Mock Aptitude Test_1

1. At 12:00 hours Jake starts to walk from his house at 6 kms an hour. At 13:30 hours,
Paul follows him from Jakes house on his bicycle at 8 kms per hour. When will Jake be
3 kms behind Paul?

a. 19:30hrs b. 18:30hrs c. 20:30hrs d. 19:00hrs

2. Of the 38 people in my office, 10 like to drink chocolate, 15 are cricket fans, and 20
neither like chocolate nor like cricket. How many people like both cricket and
chocolate?

a. 7 b. 10 c. 15 d. 18

3. Mother, daughter and an infant combined age is 74, and mother's age is 46 more than
daughter and infant. If infant age is 0.4 times of daughter age, then find daughters age.
a. 6 b.8 c. 10 d. 12

4. Find the probability that a leap year chosen at random will have 53 Sundays.

a. 1/7 b. 2/7 c. 1/49 d. 3/7

5. A father purchases dress for his three daughters. The dresses are of same color but of
different size .the dress is kept in dark room .What is the probability that all the three will
not choose their own dress.
A. 2/3 B. 1/3 C. 1/6 D. 1/9

6. HCF of 2472, 1284 and a third number 'n' is 12.If their LCM is 8*9*5*103*107.then
the number 'n' is:

a. 2^2*3^2*5^1 b. 2^2*3^2*7^1 c. 2^2*3^2*8103 d. None of the above.

7. 70, 54, 45, 41. What is the next number in the given series?

a. 35 b. 36 c. 38 d. 40

8. The perimeter of an equilateral triangle and regular hexagon are equal. Find out the
ratio of their areas?

a. 3:2 b. 2:3 c. 1:6 d. 6:1

9. A student's average (arithmetic mean) test score on 4 tests is 78. What must be the
students score on a 5th test for the students average score on the 5th test to be 80?

a. 85 b. 88 c. 86 d.89
10. If 75 % of a class answered the first question on a certain test correctly, 55 percent
answered the second question on the test correctly, and 20 percent answered neither of
the questions correctly, what percentage answered both correctly?

a.60% b. 40% c. 45% d. 50%

11. 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 b. 25 c. 30 d.35

12. A horse and cow were sold for Rs.12000 each. The horse was sold at a loss of 20%
and the cow at a gain of 20%. The entire transaction resulted in:

a. No loss or gain b. Loss of Rs.1000 c. Gain of Rs.1000 d. Gain of Rs.2000

13. By Walking at of his normal speed, Mike is 16 minutes late in reaching his office.
The usual time taken by him to cover the distance between his home and his office is?

a. 48 minutes b. 60 minutes c. 42 minutes d. 62 minutes

14. What is the largest integer that divides all three numbers 23400,272304,205248
without leaving a remainder?

a. 48 b. 24 c. 96 d. 72

15. Raju can do a piece of work in 10 days, Vicky in 12 days and Tinku in 15 days. They
all start the work together, but Raju leaves after 2 days and Vicky leaves 3 days before
the work is completed. In how many days is the work completed?

A. 7 B. 5 C. 9 D. 6

16. Which of the following represents the largest 4 digit number which can be added to
7249 in order to make the derived number divisible by each of the following numbers:
12,14,21,33 and 54?

A. 8316 B. 8727 C. 9123 D. 9383

17. A workman starts his work on Monday, works for 8 days and takes every 9th day as
his holiday. His 12th holiday will fall on?

A. Monday b. Wednesday c. Thursday d. Tuesday

18. Two circles with equal radii and centers P and Q are drawn such that they have two
points of intersection A and B. A triangle is drawn by joining the two centres of the
circles and any one of the point of intersections A or B. Find the measure of angle PAQ
or PBQ (in degrees).

a. 30 b. 60 c. 90 d. 120

19. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are (0, 0), (7, 0), (7, 8)

A. 49/2 b. 56 c. 28 d. cannot be determined

20. Two tangents are drawn from a point outside the circle at a distance of 8cm from the
centre of the circle whose radius is 2cm. Find the length of the tangent.

a. sqrt(68)cm b.8cm c. sqrt(60)cm d. None of these

21. Find g (3) given that g(x) = a+b and g(2)=-3

a. -27/2 b. -9 c. -27/4 d. -27/5

22. f(x)=3x-7 find f(f(f(7)))

a. 243 b. 123 c. 98 d. 105

23. All rearrangements of the word WAITING were arranged as in a dictionary. What
is the 32nd word?

a. AINIGWT B. AIIGNTW C. AIGNITW D. None of these

24. One guy went to fruit stall to buy oranges. He found that price of one orange is
reduced by rupees 3 and so he bought 30 instead of 20.How much money he had?

a. 160 b. 150 c. 180 d. 170

25. In the below diagram, the area of the triangle is 49cm2.Find the area of the circle

A. 144 b. 154 c. 288 d. Cannot be determined

26. There are 6 people from different countries namely Germany, Italy, Britain, Spain,
Poland and France. They are sitting around a table. Polish sits next to British. German sits
next to Italian, or British or both. Italian does not sit next to the Frenchman. Spanish sits
immediately after British. Who sits on the either side of the German?

a. British and Italian b. Polish and British c. British and French d. Italian and French

27. In how many ways can 11 different beads be strung into a necklace?

a. 101 b. 111 c. 10!/2 d. 1

28. How many triangles can be formed from 8 points if 3 of them are collinear?

a. 55 b. 56 c. 335 d. 8

29. Seven different objects must be divided among 3 persons. In how many ways this can
be done if at least one of them gets exactly one object?

a. 1218 b. 2484 c. 729 d. None of these

30. Juan is a gold medalist in athletics. In the month of May, if Juan takes 11 seconds to
run y yards, how many seconds will it take him to run x yards at the same rate?

a. 11x/y b. 11y/x c. 7x/y d. 7y/x