Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

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If a boat goes upstream at a speed of 24 km/hr and comes back the same distance at 40 km/hr. What is the average speed (in km/hr) for the total journey.

A) 32 B) 30
C) 31 D) 33
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 30

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If the radius of a circle is increased by 14% its area increases by

A) 28 percent B) 29.96 percent
C) 14 percent D) 14.98 percent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 29.96 percent

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Statement: If the retired professors of the same institutes are also invited to deliberate on restructuring of the organization, their contribution may be beneficial to the institute.

Course of action:
a) Management may seek option of the employees before calling retired professors.
b) Management should involve experienced people for the systematic restructuring of the organization.

A) Only a follows B) Neither a nor b follows
C) Both a & b follows D) Only b follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Only b follows

Explanation:

Valuable suggestion from the retired professors will be helpful for restructuring of an organisation. Hence, management should involve such experienced people. Seeking permission from the employees is not the right course of action.

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A : Many girls started talking part in beauty contest in several towns in india

B : Indian girls succeeded in capturing all the titles of beauty contests. i.e Miss World, Miss Universe and Miss Asia

A) If 'A' is the effect and 'B' is its immediate and principal cause. B) If 'A' is the immediate and principal cause and 'B' is its effect
C) If 'A' is an effect but 'B' is not its immediate and principal cause D) If 'B' is an effect but 'A' is not its immediate and principal cause
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) If 'A' is an effect but 'B' is not its immediate and principal cause

Explanation:

There would be no suhch speculation on the part of the Australian caption if his team were not visiting india in the first place. So the latter is a cause.But the immediate cause of the warning is the speculation

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A shopkeeper purchased 10 boxes of pencils containing 10 pencils each at Rs. 100 per box and sold each pencil at a profit 12%. What is the total sale price?

A) Rs.1100 B) Rs.1120
C) Rs.1200 D) Rs.1210
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rs.1120

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Q:

In a certain code language, "VERBAL" is written as "KZAQDU". How is "CURIOUS" written in that code language?

A) RTHNQTB B) BTQHNTR
C) RTNHQTB D) RTNHQTA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) RTNHQTB

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Q:

On selling rice for Rs. 45 per kg, a shopkeeper bears loss of 20%. To earn a profit of 20%, the selling price should be

A) Rs. 67.50 B) Rs. 65
C) Rs. 70 D) Rs. 60
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rs. 67.50

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If secA - tanA = x, then the value of x is

A) 1/(sec2A - tan2A) B) 1/(sec2A + tan2A)
C) 1/√[(sec2A - tan2A)] D) 1/(secA + tanA)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1/(secA + tanA)

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