1. Find the missing number in the sequence 2,5,4,7,_
Options
a) 6 b) 4 c) 5 d) 7
Answer is : 6.
Just consider the sequence 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and start
subtracting and adding 1 to
consecutive numbers which will get you the sequence in
question.
2. In an alien planet, the word "lion" is coded as
"mhpm". Then how the word "tiger" would
be coded as?
Options
a) uhids
b) uhhds
c) uhhfs
d) uhhfq
Answer is : uhhds.
Reason : First letter in a word would be replaced by the
next adjacent letter. Second
letter would be replaced by the immediately preceding
letter... and so on.
3. Find the odd man out a) 123 b) 235 c) 135 d) 358
Answer is: 135.
Adding first two digits will give the third digit in all the
other three options except option C
4. Read the following statements.
"Weather is good in all northern cities of India.
Unlike northern cities, sunny weather exists in most of
eastern cities of India.
Warm weather exists in all northern cities and some eastern
cities of India."
Considering above statements, which of the following
statements is false
a) Warm weather is considered good.
b) All eastern cities
experience bad weather
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Answer: b) All eastern cities experience bad weather is
false.
This is because, the second statement clearly states that
warm (good) weather prevails
in some eastern cities.
5. A bookseller sells a particular novel at 10% discount on
the labelled price. Also he is so
generous that he gives a free book for every 15 books for
wholesale buyers. In this
transaction his gain is 35%. Then find the ratio of Ratio of
Labelled Price to the actual
CP.
Answer:
Lets assume the CP of each book be 100. Hence CP of 16 books
would be
1600. SP of 15 books = 1600 + (1600 * 35/100) = 2160.
SP of each book would be 2160/15 = 144.
If SP of each book is 90, labelled price would be 100 (since
he gives at a 10%
discount). Hence if SP is 144 marked price would be
144*(100/90) = 160.
Ratio of Labelled Price to the actual CP = 160/100 =
8/5.
6. If a pen is being sold at 4% profit instead of 4% loss
the actual profit is Rs 16. What is
the actual cost price of the pen?
Answer:
Let x be the CP. (104/100)x - (96/100 )x = 16.Solving we get
x = Rs.200.
7. A cake seller sells one cake at a profit of 10% and sells
another at a loss of 5%. Let the
ratio of the CPs of the cakes is 2:3 respectively. Find his
net profit or loss percentage.
Answer:
Let the CPs of the cakes be 2x and 3x (so that they are in
the ration 2:3 as per the
question.)
Hence net CP = 5x.
SP of first cake = (110/100)*2x = 220x/100 SP of second cake
= (95/100)*3x = 285x/100
Net SP = (220x/100) + (285x/100) = 505x/100 = 5.05x. SP is
greater than CP
and his profit is 5.05x - 5x = .05x. His profit percentage =
(.05x/5x)% = .01%
