Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

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The district administration has issued a circular to all the farmers under its jurisdiction advising them for not using pesticides indiscriminately as it may pollute the ground water.

Which of the following can be assumed from the given statement?

A) People may stop using ground water if the farmers continue to use pesticides indiscriminately. B) The polluted ground water can cause health problems.
C) Farmers may refrain from using pesticides indiscriminately. D) People in the district are majorly dependent on ground water for drinking use.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Farmers may refrain from using pesticides indiscriminately.

Explanation:

(A), (B) and (D) are irrelevant as nothing is mentioned about them. The district administration has issued a circular to make the farmers aware of hazards that indiscriminate use of pesticides poses to ground water and plead them to refrain from the same. Hence (3) is an assumption in the given statement.

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In ΔABC, ∠BAC = 90° and AD is drawn perpendicular to BC. If BD = 7 cm and CD = 28 cm, then what is the length (in cm) of AD?

A) 3.5 B)  7
C) 10.5 D) 14
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 14

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Three pipe P, Q and R can fill a tank in 12 minutes, 18 minutesand 24 minutes respectively. The pipe R is closed 12 minutesbefore the tank is filled. In what time the tank is full?

A) 8 (5/13) hrs B) 8 (4/13) hrs
C) 7 (4/13) hrs D) 8 (6/13) hrs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 8 (4/13) hrs

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Q:

In an examination, student gets on average 76 marks. The total marks for five subjects is 500. His marks in 4 subjects are mentioned, calculate the marks obtained by the student in Mathematics marked ass 'x' in the below table.

 

 

A) 80 B) 83
C) 72 D) 75
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 75

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Q:

Find the value of 491321973

A) 17/13 B) 13/17
C) 13/7 D) 17/7
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 17/13

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In the question two statements are given, followed by two conclusions, I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

 

Statement 1 : Some wild are carnivores.
Statement 2 : All wild are lions.

 

Conclusion I : All carnivores are lions.
Conclusion II : Some lions are carnivores.

 

A) Only conclusion I follows B) Only conclusion II follows
C) Both I and II follow D) Neither I nor II follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Only conclusion II follows

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Q:

Find the odd word/number/letters from the given alternatives

A) IFMN B) DAHI
C) ROVW D) QNTV
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) QNTV

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Q:

ABCD is a quadrilateral in which BD and AC are diagonals then

A) AB + BC + CD + AD< AC + BD B) AB + BC + CD + DA>AC + BD
C) AB + BC + CD + DA=AC + BD D) AB + BC + CD + DA>2(AC + BD)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) AB + BC + CD + DA>AC + BD

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