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Directions for questions 1 to 3: The following graphs shows the sales (by volume) of four
PC manufacturing companies P, Q, R and S, in Bangalore across four years.

1. The sales volume of which company

increased by the highest percentage from
2006 to 2008?
(1) P (2) Q (3) R (4) S

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Directions for questions 1 to 3: The following graphs shows the sales (by volume) of four
PC manufacturing companies P, Q, R and S, in Bangalore across four years.

2. If in 2010, company S goes bankrupt and the

sales volume of the other companies increases by
10% each, when compared to that in 2009, then
what is increase, in percentage points, in the
market share of company Q if these are the only
companies in the market and the cost of PC is same
for all the companies?
(1) 6.61
(2) 6.73
(3) 6.95
(4) 7.31

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Directions for questions 1 to 3: The following graphs shows the sales (by volume) of four
PC manufacturing companies P, Q, R and S, in Bangalore across four years.

3. The market share of which of the following is the

highest if these are the only companies in the
market and price per PC of the companies P, Q, R
and S in each of the given years was in the ratio 1 :
2 : 1 : 2?
(1) S in 2006 (2) R in 2008 (3) S in 2007 (4) S in
2009

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Directions for questions 4 to 6: The following bar graphs gives the sales by volume of 3
cars sold in the market during 2007 to 2009 and also the number of units of these cars
produced in these years.

4. In which year is the ratio of the total production

to the total sales of all 3 cars the highest?
(1) 2007 (2) 2008 (3) 2009 (4) Both (1) and (2)

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Directions for questions 4 to 6: The following bar graphs gives the sales by volume of 3
cars sold in the market during 2007 to 2009 and also the number of units of these cars
produced in these years.

5. In which year is the ratio of the production of Alto

to the sales, the highest?
(1) 2007 (2) 2008 (3) 2009 (4) Both (1) and (2)

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Directions for questions 4 to 6: The following bar graphs gives the sales by volume of 3
cars sold in the market during 2007 to 2009 and also the number of units of these cars
produced in these years.

6. Production sales = Exports In which year is the

ratio of the exports to sales of Swift the highest?
(1) 2007 (2) 2008 (3) 2009 (4) Both (1) & (2)

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Directions for questions 7 and 8: The following pie charts give the details of all the
employees of 2 companies
P & Q:

7. What percent of the employees in both the

companies belong to the HR department?
(1) 17.5% (2) 15.5% (3) 16.1% (4) 17%

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Directions for questions 7 and 8: The following pie charts give the details of all the
employees of 2 companies
P & Q:

8. What is the approximate ratio of the number of

employees in the Academic department to the
Management department (HR dept + operation
dept) in both the companies combined?
(1) 0.71
(2) 0.62
(3) 0.9
(4) 0.84

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Directions for questions 9 and 10: In a management institute, students opt for various
disciplines. The distribution of students across disciplines is shown in the pie chart and the
ratio of the number of males and females in each discipline is shown in the bar chart. The
institute has sixteen centres in the country and the students whose data is represented in the
following charts are from those centres in the year 2009-2010. Study the given charts
carefully to answer the following questions.

9.In the year 2009 2010, the total number

of female students in the institute was less
than the total number of male students by
what percentage?
(1) 11%
(2) 9.2% (3) 10.6% (4) 12.4%

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Directions for questions 9 and 10: In a management institute, students opt for various
disciplines. The distribution of students across disciplines is shown in the pie chart and the
ratio of the number of males and females in each discipline is shown in the bar chart. The
institute has sixteen centres in the country and the students whose data is represented in the
following charts are from those centres in the year 2009-2010. Study the given charts
carefully to answer the following questions.

10.For which discipline was the difference

between the number of male and female
students the highest?
(1) H R
(2) Finance
(3) Marketing
(4)
Systems

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Directions for questions 11 and 12: A family uses the following electrical appliances TV,
Refrigerator, Geyser, Washing machine and Grinder.
The monthly electricity bill generated has two components- a fixed cost of `60 and a variable
cost of `0.35 per kWh.
The family uses Refrigerator throughout the day, Geyser for 2 hours, Washing machine for
0.5 hours, Grinder 0.25 hours and watches TV for 15 hours everyday. The line graph given
below shows the energy consumption of the above mentioned appliances in a week for the
1 Geyser
family.
2 Geyser + Refrigerator
3 Geyser + Refrigerator + TV
4 Geyser + Refrigerator + TV + Washing machine
5 Geyser + Refrigerator + TV + Washing machine +
Grinder

11. Which of the following is

(1) The energy consumed by
days.
(2) The energy consumed by
days.
(3) The energy consumed by
Geyser for 2 weeks.

true?
TV for 3 days is more than that of Refrigerator for 3
Geyser for 4 days is less than that of Grinder for 7
Washing machine in a week is less than that of

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Directions for questions 11 and 12: A family uses the following electrical appliances TV,
Refrigerator, Geyser, Washing machine and Grinder.
The monthly electricity bill generated has two components- a fixed cost of `60 and a variable
cost of `0.35 per kWh.
The family uses Refrigerator throughout the day, Geyser for 2 hours, Washing machine for
0.5 hours, Grinder 0.25 hours and watches TV for 15 hours everyday. The line graph given
below shows the energy consumption of the above mentioned appliances in a week for the
1 Geyser
family.
2 Geyser + Refrigerator
3 Geyser + Refrigerator + TV
4 Geyser + Refrigerator + TV + Washing machine
5 Geyser + Refrigerator + TV + Washing machine +
Grinder

12. If the fixed cost increases by 25%, then what would be the percentage
increase in the total cost of energy consumption by the family in a month of 30
days.
(1) 10%
(2) 12.5% (3) 15%
(4) 19%

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Directions for questions 13 to 15 The analysis of the way the three star players of
Mumbai Indians made runs is given below. The runs made by Pollard, Dumminy and Bhajji
consist of three types of shots straight drive, pull shot and others.
(i) The total runs made by Pollard is 40 more than that made by Bhajji.
(ii) Pollard scored 20% of his runs through the pull shot.
(iii) The runs made by Dumminy is the average of the runs made by Pollard & Bhajji.
(iv) Bhajji scored 25% of his runs, i.e., 20 runs, through he pull shot.
(v) The runs scored by Dumminy through others is 15% of the sum of the total runs scored
by Pollard and Bhajji.
(vi) The runs scored by Dumminy through straight drive is 60% of the total runs made by
him.
(vii) Each player scored at least one run through each type of shot.
13. Find the maximum possible difference between the runs scored by Pollard
through Straight drive and that by Dumminy through Pull shot.
(A) 110 (B) 86 (C) 50 (D) None of these

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Directions for questions 13 to 15 The analysis of the way the three star players of
Mumbai Indians made runs is given below. The runs made by Pollard, Dumminy and Bhajji
consist of three types of shots straight drive, pull shot and others.
(i) The total runs made by Pollard is 40 more than that made by Bhajji.
(ii) Pollard scored 20% of his runs through the pull shot.
(iii) The runs made by Dumminy is the average of the runs made by Pollard & Bhajji.
(iv) Bhajji scored 25% of his runs, i.e., 20 runs, through he pull shot.
(v) The runs scored by Dumminy through others is 15% of the sum of the total runs scored
by Pollard and Bhajji.
(vi) The runs scored by Dumminy through straight drive is 60% of the total runs made by
him.
(vii) Each player scored at least one run through each type of shot.
14. The runs scored by Bhajji through straight drive is x% of the total runs
scored by all the three players put together. Find the maximum possible value of
x.
(A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 19 (D) 19

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Directions for questions 13 to 15 The analysis of the way the three star players of
Mumbai Indians made runs is given below. The runs made by Pollard, Dumminy and Bhajji
consist of three types of shots straight drive, pull shot and others.
(i) The total runs made by Pollard is 40 more than that made by Bhajji.
(ii) Pollard scored 20% of his runs through the pull shot.
(iii) The runs made by Dumminy is the average of the runs made by Pollard & Bhajji.
(iv) Bhajji scored 25% of his runs, i.e., 20 runs, through he pull shot.
(v) The runs scored by Dumminy through others is 15% of the sum of the total runs scored
by Pollard and Bhajji.
(vi) The runs scored by Dumminy through straight drive is 60% of the total runs made by
him.
(vii) Each player scored at least one run through each type of shot.
15. Find the runs scored by Bhajji through others.
(A) 50

(B) 60

(C) 40

(D) Cannot be determined

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Directions for questions 16 and 17: In a game of cards played by two gamblers Raju and
Ramu, the payout when a card out of King, Ace and Joker turns up, is given below along with
the probability of occurrence.
Expected pay-out for any gambler is the weighted
average of probability of occurrence and payout.

16. What is the expected pay-out for Raju?

(1) 40 (2) 48 (3) 60 (4) 70

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Directions for questions 16 and 17: In a game of cards played by two gamblers Raju and
Ramu, the payout when a card out of King, Ace and Joker turns up, is given below along with
the probability of occurrence.
Expected pay-out for any gambler is the weighted
average of probability of occurrence and payout.

17. If the probability of getting a King and a Ace for Ramu is interchanged then
what will be the percentage decrease in pay-out after the interchange as
compared to the original payout?
(1) 7.4%
(2) 7.2%
(3) 6.25% (4) 12.5%

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Answer Questions 18 to 21 on the basis of the information given below:

In the table below is the listing of players, seeded from highest (#1) to lowest (#32), who are due to play
in an Association of Tennis Players (ATP) tournament for women. This tournament has four knockout
rounds before the final, i.e., first round, second round, quarterfinals, and semi-finals. In the first round,
the highest seeded player plays the lowest seeded player (seed # 32) which is designated match No.1 of
first round; the 2nd seeded player plays the 31st seeded player which is designated match No.2 of the first
round, and so on. Thus, for instance, match No. 16 of first round is to be played between 16 th seeded
player and the 17th seeded player. In the second round, the winner of match No. 1 of first round plays the
winner of match No.16 of first round and is designated match No. 1 of second round. Similarly, the winner
of match No. 2 of first round plays the winner of match No. 15 of first round, and is designated match No.
2 of second round. Thus, for instance, match No. 8 of the second round is to be played between the winner
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1
2
3
4

5
6
7
8
9
10
11

Maria Sharapova
Lindsay Davenport
Amelie Mauresmo
Kim Clijsters

12
13
14
15

Mary Pierce
Anastasia Myskina
Alicia Molik
Nathalie Dechy

23
24
25
26

Silva Farina Elia

Tatiana Golovin
Shinobu Asagoe
Francesca Schiavone

Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Dementieva
Justine Henin
Serena Williams
Nadia Petrova
Venus William
Patty Schnyder

16
17
18
19
20
21
22

Elena Bovina
Jelena Jankovic
Ana Ivanovic
Vera Zvonareva
Elena Likhovtseva
Daniela Hantuchova
Dinara Safina

27
28
29
30
31
32

Nicole Vaidisova
Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta
Anna Chakvetadze
Ai Sugiyama
Anna-lena Groenefeld

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18. If there are no upsets (a lower seeded player beating a

higher seeded player) in the first round, and only match Nos.
6, 7 and 8 of the second round result in upsets, then who
would meet Lindsay Davenport in quarter finals, in case
Devenport reaches quarter finals?
(1) Justine Henin
(2) Nadia Petrova
(3) Patty Schnyder
(4) Venus Williams

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19. If Elena Dementieva and Serena William lose in the second

round, while Justine Henin and Nadia Petrova make it to the semifinals, then who would play Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals, in
the event Sharapova reaches quarterfinals?
(1)Dinara Safina
(2)Justine Henin
(3)Nadia Petrova
(4)Patty Schnyder

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20. If, in the first round, all even numbered matches (and
none of the odd numbered ones) result in upsets, and there
are no upsets in the second round, then who could be the
lowest seeded player facing Maria Sharapova in semi-finals?
(1) Anastasia Myskina
(2) Flavia Pennetta
(3) Nadia Petrova
(4) Svetlana Kuznetsova

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21. If the top eight seeds make it to the quarterfinals, then

who, amongst the players listed below, would definitely not
play against Maria Sharapova in the final, in case Sharapova
reaches the final?
(1) Amelie Mauresmo
(2) Elena Dementieva
(3) Kim Clijsters
(4)
Lindsay Davenport