Tests on Aptitude

1. On a 26 question test, five points were deducted for each wrong answer and eight points were added for
each correct answer. If all the questions were answered, how many were correct, if the score was zero?
a. 10
b. 12
c. 11
d. 13
2. Eesha bought 18 sharpeners for Rs.100. She paid 1 rupee more for each white sharpener than for each
brown sharpener. What is the price of a white sharpener and how many white sharpeners did she buy?
a. Rs.5, 10
b. Rs.6, 10
c. Rs.5, 8
d. Rs.6, 8
3. Jake can dig a well in 16 days. Paul can dig the same well in 24 days. Jake, Paul and Hari together dig the
well in 8 days. Hari alone can dig the well in
a. 96 days
b. 48 days
c. 32 days
d. 24 days
4. Mark told John "If you give me half your money I will have Rs.75. John said, "if you give me one third of
your money, I will have Rs.75/- How much money did John have?
a. 45
b. 60
c. 48
d. 37.5
5-14: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These
numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of
which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate words.
It is a (5) that Communists are opposed to economic reforms. The fact of the life is that Communists are
the most (6) fighters for economic reforms, the reforms that lead to self-reliant and democratic economic
development with social justice. To term the market-oriented changes as reform is a (7). The development
strategy (8) under Structural Adjustment and dictated by the World Bank, IMF and WTO is a strategy for
the (9) development of capitalism under which the working people, who are the main productive force, are
made (10), kept unemployed, thrown out of jobs, and so on. It has no social relevance. In the phase of
globalization, no country can develop in (11) and entry of the foreign capital cannot be (12) altogether.
Integration with world economy has to ensure the free and speedy (13) of the national economy. Foreign
capital has to be allowed in the areas where we really need huge investment, which our resources cannot
meet, and where we need technology, not available in the country. Economic (14) should not mean license
for plunder by MNCs.
5.1) problem

2) mysticism

3) curiosity

6.1) liberal 2) demanding 3) strident

4) misconception

5) mistake

4) detrimental 5) horrible

7.1) misnomer

2) terrible

3) danger

8.1) reached

2) verified

3) assembled 4) hurled

9.1) westernized

2) unfettered 3) gross

10.1) labourers

2) culprit

11.1) unison

2) liberalization

3) redundant

4) tragedy

5) shame
5) envisaged

4) accumulated
4) escapists

3) coalition

5) astounding

5) icons

4) association 5) isolation

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12.1) forced

2) loaded

13.1) development
14.1) growth

3) denied

2) empowerment

2) potential

3) strategy

4) stated

5) scrutinised

3) unity

4) mobilization 5) cohesion

4) reforms

5) vitality

15. There are 3 classes having 20, 24 and 30 students respectively having average marks in an
examination as 20,25 and 30 respectively. The three classes are represented by A, B and C and you have
the following information about the three classes.
a. In class A highest score is 22 and lowest score is 18
b. In class B highest score is 31 and lowest score is 23
c. In class C highest score is 33 and lowest score is 26.
If five students are transferred from A to B, what can be said about the average score of A; and what will
happen to the average score of C in a transfer of 5 students from B to C ?
a. definite decrease in both cases
b. can't be determined in both cases
c. definite increase in both cases
d. will remain constant in both cases
16. Rajiv can do a piece of work in 10 days , Venky in 12 days and Ravi in 15 days. They all start the work
together, but Rajiv leaves after 2 days and Venky leaves 3 days before the work is completed. In how many
days is the work completed ?
a. 5
b. 6
c. 9
d. 7
17. Eesha has a wheat business. She purchases wheat from a local wholesaler of a particular cost per
pound. The price of the wheat of her stores is $3 per kg. Her faulty spring balance reads 0.9 kg for a KG.
Also in the festival season, she gives a 10% discount on the wheat. She found that she made neither a
profit nor a loss in the festival season. At what price did Eesha purchase the wheat from the wholesaler?
a. 3
b. 2.5
c. 2.43
d. 2.7
Direction: 18-22: Read the following passages and examine each inference given below it in the context
of this passage.
Mark the answer as:
a. if the inference is definitely true
c. if he inference is probably true
Passage

b. if the data provided inadequate

d. if the inference is definitely false

The space exploration has been done mainly by using unmanned satellites called space probes
containing a large variety of the latest scientific instruments on board. These space probes have
provided us the close-up pictures and other data about planets and other bodies in the outer space.
The climax of the intensive American space programme came when Neil Armstrong became the first
man to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. Originally, the artificial satellites were launched for
studying the upper atmosphere of the earth.
Inference
18. The space probes have increased our knowledge about space and the bodies in it.

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19.
20.
21.
22.

Space probes are meant to study the atmosphere of the earth only.
Neil Armstrong was the first man to go into the space.
Space probes are provided with computers.
Moon has been explored by man.

Directions: 23-25: In these questions, two statements are given, followed by two inferences A and B.
Assume the statements to be true, mark your answer as
1
2
3
4
5

If
If
If
If
If

only inferences A follows

only inferences B follows
both A and B follow
neither A nor B follows
either A or B follows

23. All goats are cows. Some goats are lambs. So,
A: All lambs are cows. B: Some lambs are cows.
24. All goats are cows. Some goats are lambs. So,
A: Some cows are lambs B: Some lambs are cows
25. Some swords are sharp. All swords are rusty. So,
A: Some rusty things are sharp. B: Some rusty things are not sharp.
26. Dipin's score is 15% more than that of Rafi. Rafi's score is 10% less than that of Chandar. If the
difference between the scores of Dipin and Chandar is 14, what is the score of Rafi?
a) 180 b) 360 c) 120 d) 480
27. In a game show, the percentage of participants qualified to the number of participants participated
from team A is 60%. In team B, the number of participants participated is 40% more than the participants
participated from team A and the number of participants qualified from team B is 40% more than the
participants qualified from team A. What is the percentage of participants qualified to the number of
participants participated from team B?
a) 20% b) 40% c) 60% d) 80%
28. There are 4 containers W, X, Y and Z, each of which can hold a maximum quantity of 200 kg of a
particular item. Container W has 40% more than X, X has 40% more than Y and Y has 30% less than Z. If W
has 102.9 kg of contents, then what percentage of full quantity did Z has?
a) 37.5% b) 12.9% c) 45.8% d) 82.4%
29. Rural households have more purchasing power than do urban households at the same income level,
since some of the income urban and suburban households use for food and shelter can be used by the
rural households for other needs. Which of the following inferences is best supported by the statement
made above?
(A) The average rural household includes more people than does the average urban or suburban
household.
(B) Rural households have lower food and housing costs than do either urban or suburban households.
(C) Suburban households generally have more purchasing power than do either rural or urban households.
(D) The median income of urban and suburban households is generally higher than that of rural
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(E) All three types of households spend more of their income on housing than on all other purchases
combined.
30. Machine A produces bolts at a uniform rate of 120 every 40 second, and Machine B produces bolts at a
uniform rate of 100 every 20 seconds. If the two machines run simultaneously, how many seconds will it
take for them to produce a total of 200 bolts?
a) 20 sec.
b) 35 sec.
c) 30 sec.
d) 25 sec.

(Source: Anonymous)

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