Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

Q:

A vessel, full of water, weighs 24 kg. When the vessel is 1/4 full, it weighs 9 kg. Find the weight of empty vessel.

A) 4 kg B) 5 kg
C) 8 kg D) 3 kg
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 4 kg

Explanation:

Let the weight of vessel be x
Weight of water = 24 – x
⇒ (24 – x)/4 + x = 9
⇒ 24 – x + 4x = 36
⇒ 3x = 12
⇒ x = 4 kg

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Q:

15% of 32 is

A) 3.6 B) 4.8
C) 5.2 D) 5.8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 4.8

Explanation:

15% of 32 is 

15 x 32/100 = 4.8.

 

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Q:

A man makes four trips of equal distances. His speed on first trip was 60 km/hr and in each subsequent trip his speed was half of the previous trip. What is the average speed (in km/hr) of the man in these four trips?

A) 16 B) 30
C) 28.125 D) 27.5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 16

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Q:

Obsession is to compulsion as cognition is to 

A) behavior B) emotion
C) Compulsion D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) behavior

Explanation:

Obsession is to compulsion as cognition is to behavior.

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Q:

If "A" denotes "subtracted from", "B" denotes "added to", "C" denotes "divided by", "D" denotes "multiplied by", then which of the following statement is correct?

A) 3 A 12 B 16 D 17 C 1 = 163 B) 5 C 7 A 9 D 8 B 2 = 294
C) 13 C 13 A 13 B 13 D 13 = 157 D) 18 C 16 D 49 A 27 B 9 = 200
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 13 C 13 A 13 B 13 D 13 = 157

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Q:

What is the discount percentage offered on a book having marked price Rs 2150 being sold at Rs 1892?

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

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Q:

In each question given below four conclusions are followed by statements. You have to take the three given statements to be true (even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts). Read the conclusions and decide which of the following set of statement indicate that conclusion is logically follows.

Statements :
1. All chairs are tents.

2. No chairs is jugs.

3. No jugs is glasses.

4. No glasses is pots.

Conclusions :
I. All pots are tents.

II. All glasses are chair.

III. Some jugs are tents.

A) Only conclusion I follows B) Both conclusion II & III follows
C) None follows D) Only conclusion II follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) None follows

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Q:

What is the value of (81 + 82 + 83 + ......... +130)?

A) 5275 B) 10550
C) 15825 D) 21100
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 5275

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