1.LCM & HCF 2.

Divisibility

3.Number System and Decimal Fraction 4.Profit & Loss

5.Simple and Compound Interest 6.Time Speed and Distance

7.Logarithms 8.Probability

9.Percentages 10.Series and Progression

11.Areas/shape/perimeter 12.Time and Work

13.Pipes and Cisterns 14.Averages

15.Allegations and Mixtures 16.Geometry and Coordinate Geometry

17.Mensuration 18.Ratio & Proportion

19.Algebra 20.Problems On Trains

21.Clocks & Calendar 22.Permutation and Combination

23.Surds & Indices 24.Problem On Ages

 DXC DXC EXPECTED QUESTIONS
PREVIOUS QUESTIONS
1. What is the value of (10101)2 in decimal number system?
A. 42
B. 18
C. 20
D. 21

2. A man deposits Rs. 5, 000 in his bank account for 5 years to earn an
interest of 12%. What amount will he get after 5 years?
Rs. 2000
Rs. 3000
Rs. 5300
Rs. 8000
Rs. 8300
3. The reciprocal of the HCF and LCM of two numbers are 1/12 and
1/312 respectively. If one of the number is 24, find the other number.
A. 126
B. 136
C. 146
D. 156

4. In a poultry farm, 50 hens give 200 eggs in 2 days. In how many days
will 20 hens give 400 eggs?
A. 15
B. 10
C. 5
D. 8
5. What is the value of (a3)5/(a2)4
A. 7a
B.
a7
C.
a-7
D. none of the above

6. How many 4 digit numbers can be made using 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7 with
none of the digits being repeated?
A. 71
B. 840
C. 41
D. 42
7. If a number is divisible by 63, then it is also divisible by:
A. 7
B. 11
C. 13
D. 17

8. What is the least number which should be added to 1330 to make it a

perfect square?
A. 56
B. 1
C. 41
D. 30
E. 39
9. A mechanic bought an old bike for Rs.30,000 and spent Rs.1500 on its
repair. He then sold it to his friend for Rs.20,000. How much did he
gain or lose?
A. Gained 50%
B. Gained 57%
C. Lost 36%
D. Lost 33%

10. In an annual sale, there was a flat discount of 40% on all items. Komal
bought a pair of jeans for Rs. 480. What is the labeled price of the pair
of jeans approximately ?
A. Rs.800
B. Rs.699
C. Rs.899
D. Rs.720
11. A detergent powder company is having a contest. Each pack of 1kg
contains one of the letters B, A, M and O.In every 20 packs, there are
four Bs, five As, ten Ms and one O. what is the probability that a pack
will have a B?
A. ¼
B. ½
C. 1/5
D. 1/20

12. The total combinations of picking 3 balloons from a packet of 25

balloons are:
A. 2100
B. 2200
C. 2300
D. 2400
13. Which number should be subtracted from 876905 so that it can be
divisible by 8 ?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

14. Solve : 4/5*61/80*10/9 + 12.5% of 640/30 + 83.33%2/15

A. 61/90
B. 90/61
C. 60/91
D. None of the above
15. A shopkeeper had initially marked his goods up by 40%. What is the
maximum discount that he can offer on the new marked price so that
he ends up selling at no profit and no loss?
A. 60%
B. 40%
C. 33 ⅓ %
D. 28 4/7 %

16. If X=1+21/2and y=1-21/2, then x2+y2 is:

A. 2
B. 3
C. 6
D. 0
17. The principal Rs. A, borrowed at A% per annum simple interest, for A
month will amount to:
A. A(1+A2/12)
B. A((1+A2)/1200)
C. (A+A3)/1200
D. A(1+A2/1200)

18. A 3 empty CDs and 2 pen drives cost Rs. 790 and 2 empty CDs and 3
pen drives cost Rs. 1110. What is the cost of one pen drive?
A. Rs.230
B. Rs.350
C. Rs.250
D. Rs.300
19. In a scheme, a pack of three soaps with MRP Rs. 45 is available for Rs.
42. If it still gives a profit of 5% to the shopkeeper, then the cost price
of the pack is:
A. Rs. 40
B. Rs. 37
C. Rs. 41
D. Rs. 35

20. An air conditioner can cool the hall in 40 minutes while another takes
45 minutes to cool under similar conditions. If both air conditioners
are switched on at same instance, then Approximately how long will it
take to cool the room?
A. 21 minutes
B. 22 minutes
C. 30 minutes
D. 25 minutes
21. Steward assigns 1/8th of his monthly salary for food. Steward’s total
food bill for the month is Rs.6,500. What is Steward’s yearly salary?
A. RS. 9750
B. Rs. 12,174
C. Rs. 5,76,000
D. Rs. 6,24,000

22. How can 7.75 be expressed in fraction terms?

A. 35/4
B. 31/4
C. 33/4
D. 37/4
23. Micro-sims pvt.ltd. produces 1,200 phones everyday. If out of these, 2
1/3 % are faulty and 4 1/3 % are defective in packing, then how many
non-faulty and non-defective packaged phones are produced
everyday?
A. 80
B. 120
C. 1080
D. 1120

24. Sudhir goes to the market once every 64 days and sushil goes to the
same market once every 72 days. They met each other one day. How
many days later will they meet each other again?
A. 16
B. 64
C. 240
D. 576
25. The packing unit of a factory has two panels. Each of the panel
contains 4 rows of items stored. Each row has 4 kinds of items that are
to be packed. How many items are stored for packaging in the
packaging unit?
A.
24
B.
44
C. (44)4
D.
25

In each panel there are 16 items stored , So in the 2 panels 32 items stored.

26. What is the number that should that be subtracted from 682 to make
it a perfect square?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
27. The question consists of two statements : 1 and 2.
Find out if the information given in the statements(s) is sufficient to find
the solution to the problem.What will be the cost of fencing a
rectangular compound if the wire costs Rs. 20 per metre?
Given: 1. Area= 40 m2 2. Length = 2* breadth
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Either 1 or 2
D. Both 1 and 2

28. A TV was bought for Rs. 21,000. The value of the TV was depreciated
by 10% per annum. Find the value of the TV after 3 years.
(Depreciation means the reduction of value due to use and age of the
item)?
A. 15903
B. 15309
C. 13509
D. 13905
29. What is the relationship between the fractions 14/15 and 37/40?
A. 14/15 = 37/40
B. 14/15 > 37/40
C. 14/15 < 37/40
D. Cannot be determined

30. What is the least amount that a person can have, such that when he
distributes it into groups of Rs. 16 or Rs. 18 or Rs. 20 or Rs. 25, he is
always left with Rs. 4?
A. Rs. 1,796
B. Rs. 1,804
C. Rs. 2,596
D. Rs. 3,604
31. What is the difference between the compound interests on Rs. 5000
for 1 ½ year at 20% per annum compounded yearly and half-yearly?
A. 150
B. 155
C. 162
D. 163.5

32. Ravi has a bag full of 10 nestle and 5 Cadbury chocolates. Out of
these, he draws two chocolates. What is the probability that he would
get at least one nestle chocolate?
A. 19/21
B. 3/7
C. 2/21
D. ⅓
33. Asha and Brijesh borrowed 3,000 and 4,000 respectively at the same
rate of simple interest for 3 years. If brijesh paid 600 more interest
than Asha. Find the rate of interest per annum.
A. 20%
B. 10%
C. 40%
D. 30%

34. What should be the highest value that must be assigned to # so that
the number 10114#5 is exactly divisible by 7?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
E. 9
35. Find the value of x: 4(x-3) = 6 (2-x) -4x
A. X= 7/24
B. X= 24/7
C. X= 7/12
D. X= 12/7

36. Mayank is going on a holiday trip. He wants to pack 3 t-shirts from 5

t-shirts he has.In how many ways can he make his choice?
A. 15
B. 10
C. 8
D. 20
37. Solve (4-1 -6-1)2
A.
(12)2
B.
(12)-2
C.
(2)12
D. None of the above

38. Evaluate : (4.563 +5.443 ) / (4.562 -4.56*5.44+5.442)

A. 0.88
B. -0.88
C. 1
D. 10
39. Which expression (s) is / are equivalent to X-4 X7 ?
1. X3 2. X11 3. X-3 4. X X2
A. Only 1
B. Only 4
C. 1 and 2
D. 1 and 4

40. Ritu visited a mall where tokens are given while submitting the
belongings at the entrance. Tokens are lettered a, b,……… z. Guard
gives the token at random. What is the probability that token given to
Ritu is consonant?
A. 5/21
B. 21/26
C. 5/26
D. 26/21
41. What is the probability that sharique’s test would be fixed on Monday
or Tuesday, in a week from Monday to Sunday?
A. 2/7
B. 1/5
C. 2/3
D. 5/7

42. The average age of the state level cricket team of eleven in 22 years.
The average age gets increased by 1 year when the coach age is also
included. What is the age of the coach?
A. 34
B. 23
C. 30
D. 40
43. If 78Q928R is divisible by 6, then which of the following can Q and R
take?
A. Q = 2 & R = 3
B. Q = 1 & R = 4
C. Q = 1 & R = 2
D. Q = 3 & R = 3

44. Which number should be added to 113257 so that it can be divisible

by 9?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 10
45. In how many ways can the letters of the word ‘SCHEDULE’ be
arranged?
A. 10,080
B. 16,560
C. 40,320
D. 20,160

46. Which of the following numbers is divisible by 3X4?

A. 946
B. 947
C. 948
D. 949
47. A man can complete a job in 12 days and his wife can complete the
same job in 15 days. How long will they take to complete the job if
they work together?
A. 6 2/3 days
B. 6 ½ days
C. 10 ½ days
D. 10 2/3 days

48. A loan of Rs. 10,000 on simple interest is taken for as many years as
the rate of interest. If the interest to be paid is Rs. 361, what is the
rate of interest?
A. 1.9%
B. 2.0%
C. 1.7%
D. 2.1%
49. Divide the sum of 8/11 and 3/5 by their difference.
A. 7/73
B. 73/7
C. 11/15
D. None of the above

50. The average age of 8 participants of a competition is 32 years. There is

an addition of two more participants in the competition and now the
average age is 28 years. What is the average age of the two new
participants?
A. 36 years
B. 12 years
C. 6 years
D. 24 years

The average age of the both persons is 12 years.

51. What is the value of Z in 0.196/Z2 = 10
A. 0.14
B. 1.4
C. 0.014
D. 14

52. { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ……………..} are :

A. Integer
B. Whole numbers
C. Natural numbers
D. Positive integers
53. A person travels 40 km on a bike in two hours. If the speed of the bike
increases by 5 kmph after every two hours, calculate the total distance
traveled in 12 hours.
A. 255 km
B. 345 km
C. 390 km
D. 500 km

54. When a local train travels at a speed of 60 kmph, it reaches the

destination on time. When the same train travels at speed of 50
kmph, it reaches its destination 15 minutes late. What is the length of
journey?
A. 75 km
B. 50 km
C. 60 km
D. 85 km
55. Given that the interest is only earned on principal,if an investment of
Rs. 1000.00 amounts to Rs. 1440.00 in two years as per compound
interest,then what is the rate of interest earned ?
A. 20
B. 22
C. 21
D. 11
E. 44

56. What should be multiplied to 2880 to make it a perfect square?

A. 20
20
B. 21
30
C. 22
50
D. 23
70
57. A test paper contains 30 multiple choice questions. Each question has
five answer options. In how many ways can the complete paper be
attempted?
A.
530
B. 150
C. 30C5
D.
305

58. The boss accepts only one employee’s leave request for a particular
day. If five employees named Ronak, Mahesh, Shripal, Mohanpriya
and Shreyansh applied for leave on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi,
what is the probability that Ronak’s leave request will be Approved?
A. 2/3
B. 1
C. 4/5
D. ⅕
59. A 4.28 and -3.28 are two numbers on a real number line. If 1 is added
to both the numbers, then which of the following is true?

A.
Distance between the two new numbers is 2 units more than the
distance between 4.28 and -3.28
B.
Distance between the two new numbers is 2 units less than the
distance between 4.28 and -3.28
C.
Distance between the two new numbers is equal to the distance
between 4.28 and -3.28
D.
None of the above

60. At what rate of interest per annum will an amount of money triple
itself in 20 years at simple interest ?
A. 15%
B. 20%
C. 10%
D. 13%
61. A television manufacturing company has decided to increase the sale
to beat the economic slowdown.It decides to reduce the price of
television sets by 25% as a result of which the sales increased by 20%.
What is the effect on the total revenue of the company?
A. Decreased by 20
B. Increased by 20
C. Increased by 10
D. Decreased by 10

62. One third of a two digit number exceeds its one fourth by 7. What is
the sum of digits of the number?
A. 72
B. 84
C. 15
D. 12
63. A scuba diver descends at a rate of 40 feet per minute. A driver dives
from a ship to search for a lost ship at the depth of 3000 feet below
sea level. How long will he take to reach the ship?
A. 70 minutes
B. 72 minutes
C. 75 minutes
D. 76 minutes

64. What will be the ratio of simple interest earned on 15,000 at the same
rate of interest for 8 years and 12 years?
A. 2:3
B. 1:3
C. 3:4
D. 9:5
65. Rahul played well in the season. His current batting average is 51. If he
scores 78 runes in today’s match, his batting average will become 54.
How many matches had he played in this season?
A. 8
B. 10
C. 9
D. 6

66. A store has a banner of 25% off on MRP of all branded items.Ravi
bought a shirt of Rs. 2800 and a trouser of Rs. 3200. How much
amount will he have to pay?
A. Rs. 6000
B. Rs. 4000
C. RS. 4500
D. Rs. 3500
67. Consider the following parameters:
A. A boat travels 300 metres upstream in 15 mins.
B. Its speed downstream is 8/5 times its speed upstream.

Which of the following options provides the correct relationship between

speed of current and speed of the boat?
A. Speed of the current = 12/10 times the speed of the boat
B. Speed of the current = 3/13 times the speed of the boat
C. Speed of the current = 12/10 times the speed of the boat
D. Speed of the current = 9/13 times the speed of the boat

68. What is the value of 6-2?

A. -1/36
B. 36
C. -36
D. None of the above
69. A trend was observed in the growth of population in an island. The
population tripled every month. Initially, the population of an island
was 100. What would be its population after 4 months?
A.
100 * 43
B.
100 * 34
C. 100 *3*4
D.
(1003)4

70. When 40 is subtracted from 50% of a number, the result is 50% of 500.
Find one-tenth of the number.
A. 29
B. 58
C. 75
D. 87
71. From a group of 8 men and 8 women, 8 members are to be selected
for a team such that women constitute at least 50% of the team. In
how many ways can it be done?
A.
B. 84 X 84
C.
D. 84 X 84 + 83 X 85 + 82 X86 + 87 X 8+1

72. find the value of X: 0.009/X = 0.01

A. 0.0009
B. 0.09
C. 0.9
D. 9
73. A car engine is half filled and holds 15 liters of petrol. What fraction of
the engine is full if it contains 18 liters of petrol?
A. ¼
B. 2/3
C. 2/5
D. ⅗

74. Ram and ravi were palying with a paper phone, frustums of which are
attached to each other by 95 m long string. If both start moving in
opposite directions at a speed of 18 m/min and 20 m/min
respectively, after how many minutes will both have to stop?
A. 2 min
B. 2.5 min
C. 3 min
D. 3.5 min
75. What is the smallest number, which when divided by 7, 18, 56 and 36,
leaves a remainder zero?
A. 504
B. 392
C. 390
D. 1012

76. If an integer “K” is divisible by 2,5 and 13, what is the next largest
number that is divisible by all the three given numbers?
A. 2K
B. K + 13
C. 2K + 13
D. 2K + 65
E. K + 130
77. Which of the following numbers is not divisible by 11?
A. 40,12,503
B. 53,33,064
C. 54,32,105
D. 64,31,040

78. Ravi has a bag full of 10 nestle and 5 cadbury chocolates. Out of
thease, he draws two chocolates. What is the probability that he
would get at least one nestle chocolate?
A. 19/21
B. 3/7
C. 2/21
D. ⅓
79. If X : Y =9 : 7, what is the value of (2X + 3Y) : (5X + Y) ?
A. 0.25
B. 0.5
C. 0.45
D. 0.75

80. An employer provides a personal loan to one of his employees at

simple interest. However, he includes the interest every 6 months for
calculating the principal. He charges an interest rate of 20% for 6
months. What will be the effective rate of interest?
E. 11%
F. 40%
G. 10%
H. 20%
81. If one of the letters of the word “MISSISSIPPI” is chosen at random,
what is the probability that the letter ‘S’ is chosen?
A. 4/11
B. 4!/11!
C. 576/11!
D. 4/11!

82. Find the Ratio between Compound interest and simple interest for 3
years at the rate of 10% per annum on a certain sum ?
A. 10:11
B. 100:121
C. 1000:1331
D. 30:33.1
83. Kamal commutes daily by travelling 4/5 of the distance between his
home and office by metro train, 3/20 by auto and remaining 12
34 km on
foot. The distance between his home and office is:
A. 120 km
B. 160 km
C. 240 km
D. 200 km

84. What is the probability that sharique’s test would be fixed on Monday
or Tuesday, in a week from Monday to Sunday?
A. 2/7
B. 1/5
C. 2/3
D. 5/7
85. A developed car in the workshop comprises of around 70 components.
Each component has a probability of having a manufacturing error of
0.015. what is the probability that this developed car will get rejected
due to manufacturing error in any of the component?

A. (0.015)70
B. (0.985)70
C. 1-(0.985)70
D. 1-(0.015)70

86. 10 scooters, 5 motorcycles and 15 cars are parked in the parking area
of a market. What is the probability that a scooter will leave the
parking first?
A. 1/6
B. ½
C. 3/5
D. ⅓
87. A company hired 35 new employees and categorized them as per their
joining dates. 21 had joined before 28.02.2012 and 14 had joined after
28.02.2012. The new joinees were called for a meeting to discuss any
problem they faced at workplace. 3 representatives were chosen
randomly to speak on behalf of the rest. What is the probability of
selecting of 2 employees who had joined before 28.02.2012 and 1
after 28.02.2012?
A. 546/935
B. 84/187
C. 252/2431
D. 126/2431
E. 181/245

88. Find the smallest number, which when divided by 24, 30, 48 and 60
leaves a remainder 2 in each case.
A. 238
B. 242
C. 8
D. 4
89. From a group of 8 men and women, 8 members are to be selected for
a team such that women constitute at least 50% of the team. In how
many ways can it be done?

A.
B.
84 X 84
C.
D. 84 X 84 + 83 X 85 + 82 X86 + 87 X 8+1

90. A company is planning to revamp its product segments. There are 12

segments out of which 7 are core segments. In how many ways can it
revamp 6 segments such that at least 4 of them are core segments?

A.
B.

C.

D.
91. What are the largest 4-digit and the smallest 3-digit numbers divisible
by 6, 15, 21 and 24?
A. 9235, 420
B. 9980, 840
C. 9240, 840
D. 9999, 999

92. Which number should be added to 113257 so that it can be divisible

by 9?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 10
93. how many toffees were distributed in total among Ankit, Aniket and
Anuj in the ratio 2:3;7, if Aniket receives 84 toffees in total?
A. 300
B. 312
C. 324
D. 336

94. A shopkeeper gives a discount of 10% on the marked price of an

article and still makes a profit of 20%. Calculate her loss/gain
percentage if she gives a discount of 20% .
A. 15/16% gain
B. 20/3% gain
C. 25/8% loss
D. 10/35 loss
95. If LCM and HCF of two numbers are 234 and 13 respectively, then
smallest factor of the product of the two numbers is
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

96. Find the compound interest on Rs. 8000 at 15% per annum for 2 years
4 months, compounded annually..
A. Rs. 3019
B. Rs. 3190
C. Rs. 3901
D. Rs. 3091
97. Jaya bought a car worth Rs. 3,50,000 four years ago. If the value of
the car depreciates over time at a fixed rate of 10% per annum, then
what will be the present worth of the car?
A. RS.2,29,635
B. RS.2,50,000
C. Rs.2,30,000
D. Rs.2,55,150

98. Divide the sum of 3/5 and 8/11 by their difference.

A. 7/73
B. 73/7
C. 11/15
D. None of the above
99. A shopkeeper sold an artificial necklace at 65. Its list price was 90. Two
successive discounts were given by him, one of them being 10%. Find
the other discount.
A. 19.75%
B. 19%
C. 20.50%
D. 19.50%

100.Find the compound interest on Rs 48,000 for one year at 8%

per annum when compounded half-yearly.

A.Rs 3,196.80
B.Rs 3,916.80
C.Rs 3,961.80
D.Rs 3,918.60