Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

Q:

Emerson said that the poet was landlord, Sealord, airlord. The flight of imagination made the poet master of land, sea and air. But a poet's dream of yesterday becomes today an actual achievement and a reality for all men. Even those who invented, improved and perfected the aeroplane could hardly have dreamt of the possibility of flight into outer space. 

 

The passage best supports the statement that:

A) all imaginations become a reality some day. B) what man imagined has never been impossible; he has always turned it a reality through his conception of ideas and sheer hard labour
C) seemingly impossible imaginations make one a good poet, D) man has reached the climax of technological development with his exploration into outer space.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) what man imagined has never been impossible; he has always turned it a reality through his conception of ideas and sheer hard labour

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Theme Detection

10 4438
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) 2/3 B) 1/2
C) 7/8 D) 4/5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1/2

Explanation:

Multiples of 3 below 20 are 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18
Multiples of 5 below 20 are 5, 10, 15, 20
Required number of possibilities = 10
Total number of possibilities = 20
Required probability = 10/20 = 1/2.

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Probability
Exam Prep: GRE , GATE , CAT , Bank Exams , AIEEE
Job Role: Bank PO , Bank Clerk , Analyst

4 4428
Q:

Find out which of the figures (1), (2), (3) and (4) can be formed from the pieces given in figure (X).

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

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Image Analysis

20 4426
Q:

Find out from amongst the four alternatives as to how the pattern would appear when the transparent sheet is folded at the dotted line.

     (X)                      (1)                   (2)                   (3)                   (4)

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

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Paper Folding

27 4425
Q:

Choose the correct figure that can replace the question mark.

 

 

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

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Pattern Completion
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

1 4424
Q:

Throughout the ages the businessman has helped build civilisation's great cities, provided people with luxuries and artists with patronage, and lift his fellow citizens to understand the standard of living. In the last few centuries the businessman has seeded the Industrial Revolution around the world. 

 

The passage best supports the statement that the businessman _____

A) lives luxurious and comfortable life. B) is the beneficiary of the Industrial Revolution.
C) is capable of raising his standard of living. D) has contributed to the growth of civilisation.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) has contributed to the growth of civilisation.

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Theme Detection

16 4422
Q:

If 1st January 2013 was Tuesday, then what day of the week will be 31st December 2013?

A) Wednesday B) Thursday
C) Tuesday D) Monday
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Tuesday

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Calendar
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

10 4421
Q:

Controversy always involves

A) Dislike B) Injustice
C) Disagreement D) Anger
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Disagreement

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

23 4420