Frequently Asked Questions in Aptitude Tests

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
IN APTITUDE TESTS ?
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Which of these is correct ?
a. Having completed his lunch, a dog bit

Mohan, who went to market.
b. Having completed his lunch, Mohan went to
market, where he was bite by a dog.
c. Having completed his lunch, Mohan went to
market, where he was bitten by a dog.
Answer : C.
Which of these is correct?
1. although he worked very hard, but he has

failed.
2. although he had worked hard, yet he had
been failed.
3. although he worked very hard, yet he failed.
Answer : 3
Which of these is correct?
1. He reached station before the train had

reached
2. he had reached the station, where train had
reached after him.
3. he had reached the station before the train.
Answer : 3.
Fill in the blank :
I prefer tea _____ coffee
options : from, then, than, to, on

ANSWER : TO
Arrange the following in proper
order :
a) if she ate a monkey's heart

b)One day, she pretended to be very ill and told the
crocodile that
c)If her husband wanted to save her life
d)the doctor said that she would only recover
e)he must bring her his friend's heart
answer : B – D – A – C – E
Rearrange the following to make a
meaningful paragraph:
a)The blow was so heavy that his mind almost gave way,
and
b) if you could only find them out, and that the fewer the
world contained the better.
c)So every evening he married a fresh wife and had her
strangled the following morning before the grand-vizir,
d) he declared that he was quite sure that at bottom all
women were as wicked as the sultana,
e) whose duty it was to provide these unhappy brides for
the Sultan.
f) ANSWER : A–D–B–C–E
Ram and Shyam had equal money, which they
deposited in two different banks. One got 10% simple
interest, but the other got 5% half yearly
compounding interest. At the end of 2 years, their
amounts had difference of Rs. 10, what was the
original amount deposited by them?
Let us suppose they deposited 100 each. First
person will get : 100+10+10 = 120
2nd person will get : 100 + 5 + 5.25 + 5.5125 +
5.79 or 5.80 = 121.56
the difference is 1.56, if difference is 10, the
principal should be : 10/1.56* 100 = 600 by
each approx.
A shopkeeper uses weight of 900 grams
instead of 1000 grams (1kg) while selling.
He sells at his cost + 10%, what is his
actual profit in %?
He sells 900 grams when he is charging for

1000 grams. Suppose he purchased 900 for Rs.
900. His cost is 900, but he is charging for
1000 + 10% = 1100
his profit is 200 on 900, or 200/900 *1000 =
22.2% answer
A circle (of maximum size possible) is
inserted inside a squre. How much of the
area of square is still left out of total area
in %?
Let us suppose that the side of square is 14.
area of square is 14*14 = 196
area of circle : 22/7*7*7 = 154
area left : 196-154 = 42
in % = 42/196 *100 = 21% approx. Answer
you can assume any value instead of 14 and try
to work out the %, the answer will be the same.
Out of the following chart, please,
tell how many female students got
between 50 - 60% in PGPSE ?
> 6 05 0 - 6 <0 5 0 t o t.
m a le 1 8 18 80
f e m a le 2 40
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120
11
Solution...
We can see that 12 girls got more than 60%

marks.
40 – 12 – 2 = 26 got between 50 to 60%.
answer
Based on the data given below,
find out sale of Raju TV store.
1990 was the first year, when Raju TV sold

100 TV. Every person who buys TV buys
again after 4 years. Raju sells 400, 600, 800
TV in 94, 98, 99 respectively. There was no
new customer in 2000, but the sale was simple
average of sale of 1990 and 1994. How many
TV did Raju TV sold in 1996.
solution....
Average of 1990 and 1994 = 250

no new customer in 2000, so 250 TV will be
sold as repeat customers.
Thus sale in 1996 = 250 TV.
Ram, Ajay and Ravi (3 friends) are experts in three games – cricket,
hockey and golf. One of these live in Delhi, and other two live in
Mumbai. The person who lives in Delhi doesnt like Golf. Hockey
player lives in Mumbai. The person whose name is smallest is also
the best player of Golf. Ajay daily goes to his friend's home. Ravi
has to visit Mumbai twice a year. Who plays cricket?
Ajay lives in Mumbai (he cant be Delhi, as he

daily visits his friend). The person who lives in
Delhi doesnt like Golf, he also cant play
Hockey (Hockey player is in Mumbai), so that
persn plays Cricket. So the person who lives in
Delhi plays criciket. Ravi visits Mumbai,so he
lives in Delhi. Ravi plays Cricket.
Nanu's maternal grand father, and maternal grand mother both are
doctors. His father is Engineer, but his mother is Professor. A is elder
to C, but Younger to B. D is wife of A. E is husband of B. The eldest
person is a male but he is neither A nor Nanu. Out of two ladies, the
elder is Doctor and younger is professor. Who is Engineer. Which
statement is redudant?
A is engineer (as he is the second male in

hierarchy). The last statement : out of two
ladies, the elder is doctor and younger is
professor, is redudant – as it is not required).
118, 66, 252, 137 ....
Look at the series, you find that 66 has been

computed from 118 as under :
1^3+1^3+8^2 = 66, similarly
6^3 + 6^2 = 252
so : 137 = 1^3 + 3^3 +7^2
= 77 answer
What will come next :;;;
1,8,27,64... so on???
1^3 = 1, 2^3 = 8, 3^3 = 27, 4^3 = 64, 5^3 =

125,
thus answer is 125.
A went to buy 2 shirts and 1 trousers. He carried Rs. 1000 with
him (just sufficient) . The ratio of prices of shirt and trouser is :
7:6. however, he purchased 2 trousers and 1 shirt and returned
back with Rs. 50 also. What will he pay, if he buys 2 shirts and
3 trousers?
2 Shirt + 1 Trousers = 1000

1 shirt + 2 trousers = 950
1 shirt – 1 trousers = 50, Now from 1st equation: 2 trousers + 1
trousers + Rs. 100 = 900
thus 1 trousers = 300 and 1 shirt = 350.
he will spend 700+900 = 1600 answer.
X has to organise his lecture plan. He has to teach
entrepreneurship, Planning, Finance, and Law on 4 days
and one day is for IT. IT must be before Law, but
Planning should not be on the 1st day. Finance and IT
must be on any of the last 3 days. Prepare complete
schedule.
Solution: Last day : law, 2nd last IT, 3rd last :

Finance, 4th last : Plannning; the first day :
Entrepreneurship. It is better to solve the last
day first in this types of questions.
Answer.
A,B,C,D are working on a project with
different names. W is not A, B is not Y or
Z. D and E have no relation to C and W
Who is A?
Answer cannot be determined / data inadequate
There are two numbers whose
HCF and LCM are 8 and 25, what
are those numbers?
No such numbers are possible as LCM 25 is

not divisible by 8, LCM is always divisible by
HCF. Answer
Mayank Bothra wants to bring tiles for his
room. His room's size is 28 feet by 20 feet.
What should the size of square tile, so that
minimum number of tiles are used?
Find HCF of 28 and 20. The HCF is 4, so the

size of tile should be 4 feet by 4 feet. The total
number of tiles required will be : (28*20)/(4*4)
= 35 tiles answer
A monkey is trying to climb a Date tree. He climbs 4
feet in 2 minutes, but in the next 1 minute, he slips by
3 feet. When will he reach at the top of this Date tree
which is 36 feet high?
Actually he travels 1 feet in 3 minutes. He has

to travel (36-4) = 32 feet, which will take 32*3
= 96 minutes. Then in the next 2 minutes he
will be at the top of the tree. Thus he will take
98 minutes in all.
Mayank Bothra buys apples @ 4
for Rs. 3 and sells them @ 3 for
Rs. 4. what is his profitability?
There are two important numbers 3 and 4, so
let us take LCM of 3 and 4, this is 12. let us
assume Mayank got 12 apples. He had to pay 9
to buy 12 apples. Now he goes to sell them, he
gets Rs. 16 when he sells them. His profit is
(16-9) – 7, so his profitability is 7/9 *100 =
77.77% answer
Naresh Jain makes payment to a shopkeeper.
By mistake the shopkeeper reveses the digits of
the amount to be paid and takes Rs. 54 more
than what was required. What was the actual
payment due?
Hit and try for this type of question. Try for 39

and 93. 93-39 = 54. The shopkeeper has taken
93 instead of 39. So the amount due was 39.
answer
A and B run opposite to an elevator. The ratio of the speed
of elevator, A and B is : 1:6:3 Elevator is going up, but A
and B are coming down. A takes 1 minute and B takes 2.5
minutes to come down. How much time will they take if
elevator was not moving?
If elevator is not moving, they will take less

time. Look at the speed ratios. A will take 1/6
time less – so he will take 60 seconds – 10
seconds= 50 seconds and B will take 1/3 time
less, so he will take : 150 seconds – (150*1/3)
= = 100 seconds. Answer. 2.5 minutes = 150
seconds
Ajay has to pay to Mayank Rs. 1100 after
1 year. What should he pay now and settle
the accounts? Rate of interest is 10%
We have to find the present value of 1100

formula of present value is (Amount * 100)/
(100 + rate of interest * no. Of years)
= (1100 *100) / (100 +100) = 1000
A, B,C, & D start a game. In the beginning all of them had
equal amount. The winner has to collect half the amount
of all other players. In the first round C wins. In the 2nd
round B wins and in the 3rd round B again wins. At this
time, their scores are : A : 50, B : 1250, C : 250 D : ?
What was the score of each of these in the beginning ?
The score of D should be equal to that of A =

50. Now add the score of all of these, we get
1600. Thus each of these should have score of
1600/4 = 400 answer
A thief steels a necklace and runs @ 10
Km per hour at 3 pm. After 18 minutes,
a policeman starts chasing him @ 15 km
per hour. Whenwill the thief be caught?
At the speed of 10, the thief would have run 10

*18/60 = 3 Km. So policeman has to chase him
for this distance to start : 3 / (15-10) * 1/60
=
Mayank Bothra wants to get his room
coloured. His room is 10 Ft by 20 Ft.
Assuming that colouring costs Rs. 100 per sq.
ft., how much will Mayank pay (for four
walls), height of walls is 10 feet?
The side towards length :

20*10 = 200
the side towards width :
10*10 = 100
total 4 walls (200*2+100*2 )=600 ft.
Total payment : 600*100=Rs. 60000 ans.
Rishi has put his icecream in a rectangular
bowl of 10*20 inch with depth of 5 inch. Now
he wants to make a round ball out of this. What
will be the diameter of this ball?
Total quantity of icecream = 10*20*5 = 1000 cubic inch

volume of sphere : = 4/3*pi*radius^3
= 4/3 22/7*r*r*r = 1000
r= cubic root of (21000/88)
r= 6.5 approx. Or diameter= 13 inch approx. Answer
In a typcial coding exercise, a person says
that RAM= 32, and SITA= 49, what will
be KRISHNA In that code?
RAM = R= 18, A=1, M = 13 so adding these

RAM = 32
SITA, S=19, I=9, T=20,A=1
Adding these we get 49, so KRISHNA should
be : K=11,R=18,I=9,S=19,H=8,N=14,A=1
TOTAL = 80 ANSWER
If Earth:Moon, and Sun:mercury,
what should be X: Titan
The Moon rotates round the Earth, Mercury

rotates round the Sun, Titan rotates round the
Saturn. So X = Saturn.
Rishi has a white cube of 5 inch dimensions. He cuts
it to make smaller cubes of 1 inch each. Before this he
dips the cube to colour one of its dimension as red.
Now how many cubes will have red as a colour on
one side?
The cube is cut into dimension of 1 inch each.

Thus (5*5*5)/(1*1*1) = 125
thus we have now total 125 small cubes. Out of
these 125, 25 cubes are such which have one
dimension as red.
A group leader puts his group in rows and columns.
He finds that the number of rows and columns are
equal. He finds that 20 more persons have to come. If
he puts these 20 persons, there is one more complete
row or one more column. What is the number of
persons in his group?
It is clear that there are 20 rows and 20

columns, so total number of persons is 400.
add 20 more persons to it, you get :
20*20 = 400 + 20 = 420 answer
Mayank has some money in his pocket. He gives me half of this.
Now he spends 75% of the remaining on purchasing a shoe. He then
realises that he has to buy a T shirt also. So he spends 80% of the
remaining on a T-shirt. He is now thirsty and so spends 20% on a
mineral water bottle. He is left with Rs. 40. How much did he have
in the beginning?
Start from last, multiply each value by 100/ (100-what %

is spent) :
40*100/80 = 50
50*100/20 = 250
250*100/25 = 1000
1000*100/50 = 2000
thus he had 2000 in the beginning
Mayank Bothra has prepared a software, which puts the
letters in alphabetic order, but one at a time in 1 second.
How much time will the software take to put T I G E R in
ascending or descending order?
TIGER
first of all E will be put in the beginning
then G will be put after E. Then I will be put
after G and then R will be put before T.
Total time : 4 seconds.
In descending order : 1 second only (as only R
has to be put after T)
What is BODMAS?
B= BRACKET
O = OF
D=DIVISION
M=MULTIPLY
A = ADDITION
S=SUBTRACT
apply these in this sequence only.
So 9+9/9-2*1of (2-3*1/3) = 9+1-2= 8
Which is bigger :
12/13 14/16 16/19 23/29
let us compare 12/13 and 14/16, logically

12/13 should be bigger (gap between 13 and 12
is only 1). still : cross multiply : 12*16 and
13*14 , which is bigger? = 12*16 is bigger so
12/13 is bigger. Similarly we have to compare
all the values and find the biggest number.
What will come next in the
series :
ANW, DKT, GFQ, ....?
The series is : A – D – G so next digit should
be : J (gap of + 2)
next series is : N-K-F so next : Y (increasing
gap -2,-4,-6)
next series : W-T-Q = N (gap of -2)
so answer : JYN answer
A goes from X to Y at 10 am and will
reach at 12 and B goes from Y to X at 9
and will reach at 12. when will they cross
each other?
A travels for 2hours, B for 3 hours. Let us assume that the

distance is (2*3) = 6 KM. A travels @ 3 KM per hour and
B @ 2 km per hour. At 9 B starts, till 10 he covers 2 KM.
Now gap between A and B is 4 Km. Divide 4 by (2+3) =
4/5 = .8 , so they will meet at 10 + (.8 * 60) = 48 minutes.
So They wil meet at 10 + 48 min. Ans
A puts an item at 10% discount, before
doing this he had actually increased the
marked price by 10%, what is the change
in his revenue?
Let us assume that the earlier marked price is

100. add 10% = 110, now A reduces it by 10%
(10% discount on marked price) so he gets
110-11 = 99
thus there is 1% reduction in his revenue
or (10% * 10% = 1%)
A takes up 2 types of rice – one at 10 per
kg and another at 50 per kg, how should
he mix these to get a profit of 20% when
he sells them @ 30 per KG?
Sale price is 30, so cost should be 30*100/120 = 25

in order to get the ratio of mixture, let us deduct 25 from
10 and 50, we get : 15 and 25, now reverse these ratio :
25:15 or 5:3,
thus rice of the rate 10 should be 5/(5+3) = 5/8 and rice of
rate 50 should be 3/8 or their ratio should be 5:3 answer.
A and B are partners and share profit in the capital ratio
of 3:2, however, A withdraws his half of the money after
5 months, and B doubles his money after 8 months, what
is the final profit sharing ratio?
For first six months, the capitals are in the ratio

of 3:2, but now there is some change.
A withdraws 1.5 and after 2 more months, B
adds 2 more.
Thus (3*6months + 1.5*6months) : (2*8
months + 4*4months)
27: 32 answer
A:B = 2:3, C:D = 3:4, B:D = 3:2,
what is A:C?
In A:B and B:D, we have B common, so

A:B:D = 2:3:2
We know that C:D is 3:4, so keep the value of
D as 4, thus new ratio is :
A:B:C:D = 4:6:3:4
thus A:C = 4:3 answer
A can complete a work in 20 days and B can
do the same work in 30 days. Both work
together for 1 day and get 500 as total amount,
how should this money be divided between A
and B?
A: B should be 30:20 (reverse of 20:30 – the

number of days taken by them in doing the
work).
Thus A should get : 300 and B 200 answer.
A,B,C start a work together. A can do
it alone in 20, B in 30 and C in 40 days,
in how many days will they finish the
work?
A's one day work : 1/20, B's one day's work :

1/30 and C's one day's work : 1/40,
add them : 1/20 + 1/30 + 1/40
(6+4+3)/120 = 13/120 , now reverse it :
120/13 = 9.2 days or 10 days approx.
There are 720 students in an examination, out of
them, 1/3rd fail in English, 1/4th fail in Mathematics,
1/8th fail in both the paper. How many dont fail in
any paper?
Out of 720, 240 fail in English, and 180 fail in

Mathematics and 90 fail in both the paper.
Thus the total number of students who have
failed in either paper : 240+180 – 90 = 330
thus the students who have not failed in any
paper is : 720 – 330 = 390 answer
th th
Kapil is 4 from top and 106
from bottom. How many students
are there in total ?
There are three students before Kapil, 105

below him and he himself so : 3+105+1 = 109
or
4+106 – 1 = 109 answer
A and B have salary in the ratio of 10:11, but their savings are
in the ratio : 3:7, but now their salaries increase by 100% each.
If earlier their total savings was Rs. 2100, what is their new
savings, if they dont change their expenditure and they spend
equal amounts?
Their total savings : 2100, so A saves 3/10 *2100 = 630 and B

saves : 7/10 * 2100 = 1470
difference of their savings is : 840, so A should earn 840 *10 =
8400 and spend (8400-630) = 7770 and B should earn 9240
and save (9240-1470) = 7770. thus their new incomes are :
16800 and 18480 and new savings are : (16800 – 7770) = 9030
and (18480-7770) = 10710 answer
A and B run a race and A gives B a start
of 100 meters in 1000 meter race, still A
wins by 1 second or 1 meters. What is the
ratio of their speeds?
B takes 1 second to cover 1 meters, so his speed is 3600 meters

per KM or 3.6 km per hour. He has actually run 900 meters
only. He should take 900/3600*60 = 15 minutes
A has run 1000 meters in 14 minutes and 59 seconds. So his
speed is 40 KM per hour approx.
Thus the ratio of their speed is 40:36 or 10:9 answer
What is 10% of 30% of 1500?
30% of 1500 = 450

now 10% of 450 = 45 so answer is 45
Which is more 3^1/3 or 4^1/4?
Let us take the two powers : 1/3 and 1/4, let us

now get same powers. LCM of 3,4 is 12, so let
us multiply them by 4/4 and 3/3, we get : 4/12
and 3/12. we can now solve the numerator
powers : so answer is : 81^1/12 and 64^1/12
now we can see that 81^1/12 is bigger, so the
answer is 3^1/3 is bigger than 4^1/4
Ravi sees a photo and says that “this is the
photo of younger son of the brother of the
grandson of the father of the brother of the
mother of my sister”, whose photo was it?
This is the photo of nephew of Ravi (son of

Ravi's cousin) answer In order to solve such
questions, start from last, and try to solve each
relationship in simple terms or prepare a tree
diagram from these statements. For example, :
brother of the mother of my sister = maternal
uncle – so similarly replace all these sentences.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

a. Having completed his lunch, a dog bit

1. although he worked very hard, but he has

1. He reached station before the train had

I prefer tea _____ coffee

options : from, then, than, to, on

a) if she ate a monkey's heart

He sells 900 grams when he is charging for

We can see that 12 girls got more than 60%

1990 was the first year, when Raju TV sold

Average of 1990 and 1994 = 250

Ajay lives in Mumbai (he cant be Delhi, as he

A is engineer (as he is the second male in

Look at the series, you find that 66 has been

1^3 = 1, 2^3 = 8, 3^3 = 27, 4^3 = 64, 5^3 =

2 Shirt + 1 Trousers = 1000

Solution: Last day : law, 2nd last IT, 3rd last :

Answer cannot be determined / data inadequate

No such numbers are possible as LCM 25 is

Find HCF of 28 and 20. The HCF is 4, so the

Actually he travels 1 feet in 3 minutes. He has

Hit and try for this type of question. Try for 39

If elevator is not moving, they will take less

We have to find the present value of 1100

The score of D should be equal to that of A =

At the speed of 10, the thief would have run 10

The side towards length :

Total quantity of icecream = 10*20*5 = 1000 cubic inch

RAM = R= 18, A=1, M = 13 so adding these

The Moon rotates round the Earth, Mercury

The cube is cut into dimension of 1 inch each.

It is clear that there are 20 rows and 20

Start from last, multiply each value by 100/ (100-what %

12/13 14/16 16/19 23/29

let us compare 12/13 and 14/16, logically

A travels for 2hours, B for 3 hours. Let us assume that the

Let us assume that the earlier marked price is

Sale price is 30, so cost should be 30*100/120 = 25

For first six months, the capitals are in the ratio

In A:B and B:D, we have B common, so

A: B should be 30:20 (reverse of 20:30 – the

A's one day work : 1/20, B's one day's work :

Out of 720, 240 fail in English, and 180 fail in

There are three students before Kapil, 105

Their total savings : 2100, so A saves 3/10 *2100 = 630 and B

B takes 1 second to cover 1 meters, so his speed is 3600 meters

30% of 1500 = 450

Let us take the two powers : 1/3 and 1/4, let us

This is the photo of nephew of Ravi (son of

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