Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

Read the following question and decide which of the given arguments is/are strong.

Question : Should CBSE introduce the retention system till Class 10?

Argument 1 : The foundations laid in lower classes are important for higher education.

Argument 2 : It is boring for a student to repeat the same class again.

The compound interest accrued on an amount of Rs.25,500 at the end of three years is Rs.8,440.5. What would be the simple interest accrued on the same amount at the same rate in the same period?

Lou observes that if flight 409 is canceled, then the manager could not possibly arrive in time for the meeting. But the flight was not canceled. Therefore, Lou concludes, the manager will certainly be on time. Evelyn replies that even if Lou's premises are true, his argument is fallacious. And therefore, she adds, the manager will not arrive on time after all.

Which of the following is the strongest thing that we can properly say about this discussion?

One New York publisher has estimated that 50,000 to 60,000 people in the United States want an anthology that includes the complete works of William Shakespeare. And what accounts for this renewed interest in Shakespeare? As scholars point out, his psychological insights into both male and female characters are amazing even today.

This paragraph best supports the statement that
A. Shakespeare's characters are more interesting than fictional characters today.
B. people even today are interested in Shakespeare's work because of the characters.
C. academic scholars are putting together an anthology of Shakespeare's work.
D. New Yorkers have a renewed interested in the work of Shakespeare.
E. Shakespeare was a psychiatrist as well as a playwright.

The pictorial view of the frustum of a square pyramid is shown in figure 'x'. Its top view, when viewed in the direction of the arrow, will look like which of the given alternatives (a), (b), (c) and (d)?

What is the probability that it is either a heart card or diamond card, when a card is drawn from a well shuffled standard pack of 52 playing cards?

If the true discount on a certain sum due 6 months hence at 15% is Rs 120.What is the bankers discount on the same for same time and the same rate.

Solve this inequality 3p - 16 < 20?