APTITUDE TEST

Final Coaching
Session 1
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11. MUSICIAN : ORCHESTRA ::
(A) mechanic : car (B) songwriter : lyrics (C) desk :
office (D) player : team (E) actor : screen

12. APPRENTICE : PLUMBER ::

(A) player : coach (B) child : parent (C) student :
teacher (D) author : publisher (E) intern : doctor
13.PHILANTHROPIST:MUNIFICENCE::
(A) skeptic : disbelief (B) symptom : treatment (C)
cynic : melancholy (D) aristocrat : gratitude (E)
anomaly : plausibility
14. plead : ______ :: submerge : dip
a. Avoid b. Dismiss c. askd. covet

15. doze : sleep :: tiptoe : ______

a. walk b. flat c. shelf d. swim

16. ledger : accounts :: ______ : observations

a. pundit b. weatherc. astrology d. diary
17. ______ : money :: urn : ashes
a. cash
b. wealth
c. purse
d. inheritance
17. In ancient Egypt, pyramid workers would say
“gengro yatju” when wishing other pyramid
workers “good building”. Upon the pyramid
workers’ return, the children would ask “Ern yatju
gengro?”, which meant “Was building good”? The
pyramid workers would either reply “Ern gengro”
(“Was good building”) or “Ern gangro yatju!”
If gangro symbolises the opposite of gengro,
what does “Ern gangro pohim” mean?
 A: was bad building B: was hard building
C: was fun building D: was cold building
E: was happy building
Gengro yatju Good building
Ern yatju gengro? Was building good
Ern gengro Was good building
Ern gangro yatju
Ern gangro pohim Was bad building
19. Jordan’s cat is bigger than Amy’s cat, but
is smaller than Jenna’s cat. Fiona’s cat is the
same size as Wendy’s cat, which is bigger
than Amy’s cat, but smaller than Jordan’s.
If bigger cats are faster, but smaller cats are
more obedient, which of the following lists
the fastest and most obedient cat?
A: Fiona & Jenna B: Amy & Jordan
C: Wendy & Jenna D: Jenna & Amy
E: None of these

{Jenna’s Cat}, {Jordan’s Cat}, {Fiona and Wendy’s Cats}, {Amy’s Cat}

Big -------------------------------------------------------------------- Small

20. In a hospital maternity ward there are only five
babies. Baby 1 is heavier, with red hair. Baby 2 is male
and thin, with the same colour hair as Baby 3, who is
blonde and wears a bonnet. Baby 4 is one of the three
female babies and Baby 5 wears sunglasses and is
heavier. All babies wear bonnets and at least one of
the females wears sunglasses.
A thin, red-haired baby wearing a bonnet is the
oldest of the group. Who can it be?
A: Baby 1 B: Baby 2 C: Baby 3 D: Baby
4 E: Baby 5
Baby 1 Heavier+Red Hair+Bonnet
Baby 2 Male+Thin+Blonde+Bonnet
Baby 3 Blonde+Bonnet
Baby 4 Female+Bonnet
Baby 5 Sunglasses+Heavier+Female+Bonnet
21. Find the two statements that together prove that:
The football player wearing a blue jersey was in the
team that won the Grand Final.
1: The football player on the losing side wore purple.
2: John is a football player and he wears a red jersey.
3: John’s football team was runners up in the Grand
Final.
4: The football team which John’s team played in the
Grand Final wore blue jerseys.
5: John’s shorts are also white.
A: 1 & 3 B: 3 & 4 C: 2 & 4 D: 3 & 5
E: 1 & 5
22. Two numbers are each multiplied by themselves to
give two new numbers. The difference between these
two new numbers is less than ten; the difference
between the two original numbers was one.
The two original numbers added together was more
than 7. What is one of the original
numbers?
A: 1 B: 2 C: 3 D: 4 E: None of these
23. If Bert had 3 cents more he would
have twice as much as Georgia. If he
had 4 cents less, he would have the
same amount. How many cents does
Bert have?
A: 4 B: 7 C: 11 D: 14 E: None
of these
B+3=2G
B-4=G
B+3=2(B-4)
B+3=2B-8
3+8=2B-B
11=B
24. The novels on Suzanne’s bookshelf
have a combined total of 672 pages. If
each novel has 4 chapters and there are
6 pages per chapter, how many novels
are there altogether?
A: 26 B: 24 C: 28 D: 27 E:
None of these
Total: 672 pages
672 pages x 1 chapter/6 pages=112 chapter
112 chapters x 1 novel/4 chapters=28
novels
28 Novels
25. The Olympic record time for running
the endurance event was 4 hours and 40
minutes. Amanda recently broke that
record, running a time of 3 hours and 20
minutes. What fraction of the original
record time was Amanda’s time?
A: 5/9 B: 6/7 C: 5/7 D: 6/9 E: None
of these
Record Time: 4 hrs and 3x60=180 mins
40 mins 180 mins+20 mins=200
Amanda’s Record: 3 hrs 200 mins/280 mins
and 20 mins
5/7
1 hr=60 mins
4x60=240 mins
240 mins+40 mins=280
mins
26. A container of soft drink was shared between
four work teams of employees. The first team
took 1/3 of the soft drink, the second team took
½ of what was left, and the remaining two teams
shared the remaining soft drink equally between
them. If there were originally 240 litres of soft
drink, how many litres of soft drink did the third
team get?
A: 20 B: 40 C: 80 D: 160 E: None of these
 A: 20 B: 40 C: 80 D: 160
E: None of these
1/3 of 240=80
240-80=160
½ of 160=80
80/2=40
40
27. Find the missing numbers in the
following series:
C 81 E 64 ? 49 I ? K
A: G,36 B: F,36 C: G,32 D: H,24
ABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVWXY
Z
81=9^2, 64=8^2,
49=7^2, ?=6^2
28. How many gold coins are there in a
jar of 88 coins, if there are 1/3 as many
silver coins as gold coins?
A: 44 B: 66 C: 33 D: 22
E: None of these
Let x be the # of gold coins
Let y be the # of silver coins
◦y=1/3x
◦1/3x+x=88
◦4/3x=88
◦X=264/4
◦X=66
29. Find the odd one out
A. Second B. Days C. MinuteD. Hour
30. A, Z, C, Y, E, X, G, ?
A. I B. K C. L D. W
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JKLMNOPQR
STUVWXYZ