symbols @, ©, $, % and # are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:
- ‘A $ B’ means ‘A is not smaller than B’
- ‘A # B’ means ‘A is not greater than B’
- ‘A @ B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor equal to B’
- ‘A © B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor greater than B’
- ‘A % B’ means ‘A is neither greater than nor equal to B’
Q6. Statements:
H % J, J © N, N @ R
Conclusions:
I. R % J II. H @ J III. N @ H
(1) Only II is true (2)Only I and III are true (3) Only I is true (4) Only III is true (5) None is true
Q7. Statement:
M @ J, J $ T, T © N
Conclusions:
I. N # J II. T % M III. M @ N
(1) Only I and II are true (2) Only II and III are true (3) Only I and III are true (4) None is true (5) All are true
Q8. Statement:
D © K, K # F, F @ P
Conclusions:
I. P @ D II. K # P III. F $ D
(1) Only II is true (2) Only I and II is true (3) Only III is true (4) Only II and III are true (5) None of These
Q9. Statement:
K # N, N $ T, T % J
Conclusions:
I. J @ N II. K @ T III. T @ K
(1) None is true (2) Only I and II is true (3) Only II and III is true (4) Only I and III are true (5) None of These
Q10. Statement:
M @ D, D © V, V $ W
Conclusions:
I. W @ M II. M % V III. D $ W
(1) Only I and II are true (2) Only II and III are true (3) Only I and III are true (4) Only III is true (5) None of These
Directions (11-15): Read the following information carefully to answer the given questions.
Six lectures are scheduled in a week starting from Monday and ending on Sunday of the same week. Computer Science is not on Tuesday or Saturday. Psychology is immediately after Organisational Behaviour. Statistics is not on Friday and there is one day gap between Statistics and Research Methods. One day prior to the schedule of Economics there is no lecture (as that day is the off day and Monday is not the ’off’ day).
Q11. Which of the following is the last lecture scheduled?
(1) Economics (2) Research Methods (3) Psychology (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these
Q12. If Wednesday is the ‘off’ day, the code would be 2-4, if Thursday was the ‘off’ day, the code would be 3-3. Taking into account the ‘off’ day which of the following code is correct?
(1) 2 – 4 (2) 3 – 3 (3) 5 – 1 (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these
Q13. Which lecture is scheduled on Friday?
(1) Economics (2) Psychology (3) Computer Science (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these
Q14. How many lectures were scheduled between Economics and Psychology?
(1) One (2) Two (3) Three (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these
Q15. Which day is Computer Science scheduled?
(1) Monday (2) Wednesday (3) Thursday (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these
1. (5): Victims should be shifted to the safer places. Secondly, affected State should ask for more financial help from Central Government to accelerate the relief operation.
2. (2): Valuable suggestions from the retired professors will be helpful for restructuring of an organisation. Hence, management should involve such experienced people. Seeking permission from the employees is not the right course of action.
3. (5): Statement emphasises the benefits and effectiveness of quality circles. Hence, it is advisable that quality circles should be encouraged in the organisation and at the same time employees should be persuaded to join them. Hence, both the actions are right courses of action.
4. (2): Statement points out the unacquaintance of the teachers with population education, hence orientation programme should be conducted for teachers. Hence, action II is the right course of action.
5. (5): Statement speaks of inadequacies of the education system and emphasises the need for flexibility and revision. Hence, both the actions are right courses of action to update the curriculum.
Solutions
$ – ≥
# – ≤
@ – >
© – =
% – <
6. (2):
Statement: H < J = N > R
Conclusions: R < J
H > J
N > H
7. (5):
Statement: M > J ≥ T = N
Conclusions: N ≤ J
T < M
M > N
8. (3):
Statement: D = K ≤ F > P
Conclusions: P > D
K ≤ P
F ≥ D
9. (1):
Statement: K ≤ N ≥ T < J
Conclusions: J > N
K > T
T > K
10. (4):
Statement: M > D = V ≥ W
Conclusions: W > M
M < V
D ≥ W
Solutions (11-15):
| DAYS | LECTURES |
| Monday | Organisational Behaviour |
| Tuesday | Psychology |
| Wednesday | Statistics |
| Thursday | Computer Science |
| Friday | Research Methods |
| Saturday | OFF |
| Sunday | Economics |
11. (1)
12. (3): Codes are defined on the basis of the days above and below the OFF day.
So according to the OFF day (Saturday), there are 5 days before it and 1 day after it.
So the required code is 5 – 1.
13. (5)
14. (3)
15. (3)
English Quiz
Directions(1-5): Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) , (E) and (F) into a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below it.
(A) The urban poor were neglected.
(B) A new generation of professionals however are attempting to reach the urban poor.
(C) This is because they were considered too mobile and lacking in cohesion.
(D) Microfinance institutions have traditionally focused on the rural poor.
(E) These factors do not facilitate generation of peer group pressure which is essential for the success of the microfinance model.
(F) Their challenge will be to adapt the traditional microfinance model to one suited to urban microfinance.
Q1. Which of the following is the second sentence after rearrangement?
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) E
Q2. Which of the following is the fifth sentence after rearrangement?
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) E
Q3. Which of the following is the sixth ( last) sentence after rearrangement?
(1) B (2) C (3) D (4) E (5) F
Q4. Which of the following is the third sentence after rearrangement?
(1) B (2) C (3) D (4) E (5) F
Q5. Which of the following is the first sentence after rearrangement?
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) E
Directions( 6 – 10): In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each five words have been denoted by letters (1) , (2) , ( 3), (4) and (5) . Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
Q6. Efforts to …………. the issue will not be successful ………. both sides continue to blame each other.
(1) resolve ………. if (2) discuss ……. unless (3) address …….. whether
(4) settled …….. because (5) close ……….. although
Q7. The economy has managed to retain its …….. edge despite …………. demand for its exports.
(1) leading ……. healthy (2) competitive …….. shrinking
(3) sharp………. favourable (4) predominant ……average
(5) worthwhile ……… durable
Q8. It will be …….. For the management to implement the policy because of the employees …… to change.
(1) inconvenient ………. willing (2) complicated ………. concern (3) burden ……… decision
(4) impossible ………. resistance (5) critical ……… character
Q9. Analysis are looking ……………to more mergers in the banking ……….. which will boost the economy.
(1) around…. arena (2) ahead …. rivals (3) forward … sector (4) perhaps ….. partners (5) doubtfully …. investment
Q10. After the devastating fire, the Board has no …………… except …… of their textile factory.
(1) idea …….. inauguration (2) estimate ……. running (3) power ……. modernizing
(4) condition ……. improving (5) option ………. Closure
Answers1. 1 2. 2 3. 5 4. 2 5. 4 6. 1 7. 2 8. 4 9. 3 10. 5
Computer Quiz
Q1. The vast network of computers that connects millions of people all over the world is called.
(1)LAN (2)web (3)hypertext (4)internet (5)None of these
Q2. The property that, when classes are arranged in a hierarchy, each class assumes the attributes and methods of its ancestors is
(1) generalization (2) inheritance (3) encapsulation (4) information hiding (5) None of these
Q3. The software component of an expert system that draws conclusions is the.
(1)user interface (2)database (3)inference engine (4)1/0 controller (5)model base
Q4. The attributes and methods for each object are stored in.
(1) an object instance (2) an object connection (3) an assembly structure (4) an object repository (5) None of these
Q5. An E-R diagram is a graphic method of presenting
(1) primary keys and their relationships (2) primary keys and their relationships to instances
(3) entity classes and their relationships (4) entity classes and their relationships to primary keys
(5) None of the above
Q6. The OCR is used for the preparation of
(1) electricity bills (2) insurance premium (3) telephone bills (4) All of these (5) None of these
Q7. Speed of line printer is limited by the speed of
(1) paper movements (2) cartridge used (3) length of paper (4) All of these (5) None of these
Q8. In laser printers, printing is achieved by deflecting laser beam on to surface of a drum
(1) magnetized (2) photosensitive (3) magnetic (4) Either (1)or (2) (5) None of these
Q9. Resolution of laser printer is specified in terms of
(1) DPI (2) LPM (3) CPM (4) PPM (5) None of these
Q10. What are the units used to count the speed of a printer?
(1) CPM (2) DPI (3) PPM (4) BIT (5) None of these
Q11. The binary equivalent of decimal number 98 is
(1) 1110001 (2) 1110100 (3) 1100010 (4) 1111001 (5) None of these
Q12. The product of two binary numbers (1011) and (1001) is
(1) 1100011 (2) 1010100 (3) 1011001 (4) 100110 (5) None of these
Q13. A byte represents a group of
(1) 10 bits (2) 40 bits (3) 8 bits. (4) 22 bits (5) None of these
Q14. A hexadigit can be represented by
(1) three binary (consecutive) bits (2) four binary (consecutive) bits (3) eight binary (consecutive) bits
(4) sixteen binary (consecutive) bits (5) None of the above
Q15. When a key is pressed on the keyboard, which standard is used for converting the keystroke into the corresponding bits?
(1) ANSI (2) ASCII (3) EBCDIC (4) ISO (5) None of these
Q16. Which of the following statements in regard to directories is false?
(1) Directories with files can be deleted (2) Directories cannot be renamed
(3) The root directory is always at the highest level (4) Directories can exist inside directories
(5) None of the above
Q17. This part of operating system manages the essential peripherals, such as the keyboard, screen , disk drives, and parallel and serial ports_____
(1) basic input/output system (2) secondary input/output system
(3) peripheral input/output system (4) marginal input/output system
(5) None of these
Q18. MS-DOS is usually supplied on a
(1) hard disk (2) cartridge tape (3) CD ROM (4) floppy disk or diskettes (5) None of these
Q19. Which one of the following is not a DOS prompt ?
(1) C > (2) B > (3) A > (4) ENTER (5) None of these.
Q20. Which one of the following is not an internal DOS command?
(1) BACKUP (2) COPY (3) CLS (4) BREAK (5) None of these
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