TEST-2006DI003

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Answer all the 30 questions in 35 mins.

 

Directions for questions 1 to 4   are based on the following information.

Company XYZ produces only two products A and B. To produce one unit of product A, 9 units of x and 12 units of y are required, while to produce one unit of B, 6 units of x and 18 units of y required. The company is able to sell all the produced units

 

Year

Units Consumed of x

Units Consumed of y

S.P (Rs .) of A per unit

S.P (Rs .) of B per unit

1999

15000

30000

12

11

2000

22500

45000

13

10

2001

12750

25500

11

12

2002

18750

37500

10

13

2003

11250

22500

14

9

 

 

The pie charts show market shares of product A and product B for different companies [they are the same for all the given years

 

ABC 10%

 

XYZ 40%

 

LMN 20%

 

PQR 30%

 

PQR 10%

 

ABC 45%

 

XYZ 25%

 

LMN 20 %

 
         Market Share for A                                                           Market share for B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                

 

Ratio of total units of x consumed for A to that for B is 3 : 2 . And ratio of total units consumed of y for A to that of B is 2 : 3.

 

Q1. What is the percentage growth in the total sales of company XYZ from 1999 to 2000?

a. 60%                        b. 50%                         c. 45%                                   d. 55%

 

 

Q2. In the year 2001, for company ABC, cost of producing one unit of A is Rs9 and for B it is Rs. 13. And selling prices of one unit of A and B are Rs. 10 and Rs. 15 respectively. What will be the percentage profit if the company sells all the items produced?

a.12%                         b.20%                            c.5%                                      d.25%

 

 

Q3. what is the difference between total quantity of product A sold by all four companies together in the year 2002 and the year 2003 ?

a.1000                         b.5000                            c.2000                                    d.3000

 

 

Q4. In 2005, number of units of y consumed for product A will be 9600 and selling price for A is Rs.9 per unit and for B it is Rs.16 per unit . Then , what are the total sales of company XYZ in that year [ production = sale ] ?

a.Rs.20000                 b. Rs.30000                    c. Rs. 40000               d.cant be determined                

 

 

 

 

Directions for questions 5 to 8 are based on the following information.

 

Political Party

Vote %

Number of seats contested

Number of seat own

A

34

380

230

B

28

165

195

C

16

290

68

D

9

185

7

Others

13

265

40

Total

100

540

540

 

                    

Success Rate = (Number of seats own / Number of contested) * 100

 

Q5. If a total of 46.5 crore people were eligible to vote and 63% of them cast their vote, what was the difference in the votes polled by B and C?

a. 1.72 crore s              b. 3.45 crores                    c. 5.17 crores                   d.2.59 crores

 

 

Q6. What is the difference between the success rates of A and B?

a. 7                               b. 8                                       c.  9                                  d. 10

 

 

Q7.  A and D had fought aginst each other for 135 seats and no third party could win any of them , if they had entered into a pre-pole alliance , what would been the combined success rate of A and D?

a. 62.37 %                       b.43.89 %                           c. 49.53 %                         d.55.12%

 

 

Q8. In the next general elections held in 2004, the number of eligible voters increased by 12% and 65% of voters cast their vote. If vote share of C increased to 18.5 % , what is the percentage increase in the number of votes polled by c ? ( assume data for Q1)

a. 35%                             b. 34%                                    c. 29%                               d. 32%

 

 

 

 

Directions for questions 9 to 14  are based on the following information.

 

The number of workers in Raymond Suitings, Gwalior Suitings, Digjam and Bombay Dyeing from the year 1992 to 1996 were as follows:

          

                                                   1992          1993          1994          1995          1996

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Raymond Suitings                      1678          1702          1698          1743          1749

Gwalior Suitings                         1673          1714           1682          1727         1734

Digjam                                        1621           1659          1643          1692         1735

Bombay Deying                          1598           1625          1607          1638         1652

 

9. In 1995, 10% of the total employees were executives, 20% of the remaining were polyester experts and the rest were class III workers. The number of class III workers then was . . .

a. 3890                            b. 4670                       c. 4689                         d. 4896

 

 

10. The number of employees in Bombay Dyeing in 1996 formed what percent of the total number of workers in that year?

a. 24.0%                         b. 23.1%                      c. 20.8%                      d. 22.0%

 

 

11. The percentage of workers in Gwalior Suitings in all the given years is . . .

a. 29.3%                          b. 27.1%                        c. 25.4%                    d. 24.2%

 

 

12. Which year has the highest increase in the number of workers as compared to the previous year ?

a. 1993                           b. 1994                          c. 1995                       d. 1996

 

 

13. What is the average number of employees per mill in 1992?

a. 1624.0                       b. 1678.5                        c. 1724.0                    d. 1642.5

 

 

14. Which mill recorded the highest increase in the number of workers during the period of five years.

a. Raymond Suitings         b. Gwalior Suitings         c. Digjam              d. Bombay Dyeing

 

 

 

 

For questions 15 to 19, refer to the following graph :

 

 

15. Which month has the highest profit per employee?

a. September                   b. July                            c. January                                 d. March

 

 

16. Which month records the highest profit?

a. September                    b. July1                          c. March                                   d. May

 

 

17. In which month is the percentage increase in sales over the sales two months before, the highest?

a. March                          b. September                    c. July                                     d. May

 

 

18. In which month is the total increase in the cost highest as compared to the cost two months ago?

a. March                          b. September                       c. July                                  d. May

 

 

19. Assuming that no employee left the job, how many more people did the company take on in the given period?

a. 4,600                           b. 5,100                                c. 5,800                         d. 6,400

 

 

 

 

Directions for questions 20 to 23  are based on the following information.

There are two barbers in a salon. Each of them 10 min for a shave and 30 min for a hair-cut . There are three customer one day each for shave as well as hair – cut .( No barber leaves any task midway)

 

20. Minimum time that will be taken by these barbers will approximately be

a. 60 min                        b. 70 min                               c. 80 min                  d. None

 

 

21. If one of the barbers decides to take a break of 5 min after each operation (shave or hait-cut), then the minimum time taken by the barbers to finish the task would be

a.70 min                          b.75 min                               c.80 min                    d.None

 

 

22.If both the barbers start with a haircut, then the minimum time taken by the barbers would be

a. 60 min                        b. 80min                                  c . 70min                 d. 90min

 

 

23. If both the barbers start with a shave, then the minimum time taken by the barbers would be

a. 60 min                       b. 70min                                  c.80min                     d. none

 

 

 

 

Directions for questions 24 to 30 :

In each question, you are given certain data followed by two statements. For answering the questions.

Mark A, if any one of the two statements is sufficient to answer the question.

Mark B, if either statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.

Mark C if both the statements together are necessary to answer the question, but neither statement alone is sufficient.

Mark D, If even both the statements together are insufficient to answer the question.

 

 

 

24. X = A * B . A and B are both natural numbers. How many consecutive zeros are there at the end of X?

I.                   A ends with exactly three consecutive Zeros.  

II.                 B ends with exactly two consecutive zeros.

 

 

25. Calendars of year Z and A are the same. If Z < A, then what is value of A – Z?

I.                   Z is a leap year and  |A – Z| is minimum.

II.                 Z is a non-leap year and |A – Z| is minimum. 

 

 

26. m2 lines have been drawn in a plane of finite area. All these lines are parallel to each other.  m is a natural number , what is the value of m?

I.                   These lines divide the plane in 6m-8 regions.  

II.                 These lines divide the plane in m2 + 1 regions

 

 

27. a , b and c are all natural numbers . X = a + 2b + 3c . How many values of X are possible?

I.                   a , b and c are angles of a triangle in degrees.

II.                 a= 2b=3c                                 

 

 

28. what is the area of the parallelogram ABCD ? One of the sides of the parallelogram is 4cm.

I.                   ABCD is a rhombus            

II.                 Both the diagonals of ABCD are equal in length.

 

 

29. How many females were there in the party ? ( There was no eunuch at the party)

I.                   There were a total of 70 people in the party of which at most 30 were males

II.                 There were almost 40 females in the party.         

 

 

30. Arithmetic mean of two numbers a and b is equal to their geometric mean. What is the value of 2a+3b?

I.                   a= 2 .

II.                 b= 3         

 

 

 

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TEST-2006DI003

CAT4MBA

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