General Aptitude

Aptitude Tests for………….

1. Competitive Exams-MPSC/UPSC
2. Railway/Post Office
3. Banking Exams-100 Marks
4. MBA/MCA Entrance-200 Marks
General Aptitude Preparation
 Build your basics strong....
 Know your strengths. ...
 Work on shortcut techniques. ...
 Get the formulas right. ...
 Work on conversions…….
 Practice and practice. ...
 Understand the Question
 QUESTIONS TYPES
 Age  Time and Distance
 Volume and Area  Time and Work
 Average  Simplification
 Square Root and
 Clock
Cube Root
 Time and Distance  Probability
 Partnerships  Train
 Ratio and Proportion
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 Age
respectively.
Let the present age of P and Q be 3x and 4x
ages?
what will be the total of their present  Ten years ago,(3x – 10) = (4x – 10)
the ratio of their present ages is 3:4,  P was half of Q
Ten years ago, P was half of Q's age. If  > (3x – 10) = 1/ 2(4x – 10)
=> 6x – 20 = 4x – 10
A. 45 B. 40 => 2x = 10
C. 35 D. 30 => x = 5
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And : C. 35
 total of their present ages = 3x +
4x = 7x
 = 7 × 5 = 35 Q's age.
 Permutations & Combinations

vowels (UE) in it
Permutations : Arrangement of Objects The word 'JUDGE' has 5 letters. It has 2
Combinations : Selection of Objects
2 vowels can be grouped and considered as a
In how many different ways can the single letter. That is, JDG(UE).
letters of the word 'JUDGE' be
arranged such that the vowels always Number of ways to arrange these letters = 4!=
come together? 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 24
A. None of these B. 48 To arrange these vowels among themselves =
2! = 2
C. 32 D. 64
Option B. 48 Total number of ways = 24 x 2 =48
 Probability

is rolled = 6
Probability = Favorable No. of Total number of outcomes possible when a die
Outcomes
Total Outcomes  Hence, total number of outcomes
A die is rolled twice. What is the possible when a die is rolled twice, n(S)
probability of getting a sum equal to 9? T= 6 × 6 = 36
E =Getting a sum of 9 when the two dice
fall = {(3, 6), {4, 5}, {5, 4}, (6, 3)}
A. 2/3 B. 2/9
 E= 4
 P(E) = (E)/ (T)=4/36=1/9
D. 1/9  P(E) =1/9
C. 1/3
Ans: Option D
 Work
P is able to do a piece of work in 15 days and  Amount of work P can do in 1 day =
Q can do the same work in 20 days. If they 1/15
can work together for 4 days, what is the
fraction of work left? Amount of work Q can do in 1 day =
A. 8/15 B. 7/15 1/20
C. 11/15 D. 2/11 Amount of work P and Q can do in 1
Option A: 8/15 day = 1/15 + 1/20 = 7/60

Amount of work P and Q can

together do in 4 days = 4 × (7/60) =
7/15

Fraction of work left = 1 – 7/15=

8/15
 Train
A train having a length of 240 m passes a  v = 240/24 (where v is the speed of the
post in 24 seconds. How long will it take to train)
pass a platform having a length of 650 m?
= 10 m/s (length/time)
A. 120 sec B. 99 sec
D. 80 sec
C. 89 sec t = (240+650)/10 = 89 seconds
Option : C. 89 sec
 Reasoning Questions
1. Family Relationship
2. Series Completion
3. Coding-Decoding
4. Direction Sense
5. Seating Arrangement
6. Syllogism
7. Ranking
8. Calendar

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 Series Completion Test

 ALPHABET SERIES
1. Regular order
2. Increasing Order
3. Decreasing Order
4. Combination Series
 NUMBER SERIES
1 . Consecutive odd-even Numbers
2. Consecutive Prime Numbers
3. Square or Cube of some number with or without
addition/subtraction
4. Sum/Product/ difference of preceding numbers 12
 Series Completion Test
Example 1. which of the alternative figures would correctly fill in the blank space in
the following series of numbers?
6,13,27,55,111, ___ 2, 12, 72, 432, ?
(A) 225          (B) 224
(C) 223          (D)231
(E) 230
Answer with Explanation :- 13 is greater than the double of 6 by 1. similarly 27 is
greater than the double of 13 by 1. 55 is greater than the double of 27 by 1. 111 is
greater than the double of 55 by 1. thus, in blank space there would be 2*111+1= 223
Hence the correct answer is (C).

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Find the odd man out.
1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 196, 216, 343
 The pattern is 13, 23, 33, 43, 53, 63, 73.

A. 64 B. 196 196 is not a perfect cube

C. 216 D. 1

Option B: 196
Insert the missing number.
34, 7, 37, 14, 40, 28, 43, (...)
 We have two series here

34, 37, 40, 43, ... (Increase by 3)

A. 312 B. 42 7, 14, 28, ... (Multiply by 2)

 Hence, next term is 28 × 2 = 56

C. 46 D. 56
Ans: Option D
 Example 2. which one of the letter groups given below would replace the question
mark (?) in the letter series?
 YCL, MQZ, AEN, ?

(A) OSB         (B) PUE

(C) MPX        (D) OTC
(E) PVF

 Answer with explanation :- Last letter of the firs group is L and the first letter of second group
is M. Here, M is the next letter of L in alphabet. Similarly the last letter of the second group is Z
and the first letter of the third group is A. here A is the next letter of Z in alphabet. Therefore,
the first letter of blank space should be the next letter of N, which is O. Besides, there is a gap
of three letters between the first and second letters of each group. therefore, second letter of
blank space should be fourth letter after O. i.e it should be S. in given alternatives only (A) is
such alternative that has first letter as O and second as S. Hence (A) is the correct answer.

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Direction Sense Test

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Example 1 : A man Started to walk in West. After moving a distance he turned to his
right. After moving a distance he turned To his right. After moving a little he turned in
the end to his left. Now in which direction was he going?
(A)   North
(B)   South
(C)   East
(D)   West
Answer With Explanation : (A) The man started to walk from A towards West and
reached to B after moving a little distance. Then From B he turned to his right (C)
From (C) he turned to his right and reached at (D). at D he turned to his left. So, he
Was going in the north direction. See Below Image for better idea.

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 Coding Decoding
 If DELHI is coded as FGNJK how MADRAS is coded?

 If BHOPAL is coded as EERMDI how POWDER is coded

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 Seating Arrangement

 Find and draw a line of direction. (North, South, East, West)

 note down right side and left side in the top of the line which
you drawn
 Arrange the seat

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 Examples
 A, B, C, D and E are sitting on a bench. A is sitting next to B, C is sitting next to D,
D is not sitting with E who is on the left end of the bench. C is on the second
position from the right. A is to the right of B and E. A and C are sitting together. In
which position A is sitting ?
 draw a line and find out who is on the last, in this question “E” is the left end of the
bench. another placement would of “A” which is right of “B” and “E”.

 Ans. EBACD

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 Syllogism – Statements and Logical Conclusions Rules Tricks

Statement : All plants are trees.

No trees are  green.
Conclusions : I. Some plants are green.
II. No plants are green.
 1) Only I follows
 2) Only II follows
 3) Both I and II follow
 4) Either I or II follows
 5) Neither I nor II follows

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 Family Relationship

Pointing to a photograph, Vipul said, "She is the daughter of my grandfather's only

son." How is Vipul related to the girl in the photograph ?
Option :
A. Father
B. Brother
C. Cousin
D. Uncle
E. Grandson

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