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FACULTY RECRUITMENT TEST

CATEGORY B
SAT-I (REASONING TEST)
PAPERA (Quant)

Time: 1 Hour Maximum Marks: 100



Name:.................................................................................

Subject:...........................................
........


Marks:

I nstructions:
Attempt all questions.
Tick the correct answer.
Each of the objective questions has five choices of which only one is correct. 2 marks will be
awarded for correct answer. No marks are awarded for unanswered questions.
The backside of each printed page is blank and any rough work that needs to be done may be
done there. DO NOT DO ANY ROUGH WORK ON THE PRINTED SIDES.


1. The following information is given regarding some real numbers a, b and c
a + b = 2ab
b + c = 4bc
c + a = 8ca
What is the value of a + b + c ?
(A)
15
7
(B)
7
15

(C)
15
7
(D)
7
15

(E) Insufficient information

2. Three men are gambling in Casino Royal. They start with sums of money in the ratio
7 : 6 : 5 and finish with sums of money in the ratio 6 : 5 : 4, in the same order as before.
One of them won $ 12. How many dollars did he start with? [The three men gambled
amongst each other only]
(A) $1080 (B) $420
(C) $210 (D) $108
(E) None of these
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3.
14
13
6
5
4
3
2
1
. . is always
(A)
15
1
> (B)
15
1
<
(C)
15
1
< (D)
15
1
=
(E) None of these

4. One year payment to the servant is Rs. 180 plus one pen. The servant leaves after 8 month
and received Rs. 115 and a pen. Then cost of pen is?
(A) Rs. 10 (B) Rs. 15
(C) Rs. 20 (D) Rs. 35
(E) Cant be determined.

5. A trader gives a discount of 11.11% on his products at how many percent after the cost price
does he marks his goods so that he makes a gain of 14.28%?
(A) 28.56% (B) 35%
(C) 22.22% (D) 25%
(E) None.

6. Given 3
x
1
< . What is the solution of x
(A)
3
1
x > (B)
3
1
x <
(C) x < 0 (D)
3
1
x > or x < 0
(E) None

7. If the square of a two digit number is reduced by the square of the number formed by
reversing the digits of the number, then the maximum number by which the resulting number
is always divisible will be
(A) 11 (B) 9
(C) 99 (D) Depends on the number
(E) None of these.

8. Given a
2
+ b
2
= 2, c
2
+ d
2
= 2, p
2
+ q
2
= 2, where the numbers considered are all real, then:
(A) ab + cd + pq > 6 (B) ab + cd + pq s 3
(C) ab + cd + qp > 3 (D) ab + cd + qp s 3/2
(E) None

9. A and B are two different alloys of Aluminium and Zinc prepared by mixing metals in the
proportion 7 : 2 and 5 : 1 respectively. If equal quantities of the alloys are melted to form a
third alloy C, find the ratio of Aluminium and Zinc in C
(A) 17 : 7 (B) 22 : 9
(C) 29 : 7 (D) 14 : 13
(E) None

10. A monkey ascends a greased pole 17 metres height. He ascends 5 metres in the first minute
and slips down 2 metre in the alternate min. In which minute does he reach the top of the
pole?
(A) 11
th
min (B) 9
th
min
(C) 10
th
min (D) 12
th
min
(E) 13
th
min


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11. If P, Q, R and S are consecutive integers, then the square root of (PQRS + 1) is:
(A) (Q + 1) (R + 1) (B) (P + 1) (R + 1)
(C) QR 1 (D) (P + Q) (P + R)
(E) None

12. XYZ is an equilateral triangle. PQRS is a square inscribed in
it Therefore
(A) XR
2
= RZ
2
(B) 2XR
2
= RZ
2

(C) 3RX
2
= 4RZ
2
(D) 4XR
2
= 3RZ
2

(E) None
X
S R
P Q
Y Z


13. The daily work of 2 men is equal to that of 3 women or that of 4 youngsters. By employing 14
men, 12 women, and 12 youngsters a certain work can be finished in 24 days. If it is
required to finish it in 14 days and as additional labour, youngsters only are available, how
many of them will be required?
(A) 40 (B) 56
(C) 104 (D) 96
(E) None

14. Bag A contains X coins of 50 paise and Y coins of 25 paise. Bag B contains X coins of 25
paise and Y coins of 50 paise. If two coins of 50 paise from bag A are put into bag B and 3
coins of 25 paise from bag B are put into bag A, the value of money in both the bags will
become equal. What may be the minimum value of the total amount in both the bags?
(A) Rs 10 (B) Rs. 3
(C) Rs 4 (D) Rs. 1.25
(E) None

15. Mr. Jill requires Rs 6000 per month to maintain his family. He saves 20% of any amount that
he earns above Rs. 6000 but below Rs 7000 in a month. He saves 30% of amount that he
earns above Rs 7000 but below Rs 8000 in a month. If Mr. Jill spends Rs 6975 on a month,
what is his income for that month?
(A) Rs 7100 (B) Rs 7250
(C) Rs 7500 (D) Rs 7500
(E) None

16. A man covered 28 steps in 30 seconds to reach bottom but he decided to move fast and
covered 34 steps in 18 seconds. How many steps are there on the escalator when
stationary?
(A) 50 (B) 45
(C) 43 (D) 40
(E) insufficient data

Directions for questions 17 and 18
Eighty five children when to an amusement park where they could ride on the marry-go-round, roller
coaster, and ferries wheel. It was known that 20 of them have took all three rides, and 55 of them
have taken at least two of the three rides. Each ride cost Re 1, and the total receipt of the
amusement park was Rs. 145

17. How many children did not try any of the rides?
(A) 5 (B) 10
(C) 15 (D) 20
(E) None

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18. How many children took exactly one ride?
(A) 5 (B) 10
(C) 15 (D) 20
(E) None

Directions for questions 19-20
485 machine parts were to be manufactured by some workers in 5 days. Every day after the first, 4
more men were put onto the job and every day after the first, each person manufactured 3 fewer
parts. The results was that during the latter part of the period, the daily number of manufactured part
began to go down

19. What was the number of parts manufactured on the third day?
(A) 196 (B) 121
(C) 81 (D) 172
(E) None

20. What was the attendance on the fifth day?
(A) 24 (B) 20
(C) 22 (D) 19
(E) None
21. The factors of
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\
|
+
64
x
x
9
8
8
are
(A) Not possible (B)
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\
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+
8
x
x
3
8
x
x
3
4
4
4
4

(C)
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+
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\
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+ +
2
3
8
x
x
3
2
3
8
x
x
3
4
4
4
4
(D)
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+
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\
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+ +
4
3
8
x
x
3
4
3
8
x
x
3
4
4
4
4

(E) None


22. From a point P, the tangents PQ and PT are drawn to a
circle with centre O and radius 2 units. From the centre
O, OA and OB are drawn parallel to PQ and PT
respectively. The length of the chord TQ is 2 units. Find
the measure of the
AOB Z

(A) 30 (B) 90
(C) 60 (D) 120
(E) 45


A
O
B
P
Q
T


23. Find sum of
( ) ( )
. . +
+ +
+
+
+
2 2 2
3 2 1
7
2 1
5
3
(A)
( ) n 1
n
+
(B) 3n
2

(C) 4n
2
1 (D)
( ) n 1
n 6
+

(E) None

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24. The capacity of tank B is 1000 its and that of tank A = 3000 Its.
Tanks B is completely inside tank A. 1, 3 are inlet Pipes; 2, 4
outlet pipes.
1 takes 20 min to fill tank A
3 takes 20 min to fill tank B
4 takes 40 min to empty tank B
2 takes 20 min to empty tank A
If all the pipes are opened when the tank A would be filled?
(A) 30 min (B) min
3
40

(C) min
7
120
(D) 40 min
(E) None

2
4
B
3
A
1

25. If a + b + c = 0, then value of
ab 3
c
a 3
b
b 3
a
2 2 2
+ + is
(A) 0 (B) 3c
(C) 3abc (D) c
(E) None

26. The value of a
4
+ b
4
+ c
4
+ d
4
can never be less than:
(A) 2 abcd (B) 3 abcd
(C) 4 abcd (D) abcd
(E) None

27. The average height of a class of 36 students is 175 cm. Four students whose average height
is 170 cm left the school and 8 new students whose average height is 180 cm joi ned the
class. What is the new average height of the class?
(A) 178.5 cm (B) 177.5 cm
(C) 175.8 cm (D) 176.5 cm
(E) None

28. x, y, z are non-zero numbers such that x + y + z = 0 and x + 2y + 3z = 0. Then the value of
y z
y x

is
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C)
2
1
(D) 2
(E) insufficient data

29. The value of 1 + sin
2
u + sin
4
u + = 4, then what is the value of
1 + cosu + cos
2
u +
(A) 2 (B) 4
(C) 3 (D)
3
2

(E) 2

30. If a
x
= b
q
, b
y
= a
z
, then
(A) xy = qz (B) x/y = q/z
(C) x
y
= q
z
(D) x y = q z
(E) None





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31. The probability for the girls in a class to pass Mathematics is 5/9, English 7/9. Suppose no
girls fail in both subjects and there are 7 girls passing in both. Find the number of girl s in the
class.





32. A five digit number divisible by 3 is to be formed using the numerals 0, 1, 3, 4 and 5, without
repetition. The total number of ways in which this can be done is





33. What is the remainder when
! 15 ........ ! 7 ! 5 ! 3 ! 1 + + + + +
is divided by 10.






34. What is the unit digit of the all the odd numbers multiplied from 7 to 777?





35. The average age of a husband and wife at the time of their marriages was 25 years. A son
was born to them two years after their marriage. The present average age of all three of
them is 24 years How many years is since the couple got married?





36. Find a fraction which bears the same ratio to
7
3
that
5
1
does to
15
7
?






37. What is the smallest value of xy, if
2x 4 > 6 and
8 y s 5 ?









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38. 3 different prizes are to be distributed among 5 students. What is the probability that exactly
2 students do not get any prize?









39. Mr. Jackson prepares a sequence of odd prime numbers in increasing order. Which is the
23
rd
number of the sequence?














40. ABCD is a Square of side 4 units and there is a point P inside the square ABCD such that
APB is an equilateral triangle. What is the measurement of DPC Z (in degrees)?