Practice Test

Q1) If the investments by NRIs are Rs.4,000 crore, then the investments by corporate houses and FIIs together is : Show Answer

Q2) What percentage of the total investment is coming from either FIIs or NRIs ? Show Answer

Q3) If the total investment other than by FII and corporate houses is Rs.335,000 crore, then the investment by NRIs and Offshore funds will be (approximately) : Show Answer

Q4) What is the approximate ratio of investment flows into India Bonds from NRIs to corporate houses ? Show Answer

Q5) In the corporate sector, approximately how many degrees should be there in the central angle ? Show Answer

Q6) If the total investment flows from FIIs were to be doubled in the next year and the investment flows from all other sources had remained constant at their existing levels for this year, then what would be the proportion of FII investment in the total investment flows into India Bonds in the next year (approximately) ? Show Answer

Q7) The total investment flows from FIIs were to be doubled in the next year and the investment flows from all other sources had remained constant at their existing levels for this year. If the inflow from the FIIs after the doubling were to the tune of US$ 500 million, what would be the total investment into India Bonds next year ( in US $ millions) ? Show Answer

Q8) What percentage of the Indian tourists went to either USA or UK ? Show Answer

Q9) The ratio of the number of Indian tourists that went to USA to the number of Indian tourists who were below 30 years of age is : Show Answer

Q10) Using Assumption (1), find the number of 30-39 year-old Indian tourists who went abroad in that year. Show Answer

Q11) Using Assumption (1), what was the volume of traffic of Indian tourists in the US ? Show Answer

Q12) Using Assumption (1), what can be inferred about the number of 50+ year-olds who visited UK during the year ? Show Answer

Q13) Using Assumption (2), the age distribution of overseas Indian tourists was uniform for all the countries Show Answer

Q14) Using Assumption (1) and Assumption (2), find the ratio of the number of 50+ years-olds Indian tourists visiting USA in the year to the number of below 50-years-old Indian tourists visiting UK or Switzerland during the year. Show Answer

Q15) How much of the human body is neither made of bones nor skin ? Show Answer

Q16) What is the ratio of the distribution of proteins in the muscles to that of the distribution of proteins in the bones? Show Answer

Q17) What percentage of proteins of the human body is equivalent to the weight of its skin ? Show Answer

Q18) In 2012, the average unit sale price of an IBM PC was approximately (in US$) Show Answer

Q19) For the year 2012, which company has realised the lowest average unit sales price for a PC ? Show Answer

Q20) Over the period 2012-13, if sales (value-wise)of IBM PCs increased by 50% and of Apple by 15% assuming that PC sales of all other computer companies remained the same, by what percentage (approximately) would the PC sales in New York (value-wise) increase over the same period ? Show Answer

Q21) The number of persons surveyed having house ownership worries in minimum in the _______ zone. Show Answer

Q22) What is the percentage of persons surveyed who do not have worries about increase in saving or about pollution ? Show Answer

Q23) What is the number of persons having worries regarding rising prices in the four zones put together ? Show Answer

Q24) What percent of persons with job have worries of ' stagnating salaries' in the South ? Show Answer

Q25) The percentage change in the sales of Toshiba in 1999 is approximately : Show Answer

Q26) Which brand of computers among those shown, exhibited the second highest rate of growth in the two years and had less sales in 1999 than 1998 ? Show Answer

Q27) What is the ratio between the Compaq sales in 1998 and those of IBM in 1999 ? Show Answer

Q28) For which brand of computers, did the sales increase the maximum in terms of absolute value between the two years ? Show Answer

Q29) IBM's sales in 1998 is what percentage of the sales of Samsung in 1999 ? Show Answer

Q30) Which one of the following brands of color TV sales in one-fourth of all other sales ? Show Answer

Q31) Among the sales of other brands, if it is known that the sales of Videocon is 20% of the total sales of other brand sales, then find the number of color TVs sold by Videocon. Show Answer

Q32) If next year CTV sales were to increase by 50% and the increase in Sony, Akai and BPL are 90% respectively, fine the percentage change in the sales of Philips.(Assume there is no change in the sales of Samsung and others CTV.) Show Answer

Q33) The points obtained by Thomson for durability is equal to which of the following ? Show Answer

Q34) What is the total number of points earned by all the TVs for channels ? Show Answer

Q35) What are the average points per CTV earned for child lock ? Show Answer

Q36) The sound system of L.G is approximately what percentage of the flat screen of Sony ? Show Answer

Q37) The points earned by Philips for VCD/DVD is what percentage more/less than the points earned by BPL for color brightness ? Show Answer

Q38) Which of these companies had the maximum profit before tax in the year 2000-01 ? Show Answer

Q39) Which of these companies spent the maximum in advertising in the year 2000-01 ? Show Answer

Q40) If in the future, ICL merges with L & T, what profit before tax does this union generate if Rs. 100 worth of cement is being bought in the year. (Assume that the market shares remain constant) Show Answer

Q41) A company's depreciation cost per rupee of sale is nearly equal to its other expenses. Name the company. Show Answer

Q42) With every passing year, cement companies are generating more profits per rupee of sale. This is occurring due to improved efficiencies of working. ICL follows this trend in 2001-02 and increases its profit before tax per rupee of sale by 10% over the previous year. Part of the reason for this profit figure is since its fixed expenses dropped to 10% of the sales value in 2001-02. But there is also some simultaneous change in the variable expenses. Identify the change. Show Answer

Q43) To reduce the variable costs, ICL decreases its expenses in energy to 6%. Now what is the profit entertained by ICL in rupees crore. Show Answer

Q44) How many categories showed an absolute decrease in the amount received ? Show Answer

Q45) The value of borrowings as a percentage of total income in 2007 was equal to which of the following ? Show Answer

Q46) If the total government receipts showed a 25% increase, what was the growth rate exhibited by revenue from corporation tax ? Show Answer

Q47) The number of categories that showed a decrease in their percentage share of the total receipts, bore to the number of categories that showed an increase in their percentage share of total receipts a ratio of : Show Answer

Q48) If the total government receipts showed a 25% increase, the growth rate in the receipts of income tax was : Show Answer

Q49) -The publisher desires to make a profit of 25% and it is assumed that he is able to sell 80% of the copies that he produces. If the cost of the binding is Rs 6000 for a print run of 12500, at what price in rupees should he sell each magazine? (Assume he sells 10000 copies) Show Answer

Q50) What will be the percentage contribution to the total costs of transportation for a print run of 15000 copies, if the total cost of the magazine for 10000 copies is Rs 200000? Show Answer

Q51) If the editorial content development cost is Rs 30,000, than the cost of transportation for 12000 units can be expected to be? Show Answer

Q52) If for a given issue of the magazine, the miscellaneous cost is Rs 2000 and the print -run is 15000 copies, what should be the selling price if the publisher desires a profit of 5%? (Assume all copies were sold) Show Answer

Q53) If for a given issue of the magazine, the miscellaneous cost is Rs 2000 and the print -run is 15000 copies and the print run were to be 50000 copies, the sale price per copy would be? Show Answer

Q54) If the promotional cost for a given issue of the magazine is Rs 9000, then the total expenditure bringing out 25000 issues of that magazine is Show Answer

Q55) What is the net revenue per Esteem sold, approximately? Show Answer

Q56) The highest net revenue per vehicle comes from Show Answer

Q57) If the volume of sales of Omni was increased by 25% and this sales increase was entirely at the cost of M800, then what is the percentage decrease in M800 volume sales? Show Answer

Q58) If the net revenue from Alto were to be excluded, what percent of the revenue would Zen form? Show Answer

Q59) Which of the following is True?
i. The sum of the revenue generated by Zen and Omni is lesser than twice that of Alto.
ii. If the revenue of Esteem and Alto be interchanged, Alto's revenue per unit would be more than that for Zen.
iii. The revenue per unit of Esteem is greater than that for M800.
iv. Both 2 and 3. Show Answer

Q60) If 47.5% of the bosses who are tough on meeting targets decide not to be tough, what percent of the whole would the bosses that reward excellence make?(Assume they start rewarding excellence instead) Show Answer

Q61) If it so happens that a new type of boss emerges, being the one who believes in performance based incentives, what percent of the total would he account for if the percent of bosses who treats everyone equally now becomes 27.55%? Show Answer

Q62) If the given commodities are exported to Nairobi in the volume ratio of 2:3:4:4.5:6.5, then what percent of the total exports to that country does the export of flowers form in the given period (assume only these give commodities are exported)? Show Answer

Q63) If 43% of Rasogollas are exported to Canada and 23% tinned fish exported to Oman in the given period, what is the ratio of the value of exports of Rossogollas to Canada to Tinned Fish to Oman? Show Answer

Q64) Which of the following statement is true?
i. There has been an increasing trend in t least one of these commodities exported in the given period.
ii. The volume of exports to Nairobi is the highest among the given nations.
iii. The total volume of exports made to Canada is equal to the sum of exports made to Iran and Indonesia.
iv. The value of exports of three of the given commodities has decreased in 2002 - 03 as compared to 2001 - 02. Show Answer

Q65) What percent of the totals goods traffic do Automobile and Petroleum form? Show Answer

Q66) If 'Others' were to be excluded, what percent of the total would coal form? Show Answer

Q67) If total traffic increased by 12.5% due to increase in fertilizer alone, what is the percentage increase in the traffic of fertilizer? Show Answer

Q68) By what percent is the traffic of coal greater than that of consumable and food grains? Show Answer

Q69) What is the angle formed by the sector representing petroleum? Show Answer

Q70) What is the ratio of the angle formed by coal and that formed by food grains? Show Answer

Q71) If 40% of the miscellaneous items imported are pharmaceutical products and this is one eight of total internal production, then the total value of internal production, then the total value of internal pharmaceutical production in billion dollars is Show Answer

Q72) Find the value of bulk goods and food and allied products imported. Show Answer

Q73) In 1999-2000, total exports of India are $24 billions. In this 20% is contributed by the textile industry, whereas 50% of miscellaneous items are for imports of textiles. Find the value of net imports or exports of textile industry. Show Answer

Q74) On account of the exploring of oil at two sites in Andhra Pradesh, India can save $2 billion on its fuel bill. Find the approximate ratio of imports of new fuel bill and capital goods bill. Show Answer

Q75) The fuel bill in 2000-01 increases by 40% and the bill for all other commodities remains the same as in 1999-2000. What is the angle made by Capital Goods sector imports if the pie chart is redrawn for the year 2000-01 ? Show Answer

Q76) In the year 1999-2000, the child mortality in Afghanistan was 40% of its total population of children below five years of age. Find the total population of children below five years of age in Afghanistan. Show Answer

Q77) What is the difference in percentage points of the child mortality in Iraq and that in Pakistan ? Show Answer

Q78) From 1998-99 to 1999-2000, child mortality rate increased by 25% in India and 8% in Asia. How many children below five years of age died in 1998-99 in the rest of Asia (outside India) ? Show Answer

Q79) If in 2000-01 the child mortality rate in Bangladesh is expected to decrease by 40% over that in 1999-2000, while that of all other countries remains the same, then the angle made by Bangladesh in the pie-chart drawn for 2000-01 will be Show Answer

Q80) In "Others" half of the cases are recorded from Far East countries, and 20% from Arab countries. Then the angle made by the remaining countries in other is Show Answer

Q81) What percentage of total loans is disbursed to the agricultural sector by the financial institutions ? Show Answer

Q82) The loans disbursed by the Public Sector financial Institutions to "Others" and to Engineering tools differ by Show Answer

Q83) If 60% of the loans disbursed to Iron and Steel sector is given by IDBI then the loans disbursed by IDBI to Iron and Steel industry form what percentage of the total loans disbursed by the financial institutions ? Show Answer

Q84) If 80% of the total loans disbursed to rubber sector and 30% of those disbursed to the Iron and Steel sector are given to tyre making companies form what percentage of the total amount disbursed by the Public sector financial institutions ? Show Answer

Q85) If 30% of the loans disbursed to the textiles sector are transferred to the Software sector, then the angle made by the Software sector is approximately. Show Answer

Q86) How many people voted in favour of Hillary Clinton, wife of Bill Clinton, who received 60% of total votes polled for lady politicians ? Show Answer

Q87) If the people who are in favour of Robert Guiliani are the citizens of New York, then out of all the people surveyed, the number of citizen from New York is Show Answer

Q88) Out of the non-responds, if 20% are not US citizen, the find the percentage of the people who voted in favour of Bush, If these people are not considered. Show Answer

Q89) Out of the total people surveyed, 40% are employees of the Federal Government and out of these 10% are in favour of Rumsfield. Find the number of people who are in favour of Rumsfield but are not employees of the Federal Government. Show Answer

Q90) A mid-year survey had also been done on the same group of people. In that survey 16% of the people were in favour of Bill Clinton. Find the decrease in the number of persons who voted in favour of Bill Clinton from mid-year survey to the actual survey ? Show Answer

Q91) The number of votes polled for TDP in wards 1 is Show Answer

Q92) In which ward did Congress secure the maximum number of votes ? Show Answer

Q93) How many votes did BJP secure in wards 3 and 4 together ? Show Answer

Q94) By what majority did Congress win over TDP in wards 2 ? Show Answer

Q95) Which party secured a majority in wards 4 ? Show Answer

Q96) Find RPG's total sales turnover for the year 1998-99. Show Answer

Q97) Next year, RPG wants to capture half of the Audio and Video CDs market. By what percentage should its sales increase ? (Total market of Audio and Video CD's sales increased by 20%) Show Answer

Q98) It was found that the super market chain affected 10% of its sales to cables under a sub-contracting agreement. If this double counting is removed, what will be the share of the supermarket chain ? Show Answer

Q99) If Sony shows a 20% improvement in sales of Audio and Video CDs and RPG, a 25% improvement in 1999-2000 over 1998-99, then by how many percentage points would the market share of RPG be more than that of Sony ? Show Answer

Q100) If RPG transfer its sales turnover from "Others" to "Audio and Video CDs", then the angle made by RPG group in "Audio and Video CD's sales is (given the total sales are same). Show Answer

Q101) From 1999-2000 to 2000-01, which of the following states showed the maximum percentage increases in the food grain production ? Show Answer

Q102) In 1999-2000, rice and wheat from 60% of the total food grain production. In 2000-01, they form 80% of the total food grain production. What is the percentage change in the production of food grains other than rice and wheat in Maharashtra, given that Maharashtra produced 4 million tonnes of rice and wheat in both the years ? Show Answer

Q103) If the ratio of the average price per kg of rice in 1999-2000 to that in 2000-01 is 11:12, then the percentage of revenue gained/lost on account of rice by W.Bengal from 1999-2000 to 2000-01, given that 50% of its total production is from rice in both the years ? Show Answer

Q104) If the percentage increase in the production of the food grains for A.P and Karnataka in 2001-02 from the previous year is same as the percentage increase from 1999-2000 to 2000-01, then what is the difference in share of production between these two states in the years 2001-02 ? Show Answer

Q105) From 1999-2000 to 2000-01, which of the following states showed the maximum increase in the food grain production ? Show Answer

Q106) How many student failed in Mathematics in the board exam ? Show Answer

Q107) If 10% of the students who appeared, got 100% of marks in mathematics, then the number of students failed in mathematics is how much percentage more than the number of students who got 100% of marks in the same object. Show Answer

Q108) If 20% of the students who appeared, took Hindi as the second language, then how many students passed in Hindi ? Show Answer

Q109) If 10% of the students who failed in science, were made to pass by giving 5 grace marks, 40% of them secure more than 85% of the total marks in the five subjects as a result of these grace marks. The new number of students who got more than 85% of the marks is Show Answer

Q110) In the next year, the total number of students appearing for the exam increased by 10% and the number of students who failed in social studies remained the same. The number of students who failed in social studies is what percentage of the total students who appeared for the exam. Show Answer

Q111) In which of the following blood groups is the percentage shortfall the largest ? Show Answer

Q112) If the ratio supply of positive and negative combinations of the blood groups A, B, O and AB are 3:1, 4:1, 1:1 and 2:1 respectively, then the blood group having least supply of blood is Show Answer

Q113) If total demand doubles and the demand percentage of blood group AB remains constant, then which of the following is true ? Show Answer

Q114) If a person having blood group 'O' can donate maximum upto 2 liters at a time and a person having blood group 'A' can donate maximum 1 liter at a time, then how many people are required to donate the blood for these two groups, so that the demand for these two groups is met. Assume that a part from the blood obtained from the above donors, there is no other supply of these blood groups. Show Answer

Q115) Which of the following direct taxes shows the maximum growth rate in its collection from 1993-94 to 1994-95 ? Show Answer

Q116) Find the ratio of income tax collected from salaried class in 1993-94 to that if small business people in 1997-98 ? Show Answer

Q117) Which of the following direct taxes show a similar trend in their collection from 1994-95 to 1997-98 ? Show Answer

Q118) Which of the following is the lowest ? Show Answer

Q119) The tax paid by large firms as income tax in 1993-94 is approximately what proportion of the interest tax collected in 1995-96 ? Show Answer