Aptitude Test 1

1 Single choice

What was the day on 15th august 1947?

a)

FRIDAY

b)

SATURDAY

c)

SUNDAY

d)

THURSDAY

e)
None of the above

Your answer c Wrong Right answer a Time Taken 3s Marks -0.5 Answer Explanation

2 Single choice

A bag contains 50 P, 25 P and 10 P coins in the ratio 5: 9: 4,

amounting to Rs. 206. Find the number of coins of each type
respectively.

a)

360, 160, 200

b)

160, 360, 200

c)

200, 360,160

d)

200,160,300

e)

None of the above

Your answer b Wrong Right answer c Time Taken 2s Marks -0.5 Answer Explanation

3 Single choice
In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the
total valid votes, 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total
number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that the
other candidate got, was :

a)

2500

b)

2700

c)

2900

d)

3100

e)

None of the above

Your answer d Wrong Right answer b Time Taken 1s Marks -0.5 Answer Explanation

4 Single choice

50 men took a dip in a water tank 40 m long and 20 m broad

on a religious day. If the average displacement of water by a
man is 4 cm , then the rise in the water level in the tank will
be:

a)

20 cm

b)

25 cm

c)
35cm

d)

50 cm

e)

None of the above

Your answer b RightTime Taken 1s Marks 1 Answer Explanation

5 Single choice

Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is

drawn at random. What is the probability that the ticket
drawn has a number which is a multiple of 3 or 5?
a)

1/2

b)

3/5

c)

9/20

d)

8/15
e)

None of the above

Your answer b Wrong Right answer c Time Taken 1s Marks -0.5 Answer Explanation

6 Single choice

The average of runs of a cricket player of 10 innings was 32.

How many runs must he make in his next innings so as to
increase his average of runs by 4?

a)

76

b)

79

c)
85

d)

87

e)

None of the above

Your answer d Wrong Right answer a Time Taken 1s Marks -0.5 Answer Explanation

7 Single choice

How many such pairs of digits are there in the number

421579368 each of which has as many digits between them in
the number as when they are arranged in ascending order?

a)

None

b)
One

c)

Two

d)

Three

e)

None of the above

Your answer b Wrong Right answer d Time Taken 2s Marks -0.5 Answer Explanation

8 Single choice

If South-East becomes North, North-East becomes West and

so on. What will West become?
a)

North-East

b)

North-West

c)

South-East

d)

South-West

e)
None of the above

Your answer c RightTime Taken 1s Marks 1 Answer Explanation

9 Single choice

A man went downstream for 28 km in a motor boat and

immediately returned. It took the man twice as long to make
the return trip. If the speed of the river flow were twice as
high, the trip downstream and back would take 672 minutes.
Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the
river flow.

a)

12 km/hr, 3 km/hr

b)

9 km/hr, 3 km/hr
c)

8 km/hr, 2 km/hr

d)

9 km/hr, 6 km/hr

e)

None of the above

Your answer c Wrong Right answer b Time Taken 2s Marks -0.5 Answer Explanation

10 Single choice

The Arrange the words given below in a meaningful

sequence.
1. Adult 2. Child 3. Infant 4. Boy 5.Adolescent

a)

1, 3, 4, 5, 2

b)

2, 3, 5, 4,1

c)

2, 3, 4, 1, 5

d)

3, 2, 4, 5, 1

e)

none of the above

Your answer c Wrong Right answer d Time Taken 2s Marks -0.5 Answer Explanation

11 Single choice

Statements: All the trucks are flies. Some scooters are flies.

Conclusions:

1.

All the trucks are scooters.

2.
3.

Some scooters are trucks.

4.

a)

A. Only (1) conclusion follows

b)

B. Only (2) conclusion follows

c)
C. Either (1) or (2) follows

d)

D. Neither (1) nor (2) follows

e)

E. Both (1) and (2) follow

Your answer b Wrong Right answer d Time Taken 2s Marks -0.5 Answer Explanation

12 Single choice

Statements:

1.

There was a huge rush of people to the temple last

Sunday the 15th of the month.

2.
 1.

The temple authority had decided to close down the

temple for repairs from the 17th of the month.

2.

a)

Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.

b)

Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.

c)

Both the statements I and II are independent causes.

d)

Both the statements I and II are effects of

independent causes.
e)

Both the statements I and II are effects of some

common cause.

Your answer c Wrong Right answer b