ZOHO PREVIOUS YEAR

QUESTIONS
1. How many small cuboids of dimension 2m X
3m x 4 m can be accommodated in a cube of
side 22 m.

2. A 2 digit number is divided by the sum of

digits then it gives square root of the number.
Find the 2 digit number.

3. What is the unit digit of 1 +9 +9^2 + 9^3 + ....

9^2773
4. There is a school with 100 students and
correspondingly 100 lockers, all of which start
off closed. The first student opens every locker
and the second students closes every other
locker starting with the second (2,4,6...etc..) .
The 3rd student changes the state of the
lockers numbered (3,6,9.. etc.). The fourth
student changes the state of the lockers
numbered (4,8,12.. etc..).. This continues until
all the 100 students passes along the lockers..
when all the 100 student is done which locker
is closed and which locker is in open
condition?
5. In a jungle a man was at one end of the
jungle. He has to give a 2 pieces of cake to his
friend who was at the other end of the jungle.
There were 7 bridges on the way with 7
gatekeepers. Each gatekeeper will take half of
the cake he has and will give one piece back to
him. How many cakes should the man carry
initially?
6. In an exam, there were 25 math qns and 75
nonmath qns. To answer a math qn, a candidate
was supposed to spend twice the time he
spends to answer a nonmath qn. If the entire
exam duration was 2 hrs, find the time he spent
on the math qns.

7. The average speed of a man running a lap is 150

mph. He covers first two fifth of the lap at a
speed of 123 mph and the second two fifth
distance by 164 mph, so what is the time taken
by him to cover the remaining one fifth
distance?
8. There are 2 jars. One jar with the capacity of 5
ltrs and another with a capacity of 3 ltrs. You
should fill 4ltrs of water using both of these
jars, there's no measuring instrument
available to measure. how will you fill 4 ltrs of
water?

9. Find out the angle 2hrs : 45 mins in a clock?

10. Wall of 88 m. Man climb 12 and falls by 8,

when he will reach at top?
11. If the value of x/2y = 2a, then what is the
value of 2x/(x-2ay) equal to?

12. A group of friends goes for dinner and gets bill

of Rs 2400 . Two of them says that they have
forgotten their purse so remaining make an
extra contribution of Rs 100 to pay up the bill.
Tell the no. of person in that group.

13. The LCM of two positive nos is 168 and their

product is 504. what is the difference in their
squares?
14. 1 chocolate cost is Rs.1 & if we return 3
wrappers(covers) of chocolate we get 1 more
chocolate. If u have Rs.15 how many
chocolates do u get?

15. In what ratio must wheat A at Rs. 10.50 per

kg be mixed with wheat B at Rs. 12.30 per kg,
so that the mixture be worth of Rs. 11 per kg?

16. If selling price is doubled, the profit triples.

Find the profit percent.
17. A certain amount earns simple interest of Rs.
1750 after 7 years. Had the interest been 2%
more, how much more interest would it have
earned?

18. The calendar for the year 2007 will be the

same for the year:

19. What will be the least number which when

doubled will be exactly divisible by 12, 18, 21
and 30 ?
20. A motorboat, whose speed in 15 km/hr in
still water goes 30 km downstream and comes
back in a total of 4 hours 30 minutes. The
speed of the stream (in km/hr) is:

21. A library has an average of 510 visitors on

Sundays and 240 on other days. The average
number of visitors per day in a month of 30
days beginning with a Sunday is:

22. Odd one out – 6, 9, 15, 21, 24, 28, 30

23. A man completes a journey in 10 hours. He
travels first half of the journey at the rate of
21 km/hr and the second half at the rate of 24
km/hr. Find the total journey in km.

24. A, B, C subscribe Rs. 50,000 for a business. A

subscribes Rs. 4000 more than B and B Rs.
5000 more than C. Out of a total profit of Rs.
35,000, A receives:

25. How many times are the hands of a clock

at right angle in a day?
26. The sum of the present ages of a father and
his son is 60 years. Six years ago, father’s age
was five times the age of the son. After 6
years, the son’s age will be:

27. In how many different ways can the letters

of the word ‘LEADING’ be arranged in such a
way that the vowels always come together?

28. The sum of the squares of three numbers is

138, while the sum of their products taken
two at a time is 131. Their sum is:
29. In a 500 m race, the ratio of the speeds of
two contestants A and B is 3 : 4. A has a start
of 140 m. Then, A wins by:

30. Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the

probability of getting at most two heads?

31. (1/2) of a number is 3 more than the (1/6) of

the same number? Find the number.
32. 10 people, type 10 lines in 10 minutes, then to type 60
lines in 60 minutes, people needed are?

33. If Rs. 1260 is divided amongst A, B and C in the ratio

2:3:4. What is C’s share?

34. Least of number which when divided by 35,45,55 and

leaves remainder 18,28,38,is?

35. There are two lights one is green another one is red.
green blinks 2 times per a minute, red blinks 3 times per
2 minutes. If two lights are start at same time how many
time they blink together in 1 hours
36. A cricketer has an average of 55 after playing 20
innings. How much runs should he scores in the
next inning so as to increase the average to 57.
a) 97 b)98 c) 96 d) 95
37. Kiran can do a piece of work in 9 days and
Kumar can do the same work in 18 days. They
started the work. After 3days Sanjay joined them,
who can complete alone the same whole work in
3 days.What is the total number of days in which
they had completed the work?
a) 6 b) 12 c) 8 4) 4
38. A man can row 48 Km upstream and 56 Km
downstream in 12 hrs. Also, he can row 54 Km
upstream and 70 Km downstream in 14 hrs. What
is the speed of man in still water
a) 12 Km/hr b) 4 Km/hr
c) 15 Km/hr d) 10 Km/hr
39. If the annual rate of simple interest increases
from 8% to 13%, a man’s yearly income increases
by Rs. 4800. His principle (in Rs.) is:
a) Rs.90,000 b) Rs.96,000
c) Rs.88,000 d) Rs.1,00,000
40) Find in what ratio must water be mixed with
alcohol to gain 10% profit by selling the mixture
at cost price.
a) 1:10 b) 1:20 c) 1:15 d) 1:5
41) A boat takes 25 hours for travelling downstream
from point A to point B and coming back to point
C midway between A and B. If the velocity of the
stream is 5 Km/hr and the speed of the boat in
still water is 10Km/hr, what is the distance
between A and B?
a) 146 Km b)122 Km c) 150 Km d) 100 Km
42) A sum of money is lent at simple interest and
compound interest. The ratio between the
difference of compound interest and simple
interest of 3 years and 2 years is 35 : 11. What is
the rate of interest per annum?
a) 22 1/5 % b) 17 2/5%
c) 18 2/11% d) 20 ¾%
43) Riya saves an amount of 500 every year and
then lent that amount at an interest of 10%
compounded annually. Find the amount after 3
years.
a) 1940.5 b) 1820.5 c) 1840.5 d) 1920.5
44) A can type 100 letters in 5 minutes. B and C typing
together can type 50 letters in 2 minutes. If all of them
working together then can type 90 letters in how many
minutes?
a) 4 minutes b) 10 minutes c) 2 minutes d) 5
minutes
45) Hari and Vijay can together finish a work in 30 days.
They worked together for 20 days and then Vijay left.
After another 20 days, hari finished the remaining
work. In how many days hari alone can finish the work?
a) 35 b) 60 c) 50 d) 45
46) A sum of 3000 becomes 3600 in 3 years at 15%
pa. What will be the sum at the rate after 9 years.
a) 5184 b) 5124 c) 5192 d) 5186
47) The average age of a husband and his wife
was25 years when they were married 7 years
ago. Now the average age of husband, wife and
his son is 23 years. Find the age of son now.
a) 6 yr b) 3 yr c) 4 yr d) 5 yr
48) A and B can do a piece of work in 20 and 25 days
respectively. They began to work together but A leaves
after some days and B completed the remaining work
in 12 days. Number of days after which A left the job.
a) 6.7/9 days b) 5.7/9 days c) 7.7/9 days
d) 11.7/9 days
49) Arjun gets 62 marks out of 100 in English. 81 out of
120 in Chemistry and 75 out of 150 in maths. The
average marks of Arjun (in %) in all the three subjects is
a) 72% b) 53% c) 60% d) 47%
50) (x-2) person can do a work in x days and (x+7) person
can do 75% of the same work in (x-10) days. Then in
how many days can (x+10) person finish the work?
a) 12 days b) 18 days c) 27 days d) 25 days

51) The annual income of Puja, Hema and Jaya taken

together is Rs. 46,000. Puja spends 70% of income,
Hema spends 80% of her income and Jaya spends 92%
of her income. If their annual savings are 15:11:10, find
the annual saving of puja?
a) 17,500/- b) 25,000/- c) 10,000/- d) 12,000/-
52) The average age of a class is 19 years. While the
average age of boys is 20 and the average age of girls is
17. If the number of boys is 20 then find the number of
girls in the class
a) 10 b) 18 c) 15 d) 16

53) The average age of a group of persons going for tour

to shimla is 22 years. 25 new persons with an average
age of 10 years join the group and their average age
becomes 12 years. The number of persons initially
going for tour is?
a) 10 b) 5 c)7 d) 8
54) 1.Two trains are 200 km apart, and travelling
towards each other at 50 km/hour each.
From one train a fly takes off, flying straight above
the rails to the other train at the speed of 75
km/hour,
bounces off it and flies back to the first train. This is
repeated till the trains crash together and the fly
is smashed (Headline: Fly Dies in Freak Train
Crash)
What distance is the fly able to fly until it meet its
tragic end?
55) Find the next number in the series of numbers
77,49,36,18,?
56) 3.There are 2 blue socks, 4 white socks, 6 black
socks, and 8 red socks in sock drawer. What is the
least number of socks that you have to pull out to
make sure that you will have a matching pair?
(Assume that all the socks are identical except for
the color)
a) 3 b) 5 c) 7 d) 9 e)11
57) The puzzle's rules are pretty simple: You have three
boxes, one of which contains a car. Each box is labeled with
a statement, but only one of the statements is true.

Box 1: The car is in this box.

Box 2: The car is not in this box.

Box 3: The car is not in Box 1.

Which box has the car?

58) The average age of a committee of 12 members is 48
years. A member of the committee age 62 is retired
and in place of him a new person aged 26 joined the
committee. Find the new average of the committee.
a) 45 b) 44 c) 46 d) 48
59) In a company the average income of all the
employees is Rs.20000 per month. Recently the
company announced increment of Rs. 2000 per month
for all the employees. The new average income of all
the employees is?
a) 22000 b) 24000 c) 28000 d) 26000
60) Alice, Bob, Chris, Dave, Eric, Fred, Laura used to
work in a restaurant for 6 days from Tue-Sun and
every one is worked for one day and at least 2
members work on a day, Mon is holiday
Restrictions:
1) Either Alice or Bob work on 1st day
2) Laura works only on 4th and 5th days
3) A 1day gap is left between Laura and Chris
4) Eric works Immediately after Bob
Question:
1) What is the sequence persons from Tue-Sun?