Calicut University 2007 Certification TES THE PRINCETON REVIEW CET 1 - Question Paper

(a) three (b) five (c) four (d) None of these


4. After a discount of 11.11%, a trader still makes a gain of 14.28%. At how many percent
above the cost price does he mark his goods?
(a) 28.56% (b) 35% (c) 22.22% (d) None of these


5. An old man has Rs. (1! + 2! + 3! + ...+ 50!), all of which he wants to divide equally
(without fractions) among his n children. Then, n may be
(a) five (b) seven (c) nine (d) 11


6. A dealer buys dry fruit at Rs.100, Rs. 80 and Rs. 60 per kg. He mixes them in the ratio three : 4
: five by weight, and sells them at a profit of 50%. At what price does he sell the dry fruit?
(a) Rs. 80/kg (b) Rs. 100/kg (c) Rs. 95/kg (d) None of these


7. An express train travelling at 80 kmph overtakes a goods train, twice as long and going
at 40 kmph on a parallel track, in 54 seconds. How long will the express train take to
cross a station 400 m long?
(a) 36 sec (b) 45 sec (c) 27 sec (d) None of these


8. A student, instead of finding the value of 7/8th of a number, obtained the value of 7/18th of
the number. If his ans differed from the true 1 by 770, obtain the number.
(a) 1584 (b) 2520 (c) 1728 (d) 1656


9. P and Q are 2 integers such that P ? Q = 64. Which of the subsequent cannot be the value
of P + Q?
(a) 20 (b) 65 (c) 16 (d) 35


10. The avg. marks of a learner in ten papers are 80. If the highest and the least scores
are not considered, the avg. is 81. If his highest score is 92, obtain the least.
(a) 55 (b) 60 (c) 62 (d) Cannot be determined.



11. If the roots, x1, and x2, of the quadratic formula x2 - 2x + c = 0 also satisfy the formula
7x2 - 4x1 = 47, then which of the subsequent is true?
(a) c = - 15 (b) x1 = - 5, x2 = 3
(c) x1 = 4.5, x2 = - 2.5 (d) None of these



12. The sum of the areas of 2 circles which touch every other externally is 153?. If the sum
of their radii is 15, obtain the ratio of the larger to the smaller radius.

Earning:   Approval pending.