PSA Practice Paper 04

Class-11 Quantitative Reasoning

1. A & B can do a piece of work in 10 days. A alone can do it in 15 days. How long will B
alone take to do the work?
(a) 30 days
(c) 25 days
(b) 10 days
(d) 35 days.
2. Books in three shelves of an almirah in library are in the ratio 2:3:5 If 20 books are
increased on each shelf, the ratio change to 4:5:7. Originally how many books were
there in the almirah?
(c) 140
(a) 100
(b) 80
(d) 120
3. In four halls there are 168 teachers attending a seminar such that the ratio of teachers
sitting In rooms I, II, III & IV are as follows I:II =8:9, II:III = 3:4, III:IV = 12:13. What will
be the number of teachers in each hall?
(c) 32, 34, 50,52
(a) 32, 36, 48, 52
(b) 30, 36, 48, 54
(d) 32, 38, 48, 50
4. Find third proportional of 9 & 12
(a) 16
(c) 10
(b) 9
(d) 12
5. Decrease of 25% in Rs 500 will give a total of
(a) Rs625
(c) Rs 525
(b) Rs375
(d) Rs475
6. A takes 50 minutes during a journey. If he reduce time taken by 20% then he has to
complete the same journey in(a) 40min
(c) 60min
(b) 55min
(d) 10min
7. A & B working together can finish a work in 24 days. The same work can be finished by
B & C working together in 30days. If C & A work together they can finish the same work
in 40days. The number of days A, B & C separately can finish are
(a) 60,40,20
(c) 40,40,20
(b) 40,60,20
(d) 20,40,60
8. A can do a piece of work in 12 days & B can in 20 days. B begins the work & after 4 days
is joined by A. how long will they take to finish the remaining work?
(a) 6 days
(c) 16 days
(b) 8 days
(d) 4 days
9. The average temperature on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday was 36 degrees C.
Average temperature on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday was 38 deg. C. If the
temperature on Thursday was 37 deg. C, then the temperature on Monday was
(c) 37 degree C
(a) 31 degree C
(b) 38 d C
(d) 33.5 degree C
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10. The average of 5 consecutive numbers is n. If the next two numbers are also included,
the average will
(a) increase by 1
(c) increase by 2
(b) remain the same
(d) increase by 1.4
(Questions 11-14) The answer graph shows sales of fiction comics published by a
company in various cities. Answer the questions based on the graph.

11. Total sale of fiction comics in the branches of New Delhi, Chennai and Bhopal, together
for both the years is
(a) 570
(c) 315
(b) 670
(d) 260
12. What percentage of the total sales of fiction comics for Chennai for both years is the
total sale of Jaipur for both years (approximately)?
(a) 70
(c) 60
(b) 80
(d) 50
13. In which city did the sale of fiction comic decrease in second year?
(a) Mumbai
(c) Chennai
(b) Delhi
(d) Jaipur
14. Which two cities had equal sales in year 2011?
(a) Mumbai-Bhopal
(c) Delhi-Chennai
(b) Delhi-Jaipur
(d) Mumbai-Kolkata
(Questions 14-18) Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
Heat is the form of energy that is manifested in terms of temperature. It flows between two
systems or within a system due to temperature difference. That is the reason that when one
talks about thermal properties of matter, temperature and heat go hand in hand.
Temperature is measured by a thermometer, a device based on the principles of thermal
expansion of material. Thermometers are calibrated in order to assign a numerical value to
a given temperature. Like any other standard measurement, it necessitates two fixed
reference points. For thermometers, these reference points are freezing point and boiling
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point of water. The two commonly used scales are: Fahrenheit and Celsius scale. The
freezing and boiling point of water are 32 F and 212 F , respectively on Fahrenheit scale,
and 0 C and 100 C , respectively on Celsius scale.
The relationship of conversion between these two scales can be obtained as:
Temperature ( F)-freezing point ( F)
Temperature (C) - freezing point (C)
=
Intervals between two reference points ( F) Intervals between two reference points (C)
15. Two thermometers A1 and A2 use different measurement scales (X and Y). A1 shows
boiling point of water 220X and freezing point of water 20X and A2 shows boiling point
of water 120Y and freezing point of water -40Y. if thermometer A1 measures
temperature of a substance as 100X, find the value that thermometer A2 shows.
(a) 24 Y
(c) 8 Y
(b) 40 Y
(d) 0 Y
16. Liquid nitrogen is a cryogenic fluid that boils at 196 C , at atmospheric pressure. What
will be the value of this temperature in Fahrenheit scale?
(c) 212 F
(a) 321 F
(d) 100 F
(b) 289 F
17. Liquid nitrogen freezes at 210 C . What is the state of Nitrogen gas at 0 C ?
(a) Gas
(c) Solid
(b) Liquid
(d) Melting solid
One of the visible effects of temperature is change in size or dimension. Most substances
expand on heating and contract on cooling. Increase in dimension due to temperature is
called thermal expansion and named as linear expansion, area expansion and volume
expansion, depending upon the shape of the object. For example, if the object is a thin rod
the linear expansion or fractional change in the length is directly proportional to the change
in temperature. The ratio of change in the length in length / area / volume : original length
/ area / volume, for 1 degree change in temperature is called coefficient of expansion.
To know how much a rod will increase in length by change in temperature, following
equation is used.
18. Coefficient of linear expansion of aluminium is twice the value for Iron. Two 5 cm long
thin rods, one each of Iron and Aluminium were heated from 30 C to 300 C . What will
be the ratio of their lengths at 300 C ?
(a) 2:1
(b) 5.2:5.1

(c) Length would be the same

(d) Information is insufficient

ANSWERS

option-(a) i.e. first option is correct for all the questions above

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