Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

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Sister can bake 50 cakes in 25 hours, Sister and Mummy together can bake 75 cakes in 15 hours. How many cakes Mummy can bake in 15 hours?

A) 25 B) 45
C) 20 D) 10
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 45

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18 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each bucket is 8 litres. How many buckets will be needed to fill the same tank, if the capacity of the bucket is 12 litres?

A) 12 B) 13.5
C) 24 D) Data insufficient
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 12

Explanation:

Capacity of tank = (8 X 18) = 144 litres

If the capacity of each bucket = 12 litres

Then, Nunber of buckets needed = 144 / 12 = 12 buckets

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The  following  questions  consist  of two  words  that  have  a  certain  relationship  to each   other,   followed   by   four   alternatives. Select  the  best  alternative  that  has  same relationship as the original pair of words

Crèche : Infants

A) School : Pupils B) Deck : Sailors
C) Cottage : Guests D) Aircraft : Crew
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) School : Pupils

Explanation:
As infants go to crèche similarly pupils which means students go to school.
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Q:

In an arithmetic progression if 13 is the 3rd term, -­47 is the 13th term, then ­-17 is which term?

A) 9 B) 10
C) 7 D) 8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 8

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Two businessmen A and B invest in a business in the ratio 5 : 8. They decided to reinvest 30% of the profit they earned back into the business. The remaining profit they distributed amongst themselves. If A's share of the profit was Rs 87,500 then how much profit (in Rs) did the business make?

A) 227000 B) 250000
C) 375000 D) 325000
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 325000

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Q:

If a vendor sells a coconut at Rs 24 he makes 20% loss. If he sells at Rs 36 then what is his profit percentage?

A) 10 B) 20
C) 30 D) 40
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 20

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The ratio of number of cans of orange, pineapple and mixed fruit juices kept in a store is 8 : 9 : 15. If the store sells 25%, 33.33% and 20% of orange, pineapple and mixed fruit juices cans respectively, then what is the ratio of number of cans of these juices in the remaining stock?

A) 1 : 1 : 2 B) 6 : 6 : 13
C) 12 : 15 : 19 D) 4 : 9 : 13
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1 : 1 : 2

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Q:

Three positions of a cube are shown below. What will come opposite to face containing '$' ?

A) % B) &
C) ^ D) +
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) &

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