APTITUDE QUIZ
Q1. Vipul decided to donate 5% of his salary. On the day of donation, he changed his mind and donated Rs. 1687.50 which was 75% of what he had decided earlier. How much is Vipul’s salary?
(a) Rs. 37,500
(b) Rs. 45,000
(c) Rs. 33,750
(d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of these
Q2. In an election between two candidates, one got 52% of total valid votes. 25% of the total votes were invalid. The total number of votes were 8400. How many valid votes did the other person get?
(a) 3276
(b) 3196
(c) 3024
(d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of these
Q3. In a class of 65 students and 4 teachers, each student got sweets that are 20% of the total number of students and each teacher got sweets that are 40% of the total number of students. How many sweets were there?
(a) 845
(b) 897
(c) 949
(d) 104
(e) None of these
Q4. Bovina spent Rs. 44,668 on her air tickets, Rs. 56,732 on buying gifts for the family members and the remaining 22% of the total amount she had as cash with her. What was the total amount?
(a) Rs. 28,600
(b) Rs. 1,30,000
(c) Rs. 1,01,400
(d) Rs. 33,800
(e) None of these
Q5. Mr. Giridhar spends 50% of his monthly income on household items and out of the remaining he spends 50% on transport, 25% on entertainment, 10% on sports and remaining amount of Rs. 900 is saved. What is Mr. Giridhar’s monthly income?
(a) Rs. 6,000
(b) Rs. 12,000
(c) Rs. 9,000
(d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of these
Q6. In a test, minimum passing percentage for girls and boys is 35% and 40% respectively. A boy scored 483 marks and failed by 117 marks. What are the minimum passing marks for girls?
(a) 425
(b) 520
(c) 500
(d) 625
(e) None of these
Q7. Twelve percent of Kaushal’s monthly salary is equal to sixteen percent of Nandini’s monthly salary. Suresh’s monthly salary is half that of Nandini’s monthly salary. If Suresh’s annual salary is Rs. 1.08 lacs, what is Kaushal’s monthly salary?
(a) Rs. 20,000
(b) Rs. 18,000
(c) Rs. 26,000
(d) Rs. 24,000
(e) None of these
Q8. In a school there are 2000 students out of whom 36 per cent are girls. Each boy’s monthly fee is Rs. 480 and each girl’s monthly fee is 25 per cent less than a boy. What is the total of the monthly fees of girls and boys together?
(a) Rs. 8,73,400
(b) Rs. 8,67,300
(c) Rs. 8,76,300
(d) Rs. 8,73,600
(e) None of these
Q9. In an examination Raman scored 25 marks less than Rohit. Rohit scored 45 more marks than Sonia. Rohan scored 75 marks which is 10 more than Sonia. Ravi’s score is 50 less than maximum marks of the test. What approximate percentage of marks did Ravi score in the examination if he gets 34 marks more than Raman?
(a) 90
(b) 70
(c) 80
(d) 60
(e) 85
Q10. Pradeep invested 20% more than mohit. Mohit invested 10% less than Raghu. If the total sum of their investment is Rs. 17,880, how much amount did Raghu invest?
(a) Rs. 6,000
(b) Rs. 8,000
(c) Rs. 7,000
(d) Rs. 5,000
(e) None of these
Q11. In order to pass in an examination, a student is required to get 342 marks out of aggregate marks. Neha got 266 marks and was declared fail by 8 per cent. What is the minimum passing percentage of examination?
(a) 28
(b) 36
(c) 33
(d) 26
(e) None of these
Q12. Sumitra has an average of 56% on her first 7 examinations. How much she should make on her eighth examination to obtain an average of 60% on 8 examinations?
(a) 88%
(b) 78%
(c) 98%
(d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of these
Q13. Ms. Sujata invests 7% i.e. Rs. 2170 of her monthly salary in mutual funds. Later she invests 18% of her monthly salary in recurring deposits also, she invests 6% of her salary on NSC’s. What is the total annual amount invested by Ms. Sujata?
(a) Rs. 1,25,320
(b) Rs. 1,13,520
(c) Rs. 1,35,120
(d) Rs. 1,15,320
(e) None of these
Q14. 405 sweets were distributed equally among children in such a way that the number of sweets received by each child is 20% of the total number of children. How many sweets did each child receive?
(a) 15
(b) 45
(c) 9
(d) 18
(e) None of these
Q15. Fresh grapes contain 80% water by weight, whereas dried grapes contain 15% water by weight. How many kg of dried grapes can be obtained from 3.4 kg of fresh grapes?
(a) 0.51
(b) 0.6
(c) 0.68
(d) 0.8
(e) None of these
Q16. A person travels 285 km in 6 hrs in two stages. In the first part of the journey, he travels by bus at the speed of 40 km/h. In the second part of the journey, he travels by train at the speed of 55 km/h. How much distance did he travel by train?
(a) 205 km
(b) 145 km
(c) 165 km
(d) 185 km
(e) None of these
Q17. A person has a chemical of Rs. 25 per litre. In what ratio should water be mixed in that chemical so that after selling the mixture of Rs. 20 per litre he may get a profit of 25 per cent?
(a) 13 : 16
(b) 16 : 9
(c) 12 : 15
(d) 19 : 22
(e) None of these
Q18. The average weekly salary per head of all employees (supervisors and labourers) is Rs. 100. The average weekly salary per head of all the supervisors is Rs. 600 while the average weekly salary per head of all the labourers is Rs. 75. Find the number of supervisors in the factory if there are 840 labourers in it.
(a) 46
(b) 42
(c) 44
(d) 48
(e) None of these
Directions (19-20): In the following number series only one number is wrong. Find out the wrong number.
Q19. 4 6 18 49 201 1011
(a) 1011
(b) 201
(c) 18
(d) 49
(e) None of these
Q20. 48 72 108 162 243 366
(a) 72
(b) 108
(c) 162
(d) 243
(e) 366
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