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Tech Mahindra Aptitude Paper
Tech Mahindra Aptitude Paper
Tech Mahindra Aptitude Paper
9. Pipe A can fill a tank in 30 mins and Pipe B can fill it in 28 mins.If 3/4th of the tank is filled by Pipe
B alone and both are opened, how much time is required by both the pipes to fill the tank
completely ?
10. If on an item a company gives 25% discount, they earn 25% profit.If they now give 10% discount
then what is the profit percentage.?
(a) 40%
(b) 55%
(c) 35%
(d) 30%
11. A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 10 days. If however there were 10 men
less it will take 10 days more for the work to be finished. How many men were there originally?
(a) 110 men
(b) 130 men
(c) 100 men
(d) none of these
12. In simple interest what sum amounts of Rs.1120/- in 4 years and Rs.1200/- in 5 years ?
(a) Rs. 500
(b) Rs. 600
(c) Rs. 800
(d) Rs. 900
13. If a sum of money compound annually amounts of thrice itself in 3 years. In how many years will
it become 9 times itself.
(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 10
(d) 12
14. Two trains move in the same direction at 50 kmph and 32 kmph respectively. A man in the slower
train observes the 15 seconds elapse before the faster train completely passes by him. What is the
length of faster train ?
(a) 100m
(b) 75m
(c) 120m
(d) 50m
15. How many mashes are there in 1 squrare meter of wire gauge if each mesh is 8mm long and
5mm wide ?
(a) 2500
(b) 25000
(c) 250
(d) 250000
16. x% of y is y% of ?
(a) x/y
(b) 2y
(c) x
(d) 6
26. A father is 30 years older than his son however he will be only thrice as old as the son after 5
years what is fathers present age ?
(a) 40 yrs
(b) 30 yrs
(c) 50 yrs
(d) none of these
27. An article sold at a profit of 20% if both the cost price and selling price would be Rs.20/- the profit
would be 10% more.What is the cost price of that article?
28.If an item costs Rs.3 in 99 and Rs.203 in 00.What is the % increase in price?
(a) 200/3 %
(b) 200/6 %
(c) 100%
(d) none of these
Logical Section
Directions: For questions 29-38 fill the missing number or letter in the given series
29. a, c, e, g, _
(a) h
(b) i
(c) d
(d) j
30. a, e, i, m, q, u, _, _
(a) y,c
(b) b,f
(c) g,i
(d) none
31. ay , bz , cw , dx ,__
(a) gu
(b) ev
(c) fv
(d) eu
32. 1,2, 3, 5, 7, 11, __
(a) 15
(b) 9
(c) 13
(d) 12
33. kp , lo , mn , __
(a) nm
(b) np
(c) op
(d) pq
34. R,M,__,F,D,__
(a) I, C
(b) A, Q
(c) L, N
(d) B, Q
35. ___, ayw, gec, mki, sqo
(a) awx
(b) usq
(c) prs
(d) lmn
36. 1, 3, 4, 8, 15, 27, __
(a) 60
(b) 59
(c) 43
(d) 50
37. 0, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 15, 17, 24, 26,__
(a) 45
(b) 55
(c) 35
(d) 48
38. 2, 5, 9, 19, 37,__
(a) 64
(b) 55
(c) 75
(d) 40
Directions for questions 39 to 44: Select the alternative that logically follows form the two given
statements.
39. All scientists are fools. All fools are literates.
(a)All literates are scientists
(b) All scientists are literates
(c) No scientists are literates
(d) Both (a) and (b) are correct
40. No apple is an orange. All bananas are oranges.
(a) All apples are oranges
(b) Some apples are oranges
(c) No apple is a banana
(d) None of the above
41. All pens are elephants. Some elephants are cats.
(a) Some pens are cats
(b) No pens are cats
(c) All pens are cats
(d) None of the above
50.Look at this series: 53, 53, 40, 40, 27, 27, ... What number should come next?
A. 12
B. 14
C. 27
D. 53
int i,j,k,l,lc=0;
/* the input is given as 1234 567 */
printf(Enter the number string:<1234 567 \n);
scanf(%2d%d%1d,&i,&j,&k);
for(;k;k--,i++)
for(ll=0;lprintf(%d %d\n,i,l);}
printf(LOOPS= %d\n, lc-1);
}
/* Ans: i = 16, and loop is executed for 169 times */
General English:
1. The sentences below represent Direct/Indirect speech. From the below options, choose which one
is the best example for the mentioned sentence:She told her, I know where the dog is
a. She told her that she knew where the dog is.
b. She told her that she knows where the dog was.
c. She told her that she knew where the dog was.
d. She told that she knew where the dog is.
Choose the synonym(Qns 2 & 3):
2. FULSOME:
a. Thorough
b. Trivial
c. Eager
d. Excessive
3. GABBLE:
a. Consume Rapidly
b. Jump around
c. Identify
d. Bring together
4. The boy at the river was not eating _________ food.
a. a
b. nothing
c. any
5. Choose one word which resembles the sentence:Study of skin and skin diseases
a. Orthopaedics
b. Dermatology
c. Gynaecology
d. Endocrinology
6. Rearrange the following to make a meaningful sentence:Which is the third and second sentence
in correct order?
1. Except, we all contributed in the beginning days.
2. Manohar has just joined his office, he has been transferred.
3. At first, he could not get hold of the city culture.
4. Chandrapur is basically a rural area.
5. Currently, Manohar feels proud of his partners.
6. Before being transferred he worked in the chandrapur office.
Answer: 4 and 6
7. The paragraph represents jumbled sentences. Arrange the paragraphs in correct order:
a. A pact where a new government is being formed
b. The Liberals and the NDP commented that their plan is to end the reign of Harper Conservative
government by coming Monday.
c. If the present one falls apart as a result of lack of confidence
d. The opposition leaders of Canada have signed
1. ADCB
2. DACB
3. DABC
4. ABCD
8.A part of the below mentioned sentence has been underlined. Choose a better word to use, in
place of the underlined: Can you open this knot?
a. Break
b. Loose
c. No improvement
d. Untie
(Question 9 -12), write down the antonym
9. Comic
a. Fearful
b. Tragic
c. Painful
d. Emotional
10. Annoy
a. Please
b. Rejoice
c. Admire
d. Reward
11. Hapless
a. Consistent
b. Shaped
c. Cheerful
d. Fortunate
12. Niggardly
a. Generous
B. Stingy
C. Thrifty
D. Frugal
13. Join the following words to make up a meaningful sentence.What is the correct order of these
words to be arranged?
1. Suddenly
2. left
3. the
4. He
5. House
A. 12345 ,B. 14235 ,C. 32415, D. 53421
(Qns 14 & 15)Fill the blanks with appropriate words:
14. I can have ____ a pizza __ a chicken dish for lunch.
a. Whether, or
b. As, whereas
c. Either, or
15. ___ my father __ my mother are from Mumbai.
a. Both, and
b. Either, or
c. Both, with
Read the following passage and answer (Qns 16- 19)
At a stage like this in human civilisation, it is of utmost interest that nations coarse ignorance
towards one another decreases, people should start understanding a bit of histories of other
cultures, other countries and the resulting mentality developed. It is really fault of Englishmen
because they expected people to run the world as they wanted to, to international as well as political
situations. We many a times expect people to be the way we are and because of that nothing is
made out of our actual kindness and good intents. This could be corrected, not to be a very wide
extent but to a certain limit if we knew global history, even outlines of it, about the conditions, social
and political, which have lead the country to shape up as it has currently.
16. Author wants the people of his country to:
a. Read other nations policies
b. Have a better perceptive of other countries
c. Not to react with war
d. Have close contacts with all the countries
17. A better understanding among countries:
a. Has always been present
b. There is no need of that
c. Is now needed more than ever
d. Will always remain
18. The character that a country develops is mainly because of its:
a. Mentality
b. Gross Ignorance
c. Socio-Political Conditions
d. Cultural Heritage
19. The fault of Englishmen was that they expected others to react to social and political situations
like ________.
a. Everyone
b. Themselves
c. Others
d. Us
20. Find the word that has been spelt correctly:
a. Voguei
B. Equestrain
C. Asspersion
D. Voluptuous
Aptitude Questions:
1. Consider a group of working men. If 1/10th of the workers are absent then work of each person
would be increased by.
a. 20%
b. 22.22%
c. 10%
d. 11.11%
3.John is supposed to walk from his house to park every morning. One morning, he is in real hurry
and wants to save at least 1/3rd of the time. By how much percentage he should increase his
speed.
a. 100%
b. 33%
c. 66%
d. 50%
4. Pointing to the woman in the picture, Govind said, Her mother has only one grand child whose
mother is my wife. How is the woman in the picture related to Govind?
a) Sister
b) Wife
c) cousin
d) data inadequate
5. Woman in the picture is told as Her mother has one only one grand child. Mother of that grand
child is Govinds wife. So woman in the picture is wife of Govind.Anand is the uncle of Bimala,
who is the daughter of Cauvery and Cauvery is the daughter in law of Palani. How is Anand related
to Palani?
a) Son
b) son in law
c) Brother
d) newphew
6. Palanis daughter in law is Cauvery.Cauverys daughter is Bimala. Anand is uncle of Bimala.
Cauvery and Anand are siblings. Therfore Anand is son of Palani.Pointing to a man, Lakshmi says,
This mans sons sister is my mother-in-law. How is the Lakshmis husband related to the man?
a) son
b) son-in-law
c) grandson
d)nephew
7. A cylinder of diameter 14 and height 7 is converted into a cone of radius 6. Now, what could be
the percentage height of the new shape ?
a. 308%
b. 32%
c. 2150%
d. 215%
8. Find the largest number which gives out reminders 2 and 5 when used to divide 80 and 122.
a. 19
b. 17
c. 13
d. infinite number of solutions
9. Find the ratio of the volumes of a sphere and cone of same radius. Also the height of the cone is
twice its radius.
a. 3 : 1
b. 4 : 3
c. 4 : 1
d. 2 : 1
10. Find the missing number in the sequence 504 , _ , 990, 1320, 1716
a. 720
b. 1000
c. 721
d. 790
11.The perimeter of a square and a rectangle is the same. If the rectangle is 12 cms. by 10 cms.,
then by what percentage is the area of the square more than that of the rectangle?
a) 1
b) 3
c) 5/6
d) 1/2
12. Capacity of a cylindrical vessel is 25,872 litres. If the height of the cylinder is 200% more than
the radius of its base, what is the area of the base in square cms?
a) 336
b) 1232
c) 616
d) cannot be determined
13. If the radius of a circle is increased by 12%, then the area of the circle
a) decreases by 25.44%
b) increases by 25.44%
c) no change in area
d) decreases by 12%
14. Aravamudhan, Balakrishnan and Chinnan work in a developing software company in starting
level positions. However their salaries are different. Aravamudhans salary to Balakrishnans salary
and Balakrishnans salary to Chinnans salary are in the ratio 4:3. If the total salary of all the three
employees is Rs.29230, what is the salary of Chinnan?
a) Rs.12640
b) Rs.9480
c) Rs.7110
d) Rs.8660
15. Three cricket players -- Ramesh, Suresh and Ganesh play for three different cricket Teams
Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan respectively. Ramesh was born in Chennai but brought up in
Karnal,Haryana. Suresh was born in Delhi and brought up in Delhi. Ganeshs fore-fathers were from
Madurai but settled in Rajasthan. All the three participated in a cricket tournament. Rameshs runs to
Sureshs runs and Sureshs runs to Ganeshs runs are in the ratio 5:7. If the total runs scored by all
the three players in the tournament is 327, find the total runs scored by Suresh in the tournament?
a) 95
b) 85
c) 65
d) 105
Q.1 B F K Q ?
a) U b) T c) X d) Y
a) 6 b) 0 c) 3 d) 1
a) 11 b) 16 c) 15 d) 17
Q.9
Q.10
357 : 73 ::?
d) 93 : 39
a) BAD
d) 339
Q.16 In a certain language RESULT is coded as SFTVMU. In that language what does GJSTU
mean? a) FLIRT b) HURTS c) FIRST d) FIRED
Q.17 HORSE is written in a certain code as BUNGY and CAT as HOW,how will CHEST be written in
the same code?
a) OBYGW b) WYGBN c) UNHBY d) HBYGW
Q.18 If PAPER stands for QBQFS ,then what will GLASS stand for?
a) MTBHT b) MHTBT c) HMBTT d) HMTBT
Q.19 If the word TRADE is coded as XVEHI,then how should the word PUBLIC be coded?
a) TYFMPG
Q.21 In a pile of 10 books there are 3 of History,3 of Hindi,2 of Maths,and 2 of English.Taking from
above there is an English book between a History and Maths book,a History book between a Maths
and an English book,a Hindi book between an English and a Maths book,a Maths book between two
Hindi books,and two Hindi books between a Maths and a History book.Book of which subject is at
the sixth position from the top? a) English b) Hindi c) History d) Maths
Q.22 A is the sister of B. B is the son of C,and E is the daughter of D,and sister of A. what is D to C?
a) Brother b) Husband c) Wife
Instruction for Q. Nos. 23 to 24 :
Choose the correct option. Q.23 Which one would be a meaningful order of the following?
1. Snake 2. Grass 3. Eagle 4. Frog 5. Insect
Q.24 Which name will come in the middle if these names are arranged in a telephone directory?
1. Priyanka 2. Priyana 3. Priti 4. Pratima 5. Protima
a) Priti b) Pratima c) Protima d) Priyana e) Priyanka
Instruction for Q. No. 25
Find out the one word among the options which can be formed by using the letters of the word as
given in each question.
Q.25 PREDICTION
a) DESIRE b) CREDIT c) ACTION d) PICKED
Q (i) A,B,C,D and E reside in a five-storey building.
(ii) B and E do not reside on the ground floor.
(iii)D resides one storey above A and one storey below C.
(iv) E does not reside on the top floor.
Q.26 On which floor does D reside?
Q.27 How many of them do reside above C?
(A) Six friends are playing a card game facing at the centre.
(B) Subodh is to the right of Prabodh.
(C) There is one person between Uma and Sudha.
(D) Prabir is between Subodh and Uma and second to the left of Aloke.
Q.30 To answer the above two questions,which of the following statements can be dispensed with?
a) C only
b) D only
c) C or D only
d) None
e) B only
a) Root
b) Tree
c) Branch
d) Flower
e) Fruit
Q.12
a) Lower Limb
b) Cheek
c) Heart
d) Lung
e) Kidney
Q.13
a) Amsterdam
b) Europe
c) Antartica
d) Australia
e) America
Q.14
a) Krishna
b) Ganga
c) beas
d) Tawi
e) Sind
Q.15
a) Lead
b) Marble
c) Ink
d) Chalk
e) Crayon
Q.16
a) Out
b) Boy
c) Cow
d) Bow
e) Duel
Q.17
a) July
b) September
c) October
d) November
e) December
Q.18
a) Magnolia
b) Beet
c) Balsam
d) Marigold
e) Daisy
Instruction for Q. Nos. 19 to 20 :
In the following questions select the pair which is different from the other three.
Q.19
a) Ripe - Crude
b) Close - Near
c) Warm - Tender
d) Believe - Trust
Q.20
a) Hangar - Aeroplane
b) Dock - Ship
c) Kernel - Dog
d) Sty - Pig