CSAT Practice Set - 3

1. The length of perpendicular and the base of a right angled triangle are 84 cms and 288 cms respectively. Calculate the length of hypotenuse (in cms)

(a) 200

(b) 300

(c) 150

(d) 350

2. A tank is filled with water and oil in the proportion 5:3. When 16 gallons of the mixture are drawn off and the tank filled with 16 gallons of oil, the proportion becomes 3:5. How many gallons does the tank contain?

(a) 30

(b) 40

(c) 45

(d) 25

3. A shipping clerk has five boxes of different but unknown weights each weighing less than 100 kgs. The clerk weighs the boxes in pairs. The weights obtained are 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 120 and 121 kgs. What is the weight, in kgs, of the heaviest box?

(a) 60

(b) 62

(c) 64

(d) Cannot be determined

4. Rahul invests Rs.32000 in a bank, 7% p.a. simple interest. How much more should he invest at 10% p.a. to get 8% return on his total investment?

(a) Rs. 8,000

(b) Rs. 16,000

(c) Rs. 24,000

(d) None of these

5. A vendor has a certain number of frames. If he sells each of them at Rs. 7, he gains Rs.20 on the whole, while if he sells them at Rs.8.50 each, he gains Rs.80 on the whole. At what price has he bought all the frames?

(a) 180

(b) 240

(c) 320

(d) 260

6. On a certain assembly line, the rejection rate for Monday's production was 4 %, for Tuesday it was 8% and for the two days combined 7%. What was the ratio of Tuesday's production to Monday's production?

(a) 3:1

(b) 2:1

(c) 1:3

(d) 1:2

7. A student took five papers in an examination, where the full marks were the same for each paper. His marks in these papers were in the proportion of 6:7:8:9:10. In all papers together, the candidate obtained 60% of the total marks. Then the of papers in which he got more than 50% marks is:

(a) 2

(b) 3

(c) 4

(d) 5

8. 6 letters are to be placed in 6 addressed envelopes. Each letter is assigned for an envelope. In how many ways these letters can be put in these envelopes such that exactly one letter goes in the correct envelope.

(a) 264

(b) 260

(c) 270

(d) None of these

9. In how many ways atleast 5 students can be selected from 9 students.

(a) 256

(b) 512

(c) 128

(d) None of these

10. I travel the first part of my journey at 40 kmph and the second part at 60 kmph and cover the total distance of 240 km to my destination in 5 hours. How long did the first part of my journey last?

(a) 4 hours

(b) 2 hours

(c) 3 hours

(d) 2 hours 24 minutes

Quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Aggarwal

Answers:
           1.  B                  2.  B               3.  B                4.  B                5.  D

           6.  A                  7.  C               8.  A                9.  A                10.  C

CSAT Practice Set - 2

1. The product of two two-digit numbers is 2160 and their G.C.D is 12. The numbers are:

(a) 72, 30

(b) 36, 60

(c) 96, 25

(d) None of these

2. 24 is divided into two integral parts such that 7 times the first part added to 5 time the second part makes 146. The first part is:

(a) 11

(b) 13

(c) 16

(d) 17

3. The difference between a discount of 40% on Rs 500 and two successive discounts of 36% and 4% on the same amount is:

(a) 0

(b) Rs. 2

(c) Rs. 1.93

(d) Rs. 7.20

4. What is the sum of the 11 terms of an Arithmetic Progresion whose 3rd term is 10 and the 9th term is 20?

(a) 135

(b) 165

(c) 330

(d) None of these

5. How many three digit odd nos. can be formed from the digits : 2, 0, 3, 5? (Repetition not allowed).

(a) 8

(b) 4

(c) 12

(d) 6

6. Doubling the perimeter of a triangle, keeping the shape the same, multiplies the area by

(a) 2

(b) 3

(c) 4

(d) 8

7. In XYZ Company, 60% of the employees are men and 48% of the employees are engineers and 66.67% of these are men. What percentage of women are engineers?

(a) 33.33

(b) 40

(c) 52

(d) 46.6

8. The length of a rectangle is decreased by 20% and breadth increased by 20%. The area will

(a) decrease by 40%

(b) remain the same

(c) increase by 4%

(d) decrease by 4%

9. An old man has Rs (1! + 2! + 3! + ...+ 50!), all of which he wants to divide equally (without fractions) among his n children. Then, n may be

(a) 5

(b) 7

(c) 9

(d) 11

10. In an election between two candidates, the candidate who gets 30% of the votes polled is defeated by 15000 votes. The number of votes polled for the winning candidate is:

(a) 11250

(b) 15000

(c) 26250

(d) 3100

Quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Aggarwal

Answers:
           1.  B                  2.  B               3.  D                4.  B                5.  A

           6.  C                  7.  B               8.  D                9.  D               10.  C

CSAT Practice Set - 1

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1. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 8 cm. Find the distance traveled by its outer end in 15 minutes.

(a) 16 Pie

(b) 32 Pie

(c) 4 Pie

(d) 18 Pie

2. Two numbers x and y are such that x = y². If y is increased by 10% then x is increased by

(a) 100%

(b) 15%

(c) 40%

(d) 21%

3. Fresh grapes contain 90% water by weight while dried grapes contain 20% water by weight. What is the weight of dry grapes available from 20 kg of fresh grapes?

(a) 2 kg

(b) 2.4 kg

(c) 2.5 kg

(d) None of these

4. Sum of all the angles (in degrees) of a regular decagon will be equal to:

(a) 1445

(b) 1465

(c) 1440

(d) 1460

5. X alone can do a piece of work in 15 days and Y alone can do it in 10 days. X and Y undertook to do it for Rs. 720. With the help of Z they finished it in 5 days. How much is paid to Z?

(a) Rs. 360

(b) Rs. 120

(c) Rs. 240

(d) Rs. 300

6. What is the probability that a two digit number selected at random will be a multiple of '3' and not a multiple of '5'?

(a) 2/15

(b) 4/15

(c) 1/15

(d) 4/90

7. In a kilometer race, A can give B a start of 100 m or 15 seconds. How long does A take to complete the race?

(a) 150 seconds

(b) 165 seconds

(c) 135 seconds

(d) 66.67 seconds

8. If apples are bought at the rate of 30 for a rupee. How many apples must be sold for a rupee so as to gain 20%?

(a) 28

(b) 25

(c) 20

(d) 22

9. The average marks of a student in ten papers are 80. If the highest and the lowest scores are not considered, the average is 81. If his highest score is 92, find the lowest.

(a) 55

(b) 60

(c) 62

(d) Cannot be determined.

10. A man has enough money to buy either 30 toffees or 40 peppermints. He decides to spend only 90% of the amount overall, and buy 20 peppermints. How many toffees can he buy?

(a) 10

(b) 12

(c) 20

(d) 24

Quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Aggarwal

Answers:
           1.  C                  2.  D               3.  C                4.  C                5.  B

           6.  B                  7.  C               8.  B                9.  B                10.  B

HPAS - CSAT 2014