APTITUDE TEST 1. Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is drawn at random. What is the probability that the ticket drawn has a number which is a multiple of 3 or 5? | A. | 1 | 2 | | B. | 2 | 5 | | C. | 8 | 15 | | D. | 9 | 20 | | | | 2. A bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue balls. Two balls are drawn at random. What is the probability that none of the balls drawn is blue? | A. | 10 | 21 | | | B. | 11 | 21 | | C. | 2 | 7 | | D. | 5 | 7 | | | 3. if selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent. | A. | 66 | 2 | | 3 | | B. | 100 | | C. | 105 | 1 | | 3 | | D. | 120 | | 4. three times the first of three consecutive odd integers is 3 more than twice the third. The third integer is: | A. | 9 | B. | 11 | C. | 13 | D. | 15 | | | 5. The difference between a two-digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the positions of its digits is 36. What is the difference between the two digits of that number? | A. | 3 | B. | 4 | | C. | 9 | D. | Cannot be determined | E. | None of these | | | | 6. A boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 minutes to cover a certain distance, while it takes 4 hours to cover the same distance running downstream. What is the ratio between the speed of the boat and speed of the water current respectively? | A. | 2 : 1 | B. | 3 : 2 | C. | 8 : 3 | | D. | Cannot be determined | E. | None of these | | | | 7. Running at the same constant rate, 6 identical machines can produce a total of 270 bottles per minute. At this rate, how many bottles could 10 such machines produce in 4 minutes? | A. | 648 | B. | 1800 | | C. | 2700 | D. | 10800 | | 8. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number. The ratio of the two numbers is: | A. | 2 : 5 | B. | 3 : 5 | C. | 4 : 5 | | D. | 6 : 7 | | 9. A sum of money is to be distributed among A, B, C, D in the proportion of 5 : 2 : 4 : 3. If C gets Rs. 1000 more than D, what is B's share? | A. | Rs. 500 | B. | Rs. 1500 | C. | Rs. 2000 | | D. | None of these | | 10. Salaries of Ravi and Sumit are in the ratio 2 : 3. If the salary of each is increased by Rs. 4000, the new ratio becomes 40 : 57. What is Sumit's salary? | A. | Rs. 17,000 | B. | Rs. 20,000 | C. | Rs. 25,500 | D. | Rs. 38,000 | | | 11. What decimal of an hour is a second ? | A. | .0025 | B. | .0256 | C. | .00027 | | D. | .000126 | | 12. A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are at the present at the time of your birth". If the father's age is 38 years now, the son's age five years back was: | A. | 14 years | | B. | 19 years | C. | 33 years | D. | 38 years | | 13. A, B and C jointly thought of engaging themselves in a business venture. It was agreed that A would invest Rs. 6500 for 6 months, B, Rs. 8400 for 5 months and C, Rs. 10,000 for 3 months. A wants to be the working member for which, he was to receive 5% of the profits. The profit earned was Rs. 7400. Calculate the share of B in the profit. | A. | Rs. 1900 | B. | Rs. 2660 | | C. | Rs. 2800 | D. | Rs. 2840 | | 14. A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of la leak, it took 2 hours to fill the tank. The leak can drain all the water of the tank in: | A. | 4 | 1 | hours | | 3 | | | B. | 7 hours | C. | 8 hours | D. | 14 hours | | | 15. There are two examinations rooms A and B. If 10 students are sent from A to B, then the number of students in each room is the same. If 20 candidates are sent from B to A, then the number of students in A is double the number of students in B. The number of students in room A is: | A. | 20 | B. | 80 | C. | 100 | | D. | 200 | | 16. Let N be the greatest number that will divide 1305, 4665 and 6905, leaving the same remainder in each case. Then sum of the digits in N is: | A. | 4 | | B. | 5 | C. | 6 | D. | 8 | | 17. The compound interest on Rs. 30,000 at 7% per annum is Rs. 4347. The period (in years) is: | A. | 2 | | B. | 2 | 1 | | 2 | | C. | 3 | D. | 4 | | 18. Two ships are sailing in the sea on the two sides of a lighthouse. The angle of elevation of the top of the lighthouse is observed from the ships are 30º and 45º respectively. If the lighthouse is 100 m high, the distance between the two ships is: | A. | 173 m | B. | 200 m | C. | 273 m | | D. | 300 m | | 19. The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit? | A. | Rs. 2000 | | B. | Rs. 2200 | C. | Rs. 2400 | D. | Data inadequate | | 20. A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle? | A. | Rs. 1090 | B. | Rs. 1160 | C. | Rs. 1190 | | D. | Rs. 1202 | |

Logic 21. Look at this series: 2, 1, (1/2), (1/4), ... What number should come next? | A. | (1/3) | B. | (1/8) | | C. | (2/8) | D. | (1/16) | | 22. Look at this series: 1.5, 2.3, 3.1, 3.9, ... What number should come next? | A. | 4.2 | B. | 4.4 | C. | 4.7 | | D. | 5.1 | | 23. Eileen is planning a special birthday dinner for her husband's 35th birthday. She wants the evening to be memorable, but her husband is a simple man who would rather be in jeans at a baseball game than in a suit at a fancy restaurant. Which restaurant below should Eileen choose? | A. | Alfredo's offers fine Italian cuisine and an elegant Tuscan decor. Patrons will feel as though they've spent the evening in a luxurious Italian villa. | B. | Pancho's Mexican Buffet is an all-you-can-eat family style smorgasbord with the best tacos in town. | C. | The Parisian Bistro is a four-star French restaurant where guests are treated like royalty. Chef Dilbert Olay is famous for his beef bourguignon. | D. | Marty's serves delicious, hearty meals in a charming setting reminiscent of a baseball clubhouse in honor of the owner,Marty Lester, a former major league baseball all-star. | | | 24. Here are some words translated from an artificial language. gorblflur means fan belt pixngorbl means ceiling fan arthtusl means tile roof
Which word could mean "ceiling tile"? | A. | gorbltusl | B. | flurgorbl | C. | arthflur | D. | pixnarth | | | 25. SCD, TEF, UGH, ____, WKL | A. | CMN | B. | UJI | C. | VIJ | | D. | IJT | | 26. 2CD, _____, BCD4, B5CD, BC6D | A. | B2C2D | B. | BC3D | | C. | B2C3D | D. | BCD7 | | 27. Odometer is to mileage as compass is to | A. | speed | B. | hiking | C. | needle | D. | direction | | | 28. Window is to pane as book is to | A. | novel | B. | glass | C. | cover | D. | page | | | 29. If at least one lives to the right of Robert and Harry is not between Taud and Larry, then which one of the following statement is not correct ? | A. | Robert is not at the left end. | B. | Robert is in between Simon and Taud. | C. | Taud is in between Paul and Jack. | | D. | There are three persons to the right of Paul. | 30. A, B, C, D and E are sitting on a bench. A is sitting next to B, C is sitting next to D, D is not sitting with E who is on the left end of the bench. C is on the second position from the right. A is to the right of B and E. A and C are sitting together. In which position A is sitting ? | A. | Between B and D | B. | Between B and C | | C. | Between E and D | D. | Between C and E | | 31. Flow : River :: Stagnant : ? | A. | Rain | B. | Stream | C. | Pool | | D. | Canal | | | 32.
14 : 9 :: 26 : ? | A. | 12 | B. | 13 | C. | 31 | D. | 15 | | | 33. 123 : 132 :: 235 : ? | A. | 232 | B. | 352 | C. | 253 | | D. | 252 | | 34. Nun' is related to 'Convent' in the same way as 'Hen' is related to: | A. | Nest | B. | Shed | C. | Cell | D. | Cote | | | 35. Reading' is related to 'knowledge' in the same way as 'Work' is related to: | A. | Money | B. | Employment | C. | Experience | | D. | Engagement | | 36. Pointing to a photograph of a boy Suresh said, "He is the son of the only son of my mother." How is Suresh related to that boy? | A. | Brother | B. | Uncle | C. | Cousin | D. | Father | | | 37. If A + B means A is the brother of B; A - B means A is the sister of B and A x B means A is the father of B. Which of the following means that C is the son of M? | A. | M - N x C + F | B. | F - C + N x M | C. | N + M - F x C | D. | M x N - C + F | | | 38. Six girls are sitting in a circle facing to the centre of the circle. They are P, Q, R, S, T and V. T is not between Q and S but some other one. P is next to the left of V. R is 4th to the right of P. | | 39. Which of the following statement is not true ? | | A. | S is just next to the right to R | B. | T is just next to the right of V | C. | R is second to the left of T | | D. | P is second to the right of R | | | 40.If P and R interchange their positions then which of the following pair will sit together ? | A. | RT | B. | PV | C. | VR | | D. | QV | | 41. What is the position of T ? | A. Just next to the right of Q B. Second to the left of P C. Between Q and R D. To the immediate right of V | 42.Which one is sitting just right to the V? | A. | P | B. | T | | C. | R | D. | S/Q | |