Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

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If the second half of the English alphabet is reversed then which letter will be 4th to the right of 20th letter from the right?

A) U B) K
C) E D) F
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) K

Explanation:

4th to the right of 20th letter from the right means (20 - 4 =) 16th from the right.

16th letter from the right = (26 - 16 + 1 =) 11th from the left, i.e K

 

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S L U A Y J V E I O N Q G Z B D R H

 

What will come in place of question (?) mark in the following series :

LA  UJ  YI  EG  ?

A) ZH B) IB
C) NR D) QH
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) QH

Explanation:

The first letter follows  +1, +2, +3, +4, ....

The second letter follows +2, +3, +4, +5,....

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Find the odd man out.

41, 43, 47, 53, 61, 71, 73, 81

A) 41 B) 61
C) 71 D) 81
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 81

Explanation:

Each of the numbers except 81 is a prime number.

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Simplify  

1.53 + 4.73 + 3.83 - 3 x 1.5 x 4.7 x 3.81.52 + 4.72 + 3.82 - 1.5 x 4.7 - 4.7 x 3.8 - 1.5 x 3.8

A) 6 B) 8
C) 10 D) 12
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 10

Explanation:

Apply a3 + b3 + c3 - 3abca2 + b2 + c2 - ab - bc - ca = a + b + c

 

Hence the answer is  1.5 + 4.7 + 3.8 = 10.

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Q:

Today is Monday. After 61 days, it will be :

A) Tuesday B) Monday
C) Sunday D) Saturday
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Saturday

Explanation:

Each day of the week is repeated after 7 days. So, after 63 days, it will be Monday.

 

After 61 days, it will be Saturday.

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Consider the following information and answer the questions based on it.

 

Out of 60 people in a colony, 10 speak only Bengali, 5 speak only Assamese, 10 speak both Hindi and Odia, 12 speak both Marathi and Hindi, 13 speak English, Tamil and Marathi, 5 speak both Assamese and Hindi and the remaining speak both Bengali and Hindi.

 

In all, how many people speak Hindi?

 

A) 22 B) 27
C) 32 D) 45
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 32

Explanation:
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Find the missing number in the following series?

3, 5, 5, 19, 7, 41, 9, ?

A) 71 B) 61
C) 79 D) 69
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 71

Explanation:

Fiest series : 3, 5, 7, 9

Second series : 5, 19, 41, ?

 Difference of Second series are 14, 22, 30 etc

Next term is 41+30 i.e equal to 71

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Q:

In a certain code language,

'134' means 'good and tasty';

'478' means 'see good pictures'  and

'729' means 'pictures are faint'.

Which of the following digits stands for 'see'?

A) 9 B) 2
C) 1 D) 8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 8

Explanation:

Justification: 

In the first and second statements, the common code digit is '4' and the common word is 'good'.

So, '4' stands for 'good'.
In the second and third statements, the  common code digit is '7' and the common word is 'pictures'.
So, '7' means 'pictures'.
Thus, in the second statements, '8' means 'see'.

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