Aptitude Questions with answers

Aptitude Questions
1.If 2x-y=4 then 6x-3y=?
(a)15
(b)12
(c)18
(d)10

Ans. (b)
2.If x=y=2z and xyz=256 then what is the value of x?

(a)12
(b)8
(c)16
(d)6

Ans. (b)
3. (1/10)18 - (1/10)20 = ?
(a) 99/1020
(b) 99/10
(c) 0.9
(d) none of these
Ans. (a)
4.Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins
and Pipe C can
empty the same in 40 mins.If all of them work
together, find the time
taken to fill the tank
(a) 17 1/7 mins
(b) 20 mins
(c) 8 mins
(d) none of these
Ans. (a)
5. Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9
hours a day.How
many hour a day should 40 men work to complete the
job?
(a) 8 hrs
(b) 7 1/2 hrs
(c) 7 hrs
(d) 9 hrs
Ans. (b)
6. Find the smallest number in a GP whose sum is 38
and product 1728
(a) 12
(b) 20
(c) 8
(d) none of these
Ans. (c)
7. A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms
downstream in 4
hrs.Find the speed of the boat in still water and the
speed of the
water current?
(a) 1/2 kmph
(b) 7/12 kmph
(c) 5 kmph
(d) none of these
Ans. (b)
8. A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of
side 12m by a rope
7m long.Find the area it can graze?
(a) 38.5 sq.m
(b) 155 sq.m
(c) 144 sq.m
(d) 19.25 sq.m
Ans. (a)
9. Mr. Shah decided to walk down the escalator of a
tube station. He
found that if he walks down 26 steps, he requires 30
seconds to
reach the bottom. However, if he steps down 34 stairs
he would only
require 18 seconds to get to the bottom. If the time
is measured from
the moment the top step begins to descend to the
time he steps off
the last step at the bottom, find out the height of
the stair way in
steps?
Ans.46 steps.
10. The average age of 10 members of a committee is
the same as it was
4 years ago, because an old member has been replaced
by a young
member. Find how much younger is the new member ?
Ans.40 years.
11. Three containers A, B and C have volumes a, b, and
c respectively;
and container A is full of water while the other two
are empty. If
from container A water is poured into container B
which becomes 1/3
full, and into container C which becomes 1/2 full, how
much water is
left in container A?
12. ABCE is an isosceles trapezoid and ACDE is a
rectangle. AB = 10
and EC = 20. What is the length of AE?
Ans. AE = 10.
13. In the given figure, PA and PB are tangents to the
circle at A and
B respectively and the chord BC is parallel to
tangent PA. If AC = 6
cm, and length of the tangent AP is 9 cm, then what
is the length of
the chord BC?
Ans. BC = 4 cm.
15 Three cards are drawn at random from an ordinary
pack of cards.
Find the probability that they will consist of a king,
a queen and an ace.
Ans. 64/2210.
16. A number of cats got together and decided to kill
between them
999919 mice. Every cat killed an equal number of
mice. Each cat
killed more mice than there were cats. How many cats
do you think
there were ?
Ans. 991.
17. If Log2 x - 5 Log x + 6 = 0, then what would the
value / values of
x be?
Ans. x = e2 or e3.
18. The square of a two digit number is divided by
half the number.
After 36 is added to the quotient, this sum is then
divided by 2.
The digits of the resulting number are the same as
those in the
original number, but they are in reverse order. The
ten's place of
the original number is equal to twice the difference
between its
digits. What is the number?
Ans. 46
19.Can you tender a one rupee note in such a manner
that there shall
be total 50 coins but none of them would be 2 paise
coins.?
Ans. 45 one paisa coins, 2 five paise coins, 2 ten
paise coins, and 1
twenty-five paise coins.
20.A monkey starts climbing up a tree 20ft. tall. Each
hour, it hops
3ft. and slips back 2ft. How much time would it take
the monkey to
reach the top?
Ans.18 hours.
21. What is the missing number in this series? 8 2
14 6 11 ? 14 6 18 12
Ans. 9
22. A certain type of mixture is prepared by mixing
brand A at Rs.9 a
kg. with brand B at Rs.4 a kg. If the mixture is worth
Rs.7 a kg., how
many kgs. of brand A are needed to make 40kgs. of
the mixture?
Ans. Brand A needed is 24kgs.
23. A wizard named Nepo says "I am only three times my
son's age. My
father is 40 years more than twice my age. Together
the three of us
are a mere 1240 years old." How old is Nepo?
Ans. 360 years old.
24. One dog tells the other that there are two dogs in
front of me.
The other one also shouts that he too had two behind
him. How many are
they?
Ans. Three.
25. A man ate 100 bananas in five days, each day
eating 6 more than
the previous day. How many bananas did he eat on the
first day?
Ans. Eight.
26. If it takes five minutes to boil one egg, how long
will it take to
boil four eggs?
Ans. Five minutes.
27. The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour hand
at intervals of
64 minutes of correct time. How much a day does the
clock gain or lose?
Ans. 32 8/11 minutes.
28. Solve for x and y: 1/x - 1/y = 1/3, 1/x2 + 1/y2
= 5/9.
Ans. x = 3/2 or -3 and y = 3 or -3/2.
29. Daal is now being sold at Rs. 20 a kg. During last
month its rate
was Rs. 16 per kg. By how much percent should a family
reduce its
consumption so as to keep the expenditure fixed?
Ans. 20 %.
30. Find the least value of 3x + 4y if x2y3 = 6.
Ans. 10.
31. Can you find out what day of the week was January
12, 1979?
Ans. Friday.
32. A garrison of 3300 men has provisions for 32 days,
when given at a
rate of 850 grams per head. At the end of 7 days a
reinforcement
arrives and it was found that now the provisions will
last 8 days
less, when given at the rate of 825 grams per head.
How, many more men
can it feed?
Ans. 1700 men.
33. From 5 different green balls, four different blue
balls and three
different red balls, how many combinations of balls
can be chosen
taking at least one green and one blue ball?
Ans. 3720.
34. Three pipes, A, B, & C are attached to a tank. A &
B can fill it
in 20 & 30 minutes respectively while C can empty it
in 15 minutes.
If A, B & C are kept open successively for 1 minute
each, how soon
will the tank be filled?
Ans. 167 minutes.
35. A person walking 5/6 of his usual rate is 40
minutes late. What is
his usual time? Ans. 3 hours 20 minutes.

36.For a motorist there are three ways going from City

A to City C. By
way of bridge the distance is 20 miles and toll is
$0.75. A tunnel
between the two cities is a distance of 10 miles and
toll is $1.00 for
the vehicle and driver and $0.10 for each passenger. A
two-lane
highway without toll goes east for 30 miles to city B
and then 20
miles in a northwest direction to City C.
1. Which is the shortest route from B to C

(a) Directly on toll free highway to City C

(b) The bridge
(c) The Tunnel
(d) The bridge or the tunnel
(e) The bridge only if traffic is heavy on the toll
free highway

Ans. (a)

2. The most economical way of going from City A to

City B, in terms of
toll and distance is to use the

(a) tunnel
(b) bridge
(c) bridge or tunnel
(d) toll free highway
(e) bridge and highway

Ans. (a)

3. Jim usually drives alone from City C to City A

every working day.
His firm deducts a percentage of employee pay for
lateness. Which
factor would most influence his choice of the bridge
or the tunnel ?

(a) Whether his wife goes with him

(b) scenic beauty on the route
(c) Traffic conditions on the road, bridge and tunnel
(d) saving $0.25 in tolls
(e) price of gasoline consumed in covering additional
10 miles on the
bridge

Ans. (a)

4. In choosing between the use of the bridge and the

tunnel the chief
factor(s) would be:
I. Traffic and road conditions
II. Number of passengers in the car
III. Location of one's homes in the center or
outskirts of one of the
cities
IV. Desire to save $0.25

(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) II and III only
(d) III and IV only
(e) I and II only

Ans. (a)

37.The letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G, not necessarily

in that order,
stand for seven consecutive integers from 1 to 10
D is 3 less than A
B is the middle term
F is as much less than B as C is greater than D
G is greater than F

1. The fifth integer is

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

Ans. (a)

2. A is as much greater than F as which integer is

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

Ans. (a)

3. If A = 7, the sum of E and G is

(a) 8
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 14
(e) 16

Ans. (a)

4. A - F = ?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) Cannot be determined

Ans. (a)

5. An integer T is as much greater than C as C is

greater than E. T
can be written as A + E. What is D?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) Cannot be determined

Ans. (a)

6. The greatest possible value of C is how much

greater than the
smallest possible value of D?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6

Ans. (a)

38.
1. All G's are H's
2. All G's are J's or K's
3. All J's and K's are G's
4. All L's are K's
5. All N's are M's
6. No M's are G's
1. If no P's are K's, which of the following must be
true?

(a) All P's are J's

(b) No P is a G
(c) No P is an H
(d) If any P is an H it is a G
(e) If any P is a G it is a J

Ans. (a)

2. Which of the following can be logically deduced

from the conditions
stated?

(a) No M's are H's

(b) No M's that are not N's are H's
(c) No H's are M's
(d) Some M's are H's
(e) All M's are H's

Ans. (a)

3. Which of the following is inconsistent with one or

more of the
conditions?

(a) All H's are G's

(b) All H's that are not G's are M's
(c) Some H's are both M's and G's
(d) No M's are H's
(e) All M's are H's

Ans. (a)

4. The statement "No L's are J's" is

I. Logically deducible from the conditions stated
II. Consistent with but not deducible from the
conditions stated
III. Deducible from the stated conditions together
with the additional
statement "No J's are K's"
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) III only
(d) II and III only
(e) Neither I, II nor III

Ans. (a)

39.In country X, democratic, conservative and justice

parties have
fought three civil wars in twenty years. TO restore
stability an
agreement is reached to rotate the top offices
President, Prime
Minister and Army Chief among the parties so that each
party controls
one and only one office at all times. The three top
office holders
must each have two deputies, one from each of the
other parties. Each
deputy must choose a staff composed of equally members
of his or her
chiefs party and member of the third party.

1. When Justice party holds one of the top offices,

which of the
following cannot be true

(a) Some of the staff members within that office are

justice party members
(b) Some of the staff members within that office are
democratic party
members
(c) Two of the deputies within the other offices are
justice party members
(d) Two of the deputies within the other offices are
conservative
party members
(e) Some of the staff members within the other offices
are justice
party members.

Ans. (a)

2. When the democratic party holds presidency, the

staff of the prime
minister's deputies are composed
I. One-fourth of democratic party members
II. One-half of justice party members and one-fourth
of conservative
party members
III. One-half of conservative party members and
one-fourth of justice
party members.

(a) I only
(b) I and II only
(c) II or III but not both
(d) I and II or I and III
(e) None of these

Ans. (a)

3. Which of the following is allowable under the rules

as stated:

(a) More than half of the staff within a given office

belonging to a
single party
(b) Half of the staff within a given office belonging
to a single party
(c) Any person having a member of the same party as
his or her
immediate superior
(d) Half the total number of staff members in all
three offices
belonging to a single party
(e) Half the staff members in a given office belonging
to parties
different from the party of the top office holder in
that office.

Ans. (a)

4. The office of the Army Chief passes from

Conservative to Justice
party. Which of the following must be fired.

(a) The democratic deputy and all staff members

belonging to Justice party
(b) Justice party deputy and all his or hers staff
members
(c) Justice party deputy and half of his Conservative
staff members in
the chief of staff office
(d) The Conservative deputy and all of his or her
staff members
belonging to Conservative party
(e) No deputies and all staff members belonging to
conservative parties.

Ans. (a)

40.In recommendations to the board of trustees a

tuition increase of
$500 per year, the president of the university said
"There were no
student demonstrations over the previous increases of
$300 last year
and $200 the year before". If the president's
statement is accurate
then which of the following can be validly inferred
from the
information given:
I. Most students in previous years felt that the
increases were
justified because of increased operating costs.
II. Student apathy was responsible for the failure of
students to
protest the previous tuition increases.
III. Students are not likely to demonstrate over new
tuition increases.

(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) I or II but not both
(d) I, II and III
(e) None

Ans. (a)

41. The office staff of XYZ corporation presently

consists of three
bookeepers--A, B, C and 5 secretaries D, E, F, G, H.
The management is
planning to open a new office in another city using 2
bookeepers and 3
secretaries of the present staff . To do so they plan
to seperate
certain individuals who don't function well together.
The following
guidelines were established to set up the new office
I. Bookeepers A and C are constantly finding fault
with one another
and should not be sent together to the new office as a
team
II. C and E function well alone but not as a team ,
they should be
seperated
III. D and G have not been on speaking terms and
shouldn't go together
IV Since D and F have been competing for promotion
they shouldn't be a
team
1.If A is to be moved as one of the bookeepers,which
of the following
cannot be a possible working unit.

A.ABDEH
B.ABDGH
C.ABEFH
D.ABEGH

Ans.B

2.If C and F are moved to the new office,how many

combinations are
possible

A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4

Ans.A

3.If C is sent to the new office,which member of the

staff cannot go
with C

A.B
B.D
C.F
D.G

Ans.B

4.Under the guidelines developed,which of the

following must go to the
new office

A.B
B.D
C.E
D.G

Ans.A

5.If D goes to the new office,which of the following

is/are true

I.C cannot go
II.A cannot go
III.H must also go

A.I only
B.II only
C.I and II only
D.I and III only

Ans.D

42.After months of talent searching for an

administrative assistant to
the president of the college the field of applicants
has been narrowed
down to 5--A, B, C, D, E .It was announced that the
finalist would be
chosen after a series of all-day group personal
interviews were
held.The examining committee agreed upon the following
procedure

I.The interviews will be held once a week

II.3 candidates will appear at any all-day interview
session
III.Each candidate will appear at least once
IV.If it becomes necessary to call applicants for
additonal
interviews, no more 1 such applicant should be asked
to appear the
next week
V.Because of a detail in the written applications,it
was agreed that
whenever candidate B appears, A should also be
present.
VI.Because of travel difficulties it was agreed that C
will appear for
only 1 interview.
1.At the first interview the following candidates
appear A,B,D.Which
of the follwing combinations can be called for the
interview to be
held next week.

A.BCD
B.CDE
C.ABE
D.ABC

Ans.B

2.Which of the following is a possible sequence of

combinations for
interviews in 2 successive weeks

A.ABC;BDE
B.ABD;ABE
C.ADE;ABC
D.BDE;ACD

Ans.C

3.If A ,B and D appear for the interview and D is

called for
additional interview the following week,which 2
candidates may be
asked to appear with D?

I. A
II B
III.C
IV.E
A.I and II
B.I and III only
C.II and III only
D.III and IV only

Ans.D

4.Which of the following correctly state(s) the

procedure followed by
the search committee

I.After the second interview all applicants have

appeared at least once
II.The committee sees each applicant a second time
III.If a third session,it is possible for all
applicants to appear at
least twice

A.I only
B.II only
C.III only
D.Both I and II

Ans.A

43. A certain city is served by subway lines A,B and C

and numbers 1 2
and 3
When it snows , morning service on B is delayed
When it rains or snows , service on A, 2 and 3 are
delayed both in the
morning and afternoon
When temp. falls below 30 degrees farenheit afternoon
service is
cancelled in either the A line or the 3 line,
but not both.
When the temperature rises over 90 degrees farenheit,
the afternoon
service is cancelled in either the line C or the
3 line but not both.
When the service on the A line is delayed or
cancelled, service on the
C line which connects the A line, is delayed.
When service on the 3 line is cancelled, service on
the B line which
connects the 3 line is delayed.
Q1. On Jan 10th, with the temperature at 15 degree
farenheit, it
snows all day. On how many lines will service be
affected, including both morning and afternoon.
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
Ans. D

Q2. On Aug 15th with the temperature at 97 degrees

farenheit it begins
to rain at 1 PM. What is the minimum number
of lines on which service will be affected?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
Ans. C

Q3. On which of the following occasions would service

be on the
greatest number of lines disrupted.
(A) A snowy afternoon with the temperature at 45
degree farenheit
(B) A snowy morning with the temperature at 45 degree
farenheit
(C) A rainy afternoon with the temperature at 45
degree farenheit
(D) A rainy afternoon with the temperature at 95
degree farenheit
Ans. B

44. In a certain society, there are two marriage

groups, red and
brown. No marriage is permitted within a group. On
marriage, males
become part of their wives groups; women remain in
their own group.
Children belong to the same group as their parents.
Widowers and
divorced males revert to the group of their birth.
Marriage to more
than one person at the same time and marriage to a
direct descendant
are forbidden
Q1. A brown female could have had
I. A grandfather born Red
II. A grandmother born Red
III Two grandfathers born Brown
(A) I only
(B) III only
(C) I, II and III
(D) I and II only
Ans. D

Q2. A male born into the brown group may have

(A) An uncle in either group
(B) A brown daughter
(C) A brown son
(D) A son-in-law born into red group
Ans. A

Q3. Which of the following is not permitted under the

rules as stated.
(A) A brown male marrying his father's sister
(B) A red female marrying her mother's brother
(C) A widower marrying his wife's sister
(D) A widow marrying her divorced daughter's
ex-husband
Ans. B

Q4. If widowers and divorced males retained their

group they had upon
marrying which of the following would be permissible (
Assume that no
previous marriage occurred)
(A) A woman marrying her dead sister's husband
(B) A woman marrying her divorced daughter's
ex-husband
(C) A widower marrying his brother's daughter
(D) A woman marrying her mother's brother who is a
widower.
Ans. D

Q5. I. All G's are H's

II. All G's are J's or K's
III All J's and K's are G's
IV All L's are K's
V All N's are M's
VI No M's are G's
45. There are six steps that lead from the first to
the second floor.
No two people can be on the same step
Mr. A is two steps below Mr. C
Mr. B is a step next to Mr. D
Only one step is vacant ( No one standing on that step
)
Denote the first step by step 1 and second step by
step 2 etc.
1. If Mr. A is on the first step, Which of the
following is true?
(a) Mr. B is on the second step
(b) Mr. C is on the fourth step.
(c) A person Mr. E, could be on the third step
(d) Mr. D is on higher step than Mr. C.
Ans: (d)
2. 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
Ans: (a)
3. 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
Ans: (c)
4. 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
Ans: (c)

5. 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.
(a) i only
(b) ii only
(c) iii only
(d) both i and iii
Ans: (c)

46. Six swimmers A, B, C, D, E, F compete in a race.

The outcome is as
follows.
i. B does not win.
ii. Only two swimmers separate E & D
iii. A is behind D & E
iv. B is ahead of E , with one swimmer intervening
v. F is a head of D
1. Who stood fifth in the race ?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Ans: (e)
2. How many swimmers seperate A and F ?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) cannot be determined
Ans: (d)
3. The swimmer between C & E is
(a) none
(b) F
(c) D
(d) B
(e) A
Ans: (a)

4. 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
Ans: (b)
47. Five houses lettered A,B,C,D, & E are built in a
row next to each
other. The houses are lined up in the order A,B,C,D, &
E. Each of the
five houses has a colored chimney. The roof and
chimney of each
housemust be painted as follows.
i. The roof must be painted either green,red ,or
yellow.
ii. The chimney must be painted either white, black,
or red.
iii. No house may have the same color chimney as the
color of roof.
iv. No house may use any of the same colors that the
every next house
uses.
v. House E has a green roof.
vi. House B has a red roof and a black chimney
1. 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
Ans: (c)
2. 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.
Ans: (b)
3. 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
Ans: (a)
4. 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
Ans: (e)
48. Find x+2y
(i). x+y=10
(ii). 2x+4y=20
Ans: (b)

49. Is angle BAC is a right angle

(i) AB=2BC
(2) BC=1.5AC
Ans: (e)
50. Is x greater than y
(i) x=2k
(ii) k=2y
Ans: (e)
1.Three types of tea the a,b,c costs Rs. 95/kg,100/kg and70/kg respectively.
How many kgs of each should be blended to produce 100 kg of mixture worth Rs.90/kg,
given that the quntities of band c are equal
a)70,15,15
b)50,25,25
c)60,20,20
d)40,30,30

Ans: (b)

2.What is the maximum number of half-pint bottles of cream that can be filled with a 4-gallon
can of cream (2 pt. =1 qt. and 4 qt. =1 gal)
A.16
B.24
C.30
D.64

Ans: D

3.There are two circles, one circle is inscribed and another circle is circumscribed over a square.
What is the ratio of area of inner to outer
circle?
Ans: 1 : 2

4.In the following figure: A B C

D
EFG
H
I
Each of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 is:
a)Represented by a different letter in the figure above.
b) Positioned in the figure above so that each of A + B + C,C + D +E,E + F + G, and G + H + I is
equal to 13.
Which digit does E represent?

Ans: E is 4

5.There are 12 boys and 15 girls, How many different dancing groups can be formed with 2 boys
and 3 girls.
48Which of the following fractions is less than 1/3
(a) 22/62
(b) 15/46
(c) 2/3
(d) 1

Ans: (b)

6.One of Mr. Horton,his wife,their son,and Mr. Horton's mother is a doctor and another is a
lawyer.
a)If the doctor is younger than the lawyer, then the doctor and the lawyer are not blood relatives.
b)If the doctor is a woman, then the doctor and the lawyer are blood relatives.
c)If the lawyer is a man, then the doctor is a man.
Whose occupation you know?

Ans: Mr. Horton:he is the doctor.

7.A person wants to buy 3 paise and 5 paise stamps costing exactly one rupee. If he buys which
of the following number of stamps he won't able to
buy 3 paise stamps.
Ans: 9

8.Mr. and Mrs. Aye and Mr. and Mrs. Bee competed in a chess tournament.Of the three games
played:
a)In only the first game werethe two players married to each other.
b)The men won two games and the women won one game.
c)The Ayes won more games than the Bees.
d)Anyone who lost game did not play the subsequent game.
Who did not lose a game?

Ans:Mrs.Bee did not lose a game.

9.Two cars are 15 kms apart. One is turning at a speed of 50kmph and the other at 40kmph .
How much time will it take for the two cars to meet?

Ans: 3/2 hours

10.Three piles of chips--pile I consists one chip, pile II consists of chips, and pile III consists of
three chips--are to be used in game played by
Anita and Brinda.The game requires:
a)That each player in turn take only one chip or all chips from just one pile.
b)That the player who has to take the last chip loses.
c)That Anita now have her turn.
From which pile should Anita draw in order to win?

Ans:Pile II

11. 9.In a class composed of x girls and y boys what part of the class is composed of girls
A.y/(x + y)
B.x/xy
C.x/(x + y)
D.y/xy
Ans:C

12.One of the following is my secret word:AIM DUE MOD OAT TIE.With the list in front of
you, if I were to tell you any one of my secret word,
then you would be able to tell me the number of vowels in my secret word.Which is my secret
word?
Ans:TIE

13.If the operation,^ is defined by the equation x ^ y = 2x + y,what is the value of a in 2 ^ a = a ^

3
A.0
B.1
C.-1
D.4
Ans:B

14.A coffee shop blends 2 kinds of coffee,putting in 2 parts of a 33p. a gm. grade to 1 part of a
24p. a gm.If the mixture is changed to 1 part
of the 33p. a gm. to 2 parts of the less expensive grade,how much will the shop save in blending
100 gms.
A.Rs.90
B.Rs.1.00
C.Rs.3.00
D.Rs.8.00

Ans:C

15.There are 200 questions on a 3 hr examination.Among these questions are 50 mathematics

problems.It is suggested that twice as much time be
spent on each maths problem as for each other question.How many minutes should be spent on
mathematics problems
A.36
B.72
C.60
D.100
Ans:B

16.In a group of 15,7 have studied Latin, 8 have studied Greek, and 3 have not studied
either.How many of these studied both Latin and Greek
A.0 B.3 C.4 D.5
Ans.B

17.If 13 = 13w/(1-w) ,then (2w)2 =

A.1/4
B.1/2
C.1
D.2
Ans:C

18. If a and b are positive integers and (a-b)/3.5 = 4/7, then

(A) b < a
(B) b > a
(C) b = a
(D) b >= a
Ans: A

18. In june a baseball team that played 60 games had won 30% of its game played. After a
phenomenal winning streak this team raised its average
to 50% .How many games must the team have won in a row to attain this average?
A. 12
B. 20
C. 24
D. 30
Ans: C

19. M men agree to purchase a gift for Rs. D. If three men drop out how much more will each
have to contribute towards the purchase of the gift/
A. D/(M-3)
B. MD/3
C. M/(D-3)
D. 3D/(M2-3M)
Ans: D

20. A company contracts to paint 3 houses. Mr.Brown can paint a house in 6 days while
Mr.Black would take 8 days and Mr.Blue 12 days. After 8
days Mr.Brown goes on vacation and Mr. Black begins to work for a period of 6 days. How
many days will it take Mr.Blue to complete the contract?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 11
D. 12
Ans:C
21. 2 hours after a freight train leaves Delhi a passenger train leaves the same station travelling in
the same direction at an average speed of
16 km/hr. After travelling 4 hrs the passenger train overtakes the freight train. The average speed
of the freight train was?
A. 30
B. 40
C.58
D. 60
Ans: B
22. If 9x-3y=12 and 3x-5y=7 then 6x-2y = ?
A.-5
B. 4
C. 2
D. 8
Ans: D

23. There are 5 red shoes, 4 green shoes. If one draw randomly a shoe what is the probability of
getting a red shoe
Ans: 5c1/ 9c1

24. What is the selling price of a car? If the cost of the car is Rs.60 and a profit of 10% over
selling price is earned
Ans: Rs 66/-

25. 1/3 of girls , 1/2 of boys go to canteen .What factor and total number of classmates go to
canteen.
Ans: Cannot be determined.

26. The price of a product is reduced by 30% . By what percentage should it be increased to
make it 100%
Ans: 42.857%

27. There is a square of side 6cm . A circle is inscribed inside the square. Find the ratio of the
area of circle to square.
Ans: 11/14

28. There are two candles of equal lengths and of different thickness. The thicker one lasts of six
hours. The thinner 2 hours less than the
thicker one. Ramesh lights the two candles at the same time. When he went to bed he saw the
thicker one is twice the length of the thinner one. How
long ago did Ramesh light the two candles .
Ans: 3 hours.

29. If M/N = 6/5,then 3M+2N = ?

30. If p/q = 5/4 , then 2p+q= ?

31. If PQRST is a parallelogram what it the ratio of triangle PQS & parallelogram PQRST .
Ans: 1:2

32. The cost of an item is Rs 12.60. If the profit is 10% over selling price what is the selling
price ?
Ans: Rs 13.86/-

33. There are 6 red shoes & 4 green shoes . If two of red shoes are drawn what is the probability
of getting red shoes
Ans: 6c2/10c2

34. To 15 lts of water containing 20% alcohol, we add 5 lts of pure water. What is % alcohol.
Ans : 15%

35. A worker is paid Rs.20/- for a full days work. He works 1,1/3,2/3,1/8.3/4 days in a week.
What is the total amount paid for that worker ?
Ans : 57.50

36. If the value of x lies between 0 & 1 which of the following is the largest?
(a) x
(b) x2
(c) -x
(d) 1/x

Ans : (d)

37. If the total distance of a journey is 120 km .If one goes by 60 kmph and comes back at
40kmph what is the average speed during the journey?
Ans: 48kmph

38. A school has 30% students from Maharashtra .Out of these 20% are Bombey students. Find
the total percentage of Bombay?
Ans: 6%

39. An equilateral triangle of sides 3 inch each is given. How many equilateral triangles of side 1
inch can be formed from it?
Ans: 9
40. If A/B = 3/5,then 15A = ?
Ans : 9B

41. Each side of a rectangle is increased by 100% .By what percentage does the area increase?
Ans : 300%

42. Perimeter of the back wheel = 9 feet, front wheel = 7 feet on a certain distance, the front
wheel gets 10 revolutions more than the back
wheel.What is the distance?
Ans : 315 feet.

43. Perimeter of front wheel =30, back wheel = 20. If front wheel revolves 240 times. How many
revolutions will the back wheel take?
Ans: 360 times

44. 20% of a 6 litre solution and 60% of 4 litre solution are mixed. What percentage of the
mixture of solution
Ans: 36%

45.City A's population is 68000, decreasing at a rate of 80 people per year. City B having
population 42000 is increasing at a rate of 120 people per year. In how many years both the cities
will have same population?
Ans: 130 years
1.With how few assistants can an intrepid explorer make a 6 day crossing on foot of an
absolutelybarren desert, if he and the available assistants can each carry only enough food and
water to last one man four days? Look for the simplest humane soln...
Ans: 2 assistants
---------------------------
Let the explorer be 'A' and the assistants be 'x' & 'y'
1. After the first day, all are left with food for 3 days. Both 'A' and 'x' will take food for one day
each from 'y' and 'y' goes back. Now 'A' and 'x' are again left with food for 4 days. ('y' has food
for one day which is the time required for him to reach the end from where they started)
2. After the second day, 'A' and 'x' have food for 3 days each. 'A' takes food for one day from 'x'
and sends him back. ('x' goes back with food for 2 days)
3. Now 'A' has food for 4 days... and he requires only 4 days to cross the desert!!!!
101,10101,1010101,101010101,10101010101,.........
the series goes on like this.
here only 101 is prime,all others are not.how u prove it.
Solution :
Though Solution is too long, it works.
101 = 100+1
10101 = (100+1)*100+1 etc...
=> ((x+1)*x+1)*x+1 ....
= x^n + x^(n-1) + x^(n-2) .....
= (x^(n+1) -1) / x-1
=> (100^(n+1)-1) / 99
=> 9999/99(n=1) & 999999/99(n=2) & 99999999/99
=> 1111/11 , 111111/11 , 11111111/11.....
101*11 = 1111
1001*111 = 11111
10001*1111 = 11111111
& when odd number of 1's 100...1 is divisible by 11
& when even number of 1's occur 100...1 is indivisible by 11 but 111... is.
so one of them is divisible by 11 taking care of the dinominator in 1111/11 , 111111/11 ,
11111111/11.....
Thus there remains, two terms in the numerator, making it non prime.....
The above four lines does'nt apply to 101*11 as 11/11 is 1 & there is only one term in the
numerator for the first case.
2.There are 5 houses.
Each house has its own unique color.
All house owners are of different nationalities.
They all have different pets.
They all drink different drinks.
They all smoke different cigarettes.
The english men lives in the red house.
The swede has a dog.
The dane drinks tea.
The green house is on the left side of the white house.
In the green house they drink coffee.
The man who smokes Pall Mall has birds.
In the yellow house they smoke Dunhill.
In then middle house they drink milk.
The norwagein lives in the first house.
The man who smokes Blend , lives in the house next to the house with cats.
In the house next to the house where they have horse, they smoke Dunhill.
The man who smokes Blue Master drinks Beer.
The german smokes Prince.
The norwegian lives next to the blue house.
They drink water in the house that lays next to the house where they smoke Blend.
WHO OWNS THE ZEBRA ????
3.
1)A,B,C,D,E related.4 of them made these statements each.
i)C is my son in law's brother.
ii)B is my father's brother.
iii)E is my mother in law.
iv)A is my brother's wife.
who made these statements?(person mentioned is one of A,B,C,D,E)
4.
2)e meAns belong.
All members of E e D.
All members of D e A.
Not all members of D e E.
Not all members of A e D.
All members of C e both A and B.some questions are asked about relatio
n.use venn diagram..
5. A says Party was held on :Thursday ,May 8th.
B says Party was held on :Tuesday,May 10th.
C says party was held on :Friday ,June 8th.
Given April 1 st was Tuesday.one of A,B,C says 1 correct.one says 1
wrong.and one was completely wrong of date,Month and day. Find the
Day the party held.
6. A ship is away from the shore by 180 miles.A plane is travelling at
10 times speed of the ship.How long from the shore will they meet?
7. Every station in N railroad issue everyother station's ticket.
some stations are added.Now they have to issue 46 more tickets.
say the No.of stations after and before added.
8. 3 persons say these statements.
A says either Democratic or liberal wins the elections.
B says Democratic wins.C says neither democratic nor liberal wins
the election.of these only one is wrong.who wins the election?
9. A clock showing 6 o'clock takes 30 secs to strike 6 times.How long
will it take to strike 12 at midnight?Ans.66 secs.
10. Only boys aged 16 wear coats.
Boys aged 15 go to watch football.some more statements are given.
What can be said about those who are watching football ? (age and costume)
11. There are 3 societies A,B,C having some tractors each.
A Gives B and C as many tractors as they already have.
After some days B gives A and C as many tractors as they have.
After some days C gives A and B as many tractors as they have.
Finally each has 24 tractors.what is the original No.of
tractors each had in the beginning?
Ans.A -39.
B- 21.
C- 12.
1. If you had an infinite supply of water and a 5 quart and 3 quart pail, how would you
measure exactly 4 quarts?
2. If you could remove any of the 50 states, which state would it be and why?
3. If you are on a boat and you throw out a suitcase, will the level of water increase?
4. There are 3 ants at 3 corners of a triangle, they randomly start moving towards another
corner. What is the probability that they don't collide?
 5. Three men were renting a motel figuring the room cost 30 dollars they would pitch in ten
a piece.The room was only 25 so they each gave the bell boy ten,(tip)the bellboy didn"t
think that would be fair so he gave them each back 1 dollar and kept 2 for himself.What
happened to the other dollar?
6. You have b boxes and n dollars. If I want any amount of money from 0 to n dollars, you
must be able to hand me 0 to b boxes so that I get exactly what I request." The two
questions were "What are the restrictions on b and n, and how is money distributed
among the boxes?
7. What is the sum of the numbers from 1 to 1000?
8. You are an employer. You have ten employees. Each month, each one of your ten
employees gives you ten bags of gold. Each bag of gold has ten pieces of gold in it. Each
piece of gold weighs one pound. One of your employees is cheating you by only putting
nine pieces of gold in each of his ten bags of gold. You have a scale (not a balance, a
scale), and you can only take one measurement from the scale, only one (1) reading.
How can you tell which of the ten employees is cheating you by using this scale and only
taking one measurement?
9. How many points are there on the globe where by walking one mile south, one mile east
and one mile north you reach the place where you started.
10. How would go about finding out where to look for a book in a library? (You do not know
how the books are organized beforehand)
11. Imagine you are standing in front of a mirror, facing it. Raise your left hand. Raise your
right hand. Look at your reflection. When you raise your left hand your reflection raises
what appears to be his right hand. But when you tilt your head up, your reflection does
too, and does not appear to tilt his/her head down. Why is it that the mirror appears to
reverse left and right, but not up and down?
12. You have a bucket of jelly beAns. Some are red, some are blue, and some green. With
your eyes closed, pick out 2 of a like color. How many do you have to grab to be sure you
have 2 of the same?
13. You are given a scale which you are to use to measure eight balls. Seven of these balls
have the same weight: the eigth ball is heavier than the rest. What is the minimum
number of weighs you could perform to find the heaviest of the eight balls?. Remmber
it's a scale not a balance. (i.e. It can just tell you if one side is heavier than the other it
can't give you the exact weight).
14. How would you design a toaster?
15. How would you design an universal remote control?
16. How would you design a clock for a blind person?
17. How many miles of road are there in the US
18. There are n couples attending a party. Each one shakes hands with the persons he doesn't
know. (Assuming each person knows his/her partner) Mary and John are a couple. John
asked the rest of the party-attenders how many times he has shaken hands. Each one
gives a unique Answer. How many times does Mary shake hands?
Quantitative Aptitude
Exercise 1
solves the following and check with the answers given at the end.

1. It was calculated that 75 men could complete a piece of work in 20 days. When
work was scheduled to commence, it was found necessary to send 25 men to
another project. How much longer will it take to complete the work?

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

the percentage of error in his result.

3. 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 …%.

4. 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?

5. 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. 216 at the end, he was absent for work for ... days.

6. 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.

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

(a) a (b) b (c) 1 (d) 10 (d) 100

8. 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.

9. 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.

10-12. The following figure depicts three views of a cube. Based on this, answer
questions 10-12.

654

1 22 3 6

10. The number on the face opposite to the face carrying 1 is ¬¬¬¬_______ .

11. The number on the faces adjacent to the face marked 5 are ¬¬_______ .

12. Which of the following pairs does not correctly give the numbers on the opposite
faces.
(1) 6,5 (2) 4,1 (3) 1,3 (4) 4,2

13. 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?

14. 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?

15-18 John is undecided which of the four novels to buy. He is considering a spy
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.

15. Pigeon publishes ____________.

16. The novel by Gorky ________________.

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

18. 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.

19. If a light flashes every 6 seconds, how many times will it flash in ¾ of an hour?

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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.

23-27.
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.

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

(a) Ashland (b) Bowling green (c) Coshocton
(d) East Liverpool (e) Fredericktown

24. 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
25. Which of the following towns must be situated both south and west of at least
one other town?
A. Ashland only
B. Ashland and Fredericktown
C. Dover and Fredericktown
D. Dover, Coshocton and Fredericktown
E. Coshocton, Dover and East Liverpool.

26. Which of the following statements, if true, would make the information in the
numbered statements more specific?
(a) Coshocton is north of Dover.
(b) East Liverpool is north of Dover
(c) Ashland is east of Bowling green.
(d) Coshocton is east of Fredericktown
(e) Bowling green is north of Fredericktown

27. Which of the numbered statements gives information that can be deduced from
one or more of the other statements?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 6

28. Eight friends Harsha, Fakis, Balaji, Eswar, Dhinesh, Chandra, Geetha, and
Ahmed are sitting in a circle facing the center. Balaji is sitting between Geetha and
Dhinesh. Harsha is third to the left of Balaji and second to the right of Ahmed.
Chandra is sitting between Ahmed and Geetha and Balaji and Eshwar are not sitting
opposite to each other. Who is third to the left of Dhinesh?

29. If every alternative letter starting from B of the English alphabet is written in
small letter, rest all are written in capital letters, how the month “ September” be
written.
(1) SeptEMbEr (2) SEpTeMBEr (3) SeptembeR
(4) SepteMber (5) None of the above.

30. The length of the side of a square is represented by x+2. The length of the side
of an equilateral triangle is 2x. If the square and the equilateral triangle have equal
perimeter, then the value of x is _______.

31. It takes Mr. Karthik y hours to complete typing a manuscript. After 2 hours, he
was called away. What fractional part of the assignment was left incomplete?

32. Which of the following is larger than 3/5?

(1) ½ (2) 39/50 (3) 7/25 (4) 3/10 (5) 59/100

33. The number that does not have a reciprocal is ¬¬¬____________.

34. There are 3 persons Sudhir, Arvind, and Gauri. Sudhir lent cars to Arvind and
Gauri as many as they had already. After some time Arvind gave as many cars to
Sudhir and Gauri as many as they have. After sometime Gauri did the same thing.
At the end of this transaction each one of them had 24. Find the cars each originally
had.

35. 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.

Answers:

1. Answer:
30 days.
Explanation:
Before:
One day work = 1 / 20
One man’s one day work = 1 / ( 20 * 75)
Now:
No. Of workers = 50
One day work = 50 * 1 / ( 20 * 75)

The total no. of days required to complete the work = (75 * 20) / 50 = 30

2. Answer:
0%
Explanation:
Since 3x / 2 = x / (2 / 3)

3. Answer:
5.3 %
Explanation:
He sells 950 grams of pulses and gains 50 grams.
If he sells 100 grams of pulses then he will gain (50 / 950) *100 = 5.26

4. Answer:
250 lines of codes

5. Answer:
7 days
Explanation:
The equation portraying the given problem is:
10 * x – 2 * (30 – x) = 216 where x is the number of working days.
Solving this we get x = 23
Number of days he was absent was 7 (30-23) days.

6. Answer:
150 men.
Explanation:
One day’s work = 2 / (7 * 90)
One hour’s work = 2 / (7 * 90 * 8)
One man’s work = 2 / (7 * 90 * 8 * 75)

The remaining work (5/7) has to be completed within 60 days, because the total
number of days allotted for the project is 150 days.

So we get the equation

(2 * 10 * x * 60) / (7 * 90 * 8 * 75) = 5/7 where x is the number of men working after

the 90th day.

We get x = 225
Since we have 75 men already, it is enough to add only 150 men.

7. Answer:
(c) 1
Explanation:
a percent of b : (a/100) * b
b percent of a : (b/100) * a
a percent of b divided by b percent of a : ((a / 100 )*b) / (b/100) * a )) = 1

8. Answer:
Cost price of horse = Rs. 400 & the cost price of cart = 200.
Explanation:-
Let x be the cost price of the horse and y be the cost price of the cart.
In the first sale there is no loss or profit. (i.e.) The loss obtained is equal to the gain.

Therefore (10/100) * x = (20/100) * y

X = 2 * y -----------------(1)
In the second sale, he lost Rs. 10. (i.e.) The loss is greater than the profit by Rs. 10.

Therefore (5 / 100) * x = (5 / 100) * y + 10 -------(2)

Substituting (1) in (2) we get
(10 / 100) * y = (5 / 100) * y + 10
(5 / 100) * y = 10
y = 200
From (1) 2 * 200 = x = 400

9. Answer:
3.
Explanation:
Since inclusion of any male player will reject a female from the team. Since there
should be four member in the team and only three males are available, the girl, n
should included in the team always irrespective of others selection.

10. Answer:
5

11. Answer:
1,2,3 & 4

12. Answer:
B

13. Answer:
11 & 9 apples per tree.
Explanation:
Let a, b, c, d & e be the total number of apples bored per year in A, B, C, D & E ‘s
orchard. Given that a + 1 = b + 3 = c – 1 = d + 3 = e – 6
But the question is to find the number of apples bored per tree in C and D ‘s
orchard. If is enough to consider c – 1 = d + 3.
Since the number of trees in C’s orchard is 11 and that of D’s orchard is 13. Let x
and y be the number of apples bored per tree in C & d ‘s orchard respectively.
Therefore 11 x – 1 = 13 y + 3
By trial and error method, we get the value for x and y as 11 and 9

14. Answer:
G.
Explanation:
The order in which they are climbing is R – G – K – H – J

15 – 18
Answer:
Novel Name Author Publisher
Spy thriller Rathko Heron
Murder mystery Gorky Piegon
Gothic romance Burchfield Blueja
Science fiction Hopper Sparrow
Explanation:
Given
Novel Name Author Publisher
Spy thriller Rathko Heron
Murder mystery Gorky Piegon
Gothic romance Burchfield Blueja
Science fiction Hopper Sparrow

Since Blueja doesn’t publish the novel by Burchfield and Heron publishes the novel
spy thriller, Piegon publishes 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.

19. Answer:
451 times.
Explanation:
There are 60 minutes in an hour.
In ¾ of an hour there are (60 * ¾) minutes = 45 minutes.
In ¾ of an hour there are (60 * 45) seconds = 2700 seconds.
Light flashed for every 6 seconds.
In 2700 seconds 2700/6 = 450 times.
The count start after the first flash, the light will flashes 451 times in ¾ of an hour.

20. Answer:
(4)
Explanation:
P
AB
Since p is a point on the line segment AB, AB > AP

21. Answer: (c)

22. Answer: (b) & (d).

Ahmed
23 - 27.Answer:
Fakis Chandra
28. Answer: Fakis
Explanation: Harsha Geetha

Eswar Balaji

Dhinesh

29. Answer:
(5).
Explanation:
Since every alternative letter starting from B of the English alphabet is written in
small letter, the letters written in small letter are b, d, f...
In the first two answers the letter E is written in both small & capital letters, so they
are not the correct answers. But in third and fourth answers the letter is written in
small letter instead capital letter, so they are not the answers.

30. Answer:
x=4
Explanation:
Since the side of the square is x + 2, its perimeter = 4 (x + 2) = 4x + 8
Since the side of the equilateral triangle is 2x, its perimeter = 3 * 2x = 6x
Also, the perimeters of both are equal.
(i.e.) 4x + 8 = 6x
(i.e.) 2x = 8 ? x = 4.

31. Answer:
(y – 2) / y.
Explanation:
To type a manuscript karthik took y hours.
Therefore his speed in typing = 1/y.
He was called away after 2 hours of typing.
Therefore the work completed = 1/y * 2.
Therefore the remaining work to be completed = 1 – 2/y.
(i.e.) work to be completed = (y-2)/y

32. Answer:
(2)

33. Answer:
1
Explanation:
One is the only number exists without reciprocal because the reciprocal of one is
one itself.
34. Answer:
Sudhir had 39 cars, Arvind had 21 cars and Gauri had 12 cars.
Explanation:
Sudhir Arvind Gauri

Finally 24 24 24
Before Gauri’s transaction 12 12 48
Before Arvind’s transaction 6 42 24
Before Sudhir’ s transaction 39 21 12

35. Answer:
Cost price of horse: Rs. 400 &
Cost price of cart: Rs. 200
Explanation:
Let x be the cost of horse & y be the cost of the cart.
10 % of loss in selling horse = 20 % of gain in selling the cart
Therefore (10 / 100) * x = (20 * 100) * y
? x = 2y -----------(1)
5 % of loss in selling the horse is 10 more than the 5 % gain in selling the cart.
Therefore (5 / 100) * x - 10 = (5 / 100) * y
? 5x - 1000 = 5y
Substituting (1)
10y - 1000 = 5y
5y = 1000
y = 200
x = 400 from (1)

Exercise 2.1
For the following, find the next term in the series

1. 6, 24, 60,120, 210

a) 336 b) 366 c) 330 d) 660

Answer : a) 336
Explanation : The series is 1.2.3, 2.3.4, 3.4.5, 4.5.6, 5.6.7, ..... ( '.' means product)

2. 1, 5, 13, 25

Answer : 41
Explanation : The series is of the form 0^2+1^2, 1^2+2^2,...

3. 0, 5, 8, 17
Answer : 24
Explanation : 1^2-1, 2^2+1, 3^2-1, 4^2+1, 5^2-1

4. 1, 8, 9, 64, 25 (Hint : Every successive terms are related)

Answer : 216
Explanation : 1^2, 2^3, 3^2, 4^3, 5^2, 6^3

5. 8,24,12,36,18,54

Answer : 27

6. 71,76,69,74,67,72
Answer : 67

7. 5,9,16,29,54
Answer : 103
Explanation : 5*2-1=9; 9*2-2=16; 16*2-3=29; 29*2-4=54; 54*2-5=103

8. 1,2,4,10,16,40,64 (Successive terms are related)

Answer : 200
Explanation : The series is powers of 2 (2^0,2^1,..).
All digits are less than 8. Every second number is in octal number system.
128 should follow 64. 128 base 10 = 200 base 8.