ABB Placement Paper - Logical Reasoning and Technical Questions

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1. How many numbers can be made with digits 0, 7, 8 that are greater than 0 and less than a million?
   

   (a) 496

   (b) 486

   (c) 1084

   (d) 72 (Ans)

2. Let \( N = 553 + 173 - 723 \). \( N \) is divisible by:
   

   (a) Both 7 and 13

   (b) Both 3 and 13

   (c) Both 17 and 7

   (d) Both 3 and 17 (Ans)

3. 10 straight lines, no two of which are parallel and no three of which pass through any common point, are drawn on a plane. The total number of regions into which the plane is divided is:
   

   (a) 56

   (b) 255

   (c) 1024

   (d) Not unique (Ans)

4. What are the ages of the three brothers?
   I. The product of their ages is 21.
   II. The sum of their ages is not divisible by 3.
   

   (a) 1

   (b) 2

   (c) 3

   (d) 4 (Ans)

5. The pendulum of a clock takes 7s to strike 4 o’clock. How much time will it take to strike 11 o’clock?
   

   (a) 18s

   (b) 20s

   (c) 19.25s

   (d) 23.33s (Ans)

6. Group the given figures into three classes using each figure only once.
   

   (a) 1,2,5; 3,7,8; 4,6,9 (Ans)

   (b) 1,7,2; 3,9,6; 4,5,8

   (c) 2,3,8; 4,6,9; 1,5,7

   (d) 5,6,9; 3,4,1; 2,7,8

7. The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero?
   

   (a) 0

   (b) 1

   (c) 10

   (d) 19 (Ans)

8. A motorist travels to a place 150 km away at an average speed of 50 km/hr and returns at 30 km/hr. His average speed for the whole journey in km/hr is:
   

   (a) 35

   (b) 37

   (c) 37.5 (Ans)

   (d) 40

9. A man walks 5 km toward south and then turns to the right. After walking 3 km he turns to the left and walks 5 km. Now in which direction is he from the starting place?
   

   (a) West

   (b) South

   (c) North-East

   (d) South-West (Ans)

10. Kamil is 40 m South-West of Linson. If Manu is 40 m South-East of Linson, then Manu is in which direction of Kamil?
    

    (a) East (Ans)

    (b) West

    (c) North-East

    (d) South

11. A river flows west to east and on the way turns left and goes in a semi-circle around a hillock, and then turns left at right angles. In which direction is the river finally flowing?
    

    (a) West

    (b) East (Ans)

    (c) North

    (d) South

12. From his house, Lokesh went 15 km to the North. Then he turned West and covered 10 km. Then, he turned South and covered 5 km. Finally turning to East, he covered 10 km. In which direction is he from his house?
    

    (a) East

    (b) West

    (c) North (Ans)

    (d) South