Master official previous years' questions for Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning & General Intelligence, English Language & Comprehension, General Awareness, and Computer Knowledge with verified explanations.
Marking pattern: Tier-I (+2.00, -0.50) • Tier-II (+3.00, -1.00) official scheme.
A retailer sells an item for Z with a loss of 12%. He then marks it at 0.9Z and gives a 10% discount. What is the overall loss percentage?
A vendor mixes two types of tea one costing 150 per kg and another costing 200 per kg, in the ratio 2:3. If he sells the mixture at 180 per kg, find his gain or loss percent.
A merchant incurred a loss of 200 on an item. If the loss percentage was 8%, what was the cost price?
Two concentric circles have circumferences in ratio 4:7. If smaller circle has area 80 mΒ², what is the approximate area of the larger circle?
The average monthly salary of 30 workers is 35,000. The average salary of 10 junior staff is 25,000. What is the average salary for the remaining workers?
A sum of 1,25,000 is invested at 12% compound interest per annum. After how many years will it grow to 1,75,616?
A student's average score in 12 exams is 72. If his highest score is excluded, the average becomes 70. What is his highest score?
P and Q start a business. P invests 3 times the capital of Q. After 7 months, P withdraws one-third of his capital, and Q doubles his capital. If the total duration of the business is 12 months and the total profit is 60,000, find Q's share.
M and N share a rented property. M uses 16 machines for 6 months, while N uses 24 equipment for 5 months and 36 tools for 4 months. If 3 machines are equivalent to 6 equipment, and 2 equipment equal 3 tools. What portion of rent does M pay?
X, Y, and Z invested 50,000, 75,000, and 1,25,000 respectively in a business. If the total profit is 50,000, what is Y's share?
A bookstore ordered 10 boxes of hardcover books and some boxes of paperback books. Hardcovers cost twice as much per box as paperbacks. Due to an order error, the quantities were swapped, increasing the bill by 20%. What is the ratio of hardcover to paperback boxes originally?
Table: Test Scores (out of 100)
| Student | Test 1 | Test 2 | Test 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student X | 82 | 78 | 85 |
| Student Y | 88 | 86 | 90 |
Which student had a higher average score?
A pipe is divided in the ratio $\frac{3}{7} : \frac{2}{5} : \frac{3}{4}$. Total length $= 8\text{ m}$. Find the largest piece.
If P is 30% more than Q, and R is 25% more than P, then what is Q : R?
An item is marked at 850. A dealer allows 20% discount and still makes 12% profit. What is the cost price (Approximate)?
A pump fills 0.625 liters of water every second. How much does it fill in 6 seconds?
A container holds 4,000 milliliters of liquid. If its full capacity is 0.008 kiloliters, what percentage is empty?
A manufacturer sells goods to a wholesaler at a 20% discount on marked price plus a 5% surcharge. The wholesaler then sells the goods at 3,150 more than his cost price, making a profit of 25%. What was the marked price?
Three types of grain costing 50/kg, 70/kg, and unknown price are mixed in ratio 2:3:2. If sold at 64/kg with 20% profit, what is the price of the third variety?
Three concentric circles have diameters in arithmetic progression. Smallest circumference is 8Ο cm, largest is 18Ο cm. What is the middle circumference?
A sphere and a cone have the same volume and base radius. Find the ratio of height of cone to its radius.
A person invests 24,000 in two schemes - Scheme A at 18% and Scheme B at 12%, both simple interest. After 1 year, total interest is 3,840. How much in Scheme A?
A hexagonal prism has a regular hexagon base with side 8 cm and height 12 cm. What is its volume?
A solid cylinder (radius 6 cm) has five cylindrical holes (radius 1.5 cm each) drilled throughout its length. Approximately what percent of volume is removed?
A sector has central angle 144Β° and radius 7 cm. Another sector with the same radius has a central angle 4Ο/5 radians. What is the ratio of their areas?