I appeared for the PGSEM 2008 entrance last Sunday.
Below are the questions that I recall from the test. If you appeard for the exam and rembers some more questions or would like to correct some of the questions posted by me please do so. I have also posted the questions on my blog
Sandy's Blog. You can post a comment there as well for any questions that you remember.
A passage on below keywords :
Passage - 1) Howard hughes medical center, protein , Mahadev, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
nanotechnology, arrest cancer , ratchet
Passage - 2) Use of rehtoric , economics
3) Restive
Data Sufficients Question with below description :
In a group of mobile users there are 275 who have Nokia phones, there are
175 who have got Samsung phones and 85 who have got Motorola phones. Of these
those who have got Nokia x have got Samsung phone as well, of those who have got Nokia y have
got Motorola as well, and of those who have got Samsung 3 percent have got Motorola as well.
From the total 20 person people have got only one brand.
4) How many people have got only one brand of phone
1) 2) 3) 4)
Quantitative Analysis Questions :
5) In the attached diagram if the line divides the area of the rectange in the ratio
1:4, what is the ratio of a:b.
1) 1:1 2) 1:2 3) 2:3 4) 1:4
6) If a printer uses 1870 digits to print the pages of a book, how many pages are there
in the book.
7) From a team of 10 people, in how many ways can the top three people be arranged.
The cost of running a hostel increases linearly with the number of occupants.
The cost or running the hostel with 100 people is 10,000 and with 150 people it is
25,000. If due to cost rationalization the fixed cost comes down by 20%, what will be
cost of running the hostel with a batch size of 50.
If in a base 5 system, the letters p, q, h, i , j represent the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
not necessarily in that order. If the below equlations are true answer the questions below
1) pq * hi = jii (Not sure about this)
2) pq + jh = ji (Not sure about this)
3) p + q = h + i
9) The value of q is
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) Not able to determine
10) The value of h is
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) Not able to determine
11) The value of i is
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) Not able to determine
12)
3x + y + 4z = 7
x - y + z = 2
4y + z = 1
1) There is a unique value for each of the unknowns
2) There is a unique value for 2 of the unknowns
3) There is a unique value for 1 of the unknowns
4) All the unknows have variable values.
Linear Mode
