LIC Free Model test Paper Objective Paper For Sales Executives in Life Insurance Corporation of India :Numerical Ability

LIC Free Model test Paper Objective Paper For Sales Executives in Life Insurance Corporation of India :Numerical Ability

1.Pink bought a cycle from a friend for Rs2000. She sold it to her friend Red for Rs2500. Red decided she didn't want it, so Pink bought it back from her for Rs2200. Pink sold it to another friend Black for Rs2000, since he was desperately in need of transport, and that was all that he could afford. What was Pink’s total profit or loss on all of these transactions?
(A) Rs200 profit (B) Rs300 loss
(C) Rs300 profit (D) Insufficient data




2. 4 technicians, 5 non-technicians and 3 engineers together can complete a project in 16 days. In how many days can 10 non-technicians alone complete the project if 10 technicians alone complete the work in 24 days ?
(A) 20 (B) 25
(C) 12 (D) Cannot be determined.

3. In a 30 liters mixture of two liquids, A and B, the ratio of their constituents is 7:3. What amount of liquid B is to be added to the mixture in order to change their previous ratio to 3:7?
(A) 40 liters (B) 20 liters
(C) 19 liters (D) 10 liters



4. The regular price of a sofa-set at a showroom is 12% off the retail price. During an annual sale, the same sofa-set is 25% off the regular price. If the retail price is q, which of the following expression represents the sale price?
(A) 0.34q (B) 0.37q
(C) 0.64q (D) 0.66q

5 The ratio of incomes of X and Y is 3: 2 and their expenditures are in the ratio of 2: 1. If at the end of the year, each saves Rs1000, then what is the income of Y?
(A) Rs1000 (B) Rs2200
(C) Rs2000 (D) Rs1800

6 If 25% of x is 12.5, what is 12.5% of 2x?
(A) 6.25 (B) 12.5
(C) 25 (D) 37.5

7. The average weight of 8 parcels is increased by 2 kg when one parcel which weighs 60 kg is replaced by another parcel. What is the weight of the new parcel?
(A) 65 kg (B) 63 kg
(C) 53 kg (D) 76 kg


8. Which of the following number(s) is/are neither prime nor composite?
(A) -1 (B)+1
(C) 0 (D) All of the above

9. If the value of x is between 0 & 1, which is the larger among the following?
(A) x (B) x^2
(C) –x (D) 1/x

10.Which of the following describes the sequence 1,3,6,10,15,…
(A) 3^n-1 (B) 2^n
(C) n(n + 1)/2 (D) n/2n-1

11.When a number is divided by 65 the remainder stands as 43. What will be the remainder if it is divided by 13?
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 5

12. A man is three years elder than his wife and four times as old as his son. If the son shall attain an age of 15 years after three years, what is the present age of the mother?
(A) 60 years (B) 51 years
(C) 48 years (D) 45 years


13. In four years Tim will be three times as old as he was 12 years ago. How old is he now?
(A) 18 (B) 20
(C) 17 (D) 15

14. Which is the smallest of the following numbers?
(A) under root 5 (B)under root5 /5
(C) 1/5under root 5 (D) 5 under root 5

15. A car moving at 30km/hr is in front of another car moving at 50 km/hr. What is the distance between the two cars , if it takes 15 minutes for the faster car to catch the slower one?
(A) 7.5 Km (B) 5 Km
(C) 12.5 Km (D) Cannot be determined

16. A clock shows the correct time on May 1 at 1:00 P.M. The clock loses 20 minutes a day. After how many days will the clock show the correct time again?
(A) 45 (B) 30
(C) 60 (D) 72

17. Lila was born on Wednesday, April 15,1987. Her sister Sheila was born exactly 1200 days later. On what day of the week was Sheila born?
(A) Tuesday (B) Thursday
(C) Friday (D) Saturday




18. Working together, X, Y and Z need 9 hours to paint a 400 meter long fence. Working alone, X could complete the task in 18 hours. Y can not work as fast and needs 36 hours to paint the fence by himself. If X and Y take the day off, how long will it take Z to paint the fence by himself?
(A) 9 (B) 18
(C) 36 (D) 24

19. What compounded annual rate of interest was paid if Rs5000 earned an interest of Rs304.50 in 2 years?
(A) 2% (B) 3%
(C) 5% (D) 7%

20. Strengths of two colleges A and B in the year 2000 were in the ratio of 3:4 respectively. If the strength of college A increased by 16% and that of college B increased by 12% in 2001, what was the respective ratio of their strengths in 2001?
(A) 87:112 (B) 1:1
(C) 31:56 (D) None of these

21. A student is to answer 10 out of 13 questions in an examination such that he must choose atleast 4 from the first five questions. Find out the number of choices available to him?
(A) 140 (B) 280
(C) 196 (D) 346


22. Solve:
2/y-11/10=2/5+1/y
(A) 2/3 (B) 3/2
(C) 2/5 (D) 11/10

23. Six bells commence tolling together and toll at intervals 2,4,6,8,10 and 12 seconds respectively. In 30 minutes how many times they toll together.
(A) 4 (B) 10
(C) 15 (D) 16

24. On the children’s day sweets were to be distributed equally among 540 children. But on that day 120 children were absent. Hence each child got 4 more sweets. How many sweets were to be distributed each child originally?
(A) 18 (B) 25
(C) 14 (D) 20


25. The length of a rectangular piece of plot is increased by 10% and the width of the same plot is decreased by 10%. What is the overall effect on the area of the plot?
(A) Decreases by 1%. (B) Is unchanged.
(C) Increases by 2%. (D) Decreases by 2%.

Answers
1 C
2 D
3 A
4 D
5 C
6 B
7 D
8. C
9 D
10 C
11 C
12 D
13 B
14 C
15 A
16 D
17 D
18 C
19 B
20 A
21 C
22 A
23 D
24 C
25 A