Sasken Previous Years Solved Sample Placement Papers
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Which of the following integers has the most number of divisors?
1) 176
2) 182
3) 99
4) 101
Answer: 2
Explanation: 176 = 2,4,8,11,16,22,44,88 182 = 2,7,13,14,26,91 99 = 3, 9, 11, 33 101 = 101
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A man goes from city A to city B situated 60 km apart by a boat. His onward journey was with the stream while the return journey was an upstream journey. It took him four and a half hours to complete the round trip. If the speed of the stream is 10 km/hr, how long did it take him to complete the onward journey?
1) 3 hours
2) 3.5 hours
3) 2.25 hours
4) 1.5 hours
Answer: 4
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If the wheel of a bicycle makes 560 revolutions in travelling 1.1 km, what is its radius?
1) 31.25 cm
2) 37.75 cm
3) 35.15 cm
4) 11.25 cm
Answer: 1
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A man driving his bike at 24 kmph reaches his office 5 minutes late. Had he driven 25% faster on an average, he would have reached 4 minutes earlier than the scheduled time. How far is his office?
1) 24 km
2) 72 km
3) 18 km
4) Data Insufficient
Answer: 3
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Train A traveling at 60 km/hr leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 6 P.M. Train B traveling at 90 km/hr also leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 9 P.M. Train C leaves Delhi for Mumbai at 9 P.M. If all three trains meet at the same time between Mumbai and Delhi, what is the speed of Train C if the distance between Delhi and Mumbai is 1260 km?
1) 60 km/hr
2) 90 km/hr
3) 120 km/hr
4) 135 km/hr
Answer: 3
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When an object is dropped, the number of feet N that it falls is given by the formula N = ½gt² where t is the time in seconds from the time it was dropped and g is 32.2. If it takes 5 seconds for the object to reach the ground, how many feet does it fall during the last 2 seconds?
1) 64.4
2) 96.6
3) 161.0
4) 257.6
Answer: 4
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The sum of any seven consecutive numbers is divisible by
1) 2
2) 7
3) 3
4) 11
Answer: 2
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If a certain sum of money at simple interest doubles itself in 5 years, then what is the rate?
(a) 5%
(b) 10%
(c) 25%
(d) 20% (Ans)
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A man engaged a servant on a condition that he’ll pay Rs. 90 and also give him a bag at the end of the year. He served for 9 months and was given a turban and Rs. 65. What is the price of the turban?
(a) Rs. 10 (Ans)
(b) Rs. 19
(c) Rs. 0
(d) Rs. 55
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In a race from point X to point Y and back, Jack averages 30 miles/hour to point Y and 10 miles/hour back to point X. Sandy averages 20 miles/hour in both directions. If Jack and Sandy start the race at the same time, who’ll finish first?
(a) Jack
(b) Sandy
(c) They tie (Ans)
(d) Impossible to tell
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2 men at the same time start walking towards each other from points A and B, 72 kms apart. Speed of A is 4 km/h. Speed of B is 2 km/h in the 1st hour, 2.5 km/h in the 2nd, 3 km/h in the 3rd, and so on. When will they meet?
(i) In 7 hrs
(ii) At 35 kms from A
(iii) In 10 hrs
(iv) Midway (Ans: D)
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If the ratio of the production of 3 different companies A, B, and C is 4:7:5, and the overall production last year was 4 lakh tonnes, and if each company had an increase of 20% in production this year, what is the production of Company B this year?
(i) 2.1L (Ans: A)
(ii) 22.1L
(iii) 4.1L
(iv) None
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If 70% of a number is subtracted from itself, it reduces to 81. What is two-fifths of that number?
(a) 108
(b) 54 (Ans: A)
(c) 210
(d) None
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If the radius of a cylinder and a sphere are the same and the volumes of the sphere and cylinder are the same, what is the ratio between the radius and height of the cylinder?
(i) R = H
(ii) R = (3/4)H (Ans: B)
(iii) R = (4/3)H
(iv) R = 2/3 H
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Which one of the following fractions is arranged in ascending order?
(i) 9/11, 7/9, 11/13, 13/14
(ii) 7/8, 9/11, 11/13, 13/14
(iii) 9/11, 11/13, 7/8, 13/14 (Ans: C)
(iv) None
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\( 10^{10} / 10^4 \times 10^2 = 10^? \)
(i) 8 (Ans: A)
(ii) 6
(iii) 4
(iv) None
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The unit digit in the expansion of \( 2^{51} \) is:
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 8 (Ans: D)