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ANALYTICAL APTITUDE QUESTIONS

401. If Mr. E was on the third step & Mr. B was on a higher step
than Mr. E which step must be vacant
(a) step 1
(b) step 2
(c) step 4
(d) step 5
(e) step 6

402. If Mr. B was on step 1, which step could A be on?

(a) 2&e only
(b) 3&5 only
(c) 3&4 only
(d) 4&5 only
(e) 2&4 only

403. If there were two steps between the step that A was standing
and the step that B was standing on, and A was on a higher step
than D , A must be on step

(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6

404. Which of the following is false

i. B&D can be both on odd-numbered steps in one configuration

ii. In a particular configuration A and C must either both an odd
numbered steps or both an even-numbered steps
iii. A person E can be on a step next to the vacant step.
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(a) i only
(b) ii only
(c) iii only
(d) both i and iii

405. Who stood fifth in the race ?

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

406. How many swimmers seperate A and F ?

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) cannot be determined

407. The swimmer between C & E is

(a) none
(b) F
(c) D
(d) B
(e) A

408. If the end of the race, swimmer D is disqualified by the

Judges then swimmer B finishes in which place
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) 5
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409. Which of the following is true ?

(a) At least two houses have black chimney.
(b) At least two houses have red roofs.
(c) At least two houses have white chimneys
(d) At least two houses have green roofs
(e) At least two houses have yellow roofs

410. Which must be false ?

(a) House A has a yellow roof
(b) House A & C have different color chimney
(c) House D has a black chimney
(d) House E has a white chimney
(e) House B&D have the same color roof.

411. If house C has a yellow roof. Which must be true.

(a) House E has a white chimney
(b) House E has a black chimney
(c) House E has a red chimney
(d) House D has a red chimney
(e) House C has a black chimney

412. Which possible combinations of roof & chimney can house

I. A red roof 7 a black chimney
II. A yellow roof & a red chimney
III. A yellow roof & a black chimney

(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) III only
(d) I & II only
(e) I&II&III

413.It was calculated that 75 men could complete a piece of work

in 20 ys. When work was scheduled to commence, it was

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found necessary to send 25 men to another project. How

much longer will it take to complete the work?

414. A student divided a number by 2/3 when he required to

multiply by 3/2. Calculate the percentage of error in his
result.

415. A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell pulses at the cost

price, but he uses a false weight of 950gm. for a kg. His gain
is …%.

416. A software engineer has the capability of thinking 100 lines

of code in five minutes and can type 100 lines of code in 10
minutes. He takes a break for five minutes after every ten
minutes. How many lines of codes will he complete typing
after an hour?

417. A man was engaged on a job for 30 days on the condition

that he would get a wage of Rs. 10 for the day he works, but
he have to pay a fine of Rs. 2 for each day of his absence. If
he gets Rs. 240 at the end, he was absent for work for ...
days.

418. A contractor agreeing to finish a work in 150 days, employed

75 men each working 8 hours daily. After 90 days, only 2/7
of the work was completed. Increasing the number of men by
________ each working now for 10 hours daily, the work can
be completed in time.

419. what is a percent of b divided by b percent of a?

(a) a (b) b (c) 1 (d) 10 (d) 100
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420. A man bought a horse and a cart. If he sold the horse at 10 %

loss and the cart at 20 % gain, he would not lose anything;
but if he sold the horse at 5% loss and the cart at 5% gain, he
would lose Rs. 10 in the bargain. The amount paid by him
was Rs._______ for the horse and Rs.________ for the cart.

421. A tennis marker is trying to put together a team of four

players for a tennis tournament out of seven available. males
- a, b and c; females – m, n, o and p. All players are of equal
ability and there must be at least two males in the team. For a
team of four, all players must be able to play with each other
under the following restrictions:
b should not play with m,
c should not play with p, and
a should not play with o.
Which of the following statements must be false?
1. b and p cannot be selected together
2. c and o cannot be selected together
3. c and n cannot be selected together.

422. Five farmers have 7, 9, 11, 13 & 14 apple trees, respectively

in their orchards. Last year, each of them discovered that
every tree in their own orchard bore exactly the same number
of apples. Further, if the third farmer gives one apple to the
first, and the fifth gives three to each of the second and the
fourth, they would all have exactly the same number of
apples. What were the yields per tree in the orchards of the
third and fourth farmers?

423. Five boys were climbing a hill. J was following H. R was just
ahead of G. K was between G & H. They were climbing up
in a column. Who was the second?

424-435 John is undecided which of the four novels to buy. He

is considering a spy
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thriller, a Murder mystery, a Gothic romance and a science

fiction novel. The books are written by Rothko, Gorky,
Burchfield and Hopper, not necessary in that order, and
published by Heron, Piegon, Blueja and sparrow, not
necessary in that order.
(1) The book by Rothko is published by Sparrow.
(2) The Spy thriller is published by Heron.
(3) The science fiction novel is by Burchfield and is not
published by Blueja.
(4)The Gothic romance is by Hopper.

425. Pigeon publishes ____________.

426. The novel by Gorky ________________.

427. John purchases books by the authors whose names come first
and third in alphabetical order. He does not buy the books -
______.

428. On the basis of the first paragraph and statement (2), (3) and
(4) only, it is possible to deduce that
1. Rothko wrote the murder mystery or the spy thriller
2. Sparrow published the murder mystery or the spy
thriller
3. The book by Burchfield is published by Sparrow.

429. If a light flashes every 6 seconds, how many times will it

flash in ¾ of an hour?

430. If point P is on line segment AB, then which of the following

is always true?
(1) AP = PB (2) AP > PB (3) PB > AP (4) AB > AP (5)
AB > AP + PB
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431. All men are vertebrates. Some mammals are vertebrates.

Which of the following conclusions drawn from the above
statement is correct.
All men are mammals
All mammals are men
Some vertebrates are mammals.
None

432. Which of the following statements drawn from the given

statements are correct?
Given:
All watches sold in that shop are of high standard. Some of
the HMT watches are sold in that shop.
a) All watches of high standard were manufactured by HMT.
b) Some of the HMT watches are of high standard.
c) None of the HMT watches is of high standard.
d) Some of the HMT watches of high standard are sold in
that shop.

433-435
1. Ashland is north of East Liverpool and west of Coshocton.
2. Bowling green is north of Ashland and west of
Fredericktown.
3. Dover is south and east of Ashland.
4. East Liverpool is north of Fredericktown and east of
Dover.
5. Fredericktown is north of Dover and west of Ashland.
6. Coshocton is south of Fredericktown and west of Dover.

434. Which of the towns mentioned is furthest of the north – west

(a) Ashland (b) Bowling green (c)
Coshocton
(d) East Liverpool (e) Fredericktown
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435. Which of the following must be both north and east of

Fredericktown?
(a) Ashland (b) Coshocton (c) East
Liverpool
I a only II b only III c only IV a & b V a & c

436.A six digit number is formed by repeating a three digit

number,for example,256256 or 678678 etc,Any no of this form is
always divisible by :
a) 6 b) 12 c) 24 d) 120
437.If x is a whole no, then x2(x2-1) is always divisible by :
a) 12 b) 24 c) 12-x d) multiple of 12
438.three different containers contain 496 lits and 713 lits of
mixture of milk and water respectively what biggest can measure
all the different quantities exactly ?
a) 1 lit b) 7 lit c)31 lit d) 41 lit
439. four different electronic devices make a beep after every 30
mint,1 hour,3/2 hour and 1 hour 45 mint respectively, all the
devices beeped together at 12 noon they will again beep together at
:
a) 12 midnight b) 3 a.m. c) 6 a.m. d) 9 a.m.

440. (0.6)4-(0.5)4 /(0.6)2+(0.5)2 is equal to :

a) 0.1 b) 0.11 c) 1.1 d) 11

441. (0.2*0.2+0.01)(0.1*0.1+0.02)-1 = ?
a) 5/3 b) 9/5 c)41/4 d) 41/12

442. If a,b,c are integers a2+b2=45 and b2+c2=40 then the values
of a,b and c respectively are :
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a) 2,6,3 b) 3,2,6 c) 5,4,3 d) none of these

443. a man has some hens and cows , if the no of head be 48 and
no of feet equals 140, then the no of hens will be :
a) 22 b)v 23 c) 24 d) 26

444. what is the least no which should be subtracted from

0.000326 to make it a perfect square ?
a) 0.000002 b) 0.000004 c) 0.02 d) 0.04

445. If a=(5).5+1 / (5).5-1 and b=(5).5-1 / (5).5+1 the value of

[a2+ab+b2 / a2-ab+b2 ] is :
a) ¾ b) 4/3 c) 3/5 d) 5/3

446. 3 year ago , the average of a family of 5 members was 17

year. A baby having been born, the average age of the family is the
same today . the present age of the baby is :
a) 1 year b) 3/2 year c) 2 year d) 3 year

447. a pupil’s marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63.

Due to that the average marks for the class got increased by half.
The no of pupil’s in the class is :
a) 10 b) 20 c) 40 d) 73

448. in a pair of fractions , fraction a is twice the fraction b, and

the the product of two fraction is 2/25 what is the value of fraction
a?
a) 1/5 b) 1/25 c) 2/5 d) data inadequate

449. the sum of the squares of the three nos is 138,while the sum
of theirs products taken two at a timer is 13! Their sum is :
a) 20 b) 30 c) 40 d) none of these
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450. the age of a man is 3 times the sum of the age of two sons , 5
years hence is age will be double of sum of the ages of his sons the
fathers present age is :
a) 40 years b) 45 years c) 50 years d) 55 years

451. In 10 years A will be twice as old as B was 10 years ago, if A

is now 9 years older than B, the present age of B is L:
a) 19 years b) 29 years c) 39 years d) 49 years

452. If x% of y is 100 and y% of z is 200, then find a relation

between x and z :
a) z=x/2 b) z=2x c) z=x/4 d) z=4x

453. subtracting 6% of x from x is equivalent to multiplying x by

how much ?
a) 0.094 b) 0.94 c) 9.4 d) 94

454. A trader mixes 21 kg of rice at Rs20/kg with 30 kg of rice of

other variety at Rs 36/kg and sales the mixture ar Rs30/kg , his
profit % is :
a) no profit no loss b) 5% c) 8% d) 10% e) none of these

455. the difference between the cp and sp of an article is Rs.240 , if

the profit is 20% the selling price is :
a) Rs.1240 b) Rs.1400 c) Rs.1600 d) none of these

456. an alloy is to contain copper and zinc in the ratio 9:4, the zinc
required to be melted with 24 kg of coppert is :
a) 32/3 b) 31/3 c) 29/3 d) 9 kg

457. A certain amount was divided between a and b in the ratio

4:3, if b ‘s share was RS.4800 , the total amount was :
a) Rs.11,200 b) Rs.6400 c) Rs.19,200 d) Rs.39,200
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458. A,B,C subscribe Rs.50,000 for a business, A subscribes

Rs.4000 more than B and B Rs.5000 more than C . out of a total
profit of Rs.35,000. A receives :
a) Rs.8400 b) Rs.11,900 c) Rs.13,600 d) Rs.14,700

459. A and B invest in a business in the ratio 3:2 . if 5% of the

total profit goes the charity and A’s share is Rs.855 the total profit
is :
a) Rs.1425 b) Rs. 1500 c) Rs.1537.50 d) Rs.1576

460. A certain no of men can finish a piece of work in 100 days, if

there was 10 men less it would take 10 days more for the work to
be finish how many men were there originally ?
a) 75 b) 82 c) 100 d) 110

461. a garrison of 500 men had provisions for 27 days. After 3

days a reinforcement of 300 men arrived, for how many more days
will be remaining food last how ?
a) 15 b) 16 c) 17.5 d) 18

462. A and B can do a piece of work in 72 days, B and C can do it

in 120 days , A and C can do it in 90 days in what time can A
alone do it :
a) 80 days b) 100 days c) 120 days d) 150 days

463. 5 men and 2 boys working together can do four times as

much work as a men and a boys working capacity of a women and
a boys are in the ratio :
a) 1:2 b) 2:1 c)1:3 d) 3:1

464. A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours because of a

leak,it took 7/3 hours to fill the tank. The leak can drain all the
water of the tank in :
a) 13/3 hours b) 7 hours c) 8 hours d) 14 hours
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465. three tapes A,B and C can fill a tank in 12 ,15 and 20 hours
respectively. If A is open all the time and B and C are open hour
each alternately. The tank will be full in :
a) 6 hours b) 20/3 hours c) 5 hours d) 15/2 hours

466. A man can reach a certain place in 30 hours, if he reduces his

speed by 1/15th , he goes 10 km less in that time. Find his speed :
a) 4 km/h b) 5 km/h c) 11/2 km/h d) 6km/h

467. A man takes 5 hours 45 min, in walking to acertain place and

riding back. He would have gained 2 hours by riding both ways.
The time he would take to walk both ways, is :
a) 3 hrs 45 min b) 7hrs 30 min c) 7 hrs 45 min d) 11 hrs
45 min

468. two trains 140m and 160m long run at the speed of 60 km/h
and 40 km/h respectively in opposite directions on parallel tracks.
The time (in secs) which they take to cross each other is :
a) 9 b) 9.6 c) 10 d)10.8

469. A train x speeding with 120 km/h crosses another train y,

running in the same direction in 2 mints if the length of the trains x
and y be 100m and 200m respectively, what is the speed of train y
:
a) 111 km/h b) 123 km/h c) 127 km/h d) 129 km/h

470. A boat man goes 2 km against the current of the stream in 1

hour and goes 1 km along the current in 10 mints. How long will it
take to go 5 km in stationary water :
a) 40 mints b) 1 hour c) 1 hr 15 min d) 1 hr 30 min

471. A motor boat , whose speed is 15 km/h in still water goes 30

km downstream and comes back in total of 4 hours 30 mint. The
speed of the stream ( in km/h ) is :
a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 10
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472. How many kgs of sugar costing Rs 9/kg must be mixed with
27 kg of sugar costing Rs. 7/kg so that there may be a gain of 10%
by selling the mixture at Rs. 9.24/kg ?
a) 36 kg b) 42 kg c) 54 kg d) 63 kg

473. In what ratio must tea at Rs. 62/kg be mixed with tea at Rs.
72/kg so that the mixture must be worth Rs. 64.50/kg ?
a) 3:1 b) 3:2 c) 4:3 d) 5:3

474. The difference between the simple interest received from the
two different sources on Rs. 1500 for 3 years in Rs. 13.50 , the
difference between their rates of interest is :
a) 0.1% b) 0.2% c) 0.3% d) 0.4% e) none of these

475. A person takes a loan of Rs. 200 at 5 % simple interest , he

returns Rs. 100 at the end of 1 years. The in order to clear his dues
at the end of 2 years , he would pay :
a) Rs. 105 b) Rs. 110 c) Rs. 115 d) Rs. 115.50

476. On a sum of money, the simple interest for 2 years is Rs. 660 ,
while the compound interest is Rs. 696.30 , the rate of interest
being the same in both the cases. The rate of interest is :
a) 10% b) 10.5% c) 12% d) none of these

477. A sum of money is borrowed and paid back in two annual

installments of Rs. 882 each allowing 5% compound interest. The
sum borrowed was :
a) Rs. 1620 b) Rs. 1640 c) Rs. 1680 d) Rs. 1700

478. If a=bx , b= cy and c=az, then the values of xyz is equal to :

a) -1 b) 0 c) 1 d) abc

479. If log2 = 0.30103 , the number of digits in 520 is :

1) 14 b) 16 c) 18 d) 25
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480. The % increase in the area of the rectangle , if each of its

sides is increased by 20% is :
a) 40% b) 42% c) 44% d) 46%

481. Four horses are tethered at 4 corners of a square plot of side

63 metres , so that they just can not reach one another. The area
left ungrazed is :
a) 675.5 m2 b) 780.6 m2 c) 785.8 m2 d) 850.5
2
m

482. Sphere A and B have their radii 40 cm and 10 cm

respectively. The ratio of the surface area of A to the surface area
of B is :
a) 1:4 b) 1:16 c) 4:1 d) 16:1

483. A sphere of maximum volume is cut out from a solid

hemisphere of radius r. the ratio of the volume of the hemisphere
to that of the cut out of sphere is :
a) 3:2 b) 4:1 c) 4:3 d) 7:4

484. At what time , in mints , between 3 o’clock and 4 o’clock ,

both the needles will coincide each other ?
a) 56/11” b) 136/11” c) 147/11” d) 180/11”

485. A watch which gains 5 seconds in 3 mints was set right at

7am in the afternoon of the same day , when the watch indicated
past 4 o’clock the true time is :
a) 715/12 mint past 3 b) 4 p.m. c) 645/11 mint past 3 d)
25/11 mint past 4.

486. 34,45,56,67,……….
a. 75 b. 77 c. 78 d. 82
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487. 3,5,9,17,………
a. 30 b. 34 c. 33 d. 35

488. 1,2,4,7,11,…….
a. 12 b. 16 c.17 d. none of these

489. A,C,F,H,K,M,P,R……….
a. T b. U c. V d. Y

490. 2,4,7,11,16,22,29……..
a. 37 b. 36 c.38 d. none of these.

491. 1,5,14,30,…..
a. 54 b. 55 c.57 d. none of these.

492. If a certain language a is written as 2 b as 4 and c as 6 , then

in the same language what do the figures 1210108 stand for ?
a. Feed b. need c.fead d.feel

493. In a certain language 8514 is coded as head , in the same

language how the no 3945 is coded as ?rode
b. ride c.read d. none of these.

494. 5, 8,13,20,…..
a. 27 b.23 c.29 d.none of these.

495. 1,4,9,16,25,……
b. 49 c.32 d. 64 e. no

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401) (a)
402) (c)
403) (c)
404) (c)
405) (e)
406) (d)
407) (a)
408) (b)
409) (c)
410) (b)
411) (a)
412) (e)
413) (b)
414) 30 days
415) 0%
416) 5.3 %
417) 250 lines of codes
418) 7 days
419) 150 men.
420) (c) 1
421) Cost price of horse = Rs. 400 & the cost price of cart =
200.
422) 3.
423) 11 & 9 apples per tree.
424) G.
425) burchfield
426) Heron
427) Heron,sparrow
428) Since Blueja doesn’t publish the novel by Burchfield
and Heron publishes the novel spy thriller, Piegon publishes
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the novel by Burchfield.Since Hopper writes Gothic romance

and Heron publishes the novel spy thriller, Blueja publishes
the novel by Hopper.Since Heron publishes the novel spy
thriller and Heron publishes the novel by Gorky, Gorky
writes Spy thriller and Rathko writes Murder mystery.
429) 451 times.
430) (4)
431) (c)
432) : (b) & (d).

Ahmed
433-435).Answer:
Fakis Chandra

Harsha Geetha

Eswar Balaji

Dhinesh

436) D
437) A
438) C
439) D
440) B
441) A
442) B
443) D
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444) A
445) B
446) C
447) C
448) C
449) A
450) B
451) C
452) B
453) B
454) B
455) D
456) A
457) A
458) D
459) B
460) D
461) A
462) C
463) B
464) D
465) C
466) C
467) D
468) D
469) A
470) C
471) B
472) D
473) A
474) C
475) C
476) D
477) B
478) C
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479) A
480) C
481) D
482) D
483) B
484) D
485) B
486) A
487) B
488) D
489) C
490) A
491) C
492) B
493) C
494) B
495) A