APTITUDE TEST

1. On dividing a number by 56, we get 29 as remainder. On dividing the same

number by 8, what will be the remainder ?

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

2. The price of 3 tables and 4 chairs is Rs. 3300. With the same money one can
buy 2 tables and 10 chairs. If one wants to buy 1 table and 1 chair, how much
does he need to pay?

A. Rs.940 B. Rs.1050 C. Rs.1040 D. Rs.950

3. A sum of Rs.2200 has been divided among A, B and C such that A gets 1/4 of
what B gets and B gets 1/5 of what C gets. What is B's share?

A. Rs.341 B. Rs.364 C. Rs.372 D. Rs.352

4. Two boys starts from the same place walking at the rate of 5 kmph and 5.5
kmph respectively in the same direction. What time will they take to be 8.5 km
apart?

A. 17 hr B. 14 hr C. 12 hr D. 19 hr

5.A man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the
age of his son. What is the present age of his son?

A. 23 years B. 22 years C. 21 years D. 20 years

6.A train has a length of 150 meters . it is passing a man who is moving at 2
km/hr in the same direction of the train, in 3 seconds. Find out the speed of
the train.

A. 182 km/hr B. 180 km/hr C. 152 km/hr D. 169 km/hr

7.A can do a particular work in 6 days . B can do the same work in 8 days. A and
B signed to do it for Rs. 3200. They completed the work in 3 days with the help
of C. How much is to be paid to C?

A. Rs. 380 B. Rs. 600 C. Rs. 420 D. Rs. 400

8.Find the ratio in which rice at Rs. 7.20 a kg be mixed with rice at Rs. 5.70 a kg
to produce a mixture worth Rs. 6.30 a kg.
A. 4 : 3 B. 3 : 4 C. 2 : 3 D. 3 : 2

9.A dishonest milkman sells his milk at cost price but he mixes it with water
and thereby gains 25%. What is the percentage of water in the mixture?

A. 25% B. 20% C. 22% D. 24%

10.A man rows to a place 48 km distant and come back in 14 hours. He finds
that he can row 4 km with the stream in the same time as 3 km against the
stream. The rate of the stream is:

A. 1 km/hr. B. 2 km/hr. C. 1.5 km/hr. D. 2.5 km/hr.

11. A student has to obtain 33% of the total marks to pass. He got 125 marks
and failed by 40 marks. The maximum marks are

A. 600 B. 500C. 400D. 300

12. In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8 years of age. The number
of students above 8 years of age is 2/3 of the number of students of 8 years of
age which is 48. What is the total number of students in the school?

A. 100 B. 102C. 110D. 90

13.A man buys a scooter for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the
selling price of the scooter?

A. Rs. 1240 B. Rs. 1190 C. Rs. 1090 D. Rs. 1130

14. Murali purchased 20 dozens of toys at the rate of Rs. 375 per dozen. He
sold each one of them at the rate of Rs. 33. Find out his profit percentage.

A. 3.5 B. 5.6 C. 4.1 D. 3.4

15.Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 12 and 24 minutes respectively. If both
the pipes are used together, then how long will it take to fill the tank?

A. 9 min B. 8 min C. 6 min D. 4 min

16. A train passes a station platform in 36 seconds and a man standing on the
platform in 20 seconds. If the speed of the train is 54 km/hr, what is the length
of the platform?
A. 120 mB. 240 m C. 300 mD. None of these

17. A starts a business with a capital of Rs. 85,000. B joins in the business with
Rs.42500 after some time. For how much period does B join, if the profits at
the end of the year are divided in the ratio of 3 : 1?

A. 5 months B. 6 months C. 7 months D. 8 months

18.A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. A and B
undertook to do it for Rs. 3200. With the help of C, they completed the work in
3 days. How much is to be paid to C?

A. Rs. 375 B. Rs. 400 C. Rs. 600 D. Rs. 800

19.A and B can complete a work in 15 days and 10 days respectively. They
started doing the work together but after 2 days B had to leave and A alone
completed the remaining work. The whole work was completed in :

A. 8 daysB. 10 days C. 12 days D. 15 days

20.A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell
to gain 20%?

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

21.Rahul put his time piece on the table in such a way that at 6 P.M. hour hand
points to North. In which direction the minute hand will point at 9.15 P.M. ?

A. West B. South C. North D. South-East

22. Ravi left home and cycled 10 km towards South, then turned right and
cycled 5 km and then again turned right and cycled 10 km. After this he turned
left and cycled 10 km. How many kilometers will he have to cycle to reach his
home straight?

A. 10 km B. 15 km C. 20 km D. 25 km

23. If `+’ is `x’, `-‘ is `+’, `x’ is `÷’ and '÷' is `-‘, then answer the following question
based on this information.

9÷5+4–3x2=?

A. 2 B. -9 C. -19/2 D. 3/2
24. Among five boys. Vasant is taller than Manohar, but not as tall as Raju.
Jayant is taller than Dutta, but shorter than Manohar. Who is the tallest in the
group?

A. Raju B. Manohar C. Vasant D. Cannot be determined

Direction : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions
given below: P, Q, R, S, T, U and W are seven persons sitting around a circle
facing the centre. R is fourth to the right of S, who is second to the right of T. P
is third to the left of T. U is not an immediate neighbour of S. W is not an
immediate neighbour of P.

25.Who is on the immediate left of W?

A. T B. S C. R D. U

Direction : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions
given below: P, Q, R, S, T, U and W are seven persons sitting around a circle
facing the centre. R is fourth to the right of S, who is second to the right of T. P
is third to the left of T. U is not an immediate neighbour of S. W is not an
immediate neighbour of P.

26.Who is on the immediate right of U?

A. P B. T C. R D. Q

Directions (Q. 27-29):Study the given information carefully and answer the
given questions.

A is mother of B. B is sister of C. D is son of C. E is brother of D. F is mother of E.

G is granddaughter of A. H has only two children B and C.

27. How is F related to H?

A) Son-in-law B) Daughter-in-law C) Father-in-law D)Granddaughter

28. How is C related to E?

A) Father B) Son C) Mother D) Cousin brother

29. Who is mother of G?

A) G B) B C) F D) Either B or F
30. In a certain code language, 'TONIC' is coded as 'CINOT' and 'SCALE' is coded
as 'ELACS'. In the same code language, 'PLANK' will be coded as-

A) KNALP B) AKNLP C) AKLNP D) AKPNL

31. Which of the following will come in place of question mark (?) in the
following series based on the English alphabetical order?

YS RM LH ? CA

A) DG B) FD C) GD D) DF

32. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word NEUTRAL, each of
which has as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and
backward directions) as they have between them in the English alphabetical
series?

A) Two B) Three C) None D) One

33.. 1) AYD, BVF, DRH, ?, KGL

A. FMI B. GMJ C. HLK D. GLJ

34. 1) FOX : CUNNING :: RABBIT : ?

A. Courageous B. Dangerous C. Timid D. Ferocious

35. Find the odd one out

A. Nephew B. Brother C. Cousin D. Niece

(36 –40)P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are sitting in a straight line facing north but not
necessarily in the same order. R sits third to the left of W. Neither R nor W sits
at extreme ends of the line. Only one person sits between R and T. S is not an
immediate neighbour of either R or W. Two people sit betwen T and P. Q is an
immediate neighbour of S.

36. Who amongst the following sits exactly between R and T?

A) P B) Q C) V D) S

37. How many persons are sitting between P and W?

A) One B) Two C) Three D) Four

38. What is the position of T with respect to Q?

A) Third to the left B) Fourth to the right

C) Second to the right D) Second to the left

39. Which of the following pairs represents persons sitting at two extreme ends
of the line?

A) S, V B) P, S C)T, VD) P, Q

40. Which of the following is true with respect to the given arrangement?

A) Two people sit to the left of R. B) S sits to the immediate left of Q.

C) W and V sit between T and P. D) None is true

41. What are the total number of divisors of 600(including 1 and 600)?

a. 24 b. 40 c. 16 d. 20

42. What is the sum of the squares of the first 20 natural numbers (1 to 20)?

a. 2870 b. 2000 c. 5650 d. 44100

43. The times taken by a phone operator to complete a call are 2,9,3,1,5
minutes respectively. What is the average time per call?

a. 4 minutes b. 7 minutes c. 1 minutes d. 5 minutes

44.Of the 38 people in my office, 10 like to drink chocolate, 15 are cricket fans,
and 20 neither like chocolate nor like cricket. How many people like both
cricket and chocolate?

a. 7 b. 10 c. 15 d. 18

45. Pointing to Manju, Raju said, “The son of her only brother is the brother of
my wife”. How is Manju related to Raju?

a.Mother’s sister b. Maternal aunt c.Mother-in-law d.Sister of father.

46. Introducing a man to her husband, a woman said, “His brother’s father is
the only son of my grandfather.” How is the woman related to this man?

a.Mother b.Aunt c.Sister d.Daughter

47. If the following English alphabet, if second half of the alphabet is written in
reverse order, which of the letter is 7th right of 16th letter from the left?

A.) O B.) P C.) Q D.) R

48. If 1st & 7th, 2nd & 8th, 3rd & 9th letters are interchanged in the word
TRANSLATION. What will be the fifth letter to the right of 9th letter from the
right?

A.) T B.) L C.) R D.) S

49.Which letter will be 13th to the left of 11th letter from the right in the
following series of letters?

WQETRYIPUOAGSDFHLKJBCXMVZN

A.) Y B.) F C.) E D.) V

50. A man walks 30 m towards south. Then, turning to his right, he walks 30
m. Then, turning to his left, he walks 20 m. Again, he turns to his left and
walks 30 m. How far is he from his initial position?

A.) 30m B.) 35m C.) 50m D.) 60m

51. Starting from a Point X, Ramu walked 20 m towards South. He turned left
and walked 30 m. He then turned left and walked 20 m. He again turned left
and walked 40 m and reached a point Y. How far and in which direction is the
point Y from the point X.

A.) 20 m West B.) 10 m East C.) 10 m North D.) 10 m West

Directions(Q 52 –53): Read the information and answer the Questions given
below.

A + B means A is the daughter of B , A * B means A is the son of B, and

A – B means A is the wife of B

52. If Z*T-S*U+P, Which is U to Z?

 A.) Mother B.) Grand Mother C.) Father D.) None of these

53. If P * Q – S, Which of the following is true?

A.) S is the wife of Q B.) S is the father of P C.) P is the daughter of Q

D.) None of these

54. In a certain code LEARNING is written as LGNINRAE. How will SURPRISE be

written in that code?

A.) ESRIPRUS B.) RUSEPSIR C.) SESIRPRU D.) ESIRPRSU

55. If PRIVATE is coded as 1234567 and RISK is coded as 2398, how is RIVETS
coded?

A.) 232679 B.) 243769 C.) 234769 D.) 234976

56.ZA5, Y4B, XC6, W3D, _____

A. E7V B. V2E C. VE5 D. VE7

57.QPO, NML, KJI, _____, EDC

A. HGF B. CAB C. JKL D. GHI

Questions (58to60). Six friends P, Q, R, S, T and U are standing in two rows

facing one another. P is in the middle of one row. U is the left of S and facing R.
Q and T are not in the same row. Only one person between R and T.

58. Which of the following in the same Row?

A.) U, S, and T B.) U, Q, and P C.) R, P, and T D.) U,R, and Q

59.After interchanging the places of R and T who is the right of T?

A.) P B.) R C.) U D.) None of these

60. Who is the left of S?

A.) P B.) U C.) S D.) Q

KEY

1. B 2.D 3.A 4.A 5.B 6.A 7.D 8.C 9.B 10.A

11. B 12.A 13.B 14.B 15.B 16.B 17.D 18.B 19.C 20.C

21. A 22.B 23.C 24.A 25.A 26.C 27.B 28.A 29.D 30.A

31. C 32.B 33.D 34.A 35.B 36.C 37.C 38.D 39.B 40.D

41. A 42. A 43.A 44.A 45.B 46.C 47.C 48C 49 C 50.D

51.D B 52. B 53. B 54. B 55.B 56. A 57.C 58.A 59. B 60.C