Aptitude 6

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APTITUDE 6

1) There are 729 cubes and from the edges the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th pieces are

removed and the remaining are painted in black.

Find the number not coloured black

Find the number with 2 sides Black

Find the number with 1 side black

Find the number with 3 sides black

Find the number with more than 3 sides black

2) A teacher has 120 sweets with him. If there were 4 students less then each of the

students will get one more each. Find the number of students

3) 54 27 30 15 18 9 _____

4) 3 eat 3 rasogulas in 3 minutes, how many minutes it will take for 12 to eat 12

rasagula

5) Flow in a pipe is three times that of the other. If it takes 24 hours for the slower

pipe to fill a tank. Find the time if both works together

6) A tank is one fifth full and after one liter is added it becomes one fourth full.

Find the capacity.

7) If Meenas age was twice of her present age, when subtracted from four times

three years from hence, with three times the three years before her present age.

What will be her age after one year?

8) What is the maximum no. of 4 digit numbers formed from the digits 0,1,2,3

without the repetitions of numbers in the digits?

9) If X and Y are positive integers and if X-Y is always even , then which of the

following is always true?

10) A man was given certain number of machines, through which he was able to

complete a job in 3 days. If three more machines were given to the man, then he

could complete the job in 2 days. If all the machines work on the same rate,

then 1 machine will take how many days to complete a work?

11) An officer kept files on his table at various times in the order 1,2,3,4,5,6 .Typist

can take file from top whenever she has time and type it. What order she cant

type.?

12)4 weights are weighed in pairs. Weights of pairs are determined as

103,105,106,106,107,109. What is the minimum weight?
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13) Out of 32 books the cost of 10 books is Rs. 50 each and he got a profit of 4%.

He sells 15 books at a profit of 3.8461% on the selling price of Rs 70. The

remaining cost is 576. The remaining books are sold at Rs 74. What is his total

profit.

14)Three men A, B, C plays Cards. If one loses the game he have to give Rs.3. If hewins the game he will gain Rs.6. If A has won 3 Games, B loses Rs.3, C wins

Rs.15.What is the total no. of games played?

15) A group of students are made to stand around in acircle. Starting from one student, they were asked to callnumber from 1 onwards. One after the other. The rule wasthat the student calling a number which is either amultiple of 7 or that has a digit sum of 7 should clap hishands. How many claps were there when they countedupto 1725?

16) In question 15 above let us assume that there are 11students standing in a circle. Student No 1 started theprocess of calling numbers, followed by students 2, 3 andso on. They continued going around the circle and countedupto 500. The last person to clap must be _____ studentnumber of the circle

Directions for Questions 17-19Harbhajan and Kumble play for Delhi cricket club and each considers himself to

be a better bowler than the other. After each match, they compare their bowlingaverages [ratio of number of runs scored against to the number of wickets taken]

and the one with the higher average for the match takes the other out to dinner.

In the first innings of a match against BCC in a tournament, Kumble took the first

wicket and had 84 runs scored against him. Harbhajan had 252 runs scored against

him but had a lower building average than Kumble [for the first innings). In this

second innings, Kumble had 252 runs scored against him while Harbhajan had 84

runs scored against him and again Harbhajans average [for the second innings]

was lower than Kumbles.

Bit it was Harbhajan who lost in the match average and had to take Kumble out to

dinner.

[Note: Maximum number of wickets that can be taken in an innings is 10]

17) How many wickets did Kumble take in the secondinnings?

a) 8 b) 7 c)4 d)cannot be determined

18)What is the bowling average of Harbhajan for the entirematch?

a) 48 b) 42 c) 28 d) Cannot be determined

19) How many wickets did both Kumble and Harbhajan,

put together, take for the entire match?1) 14 2)15 3)12 4) 10


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20) Find the area not occupied by circles: Given length =y breadth =x

21) A series is formed of single digits as follows. How many numbers are there in

this series, which can be divided by either 2 or 3 . but not by both and is

preceded by an odd number?

2 4 3 8 8 5 9 6 7 3 1 2 4 8 9 5 6 2 1 4 5 7 8 5 6 6 4 2 1 3

a) 4 b) 7 c) 8 d) None of these.

22) Central college canteen captain, get me a cup of

coffee! Can you? How often does the number of esexceed the number of cs in the above statement?

23) Candidates P and Q Contested in an election in a country where the voters

pre-decide the candidate they will vote for by giving a promise before the

polling day. As per the promises received from the voters, P was to win the

election by a margin of 1 vote. However, on the day of election, 1/7th of the

candidates who had promised to vote for P, voted for Q. similarly 1/9th of the

candidates who had promised to vote for Q, shifted their votes to P. Q finally

won the election by 1 vote. The total number of voters in the election must be.

24) A and B run in opposite directions from P on a circle with different butconstant speeds. A runs in clockwise direction. They meet for the first time at a

distance of 900 meters in clockwise direction from P and for the second time at

a distance of 800 meters in anticlockwise direction from P. If B is yet to

complete one round, the circumference of circle is

25) You have reached Utopia where you find two kinds of precious stones, rubies

and emeralds. The worth of a ruby and that of emerald is Rs 4 lakhs and Rs 5

lakhs respectively while the weights are 0.3Kg and 0.4Kg respectively. You

have a bag that can carry maximum .of 12Kgs. How many rubies and emeralds

would you like to carry such that their total value is maximized

26) When the head of a military convoy is in line with a pole, a messenger on a

motorcycle from the rear moves forward to give a message to the convoy

commander who is traveling in the leading vehicle. The length of the convoy

is 1 km. By the time the messenger, after giving the message comes back to

join the rear of the convoy, he finds that the last vehicle of the convoy has

just crossed the pole. If both the convoy and the messenger were traveling at

constant speed, how much distance the messenger must have covered from

the time he left the rear of the convoy till he joined it at his original place ?

27) On a particular day in a restaurant , 2/3rd of the customers had lunch , 10customer had both lunch and dinner , 12 had dinner while 6 did not have either


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lunch or dinner but visited the restaurant with friends. How many customers in

all visited the restaurant that day?

A Tourist has to visit six places P, Q, R, S T and U exactly only during the course of

his tour. He decides to visit P before Q and T. He also decides to Visits Q before S

and being somewhat superstitious, decides to visit R as his third place on the tour.

28) If the tourist visits U first, which place does he visit second?

29) If the tourist visits S just before T and immediatelyafter U he must visit S as his ------- place?

30)A wood blog weights 30 kg. What will be the weight of theblog if its thickness is doubled and length is reduced tohalf.

31) In a particular language, the codes for some words are written as under true

is coded as qyxp, star is coded as yxzr, real is coded as rsyq, stud is

coded as ztpx, tear is coded as yqrx: The letter t is coded as

32) The letter s is coded as

33) The p represents the letter

Please read the following passage for answering Question 34

What is the difference between Junior beggars and Junior partners? If the Junior

gives back some fraction of what he gets, insecurity of business terms, he is apartner. In NATO, European countries are Junior partners, providing some

security and business to the US. To lesser extent that is true of Singapore,Taiwan

and South Koriea. On the other hand, Junior beggars are those that get a lot and

give little or nothing. Many African countries are Junior beggars. So too for

decades, was India.

34) It can be concluded from the above passage that

a. Beggars can never become partners.

b. Whites are partners and blacks are beggars.

c. India is not tagged as one of the Junior beggars anymore.

d. Chinese and Japanese are neither partners not beggars.

35) In the adjoining figure,

Radius OA = 5 cm. BC = 6 cm. CD =2 cm. Find the area of shaded region.


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Questions 36 and 37 are based on the following

Ram, Rahim and Robert were attending an Artists summit in Hyderabad.

One of them was from Delhi, one from Lucknow and the third was from

Patna. Each of them specialized in one art form. One was a painter, onewas a singer and one was a dancer. The following additional information is

known about them.

Ram was not from Lucknow and he always preferred sitting next to the dancer.

The painter was from Lucknow

Robert was from Delhi ?

36) Who is the dancer ?1) Ram 2) Rahim 3) Robert 4) Insufficient data

37) Which of the following is true ?A)The singer is from PatnaB) Ram is a painterC) Ram sat next to Robert1) A & B 2) A & C 3) B & C 4) A, B & C

38)Questions 38 and 39 are based on the following.In a particular system of numerology , the English

letters are assigned numerical values form 1 onwards asper the alphabetical order and are added till there is only onedigit left. So alphabet a is assigned a value of 1, b=2, c= 3

and so on. India will have a numerical value of

39) One numerologist predicts the professor of theperson based on the numerical values of their names. Asper him, a person with 2 as the numerical value of his namewill be a political leader, 4 a finance expert , 6 aconsultant and 8 a businessman. According to thisnumerologist, Arvind Kumar will be a1) Polictical Leader 2) Finance Expert 3) Consultant 4)

Businessman


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Demand & Supply of Mobile Phones of 6

companies during July 2005

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40) If six of the above companies represent the entire

supply of mobile phones, what is the demand supply gapof mobile phones in July 2005?

a) Excess demand of 300 unitsb) Zeroc) Excess supply of 100 unitsd) Excess demand of 1000 units

41) The demand for company Qs Phone approximatelywhat percentage of the demand for the phones of companyS?

1) 58 2) 70 3) 66 4) 27

42) The merger of which two companies will make theirdemand and supply equal? 1) Q & R 2) R & S 3)T & U 4) U & P

Please read the following passage carefully beforeanswering Question 41

Apart from such endless instance of authorial desire tocontrol meaning and interpretation even as history actuallyslips out of their grip there are other serious problems

with this book. To name just one; this is elite history at itsworst , a history that moves between congresses, conferences

and resolutions, with no sense of any movement andferment anywhere on the ground.43) The above passage is a part of the review of a

book. In this passage, the reviewer is trying to point out :1) the authors control over the theme of the book2) How the congress was responsible for the elite

history.3) The negative aspects of this book4) Serious problems arising out of control over the

meaning and interpretation of history.


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Questions 44 to 45 are based on the following: Followingfunctions are defined.

Max (a,b) = Maximum of a & b

Min (a,b) = minimum of a &b

ADV(a)= Integer value less than or equal to a

DIS(a) - Integer value greater than or equal to a

Mul (a,b) = Product of a &b

Div (a,b) = a divided by b

Add(a,b) = a added to b44) A number x with two decimal points needs to be

rounded off to the nearest integer. The function thatmakes it possible is

a) ADV(Mul(Div(Add(x,50),o.5),10))b) DIS(Div(Add(Mul(x,100),50),100))c) ADV(Div(Add(Mul(x,100),50),100))

d) DIS(DIV(Add(Mul(x,10),50), 100))45) The greatest of a,b,c is to be multiplied by an integer

x where x is a quotient of this greatest of {a,b,c}divided by the lowest of (a,b,c) which of the followingfunctions can achieve this?

1) Mul(Max(Max(a,b), c),ADV(Div(Max(Max(a,b),c),Min(Min(a,b),c))))

2) Mul (Max(a,b),c), ADV(Div(Max(a,b),c), Div(Min(a,b)c)))

3) Mul(Max(Max((a,b),c)Div(Max(Max(a,b),c),Min(Min(a,b),c)))

4) Mul(a, (Max(b,c)).46) In town of 500 people, 285 read The Hindu and 212 read

Indian express and 127read Times of India 20 read TheHindu and Times of India and 29 read The Hindu and IndianExpress and 35 read Times of India and Indian express. 50read no news paper. Then how many read all the threepapers

Directions for Questions 47-48

A number of sentences are given below, which whenproperly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Eachsentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logicalorder of sentence among the four given choice to constitutethe paragraph.47)

a) This resulted in the state falling on tough times.b) Once well known and envied for its power situation,

the state virtually plunged into darkness.c) The neglect of roads spelt doom for the development

of the state causing untold miseries to its people.

d) Recent years saw gross neglect of the infrastructure1) ACBD 2) CADB 3) DABC 4) BDCA


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48)

a) The fate for lakhs of Indian villagers, then lies solelyin Dhakas hands .

b) So far, they havent been successful.

c) Bangladesh is not likely to agree to this proposal.d) Kolkata or New Delhi can do very little but pressure

the Bangladeshi Government.1) CADB 2) ACBD 3) DABC 4) BDCA

49) If x stands for subtraction< stands for addition+ stands for Multification

Stands for division/ stands for less than= stands for greater than- stands for equal toWhich of the following statements is true?1) 82+3 = 12 X 3 +8>456 X3

50) Please read the following passage carefully beforeanswering Question Bringing spirituality to the workplaceis bringing those thoughts to the workplace. We arematerialistic when we believe and act as if life is all about

gaining material success. To earn money for my family andme is the mission of life. A spiritual person is one with agreater vision. He may be doing exactly the same work butthe conceives of a higher ideal, a broader perspective.He dedicates his life to the attainment of somethingbeyond himself. His attention is on more than himself andhis family. A higher ideal is something, which encompassesa wider circle of identification. It can be the organizationthe industry, the economy, or the country. A peon mayconceive of this but at MD may not; whosever can work forsomething that is higher than his pay packet is working

for a higher cause.According to the passage.1) Spirituality cannot be practiced at work place.2) To earn money is considered as being not spiritual3) Spirituality can be practiced any where when one has a

greater vision4) A person can become spiritualistic but not an MD

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