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MOCK PLACEMENT-APTITUDE TEST
(SET 1)
1. The ratio of the ages of A and B is 2:3. If B is three years elder than A, find the
age
of
A
after
2
years.
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 8
2. Choose the most logical order of sentence to form a paragraph.
A. criminals acquire even greater skills
B. as investigating and law enforcing agencies
C. to keep themselves beyond the reach of law
D. devise newer techniques to counter crime
(A)ABCD

(B) BDAC

(C) BCAD

(D) BACD

3. Find the next number in the series: 2, 9, 28, 65, 126, ____
(A)

218

(B) 217

(C) 216

(D) 215

(Directions for Q. 4 and 5): Read the following data and answer the questions.
Seven boys P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V are sitting in a row. Q sits to the immediate left of R and third
to the right of P, whereas S, who sits at the left extreme, is next to V.
4. If R & V alone exchange their places with each other, who will sit to the immediate left of P?
(A) V

(B) U

(C) T

(D) R

5. Which of the following cannot confirm the seating arrangement of all boys?
(A) U is to the immediate right of V
(B) S & U have two persons between them
(C) U & V have 2 persons between them (D) P & Q have 2 persons between them

6. Two trains A & B start from stations X & Y at the same time for stations Y & X
respectively. The speeds of the two trains are 60 km/hr and 40 km/hr. When they
have crossed each other, A had travelled 34 km more than B. What is the
distance between X and Y stations?
(A) 200 kms
(E) 250 kms

(B) 170 kms

(C) 150 kms

(D) 180 kms

7. Find the appropriate meaning of the highlighted word.

He was highly gullible in his school days.
(A) Believable

(B) Legible

(C) Credulous

(D) Suspecting

8. A survey conducted among 60 school students revealed the following data: 40

drank milk, 30 drank coffee, 24 drank tea, 20 drank milk and coffee and 10 drank

coffee and tea, 5 drank milk and tea. How many students drank all three? (Every
student drank at least one of the three.)
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 10 (D) 5 (E) Data Insufficient
9. We must take it granted that he will not come for today's function. Correct
the error in the sentence
A.

have it granted

B.

took it as granted

C.

taking it granted

D.

take it for granted

10.

A) 0

B)

C) 1

D)x

ab+bc+ca

11. For which year after 1990, can the calendar of 1990 be used?
A) 1996

B) 2000

C) 1998

D) 2001

12. A clock when seen in a mirror shows 4:40. What is the correct time?
(A) 8:20 (B) 8:40

(C) 4:40

(D) 7:20

Direction for (Que. 13 - 15): Answer the question based on the following data:
The following figures show the number of persons (in hundreds) who have
passed out from IIMs and IITs in each year from 1994 to 1998. The IITs and IIMs
are among the best known professional institutes in India and offer course in the
areas of management and engineering. Both the IIMs and IITs have six campuses
located in various cities of India.

13. What was the average yearly percentage increase of IIMs pass outs from
1994 to 1997?
(A) 66.67% (B) 100%

(C) 200%

(D) 37.5%

(E) None of these

14. For how many years (in the given period) the trend of increase / decrease
was not same for both IITs and IIMs?
(A) 0

(B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) None of these

15. How many times during 1994 - 98 has the growth in pass outs from IITs
exceeded 25%?
(A) Once

(B) Twice

(C) Thrice

(D) Never

(E) None of these