Cummins Placement Paper - Aptitude Questions

This is an objective type of paper with options given; the students are expected to select
the correct option.
Here are a few questions asked in the written test of Cummins aptitude section:

1. For INR 110 each Rajesh buys 18 local tickets. The cost of a first class ticket is Rs.10
and a second class ticket will cost Rs.3. Calculate the cost of another 18 tickets which
will be purchased in a lot in which the number of first class and second class tickets is
interchanged?

a)118
b)112
c)124
d)121

2. Kishore, Maya and Sanjay went to a national park for bird watching. Each one saw a
bird which the other two did not see. Later they saw one bird that the third did not when
they were in a pair. All three saw the same bird once. Of the birds Kishore saw, two were
yellow. Of the birds Maya saw, three were yellow. Of the birds Sanjay saw, four were
yellow. Find out how many yellow birds were seen in total and how many non-yellow
birds were seen in total?

a)3 yellow birds and 2 non yellow birds

b)4 yellow birds and 2 non yellow birds
c)5 yellow birds and 2 non yellow birds
d)7 yellow birds and 3 non yellow birds

3. A LPG cylinder having a weight of 14.4 Kg lasts for 104 hours when the smaller
burner on the gas stove is fully opened, whereas it will last for 80 hours when the larger
burner on the stove is opened to the max. Out of the below values find out the closest
percentage difference in the usage of gas per hour, of the smaller burner over the larger
burner?
a)2.23%
b)23.07%
c)26.23%
d)30%

4. Using 11 orange, 9 white, 13 black and 7 yellow chips, 4 stacks are to be made using
equal number of chips. What is the maximum number of white chips in any one stack if
all of these chips are used and every stack contains at least one chip of each colour?

a)4
b)3
c)6
d)5

5. In the weekly market, Reema sells her apples for 0.50 for two apples. Sana is also
selling apples in the market. Her apples are little smaller than Reemas so she sells them
at Rs 0.50. After a while both of them are having the same amount of apples left. Sana
was called by her mother. She asks Reema to take care of her apple bucket. Reema
puts all the apples in one bucket and starts selling five apples for one rupees.

When Sana returns all her apples are sold. Now both of them start dividing the money.
But they find out that there is a shortage of Rs 3.50. If they divide the money equally,
how much does Reema lose?

a)42.00
b)52.50
c)10.50
d) 11.50

6. In the given series, find the missing number.

4, 32, 288, ? , 31680

a) 2880
b) 25600
c) 1000
d) 7420

7. A pigeon flies from Ahmedabad to Gujarat, passing over Bikaner, Chandanagar and
Daman. When it reaches Gujarat, the distance it has covered is one-third of the distance
remaining to city Chandanagar. When it reaches city Daman, the distance remaining is
one-third of the distance from city Chandanagar. If Bikaner and Daman are 15 km apart,
then how far is Gujarat from Ahmedabad?

a)24 km
b)25 km
c)20 km
d)18 km

8. In a box containing only black and white balls is equal to one-third the numbers of
white balls. Twice the number of total balls exceeds thrice the number of white balls by 4.
What will be the number of black balls in the box?

a)8
b)9
c)10
d)12

9. How many students are there in a line for the physical training in a row if Aakash is 7th
from the left and Bunny is 9th from the right? They both interchange their positions.
Aakash becomes 11th left.

(a)21
(b)21
(c)19
(d)18

10. What is the smallest number of children the family might have if each child in the
family has 3 sisters and 4 brothers?
(a) 10
(b) 9
(c) 8
(d) 7

11. Which is the direction in which Ramesh is walking, if Ramesh walks towards east?
He then turns towards North and turning 450 right walks for a while and in the end turns
towards left.

(a) North-East
(b) South-East
(c)South
(d)North

12.There are two glasses, one has tomato juice and one has equal amount of apple
juice. One teaspoon of the tomato juice is taken and mixed with the apple juice. Then a
teaspoon of the mixed juice is mixed again into tomato juice. Now is there more tomato
juice in the apple juice or more apple juice in the tomato juice.

(a)More tomato juice added in the apple juice.

(b) More apple juice added in the tomato juice
(c) There is equal amount of each juice in the two glasses
(d) None from the given choices.

13. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:

The important work has just been done now and all we have to do is to finish the
remaining paper.

(a) work
(b) task
(c) work
(d) function

14. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:

To prevent all her pamphlets from blowing away when the window was opened, Susan
was given a very decorative paper .

(a) stone
(b) heavy
(c) block
(d) weight

15. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word:

In just a few weeks of publication her first novel which was a huge success came out
with a paper .

(a)side
(b) edition
(c)back
(d)book

16. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:

A few countries have very interesting designs on their paper..

(a)pay
(b) note
(c) money
(d) cash

17. If(M)=M2 -25 then the minimum positive value of M at which f(M) is positive is:

a)5
b)6
c)25
d)26
GENERAL APTITUDE QUESTION:-

1. A wheel that has 6 cogs is meshed with a larger wheel of 14 cogs. When the smaller wheel has m
A. 4
C. 12

Direction (for Q.No. 2):Insert the missing number.

2. 8, 24, 12, 36, 18, 54, (.)
A. 27
C. 68

3. A train 125 m long passes a man, running at 5 km/hr in the same direction in which the train is g
A. 45 km/hr
C. 54 km/hr

4. A man mixes two types of rice (X and Y) and sells the mixture at the rate of Rs. 17 per kg. Find
I.The rate of X is Rs. 20 per kg.

II.The rate of Y is Rs. 13 per kg.

A. I alone sufficient while II alone not sufficient to answer
B. II alone sufficient while I alone not sufficient to answer
C. Either I or II alone sufficient to answer
D. Both I and II are not sufficient to answer
E. Both I and II are necessary to answer

5. In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes w
A. 2700
C. 3000

6. A father said to his son, I was as old as you are at the present at the time of your birth. If the f
A. 14 years
C. 33 years
7. A persons present age is two-fifth of the age of his mother. After 8 years, he will be one-half of
A. 32 years
C. 40 years

8. A hall is 15 m long and 12 m broad. If the sum of the areas of the floor and the ceiling is equal t
A. 720
C. 1200

Direction (for Q.Nos. 9 10):Find out the wrong number in the series.
9. 3, 7, 15, 39, 63, 127, 255, 511
A. 7
C. 39
E. 127

10. 190, 166, 145, 128, 112, 100, 91

A. 100
C. 145
E. 112

11. The true discount on a bill of Rs. 540 is Rs. 90. The bankers discount is:
A. Rs. 60
C. Rs. 110

12. A sum of Rs. 1360 has been divided among A, B and C such that A gets of what B gets
A. Rs. 120
C. Rs. 240
13. Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most two heads?

A.

C.

14. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability of getting two numbers w

A.

C.

Each of the questions given below consists of a question followed by three statements. You have to study the
16. What is the rate of interest p.c.p.a.?
I.An amount doubles itself in 5 years on simple interest.

II.Difference between the compound interest and the simple in

III.Simple interest earned per annum is Rs. 2000.

A. I only
B. II and III only
C. All I, II and III
D. Any two of the three
E. I only or II and III only

17. If 40% of a number is equal to two-third of another number, what is the ratio of first nu
A. 2:5
C. 5:3

18. Three numbers which are co-prime to each other are such that the product of the first tw
A. 75
C. 85
19. A rectangular park 60 m long and 40 m wide has two concrete crossroads running in th
A. 2.91 m
C. 5.82 m

Aptitude

This section consists of 30 questions

Q1)Meaning of Avert (a) turn away (b) transform
Q2)Meaning of consonance
Q3)opposite of Protract
Q4)the sum of squares of numbers in the ratio 2:3:4 is144.Find the numbers.
Q5)To a sugar solution of 3 litres containing 40% sugar,one litre of water is added.The
percentage of sugar in new solution is: (a)13?% (b)15% (c)30% (d)33%

Q6) Question on depreciation from chapter of percentages

Q7) If x>y,y>z,z>w then (a)x>w dont remember exactly the statement, ques was
based on comparison
Q8)If x is less than 2 then which of following statements are always true? (a) x is
negative (b) x is positive (c) x2 is greater than or equal to 2 (d) x2 is lesser than or
equal to 2

Q9)A sum of money is to be distributed in proportion 3:5.If one gets Rs.20 more than
other then what is the sum of money? (a)100 (b)80 (c)60

Q10)2 men and 3 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 3 men and 2 boys can do
the same work in 8 days.In how many days can 2 men and 1 boy do the work?

Q11)Pipe A can fill the cistern in 8 min and pipe B can fill the cistern in 6 min.If pipe A is
opened for 1 min and pipe B is opened for 1 min then the total time to fill the cistern is:

Q12)Two cars A and B start at the same time in opposite directions and cover 4
miles.Now each car turn left and covers 3 miles.What is their aerial distance?

Q13) Find the next figure : 4 pictures were given this was
Q14)A figure was given How many colors are needed so that no adjacent faces have
same color? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
Q15)If PEOPLE is written as PLPOTE then TREND is :

Q16)If UPSTREAM: SOURCE then (a) uphill:peak (b) dont remember other options
Q17)A cube is cut into smaller cubes such that each edge if cube is increased by 50%
,find the % increase in surface area? (A) 200% (B) 100% (C) 125%

Q18)A dice was given showing dots on 3 faces.3 figures were given.find the no of dots
opposite to face showing 4 dots.

No GD round was there.Only interview.

Best of Luck.

Aptitude Questions
This section consists of 30 questions
Q1)Meaning of Avert
(a) turn away (b) transform
Q2)Meaning of consonance
Q3)opposite of Protract
Q4)the sum of squares of numbers in the ratio 2:3:4 is144.Find the numbers.
Q5)To a sugar solution of 3 litres containing 40% sugar,one litre of water is added.The
percentage of sugar in new solution is:
(a)13?% (b)15% (c)30% (d)33%
Q6) Question on depreciation from chapter of percentages
Q7) If x>y,y>z,z>w then (a)x>w dont remember exactly the statement, ques was
based on comparison
Q8)If x is less than 2 then which of following statements are always true? (a) x is
negative (b) x is positive (c) x2 is greater than or equal to 2 (d) x2 is lesser than or
equal to 2
Q9)A sum of money is to be distributed in proportion 3:5.If one gets Rs.20 more than
other then what is the sum of money?
(a)100 (b)80 (c)60
Q10)2 men and 3 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 3 men and 2 boys can do
the same work in 8 days.In how many days can 2 men and 1 boy do the work?
Q11)Pipe A can fill the cistern in 8 min and pipe B can fill the cistern in 6 min.If pipe A is
opened for 1 min and pipe B is opened for 1 min then the total time to fill the cistern is:
Q12)Two cars A and B start at the same time in opposite directions and cover 4
miles.Now each car turn left and covers 3 miles.What is their aerial distance?

Q13) Find the next figure : 4 pictures were given this was

Q14)A figure was given How many colors are needed so that no adjacent faces have
same color?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5

Q15)If PEOPLE is written as PLPOTE then TREND is :

Q16)If UPSTREAM: SOURCE then (a) uphill:peak (b) dont remember other options
Q17)A cube is cut into smaller cubes such that each edge if cube is increased by 50%
,find the % increase in surface area? (A) 200% (B) 100% (C) 125%

Q18)A dice was given showing dots on 3 faces.3 figures were given.find the no of dots
opposite to face showing 4 dots.

HR Interview Questions - Cummins

1. Tell me something about yourself?
2. Is there anything which you failed to do?
3. Is there anything you regret?
4. Why should I hire you?
5. How do you create radio button in .NET?
6.Why do you want to quit your present job?
7.Have you ever made a mistake at work? How did you rectify it?
8.What major problems did you face in your last role?
9.Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?
10.How do you feel about doing repetitive work?
11.How did you manage to attend this interview during your working hours?
12.Would you like to work in a team or on your own?
13.If your last boss was present here, what do you think he would tell us about you?
14.Has your career developed as you had liked?
15.Your expected salary?
16,What will you do if you are offered a job with a salary higher than this?
18.Do you want to ask us something about the company?