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Mock Aptitude Test 2 Questions

1. A pile has 34 coins. Two friends Rekha and Rakhi are playing a game in which each of them draws 2
or 3 coins from the a pile of 34 coins. The person to draw the last coin is the loser. How many coins
should Rekha draw to ensure her win if she is the first one to draw?
2
3
Either 2 or 3
Rekha cannot win

2. Find the odd man out.
Square
Triangle
Cube
Circle

3. If the time in the clock is 10 hours 40 minutes, then what time does its mirror image show?
1 Hour 25 minutes
1 hour 15 minutes
1 hour 20 minutes
2 hours 20 minutes

4. I have a box of dimensions 10 * 10 * 5 cm. What is the length of the largest stick that I can keep
inside the box?
15
10*sqrt(2)
10*sqrt(3)
sqrt(125)

5. The diagonals of a rhombus are 12 cm and 16 cm. Find the perimeter of the rhombus.
18
20
40
32

6. The LCM and HCF of two numbers are 36 and 2 respectively. How many such pairs of numbers exist?
One
Four
Three
Two

7. A certain number x has 8 factors. Which of the following cannot be the possible number of factors
of x3?
20
22
27
40


8. Ramesh takes 2 hours less than Suresh to drive a distance of 300 Km. If Ramesh halves his speed, he
would take 1 hour more than Suresh for the same journey. Find Rameshs speed.
120 Km/hr
100 Km/hr
75 Km/hr
60 Km/hr

9. Find the next number in the series: 41, 47, 59, 67, 73, ?
79
77
83
81

10. Find the next letter in the series: B, E, K, Q, ?
U
W
X
V

11. Consider four digit numbers for which the first two digits are equal and the last two digits are also
equal. How many such numbers are perfect squares?
3
2
0
1

12. Ten years ago, the ages of the members of a joint family of eight people added up to 231 years.
Three years later, one member died at the age of 60 years and a child was born during the same year.
After another three years, one more member died, again at 60, and a child was born during the same
year. The current average age of this eight member joint family is nearest to:
23
21
22
24

13. If n = 1+x, where x is the product of 4 consecutive natural numbers, then n is

(a) an odd number (b) an even number (c) a prime number (d) a perfect square

b only
a only
a and d only
a and c only

14. If each interior angle of a regular polygon of n sides is 135. Find the value of n.
8
9
10
11

15. In a farm, which has only cocks and cows, total count of legs was 12 less than 4 times the number of
heads. Number of cocks is 4 more than cows. How many legs are counted?
20
22
18

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16. In how many ways can the letters of the word EDUCATION be rearranged so that the relative
position of the vowels and consonants remain the same as in the word EDUCATION?
9!/4!
9!/(4!*5!)
9!/5!
4!*5!

17. Jimmy runs 30 m towards west, turns left and runs 10 m, then turns right and runs 5 m, then runs 2
m to his left and 12 m to the right. Finally he turns left and runs 7 m. In which direction is he running
now?
East
South
West
North

18. X can do a piece of work in 24 days and the same work can be done my Y in 18 days. If both of them
started the work together after how many should X leave so that the work is done in 12 days?
10
8
9
6

19. Find the greatest power of 25 in 200!
24
8
48
20

20. The selling price of an article is 20% less than its marked price. The cost price of the same article is
20% less than its selling price. By what percentage is the marked price more than cost price?
45
50
52
56

21. Find the remainder when 1740 is divided by 32?
12
8
4
9

22. Suppose you have a currency, named Miso, in three denominations: 1 Miso, 10 Misos and 50 Misos.
In how many ways can you pay a bill of 107 Misos?
17
16
18
15

23. What is the circum-radius of the triangle whose sides are 16 cm, 63 cm and 65 cm?
37.5 cm
36 cm
32.5 cm
21 cm


24. My mothers brothers sons mother is related to my maternal aunt as
Mother
Aunt
Sister-In-Law
Mother-In-Law

25. Water flowing at the rate of 9 m per minute through a straight pipe of sectional area 80 cm2 fills a
square cistern 3 m deep in 16 hours. What is the length of the cistern?
3.7 m
4.8 m
5.8 m
6.3 m

26. Select the option that fills in the blanks most suitably: It is the __________ emotional effect of
complex matrix of individual needs, desires and drives, making for a _________ across a broad
spectrum of bands among which the most _________ have to do with psychological aspects,
economical salients, cultural factors, circumstantial influences, and level of expectations.
accumulated, continuity, prominent
sum-total, flow, important
cumulative, continuum, significant
total, level, striking

27. ________ the trust gap between the government and the people by ________ feeling the pulse of
public opinion through professional surveys, civil society associations, media comments and the like,
and organizing the work in _________ to citizen customers needs and expectations.
narrowed, regularly, regards
close, constantly, deference
bridge, occasionally, respect
mend, sometimes, reference

28. For each question, select the alternative that exhibits a similar relationship as shown in the
questions pair.

DAGGER : SCABBARD ::
bow : quiver
lasso : saddle
pistol : holster
rifle : sight

29. WOOD : SAND ::
coal : burn
brick : lay
oil : polish
metal : burnish

30. Para Jumbles: Arrange following sentences in correct order to form a coherent paragraph.

1. It is situated in south western Luzon on Manila Bay where the Pasig River which flows through the
city, enters the bay.

2. Manila is the capital and largest city of Philippines and the second largest metropolitan area in South
East Asia (after Jakarta, Indonesia).

3. The city proper has a population of 1,876,194 (1990).

4. In 1975, the city of Manila merged with 16 surrounding communities (including the formal capital
Quezone city) to form one government unit.

2,1,4,3
1,2,3,4
1,2,4,3
3,1,2,4

31. 1. The star catalogue of Greek astronomer Ptolemy, which was a recompilation of an earlier
catalogue by Hipparchus, used these classes.

2. The brightest stars were assigned magnitude 1 and those increasingly fainter from 2 down to
magnitude 5.

3. The modern system of magnitudes is an extension of the system developed in ancient Greece and
Rome, when stars were grouped in 5 classes of brightness.

4. In astronomy, magnitude is a measure of the brightness of a celestial body.
2,3,1,4
4,3,1,2
1,3,2,4
4,1,2,3

32. Select the option that does not belong to the group.
Recalcitrant
Intractable
Unwilling
Eager

33. Select the option that does not belong to the group.
Subversion
Inception
Sedition
Subterfuge

34. Select the option that does not belong to the group.
Lackey
Flunky
Bootlicker
Obsequious

35. POEM : ELEGY ::
dance : march
literature : novel
music : ditty
song : dirge

36. I have a sum of Rs. 4 in 5 paise coins. The total number of coins with me, cannot be:
30
17
35
26

37. If Rs. x be divided between A and B in the ratio a/b : c/d, then the share of A is:
abx/ad + bc
adx/ad + bc

abx/ac + bd
adx/ab + cd

38. The diameter of a coin is 1 cm. If four such coins are placed on a table so that the rim of each
touches that of the other two, then the area of the unoccupied space between them is:
(Hint: Take value of pie = 3.1416)
0.315 sq.cm
0.215 sq.cm
0.345 sq.cm
0.525 sq.cm

39. The first 100 multiples of 10 i.e. 10, 20, 30, ....... 1000 are multiplied together. How many zeroes will
be there at the end of the product?
129
122
135
115

40. A train running between two towns arrives at its destination 10 minutes late when it goes 40 kmph
and 16 minutes late when it goes 30 kmph. The distance between the two towns is:
11 km
13 km
14 km
12 km

41. Four companies A, B, C, and D declared their results for the financial year. No two companies have
either the same income or the same profit. The income of company A is greater than that of company
B and its profit is less than that of company C. The income as well as the profit of company C is greater
than that of company D. Company B has the third highest income and its profit is less than that of
company D. Profit of company B is not as much as that of company A.

Which company has the highest income?
A
B
C
Either 1 or 3

42. Which company has the second highest profit?
B
C
D
Cannot be determined

43. Which company has the least income?
D
C
B
A

44. How many companies have more profit than company B?
One
Two
Three
Four


45. If no company has the same position in profit and income, which company has the second highest
profit?
A
B
C
Cannot be determined

46. Six boys - Sonu. Monu, Tinu, Chiku, Ramu and Tyagi are sitting in a row facing the same direction.
Sonu is not adjacent to Chiku but adjacent to Ramu. Tyagi is adjacent to both Monu and Tinu. Neither
Sonu nor Ramu is sitting at the extreme ends and Tinu is to the left of Sonu but not to the right of
Monu. Who is sitting at the extreme right?
Monu
Tinu
Tyagi
Chiku

47. Who is sitting at the extreme left?
Monu
Tinu
Tyagi
Chiku
48. Read the information given below, and answer the questions that follow.

P,Q,R,S,T,U and V are seven positive integers.

a) PQ is odd. b) R+ST is odd.
c) PS is odd. d) U-V is odd.

How many of the given integers are odd?
5
6
4
3

49. How many of the given integers are even?
1
2
3
4

50. Which of the following can not both be odd?
P and Q
R and S
Q and U
R and T

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