Aptitude Test Series - Set 2

1)   A man purchased a carriage and horse in Rs. 1500. By selling the horse at 10% loss and carriage at 20% profit he earned a profit of 8% on the whole transaction. What is the price of carriage (in Rs.)?

a. 600
b. 900
c. 1000
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 900

Explanation:
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2)   Two trains are moving in the same direction at 50 km/hr and 30 km/hr. The faster train crosses a man in the slower train in 18 seconds. Find the length of faster train.

a. 125 meter
b. 100 meter
c. 110 meter
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 100 meter

Explanation:
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3)   If one is added to the numerator of the fraction it becomes one. If one is added to the denominator of the fraction it becomes 1/2. The fraction is?

a. 1/2
b. 3/5
c. 2/3
d. 2/5
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2/3

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   A boat with speed 15 km/hr in standing water goes 30 km downstream and returns in a total of 4.5 hours. What is the speed of current?

a. 4 kmph
b. 6 kmph
c. 5 kmph
d. 8 kmph
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 5 kmph

Explanation:
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5)   Find the odd one out: 125, 106, 88, 76, 65, 58, 53

a. 88
b. 106
c. 125
d. 76
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 88

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   A natural number is greater than another natural number by 3. The sum of their squares is 89. Find them.

a. 5, 8
b. 11, 8
c. 4, 7
d. 9, 6
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 5, 8

Explanation:
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7)   What is the CP of Rs 100 stock at 4 discount, with 1/5% brokerage?

a. 99.6
b. 96.2
c. 97.5
d. 98.25
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 96.2

Explanation:
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8)   A pipe is 30 m long and is 45% longer than another pipe. Find the length of the other pipe.

a. 20.68
b. 20
c. 20.12
d. 20.5
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 20.68

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   A car consumes 210 liters of petrol weekly. For how many days will 1470 liters of petrol be sufficient?

a. 48
b. 49
c. 50
d. 52
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 49

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   The average of 5 quantities is 6. The average of 3 of them is 4. What is the average of remaining 2 numbers?

a. 9
b. 10
c. 8
d. 9.5
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 9

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   15th august 2010 was which day of the week?

a. Thursday
b. Friday
c. Wednesday
d. Sunday
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sunday

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   A boatman rows 96 km downstream in 8 hours with a stream speed of 4kmph. How much time will he take to cover 8km upstream?

a. 4 hours
b. 6 hour
c. 2 hours
d. 1 hours
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2 hours

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   6 men and 8 women can do as much work in a given time as 3 men and 13 women. The capacities of a man and a woman are in the ratio

a. 3:8
b. 3:5
c. 5:3
d. 5:8
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 5:3

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   C.P of 12 pens = S.P. of 8 pens. Calculate the gain percentage.

a. 25%
b. 33%
c. 37%
d. 50%
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 50%

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   While calculating the edge of a square, a worker makes an error of 2% in excess. What % error does he make in calculating area? (%)

a. 4.04
b. 4
c. 40.4
d. 4.004
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 4.04

Explanation:
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16)   The sum of ages of 5 children born at three year interval each is 50. How old is the youngest child?

a. 6
b. 5
c. 4
d. 3
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 4

Explanation:
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17)   Sourav walks 20 meters towards North. He then turns left and walks 40 meters. He again turns left and walks 20 meters. Further, he moves 20 meters after turning to right. How far is he from his original position?

a. 48 meters
b. 60 meters
c. 54 meters
d. 58 meters
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 60 meters

Explanation:
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18)   Two trains for Delhi leave Jaipur at 8:30 am and 9:00 am and travel at 60 km/hr and 75 km/hr respectively. How many km from Jaipur will the two trains meet?

a. 158 km
b. 150 km
c. 162 km
d. 148 km
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 150 km

Explanation:
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19)   John, Joni and Janardan start running at same time from the same point on a circular track of 70 meters radius. John and Joni run clockwise and Janardan runs counter clockwise. If John meets Janardan every 66 seconds and Joni meets Janardan every 110 seconds, how frequently(in seconds) will John meet Joni?

a. 165q
b. 176
c. 330
d. 44
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 330

Explanation:
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20)   Akash and Akshay are business partners. Akash invests Rs 35,000 for a period of 8 months and Akshay invests Rs 42,000 for a period of 10 months. Out of a total profit of Rs 31,570 what is Akash’s share?

a. Rs 12,420
b. Rs 18,040
c. Rs 18,942
d. Rs 12,628
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Rs 12,628

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!