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Decision Making (Level Easy)

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If x = y = 2z and xyz = 256, then what is the value of x?

  1. 12

  2. 8

  3. 16

  4. 6


Correct Option: B

If 2x-y=4 then 6x-3y=?

  1. 15

  2. 12

  3. 18

  4. 10


Correct Option: B

(1/10)18 - (1/10)20 = ?

  1. 99/1020

  2. 99/10

  3. 0.9

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A

Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day. How many hour a day should 40 men work to complete the job?

  1. 8 hrs

  2. 7 1/2 hrs

  3. 7 hrs

  4. 9 hrs


Correct Option: B

Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins and Pipe C can empty the same in 40 mins.If all of them work together, find the time taken to fill the tank

  1. 17 1/7 mins

  2. 20 mins

  3. 8 mins

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A

Find the smallest number in a GP whose sum is 38 and product 1728

  1. 12

  2. 20

  3. 8

  4. none of these


Correct Option: C

A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms downstream in 4 hrs. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the water current?

  1. 1/2 kmph

  2. 7/12 kmph

  3. 5 kmph

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B

A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side 12m by a rope 7m long. Find the area it can graze?

  1. 38.5 sq.m

  2. 155 sq.m

  3. 144 sq.m

  4. 19.25 sq.m


Correct Option: A

For a motorist there are three ways going from City A to City C. By way of bridge the distance is 20 miles and toll is $0.75. A tunnel between the two cities is a distance of 10 miles and toll is $1.00 for the vehicle and driver and $0.10 for each passenger. A two-lane highway without toll goes east for 30 miles to city B and then 20 miles in a northwest direction to City C.

Jim usually drives alone from City C to City A every working day. His firm deducts a percentage of employee pay for lateness. Which factor would most influence his choice of the bridge or the tunnel ?

  1. Whether his wife goes with him

  2. scenic beauty on the route

  3. Traffic conditions on the road, bridge and tunnel

  4. saving $0.25 in tolls

  5. price of gasoline consumed in covering additional 10 miles on the bridge


Correct Option: A

For a motorist, there are three ways of going from City A to City C. By a bridge, the distance is 20 miles and toll is $0.75. A tunnel between the two cities is a distance of 10 miles and toll is $1.00 for the vehicle and driver and $0.10 for each passenger. A two-lane highway without toll goes East for 30 miles to city B and then 20 miles in a North-West direction to City C.

The most economical way of going from City A to City B, in terms of toll and distance, is to use the

  1. tunnel

  2. bridge

  3. bridge or tunnel

  4. toll free highway

  5. bridge and highway


Correct Option: A

For a motorist there are three ways going from City A to City C. By way of bridge the distance is 20 miles and toll is $0.75. A tunnel between the two cities is a distance of 10 miles and toll is $1.00 for the vehicle and driver and $0.10 for each passenger. A two-lane highway without toll goes east for 30 miles to city B and then 20 miles in a northwest direction to City C.

Which is the shortest route from B to C

  1. Directly on toll free highway to City C

  2. The bridge

  3. The Tunnel

  4. The bridge or the tunnel

  5. The bridge only if traffic is heavy on the toll free highway


Correct Option: A

The letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G, not necessarily in that order, stand for seven consecutive integers from 1 to 10 D is 3 less than A B is the middle term F is as much less than B as C is greater than D G is greater than F

A - F = ?

  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4

  5. Cannot be determined


Correct Option: A

For a motorist, there are three ways of going from City A to City C. By a bridge, the distance is 20 miles and toll is $0.75. A tunnel between the two cities is a distance of 10 miles and toll is $1.00 for the vehicle and driver and $0.10 for each passenger. A two-lane highway without toll goes East for 30 miles to city B and then 20 miles in a North-West direction to City C.

In choosing between the use of the bridge and the tunnel, the chief factor(s) would be:

I. Traffic and road conditions II. Number of passengers in the car III. Location of one's homes in the centre or outskirts of one of the cities IV. Desire to save $0.25

  1. Only I

  2. Only II

  3. Both II and III

  4. Both III and IV

  5. Both I and II


Correct Option: A

The letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G, not necessarily in that order, stand for seven consecutive integers from 1 to 10 D is 3 less than A B is the middle term F is as much less than B as C is greater than D G is greater than F

If A = 7, the sum of E and G is

  1. 8

  2. 10

  3. 12

  4. 14

  5. 16


Correct Option: A

The letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G, not necessarily in that order, stand for seven consecutive integers from 1 to 10 D is 3 less than A B is the middle term F is as much less than B as C is greater than D G is greater than F

A is as much greater than F as which integer is less than G

  1. A

  2. B

  3. C

  4. D

  5. E


Correct Option: A

The letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G, not necessarily in that order, stand for seven consecutive integers from 1 to 10 D is 3 less than A B is the middle term F is as much less than B as C is greater than D G is greater than F

The greatest possible value of C is how much greater than the smallest possible value of D?

  1. 2

  2. 3

  3. 4

  4. 5

  5. 6


Correct Option: A

The letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G, not necessarily in that order, stand for seven consecutive integers from 1 to 10.

I. D is 3 less than A. II. B is the middle term. III. F is as much less than B as C is greater than D. IV. G is greater than F.

The fifth integer is

  1. A

  2. C

  3. D

  4. E

  5. F


Correct Option: A

In country X, democratic, conservative and justice parties have fought three civil wars in twenty years. To restore stability an agreement is reached to rotate the top offices President, Prime Minister and Army Chief among the parties so that each party controls one and only one office at all times. The three top office holders must each have two deputies, one from each of the other parties. Each deputy must choose a staff composed of equally members of his or her chiefs party and member of the third party.

Which of the following is allowable under the rules as stated:

  1. More than half of the staff within a given office belonging to a single party

  2. Half of the staff within a given office belonging to a single party

  3. Any person having a member of the same party as his or her immediate superior

  4. Half the total number of staff members in all three offices belonging to a single party

  5. Half the staff members in a given office belonging to parties different from the party of the top office holder in that office


Correct Option: A

The letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G, not necessarily in that order, stand for seven consecutive integers from 1 to 10 D is 3 less than A B is the middle term F is as much less than B as C is greater than D G is greater than F

An integer T is as much greater than C as C is greater than E. T can be written as A + E. What is D?

  1. 2

  2. 3

  3. 4

  4. 5

  5. Cannot be determined


Correct Option: A

In recommendation to the board of trustees, a tuition increase of $500 per year, the President of the university said "There were no student demonstrations over the previous increases of $300 last year and $200 the year before". If the President's statement is accurate, then which of the following can be validly inferred from the information given:

I. Most students in previous years felt that the hikes were justified because of increased operating costs. II. Student apathy was responsible for the failure of students to protest the previous tuition hikes. III. Students are not likely to demonstrate over new tuition hikes.

  1. Only I

  2. Only II

  3. Either I or II

  4. I, II and III

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

In country X, democratic, conservative and justice parties have fought three civil wars in twenty years. To restore stability an agreement is reached to rotate the top offices President, Prime Minister and Army Chief among the parties so that each party controls one and only one office at all times. The three top office holders must each have two deputies, one from each of the other parties. Each deputy must choose a staff composed of equally members of his or her chiefs party and member of the third party.

When the democratic party holds presidency, the staff of the prime minister's deputies are composed I. One-fourth of democratic party members II. One-half of justice party members and one-fourth of conservative party members III. One-half of conservative party members and one-fourth of justice party members.

  1. I only

  2. I and II only

  3. II or III but not both

  4. I and II or I and III

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

In country X, democratic, conservative and justice parties have fought three civil wars in twenty years. To restore stability an agreement is reached to rotate the top offices President, Prime Minister and Army Chief among the parties so that each party controls one and only one office at all times. The three top office holders must each have two deputies, one from each of the other parties. Each deputy must choose a staff composed of equally members of his or her chiefs party and member of the third party.

The office of the Army Chief passes from Conservative to Justice party. Which of the following must be fired.

  1. The democratic deputy and all staff members belonging to Justice party

  2. Justice party deputy and all his or hers staff members

  3. Justice party deputy and half of his Conservative staff members in the chief of staff office

  4. The Conservative deputy and all of his or her staff members belonging to Conservative party

  5. No deputies and all staff members belonging to conservative parties


Correct Option: A

In a country X, democratic, conservative and justice parties have fought three civil wars in twenty years. To restore stability, an agreement is reached to rotate the top offices President, Prime Minister and Army Chief among the parties so that each party controls one and only one office at all times. The three top office holders must have two deputies each, one from each of the other parties. Each deputy must choose a staff composed of equal members of his or her chief's party and member of the third party.

When justice party holds one of the top offices, which of the following cannot be true?

  1. Some of the staff members within that office are justice party members.

  2. Some of the staff members within that office are democratic party members.

  3. Two of the deputies within the other offices are justice party members.

  4. Two of the deputies within the other offices are conservative party members.

  5. Some of the staff members within the other offices are justice party members.


Correct Option: A

The office staff of XYZ corporation presently consists of three bookeepers - A, B, C and 5 secretaries - D, E, F, G, H. The management is planning to open a new office in another city using 2 bookeepers and 3 secretaries of the present staff. To do so, they plan to seperate certain individuals who don't function well together. The following guidelines were established to set up the new office:

I. Bookkeepers A and C are constantly finding fault with one another and should not be sent together to the new office as a team. II. C and E function well alone, but not as a team. They should be seperated. III. D and G have not been on speaking terms and shouldn't go together. IV. Since D and F have been competing for promotion, they shouldn't be a team.

If A is to be moved as one of the bookeepers, which of the following cannot be a possible working unit?

  1. ABDEH

  2. ABDGH

  3. ABEFH

  4. ABEGH


Correct Option: B

The office staff of XYZ corporation presently consists of three bookeepers--A, B, C and 5 secretaries D, E, F, G, H. The management is planning to open a new office in another city using 2 bookeepers and 3 secretaries of the present staff . To do so they plan to seperate certain individuals who don't function well together. The following guidelines were established to set up the new office I. Bookeepers A and C are constantly finding fault with one another and should not be sent together to the new office as a team II. C and E function well alone but not as a team, they should be seperated III. D and G have not been on speaking terms and shouldn't go together IV Since D and F have been competing for promotion they shouldn't be a team

If C and F are moved to the new office, how many combinations are possible

  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4


Correct Option: A
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