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Freshers - Aptitude Questions and Answers I

1 . If 2x-y=4 then 6x-3y=?

(a)15
(b)12
(c)18
(d)10

Ans. (b)

2 . If x=y=2z and xyz=256 then what is the value of x?

(a)12
(b)8
(c)16
(d)6

Ans. (b)

3 . (1/10)18 - (1/10)20 = ?
(a) 99/1020
(b) 99/10
(c) 0.9
(d) none of these

Ans. (a)

4 . Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins

and Pipe C can empty the same in 40 mins.If all of them
work together, find the time taken to fill the tank
(a) 17 1/7 mins
(b) 20 mins
(c) 8 mins
(d) none of these

Ans. (a)

5 . Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9

hours a day. How many hour a day should 40 men work
to complete the job?
(a) 8 hrs
(b) 7 1/2 hrs
(c) 7 hrs
(d) 9 hrs

Ans. (b)

6 . Find the smallest number in a GP whose sum is 38

and product 1728
(a) 12
(b) 20
(c) 8
(d) none of these

Ans. (c)

7 . A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms

downstream in 4 hrs. Find the speed of the boat in still
water and the speed of the water current?
(a) 1/2 kmph
(b) 7/12 kmph
(c) 5 kmph
(d) none of these

Ans. (b)

8 . A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side

12m by a rope 7m long. Find the area it can graze?
(a) 38.5 sq.m
(b) 155 sq.m
(c) 144 sq.m
(d) 19.25 sq.m

Ans. (a)

9 . Mr. Shah decided to walk down the escalator of a

tube station. He found that if he walks down 26 steps,
he requires 30 seconds to reach the bottom. However, if
he steps down 34 stairs he would only require 18
seconds to get to the bottom. If the time is measured
from the moment the top step begins to descend to the
time he steps off the last step at the bottom, find out the
height of the stair way in steps?
Ans.46 steps.

10 . The average age of 10 members of a committee is

the same as it was 4 years ago, because an old member
has been replaced by a young member. Find how much
younger is the new member ?
Ans.40 years.

11 . ABCE is an isosceles trapezoid and ACDE is a

rectangle. AB = 10 and EC = 20. What is the length of
AE?
Ans. AE = 10.

12 . Three cards are drawn at random from an ordinary

pack of cards.
Ans. 64/2210.

13 . A number of cats got together and decided to kill

between them 999919 mice. Every cat killed an equal
number of mice. Each cat killed more mice than there
were cats. How many cats do you think there were ?
Ans. 991.
14 . If Log2 x - 5 Log x + 6 = 0, then what would the
value / values of x be?
Ans. x = e2 or e3.

15 . The square of a two digit number is divided by half

the number. After 36 is added to the quotient, this sum
is then divided by 2. The digits of the resulting number
are the same as those in the original number, but they
are in reverse order. The ten's place of the original
number is equal to twice the difference between its
digits. What is the number?
Ans. 46

16 . Can you tender a one rupee note in such a manner

that there shall be total 50 coins but none of them would
be 2 paise coins.?
Ans. 45 one paisa coins, 2 five paise coins, 2 ten paise coins,
and 1 twenty-five paise coins.

17 . A monkey starts climbing up a tree 20ft. tall. Each

hour, it hops 3ft. and slips back 2ft. How much time
would it take the monkey to reach the top?
Ans.18 hours.

18 . What is the missing number in this series? 8 2 14 6

11 ? 14 6 18 12
Ans. 9

19 . A certain type of mixture is prepared by mixing

brand A at Rs.9 a kg. with brand B at Rs.4 a kg. If the
mixture is worth Rs.7 a kg., how many kgs. of brand A
are needed to make 40kgs. of the mixture?
Ans. Brand A needed is 24kgs.

20 . A wizard named Nepo says "I am only three times

my son's age. My father is 40 years more than twice my
age. Together the three of us are a mere 1240 years
old." How old is Nepo?
Ans. 360 years old.

21 . One dog tells the other that there are two dogs in
front of me. The other one also shouts that he too had
two behind him. How many are they?
Ans. Three.

22 . A man ate 100 bananas in five days, each day eating

6 more than the previous day. How many bananas did he
eat on the first day?
Ans. Eight.

23 . If it takes five minutes to boil one egg, how long will

it take to boil four eggs?
Ans. Five minutes.
24 . The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour hand
at intervals of 64 minutes of correct time. How much a
day does the clock gain or lose?
Ans. 32 8/11 minutes.

25 . Solve for x and y: 1/x - 1/y = 1/3, 1/x2 + 1/y2 =

5/9.
Ans. x = 3/2 or -3 and y = 3 or -3/2.

26 . Daal is now being sold at Rs. 20 a kg. During last

month its rate was Rs. 16 per kg. By how much percent
should a family reduce its consumption so as to keep the
expenditure fixed?
Ans. 20 %.

27 . Find the least value of 3x + 4y if x2y3 = 6.

Ans. 10.

28 . Can you find out what day of the week was January
12, 1979?
Ans. Friday.

29 . A garrison of 3300 men has provisions for 32 days,

when given at a rate of 850 grams per head. At the end
of 7 days a reinforcement arrives and it was found that
now the provisions will last 8 days less, when given at
the rate of 825 grams per head. How, many more men
can it feed?
Ans. 1700 men.

30 . From 5 different green balls, four different blue balls

and three different red balls, how many combinations of
balls can be chosen taking at least one green and one
blue ball?
Ans. 3720.

31 . Three pipes, A, B, & C are attached to a tank. A & B

can fill it in 20 & 30 minutes respectively while C can
empty it in 15 minutes. If A, B & C are kept open
successively for 1 minute each, how soon will the tank
be filled?
Ans. 167 minutes.

32 . A person walking 5/6 of his usual rate is 40 minutes

late. What is his usual time?
Ans. 3 hours 20 minutes.

33 . For a motorist there are three ways going from City

A to City C. By way of bridge the distance is 20 miles and
toll is $0.75. A tunnel between the two cities is a
distance of 10 miles and toll is $1.00 for the vehicle and
driver and $0.10 for each passenger. A two-lane
highway without toll goes east for 30 miles to city B and
then 20 miles in a northwest direction to City C.
1. Which is the shortest route from B to C
(a) Directly on toll free highway to City C
(b) The bridge
(c) The Tunnel
(d) The bridge or the tunnel
(e) The bridge only if traffic is heavy on the toll
free highway

Ans. (a)

2. The most economical way of going from City A to

City B, in terms of toll and distance is to use the
(a) tunnel
(b) bridge
(c) bridge or tunnel
(d) toll free highway
(e) bridge and highway

Ans. (a)
3. Jim usually drives alone from City C to City A
every working day. His firm deducts a percentage of
employee pay for lateness. Which factor would most
influence his choice of the bridge or the tunnel ?
(a) Whether his wife goes with him
(b) scenic beauty on the route
(c) Traffic conditions on the road, bridge and tunnel
(d) saving $0.25 in tolls
(e) price of gasoline consumed in covering additional
10 miles on the
bridge

Ans. (a)
4. In choosing between the use of the bridge and
the tunnel the chief factor(s) would be:
I. Traffic and road conditions
II. Number of passengers in the car
III. Location of one's homes in the center or
outskirts of one of the
cities
IV. Desire to save $0.25

(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) II and III only
(d) III and IV only
(e) I and II only

Ans. (a)

34 . The letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G, not necessarily in

that order, stand for seven consecutive integers from 1
to 10 D is 3 less than A B is the middle term F is as much
less than B as C is greater than D G is greater than F
1. The fifth integer is
(a) A
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) F

Ans. (a)
2. A is as much greater than F as which integer is
less than G
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Ans. (a)
3. If A = 7, the sum of E and G is
(a) 8
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 14
(e) 16

Ans. (a)
4. A - F = ?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) Cannot be determined

Ans. (a)
5. An integer T is as much greater than C as C
isgreater than E. T can be written as A + E. What is D?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) Cannot be determined

Ans. (a)
6. The greatest possible value of C is how much
greater than the smallest possible value of D?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6

Ans. (a)
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1 . If 2x-y=4 then 6x-3y=?

(a)15
(b)12
(c)18
(d)10

Ans. (b)

2 . If x=y=2z and xyz=256 then what is the value of x?

(a)12
(b)8
(c)16
(d)6

Ans. (b)

3 . (1/10)18 - (1/10)20 = ?

(a) 99/1020
(b) 99/10
(c) 0.9
(d) none of these

Ans. (a)

4 . Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins

and Pipe C can empty the same in 40 mins.If all of them
work together, find the time taken to fill the tank

(a) 17 1/7 mins

(b) 20 mins
(c) 8 mins
(d) none of these

Ans. (a)
5 . Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9
hours a day. How many hour a day should 40 men work
to complete the job?

(a) 8 hrs
(b) 7 1/2 hrs
(c) 7 hrs
(d) 9 hrs

Ans. (b)

6 . Find the smallest number in a GP whose sum is 38

and product 1728

(a) 12
(b) 20
(c) 8
(d) none of these

Ans. (c)

7 . A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms

downstream in 4 hrs. Find the speed of the boat in still
water and the speed of the water current?

(a) 1/2 kmph

(b) 7/12 kmph
(c) 5 kmph
(d) none of these

Ans. (b)

8 . A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side

12m by a rope 7m long. Find the area it can graze?

(a) 38.5 sq.m

(b) 155 sq.m
(c) 144 sq.m
(d) 19.25 sq.m

Ans. (a)

9 . Mr. Shah decided to walk down the escalator of a

tube station. He found that if he walks down 26 steps,
he requires 30 seconds to reach the bottom. However, if
he steps down 34 stairs he would only require 18
seconds to get to the bottom. If the time is measured
from the moment the top step begins to descend to the
time he steps off the last step at the bottom, find out the
height of the stair way in steps?

Ans.46 steps.

10 . The average age of 10 members of a committee is

the same as it was 4 years ago, because an old member
has been replaced by a young member. Find how much
younger is the new member ?

Ans.40 years.

11 . ABCE is an isosceles trapezoid and ACDE is a

rectangle. AB = 10 and EC = 20. What is the length of
AE?

Ans. AE = 10.

12 . Three cards are drawn at random from an ordinary

pack of cards.

Ans. 64/2210.

13 . A number of cats got together and decided to kill

between them 999919 mice. Every cat killed an equal
number of mice. Each cat killed more mice than there
were cats. How many cats do you think there were ?

Ans. 991.

14 . If Log2 x - 5 Log x + 6 = 0, then what would the

value / values of x be?

Ans. x = e2 or e3.

15 . The square of a two digit number is divided by half

the number. After 36 is added to the quotient, this sum
is then divided by 2. The digits of the resulting number
are the same as those in the original number, but they
are in reverse order. The ten's place of the original
number is equal to twice the difference between its
digits. What is the number?

Ans. 46

16 . Can you tender a one rupee note in such a manner

that there shall be total 50 coins but none of them would
be 2 paise coins.?

Ans. 45 one paisa coins, 2 five paise coins, 2 ten paise coins,
and 1 twenty-five paise coins.

17 . A monkey starts climbing up a tree 20ft. tall. Each

hour, it hops 3ft. and slips back 2ft. How much time
would it take the monkey to reach the top?

Ans.18 hours.

18 . What is the missing number in this series? 8 2 14 6

11 ? 14 6 18 12

Ans. 9

19 . A certain type of mixture is prepared by mixing

brand A at Rs.9 a kg. with brand B at Rs.4 a kg. If the
mixture is worth Rs.7 a kg., how many kgs. of brand A
are needed to make 40kgs. of the mixture?

Ans. Brand A needed is 24kgs.

20 . A wizard named Nepo says "I am only three times

my son's age. My father is 40 years more than twice my
age. Together the three of us are a mere 1240 years
old." How old is Nepo?

Ans. 360 years old.

21 . One dog tells the other that there are two dogs in
front of me. The other one also shouts that he too had
two behind him. How many are they?

Ans. Three.
22 . A man ate 100 bananas in five days, each day eating
6 more than the previous day. How many bananas did he
eat on the first day?

Ans. Eight.

23 . If it takes five minutes to boil one egg, how long will

it take to boil four eggs?

Ans. Five minutes.

24 . The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour hand

at intervals of 64 minutes of correct time. How much a
day does the clock gain or lose?

Ans. 32 8/11 minutes.

25 . Solve for x and y: 1/x - 1/y = 1/3, 1/x2 + 1/y2 =

5/9.

Ans. x = 3/2 or -3 and y = 3 or -3/2.

26 . Daal is now being sold at Rs. 20 a kg. During last

month its rate was Rs. 16 per kg. By how much percent
should a family reduce its consumption so as to keep the
expenditure fixed?

Ans. 20 %.

27 . Find the least value of 3x + 4y if x2y3 = 6.

Ans. 10.

28 . Can you find out what day of the week was January
12, 1979?

Ans. Friday.

29 . A garrison of 3300 men has provisions for 32 days,

when given at a rate of 850 grams per head. At the end
of 7 days a reinforcement arrives and it was found that
now the provisions will last 8 days less, when given at
the rate of 825 grams per head. How, many more men
can it feed?

Ans. 1700 men.

30 . From 5 different green balls, four different blue balls

and three different red balls, how many combinations of
balls can be chosen taking at least one green and one
blue ball?

Ans. 3720.

31 . Three pipes, A, B, & C are attached to a tank. A & B

can fill it in 20 & 30 minutes respectively while C can
empty it in 15 minutes. If A, B & C are kept open
successively for 1 minute each, how soon will the tank
be filled?

Ans. 167 minutes.

32 . A person walking 5/6 of his usual rate is 40 minutes

late. What is his usual time?

Ans. 3 hours 20 minutes.

33 . For a motorist there are three ways going from City

A to City C. By way of bridge the distance is 20 miles and
toll is $0.75. A tunnel between the two cities is a
distance of 10 miles and toll is $1.00 for the vehicle and
driver and $0.10 for each passenger. A two-lane
highway without toll goes east for 30 miles to city B and
then 20 miles in a northwest direction to City C.

1. Which is the shortest route from B to C

(a) Directly on toll free highway to City C
(b) The bridge
(c) The Tunnel
(d) The bridge or the tunnel
(e) The bridge only if traffic is heavy on the toll
free highway

Ans. (a)

2. The most economical way of going from City A to

City B, in terms of toll and distance is to use the
(a) tunnel
(b) bridge
(c) bridge or tunnel
(d) toll free highway
(e) bridge and highway

Ans. (a)
3. Jim usually drives alone from City C to City A
every working day. His firm deducts a percentage of
employee pay for lateness. Which factor would most
influence his choice of the bridge or the tunnel ?
(a) Whether his wife goes with him
(b) scenic beauty on the route
(c) Traffic conditions on the road, bridge and tunnel
(d) saving $0.25 in tolls
(e) price of gasoline consumed in covering additional
10 miles on the
bridge

Ans. (a)
4. In choosing between the use of the bridge and
the tunnel the chief factor(s) would be:
I. Traffic and road conditions
II. Number of passengers in the car
III. Location of one's homes in the center or
outskirts of one of the
cities
IV. Desire to save $0.25

(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) II and III only
(d) III and IV only
(e) I and II only

Ans. (a)

34 . The letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G, not necessarily in

that order, stand for seven consecutive integers from 1
to 10 D is 3 less than A B is the middle term F is as much
less than B as C is greater than D G is greater than F

1. The fifth integer is

(a) A
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) F

Ans. (a)

2. A is as much greater than F as which integer is

less than G
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Ans. (a)
3. If A = 7, the sum of E and G is
(a) 8
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 14
(e) 16

Ans. (a)
4. A - F = ?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) Cannot be determined

Ans. (a)
5. An integer T is as much greater than C as C
isgreater than E. T can be written as A + E. What is D?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) Cannot be determined

Ans. (a)
6. The greatest possible value of C is how much
greater than the smallest possible value of D?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6

Ans. (a)