GREQuantPracticeSet01

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1.
QuantitativeComparisonquestion

QuantityAQuantityB
4x2 + 1 4x 2

A.QuantityAisgreater.
B.QuantityBisgreater.
C.Thetwoquantitiesareequal.
D.Therelationshipcannotbedeterminedfromtheinformationgiven.

2.
DataInterpretationQuestion

%RevenueGrowthofBusinessUnitsinacompanyABC.

Unit

FY201213

FY201314

18

15

20

If,attheendofFY201112,therevenuesforUnitPandSwere$20millioneach.Thenatthe
endofFY201314:
A.RevenueofUnitPwasgreater.
B.RevenueofUnitSwasgreater.
C.Boththeunitsrevenueswereequal.
D.Therelationshipcannotbedeterminedfromtheinformationgiven.

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3.
ArithmeticQuestionGeometricSeries

WiseBucketChallenge

WhileexecutingtheWiseBucketChallenge,apersonneedsonebucketofwater,andsome
ice.Assumethatthewaterinbucketisalways9Litres,andtheiceismadeupof1Litre
water.Afterexecutingthechallenge,thepersonchallenges2newpeoplefornextday.Ifonly
onepersonstartedtheWiseBucketChallenge,andeveryoneacceptsthechallenge,then
howmuchwaterwillbeusedin30days?

A. 9(230 1)
B. 10(230 1)
C. 10 229 D. 9(229 1)

4.
QuantitativeComparisonQuestion

QuantityA
AngleXinfollowingdiagram:

QuantityB
AngleXinfollowingdiagram:

A.QuantityAisgreater.
B.QuantityBisgreater.
C.Thetwoquantitiesareequal.
D.Therelationshipcannotbedeterminedfromtheinformationgiven

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5.
GeometryQuestionCircles

TherearetwoconcentriccircleswithradiusrandR,asshowninthediagrambelow.Tisa
tangenttoinnercircle.Whatistheareaofshadedregion,if R = 2r
?

A. (r ( 2))/2 B. R (/2 1)

C. R2/4

D. R2(/4 2)

E.Noneoftheabove
.

6.
GeometryQuestionPolygonsandCircles

Asshownabove,thereisrectangularlawnofsize6mx6 3
m
,andacowistiedtothepoint
X,byaropeoflength6meters?Howmuchareaofthelawncanthecowgraze?

Fillintheblank.______

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7.
QuantitativeComparisonQuestion

TherearetwoclocksAandB.ClockAruns
clockwise
,andclockBruns
anticlockwise.

QuantityA
QuantityB
InclockA,smalleranglebetweenhour
InclockB,smalleranglebetweenhour
andminutehand,at1:30.
andminutehand,at1:30.

A.QuantityAisgreater.
B.QuantityBisgreater.
C.Thetwoquantitiesareequal.
D.Therelationshipcannotbedeterminedfromtheinformationgiven.

8.
AlgebraCoordinateGeometryQuestion

Whichequationthegraphisrepresenting:

A.3|x|9
B.93|x|
C.62|x|
D.3|x|6

E.2|x|6

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9.
ArithmeticPercentQuestion

Inafactory,5%ofthemanufacturedunitsalwaysfailQC.Ifthenumberofunitsmanufactured
thisyearis24,000,whichis20%morethanthenumberofunitsmanufacturedlastyear,then
howmanyunitsfailedQClastyear?

A.1,200
B.1,000
C.1,440
D.240
E.960

10.
QuantitativeComparisonQuestion

x+z=3
y+z=5

QuantityA
QuantityB
Valueofx
Valueofy

A.QuantityAisgreater.
B.QuantityBisgreater.
C.Thetwoquantitiesareequal.
D.Therelationshipcannotbedeterminedfromtheinformationgiven.

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Solutions

1. A

SubtractquantityBfromquantityA:
QuantAQuantB= (4x2 + 1) (4x 2) = 4x2 + 1 4x + 2 = 4x2 4x + 3
= (4x2 4x + 1) + 2 = (2x 1)2 + 2
=(+venumber)+2,whichisalways>0.

Whichmeans,quantityAisalwaysgreaterthanquantityB.

2. A

InFY201213and201314,revenueofunitPgrewby:
(100+18)%*(1003)%=1.18*97%=114.46%

Atthesametime,revenueofunitSgrewby:
(1005)%*(100+20)%=0.95*120%=114.00%

Since,therevenuesofunitPandSweresameattheendofFY201112,attheendof
FY201314,revenueofunitPwasgreater.

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3. B

ExecutingtheWiseBucketChallengerequires10litersofwater,9litreswaterin
bucketand1litreofwaterforice.

Day1:Numberofpeopleexecutingthechallenge=1.
Totalamountofwaterusedonday1=10litres

Day2:Numberofpeopleexecutingthechallenge=1x2
Totalamountofwaterusedonday2=10x2litres

Day3:Numberofpeopleexecutingthechallenge=2x2= 22
Totalamountofwaterusedonday3=10x2x2litres=10x 22

...

Day30:Numberofpeopleexecutingthechallenge= 229
Totalamountofwaterusedonday30=10x 229 litres

Totalamountofwaterusedin30days=(10)+(10x2)+(10x 22 )+(10x 229 )

=10( 230 1)

Hint:Fasterwaytosolve
Generalizetheoptions,replace30withn,and29withn1,wherenisthenumberof
days.Nowtryforn=0andn=1,thevalueshouldbe0and10respectively.

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4. C

Drawalineasshowninthefollowingdiagrams.Xcomesouttobesame,asthe
trianglesaresimilar.

DiagramA:

DiagramB:

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5. A

TriangleABCisarightangledtriangle.
LengthofsideAB= R2 r2 = 2r2 r2 =r
EventriangleBCEisarightangledtriangle.Usepythagorastheorem.
AreaoftriangleBCE=(2rxr)/2= r2
AreaofsectorCEDB=(90/360)x R2 = 2r2 /4= r2 /2
AreaofregionAEDB=AreaofsectorCEDBAreaoftriangleBCE= r2 /2 r2
= (r2( 2))/2

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6. 6 93

Thelawnsizeis 6x63 ,sointhefollowingdiagramAF=

63 andDX= 33 .
Nowthelengthofrope,AXandCXis6.Also,thearcABCisofradius6,becausethe
cowcannotmovemorethan6metersfromX.

NowtheareathatthecowcangrazeisABCDA=AreaofsectorABCXAreaof
triangleACX.

TriangleACXisanequilateraltriangle,becauseAX=CX=AC=6.SoangleAXC=
60degrees.
AreaofsectorABCX=(60/360)x 62 = 6

AreaoftriangleACX=() (6x33) = 93

Hence,areaoflawnthecowcangraze= 6 93

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7. C

Theanglewillbesame.Theclocksarejustamirrorimageofeachother.Following
diagramsmakeitclear.

8. E

Wecaneasilygetthethreecoordinates,thattheequationmustsatisfy:(3,0),
(3,0)and(0,6).Trytheseinalltheoptions.

9. B

Numberofunitsmanufacturedthisyear(24,000)=120%oflastyear.
So,numberofunitsmanufacturedlastyear=24,000x100/120=20,000.
NumberofunitsfailedQClastyear=5%ofmanufacturedunits=5%of20,000
=1,000.

10. B

QuantityAQuantityB=(3z)(5z)=35=2,whichis<0.
Therefore,QuantityA<QuantityB.

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