HCL:Aptitude Questions

Aptitude Questions

1. Which of the following involves  context switch,
(a) system call 
(b) priviliged instruction
(c)  floating poitnt  exception
(d) all the above
(e) none of  the above

Ans: (a)

2.  In OST, terminal emulation is done in
(a) sessions layer 
(b) application layer 
(c) presentation layer 
(d) transport  layer

Ans: (b)

3.  For 1 MB memory, the  number of address lines required,
(a)11 
(b)16 
(c)22 
(d) 24

Ans.  (b)

4. Semaphore is used for
(a) synchronization 
(b) dead-lock avoidence
(c) box 
(d) none

Ans. (a)

5. Which holds true for  the following statement
     class c: public A, public  B
a) 2 member in class A, B should not have same name
b)  2 member in class  A, C should not have same name
c) both 
d)  none

Ans. (a)

6.Preproconia.. does not  do which one of the following
(a) macro
(b) conditional  compliclation
(c) in type checking 
(d)  including load file
Ans. (c)

7. Piggy backing is a  technique for
a) Flow control 
b) Sequence 
c) Acknowledgement 
d)  retransmition
Ans. (c)

8. Given the following statement
      enum day = { jan = 1 ,feb=4, april,  may}
     What is the  value of may?
(a) 4 
(b) 5 
(c) 6 
(d) 11
(e)  None of the above

Ans (e)

9.  Find the output for the following C program
i=20,k=0;
for(j=1;j9 && Y++!=10 && Y++>10)
{printf("%d",  Y);
else 
printf("%d", Y);
} 

Ans.  13

12. Find the output for the following C program
f=(x>y)?x:y
a)  f points to max of x and y
b) f points to min of x and y
c)error

Ans. (a)

13. What is the sizeof(long  int)
(a) 4 bytes 
(b) 2 bytes 
(c) compiler dependent 
(d) 8  bytes
 
Ans: (a) or (c)

14.1.  a=2, b=3, c=6 
    Find the value of c/(a+b)-(a+b)/c
Ans : 0.3 or 3/10

15..  What does the hexanumber E78 in radix 7.
(a) 12455 
(b)  14153 
(c) 14256 
(d) 13541 
(e) 131112 

Ans. (d)

16.. 10 : 4 seconds :: ?  : 6 minutes

Ans.  900

17.. From the following statements determing  the order of ranking 
� M has double the amount as D 
� Y  has 3 rupess more than half the amount of D 
Ans. Data insuffiecient

Questions  18 - 22 are to be answered on the following data 
� A causes  B or C, but not both 
� F occurs only if B occurs 
� D occurs  if B or C occurs 
� E occurs only if C occurs 
� J occurs  only if E or F occurs 
� D causes G,H or both 
� H occurs  if E occurs 
� G occurs if F occurs 
18. If A occurs  which of the following must occurs
I.  F and G
II. E  and H
III. D
(a) I only
(b) II only 
(c) III only 
(d) I,II, & III
(e) I & II (or) II & III but  not both
Ans. (e)

19. If B occurs which must occur
(a) D 
(b)  D and G 
(c) G and H 
(d) F and G 
(e) J
Ans. (a)

20.  If J occurs which must have occured
(a) E 
(b) either  B or C 
(c) both E & F 
(d) B 
(e) both B & C
Ans. (b)

21.  Which may occurs as a result of cause not mentioned
I. D 
II. A 
III. F
(a) I only 
(b) II only 
(c)  I & II 
(d) II & III 
(e)  I,II & III
Ans. (c)
22. E  occurs which one cannot occurs
(a) A 
(b) F 
(c) D 
(d) C 
(e) J 
Ans.  (b)
[ Draw table and see ] 

23.A man fixed an appointment to meet the manager, Manager asked him to come two days after the day before
  the day after tomorrow. Today is Friday. When will the manager expect him? (repeated from previous papers) 
 Ans: Monday 
[Don't confuse it with Tuesday.the correct answer is Monday]
 
24.A man said he spent 1/6 of his as a child, 1/12 as salesman in a liquor shop, 1/7 and 5 years as a politician
  and a good husband respectively. At that time Jim was born. Jim was elected as Alderman four years back.when he 
  was half of his age. What is his age? (repeated from previous papers) 
 
Ans: 84 years 
 
     [Assume that he lived x years. 
      X/6 + x/12 + x/7 + 5 + 4 + x/2 = x. Solving x= 84, Same as Question in Shakundala Devi book]
 
25.Jack,Doug and Ann, 3 children had a running race while returning from school.Mom asked who won the race.
  Then Jack replied" I wont tell u.I wil give u a clue,When Ann takes 28 steps Doug takes 24 steps, meantime
  I take 21 steps. Jack explained that his 6 steps equals Droug's 7 steps and Ann's 8 steps. Who won the race? (repeated from previous papers) 
 
Ans: Doug 
 
[ Ann steps = 8,16,24,28 --- finished by 3 & half full steps 
  Doug steps=7,14,21,24 --- finished before 3 & half full steps
  Jack steps= 6,12,18,21 --- finished  by 3 & half full steps
  So Doug won the race ]
 
26. Every day a cyclist meets a car at the station.The road is straight and both are travelling in the same direction. 
   The cyclist travels with a speed of 12 mph.One day the cyclist comes late by 20 min. and meets the car 5miles before
   the  Station. What is the speed of the car?
 
Ans: 60 mph 
 
[Very similar to Shakuntala Devi puzzles to puzzle you problem no: 38 ] 
 
 
27.A lady goes for shopping. She bought some shoestrings. 4 times the number of shoestrings, she bought pins and 8 times,
  handkerchiefs. She paid each item with their count as each piece's cost. She totally spent Rs. 3.24.How many handkerchiefs
  did she buy? (repeated from previous papers) 
 
28. Complete the series : 
 
a)      3,6,13,26,33,66,____(repeated from previous papers) 
b)      364,361,19,16,4,1,___( "                    "                "    )
 
Ans :  a) 63 
          b) 1



29. Lucia is a wonderful grandmother. Her age is between 50 and 70.Each of her sons have 
as many sons as they have brothers. Their combined number gives Lucia�s age. What is the age?

Ans: 64

30.There are two towers A and B. Their heights are 200ft and 150ft respectively and the 
foot of the towers are 250ft apart. Two birds on top of each tower fly down with the same 
speed and meet at the same instant on the ground to pick a grain. What is the distance 
between the foot of tower A and the grain?
 
Ans:90ft

31. Grass in lawn grows equally thick and in a uniform rate.
It takes 40 days for 40 cows and 60 days for 30 cows to eat the whole of the grass.
How many days does it take for 20 cows to do the same?

Ans: 120

32. Four tourists A,B,C,D and four languages English, German, French and Italian.
They are not able to converse among themselves in one language.
Though A does not know English he can act as an interpreter between B and C.
No one spoke both French and German. A knows German and was able to converse with D 
who doesn�t know a word in German. Only one language was spoken by more than two persons.
Each spoke two languages. Find who spoke what.

Ans : A- German,Italian
      B- French,Italian
      c- German,English
      D- Italian,English



33. There is a five digit number. It has two prime digits (1 is not a prime number).
Third digit is the highest. Second digit is the lowest. First digit is one less 
than the third digit. The fifth digit is half of the fourth. The sum of 4th and 5th is 
less than the first. Find the number.

Ans � 71842

34.    Four persons A, B, C and D are playing cards. Each person has one card, laid down 
on the table below him, which has two different colours on either side.
No card has the same color on both sides. The colours visible on the table are Red, 
Green, Red and Blue respectively. They see the color on the reverse side and give the 
following comment.
 
A: Yellow or Green
B: Neither Blue nor Green
C: Blue or Yellow
D: Blue or Yellow
 
Given that out of the 4 people 2 always lie find out the colours on the cards each person.

Ans: A- Yellow
     B- Yellow
     C- Green
     D- Red
 
35.    A 1 k.m. long wire is held by n poles. If one pole is removed, the length of the gap 
       becomes 12/3m. What is the number of poles initially?
 

Ans:6km

36.    Find the digits X,Y,Z
            X  X  X  X
            Y  Y  Y  Y  +
            Z  Z  Z  Z
           --------------
          Y  X  X  X  Z
          ----------------
Ans:   X Y Z
       9 1 8

37.  A man starts walking at 3 pm . ha walks at a speed of  4 km/hr on level ground and at a speed of 
     3 km/hr on uphill , 6 km/hr downhill and then 4 km/hr on level ground  to reach home at 9 pm. 
     What is the distance covered on one way?
      
Ans: 12 km
   
38.   A grandma has many sons; each son has as many sons as his brothers. What is her age if it�s the product
     of the no: of her sons and grandsons plus no: of her sons?(age b/w 70 and 100).  

Ans: 81 
 
39.   An electric wire runs for 1 km b/w some no: of poles. If one pole is removed the distance b/w each pole 
     increases by 1 2/6  (mixed fraction). How many poles were there initially?
  
40.   There is a church tower 150 feet tall and another catholic tower at a distance of 350 feet from it which 
     is 200 feet tall. There is one each bird sitting on top of both the towers. They fly at a constant speed 
     and time to reach a grain in b/w the towers at the same time. At what distance from the church is the grain?
  
Ans: 90 
  
41. A person wants to meet a lawyer and as that lawyer is busy he asks him to come three days after the before day 
    of the day after tomorrow? on which day the lawyer asks the person to come?

ans: thursday

42. A person is 80 years old in 490 and only 70 years old in 500 in which year is he born?

ans: 470

43.A person says that their speed while going to a city was 10mph however while returning as there is no much
   traffic they came with a speed of 15mph. what is their average speed?

ans: 12mph

45. There is a peculiar island where a man always tells truth and a women never says two 2 consecutive truth
    or false statements that is if she says truth statement then she says false statement next and vice versa.
    A boy and girl also goes in the same way. one day i asked a child " what r u a boy or a girl" however the 
    child replied in their language that i dint understand but the parents knew my language and one parent replied 
    that " kibi is a boy" the other one said that "no kibi is a girl, kibi lied".
          a: is kibi a boy or a girl
          b: who ansered first mother or father?

ans: kibi is a girl and mother answered first.

46.  The boy goes to school reaches railway station at his 1/3 of his journey& mill at 1/4 of his journey the time
     taken him to walk between railway station & mill is 5 mins. Also he reaches railway station at 7.35amwhen he 
     started from house& when he reaches school?

Ans: 7:15to8.15

47. if a person is sitting in a exam having 30 questions (objective type)
the examiner use the formula to calculate the score is S=30+4c-w here c is number
of correct answer and w is number of wrong answer , the examiner find the score
is more than 80, tell how may questions are correct ? if the score is little less
but still more than 80 then u wont be able to answer.

ans :- 16


48. if a person having 1000 rs and he want to distribute this to his five children 
in the manner that ecah son having 20 rs more than the younger one , what will
be the share of youngest child 

ans- 160

49.raju having some coins want to distribute to his 5 son , 5 daughter and driver
in a manner that , he gave fist coin to driver and 1/5 of remaining to first
son he again gave one to driver and 1/5 to 2nd son and so on....
at last he equally distributed all the coins to 5 daughters.
how many coins raju initially have??? 

ans:-881

50. if ravi binded his book and the binder cut the pages of the book , ravi 
decided to mark the pages by himself own , what he found that number of three
appears 61 times find of number of pages answer 

ans - 300


51. a painter went in a exhibition to purchases some pictures where T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z 
pictures were remaining , he want to buy only five in the condition on that 
if T is there then X should not be there, 
if U is there than y should be there
if if v is there then X should be there

which is the combination the painter can have
(a) T,U,V,W,Y
(b)T,Z,U,W,X
(c)T,X,U,V,W
(d)T,U,Y,W,Z 

ans (d)

52.There are 100 men in town. Out of which 85% were married, 70% have a phone, 75% own a car, 80% own
   a house. What is the maximum number of people who are married, own a phone, own a car and own a house ? ( 3 marks) 

Sol: 15% 
  
53. There are 10 Red, 10 Blue, 10 Green, 10 Yellow, 10 White balls in a bag. If you are blindfolded
   and asked to pick up the balls from the bag, what is the minimum number of balls required to get a 
   pair of atleast one colour ? ( 2 Marks) 

Sol :6 balls.
  
54. Triplet who usually wear same kind and size of shoes, namely, Annie, Danny, Fanny. Once one of them
  broke a glass in kitchen and their shoe prints were there on floor of kitchen. When their mother asked 
  who broke Annie said, �I didn�t do it�; Fanny said �Danny did it�; Danny said �Fanny is lieing�;
  here two of them are lieing, one is speaking truth. Can you find out who broke it ? (3 Marks) 

Sol : Annie
  
55. 4 players were playing a card game. Cards had different colours on both sides. Neither of cards had
 same colour on both sides. Colours were 2 Red, 2 Blue, 2 Green, 2 Yellow. Cards were lying in front of
 each player. Now, each player knew the colour on other side of his card. They are required to tell their colour. 
Statement given by each of them was :
 Annie : Blue or Green
 Bobby : Neither Blue nor Green
 Cindy : Blue or Yellow
 Danny : Blue or Yellow
  colours of cards that are visible to all were Red, Blue, Green, Blue in order of their names.
  Exactly two of them are telling truth and exactly two of them are lieing. Can you tell the colour
  on other face of card for each player ? (6 Marks)

Sol : Annie : Yellow (Lieing)
 Bobby : Yellow (Telling truth)
 Cindy : Blue (Telling truth)
 Danny : Green (Lieing)
  
56. In a game i won 12 games, each game if i loose i will give u one chocolate, You have 8 chocolates how
    many games played.

Ans : 32

57. 75 persons Major in physics, 83 major in chemistry, 10 not at major in these subjects
     u want to find number of students majoring in   both subjects

Ans 68.

58. if A wins in a race against B by 10 mts in a 100 Meter race. If  B is behind of A by 10 mts.
    Then they start running race, who will won?

Ans A

59. A+B+C+D=D+E+F+G=G+H+I=17
    given A=4.Find  value of G and H?
  
Ans : G = 5 E=1

60. One guy has Rs. 100/- in hand. He has to buy 100 balls. One football costs Rs. 15/, One Cricket ball
    costs Re. 1/- and one table tennis ball costs Rs. 0.25 He spend the whole Rs. 100/- to buy the balls. 
    How many of each balls he bought? 

ans :F=3,T=56,C=41
  

61. The distance between Station Atena and Station Barcena is 90 miles. A train starts from Atena towards 
     Barcena. A bird starts at the same time from Barcena straight towards the moving train. On reaching the
    train, it instantaneously turns back and returns to Barcena. The bird makes these journeys from Barcena to 
    the train and back to Barcena continuously till the train reaches Barcena. The bird finally returns to Barcena and rests. Calculate the total distance in miles the bird travels in the following two cases:  
    (a) The bird flies at 90 miles per hour and the speed of the train is 60 miles per hour.  
    (b) the bird flies at 60 miles per hour and the speed of the train is 90 miles per hour 

Ans: time of train=1hr.so dist of bird=60*1=60miles


62. A tennis championship is played on a knock-out basis, i.e., a player is out of the tournament when
    he loses a match. 
           (a) How many players participate in the tournament if 15 matches are totally played?  
           (b) How many matches are played in the tournament if 50 players totally participate? 

Ans:  (a)16
      (b)49

63.When I add 4 times my age 4 years from now to 5 times my age 5 years from now, I get 10 times my 
   current age. How old will I be 3 years from now?   

Ans:Age=41 years.

64.A rich merchant had collected many gold coins. He did not want anybody to know about them.
   One day, his wife asked, "How many gold coins do we have?" After pausing a moment, he replied,
   "Well! If I divide the coins into two unequal numbers, then 37 times the difference between the
   two numbers equals the difference between the squares of the two numbers."  The wife looked puzzled.
    Can you help the merchant's wife by finding out how many gold R

Ans:37

66. A set of football matches is to be organized in a "round-robin" fashion, i.e., every participating
    team plays a match against every other team once and only once.  If  21 matches are totally played,
    how many teams participated? 

Ans :7

66. Glenn and Jason each have a collection of cricket balls. Glenn said that if Jason would give him
     2 of his balls they would have an equal number; but, if Glenn would give Jason 2 of his balls, 
     Jason would have 2 times as many balls as Glenn. How many balls does Jason have? 

Ans: 14

67.  Suppose 8 monkeys take 8 minutes to eat 8 bananas. 
       a) How many minutes would it take 3 monkeys to eat 3 bananas? 
      (b) How many monkeys would it take to eat 48 bananas in 48 minutes      

Ans: a)48
     B)6

68.  It was vacation time, and so I decided to visit my cousin's home. What a grand time we had!
     In the mornings, we both would go for a jog. The evenings were spent on the tennis court. Tiring 
     as these activities were, we could manage only one per day, i.e., either we went for a jog or played
     tennis each day. There were days when we felt lazy and stayed home all day long. Now, there were 12
     mornings when we did nothing, 18 evenings when we stayed at home, and a total of 14 days when we jogged 
     or played tennis. For how many days did I stay at my cousin's place? 

Ans : 22 days

69   A 31" x 31" square metal plate needs to be fixed by a carpenter on to a wooden board. The carpenter
      uses nails all along the edges of the square such that there are 32 nails on each side of the square.
      Each nail is at the same distance from the neighboring nails. How many nails does the carpenter use?  

Ans :124

70. Given that  A,B,C,D,E each represent one of the  digits between 1 and 9 and that the  following multiplication holds:
    A B C D E
              X 4
    --------------
    E  D C B A
    --------------      what digit does E represent ?
   a) 4
  b)  6
  c)  8                                                                                                       
   d) 7
 Ans: c
71. (16)HCL  prototyping machine can make 10 copies every 4 seconds. At this  rate, How many  copies can the machine make in 6 min.?
  a)  900
  b) 600
  c)  360
  d) 240
  e) 150
Ans:  a

72.(18)10^2(10^8+10^8) =--------------  10^4 
    a) 2(10)^4
   b) 2(10)^6
   c) 10^8
   d)  2(10)^8                                                                                            
    e)  10^10 
 
Ans: b

73.Worker W  produces n units in 5 hours. Workers V and W,  workers independently but at  the same time, produce n units in  2 hours.
how long would it take V alone to  produce n units?
       a)  1 hr 26 min
       b) 1 hr 53 min
       c)  2 hr 30 min
       d) 3 hr 30 min
       e)  3 hr 20 min
Ans:  d     
74.. What  is  the output of the following problem ?
             #define INC(X)  X++
             main()
                {
                int  X=4;
                 printf("%d",INC(X++));
                }
               a)4 b)5 c)6 d)compilation error e) runtime  error

 Ans : d) compilation error

75. what  can be said of the following
            struct  Node {
            char  *word;
              int count;
             struct Node  left;
               struct Node right;
                }
                  a) Incorrect definition
                 b) structures  cannot refer to other structure
                  c) Structures can refer to  themselves. Hence the statement is   OK
                 d) Structures can  refer  to maximum of one other structure
 Ans  :c)

76. What  is the output of the following program
         main()
              {
              int a=10;
               int b=6;
               if(a=3)
               b++;
              printf("%d  %d\n",a,b++);
               }
          a) 10,6 b)10,7 c) 3,6 d) 3,7 e)  none
   
Ans : a) 10,6

77. What  can  be said of the following program?
          main()
              {
                enum Months {JAN =1,FEB,MAR,APR};
                 Months  X = JAN;
                if(X==1)
                    {
                     printf("Jan is the  first  month");                                                             
                   }
             }
          a) Does  not print anything
          b)  Prints : Jan is the  first month
          c) Generates compilation  error
           d) Results in runtime error
           
Ans: b) Prints  :  Jan..

78. What  is  the output of the following program?
           main()
                  {
                     char *src = "Hello  World";
                      char dst[100];
                      strcpy(src,dst);
                      printf("%s",dst);
                      }strcpy(char *dst,char  *src)
                        {while(*src) *dst++ =  *src++;
                         }
                       ) "Hello World"  b)"Hello" c)"World" d) NULL e) unidentified

Ans: d)  NULL
.  
79.What  is  the output of the following program?
                  main()
                        {
                           int  l=6;
                           switch(l)
                           {  default : l+=2;
                             case 4:  l=4;
                             case 5: l++;
                             break;
                             }
                             printf("%d",l);                                                                                   
                               }
                    a)8 b)6 c)5 d)4 e)none
Ans :  a) 8

80.What  is  the output of the following program?
             main()
                    {
                    int  x=20;
                     int y=10;
                     swap(x,y);
                     printf("%d %d",y,x+2);
                   }
                      swap(int x,int y)
                              {
                                int temp;
                                temp =x;
                                x=y;
                                 y=temp;
                              }
                     a)10,20 b) 20,12  c) 22,10 d)10,22  e)none
Ans:b)20,12
81. Which  of the following about the following two declaration is true
        i ) int  *F()
       ii) int (*F)()
       Choice  :
      a) Both are  identical
      b) The first  is a correct declaration and the second is  wrong
       c) The first declaraion is a function returning a pointer to an  integer and the second is a  
           pointer to function returning           int
      d) Both are different ways of declarin pointer  to a function 
     Ans : c) 

82. What  are the values printed by the following  program?                                            
          #define  dprint(expr) printf(#expr "=%d\n",expr)
          main()
             {
               int x=7;
              int y=3;
               dprintf(x/y);
          }
          Choice:
            a) #2 = 2 b)  expr=2 c) x/y=2 d) none
  Ans: c)x/y=2

83. Which  of  the following is true of the following program
        main()
             {
             char *c;
              int  *p;
             c =(char *)malloc(100);
              ip=(int  *)c;
             free(ip);
            }
   Ans: The code  functions properly releasing  all the memory allocated

84. output  of  the  following.                                                                                        
             main()
                 {
                    int i;
                    char *p;
                    i=0X89;
                   p=(char  *)i;
                    p++;
                    printf("%x\n",p);
                     }
 Ans:0X8A

85. which  of the following is not a ANSI C language keyword?  ans:Function.

86. When  an array is passed as parameter to a function, which of the following  statement  is            correct  choice:
       a) The function  can change values in the original  array
       b) In  C parameters are passed by value. The funciton cannot  change the  original value in  
           the array 
       c) It results in compilation  error when the function tries toaccess the elements in the array
        d)  Results in a run time error when the funtion tries to access  the elements in the  array
        Ans: a) 

87. The  type of the controlling expression of a switch statement cannot  be of the  type 
        a) int b) char c) short d)float  e) none
        Ans : d)float

88. What  is the value of the expression (3^6) + (a^a)?
     a) 3      b) 5    c) 6      d) a+18       e) None
      Ans : 5
89.  What  is  the value assigned to the variable X if b is 7 ?
        X = b>8 ? b <<3 : b>4 ? b>>1:b;
        a) 7 b) 28 c) 3 d) 14 e)  None
        ans: c)
Questions 90-94
Six knights - P,Q,R,S,T  and U - assemble for a long journey in Two  ravelling parties.  For security, each travellingparty Consists of at least two  knights.  
The two parties travel by separate routes, northern and southern.  After  one month, the routes of the northern and southern groups  converge for a brief 
 time and at that point the knights can, if  they wish, rearrange their travelling  parties before continuing,  again in two parties along separate northern and  
southern routes.  Throughout the entire trip, the composition of traveling  parties  must be in accord with the following conditions P and R are deadly  enemies 
and, although they may meet briefly,can never travel together.  p must  trave in the same party with sQ cann't travel by the southern  route U cann't  change. 

90. If  one of the  two parties of knights consists of P and U and two  other knights and travels by  the southern route,the other members  of this party besides P and U must  be
    a) Q and S
     b) Q and  T                                                                                                             
     c) R and S
    d) R and T
    e) S and T 
     Ans:  e

91.If each of the  two  parties of knights consists of exactly three members, which of the  following  is not a possible  travelling party and route?
   a)  P,S,U by the northern  route
   b) P,S,T by the northern route
   c)  P,S,T by the southern  route
   d) P,S,U by the southern  route
   e) Q,R,T by the southern route 
   Ans: b

92.If one of the  two parties of knights consists  of U and two other knights and travels by the  northern route,  the other memnbers of this party besides
    U must be
   a) P  and S
   b) P and T
   c) Q and R
   d) Q and  T                                                                                             
   e)  R and T 
    Ans: c
93.If each of the  two parties of knights consists of exactly  three members of different parties,  and R travels by the northern  route,then T must travel by the
a) southern  route with P and  S
b) southern route with Q and R
c) southern route with R  and U
d) northern route with Q and R
e) northern route with  R and U 
Ans: a

94.if,  when the  two parties of knights encounter one another after a  month, exactly one knight  changes from  one travelling party  to the other travelling 
    party, that knight  must be
a) P
b)  Q
c) R
d)  S                                                                                                             
e)  T 
Ans: e
95. How  many of the integers between 25 and 45 are even ?
       (A)21 (B)20  (C)11 (D)10  (E)9
       Ans:d)10

96. If  taxi fares were Rs 1.00 for the first 1/5 mile and Rs 0.20 for  each 1/5 miles  thereafter.  The  taxi fare for a 3-mile ride  was
        (A)Rs 1.56       (B)Rs  2.40        (C)RS 3.00           (D)Rs 3.80           (E)Rs 4.20
        
 Answer :d)Rs  3.80
97.  A  computer routine was developed  to generate two numbers (x,y) the first being a  random  number  between 0 and 100 inclusive, and the 
       second being less than or  equal  to the square root of the first. Each of the followin pair satisfies  the  routine EXCEPT
        (A) (99.10) (B) (85.9) (C) (50.7) (D) (1.1)  (E)  (1.0)                                           
        
Answer  : A) (99.10)

98.A  warehouse  had a square floor with area 10,000 sq.meters. A rectangular addition  was built along one entire side of the warehouse that increased
    the floor by  one-half as much as the original floor. How many  meters did the addition extend  beyond the original buildings  ? 
       (A)10 (B)20 (C)50 (D)200 (E)500
      
 Ans:  c)50

99.A  digital wristwatch was set accurately at 8.30 a.m and then lost  2 seconds every  5 minutes. What time was indicated on the watch  at 6.30 p.m 
     of the same day if  the watch operated continuously  that time ?
      (A)5:56      B)5:58           (C)6.00       (D)6.23        (E)6.26
      Ans :E) 6.26

100.A  5 litre jug contains 4 litres of a salt water solution that is  15 percent salt.  If 1.5 litres of the solution spills out of  the jug, and the jug is then filled
       to capacity with water, approximately  what percent of the resulting solution  in  the jug is salt? 
     (A)7.5%      (B)9.5%       (C) 10.5%         (D)12%         (E)15%

101.)A  merchant sells an item at a 20 percent discount. but still makes  a gross profit  of 20 percent of the cost.What percent of cost  would be gross profit
        on the item  have been if it had been sold  without the discount?
     (A)20%           (B)40%            (C)50%            (D)60%           (E)66.6%
     Ansr  :c)  50%

102.A  millionaire  bought a job lot of hats 1/4 of which were brown. The millionaire  sold 2/3 of the hats including 4/5 of the brown hats. What fraction  of the  
         unsold hats were brown.
      (A)1/60       (B)1/15         (C)3/20          (D)3/5        (E)3/4
      Ans :c)3/20

103.How  many integers n greater than  and less than 100 are there such that,if the digits  of n are reversed,   the resulting integer is n+9 ?
      (A)5       (B)6         (C)7        (D)8     (E)9
      Ans :D)8

104.An  investor purchased a shares of stock at a certain price.If the  stock increased  in price Rs 0.25 per share and the total increase  for the x shares
       was Rs 12.50,  how many shares of stock had been  purchased ?
      (A)25         (B)50           (C)75         (D)100       (E)125
      Ans :B)50
105.At  a special sale, 5 tickets  can be purchased for the price of 3 tickets. If 5  tickets are  purchased at the sale, the amount saved will be 
       what percent  of the  original price of the 5 tickets?
     (A)  20%           (B)   33.3%          (C)      40%          (D)      60%            (E)    66.6%
     Ans  :c)40%

106.Working  independently,  Tina can do a certain job in 12 hours. Working independently, Ann  can do the same job in 9 hours. If Tina Works 
        independently at  the job for 8  hours and then Ann works independently, how many  hours will it take Ann to  complete the remainder of the jobs?
      (A)       2/3          (B)     3/4 (C)  1  (D)      2         (E)      3                                    
       Ans  :E)3

107.A  decorator bought a bolt of  d m number of red chips in any one stack ?
        (A)    7    (B)     6      (C)  5         (D)          4      (E)     3
          Ans :C)  5