Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

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In a certain town of population size 1,00,000 three types of newspapers (I, II and III) are available. The percentages of the people in the town who read these papers are as follows:

What is the number of people who read at least two newspaper?

A) 12,000 B) 13,000
C) 14,000 D) 15,000
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 12,000

Explanation:
As we can see from the above venn diagram the number of people who read two or more newspapers are
1% + 1% + 3% + 7% = 12% = 12/100 * 100000 = 12000
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I gain 19% if I sell an article for Rs. 595. What would be my gain or loss percentage if I sell it for Rs. 475?

A) Gain 5% B) Loss 5%
C) Loss 10% D) Gain 10%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Loss 5%

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A student multiplied a number by 4/5 instead of 5/4. What is the percentage error in the calculation?

A) 56.25 percent B) 18 percent
C) 28.13 percent D) 36 percent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 36 percent

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A man's annual income has increased by Rs 5 lakhs but the tax on income that he has to pay has reduced from 12% to 10%. He now pays Rs 10,000 more income tax. What is his increased income (in Rs lakhs)?

A) 20 B) 25
C) 15 D) 10
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 25

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Q:

If SPOON means PLATE, PLATE means BOWL, BOWL means GLASS and GLASS means SPOON, then what is used to drink water?

A) PLATE B) BOWL
C) SPOON D) GLASS
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) SPOON

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In the given figure, four identical semicircles are drawn in a quadrant. XA = 7 cm. What is the area (in sq.cm) of shaded region ?

 

A) 70 B) 140
C) 77 D) 84
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 84

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How many triangles are there in the given figure?

A) 29 B) 24
C) 27 D) 21
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 29

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Find out which of the answer figures (a), (b), (c) and (d) completes the figure matrix ?

A) a B) b
C) c D) d
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) c

Explanation:

The second figure is obtained from the first figure by moving the line segment to the opposite side of the square boundary and replacing it with two similar line segments. Also, the element in the lower-left corner gets replaced by two similar elements - one placed in the upper-left and the other placed in the lower-right corner.

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