Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

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In agroup of six women, there are four dancers, four vocal musicians, one actress and three violinists. Girija and Vanaja are among the violinists while Jalaja and Shailaja do not know how to ply on the violin. Shailaja and Tanuja are among the dancers. Jalaja, Vanaja, Shailaja and Tanuja are all vocal musicians and two of them are also violinists. If Pooja is an actress, who among the following is both a dancer and a violinist ?

A) Shailaja B) Vanaja
C) Girija D) Tanuja
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Tanuja

Explanation:

The four vocal musicians and one actress in the group are given. Two dancers are Shailaja and Tanuja. Two violinists are Girija and Vanaja. Since Jalaja and Shailaja cannot be violinists, so remaining two violinists are Tanuja and Pooja. Clearly, Tanuja is both a violinist and a dancer.

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Rahul's age is three times the age of Sumit. If Rahul is 15 years old presently, determine the age (in years) of Sumit after 12 years.

A) 16 B) 15
C) 10 D) 17
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 17

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If A denotes /, B denotes x, C denotes + and D denotes -, then which of the following statements is true?

A) 11B34A17D8A3 = 38/3 B) 6B18D26A13C7 = 173/13
C) 32C8A16D4 = -3/4 D) 9C9A9D9B9 = -71
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 9C9A9D9B9 = -71

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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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In the first 32 overs of a cricket match, the run rate was 7.2 runs/over. What is the required run rate in the remaining 18 overs to reach the target of 297 runs?

A) 4.3 B) 4.9
C) 3.1 D) 3.7
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 3.7

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Q:

In how many different ways could couples be picked from 6 men and 9 women ?

A) 26 B) 54
C) 52 D) 28
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 54

Explanation:

Number of mens = 8

Number of womens = 5

 

Different ways could couples be picked = C16×9C1 = 9 x 6 = 54 ways.

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Q:

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:

There are 3 types of shadings in the triangles, 3 types of legs, 3 positions of circles, each of which is used only once in a single row. The circle is shaded in alternate figures. 

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Q:

When a discount of 20% is given on a jacket, the profit is 28%. If the discount is 13%, then the profit is

A) 39.2 percent B) 41 percent
C) 42.8 percent D) 37.4 percent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 39.2 percent

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