Bently Previous Years Solved Sample Placement Papers
- A can do a piece of work in 36 days, B in 54 days and C in 72 days. All of them began together but A left 8 days and B left 12 days before the completion of the work. How many days in all did C put in till the entire work was finished?
(a) 48 days
(b) 24 days
(c) 12 days
(d) None (Ans: B)
- A person travels through 5 cities - A, B, C, D, E. City E is 2 km west of D. D is 3 km north-east of A. C is 5 km north of B and 4 km west of A. If this person visits these cities in the sequence B - C - A - E - D, what is the effective distance between cities B and D?
(a) 13 km
(b) 9 km
(c) 10 km
(d) 11 km (Ans: A)
- The horizontal distance of a kite from the boy flying it is 30 m and 50 m of cord is out from the roll. If the wind moves the kite horizontally at the rate of 5 km per hour directly away from the boy, how fast is the cord being released?
(a) 3 km per hour
(b) 4 km per hour
(c) 5 km per hour
(d) 6 km per hour (Ans: D)
- Two liquids A and B are in the ratio 5:1 in container 1 and in container 2, they are in the ratio 1:3. In what ratio should the contents of the two containers be mixed so as to obtain a mixture of A and B in the ratio 1:1?
(a) 2:3
(b) 4:3
(c) 3:2
(d) 3:4 (Ans: D)
- A closed wooden box of thickness 0.5 cm and length 21 cm, width 11 cm, and height 6 cm, is painted on the inside. The cost of painting is Rs 70. What is the rate of painting in rupees per sq. cm?
(a) 0.7
(b) 0.5
(c) 0.1
(d) 0.2 (Ans: C)
- If a number 774958A96B is to be divisible by 8 and 9, the values of A and B, respectively, will be:
(a) 7, 8
(b) 8, 0
(c) 5, 8
(d) None of these (Ans: C)
- The price of a Maruti car rises by 30% while the sales of the car came down by 20%. What is the percent change in the total revenue?
(a) 4
(b) -2
(c) +4
(d) 0 (Ans: C)
- A man travels three-fifths of distance AB at a speed of 3a, and the remaining at a speed of 2b. If he goes from B to A and back at a speed of 5c in the same time, then:
(a) 1/a + 1/b = 1/c
(b) a + b = c
(c) 1/a + 1/b = 2/c
(d) None of these (Ans: C)
- A cube of side 12 cm is painted red on all the faces and then cut into smaller cubes, each of side 3 cm. What is the total number of smaller cubes having none of their faces painted?
(a) 16
(b) 8
(c) 12
(d) 24 (Ans: B)
- I bought 5 pens, 7 pencils and 4 erasers. Rajan bought 6 pens, 8 erasers and 14 pencils for an amount which was half more than what I had paid. What percent of the total amount paid by me was paid for the pens?
(a) 37.5%
(b) 62.5%
(c) 50%
(d) None of these (Ans: B)
- A man has nine friends, four boys and five girls. In how many ways can he invite them, if there have to be exactly three girls in the invitees?
(a) 320
(b) 160
(c) 80
(d) 200 (Ans: B)
- In a watch, the minute hand crosses the hour hand for the third time exactly after every 3 hrs 18 min 15 seconds of watch time. What is the time gained or lost by this watch in one day?
(a) 14 min 10 seconds lost
(b) 13 min 50 seconds lost
(c) 13 min 20 second gained
(d) 14 min 40 second gained (Ans: B)
- Two trains, 200 and 160 meters long, take a minute to cross each other while traveling in the same direction and take only 10 seconds when they cross in opposite directions. What are the speeds at which the trains are traveling?
(a) 21 m/s; 15 m/s
(b) 30 m/s; 24 m/s
(c) 18 m/s; 27 m/s
(d) 15 m/s; 24 m/s (Ans: A)
- A, B, and C can do a work in 5 days, 10 days, and 15 days respectively. They started together to do the work but after 2 days A and B left. C did the remaining work (in days):
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 4 (Ans: D)