Aptitude Test for Teachers - Set 1

1)   If the price of a sugar is raised by 25%, then by how much per cent should a person reduce his consumption of sugar, so that his expenditure remains same?

a. 25%
b. 50%
c. 20%
d. 12.5%
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 20%

Explanation:
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2)   A town has population of 50,000 in 1988. In one year i.e. by 1989 it increased by 25%. Next year i.e. in 1990, it decreased by 30%. The next year in 1991 there was an increase of 40%. What is the population at end of 1991?

a. 60250
b. 62250
c. 66550
d. 61250
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 61250

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   How to divide 3395 in ratio of 42 : 32 : 23?

a. 1470, 1120 and 805
b. 1550, 1235 and 610
c. 1245, 1150 and 1000
d. 1764, 1022 and 529
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1470, 1120 and 805

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   A sum becomes Rs. 3000 at the rate of 12% per annum (simple interest). The same sum becomes Rs. 3300 at the rate of 15% per annum (simple interest) in the same duration. Find the sum and the duration.

a. Rs. 2000 and 20 years
b. Rs. 1900 and 8.25 years
c. Rs. 1500 and 7 years
d. Rs. 1800 and 5.5 years
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Rs. 1800 and 5.5 years

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   Find the principal amount invested if the difference between Compound Interest and Simple Interest obtained for 3 years at rate of interest of 25% is Rs. 320?

a. Rs. 1550
b. Rs. 1575.38
c. Rs. 1525.50
d. Rs. 1545.78
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Rs. 1575.38

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   A walks from points Jammu to Delhi and at the same time B starts walking from Delhi to Jammu. After passing each other, they complete their journeys in 361 hours and 289 hours, respectively. Find the ratio of speed of A to that of B?

a. 17:19
b. 289:361
c. 361:289
d. 19:17
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 17:19

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Rohit covers one-fourth of the total distance at 20 km/hr, one-fourth at 10 km/h and rest of his journey at 80 km/h. Find Rohit’s average speed for the whole distance?

a. 22.85 km/hr
b. 25.15 km/hr
c. 50 km/hr
d. 40 km/hr
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 22.85 km/hr

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Rohan's age is five times Ajay’s and seven-eighteenth of Meena’s age. The sum of the ages of all three of them is 132 years. How much younger is Ajay to Meena?

a. 56 years
b. 83 years
c. 27 years
d. Cannot be determined
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 83 years

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   P and Q can do a work in 12 days. Q and R can do the same work in 16 days, and R and P can do it in 24 days. Find the time in which P, Q and R can finish the work together.

a. 9(3/4) days
b. 10 days
c. 11(1/4) days
d. 10(2/3) days
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 10(2/3) days

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   Wages of 44 women for 56 days comes to Rs.29568. How many men are needed for 47days to receive Rs. 16920, if the daily wages of a man being 5 times those of a woman?

a. 9 men
b. 8 men
c. 6 men
d. 5 men
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 6 men

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!