Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

Q:

If the price of kerosene be raised by 11%, find by how much percent a house holder must reduce his consumption of kerosene so as not to increase his expenditure?

A) 11% B) 9.09%
C) 11.09% D) 8.25%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 9.09%

Explanation:

Let the price of kerosene be x and household
consumption be y.
Expenditure = xy
New cost of kerosene = 1.1x, let new household
consumption be z.
In order to not to increase expenditure,
xy = 1.1x * a
⇒ a= 10y/ 11
⇒ consumption should decrease by = 1/11 X 100 = 9.09%

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Q:

Which of the following options correctly describes the given statement.

 

Statement :

 

There are four rooks in a game of chess.

 

A) Never B) Often
C) Always D) Sometimes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Always

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Q:

Two cars start from a house at an interval of 10 min and travel at a speed of 20 kmph. With how much speed should a woman coming from the opposite direction towards the house travel, to meet the cars at an interval of 8 min?

A) 5 B) 6
C) 7 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 5

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Q:

A man says to a lady, "Your father is the father-­in-­law of my father's only child." How is the lady related to the man?

A) Sister-­in-­law B) Granddaughter
C) Daughter D) Wife
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Wife

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Q:

In a row of trucks, Ashok is at 17th position from the left end. Bharat is 19 places to the right from Ashok and is at the exact centre of the row. How many trucks are there to the right of Ashok truck?

A) 53 B) 54
C) 52 D) 19
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 54

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Q:

G is twice as fast as S in doing work. If G can do a work in 30 days less than S, how many days will they take to complete the work together?

A) 25 B) 20
C) 22 D) 15
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 20

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Q:

If 3 @ 3 * 3 = 3 and 48 @ 4 * 3 = 36, then 91 @ 13 * 2 = ?

A) 4 B) 8
C) 10 D) 14
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 14

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Q:

Points that lie on the same line are called

A) Congruent B) Coplanar points
C) Collinear points D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Collinear points

Explanation:

Points that lie on the same line are called Collinear points. And that points lie on the same plane are called Coplanar points. 

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