Syntel Placement Papers II

Q. No. 1: Kishen Raj got an increase of 50% of the amount he invested in Simple Interest in 5 years. What will be his return on 100000/- at compound interest after 2 years at the same rate?

A. 312000
B. 321000
C. 216000
D. 210000


Q. No. 2: Magnificent Bank is offering an investing scheme where investment will be compounded at 8% per annum for 2 years. Fantastics bank promised exactly same return on invested amount but was offering a simple interest scheme. What was the equivalent SI rate that was offered by fantastic bank?

A. 9.2
B. 8.3
C. 8.5
D. 8.8

Q. No. 3: Priya was to celebrate her daughter’s birth day. This time it was a prestige issue to her, as only last month her neighbor celebrated her son’s birthday in a grand fashion. She borrowed two loans at simple interest, one for Rs.15000 at 4% per annum and the other for Rs.14000 at 5% per annum for the same period. She paid Rs.7800 as total interest. What is the period for which she borrowed the money?

A. 3 years
B. 6 years
C. 10 years
D. 5 years

Q. No. 4: Vijay was constructing his new house. He wanted to install two pipes which can fill his overhead tank in 36 min. and 45 min. respectively. He also planned for an outlet pipe which can empty the tank in 30 min. While doing the first test run of the pipes, he opened the first two pipes. After 7 minutes, he opened the third pipe. In how much time the tank will be full?

A. 60 mins
B. 35 mins
C. 46 mins
D. 48 mins

Q. No. 5: Mohan constructed a reservoir tank for water in his house. The two pipes he installed can fill reservoir tank in 10 mins & 12 mins respectively. He also constructed a waste pipe in the bottom which can drain off 5 liters of water per min. Mohan wanted to test the capacity of his new tank. If the reservoir is empty and all the pipes are opened it is filled in 7½ mins. What is the capacity of the reservoir tank?

A. 100 liters
B. 200 liters
C. 300 liters
D. 400 liters

Q. No. 6: 3 taps named Ganga, Jamuna and Kavery were installed in the posh Iswarya Roy Apartments in Guntur to cater to the needs of residents of the said apartment building .Ganga, Jamuna and Kavery can fill a giant tank in the apartments in 12, 15 & 20 hours respectively. If Ganga is open all the time and Jamuna and Kavery are open for one-hour each alternatively, then in how many hours the giant tank will be full?

A. 10 hours
B. 9 hours
C. 7 hours
D. 8 hours

Q. No. 7: Mumbai Rajadhani Express left Delhi for Mumbai at 09.30 hrs, travelling at a speed of 60 kmph and Delhi Super Fast Express left Delhi for Mumbai on the same day at 11.30 hrs, travelling at a speed of 80 kmph. How far away from Delhi will the two trains meet?

A. 480 km
B. 500 km
C. 200 km
D. 120 km

Q. No. 8: Virendar travels by a train that leaves New Delhi, at 9.00 a.m. The rate of the train was 30 km/hr. Virendar’s friend Shilaja leaves by another train that leaves Delhi at 40 km/hr at 2p.m. in the same direction. Shilaja could not get her ticket for the first train. How many kms from Delhi do they meet?

A. 450 kms
B. 550 kms
C. 420 kms
D. 600 kms

Q. No. 9: Christiana drives 150km from Chennai to Sreekalahasti in 3 hours 20min to meet her uncle who is a business man there and returns to Chennai in 4 hours 10 min. What is the difference in average speed from Chennai to Sreekalahasti to that of the average speed for the entire trip?

A.5 km/hr
B. 6 km/hr
C. 4 km/hr
D. 2.5 km/hr

Q. No. 10: Garden City Express, a super fast train that flies between Bangalore and Mysore. The average speed of Garden City Express was measured every 12 minutes and was found to have increased by 6 miles per hour during each successive 12 minutes interval. By half way through, assuming there were 5 intervals of 12 minutes, between Bangalore and Mysore the average speed was 60 miles per hour. How many miles did the super fast train travel in the first 12 minute interval?

A. 2 miles
B. 10 miles
C. 12 miles
D. 7.2 miles

Answers to the above questions-

1 – D
2 – B
3 – B
4 – C
5 – A
6 – C
7 – A
8 – D
9 – A
10 – D