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Previous-year paper · 20 questions
BBA-DBE Bangalore 2024 · Slot 1
Quantitative Aptitude
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The pie chart shows the percentage of total number of students (male and female) in different institutes affiliated with an educational council, whereas the radar graph shows the number of male students in the institutes. Let the total number of students in all the institutes taken together be 5500
Question 1
The number of female candidates in institution Y is:
- A.
310
- B.
355
- C.
425
- D.
400
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Correct answer: B
Question 2
If 25% of the female students from institute V are transferred to institute Z and 20% of the male students from institute Z are transferred to institute W, then after the transfer, the percentage (up to two decimal places) by which the number of students in institute Z are more than that of the students in institute U is _____.
- A.
60.45%
- B.
50.63%
- C.
49.09%
- D.
54.55%
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Correct answer: D
Question 3
The ratio of the number of female students in institute Z to the number of female students in institute V is:
- A.
3 : 7
- B.
7 : 5
- C.
2 : 3
- D.
5 : 3
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Correct answer: D
Question 4
The degree representation of the total number of students in institutes X and Y, taken together, as a share of the overall number of students in all the institutes, taken together, is:
- A.
106°
- B.
79.5°
- C.
129.6°
- D.
36°
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Correct answer: C
Question 5
Two British and three Indian men and their wives are to be seated around a circular table. If the seating arrangements are defined only by the relative positions of the people, then the total number of ways in which each British man can be seated next to his wife and each Indian man can also be, simultaneously, seated next to his wife is:
- A.
768
- B.
790
- C.
850
- D.
904
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Correct answer: A
Question 6
81 equally efficient people could complete a piece of work in 15 days. Initially 45 such people started working together. But after they worked together for 6 days their employer wanted that the work should be completed in a total of 21 days. However any new worker who joins is only as efficient as any of the 45 people already working. How many new workers did the employer hire to work alongside the initial 45 people to meet the deadline?
- A.
30
- B.
36
- C.
18
- D.
27
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Correct answer: A
Question 7
If , and , which of the options below give a correct expression for ?
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
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Correct answer: B
Question 8
A bank offers compound interest per annum, calculated on half-yearly basis. A customer deposits each on 1st January and 1st July of a year. At the end of the year, the amount he would have gained by way of interest is:
- A.
Rs. 242
- B.
Rs. 240
- C.
Rs. 340
- D.
Rs. 342
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Correct answer: A
Question 9
A train running between two towns arrives at its destination 10 minutes late when it goes at 60 km per hour and 16 minutes late when it goes at 40 km per hour. Determine the speed at which the train reaches on time.
- A.
100 km/h
- B.
360 km/h
- C.
90 km/h
- D.
240 km/h
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Correct answer: B
Question 10
If , then ___.
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
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Correct answer: B
Question 11
The sum of the first 3 terms of an AP is 6 and that of the last 3 terms is 16. If the AP has 13 terms, what is the Arithmetic mean of the three terms that are exactly at the middle of the progression?
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
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Correct answer: B
Question 12
Sahil can complete a job in 20 days when working alone. Manoj is twice as fast as Sahil and three times as fast as Ashish in the same job. The collaborative work arrangement involves Sahil and Manoj working on the first day, Sahil and Ashish on the second day, and Manoj and Ashish on the third day. This three-day cycle continues till the work is complete.
What fraction of the total work will then be done by Ashish till the job is completed?
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
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Correct answer: A
Question 13
The digit in the units' place of is ___.
- A.
7
- B.
3
- C.
9
- D.
4
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Correct answer: D
Question 14
A cylindrical vessel of base radius 42 cm contains water to a certain level. A solid cylinder of height 18 cm is dropped into it and is completely submerged in water. If the level of the water in the vessel rises by 8 cm, what is the total surface area (in cm²) of the solid cylinder? (Use ) (Assuming no overflow.)
- A.
6570
- B.
8096
- C.
7568
- D.
7040
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Correct answer: B
Question 15
While selling items, a shopkeeper earned a profit equal to the total cost price of items. If each item is marked above its actual cost and a discount of is given while selling it, then what is the difference between the total cost price of items and the total selling price of items?
- A.
Rs. 224
- B.
Rs. 278
- C.
Rs. 254
- D.
Rs. 220
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Correct answer: A
Question 16
In , length of cm. If the length of the median drawn from vertex to base is cm, then is a/an:
- A.
acute angled triangle
- B.
obtuse angled triangle
- C.
equilateral triangle
- D.
right angled triangle
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Correct answer: D
Question 17
The roots of the equation are given as and , with . The roots of the equation are given as and , with . Which of the options below gives the correct relation between , , , and ?
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
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Correct answer: D
Question 18
A sum of is divided between X, Y, and Z such that the ratio of the share of X to the combined share of Y and Z is and the ratio of the share of Z to the combined share of X and Y is . What is the share (in Rs.) of Y?
- A.
3,520
- B.
1,840
- C.
2,064
- D.
3,741
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Correct answer: D
Question 19
The sum of the cost prices of three items was . The person sold the first item at a profit of , the second item at a profit of , and the third item at a profit of . The total profit earned from the sale of these three items was . If the cost price of the second item was more than what it actually was, then the ratio of the cost prices of the second and the third items, respectively, would have been . What was the difference (in Rs.) between the profits earned from the sale of the first and the second items?
- A.
6342
- B.
6442
- C.
6132
- D.
6272
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Correct answer: D
Question 20
Find the sum of the smallest value and the greatest value of that satisfy the inequality .
- A.
2
- B.
-2
- C.
4
- D.
-4
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Correct answer: B
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