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Department Of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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Aptitude Test #2

Name : Date:
Roll No : Time: 45 Mins
Numerical Ability

Directions for Questions 1 to 3:

Find the missing term in the number series given in each of these questions.

1) 8, 11, 15, 22, 33, 51, __, 127, 203

(a) 80 (b) 53 (c) 58 (d) 69 Ans :

2) 5, 13, 25, 41, __, 85, 113, 145

(a) 61 (b) 62 (c) 63 (d) 64 Ans :

3) 3, 6, 21, 28, 55, 66, __, 120

(a) 103 (b) 104 (c) 105 (d) 106 Ans :

Directions for Questions 4 to 6:

In each of the number series given in these questions, one of the numbers is wrong. Find out the
wrong number.

4) 2, 2, 4, 6, 15, 45, 157.5

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 15 Ans :

5) 508, 252, 124, 60, 28, 14, 4

(a) 252 (b) 14 (c) 60 (d) 28 Ans :

6) 3, 7, 23, 58, 123, 223, 367

(a) 7 (b) 23 (c) 58 (d) 123 Ans :

Directions for Questions 7 to 11 : Study the following graph carefully to answer these questions

Imports & Exports between India and Turkey ( in

million dollars)

40 36 200
35 185
30
30 28 150
25
Export

Import

Export
20 100
15 11 Import
10 6 55 50
45
5 22
11
0 0
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Years
7) Approximate % increase in imports from 1988 to 1989 is
(a) 200 (b) 100 (c) 400 (d) 44 Ans :

8) Approximate % decrease in exports from 1990 to 1991 is

(a) 20 (b) 8 (c) 80 (d) 40 Ans :

9) Exports in which year were 50% of the average exports during the given years?
(a) 1988 (b) 1989 (c) 1991 (d) 1992 Ans :

10) The % increase in exports from 1988 to 1989 is

(a) 200 (b) 400 (c) 40 (d) 4 Ans :

11) The imports in which year were nearer to the total value of imports and exports in 1992?
(a) 1988 (b) 1989 (c) 1990 (d) 1989 & 1990 Ans :

12) A fruit seller sells mangoes at Rs.9 per kg abd thereby loses 20 %. At what price per kg he should have sold
them to make a profit of 5% ?
(a) Rs.11.81 (b) Rs.12.31 (c) Rs.15 (d) Rs.16 Ans :

13) The mean proportion of 0.02 and 0.32 is

(a) 0.34 (b) 0.3 (c) 0.16 (d) 0.08 Ans :

14) Two pipes can fill a tank in 15 hours and 12 hours respectively while a third pipe can empty it in 20 hours.
If the tank is empty and all the three pipes are opened, then the tank will be full in
(a) 14 hours (b) 10 hours (c) 16 hours (d) 7 hours Ans :

15) A train covers a distance of 180 km in 4 hours. Another train covers the same distance in one hour less.
What is the difference in the distances covered by these two trains in one hour ?
(a) 45 km (b) 40 km (c) 15 km (d) 9 km Ans :

16) A rectangle has width ‘a’ and length ‘b’. If the width is decreased by 20% and the length increased by 10%,
then what is the new area
(a) 0.88 ab (b) 0.92 ab (c) 1.1 ab (d) 1.04 ab Ans :

17) A shopkeeper gives 12% additional discount after giving an initial discount of 20% on the labelled price of
radio. If the sale price of the radio is Rs.704, then what is its labelled price?
(a) Rs 844.80 (b) Rs. 929.28 (c) Rs.1044.80 (d) None of these Ans :

18) The cost of fencing around a rectangular garden at Rs.5 per metre is Rs. 2506.32. If the length of the garden
is one and a half times its breadth, approximately, then what will be the breadth of the garden?
(a) 100 m (b) 150 m (c) 200 m (d) 250 m Ans :

19) In a library, 40% of the books are in English, 40% of the remaining books are in Hindi and the remaining
books are in regional languages. If there are 4800 books in Hindi, then what is the total number of books in the
library?
(a) 12000 (b) 24000 (c) 28000 (d) 20000 Ans :

20) Ashok started a business investing Rs.25000. After 3 months, Vinod joined him with a capital of Rs. 30000.
If at the end of the year they make a profit of Rs.10000, then what will be Ashok’s share in it?
(a) Rs.5000 (b) Rs.10000 (c) Rs.9000 (d) Rs.8000 Ans :

21) A boat takes 9 hours to travel a distance upstream and takes 3 hours to travel the same distance downstream.
If the speed of the boat is 4 km per hour in still water, then what is the velocity of the stream?
(a) 4 km/hour (b) 3 km/hour (c) 6 km/hour (d) none of these Ans :

22) Twelve men complete a work in 9 days. After they have worked 6 days, 6 more join them. How many days
they will take to complete the remaining work?
(a) 2 days (b) 3 days (c) 4 days (d) 5 days Ans :
23) The difference between Simple Interest and Compound Interest earned on a sum of money at the end of the
second year at the rate of 4% per annum is Rs.16. What is the principal?
(a) Rs.10000 (b) Rs.16000 (c) Rs.20000 (d) None of these Ans :

24) The average monthly salary of 20 employees in an organization is Rs.1500. If the Manager’s salary is
added, then the average monthly salary increases by Rs.100. What is the Manager’s monthly salary?
(a) Rs.2000 (b) Rs.2400 (c) Rs.3600 (d) Rs.4800 Ans :

25) What is the value of (0.00032)0.6?

(a) 0.8 (b) 0.08 (c) 0.008 (d) None of these Ans :

26) A circular cylinder iron piece of radius 14cm and height 20cm is moulded into a solid cone with the same
radius of the base. What is the height of the cone?
(a) 36cm (b) 40cm (c) 60cm (d) None of these Ans :

27) A person invests money in three different schemes for 6 years, 10 years and 12 years at 10%, 12% and 15%
respectively. At the completion of he duration of each scheme, he gets the same amount. What is the ratio of his
investments?
(a) 6 : 3 : 2 (b) 2 : 3 : 4 (c) 3 : 4 : 6 (d) None of these Ans :

Directions for Questions 28 to 30 :

In these questions, find the value of K.

28) 2.5 + 0.5 – [ 1.6 – {3.2 – ( 3.2 + 2.1 / K)}] = 0.65

(a) 0.09 (b) 0.7 (c) 7 (d) None of these Ans :

29) √(0.0196) / K = 0.2

(a) 4.9 (b) 0.7 (c) 0.49 (d) None of these Ans :

30) √(86.49) + √(5+K2) = 12.3

(a) √(10) (b) 2√(5) (c) 3√(5) (d) None of these Ans :

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