Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

Q:

A circular piece of thin wire is converted into a rhombus of side 11 cm. Find the diameter of the circular piece?

A) 28 cm B) 3.5 cm
C) 7 cm D) 14 cm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 14 cm

Explanation:

Circular piece is 4 x 11 = 44 cm long,

Then Circumference of circle is given by,

44 = pi x D, where D is the diameter

D = 44 / pi

Take pi = 22 / 7, then

D = 44 / (22/7) = (44 x 7) / 22

D = 14 cm.

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Q:

In a class of 80 students and 5 teachers, each student got sweets that are 15% of the total number of students and each teacher got sweets that are 25% of the total number of students. How many sweets were there?

A) 1060 B) 960
C) 860 D) 760
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1060

Explanation:

From the given data,

80 x 15/100 of 80 + 5 x 80 x 25/100

= 960 + 100

= 1060.

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Q:

Which of the following dances is a solo dance?

A) Yakshagana B) Ottan Thullal
C) Bharathanatyam D) Kuchipudi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ottan Thullal

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Six books are kept one above the other. Hindi is just above Sanskrit. The English is between Mathematics and Science. Law is between Hindi and Mathematics. Which book is at the fourth position from top?

 

A) Mathematics B) Law
C) Hindi D) English
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Law

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Q:

Swetha when get married to Sudeer her age was 3/4 th of her husband's age. After 12 years her age became 5/6 th of her husband's age. Then what's the age of Swetha when she got married ?

A) 18 years B) 21 years
C) 23 years D) 17 years
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 18 years

Explanation:

At the time of marriage, let Sudeer's age be 4x, then Swetha's age is 3x
12 years after:
Age of Sudeer = 4x+12
Age of Swetha = 3x+12
Now the equation is 3x+12=5/6(4x+12)
Solving equation we get x=6
Hence Swetha got married at the age of 18.

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Q:

Excluding the stoppages, the speed of a bus is 64 km/hr and including the stoppages the speed o the bus is 48km/hr. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?

A) 12.5 minutes B) 15 minutes
C) 10 minutes D) 18 minutes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 15 minutes

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Q:

Should the teenagers be denied access to the Internet?

Arguments : 

I. Yes. Most of the children, particularly the teenegers, are found indulging in accessing pornographic contents.

II. No. Denying access to the internet would mean denying access to a lot of useful information ; instead the access may be controlled

A) If only argument I is strong B) If only argument II is strong
C) If neither I nor II is strong D) If both I and II are strong
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) If both I and II are strong

Explanation:

I is strong because an obsession with such contents creates  a bad impact on their impressionable minds. II is strong because in today's age one can't afford to lose access to information

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Q:

Choose the correct figure that replaces the question mark.

 

 

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 3

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