Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

Q:

How many pairs of letters are there in the word " CASTRAPHONE" which have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet?

A) 3 B) 4
C) 5 D) 6
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 6

Explanation:

Looking into the alphabets there are six such pairs namely ON, HONE, ST, TRAPHO, TRAPHON, RAP.

1. ON  - NO

2. HONE - EFGH

3. ST - ST

4. TRAPHO - OPQRST

5. TRAPHON - NOPQRST

6. RAP - PQR

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Q:

What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following question ?

52.5% of 800 + 30.5% of 2800 = ? + 87.30

A) 1096.30 B) 1226.70
C) 1124.20 D) 1186.70
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1186.70

Explanation:

52.5% of 800 + 30.5% of 2800 = ? + 87.30

420 + 854 - 87.30 = ?

1274 - 87.30 = ?

? = 1186.70

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A is B's sister. C is B's mother. D is C's father. E is D's mother. Then, how is A related to D?

A) Grandfather B) Grandmother
C) Daughter D) Granddaughter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Granddaughter

Explanation:

A is the sister of B and B is the daughter of C.

So, A is the daughter of C. Also, D is the father of C.

So, A is the granddaughter of D. 

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Q:

Coding-Decoding

If Pour is wrtten as 4156
Sware is written as 78269
Clear is written as 3@926

Then what is the code for PEARL= ?

A) 429@6 B) 4962@
C) 4692@ D) 4926@
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 4926@

Explanation:

Pour - 4156 => P = 4,  r = 6

Sware - 78269 => a =  2,  e = 9

Clear - 3@926 => l = @

=> Pearl = 4926@

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Q:

Choose a similar word ?

Kolkata, Mumbai, Mangalore

A) Hyderabad B) Delhi
C) Cochin D) Jaipur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Cochin

Explanation:

All cities belong to port cities of India.

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Q:

If 20% of a = b, then b% of 20 is the same as :

A) 4% of a B) 6% of a
C) 8% of a D) 10% of a
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 4% of a

Explanation:

20% of a = b 

=> (20/100) * a = b 

 b% of 20 =(b/100) x 20 = [(20a/100)  / 100] x 20= 4a/100 = 4% of a.

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Q:

Find the odd man out.

331, 482, 551, 263, 383, 362, 284

A) 263 B) 383
C) 331 D) 551
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 383

Explanation:

In each number except 383, the product of first and third digits is the middle one.

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Q:

Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is drawn at random. What is the probability that the ticket drawn has a number which is a multiple of 3 or 5?

A) 1/2 B) 3/5
C) 9/20 D) 8/15
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 9/20

Explanation:

Here, S = {1, 2, 3, 4, ...., 19, 20}.

Let E = event of getting a multiple of 3 or 5 = {3, 6 , 9, 12, 15, 18, 5, 10, 20}.

P(E) = n(E)/n(S) = 9/20.

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