Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

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A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price but uses a weight of 875 gms for the kilogram weight. His gain in percentage is

A) 17% B) 14 5/7%
C) 14 2/7% D) 14%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 14 2/7%

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A parallelogram PQRS, the length of whose sides are 8 cm and 12 cm, has one diagonal 10 cm long Ile length of the other diagonal is approximately:

A) 17.8 cm B) 17.5 cm
C) 17 cm D) 18 cm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 17.8 cm

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A tent is to be built in the form of a cylinder of radius 10 m surmounted by a cone of the same radius. If the height of the cylindrical part is 5 m and slant height of the conical part is 15 m, how much canvas will be required to build the tent? Allow 20% extra canvas for folding and stitching. (Take π = 22/7)

A) 4714.43 sq m B) 3772.14 sq m
C) 6783.86 sq m D) 2451.42 sq m
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 2451.42 sq m

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Statement: A large number of students who have passed their XII Std. terminal examination in the country could not get admission to colleges as the number of seats available are grossly inadequate.
Courses of action:
a. The evaluation system of XII Std. terminal examination should be made more tough so that fewer students pass the examination.
b. The Government should encourage the private sector to open new colleges by providing them land at cheaper rate.
c. The rich people should be asked to send their wards to foreign countries for higher studies enabling the needy students to get admission in colleges within the country.

A) only a and b follows B) Only c follows
C) Only b follows D) All a, b & c follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Only b follows

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Clearly, reducing the number of aspirants for admission to colleges or sending the students of well-to-do families to foreign countries for higher studies, is no proper solution. So, both I and III do not follow. The right solution is to increase the number of colleges so as t accommodate the increasing number of admission-seekers. So, only II follows.

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What is the value of 3.6×1.62+0.48×3.61.8×0.8+10.8×0.3-2.16 ?

A) 2.4 B) 2
C) 4 D) 3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 3

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Q:

If BAPTISM is coded as DCRVKUO, then how will TIN be coded as?

A) VKP B) EBC
C) FDF D) CLS
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) VKP

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XYZ is right angled at Y. If CosecX = 17/15, then what is the value of CotZ?

A) 17/15 B) 8/17
C) 17/8 D) 15/8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 15/8

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If a+b=3 then the value of a3+b3+9ab-­27 is

A) 24 B) 25
C) 0 D) 27
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 0

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