Check your Vocabulary & Quant Skills

Vocabulary

Synonyms

1. Elicit : a) Blissful    b) to provoke      c) to adorn       d) illegal


2. Incursion : a)Junta  b) divergent        c) sudden invasion d) precursor


3. Stentorian : a) Extremely loud  b) sparing    c) Stanch   d) Insouciant


4. Innocuous : a) Naïve b) Harmless c) Stigma d) vacuous


5. Remonstrate : a) Compliant b)Extrinsic c)Intangible d)Protest


6. Fidelity : a) Fervor b) egoism c) coalesce d) loyalty


7. Minutiae : a) Petty details b) very small c) courage d) work against


8. Neophyte : a) Illiterate b) Novice c) Educated d) Expert


9. Extrinsic : a) Unrehearsed   b) Extraneous  c) Essential  d)Humorous


10. Pallid : a) Lacking color   b) Showy   c) Disgrace  d) occult

Answers :

1. To provoke [B]


2. Sudden invasion [C]


3. Extremely loud [A]


4.  Harmless [B]


5. Protest [D]


6. Loyalty [D]


7. Petty details [A]


8. Novice [B]


9. Extraneous [B]


10. Lacking color [A]

Quantitative Ability

Directions: Compare Quantity A and Quantity B, using additional information centered above the two quantities if such information is given, and select one of the following four answer choices.

•  Quantity A is greater.


• Quantity B is greater.

• The two quantities are equal.

• The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

A symbol that appears more than once in a question has the same meaning throughout the question.

1.

Quantity A : (x^2)+1

Quantity B :  2x-1

 

1. Quantity A is greater.


2. Quantity B is greater.


3. The two quantities are equal.


4. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Answer: 1

 2. RSTU is a parallelogram.

Quantity A: x (degrees)

Quantity B: y (degrees)

 

1. Quantity A is greater.


2. Quantity B is greater.


3. The two quantities are equal.


4. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Answer: 4

3. Each employee of a certain company is in either Department X or                  Department Y, and there are more than twice as many employees in  Department X as there are in Department Y. The average (arithmetic mean)  salary is $25,000 for the employees in Department X and $35,000 for the  employees in Department Y. Which of the following amounts could be the  average salary for all of the employees of the company?

Indicate all such amounts.

1. $26,000


2. $28,000


3. $29,000


4. $30,000


5. $31,000


6. $32,000


7. $34,000

Answer: 1 and 2

 

4. The figure shows a circle with             center C and radius 6. What is the sum of     the areas of the two shaded region?

A)7.5π
B)6 π
C)4.5π
D)4 π
E)3 v

Answer: D

5. The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%, then the value of x is:

A. 15 B. 16 C. 18 D. 25

Answer : B

6. If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent.

A. 66 2/3 B. 100 C. 105 1/3 D. 120

Answer: B 

7. In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit?

A. 30% B. 70% C. 100% D. 250%

 Answer: B

8. A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell to gain 20%?

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

 Answer: C 

9. The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit?

A. Rs. 2000 B. Rs. 2200 C. Rs. 2400 D. Data inadequate

 Answer: A

10. A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle?

A. Rs. 1090 B. Rs. 1160 C. Rs. 1190 D. Rs. 1202

 Answer: C