APTITUDE TEST I

1. The ages of two persons differ by 16 years. If 6 years ago, the elder one be 3 times as old as the younger one, find their present ages

Ans.)14,30

2. A group consists of equal number of men and women. Of them 10% of men and 45% of women are unemployed. If a person is randomly selected from the group, find the probability for the selected person to be an employee.

Ans.)29/40

3. Sandy's chain of used car dealership sold 16,400 cars in 2007. If the chain sold 15,744 cars in 2008, by what percent did the number of cars sold decrease?

Ans.)4%

4. A radio when sold at a certain price gives a gain of 20%. What will be the gain percent, if sold for thrice the price?

Ans.)260

5. Vivek travelled 1200km by air which formed 2/5 of his trip. One third of the whole trip, he travelled by car and the rest of the journey he performed by train. The distance travelled by train was???

Ans.)800

6. Given that on 27th February 2003 is Thursday. What was the day on 27th February 1603?

Ans.)Thursday

7. Finding the wrong term in the given series

7, 28, 63, 124, 215, 342, 511

Ans.)28

8. + means * and * means / and / means + what is the value of these. 2+3*5/7.

Ans.) 8.2


9. 4_4_4_4 = 20 . Replace the blanks by +,-,/,*.


Ans.) / + *


10. (998-1)(998-2)(998-3)…………..(998-n) = _____ when n>1000


Ans.) 0


11. If x=y=2z and xyz=256 then what is the value of x?


Ans.) 8


12. 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?


Ans.) 7.5


13. If O.T.T.F.F.S.S.E.N.T Is the sequence, predict its next sequence of ten letters.


Ans.)E.T.T.F.F.S.S.E.N.T


14. If the operation,^ is defined by the equation x ^ y = 2x + y,what is the value of a in 2 ^ a = a ^ 3

Ans.)1


15. There are 200 questions on a 3 hr examination.Among these questions are 50 mathematics problems.It is suggested that twice as much time be spent on each maths problem as for each other question. How many minutes should be spent on mathematics problems

Ans.) 72


16. A student divided a number by 2/3 when he required to multiply by 3/2. Calculate the percentage of error in his result.


Ans.) 0

17. If the value of x lies between 0 & 1 which of the following is the largest?

Ans.)1/x


18. A man walks east and turns right and then from there to his left and then 45degrees to his right. In which direction did he go ?


Ans.) North West

19. In objective test a correct ans score 4 marks and on a wrong ans 2 marks are ---. a student score 480 marks from 150 question. how many ans were correct?

Ans.)130

20. A man spends half of his salary on household expenses, 1/4th for rent, 1/5th for travel expenses, the man deposits the rest in a bank. If his monthly deposits in the bank amount 50, what is his monthly salary ?

Ans.)Rs.1000