Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

Q:

If the number 517?324 is completely divisible by 3,then the smallest whole number in place of ? will be:

A) 2 B) 1
C) 3 D) 7
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 2

Explanation:

Sum of digits = (5 + 1 + 7 + x + 3 + 2 + 4) = ( 22 + x ), which must be divisible by 3.

When x=2. [(22 + 2) = 24 is divisible by 3]

So, the answer is 2

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Q:

Read the data given below and answer the questions based on it.

 

In the CBSE Board exams last year, 53% passed in Biology, 61% percent passed in English, 60% in Social studies, 24% in Biology and English, 35% in English and social studies, 27% in Biology and social studies and 5% in none.

 

If the number of students in the class is 200, how many passed in only one subject?

A) 48 B) 46
C) More than 50 D) Less than 40
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 46

Explanation:
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Q:

The following equation is incorrect. Which two signs should be interchanged to correct the equation?

 

14 + 18 x 40 - 10 ÷ 20 = 66

 

A) + and x B) + and ÷
C) - and + D) ÷ and -
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) ÷ and -

Explanation:
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The average age of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of the boys in the class is 16.4 years and that of the girls is 15.4 years. What is the ratio of boys to girls in the class ?

A) 1:3 B) 2:3
C) 3:2 D) 3:1
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2:3

Explanation:

Let number of boys = x  , Let number of girls = y
Total numbers of students = x + y
(x + y) × 15.8 = 16.4x + 15.4y
0.6x = 0.4y
x/y = 0.4/0.6 = 2/3

 

 Ratio of boys and girls in the class is 2:3

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Q:

What day is the fourteenth of a given month 

I. The last day of the month is a Wednesday. 

II. The third Saturday of the month was seventeenth. 

A) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question B) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient answer the question
C) If the data either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question; D) If the data even in both the statements together are not sufficient to answer the question
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient answer the question

Explanation:

Statement II reveals that 17th Was a Saturday and therefore, 14th was Wednesday So, only statement II is needed 

 

 

 

 

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Q:

In the following question, select the related letter/letters from the given alternatives.

FOT : GOW : : RID  :  ?

A) RHG B) AKP
C) SKG D) LKN
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) SKG

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Q:

Four ladies A, B, C and D and four gentlemen E, F, G and H are sitting in a circle round a table facing each other.

Directions:

(1) No two ladies or two gentlemen are sitting side by side.

(2) C, who is sitting between G and E is facing D.

(3) F is between D and A and is facing G.

(4) H is to the right of B.

Question:

1. Who are immediate neighbours of B?

2. E is facing whom?

A) G & H , H B) F & H , B
C) E & F , F D) E & H , G
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) G & H , H

Explanation:

From the directions given : 

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From the fig. it is clear that 

1) neighbours of B are G , H.

2) E is facing H.

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Q:

The area of a circle of radius 5 is numerically what percent its circumference?

A) 150% B) 250%
C) 350% D) 450%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 250%

Explanation:

required percentage = πr22πr×100 =250%

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