Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

Q:

There are 209 doctors and nurses in a hospital. If the ratio of the doctors to the nurses is 11 : 8, then how many nurses are there in the hospital?

A) 88 B) 96
C) 108 D) 121
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 88

Explanation:

Given,
The ratio of the doctors to the nurses is 11 : 8
Number of nurses = 8/19 x 209 = 88.

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Tickets are numbered from 1 to 18 are mixed up together and then 9 tickets are drawn at random. Find the probability that the ticket has a number, which is a multiple of 2 or 3.

A) 1/3 B) 3/5
C) 2/3 D) 5/6
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 2/3

Explanation:

S = { 1, 2, 3, 4, .....18 } 

=> n(S) = 18

 

E1 = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18}

=> n(E1) = 9

 

E2 = {3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 }

=> n(E2) = 6

 

 E3 =E1E2={6, 12, 18} 

=> n(E3) = 3

 

E=E1  E2 = E1+E2-E3 

=> n(E) = 9 + 6 - 3 =12

 where E = { 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18 }

 

P(E)=n(E)n(S)=1218=23

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Q:

Raju sold an article by giving a discount of 8% for Rs. 17,940 and earn profit of 19.6 %. If he did not give discount then how much profit percentage he gets ?

A) 27% B) 30%
C) 32% D) 25%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 30%

Explanation:
Let the M.R.P of an article be 100 %
 
Selling price of article =Rs. 17940
 
If he give a discount of 8 % then S.P = 92 %
92 % = 17490
100 % = 19500
 
Now C.P of the article is 
 
17490 x 100/119.6 = 15000
 
If he did not give the discount, then 
 
Required profit percentage = 
 
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Q:

A can do a work in 9 days, B can do a work in 7 days, C can do a work in 5 days. A works on the first day, B works on the second day and C on the third day respectively that is they work on alternate days. When will they finish the work ?

A) [7 + (215/345)] days B) [6 + (11/215)] days
C) [6 + (261/315)] days D) [5 + (112/351)] days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) [6 + (261/315)] days

Explanation:

After day 1, A finishes 1/9 of the work.

After day 2, B finishes 1/7 more of the total work. (1/9) + (1/7) is finished.

After day 3, C finishes 1/5 more of total work. Total finished is 143/315.

So, after day 6, total work finished is 286/315.

 

Now remaining work =  29 /315

 

On day 7, A will work again 

 

Work will be completed on day 7 when A is working. He must finish 29/315 of total remaining work.

 

Since he takes 9 days to finish the total task, he will need 261/315 of the day. 

 

Total days required is 6 + (261/315) days.

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Q:

In how many different ways can five persons stand in a line for a group photograph?

A) 120 B) 240
C) 360 D) 720
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 120

Explanation:

This is the number of permutations of five things taken all at a time.

 

Therefore, answer = 5P5 = 120 ways

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Q:

If CGKQW is one sequence following a logic, and another five-letter sequence following similar type of logic is BFJPV, then one more variation of this type can be ?

A) VPCFT B) DHLRX
C) CFKNT D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) DHLRX

Explanation:

The logic behind the sequence given in the question is +4, +4, +6, +6
Therefore, the sequence which follows the same logic in the given options is DHLRX.

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Q:

Assertion(A) : Indus valley people knew the art of navigation.
Reason(R) : Indus valley seals indicate prevalence of overseas trade.

A) R is true but A is fale B) A is true but R is false
C) Both A and R are false D) R correctly explains A
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) R correctly explains A

Explanation:

The seals found at Indus valley sites gave evidance of overseas trade, which was possible only with the knowledge of art of navigation.
Thus, both A and R are true & R correctly explains A.

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Q:

There are 5 multiple choice questions in an examination. How many sequences of answers are possible, if the first three questions have 4 choices each and the next two have 6 choices each?

A) 1112 B) 2304
C) 1224 D) 2426
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2304

Explanation:

Number of questions = 5
Possibilities of choices for each question 1 to 5 respectively = 4, 4, 4, 6, 6


Reuired total number of sequences

= 4 x 4 x 4 x 6 x 6

= 2304.

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