Previous Years Solved Sample Placement Papers
- If on an item a company gives 25% discount, they earn 25% profit. If they now give 10% discount, then what is the profit percentage?
(A) 40%
(B) 55%
(C) 35%
(D) 30%
Ans: D
- A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 10 days. If, however, there were 10 men less, it will take 10 days more for the work to be finished. How many men were there originally?
(A) 110 men
(B) 130 men
(C) 100 men
(D) none of these
Ans: A
- In simple interest, what sum amounts to Rs.1120/- in 4 years and Rs.1200/- in 5 years?
(A) Rs. 500
(B) Rs. 600
(C) Rs. 800
(D) Rs. 900
Ans: C
- If a sum of money compounded annually amounts to thrice itself in 3 years. In how many years will it become 9 times itself?
(A) 6
(B) 8
(C) 10
(D) 12
Ans: A
- Two trains move in the same direction at 50 kmph and 32 kmph respectively. A man in the slower train observes that 15 seconds elapse before the faster train completely passes by him. What is the length of the faster train?
(A) 100m
(B) 75m
(C) 120m
(D) 50m
Ans: B
- How many meshes are there in 1 square meter of wire gauge if each mesh is 8mm long and 5mm wide?
(A) 2500
(B) 25000
(C) 250
(D) 250000
Ans: B
- x% of y is y% of ?
(A) x/y
(B) 2y
(C) x
(D) can't be determined
Ans: C
- The price of sugar increases by 20%. By what percentage should a housewife reduce the consumption of sugar so that expenditure on sugar can be the same as before?
(A) 15%
(B) 16.66%
(C) 12%
(D) 9%
Ans: B
- A man spends half of his salary on household expenses, 1/4th for rent, 1/5th for travel expenses, and deposits the rest in a bank. If his monthly deposits in the bank amount to 50, what is his monthly salary?
(A) Rs.500
(B) Rs.1500
(C) Rs.1000
(D) Rs. 900
Ans: C
- The population of a city increases @ 4% p.a. There is an additional annual increase of 4% of the population due to the influx of job seekers. Find the % increase in population after 2 years.
(To be solved)
- The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3:2. Out of these, 10% of the boys and 25% of the girls are scholarship holders. Find the % of students who are not scholarship holders.
(To be solved)
- 15 men take 21 days of 8 hours each to do a piece of work. How many days of 6 hours each would it take for 21 women if 3 women do as much work as 2 men?
(A) 30
(B) 20
(C) 19
(D) 29
Ans: A
- A cylinder is 6 cms in diameter and 6 cms in height. If spheres of the same size are made from the material obtained, what is the diameter of each sphere?
(A) 5 cms
(B) 2 cms
(C) 3 cms
(D) 4 cms
Ans: C