Aptitude

1
Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation between Pigeon, Bird and
Dog ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

2
In a college, 200 students are randomly selected. 140 like tea, 120 like coffee and 80 like
both tea and coffee.
a)How many students like only tea?
b)How many students like only coffee?
c)How many students like neither tea nor coffee?
d)How many students like only one of tea or coffee?
e)How many students like at least one of the beverages?
3
90 people applied for a job as a salesperson for a book publishing company. 10 of the
applicants had never worked in sales or in publishing business. 65 had
worked in sales at some point and 58 had some background in publishing.
How many of the applicants had experience in both sales and publishing ?
4
A train passes a station in 36 s and a man standing on the platform in 20 s. If the speed of
the train is 15 meters/sec the length of the platform is ———-.
5
A certain train is 125 m long. It passes a man, running at 5 km/hr in the same direction in
which the train is going. It takes the train 10 seconds to cross the man
completely. Then the speed of the train is:--- km/hr.
6
Two trains running in opposite directions cross a man standing on the platform in 27
seconds and 17 seconds respectively and they cross each other in 23 seconds.
The ratio of their speeds is:
7
If x is 80% of y, then what percent of 2x is y ?

8
Fraction A is twice fraction B. Their product is 2/25. What is A?
9
Difference between numerator and denominator of a fraction is 5. If 5 is added to
denominator, its value decreases by 1¼. What is the fraction?
10
If one worker can complete a job in 6 days and a second worker can complete the same
job in 12 days, how long will it take if both work together ?
11
A and B together can do a piece of work in 8 days. If A alone can do the same work in 12
days, then B alone can do the same work in how many days?
12
A can lay railway track between two given stations in 16 days and B can do the same job
in 12 days. With help of C, they did the job in 4 days only. Then, C alone can do the job
in how many days?
13
Ram and Shyam went to purchase a book from a bookshop. Unfortunately, neither of
them had enough money, though both had some money . Ram realized he was
Rs 2 short of the price of the book, while Shyam was Rs 24 short of the price.
When they put their money together , even then they did not have enough
money to buy the book. What was the price of the book ?

Answer key:
1A
2
Solution: The given information may be represented by the following Venn diagram,
where T = tea and C = coffee.

a)Number of students who like only tea = 60

b)Number of students who like only coffee = 40
c)Number of students who like neither tea nor coffee = 20
d)Number of students who like only one of tea or coffee = 60 + 40 = 100
e)Number of students who like at least one of tea or coffee = n (only Tea) + n (only
coffee) + n (both Tea & coffee) = 60 + 40 + 80 = 180
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Ans 43
4
Speed of train = 15m/s
Length of the train = (15 x 20)m = 300 m.
Let the length of the platform be x metres.
x+
Then, 300 = 15
36
x + 300 = 540
x = 240 m.
5
Consider the man stationary.
Speed of train = 125/10 m/s = 125/10 * 3600/1000 = 45 km/h
But man is running @ 5 km/h
So ground speed of train = 45 + 5 = 50 km/h
6
Let the speeds of the two trains be = x m/s and y m/s respectively. Then, the length of the
first train = 27x meters, and length of the second train = 17y meters.

We can write:
( 27x + 17y ) / (x+ y )= 23
Or 27x + 17y = 23x + 23y, therefore we have: 4x = 6y
and ( x/y ) = ( 3/2 )

7
x = .8y
2x = 1.6y
y/2x = 1/1.6 = 62.5 %
8
A = 2B
AB = 2/25
A A/2 = 2/25
A2 = 4/25
A = 2/5
9 Let denominator = x, numerator = x+5
x/(x+5) - (x+5)/(x+5) = 1¼ = 5/4
x/(x+5) - 1 = 5/4
x/x+5 = 1+ 5/4 = 9/4 = 2¼
10
W1 does 1/6 of job in a day.
W2 does 1/12 of job in a day.
Together they do 1/6 + 1/12 = 3/12 = 1/4 of job
So job is finished in 4 days.
11 B = 1/8 – 1/2 = 1/24 => 24 days
12
1
(A + B + C)'s 1 day's work = ,
4
1
A's 1 day's work = ,
16
1
B's 1 day's work = .
12
1 1 1 1 7 5
C's 1 day's work = - + = - = .
4 16 12 4 48 48
48 3
So, C alone can do the work in = 9 days.
5 5

13 Let us do by trial and error. The book price must be greater than 24. Suppose price was
25. Then Ram had 23 and Shyam had 1. Together they had 24. They can not buy.