Sreedhar's CCE IBPS-RRB Officer Scale-I Prelims –XIII- MT-45

IBPS REGIONAL RURAL BANKS (RRBs)

Officer Scale-I XIII-Prelims-MODEL TEST-45
REASONING
Direction (1-3): In the given questions, ~, ^, @, #, and $ are used with the following

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meaning as illustrated below.
‘A ^ B’ means ‘A is not greater than B’
‘A # B’ means ‘A is neither greater than nor equal to B’
‘A @ B’ means ‘A is not smaller than B’
‘A $ B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor greater than B’

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‘A ~ B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor equal to B’
Statements: G @ P ~ N # D ^ Z; W $ N ^ X @ C # H
Conclusion I: X @ Z
Conclusion II: G ~ W

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1) Both conclusions I and II are true
3) Only conclusion I is true
2) Either conclusion I or II is true
4) Neither conclusion I nor II is true
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5) Only conclusion II is true
2. Statements: L $ V ^ E ~ K @ S; Y # D ^ K @ X $ M
Conclusion I: E ~ Y Conclusion II: D ^ V
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1) Neither conclusion I nor II is true 2) Only conclusion I is true

3) Either conclusion I or II is true 4) Only conclusion II is true
5) Both conclusions I and II are true
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3. Statements: P @ N # U ~ Q # H; X $ C @ U ^ E ~ V
Conclusion I: X ~ Q Conclusion II: N # E
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1) Only conclusion II is true 2) Both conclusions I and II are true

3) Neither conclusion I nor II is true 4) Only conclusion I is true
5) Either conclusion I or II is true
Direction (4-9): Study the given information carefully and answer the questions
given below.
Seven people viz. A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are living on seven different floors of
the building where the lowermost floor of the building is numbered one, the one
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above that is numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered seven.
E lives on an odd numbered floor but not on the ground floor. As many people
live above F as below G. More than two people live between B and D. C lives three
floors above D. Neither C nor F lives immediate to B. Only two people live between
E and F.
4. Who lives on third floor?
1) C 2) A 3) G 4) E 5) F
5. How many people live between F and C as per the given arrangement?
1) One 2) Three 3) None 4) Two
5) More than three
6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions as per
the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following does
not belong to that group?
. 1) F – C 2) B – E 3) D – A 4) G – C 5) A – B

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7. Which of the following statement(s) is/are NOT TRUE as per given arrangement?
1) G lives on an odd numbered floor.
2) Only one person lives between A and E. 3) E lives above F.
4) B lives three floors above C. 5) All the statements are not true
8. If all the people are living in alphabetical order from first floor to top floor, then
how many people will remain unchanged?
1) Three 2) One 3) None 4) Two 5) More than three
Direction (9-11): Study the following code language to answer the given question.
In a certain code language,
“study material are good” is coded as “jk mp st lr”
“school are like books” is coded as “ho lr ew zn”
“books study in good” is coded as “st ew mp gh”

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“good habit reading books” is coded as “mp hk ew tg”
(Note: All the codes are two letter codes only)
9. In the given code language, what does the code “tg” stands for?
1) good 2) Either “habit” or “books” 3) reading 4) school
5) Either “habit” or “reading”
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1) lr 2) st
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What is the code for “material” in the given code language?
3) jk 4) ew 5) gh
11. If in a certain code language “school uniform” is coded as “hp zn”, then which of
the following will be coded as “ho st”?

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1) like books 2) in books

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How many such pairs of digits are there in the number ‘571964823’ each of
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which has as many digits between them in the given number (in both forward and
backward directions) as they have between them in the arithmetic numerical
order?
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1) Four 2) Five 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than five

Direction (13-17): Study the given information carefully and answer the given
questions:
Eight people viz. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a square table. Four
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of them are sitting at four corners of the table while four are sitting in the middle
of the four sides. All are facing outside (i.e. opposite to the centre).
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B sits second to the right of H. Two people sit between H and A. D sits third
to the left of C. D does not sit at any corner of the table. As many people sit
between A and D from left of A as between B and E from right of E. G sits
immediate right of E. Neither B nor G sits immediate to A.
13. Who sits immediate right of B?
1) D 2) C 3) G 4) E 5) F
14. How many people sit between G and C from the right of G as per the given
arrangement?
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1) Three 2) Four 3) One 4) Two 5) More than four
15. Which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE about H as per the given
arrangement?
1) One person sits between H and E from left of H.
2) D sits immediate right of H.
3) H sits second to the right of E.
4) H sits at one of the corners of the table.
5) All the statements are true
16. What is the position of D with respect to F?
1) Second to the right 2) Third to the left 3) Immediate right
4) Second to the left 5) Third to the right
17. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the
above arrangement and hence form a group. Find out the one that does not
belong to that group.
1) F 2) A 3) D 4) C 5) G

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Direction (18-20): In these questions three statements followed by two conclusions
numbered I and II have been given. You have to take the three given statements
to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and
then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given
statements disregarding commonly known facts.
18. Statements: Only a few Guavas are Mangoes. No Mango is Apple.
Every Grape is Guava.
Conclusion I: Some Mangoes are Grapes.
Conclusion II: All Mangoes can be Grapes.
1) Both conclusions I and II follow 2) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
3) Only conclusion II follows 4) Only conclusion I follows
5) Either conclusion I or II follows

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19. Statements: Some Teachers are Engineers. All Engineers are Doctors.
Only a few Students are Teachers.
Conclusion I: All Teachers are Students is a possibility.
Conclusion II: No Student is Engineer.
1) Only conclusion I follows 2) Either conclusion I or II follows
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3) Both conclusions I and II follow
5) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
4) Only conclusion II follows

20. Statements: Only a few TV’s are Radios. No Radio is AC.

Each Fridge is AC.

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Conclusion I: Some TV’s are not AC’s.
Conclusion II: All Fridges can be TV’s.
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1) Either conclusion I or II follows 2) Both conclusions I and II follow
3) Only conclusion I follows 4) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
5) Only conclusion II follows
Direction (21-25): Study the given information carefully and answer the given
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questions.
Nine people viz. N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are sitting in a straight line.
Some of them are facing North direction while some of them facing South
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direction.
U sits third to the right of O. U sits at one of the extreme ends. Only three
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people sit between O and Q. The immediate neighbours of Q face same direction
(i.e. if one of the neighbours face north then another one also faces north and
vice versa). O and Q face opposite directions (i.e. if O faces north then Q faces
south and vice versa). N sits immediate left of Q. V sits second to the left of O. R
sits an immediate left of V. U and V face the same direction. The persons who sit
at the extreme ends face opposite directions (i.e. if one of the ends person faces
south another end person faces north and vice versa). More than two people sit
between V and P. Immediate neighbours of V face opposite directions. S sits third
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to the right of V. P faces North direction. The immediate neighbours of P face
same direction. Not more than two persons sitting eachother are facing the same
direction.
21. Who sits second to the left of R?
1) N 2) P 3) Q 4) T 5) V
22. How many people sit between N and O as per the given arrangement?
1) Three 2) One 3) Four 4) Two 5) More than four
23. Who amongst the following persons are immediate neighbors to the persons, who
sit at extreme ends?
1) Q, T 2) P, N 3) P, Q 4) U, S 5) P, S
24. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions as per
the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following does
not belong to that group?
1) R – T 2) N – S 3) P - O 4) T – U 5) V – Q
25. How many people face South direction as per the given arrangement?
1) Three 2) Five 3) Six 4) Two 5) Three
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26. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from the first, the sixth, the seventh
and the eleventh letters of the word ‘ENVIRONMENT’, using each letter only
once, when counted from left to right, which of the following will be the third
letter of the word so formed from the left-end? If more than one such word can be
formed your answer is ‘X’ and if no such word can be formed your answer is ‘Z’.
1) T 2) E 3) O 4) Z 5) X
Direction (27-31): Study the given information carefully and answer the questions
given below.
Eight people viz. M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T were got jobs in the same year of
different months viz. January, March, April, May, June, July, August and
September.
M got job in the month having 30 days. Only three people got job between M

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and N. As many people got job after N as before P. R got job after S. Only one
person got job between S and Q. O got job just after S. More than three people got
job between O and R.
27. How many people got job between P and O as per the given arrangement?
1) Three 2) Four 3) Two 4) One 5) More than four
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Who got the job in July?
1) R 3) N 4) O 5) T
29. Which of the following statement is/are FALSE as per the given arrangement?
1) S got job before N. 2) One person got job between M and T.

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3) Q got job just before P. 4) N got job in May.
5) Both the statement 3 and 4 false
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30. As many people got job after R as before ____.
1) S 2) O 3) Q 4) T 5) M
31. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the
above arrangement and hence form a group. Find out the one that does not
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belong to that group.

1) T – M 2) R – P 3) Q – P 4) M – Q 5) O – N
32. If in the word ‘DISTRACTION’, each letter at an odd position is replaced by the
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next letter as per english alphabetical order, then how many vowels are there in
the final word thus formed?
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1) Three 2) Six 3) Five 4) Two 5) Four

Direction (33-35): Study the given information carefully and answer the given
questions:
There are eight members in a family. T is the sister-in-law of S. K is the
daughter of N, who is the son of J. R is the spouse of S. B is the sibling of K. T has
no sons. A has only one son. J is the spouse of A, who is the father of S. R has no
siblings.
33. How is B related to S?
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1) Nephew 2) Aunt 3) Mother 4) Niece 5) Uncle
34. How many women are there in this family?
1) Three 2) Four 3) Five 4) Two 5) Six
35. How is J related to T?
1) Daughter-in-law 2) Sister 3) Son 4) Mother
5) Mother-in-law
Direction (36-40): Study the given information carefully to answer the given
questions :
Six people viz. P, Q, R, S, T, and U were born on two different dates either
the 3rd or 24th of three different months viz. January, June and November in
different years. Only two people were born on each month and only one person
was born on each date. Each one has different ages – 16, 25, 29, 34, 39, and 42.
U was born in the month having 30 days but not on an even numbered date.
Only two people were born between U and the one who has 42 years. T was born
immediately before the one who has 42 years. As many people were born after T
as before Q. More than two people were born between Q and R. P was born just
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before the one who has 25 years. Neither T nor U has 25 years. Three people
were born between the one who have 16 years and 34 years. S has 29 years. P is
younger than Q.
36. Which amongst the following age does U have ?
1) 34 years 2) 39 years 3) 16 years 4) 29 years 5) 42 years
37. How many people were born between R and S as per the given arrangement?
1) Two 2) None 3) Three 4) One 5) More than three
38. Q was born in which of the following month and date?
1) June – 24th 2) January – 3rd
3) November – 24th 4) January – 24th 5) June – 3rd
39. Who amongst the following person has 42 years?
1) P 2) T 3) R 4) Q 5) U

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40. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions as per
the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following does
not belong to that group?
1) P – 16 2) R – November 3) Q – 25 4) S – June 5) T – 42
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
41.
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Two years hence, the respective ratio between A’s age at that time and B’s age at
that time will be 5:9. A’s age three years ago was 13 years less than B’s age six
years ago. What is B’s present age ?
1) 34 years 2) 36 years 3) 30 years 4) 38 years 5) 32 years
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A and B both start a small business with an investment of Rs. 3500 and Rs. 4200
respectively. At the end of few months from the start of business, A withdrew
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from the business completely. If the annual profit was divided between A and B in
the respective ratio of 5:12, then after how many months from the start of the
business, did A leave the business ?
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1) Six 2) Nine 3) Ten 4) Five 5) Seven

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43. B is 3 times as efficient as A. If A can complete th of a given task in 15 days,
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what fraction of the same task would remain incomplete if B works on it
independently for 10 days only ?
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5 4 2 5 3
1) 2) 3) 4) 9 5)
8 9 3 4
44. The sum of the dimensions of a room (i.e. length, breadth and height) is 18
metres and its length, breadth and height are in the ratio of 3:2:1 respectively. If
the room is to be painted at the rate of Rs. 15 per m2, what would be the total cost
incurred on painting only the four walls of the room (in Rs.) ?
1) 2210 2) 1350 3) 2445 4) 2940 5) 2700
45. At 80% of its usual speed, a train of length L meters crosses a platform 240
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metres long in 15 seconds. At its usual speed, the train crosses a vertical pole in
6 seconds. What is the value of L (in metres) ?
1) 240 2) 220 3) 225 4) 270 5) 180
46. In a class, the average weight of 60 boys is 64 Kg and that of 75 girls is 70 Kg.
After a few days, 60% of the girls and 30% of the boys leave. What would be the
new average weight of the class (in Kg)? Assume that the average weight of the
boys and girls remains constant throughout.
1) 57.5 2) 63 3) 65.5 4) 66.5 5) 16.5
47. Jar A has 80 lts of mixture of milk and water in the respective ratio of 5 : 3. Jar B
which had 20 lts of mixture of milk and water,was emptied into jar A, and as a
result in jar A, the respective ratio of milk and water becomes 13 : 7. What was
the quantity of water in Jar B ?
1) 5 lts 2) 6 lts 3) 1 lt 4) 9 lts 5) 10 lts
48. A boat takes a total time of eight hours to travel 64 kms upstream and the same
distance downstream. The speed of the boat in still water is three times of the
speed of the current. What is the speed of the boat in still water ? (in km/hr)
1) 20 2) 15 3) 18 4) 32 5) 6

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49. P, Q and R have a certain amount of money with themselves. Q has 20% more
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than what P has, and R has th of what Q has. If P, Q and R together have Rs.
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240, then how much money does R alone have ? (in Rs.)
1) 120 2) 70 3) 20 4) 60 5) 100
50. The sum of a series of 5 consecutive odd numbers is 205. The second lowest
number of this series is 13 less than the second highest number of another
series of 5 consecutive even numbers. What is 50% of the second lowest number
of the series of consecutive even numbers ?
1) 36 2) 28 3) 33 4) 24 5) 22
Direction (51-55) : Based on the following table answer the given question :

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Universities Total number of Percentage of Number of
Faculty members Assistant professors associate professors
J 250 60 75
K 180 75 24
L 150 80 16
M 100 63 21
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Note : The Faculty members include Assistant Professors,. Associate Professors
and Professors only.
51. What is the difference between the total number of Associate Professors in

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Universities J and M together and the total number of Professors in the same
Universities together ?
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1) 68 2) 58 3) 54 4) 55 5) 70
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52. In University M, 21 of the Assistant Professors are males and in University L, of
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the Assistant Professors are males. What is the respective ratio between male
Assistant Professors in University M and that in University L ?
1) 2:5 2) 2:7 3) 1:4 4) 1:3 5) 3:5
53. In University J, 72% faculty members are females. If three-fifth of the total
Assistant Professors are females, what percent females are either Associate
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Professors or Professors ?
1) 40 2) 50 3) 60 4) 33.33 5) 25
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54. The total number of Professors in Universities J and K together is approximately

what percent less than the number of Assistant Professors in University M ?
1) 35 2) 22 3) 40 4) 27 5) 16
55. What is the average number of Assistant Professors in Universities K, L and M ?
1) 104 2) 106 3) 105 4) 102 5) 108
Direction (56-60) : Refer to the graph and answer the given question :
Data related to number of scarves sold by two stores (M and N) during 5 years
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M N
400
Number of scarves sold

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300
250
200
150
100
50
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2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Years
56. What is the difference between total number of scarves sold by store M in 2023
and 2024 together and total number of scarves sold by store N in 2025 and 2026
together ?
1) 140 2) 100 3) 120 4) 200 5) 160
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57. If the total number of scarves sold by stores M and N together in 2028 is 70% of
that in 2026, what is the total number of scarves sold by stores M and N together
in 2028 ?
1) 414 2) 406 3) 408 4) 456 5) 427
58. Number of scarves sold by store M decreased by what percent from 2024 to 2025?
5 3 5 3 3
1) 40 8 2) 30 8 3) 35 4) 45 5) 42 8
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59. What is the average number of scarves sold by store N in 2023, 2024 and 2025 ?
1) 280 2) 260 3) 270 4) 290 5) 300
60. If the respective ratio between total number of scarves sold by stores M and N
together in 2022 and that in 2029 is 15:11, what is the total number of scarves

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sold by stores M and N together in 2029 ?
1) 420 2) 430 3) 460 4) 440 5) 480
Direction (61-65) : Refer to the pie chart and answer the given question :
Percentage of bags available in different stores in July
Total number of bags available in all the stores together is 600
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26% 20%

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S Q
14% 25%
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15%
61. In September, the total number of bags available in all the stores together was 90
more than that available in July. What was the percent increase in the total
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number of bags available in all the stores together from July to September ?
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1) 20 2) 15 3) 12 4) 50 5) 100
62. The respective ratio between the number of bags available in store P in August
and that available in the same store in July was 5:4. How many more bags were
available in store P in August as compared to July ?
1) 30 2) 15 3) 24 4) 45 5) 150
63. What is the central angle corresponding to the number of bags available in store T
? (in degrees)
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1) 92.5 2) 93.6 3) 94.2 4) 95.6 5) 97.2
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64. In July, 15 of the available bags in store Q remained unsold and of the available
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bags in store S remained unsold. How many bags were sold by stores Q and S
together in July ?
1) 168 2) 146 3) 159 4) 149 5) 78
65. What is the difference between the average number of bags available in stores P and
R together and the average number of bags available in stores S and T together ?
1) 12 2) 15 3) 22 4) 30 5) 20
Direction (66-70) :In this question, a number series is given in which one number
is wrong. Find out the wrong number.
66. 230 118 62 34 20 11
1) 11 2) 118 3) 62 4) 230 5) 34
67. 30 12 10 13 24 58
1) 58 2) 10 3) 24 4) 12 5) 30
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68. 14 14 21 47 110 123
1) 14 2) 110 3) 21 4) 47 5) 123
69. 11 31 91 291 811 2431
1) 291 2) 91 3) 811 4) 11 5) 2431
70. 17 32 71 136 227 344
1) 344 2) 71 3) 227 4) 17 5)136
Direction(71-75) : In this question two equations numbered I and II are given.
You have to solve both the equations and indicate the appropriate answer
71. I. 6x2 + 31x + 35 = 0
II. 6y2 + 31y + 40 = 0
1) x < y 2) x  y 3) x  y
4) relationship cannot be decided 5) x > y

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72. I. 4x + 21x + 27 = 0
II. 3y2 + 17y + 20 = 0
1) x  y 2) x  y 3) x < y 5) x > y
5) relationship cannot be decided
73. I. 2x2 + 5x + 3 = 0
II.4y2+ 14y + 12 = 0
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1) relationship cannot be decided
2) x < y 3) x  y 4) x  y 5) x > y
74. 2
I. 3x - 9x + 6 = 0
II. 2y2 - 9y + 10 = 0

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1) x > y 2) relationship cannot be decided
3) x  y 4) x  y 5) x < y
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75. I. 2x + 29x + 99 = 0
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II. 3y2 + 17y + 24 = 0

1) x  y 2) x > y 3) relationship cannot be decided
4) x < y 5) x  y
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Direction(76-80) : What approximate value will come in place of the question
mark (?) in the given question ? (You are not expected to calculate exact value )
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76. 150% of 1167.88  8.001 + 19.052 = 29 x ?

1) 30 2) 20 3) 26 4) 14 5) 36
3 4 5 11
77. of of of of ?  294.44
5 11 8 12
1) 2350 2) 2650 3) 2700 4) 2500 5) 2850
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78. ? + (25.04 x 15.92)  19.88 = 749
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1) 35 2) 27 3) 41 4) 31 5) 39
79. 12.052 x 8.982  17.98  1.49 = ?
1) 480 2) 360 3) 430 4) 510 5) 380
80. 184.96 x 12.05 + 1064.48  14.98 = ?
1) 2090 2) 2640 3) 2560 4) 2290 5) 2480

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