APTITUDE QUIZ
Q1. A scooty is sold by an automobile agency for Rs. 19,200 cash or for Rs. 4,800 cash drawn payment together with five equal monthly instalments. If rate of interest charged is 12% p.a. then find each instalment.
(a) 3000
(b) 2990
(c) 2964.70
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
Q2. By selling an article for Rs. 160, a dealer makes 20% loss. Next time, the dealer sold the same article in such a way that he gained 25%. What is the difference between the percentage increase in his selling price and loss made by him earlier?
(a) 26.75%
(b) 30%
(c) 36.25%
(d) 34.25%
(e) None of these
Q3. If Bananas are bought @46 a rupee and sold for 50 a rupee the what will be the percentage loss?
(a) 8%
(b) 9%
(c) 5%
(d) 10%
(e) 12%
Q4. Dheeraj distributed his total asset to his wife, three sons and two daughters and five grandchildren in such a way that each grandchild got one –eighth of each son or one-tenth of each daughter. His wife got 40% of the total share of his sons and daughters together. If each daughter received asset of worth Rs. 1.25 lakh, what was the total worth of the assets received by his wife and the three grandchildren together?
(a) Rs.200000
(b) Rs. 225500
(c) Rs. 207500
(d) Rs. 257500
(e) None of these
Q5. A playground is in the shape of a rectangle. A sum of Rs. 1000 was spent to make the ground usable at the rate of 25 paise per sq. m. The breadth of the ground is 50m. If the length of the ground is increased by 20 m, what will be the expenditure in rupees at the same rate per sq.m.?
(a) 1500
(b) 2250
(c) 1250
(d) 1000
(e) None of these
Q6. Length of a rectangular field is increased by 14 metres and breadth is decreased by 6 metres, area of the field remains unchanged. If length be decreased by 14 metres and breadth be increased by 10 metres, again area remains unchanged. Find the perimeter of the rectangle.
(a) 172 m
(b) 192 m
(c) 162 m
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
Q7. 25 men and 15 women can complete a piece of work in 12 days. All of them start working together and after working for 8 days the women stopped working. 25 men completed the remaining work in 6 days. How many days will it take for completing the entire job if only 15 women are put on the job?
(a) 60 days
(b) 88 days
(c) 94 days
(d) 96days
(e) None of these
Q8. The cost of papering the walls of a room 12 m long at the rate of 45 paise per square metre is Rs113.4 and the cost of matting the floor at the rate of 35 paise per square metre is Rs37.8. Find the height of the room.
(a) 9m
(b) 8m
(c) 6m
(d) 12m
(e) None of these
Q9. If A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 8 and 12 hours respectively. If they work alternatively every hour starting with A at 9 a.m., when will be the work completed?
(a) 6 pm
(b) 6 : 30 pm
(c) 5 pm
(d) 5 : 30 pm
(e) None of these
Q10. A bus meets with an auto at 10:00 am while going the same way in the same direction towards Haridwar. The Bus reaches at Haridwar at 12:30 p.m. and take 1 hour rest at there. Bus return on the same way and meet with the same auto half an hour later. At what time the auto will reach at Haridwar?
(a) 3 pm
(b) 4 pm
(c) 3:30 pm
(d) 5 pm
(e) None of the above
Q11. A rectangular farm has to be fenced on one long side, one short side and the diagonal. If the cost of fencing is Rs 15 per m, the area of farm is 1000 m2 and the longer side is 40 m long, how much would be job cost.?
(a) 1682.55
(b) 1600
(c) 1772.65
(d) 1858
(e) None of the above
Q12. 15 girls and 10 boys together can complete a work in 6 days. It takes 100 days for one boy alone to complete the same work. How many days will be required for one girl alone to complete the same work?
(a) 200
(b) 250
(c) 225
(d) 275
(e) 300
Q13. There are two containers A and B. Container A has 40 litre of pure wine and container B has 22 L of pure water. From container A, 8 L of wine is taken out and poured into container B. Then 6 L of mixture (wine and water) from container B is taken out and poured into container A. What is the respective ratio of quantity of pure wine in container A and quantity of pure water in container B.?
(a) 11 : 22
(b) 23 : 12
(c) 19 : 13
(d) 7 : 12
(e) 21 : 11
Q14. Smallest angle of a triangle is equal to two-third of the smallest angle of a quadrilateral. The ratio between the angles of the quadrilateral is 3 : 4 : 5 : 6. Largest angle of the triangle is twice its smallest angle. What is the sum of second largest angle of the triangle and largest angle of quadrilateral?
(a) 160
(b) 180
(c) 200
(d) 145
(e) None of the above
Q15. 8 men and 4 women together can complete a piece of work in 6 days. The whole work done by a man in one day is double the work done by a woman in one day. If 8 men and 4 women started working and after 2 days 4 men left and 4 new women joined, in how many more days will the work completed?
(a) 4
(b) 8
(c) 6
(d) 5
(e) None of the above
Directions (16 – 20): What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series?
Q16. 3, 10, 32, 100, ?
(a) 345
(b) 460
(c) 308
(d) 440
(e) None of these
Q17. 5, 3, 4, ? , 38
(a) 8.5
(b) 6
(c) 7.5
(d) 8
(e) None of these
Q18. 5, 6, ?, 57, 244
(a) 21
(b) 16
(c) 17
(d) 15
(e) None of these
Q19. 3, 10, 21, ?, 51, 70
(a) 34
(b) 32
(c) 33
(d) 25
(e) None of these
Q20. 5, 11, ?, 55, 117
(a) 21
(b) 27
(c) 23
(d) 25
(e) None of these
-:ANSWERS:-
1ANSWER:C
2ANSWER:C
3ANSWER:A
4ANSWER:D
5ANSWER:C
6ANSWER:A
7ANSWER:E
8ANSWER:C
9ANSWER:B
10ANSWER:A
11ANSWER:A
12ANSWER:C
13ANSWER:E
14ANSWER:B
15ANSWER:D
16ANSWER:C
17ANSWER:E
18ANSWER:B
19ANSWER:A
20ANSWER:D
