Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

Q:

What was the day on 16th June,1993?

A) Saturday B) Monday
C) Wednesday D) Friday
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Wednesday

Explanation:

16 June, 1993 = (1992 years + Period from 1.1.1993 to 16.6.1993)

Odd days in 1600 years = 0

Odd days in 300 years = 1

92 years = (69 ordinary years + 23 leap year) = (69 x 1 + 23 x 2)= 3 odd days

Jan. Feb. March April May June

(31 + 28 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 16 ) = 167 days

167 days = (23 weeks + 6 days) =6 odd days.

Total number of odd days = (0 + 1 + 3 + 6) = 3 odd days.

Given day is Wednesday.

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Q:

Bread : Yeast :: Curd : ?

A) Fungi B) Bacteria
C) Germs D) Virus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bacteria

Explanation:

First is produced by the action of the second.

Hence, Bread : Yeast :: Curd : Bacteria.

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Q:

A university library budget committee must reduce exactly five of eight areas of expenditure—I, J, K, L, M, N, O and P—in accordance with the following conditions:

If both I and O are reduced, P is also reduced.
If L is reduced, neither N nor O is reduced.
If M is reduced, J is not reduced.
Of the three areas J, K, and N exactly two are reduced.

 

Question :

If both K and N are reduced, which one of the following is a pair of areas neither of which could be reduced?

A) I, L B) J, L
C) J, M D) I, J
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) J, L

Explanation:

This question concerns a committee’s decision about which five of eight areas of expenditure to reduce. The question requires you to suppose that K and N are among the areas that are to be reduced, and then to determine which pair of areas could not also be among the five areas that are reduced.

The fourth condition given in the passage on which this question is based requires that exactly two of K, N, and J are reduced. Since the question asks us to suppose that both K and N are reduced, we know that J must not be reduced:

Reduced         ::      K, N
Not reduced   ::      J

The second condition requires that if L is reduced, neither N nor O is reduced. So L and N cannot both be reduced. Here, since N is reduced, we know that L cannot be. Thus, adding this to what we’ve determined so far, we know that J and L are a pair of areas that cannot both be reduced if both K and N are reduced:

Reduced        ::      K, N
Not reduced  ::      J, L

Answer choice (B) is therefore the correct answer.

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Q:

The banker's discount on Rs. 1800 at 12% per annum is equal to the true discount on Rs. 1872 for the same time at the same rate. Find the time.

A) 7 months B) 6 months
C) 3 months D) 4 months
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 4 months

Explanation:

S.I. on Rs. 1800 = T.D. on Rs. 1872.

P.W. of Rs. 1872 is Rs. 1800.

Rs. 72 is S.I. on Rs. 1800 at 12%.

Time =[(100 x 72)/ (12x1800)]year

        =1/3year = 4 months.

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Q:

If the HCF of 210 and 55 is expressible in the form of 210 x 5 + 55P, then value of P = ?

A) -23 B) 27
C) 16 D) -19
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) -19

Explanation:

HCF of 210 and 55 is 5

Now, 210x5 + 55P = 5

=> 1050 + 55P = 5

=> 55P = -1045

=> P = -1045/55

=> P = -19.

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Q:

Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among the given classes.

Kitchen, Utensils, Glass

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

Explanation:
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Q:

City Population Literates Illiterates % of Illiterates
A 200 150 50 -
B - 200 100 66.6
C 150 50 100 -
D 120 - 90 25

 

Based on the given data, the percentage of literates in city C is ___ (round to one decimal).

A) 33.4 B) 33.3
C) 34.5 D) 32.3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 33.3

Explanation:
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Q:

 On what dates of April, 2001 did Wednesday fall ?

A) 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th B) 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th
C) 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th D) 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th

Explanation:

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