Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

Q:

A clock is set right at 8 a.m. The clock gains 10 minutes in 24 hours will be the true time when the clock indicates 1 p.m. on the following day?

A) 48 min. past 12. B) 46 min. past 12.
C) 45 min. past 12. D) 47 min. past 12.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 48 min. past 12.

Explanation:

Time from 8 a.m. on a day to 1 p.m. on the following day = 29 hours. 

24 hours 10 min. of this clock = 24 hours of the correct clock. 

1456 hrs of this clock = 24 hours of the correct clock. 

29 hours of this clock = 24*6145*29 hrs of the correct clock 

= 28 hrs 48 min of the correct clock. 

Therefore, the correct time is 28 hrs 48 min. after 8 a.m. 

This is 48 min. past 12.

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Q:

311, 230, 294, ?, 281, 256

 

What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the above number series?

A) 240 B) 245
C) 244 D) 246
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 245

Explanation:

Given 311   230   294   ?   281   256

 

311 - (9x9) = 230

 

230 + (8x8) = 294

 

294 - (7x7) = 245

 

245 + (6x6) = 281

 

281 - (5x5) = 256

 

Hence, the missing number in the given series is 245.

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Q:

Select the related word from the given alternatives.

Cow : Milk :: Bees : ?

A) Silk B) Honey
C) Flower D) Water
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Honey

Explanation:
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Q:

The following question is based on the given data for an examination.

A. Candidates appeared                 10500

B. Passed in all the five subjects     5685

C. Passed in three subjects only     1498

D. Passed in two subjects only       1250

E. Passed in one subject only           835

F. Failed in English only                       78

G. Failed in Maths only                      275

H. Failed in Physics only                    149

I. Failed in Chemistry only                147

J. Failed in Biology only                     221

 

How many candidates passed in at least four subjects ?

A) 6555 B) 5685
C) 1705 D) 870
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 6555

Explanation:

Candidates passed in atleast four subjects

= (Candidates passed in 4 subjects) + (Candidates Passed in all 5 subjects)

= (Candidates failed in only 1 subject ) + ( Candidates passed in all subjects)

= (78 + 275 + 149 + 147 + 221) + 5685 = 870 + 5685 = 6555    

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Q:

Re-arrange the following sentences into a meaningful paragraph.

 

(A) comes into effect from today. The bank's savings account rate was 3.5 per cent during March 2003 to May 2011 for all savings bank account customers

(B) The bank's decision comes two days ahead of RBI's monetary policy meet and is likely to trigger

(C) with deposits of above Rs 1 crore, it said in a statement. The two-tier savings bank account interest rate

(D) to 3.5 per cent, lowest in six years, a decision that will impact 90 per cent of its customers

(E) The country's largest lender however will continue to pay 4 per cent interest on savings bank accounts

(F) SBI today cut interest rate on savings bank account deposits up to Rs 1 crore by 0.5 per cent

(G) rate war among peers. SBI's savings bank account base is of around Rs 9 lakh crore. 

A) BDFACEG B) BFDCAGE
C) EGACDFB D) FDBGECA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) FDBGECA

Explanation:
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Q:

8 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine and is then filled with water. This operation is performed three more times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in cask to that of the water is 16 : 65. How much wine the cask hold originally?

A) 18 litres B) 24 litres
C) 32 litres D) 42 litres
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 24 litres

Explanation:

Let the quantity of the wine in the cask originally be x litres

 
Then, quantity of wine left in cask after 4 operations =x1-8x4litres

 

x1-8x4x = 1681  

 

 1-8x4=234 

 

x=24

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Q:

Pick the odd man out in the given number series?

2 4 27 256 3125 46656

A) 3125 B) 46656
C) 27 D) 2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 2

Explanation:

Here the given number series is 2 4 27 256 3125 46656

It follows a pattern that,

11 = 122 = 433 = 2744 = 25655 = 312566 = 46656

 

Hence the wrong number in the given number series is 2 instead of 1.

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Q:

A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is:

A) No profit, no loss B) 5%
C) 8% D) 10%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 5%

Explanation:

C.P. of 56 kg rice = Rs. (26 x 20 + 30 x 36) = Rs. (520 + 1080) = Rs. 1600.

 

S.P. of 56 kg rice = Rs. (56 x 30) = Rs. 1680.

 

Gain =(80/1600*100) % = 5%

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