Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

Q:

How many arrangements of the letters of the word ‘BENGALI’ can be made if the vowels are to occupy only odd places.

A) 720 B) 576
C) 567 D) 625
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 576

Explanation:

There are 7 letters in the word Bengali of these 3 are vowels and 4 consonants.

 

There are 4 odd places and 3 even places. 3 vowels can occupy 4 odd places in 4P3 ways and 4 constants can be arranged in 4P4 ways.

 

Number of words =4P3  x 4P4= 24 x 24 = 576

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Q:

If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then which is the right image of the given figure?

 

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

Explanation:
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Q:

There are 7 non-collinear points. How many triangles can be drawn by joining these points?

A) 10 B) 30
C) 35 D) 60
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 35

Explanation:

A triangle is formed by joining any three non-collinear points in pairs.

 

There are 7 non-collinear points

 

The number of triangles formed = 7C3 = 35

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Q:

Read the data given and answer the following questions

 

In a class of 60 students:

 

42 like Maths,

32 like English,

12 like neither Maths nor English

 

Students who like only Maths forms what percentage of the total number of students in the class?

 

A) 26.67% B) 24.22%
C) 28.80% D) 32.82%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 26.67%

Explanation:
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Q:

Pointing to a gentleman, Deepak said, "His only brother is the father of my daughter's father." How the gentleman related to Deepak ? 

A) Grandfather B) Father
C) Brother-in-law D) Uncle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Uncle

Explanation:

Father of Deepak's daughter's father — Deepak's father. 

So, the man's brother is Deepak's father or the man is the brother of Deepak's father i.e., Deepak's uncle. 

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Q:

I.  All the offices on the 9th floor have wall-to-wall carpeting.

II. No wall-to-wall carpeting is pink.

III.None of the offices on the 9th floor has pink wall-to-wall carpeting.

If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

A) true B) false
C) uncertain D) none
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) true

Explanation:

If no wall-to-wall carpeting is pink and all the offices have wall-to-wall carpeting, none of the offices has pink wall-to-wall carpeting.

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Q:

A motorist travels to a place 150 km away at an average speed of 50 km/hr and returns at 30 km/hr.  His average speed for the whole journey in km/hr is :

A) 35 B) 36
C) 37.5 D) 38.2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 37.5

Explanation:

Average speed = (2xy) /(x + y) km/hr

                      = (2 * 50 * 30) / (50 + 30) km/hr.

                         37.5 km/hr.

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A rectangular lawn 55m by 35m has two roads each 4m wide running in the middle of it. One parallel to the length and the other parallel to breadth. The cost of graveling the roads at 75 paise per sq meter is

A) rs.58 B) rs.158
C) rs.258 D) rs.358
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) rs.258

Explanation:

area of cross roads = (55 x 4) + (35 x 4)- (4 x 4) = 344sq m

cost of graveling = 344 x  (75/100) = Rs. 258

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