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SUBJECT – QA
TEST CODE : QAT6
DATE ( )

Time: 2 hours Marks: 100

1. The ratio of the prices of two Fans was 16: 23. Two years later when the
price of the first has increased by 10% and that of the second by ` 477, the
ratio of the prices becomes 11: 20. Find the original prices of the two Fans.
(a) ` 848, ` 1,219.
(b) ` 838, ` 1,119.
(c) ` 828, ` 1,219.
(d) ` 848 ` 1,229.
2. If a: b = 3: 4, the value of (2a+3b): (3a+4b) is
(a) 54: 25
(b) 8: 25
(c) 17: 24
(d) 18: 25
3. The third proportional to 49 and 21
(a) 6
(b) 9
(c) 12
(d) 28
4. Given that log102 = x and log103 = y, the value of log1060 is expressed as
(a) x–y+1
(b) x+y+1
(c) x–y–1
(d) none of these
5. What should be added to 4x2+4x, so that it becomes perfect square?
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 1
(d) 1/2

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6. The sum of two numbers is 62 and their product is 960. The sum of their
reciprocals is
31
(a)
480
29
(b)
480
61
(c)
960
41
(d)
960
7. Three persons Mr. Roy, Mr. Paul and Mr. Singh together have ` 51. Mr. Paul
has ` 4 less than Mr. Roy and Mr. Singh has got ` 5 less than Mr. Roy. They
have the money as.
(a) (` 20, ` 16, ` 15)
(b) (` 15, ` 20, ` 16)
(c) (` 25, ` 11, ` 15)
(d) none of these
8. The roots of the quadratic equation x2-4x+k = 0 are coincident if
(a) k=4
(b) k=3
(c) k=2
(d) k=1
9. The three roots of the cubic equation x3+9x2-x-9=0 is
(a) -1, +1, and 9
(b) -1, +1 and -9
(c) -1, +1 and 1/9
(d) -1, +1 and 1/9
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10. Given the quadratic equation 2𝑥3 + 2𝑥 − 3=5. Its roots are.
(a) 2 and ½
(b) 4 and ¼
(c) 8 and 1/8
(d) 16 and 1/16
11. The wages of 8 men and 6 boys amount to ` 33. If 4 men earn ` 4.50 more
than 5 boys determine the wages of each man and boy.
(a) (` 1.50, ` 3)

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 (b) (` 3, ` 1.50)
(c) (` 2.50, ` 2)
(d) (` 2, ` 2.50)
12. The roots of the equation x2+ (2p–1)x + p= 0 are real if.
(a) p≥1
(b) p≤4
(c) p ≥ 1/4
(d) p ≤¼
13. On solving the inequalities 2x +5y ≤20,3x +2y ≤12, x≤ 0, y ≤0, we get the
following situation
(a) (0, 0), (0, 4), (4, 0) and (20/11, 36/11)
(b) (0, 0), (10, 0), (0, 6) and (20/11,36/11)
(c) (0, 0), (0, 4), (4, 0) and (2, 3)
(d) (0, 0), (10, 0), (0, 6) and (2, 3)
14. On the average experienced person does 5 units of work while a fresh one 3
units of work daily but the employer has to maintain an output of at least 30
units of work per day. This situation can be expressed as,
(a) 5x + 3y ≤30
(b) 5x + 3y >30
(c) 5x+3y≥30 x ≥0, y ≥0
(d) none of these
15. A sum of ` 46,875 was lent out at simple interest and at the end of 1 year 8
months the total amount was ` 50,000. Find the rate of interest percent per
annum.
(a) 5%
(b) 6%
(c) 4%
(d) 8%
16. A = ` 5,200, R = 5% p.a., T = 6 years, P will be
(a) ` 2,000
(b) ` 3,880
(c) ` 3,000
(d) none of these
17. The time by which a sum of money would treble itself at 8% p. a C. I is
(a) 14.28 years
(b) 14 years
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 (c) 12 years
(d) none of these.
18. The present value of an annuity of ` 80 for 20 years at 5% p.a is [Given
(1.05)20= 2.6533]
(a) ` 997 (appx.)
(b) ` 900
(c) ` 1,000
(d) none of these
19. A person bought a house paying ` 20,000 cash down and ` 4,000 at the end
of each year for 25 yrs. at 5% p.a. C.I. The cash down price is[ Given
(1.05)25= 3.386355]
(a) ` 75,000
(b) ` 76,000
(c) ` 76,375.80
(d) none of these.
20. A man purchased a house valued at ` 3,00,000. He paid ` 2,00,000 at the
time of purchase and agreed to pay the balance with interest at 12% per
annum compounded half yearly in 20 equal half yearly instalments. If the
first instalment is paid after six months from the date of purchase then the
amount of each instalment is.
(a) ` 8,718.45
(b) ` 8,769.21
(c) ` 7,893.13
(d) none of these
21. A person desires to create a fund to be invested at 10% CI per annum to
provide for a prize of ` 300 every year. Using V = a/I find V and V will be
(a) ` 2,000
(b) ` 2,500
(c) ` 3,000
(d) none of these.
22. A person invests ` 500 at the end of each year with a bank which pays
interest at 10% p.a C.I. annually. The amount standing to his credit one year
after he has made his yearly investment for the 12 th time is.[Given (1.1)12=
3.1384]
(a) ` 11,761.36
(b) ` 10,000
(c) ` 12,000

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 (d) none of these
23. A machine depreciates at 10% of its value at the beginning of a year. The
cost and scrap value realized at the time of sale being ` 23,240 and ` 9,000
respectively. For how many years the machine was put to use?
(a) 7 years
(b) 8 years
(c) 9 years
(d) 10 years
24. The compound interest on half-yearly rests on ` 10,000 the rate for the first
and second years being 6% and for the third year 9% p.a. is
(a) `2,200
(b) `2,287
(c) ` 2,285
(d) `2290.84
25. The present value of ` 10,000 due in 2 years at 5% p.a. compound interest
when the interest is paid on half-yearly basis is
(a) ` 9,070
(b) ` 9,069
(c) ` 9,060
(d) None
26. The effective rate of interest corresponding to a nominal rate 3% p.a payable
half yearly is
(a) 3.2% p.a
(b) 3.25% p.a
(c) 3.0225% p.a
(d) none of these
27. The number of ways the letters of the word ‘COMPUTER’ can be rearranged
is
(a) 40,320
(b) 40,319
(c) 40,318
(d) none of these
28. 5 persons are sitting in a round table in such way that Tallest Person is
always on the right-side of the shortest person; the number of such
arrangements is
(a) 6

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 (b) 8
(c) 24
(d) none of these
29. An examination paper with 10 questions consists of 6 questions in Algebra
and 4questions in Geometry. At least one question from each section is to
be attempted. In how many ways can this be done?
(a) 945
(b) 100
(c) 1000
(d) none of these
30. If 12 school teams are participating in a quiz contest, then the number of
ways the first, second and third positions may be won is
(a) 1,230
(b) 1,320
(c) 3,210
(d) none of these
31. Three numbers are in AP and their sum is 21. If 1, 5, 15 are added to them
respectively, they form a G. P. The numbers are:
(a) 5, 7, 9
(b) 9, 5, 7
(c) 7, 5, 9
(d) none of these.
32. The sum of three numbers in G.P. is 70. If the two extremes by multiplied
each by 4 and the mean by 5, the products are in AP. The numbers are
(a) 12, 18, 40
(b) 10, 20, 40
(c) 40, 20, 15
(d) none of these
33. The first and the last term of an AP are –4 and 146. The sum of the terms is
7171. The number of terms is
(a) 101
(b) 100
(c) 99
(d) none of these
34. (AUB)' is equal to
(a) (A' UB)'
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 (b) A'  B'
(c) A'U B'
(d) none of these
x x −1
35. If f(x) = and g(x) = , then gof(x) is
1− x x
(a) x–1
(b) x
(c) 1/x
(d) none of these
36. A town has a total population of 50,000. Out of it 28,000 read the newspaper
X and 23,000 read Y while 4,000 read both the papers. The number of
persons not reading X and Y both is
(a) 2,000
(b) 3,000
(c) 2,500
(d) none of these
37. eax dx
(a) ex + c

(b) eax + c
a
(c) log x + c
(d) eax+ c
38. The gradient of the curve y = 2x3–5x2– 3x at x = 0 is
(a) 3
(b) –3
(c) 1/3
(d) none of these
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39. Evaluate  ( 2x + 5 ) dx and the value is

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(a) 3
(b) 10
(c) 30
(d) None of these.
40. If f(x) = x2– 6x+8 then f’(5) – f’(8) is equal to
(a) f’(2)
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 (b) 3. f’(2)
(c) 2. f’(2)
(d) none of these.
41. Find the wrong term of the series 121, 143, 165, 186, 209
(a) 143
(b) 165
(c) 186
(d) 209
42. Find missing term 7, 26, 63, 124, 215, 342?
(a) 391
(b) 421
(c) 481
(d) 511
43. Find odd man out of the series 145, 197, 257, 325,399
(a) 145
(b) 399
(c) 257
(d) 325
44. Find missing term of the alphabet series ABD, DGK, HMS, MTB, SBL?
(a) XKW
(b) ZAB
(c) ZKU
(d) ZKW
45. In a certain language, FLOWER is coded UOLDVI, then how is TERMINAL
coded in that language?
(a) FLKPMROZ
(b) GVINRMZO
(c) RVNIGLKA
(d) MNIVGYEO
46. Pointing to a lady, a man said, “The son of her only brother is the brother of
my wife”. How is lady is related to man?
(a) Mother’s sister
(b) Grandmother
(c) Sister of father-in-law
(d) Maternal Aunt
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47. A family has a man, his wife, their four sons and their wives. The family of
every son also 3 sons and one daughter. Find out the total number of male
members in the whole family?
(a) 4
(b) 8
(c) 12
(d) 17
48. Given that
1. A is mother of B.
2. C is son of A.
3. D is brother of E.
4. E is daughter of B.
The grandmother of D is
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) E
49. Read the following information and answer the question
‘A+B’ means ‘A is the daughter of B’.
‘A ×B’ means ‘A is the son of B’.
‘A – B’ means ‘A is the wife of B’.
If P × Q-S, which of the following is true
(a) S is wife of B
(b) S is father of P
(c) P is daughter of Q
(d) Q is father of P
50. In a certain code, TELEPHONE is written as ENOHPELET. How is
ALIGATOR written
(a) ROTAGILA
(b) ROTAGAIL
(c) ROTAGILE
(d) ROTEGILA
Read the following information. (51-52)
I. In a family six members A,B,C, D, E and F , there are two married couples.
II. D is the Grand mother of A and mother B.
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III. C is wife of B and mother of F
IV. F is grand daughter of E
51. Who is C to A
(a) Daughter
(b) Grandmother
(c) Mother
(d) Cannot be determined
52. How many male members are in the family
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Cannot be determined
53-55. Read the following information carefully and then answer the questions
53,54 and 55.
Six friends A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting on a bench, facing towards North.
I. A is sitting next to B.
II. C is sitting left to D.
III. D is not sitting with E.
IV. E is on the left end of the bench.
V. C is third position from right.
VI. A is on the right side of B and to the right side of E.
VII. A and C are sitting together.
VIII. F is sitting Right of D.
53. At what position A is sitting?
(a) Between B and C
(b) Between D and C
(c) Between E and D
(d) Between C and E
54 What is position of B?
(a) Second from right
(b) Centre
(c) Extreme left
(d) Second from left

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55. What is position of D?
(a) Extreme from left
(b) Extreme right
(c) Third from left
(d) Second from right.
56. Six Children A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in a row facing towards North. C
is sitting between A and E, D is not at the end. B is sitting immediate right of
E, F is not at the right of end, but D is sitting 3rd left of E. Which of the
following is right of D.
(a) A
(b) F
(c) E
(d) C
57. A man is facing towards East and turns through 45° clockwise again 180°
clock wise and then turns through 270° anti-clock wise. In which direction is
he facing now?
(a) West
(b) North- East
(c) South
(d) South-West
58. Facing towards North, Ravi walks 35 m. He then turns left and walks 55 m.
He again turns left and walks 35 m. How far is from original position and
towards which direction.
(a) 30 m, North
(b) 20 m, East
(c) 55 m, West
(d) 20 m, South
59. Ram start moving from a point, facing in East direction. After walking 15 m,
he turned to his left and walked 25m, before turning to his right. Then, he
walked a distance of 35 m, then turned to his right and stop after walking
further a distance of 25 m. Find how far Ram is from his starting point.
(a) 20 m
(b) 50 m
(c) 15 m
(d) 25 m

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60. Five Friends are sitting on a bench. A is to the left of B but on the right of C,
D is to the right of B but one the left of E. Who are at the extremes?
(a) A, B
(b) A, D
(c) C, E
(d) B, D
61. Find the number of observations between 250 and 300 from the following
data:
Value: More than 200 More than 250 More than 300 More than 350
No. of observations: 56 38 15 0
(a) 56
(b) 23
(c) 15
(d) 8
62. The difference between Upper limit and lower limit of a class is called
(a) Class Interval
(b) Class boundaries
(c) Mid-Value
(d) Frequency
63. The following data relate to the marks of a group of students:
Marks: Below 10 Below 20 Below 30 Below 40 Below 50
No. of students: 15 38 65 84 100
How many students got marks more than 30?
(a) 65
(b) 50
(c) 35
(d) 43
64. Median of a distribution can be obtained from
(a) Frequency polygon
(b) Histogram
(c) Less than type ogives
(d) None of these.
65. For open-end classification, which of the following is the best measure of
central tendency?
(a) AM
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 (b) GM
(c) Median
(d) Mode
66. In case of an even number of observations which of the following is median?
(a) Any of the two middle-most value
(b) The simple average of these two middle values
(c) The weighted average of these two middle values
(d) Any of these
67. Standard Error can be described as
(a) The error committed in sampling
(b) The error committed in a sample survey
(c) The error committed in estimating parameter.
(d) Standard deviation of statistic.
68. Two variables x and y are given by y= 2x – 3. If the median of x is 20, what
is the median of y?
(a) 20
(b) 40
(c) 37
(d) 35
69. If the relationship between two variables u and v are given by 2u + v + 7 = 0
and if the AM of u is 10, then the AM of v is
(a) 17
(b) –17
(c) –27
(d) 27
70. The appropriate measure of dispersion for open-end classification is
(a) Standard deviation
(b) Mean deviation
(c) Quartile deviation
(d) All these measures
71. If Rx and Ry denote ranges of x and y respectively where x and y are related
by 3x+2y+10=0, what would be the relation between x and y?
(a) Rx = Ry
(b) 2 Rx= 3 Ry
(c) 3 Rx= 2 Ry
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 (d) Rx= 2 Ry
72. If x and y are related by 2x+3y+4 = 0 and SD of x is 9, then SD of y is
(a) 22
(b) 6
(c) 5
(d) 24
73. The quartiles of a variable are 45, 52 and 75 respectively. Its quartile
deviation is
(a) 15
(b) 20
(c) 25
(d) 8.30
74. If x and y are related as 3x+4y = 20 and the quartile deviation of x is 16,
then the quartile deviation of y is
(a) 16
(b) 14
(c) 10
(d) 12
75. If x and y are related by y = 2x+ 5 and the SD and AM of x are known to be
5 and 10respectively, then the coefficient of variation of y is
(a) 25
(b) 30
(c) 40
(d) 20
76. What is spurious correlation?
(a) It is a bad relation between two variables.
(b) It is very low correlation between two variables.
(c) It is the correlation between two variables having no causal relation.
(d) It is a negative correlation.
77. When r = 1, all the points in a scatter diagram would lie
(a) On a straight line directed from lower left to upper right
(b) On a straight line directed from upper left to lower right
(c) On a straight line
(d) Both (a) and (b).

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78. If the coefficient of correlation between two variables is 0.8 then the
percentage of variation unaccounted for is
(a) 70%
(b) 30%
(c) 51%
(d) 36%
79. If for two variable x and y, the covariance, variance of x and variance of y
are 40, 16 and 256 respectively, what is the value of the correlation
coefficient?
(a) 0.01
(b) 0.625
(c) 0.4
(d) 0.5
80. If the relation between x and u is 3x + 4u + 7 = 0 and the correlation
coefficient between x and y is –0.6, then what is the correlation coefficient
between u and y?
(a) –0.6
(b) 0.8
(c) 0.6
(d) –0.8
81. Three events A, B and C are mutually exclusive, exhaustive and equally
likely.
What is the probably of the complementary event of A?
(a) 1/3
(b) 2/3
(c) 3/7
(d) 1
82. What is the chance of picking a spade or an ace not of spade from a pack of
52cards?
(a) 4/13
(b) 2/13
(c) 3/26
(d) 3/18
83. Find the probability that a four-digit number comprising the digits 2, 5, 6 and
7 would be divisible by 4.
(a) 1/4

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 (b) 1/3
(c) 1/2
(d) 1
84. The probability that an Accountant's job applicant has a B. Com. Degree is
0.85, that he is a CA is 0.30 and that he is both B. Com. and CA is 0.25 out
of 500 applicants, how many would be B. Com. or CA?
(a) 0.25
(b) 0.30
(c) 0.10
(d) 0.90
85. Rupesh is known to hit a target in 5 out of 9 shots whereas David is known
to hit the same target in 6 out of 11 shots. What is the probability that the
target would be hit once they both try?
(a) 79/99
(b) 10/13
(c) 14/26
(d) 13/18
86. In connection with a random experiment, it is found that
P(A) = 2/3, P(B) =3/5 and P(AUB) = 5/6, find P(A/B)
(a) 7/18
(b) 1/13
(c) 5/18
(d) 13/18
87. In a business venture, a man can make a profit of ` 50,000 or incur a loss of
` 20,000. The probabilities of making profit or incurring loss, from the past
experience, are known to be 0.75 and 0.25 respectively. What is his
expected profit?
(a) ` 33,500
(b) ` 34,500
(c) ` 35,500
(d) ` 32,500
88. Find the probability of a success for the binomial distribution satisfying the
following relation
4 P (x = 4) = P (x = 2) and having the parameter n as six.
(a) 1/3
(b) 1/2

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 (c) 1/5
(d) 1/8
89. An experiment succeeds thrice as after it fails. If the experiment is repeated
5times, what is the probability of having no success at all?
(a) 1/1023
(b) 1/1024
(c) 1/1005
(d) 1/1008
90. If the two quartiles of a normal distribution are 47.30 and 52.70 respectively,
what is the mode of the distribution? Also find the mean deviation about
median of this distribution.
(a) 3.80
(b) 3.40
(c) 3.20
(d) 4.20
91. X follows normal distribution with mean as 50 and variance as 100. What is
P(x≥ 60)? [Given(1) = 0.8413]
(a) 0.20
(b) 0.40
(c) 0.16
(d) 0.30
92. Number of misprints per page of a thick book follows:
(a) Normal distribution
(b) Poisson distribution
(c) Binomial distribution
(d) Standard normal distribution
93. If for a Poisson variable X, f(2) = 3 f(4), what is the variance of X?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c)
(d) 3
94. If the points of inflexion of a normal curve are 40 and 60 respectively, then
its mean deviation is:
(a) 40
(b) 45

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 (c) 50
(d) 60
95. Fisher’s index number satisfies the tests
(a) Time Reversal Test
(b) Factor Reversal Test
(c) both
(d) none
96. Fisher’s ideal index number is:
(a) The Median of Laspeyre’s and Paasche’s index numbers
(b) The Arithmetic Mean of Laspeyre’s and Paasche’s index numbers
(c) The Geometric Mean of Laspeyre’s and Paasche’s index numbers
(d) None of these
97. If r = 0.6 then coefficient of non-determination is:
(a) 0.4
(b) -0.6
(c) 0.36
(d) 0.64
98. The Cost-of-Living Index (CLI) is always
(a) Weighted Index
(b) Price Index
(c) Quantity Index
(d) None of these
99. The Paasches and Fishers index numbers are 169 and 156 respectively,
then Laspyre’s Index number is:
(a) 144
(b) 152
(c) 148
(d) 151.5
100. The whole sale price index number or agricultural commodities in a given
region at a given date is 280. The percentage increase in prices of
agricultural commodities over the base year is:
(a) 380
(b) 280
(c) 180
(d) 80
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