Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

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The distance from town A to town B is five miles. C is six miles from B. Which of the following could be the maximum distance from A to C? 

A) 11 B) 8
C) 2 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 11

Explanation:

Do not assume that AB and C are on a straight line. Make a diagram with A and B marked 5 miles apart. Draw a circle centered on B, with radius 6. C could be anywhere on this circle. The minimum distance will be 1, and maximum 11

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Refer the data in the table and answer.

Rent and taxes are what percent of the total expenses?

A) 27.53 percent B) 34.78 percent
C) 20.28 percent D) 42.03 percent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 34.78 percent

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In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.

 

23, 29, 24, 30, 25, ?

 

A) 30 B) 31
C) 26 D) 28
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 31

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Statements followed by some conclusions are given below.

 

Statements :

1. Sam sleeps more than Ram who sleeps only for 5 hours every day.

2. Shyam sleeps for 8 hours which is lesser than Sam's by 2.

 

Conclusions :

I. Sam sleeps for 6 hours.

II. Ram has a bad sleeping habit.

 

Find which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.

 

A) Only conclusions I follows B) Only conclusion II follows
C) Both I and II follow D) Neither I nor II follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Neither I nor II follows

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The average expenditure per year during the period 2001-2006 is ___ (round off to the nearest integer).

 

A) Rs. 1017 B) Rs. 2032
C) Rs. 2034 D) Rs. 2035
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rs. 1017

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A man invested Rs. 4455 in Rs. 10 shares quoted at Rs. 8.25. If the rate of dividend be 12%, his annual income is:

A) 107.04 B) 648
C) 500 D) 648.60
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 648

Explanation:

Number of shares = 44558.25= 540.

 

Face value = Rs. (540 x 10) = Rs. 5400.

 

Annual income = Rs.12100*5400 = Rs. 648.

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Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Seven persons Tina, Vini, Yasir, Rishi, Sanya, Pankaj and Urmila live on the separate floors of a 7- floor building. Ground floor is number one; second floor is number two and so on. Each of them goes to a city viz. Paris, Istanbul, Shanghai, Durban, London, Madrid and Dubai but not necessarily in the same order.

Only three people live above the floor on which Sanya lives. Only one person lives between Sanya and the one who goes to Paris. Vini lives just below the person who goes to Madrid. Only three people live between the one who goes to Paris and London. The person who goes to Madrid lives on an even numbered floor. Urmila lives just above Rishi. Urmila does not go to London. Only two persons live between Pankaj and the one who goes to Durban. Pankaj lives above the person who goes to Durban. Yasir does not go to Istanbul. Tina does not live just above or just below Sanya. The one who goes to Shanghai does not live just above or just below Pankaj.

Who among the following lives on floor number 7?

A) Tina  B) Yasir
C) Pankaj D) Urmila
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tina 

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Read the given information and decide the appropriate course of action.

 

NEET examination has laid the following conditions to qualify for appearance in the NEET Exam.

 

1. Candidate should pass Grade 12 with a minimum of 50% marks in Biology, Physics and Chemistry group.

2. Candidate should have completed 17 years as on 31-03-2018.

3. Candidate should have opted for Biology, Physics and Chemistry in Grade 12.

 


Candidate 1 : Ram's date of birth is 14-05-2001, with 40% marks in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Candidate 2 : Sham's date of birth is 16 - 08 - 2000, with 60% marks in Biology, Physics and Chemistry.

 


Who is eligible to write the NEET Exam ?

 

A) Both candidate 1 and 2 are eligible B) Neither candidate 1 nor 2 is eligible
C) Only candidate 1 is eligible D) Only candidate 2 is eligible
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Only candidate 2 is eligible

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