Aptitude Section

1. A family, planning a weekend trip, decides to spend not more than a total of 8 hours
driving. By leaving early in the morning, they can average 40 miles per hour on the
way to their destination. Due to the heavy Sunday traffic, they can average only 30
miles per hour on the return trip. What is the farthest distance from home they can
plan to go?
(a) 120 miles or less (b) Between 120and 140 miles
(c) 140 miles (d) Between 140 and 160 miles

2. A car is filled with four and half gallons of fuel for a round trip. If the amount of fuel
taken while going is 1/4 more than the amount taken for coming, what is the amount
of fuel consumed while coming back?
(a) Less than 1.5 gallons (b) 1.5 gallons
(c) 2 gallons (d) More than 2 gallons

3. A 3-gallon mixture contains one part S and two parts R. In order to change it to a
mixture containing 25% S, how much R should be added?
(a) 1/2 gallon (b) 2/3 gallon
(c) 3/4 gallon (d) 1 gallon

4. A tree grows only 3/5 as fast as the one beside it. In four years the combined growth of
the two trees is eight feet. How much does the shorter tree grow in two years?
(a) Less than 2 feet (b) 2 feet
(c) 2 1/2 feet (d) 3 feet.

5. Wind flows at 160 miles in 330 minutes, for traveling 80 miles how much time does it
require?
(a) 1 hour 30 minutes (b) 1 hour 45 minutes
(c) 2 hours (d) 2 hours 45
minutes

6. A stationary engine has enough fuel to run 12 hours when its tank is 4/5 full. How long
will it run when the tank is 1/3 full?
(a) Less than 3hours (b) 4hours
(c) 5hours
(d) 6hours

7. If A is traveling at 72 km per hour on a highway. B is traveling at a speed of 25 meters

per second on a highway. What is the difference in their speeds in meters per second?
(a) 1/2 m/sec (b) 5 m/sec
(c) 1 1/2 m/sec (d) 2 m/sec

8. A salesperson by mistake multiplied a number and got the answer as 3, instead of

dividing the number by 3. What is the answer he should have actually got?
(a) 3 (b) 1/3 (c) 1 (d) 2
9. If the length of a rectangle is increased by 30% and the width is decreased by 20%,
then the area is increased by...
(a) 10% (b) 5% (c) 4% (d) 20%

10. In the class of 40 students, 30 speak Hindi and 20 speak English. What is the lowest
possible number of students who speak both the languages?
(a) 5 (b) 20 (c) 15 (d) 10

11. The most economical prices among the following prices is:
(a) 10 kilo for Rs.160 (b) 2 kilo for Rs.30
(c) 4 kilo for Rs.70 (d) 20 kilo for Rs. 340

12. A truck contains 150 small packages, some weighing 1 kg each and some weighing 2
kg each. How many packages weighing 2 kg each are in the truck if the total weight
of all the packages is 264 kg?
(a) 36 (b) 52 (c) 88 (d) 114

13. A man was arrested for exceeding the speed limit by 10 miles an hour. A second man
was charged with exceeding the same limit by twice as much. The second man was
driving 35 miles per hour. What was the speed limit?
(a) 10 miles per hour (b) 15 miles per hour
(c) 20 miles per hour (d) 25 miles per hour

14. One year ago Pandit was three times his sister's age. Next year he will be only twice
her age. How old will Pandit be after five years?
(a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 11 (d) 13

15. If two pencils cost 8 cents, then how much do 5 pencils cost?
(a) 18 cents (b) 20 cents (c) 22 cents (d) 23 cents

16. Find the value of @@+25-++@16, where @ denotes "square" and + denotes "square
root".
(a) 21 (b) 621 (c) 9 (d) 1155

17. If f(0)=1 and f(n)= f(n-1)*n, find the value of f(4).

(a) 24 (b) 18 (c) 3 (d) 4

18. Two stations A & B are 110 km apart. One train starts from A at 7 am, and travels
towards B at 20kmph. Another train starts from B at 8 am and travels towards A at
25kmph. At what time will they meet?
a. 9 am b. 10 am c. 11 am d. 10.30 am
19. If a man can swim downstream at 6kmph and upstream at 2kmph, his speed in still
water is:
a. 4kmph b. 2kmph c. 3kmph d. 2.5kmph

20. A train of length 150 m takes 10 sec to pass over another train 100 m long coming
from the opposite direction. If the speed of the first train be 30 kmph, the speed of the
second train is
a. 36 kmph b. 54 kmph c. 60 kmph d. 72 kmph

21. If a clock takes 7 seconds to strike 7 how long will it take to strike 10?
a) 9.75 sec b) 10 sec c) 10.25 sec d) 10.5 sec

22. Ten years from now Tim will be twice as old as Jane was when Mary was nine times
as old as Tim. Eight years ago, Mary was half as old as Jane will be when Jane is one
year older than Tim will be at the time when Mary will be five times as old as Tim
will be two years from now. When Tim was one year old, Mary was three years older
than Tim will be when Jane is three times as old as Mary was six years before the
time when Jane was half as old as Tim will be when Mary will be ten years older than
Mary was when Jane was one-third as old as Tim will be when Mary will be three
times as old as she was when Jane was born. How old is Mary now?
a) 14 b) 15 c) 16 d) 17

23. X's father's wife's father's granddaughter uncle will be related to X as

a) Son b) Nephew c) Uncle d) Grandfather

24. Evaluate (0.05) 2 (0.04) 2 (0.03) 2

(0.005) 2 (0.004) 2 (0.003) 2

a) 10 b) 1/10 c) 100 d) 1/100

25. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 7.5 and 5 minutes respectively and a tap C can
empty the whole cistern in 15 minutes. If all the three were opened for 1 minute,
when it was remembered that the emptying tap had been left open and it was then
closed. How many minutes would it take for the cistern to be filled?
a) 3 min b) 2 1/5 min c) 2 1/6 min d) 3 1/5 min

Questions 26 - 28
A certain city is served by subway lines A, B and C and numbers 1, 2 and 3. When it
snows, morning service on B is delayed. When it rains or snows, service on A, 2 and 3
are delayed both in the morning and afternoon. When temperature falls below 30
Fahrenheit, afternoon service is cancelled in either the A line or the 3 line, but not both.
When the temperature rises over 90 Fahrenheit, the afternoon service is cancelled in
either the line C or the 3 line but not both. When the service on the A line is delayed or
cancelled, service on the C line which connects the A line, is delayed. When service on
the 3 line is cancelled, service on the B line which connects the 3 line is delayed.

26. On Jan 10th, with the temperature at 15 Fahrenheit, it snows all day. On how many
lines will service be affected, including both morning and afternoon?
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
27. On Aug 15th with the temperature at 97 Fahrenheit it begins to rain at 1 PM. What is
the minimum number of lines on which service will be affected?
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5

28. On which of the following occasions would service be on the greatest number of lines
disrupted.
a) A snowy afternoon with the temperature at 45 Fahrenheit
b) A snowy morning with the temperature at 45 Fahrenheit
c) A rainy afternoon with the temperature at 45 Fahrenheit
d) A rainy afternoon with the temperature at 95 Fahrenheit

29. Two trains starting at the same time, one from Bangalore to Mysore and other in
opposite direction arrives at the destinations 1 hour and 4 hours respectively after
passing each other. How much faster is the first train from the other?
a) 2 b) 4 c) d)

30. Two trains are traveling in opposite directions at speeds of 72 kmph and 54 kmph
respectively. They take 10 seconds to cross each other. If the two trains traveled in the
same direction, then a passenger sitting in the faster moving train would have
overtaken the other train in 24 sec. The lengths of the train, in meters are
a)250 & 150 b) 270 &180 c) 300 & 50 d) 230 & 120

31. At what time after 3.10 am the acute angle made by the minute and hour hand is
double to that at 3.10 am for the first time?
a) 3 Hrs 250/11 Min b) 3 Hrs 140/11 Min c) 3Hrs 20 Min d) 3 Hrs 220/11 Min

32. Find the next number in the series. 1, 2, 4, 13, 31, 112, ___
a) 211 b) 274 c) 192 d) 224

33. Choose the most appropriate one to fit the blank cell.

34. The average mark of class of n students is 64. When eight new students with an
average mark of 73 join the class, the new average of the entire class is a whole
number. Find the number of students now in the class given that n lies between 25
and 60.
a) 48 b) 32 c) 36 d) 64
35. If k is a natural number and f k (x) f (k+1) (x)=1, then what is the value of
100
[ fk(k+2)(x)f(k+1)(k+3)(x)]
k=1
a) 1 b) 50 c)100 d) none of these

36. A lazy insect sitting at the corner A of the cuboidal room wishes to crawl to the corner
F of the room. Shortest distance to reach F is

E F

2m

10 m
5
A 5m B

a) 55 +2 b) 10 + 29 c) 129 d) 149

Question 37 - 38
Two cars A and B start simultaneously from two cities P and Q and head for the cities Q
and P respectively. As soon as car A reaches city Q, it turns and starts for city P and as
soon as it reaches city P again, it leaves for city Q and so on. Similarly car B, travels from
Q to P, P to Q and so on. The speeds of the car A and B are in the ratio 3: 4 .

37. If car B traveled 10,400 m when the two cars meet for the seventh time, what is the
distance between cities P and Q?
a) 2400 m b) 2800m c)1820 m d) 1400 m

38. If car A traveled 18,600 m, how many times did the cars A and B meet.
(Take the distance PQ from previous question)
a) 14 b) 15 c) 16 d) 18

39. A machine was purchased for Rs. 2, 50,000. It depreciated in value 20% in first year,
17.5% in the second, 15% in the third
MARKET and
FOR so on.SOAPS
TOILET What will be the cost of the machine
after 8 years, given that
1995
the percentage of depreciation applies
2000
to the purchasing cost
of the machine?
a) Rs. 1,25,000 b) Rs.1,00,000 c) Rs.67,500 d) Rs. 25,000
Questions 40 42: RURAL
Interpret the answers from the given data.
URBAN 39.6
RURAL 62.3 URBAN
37.7 60.4

200,332 tonnes 224,524 tonnes

1995 2000

South West East South

31.2 21.7
24.8 30.9
East North North
21.7 25.4 24.5 West
19.8
200,332 tonnes 224,524 tonnes
40. The toilet soap markets for eastern and western zones put together in 2000 was larger
than that of 1995 by
a) 12,000 b) 13,200 c) 13,900 d) 14,000

41. The percentage growth of the southern market in 2000 over 1995 has been
a) 7% b) 9% c) 11% d) 13%

42. If in 1996 the rural market has grown by 5 % and the urban market by 4% the total
toilet market soap in 1996 would be
a) 214,800 b) 215,750 c) 200,000 d) 209,150

43. The average mark of class of n students is 64. When eight new students with an
average mark of 73 join the class, the new average of the entire class is a whole
number. Find the number of students now in the class given that n lies between 25
and 60.
a) 48 b) 32 c) 36 d) 64

44. One monkey climbs a poll at the rate of 6mts/min and fell down 3mts in the
alternately. Length of the poll is 60 mts, how much time it will take to reach the top?
a. 31 b.33 c.37 d.40

45. If a sales man gets successive gain of 15% and 20% then his actual gain?
a. 38 b. 48 c. -15 d. 20

46. A string of pearls is such that 1/3 is lost and of that 1/4th is missing, remaining is 20
then actual numbers of pearls?
a. 30 b. 40 c. 20 d. 33

47. The highest Score in an innings was 3/11 of the total and the next highest was 3/11 of
the reminder. If the scores differed by 9, find the total score.
a. 151 b. 161 c. 121 d. 101

48. A boy was asked to multiply a certain number by 53. He multiplied it by 35 and got
his answer less than the correct one by 1206. Find the number to be multiplied.
a. 37 b. 67 c. 87 d. 97

49. If the manufacturer gains 10 %, the wholesale dealer 15 % and the retailer 25 % then
the cost of Production of a table, if the retail price is Rs.1265
a. 632.50 b. 800 c. 814 d. 834.24

50. A two digit number is 4 times to its sum of digits , when 9 is added to the number, the
digits will get reversed. Then what is that number?
a. 10 b.12 c. 15 d.20