Part VI — Practice

Chapter 6: Mixed Practice Set (30 MCQs)

This chapter draws questions proportionally across Reasoning Ability and Quantitative Aptitude for integrated revision.

Section A: Reasoning Ability — Puzzles & Arrangements (7 Questions)

1. In a circular arrangement of 10 people facing the centre, how many people sit between two people seated exactly opposite each other, counting one way around?
   (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
2. In a floor-based puzzle (12 floors, ground = 1), a person living exactly midway between floors 4 and 12 lives on floor:
   (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9
3. In a linear arrangement, if exactly 4 people sit to the left of R and exactly 5 people sit to the right of R, the total number of people in the row is:
   (a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 11
4. Machine Input-Output questions primarily require candidates to:
   (a) Identify a consistent step-by-step transformation rule and apply it to a new input (b) Guess the final output randomly (c) Only count the number of words in the input (d) Ignore intermediate steps entirely
5. In order and ranking, if a candidate finishes 6th from the last in a group of 20, their rank from the first is:
   (a) 13th (b) 14th (c) 15th (d) 16th
6. In a box-based puzzle with 7 stacked boxes (box 1 at the bottom), box P is directly above box Q, which is directly above box R. If R is box 2, P is box:
   (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
7. Seating arrangement puzzles are best solved by:
   (a) Guessing randomly (b) Systematically diagramming clues and eliminating impossible arrangements (c) Ignoring negative clues (d) Solving only the first clue

Section B: Reasoning Ability — Logical & Analytical (8 Questions)

8. A man walks 6 km south, then turns left and walks 8 km. How far is he from his starting point?
   (a) 8 km (b) 10 km (c) 12 km (d) 14 km
9. If A is B's father, B is C's sister, and C is D's mother, then A is D's:
   (a) Grandfather (b) Uncle (c) Great-grandfather (d) Father
10. If in a code, MARKET is written as NBSLFU (each letter shifted forward by 1), how is FINANCE written?
    (a) GJOBODF (b) GJOBOEF (c) GJOAODF (d) GJOBPDF
11. Given: "All analysts are graduates. Some graduates are managers." Which conclusion necessarily follows?
    (a) All analysts are managers (b) Some graduates are analysts (c) No definite conclusion about analysts being managers can be drawn from these two statements alone (d) No analysts are graduates
12. Given: A > B ≥ C > D ≥ E. Which of the following must be true?
    (a) A > E (b) E > A (c) B < E (d) C > A
13. In the alphanumeric series B2, D4, F6, H8, ?, what is the next term?
    (a) J10 (b) I10 (c) J9 (d) I9
14. Data Sufficiency: "What is the value of y?" Statement I: 2y − 6 = 10. Statement II: y is an even number. Which is sufficient?
    (a) Statement I alone is sufficient, Statement II alone is not (b) Statement II alone is sufficient, Statement I alone is not (c) Both statements together are necessary (d) Neither statement is sufficient even together
15. Venn diagrams are particularly useful for solving:
    (a) Only numerical simplification (b) Syllogism-type logical deduction problems (c) Only direction sense problems (d) Only coding-decoding problems

Section C: Quantitative Aptitude — Data Interpretation (8 Questions)

Table: A bank's loan disbursements (₹ crore) across four quarters:

16. What is the total Home Loan disbursement across all four quarters?
    (a) 900 crore (b) 950 crore (c) 980 crore (d) 1020 crore
17. What is the percentage increase in Home Loans from Q1 to Q4?
    (a) 35% (b) 38% (c) 40% (d) 42%
18. In Q3, what is the ratio of Auto Loans to Personal Loans?
    (a) 14:10, i.e., 7:5 (b) 5:7 (c) 3:2 (d) 2:3
19. What is the average quarterly Personal Loan disbursement?
    (a) 90 crore (b) 92.5 crore (c) 95 crore (d) 97.5 crore
20. In which quarter was the combined disbursement (all three loan types) the highest?
    (a) Q1 (b) Q2 (c) Q3 (d) Q4
21. What is the combined Auto Loan disbursement for Q1 and Q2?
    (a) 240 crore (b) 245 crore (c) 250 crore (d) 255 crore
22. A pie chart of a company's expenses shows Salaries at 40%, Rent at 20%, Marketing at 25%, and Other at 15%, of a total expense of ₹800 crore. What is the Marketing expense?
    (a) ₹180 crore (b) ₹190 crore (c) ₹200 crore (d) ₹210 crore
23. In the same pie chart, what is the central angle of the "Rent" sector?
    (a) 64° (b) 72° (c) 80° (d) 90°

Section D: Quantitative Aptitude — Arithmetic & Algebra (7 Questions)

24. In the number series 5, 10, 20, 40, ?, what is the next term?
    (a) 60 (b) 70 (c) 80 (d) 90
25. A shopkeeper buys an item for ₹840 and sells it for ₹1050. What is the profit percentage?
    (a) 20% (b) 22% (c) 25% (d) 28%
26. Find the compound interest on ₹15,000 at 8% per annum for 2 years, compounded annually.
    (a) ₹2400 (b) ₹2496 (c) ₹2500 (d) ₹2550
27. A and B together can complete a task in 10 days; A alone takes 15 days. In how many days can B alone complete it?
    (a) 25 days (b) 28 days (c) 30 days (d) 32 days
28. A bag contains 5 red and 7 blue balls. What is the probability of drawing a blue ball?
    (a) 5/12 (b) 7/12 (c) 1/2 (d) 2/3
29. In how many ways can a committee of 2 be selected from 5 people?
    (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 15
30. A sum of ₹10,000 amounts to ₹13,000 in 3 years at simple interest. What is the annual rate of interest?
    (a) 8% (b) 9% (c) 10% (d) 11%

Answer Key

Section A: 1.(b) 2.(c) 3.(c) 4.(a) 5.(c) 6.(b) 7.(b)

Section B: 8.(b) 9.(a) 10.(a) 11.(c) 12.(a) 13.(a) 14.(a) 15.(b)

Section C: 16.(b) 17.(c) 18.(a) 19.(c) 20.(d) 21.(c) 22.(c) 23.(b)

Section D: 24.(c) 25.(c) 26.(b) 27.(c) 28.(b) 29.(b) 30.(c)