5555+ Aptitude and Reasoning Questions, Answers With Explanation

Q:

What was the day of the week on 16th August, 1947?

A) Sunday	B) Monday
C) Saturday	D) Thursday

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Saturday

Explanation:

15th August, 1947 = (1946 years + Period from 1st Jan., 1947 to 15th )

Counting of odd days:

1600 years have 0 odd day. 300 years have 1 odd day.

47 years = (11 leap years + 36 ordinary years)= [(11 x 2) + (36 x 1) ]odd days = 58 odd days = 2 odd days.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug.

31 + 28 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 15 = 227 days = (32 weeks + 3 days) = 3,

Total number of odd days = (0 + 1 + 2 + 3) odd days = 6 odd days.

Hence, the required day was 'Saturday'.

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Q:

A letter is takenout at random from 'ASSISTANT' and another is taken out from 'STATISTICS'. The probability that they are the same letter is :

A) 35/96	B) 19/90
C) 19/96	D) None of these

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 19/90

Explanation:

$A S S I S T A N T \to A A I N S S S T T$

$S T A T I S T I C S \to A C I I S S S T T T$

Here N and C are not common and same letters can be A, I, S, T. Therefore

Probability of choosing A = $\frac{2_{C_{1}}}{9_{C_{1}}} \times \frac{1_{C_{1}}}{10_{C_{1}}}$ = 1/45

Probability of choosing I = $\frac{1}{9_{C_{1}}} \times \frac{2_{C_{1}}}{10_{C_{1}}}$ = 1/45

Probability of choosing S = $\frac{3_{C_{1}}}{9_{C_{1}}} \times \frac{3_{C_{1}}}{10_{C_{1}}}$ = 1/10

Probability of choosing T = $\frac{2_{C_{1}}}{9_{C_{1}}} \times \frac{3_{C_{1}}}{10_{C_{1}}}$ = 1/15

Hence, Required probability = $\frac{1}{45} + \frac{1}{45} + \frac{1}{10} + \frac{1}{15} = \frac{19}{90}$

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Q:

What decimal of an hour is a second

A) .0028	B) .0027
C) .0026	D) .0025

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) .0027

Explanation:

1 / (60 * 60) = 1 / 3600 = .0027

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Q:

Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary.

1. Exception

2. Exceptional

3. Exchanging

4. Exchanged

5. Excess

A) 12543	B) 21453
C) 42531	D) 32154

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 12543

Explanation:

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Q:

If the mathematical operator '/' means 'x', '+' means '-', 'x' means '+' and '-' means '/', then

24 + 48 - 12 x 4 / 2 = ?

A) 6	B) -6
C) 16	D) 28

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 28

Explanation:

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Q:

Read the information carefully and select the correct option.

Offer A : Buy one item for Rs. 1599/- and get one free.

Offer B : Buy one item for Rs. 999/- and get another at 50% discount.

A) A is cheaper and B is costlier	B) A is costlier and B is cheaper
C) Cost is same in both cases	D) A and B are not comparable

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A is costlier and B is cheaper

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Q:

In a competitive examination in State A, 6% candidates got selected from the total appeared candidates. State B had an equal number of candidates appeared and 7% candidates got selected with 80 more candidates got selected than A. What was the number of candidates appeared from each State ?

A) 4000	B) 8000
C) 12000	D) 16000

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 8000

Explanation:

Let the number of candidates appeared from each state be x.

In state A, 6% candidates got selected from the total appeared candidates

In state B, 7% candidates got selected from the total appeared candidates

But in State B, 80 more candidates got selected than State A

From these, it is clear that 1% of the total appeared candidates in State B = 80

=> total appeared candidates in State B = 80 x 100 = 8000

=> total appeared candidates in State A = total appeared candidates in State B = 8000

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Q:

In a class of 78 students 41 are taking French, 22 are taking German. Of the students taking French or German, 9 are taking both courses. How many students are not enrolled in either course?

A) 6	B) 12
C) 24	D) 18

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 24

Explanation:

You could solve this by drawing a Venn diagram. A simpler way is to realize that you can subtract the number of students taking both languages from the numbers taking French to find the number taking only French. Likewise find those taking only German. Then we have:Total = only French + only German + both + neither

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