Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

Q:

How many minutes does a watch lose per day, if its hands coincide every 64 minutes ?

A) 36 7/9 min B) 32 8/11 min
C) 34 3/11 min D) 65 5/11 min
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 32 8/11 min

Explanation:

55 min. spaces are covered in 60 min.

60 min. spaces are covered in open parentheses 60 over 55 cross times 60 close parentheses min. = 65 5 over 11 min.

Loss in 64 min. = open parentheses 65 5 over 11 minus 64 close parentheses equals 16 over 11 min.

Loss in 24 hrs = open parentheses 16 over 11 cross times 1 over 64 cross times 24 cross times 60 close parentheses min. = 32 8 over 11 min.

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Q:

Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 min and 20 min respectively. Both the pipes are opened together but after 4 min, pipe A is turned off. What is the total time required to fill the tank ?

A) 15 min 20 sec. B) 16 min 40 sec.
C) 13 min 10 sec. D) 14 min 40 sec.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 14 min 40 sec.

Explanation:

Part filled in 4 minutes = 4(1/15 + 1/20) = 7/15

 

Remaining part = 1 - 7/15 = 8/15

 

Part filled by B in 1 minute = 1/20

 

1/20 : 8/15 :: 1 : k

 

k = (8/15 )x 1 x 20 = 10( 2/3) min = 10 min 40 sec.

 

The tank will be full in (4 min. + 10 min. 40 sec) = 14 min 40 sec.

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Q:

Directions : For the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) below, choose the correct alternative 

Assertion (A) : Appendix is a vestigial organ in human body. 

Reason (R)    : It does not participate in digestion. 

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
C) A is true but R is false. D) A is false but R is true.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:

Appendix, earlier used to digest raw vegetable matter, is now a vestigial organ in human body and does-not perform any function. 

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Q:

Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

A) 75 B) 85
C) 95 D) 115
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 75

Explanation:

Except 75 , all other numbers have two factors.

115 = 5 x 23

 95  = 5 x 19

 85  = 5 x 17

 75  = 3 x 5 x 5

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Q:

The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock when the time is 4.15 is

A) 0 B) 37.5
C) 27 D) 15
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 37.5

Explanation:

Angle between hands of a clock

 

When the minute hand is behind the hour hand, the angle between the two hands at M minutes past H 'o clock

 

=> 30H-M5+M2 degrees

 

Here H = 4, M = 15 and the minute hand is behind the hour hand.

 

Hence the angle

 

 = 30[4-(15/5)]+15/2 = 30(1)+7.5 = 37.5 degrees

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Q:

The average of a non-zero number and its square is 11 times the number. The number is ?

A) 22 B) 21
C) 11 D) 17
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 22

Explanation:

Let the number be 'x'.

 

 

 

x+x22 = 11x
x2= 22x
=> x = 22.

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Q:

How old are you if you are born in 1995?

A) 22 B) 23
C) 24 D) 25
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 23

Explanation:

Calculating Age has 2 conditions. Let your Birthday is on January 1st.

1. If the month in which you are born is completed in the present year i.e, your birthday, then

Your Age = Present year - Year you are born 

As of now, present year = 2018

i.e, Age = 2018 - 1995 = 23 years.

 

2. If the month in which you are born is not completed in the present year i.e, your birthday, then

Your Age = Last year - Year you are born

As of now, present year = 2018

i.e, Age = 2017 - 1995 = 22 years.

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Q:

How much time will a train of length 200 m moving at a speed of 72 kmph take to cross another train of length 300 m, moving at 36 kmph in the same direction ?

A) 58 sec B) 62 sec
C) 60 sec D) 50 sec
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 50 sec

Explanation:

The distance to be covered = Sum of their lengths = 200 + 300 = 500 m.

Relative speed = 72 -36 = 36 kmph = 36 x 5/18 = 10 mps.

Time required = d/s = 500/10 = 50 sec.

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