Sample Assessment Paper

Content:

Data Interpretation

Logical reasoning & Critical Thinking

Problem Solving- Coding & MCQ

Quantitative Aptitude

Verbal Reasoning
 Data Interpretation:

1) Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.

An Indian car manufacturing company ‘Wheelz’ gets its spare parts from different vendors in different
countries. The above table gives the prices of these parts in each country, in terms of the currency of that
country. Apart from the cost of spare parts, an additional cost of INR 20,000 is required to produce each
car. There is no other additional cost involved in manufacturing a car.
In the table given below the Exchange rates of different currencies against the US dollar are given:
Country Currency 1 US Dollar equivalent

India INR 45

China Yuan 6.428

Canada Canadian Dollar 1.071

UK Pound 0.5625

7. If Wheelz wants to manufacture a car at the least cost then what would be the expenditure in INR?
1] Rs. 132700 2] Rs. 144200 3] Rs. 131600 4] Rs. 142500
8. If Wheelz wants to buy all its spare parts from one country, then from which country should it buy the parts
so that the cost is minimum?
1] India 2] China 3] Canada 4] USA
9. Wheelz sets up a new plant in the UK. It considers buying all spare parts either from China or from the UK
itself. What will be the difference in cost (in pounds) in the two cases?
1] 50 2] 500 3] 250 4] 25

2) A factory employs three machines M1, M2 and M3 to manufacture three products X, Y and Z. Each
machine runs for 12 hours a day. The following table gives the time taken (in minutes) by each
machine to manufacture 1 unit of each of the products.

M1 M2 M3
X 12 15 16
Y 18 9 15
Z 10 18 12
Ex.1 What is the maximum number of products that can be manufactured in a day?
1. 125
2. 155
3. 200

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4. 212
Answer & Explanation
Sol: Since the maximum number is asked, the machine time of the product being manufactured must be
minimum. On machines M1, M2 and M3, products X , Y and Z need minimum time respectively.
Since each machine has 720 minutes of manufacturing time, 72 units of Z, 80 units of Y and 60 units of X
can be manufactured on the three machines respectively. Thus, the maximum units that can be
manufactured in a day is 212.
Ex.2 On a particular day, the demand for 40 units of X and 50 units of Y must be met. If the remaining
production is of product Z only, what is the maximum number of units of Z that can be manufactured on
that day?
1. 81
2. 85
3. 99
4. None of these
Answer & Explanation
Ex.3 A unit of Y can be manufactured only after 3 units of X and 4 units of Z have been manufactured.
What is the minimum time required to manufacture 15 units of Y?
1. 1359 minutes
2. 1442 minutes
3. 1556 minutes
4. 1655 minutes
Answer & Explanation
3) Study the information given below and answer the following questions:
Mr X has built a mansion with 10 rooms. He was confused about the colours he should use while painting
each room. He had the following choice of colours: blue, hazy grey, jumping yellow, teal, violet latte,
Terry Cherry and happy pink. It was also known that he could paint more than 1 room with a single
colour. Finally, he set up an algorithm to decide the colours that he would be using.
• If he painted any room teal, then he did not paint any other room happy pink.

• If he painted any room blue, then he did not paint any other room jumping yellow.
• If he painted any room blue, then he painted at least one room happy pink.
• If he painted any room jumping yellow, then he painted at least one room violet latte.
• If he painted any room violet latte, then he painted at least one room happy pink.
• If he painted any room happy pink, then he painted at least rooms happy pink.
Q 1. Which one of the following could be a complete list of the number of rooms and colours that Mr X
used to paint some of the rooms of his house?
1. one blue, one Terry cherry, one violet latte, two happy pink
2. one blue, one teal, one Terry cherry, three happy pink
3. two blue, one teal, three Terry Cherry
4. one jacket, one Terry cherry, two violet latte and one happy pink
Q 2. If Mr. X did not paint any room happy pink, what was the maximum number of the different types of
colours that he could paint ?
1. two
2. three
3. four
4. five

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Q 3. Which one of the following statements must be false?
1. Mr. X painted exactly four rooms with colours, one of which was a hat.
2. Mr. X painted exactly three rooms with colours, one of which was a happy pink.
3. Mr. X painted exactly four rooms with colours, one of which was a blue.
4. None of these
Q 4. If Mr. X painted as many different types of colours as possible, then it must be true that he did not
paint one of the following types of colours.
1. blue
2. hazy grey
3. teal
4. jumping yellow
Q 5. If Mr. X painted at least one room, find out which one of the following are the minimum and the
maximum numbers of the types of colours that he could paint ?
1. 1, 4
2. 1, 5
3. 1, 6
4. 2, 5
4) Caselet:

A total of 1650 students are studying in an engineering college in different departments. The ratio of male
students to female students in the college is 86:79. The college had a total of 5 departments which are
mechanical, civil, electrical, Biotechnology and computer science. Total 198 males study in the
mechanical department. 18% of the students study in the civil department in which male to female ratio is
5:4. In the biotechnology department, 77 male students are studying and the number of female students
in this department is 5/7th of the number of males. The total number of male students in the civil
department is equal to the number of female students in the mechanical department. The number of
males in the biotechnology department is half of the number of total male students in the computer
science department. In the electrical department, the male to female ratio is 14:19.

Question 1:
The number of male students in the electrical department is how much more than female students in
mechanical?
Question 2:
Female students in the electrical department are what % of the total number of females in the college
(approximately)?
5) Venn Diagram MCQ Question:
In a survey of 150 students, it was found that 90 liked Football, 60 liked Basketball, and 30 liked both
Football and Basketball.
Questions:
1. How many students like only Football?
o A) 60
o B) 30
o C) 90

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 o D) 120
2. How many students like only Basketball?
o A) 30
o B) 60
o C) 90
o D) 120
3. How many students like both Football and Basketball?
o A) 10
o B) 20
o C) 30
o D) 40
4. How many students do not like Football or Basketball?
o A) 10
o B) 20
o C) 30
o D) 40

6. The Venn diagram below shows a set of numbers that have been sorted into prime numbers and even

numbers.

A number is chosen at random. Find the probability that the number is prime and not even.
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 • 3/4
• 5/10
• 3/10
• 3/8

6) DIRECTIONS for questions 1-5: Refer to the pie chart given below and answer the questions that
follow.

The given pie chart shows the marks scored by a student in different subjects- English, Hindi,
Mathematics, Science and Social Science in an examination. The values given are in degrees.
Assumption: Total marks obtained in the examination are 900.

1. If the total marks were 3000, then marks in Mathematics would be

1. 800
2. 750
3. 850
4. 900
Answer & Explanation
2. The Marks scored in English and Mathematics is less than the marks scored in Science and Hindi by
1. 5%
2. 4.33%
3. 3.33%
4. 6%
3. If the marks scored by the student are 137.5, then the subject is
1. English
2. Hindi
3. Mathematics
4. Science

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Answer & Explanation
4. Total marks scored in Social Science and English is
1. 400
2. 350
3. 500
4. 300
Answer & Explanation
5. The difference of marks scored in Social Science and Science is
1. 37.5
2. 40
3. 20
4. 15
Answer & Explanation

Logical Reasoning & Critical thinking

1. Directions (1 to 3): A commercial flower grower raises flowers in each of the three growing seasons
every year-spring, summer, and winter-with the year beginning in spring. Exactly seven different kinds of
flowers- A, B, C, D, E, F, and G-are grew every year. Each kind of flower is grown at least once a year.
The flowers are grown according to the following rules:
• B can be grown in a growing season only if A is grown in the preceding season.

• No more than three different kinds of flowers are grown in any one growing season.
• No kind of flower can be grown in two seasons in a row.
• A can be grown neither in the winter season nor in the same growing season as E or F.
• C and D are always grown in the same growing season.
Question 1: If G is grown in the spring and E in the summer of one year, then which of the following can
also be grown in the summer?
✓ F
✓ A
✓ C
✓ D
2. Which of the following is an acceptable schedule for the three growing seasons?
Spring Summer Winter
(a) A C, D, B A, F, G
(b) C, F A, D, G B, E
(c) E, F A G, C, D, B
(d) A, C, D B, E, F G
Options:
➢ A
➢ B
➢ C
➢ D
3. If G and B alone are grown in the winter season, then which of the following must be grown in the
preceding spring?
4. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V & W are eight friends sitting in a circle facing towards the centre.
(i) W is to the immediate left of P but is not the neighbour of T and S.
(ii) U is to the immediate right of Q and V is a neighbour of T.
(iii) R is between T and U.
Question 1: What is the position of V?

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To the immediate right of W

Between T and R

Third to the right of U

Second to the left of S

None of these
2) Statements: Government has spoiled many top ranking financial institutions by appointing
bureaucrats as Directors of these institutions.
Conclusions:
Government should appoint Directors of the financial institutes taking into consideration the expertise of
the person in the area of finance.
The Director of the financial institute should have expertise commensurate with the financial work carried
out by the institute.

Only conclusion I follows

Only conclusion II follows

Either I or II follows

Neither I nor II follows

Both I and II follow

4. In the twentieth century, the visual arts have embarked on major experimentation, from cubism to
expressionism. While tastes always vary, there are certainly some people who find beautiful
objects of each of the art movements of the first half of the twentieth century. In the latter half of
the twentieth century, though, most works are so abstract or shocking that neither the critic nor
the general public uses the word “beautiful” to describe them: indeed, sometimes late twentieth-
century artists have, as one of their expressed goals, the creation of a work that no one could find
beautiful. Whatever these artists are creating may be intellectually engaging at some level, but it
is no longer art.

Which of the following is an assumption that supports drawing the conclusion above from the
reasons given for that conclusion?

Art critics generally have a different appraisal of a work of art than does the general public.
The meaning of any work of art is defined entirely by the ideas of the artist who created it.
Beauty is a defining quality of art.
All art movements of the latter half of the twentieth century are responses to the movements of the
first half of the century.
It is not possible for any work to be simultaneously beautiful and intellectually engaging.
5)When, on a particular shopping trip, a consumer purchases an item which he previously had no
intention of purchasing, this sale is called an “impulse purchase.” The objects of impulse purchases are
occasionally essential items (i.e. items that satisfy basic subsistence needs), but much more frequently
are luxury or non-essential items. Researchers have determined that, at the end of a shopping trip, a
consumer is much more excited if she has bought a luxury item on an impulse purchase, than if she had
made no impulse purchases.

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If the information above is true, and if the researchers’ investigation was properly conducted, then which
of the following must also be true?
The impulse purchase of a luxury or non-essential item is more exciting than the impulse purchase of
an essential need.
A consumer who, for whatever reason, is not able to purchase an item she had planned to buy is
necessarily disappointed.
Consumers seeking a high level of excitement often make impulse purchases.
The researcher had a reliable way to determine whether the consumer had planned to buy the luxury
or non-essential item he purchased on that trip.
The probability that a consumer makes an impulse purchase of an item decreases the price of the
item increases.
6)Look at this series: 2, 1, (1/2), (1/4), ... What number should come next?
(1/3)
(1/8)
(2/8)
(1/16)
7)SCD, TEF, UGH, ____, WKL
CMN
UJI
VIJ
IJT
8)Which word does NOT belong with the others?
dodge
flee
duck
avoid
9) The car dealer found that there was a tremendous response for the new XYZ’s car booking with long
queues of people complaining about the duration of business hours and arrangements.
Courses of action:
I. People should make their arrangement of lunch and snacks while going for car XYZ’s booking and be
ready to spend several hours.
II. Arrangement should be made for more booking desks and increase business hours to serve more
people in less time.
1. If only I follows
B. If only II follows
C. If either I or II follows
D. If neither I nor II follows
E. If both I and II follow

10) From the given options, find the pair which is similar to the given pair: 8:4

1. 27:9
2. 216:32
3. 72:24
4. 45:5
5. 37:13
11) Analyse the given information and answer the following questions:
In a certain code language
• ‘given time simple plan’ was written as ‘@E4 &N4 %N5 #E6’

• ‘tired solution plant great’ was written as ‘#N8 @D5 %T5 &T5’
• ‘sick point good turn’ was written as ‘#K4 %D4 @N4 &T5’
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 • ‘garden sister phone team’ was written as ‘&E5 #R6 %N6 @M4’
1. What will be the code for ‘translate’?

• #E8
• @E9
• @E8
• #T9
• #T8
2. What will be the code for ‘plan’?
• %N5#E6

• @E4
• &N4
• %N5
• None of these
3. What does ‘%D4’ stands for?
• sick

• turn
• point
• good
• None of these

12) Data Sufficiency Reasoning – Solved Examples

Directions (Q1-Q4): For each of the questions given below, two statements I & II have been given.
Analyse and answer whether the data provided in the two statements are sufficient to answer the
question or not. Read the statements and choose from the options given below:
A. If the data alone in statement I is sufficient to answer the question, while the data alone in statement II
is not sufficient to answer the question
B. If the data alone in statement II is sufficient to answer the question, while the data alone in statement I
is not sufficient to answer the question
C. Data in either statement I or statement II is sufficient to answer the question
D. If data in the two statements together is also not sufficient to answer the question
E. If data in both statements is necessary to answer the question
Q 1. How many children are there between Priya and Rashmi in a row of children?
Statement I: Priya is fifteenth from the left in the row
Statement II: Rashmi is exactly in the middle and there are ten children towards her right
1. A
2. D
3. E
4. C
5. B

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Answer: (3) E
Q 2. How is A related to B?
Statement I: Q’s sister A is married to B’s father
Statement II: B and X are children of P who is wife of A
1. D
2. E
3. A
4. C
5. B
Answer: (4) C
Q 3. When will Mohan celebrate his birthday this year?
Statement I: Mohan’s birthday is between March 13 and 15, March 13 is Wednesday.
Statement II: It is not on Friday.
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. E
Answer: 5 (E)
Q 4. What is the code for ‘clouds’ in the code language?
Statement I: In the code language, ‘clouds is blue’ is written as ‘se ra fa’.
Statement II: In the same code language, ‘make it blue’ is written as ‘se ga zo’.
1. A
2. C
3. E
4. D
5. B
Answer: (4) D

The Dvorak keyboard requires less finger movement than the ubiquitous QWERTY keyboard. As a
result, Dvorak keyboard users are not only able to type more words per minute, but are also less
vulnerable to both repetitive stress disorder and carpal tunnel syndrome. Nonetheless, businesses, as
well as consumers, have not adopted the Dvorak keyboard. Clearly, if the Dvorak keyboard is to become
more widely used, its benefits must be more widely touted.

1. Which of the following, if true, most threatens the author’s conclusion?

The initial cost of manufacturing a Dvorak keyboard will be more expensive than that of a QWERTY
keyboard.
Many who have attempted using a Dvorak keyboard claim that learning the configuration of keys
takes weeks.
Those suffering from repetitive stress injuries often attribute the injuries to multiple factors.
Businesses that have educated employees on the benefits of the Dvorak keyboard, have found that
employees continue to use the Qwerty keyboard.
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 Businesses have found that many employees who believe the Qwerty keyboard is responsible for
stress-induced injuries are unaware of the Dvorak keyboard.

2. Which of the following is an assumption upon which the author’s claim rests?
When deciding between two options, consumers and businesses do not opt for the solution that has
fewer negative effects.
People’s reluctance to transition to the Dvorak keyboard does not have multiple factors.
Dvorak keyboards require users to relearn the configurations of the keyboard, a potentially time-
consuming process.
The Dvorak keyboard can only become a viable alternative if businesses require their employees to
no longer use QWERTY keyboards.
The range of finger movement is the sole determinant of typing speed.

The median house value in Butlerville has fallen significantly in the last few months. Nonetheless, the
number of homes sold has been at its lowest level in seven years.
3. Which of the following best explains the discrepancy?
The value of homes is not the only determinant of whether a house will be sold.
The neighboring city of Jacksonburg has seen a recent surge in home sales.
The Butlerville economy is struggling and the unemployment rate has reached historic rates.
Analysts predict that the number of homes sold will increasing in the coming year.
Homes priced over a million dollars have seen the sharpest decline in sales.

Problem- Solving- Coding & MCQ

1) What is the output of the following code?

1. public class A {
2. int add(int i, int j){
3. return i+j;
4. }
5. }
6. public class B extends A{
7. public static void main(String argv[]){
8. short s = 9;
9. [Link](add(s,6));
10. }
11.}
A) Compilation fails due to an error on line 2
B) Compilation fails due to error an on line 9, non-static method referenced from a static context.
C) Compilation fails due to a type mismatch on line 9.
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2) Which expression is not correct?
➢ The primary key uniquely identifies each record in the table.
➢ The primary key must contain unique values.
➢ The primary key can contain NULL values, but this is highly undesirable for performance reasons.
➢ A table can have only one primary key.
3) What is displayed on the screen after compiling the code snippet?
[Link]

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export class AppComponent {
name="HELLO";
condition=true
}
[Link]
<p> {{name}} </p>
<div *ngIf="condition as value; else elseBlock">
<p>Name : {{name | uppercase | lowercase}}</p>
</div>
<ng-template #elseBlock>Name : {{name | lowercase | uppercase }}</ng-template>
➢ HELLO
Name : hello
➢ HELLO
Name : HELLO
➢ hello
Name : HELLO
➢ hello
Name : hello

4) Consider two tables: customers and orders. The customers table has columns customer_id,
customer_name, and city. The orders table has columns order_id, order_date, and customer_id. Write an
SQL query to retrieve the names of customers who have placed at least one order in a city other than
their own.

➢ SELECT customer_name FROM customers WHERE city <> (SELECT city FROM orders
WHERE customers.customer_id = orders.customer_id);
➢ SELECT customer_name FROM customers JOIN orders ON customers.customer_id =
orders.customer_id WHERE [Link] <> [Link];
➢ SELECT customer_name FROM customers WHERE city IN (SELECT city FROM orders
WHERE customers.customer_id = orders.customer_id);
5) public class Calculator {
public Number add(int a, int b) {
CalculatorManager calculatorManager = new CalculatorManager();
return [Link](a, b);
}
public Number multiply(int a, int b) {
CalculatorManager calculatorManager = new CalculatorManager();
return [Link](a, b);
}
public class CalculatorManager {
public Number add(int num1, int num2) {
return num1 + num2;
}
public Number multiply(int num1, int num2) {
return num1 * num2;
}
}
}
Which option uses a mocking technique to test the above code?
➢ @RunWith([Link]) public class TestMockito { Calculator calculator = new
Calculator(); @Mock [Link] calculatorManager; @Test public void
testForAddition() { when([Link](10, 10)).thenReturn(20); [Link](20,
[Link](10,10)); } }

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 ➢ @RunWith([Link]) public class TestMockito { @InjectMocks Calculator
calculator = new Calculator(); @[Link] calculatorManager; @Test
public void testForAddition() { when([Link](10,
10)).thenReturn(20);[Link](20, [Link](10, 10)); } }

Coding:
1) Erica and Bob participate in a friendly Hackathon that allows each one to solve one question a
day out of the three offered. There will be one easy, one,medium and one hard question, with
points awarded based on difficulty. The winner is the one with the highest score at the end of the
competition based on the following scale:

There are two strings, erica and bob. Each character erica[i] and bob[i] represent the difficulties of the
problems ("E","M",H") solved on day[i] by Erica and
Bob. The scoring table associates the points for each question difficulty. Calculate the scores for Erica
and Bob. Return the name of the winner: "Erica",
"Bob" or "Tie" if they have the same score.
Example
erica=["E"]
bob=["E"]

• erica[0]="E". The first question solved by Erica in day 0 was easy "E" and Erica's score is 1
• bob[0]="E". The first question solved by Bob in day 0 was easy "E" and Bob's score is also 1
• Erica's and Bob's scores are equal: Tie
Function Description
Complete the function winner in the editor below.
winner has the following parameter(s):
string erica[n]: erica[i] denotes the difficulty of Erica's problem solved on day i
string bob[n]: bob[i] denotes the difficulty of Bob's problem solved on day i
Returns:
string winnerName: a name of the winner Erica or Bob, or Tie if their scores are equal.
Constraints
0 < n < 10

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 2) You are given a string S of length N and an integer K where K <= min(N, 10).

You need to partition S into K parts, such that each part contains consecutive elements, and each element in the string
belongs to exactly one part.

The cost of a part is defined as the number of ways to choose two equal substrings from the part. Let us assume that the
part is "aaaa", then its beauty is 10, because we have the 10 ways described below to choose two equal substrings:

• The substrings [0, 1] and [1, 2], both equal to "aa".

• The substrings [0, 1] and [2, 3], both equal to "aa".
• The substrings [1, 2] and [2, 3], both equal to "aa".
• The substrings [0, 2] and [1, 3], both equal to "aaa".
• There are 6 ways to choose two substrings that equal to "a".
• The substrings in a part are allowed to collide.

It is given that the cost of a partition is the sum of the costs of all the parts in that partition.

You need to find the minimum cost of partition for S.

Notes:

• A substring is a contiguous sequence of characters within a string.

• The string is 0-indexed.

Complete the calculateMinCost function in the editor below. It has the following parameter(s):

Name Type Description

The length
N INTEGER
of the string

The required
K INTEGER number of
parts

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 Name Type Description

S STRING The string S

The function must return

Return an INTEGER denoting the
minimum cost of a partition

Constraints

• 1 ≤ N ≤ 200
• 1 ≤ K ≤ min(N, 10)
• N ≤ len(S) ≤ N

Input format for debugging

• The first line contains an integer, N, denoting the length of the string.
• The next line contains an integer, K, denoting the required number of parts.
• The next line contains a string, S, mentioned in the problem statement .\

3) You are given an integer N and a string S of size N.

Your task is to output a new string after removing all the vowels from S that occurs at the end of S.

Notes:

• Both the string S contain lowercase and uppercase English alphabets only.
• The output string will not be empty across all test cases.
• You need to consider both uppercase and lowercase vowels.

Function description
Complete the removeVowels function in the editor below. It has the following parameter(s):

Name Type Description

The size of
N INTEGER
the string S.

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 Name Type Description

The string S
as described
S STRING in the
problem
statement.

The function must return

a STRING denoting the a new
Return string after removing all the
vowels from S that occurs at
the end of S.

Constraints

• 1 ≤ N ≤ 10^5
• 1 ≤ len(S) ≤ 10^5

Input format for debugging

• The first line contains an integer, N, denoting the size of string S.

• The next line contains a string, S, denoting the string S as described in the problem statement.

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 Truth Table:
1) Which of the following represents the correct truth table for a 2-input NAND gate?

2) For a 2-input XOR gate, what is the output when A=1A = 1A=1 and B=1B = 1B=1?
• A. 0
• B. 1
• C. -1
• D. None of the above

Quantitative Aptitude:

1) Ashish lends Rs. 20000 in four different parts. If he gets 8% on Rs. 4000, 7.5% on Rs. 8000, and 8.5%
on Rs. 2800. Find the percentage he will receive on the remaining amount if the annual average interest
he gets is 8.13%?

10.5%

7%

9%

11%
2) Calculate the compound interest on Rs 9,000 at an annual rate of 15% for 2 years and 4 months?

INR 3497.625

INR 4500.08

INR 3987.76

INR 3154.34
3) Aman spends 60% of his income. Suppose his income is increased by 21% and his expenditure
increases by 5%, then what is the increase in his savings (in percentage)?
Options:
A. 60%
B. 18%
C. 40%
D. 45%

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 4) The aristo complex is a prominent residence in beautiful city of Jaipur where it had recently got a
grocery shop opened where the profit is 320% of the cost in the shop. If the selling price remains
constant while the cost increases by 25%, find out approximately what percentage of the selling price is
the profit?

250%

100%

70%

30%
5) A packet contains 15 identical tube lights. Among them, 6 are defective, and 9 are not. Find the
probability that a tube light selected from 15 randomly is the defective one?

2/3

1/3

2/5

1/5
6) Given below are two statements, followed by two conclusions. Assuming that everything that’s
mentioned in the statement is correct and reliable, decide which of the
Conclusion logically follow the information mentioned?
Statement:
A.) No Apples are Tangerine.
B.) No Tangerine is grapefruit.
Conclusion:
1.) Some Apples are Grapefruit
2.) Some Grapefruits are not Tangerine.

Only Conclusion I follows

Only Conclusion II follows

Either conclusion I or Conclusion II follows

Neither conclusion I nor Conclusion II follows

7) If zero is the average of 20 numbers, then how many of them, at most must be greater than zero?

19

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Cannot be determined

8) Find a number such that when 18 is subtracted from 8 times the number, the result is 12 more than
twice the number.

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• 5
• 10
• 15
• 20

Verbal Reasoning:

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Sample questions 1 to 3 below are based on this passage:
Policymakers must confront the dilemma that fossil fuels continue to be an indispensable
source of energy even though burning them produces atmospheric accumulations of
carbon dioxide that increase the likelihood of potentially disastrous global climate change.
Currently, technology that would capture carbon dioxide emitted by power plants and
sequester it harmlessly underground or undersea instead of releasing it into the
atmosphere might double the cost of generating electricity. But because sequestration does
not affect the cost of electricity transmission and distribution, delivered prices will rise less,
by no more than 50 percent. Research into better technologies for capturing carbon dioxide
will undoubtedly lead to lowered costs.

Sample Multiple-choice Question — Select One Answer Choice

1. The passage implies which of the following about the current cost of generating electricity?
A. It is higher than it would be if better technologies for capturing carbon dioxide were
available.
B. It is somewhat less than the cost of electricity transmission and distribution.
C. It constitutes at most half of the delivered price of electricity.
D. It is dwelt on by policymakers to the exclusion of other costs associated with electricity
delivery.
E. It is not fully recovered by the prices charged directly to electricity consumers.

Correct Answer: C

Sample Multiple-choice Question — Select One or More Answer Choices

Consider each of the three choices separately and select all that apply.
2. The passage suggests that extensive use of sequestration would, over time, have which of
the following consequences?
A. The burning of fossil fuels would eventually cease to produce atmospheric
accumulations of carbon dioxide.
B. The proportion of the delivered price of electricity due to generation would rise and
then decline.
C. Power plants would consume progressively lower quantities of fossil fuels.

Correct Answer: B

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Sample GRE® General Test Questions
Sample questions 4 to 6 below are based on this passage:
Reviving the practice of using elements of popular music in classical composition, an
approach that had been in hibernation in the United States during the 1960s, composer
Philip Glass (born 1937) embraced the ethos of popular music in his compositions. Glass
based two symphonies on music by rock musicians David Bowie and Brian Eno, but the
symphonies' sound is distinctively his. Popular elements do not appear out of place in
Glass's classical music, which from its early days has shared certain harmonies and
rhythms with rock music. Yet this use of popular elements has not made Glass a composer
of popular music. His music is not a version of popular music packaged to attract classical
listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics.

Sample Multiple-choice Question — Select One Answer Choice

3. The passage addresses which of the following issues related to Glass's use of popular
elements in his classical compositions?
A. How it is regarded by listeners who prefer rock to the classics
B. How it has affected the commercial success of Glass's music
C. Whether it has contributed to a revival of interest among other composers in using
popular elements in their compositions
D. Whether it has had a detrimental effect on Glass's reputation as a composer of classical
music
E. Whether it has caused certain of Glass's works to be derivative in quality

Correct Answer: E

Sample Multiple-choice Question — Select One or More Answer Choices

Consider each of the three choices separately and select all that apply.
4. The passage suggests that Glass's work displays which of the following qualities?
A. A return to the use of popular music in classical compositions
B. An attempt to elevate rock music to an artistic status more closely approximating that of
classical music
C. A long-standing tendency to incorporate elements from two apparently disparate
musical styles

Correct Answer: A and C

Sample Select-in-Passage Question

5. Select the sentence that distinguishes two ways of integrating rock and classical music.
Correct Answer: "His music is not a version of popular music packaged to attract classical
listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics."

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Text Completion Questions

Text Completion questions include a passage composed of one to five sentences with one to
three blanks. There are three answer choices per blank, or five answer choices if there is a
single blank. There is a single correct answer, consisting of one choice for each blank. You
receive no credit for partially correct answers.

Sample Text Completion Questions

Directions: For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of
choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

1. It is refreshing to read a book about our planet by an author who does not allow facts to be
(i) by politics: well aware of the political disputes about the effects of human
activities on climate and biodiversity, this author does not permit them to (ii) his
comprehensive description of what we know about our biosphere. He emphasizes the
enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations, and the
(iii) , calling attention to the many aspects of planetary evolution that must be
better understood before we can accurately diagnose the condition of our planet.

Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)

overshadowed enhance plausibility of our hypotheses

invalidated obscure certainty of our entitlement
illuminated underscore superficiality of our theories

Correct Answer: overshadowed, obscure, and superficiality of our theories

2. The author's (i) style renders a fascinating subject, the role played by luck in
everyday life, extraordinarily (ii) .

Blank (i) Blank (ii)

soporific pedantic
lucid tedious
colloquial opaque

Correct Answer: soporific and tedious

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3. From the outset, the concept of freedom of the seas from the proprietary claims of nations
was challenged by a contrary notion — that of the of the oceans for reasons of
national security and profit.

Answer choices
promotion
exploration
surveying
conservation
appropriation

Correct Answer: appropriation

Sentence Equivalence Questions

Sentence Equivalence questions consist of a single sentence, one blank, and six answer choices.
These questions require you to select two of the answer choices. You receive no credit for
partially correct answers.

Sample Sentence Equivalence Questions

Directions: Select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit
the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike
in meaning.

1. Although it does contain some pioneering ideas, one would hardly characterize the work
as .
A. orthodox
B. eccentric
C. original
D. trifling
E. conventional
F. innovative

Correct Answer: C and F

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2. The corporation expects only increases in sales next year despite a yearlong effort
to revive its retailing business.
A. dynamic
B. predictable
C. expanding
D. modest
E. slight
F. volatile

Correct Answer: D and E