APTITUDE - 7

1. The price of a product is reduced by 30% . By what percentage should it be increased to make it
100%.
A.43.234% B.38.327% C.42.857% D.45.777%

2. There is a square of side 6cm . A circle is inscribed inside the square. Find the ratio of the area of
circle to square.
A.10/14 B.13/20 C.11/14 D. 19/11

3. There are two candles of equal lengths and of different thickness. The thicker one lasts of six
hours. The thinner 2 hours less than the thicker one. Ramesh lights the two candles at the same
time. When he went to bed he saw the thicker one is twice the length of the thinner one. How long
ago did Ramesh light the two candles .
A. 3.45 hours B. 2.35 hours C. 3 hours D. 4.30 hours.

4.If PQRST is a parallelogram what it the ratio of triangle PQS & parallelogram PQRST .
A.2:1 B.2:2 C.3:1 D.1:2

5.The cost of an item is Rs 12.60. If the profit is 10% over selling price what is the selling price ?
A.Rs 10.50/- B.Rs 11.25/- C.Rs 13.86/- D.Rs 13.36/-

6.There are 6 red shoes & 4 green shoes . If two of red shoes are drawn what is the probability of
getting red shoes?
A.5c2/8c2 B.6c2/10c2 C.4c2/7c2 D. 8c2/12c2

7.A worker is paid Rs.20/- for a full days work. He works 1,1/3,2/3,1/8.3/4 days in a week. What is
the total amount paid for that worker ?
A.50.20 B.43.50 C.57.50 D.42.25

8.If the value of x lies between 0 & 1 which of the following is the largest?
(a) x (b) x2 (c) -x (d) 1/x

9.If the total distance of a journey is 120 km .If one goes by 60 kmph and comes back at 40kmph
what is the average speed during the journey?
A.48kmph B.52kmph C.40kmph D.34kmph

10.Perimeter of the back wheel = 9 feet, front wheel = 7 feet on a certain distance, the front wheel
gets 10 revolutions more than the back wheel .What is the distance?
A.295 feet B.315 feet C.310 feet D. 285 feet

11.City A's population is 68000, decreasing at a rate of 80 people per year. City B having
population 42000 is increasing at a rate of 120 people per year. In how many years both the cities
will have same population?
A.97years B.100 years C.90 years D. 130 years

12.There are two circles, one circle is inscribed and another circle is circumscribed over a square.
What is the ratio of area of inner to outer circle?
A.1 : 2 B.3:1 C.2:1 D.2:3
13.Three types of tea the a,b,c costs Rs. 95/kg,100/kg and70/kg respectively.
How many kgs of each should be blended to produce 100 kg of mixture worth Rs.90/kg,
given that the quntities of band c are equal

a)70,15,15 b)50,25,25 c)60,20,20 d)40,30,30

14.If a boat is moving in upstream with velocity of 14 km/hr and goes downstream with a velocity
of 40 km/hr, then what is the speed of the stream ?

(a) 13 km/hr (b) 26 km/hr (c) 34 km/hr (d) none of these

15.A man speaks the truth 3 out of 4 times.He throws a die and reports it to be a 6.What is the
probability of it being a 6?

(a) 3/8 (b) 5/8 (c) ¾ (d) None of the above

16.Image of point (3,8) in the line x + 3y = 7 is

(a) (-1,-4) (b) (-1,4) (c) (2,-4) (d) (-2,-4)

17.Ravi's salary was reduced by 25%.Percentage increase to be effected to bring the salary
to the original level is

(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 33 1/3% (d) 30%

18.A and B can finish a piece of work in 20 days .B and C in 30 days and C and A in 40 days.
In how many days will A alone finish the job

(a) 48 (b) 34 2/7 (c) 44 (d) 45

19.How long will a train 100m long travelling at 72kmph take to overtake another train
200m long travelling at 54kmph

(a) 70sec (b) 1min (c) 1 min 15 sec (d) 55 sec

20.If the sum of the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c=0 is equal to the sum of the squares of their
reciprocals then a/c, b/a, c/b are in

(a) AP (b) GP (c) HP (d) None of these

The questions 40-46 are based on the following pattern.The problems below contain a question and
two statements giving certain data. You have to decide whether the data given in the statements are
sufficient for answering the questions.The correct answer is
(A) If statement (I) alone is sufficient but statement (II) alone is not sufficient.
(B) If statement(II) alone is sufficient but statement(I) alone is not sufficient.
(C) If both statements together are sufficient but neither of statements alone is sufficient.
(D) If both together are not sufficient.
(E) If statements (I) and (II) are not sufficient
21. What is the volume of a cubical box in cubic centimetres?
(I) One face of the box has an area of 49 sq.cms.
(II) The longest diagonal of the box is 20 cms.

22. Is z positive?
(I) y+z is positive
(II) y-z is positive

23. Is x>y ? x, y are real numbers?

(I) 8x = 6y
(II) x = y + 4

24. If a ground is rectangular, what is its width?

(I) The ratio of its length to its breadth is 7:2
(II) Perimeter of the playground is 396 mts.

25. If the present age of my father is 39 yrs and my present age is x yrs, what is x?
(I) Next year my mother will be four times as old as i would be.
(II) My brother is 2 years older than I and my father is 4 years older than my mother.

26. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family of seven children?
(I) Each boy in the family has as many sisters as brothers
(II) Each of the girl in the family has twice as many brothers as sisters

27. x is not equal to 0, is x + y = 0?

(I) x is the reciprocal of y
(II) x is not equal to 1

Following questions are based on letter's analogy.First pair of letters should have the same
relationship as the second pair of letters or vice versa.
28. ? : BGLQ : : YDIN : VAFK
(a) EKNS
(b) DKMT
(c) DLMS
(d) EJOT

29. NLO : RPS : : ? : ZXA

(a) VUW
(b) VTR
(c) VTW
(d) TRP

30. If "segment" is coded as rffndou, then "ritual" is coded as

(a) shutbm
(b) qjutbk
(c) qhutbk
(d) qhubtk
ANSWER-

1.Ans: 42.857%
2.Ans. 11/14
3.Ans: 3 hours.
4.Ans: 1:2
5.Ans: Rs 13.86/-
6.Ans: 6c2/10c2
7.Ans : 57.50
8. Ans : (d)
9.Ans: 48kmph
10.Ans : 315 feet.
11.Ans: 130 years
12.Ans: 1 : 2
13.Ans. (b)
14.Ans. A
15.Ans. (a)
16.Ans. (a)
17.Ans. (c)
18.Ans. (a)
19.Ans. (b)
20.Ans. (c)
21.Ans. D
22.Ans. E
23.Ans. B
24.Ans. C
25.Ans. C
26.Ans. D
27.Ans. A
28.Ans. (d)
29.Ans. (c)
30.Ans. (c)