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1. The arithmetic mean of the observations 78, 56, 52, 45, 97, 19, 37, 46 and 74 is:

2. The shorter side of a rectangle is 16 cm less than the longer side. The numerical value of its area is equal to 3 times the numerical value of its perimeter. What is the length (in cm) of its longer side?

3. Two poles of height 12 m and 20 m are fixed to a level ground. The distance between the bottom of the poles is 15 m. What is the distance (in m) between their tops?

4. A certain number is divided into two parts such that 5 times the first part added to 14 times the second part makes 7 times the whole. The ratio of the second part to the first part is:

5. The average weight of 10 boys is 70 kg. But later, it was found that at two places the weight 54 kg was read as 44 kg and at one place weight 35 kg was read as 40 kg. Find the correct average weight (in kg) of the 10 boys.

6. If the quadratic equations 4x² + bx + 3 = 0 and 8x² + 4x + c = 0 have both the roots common, find the values for b and c, respectively.

7. Mohan invests ₹5,000 and Varun invests ₹9,000 at the same rate of simple interest per annum. If, at the end of 3 years, Varun gets ₹480 more interest than Mohan, then find the rate of interest per annum.

8. The difference between the simple interest and the compound interest, compounded annually, on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 19% per annum is ₹590. Find the sum (rounded off to the nearest integer).

9. Chetan gets a 2% increase in his sale amount in the first year and a 20% increase in the second year; with that his present sale is ₹1,76,800. What was his sale (in ₹) two years ago? (Correct to two decimal places.)

10. A dealer marks his goods 65% above the cost price and allows a discount of 8% on the marked price. What is his gain or loss percentage?

11. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 501 500 497 492 485 ?

12. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 34 46 58 70 ? 94 106

13. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? DKR HOV LSZ PWD ?

14. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? BIG DKI FMK HOM ?

15. GN 14 is related to ER 1 in a certain way. HP 18 is related to FT 5. To which of the given options is TK 4 related, following the same logic?

16. IV 17 is related to FR 6 in a certain way. KJ 12 is related to HF 1. To which of the given options is OE −6 related, following the same logic?

17. In the following triads, each group of letters is related to the subsequent one following a certain logic: BEAN – EBAN – BANE / MAKE – AMKE – MKEA. Select the option that follows the same logic.

18. KQRL is related to OTTM in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. SWVN is related to WZXO. To which of the given options is ACZP related, following the same logic?

19. Based on the English alphabetical order, three of the following four letter-cluster pairs are alike. Which letter-cluster pair DOES NOT belong to that group? (Note: Not based on consonants/vowels)

20. Based on the English alphabetical order, three of the following four letter-cluster pairs are alike. Which DOES NOT belong to the group? (Note: Not based on consonants/vowels)

21. All 92 people are standing in a row facing north. Manju is 16th from the left end while Nisha is 9th from the right end. How many people are there between Manju and Nisha?

22. Hitesh ranked 28th from the top and 13th from the bottom in his class. How many students are there in his class?

23. If ‘A’ stands for ‘÷’, ‘B’ stands for ‘×’, ‘C’ stands for ‘+’ and ‘D’ stands for ‘−’, then the resultant of which of the following would be 5?

24. If + means −, − means ×, × means ÷, and ÷ means +, then what will come in place of the question mark (?) in: 30 − 5 ÷ 2 + 10 × 2 = ?

25. What will come in the place of the question mark (?) if ‘+’ and ‘−’ are interchanged and ‘×’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged? 45 ÷ 13 − 286 × 2 + 68 = ?

26. AB is parallel to CD. A transversal PQ intersects AB and CD at E and F respectively. ∠PEB = 49°. G is a point between AB and CD such that ∠BEG = 35° and ∠GFE = 16°. What is the measure of ∠EGF?

27. Let AB and CD be two parallel lines and PQ be a transversal intersecting AB at R and CD at S. If ∠ARP = 2x°, ∠ARQ = y° and ∠DSP = 4x°, then find the values of x and y, respectively.

28. The length of a rectangular park is 27 m more than its breadth. Its area is 2268 m². Its breadth (in m) is:

29. The average weight of 14 boys in a class is 40.25 kg and that of the remaining 4 boys is 33.5 kg. Find the average weight (in kg, rounded off to two decimal places) of all the boys in the class.

30. The mode and median of a data set is 14.2 and 60, respectively. What is the mean of the data set? (Use empirical formula.)

31. 9 men or 8 women can do a job in 19 days. 9 men work for 9 days and leave. The number of women required to complete the remaining work in 8 days is:

32. One pipe can fill the tank in 7 minutes while another pipe can empty the completely filled tank in 56 minutes. If both pipes are operated together on an empty tank, how long (in minutes) will it take to fill three-fourth of the tank?

33. Walking at 2/3 of his normal speed, Abhijeet is 28 minutes late in reaching his office. The usual time taken by him is:

34. Walking at 2/7 of his normal speed, Abhijeet is 70 minutes late in reaching his office. The usual time taken by him is:

35. Sunny starts from point A, drives 11 km east, takes a left turn and drives 8 km, turns left and drives 12 km, takes a left turn and drives 10 km, takes a final left turn and drives 1 km. How far (shortest distance) and in which direction should he drive to reach point A again?

36. Town V is to the west of Town W. Town X is to the east of Town V. Town Y is to the north of Town W. Town Z is to the north of Town X and north-west of Town W. What is the position of Town X with respect to Town W?

37. D, E, F, G, H, I and K are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. I sits third to the left of H. E sits second to the left of G. Only H sits between D and E. K is not an immediate neighbour of I. How many people sit between F and E when counted from the right of F?

38. P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. U sits to the immediate right of T. Only three people sit between U and V when counted from the left of U. Only three people sit between T and R. Q sits to the immediate right of P. How many people sit between T and P when counted from the left of P?

39. A, B, C, D, E and F live on six different floors (1–6). The product of floors on which E and F live is 10. A lives immediately above C. The sum of floors on which B and E live is 11. What is the sum of floors on which C and D live?

40. In a certain code language, ‘PAID’ is coded as ‘3517’ and ‘ARCS’ is coded as ‘2458’. What is the code for ‘A’ in the given code language?

41. In a certain code language, ‘good morning all’ is coded as ‘cx fg zq’ and ‘all students present’ is coded as ‘zq nr vk’. How is ‘all’ coded in the given language?

42. F is the sister of G. G is the husband of H. H is the daughter of I. I is the wife of J. How is F related to J?

43. Which event marked the final collapse of the British policy of annexation?

44. The Chalukyas of Badami were founded by:

45. Who is referred to as the ‘Father of the Indian Renaissance’ due to their contribution in social reform, literary works and unwavering patriotism?

46. Which agreement is linked to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1985?

47. Which ruler of the Western Kshatrapas dynasty is primarily known for restoring the Sudarshana Lake in Kathiawar?

48. Which of the following measures the percentage of a country’s population living below the poverty line?

49. Which of the following does NOT contribute much to the degradation of the Thar Desert ecosystem?

50. Who among the following has been appointed as the 26th Governor of Reserve Bank of India in December 2024?