Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

Q:

How many squares with sides 1/2 inch long are needed to cover a rectangle that is 4 ft long and 4 ft wide ?

A) 9216 B) 10246
C) 12345 D) 7527
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 9216

Explanation:

It takes four of those little squares -- each one 1/2 inch on a side -- to cover one square inch. That's because each one is 1/2 x 1/2, or 1/4 of a square inch.
In a rectangle that is 48 inches by 48 inches, there are 2304 square inches.(1 ft = 12 inches)
Since it takes 4 little squares to cover 1 sq inch, then it would need 2304 x 4 squares (1/2 inch on a side each) to cover a rectangle 4 feet by 4 feet.

That is 9,216 of those squares.

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Q:

Find the cube root of 287496

 

A) 64 B) 46
C) 56 D) 66
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 66

Explanation:
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Q:

In an examination, a student scores 4 marks for every correct answer and loses I mark for every wrong answer. If he attempts in all 60 questions and secures 130 marks, the number of questions he attempts correctly, is:

A) 35 B) 38
C) 40 D) 42
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 38

Explanation:

Let the number of correct answers be X.

Number of incorrect answers = (60 – X).

Therefore, 4x – (60 – x) = 130 

=> 5x = 190  => x = 38

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Q:

Find the minimum number of straight lines required to make the given figure.

A) 16 B) 17
C) 18 D) 19
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 17

Explanation:

The horizontal lines are IK, AB, HG and DC i.e. 4 in number.

The vertical lines are AD, EH, JM, FG and BC i.e. 5 in number.

The slanting lines are IE, JE, JF, KF, DE, DH, FC and GC i.e. 8 is number.

Thus, there are 4 + 5 + 8 = 17 straight lines in the figure.

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Q:

When two dice are thrown simultaneously, what is the probability that the sum of the two numbers that turn up is less than 12?

A) 35/36 B) 17/36
C) 15/36 D) 1/36
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 35/36

Explanation:

When two dice are thrown simultaneously, the probability is n(S) = 6x6 = 36

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Required, the sum of the two numbers that turn up is less than 12

That can be done as n(E)

= { (1,1), (1,2), (1,3), (1,4), (1,5), (1,6)
(2,1), (2,2), (2,3), (2,4), (2,5), (2,6)
(3,1), (3,2), (3,3), (3,4), (3,5), (3,6)
(4,1), (4,2), (4,3), (4,4), (4,5), (4,6)
(5,1), (5,2), (5,3), (5,4), (5,5), (5,6)
(6,1), (6,2), (6,3), (6,4), (6,5) }

= 35

Hence, required probability = n(E)/n(S) = 35/36.

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Q:

A car runs at the speed of 50 kms per hour when not serviced and runs at 60 km./hr. when serviced. After servicing the car covers a certain distance in 6 hours. How much time will the car take to cover the same distance when not serviced?

A) 8.2 hrs B) 6.5 hrs
C) 8 hrs D) 7.2 hrs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 7.2 hrs

Explanation:

After servicing, the distance covered by car in 6 hours = 60 * 6 = 360 km Without servicing, speed of car = 50 kmph => Required time = Distance/speed = 360/50 = 7.2 hrs.

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Q:

A man reduces his travelling time by a fraction of 2/5, as a result the distance covered by the man is increased by 20%, find the percentage increase in the speed of the man ? 

A) 77% B) 88%
C) 100% D) 99%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 100%

Explanation:

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Q:

Add is to multiply as subtract is to

A) fraction B) divide
C) decimal D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) divide

Explanation:

Here if you observe, add and subtract are opposite in nature. Similarly, mutiply and divide are also opposite in nature.

 

Hence, Add : Multiply :: Subtract : Divide.

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