APTITUDE TEST

Directions (Qs. 22-25) : Answer the questions based on the following information. Four sisters- Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vihba are playing a game such that the loser doubles thel money of each of the other players from her share. They played four games and each sister lost one game in alphabetical order. At the end fourth game, each sister had Rs. 32. How many rupees did Suvarna start with ? (a) Rs. 60 (b) Rs. 34 (c) Rs. 66 (d) Rs. 28 Who started with the lowest amount ? (a) Suvarna (b) Tara (c) Uma (d) Vibha Who started with the highest amount ? (a) Suvarna (b) Tara (c) Uma (d) Vibha What was the amount with Uma at the end of the second round ? (a) 36 (b) 72 (c) 16 (d) None of these

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Directions (Qs. 26-29) : Answer the questions based on the following information. A, B, C and D are to be seated in a row. but C and D cannot be together. Also B cannot be at the third place. 26. Which of the following must be false ? (a) A is at the first place (b) A is the second place (c) A is at the third place (d) A is at the fourth place 27. If A is not at the third place, then C has which of the following option ? (a) The first place only (b) The third place only (c) The first and third place only (d) Any of the places 28. If A and B are together, then which of the following must be necessarily true ? (a) C is not at the first place (b) A is at the third place (c) D is at the first place (d) C is at the first place 29. P, Q, R and S are four statements, Relation between these statements is as follows : A. If P is true, then Q must be true B. If Q is true, then R must be true. C. If S is true, then either Q is false of R is false. Which of the following must be true ? (a) If P is true, Then S is false. (b) If is false, then Q must be true. (c) If Q is true, then P must be true. (d) If R is true, then Q must be true. Directions (Qs.30-33) : Answer the questions based on the following information. Mr. Bankatlal acted as a judge for the beauty contest. There were four participants, viz. Ms. Andhra pradesh, Ms.Uttar pradesh, Ms. West Bengal and Ms. Maharashtra, Ms. Maharashtra, Mrs. Bankatlal, who was very anxious about the result asked him about it as soon as he was back home. Mr. Banktlal just told that are one who was wearing the yellow saree won the contest. When Mrs. Bankatlal pressed for further details, he elaborated as follows: A. All of them were sitting in a row. B. All of them wore sarees of different colours, viz. green, yellow, white, red. C. There was only one runner-up and she was sitting beside Ms. Maharashtra. D. The runner-up was wearning the green saree. E . Ms. West Bengal was not sitting at the ends and was not the runner up. F. The winner and the runner-up are not sitting adjacent to each other. G. Ms. Maharashtra was wearing the white saree. H. Ms. Andhra pradesh was not wearing the green saree. I. Participants wearing yellow saree and white saree were at the ends. 30. Who wore the red saree? (a) Ms. Andhra Pradesh (b) Ms. West Bengal (c) Ms. Uttar Pradesh (d) Ms. Maharashtra 31. Ms. West Bengal was sitting adjacent to: (a) Ms. Andhra pradesh and Ms. Maharashtra (b) Ms. Uttar pradesh and Ms. Maharashtra (c) Ms. Andhra pradesh and Ms Uttar Pradesh (d) Ms. Uttar pradesh only 32. Which saree was worn by Ms. Andhra pradesh? (a) Yellow (b) Red (c)Green (d) White 33. Who was the runner-up ? (a) Ms. Andhra pradesh (b) Ms.West Bengal (c) Ms. Uttar pradesh (d) Ms. Maharashtra

Directions (Qs. 34-36): Answer the questions based on the following information. Recently, Ghosh Babu spent his winter vacation on Kya-Kya Island. During the vacation, he visited the local casino where he came across a new card game . Two players, using a nrmal deck of 52 playing cards, play this game. One player is called the dealer and the other is called the player. First, the player picks a card at random from the deck . This face values of ace, king, queen and jack are ten in rupees equal to the face value of the base card is called the base amount. The face values of ace, king, queen and jack are ten. For other cards the face value is the number on the card . Once the player picks a card from the deck, the dealer pays him the base amount. Then, the dealer picks a card is called the top card. If the tip card is of the same suit as the base card, the player pays twice the base amount to the dealer. If the top card is of the same colour as the base card (but not the same suit), then the player pays the base amount to the dealer. If the top card happens to be of a different colour than the base card, the dealer pays the base amount to the player. Ghose Babu played the game four times. First time he picked eight of clubs and the dealer picked queen of clubs. Second time, he picked ten of hearts and the dealer picked two of spades. Next time, Ghosh Babu picked six of diamonds and the dealer picked ace of hearts. Lastly, he picked eight of spades and the dealer picked jack of spades. Answer the following question based on these four games. 34. If Ghosh Babu stopped playing the game when his gain would be macimized, the gain in Rs. would have been: (a)12 (b) 20 (c) 16 (d) 4 35. If the final amount of money that Ghosh Babu had with hin was Rs. 100, what was the initial amount he had with him? (a)120 (b) 8 (c)4 (d) 24 36. The initial money Ghosh Babu had (before the beginning of the game sessions) was Rs. X. At no point did he have to borrow any money. What is the minimum possible value of X ? (a)16 (b) 8 (c) 100 (d)24 Directions (Qs.37-41): Answer the questions based on the followign information. Sixteen teams have been invited to participate in the ABC Gold Cup cricket tournament. The tournament was conducted in two stages. In the first stage, the teams are divided into two groups. Each group consists of eight teams, with each team playing every other team in its group exactly once. At the end of the first stage, the top four teams from each group advance to the second state while the rest are eliminated. The second stage comprised several rounds. A round involves one match for each team the winner of a match in a round advances to the next term, while the loser is eliminated. The team that remains undefeated in the second stage is declared the winner and claims the Gold Cup. The tournament rules are such that each match resultls in a winner and a loser with no possiblitiy of a tie. In the first stage, a team earns one point for each win and no points for a loss. At the end of the first stage, teams in each group are ranked on the basis of total points to deternine the qualifiers advancing to the next stage. Ties are resolved by a series of complex tie breaking rules so that exactly four teams from each group advance to the next stage. 37. What is the total number of matches played in the tournament? (a) 28 (b)55 (c)63 (d)35 38. The minimum number of wins needed for a team in the first stage to guarantee its advancement to the next stage is: (a) 5 (b)6 (c) 7 (d) 4 39. What is the highest number of wins for a team in the first stage inspite of which it would be eliminated at the end of first stage? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d)4 40. What is the number of rounds in the second stage of the tournament? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 41. Which of the following statements is true ? (a) The winner will have more wins than any other team in the tournament. (b) At the end of the first stage, no team eliminated from the tournament will have more wins than any of the teams qualifying of the first stage. (c) It is possible that the winner will have the same number of wins in the entire tournament as a team eliminated at the end of the first stage. (d) The number of teams with exactly one win in the second stage of the tournament is 4.