100 Quantitative Aptitude Questions for fresher

Here is the set of 100 Quantitative Aptitude questions which have been asked in various campus drives.
Most of the questions were seen in Infosys, Accenture, TCS, Wipro and mass recruiter companies. It will
surely help fresher to prepare well for aptitude test conducted by almost all companies as the first step
of placement procedure.
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1. it has 20 mixture contains mil and water in the ratio 3:5,replace 4 liters of mixture with 4 liters
of water what is the final ratio of milk and water.
2.

+ means * and * means / and / means % what is the value of these question

2+3*5/7 it was two question of these type.

The equivalent compound ratio of 5:6::7:10::6:5 ( question of this type this is not
exact question).

3. work can be done by 8 men and 10 women in 25 days, the same work can be done
by 10 children and 5 women . In how many days 2 children and 3 men
(similar to this)

4. one man or two women or three boys can do a work in 44 days then one man, one women and
one boy together can finish the same work in ---- days
5. (998-1)(998-2)(998-3)..(998-n)=------- when n>1000

ans is zero

6. in how many ways can a lock be opened if that lock has three digit number lock if the last digit is
9 and sum of the first two digits is less than or equal to the last digit. numbers are from 0-9
7. if a man reduces the selling price of a fan from 400 to 380 his loss increases by 20% .cost price
of fan is.
8. there are 76 persons. 53 can read hindu,46 can read times,39 can read deccan and 15 can read
all.if 22 can read hindu and deccan and 23 can read deccan and times then what is the number
of persons who read only times and hinduans 18
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9. in pure milk if 20% replaced by water and in this again 20% is replaced by water and again 20%
is replaced by water then what is the praportion of milk in that mixture
10. after 10 years A will be twice the age of B before 10 years.and now if the difference is 9 years
between them then what is the age of B after 10 years ans 49
11. races and games ---- 2 questions from this chapter like (A beats B by 10 meters and B beats C
by 15 metres the A beats C by )
12. in the year 1990 there are 5000 men 3000 women 2000 boys .in 1994 men are increased by
20% women are increased by ratio of boys and women (this type of question but some what
difficult I mean it takes too much time to solve)
13. Complete the series 1 6 3 7 5 8 7 ?

ans: 9

14. If circle is one octagon is 2 4 6 8 or 1

15. pick the odd one out bend shave chop whittle shear

ans bend.

16. 2 persons start from a pt. and go in opposite directions. After going 3 km they turn left and
walk 4 km . how far r they now? Ans: 10 km
17. There was a ques on work something like 2 typists type 2 papers in 4 hrs then in how much time
will 5 typists
take or something like that
18. There were 2 ques on proverbs u were supposed to tell the meaning.they were easy.
19.

A person runs 6 ft in 1/4 sec. how much it will run in 10 sec. ans 240

20. .

Find odd one cat ,dog,rabbit,hamster,elk.

21. In a party man & his wife ,and there r 2 son with their wives, and every son has 4 children in his
family .how
manyperson r in party.
22. Unsreambled the word P U T E C A S A H (like that) paraschute
23.

Add a word in starting of SCAPE and at the end of Grass, u will get two different word ans:land grassland landscape

24.

All men of this party are republican . mohan is member of this party. mohan is republican is
true or false
or camn't say?

25.

There r 1200 elephant .some have blue and pink strips.some have pink & green strip. 400 ele.
have only pink strip. how many have only blue strip Ans:. 400
b. can't determined. c.none

26.

Day light Day break Day time Ans:-day

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27. Total distance is 120 km . Going by 60kmph and coming back by
40kmph what is the average speed? Ans: 48kmph
28. . A school have 30% from MAHARASTRA .Out of this 20% from
BOMBAY students. Find the total percentage of BOMBAY
Ans: 6%
29. . An equilateral triangle of side 3 inch is given. How many equilateral triangles of side 1 inch can
be formed from it Ans : 9
30. . A/B = 3/5 15A = ? Ans : 9B
31. Each side of a rectangle is increased by 100% . How much the percentage of area will be
increased Ans : 300%
32. Perimeter of the back whell = 9 feet, front wheel = 7 feet on a certain distance the front wheel
gets 10 revolutions more than back wheel . what is the distance?
Ans : 315 feet.
33. Perimeter of front wheel =30, back wheel = 20. If front wheel revolves 240 times. Howm many
revolutions will the back wheel take? Ans: 360 times
34. 205 of 6 liter solution and 60% of 4 liter solution is mixed What percentage of the mixture of
solution Ans: 36%
35. City A population is 68000, decreasing at a rate of 80 per year City B having population 42000
increasing at a rate of 120 per year. In how many years both the cities will have same population
Ans: 130 years
36. Two cars, 15 km apart one is turning at a speed of 50kmph other at 40kmph . How will it take to
two cars meet. Ans 3/2 hours
37. A person wants to buy 3 paise and 5 paise stamps costing exactly one rupee. If he buys which of
the following number of stamps. he wont able to buy 3 paise stamps Ans: 9
38. There are 12 boys and 15 girls, How many different dancing groups can be formed. Ans: 180
39. Which of the following fractions is less than 1/3 (1) 22/62 (2) 15/46 Ans: 15/46
40. 33 1/3 of
41. 0.625= ?

101 + 296 is

(ans 1200) check

(ans 27/40)

42. One ship goes along the stream direction 28 km and in opposite direction 13 km in 5 hrs for
each direction.What is the velocity of stream? `
(ans 1.5 kmph)
43. Cubic root of 3375=? (ans 15)
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44. 2020201-565656=?
45. CHAIRS PROBLEM

(ans 1454545)
5 chairs=9 tables,12 tables = 7 stools likethat- - -(ans is 80Rs)

46. One clock ringes 7 O'clock in 7 sec.In how many seconds it will ring 10 O'clock. (ans 10.5 sec)
47. One watch is showing 30 past 3 .What is the angle between minutes & hours
hand?
(ans 75 degrees)
48. The average of 4 consecutive even numbers is 27. What is the largest number?
49. 25 stations ,24 stations are inbetween- - - - 25*24=600)

(ans 30)

how many tickets should be required.

(ans

50. One ball was dropped from 8ft height and every time it goes half of the height. How much
distance it will travell before coming to rest.
(ans 24 approximately)
51. Two trains are travelline at equilateral .Train A is travelling in the direction of earths spin.Other
train B is travelling in opposite direction of earths spin.Which trains wheels will
wear first?and why?
(ans TRAIN B .Because of less centrifugal force.)
52.

a=2, b=3, c=6 Find the value of c/(a+b)-(a+b)/c

53. What does the hexa number E78 in radix 7.

14256
(d) 13541
(e) 131112

Ans. 11/30
(a) 12455

(b) 14153

(c)

54. In a murder case there are four suspects P,Q,R,S. Each of them makes a statement. They are
p: "I had gone to the theatre with S at the time of the murder".q: "I was playing cards with P
at the time of the murder".r: "Q didn't commit the murder".s: "R is not the
murderer".Assuming the only one of the
above statement is false and that one of them is
the murderer, who is the murderer?
a) P
b) Q
c) R
d) Cann't be
concluded
e) S
55.

Q is not equal to zero and k = (Q x n - s)/2.What is n?

k)/Q
(c) (2 x k - s)/Q
(d) (2 x k + s x Q)/Q

(a) (2 x k + s)/Q
(e) (k + s)/Q

(b) (2 x s x

56. Mohan earned twice as much as Deep. Yogesh earned rs.3/- more than half as much as
deep.
If the amounts earned by Mohan,Deep,Yogesh are M,D,Y respectively, Which of the
following is the correct ordering of these amounts?
a) M < D < Y
b) M< Y < D
c) D<
M<Y
d) It cann't be determined from the information given
e) D< Y < M
57. Questions 1 - 5 are to be answered on the following data
A causes B or C, but not both
F occurs only if B occurs
D occurs if B or C occurs
E occurs only if C occurs
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J occurs only if E or F occurs
D causes G,H or both
H occurs if E occurs
G occurs if F occurs
1.

If A occurs which of the following must occurs

I. F and G
II. E and H
III. D
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) III only
(d) I,II, & III
(e) I & II (or) II & III but not both

2.

If B occurs which must occur

(a) D
(b) D and G
(c) G and H
(d) F and G
(e) J

3.

4.

If J occurs which must have occurred

(a) E
(b) either B or C
(c) both E & F
(d) B
(e) both B & C
Which may occurs as a result of cause not mentioned
I. D
II. A
III. F
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) I & II
(d) II & III
(e) I,II & III

5. E occurs which one cannot occurs

(a) A
(b) F
(c) D
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(d) C
(e) J
58. Given that A,B,C,D,E each represent one of the digits between 1 and 9 and that the
following
multiplication holds:
ABCDE
X4
-------------EDCBA
-------------- what digit does E represent ?
a) 4
b) 6
c) 8
d) 7
59. HCL prototyping machine can make 10 copies every 4 seconds. At this rate, How many
copies
can the machine make in 6 min.?
a) 900
b) 600
c) 360
d) 240
e) 150
60. 10^2(10^8+10^8) =-------------- 10^4
a) 2(10)^4
b) 2(10)^6
c) 10^8
d) 2(10)^8
e) 10^10
61. Worker W produces n units in 5 hours. Workers V and W, workers independently but at
the same time, produce n units in 2 hours. How long would it take V alone to produce n
units?
a) 1 hr 26 min
b) 1 hr 53 min
c) 2 hr 30 min
d) 3 hr 30 min
e) 3 hr 20 min
62. Six knights - P,Q,R,S,T and U - assemble for a long journey in Two traveling parties. For security,
each traveling party consists of at least two knights. The two parties travel by separate routes,
northern and southern. After one month, the routes of the northern and southern groups
converge for a brief time and at that point the knights can, if they wish, rearrange their traveling
parties before continuing, again in two parties along separate northern and southern routes.
Throughout the entire trip, the composition of traveling parties must be in accord with the
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following conditions P and R are deadly enemies and, although they may meet briefly, can never
travel together. p must travel in the same party with s Q cant travel by the southern route U
cant change routes
1.

If one of the two parties of knights consists of P and U and two other knights and travels by the
southern route,
the other members of this party besides P and U must be
a) Q and S
b) Q and T
c) R and S
d) R and T
e) S and T

2. If each of the two parties of knights consists of exactly three members, which of the following is
not a possible travelling party and route?
a) P,S,U by the northern route
b) P,S,T by the northern route
c) P,S,T by the southern route
d) P,S,U by the southern route
e) Q,R,T by the southern route
3. If one of the two parties of knights consists of U and two other knights and travels by the
northern route, the other members of this party besides U must be
a) P and S
b) P and T
c) Q and R
d) Q and T
e) R and T
4.

If each of the two parties of knights consists of exactly three members of different parties, and
R travels by the northern route, then T must travel by the
a) southern route with P and S
b) southern route with Q and R
c) southern route with R and U
d) northern route with Q and R
e) northern route with R and U

5. If, when the two parties of knights encounter one another after a month, exactly one knight
changes from
one travelling party to the other travelling party, that knight must be
a) P
b) Q
c) R
d) S
e) T
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63. How many of the integers between 25 and 45 are even ?
Ans:d)10

(A)21 (B)20 (C)11 (D)10 (E)9

64. If taxi fares were Rs 1.00 for the first 1/5 mile and Rs 0.20 for each 1/5 miles thereafter. The taxi
fare for a 3-mile ride was (A)Rs 1.56
(B)Rs 2.40
(C)RS 3.00
(D)Rs 3.80
(E)Rs
4.20
Answer :d)Rs 3.80
65. A computer routine was developed to generate two numbers (x,y) the first being a random
number between 0 and 100 inclusive, and the second being less than or equal to the square
root of the first. Each of the following pair satisfies the routine EXCEPT
(A) (99.10) (B) (85.9) (C) (50.7) (D) (1.1) (E) (1.0)
Answer : A) (99.10)
66. A warehouse had a square floor with area 10,000 sq.meters. A rectangular addition was built
along one entire side of the warehouse that increased the floor by one-half as much as the
original floor. How many meters did the addition extend beyond the original buildings
? (A)10 (B)20 (C)50 (D)200 (E)500
Ans: c)50
67. A digital wristwatch was set accurately at 8.30 a.m and then lost 2 seconds every 5 minutes.
What time was indicated on the watch at 6.30 p.m of the same day if the watch operated
continuously that time ? (A)5:56 B)5:58
(C)6.00 (D)6.23
E)6.26
Ans :E) 6.26
68. A 5 litre jug contains 4 litres of a salt water solution that is 15 percent salt. If 1.5 litres of the
solution spills out of the jug, and the jug is then filled to capacity with water, approximately
what percent of the resulting solution in the jug is salt? (A)7.5% (B)9.5%
(C)
10.5%
(D)12%
(E)15%
Ans :A)7.5%
69. A plane travelled K miles in the first 96 miles of flight time. If it completed the remaining 300
miles of the trip in 1 minute, what was its average speed in miles per hour for the entire trip ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Ans :(300+k)/97 * 60
70. A merchant sells an item at a 20 percent discount. but still makes a gross profit of 20 percent of
the cost. What percent of cost would be gross profit on the item have been if it had been sold
without the discount? (A)20%
(B)40%
(C)50%
(D)60%
(E)66.6% Ansr :c)
50%
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71. A millionaire bought a job lot of hats 1/4 of which were brown. The millionaire sold 2/3 of the
hats including 4/5 of the brown hats. What fraction of the unsold hats were brown.
(A)1/60
(B)1/15
(C)3/20
(D)3/5
(E)3/4 Ans :c)3/20
72. How many integers n greater than and less than 100 are there such that,if the digits of n are
reversed,
the resulting integer is n+9 ? (A)5
(B)6
(C)7
(D)8 (E)9
Ans :D)8
73. An investor purchased a shares of stock at a certain price.If the stock increased in price Rs 0.25
per share
and the total increase for the x shares was Rs 12.50, how many shares of stock had
been purchased ?
(A)25
(B)50
(C)75
(D)100
(E)125
Ans :B)50
74. At a special sale, 5 tickets can be purchased for the price of 3 tickets. If 5 tickets are purchased
at the sale,
the amount saved will be What percent of the original price of the 5
tickets?
(A) 20%
(B) 33.3%
(C) 40%
(D) 60%
(E) 66.6%
Ans :c)40%
75. Working independently, Tina can do a certain job in 12 hours. Working independently, Ann can
do the same job in 9 hours. If Tina Works independently at the job for 8 hours and then Ann
works independently, how many hours
will it take Ann to complete the remainder of the
jobs?
(A) 2/3
(B) 3/4 (C) 1 (D) 2
(E)
ans :E)3
76. A decorator bought a bolt of d m number of red chips in any one
stack?
(A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 5
(D)
4 (E) 3
Ans :C) 5
77. A sink has 12 lits of water some quantity of water is taken out. if the remaining water is 6 liters
less then the
water taken out then quantity of water taken out is.
a. 3
b. 6
c. 9
d. 1
78. Which is the 4 digit number whose second digit is thrice the first digit and 3'rd digit is sum of
1'st and 2'nd and
last digit is twice the second digit.
1.2674
2.1349.
3.3343
4.3678
79.

In a straight highway 2 car starts from the same point in opposite directions each travels for 8
Kms and take
left turn then travel for 6 Kms what is the distance between them now.

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1.16
2.20
3.25
4.10 4.
80. Four persons picking balls. Peter one more than paul. Pam one more than
pat.
Peter + Paul +Pam + Pat = 60;
Peter + Paul = Pam + Pat + 10.
How much Peter pick?
Ans: 18
81. Semi-circle of Radius 12cm. Can a Rectangle of 12cm length & 6cm width be
fit in the semi-circle?
82. Seven members are there in a meeting. Each should handshake only once
with all others. Find the total number of handshakes?
83. if 3 monkeys take 7 minutes to eat 3 bananas, what time will 10 monkeys
take to eat 10 bananas?
ans: 7 minutes.
84. what time is it now? the no. of minutes from midnight to now is 9 times
the no. of minutes from now to noon . i think 10.53 am or 10.47 am (not sure)
85. In a class composed of x girls and y boys what part of the class is composed of girls
A.y/(x + y)
B.x/xy
C.x/(x + y)
D.y/xy
Ans.C
86. What is the maximum number of half-pint bottles of cream that can be filled with a 4-gallon can
of cream(2 pt.=1 qt. and 4 qt.=1 gal)
A.16
B.24
C.30
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D.64
Ans.D
87. If the operation,^ is defined by the equation x ^ y = 2x + y,what is the value of a in 2 ^ a = a ^ 3
A.0
B.1
C.-1
D.4
Ans.B
88. A coffee shop blends 2 kinds of coffee,putting in 2 parts of a 33p. a gm. grade to 1 part of a 24p.
a gm.If the mixture is changed to 1 part of the 33p. a gm. to 2 parts of the less expensive
grade,how much will the shop save in blending 100 gms.
A.Rs.90
B.Rs.1.00
C.Rs.3.00
D.Rs.8.00
Ans.C
89. There are 200 questions on a 3 hr examination.Among these questions are 50 mathematics
problems.It is suggested that twice as much time be spent on each maths problem as for each
other question.How many minutes should be spent on mathematics problems
A.36
B.72
C.60
D.100
Ans.B
90. In a group of 15,7 have studied Latin, 8 have studied Greek, and 3 have not studied either.How
many of these studied both Latin and Greek
A.0
B.3
C.4
D.5

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Ans.B
91. If 13 = 13w/(1-w) ,then (2w)2 =
A.1/4
B.1/2
C.1
D.2
Ans.C
92. If a and b are positive integers and (a-b)/3.5 = 4/7, then
(A) b < a
(B) b > a
(C) b = a
(D) b >= a
Ans. A

93. In June a baseball team that played 60 games had won 30% of its game played. After a
phenomenal winning streak this team raised its average to 50% .How many games must the
team have won in a row to attain this average?
A. 12
B. 20
C. 24
D. 30
Ans. C

94. M men agree to purchase a gift for Rs. D. If three men drop out how much more will each have
to contribute towards the purchase of the gift/
A. D/(M-3)
B. MD/3
C. M/(D-3)
D. 3D/(M2-3M)
Ans. D

95. A company contracts to paint 3 houses. Mr.Brown can paint a house in 6 days while Mr.Black
would take 8 days and Mr.Blue 12 days. After 8 days Mr.Brown goes on vacation and Mr. Black
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begins to work for a period of 6 days. How many days will it take Mr.Blue to complete the
contract?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 11
D. 12
Ans.C

96. 2 hours after a freight train leaves Delhi a passenger train leaves the same station travelling in
the same direction at an average speed of 16 km/hr. After travelling 4 hrs the passenger train
overtakes the freight train. The average speed of the freight train was?
A. 30
B. 40
C.58
D. 60
Ans. B

97. If 9x-3y=12 and 3x-5y=7 then 6x-2y = ?

A.-5
B. 4
C. 2
D. 8
Ans. D

98. One of the following is my secret word:AIM DUE MOD OAT TIE.With the list in front of you, if I
were to tell you any one of my secret word, then you would be able to tell me the number of
vowels in my secret word.Which is my secret word?
Ans.TIE
99. One of Mr. Horton,his wife,their son,and Mr. Horton's mother is a doctor and another is a lawyer.
a)If the doctor is younger than the lawyer, then the doctor and the lawyer are not blood relatives.
b)If the doctor is a woman, then the doctor and the lawyer are blood relatives.
c)If the lawyer is a man, then the doctor is a man.
Whose occupation you know?
Ans.Mr. Horton:he is the doctor.

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100. If x/y=4 and y is not '0' what % of x is 2x-y
(a)150%
(b)175%
(c)200%
(d)250%
Ans. (b)

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