Section: Aptitude

Total Questions: 25
Time Duration: 30 Minutes

Directions for Questions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5: Read the following information and answer the questions
given below.

I. Eleven students A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J and K are sitting in a row of the class facing the
teacher.
II. D, who is to the immediate left of F, is second to the right of C.
III. A is second to the right of E, who is at one of the ends.
IV. J is the immediate neighbour of A and B and third to the left of G.
V. H is to the immediate left of D and third to the right of I.

1) Who is sitting in the middle of the row?

A) C
B) I
C) B
D) G

2) Which of the following groups of friends is sitting to the right of G?

A) IBJA
B) ICHDF
C) CHDF
D) CHDE

3) Who is sitting to the immediate left of A?

A) E
B) J
C) B
D) K

4) Which of the following statements is true in the context of the above sitting arrangements?
A) There are three students sitting between D and G.
B) G and C are neighbours sitting immediate right of H.
C) B is sitting between J and I.
D) K is sitting between A and J.

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5) If E and D, C and B, A and H and K and F interchange their positions, which of the following pairs
of students are sitting at the end?
A) D and E
B) E and F
C) D and K
D) K and F

Directions for Questions 6, 7 and 8: Read the following information and answer the questions given
below.

Madhuri, Durgesh and Priti are Literate; Madhuri, Priti and Richa are Innocent; Priti, Richa and
Mahima are Employed; Madhuri, Durgesh, Richa and Mahima are Polite.

6) Who is Literate, Innocent, Polite but not Employed?

A) Madhuri
B) Durgesh
C) Priti
D) Richa

7) Who is neither Innocent nor Employed?

A) Madhuri
B) Durgesh
C) Priti
D) Mahima

8) Who is Employed and Polite, but neither Literate nor Innocent?

A) Madhuri
B) Durgesh
C) Priti
D) Mahima

9) A fruit seller sells mangoes at Rs. 9 per Kg and thereby loses 20 %. At what price per Kg he
should have sold them to make a profit of 5 %?
A) Rs. 11.81
B) Rs. 12.31
C) Rs. 15.00
D) Rs. 16.00

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10) If a man takes same time for running 20 meters as much as a car takes to cover 500 meters,
then the distance covered by the man when the car has covered a distance of 6 kms is
A) 240 meters
B) 200 meters
C) 250 meters
D) 290 meters

11) In a family, a couple has a son and a daughter. The age of the father is three times of his
daughter and the age of the son is half of his mother. The wife is nine years younger to her
husband and the brother is seven years older than his sister. What is the age of the mother?
A) 40 years
B) 50 years
C) 45 years
D) 60 years

12) The monthly salaries of A and B are in the ratio of 3 : 5. If each receives an increase of Rs. 20 in
the salary, the ratio changes to 13 : 21. A’s present salary is
A) Rs. 240
B) Rs. 260
C) Rs. 210
D) Rs. 400

13) A boat takes 2 times as long to row a distance upstream as to row the same distance down –
steam. If the river flows at the rate of 1 km / hr, the speed of the boat in still water is:
A) 3 km / hr
B) 7 / 2 km / hr
C) 4 km / hr
D) 9 / 2 km / hr

14) In a joint family, the average age of grandparents is 67 years, the average age of parents is 35
years and that of three grand children is 6 years. What is the average age of the family?
A) 200 / 7 years
B) 222 / 7 years
C) 65 / 2 years
D) Data Inadequate

15) A tap can fill a tank in 16 minutes and another can empty it in 8 minutes. If the tank is already
half full and both the tanks are opened together, the tank will be
A) Filled in 12 minutes
B) Emptied in 12 minutes
C) Filled in 8 minutes
D) Emptied in 8 minutes

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16) Mohan earns 25 % less than Sohan, but 20 % more than Ram. If Ram earns Rs. 90 less than
Sohan, find their respective earnings.
A) Rs. 180, Rs. 150, Rs. 240
B) Rs. 175, Rs. 155, Rs. 230
C) Rs. 120, Rs. 150, Rs. 190
D) Rs. 110,Rs. 140, Rs. 190

17) AC is tangent to a circle with centre O at the point A.  OAC is an isosceles triangle. What is the
measure of  OCA?

A) 50o
B) 45o
C) 42o
D) 55o

18) A single letter is selected at random from the word “PROBABILITY”. The probability that the
selected letter is a vowel is
A) 2 / 11
B) 3 / 11
C) 4 / 11
D) 0

19) A, B, C and D play a game of cards. A says to B. ‘If I give you 8 cards, you will have as many as C
has and I shall have 3 less than what C has. Also if I take 8 cards from C, I shall have twice as
many as D has. If B and D together have 50 cards, how many cards has A got?
A) 27
B) 23
C) 37
D) 40

20) A job is completed by 16 unskilled workers in 10 days. The same job is completed by 10 skilled
workers in 12 days. How many days will be taken by 8 unskilled workers and 6 skilled workers
working together to complete the job?
A) 12
B) 5
C) 16
D) 10

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21) Find out the wrong number in the given series:

4, 9, 16, 25, 34, 49, 64

A) 4
B) 16
C) 34
D) 49

Directions for Questions 22, 23, 24 and 25: Read the following information and answer the
questions given below.

Food Grain Production in a Country in 2000 (in Lakh tons)

State Rice Wheat Jowar Pulses Others

P 45 103 – 27 29
Q 48 86 73 19 15
R 59 32 67 14 31
S 41 37 59 21 15
T 37 22 41 13 11
U 68 15 12 – 18
V 57 8 7 12 10
W 38 28 31 22 45

22) State P alone accounted for approximately what percentage of Others Production in the
country?
A) 20 %
B) 22.8 %
C) 35 %
D) 16.66 %

23) If the average per hectare yield of Rice in the country was 30 tons, then the approximate area
(in Lakh hectares) under Rice cultivation during the year was
A) 1.5
B) 8
C) 13
D) 40

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24) What was the proportion of Rice Production to Wheat Production in the country?
A) 1 : 1
B) 0.8 : 1
C) 1.2 : 1
D) 2 : 1

25) Which State has the highest Grain Production?

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

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