Aptitude Question Set 3

Aptitude


1.If 2x-y=4 then 6x-3y=?

(a)15
(b)12
(c)18
(d)10


Ans. (b)


2.If x=y=2z and xyz=256 then what is the value of x?
(a)12
(b)8
(c)16
(d)6

Ans. (b)


3. (1/10)18 - (1/10)20 = ?

(a) 99/1020
(b) 99/10
(c) 0.9
(d) none of these


Ans. (a)

4.Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins and Pipe C can empty the same in 40 mins.If all of them work together, find the time taken to fill the tank

(a) 17 1/7 mins
(b) 20 mins
(c) 8 mins
(d) none of these


Ans. (a)

5. Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day.How many hour a day should 40 men work to complete the job?

(a) 8 hrs
(b) 7 1/2 hrs
(c) 7 hrs
(d) 9 hrs


Ans. (b)

6. Find the smallest number in a GP whose sum is 38 and product 1728

(a) 12
(b) 20
(c) 8
(d) none of these


Ans. (c)

7. A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms downstream in 4 hrs.Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the water current?

(a) 1/2 kmph
(b) 7/12 kmph
(c) 5 kmph
(d) none of these


Ans. (b)

8. A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side 12m by a rope 7m long.Find the area it can graze?

(a) 38.5 sq.m
(b) 155 sq.m
(c) 144 sq.m
(d) 19.25 sq.m


Ans. (a)

9. Mr. Shah decided to walk down the escalator of a tube station. He found   that if he walks down 26 steps, he requires 30 seconds to reach the bottom. However, if he steps down 34 stairs he would only require 18 seconds to get to the bottom. If the time is measured from the moment the top step begins   to descend to the time he steps off the last step at the bottom, find out the height of the stair way in steps?

Ans.46 steps.

10. The average age of 10 members of a committee is the same as it was 4 years ago, because an old member has been replaced by a young member. Find how much younger is the new member ?

Ans.40 years.

11. ABCE is an isosceles trapezoid and ACDE is a rectangle. AB = 10 and EC = 20. What is the length of AE?

Ans. AE = 10.

12. In the given figure, PA and PB are tangents to the circle at A and B respectively and   the chord BC is parallel to tangent PA. If AC = 6 cm, and length of the tangent AP   is 9 cm, then what is the length of the chord BC?

Ans. BC = 4 cm.

13.Three cards are drawn at random from an ordinary pack of cards. Find the probability that they will consist of a king, a queen and an ace.

Ans. 64/2210.

14. A number of cats got together and decided to kill between them 999919   mice. Every cat killed an equal number of mice. Each cat killed more mice   than there were cats. How many cats do you think there were ?

Ans. 991.

15. If Log2 x - 5 Log x + 6 = 0, then what would the value / values of x be?

Ans. x = e2 or e3.

16. The square of a two digit number is divided by half the number. After   36 is added to the quotient, this sum is then divided by 2. The digits of the resulting number are the same as those in the original number, but they   are in reverse order. The ten's place of the original number is equal to twice   the difference between its digits. What is the number?

Ans. 46

17.Can you tender a one rupee note in such a manner that there shall be   total 50 coins but none of them would be 2 paise coins.?

Ans. 45 one paisa coins, 2 five paise coins, 2 ten paise coins, and 1 twenty-five paise coins.

18.A monkey starts climbing up a tree 20ft. tall. Each hour, it hops 3ft. and slips back 2ft. How much time would it take the monkey to reach the top?


Ans.18 hours.

19. What is the missing number in this series?   8 2 14 6 11 ? 14 6 18 12

Ans. 9

20. A certain type of mixture is prepared by mixing brand A at Rs.9 a kg. with brand B at Rs.4 a kg. If the mixture is worth Rs.7 a kg., how many   kgs. of brand A are needed to make 40kgs. of the mixture?

Ans. Brand A needed is 24kgs



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