Aptitude test I 1.

What is the length of the longest rod that can be placed in a room 10m long, 6m broad and 4m high? a. 7.21 m b. 8.32 m c. 10.91 m d. 12.33 m 2. Three solid cubes of edges 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm are melted to form a new cube. The edge of the new cube is a. 7.7 cm b. 6 cm c. 6.5 cm d. 8 cm 3. A shopkeeper marks his goods 20% above his cost price but allows a discount of 8% for cash. What is his profit percent? a. 10.6 b. 11.6 c. 9.6 d. 10.4 4. Four bells will ring at intervals of 18, 24, 32 and 40 seconds. If they begin by ringing together what time will elapse before they ring together again? a. 1000 min b. 2000 min c. 1440 min d. 1560 min 5. At what time between 6 and 7 are the hands of the clock coincide? a. 6:13 b. 6:36 c. 6:32 8/11 d. 6:35 8/11 6. If 830 is divided into three parts such that 4 times the first part is equal to 5 times the second and 7 times the third, the first part is a. 350 b. 280 c. 200 d. 230 7. If the annual increase of the population of a town is 75 per thousand of previous year and the present population is 3418801, what was the population four years ago? a. 2650000 b. 2560000 c. 3000000 d. 2810000 8. At what rate will the interest on Rs. 1125/- be Rs. 225 for 4 years? a. 6% b. 5% c. 8% d. 4% 9. By selling 32 books for Rs. 100/- a man loses 40%. How many books shall he sell for Rs. 100/- to gain 20%? a. 18 b. 16 c. 10 d. 8 10. A person spends Rs. 501 in buying tables and chairs. If the cost of each chair is Rs. 15 and table costs 40% more than the chair and total number of articles he bought was 27, how many of each kind did he buy? a. 16, 11 b. 15, 12 c. 13, 14 d. 10, 17 11. A number is multiplied by 9 and 9 is added to it. If the result is divisible by 17, the number is a. 12 b. 15 c. 17 d. 16 12. If 3 men with 4 boys can earn Rs. 2940 in 7 days and 5 men with 9 boys can earn Rs. 4620 in 6 days, in how many days will 5 men with 3 boys earn Rs. 1080? a. 2 b. 10 c. 3 d. 4 13. Complete the series: 0, 6, 24, 60, 120, 210, ___ a. 280 b. 336 c. 310 d. 420 14. Going 50 m to the South of her house, a girl turns left and goes another 20 m. Then, turning to the North, she goes 30 M and then starts walking towards her house. In which direction is she walking now? a. NW b. N c. SE d. E 15. A solid cube is painted black on all its sides and is cut into 343 equal pieces. How many of the pieces have no paint? a. 64 b. 27 c. 125 d. 216 (16-20) Each perfume made by a manufacturer is a mixture of two or more essences selected from a stock of exactly 5 different essences labeled F, G, H, J and K. The manufacturer has learned that for a perfume is acceptable if and only if he does not violate the rules below:

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If perfume has F it must also has H and there must be twice as much H as F If perfume has G, it must also has J in equal amount H cannot be used with J, which cannot be used with K If perfume has K, amount of K must be greater than total amount of all others.

16. Which is an acceptable formula for a perfume? a. 1 F, 1 K b. 2 G,2 F c. 3 H,3 F d. 4 J,4 G 17. The addition of more H could make which of the following acceptable? a. 1F,1H,5K b. 2F,2H,2K c. 1G,1H,1K d. 2G,1H,4K 18. Which of the following could be added to an unacceptable perfume with 2H and 1K to make it acceptable? a. 1G b. 2H c. 1J d. 2K 19. Each of the following is a pair of essences that can be used together in an acceptable perfume except a. F and G b. F and H c. F and K d. G and J 20. Which of the following could be accepted by removing some or all of an essence? a. 1F,1G,1H,4K b. 1F,2H,1J,4K c. 1F,1G,1J,1Kd. 2F,2H,1J,2K 21. Who are you to your fathers wifes mothers father-in-laws only childs sons daughter? a. cousin b. sister c. nephew/niece d. none 22. What is the 25th term of an AP whose 9th term is 6 and the difference is 5/4? a. 7 b. 14 c. 16 d. 20 23. Some beaches are very beautiful. Goa is a beach. a. Goa is beautiful b.Some part of Goa is beautiful c. Goa is not beautiful d.None (24-25) For the following questions answer as (a) if only one of the statements alone is sufficient to answer (b) if Either of them alone is sufficient (c) Both are required to answer the question (d) Data insufficient 24. What is the value of x? I. x is square root of 196 II. x=y+5. y is square root of 225..d 25. If x, y and z are angles of a triangle find the value of z. I. x+y=126 degrees II. y+z=133 degreesa