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Exam : IPM Aptitude Tests
Department : Five-Year Integrated Programme in Management (IPM)
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Sample Questions
Section I – Quantitative Ability
1. A red light flashes 3 times per minute, green light flashes 4 times per minute and yellow light flashes 6 times per minute at regular intervals. If all three lights start flashing at the same time, how many times do they flash together in each 75 minutes?
a) 60
b) 65
c) 70
d) 75
2. A bag contains a total at 105 coins of Re. 1, 50 paise and 25 paise denominations. Find the total number of coins of Re. 1 if there are a total of 50.50 rupees in the bag and it is known that the number of 25 paise coins is 133.33% more than the number of Re. 1 coins.
a) 48
b) 18
c) 24
d) 27
3. A bag has 6 blue balls, 8 red balls, 5 black balls and 9 white balls. You are asked to pick some balls from the bag, without looking into the bag. What is the minimum number of balls you must pick so as to be sure that at least 3 of them are of the same color?
a) 5
b) 8
c) 9
d) 11
5. An empty metal container (without its handle) weight 15% of its weight when filled with a particular liquid. After adding the handle, the weight of the fully filled container increases by 5%. If the weight of a partly filled container is 1/3 of the completely filled container with handle attached, then what fraction of container is utilized?
a) 4/17
b) 3/17
c) 6/19
d) 3/19
6. One kilogram of laddoo mix packet costs Rs. 150/- usually and can be used to make 100 laddoos. A festive offer is launched with 20% extra material in each packet and at 10% price discount. Last month, Ram bought enough packets to make 6000 laddoos when no offer was available. This month, during the festive offer, shyam bought enough packets to make 6000 laddoos. The ratio of amount spent by shyam to the amount spent by Ram is
a) 1:3
b) 1:2
c) 2:3
d) 3:4
7. Four women and one man plan a robbery and decide to share the spoils equally. However, on the night of the robbery, the man falls sick. While the robbery is successful, the man gets only half of the share he was entitled to. Then, the ratio of amount of money shared by the women to the original share they were entitled to is
a) 7:6
b) 8:7
c) 9:8
d) 10:9
8. The economy of Xiberia consists of exactly two industries: mining and manufacturing. It was expected that the economy would grow by 18% if mining grew by 10% and manufacturing by 20%. However, if manufacturing grew only by 10%, then, for the economy to still grow by 18%, mining needs to grow by what %?
a) 25
b) 37.5
c) 50
d) 62.5
9. Fig. 1 consists of a circle C with centre O. OA and OB are perpendicular to each other. The area of the triangle AOB is 32 square units. If AD = BD, the area of the triangle ABD is
a) 32 Square units
b) 32 (1+v2) Square units
c) 64 v2 square units
d) 64 square units
16. A computer has 3 ports to transfer data into flash-drives. The rate of data transfer varies as the simultaneous transfers change as follows:
Single transfer means data transfer @ 3 MB per second
Two simultaneous transfers mean data transfer@ 2 MB per second for each transfer
Three simultaneous transfers mean data transfer @ 1.5 MB per second for each transfer
Rohit has to transfer 577 MB data into three flash-drives of data-holding capacity of 90 MB, 200MB and 300MB respectively. What is the shortest possible time to perform this transfer?
a) 144 seconds
b) 128 seconds
c) 96 seconds
d) 64 seconds
17. Two boats in a current-free lake start sailing towards each other from a distance of 140 kilometres. At the same time, a fish touches boat A and swims towards boat B. As soon as it touches boat B, it swims back to boat A. The process continues till the boats collide. The boats sail at a constant speed of 16 kilometres per hour and 12 kilometres per hour. The fish swims at the constant speed of 5 kilometres per hour. After swimming for 40% of the total time between start and collision, the fish gets tired and reduces the speed to 3 kilometres per hour. What would be the total distance swam by the fish till the boats collide?
a) 25km
b) 23km
c) 19 km
d) 16 km
Section II – Verbal Ability
Questions 1 to 3 : The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from the choices given.
1. 1. She monitors the pygmy nuthatches that nest in her backyard, and shares bird count data to help track the health of bird populations in North America.
2. It’s time we took time to do our bit to celebrate all that nature provides.
3. The food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe- it all comes from nature
4. We need more people like Christine Haines, a nature photographer and a member of The Nature Conservancy, who do their bit to help protect the environment.
a) 4123
b) 3241
c) 4231
d) 3421
2. 1. At the Special School for the Blind in Gurgaon, computers and Braille type notes have made learning much easier.
2. What recent devices have done is to help take it further.
3. Braille, the tactile writing system for the blind developed in the 19th Century remains the bedrock of many innovations.
4. With the aid of a type note – which has a key corresponding to each of the six dots of the Braille Code – visually-impaired children can take notes as fast as sighted children.
a) 4213
b) 1432
c) 3214
d) 1243
3. 1. To walk in the world’s poorer countries in to enter the orbit of their inhabitants.
2. Time slows down and geography stretches out.
3. The unhurried pace brings a sense of things restored to their natural proportions.
4. The details of the land- its small topographical changes, its chance noises and scents – become more potent and absorbing.
5. The choice to travel on foot is a transforming one.
a) 53241
b) 12534
c) 34125
d) 15324
Questions 4 and 5 : Each of the paragraphs given below has a sentence missing which is indicated by a blank. From the choices given below each paragraph, choose the sentence that seems most logically appropriate to complete the given paragraph.
4. Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Interpreter of Maladies established this young writer as one of the most brilliant of her generation.____________________________________________________. In The Namesake Lahiri enriches the themes that made her collection an international bestseller. Her novel, like the stories, deals with the immigrant experience, the clash of cultures and the conflicts of assimilation, and, most poignantly, the tangled ties between generations.
a) Her unusual quality as a writer has not been acknowledged.
b) Her language, style and themes are difficult to understand.
c) Her stories are one of the few debut works to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
d) Her stories depict Americans and the American way of life.
5. It takes two to tango but one to travel. Travel alone you must, as that last ritual to get comfortable in your own skin, to be attentive to what goes on in your head and to know what your heart wants._______________________________________________________. Plan your travel to arrive at your destination at daytime; preferable pre-book a cab or find out exact bus route and timings from the airport. Any place that has a reputation for treating women as chattel, should be avoided. At best, dress conservatively.
a) However, do not accept fraudulent bookings in hotels from touts at the airport.
b) If, as a woman, you are travelling alone you need to strategies to stay safe.
c) Although the journey that you undertake would prove less risky, being in a group
d) Never hesitate; always ask for directions from friendly looking strangers
Questions 12 and 13 : In each of the sentences, a part or the entire sentence is underlined. Choose the alternative from the four options, so that the given sentence is correct.
12. It is no doubt that the rich have a great advantage
a) It is no doubt that the rich have a great advantage
b) It has no doubt that the rich have a great advantage
c) There is no doubt that the rich have a great advantage
d) There has no doubt that the rich have a great advantage
13. He agreed to give her the half of the money.
a) to give her the half of the money
b) to give her a half of the money
c) to give her half of the money
d) to give her an half of the money
Questions 14 and 15 : In each of the options the following words are used in different ways. Choose the option where the usage is incorrect or inappropriate.
14. Loose
a) He went to the dentist because of a loose tooth
b) the cyclone caused some of the roof tiles to come loose
c) Her friend does not approve of her loose morals
d) The scam caused many people to loose their life savings
15. Effect
a) The criticism did not effect the student at all
b) One cannot say what effect computerisation will have on the service
c) Increasing levels of pollution will have a disastrous effect on planet earth
d) The teacher’s stern lecture had no effect on the student’s behaviour
Questions 16 and 17 : The sentences below have words that are missing. Choose the best option from those below to complete the sentence.
16. Governments frame laws and regulations to steer business________________in what they ____________________to be beneficial directions.
a) ethics; believe
b) meetings; agree
c) behaviour; perceive
d) people; consider
17. Written records give little indication of the way in which Shakespeare’s professional life moulded his artistry. All that can be ______________________________is that over the course of 20 years, Shakespeare wrote plays that__________________the complete range of human emotion and conflict.
a) ascertained; expand
b) said; violate
c) expected; kindle
d) deduced; capture
Question 18 : In following question, a related pair of words is followed by four words. Select the word that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the given word e.g. Dramaturgy – Plays
18. Ocean – ?
a) Tributary
b) Tides
c) Icebergs
d) Vessel
Question 19 : Choose the option closest in meaning to the following word.
19. Salient
a) most prominent
b) very aggressive
c) most sensitive
d) very convenient
Question 20 : Choose the option that is closely opposite in meaning to the following word.
20. Attractive
a) rude
b) repellent
c) genteel
d) crude