TOPIC

WEIGHTAGE

Simplification 

10-15 Q

Number Series

3-5 Q

Average

1-3 Q

Interest

1-3 Q

Mensuration

1-3 Q

Percentage

1-2 Q

Ratio & Proportion

1-3 Q

Linear & Quadratic equation

3-5 Q

Profit & Loss

1-3 Q

Time, Speed & Distance

1-4 Q

Data Interpretation

5-10 Q (1-2 Sets)

Time & Work

1-2 Q

Permutation & Combination/ Probability

0-1 Q

Mixture & Alligation

0-2 Q

Number System

0-1 Q

Topic

Topic Description

Topic Example

Difficulty Level

Simplification

Questions based on BODMAS Rule,

Approximation, Decimals, Fractions,

Surds & Indices, Percentages etc.

 45×20 + 360/15 = X × 3

10+2 Level

Number Series

Complete the Series, Find the

Missing Term, Find the Wrong Term

etc

8      4       6      15       52.5         ?

10+2 Level

Average

Questions based on Average

Weight/Height/Age/Marks, Average

Money Expenditure, Average

Temperature, etc.

The average age of a group of 20 persons is 18.25

years. Some new persons with an average age of 16

years join the group, now the average age of the group

becomes 17 years. Find the number of persons who join

the group.

10+2 Level

Interest

Calculating Simple & Compound

Interest on a given amount for a

specific time at given rate

A sum of money becomes 9 times in 20 years. Find the

10 times of rate of interest.

10+2 Level

Mensuration

Finding area, volume, perimeter

surface area etc

The area of a square is 1444 square metres. The

breadth of a rectangle is 1/4th the side of the square

and the length of the rectangle is thrice the breadth.

What is the difference between the area of the square

and the area of the rectangle?

10+2 Level

Percentage

Calculating percentage and

performing operation based on it

Rahul spends 50% of his monthly income on household

items, 20% of his monthly income on buying clothes,

5% of his monthly income on medicines and the

remaining amount of Rs. 11250 he saves. What is

Rahul’s monthly income ?

10+2 Level

Ratio & Proportion

Questions related to finding ratio or

proportion among the numbers.

Ratio of earnings of A and B is 8 : 9 respectively. If the

earnings of A increased by 50% and the earnings of B

decrease by 25%, the new ratio of their earnings

becomes 16:9 respectively. What are ‘A’ earnings ?

10+2 Level

Linear & Quadratic equation

Questions based on finding the

values of the unknown variable in a

given equation

I. x² + 9x + 18 = 0
II. y² – 13y + 40 = 0

10+2 Level

Profit & Loss

Calculating Profit or Loss by selling

or purchasing articles at a given

amount

 Vandana sells an article for Rs 3,240 and earns a profit

of 20%. What is the cost price of the article ?

10+2 Level

Time, Speed & Distance

Calculation of time, speed or

distance covered by a moving object

A and B start at the same time with speeds of 40 km/hr

and 50 km/hr respectively. If in covering the journey A

takes 15 minutes longer than B, What is the total

distance of the journey?

10+2 Level

Data Interpretation

Line Graphs, Bar Graphs, Pie

Charts, Tables, Miscellaneous

Infographics, Missing Data Type

Caselets.

The table given below shows the percentage of appeared

and qualified candidates in a competitive examination

from different institutes.

10+2 Level

Time & Work

Questions related to work done by

persons and time taken by them.

4 boys and 3 women can do a piece of work in 6 days

while 2 boys and 4 women can do the same piece of

work in 9 days. How much time will be taken by 7 boys

and 9 women to do the same piece of work?

10+2 Level

Permutation &
Combination/ Probability

Finding the chances of occurrence

or non-occurrence of a certain event.

How many 3 – letter words with or without meaning, can

be formed out of the letters of the word, ‘LOGARITHMS’,

if repetition of letters is not allowed?

10+2 Level

Mixture & Alligation

Questions based on mixing up of

two or more materials in a specific

proportion

The ratio of milk to water in three containers of equal

capacity is 3 : 2, 7 : 3 and 11 : 4 respectively. The three

containers are mixed together. What is the ratio of milk

to water after mixing?

10+2 Level

Number System

Questions based on Divisibility &

Remainder, Multiples & Factors,

Integers, LCM & HCF.

Find the remainder when 82¹⁵⁷ is divided by 9.

10+2 Level

TOPIC

WEIGHTAGE

Arrangements & Patterns

5-8 Q

Mathematically Inequalities

5 Q

Coding-Decoding

3-5 Q

Directions & Distances

1-3 Q

Blood Relations

1-3 Q

Order & Ranking

1-3 Q

Circular Seating Arrangements

5 Q

Linear Seating Arrangements

5 Q

Syllogisms

0-5 Q

Scheduling

0-5 Q

Alphabetical Series

0-5 Q

Topic

Topic Description

Topic Example

 Difficulty Level

Arrangements &

Patterns

Questions based on arrangement of Alphabets and 

numbers

How many meaningful English words

can be formed with the letters A, D, E

and R using all the letters, and each

letter only once in each word?

Easy & Less time-

consuming,

Mathematically

Inequalities

When a group of elements are given with a certain

coded relationship denoted by <, >, = etc, such

type of questions fall under the category of

reasoning Inequality. 

Statements: P < Q > W = K; K < X; X = P > L; N < L

Conclusions:

I. Q = P

II. Q > P

Easy & Less time-

consuming,

Coding-Decoding

Identifying the pattern used for coding of a given

data set and using the same for performing specific

operation.

In a code language,

“revenue exceeds expectation” is coded as “7EC  7E  11T”

“money and instruments” is coded as “5NC 3N 11U”

“other transaction ahead” is coded as “5H 11AG 5E”

Find the code for “Assured value”?

Easy & Little Time

Consuming,

Directions &

Distances

Questions are based on Direction sense

Abhay travelled 9 km Northwards, turned

left and travelled 5 km, then turned left

again and travelled 9 km. How far is

Abhay from the starting point?

Easy & Less time-

consuming,

Blood Relations

Questions based on Blood Relations and Family

tree

In a family of some persons Bhanu says

that Reshma is the daughter of my

sister Banti, who is the only daughter of

Tamanna. Rahul is the child of Tamanna

and Farhan, who is the grandmother of

Harish. Krishna is the mother of Mohan,

who is the only sister of Harish. Rahul is

unmarried.

Easy & Less time-

consuming,

Order & Ranking

Questions based on the finding the correct order as

per given information

Harsha is standing in a queue, tenth

from behind. There are 40 students in

the queue including Harsha. What is

Harsha’s position from the front?

Easy & Less time-

consuming,

Circular Seating

Arrangements

Questions based on find the correct order of people

sitting in a circular arrangement

Eight people O, H, U, V, I, D, B and G

are sitting around a circular table facing

the centre. 

O is sitting second to the left of U and

third to right of H. D and I are immediate

neighbors of  each other and one of

them is an immediate neighbor of O. V

is sitting second to the right of B. G is

sitting second to the left of D.

Complex &

Time Consuming

Linear Seating

Arrangements

Questions based on find the correct order of people

sitting in a row

P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Z are sitting

around a circle facing the centre. T is

2nd to the right of R who is 3rd to the

right of P. S is 2nd to the left of P and

4th to the right of Q. Z is 3rd to the right

of V who is not an immediate neighbour

of P.

Complex &

Time Consuming

Syllogisms

Questions require thinking for arriving at a specific

conclusion by examining other premises or ideas

Statements:

All birds are horses.

All horses are tigers.

Some tigers are lions.

Some lions are monkeys.

Conclusions:

I. Some tigers are horses.

II. Some monkeys are birds.

III. Some tigers are birds.

IV. Some monkeys are horses.

Easy & Less time-

consuming,

Puzzles

Questions require to analyze the given piece of

information, pick the information that is important

and leave out the information that is not required in

solving the given set of questions

Eight candidates from A to G appeared

for an exam on 5th and 12th of different

months viz. April, May, June and July

such that on one day only one candidate

appeared for exam. D had appeared

before two candidates but not before B

and E. Only C had appeared between A

and B, who had his exam on 5th of an

even numbered month. F and B

appeared in consecutive months but not

on consecutive turns. G was among the

last two candidates that appeared for

exam. F has his exam before G. Only

one candidate appeared between H and

E.

Little Complex &

Time Consuming

Alphanumeric

Series

Combination of numbers, alphabets and symbol-

based series which candidates need

Study the following information

carefully and answer the questions

given beside:

1 W E 3 $ R T % M 9 4 L S C 8 & F J 2

@ U P 7 D 5 * 6 Z C ? A

If all the elements which are on the

prime position in the above

sequence are to be dropped then

which of the following element will

be 13th from the left end?

Easy & Less time-

consuming,

TOPIC

WEIGHTAGE

Reading Comprehension

7-10 Q

Cloze Test

4-5 Q

Spotting Errors

5-7 Q

Para jumbles/Sentence

Rearrangement

5 Q 

Sentence Improvement

5 Q

Fill in the blanks

5 Q

Sentence Connectors

5 Q

Topic

Topic Description

Topic Example

Difficulty Level

Reading Comprehension

    Analysing the passage and

answering Questions based on

it

Theme of the Passage “Based on Noise

Pollution related to Wildlife Oriented“

Theme of the Passage “Based on Arctic Sea

Polythene Accession”

(Asked in OICL AO 2017)

10+2 Level

Cloze Test

Filling Appropriate word in

each of the blank in the given

paragraph

Earth, our home, is the third planet from the sun.

It’s the only _________ (a) known to have an

atmosphere containing free oxygen, oceans of

water on its surface and, of course, life. The fifth-

largest planet of the Solar system is the Earth. It

is smaller ________ (b) the four gas giants —

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — but larger

than the three other rocky planets, Mercury, Mars

and Venus. Earth has a diameter of roughly 8,000

miles and is ________ (c) because gravity pulls

matter into a ball. But, it is not perfectly round.

Earth is really an “oblate spheroid,” because its

spin causes it to be squashed at its poles and

swollen at the equator. 71 per cent of the Earth’s

surface is covered with water, and most of that is

in the oceans. About a fifth of Earth’s atmosphere

consists of oxygen, produced by ________ (d).

While scientists have been studying our planet for

centuries, a lot has been learned in the past few

decades by studying pictures of Earth from

space.

10+2 Level

Spotting Errors

Correcting spelling Errors in a

given sentence

Select the option which contains the

part/parts of the sentence which has/have an

error

All the members of parliament (A.)/ gave their

consent to (B.)/ the act, few opponents only (C.)/

reprimanded it. (D.)/ No error (E.)

10+2 Level

Para jumbles/ Sentence

Rearrangement

Rearranging the sentences in a

logical order such that they

make sense.

You are required to find the correct order 

2016, but little money has come in as retailers

want (A) / like soaps and shampoos for

customers (B) / permission to stock a few non-

food items (C) / 100% FDI was allowed in the food

retail  business in (D)

10+2 Level

Sentence Improvement

Improving the sentence by

correcting the mistake

I rang the Colonel and asked him to put my

name forward for the vacancy in Zurich.

A) put my name up

B) put my name around 

C) put out my name 

D) put my name through 

E) No correction required 

10+2 Level

Fill in the blanks

Filling the blanks with the

necessary word according to

the sentence

The upcoming housing units in Maharashtra will

increase residential building sector floor space by

approximately 100 million square metre and will

generate higher carbon footprint, posing

_____________ environmental impacts if not

constructed _____________ and factoring

occupants comfort.

10+2 Level

Sentence Connectors

Connecting the given

sentences using appropriate

word

 You have to select that option which could

connect both the sentences and make them

grammatically and contextually correct.

I. The current changes in the tax rate would raise

significant revenue.

II. Analysts believe the new tax rate would be very

progressive.

A) Finally, such as

B) Also, instead

C) Subsequently, clearly

D) Opposite to, then

E) Furthermore, in addition

10+2 Level