Trilogy Previous Years Solved Sample Placement Papers
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Out of the 727 members of a club, 600 decide in favour of cricket while 173 decide in favour of cricket and hockey. Each member gives his opinion about at least one of the two games. How many of them decide in favour of hockey?
a. 250
b. 300 Ans: b
c. 560
d. 600
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How many of them decide in favour of only hockey?
a. 127 Ans: a
b. 280
c. 326
d. 494
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During a games slow held in a school, 40 students play game 1, 67 play game 2, 46 played game 3, 8 students played game 1 & 3 games. 26 students played game 1 & 2. 28 students played game 2 & 3. 2 students played all the three games. How many students played game 1 but not game 2 & 3?
a. 3
b. 8 Ans: b
c. 15
d. 23
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How many students played game 3 but not game 1 & 2?
a. 12 Ans: a
b. 16
c. 32
d. 46
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How many students played game 2 but not game 1 & 3?
a. 2
b. 7
c. 15 Ans: c
d. 37
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Bhamsingh and Sukhalal contested the assembly election. Bhimsingh won the election by 2000 votes, securing 55% of the total votes. 10% of the total voters did not vote. How many votes were cast in favour of Bhimsingh?
a. 2000
b. 2750
c. 4250
d. 5500 Ans: d
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How many votes were cast in favour of the defeated candidates?
a. 2000
b. 2250
c. 3500 Ans: c
d. 4000
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Is x/2 > y/3?
I. 3x < 2y
II. 4x > 3y
a. 1
b. 2 Ans: b
c. 3
d. 4
- 4 women and 5 men working together can do 3 times the work done by 2 women and one man together. Calculate the work of a man to that of a woman.
a) 1:1
b) 3:2
c) 1:2
d) 2:1
Ans: a) 1:1 - Manoj can do a work in 20 days, while Chandu can do the same work in 25 days. They started the work jointly. A few days later, Suresh also joined them, and thus all of them completed the whole work in 10 days. All of them were paid a total of Rs. 1000. What is the share of Suresh?
a) 100
b) 300
c) 200
d) 400
Ans: a) 100 - Nagarjuna lends Rs 30,000 to two of his friends. He gives Rs 15,000 to the first at 6% p.a. simple interest. He wants to make a profit of 10% on the whole. The simple interest rate at which he should lend the remaining sum of money to the second friend is
a) 8%
b) 12%
c) 14%
d) 16%
Ans: c) 14% - A portion of $6600 is invested at a 5% annual return, while the remainder is invested at a 3% annual return. If the annual income from the portion earning a 5% return is twice that of the other portion, what is the total income from the two investments after one year?
a) 270
b) 250
c) 280
d) 200
Ans: a) 270 - While calculating the weight of a group of men, the weight of 63 kg of one of the members was mistakenly written as 83 kg. Due to this, the average of the weights increased by half a kg. What is the number of men in the group?
a) 25
b) 20
c) 40
d) 60
Ans: c) 40 - In a group of 8 boys, 2 men aged 21 and 23 were replaced by two new boys. Due to this, the average age of the group increased by 2 years. What is the average age of the 2 new boys?
a) 17
b) 30
c) 28
d) 23
Ans: b) 30 - A boat takes a total of 16 hours for traveling downstream from point A to point B and coming back to point C, which is somewhere between A and B. If the speed of the boat in still water is 9 km/hr and the rate of the stream is 6 km/hr, then what is the distance between A and C?
a) 60 km
b) 90 km
c) 30 km
d) Cannot be determined
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Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement:
Input: 39 121 48 18 76 112 14 45 63 96
Step I: 14 39 121 48 18 76 112 45 63 96
Step II: 14 39 48 18 76 112 45 63 96 121
Step III: 14 18 39 48 76 112 45 63 96 121
Step IV: 14 18 39 48 76 45 63 96 112 121
Step V: 14 18 39 45 48 76 63 96 112 121
Step VI: 14 18 39 45 48 63 76 96 112 121
This is the final arrangement, and step VI is the last step for this input.
How many steps will be required for getting the final output for the following input?
Input: 101 85 66 49 73 39 142 25 115 74
a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 8
Ans: d) 8
Solution:
Step I: The smallest number becomes first, and the remaining numbers shift one position rightward.
Step II: The largest number among the given numbers becomes last, and the remaining numbers shift one position leftward.
The steps are repeated alternately until all the numbers are arranged in ascending order. The process for the input will take 8 steps. -
Statement:
The principal instructed all the teachers to be careful in class because some students may disturb other students.
Assumptions:
I. The teachers may handle the situation properly and they may restrict the naughty students.
II. The students will welcome the decision of the Principal.
a) If only assumption I is implicit
b) If only assumption II is implicit
c) If either I or II is implicit
d) If neither I nor II is implicit
Ans: a) If only assumption I is implicit
Solution:
Assumption I is implicit because the principal's instructions imply that teachers are expected to handle the situation. Assumption II is not implicit, as the mischievous section may not welcome the decision. -
Labourer is related to wages in the same way as an entrepreneur is related to?
a) Loan
b) Interest
c) Taxes
d) Profit
Ans: d) Profit
Solution:
A labourer earns wages, while an entrepreneur earns profit. Both are forms of earnings in their respective contexts. -
Event (A): Company X is opening an office in city Y for marketing the company's products.
Event (B): Company X has chalked out an expansion plan, involving raising production capacity at its existing plants.
a) If 'A' is the effect and 'B' is its immediate and principal cause.
b) If 'B' is the effect and 'A' is its immediate and principal cause.
c) If 'A' is the effect but 'B' is not its immediate and principal cause.
d) If 'B' is the effect but 'A' is not its immediate and principal cause.
Ans: c) If 'A' is the effect but 'B' is not its immediate and principal cause.
Solution:
Events (A) and (B) are related and chronologically (B) occurs before (A). The expansion plan leads to marketing efforts. However, opening an office requires other actions like market surveys and analysis, making (B) not the immediate cause of (A).