MESCOM Jr. Assistant Exam Held on 08-05-2017(SLOT-2) Questions with answers
| 1. | Which among the following countries became the first to ban metal mining? | |
| (A) | Chile | |
| (B) | South Africa | |
| (C) | Mexico | |
| (D) | El Salvador | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(D) El Salvador
| 2. | Who among the following won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016? | |
| (A) | Alice Munro | |
| (B) | Bob Dylan | |
| (C) | Patrick Modiano | |
| (D) | Svetlana Alexievich | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) Bob Dylan
| 3. | Sunita Williams is an Indian American ____. | |
| (A) | Athlete | |
| (B) | Scientist | |
| (C) | Astronaut | |
| (D) | Politician | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) Astronaut
| 4. | Cofounder and CEO of Tesla is: | |
| (A) | Jeff Bezos | |
| (B) | Amancio Ortega | |
| (C) | Carlos Slim | |
| (D) | Elon Musk | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(D) Elon Musk
| 5. | Who among the following cricketers won the Padma Shri award 2017? | |
| (A) | Rohit Sharma | |
| (B) | M. S. Dhoni | |
| (C) | Cheteshwar Pujara | |
| (D) | Virat Kohli | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(D) Virat Kohli
| 6. | The Committee of Administrators appointed by the Supreme Court to run the BCCI comprises of Diana Edulji, Ramachandra Guha, Vikram Limaye and ______. | |
| (A) | Sunil Gavaskar | |
| (B) | Ravi Shastri | |
| (C) | Shashank Manohar | |
| (D) | Vinod Rai | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(D) Vinod Rai
| 7. | Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India? | |
| (A) | President of India | |
| (B) | Parliamentary board | |
| (C) | Chief Justice of India | |
| (D) | Voted by Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) President of India
| 8. | __________ separates the continents of Africa and Europe. | |
| (A) | Red Sea | |
| (B) | Strait of Gibraltar | |
| (C) | Bering Strait | |
| (D) | Strait of Dover | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) Strait of Gibraltar
| 9. | Present Chief Justice of India is _________. | |
| (A) | J. S. Khehar | |
| (B) | T. S. Thakur | |
| (C) | Sanjay Kishan Kaul | |
| (D) | Naveen Sinha | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) J. S. Khehar
| 10. | Who is the Prime Minister of Bangladesh? | |
| (A) | Khaleda Zia | |
| (B) | Mashiur Rahman | |
| (C) | Sheikh Hasina | |
| (D) | Fakhruddin Ahmed | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) Sheikh Hasina
| 11. | Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha is _______. | |
| (A) | Najma Heptulla | |
| (B) | Sushma Swaraj | |
| (C) | Poonam Mahajan | |
| (D) | Sumitra Mahajan | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(D) Sumitra Mahajan
| 12. | WR-V is a model of car launched by ______. | |
| (A) | Hyundai | |
| (B) | Toyota | |
| (C) | Honda | |
| (D) | Nissan | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) Honda
| 13. | Leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha is: | |
| (A) | Ghulam Nabi Azad | |
| (B) | P J Kurien | |
| (C) | Mallkarjun Kharge | |
| (D) | P Chidambaram | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) Ghulam Nabi Azad
| 14. | Retirement age of the Chief Justice of India is ______. | |
| (A) | 58 | |
| (B) | 65 | |
| (C) | 60 | |
| (D) | 70 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) 65
| 15. | On 1st April 2017, Bharatiya Mahila Bank was merged with which one of the following banks? | |
| (A) | SBI | |
| (B) | Punjab National Bank | |
| (C) | Bank Of Baroda | |
| (D) | Canara Bank | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) SBI
| 16. | Who is the present Chief of Indian Army? | |
| (A) | General Bipin Rawat | |
| (B) | Lieutenant General Sarath Chand | |
| (C) | General Dalbir Singh Suhag | |
| (D) | General Bikram Singh | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) General Bipin Rawat
| 17. | First woman Governor of an Indian state is _______. | |
| (A) | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | |
| (B) | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur | |
| (C) | Sarojini Naidu | |
| (D) | Padmaja Naidu | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) Sarojini Naidu
| 18. | Who is the present Governor of Reserve Bank of India? | |
| (A) | Urjit Patel | |
| (B) | Raghuram Rajan | |
| (C) | Y. V. Reddy | |
| (D) | D. Subbarao | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) Urjit Patel
| 19. | Who is India’s National Security Advisor? | |
| (A) | Brajesh Mishra | |
| (B) | Ajit Doval | |
| (C) | Hasmukh Adhia | |
| (D) | Shaktikanta Das | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) Ajit Doval
| 20. | Who were the winners of the recently concluded T20 cricket world cup for the blind? | |
| (A) | Pakistan | |
| (B) | Sri Lanka | |
| (C) | India | |
| (D) | West Indies | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) India
| 21. | What does the given sign indicate? | |
| ||
| (A) | High Tension Electricity | |
| (B) | Wind mill | |
| (C) | Men at Work | |
| (D) | Radioactive Material | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(D) Radioactive Material
| 22. | Space Applications Centre (SAC) is in _____. | |
| (A) | Ahmedabad | |
| (B) | Thiruvananthapuram | |
| (C) | Sriharikota | |
| (D) | Kalpakkam | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) Ahmedabad
| 23. | ISRO stands for _________. | |
| (A) | Indian Satellite Research Organisation | |
| (B) | Indian Space Research Organisation | |
| (C) | International Solar Research Organisation | |
| (D) | Indian Statistical Research Organisation | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) Indian Space Research Organisation
| 24. | What are GIS applications? | |
| (A) | Governance Information System | |
| (B) | Government Information System | |
| (C) | Geographic Indication System | |
| (D) | Geographic Information System | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(D) Geographic Information System
| 25. | ISRO launched _________ satellites through PSLV-C37 on 15th February 2017, from Sriharikota. | |
| (A) | 82 | |
| (B) | 76 | |
| (C) | 104 | |
| (D) | 112 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) 104
| 26. | Choose the correct tense form of the verb ‘leave’ and fill in in the blank. | |
| We _________ to the mall this Saturday. | ||
| (A) | are going | |
| (B) | go | |
| (C) | have been going | |
| (D) | had gone | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) are going
| 27. | Choose the positive degree of the adjective ‘popular’ and fill in the blank. | |
| No newspaper is as _________ as the Times of India. | ||
| (A) | more popular | |
| (B) | very popular | |
| (C) | popular | |
| (D) | popularity | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) popular
| 28. | Read the sentence and identify the correct word that best suits the underlined word. | |
| Sachin Tendulkar has been a seasoned cricketer and motivates the youngsters with his experiences. | ||
| (A) | efficient | |
| (B) | experienced | |
| (C) | leading | |
| (D) | worldly | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) experienced
| 29. | Read the sentence and identify the correct word that best suits the underlined word. | |
| The people deserted their houses when they felt the earthquake tremors. | ||
| (A) | abandoned | |
| (B) | closed | |
| (C) | entered | |
| (D) | occupied | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) abandoned
| 30. | Identify the correct spelling of the word from the options given below to fill in the blank. | |
| The employees were angry with the ____________ behaviour of their officer. | ||
| (A) | abanxious | |
| (B) | obnaxious | |
| (C) | abnoxious | |
| (D) | obnoxious | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(D) obnoxious
| 31. | Identify the correct spelling of the word from the options given below to fill in the blank. | |
| King Ashoka defeated all his _____________ and became the Emperor of India. | ||
| (A) | adversarys | |
| (B) | advesaries | |
| (C) | adversaries | |
| (D) | adversars | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) adversaries
| 32. | Identify the synonym of the underlined word in the given sentence. | |
| The manager announced the deferring of the project plan yesterday. | ||
| (A) | postponement | |
| (B) | acceptance | |
| (C) | provision | |
| (D) | submission | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) postponement
| 33. | Identify the synonym of the underlined word in the given sentence. | |
| The zealous character of the farmer made him successful. | ||
| (A) | jealous | |
| (B) | dedicated | |
| (C) | obsessed | |
| (D) | aggressive | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) dedicated
| 34. | Identify the synonym of the underlined word in the given sentence. | |
| I was happy to see a radical change in her personality. | ||
| (A) | exclusive | |
| (B) | essential | |
| (C) | traditional | |
| (D) | absolute | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(D) absolute
| 35. | Identify the synonym of the underlined word in the given sentence. | |
| She has endured lot of hardships to become an IAS officer. | ||
| (A) | faced | |
| (B) | resisted | |
| (C) | opposed | |
| (D) | stopped | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) faced
| 36. | Identify the synonym of the underlined word in the given sentence. | |
| She was amazed with the exotic fragrance in the room. | ||
| (A) | familiar | |
| (B) | new | |
| (C) | pleasant | |
| (D) | unusual | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(D) unusual
| 37. | Identify the antonym of the underlined word in the given sentence. | |
| When the news spread, there was commotion in the streets. | ||
| (A) | agitation | |
| (B) | excitement | |
| (C) | silence | |
| (D) | action | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) silence
| 38. | Identify the antonym of the underlined word in the given sentence. | |
| She anticipated better marks in Mathematics. | ||
| (A) | hoped | |
| (B) | expected | |
| (C) | assumed | |
| (D) | doubted | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(D) doubted
| 39. | Identify the antonym of the underlined word in the given sentence. | |
| The driver drove the car recklessly. | ||
| (A) | carelessly | |
| (B) | hastily | |
| (C) | carefully | |
| (D) | rashly | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) carefully
| 40. | Identify the antonym of the underlined word in the given sentence. | |
| He was surprised when all of them ignored him for his ridiculous behaviour. | ||
| (A) | silly | |
| (B) | foolish | |
| (C) | sensible | |
| (D) | absurd | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) sensible
| 41. | Fill in the blank with the appropriate article. | |
| I do not have _______ phone number of the shop. | ||
| (A) | a | |
| (B) | an | |
| (C) | the | |
| (D) | no article | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) the
| 42. | Fill in the blank appropriately to form a collective noun. | |
| A_______________ of lions. | ||
| (A) | group | |
| (B) | herd | |
| (C) | pride | |
| (D) | colony | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) pride
| 43. | Fill in the blank with an appropriate relative pronoun. | |
| This is the man ________ son got the bravery award this year. | ||
| (A) | who | |
| (B) | whom | |
| (C) | whose | |
| (D) | when | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) whose
| 44. | Identify the type of adjective in the given sentence. | |
| There are many pictures in this book. | ||
| (A) | Adjective of Quality | |
| (B) | Adjective of Quantity | |
| (C) | Adjective of Number | |
| (D) | Interrogative Adjective | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) Adjective of Number
| 45. | Fill in the blank with the appropriate adverb by referring to the word given in brackets. | |
| The man was ________ walking on the road. (quiet) | ||
| (A) | quitely | |
| (B) | quietly | |
| (C) | quitefully | |
| (D) | quietfully | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) quietly
| 46. | Fill in the blank with the appropriate conjunction. | |
| He walked down to Main Street ________ waited there. | ||
| (A) | when | |
| (B) | and | |
| (C) | for | |
| (D) | so | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) and
| 47. | Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition. | |
| All the employees congratulated me ____ my promotion. | ||
| (A) | to | |
| (B) | on | |
| (C) | at | |
| (D) | in | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) on
| 48. | Fill in the blank with the appropriate word to reflect the correct meaning of the sentence. | |
| He ________ her son that he would soon find him a job. | ||
| (A) | insured | |
| (B) | assured | |
| (C) | sured | |
| (D) | ensured | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) assured
| 49. | From the given options, identify the plural of the word “lady”. | |
| (A) | ladys | |
| (B) | lady’s | |
| (C) | ladies | |
| (D) | ladyes | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) ladies
| 50. | Look at the words that are shown related to each other in the first part. Choose the correct word in the second part to relate both the words | |
| Pride : humble :: heavy : ______ | ||
| (A) | large | |
| (B) | small | |
| (C) | light | |
| (D) | huge | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) light
| 51. | Choose the correct procedure to add the CONFIDENTIAL watermark to your Word 2010 document. | |
| (A) | Click Page Layout, in the Page Background group, select Watermark and select CONFIDENTIAL from the gallery. | |
| (B) | Click Page Layout, in the Page Background group, select CONFIDENTIAL. | |
| (C) | Click Page Layout, in the Page Background group, select Page Color and select CONFIDENTIAL from the gallery. | |
| (D) | Click Insert, in the Page Background group, select Add Watermark and select CONFIDENTIAL from the gallery. | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) Click Page Layout, in the Page Background group, select Watermark and select CONFIDENTIAL from the gallery.
| 52. | You want to create an envelope for a letter. What is the procedure to create envelopes in Word 2010? | |
| (A) | Click Mailings →Envelopes | |
| (B) | Click Mailings → SelectRecipients → Envelopes | |
| (C) | Click File → Advanced → General → Envelopes | |
| (D) | Click File → Envelopes | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) Click Mailings →Envelopes
| 53. | While saving a Word2010 document, what is the default file extension? | |
| (A) | .ppt | |
| (B) | .xlsx | |
| (C) | .txt | |
| (D) | .docx | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(D) .docx
| 54. | You want to highlight numbers between 11 and 30 in a range of cells in yellow color. Which of the following commands in MS Excel 2010 helps you to visually highlight important values in your worksheets? | |
| (A) | Conditional Formatting command | |
| (B) | Sort command | |
| (C) | Filter command | |
| (D) | Format command | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) Conditional Formatting command
| 55. | You have a long text in a cell and you want the text to appear in multiple lines. How can you achieve this in MS Excel 2010? | |
| (A) | Select the text, click View→Page Break Preview | |
| (B) | Select the text, click Page Layout→Breaks | |
| (C) | Select the text, click Home,in the Alignment group, choose Wrap Text | |
| (D) | None of the above | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) Select the text, click Home,in the Alignment group, choose Wrap Text
| 56. | How will you paint the inside of a row in an MS Excel worksheet with a specified color? | |
| (A) | By using the Fill Color command | |
| (B) | By using the Borders command | |
| (C) | By using the Font Color command | |
| (D) | By using the Alignment commands | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) By using the Fill Color command
| 57. | What is the use of the notes pane in PowerPoint slides? | |
| (A) | To add speaker notes to the presentation slides that serve as a reference for the presenter. | |
| (B) | To enter the required presentation to get the message across. | |
| (C) | To enter the slide number. | |
| (D) | To enter the slide title. | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) To add speaker notes to the presentation slides that serve as a reference for the presenter.
| 58. | Which of the following views help you to view your presentation with speaker notes on your laptop while your audience views the presentation without the notes on a projector? | |
| (A) | Presenter View | |
| (B) | Slider Sorter View | |
| (C) | Reading View | |
| (D) | Outline View | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) Presenter View
| 59. | What is the significance of flags in Outlook Express? | |
| (A) | Flags prompt you with reminders until you respond to messages. | |
| (B) | Flags prompt you with reminders until you delete messages permanently. | |
| (C) | Flags notify you with pop-up messages whenever you receive new mails in your Inbox. | |
| (D) | Flags notify you with pop-up messages whenever the recipients of your e-mails have read your mails. | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) Flags prompt you with reminders until you respond to messages.
| 60. | Where will you store your contact information of the people you contact frequently in your Outlook Express? | |
| (A) | Address Book | |
| (B) | OneDrive | |
| (C) | Inbox | |
| (D) | Tasks | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) Address Book
| 61. | What is database management system? | |
| (A) | A program that helps users create, store, retrieve and manage data. | |
| (B) | A text processing software. | |
| (C) | A program that is used to access and manage e-mails. | |
| (D) | A program that is used to create presentations | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) A program that helps users create, store, retrieve and manage data.
| 62. | Where will you add your designation and additional contact information such as a phone number in your e-mail messages? | |
| (A) | Signature | |
| (B) | Subject line | |
| (C) | Body of the e-mail | |
| (D) | Bcc field | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) Signature
| 63. | The process of transferring files from your computer to Internet is called ___________. | |
| (A) | Browsing | |
| (B) | Forwarding | |
| (C) | Downloading | |
| (D) | Uploading | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(D) Uploading
| 64. | Which of the following computer program would help you access your yahoo e-mail account? | |
| (A) | Browser | |
| (B) | Word | |
| (C) | Access | |
| (D) | PowerPoint | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) Browser
| 65. | What file system does Windows NT or Windows Server operating systems use? | |
| (A) | New Technology File System (NTFS) | |
| (B) | File Allocation Table (FAT) | |
| (C) | File Allocation Table 32(FAT32) | |
| (D) | Tape file system | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) New Technology File System (NTFS)
| 66. | What do you mean by starvation in operating system? | |
| (A) | When a thread is waiting indefinitely for some resource, but other threads are using it. | |
| (B) | When a thread wants permission. | |
| (C) | When only one thread is allowed to use the resource. | |
| (D) | None of the above. | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) When a thread is waiting indefinitely for some resource, but other threads are using it.
| 67. | Which of the following tool is used to complete online transactions or mobile banking to combat cyber fraud? | |
| (A) | One-time Password (OTP) | |
| (B) | Automated Teller Machine (ATM) | |
| (C) | SMS alerts | |
| (D) | Core Banking Solution (CBS) | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) One-time Password (OTP)
| 68. | Which of the following software would you use to create memos and envelopes? | |
| (A) | Word | |
| (B) | PowerPoint | |
| (C) | Access | |
| (D) | Excel | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) Word
| 69. | You are working in a financial institution. Which of the following software application eases your day to day operations such as valuations, calculation of sales figures, sales taxes and commissions, credit and risk analysis? | |
| (A) | Excel | |
| (B) | Word | |
| (C) | PowerPoint | |
| (D) | Outlook Express | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) Excel
| 70. | When system boots up which of the following programs run first? | |
| (A) | Internet Explorer | |
| (B) | Antivirus software | |
| (C) | Outlook Express | |
| (D) | Operating system | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(D) Operating system
| 71. | The ratio of the ages of A and B is 5:4. The sum of their ages is 81 years. What are their ages? | |
| (A) | 45 and 36 years | |
| (B) | 49 and 32 years | |
| (C) | 51 and 30 years | |
| (D) | 52 and 29 years | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) 45 and 36 years
| 72. | In 18 years, Preethi’s age will be four times that of her present age. What is her present age? | |
| (A) | 10 years | |
| (B) | 6 years | |
| (C) | 20 years | |
| (D) | 15 years | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) 6 years
| 73. | 17 × 85 ÷ 5 + 3-8 = ? Find the value of ‘?’ | |
| (A) | -4 | |
| (B) | 284 | |
| (C) | 204 | |
| (D) | 248 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) 284
| 74. | Which of the following number should be added to 26685 in order to obtain a multiple of 85? | |
| (A) | 9 | |
| (B) | 5 | |
| (C) | 2 | |
| (D) | 4 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) 5
| 75. | Find the compound interest on Rs. 5000 at 5% for 2 years. | |
| (A) | 5512.5 | |
| (B) | 512.5 | |
| (C) | 5250 | |
| (D) | 250 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) 512.5
| 76. | Evaluate the value of: 4.5 X 0.00101 X 0.001 | |
| (A) | 0.0000045 | |
| (B) | 0.00004545 | |
| (C) | 0.000004545 | |
| (D) | 0.000045 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) 0.000004545
| 77. | If `738/18=41`, find the value of `7.38/0.018` | |
| (A) | 0.41 | |
| (B) | 4.1 | |
| (C) | 41 | |
| (D) | 410 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(D) 410
| 78. | Two storage bins contain 825 kilograms and 675 kilograms of rice respectively. Find the maximum capacity of a container which can measure the rice of both the bins when used an exact number of times. | |
| (A) | 75 | |
| (B) | 25 | |
| (C) | 125 | |
| (D) | 175 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) 75
| 79. | Find the smallest number which when divided by 9, 12, 15, 18 leaves a remainder of 5 in each case. | |
| (A) | 180 | |
| (B) | 185 | |
| (C) | 175 | |
| (D) | 41 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) 185
| 80. | The ratio of the length of a plot of land to its width is 5:3. If the width is 60 metres, find the length of the plot. | |
| (A) | 180 m | |
| (B) | 120 m | |
| (C) | 100 m | |
| (D) | 240 m | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) 100 m
| 81. | The ratio between the radii of two circles is 4:5. Find the ratio of their circumferences. | |
| (A) | 4 : 5 | |
| (B) | 2 : 3 | |
| (C) | 1 : 2 | |
| (D) | 3 : 4 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(A) 4 : 5
| 82. | In an election, Raghav polled 48,000 votes; this is equal to 60% of the electorate. The other candidate, Atul, polled 25% of the votes. How many people did not vote? | |
| (A) | 52,000 | |
| (B) | 48,000 | |
| (C) | 12,000 | |
| (D) | 68,000 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) 12,000
| 83. | A test has 40 questions. Vijay gets 85% correct. How many questions did Vijay get incorrect? | |
| (A) | 15 | |
| (B) | 6 | |
| (C) | 12 | |
| (D) | 8 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) 6
| 84. | Preethi took a math test and got 30 correct and 10 incorrect answers. What was the percentage of correct answers? | |
| (A) | 60 | |
| (B) | 70 | |
| (C) | 75 | |
| (D) | 80 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) 75
| 85. | A and B are partners and they decide to admit C into the partnership firm. The profit sharing ratio is agreed as 3:2:1 with a guaranteed amount of Rs. 5,000 to C. For the year ended 2016, the business earns a profit of Rs. 24,000. How much did C get finally as profit? | |
| (A) | Rs. 4000 | |
| (B) | Rs. 5000 | |
| (C) | Rs. 8000 | |
| (D) | Rs. 6000 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) Rs. 5000
| 86. | A, B and C started a partnership business with investments of 1,20,000, 1,35,000 and 1,50,000 respectively. Find the share of C if the annual profit is 56,700. | |
| (A) | Rs. 16,800 | |
| (B) | Rs. 18,900 | |
| (C) | Rs. 21,000 | |
| (D) | Rs. 23,200 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) Rs. 21,000
| 87. | Diya and Rashi started a handicraft business investing Rs. 22,500 and Rs. 35,000 respectively. The profit earned by them is Rs. 13,800. Rashi’s share is ___________. | |
| (A) | Rs. 5,400 | |
| (B) | Rs. 8,400 | |
| (C) | Rs. 8,700 | |
| (D) | Rs. 4,800 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) Rs. 8,400
| 88. | For what value of x does the set {7, 11, 13, 17, 23, x} have an average of 14? | |
| (A) | 27 | |
| (B) | 23 | |
| (C) | 17 | |
| (D) | 13 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(D) 13
| 89. | A and B can complete a piece of work in 30 days and 40 days respectively. If they both work together, how long will they take to complete the job? | |
| (A) | `7/12` days | |
| (B) | 35 days | |
| (C) | `17 1/7`days | |
| (D) | 17.5 days | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) `17 1/7`days
| 90. | If 8 persons can complete a job in 15 days, how many persons can do it in 12 days? | |
| (A) | 12 | |
| (B) | 7 | |
| (C) | 10 | |
| (D) | 5 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) 10
| 91. | A bus travelling at an average speed of 50 kilometers per hour covered a particular distance in 6 hours. If the bus had traveled at an average speed of 60 kilometers per hour, in how many hours would it have covered the distance? | |
| (A) | 6.5 | |
| (B) | 5 | |
| (C) | 0.2 | |
| (D) | 2 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) 5
| 92. | Vinay and Rahul left the same place in their cars and travelled in opposite directions. If Vinay is traveling at 70 kilometers per hour and Rahul is traveling at 80 kilometers per hour, in how many hours will they be 300 kilometers apart? | |
| (A) | 4 | |
| (B) | 3 | |
| (C) | 2 | |
| (D) | 1 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) 2
| 93. | The entire surface of a cubic block is 384 square feet. What will be the volume of the cubic block in cubic feet? | |
| (A) | 192 | |
| (B) | 64 | |
| (C) | 512 | |
| (D) | 8 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) 512
| 94. | The area of a square field is 49284 square metres. Find the length of its side. | |
| (A) | 228 | |
| (B) | 282 | |
| (C) | 222 | |
| (D) | 382 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) 222
| 95. | If the cost price of a television set is 20% of its selling price, what is its profit percentage? | |
| (A) | 80% | |
| (B) | 100% | |
| (C) | 300% | |
| (D) | 400% | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(D) 400%
| 96. | Reena wants to buy a bag which costs Rs. 500. She buys the bag at a discount of 15%. She then sells the bag for Rs. 620. How much profit did Reena make? | |
| (A) | Rs. 120 | |
| (B) | Rs. 195 | |
| (C) | Rs. 215 | |
| (D) | Rs. 325 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) Rs. 195
| 97. | The profit made by selling a CD player was Rs. 2000. Find the selling price of the CD player if it was sold at double the cost price. | |
| (A) | Rs. 1000 | |
| (B) | Rs. 2000 | |
| (C) | Rs. 3000 | |
| (D) | Rs. 4000 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(D) Rs. 4000
| 98. |  | |
| The above table shows the major expenditure of a company (in lakhs) during the period 2005-2009. | ||
| What is the average bonus paid by the company during this period? | ||
| (A) | 1.96 | |
| (B) | 1.996 | |
| (C) | 1.6 | |
| (D) | 2.16 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) 1.996
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| 99. | | |
| The above table shows the major expenditure of a company (in lakhs) during the period 2005-2009. | ||
| From the total expenditures incurred in the year 2006, calculate the percentage spent on taxes? | ||
| (A) | 16.61 | |
| (B) | 18.16 | |
| (C) | 13.71 | |
| (D) | 14.82 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(B) 18.16
| 100. | | |
| The above table shows the major expenditure of a company (in lakhs) during the period 2005-2009. | ||
| From the total expenditures incurred each year, in which year was the expenditure on taxes in percentage, the lowest? | ||
| (A) | 2005 | |
| (B) | 2006 | |
| (C) | 2007 | |
| (D) | 2008 | |
CORRECT ANSWER
(C) 2007
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