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1. A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B
alone in 8 days. A and B undertook to do it for 8. A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours. After half the tank
Rs. 3,200. With the help of C, they completed the is filled, three more similar taps are opened. What
work in 3 days. How much is to be paid to C ? is the total time taken to fill the tank completely?
(a) Rs. 375 (b) Rs. 400 (a) 3 hrs. 15 min. (b) 3 hrs. 45 min.
(c) Rs. 600 (d) Rs. 800 (c) 4 hrs. (d) 4 hrs. 15 min.

2. A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many 9. A bag contains 6 black and 8 white balls. One ball is
for a rupee must he sell to gain 20% drawn at random. What is the probability that the
(a) 3 (b) 4 ball is drawn is white ?
(c) 5 (d) 6 (a) 3/4 (b) 4/7
(c) 1/8 (d) 3/7
3. In how many different ways can the letters of the
word „OPTICAL‟ be arranged so that the vowels 10. The angle of elevation of a ladder leaning against a
always come together ? wall is 600 and the foot of the ladder is 4.6 m away
(a) 120 (b) 720 from the wall. The length of the ladder is :
(c) 4320 (d) 2160 (a) 2.3 m (b) 4.6 m
(c) 7.8 m (d) 9.2 m
4. 3 pumps, working 8 hours a day, can empty a tank
in 2 days. How many hours a day must 4 pumps 11. How many bricks, each measuring 25 cm × 11.25
work to empty the tank in 1 day ? cm × 6 cm, will be needed to build a wall of 8 m ×
(a) 9 (b) 10 6m × 22.5 cm ?
(c) 11 (d) 12 (a) 5600 (b) 6000
(c) 6400 (d) 7200
5. Sakshi invests a part of Rs. 12,000 stock at Rs. 120
and the remainder in 15% stock at Rs. 125. If his 12. The price of 10 chairs is equal to that of 4 tables.
total dividend per annum is Rs. 1,360, how much The price of 15 chairs and 2 tables together is
does he invest in 12% stock at Rs. 120 ? Rs. 4,000. The total price of 12 chairs and 3 tables
(a) Rs. 4,000 (b) Rs. 4,500 is
(c) Rs. 5,500 (d) Rs. 6,000 (a) Rs. 3,500 (b) Rs. 3,750
(c) Rs. 3,840 (d) Rs. 3,900
6. The true discount on a bill of Rs. 540 is Rs. 90. The
banker‟s discount is : 13. The interest on Rs. 750 for 2 years in the same as
(a) Rs. 60 (b) Rs. 108 the true discount on Rs. 960 due 2 years hence. If
(c) Rs. 110 (d) Rs. 112 the rate of interest is the same in both, it is
(a) 12% (b) 14%
7. Simran started a software business by investing (c) 15% (d) 18%
Rs. 50,000. After six months, Nanda joined her with
a capital of Rs. 80,000. After 3 years, they earned a 14. A train running at the speed of 60 km/h crosses a
profit of Rs. 24,500. What was simran‟s share in pole in 9 seconds. What is the length of the train ?
the profit ? (a) 120 m (b) 180 m
(a) Rs.8425 (b) Rs. 10,250 (c) 324 m (d) 150 m
(c) Rs. 12,500 (d) Rs. 10,500
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15. The length of the bridge, which a train 130 metres (a) 1.45 (b) 1.88
long and travelling at 45 km/h can cross in (c) 2.9 (d) 3.7
30 seconds is :
(a) 200 m (b) 225 m 24. In a 100 m race, A can given B 10 m and C 28 m. In
(c) 245 m (d) 250 m the same race B can give C
(a) 18 m (b) 20 m
16. What is the speed of the train whose length is (c) 27 m (d) 9 m
210 metres ?
I. The train crosses another train of 300 meters 25. The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals
length running in opposite direction in 10 seconds. of 3 years each is 50 years . What is the age of the
II. The train crosses another train running in youngest child ?
the same direction at the speed of 60 km/h in (a) 4 years (b) 8 years
30 seconds. (c) 10 years (d) none of the above
(a) I alone is sufficient while II alone is not
sufficient to answer
(b) II alone is sufficient while I alone is not 26. The number that should come next in the series :
2, 1, (1/2), (1/4), is :
sufficient to answer.
(a) 1/3 (b) 1/8
(c) Either I or II alone is sufficient to answer
(c) 2/8 (d) 1/6
(d) Both I and II are necessary to answer

17. It was Sunday on Jan. 1, 2006. What was the day of

the week Jan. 1, 2010 ? 27. What number should come next in the series ?
31, 29, 24, 22, 17
(a) Sunday (b) Saturday
(a) 15 (b) 14
(c) Friday (d) Wednesday
(c) 13 (d) 12

18. The ratio between the length and the breadth of a

rectangular park is 3.2. If a man cycling along the 28. From the series : F2,..........,D8, C16, B32,.........
Pick out the number that should fill the blank.
boundary of the park at the speed of 12 km/h
(a) A16 (b) G4
completes one round in 8 minutes. Then the area
(c) E4 (d) E3
of the park (in sq.m) is :
(a) 15360 (b) 153600
(c) 30720 (d) 307200 29. Fill the series : XXIV, XX, ........., XII, VIII
(a) XXII (b) XIII
(c) XVI (d) IV
19. What is the unit digit in
1793 317
6374 × 625 × 341 491 ?
(a) 0 (b) 2 30. Harvest
(c) 3 (d) 5 (a) Autumn (b) Stockpile
(c) Tractor (d) Crop
20. Evaluate :
2.39 2 − 1.61 2 /(2.39 − 1.61) 31. Culture
(a) 2 (b) 4 (a) Civility (b) Education
(c) 6 (d) 8 (c) Agriculture (d) Customs

21. Find the odd man out. 32. Cage

8, 27, 64, 100, 125, 216, 343 (a) Enclosure (b) Prisoner
(a) 27 (b) 100 (c) Animal (d) Zoo
(c) 125 (d) 343
33. Fact 1 : All dogs like to run.
22. A vessel is filled with liquid, 3 parts of which are Fact 2 : Some dogs like to swim.
water and 5 parts syrup. How much of the mixture Fact 3 : Some dogs look like their masters.
must be drawn off and replaced with water so that If the following statements must also be a fact ?
the mixture may be half water and half syrup ? I. All dogs who like to swim look like their masters.
II. Dogs who like to swim also like to run.
(a) 1/3 (b) ¼
III. Dogs who like to run do not look like their masters.
(c) 1/5 (d) 1/7
(a) I only (b) II only
(c) II and III only
23. Given that 100.48 = 𝑥, 100.70 and 𝑥 𝑧 = 𝑦 2 then (d) None of the statements is a known fact
the value of 𝑧 is close to

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34. Four defensive football players are chasing the (b) Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
opposing wide receiver who has the ball. Calvin is (c) Both the statements I and II are independent causes
directly behind the ball carrier. Jenkins and (d) Both the statements I and II are effects of independent
Burton are side by side behind Calvin. Zeller is cause
behind Jenkins and Burton. Calvin tries for the
tackle but misses and falls. Burton trips. Which 40. Statements :
defensive player tackles the receiver ? I. The Reserve Bank of India has recently put restrictions
(a) Burton (b) Zeller on few small banks in the country.
(c) Jenkins (d) Calvin II. The small banks in the private and co-operative sector
in India are not in a position to withstand the competitions
35. A four-person crew from Classic Colours is of the bigger in the public sector.
painting Mr. Field‟s house. Michael is painting the (a) Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
front of the house. Ross is in the alley behind the (b) Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
house painting the back. Jed is painting the (c) Both the statements I and II are independent causes
window frames on the north side, Shawn is on the (d) Both the statements I and II are effects of independent
south. If Michael switches places with Jed, and causes
Jed then switches places with Shawn, where is
Shawn ? 41. Here are some words translated from an artificial
(a) in the alley behind the house language.
(b) on the north side of the house gorblflur mean fan belt, pixngorbl means ceiling
(c) in front of the house fan, arthtusl means tile roof. Which word could
(d) on the south side of the house mean “ceiling tile”?
(a) gorbltusl (b) flurgorbl
36. What is Reena‟s rank in the class ? (c) arthflur (d) pixnarth
I. There are 26 students in the class
II. There are 9 students who have scored less than Reena. 42. Here are some words translated from an artificial
(a) Statement I alone is sufficient to answer language.
(b) Statement II alone is sufficient to answer Malgauper means peach cobbler, malgaport means
(c) Both the statements together are not sufficient to peach juice, moggagrop means apply jelly. Which
answer word could mean “apple juice”?
(d) Both the statements together are needed (a) moggaport (b) malgaauper
(c) gropport (d) moggagrop
37. Statements : No women teacher can play. Some women
teachers are athletes Conclusions : 43. In the figure given below
I. Male athletes can play. The rectangle represents bachelors
II. Some athletes can play. The square represents Delhi metropolis
(a) Only conclusion I follows The circle represents English language
(b) Only conclusion II follows The triangle represents tourists
(c) Either I or II follows
(d) Neither I nor II follows
9 5
6
38. Statements : All aeroplanes are trains. Some trains
1 4 7
are chairs. Conclusion : 8
I. Some aeroplanes are chairs. 3
II. Some chairs are aeroplanes. 2
11
III. Some chairs are trains.
IV. Some trains are aeroplanes. 10
(a) None follows
(b) Only I and II follows The portion representing bachelor tourists, who
(c) Only II and III follows know the English language is:
(d) Only III and IV follows (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) 4

39. Statements : 44. Read the below passage carefully and answer the
I. The Prices of petrol and diesel in the domestic question :
market have remained unchanged for the past few The government of an island nation is in the
months. process of deciding how to spend its limited income. It
II. The crude oil prices in the international market has $ 7 million left in its budget and eight programs to
have gone up substantially in the last few months choose among. There is no provision in the constitution to
(a) Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect have a surplus, and each program coordinator has

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requested the minimum amount they need, in other words, words.
no program may be partially funded. The programs and Marathan is to race as hibernation is to
their funding requests are : (a) Winter (b) Bear
 Hurricane preparedness : $ 2.5 million (c) Dream (d) Sleep
 Harbour improvements : $ 1 million
 School music program : $ 0.5 million 51. A technique used by codes to convert an analog
 Senate office building remodelling : $1.5 million signal into a digital bit stream is known as
(a) Pulse code modulation
 Agricultural subsidy program : $ 2 million
(b) Pulse stretcher
 National radio : $ 0.5 million (c) Query processing
 Small business loan program : $ 3 million (d) Queue management
 International airport : $ 4 million
Senators from urban areas are very concerned about 52. An optical input device that interprets pencil marks
assuring that there will be funding for a new international on paper media is
airport. Senators from rural area refuse to fund anything (a) O.M.R. (b) Punch card reader
until money for agricultural subsidies is appropriated. If (c) Optical scanners (d) Magnetic tape
the legislature funds these two programs, on which of the
following could they spend the rest of the money
(a) The School music program and national radio 53. The most important advantage of an IC is its
(b) Hurricane preparedness (a) Easy replacement in case of circuit failure
(c) Harbour improvements and the school music Program (b) Extremely high reliability
(d) Small business loan program (c) Reduced cost
(d) Low power consumption
45. Which word does NOT belong with the others ?
(a) inch (b) ounce 54. Which language was devised by Dr. Seymour Cray?
(c) centimeter (d) yard (a) APL (b) COBOL
(c) LOGO (d) FORTRAN
46. Which word does NOT being with the others ?
(a) Tulip (b) Rose 55. As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are
(c) Bud (d) Daisy (a) More expensive (b) More portable
(c) Less rigid (d) Slowly accessed
47. Look carefully at the sequence of symbols to find the
pattern. Select the correct pattern. 56. What is the name given to the molecular scale computer ?
(a) Femto computer (b) Nano computer
(c) Super computer (d) Micro computer

?
57. Who is considered the „father‟ of the minicomputer
and one of the founder fathers of the modern computer
industry worldwide ?
(a) George Tate (b) Kenneth H. Olsen
1 2 3 4 (c) Seymour Cray (d) Basic Pascal
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
58. The first microprocessor produced by Intel Corpn.
48. SCD, TEF, UGH,.........,WKL and Texas Instruments were used primarily to control
(a) CMN (b) UJI small
(c) VIJ (d) IJT (a) Microwave ovens
(b) Washing machines
(c) Calculators
49. Choose the pair that best represents a similar (d) Personal computers
relationship to the one expressed in the original
pair of words.
MONK : DEVITION 59. The access method used for casette tape is :
(a) maniac : pacifism (a) Direct (b) Random
(b) explorer : contentment (c) Sequential (d) All of the above
(c) visionary : complacency
(d) rover : wanderlust 60. The arranging of data in a logical sequence is called
as
50. Choose the pair that best represents a similar (a) Sorting (b) Classifying
relationship to the one expressed in the original pair of (c) Reproducing (d) Summarising

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61. Who is the creator of the PASCAL language ? any information if that information is not in its
(a) Niklaus Writh (b) Dijkstra (a) Secondary storage (b) Main storage
(c) Donald Knuth (d) Basic Pascal (c) ALU (d) Control unit

62. When was punched-card equipment used for the 72. How many digits of the DNIC (Data Network
first time to process the British census ? Identification Code) identify the country ?
(a) 1910 (b) 1907 (a) First three (b) First four
(c) 1911 (d) 1914 (c) First five (d) First six

63. A hashing scheme is used with 73. A device that links two homogeneous packet broadcast
(a) Sequential file organisation local networks is :
(b) Indexed sequential file organisation (a) Gateway (b) Repeater
(c) Partitioned file organisation (c) Bridge (d) Hub
(d) None of these
74. Telecommunications network come in a wide range
64. What was the total number of UNIVAC-I sold of speed any capacity capabilities. Select the best
eventually and by which company ? fit
(a) 30, British Tabulating Machine co. (a) Bandwidth alternatives
(b) 40, International Business Machines (b) Switching alternating
(c) 48, Remington Rand (c) Inter organisational networks
(d) 40, International Computer Ltd. (d) Extranets

65. Which kind of devices allows the user to add 75. A modem is connected in between a telephone line
components and capabilities to a computer system ? and a
(a) System boards (b) Storage devices (a) Network
(c) Input devices (d) Expansion slots (b) Computer
(c) Communication Adapter
(d) Serial port
66. When an input electrical signal A = 10100 is applied to a
NOT gate, its output signal is
(a) 01011 (b) 10001 76. Find out the alternative figure which contains
(c) 10101 (d) 00101 figure (X) as its part

67. Large computer system typically uses

(a) Line printers
(b) Ink-jet printers
(c) Dot-matrix printers
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
(d) Daisy wheel printers
77. Find out the alternative figure which contains
68. Which one of the following bus types is used by the figure (X) as its part
Apple Macintosh computer ?
(a) ISA (b) MuBus
(c) EISA (d) MCA

69. When the time to establish link is large and the

size of data is small, the preferred mode of data (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
transfer is :
(a) Circuit switching
(b) Packet switching 78. Find the number of triangles in the given figure
(c) Time division multiplexing
(d) All of the above

70. File specification books are created primarily for

the use of
(a) Systems analysts (b) Programmers (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 14
(c) Operators (d) Managers

79. The number of triangles in the given figure is

71. The micro process of a computer cannot operate on

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(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

85. Select a suitable figure from the answer figures

that would replace the question mark (?)
(a) 12 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) 26

80. Select a suitable figure from the four alternatives

that would complete the figure matrix
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

86. Select a suitable figure from the answer figures

that would replace the question mark (?)

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
81. Select the figure which satisfies the same
conditions of placement of the dots as in Figure-X 87. Select a suitable figure from the answer figures
that would replace the question mark (?)

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

X 1 2 3 4
88. Find out which of the figure 1, 2, 3 and 4 can be
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 formed from the pieces given in figure X

82. Select the figure which satisfies the same

conditions of placement of the dots as in Figure-X

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
89. Select the alternative which represents three out
83. Choose the alternative which closely resembles the of the five alternative figures which when fitted
mirror image of the given combination into each other would form a complete square
ANS43Q12

(a) 234 (b) 134 (c) 345 (d) 245

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
90. Select the alternative which represents three out
84. Choose the figure which is different from the rest of the five alternative figures which when fitted
into each other would form an equilateral triangle

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96. Three different positions of a dice are shown
below. How many does lie opposite to 2 dots ?

(a) 234 (b) 134 (c) 345 (d) 245

(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 6
91. Select a figure from the given four alternatives
which fits exactly into Figure-X to form a complete 97. Identify the figure that completes the pattern shown
square. in Figure (X)

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

92. Group the given figures into three classes using 98. Identify the figure that completes the pattern shown
each figure only once in Figure (X)

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

(a) 1,4 ; 2,3 ; 4,6 (b) 1,5 ; 2,6 ; 4,3 99. Identify the figure that completes the pattern shown
(c) 1,6 ; 2,3 ; 4,5 (d) 1,2 ; 3,6 ; 4,5 in Figure (X)

93. Group the given figures into three classes using

each figure only once

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

100. Choose the set of figures which follows the given

rule
Rule : Closed figures losing their sides and open
(a) 3, 4, 9; 5, 7, 8; 1, 2, 6 figures gaining their sides.
(b) 1, 5, 6; 2, 4, 8; 3, 7, 9
(c) 4, 6, 8; 3, 5, 7; 1, 2, 9
(d) 1, 2, 7; 3, 5, 9; 4, 6, 8

94. Choose the box that is similar to the box formed

from the given sheet of paper (X)

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1 and 4 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

95. Observe the dots on a die (one to six dots) in the

following figures. How many dots are contained on
the face opposite to that containing four dots ?

(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 6 (d) Cant Determine

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TANCET 2020
ANSWER KEY
1.B 2.C 3.B 4.D 5.A 6.B 7.D 8.B 9.B 10.D
11.C 12.D 13.B 14.D 15.C 16.D 17.C 18.B 19.A 20.B
21.B 22.C 23.C 24.B 25.A 26.B 27.A 28.C 29.C 30.A
31.C 32.B 33.B 34.B 35.C 36.D 37.D 38.D 39.C 40.D
41.D 42.A 43.B 44.A 45.B 46.C 47.C 48.C 49.D 50.D
51.A 52.A 53.B 54.C 55.A 56.B 57.B 58.C 59.C 60.A
61.A 62.C 63.B 64.C 65.D 66.A 67.A 68.B 69.B 70.B
71.B 72.A 73.B 74.A 75.B 76.A 77.C 78.C 79.B 80.C
81.D 82.B 83.D 84.B 85.C 86.C 87.C 88.A 89.D 90.C
91.B 92.C 93.D 94.# 95.B 96.C 97.B 98.B 99.D 100.A

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