SYNTAX CLASSES

Questions For Practice

1.. The average of 12 numbers is 15 and the average of the first two is 14. What is the average of the rest?

(1) 15 (2) 15 1/5 (3) 14 (4) 14 1/5

2. The average of 8 numbers is 21. If each of the numbers is mulitiplied by 8, the average of the new set of numbers is :

(1) 21 (2) 29 (3) 8 (4) 168

3. The average of 13 results is 70. The average of first seven is 65 and that of the last seven is 75, the seventh result is :

(1) 67 (2) 70 (3) 68 (4) 70.5

4. The average of two numbers is 8 and the average of other three numbers is 3. The average of the five numbers is :

(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 5 (4) 6

5. The list price of a book is Rs. 100. A dealer sells three such books for Rs. 274.50 after allowing discount at a certain
rate. Find the rate of discount.

(1) 8.16% (2) 8.5% (3) 8.34% (4) 8.33%

6. A dealer buys an article listed at Rs. 100 and gets successive discounts of 10% and 20%. He spends 10% of the cost
price on transportation. At what price should he sell the article to earn a profit of 15%?

(1) 90.80 (2) 92.00 (3) 91.08 (4) 91.20

7. A company showroom gives a discount of 20% on the second grade shoes and a further discount of 15% on
shareholder’s coupon. The total discount, a coupon holder will get is

(1) 32% (2) 36% (3) 35% (4) 38%

8. Two blends of a commodity costing Rs. 35 and Rs. 40 per kg. respectively are mixed in the ratio 2 : 3 by weight. If one–
fifth of the mixture is sold at Rs. 46 per kg and the remaining at the rate of Rs. 55 per kg. the profit percent is

(1) 50 (2) 30 (3) 40 (4) 20

9. A man can do a piece of work in 30 hours. If he works with his son then the same piece of work is finished in 20 hours.
If the son works alone he can do the work in

(1) 60 hours (2) 50 hours (3) 25 hours (4) 10 hours

 10. A can do a piece of work in 12 days and B in 20 days. If they together work on it for 5 days, and remaining work is
completed by C in 3 days, then in how many days can C do the same work alone?

(1) 10 days (2) 9 days (3) 12 days (4) 15 days

11. A can finish a work in 7 days. B can finish the same work in 9 days. The number days required to finish the same work
by both of them together is SME–584 TIME AND WORK

(1) 1 15/16 (2) 2 15/16 (3) 3 15/16 (4) 4 15/16

12. A and B together can finish a job in 24 days, while A, B and C together can finish the same job in 8 days. C alone will
finish the job in

(1) 12 days (2) 14 days (3) 16 days (4) 24 days

Directions : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given beside. (Set of 3 Questions)

There are eight family members Anupam, Bhuika, Mohini, Hitesh, Vishnu, Ruchika, Sanshlesh and Pritam. Vishnu is uncle
of Sanshlesh, who is daughter of Pritam. There are two married couples in the family and two grandchildren in the
family. Mohini has one daughter and one son. Anupam is granddaughter of Ruchika and sister of Bhumika. Ruchika is
sister in law of Vishnu. Mohini is not a male. Sanshlesh has only one brother.

13. How Pritam is related to Hitesh?

A. Mother B. Father C. Brother D. Can’t be determined E. None of these

14. How Bhumika is related to Sanshlesh?

A. Son B. Daughter C. Niece D. Nephew E. None of these

15. Who among the following is mother of Anupam?

A. Sanshlesh B. Hitesh C. Mohini D. Ruchika E. None of these

16. If ‘green’ means ‘yellow’; ‘yellow’ means ‘white’; ‘white’ means ‘red’; ‘red’ means ‘violet’; ‘violet’ means ‘black’; then
which of the following will be the colour of human blood?

a) Red b) Black c) Green d) White e) None of these

17. If ‘white’ is called ‘red’; ‘red’ is called ‘blue’; ‘blue’ is called ‘yellow’; ‘yellow’ is called ‘black’; ‘black’ is called ‘green’
and ‘green is called ‘grey’, then what is the colour of clear sky?

a) red b) blue c) yellow d) grey e) None of these

18. In a certain code TREAD is written as ‘7%#94’ and PREY is written as ‘$%#8’. How is ARTERY written in that code?

a) 9#7%#8 b) 9#%7#8 c) 9%7#8 d) 9%#7%8

19. Rahul walks 8m to the west from point A and reaches at Ice cream parlour, from there he turns left and walks for 4
m to reach theatre. Then he takes a right turn and walks a distance of 5m to reach mall. From there he again takes a
right turn and walks for 12 m to reach Restaurant and stopped there.
 Find how far and in which direction is the restaurant from the theatre?

A. 12m, South-east B. 13m, North-west C. 13m, South-west D. 15m, North-east E. None of these

Direction : Read the given information carefully and answer the questions given beside: (A set of 3 questions)

Ramavtar gets confused with left-right moves and always takes the opposite direction.

Recently he plans to watch the movie 'Avengers' at Sarv Multiplex in his city. The directions irrespective of checkpoints
that he follows from his home to the multiplex are mentioned in the follwoing note:

1. Walk 100 m to the north and you reach Suresh Chand Saree Store. Take a left turn from here.

2. Walk 40 m straight from the previous point and you reach RBS Degree College. Take a right turn from here.

3. Walk 80 m straight from the previous point and you reach Khandari crossing. Take a right turn again from here.

4. Walk 20 m straight from the previous point and you reach Sarv Multiplex.

20. How far and in which direction is the end point of Ramavtar from the multiplex?

A. 15m, east B. 40m, east C. 20m, east D. 40m, west E. None of these

21. If Ramavtar mistakenly reads ‘right turn’ as ‘left turn’ given in the 3rd reference point in the note he has, how far will
he be from the Sarv Multiplex after walking the final distance of 20 m?

A. 40m B. 60m C. 80m D. 100m E. None of these

22. What is the shortest distance between Ramavtar’s end point and RBS degree college?

A. 85m B. 100m C. 120m D. 170m E. None of these

23. Statement: M = X < Z ≥ W = N ≤ Q < T ≤ V = U

Conclusions: I. V ≥ W II. T ≯ U

A. Only C2 follows B. Only C1 follows C. Neither C1 nor C2 follows

D. Both C1 and C2 follow E. Either C1 or C2 follows

24. Statement: P ≤ Q < S = T ≥ U ≥ W < Z

Conclusion: I. S > W, II. W = T

A. Only I follows. B. Only II follows. C. Both I and II follows.

D. Either I or II follows. E. Neither I nor II follows.

25. Statements: P ≥ I, N < J, R > A = P, I=J

Conclusions: R ≥ I, A>N
 A. Only conclusion II follows. B. Only conclusion I follows.

C. Both conclusion I and II follow. D. Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.

E. Either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given beside.

Set-1

Nine persons Anu, Bablu, Cheenu, Dona, Esha, Faria, Gaurav, Harish and Ishita are sitting in a row and all are facing
north. It is known that Cheenu sits exactly in the middle and there is no person to the right of Ishita. Dona is fourth to
the right of Faria. Gaurav and Harish are sitting next to each other. Esha is the neighbor of Dona but not of Cheenu.

Harish doesn't sit at any extreme corner.Dona is not sitting adjacent to either Cheenu or Ishita.Anu is second to the right
of Harish.

26. Who is sitting to the immediate left of Cheenu?

A. Faria B. Anu C. Harish D. Dona E. None of these

27. Who is sitting between Bablu and Esha?

A. Dona B. Faria C. Gaurav D. Cheenu E. None of these

28. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and thus forms a group. Which of the following does not belong
to that group?

A. Gaurav and Harish B. Cheenu and Bablu C. Faria and Gaurav D. Dona and Esha E. Esha and Ishita

29. Who is sitting third to the right of Harish?

A. Bablu B. Dona C. Faria D. Cheenu E. None of these

30. Who is sitting at the left most seat of the row?

A. Faria B. Bablu C. Gaurav D. Dona E. None of these

31. You're going to the gym today, aren't you?

A) Yes, I am

B) No, I'm not

C) Maybe later

32. They've been married for over 10 years, haven't they?

A) Yes, they have

B) No, they haven't

C) I'm not sure

33. She's a good cook, isn't she?

A) Yes, she is

B) No, she's not

C) She tries her best

34. You've seen that movie before, haven't you?

A) Yes, I have

B) No, I haven't

C) I've seen parts of it

35. He's a morning person, isn't he?

A) Yes, he is

B) No, he's not

C) He's a night owl

36. The computer size was very large in

a. First Generation b. Second Generation

c. Third Generation d. Fourth Generation

37. Microprocessors as switching devices are for which generation computers

a. First Generation b. Second Generation

c. Third Generation d. Fourth Generation

38. The output quality of a printer is measured by

a. Dot per inch b. Dot per sq. inch

c. Dots printed per unit time d. All of above

39. How many ways you can save a document?

a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6

40. What is the default file extension for all Word documents?

a. .txts b. .word c. .docs d. .docx

41. A person deposited a sum of 6,000 in a bank at 5% per annum simple interest. Another person deposited 5,000 at 8%
per annum compound interest. After two years, the difference of their interests will be

(1) 230 (2) 232 (3) 832 (4) 600