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Employability Skills - Study Material V.H.N.SENTHIKUMARA NADAR COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) (Reaccredited with 'A' Grade by NAAC) VIRUDHUNAGAR – 626001 PREFACE One of the primary aims of higher education is to transform the youth into employable lot with the skills needed for jobs. In the present scenario, it is unanimously accepted that employment opportunity is plenty but the employable youth are scarce. This is explicitly revealed when the students fail to score in the competitive examinations conducted by various Recruitment Boards. Generally every competitive examination touches some basic elements like Reasoning, General Knowledge, Arithmetic, Mental Ability and General Awareness. Keeping this in mind, this study material has been prepared. It aims at giving a basic idea on the elements of competitive examinations. Answers and explanations are given at the and of each unit for easy reference of the students. The students can begin their preparation for competitive examinations with this study material. A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step. We express our deep sense of appreciation to Dr.R.Vairamuthuvel, Dr.R.Selvam, Dr.V.Manohar, Mr.R.Ayyamperumal, and Mr.G.Rameshkumar for preparing this study material, with all sincerity and total commitment. Dr.P.Sundara Pandian Principal V.H.N.S.N. College (Autonomous) Virudhunagar. CONTENTS Unit No. Title Page No. I Quantitative Aptitude – I 1 - 20 II Quantitative Aptitude – II 21 - 92 III Verbal Reasoning - I 93 - 123 IV Verbal Reasoning - II 124 - 157 V General Knowledge 158 - 168 Unit - I QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE – I Average Percentage Profit and Loss Ratio and Proportion Time and Work Time and Distance Employability Skills Unit – I UNIT – I QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE – I 1.1 Profit and Loss Cost price is that price at which a particular article is bought. Selling price is that price at which a particular article is sold. Profit = SP – CP Loss = CP – SP Profit Loss Profit % = x 100 Loss % = x 100 Cost price Cost price 1. A gold bracelet is sold for Rs.14,500 at a loss of 20%. What is the cost price of the gold bracelet? a) 18525 b) 18000 c) 18125 d) 10500 2. A gold bracelet is sold for Rs.27,000 at a loss of 10%. What is the cost price of the gold bracelet? a) 24000 b) 30000 c) 28125 d) 20500 3. Meena bought a watch with 25% discount on the selling price. If the watch cost her Rs.1,545, What is the original selling price of the watch? a) 260 b) 2060 c) 2600 d) 1500 4. Veena bought a watch with 15% discount on the selling price. If the watch cost her Rs.34000, What is the original selling price of the watch? a) 40000 b) 46000 c) 36000 d) 45000 5. Selling price of 12 fruits is equal to the cost price of 16 fruits. What is the profit percentage? a) 30 b) 33.33 c) 25 d) 20 6. Selling price of 10 fruits is equal to the cost price of 14 fruits. What is the profit percentage? a) 42 b) 33.33 c) 44 d) 40 7. Selling price of 15 fruits is equal to the cost price of 18 fruits. What is the profit percentage? a) 32 b) 33.33 c) 20 d) 35 1 V.H.N.Senthikumara Nadar College (Autonomous), Virudhunagar Employability Skills Unit – I 8. A shopkeeper sells two radios, each for Rs.2 000. If he gains 12% on one and suffers a loss of 12% on the other, what is his overall gain or loss? a) No gain No loss b) 1.44% Gain c) 1.44% Loss d) 1% Gain 9. A shopkeeper sells two radios, each for Rs.5,000. If he gains 10% on one and suffers a loss of 10% on the other, what is his overall gain or loss? a) No gain No loss b) 1.44% Gain c) 1% Loss d) 1% Gain 10. A shopkeeper sells two radios, each for Rs.10,000. If he gains 20% on one and suffers a loss of 20% on the other, what is his overall gain or loss? a) No gain No loss b) 2% Gain c) 4% Gain d) 4% Loss 11. A wholesaler sells a chair for 15% profit. If he sells the same for Rs.6 less, his profit will be 10%. Find the cost price of the chair. a) 120 b) 150 c) 600 d) 160 12. A wholesaler sells a chair for 14% profit. If he sells the same for Rs.8 less, his profit will be 9%. Find the cost price of the chair. a) 140 b) 150 c) 130 d) 160 13. A retailer sells a box and suffers 15% loss. If he had sold it for Rs.36 more, he would have earned a profit of 10%. What was the cost price? a) 145 b) 148 c) 138 d) 144 14. A retailer sells a box and suffers 12% loss. If he had sold it for Rs.34 more, he would have earned a profit of 13%. What was the cost price? a) 136 b) 138 c) 135 d) 134 V.H.N.Senthikumara Nadar College (Autonomous), Virudhunagar 2 Employability Skills Unit – I 15. A retailer sells a box and suffers 10% loss. If he had sold it for Rs.30 more, he would have earned a profit of 15%. What was the cost price? a) 130 b) 120 c) 150 d) 140 16. A retailer sells goods for Rs.900 and gains 12.5 %. If he wants a profit of 15%, for what price should he sell the goods? a) 450 b) 480 c) 920 d) 980 17. A retailer sells goods for Rs.9900 and gains 10%. If he wants a profit of 20%, for what price should he sell the goods? a) 10800 b) 14800 c) 9000 d) 9800 18. If by selling for Rs.72, there is a loss of 10%. For how much should the article be sold to have a profit of 15%? a) 46 b) 92 c) 192 d) 167 19. If by selling for Rs.4000, there is a loss of 20%. For how much should the article be sold to have a profit of 20%? a) 4000 b) 7000 c) 5000 d) 6000 AVERAGES 푆푢푚 표푓 푎푙푙 푖푡푒푚푠 Average = No.of items Sum of all items = Average x No. of items 20. The average age of a class of 30 students is 18. When the teacher’s age is included the average age becomes 19. What is the age of the teacher? a) 50 b) 49 c) 48 d) 46 21. The average age of a class of 20 students is 21. When the teachers’ age is included the average age becomes 22. What is the age of the teacher? a) 42 b) 43 c) 48 d) 46 3 V.H.N.Senthikumara Nadar College (Autonomous), Virudhunagar Employability Skills Unit – I 22. The average age of a class of 10 students is 22. When the teachers’ age is included the average age becomes 24. What is the age of the teacher? a) 42 b) 43 c) 44 d) 45 23. The average marks obtained by 9 students were calculated to be 65. Later on, it was found that the mark of one student was wrongly read as 76 instead of 67. Find the correct average. a) 66 b) 64 c) 74 d) 56 24. The average marks obtained by 9 students were calculated to be 65. Later on, it was found that the mark of one student was wrongly read as 86 instead of 77. Find the correct average. a) 66 b) 64 c) 74 d) 56 25. The average marks obtained by 10 students were calculated to be 60. Later on, it was found that the mark of one student was wrongly read as 86 instead of 76. Find the correct average. a) 69 b) 59 c) 79 d) 89 26. The average of 9 consecutive odd numbers is 11. What is the difference between the 1st and last number? a) 20 b) 48 c) 32 d) 16 27. The average of 10 consecutive odd numbers is 11. What is the difference between the 1st and last number? a) 20 b) 18 c) 32 d) 16 28. The average of 15 consecutive odd numbers is 11. What is the difference between the 1st and last number? a) 20 b) 28 c) 32 d) 16 29. The average of 5 consecutive even numbers is 12. What is the difference between the 1st and last number? a) 4 b) 8 c) 2 d) 10 V.H.N.Senthikumara Nadar College (Autonomous), Virudhunagar 4 Employability Skills Unit – I 30. The average of 7 consecutive even numbers is 12. What is the difference between the 1st and last number? a) 4 b) 8 c) 12 d) 10 31. The average of 9 consecutive even numbers is 12. What is the difference between the 1st and last number? a) 4 b) 8 c) 12 d) 16 Percentages ‘Per cent’ means ‘for every one hundred’. It is denoted by the symbol %. For converting a given percentage into a fraction, divide it by 100. For converting a given fraction into a percentage, multiply it by 100. 32. 25% of 75% of 256 = ? a) 45 b) 48 c) 38 d) 16 33. 25% of 75% of 288 = ? a) 45 b) 48 c) 38 d) 54 34. 75% of 25% of 352 = ? a) 66 b) 46 c) 36 d) 56 35. 20% of 30% of a number is 12. Find the number. a) 200 b) 100 c) 220 d) 24 36.