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1. A man drives 150 kilometres to the seashore in 3 hours and 20 minutes.
He returns from the shore to the starting point in 4 hours and 10 minutes. Let
r be the average rate for the entire trip. Then the average rate for the trip
going exceeds r, in kilometres per hour, by :
(1) 5 (2) 4 (1/2) (3)
4 (4) 2
2. The angles of a pentagon are in arithmetic progression. One of the
angles, in degrees, must be :
(1) 108 (2) 90 (3) 72 (4) 54
3. Three machines P, Q and R, working together, can do a job in x hours.
When working alone, P needs an additional 6 hours to do the job; Q, one
additional hour; and R, x additional hours. The value of x is
(1) 2/3 (2)
11/12 (3)
3/2 (4) 2
4. For any real value of x the maximum value of 8x – (3x^2) is :
(1) 8/3 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) 16/3
5. A man on his way to dinner shortly after 6 : 00 p.m. observes that the
hands of his watch form an angle of 110 degree. Returning before 7 :
00 p.m. he notices that again the hands of his watch form an angle of 110
degree. The number of minutes that he has been away is :
(1) 36 (2/3) (2)
40 (3)
42 (4)
42.4
6. If both x and y are integers, how may solutions are there of the
equation (x – 8) (x – 10) = 2^y?
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) more than 3
7. Given the four equations:
(a) 3y – 2x = 12,
(b) -2x – 3y = 10,
(c) 3y + 2x = 12,
(d) 2y + 3x = 10.
The pair representing perpendicular lines is:
(1) (a) and (d)
(2) (a) and (c)
(3) (a) and (b)
(4) (b) and (d)
8. A flight of Jet Airways from Delhi to Mumbai has an average speed of 700
kilometres per hour without any stoppage,
whereas a flight
of Kingfisher from Delhi
to Mumbai has an average speed of 560 kilometres per hour with
stoppage at Baroda. What is the average stoppage time per hour of Kingfisher
flight if both the planes fly at the same speed?
(1) 8 minutes
(2) 12 minutes
(3) 16 minutes
(4) 24 minutes
9. A 500-gram stone was dropped from the roof of a building. What is the
height of the building if the stone reached the ground in 4 seconds?
(1) 108.4 metres
(2) 98.4 metres
(3) 88.4 metres
(4) 78.4 metres
10. A final year MBA student gets 50% in the exam and 80% in the
assignments. If the exam should count for
70% of the final result and
the assignment for 30%, what
will be
the final score
of the student, if professors decide
to use weighted harmonic
mean to uneven performances? (1) 56.34%
(2) 60.53%
(3) 64.83%
(4) 66.59%
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Answers
1(1) 2(1)
3(1) 4(4) 5(2) 6(2)
7(1) 8(2) 9(4)
10(1)