VGI Aptitude Admission Test 2017

Set-2

Time: 60 Minutes Maximum Marks: 100

Note: Attempt all the 50 questions. Each question is of 2 marks. Answer is to be given in the answer sheet
provided at the end of the question paper. Submit the answer sheet after filling all the entries

Ques: 1-The sides of a rectangle are in the ratio 5:3 and its area is 1,500 square meter.
The cost of fencing the rectangular field @ 2.5 per meter is:
(a) Rs 400 (b) Rs 200 (c) Rs 3,750 (d) Data insufficient
Ques: 2-The area of a rectangular field is 144m2. If the length is increased by 5 meters, its area increases
by 40 m2.The length of the field is:
(a) 12 m (b) 14.4 m (c) 16 m (d) 18 m
Ques: 3-The area of a square field is 576 m2.How long will it take for a horse to run around at the speed
of 12km/h?
(a) 12 h (b) 10 h (c) 8 h (d) 6 h
Ques: 4-The diagonal of a rectangle is 10 cms and is twice the length of one of the sides. The area of the
rectangle is
(a) 25 cm2 (b) 103 cm2 (c) 20 cm2 (d) 25 3 cm2
2x
Ques: 5-The length of each side of a square is + 1. The perimeter of the square will be:
3
8x+4 8 x+12 2x 2x
(a) (b) (c) +8 (d) + 16
3 3 3 3
Ques: 6-The length of the sides of a triangle are proportional to the numbers 5, 12 and 13. The largest
side of the triangle exceeds the smallest side by 1.6 meters. The area of the triangle is:
(a) 2.4 m2 (b) 30 m2 (c) 1.2 m2 (d) 1.8 m2
Ques: 7-The water from a roof, 9 sq meters in area, flows down to a cylindrical container of 900 cm2
base. To what height will the water rise in cylinder if there is a rainfall of 0.1 mm?
(c) 0.1 cm (b) 0.1 meter (c) 0.11 cm (d) 1 cm
Ques: 8-The radius of a sphere increases by 50%. The increase in surface area of the sphere is:
(a) 100% (b) 125% (c) 150% (d) 200%
Ques: 9-What is the difference between the biggest and the smallest fraction among 2/3, 3/4, 4/5 and 5/6?
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/12 (c) 1/20 (d) 1/30
Ques: 10 -892.7 - 573.07 - 95.007 =?
(c) 224.623 (b) 224.777 (c) 233.523 (d) 414.637
Ques 11: The angle of elevation of the sun, when the length of the shadow of a tree is 3 times the
height of the tree is:
(a) 300 (b) 450 (c) 600 (d) 900
Ques 12: A man standing at a point P is watching the top of a tower, which makes an angle of elevation
of 300 with the man's eye. The man walks some distance towards the tower to watch its top and the angle
of elevation becomes 600. What is the distance between the base of the tower and the point P?
(c) 43 units (b) 8 units (c) 12 units (d) Data inadequate
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Ques 13: A man on the top of a vertical observation tower observes a car moving at a uniform speed
coming directly towards it. If it takes 12 minutes for the angle of depression to change from 30 0 to 450,
how soon this car will reach the observation tower?
(a) 14 min. 35 sec. (b) 15 min. 49 sec. (c) 16 min. 23 sec. (d) 18 min. 5 sec.
Ques 14: If ax = by, then:
(a) log a/b = x/y (b) log a/log b=x/y (c) log a/log b=y/x (d) none of these
Ques 15: The value of (log9 27 + log8 32) is:
(a) 7/2 (b) 19/6 (c) 4 (d) 7
Ques 16: If log 2 = 0.30103, the number of digits in 450 is:
(a) 30 (b) 31 (c) 100 (d) 200
Ques 17: A man spends 80% of his income and saves the rest. What percentage of his expenditure does
he save?
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 40
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Ques 18: A school has a student population of 560. The number of girls is 147 % of the number of
boys. How many girls are in the school?
(a) 100 (b) 70 (c) 80 (d) 140
Ques 19: How many natural numbers (starting from 1) must be taken to give 703 as the sum?
(a) 31 (b) 37 (c) 26 (d) 43
Ques 20: A two-digit number if multiplied by its unit digit will give a 3-digit number, which if divided
by the sum of the digits of the two-digit number will give 14. Find the two-digit number:
(a) 28 (b) 18 (c) 84 (d) 36
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Ques 21: A and B together have Rs. 1210. If of As amount is equal to 5 of Bs amount, how much
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amount does B have?
(a) Rs. 460 (b) Rs. 484 (c) Rs. 550 (d) Rs. 664
Ques 22: The electricity bill of a certain establishment is partly fixed and partly varies as the number of
units of electricity consumed. When in a certain month 540 units are consumed, the bill is Rs. 1800. In
another month 620 units are consumed and the bill is Rs. 2040. In yet another month 500 units are
consumed, the bill for that month would be:
(a) Rs. 1560 (b) Rs. 1680 (c) Rs. 1840 (d) Rs. 1950
Ques 23: A certain amount was divided between A and B in the ratio 4:3. If Bs share was Rs. 4800, the
total amount was:
(a) Rs. 11,200 (b) Rs. 6400 (c) Rs. 19,200 (d) Rs. 39,200

Ques 24: is simplified to:

(a) - 3/10 (b) - 10/3 (c) -2 (d) 1
Ques 25: The total monthly salary of 4 men and 2 women is Rs. 46,000. If a woman earns Rs. 500 more
than a man, what is the monthly salary of woman?
(a) Rs. 6500 (b) Rs. 7500
(c) Rs. 8000 (d) Rs. 9000
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Ques: 26- What will be the remainder when 17200 is divided by 18?
(a) 17 (b) 16 (c) 1 (d) 2
Ques: 27- If 60% of 3/5 of a number is 36, then the number is:
(a) 80 (b) 100 (c) 75 (d) 90
Ques: 28- How many words can be formed by using all the Letters of the word ALLAHABAD?
(a) 3780 (b)1890 (c) 7560 (d) 2520
Ques: 29- In how many different ways can the letters of the word CORPORATION be arranged so that
the vowels always come together?
(a) 810 (b) 1440 (c) 2880 (d) 50400 (e) 5760
Ques: 30- 20 Out of 7 consonants and 4 vowels, how many words of 3 consonants and 2 vowels can be
formed?
(a) 210 (b) 1050 (c) 25200 (d) 21400 (e) none of these
Ques: 31- If x*y = x + y+ , the value of 6*24 is:
(a) 41 (b) 42 (c) 43 (d) 44
Ques:-32- The value of 0.4 is:
(a) 0.02 (b) 0.2 (c) 0.51 (d) 0.63
Ques: 33- The sum of two numbers is 216 and their H.C.F. is 27.The numbers are:
(a) 27189 (b) 81189 (c) 108108 (d) 154162
Ques: 34- Product of two co-prime numbers is 117. Their L.C.M should be:
(a) 1 (b) 117
(c) equal to their H.C.F (d) Cannot be calculated
Ques: 35- The H.C.F and L.C.M of two numbers are 11 and 385 respectively. If one number lies
between 75 and 125, then that numbers is:
(a) 77 (b) 88 (c) 99 (d) 110
Ques: 36- At present, the ratio between the ages of Arun and Deepak is 4:3. After 6 years, Aruns age
will be 26 years. What is the age of Deepak at present?
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(a) 12 years (b) 15 years (c) 19 2 years (d) 21 years
Ques: 37- A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C be
27 then how old is B?
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 10 (e) 11
Ques: 38- Father is aged three times more than his son Rohit. After 8 years he would be two and a half
times of Rohits age. After further 8 years how many times he would be of Rohits age?
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(a) 2 times (b) 22 times
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(c) 24 times (d) 3 times
Ques: 39- A can complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of
21Km/hr and second half at the rate of 24 Km/hr. Find the total journey in Kms?
(a) 220 Kms (b) 224 Kms (c) 230 Kms (d) 234 Kms
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Ques: 40- The average speed of a train in the onward journey is 25% more than that in the return
journey. The train halts for one hour on reaching the destination. The total time taken for the complete to
and fro journey is 17 hours, covering a distance of 800 km. The speed of the train in the onward journey
is:
(a) 45km/hr (b) 47.5 km/hr (c) 52km/hr (d) 56.25km/hr
Ques: 41- A man travels 600km by train at 80km/hr,800 km by ship at 40km/hr,500 km by aero plane at
400 km/hr and 100 km by car at 50 km/hr. What is the average speed for the entire distance?
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(a) 60km/hr (b) 60123 km/hr (c) 62km/hr (d) 65123 km/hr
Ques: 42- In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for
the trip was reduced by 200km/hr and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. The duration of the
flight is:
(c) 1 hour (b) 2 hours (c) 3 hours (d) 4 hours
Ques: 43- One person start from his home towards college which is 53 km far away. Another person
started from college towards home after an hour. The speed of first one is 4kmph and the second one is 3
km/h. Then, what is the distance from home to their meeting point?
(a) 21 km (b) 18 km (c) 15 km (d) 12 km
Ques: 44-A is driving on a highway when the police fine him for over speeding and exceeding the limit
by 10 km/hr. At the same time B is fined for over speeding by twice the amount by which A exceeded the
limit. If he was driving at 35 km/hr, what is the speed limit for the road
(c) 15 kmph (b) 20 kmph (c) 20 kmph (d) 25 kmph
Ques: 45- A car has run 10000 miles using 5 tyres interchangeably. To have a equal wornout by all tyres
how many miles each tyre should have run
(a) 4000 miles/tyre (b) 2000 miles/tyre (c) 1000 miles/tyre (d) 500 miles/tyre
Ques: 46- Find the 15th term of an arithmetic progression whose first term is 2 and the common
difference is 3.
(a) 45 (b) 38 (c) 44 (d)40
Ques: 47- If(12+22+32+..+102)=385,then the value of (22+42+62++202) is :
(a) 770 (b) 1155 (c) 1540 (d) (385*385)
Ques: 48- If Sn denotes the sum of the first n terms in an Arithmetic Progression and S1: S4 = 1: 10.
Then the ratio of first term to fourth term is:
(a) 1: 3 (b) 2: 3 (c) 1: 4 (d) 1: 5
Ques: 49- A man buys an article for Rs.27.50 and sells it for Rs.28.60. Find the gain percent.
(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 8
Ques: 50- If six persons sit around a table, the probability that some specified three of them are always
together is
(a) 1/20 (b) 3/10 (c) 1/5 (d) 4/5

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. Answer Key .
Q.1 a Q.26 c
Q.2 d Q.27 b
Q.3 c Q.28 c
Q.4 d Q.29 d
Q.5 b Q.30 c
Q.6 c Q.31 b
Q.7 d Q.32 d
Q.8 b Q.33 a
Q.9 a Q.34 a
Q.10 a Q.35 a
Q.11 a Q.36 b
Q.12 d Q.37 d
Q.13 c Q.38 a
Q.14 c Q.39 b
Q.15 b Q.40 d
Q.16 b Q.41 a
Q.17 b Q.42 a
Q.18 b Q.43 a
Q.19 b Q.44 a
Q.20 b Q.45 a
Q.21 b Q.46 c
Q.22 b Q.47 c
Q.23 a Q.48 c
Q.24 b Q.49 b
Q.25 a Q.50 b

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