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This section includes 207 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your BPCL knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 101. |
In a huge pile of apples and oranges, both ripe and unripe mixed together, 15% are unripe fruits. Of the unripe fruits, 45% are apples. Of the ripe ones, 66% are oranges. If the pile contains a total of 5692000 fruits, how many of them are apples? |
| A. | 2029198 |
| B. | 2467482 |
| C. | 2789080 |
| D. | 3577422 |
| Answer» B. 2467482 | |
| 102. |
M and N had four children P, Q, R and S. Of them, only P and R were married. They had children X and Y respectively. If Y is a legitimate child of W, which one of the following statements is necessarily FALSE? |
| A. | M is the grandmother of Y |
| B. | R is the father of Y |
| C. | W is the wife of R |
| D. | W is the wife of P |
| Answer» E. | |
| 103. |
In four-digit integer numbers from 1001 to 9999, the digit group "37" (in the same sequence) appears _______ times. |
| A. | 270 |
| B. | 279 |
| C. | 280 |
| D. | 299 |
| Answer» D. 299 | |
| 104. |
For 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π, sin x and cos x are both decreasing functions in the interval ________. |
| A. | \(\left( {0,\frac{\pi }{2}} \right)\) |
| B. | \(\left( {\frac{\pi }{2},\;\pi } \right)\) |
| C. | \(\left( {\pi ,\frac{{3\pi }}{2}} \right)\) |
| D. | \(\left( {\frac{{3\pi }}{2},\;2\pi } \right)\) |
| Answer» C. \(\left( {\pi ,\frac{{3\pi }}{2}} \right)\) | |
| 105. |
A cube is built using 64 cubic blocks of side one unit. After it is built, one cubic block is removed from every corner of the cube. The resulting surface area of the body (in square units) after the removal is __________ |
| A. | 56 |
| B. | 64 |
| C. | 72 |
| D. | 96 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 106. |
In a country of 1400 million population, 70% own mobile phones. Among the mobile phone owners, only 294 million access the Internet. Among these Internet users, only half buy goods from e-commerce portals. What is the percentage of these buyers in the country? |
| A. | 10.5 |
| B. | 14.7 |
| C. | 15 |
| D. | 50 |
| Answer» B. 14.7 | |
| 107. |
In a particular program, it is found that 1% of the code accounts for 50% of the execution time. To code a program in C++, it take s100 man-days. Coding In assembly language is 10 times harder than coding in C++, but runs 5 times faster. Converting an existing C++ program into an assembly language program is 4 times faster.To completely write the program in C++ and rewrite the 1% code in assembly language, if a project team needs 13 days, the team consists of |
| A. | 13 programmers |
| B. | 10 programmers |
| C. | 8 programmers |
| D. | 100/13 programmers |
| Answer» D. 100/13 programmers | |
| 108. |
“Popular Hindi fiction, despite – or perhaps because of – its wide reach, often does not appear in our cinema. As ideals that viewers are meant to look up to rather than identify with, Hindi film protagonists usually read books of aspirational value: textbooks, English books, or high value literature.”Which one of the following CANNOT be inferred from the paragraph above? |
| A. | Though popular Hindi fiction has wide reach, it often does not appear in the movies |
| B. | Protagonists in Hindi movies, being ideals for viewers, read only books of aspirational value |
| C. | Textbooks, English books or high literature have aspirational value, but not popular Hindi fiction |
| D. | People do not look up to writers of textbooks, English books or high value literature |
| Answer» E. | |
| 109. |
In a sports academy of 300 people, 105 play only cricket, 70 play only hockey, 50 play only football, 25 play both cricket and hockey, 15 play both hockey and football and 30 play both cricket and football. The rest of them play all three sports. What is the percentage of people who play at least two sports? |
| A. | 23.3 |
| B. | 25 |
| C. | 28 |
| D. | 50 |
| Answer» C. 28 | |
| 110. |
At what time between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. will the minute hand and hour hand of a clock make an angle closest to 60°? |
| A. | 6 : 22 a.m |
| B. | 6 : 27 a.m. |
| C. | 6 : 38 a.m |
| D. | 6 : 45 a.m |
| Answer» B. 6 : 27 a.m. | |
| 111. |
A cube of side 3 units is formed using a set of smaller cubes of side 1 unit. Find the proportion of the number of faces of the smaller cubes visible to those which are NOT visible. |
| A. | 1 : 4 |
| B. | 1 : 3 |
| C. | 1 : 2 |
| D. | 2 : 3 |
| Answer» D. 2 : 3 | |
| 112. |
An automobile travels from city A to city B and returns to city A by the same route. The speed of the vehicle during the onward and return journeys were constant at 60 km/h and 90 km/h, respectively. What is the average speed in km/h for the entire journey? |
| A. | 72 |
| B. | 73 |
| C. | 74 |
| D. | 75 |
| Answer» B. 73 | |
| 113. |
A right –angled cone (with base radius 5 cm and height 12 cm), as shown in the figure below, is rolled on the ground keeping the point P fixed until the point Q (at the base of the cone, as shown touches the ground again.By what angle (in radians) about P does the cone travel? |
| A. | \(\frac{{5\pi }}{{12}}\) |
| B. | \(\frac{{5\pi }}{{24}}\) |
| C. | \(\frac{{24\pi }}{5}\) |
| D. | \(\frac{{10\pi }}{{13}}\) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 114. |
Mr. Vivek walks 6 metres North – east, then turns and walks 6 metres South – east, both at 60 degrees to east. He further moves 2 meters South and 4 metres West. What is the straight distance in metres between the point he started from and the point he finally reached |
| A. | \(2\sqrt 2 \) |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | \(\sqrt 2\) |
| D. | \(1\sqrt 2 \) |
| Answer» B. 2 | |
| 115. |
Non-performing Assets (NPAs) of a bank in India is defined as an asset, which remains unpaid by a borrower for a certain period of time in terms of interest, principal, or both. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has changed the definition of NPA thrice during 1993-2004, in terms of the holding period of loans. The holding period was reduced by one quarter each time. In 1993, the holding period was four quarters (360 days).Based on the above paragraph, the holding period of loans in 2004 after the third revision was ________ days. |
| A. | 45 |
| B. | 90 |
| C. | 135 |
| D. | 180 |
| Answer» C. 135 | |
| 116. |
Consider a square sheet of side 1 unit. In the first step, it is cut along the main diagonal to get two triangles. In the next step, one of the cut triangles is revolved about its short edge to form a solid cone. The volume of the resulting cone, in cubic units, is ________ |
| A. | \(\frac{\pi}{3}\) |
| B. | \(\frac{2\pi}{3}\) |
| C. | \(\frac{3\pi}{3}\) |
| D. | 3π |
| Answer» B. \(\frac{2\pi}{3}\) | |
| 117. |
In the given diagram, teachers are represented in the triangle, researchers in the circle and administrators in the rectangle. Out of the total number of the people, the percentage of administrators shall be in the range of ________. |
| A. | 0 to 15 |
| B. | 16 to 30 |
| C. | 31 to 45 |
| D. | 46 to 60 |
| Answer» D. 46 to 60 | |
| 118. |
A fruit seller sold a basket of fruits at 12.5% loss. Had he sold it for Rs. 108 more, he would have made a 10% gain. What is the loss in Rupees incurred by the fruit seller? |
| A. | 48 |
| B. | 52 |
| C. | 60 |
| D. | 108 |
| Answer» D. 108 | |
| 119. |
A set of 4 parallel lines intersect with another set of 5 parallel lines. How many parallelograms are formed? |
| A. | 20 |
| B. | 48 |
| C. | 60 |
| D. | 72 |
| Answer» D. 72 | |
| 120. |
A container originally contains 10 litres of pure spirit. From this container 1 litre of spirit is replaced with 1 litre of water. Subsequently, 1 litre of the mixture is again replaced with 1 litre of water and this process is repeated one more time. How much spirit is now left in the container? |
| A. | 7.58 litres |
| B. | 7.84 litres |
| C. | 7 litres |
| D. | 7.29 litres |
| Answer» E. | |
| 121. |
Given the following wage distributions:Wages (in Rs.)No, of WorkersLess than 504Less than 6010Less than 7020Less than 8040Less than 9050 What percentage of workers earn wage more than Rs.70 ? |
| A. | 50.5 |
| B. | 62.5 |
| C. | 65 |
| D. | 72.5 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 122. |
A house has a number which needs to be identified. The following three statements are given that can help in identifying the house number.If the house number is a multiple of 3, then it is a number from 50 to 59.If the house number is NOT a multiple of 4, then it is a number from 60 to 69.If the house number is NOT a multiple of 6, then it is a number from 70 to 79.What is the house number? |
| A. | 54 |
| B. | 65 |
| C. | 66 |
| D. | 76 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 123. |
In the figure below, ∠DEC + ∠BFC is equal to _________. |
| A. | ∠BCD − ∠BAD |
| B. | ∠BAD + ∠BCF |
| C. | ∠BAD + ∠BCD |
| D. | ∠CBA + ∠ADC |
| Answer» B. ∠BAD + ∠BCF | |
| 124. |
Following graph shows the percentage distribution of Graduates in all the six states of a country. The total number of graduates in the country is 120,000. Answer the following questions using the information provided.How many graduates are there in the state F? |
| A. | 8000 |
| B. | 9200 |
| C. | 9600 |
| D. | 10000 |
| Answer» D. 10000 | |
| 125. |
If |9y−6| =3, then y2 −4y/3 is. |
| A. | 0 |
| B. | +1/3 |
| C. | −1/3 |
| D. | undefined |
| Answer» D. undefined | |
| 126. |
Given \({\left( {9{\rm{\;inches}}} \right)^{\frac{1}{2}}} = {\left( {0.25{\rm{\;yards}}} \right)^{\frac{1}{2}}}\). Which one of the following statements is TRUE? |
| A. | 3 inches = 0.5 yards |
| B. | 9 inches = 1.5 yards |
| C. | 9 inches = 0.25 yards |
| D. | 81 inches = 0.0625 yards |
| Answer» D. 81 inches = 0.0625 yards | |
| 127. |
A faulty wall clock is known to gain 15 minutes every 24 hours. It is synchronized to the correct time at 9 AM on 11th July. What will be the correct time to the nearest minute when the clock shows 2 PM on 15th July of the same year? |
| A. | 12:45 PM |
| B. | 12:58 PM |
| C. | 1:00 PM |
| D. | 2:00 PM |
| Answer» C. 1:00 PM | |
| 128. |
It would take one machine 4 hours to complete a production order and another machine 2 hour to complete the same order. If both machines work simultaneously at their respective constant rates, the time taken to complete the same order is ________ hours. |
| A. | 2/3 |
| B. | 3/4 |
| C. | 4/3 |
| D. | 7/3 |
| Answer» D. 7/3 | |
| 129. |
If P, Q, R, S are four individuals, how many teams of size exceeding one can be formed, with Q as a member? |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 6 |
| C. | 7 |
| D. | 8 |
| Answer» D. 8 | |
| 130. |
If yesterday was a Sunday, what would be the 81st day from today? |
| A. | Wednesday |
| B. | Tuesday |
| C. | Thursday |
| D. | Friday |
| Answer» D. Friday | |
| 131. |
A shaving set company sells 4 different types of razors, Elegance, Smooth, Soft and Executive. Elegance sells at Rs. 48, Smooth at Rs. 63, Soft at Rs. 78 and Executive at Rs. 173 per piece. The table below shows the numbers of each razor sold in each quarter of a year.Quarter/ProductEleganceSmoothSoftExecutiveQ12730020009176029999Q22522219392184458942Q328976224291954410234Q421012182291659510109Which product contributes the greatest fraction to the revenue of the company in that year? |
| A. | Elegance |
| B. | Executive |
| C. | Smooth |
| D. | Soft |
| Answer» C. Smooth | |
| 132. |
Each of the letters arranged as below represents a unique integer from 1 to 9. The letters are positioned in the figure such that (A × B × C), (B × G × E) and (D × E × F) are equal. Which integer among the following choices cannot be represented by the letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G?A DBGEC F |
| A. | 4 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 6 |
| D. | 9 |
| Answer» C. 6 | |
| 133. |
Given that \(\frac{\log \text{P}}{\text{y}-\text{z}}=\frac{\log \text{Q}}{\text{z}-\text{x}}=\frac{\log \text{R}}{\text{x}-\text{y}}=10\) for x≠ y≠ z, what is the value of the product |
| A. | 0 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 𝑥𝑦𝑧 |
| D. | 10𝑥𝑦𝑧 |
| Answer» C. 𝑥𝑦𝑧 | |
| 134. |
Rama did a survey where she asked all the people in her apartment to name their favourite pet. The results are shown in the pie-chart. If 48 people said their favourite pet was a rabbit then, how many persons said that their favourite pet was a cat? |
| A. | 108 |
| B. | 30 |
| C. | 18 |
| D. | 84 |
| Answer» B. 30 | |
| 135. |
If E = 10; J = 20; O = 30; and T = 40, what will be P + E + S + T? |
| A. | 51 |
| B. | 82 |
| C. | 120 |
| D. | 164 |
| Answer» D. 164 | |
| 136. |
An air pressure contour line joins locations in a region having the same atmospheric pressure. The following is an air pressure contour plot of a geographical region. Contour lines are shown at 0.05 bar intervals in this plot.If the possibility of a thunderstorm is given by how fast air pressure rises or drops over a region, which of the following regions is most likely to have a thunderstorm? |
| A. | P |
| B. | Q |
| C. | R |
| D. | S |
| Answer» D. S | |
| 137. |
log tan1° +log tan2° +……..+log tan 89° is ……. |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | \(\frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}\) |
| C. | 0 |
| D. | -1 |
| Answer» D. -1 | |
| 138. |
How many integers are there between 100 and 1000 all of whose digits are even? |
| A. | 60 |
| B. | 80 |
| C. | 100 |
| D. | 90 |
| Answer» D. 90 | |
| 139. |
Five different books (P, Q, R, S, T) are to be arranged on a shelf. The books R and S are to be arranged first second, respectively from the right side of the shelf. The number of different orders in which P, Q and T may be arranged is ________. |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 6 |
| C. | 12 |
| D. | 120 |
| Answer» C. 12 | |
| 140. |
40% of deaths on city roads may be attributed to drunken driving. The number of degrees needed to represent this as a slice of a pie chart is |
| A. | 120 |
| B. | 144 |
| C. | 160 |
| D. | 212 |
| Answer» C. 160 | |
| 141. |
In a school of 1000 students, 300 students play chess and 600 students play football. If 50 students play both chess and football, the number of students who play neither is |
| A. | 200 |
| B. | 150 |
| C. | 100 |
| D. | 50 |
| Answer» C. 100 | |
| 142. |
In a party, 60% of the invited guests are male and 40% are female. If 80% of the invited guests attended the party and if all the invited female guests attended, what would be the ratio of males to females among the attendees in the party? |
| A. | 2 : 3 |
| B. | 1 : 1 |
| C. | 3 : 2 |
| D. | 2 : 1 |
| Answer» C. 3 : 2 | |
| 143. |
It was estimated that 52 men can complete a strip in a newly constructed highway connecting cities P and Q in 10 days. Due to an emergency, 12 men were sent to another project. How many numbers of days, more than the original estimate, will be required to complete the strip? |
| A. | 3 days |
| B. | 5 days |
| C. | 10 days |
| D. | 13 days |
| Answer» B. 5 days | |
| 144. |
⊗ and ⊙ are two operators on numbers p and q such that \(p \oplus q=\frac{p^2+q^2}{pq}\) and \(p \odot q =\frac{p^2}{q};\) If x ⊕ y = 2 ⊙ 2, then, x = |
| A. | y/2 |
| B. | y |
| C. | \(\frac{3y}{2}\) |
| D. | 2y |
| Answer» C. \(\frac{3y}{2}\) | |
| 145. |
Find the missing group of letters in the following series:BC, FGH, LMNO, _____ |
| A. | UVWXY |
| B. | TUVWX |
| C. | STUVW |
| D. | RSTUV |
| Answer» C. STUVW | |
| 146. |
Based on the given statements, select the most appropriate option to solve the given question. If two floors in a certain building are 9 feet apart, how many steps are there in a set of stairs that extends from the first floor to the second floor of the building?Statements:I. Each step is 3/4 foot high.II. Each step is 1 foot wide. |
| A. | Statement I alone is sufficient, but statement II alone is not sufficient. |
| B. | Statement II alone is sufficient, but statement I alone is not sufficient. |
| C. | Both statements together are sufficient, but neither statement alone is sufficient. |
| D. | Statement I and II together are not sufficient. |
| Answer» B. Statement II alone is sufficient, but statement I alone is not sufficient. | |
| 147. |
Ram and Ramesh appeared in an interview for two vacancies in the same department. The probability of Ram‟s selection is 1/6 and that of Ramesh is 1/8. What is the probability that only one of them will be selected? |
| A. | \(\frac{{47}}{{48}}\) |
| B. | \(\frac{1}{4}\) |
| C. | \(\frac{{13}}{{48}}\) |
| D. | \(\frac{{35}}{{48}}\) |
| Answer» C. \(\frac{{13}}{{48}}\) | |
| 148. |
Four cards are randomly selected from a pack of 52 cards. If the first two cards are kings, what is the probability that the third card is a king? |
| A. | 4/52 |
| B. | 2/50 |
| C. | (1/52) × (1/52) |
| D. | (1/52) × (1/51) × (1/50) |
| Answer» C. (1/52) × (1/52) | |
| 149. |
Michael lives 10 km away from where I live. Ahmed lives 5 km away and Susan lives 7 km away from where I live. Arun is farther away than Ahmed but closer than Susan from where I live. From the information provided here, what is one possible distance (in km) at which I live from Arun’s place? |
| A. | 3.00 |
| B. | 4.99 |
| C. | 6.02 |
| D. | 7.01 |
| Answer» D. 7.01 | |
| 150. |
M and N start from the same location. M travels 10 km East and then 10 km North – East. N travels 5 km South and then 4 km South – East. What is the shortest distance (in km) between M and N at the end of their travel? |
| A. | 18.60 |
| B. | 22.50 |
| C. | 20.61 |
| D. | 25.00 |
| Answer» D. 25.00 | |